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* TheCheerleader: Minxie is one of the cheerleaders. Who unexpectedly gains psychic powers.
* TheStoner: Implied to be this by Scotty. This is why he doesn't believe her at first.
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* TheStoner: Implied to be this by Scotty. This is why he doesn't believe her at first.
* UnhappyMedium: She becomes this after gaining her powers out of the blue. The first person who makes contact with her is the ghost of Darry.
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* DecoyProtagonist: Scotty thinks himself the hero being the basketball team's captain, but its implied he might have racist and homophobic traits. And when he mentions the "two classes of people", he doesn't include himself among those who are doomed to get eaten by the Creeper. It's clear at this point that, racist and homophobic or not, he only cares about his own survival and is willing to sacrifice his three of his friends and teammates to live. Needless to say, he's the third student that ends up getting killed.killed.
* JerkJock: There are other jocks on the bus but Scotty is perhaps the biggest jerk jock if his implied homophobic and racist traits are anything to go by. And then he tries to convince everyone to throw three of the Creeper's intended victims off the bus, but as one of the kids, D points out, the Creeper picked him too. It's pretty clear that he only cares about his own survival. His girlfriend, Rhonda calls him out on this.
* JerkJock: There are other jocks on the bus but Scotty is perhaps the biggest jerk jock if his implied homophobic and racist traits are anything to go by. And then he tries to convince everyone to throw three of the Creeper's intended victims off the bus, but as one of the kids, D points out, the Creeper picked him too. It's pretty clear that he only cares about his own survival. His girlfriend, Rhonda calls him out on this.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The Creeper forcefully gouges his eyes out. And judging by the screams, he was still alive for it.
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* TheSociopath: He's a literal monster but he's sentient like an human. Unfortunately he has all the traits of a cruel and merciless SerialKiller who loves not only to eat their victims, but also relishing in their misery and he doesn't seem to have problem with innocent casualities either.
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* WouldHurtAChild: If the missing posters in the first movie are any indication, the Creepers is definitely willing to kill and torture children. He also kidnapped and murdered Billy in the second movie.
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* TheVoiceless: The Creeper (the only noises he makes are primal cries and grunts), although a deleted scene does reveal that he is capable of human speech, and confirms Darry's fear that the Creeper does indeed know his name. There was also, apparently, a scene planned for the sequel in which the Creeper was to be heard speaking, although that scene was never filmed.
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* CaptainErsatz: The Creeper sometimes looks a bit like [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] (mostly because of the deformed body and [[NiceHat hat]]).
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* CaptainErsatz: The Creeper sometimes looks a bit like [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] (mostly because of the deformed body and [[NiceHat hat]]). They also share a tendency to self-mutilation, Freddy to demonstrate his invulnerability and the Creeper, to remove damaged parts making way for new ones to grow.
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* BerserkButton: Apparently the one thing that can genuinely enrage the thing is [[spoiler:discovering what it ''really'' is.]]
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* BerserkButton: Apparently the one thing that can genuinely enrage the thing is [[spoiler:discovering [[spoiler: discovering what it ''really'' is.]]
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* MonstrousHumanoid: Whether it's a demon, an alien, a reaper, a gargoyle--we never find out what the Creeper is, but it's a humanoid monster who feeds on people.
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* MonstrousHumanoid: Whether it's a demon, an alien, a reaper, a gargoyle--we never find out what the Creeper is, is ([[spoiler:though the survivors of 3 do]]), but it's a humanoid monster who feeds on people.
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* VillainousBreakdown: Normally averted, but played straight in the third movie. When it [[spoiler:finds a sign telling it 'We know what you are']], it gets actively enraged and to some degree seems ''afraid'', to the point of doing something it ''never'' does: give up on its current target.]]
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* AchillesHeel:
** Thus far, the only reliable weakness he has is that he ''can't'' heal if he's prevented from eating. As a result, continuing to damage it without letting it heal will cause the damage to mount and weaken it. The second film shows this during the climax: it's repeatedly damaged over and over again without a chance to find eat, allowing the humans to come the closest to killing it thus far seen in the franchise.
** He ''has'' to go back into hibernation when its 23 day time limit ends. Even if it's currently surrounded by enemies and in danger, it ''will'' go into hibernation when the limit runs out.
** Thus far, the only reliable weakness he has is that he ''can't'' heal if he's prevented from eating. As a result, continuing to damage it without letting it heal will cause the damage to mount and weaken it. The second film shows this during the climax: it's repeatedly damaged over and over again without a chance to find eat, allowing the humans to come the closest to killing it thus far seen in the franchise.
** He ''has'' to go back into hibernation when its 23 day time limit ends. Even if it's currently surrounded by enemies and in danger, it ''will'' go into hibernation when the limit runs out.
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* WingedHumanoid: Sports an absolutly massive pair of bat like wings, that he usually only breaks out if his CoolTruck is out of commision.
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* ForTheEvulz: At first The Creeper seems like he kills to feed himself, thus attemping to survive. However seeing all the tortures he likes to inflict to his victims it's clear he does it for pure sadistic fun at the same time.
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* ForTheEvulz: At first The Creeper seems like he kills to feed himself, thus attemping to survive. However seeing all the tortures he likes to inflict to his victims it's clear he does it for pure sadistic fun at the same time. Its Cathedral of Horrors is definitely not the result of a predator that just needs to survive.
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* MadArtist: The Creeper does some very, um, creative things with his victim's remains. Not only does he sew the corpses together into a twisted kind of tapestry, he also makes some of his weapons from human remains, such as his throwing stars. [[note]]The first one seen is made of bone and melted down dental filling, with a single tooth for decoration, the second one is made of bone and Darry's belly button.[[/note]] He also has a talent for carving, as evidenced by his little self-portrait carved into his work table, and the intricately-carved designs on the hilt of one of his knives.
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* MadArtist: The Creeper does some very, um, creative things with his victim's victims' remains. Not only does he sew the corpses together into a twisted kind of tapestry, he also makes some of his weapons from human remains, such as his throwing stars. [[note]]The first one seen is made of bone and melted down dental filling, with a single tooth for decoration, the second one is made of bone and Darry's belly button.[[/note]] He also has a talent for carving, as evidenced by his little self-portrait carved into his work table, and the intricately-carved designs on the hilt of one of his knives.
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!!Patricia "Trish" Jenner
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* BigSisterInstinct
* CarFu
* DeadpanSnarker
* FinalGirl
* GenreSavvy: Maybe not to a point where it does any good, but she's much more careful than semi-suicidal Darry.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Attempted, but rejected.]]
* TakeMeInstead: [[spoiler:She begs the Creeper to take her instead of Darry, but it decides to stick with Darry.]]
* VolleyingInsults: With Darry, in a typical sibling way.
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!!Darius "Darry" Jenner
->'''Played By:''' Justin Long
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[[folder:Jack]]
!!Jack Taggart
->'''Played By:''' Creator/RayWise
* BigDamnHeroes
* CoolOldGuy
* HarpoonWeapon
* HeroicBSOD: After his son Billy is taken by the Creeper, Jack is tormented by grief.
* ItsPersonal: With the Creeper, who he desires revenge on for the death of his young son.
* {{Macgyvering}}: His Creeper-killer weapon is created from a harpoon, winch, post-driver and the Creeper's own knife.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge
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!!Jack Taggart Jr.
->'''Played By:''' Luke Edwards
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[[folder:Billy]]
!!Billy Taggart
->'''Played By:''' Shaun Flemming
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!!Minxie Hayes
->'''Played By:''' Nicki Aycox
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[[folder:Scott]]
!!Scott Braddock
->'''Played By:''' Eric Nenninger
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!Other Characters
[[folder:Jezelle]]
!!Jezelle Gay Hartman
->'''Played By:''' Patricia Belcher
* UnhappyMedium: She's psychic, but it's massively unhelpful and causes her no end of grief.
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!The Jenners
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!!Patricia "Trish" Jenner
->'''Played By:''' Gina Philips
* BigSisterInstinct
* CarFu
* DeadpanSnarker
* FinalGirl
* GenreSavvy: Maybe not to a point where it does any good, but she's much more careful than semi-suicidal Darry.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Attempted, but rejected.]]
* TakeMeInstead: [[spoiler:She begs the Creeper to take her instead of Darry, but it decides to stick with Darry.]]
* VolleyingInsults: With Darry, in a typical sibling way.
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[[folder:Darry]]
!!Darius "Darry" Jenner
->'''Played By:''' Justin Long
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!The Taggart Family
[[folder:Jack]]
!!Jack Taggart
->'''Played By:''' Creator/RayWise
* BigDamnHeroes
* CoolOldGuy
* HarpoonWeapon
* HeroicBSOD: After his son Billy is taken by the Creeper, Jack is tormented by grief.
* ItsPersonal: With the Creeper, who he desires revenge on for the death of his young son.
* {{Macgyvering}}: His Creeper-killer weapon is created from a harpoon, winch, post-driver and the Creeper's own knife.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge
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!!Jack Taggart Jr.
->'''Played By:''' Luke Edwards
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[[folder:Billy]]
!!Billy Taggart
->'''Played By:''' Shaun Flemming
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!Students
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!!Minxie Hayes
->'''Played By:''' Nicki Aycox
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[[folder:Scott]]
!!Scott Braddock
->'''Played By:''' Eric Nenninger
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!Other Characters
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!!Jezelle Gay Hartman
->'''Played By:''' Patricia Belcher
* UnhappyMedium: She's psychic, but it's massively unhelpful and causes her no end of grief.
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The antagonist of the movies, an ancient winged monster that once every 23 years for 23 days awakens to hunt and feed on humans to restore itself.
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* AppendageAssimilation: The Creeper kidnaps people, takes whatever body parts of theirs he wants, and then leaves them to die.
* BadassLongcoat: The Creeper wears one.
* CannibalismSuperpower: How the Creeper regenerates himself.
* CaptainErsatz: The Creeper sometimes looks a bit like [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] (mostly because of the deformed body and [[NiceHat hat]]).
* ForTheEvulz: At first The Creeper seems like he kills to feed himself, thus attemping to survive. However seeing all the tortures he likes to inflict to his victims it's clear he does it for pure sadistic fun at the same time.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Jeepers, creepers, where'd you get those peepers?..."
* MadArtist: The Creeper does some very, um, creative things with his victim's remains. Not only does he sew the corpses together into a twisted kind of tapestry, he also makes some of his weapons from human remains, such as his throwing stars. [[note]]The first one seen is made of bone and melted down dental filling, with a single tooth for decoration, the second one is made of bone and Darry's belly button.[[/note]] He also has a talent for carving, as evidenced by his little self-portrait carved into his work table, and the intricately-carved designs on the hilt of one of his knives.
* MonstrousHumanoid: Whether it's a demon, an alien, a reaper, a gargoyle--we never find out what the Creeper is, but it's a humanoid monster who feeds on people.
* NiceHat: The Creeper often wears a wide-brimmed hat to help hide his inhuman features.
* NighInvulnerability: The Creeper practically ''defines'' this trope. No matter how much abuse he takes, he always gets back up again to kick some serious ass. Of course, he does get weaker the more damage he takes, but he is still highly dangerous even with a limb missing or part of his head destroyed. Heck, in ''Jeepers Creepers 2'', even after having part of his head utterly destroyed, he's still not dead.
-->'''Jezelle''': "I think it's eaten too many hearts... for its own to ever stop."
* OnceIsNotEnough: Subverted. While once is not enough (being hit with a car, being stabbed with a harpoon, etc), really, neither is any other amount of times. It will never stay down. Though damaging it enough ''will'' slow him down at least.
* PickyPeopleEater: The Creeper.
* RegularlyScheduledEvil: The Creeper awakens from hibernation every 23rd spring, to feast for 23 days, before going back into hibernation.
* SlasherSmile: The Creeper does this quite frequently.
* SuperStrength: The Creeper is way stronger than something of its build should be. In the second film, it's able to drag (and then flip) a pickup truck while in-flight, having been speared by a (presumably quite heavy) harpoon launcher bolted to the back.
* ToServeMan: The Creeper feasts on human beings every 23 years, for 23 days. However, he only eats parts of them that smell good to him (he possesses an incredible sense of smell), or parts of them that will regenerate something of his that he has lost.
* TheVoiceless: The Creeper (the only noises he makes are primal cries and grunts), although a deleted scene does reveal that he is capable of human speech, and confirms Darry's fear that the Creeper does indeed know his name. There was also, apparently, a scene planned for the sequel in which the Creeper was to be heard speaking, although that scene was never filmed.
* WallCrawl: The Creeper is capable of this.
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The antagonist of the movies, an ancient winged monster that once every 23 years for 23 days awakens to hunt and feed on humans to restore itself.
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!!Tropes:
* AppendageAssimilation: The Creeper kidnaps people, takes whatever body parts of theirs he wants, and then leaves them to die.
* BadassLongcoat: The Creeper wears one.
* CannibalismSuperpower: How the Creeper regenerates himself.
* CaptainErsatz: The Creeper sometimes looks a bit like [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] (mostly because of the deformed body and [[NiceHat hat]]).
* ForTheEvulz: At first The Creeper seems like he kills to feed himself, thus attemping to survive. However seeing all the tortures he likes to inflict to his victims it's clear he does it for pure sadistic fun at the same time.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Jeepers, creepers, where'd you get those peepers?..."
* MadArtist: The Creeper does some very, um, creative things with his victim's remains. Not only does he sew the corpses together into a twisted kind of tapestry, he also makes some of his weapons from human remains, such as his throwing stars. [[note]]The first one seen is made of bone and melted down dental filling, with a single tooth for decoration, the second one is made of bone and Darry's belly button.[[/note]] He also has a talent for carving, as evidenced by his little self-portrait carved into his work table, and the intricately-carved designs on the hilt of one of his knives.
* MonstrousHumanoid: Whether it's a demon, an alien, a reaper, a gargoyle--we never find out what the Creeper is, but it's a humanoid monster who feeds on people.
* NiceHat: The Creeper often wears a wide-brimmed hat to help hide his inhuman features.
* NighInvulnerability: The Creeper practically ''defines'' this trope. No matter how much abuse he takes, he always gets back up again to kick some serious ass. Of course, he does get weaker the more damage he takes, but he is still highly dangerous even with a limb missing or part of his head destroyed. Heck, in ''Jeepers Creepers 2'', even after having part of his head utterly destroyed, he's still not dead.
-->'''Jezelle''': "I think it's eaten too many hearts... for its own to ever stop."
* OnceIsNotEnough: Subverted. While once is not enough (being hit with a car, being stabbed with a harpoon, etc), really, neither is any other amount of times. It will never stay down. Though damaging it enough ''will'' slow him down at least.
* PickyPeopleEater: The Creeper.
* RegularlyScheduledEvil: The Creeper awakens from hibernation every 23rd spring, to feast for 23 days, before going back into hibernation.
* SlasherSmile: The Creeper does this quite frequently.
* SuperStrength: The Creeper is way stronger than something of its build should be. In the second film, it's able to drag (and then flip) a pickup truck while in-flight, having been speared by a (presumably quite heavy) harpoon launcher bolted to the back.
* ToServeMan: The Creeper feasts on human beings every 23 years, for 23 days. However, he only eats parts of them that smell good to him (he possesses an incredible sense of smell), or parts of them that will regenerate something of his that he has lost.
* TheVoiceless: The Creeper (the only noises he makes are primal cries and grunts), although a deleted scene does reveal that he is capable of human speech, and confirms Darry's fear that the Creeper does indeed know his name. There was also, apparently, a scene planned for the sequel in which the Creeper was to be heard speaking, although that scene was never filmed.
* WallCrawl: The Creeper is capable of this.
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