Reservoir Dogs/Characters

Mr. White

 * Affably Evil: He is the most polite of the robbers, tips waitresses, and has a distaste for killing innocent people, but as  found out the hard way, "just because he's a nice guy doesn't mean he won't kill you."
 * Anti-Villain: Type I
 * Badass
 * Berserk Button - "Don't you call me an asshole!"
 * Big Brother Mentor - to Orange.
 * Even Evil Has Standards - He doesn't kill civilians. And he always tips waitresses.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * The Hero: A villainous example.
 * Jerkass: Although less so than Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie.
 * Large Ham
 * The McCoy
 * Rated "M" for Manly: "Shit, you shoot me in a dream and you better wake up and apologize" and other general badassery. Makes his extremely unmanly, undignified sobbing at the end of the movie all the more jarring.
 * Noble Demon: In some ways.
 * Villain Protagonist
 * Villainous Breakdown: Very often due to his Hair-Trigger Temper, but the most prominent one was when

Mr. Blonde

 * Ax Crazy: Oh, so very much.
 * The Big Guy
 * : Jesus Fucking Christ.
 * Cute and Psycho
 * Faux Affably Evil
 * For the Evulz
 * Psycho for Hire
 * The Sociopath
 * Soft-Spoken Sadist: He never raises his voice even where he's describing to cop how much he'll enjoy tortured him or killing a crowd of people in a store because the alarm went off.
 * The Stoic
 * The Stoic

Mr. Pink

 * Asshole Victim: Suprisingly averted.
 * Butt Monkey
 * The Complainer Is Always Wrong
 * Jerkass
 * The Smart Guy
 * The Spock

Mr. Orange

 * Becoming the Mask
 * Hollywood Nerd: Has a Silver Surfer poster in his apartment and talks about the Fantastic Four and Baretta.
 * The Lancer
 * Obfuscating Stupidity
 * Pop-Cultured Badass
 * Politically-Incorrect Villain: Averted. If you listen, he is the only character who doesn't spew racist, misogynist, or homophobic dialogue, which leads to a Fridge Brilliance moment
 * Screams Like a Little Girl: But so would you if you were shot in the gut.
 * Screams Like a Little Girl: But so would you if you were shot in the gut.

Nice Guy Eddie

 * Berserk Button: "STOP POINTING THAT GUN AT MY DAD!"
 * The Dragon: To his father.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Non-Sibling Rivalry: He and his pal Mr. Blonde seem to have a little of this going on in their relationship with Joe. Subverted in that both men are genuinely loyal to one another.
 * Jerkass
 * Politically-Incorrect Villain: Even moreso than the rest of the cast.
 * Villainous Breakdown: When he finds outs from Mr. Orange, and again when
 * Villainous Breakdown: When he finds outs from Mr. Orange, and again when

Joe

 * A Father to His Men
 * Bald of Awesome
 * Bald of Evil
 * Big Bad
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Cool Old Guy