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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She tells Laurel outright that she may look nice, but she's not, and she has virtually no interest in Laurel wasting her time with personal questions when both of them should be helping Annalise.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Seems to have a ''nasty'' case of this in the flashforwards. Compare the normal timeline's cocky asshole with the flashforwards' hysterial, pathetic mess.


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** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He really does care about Oliver.
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* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: Certainly seems to be.

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* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: CharacterDeath]]: Certainly seems to be.
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* InSeriesNickname: Waitlist.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Sorta. Never actually told they were exclusive, he cheats on Oliver for Prof. Keating's client.
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* NiceGuyNiceGuy: And he knows how to use it to his advantage when getting people to trust him. [[spoiler: Like Rebecca.]]



* NaiveNewcomer

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* NaiveNewcomerNaiveNewcomer: Less than Wes, but she is a bit of an idealist.



* DespairEventHorizon: Reaches something close to this on the night of the murder [[spoiler: running to Oliver and pretty much having a breakdown. Has a much smaller one after seen Pax kill himself.]]



* {{Jerkass}}: To Michaela, at least.



* AmbiguouslyGay / AmbiguouslyBi: Both Frank and a lawyer on opposing council imply she's into women.



* ConsummateLiar: Able to lie to even Annalise.




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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Sent sexual pictures to the dead girl, Lila.]] According to Annalise he's had affairs with students before.
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* TokenWhite: While not the only white character, he's the only one of the students who achieves the "straight white male" trifecta.

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* TokenWhite: While not the only white character, he's the only one of the students who achieves the "straight white male" trifecta.
trifecta. As of the first three episodes, he also appears to be a shallow, bigoted, sexist manchild jerk.
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* {{InSeriesNickname}}: Embraces a name given to him by several of his classmates as he comes off as a self-centred asshole; Doucheface.

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* {{InSeriesNickname}}: InSeriesNickname: Embraces a name given to him by several of his classmates as he comes off as a self-centred asshole; Doucheface.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Rebecca accuses him of this and, while ''we'' from a Doylist perspective know he's a good guy, he ''is'' still pulling stunts that could do serious damage to his career for a girl he's talked to in the area of three times and always ending with her very firmly rejecting him.

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* {{InSeriesNickname}}: Embraces a name given to him by several of his classmates as he comes off as a self-centred asshole; Doucheface.



* TokenWhite: While not the only white character, he's the only one of the students who achieves the "straight white male" trifecta. Naturally, painted as a self-centred asshole, his nickname is "douche face".

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* TokenWhite: While not the only white character, he's the only one of the students who achieves the "straight white male" trifecta. Naturally, painted as a self-centred asshole, his nickname is "douche face".
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* {{Expy}}: Many viewers have expressed the opinion that Bonnie is just Weil's AlphaBitch with a HiddenHeartOfGold Paris Geller from ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' if she chose law school at the end of that series, got some wardrobe help and changed her name; Weil has also embraced the Bonnie/Paris comparisons on Twitter.
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* BrainyBrunette
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* [[HappilyMarried Happily Engaged]]: She's in a very loving relationship with her fiance Aiden.

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* [[HappilyMarried Happily Engaged]]: She's in a very loving relationship with her fiance Aiden.

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* WideEyedIdealist: She's the type that goes to law school to change the world and protect the rights of innocent people. Lampshaded by Frank.



* BrainyBrunette

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* FreakOut: She spends the entire post-murder sequence in a constant state of panic.




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* [[HappilyMarried Happily Engaged]]: She's in a very loving relationship with her fiance Aiden.
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* MysteriousWaif

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* MysteriousWaif
AloofDarkHairedGirl: Brunette and not much with the emoting or interacting with others.
* MysteriousWaif: If this show was a FilmNoir, Wes would be the detective and Rebecca would be the femme fatale that gets him mixed up in the investigation of Lila Stangard's murder. Yet Rebecca isn't a femme fatale in the context of the show, with Wes being drawn in despite her clear desire for him to butt out, hence this trope. [[spoiler: She might qualify in the flash forwards, since she and Wes enter a relationship that might entail his murdering Mr. Keating.]]
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* BewareTheQuietOnes

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* BewareTheQuietOnesBewareTheQuietOnes: Produces the grisly '[[DoWrongRight he's a hunter - he knows how to kill]]' defense that wins the second case.

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* CorruptTheCutie: Looks like this is going to happen, based on the flash-forwards where he goes from shocked and appalled at lying in the present to [[spoiler: lying to his classmates about the coin flip and possibly getting them to murder Mr. Keating for Rebecca's sake]].



* {{Jerkass}}: One of the first things Asher says is a misogynist quip about the first defendant of the series being easy. This sets the tone.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Laurel postulates the reason Asher was brought into the firm is because his father's rich.



* [[LadykillerInLove Maneater In Love]]: Despite his protestations that he doesn't 'do boyfriends', Connor does seem to care for Oliver (the mentioned IT employee) beyond his usefulness as a resource.



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* MrFanserviceMrFanservice: Connor has, as of the second episode, had one sex scene ''per'' episode.



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* StraightGay
StraightGay: Asher is taken completely by surprise, at least. Though, Asher is pretty self-involved.


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!'''Oliver'''
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* AsianAndNerdy: Ricamora is of Filipino descent and Oliver is a whiz with computers even beyond the requirements of an IT department.
* TheCracker: Connor tends to use him in this capacity, hacking e-mails to reveal incriminating details about cases in exchange for rewards.
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* TheStoic: Doesn't show a lot of emotion.

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* BrutalHonesty: Much like Annalise, Bonnie rarely shies away from harsh truths, like bluntly telling Laurel to actually ''do'' something to make Annalise notice her instead of fretting about her not and deadpanning to Frank: "Stop. Screwing. The Students."
* TheStoic: Doesn't show a lot of emotion. \n [[AmbiguousSituation Except towards Sam...]]
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* HiddenDepths: Wes stays relatively cool-headed when the murder occurs, from going back for the murder weapon to getting everyone to agree what to do with the body. [[spoiler: Also lies to his classmates about which way the coin flipped so they will deal with the body they way he wants them to.]]

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* HiddenDepths: Wes stays relatively cool-headed when the murder occurs, from going back for the murder weapon to getting everyone to agree what to do with the body. [[spoiler: Also lies to his classmates about which way the coin flipped so they will deal with the body they way he wants them to.]]



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* HiddenDepths: Wes stays relatively cool-headed when the murder occurs, from going back for the murder weapon to getting everyone to agree what to do with the body.

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* HiddenDepths: Wes stays relatively cool-headed when the murder occurs, from going back for the murder weapon to getting everyone to agree what to do with the body. [[spoiler: Also lies to his classmates about which way the coin flipped so they will deal with the body they way he wants them to.]]


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* TheStoic: Doesn't show a lot of emotion.


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* MysteriousWaif


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* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: Certainly seems to be.

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* {{Adorkable}}: Sweet, awkward, and has been canonically called a puppy on the show.
* BewareTheQuietOnes
* HiddenDepths: Wes stays relatively cool-headed when the murder occurs, from going back for the murder weapon to getting everyone to agree what to do with the body.



* BewareTheQuietOnes
* HiddenDepths: She keeps her cool when the murder occurs, enough to come up with a believable alibi for the four after the body is disposed of.
* NaiveNewcomer



* ManipulativeBastard: Connor sleeps with an IT employee to get emails about a witness in a case.



* BrainyBrunette




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* GuileHeroine: Michaela lies to several optometrists to uncover another witness's incriminating color blindness and in the flash forward, she also manipulates a cop out of investigating the suspicious rolled up rug hiding a body the four were transporting.


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* FairCop
* YourCheatingHeart: See Annalise's entry.
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* [[TokenWhite]]: While not the only white character, he's the only one of the students who achieves the "straight white male" trifecta. Naturally, painted as a self-centred asshole, his nickname is "douche face".

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* [[TokenWhite]]: TokenWhite: While not the only white character, he's the only one of the students who achieves the "straight white male" trifecta. Naturally, painted as a self-centred asshole, his nickname is "douche face".
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->Portrayed by: Creator/ViolaDavis

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->Portrayed by: Creator/ViolaDavisViola Davis



* AmoralAttorney: Annalise flat-out states that she doesn't care if her clients are innocent or guilty. She just wants to win the case.
* BerserkButton: She ''hates'' it when clients aren't completely honest with her.
* BrutalHonesty: Doesn't bother with tact or try to spare people's feelings.
* HiddenDepths: She cries over the state of her marriage because she and her husband never had children.




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* YourCheatingHeart: She's carrying on an affair with Nate Lahey despite both of them being married.



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->Portrayed by: Creator/AlfredEnochAlfred Enoch



!'''Detective Nate Lahey'''
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* NaiveNewcomer
* NiceGuy

!'''Laurel Castillo'''
->Portrayed by: Billy BrownKarla Souza



!'''Laurel Castillo'''
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->Portrayed by: Matt McGorry[=McGorry=]



!'''Rebecca Sutter'''
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* [[FemmeFatale Homme Fatal]]: He seduces an IT employee to get confidential e-mails for the first case. [[CaptainObvious And also for sex]].

!'''Bonnie Winterbottom'''
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* [[FemmeFatale Homme Fatal]]: Fatale]]: He seduces an IT employee to get confidential e-mails for the first case. [[CaptainObvious And also for sex]].

!'''Bonnie Winterbottom'''
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* MrFanservice
* PermaStubble
* StraightGay

!'''Michaela Pratt'''
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!'''Michaela Pratt'''
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!'''Michaela Pratt'''
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!'''Bonnie Winterbottom'''
->Portrayed by: Aja Naomi KingLiza Weil


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* TheCynic: He tells Laurel that she won't really be making a difference with her law degree, will probably end up working for a firm she hates, and start a family just as an excuse to stop working.
* {{Jerkass}}
* StudentTeacherRomance: He has a penchant for sleeping with the female students. Bonnie calls him out on it.

!'''Rebecca Sutter'''
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!'''Detective Nate Lahey'''
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* SadistTeacher: She has this reputation and encourages it with her speech about placement in her class being the result of the students' bad karma, but she's actually quite reasonable (though naturally firm) and only releases any serious venom when Laurel "steals a learning opportunity" from Wes.


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* [[FemmeFatale Homme Fatal]]: He seduces an IT employee to get confidential e-mails for the first case. [[CaptainObvious And also for sex]].
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* SadistTeacher: She has this reputation and encourages it with her speech about placement in her class being the result of the students' bad karma, but she's actually quite reasonable (though naturally firm) and only releases any serious venom when Laurel "steals a learning opportunity" from Wes.


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* [[FemmeFatale Homme Fatal]]: He seduces an IT employee to get confidential e-mails for the first case. [[CaptainObvious And also for sex]].
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!'''Sam Keating'''
->Portrayed by: Tom Verica
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!'''Professor Annalise Keating'''
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!'''Wes Gibbins'''
->Portrayed by: Creator/AlfredEnoch
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!'''Detective Nate Lahey'''
->Portrayed by: Billy Brown
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!'''Laurel Castillo'''
->Portrayed by: Karla Souza
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!'''Asher Millstone'''
->Portrayed by: Matt McGorry
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!'''Rebecca Sutter'''
->Portrayed by: Katie Findlay
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!'''Connor Walsh'''
->Portrayed by: Jack Falahee
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!'''Bonnie Winterbottom'''
->Portrayed by: Liza Weil
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!'''Michaela Pratt'''
->Portrayed by: Aja Naomi King
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!'''Frank Delfino'''
->Portrayed by: Charlie Weber
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