Talk:Deadly Viper Assassination Squad

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The deadly assassination squad was a group of assassin within Quentin Tarantino's movies: Kill Bill Vol.1 and Kill Bill Vol. 2. The squad consisted of:

• Oren-Isshi E codenamed Cottonmouth - Played by Lucy Lui, Oren was a master assassin forged from the tragedies of her parents' murder. She later became the leader of the Tokyo Underworld and leader of a gang of would-be assassins called The Crazy 88s which included Sophie Fattalle, Johnny Mo, and Gogo.

• Vernita Green codenamed Copperhead - Played by Vivica A. Fox, Vernita Green was a master of knife fighting. She has a daughter named Nikki.

• Budd codenamed Sidewinder - Played by Michael Madsen, Budd is Bill's brother.

• Elle Driver codenamed California Mountain Snake - Played by Darryl Hannah, Elle becomes Bill's girlfriend.

• Breatrix Kiddo codenamed Black Mamba aka The Bride - Played by Uma Thurman, Bill's girlfriend who become pregnant and leaves the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad.

• Bill - Played by David Carradine, is the leader of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad.

All members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad were killed by Breatrix Kiddo.

A single viewing of Vol. 2 disproves your last statement. Budd died from a snake planted by Elle, and Elle's death is not confirmed (in memorable fashion, a question mark appears over her name in the closing credits.)BinaryTed 20:50, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] O-Ren's parents

"Apparently, Bill was the one who hired the hit on O-Ren Ishii's parents." Er...come again? Did I miss something? Junkyard prince 05:33, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

I can't recall anything in the film that would indicate this. BinaryTed 20:50, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Wrong. I hope that was deleted.

[edit] On symbolism

The California Mountain Snake is the only non-venomous snake among the group. It is hard to find symbolism in the fact that that character (Elle Driver) is the only one to kill with poison in the films (unless we resort to some reversed logic scheme). What does stand out is that the black mamba is hardly with peers. In symbolism and real life dangerousness, a 'black mamba' person should be with people named 'King cobra', 'spitting cobra', 'taipan' or 'tiger snake', perhaps 'diamondback rattler'. They would be appropriate peers of a black mamba. Apart from the black mamba, the snakes used in the film are, as venom and ferosity go, second-rate, local (US) brands blended with the 'Rolls-Royce' of venomous snakes. MyS