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* TheChessmaster: Conducts an epic operation using John Rider to humiliate Scorpia and rescue an VIP hostage
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* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler: Her apartment contains a covert sheet of bulletproof glass which stops Alex when he tries to shoot her. It doesn't matter anyway since the bullet would've missed; Alex couldn't actually bring himself to kill her.]]
* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler: Her apartment contains a covert sheet of bulletproof glass which stops Alex when he tries to shoot her. It doesn't matter anyway since the bullet would've missed; Alex couldn't actually bring himself to kill her.]]
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* BigFun: He's slightly fat, but he's a very enjoyable guy.
* ChekhovsGun: WordOfGod stated that Smithers has had a gadget that has appeared, unknown to the reader, in every book to up to the 8th book, ''Crocodile Tears''. This was finally revealed in ''Scorpia Rising'', book 9. And that gadget is [[spoiler:[[FatSuit Smithers' own fat]]. In fact, he's very thin and fit but has been wearing a special suit that has made him look fat all along]].
* ChekhovsGun: WordOfGod stated that Smithers has had a gadget that has appeared, unknown to the reader, in every book to up to the 8th book, ''Crocodile Tears''. This was finally revealed in ''Scorpia Rising'', book 9. And that gadget is [[spoiler:[[FatSuit Smithers' own fat]]. In fact, he's very thin and fit but has been wearing a special suit that has made him look fat all along]].
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* BigFun: He's slightly rather fat, but he's a very enjoyable guy.
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** WordOfGod stated that Smithers has had a gadget that has appeared, unknown to the reader, in every book to up to the 8th book, ''Crocodile Tears''. This was finally revealed in ''Scorpia Rising'', book 9. And that gadget is [[spoiler:[[FatSuit Smithers' own fat]]. In fact, he's very thin and fit but has been wearing a special suit that has made him look fat allalong]].along]].
** In the same book, Smithers finally makes use of the X-ray device that he introduced in Book 3.
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** WordOfGod stated that Smithers has had a gadget that has appeared, unknown to the reader, in every book to up to the 8th book, ''Crocodile Tears''. This was finally revealed in ''Scorpia Rising'', book 9. And that gadget is [[spoiler:[[FatSuit Smithers' own fat]]. In fact, he's very thin and fit but has been wearing a special suit that has made him look fat all
** In the same book, Smithers finally makes use of the X-ray device that he introduced in Book 3.
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* {{Pun}}: A lot of his gadget names, including the 'fan club' and the 'Chamber of Secrets'. This therefore makes him a PungeonMaster.
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* {{Pun}}: A lot of his gadget names, including the 'fan club' '[[CombatHandFan fan club]]' and the 'Chamber '[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Chamber of Secrets'.Secrets]]'. This therefore makes him a PungeonMaster.
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* HarmlessLadyDisguise: Attempts to flee the scene with makeup and a wig to make herself look older.
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* UriahGambit: In ''Scorpia Rising'', [[spoiler:Zeljan Kurst has Levi Kroll killed and false evidence placed on his cadaver in order to lure [=MI6=] -- and Alex -- into a trap.]]
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Pretends to be kind but is actually a sadistic asshole, as shown by his completely polite demeanor while detailing [[ToThePain his plans to dissect Alex alive]].
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Pretends to be kind but is actually a sadistic asshole, as shown by his completely polite demeanor while detailing [[ToThePain his plans to dissect Alex alive]].vivisect Alex]].
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%%* ConspicuousConsumption: The book repeatedly draws attention to his immense wealth
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* ManBehindTheMan: SCORPIA's admitted to [[spoiler: being behind Herod Sayle's plan in Book 1 by selling him the virus strain he implanted in the Stormbreakers.]] It's very possible that [[spoiler: they're behind some of the other villain's actions if not all of them.]]
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* ManBehindTheMan: SCORPIA's admitted to [[spoiler: being behind Herod Sayle's plan in Book 1 by selling him the virus strain he implanted in the Stormbreakers.]] It's very possible that [[spoiler: they're behind some of the other villain's actions actions, if not all of them.]]
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* NebulousEvilOrganisation: Scorpia. They're the villains of three books.
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* RedRightHand: SCORPIA has a few.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Zeljan Kurst, leader of Scorpia.
** SCORPIA themselves.
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* AdaptationalNationality: In the movie and graphic novel, he is changed from Lebanese to American and renamed Darrius Sayle.
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** A variation, Sayle is Lebanese in the original release, but in the American releases he's changed to Egyptian.
** In the movie and graphic novel, he is changed from Lebanese to American and renamed Darrius Sayle.
** A variation, Sayle is Lebanese in the original release, but in the American releases he's changed to Egyptian.
** In the movie and graphic novel, he is changed from Lebanese to American and renamed Darrius Sayle.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His surname is spelled "Gr'''ei'''f" in the TV series (which, by the way, is an actual surname).
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* ColdBloodedTorture: An obvious instrument they use. Played straight in ''Scorpia Rising'' with [[TheSociopath Razim]], who wants to create a measurable unit of pain and slowly kills people with various horrific instruments, like knives, syringes and many more, to measure the pain that they feel. He tortures a French spy; the author manages to spare the readers the details, though. ...Unless you ''[[BileFascination want]]'' to read about that stuff...
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* ColdBloodedTorture: An obvious instrument they use. Played straight in ''Scorpia Rising'' with [[TheSociopath Razim]], who wants to create a measurable unit of pain and slowly kills people with various horrific instruments, like knives, syringes and many more, to measure the pain that they feel. He tortures a French spy; the author manages to spare the readers the details, though. ...Unless you ''[[BileFascination want]]'' to read about that stuff...details.
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** And the time in ''Crocodile Tears'' where [[spoiler: Alex]] was dangling over a pool of crocodiles and told [[spoiler:[[BigBad Desmond McCain]]]] '''EVERYTHING''' rather quickly. [[spoiler: Alex is only saved when Ravi interrupts.]]
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** And the time in ''Crocodile Tears'' where [[spoiler: Alex]] was dangling over a pool of crocodiles and told [[spoiler:[[BigBad Desmond McCain]]]] '''EVERYTHING''' rather quickly. [[spoiler: Alex is only saved when Ravi Rahim interrupts.]]
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!!Herod Sayle / Darrius Sayle
!!!'''Played by:''' Mickey Rourke (2006 film)
!!!'''Played by:''' Mickey Rourke (2006 film)
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* BioAugmentation: The ''[[AllthereInTheManual Mission Files]]'' suggest that her immense strength and grotesque appearance are partially a result of Grief experimenting on her.
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* ForTheEvulz: Built [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame a life-sized mock-up]] of the ''Feathered Serpent'' video game and subjected {{Disposable Vagrant}}s to it in order to develop "pain synthesis" technology that rendered on-screen injury and death as realistically as possible. This doesn't fit with his other WellIntentionedExtremist murders, and was seemingly all for his own twisted entertainment.
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* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: He wants to stop drugs, animal abuse, and arms sales, but crossed the line by murdering thousands people in horrible ways and going as far as to cause a ''nuclear holocaust'' at the end of the book.
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* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: He wants to stop drugs, animal abuse, and arms sales, but crossed the line by murdering thousands of people in horrible ways and going as far as to try and cause a ''nuclear holocaust'' at the end of the book.
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* DrinkBasedCharacterization: His usual drink of choice is a Coke or an orange juice.
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* KungFuKid: One of his ways of getting by, since he almost never has a gun.
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* KungFuKid: One of his ways of getting by, by with his black belt in karate, since he almost never has a gun.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: [[spoiler: His name is really Yasha. Sharkovsky misheard it as , since Yasha had just been beaten up by Sharkovsky's two bodyguards and his face was still swollen. After escaping, Scorpia ran with it. This was likely intended as a {{Retcon}}, as Horowitz named the character after someone he knew and was unaware that was not a Russian name.[[note]]There was a well-known Russian journalist named Yasen Zasursky, but it's not a standard Russian name by any means. Zasursky was born in 1929, when new "revolutionary names" were in fashion, and his mother decided to name him Yasen because of his father's bright eyes (the name "Yasen" is sort of a masculine noun formed from the adjective "yasniy", meaning "bright" in Russian).[[/note]]]]
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* AccidentalMisnaming: [[spoiler: His name is really Yasha. Sharkovsky misheard it as , Yassen, since Yasha had just been beaten up by Sharkovsky's two bodyguards and his face was still swollen. After escaping, Scorpia ran with it. This was likely intended as a {{Retcon}}, as Horowitz named the character after someone he knew and was unaware that was not a Russian name.[[note]]There was a well-known Russian journalist named Yasen Zasursky, but it's not a standard Russian name by any means. Zasursky was born in 1929, when new "revolutionary names" were in fashion, and his mother decided to name him Yasen because of his father's bright eyes (the name "Yasen" is sort of a masculine noun formed from the adjective "yasniy", meaning "bright" in Russian).[[/note]]]]
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* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: A rare male example, Sharkovsky orders his men to make sure the captured young has washed himself throughly before being in his presence as was living on the streets at the time.
* BlofeldPloy: In ''Eagle Strike'', Damian Cray orders to kill Alex and Sabina. refuses, saying he "does not kill children". [[spoiler: Flustered, Damian snatches his gun, and instead of shooting Alex and Sabina, turns the gun on .]]
* BookEnds: Both ''Stormbreaker'' and ''Russian Roulette'' end with [[spoiler: Herod Sayle's assassination by Gregorovich, but from the perspectives of Alex and , respectively.]]
* BulletHolesAndRevelations: The end of ''Stormbreaker'': Sayle has a gun pointed at Alex and two shots are fired.[[spoiler: But they went from 's gun into Sayle's chest.]]
* BlofeldPloy: In ''Eagle Strike'', Damian Cray orders to kill Alex and Sabina. refuses, saying he "does not kill children". [[spoiler: Flustered, Damian snatches his gun, and instead of shooting Alex and Sabina, turns the gun on .]]
* BookEnds: Both ''Stormbreaker'' and ''Russian Roulette'' end with [[spoiler: Herod Sayle's assassination by Gregorovich, but from the perspectives of Alex and , respectively.]]
* BulletHolesAndRevelations: The end of ''Stormbreaker'': Sayle has a gun pointed at Alex and two shots are fired.[[spoiler: But they went from 's gun into Sayle's chest.]]
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* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: A rare male example, Sharkovsky orders his men to make sure the captured young Yasha has washed himself throughly before being in his presence as was living on the streets at the time.
* BlofeldPloy: In ''Eagle Strike'', Damian Cray orders to kill Alex and Sabina. refuses, saying he "does not kill children". [[spoiler: Flustered, Damian snatches his gun, and instead of shooting Alex and Sabina, turns the gunon .on Yassen.]]
* BookEnds: Both ''Stormbreaker'' and ''Russian Roulette'' end with [[spoiler: Herod Sayle's assassination by Gregorovich, but from the perspectives of Alex and, Yassen, respectively.]]
* BulletHolesAndRevelations: The end of ''Stormbreaker'': Sayle has a gun pointed at Alex and two shots are fired.[[spoiler: But they went from's Yassen's gun into Sayle's chest.]]
* BlofeldPloy: In ''Eagle Strike'', Damian Cray orders to kill Alex and Sabina. refuses, saying he "does not kill children". [[spoiler: Flustered, Damian snatches his gun, and instead of shooting Alex and Sabina, turns the gun
* BookEnds: Both ''Stormbreaker'' and ''Russian Roulette'' end with [[spoiler: Herod Sayle's assassination by Gregorovich, but from the perspectives of Alex and
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: is a professional assassin, but even he [[WouldntHurtAChild refuses to kill children]] and anyone not strictly on his list of targets. That being said, he doesn't have a big problem with maiming them. Considering his role in Stormbreaker (a plot to kill tens of thousands of British schoolchildren), he was likely lying about not killing children and was simply using it as an excuse to not kill Alex.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Yassen is a professional assassin, but even he [[WouldntHurtAChild refuses to kill children]] and anyone not strictly on his list of targets. That being said, he doesn't have a big problem with maiming them. Considering his role in Stormbreaker (a plot to kill tens of thousands of British schoolchildren), he was likely lying about not killing children and was simply using it as an excuse to not kill Alex.
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:[[ProfessionalKiller ]], arguably, in the end of the fourth book when he tried to stop Damian Cray from killing Alex and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath got shot in the process]]. He dies in Alex's arms after Damian Cray dies]].
* IdealIllnessImmunity: has never been ill once in his life. He attributes this to his parents giving him an antidote to a powerful strain of anthrax when he was a kid.
* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: For Alex, since [[YouKilledMyFather killed his uncle]].
* IdealIllnessImmunity: has never been ill once in his life. He attributes this to his parents giving him an antidote to a powerful strain of anthrax when he was a kid.
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:[[ProfessionalKiller ]], arguably, [[spoiler:Arguably, in the end of the fourth book when he tried to stop Damian Cray from killing Alex and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath got shot in the process]]. He dies in Alex's arms after Damian Cray dies]].
* IdealIllnessImmunity:has Has never been ill once in his life. He attributes this to his parents giving him an antidote to a powerful strain of anthrax when he was a kid.
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-->The numbers were irrelevant to . People died all the time. He knew that every time he drew a breath, at that exact moment, somewhere in the world a hundred or a thousand people would be taking their last. Death was everywhere; it could not be measured.
* MoralityPet: Alex seems to be this for , who in ''Eagle Strike'' first arranges him to "die" in a bullfight so that Alex can escape and then tries PleaseSpareHimMyLiege on [[spoiler: Damian Cray]].
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: gives one of these in ''Russian Roulette'' when he talks about how people who couldn't afford vodka would use shoe polish as a drug.
* MoralityPet: Alex seems to be this for , who in ''Eagle Strike'' first arranges him to "die" in a bullfight so that Alex can escape and then tries PleaseSpareHimMyLiege on [[spoiler: Damian Cray]].
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* MoralityPet: Alex seems to be this for, Yassen, who in ''Eagle Strike'' first arranges him to "die" in a bullfight so that Alex can escape and then tries PleaseSpareHimMyLiege on [[spoiler: Damian Cray]].
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* Unknown Rival: Ash devotes a decent amount of time discussing building up his battle with Yassen, where Yassen [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] him when he was only nineteen. He's rather fixated on Yassen, and seems to see Yassen as his greatest enemy, particularly for his injury and his failed mission in Malta. Yassen, in his narration, doesn't seem to spare much thought to Ash.
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A spy working for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_and_Analysis_Wing RAW]], India's secret service. Alex meets him in ''Crocodile Tears'' when he is investigating Desmond [=McCain=].
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