The Princess Bride (film)/Characters: Difference between revisions

{{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.

* [[You Fight Like a Cow]]: The famous Inigo/Westley duel, but with compliments and discussion of swordfighting tactics instead of insults. (In most DVD editions, that chapter is titled "The Chatty Duelists.")

 

* [[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.

* [[Catapult Nightmare]]: In the movie.

* [[Distressed Damsel]]: 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.

* [[Everything's Even Worse With Sharks]]: In the book, Buttercup tries to swim away from Vizzini, so he excites the sharks. In the movie, it was changed to the shrieking eels.

* [[Fairytale Wedding Dress]]: Naturally.

* [[Ice Queen]] / [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: She flip-flops between these two throughout the book: In the beginning she was an [[Ice Queen]], then defrosts after she realizes her love for Westley. She freezes up again after Westley's reported demise, then defrosts after realizing that [[Something Only They Would Say|he's still alive]].

* [[Job Title]]: Her precise function in the story, at least as far as Humperdinck is concerned, is to be a princess and a bride. {{spoiler|And a murder victim.}}

** 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.

* [[Ugly Guys 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.

 

=== Inigo Montoya ===

** [[You Killed My Father]] (almost [[Trope Namer]])

** [[Prepare to Die]] (not-really-but-kind-of [[Trope Namer]])

{{quote| '''Inigo:''' Excuse me...excuse me... Fezzik, please?<br />

'''Fezzik: EVERYBODY ''MOVE''!<br />

* [[Heroic Second Wind]]: He's not going down that easily, Rugen.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Fezzik.

* [[I Gave My Word]]: Played straight with Westley on the Cliffs of Insanity. He initially swears that he will get Westley up to the top alive on his honor as a Spaniard. Westley says that's no good ("I've known too many Spaniards.") He then swears on his father's soul, and Westley believes him.

* [[The Lancer]]

* [[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!...}}

* [[The Napoleon]]

* [[No Indoor Voice]]

* [[Poisoned Chalice Switcheroo]]

* [[Smug Snake]]