Super 8/Characters

The Alien/Cooper
"Played By: Bruce Greenwood"


 * Badass
 * Being Tortured Makes You Evil
 * Big Eater
 * Bizarre Alien Biology
 * Captured Super Entity
 * Fluffy the Terrible
 * I'm a Humanitarian
 * Immune to Bullets
 * Not So Different
 * Psychic Link
 * Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
 * Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds

Joseph ‘Joe’ Lamb
"Played By: Joel Courtney"


 * Adorkable
 * Bad Bad Acting
 * Calling the Old Man Out
 * The Danza: One letter difference, close enough.
 * Dogged Nice Guy
 * The Hero
 * Hurting Hero
 * Missing Mom
 * Took a Level In Badass: How many kids would enter a flesh-eating alien's lair?

Alice Dainard
"Played By: Elle Fanning"


 * Abusive Parents: Of the neglectful, alcoholic kind.
 * The Chick
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Distressed Damsel
 * Jerkass Facade
 * Hair of Gold
 * Missing Mom
 * Sixth Ranger
 * The Smurfette Principle

Charles Kaznyk
"Played By: Riley Griffiths"


 * Big Eater
 * The Big Guy
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Insufferable Genius
 * The Lancer
 * Prima Donna Director
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With everyone, but especially Cary.

Cary
"Played By: Ryan Lee"


 * Ax Crazy: A heroic example.
 * Braces of Orthodontic Overkill
 * Everything Is Better With Explosions
 * Pyromaniac
 * Mad Bomber
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Charles, but also with Martin and Preston.

Martin
"Played By: Gabriel Basso"


 * Butt Monkey
 * Cowardly Lion
 * Dirty Coward
 * Nervous Wreck

Preston
"Played By: Zach Mills"


 * Deadpan Snarker
 * The Smart Guy

Jackson ‘Jack’ Lamb
"Played By: Kyle Chandler"


 * Badass
 * Despair Event Horizon
 * Fantasy Forbidding Father
 * His Heart Will Go On
 * Hot Dad
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold
 * Papa Bear
 * Overprotective Dad
 * The Stoic
 * Not So Stoic

Louis Dainard
"Played By: Ron Eldard"


 * Abusive Parent
 * Alcoholic Parent
 * The Atoner
 * Despair Event Horizon
 * Jerkass Facade
 * Overprotective Dad

Colonel Nelec
"Played By: Noah Emmerich"


 * Big Bad
 * Colonel Badass
 * Dirty Coward
 * Sociopathic Soldier
 * The Stoic
 * Torture Technician: Was responsible for
 * Torture Technician: Was responsible for

Dr Thomas Woodward
"Played By: Glynn Thurman"


 * The Atoner
 * Badass Teacher
 * Butt Monkey
 * Not Quite Dead

Overmeyer
"Played By: Richard Jones"


 * Mook Lieutenant
 * Oh Crap: When Nelec orders him to tag the creature.
 * Oh Crap: When Nelec orders him to tag the creature.

Sheriff Pruitt
"Played By: Brett Rice"


 * It Will Never Catch On: He thinks portable music is a 'slippery slope'.
 * Mauve Shirt
 * Reasonable Authority Figure
 * Mauve Shirt
 * Reasonable Authority Figure

Donny
"Played By: Kyle Gallagher"


 * Chekhov's Gunman
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Precision F-Strike
 * The Stoner

Jen Kaznyk
"Played By: Amanda Michalka"


 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Bratty Teenage Daughter
 * Ms. Fanservice