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Kill Bill

Deadly Viper Assassination Squad

The Bride/ Beatrix Kiddo AKA Black Mamba

Played By: Uma Thurman
—"I've killed a hell of a lot of people to get to this point, but I have only one more. The last one. The one I'm driving to right now. The only one left. And when I arrive at my destination, I am gonna kill Bill."

A former assassin who was gunned down on the day of her wedding and fell into a coma. Believing that her child has been lost as well, she seeks revenge against Bill and the four assassins who attacked her wedding.

Bill AKA Snakecharmer

Played By: David Carradine
—"...there are consequences to breaking the heart of a murdering bastard."

Head of the Deadly Viper Assassins, he is the Bride's primary target and former lover.

Elle Driver AKA Californian Mountain Snake

Played By: Daryl Hannah
—"Dying in our sleep is a luxury our kind is rarely afforded. My gift to you."

A former rival of the Bride who appears to be in a relationship with Bill.

Elle: (on her feelings) Regret that maybe... the greatest warrior I ever met met her end at the hands of a scrub, alky, piece of shit like you. That woman deserved better.

Budd AKA Sidewinder

Played By: Michael Madsen
—"That woman deserves her revenge... and we deserve to die."

Bill's brother, who lives in a trailer out in the desert and works at a "titty bar" as a bouncer. He and Bill are not on good terms.

O-Ren Ishii AKA Cottonmouth

Played By: Lucy Liu
—"The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese or American heritage as a negative is... I collect your fucking head. Just like this fucker here. Now, if any of you sons of bitches got anything else to say, now's the fucking time!"

The head of the Yakuza in Japan, who became an assassin after killing the Yakuza boss who murdered her parents.

Vernita Green AKA Copperhead

Played By: Vivica A Fox
—"Black Mamba. I shoulda been motherfuckin' Black Mamba."

She lives as a suburban mom named Jeanie Bell, marrieed to a doctor.

Associates of O-Ren Ishii

Sofie Fatale

Played By: Julie Dreyfus
—"Burn in hell, you stupid blonde! I'll tell you nothing!"

O-Ren's best friend and lawyer.

  • Amoral Attorney: She's the lawyer of the boss of all Yakuza bosses.
  • An Arm and a Leg: Loses one arm when the Bride calls out O-Ren, and loses the other arm during the Bride's interrogation of her in the trunk.
  • But Not Too Foreign: Half-Japanese, half-French.
  • Dark Is Evil
  • Hello, Attorney!
  • Expository Hairstyle Change: When she's watching over the El Paso murders, Sofie has her hair in a long ponytail. In the present, she wears her hair up in a bun. At the end, after being mutilated, she wears her hair down while talking to Bill.
  • Fate Worse Than Death: The Bride cuts off both of her arms, the right one as a means of making a point to O-Ren, and the other one during her interrogation.
    • It should be noticed that this is left somewhat ambiguous in the American version, as we don't see the Bride cutting off her other arm.
  • Sharp Dressed Woman
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: Her fate is left hanging at the end of the first movie.
  • Woman in Black: Or as The Bride puts it: "Woman dressed like she's a villain on Star Trek."

Gogo Yubari

Played By: Chiaki Kuriyama
—"You call that begging? You can surely beg better than that!"

One of O-Ren's bodyguards, she is a schoolgirl who enjoys killing.

The Bride: What she lacks in age, she makes up for in madness.

Johnny Mo

Played By: Gordon Liu

The head of O-Ren's personal army, the Crazy 88.

Bill: There wasn't really 88 of them, they just called themselves the Crazy 88.
Budd: How come?
Bill: I dunno, I guess they thought it sounded cool.

Other Characters

B.B.

Played By: Perla Haney-Jardine
—"Freeze, Mommy!"

The Bride's daughter who, unbeknownst to her, is still alive.

  • Creepy Child: Poor, poor Emilio.
    • Though let's be fair to B.B.... if you were raised by none other than Bill after you're taken off your mom's womb, well, what else would you be? We can only hope that having said mom take care of her now can be helpful.
  • Troubling Unchildlike Behavior
  • Walking Spoiler: Her existence in the second film, particularly her being very present in the trailer spoils The Stinger of the first movie.

Nikia "Nikki" Bell

Played By: Ambrosia Kelley

Vernita/Jeanie's daughter, who is about B.B.'s age.

  • Children Are Innocent
  • Dissonant Serenity: She takes her mother's murder right in front of her eyes with surprising aplomb.
  • Sequel Hook: Tarantino has said that if he ever makes a sequel to Kill Bill, it will involve Nikki seeking revenge on the Bride for killing her mother.
    • Cycle of Revenge: And if there is a sequel to that sequel, B.B. will seek revenge on her for killing her mother.

Buck

Played By: Michael Bowen
—"My name is Buck, and I'm here to party."

An orderly who rapes and pimps out comatose patients.

Earl McGraw

Played By: Michael Parks
—"This tall drink of cocksucker ain't dead."

A sheriff who investigates the El Paso massacre.

Esteban Vihaio

Played By: Michael Parks
—"I must warn you, young lady, I am susceptible to flattery."

Head of the Acuna Boys, and a former father figure to Bill.

  • Affably Evil
  • Disproportionate Retribution: Notes that Bill's reaction to the Bride walking out on him was quite harsh, and claims "I would have just cut your face." Then we meet one of the victims of this treatment, and see that she's now sporting a hideous scar running from her lower lip up to the base of her nose.
  • Domestic Abuser: Poor Clara.
  • Evil Old Folks
  • The Man Behind the Man: Acuna, Mexico, is controlled by a ruthless gang known only as "The Acuna Boys." The members of this gang are the fatherless offspring of Esteban's prostitutes, and take orders exclusively from him- the retired gentleman of leisure.
  • Not So Harmless: For a good deal of the meeting between him and the Bride, Esteban seems just a tad lackadaisical for a gang-leader; then Clara the prostitute shows up with a horribly mutilated face, and the audience realises just how dangerous he is under that sleepy exterior.
  • Parental Substitute: Esteban was the first of Bill's adopted father-figures, and still fondly remembers taking him out to the movies.
  • Retired Monster: Also a Retired Badass and Badass Grandpa.

Hattori Hanzō

Played By: Sonny Chiba
—"Revenge is never a straight line. It's a forest, And like a forest it's easy to lose your way... To get lost... To forget where you came in."

A weapon smith who once taught Bill, and who forged swords for the Deadly Viper Assassins.

Karen Kim

Played By: Helen Kim
—"Not that I have to be at this range, but I'm a fucking surgeon with this shotgun."

An assassin in Lisa Wong's criminal organization who was sent to stop the Bride from killing her employer.

Pai Mei

Played By: Gordon Liu
—"The exquisite art of the samurai sword? Don't make me laugh! Your so-called exquisite art is only fit for Japanese fatheads!"

A martial arts master who trained Bill, The Bride and Elle.

  • Arrogant Kung Fu Guy
  • Asshole Victim: Really, can you blame Elle Driver for killing him?
  • Balls of Steel: The Bride finds this out the hard way.
  • Disproportionate Retribution: Very fond of this. Ripped out Elle Driver's eye because she called him a "miserable old fool" and killed an entire temple of unfortunate monks because one of them didn't return a nod he gave him.
  • Drill Sergeant Nasty
  • Hermit Guru
  • Insufferable Genius: Just don't tell him that.
  • Jerkass
  • Legacy Character: A popular fan theory regarding the character; Bill mentions the incident which he developed a special technique took place at a time that would make him impossibly old.
  • Old Master: He's more of a cruel and evil master than the kindly Mr. Miyagi type and according to the film's mythology was responsible for the destruction of the Shaolin Temple because a Shaolin monk that he passed on the road didn't return the slight nod that he gave him. He's been known to snatch out the eyes of those who look on him with defiance and snap the backs and necks of those who give him sass like they were twigs. This eventually gets him killed when he snatches out Elle Driver's right eye for calling him a "miserable old fool," and she retaliates by poisoning his fish heads.
  • Pet the Dog: After knocking her bowl of rice to the ground (long story), he gives the Bride his own bowl. There's also the fact that he taught her the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique and no one else.
  • Politically-Incorrect Villain: Bill despairingly notes that Pai Mei, "...hates Caucasians, despises Americans, and has nothing but contempt for women." So of course his greatest student, the only one he teaches his Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique, is a blonde, American, woman. Who also learns to love him as a father, joyfully snatching out Driver's left eye as vengeance for him. He also hates the Japanese as well.
  • You Fight Like a Cow: Often insults the bride while she is sparring with him.

Rufus

Played By: Samuel L. Jackson
—"I was a Drell. I was a Drifter. I was a Coaster. I was part of The Gang. I was a Bar-Kay... If they come through Texas, I done played with them."

The piano player at the Bride's wedding.

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