District 9/Characters
Wilkus van de Merwe
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Played by: Sharlto Copley |
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An MNU agent tasked with evicting the prawns from the titular district so they can be moved.
- Action Survivor
- Apologetic Attacker
- Badass Abnormal
- Break the Haughty
- Fire-Forged Friends: With Christopher, by the end.
- Half-Human Hybrid
- Happily Married
- Idiot Hero: At times, and intentional.
- Jerkass: Appears to be at first.
- Lawful Neutral (Invoked by Word of God): Interviews with the creators of the film have said that Wikus is this. He's basically an Obstructive Bureaucrat who is obsessed with rules.
- Punch Clock Villain: Prior to his Character Development.
- Red Right Hand
- Took a Level In Badass
- Took a Level In Kindness: He gains one after his contact with the alien fluid.
Christopher Johnson
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Played by: Jason Cope |
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An alien trying to build a ship to leave Earth.
- Action Survivor: When you consider that by his own species' standards, he's an average worker, though clearly an exceptional average worker, being able to achieve what humans thought only members of the aliens' leader caste (probably a subspecies) could achieve, namely, refueling and operating their ship.
- Break the Cutie
- Fire-Forged Friends
- The Messiah: To the point where he becomes a Messianic Archetype.
- Papa Wolf
- Thou Shalt Not Kill: He's not nearly as okay with killing as Wikus is.
Little CJ
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Played by: |
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Christopher Johnson's young son.
- Child Prodigy: Helps his father in his research. Plus, he's the one who activates the mothership.
Tania Smit van de Merwe
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Played by: Vanessa Haywood |
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Wikus' loyal and loving wife.
Piet Smit
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Played by: Louis Minaar |
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Wikus' employer, father-in-law, and head of MNU.
- Big Bad
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
- Corrupt Corporate Executive
- Karma Houdini: It's implied that his company gets investigated for his unethical acts, so it may be a subversion.
- Overprotective Dad
Colonel Koobus Venter
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Played by: David James |
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A sadistic mercenary leader who does Piet Smit's bidding.
- Bald of Evil
- Colonel Badass
- Death by Racism
- For the Evulz
- Jerkass
- Karmic Death: He is surrounded by the aliens he spent most of the film abusing, and torn limb from limb.
- Private Military Contractors
- Psycho for Hire
- Hot-Blooded
- Sociopathic Soldier
Obesandjo
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Played by: Hassan Omar |
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A paralyzed Nigerian gang leader who wants to gain the 'power' of the aliens by consuming them.