History Characters / Atlantis

* {{Badass}}

* {{Badass}}

* {{Badass}}

* {{Badass}}: Able to defeat several of the greatest warriors in Greece and even give Jason a run for his money.

** When Hercules (dealing with the cold shoulder from Medusa) makes a comment about how he doesn't understand the human heart, he responds he's actually quite interested in anatomy

-->'''Jason''':''You should fear me as they [Satyrs] do! I am Jason, slayer of the minotaur. ... I will slay you as I did the Earth Bull. I will tear down your temple and I will scatter your followers to the four winds!''

* HeartBrokenBadass: Following loosing Medusa. [[spoiler: Gets it much worse after Medusa's death.]]
* HiddenDepths: Despite being a notorious womaniser, he appears genuinely interested in seriously pursuing Medusa. His interaction with baby Oedipus also reveals that he has a soft spot for children.

* {{Revenge}}: Circe is consumed with vengeance against Pasiphae and forces Jason to try and fulfil her vengeance by threating to kill him and his friends

* ForegoneConclusion: At the end of her first appearance, she's cursed by the dying High Priestess of Dionysus. She is eventually transformed into a gorgon by Pandora's Box in the ninth episode.

* {{Medusa}}: Naturally, however this show actually has her as a character before she was cursed to become a monster. Which occurred when she opened Pandora's Box, in "Pandora's Box".

* GenreSavvy/ GenreBlind: Manages to fluctuate between the two, mostly down to the fact he has a basic memory of Greek mythology but does not always remember the exact details.

* GenreSavvy: In "Touched by the Gods: Part Two" he is quick to see [[spoiler:Jason has deep feelings for his daughter. While understanding, he gently tells him it won't happen because she is royalty and he a commoner]].

* GenreSavvy: Normally, but she does slip up every now and then. For example, underestimating the heroes wasn't the brightest thing she's done.

* SelfFulfillingProphecy[=/=]ProphecyTwist: She's [[GenreSavvy well aware]] of both these tropes.

* GenreSavvy: Quickly realises Ariadne's feelings for Jason.

* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler: following find out that Pasiphae is his mother, Jason's "heart is blackened" turning him cold and uncaring, as well as more ruthless, and is even tempted to join Pasiphae. It is due to the fact being blessed also leaves him open to corruption. It takes his father Aeson to snap him out of it.]]

* TookALevelJerkass: [[spoiler: following find out that Pasiphae is his mother, Jason's "heart is blackened" turning him cold and uncaring, as well as more ruthless, and is even tempted to join Pasiphae. It is due to the fact being blessed also leaves him open to corruption. It takes his father Aeson to snap him out of it.]]

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Inverted, here we have an evil mother who still loves her good son, Pasiphae spends the first half of the second Season focusing on Jason right up until [[spoiler: Jason (still unaware she's his mother) almost strangles her to death. After this she accepts he'll never love her, even if he finds out the truth and opts to have him killed. After this she begins denying her love for her son, but its clear she's in denial.]]

* BaldofAweseom/ BaldofEvil: Starts the first, but [[spoiler: Becomes the second, in Season Two]]

->Actor: Alexander Siddig

* MadeOfIron: Takes an arrow to the chest which only knocks her out cold, upon awakening she pulls it out, and survives and is back to normal in less than two days. Like her son, her durability stems from being bless.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Inverted, here we have an evil mother who still loves her good son, Pasiphae spends the first half of the second Season focusing on Jason right up until [[spoiler: Jason (still unaware she's his mother) almost strangles her to death. After this she accepts he'll never love her, even if he finds out the truth and opts to have him killed.]]

* ManipulativeBitch

* TheDragon: Shares this role to Pasiphae with Goran.

* TheDragon: Shares this role to Pasiphae with Medea.

* ParentalAbandonment: Was abandoned as an infant in the forest, but was raised by the Goddess Artemis.
* WeaponOfChoice: Her Bow.

** [[spoiler: In a darker version, he promises his wife after she dies he will be with her again, and not even hades will stop him]]

* DisappearedDad: Jason's father disappeared into the same vortex that he did, and it's implied he came to some bad end in the world of Atlantis. Jason still doesn't know the whole story. [[spoiler: Its revealed in the season 1 finale his name is Aeson, and he is alive, but he lives in leaper's community (its implied he was formerly the king, but Pasiphae destroyed him), he meets Jason, but doesn't reveal his identity to him.]]

* MissingMom: The Oracle claims not to know anything about her. [[spoiler:She's lying, it's actually Pasiphae]].

* AccidentalMurder:[[spoiler:Accidentally killed his father by pushing him back resulting in him cracking his head when he attacked his mother in a drunken rage. His younger brother Arcas finds out in "The Furies", having previously believed him to be murdered.]]

* PapaWolf: As far as we know, he's not even aware that [[spoiler:Pasiphae was poisoning him, but the news that she tried to execute his daughter]] is more than enough for him to turn against her.

** Invoked by Ariadne by [[spoiler:noting how Jason would have bested Heptarian in Pankration if Jason chose to but showed him mercy is a sign from the gods their engagement should be absolved]]. After a moment to think on it, Minos agrees.

* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: [[spoiler:He absolves Ariadne of treason]] without even knowing the circumstances, purely because [[spoiler:she is his daughter]] and no one can defy him.
* TheUsurper: Although who he usurped is still a mystery.

* GenreSavvy: Normally, but she does slip up every now and then. For example, [[spoiler:underestimating the heroes wasn't the brightest thing she's done]].

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: "Touched by the Gods Part 2" introduces Jason's father, who Pasiphae recognises. He reveals to her that Jason is their son.]]

* VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler:When Aeson tells her Jason is their son.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He helps Jason and the guys rescue Ariadne in the finale, staying behind to cover their escape. He manages to kill several guards and still stand after being wounded, but is ultimately killed by Heptarian.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: See HeroicSacrifice.]]
* LoopholeAbuse: He serves the King. [[spoiler:So if he wants to conspire with the Queen's would-be assassin to rescue the King's daughter from execution]], he's technically just doing his job.

* ForegoneConclusion: At the end of her first appearance, [[spoiler:she's cursed by the dying High Priestess of Dionysus. She is eventually transformed into a gorgon by Pandora's Box in the ninth episode.]]

* GorgeousGorgon: [[spoiler: As of 'Pandora's Box'. Her transformation gives her snake hair, but doesn't change anything else about her outward appearance.]]
* {{Medusa}}: Naturally, however this show actually has her as a character before she was cursed to become a monster. [[spoiler:Which occurred when she opened Pandora's Box, in "Pandora's Box"]].

* LesserOfTwoEvils: [[spoiler:When faced with the choice of either [[TheUsurper Minos]] or [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Pasiphae]], she chooses Minos.]]

* UnreliableNarrator: She's deliberately misled people on more than one occasion. Pasiphae is shocked and angered [[spoiler:the Oracle knew from the start Jason was her own son and the Oracle never told her]].

* GoodShepherd: Probably best shown in "Touched by the Gods" where he visits Ariadne [[spoiler:who is awaiting her execution]] and offers to pray with her.

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
* [[spoiler: SacrificialLamb: to prove that Pasiphae means business]]

* DealWithTheDevil: Offers one to Hercules, giving him Medusa's love but not telling him that the spell [[spoiler: Will kill her over time]] and forces Jason to one [[spoiler: to save her, and Hercules, by forcing him to kill Pasiphae]].
* DiskOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Is killed in the first part of the season one finale, leaving the heroes to have to deal with Pasiphae.]]
* DreamWalker: Circe visits Jason in his dreams to remind him [[spoiler: of there deal forcing him to kill Pasiphae.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: By Jason]]

* {{Revenge}}: Circe is consumed with vengeance against Pasiphae and [[spoiler: forces Jason to try and fulfil her vengeance by threating to kill him and his friends]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Her last act is summon several skeleton warriors to kill Jason after he fatally wounds her.]]

* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Willing to cheat, betray and murder to further his goals while always staying police, cheerful, and genuinely grateful]]

* StayInTheKitchen: His attitude to the suspicious death of Areto ([[spoiler:who he murdered]]) is that being a warrior is no occupation for a woman.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Her reason for following Pasiphae, she is the one who has ever treated her kindly, while others have shunned her due to her status.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Her reason for following Pasiphae, she is the one who has ever treated her kindly, while others have shun her due to her status.

* DropTheHammer: His WeaponOfChoice in the second season, which he first picked up during the siege in the Season Premiere.

* ParentalAbandonment: Was Abandoned as an infant in the forest, but was raised by the Goddess Artemis.

* DiskOneBoss: Is killed in the first part of the season one finale, leaving the heroes to have to deal with Pasiphae.

* BigDammHeroes: Saves Jason and Pythagoras from the Scythians.

* DiedInMyArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Eurydice does in his after...]]

* DiedInMyArmsTonight
* HappilyMarried
* LoveAtFirstSight
* MythologyGag

* WeHardlyKnewThee

* BigDamHeroes: Saves Jason and Pythagoras from the Scythians.

* PaternalAbandonment: Was Abandoned as an infant in the forest, but was raised by the Goddess Artemis.
* WeaponOfChoce: Her Bow.