Richie Norris

Richard Norris
Character Information
Age	20
Gender	Male
Species	Human
Occupation	Donut World employee
Family	Richie's Dad (father) Sue-Ann Norris (mother) Billy-Glen Norris (brother) Florence Norris (grandmother)
Enemies	Martians

Richie Norris is the main protagonist of the film Mars Attacks!. He is played by Lukas Haas. Richard, or "Richie" as he is nicknamed, comes from a poor family in Kansas. He is not shown going to school, instead working gainfully at Donut World. Despite the disadvantages Richie faces, he seems to have a good sense of humor and earnestness about life. He is the closest to the family matriarch, Florence Norris, who is his grandmother. He visits her in the retirement home often, whereas the other members of the Norris family have dismissed her as senile and dumped her in the old folks home. When the Martians first land and the Martian Ambassador makes a circular gesture, Richie comments to his boss at the donut shop that the Martians must like donuts, then chuckles. Trivia: He looks like Johnny Depp, even younger. Richie does not get along with his family and saved his grandmother in the retirement home when the Martians were about to kill her with a giant weapon. When he found that the Martians' doom is the song of Slim Whitman Indian Love Call,he uses this song to plant in all radio towers of the town,with the sound out loud and echoing through the globe,the Martians were killed. Then he and Florence were decorated with honor medals of the USA and he developed a reciprocal passion with Taffy Dale.