History Characters / AdventuresInOdysseyMainSupportingCast

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Arthur Dent insists upon pronouncing his name “BER-nard” instead of “Ber-NARD” in "Nova Rising".

* {{Adorkable}}: His attempts to impress his future wife Maude in “Prequels of Love”.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: In “A Book By Its Cover”, she tolerates Melissa’s self-centered, entitled antics up until Melissa threatens to have her fired for things Melissa manipulated her into doing, after which Katrina [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tells her off ''magnificently''.]] Melissa was ''reduced to tears'' afterward.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: In “A Book By Its Cover”, she tolerates Melissa’s self-centered, entitled antics up until Melissa threatens to have her fired for things Melissa manipulated her into doing, after which Katrina [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tells her off ''magnificently.'']] Melissa was ''reduced to tears'' afterward.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: In “A Book By Its Cover”, she tolerates Melissa’s self-centered, entitled antics up until Melissa threatens to have her fired for things Melissa manipulated her into doing, after which Katrina tells her off ''magnificently.''

* GrayEyes: Befitting the character type, she’s resilient, patient, and introspective.
** They become a minor plot point in “Truth, Trivia, and ‘Trina”; as part of a game show, Bart asks Eugene to state the color of Katrina’s eyes without looking at them, and he can’t do it, while she names the exact shade of his own.

* ItsPronouncedTroPAY: Arthur Dent insists upon pronouncing his name “BER-nard” instead of “Ber-NARD” in "Nova Rising".

-->'''Connie:''' Sounds like he’s having a party up there.
-->'''Bernard:''' Or you’ve got some very large mice.

* MasterCharacterHeroines: Athena the Father's Daughter

* MasterCharacterHeroes: Ares the Protector.

* MasterCharacterHeroes: Poseidon the Artist

->'''Voiced by:''' Janet Waldo, Wendy Schaal and Lauren Summers ("The Pact, Part 2")

* [[spoiler: LawOfInverseFertility]]: Justified and definitely not exploited for drama—it’s revealed that [[spoiler: she and Eugene cannot have children in “To Mend or Repair”, and it’s one of the most heartbreaking scenes on the show.]]

* SpoiledSweet: Her parents are highly wealthy and gave her the best of everything, but she’s humble and kind and strives to make her own way in the world independent of her parents’ money.

* AmericanAccents: Somewhere between Appalachian and North Midland—in other words, just rustic enough for a vaguely Midwestern small town but not so backwoods that he sounds like an Oklahoma farmer on Adderall.

* {{Badass}}: Arguably the biggest one on the show.
** BadassBaritone: Not as pronounced as Regis’s, but it still shows.
** Heartbroken Badass: After he and Tasha have to break off their engagement, and then after he finds out that Monica Stone used him.

* BuffySpeak: Has a difficult time describing Novacom's scheme and the reason for Eugene's amnesia to Maude in "A Most Surprising Answer".

* GrumpyOldMan / GrumpyBear: Frequently complains about how kids don’t get taught properly by their parents, but he also has good relationships with almost all the kids around town.

* MentorArchetype / TricksterMentor: Whereas Whit is usually grandfatherly, straightforward, and affectionate, Bernard is world-weary and sarcastic, preferring to let the kids figure things out for themselves and not above screwing around with them a little bit.

* TalksLikeASimile / UnusualEuphemism: Has been known to state that something is "about as interesting as the side of a cereal box" and to tell people to "stuff me with spinach and call me a soufflé" when astonished.

[[folder:Katrina Shanks Meltsner]]

->'''First appearance:''' "Truth, Trivia, and 'Trina"
->'''Voiced by:''' Pamela Hayden ("Truth, Trivia, and 'Trina" - "Plan B, Part I: Missing in Action"), Audrey Wasilewski ("A Most Surprising Answer" - present)

* AllLovingHero: Showed great compassion for Buck and kept trying to convince him to do the right thing even as he was complicit both in kidnapping her and in a counterfeiting scheme.
* AffectionateNickname: ‘Trina.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: In “A Book By Its Cover”, she tolerates Melissa’s self-centered, entitled antics up until Melissa threatens to have her fired for things Melissa manipulated her into doing, after which Katrina tells her off ''magnificently.''
* BreakUpToMakeUp: Invokes this in “The Turning Point”, where she leaves Odyssey in order to get Eugene away from her influence long enough for him to make a decision about his faith.
* ChildProdigy / TeenGenius: She graduated high school at fourteen, according to “The Graduate”.
* DaddysGirl: She was very close to her father Armitage, and was heartbroken by the fact that her marriage to Eugene had to be celebrated at his deathbed.
* DamselInDistress: She's taken hostage by Buck and Mr. Skint in "The Green Ring Conspiracy".
* DistaffCounterpart: For the first half of her run, her role was basically "girl set up to be Eugene's girlfriend" (not to say she wasn't good at it) to the point where all but two of her appearances were episodes dedicated to their relationship (the exceptions being “A Book By Its Cover” and “The Graduate”). This changed by the time they returned to the show, though it's hard to say if her personality became "less like Eugene" or just plain "less distinctive" — many fans felt that it was the former.
** In recent episodes, as the show focuses on them as a married couple, she's gotten better.
* DumbBlonde: Inverted; she's blonde and highly intelligent.
* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: Tells Eugene when they first meet that her friends all call her ‘Trina, although this doesn’t stick.
* GrayEyes: Befitting the character type, she’s resilient, patient, and introspective.
** They become a minor plot point in “Truth, Trivia, and ‘Trina”; as part of a game show, Bart asks Eugene to state the color of Katrina’s eyes without looking at them, and he can’t do it, while she names the exact shade of his own.
* GuileHero: In “The Top Floor”, she gets Dalton Kearn, an intelligent, cruel archaeologist who held her father-in-law captive for twenty years, to state his name so that Eugene can record it and use it to open a voice-activated door in Dalton’s apartment.
* HappilyMarried: To Eugene, as of "Plan B, Part I".
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Recently drawn with blonde hair and incredibly kind and patient.
* ICanChangeMyBeloved: Considers trying to date Eugene to evangelize to him in "The Turning Point", but Connie immediately shoots it down, knowing from experience that missionary dating doesn't work.
* LampshadeHanging: In “A Book By Its Cover”:
-->“Maybe it’s due to my recent conversion to Christianity, but it sometimes seems as if situations emerge that purposefully teach a lesson.”
* [[spoiler: LawOfInverseFertility]]: Justified and definitely not exploited for drama—it’s revealed that [[spoiler: she and Eugene cannot have children in “To Mend or Repair”, and it’s one of the most heartbreaking scenes on the show.]]
* LonelyRichKid: Implied by all the times she references having hired staff do things with her instead of her parents; she mentions to Eugene in “For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll” that she’s never had a parent pamper her while she’s sick or injured and that she appreciates the feeling of a loved one waiting on her hand and foot.
* MasterCharacterHeroines: Athena the Father's Daughter
* {{Meganekko}}: In official artwork, anyway.
* PlotAllergy: In “Naturally, I Assumed…”, Eugene can’t give her the carnations Connie suggested he give to her because she’s allergic to them.
* PutOnABus: With Eugene in "Plan B, Part I". Both made their triumphant return in "A Most Intriguing Question".
** Earlier in “The Turning Point”, she left Odyssey in order to figure things out and put space between Eugene and herself, as he was not yet a Christian and she therefore could not allow their relationship to continue. She returns in “Love is in the Air, Part 1”.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers an ''epic'' one to Melissa, the student she has trouble with tutoring in “A Book By Its Cover”.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: To rival Eugene, though, probably due to her superior social skills, mostly when talking ''to'' Eugene.
* SpoiledSweet: Her parents are highly wealthy and gave her the best of everything, but she’s humble and kind and strives to make her own way in the world independent of her parents’ money.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Eugene. To no one’s surprise, TheyDo; first they get married at her father’s bedside moments before his death, then they have a ceremony for all their loved ones in Odyssey upon their return.
* WomenAreWiser: She tends to be more practical and level-headed than Eugene.
* YouDidntAsk: She didn’t tell Eugene that Darren is a young student she’s tutoring in “Naturally, I Assumed…” because “he didn’t ask”.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers an ''epic'' one to Melissa, the student she has trouble with tutoring in “A Book By Its Cover”:
-->'''Katrina:''' I want to say first that you’d better never talk to me like that again. I don’t care who you are or how you dress or how old you look—that tantrum of yours was worse than a spoiled two-year-old!
-->'''Melissa:''' You can’t—
-->'''Katrina:''' Be quiet until I’m finished! Second—don’t you ever threaten me or any adult you come in contact with again, you understand? You think you can wreck my career? Well, imagine the quality of your life without a proper education! Now you’re gonna turn around, go back to that classroom, and give me a heartfelt apology. And we’re going to study until you can take that test confidently and never have to resort to childish outbursts to cover for bad grades again!
-->'''Melissa:''' ...Why should I?
-->'''Katrina:''' Because I’m telling you to! And my guess is that considering your obnoxious attitude, I’m probably the only tutor left in Odyssey who will help you get through school!