Arthur
Meticulous researcher and Cobb's right-hand man, responsible for gathering intelligence and planning missions.
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"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling."
Dom Cobb
Skilled thief who specializes in entering people's dreams to steal their secrets, haunted by guilt over his wife's death.
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"An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious. And even the smallest seed of an idea can grow to define or destroy you."
Dom Cobb
Skilled thief who specializes in entering people's dreams to steal their secrets, haunted by guilt o...
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Mal Cobb
Dom's deceased wife who appears as a dangerous projection in his dreams, representing his guilt and unresolved grief.
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"You promised! You said we'd be together!"
Maurice Fischer
Robert's dying father and powerful business magte whose empire is the target of the mission.
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"I was disappointed that you tried."
Mr. Saito
Powerful businessman who hires Cobb's team to perform inception on his rival Robert Fischer.
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"Inception. Is it possible?"
Philippa and James Cobb
Dom Cobb's young children whom he desperately wants to return to after being exiled.
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"Daddy! Daddy!"
Robert Fischer Jr.
Heir to a business empire, target of the inception mission to dissolve his father's company.
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"I know what this is. You're trying to get me to break up my father's empire."
Subconscious Projections
Manifestations of the dreamer's subconscious that attack foreign presences in dreams.
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"They're projections of my subconscious."