History Characters / BatesMotel

->'''Played By:''' Vera Farmiga

* TookALevelInKindness: In season 2, he becomes a little more tactful although he's just as stoical. Notably, after [[spoiler:Zane burns his house down and he moves into the Bates Motel, he tells Norma about the window problem and is generally considerate of her.]]

* [[spoiler: CainAndAbel: Kills Jodi during a shootout with the intent on taking over the business.]]

* BettyAndVeronica: With Bradley.

* ReallyGetsAround: After [[spoiler:her death, it transpires that she had a tendency to sleep around. Blaire Watson had relationships/one-night stands with Gil Turner, Jerry Martin, a drug dealer named Kyle, and an undisclosed fourth person]].

* ChildhoodFriends: With Keith Summers, according to Shelby.
* CowboyCop: [[spoiler:He protects his town by killing the biggest threat, Abernathy and his SexSlave business.]]

* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:After Shelby's true nature is revealed, he covers everything up to make himself appear competent.]]
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:He and Keith Summers were best friends before his murder]].
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: When questioning Norma she mentions Keith [[spoiler:disappearing]], but Romero never mentioned anything of the sort.

** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Possibly, given that he covers for Norma even after finding out that she killed his best friend, and when he goes out of his way to protect Norma and her family from Jake Abernathy. His methods are certainly questionable, and he's not a friendly guy, but he seems to have good intentions.]]

* TeamSwitzerland: [[spoiler:He is very concerned about maintaining the peace between the two rival drug families in town.]]

!!Miss Blair Watson

* ReallyGetsAround: After [[spoiler:her death, it transpires that she had a tendency to sleep around. Blair Watson had relationships/one-night stands with Gil Turner, Jerry Martin, a drug dealer named Kyle, and an undisclosed fourth person]].

* TheChessmaster

* {{Revenge}}: The reason he's become more visible in town.

[[folder:Ethan]]
!!Ethan Chang
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->'''Played By:''' Terry Chen

An accomplice and friend of Dylan Massett who introduced him to the drug business in White Pine Bay.

* AffablyEvil: Ethan is a criminal involved in a very shady business with dangerous people, but he's also a pretty genial guy who takes Dylan under his wing and is more of a PunchClockVillain than anything.
* [[BoomHeadshot Boom Neck-Shot]]: [[spoiler:How he meets his end.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:An accomplice who owes him money tries to end his debt by shooting Ethan in the neck. He dies quickly afterwards.]]
* TheMentor: To Dylan, for a time.
** MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Suffers from this when he's shot by a 'customer'.]]
* PunchClockVillain: He's just doing his job, and is never seen being needlessly cruel. When he's first introduced, he's actually in tears because his 'boss' died.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:Shot in the neck by a lowlife who owed his boss money.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:He's only in the show for a few episodes before being killed.]]

[[folder:Remo]]
!!Remo Wallace
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->'''Played By:''' Ian Tracey

A henchman of Gil newly partnered with Dylan.

* TheAlcoholic: Dylan comments on his tendency to get drunk and implies it's why he didn't get very far in Gil's organization.
* DeadpanSnarker: Remo is bitterly sarcastic a great deal of the time.
* DefeatEqualsFriendship: Initially Remo and Dylan didn't get along very well; their dislike of each other culminated in a bar fight. After they got out the aggression, they began to respect and like each other much more.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Despite having been involved in the Drug Ring for years, Remo is partnered with newcomer Dylan by Gil. As a result he feels sidelined and humiliated.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's abrasive and needlessly sarcastic, especially toward Dylan.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his less-than-winning personality, he does end up with some loyalty toward Dylan and isn't truly malicious.
* NumberTwo: To Dylan.
* TheResenter: He hates that he's treated with no respect and has to work for the much younger, less experienced Dylan.

[[folder:Gunner]]
!!Gunner Alexander
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You want some?"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Keenan Tracey

A marijuana trimmer in Dylan Massett's crew. The crew stays at the Bates Motel, where Gunner gives Emma Decody a marijuana cupcake.

* GrandRomanticGesture: To some extent, the cupcake he leaves on the desk for Emma; it was wrapped nicely for her along with a letter next to it, saying that he hoped he didn't get her in trouble, signed with his name and a peace sign.
* LoveInterest: A much-deserved one for poor, lonely Emma.
* MeetCute: The way he and Emma first interact; even worse, when you see the way he looks at her as she goes back to the office.
* NiceGuy: Sure, he works in the drug business, but he's a perfect gentleman and a considerate young man.
* ShipTease: With Emma, since he's pretty nice to her and Norman is a lost cause.
* TheStoner: It's in his character description.
* TroubledButCute: On some level, as he is a stoner, and he's involved in the Drug Ring to an extent.

[[folder:Richard Slymore]]
!!Richard Slymore
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->'''Played By:''' Richard Harmon

The boyfriend of Bradley Martin.

* AdvertisedExtra: You'd be forgiven for forgetting his entire existence.
* CrazyJealousGuy: He beats up Norman in retaliation for [[spoiler:sleeping with Bradley.]]
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Richard unleashes one on Norman as revenge for [[spoiler:being the 'other man' that Bradley slept with.]]
* SatelliteCharacter: He has basically no character beyond 'angry', and exists mostly in the peripheral to Bradley.
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[[folder:Cody]]
!!Cody Brennan
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->'''Played By:''' Paloma Kwiatkowski

A party girl whose own family troubles create a bond with Norman.
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!The Morgan Drug Ring

[[folder:Jodi]]
!!Jodi Morgan
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->'''Played By:''' Kathleen Robertson

The beautiful and mysterious head of the drug family.

* AffablyEvil: Jodi might be the little-seen head of a drug family that murders it's enemies in cold blood, but she's also funny and charming.
* BlondesAreEvil: Like her brother, Zane.
* CoolShades: Sports a pair of them from time to time.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Jodi knows her brother is an idiot screw-up, but she does love him.
* EvilVersusEvil: [[spoiler:Gil's death]] and Zane's antics have dragged her drug ring into a quickly escalating war with Nick Ford's rival drug empire.
* PetTheDog: Quite literally; she owns several dogs who she greets affectionately.
* [[TheManBehindTheMan The Woman Behind The Man]]: She's the one controlling the drug business, giving orders to Gil and others.

[[folder:Zane]]
!!Zane Morgan
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->'''Played By:''' Michael Eklund

An ex-convict, Remo and Dylan's new boss, with an eye on Ford's drug business

[[folder:Abernathy]]
!!Jake Abernathy / [[spoiler:Joe Fioretti]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You wanna play? We'll play!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JereBurns

->''"I'm not some moron like Keith Summers. He was the bottom rung, I'm on the top. You understand?"''

A mysterious guest at the motel who appears to be looking for Keith Summers. He's later revealed to be [[spoiler:a gangster and leading figure in an international sex slave industry, and the boss of Keith Summers and Zach Shelby.]]

* BigBad: Of the first season.
* BlondeGuysAreEvil: He's got a coiffed blonde style.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Romero meets with him, apparently to make a new shady deal. When Abernathy relaxes, Romero shoots him four times in the chest, killing him outright.]]
* DangerTakesABackseat: [[spoiler:Pops up right behind Norma to deliver his ultimatum.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: As per usual for a Creator/JereBurns character, he has a talent for sarcasm.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can only keep up his polite facade for so long and quickly loses his patience.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Behind those thick, nerdy glasses beats the heart of a true psychopath.
* IHaveManyNames: He says this almost word-for-word while speaking with [[spoiler:Romero. Jake Abernathy and Joe Fioretti are both implied to be aliases.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: The real power behind Keith Summers [[spoiler:and Zach Shelby.]]
* NoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:Romero shoots him four times, sending him into the water.]]
* LeanAndMean: He's very thin with sharp, sinister features.
* ObviouslyEvil: He pays only in cash, acts very sketchy and generally creeps everybody out.
* SoftSpokenSadist: He has a very gentle, slow voice that's at fierce contrast to what type of person he truly is.
* WouldHitAGirl: He beats the absolute hell out of Keith Summers' sister off-screen.

[[folder:Will Decody]]
!!Will Decody
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->'''Played By:''' Ian Hart

Emma's father, a taxidermist and divorcee. A good man at heart, he's nonetheless very protective of his daughter due to her illness.

* BaldOfAwesome: Will is open of the more morally upright characters on the show, but also a PapaWolf. He's also bald as they come.
* CoolOldGuy: He's more than willing to take the young Norman under his wing and teach him taxidermy.
* GoodParents: Will is a protective, good-natured man who loves his daughter dearly.
* TheMentor: A minor example, but he does train Norman in taxidermy.
* NiceGuy: Will is a good father to his daughter, and helps Norman deal with his issues when he doesn't have to do.
* OverprotectiveDad: At first, but it's quickly averted. He's just a good man who doesn't want his daughter hurt.
* PapaWolf: He's protective of his daughter, and scopes out Norman to make sure he isn't a bad sort.

[[folder:Keith Summers]]
!!Keith Summers
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->'''Played By:''' W. Earl Brown

The former owner of the Seafairer Motel and the house behind it. He held an extreme bitterness towards Norma Bates and her son, Norman, for purchasing the hotel after he lost it to the bank.

* AssholeVictim: Aside from [[spoiler:raping Norma]], almost everyone in town seems to agree he was a jerk.
* BeardOfEvil: A stubbly goatee type.
* TheBully: According to Shelby, who describes him as such. In fact, nobody besides Romero seems to care for him much at all.
* CharacterDeath: After he [[spoiler:rapes and taunts Norma, she runs him through with a kitchen knife.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: The bank takes away your motel because you couldn't make payments? Better [[spoiler:rape the new owner.]]
* FatBastard: Easily one of the least, if now ''the'' least, sympathetic characters on the entire show and tubby to go with it.
* FatSlob: He's an overweight, unshaven drunk.
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: His death at Norma's hands.
* HotBlooded: From what we saw, he was an angry jerk who flew off the handle at others.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's an aggressive, slovenly drunk with a penchant for [[spoiler:rape]]. And nobody in town likes him, not even his [[spoiler:partners-in-crime, Shelby and Abernathy.]]
* PostRapeTaunt: [[spoiler:His ill-advised taunt to Norma is what pushes her to murder him.]]
-->''"You liked it."''
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler:His rape of Norma is what pegs his murder as somewhat justified in the eyes of the viewers.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: After dying in the first episode, he looms over the rest of the season. He causes Romero to get on Norma's back, and was part of the whole sex-slave town conspiracy. He's mentioned pretty much every episode.

[[folder:Christine]]
!!Christine Heldens
->'''Played By:''' Rebecca Creskoff

A feisty upper-class woman who takes a liking to Norma and tries to play match-maker for her.

* FieryRedhead: She's not an angry person, but she's very outspoken and strong-willed. She quits when Norma doesn't get the lead role in the musical she was involved in.

[[folder:George]]
!!George Heldens
->'''Played By:''' Michael Vartan

Christine's recently divorced brother and a former lawyer. Kind and a little shy by nature, George is pushed toward Norma by his match-making sister and they quickly form a bond.

* HelloAttorney: He used to be an attorney, and Norma has certainly noticed he's a good-looking fellow.
* LoveInterest: Christine pushes him and Norma toward each other and is determined to set them up.
* NiceGuy: George is helpful, considerate and a perfect gentleman at all times.

[[folder:Jimmy Brennan]]
!!Jimmy Brennan
->'''Played By:''' Michael Rogers

Cody Brennan's abusive, alcoholic father.

* AbusiveParent: To Cody, whom he verbally berates and beats. When he's not beating his daughter, he's generally neglectful of her.
* TheAlcoholic: There are beer bottles usually strewn around him, and he's consistently drunk. Cody sometimes steals his alcohol and knows what he'll notice missing and what wasn't.
* AssholeVictim: Considering he's an abusive drunk, [[spoiler:he isn't particularly mourned by anyone but his daughter who has mixed feelings on him.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Norman pushes him down the stairs during a confrontation, killing him.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: It comes with the territory of being a drunken child-beating wreck. Romero relates how he knew Jimmy his whole life, and how he was 'angry' for pretty much all of it.
* HairTriggerTemper: Cody is terrified of him because he can fly off the handle from the moment he wakes up.
* PetTheDog: According to Cody, her father does have good aspects. Jimmy and Cody used to watch movies together and he made her laugh. Their relationship has pretty clearly deteriorated.

* TookALevelInKindess: In season 2, he becomes a little more tactful although he's just as stoical. Notably, after [[spoiler:Zane burns his house down and he moves into the Bates Motel, he tells Norma about the window problem and is generally considerate of her.]]

* BrokenBird

Dylan and Remo's newest boss following [[spoiler:Gil's death.]]

* OminousThreat: Even before his interactions with Norma, he was making these to Romero.

* TheChessmaster

A young Asian woman [[spoiler:who was kept as a sex slave by Zach Shelby.]]

Emma's father, a taxidermist and divorcee.

Christine's recently divorced brother and a former lawyer.

* AbusiveParent: Jimmy is verbally and physically abusive toward his daughter, Cody.
* TheAlcoholic: He's consistently drunk.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Considering he's an abusive drunk, he isn't particularly mourned by anyone but his daughter who has mixed feelings on him.]]

!The Wilson Drug Ring

Cody Brennan's father.

* [[spoiler:ChildByRape: He's the unintentional son of Norma and her brother Caleb, during Norma's teenage years, when Caleb would rape her.]]

* {{Badass}}: He successfully [[spoiler:kills the very dangerous Jake Abernathy.]]

* TeamSwitzerland: [[spoiler:He is very concerned about maintaining the peace between the two rival drug families in town.]]

Due to many liberties taken with the original material, this character page is distinct from that of ''Characters/{{Psycho}}''.

* [[spoiler:{{Patricide}}: Norman killed his father while he was in a trance.]]

* [[spoiler:BrotherSisterIncest: With her older brother. It was non-consensual.]]

* [[spoiler:KickTheSonOfABitch]]: [[spoiler:Keith Summers had it coming]].

* [[spoiler:RapeAsDrama: She was sexually assaulted by her brother, and is later raped by Keith Summers in her own kitchen.]]

* [[spoiler:BrotherSisterIncest: He raped his little sister Norma every day for years.]]
* [[spoiler:DisappearedDad: To Dylan. (in addition to being his uncle).]]

* [[spoiler:TheAlcoholic: In flashbacks, he's always drunk.]]
* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim: He was an abusive, alcoholic jerk.]]

* [[spoiler:DomesticAbuser: His abuse of Norma seems to be what prompts Norman to kill him.]]
* [[spoiler:{{Jerkass}}: As is to be expected of a DomesticAbuser with a NeverMyFault attitude.]]
* [[spoiler:NeverMyFault: Sam has this attitude, blaming everyone but himself.]]

* [[spoiler:DirtyCop: After Shelby's true nature is revealed, he covers everything up to make himself appear competent.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: When the Bates family discovers his secrets, Shelby tries to kill them all. Fortunately Dylan manages to outsmart him, shooting him. Shelby stumbles out of the house before collapsing dead on the steps to the motel.]]
* [[spoiler:CreepyBasement: Shelby keeps his sex slave Jiao in his basement. His decoration is unsettling.]]
* [[spoiler:DirtyCop: He was the business partner of Keith Summers and Jake Abernathy.]]
* [[spoiler:DiscOneFinalBoss: He becomes the main villain for the first half of the season, before being killed by Dylan.]]
* [[spoiler:EyeScream: Dylan shoots him through the eye.]]
* [[spoiler:FauxAffablyEvil: Shelby is charming and kind, but that's just a disguise for the violent rapist he really is.]]

* [[spoiler:LawmanGoneBad: Although it's unclear if he was ever 'good' to begin with.]]

* [[spoiler:TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Shelby is clean-cut and handsome. He's also a rapist with a sex slave in his basement.]]
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown: After his secret comes out, Shelby becomes very distressed and unhinged, blaming Norma for 'betraying' him.]]

* [[spoiler:PutOnABus: Bradley gets on a literal bus out of town, faking her death before she does so.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Miss Watson has her throat slashed in the season 1 finale.]]

* [[spoiler:MafiaPrincess: She's the daughter of drug kingpin Nick Ford.]]

* [[spoiler:SlashedThroat: She's killed in the season 1 finale this way.]]

* [[spoiler:YourCheatingHeart: She's revealed to have been dating Gil while having an affair with Bradley's father.]]

!!Jodi Wilson

* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim: Killed by Bradley in the season 2 premiere, who is hell bent on finding her father's killer.]]
* [[spoiler:BoomHeadshot: How Bradley kills him.]]
* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Bradley seduces him into letting his guard down at his home. Then she shoots him in the head.]]

* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath: Killed by the daughter of his murder victim.]]

* [[spoiler:[[BoomHeadshot Boom Neck-Shot]]: How he meets his end.]]
* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: An accomplice who owes him money tries to end his debt by shooting Ethan in the neck. He dies quickly afterwards.]]

** [[spoiler:MentorOccupationalHazard: Suffers from this when he's shot by a 'customer'.]]

* [[spoiler:SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Shot in the neck by a lowlife who owed his boss money.]]
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe: He's only in the show for a few episodes before being killed.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Romero meets with him, apparently to make a new shady deal. When Abernathy relaxes, Romero shoots him four times in the chest, killing him outright.]]

* [[spoiler:NoKillLikeOverkill: Romero shoots him four times, sending him into the water.]]

* [[spoiler:NeverFoundTheBody: It's assumed that Shelby killed her, but we haven't seen a body and nobody seems interested in finding her.]]

* [[spoiler:PostRapeTaunt: His ill-advised taunt to Norma is what pushes her to murder him.]]

* AbusiveParents: She's absolutely terrified of her father, who's been seen to be verbally abusive and likely physically as well.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Jodi know her brother is an idiot screw-up, but she does love him.

->'''Played By''': Paloma Kwiatkowski

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->'''Played By''': Kathleen Robertson

->'''Played By''': Michael Eklund

->'''Played By''': Keenan Tracey

->'''Played By''': Michael [=O'Neil=]

->'''Played By''': Rebecca Creskoff

->'''Played By''': Michael Vartan

* AbusiveParents: It's been heavily implied, but not yet confirmed.