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| “ | I prefer the term eccentric, but yeah, I guess you could say I'm a little nutty. | „ |
| ~ Brenda Bates to Natalie. |
Brenda Bates is the main antagonist of the 1998 slasher film Urban Legend and a cameo character in its 2000 sequel Urban Legends: Final Cut. After losing her boyfriend in a car crash caused by reckless teenage girls, Brenda became a serial killer obsessed with urban legends, recreating them as she dispatched her victims.
She was portrayed by Rebecca Gayheart. In-costume scenes as The Urban Legend Killer were portrayed by Matt Birman.
Biography[]
Brenda and her boyfriend David Evans were planning to get married after their high-school graduation. Unable to buy a her a ring, David gave her a necklace. However, that very night, David was killed in a car accident that was caused by two girls, Michelle Mancini and Natalie Simon, pulling a prank on him that was inspired by an urban legend. Both Brenda's heart and sanity were shattered, and she waited for her chance at revenge. She enrolled in Pendleton University, the same college as Natalie, and became her best friend. She then murdered Michelle, who drove the car, by hiding in the backseat of her car and decapitating her with an axe. After murdering Michelle, Brenda went on to extend her torment of Natalie by nearly killing all of her friends while trying to pin the blame on their professor William Wexler.
Eventually, Brenda, campus reporter Paul Gardener, and Natalie discover Wexler's body in the back of Paul's jeep. Now thinking that Paul is the killer, Brenda and Natalie run away into the forest where Brenda takes the opportunity to get lost and reinforce that Paul is the killer. Natalie, having made it out onto the road, hitches a ride with the Janitor, but a disguised Brenda chases after them in Paul's jeep. In a sense of irony, Brenda starts flashing her headlights, which causes the Janitor to crash. After crawling from the accident, Natalie limps to the nearby abandoned school, hearing Brenda's screams coming from inside. She eventually makes her way to Brenda, finding the corpses of her friends behind doors along the way. Natalie sees Brenda laying still on a bed and thinks she's dead, but when she turns her back, Brenda punches her in the face, causing her to black out.
When Natalie comes to, Brenda reveals herself as the Killer and explains her motives for the murders. She now plans to make a captive and bound Natalie the last victim by recreating the kidney heist. However, she is interrupted by Officer Reese who holds her at gunpoint. When Reese goes to check her for weapons, Brenda pulls out a switchblade and slashes her in the shoulder. She then grabs her gun and holds Natalie at gunpoint, only for Paul to interrupt her. He feigns being on her side, trying to get the gun, but she sees through it. Before Brenda shoots, Reese takes out another gun and shoots her in the arm. She drops the gun, and Natalie picks it up and shoots her again, sending her falling out a window. Thinking her dead, Natalie and Paul drive to get help for Reese, only for Brenda to appear in the backseat of the car with an axe. While trying to kill them, Paul crashes the car into the side of a bridge, sending Brenda through the windshield into the river below to her supposed death.
Sometime later, a group of students are discussing the story of Brenda's murders. One girl, revealed to be an alive Brenda, tells them that they didn't tell it right and begins to tell them the real story.
Brenda makes a guest appearance at the end of Urban Legends: Final Cut. Professor Solomon, a teacher at a prestigious film school, is a serial killer who stole one of his students films and murdered everyone involved based on urban legends to get away with it. Solomon is shot and put into a mental hospital. His nurse, revealed to be Brenda, tells him they have a lot in common before wheeling him away in his wheelchair.
Personality[]
While pretending to be Natalie, Damon, Parker, Paul, and Sasha's friend, Brenda comes off as shy, resistant, and genuinely shocked by the gruesome murders transpiring. In reality, however, she is scheming, taunting, infuriated, and vengeful. She is also very jealous and easily upset over men, as when Natalie shares a kiss with Paul, whom Brenda expressed to Natalie that she liked.
Appearance[]
Brenda appears as an athletic college girl. She has light-brown curly hair and green eyes. During the murders, she wears a ski mask under a dark parka, giving the illusion that her face is hidden in the darkness of the hood.
Victims[]
Confirmed Murders[]
- Michelle Mancini - Decapitated with an axe.
- Damon Brooks - Hung from a tree.
- Tosh Guaneri - Choked to death.
- Dean Adams - Arteries slashed, run over by car, and impaled on traffic spikes.
- Professor William Wexler - Killed offscreen.
- Parker Riley - Force-fed Pop Rocks and drain purge through a funnel.
- Radio Man - Hacked to death with an axe.
- Sasha Thomas - Hacked to death with an axe.
- The Janitor - Killed in a car crash.
Possible Murders[]
- Natalie Simon - Killed offscreen.
- Paul Gardener - Killed offscreen.
Weapons[]
- Double-bit axe
- Rope
- Pocketknife
- Switchblade
- Scalpel
- Gun
- Pop Rocks
- Drain purge
Quotes[]
| “ | Gotcha! | „ |
| ~ Brenda Bates. |
| “ | I must say Natalie, you have proved your friendship to me. Coming all the way out here to rescue me, without even a little pepper spray... to defend yourself. Very endearing. | „ |
| ~ Brenda Bates. |
| “ | DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! | „ |
| ~ Brenda Bates. |
| “ | I already tried therapy! Obviously, it did me no good, Natalie. | „ |
| ~ Brenda Bates. |
| “ | Oh, guys, listen up. Cause this is how the story really goes. | „ |
| ~ Brenda Bates. |
| “ | Don't you just love that movie? I think we have a lot in common. | „ |
| ~ Brenda Bates. |
Trivia[]
- Brenda's last name might be derived from Norman Bates.