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** Amaro himself was this to his son Gil, although it's {{justified|Trope}} because he was never told the child existed. As soon as he found out, he made an effort to be in the boy's life.
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* ItsPersonal: Two episodes ("Parole Violations", "In Loco Parentis") have involved members of his family.
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* TheSmartGuy: Very, VERY smart. If the squad needs the cliff notes on a new subject, he'll have them in his head. If they need o know about literature or high culture he'll comply, and if they need to interview a witness or suspect in French or Yiddish he'll be able to do that too.
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* TrademarkFavouriteFood: He has a 5lb bucket of Red Vines on his desk. Also a case of 'EarlyInstallmentWeirdness', as they disappear after the first season.
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* TrademarkFavouriteFood: He has a 5lb bucket of Red Vines on his desk. Also a case of 'EarlyInstallmentWeirdness', EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, as they disappear after the first season.
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* TrademarkFavouriteFood: He has a 5lb bucket of Red Vines on his desk. Also a case of ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness'', as they disappear after the first season.
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* TrademarkFavouriteFood: He has a 5lb bucket of Red Vines on his desk. Also a case of ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness'', 'EarlyInstallmentWeirdness', as they disappear after the first season.
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* TrademarkFavouriteFood: He has a 5lb bucket of Red Vines on his desk. Also a case of ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness'', as they disappear after the first season.
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I'm not 100% sure if this trope is the best one, and if another one works better then feel free to move it.
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* PersonAsVerb: After Lewis' death, Olivia uses his name as a code phrase when she needs to discreetly warn her squad that she's in danger.
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* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Alex's mother died while she was in witness protection and she wasn't allowed to go to the funeral.
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The latest A.D.A. to work with the SVU, Barba is a bit more fierce than his predecessors, and usually less willing to bend the rules for a victory, unless it's personal -- such as [[spoiler: allowing Benson to lie on the stand during her kidnapper's trial.]] He's also a little… eccentric, with his flashy clothes and occasional vacations.
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The latest fourth A.D.A. to work with the SVU, Barba is a bit more fierce than his predecessors, and usually less willing to bend the rules for a victory, unless it's personal -- such as [[spoiler: allowing Benson to lie on the stand during her kidnapper's trial.]] He's also a little… eccentric, with his flashy clothes and occasional vacations.
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* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:A Season 22 episode indicates that Mike's death is this for Benson.]]
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Olivia chains [[spoiler: William Lewis]] to a bedframe and in a fit of rage beats him to a bloody pulp beyond necessity after he taunts her. This act, despite being done after [[spoiler: she herself had been brutally tortured by the man for days]], haunts her deeply due to her long history of worrying if she [[NatureVsNurture inherited anything from her rapist father]].
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Olivia chains [[spoiler: William [[spoiler:William Lewis]] to a bedframe and in a fit of rage beats him to a bloody pulp beyond necessity after he taunts her. This act, despite being done after [[spoiler: she [[spoiler:she herself had been brutally tortured by the man for days]], haunts her deeply due to her long history of worrying if she [[NatureVsNurture inherited anything from her rapist father]].
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: She's DaChief of Manhattan Special Victims Unit and has more ActionGirl chops than either Amanda or Kat (neither of whom are slouches), being that she tends to end up in one on one fights more often than them.
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* ItsPersonal: Two episodes ("Parole Violations", "In Loco Parentis") have involved members of his family.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: As noted above, Carisi is very much not prone to misconduct, so if he even ''approaches'' that line (which he's never truly crossed), you know it's serious.
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* ParentalSubstitute: To Rollin's daughter, Jesse.
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* ParentalSubstitute: To Rollin's Rollins' daughter, Jesse.
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** As a person with deep and sincere religious beliefs, other people, especially religious leaders, using religion to manipulate people or justify crimes. Goes double if the religion in question is Catholicism.
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to refer to when many Latinos are brown, or when someone thinks they are. Single-character examples fit in Phenotype Stereotype and Averted Trope examples should not be listed unless notable. (behind the scenes trivia)
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* LatinoIsBrown: Played with. Nick is relatively fair-skinned but it's on the tan side and he appears to be mixed blood. He is later confirmed in-universe as having a fair-skinned father and a darker skinned mother. His mother, sister, and daughter play this straight.
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* LatinoIsBrown: Esparza has stated he rarely gets to play Latino roles thanks to this trope, and is thrilled that Barba averts this.
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* LatinoIsBrown: She's tanned unlike her son.
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* OffstageVillainy: Subverted in the Season 15 premiere episode "Surrender Benson". While it is clear that Lewis has tortured and violated Olivia physically, much of his abuse isn't seen on-screen and much about her ordeal is left up to the imagination of the audience. For example the episode begins with Olivia slowly regaining consciousness (she's gagged, bound to a chair and lying on the floor). Moments later the audience can clearly see an ashtray laying near her head, filled with cigarette butts, her face is also swollen and bruised. It can only be implied what Lewis did to her before the start of the episode.
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* OffstageVillainy: Subverted in In the Season 15 premiere episode "Surrender Benson". While Benson", while it is clear that Lewis has tortured and violated Olivia physically, much of his abuse isn't seen on-screen and much about her ordeal is left up to the imagination of the audience. For example the episode begins with Olivia slowly regaining consciousness (she's gagged, bound to a chair and lying on the floor). Moments later the audience can clearly see an ashtray laying near her head, filled with cigarette butts, her face is also swollen and bruised. It can only be implied what Lewis did to her before the start of the episode.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Strongly subverted. Lewis' main reason for existing seemed to be for the purpose of sexually humiliating women. Even worse, he made no exceptions when it came to the age of his victims; from women in their 60's to a girl in her mid-teens.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Strongly subverted. Lewis' main reason for existing seemed to be for the purpose of sexually humiliating women. Even worse, he made no exceptions when it came to the age of his victims; from women in their 60's to a girl in her mid-teens.
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* JerkJustifications: Her ParentalNeglect and subsequent harsh treatment of Darius is due to him being her ChildByRape.
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* JerkJustifications: Her ParentalNeglect and subsequent harsh treatment of Darius is due to him being her ChildByRape. (She wanted to give him up for adoption so she wouldn't have to be around him, but her mother wouldn't let her.)
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Fin’s emergency contact lists Ken’s name as Kwasi Tutuola and in his first appearance, Ken notes that the only person to ever call him that was his father. He later changed his name to Ken Randall.
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Fin’s emergency contact lists Ken’s name as Kwasi Tutuola and in his first appearance, Ken notes that the only person to ever call him that was his father. He later changed his name to father; otherwise, he goes by Ken Randall.Randall. (Even Fin takes to calling him Ken as they rebuild their relationship.)
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** A few scenes also suggest that, unlike his father, he's not particularly interested in climbing the ranks and would just as soon stay where he's comfortable. His father, who takes it as a foregone conclusion that Mike will follow in his footsteps, doesn't seem to grasp this.
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[[folder:FBI Agent Jack Hammond]]
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[[folder:Agent Jack Hammond]]
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** His first hint of this comes in in Season 10, where (according to Benson and Stabler) he actually apologized for coming down too hard on something that turned out to be the right call, but because he's back to normal in his next few appearances, it comes off as more of a one-off PetTheDog moment than an indication of his greater character, at least until it's in the context of the the more sustained change in later seasons.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Written off the show after one season.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Sonny is ''pissed'' when he finds out his sister's fiance might've cheated on her. He later extends this ''to'' said fiance; he is initially very skeptical of the guy's story of being raped by his parole officer, but is quick to realize it's true and convince the squad to take the case. He is absolutely livid that the rapist will likely get away due to the belief that a woman cannot rape a man, and even defends Tommy (the fiance) to his sister when she doesn't believe that he's innocent. Bonus points for the fact that he didn't much like or trust the guy prior to this.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Sonny is ''pissed'' when he finds out his sister's fiance might've cheated on her. He later extends this ''to'' said fiance; though he is initially very skeptical of the guy's story of being raped by his parole officer, but is quick to realize once he realizes it's true and convince convinces the squad to take the case.case, he's the man's fiercest advocate. He is absolutely livid that the rapist will likely get away due to the belief that a woman cannot rape a man, and even defends Tommy (the fiance) to his sister when she doesn't believe that he's innocent. Bonus points for the fact that he didn't much like or trust the guy prior to this.
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* PutOnABus: Got no reason to appear on the show following Elliot's retirement after Season 12. [[note]]She and Dickie were slated to return in the Season 21 finale, but production for the last four episodes of the season was halted due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic[[/note]]
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* PutOnABus: Got Had no reason to appear on the show following Elliot's retirement after Season 12. [[note]]She and Dickie were slated to return in the Season 21 finale, but production for the last four episodes of the season was halted due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic[[/note]]
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* LongBusTrip: He hasn't appeared since Season 11, just a year before Elliot was PutOnABus. As such, he got no reason to appear on the show following his retirement. [[note]]He and his mother were slated to return in the Season 21 finale, but production for the last four episodes of the season was halted due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic[[/note]]
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* LongBusTrip: He hasn't appeared since Season 11, just a year before Elliot was PutOnABus. As such, he got PutOnABus, and had no reason to appear on the show following his retirement. [[note]]He and his mother were slated to return in the Season 21 finale, but production for the last four episodes of the season was halted due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic[[/note]]
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* LongBusTrip: She hasn't appeared since Season 8, four years before Elliot was PutOnABus. As such, she got no reason to appear on the show following his retirement.
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* LongBusTrip: She hasn't appeared since Season 8, four years before Elliot was PutOnABus. As such, she got no reason to appear on the show following his retirement.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: She's played by a different actress in her debut appearance which also established her as a PassionateSportsGirl.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: As she grows into a teenager and exhibits more and more reckless behavior, which ends up affecting her relationship with her father. Justified in that she’s diagnosed with bipolar disorder and oftentimes such conditions don’t manifest until sometime past puberty.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: As In her mid-to-late teens, she grows into a teenager and exhibits more and more reckless behavior, which ends up affecting her relationship with her father. Justified in that she’s diagnosed with she turns out to have bipolar disorder and oftentimes such conditions don’t disorder, which often doesn't manifest until sometime past after puberty.
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:In “The Longest Night of Rain”.]]
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* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: He was the first (and so far, only) casualty of the eponymous team.]]
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* ButNotTooGay: Ken is gay, but the only relationship that’s mentioned is of the fiance that was beaten into a coma.
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* MeaningfulName: His actual name is Kwasi Tutuola. Kwasi is meant to sound like the stem quasi, which means "having some resemblance." He has a rather strained relationship with Fin.Fin, although they gradually patch things up.
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* FriendlyEnemy: She's defended people SVU have tried to help and has even represented Amaro in court and acted as counsel to Benson when IAB investigates [[spoiler:her involvement in the death of William Lewis]].
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* FriendlyEnemy: She's defended people SVU have tried to help and help, has even represented Amaro in court and acted as counsel to Benson when IAB investigates [[spoiler:her involvement in the death of William Lewis]].
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* LineageComesFromTheFather: She got her Bipolar disorder from her paternal grandmother.
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* LineageComesFromTheFather: She got her Bipolar bipolar disorder from her paternal grandmother.
* TookALevelInJerkass: As she grows into a teenager and exhibits more and more reckless behavior, which ends up affecting her relationship with her father. Justified in that she’s diagnosed with bipolar disorder and oftentimes such conditions don’t manifest until sometime past puberty.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: His Grows into this as a teenager, and has little to no excuse for it - he's callous towards a rape victim that he personally knows, and later appearances have him act rude and troublesome.throws the fact that bipolar disorder (that his own sister suffers from!) runs in the family in Elliot’s face.
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--> ''Dickie'': Well I’m not the first Stabler to do so, am I?
--> ''Elliot'': Have you lost your mind?
--> ''Dickie'': Well I’m not the first Stabler to do so, am I?
* ButNotTooGay: Ken is gay, but the only relationship that’s mentioned is of the fiance that was beaten into a coma.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Fin’s emergency contact lists Ken’s name as Kwasi Tutuola and in his first appearance, Ken notes that the only person to ever call him that was his father. He later changed his name to Ken Randall.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Fin’s emergency contact lists Ken’s name as Kwasi Tutuola and in his first appearance, Ken notes that the only person to ever call him that was his father. He later changed his name to Ken Randall.
* BrokenBird: It’s implied Teresa can’t bring herself to form lasting connections because of her rape by her own father. The fact that she was forced to admit the truth of Darius’ birth before her ex-husband, sons, and everyone else in court after keeping it to herself for so long certainly didn’t help matters, and it’s far too late to do anything about the crime.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: After years as a recurring character helping SVU detectives with various cases, and despite the potentially threatening people she connected to on a daily basis, she ends up an offhand casualty of a young woman that went trigger happy in the 16th precinct with the intention of killing the three men that had a hand in her mother’s murder.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: After years as a recurring character helping SVU detectives with various cases, and despite the potentially threatening people she connected to on a daily basis, she ends up an offhand casualty of a young woman that went trigger happy in the 16th precinct with the intention of killing the three men that had a hand in her mother’s murder.
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-> Played by Leslie Odom Jr.
A reverend who acts as a representative of the lower class of the population.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: He’s a crusader for those he sees as the less fortunate, and will call out anyone that he sees getting in the way of his agenda to right the system’s wrongs. He’s also apparently okay with a mayoral candidate soliciting photos from a teenage girl if that mayor works for similar ideals.
* OpportunisticBastard: Expect him to be at the forefront of any case that involves social class differences.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To the character of Sister Peg in that he works for the people he sees as victims, but different from her in that he's not even half as helpful to the detectives as she was and is a lot more critical if the detectives or the ADAs draw attention away from the social aspect of cases.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He’s right that sometimes the law isn’t very fair in its dealings to the people. But he will slander anyone that crosses his path, including the SVU detectives (even if they feel similarly to him anyway).
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-> Played by Leslie Odom Jr.
A reverend who acts as a representative of the lower class of the population.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: He’s a crusader for those he sees as the less fortunate, and will call out anyone that he sees getting in the way of his agenda to right the system’s wrongs. He’s also apparently okay with a mayoral candidate soliciting photos from a teenage girl if that mayor works for similar ideals.
* OpportunisticBastard: Expect him to be at the forefront of any case that involves social class differences.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To the character of Sister Peg in that he works for the people he sees as victims, but different from her in that he's not even half as helpful to the detectives as she was and is a lot more critical if the detectives or the ADAs draw attention away from the social aspect of cases.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He’s right that sometimes the law isn’t very fair in its dealings to the people. But he will slander anyone that crosses his path, including the SVU detectives (even if they feel similarly to him anyway).
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* * IHaveNoSon: Inverted. Elliot has mentally erased his childhood and parents to the point of breaking down crying in front of a therapist when he finally starts talking about an incident in which his father called him a failure, and he only goes to visit his mother when Kathleen [[spoiler:is in jail and needs proof that bipolar disorder runs in the family to get Kathleen treatment instead of jail time]].
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