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Super8[]
The Alien/Cooper[]
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Played By: Bruce Greenwood |
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- Badass
- Being Tortured Makes You Evil
- Big Eater
- Bizarre Alien Biology
- Captured Super Entity
- Fluffy the Terrible
- Heel Face Turn
- I'm a Humanitarian
- Immune to Bullets
- Not So Different
- Psychic Link
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
The Kids[]
Joseph ‘Joe’ Lamb[]
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Played By: Joel Courtney |
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- Adorkable
- Bad Bad Acting
- Calling the Old Man Out
- The Danza: One letter difference, close enough.
- Dogged Nice Guy
- The Hero
- Hurting Hero
- Missing Mom
- Took a Level In Badass: How many kids would enter a flesh-eating alien's lair?
Alice Dainard[]
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Played By: Elle Fanning |
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- Abusive Parents: Of the neglectful, alcoholic kind.
- The Chick
- Defrosting Ice Queen
- Distressed Damsel
- Jerkass Facade
- Hair of Gold
- Missing Mom
- Sixth Ranger
- The Smurfette Principle
Charles Kaznyk[]
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Played By: Riley Griffiths |
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- Big Eater
- The Big Guy
- Deadpan Snarker
- Insufferable Genius
- The Lancer
- Prima Donna Director
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With everyone, but especially Cary.
Cary[]
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Played By: Ryan Lee |
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- Ax Crazy: A heroic example.
- Braces of Orthodontic Overkill
- Everything Is Better With Explosions
- Pyromaniac
- Mad Bomber
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Charles, but also with Martin and Preston.
Martin[]
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Played By: Gabriel Basso |
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Preston[]
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Played By: Zach Mills |
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The Adults[]
Jackson ‘Jack’ Lamb[]
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Played By: Kyle Chandler |
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- Badass
- Despair Event Horizon
- Fantasy-Forbidding Father
- His Heart Will Go On
- Hot Dad
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold
- Papa Bear
- Overprotective Dad
- The Stoic
Louis Dainard[]
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Played By: Ron Eldard |
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Colonel Nelec[]
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Played By: Noah Emmerich |
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- Big Bad
- Colonel Badass
- Dirty Coward
- Karmic Death
- Sociopathic Soldier
- The Stoic
- Torture Technician: Was responsible for torturing the alien, and also tortured Woodward for info.
Dr Thomas Woodward[]
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Played By: Glynn Thurman |
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Overmeyer[]
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Played By: Richard Jones |
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- Killed Mid-Sentence
- Mook Lieutenant
- Oh Crap: When Nelec orders him to tag the creature.
Sheriff Pruitt[]
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Played By: Brett Rice |
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- Back for the Dead
- It Will Never Catch On: He thinks portable music is a 'slippery slope'.
- Killed Mid-Sentence
- Mauve Shirt
- Reasonable Authority Figure
Donny[]
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Played By: Kyle Gallagher |
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Jen Kaznyk[]
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Played By: Amanda Michalka |
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