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“	We’re not gonna forget this if that’s what you’re thinking. This is big time, baby.	„
	~ Ace

John "Ace" Merrill is the main antagonist of Stephen King's short story The Body, its 1986 film adaptation Stand By Me, and the secondary antagonist in the novel Needful Things. He mainly bullies Gordie LaChance and his friends.

He was portrayed by Kiefer Sutherland, who also played The Caller in Phone Booth, David in The Lost Boys, Bob Wolverton in Freeway, Jonathan Kendrick in A Time To Kill, Freddie Lee Cobb in A Time to Kill, Robert Doob in Eye for an Eye, and Quintas Corvus in Pompeii.

Biography

The Body

In the story, Ace and his gang are the town bullies of Castle Rock, Maine, and mostly pick on Gordie LaChance and his friends. At one point, Gordie and the others go to look for the body of Ray Brower, a missing local boy. When they find the body, they run into Ace and his goons, who start harassing them and demanding that they take the body and the credit for finding it. When Gordie's friend Chris Chambers, the de facto leader of the boys, refuses, Ace threatens him with a knife, showing he is willing to kill them for the body. Gordie pulls out a handgun and threatens to shoot unless Ace backs off. Merrill and the others leave, and Ace vows revenge.

Needful Things

Ace returns in the novel as the secondary antagonist, by now a hardened criminal who has spent his life in and out of prison. He has a personal vendetta towards the local Sheriff, Alan Pangborn, for arresting him. He returns to his hometown, and meets Leland Gaunt, who gives him a job delivering guns to his shop, in return for a map that is supposed to lead to a treasure of silver dollars.

During the climax, Gaunt has Ace team up with Danford "Buster" Keaton, who is killed by Deputy Norris Ridgewick. Gaunt later tries to corrupt Pangborn, by showing him a video convincing him that Ace was the one who caused the accident that killed his son and wife, but it backfires when the video shows them wearing their seatbelts, and that's what really killed them. When Pangborn and Gaunt finally confront each other, Ace pulls a gun on Pangborn's love interest Polly, threatening to kill her, only to get killed himself when Ridgewick shoots him in the head.

Trivia

In the film adaptation of Needful Things, he is replaced by character, Danforth Keeton.
In the Family Guy episode "The Three Kings", which parodies Stephen King stories, he was portrayed by the late Adam West.

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Short Stories
Cain Rose Up: Curt Garrish
The Mangler: Bill Gartley | The Mangler
The Boogeyman: The Boogeyman
Trucks: Westway Refrigerated Truck | Bulldozer
The Ledge: Cressner
Jerusalem's Lot: Philip Boone | James Boon | The Worm
Quitter's Inc.: Mr. Donatti | Quitters Inc.
The Crate: Crate Beast
Crouch End: The Children | The Goat with a Thousand Young
The Monkey: The Monkey
The Raft: Lake Blob
Word Processor of the Gods: Richard Hagstrom | Roger Hagstrom
Gramma: Gramma Bruckner
The Night Flier: Dwight Renfield
Low Men in Yellow Coats: Harry Doolin
Blind Willie: Raymond Fiegler
Why We're In Vietnam: Ronnie Malenfant
Lunch at the Gotham Café: Guy

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The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: Ellen Rimbauer

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+|alias = Ace
+|origin = ''The Body''<br>
+''Stand By Me''
+|occupation = Bully<br>
+High school student
+|skills = Equipped with a switchblade knife
+|hobby = Tormenting those younger and weaker than himself.<br>
+Committing petty crimes.
+|goals = Find the body and get the credit <small>(failed)</small>.
+|crimes = Bullying<br>
+Abuse<br>
+Attempted murder
+|type of villain = Abusive Thug}}
+{{Quote|We’re not gonna forget this if that’s what you’re thinking. This is big time, baby.|Ace}}
+'''John "Ace" Merrill''' is the main antagonist of Stephen King's short story ''The Body'', its 1986 film adaptation ''Stand By Me'', and the secondary antagonist in the novel ''Needful Things''. He mainly bullies Gordie LaChance and his friends.
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-|Box title = Evil-doer
+He was portrayed by Kiefer Sutherland, who also played [[The Caller]] in ''Phone Booth'', [[David (The Lost Boys)|David]] in ''The Lost Boys'', [[Bob Wolverton]] in ''Freeway'', [[Jonathan Kendrick]] in ''A Time To Kill'', [[Freddie Lee Cobb]] in ''A Time to Kill'', [[Robert Doob]] in ''Eye for an Eye'', and [[Senator Quintas Corvus|Quintas Corvus]] in ''Pompeii.''
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-|Row 1 title = Full name
-|Row 1 info = John "ACE" Merrill
-|Row 2 title = Aliases
-|Row 2 info = Ace
-|Row 3 title = Personality
-|Row 3 info = Mean, Bullying
-|Row 4 title = Occupation
-|Row 4 info = Town Bully
-|Row 5 title = Weapons
-|Row 5 info = switchblade knife
-|Row 6 title = Goals
-|Row 6 info = To find the body and get the credit
-|Row 7 title = Fate
-|Row 7 info = does not get the body since he got threatened getting shot at
-|Row 8 title = Quotes
-|Row 8 info = "We're gonna get you for this!", "You're dead!"
-|Row 9 title = Type of villain
-|Row 9 info = Juvenile delinquent, jerk, criminal}}
-'''John "Ace" Merrill''' is the main antagonist of the short story "The Body," its 1986 film adaption ''[[wikipedia:Stand By Me (film)|Stand By Me]]'', and the secondary antagonist in ''Needful Things''. He mainly bullies Gordie LaChance and his friends. His right hand man is [["Eyeball" Chambers]]. He is played by [[wikipedia:Kiefer Sutherland|Kiefer Sutherland]].
 ==Biography==
-===The Body===
+===''The Body''===
-In the story, they are mainly just bullies for Gordie LaChance and his friends. At one point Gordie and the others go to look for the body of Roy Bower.  When they find the body, they run into John and his goons who start hasseling them and threatens them with his knife, showing he is willing to kill them for the body. Gordie pulls out a hand gun and makes John back off. John and the others leave, but get off scott free and Gordie realizes no one can claim the body.
+In the story, Ace and his gang are the town bullies of Castle Rock, Maine, and mostly pick on Gordie LaChance and his friends. At one point, Gordie and the others go to look for the body of Ray Brower, a missing local boy. When they find the body, they run into Ace and his goons, who start harassing them and demanding that they take the body and the credit for finding it. When Gordie's friend Chris Chambers, the ''de facto'' leader of the boys, refuses, Ace threatens him with a knife, showing he is willing to kill them for the body. Gordie pulls out a handgun and threatens to shoot unless Ace backs off. Merrill and the others leave, and Ace vows revenge.
-===Needful Things===
+===''Needful Things''===
-Merrill returns in the novel as the secondary antagonist, and has done time in prison for his criminal lifestyle. He has a personal vendetta towards the local Sheriff Alan Pangborn, for getting him arrested. After doing his time, Merrill worked in drug gangs but found himself no richer. He returns to his home town, and meets [[Leland Gaunt]], who gives him a job. The job of course, is delivering guns to his shop, and in return for a map that's supposed to lead to a treasure of silver dollars. During the climax, Gaunt has Merrill team up with Danford "Buster" Keaton, who is killed by Deputy Norris Ridgewick. Gaunt later tries to corrupt Pangborn, by showing him a video convincing him that Merrill was the one who caused the accident that killed his son and wife, but it backfires when the video shows them wearing their seatbelts, and that's what really killed them. When Pangborn and Gaunt finally confront each other, Merrill pulls a gun on Pangborn's love interest Polly, threatening to kill her, only to get killed himself when Ridgewick shoots him in the head.
+Ace returns in the novel as the secondary antagonist, by now a hardened criminal who has spent his life in and out of prison. He has a personal vendetta towards the local Sheriff, Alan Pangborn, for arresting him. He returns to his hometown, and meets [[Leland Gaunt]], who gives him a job delivering guns to his shop, in return for a map that is supposed to lead to a treasure of silver dollars.
+During the climax, Gaunt has Ace team up with Danford "Buster" Keaton, who is killed by Deputy Norris Ridgewick. Gaunt later tries to corrupt Pangborn, by showing him a video convincing him that Ace was the one who caused the accident that killed his son and wife, but it backfires when the video shows them wearing their seatbelts, and that's what really killed them. When Pangborn and Gaunt finally confront each other, Ace pulls a gun on Pangborn's love interest Polly, threatening to kill her, only to get killed himself when Ridgewick shoots him in the head.
 ==Trivia==
-*In the film adaption of Needful Things, he is replaced by character, Danforth Keeton.
+*In the film adaptation of ''Needful Things'', he is replaced by character, Danforth Keeton.
-*In the Family Guy episode, The Three Kings, which parodies Stephen King stories, he is potrayed by Adam West.
+*In the ''Family Guy'' episode "The Three Kings", which parodies Stephen King stories, he was portrayed by the late Adam West.
+==Navigation==
-[[Category:Teenage Villains]]
-[[Category:Live Action Villains]]
+{{Stephen King Villains}}
-[[Category:Bullies]]
+[[Category:Teenagers]]
-[[Category:Trash-Talking Villains]]
-[[Category:Knifemen]]
-[[Category:Stephen King Villains]]
-[[Category:Greedy Villains]]
 [[Category:Thugs]]
+[[Category:Stephen King Villains]]
+[[Category:Live Action Villains]]
+[[Category:Greedy]]
 [[Category:Juvenile Delinquents]]
-[[Category:Seeker Of Vengeance]]
+[[Category:Vengeful]]
 [[Category:Brutes]]
-[[Category:Child-Abusers]]
 [[Category:Criminals]]
 [[Category:Thief]]
 [[Category:Sadists]]
-[[Category:Deceased Villains]]
 [[Category:Torturer]]
-[[Category:Failure-Intolerant Villains]]
+[[Category:Failure-Intolerant]]
-[[Category:Died in Disgrace]]
+[[Category:Posthumous]]
+[[Category:Dimwits]]
+[[Category:Leader]]
+[[Category:Vandals]]
+[[Category:Thrill-Seekers]]
+[[Category:Homicidal]]
+[[Category:Deceased]]
+[[Category:Abusers]]
+[[Category:Book Villains]]
+[[Category:Movie Villains]]
+[[Category:Faux Affably Evil]]
+[[Category:Opportunists]]
+[[Category:Psychopath]]
+[[Category:Delusional]]
+[[Category:Gangsters]]
+[[Category:Power Hungry]]
+[[Category:Protagonists]]

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