History Characters / Leverage

* AffablyEvil: He may be a bastard but he knows how to treat his enemies well.

* GeniusBruiser: WordOfGod compares Eliot to Franchise/{{Batman}}. And played by Christian Kane, it's to be expected.

* StrongAndSkilled: Combine his role as the team muscle with his broad arsenal, and there you go.

* SeenItAll: Connected to the above. Like Eliot when it comes to dealing with any form of hostile situation, Parker can immediately break down and analyze a security measure to its finest detail and immediately contrive a circumvention because of how much experience she has dealing with every form of access denial the world over. There have occasionally been situations where she can't beat something, however, but these matters are due to the fact ''no one'' can period (such as the Sterenko security system in "The Inside Job" or cleanly unlocking electronic car locks in "The Boost Job", where she has to rely on Hardison to bypass the lock -- once inside she quickly uses the keyless ignition's backup sequence to actually steal the vehicle).

* ComplexityAddiction: Why his plans tend to fail, as Nate points out in "The Gold Job".

* GutturalGrowler: His common manner of speaking. PlayedForLaughs in "The Hot Potato Job" when he has to stop and make a conscious effort to make his voice a little less gritty because he's playing the role of an accountant (and because Sophie is mimicking his usual tone in her role as a security expert).

* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: Started down the path of a master thief as a young child, and was only encouraged further (to the exclusion of all else) when Archie started mentoring her. Consequently, she's a HumanCalculator who cases banks and devises complicated heists in her head for fun, but she never went to high school, has NoSocialSkills or conscience, and seems to subsist solely on cereal and takeout. The Leverage team helps her become more well-rounded.

* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler: In "The Last Dam Job", Dubenich corners Nate with intent to kill, but unfortunately his gun is empty as he failed to keep track of how many shots he fired while chasing Nate. Nate, however, does keep track, then pulls his own fully-loaded gun on Dubenich. He immediately starts begging Nate not to shoot him while trying to pin blame on Latimer to save his own hide.]]

%%* VillainWithGoodPublicity

Was it mentioned that '''[[RuleOfThree Sterling. Never. Loses?]]'''

* BavarianFireDrill: When he's not behind the keyboard, this is Hardison's other specialty. Best exemplified in "The Three Days of the Hunter Job," where, with a quick little background check courtesy of Eliot, he turns around his interrogation to the point where ''he becomes the interrogator''.

--> Sitting at his computer "Looks like the Bank of Iceland's paying Nana's medical bills. That's dope!"

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: While everyone on the show necessarily expands their skill-sets, Hardison is the one who usually gets called upon to do things completely outside the team's experience. In addition to being a hacker, he can make spot-on forgeries and land planes.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Parker. A bit more one-sided than some cases, as she's pretty hesitant about it, but he's willing to wait.
** [[spoiler: They're together as of "The Long Way Down Job"]].

* FatalFlaw: {{Greed}} and {{Wrath}} both cause him serious problems, as he can't seem to commit a crime without profiting in some way, and tends to utterly lose focus when he gets mad.

* {{Wrath}}: Nate claims this is Dubenich's biggest problem, as he gets so angry that he loses track of the little details.

* SaltAndPepper: Frequently detailed to work with Hardison.

* SaltAndPepper: Frequently detailed to work with Eliot.

* HurtingHero: The loss of his son and [[spoiler:Sophie's sabbatical, and his father's murder]] each have a pronounced effect on him.

'''Parker:''' (mockingly) I got hit by a car! Get over it!

%%* RatedMForManly

* TheDarkChick: A rare heroic version.

* SimilarSquad: His team is set-up along very similar lines to Leverage Consulting & Associates, though his team lacks a grifter - [[spoiler:because ''Sophie'' used to be his grifter, and she was in fact the real star talent of his previous teams]]. He's TheBigBad, ex-mercenary Mikel Dayan is TheDragon, Colin "Chaos" Mason is TheEvilGenius, and world class thief and infiltrator Apollo is TheDarkChick.

* TheDarkChick: Of Marcus Starke's crew.

-->'''Hardison''' (at gunpoint and in disguise) This is because of my ethnicity, isn't it? 'Cos I'm [[BaitAndSwitch Jewish]]?

** Paints, sculpts, hacks, plays violin, and he's a decent actor to boot. Oh, and he teaches himself a crash course in creating period-looking art that holds up to pretty amazingly close inspection.

* KleptomaniacHero: She steals so much that pickpocketing is pure instinct to her. In "The Twelve Step Job," she figures out badguys are in the rehab clinic because she instinctively picks ''the gun'' out of his ''concealed holster.''

* OnlyOneName: Her ExactWords at one point.

* StickyFingers: The girl's a kleptomaniac.

* MischiefFace: Parker is the world's greatest thief. She also has a bit of arrested development, and can be something of a WomanChild from time to time. This includes a mischievous grin whenever she gets a notion in her head. One of the earliest examples is in "The Bank Shot Job" when Nate asks her if she's ever robbed a bank ''while'' it was already being robbed. You can see the twinkle in her eye as she says, "First time for everything."

* TheOneWithAPersonalLife: Inverted in the back-to-back episodes "The Girls' Night Out Job" and "The Boys' Night Out Job" lampshade the fact that while everyone, even [[AmbiguousDisorder extremely socially unaware]] Parker, has some friend or life outside the crew,''except'' Nate.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Beyond her need to compulsively steal, she also has some other quirks that seem to impede her ability to understand the emotions of others and react appropriately (be it for the purpose of a con or when actually interacting with others). WordOfGod confirms that she has Asperger’s.

%%* TheyDo: With Sophie.

* TheyDo: With Nate
* {{UST}}: With Nate

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Ethnically ambiguous and uses it to her advantage in cons, [[PlaysGreatEthnics portraying an enormous variety of nationalities]] InUniverse.