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A Badass. Colonel John Casey ([[spoiler:birth-name Alexander Coburn]]) is an NSA agent that is sent to protect Chuck after he gets the Intersect implanted in his brain. Casey has a bit of a short temper and often gets frustrated with Chuck, but is absolutely a man he can count on.

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A Badass. Colonel John Casey ([[spoiler:birth-name Alexander Coburn]]) is an NSA agent that is sent to protect Chuck after he gets the Intersect implanted in his brain. Casey has a bit of a short temper and often gets frustrated with Chuck, but is absolutely a man he can count on.



* MadeOfIron: [[BadAss Par for course]]. In ''Chuck Vs. The Undercover Lover'' a Russian thug injures his hand by ''punching him in the face''.

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* MadeOfIron: [[BadAss Par for course]].course. In ''Chuck Vs. The Undercover Lover'' a Russian thug injures his hand by ''punching him in the face''.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Casey swings between acting as a gruff father figure and an aloof older brother type towards Chuck (and sometimes Sarah), but generally he has a protective instinct towards Chuck that goes above and beyond orders. In fact at some points, he even defys orders just to keep him safe. He’s also regularly there to offer guidence and adivce to Chuck, even if it is through gritted teeth.



* BigBrotherInstinct: Casey swings between acting as a gruff father figure and an aloof older brother type towards Chuck (and sometimes Sarah), but generally he has a protective instinct towards Chuck that goes above and beyond orders. In fact at some points, he even defys orders just to keep him safe. He’s also regularly there to offer guidence and adivce to Chuck, even if it is through gritted teeth.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Casey swings between acting as TheBigGuy: Textbook example of a gruff father figure and an aloof older brother type towards Chuck (and sometimes Sarah), but generally he has a protective instinct towards Chuck that goes above and beyond orders. In fact at some points, he even defys orders just to keep him safe. He’s also regularly there to offer guidence and adivce to Chuck, even if it is through gritted teeth.3.



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%%* ColonelBadass* ColonelBadass: His rank in the [=NSA=]



%%* HeartbrokenBadass

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%%* HeartbrokenBadass* HeartbrokenBadass: From having had to [[spoiler: walk away from his fiancée when he faked the dead]] to become John Casey



%%* MoreDakka: Almost religiously.

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%%* * MoreDakka: Almost religiously.
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* Could be a ColdSniper or FriendlySniper
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* [[UsefulNotes/{{Belgium}} Belgian]]
-->'''Jim''': "That's Adelbert de Smet...[[TheDreaded better known as the Belgian.]]"
-->'''Chuck''': "[[DeadpanSnarker Hmmm, I bet I know how he likes his waffles.]]"
-->'''Jim''': "[[DontExplainTheJoke Belgian! Yes! I like your humor!]]"

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* {{Adorkable}}

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* AmazonChaser: To Sarah.

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* %%* AmazonChaser: To Sarah.



* BeardOfSorrow: "Chuck Versus the Pink Slip"

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* %%* BeardOfSorrow: "Chuck Versus the Pink Slip"



* BodyguardCrush: On Sarah.

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* %%* BodyguardCrush: On Sarah.



* CoolLoser
* CursedWithAwesome
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* ConsummateLiar

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* MsFanservice: [[LingerieScene And how]]!
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* StatuesqueStunner
* SugarAndIcePersonality

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* AntiHero: Type III/IV.

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* BadassDriver
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* ColonelBadass

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* GunNut
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* MoreDakka: Almost religiously.

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* SemperFi

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* TheLancer

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* PluckyComicRelief

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* SecretKeeper: As of mid-Season 3.

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* %%* SecretKeeper: As of mid-Season 3.



* TookALevelInJerkass: In season 5. [[spoiler: It's not his fault.]]

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* BrainyBrunette
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* StatuesqueStunner

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* TheEveryman: Funnily enough.

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* JerkJock: Subverted.
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* MrFanservice
* NiceGuy

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* %%* NiceGuy



* SecretKeeper

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* DaChief
* DeadpanSnarker

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* %%* DeadpanSnarker



* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Quite literally.
* FourStarBadass: Supposedly...

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* LadyOfWar
* MissionControl

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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy
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* DaChief

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold

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* JerkAss

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* TheAlcoholic: And how.

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* ThoseTwoGuys: With Lester

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* BadassNormal
* BiTheWay
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* GiveGeeksAChance: Morgan
* PerkyGoth Girl

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* JerkAss
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* TheStarscream
* TyrantTakesTheHelm story arc.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Harry Tang.

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* PutOnABus

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* TheAce
* BigDamnHeroes

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* KilledOffForReal

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* MrFanservice
* RomanticFalseLead

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* WellIntentionedExtremist

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* ChekhovMIA
* DisappearedDad

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* KilledOffForReal

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* TechnoWizard

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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy
* DaChief
* JerkAss
* KilledOffForReal
* MissionControl

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* %%* DaChief
* %%* JerkAss
* %%* KilledOffForReal
* %%* MissionControl



* TheStoic

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* TheAce
* BigDamnHeroes

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* %%* BigDamnHeroes



* DeadpanSnarker
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* MI6

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* ActionMom:
* BackForTheFinale
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor
* MamaBear
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* ActionGirl

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* ClassyCatBurglar
* DefrostingIceQueen
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* %%* MsFanservice



* TheAce

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* LegacyCharacter
* MissionControl

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* TheCasanova: For God and Country.
* CoolOldGuy

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* %%* TheCasanova: For God and Country.
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* SharpDressedMan

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* %%* SharpDressedMan



* BigBad: Of the first half of the final season.
* TheDragon: To [[spoiler:Shaw]].
* JerkAss
* ManipulativeBastard
* SmugSnake

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* %%* BigBad: Of the first half of the final season.
* %%* TheDragon: To [[spoiler:Shaw]].
* %%* JerkAss
* %%* ManipulativeBastard
* %%* SmugSnake



* BigBad: Of Season 2.

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* %%* BigBad: Of Season 2.



* GoOutWithASmile
* ManipulativeBastard
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed

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* %%* ManipulativeBastard
* %%* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed



* BadassInANiceSuit

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* DeadpanSnarker

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* %%* DeadpanSnarker



* EnigmaticMinion

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* MIB
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* SharpDressedMan

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* %%* RasputinianDeath
* %%* SharpDressedMan



* BadassBookworm
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder
* TheDragon: To Leader.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor

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* %%* BadassBookworm
* %%* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder
* %%* TheDragon: To Leader.
* %%* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor



* BadassInANiceSuit

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* %%* BadassInANiceSuit



* ColdSniper
* DeadpanSnarker
* EnigmaticMinion
* FauxAffablyEvil
* GoodScarsEvilScars
* SharpDressedMan

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* %%* ColdSniper
* %%* DeadpanSnarker
* %%* EnigmaticMinion
* %%* FauxAffablyEvil
* %%* GoodScarsEvilScars
* %%* SharpDressedMan



* DeadpanSnarker
* DiabolicalMastermind
* EvilMentor

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* %%* DeadpanSnarker
* %%* DiabolicalMastermind
* %%* EvilMentor



* AmbiguouslyJewish

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* %%* AmbiguouslyJewish



* BigFun
* BunnyEarsLawyer
* EvilUncle

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* %%* BigFun
* %%* BunnyEarsLawyer
* %%* EvilUncle



* KilledOffForReal

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* %%* KilledOffForReal



* NebulousEvilOrganisation

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* %%* NebulousEvilOrganisation



* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness

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* %%* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness



* BigBad
* ManipulativeBastard

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* %%* BigBad
* %%* ManipulativeBastard



* TheAce

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* %%* TheAce



* CrazyPrepared

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* %%* CrazyPrepared



* EvilCounterpart: To Chuck, as of "Chuck Versus the Living Dead".

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* %%* EvilCounterpart: To Chuck, as of "Chuck Versus the Living Dead".



* GuileHero: Before his FaceHeelTurn.

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* %%* GuileHero: Before his FaceHeelTurn.



* LoveMakesYouEvil

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* %%* LoveMakesYouEvil



* ManipulativeBastard

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* %%* ManipulativeBastard



* RivalTurnedEvil: A variant on the theme

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* %%* RivalTurnedEvil: A variant on the theme



* {{Yandere}}: Over his deceased wife.

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* %%* {{Yandere}}: Over his deceased wife.



* AffablyEvil
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* TheDragon: To Shaw.
* JerkAss
* ManipulativeBastard
* VillainWithGoodPublicity

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* %%* AffablyEvil
* %%* BitchInSheepsClothing
* %%* TheDragon: To Shaw.
* %%* JerkAss
* %%* ManipulativeBastard
* %%* VillainWithGoodPublicity



* BaldOfAwesome
* BaldOfEvil

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* %%* BaldOfAwesome
* %%* BaldOfEvil



* GiantMook

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* %%* GiantMook



* AffablyEvil

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* %%* AffablyEvil



* BigBad: Of Season 4.
* BreakingSpeech: He gives one to Chuck after TheReveal.
* BunnyEarsLawyer

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* %%* BigBad: Of Season 4.
* %%* BreakingSpeech: He gives one to Chuck after TheReveal.
* %%* BunnyEarsLawyer



* ControlFreak: Self-confessed.

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* %%* ControlFreak: Self-confessed.



* DiabolicalMastermind

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* %%* DiabolicalMastermind



* EvilGenius

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* %%* EvilGenius



* JekyllAndHyde
* LargeHam: ''Delicious'' ham, too.
* ManipulativeBastard

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* %%* JekyllAndHyde
* %%* LargeHam: ''Delicious'' ham, too.
* %%* ManipulativeBastard



* NebulousEvilOrganisation: Volkoff Industries

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* %%* NebulousEvilOrganisation: Volkoff Industries



* PsychopathicManchild
* PsychoPrototype: [[spoiler:For the Intersect program.]]

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* %%* PsychopathicManchild
* %%* PsychoPrototype: [[spoiler:For the Intersect program.]]



* VillainousCrush: On Frost.

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* %%* VillainousCrush: On Frost.



* {{Yandere}}: Over Frost.

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* %%* {{Yandere}}: Over Frost.



* AntiVillain: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type II]]
* BadassNormal

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* %%* AntiVillain: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type II]]
* %%* BadassNormal



* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor

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* %%* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor



* GeniusBruiser
* GiantMook

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* %%* GeniusBruiser
* %%* GiantMook



* AmoralAttorney
* TheDragon
* EvilMentor

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* %%* AmoralAttorney
* %%* TheDragon
* %%* EvilMentor



* TheBigGuy

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* %%* TheBigGuy



* WeHardlyKnewYou

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* %%* WeHardlyKnewYou



* DeadGuyJunior

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* %%* DeadGuyJunior



* BunnyEarsLawyer

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* %%* BunnyEarsLawyer



* ChewingTheScenery
* ChivalrousPervert
* FriendlyEnemy: To Casey.
* LargeHam
* RasputinianDeath: Had a few of these

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* %%* ChewingTheScenery
* %%* ChivalrousPervert
* %%* FriendlyEnemy: To Casey.
* %%* LargeHam
* %%* RasputinianDeath: Had a few of these



* DarkActionGirl: Depends on the job.
* OfficialCouple: With Casey.
* PrivateMilitaryContractor

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* %%* DarkActionGirl: Depends on the job.
* %%* OfficialCouple: With Casey.
* %%* PrivateMilitaryContractor



* ConMan
* CoolOldGuy

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* %%* ConMan
* %%* CoolOldGuy



* TheNicknamer

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* %%* TheNicknamer



* TheChessmaster

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* %%* TheChessmaster



* ManipulativeBastard
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge

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* %%* ManipulativeBastard
* %%* RoaringRampageOfRevenge



* AffablyEvil

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* %%* AffablyEvil



* DevilInPlainSight
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* InformationBroker

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* %%* FourEyesZeroSoul
* %%* InformationBroker



* ObviouslyEvil

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* %%* ObviouslyEvil



* SharpDressedMan

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* TheChewToy: Casey is a MadeOfIron BadAss, but [[TheWorfEffect also suffers]] a ''lot'' of AmusingInjuries and just plain humiliation over the course of the series.

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* TheChewToy: Casey is a MadeOfIron BadAss, badass, but [[TheWorfEffect also suffers]] a ''lot'' of AmusingInjuries and just plain humiliation over the course of the series.
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* [[spoiler: CriminalAmnesiac: She falls into this at the conclusion of "Chuck Versus the Bullet Train", as Quinn convinces her that Chuck is a target to be killed.]]
* [[spoiler: DarkActionGirl: Due to the MindRape induced by Quinn and the faulty Intersect in the series' last three episodes, she becomes one.]]

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* [[spoiler: CriminalAmnesiac: [[spoiler: She falls into this at the conclusion of "Chuck Versus the Bullet Train", as Quinn convinces her that Chuck is a target to be killed.]]
* [[spoiler: DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler: Due to the MindRape induced by Quinn and the faulty Intersect in the series' last three episodes, she becomes one.]]



* [[spoiler: EasyAmnesia: Averted in the series finale. The faulty Intersect 3.0 virtually destroys her memory, and there is no way to restore it after Chuck uploads the sole remaining copy of the Intersect himself to save a theater full of people. Although there are fragments of memories remaining that strongly imply she could eventually recover some of what she lost, the series still ends on a somewhat ambiguous note over her future.]]

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* [[spoiler: EasyAmnesia: [[spoiler: Averted in the series finale. The faulty Intersect 3.0 virtually destroys her memory, and there is no way to restore it after Chuck uploads the sole remaining copy of the Intersect himself to save a theater full of people. Although there are fragments of memories remaining that strongly imply she could eventually recover some of what she lost, the series still ends on a somewhat ambiguous note over her future.]]



* [[spoiler:OmniscientDatabase: Has (had) access to: Corrupted Intersect 3.0]].

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* [[spoiler:OmniscientDatabase: Has OmniscientDatabase: [[spoiler:Has (had) access to: Corrupted Intersect 3.0]].



* [[spoiler:OverprotectiveDad: Casey found out about his daughter mid-season 3. Since then, he's shown strong signs of this whenever anyone wants to cause harm to her... or if their name is "Morgan Grimes".]]

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* [[spoiler:OverprotectiveDad: Casey OverprotectiveDad: [[spoiler:Casey found out about his daughter mid-season 3. Since then, he's shown strong signs of this whenever anyone wants to cause harm to her... or if their name is "Morgan Grimes".]]



* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: In season 5, having to do with the fact that the intersect he received was NOT sent by Beckman... He gets over it, due to ThePowerOfFriendship.]]

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* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: In BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:In season 5, having to do with the fact that the intersect he received was NOT sent by Beckman... He gets over it, due to ThePowerOfFriendship.]]



* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]]: Appears to be going through one [[spoiler:alongside MySkullRunnethOver]] starting in Season 5. [[spoiler:See BrainwashedAndCrazy above.]]

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* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]]: FaceHeelTurn: Appears to be going through one [[spoiler:alongside MySkullRunnethOver]] starting in Season 5. [[spoiler:See BrainwashedAndCrazy above.]]



* [[spoiler:OmniscientDatabase: Has (had) access to: Corrupted Intersect 3.0]].

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* [[spoiler:OmniscientDatabase: Has OmniscientDatabase: [[spoiler:Has (had) access to: Corrupted Intersect 3.0]].



* [[spoiler:SecretKeeper]]: As of mid-Season 3.

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* [[spoiler:SecretKeeper]]: SecretKeeper: As of mid-Season 3.



* [[spoiler:SecretKeeper: Unfortunately, this only happens after she was fed a mis-secret, with disastrous consequences.]]

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* [[spoiler:SecretKeeper: Unfortunately, SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this only happens after she was fed a mis-secret, with disastrous consequences.]]



* [[spoiler:ProperlyParanoid: His desire for "excitement" of the spy life...had side effects.]]

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* [[spoiler:ProperlyParanoid: His ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler:His desire for "excitement" of the spy life...had side effects.]]



* [[spoiler:SecretKeeper]]

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* [[spoiler:SecretKeeper]]SecretKeeper



* [[spoiler:EyeScream: Not a lot of screaming, but definitely got shot in the eye.]]
* [[spoiler:FatalFlaw: His delusions of authority]].

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* [[spoiler:EyeScream: Not EyeScream: [[spoiler:Not a lot of screaming, but definitely got shot in the eye.]]
* [[spoiler:FatalFlaw: His FatalFlaw: [[spoiler:His delusions of authority]].



* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]KilledOffForReal



* [[spoiler:TragicMistake: Don't pick fights with shady looking guys behind the Buy More]]!

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* [[spoiler:TragicMistake: Don't TragicMistake: [[spoiler:Don't pick fights with shady looking guys behind the Buy More]]!



* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]KilledOffForReal



* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]KilledOffForReal



* [[spoiler:OmniscientDatabase: Agents Noble and Dunwoody had access to the Intersect 2.0]].

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* [[spoiler:OmniscientDatabase: Agents OmniscientDatabase: [[spoiler:Agents Noble and Dunwoody had access to the Intersect 2.0]].



* [[spoiler:BecomingTheMask: Turns out that Alexei Volkoff was originally just a cover identity. Also see GoneHorriblyWrong and TomatoInTheMirror below.]]

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* [[spoiler:BecomingTheMask: Turns BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Turns out that Alexei Volkoff was originally just a cover identity. Also see GoneHorriblyWrong and TomatoInTheMirror below.]]



* [[spoiler:JekyllAndHyde]]

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* [[spoiler:JekyllAndHyde]]JekyllAndHyde



* [[spoiler:OmniscientDatabase: Has (had) access to: Alpha Intersect]].

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* [[spoiler:OmniscientDatabase: Has OmniscientDatabase: [[spoiler:Has (had) access to: Alpha Intersect]].



* [[spoiler:PsychoPrototype: For the Intersect program.]]

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* [[spoiler:PsychoPrototype: For PsychoPrototype: [[spoiler:For the Intersect program.]]



* [[spoiler:TomatoInTheMirror: Alexei Volkoff is actually a false identity created by an early Intersect program for a CIA agent. However, that identity ended up taking over completely.]]

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* [[spoiler:TomatoInTheMirror: Alexei TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Alexei Volkoff is actually a false identity created by an early Intersect program for a CIA agent. However, that identity ended up taking over completely.]]



* [[spoiler:[[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Extremely Dour Colonel's Beautiful Daughter]]]]

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* [[spoiler:[[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Extremely Dour Colonel's Beautiful Daughter]]]]
Daughter]]
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* {{Badass}}: He's willing to go to pretty far-out lengths in his bid to capture Orion, which includes and not limited to, getting blown up and poisoning himself.



* {{Badass}}: So very much. He OutGambitted [[TheSmartGuy Chuck]], and took down [[OneManArmy Casey]]. But, he wasn't ''quite'' tough enough to get back up from [[BadassBystander Big Mike's]] tackle.



* {{Badass}}: About the only agents he can't take down in hand-to-hand combat are ''Intersect agents''. That said, Chuck does put up a pretty good fight against him.
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* RedHeadedHero
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[[WMG:'''Sarah [[spoiler:Bartowski, née]] Walker''']]

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[[WMG:'''Sarah [[spoiler:Bartowski, née]] Walker''']][[WMG:'''Sarah[[spoiler: Bartowski, née ]]Walker''']]
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[[WMG:'''Sarah Bartowski, née Walker''']]

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[[WMG:'''Sarah Bartowski, née [[spoiler:Bartowski, née]] Walker''']]
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** Although its pointed out in the very first episode that he hasn't had a date since getting dumped by Jill as ''every single time'' a girl asks him to ''tell me about yourself'' he ends up giving them a detailed account of his relationship with Jill, which as Ellie pointed out is a major turnoff. Everyone is usually just shocked that a guy that was dateless for ''five freaking years'' is suddenly swarmed by beautiful women. By the third season everyone's just used to it now.
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'''Rank/Job:''' Computer Technician / Special Agent

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'''Rank/Job:''' Computer Technician / Special AgentAgent\\



'''Rank/Job:''' Special Agent

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'''Rank/Job:''' Special AgentAgent\\



'''Rank/Job:''' Green Shirt / Major (formerly) / Colonel

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'''Rank/Job:''' Green Shirt / Major (formerly) / ColonelColonel\\



'''Rank/Job:''' Green Shirt / Assistant Manager / Manager / Special Agent

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* {{Badass}}: Despite his Nerd Herd status, Chuck has proven himself with this trope:
** BadassPacifist: Hates dangerous situations, and uses tranq guns instead of real ones. [[spoiler:Albeit, will fire a real gun when absolutely necessary.]]
** BadassNormal: Before the Intersect 2.0, this is what Chuck was all about. [[spoiler: Back to being this now that Morgan is the Intersect.]]
** TookALevelInBadass: Cue the Intersect 2.0. Plus [[spoiler:shooting Shaw marks his first real kill.]]
*** [[spoiler: As of Season 5, he's been kicking ass WITHOUT the Intersect. Just ask Shaw, a properly trained agent, who tried to fight Chuck one-on-one.]]

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* {{Badass}}: Despite his Nerd Herd status, Chuck has proven himself with this trope:
** BadassPacifist: Hates dangerous situations, and uses tranq guns instead of real ones. [[spoiler:Albeit, will fire a real gun when absolutely necessary.]]
**
BadassNormal: Before the Intersect 2.0, this is what Chuck was all about. [[spoiler: Back to being this now that Morgan is the Intersect.]]
** TookALevelInBadass: Cue the Intersect 2.0. Plus [[spoiler:shooting Shaw marks his first * BadassPacifist: Hates dangerous situations, and uses tranq guns instead of real kill.]]
*** [[spoiler: As of Season 5, he's been kicking ass WITHOUT the Intersect. Just ask Shaw,
ones. [[spoiler:Albeit, will fire a properly trained agent, who tried to fight Chuck one-on-one.real gun when absolutely necessary.]]



* HollywoodDateless
* HollywoodNerd
* TheKlutz
* LovableNerd

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* HollywoodDateless
HollywoodDateless: Everyone in Chuck Bartowski's life regularly acts like him getting a date of any kind, let alone one with a good-looking woman, is a minor miracle. This continues approximately through the end of the second season, despite the fact that in that space of time he dates two beautiful women and has a third one in love with him. For the most part the third season drops the facade, though.
* HollywoodNerd
HollywoodNerd: Zachary Levi scrubs up far too well to make a believable nerd. However, this is TruthInTelevision, as he's OneOfUs.
* TheKlutz
TheKlutz: He gets the team into as many scrapes as he gets them out of. Whether this trait will be overcome by the neo-Intersect remains to be seen.
* LovableNerdLovableNerd: For example, the pilot quickly establishes that he hasn't been in a relationship in a while, partly due to his conversational awkwardness driving women away. Soon after, a gorgeous woman flirtily approaches him at his job in the "Nerd Herd" (the electronics support team of a big-box retailer) right before a desperate father seeks his help because he "recorded" his daughter's dance recital footage with no tape in the camera. Chuck promptly puts the beautiful woman on hold to save the dad's bacon by setting up a spot for the little girl to re-perform and re-film her ballet routine right there in the store. Fortunately for him, the beautiful woman thinks it's lovable, too.



* TookALevelInBadass: Cue the Intersect 2.0. Plus [[spoiler:shooting Shaw marks his first real kill.]]
** [[spoiler: As of Season 5, he's been kicking ass WITHOUT the Intersect. Just ask Shaw, a properly trained agent, who tried to fight Chuck one-on-one.]]



* {{Badass}}
** BadassAdorable
** BadassFamily: She and her father definitely have their moments.

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** * BadassFamily: She and her father definitely have their moments.



* {{Badass}}: ''HOLY SHIT!''
** BadassCreed: "Because the only thing I hate more than hippie and neo-liberal fascists and anarchists are the hypocrite fat cat suits they eventually grow up to become."
** BadassDriver
** BadassNormal
** ColonelBadass
** HeartbrokenBadass

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* {{Badass}}: ''HOLY SHIT!''
**
BadassCreed: "Because the only thing I hate more than hippie and neo-liberal fascists and anarchists are the hypocrite fat cat suits they eventually grow up to become."
** * BadassDriver
** BadassNormal
** ColonelBadass
** HeartbrokenBadass
* BadassNormal



* ButtMonkey: Casey is a MadeOfIron BadAss, but [[TheWorfEffect also suffers]] a ''lot'' of AmusingInjuries and just plain humiliation over the course of the series.

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* ButtMonkey: TheChewToy: Casey is a MadeOfIron BadAss, but [[TheWorfEffect also suffers]] a ''lot'' of AmusingInjuries and just plain humiliation over the course of the series.series.
* ColonelBadass



* HeartbrokenBadass



* {{Badass}}



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* {{Badass}}: Hugo is one of the few, if not the ''only'' guy to soundly beat Chuck (Whilst uploaded with the Intersect 2.0) in a fair one-on-one match.

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* {{Badass}}: BadassNormal: Hugo is one of the few, if not the ''only'' guy to soundly beat Chuck (Whilst uploaded with the Intersect 2.0) in a fair one-on-one match.



* {{Badass}}: The world's biggest badass. At least, according to him.
** CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass / ObfuscatingStupidity: He's introduced as Gregory Tuttle, a meek and milquetoast handler for Frost. [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler By the end of the episode]] he's revealed to be Alexei Volkoff, the whole "meek and milquetoast" bit being a front.
** HeartbrokenBadass: Volkoff may be a crazy, psychotic arms dealer and international terrorist. But he's also a ''loveable'' psychotic arms dealer and terrorist, which makes you feel all the more sorry for him when [[spoiler: his daughter betrays him, and leaves him for dead.]]



* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass / ObfuscatingStupidity: He's introduced as Gregory Tuttle, a meek and milquetoast handler for Frost. [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler By the end of the episode]] he's revealed to be Alexei Volkoff, the whole "meek and milquetoast" bit being a front.



* HeartbrokenBadass: Volkoff may be a crazy, psychotic arms dealer and international terrorist. But he's also a ''loveable'' psychotic arms dealer and terrorist, which makes you feel all the more sorry for him when [[spoiler: his daughter betrays him, and leaves him for dead.]]



* {{Badass}}: It's Creator/DolphLundgren...



* {{Badass}}: Several decades, 4 US presidents, rogue black ops agents, John Casey hiding in his wall for two weeks, and dozens of assassination attempts, and the guy is still walking as healthy as ever.



* ActionGirl
* {{Badass}}: She once disarmed Casey! ''(And even encased the weapon she took from him!)''

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* ActionGirl
* {{Badass}}:
ActionGirl: She once disarmed Casey! ''(And even encased the weapon she took from him!)''
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''Portrayed by [[TheTerminator Linda Hamilton]]''

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''Portrayed by [[TheTerminator [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Linda Hamilton]]''
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* PunnyName: play on Creator/CharlesBukowski.
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** Later in season three, he's the first to believe Chuck's insistence Shaw is still alive after Chuck tells him the CIA NeverFoundTheBody, because he learned it from Creator/JohnCarpenter movies.

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* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: You know an episode has moved out of comedy and into the more dramatically serious teritory if Casey has A) dropped his tough guy demenor for his more emotional side, or B) started to defy orders.



* TeamDad: As much as Casey moans and gripes about having to take care of team Bartowski, he play the reluctant father figure very often. In between complaining about how annoying an unprofessional they are, he often begrudingly dispenses advice and even emotional support to both Chuck and Sarah. He is even willing to defy orders just to keep them safe.

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* TeamDad: As much as Casey moans and gripes about having to take care of team Team Bartowski, he play plays the reluctant father figure very often. In between complaining about how annoying an unprofessional they are, he often begrudingly dispenses advice and even emotional support to both Chuck and Sarah. He is even willing to defy orders just to keep them safe.
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* BigBrotherInstict: Casey swings between acting as a gruff father figure and an aloof older brother type towards Chuck (and sometimes Sarah), but generally he has a protective instinct towards Chuck that goes above and beyond orders. In fact at some points, he even defys orders just to keep him safe. He’s also regularly there to offer guidence and adivce to Chuck, even if it is through gritted teeth.

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* BigBrotherInstict: BigBrotherInstinct: Casey swings between acting as a gruff father figure and an aloof older brother type towards Chuck (and sometimes Sarah), but generally he has a protective instinct towards Chuck that goes above and beyond orders. In fact at some points, he even defys orders just to keep him safe. He’s also regularly there to offer guidence and adivce to Chuck, even if it is through gritted teeth.


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** In a more abstract example- messing with Team Bartowski, especially once you get past the first couple of seasons, is a very bad idea.
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* BigBrotherInstict: Casey swings between acting as a gruff father figure and an aloof older brother type towards Chuck (and sometimes Sarah), but generally he has a protective instinct towards Chuck that goes above and beyond orders. In fact at some points, he even defys orders just to keep him safe. He’s also regularly there to offer guidence and adivce to Chuck, even if it is through gritted teeth.


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* TeamDad: As much as Casey moans and gripes about having to take care of team Bartowski, he play the reluctant father figure very often. In between complaining about how annoying an unprofessional they are, he often begrudingly dispenses advice and even emotional support to both Chuck and Sarah. He is even willing to defy orders just to keep them safe.
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** And as stated multiple times, Chuck is esentially just a really nice guy. He’s a good person, and he shines when acround people. Its what makes him so great at the Buy More, and a major asset on missions. He empathises with and tries to help just about everyone he comes across, be it angrey customers, stressed out friends, scared civilians, or (unfortunatly) international terroists.

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Another valid one: Morgan spotting Shaw pulling his punches was EXPLICITLY noted as being because of his familiarity with the kung-fu movie genre.


* GenreBlind: Sarah is prone to not recognizing the genre conventions associated with the various situations the team finds themselves in even though Morgan, Chuck, and even ''Casey'' do. If one of the team is going to say [[TemptingFate "It can't get any worse"]] and get called for it, more than likely it will be Sarah.

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* GenreBlind: Sarah is prone to not recognizing the genre conventions associated with the various situations the team finds themselves in even though Morgan, Chuck, and even ''Casey'' do. If one of the team is going to say [[TemptingFate "It can't get any worse"]] and get called for it, more than likely it will be Sarah. In one such instance she even exasperatedly asks if their attitude was because it was something they saw in a movie.


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* GenreSavvy: Weaponized: Morgan's encyclopedic knowledge of kung-fu movies enables him to recognize Shaw's FaceHeelTurn when he even had ''Beckman'' fooled, by spotting that Shaw was only stage-fighting a group of Ring agents and pulling his punches.
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* GenreBlind: Sarah is prone to not recognizing pop-cultural references, and especially the genre conventions associated with the various situations the team finds themselves in. If one of the team is going to say [[TemptingFate "It can't get any worse"]], more than likely it will be Sarah.

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* GenreBlind: Sarah is prone to not recognizing pop-cultural references, and especially the genre conventions associated with the various situations the team finds themselves in. in even though Morgan, Chuck, and even ''Casey'' do. If one of the team is going to say [[TemptingFate "It can't get any worse"]], worse"]] and get called for it, more than likely it will be Sarah.
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Sarah's genre blindness gets directly discussed by other characters, IE her making the "one last mission" faux pas near the end of the series, and asking if the others are calling her out because of it being a movie thing.

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* GenreBlind: Sarah is prone to not recognizing pop-cultural references, and especially the genre conventions associated with the various situations the team finds themselves in. If one of the team is going to say [[TemptingFate "It can't get any worse"]], more than likely it will be Sarah.

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* GenreBlind: Sarah is prone to not recognizing pop-cultural references, and especially the genre conventions associated with the various situations the team finds themselves in. If one of the team is going to say [[TemptingFate "It can't get any worse"]], more than likely it will be Sarah.
** FridgeBrilliance: Much of Sarah's childhood was spent [[LittleMissConArtist participating]] in her ConArtist father's schemes, and falling in with the CIA before finishing High School, which meant she didn't have many opportunities to pick up a bit more GenreSavvy from TV or movies.



* NonActionGuy: [[spoiler:Morgan is officially a member of Chuck's team, but only proves useful in his [[GenreSavvy genre-savviness]] and yoga skills. That is, until Season 5, when ''he'' has the Intersect.]]

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* NonActionGuy: [[spoiler:Morgan is officially a member of Chuck's team, but only proves useful in his [[GenreSavvy genre-savviness]] smartness and yoga skills. That is, until Season 5, when ''he'' has the Intersect.]]



* WrongGenreSavvy: If starting his own ''Film/FightClub'' is any indication...

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* WrongGenreSavvy: If starting his own ''Film/FightClub'' is any indication...



* WrongGenreSavvy

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* WrongGenreSavvy



* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: The king of this trope



* {{Tsundere}}
* WrongGenreSavvy: ''Somewhat.'' She seriously assumed at one point that Morgan was the "Luke Skywalker" of his team.

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* %%ZCE* {{Tsundere}}
* WrongGenreSavvy: ''Somewhat.'' She seriously assumed at one point that Morgan was the "Luke Skywalker" of his team.
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*SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy (along with Morgan) to Casey's Manly Man.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[OhCrap "It's the Giant blond She-male!"]]

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[OhCrap "It's the Giant blond Blonde She-male!"]]
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[OhCrap "It's the Giant Blond She-male!"]]

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[OhCrap "It's the Giant Blond blond She-male!"]]

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* NoNameGiven: Sarah is most definitely NOT her real name. [[spoiler:She's so far said that it's 'Sam' and that her middle name is 'Lisa'.]]

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[OhCrap "It's the Giant Blond She-male!"]]
* NoNameGiven: Sarah is most definitely NOT her real name. [[spoiler:She's so far said that it's [[spoiler:Her presumed birth first name is 'Sam' and that and her middle name is 'Lisa'.]]

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