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* CaptainObviousReveal: By the time it's officially revealed that [[spoiler: Natalya is his daughter, thought to be long dead]], it's incredibly obvious to the audience despite the fact that Nero has never even considered the idea. This doesn't stop it from being one of, if not ''the'' series CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
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* CaptainObviousReveal: By the time it's officially revealed that [[spoiler: Natalya is his daughter, thought to be long dead]], it's incredibly obvious to the audience despite the fact that Nero has never even considered the idea. This doesn't stop it from being one of, if not ''the'' series CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
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* {{Berserk Button}}: Do NOT harm any of the students of H.I.V.E, or "there will be consequences."
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* {{Berserk Button}}: BerserkButton Do NOT harm any of the students of H.I.V.E, or "there will be consequences."
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* Determinator: despite eight or so years of life at the [[spoiler:Glasshouse,]] she's a strong, independent woman dedicated to protecting her kids.
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* Determinator: despite {{Determinator}}: Despite eight or so years of life at the [[spoiler:Glasshouse,]] she's a strong, independent woman dedicated to protecting her kids.
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* CaptainObviousReveal: By the time it's officially revealed that [[spoiler: Natalya is his daughter, thought to be long dead]], it's incredibly obvious to the audience despite the fact that Nero has never even considered the idea. This doesn't stop it from being one of, if not ''the'' series CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
-> [[spoiler:'''Natalya''': We've lost so much time.]]
-> [[spoiler:'''Nero''': No, we haven't. I've known you nearly your whole life and I could not be prouder of what you became... The fact that you're my daughter doesn't change any of that, and it never will.]]
-> [[spoiler:'''Natalya''': We've lost so much time.]]
-> [[spoiler:'''Nero''': No, we haven't. I've known you nearly your whole life and I could not be prouder of what you became... The fact that you're my daughter doesn't change any of that, and it never will.]]
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* [[spoiler:EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas]]: his motive, and quite possibly the basis for the entire series.
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:For his mother, as well as Elena. Unless, of course, they're the same person, which is unclear.]]
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* [[spoiler:EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas]]: EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: not much is known about his motive, and quite possibly the basis for the entire series.
mother, but she seems to have been an even more ruthless G.L.O.V.E. member.
* HeartbrokenBadass:[[spoiler:For his mother, as well as Elena. Unless, of course, they're [[spoiler:His pregnant fiancee's death preceded the same person, which is unclear.founding of H.I.V.E.]]
* HeartbrokenBadass:
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* PursuingParentalPerils: by [[spoiler:leading the H.I.V.E.]]
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* PursuingParentalPerils: ParentalSubstitute: by [[spoiler:leading the H.I.V.E.end of the series, he is this to half the cast, but especially to [[spoiler:Natalya.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: Roughly 16 years after the death of his extremely pregnant fiancee Elena, Nero takes in a 16-year old girl named Natalya. It's also likely that the entire school was this, as the life he wanted with Elena became impossible.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: Roughly 16 years after the death of his extremely pregnant fiancee Elena, Nero takes in a 16-year old girl named Natalya. It's also likely that the entire school was this, as the life he wanted with Elena became impossible.]]
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* YourSonAllAlong: [[Natalya, his second-in-command who joined him after he rescued her as a teenager and raised her at H.I.V.E., is his biological daughter.]]
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* YourSonAllAlong: [[spoiler: Nero is her father. He took her in at the age of 16, they developed a close [[ParentalSubstitute friendship,]] and she decided to stay at H.I.V.E. and work for him. At the end of the series, she's his right hand, and when she's 30 years old, the two of them find out they are biological father and daughter.]]
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: The books repeatedly refer to her training having made her the lethal {{Badass}} she is today. That said, [[TrainingFromHell when you see how she got those skills]] you might not want to go for it.
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* Determinator: the construction of the Pacific Branch of the H.I.V.E.
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* {{Deuteragonist}}
{{Deuteragonist}}: does about as much narrating as Otto, and has probably more impact on the story.
* Determinator: the construction of the Pacific Branch of the H.I.V.E. took what appears to be decades.
* Determinator: the construction of the Pacific Branch of the H.I.V.E. took what appears to be decades.
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!Professor Pike
The technology professor on the Island.
* AbsentMindedProfessor
* GeniusDitz: Has been known to be very careless, despite some impressive technological feats.
* MadScientist: Discuss.
* [[SmartPeopleBuildRobots Smart People Program AIs]]: H.I.V.E.mind was his creation.
!Chief Lewis
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim:]] In ''Zero Hour'', after [[spoiler:surviving all sorts for the last five books, he is killed early on by an animus controlled Raven]].
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
!Contessa Maria Sinistre
* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: When she decides to use her CompellingVoice for the good guys' benefit.
* [[spoiler:EvilMatriarch]]
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelRevolvingDoor]]
* KilledOffForReal
* MindControl: Her special voice. [[HollywoodGenetics Apparently it's genetic, too.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast/Adjectives
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]: ''Escape Velocity''.
!Ms Leon
* BalefulPolymorph: She doesn't really like being stuck in her cat's body.
* CatsAreSnarkers
!Colonel Francisco
* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: the Rough to Nero's Smooth.
* DrillSergeantNasty
!Miss Tennebaum
!H.I.V.E.Mind
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!Chief Lewis
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim:]] In ''Zero Hour'', after [[spoiler:surviving all sorts for the last five books, he is killed early on by an animus controlled Raven]].
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
!Contessa Maria Sinistre
* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: When she decides to use her CompellingVoice for the good guys' benefit.
* [[spoiler:EvilMatriarch]]
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelRevolvingDoor]]
* KilledOffForReal
* MindControl: Her special voice. [[HollywoodGenetics Apparently it's genetic, too.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast/Adjectives
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]: ''Escape Velocity''.
!Ms Leon
* BalefulPolymorph: She doesn't really like being stuck in her cat's body.
* CatsAreSnarkers
!Colonel Francisco
* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: the Rough to Nero's Smooth.
* DrillSergeantNasty
!Miss Tennebaum
!H.I.V.E.Mind
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The technology professor on the Island.
* AbsentMindedProfessor
* GeniusDitz: Has been known to be very careless, despite some impressive technological feats.
* MadScientist: Discuss.
* [[SmartPeopleBuildRobots Smart People Program AIs]]: H.I.V.E.mind was his creation.
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[[folder:Chief Lewis]]
The security chief on the Island.
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim:]] In ''Zero Hour'', after [[spoiler:surviving all sorts for the last five books, he is killed early on by an animus controlled Raven]].
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
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[[folder:Contessa Maria Sinistre]]
* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: When she decides to use her CompellingVoice for the good guys' benefit.
* [[spoiler:EvilMatriarch]]
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelRevolvingDoor]]
* KilledOffForReal
* MindControl: Her special voice. [[HollywoodGenetics Apparently it's genetic, too.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast/Adjectives
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]: ''Escape Velocity''.
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[[folder:Ms Leon]]
* BalefulPolymorph: She doesn't really like being stuck in her cat's body.
* CatsAreSnarkers
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[[folder:Colonel Francisco]]
* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: the Rough to Nero's Smooth.
* DrillSergeantNasty
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[[folder:Miss Tennenbaum]]
The Finances instructor.
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[[folder:Professor Pike]]
The technology professor on the Island.
* AbsentMindedProfessor
* GeniusDitz: Has been known to be very careless, despite some impressive technological feats.
* MadScientist: Discuss.
* [[SmartPeopleBuildRobots Smart People Program AIs]]: H.I.V.E.mind was his creation.
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[[folder:Chief Lewis]]
The security chief on the Island.
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim:]] In ''Zero Hour'', after [[spoiler:surviving all sorts for the last five books, he is killed early on by an animus controlled Raven]].
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
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[[folder:Contessa Maria Sinistre]]
* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: When she decides to use her CompellingVoice for the good guys' benefit.
* [[spoiler:EvilMatriarch]]
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelRevolvingDoor]]
* KilledOffForReal
* MindControl: Her special voice. [[HollywoodGenetics Apparently it's genetic, too.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast/Adjectives
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]: ''Escape Velocity''.
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[[folder:Ms Leon]]
* BalefulPolymorph: She doesn't really like being stuck in her cat's body.
* CatsAreSnarkers
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[[folder:Colonel Francisco]]
* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: the Rough to Nero's Smooth.
* DrillSergeantNasty
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The Finances instructor.
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The Headmaster of HIVE.
* AffablyEvil: He's very nice for a high ranking member of the world's largest criminal organisation.
* BaitAndSwitchTyrant: He's technically a villain in book one, but that's just because Otto, our narrator, has not yet gotten to know him.
* {{Berserk Button}}: Do NOT harm any of the students of H.I.V.E, or "there will be consequences."
* {{Deuteragonist}}
* Determinator: the construction of the Pacific Branch of the H.I.V.E.
* DragonAscendant: If he could have been considered TheDragon to Number One, then [[spoiler: his promotion]] counts as this.
* [[spoiler:EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas]]: his motive, and quite possibly the basis for the entire series.
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:For his mother, as well as Elena. Unless, of course, they're the same person, which is unclear.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: with Diabolus.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: is an [[spoiler:architect]] by trade like his father.
* NobleTopEnforcer: before [[spoiler:he takes over G.L.O.V.E.]]
* PursuingParentalPerils: by [[spoiler:leading the H.I.V.E.]]
* SinkOrSwimMentor: Not afraid to toss people in at the deep end as deemed necessary.[[spoiler:Literally threatens Otto and Laura with this in Deadlock.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: with [[spoiler: Cypher]] in ''Rogue.''
* UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: In a flashback, Diabolus comments that this is the clash between Nero and the Architect over [[spoiler:Nero's mother's death at the Iceland branch of H.I.V.E., and whether a school can be built in a volcano.]]
!Professor Pike
The technology professor on the Island.
* AbsentMindedProfessor
* GeniusDitz: Has been known to be very careless, despite some impressive technological feats.
* MadScientist: Discuss.
* [[SmartPeopleBuildRobots Smart People Program AIs]]: H.I.V.E.mind was his creation.
!Chief Lewis
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim:]] In ''Zero Hour'', after [[spoiler:surviving all sorts for the last five books, he is killed early on by an animus controlled Raven]].
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
!Contessa Maria Sinistre
* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: When she decides to use her CompellingVoice for the good guys' benefit.
* [[spoiler:EvilMatriarch]]
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelRevolvingDoor]]
* KilledOffForReal
* MindControl: Her special voice. [[HollywoodGenetics Apparently it's genetic, too.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast/Adjectives
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]: ''Escape Velocity''.
!Ms Leon
* BalefulPolymorph: She doesn't really like being stuck in her cat's body.
* CatsAreSnarkers
!Colonel Francisco
* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: the Rough to Nero's Smooth.
* DrillSergeantNasty
!Miss Tennebaum
!H.I.V.E.Mind
Not technically 'staff' but he does exist for the sole purpose of serving HIVE.
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead: in ''Rogue''.]]
* BigBrotherMentor: Ironically, acts as one to [[spoiler: his nephew Otto,]] who is older than he is.
* BigGood
* DoAnythingRobot: Is responsible for the entire running of HIVE.
* [[spoiler: Heroic Sacrifice]]
* TokenNonHuman
* SharingABody: with [[spoiler:Otto in books three, six, seven, and eight.]]
* [[spoiler:SiblingTeam: depending on whether Otto would be considered his brother or his nephew, the two share a body for most of the second half of the series, are close friends, and work together to accomplish most everything they achieve.]]
* TheParagon
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Later in the series, he and Otto call on this for attacks. ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.
!Raven/Natalya
Also not technically staff, but she works for Nero rather than GLOVE.
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Her second pair of swords: black katanas with variable mono molecular edges (in laymans terms, they can cut through everything because their edge is so fine it can get through the space between the particles of an object). Did we mention they also [[RuleOfCool glow purple?]]
* ActionGirl: Yes, absolutely.
* Badass
* BadassTeacher: Eventually.
* BodyguardingABadass
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Is very, very good at her job, but enjoys terrorizing her students for amusement and scaring people.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: The books repeatedly refer to her training having made her the lethal {{Badass}} she is today. That said, [[TrainingFromHell when you see how she got those skills]] you might not want to go for it.
* CoolSword
* DesignatedPointMan
* Determinator: despite eight or so years of life at the [[spoiler:Glasshouse,]] she's a strong, independent woman dedicated to protecting her kids.
* DualWielding: Her katanas
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has the classic 'good' scar down her cheek.
* HappinessInSlavery: Her relationship with Nero has shades of this. He even offers her services to other people without her permission, but their interactions are still full of [[Heartwarming/HIVESeries heartwarming moments.]]
* HellBentForLeather: her normal outfit consits mainly of black leather.
* [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong Mother Russia Makes You Lethal]]
* MuggingTheMonster: she and Nero meet this way.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* ProfessionalKiller
* PromotionToParent: is this to the kids along with being a CoolBigSis.
* SpottingTheThread: She knows [[spoiler:Otto]] isn't actually [[spoiler: Zero]] by his eye color.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: with Otto in almost every volume.
* TrainingFromHell: Underwent this when younger.
* {{Tritagonist}}
