History Characters / Alphas

** She eventually reveals that she has had sex before, but had to be drunk to the point of numbness to deal with it. [[spoiler: Though she finally does manage to have sex with John, since for some reason he won't overload her, luckily enough]].

* {{Badass}}: Thanks to his super reflexes and Marine training, he's able to hold his own against [[LightningBruiser Bill]].

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: Er...maybe. This is the logical assumption given that he was in range of Parish's device when it went off in the season 2 finale, but it hasn't been confirmed yet.

* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: Got saved by Hicks just in time.

* [[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds]]: [[spoiler: She causes Hicks to shoot John and makes Rachel kiss her, but once her true backstory is laid bare, it's hard not to feel for her and understand why she is the way she is.]]

* [[spoiler:NumberTwo]]: In Season 2 he [[spoiler:takes over this role while Nina is off the team and recovering; Rosen still goes to him to spearhead Black Ops type stuff, like the search to root out the mole.]]

* [[spoiler: FakeDefector]]

* [[spoiler:DeadStarWalking]]

* [[spoiler:MauveShirt]]

* [[spoiler:SacrificialLamb]]

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler:In the DOD raid during "Original Sin"]].
** [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead: A FreezeFrameBonus during a commercial shows graffiti that says "@Anna_Lives." This is a {{Twitter}} [[CharacterBlog account]] seemingly owned by Anna, who responds to questions in-character. Turns out that it's just Gary, though, as a misguided way of honoring her memory.]]

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

* [[spoiler:MakeMeWannaShout]]: With some buildup, his Alpha ability eventually lets Kerns do this.

* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: A slow one, ending in RedemptionEqualsDeath.]]
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
* [[spoiler: TheMole]]

* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath]]

* [[spoiler: EvenEvilHasLovedOnes]]

* [[spoiler: HoistByHisOwnPetard: Invoked by Rosen making Scipio burn himself to get some information.]]

* InformedJudaism: We only learn that she was Jewish [[spoiler: at her headstone unveiling (think funeral, but a significant period after the actual death)]]. Liane Balaban, who plays her, is half-Jewish herself.

* BlessedWithSuck: Along similar lines to [[{{ComicBook/X-Men}} Rogue]], she can scan people's minds with her touch, but causes incredible pain to them doing so. And she can't turn it off.
* EvilCounterpart: As she notes, she's techinically (power-wise, if not personality-wise) one to Dani.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever[=/=]LivingForeverIsAwesome: Zig-Zagged. Parish remarks that due to his immortality he has full-control over his mind and body, putting him far beyond human potential. On the other hand, he and [[spoiler: Danielle]] both later note that no parent should have to bury his own grandchild (Parish has had 31, all of which have died).

* {{Expy}}: He's basically ComicBook/Magneto mixed with ComicBook/VandalSavage.

* {{Expy}}: He's basically SelfDemonstrating/Magneto mixed with ComicBook/VandalSavage.

->'''Played by''': SummerGlau\\

* BiTheWay: [[spoiler:Uses her powers to make Rachel kiss her when she's completely lost her morals.]].

* CrossOver: Calder is a recurring character on ''{{Warehouse 13}}'', another Syfy show, which means that ''Series/{{Alphas}}'' and ''Warehouse 13'' (and, by extension, ''{{Series/Eureka}}'') exist in the same universe.

* {{Expy}}: A RaceLift version of Tike Alicar/the Anarchist from ''[[{{X-Force}} X-Force/X-Statix]]''.

* GenreSavvy: While briefly working with [[spoiler:[[BigBad Stanton Parrish]], he tells Parrish that since he was good to Rosen, he'll return the favor.]] He has Hicks and Bill [[spoiler: take Parrish "to the elevators," which actually means imprisoning him. Although Parrish escaped, kudos to Rosen for not just going GoKartingWithBowser]].

* GenreSavvy: When Rosen instructs Bill and Hicks to take Parrish to the building elevators, his immediate response is "We aren't going to the elevators, are we?"

* GadgeteerGenius: Her ability actually manifests as a holographic representation of the device in question that she can assemble and disassemble with her mind. She can create a vast array of devices (one of the first we see is a device that allows the user to have a full, pleasant and uninterrupted 8 hour sleep), and earns a living by rather covertly selling these out to people.

* GadgeteerGenius: Her ability actually manifests as a holographic representation of the device in question that she can assemble and disassemble with her mind.

** CursedWithAwesome: When she gets her abilities dialed put by the power-amplifying photic stimulator, all those downsides are magnified even further... except she can suddenly get intimate without it overwhelming her. Not a bad exchange, all things considered.

* DisabilityImmunity: His autism makes him immune to numerous mind-based afflictions or abilities. Nina's CompellingVoice fails because his mind is too inflexible, a LivingLieDetector whose power works by microexpressions is thrown off by Gary's constant fidgeting, an Alpha who uses infrasound to induce life-threatening hallucinations merely creates a helpful one for Gary, and Stanton Parrish's photic stimulator (which enhances Alpha abilities and induces seizures) has no apparent effect on him.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: After becoming an official government agent, he occasionally insists that people refer to him as "Agent Bell". As seen in the episode "Bill and Gary's Excellent Adventure", he's very happy and pleased when people refer to him as Agent Bell without him prompting them to.

* PickyEater: Being autistic, he's very picky and specific about what he eat and drinks. Some of it because it's part of his routine to eat/drink a specific thing at a specific time, while other times it's just a very specific craving he may have at that moment. For example, in one episode, he says he wants to drink something purple, so Bill goes into a nearby gas station and buys every single purple drink he can find so Gary can specifically choose the one he wants.

* Adorkable: Can be this in his nicer and happy moments, such as when he gets the foot massage machine.

** In season 2, he takes it even further by moving out of his house and into the office. He's still surrounded by people, but is technically the only one who stays the night. [[spoiler:Part of the reason he did this, though, was to stop worrying his mother because of his screaming every morning as his mechanism to cope with Anna's death, but it also counts as development as he is thinking of his mother's well-being instead of his own.]]

->'''Played by''': Rebecca Mader\\

->'''Played by''': Will McCormack\\

* HeelRealization: Suffers one after [[spoiler: he slays Dani. That culminates on him trying to leave the Alpha Utopia for Rosen]].

* BadassInANiceSuit: Often found in a grey stylish grey suit.

An Alpha and former patient of Dr. Rosen, with ablities similar to Hicks. Suffers from severe paranoia due the precognitive nature of his powers. Went around attacking the doctors who worked with him when he realised they were going to attempt to remove his Alpha ability through surgery. [[spoiler: Is shot by Clay and falls into a river below]].

* MyGreatestFailure: He seems to genuinely regret not being able to find an alternative to his KillAllHumans plans:

*** She later withdraws this claim, telling Hicks that he's lucky to have his memories.