History Characters / AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse

* HeroesWantRedheads: One of the protagonists and his wife and mistress are redheads as well as Moira, who he is attracted to.

[[folder:Hayden McClaine]]

A psychiatrist, married to Vivien Harmon and the father of Violet Harmon. Ben has an affair with one of his psychiatry students, Hayden, after his wife Vivien has a stillbirth. As a result, he and Vivien decided to move the family from Boston to Los Angeles in an attempt to start anew.

* HellBentForLeather: Almost always seen in a black leather jacket, which matches his black shirt, black pants, and black hair. It's sinister looking.

* LastWords: Her last words to Violet were her telling Violet that people may never understand her.

The next door neighbor to the Harmons, and a former resident of the house. Constance had four children: [[spoiler:Tate]], Adelaide, Beauregard, and Rose. Constance originally moved from Virginia to California in order to become a movie star, but did not want to do nudity, so her career never got off the ground. She was soon pregnant with her first child, Adelaide. At some point in the late 1970s/early 1980s, Constance and her family moved into the house.

** Largely in regard to her daughter, Addie. Despite her being constantly passive aggressive, belittling her, regarding her with disgust and going so far as to lock her in a room full of mirrors, she still seems to love her and is distraught when [[spoiler:Addie is killed.]] It's a...complex relationship. Also her bringing Vivien flowers in the [[spoiler: asylum]].

** Interestingly enough, the reason given for [[spoiler: killing Chad and Patrick ''wasn't'' that as a gay couple, they couldn't come up with a baby for Nora, but rather that '''as they were on the verge of breaking up''', there wouldn't ''be'' a baby for Nora to take because they were no longer going to adopt.]] Then again, the egregious scene involving an [[spoiler: AssShove with the poker, ''is'' disturbingly reminiscent of a hate crime. It might have been a shoddy Plan A attempt to paint the murder as an external hate crime, before Moira pointed out the flaw in this reasoning and turned it into a murder-suicide instead.]]

* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler:Tate is a (literally) AxeCrazy, lying (maybe), young man who has obsession with a younger girl and a mentally challenged sibling, and is first introduced with the ''Film/KillBill'' whistle tune playing; he is clearly based on the lead character from the 1969 movie ''Twisted Nerve''. He also bears some similarities to JD from ''Film/{{Heathers}}'' especially in his relationship with Violet.]]

* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Averted. She is not that nice or innocent; she is every bit as messed up and creepy as the other characters on the show. Despite this she is one of the nic''er'' people on the show, which helps demonstrate how much of a DysfunctionJunction the rest of the cast is.

* OddFriendship: With Violet. She is initially creeped out by Addie, but later they manage to get along and Violet even gave her a makeover for Halloween so that she looked "like a pretty girl".

* TheGrotesque: Despite looking horrifying, Beau does't have a mean bone in his body.

* DeadpanSnarker: Before the Harmon family went to hell.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: His absolutely awesome and long-deserved [[spoiler: beat-down of Tate.]]

* Hunk: A very handsome man that a lot of characters come onto and is also called a "DILF" in universe.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Her extreme bigotry and racism leads to some utterly bizzare attitudes and behaviour. Such as when shes hosting a open viewing for the house and she pulls a gun on Larry for little to no reason. Justifying it, by saying;
-->"A woman in my line can't be too careful. There are a lot of minority men in this city who would like nothing more than to ravage me on this counter-top."

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* ADateWithRosiePalms: After he walks in on Young!Moira having her own date. [[spoiler:After he dies, at least once every day while looking out the window and crying, much like he did in the first episode of ''Murder House.'']]

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Fantasizes about Luke.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Messes with Ben this way at one point.

* DeathBySex: He was in the process of [[spoiler:raping Moira when Constance shoots him dead. Funnily enough, Hayden tries to do this to him again via his ghost, but of course, it's a NoSell]].

* DeadToBeginWith: [[spoiler:see DeadAllAlong]]
* DeathBySex: [[spoiler:She’s being raped by Hugo when Constance walks in and thinks it’s consensual and shoots her in the eye]].

* NinjaMaid: A [[spoiler:ghost]] maid who can [[spoiler:alternate between her younger and older version!]]

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:As a ghost.]]

* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: Hayden shanks him after they finish having sex.]]

* MayDecemberRomance: With Constance.

* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Down Syndrome aside, Constance treats her like she's still five, and often pushes little kiddie things on Addie that she isn't even interested in, like watching ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' and dressing up as Snoopy for Halloween.

* WomanChild: Constance forces her to do things that only a child would like like dressing up as Snoopy, and watching Go Diego Go! It’s not her fault though.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Her fear of being abandoned by Ben and her desperate attempts to keep him close plus her emotional instability could signify Borderline Personality Disorder.

* WeaponOfChoice: Their bats.

* AnAxeToGrind: [[spoiler:He uses an axe to kill Bianca.]]

* TogethetInDeath: [[spoiler: In the erased timeline from Apocalypse, Madison and Behold release Moira from the Murder House and she chooses to be buried with her mother. Moira and Molly then reunite and they walk off to the afterlife. This may have been undone by Mallory using Tempus Infinitum to kill Michael, meaning Madison and Behold will not even know that Moira exists, even if Madison is brought back again. However, Billie Dean has said that spirits are not affected by time like the physical world is.]]

* CryCute: Has her moments.

* CryCute: Perhaps the ultimate male example of this.

* BaldOfAwesome: He is bald and is a security patroller.

[[folder:Ben]]

[[folder:Vivien]]

[[folder:Violet]]

[[folder:Hallie]]

!!Constance's Family
[[folder:Constance]]
!!Constance [[spoiler:Langdon]]

[[folder:Addie]]
!!Adelaide "Addie" [[spoiler:Langdon]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JamieBrewer (adult) & Creator/KatelynReed (child)
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->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'' | ''[[Recap/AmericanHorrorStoriesS1E7GameOver Game Over]]''

The daughter of Constance Langdon and sister to [[spoiler:Tate]], Beauregard, and Rose. Addie would frequently appear inside of or near the house, often giving ominous warnings of death.

[[folder:Beau]]
!!Beauregard [[spoiler:Langdon]]

[[folder:Hugo]]
!!Hugo [[spoiler:Langdon]]

[[folder:Nora]]

[[folder:Charles]]

[[folder:Chad]]
!!Chad Warwick
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I feel like I'm doomed for all of eternity to be trapped in an unhappy, adulterous relationship, working on this goddamn house. Which will never be just the way I want it."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/ZacharyQuinto

One of the previous owners of the house. He moved in with his boyfriend Patrick to the house with the desire to adopt a child and build a family, [[spoiler: but they soon start to fall apart. He and Patrick were killed by Tate on Halloween.]]

* BackFromTheDead: As a ghost.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Acts polite, usually, until something sets him off.
* CampGay: Especially compared to Patrick.
* CharacterDeath: Is [[spoiler:shot by Tate, after being drowned and having his neck snapped.]]
* ControlFreak: Watch the beginning of Episode 4.
%%* DeadAllAlong
* DeadpanSnarker: He can be one.
%%* DeadToBeginWith
* HairTriggerTemper: He completely loses his shit over seemingly little things, mostly since he was in a long term relationship [[spoiler:that was about to end]], with neither party willing to address the actual problems. Little things they fought about on the surface were masks for resentment and other major problems that had built up over the course of their relationship. [[spoiler:As his relationship with Patrick will ''never'' actually end as they both died in the house, he understandably gets even worse.]]
%%* {{Jerkass}}
%%* LargeHam:
* ThePerfectionist: Halloween parties are '''damn''' serious business.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Didn't so much plan to ''raise'' Vivien's twins as smother them once they were toddler-aged so they'd be 'cute forever'.]]

[[folder:Patrick]]
!!Patrick
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/TeddySears

One of the previous owners of the house and Chad's boyfriend, Patrick spent more time at the gym that inside the house due to his fights with Chad. [[spoiler: When he decides to dress up for Halloween just like Chad wanted to, he finds Tate killing Chad and tries to intervene, but is killed by Tate as well.]]

* AllGaysArePromiscuous: He's a serial adulterer, [[spoiler:though he draws the line at doing it with Tate. He whoops his ass instead. Tate was his killer.]]

* CharacterDeath: Is [[spoiler: shot by Tate, after being beaten up and having a fireplace poker shoved up his ass.]]

* GymBunny: Possibly screws his trainer too.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: His absolutely awesome and long-deserved [[spoiler: beat-down of Tate.]]
* ManlyGay: Not camp at all, and he's quite ripped.
* OnlyOneName: He has a wedding ring so it’s clear he’s married to Chad, but it’s not clear if either took the other’s name.
* StraightGay: If he wasn't in a relationship with Chad, you would never know.

[[folder:The Twins]]
!!Troy & Bryan
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"We got bats."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Kai (Bryan) and Bodhi (Troy) Schulz

Two destructive red-haired preadolescents who are victims of the house. They were killed by the Infantata in 1978. Their ghosts can be seen throughout the first season, usually causing trouble, breaking things and throwing bang snaps.

[[folder:Lorraine]]

[[folder:Angela]]

[[folder:Margaret]]

[[folder:Dr. Curran]]

[[folder:Larry]]

[[folder:Tate]]
!!Tate Langdon
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Hi, I'm Tate. [[spoiler:I'm dead.]] Want to hook up?"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/EvanPeters (teen) & Paul Butler (child)
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'' | [[spoiler:''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryApocalypse Apocalypse]]'']]

->''"I think I have mommy issues. You know a good therapist?"''

An unsettling new patient of Ben's, [[spoiler:later revealed to be the ghost of Constance's murderous son]].

* AbusiveParents: His mother was this to him, and [[spoiler:he is this to Michael, screaming at him and denying that he's his son, when Michael tells him that he just wants to be like him.]]
* AmbiguouslyBi: Agrees with Violet that gay porn is hot, though he says it somewhat facetiously. [[spoiler:He also offered to have sex with Patrick, although this was to get his wedding ring.]] Whether or not he is actually bisexual is unknown.
** Interestingly enough, the reason given for [[spoiler: killing Chad and Patrick ''wasn't'' that as a gay couple, they couldn't come up with a baby for Nora, but rather that '''as they were on the verge of breaking up''', there wouldn't ''be'' a baby for Nora to take because they were no longer going to adopt.]] Then again, the egregious scene involving an [[spoiler: AssShove with the poker, ''is'' disturbingly reminiscent of a hate crime. It might have been a shoddy Plan A attempt to paint the murder as an external hate crime, before Moira pointed out the flaw in this reasoning and turned it into a murder-suicide instead.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:It's entirely possible that he may have been possessed by Satan to ensure the birth of the Antichrist, so it's not clear if he is genuinely a sociopath or if he was forced into his evil deeds]].
* AnAxeToGrind: [[spoiler:He uses an axe to kill Bianca.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:It almost seems like it, and he probably thinks he is, but he never stops doing monstrous things, but still can’t quite bring himself to kill Gabriel Ramos by the end of the season.]]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Murders a lot of people for no good reason. Although it may have been Satan possessing him instead of him doing it under his own free will.]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler:While Constance and Hayden cause their fair share of problems, Tate is responsible for a large majority of the conflict by raping Vivien, and easily has the highest body count out of everyone in the season.]]
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:How he killed Stephanie, Amir and Kevin in the Westfield High Massacre.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Is shot by the cops, which he purposely caused by grabbing a gun.]]
* CrocodileTears: [[spoiler:In the beginning, maybe towards Ben; arguably throughout the series.]]
* CryCute: Perhaps the ultimate male example of this.
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Was gunned down by SWAT in 1994.]]
* DeadToBeginWith: [[spoiler:...nearly two decades before the start of the show.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Has his moments of this.
* DesperatelyCravesAffection: Moira outright tells him that he has a need to please the women of the house (due to his troubled relationship with his mother), and [[spoiler:he does ''not'' handle rejection of any kind well at all.]]
* DressedAllInRubber: [[spoiler:After the identity of the rubber man is revealed]].
* EasilyForgiven: YMMV on how easily, but [[spoiler:by Violet after Madison tells her that it was the house that caused Tate to commit evil acts, and he apologizes once again. They proceed to get back together. However, with the events of 'Return To Murder House' undone due to Mallory going back in time to kill Michael it is most likely their reconciliation was undone as well.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Despite being a murderous, callous and troubled young man (may have been possessed by Satan though), he appears to genuinely love his siblings as seen in a picture where he's smiling happily with Addie, and he even considers her smart, and also likes to play with is brother Beau (in fact, he lit Larry on fire ''because'' the latter smothered Beau to death). Not to mention his entire relationship with Violet. He's still willing to lie to her, but his love for her is pretty sincere.]]
* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler:Tate is a (literally) AxeCrazy, lying (maybe), young man who has obsession with a younger girl and a mentally challenged sibling, and is first introduced with the ''Film/KillBill'' whistle tune playing; he is clearly based on the lead character from the 1969 movie ''Twisted Nerve''. He also bears some similarities to JD from ''Film/{{Heathers}}'' especially in his relationship with Violet.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:For a lot of things. YMMV on how much they actually matter. Although he may have been possessed by Satan when he did all the evil things he did.]]
* HauntedHouseHistorian: [[spoiler:It helps that he's one of the ghosts.]]
* InelegantBlubbering: In the last episode, after [[spoiler:Violet leaves him after finding out the truth about his past actions]], Tate is shown sobbing hysterically, a long string of snot dripping from his nose.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Even if it means [[spoiler:killing any guy Violet takes even a remote liking to, so that the guy can join her as a ghost in the house.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:Pre-death, Tate disfigured his mother's boyfriend out of jealousy and murdered ''fifteen'' of his schoolmates just because he could. Post-death, he kills more innocents and rapes Vivien, fathering TheAntichrist in the process. Although Satan probably possessed him and forced him to do all of these things.]]
* LoveAtFirstSight: Towards Violet.
* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:Ultimately averted. His love for Violet is something he has never felt before. He says he does, but it's possible he doesn't or whether his love was genuine. Not that doesn't stop him being a monster, albeit a regretful one, and one who may not have had a choice and was possibly possessed by the Devil. In the end, Tate still loves Violet, but she doesn't want to be with him.]]
* MoralMyopia: [[spoiler:Like any sociopath, he has no concept of good and evil. He looks down on some acts while defends his own inherent evil, which may have been caused by Satan.]]
* NightmareFetishist: Cut himself [[spoiler:while alive]] and [[spoiler:went through with a school shooting (although Satan may have caused him to do that)]].
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler:His rape of Vivien, but if he was possessed by Satan, he is just as much a rape victim as she was.]]
* ReformedButRejected: At the end of the season, [[spoiler:Tate apologizes to Violet and Ben for everything, but neither (understandably) wants anything to do with him. Interestingly, while part of Violet still loves him, she ''can't'' forgive him, and Ben flat-out [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation thinks]] Tate's a psychopath who's incapable of feeling remorse and only pretends to to get back in people's good graces. They may have been wrong though, as it's heavily implied Satan caused Tate to be evil.]]
* SinisterWhistling: Tate does this, to the theme from "Twisted Nerve", while he's [[spoiler:perpetuating a school shooting]] in the 1990s.
* SlasherSmile: When terrorizing Leah and generally, [[spoiler:Tate has one as a whole.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: Towards Violet.
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:At the end of the series, he takes responsibility for the heinous crimes he has committed, directly contradicting the denial-riddled nature of a sociopath. This suggests his character may have actually developed from the first episode to the last. If he was possessed by Satan, none of the stuff he did was his fault, however.]]
* TeensAreMonsters: [[spoiler:If the high school shooting didn't give you a hint... Although it may have been Satan's fault.]]
* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler:Tate is considered to have crossed the moral event horizon by Violet and Ben when they learn he raped Vivien. While they had spent all season seeing his darker side and trying to help him anyway, once they learned that they threw up their hands and told him to get out. He may have been forced by the Devil to do all of the evil things, however.]]
* TroubledButCute: A-yup.
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:He is the rubber suit man, he is dead, he shot up his school and burned Larry, he is Constance’s son.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:He raped Vivien because he thought he was helping Nora, the only motherly figure he'd ever received attention and affection from (especially in light of his mommy issues). However, this only applies after his death and meeting Violet. He also tries to kill a potential new resident to give Violet some company. He also may have been possessed by Satan instead of doing it all on his own.]]
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: When he falls for Violet, he is deeply confused by how strong his feelings are for her, as he apparently never felt this strongly (at least positively) about anyone.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He's mentally damaged, neglected by his parents, and clearly depressed... and also a seemingly sweet boyfriend. And he cries so prettily! On the other hand, he's a [[spoiler:mass-murdering, stalking, rapist ghost (but may actually be innocent, if he was possessed by the Devil)]].
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:For Violet.]]

[[folder:Moira]]
!!Moira O’Hara
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm not naive to the ways of men. Their need to objectify, conquer. They see what they want to see. Women, however, see into the soul of a person."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/FrancesConroy & Creator/AlexandraBreckenridge
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'' | [[spoiler:''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryApocalypse Apocalypse]]'']]

->''"That's what men do--they make you think you're crazy so that they can have their fun."''

The maid that comes with the house, she appears as an old woman to everyone but living men, who see her as a sexy young girl. [[spoiler: She was Constance's maid when she owned the house with her husband Hugo. When Hugo attempts to rape her, Constance walks in and, believing they were having an affair, shoots Moira [[EyeScream right through her eye]] before killing her husband.]]

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Messes with Ben this way at one point.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Trapped as a ghost in a house she hates, constantly insulted and belittled by the woman who killed her]], and unable to [[spoiler:pass on even when her mother dies]].
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:Since Constance has become a permanent resident of the Murder House, she strikes a deal with Madison and Behold to get Moira's bones and subsequently her spirit off "her" property. [[{{Irony}} She thereby fulfills her old nemesis' most heartfelt wish]].]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:As a ghost]].
** BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: Returns in ''Apocalypse'', and is finally allowed to pass on from the Murder House. However, in the finale Mallory goes back in time to kill Michael before he begins his journey to become the Anti-Christ and thus the events of ''Return To Murder House'' is undone and thus this trope is presumably averted.]]
* BoomHeadshot: How [[spoiler:Constance murders her]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Is shot in the eye by Constance because she was being raped by Hugo and Constance blames her for some reason.]]
* CoolOldLady: Towards Vivien and Violet (particularly the former).
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: For episodes 1 and 2, we didn’t know this]].
* DeadToBeginWith: [[spoiler:see DeadAllAlong]]
* DeathBySex: [[spoiler:She’s being raped by Hugo when Constance walks in and thinks it’s consensual and shoots her in the eye]].
* DoesNotLikeMen: Older Moira is pretty convinced that all men are out to hurt women. She isn't ever impolite to men in general, but when alone with a sympathetic female, she tends to rant a bit. As well as [[spoiler:trying to use her young look to make Ben screw up.]]
** Midseason, it's revealed that this may have came about [[spoiler:after she had a brief affair with Hugo Langdon, and when he tried to proposition her again, she refused, saying the first time around was a mistake. Not taking no for an answer, he nearly rapes her but is interrupted by Constance walking in on them...armed with a revolver. Constance kills Moira, then Hugo on the spot.]] In retrospect, a mild case of misandry might seem pretty sympathetic.
** This also seems to specifically apply to heterosexual men as Moira spoke kindly of Chad and Patrick to Vivienne, saying they were a nice couple and is occasionally seen politely chatting with Chad. She also appears in her older, matrnly form to the two, possibly suggesting [[spoiler:she trusts gay men but not straight men.]]
* DualAgeModes: Moira, who appears as an elderly lady to women and as an attractive young woman to men. Nobody compares notes to realize the discrepancy, even when Violet comes across old-lady Moira straddling her dad. [[spoiler:In the third episode, Moira says that men see what they want, whereas women see into a person's soul. Both forms are technically her real appearance; men see her as she looked before she died whereas women see her true age, as well as a reminder of the gunshot wound that killed her, in her one blind eye. Eventually, when Ben rejects Moira's advances once and for all and begins looking deeper, he begins seeing her as an old woman, too, signifying that he is starting to see the truth. This typically shown to work on living, straight men and women. She's seen talking to Chad briefly in her old form, but it's never explained if he sees her that way, or if him being gay, a ghost, a longtime acquaintance, or particularly perceptive has anything to do with it.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Her unjust murder and unhappy unlife were hell to endure, but her unwavering support to Vivien and [[DefrostingIceQueen towards Ben]] eventually causes them to accept her as part of the family, so at least she now has company in the house and doesn't have to face an eternity alone. In ''Apocalypse'', Madison and Behold move her remains to a cemetery, allowing her to finally pass on...at least until the finale where said passing on is undone by Mallory going back in time to prevent the events of the season ever happening and thus she is still trapped in Murder House. ''PRESUMABLY!'' See WhatHappenedToTheMouse]]
* EvilRedhead: Appears to be, [[spoiler:but this is later subverted]].
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Constance shot her in her eye, and well... it's not pretty.]]
* FrenchMaidOutfit: For her younger self.
* GroinAttack: [[spoiler:Uses this on a potential buyer.]]
* HauntedHouseHistorian: [[spoiler:Being one of the ghosts who lives there, she ought to be.]]
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Does this for her mother.]]
* MsFanservice: As her younger self complete with an erotic maid outfit.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Her body, to be exact. But she's trying to get it found, bless her soul. Her hopes are dashed when Larry buries a young woman he just killed right beside her and Ben builds a gazebo over it so ''she'll'' never be found. She has another HopeSpot when a potential buyer expresses interest in tearing out the gazebo to build a swimming pool, but that's dashed when it's later revealed he just plans to tear the whole house down and pave it over with cheap apartments.]]
** [[spoiler: Subverted in ''Apocalypse'' when Madison and Behold dig up her bones and bury her alongside her mother, giving her the freedom to ascend. Unfortunately, with Mallory killing Michael in the past in the Apocalypse finale she made it so that there was no need to go back to Murder House. Which means her ascension was undone and she is still trapped there.]].
* NinjaMaid: A [[spoiler:ghost]] maid who can [[spoiler:alternate between her younger and older version!]]
* ServileSnarker: Very rarely, as she considers herself too classy and well-bred for such behavior, although she does have her moments.
* TheUnreveal: It's never precisely explained why she can appear much older than she was [[spoiler:at her death,]] unique among [[spoiler:all the ghosts. It's implied that the elder form is her true nature, and that men only see her younger form if they're blinded by lust.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Because Mallory went back in time to kill Michael before he could begin his journey to become the anti-Christ in the Apocalypse finale, the events of 'Return To Murder House' never happened and thus Moira's freedom from Murder House was undone and is still trapped there. However, this fact falls into this trope because it is never stated whether or not it was and thus it's unknown whether or not she's still trapped there.]]

[[folder:Infantata]]
!![[spoiler:Thaddeus Montgomery]] - The Infantata
->'''Played By:''' Creator/BenWoolf (Infantata)
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'', [[spoiler:''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel Hotel]]'']]

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A monster in the basement of the house, and [[spoiler:the kidnapped, murdered, then dismembered son of Dr. Charles and Nora Montgomery, who was reconstructed and brought back to life by Charles.]]
* AllThereInTheScript: Never actually referred to as The Infantata in-universe.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Though as a Frankenstein's monster rather than as the standard ghost... though Nora attempts to kill him and he survives]].
* CameBackWrong: Physically grotesque, violently attacks anything that gets too near [[spoiler:(although it’s only so he could survive)]], and has an insatiable craving for fresh blood, among other things.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Is dismembered by the boyfriend of one of his father's clients. He is resurrected by his father, but is now a bloodthirsty monster.]]
* LooksLikeOrlok: Part of how he [[spoiler:CameBackWrong]].
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Has a round mouth with sharp teeth protruding from all sides.
* UndeadChild: [[spoiler:A stitched-together toddler's corpse that was brought back to life with the still-beating heart of one of his father's living (female) patients' babies, to be exact]].

[[folder:Hayden]]
!!Hayden [=McClaine=]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm not a whore, Ben! I matter!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/KateMara

The emotionally unstable former lover and student of Ben Harmon.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Her fear of being abandoned by Ben and her desperate attempts to keep him close plus her emotional instability could signify Borderline Personality Disorder.
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Once she becomes a ghost.]]
* TheBabyTrap: [[spoiler:Attempts this on Ben, after she chooses to not have an abortion, and intends to move out to California to force Ben to provide for her and the baby.]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:As a ghost]].
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Larry bludgeons her in the face a couple times with a shovel.]]
* CuteAndPsycho: Oh God, is she ever.
* DeadpanSnarker: Her and Chad are this the most and it makes them some of the funniest characters in the season.
* EvilRedhead: After [[spoiler:her death, she goes crazy and is okay with hurting people, and wants to hurt Vivien.]]
* FieryRedhead: Even before [[spoiler:her death]], she was constantly mood swinging and may have been bipolar.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: [[spoiler:Subverted when she finds out she's pregnant and sets up an appointment to get an abortion and it's presented as a rational and mature decision. But then she changes her mind, decides to pull TheBabyTrap on Ben, and tries to move out to California to force him to stay in her life.]]
* KubrickStare: Look at her picture, please.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:She is alone and miserable at the end.]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Seemed pretty normal prior to sleeping with Ben.
* ManipulativeBitch: Among other things, she pretends to want to [[spoiler:get an abortion to get Ben back in her life, then intends to pull a BabyTrap to keep him in her life. She also convinces Nora to help her gaslight Vivien (even though Nora didn’t help Hayden do it) so she'll be sent to an insane asylum so they can take her babies.]]
* MoodSwinger: Can go from blissfully happy to screaming angry to sobbing cutely in the course of a single conversation, and does so in several scenes.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:There's a gazebo on top of it now, so yeah, not likely to be found.]]
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:After dying.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: Towards Ben, much to his horror.
* TeacherStudentRomance: She was Ben's student during the affair.
* {{Yandere}}: Even worse after she [[spoiler:dies.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:The reason why she kills Travis.]]

[[folder:Travis]]
!!Travis Wanderley
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelGraziadei
Travis is Constance's lover. He dreams of making it big, constantly auditioning and modeling. Unlike Constance, he has no reservations against nudity and is willing to do anything for the fame. After [[spoiler: Addie's death, Constance becomes more impatient with him, which caused him to cheat on her with [[AxCrazy Hayden]]. Shortly afterwards, he is killed by Hayden.]]

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:As a ghost.]]
* BrainlessBeauty: Not that bright, but very handsome. It's why Constance keeps him around.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: He is stabbed by Hayden.]]
* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: Hayden shanks him after they finish having sex.]]
* GlasgowGrin: [[spoiler:Gets one after his death.]]
* FriendToAllChildren: He has this tendency. He gets along with Adelaide way better than Constance, [[spoiler: and he seems to genuinely enjoy playing with Larry's daughters and doesn't care about them being horribly burned. Their mother is surprised at how fast they bonded with him. He also might have been in a real relationship with Lorraine]].
* MayDecemberRomance: With Constance.
* NiceGuy: Probably the nicest character in the whole first season cast. [[spoiler: Yes, he cheated on Constance with Hayden, but he genuinely seemed to care about her even though Constance is evil, and wanted to adopt a child with her. He was also one of the few to treat Adelaide with dignity, and after he dies, he even spends time playing with Larry's daughters.]]
** [[spoiler:Even in death, he cares about Constance. He asks Larry about her, and in "Afterbirth" forcibly takes Vivien and Tate's son away from Hayden so that Constance can have him.]]
** It's notable that along with the Harmon's he's one of the few [[spoiler:ghosts capable of creating a YouAreWorthHell type EarnYourHappyEnding by "living" happily with Larry's daughters.]]
%%* MeaningfulName
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:He only appears briefly as Constance's boyfriend, has sex with Hayden, gets murdered, only appears briefly after that.]]

[[folder:Marcy]]
!!Marcy
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/ChristineEstabrook
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'' | ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel Hotel]]''

The Harmons' real estate agent. When the Harmons first viewed the house, Marcy gave them "full disclosure" of the house's history, but in fact only told them about the previous tenants being found in the basement as victims of what was believed to be a murder-suicide.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Seems rather nice and personable at first, but is revealed to be rather rude and bigoted, doesn't show much sympathy for people who've ''died'' in the house, and mostly only cares about how difficult it is for her to try to sell the lemon in this market.
* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Rudolph Valentino and Natacha Rambova kill her by biting open her neck in ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel Hotel]]'']].
* HereWeGoAgain: Back to trying to sell the Murder House after the Harmons die, then again after they successfully scare the next family away.
* JerkAss: Is rude, homophobic, racist, ableist and generally bigoted. [[spoiler: She also threatens Larry for no good reason.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: Her extreme bigotry and racism leads to some utterly bizzare attitudes and behaviour. Such as when shes hosting a open viewing for the house and she pulls a gun on Larry for little to no reason. Justifying it, by saying;
-->"A woman in my line can't be too careful. There are a lot of minority men in this city who would like nothing more than to ravage me on this counter-top."
* PetTheDog: She actually begins to genuinely care about [[spoiler:Liz Taylor as a ghost]], and also looks on remorsefully is the first episode when she lies to the Harmons about the house.
* TheCameo: Returns briefly in episode one of 'Hotel', working as the realtor for Will Drake. She also reveals she had to get the Harmon's dog, Hallie, put down due to illness. [[spoiler: Several episodes later, she returns again, only to be attacked and killed by Valentino and Natacha. She also returns as a ghost.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Is not a hero, but isn't really a villain either. She uses homophobic slurs and thinks that minority men are rapists.
* StepfordSmiler: She seems like a nice person, but is truly very bigoted.

[[folder:Luke]]
!!Luke Maxcy
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/LukeAHS_2220.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MorrisChestnut
A security patroller and installation expert for Heirloom Security, a company hired by Vivien to protect the family.
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* BaldOfAwesome: He is bald and is a security patroller.
* NiceGuy: One of the few actually nice guys in the show.
* OnlyOneName: His last name is never revealed.
* PutOnABus: After Ben confronts him, we don't get to see him again.

[[folder:Billie Dean]]
!!Billie Dean Howard
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"This is a very crowded house."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/SarahPaulson
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'' | ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel Hotel]]'' | ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryApocalypse Apocalypse]]''
A medium and old friend of Constance. She later reappears in ''Hotel'', contacting the spirits in the Cortez after her TV show becomes a hit.

* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Heavily set up and then {{Averted}} - she's the only character to return in ''Hotel'' from previous seasons to get out alive (just). Marcy and [[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCoven Queenie]] don't fare nearly so well. Although, thanks to Mallory going back in time in the ''Apocalypse'' finale to kill [[TheAntiChrist Michael]] and prevent the Apocalypse from ever happening Queenie's death is undone by Mallory convincing her not to go to the Hotel Cortez.]]
* DeadPersonConversation: When she speaks with [[spoiler:Addie.]]
** In ''Hotel'' she speaks to [[spoiler:Tristan and Donovan]] in the same way. Later, her conversation with [[spoiler:John]] alternates between the style in which she was shown communicating with the other ghosts (i.e. no-one else can see them) and her perspective of him sitting across from her (so more like her conversations with [[spoiler:Violet]] in ''Murder House'').
* GenderBlenderName: Both her first name and surname.
* ISeeDeadPeople: What with being a medium and all.
* InsistentTerminology: She corrects Violet that she's a medium, not a psychic.
* MsExposition: Justified in that Billie is both the only character with a psychic perspective on things and the only character without a reason to ''not'' explain what the hell's going on.
* MustHaveNicotine: She's never seen without a cigarette in hand.
* PsychicPowers: She can see and talk to dead people, apparently perceiving them as being literally in the room with her. In ''Hotel'' she mentions that she can also sense pain and suffering "in the walls" even when there's no specific ghostly presence around.
* ResignedToTheCall: She certainly didn't sound happy about having to accept it, from what she told Violet.
* RichBitch: She complains that she had a promising life as a wealthy L.A. socialite before discovering her gift. But she was nicer [[spoiler: in Hotel]].

[[folder:Leah]]
!!Leah
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Leah_8952.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/ShelbyYoung
Violet's bully-turned-companion. On Violet's first day of school, she was seen smoking inside the school's common area by Leah and her friends. Leah confronted the new student to the point of threatening Violet with physical force.
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* AlphaBitch: Leah tries to make Violet ''eat'' a cigarette for smoking on campus.
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Her being attacked in the basement of Murder House.]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: With [[spoiler:Violet. They start as enemies, but the house allows them to bond a little over mutual fear.]]
* DemotedToExtra: After being a large part of Violet's subplot for the first episode, Leah only makes sporadic appearances for several episodes afterward. [[spoiler:She's phased out entirely after Violet dies]].
* FireForgedFriends: [[spoiler:With Violet, after the pilot.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Smokes crack, but heavily lectures people and even beats them up over the health hazards of smoking. [[spoiler:After her ordeal in the Murder House, she then picks up smoking.]]
* LockedIntoStrangeness: The [[spoiler:incident in the basement causes Leah's hair to start turning white.]]
* NearDeathExperience: [[spoiler:In the pilot, at the hands of Tate and the Infantata.]]
* PutOnABus: She's never seen after [[spoiler:Violet dies.]]
* ScarsAreForever: [[spoiler:Doesn't look like her scars from the pilot are healing anytime soon...]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Leah is the one who gave Violet the pills.]]

[[folder:R. Franklin]]
!!R. Franklin
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/JamieHarris
A [[spoiler:serial killer]] who [[spoiler:murdered Maria and Gladys in 1968]].
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* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Apparently he had a bad experience with a thermometer and that's why he hates nurses.]]
* LeanAndMean: [[spoiler:He's very tall and thin, and a serial killer.]]
* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:Who targeted nurses exclusively.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:It's not clear what happened to him. There's apparently public knowledge of him, so he was obviously discovered and presumably imprisoned or sentenced to death or an asylum.]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: How he [[spoiler:got Maria and Gladys to let him in in the first place, by pretending to be injured and needing medical attention. He drops the charade only after [[OhCrap Maria realizes there's no injury for the blood]].]]

[[folder:The Home Invaders]]
!!Bianca Forest, Fiona, Dallas
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ahs_home_invasion.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MageinaTovah (Bianca), Creator/AzuraSkye (Fiona), Creator/KyleDavis (Dallas)
Three people who [[spoiler:break into the Murder House and try to murder Vivien and Violet to reenact R. Franklin's murder of Maria and Gladys.]]

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Fiona and Dallas have their throats slit by Gladys and Maria. Bianca is axed in the stomach by Tate and bleeds out.]]
* DeathByIrony[=/=]LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Two of them are killed by the ghosts of the murder victims whose deaths they try to reenact on the current (living) owners of the house. The third one gets chopped in the stomach with an ax and soon bleeds to death, which fits her recurring nightmare of getting chopped in half.]]
* SerialKiller: A whole gang of them.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler:Fiona attempts this on Vivien and after her death she says it to taunt Vivien and Violet.]]

[[folder:Stan]]
!!Stan
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidAnthonyHiggins

The tour guide that often shows up around the Murder House with various tourists explaining the house's history and is one of the causes for the house to decline in price.
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* FlatCharacter: He has no real personality or character, he only exists to explain the house's history.
* HauntedHouseHistorian: It's his job.
* MrExposition: He has no real character, existing entirely to spout exposition about the history of the Murder House.

[[folder:Marla]]
!!Marla [=McClaine=]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marla.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/TanyaClarke
Hayden's sister.

[[folder:Detective Colquitt]]
!!Jack Colquitt
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jack_40.png]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/GeoffreyRivas
A detective.

[[folder:Phil]]
!!Phil Critter
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->'''Played by''': Creator/WEarlBrown
An exterminator.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Tate poisons him with his own gas.]]

[[folder:Dr. Hall]]
!!Dr. Hall
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/EveGordon
[[spoiler:Vivian's]] doctor.

[[folder:Miguel]]
!!Miguel Ramos
[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/415633.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/AnthonyRuivivar
A man who [[spoiler:bought the Murder House.]]

[[folder:Gabriel]]
!!Gabriel Ramos
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gabe_7.png]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/BrennanMejia
A boy who [[spoiler:lived in the Murder House with his parents.]]

[[folder:Stacy]]
!!Stacy Ramos
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/staceyramos.png]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/LisaVidal
A woman who [[spoiler:bought the Murder House.]]
*

[[folder:Sally]]
!!Sally Freeman
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sally_9.png]]
->'''Played by''': Creator/AdinaPorter
One of Ben's patients.
* TheBore: Her husband thinks of her as boring, which is why he is leaving her.
* DrivenToSuicide : [[spoiler: She threatens to kill herself in Ben's office, because he was drugged so he wasn't listening to her. She slit her wrist, which prompts a reaction from him. She attempts to overdose in a hotel because she wants people to care about her, but she ends up surviving and the last thing we heard about her was that she was in a coma.]]

[[folder:Joe]]
!!Joe Escandarian
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/AmirArison
A man who was going to [[spoiler:buy the Murder House]].
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Has his dick bitten off by Moira and is choked by Larry with a bag.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He is a huge douchebag who uses homophobic slurs, makes sexist comments, and is generally a dick unless he's talking to a woman he is attracted to.

[[folder:Betty]]
!!Betty Bersinger
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/betty_bersinger.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/CaitlinDahl
The woman who found [[spoiler:Elizabeth Short's corpse]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[spoiler:,She really was the woman who found Elizabeth Short's corpse in real life.]]

[[folder:Peter]]
!!Peter [=McCormick=]
->'''Played by''': Creator/GregorySporleder
A truant officer.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler: After Violet stops attending school, Peter visits the Harmons and tells Ben that she needs to start attending school again. He seems like one of the more helpful and competent authority figures in the series. Detective Jack Colquitt (from this season), the two detectives investigating Travis' murder, and Luke Maxcy are also pretty competent.]]

[[folder:Angela]]
!!Angela
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/MissyDoty
A nurse, who faints when [[spoiler:she looks at Vivien's ultrasound.]]
* TheFundamentalist: [[spoiler: Vivien thinks she is one, because she saw hooves in Vivien's ultrasound. This was not wrong, because Michael turned out to be the Antichrist, so hooves makes sense, but Vivien doesn't know about Michael, so she assumes Angela is just a crazy Christian.]]

[[folder:Peggy]]
!!Peggy
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/KathleenRosePerkins
Chad's friend.
* NiceGirl: She seems like a supportive friend to Chad and Patrick in her one scene. She gives advice to [[spoiler:Chad about Patrick's infidelity and his becoming distant from Chad.]]

[[folder:Gary]]
!!Gary
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gary_3.png]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/RichardShort
A sex toy store owner.

[[folder:Helen]]
!!Helen
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/helen_5.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/MeredithScottlynn
Constance's hairdresser.
* OldFriend: It seems like she has known Constance for a long time.

[[folder:Harry]]
!!Harry Goodman
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->'''Played by''': Creator/DerekRichardson
[[spoiler:Constance]]'s lawyer.

[[folder:Detective Barrios]]
!!Detective Barrios
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->'''Played by''': Creator/MalayaRiveraDrew
[[spoiler:A detective who investigates Travis' death, with Constance being the prime suspect.]]

[[folder:Detective Granger]]
!!Detective Granger
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/barrios.png]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/CharlesSDutton
[[spoiler:A detective who investigates Travis' death, with Constance being the prime suspect.]]

[[folder:Mr. Carmichael]]
!!Mr. Carmichael
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carmichael.png]]
->'''Played by''': Creator/TomGallop
A teacher at Westfield High. He was [[spoiler:injured by Tate, who shot him in the back, and paralyzed from the waist down.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He tried to keep Tate from coming into the library to kill more students by pressing himself against the door, except Tate shot him in his spine through the door, and he was paralyzed from the waist down. He is the only person who came out of it alive.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Molly]]
!!Molly O'Hara
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/molly_ohara_8x06.png]]
->'''Played by''': Marilyn O'Connor ([[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]), Irene Roseen ([[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryApocalypse Apocalypse]])
->'''Appearances''': '''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]''', '''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryApocalypse Apocalypse]]'''
Moira's mother.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Moira takes her off her respirator to end her suffering.]]
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:What her daughter does for her.]]
* TogethetInDeath: [[spoiler: In the erased timeline from Apocalypse, Madison and Behold release Moira from the Murder House and she chooses to be buried with her mother. Moira and Molly then reunite and they walk off to the afterlife. This may have been undone by Mallory using Tempus Infinitum to kill Michael, meaning Madison and Behold will not even know that Moira exists, even if Madison is brought back again. However, Billie Dean has said that spirits are not affected by time like the physical world is.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dorothy]]
!!Dorothy Hudson
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->'''Played by''': Creator/AbbieCobb
One of [[spoiler:Charles' clients.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: She seemed kind of shy when Nora was [[spoiler:getting her prepped for the abortion.]] This may be because of the situation she was in.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Derrick]]
!!Derrick
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/derrick_5.png]]
->'''Played by''': Creator/EricStonestreet
One of Ben's patients, who is afraid of urban legends.
* BigBrotherBully: His brothers held him down and forced him to listen to urban legends as a child, which he was terrified of. Except they were his younger brothers.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Shot in the head by a burglar.]]
* UrbanLegend: He has a crippling phobia of urban legends.
[[/folder]]

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'' | [[spoiler:''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryApocalypse Apocalypse]]'']]

* RealityEnsues: She's introduced as a very cold, distant, inattentive mother to her toddler Thaddeus. Then she's very remorseful after [[spoiler:her son is kidnapped and killed]], and forever cries, [[spoiler:"Where's my baby?" When she finally gets her wish to have a baby by taking the ghost of Vivien's still-born son, she's back to being very cold, distant, and uncaring, and finally has to admit that she's not cut out to be a mother as she gives the baby back to Vivien.]] As it turns out, being remorseful about [[spoiler:her son's death]] doesn't magically turn her into a [[spoiler:nurturing mother figure]].

[[folder:Gigi]]
!!Gigi
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->'''Played by''': Creator/SkylerVallo
A girl who lived in the house as a college student.
* AlphaBitch: She seems like one when she talks to Maria and Gladys, but also may just be joking with them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mary]]
!!Mary
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mary_3.png]]
->'''Played by''': Creator/LindaPorter
Vivian's mother.
* CharacterDeath: The only time we see her she is on her deathbed.
* LastWords: Her last words to Violet were her telling Violet that people may never understand her.
[[/folder]]

!!Luke

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/michael_07.jpg]]

* AbusiveParents: Perhaps not quite abusive, given that it doesn't repeat itself, [[spoiler:but his father insists that Michael isn't his son and insults him, and his mother tries to kill him.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: Michael’s entire character is built on this. [[spoiler: Was he born evil or simply had a predilection to it? Was this because of being the son of Satan, inheriting the Langdon insanity or being born in the Murder House? Was it being raised by Constance whose track record as a mother is less than stellar? Was it living in the Murder House after her death and being steadily rejected by everyone in it? Was it the influence of the Satanists? Did he ever even have free will or was he fated to this path?]]
* TheAntichrist: Heavily implied to become this, and by ''Apocalypse'', Michael is fully embracing his heritage.
* AnimalMotifs: Crows, from the red markings giving him a birdlike appearance, the Cooperatives suits being very plague doctorish and crowlike, to the [[spoiler: Massive murder of crows above the murder house who according to Mead, "worship" him]].
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: [[spoiler: Before the nanny incident shown in the ''Murder House'' finale he had gradually worked his way up from insects to small mammals.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Of ''Apocalypse'', as TheAntiChrist behind the end of the world.]]
* TheBusCameBack: He returns in ''Apocalypse'', a full seven seasons after his debut in ''Murder House''.
* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler: He is shot by Madison with Mead robot's arm gun, but he is resurrected by Satan. The second, permanent time, he is run over by Mallory three times.]]
* ChildByRape: The offspring of Tate, [[spoiler:in reality acting as the house's conduit for his real father]] after he raped Vivien under the guise of the rubber man suit.
* CreepyChild: If grinning and giggling over [[spoiler:the body of your babysitter (whom you murdered)]] doesn't make you this, nothing will.
* CryCute: Like his father before him, he cries very prettily.
* CurbStompBattle: Whenever he actually fights someone.[[spoiler:He ends up killing Bubbles, Madison, Marie Laveau, and Coco very easily.]]
* DesperatelyCravesAffection: Michael is so deprived of real love he practically throws himself at anyone who will show vague interest in him personally.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Even when he accepts his identity as the Antichrist he seems still to be searching for real meaning in this role.
* TheDevilIsALoser: [[spoiler:The Antichrist, for all his dark power and veneer of classiness, ends up being an immature wreck of a human being who gets upset that his random acts of violence turn people who would love him away. The only people who genuinely care for him in spite of his violent outbursts only do so because of his role as the harbinger of the end times, and even then, we find out late into ''Apocalypse'' that the actual plan to end the world wasn't even his own idea.]]
* TheDreaded: [[spoiler:Even Papa Legba is hesitant to cross him.]]
* DyingAlone: [[spoiler:As he lays on the street, broken and bloodied, he pleads to Constance–whom he’d choked and threatened mere minutes earlier–to take him to the house so that he can become a ghost. She appears to consider it briefly, before telling him to “go to hell” and leaving him alone to die of his injuries.]]
* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler: He murdered his babysitter at three years old.]]
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: [[spoiler: Even as a full-grown Antichrist he still holds a strong affection towards his Satan-worshipping foster mother, which is why he had her immortalized in the android Miriam Mead.]]
* EvilIsPetty: His heart really isn't in the Apocalypse, but he's only convinced to go through with it for one reason: [[spoiler:knowing that it will kill the witch coven]].
* EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler:He outsmarts Venable over the course of the second and third episode, ultimately orchestrating her death and the deaths of everyone in Outpost 3.]]
* FacialMarkings: An odd pair of red markings extending from the bridge to underbrow, only seen in the "present" scenes, giving him a bird like look.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Bubbles, Queenie, Zoe, Madison, Marie Laveau, and Coco are all killed because of his actions.]]
* HorrifyingTheHorror: Prolific serial killer James March is unnerved in his presence.
* HowDoIShotWeb: A major part of his storyline in ''Apocalypse'' is him coming to terms with his Antichrist nature, as nobody gave him an "instruction manual" on how to be the Antichrist properly.
* IHaveNoSon: Tate’s vicious rejection of him starts Michael on a downward emotional spiral, that comes to a crash when Ben Harmon also rejects him after he [[CessationOfExistence burns away the souls]] of a couple who he killed in the house.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: The root of all Michael's evil seems to stem from his desire to find someone who truly loves him, which eerily mirrors Tate's own motives for many of his evil deeds.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Michael is thrilled to take on the mantle of the Antichrist——though initially it seems to be more out of desperation to be loved and valued than caring about Satanism or the End Times.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Shares his father's psychopathy and also his grandmother's sass.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: By ''Apocalypse'', his hair reaches his shoulders and he's quite attractive.
* LoveHungry: Michael is so hungry for any semblance of love, he accepts his calling as the Antichrist simply because the Satanists give a show of valuing him as a person.
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Ironically, Michael was the name of the archangel who defeated Lucifer and cast him down into Hell during the Fall. Also, the meaning of the name Michael is "Who is like God?" Although the question is intended as a rebuke against any who profess to be like God, as the name of the Antichrist, it comes across as more of a challenge: "Who is like God? ''Langdon.''"]]
* MrFanservice: In short time, Cody Fern has rallied the thirsty AHS fanbase like no other cast rookie before him.
* PhysicalGod: At his peak, he is very much unstoppable as the son of Satan, and by the time Cordelia detects his rise in power, it is already too late to beat him, which prompts the overall plot of ''Apocalypse.'' [[spoiler:At his peak, he manages to kill Coco, Marie, and Madison with minimal effort, would have killed Cordelia if she hadn't first done a suicidal HeroicSacrifice to awaken Mallory's powers in full, and even Myrtle is afraid of him. He's enough of a threat at his prime that the witches rally Papa Legba and the power of voodoo to help them and also place a risky gambit on Mallory surviving the apocalypse and awakening to her power so she can time-travel and kill his mortal self ''before'' he reaches godly abilities.]]
* SmugSmiler: His default facial expression as an adult.
* SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: The first time we see him is in ''Murder House'' in a scene set three years after the other events in the season, and he's a toddler there. He's a full-blown adult in ''Apocalypse'', which is between six or seven years later. [[spoiler:In-universe, it's explained that he spontaneously grew ten years of age in a single night to prepare for his role as the Antichrist.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:A flashback that was set 3 years before the apocalypse featuring a younger (but still adult-looking) Michael who had an almost disturbing resemblance to his father Tate in his youth, with the same haircut and innocent features and all.]]
** [[spoiler: An even more disturbing revelation, but in the present with his long hair and prominent blue eyes, he also ends up bearing a bit of resemblance to his mother Vivien.]]
* SuperpowerLottery: Being the Antichrist grants him the ability to use at their highest levels ALL the individual powers of witches and warlocks [[spoiler: and is the reason why he is mistakenly seen by the latter as [[TheChosenOne the Alpha]]]].
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: After being rejected by all his parental figures due to his violent episodes, he consciously accepts his role as Antichrist -- helped along by Mead being the supportive mother he always wanted.
* TimeShiftedActor: Played by an adult actor in ''Apocalypse'', because [[spoiler:he'd aged ten years in one night]].
* TragicVillain: While it is never strictly stated, the flashbacks especially seem to stress and highlight Michael’s humanity, especially his emotional vulnerability and how manipulated he is by outside forces, people and perhaps fate included. [[spoiler: This plus his brutal death at a period in his life where his mental and emotional capacity seem to be that of a child add to this.]]
* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler: Gets run over repeatedly, and spends his last moments broken, bloody, and whimpering. He tries to get Constance to take him to the house so he can continue living as a ghost, but she refuses and he’s left to die alone.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Despite appearances, he's still essentially a boy in his early teens. He is reeling from destructive powers and instincts he doesn't entirely like, has been rejected by no fewer than four parental figures (one of whom committed suicide just to avoid him). All around, people try to work him to their own ends, without caring about him.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He's under a decade old, yet he appears as an adult in ''Apocalypse''.

* BigBad: [[spoiler: Appears to be this in ''Apocalypse''.]]