Tom Nissen & John Lotter

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Partners in Crime
Full Names	Tom Nissen John Lotter
Alias	No information
Origin	Boys Don't Cry
Occupations	Petty criminals
Powers/Skills	Brute strength
Goals	Rape and murder Brandon Teena (succeeded). Get away with it (failed).
Crimes	Murder Rape
Type of Villains	Psychopathic Murderers

Tom Nissen & John Lotter are the main antagonists of the film Boys Don't Cry. They are based on the real life rapists and murderers of transman Brandon Teena.

Tom was portrayed by Brendan Sexton III, who also portrayed Raylan in Don't Breathe 2 and Ian Marks in Chicago P.D., while John was portrayed by Peter Sarsgaard, who also portrayed Bartholomew Bogue in the remake of The Magnificent Seven, Gil Colson in The Batman, Hector Hammond in Green Lantern, Jay Logan in The Lie, Gene Carson in Flightplan, Ray Seward in The Killing, and John Fitzgerald in Knight and Day.

History

In 1993 Tom and John met Brandon Teena and were charmed by his personality, unaware that Brandon was a transgender man. After discovering this they kidnapped Brandon and took him to a remote location where they viciously beat and raped him. The film depicts them as laughingly ignoring Brandon's implores for mercy and striking Brandon for no apparent reason except for fun. The film also implies that they (especially Tom who had really enjoyed Brandon's friendship) were hurt by Brandon's deception.

Brandon escaped with his life and even though he reported the crime no charges were pressed (presumably out out transprejudice on the officers part). The two then set out to find Brandon with the intention of killing him and succeeded, even killing Candace who had been habouring him. Tom then stabbed Brandon's body to make sure he was dead. Lana Tisdel, Brandon's love interest, had attempted to stop them on the scene and was almost killed by Tom but John decides against this final act of evil. 

Trivia

• Although not shown in the film, Tom and John were arrested with John receiving the death penalty.
• DeVine and Lambertare are the real names of the people Tom and John killed in addition to Brandon.
• Brendan Sexton III walked away in tears after filming the rape scene.