History Characters / NightOfTheLivingDead1968

* SoleSurvivor: The only one of the survivors in the original film to last the night. Not that he lives much longer than the following morning.

* AdaptationNameChange: The 1968 film spells her name as "Barbra" in the credits, while the remakes spell it as "Barbara".
** Similarly, the 2006 film names her "Barb".

* TheChick: In Savini version, she takes over Barbra's original role as the ScreamingWoman instead of being calm and reasonable simply because she's a woman. However, she reacts realistically to what's going on and becomes a little more proactive (going outside to get the gas pump keys, insisting that she drive the truck).

* DeathBySex: In the 3D version

* DeathBySex: In the 3D version.

* CorruptHick: Comes across as the rural Pennsylvania equivalent of a typical redneck sheriff, though any corruption is not clear.

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: During the ghouls' climactic attack on the house, Barbra encounters her long-since-turned brother, who drags her outside to presumably be DevouredByTheHorde.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After he kills Johnny, he appears in the background of a few other scenes but doesn't really do much else. [[spoiler:Until the end, when he shows up as one of the zombies that breaches the barricade and enters the house. He's also seen in the end credits, after he's been disposed of by the posse and his body is [[AllAreEqualInDeath laid beside Ben's in the burn pile.]]]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After he kills Johnny, he appears in the background of a few other scenes but doesn't really do much else. [[spoiler:Until the end, when he shows up as one of the zombies that breaches the barricade and enters the house. He's also seen in the end credits, after he's been disposed of by the posse and his body is [[AllAreEqualInDeath laid alongside Ben's in the burn pile.]]]]

* AdaptationalUgliness: In the original film, he looks like a pale and somewhat disheveled but otherwise ordinary man in ragged clothes. In the 1990 remake, his face has been ''significantly deformed'', his eyes have turned white, and his clothes are even ''more'' ragged than the original.

* AdaptationalUgliness: In the original, he looks like a slightly disheveled but otherwise ordinary man in ragged clothes. In the 1990 remake, his face has been ''significantly deformed'', his eyes have turned white, and his clothes are even ''more'' ragged than the original.

* AdaptationalUgliness: In the original, he looks like a slightly disheveled man with ragged clothes. In the 1990 remake, his face has been ''significantly deformed'', and his eyes have turned white. Hell, his clothes are even '''more''' ragged than the original.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After he kills Johnny, he appears in the background of a few more scenes but doesn't really do much else. [[spoiler:Until the end, when he shows up as one of the zombies that breaches the barricade and enters the house. He's also seen in the end credits, after he's been disposed of by the posse and his body is [[AllAreEqualInDeath laid alongside Ben's in the burn pile.]]]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After his kills Johnny, he appears in the background of a few more scenes but doesn't really do much else. [[spoiler:Until the end, when he shows up as one of the zombies that breaches the barricade and enters the house. He's also seen in the end credits, after he's been disposed of by the posse and his body is [[AllAreEqualInDeath laid alongside Ben's in the burn pile.]]]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After his kills Johnny, he appears in the background of a few more scenes but doesn't really do much else, and his final fate is left unclear. In the 30th Anniversary Edition, we see him being shot dead in the cemetery, though not until after he bites Rev. Hicks.

[[folder: Harry Cooper]]

[[folder: Helen Cooper]]

[[folder: Karen]]

[[folder: Judy]]

* HeroicBSOD: In the 1968 version she goes blank following the death of her brother before her eyes and having to flee from the zombie that killed him. She eventually starts to recover...just in time to get killed.

--> '''Ben:''' I OUGHT DRAG YOU OUT THERE AND [[EatenAlive FEED YOU TO]] [[DevouredByTheHorde THOSE THINGS!]]

-->'''Ben:''' ''"I don't wanna hear any more from you, Mister! If you stay up here, you take orders from ME! And that includes leaving the girl alone!"''

* GenreSavvy: Played with. He doesn't outright know that the zombies are created through bites, it's early on in the outbreak, but he has a bad feeling about it when he hears that the Coopers daughter Karen was bitten, and ultimately turns out to be right in the worst way.
-->'''Ben:''' ''"Who knows what kind of disease those things carry?"''

--> '''Ben:''' "I OUGHT DRAG YOU OUT THERE AND [[EatenAlive FEED YOU TO]] [[DevouredByTheHorde THOSE THINGS!]]"

* [[spoiler:SelfMadeOrphan: Zombie Karen eats her father, then kills and (presumably) eats her mother.]]
* [[spoiler:ZombieInfectee / UndeadChild]]

* [[spoiler:AndThenJohnWasAZombie: During the ghouls' climactic attack on the house, Barbra encounters her long-since-turned brother, who drags her outside to presumably be DevouredByTheHorde.]]

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler: He's shot by Ben in the orignal]]. In both the 1990 and 3D remakes, his death is different.

-->'''Played by:''' Bill Hinzman (1968, 1998)

* UngratefulBastard: Mocks Ben's efforts to barricade up the house, even though it was helping protect him as well, regardless of his plan to hide down in the basement, serving as another defensive layer between them and the zombies.

-->'''Ben:''' ''"Who knows what kind of disease those things carry!"''

-->'''Ben:''' ''"Who knows what sort of diseases those things carry!"''

* JerkassHasAPoint: Cooper is correct in stating that barricading inside the basement was the best plan as Ben was only able to survive the night after hiding in the basement. It's also deconstructed in that while his idea was the correct one, his abrasive and cowardly nature prevents everyone else from recognizing his point.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: The sheriff and his men [[spoiler:shoot Ben, an uninfected African-American man]], but it might have been an honest misunderstanding due to his haggard appearance.

* CorruptHick: Comes across as the rural Pennsylvania equivalent of a typical redneck sheriff.