History Characters / FarscapeOtherCharacters

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He's a complete scumbag, but he's clearly uncomfortable with the procedure to [[spoiler: remove parts of Crichton's brain]].

* SexyWalk: As evidenced in her "BetweenMyLegs" introduction, which also draws attention to the fact that her exoskeleton has ''HighHeeledFeet''.

%%* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Your mileage may very heavily on "babe" due to her arachnid/arthropoid appearance, but if that doesn't bother you, she's definitely attractive.

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/JohnAdams

->'''Played By:''' Magda Szubanski

-> '''Played By:''' John Adams

-> '''Played By:''' Derek Amer and Thomas Holesgrove
-> ''' Voiced By:''' Philip Hinton

-> '''Played By:''' Jeremy Sims and Jo Kerrigan

* KarmaHoudini: While she loses the wormhole technology she'd been working on, the last we see of her she gets to vanish into the sunset. It's not even stated whether or not she salvaged the raw data, so she could possibly just start her experiments over.

%%* ArmCannon: The gauntlet.

%%* CoolOldGuy

%%* MadeOfExplodium: The same biological quirk that allows him to breathe fire also makes him... a little unstable.%%Explain.

%%* HappilyMarried

%%* SoftSpokenSadist: She coos and purrs seductively as she talks about...%%Examples shouldn't refer to each other for context.
* TortureTechnician: ...plucking out people's eyeballs.%%Examples shouldn't refer to each other for context.
%%* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The producers wanted her to return in a later episode, but Claudia Karvan didn't want to put herself through the prosthetics and animatronics again.

%%* BenevolentBoss: As indicated by her PetTheDog moment.

!The Ancients

[[folder:In General]]
->'''Crichton:''' What will you do now?
->''' "Jack":''' What we've done since before I was hatched. We continue searching for a home...

A mysterious race of highly advanced aliens, who are searching for a new home after their original homeworld was destroyed.

%%* DyingRace
* InnocentAliens: Certainly not naive, though -- the test they put Crichton through in their first episode was used to determine whether the human race would accept them if they ever chose Earth as a haven.
* InsectoidAliens: Their apparent natural state.
* MysteriousWatcher: Apparently, the Ancients were originally created to act as this for an entire universe, having been sent into our dimension to monitor and catalogue the state of wormhole technology in it. Of course, by the time of their first episode, they've forgotten this role.
* ThePromisedLand: With their species in decline and their original mission lost, the Ancients are now seeking out a world where they can flourish -- preferably in coexistence with the local sentients. They find one and settle on it between appearances, but refuse to give any details.
* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: Quite apart from their ability to craft physical environments based on Crichton's memory, they'd also mastered the art of wormhole travel and weaponry.
%%* {{Telepathy}}

!The True Ancients/"Einstein's People"

Cousins of the previous culture who retained their full power.
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* TheGhost: We only ever meet ''one'' of them -- and he isn't willing to show his true face.
%%* RealityWarper
%%* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens
* TimeMaster: At least have a good knowledge of how time would be affected by time travel.

[[folder:Jack the Ancient]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"We needed a reaction, a human reaction, John. Your reaction."'']]
->Played by Kent [=McCord=]

A member of an ancient race of SufficientlyAdvancedAliens, who have been searching for a new home and have unique knowledge of wormholes.

%%* CoolOldGuy: Based on his appearance.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: He appears to Crichton in the form of his father so that Crichton will find it easier to talk to him.
%%* InsectoidAliens: His true appearance.
* TheMentor: One of Crichton's main influences in understanding his wormhole knowledge.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His true name is unpronounceable outside of his native tongue.
%%* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien
%%* ThisWasHisTrueForm

[[folder:Einstein]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Your knowledge is quite extraordinary for one of your realm. And your many travels inside wormholes... troubling. But now that I've glimpsed your mind, I'm aware this has made you a target of more aggressive species: a liability which must be dealt with..."'']]
->Played by John Bach

A mysterious superbeing attempting to make sure that various characters' attempts to gain wormhole knowledge don't disrupt the multiverse too much.

%%* AllPowerfulBystander
%%* BaldOfAwesome
%%* BlackEyesOfEvil: Okay, maybe [[DarkIsNotEvil not exactly evil...]]
%%* CreepyMonotone
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: We don't even get the slightest glimpse of what he ''really'' looks like.
* TheMentor: He gives Crichton further instruction in his wormhole knowledge.
%%* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* PowerFloats: During a conversation with Crichton, (who's sitting on top of an iceberg) Einstein very subtly levitates until he's at eye-level with him.
%%* RealityWarper
%%* SharpDressedMan: In the words of Crichton, "nice threads".
%%* SpockSpeak
%%* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien
%%* TimeMaster
%%* TheWatcher

!The Eidolons

[[folder:In General]]
->As youths, we open our faces to the universe, absorbing the joy and anguish all creatures feel. Then, upon maturation, we step to the altar to receive Hora Dalay: the ability to encourage rationality and tranquility in others. [[ComesGreatResponsibility The capacity to influence others toward peace carries great responsibility.]] [[DareToBeBadass Do you accept this burden for the rest of your days?]]
-->-- Hierarch Yondalao

A species of mystical peacemakers, long believed extinct.

%%* CharmPerson
* TheEmpath: A subtle example, but also a very effective one.
* HiddenElfVillage: Both the cloaked refugee settlement on Quajaga and the sealed temple on Arnessk function as this.
* MoreThanMindControl: The Eidolons' diplomatic techniques; since they can't actually control minds, they use their powers to lull their opponents into a receptive state, and then use their empathic abilities to present a compelling argument.
* PerfectPacifistPeople: Averted; while generally opposed to violence, they aren't above using it in emergencies; the Quajagan Eidolons, having lost the art of activating their powers, employed heavily-armed soldiers. And at the height of their power, [[spoiler: the Eidolons actually created the Peacekeepers as a security force for the systems under their control.]]
* PowerGlows: When they use their powers, a faint glow emanates from the patterns on their faces.
%%* {{Precursors}}
%%* ProudScholarRace
* RubberForeheadAliens: Used and subverted; on the surface, they look like humans with raised patterns on their faces. However, these patterns are actually edges; when transferring the knowledge of how to use their powers, their faces ''literally'' open!
* SealedGoodInACan: A temple-city of them were sealed outside of time on Arnessk up until Crichton and Co managed to unlock them.

%%[[folder:Hierarch Yondalao]]
%%[[/folder]]

%%[[folder:Muoma]]
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%%[[folder:Pikal]]
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%%[[folder:Caa'ta]]
%%[[/folder]]

!Other Characters

[[folder:Furlow]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Ol' Furlow can handle it. "Everything's gonna be just fine", that's my motto."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Magda Szubanski

A knowledgeable, yet somewhat arrogant, mechanic on the desert world Dam-Ba-Da

* BrawnHilda: Very heavyset and not portrayed as particularly attractive.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Furlow always looks out for Furlow.
* CigarChomper: Almost always puffing on a stogey.
* DeadpanSnarker: Gets her share of smartassed remarks.
* FatBastard: Nearly as wide as she is tall, and utterly amoral. Not necessarily evil, but in her book her own self-interest comes first, last, and always.
* GeniusBruiser: Competent spaceship mechanic, able to figure out from very limited evidence that Crichton was running wormhole experiments, and pretty dangerous in brawl (at least, if she has a heavy tool to hand).
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Mostly neutral, smokes cigars.
* HonestJohnsDealership: She's a perfectly competent engineer (enough to make a working copy of Crichton's module), but she's not too choosy about her employees: they're either "thoddoes" or disguised bounty hunters. She's also a hustler, trying to hustle Crichton out of his module twice, then convincing him to turn over his wormhole research data to pay for the repairs.
* KarmaHoudini: While she loses the wormhole technology she'd been working on, the last we see of her she gets to vanish into the sunset. It's not even stated whether or not she salvaged the raw data, so she could possibly just start her experiments over.
* StoutStrength: Short, overweight, but quite strong. Her WrenchWhack (part of a HeyYouHaymaker) killed a bounty hunter that had been giving ''Aeryn'' trouble.
* WrenchWench: Less comely than the trope is usually played, but she's still a highly skilled female mechanic.
* WrenchWhack: If she needs to defend herself, the tools of her trade make startlingly effective weapons when backed by her muscles.

[[folder:Bekhesh]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"It's been so long since anyone has told me the truth, I don't recognize it anymore..."'']]
-> '''Played By:''' John Adams

The leader of a Tavlek bandit gang. A tough and ruthless criminal, but not without moral standards.

%%* ArmCannon: The gauntlet.
%%* TheAtoner
* BadassPreacher: Or, as he calls himself, the "Holy Warrior of Tarou."
* BenevolentBoss: When he was still in charge of the Tavlek gang, it was demonstrated that he actually cared about his underlings -- to the point of threatening to kill Moya's crew if they mistreated Kyr.
* BlindfoldedVision: The top of Bekhesh's head is covered by a thick metal faceplate; according to production notes, it's actually a cybernetic replacement for the top of his head.
* FunctionalAddict: While still clearly addicted, he doesn't need the gauntlet nearly as often as Kyr did. In his second appearance he claims he's built up so much resistance he needs a tripple dose to get any benefit, and is trying to quit altogether now that he's found religion.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Bekhesh is pretty much walking scar tissue.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: "It's easier to reform when you're rich."
%%* ReformedCriminal
* ShouldersOfDoom: Part of his uniform while still leading the Tavlek gang.
* TurnToReligion: In repentance for his brutality, he joined the same religious order that one of his victims had been part of. It happened offscreen, though. He also seems to be largely making it up as he goes along, only having part of a holy book to run off of; after being convinced to leave his isolation he goes from preaching pacifism to declaring himself a Holy Warrior on a dime.

[[folder:Teurac]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/teurac.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:''"I make it a point to someday kill my clever opponents..."'']]
-> '''Played By:''' Derek Amer and Thomas Holesgrove
-> ''' Voiced By:''' Philip Hinton

A Sheeyang space pirate who once tried to capture ''Moya''.

* BreathWeapon: As a Sheeyang, he can breathe fire. Unfortunately, he's getting old, and not as efficient at it as he once was.
* TheCaptain: Of his vessel, up until it's crippled in an attack.
%%* CoolOldGuy
* GracefulLoser: Compliments D'Argo on managing to bluff his way through negotiations and ultimately foil his attempt at claiming Moya and the Zelbinion. Note that he still threatened to kill D'Argo one day -- he just did so in a very respectful manner.
* HeroicSacrifice: Twice. Once by [[spoiler:remaining at his post when his ship was crippled so his crew could evacuate]], and later by [[spoiler:blowing himself up to help save Crichton]].
* TheLastDance: He never had any intention of surviving the depository raid.
%%* MadeOfExplodium: The same biological quirk that allows him to breathe fire also makes him... a little unstable.%%Explain.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: "You said you had an opportunity for profit..."
%%* SalvagePirates
%%* SpacePirates

[[folder:Rorf and Rorg]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:Rorf]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rorg.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:Rorg]]
-> '''Played By:''' Jeremy Sims and Jo Kerrigan

A pair of bounty hunters, of the Vorcarian "blood tracker" species.

* BeastMan: They're dog people. Crichton exploits this fact by using dog trainer techniques to manipulate them and effectively take charge.
* EyeScream: Natira [[spoiler:cuts out one of Rorf's eyes for kicks]].
%%* HappilyMarried
* HeroicSacrifice: Rorf [[spoiler:takes a shot for Crichton]].
* MirrorCharacter: To D'Argo. The couple reflect his initial [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy proud warrior]] attitude and they eventually [[spoiler: attempt to leave the bounty hunting business and form a family. Both Rorf and D'Argo sacrifice themselves to save their friends and both Rorg and D'Argo must raise their respective children after their spouses' deaths.]]
%%* ProudWarriorRaceGuy
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Rorg more so than Rorf. It's why Crichton decides to hire them for the Shadow Depository raid.
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Rorg was pregnant when [[spoiler:Rorf left for the Shadow Depository and never returned. Presumably she and their offspring are still alive, as Bekhesh promised to deliver Rorf's share of the loot to her before departing Moya.]]

[[folder:Maldis]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"I admit, I feed on death. But don't we all? Some eat plants. Some meat. I consume the life essence itself. Preferably medium rare."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Chris Haywood

Nobody quite knows what Maldis is, but he has powerful mystical powers, feeds on souls, and is a sadistic predator to the weaker, which is just about everyone.

%%* ArchEnemy: To Zhaan.
* EmotionEater: He likes to spice up his meals by encouraging his victims to excesses of fear or anger -- as an appetizer. Unfortunately for his victims, he's ''very'' good at knowing which buttons to push due to his telepathy.
* EvilSorcerer: Explicitly called as such.
* DimensionLord: His second appearance sees him acting from a pocket dimension he created.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Maldis was dispersed by Zhaan and left as a disembodied mind trying to pull his body back together again. He describes the experience as [[{{Understatement}} "Less than pleasant."]]
%%* FauxAffablyEvil: Say what you like about his vile eating habits and devious schemes -- he's undoubtedly having the time of his life.%%Not the trope.
* GenreRefugee: He's an evil wizard straight out of a gothic horror story. The characters openly comment that he makes no sense by the series' rules.
%%* IntangibleMan
%%* LargeHam:
* LongBusTrip: After being dispersed twice, he never bothered the crew again, even though it's established that he can return from the dead, if given time. It's speculated that because his main interest was in Zhaan, he simply [[spoiler: lost interest in Moya's crew following the events of "Self-Inflicted Wounds."]]
%%* ManipulativeBastard
* MasterOfDisguise: Appeared in different guises as part of his plots against the crew, with his actor appearing in different costumes and make-up for the effect.
* MasterOfIllusion: When not using his magic powers in a "real" sense, he's not above confusing his victims with images from their past.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Crichton refers to him as basically a psychic vampire.
%%* RealityWarper
* SorcerousOverlord: In his first episode, he was ruling an entire planet with ambitions to [[spoiler: take over Crais' command carrier to spread his influence to other worlds by inflicting death]].
%%* SupernaturalGoldEyes
* {{Telepathy}}: Uses it to find out facts about his potential victims to lure them in.
%%* VoluntaryShapeshifting
%%* YourSoulIsMine: His most direct means of feeding.

[[folder:Natira]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Animal, you have lovely eyes. I love red eyes. Very sensual. Very unusual."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Claudia Karvan

A corrupt banker to gangsters, and Scorpius's ex.
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* BrainsAndBondage: Her interactions with Scorpius are our first indications of his decidedly non-vanilla predilections. She may even have introduced him to them.
* ContemplativeBoss: She manages this with the windows of her office while torturing Crichton.
-->''Blue eyes, look out at that. That is the last sight your eyes will ever see.''
%%* CuteLittleFangs
%%* CuteMonsterGirl: Natira looks positively monstrous, yet still very feminine.
* DarkMistress: To Scorpius. [[spoiler: She's actually planning to assassinate him.]]
* EvilMentor: Apparently, she served as this to Scorpius when he was younger.
-->'''Natira:''' Without me, you'd still be the same angry, hotheaded young creature I took in so many cycles ago.\\
'''Scorpius:''' Without me, your head -- among other things -- would be a trophy on the wall at Peacekeeper Command.
* EyeScream: Those flexible spines on her head -- the ones that stand upright and twitch when she gets sexually excited? Those are used for stabbing people's eyes out.
* {{Foil}}: To Scorpius. While Natira sees their relationship as a sort of game and her [[spoiler:attempt to kill him]] as part of said game, Scorpius takes it completely seriously and does not appreciate [[spoiler:her attempted murder of him]]. Scorpius sees torture as a means to an end. Natira plucks people's eyes out for her own twisted pleasure.
* GorgeousGorgon: Not literally, but her appearance does lend itself towards this -- to the point that Crichton calls her "Medusa."
%%* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Your mileage may very heavily on "babe" due to her arachnid/arthropoid appearance, but if that doesn't bother you, she's definitely attractive.
* InsectoidAliens: Okay, more crustacean than insect...
* MorallyBankruptBanker: Apart from the torture and murder committed on a daily basis, she also claimed the contents of Scorpius' vault for herself, presuming that Scorpius had died in the destruction of his Gammak base. Then, when Scorpius showed up alive and asking for his money, Natira was very happy to steal the contents of someone else's vault to repay him. [[spoiler: However, it's actually a deathtrap... which the crew of Moya end up stealing.]]
* NonhumansLackAttributes: Seems to be wearing nothing at all aside from her natural exoskeleton.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Quite apart from having orange-red eyes of her own, she has a thing for red eyes in general.
* RubberForeheadAlien: Blurs the line between this and a StarfishAlien. With the aid of amazing prosthetic makeup, costuming, and animatronics, she's about as "Starfish" as it's possible to get while being played by a human in makeup and costume. Definitely the show's most creative alien that wasn't built from the ground up by the Jim Henson shop.
* SexyWalk: As evidenced in her "BetweenMyLegs" introduction, which also draws attention to the fact that her exoskeleton has ''HighHeeledFeet''.
%%* SoftSpokenSadist: She coos and purrs seductively as she talks about...%%Examples shouldn't refer to each other for context.
* TortureTechnician: ...plucking out people's eyeballs.%%Examples shouldn't refer to each other for context.
%%* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The producers wanted her to return in a later episode, but Claudia Karvan didn't want to put herself through the prosthetics and animatronics again.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Grunchlk]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"This is business: '' I '' have the supply, '' I '' make the demand."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/HughKeaysByrne

The crooked fixer to a Diagnosian super-medic.
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* BeardOfEvil: Grows one of these in ''The Peacekeeper Wars.''
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Backstabs Crichton by alerting Scorpius, backstabs Scorpius by defrosting a Scarran spy, who he'd backstabbed a lot earlier to hand over to Scorpius if everything went well...
* FaceOfAThug: For a salesman, Grunchlk has an extremely rough, heavy-browed face that wouldn't look out of place on a caveman.
* FatBastard: An impression not helped by the fact that, in the event that he's not being a complete asshole, he's usually eating something.
* {{Fingore}}: Ends up being forced to eat one of his own fingers by Scorpius.
* HonestJohnsDealership: Though the Diagnosan doctors he represents are as skilled as advertised, Grunchlk will always ensure that their services are ridiculously overpriced. Plus, the "donors" frozen in the cryogenics facility are patients that didn't survive their treatments... or looked like they were going to die before they were operated on... or related to the deceased...
* IronicEcho: Some time after the Scarran agent locks him into [[HoistByHisOwnPetard one of the cryopods]], Stark finds him... and leaves him there, reporting him as "dead, effectively."
* LargeHam: Assuming he's not actually eating something, he'll often be vigorously chewing the scenery in the sleaziest way possible.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He's a complete scumbag, but he's clearly uncomfortable with the procedure to [[spoiler: remove parts of Crichton's brain]].
* NotQuiteDead: When Stark reveals that Grunchlk's frozen donors are preserved just before they die, [[AndIMustScream trapping their souls inside their bodies]], Grunchlk reassures him that they're "effectively dead".
* {{Slimeball}}: Oily, ingratiating and smarmy, he's prepared to ooze his way into the service of anyone who might pay... assuming, of course, they don't get tired of his endless preening.
* SmugSnake: He clearly likes to think he's smarter than his clients -- a notion that quickly fails when confronted by Scorpius.
* StoutStrength: Forces Stark into paying extra by casually performing a NeckLift on him.
* TheUnpronounceable: Scorpius is the only character capable of pronouncing his name properly.
* VillainousGlutton: Always seems to be eating something while on-screen -- to the point that Braca was able to find him by noticing that he'd dropped his sandwich right in front of his hiding-spot.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pathfinder Neeyala]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"'Will' is a poor substitute for beersian alloy when crushed by astronomical tidal forces!'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Victoria Longley

An alien scientist pitted by circumstances against the ''Moya'' crew, after a wormhole accident.
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%%* AffablyEvil
* ApologeticAttacker: "I have never before released my bristles to kill. Your forgiveness."
%%* BenevolentBoss: As indicated by her PetTheDog moment.
* ChekhovsGunman: At the end of her second and final episode, she implants Moya with a beacon that will alert the Pathfinder elite to their presence; though Crichton worries, nothing more is thought of it... until Moya is unexpectedly yanked down a wormhole at the end of the third season. "Unrealised Realities" reveals that Einstein, inspecting the state of wormhole knowledge in the region, detected the Pathfinder beacon and brought Moya in for examination.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
%%* FishPeople
* IHaveYourWife: One of the reasons why Neeyala is so fanatically devoted to saving her ship is because the Pathfinder government would have her family and the families of her crew executed if they returned without it and the data they'd acquired.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Like all Pathfinders, she can shoot poisonous bristles from her gills.
%%* TheSpock
* SpockSpeak: Even when clearly under great stress, she's still adept at flinging technobable about.
* SssssnakeTalk: Even though she's technically piscine.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Br'Nee]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"By juka! I have heard stories of the existence of Delvians! But to actually stand in the presence of one-!"'']]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MartonCsokas

An alien botanist whose team and mate were killed by a Calcivore named M'Lee. Of course, it turns out that Br'Nee isn’t exactly Mr. Rogers himself.
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* SubvertedSuspicionAesop: While it initially seems he is a murderous monster and M'Lee is an innocent victim, it turns out he is a botanist trying to save the ''Moya'' crew from M'Lee. Then it turns out that Br'Nee’s species placed the calcivores on the asteroid to wipe out the native herbivores and waited for them to die out, and M'Lee was the sole survivor, and Br'Nee is a psycho who wants to shrink Zhaan and experiment on her ForScience.
* UngratefulBastard: He rewards Zhaan’s kindness and trust towards him by shrinking her and planning to experiment on her the second he learns she’s a Delvian.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bekhesh]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"It's been so long since anyone has told me the truth, I don't recognize it anymore..."'']]
-> '''Played By:''' John Adams

The leader of a Tavlek bandit gang. A tough and ruthless criminal, but not without moral standards.

->''We needed a reaction, a human reaction, John. Your reaction.''

->''Your knowledge is quite extraordinary for one of your realm. And your many travels inside wormholes... troubling. But now that I've glimpsed your mind, I'm aware this has made you a target of more aggressive species: a liability which must be dealt with...''

->''It's been so long since anyone has told me the truth, I don't recognize it anymore...''

->''I make it a point to someday kill my clever opponents...''

->''I admit, I feed on death. But don't we all? Some eat plants. Some meat. I consume the life essence itself. Preferably medium rare.''

->''Animal, you have lovely eyes. I love red eyes. Very sensual. Very unusual.''

->''"This is business: '' I '' have the supply, '' I '' make the demand."''

-> "Will" ''is a poor substitute for beersian alloy when crushed by astronomical tidal forces!''

* NotSoDifferent: To D'Argo. The couple reflect his initial [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy proud warrior]] attitude and they eventually [[spoiler: attempt to leave the bounty hunting business and form a family. Both Rorf and D'Argo sacrifice themselves to save their friends and both Rorg and D'Argo must raise their respective children after their spouses' deaths.]]

->'''Portrayed By:''' Hugh Keays-Byrne

!The Ancients

* DyingRace

* {{Telepathy}}

* RealityWarper
* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens

!"Jack" the Ancient

* CoolOldGuy: Based on his appearance.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Appears to Crichton in the form of his father so that Crichton will find it easier to talk to him.
* InsectoidAliens: His true appearance.

* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien
* [[spoiler: ThisWasHisTrueForm]]

!Einstein

* AllPowerfulBystander
* BaldOfAwesome
* BlackEyesOfEvil: Okay, maybe [[DarkIsNotEvil not exactly evil...]]
* CreepyMonotone

* TheMentor: Gives Crichton further instruction in his wormhole knowledge.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname

* RealityWarper
* SharpDressedMan: In the words of Crichton, "nice threads."
* SpockSpeak
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien
* TimeMaster
* TheWatcher

! The Eidolons

* CharmPerson

* {{Precursors}}
* ProudScholarRace

[[folder:Hierarch Yondalao]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Muoma]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pikal]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Caa'ta]]
[[/folder]]

!Bekhesh

Leader of a Tavlek bandit gang. A tough and ruthless criminal, but not without moral standards.

* ArmCannon: The gauntlet.
* TheAtoner

* GoodScarsEvilScars / {{Gonk}}: Bekhesh is pretty much walking scar tissue.

* ReformedCriminal

!Teurac

** MadeOfExplodium: Equally unfortunately, the same biological quirk that allows him to do so also makes him... a little unstable.
* TheCaptain: Of his vessel, up until it was crippled in an attack.
* CoolOldGuy
* GracefulLoser: Compliments D'Argo on managing to bluff his way through negotiations and ultimately foil his attempt at claiming Moya and the Zelbinion.
** Note that he still threatened to kill D'Argo one day -- he just did so in a very respectful manner.
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Twice. Once by remaining at his post when his ship was crippled so his crew could evacuate, and later by blowing himself up to help save Crichton.]]

* SalvagePirates
* SpacePirates
* TheLastDance: He never had any intention of surviving the depository raid.

* BeastMan: Dog people. Crichton exploits this fact by using dog trainer techniques to manipulate them and effectively take charge.
* [[spoiler: EyeScream: Natira cuts out one of Rorf's for kicks.]]
* [[HappilyMarried Happily "Mated"]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Rorf takes a shot for Crichton]]

* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Bounty Hunter Race Guy and Gal]]

* [[spoiler: SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Rorg was pregnant when Rorf left for the Shadow Depository and never returned. Presumably she and their offspring are still alive, Bekhesh promised to deliver Rorf's share of the loot to her before departing Moya.]]

!!Maldis

* ArchEnemy: To Zhaan.

* FauxAffablyEvil / LaughablyEvil: Say what you like about his vile eating habits and devious schemes -- he's undoubtedly having the time of his life.

* IntangibleMan
* LargeHam: Oh so very, very much.

** Some fans have speculated that he was really the one behind the game in "John Quixote" due to certain elements of it and how Crichton got in it the first place. Note that he is name-dropped in the episode.
* ManipulativeBastard

* RealityWarper

* SupernaturalGoldEyes

* VoluntaryShapeshifting
* YourSoulIsMine: His most direct means of feeding.

!!Natira

* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Blue-Skinned Space Babe]]: Your mileage may very heavily on "babe" due to her arachnid/arthropoid appearance, but if that doesn't bother you, she's definitely attractive.

* ContemplativeBoss: Manages this with the windows of her office while torturing Crichton.
--> Blue eyes, look out at that. That is the last sight your eyes will ever see.
* CuteLittleFangs
* CuteMonsterGirl: Natira looks positively monstrous, yet still very feminine.

-->'''Natira:''' Without me, you'd still be the same angry, hotheaded young creature I took in so many cycles ago.
-->'''Scorpius:''' Without me, your head -- among other things -- would be a trophy on the wall at Peacekeeper Command.

* SexyWalk: As evidenced in her "BetweenMyLegs" introduction, which also draws attention to the fact that her exoskeleton has ''HighHeeledFeet.''
* SoftspokenSadist: Coos and purrs seductively as she talks about. . .
* TortureTechnician: . . . plucking out people's eyeballs.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The producers wanted her to return in a later episode, but Claudia Karvan didn't want to put herself through the prosthetics and animatronics again.

!!Grunchlk

* NotQuiteDead: When Stark reveals that Grunchlk's frozen donors are preserved just before they die, [[AndIMustScream trapping their souls inside their bodies]], Grunchlk reassures him that they're "effectively dead."
** IronicEcho: Some time after the Scarran agent locks him into [[HoistByHisOwnPetard one of the cryopods]], Stark finds him... and leaves him there, reporting him as "dead, effectively."

* SmugSnake: He clearly likes to think he's smarter than his clients - a notion that quickly fails when confronted by Scorpius.

!Pathfinder Neeyala

* AffablyEvil

* BenevolentBoss: As indicated by her PetTheDog moment.

* DeadpanSnarker
* [[FishPeople Fish Person]]
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Like all Pathfinders, she has the ability to shoot poisonous bristles from her gills.
* TheSpock

* [[IHaveYourWife We Have Your Family And The Families Of Your Crew]]: One of the reasons why Neeyala is so fanatically devoted to saving her ship is because the Pathfinder government would have her family and the families of her crew executed if they returned without it and the data they'd acquired.

!Br'Nee

[[/folder]]

* TurnToReligion: In repentance for his brutality, he joined the same religious order that one of his victims had been part of. It happened offscreen, though.

* InsectoidAliens

* TimeMaster

* CoolOldGuy
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith

* TheMentor

* TheMentor

* SexyWalk: As evidenced in her "BetweenMyLegs" introduction, which also draws attention to the fact that her exoskeleton has ''high heels.''

* BenevolentBoss: When he was still in charge of the Tavlek gang, it was demonstrated that he actually cared about his underlings- to the point of threatening to kill Moya's crew if they mistreated Kyr.

** Note that he still threatened to kill D'Argo one day- he just did so in a very respectful manner.

* EmotionEater: He likes to spice up his meals by encouraging his victims to excesses of fear or anger- as an appetizer. Unfortunately for his victims, he's ''very'' good at knowing which buttons to push due to his telepathy.

* FauxAffablyEvil / LaughablyEvil: Say what you like about his vile eating habits and devious schemes- he's undoubtedly having the time of his life.

* SorcerousOverlord: In his first episode, he was ruling an entire planet with ambitions to [[spoiler: take over Crisis' command carrier to spread his influence to other worlds by inflicting death]].

* DarkMistress- to Scorpius. [[spoiler: She's actually planning to assassinate him.]]

* GorgeousGorgon: Not literally, but her appearance does lend itself towards this- to the point that Crichton calls her "Medusa."

->Played by John Adams

->Played by Derek Amer and Thomas Holesgrove; Voiced by Philip Hinton

[[folder:Jool]]
!!Joolushko "Jool" Tunai Fenta Hovalis
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hovalis_joolushko_tunai_fenta_6959.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:''"I always wait. You know, see both sides -- be reasonable. But now... I have nothing to lose."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Tammy [=MacIntosh=]

An alien gap-yah student who got into a very bad situation and ended up being rescued by the ''Moya'' crew, initially to the displeasure of both sides.
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* BackForTheDead: Returns in ''The Peacekeeper Wars'' [[spoiler: just in time for the Eidolon temple to get destroyed with her inside.]]
* BareYourMidriff: Especially her second costume.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Jool is an Interon, so her hair changes color depending on her mood, and her screams can melt metal. Which is good, because she screams. '''A lot''.
* BlessedWithSuck: Her metal-melting scream, which is often induced by others for their own reasons.
* BreakTheCutie
* BreakTheHaughty
* DeadpanSnarker
* DroppedABridgeOnHer: [[spoiler:Abruptly killed off, along with most of the Eidolons, by a Scarran OrbitalBombardment in ''The Peacekeeper Wars''.]]
* EyepatchOfPower: When she is temporarily blinded in one eye due to a bit of Boolite flying into it (ItMakesSenseInContext), she sports a rather cool eyepatch for a few episodes.
* FantasticRacism: She offhandedly explains that a fellow Interion's dismissive attitude to D'Argo is because Interions are taught that Luxans are an inferior race. D'Argo retorts with an ArmorPiercingQuestion of what ''she'' thinks of Luxans, and Jool nervously mutters that [[YouAreACreditToYourRace "I think you're an unusual Luxan."]]
* FieryRedhead: She is usually blonde, except for when she is nervous or angry, during which it turns bright red. It stays permanently red during the infiltration of Scorpius' Command Carrier - possibly due to the stress of the mission.
* FireForgedFriends: With Chiana.
* FishOutOfWater: Being from a peaceful star system that seriously frowns upon violence, she is initially completely out of her depth when she becomes part of Moya's crew. (She learns quickly.) Being cryonically frozen for 22 cycles didn't help, either.
* [[ForgotAboutHisPowers Forgot About Her Powers]]: Her sound powers are rarely used in emergencies where they might actually be useful.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: At first, it's kind of obvious that everyone deeply wishes she'd never awoken from the cryogenic pod. This changes as her CharacterDevelopment kicks in.
* HotScientist
* HumiliationConga: Most of what transpires to her, such as being frozen for 22 cycles, accidentally drinking piss, being thrown through a time portal straight into a pile of mud, the Universe really seems to ''love'' to give her grief.
* InsufferableGenius: She has some traits of this, although not to the same extent as Sikozu.
* {{Jerkass}}: Starts off as one, before CharacterDevelopment kicks in. Emerging from a long cryogenic slumber on board a ship of a type she'd never seen and learning that her two cousins - with whom she was very close - are dead does not help.
* KaleidoscopeHair: A downplayed example as it only switches between two colours, but it still counts.
* LockedIntoStrangeness: A possible reason for her hair staying red after Season 3.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Melts metal, which is weaponized whenever anyone scares or injures her. Especially on her ''feet.''
* TheMedic: To an extent.
* MultipleChoicePast: There are conflicting reports as to whether she and her cousins were innocent tourists or {{Evil Colonialist}}s trying to rip off the cultures they met. Her past remains Multiple Choice because none of the regulars actually care enough to investigate.
* OfCorsetsSexy: Her original outfit. She eventually switches to one that also manages to show off her midriff via strategic cutouts.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* OverlyLongName: And she claims that ''everyone'' addresses her by her full name prior to being cryonically frozen (this could presumably be an Interon cultural aspect), although she makes an exception for her cousins, who called her by her nickname. She resents being called "Jool" by her crewmates at first (in spite of, or perhaps because of, the fact that her cousins also used it), but it eventually grows on her.
* [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Hair Take Warning]]: Her hair turns bright red when she's either a) scared or nervous, or b) really, ''really'' [[OhCrap pissed off]].
* ScreamingWoman: A ''whole ''lot. A previous page image depicted it all too clearly. (Handcuffs don't work on her for this reason.)
* ShesGotLegs
* ShipTease: The writers teased a relationship between Jool and D'Argo -- ''especially'' in season 4's "What Was Lost" two-parter -- but Jool left the show and nothing came of it.
** And then when the crew catches up with Jool again in "The Peacekeeper Wars", she oddly and inexplicably goes for Crichton and seems to have completely forgotten D'Argo.
** There also seemed to be something of a ShipTease between [[HugeGuyTinyGirl her and Naj Gil]] (the only neutral/non-antagonistic Scarren to appear on the show) - they connect very quickly, and he offers her a place aboard the hospital ship with him. Unfortunately, he is killed before anything comes of it, and Jool is deeply upset at his death.
* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]
* TechnicalPacifist: Sometimes bordering on ActualPacifist levels. She frowns upon violence due to her upbringing and abhors killing, but, as the series goes on, she becomes more willing to engage in violence when it is required.
* TookALevelInBadass: This trait starts to emerge towards the end of Season 3 - especially notable is the fact that she aids the rest of the crew in their infiltration of Scorpius' Command Carrier despite her nervousness, and that she's more than willing to put herself in danger to help D'Argo against a ''huge'' Peacekeeper wielding a circular saw. This trait is also especially evident in the "What Was Lost" two-parter: Not only does she kick Peacekeeper ass alongside Chiana and Sikozu, she also came ''very'' close to throttling Sikozu prior to this.
* VitriolicBestBuds: At first, she and Chiana despise each other, but they gradually come to develop a love-hate friendship.
* WrittenInInfirmity: The [[EyepatchOfPower eyepatch]] was because Tammy [=MacIntosh=] really did get hit in the eye by a piece of debris and injured during the relevant action sequence.

[[folder:Utu-Noranti Pralatong]]
!Utu-Noranti Pralatong

->''Never bathe, never bathe. It washes off the juice.''

->Played by Melissa Jaffer

An enigmatic old woman with powerful spiritual abilities who took advantage of an attack on a Peacekeeper ship to escape captivity and join the crew. Nobody's quite sure whether her mercurial switches between apparent senile dementia and ruthless plotting are real or an act.

* CloudCuckoolander
* CoolOldLady
* CordonBleughChef: Shifts between this and straight LethalChef depending on the episode.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* DirtyOldWoman
* DrFeelgood
* FanDisservice: In "Lava's a Many Splendored Thing" and "Coup By Clam."
* InSeriesNickname: "Granny," "Wrinkles," "Old Woman."
* MasterPoisoner
* MoodRingEyes: Her third eye changes colors like a mood ring.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Is a member of Moya's crew at the start of the season, claiming that they rescued her from Scorpius's Command Carrier. No-one can remember how she got there, and given her ability to affect memory with her potions, it may never have happened at all.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Takes Zhaan's place as the ship's resident medic and mystic, though a significantly less reliable one.
* TheMedic
* TheMillstone: Quite often, and the other characters are aware of it, too.
-->'''Crichton:''' Burning's too ''good'' for her.
* TheOtherDarrin: When the makeup started to affect Melissa Jaffer's health, she had to be replaced for some scenes in ''The Peacekeeper Wars''.
* ThirdEye: Has a third eye that changes color and intermittently opens when she uses her powers.
* TricksterMentor
* WickedWitch: Repeatedly invoked by the other characters, but she insists she isn't one.

[[folder:Bekhesh]]
!Bekhesh

->''It's been so long since anyone has told me the truth, I don't recognize it anymore...''

->Played by John Adams

Leader of a Tavlek bandit gang. A tough and ruthless criminal, but not without moral standards.

* ArmCannon: The gauntlet.
* TheAtoner
* BadassPreacher: Or, as he calls himself, the "Holy Warrior of Tarou."
* BenevolentBoss: When he was still in charge of the Tavlek gang, it was demonstrated that he actually cared about his underlings- to the point of threatening to kill Moya's crew if they mistreated Kyr.
* BlindfoldedVision: The top of Bekhesh's head is covered by a thick metal faceplate; according to production notes, it's actually a cybernetic replacement for the top of his head.
* FunctionalAddict: While still clearly addicted, he doesn't need the gauntlet nearly as often as Kyr did. In his second appearance he claims he's built up so much resistance he needs a tripple dose to get any benefit, and is trying to quit altogether now that he's found religion.
* GoodScarsEvilScars / {{Gonk}}: Bekhesh is pretty much walking scar tissue.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: "It's easier to reform when you're rich."
* ReformedCriminal
* ShouldersOfDoom: Part of his uniform while still leading the Tavlek gang.
* TurnToReligion: In repentance for his brutality, he joined the same religious order that one of his victims had been part of. It happened offscreen, though.

[[folder:Teurac]]
!Teurac

->''I make it a point to someday kill my clever opponents...''

->Played by Derek Amer and Thomas Holesgrove; Voiced by Philip Hinton

A Sheeyang space pirate who once tried to capture ''Moya''.

* BreathWeapon: As a Sheeyang, he can breathe fire. Unfortunately, he's getting old, and not as efficient at it as he once was.
** MadeOfExplodium: Equally unfortunately, the same biological quirk that allows him to do so also makes him... a little unstable.
* TheCaptain: Of his vessel, up until it was crippled in an attack.
* CoolOldGuy
* GracefulLoser: Compliments D'Argo on managing to bluff his way through negotiations and ultimately foil his attempt at claiming Moya and the Zelbinion.
** Note that he still threatened to kill D'Argo one day- he just did so in a very respectful manner.
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Twice. Once by remaining at his post when his ship was crippled so his crew could evacuate, and later by blowing himself up to help save Crichton.]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: "You said you had an opportunity for profit..."
* SalvagePirates
* SpacePirates
* TheLastDance: He never had any intention of surviving the depository raid.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rorf and Rorg]]

A pair of bounty hunters, of the Vorcarian "blood tracker" species.

* BeastMan: Dog people. Crichton exploits this fact by using dog trainer techniques to manipulate them and effectively take charge.
* [[spoiler: EyeScream: Natira cuts out one of Rorf's for kicks.]]
* [[HappilyMarried Happily "Mated"]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Rorf takes a shot for Crichton]]
* NotSoDifferent: To D'Argo. The couple reflect his initial [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy proud warrior]] attitude and they eventually [[spoiler: attempt to leave the bounty hunting business and form a family. Both Rorf and D'Argo sacrifice themselves to save their friends and both Rorg and D'Argo must raise their respective children after their spouses' deaths.]]

* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Bounty Hunter Race Guy and Gal]]
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Rorg more so than Rorf. It's why Crichton decides to hire them for the Shadow Depository raid.
* [[spoiler: SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Rorg was pregnant when Rorf left for the Shadow Depository and never returned. Presumably she and their offspring are still alive, Bekhesh promised to deliver Rorf's share of the loot to her before departing Moya.]]
[[/folder]]

* PettingZooPeople: Dog people. Crichton exploits this fact by using dog trainer techniques to manipulate them and effectively take charge.

* BlessedWithSuck: Her metal-melting scream, which is often induced by others for their own reasons (CursedWithAwesome as far as they're concerned).

* MakeMeWannaShout: Melts metal. It's why others have no problems injuring or scaring her.

* ScreamingWoman: A ''whole ''lot. A previous page image depicted it all too clearly.

[[folder:Pathfindr Neeyala]]

* BackForTheDead