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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Carlos accuses Freddie of having a case of this. He claims that even if he got his revenge on the Geckos, he would still be unable to walk away now that he knows about the supernatural.
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* {{Greed}}: His defining characteristic, according to Santanico. Santanico.
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: While the rest of the [[spoiler:conquistadors]] were concerned with [[spoiler:converting the natives to Christianity]], Carlos specifically says he’s only interested in the gold.
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Before being turned Santanico used to be a kind girl who didn’t want people being [[HumanSacrifice sacrificed]] to her.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Tries She's a big proponent of this:
** First she tries to pull this once she gets fed up with her father’santics, antics at the RV, but circumstances prevent her. [[spoiler:her boyfriend got killed by a vampire en-route to pick her up.]]
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A list of characters in the television series ''Series/{{FromDuskTillDawn}}''.
[[foldercontrol]]
!The Gecko Brothers
[[folder:Seth]]
!! Seth Gecko
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->'''Played By:''' D.J. Cotrona
A professional thief and a modern-day outlaw. As the series starts his brother Richie has just helped him escape prison. Together they pull a bank heist that goes terribly wrong and puts them on the run.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Seth is very protective of Richie, to the point of being willing to sacrifice his future with the woman he loves for him.
* CatchPhrase: Seth repeats the phrase "I'm a professional thief" an awful lot.
* TheDeterminator: He will not let anything or anyone stop him from getting his brother to El Rey.
* NobleDemon: Seth may be a ruthless criminal, but compared to his brother and TheCartel, he comes off almost heroic.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: His weapon of choice is an enormous revolver.
* SiblingsInCrime: One half of a two brother bank-robbing team.
* TattooedCrook: Flashbacks to his time in prison show that Seth has several tattoos in his body.
* ThickerThanWater: He sticks by his brother, in spite of believing him to be dangerously crazy.
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[[folder:Richie]]
!! Richard “Richie” Gecko
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->'''Played By:''' Zane Holtz
A professional thief and a modern-day outlaw. He used to be the brains of the operation and the more levelheaded of the two brothers, but while Seth was in prison something started to go wrong inside his head.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Zane Holtz is a former male model, while in the movie the character was played by Quentin Tarantino.
* AdaptationalHeroism: While he performs some of the same heinous acts as his movie counterpart, this time they can be attributed to Santanico’s MindManipulation.
* BerserkButton: Richie doesn’t appreciate being called crazy.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He comes off like this, but the reality is far more complicated.
* PsychicBlockDefense: Loosing his trust in Santanico allows Richie to block her MindManipulation.
* SanitySlippage: Richie Gecko used to be a highly intelligent, methodical and dependable bank robber. However while Seth was in prison he became more and more unhinged, and it only gets worse as the series starts.
* {{Seer}} / PsychicPowers: Richie has constant visions and displays knowledge that he should have no way of knowing. It is implied to be the result of [[spoiler:MindManipulation by Santanico Pandemonium.]]
* SiblingsInCrime: One half of a two brother bank-robbing team.
[[/folder]]
!The Fuller Family
[[folder: Jacob]]
!! Jacob Fuller
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->'''Played By:''' {{Creator/RobertPatrick}}
A former preacher suddenly decided to buy a Winnebago and take his children on an adventure to Mexico. He’s experiencing a crisis of faith and carries a dark secret, which doesn’t help matters when he and his kids become the Geckos’ hostages.
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* BadassPreacher: After he [[TookALevelInBadass levels up]].
* CrisisOfFaith: He’s experiencing a severe one in the wake of his wife’s death.
* DrowningMySorrows: He has been hitting the bottle pretty bad since his wife died.
* GoodShepherd: His congregation saw him as this before he quit.
* TookALevelInBadass: After the big fight at the Titty Twister.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kate]]
!! Kate Fuller
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->'''Played By:''' Madison Davenport
Jacob’s daughter, she doesn’t understand his father’s actions in the wake of her mother’s death in a car accident.
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* LikeParentLikeSpouse: Scott accuses her of this, being a preacher’s daughter dating a guy who texts her Bible quotes as a way of flirting.
* PreachersKid: Her father is a minister.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Tries to pull this once she gets fed up with her father’s antics, but circumstances prevent her.
* TookALevelInBadass: The last member of the family to do so, with [[ChainsawGood ''a chainsaw'']].
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[[folder: Scott]]
!! Scott Fuller
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->'''Played By:''' Brandon Soo Hoo
Jacob’s adopted son, he’s much more accepting of the unusual stuff his father does after his mother’s death.
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* AsianAndNerdy: Scott was adopted by the Fullers from China. He’s also [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings fluent in Elvish]] and [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined uses ''Frack'' as a swear word.]]
* HappilyAdopted: He’s family loves him very much and he loves them back.
* TookALevelInBadass: The only one of the Fullers to do this ''before'' they get to the Titty Twister. And once all hell breaks loose at the bar, he’s the most enthusiastic about fighting back.
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!The Texas Rangers
[[folder: Ranger [=McGraw=]]]
!! Ranger Earl [=McGraw=]
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->'''Played By:''' Don Johnson
A tough veteran Texas Ranger who crosses paths with the Gecko Borthers
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* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: Even as he lay dying, he kept trying to take out the Geckos]].
* DoomedByCanon: Even though the details differ, [[spoiler:both he dies at more or less the same point in the story as he did in the movie.]].
* MarriedToTheJob: The reason he didn’t spend as much time as he wanted to with his wife and daughter.
* ParentalSubstitute: He was more of a father to his partner, Freddie Gonzalez, than he was to his own daughter.
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:He dies in the first episode, but continues to be developed as a character in flashbacks]].
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[[folder: Ranger Gonzalez]]
!! Ranger Freddie Gonzalez
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->'''Played By:''' Jesse Garcia
Earl [=McGraw=]’s partner. A young Texas Ranger who has recently become a father, he’s on the trail of the Geckos and will stop at nothing to bring them down.
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* TheDeterminator: An even bigger one than Seth. He’s willing to sacrifice his career and his life to take down the Geckos.
* InSeriesNickname: All the Mexican characters refer to him as ''“rinche”'', a derogatory term for Texas Rangers that he really doesn’t like.
* ItsPersonal: After [[spoiler: they kill his partner]], the manhunt for the Geckos becomes very personal for Ranger Gonzalez.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Freddie keeps trying to kill Richie, even when [[spoiler:they are all fighting for their lives in the middle of a vampire attack]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: In-universe, Ranger Gonzales continuously derails Santanico’s plans for Richie. Out-of-universe, his actions at the Titty Twister mark the point where [[OffTheRails the show’s plot breaks]] with that of the movie.
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: The Geckos are the protagonists of the show, but the audience can’t help but cheer Freddie’s determination to bring them down.
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!The Culebras
[[folder: Santánico]]
!! Santánico Pandemonium
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->'''Played By:''' Eiza González
The mistress of evil, its most loyal guardian, and the central figure in an ancient cult of bloodsucking vampires known in our realm as culebras. She has a special plan in mind for Richie.
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* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler:Averted. She survives past the point in the story where her movie counterpart was killed]].
* HornyDevils: In addition to being a vampire, she’s specifically called a succubus by Prof. Tanner.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Santanico Pandemonium
* MindManipulation: She was messing with Richie’s head long before she even met him.
* MonsterProgenitor: The legends claim that the culebras originate from her.
* MsFanservice: She spends most of her screen time in very little clothes.
* Semidivine: Prof. Tanner refers to her as a demigoddess.
* SpicyLatina: She’s an incredibly attractive, hot blooded Latina temptress.
* TheVamp: Even though the man she’s trying to get her claws on is no saint to begin with.
* VampireMonarch: Of her own little clan, even though she doesn’t seem to be very high in the overall hierarchy of the culebras.
* WasOnceAMan: She was an innocent human girl before being sacrificed to the Vision Serpent and turned into the god’s mistress.
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[[folder: Carlos]]
!! Carlos Madrigal
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->'''Played By:''' Wilmer Valderrama
A Mexican criminal overlord and brutal enforcer for TheCartel. He’s the Geckos’ contact SouthOfTheBorder and the one who tells Seth about a mysterious paradise – a place in Mexico called "El Rey" – where he and Richie can find sanctuary and peace.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He was played by Cheech Marin in the film and by the younger and better looking Wilmer Valderrama in the series.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original movie he was merely the brothers’ contact in Mexico and unaware of the Titty Twister’s true nature. In the series [[spoiler:he’s a full blown vampire and intentionally leading the brothers to the Titty Twister]].
* TheDragon: Carlos is [[spoiler:Santanico’s]] right hand man and the one in charge of implementing [[spoiler:her]] plan.
* OffWithHisHead: This is how he deals with some people that are trying to steal from him, followed by DecapitationPresentation.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Narciso]]
!! Narciso
->'''Played By:''' Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
A Mexican criminal overlord and a culebra. He serves as one of the lieutenants for the Nine Lords of the Night
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* Jerkass: He humiliates Carlos for no other reason than to be a dick.
* VillainousRescue: He saves Seth from being torn apart by some bikers, but only so he can pump him for information.
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[[folder: The Nine Lords]]
!! The Nine Lords of the Night
->'''Played By:''' Unknown
The Nine Lords of the Night are the leaders of the Blood Cult and TheCartel. They are at the top of the culebra hierarchy
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* BiggerBad: They are at the top of the food chain in the Culebras’s society and everyone else works to feed them.
* TheGhost: Several characters refer to them directly and indirectly, but they haven’t appeared yet on-screen.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Nine Lords of the Night is pretty ominous.
* PublicDomainCharacter: The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_of_the_Night Nine Lords of the Night]] are figures from Mesoamerican mythology.
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!Others
[[folder: Vanessa]]
!! Vanessa Styles
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->'''Played By:''' Adrianne Palicki
Seth’s wife and the brothers’ accomplice in the bank robbery.
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* [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim Break Her Heart to Save Her]]: Seth has to break up with her because he knows that he will have to spend the rest of his life on the run taking care of Richie.
* ShooTheDog: Seth tries to convince her to take 4 million dollars and go start a new live in Florida.
* StatuesqueStunner: Like the actress who plays her, she’s 5'11" (1,8 m) and very attractive.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Prof. Tanner]]
!! Professor Aiden Tanner
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->'''Played By:''' Jake Busey
An archeology professor at Alamo State who advises Ranger Gonzalez about a series of gruesome murders and their connection to Mesoamerican mythology.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: His movie counterpart is [[spoiler:Sex Machine]], of all people. When he goes undercover to follow the trail of the Blood Cult he assumes that identity, while in the original movie [[spoiler:he was just a random badass who happened to be at the bar that night]]
* AdventurerArchaeologist: He fancies himself this, going ''“undercover”'' to investigate the Blood Cult.
* BadAss: He handles himself pretty well during the big fight at the Titty Twister.
* DirtyOldMan: He hits on Kate the minute he crosses paths with her for the first time.
* MrExposition: He’s the main source of information about the Blood Cult and the culebras for the Geckos, the Fullers and the audience.
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!The Gecko Brothers
[[folder:Seth]]
!! Seth Gecko
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seth_gecko_9689.png]]
->'''Played By:''' D.J. Cotrona
A professional thief and a modern-day outlaw. As the series starts his brother Richie has just helped him escape prison. Together they pull a bank heist that goes terribly wrong and puts them on the run.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Seth is very protective of Richie, to the point of being willing to sacrifice his future with the woman he loves for him.
* CatchPhrase: Seth repeats the phrase "I'm a professional thief" an awful lot.
* TheDeterminator: He will not let anything or anyone stop him from getting his brother to El Rey.
* NobleDemon: Seth may be a ruthless criminal, but compared to his brother and TheCartel, he comes off almost heroic.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: His weapon of choice is an enormous revolver.
* SiblingsInCrime: One half of a two brother bank-robbing team.
* TattooedCrook: Flashbacks to his time in prison show that Seth has several tattoos in his body.
* ThickerThanWater: He sticks by his brother, in spite of believing him to be dangerously crazy.
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[[folder:Richie]]
!! Richard “Richie” Gecko
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zane-holtz_6256.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Zane Holtz
A professional thief and a modern-day outlaw. He used to be the brains of the operation and the more levelheaded of the two brothers, but while Seth was in prison something started to go wrong inside his head.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Zane Holtz is a former male model, while in the movie the character was played by Quentin Tarantino.
* AdaptationalHeroism: While he performs some of the same heinous acts as his movie counterpart, this time they can be attributed to Santanico’s MindManipulation.
* BerserkButton: Richie doesn’t appreciate being called crazy.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He comes off like this, but the reality is far more complicated.
* PsychicBlockDefense: Loosing his trust in Santanico allows Richie to block her MindManipulation.
* SanitySlippage: Richie Gecko used to be a highly intelligent, methodical and dependable bank robber. However while Seth was in prison he became more and more unhinged, and it only gets worse as the series starts.
* {{Seer}} / PsychicPowers: Richie has constant visions and displays knowledge that he should have no way of knowing. It is implied to be the result of [[spoiler:MindManipulation by Santanico Pandemonium.]]
* SiblingsInCrime: One half of a two brother bank-robbing team.
[[/folder]]
!The Fuller Family
[[folder: Jacob]]
!! Jacob Fuller
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->'''Played By:''' {{Creator/RobertPatrick}}
A former preacher suddenly decided to buy a Winnebago and take his children on an adventure to Mexico. He’s experiencing a crisis of faith and carries a dark secret, which doesn’t help matters when he and his kids become the Geckos’ hostages.
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* BadassPreacher: After he [[TookALevelInBadass levels up]].
* CrisisOfFaith: He’s experiencing a severe one in the wake of his wife’s death.
* DrowningMySorrows: He has been hitting the bottle pretty bad since his wife died.
* GoodShepherd: His congregation saw him as this before he quit.
* TookALevelInBadass: After the big fight at the Titty Twister.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kate]]
!! Kate Fuller
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->'''Played By:''' Madison Davenport
Jacob’s daughter, she doesn’t understand his father’s actions in the wake of her mother’s death in a car accident.
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* LikeParentLikeSpouse: Scott accuses her of this, being a preacher’s daughter dating a guy who texts her Bible quotes as a way of flirting.
* PreachersKid: Her father is a minister.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Tries to pull this once she gets fed up with her father’s antics, but circumstances prevent her.
* TookALevelInBadass: The last member of the family to do so, with [[ChainsawGood ''a chainsaw'']].
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[[folder: Scott]]
!! Scott Fuller
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->'''Played By:''' Brandon Soo Hoo
Jacob’s adopted son, he’s much more accepting of the unusual stuff his father does after his mother’s death.
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* AsianAndNerdy: Scott was adopted by the Fullers from China. He’s also [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings fluent in Elvish]] and [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined uses ''Frack'' as a swear word.]]
* HappilyAdopted: He’s family loves him very much and he loves them back.
* TookALevelInBadass: The only one of the Fullers to do this ''before'' they get to the Titty Twister. And once all hell breaks loose at the bar, he’s the most enthusiastic about fighting back.
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!The Texas Rangers
[[folder: Ranger [=McGraw=]]]
!! Ranger Earl [=McGraw=]
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->'''Played By:''' Don Johnson
A tough veteran Texas Ranger who crosses paths with the Gecko Borthers
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* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: Even as he lay dying, he kept trying to take out the Geckos]].
* DoomedByCanon: Even though the details differ, [[spoiler:both he dies at more or less the same point in the story as he did in the movie.]].
* MarriedToTheJob: The reason he didn’t spend as much time as he wanted to with his wife and daughter.
* ParentalSubstitute: He was more of a father to his partner, Freddie Gonzalez, than he was to his own daughter.
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:He dies in the first episode, but continues to be developed as a character in flashbacks]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Ranger Gonzalez]]
!! Ranger Freddie Gonzalez
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jesse-garcia_2913.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Jesse Garcia
Earl [=McGraw=]’s partner. A young Texas Ranger who has recently become a father, he’s on the trail of the Geckos and will stop at nothing to bring them down.
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* TheDeterminator: An even bigger one than Seth. He’s willing to sacrifice his career and his life to take down the Geckos.
* InSeriesNickname: All the Mexican characters refer to him as ''“rinche”'', a derogatory term for Texas Rangers that he really doesn’t like.
* ItsPersonal: After [[spoiler: they kill his partner]], the manhunt for the Geckos becomes very personal for Ranger Gonzalez.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Freddie keeps trying to kill Richie, even when [[spoiler:they are all fighting for their lives in the middle of a vampire attack]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: In-universe, Ranger Gonzales continuously derails Santanico’s plans for Richie. Out-of-universe, his actions at the Titty Twister mark the point where [[OffTheRails the show’s plot breaks]] with that of the movie.
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: The Geckos are the protagonists of the show, but the audience can’t help but cheer Freddie’s determination to bring them down.
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!The Culebras
[[folder: Santánico]]
!! Santánico Pandemonium
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->'''Played By:''' Eiza González
The mistress of evil, its most loyal guardian, and the central figure in an ancient cult of bloodsucking vampires known in our realm as culebras. She has a special plan in mind for Richie.
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* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler:Averted. She survives past the point in the story where her movie counterpart was killed]].
* HornyDevils: In addition to being a vampire, she’s specifically called a succubus by Prof. Tanner.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Santanico Pandemonium
* MindManipulation: She was messing with Richie’s head long before she even met him.
* MonsterProgenitor: The legends claim that the culebras originate from her.
* MsFanservice: She spends most of her screen time in very little clothes.
* Semidivine: Prof. Tanner refers to her as a demigoddess.
* SpicyLatina: She’s an incredibly attractive, hot blooded Latina temptress.
* TheVamp: Even though the man she’s trying to get her claws on is no saint to begin with.
* VampireMonarch: Of her own little clan, even though she doesn’t seem to be very high in the overall hierarchy of the culebras.
* WasOnceAMan: She was an innocent human girl before being sacrificed to the Vision Serpent and turned into the god’s mistress.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Carlos]]
!! Carlos Madrigal
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->'''Played By:''' Wilmer Valderrama
A Mexican criminal overlord and brutal enforcer for TheCartel. He’s the Geckos’ contact SouthOfTheBorder and the one who tells Seth about a mysterious paradise – a place in Mexico called "El Rey" – where he and Richie can find sanctuary and peace.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He was played by Cheech Marin in the film and by the younger and better looking Wilmer Valderrama in the series.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original movie he was merely the brothers’ contact in Mexico and unaware of the Titty Twister’s true nature. In the series [[spoiler:he’s a full blown vampire and intentionally leading the brothers to the Titty Twister]].
* TheDragon: Carlos is [[spoiler:Santanico’s]] right hand man and the one in charge of implementing [[spoiler:her]] plan.
* OffWithHisHead: This is how he deals with some people that are trying to steal from him, followed by DecapitationPresentation.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Narciso]]
!! Narciso
->'''Played By:''' Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
A Mexican criminal overlord and a culebra. He serves as one of the lieutenants for the Nine Lords of the Night
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* Jerkass: He humiliates Carlos for no other reason than to be a dick.
* VillainousRescue: He saves Seth from being torn apart by some bikers, but only so he can pump him for information.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Nine Lords]]
!! The Nine Lords of the Night
->'''Played By:''' Unknown
The Nine Lords of the Night are the leaders of the Blood Cult and TheCartel. They are at the top of the culebra hierarchy
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* BiggerBad: They are at the top of the food chain in the Culebras’s society and everyone else works to feed them.
* TheGhost: Several characters refer to them directly and indirectly, but they haven’t appeared yet on-screen.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Nine Lords of the Night is pretty ominous.
* PublicDomainCharacter: The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_of_the_Night Nine Lords of the Night]] are figures from Mesoamerican mythology.
[[/folder]]
!Others
[[folder: Vanessa]]
!! Vanessa Styles
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->'''Played By:''' Adrianne Palicki
Seth’s wife and the brothers’ accomplice in the bank robbery.
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* [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim Break Her Heart to Save Her]]: Seth has to break up with her because he knows that he will have to spend the rest of his life on the run taking care of Richie.
* ShooTheDog: Seth tries to convince her to take 4 million dollars and go start a new live in Florida.
* StatuesqueStunner: Like the actress who plays her, she’s 5'11" (1,8 m) and very attractive.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Prof. Tanner]]
!! Professor Aiden Tanner
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->'''Played By:''' Jake Busey
An archeology professor at Alamo State who advises Ranger Gonzalez about a series of gruesome murders and their connection to Mesoamerican mythology.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: His movie counterpart is [[spoiler:Sex Machine]], of all people. When he goes undercover to follow the trail of the Blood Cult he assumes that identity, while in the original movie [[spoiler:he was just a random badass who happened to be at the bar that night]]
* AdventurerArchaeologist: He fancies himself this, going ''“undercover”'' to investigate the Blood Cult.
* BadAss: He handles himself pretty well during the big fight at the Titty Twister.
* DirtyOldMan: He hits on Kate the minute he crosses paths with her for the first time.
* MrExposition: He’s the main source of information about the Blood Cult and the culebras for the Geckos, the Fullers and the audience.
[[/folder]]
