| 1 | A list of characters in the television series ''Series/FromDuskTillDawn''. |
| 2 | |
| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | !The Gecko Brothers |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[folder:Seth Gecko]] |
| 8 | !!Seth Gecko |
| 9 | |
| 10 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seth2promo.jpg]] |
| 11 | |
| 12 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/DJCotrona |
| 13 | |
| 14 | A professional thief and a modern-day outlaw. As the series starts his brother Richie has just helped him escape prison. Together they pull a bank heist that goes terribly wrong and puts them on the run. |
| 15 | ---- |
| 16 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: His ex-wife Vanessa and tattoo artist Sonja totally dig him. |
| 17 | * AmicableExes: With his former wife Vanessa, they certainly still do care for each other. |
| 18 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Shares this with his brother, however he definitely wears his with style! |
| 19 | * BadassNormal: He is completely human and lacks Ranger Gonzalez's immunity to culebra vemon and psychic visions. He still manages to hold his own against any creature that crosses his path. |
| 20 | * BerserkButton: Don't ever underestimate him and threaten the people he cares about, if you do, he'll gladly fuck you up, even if you're the Queen of Hell. |
| 21 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Seth is very protective of Richie. |
| 22 | * BookDumb: Clearly very smart and charismatic, but unintellectual, especially compared to Richie. Apparently AP Trig is the hardest kind of math he can think of. |
| 23 | * CatchPhrase: Seth repeats the phrase "I'm a professional thief" an awful lot. |
| 24 | * TheChosenOne: He and his brother are apparently destined to fulfill an ancient prophecy. |
| 25 | * DeadpanSnarker: He just ''loves'' pissing his enemies off whether with a taunt or a retort. |
| 26 | * DescentIntoAddiction: After the events of the first season Seth starts doing heroin, which affects his effectiveness as a thief considerably. |
| 27 | * TheDeterminator: He will not let anything or anyone stop him from getting what he wants. |
| 28 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Tends to take the Responsible side to Richie's Foolish. This dynamic is much more pronounced in season 1, when Richie is being heavily influenced by Santanico and Seth has to put in a lot of effort to keep him in line; from season 2 onwards, their relationship is more balanced. |
| 29 | * MrFanservice: One sizzling Seth Gecko in a tank top, coming right up! |
| 30 | * InHarmsWay: Santanico claims that Seth isn’t a criminal because he wants the money, but because he enjoys stealing it. |
| 31 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Seth didn't exactly pull off 36 jobs with his brother by being a warm kitten. On the other hand when he's not forced to be ruthless, he's actually not that bad of a guy to deal with. Hell in some instances he acted like an asshole to people because, [[JerkAssHasAPoint well, would YOU react differently if you had to put up with some of the shit he does?]] |
| 32 | * LikeFatherLikeSon: He grew up to be a professional criminal, just like his father. |
| 33 | * NobleDemon: Seth may be a ruthless criminal, but compared to his brother and TheCartel, he comes off almost heroic. |
| 34 | * RejectedApology: Kate gave him a heartbreaking one in Season 3. When Amaru pisses Seth off, he goes over the edge to break Amaru inside Kate's body, severely hurting Kate in the process. |
| 35 | ---> '''Seth''': Look at me. You gotta fight, all right? I'm sorry. |
| 36 | ---> '''Kate''': I don't forgive you. |
| 37 | * RevolversAreJustBetter: His weapon of choice is an enormous revolver. |
| 38 | * SiblingsInCrime: One half of a two brother bank-robbing team. |
| 39 | * SociopathicHero: Seth may be bad, but at least he's not evil. He is even willing to do whatever it takes so demons from Hell won't walk the earth. |
| 40 | * TalkativeLoon: Another reason why he is "the mouth" of the Geckos. |
| 41 | * TallDarkAndSnarky |
| 42 | * TattooedCrook: He has a blaze-like tattoo on his entire right arm. |
| 43 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Definitely gave a brutal one to Amaru, who gave one in return. |
| 44 | * ThickerThanWater: He sticks by his brother, in spite of believing him to be dangerously crazy. |
| 45 | * UnfazedEveryman: By the time he's introduced in series he practically, if [[NervesofSteel partially]] crapped himself at first sight of the horror-show the Titty Twister descends into. But after all the crazy he'd seen and experienced [[SeenItAll Seth barely raises an eyebrow]] [[PlayedForLaughs when he politely moves aside newly turned Culebra]] in season 2. |
| 46 | * YouAreNotAlone: When Richie left with Santanico in the end of the first season, Kate stayed by a devastated Seth. They took care of each other's back. Kate even helped Seth cope and joined him in his heists. |
| 47 | |
| 48 | [[/folder]] |
| 49 | |
| 50 | [[folder:Richard Gecko]] |
| 51 | !!Richard “Richie” Gecko |
| 52 | |
| 53 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/richie2promo.jpg]] |
| 54 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/ZaneHoltz |
| 55 | |
| 56 | A professional thief and a modern-day outlaw. He used to be the brains of the operation and the more levelheaded of the two brothers, but while Seth was in prison something started to go wrong inside his head. |
| 57 | ---- |
| 58 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Zane Holtz is a former male model, while in the movie the character was played by Creator/QuentinTarantino. |
| 59 | * AdaptationalHeroism: While he performs some of the same heinous acts as his movie counterpart, this time they can be attributed to Santanico’s MindManipulation. |
| 60 | * AdaptationalIntelligence: In addition to being AxCrazy, Movie Richie did not seem to be the more intellectual of the two brothers despite wearing glasses. |
| 61 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Both the Geckos but Richie mostly, you can't almost name an episode where he doesn't wear a suit. |
| 62 | * BerserkButton: Richie doesn’t appreciate being called crazy. |
| 63 | * TheChosenOne: He and his brother are apparently destined to fulfill an ancient prophecy. |
| 64 | * EyesDoNOTBelongThere: As part of [[spoiler:his mind control powers]] an eyeball pops up in the palm of his hand. [[spoiler: For bonus points, look closely - it's ''Kate's'' eye.]] |
| 65 | * FourEyesZeroSoul: He comes off like this, but the reality is far more complicated. |
| 66 | * LikeFatherLikeSon: Even more so than Seth, given that he also specializes in {{Safecracking}}. |
| 67 | * MindManipulation: [[spoiler:He gains this power at the end of the second season. He has to lay his hand on the target's forehead for it to work, though.]] |
| 68 | * PsychicBlockDefense: Losing his trust in Santanico allows Richie to block her MindManipulation. |
| 69 | * {{Safecracking}}: His specialty. He was considered the best before his SanitySlippage. |
| 70 | * SanitySlippage: Richie Gecko used to be a highly intelligent, methodical and dependable bank robber. However while Seth was in prison he became more and more unhinged, and it only gets worse as the series starts. Though when Santanico is no longer messing with he mind he becomes his old self. |
| 71 | * {{Seers}}: Richie has constant visions and displays knowledge that he should have no way of knowing. It is implied to be the result of [[spoiler:MindManipulation by Santanico Pandemonium.]] |
| 72 | * SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:He set his [[AbusiveParents father]] on fire when he was a kid.]] |
| 73 | * SiblingsInCrime: One half of a two brother bank-robbing team. |
| 74 | |
| 75 | [[/folder]] |
| 76 | |
| 77 | !The Fuller Family |
| 78 | |
| 79 | [[folder: Jacob Fuller]] |
| 80 | !!Jacob Fuller |
| 81 | |
| 82 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/robert-patrick_4237.jpg]] |
| 83 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/RobertPatrick |
| 84 | |
| 85 | A former preacher suddenly decided to buy a Winnebago and take his children on an adventure to Mexico. He’s experiencing a crisis of faith and carries a dark secret, which doesn’t help matters when he and his kids become the Geckos’ hostages. |
| 86 | ---- |
| 87 | * AlcoholicParent: He becomes one after his wife’s death. |
| 88 | * BadassPreacher: After he [[TookALevelInBadass levels up]]. |
| 89 | * CrisisOfFaith: Experienced a severe one in the wake of his wife’s death. |
| 90 | * DrowningMySorrows: He has been hitting the bottle pretty bad since his wife died. |
| 91 | * GoodShepherd: His congregation saw him as this before he quit. |
| 92 | * ICannotSelfTerminate: His religious convictions prevent him from committing suicide after he is bitten. He asks [[spoiler:Kate]] to kill him instead. |
| 93 | * KilledOffForReal: In the first season finale. |
| 94 | * PapaWolf: Jacob instinctively points a gun at Sex Machine the second Kate mentions that he hit on her. |
| 95 | * TookALevelInBadass: After the big fight at the Titty Twister. |
| 96 | [[/folder]] |
| 97 | |
| 98 | [[folder: Katherine Fuller]] |
| 99 | !!Katherine "Kate" Fuller |
| 100 | |
| 101 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kate2promo.jpg]] |
| 102 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/MadisonDavenport |
| 103 | |
| 104 | Jacob’s daughter, she doesn’t understand his father’s actions in the wake of her mother’s death in a car accident. |
| 105 | ---- |
| 106 | * ActionGirl: She becomes this around the end of Season 1 and Season 2, proving herself time and time again in combat situations with all kinds of weaponry. |
| 107 | * BackFromTheDead: At the very end of the second season [[spoiler: some of the blood from the well goes into her corpse and brings her back to life]]. |
| 108 | * BreakTheCutie: She spends most of the second season trying to help her brother. By the time [[spoiler:she dies]] she has completely given up on everyone and says she has no more love to give. |
| 109 | * CameBackWrong: [[spoiler: [[http://cdn1-www.comingsoon.net/assets/uploads/gallery/from-dusk-till-dawn-season-3/13528473_1162896977101978_8320507480093136973_o.jpg Oh.]] [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BIyLwLpBhb9/ YES.]] Complete with RedEyesTakeWarning - being possessed by the Queen of Hell will do that to you.]] |
| 110 | * CuteBruiser: Though Kate is much younger and smaller than the other females in the series, She is a capable, strong willed and independent young woman, even learning how to handle various weapons, including a crossbow. |
| 111 | * DamselInDistress: Gets taken hostage with surprising frequency. |
| 112 | ** DamselOutOfDistress: But often enough she's halfway to freeing herself by the time the cavalry arrives. |
| 113 | * EmergencyTransformation: In the second season finale she [[spoiler:absolutely refuses Scott and Richie's offers to turn her into a culebra to save her live]]. |
| 114 | * FilleFatale: Kate is 17, but in episode 6 she almost seduces Richie to convince him to let her family leave the Titty Twister. |
| 115 | * LivingBodysuit: [[spoiler:Kate's body is taken over by Amaru, The Queen of Hell.]] |
| 116 | * LockedIntoStrangeness: [[spoiler:Even after Amaru vacates her body, Kate's hair retains the blood-red color it acquired during her possession.]] |
| 117 | * FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler:After Amaru takes over her body, Kate keeps fighting her from the inside every step of the way.]] |
| 118 | * HumanSacrifice: Comes very close to being sacrificed. Already-in-the-altar-and-knife-raised close. [[spoiler: ''More than once.'']] |
| 119 | * InstantExpert: After only three months in Mexico she acquires an astonish degree of fluency in Spanish. |
| 120 | * LikeParentLikeSpouse: Scott accuses her of this, being a preacher’s daughter dating a guy who texts her Bible quotes as a way of flirting. |
| 121 | * MercyKill / [[spoiler:SelfMadeOrphan]]: She ends up having to kill [[spoiler:her father]] before his transformation into a culebra is complete. |
| 122 | * NervesOfSteel: She doesn’t even flinch when holding a target over her head for Richie to throw a knife at. |
| 123 | * NoBadassToHisValet: In Season 2 Kate stands up to Seth, Richard and even ''Malvado''. |
| 124 | * OnlySaneMan: Of the Fuller family. Her dad is losing it in a crisis of faith and her brother recklessly tries to be a hero. |
| 125 | * PowerDyesYourHair: Goes from being a brunette in seasons one and two to [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_static__640_v2.png a redhead in season three]], thanks to Amaru inhabiting her body. Interestingly, Amaru herself has dark brown hair. |
| 126 | * PluckyGirl: Despite everything bad that happens to her, Kate still remains strong and optimistic about things and believes that some people (mainly Richard and Scott) can be saved. |
| 127 | * PreachersKid: Her father is a minister. |
| 128 | * GirlNextDoor: Kate is a sweet young woman, who has a gentle personality and has a very forgiving nature. It's been stated by other characters that she is someone who sees the good in others. |
| 129 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: She's a big proponent of this: |
| 130 | ** First she tries to pull this once she gets fed up with her father’s antics at the RV, but [[spoiler:her boyfriend got killed by a vampire en-route to pick her up.]] |
| 131 | ** Once her family and the Geckos make it to the Titty Twister she is quite insistent that they leave, and almost succeeds in getting the keys to the RV back. |
| 132 | * SemiDivine: Kate is possessed by the Queen of Hell Amaru for most of the third season. |
| 133 | * TookALevelInBadass: The last member of the family to do so, with ''[[ChainsawGood a chainsaw]]''. |
| 134 | * WomenAreWiser: Kate might very well be the most levelheaded character on the show. This becomes even more pronounced after she pairs up with Seth in the second season. |
| 135 | [[/folder]] |
| 136 | |
| 137 | [[folder: Scott Fuller]] |
| 138 | !!Scott Fuller |
| 139 | |
| 140 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scott2promo.jpg]] |
| 141 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/BrandonSooHoo |
| 142 | |
| 143 | Jacob’s adopted son, he’s much more accepting of the unusual stuff his father does after his mother’s death. |
| 144 | ---- |
| 145 | * AsianAndNerdy: Scott was adopted by the Fullers from China. He’s also [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings fluent in Elvish]] and [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 uses ''Frack'' as a swear word.]] |
| 146 | * DualWielding: Uses two swords in combat. |
| 147 | * FaceMonsterTurn: After he is bitten he becomes [[spoiler:Carlos]]’s servant. |
| 148 | * FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: By the time of Season 3 rolls out, he is back to control of his own self and has vowed to not feed on the innocent, only the guilty. |
| 149 | * HappilyAdopted: His family loves him very much and he loves them back. |
| 150 | * {{Hypocrite}}: After [[spoiler:giving into his bloodlust and trying to turn his sister, he's stopped by Ranger Gonzales and forced into a contraption that will pierce his heart if he tries to move. Ignoring his own previous actions he refers to the ranger as being "crazy as fuck" for having done this.]] |
| 151 | * JumpedAtTheCall: Once it is revealed that they’re dealing with vampires, Scott is eager and ready to start kicking ass. |
| 152 | * TookALevelInBadass: The only one of the Fullers to do this ''before'' they get to the Titty Twister. And once all hell breaks loose at the bar, he’s the most enthusiastic about fighting back. |
| 153 | * TranshumanTreachery: He switched sides as soon as he is turned, even though he still has his free will. |
| 154 | * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Kate believes that he can fight his culebra urges and not become the monster he think he is. |
| 155 | [[/folder]] |
| 156 | |
| 157 | !The Texas Rangers |
| 158 | |
| 159 | [[folder: Ranger [=McGraw=]]] |
| 160 | !!Ranger Earl [=McGraw=] |
| 161 | |
| 162 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/don-johnson_8256.jpg]] |
| 163 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/DonJohnson (Old) Creator/JesseJohnson (Young) |
| 164 | |
| 165 | A tough veteran Texas Ranger who crosses paths with the Gecko Brothers |
| 166 | ---- |
| 167 | * AscendedExtra: In the movies, he was just some cop who is abruptly offed by the Gecko Brothers. Here, [[spoiler: he still dies early on but he puts up a better fight, receives some development beforehand and he even has plot relevance post-death.]] |
| 168 | * DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: Even as he lay dying, he kept trying to take out the Geckos]]. |
| 169 | * DoomedByCanon: Even though the details differ, [[spoiler:he dies at more or less the same point in the story as he did in the movie]]. |
| 170 | * MarriedToTheJob: The reason he didn’t spend as much time as he wanted to with his wife and daughter. |
| 171 | * ParentalSubstitute: He was more of a father to his partner, Freddie Gonzalez, than he was to his own daughter. |
| 172 | * PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:He dies in the first episode, but continues to be developed as a character in flashbacks]]. |
| 173 | * SecretSecretKeeper: [[spoiler:In season 2 its revealed he had long since been aware of the Culebra's and their cartel's which mask their blood trade when an assignment brought him to Celestino Oculto's front door, this being the secret meaning to his "Place of Dead Roads" saying when he first mentioned it to his deputy and surrogate son Freddy Gonzalez. That along with knowing his proteges real father along with the possibility hat he was connected to the monstrous underworld]]. |
| 174 | [[/folder]] |
| 175 | |
| 176 | [[folder: Ranger Gonzalez]] |
| 177 | !!Ranger Freddie Gonzalez |
| 178 | |
| 179 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/freddie2promo.jpg]] |
| 180 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/JesseGarcia |
| 181 | |
| 182 | Earl [=McGraw=]’s partner. A young Texas Ranger who has recently become a father, he’s on the trail of the Geckos and will stop at nothing to bring them down. |
| 183 | ---- |
| 184 | * ActionDad: He has a baby daughter. |
| 185 | * AdrenalineMakeover: Goes from a simple border patrol officer to kick ass culebra hunter throughout his trek in the series. |
| 186 | * CanonForeigner: He has no counterpart in the movie. Especially noticeable because [[spoiler: his presence actually causes the series’ plot to diverge from the movie’s]]. |
| 187 | * ChainPain: Taken too as his go to regular weapon of choice during his stint as a mediator for the Culebra's. |
| 188 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: Carlos accuses Freddie of having a case of this. He claims that even if he got his revenge on the Geckos, he would still be unable to walk away now that he knows about the supernatural. |
| 189 | * TheDeterminator: An even bigger one than Seth. He’s willing to sacrifice his career and his life to take down the Geckos. |
| 190 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Adopts a sleek Van Helsing look after the attack on his house and family, [[spoiler: ending up with said family leaving him during the crisis.]] The new image probably reflects his otherwise [[AdrenalineMakeover darkened mindset throughout the rest of the show]]. |
| 191 | * HeroAntagonist: He's only main character that is unquestionably heroic. It just so happens that his main target is one of the protagonists. |
| 192 | * HunterOfMonsters: After being introduced to the world of the supernatural. |
| 193 | * TheImmune: He is immune to the culebras’ venom and can’t be turned. Not even when bitten by Santanico herself. |
| 194 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: A crackshot with just about any launch-able weapon. Once shooting out a culebra's eyes while using another as a shield, again when he pinned Carlos to a chair using a broken wooden stick. |
| 195 | * InSeriesNickname: All the Mexican characters refer to him as ''“rinche”'', a derogatory term for Texas Rangers that he really doesn’t like. |
| 196 | * InTheBlood: His [[TheImmune immunity to the culebra venom]] is attributed to being part of a particular “ancient bloodline”. |
| 197 | * ItsPersonal: After [[spoiler: they kill his partner]], the manhunt for the Geckos becomes very personal for Ranger Gonzalez. |
| 198 | * NaiveNewcomer: While a veteran cop who studied under Earl in his day; Ranger Gonzalez was like DeerInTheHeadlights when it came to dealing with things out of nightmares like the Culebra's, at first. [[InstantExpert Though he was a very quick study]]; eventually however after [[CharacterDevelopment a long series of near death]] run ins, coupled with [[TookALevelInBadass gaining in experience and ability]] after every encounter he quickly grew out of it; at least until [[MonsterOfTheWeek the latest beastie]] came rolling along. |
| 199 | * PapaWolf / BerserkButton: Threatening his family in any manor is a sure fire way to get yourself buried or, in a Culebra's case, staked. |
| 200 | * RevengeBeforeReason: Freddie keeps trying to kill Richie, even when [[spoiler:they are all fighting for their lives in the middle of a vampire attack]]. |
| 201 | * SpannerInTheWorks: In-universe, Ranger Gonzales continuously derails Santanico’s plans for Richie. Out-of-universe, his actions at the Titty Twister mark the point where [[OffTheRails the show’s plot breaks]] with that of the movie. |
| 202 | * SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: The Geckos are the protagonists of the show, but the audience can’t help but cheer Freddie’s determination to bring them down. |
| 203 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: With the Geckos against Amaru. |
| 204 | * UnwittingPawn: Was this to Malvado in season 2; the recent string of visions and nightmares he had were fed to Ranger Gonzalez by said lord. He gets this ''again'' in season three, when [[spoiler:an Amaru-possessed Richie hypnotizes him and forces him to murder Ximena.]] |
| 205 | * WithMyHandsTied: He manages to take down and kill two culebras while tied to a chair. |
| 206 | [[/folder]] |
| 207 | |
| 208 | [[folder: Ranger Willet]] |
| 209 | !!Ranger Gary Willet |
| 210 | |
| 211 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/RobertKnepper |
| 212 | |
| 213 | A Texas Ranger who worked alongside Earl [=McGraw=] back in the day. |
| 214 | ---- |
| 215 | * DirtyCop: [[spoiler:He was willing to sell Freddie to Amaru.]] |
| 216 | * OccultDetective: He has known about culebras for decades. |
| 217 | * VanHelsingHateCrimes: He and some other rangers [[spoiler:used to nail culebras to crosses and watch them burn in the sun.]] |
| 218 | [[/folder]] |
| 219 | |
| 220 | !The Culebras |
| 221 | |
| 222 | [[folder: Santánico]] |
| 223 | !!Santánico Pandemonium / Kisa |
| 224 | |
| 225 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/santanico2promo.jpg]] |
| 226 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/EizaGonzalez |
| 227 | |
| 228 | The mistress of evil, its most loyal guardian, and one of the central figures in an ancient cult of bloodsucking vampires known in our realm as culebras. |
| 229 | ---- |
| 230 | * AdaptationalNameChange: In the original trilogy, her name was Esmeralda. Here its changed to Kisa. |
| 231 | * AdaptationalHeroism: She's a TorturedMonster in the series. The movie version showed no such compunctions about being a blood-sucking fiend. |
| 232 | * AntiVillain: She eats people and screws with Richie's head and [[spoiler: makes him kill the hostage and cut her eyes out]], but she does it because she hates what the Nine Lords have forced her into and wants to be free. |
| 233 | * BlessedWithSuck: How she feels about having been turned into an immortal creature that craves blood. |
| 234 | * DualWielding: Wields two curved blades in the final fight against Amaru. |
| 235 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Santanico Pandemonium. |
| 236 | * MeaningfulRename: Starting in season 3 she refuses to answer to Santanico and insists on being called Kisa. |
| 237 | * MindManipulation: She was messing with Richie’s head long before she even met him. |
| 238 | * MonsterProgenitor: The legends claim that the culebras originate from her, though it is not true. |
| 239 | * MsFanservice: Given that she initially works as a stripper, she spends most of her screen time in very little clothes in Season 1. |
| 240 | * PetTheDog: Will sometimes do little nice things just because. For example, in the first episode of season 2, she sees that one of the meat-packing employees has drifted off with the blade sawing towards her thumb, and wakes her up, even though it doesn't do anything for the job. |
| 241 | * PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: After spending centuries as a prisoner in the temple, her knowledge of things like movies and TV shows is very limited. The Titty Twister didn't have cable apparently. |
| 242 | * PutOnABus: [[spoiler:She runs off after her girlfriend is murdered, due to Eiza Gonzalez having filming conflicts with a movie at the time, although she does return near the end of season three.]] |
| 243 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: She's been trapped in the Temple since before the Spaniards arrived in the New World. |
| 244 | * SealedEvilInACan: The Temple is her prison, courtesy of the Nine Lords of the Night. [[spoiler:She is set free by Richie in the season one finale]]. |
| 245 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: Santanico survives the events of the first season way past her movie counterpart. |
| 246 | * SpicyLatina: She’s an attractive, hot blooded Latina temptress. |
| 247 | * StageNames: Santanico Pandemonium, unsurprisingly enough, turns out to be a name given to her by Amancio Malvado in the 19th century when he first came up with the plan to turn the Temple into what would become known as the Titty Twister. Her birth name is Kisa. |
| 248 | * SuccubiAndIncubi: In addition to being a vampire, she’s specifically called a succubus by Prof. Tanner. |
| 249 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: Before being turned Santanico used to be a kind girl who didn’t want people being [[HumanSacrifice sacrificed]] to her. |
| 250 | * TheVamp: Even though the man she’s trying to get her claws on is no saint to begin with. |
| 251 | * VampireMonarch: Of her own little clan, even though she doesn’t seem to be very high in the overall hierarchy of the culebras. |
| 252 | * WasOnceAMan: She was an innocent human girl before being sacrificed to the Vision Serpent and turned into a Culebra. |
| 253 | * WingedHumanoid: In her monstrous form she can grow wings at will and use them to fly. |
| 254 | [[/folder]] |
| 255 | |
| 256 | [[folder: Carlos]] |
| 257 | !!Carlos Felipe Madrigal |
| 258 | |
| 259 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wilmer-valderrama_2690.jpg]] |
| 260 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/WilmerValderrama |
| 261 | |
| 262 | A Mexican criminal overlord and brutal enforcer for TheCartel. He’s the Geckos’ contact SouthOfTheBorder and the one who tells Seth about a mysterious paradise – a place in Mexico called "El Rey" – where he and Richie can find sanctuary and peace. |
| 263 | ---- |
| 264 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: He was played by Cheech Marin in the film and by the younger and better looking Wilmer Valderrama in the series. |
| 265 | * AdaptationalVillainy: In the original movie he was merely the brothers’ contact in Mexico and unaware of the Titty Twister’s true nature. In the series [[spoiler:he’s a full blown vampire and intentionally leading the brothers to the Titty Twister]]. |
| 266 | * BadassSpaniard: He was originally a Spanish conquistador, although he has lost his accent over the centuries. |
| 267 | * BigBad: In season 1 Carlos controls Kisa, keeping her confined within the Titty Twister and running the attraction while playing the part of allegedly helping her find her freedom. He later betrays her to Narciso and [[GreaterScopeVillain the Nine Lords]] out of a fear for what will happen to him should her rebellion fail. |
| 268 | * BigBadWannabe: In season 2 he thinks he'll be the next Malvado but in reality he's being played by the Lord. It's only at the end when Malvado's death leaves him the last villain standing that he gets his shot and even then he winds up dismembered by Kisa and the Geckos and is forced to ally with them after being brought back in the final season. |
| 269 | * CrazyJealousGuy: He really thought his feelings for Santanico were reciprocated and he doesn't take it well when he finds out they’re not. |
| 270 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He betrayed the Conquistadors for [[spoiler:Santanico]] and centuries later he betrayed [[spoiler:her]] to Narciso. |
| 271 | * DragonWithAnAgenda: Carlos was ostensibly Santanico's right hand man and the one in charge of implementing her plan, though he holds his own ambitions to rise in the dark world and eventually betrays her to Narciso for this purpose. |
| 272 | * {{Greed}}: His defining characteristic, according to Santanico. |
| 273 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: Not that he was a saint before, but he fell for [[spoiler:Santanico]] so hard that he turned on his comrades, his country and his god just to be with her. He was also willing to [[spoiler:be turned into a monster.]] |
| 274 | * HazyFeelTurn: [[spoiler:He's resurrected in late season three by Santanico, and works with the good guys until the season finale, wherein it's revealed he made a deal with the bad guys, and thus cannot take part in the fight against them. As of the end of season three, he's now some form of trickster mentor.]] |
| 275 | * OffWithHisHead: This is how he deals with some people that are trying to steal from him, followed by DecapitationPresentation. |
| 276 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: While the rest of the conquistadors were concerned with converting the natives to Christianity, Carlos specifically says he’s only interested in the gold. |
| 277 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He came to the new world during the reign of Queen Isabella I of Castile, over 500 years ago. |
| 278 | * RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: The Nine Lords have Narciso put Carlos inside the Labyrinth to be ''"reeducated"'' after he helps [[spoiler:Santanico]] slaughter the Councilors and then turns on [[spoiler: her]]. He doesn’t expect to come out alive. But he does. |
| 279 | [[/folder]] |
| 280 | |
| 281 | [[folder: Narciso]] |
| 282 | !!Narciso Menendez |
| 283 | |
| 284 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/ManuelGarciaRulfo |
| 285 | |
| 286 | A Mexican criminal overlord and a culebra. He serves as one of the lieutenants for the Nine Lords of the Night. |
| 287 | ---- |
| 288 | * {{Jerkass}}: He humiliates Carlos for no other reason than to be a dick. |
| 289 | * KickTheDog: Was given immortality by Carlos back in the 1910's, how does he repay him? By rising through the ranks and making the former his errandboy/punching bag for all his dickmoves. Sam could be said of Scott whom after Carlos turned him, became Narciso's [[ReplacementGoldfish new dog]] whom he literally has on a leash and quite literally kicks. |
| 290 | ** TheDogBitesBack: He gets his for all his uberdickery by both of them in the end, See Below. |
| 291 | * OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Tired of being pushed around by him, both Carlitos and Scott finally capture him, put him on his knees and behead him in ''Bizarre Tales''.]] |
| 292 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He was turned during the UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution, making him over a century old. |
| 293 | * UngratefulBastard: Carlos was the one who turned him in the first place. Fast forward 100 years and he is treating him like shit every chance he gets. |
| 294 | * VillainousRescue: He saves Seth from being torn apart by some bikers, but only so he can pump him for information. |
| 295 | [[/folder]] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | [[folder:The Regulator]] |
| 298 | !!The Regulator |
| 299 | |
| 300 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/regulator2promo.jpg]] |
| 301 | ->'''Played By: ''' Creator/DannyTrejo |
| 302 | |
| 303 | A fearsome culebra warrior who works as an enforcer for the Nine Lords. |
| 304 | ---- |
| 305 | * AchillesHeel: According to [[http://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3346588/from-dusk-till-dawn-set-visit/ an interview]] [[spoiler:he can only be killed by his own gun]]. |
| 306 | * BadassLongcoat: After being reanimated he dons a badass leather duster. |
| 307 | * DaywalkingVampire: The Regulator shows no ill effects from being out in the sun, while a Culebra attacking him turns to dust from the rays, emphasizing he's a much more fearsome opponent than regular members of his clan. |
| 308 | * TheDragon: To [[BigBad Lord Malvado]]. The dark lord trusts him alone to be able to hunt down Santánico for him. |
| 309 | * EarAche: Keeping in line with his HorrorHunger ability to gather information, he eats a man's ear to discover details of a conversation the man had with Richie. |
| 310 | * EyeScream: He attacks a cop who boasts that he sees everything and claims he has been looking for the Geckos, eating one of his eyes after killing him. Doing this allows The Regulator to see through the officer's eye and find out he had indeed seen Seth at a tattoo parlor but [[FailedASpotCheck ironically just hadn't noticed him]]. |
| 311 | * TheGunslinger: He is a villainous example who is extremely accurate with his pistol and looks like he stepped straight out a Western. |
| 312 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:He is killed by Seth with his own gun]]. |
| 313 | * MistakenForGranite: He spends most of his time as a statue in the Titty Twister until reanimated by Lord Malvado for a mission. |
| 314 | [[/folder]] |
| 315 | |
| 316 | [[folder: Maia]] |
| 317 | !!Maia |
| 318 | |
| 319 | ->'''Played By:''' Music/DemiLovato |
| 320 | |
| 321 | A culebra who becomes Carlos’s new lover and lieutenant. |
| 322 | ---- |
| 323 | * DarkActionGirl: Tough and skilled enough to go toe-to-toe with Santanico. |
| 324 | * TheDragon: She becomes Carlos’s second in command near the end of the second season. |
| 325 | * OfferedTheCrown: She claims that Maximiliano of Mexico offered to make her his queen. |
| 326 | * PutOnABus: She's nowhere to be seen in season 3. |
| 327 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: She was already a culebra during the reign of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_I_of_Mexico Emperor Maximiliano]], making her at least a couple of centuries old. |
| 328 | * VillainExitStageLeft: [[spoiler:At the end of the second season, when she realizes Carlos has been defeated, she makes her escape with his blessing while the protagonists deal with him]]. |
| 329 | [[/folder]] |
| 330 | |
| 331 | [[folder:Ximena]] |
| 332 | !!Ximena Vasconcelos |
| 333 | |
| 334 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/EmilyRios |
| 335 | |
| 336 | Lord Venganza’s second in command. |
| 337 | ---- |
| 338 | * TheDragon: She is Lord Venganza's top lieutenant and second-in-command. |
| 339 | * FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Despite working for the Lords and being initially cold, she [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre believes the culebras are capable of helping mankind]] more than Freddy gives them credit to. |
| 340 | * KilledOffForReal: She's [[spoiler:staked by a mind-controlled Gonzalez in season three.]] |
| 341 | * LastEpisodeNewCharacter: She was introduced in the season 2 finale before becoming a recurring character in season 3. |
| 342 | * MouthOfSauron: She often speaks on her mistress' behalf delivering instructions and messages. |
| 343 | * UnresolvedSexualTension: With Freddy Gonzalez on Season 3. [[spoiler: It culminates with them eventually falling in love, but their relationship is cut short when Richie (under Amaru's influence) forces Freddy to kill her]]. |
| 344 | * WorkingWithTheEx: Much to her displeasure, she is forced to work alongside her ex-lover Burt because he is an specialist in fighting and killing Xibalbans. |
| 345 | [[/folder]] |
| 346 | |
| 347 | [[folder:Burt]] |
| 348 | !!Burt / Ilhicamina |
| 349 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/TomSavini |
| 350 | |
| 351 | A legendary slayer of Xibalban demons. |
| 352 | ---- |
| 353 | * DemonSlaying: He was the Nine Lord’s preeminent demon hunter back in the day. He singlehandedly captured most of the Xibalbans imprisoned in the Temple. |
| 354 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Suddenly goes crazy and is killed by Amaru when she's reborn.]] |
| 355 | * MrExposition: Given his experience in fighting demons, he knows more about them and Amaru and shares this information with the Geckos. |
| 356 | * OneManArmy: He is described as "a one-man fighting force" by Richie for being able to put down several demons. |
| 357 | * TheStoner: Nowadays he runs a medical marijuana dispensary and thoroughly enjoys partaking of his own merchandise. |
| 358 | * RetiredBadass: He has been retired for at least a couple of centuries, enjoying life and pot. But he can still [[spoiler:kick the crap out of Seth and Richie at the drop of a hat.]] |
| 359 | * ShellShockedVeteran: Burt still haunted by the horrors of the first war against the Xibalbans, such as when he kills El Caporal, he immediately starts hearing horror screams from the battle. Its the reason why he still takes up drugs. |
| 360 | [[/folder]] |
| 361 | |
| 362 | !!The Nine Lords of the Night |
| 363 | |
| 364 | [[folder:Tropes to the Lords as a group]] |
| 365 | The Nine Lords of the Night are the leaders of the Blood Cult and TheCartel. They are at the top of the culebra hierarchy. |
| 366 | ---- |
| 367 | * BigScrewedUpFamily: The Nine Lords are all siblings, but some of them really don't get along. |
| 368 | * CouncilOfVampires: As leaders of all culebras, they control lesser vampires and enforce their will through them. |
| 369 | * DwindlingParty: As of the end of the second season, [[spoiler:the Nine Lords have been reduced to Seven. This lasts all of one episode before all of them but Venganza are killed in the third season premiere, and with her death later in the same season, all of them are dead.]] |
| 370 | * FullCircleRevolution: They escaped Xibalba because they were slaves there and treated little better than cattle by Amaru and the demonic aristocracy. Once they established themselves on the mortal world, they dubbed themselves Lords and started treating the rank and file culebras like slaves and treating humans like cattle. |
| 371 | * TheGhost: Several characters refer to them directly and indirectly, but they never appear in person in the first season. This changes in the second one. |
| 372 | * GreaterScopeVillain: For the first season. They are at the top of the food chain in the Culebras’s society and everyone else works to feed them but make no personal appearance. |
| 373 | * HumanoidAbomination: Lord Oculto implies that unlike all the other culebras, who started off as human, the Nine Lords are beings who came from another realm and took an almost human form. Season 3 confirms that they are lesser Xibalban demons. |
| 374 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: ''The Nine Lords of the Night'' is pretty ominous. |
| 375 | * NebulousEvilOrganisation: The Nine Lords’ influence is said to be very widespread and powerful. The most prominent aspect seen in the show is TheCartel, but its revealed they do have presence in the police force and hospitals and they do act out when necessary. |
| 376 | * NonindicativeName: Some of the Lords are female. |
| 377 | * PragmaticVillainy: Lord Venganza is not pleased with Lord Malvado's antics, not out of concern for humanity, but because it could blow the {{Masquerade}} wide open. |
| 378 | * PublicDomainCharacter: The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_of_the_Night Nine Lords of the Night]] are figures from Mesoamerican mythology. |
| 379 | * VillainDecay: For a threat that had been build up quite a lot, [[spoiler: in season 3, six of the Lords are taken out remarkably easily by a group of culebra bodyguards mind-controlled by Calavera.]] |
| 380 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:The other Lords besides Malvado, Oculto and Venganza don't have much screentime and are killed off in the same episode they are introduced]]. |
| 381 | [[/folder]] |
| 382 | |
| 383 | [[folder:Lord Malvado]] |
| 384 | !!Lord Amancio Malvado |
| 385 | |
| 386 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/EsaiMorales |
| 387 | |
| 388 | The Leader of the Nine Lords, he is a ruthless monster obsessed with Santanico. |
| 389 | ---- |
| 390 | * BadassLongcoat: Evil though he may be, one has to admit that his leather duster is mighty impressive. |
| 391 | ** The 'leather' of the duster is actually made of human faces that he cuts off his victims. So badass indeed. |
| 392 | * BadBoss: He punishes Narciso's pathetic attempt to restart the Titty Twister by ''ripping his face off''. |
| 393 | * BigBad: He serves as the main antagonist of Season 2, playing Richie and Carlos off each other to find a successor for his empire while he departs to El Rey to own Kisa forever, causing the conflict of the arc. |
| 394 | * BilingualBonus: "Malvado" means "Evil" in Spanish, so he is basically ''Lord Evil''. |
| 395 | * CainAndAbel: He really doesn't get along with Celestino - [[spoiler: he kills him in the episode ''Bizarre Tales'']]. |
| 396 | * TheChessmaster: As it turns out Malvado had been setting up events in season two from the get go animating his [[{{Golem}} enforcer]] to work on his behalf was just the beginning. He set Gonzalez on the trail of his brother Oculto in order to find the key of the Blood Well, had the tattoo artist/document forger Seth took a liking too in his pocket the whole time, [[spoiler:only Santanico was catching onto this fact]], he even figured Richie into his plans by playing on his SiblingRivalry tendencies which'd been gestating since the end of season 1. All in all he had near all of his bases covered, even that last bit was more of a XanatosGambit which nearly payed off. |
| 397 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: He's built up as the antagonist for season two but the penultimate episode sees him [[spoiler:killed off by Santanico]], leaving [[spoiler:Carlos]] uninterrupted to enact his plan for allowing Culebras to [[spoiler:rule humanity]]. |
| 398 | * EvilOverlord: Despite being a cartel leader, he pretty much fits as the head of a sinister vampire cult and his name literally translates to [[PunnyName "Lord Evil"]] in Spanish. |
| 399 | * FacialHorror: Has a penchant for skinning the faces of those who displease him, doing this to both Narciso and later a sheriff who was trying to get a cut of the profits from his human smuggling operation. |
| 400 | * MeaningfulName: With a name like Lord Evil, one gets a pretty good idea of what he is like. |
| 401 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: When it comes to Kisa (and sometimes Carlos), he might as well be named Lord Creepy Touching. |
| 402 | * ShameIfSomethingHappened: Extortion has been his main line of business since time immemorial. He is even known as the "Collector of Tribute". |
| 403 | * SorcerousOverlord: In addition to being the leader of the evil culebras he is also capable of using magic to [[spoiler:bring a statue to life to hunt the Geckos]]. He also supposedly fed ''The Rinche'' with visions in order to locate his brother and the Blood Well by following his trail. |
| 404 | [[/folder]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | [[folder:Lord Oculto]] |
| 407 | !!Lord Celestino Oculto |
| 408 | |
| 409 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/HemkyMadera |
| 410 | |
| 411 | One of the Nine Lords, who masquerades as a fantasy writer. |
| 412 | ---- |
| 413 | * AffablyEvil: For a millennia old monster, his is surprisingly polite. |
| 414 | * BilingualBonus: "Oculto" means "Hidden" and "Occult" in Spanish. |
| 415 | * CainAndAbel: He really doesn't get along with Malvado. [[spoiler: He is killed by him in the episode ''Bizarre Tales'']]. |
| 416 | * HumanSacrifice: He ritually murders groups of six people from time to time, even though he doesn’t need to consume their blood, in order to appease his ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macuahuitl macuahuitl]]''. |
| 417 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 418 | ** Celestino means celestial or heavenly. Appropriate for a being many consider a god. |
| 419 | ** His surname and title can be translated as the ''Hidden Lord'', which is a pretty accurate description of him, considering that he has been hiding from Malvado for a while. |
| 420 | * TheStoryteller: He has carved this identity for himself, having spent many decades writing fantasy stories for pulp magazines. |
| 421 | [[/folder]] |
| 422 | |
| 423 | [[folder: Lord Venganza]] |
| 424 | !!Lord Venganza Verdugo |
| 425 | |
| 426 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/AnaDeLaReguera |
| 427 | |
| 428 | One of the most powerful among the remaining Nine Lords, Venganza drafts the Gecko brothers into fighting the onslaught of Xibalban demons. |
| 429 | ---- |
| 430 | * BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:Commits suicide in front of Amaru to stop her from using her in her ritual]]. |
| 431 | * BigGood: In Season 3, since she serves as the Gecko brothers' boss and opposes the Xibalbans. |
| 432 | * BilingualBonus: "Venganza" means "revenge" in English, while "Verdugo" means "executioner". |
| 433 | * MeaningfulName: She goes by Lord Venganza, which means Lord Revenge. |
| 434 | * PragmaticVillainy: Is shown to be considerably less prone to ForTheEvulz antics than the other Lords,taking special interest in maintaining TheMasquerade. |
| 435 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Her name literally means "Revenge Executioner". |
| 436 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Of all the Lords she is the one most willing to collaborate with the Geckos and the one who can be reasoned with. |
| 437 | * SheIsTheKing: Despite being female, she uses the title “Lord”. She is still occasionally referred to as "Dona" (Spanish for "lady") by her subordinates. |
| 438 | * SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:The last remaining Lord after the Xibalbans successfully massacre the entire council. After killing herself, all Lords are extinct.]] |
| 439 | [[/folder]] |
| 440 | |
| 441 | !Xibalba's Demons |
| 442 | |
| 443 | [[folder:Amaru]] |
| 444 | !!Amaru, Queen of Xibalba |
| 445 | |
| 446 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cwl1spxuaae34sj.png]] |
| 447 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/MadisonDavenport, Creator/NatalieMartinez |
| 448 | |
| 449 | The powerful queen of Xibalba, the Mayan underworld, who takes over Kate's body after her death at the blood well. She is determined to open a gateway to hell and destroy all the world. |
| 450 | ---- |
| 451 | * BerserkButton: She takes the FantasticCasteSystem of Xibalba ''very'' seriously, to the point that the reason that she personally came to retrieve the Nine Lords back in the day wasn't because they had escaped but because they started to style themselves "Lords". |
| 452 | * BigBad: She is the main antagonist of season 3, escaping her prison and threatening the whole world to bring about HellOnEarth as a petty means of vengeance against the Culebra Lords who betrayed her. |
| 453 | * BrainsAndBrawn: The brawn to Brasa's brains. While Amaru is powerful, she rarely thinks things through and is prone to childish outbursts, resulting in her falling for obvious traps an unable to do much of the planning for the apocalypse. What makes her a threat is her overwhelming might. |
| 454 | * DarkActionGirl: She enters in to a sword fight with Scott and almost kills him. |
| 455 | * DemonLordsAndArchdevils: She is the queen of the Mayan version of hell and commands a menagerie of Xibalban demons to do her bidding. |
| 456 | * DemonicPossession: She moves into Kate's body right after she dies. |
| 457 | * EnemyToAllLivingThings: Amaru can drain someones life force with just one touch. |
| 458 | * EvilCostumeSwitch: Unlike Kate, she always wears black, top to bottom. |
| 459 | * EvilOverlord: She is the absolute master of Xibalba, an entire hell dimension. |
| 460 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Of the series as a whole. Amaru imprisoned the Culebras, who rebelled against her, with the Nine Lords--themselves the {{Greater Scope Villain}}s to season 1--to fashion their own empires as a show of freedom from her tyranny, with everything ultimately leading back to Amaru. |
| 461 | * HumanoidAbomination: Even though she can pass for a gorgeous human woman while in her own body, [[spoiler: her true form bears more than a passing resemblance to a gorgon.]] |
| 462 | * LackOfEmpathy: Amaru doesn't care who she hurts all lone as she get want she wants. |
| 463 | * {{Mayincatec}}: Despite being the queen of Myth/MayanMythology version of hell, her name comes from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaru_(mythology) a serpent or dragon]] from Myth/IncaMythology. |
| 464 | * MonsterProgenitor: She is the queen of hell where culebras originated from and was revealed to be the one that gave them their special power |
| 465 | * NoSell: [[spoiler:Richie tries his MindManipulation powers on her]]. She laughs him off and leaves him disabled on the ground. |
| 466 | * OmnicidalManiac: Wishes to bring about the annihilation of humans and culebras alike by opening a gateway to hell itself. |
| 467 | * PowerDyesYourHair: While in Kate's body, she turns her regular brunette hair into long, blood-red tresses. In her true form, however, her hair is dark brown with red highlights. |
| 468 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Her eyes turn completely red when she uses her powers. |
| 469 | * SealedEvilInACan: After the Nine Lord originally tricked and murdered her, they saved her blood because of its great power and entrusted it to Lord Oculto. However, said blood also contained her spirit. |
| 470 | * TakeOverTheWorld: She wishes to open the door to hell and let it consume the world. |
| 471 | * ThereCanBeOnlyOne: She takes her position as queen very seriously, so she deeply resents the fact that the rank and file culebras consider Santanico their queen. She even quotes the trope name verbatim. |
| 472 | * YourSoulIsMine: She is able to absorb other people's souls, leaving behind a dried husk. She is able to heal wounds this manner. |
| 473 | [[/folder]] |
| 474 | |
| 475 | [[folder:Brasa]] |
| 476 | !!Brasa |
| 477 | |
| 478 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/MauriceCompte |
| 479 | |
| 480 | Amaru’s right hand man and the leader of a group of Xibalban demons who escaped from the Labyrinth after Carlos destroyed it. |
| 481 | ---- |
| 482 | * BilingualBonus: "Brasa" means "ember" in English. Appropriate for a being who can control fire. |
| 483 | * BrainsAndBrawn: The brains to Amaru's brawn. While she can crush nearly any opposition in a test of strength, she's shortsighted and impulsive. Brasa by comparison is capable of calmly planning out their schemes and handles much of the thinking as the field commander over her lieutenants and handling the actual details of her plan. |
| 484 | * CoolShades: Wears a pair of them to combine with his dark outfit. |
| 485 | * DarkIsEvil: He wears a black leather longcoat and despite appearing human, he is a very cruel demon. |
| 486 | * DemonLordsAndArchdevils: He is just below Amaru in the ranks of Xibalba's demons. |
| 487 | * TheDragon: He is Amaru's second in command and main enforcer. |
| 488 | * FantasticRacism: Brasa has a very negative view of ''culebras'', regarding them as a plague. |
| 489 | * PlayingWithFire: He has the power to control light and fire, making him the natural enemy of all culebras. |
| 490 | * ImmuneToBullets: Brasa has been shot many times, but they no effect on him. |
| 491 | * SealedEvilInACan: He was a prisoner in the Labyrinth for centuries, until Carlos's destruction of the Titty Twister set him and other Xibalban demons free. |
| 492 | |
| 493 | [[/folder]] |
| 494 | |
| 495 | [[folder:Calavera]] |
| 496 | !!Calavera |
| 497 | |
| 498 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/JosephGatt |
| 499 | |
| 500 | Calavera, the Skull Keeper was a Xibalban demon who had power over people's minds once he had their skulls. |
| 501 | ---- |
| 502 | * BoomHeadshot: His mind-controlled victims are practically invulnerable and they can only be destroyed by blowing up their heads. [[spoiler:This is also how he dies, but not before being set on fire by the Geckos]]. |
| 503 | * InTheHood: He wears a hoodie to hide his grotesque head. |
| 504 | * MeaningfulName: His name is Spanish for "skull". |
| 505 | * TheMole: In ancient times, Calavera served the great armies by infiltrating enemy lands. He traveled from one village to the next posing as an artisan, and destroys tribes from within. He is tasked by Amaru to do the same by infiltrating the culebra ranks. |
| 506 | * NoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:He is set on fire by the Gecko brothers and his face is blown off]]. |
| 507 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: As if his face wasn't horrifying enough, his eyes are blood-red and even creepier than the ''culebras''. |
| 508 | * SkullForAHead: To the point he gets called [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse "Skeletor's son"]]. |
| 509 | * TearYourFaceOff: His method of mind control has him literally ''tearing out his victims skulls from their faces'', which leads to them being turned into his puppets. |
| 510 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: He disposes of his victims after they have no longer use for him by crushing their skulls, which leads to instant death as shown when he executes a female culebra after she had brought him the MacGuffin. |
| 511 | [[/folder]] |
| 512 | |
| 513 | [[folder:Olmeca]] |
| 514 | !!Olmeca |
| 515 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/ShadGaspard |
| 516 | |
| 517 | Belonging to a race of unstoppable Xibalban warriors that were revered as gods, this demon was sent to assassinate Santanico Pandemonium. |
| 518 | ---- |
| 519 | * BloodKnight: It also seems to enjoy fighting and killing in the most gruesome of ways. |
| 520 | * EyelessFace: The Olmeca is revealed to have a reptilian face without any eyes under his mask. |
| 521 | * GiantMook: He is a very tall monster with no personality of his own and just the one of many. |
| 522 | * ImmuneToBullets: Just like Brasa, gunfire is ineffective against him. |
| 523 | * ImplacableMan: The Olmeca is said to be capable of destroying anything on its path and sure enough, he wipes the floor with all culebras in Kisa's fight club without effort. [[spoiler:It takes Kisa destroying his mask and impaling him with a pole through the head to finish him off]]. |
| 524 | * MaskPower: He has an Aztec-styled mask. [[spoiler:Destroying it is the key to defeating him]]. |
| 525 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: A mouthful of shark-like fangs. |
| 526 | * OffWithHisHead: He is ordered to take off Santanico's head so Amaru can parade it around in front of the culebras and make an example out of her. He also tears a couple of people's heads with his bare hands during his attack on Kisa's fight club. |
| 527 | * TheQuietOne: Despite looking like a savage monster that just roars and growls, the Olmeca is capable of speaking though he says only one word "Santanico". |
| 528 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: His fighting style has some shades of this when he throws down against smaller opponents. Justified since he is played by a WWE wrestler |
| 529 | [[/folder]] |
| 530 | |
| 531 | [[folder:El Caporal]] |
| 532 | !!El Caporal |
| 533 | |
| 534 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/MicahFitzgerald |
| 535 | |
| 536 | A Xibalban master torturer, he is responsible for hunting down and capturing lesser culebras with the purpose of torturing and breaking them for his Queen. |
| 537 | ---- |
| 538 | |
| 539 | * ArchEnemy: To Ilhacamina, the legendary culebra warrior that killed several Xibalbans, was one of the few to have evaded El Caporal and caused his facial scars. [[spoiler:The moment he sees Ilhacamina again, he just roars in red fury before his enemy kills him with a crossbow]]. |
| 540 | * BewareMyStingerTail: He has a scorpion-like appendage emerging from his back which he uses to paralyze his victims. |
| 541 | * CoatHatMask: A cowboy mask, a red bandana mask and a plaid coat to be precise. |
| 542 | * ColdBloodedTorture: He specialized in breaking rebellious culebras, his favorite method was removing their venom glands. |
| 543 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Combined with BilingualBonus, as ''caporal'' is a Spanish word for the overseer of the workers in an hacienda or for the person in charge of the livestock used for working the farm equipment. Regardless of what meaning of the word one goes with, it gives a pretty good idea of what the demonic aristocracy thought of the culebras. |
| 544 | * FacialHorror: The reason he wears a mask is because the lower half of his face was bitten off by a culebra warrior. |
| 545 | * TheJailer: He loves taking culebras prisoners just so he can torture them. |
| 546 | |
| 547 | [[/folder]] |
| 548 | |
| 549 | [[folder:Zolo]] |
| 550 | !!Zolo |
| 551 | |
| 552 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/MarkoZaror |
| 553 | |
| 554 | Zolo is a Jaguar Warrior, one of Brasa's bodyguards who guarded the Sun God while he traveled the underworld clearing the path so he could rise again. Alongside his companions, they were summoned to hunt down Scott Fuller for Amaru. |
| 555 | ---- |
| 556 | * TheBrute: To Amaru, since he is Brasa's own bodyguard and gets to appear in more than one episode unlike most demons. He still doesn't have much of a personality though. |
| 557 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:After Richie defeats him and cuffs him to the Jeep, he offers to help him in the finale, but he's thrown into Xibalba before anything can come of it]]. |
| 558 | * EliteMooks: Seth describes him and his companions as the Delta Force of Xibalba and they do put a hell of a fight. |
| 559 | * SuperSenses: They had the ability of tracking down their targets by their heartbeat. [[spoiler:Richie gains this ability after feeding on the female companion]]. |
| 560 | * TheQuietOne: He isn't very expressive to begin with. |
| 561 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Subverted by Zolo, who actually manages to survive the episode he is introduced unlike most Xibalbans. Played straight with his two companions. |
| 562 | * TheWorfEffect: While Zolo and his companions are described as the most elite warriors that Amaru has to offer, two of them are killed in their introductory episode and Zolo only survives because he is ordered to flee by Amaru. |
| 563 | |
| 564 | [[/folder]] |
| 565 | |
| 566 | [[folder:Cipactli]] |
| 567 | !!Cipactli |
| 568 | |
| 569 | ->'''Played By:''' N/A |
| 570 | |
| 571 | A strange sea creature that hosts a cloud of demonic bugs and use it to destroy crops and turn people into cannibals by contaminating its water source. |
| 572 | |
| 573 | ---- |
| 574 | * CombatTentacles: The tentacles in its fingers. |
| 575 | * EldritchAbomination: The closest thing to one in this series: Absolutely inhuman appearance? Check. Can drive people insane with its powers? Check. |
| 576 | * EyelessFace: Much like the Olmeca without its mask, though the Cipactli looks much like an [[{{Franchise/Aliens}} Xenomorph]]. |
| 577 | * IAmAHumanitarian: Not itself, but it could turn its victims into cannibals if they drunk the contaminated water. |
| 578 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Burt kills it this manner by running it with a harpoon]]. |
| 579 | * KillItWithFire: Subverted. Tanner tries to use a flame thrower against it, but the only thing it managed to do was make the Cipactli ''angrier''. |
| 580 | [[/folder]] |
| 581 | |
| 582 | !Family members |
| 583 | |
| 584 | [[folder: Vanessa]] |
| 585 | !!Vanessa Styles |
| 586 | |
| 587 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adrianne-palicki_1862.jpg]] |
| 588 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/AdriannePalicki |
| 589 | |
| 590 | Seth's wife and the brothers' accomplice in the bank robbery. |
| 591 | ---- |
| 592 | * BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Seth has to break up with her because he knows that he will have to spend the rest of his life on the run taking care of Richie. |
| 593 | * CanonForeigner: She has no counterpart in the movie. |
| 594 | * PutOnABus: She disappears from the show after her she is arrested providing a diversion for Seth to escape. |
| 595 | * ShooTheDog: Seth tries to convince her to take 4 million dollars and go start a new live in Florida. |
| 596 | * StatuesqueStunner: Like the actress who plays her, she’s 5'11" (1,8 m) and ''very'' attractive. |
| 597 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The audience never finds out what happened to her after she was arrested. But since the bonds Seth gave her ended up as evidence in the rangers' hands, it can be presumed that she went to prison. |
| 598 | [[/folder]] |
| 599 | |
| 600 | [[folder: Uncle Eddie]] |
| 601 | !!Uncle Eddie Cruickshank |
| 602 | |
| 603 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/JeffFahey |
| 604 | |
| 605 | The man who raised the Gecko brothers after their father died. |
| 606 | ---- |
| 607 | * LockedOutofTheLoop: For most of his time on the show he is the only named character who doesn't know about the existence of the culebras and the supernatural. [[spoiler:It ends up costing him his life]] |
| 608 | * OldMaster: A master criminal who still has a lot of contacts in the criminal underworld. |
| 609 | * ParentalSubstitute: He is the closest thing Seth and Richie have to a father. |
| 610 | * SenseiForScoundrels: He raised the Geckos to be criminals, and damn good ones. |
| 611 | * WrongGenreSavvy: He believes he is living in a world of CrimeFiction and operates in terms of criminals planing TheCaper. Unfortunately for him he is actually in a [[VampireFiction vampire story]] with a dash of [[CosmicHorrorStory cosmic horror]]. |
| 612 | |
| 613 | [[/folder]] |
| 614 | |
| 615 | [[folder: Maggie]] |
| 616 | !!Margaret Gonzales |
| 617 | |
| 618 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/JamieTisdale |
| 619 | |
| 620 | Ranger Gonzalez’s wife and the mother of her child. |
| 621 | ---- |
| 622 | * BrainyBrunette: She is very smart and is able to use her college education to help her husband in his research. |
| 623 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After [[spoiler:Sex Machine attacks her home]] she takes her daughter and runs. |
| 624 | |
| 625 | [[/folder]] |
| 626 | |
| 627 | [[folder: Dakota]] |
| 628 | !!Dr. Dakota Block |
| 629 | |
| 630 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/NickyWhelan |
| 631 | |
| 632 | Earl [=McGraw=]'s estranged daughter. |
| 633 | ---- |
| 634 | * CanonForeigner: She represents a curious case of this in that she had no counterpart in the original movie, but she did originate in ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}'' which also featured Earl [=McGraw=] as her father. The continuity between both properties is a matter of debate. |
| 635 | * HospitalHottie: Doctor Block is insanely gorgeous. |
| 636 | * TheShrink: She is a psychiatrist. |
| 637 | * YouKilledMyFather: The reason why she hates Richie with a passion. |
| 638 | [[/folder]] |
| 639 | |
| 640 | !Others |
| 641 | |
| 642 | [[folder: Prof. Tanner]] |
| 643 | !!Professor Aiden Tanner |
| 644 | |
| 645 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jake-busey_969.jpg]] |
| 646 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/JakeBusey |
| 647 | |
| 648 | An archeology professor at Alamo State who advises Ranger Gonzalez about a series of gruesome murders and their connection to Mesoamerican mythology. |
| 649 | ---- |
| 650 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: His movie counterpart is [[spoiler:Sex Machine]], of all people. When he goes undercover to follow the trail of the Blood Cult he assumes that identity, while in the original movie [[spoiler:he was just a random badass who happened to be at the bar that night]]. |
| 651 | * AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: He's in cahoots with Carlos and wants to [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice]] Kate. He is also responsible for the ritual murders Freddie originally consulted him about. ]] |
| 652 | * AdventurerArchaeologist: He fancies himself this, going ''“undercover”'' to investigate the Blood Cult. |
| 653 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Returns in Season 2 as a Culebra working for Lord Malvado.]] |
| 654 | * DirtyOldMan: |
| 655 | ** He hits on Kate the minute he crosses paths with her for the first time. |
| 656 | ** The girls at the college where he teaches have been filing sexual harassment complains against him for ''years''. |
| 657 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: The Geckos work with him along with Freddie, Ximena and Burt in season 3, but it's fairly clear that nobody really likes or respects him beyond his sheer necessity. |
| 658 | * MrExposition: He’s the main source of information about the Blood Cult and the culebras for the Geckos, the Fullers and the audience. |
| 659 | * SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler: He has no intention of helping anyone leave the temple.]] |
| 660 | * TokenEvilTeammate: The culebras aren't exactly a universally good lot, but he teams up with the heroes in the third season to ensure the gates of Xibalba stay closed. He's the only one among them who's [[spoiler:a SerialKiller and a sexual predator]]. |
| 661 | * TooDumbToLive: He drops a backpack with all the weapons into the giant people grinder. [[spoiler: Could be justified since he was intending to leave them for dead all along.]] |
| 662 | [[/folder]] |
| 663 | |
| 664 | [[folder: Frost]] |
| 665 | !!Sergeant Frost |
| 666 | |
| 667 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/EdrickBrowne |
| 668 | |
| 669 | A former soldier [[spoiler: who hides out in the Culebras' temple]]. |
| 670 | ---- |
| 671 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: Had Kate not said his name out loud, no one would have guessed he was movie Frost's counterpart. |
| 672 | * AdaptationalWimp: In the original movie, he is one of the two badasses (the other being Sex Machine) who helped the Geckos and the Fullers fight the vampires. In the series, he [[spoiler: hides out in the storage room in the Culebras' temple, trying to survive, and absolutely refuses to leave or even fight back.]] |
| 673 | ** AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Both versions of Frost tell a war story. The movie's Frost tells his gleefully, to entertain the crowd, reenacting parts of it while smoking a cigar; the series' Frost tells his while horrified, holding back tears. |
| 674 | * DemotedToExtra: Among all the characters from the original movie, Frost was perhaps the only one to have been even ''less'' developed in the series. He also appears in only one episode. |
| 675 | * LastNameBasis: Unlike Carlos and Sex Machine, he was not given a full name in the series. |
| 676 | [[/folder]] |
| 677 | |
| 678 | [[folder: Sonja]] |
| 679 | !!Sonja Lam |
| 680 | |
| 681 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/BrianaEvigan |
| 682 | |
| 683 | An expat living in Mexico, where she works as a tattoo artist and document forger. |
| 684 | ---- |
| 685 | * CantKillYouStillNeedYou: She has Seth at her mercy but doesn’t kill him for ruining her life, because she needs him to do a job. |
| 686 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Seth, after he ruins her business. |
| 687 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: As much as she hates Seth’s guts for ruining her business she doesn’t turn him in for a reward once she catches him. |
| 688 | * InJoke: [[invoked]] The fake documents she makes often contain references to the client’s real identity, such as using the surname Literature/{{Parker}} for Seth's fake passport, because she figures it's a name that suits a gentleman thief. |
| 689 | * SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler: She started working for Lord Malvado at some point after she hooked up with Seth]]. |
| 690 | * AllWomenAreLustful: She tries really hard to jump Seth’s bones after she delivers him his fake passport. |
| 691 | [[/folder]] |
| 692 |
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