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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)[]
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)[]
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
- One-Man Army: Explicitly described as such on his official profile.