Sick Boy

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Sick Boy is a charismatic, amoral heroin addict and one of the central anti-hero characters in Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting universe.

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Label Occurrences
Sick Boy canonical 7

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf antihero
fictional character
heroin addict
adaptedIn T2 Trainspotting (2017 film) NERFINISHED
Trainspotting (1996 film) NERFINISHED
alignment anti-heroic
appearsIn Dead Men’s Trousers NERFINISHED
Porno NERFINISHED
Skagboys NERFINISHED
Trainspotting NERFINISHED
basedIn Leith, Edinburgh NERFINISHED
characterTrait amoral
charismatic
cynical
manipulative
closeFriendOf Begbie NERFINISHED
Mark Renton NERFINISHED
Spud NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Scotland
createdBy Irvine Welsh NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Trainspotting universe NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Trainspotting (novel, 1993) NERFINISHED
fromWork Dead Men’s Trousers (novel) NERFINISHED
Porno (novel) NERFINISHED
Skagboys (novel) NERFINISHED
Trainspotting (novel) NERFINISHED
fullName Simon Williamson NERFINISHED
gender male
hasAddiction heroin
sex
languageOfWorkOrName English
literaryGenre drug fiction
urban fiction
medium film
novel
nationality Scottish
nickname Sick Boy NERFINISHED
notableFor exploitation of others
obsession with Sean Connery
sharp wit
occupation bar owner
pimp
small-time criminal
portrayedBy Jonny Lee Miller NERFINISHED
setting Edinburgh NERFINISHED
theme addiction
moral ambiguity
usesDrug heroin

Referenced by (7)

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Sick Boy album Sick Boy
Everybody Hates Me album Sick Boy
Collage followedBy Sick Boy
World War Joy previousWork Sick Boy
World War Joy follows Sick Boy