History Characters / AmericanHorrorStoryRoanoke

* ChristmasCake: Very touchy about being on the wrong side of 30.

* NamesTheSame: Surname example, as he seems to share the same last name 'Snow' with [[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCoven Myrtle Snow]].

* TheLoad: In his own words, he is useless. It is only after when he, Shelby and Flora are attacked by the Roanoke colonists and the Polk family, he finally TakesALevelInBadass.

* TookALevelInBadass: Over the course of ''My Roanoke Nightmare'', Matt gradually asserted himself more in order to defend his wife and sister, standing up to ghosts and inbred psychopaths. Subverted in that Matt's braver moments usually [[NiceJobBreakingItHero only makes his bad situation worse.]]

* MamaBear: Will stop at nothing to find Flora and keep her safe. However, she is still far from a perfect mother and in "Chapter 8", [[spoiler:she reveals that she did kill Mason - Flora's own father - because he was going to take Flora away from her.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: She attacks Audrey after "My Roanoke Nightmare" wrapped with a ''meat cleaver'' because Audrey won a Saturn Award for her role as Shelby... and her fan-favorite character The Butcher did not. This may actually have started her SanitySlippage detailed below.

* BornInTheWrongCentury: Even for an upper class English actress, her dress sense and attitude are ridiculously old fashioned.

* ChristmasCake: Very touchy about being the wrong side of 30.
* FakeAmerican: Plays this on ''My Roanoke Nightmare'' -- she's actually English.

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Stabbed by Miranda and Bridget.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The Former Alcoholic Who Should’ve Held Her Tongue]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Impaled by Lee who is possessed by Sćathach.]]

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:She dies after getting shoved through the upstairs railing and falling onto the stem of the fallen chandelier below, which impales her through the chest.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Stabbed by the Piggy Man.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Disemboweled by The Butcher.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:His stomach is sliced open by the Piggy Man.]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: When the Pig Man attacks, he tries to stop it by shouting "Croatoan" the way Cricket Marlowe, the character he played in ''My Roanoke Nightmare'', had done. [[spoiler: It apparently has no effect, so nothing stops the Pig Man from gutting Ashley.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Audrey kills her, smashing her face in with a hammer.]]
* DropTheHammer: She breaks [[spoiler: Shelby's ankle]] with a sledgehammer.

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: How he dies.]]
* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Audrey kills him by shooting him in the head.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Shot by cops after trying to kill Lee.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Lee kills him by stabbing him in the neck.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Shot in the head by Matt.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:His head is bashed in by a Polk.]]

* ContinuityNod: Though not named 'Piggy Man' in the show itself, the fact he's frequently seen in mirrors recalls the 'Piggy Man' BloodyMary legend mentioned in Season 1. It's later confirmed that the urban legend is based on a Polk who went on a killing spree in Chicago, who was himself inspired to wear a pig's head because of the 'Piggy Man' ghost of Roanoke.

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:One has her arms torn off and is left to bleed out, and the other is decapitated.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:One has her arms torn off by the Roanoke colonists and is left to bleed to death.]]

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Lee bashed his head in with a rock and if that didn't kill him, being set on fire did.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Disembowled by The Butcher.]]
* DirtyOldMan: Propositions an attractive Uber driver not even half his age for a “gay for pay” scenario. He does try to clarify it was “just a question.”

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Throat slit by Sćathach.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Stabbed in the chest by his mother.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Her head is bashed in with a rock by The Butcher.]]

* CharmPerson: One of her primary powers, she appeals to the baser natures of those she wants. She stoked Thomasin's anger at being exiled by her own son into outright murderous fury, leading her to make a DealWithTheDevil to bewitch those who have wronged her. Scáthach also seems to be grooming [[spoiler: the Miller siblings - Matt to be her consort and Lee to become a new Butcher.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Impaled and burned alive by the Roanoke colonists.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Shot in the head by the Jane sisters.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Murdered by The Butcher.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Murdered by The Butcher.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Murdered by The Butcher.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Murdered by The Butcher.]]

->'''Played by:''' Reinactment: Creator/HendersonWade

* CharacterDeath: He is definitely not alive anymore.

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Impaled and burned alive.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Lee slits his throat.]]

* TooDumbToLive: He stumbles across [[spoiler:Lee]] in the woods, who's clearly not in [[spoiler:her]] right mind, and thinks it's a great time to gush over [[spoiler:her]]. [[spoiler:She stabs him to death.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Impaled and burned alive.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Arrows are shot in his chest by the Roanoke colonists.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Choked by a Chen.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Killed by The Butcher.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: The documentary claims he had severe social anxiety, but his dramatization version at least shows more signs of anger, paranoia and possibly some form of autism than actual anxiety.

* AngryBlackMan: Justifiably so, as his daughter has been kidnapped by his recovering addict ex-wife.
* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Lee bashed his head in with a rock and if that didn't kill him, being set on fire did.]]

* BerserkButton: He does not like it when people threaten Shelby or Lee.
** In ''Return to Roanoke'', Dominic Banks's antagonizing presence draws out Matt's aggression.

* TinMan: He admits to Shelby in "Chapter 7" that since they lived at the house, he doesn't feel human anymore, which may account for his [[DissonantSerenity creepily]] [[TheStoic stoic]] demeanor in the second half of the season. That said, he has his NotSoStoic moments towards her and Dominic to indicate something of his old personality remains.

* ActionGirl: As a former trained police officer, she is better prepared than the others for the threats at the house. In "Chapter 5", she [[spoiler:[[CarFu rams the Pig Man with a car]] [[BigDamnHeroes to save Flora, Matt, and Shelby]]]], and in the second story arc, she comes back to the mansion with a gun in tow, and puts it to good use, even headshotting [[spoiler:Agnes Winstead.]] The next episode, she manages to [[spoiler:trick and kill Jether]] to escape being tortured and killed by them.

* SheWhoFightsMonsters: Invoked by Lana in describing her.

* KnifeNut: Like her character, she wields a meat cleaver. It was stolen from the set.

* KnifeNut: As befitting her name, she wields a meat cleaver with lethal skill.

** As monstrous and inhumane as she is and how she treats Audrey, Money and Lee, a line she tells Audrey about The Butcher implies that suffering at their hands is better than being sacrificed by the Colonists and The Butcher herself.

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* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Shot by the cops after trying to shoot Lee.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone?: Shelby gets hit with this hard [[spoiler: after she bashes Matt's brains in for scorning her in favor of Scáthach. She is overcome with guilt and horror at having savagely killed the man she loved.]]

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:His stomach is sliced open by Agnes.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:She slits her own throat after killing Matt.]]

[[folder:Sidney]]

[[folder:Diana]]

[[folder:Shelby]]

[[folder:Matt]]

[[folder:Lee]]

[[folder:Agnes]]

[[folder:Audrey]]

[[folder:Rory]]

[[folder:Monet]]

[[folder:Dominic]]

[[folder:Ashley]]

[[folder:Brian]]

[[folder:William]]

[[folder:Mama]]

[[folder:Ishmael]]

[[folder:Lot]]

[[folder:Jether]]

[[folder:Cain]]

[[folder:Elias]]

[[folder:Jane Sisters]]

[[folder:Mason]]

Lee's ex-husband. Frustrated by her wife's lack of communication and emotional attachment, he files for divorce.

[[folder:Flora]]

[[folder:Cricket]]

[[folder:Ambrose]]

[[folder:Edward]]

[[folder:Gary]]

[[folder:Daisy]]

[[folder:Grace]]

[[folder:Amy]]

[[folder:Sophie]]

[[folder:Todd]]

[[folder:Doris]]

[[folder:Bob]]

[[folder:Dave]]

[[folder:Tracy]]

[[folder:Trixie]]

[[folder:Rhett]]

* StuffedInTheFridge: More like [[spoiler: strung up in a tree.]]

* AxCrazy

! ''My Roanoke Nightmare''
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* Irony: [[spoiler:After miraculously surviving Roanoke's hell, she gets gunned down by ''the police''.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:His stomach is sliced open by Agnes.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Piggy Man kills her.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:His head is bashed in by Shelby after he has sex with Sćathach.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Shot in the chest by Priscilla.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler:Her head is chopped in half by The Butcher.]]