<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (June 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> This is a list of characters from the film Kill Bill . Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, the film was released in two parts, Kill Bill: Volume 1 in 2003 and Kill Bill: Volume 2 in 2004 . The film takes place after (as shown in Volume II), the fiancé and friends of the protagonist The Bride are massacred at her wedding rehearsal . The killers assume The Bride had died after being shot in the head, but she survived and is in a coma for four years until she awakens and plots her vengeance against the killers . </P> <P> Beatrix Kiddo, a.k.a. The Bride (portrayed by Uma Thurman), is the protagonist of the film . She abandons her life as a hired assassin for the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (DVAS) upon realizing she is pregnant with Bill's child, denying him the right of fatherhood to preserve her unborn's future . This action provokes the attacks on her and her loved ones and the ensuing revenge, which is the entire basis of the film . Her code name while working for DVAS was Black Mamba . </P> <P> Bill (portrayed by David Carradine) is the main antagonist of the film . He is the founder and leader of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, to which The Bride formerly belonged, and also her former lover . Because the code names of the members all refer to venomous snakes, Bill's code name is Snake Charmer . He and the four remaining Deadly Vipers attempt to kill The Bride after she learns she is carrying Bill's child and leaves him without warning . Some time after the massacre, the squad has disbanded . When Bill finds out The Bride isn't dead but instead is getting married, he and other Deadly Viper members descend on her at her rehearsal wedding . He then sends former Squad member and mistress Elle Driver to the hospital to kill her, but Bill changes his mind and tells Elle to abort the mission, saying that killing a helpless person would demean the name of the Assassination Squad . When Sofie Fatale is in care within a Tokyo hospital, Bill visits her, telling her that The Bride's daughter is alive, and under his care . </P>

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