History Characters / Metropolis

* SuperOCD: He wants the harem girls to look perfect, and fixes up their make-up himself when he is unsatisfied with it. When things don't go according to plan (i.e. when the uninvited guests show up,) he throws a fit.

* DragonTheirFeet: She pretty much becomes the ''de facto'' BigBad by carrying out Joh Fredersen's and Rotwang's orders after they have been taken out of commission by their respective [[VillainousBreakdown Villainous Breakdowns.]] (Rotwang remains a threat - and is the last person to be fought - but he is to insane at this point to involve himself with her rebellion.)

* UndyingLoyalty: Again, he has this towards Freder.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: His last name in the Pollock version.

* PunchClockVillain: Many of them are simply people who want to earn a paycheck, and doesn't know or care about the fact that they are a part of an oppressive class society.

* Determinator: Never worked a day in his life but successfully completes one of the hellish ten hour shifts of the workers when he substituted for one of them.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Although sitting as immovable as statues, of which only the writing fingers of the right hand stirred, yet each single one, with sweat-bedewed brow and parted lips, seemed the personification of Breathlessness.'']]

[[caption-width-right:350: ''...handsome, well-trained female servants for whose training more time was requisite than for the development of new species of orchids.'']]

[[caption-width-right:350: ''Deep beneath the earth lay the City of the Workers.'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''The machines of Metropolis roared; they wanted to be fed.'']]

* {{Expy}}: She could be seen as an evil version of Olimpia from Literature/TheSandman ([[TheQuietOne quiet]], RobotGirl performer with UncannyValley mannerisms, introduced as a MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter) and/or Hadaly from Literature/TheFutureEve ({{Fembot}} partially created by magic, transformed into a {{Doppelganger}} of a girl her creator's client is bothered by, meets our protagonist at an ancient underground burial site, has - more or less - UndyingLoyalty towards her creator). In return, [[FountainOfExpies she has inspired quite a few expies of her own.]]

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Subverted. She really wasn't, as her death was an accident. [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming However, both Rotwang and Joh Fredersen's mother act as if Hel's death was Joh Fredersen's fault.]]

* WeHaveReserves: Nicely demonstrated when twelve of them are killed/seriously injured in a gas leak at the M-Machine, only for them to be taken away and immediately replaced with twelve new workers.

A priest who functions as both a leader and a teacher for the workers as well as for their children. She doesn't like the way the city is run, but doesn't want a revolution either. Instead she is waiting for the arrival of someone who can improve the workers' living conditions.

* CustomUniform: She wears a dress that is lighter and slightly more elaborate than the ones worn by the other female workers. Though it's apparently not ''completely'' unique, as Rotwang doesn't seem to have any problems finding an identical one for his robot. It could be related to her role as a priest. On a meta level, it makes her (and her duplicate) easier to spot in crowd scenes.

* HoldingOutForAHero: She doesn't want the workers to start a revolution, as she hates violence. Instead, she prefers to wait for a mediator from the upper class who will come to them and make things better. The workers are ''not'' happy about this.

* DemotedToExtra: The scene where he visits Yoshiwara was completely removed in the Pollock version.

* HeroicSacrifice: He throws himself in front of a knife meant for Freder. This ends up killing him.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: All of his workers seem to have hated him.

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: In the novel, Death grows into a giant large enough to sit down on top of the New Tower of Babel.

* EvilWearsBlack: He is dressed entirely in clothes that are -- at the very least -- dark enough to look black in grayscale, and he is rather villainous, even if he has some noble qualities.

* NobleTopEnforcer: He is a ruthless and somewhat sadistic interrogator, but he genuinely seems to care about the well-being of both Freder and Joh Fredersen. He also calls Fredersen out when his plan results in the possible deaths of hundreds of innocent children.

* SmugSnake: During his interrogation scenes, at least. He loses this attitude later when it's clear that Freder's life is in danger.

* NotSoDifferent: To the False Maria. They are both sadists who lead the workers in a rebellion against Joh Fredersen and convince them to attack innocent people who only wanted to help them. The difference is that Grot only wants to kill a few people he has personal reasons to hate, and he doesn't have any hidden agenda.

* HeroAntagonist: His goal is simply to avenge the death of the workers' children. He just doesn't know that it wasn't the real Maria who told the workers to destroy the Heart Machine, or that most of the children have actually been saved.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: He has a pentagram, which is constantly referred to as "The seal of Solomon" in the novel, on his front door. He is also implied to use dark magic, which - historically - was a common stereotype of Jews.

* NonActionBigBad: Subverted. He ''seems'' like he would be this, given that he is a middle-aged, suit-wearing industrialist who lets his cronies do all the work. However, he manages to beat Rotwang, who later gives his much younger, rather muscular son a run for his money, unconsious.

* ArtificialLimbs: One of his hands - in the book, the entire arm - is cybernetic.

* DisproportionateRetribution: In the movie, he wants to destroy the city of Metropolis purely out of spite towards its ruler for taking his girlfriend away from him twice and killing her the first time. (No, this isn't a typo.)

An assistant working for Joh Fredersen and a close friend of Freder. He helps the latter on his adventure after getting fired from his job.

* BewareOfTheNiceOnes: Normally, he is a very friendly man, but he can get ''really'' angry if you push him to far. In the book, this extends to killing people in cold blood.

* DeathByOriginStory: In the book, Rotwang claims that her death was what turned him evil.

* AGodAmI: At one point in the novel, he claims to be the Devil. Unusually for this trope, this isn't meant as a BadassBoast. Instead, he means that he is in great pain and will share it with everyone.

* TheIgor: Subverted. He is a servent working for a MadScientist, but he isn't a hunchback and his master seems to do most of the work himself.

* ManInWhite: When he isn't dressed in Georgy's worker uniform, he wears white.

* ManInWhite: The members of the "Sons' Club" all wear white.

* AlliterativeName/Repetitive Name: A more subtle example, as his full name is never stated. However, it is implied that it is "Freder Fredersen."

The AnthropomorphicPersonifications of, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well]], [[TheGrimReaper Death]] and TheSevenDeadlySins. They stand as statues in the cathedral, and appear in one of Freder's nightmares.