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* [[Determinator]]
* {{spoiler|[[Eternal Recurrence]]}}
* [[Fastest Gun in Thethe West]]
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: As is common among gunslingers, though after he loses his right index finger he can only effectively fire with his left hand.
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* [[Iron Woobie]]
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: Proven true in ''Wizard and Glass''.
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Knight Errant]]
* [[Last of His Kind]]
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* [[Omniglot]]: He mentions that he speaks five languages and used to know a sixth one, but he has "forgotten everything but the curses."
* [[One-Man Army]]
* [[Perma -Stubble]]
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Which makes so much worse when he...
** [[Shoot the Dog|Shoots The Dog]]
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* [[The Stoic]]
** He does have a sense of humor, but it's normally as dry as the Mohaine Desert. Upon losing two fingers from his right hand:
{{quote| ''[[A Date Withwith Rosie Palms|At least I jerk off left-handed.]]''}}
* [[Tragic Hero]]
* [[Walk the Earth]]
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=== John "Jake" Chambers ===
 
* [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]
* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Adorable]]
*** To the point that an 11 year old girl tells him she wants to do it in a closet.
** [[Badass Bookworm]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
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* [[Parental Neglect]]: His parents didn't give much attention to him, and he was actually closer to the housekeeper than them.
* [[Tagalong Kid]]
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Between books four and five.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: After getting no affection from his real father, he turns toward Roland for acceptance.
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]
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* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: He finds the Mid-World expression "forgotten the face of my father" ironic, because he wouldn't recognize his father if he met him. When he introduces himself as "Eddie Dean of New York, son of Wendell" in Calla, he thinks that leastwise, his mother always said that.
* [[Full-Frontal Assault]]: In the second book.
* [[Genre Savvy]]
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* [[Sad Clown]]
* [[Sarcastic Devotee]]
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]
* [[Young Gun]]
 
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* [[Beauty Equals Goodness]]
* [[The Chick]]
* {{spoiler|[[Death Byby Origin Story]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Human Sacrifice]]}}
* [[Plucky Girl]]
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* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[The Dragon]]
* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him]]}}
* [[Evilly Affable]]
* [[Evil Chancellor]]
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* [[Giggling Villain]]
* [["Have a Nice Day" Smile]]
* [[I Have Many Names]]: Including but not limited to {{spoiler|Walter o'Dim, Walter Padick, Marten Broadcloak, Rudin Filaro and other variations of R.F.}}
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]
* [[The Man Behind the Curtain]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Person Withwith the Clothing]]
* {{spoiler|[[Rape Asas Backstory]]}}
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]
* {{spoiler|[[The Starscream]]}}
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* [[Big Bad]]
** [[Bigger Bad]]: Of Stephen King's metaverse.
* [[The Caligula]]: Gleefully murdered his entire court.
* [[The Devil Is a Loser]]
* [[Feet of Clay]]
* [[Giant Spider]]: Implied to be his [[One-Winged Angel|true form]]
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: In the [[Expanded Universe]] of the comics.
* [[Hell Is That Noise]]: ''EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE''!
* [[Hidden Villain]]
* [[Humanoid Abomination]]
* [[Orcus Onon His Throne]]
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]] - He has blood red eyes that hypnotize all who look into them. {{spoiler|They're even the only things left after he's erased!}}
* [[Shout-Out]]: To the band King Crimson.
** His real name, Los, is one to [[William Blake]].
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]
* [[Villain Decay]]
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* [[Has Two Mommies]]: ''And'' two daddies.
* [[Hyperactive Metabolism]]: Holy crap! Within a few hours after he was born ate two people, {{spoiler|one of whom was Randall Fucking Flagg}}, and several animals, and he's ''still'' hungry!
* {{spoiler|[[Kick the Son of Aa Bitch]]: What he does to Flagg.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Your Mileage May Vary]], as this made fans hate Mordred even more.}}
* [[Madness Mantra]]: Mordred's a-hungry....
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* [[Tragic Monster]]. King says so himself!
* [[Were Beast]] and [[Giant Spider]]: Were-spider
* [[Wizard Needs Food Badly]]: His only other motivations aside from a burning hatred of Roland and his Ka-tet are his constant hunger and a morbid fear of starvation.
 
=== John Farson ===
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* [[Complete Monster]]
* [[Decapitation Presentation]]: Taking bets on how far he can hit a victims head with the broadside of his sword.
* [[Dead Guy Onon Display]]: Displays his enemies heads to discourage resistance against his armies.
* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: Began his career as a small time Harrier (outlaw) before forming his army.
* [[Great Offscreen War]]
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* [[Berserk Button]]: "So Fell Lord Perth."
* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him]]}}
* [[Eye Scream]]
* [[Large and In Charge]]: When Jake first meets him, he notes that Tick-Tock is a very big man, and the only one of the Grays he's seen that looks healthy.
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=== Blaine ===
 
* [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot]]
* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Complete Monster]]: Thinks that driving another AI to suicide is the height of humor.
** Blaine claimed that Patricia had essentially had a mental breakdown and would not stop crying. He removed certain restraints from Patricia's programming so she could kill herself by going over a broken trestle into the Send, and so he wouldn't have to listen to her anymore.
* [[Cool Train]]
* [[Deus Est Machina]]
* [[Disc One Final BosBoss]]
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Laughing Mad]]
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* [[Complete Monster]]
* [[Karma Houdini]] / [[What Happened to Thethe Mouse?]]: Sort of. It's implied that Roland killed her at one point but it's never elaborated upon.
* [[Wicked Witch]]
 
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* [[Complete Monster]]
* {{spoiler|[[Death Byby Irony]]: Killed by the same train he pushed Odetta under years ago.}}
* [[Man On Fire]]
* [[Serial Killer]]: By pushing people or objects onto people.
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* [[Eye Scream]]: during his duel with Roland, Roland's hawk David claws out his bad eye, which was already blind.
* [[Made of Iron]]: Gunslingers "graduated" from his class by beating the crap out of him; at least one of his predecessors had died during these coming-of-age duels. {{spoiler|In the end, it was poison, probably, that killed him and not the duels.}}
* [[Training Fromfrom Hell]]
 
=== Gabrielle Deschain ===
 
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]
* {{spoiler|[[Death Byby Origin Story]]: She was accidentally shot by a paranoid Roland after he discovered a plot to undermine Gilead; she was apparently going to try to make amends, but Roland's reflexes took over when he heard someone entering his room.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]: Worked with the resistance leader, who was her lover.}}
 
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