History Characters / LawAndOrderCriminalIntent

** He will cock his head to the left if something catches his attention. If something's ''really'' interesting, he'll tilt his entire body to the left until his torso is practically parallel to the floor. He eventually passes this on to Eames, as she is seen doing the same thing when she appears in ''SVU''.

* DisappearedDad: His father walked out on the family when he was unable to take his wife's mental illness any longer. [[spoiler: His biological father, Mark Ford Brady, was briefly in his life when he was a child and was known to him as "Uncle Mark," but disappeared as well once things went sour with his mother (to put it lightly).]]

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible (a decorated cop with a good case close record) to his older brother, Frank's Foolsih (a drug addict with a gambling problem).

* FriendToAllChildren: He's consistently shown to be pretty good with kids, as seen when he does a magic trick with a crayon for a little girl in "Crazy".

* AffectionateNickname: He's known as "Bobby" to those he gets close to.

* DisappearedDad: His father walked out on the family when he was unable to take his wife's mental illness any longer. [[spoiler: His biological father, Mark Ford Brady, was briefly in his life when he was a child and was known to him as "Uncle Mark," but disappeared as well once things went sour with his mother.]]

%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He can come across this way.

* {{Catchphrase}}: "No, see..." How she starts a sentence when she's about to demolish a suspect's lie with evidence. She not only says it at least once an episode, but says it more times than any other character in the [=L&O=] ''universe''.

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* ForgottenFallenFriend: A meta version. In advertisements for ''Series/LawAndOrderLA'' promoting the upcoming murder of Rex Winters, it was described as "an event not seen on Law & Order in twenty years" referencing the murder of Max Greevey. Apparently Alex Borgia and Danny Ross didn't count.

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* DamselOutOfDistress: In "Blind Spot", Eames is kidnapped by [[spoiler:a copycat of]] the serial killer, Sebastian, but the killer is called away before [[spoiler:she]] can start in on Eames, leaving Eames alone in the basement With a combination of strength, scientific knowledge, and remaining level-headed, she is able to work her way free of her bindings and get to a window, where she's able to attract attention in order to get help.

** He will cock his head to the left if something catches his attention. If something's ''really'' interesting, he'll tilt his entire body to the left until his torso is practically parallel to the floor.

** He eventually passes this on to Eames, as she is seen doing the same thing when she appears in ''SVU''.

* HurtingHero: Downplayed; he lugs around some emotional baggage from his unhappy relationship with his parents (primarily his father, or so it seems at least) and "Palimpsest" involves him coming to the aid of an ex-lover who was too psychologically unstable for their relationship to work. His attitude is generally positive, however.
** He also claims at one point that he was married and his wife divorced him because she didn't want him to be a cop. However, given that he never mentions this again and that it wouldn't be the first time he's lied about his personal life in order to bond with a suspect, it's entirely possible that he made the whole thing up.

* IWorkAlone: Was known to work without a partner, hence her own idiosyncrasies, such as a habit of talking to herself.

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* BadassBaritone: He speaks in a low, smooth tone of voice.

* WidowWoman: As noted above, her cop husband was killed in the line of duty some years prior to the start of the show. She's never remarried; one or two episodes mention that she dates, but in ten seasons there's no mention of a serious boyfriend.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He can come across this way, as illustrated by a lot of the details listed under AmbiguousDisorder.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Lacks empathy, superficially charming, an expert liar, and is incapable of forming emotional attachments with others.

* EvilCounterpart: To Goren -- Both are brilliant, use a façade to trick others, had a [[DarkAndTroubledPast troubling]] childhood that involved an abusive father (emotional/psychological for Goren, sexual for Nicole), are not easily fooled by other {{Manipulative Bastard}}s, have a sole loved one who acts as a form of emotional support (Eames is Goren's LivingEmotionalCrutch, Gwen is Nicole's MoralityPet and MoralityChain), and they both have an AmbiguousDisorder. The key difference is that while Goren uses his talents to solve crimes and prevent future ones, Nicole uses hers to commit them.

* AmbiguousDisorder: He seems to have trouble connecting with others, has a hard time accepting changes in routine (most notably displayed any time Eames is absent), gets obsessive about things easily, latches on to small details... a lot of signs of someone on the autism spectrum.[[note]]This may be TruthInTelevision as Vincent D'Onofrio himself is dyslexic and [[https://youtu.be/WvI6pMyAMHk?t=155 possibly autistic.]][[/note]]

* CharacterTic: He will cock his head to the left if something catches his attention. If something's ''really'' interesting, he'll tilt his entire body to the left until his torso is practically parallel to the floor.
** Part of it might've been his AmbiguousDisorder, but at least early series his fingers and hands tend to fumble and just have a messy, almost erratic grip over anything he picks up or moves around. He occasionally does this around even his co-workers, but most often did it around a perp to make himself [[ObfuscatingStupidity seem more bumbling]] than he really was. It becomes less pronounced as he undergoes SanitySlippage, ironically enough.

* TheBusCameBack: Sixteen years after her last appearance on ''CI'', she reappears in an episode of the 22nd episode of ''SVU'', now a lieutenant and the commanding officer of the Bronx SVU.

** Gets PutOnABus again at the end of the episode, losing her SVU command and being transferred into a homicide unit wihtin the NYPD.

-->"[[NiceShoes Nice kicks]], where'd you get the laces, from a telephone pole?"

** [[MoralityPet Gwen Chapel]], the IllGirl daughter of her ex-fiancé, is about the only person for whom she shows any genuine affection. In "Frame" it's implied that Gwen being close to death from cancer is what has driven Nicole to kill again.
** She also claims that Goren is the only man she's ever loved, although the sincerity of this claim is questionable.
* EvilBrit: Technically she's Australian.

* VillainInAWhiteSuit: His white seersucker suit, bowtie, and [[NiceHat fedora]] give him a dapper yet eccentric appearance that may put you at ease, although you really shouldn't be.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: Of the family members we see, Goren is the most normal and well-adjusted. That should tell you a lot.

* FourthDateMarriage: Downplayed; she gets engaged during a six-month special assignment in Europe, and they never make it to the actual marriage part due to her fianc&eacute's arrest.

** Defied with her MoralityPet Gwen. She runs away with Gwen to protect her from her father's attempts to murder her and really ''wants'' to be a mother to her, but is forced to admit that Gwen would never be safe with her, and leaves her in the care of her aunt.