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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.
{{quote| '''Fezzik''': Why are you wearing a mask? Were you burned by acid or something like that?<br />
'''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.}}
* [[ScheherezadeScheherazade Gambit]]: His relationship {{spoiler|with the previous Dread Pirate Roberts.}}
* [[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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* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Westley/Wesley.
* [[To the Pain]]: [[Trope Namer]]!
{{quote| '''Westley''': "To the pain means that the first thing you lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists, next your nose... The next thing you lose will be your left eye, followed by your right... Your ears you keep, and I'll tell you why: so that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish; every babe that weeps at your approach; every woman who cries out, 'Dear God! What is that thing?' will echo in your perfect ears. That is what 'to the pain' means; it means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery, forever."}}
* [[This Is Sparta]]: Drop. Your. Sword.
* [[Wham! Line]]: "[[Something Only They Would Say|As you wish]]" while falling down the hillside.
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* [[Catapult Nightmare]]: In the movie.
* [[Cuffs Off, Rub Wrists]]: After being untied.
* [[Distressed Damsel in Distress]]: She's especially useless in the fight with the ROUS. C'mon, swing that branch, don't just jab with it like a pool cue! Or pick up Westley's sword, or ''something''.
* [[Dreaming the Truth]]: The Ancient Booer.
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: In the book. She's a little smarter in the movie.
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* [[Pressure Point]]: Fezzik uses a Vulcan Neck Pinch on Buttercup. In the book Vizzini does it.
* [[The Power of Love]]
{{quote| '''Buttercup''': "You can't hurt me. Westley and I are joined by the bonds of love. And you cannot track that, not with a thousand bloodhounds. And you cannot break it, not with a thousand swords. And when I say you are a coward, that is only because you are the slimiest weakling ever to crawl the earth." }}
* [[Quicksand Sucks]]
* [[Rags to Royalty]]
* [[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 GuysGuy's Hot Daughter]]: Both of Buttercup's parents (who are not in the movie) are hilariously ugly. Lampshaded when it's said they don't know ''how'' they managed to produce such a beautiful child.
* [[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]]."
* [[Catch Phrase]]:
** [[Hello]]
** [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]] ([[Trope Namer]])
** [[You Killed My Father]] (almost [[Trope Namer]])
** [[Prepare to Die]] (not-really-but-kind-of [[Trope Namer]])
* [[Excuse Me, Coming Through]]:
{{quote| '''Inigo:''' Excuse me...excuse me... Fezzik, please?<br />
'''Fezzik: EVERYBODY ''MOVE''!<br />
'''(Crowd:''' *clears a path*<br />)''
'''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!}}
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: He says it in the film -- "I just work for Vizzini to pay the bills."
* [[The Slow Walk]]: During his final match with Rugen. Justified as he is seriously injured at the time.
* [[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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=== Fezzik ===
* [[The Big Guy]]/[[The Brute]]
{{quote| '''Fezzik''': "It's not my fault I'm the biggest and the strongest. I don't even exercise."}}
* [[Fake Nationality]]: Although never stated in the movie, in the book Fezzik is Turkish.
* [[Gentle Giant]]: No, really!
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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!<br />
'''Fezzik''': Does anybody want a peanut? }}
* [[Scarecrow Solution]]: "The Dread Pirate Roberts" rig that Fezzik wears.
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* [[Fake Nationality]]: Nope, Wallace Shawn is not Sicilian. Shocking, we know.
* [[I Don't Pay You to Think]]: To Fezzik.
{{quote| '''Vizzini''': "You were not hired for your ''brains''!"}}
* [[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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* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: Described by Billy Crystal (Max) as a pair of "Jewish trolls".
** [[Lampshaded Trope|Lampshaded]] in the novel.
{{quote| And so here the point is, if Max and Valerie sound Jewish, why shouldn’t they? You think a guy named [[Literary Agent Hypothesis|Simon Morgenstern]] was Irish Catholic? Funny thing — [[Write Who You Know|Morgenstern’s folks]] were named Max and Valerie and his father was a doctor. }}
* [[Berserk Button]]: Mentioning Prince Humperdinck's name will drive Max up the wall.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Max.
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* [[Happily Married]]: Not so obvious in the movie, but the book implies as much--for example, explaining that when Max calls Valerie "witch" it's in fact a term of endearment and part of their whole act.
* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Max to an extent.
{{quote| '''Valerie''': LIAR! LIAR! LIIAAAAR!}}
* [[One-Scene Wonder|One Scene Wonders]]
 
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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.
* [[No Name Given]]
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* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
{{quote| '''Grandfather''': Yes, yes, you're very smart. Shut up.}}
* [[No Name Given]]
* [[The Storyteller]]
 
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