Vincent Vega is a heroin addict who, like Jules, is an associate of Marsellus Wallace's. He is the brother of Vic Vega, also known as Mr. Blonde, from Reservoir Dogs. Despite being an addict and a murderer, Vincent can also be likable and sensitive, such as when he explains to Jules the finer qualities of a foot massage, or when he mobilizes to save Mia's life. Vincent can also be prickly and defensive, such as when he spars with Butch at the bar, or chafes at Winston Wolfe's workmanlike demeanor. Vincent is killed by Butch in Butch's apartment after going to the bathroom and leaving his weapon behind.
Vincent Vega
Butch is a late-career boxer whose father died in World War II, and he is the only character who the film shows as a child. He first appears in the film taking a bribe from Marsellus Wallace to throw a boxing match, which he reneges on. Tarantino allegedly modeled Butch after the character Ralph Meeks in Robert Aldrich's 1955 film Kiss Me Deadly, and intended him to be a tough, "bully"-ish character. Butch's ill-fated attempt to retrieve his most prized possession, a gold wristwatch, forms the basis for his chapter of the story. Butch survives the events of the plot, successfully riding away with his girlfriend Fabienne on a chopper named Grace.
Butch Coolidge
Red Apple Cigarettes
Red Apple Cigarettes
Red Apple Cigarettes
Red Apple Cigarettes
Red Apple Cigarettes
Red Apple Cigarettes
Red Apple Cigarettes
Mia Wallace is first mentioned in the conversation Vincent and Jules have about Antoine Rockamora. Because she is Marsellus's wife, she is one of the most potentially dangerous characters for Vincent to interact with in the entire film. Mia is a failed actress who was in a television pilot named "Fox Force Five" that never made it to air. A cocaine addict, Mia mistakenly snorts Vincent's heroin and immediately overdoses, but is revived when Vincent successfully plunges a syringe full of adrenaline into her heart.
Mia Wallace
Jules Winnfield is a remorseless killer, a hitman for the crime-lord Marsellus Wallace. Jules never eats pork, and invokes the Bible before performing executions. Jules's cool disposition is occasionally ruffled by his partner Vincent Vega, with whom he quarrels about issues both small and large. After Jules is miraculously spared by a hail of bullets, an act he considers "divine intervention," he reconsiders his life of crime, and decides not to execute Pumpkin in the final scene of the film, instead working out a diplomatic solution.
Jules Winnfield
