History Characters / LostMainOthers

* KickTheSonOfABitch: More and more during the progress of his HeelFaceTurn.
** Knocking out Anthony Cooper with his walking stick.
** Killing Martin Keamy.
** Killing Charles Widmore.

* MoralityPet: He sucks as a father, and isn't exactly a saint in other aspects of his life, but his love for his adopted daughter is genuine. When she is killed, Ben blames himself.

* ReversePsychology: Attempts to invoke this with Martin Keamey when Martin has Alex captured and threatening to kill her so he can draw Ben out. Ben, in an attempt to save Alex's life, says that he doesn't love Alex and that he stole her as a baby to be used as nothing more than a pawn for him, and for Keamy to just shoot her since she's not leverage...but Keamy shoots her anyways, resulting in [[VallainousBSOD Ben realizing he screwed up seeing Alex's corpse fall to the ground]].

* MoralityPet: He sucks as a father, and isn't exactly a saint in other aspects of his life, but his love for his adopted daughter is genuine.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: {{Zigzagged}}, Ben Linus is a swarmy bastard who often and [[ManipulativeBastard shamelessly manipulates]] other people for his own ends. He does show the human side of himself to people, but just as often reveals to be lying or using people. Ultimately [[HeelFaceTurn he does see the error of his ways]], [[HeelFaceTurn and becomes a better person in the process.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: {{Zigzagged}}, Ben Linus is a swarmy bastard who often and [[ManipulativeBastard shamelessly manipulates]] other people for his own ends. He does show the human side of himself to people, but just as often reveals to be lying or using people. Ultimately [[CharacterDevelopment he does see the error of his ways, and becomes a better person in the process.]]

** Insecurity: deep down, Ben Linus is a scared, insecure little man who desperately wants agency in his life, and he will do anything in order to keep power for himself because of his feelings of inadequacy.

* TheLancer: Becomes Hurley's lieutenant on the Island at the end of the series.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: In the early seasons he was portrayed as the BigBad, but it became much more questionable with his enemy, Charles Widmore, entering the picture. Finally Ben was [[HijackedByGanon revealed to be a pawn]] of the ''real'' BigBad, Man in Black/Smoke Monster the whole time. It's played pretty straight too, since Ben was defeated and captured in the season 3 finale, which was the halfway point of the series, in which it seemed everything was finally going to be okay for the Oceanic survivors, until the YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle twist ending, which lead to the second half of the series, which depicts Ben as slowly gearing toward a HeelFaceTurn which he finally does in the final season.

* BrokenBird

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He'd have to in order to stay the most constant member of the Others. Richard shows himself to be a capable fighter and a good shot.

* MeaningfulName: In Literature/TheBible, Benjamin was Jacob's twelfth and youngest son, whose mother Rachel also died in childbirth. Though in Genesis, Benjamin was not the name given by his dying mother.

* ConsummateLiar: "ILied." is his CatchPhrase, if that means anything. Even in the final season, his ''first instinct'' when confronted with a problem is to lie his way out of it, and he's vaguely annoyed whenever people who've dealt with him for any length of time are surprised to find that he lied to them. This creates a bit of a issue in a {{Played For Laughs}} way after his reformation, as Iliana found it hard to believe he wasn't the one who knocked out Sun even though he is now telling the truth.

* CreepyBlueEyes: Ben's eyes are a light shade of blue that goes well with his manipulative nature. It's even brought to attention a few times when other characters refer to Ben as a "bug-eyed bastard".

* FromNobodyToNightmare: From a quiet young boy to a ruthless mass murderer pulling all the strings.
* GeniusBruiser: He's a small, scholarly-looking man capable of beating the hell out of big tough guys like Sawyer and Keamy.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: The majority of his kill count are people who have tried to either hurt/destroy the Island or his people (and those that REALLY deserved it *cough*Keamy*cough*). He dedicated his entire life to keeping the Others and The Island safe from harm.

%%* AntiVillain

* CulturedBadass: He speaks a few languages, is an excellent cook, plays the piano and is very well-read.

** Toward the end of the third season. His slow recovery from surgery, the war with the survivors, Alex's rebellion, Naomi's appearance and the rest of the Others growing disatisfaction with his leadership result in Ben becoming angry and bloodthirsty.

!!Dr. Juliet Burke

* InformedAttribute: Apparently she looks [[IdenticalStranger uncannily similar]] to Sarah, Jack's ex-wife. The only real resemblance is that they're both blonde.

* NotSoStoic: When Juliet first appears, she's a very cold, clinical person with an even voice and logical tone. However, when she leaves the Others and settles with the Survivors, she shows a more genuine side, appearing bright, friendly, warm and considerate.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: The majority of his kill count are people who have tried to either hurt/destroy the Island or his people (and those that REALLY deserved it *cough*Keamy*cough*). He dedicated his entire life to keeping the Others and The Island safe from harm.

* TheHeavy: He's the main antagonist for the majority of the series. Even when he was the TokenEvilTeammate, it seemed that he was ultimately going to wind up as the show's BigBad until towards the end of Season 6, when the true BigBad is revealed to be the Man in Black, aka the Smoke Monster, who manipulated even Ben's actions the entire time, and finally plays the role directly in the final season, while Ben winds up pulling a HeelFaceTurn.

* GenocideFromTheInside: He helped the Hostiles exterminate all his fellow Dharma Initiative members.

* ConsummateLiar: "ILied." is his CatchPhrase, if that means anything. Even in the final season, his ''first instinct'' when confronted with a problem is to lie his way out of it, and he's vaguely annoyed whenever people who've dealt with him for any length of time are surprised to find that he lied to them.

* {{Heroic Sacrifice}}: A non-fatal one. He pushes Hurley out of the way of a fallen tree and ends up stuck under it as a result. Thankfully, the survivors recognize him as on their side now and manage to get him free.

* {{Heroic Sacrifice}}: A non-fatal one. He pushes Hurley away from of a fallen tree and ends up stuck under it as a result. Thankfully, the survivors recognize him as on their side now and manage to get him free.

* GoingDownWithTheShip: When the Island is sinking in “The End”, he decides that he will stay behind and comes as close as it is to namedrop this trope while still referring to the Island.
-->”If this Island’s going down then I’m going down with it.”

---> '''Ben:''' When I'm at war, I'll do what I need to do to win, but I will not kill innocent people.

-->'''Alex''': "That's what my father does - he manipulates people. He makes you think it's your idea but it's his."

** Also with Sun, who after founding out he didn't kill her husband, the two can be found talking to the point that Ben of all people is actually "honest" with her and tries to protect her from Flocke even before his Heel-Face Turn is completed. She also shows small signs of concern for him, and was happy he was back in "Dr. Linus".

* HeelFaceTurn: Done beautifully in a gradual build-up before finally being solidified in "Dr. Linus".
* {{Heroic Sacrifice}}: A non-fatal one. He pushes Hurley away from of a fallen tree and ends up stuck under it as a result. Thankfully, the survivors recognize him as on their side now and manage to get him free.