History Characters / Bones

* BadassNormal: He's an FBI agent, but he's essentially a cop with a notch higher of a badge, and usually shows himself to be what you'd expect. He's also a former Army marksman who is badass enough to [[spoiler:take down an entire elite Delta Force black ops unit with a few minutes of preparation time, lots of spare weapons and traps, a fair bit of [[IndyPloy improvisation]], and a little help from Brennan right at the end. Albeit [[HeroicRROD with near-fatal wounds.]]]] Compared to some of the more dangerous threats and criminals out there, that amount of capability is ''crucial'' given virtually every one of his associates in the "Squints" is not as fit for a fight as he is.

* BadassNormal: He's an FBI agent, but he's essentially a cop with a notch higher of a badge, and usually shows himself to be what you'd expect. He's also a former Army marksman who is badass enough to [[spoiler:take down an entire elite Delta Force black ops unit with a few minutes of preparation time, lots of spare weapons and traps, a fair bit of [[IndyPloy improvisation]], and a little help from Brennan right at the end. Albeit [[HeroicRROD with near-fatal wounds.]]]]

* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: When he first met Booth, he introduced himself as "Gordon, Gordon Wyatt", to which Booth retorted that it's weird how he reiterated his first name. Gordon then clarified that Booth made that assumption without considering that his middle name could be the same as his first name, so he wasn't reiterating at all. This is what later made Booth [[HiddenDepths started considering Gordon's advice]], as he had assumed Gordon to be just another shrink.

* TheMulder: Is a lot more open minded than the other characters to fantastical idea such as genuinely and sincerely positing the idea that two murder victims of different ages but similar skeletons are the same guy from two different time periods.

* SerialKiller: Though the general MO is to kidnap for ransom, if they don't pay the victims are killed. The victims are buried alive in a container with limited air, and if the ransom is paid the location is given so they can be rescued. [[spoiler: In ''The Bullet in the Brain'', she hints that she had an accomplice, though said accomplice's identity is never revealed.]]

* FreudianExcuse: He watched his father sniped down in front of him when he was six years old at his birthday party.

* ColdBloodedTorture: Two occasions, to find out Booths's name. First, with [[spoiler:Aldo]],who he forced rats to burrow into. Second, a victim of the week who used to be in Booth's army unit. When the latter failed to give up Booth's name, Kovac tortured and murdered an old woman to force him to talk.

* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler: Not him, but his sister that was his accomplice made a good one. When Brennan accuses them of killing her father, she points out that Booth killed their father first. when Brennan says that Booth did it out of duty, she says that patriotism isn't an excuse. While Josip Radik was indeed a war criminal, the fact remains that Booth killed an important general of a nation that wasn't officially at war with the USA.]]

A mysterious, unidentified serial killer. They get their name from the fact that they turn their victims into puppets that they dress up and play with before discarding them six months after the murder. They appear to have a strong hatred of the Jeffersonian team and anyone connected to them, including their families, and have been shown to have an obsession with Brennan as well as a connection to former team member [[spoiler: Zack Addy]]

* AssholeVictim: Has her head blown off by Broadsky in ''The Bullet in the Brain''. No tears are shed. You deserved it, [[spoiler: Ms Taffet]].

* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Her older brother was her last victim before she herself was killed]]

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Though he also mentioned that he wished she was his first victim.

** Calling him this is an EXTREMELY generous [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist interpretation of his actions and his character]]. For context, his second victim, while a criminal, was a nonviolent offender and the man who paid Broadsky to kill him was the drug lord that the man testified against. The Gravedigger had also already been sentenced to death, and was facing a grim final appeal. Broadsky is really little better than people like Pelant and the Gravedigger, and seems to just want the opportunity to kill and get paid for it with a veneer of justification that Booth only buys due to his judgment about Broadsky being clouded.

-->Played by: Creator/LaurenSpencer

* OverprotectiveDad: Baby's not even ''out of the womb'' and he's being this.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:In the last episode he appears, after being smug and confident for the majority of time he becomes visibly shaken and angry when he learns that Booth has arrested his mother.]]

* NoSocialSkills: Not quite as bad as Zack but enough to count.
* NotGoodWithPeople: Partly because of NoSocialSkills and partly because of ParentalAbandonment.

* TheyDo: With Booth and it leads to being HappilyMarried.

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: It didn't work at first. [[spoiler: [[TheyDo Then it did.]]]]

* TheyDo: With Bones and it leads to HappilyMarried.

* TheyDo: With Angela.

* TheyDo: After a few season of an on-and-off relation with Hodgins, they finally get together for real.

* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: part of her unwritten job description

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Though she lacks in people skills (ironically in a job that deals with studying people and the culture), she's very great at her job and is one of the few board-certified forensic anthropologists in the country.

* CompositeCharacter: Downplayed. From the books she is obviously Dr. Temperance Brennan, but in the show she also gets the cultural anthropologist part of her best friend Gabby. The rest of Gabby -- the sociable, compassionate and artistic parts -- become Angela Montenegro.

* HollywoodAtheist: Zig-zagged. While she has the "being anti-religion" aspect, she certainly doesn't fit the "amoral StrawNihilist asshole" part, as she actually has a [[PrinciplesZealot rather strict moral code]], such as refusing to lie even when it would be morally defensible. Doesn't stop her from basically picking fights with Booth or expounding on her atheism at a friend's funeral.

* HollywoodAtheist: Zig-zagged. While she has the "being anti-religion" aspect, she certainly doesn't fit the "amoral StrawNihilist asshole" part, as she actually has a [[PrinciplesZealot rather strict moral code]], such as refusing to lie even when it would be morally defensible.