The Bride
Background
Beatrix "Bea" Kiddo, AKA, The Bride now known as "Arlene Machiavelli" is a former member of The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad code named Black Mamba living in El Paso, Texas. She is proficient in Tiger-Crane and Eagle Claw style of kung fu and in the art of the Samurai sword.
During the events of Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) played by Uma Thurman
In El Paso, Texas, The Bride lays on the ground bloody as Bill walks up. He wipes up some of her blood and sweat with his handkerchief and as she tells him her unborn child is his, he shoots her in the side of the head.
As Earl McGraw is bent over The Bride, she spits up and Earl realizes she isn't dead. Four years later, The Bride wakes up and starts to cry when she feels her now empty belly. She hears someone coming and mimics being asleep. Buck walks in with Trucker and Trucker pays $75 in order to have sex with The Bride. Buck lays down the rules and then tells Trucker he will be back in twenty minutes. As Trucker tries to kiss The Bride she bites his lower lip. She chews out his throat and tries to walk, but her legs are not yet awoken from her long coma and non-use. She takes Trucker's pocket knife and as Buck walks into the room, she cuts his Achilles tendon. She drags Buck towards the door and then starts slamming the metal paneled door against his head and the door jamb. She has a flashback to Buck raping her and kills him by slamming his head hard with the door. She steals his glasses, keys, and scrubs and uses a wheel chair to find Buck's vehicle, which she finds when she sees a truck with the words "Pussy Wagon" which matches his keychain. She climbs into his truck and works on getting her toes to work. After thirteen hours, she is able to use her legs once more. She goes to Okinawa after buying a one way ticket from Okinawa Airline Ticket Agent. She goes to a sushi shop owned by Hattori Hanzo. He yells out to Bald Guy (Sushi Shop) to bring some tea out, but Bald Guy complains he is watching his soap operas. Hanzo compliments The Bride on how well she says Japanese words. He once again yells at Bald Guy to bring some tea and Bald Guy complains that he always has to get the drinks while Hanzo cuts the fish. Hanzo asks The Bride what she is doing in Okinawa and she tells him she is there to see Hattori Hanzo and to get Japanese steel to settle a score. They go upstairs and Hanzo shows her his collection of swords he has made and kept. He tells her he no longer makes swords and she tells him, she is seeking revenge against Bill. Hanzo agrees to make the sword and suggests she practice for the month it takes to make it. One month later, Hanzo and Bald Guy ceremoniously present the sword to The Bride.
The Bride takes a flight to Tokyo, Japan, and as she pulls up next to Sofie Fatale at a red light, she has a flashback to the time when Sofie took a call while beating her at the massacre. O-Ren Ishii and her Crazy 88 walk into an izakaya run by Proprietor and are welcomed by her and Charlie Brown and where The 5, 6, 7, 8's are playing. The Bride sees them walk in and follows them towards a private room. O-Ren senses something and throws a dagger through the thin wall and sends Gogo Yubari to look. Gogo searches outside the room, but returns when she doesn't see anything. As The Bride is changing, she hears the same ring tone as during the massacre. The Bride yells out for O-Ren and O-Ren and the Crazy 88 run outside the room. The Bride cuts off Sofie's left arm, who she is holding in front of her, and the crowd screams and runs outside. O-Ren tells Charlie Brown to run away, which he does, and then sends Crazy 88 1 (Miki) to attack The Bride. Crazy 88 1 attacks The Bride and she cuts his sword in half and then stabs him through the chest. O-Ren orders the others to attack and The Bride kills Crazy 88 3, Crazy 88 2 and Crazy 88 5. Crazy 88 4 and Crazy 88 6 (Girl) attack her and she kills them both. Gogo walks down the stairs and fights The Bride using a meteor hammer. As Gogo is about to strangle The Bride with the meteor hammer chain, The Bride hits her with the nail end of a large piece of wood in the head, killing her. The Bride hears motorcycles coming near and Johnny Mo arrives with the rest of the Crazy 88. They surround The Bride and a large battle erupts. She severely injures or kills all of them. She is about to kill Young 88 (Spanked Boy) when she realizes how young he is and spanks him with her sword and sends him on his way. After killing Johnny Mo by cutting both of his legs off, The Bride tells the others still alive they can leave, but they have to leave their missing limbs as she owns them now. The Bride goes to the roof of the izakaya and enters a garden area. O-Ren asks where The Bride got her sword and doesn't believe her when she tells her it is a Hattori Hanzo. The Bride and O-Ren fight and The Bride wins when she cuts the top of O-Ren's head off and as she is dying, O-Ren remarks the sword really is a Hanzo sword. The Bride puts Sofie in the trunk of her car and pulls her out and throws her down a slope towards Tokyo General Hospital after questioning her. As The Bride flies back to the United States she starts the list of those to kill after writing and crossing out O-Ren in a notebook.
In Pasadena, California, The Bride arrives at the home of Vernita Green. She rings the doorbell and Vernita answers the door and they start fighting. As they are fighting, a school bus drops off Nikki Bell. Nikki walks in and asks Vernita why her and the house is in disarray and Vernita tells Nikki, her dog Barney got in the house and messed it up. Vernita and The Bride talk with Nikki until Vernita tells Nikki to go to her room. The Bride and Vernita sit and talk and Vernita apologizes for what she and the others did to The Bride. They agree to meet later to finish the battle, but The Bride kills Vernita with a knife when Vernita attempts to shoot her. Nikki walks into the kitchen and The Bride tells her if she grows up and still feels she needs to get revenge against The Bride for killing Vernita, to find her. On a notebook, The Bride strikes out Vernita's name, the second on her list.
During the events of Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) played by Uma Thurman
Beatrix further remembers the details of the massacre at Two Pines, which was known as the "El Paso, Texas Wedding Chapel Massacre" by the local press. She mentions how the massacre happened during a rehearsal and not the actual wedding. Reverend Harmony gives instructions on what to do during the wedding as Beatrix, Tommy Plympton, Joleen, Erica, Janeen and Tim listen. Rufus asks Beatrix if she and Tommy have a song they want played and he suggests they play Love Me Tender. Mrs. Harmony reminds Reverend Harmony about seating arrangements. Reverend Harmony tells Beatrix since she doesn't have anyone coming, Tommy's extra relatives can sit on her side. Mrs. Harmony starts to annoy Beatrix when she repeatedly questions her about not having family and Beatrix goes outside. Beatrix hears a flute playing and finds Bill sitting outside the chapel. She asked him how he found her and he flatters her and tells her he is there for one last look. He notices she is pregnant and she tells him about Tommy and that she works at his used record store. Beatrix takes Bill to meet Tommy and she introduces Bill as her father. Bill comments on Beatrix wearing her wedding dress before the ceremony and its associated bad luck and Tommy tells him he lives dangerously. Tommy invites Bill to dinner and Bill tells Beatrix he will accept her choice. Shortly after, the rest of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad walk into the chapel and kill everyone inside.
Beatrix slinks out from under Budd's trailer with her Hanzo sword. She opens his door and is shot by Budd with rock salt shells in the chest. He injects her with a tranquilizer and she falls unconscious. She wakes up to Ernie digging out the remains of Paula Schultz who died in 1898. Ernie finishes and Budd pulls him out of the grave and as they grab Beatrix she struggles. Budd threatens to shoot her directly in the eyes with mace unless she calms down and she complies. She is put in a coffin and the lid is nailed shut after Budd tells her it is for breaking Bill's heart. The coffin is put into the grave and then Budd and Ernie fill the dirt back in. Beatrix starts to struggle against the coffin and eventually calms down.
In the past, Bill tells Beatrix the history of Pai Mei and his massacre of a Shaolin temple due to being slighted. He goes on to say how Pai Mei used his five point palm exploding heart technique to kill the monks. He warns her to obey Pai Mei during her training or lose her eye or life. He drops her off at Pai Mei's temple and leaves. She meets Pai Mei who insults her and her martial arts. He orders her to take a sword from a rack and challenges her to a fight. He easily beats her and then accepts to train her. He trains her on how to break wood with short range punches, which she cannot do at first. Back in the coffin, Beatrix gets her legs free and gets a hold of a straight razor she had hidden in her boot. She cuts her wrists free and starts to punch the coffin lid with short range punches, fracturing it. She makes her way to the surface and pulls herself out of the grave. She makes her way to a cafe and asks for a glass of water from Soda Jerk.
As Elle Driver is leaving Budd's trailer, Beatrix attacks her. They fight and Beatrix finds the Hanzo sword Bill had given Budd hidden away. Beatrix asks Elle what made Pai Mei remove her eye and she tells her she called Pai Mei a miserable old fool and after he took out her eye, she eventually poisoned him to death. Beatrix and Elle sword fight until Beatrix manages to pluck out Elle's remaining good eye. Beatrix squishes Elle's eye and leaves her in the trailer with the black mamba.
Elle drives into Mexico and stops at the Botanero Cochon bar. She walks up to Esteban Vihaio who runs the bar with his Hookers. She asks him where Bill is and Esteban realizes who she is. He tells her how he took Bill to the movies once and when Bill saw Lana Turner come on screen, he would compulsively suck on his thumb. He tells Beatrix, if he was still in business in Acuna, she would be his number one prostitute. Esteban tells her, unlike Bill, he would have just cut her face. He calls over Clarita to get them a drink and Clarita exhibits a clear facial scar and leaves to get the drink from Bartender/Pimp. Esteban tells Beatrix she can find Bill at the Villa Quatro on the road to Salina. Before leaving, Esteban tells her he is telling her where Bill is so Bill can see her again. She goes to Bill's residence and finds Bill inside, along with her daughter B.B. Beatrix is shocked to see B.B. and Bill tells her that he told B.B. that Beatrix was asleep and one day would return to them. Bill admits to B.B. that he was a bad dad and tells B.B. to tell Beatrix about Emilio. B.B. admits she killed Emilio and Bill tries to compare what B.B. did to Emilio to what he did to Beatrix. Beatrix watches Shogun Assassin with B.B. before she goes to bed. Beatrix goes downstairs and Bill understands they are about to sword fight. Bill shoots her with a truth serum dart he calls "the Undisputed Truth". He tells her about how Superman is unique in that he has to put on a costume to be normal, weak, unsure of himself and a coward, how Superman feels about humans. He tells her she will always be Beatrix and will always be a killer. He starts asking her questions and asks why she left him. She tells him about when he sent her to kill Lisa Wong and how the morning before she found out she was pregnant. Karen had been sent by Lisa Wong to kill Beatrix. After an initial fight, Beatrix told Karen she was pregnant and offered to cancel her mission to kill Lisa if they stop their fight. Before leaving, Kim told Beatrix congratulations. She tells Bill once she knew she was going to be a mother, she couldn't do the things she did before. Bill tells her he mourned her because he thought she was dead. He says he overreacted when he found her in El Paso and apologizes. They sword fight and Beatrix hits Bill with the Five-Point-Palm Exploding-Heart Technique. Bill gets up, takes five steps and dies. Beatrix sheds a tear, takes B.B. and drives away. The next morning, Beatrix cries in happiness on her bathroom floor as B.B. watches cartoons. She goes into the main room and kisses B.B.
