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* PutOnABus: Unlike her son, she didn't come back for another round with the goodguy's [[spoiler:Garthe indicated that she may have passed away.]]

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* PutOnABus: Unlike her son, she didn't come back for another round with the goodguy's son. [[spoiler:Garthe indicated that she may have passed away.]]
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* PimpedOutDress: Always wore gaudy otfits just to show how rish she was.

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A self-made millionaire and the founder of the '''F'''oundation for '''L'''aw '''A'''nd '''G'''overnment (FLAG).

After Michael Long is shot in the face, Wilton Knight rescues him and has his doctors save his life and give him a new face and the new identity as Michael Knight. Wilton was always a frim believer of the pholosiphy that "One Man Can Make Difference".

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A self-made millionaire and the founder of the '''F'''oundation for '''L'''aw '''A'''nd '''G'''overnment (FLAG).

(FLAG). After Michael Long is shot in the face, Wilton Knight rescues him and has his doctors save his life and give him a new face and the new identity as Michael Knight. Wilton was always a frim firm believer of the pholosiphy that "One Man Can Make Difference".
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** [[spoiler:Killing Stevie sure did.]]

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** [[spoiler:Killing Stevie sure did.pushed it.]]



** The episode [[spoiler:''The Scent of Roses'' was... if possible, even worse for him with the death of Stevie.]]

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** The episode [[spoiler:''The Scent of Roses'' was... was, if possible, even worse for him with the death of Stevie.]]



Wilton Knight's daughter. She seems to have been in charge of Knight Industries more ''profitable'' operations since her father passed away. Little is known about her expect that she's always been afraid of her brother and mother, with good reason.

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Wilton Knight's daughter. She seems to have been in charge of Knight Industries more ''profitable'' operations since her father passed away. Little is known about her expect except that she's always been afraid of her brother and mother, with good reason.
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** [[spoiler:Killing Stevie sure did.]]
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* TakeUpMySword: Asked Micheal to continue his work in heling "the little guy".

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* TakeUpMySword: Asked Micheal to continue his work in heling helping "the little guy".
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!'''Wilton Knight (Richard Basehart)'''
A self-made millionaire and the founder of the '''F'''oundation for '''L'''aw '''A'''nd '''G'''overnment (FLAG).

After Michael Long is shot in the face, Wilton Knight rescues him and has his doctors save his life and give him a new face and the new identity as Michael Knight. Wilton was always a frim believer of the pholosiphy that "One Man Can Make Difference".

* BigGood: Founder of the, '''F'''oundation for '''L'''aw '''A'''nd '''G'''overnment.
* TheChooserOfTheOne: He gave Micheal the new identity, and the new car.
* CoolOldGuy
* DeathByOriginStory: He died ''just'' after giving KITT to Micheal.
* TheObiWan
* ParentalSubstitute: More like Micheal was ''his'' "Child-Substitute".
* SaintChevalier
* [[SinsOfOurFathers Sins Of Our Sons]]: Garth, was a ''very'' bad son.
* TakeUpMySword: Asked Micheal to continue his work in heling "the little guy".
* WeHelpTheHelpless: The Foundation.

!'''Elizabeth Knight (Barbara Rush)'''
Wife to Mr. Wilton Knight, and mother to Garth and Jennifer Knight. [[spoiler:She secretly helped her son Garthe who had been imprisoned in Africa, while serving ''three'' life sentences to escape back to the U.S. She wanted to kill Micheal Knight for trying to ''take'' her sons place and destroy FLAG for not helping her son. ...In all honesty, this lady showed be in the villians section!]]

* AlmightyMom: For what ever else she is, she's one mom ''I'd'' never want to cross.
* AlphaBitch
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She's got a ''really'' nasty smile, you should see it!
* DotingParent: [[spoiler:To Garthe.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Again, Garthe.]]
* FemmeFatale
* ManipulativeBitch: '''MAN''' is she ever!
* PimpedOutDress: Always wore gaudy otfits just to show how rish she was.
* PutOnABus: Unlike her son, she didn't come back for another round with the goodguy's [[spoiler:Garthe indicated that she may have passed away.]]
* [[spoiler:TheUnfettered: Oh, I have to kill a few people to make my son happy? No problem.]]

!'''Jennifer Knight (Mary Kate [=McGeehan=])'''
Wilton Knight's daughter. She seems to have been in charge of Knight Industries more ''profitable'' operations since her father passed away. Little is known about her expect that she's always been afraid of her brother and mother, with good reason.

* BrokenBird
* DarkAndTroubledPast: It's looks like Garthe's never going to win the "Brother of the Year Award".
* DefrostingIceQueen: Towards Micheal.
* FreudianExcuse: With a mother and brother like [[ThoseTwoBadGuys hers]] who could blame her?
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: After Micheal saves everyone, including her. She warms up to him, even calling him a brother.]]
* [[spoiler:JerkWithAHeartOfGold]]
* NotSoStoic: She ''claims'' that fireing Micheal and ending FLAG will cut down costs. [[spoiler:When she's really just plain scared of Micheal turning out to be like Garthe.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat
* SpoiledBrat: She certainly comes across as one.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: FLAG costs to much money? [[spoiler:''DOWN WITH FLAG!'']]
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!'''Stephanie "Stevie" March Mason (Catherine Hickland)'''
The woman who was once a close friend to ''Micheal Long'', Stevie, as she's known was once engaged to Michael, unfortunatly Stephanie thinks he's dead. She eventually discovers the truth, and the pair eventually marry in the episode "Scent of Roses" [[spoiler: on the same day she's killed.]]

* AscendedExtra: One of the ''very'' few love intrests who actually makes more than one appearance in the series.
* TheBusCameBack
* [[spoiler:CartwrightCurse]]
* CloserToEarth: She seems to be a bit more down to earth than Micheal and the rest of his friends.
* DistressedDamsel: How she's first introduced.
* FlatCharacter: Other than being Micheal's former fiance, their isn't much else to say.
* TheHeart
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple: With Micheal, very breifly.]]
* [[spoiler:HappilyMarried: Again, ''very'' breifly.]]
* [[spoiler:TooHappyToLive]]

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** The episode [[spoiler:''The Scent of Roses'' was... if possible, even worse for him with the death of Stevie.]]
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Most of the series villians where OneShotCharacter's do to the lack of any kind of over-arcing storylines for the series. Here are some vilians who actually did pop-up more than once.

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* HeroesRUs: Head of the, '''F'''oundation for '''L'''aw and '''G'''overnment.

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* HeroesRUs: Head of the, '''F'''oundation for '''L'''aw and '''A'''nd '''G'''overnment.
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* HeroesRUs: Head of the, '''F'''oundation for '''L'''aw and '''G'''overnment.

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* AIIsACrapShoot



* BlackSheep
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* HeroicWannabe: Wanted to "clean up the streets" when he was younger, even came up with the superhero name '''Street Avenger''' and carried around a rubber assault rifle to scare crooks.
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* GoodHairEvilHair: Again, the goatee.

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* GoodHairEvilHair: Again, the goatee.RevengeBeforeReason
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she served as KITT's chief technician and serves as romantic tension for Michael.

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she served She serves as KITT's chief technician and serves as romantic tension for Michael.
Michael. She left for a year to pursue graduate studies, claiming she'd gotten fed up. She was replaced during that time by April Curtis, another Knight Industries System Engineer.



The chief mechanic for KITT in Season two. She temporarily replaced Bonnie Barstow, who claimed she'd never come back to the Foundation.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Nobody seemed to care that Bonnie pretty much kicked her out of the office when she got back.

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The chief mechanic for KITT in Season two. She temporarily replaced Bonnie Barstow, who claimed she'd never come back to the Foundation. \n\n [[spoiler:Of course, she did eventually.]]

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Nobody seemed to care that Bonnie pretty much kicked her out of the office when she got back.



* PutOnABus: And ''neve'' heard from again.

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* PutOnABus: And ''neve'' ''never'' heard from again.

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!'''April Curtis (Rebbeca Holden)'''
The chief mechanic for KITT in Season two. She temporarily replaced Bonnie Barstow, who claimed she'd never come back to the Foundation.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Nobody seemed to care that Bonnie pretty much kicked her out of the office when she got back.
* TheChick
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome
* FauxActionGirl: Even more so than Bonnie.
* HairOfGold
* HotScientist
* PutOnABus: And ''neve'' heard from again.
* SatelliteCharacter
* SexySecretary
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The nice Bonnie.

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* BlackAndNerdy: Boy is he nerdy!
* TheEngineer
* GadgeteerGenius: He and his gang were able to rebuild KITT practicaly from scratch.



* GreaseMonkey: Comes from working on motorcycles all the time.
* MrFixit



* TeenGenius: Dispite all his eccentricities, [=RC3=] is a genuine mechanical genius

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* TeenGenius: Dispite all his eccentricities, [=RC3=] is a genuine mechanical geniusgenius.
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* TeenGenius: Dipsite all his eccentricities, [=RC3=] is a genuine mechanical genius

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* TeenGenius: Dipsite Dispite all his eccentricities, [=RC3=] is a genuine mechanical genius
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!'''Dr. Bonnie Barstow (Patricia Mcpherson)'''

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!'''Dr. Bonnie Barstow (Patricia Mcpherson)'''[=McPherson=])'''



!'''Reginald Cornelius the III aka RC3 (Peter Parros)'''

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!'''Reginald Cornelius the III aka RC3 [=RC3=] (Peter Parros)'''



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!'''Reginald Cornelius the III aka RC3 (Peter Parros)

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!'''Reginald Cornelius the III aka RC3 (Peter Parros)
Introduced in Season Four, He became the new Driver of the FLAG mobile unit and the occasional {{sidekick}} for Michael and KITT.

* GeniusDitz
* PluckyComicRelief: Sometimes he can be a bit too plucky, crossing over into "just plain annoying".
* SmartGuy
* TeenGenius
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* RobotBuddy: Robot-''car''-buddy.
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* BerserkButton: Threatening to (or actually manage to) harm KITT or Bonnie will usually elicit this response.

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* BerserkButton: Threatening to (or actually manage managing to) harm KITT or Bonnie will usually elicit this response.
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Most of the series villians where OneShotCharacter's do to the lack of any kind of StoryArc for the overall series. Here are some vilians who actually did pop-up more than once.

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* LeeroyJenkins: What some fans think of him. Many thinks KITT's the real star.

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* LeeroyJenkins: What some fans think of him. Many thinks think KITT's the real star.
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* BenevolentBoss: He's willing to put up with a lot of Micheal's antics with a good adittude.

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* BenevolentBoss: He's willing to put up with a lot of Micheal's antics with a good adittude.attitude.



* DeadpanSnarker: In a gentelmanly way, of course.

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* DeadpanSnarker: In a gentelmanly gentlemanly way, of course.



* BrainyBrunette: You need an expert enginer? You got it.

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* BrainyBrunette: You need an expert enginer? engineer? You got it.



* MagicalDatabase: Her computer always seems to have what's need at the right time.

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* MagicalDatabase: Her computer always seems to have what's need needed at the right time.



* DarkerandEdgier

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* DarkerandEdgierDarkerAndEdgier



* ManipulativeBastard: Alwasy seemed to have a nack for knowing exactly what to say to people.

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* ManipulativeBastard: Alwasy Always seemed to have a nack for knowing exactly what to say to people.



* BlackSheep: He thinks his father made Micheal into the son he wanted.



* ClichéStorm: The man is a '''WALKING TALKING CLESHAY!!!''' Even for the eighties!
* CriminalDoppelganger

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* ClichéStorm: ClicheStorm: The man is a '''WALKING TALKING CLESHAY!!!''' Even for the eighties!
* CriminalDoppelgangerCriminalDoppelganger: It's funny when you think about it, Micheal is actually Garthe's Doppelganger.
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This character sheet is for the original KnightRider series.

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[[folder:'''FLAG''']]

!'''Micheal Knight (David Hasselhoff)'''
Michael Arthur Long is an undercover Las Vegas police detective who, while on a case, is shot in the face and nearly killed. Wilton Knight, creator of FLAG, directs his doctors to save Long's life and reconstruct his face. With his new identity, "Michael Knight", Long is provided with high tech crime-fighting equipment, most notably the car nicknamed KITT.

* AdultChild
* BerserkButton: Threatening to (or actually manage to) harm KITT or Bonnie will usually elicit this response.
* BigDamnHeroes: He and KITT do that sort of thing a lot.
* ChickMagnet: Try nameing one episode when he didn't have a girl by the ending.
* DespairEventHorizon: In the episode ''Junk Yard Dogs'', after he watches KITT being pulled up from the toxic waste pool with all his paint ''bleached'' off and his insides eaten out.
* {{Determinator}}
* HeroSecretService
* LeeroyJenkins: What some fans think of him. Many thinks KITT's the real star.
* MadeOfIron: Well, part of his heads got a metal plate. Does that count?
* PlatonicLifePartners: With KITT.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Bonnie.

!'''K.I.T.T. (William Daniels)'''
KITT '''Knight Industries Two Thousand''' is the artificial intelligence of the autonomous car with whom Michael Knight is partnered. KITT was designed by the late Wilton Knight, a brilliant but eccentric billionaire and founder of the Foundation for Law and Government or (FLAG).

* BattleButler
* CoolCar: He ''is'' the cool car.
* InsufferableGenius
* HeroicBSOD: He was pretty badly truamatized for a while in ''Junk Yard Dog''.
* HypercompetentSidekick
* TheJeeves: To Micheal.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Micheal and Bonnie.
* MeaningfulName: The '''Knight Industries Two Thousand'''.
* NoHeroToHisValet
* ServileSnarker: He doesn't snark to much, but he does snark Micheal pretty good.

!''' Devon Miles (Edward Mulhare)'''
The leader of FLAG, who appeares in nearly every episode to provide mission details to Micheal and KITT. He's also the spokesman for FLAG whenever it came under scrutiny.

* BenevolentBoss: He's willing to put up with a lot of Micheal's antics with a good adittude.
* ByTheBookCop: He prefers to follow the rules, unfortunatly Micheal doesn't always go by the book.
* CommissionerGordon
* CoolOldGuy
* DeadpanSnarker: In a gentelmanly way, of course.
* NonActionGuy
* NonActionSnarker
* MissionControl: He's often found in the FLAG truck.
* TheConscience

!'''Dr. Bonnie Barstow (Patricia Mcpherson)'''
she served as KITT's chief technician and serves as romantic tension for Michael.

* BadassBookworm
* BrainyBrunette: You need an expert enginer? You got it.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Micheal. She's just to proud and stubborn to admit it.
* TheChick
* HotScientist
* MagicalDatabase: Her computer always seems to have what's need at the right time.
* NotSoAboveItAll: She can be nice to Micheal, when she wants to be.
* TallDarkAndBishoujo
* {{Technobabble}}
* TeamMom: Especially to KITT.
* {{Tsundere}}


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!'''K.A.R.R. (PeterCullen)'''
KARR is the prototype version of KITT, originally designed by Wilton Knight and built by his company Knight Industries. Upon completion of the vehicle, KARR's CPU was installed and activated. However, a programming error made the computer unstable and potentially dangerous. The project was put on hold and KARR was placed in storage until a solution could be found. Unlike KITT, whose primary directive is to protect human life, KARR is programmed for self-preservation, making him a ruthless and unpredictable threat.

* BackFromTheDead: Explained in K.I.T.T. VS K.A.R.R.
* BlackSheep
* DarkerandEdgier
* DeathIsCheap: Pops up in the episode K.I.T.T. VS K.A.R.R. without a scratch on his paint job.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* ManipulativeBastard: Alwasy seemed to have a nack for knowing exactly what to say to people.
* MeaningfulName: A car named KARR, get it?
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In K.I.T.T. VS K.A.R.R.
* ShadowArchetype: To KITT

!'''Garthe Knight (David Hasselhoff)'''
Wilton's biological son, at the time of Michael's surgery, Garthe was imprisoned in Africa. Believing that his son would never be seen again, Wilton had Michael's face modeled after Garthe's.

* ActingForTwo: Look! It's David Hasselhoff, with a very cheesy looking goatee!
* BeardOfEvil: His goatee.
* ClichéStorm: The man is a '''WALKING TALKING CLESHAY!!!''' Even for the eighties!
* CriminalDoppelganger
* EvilCounterpart
* EvilGloating: He just loves his monologueing... perhaps a bit to much.
* GoodHairEvilHair: Again, the goatee.
* ItsPersonal
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Just like with the gloating, way to much.

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