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22	!!The Five Musketeers
23
24	[[folder:Gary King]]
25	!!Gary King
26	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theworldsend_-_gary_9506.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''"We're going to see this through to the bitter end. Or... lager end. "'']]
27	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/SimonPegg
28
29	The leader of the group, who assembles his school friends in order to complete a failed bar crawl from their youth, thus setting the events of the movie in motion. While charismatic and persuasive, he's hedonistic and irresponsible, and unlike the rest of his friends never outgrew his teenage mentality.
30	----
31	* AimlesslySeekingHappiness: It eventually becomes clear that this is at once Gary's motivation and the reason why he's secretly very depressed: he had no idea what to do with his life after high school despite the sense of "promise and optimism," so he just went on pursuing the same thrills as he did as a teenager until he ended up alienating all his friends in progressively more selfish acts of hedonism. [[spoiler:Believing that the Golden Mile pub crawl was the happiest night of his life, he's now determined to re-enact it one last time with his friends and - according to the director - kill himself at the end of it.]]
32	* TheAlcoholic: Everyone else sees how harmful his binge drinking is, although he sees it all as a bit of fun and seems to be in denial. Gary is still in the teenage mindset of alcohol making you an adult. [[spoiler:He's stopped drinking by the end of the film.]]
33	** FunctionalAddict: To a certain degree of "functional", anyway.
34	*** It's implied on many occasions that Gary's addictions are the reason his life's gone to shit, the first time we meet Steven as an adult, he points out that their GarageBand never went anywhere because Gary sold the equipment for drugs. Naturally, this is something Gary won't admit to himself.
35	** TheStoner: Gary also does a lot of drugs, and at one point even drives a car after doing cocaine.
36	* TheAllegedCar: "The Beast", which he bought from Peter some 20 years ago. The other guys are not entirely impressed that he's still kept it, particularly since it's still failing in spite of all the repairs that Gary's made to it. By the end of the film, [[spoiler:it's been destroyed]].
37	* AMFMCharacterization: He likes alternative rock and pop music from his adolescence, such as Music/{{Blur}}, Music/HappyMondays and Music/PrimalScream. He also wears a Music/TheSistersOfMercy t-shirt.
38	-->'''Creator/EdgarWright:''' A lot of those songs are ones that really hit me and Simon hard when we were that age... [Gary] is still living by those rules. It's like he decided to take "Loaded" and "I'm Free" to heart and thinks the party's never going to end.
39	* AnimalMotif: Downplayed and played for laughs, he's constantly called a [[CockyRooster cock]] by Andy, the promotional material refers to him as "The Famous Cock", and the pub he was barred from was also called "The Famous Cock". Like roosters, Gary is an egotistical, pompous loudmouth who takes the most enjoyment in fighting as he quickly defends Peter from his bully and how he really enjoys fighting the blanks, and he wants to relive his glory days as the popular kid in secondary school (the cock of the walk). In reality, though, they're actually referring to him as a dick.
40	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: He has a short attention span and a "selective memory", forgets details of his friends' lives, is dismissive of danger and generally seems very out of it. This is partly because he's a {{Jerkass}} and partly because he's an addict, [[spoiler:and a suicidal one at that]].
41	* BadassLongcoat: He wears a longcoat to invoke this. As part of the overall {{Deconstruction}}, however, while it might have looked badass as a teenager, what have obviously been years of wear-and-tear between then and the events of the movie instead means that it makes him look like the shabby, unkempt alcoholic tramp he is than the untouchable king of cool he imagines himself to be. [[spoiler:The longcoat actually ends up looking pretty cool in the final scene.]]
42	* BeardOfSorrow: Not obvious til the end when Gary is clean-shaven and [[spoiler:no longer drinking]].
43	* BeneaththeMask: [[spoiler: On the surface, Gary is a careless, self-absorbed, somewhat charming party animal who refuses to grow up. In truth, he's a bitter, intensely depressed alcoholic who is planning on killing himself.]]
44	* BigWhat: When Andy orders tap water instead of a beer at the first pub.
45	* BlatantLies: Gary does this often, as a ManipulativeBastard.
46	* BloodKnight: Seems to enjoy fighting the blanks the most, egging Steven and Andy on at certain points. He's also the most aggressive other than Andy when dealing with the blanks. [[spoiler:He gets into a rumble at the very end of the film, seemingly enjoying himself too]].
47	* BornInTheWrongCentury: With his [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness poetic way of speaking]], brawling skills, and love for adventures, Gary would have [[WarriorPoet fit right in]] in the Dark Ages. [[spoiler:Comes the ending and he gets his wish as a [[WalkTheEarth wandering swordman]] in a technologically-devolved England.]]
48	* BorrowedCatchphrase: When [[spoiler: Oliver is revealed as a Blank]], he exclaims Oliver's Catchphrase.
49	-->'''Gary:''' ''[shocked]'' '''''W.T.F.!?!'''''
50	%%* BrokenBird: The rare male variant.
51	%%* BrokenPedestal: In Andy's eyes.
52	* ByNoIMeanYes: One of Gary's traits. For example, tells Sam he doesn't want to have sex with her in the stall (but if she wants to, he's okay with that). When explaining he wants to talk to Reverend Green about Blanks, he insists he won't be buying drugs. Well, he might ''also'' buy drugs, too.
53	* ChekhovsSkill: [[spoiler:Andy declares it's pointless to argue with Gary about anything. This turns out to be so true that he majorly dismantles an alien invasion by making The Network exasperate that it's pointless to argue with him]].
54	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Among other things, he thinks that Jesus wrote the Bible.
55	* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: In-context to the ''Film/ThreeFlavoursCornettoTrilogy''. Shaun from ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' is a LoserProtagonist {{Manchild}} with CommitmentIssues who learns to be more self-reliant in his ComingOfAgeStory and Nicolas from ''Film/HotFuzz'' is a BornWinner SuperCop that is MarriedToTheJob who learns to rely on others and develops a circle of friends in the process. Gary however is a DeconstructedCharacterArchetype of "[[AllGirlsWantBadBoys the Bad Boy]]" and the "{{Manchild}}", stuck in his wild, [[ThrillSeeker thrill seeking]] teenage years to compensate for [[BestYearsOfYourLife peaking in High School]] and alienating all of his loved ones in the process, learning to confront this foible, grow up and be there for his friends. If anything, his [[AnAesop aesop]] is a combination of Shaun and Nicholas'.
56	* CoolShades: Deconstructed in a similar way to BadassLongcoat- the shades are cool, but they just don't suit Gary at his age.
57	* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:His motivation for going to The Hole in the Wall, telling his friends to forget about him and save themselves.]] Discussed in the Making Of. Pegg and Wright believe Gary dresses in exactly the same clothes he wore as a teenager for the same reason American military officers dress in their finest [[spoiler:before committing suicide.]]
58	* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: He's one of the ManChild characters of ''Series/{{Spaced}}'', ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' etc. taken to the point where his hedonistic refusal to grow up a bit has long since stopped being charming and has become a bit pathetic and disturbing.
59	* DespairSpeech: [[spoiler:His monologue to Andy close to the end of the movie, when he states that all his hopes of a better life after high school never came to fruition, reveals the real reason for the bar crawl (i.e., a BungledSuicide attempt), and says that he's jealous of Andy for having a perfect life]].
60	* DestructiveSaviour: [[spoiler:He saves humanity from the Network's domination, but plunges Earth back into the Middle Ages in the process]].
61	* {{Determinator}}: He's really single-minded when it comes to completing the pub crawl, managing to drink even during a fight.
62	* DetrimentalDetermination: As things escalate and it becomes more obvious to everybody that they should just get the hell out of town if they wish to survive, Gary's drive to complete the crawl come hell or high water becomes more and more risky ([[spoiler:and leads to two of his friends dying]]). [[spoiler:Andy finally calls him out on it in the last act and Gary makes perfectly clear (with further explanation from the director) that the "detrimental" part is [[DeathSeeker most assuredly something Gary is looking for]].]]
63	* DiscoDan: Mentally, it's clear that Gary obviously prefers the eighties and nineties to the modern day.
64	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Gary attempted to commit suicide at some point before the film due to his disillusionment over how the high school pub crawl seemed to be the only high point in his life. Worse, he told ''no one'' about it, not even his mother, whom he'd broken off contact with for several months.]]
65	* DyeHard: InUniverse. He's been regularly dying his hair black for over twenty years, but his stubble and eyebrows give his natural hair color away.[[spoiler: He's stopped dying his hair when he's sober and no longer trying to stay young.]]
66	* TheFriendNobodyLikes:
67	** He's inconsiderate and selfish, and his friends find him irritating and pitiful. [[spoiler:In a very atypical EarnYourHappyEnding, he becomes a steadfast, loyal friend to the young robot versions of his gang, thus finding his purpose in life]].
68	** Whenever the five friends actually relax into the pub crawl and have a good time, which is what Gary wanted, he's the one that makes things awkward again. Andy rightly points out that the other four Musketeers are just there to give Gary another excuse to get drunk and that he needs to start growing up.
69	* {{Foreshadowing}}: When telling Andy of his plan to begin the crawl again, 12 pints from 12 pubs, Andy points out how ludicrously unhealthy this is. [[spoiler:It's possible Gary intends to kill himself with alcohol poisoning.]]
70	* FreudianExcuse: He drags his friends back on the bar crawl because he's completely miserable about how his life turned out compared to theirs, and wants to relive the one time in his past when he felt happy.
71	-->'''Andy:''' What's so important about the Golden Mile?\
72	'''Gary:''' IT'S ALL I'VE GOT!!!
73	* FutureLoser: Went from being king of his hometown to a pathetic ManChild.
74	* GeniusDitz: Gary can quote works rather impressively and ultimately can argue very impressively on occasion. Unfortunately, he's not all there.
75	* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:He interacts with Sam as if she's still a teenager who will sleep with him in the disabled toilets. After Steven drunkenly confesses his feelings for her, Gary steps aside and promises to protect him while Sam escapes.]]
76	* TheHedonist: The quality at the core of his personality.
77	* HeroesPreferSwords: [[spoiler:He sports one in the ending scene of the movie]].
78	* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:Puts Sam in a car and tells her to get out of Newton Haven as fast as she can, thus sabotaging his and his friends' only chance of survival.]]
79	* HumbleGoal: Completing the pub crawl [[spoiler:thus re-enacting [[GloryDays the one time in his life he felt genuinely happy.]]]]
80	* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: [[spoiler: He acts like the cock-of-the-walk to hide the fact that he's immensely unhappy -- [[DrivenToSuicide suicidally so]] -- about how he feels his life has gone nowhere but downhill since the Musketeers' first attempt at the Golden Mile at the end of High School.]]
81	* {{Irony}}: Gary wants the pub crawl to be fun for his old friends (although it is pretty clear that he mainly wants it to be fun on his terms more than theirs). However, whenever everyone actually starts to relax and enjoy themselves, Gary almost always does something to spoil the atmosphere.
82	** He once calls his friends jealous of him, because despite their jobs and successes, he has his freedom. [[spoiler:Actually, he's - at the least - jealous of Andy's "perfect life".]]
83	** [[spoiler:The sticking point of Gary in the film is that he's never really grown up since high school. The ending shows him to have finally changed his alcoholism and unreliability to his friends, while also staying very much the same by being the leader of the four blanks which look like his friends when they were young!]]
84	* ItsAllAboutMe: Gary is a bit of a narcissist.
85	* IWasQuiteTheLooker: He even says so himself, [[spoiler:upon seeing a Blank version of his past self]]. "Oh my god! ...I'm so cute!"
86	* {{Jerkass}}: Gary is rather rude and inconsiderate.
87	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Shows signs of this, especially towards the end, when he tries to make amends with Andy and mourns [[spoiler:Peter and Oliver.]]
88	* TheLeader: He was this for the group in their teenage years, and ends up re-entering when they encounter the Blanks.
89	* {{Leitmotif}}: The choir bit from "This Corrosion" by Music/TheSistersOfMercy. Kind of?
90	* LeParkour: He's unexpectedly proficient in it.
91	* LiteralMinded: Gary takes most arguments and subtle insults at face value.
92	* MadeOfIron: He's survived years of substance abuse, at least one drug overdose, [[spoiler:a car crash, a suicide attempt, an alien invasion, the eponymous end of the world,]] among other things.
93	* ManChild: He is an idiot who still acts and dresses as he did as a teenager.
94	* ManipulativeBastard: watch him cajole all of his friends into returning to Newton Haven and then, after things go bad, into continuing the pub crawl.
95	* NeverLendToAFriend: Part of the reason Gary manages to get Andy to come around to joining him on the Golden Mile again is by giving him the 600 pounds he owes him. It turns out he just borrowed 200 pounds from the other three friends to achieve this.
96	* NominalHero: When all is said and done, Gary is not a good person. He is reckless, selfish, and manipulative to boot. What's more, [[spoiler:his second attempt at the Golden Mile pub crawl is actually a veiled suicide attempt via alcohol poisoning. As if that wasn't bad enough, he's willing to drag his old friends along with him, thereby compromising their health and safety, just so he can recreate what he believes was the best night of his life.]] If it wasn't for the Blank invasion, Gary would be a full-on VillainProtagonist.
97	* PerkyGoth: He's rather energetic, all in all, despite his dyed hair, black overcoat and [[spoiler:overall miserable past]].
98	* PermaStubble: [[spoiler:In an example of an ExpositoryHairstyleChange, he's clean-shaven by the end of the film]].
99	* PhraseCatcher: Both "It's pointless arguing with you" and "Selective memory" come up in relation to him a few times. He even manages to Phrase Catch ''himself'' -- when told the Blanks have a selective memory, he says, "Yeah, like what's his name?... ME!"
100	* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "Me? They call me 'The King'!"
101	* RebuiltPedestal: Andy and Gary reach an understanding by the end of the movie and repair their relationship [[spoiler:somewhat, as they do decide to part ways and never see each other again]].
102	* SadClown: Gary is obviously not entirely happy, although he does his best to show otherwise.
103	* ScarsAreForever: Has one from when he fell off the stage in his younger years and dislocated his arm. [[spoiler:He opts not to show them when asked for proof that he's him, as that would reveal his bandages.]]
104	* SchoolIdol: As far as he believes, anyway, although he was shown to be reasonably popular with the girls back in the day.
105	* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: "Tonight, we will be partaking of a liquid repast as we wind our way up the golden mile commencing with an inaugural tankard in the First Post, then on to the Old Familiar..."
106	* SophisticatedAsHell: "Until 1840, this building was the site of Newton Haven’s first Post Office. Until an enterprising business fellow decided that, far from befitting the sending and receiving of mail, it was perhaps better suited as a humble taproom where a weary traveler ''might get twatted''.”
107	* SkewedPriorities: Insistent on completing the crawl even if it kills him. [[spoiler: In fact, that's exactly what he's planning on.]]
108	* ShoutOut: Takes a lot of cues from [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]], and some mannerisms from [[Series/{{House}} Dr. House]]. Interestingly, all three characters have very similar flaws, like addiction and some DeathSeeker tendencies, making Gary a deconstruction of these characters.
109	* StepfordSmiler: Depressed with a few shreds of Unstable. [[PaperThinDisguise Despite his best intentions]], he's clearly in denial about just how much of his life has slipped away from him. He still keeps up the facade [[spoiler:[[DespairEventHorizon until near the end]]]].
110	* TheTeetotaler: [[spoiler:By the end of the movie]].
111	* ToAbsentFriends: Gives a toast at The King's Head to [[spoiler:Peter and Oliver.]]
112	* ToxicFriendInfluence: To the others, especially Andy.
113	* UnreliableExpositor:
114	** In the beginning sequence. His later experiences in the town and the way his friends react to him would seem to suggest that he wasn't quite the untouchably cool king-of-the-town beloved by all he remembers himself to be, or at least that what was cool in the past isn't now. Apparently, he's become a meme among his friends ("doing a Gary"), and it isn't a positive one. Gary's less-than-pleased to learn of it.
115	--->'''Gary:''' Is that a thing?\
116	'''Steven:''' ''(sighing heavily)'' It's ''always'' been a thing.
117	** During Gary's flashback, he talks about Mr. Shepherd being one of the teachers he really liked--however, after he leaves, Mr. Shepherd is more angry and disappointed in Gary for not having any ambition in his life
118	* WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler:His eventual fate, after everything goes pear-shaped]]. Rather than dwell on his past, he decides to wander [[spoiler:the ruined world with the Blank versions of his former friends]].
119	* WarriorPoet: [[spoiler:He becomes a wandering swordsman in the ending, all while retaining his [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness sophisticated way of speaking]].]]
120	* WaxingLyrical: Quotes at least three songs during the course of the movie.
121	* WouldHurtAChild: He's perfectly willing to harass and start a fight with a teenager simply because his ego has been bruised. Granted, the "teenager" turned out to be a Blank, but Gary didn't know that at the time.
122	* WrestlerInAllOfUs: When he faces off against his first Blank, Gary decapitates him by slamming him on a toilet with [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson the Rock Bottom]].
123	[[/folder]]
124
125	[[folder:Andy Knightley]]
126	!!Andrew 'Andy' Knightley
127	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theworldsend_-_andy_7086.jpg]]
128	[[caption-width-right:350:''"I fucking hate this town!"'']]
129	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/NickFrost
130
131	A corporate lawyer who was once Gary's best friend, Andy had a falling out with him due to an "accident", the exact nature of which isn't immediately clear.
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133	* {{Acrofatic}}: During the fight scenes he proves to be this. He runs quickly enough to catch up with Gary in the climax, which is pretty impressive.
134	* TheBigGuy: Easily the best fighter in the group. (Doubles as TheLancer). Justified since he plays rugby.
135	* BrokenPedestal: He idolized Gary when he was a teenager -- until after the accident [[spoiler:where a drunken Gary abandoned him from a car crash that left Andy in surgery for 12 hours from nearly severing an artery, and then arrested]].
136	-->'''Andy:''' You were ''Gary fucking King!''
137	* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Wields a pair of bar stools.
138	* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Nick Frost played a slacker drug dealer in ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' with no sense of propriety or self. In ''Film/HotFuzz'', he plays TheDitz who is sort of naive. Here, he plays a very responsible, grounded adult with a stable business job.
139	* DeadpanSnarker: Any time Gary makes an over the top statement, count on Andy to snark back.
140	* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:The reason his wife filed for divorce -- he wasn't present enough.]]
141	* {{Foil}}: He's a serious, responsible, married teetotaler - that is, a complete opposite of Gary.
142	* GeniusBruiser: Rugby player and also a lawyer. Even when hammered, he's one of the few to notice [[spoiler:Oliver's birth mark re-appearing, and he also provides some very good arguments that the Network cannot refute, as any good lawyer should]].
143	* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:Or so he claims. He's actually been having major difficulties as of late, although they get resolved by the apocalypse.]]
144	* INeedAFreakingDrink: Breaks a sixteen year non-drinking streak to down five shots after seeing the blanks.
145	* MarriedToTheJob[=/=]WhenYouComingHomeDad: The main reason for [[spoiler:the separation]].
146	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Whilst not a jerk per se, he is a very cynical, sarcastic person. However, he does care about his friends (yes, even Gary), even risking his life several times to save Gary.
147	* OneManArmy: Andy easily fares best out of all the group when fighting Blanks.
148	* ScarsAreForever: Has a scar on his finger from when Gary and he tried doing the Knife Game from Film/{{Aliens}}.
149	* SpecsOfAwesome: His glasses don't detract from his awesomeness.
150	* SpottingTheThread: Andy is quick to notice (even while plastered) discrepancies -- especially Oliver's behavior.
151	* StoutStrength: Despite being relatively short and more chubby than the others, Andy is easily the most badass character in the film.
152	* StraightMan: Gary is more zany and stupid, whereas Andy's more down to earth and deadpan.
153	* TheTeetotaler: Although, as the crazy in Newton Haven piles up, he breaks his 16-year-long non-drinking streak.
154	* WastelandElder: In the DistantEpilogue, several years after all of Earth's technology is destroyed, a middle-aged Andy is seen sitting around a campfire and telling people about the past.
155	* WeUsedToBeFriends: Invoked by adult Andy to his secretary when he sees Gary.
156	* WhiteCollarWorker: A lawyer, to be precise.
157	* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Performs several wrestling moves on the Blanks to finish them off.
158
159	[[/folder]]
160
161	[[folder:Steven Prince]]
162	!!Steven Prince
163	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theworldsend_-_steven_3995.jpg]]
164	[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm not your bass player anymore."'']]
165	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/PaddyConsidine
166
167	Gary's friend, the only one to show any enthusiasm about the bar crawl. A fitness fanatic with a successful career in architectural consulting, he has a failed marriage behind him. Also, he's been in love with Sam Chamberlain since their teenage years.
168	----
169	* AlwaysSecondBest: To Gary, during the times of their youth.
170	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: To Sam, during the blank attacks.
171	* EveryoneHasStandards: Steven is a genuinely friendly and polite guy, but even he clearly shows his limits with Gary's irresponsible behavior.
172	* GarageBand: He was formerly in one, along with Gary.
173	* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Basil, sort of.
174	* IWillOnlySlowYouDown: Offers this when he's caught by the Blanks. [[spoiler: Subverted: he actually manages to slip them, making him a rare example of someone who will Only Slow You Down managing to eventually catch up again.]]
175	* TheLancer: Despite being friends, he's a bit of a rival to Gary. (His last name, "Prince" to Gary's "King", also hints at this status within the group.)
176	* MayDecemberRomance: At the start of the movie, he's in a relationship with a 26-year-old fitness instructor. [[spoiler:He dumps her after the events of the movie and gets together with Sam instead]].
177	* NiceGuy: A very decent guy, Steven is very pleased to see all his friends again, and is a little more polite and tolerant towards Gary (though he has his limits).
178	* NobodyLovesTheBassist: Tying into his being overshadowed, he was the former bass player in the band with Gary. Downplayed, though: the others enjoy his company [[spoiler:and he ends up with Sam by the end]].
179	* TheRival: To Gary, for Sam's affections (among other things).
180	* ScarsAreForever: From his childhood, when he and Gary were playing around.
181	* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:With Sam]].
182
183	[[/folder]]
184
185	[[folder:Oliver Chamberlain]]
186	!!Oliver "O-Man" Chamberlain
187	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theworldsend_-_oliver_5683.jpg]]
188	[[caption-width-right:350:''"WTF?"'']]
189	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MartinFreeman
190
191	Another of Gary's friends, a real estate agent at the start of the movie.
192	----
193	* AlienBlood: [[spoiler:When he gets replaced by a Blank, he bleeds what looks like blue ink.]]
194	* BadassInANiceSuit: He's not a ''great'' fighter but he's hardly terrible. [[spoiler:Doesn't save him.]]
195	* CantHoldHisLiquor: In the original bar crawl, he was the first one to get too drunk to continue.
196	* CatchPhrase: "WTF". He also is fond of FlippingTheBird.
197	* DeadpanSnarker: Around Gary.
198	* DistinguishingMark: The 6-shaped birthmark on his forehead responsible for his nickname, which he has had removed via laser surgery. [[spoiler:It returns on his double, which the gang notices]].
199	* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:When he gets replaced by a Blank, his doppelganger is eerily polite and extremely friendly. It's one of the things that gives it away, since the real Oliver was friendly but more reserved]].
200	* HeelFaceTurn: A weird case. [[spoiler:Oliver was a Face the whole time, but his Blank doppelganger wasn't until The Network left]].
201	* InSeriesNickname: Nicknamed "O-Man" for the [[Film/TheOmen "6"-shaped birthmark at his temple.]]
202	* MySisterIsOffLimits: While he never says it in so many words, he's very uncomfortable with Gary and Steven discussing their feelings for Sam:
203	-->'''Oliver:''' Can we not talk about my sister in relation to A: massive wide-ons and B: Steven's erect penis.
204	* NiceGuy: In spite of his reluctance to come back to Newton Haven, Oliver's very pleased to see his friends from the old days again... bar Gary King, of course.
205	* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Partly. It doesn't seem to faze him that much]].
206	* PerpetualFrowner: He smiles a few times, but Gary's antics often leave him frowning and irritated.
207	* PhoneaholicTeenager: A rare male example. As an adult, he hasn't outgrown this habit.
208	* SelfMadeMan: He was a go-getter as a teenager, and grew up into a career-oriented (and professionally successful) adult. [[spoiler:After the Network leaves, Oliver's blank resumes Oliver's old job as a real-estate agent, and appears to be doing quite well in spite of the limitations created by having only the lower half of a head]].
209	* SharpDressedMan: Seen in a suit throughout the entire film.
210	* StatusCellPhone: He's seen checking his phone throughout most of the first half of the film. He also has a Bluetooth headset on the entirety of the time.
211	%%* TheSmartGuy
212	* SmugSmiler: [[spoiler:When Oliver gets replaced, his double tries ''far'' too hard to emulate his behaviour]].
213	* ThroatLight: [[spoiler:His Blank double gets this, as do all Blanks]].
214	* TraitorShot: [[spoiler:Gives a few as a Blank, such as when he's watching Peter, Gary and Andy dancing with the Marmalade Sandwich]].
215	* WhiteCollarWorker: An estate agent, to be precise.
216	* {{Workaholic}}: Downplayed, but he's constantly seen on the phone and on his Bluetooth headset.
217
218	[[/folder]]
219
220	[[folder:Peter Page]]
221	!!Peter Page
222	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theworldsend_-_peter_1247.jpg]]
223	[[caption-width-right:350:''"I think the pronouns are really confusing."'']]
224	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/EddieMarsan
225
226	Another of Gary's friends, who was often bullied at school and grew up into a rather meek man as a result. He works as a car salesman in his dad's dealership, and is married with two kids.
227	----
228	* AlienBlood: [[spoiler:His Blank double, while not seen injured, has blue, ink-like blood, since he is a Blank.]]
229	* AlliterativeName ''P''eter ''P''age.
230	* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Youngest, shyest and sweetest of the group. Also applies in his career - apart from Gary, all either owned their businesses or have senior positions, whereas Peter is only a junior partner in his dad's car dealership.
231	* TheDogBitesBack: He gets an opportunity to exact revenge on his high school bully.
232	** NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: How he exacts revenge. He starts punching him endlessly, then picks up a tree branch and starts clubbing him with it.
233	* ExtremeDoormat: Meek and easily intimidated, even where his friends are concerned. He's also the first one conned into Gary's scheme. According to WordOfGod, Peter was the only character to never fight the Blanks in any brawl because his attack of Shane had to be a [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness striking]] OutOfCharacterMoment.
234	* HeelFaceTurn: Played with. [[spoiler:Peter was never a Heel, but his Blank duplicate was until the end, when he reforms and goes to look after Peter's family]].
235	* HenpeckedHusband: Always consulting his wife for advice, even in cases when he shouldn't need to.
236	* HeroWorshipper: Towards Gary, especially in their high school days. The opening montage shows Gary attacking Shane Hawkins for intentionally hitting Peter with a heavy bookbag, for instance.
237	* LovableCoward: Flees most fights before they start, but he's a decent guy.
238	* NiceGuy: Genuinely loves his wife and kids, and is very pleased to see all his friends again, even Gary to an extent. [[spoiler:As is his Blank counterpart.]]
239	* NonActionGuy: The only one of the group who can't hold his own in a fight. Usually hides during the fight scenes.
240	* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:He gets captured by the Blanks because he just had to fight Shane, and then dies]].
241	-->'''Stephen:''' It's not worth it!\
242	'''Peter:''' '''''YES IT FUCKING IS!'''''
243	* ScarsAreForever: Gary gave him a scar as a teenager, which he still has in the present day.
244	* ShrinkingViolet: In both teenage and adult incarnations.
245	* ThroatLight: [[spoiler:As a Blank, he gets this too]].
246	[[/folder]]
247
248	[[folder:Sam Chamberlain]]
249	!!Sam Chamberlain
250	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theworldsend_-_sam_9926.jpg]]
251	[[caption-width-right:350:''"If you think I'm going to have sex with you in the ladies, you're crazy!"'']]
252	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RosamundPike
253
254	Oliver's younger sister, who crosses paths with the group during their pub crawl. She's the object of affection for both Gary and Steven; the former slept with her during their teenage years.
255	----
256	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She'd been there as a teenager, but by this point she's outgrown that mentality, probably because of being left behind that night. While she admits that she doesn't exactly look back on their fling without fondness, nowadays she just can't look at Gary as boyfriend material anymore. It's also hinted that was why she was attracted to Adrian Keene, who owned his own motorcycle.
257	* ActionSurvivor: Compared to the others, she's less of a straight-up fighter. However, she can make it through some fights through sheer determination.
258	* BadassDriver: Drives impressively when rescuing the guys at the end of the film.
259	* CatchPhrase: [[OhCrap Oh, Crumbs!]]
260	* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Gary turning up makes her go for a cigarette, simply because it's so stressful.
261	* DeadpanSnarker: "If you think I'm going to have sex with you in the ladies, you're crazy!"
262	* JustInTime: [[spoiler:Comes back to Newton Haven just in time to drive what's remaining of the group to safety]].
263	* LoveInterest: To both Gary and Steven.
264	* NiceGirl: Extremely polite and in spite of the ribbing between her and her brother, they get on well. She's not, however, soft.
265	** While she is rightly disgusted and disturbed by Gary's behaviour towards her (on top of not being appreciative of being left behind that night) she does care about him enough to try and get through to him how unhealthy his mindset is on more than one occasion.
266	* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: The reason for her fling with Gary all those years ago (and her pining for Adrian Keane). However, she's outgrown this mentality, because...
267	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: [[spoiler:...she repeatedly rejects Gary's advances and gets together with Steven at the end of the movie]].
268	* TheSixthRanger: Wasn't part of the main group in their youth, but tags along halfway through the movie as their sixth member.
269	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female member of the principal cast. Justified as the group focuses mostly on a group of childhood friends, with her mostly being present for being Oliver's sister.
270	* TomboyishName: Called "Sam", presumably short for "Samantha".
271	[[/folder]]
272
273	!!Newton Haven
274
275	[[folder:Mr. Shepherd]]
276	!!Guy Shepherd
277	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mv5bmjnmyjzkmdmty2i1zs00zdfilwjjodgtyzdhmwi2yjvizdjhxkeyxkfqcgdeqxvymjuyndk2odc_v1.jpg]]
278	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/PierceBrosnan
279
280	The group's old teacher, who they have a lot of respect for.
281	----
282	* AffablyEvil: Genuinely polite and friendly to the gang [[spoiler:in the present as a Blank]], buying them all a round of drinks and asking that they address him as "Guy" instead of "Mister Shepherd". Even after [[spoiler:he gets his head smashed by Andy]], he's willing to buy another round and have another polite chat.
283	* AlienBlood: [[spoiler:Blue, like all the other Blanks]]
284	* CoolTeacher: One of the few people that Gary actually respected and liked at school, introduced smoking with Gary in his office. That speaks a lot about him, given how Gary didn't care for education or his adulthood.
285	* MeaningfulName: As a human, he shepherded children into finding the jobs they wanted to have in the future. [[spoiler:As a Blank, he tries to shepherd the guys into becoming Blanks.]]
286	* MouthOfSauron: Speaks on behalf of [[spoiler:The Network]].
287	* ThroatLight: [[spoiler:In the present, he becomes a Blank, and has one as a result]].
288	* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Why he advocates The Network's policy- humanity has access to so much if it joins them, so why not do so voluntarily? For those who refuse, it's a small price to pay.
289	* WellIntentionedExtremist: He wants humanity to join The Network and reap the benefits of galactic civilisation.
290	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:No details as to what happened to him come up in the epilogue. It's not even that easy to see him in the crowd of Blanks that leave the ruins of Newton Haven. Granted, he didn't have a huge role until after he got replaced, but still...]]
291	[[/folder]]
292
293	[[folder:Shane Hawkins]]
294	!!Shane Hawkins
295	!!!'''Played By:''' Darren Boyd
296
297	Peter's childhood bully.
298	----
299	* TheBully: Once physically beat Peter so hard that his eyeball was dislodged.
300	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Runs into Peter, the kid he bullied in school, and doesn't even recognize him. [[spoiler:Subverted because he's actually a Blank.]]
301	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:He's a pacifist, and apologizes to Peter when the two meet as adults. Mostly because he's been replaced by a Blank by that time]].
302	[[/folder]]
303
304	[[folder:Basil]]
305	!!Basil
306	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mv5bnwi5zwziyzctnjvhyy00njflltkxmzktmjc0n2e1nmu0mtzjxkeyxkfqcgdeqxvymjuyndk2odc_v1_sx1777_cr001777999_al_4.jpg]]
307	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidBradley
308
309	Local crazy guy, who Steven was friends with in his youth.
310	----
311	* ConspiracyTheorist: Has various theories about "aqua Nazis" and "lizard men".
312	* CoolOldGuy: Reasonably friendly, and hung around with Steven when he was a teenager.
313	* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: It turns out that out of all his theories, such as [[StupidJetpackHitler aqua-Nazis]] and LizardFolk, he was right about the town.
314	* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Steven. Sort of- they got on well, but Steven claims it was out of pity.
315	* MrExposition: He explains to Steven the backstory of the Blanks and how they do their thing to imitate/assimilate humans.
316	* ProperlyParanoid: He always has a crazy straw on him to avoid leaving traces of DNA on his drinks. Not so crazy now, is it?
317	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:He escapes The World's End along with the protagonists and runs off into the night, but it's unknown whether he makes it out before being engulfed by the fireball.]]
318	[[/folder]]
319
320	[[folder:Reverend Green]]
321	!!"Reverend" Trevor Green
322	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelSmiley
323
324	Local drug dealer, and one of the few humans not replaced by the Blanks.
325	----
326	* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: Averted; he's about as far removed from "aggressive" as possible.
327	* AlasPoorVillain: He's a collaborator, [[spoiler:but you can't help but feel slightly sorry for him as the gang make him spill the beans and get him killed as a result.]]
328	* LesCollaborateurs: Works with the Network.
329	* TheEeyore: He isn't a cheerful person.
330	* InSeriesNickname: His "title" of "Reverend" is a shout-out to the green character in ''TabletopGame/{{Cluedo}}''.
331	* SpySpeak: According to Gary, though it's sort of an on-the-nose of knocking on wood and asking "Got any drugs?"
332	[[/folder]]
333
334	!!Others
335
336	[[folder:The Network]]
337	!!The Network
338	[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/network.png]]
339	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/BillNighy
340
341	The entity behind what is happening to the town.
342	----
343	* AliensAreBastards: [[spoiler:The Network's claim of wanting to "civilise" humanity rings pretty hollow considering they have to kill over 99% of it to achieve its aims. And then there's the aftereffects of them leaving...]]
344	* [[AliensInCardiff Aliens In Newton Haven]]: Justified in that they have 2,000 other bases scattered across the world.
345	* AffablyEvil[=/=]FauxAffablyEvil: Genuinely somewhere between the two. It wants a genuinely better universe and will reward those who volunteer generously. On the other hand, refuse their offer and your ass is grass. [[spoiler:Literally. You'll be mulched into compost.]]
346	* BenevolentAlienInvasion: What they think they're doing.
347	* BigBad: The biggest threat to other worlds and the Earth, and the reason that Newton Haven, as well as most of the world, has changed so much.
348	* CollapsingLair: [[spoiler:The World's End at the end of the movie]].
349	* ElaborateUndergroundBase: [[spoiler:One under The World's End]].
350	* ETGaveUsWiFi: Have been influencing technology for decades.
351	* EvilColonialist: The Network sees humanity as too stupid and violent for our own good, got their foot in the door by giving Earth advanced technology (but not nearly as advanced as their own), made it so people had to work jobs they hate and abandon their individuality and culture, [[spoiler:and carried out the mass extermination of Newton Haven and most likely the rest of the towns they landed in.]]
352	* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Its belief is that humans are the least civilised race in the galaxy. The guys concede that they aren't perfect.
353	* IAmLegion: Speaks through the Blanks at times, such as commandeering Blank!Shepherd, and speaks through Oliver, Peter, Shepherd, Trevor, Shane and the Marmalade Sandwich (all at the same time).
354	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:While it gives up on Earth, considering it a lost cause, it's free to try the same with as many planets as it wishes.]]
355	* KillAndReplace: They replace us with blanks.
356	* NotSoStoic: Eventually, the Network is ''screaming'' at Gary and Andy.
357	* OmniscientMoralityLicense: Deconstructed. It serves mainly to piss humans off about him being high and mighty, to the point where [[spoiler:Gary and the vast majority of humanity eventually tell him to buzz off and accept a societal breakdown so he can leave us alone.]]
358	* OrderVersusChaos: It's Order, and humanity is Chaos (according to it, anyway).
359	* PaperThinDisguise: The blanks all look realistic but are all young and healthy even if the people they replaced were old, disabled or publicly known to be dead. However, when the Network leaves, the Blanks revert to their ''true'' personalities.
360	* PillarOfLight: It appears to the gang as five of them, arranged like a set of [[MeaningfulName network connectivity bars.]]
361	* PrecisionFStrike: "Yeah... ''fuck it''", said after it has a small breakdown and concedes defeat.
362	* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: [[spoiler:Gary, Andy, and Steven get The Network to leave Earth and abandon its aims just by belligerently insisting that they and surely many other people won't ever care about being told what to do.]]
363	* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The reason The Network behaves as it does is galactic unison and peace.
364	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Gets increasingly jittery and less "high and mighty"-sounding as Gary and company continue to refute his points, until he drearily says "Fuck it." and leaves]].
365	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Wants galactic peace and unison, with humanity joining the wider stage, good. Will oppress those that don't comply, bad. Willing to go as far as to [[spoiler:mulch non-compliant people]]? ''Very'' bad.
366	* WhatTheRomansHaveDoneForUs: [[spoiler:They justify their culling of humanity as bringing civilisation to a planet that has been deemed the most uncivilised planet in the galaxy, claiming that the planet has already reaped the benefits of their help through technological advancements, but Gary refuses to listen and annoys them into leaving.]]
367	* WhiteMansBurden: [[spoiler:Their plan reeks of imperialism and colonialism, as they decided to "help" an uncivilised planet by culling those who refuse to change for the better or have been deemed too uncivilised by galactic standards.]]
368	[[/folder]]

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