The Expendables (franchise)/Characters

The Expendables

Tropes applied to the Expendables as a whole:

• Action Hero
• Badass Crew
• Private Military Contractors: They're mercenaries.
• Rated "M" for Manly

Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone)

• The Hero
• Badass Grandpa
• Bad Luck Charm: his "lucky" ring
• Cool Car: Barney's truck is a custom 1955 Ford F100, with armor plating and bulletproof windows.
• Cool Plane: Barney has a sea plane with hidden machine guns.
• Keep the Reward: gives his share of the money to Sandra, rather than keeping it for himself
• Revolvers Are Just Better

Lee Christmas (Jason Statham)

• Bald of Awesome
• Knife Nut
• The Lancer
• Wife-Basher Basher

Yin Yang (Jet Li)

• Alliterative Name
• Bare-Fisted Monk: Though not above using guns.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse
• Token Minority: The only Asian in the team.

Toll Road (Randy Couture)

• Badass Beard: If the poster for the sequel is any indication
• Badass Grandpa
• Bald of Awesome
• Bare-Fisted Monk: Generally punches, kicks, or throws Mooks rather than using guns.
• Nice Hat
• Wrestler in All of Us
• Written in Infirmity: Couture's cauliflower ears

Hale Caesar (Terry Crews)

• Bald of Awesome
• Boisterous Bruiser
• Deadpan Snarker
• More Dakka
• Scary Black Man
• Shotguns Are Just Better
• Token Black

Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren)

• Back from the Dead (or, at least, near-dead)
• Blond Guys Are Crazy
• Blood Knight
• Face Heel Turn
• Heel Face Turn
• Shotguns Are Just Better
• Token Evil Teammate: Before becoming one of the bad guys.
• Welcome Back, Traitor

Tool (Mickey Rourke)

• Absentee Actor: now that Mickey Rourke apparently won't be returning for the sequel. Hopefully this doesn't extend to dropping a bridge on him...
• Manly Tears: Lets out a few during his monologue
• Retired Badass
• Shell-Shocked Veteran

Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth)

• Friendly Sniper: Seems to be one of these.

Maggie (Nan Yu)

• The Smurfette Principle: The only woman on the team.

Antagonists

General Garza (David Zayas)

• Even Evil Has Standards
• The Generalissimo
• Redemption Equals Death

James Munroe (Eric Roberts)

• The Big Bad
  • Non-Action Big Bad: Leaves the fighting to Payne.
• Evil Is Hammy
• The Heavy
• Smug Snake
• Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Torturing her, on the other hand, he has no problems with.

Payne (Steve Austin)

• Badass
• Bald of Evil
• Beard of Evil
• The Dragon
• Drill Sergeant Nasty
• Man On Fire
• Would Hit a Girl
• Wrestler in All of Us

Jean Vilain (Jean-Claude Van Damme)

• Big Bad: Of the second film
• Knife Nut
• Playing Against Type: This marks one of the few times that JCVD has played a villain.
• Sinister Shades
• Terrorists Without a Cause: Seems to be one of these.

Others

Sandra Garza (Gisele Itie)

• The Chick
• Military Brat: She is The General's Daughter.
• Rebellious Princess: Not really a princess, but given that she's the daughter of a general of a military junta, she might as well be.
• Spicy Latina
• Tall, Dark and Bishoujo

Mr. Church (Bruce Willis)

• Badass Grandpa
• Bald of Awesome
• The Cameo
• Ironic Nickname: Given how foul-mouthed he is
• One-Scene Wonder

Trent Mauser (Arnold Schwarzenegger)

• Actor Catchphrase: In the sequel, he tells Church that "[he'll] be back."
• Badass Grandpa
• The Cameo
• Friendly Enemy: To Ross
• Hero of Another Story
• One-Scene Wonder

Booker (Chuck Norris)

• Badass
  • Badass Beard
  • Badass Grandpa
• One-Man Army: Explicitly described as such on his official profile.

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