History Characters / Hunters

** By season 2, Jonah has been successfully hunting Nazi's for the duration of the 2 year time skip, even managing to track down and kill [[spoiler: Biff Simpson]].

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He gives out a serious WhatTheHellHero towards Jonah without any comedic quirks for [[spoiler:killing Meyer who's really "The Wolf." Even after the two year TimeSkip in the second season, he's still in denial Meyer was "The Wolf" and continue to hold his death against Jonah who he believed to be Meyer's murderer.]]

** Subverted in Season 2, [[spoiler:which revealed that the only reason he formed the Hunters was to find and silence any Nazi whom might expose him, after some found out and tried to blackmail him. And it's also revealed that he made the call to have Ruth killed for the same reason. Meaning, he was always a monster who was more clever than most until Jonah finally exposed and killed him.]]

* TheBigGuy: While technically Lonnie's the tallest, Joe is the most heavily muscled and is easily the best fighter in the crew thanks to his military experience, both in terms of hand to hand combat and marksmanship.

* Badass: Easily the best fighter in the crew thanks to his military experience, both in terms of hand to hand combat and marksmanship
BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Becomes a dangerous foe to the crew after undergoing torturous psychological conditioning at the hands of Eva Braun.]]

[[folder: Jonah Heidelbaum]]

* CuteBruiser: Being played by Logan Lerman, this isn’t surprising. Jonah is an overall [[NiceGuy nice guy]] but he’s fully capable of throwing a few punches.

[[folder: Meyer Offerman]]

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AlPacino, [[spoiler: Creator/ChristianOliver (young)]]

** Subverted in Season 2, [[spoiler: which revealed that the only reason he formed the Hunters was to find and silence any Nazi whom might expose him, after some found out and tried to blackmail him. And it's also revealed that he made the call to have Ruth killed for the same reason. Meaning, he was always a monster who was more clever than most until Jonah finally exposed and killed him.]]

* EvilAllAlong: Season 2 makes clear [[spoiler: that he was never a good person. And formed the Hunters for his own selfish reasons of staying hidden and manipulated the members into believing they were fighting for a righteous cause.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Claims that he has achieved this after posing as a Jew for more than thirty years, with his desire to hunt and kill Nazis being very real. [[BeyondRedemption Jonah doesn't buy it,]] [[HeelFaceDoorSlam and kills him in the first season finale]].]]
** Subverted in Season 2 [[spoiler: which makes clear he was a heel from start to finish.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: After committing numerous wartime atrocities and killing the real Meyer, Zuchs escapes to America, gets plastic surgery, and builds a fortune using Meyer's stolen identity, suffering no punishment for his actions.]]
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: Until Jonah gets his hands on him, that is....]]
* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler: What he does to the real Meyer.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Season 2 reveals that his reason for creating the Hunters was to kill Nazis that escape to America who could expose his fake Meyer cover. However, after Jonah discovered his real identity as the Wolf and killed him, the Hunters evolved beyond him and it eventually led to the capture and imprisoned Adolf Hitler, now prisoner 45287.]]
* NotInThisForYourRevolution:[[spoiler: Admits to Johah during the reveal that he didn't believe in the Nazi ideals, but as a doctor, they gave him status and power and admits the power corrupted him, eventually turning him into the cruel Wolf.]]
** This is also made more clear in Season 2. [[spoiler: while he convinced the others that hunting and killing Nazis was a great cause for humanity, in reality he was just eliminating anyone whom he believe could expose and reveal who he really was.]]

* TheSociopath: The show makes a strong case that he was this from the beginning. [[spoiler: He used the Nazi movement for his own advancement and sick practices as a doctor. When the war was coming to an end, he killed the real Meyer, his favorite torture victim, faked his death, and took Meyer's identity to escape punishment. Then Season 2 revealed after some Nazis discovered him, he formed a hunting party to find and kill all the Nazis that escaped to America who could expose him, and manipulated a group of people into believing it was for a righteous cause. And the end of Season 2 makes clear that he never loved Ruth, as he had her killed the moment she discovered who he was. He only used her, because she was well known and respected in the Jewish community where he was hiding.]]
* VillainousCrush: [[spoiler: His attitude towards Ruth could be interpreted as this.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to mention anything about him without revealing that [[spoiler: he is not the real Meyer Offerman.]]

[[folder: Ruth Heidelbaum]]

[[folder: Sister Harriet]]

* GivenNameReveal: Her birth name is revealed to be [[spoiler: Rebekah Kreutzer]], "Harriet" being the name assigned to her by the nuns who took her in.

[[folder: Murray Markowitz]]

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: He and Mindy [[spoiler: lost Aaron, their eldest son, in the camps]].
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Gets blown up in an attempt to defuse the bomb Travis planted on the subway.]]

[[folder: Mindy Markowitz]]

* ForcedToWatch: Was restrained by an SS guard as another [[spoiler: shot her young son]].
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: She and Murray [[spoiler: lost Aaron, their eldest son, in the camps]].
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Leaves the city to live with her daughter and son-in-law at the end of the first season.]]

[[folder: Lonny Flash]]

[[folder: Roxy Jones]]

* TenMinuteRetirement: Leaves the Hunters after [[spoiler: nearly dying in an attempt to gather intelligence]], but Joe persuades her to come back after telling her the scope of the Nazis' plans.

[[folder: Joe Mizushima]]

* DistressedDude: [[spoiler: Kidnapped and taken to South America at the end of the first season.]]

[[folder: Travis Leich]]

** Their stories parallel each other in the Season 1 finale, with both of them [[spoiler: ending up in a position of leadership for their respective ideologies]].

* PsychoForHire: Travis is ultimately more of a sophisticated sadist than a white supremacist, to the point [[spoiler: not even other nazis are safe from him]].

[[folder: "The Colonel"]]

* BigBad: Of the first season, [[spoiler: though Hitler is revealed as the GreaterScopeVillain in the first season finale.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Revealed in Season 2. [[spoiler: Admits she once thought Hitler was a God, but then found out what a weak and pathetic man he really was behind closed doors, especially as she got older and more mature as a woman.]]

* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Season 2 reveals that she resents Hitler, lost respect for him, and believe she can do a better job creating the 4th Reich. So she plots to overthrow and kill him, but it fails resulting in her death.]]

[[folder: "The General"]]

* FateWorseThanDeath: Well, by his standards. He tries to kill himself a few times when things aren't going his way but [[spoiler: is captured and brought to trial in front of the entire world. Despite his attorney mounting the best defense he can for Hitler of all people, he ultimately is found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. His men make a failed attempt to prevent him from going to jail, but the last we see of him is a scene with him in a tiny prison cell, where a guard drops off his food and addresses him by his prisoner number. For the egocentric Hitler who's spent most of his life living like a king surrounded by adoring followers even in hiding, this is infuriating, and he even starts screaming "Don't you know who I am?"]]

[[folder: Millie Morris]]

* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: [[spoiler: Tries to break up with her girlfriend because of this]]. [[BlatantLies She claims that their relationship is moving too quickly and she needed space, however]].

* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler: Meyer endures both mental and physical torture at the hands of the jealous Wolf for his love of Ruth. And just when it seems like the horror he endured was worth it because he can finally be with his love, the Wolf kills him, steals his identity, fools Ruth and spends his life with her in Meyer's place.]]

[[/folder]]

* NoodleIncident: His actions in the predominantly-Jewish suburb of Skokie catched the attention of the Fourth Reich and got him an invitation to join them.

!! "The General"[[spoiler:/Adolph Hitler]]

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[spoiler:Adolph Hitler.]]

* DiabolicalMastermind: Commander of a wide-ranging conspiracy with thousands of members, government ties, and the resources to carry out major terrorist acts.

* TheDragon: Is herself the chief agent of "the General," [[spoiler:Adolf Hitler himself.]]

TheSociopath: The show makes a strong case that he was this from the beginning. [[spoiler: He used the Nazi movement for his own advancement and sick practices as a doctor. When the war was coming to an end, he killed the real Meyer, his favorite torture victim, faked his death, and took Meyer's identity to escape punishment. Then Season 2 revealed after some Nazis discovered him, he formed a hunting party to find and kill all the Nazis that escaped to America who could expose him, and manipulated a group of people into believing it was for a righteous cause. And the end of Season 2 makes clear that he never loved Ruth, as he had her killed the moment she discovered who he was. He only used her, because she was well known and respected in the Jewish community where he was hiding.]]

* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:Played by Creator/AlPacino, he was thought to be the BigGood {{Deuteragonist}} of the show, then comes TheReveal and his death.]]

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He gives out a serious WhatTheHellHero towards Jonah without any comedic quirks for [[spoiler:killing Meyer who's really "The Wolf."]]

The leader of the Nazis in the United States

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Averted. In his first appearance, after he's ousted by a survivor of the death camps, Biff nonchalantly kills his own wife and children.

* WidowWoman: [[spoiler: By the end of the first season.]]

* TheMeanBrit: She's a British JerkWithAHeartOfGold and a [[SirSwearsALot Lady Swears-A-Lot]].

[[folder:The Inmate]]

[[folder: SPOILER CHARACTER]]

An official in the State Department, secretly

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: [[spoiler:Braun]] wasn't a good person. At best, an argument could be made she was merely self-absorbed and possibly severely lacking in empathy. At worst, she might have had detailed knowledge of the camps and agreed with what was happening within them. However, it's clear she wasn't a political person. Her running around trying to start a fourth Reich and happily having 'non-desirables' and even her own underlings on occasion killed is not something the historical Braun would have done if she'd survived after the war.

* StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred: In the first season finale, he tries to [[spoiler:goad Jonah into shooting him. Due to Millie's intervention, he fails]]

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: [[spoiler:Braun]] wasn't a good person. At best, an argument could be made she was merely self-absorded and possibly severely lacking in empathy. At worst, she might have had detailed knowledge of the camps and agreed with what was happening within them. However, it's clear she wasn't a political person. Her running around trying to start a fourth Reich and happily having 'non-desirables' and even her own underlings on occasion killed is not something the historical Braun would have done if she'd survived after the war.