History Characters / Hustle

* LargeHam: His speech at the start of "The Fall of Railton FC".

-->'''Played by''': Robert Glennister.

* BriefAccentImitation: Like Ash, she has a talent for this. One season 7 episode deconstructs it, showing her taping a conversation based on the role she'll be playing then working hard to get the accent and mannerisms note perfect.

* CharacterDevelopment: In season 4, as he attempts to be the leader. At first ThePeterPrinciple looks to be in play, as he's shown to be out of his depth leading the crew against the various challenges the marks throw up. However, from the end of episode 1 onwards he begins to mature - while he still relies on charm, bravado and the IndyPloy, he's able to turn his bravado and willingness to try the IndyPloy into strengths while showing increasing ability to come up with back-up plans for when things go wrong.

* IndyPloy: Whereas Mickey plans everything out, Danny makes it up as he goes.

* BriefAccentImitation: Like Ash, she has a talent for this.

* EvilFeelsGood: Far from evil, but it's made clear repeatedly that the thrill of outwitting his marks is every bit as important to him as the financial gains of their scores.

* CelebrityResemblance: One of the group's cons (which we only see the tail-end of) has her imitating Kylie Minogue.

* PromotedToParent: To Sean during their childhood.

* CasanovaWannabe: Took over Danny's role as this. He's successful enough that Eddie pointedly warns him off his niece when she comes to visit.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His reeling off an incredibly comprehensive list of information about their marks in season 5 episode 2 despite being utterly guttered from drinking games finding out said information, firmly establishing he's got a good brain but needs a bit of seasoning. It's enough to get Mickey (temporarily) off his back despite Emma's disapproval.

* CaperCrew: (original crew) Mickey is the Mastermind, Stacey is the Distraction, Ash is the Hacker, the Gadget Guy, and the Safe Cracker, and the Driver. Danny is the New Kid. Albert and Stacey take turns acting as the Partner in Crime; everyone except Ash takes turns as the Conman.

* TookALevelInKindness: He was quite hard on Danny when he joined the team. He's a lot softer towards Emma and Sean - likely because Emma is a much more established grifter than Danny was when he meets her.

* LetsGetDangerous: In season 4 he shows his mettle when trying to be leader, refusing to let the team walk away from a mark who's seemingly got them in an impossible situation and coming up with a remarkable plan that not only lets them get away scot-free with the money, but impresses Ash, Stacie and Albert enough to be actually appointed leader.

* GagPenis: "Three socks". There's a great moment where Stacie works out what happened in the DistractedByTheSexy, and needles him with the nickname, much to his visible embarrassment.

* AllWomenLoveShoes: After their first big score, Sean comments that she can buy enough Jimmy Choos to outfit an octopus.

* UnwillingSuspension: "Picasso Finger Painting" opens with Ash hanging upside down by his ankles in a deserted warehouse. He proceeds to explain how he ended up in this predicament as Emma, Sean and Albet arrive to free him.

* {{Pride}}: One of his hallmarks as leader in season 4; on two occasions he refuses to let the team walk away and be outdone by a mark because he truly believes they're the best team in the business.

* BerserkButton: Two of them.

* BerserkButton: If you ever go after someone they care about, they will destroy your life with a thoroughness even their regular scams lack.
** To give an example, one episode had a deadbeat scammer con Danny's gran using the memory of her dead husband. The team not only swindled him out of all the cash he had - £150,000 - but left him homeless by conning a bank into buying the land he lived on. ''Ouch''.

* DistractedByTheSexy: In a role as a bent horse-owner, is delighted when the mark plies him with both champagne and a pair of beautiful women to make him sign the (dud) horse over - leading to him missing the fine print that stipulates the horse has to win a race before the teams sees the bulk of their cash.

** Firstly, he hates bent coppers, especially those who try to force him to do criminal acts on thier behalf (he once actually helped another cop with a sting operation and assured the 'good' cop at the end that he would totally understand if she tried to catch him after their collaboration ended).
** He also despises when people call him a thief, emphasising that he's a con man rather than a thief (Ironically, despite his protests, Michael and his crew are exceptional thieves when required; they just don't like explicitly ''stealing'' money from their targets).

The main character and leader of the team in every Series except the fourth. Mickey is a confident and charismatic man who usually plays high-status characters. He chooses to grift because he loves the thrill, and also because of the fate of his father, an honest man who worked hard all his life only to drop dead of a heart attack the [[RetIrony day before he retired.]]

* ScaryBlackMan: Only when he has to resort to scare off their adversaries.
* SharpDressedMan: Very rarely seen without an expensive suit . In fact, when he's dumped naked in the middle of London as part of a grifting challenge by Albert, acquiring one is almost the first thing he does.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His gatecrashing Mickey's con in the first episode and, through his gift of the gab, talking the hesitant mark into going along with it. It earns him a punch in the face afterwards, but gets him on the crew.

* {{Pride}}: One of his hallmarks as leader in season 4; on two occasions he refuses to let the team walk away and be outdone by a mark because they're the best team in the business.

* RavenHairIvorySkin: Black-haired, pale and considered very beautiful. Men admire her and a new-comer Danny immediately starts crushing on her. She sometimes plays an exotic beauty in their schemes and she's occasionally required to ShowSomeLeg.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Had such a rough childhood he has apparently never even heard any fairy tales; the gang had to tell him the tale of "The Emperor's New Clothes" when they were attempting a con based on the same principle.

* StealthMentor: To Mickey. Even though Mickey's a master grifter in the present day, Albert still sets up situations for Mickey to learn from - he's the one who points first Danny then later Emma and Sean in Mickey's direction.

* BadassBoast: He delivers one to a pair of warring gangsters in "Picasso Finger Painting". Subverted in that he's actualy stalling to give time for their plan to work, and the gangsters decide to shoot him anyway.

* GagPenis: "Three socks".

-->'''Ash''': "Well you're supposed to clap and cheer at that bit".

-->'''Ash''': "There's lolly in it. Lots of lovely lolly".