History Characters / TheMummyTrilogy

* LetsGetDangerous: Jonathan may be a ridiculously greedy, swindling PluckyComicRelief, but he is also a crack shot with a rifle, a skilled pickpocket, and disturbingly competent with a book of ancient spells. When the first reanimated mummies appear in the treasure room and his two-shot derringer proves almost useless, he promptly pulls the revolvers from Rick's holsters to continue shooting. [[spoiler:Then when Evy's in danger, Jonathan orders the guard mummies to kill Anck-su-namun without any hesitation.]]

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Pretty much his motivation throughout the first film. In the sequel, when it's revealed that the family are now quite well off, he's seen quite relishing in his new-found wealthy lifestyle. His greed actually saves the world when he repeatedly steals [[spoiler: the Spear of Osiris, which Rick uses to kill the Scorpion King.]]

* AffablyEvil: Imhotep is a fairly polite, friendly guy who drains people as part of his plan and kills those who get in his way.

* TallDarkAndSnarky: He's very attractive and has a good deal of sarcasm and dry wit to his character, and makes jokes at several people such as Beni. He's also quite big at a solid six foot three.
-->'''Jonathan''': Er..- sorry Evy, he's... er... a bit tall.

* LittleUselessGun: Jonathan is shown carrying a derringer in a few scenes during the first film but it turns out to be useless even against the MadeOfPlasticine mummies, so he switches to Rick's revolvers instead.

* UncertainDoom: What happened to Meela after Imhotep finally ressurected Anck-su-namun? It's very unclear but it appears that her memories and personality were completely overwritten by her ancient self. Either way, Meela's body died for sure when she fell into that pit of scorpions in Ahm Shere.

* VocalEvolution: While aging from 8 to 21 years old will naturally put a boy's voice through puberty and make it sound much deeper, the more notable change in Alex's voice is his accent. He speaks with his mother's English accent in ''Returns'' but has an American one in ''Tomb of the Dragon Emperor''.

* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking[=/=]AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: He was leader of an entire army, and its most Badass warrior (thus the only one to survive when they were defeated and banished to the desert).

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe:The Scorpion King rips him into at least three pieces.

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/BrendanFraser

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RachelWeisz (first two films); Creator/MariaBello (''Tomb'')

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnHannah

!!!'''Played By:''' Freddie Boath (''Returns''), Luke Ford (''Tomb'')

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/ArnoldVosloo

* EvilSoundsDeep: In his mummy status, his voice is deeper and guttural than his normal one.

* LargeHam: Most of it in Ancient Egyptian, however.

!!!'''Played By:''' [[Creator/PatriciaVelasquez Patricia Velásquez]]

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/OdedFehr

[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_0461.GIF]] [[caption-width-right:320:''"Only the pure of heart will sacrifice themselves for the Fatherland."'']]

* NonHumanHead: All of them have jackel heads and humanoid bodies.

* WeHaveReserves: Its said that there are as many Anubis soldiers as there are grains of sand in the desert.

* ShotInTheAss: Izzy' main grievance with Rick stems from getting shot in the arse the last time he got involved with him, he [[RuleOfThree brings it up three times no less]]

* HeroAntagonist: For the first half of the movie, he and the other Medjai use lethal force to guard Hamunaptra from anyone and everyone who comes across it -- attacking Rick's military unit, attempting to assassinate the expedition to the cursed city by destroying their boat, and attacking the expedition in the night. Once Imhotep is unleashed, however, Ardeth joins Rick, Evy, and Johnathan in trying to put him back in the ground.

* DontAskJustRun: When he runs into Rick and Johnathan, with the scarabs not far behind.

* NiceGuy: He seems to remain in friendly terms with the heroes even though they're supposed to be in competition.

The former bodyguards of the Pharaohs, they are a order of warriors sworn to protect Egypt and the world from the likes of Imothep and the Scorpion King.

* InsideAWall: The first two mummies Imhotep awakens were buried in a wall at Hamunaptura.

Mummies of soldiers that guarded Hamunaptura.

* ChekhovsGun: His sword was kept in Hamunaptura after his death and eventually used by Rick against the mummies in the climax of the first film.

* SinisterMinister: All of them were party to Imhotep and Anck-su-Namun's murder of the Pharoah and watched with rapt attention as it happened.

* ArcWords: Rick tells him "Goodbye Beni" twice, [[spoiler:(Thrice if you count the camel race)]] first when he throws him off the boat, and then again when he gets trapped in the sinking tomb despite Rick's attempt to save him.

* DecompositeCharacter: Her name is similar to her 1932 counterpart, but the heroine wasn't her reincarnation in the first film, but the reincarnation of an egyptian princess.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Even he has a bit of sarcasm in him. In ''The Mummy Returns'' he scares the trio of bandits who open fire against him with [[NighInvulnerability predictable results]], but Imhotep, amusingly enough, pretends he's feeling getting shot by mockingly flailing his body ''after'' he gets shot several times by the panicked bandits.

** In the first film, the kills the Egyptologist Dr. Allen Chamberlain to regenerate his own body. Dr. Chamberlain was a BadBoss who made several workers open a compartment he correctly suspected was unsafe to open, leading to the workers being sprayed by pressurized salt acid. He also killed Chamberlain's American associates Burns, Henderson, and Daniels, who agreed to Chamberlain's idea to have the workers open the compartment.

* MurderIntoMalevolence: Imhotep wasn't entirely virtuous before his death, as he murders his own pharaoh [[LoveMakesYouEvil because of his love for the latter's mistress]]. However, said mistress declares "my body is no no longer his temple" immediately before committing suicide, implying that Seti forced Anck-su-namun to be his lover. However, after Imhotep is subjected to to the [[AndIMustScream Hom-Dai]] and imprisoned for three thousand years, he [[BackFromTheDead comes back]] as a "bringer of death," killing, attempting to kill, or othering endangering multiple people to because he needed their flesh to regenerate is body (because they were present when a cursed chest was open), because he needed a HumanSacrifice to revive his lover (In Evelyn's case), because they were trying to stop Imhotep, or simply because they they were in the vicinity of the plagues Imhotep is causing, or for [[ForTheEvulz no particular reason]] (such as when he tries to kill Beni, who wasn't bound to bound to Imhotep's curse or a threat to him, before realizing [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou the latter can be useful]]).

** At the climax of the second film when the Scorpion King emerges, Imhotep uses the language barrier to his advantage by declaring himself a servant and siccing the Scorpion King on Rick by telling him that Rick was kill him, while waiting to kill the Scorpion King and take control of the army of Anubis.

* InvincibleVillain: At least if you can read and talk in ancient egyptian language, and if you have the Golden Book of Amun Ra, or if you are Anubis, Imhotep is completely invulnerable and immortal.