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Characters from ''[[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]'' include:
== Boulder ==
 
=== '''Abagail Freemantle''' ===
{{quote|Abagail is God's prophet on Earth and the guide to the main characters. She is a 108-year-old black woman who lives in Nebraska. Almost every main character dreams of her sitting on her porch, playing her guitar, usually directly after they have a disturbing dream about the [[Big Bad]].}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[108]]: She's 108 years old when the story sets.
* [[Big Good]]
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=== '''Stuart Redman''' ===
{{quote|Stu Redman grew up in Arnette, Texas, and was stuck working in a calculator factory to support his brother when his parents died. When the Superflu's Patient Zero crashed into the gas station in his town, Stu was transplanted to a plauge control center in Vermont. A redneck with a heart of gold, Stu quickly became a leader among survivers.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Action Survivor]]
* [[Cincinnatus]]: Stu is [[Does Not Like Guns|reluctant to be]] Marshal of the Free Zone, and ultimately {{spoiler|leaves for New England}}.
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=== '''Frannie Goldsmith''' ===
{{quote|A college girl, Frannie discovered at the beginning of the book that she had become pregnant with her boyfriend, Jess. She had traveled home to Ogonquit, Maine, to tell her parents when the Superflu hit. Frannie cares most about keeping those she loves, especially her unborn child, safe.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Audience Surrogate]]
* [[Daddy's Girl]]: Frannie.
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=== '''Nick Andros''' ===
{{quote|Nicholas Andros was born deaf-mute, or physically unable to hear or speak. To communicate, he reads lips and writes on a pad of paper. Orphaned at a young age, Nick grew up in an orphanage. He left at age 16 and hitchhiked from town to town, taking odd jobs. Nick was in Shoyo, Arkansas when the Superflu hit. He cannot understand why people look to him as a leader.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[And I Must Scream]]: Nick, who is already deaf-mute, nearly has both eyes gouged out by the last surviving human plague victim within a 50-mile radius.
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* [[The Stoic]]
* [[Technical Pacifist]] / [[Reluctant Warrior]]: You wouldn't like Nick [[Handicapped Badass|when he's angry]].
 
=== '''Larry Underwood''' ===
{{quote|Larry started off a career as a singer/songwriter but was unsuccessful until his single, ''Baby, Can You Dig Your Man?'' hit it big. He was taken in by people taking advantage of his fame and fortune and traveled to his childhood home in New York City for refuge. Larry is haunted by the words of a woman he slept with, "You ain't no nice guy!" and of his mother, "You're a taker, Larry." He is determined to prove them wrong and terrified that they are right.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[All Take and No Give]]: His mom calls him a "taker", which comes back to haunt him many times.
** To put it in the words of his friend Wayne Stukey, there's "something in [Larry] that's like biting on tinfoil."
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=== '''Ralph Brentner''' ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Cool Hat]]: Ralph's hat becomes a [[Memento MacGuffin]] in the miniseries.
* [[Good Ol' Boy]]
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=== '''Glen Bateman''' ===
{{quote|Glen was a sociologist and novice painter before the Superflu. When he meets Stu, he is living on his own with an adopted dog, Kojak. He loves to speculate on the post-flu future, and gives Stu and others good advice about the new Boulder government.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
* [[Author On Board]]▼
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: To Stu.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
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* [[The Professor]]: "Not anymore, Larry. In case you haven't noticed, school is out."
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: To {{spoiler|Flagg}}. He ''laughs'' him [[Defiant to the End|out of the room]]!
▲* [[AuthorWriter Onon Board]]
 
 
=== '''Kojak''' ===
{{quote|Formerly known as Big Steve, Kojak is one of the few dogs to survive the Superflu. He is very smart and fiercely loyal to his new owners, to the point of fighting wolves and running across half the country to be with them.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Badass]]
* [[Canine Companion]]
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=== '''Tom Cullen''' ===
{{quote|Tom was born lightly mentally retarded, only able to make certain connections normal people find easy by putting himself in a state of near-hypnosis. He never had any friends until Nick found him lying in the road in his deserted hometown. Despite acting like a child, Tom is braver and smarter than people think.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Adult Child]]: Tom is middle-aged but still enjoys playing with toys (he's mentally retarded). On a different level, Harold is quite immature even for his age.
* [[Disability Immunity]]: Flagg is unable to sense him, because of his retardation.
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=== '''Harold Emery Lauder''' ===
{{quote|Harold Lauder grew up in Ogonquit, Maine as the fat kid whom nobody liked. He always had a crush on Frannie Goldsmith but never told her. Harold is extremely bitter and sees his new situation as a chance to get Frannie once and for all.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Adult Child]]: Harold is very intelligent, but quite immature for his age.
* {{spoiler|[[Alas, Poor Villain]]}}
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=== '''Nadine Cross''' ===
{{quote|Nadine has had dreams of the [[Big Bad]], Randall Flagg, since college. She is his promised wife and mother of his child. By the time Larry finds Nadine, she is desperate to find someone to tear her away from Flagg's spell over her, whether it is Larry or Joe.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Veronica.
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=== '''Joe/Leo Rockway''' ===
{{quote|Leo was still a kid when the Superflu hit. When Nadine found him, he was sick from an infected rat bite. When she nursed him back to health, he was unable to speak, dressed only in his underpants and carried around a knife the way most kids carry around teddy bears. She named him Joe for lack of a better name.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Child Prodigy]]: He's able to play the guitar after hearing Larry ''once''.
* [[Creepy Child]]: He has some psychic powers which allow him to "know things".
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=== '''Dayna Jurgens''' ===
{{quote|Dayna was traveling with other survivors when they were attacked by a group of rapists. Her friends were killed and she was the group's plaything until the day she and the other girls, along with Stu and Frannie's group, were able to overthrow them. Dayna is fiercely loyal and independent.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]]: {{spoiler|Dayna kills herself to prevent Flagg from torturing her for information. That he could not stop or predict this ''really'' rattles him}}.
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=== '''Lucy Swann''' ===
{{quote|Lucy met and fell in love with Larry offscreen. She sees the best in him and tries to help him do the same.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Betty.
* [[Girl Next Door]]
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=== '''Rita Blakemoor''' ===
{{quote|Rita was the wife of a rich man and never had to do anything herself until the Superflu hit. She met Larry in New York City and latched on to him. She can't deal with the horrors around her and depends on Larry heavily for support.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Christmas Cake]]
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=== '''Richard Theodore Farris''' ===
{{quote|Also known as [[The Judge|Judge Farris.]] He is a wise old man with a thirst for adventure.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[As the Good Book Says...]]
* [[Badass Grandpa]]
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=== '''Susan Stern''' ===
{{quote|Susan was with Dayna in the group of girls gathered by rapists as playthings. She later was on the Free Zone Committee.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Artifact]]: Susan seems to belong to the Boulder Free Zone committee [[The Smurfette Principle|only so that Fran Goldsmith isn't the only female member.]] Her only roles in the story include sharing dialogue and scenes with Dayna Jergens to display their friendship and finding a bitch for Kojak to mate with. She was one of the characters King struggled with during the hiatus whilst he was writing the book which led to...
* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge On Her]]}}
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=== '''Randall Flagg''' ===
{{quote|Randall Flagg, called The Dark Man, Legion, The Walkin' Dude, is the ultimate evil. He is the servant of the Devil himself. He haunts Superflu survivors' dreams and gathers an army of insane or frightened people to him. His smile can drive a man insane and he crucifies those who oppose or fail him.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Antichrist]] or an archetype thereof
* [[Bad Boss]]
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* [[Obviously Evil]]: It's interesting that half of the remaining population would want to live with Flagg.
** It helped that he could pass for [[Affably Evil]] before he started to decompensate and, well, the [[Trains Run On Time]].
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Surprisingly, Randalltwo Flagg had twodifferent moments of it. TheRandall firstFlagg regarding Trash Can Man. He seemedseems to have feltfeel sorry for hisTrash manicCan personalityMan, and compulsive arson tendencies that he orders Lloyd [[Mercy Kill|to kill him painlessly,]]; whenwith heanyone couldelse, Flagg would likely have madehad himthem [[Cruel and Unusual Death|die painfully]] for [[For the Evulz|for kicks]]. Another time, whenWhen he's preparing to execute Larry Underwood and Ralph Bretner, he requiresand [[Forced to Watch|force everyone to witness it]]., Howeverhe excusesallows parents fromand [[Harmful to Minors|small children.]] to excuse themselves.
* [[Power Floats]]
* [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil]]: Initially, the consummation between Randall and Nadine was going to be consensual. However upon discovering what he is underneath the charming handsome man she had the hots for, Nadine begins to have second thoughts. However, Randall doesn't take "No" for an answer, and rapes Nadine so badly, that her hair turns white.
* [[Ravens and Crows]]: A crow is Flagg's preferred shapeshifted form.
* [[Shape Shifter]]
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=== '''Lloyd Henreid''' ===
{{quote|Lloyd was a small-scale criminal until he met a fellow jailbird, Poke. Together they went on a killing spree until they were eventually caught and Poke was killed. Lloyd is trapped in jail when the Superflu hits and becomes Flagg's right hand man when he is rescued.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Amoral Attorney]]
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Though [[Your Mileage May Vary]]. While he can commit some very bad crimes, he's really nothing more than a child in a man's body. He follows Flagg only because the guy saved him from starvation, and even then {{spoiler|he begins to doubt him when his plans start to crumble.}}
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=== '''Trashcan Man''' ===
{{quote|Donald Merwin Elbert, nicknamed Trashcan Man because of his childhood habit of burning trash cans, is a pyromaniac of the first order. All he wants is a place where he can blow things up unmolested. He fits right in with Flagg's crowd and becomes undyingly loyal to Flagg.}}
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: "Hey Trash, what'd you do with old lady Semple's pension check?"
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: His pyromania and hallucinations made him an outcast in pre-Virus society, but it also gave him a sixth sense for finding weaponry post-Virus.
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* [[Verbal Tic]]
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: {{spoiler|Trashcan Man}} proves to be the ultimate instrument of destruction after he [[Gollum Made Me Do It|finally snaps]]. [[Even Evil Has Standards|Even Flagg feels sorry for him]] and wants him painlessly executed...
 
=== '''The Kid''' ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Alcoholic]]
* [[Ax Crazy]]
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=== '''The Rat-Man''' ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: Was given a little more to do in the miniseries, even appearing for a cameo before the plague hit.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]
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=== '''Julie Lawry''' ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]
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=== '''Barry Dorgan''' ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Big Brother Is Your Friend]]
* [[Knight Templar]]
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=== '''Whitney Horgan''' ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Deadly Change-of-Heart]]
* [[Only Sane Man]]: He is the only one to see what a monster Flagg is and tries to stop him.

Latest revision as of 16:54, 22 August 2023


Characters from The Stand include:

Boulder

Abagail Freemantle

Abagail is God's prophet on Earth and the guide to the main characters. She is a 108-year-old black woman who lives in Nebraska. Almost every main character dreams of her sitting on her porch, playing her guitar, usually directly after they have a disturbing dream about the Big Bad.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Stuart Redman

Stu Redman grew up in Arnette, Texas, and was stuck working in a calculator factory to support his brother when his parents died. When the Superflu's Patient Zero crashed into the gas station in his town, Stu was transplanted to a plauge control center in Vermont. A redneck with a heart of gold, Stu quickly became a leader among survivers.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Frannie Goldsmith

A college girl, Frannie discovered at the beginning of the book that she had become pregnant with her boyfriend, Jess. She had traveled home to Ogonquit, Maine, to tell her parents when the Superflu hit. Frannie cares most about keeping those she loves, especially her unborn child, safe.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Nick Andros

Nicholas Andros was born deaf-mute, or physically unable to hear or speak. To communicate, he reads lips and writes on a pad of paper. Orphaned at a young age, Nick grew up in an orphanage. He left at age 16 and hitchhiked from town to town, taking odd jobs. Nick was in Shoyo, Arkansas when the Superflu hit. He cannot understand why people look to him as a leader.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Larry Underwood

Larry started off a career as a singer/songwriter but was unsuccessful until his single, Baby, Can You Dig Your Man? hit it big. He was taken in by people taking advantage of his fame and fortune and traveled to his childhood home in New York City for refuge. Larry is haunted by the words of a woman he slept with, "You ain't no nice guy!" and of his mother, "You're a taker, Larry." He is determined to prove them wrong and terrified that they are right.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Ralph Brentner

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Glen Bateman

Glen was a sociologist and novice painter before the Superflu. When he meets Stu, he is living on his own with an adopted dog, Kojak. He loves to speculate on the post-flu future, and gives Stu and others good advice about the new Boulder government.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:


Kojak

Formerly known as Big Steve, Kojak is one of the few dogs to survive the Superflu. He is very smart and fiercely loyal to his new owners, to the point of fighting wolves and running across half the country to be with them.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Tom Cullen

Tom was born lightly mentally retarded, only able to make certain connections normal people find easy by putting himself in a state of near-hypnosis. He never had any friends until Nick found him lying in the road in his deserted hometown. Despite acting like a child, Tom is braver and smarter than people think.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Harold Emery Lauder

Harold Lauder grew up in Ogonquit, Maine as the fat kid whom nobody liked. He always had a crush on Frannie Goldsmith but never told her. Harold is extremely bitter and sees his new situation as a chance to get Frannie once and for all.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Nadine Cross

Nadine has had dreams of the Big Bad, Randall Flagg, since college. She is his promised wife and mother of his child. By the time Larry finds Nadine, she is desperate to find someone to tear her away from Flagg's spell over her, whether it is Larry or Joe.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Joe/Leo Rockway

Leo was still a kid when the Superflu hit. When Nadine found him, he was sick from an infected rat bite. When she nursed him back to health, he was unable to speak, dressed only in his underpants and carried around a knife the way most kids carry around teddy bears. She named him Joe for lack of a better name.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Dayna Jurgens

Dayna was traveling with other survivors when they were attacked by a group of rapists. Her friends were killed and she was the group's plaything until the day she and the other girls, along with Stu and Frannie's group, were able to overthrow them. Dayna is fiercely loyal and independent.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Lucy Swann

Lucy met and fell in love with Larry offscreen. She sees the best in him and tries to help him do the same.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Rita Blakemoor

Rita was the wife of a rich man and never had to do anything herself until the Superflu hit. She met Larry in New York City and latched on to him. She can't deal with the horrors around her and depends on Larry heavily for support.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Richard Theodore Farris

Also known as Judge Farris. He is a wise old man with a thirst for adventure.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Susan Stern

Susan was with Dayna in the group of girls gathered by rapists as playthings. She later was on the Free Zone Committee.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:


Las Vegas

Randall Flagg

Randall Flagg, called The Dark Man, Legion, The Walkin' Dude, is the ultimate evil. He is the servant of the Devil himself. He haunts Superflu survivors' dreams and gathers an army of insane or frightened people to him. His smile can drive a man insane and he crucifies those who oppose or fail him.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

"For a favor of this magnitude, I really think you ought to get down on your knees."

Lloyd Henreid

Lloyd was a small-scale criminal until he met a fellow jailbird, Poke. Together they went on a killing spree until they were eventually caught and Poke was killed. Lloyd is trapped in jail when the Superflu hits and becomes Flagg's right hand man when he is rescued.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Trashcan Man

Donald Merwin Elbert, nicknamed Trashcan Man because of his childhood habit of burning trash cans, is a pyromaniac of the first order. All he wants is a place where he can blow things up unmolested. He fits right in with Flagg's crowd and becomes undyingly loyal to Flagg.

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

The Kid

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

The Rat-Man

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Julie Lawry

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Barry Dorgan

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Whitney Horgan

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
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