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Characters from ''[[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]]'' include:
== The Heroes ==
=== John McClane <small>([[Bruce Willis]])</small> ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type III]]. He drinks, smokes, curses, bloodily dispatches his enemies, causes wide scale property damage, is not the greatest husband, and generally acts like a [[Jerkass|dick]].
* [[Badass]]
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=== Holly Gennaro McClane <small>(Bonnie Bedelia)</small> ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Eighties Hair]]: Got a typical 80's perm.
* [[Hot Mom]]
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=== Sergeant Al Powell <small>(Reginald VelJohnson)</small> ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Black Best Friend]]: Despite not meeting each other before the end of the first film, he's John's only trustworthy helper and source of moral support outside the Nakatomi Plaza. Not as big a role in the second, although he is still John's best friend.
* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Accidentally shooting a kid because he mistakenly believed he had a gun.
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=== Zeus Carver <small>([[Samuel L. Jackson]])</small> ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Action Duo]]: With McClane in ''Die Hard with a Vengeance''.
* [[Angry Black Man]]: It might go without saying since he's being played by Samuel L. Jackson.
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=== Lucy McClane <small>([[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]])</small> ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Badass Damsel]]: While Gabriel still kidnaps her, Lucy isn't about to get all upset about it.
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=== Matt Farrell <small>(Justin Long)</small> ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: McClane's humor is contagious even for his sidekicks.
* [[The Lancer]]: Acts as John's partner and has a contrasting skill set to his.
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=== Hans Gruber <small>([[Alan Rickman]])</small> ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Affably Evil]]: Althought he could be actually [[Faux Affably Evil]].
* [[Badass in a Nice Suit]]: Very well dressed. He even identifies Takagi's suit as (the fictional) John Phillips, London.
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=== Karl <small>(Alexander Godunov)</small> ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Axe Crazy]]: "I want blood!"
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]
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=== Theo <small>(Clarence Gilyard Jr.)</small> ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Black and Nerdy]]: He's the team's upbeat and cheery hacker, he wears glasses, and doesn't have any combat skills.
* [[Black Dude Dies First]]: Averted. He's one of the only terrorists who survives the movie.
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=== Colonel Stuart <small>(William Sadler)</small> ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: The only villainous leader in the franchise to qualify for this trope.
* [[Big Bad]]: Of the second film.
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=== General Ramon Esperanza <small>(Franco Nero)</small> ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Cigar Chomper]]: He's seen asking his guard to light his up during the flight.
* [[The Generalissimo]]
=== Simon Gruber <small>([[Jeremy Irons]])</small> ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Avenging the Villain]]: He may not ''like'' Hans, but that does not mean he lacks basic brotherly love for him: "There's a difference between not liking your brother and not caring when some dumb Irish flatfoot drops him out a window."
* [[Backup Twin]]/[[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Straddles the line.
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=== Mathias Targo <small>(Nicholas Wyman)</small> ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Made of Iron]]: McClane stabs a big sharp piece of metal into his leg, and it does nothing to him.
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]
=== Katya <small>(Sam Phillips)</small> ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Blondes Are Evil]]
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Evil, female and deadly.
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=== Thomas Gabriel <small>(Timothy Olyphant)</small> ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Big Bad]]: For the fourth film.
* [[The Cracker]]: No system is safe against him.
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* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: At least he ''claims'' to be. The fact that he's "getting paid for his work" kind of makes this hard to believe though.
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