Questions tagged [character]
Typically questions about a specific character in a movie/tv show.
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Was Lauryn McClain's character always supposed to end up like this?
When Step Up: High Water started, Lauryn McClain as Janelle Baker seems like the main lead of the show and things were revolving around her but with time she got a clear exit and in the second season ...
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Does Lemond Bishop have other children?
Lemond Bishop (Mike Colter) is a recurring character on The Good Wife & The Good Fight. He's known as the top drug dealer in Chicago, and often the law firm "Lockhart, Gardner, etc", represent his ...
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Did Jesse have a different disorder than what he indicated?
The character of Jesse in Dom Torreto's team in the original The Fast and the Furious was interesting but didn't get much screen time.
In a conversation with Brian, he said something about having ...
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What is the relation of the butler to the protagonist?
The movie Estranged (2015) is a tense thriller, and my question spoils the mystery.
Why is the butler sympathetic and why does he help? Further...
The writing seems a bit loose on motivations and ...
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Why didn’t the Charles Manson character appear in Spahn Ranch? [on hold]
In the real life version of the Charles Manson murders, Manson gave orders to his cult gang to execute everyone under the house where a music producer used to live. But the movie version in Once upon ...
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How did Aquaman get his tattoos?
Simple question, how (physically) did Aquaman get his tattoos?
Considering that,
He is bullet proof
Hardened steel can't penetrate his skin
That he had his powers at an early age and his tattoos ...
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Does Uncle Ben exist in the MCU?
Uncle Ben, the man who raised Peter from birth with his wife May, and who taught Peter the lesson that inspires him to be a hero, who is the base for the iconic phrase "with great power, comes great ...
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Why was Sean's father different in the portrait?
In Before I Wake, the Hobson family had Jessie Hobson, Mark Hobson and their dead son Sean. But in the portrait there was some other guy:
But there was no mention about the previous father/husband of ...
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Why didn't they call Captain Marvel for the unsnap?
Spoilers ahead for those that didn't watch Avengers Endgame.
I was reading this question and that got me thinking: why didn't Captain Marvel put the gauntlet on the first time for the unsnap instead ...
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Why does Kido honor Frank in Man in the High Castle?
This refers to The Man in the High Castle S3/Ep9 "Baku".
When Kido takes Frank to his place of execution, he chooses a location--a former Japanese internment camp--where Frank's symbol has been ...
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Why did Cox dislike Pfarrer since the beginning?
In Burn After Reading, as soon as the audience is introduced to Pfarrer, Cox starts having an uncomfortable back-and-forth with him, to the extent that it becomes obvious he dislikes Pfarrer. Later, ...
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Is Cherie (Frenchie's girlfriend?) in “The Boys” blind?
After they capture Translucent and Billy Butcher takes Hughie to Frenchie's place, season 1, early in episode 2, Frenchie's girlfriend Cherie feels Hughie's face, but she wears sunglasses and takes ...
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Could the sick child in this scene be Fredo and the illness the reason for his slowness?
In The Godfather Part II, at some point during the events in Vito's past, his child was sick.
In the book, there is no implication that Fredo is of below average intelligence but in both The ...
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Why didn't Anna get promoted?
Why is Anna not promoted to Black belt in Karate even though she excelled in the art and could outperform every student in the class? But instead, a guy with a lesser talent got promoted to Black belt....
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Who is Starlight supposed to be a reference to?
In the Amazon Prime show; The Boys, it's very obvious who a few of the super heroes are representative of. Homelander is representative of Superman, Queen Maeve represent Wonder Woman, The Deep ...
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Tony eating the lemon: provocative or innocent?
While eating during the meeting with Sosa and Omar, Tony ends the meeting by eating the lemon in the finger bowl, then Omar properly uses the finger bowl by dipping his fingers in to wash them.
Was ...
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Why did Keith Mars refer to Veronica as Felicia?
In S04E01 "Spring Break Forever" of Veronica Mars, while Keith & Veronica are having their usual father-daughter banter, he call her out as "Bye Felicia".
VERONICA: I'm gonna Irish exit this ...
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Is there an implied affection for Annie by Jeff in The Walk (2015)?
In the movie The Walk, there is a scene where Jeff is searching for a word to describe the wire-walking that Phillippe is about to attempt. He searches for the word in English but falls back to the ...
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Who is the woman Tak is with at the very beginning of Ep1
At the very beginning of first episode of Altered Carbon, Takeshi Kovacs is in his birth body on Harlan's World. There is a woman with him and I've never figured out who she is. The things I've ...
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Is Neil's Dad Kevin from the TV Show “Inbetweeners” Gay or not?
In the TV Show The Inbetweeners, there is a recurring theme as to whether or not Neil's Dad Kevin is actually gay but it's never revealed whether he is gay or not. Just out of curiosity, is he ...
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Why was queen Victoria upset when she found out that Abdul was married?
The movie "Victoria and Abdul" shows the history of a unique friendship between the most powerful queen of the British Empire and a lowly Muslim servant from India.
At one stage, Abdul tells Victoria ...
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Does Curb's Jason Alexander know Seinfeld's George Costanza is based on Larry David?
In S07E03 of Curb, we hear Jason Alexander saying the following about his character George on Seinfeld:
[Jason Alexander:] The character is unlovable.
He is a you know, he's a jerky, schmucky ...
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Is Ragnar's posture in “Vikings” due to a character injury or his actor recovering from one?
I'm watching the Vikings season where Ragnar creates an alliance with King, Ecbert,. But it started quite a while back, Ragnar seems to lean whenever he stands, lie down instead of sitting, etc. I ...
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Spider-Man's resilience inconsistency
I was looking through some questions on this SE and I came across the following one asked a couple of years ago:
Spider-Man's resilience
Now this all makes sense and I'm happy with the answer, ...
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What's the meaning of Dustin nickname in season 3?
At the end of Stranger Things' season 3, we saw that Dustin has a new nickname: Dusty-bun. Also, we saw that
As I'm not a native English speaker, I can't understand those nicknames as a fluffy thing. ...
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Why did Reese go to Hell?
It's confusing, why did Reese go to hell in Lucifer S03E07, while he did good? It's not like he killed somebody: he was trying to expose Lucifer about being the devil, and wanted to create a story ...
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What is the Russians' goal in Stranger Things S3?
In Season 3 of Stranger Things, the Russians are in Hawkins to
Is there some explanation as to why I missed?
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Gay being bad guy in a movie [closed]
In every movie or tv series I have seen so far when there is a gay character it is always a "good guy". Is there some movie where gay character is actually a bad guy?
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Why was Bob “the brain” working at RadioShack?
In the Netflix series Stranger Things 2, why was Bob "the brain" working at RadioShack when he knew BASIC and was quite intelligent from what we learn about him during the show? Was it just to have an ...
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Did Brian Finch break the fourth wall?
In the TV adaptation of the movie Limitless, they introduced a new character named Brian Finch. Throughout the series, Finch constantly speaks with the audience, trying to communicate with the ...
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Why do villains give James Bond enough time to escape after capturing him?
In James Bond movies, villains sometimes used to get James Bond in custody. Instead of killing him on sight (they used to do so for any other sidekicks), why are these villains forced to enter into a ...
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Has James Bond ever been accused of sexual aggression or harassment?
While watching some James Bond movies, I noticed that James Bond sometimes has borderline behaviour with women (co-workers, bad-guy women, James Bond girls...) and even some behaviour were accepted in ...
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Is Johnny in Cobra Kai a sympathetic character?
As a preface to this question, I will say I only know what I see about the new Karate Kid series (Cobra Kai) from YouTube commercials.
I am wondering if William Zabka's Johnny is now more a ...
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Who is Scoutmaster Kevin?
During this scene in Deadpool 2, after Wade wipes his face, he asks, 'Scoutmaster Kevin?'.
Is he referring to a real-life person? A character in another movie ...
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What was Sakurai's motivation?
In the movie Before we vanish we see the reporter Sakurai meeting and helping the alien Amano in his quest to find Akira. At the beginning out of curiosity and seemingly disbelief, but later he seems ...
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Is Marcus Tremaine based on Cinderella's father from any of the movies?
He is Anastasia and Drizella's father, like Francis Tremaine, but he was like a father to Cinderella.
On the Disney Wiki, he is on the Sir Francis Tremaine page, but on the Once Upon A Time Wiki, it ...
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Why is Skinner so awkward in Hot Fuzz?
In Hot Fuzz, Simon Skinner is one of the core members of Neighborhood Watch Alliance, which have successfully managed to hide numerous murders for years. Why does he talk so awkwardly though?
He ...
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Did Bruce's mother end up as the Joker?
In Justice League: the Flashpoint Paradox, as Barry's memories are being replaced we see that night where Bruce's parents would have been murdered, but thanks to the ripples of the altered timeline, ...
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What is Gilligan's full name?
Almost everyone knows Gilligan's Island. But can anyone tell me his full name?
I do not think "Little Buddy" counts!
Can someone possibly provide a reference with Gilligan's full name?
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Why are Elsa's eyebrows brown in Frozen?
I had always thought her eyebrows were a silver or grey color but at a closer look, I discovered that they were brown.
This is weird because her hair is a yellowy white color but the eyebrows are a ...
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Why does Star Boy name get changed in DCAU?
In comics, Star Boy's name is Thom Kallor (not Thomas) but in Justice League vs. the Fatal Five, his name was changed to Thomas Kallor. But why was this change done? Is it something to do with Bruce ...
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Is Ann Walker suffering from PTSD or DID or both?
In the BBC ONE/HBO series Gentleman Jack, the character Ann Walker seems to suffer greatly from a series of traumatic events, including loosing most of her immediate family (older brother, a sister, ...
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What is the name of this creature in “Godzilla: King of the Monsters”?
In Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), what is the name of the woolly mammoth titan? I found this post that refers to him as Behemoth but would prefer a more official source.
The creature was one ...
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Is Reverse Flash more powerful than Flash?
In The Flash, why do they have to bring back Reverse Flash all the time to show he is a perfect villain?
And why is Flash also scared of Reverse Flash although both were speedsters?
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Did Sofia truly like Cruise's character in Vanilla Sky?
Just saw Vanilla Sky and am a bit lost. Was Sofia showing up at Cruise's character's funeral crying real or part of the Lucid Dream?
Did Sofia really love him or was it just the dream?
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Who are these lords at the council of lords?
So in the council in Game of Thrones S08E06 where the new King is elected in we see 15 (if I counted correctly) remaining Lords and Ladies representing various areas/houses. I can easily see:
Sansa, ...
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Did this character show any indication of wanting to rule before S8E6?
When Tyrion nominates Bran to become King of the Six Kingdoms at the end of Game of Thrones, Bran replies with a cheeky "Why do you think I came all this way?" response. This implies on some level ...
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Why is Eve so sure about Father Kinley going to hell?
I was thinking about what Eve said to Father Kinley in Season 4, Episode 9, when he told him to get a demon from hell and try to convince Lucifer to come back. What does Eve mean saying that?
There ...
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In Ernest Goes to Camp did the Chief speak an actual language?
In the film Ernest Goes to Camp when the Cheif was speaking seems to have been using real Plains Indian Sign Language based on the Wikipedia article for the movie. But that's just the sign language, ...
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Can Bran see the current past?
We know Bran from The Game of Thrones can see the past, but can he also see things that happened after he became the Three-Eyed Raven? Can he see current events without warging?
An example would be: ...
