History Characters / Borderlands1

* GoldTooth: He has one. It's one of the few obvious signs of how ludicrously wealthy he is.

--> '''Zed:''' ''Close enough.''[[note]]His tone of voice is so nonchalant and unsurprised, it's like he was expecting this to happen.[[/note]]

--> '''T.K. Baha:''' ''I may be a blind crippled widower, but that don't mean all's lost!''

--->'''Handsome Jack''': ''Hohohoho... holy crap! Did you see her head? It was like - PBBLLT!''

--> ''"You won't find better merchandise from anyone else! I've made sure of ''that''."''
--> ''"If you shop anywhere else, I'll have you killed!"''

-->'''Marcus''': ''Looks like it works to me.''\\

-->'''Marcus:''' The Vault Hunters had stopped the evil doctor Zed from - \\

'''Other''': [[Characters/BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions Bandits and Bandit Factions]] ([[Characters/BorderlandsChildrenOfTheVault Children of the Vault]]) | [[Characters/BorderlandsHodunkAndZafordClans Hodunk and Zaford Clans]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsCreatures Creatures]] ([[Characters/BorderlandsEridiansAndVaultMonsters Eridians and Vault Monsters]]) | [[Characters/BorderlandsRaidBosses Raid Bosses]])-]]]]]

'''Weapon Brands''': [[Characters/BorderlandsAtlas Atlas]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsDahl Dahl]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsHyperion Hyperion]] ([[Characters/BorderlandsHandsomeJack Handsome Jack]]) | [[Characters/BorderlandsMaliwan Maliwan]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsTorgue Torgue]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsWeaponBrands Other Weapon Brands]]\\
'''Other''': [[Characters/BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions Bandits and Bandit Factions]] ([[Characters/BorderlandsChildrenOfTheVault Children of the Vault]]) | [[Characters/BorderlandsHodunkAndZafordClans Hodunk and Zaford Clans]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsCreatures Creatures]] ([[Characters/BorderlandsEridiansAndVaultMonsters Eridians and Vault Monsters]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsRaidBosses Raid Bosses]])-]]]]]

->'''Voiced by''': David Eddings [[note]][[NamesTheSame No, not]] [[Creator/DavidEddings that one.]][[/note]]

* AutoDoc: He runs a series of vending machines called ''Dr. Zed's Portable Clinic'', which are thrown all around the planet to provide healing syringes, shields and class mods to any customers.
* BackAlleyDoctor: Zed lost his license long ago. It's not clear if he lost it due to insanity (especially considering Doc Mercy, the lunatic laser-wielding bandit still has a license) or some other reason, but he still has an honest, if screwed-up, desire to heal people. However, by the time of the ''Commander Lilith'' DLC he's considering going back to med school to get his license reinstated.
* MadScientist: Shows hints of this in the second game. He actually creates skag/rakk hybrids ([[BreadEggsBreadedEggs "skrakk"]]) and a psycho/spiderant hybrid ([[BreadEggsBreadedEggs "Spycho"]]) at one point, for no reason he's willing to divulge.
* MaybeEverAfter: In the ''Commander Lilith'' DLC, Zed tries to find a cure for the Pandora Gas in his own way in hopes of getting the attention of Dr. Tannis. Just when he's about to throw in the towel and reconsider going back to med school to actually get his license, Tannis pipes up with intrigue over the horrifically mutilated corpses she's finding from his results. He takes that opportunity to get a relationship going.
* MeatgrinderSurgery: He even has a quest where you assist him with this in the second game. You make the first incision with your melee attack, which kills the patient instantly. Of course, the "patient" in question was a Hyperion agent threatening everyone nearby with death and evidently had to be restrained, so he's not that upset.
--> '''Zed:''' Close enough.[[note]]His tone of voice is so nonchalant and unsurprised, it's like he was expecting this to happen.[[/note]]

-->'''Zed:''' You know, when you really think about it, this all ''your'' fault.
* NiceGuy: To an extent -- slightly less so in the sequel, if his shades of MadScientist are anything to go by. He's still more or less [[OnlySaneMan the most morally upstanding member of the supporting cast]], not counting Roland or Helena Pierce who're no longer alive by the time ''2'' takes place.

* RunningGag: His lack of a medical license becomes one in the second game.

-->'''Zed:''' (acting disgusted) EWWWW! What are you handing me all these organs for? Here, please take this pile of money as a sign of my disgust!

* CameBackWrong: In the "Zombie Island of Dr. Ned" DLC, he has become a zombie. He doesn't attack the player, though, he just sits in his shack rambling about brains.
* CanonDiscontinuity: InUniverse, he's [[MediumAwareness blatantly aware]] that he was killed off in the main story in the first game, and only comes back as a zombie in DLC. In ''Zombie TK's Bloody Harvest'', he mentions that he thought about moving to Sanctuary, but he didn't want to break canon.
-->'''Zombie T.K. Baha:''' So then, after Lilith an' all them kilt Doctor Ned, I decided I'd come back here to un-live out the rest of my days. Thought about goin' to Sanctuary with all them Crimson Raider fellas, but I didn't wanna mess with canon.

* TheExile: In a sidequest near the end of the main game of ''Borderlands 2'', it was revealed the very reason why he died after the player reached New Haven back in ''1'': he was forced to move out after Hyperion sent assassins after him in an attempt to steal his weapon designs, after Mr. Blake made him an offer to move out. He didn't want to move or sell his designs, and the rest is [[KilledOffForReal an unfortunate history]].

* NoZombieCannibals: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], since he's apparently perfectly happy to eat the hundreds of zombie brains his quests demand. Given that, between the Vault Hunters and Dr. Ned, there's a maximum of five non-zombies in the DLC, he doesn't really have much choice.

-->"I maybe a blind crippled widower, but that don't mean all's lost!"

** In the sequel, his niece Una wishes to avenge her uncle by hiring the Vault Hunters to find evidence of how Hyperion planned to steal his weapon designs.

* TemptingFate: In ''2'' you are tasked with retrieving his ECHO Logs to find something incriminating against Hyperion. The last one ends with him noting that bandits showed up outside, but it can't possibly go wrong. Anyone who played the original ''Borderlands'' knows exactly what happens to him.

--->'''Handsome Jack''': Hohohoho... holy crap! Did you see her head? It was like - PBBLLT!

* TheBarnum: In the second game, he convinces a random nerd by the name of Kai that he is TheChosenOne just so he could sell him a gun for $2,000,000.

** ''Borderlands 3'' adds tampering with his vending machines; one of the first few quests involves first killing someone who broke and looted one of them, and then fixing it.

-->'''Marcus''': Catch a guuunn! '''Guh!''' Never doing that again!

--->'''Marcus Munitions:''' No window shopping. Buy something or beat it!
* {{Catchphrase}}: ''"So, you want to hear a story, heh..."''. However this only applies at the start of each game (and some [=DLCs=]). "No refunds." is more common while you buy stuff from his or his vending machines.

* ChildHater: Despite children being the ones he tells stories to, Marcus is at best contemptuous of them, as he is quite critical against the child narrator in the prologue and epilogue of the Captain Scarlett DLC.

** "You won't find better merchandise from anyone else! I've made sure of ''that''."
** "If you shop anywhere else, I'll have you killed!"

** In his EstablishingCharacterMoment for the second game, a customer tries to get a refund for a gun he claims is faulty. Marcus callously demonstrates the gun's reliability by shooting the customer in the leg with it.
--->'''Marcus''': Looks like it works to me.\\
'''Customer''': ''[Agonized screaming]''

* AnAxeToGrind: He uses a psycho axe for surgery a few times.

[[folder:Claptrap]]
![=CL4P-TP=]/Claptrap
See [[Characters/BorderlandsClaptrap his dedicated page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Spoiler Character''']]
!Angel (The Guardian Angel)
See [[Characters/BorderlandsHyperion the Hyperion Corp. page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shep Sanders]]
!Shep Sanders
See [[Characters/BorderlandsDahl the Dahl character sheet]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lucky Zaford]]
!Lucky Sleveen Zaford
See [[Characters/BorderlandsHodunkAndZafordClans the Hodunk and Zaford Clans page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Scooter]]
!Scooter Hodunk
!!''Get you one!''
See [[Characters/BorderlandsHodunkAndZafordClans the Hodunk and Zaford Clans page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tannis]]
!Dr. Patricia Tannis
!!''Insane(ly smart)''
See [[Characters/BorderlandsDahl the Dahl character sheet]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Moxxi]]
!"Mad" Moxxi Hodunk
!!''SWF looking 4 STR''
See [[Characters/BorderlandsHodunkAndZafordClans the Hodunk and Zaford Clans page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Athena]]
See: ''Characters/BorderlandsThePreSequel''
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mr. Blake]]
See [[Characters/BorderlandsHyperion the Hyperion page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]

!!Bandits
[[folder:Nine-Toes]]
!Nine-Toes
!!''Also, he has three balls.''
See [[Characters/BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions the Bandits and Bandit Factions page]] for tropes.

[[folder:Bone Head]]
See [[Characters/BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions the Bandits and Bandit Factions page]] for tropes.

[[folder:Roid Rage Psycho]]
See [[Characters/BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions the Bandits and Bandit Factions page]] for tropes.

[[folder:Sledge]]
!Sledge
!!''P.S.: You guys aren't friends.''
See [[Characters/BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions the Bandits and Bandit Factions page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mad Mel]]
!Mad Mel
See [[Characters/BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions the Bandits and Bandit Factions page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Krom]]
!Krom
See [[Characters/BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions the Bandits and Bandit Factions page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Kobb Brothers]]
!Taylor and Jaynis Kobb
See [[Characters/BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions the Bandits and Bandit Factions page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hanz & Franz]]
See [[Characters/BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions the Bandits and Bandit Factions page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Baron Flynt]]
!Baron Flynt
!!''That's Medicinal.''
See [[Characters/BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions the Bandits and Bandit Factions page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mr. Shank]]
!''[[InsistentTerminology Mr.]]'' Shank
See [[Characters/BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions the Bandits and Bandit Factions page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:D-Fault]]
!''D-Fault''
See [[Characters/BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions the Bandits and Bandit Factions page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
!!The Crimson Lance
[[folder:Commandant Steele]]
!Commandant Helga Steele
See [[Characters/BorderlandsAtlas the Atlas page]] for more info.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Master [=McCloud=]]]
See [[Characters/BorderlandsAtlas the Atlas page]] for more info.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Admiral Mikey]]
See [[Characters/BorderlandsAtlas the Atlas page]] for more info.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:General Knoxx]]
!General Alphonso Knoxx
!!''Doesn't like Mondays''
See [[Characters/BorderlandsAtlas the Atlas page]] for more info.
[[/folder]]
!!Jakobs
[[folder:Dr. Ned]]
!Dr. Ned Blanco
!!''I'm Helping!''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_imhelping_3225.png\\
As of ''1'' (''Dr. Ned'' DLC, original appearance). Click for: [[labelnote:''Dr. Ned'' second appearance]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bl1_undead_ned.jpg[[/labelnote]] - [[labelnote:''Claptrap'' DLC]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bl1_dr_ned_trap.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RicSpiegel

Zed's identical twin brother, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial who is not just Zed with a mustache]]. The main antagonist of the Zombie Island DLC.
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* AffablyEvil: In spite of the fact that he's a ZombieApocalypse-unleashing, murderous MadScientist, he's pretty chatty and pleasant towards the Vault Hunters. He makes brownies, offers them some, then remembers he probably shouldn't be giving brownies to the people who want him dead.
* AntiClimaxBoss: Invoked. [[IntendedAudienceReaction Intended and subverted.]] He goes down quite easily; he doesn't even have full miniboss durability, at most he's just equal to a regular [[EliteMooks Badass]]. Followed by credits rolling past at lightning speed. Then they're suddenly ripped away and ''Undead Ned'' screams "It's not over yet!" Along with a character intro screen of Undead Ned with the text "HOLY F*#KING SHIT!!!"
* BerserkButton: His assistant, Bill, making popcorn when people are trying to work. This evidently ends up turning into a deep hatred of popcorn in general.
-->'''Ned:''' You smell like popcorn. Now I'm pissed!
%%* BigBad: Of "The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned" DLC, naturally.%%How?
%%* BodyHorror: As Undead Ned.
* CameBackWrong: ''Thrice''. Upon being killed in "Zombie Island", he almost instantly revives as Undead Ned. Then, in "Claptrap's New Robot Revolution", he is revived as Ned-Trap, ''then'' as Undead Ned-Trap.
* CardCarryingVillain: He actually makes note of the decision to dedicate himself to evil, records it, and idly hopes nobody happens to find the recording and learn of his nefariousness.
* DeadlyDoctor: Aside from the zombies, he can put up a pretty good fight one-on-one.
* EvilTwin:
** Of Dr. Zed. At first, it can be assumed that Ned is Zed with an [[PaperThinDisguise obvious fake moustache]] spouting [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial suspicious denials]] ("I am Dr. Ned, who is totally not Dr. Zed in disguise"). However, other sources (such as the Game Of The Year Edition Guide, the fourth Claptrap webisode, [=DLC=]s 3 and 4 and, of course, ''Borderlands 2'') confirm that they are indeed two different people - brothers, specifically.
** In the Headhunter DLC of the third game, T.K. Baha hints that there's a third sibling (possibly making them triplets, not twins), named Ted, that is even worse than him. However Baha also pretty much says that none of the DLC is canon anyways.
* FlippingTheBird: In his second intro.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: It seems his initial motives for creating the zombies were altruistic (research into cheating death), but upon realizing that the results were useless for anything other than mass destruction he just shrugs his shoulders and decides to be a CardCarryingVillain instead. His reasoning seems to be IMeantToDoThat: if his creations are going to wreck havoc anyway, he might as well fully embrace it and consider himself a successful villain rather than a grossly incompetent scientist.
* KingMook: When you fight him at the end of the DLC, he fights just like a regular pistol bandit, only with more health and a slightly unique weapon. Then he goes OneWingedAngel and turns into a huge undead monster.
* INeedAFreakingDrink:
** When you first meet him.
** When wounded, Dr. Ned-trap might say "Pour alcohol on the wound. Also in my mouth."
%%* LaughablyEvil
* MadScientist: Not only created zombies, but Wereskags as well.
* MakerOfMonsters: His experiments are responsible for the zombies and wereskags of Jakob's Cove, which he uses to defend his lab.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: ''[[BossSubtitles Turns out he's a bad guy... who knew?]]''
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: By the end of the first ''Borderlands'' storyline, he's a twice-undead cyborg physician.
* ObviouslyEvil: He's not even really trying to hide it. The time he made the Vault Hunters wait while he lowered his hand-cranked elevator, forcing them to fight off a massive horde of zombies, going so far as to drop the counter-weight ''twice'' comes to mind.
* OneWingedAngel: Undead Ned, a far tougher battle than the one just before it.
* PornStash: There are ''huge'' stacks of dirty magazines in his secret lab.
* {{Roboteching}}: When you fight him he's armed with a Purple-rarity submachine gun with a unique barrel that makes it fire drunken bullets that spiral randomly and ricochet off walls.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Denies frequently that he's just Zed with a moustache. In the ''Robot Revolution'' DLC, it's shown that he's telling the truth, as both Zed and the [[UnwillingRoboticisation newly activated Ned-Trap]] are both seen. Similarly, Zed is still present in the sequel, and the Pre-Sequel and Tales canonizes all the events of the Robo-lution.
* TreacherousQuestGiver: Played for laughs, given how ObviouslyEvil he is.
* UnwillingRoboticisation: How the Claptraps bring him BackFromTheDead.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hank Reiss]]
!Hank Reiss
!!''Nice Hat!''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hankreiss.png]]

A man who was turned into a were-skag by Ned when he was given the anti-zombie antidote. Identified by his hat.
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* ApocalypticLog: His ECHO correspondence with his wife, which gradually tells the tale of the zombie outbreak in Jakobs Cove and first hints at Ned's direct involvement in same, and ends with him going to Ned as a volunteer test subject for the skag-based cure.
* MonsterProgenitor: The original wereskag, ultimately responsible for every other wereskag's existence.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Technically a were''skag'', but wereskags are more like werewolves than skags are like wolves in the first place. The main difference? The mouth, which opens like a flower. Oh, and wereskags would have never existed if Ned hadn't injected Reiss with skag stuff in the first place.
* TragicMonster: He was a loving family man before transforming into a wereskag.
* TurnsRed: Once his health gets below a certain threshold, he howls and gains a ton of it back. If you don't take them out fast enough, other wereskags do the same.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Father O'Callahan]]
!Father Jackie O'Callahan
[[quoteright:203:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jackieocallahan.jpg]]

A local preacher who tried to fight the "evil" of Jakobs Cove before being infected with the Wereskag virus.
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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: The Vault Hunters are hired to find out what happened to him, learning through ECHO recordings that he was "nicked in the neck" by Hank Reiss.
* BadassPreacher: He appears to be an actual priest who decides to "kick evil's arse".
* {{Determinator}}: Fighting the zombies and Hank Reiss is tough, but he stays strong through prayer...and the whiskey in his flask.
* OhMyGods: References the Guardian Angel at least once.
* TragicMonster: A BadassPreacher who tried to help Jakobs Cove and was turned into the very "evil" he was fighting. BeingGoodSucks on [[CrapsackWorld Pandora]].
[[/folder]]
!!Hyperion
[[folder:Hyperion "Super-Bad" Soldier]]
See [[Characters/BorderlandsHyperion the Hyperion page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:INAC]]
!!Interplanetary Ninja Assassin Claptrap
See [[Characters/BorderlandsClaptrap its own page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:MINAC]]
!!Mega Interplanetary Ninja Assassin Claptrap
See [[Characters/BorderlandsClaptrap its own page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
!!Eridians
[[folder:The Guardians]]
See [[Characters/BorderlandsEridiansAndVaultMonsters the Eridians and Vault Monsters page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Destroyer]]
See [[Characters/BorderlandsEridiansAndVaultMonsters the Eridians and Vault Monsters page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]

'''Supporting Characters''': '''''Borderlands''''' | ''Characters/Borderlands2'' (''Characters/TinyTinasAssaultOnDragonKeep'' DLC) | ''[[Characters/BorderlandsThePreSequel The Pre-Sequel]]'' | ''Characters/Borderlands3'' | ''Characters/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' | ''Characters/TinyTinasWonderlands'' | ''Characters/NewTalesFromTheBorderlands'' | [[Characters/BorderlandsOtherCharacters Other media]]\\

[-'''[[Characters/BorderlandsVaultHunters Playable Characters]]''': ''[[Characters/Borderlands1VaultHunters Borderlands]]'' | ''[[Characters/Borderlands2VaultHunters Borderlands 2]]'' ([[Characters/BorderlandsKrieg Krieg]]) | ''[[Characters/BorderlandsThePreSequelVaultHunters The Pre-Sequel]]'' ([[Characters/BorderlandsClaptrap Claptrap]]) | ''[[Characters/Borderlands3VaultHunters Borderlands 3]]''\\

[-'''[[Characters/BorderlandsVaultHunters Playable Characters]]''': ''[[Characters/Borderlands1VaultHunters Borderlands]]'' | ''[[Characters/Borderlands2VaultHunters Borderlands 2]]'' ([[Characters/BorderlandsKrieg Krieg]]) | ''[[Characters/BorderlandsThePreSequelVaultHunters The Pre-Sequel]]'' | ''[[Characters/Borderlands3VaultHunters Borderlands 3]]''\\
'''Supporting Characters''': '''Borderlands''' | ''Characters/Borderlands2'' (''[[Characters/TinyTinasAssaultOnDragonKeep Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep]]'') | ''[[Characters/BorderlandsThePreSequel The Pre-Sequel]]'' | ''Characters/Borderlands3'' | ''Characters/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' | ''Characters/TinyTinasWonderlands'' | [[Characters/BorderlandsOtherCharacters Other media]]\\
'''Weapon Brands''': [[Characters/BorderlandsAtlas Atlas]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsDahl Dahl]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsHyperion Hyperion]] ([[Characters/BorderlandsClaptrap Claptrap]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsHandsomeJack Handsome Jack]]) | [[Characters/BorderlandsMaliwan Maliwan]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsTorgue Torgue]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsWeaponBrands Other Weapon Brands]]\\

* GrumpyBear: His cheery demeanour is strictly a front for the customers - he's the surliest and most cynical of the main cast, and the least tolerant of everyone else's tomfoolery. As a result, he's usually either the StraightMan or TheComicallySerious when things get silly.

A man who was turned into a were-skag by Ned when he was given the anti-zombie antidote. Identified by his NiceHat.

* NiceHat: It actually looks really stupid, but deserves a mention because the game itself calls it such (if mockingly). Why does he wear it? His daughter made it for him. He even mentions the other guys teasing him about it.

'''Supporting Characters''': '''Borderlands''' | ''Characters/Borderlands2'' (''[[Characters/TinyTinasAssaultOnDragonKeep Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep]]'')| ''[[Characters/BorderlandsThePreSequel The Pre-Sequel]]'' | ''Characters/Borderlands3'' | ''Characters/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' | ''Characters/TinyTinasWonderlands'' | [[Characters/BorderlandsOtherCharacters Other media]]\\

'''Supporting Characters''': '''''Borderlands''''' | ''Characters/Borderlands2'' (''[[Characters/TinyTinasAssaultOnDragonKeep Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep]]'')
| ''[[Characters/BorderlandsThePreSequel The Pre-Sequel]]'' | ''Characters/Borderlands3'' | ''Characters/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' | ''Characters/TinyTinasWonderlands'' | [[Characters/BorderlandsOtherCharacters Other media]]\\

The Characters of ''VideoGame/Borderlands1''.

[-'''[[Characters/BorderlandsVaultHunters Playable Characters]]''': ''[[Characters/Borderlands1VaultHunters Borderlands 1]]'' | ''[[Characters/Borderlands2VaultHunters Borderlands 2]]'' ([[Characters/BorderlandsKrieg Krieg]]) | ''[[Characters/BorderlandsThePreSequelVaultHunters The Pre-Sequel]]'' | ''[[Characters/Borderlands3VaultHunters Borderlands 3]]''\\
'''Supporting Characters''': '''''Borderlands''''' | ''Characters/Borderlands2'' | ''[[Characters/BorderlandsThePreSequel The Pre-Sequel]]'' | ''Characters/Borderlands3'' | ''Characters/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' | ''Characters/TinyTinasWonderlands'' | [[Characters/BorderlandsOtherCharacters Other media]]\\

* NiceGuy[=/=] OnlySaneMan: To an extent -- slightly less so in the sequel, if his shades of MadScientist are anything to go by. He's still more or less the most morally upstanding member of the supporting cast, not counting Roland or Helena Pierce who're no longer alive by the time ''2'' takes place.

* DemotedToExtra[=/=]OutOfFocus: He was actually part of the main story in the first game, and gave several story missions. In the second game, he's been demoted to "[[FriendInTheBlackMarket black market vendor]]," and only has a very minor role in the quest "Plan B".

* NoodleIncident: See BigEater.

* SkunkStripe: Visible on his head.

'''Supporting Characters''': '''''Borderlands''''' | ''Characters/Borderlands2'' | ''[[Characters/BorderlandsThePreSequel The Pre-Sequel]]'' | ''Characters/Borderlands3'' | ''Characters/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' | [[Characters/BorderlandsOtherCharacters Other media]]\\

!Vault Hunters
[[folder:Mordecai]]
!Mordecai
!!''As the Hunter''
See [[Characters/Borderlands1VaultHunters the BL1 Vault Hunters page]] for tropes.

[[folder:Lilith]]
!Lilith
!!''As the Siren''
See [[Characters/Borderlands1VaultHunters the BL1 Vault Hunters page]] for tropes.

[[folder:Roland]]
!Roland
!!''As the Soldier''
See [[Characters/Borderlands1VaultHunters the BL1 Vault Hunters page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Brick]]
!Brick
!!''As Himself''
See [[Characters/Borderlands1VaultHunters the BL1 Vault Hunters page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
!Supporting [=NPC=]s[[note]]Per appearance order, including [=DLCs=][[/note]]
[[folder:Claptrap]]
![=CL4P-TP=]/Claptrap
See [[Characters/BorderlandsClaptrap his dedicated page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Spoiler Character''']]
!Angel (The Guardian Angel)
See [[Characters/BorderlandsHyperion the Hyperion Corp. page]] for tropes.
[[/folder]]

!! Administrivia/SpoilersOff for games prior to ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'' as well as for spoiler characters that are marked as such. Proceed with caution. [[{{Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned}} You Have Been Warned.]]

!! Administrivia/SpoilersOff for games prior to ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'' as well as for spoiler characters that are marked as such. Proceed with caution. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.

! Theodore "T.K." Baha

One of the first characters the first Vault Hunters meet, TK is a blind hermit with a weird sense of humor and a shotgun.

* ADayInTheLimelight: He's the title character of the Borderlands 2 DLC ''Zombie TK's Bloody Harvest''.

-->'''Zombie T.K.Baha:''' So then, after Lilith an' all them kilt Doctor Ned, I decided I'd come back here to un-live out the rest of my days. Thought about goin' to Sanctuary with all them Crimson Raider fellas, but I didn't wanna mess with canon.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Both ''The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned'' (which can be played in ''1'' right after the player enabled the Fast Travel stations) and the ''Zombie TK's Bloody Harvest'' DLC of ''2'' freely spoil that TK doesn't make it out of ''1'' alive.

** Fittingly, a group of appropriately leveled Psychos can be found near his house after his death. It's heavily implied that they're the group who killed TK, allowing the player to directly avenge him.

! Shep Sanders

! Ernest Whitting

! Lucky Sleveen Zaford

** He'll even have you test elemental weapons on live targets, with titles like "Shoplifter" or "Competitor." They're [[AssholeVictim Hyperion]] workers, but still.

* DemotedToExtra[=/=]OutOfFocus: He was actually part of the main story in the first game, and gave several story missions. In the second game, he's been demoted to "[[FriendInTheBlackMarket black market vendor]]," and only has a very minor role in the quest "Plan B."

! Enemies[[note]]Per appearance order, including [=DLCs=][[/note]]
!! Bandits

! Nine-Toes

! Sledge

! Mad Mel

! Krom

! Taylor and Jaynis Kobb

! Baron Flynt

!! The Crimson Lance

!! Jakobs

! Dr. Ned Blanco

* AntiClimaxBoss: Invoked. [[IntendedAudienceReaction Intended and subverted]]. He goes down quite easily; he doesn't even have full miniboss durability, at most he's just equal to a regular [[EliteMooks Badass]]. Followed by credits rolling past at lightning speed. Then they're suddenly ripped away and ''Undead Ned'' screams "It's not over yet!" Along with a character intro screen of Undead Ned with the text "HOLY F*#KING SHIT!!!"

--> '''Ned:''' You smell like popcorn. Now I'm pissed!

! Hank Reiss

!! Hyperion

!! Interplanetary Ninja Assassin Claptrap

!! Mega Interplanetary Ninja Assassin Claptrap

!! Eridians

* BadassMustache: One that's apparently growing out of his surgical mask. He still has a moustache as Undead Ned, although it's styled completely differently.

'''Weapon Brands''': [[Characters/BorderlandsDahl Dahl]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsHyperion Hyperion]] ([[Characters/BorderlandsClaptrap Claptrap]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsHandsomeJack Handsome Jack]]) | [[Characters/BorderlandsMaliwan Maliwan]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsTorgue Torgue]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsWeaponBrands Other Weapon Brands]]\\