History Characters / BlueBloods

* MalcolmXerox: Rev. Darnell Potter is a fairly transparent strawman of the Rev. Al Sharpton. Not only is he a demagogue, an accessory to murder, a crook, a hatemonger and a liar, he's waging a motiveless war on the NYPD to boot. TakenUpToEleven in his first appearance, where he can quote Malcolm X by heart, but is apparently unfamiliar with anything Martin Luther King ever said.

* FriendsWithBenefits: has this relationship with reporter Melanie Maines; whenever she's in New York, they get together.

* GoodParents: Accounts from his children describe Frank as a fair parent to them. He would correctly discipline when they needed it, but he was also be there to support them when they needed it (along as they didn't break a rule).

* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: He gets saddled with this trope a lot. He may ''think'' the NYPD needs reforming, while Frank is more than happy to point out that things at the NYPD are just fine.

[[folder:Detective Daniel "Danny" Fitzgerald Reagan]]

* FriendToAllChildren: As tough as he is with grown-ups, he's actually quite tender when talking with youngsters, to the point where at times ''he's'' the "good cop" instead of Jackie.

* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Not often, but on occasion. He waterboards a SerialKiller in the first episode for information. Although he does tend to bend the rules, this is the only time he uses torture in the entire first season, but the quickness with which he uses it in the pilot seems to imply this is a semi-regular thing for him. In a season four episode he beats information out of a heroin dealer whose accidentally uncut load of dope caused several fatal overdoses (and then uses him as a HumanShield), which suggests the takeaway is that he's not above torture [[GodzillaThreshold when he views the situation to be serious enough]].

* KarmaHoudini: {{Downplayed}}. Danny has never committed an outright ''heinous'' act and is by no means a DirtyCop. However, he has done many acts that are considered violations of protocol and the rights of a suspect, enough to the point that the NYPD would probably in real life have canned him as early as the pilot.
* KnightInSourArmor: Generally sour towards the world in general, but gets up every morning to make New York a better place because he loves this city.

* ManChild: {{Downplayed}}. Danny ''is'' mature, but often the most immature of his siblings and refuses to let go of a topic if it personally offended him.

* TheNotLoveInterest: To his partner Jackie. During the rare instances where she and his wife Linda are onscreen at the same time, it's quite clear Linda has no problem with her.

The youngest of Frank Reagan's surviving children, and a rookie cop at the start of the series. A Harvard Law graduate, he changed his mind about being a lawyer and joined the NYPD partly because of his dead brother Joe, and partly because he wanted to help people more than he wanted to make money.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Jamie is much more even-tempered than Danny and tends to have better people skills, but when he ''does'' lose his temper? Whoo, boy. In one episode he goes for a tour with a cop who turned in her partner for [[RippedFromTheHeadlines killing a suspect with an illegal choke-hold]] (because she's being shunned for snitching). After Eddie and her current ride-along have to drive halfway across the patrol area to back them up in a shootout ([[UriahGambit because nobody else responded to the snitch's call for backup]]), [[WhatTheHellHero he lets every cop in the precinct have it with both barrels.]]

** As of Seasons 4/5, his new female partner Eddie (nickname for Edit, a Hungarian name) is shown to be falling for him. Jamie himself seems to reciprocate, though both are still in denial about it, at least partially because admitting it would be mean that Sergeant Renzulli would be forced to reassign them to different partners.

** Jaimie is a good cop with a strong moral compass and strong respect for the rules, and yet he is often shut down by other superior officers mainly because he's the commissioner's son, and they assume he's an EntitledBastard as a result. The phrase "I don't care what your last name is" is something he's told '''a lot'''. And because he's Frank's son he's subject to enforced LimitedAdvancementOpportunities to avoid any appearance of favoritism. By Season 6, he's becoming bitter about this and has [[TookALevelInJerkass taken a level in jerkass as result.]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: In "Exiles", Jamie tries to persuade Jamie to back off of a woman's personal issue. Note, this was ''after'' he tried to convince a woman to confess about her son not being her husband's biological child ''and'' trying to also convince Eddie to reconcile with her incarcerated father. Both moments that were someone else's personal problems and were none of his business.

* SwallowTheKey: Frank Reagan didn't raise no fools. When confronted by some mob brokers, Jamie hastily swallows the thumbdrive he used to hack into their finances.

* GoodParents: Despite her jerkish nature to his siblings, civilians, and perps, Danny is a ''very'' good father to his boys.

* PapaWolf: Anyone coming near his family is pretty much sealing their own deathwish. Danny even lampshades this in "The Job".

[[folder:Detective Danny Reagan]]

* MalcolmXerox: Rev. Darnell Potter is a fairly transparent strawman of the Rev. Al Sharpton. Not only is he a demagogue, an accessory to murder, a crook, a hatemonger and a liar, he's waging a motiveless war on the NYPD to boot.

* {{Hypocrite}}: In "Forgive and Forget", Eddie is first seen trying to defend a thief who was stealing for his family, but is disgusted (along with most of the precinct) of a cop who testified against her partner for use of an illegal chokehold. Note, the latter is a ''way'' more offensive crime than the former, especially since said illegal choke-hold ended up killing the suspect. Jamie actually calls her out on this.

[[folder:Sgt./Lt. Sidney Gormley]]

* BookDumb: Grumbles that he liked it better before it was common for the department's rank-and-file to have degrees in criminology and tactics. Frank politely, but firmly, calls him out for this attitude.

* ReassignedToAntarctica: What he originally thought was going to happened to him after he shot off his mouth at a meeting. He even told Danny that he believed he was being sent to Siberia. Though it turns out Frank was giving him a promotion.

** The most sleazy thing he's done is in Season 6, where due to Frank's bad publicity he's dragging his feet on whether to keep him on as the PC.

* {{Badass}}: A tough-talking [[{{Joisey}} Jersey Girl]] who made a name for herself fighting crime, through the legal system, in Newark, eventually rising to become the Essex County Prosecutor. She also shows herself to be a pretty skilled markswoman, as seen when she's practicing at the shooting range.

* KarmaHoudini: The man is blatantly corrupt and is involved with shady characters. It's rather impressive he hasn't been arrested himself for some of his antics, though it's implied that the NYPD is wary of giving him ammunition.

* StrawHypocrite: He claims he is defending the Black Community, but it is quite clear to anyone that has spent more than a minute with him he is just manipulating the Black Community for his own needs.

* TheInformant: For the DEA and then the NYPD. When Maria and Danny force him to reveal this, laments that this is the "first time in [his] life" that he's done something that he thinks Maria will be proud of.

* StupidSacrifice: [[spoiler:His manner of death runs into FridgeLogic in much the same logic as someone TakingTheBullet for Superman: ''Maria'' is the one with the BulletproofVest on. Quite likely he wasn't thinking too clearly, though.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Frequently delivers these to Frank. Has also ccasionally been on the receiving end when Frank thought he was out of line. Garrett himself delivered a rather eloquent one to Henry when one of Henry's statements lands Frank in hot water.
* YourCheatingHeart: "The Job" has him reveal that the reason behind his three marriages were due to extramarital affairs from his end.

Danny's supervisor at the 54th precinct squad for the first four and a half seasons. Later tapped by Frank to work for him at One Police Plaza to represent the interests of the NYPD rank-and-file as a replacement for Dino, after Dino's resignation in the wake of the prostitution blackmail scandal.

* RankUp: Initially a sergeant, he's nearing retirement when Frank names him Special Assistant to the Commissioner (a title they made up because as a sergeant he's too low-ranked to be Chief of Department) in "Excessive Force". He gets promoted to lieutenant six episodes later in "Sins of the Father".

* TurnInYourBadge: He orders Danny to do this in the Season 4 finale as a result of manipulation by a scandal going on in the D.A.'s office.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's somewhat of a mix of President UsefulNotes/BarackObama and Newark, New Jersey mayor Corey Booker. The Obama comparisons are noted early on when Henry notes that Poole was previously a "community organizer", a phrase frequently thrown around during the 2008 election to describe Obama's earlier work. The Booker comparisons come from his status as a young, personable, media-savvy African-American mayor of a major city in the northeastern United States (indeed, as a neighbor in the Tri-State Area, Newark is just on the other side of the Hudson from New York City, and there's frequent New Jersey Transit, Amtrak and PATH train service between the two).

[[folder:Manhattan DA Amanda Harris]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Back in season 3, it comes to Erin's attention that she withheld evidence that may have swayed the jury on a case she was prosecuting, and her reaction when Erin confronts her about it is essentially "[[InsaneTrollLogic I know the guy was guilty, so I didn't need to show evidence that could have implied he wasn't]], [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids now stop being naive]]," making it clear that morals don't mean much to her. End of season 4, she gets arrested for being an actual crook - running a lengthy blackmail scheme.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Potter may not be "evil" per se but it's clear he has a corrupt side. In various meetings, it's obvious Potter refuses to believe Frank isn't driven by racism and a wish to always protect dirty cops and thinks they're engaged in political games, unaware of how much Frank hates that. More importantly, Potter can't accept that Frank will always put the public and others before his own image and standing as Potter would never do the same.

** In his first appearance in "Black and Blue" he ''creates'' a confrontation with the NYPD by [[spoiler:having a friend make a 911 call at his church and then having some of his parishioners screw with the responding officers, who happen to be Jamie Reagan and Sgt. Renzulli. Jamie and Renzulli get knocked down the stairs by a ScaryBlackMan and Renzulli ends up in the hospital.]]

-->'''Danny:''' ''(to Erin)'' Yeah, and you should know more than anyone that if someone takes a shot at my family, I'm taking him out.

* PapaWolf: Anyone coming near his family is pretty much leaning on him to beat the crap out of them.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: Frank continues to carry his old snubnose .38 Special revolver, despite his father telling him he should switch to a semiautomatic for more firepower. In one scene, Frank [[BoomHeadshot demonstrated he doesn't need to]].

* AlwaysGetsHisMan: Danny has one of the highest case closure rates of any NYPD detective.
* AntiHero: Danny is by no means a DirtyCop and he genuinely wants to arrest the bad guys of New York, he also has done some outright malicious acts in order to get justice. For example, on two separate occasions he threatened to shoot an unarmed person; both times the two people had information about the real criminal, but his actions violated their rights and were morally wrong to an extent.

* GoodIsNotNice: He ''is'' an honest cop, a skilled detective, and a devoted family man. He's also fond of screaming at and insulting suspects and isn't above using the JackBauerInterrogationTechnique on occasion. In addition, he makes some borderline Islamophobic remarks in "Worst Case Scenario" ([[WhatTheHellHero and is called out for it by his partner Maria Baez]]).

* BreakTheCutie: His biggest ones were as followed:
** Being tricked into a SuicideByCop.
** His partner, Vinny, [[spoiler:being gunned down and witnessing his death.]]

* ReassignedToAntarctica: What he originally thought was going to happened to him after he shot off his mouth at a meeting. He even told Danny that he believed he was being sent to Siberia. Though it turns out Frank was giving him a RankUp.

* WhatTheHellHero: He gets pissed off at Frank in one episode for not standing up for a lieutenant who accidentally killed a suspect.

* SleazyPolitician: Downplayed. He is not ''very'' sleazy but he does think like a politician and sometimes cuts corners in morality especially in the eyes of the more straitlaced Frank. Also he sometimes thinks too much about {{Nepotism}} toward his original constituents rather then thinking in terms of the whole city. In a way he is a more modernized and respectable version of a traditional New York City ward boss. Indeed, at the beginning of the Season 3 finale "This Way Out", as the angry crowd at the town hall meeting says some harsh things about NYPD policy (much to Frank's chagrin), Mayor Poole is seen coolly analyzing the situation and very obviously thinking about how to placate his constituents. He then starts giving a rather politiciany speech, beginning "Now, I as a child of the projects myself, completely understand your frustration..." causing the audience members to groan. Still, although Frank doesn't like to hear it, Mayor Poole does need political popularity and influence in order to help Frank in certain situations.

** The most sleazy thing he's done is in Season 6, where due to Frank's bad publicity he's dragging his feet on wether to keep him on as the PC.

Erin's boss, the District Attorney of the Borough of Manhattan.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Back in season 3, it comes to Erin's attention that she withheld evidence that may have swayed the jury on a case she was prosecuting, and her reaction when Erin confronts her about it is essentially "[[InsaneTrollLogic I know the guy was guilty, so I didn't need to show evidence that could have implied he wasn't]], [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids now stop being naive]]," making it clear that morals don't mean much to her. Next season, she gets arrested for being an actual crook - running a lengthy blackmail scheme.

** [[spoiler: ''Brutally'' subverted at the end of her arc, in the most gut-wrenching way possible. Erin is horrified to discover that Amanda has been conspiring for years to entrap and blackmail lots of people of major influence, like high-level cops, politicians, pro athletes, and various celebrities, in order to guarantee their assistance whenever she needs it (whether this assistance is solely for cases or possibly for darker, personal reasons is left open to speculation). When Erin confronts her on it, Amanda--her mentor--replies "Oh you stupid, stupid child," in the most chillingly calm voice ever, breaking Erin's heart. She then goes to give her a horrifying BreakingSpeech, including parts where she mocks Erin, saying "You waltzed in here like a glamorous model posing for a statue of Justice," and goes on to claim that she tried to show Erin how to really get things done, and then threatens Erin's career]].

While in plainclothes at a bar during the Season 2 premiere, Jamie Reagan saved a young man's life from an accidental overdose. The guy turned out to be Noble Sanfino, the heir to a major crime syndicate. NYPD's Organized Crime division parlayed Jamie's brownie points into an undercover assignment for the rookie cop.

[[folder:Kelly Peterson]]

* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: It's heavily implied that she and Frank end up feeling this way about each other by the end of her arc. Each of them recognizes the necessary tension that their jobs require them to have in order to make sure that both sides are given a fair hearing, and although they often butt heads and argue, they come to genuinely admire and respect each other for being honestly passionate about their ideals. Humorously noted in one episode when Kelly threatens to subpoena Frank and even get him arrested if he doesn't cooperate with one of her investigations into something Frank deems classified information; Frank asks "Would you really throw me in jail?", to which Kelly responds "Yes....but with a heavy heart." Indeed, the reason she eventually quits her job is because she doesn't think she can keep up the adversarial nature her job requires that she have towards Frank...and it's heavily implied that it's because she's fallen for him.

* EnemyMine: {{Downplayed}} with Frank in one episode where ''both'' of them are angry that a white supremacist radio host is doing a show in New York (although he and Frank still disagree on how best to deal with the situation).

** In his first appearance in "Black and Blue" he ''creates'' a confrontation with the NYPD by [[spoiler:having a friend make a 911 call at his church and then having some of his parishioners screw with the responding officers, who happen to be Jamie Reagan and Tony Renzulli. Jamie and Renzulli get knocked down the stairs by a ScaryBlackMan and Renzulli ends up in the hospital.]]

** ''Don't'' hurt his partners.

* TheDanza: ''Abigail'' Barker as ''Abigail'' Hawk.

* JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife: In Season 7, she's in a car with friends that gets pulled for a routine traffic stop and the cops find drugs in the car. She gets suspended from Columbia and nearly gets charged for possession until one of her friends cops to it. [[note]] In real life it wouldn't matter who confessed to owing the drugs, when cops finds drugs in a car '''everyone's''' guilty of possession.[[/note]]

--'''Henry:''' I'll tell you this... any monster who lays a finger on anybody at this table, they'd be fertilizer before the courts could get to 'em.

--> '''Henry:''' Are you kiddin'? He'd get one look at this table and run the other way.

* KarmaHoudini: {{Downplayed}}. Danny has never committed an outright ''heinous'' act and is by no means a DirtyCop. However, he has done many acts that are considered violations of protocol and the rights of a suspect; things that could get him fired in real life.

* MarriedToTheJob: Much to his actual wife Linda's chagrin, and often a source of tension when Danny has to leave his family's side to go out on a mission.

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Danny's sons have never complained on-screen about his absence, but his siblings and wife have called him out on not spending time with his kids. At least one episode indicates he schedules himself for a lot of extra tours because he and Linda are having money problems (which makes sense: they're supporting two kids and a mortgage as a police detective and a nurse, neither of which pays well).