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->Played By: Bai Ling



->Played By: Creator/CliftonCollinsJr
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Chev's doctor and only friend. Played by Dwight Yaokam.

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\nChev's doctor and only friend. Played by Dwight Yaokam.
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Doc Miles' bitch/personal assistant. Technically two different characters in each movie, but the role is the same. Played by Valarie Rae Miller and Julanne Chidi respectively.

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Doc Miles' bitch/personal assistant. Technically two different characters in each movie, but the role is the same. Played by Valarie Rae Miller and Julanne Chidi Hill respectively.




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->Played By: Bai Ling




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->Played By: Creator/CliftonCollinsJr
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* NominalHero: He is a ruthless hitman who fights other people who happens to be worse than him.
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* {{Jerkass}}: What else do you call a guy that smokes during an ongoing heart operation and blows steam and cinder inside the patient's chest? All while he is awake?

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* {{Jerkass}}: What else do you call a guy that smokes during an ongoing heart operation and blows steam and cinder inside the patient's chest? All while he is awake?awake? And just to drive the point home, he hocks a loogy into the hole just for laughs.
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A Triad mobster that was seemingly executed by Chelios prior to the first movie's start. Played by Keone Young.

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A Triad mobster that was seemingly executed by Chelios prior to the first movie's start. Played by Keone Young.Creator/KeoneYoung.



The main villain in the second one. Played by Clifton Collins Jr.

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The main villain in the second one. Played by Clifton Collins Jr.
Creator/CliftonCollinsJr.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: He's a hitman and an asshole in general, but even he was disgusted by whatever he found in Johnny Vang's cooler.


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** In his defense, he was actually planning to go straight and settle down with his girlfriend before the events of the film. Plus, with the sheer amount of shit he ends up going through in both movies, it's not that surprising he's such a prick, though he was revealed as one when he was younger.
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* TookALevelInBadass: A BrainlessBeauty in the first movie who is totally oblivious about everything around her, to kicking her DomesticAbuser in the nuts, lifting him up in the air and throwing him over a car roof.

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* TookALevelInBadass: A BrainlessBeauty in the first movie who is totally oblivious about everything around her, to kicking her DomesticAbuser {{Domestic Abuse}}r in the nuts, lifting him up in the air and throwing him over a car roof.



* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Brother]]: He wants to avenge his brother's murder, but is disappointed that Chelios has already taken care of the men responsible. He tries to take it out on [[spoiler: Ricky Verona's brother El Huron]].

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* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Brother]]: YouKilledMyFather: He wants to avenge his brother's murder, but is disappointed that Chelios has already taken care of the men responsible. He tries to take it out on [[spoiler: Ricky Verona's brother El Huron]].
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The boss of the Triads, who stole Chev's heart. Played by David Carradine.

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The boss of the Triads, who stole Chev's heart. Played by David Carradine.
Creator/DavidCarradine.
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* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Brother]]: He wants to avenge his brother's murder, but is disappointed that Chelios has already taken care of the men responsible. He tries to take it out on [[spoiler: Rick Verona's brother El Huron]].

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* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Brother]]: He wants to avenge his brother's murder, but is disappointed that Chelios has already taken care of the men responsible. He tries to take it out on [[spoiler: Rick Ricky Verona's brother El Huron]].
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A latino sent by El Huron to bring him back Chev. Played by Joseph Julian Soria.

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A latino thug sent by El Huron to bring him Chev back Chev.to him. Played by Joseph Julian Soria.

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Chev's gay friend who is really thick. Played by Efren Hamirez.

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Chev's gay friend who is really thick. Played by Efren Hamirez.
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Chelios' employer.

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Chelios' employer.employer and Ricky's boss. Played by Carlos Sanz.



The main villain in the second one.

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The main villain in the second one.
one. Played by Clifton Collins Jr.



Kaylo's twin brother who has "Full Body Tourette's". Also played by Eren Ramirez.

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Kaylo's twin brother who has "Full Body Tourette's". Also played by Eren Efren Ramirez.



One of the villains in the sequel. He has stolen Chev's heart.

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One of the villains in the sequel. He has stolen Chev's heart.
heart. Played by Art Hsu.



A latino sent by El Huron to bring him back Chev.

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A latino sent by El Huron to bring him back Chev. Played by Joseph Julian Soria.


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The boss of the Triads, who stole Chev's heart. Played by David Carradine.
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* BuryYourGays: He is killed by Verona's thugs.

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* %%* BuryYourGays: He is killed by Verona's thugs.
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** It's also thoroughly lampshaded in the second movie with a huge segment of "Fuck you, Chelios!" flashbacks going all the way back to

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** It's also thoroughly lampshaded in the second movie with a huge segment of "Fuck you, Chelios!" flashbacks going all the way back to his childhood, in which he's on a Maury-like show getting yelled at for being a little shit.

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* BaldOfAwesome: Not surprising, since he's ... ah, you know.
* CombatPragmatist: Prefers to simply beat everyone to death if he isn't in direct possession of a gun.



* {{Determinator}}: Regardless of whether he's been poisoned or had his heart replaced with a synthetic one, he will stop at nothing to get his revenge/heart, and he's willing to do literally anything to keep himself alive until he does.

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* {{Determinator}}: He is the living embodiment of determination. Regardless of whether he's been poisoned or had his heart replaced with a synthetic one, he will stop at nothing to get his revenge/heart, and he's willing to do literally anything to keep himself alive until he does.



* EnfanteTerrible: A flashback in the second movie reveals Chelios has always been this way since he was a kid.

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* EnfanteTerrible: A flashback in the second movie reveals Chelios has always been this way since a bonafide juvenile delinquent when he was a kid. young.



* {{Jerkass}}: Chev Chelios, in both movies - although occasional, fairly feeble attempts are made at portraying him as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, he seems by turns either genuinely uncaring or vaguely amused by much of the havoc he causes.
** To make up for it, pretty much everyone he's up against also embodies this trope.
** It's also thoroughly lampshaded in the second movie with a huge segment of "Fuck you, Chelios!" flashbacks going all the way back to



* KnightInShiningArmor: Ria mistakes Chev as hers, says as much, and ''immediately'' develops a full-blown BodyguardCrush on him.
--> "You need me like Whitney Houston!"



* MadeOfIron: The man survived falling from a helicopter, hitting a car and bouncing it off the road. This sort of thing would have shattered the bodies of anyone else, but he shakes it off as nothing happened. And at the end of the second movie, [[spoiler: he suffers extreme burns and seemingly dies on the operation table... Only for his eyes to open at the very end.]] And that is not counting the amount of punishment he endures to keep his adrenaline up, which would have exhausted the heart of anyone by now. [[RuleOfCool Just roll with it]].

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* MadeOfIron: The man survived falling from a helicopter, hitting a car and bouncing it off the road. This sort of thing would have shattered the bodies of anyone else, but he shakes it off as nothing happened. And at As soon as his body is recovered in the second movie, he is in such perfect condition his organs are ideal to be donated and he is capable of walking and fighting just fine, when he should have shattered every single part of his body with that fall.]] Of course, [[RuleOfCool reality was out for lunch]]. At the end of the second movie, [[spoiler: he suffers extreme burns and seemingly dies on the operation table... Only for his eyes to open at the very end.]] And that is not counting the amount of punishment he endures to keep his adrenaline up, which would have exhausted the heart of anyone by now. [[RuleOfCool Just roll with it]].it]].
** In the second movie, it is explicitly stated that his nigh-indestructibility is the reason why various people are interested in [[spoiler: his organs. More specifically, one very special one...]]
** Lampshaded by the second film's promotional tagline: "Anyone else would be ''so'' dead by now..."



* ProfessionalKiller: His job.



* VillainProtagonist: Played with, Chelios is a hitman, but his villainy is donwplayed in the context of the movies.



* AnythingThatMoves: It is heavily implied that Eve wants to have sex with a horse.



* TheStoner: Not seen engaging on screen, but a bong is shown in her apartment and she offers Chev pot to reduce stress. It's also implied that her pot smoking is why she's so oblivious to what's going on. She's also shown to be excited upon the sight of pills on her table, implying that does more than just weed.

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* TheStoner: Not seen engaging on screen, but a bong is shown in her apartment and she offers Chev pot to reduce stress. It's also implied that her pot smoking is why she's a LazyBum who sleeps in all day and is so oblivious to what's going on. She's also shown to be excited upon the sight of pills on her table, implying that does more than just weed.


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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Gets infatuated with Chelios, much to his chagrin.


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* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: In the first movie, where the circumstances force her into tearing her dress and having public sex.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: By ''High Voltage'', she fully embraces it for all it's worth and doesn't care what others think.

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* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: In the first movie, where the circumstances force her into tearing her dress and having public sex.
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* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: By ShamelessFanserviceGirl: ...though, by the time ''High Voltage'', she Voltage'' rolls around, Eve realises - and fully embraces it - a fetish for all it's worth what she and Chev got up to and doesn't care what others think. think.
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* KarkovaMan: Miles is an old man hooked up with Chocolate, a MsFanservice.

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* KarkovaMan: KavorkaMan: Miles is an old man hooked up with Chocolate, a MsFanservice.
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* BrainlessBeauty: Partially {{justified}} by her being a stoner, she's completely oblivious to everything going on around in the first movie.
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* MadeOfIron: The man survived falling from a helicopter, hitting a car and bouncing it off the road. This sort of thing would have made shattered the bodies of anyone else, but he shakes it off as nothing happened. And at the end of the second movie, [[spoiler: he suffers extreme burns and seemingly dies on the operation table... Only for his eyes to open at the very end.]] And that is not counting the amount of punishment he endures to keep his adrenaline up, which would have exhausted the heart of anyone by now. [[RuleOfCool Just roll with it]].

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* MadeOfIron: The man survived falling from a helicopter, hitting a car and bouncing it off the road. This sort of thing would have made shattered the bodies of anyone else, but he shakes it off as nothing happened. And at the end of the second movie, [[spoiler: he suffers extreme burns and seemingly dies on the operation table... Only for his eyes to open at the very end.]] And that is not counting the amount of punishment he endures to keep his adrenaline up, which would have exhausted the heart of anyone by now. [[RuleOfCool Just roll with it]].



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%%* LargeHam* LargeHam: In his introductory scene, he is chewing the scenery and acting over-the-top, possibly to show his unhinged nature and to intimidate his goons.



** HandicappedBadass: His condition is akin to epilepsy and sometimes strikes when it's least convenient.

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** HandicappedBadass: His condition is akin to epilepsy and sometimes strikes when it's least convenient. It still doesn't stop him from accidentally taking out some enemies when it happens.
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* VaporWear: She doesn't wear a bra under her dress, which becomes apparent once it gets torn.
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* AntiHero: He is a mob hitman and an unapologetic {{Jerkass}} who does some really awful acts through out both movies such as picking up fights, threatening to kill innocents, stealing stuff all the time, driving recklessly and having public sex with his reluctant girlfriend. However, he was trying to retire and go straight before Rick Verona poisoned him and all the things he does are to prologue his survival, since he needs to keep adrenaline constantly up. And it helps that his enemies are much worse than he is.

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* AntiHero: He is a mob hitman and an unapologetic {{Jerkass}} who does some really awful acts through out both movies such as picking up fights, threatening to kill innocents, stealing stuff all the time, driving recklessly and having public sex with his reluctant girlfriend. However, he was trying to retire and go straight before Rick Verona poisoned him and all the things he does are to prologue prolong his survival, since he needs to keep his adrenaline constantly up. And it helps that his enemies are much worse than he is.



* HitmanWithAHeart: Really, ''really'', '''[[{{Jerkass}} really]]''' deep down. He wanted out of the game so he could set down with his girlfriend...

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* HitmanWithAHeart: Really, ''really'', '''[[{{Jerkass}} really]]''' deep down. He wanted out of the game so he could set settle down with his girlfriend...



* MadeOfIron: The man survived falling from a helicopter, hitting a car and bouncing it off the road. This sort of thing would have made shattered the bodies of anyone else, but he shakes it off as nothing happened. And at the end of the second movie, [[spoiler: he suffers extreme burns and seemingly dies in the operation table... Only for his eyes to open at the very end.]] And that is not counting the number of punishment he endures to keep his adrenaline up which would have exhausted the heart of anyone by now. [[RuleOfCool Just roll with it]].

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* MadeOfIron: The man survived falling from a helicopter, hitting a car and bouncing it off the road. This sort of thing would have made shattered the bodies of anyone else, but he shakes it off as nothing happened. And at the end of the second movie, [[spoiler: he suffers extreme burns and seemingly dies in on the operation table... Only for his eyes to open at the very end.]] And that is not counting the number amount of punishment he endures to keep his adrenaline up up, which would have exhausted the heart of anyone by now. [[RuleOfCool Just roll with it]].



* AnythingThatMoves: Develops a sexual fetish after her public sex scene with Chev, and is shown to be wanting it at anytime. [[spoiler:Even with a horse]].

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* AnythingThatMoves: Develops a sexual fetish after her public sex scene with Chev, and is shown to be wanting it at anytime.any time. [[spoiler:Even with a horse]].



* {{Jerkass}}: He's only like this to Chocolate. Well, maybe she likes him to treat him this way.

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* {{Jerkass}}: He's only like this to Chocolate. Well, maybe she likes him to treat him treating her this way.



Doc Miles bitch/personal assistant. Technically two different characters in each movie, but the role is the same. Played by Valarie Rae Miller and Julanne Chidi respectively.

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Doc Miles Miles' bitch/personal assistant. Technically two different characters in each movie, but the role is the same. Played by Valarie Rae Miller and Julanne Chidi respectively.



* DisposableSexWorker: She is (unintentionally) saved of being turned into one by Chev.

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* DisposableSexWorker: She is (unintentionally) saved of from being turned into one by Chev.



** HandicappedBadass: His condition is akin to epilepsy and sometimes strikes when its least convenient.

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** HandicappedBadass: His condition is akin to epilepsy and sometimes strikes when its it's least convenient.



* TheUnreveal: spoiler: We never find out what exactly [[spoiler: he was carrying in inside his brief case]], but judging from Chev's reaction, ''its really messed up''.

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* TheUnreveal: spoiler: We never find out what exactly [[spoiler: he was carrying in inside his brief case]], but judging from Chev's reaction, ''its ''it's really messed up''.



* TheDragon: To El Huron. He is the lead thug chasing Chev through out the second movie.

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* TheDragon: To El Huron. He is the lead thug chasing Chev through out throughout the second movie.



* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Chelios kills him this way. With an eletric baton.]]

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Chelios kills him this way. With an eletric electric baton.]]
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* TheStoner: Not seen engaging on screen, but a bong is shown in her apartment and she offers Chev pot to reduce stress. It's also implied that her pot smoking is why she's so oblivious to what's going on.

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* TheStoner: Not seen engaging on screen, but a bong is shown in her apartment and she offers Chev pot to reduce stress. It's also implied that her pot smoking is why she's so oblivious to what's going on. She's also shown to be excited upon the sight of pills on her table, implying that does more than just weed.
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* AlliterativeName: '''Che'''v '''Che'''lios.

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Chev's girlfriend who has no idea that he is a hitman. Played by Creator/AmySmart

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Chev's girlfriend who has no idea that he is a hitman. She sleeps in all day, smokes pot, and apparently enjoys public sex. By ''Crank 2'', she takes up the job of being a stripper nicknamed "Lemon". Played by Creator/AmySmart


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* TheDitz: Due to a combination of being stoned and her natural blase attitude.


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* MeaningfulName: "Eve" is a strain of marijuana. Can you guess [[TheStoner what she does all day in her apartment]]?
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* LivingOnBorrowedTime:

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* LivingOnBorrowedTime: He keeps death at bay a little time by letting the adrenaline out.

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* MadeOfIron: The man survived falling from a helicopter, hitting a car and bouncing it off the road. This sort of thing would have made any person tetraplegic at the very least, but he shakes it off as nothing happened. And at the end of the second movie, [[spoiler: he suffers extreme burns and seemingly dies in the operation table... Only for his eyes to open at the very end.]] And that is not counting the number of punishment he endures to keep his adrenaline up which would have exhausted the heart of anyone by now. [[RuleOfCool Just roll with it]].

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* LivingOnBorrowedTime:
* MadeOfIron: The man survived falling from a helicopter, hitting a car and bouncing it off the road. This sort of thing would have made any person tetraplegic at shattered the very least, bodies of anyone else, but he shakes it off as nothing happened. And at the end of the second movie, [[spoiler: he suffers extreme burns and seemingly dies in the operation table... Only for his eyes to open at the very end.]] And that is not counting the number of punishment he endures to keep his adrenaline up which would have exhausted the heart of anyone by now. [[RuleOfCool Just roll with it]].



* DefiantToTheEnd: Its particularly impressive that he does this [[spoiler: as a decapitated head whose final words are "fuck you, Chelios".]]

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* DefiantToTheEnd: Its particularly impressive that he does this [[spoiler: as a ''a decapitated head whose final words are "fuck you, Chelios".]]'']]



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%%* TheSmartGuy* TheSmartGuy: He is a doctor, so he knows what he is doing.



%%* TheLancer: To Doc.

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%%* * TheLancer: To Doc.As Doc's assistant.



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%%* StalkerWithACrush* StalkerWithACrush: More pestering and obstructive than the usual example.



* TheHeavy: In the second movie, since Vang is carrying Chelios' heart in his case, he drives his search to retrieve his pumper back.

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* TheHeavy: In the second movie, since Vang is carrying Chelios' heart in his case, he drives his search to retrieve his pumper back. [[spoiler: Except he isn't.]]


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* RedHerring: Chev spends the sequel chasing Vang who is carrying his heart on his case.[[spoiler: Turns out he doesn't even have it, as he was carrying... [[TakeOurWordForIt something else]]. And the heart was already donated to its intended receiver.]]
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* CampGay: Kaylo is very flamboyant.
* BuryYourGays: He is killed by Verona's thugs.
* GayBestFriend: To Chelios. He is one of the few people besides Doc that are really close to him.
* TheDitz: Lets say he is not the brightest bulb.


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[[folder:Carlito]]
Chelios' employer.
* BadBoss: Ordering a hit on one of his best enforcers after they fulfilled their job.
* BigBad: For the first movie, since Verona is under his payroll.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: This attitude towards Chelios after he iced Don Kim is essentially what kicked off the first movie's plot.
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