In Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, the character called Mr. Pink has the surname Pink.
Mr. Pink is one of the color-coded criminals recruited for a diamond heist. Steve Buscemi plays him, and the character is notably cautious, argumentative, and unwilling to trust the other gang members. His alias follows the film’s central naming system, in which the robbers are assigned colors rather than introduced by their real names.
The color aliases help the film conceal information while the characters investigate who betrayed the group. Mr. Pink becomes especially important because he challenges the group’s assumptions and survives the warehouse confrontation. Some viewers confuse the character with Mr. Orange, played by Tim Roth, or Mr. White, played by Harvey Keitel.
Reservoir Dogs was Tarantino’s 1992 directorial debut and established several recurring features of his cinema, including nonlinear storytelling, extended dialogue, and carefully selected popular music. The film’s characters use their assigned colors throughout the heist aftermath.