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-->'''Santánico:''' "Welcome to ''slavery''."
-->'''Seth:''' "No thanks. I already ''had'' a wife."

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-->'''Santánico:''' "Welcome Welcome to ''slavery''."
''slavery''.
-->'''Seth:''' "No No thanks. I already ''had'' a wife."



-->''Do you think this is what I am? This is not me, I am a ''professional'' fucking thief, I don't kill people that I don't have to...and I DON'T FUCKING RAPE WOMEN! What you are doing, what you are fucking doing, what you are doing, IS NOT HOW IT'S DONE!''

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-->''Do -->'''Seth:''' Do you think this is what I am? This is not me, I am a ''professional'' fucking thief, I don't kill people that I don't have to...and I DON'T FUCKING RAPE WOMEN! What you are doing, what you are fucking doing, what you are doing, IS NOT HOW IT'S DONE!''DONE!



-->Now I don't wanna hear "I don't believe in vampires." Because I don't fucking believe in vampires, but I believe in my own two eyes, and what I saw was fucking vampires.

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-->Now -->'''Seth:''' Now I don't wanna hear "I don't believe in vampires." Because I don't fucking believe in vampires, but I believe in my own two eyes, and what I saw was fucking vampires.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Goes barefoot, to the fetishistic Richie's (and Tarantino's) delight.
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* UndeadBarefooter: Not feeling discomfort due to being a vampire may be the reason why she goes barefoot.
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** When Jacob threatens to kill Richie if the latter makes any moves towards Kate Seth, despite loving his brother deeply, simply says "Fair enough."
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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:After the initial fight with the vampires that he is killed in he turns into a vampire and is put down for good by Seth]].
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:The only person who mourns his death is his brother]].

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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:After the initial fight with the vampires that he is killed in in, he turns into a vampire and is put down for good by Seth]].
Seth.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:The only person who mourns his death is his brother]].brother.]]



* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He may be reprehensible but he does seem to genuinely care about Seth. After his murder of Gloria, he seems more upset about making Seth angry than what he did [[spoiler:His last words before [[GameFace going full vampire]] are even "I love you too, Seth".]]

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He may be reprehensible but he does seem to genuinely care about Seth. After his murder of Gloria, he seems more upset about making Seth angry than what he did did. [[spoiler:His last words before [[GameFace going full vampire]] are even "I love you too, Seth".]]



* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Is killed midway through the movie by vampires before the group fully realizes what's going on]].

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* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Is [[spoiler:Is killed midway through the movie by vampires before the group fully realizes what's going on]].on.]]



* StupidEvil: To put it bluntly, most of the chaos the Geckos leave behind on-screen is Richie's fault and if there is ''one'' thing Seth hates about Richie is the fact that he has to clean up Richie's messes.

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* StupidEvil: To put it bluntly, most of the chaos the Geckos leave behind on-screen is Richie's fault fault, and if there is ''one'' thing Seth hates about Richie Richie, it is the fact that he has to clean up Richie's messes.



* WildCard: Richie's deranged nature makes him impossible to predict, which causes some problems for Seth when [[spoiler: he rapes and kills their original hostage]].

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* WildCard: Richie's deranged nature makes him impossible to predict, which causes some problems for Seth when [[spoiler: he [[spoiler:he rapes and kills their original hostage]].



* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: He ends up getting bitten and turned into a vampire.]]

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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He ends up getting bitten and turned into a vampire.]]



* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: He threatens to shoot himself [[spoiler: after being bitten and knowing that he will turn into a vampire, unless his family promises to kill him after the turn]].

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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: He threatens to shoot himself [[spoiler: after [[spoiler:after being bitten and knowing that he will turn into a vampire, unless his family promises to kill him after the turn]].



* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler: After he is bitten by the vampires, he makes his children promise him to put him down when he turns. Unfortunately, when that time comes Scott hesitates and gets himself killed]].

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* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After he is bitten by the vampires, he makes his children promise him to put him down when he turns. Unfortunately, when that time comes comes, Scott hesitates and gets himself killed]].killed.]]



* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:She's the only survivor of the massacre besides Seth]].

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* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:She's the only survivor of the massacre besides Seth]].Seth.]]



* NiceGirl: Kate is presented as one, and fails to understand her father's CrisisOfFaith. [[spoiler: And while she doesn't exactly mourn Richie's death, she does express some sympathy for Seth given that he had to kill his own brother.]]

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* NiceGirl: Kate is presented as one, and fails to understand her father's CrisisOfFaith. [[spoiler: And [[spoiler:And while she doesn't exactly mourn Richie's death, she does express some sympathy for Seth given that he had to kill his own brother.]]



* MistakenForGay: When Gecko encounters an older man in a hotel room with a young Asian male, he draws entirely the wrong conclusion.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He shares his father's (former) Christian beliefs but he's still a teenager, who can't help being DistractedByTheSexy lapdancers in the Titty Twister.

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* MistakenForGay: When Seth Gecko encounters an older man in a hotel room with a young Asian male, he draws entirely the wrong conclusion.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He shares his father's (former) Christian beliefs beliefs, but he's still a teenager, who can't help being DistractedByTheSexy lapdancers in the Titty Twister.



* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:With a ''shotgun.'']]

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:With a ''shotgun.'']]''shotgun''.]]



* ScaryBlackMan: He's big, imposing and kicks ass. Downplayed, in that he’s actually pretty friendly towards the rest of the survivors.

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* ScaryBlackMan: He's big, imposing imposing, and kicks ass. Downplayed, in that he’s actually pretty friendly towards the rest of the survivors.



* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler: Seth uses his whip to pop his head off...but this doesn't kill him rather mutates his body into a rat like form. He's ultimately done in by Kate firing some arrows into him.]]

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* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler: Seth [[spoiler:Seth uses his whip to pop his head off...off… but this doesn't kill him him, but rather mutates his body into a rat like rat-like form. He's ultimately done in by Kate firing some arrows into him.]]



* ZombieInfectee: He ends up getting bitten by one of the patrons reviving before he can finish burning the body. At first, he brushes it off as nothing [[spoiler:until he suddenly hears a voice telling him to kill the others. Next thing he knows, he suddenly gains fangs and his hands mutate into claws. He tries to hide it but ultimately turns and bites Frost from behind]].

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* ZombieInfectee: He ends up getting bitten by one of the patrons reviving before he can finish burning the body. At first, he brushes it off as nothing [[spoiler:until he suddenly hears a voice telling him to kill the others. Next thing he knows, he suddenly gains fangs and his hands mutate into claws. He tries to hide it it, but ultimately turns and bites Frost from behind]].



* GratuitousSpanish: Her name, although it is quite of an idiomatic trainwreck. Not only her first name is canonically badly spelled (the word is "Satánico", not "Santánico"), but it has also the wrong gender (a title for a female would be "Satánica", not "Satánico").

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* GratuitousSpanish: Her name, although it is quite of an idiomatic trainwreck. Not only is her first name is canonically badly spelled (the word is "Satánico", not "Santánico"), but it has also the wrong gender (a title for a female would be "Satánica", not "Satánico").

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* BadassBiker

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* %%* BadassBiker



%%* WhipItGood:
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** He also refuses Kate's offer to join him on the road, clearly genuinely guilt-ridden over being indirectly responsible for her family's death and not wanting to drag her into any more of his dangerous lifestyle.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: He has literal delusions, so he's probably meant to be mentally ill. Which illness is another thing.

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* ICallItVera: "Mr. .44", his Astra Terminator .44 Magnum, which gets used by him and other characters against the vampires.



* NamedWeapons: "Mr. .44", his Astra Terminator .44 Magnum, which gets used by him and other characters against the vampires.

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* NamedWeapons: "Mr. .44", his Astra Terminator .44 Magnum, which gets used by him and other characters against the vampires.



* WeaponOfChoice: "Mr. .44", his Astra Terminator .44 Magnum, which gets used by him and other characters against the vampires.



* WeaponOfChoice: His Norinco 1911-A1, a .45 Automatic pistol.



* WhipItGood: His WeaponOfChoice.

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* WhipItGood: His WeaponOfChoice.%%* WhipItGood:
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dewicking Knife Nut per TRS


* ShellShockedVeteran: He's a KnifeNut 'Nam vet.

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* ShellShockedVeteran: He's a KnifeNut knife-wielding 'Nam vet.
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* LargeHam: When heated, he can be very theatrical. He is played by Creator/QuentinTarantino, after all.
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* AntiHero: Seth is ''not'' a good person. He's a convicted criminal with blood on his hands who just so happens to be less prone to violence than his brother Richie.

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* AntiHero: Seth is ''not'' a good person. He's a convicted criminal with blood on his hands who just so happens to be less prone to violence than his brother Richie. While he starts the movie as a VillainProtagonist, when the vampires enter the picture, he is the one who leads the others in fighting the monsters and sending them back to Hell.



* WeaponOfChoice: His .44 Magnum, which gets used by him and other characters against the vampires.

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* WeaponOfChoice: His ."Mr. .44", his Astra Terminator .44 Magnum, which gets used by him and other characters against the vampires.

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-->''Do you think this is what I am? This is not me, I am a ''professional'' fucking thief, I don't kill people that I don't have to.....and I DON'T FUCKING RAPE WOMEN! What you you are doing, what you are fucking doing, what you are doing, IS NOT HOW IT'S DONE!''

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-->''Do you think this is what I am? This is not me, I am a ''professional'' fucking thief, I don't kill people that I don't have to.....to...and I DON'T FUCKING RAPE WOMEN! What you you are doing, what you are fucking doing, what you are doing, IS NOT HOW IT'S DONE!''



* SilverFox: He may be a complete bastard but he's still played by George Clooney.

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* SilverFox: He may be a complete bastard (though not a ''complete'' bastard as seen under numerous tropes above) but he's still played by George Clooney.



* WeaponOfChoice: His .44 Magnum, which gets used by him and other characters against the vampires.



* WeaponOfChoice: His Norinco 1911-A1, a .45 Automatic pistol.



* FallingChandelier: How she goes out, courtesy of Mr. .44.

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* FallingChandelier: FallingChandelierOfDoom: How she goes out, courtesy of Mr. .44.

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