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* [[Badass Crew]]
* [[Private Military Contractors]]: They're mercenaries.
* [[Rated
=== Barney Ross ([[Sylvester Stallone]]) ===
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* [[Knife Nut]]
* [[The Lancer]]
* [[Wife
=== Yin Yang ([[Jet Li]]) ===
* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Bare
* [[Pint
* [[Token Minority]]: The only Asian in the team.
=== Toll Road ([[Randy Couture]]) ===
* [[Badass Beard]]: If the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120711062419/http://screenrant.com/expendables-2-character-posters-sandy-167445/expendables-2-randy-couture-poster/ poster] for the sequel is any indication
* [[Badass Grandpa]]
* [[Bald of Awesome]]
* [[Bare
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]
* [[Written
=== Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) ===
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=== Gunnar Jensen ([[Dolph Lundgren]]) ===
* {{spoiler|[[Back
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil|Blond Guys Are Crazy]]
* [[Blood Knight]]
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* [[Shotguns Are Just Better]]
* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: {{spoiler|Before becoming one of the bad guys}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Welcome Back, Traitor]]}}
=== Tool ([[Mickey Rourke]]) ===
* [[Absentee Actor]]: now that Mickey Rourke apparently won't be returning for the sequel. Hopefully this doesn't extend to [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[Manly Tears]]: Lets out a few during his monologue
* [[Retired Badass]]
* [[Shell
=== Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) ===
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=== James Munroe (Eric Roberts) ===
* [[The Big Bad]]
** [[Non
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]
* [[The Heavy]]
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: [[Cold
=== Payne ([[Steve Austin]]) ===
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* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]
=== Jean Vilain ([[Jean
* [[Big Bad]]: Of the second film
* [[Knife Nut]]
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=== Sandra Garza (Gisele Itie) ===
* [[The Chick]]
* [[Military Brat]]: She is [[The
* [[Rebellious Princess]]: Not really a princess, but given that she's the daughter of a general of a military junta, she might as well be.
* [[Spicy Latina]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
=== Mr. Church ([[Bruce Willis]]) ===
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* [[The Cameo]]
* [[Ironic Nickname]]: Given how foul-mouthed he is
* [[One
=== Trent Mauser ([[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]) ===
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* [[Friendly Enemy]]: To Ross
* [[Hero of Another Story]]
* [[One
=== Booker ([[Chuck Norris]]) ===
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** [[Badass Beard]]
** [[Badass Grandpa]]
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Latest revision as of 20:02, 18 January 2022
The Expendables
Tropes applied to the Expendables as a whole:
- Action Hero
- Badass Crew
- Private Military Contractors: They're mercenaries.
- Rated "M" for Manly
Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone)
- The Hero
- Badass Grandpa
- Bad Luck Charm: his "lucky" ring
- Cool Car: Barney's truck is a custom 1955 Ford F100, with armor plating and bulletproof windows.
- Cool Plane: Barney has a sea plane with hidden machine guns.
- Keep the Reward: gives his share of the money to Sandra, rather than keeping it for himself
- Revolvers Are Just Better
Lee Christmas (Jason Statham)
Yin Yang (Jet Li)
- Alliterative Name
- Bare-Fisted Monk: Though not above using guns.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse
- Token Minority: The only Asian in the team.
Toll Road (Randy Couture)
- Badass Beard: If the poster for the sequel is any indication
- Badass Grandpa
- Bald of Awesome
- Bare-Fisted Monk: Generally punches, kicks, or throws Mooks rather than using guns.
- Nice Hat
- Wrestler in All of Us
- Written-In Infirmity: Couture's cauliflower ears
Hale Caesar (Terry Crews)
- Bald of Awesome
- Boisterous Bruiser
- Deadpan Snarker
- More Dakka
- Scary Black Man
- Shotguns Are Just Better
- Token Black
Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren)
- Back from the Dead (or, at least, near-dead)
- Blond Guys Are Crazy
- Blood Knight
- Face Heel Turn
- Heel Face Turn
- Shotguns Are Just Better
- Token Evil Teammate: Before becoming one of the bad guys.
- Welcome Back, Traitor
Tool (Mickey Rourke)
- Absentee Actor: now that Mickey Rourke apparently won't be returning for the sequel. Hopefully this doesn't extend to dropping a bridge on him...
- Manly Tears: Lets out a few during his monologue
- Retired Badass
- Shell-Shocked Veteran
Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth)
- Friendly Sniper: Seems to be one of these.
Maggie (Nan Yu)
- The Smurfette Principle: The only woman on the team.
Antagonists
General Garza (David Zayas)
James Munroe (Eric Roberts)
- The Big Bad
- Non-Action Big Bad: Leaves the fighting to Payne.
- Evil Is Hammy
- The Heavy
- Smug Snake
- Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Torturing her, on the other hand, he has no problems with.
Payne (Steve Austin)
- Badass
- Bald of Evil
- Beard of Evil
- The Dragon
- Drill Sergeant Nasty
- Man On Fire
- Would Hit a Girl
- Wrestler in All of Us
Jean Vilain (Jean-Claude Van Damme)
- Big Bad: Of the second film
- Knife Nut
- Playing Against Type: This marks one of the few times that JCVD has played a villain.
- Sinister Shades
- Terrorists Without a Cause: Seems to be one of these.
Others
Sandra Garza (Gisele Itie)
- The Chick
- Military Brat: She is The General's Daughter.
- Rebellious Princess: Not really a princess, but given that she's the daughter of a general of a military junta, she might as well be.
- Spicy Latina
- Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
Mr. Church (Bruce Willis)
- Badass Grandpa
- Bald of Awesome
- The Cameo
- Ironic Nickname: Given how foul-mouthed he is
- One-Scene Wonder
Trent Mauser (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
- Actor Catchphrase: In the sequel, he tells Church that "[he'll] be back."
- Badass Grandpa
- The Cameo
- Friendly Enemy: To Ross
- Hero of Another Story
- One-Scene Wonder
Booker (Chuck Norris)
- Badass
- One-Man Army: Explicitly described as such on his official profile.
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