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== Drive Film ==
== The Driver ==
[[File:TropeDriver 6112.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|'''Played By:''' Ryan Gosling
''"If I drive for you, you get your money. You tell me where we start, where we're going, where we're going afterwards. I give you five minutes when we get there. Anything happens in that five minutes and I'm yours. No matter what. Anything a minute on either side of that and you're on your own. I don't sit in while you're running it down. I don't carry a gun. I drive."'' }}


* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV.]]
=== The Driver ===

[[File:TropeDriver_6112.jpg|frame]]
{{quote| '''Played By:''' Ryan Gosling<br />
''"If I drive for you, you get your money. You tell me where we start, where we're going, where we're going afterwards. I give you five minutes when we get there. Anything happens in that five minutes and I'm yours. No matter what. Anything a minute on either side of that and you're on your own. I don't sit in while you're running it down. I don't carry a gun. I drive."'' }}
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* [[Anti Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti Heroes|Type IV.]]
* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Badass]]
* [[Badass]]
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* [[Chest Insignia|Back Insignia]]
* [[Chest Insignia|Back Insignia]]
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]
* [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]
* [[Doesn't Like Guns]]
* [[Doesn't Like Guns]]
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* [[Unstoppable Rage]]
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]
{{Hardline}}
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=== Irene ===


== Irene ==
[[File:TropeIrene_6391.jpg|frame]]
[[File:TropeIrene 6391.jpg|frame]]
{{quote| '''Played By:''' [[Carey Mulligan]]}}
{{quote|'''Played By:''' [[Carey Mulligan]]}}
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* [[Armor Piercing Slap]]
* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Girl Next Door]]
* [[Girl Next Door]]
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: Although it's easy to sympathize with her, she did manage to get involved first with Standard and then the Driver. But they're either charming or seemingly harmless, so it's hard to fault her too deeply.
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: Although it's easy to sympathize with her, she did manage to get involved first with Standard and then the Driver. But they're either charming or seemingly harmless, so it's hard to fault her too deeply.
* [[Morality Pet]]
* [[Morality Pet]]

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{{Hardline}}
=== Benecio ===
== Benecio ==
{{quote| '''Played By:''' Kaden Leos}}
{{quote|'''Played By:''' Kaden Leos}}

* [[Morality Pet]]
* [[Morality Pet]]
* [[Staring Kid]]
* [[Staring Kid]]
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=== Standard Gabriele ===


{{Hardline}}
[[File:TropeStandard_7447.jpg|frame]]
== Standard Gabriele ==
{{quote| '''Played By:''' Oscar Isaac<br />
[[File:TropeStandard 7447.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|'''Played By:''' Oscar Isaac
''"You know, we're here celebrating but it's a shameful thing... what I did. And I have a lot of making up to do to everyone. But second chances are rare. Right? And that's worth celebrating."'' }}
''"You know, we're here celebrating but it's a shameful thing... what I did. And I have a lot of making up to do to everyone. But second chances are rare. Right? And that's worth celebrating."'' }}

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* [[The Atoner]]
* [[The Atoner]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]
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* [[Robbing the Mob Bank]]: Although he didn’t know.
* [[Robbing the Mob Bank]]: Although he didn’t know.
* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]
* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]
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=== Shannon ===


{{Hardline}}
[[File:TropeShannon_7011.jpg|frame]]
== Shannon ==
{{quote| '''Played By:''' Bryan Cranston<br />
[[File:TropeShannon 7011.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|'''Played By:''' Bryan Cranston
''"What happened to all the ashtrays in this town?"'' }}
''"What happened to all the ashtrays in this town?"'' }}

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* [[Bad Boss]]
* [[Bad Boss]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Born Unlucky]]
* [[Born Unlucky]]
* [[Game Breaking Injury]]
* [[Game-Breaking Injury]]
* [[I Coulda Been a Contender]]
* [[I Coulda Been a Contender]]
* [[Mr. Fixit]]
* [[Mr. Fixit]]
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=== Bernie Rose ===


{{Hardline}}
[[File:TropeBernie_619.jpg|frame]]
== Bernie Rose ==
{{quote| '''Played By:''' Albert Brooks<br />
[[File:TropeBernie 619.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|'''Played By:''' Albert Brooks
''"My partner is a belligerent asshole with his back up against a wall, and now, so am I."'' }}
''"My partner is a belligerent asshole with his back up against a wall, and now, so am I."'' }}

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* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Badass Grandpa]]
* [[Badass Grandpa]]
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* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: with Nino.
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: with Nino.
* [[Villainous Valor]]
* [[Villainous Valor]]
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=== Nino ===


{{Hardline}}
[[File:TropeNino_8924.jpg|frame]]
== Nino ==
{{quote| '''Played By:''' Ron Perlman<br />
[[File:TropeNino 8924.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|'''Played By:''' Ron Perlman
''"Take a fucking hike. I want to talk to my partner. [pause] I'm just fucking with you. How you doing, Shannon? How's the fucking leg?"'' }}
''"Take a fucking hike. I want to talk to my partner. [pause] I'm just fucking with you. How you doing, Shannon? How's the fucking leg?"'' }}

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* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: He's certainly an intimidating criminal, but he wants more.
* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: He's certainly an intimidating criminal, but he wants more.
* [[The Dragon]]: Sort of to Bernie. They're pretty much on equal footing, but Bernie is smarter and savvier. Nino tends to be more subservient to Bernie and doesn't seem able to succeed much without him. Played more straight with the East Coast Mafia.
* [[The Dragon]]: Sort of to Bernie. They're pretty much on equal footing, but Bernie is smarter and savvier. Nino tends to be more subservient to Bernie and doesn't seem able to succeed much without him. Played more straight with the East Coast Mafia.
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* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: with Bernie.
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: with Bernie.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]
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=== Blanche ===


{{Hardline}}
[[File:TropeBlanche_3240.jpg|frame]]
== Blanche ==
{{quote| '''Played By:''' [[Christina Hendricks]]}}
[[File:TropeBlanche 3240.jpg|frame]]
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{{quote|'''Played By:''' [[Christina Hendricks]]}}

* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Averted. Hard.
* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Averted. Hard.
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* {{spoiler|[[Boom Headshot]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Boom! Headshot!]]}}
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Averted. She's quite cool and emotionless.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Averted. She's quite cool and emotionless.
* [[The Stoic]]
* [[The Stoic]]
** [[Not So Stoic]]
** [[Not So Stoic]]
* {{spoiler|[[Too Dumb to Live]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Too Dumb to Live]]}}
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=== Cook ===


{{Hardline}}
[[File:Cook_7324.jpg|frame]]
== Cook ==
{{quote| '''Played By:''' James Biberi}}
[[File:Cook 7324.jpg|frame]]
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{{quote|'''Played By:''' James Biberi}}

* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[The Dragon]]: to Nino.
* [[The Dragon]]: to Nino.
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* {{spoiler|[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]}}


{{reflist}}


== Drive Series ==
[[Category:Drive (film)]]

== Drive Webcomic ==
=== "Skitter" ===

A small lizard creature with a case of amnesia. Remembers nothing before waking up in prison, though Nosh says he took a nasty hit while defending him.

=== Nosh ===

A Veetan scientist, falsely arrested for the murder of the previous Emperor. His old crew broke him out of prison, and he insisted on bringing Skitter along, as payback for protecting him earlier.

=== Fernando ===

The previous Emperor's grandson, and head engineer of [[Cool Ship|The Machito]].

{{reflist}}
[[Category:Web Comics/Characters]]
[[Category:Drive]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Characters]]

Latest revision as of 00:26, 11 August 2020


The Driver

Played By: Ryan Gosling
"If I drive for you, you get your money. You tell me where we start, where we're going, where we're going afterwards. I give you five minutes when we get there. Anything happens in that five minutes and I'm yours. No matter what. Anything a minute on either side of that and you're on your own. I don't sit in while you're running it down. I don't carry a gun. I drive."

Irene

Played By: Carey Mulligan

Benecio

Played By: Kaden Leos

Standard Gabriele

Played By: Oscar Isaac
"You know, we're here celebrating but it's a shameful thing... what I did. And I have a lot of making up to do to everyone. But second chances are rare. Right? And that's worth celebrating."

Shannon

Played By: Bryan Cranston
"What happened to all the ashtrays in this town?"

Bernie Rose

Played By: Albert Brooks
"My partner is a belligerent asshole with his back up against a wall, and now, so am I."

Nino

Played By: Ron Perlman
"Take a fucking hike. I want to talk to my partner. [pause] I'm just fucking with you. How you doing, Shannon? How's the fucking leg?"

  • Big Bad Wannabe: He's certainly an intimidating criminal, but he wants more.
  • The Dragon: Sort of to Bernie. They're pretty much on equal footing, but Bernie is smarter and savvier. Nino tends to be more subservient to Bernie and doesn't seem able to succeed much without him. Played more straight with the East Coast Mafia.
  • The Dog Bites Back: Never seen firsthand in the movie, but he was the dog for the East Coast Mafia and his attempt to steal from them is largely motivated by anger.
  • Faux Affably Evil: Thinks he's a charmingly evil criminal boss. He's only three of those four things.
  • Hidden Depths
  • Jerkass
  • Motive Rant
  • Smug Snake
  • Those Two Bad Guys: with Bernie.
  • Too Dumb to Live

Blanche

Played By: Christina Hendricks

Cook

Played By: James Biberi

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