Trainspotting/Characters: Difference between revisions

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{{quote| ''"Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose your friends. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you've spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life..."''}}

The protagonist and [[Anti Hero]] of the story. Mark is the voice of (relative) sanity among his friends, many of whom he actually hates. At the beginning, he's in the middle of his addiction to heroin. He is capable of fitting in well enough to common society, is relatively good-looking and of above-average intelligence, but is often socially awkward, and uses heroin as a means to withdraw into his own world. A self-loathing [[Deadpan Snarker]] extraordinaire who narrates everything from supporting his drug addiction to interacting with "the normal world" in a cynical way.

The protagonist and [[Anti-Hero]] of the story. Mark is the voice of (relative) sanity among his friends, many of whom he actually hates. At the beginning, he's in the middle of his addiction to heroin. He is capable of fitting in well enough to common society, is relatively good-looking and of above-average intelligence, but is often socially awkward, and uses heroin as a means to withdraw into his own world. A self-loathing [[Deadpan Snarker]] extraordinaire who narrates everything from supporting his drug addiction to interacting with "the normal world" in a cynical way.

* [[Anti Hero]]: Type IV. Despite being an amoral heroin addict who steals, sells drugs, and gets his friend addicted to heroin, he continues to have our sympathy.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type IV. Despite being an amoral heroin addict who steals, sells drugs, and gets his friend addicted to heroin, he continues to have our sympathy.

* [[Byronic Hero]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Hey ~~Its~~ That Guy]]: It's [[Star Wars|Obi-Wan Kenobi]] from the prequels!

* [[Hey It's That Guy]]: It's [[Star Wars|Obi-Wan Kenobi]] from the prequels!

* [[Ho Yay]]: With Spud.

* [[Kissing Cousins]]: He attempts to hit on his teenage cousin Nina at one point in the book.

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Amoral, stylish, and Mark Renton's oldest friend. Sick Boy is a borderline-sociopath and born exploiter who only feels disdain for his friends and for society. He has an obsession with [[Sean Connery]], and enjoys showing off with his ability to casually use heroin and stopping without developing an addiction. Sick Boy considers himself superior to everyone else he interacts with. In the story, he represents cold and calculating pragmatism without any moral restraints.

* [[Anti Hero]]: Type V

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type V

* [[Byronic Hero]]: On [[The Other Wiki]], he's described as a "combination of a Byronic hero and villain."

* [[Chick Magnet]]: He's the biggest player in the group, and often seduces female tourists. Renton thinks, at one point, that he wants to keep Sick Boy as far away from Dianne as possible, not even mentioning him in conversation.

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* [[Handsome Lech]]

* [[Hollywood Pudgy]]: At least in the books.

* [[~~Its~~ All About Me]]: By the end, he is pimping young girls. Renton notes that he's become "untainted by compassion or conscience."

* [[It's All About Me]]: By the end, he is pimping young girls. Renton notes that he's become "untainted by compassion or conscience."

* [[Lack of Empathy]]

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]

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* [[Serious Business]]: [[Sean Connery]].

{{quote| '''Renton:''' "He's always been lacking in moral fiber."<br />

'''Mother Superior:''' "[[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~ Not Awesome|Well he knows a lot about Sean Connery]]."<br />

'''Mother Superior:''' "[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Well he knows a lot about Sean Connery]]."<br />

'''Renton:''' "That's hardly a substitute." }}

* [[Sociopathic Hero]]

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* [[Domestic Abuser]]: An especially cruel one, who beats and kicks his pregnant girlfriend June in the groin. After she gives birth, he abandons both her and the child, never even mentioning them again.

* [[Football Hooligans]]

* [[Hair Trigger Temper]]: A normal conversation with Frank Begbie is like walking through a minefield.

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: A normal conversation with Frank Begbie is like walking through a minefield.

* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: His treatment of June.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Begbie abandons his son shortly after he's born, and the same likely happened to him.