Questions tagged [character]
Typically questions about a specific character in a movie/tv show.
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Missing Wade's gang member in the end scene of “3:10 to Yuma”
I just finished the movie 3:10 to Yuma (2007) and have some questions about Ben Wade's gang:
It was mentioned some time there was an Apache member in the gang. I do notice a guy with a black feather ...
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Why did Darth Vader not try stopping the space shuttle at the end of Rogue One?
The originals and the prequels of world-famous Star Wars both portray the immense amount of power possessed by Darth Vader. He could choke people on their breath with his Force.
Then why come he didn'...
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What is this piece of clothing called in the movie “School of Rock”? [closed]
In the Movie "School of Rock" after the band plays their song in The Battle of the Bands, the school's principal speaks with a male performer shown in the image below
What is the name for ...
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Why is the supporting role of the girl frequently changed after three or four seasons in Pokémon?
The role of the supporting female character of Ash in Pokémon is quite frequently changed compared to that of his friend Brock. Is there a specific reason for doing so? I am super curious about this ...
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Why does Will Byers not like girls?
In the third season of Stranger Things it became very evident that Will doesn't like the company of girls, especially his friends' girlfriends Max and Eleven. Why is it so? Why was he so averted to ...
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Was this character lying?
In the The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003) the titular character is always presented with closed eyes, therefore, everybody treats him as a blind man (hence the title).
However, towards the end of ...
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Why did Bartosz Tiedemann have a horrified look on his face when Silja Tiedemann gave birth to his child?
In the German TV show Dark, Silja Tiedermann travels back in time to 1890 where she falls in love with Bartosz Tiedemann and gives birth to his child. However, in the scene where she successfully ...
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Name of Lilith in Warrior Nun
The family of Sister Lilith has been a member of The Order, and Catholics since generations. Yet her parents chose to name her after someone who was banished from heaven and is a completely negative (...
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What evidences Chief Inspector Kido's newfangled preference for American, over his native Japanese, cuisine?
I copied and pasted YouTube's transcript at 1:48 of Joel de la Fuente being interviewed by ComicsVerse's Jordan Parrish at New York Comic Con on Oct 5 2018 about his role of Chief Inspector Kido in ...
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Is Angelica really older than Susie and Harold?
In the Rugrats spin-off All Grown Up, in S02E08 'Lucky 13', Angelica refers to Susie and Harold as pre-teens ('You pre-teens wouldn't understand.'). However the fandom says their respective dates of ...
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Why didn't Lisa Simpson become an atheist?
Lisa Simpson is naturally skeptical and there was even the Season 9 episode Lisa the Skeptic, where she doesn't believe that a recently discovered fossil is that of an angel. However, in the Season 13 ...
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Was Mirage (Syndrome's assistant) an innocent dupe - or complicit in murdering supers in “The Incredibles”?
In The Incredibles (2004), it is clearly established that the female character Mirage willingly serves as the "main bad guy's" (Syndrome's) executive secretary / right-hand woman. (It is ...
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After Frosty melted in the glasshouse, how was the puddle able to freeze so quickly after Santa opened the glasshouse door? [closed]
It does not seem likely unless Santa used some sort of magic.
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Is it possible to accept Charlotte Doppler as the daughter of Elisabeth Doppler and vice versa in the same world but in different time? [closed]
In Dark we've seen Elisabeth as Charlotte's daughter and as the story grows we've seen Charlotte as Elisabeth's daughter
but from different time in the same world. Charlotte has been stolen
from the ...
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Was Frosty the snowman born on December 25 Christmas Day?
In the original movie the snow fell on the day before Christmas but it is not specified how many days it took for the children to build him. Is it assumed he was built within a single day on ...
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Why does Hollywood not use foreigners in foreigners' roles?
This is a question that bothers me for a really long time. For example, Russians in every (not literally, but you get the point) Hollywood movies/TVshows are acted by English-speaking actors. It is ...
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Did Emma Russel change her mind about her initial plan?
Initially Emma Russel was with Alan John in Godzilla: King of Monsters. Did they have a fallout between them? Did she change her mind about the initial population control plan?
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Why does Marianne attend public school?
This is about the TV show "Normal People", which is an adaptation of the novel, by the same name. The answer to my question isn't clear from the TV show, but may be mentioned in the novel; ...
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Why did that person die?
In the second season of the Bloodline series we are introduced to a small-time crook Ozzy, who wants to earn some easy money from the Rayburn family: when John Rayburn starts his Sheriff campaign, ...
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Why does William Crandall perform such an unexpected act?
In The Americans, why does William Crandall break the glass vial holding the Lassa virus (which is lethal and gruesome) and stab his hand with it, fatally infecting himself? He was terrified of the ...
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What are the family relationships in “Satan’s Slaves”?
In Satan’s Slaves (2017), I am confused by the family relationships, specifically between the eldest male, a young adult female, and the dying woman.
Here is a photo of the eldest male (left) and the ...
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Was Gambol created specifically for The Dark Knight?
Did Gambol (played by Michael Jai White) appear in the comics either before or after the Dark Knight movie?
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What changes Wiesler's mind about saving Dreyman?
The German movie The Lives of Others (2006) shows us how Stasi officer Wiesler is intelligent, patriotic, having no mercy in various scenes like the classroom, the canteen incidents...
It's not very ...
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What is the genre of a movie/character where someone stays low? [closed]
Some examples would be
Spiderman: Peter Parker works as a Photographer but not even his aunt knows about his other identity until later.
Mr. Robot (TV Series): Elliot/Mr. Robot the one who is the ...
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What causes the origin of Batman?
In Superman: Red Son, we see Batman who is apparently now a Russian individual. Red Son is in DC's Elseworlds story arch AFAIK. So the origin of Bruce Wayne as Batman is not the Batman in Red Son. We ...
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What is Penny's full name before marriage? [duplicate]
In the Big Bang Theory, one of the main characters is "Penny". In the 12 seasons, does it get mentioned what's Penny's full name before she married to Leonard Hofstadter?
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Why were Edward, Henry and Toby dropped from the steam team?
In the later series of Thomas and Friends why were Edward, Henry and Toby dropped from the steam team and what happened to them?
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Why did the real Camilla kiss the “dream” version of Camilla?
Towards the end of the film Mulholland Drive, we see that Diane (Naomi Watts' character) gets invited to a party by the real Camilla.
The party is organised by the director Adam who is about to ...
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How old is Peter Weyland in Prometheus?
In movie, Prometheus, Peter Weyland is very very old and he can only walk around with the help of an exoskeleton.
I would imagine Peter Weyland has all the money and resource to extend his life as ...
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Who is the guy in Sherlock's mind palace?
In the episode "His Last Vow" when Sherlock gets shot by Mary, he started to enter his mind palace in order to survive the shot.
We begin to see a series of regular persons belonging to his ...
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After being rescued from captivity by Walt, why doesn't Jesse immediately surrender to the police?
In the final episodes of "Breaking Bad," Jesse had been collaborating with Hank and Gomez to "nail" Walt.
Though Hank and Gomez are now (after the shoot-out in the desert between ...
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Why does Lefty frequently use the phrase “fuhgeddaboudit”?
In the movie Donnie Brasco (1997), why does Lefty frequently use
the phrase "fuhgeddaboudit"?
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Who is the girl at the end of the movie “The Golem”?
I watched The Golem (2018) and got so many questions but I'll leave the others for now. Who is this girl at the end of the movie? What is her significance in the story? Is she another golem? I couldn'...
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Why does Skyler White leave home early and come back in the evening?
I recently finished the second season of Breaking Bad and was left with a question:
After Walter White lies to Skyler and the problems begin in the marriage, she starts to leave home early morning ...
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Why does Daniel pick Eli to hate most?
Daniel Plainview seems to have only one real drive; the greed and ambition to grow. As he says, he sees the worst in people, and wants to be away from them. He goes on elaborate lengths to be ...
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Is there anything to be said about the fact that Bane's mask is the negative of Batman's?
I was looking at this image and thinking about how odd it is that Batman's suit has absolutely no protection for his chin and mouth. It struck me, then, that Bane's headgear is exactly the opposite, ...
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Why does Johnny Bravo have trouble finding a girl to date?
With such a chiseled body, Johnny Bravo still has trouble finding a girl to date. Why is that?
My question is different from this question.
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Why do they say Adora can't act?
In the 2018 show She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (a reboot of the 1984 show of a similar name), characters will sometimes say that the protagonist, Adora, can't act (sometimes "to save her life").
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If Hastar only wants food, then why can't he trade it for gold which he has unlimited?
In the movie Tumbbad Hastar attacks anyone who takes his gold, but he needs food. So why does he attack whoever offers him food? Why can't he be a good man and offer gold and try not to kill the ...
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Why is Curtus Hooks always yawning
In the made for TV movie Second String, one of the second string players Curtus Hooks played by Shawn Woods is seen yawning at several unexpected moments. The most obvious ones are at the end of a ...
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Is Jack not allowed to redeem himself?
At the end of the movie He Never Died (2015), Jack is building up to kill Alex, when he is "stopped" by an Old Man at the bar, implied to be Death or Lucifer. Jack then proceeds to have a one-sided ...
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What role was Irrfan Khan supposed to play?
I heard in lot of sources the information that Irrfan Khan was offered a role in Interstellar which he turned down due to the requirement of an extended stay in the US, when he couldn't have served ...
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What was Dev's obsession with other people's wife picture while self pleasure?
In the Hindi film Blackmail, Dev had the obsession of staying in the office late until everyone has left, just to steal his male colleague's wife's pictures for self pleasure. He masturbates daily ...
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What does Bojack Horseman tell us about the responsible way to be accountable for your past?
In S6:E11 of Bojack Horseman, after Bojack gets out of rehab, he is threatened with the possibility of reporters exposing past misdeeds of his. At timestamp 4:00:
Diane: "What did you do this ...
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How long had House's team been working for him when the series started?
At the beginning of the TV series House, doctors Cameron, Chase and Foreman were already working for House. From what I remember there were a couple moments in the series where it's hinted that maybe ...
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Why didn't the AI do anything about Ford?
Throughout the 3rd Westworld season, we are shown an AI technology (Rehoboam) capable of predicting everyone's future, hence the direct implication that humans don't have too much of a "free will" ...
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The Bowery King's Status in John Wick
In the John Wick Series, the high table is presented as the ultimate point of underworld decision and command center. From the John Wick Fandom Page:
Soon after, he took control of The Soup ...
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What happens to Dr. Chilton?
In The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Dr. Lecter calls the newly appointed agent Starling and informs her that he is
having an old friend for dinner
before hanging up the phone and starts following ...
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Agent Malik's Accent in The Blacklist
In the first series of the Blacklist, there is a character called Malik (Parminder Nagra) who is a C.I.A. liason officer to the group.
She speaks with an English accent.
Was her accent ever ...
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In Trolls World Tour, why is Branch grey again?
At the end of Trolls, Branch finds his true colours and his grey skin and black hair return to the vivid blue colours he had as a child before his grandma died.
In Trolls World Tour he's back to his ...
