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| “ | Yippee-ki-yay, motherf**ker! | „ |
| ~ John McClane's famous catchphrase. |
| “ | Welcome to the party, pal! | „ |
| ~ John McClane after throwing a terrorist out of a high-rise window. |
John McClane, Sr. is the main protagonist of the Die Hard film series. He is an Irish-American NYPD detective lieutenant who has the gift to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, getting involved in many terrorist attacks, that he often has to stop by himself. He also worked with the Los Angeles Police Department for a year.
He was portrayed by Bruce Willis.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
- He saved over 30 hostages from being killed by Hans Gruber's gang.
- He stopped Hans Gruber from stealing $640 million dollars worth of bearer bond and saved his estranged wife Holly, which he later reconciles with.
- He desperately tried to stop Colonel William Stuart from crashing Windsor 114 to the ground with 230 people on board, to no avail. He was distraught at being unable to save them.
- He stopped Stuart from freeing Esperanza, who is a dictator and a drug dealer, and avenged the deaths of the passengers that were on Windsor 114 he crashed.
- He made sure that several airplanes safely landed, saving thousand of lives.
- Although he went to Harlem wearing a sign containing a racial slur, it was because he was forced to by Simon Gruber and not on his own free will as Gruber threatened to blow up another place if he didn't, and not even once did he show any racism towards African-Americans, as he is genuinely affable towards Argyle and Sgt. Al Powell.
- He threw the bomb Hans Gruber's brother Simon planted in a subway train in Wall Street Station out of the window, saving dozens of lives. He later stopped him from escaping with $140 billion dollars worth of gold bullion he stole from Federal Reserve Bank.
- He saved Matt Farrell from Thomas Gabriel's men.
- He stopped Thomas Gabriel from carrying out his plans which endangered United States, and saved his daughter Lucy.
- He stops Yuri Komarov from selling weapons-grade uranium and saves his son Jack, despite the fact that Chernobyl is known for its nuclear danger.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- He's extremely lethal. Although all of his victims were criminals who killed people and intended to illegally enrich themselves and took huge numbers of people hostage, it does not completely justify his actions. For example, he set fire to a plane with escaping criminals, and although they deserved it, they were fleeing and were no longer a threat to him.
- He can act like an arrogant jerk and a control freak at times.
External Links[]
- John McClane on the Heroes Wiki
- John McClane on the Die Hard Wiki
- John McClane on the Ultimate Good Wiki
