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| NOTE: This page is only for Tyler Down's characterization in the Netflix series, considering the original novel counterpart was not voted Inconsistently Heinous. Therefore, only the Netflix version's info and crimes should be listed here. |
| “ | What if we confirm Hannah's stories about Bryce? What if we give the school our scapegoat? They have someone to blame, the Baker's Dozen have someone to charge with a crime, then whatever we did doesn't matter as much. | „ |
| ~ Tyler Down using Bryce Walker as a scapegoat to escape punishment. |
| “ | I thought I'd never be able to get away from who I was. Who I've been. From what hurt. So, I climbed the bridge, and I looked down, and I saw this, like, flash of purple, like a jacket. And somehow, I just knew. So I went down below the bridge. And I saw it was him. Bryce. Dead. Cold, like, gray. Like, not a person. And I thought, "That's it. He doesn't get to be anyone anymore. It's over for him". And I knew right then that I didn't want to be dead. I want to live, and keep getting better and be stronger, and that's why I want to give the gun away. Because I didn't need it anymore. | „ |
| ~ Tyler's confession. |
Tyler Down is a major character in the 2017 Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, based on Jay Asher's 2007 novel of the same name.
He is a part of Hannah Baker’s Baker's Dozen and is the subject of Hannah Baker’s fourth tape from her list of reasons why she committed suicide. During this course, he became one of the ruthless individuals in Liberty High School by pranking numerous people and vandalizing the school's baseball field. He would also attempt to commit violent acts against his peers and the school for his trauma that he painfully endured by Monty de la Cruz.
After the events of the Baker's Dozen, he went on to support Clay Jensen and his friends with his improved mental health and avoided nuisance, despite having retained some of his violent tendencies in some occasions throughout the series.
He was portrayed by Devin Druid.
His Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Him Heinous?[]
- He took a picture of Hannah kissing Courtney Crimsen, sent it around the school after Hannah rejected him, leading to Courtney betraying Hannah with the latter being bullied.
- After Monty brutally assaulted and raped him with a mop pole, he attempted to commit a massacre in Liberty High School and kill hundreds of students, giving him the highest attempted body count. He only didn't go through only thanks to Clay Jensen, who told him out of it, despite threatening the Liberty High students like him, Justin Foley, and Jessica Davis with his firearms beforehand.
- Although there were more evil villains, such as Monty and Bryce, the latter never tried to murder anyone and while the former was a homicidal rapist, his attempted body count was far lower than Tyler's, making him pass the heinous standards and stand out, especially given his limited resources of a gun and a camera.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- He's incredibly tragic due to extreme trauma such as mistreatment and bullying from his peers, especially Monty. When he's sent to his diversion program and gets a kinder attitude, Monty then blamed him for the baseball season being cancelled, later brutally beating him with a mirror and sink before having Taylor and Kenneth hold him down the toilet and then sodomizing him with a mop handle, which was the last straw for Tyler and affected him so badly that he almost killed everyone at Liberty High School in the first place.
- He also had serious mental health problems that were treated with sympathy.
- He was overall a scapegoat due to going through a lot of cruelty throughout the series, especially when being raped by Monty.
- He also had serious mental health problems that were treated with sympathy.
- He redeemed himself after deciding to not go through with the school shooting and became an ally to the protagonists, such as helping in covering up for Alex Standall at the end.
- He cared about a few people:
- He genuinely loved Mackenzie and told her to leave the school as he was heading to shoot it up. He then fell in love with Estella de la Cruz in Season 4, despite her relationship with her late brother.
- Despite being creepy to Hannah Baker, he did genuinely care about her and commenting about how he could be strong like her and was hurt when she was rude to him.
- He chose not to kill Bryce Walker even after the latter gave him permission to and was upset after Bryce's death since he tried to protect him from Monty, as he tried to stop the girls at school from protesting his funeral, saying dancing on people's grave is not right.
- He still felt remorse for Monty's death even after everything, admitting that he felt bad the prisoners killed Monty over raping Tyler and had no hatred towards Monty.
External Links[]
- Tyler Down on the Villains Wiki
- Tyler Down on the Heroes Wiki
- Tyler Down on the 13 Reasons Why Wiki
- Tyler Down on the Heroic Benchmark Wiki
