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== In The Story ==
=== Westley / The Dread Pirate Roberts ===
[[File:Dread pirate roberts.jpg|thumb|200px|Westley, in "Dread Pirate Roberts" garb.]]
* {{spoiler|[[Acquired Poison Immunity]]: To iocaine powder.}}
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type II or III
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* [[The Big Damn Kiss]]: "Since the invention of the kiss there have been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind. The End." Made ironic when the kid insists on skipping or editing all the kissy stuff at first but starts enjoying it by the end (film only).
* [[The Blade Always Lands Pointy End In]]: During his duel with Inigo Montoya, the Man in Black throws his sword. It spins end over end and impales itself in the ground point first.
* [[British Accents]]: Cary Elwes uses his native RP accent in the role.
* {{spoiler|[[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: Damn you, Rugen.}}
* [[Cool Mask]]: As the Man in Black.
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'''Man in Black''': No, it's just that they are terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future. }}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Before he reveals to Buttercup that he is indeed Westley, he occasionally snarks at her. Later he starts snarking at Humperdinck.
* {{spoiler|[[Death Is Cheap]]}}
* [[Farm Boy]]: Starts out as one.
* [[Genre Savvy]]
* [[Guile Hero]]
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* [[Pretty Boy]]: Oh yes. Cary Elwes is ''decidedly'' hot as Westley, especially compared to his later roles in Liar Liar and Twister, where he plays goofy/jerkass characters respectively.
* {{spoiler|[[Resurrection Sickness]]: Westley is very weak after taking the Miracle Pill.}}
* [[
* [[The Scream]]: {{spoiler|While in Count Rugen's death machine. Inigo and Fezzik find him because of it.}}
* [[Secret Test]]: The Man in Black doesn't reveal his true identity to Buttercup after he rescues her in hopes of finding out whether she still loves him.
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* [[Catapult Nightmare]]: In the movie.
* [[Cuffs Off, Rub Wrists]]: After being untied.
* [[
* [[Dreaming the Truth]]: The Ancient Booer.
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: In the book. She's a little smarter in the movie.
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* [[So Beautiful It's a Curse|So Beautiful, It's A Curse]]: Her beauty is enough to get her promoted to future queen, except the Prince threatens to kill her if she refuses. And he's planning to kill her anyway. In fact, if she were slightly less beautiful, the whole conflict wouldn't have happened.
** Slightly averted in the book, where he originally had every intention of going through with the marriage, until he came up with the plot to frame Guilder. He specifically says to Count Rugen that he wants a wife who is so insanely beautiful that the whole world will be jealous, which is why Rugen shows him Buttercup in the first place.
* [[The Ugly
* [[World's Most Beautiful Woman]]: The book even explains ''how'' she became the worlds most beautiful woman.
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* [[Badass Spaniard]]: Let's hope ''you'' didn't kill his father.
* [[Best Served Cold]]: His revenge against the six-fingered Count Rugen for [[You Killed My Father|killing his father]].
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Hello. [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]]. [[You Killed My Father]]. [[Prepare to Die]]."
* [[Excuse Me, Coming Through]]:
{{quote|'''Inigo:''' Excuse me...excuse me... Fezzik, please?
'''Fezzik: EVERYBODY ''MOVE''!
''
'''Inigo:''' Thank you.
* [[Fake Nationality]]: [[Mandy Patinkin]] is not from Spain.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Has classic good scars in the parallel slashes Rugen gave him to the face.
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* [[Minion with an F In Evil]]
* [[One-Man Army]]: Humperdink's four elite guards didn't have a chance the second he appeared.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: His father, Domingo Montoya, was a skilled swordmaker. One day Count Rugen comes to their nice, [[Arcadia|Arcadian]] village demanding a sword for a six-fingered man, offering to pay handsomely for it. Domingo accepts and for a year is either exceedingly happy or horribly depressed over his progress on the sword. When it is finally complete and Rugen comes to claim it, he deems it unacceptable and kills Domingo.
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: During his final match.
{{quote|'''Inigo:''' I want my father back, you son of a bitch!}}
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* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: "Inigo" is the English variant of the Spanish name "Íñigo," so some fans end up using the latter.
* [[Spexico]]
* [[Wall Slump]]: During his final match with Rugen.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Westley.
* [[You Fight Like a Cow]]: The famous Inigo/Westley duel, but with compliments instead of insults. (In most DVD editions, that chapter is titled "The Chatty Duelists.")
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* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Inigo.
* [[Minion with an F In Evil]]
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: His backstory is never explained in the movie but his parents died of a desert plague while they were in Mongolia.
* [[Plot-Powered Stamina]]: His arms ''never'' get tired.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Like Inigo, he works for Vizzini and that's the only reason he's a bad guy. The book explains that he takes the job because it means he won't be alone anymore.
* [[Rhymes on a Dime]]: Fezzik is ''very'' fond of doing this.
{{quote|'''Vizzini''': No more rhymes, now, I mean it!
'''Fezzik''': Does anybody want a peanut? }}
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* [[I Know You Know I Know]]: While trying to figure out [[Poisoned Chalice Switcheroo|which goblet contains the poison.]]
{{quote|'''Vizzini''':...so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me! But you would have counted on my thinking that, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you!...}}
* [[Look Behind You!]]: Pulls this on the Man in Black in order to switch the goblets.
* [[The Napoleon]]
* [[No Indoor Voice]]
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=== The Kid ===
* [[He's Just Hiding]]:
{{quote|'''The Boy''': "Wait, what did Fezzik mean, 'He's dead?' I mean he didn't mean dead. Westley's only faking, right?"}}
* [[Ill Girl|Ill Boy]]: His grandfather comes to read him the story because he's been extremely sick.
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* [[The Storyteller]]
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