History Characters / FindMeInParis

* CompetitionFreak: As most of the characters are, but Isaac and Jeff consider her to be "next level".

* LongLostRelative: She is actually Lena's half sister.

* SecretChaser: She's suspicious of Lena after finding old photos of her in her house. In her investigation, she manages to [[EasilyOverheardConversation overhear]] Lena briefly remember she's a time traveller before forgetting again.

* AgentScully: With shades of being a CloudcuckoolandersMinder. Downplayed in that he dissuades Romy's theories and tries to stop her from getting ''too'' conspiractorial, but he won't go out of his way to deny what's right in front of him.

* EvilMatriarch: She dropped her son off at the Bureau when he was six and lied to him, telling him it was boarding school. She then watched over him [[HandsOffParenting from afar]] while he was [[TykeBomb raised to be an agent]].

* ActorSwap: Edward Kagutuzi, who plays young Oscar, took over the role from Javone Prince about half-way through the show.

* FountainOfYouth: Gets turned into a teenager by Lex, with no memories of his adult life. Henri helps him regain his memories while he physically remains young, leading to an ActorSwap about half-way through the show.

* HaveWeMetYet: Henri firsts meets Oscar in 2017 with Oscar knowing who he is (and he is not happy to see him). Henri then he accidentally goes back to 1905 and seeks out Henri; this time it's Oscar who doesn't know who Henri is.

* BookSmart: She's a science whizz who attended a "genius school for brainiacs" (Dash's words) for two years before deciding she wanted to dance instead, catalysed by her parents' divorce.

* TheConfidant: Quickly becomes this to Lena. Ines is the most accepting of her "weirdness" and is the first person Lena tells the truth of who she is to. Ines then helps Lena blend in.

* AlphaBitch: With a GirlPosse of Bree and Kennedy and an inflated ego from having been on ''Dance Off'' to boot. Other characters such as Jeff and Ines call her IceQueen. Instead of learning from Max dumping her with a ReasonYouSuckSpeech, she doubles down and ramps up her [[EvilIsPetty behaviour]] towards Lena, going out of her way to make her day-to-day worse.
** She finds a GirlPosse in 1905 as well.

* CompetitionFreak: She can't handle the idea of not being the best dancer and is determined to take [[TheRival rivals such as a Lena]] down as a result. She cannot resist a challenge.

* PutOnABus: Pinky sends her and Frank to 1905 to protect them from Nico in the first episode of season 3. The following episode, she leaves to go on a world tour as an étoile and [[IChooseToStay chooses to stay]] in the past.
* SecretChaser: She is determined to prove that Lena is a time traveller, although it becomes a a CassandraTruth.

* HeroicBSOD: After his accident as he is passionate about dance, depressed about not being able to participate, and scared for his future if it can't be in dance.

-->'''Max:''' Stop, what are you doing? Extend you arms fully, Isaac.

* UnreliableNarrator: It's revealed that he's told a lot BlatantLies about his past. Most of his friends get mad at him for lying, but Lena sympathizes with him as she, too, has had to lie about who she is.

-->'''Jeff:''' No, Isaac, no don't go, Isaac... Oh man. What I meant by that is, you're a pain because I like you.

-->'''Jeff:''' Or terribly right! You guys know I'm a half glass full kind of guy. This place is sick, yo! Look at all the crazy hair, and the crazy colors! I mean, look at those break dancers. They're actual 80s break dancers!
-->'''Isaac:''' Are you insane? Did you not hear what they just said? We just time traveled.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Etienne tells him to his face that Max is the best dancer, which is why he always picks Max for roles over him. This [[DudeWheresMyRespect favouritism]] makes Dash want to transfer to the London School of Ballet after getting scouted on the street.
** Subverted when Etienne reveals that if [[SternTeacher he went easy on Dash, he wouldn't push himself]] and that he goes easy on Max "because he needs it". He wants Dash to show passion. However, this doesn't stop Dash feeling resentful towards Max, especially when his father is revealed to be a famous choreographer.

* HeightAngst: Downplayed, but in season 1 episode 16, he mentions his 5'4 height when [[HeroicSelfDeprecation self deprecating]] about being nothing special compared to the much taller Max.

* BrokenAce: Downplayed. He feels torn between the expectation by his teachers and former dance partner that he take ballet seriously, and wanting to allow himself to have fun with Jeff.

* CompetitionFreak: He's generally ambitious but especially when competing against Max for the lead role in the choreographer's Grand Prix.

* InstantFanClub: Bree and Kennedy are taken in by him on first sight before he's even said a word.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Turns out to be as he lets Lena and Max change the choreography for the carte blanche show, much to Ms. Carré's dismay.

* PowerfulButIncompetent: Their power and tendency to thwart Henri's attempts to find Lena makes them threatening enough, but they're pretty bad at being villains and their plans often go awry.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Frank and Pinky disagree on method. Their arguments over how to go about capturing Lena distract each other long enough for Henri to run away.

* LikeFatherLikeSon: His father is revealed in season 3, and he dresses the exact same steampunk style as Frank.

* TheStrategist: As de facto leader of the Time Collectors, Frank acts as this for the trio, coming up with elaborate plans.

* UnholyMatrimony: With Thea. They totally enable each other's worst tendencies, and he very much sees her as a partner in crime. It's really only after they break up that his behaviour starts to improve.

* DeliciousDistraction: Gets distracted by canapés in the middle of chasing Henri through a party the opera house.

* PutOnABus: He is no where to be seen after quitting the Time Collectors in season 3.

* TimePolice: That's what they say they are, but they've become a corrupt organisation whose only goal is to gain a monopoly on time travel.

* InspectorJavert: She is ruthless is her pursuit of those in the wrong time period, or those committing time breaches more generally. It gets to the point where even her higher-up Nico disapproves, as she went too far and broke protocol. He says all she's done is make a mess of the situation.

* TheMole: His mission is go undercover as a student at the Paris Opera Ballet School to get close to Lena to figure out if she's the ChosenOne.

* TykeBomb: He was raised from the age of six to be an agent of the Bureau, having much of his real identity hid from him. He was never told he was one of the Heirs, or that his mother runs the Bureau and had orchestrated everything.

* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: While in 2018, she developed feelings for Max despite having a boyfriend back in 1905. The lines of who she's dating when, how she feels about the whole thing, and whether everyone is on the same page are blurry and ever-changing.

* SecretLegacy: Victor reveals to his son Henri that they are a centuries-old family of time travelers after Lena disappears and Henri searches for answers, though Henri is not yet authorised to make use of it himself. ([[spoiler:He tricks the Time Collectors to take him to 2018 instead]]).

* SatelliteLoveInterest: ZigZagged in that he has traits and things to do outside of being Lena's love interest (he is kinda forced to given they spend a lot of time apart), but in his mind? Lena is the centre of his universe and his primary motivation for everything.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He disobeys his father's orders not to get involved and ignores the fact that he's not yet authorised to use time travel.

* CoolOldGuy: Henri's enigmatic, but ultimately good hearted father, he reveals himself to be a time traveller.

-->'''Victor:''' Go. Run now! Get out however you can! I'll hold her off.

* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: While in 2018, she develops feelings for Max despite having a boyfriend back in 1905. The lines of who she's dating when, how she feels about the whole thing, and whether everyone is on the same page are blurry and ever-changing.
* TheAce: A talented and well respected prima ballerina in 1905 on track to become one of the greats. [[spoiler:That is, until she suddenly disappears]].

* FakingAmnesia: Does this after getting her memories back in season 3 as to not raise suspicion with Nico or Claudine.

* GenkiGirl: She is rather excitable and giggles a lot, contributing to her wide-eyed otherworldiness as she {{Squee}}s over things most people from the 21st-century wouldn't.

** Basically gets called one by Jeff for being so harsh on Romy when she, too, had a rocky start, giving her a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment and prompting her to go apologise.

* IDidntTellYouBecauseYoudBeUnhappy: Is hesitant to tell the Blok that they can't participate in Dance Off, as the competition does not allow masks thus they would not be able remain anonymous and out of trouble with the school.

* KingIncognito: She tries to blend in as a normal 21st century girl and present day student at the dance school, per Henri's advice in his letter. (She's not very good at it).

** She learns Henri's back in 2019, but hasn't told her and seems to be avoiding her, in the middle of her carte blanche choreography rehearsal. She has an AnguishedOutburst in front of everyone, taking her sudden anger and hurt over Henri out on Isaac and even Mr Castillo.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Mr Castillo notices his students have been worn out during class. Lena accidentally mentions the Blok in front of him, which leads to everyone getting in trouble for dancing outside of school.

* StrawNihilist: Becomes this while waiting for the portals to reopen -- after Ines gets taken by the Bureau -- so she can [[ResetButton reset everything]] by [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong going back to stop herself]] from going to the future in the first place. Once she's set her mind on this course of action, she'll risk expulsion ''and'' talk back to Ms Carré -- it's not like it matters to her anymore.
** She does express some second thoughts over her behaviour to Pinky, because ''what if it doesn't work and she's expelled for real?''

* WhatTheHellHero: Jeff gives her one for being too harsh on Romy in front of everyone and letting her CompetitionFreak tendencies get the better of her. Lena asks Ines and Nico to back her up, but they agree with Jeff -- Romy is JustAKid. Jeff reminds Lena where she was three years ago, giving her a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment, prompting her to go apologise.

* ComicalOverreacting: Continuously screams in Clive's face when she realises they've gone back in time, in bright neon athleisure as people walk past. Of course, they stare at her and she yells at them in response.

* TheStoolPigeon: She tells Ms Carré that Lena is taking the Blok to London for ''Dance Off'', making sure to single out Lena as responsible.

* LikeFatherLikeSon: In the ValentinesDayEpisode, he's still unable to dance and thus assisting his father's classes. After the Valentine's routine, he interrupts and starts imitating the way Mr Castillo critiques and scolds the students, much to everyone's amusement.

** Max refuses to budge on his creative vision for his carte blanche choreography, which centres on two leads instead of an ensemble to showcase the whole class.

* UnreliableNarrator: It's revealed that he's told a lot BlatantLies about his past. Most of his friends get mad at him for lying, but Lena sympathises with him as she, too, has had to lie about who she is.

** Takes Reuben's words at face value and doesn't seem to realise it's a thinly veiled threat until Thea points it out.

-->'''Jeff:''' Or terribly right! You guys know I'm a half glass full kind of guy. This place is sick, yo! Look at all the crazy hair, and the crazy colours! I mean, look at those break dancers. They're actual 80s break dancers!

* ClassicalMusicIsCool: He has a greater interest in ballet and other traditional dances than he does in modern dances like hip-hop, the [[OppositesAttract opposite of Jeff]]. When given total freedom to put on whatever show he likes for the carte blanche project, he goes for ''Theatre/SwanLake'' simply because "it's a classic", which even Mr Castillo questions.

* LoveIsAWeakness: Ines teams up with him during the Valentine's Day assignment, dubbing them the "anti-Valentine's Day crusaders". Mr Castillo tells the students to find a word that best defines love to them, and Isaac can't come up with ''any'' positive words.

* BadassTeacher: She takes notice of how much Thea's confidence gets knocked when her mother is around. She tells Mrs Raphael off for being such a StageMom and that she should leave if she wants what's best for her daughter.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Her attempt to stand up to Thea's mother backfires when Mrs Raphael doesn't show up to the recital, upsetting Thea.

* HeroicBSOD: Has one after his choreography losing the CJ Company place to Ms Carré's. Lena helps pull him out of it by arranging to put on a show with their choreography anyway.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Turns out to be as he lets Lena and Max change the choreography for the carte blanche show, much to Ms Carré's dismay.
** By the end of season 2 into season 3, he's mellowed out quite a bit and adopted a more experimental approach to ballet, which puts him at odds with Ms Carré, who wants to stick to tradition. He's also more forgiving of Lena and even calls Ms Carré unreasonable for being harsh on her exam performance.

Isaac's former dance partner from the London School of Ballet introduced in season 2. She participates in Mr Castillo's workshop in season 3.

* TheCallPutMeOnHold: She is absolutely determined to get into Mr Castillo's workshop and opts to just show up, claiming she had to take matters into her own hands after her e-mails, texts, [=DMs=], [=PMs=], video chat requests, and audition videos were ignored. Thankfully, she does turn out to be pretty good.

* DropInCharacter: Her first appearance is her showing up to Mr Castillo's workshop uninvited.
* HighSchoolHustler: Somehow manages to get her way with Mr Castillo.

* TagalongKid: She and Simon are 14 -- a few years younger than the other students in Mr Castillo's workshop. Simon wants to stick to their level with kids their own age, but Romy wants to stay on.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: To prove herself, she states she can keep up with Lena, randomly selecting her without realising she's one of the best dancers there, thus setting a high bar for herself.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: As Lena's roommate, it's implied she was nice to her face but secretly resentful. Lena turns on her when she realises Claudine snitched to her parents. By season 2, Lena considers her two-faced and a nemesis.

** She threatens to report Thea's improper behaviour to the Directrice.

* HopelessSuitor: To Max.

* CareerEndingInjury: One of the best dancers at school, he severely injures his neck attempting a dangerous lift with Lena, and is told by the doctors that a career in dance is unlikely to be feasible for him. He's made an assistant to his father in season 2 and ends up taking after him in being a great choreographer, even from the sidelines. However, he ends up leaving Paris at the end of the school year as he no longer wants to be there if he can't dance. He does dance with Lena one last time before he goes, though.
* CheerUpEpisode: Spends the latter half of "The Chill Method" trying to cheer Lena up and get her to chill after she [[HeroicSelfDeprecation blames herself]] for them missing out on leading the midseason showcase to Jeff and Thea.

** {{Lampshaded}} by his friends after he injures himself attempting a dangerous lift with Lena in an attempt to one-up Isaac and Clara.

* ActorInspiredElement: His music.

* FakeNationality: Max's family are English-Spanish (explaining why he and Armando have Spanish names but English accents). Rory J. Saper and Rik Young are just English.

* FakeBrit: Hiran Abeysekera is Sri Lankan playing a Londoner, although he did move to the UK to study at RADA.

* FakingAmnesia: Does this after getting her memories back as to not raise suspicion with Nico or Claudine.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Of the 'person from the past ending up in the present' variety of having to adjust to a new time period. Ines assumes Lena is Amish, and Lena rolls with it to excuse her unfamiliarity with modernity.
** Other characters tend to perceive her as anywhere from EndearinglyDorky to a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.

* GenkiGirl: She is rather excitable and giggles a lot, contributing to her wide-eyed otherworldiness as she {{Squee}}s over things most people in the 21st-century wouldn't.

** Basically gets called one by Jeff for being so harsh on Romy when she, too, had a rocky start, giving her a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment, prompting her to go apologise.
** Gets jealous over Henri hanging out with Claudine once and it being purely platonic (at least on his end), despite the fact that she's seen another guy almost every time they've been apart.

** She learns Henri's back in 2019 (but hasn't told her) in the middle of her carte blanche choreography rehearsal. She has an AnguishedOutburst in front of everyone, taking her sudden anger and hurt over Henri out on Isaac and even Mr Castillo.

* PrincessesPreferPink: Wears a lot of pink and generally has a Barbie-esque demeanour.

* WithAFootOnTheBus: There are multiple moments where Lena thinks she's going back to 1905 and will have to say goodbye to her friends and to ballet, and then doesn't.

* TrainingTheGiftOfMagic: After learning Henri gave Francie a [[FakinMacguffin fake timepiece]], he's so proud, he treats him to his first lesson on how to actual use the timepiece.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: In season 2, it's him who has to get used to the present after getting stuck there. Thankfully, he has Lena to guide him.

* SatelliteLoveInterest: ZigZagged in that he has traits and things to do outside of being Lena's love interest (he kinda has to given they spend a lot of time apart), but in his mind? Lena is the centre of his universe and his primary motivation.

* CoolOldGuy: Henri's enigmatic, but ultimately good hearted, father, he reveals himself to be a time traveller.

** He gets in the way of Henri reuniting with Lena multiple times and even breaks the time portal so he can't travel. Harsh, but {{Justified}} as he's trying to stop his inexperienced son from [[WrongTimeTravelSavvy breaking the laws of time travel]] so he doesn't cause a TimeCrash and make the situation worse.
** He later suggests Lena stop trying to reach Henri to get the Bureau off their backs.
* MysteriousProtector: Acts as this to Lena, showing up to help her out of a tricky situation and guide her so she can survive in the present day while he works out how to get her home. He later [[GreatEscape breaks her and Thea out of time jail]].

[[caption-width-right:350:Clive (right), Frank (middle), Pinky (left)]]

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Clive paints the three of them to show how much he cares about Pinky and Frank, and despite often being annoyed by him, Frank gets emotional.

* MookDepletion: After Pinky quits over losing Ines and Clive suddenly jets off to see the dinosaurs after dropping Claudine off.

* TerribleTrio: They are certainly menacing.

* BatmanGambit: Makes Henri a somewhat UnwittingPawn by telling him Ines has been taken -- he plays into his AlwaysSaveTheGirl motive by telling him the only way to get Lena back is to stop them. He also warns him to keep an eye on his timepiece, which Henri finds out he doesn't have. He then [[DevilInPlainSight doesn't question]] Frank's suggestion that it was the Bureau.

* UnholyMatrimony: With Thea. They totally enable each other.

* TokenCompetentMinion: He is the only black time collector.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Definitely stands out in the trio as not being very clued in.

* MotorMouth: Seems to hate awkward silences, even when Frank is trying to concentrate.

* PutOnABus: After taking Claudine to the present, she tells him he can leave, so he does, saying he's going to see the dinosaurs. He's not seen again for the rest of season 3.

* InspectorJavert: She is ruthless is her pursuit of those in the wrong time period, or those committing time breaches more generally. It gets to the point where even her higher-up Nico disapproves, as she broke protocol. He says all she's done is make a mess of the situation.

* TheStoic: Wears a stern facial expression with furrowed brows, at least at first.

* ChangingYourselfForLove: Feels like he has to do this for Bree given she fell in love with 80s him, but turns out she prefers when he is just himself and isn't trying so hard to be "suave".

* OneHourWorkWeek: From the time he's aged down, he's increasingly rarely shown doing time travel-related work and seems to spend most of his time hanging out with Henri (and later) Bree and helping him with his music.

* BlackBestFriend: To Lena, but subverted in that she has a story arc of her own, and her friendship with Lena is very mutual; Lena backs up Ines just as much as Ines backs up Lena.

* MyFutureSelfAndMe: Pinky takes her to 2029, where she can see she's become a scientist.

** Becomes more permanent fame when she returns, and stays.
* AlphaBitch: With a GirlPosse of Bree and Kennedy and an inflated ego from having been on Dance Off to boot. Other characters such as Jeff and Ines call her IceQueen. Instead of learning from Max dumping her with a ReasonYouSuckSpeech, she doubles down and ramps up her [[EvilIsPetty behaviour]] towards Lena, going out of her way to make her day-to-day worse.

* DeathGlare: Often pulls this at Lena, and she's not subtle at all.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Towards Max, especially when Lena comes into the picture. Somewhat {{Justified}} as her concerns are not entirely unfounded.
* ComicalOverreacting: Continuously screams in Clive's face when she realises they've gone back in time, in bright neon modern clothes as people walk past. Of course, they stare at her and she yells at them in response.

* ThePrimaDonna: Became this after competing on Dance Off, a famous dance competition. She has a lot of social media followers and assumes people who approach her want a selfie or an autograph. She's shown to have a [[SmugSnake Big Ego]] when it comes to dancing. When she goes to ballet school in 1905, she gleefully declares the other dancers amateurs.

* {{Squee}}: Does this over an actor in a romcom JJ Jacobson and when she thinks Australian beauty blogger Lavender Darling (LavD) wants to meet up.
* StealingTheCredit: For the Blok's success when they get onto Dance Off, claiming to be their leader in Max's absence when she's barely even been there while Lena and Jeff have been putting in the work to manage the crew (even if it places them at odds with each other sometimes).
* TheStoolPigeon: She tells Ms Carré that Lena is taking the Blok to London for Dance-Off, making sure to single out Lena as responsible.

* TotallyRadical: {{Justified}} as she picks up various bits of modern slang and incorporates them into her everyday speech.