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* [[Back-Alley Doctor]]
* [[Deadly Doctor]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: To ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''.
 
== Mad Moxxi ==
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* [[Black Widow]]
* [[Genki Girl]]: Whatever else you say about her, she is EXTREMELY enthusiastic about what she does in the Underdome.
* [[Gold Digger]]: She spared her last ex, because he was good with money (and his hands.).
* [[Hot Mom]]: {{spoiler|Of Scooter.}}.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]
* [[Really Gets Around]]: ''Hot dog down a skag den, y'know what I'm sayin?''
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* [[Gold Tooth]]
* [[Skunk Stripe]]
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: Marcus narrates the beginning of the main game, the beginning of the''The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned'' and ''Claptrap's New Robot Revolution'' DLC, as well as the credits for ''The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned'', in the form of a story for a young child. However, he often messes up details or contradicts himself.
{{quote|'''Marcus:''' The Vault Hunters had stopped the evil doctor Zed from-
'''Child:''' I thought his name was Ned.
'''Marcus:''' Yes, yes. Whatever you say. Where was I... }}
** At one point, he explicitly says he is lying when he is talking about Patricia Tannis rejecting him.
 
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* [[American Accents]]: Has a strong hillbilly/Appalachian accent.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Destroying his runners, "breaking his mama's girl parts".
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Catch a ride!" and "Get you one!".
* [[Grease Monkey]]: Works as a mechanic.
* [[Metaphorgotten]]: He makes quite a few of these.
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: To Lucky.
{{quote|'''Scooter:''' Lucky's an old buddy of mine -... and by old buddy, I mean "asshole what ruined my momma's girl parts"." Sounds like he's in trouble so you go on ahead and try and keep him alive long enough so I can kill him at a later occasion.}}
 
== TK Baha ==
* {{spoiler|[[Came Back Wrong]]: In the''The "Zombie Island of Dr. Ned"'' DLC, he has become a zombie. He doesn't attack the player, though, he just sits in his shack rambling about brains.}}.
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Implied to be one. {{spoiler|Doesn't save him.}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]
 
== Bandits ==
 
== Nine-Toes ==
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== Mad Mel ==
* [[Cool Car]]: A skeletal repaint of the Monster (which you can access in the 3rdthird DLC).
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Mad Max|Everything]] [[Lethal Weapon|about]] [[Braveheart|him]] is a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Mel Gibson]].
* [[Vehicular Assault]]
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== Taylor and Jaynis Cobb ==
* [[Cain and Abel]]: {{spoiler|Subverted as Taylor is just as bad if not worse than his brother, as it would turn out.}}.
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Taylor apparently puts armed midgets in storage containers (complete with beds and toilets) in case he has a sudden need to betray someone.
* [[King Mook]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: Jaynis Cobb? [[Firefly|Jayne Cobb?]]? Anyone?
 
== Baron Flynt ==
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* [[Disc One Final Boss]]
* [[Orcus on His Throne]]: He sits up on his chair even after you reach him. The only time he gets up and attacks you is after you kill Hanz and Franz.
* [[Shout-Out]]: He, his gun, and the gun's [[Flavor Text]] are all [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to ''[[Evil Dead]]''.
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]/[[Co-Dragons]]: His two assistants, Hanz and Franz.
 
== Mr. Shank ==
 
* {{spoiler|[[Flying Under the Gaydar]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Manly Gay]]}}: {{spoiler|Has shades of this, although he tries his best to cover it up.}}.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Shank is a term for a prison stabbing, or a weapon used for stabbing someone in prison. Mr. Shank runs a prison.
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: {{spoiler|Concerning is love affair with Chaz}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Transparent Closet]]}}
 
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* [[The Baroness]]
* [[Evil Albino]]
* {{spoiler|[[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: How the Destroyer kills her.}}.
* [[The Unfought]]: {{spoiler|Inverted in the ''Claptrap's New Robot Revolution'' DLC. She comes back under the control of the Claptraps and fights the player characters twice.}}.
 
== General Knoxx ==
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* [[Affably Evil]]
* {{spoiler|[[Anticlimax Boss]]: Subverted. He goes down quite easily. Followed by credits rolling past at lightning speed. Then they're suddenly ripped away, and ''Undead Ned'' screams "It's not over yet!". Along with a character intro screen of Undead Ned with the text "HOLY F*#KING SHIT!!!"}}.
* [[Badass Mustache]]: One that's apparently growing out of his surgical mask.
* [[Berserk Button]]: His assistant, Bill, making popcorn when people are trying to work.
* [[Deadly Doctor]]
* [[Evil Twin]]: Of Dr. Zed. At first, it can be assumed that Ned is Zed in a [[Paper-Thin Disguise|ridiculous disguise]] and who spouts many [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|suspiciously specific denials]] ("I am Dr. Ned, who is totally not Dr. Zed in disguise."). However, other sources (such as the Game Of The Year Edition Guide and a launch trailer) confirm that they are indeed two different people.
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* [[Laughably Evil]]
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]: {{spoiler|''[[Boss Subtitles|Turns out he's a bad guy... who knew?]]''}}.
* {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]: Undead Ned.}}.
 
== Interplanetary Ninja Assassin Claptrap ==
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* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: Led the Claptraps in a (not entirely unjustified) revolt against the humans.
* [[Big Bad]]: Of the ''Claptrap's New Robot Revolution'' DLC.
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Appears at the end of the main game.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Really doesn't like humans, referring to them as "[[Fantastic Slur|fleshbags]].".
* [[Final Boss]]
* [[Flunky Boss]]
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-jGa04nJg Heyoo!]"
* [[Cool Gun]]
* [[Memetic Badass]]
* [[Series Mascot]]: The second of two. The first being [[Robot Buddy|Claptrap]].
* [[Stupid Statement Dance Mix]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsv8ZYiD6JQ&feature=related "Heyooo!" The Remix]. It must be heard to be believed.
 
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