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* AchilliesHeel: She may be unpleaseant and sarcastic at times, but she does have a few soft spots for some people, especially her adoptive sister Patricia.

* NiceGuy: One of the main reasons Matt became a vigilante in the first place; he cares a lot about people. In the first episode, he lets Karen stay at his house when hers is no longer available.

* BerserkButton: Elektra, she gets his blood boiling in more ways then one, harm her though and you'll end up severely more beaten then other thugs. [[spoiler: Kill her and that whole ThouShallNotKill thing goes out the window for you and anyone who gets in the way.]]

* MadeOfIron: Frank gets the crap kicked out of him a ''lot'' but it never stops him. He's able to keep fighting even after he's been tortured with a drill. On the same note, he's an interesting case of DentedIron, as he's shown to visibly show all his wounds and bruises days later.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Somewhat with Elektra, while she pisses him off to no end, its pretty obvious that he enjoys working with her, going by the constant smile he keeps fighting. Its also shown that even with Karen and him beginning a relationship, Matt is still deeply in love with Elektra.

* AgeLift: Played with. She's more or less the same age here as she was in ''ComicBook/{{Alias}}'', but the MCU version of her high school classmate (and crush) [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] is still a teenager when this series happens.
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Jessica managed to [[spoiler:render herself completely immune to Kilgrave by breaking free of his control, seemingly developing immunity to his virus.]]

* {{Badass}}: She beats up people many times her size thanks to her SuperStrength.

* FlyingBrick: She has SuperStrength and SuperToughness, although she can only jump high, which she describes as more "controlled falling."

* {{Badass}}: You would be acting disinterested about a group of guys attacking you too if you were NighInvulnerable.

* SecretKeeper: She knows Matt's doing something questionable, but keeps quiet about it out of respect.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: When dealing with people who don't know who he is and are not criminals, he can be downright amiable. For example, see the Vietnam-veteran Marine in "New York's Finest". There's also all of his interactions with Karen.

* MustHaveCaffeine: Frank loves to down cup after cup of black coffee and carries a thermos when out on patrol.

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: According to Marvel TV head Creator/JephLoeb "Castle's appearance will bring dramatic changes to the world of Matt Murdock and nothing will be the same."
* NotMeThisTime: [[spoiler:The murders that happen after he escapes prison are in fact the work of the Blacksmith's assassins.]]

* WouldNotShootACivilian: He never goes after non-criminals. Even when fighting Daredevil and shooting him in the head, he makes sure to hit his armor so as to make it a warning shot instead of a kill shot. However, the protagonists worry about what will happen when he breaks this code, and he has a fairly liberal definition of "criminal" that extends to those who are hospitalized and attempting to reform.

[[folder:Elektra Natchios]]
!![[ComicBook/{{Elektra}} Elektra Natchios]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Hello, Matthew."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ElodieYung, Lily Chee (young)
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}''

->''"The battle has begun Matthew. There's nothing we can do now but fight."''

Matt's old flame from college, who also happens to be a Greek assassin hunting members of a criminal organization known as "the Hand".

* AdaptationalModesty: Elektra's outfit has pants and some more covering on the torso, in contrast to the leotard/bathing suit-type costume she usually wears in the comics.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: She wasn't well liked by the other initiates of the Chaste. [[spoiler:Because she was the Black Sky, and they knew it.]]
* AntiHero: She's an assassin, but is hunting members of a criminal organization that doesn't care if they destroy entire cities.
* ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler:She's the Black Sky that the Hand have been hunting down for years.]]
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:She dated Matt in college on Stick's orders, with the intention of drawing him back into the fold in the war against the Hand, but instead fell in love with him.]]
* BerserkerRage: When in fights she gets more and more angry until she's just an unstoppable killing machine. [[spoiler:Revealed to be a side effect of being the Black Sky.]]
* BigEater: We see her constantly eating and drinking. When she and Matt meet up at a diner, she has an entire plate of food, pie, coffee, and a glass of water. When Matt takes away her pie, she has a moment of actual anger.
* ChildSoldiers: [[spoiler:Her role as the Black Sky would have been a child soldier turned human killing machine. Even both The Hand and The Chaste took interested into her when she was a little girl, training her to become that weapon. Only Stick didn't see it that way and [[GiveHimANormalLife gave her a good life]].]]
* TheCorrupter: While Matt was in college she tried to make him a killer by presenting him with the man who ordered his father's death. [[spoiler:On Stick's orders, it turns out.]]
* CostumeEvolution: A minor version. When things get serious, Daredevil has her visit Melvin Potter for an upgrade from her assassin wear.
* DarkActionGirl: She's seen beating up dozens of criminals, leaping off rooftops, and generally going toe-to-toe physically with a highly trained vigilante like Matt.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DidYouActuallyBelieve: In season 2, she reveals to Matt that Nobu's group, the Hand, never left New York. They just froze their operations and waited for Matt to take out the competition.
* DualWielding: Her weapons of choice are a pair of sais.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Referenced via flashback in "Nelson v. Murdock" as that "Greek chick" Matt dated in college. In season two we see some of their college dating life.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The color scheme of her outfit (black with red highlights) is very similar to the Hand ninjas outfits in season 2.]]
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Elektra seems very... ''excited'' by Matt's beatdown on Roscoe Sweeney after the man taunts him about killing Matt's father.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:By Nobu, leading to her death.]]
* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler: It is ultimately Matt's love that convinces her to go against the Hand instead of joining them.]]
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: She was a very dark version of this for Matt in college, and still is to a degree.
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: She wears black clothing with touches of red, rather than her completely red comics getup, when doing assassination work.
* MsFanservice: Basically any time she's in her costume counts, not to mention the flashback scene in which she's dressed in formfitting black and the scene in which she's wearing a red silk dressing gown - and then proceeds to get changed.
* MythologyGag: Kills an assassin sent to kill her with his own sais, referencing her own death in the comics. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, she takes his sais for herself, and her comics fate comes to pass.]] Her traditional comic outfit gets one in the form of a red dress she wears while infiltrating a Yakuza party. It's not the exact same as her classic Hand outfit, but it's close, and the resemblance is punctuated when she intentionally rips the side of it to move more easily, mirroring the open sides her comic outfit has.
* {{Omniglot}}: She's fluent in Greek, English, Japanese and French. She also took Spanish classes at Columbia University.
* ProfessionalKiller: She works as an assassin, killing the enemies of [[spoiler:Stick's]] organization.
* RaceLift: Élodie Yung is French-Cambodian, but Elektra's characterization firmly establishes her as being Greek. [[spoiler:In this continuity, Elektra was an Asian child who was adopted by Ambassador Natchios and his wife, so she's only Greek by adoption]].
* RichBitch: How Matt sees her at first.
* SafetyInIndifference: She acts pretty nonchalant about everything, and working with Matt seems to be more of a game then anything else. But as we learn more about her it comes increasingly obvious this is [[StepfordSmiler just a mask]] she uses to prevent herself from being hurt. She genuinely loves Matt but knows he could never love the real her, and also like Matt, Stick managed to give her some abandonment issues.
* SaiGuy: Her weapon of choice are a pair of three pronged daggers, as in the comics.
* SociopathicHero: She's willing to refrain from killing for Matt's sake, but it's made clear she quite enjoys killing. [[spoiler:This is the first clue that she is the Black Sky, and she was like this even while being trained.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Matt helps her fight bad guys, but he isn't happy about it due to their past and her attitude toward life.
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:She's actually a Black Sky child who Stick abducted and tried to raise on the side of good.]]
* TheUnfettered: She has no problem with killing, unlike Matt, and in fact is willing to kill him too if he gets in the way of her mission.
* WeaponOfChoice: Later in Season 2, she takes a liking to DualWielding a pair of Sais she takes off a rival assassin.
* WhatTheHellHero: Gets one from Matt after she ruins the Frank Castle trial by threatening a witness
* WorkingWithTheEx: She teams up with Matt to fight the Hand, despite the two of them having dated and then broken up while in college.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: [[spoiler:Matt seems to be the only one who thinks this, and in the end it's his belief in her that keeps her from joining the Hand after being revealed as the Black Sky.]]
* YouAreWorthHell: [[spoiler:Elektra notes that even if they defeat Nobu, the Hand will keep coming after her. Matt decides that if Elektra is going to spend the rest of her life on the run, he'll go with her, because despite his love for New York, Elektra is the only one who can understand Matt and his world. It doesn't work out that way.]]

[[folder:Misty Knight]]
!! [[ComicBook/HeroesForHire Mercedes "Misty" Knight]]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Simone Missick\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Series/LukeCage2016''

A tough-as-nails New York City police officer who --in the comics, anyway-- sports a cybernetic arm.

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* AfroAsskicker: Marvel's pre-eminent example, especially since Luke Cage doesn't have one in the MCU.
[[/folder]]

!The Chaste

[[folder:Stick]]
!!Stick
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ScottGlenn
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"You know what they call stuff like that? Gifts. The special kind. The kind that very few people have. Or deserve."'']]

->''"You gonna spend your life crying and rocking yourself to sleep at night? Or are you gonna dig deep and find out what it takes to reshuffle those cards life dealt you?"''

A blind man who trained a young Matt Murdock to fight after realizing the boy has SuperSenses.
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* AffectionateNickname: As much as an asshole that he is, Stick does care a great deal about Matt and Elektra and calls the both of them, Matty and Ellie respectfully.
* BadassBaritone: A superb fighter and assassin with a deep voice.
* BadassGrandpa: Said by his actor to be in his late 90s but still has the strength of a man in his 20s.
* BadassNormal: A master fighter in a world of superhumans. He doesn't even have the chemicals that enhanced Matt's other senses but he's still taking Matt to school in the main narrative. And according to him, [[spoiler:he was killing immortal Hand ninja as a child while armed with nothing but a knife and pure rage.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Between abandoning him and his contrasting world view it'd be an understatement to say Matt no longer looks up to him.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: His own incredible physical abilities and those he passed on to Matt were entirely gained through training. [[spoiler:And he's been killing the Hand since he was a child.]]
* ChildSoldiers: Every trope that applies to Sticks interactions with Matt, applies to Elektra as well. Matt even accuses Stick as being a CultLeader that picks up lost and hurt children to train them in his made up war.
* CrypticConversation: Much to Matt's annoyance, Stick can never seem to be clear when he talks about the "oncoming war".
* CynicalMentor: He is upfront in letting his student know that the world is unfair and dangerous, and certainly doesn't mollycoddle Matt despite his youth.
* DeadpanSnarker: Oh yes.
---> '''Young!Matt:'''(''Sensing a woman on a date'') Her skin's too hot, Her heart's beating fast. Is she sick?\\
'''Stick:''' Worse. She's in love.
* {{Determinator}}: The other thing Stick shares with Matt, after teaching Murdock to use his SuperSenses. After Matt stops him from killing the Black Sky, Stick tracks the boy down and finishes the job off screen. ''An ancient blind man with a bow and arrow manages to catch up with a caravan of automobiles on foot and assassinates a human weapon being guarded by half a dozen yakuza with machine guns.'' Then he escapes without a scratch.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Maiming, coldly threatening and subsequently beheading a Yakuza boss all while complaining he's [[TheSpartanWay a disgrace for his weakness]]. That's how we first meet Stick.
* GracefulLoser: Once Matt manages to inflict a significant amount of damage on him, he backs down and grins, commenting maybe Matt isn't entirely lost yet.
* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:After being captured by the Hand members, he is tortured by having little bamboo sticks being shoved under his fingernails.]]
* HandicappedBadass: He is blind, and unlike Matt he was born that way, using it to show him there are some people less lucky than him.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He's been traveling the world killing bad guys linked to some mysterious plot involving the Black Sky.
* HyperAwareness: He has the same degree of awareness as Matt only without Matt's SuperSenses.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: A blind archer is going to have these by default, and it's best displayed when he ricochets a bottle cap around the room and into the bin. He's also incredibly capable with a crossbow while in a moving car.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Strongly believes in averting this trope, and teaches Matt to do the same.
* {{Jerkass}}: He is really not a nice person, and even Matt can barely stand him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Broke off training with Matt when Matt gave him a bracelet he made, showing that Matt was growing too attached. When he turned up 20 years later, he and Matt got into a fight and trashed Matt's apartment. [[spoiler:After Stick left, Matt found the bracelet in the wreckage, showing that Stick had carried the bracelet around for all those years and that the feeling was mutual after all. He also seemed to sound impressed with the whole fight before leaving.]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter: His EstablishingCharacterMoment has him cleanly cutting off a man's hand and head with his katana.
* KnightInSourArmor: You will not find a savior with less faith in humanity than Stick.
* KnightTemplar: He's dedicated to a his own cause on behalf of an order, with talk of an upcoming ominous war and the need for soldiers.
* McNinja: A caucasian martial arts expert and stealthy assassin
* MentorArchetype: A grizzled fighter who trains Matt from a young age to use his gifts.
* NoNameGiven: Everyone just calls him "Stick", even the show credits.
* OlderThanTheyLook: According to Creator/ScottGlenn, Stick is in his late 90s yet has the strength and physicality of a twenty two year old.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Just call me...Stick," he says when he talks with Matt. And true to his words, everyone does.
* TheOrder: Stick belongs to the Chaste, an order of warriors dedicated to stop the Hand and had waged a long war against them.
* PapaWolf: While he has a bad way of showing it, he is extremely protective of both Matt and Elektra. [[spoiler: When a Chaste member realizes what Elektra is and says she needs to be killed, Stick kills him instead.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Unwittingly becomes one to Matt. When he finds out about this, he leaves because it interferes with his spartan method of teachings. [[spoiler:He was also one to Elektra too, only much nicer to her than he was to Matt.]]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Stick displayed some genuinely fatherly affection towards Elektra when she was a child. He was the only one among the Chaste to show her kindness, while everyone else feared and was repulsed by her due to Elektra being a Black Sky. After she killed one of the students in self-defense when he tried to kill her, the Chaste sentences her to die and Stick saves her by delivering her to a wealthy Greek couple to keep her safe.]]
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: It's entirely possible that he was always an asshole and just happened to eventually become a senior. Either way, he's full of vicious insults, cynicism and obscenities.
* ShadowArchetype: By the end of his self-titled episode, it's clear that he's what Matt is afraid of becoming; a pure soldier with no trace of humanity.
* SherlockScan: Best demonstrated when he deduces the contents of an ice cream right down to how many different dairies the milk came from and the habits of the guy who sold it to them, and he teaches Matt to do the same.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: He doesn't go easy on Matt - what we see of his training it could qualify as TrainingFromHell. To his credit, Matt adapts quickly to his style.
* SirSwearsALot: A significant number of his lines contain the word "shit" or "asshole" in some way.
* TheSpartanWay: He's a believer in this, and even stopped training Matt when the kid started looking at him as more than a combat instructor. He even mentions the Spartans when criticizing Matt's current life.
* SoProudOfYou: In Season 2, he tells this to Matt after [[spoiler:learning how to detect the Hand ninjas with their breathing and managing to save him just in time.]]
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: He employs a bow and arrow when he needs to kill someone from a distance.
* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:By the end of Season 2, his relationship with Matt improved after working together to bring down the Hand in New York.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He's every bit the remorseless killer for his cause that Matt isn't.
* WouldHurtAChild: Indeed, he would. In fact, he would kill one.
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[[folder:Stone]]
!!Stone
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Jasson Finney, Creator/DavidSobolov (voice)
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}''

-->''"Will he be ready when the doors open?"''

Another member of the Chaste, working with Stick.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Is traditionally Stick's second-in-command in the comics, but his single appearance implies him being senior in this incarnation.
* BadassBaritone: Due to being voiced by David Sobolov, whose voice is deep enough to voice [[Series/TheFlash2014 talking gorillas]].
* CoveredInScars: His back is covered in lots of scars.
* TheUnreveal: His face is never shown onscreen.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Star]]
!!Star
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Laurence Mason
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}''

A member of the Chaste who helped Stick oversee Elektra's training.
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* CommanderContrarian: Calls Stick out for enlisting Elektra, [[spoiler:a Black Sky]].
* RaceLift: In the comics, he's either Asian or white (his face is never shown).
* ScaryBlackMan: He's a large black man and a member of the Chaste.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Stick [[spoiler:kills him to protect Elektra]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jacques Duchamps]]
!!Jacques Duchamps
->'''Portrayed By:''' Gilles Marini
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}''

An agent of the Chaste sent to kill Elektra after she goes rogue.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: Fights Elektra in a suit.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Killed with his own sais.
* RaceNameBasis: Other Chaste members call him the Frenchman.
* SaiGuy: Uses them against Elektra, who takes them after she kills him.
* VillainBall: Despite having all but seduced her already, he decides to reveal to Elektra who he is and that he is going to kill her, which ends in his own death.
[[/folder]]

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Matt quit Landman and Zach despite being guaranteed a lucrative position at the firm because he didn't want to spend his life protecting corporations which were guilty.

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: With exception of the first episode, there is little to no focus on any actual detective work. Most of Jessica's time is spent hunting Kilgrave. Even when she is hired for a job in another way in "AKA 99 Friends," she still spends most of her time investigating to see whether or not her client is under his influence.

* RapeAsBackstory: A major difference between her and her comic book counterpart. Comic Jessica has stated several times that Killgrave never raped her, but she feels no less violated than if he did. Here, she was a full-on SexSlave for all the time she was with him.

** It takes a while, but Matt acknowledges that he and Castle's definitions of justice are closer to each others then that of the police. [[spoiler:Which is why he ultimately gives Mahoney the credit for catching him.]]

* BadassBookworm: The show downplays it a lot, but Matt graduated ''summa cum laude''[[labelnote:*]]For those who don't get what this means, it's graduating with highest honors, a feat that is usually

* BadassBookworm: The show downplays it a lot, but Matt graduated ''summa cum laude''[[labelnote:*]]For those who don't get what this means, it's graduating with highest honors, a feat that is usually mathematically impossible unless you have a record of straight (or nearly straight) "A"s in your grade point average, and in one of what is perhaps one of the most difficult academic disciplines, aside from medicine.[[/labelnote]] from Columbia Law. Triple bonus points for doing so while blind. It's worth noting that none of his "superhero" skills: enhanced senses, martial arts, or lie detection, help in any way with schoolwork.
* BerserkButton: Elektra, she gets his blood boiling in more ways then one, harm her though and you'll end up severely more beaten then other thugs. [[spoiler: Kill her and that whole ThouShallNotKill thing goes out the window for you and anyone who gets in the way.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: Due to his enhanced senses, Matt has to concentrate or else everything will override his sensory perceptions.
* BloodKnight: A running theme is the question whether Matt just likes beating people to a pulp or not. Signs thus far suggest that he does, but he is greatly internally conflicted over it. [[spoiler: In the Season 2 finale, he finally acknowledges that he ''needs'' being Daredevil to feel complete.]]
* BoxingBattler: He takes a bit after his father, who was a professional boxer.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: [[spoiler: He distances himself from Foggy and Karen as season two goes on, thinking that it will be safer for them if he's not part of their lives anymore.]]
* BrooklynRage: Born and raised in Hell's Kitchen, and the kind of guy you seriously don't want to piss off.
* BulletproofVest: He asks for a new armored costume from Melvin Potter but he collects it before "the process" is complete, so only the black portions are bulletproof. The red portions (the majority of it) will only stop a knife coming in at certain angles.
* TheCasanova: Could give Tony Stark a run for his money. According to Foggy, he has the requisite string of exes, but there's no hint of any of them ending on a bad note. From what we see on screen, Matt's actually TheCharmer combined with ChickMagnet.
* CatchPhrase: Tends to favor "Not so much," when out of costume and "We good?" when in it.
** Also, "I'm going to ask you again. Think about your answer," when he's interrogating someone.
* CharacterDevelopment: A little more subtle than most examples, but at the end of season 1, Matt began to let people into his (vigilante) life and start to actually take their advice rather than ignoring them, most notably [[spoiler:getting the Daredevil armor]].
* CharacterTics: He grips the handle of his cane tightly with both hands when under stress.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: His superpowers only help him maintain a heightened awareness of his surroundings. His physical abilities are all the result of pushing an otherwise-normal human body to the limit.
* ChickMagnet:
** Karen Page and Claire Temple are attracted to him, and even Vanessa flirts with him gently when she meets him at her art gallery. Foggy openly complains about it several times.
** He effortlessly charms the realtor who shows him and Foggy the future home of Nelson & Murdock. Then rewind and watch Foggy's 'damn it, he's doing it ''again''!' reaction in the background.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Matt's inability to take a break for a night while combined with his need to pursue the truth in court affects both his personal and professional life.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: He only picks up the Daredevil name at the end of the first season, until then being known simply as "the man in the mask", "the Devil of Hell's Kitchen" or "the man in black". Ironically, Matt is the ''only'' superhero in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse to try and maintain a secret identity.
** Eventually subverted in Season 2. The character is called Daredevil a lot throughout the season (although sometimes "The Devil of Hell's Kitchen" is still used). The subtitles even change from calling him "The Man in the Mask" to "Daredevil".
* CoolShades:
** Matt wears a pair of red sunglasses to hide his occluded pupils and to obscure the fact that his eyes might not necessarily be directed towards whomever he's speaking to.
** Matt's red Daredevil costume also sports a pair of blood red lenses over the eyes.
* CursedWithAwesome: On the other hand, without the enhanced senses he wouldn't be able to do the things he's doing.
* CrusadingLawyer: His goal is to use the legal system to make Hell's Kitchen a much better place. This doesn't quite work out as planned, leading to a career in superheroics.
* DarkIsNotEvil: In spite of wearing all black, and later donning a devil outfit, he's a heroic character.
* DentedIron: He receives several deep gashes during his [[spoiler: fight with Nobu]]. While it doesn't noticeably slow him down during the fights when he returns to action, he re-opens the stitched wounds and requires more time to heal between fights.
* {{Determinator}}: Like his father in the ring, what really makes him a formidable opponent is his ability to keep on fighting no matter how many hits he takes.
* DisabledSnarker:
** When the realtor showing Foggy around the office they are looking to buy says they'll need to flip a coin to see who gets the office with a view, Matt says he's fine with Foggy having it.
** Also:
--->'''Foggy:''' Softball! When are we getting a company team together?\\
'''Karen:''' We only have three employees, Foggy.\\
'''Matt:''' At least two of them aren't blind.
* DisabilitySuperpower: While he lost his eyesight years ago, he can "see" with his other heightened senses.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Gets one as a kid, selflessly saving an old man at the cost of losing his eyesight to chemicals.
* EyeScream: He got a vat of chemicals sprayed into his eyes in a car accident.
* FriendToAllChildren: The reason Matt first put on the mask? To help a little girl when the law couldn't. The reason he got ambushed and beat to a pulp in the second episode? He was trying to rescue a kidnapped boy. The reason he got into a fight with Stick? [[spoiler:His mentor killed a child.]] Matt is consistently compelled to defend kids to the point the compulsion can be exploited. His own rough childhood probably plays a part.
%%* GoodIsNotNice
* GoodIsNotSoft: He goes for bone breaks to incapacitate his opponents and can be quite brusque when dealing with civilians as Daredevil. But he's as gentle as possible when dealing with potentially traumatized victims, especially children. A good example of this is "Cut Man", where he tears through a small army of human traffickers, then takes his mask off so the little boy he's rescuing won't be scared.
* GoodLawyersGoodClients: It zigzags.
** Matt decides to defend Karen Page in the pilot, despite her lack of money to pay them, because he knows she's innocent.
** At the same time, one of Nelson & Murdock's first paying clients is John Healy, a clearly guilty sociopathic hitman, who they defend for the substantial fee (and, on Matt's end, to help him burrow into Fisk's organization).
** Early on in the series, he mentions his desire to do this. It's why he and Foggy set up their tiny law-firm rather than take a lucrative job with Landman and Zack.
** He chooses to defend Grotto despite being a former gangster since he believes that he really does want a second chance. [[spoiler:Upon learning that he has murdered innocent people, he's absolutely horrified.]]
* GutturalGrowler: Similar to [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga Bale's Batman]], he adopts a much gruffer and growlier voice than normal when he's in costume. In Season 2 this has faded and he uses his normal voice, albeit with a more intense tone than Matt uses normally.
* HandicappedBadass: He can kick your ass in a fight and in the courtroom - even if he's blind.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: As described above, Daredevil is described as someone who is bad day away from crossing the line and like Batman, his no-killing code is the thing that keeps him from becoming as bad as the criminals he fights.
* HelloAttorney: He's played by the handsome and well-built Charlie Cox, so natch.
* HealingFactor: His mentor Stick taught him how to go into a meditative trance that accelerates his body's natural healing ability. Good thing too, because Matt racks up an astounding number of broken bones and cuts throughout the series.
* HyperAwareness: Comes from his SuperSenses.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He upholds the law in court while breaking it on the streets. He's fully aware of this, but feels that he needs to [[StartXToStopX break the law in order to protect it]].
** He also tells Karen and Foggy to stop working in secrecy in Episode 8, lest they get hurt. This from the man who regularly goes out wearing a mask and gets beaten very nearly into jelly. In season 2 both call him on this.
** Also, he acts as though the beliefs of [[spoiler:the Hand]] are ridiculous fairy tales even though he himself is a devout Catholic.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Normal for the character, though they don't show up until the second season. He procures some iron batons and bounces them off walls. Sometimes he catches them on the rebound, not to dissimilar to Cap and his shield.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Matt regularly beats what he wants to know out of people, sometimes even using more-creative and horrible ways of hurting them than his fists. Fortunately, the primary problem with torture (the victim saying whatever the torturer wants to hear to make it stop), is at least partially countered by being a LivingLieDetector.
* LivingLieDetector: He's able to figure out if the person he's talking to is lying based on sensing their heartbeat.
* MadeOfIron: Despite being stabbed, broken a few ribs and nearly suffocated, it only takes a short time and some emergency first aid for Matt to recover enough to take on a dozen Russian gangsters armed with guns.
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: His first outfit is all black (with a bit of red piping), in an {{Homage}} to a costume from Creator/FrankMiller's ''Man Without Fear'' OriginsEpisode. Matt eventually switches to his classic red devil costume in the finale, though it does sport black armored parts.
* MrFanservice: Not so much in the first season, but there are multiple separate occasions in the second season where he appears in only a pair of boxers, seemingly for no reason at least once.
* NiceGuy: One of the main reasons Matt became a vigilante in the first place; he cares a lot about people. In the first episode, he lets Karen stay at his house when hers is no longer available.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Frequently inflicts these. Justified, since he's not super-humanly strong like Captain America, and therefore can't knock guys out in one or two punches. Sometimes, however, he inflicts these on people he interrogates.
* TheNoseKnows: Besides sound, he can also locate people and objects by smell, even if they are on the other sides of walls or on different floors of a building.
* NotSoDifferent:
** With Wilson Fisk. Both had traumatic experiences in their childhoods that have shaped who they are, both were strongly influenced by their fathers, both believe they are helping the city become a better place and use unlawful means to do so, whether be Matt pummeling thugs and criminals or Fisk using corruption, coercion or lethal force, and both have loved ones whom they want to protect from their line of work. A few characters often draw comparisons between him and Fisk due to his willingness to do what ever it takes.
** Also with Frank Castle. Both take the law into their own hands as it fits them. Frank even says that Matt is only one bad day away from being him. [[spoiler: Proven somewhat right in the end, as Matt indeed resorts to lethal force after being pushed far enough.]]
* ObfuscatingDisability: He pretends that his abilities are on par with those of most other blind people. In truth, his super-senses and intense training make him capable of feats the vast majority of humans (sighted or blind) couldn't even conceive of attempting.
* OneManArmy: On the low end. On one hand, enemies ''don't'' immediately go down just because DD pastes them one. It can take a full minute for him to disable a single {{Mook}}. On the other, pretty much anyone - including most of the world's [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous most exceptional military operatives]] - would lose if they tried to take on a dozen healthy, blooded fighters on their own ground while unarmed.[[labelnote:*]]Specifically, the only other person to pull off a stunt like that was freaking '''''Film/{{Thor}}.'''''[[/labelnote]] ''DD can do it with a [[GameBreakingInjury home-stitched stab wound in his side]].'' He's perhaps the single most skilled martial artist seen in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse to date. ''And this is his first year as a superhero.''
* PercussiveTherapy: Matt wails on some punching bags when he's frustrated or despondent. There's an implication that it's also why he punches people - he sometimes keeps hitting well after the fight's obviously over or he's got the info he needs in an interrogation.
* RaisedCatholic: His religion from the comics is fully present, with occasional visits to confessional over his activities. He also jokes that his ability to take a beating and keep going is a result of his Catholicism.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He eventually reveals the event that caused him to become a vigilante, and it's a truly ghastly injustice: [[spoiler:he discovered a man in his city who raped/molested his own daughter while his wife slept, but when Matt called Child Services it couldn't be proven. Matt decided to deal out some personal justice]].
* RedBaron: The criminals refer to him as the "Man in the Mask" or the "Man in Black". He also gains the title of the "Devil of Hell's Kitchen" from the press, even before he dons the familiar red outfit. By the end of the season it has morphed to "Daredevil".
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Invoked. His mask includes red lenses, both to hide his blindness and make make him appear more demonic, in order to intimidate the criminals he fights.
* ReligiousBruiser: A devout Catholic, he spends a good portion of the series talking to a priest, trying to iron out the moral difficulties in being a vigilante.
* RulesLawyer: {{Pun}} aside, he uses a technicality that exists in New York state law [[spoiler: to get Healey released]] and later justifies [[spoiler: his climactic fight with Fisk by pointing out that the man is a fugitive and he was conducting a citizen's arrest]].
* {{Sadist}}: When interrogating a criminal with Claire, he tells the crook that part of the reason why he's a vigilante is that he enjoys inflicting pain on people who deserve it. After he's knocked unconscious, Claire strongly disagrees with that sentiment. Matt most likely said that to intimidate him.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Matt quit Landman and Zach despite being guaranteed a lucrative position at the firm because he didn't want to spend his life protecting corporations which were guilty.
* SensoryOverload: Due to his SuperSenses, it took training from Stick before he could overcome it and yet still suffers from it. He even has silk sheets because cotton to him feels like sandpaper.
* SlasherSmile: Noticeable in Season 2, but he's visibly enjoying many of his fights. It just makes him more terrifying.
* SmallStepsHero: Many characters note that he really didn't have a big picture in mind when he first started putting on the mask. He just wanted to start punching bad guys until the world was fixed.
* StealthHiBye: More than half the time, Matt's appearances among the badguys (and sometimes the goodguys) come with him just ''appearing'' in a spot he wasn't standing in a moment ago when the camera panned away.
* TheStoic: Compared with Foggy, he's quite collected and soft-spoken.
* SunglassesAtNight: Wears sunglasses during the day and at night, [[JustifiedTrope because he's blind.]]
* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: A variant, as he and Jessica Jones actually cover the same place, but she still doesn't want him involved in her fight against Kilgrave, fearing he'd only provide another mind-controlled superhero. Ironically, Matt has typically been able to shrug off Kilgrave's control in the comics.
* SuperSenses: Though he's blind, all his sense are heightened, to point he can detect slight changes in air pressure or temperature and track by scent and sound.
* TerrorHero: He plans to clean up crime by inflicting violence to keep criminals in fear of him. His [[BigRedDevil second costume]] in particular evokes a demon.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Somewhat with Elektra, while she pisses him off to no end, its pretty obvious that he enjoys working with her, going by the constant smile he keeps fighting. Its also shown that even with Karen and him beginning a relationship, Matt is still deeply in love with Elektra.
* ThouShaltNotKill: The first protagonist in the MCU who hasn't killed anyone directly and makes a point of not doing so, despite his large number of anti-heroic traits. Though after [[spoiler:the murder of Mrs. Cardenas, he was actually planning on murdering Fisk and ends up killing Nobu accidentally in self defense. In his defense, Nobu was only mostly dead.]]
** In season two both Frank and Elektra shake his standing on this, and when Elektra is almost fatally injured after Matt distracts her by preventing her from killing he stop saying anything about it to her during fights. [[spoiler: When Nobu kills Elektra, he stops caring about Hand members dying at all, and even throws Nobu himself off a roof. Although once again, Nobu lived through it...until Stick got him.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: By season 2 he has better equipment and can now fight people who can mask their heartbeat easier than with his fight with Nobu.
* TranquilFury: It's clear he holds down a reserve of intense rage, but he keeps it firmly lidded. [[RageBreakingPoint Until he doesn't]].
* TripleShifter: Matt works during the day as a lawyer and spends his nights as a vigilante. This catches up with him in season 2 when he has a major court case and is fighting [[spoiler: the Hand]] at the same time. He oversleeps and is late for opening statements and later his injuries mean that he cannot show up to court at all. Foggy has to take over the case and by the end of the season Matt's reputation as a lawyer is in tatters.
* UrbanLegendLoveLife: the closest thing to an intimate relationship during the first season is with Claire, yet Foggy always assumes Matt is busy with a girl, has a spare phone for them, etc. Though, Season 2 does show his past relationship with Elektra, which does shed some light as to why Foggy would assume this about Matt.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Discussed. Matt fears that he could become a worse criminal than those he targets in his crime-fighting career.
* WithMyHandsTied: Cuff his hands behind his back, he'll kick your ass while cuffed, ''then'' get free.
* WorkingWithTheEx: He and Elektra work together in season 2 to investigate the Yakuza. Matt spends a lot of time denying that he likes working with her and is still in love with Elektra, he should probably work on not smiling the whole time.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jessica Jones]]
!!ComicBook/JessicaJones
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"A big part of the job is looking for the worst in people. Turns out I excel at that."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/KrystenRitter & Lizzy Cappuccino (young Jessica)
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' | ''Series/LukeCage2016'' | ''Series/TheDefenders''

-->''"They say everyone's born a hero. But if you let it, life will push you over the line until you're the villain. Problem is, you don't always know that you've crossed that line."''

After an accident in her teens, Jessica Jones gained the power of SuperStrength, and dreamed of becoming a superhero. But after a traumatic event, she abandoned that dream. Jessica now makes her living as a private investigator.
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* ActionGirl: She gets in a lot of hand-to-hand fights, and they are brutal.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Jessica's hair is usually shown to be brown in the comics, but Krysten Ritter's usual pitch black locks here haven't been changed to reflect that.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: This version of Jessica is much harsher and angrier than her comic counterpart, and more inclined to violence by far. This was even before Kilgrave came along, never having had her upstart "Jewel" persona era.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Comics Jessica can indeed fly, though not too well. MCU Jessica can't fly, but instead can jump high and far. (She describes it as [[NotQuiteFlight "guided falling."]])
** In the comics, her ability to [[spoiler:resist Kilgrave's power was due to a psychic block placed into her mind by Jean Grey. Here, she develops it on her own.]]
* TheAlcoholic: Most of the money Jessica makes goes to buying copious amounts of booze, and a more or less empty bottle of cheap bourbon is a common piece of decoration on her desk. It is very evident that her drinking problem is a form of self-medication for her psychological trauma and the insomnia that stems from it.
-->"I'm just trying to make a living, you know, booze costs money. Usually."
* AlliterativeName: '''J'''essica '''J'''ones.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: [[TallDarkAndSnarky A 5' 9" (1,75 m) good looking woman with black hair who's often complaining]], and hardly seen not scowling.
* AgeLift: Played with. She's more or less the same age here as she was in ''ComicBook/{{Alias}}'', but the MCU version of her high school classmate (and crush) [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] is still a teenager when this series happens.
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Jessica managed to [[spoiler:render herself completely immune to Kilgrave by breaking free of his control, seemingly developing immunity to his virus.]]
* AndIMustScream: When talking about her time under his control, she tells Kilgrave that a part of her was waiting every second during the months under his control for a chance to be free and escape.
* AntiHero: Jessica does not consider herself a hero and, as far as she's concerned, has given up on the hero career a long time ago, trying to distance herself from problems not involving hers. She is rough, rude, abrasive and antagonistic to everyone and does not trust anyone at face value. She does, however, feel empathy for victims of injustice, and will begrudgingly help them - much more readily if they have been affected by Kilgrave. She goes to extreme lengths to help Hope - [[MindControl Kilgraved]] into shooting her own parents in an elevator - be found innocent of her crime, and sees it as her job to stop Kilgrave from ruining any more lives. Her methods are pragmatic and risky when not outright destructive or harmful to others, and killing Kilgrave is never something she has a problem with, aside from collateral damage. She stands a stark contrast to Matt Murdock, who is overall a much more polished example of a hero.
* ApologeticAttacker: A given, as most of her fights are against people acting on orders from Kilgrave.
* ArchEnemy: Kilgrave.
* {{Badass}}: She beats up people many times her size thanks to her SuperStrength.
* BreakTheCutie: Spending time controlled by Kilgrave (time which included physical and mental rape, and being forced to kill Reva) broke her ''hard.''
* BrokenBird: She suffers from depression and PTSD as a result of her time being controlled by Kilgrave. And that's ''after'' the death of her entire family and being adopted by an abusive foster mother.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Jessica is an ''extremely'' competent private investigator, but nothing about her (including her office) really suggests an air of professionalism. Fortunately, none of her clients really seem to care about that, and Jeri explicitly keeps hiring her due to her proven track record.
* ByronicHero: A rare female example. Jess is ultimately a heroic person, but has a number of flaws and issues she's still working out. She's an angry, bitter drunk and has little time for people, and is still dealing with a terrible case of PTSD.
* CatchPhrase: "I'm really sorry about this."
** "Start from the beginning."
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Her "Jewel" identity is reduced to being an absurd suggestion by Trish that Jessica immediately rejects as a stripper's. Kilgrave is quite disappointed that she's "just Jessica Jones" when asking for her superhero name. Worth noting is that in the comics it was the other way round, where he asked for her real name.
* ContraltoOfDanger: Jessica has a very deep voice for a female, and is the toughest fighter of all the women in the cast, thanks to her SuperStrength.
* CreepyMonotone: Slips into this at times, an outward sign of her shellshock from Kilgrave.
* CuttingTheKnot: Jessica has a pretty short fuse regarding complicated problems. While she is often willing to give a shot at doing something the right/polite/subtle way at first, she always pretty quickly defaults to just using brute force. The best example is her attempting to threaten Wendy into signing Jeri's divorce papers, since she was unable to find any dirt on her.
* CynicismCatalyst: First her entire family died in a car accident that also gave her superstrength, then she's adopted by Trish's abusive mother, then Kilgrave... It's hard to identify just one.
* DeadpanSnarker: The woman thrives off this trope.
-->'''Malcolm:''' You use sarcasm to distance people.\\
'''Jessica:''' And yet, you're still here.
* DeclarationOfProtection: As much as Jessica initially insists this is not the motivation for her actions, it's clear to both Trish and Kilgrave that she would do anything to protect Trish. Trish is alternately frustrated and touched by this.
* {{Determinator}}: Even after months of debasement by Kilgrave, she still had the will to be defiant and hateful toward him when he gave her the opportunity to speak for herself.
* DrivenToSuicide: In the present, Jessica's attempt to get herself locked up in Supermax is the closest she can come to this. In the past, [[spoiler:she was on the verge of committing suicide by jumping off a rooftop when Kilgrave interrupted her and almost made her cut her ears off in his petulance]].
* DullSurprise: Subverted. Jessica's numbed following her abuse at Kilgrave's hands, but it's clear this is mostly an act.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Black hair, pale skin, and a near-constant expression of haunted sullenness.
* FateWorseThanDeath: She explicitly labels her time under Kilgrave's control as this. Hence why [[spoiler:she was in the process of committing suicide at one point, only to be interrupted by Kilgrave]].
* FingerlessGloves: She usually wears a pair of these.
* {{Foil}}: To Kilgrave. She's physically powerful, poor, crass but ultimately good. He mentally dominates others, only indulges in the finest tastes, is superficially charming but is a complete psychopath.
* FlyingBrick: She has SuperStrength and SuperToughness, although she can only jump high, which she describes as more "controlled falling."
* GoodFeelsGood: Once upon a time, she saved a little girl from getting run over. It inspired her to follow Trish's advice and become a hero. Unfortunately, it brought her to Kilgrave's attention.
* GoodIsNotNice: Jessica does some pretty unpleasant things to get Kilgrave, and is not exactly the most charming of heroes anyway.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Due to having no real training in fighting, Jessica relies on brute strength and hard punches to fight off her enemies.
* GrayAndGrayMorality: Given her experience, she doesn't see the world in black and white terms.
* GuileHero: Jess is, first and foremost, a private detective, and her cunning is just as dangerous as her FlyingBrick powers.
* HardboiledDetective: She's a hard-drinking, crass, and cynical P.I.
* HealingFactor: Not to ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} levels, but she heals faster than most. A day after getting hit by a truck, breaking her ribs, she's fine.
* HellBentForLeather: Jessica is almost always seen in her black leather jacket.
* TheImmune: She became immune to [[spoiler:Kilgrave's mind control after being forced to kill Reva]].
* ImmuneToBullets: {{Downplayed}} as [[spoiler:Audrey]] successfully shoots her in the shoulder, though she isn't impaired nor does it take long to recover from it.
* InASingleBound: What she uses instead of flying.
* InTheHood: She wears a hoodie below the jacket, and puts the hood over her head as "disguise".
* IWorkAlone: She initially pushes away everyone who is trying to help her. She eventually grows out of it.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She may be acerbic, abrasive, and short-tempered, but at her core, Jessica is a good person. She pushes people away for multiple reasons: as a survival instinct, because her worldview has been horribly soured, and because she [[ShooTheDog doesn't want people to get close to her because Kilgrave might target them to hurt her]].
-->'''Malcolm:''' Jessica's got it in her, y'know. She may well never find it, but it is in there.\\
'''[[spoiler:Claire]]:''' An alcoholic?\\
'''Malcolm:''' A hero.
* KidWithTheLeash: For a short time in 'WWJD', Kilgrave promises to restrict his behavior to what Jessica approves of, all while mentioning his own psychopathic impulses.
* KnightInSourArmor: Cynical Jessica decides to stay and fight Kilgrave in order to stop him permanently and help his victims.
* TheLadette: Jessica isn't an overly feminine woman, at least in terms of her personality, and was a {{tomboy}} when she was younger.
* MagneticHero: Although she doesn't realize it, she either already has or picks up a number of friends and allies over the course of the series who prove willing to go out of their way for her sake. (Even Jeri.)
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Getting shot in the arm clearly hurts, but not as much as it would a normal person, nor does it prevent her from using the arm perfectly well. A deep gash to her leg doesn't stop her from running, either.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Foster sister, but Trish mentions that Jessica hates all of her boyfriends. All the guilt and sympathy she had for Simpson vanished the minute Jess found out he and Trish were sleeping together. She spends the rest of the series barely holding in her dislike of the man.
* NewSuperPower: Jessica gets the standard "discovery of super power" scene via flashback to her teen years. Trish calls her a freak upon discovering the revelation, but means well.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Her intention to keep Kilgrave alive for trial and clear Hope's name ends up leading to a lot of unnecessary deaths, especially when she has him contained several times but always escapes.
* NobodyPoops: {{Averted}}. In the first episode Jessica is seen effortlessly navigating her way through an investigation using her phone and laptop... [[FunnyMoments while taking a dump]].
* NotAMorningPerson: In the second teaser (and our very first look at her), she [[RingRingCrunch irritably crushes her alarm clock when it goes off]]. ''At three in the afternoon''.
* NotWearingTights: {{Justified}}, since in the comics, Jessica doesn't wear a costume either nowadays. But unlike comic book Jessica, MCU Jessica never wore a costume and, when Trish tries to get her to wear a costume in a flashback, Jessica rejects it outright, mocking how impractical it is.
-->'''Jessica:''' If I wear that thing, you're gonna have to call me "Cameltoe."
* TheOnlyOne: Several characters state that Jessica is their only hope of stopping Kilgrave. Being (as far as we know) the only "Gifted" person Kilgrave has ever enslaved, she has two advantages: one, being Gifted herself allows her to more readily believe that a person with MindControl powers exists and two, her SuperStrength and SuperToughness means she is able physically handle most threats he can propose. [[spoiler:Then it becomes ''unquestionably'' true when we learn she is TheImmune and the only known person to ever break free of his control.]]
* PaperThinDisguise: Dons a stolen set of scrubs early on in order to get some medical information on Kilgrave, which works even though the name and backstory she claims are stolen from TV shows. This sort of thing seems to be pretty normal procedure for her. [[spoiler:A similar disguise to escape a hospital-wide manhunt doesn't work as well, though.]]
* PerpetualFrowner: She doesn't smile much.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: With exception of the first episode, there is little to no focus on any actual detective work. Most of Jessica's time is spent hunting Kilgrave. Even when she is hired for a job in another way in "AKA 99 Friends," she still spends most of her time investigating to see whether or not her client is under his influence.
* PrivateDetective: With a huge dose of HardboiledDetective. She is the peak of cynicism, drinks all the time...
* ProperlyParanoid: She ''knows'' what Kilgrave can do.
* RapeAsBackstory: A major difference between her and her comic book counterpart. Comic Jessica has stated several times that Killgrave never raped her, but she feels no less violated than if he did. Here, she was a full-on SexSlave for all the time she was with him.
* RedOniBlueOni: Jessica is the hot-headed and brash Red to Trish's and Luke's calmer and more sensible Blues.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: She's technically Trish's adopted sister and Dorothy's adopted daughter, though Dorothy makes it clear that she doesn't really consider Jessica to be part of her family]].
* ScarfOfAsskicking: A tattered infinity scarf which cleverly solves most of the problems of this trope.
* ScarsAreForever: In spite of her quick-healing abilities [[spoiler:she still retains a scar behind her ear from a wound Kilgrave forced her to inflict upon herself]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Her first reaction when Kilgrave shows up again is to try and get out of town.
* ShooTheDog: What she tries to do with everyone who tries to befriend her. It doesn't work, though, because if Kilgrave does show up, he's still likely to use anyone she knows to spy on her or play other horrible tricks.
* SirSwearsALot: A trait she shares with her comic book counterpart. Though just about everyone on the show swears from time to time, Jessica cusses the most often.
* SourOutsideSadInside: Jessica is sarcastic, gruff and abrasive and tries to push people out of her life because on the inside, she's broken and hurt from her DarkAndTroubledPast.
* StalkerWithACrush: Was one for [[spoiler:Luke Cage]] whom she was spying on for a considerable time and taking photos of him and the women he took to bed, claiming it was her job but clearly attracted to him.
* StepfordSnarker: She is quite the DeadpanSnarker, but it is really quite obvious that her frequent quips is simply her way to cope with her trauma and the danger she constantly finds herself in.
* SuperSpeed: She can run a mile in under four minutes, which [[DownplayedTrope doesn't sound very impressive]], but puts her well ahead of most professional athletes. For reference, the world record is 3:43.
* SuperStrength: She can stop a car from driving away from her and lift it off the ground like its nothing.
* SuperToughness: Being hit by a semi-truck broke some of her ribs and knocked her unconscious for a few minutes. The truck was more damaged than she was.
* SympathyForTheDevil: For all that she thinks Kilgrave is a cruel, sadistic monster, she seems genuinely horrified to learn that [[spoiler: his parents infected him with a virus in hopes of curing his neurodegenerative disease.]]
* SurvivalMantra: Whenever her PTSD is triggered, she repeats the names of the streets near where she grew up to centre herself.
* SurvivorsGuilt: She has a lot of it, regarding the damage Kilgrave has and continues to cause, [[spoiler: and the deaths of her parents and younger brother.]]
* TankTopTomboy: Jess frequently wears tank-tops when she's not wearing a black jacket, and is pretty decidedly unfeminine.
* TapOnTheHead: Seems to be her preferred method of dealing with obstacles or annoyances. Notably, later in the series someone ''without'' superstrength tries to do this and ends up ''killing'' the person they were trying to disable.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The {{tomboy}} to Trish's GirlyGirl. Jess is brash, crude, and very unfeminine in her mannerisms, whereas Trish comes across as much more prim in contrast. Jessica also frequently wears black clothing, contrasting with Trish's bright colored outfits.
* TraumaCongaLine: To put it lightly, even before her first encounter with Kilgrave, Jessica's life has been rather rough.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Given her relatively-new status in the comics, Jess doesn't seem like the likeliest choice for a live-action adaptation, much less the MCU's second headlining female character (after ''Series/AgentCarter'').
* UniqueProtagonistAsset: In addition to her super powers and detective savvy, Jessica also [[spoiler:is the only person to be ''so'' traumatized by Kilgrave ordering her to kill someone that she broke free of his control. Why she is the only person to do this, out of the hundreds (maybe even thousands) of people whom he ordered to do terrible things, is not known. It could be a combination of her powers and the fact that she was around him for a long time as his favorite slave, or it could be something else.]]
* UnscrupulousHero: Jessica is very self-centered and apathetic towards other people, and she goes to extreme measures to win. The former is forgivable, however, in that her self-centrism and apathy are what help her cope and survive; further, it's shown that she ''does'' care, and that fact gets exploited several times to hurt her. The latter, while slightly less defensible, is considerably less horrible than the alternative--at one point, this is lampshaded by an argument with [[spoiler:Robyn]], who flat out says that Jessica's methods will result in a trail of corpses, to which Jessica replies that it'll still be a smaller pile than Kilgrave leaves behind.
* UnskilledButStrong: Jess can throw a decent punch... and that's about it. Everything else is messy and generally uncoordinated, especially if you compare her to someone like Matt Murdock. But with her strength, it's not much of a problem unless she comes up against either someone as strong or people who are armed.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: She makes no real attempt to hide her powers, as simply not making a big deal of them is enough to get most people to ignore the idea of a "gifted" living among them rather than being a public figure like the big green guy or the flagwaver. It helps that her powers are not particularly flashy. She even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it once by saying people tend to ignore things they can't explain.
* WakeupMakeup: She mostly already wakes up in smokey eyes and berry lipstick. This is because she usually doesn't fall asleep, but [[TheAlcoholic pass out]].
* WhatYouAreInTheDark:
** Kilgrave forced Jessica to do many things before she was able to break free from his control (and she was the only person to be able to do so). She broke free from his control when he forced her to hurt someone else. She could put up with any humiliation, but not with being a murderer.
** Another example of this comes on the night Kilgrave met and enslaved her; he asked her whether she enjoyed beating up a pair of thugs, and she said she did, because it had helped the victim and had made a difference. Since Kilgrave had ordered her to be truthful, this confirms that (unlike someone like Daredevil, who is himself not sure whether he plays a hero to give an outlet to his own sadistic impulses) she actually has the heart of TheIdealist.
* WhenSheSmiles: Her few genuine, warm smiles in the series are rather pretty.
* WomanInBlack: Mostly wears a black jacket during most of the first season.
* WorfHadTheFlu: She is hit by a bus shortly before an empowered Simpson attacks her. Simpson himself states that if Jessica had been healthy, she probably would have won.
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[[folder:Luke Cage]]
!! Luke Cage
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MikeColter\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' | ''Series/LukeCage2016'' | ''Series/TheDefenders''

->''"The way I see it, being a hero just puts a target on your back."''

A bartender in Hell's Kitchen who after an experiment gained superhuman abilities that made him NighInvulnerable.
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* AchillesHeel: His skin may be impenetrable, but enough concussive force can still cause internal injuries, which are then extremely difficult to treat.
* AdaptationalHeroism: This Luke is much more of a nice guy than he was in the comics, who was largely OnlyInItForTheMoney with his "Heroes For Hire" ideology.
* {{Badass}}: You would be acting disinterested about a group of guys attacking you too if you were NighInvulnerable.
* BadassBaritone: He has a deep voice to match his ripped physique.
* BadassBiker: Owns a Harley with a deep, sexy roar that could match his. The helmets are just for show, of course.
* TheBigGuy: Standing at 6'3" with a NighInvulnerable body and enhanced strength, Cage is a force to be reckoned with. Though it's implied during his brief pre-DestructoNookie arm wrestle with Jessica that she's actually stronger than him. [[spoiler:Not that it helps her in episode 12, where Jessica's super strength isn't nearly enough to disable an out of control Luke.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: Sure his impenetrable skin protects him from harm, but it also [[spoiler:prevents him from getting an injection that can save his life.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Under Kilgrave's control.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: As strong as tough as he is, Luke can also be very compassionate.
* ButNotTooBlack: Averted. Mike Colter is quite dark, and unambiguously heroic.
* CatchPhrase:
** As in the comics, he's partial to the phrase "Sweet Christmas."
*** First, after a particularly good round of sex with Jess.
*** Later, after discovering a secret pot farm filled with millions of dollars of the plants.
** He says "do what you gotta do" several times to Jessica across her series.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He doesn't do much besides hint at it, but those powers came from somewhere. And then there's the fact he doesn't use his own name on the bar's paperwork.
* EyeScream: When a point-blank shotgun blast causes a buildup of fluid in his skull, his impenetrable skin means Claire has to drain it through his eye, with Jessica desperately trying to hold his head steady during a seizure.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Luke with Jessica. Further emphasized by Luke being very muscular.
* {{Hunk}}: Walking beefcake, with chiseled abs and pecs, babyface looks, and a deep, husky voice.
* ImmuneToBullets: Deconstructed. Luke only has impervious ''skin''. So while most bullets harmlessly bounce off him, the force of a point blank shotgun blast can cause major internal injuries.
* TheLostLenore: Jessica's last act before escaping Kilgrave was to kill his wife. Naturally, she isn't inclined to let him know about this. [[spoiler:Luke is understandably pissed off to learn what really happened, and breaks off all communication with Jess afterward.]]
* LoveInterest: He's Jessica's only romantic prospect in the series. There's Ruben, technically, but he never had a shot with a {{Hunk}} like Luke around.
* MrFanservice: Has quite a few {{shirtless scene}}s throughout the first scene, usually before (and after) sex with Jessica.
* MythologyGag: A number of references are made to his comic counterpart
** Luke's very first on screen appearance had him in a yellow t-shirt and blue jeans, the colors of his original comic book costume.
** Luke exclaims a familiar {{catchphrase}} from the comics a couple of times in ''Jessica Jones''.
---> '''Luke''': Sweet Christmas!
* NighInvulnerable: Thanks to his invunerable skin, Luke has been completely unfazed by trying to cut into his own abodmen with a circular saw, being attacked by a pack of guard dogs, being hit by a bus, being shot with handguns, and being lit on fire. Even being shot in the head with a shotgun at point-blank range only causes a serious concussion rather than blowing his head clean off.
* ScaryBlackMan: He wasn't exactly a pushover before he gained his powers. After he did, well, ''sweet Christmas''. Funnily enough, in Series/JessicaJones whenever he tries to invoke the trope it fails.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After realizing any attempt he made to attack Kilgrave would just put others in danger in ''Jessica Jones'', Luke disappears from Hell's Kitchen.
* SirSwearsALot: Doesn't actually swear any more than most of the other characters, but given that his comic book incarnation is known for [[GoshDarnItToHeck not swearing at all]], it's noticeable.
* SuperStrength: Luke is superhumanly strong due to the experiment he was involved in. This allows him to easily backhand a man across a room, punch through concrete, rip the door off a car with his bare hands, and so on.
* SuperToughness: Thanks to the experiment he was involved in, Luke gained superhumanly tough skin that is completely invulnerable to any known harm. With enough force, [[AchillesHeel his internal organs can still take damage though]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Iron Fist]]
!!''Daniel Rand / [[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]]''
->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/FinnJones
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'' | ''[[Series/IronFist2016 Iron Fist]]'' | ''The Defenders''

The head of the Rand Corporation who sought out the mystical city of K'un-Lun after his parents. While his mother and father both died on the expedition, he was adopted by the monks of the city and was taught a number of martial arts. Pushing the power of his own fists to the limit, he harnessed the power of ki in his attacks, and learned to use it to accomplish a number of other superhuman feats. He returned to New York after a decade of training, seeking justice for the deaths of his parents.
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* KiAttacks: His kung-fu is enhanced by his ki powers.
* SupernaturalMartialArts: Uses these.
[[/folder]]

!Allies

[[folder:Claire Temple]]
!!Claire Temple
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"You're blind, but you '''see''' so much."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RosarioDawson
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}} | Series/JessicaJones2015 | Series/LukeCage2016''

->''"I'm not special. I just keep running into special."''

A nurse contracted to treat the numerous injuries Matt ends up receiving during his nights of crime fighting.
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* AdvertisedExtra: By all marketing appearances, she's one of the main protagonists along with Matt, Foggy and Karen. While she's an extra by no means, she only shows up in five episodes and in one of them only for one scene. Urich, Vanessa, Wesley, and even Owlsley have much more screen time than she does. Then in ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' she only appears in the season finale, though she does rack up more screentime in that one episode than you'd expect. Then she only shows up in three episodes in Season 2 of ''Daredevil''.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's none too happy when Matt asks her to help save the guy who almost killed her, and takes quite a bit of pleasure in instructing Matt to cauterize his wound with a road flare.

** In her first appearance, Claire used her medical knowledge to help Matt find a goon's trigeminal nerve and inflict a rather painful torture on him for the location of a kidnapped boy [[spoiler:and bashed the head of her kidnapper with the same steel bat he used to beat her up earlier after Matt came to her rescue]]. This woman is tougher than she looks.
** And in season two, she takes down a [[spoiler: ''Hand ninja'' by pushing him out of a window. This, right after she lets out a roar of utter ''fury'' after the same person killed her friend/colleague.]]
* BreakoutCharacter:
** After many complaints about her AdvertisedExtra status, the show producers confirmed that she will return in season 2, ''before they announced any of the other cast members'', excluding the titular hero.
** She's also become the Netflix shows' equivalent of Agent Coulson, being confirmed to also appear in ''Jessica Jones'' and ''Luke Cage'' (the latter being where the character appeared in the comics in the first place).
* TheBusCameBack: She returns in the season finale of ''Jessica Jones'', which sets her up to have a larger role in ''Luke Cage''.
* ButtMonkey: It's starting to become a RunningGag that in her first appearance each season on any show, we get an update on how things have gone downhill for her since last time.
* CompositeCharacter: Claire Temple is described in terms similar to the Night Nurse, an obscure Marvel character who specializes in helping injured superheroes.
* DamselInDistress: In the 4th episode, she was kidnapped by Russians and Matt spent part of the episode saving her. She got her revenge in episode 6.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: She enjoys watching Matt shirtless.
* TheEveryman: She fits the bill even more than Coulson, just being a regular civilian trying to live her life until Daredevil was thrown in her building's dumpster. Ever since, she just can't stop running into superheroes in trouble.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect:
** She and Matt develop feelings for each other while she's stitching him up but knows that she can't have a relationship with him.
** This is followed by her saving Luke Cage, which will probably lead to a romance as she's his love interest in the comics and is set to have a big role in his show.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Her main reason for supporting Matt. She believes in his ideals and thinks these people who wreck Hell's Kitchen deserve punishment and need to be stopped.
* HelloNurse: Being played by the gorgeous Rosario Dawson does this for Claire.
%% * LoveTriangle: With Jessica and Luke.
* HereWeGoAgain: She gives this vibe after meeting [[spoiler:Jessica Jones and Luke Cage in the first season of ''Jessica Jones''. When she meets Malcolm Ducasse later, both of them lament their mutual statuses as a WeirdnessMagnet.]]
* TheMedic: Sews up Matt's wounds, which is handy considering how often he gets the living hell beat out of him.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Living in a world of superheroes hasn't been good for her. Fixing Daredevil's injuries in her apartment gets her evicted, then walking out on her job to save Luke Cage forces her into a hellish schedule to make it up. [[spoiler:And her indignation at the orders to keep quiet about The Hand attacking the hospital and killing three of her coworkers pushes her to quit her job.]]
* OnlySaneWoman: She is the one who points out to Matt that he needs body armor, as well as the fact that he doesn't really have any plans to significantly improve Hell's Kitchen, and the city will never be safe.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: To Matt Murdock in the MCU continuity. They would be considered a crack pairing in the comics.
* PutOnABus: She leaves town toward the end of Season 1. She leaves again towards the end of Season 2, to appear in the ''Luke Cage'' series.
* SecretKeeper: She knows Matt's doing something questionable, but keeps quiet about it out of respect.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: She helps Matt because she believes in his cause despite most of what he does being completely illegal. [[spoiler:She also assists Jessica in sneaking Luke out of the hospital when the police show up, looking for him because of what he did before Jessica managed to knock him out]].
** In the second season of Daredevil, this causes her to quit [[spoiler:when the hospital administration not only intends to cover up the killing of a nurse by a Hand ninja by claiming it was a junkie but also ignore the body of one of them had already undergone section.]]
* UnexpectedCharacter: Most had Rosario Dawson's character pegged as Echo, Comicbook/WhiteTiger, or even Comicbook/{{Elektra}}. Claire Temple is actually an obscure supporting character from the 1970s, who was a love interest in Luke Cage's original solo book and went on to marry and divorce Bill "Black Goliath" Foster.
* WeirdnessMagnet: She's naturally pretty nonplussed to have a dying Luke Cage thrown in her lap after she's already Matt Murdock's regular medical assistant.
* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:Attempts to convince Matt to change his brutal vigilante ways by using their relationship as leverage. This might have worked if Matt wasn't a BloodKnight.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Frank Castle / The Punisher]]
!!Frank Castle / ComicBook/ThePunisher
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"One batch. Two batch. Penny and dime."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JonBernthal
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'' | ''The Punisher''

->''"Well, loss doesn't work the same way for everybody, Red. We don't get to pick the things that fix us, Red. Make us whole. Make us feel purpose. My moment of clarity? It came from the strangest of places."''

After his wife, son and daughter were killed in a shootout between rival gangs, retired marine captain Frank Castle decides to wage a lethal one man war on crime.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: He is generally more polite and friendly than most of his usual depictions, not to mention more noble. Compared to the antihero-bordering on villain who's tried to kill retired thieves and drug addicts, this Punisher's practically a saint.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: [[spoiler:Finn takes a power drill to his left foot while torturing him.]]
* AntiHero: Of the UnscrupulousHero kind, with the entire season a juggle if he's this or NominalHero. He targets criminals, but unlike Matt has no problem with killing them. In-fact that is his preferred outcome.
* AppropriatedAppellation:
** Frank's moniker, "The Punisher", comes from news reports, much like Matt's own "Daredevil" alias.
** The skull motif comes from a newspaper article that featured the x-ray scan of Frank's head.
* ArcVillain: The first four episodes of season 2 are dedicated to getting him off the streets.
* BadassBaritone: He's a vigilante who has a deep voice, bordering on GutturalGrowler.
* BadassLongcoat: Downplayed as he normally wears jackets, but eventually dons his signature black trenchcoat in the season 2 finale.
* BadassNormal: Frank doesn't have heightened senses like Matt, let alone [[Film/TheAvengers2012 Avengers]] level superpowers. He is, however, a retired marine, highly trained in hand-to-hand combat and numerous weapons. We later learn Castle was considered gifted in warfare even among fellow marines.
* BerserkButton: He, like many has a special hatred for purveyors of child pornagraphy as he killed his arms supplier because the guy tried to offer him child porn. For one who had a daughter, this makes even more sense.
** Also do not call him insane. [[spoiler: The first time he visibly loses his cool in the series is when Daredevil calls him "a nutjob" which leads to Frank knocking him out in one-punch.]]
** This made defending Frank in his trial difficult for Foggy and Matt. He refused insanity and PTSD as a defense. The latter case believing it is an insult to people who genuinely suffer from it.
* BreakoutCharacter: Confirmed to be getting his own series.
* CharacterTics: Frank has a perpetually twitchy trigger finger. He tends to tap his fingers together or squeeze his index finger like he's pulling a trigger.
* ChekhovsGun: He's a fan of [[spoiler:Earth, Wind & Fire.]] It's how he alerts [[spoiler: Karen to his presence after she's been taken hostage by Schoonover.]]
* ChestInsignia: He eventually sprays his iconic white skull onto some bulletproof chest armor in the last episode.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Has been on both sides.
* ColdSniper: A ruthless vigilante who during his time in the marines was a scout sniper.
-->'''Frank:''' One shot, one kill.
* CombatPragmatist: Frank is willing to pick up whatever is nearby to bash into enemies' heads. This includes hitting Daredevil with a wrench or using a door as a shield from gunfire.
* CrazyPrepared: You never know when you might need a razor blade. So Frank hides one ''in'' his forearm, which he then covers by a bandage.
* CrusadingWidower: Just like in the comics, Frank Castle starts his war on crime because his family was murdered by criminals.
-->'''Frank:''' I need to take care of the scum that killed my family.
* DeadpanSnarker: Frank gets in quite a few quips over the season, such as calling Daredevil a psychiatrist and asking if he charges by the hour when Matt asks him about his past/motivations, and calling Foggy's opening statement in court a "pretty thick slice of bullshit".
* TheDeterminator: Nothing can keep Frank down. You can beat him, torture him, shoot him, Frank will keep coming after you until he kills you.
* DentedIron: Over the course of the season, Frank's injuries pile up ([[spoiler: being repeatedly beaten up, tazed, shot and ''power-drilled'' in the foot]]) and his face gets progressively messed up with each fight.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: For ''Daredevil'' Season 2.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: He was hyped as the main antagonist of the season, but serves as the main antagonist just for the first four episodes. Afterward, [[spoiler:the Blacksmith and the Hand]] take over.
* DisneyDeath: A drug smuggling ship explodes with him still aboard. [[spoiler:Naturally, he's still alive.]]
* TheDreaded: The Punisher quickly establishes himself among criminals as something even more terrifying than Daredevil. The latter might break a few bones and smash up your operations but the former ''will'' send you to your grave without a second thought.
* EnemyMine: He has no love for Wilson Fisk, but he takes the man's offer simply to find out information about who was behind his family's death. [[spoiler:Once that's done, Fisk tries to have him killed, which naturally doesn't pan out.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Frank has no interest in killing Matt, even when he has the Devil of Hell's Kitchen at his mercy, as even after all the people he has killed, he only cares about targeting gang members. He also doesn't unmask him despite having him at his mercy since he doesn't care who he is under the mask. He later tells Karen that he never wanted to shoot her when he was chasing down Grotto, whom she was protecting at the time, because he only goes after criminals who deserve it. In addition, he has a bit of extra hatred for anyone who'd deal in (or presumably make or read, etc.) child pornography. After buying supplies from an arms dealer, the dealer offers him child porn. He responds by killing the guy with a baseball bat.
* FallenHero: Frank was a former war hero and family man before they were all killed. Now he's an extremely dangerous vigilante that is far more feared than respected.
* GoneHorriblyRight: By taking down Wilson Fisk and his criminal empire, Matt wanted to prove to others that they could stand up to crime. He succeeded.
-->'''Karen:''' Maybe we created him, all of us. We never stopped to think that Daredevil's actions could open the door for men like this.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Frank is a trained military man, but his fights with Daredevil show the differences in their styles. While Matt is flipping around and pulling off acrobatic martial arts, Frank prefers to throw hard punches and slams, using the bare minimum of movements to conserve energy but produce an effective amount of damage to his opponent.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: With Matt being ALighterShadeOfGrey. While both are obviously incredibly flawed individuals, his approach is clearly presented as the morally more dubious one, though he's certainly not without his supporters.
* HeroAntagonist: Serves as one of Matt's main adversaries in Season 2 of ''Daredevil'', despite being an AntiHero who only targets violent criminals, though [[spoiler:the Hand]] serve as the BigBad for Season 2.
* HeroesLoveDogs: He adopts a dog the Irish Mob had been using for fights, [[spoiler:after murdering its previous owners. Finn manages to (apparently) get Frank to confess where he hid some stolen money by threatening to kill it.]]
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Frank knows full well what he is and when Matt asks him what happens the day Frank deserves to die, he freely advises that "they better not miss.". At the same time, while he's completely unapolgetic for what he is, he does admit that there shouldn't be others like him either as he actually talks Matt out of considering doing things Frank's way.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Not to Matt's super-powered level, but put a rifle in the man's hand and if he wants to hit something, he will. He also pulled off what was possibly the first ever warning headshot in fiction.
* IronicNurseryTune: Frank recites the lines from one of his young daughter's books called "One Batch, Two Batch" as he murders several criminals with a sniper rifle. It's implied he took the phrase to Afghanistan too.
-->'''Punisher''': One batch, two batch. Penny and dime. *BLAM*
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: When dealing with people who don't know who he is and are not criminals, he can be downright amiable. For example, see the Vietnam-veteran Marine in "New York's Finest". There's also all of his interactions with Karen.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While he's brutal and at times rude, he isn't wrong about how his trauma and [[WarIsHell experiences]] differ from [[TheCowl Daredevil's]]. Daredevil has a SecretIdentity and can hide behind a mask to deflect criticism and blame onto his other self in theory, while for soldiers like Frank was, it is him, not a false face identity, that is hurting people, forcing him to live with his actions every day.
** He also has a point about his methods. It's a simple fact that criminals who aren't breathing won't be making any more victims. Karen herself even acknowledges that right or wrong, his methods often ''do'' work.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: The Neo-Nazi clerk who was trying to sell to sell him child pornography had it coming.
* KnightOfCerebus: While Daredevil was already dark and gritty, the arrival of the Punisher makes the show even more darker and Castle's ramifications causes some of Matt Murdock's worse turmoil, [[spoiler:leading to Nelson & Murdock to shut down, and Matt progressively shunning off his friends away from him.]]
* LightningBruiser: Matt found him surprisingly fast, [[spoiler:and knocked Matt on his ass after one good punch.]]
* MadeOfIron: Frank gets the crap kicked out of him a ''lot'' but it never stops him. He's able to keep fighting even after he's been tortured with a drill. On the same note, he's an interesting case of DentedIron, as he's shown to visibly show all his wounds and bruises days later.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: With a name like "The Punisher", it's easy to understand that he's very dangerous.
* MustHaveCaffeine: Frank loves to down cup after cup of black coffee and carries a thermos when out on patrol.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Played with; in an early episode of Season 2 he has to buy equipment from a crooked pawn shop owner, and even though he had no intention of killing him ([[BerserkButton before the idiot offered him child porn]]), he was extremely taciturn and abrupt. In contrast, when in a diner in a later episode, he is courteous and amiable to the waitress. Presumably, he is willing to be nice to people with honest jobs, and just barely tolerates the borderline criminals.
* TheNicknamer: He refers to Daredevil as "Red".
* NotSoDifferent:
** Frank tells Matt that for all his ThouShaltNotKill morals, he really is "one bad day" from becoming a true VigilanteMan like Frank who murders criminals rather than beating them to a pulp.
** It takes a while, but Matt acknowledges that he and Castle's definitions of justice are closer to each others then that of the police. [[spoiler:Which is why he ultimately gives Mahoney the credit for catching him.]]
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: According to Marvel TV head Creator/JephLoeb "Castle's appearance will bring dramatic changes to the world of Matt Murdock and nothing will be the same."
* NotMeThisTime: [[spoiler:The murders that happen after he escapes prison are in fact the work of the Blacksmith's assassins.]]
* OneManArmy: Over the course of ''Daredevil'' season 2, Frank single handedly kills several dozen deadly criminals. Sergeant Mahoney even confuses Frank's actions for the work of an entire ''gang'', with "knowledge and hardware to take out half the city." Also gets lampshaded in "Bang".
-->'''Daredevil:''' Tell me. Tell me who they are..\\
'''Cartel Member:''' No "they". ''Him''. It's ''one man''.
** It's revealed later in court that during his time in Afghanistan, Frank killed 32 Taliban fighters all by himself when securing an LZ for his unit.
** [[spoiler:Before the trial, Foggy and Karen are weeding through Frank's charges. He has 37 confirmed kills!]]
** After analysis, his on-screen kill count has been confirmed as ''at least'' [[https://reddit.com/r/thepunisher/comments/4c3z4i/i_have_a_final_kill_count_tally_for_bernthals/ 98 people]]. For comparison, WordOfGod is that 74 people were killed in the Chitauri invasion of Earth. Frank Castle is more deadly that an entire alien army.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: The most tragic moment in his life that jump started his career as the Punisher was losing his family (a wife, a son, a daughter) in a mob hit. He loved his family and seemed to be especially close to his daughter.
* ParentalFavoritism: He clearly was more attached to his daughter. Not to say that he didn't love his son, but it's easy to tell which child he was closer to.
* PartingWordsRegret: One of Castle's last moments with his late daughter before her death was when he refused to read her a storybook. He had no idea this would be the last chance he ever had to do this.
* PetTheDog:
** Aside from him being genuinely nice when interacting with Karen, Frank seems to have retained strong sympathy and respect for other war veterans. When meeting with a Vietnam veteran on a roof, he displays genuine camaraderie toward the old man, and he refuses to use a PTSD defense during his trial because he feels it would be insulting to people actually suffering it. And then there is of course his literal dog-petting as he genuinely cares for the dog he saved from the Irish mob.
** In ''.380'', [[spoiler:he actually refuses to accept Daredevil's help, even after Daredevil suggested that just once, he's do things Castle's way, saying that there would be no going back if Daredevil did so. Despite his dim view of a no-kill rule, he seems to have come to respect Daredevil holding himself to it]].
* RaisedCatholic: Frank was at one point Catholic. [[NotSoDifferent Another thing he has in common with Daredevil.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When Daredevil asks why he kills all his targets: "'Cause I think you're a half-measure. I think you're a man who can't finish the job. I think that you're a ''coward''."
* RevengeBeforeReason: Frank will do anything and everything to avenge his family.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Frank is intent on killing the members of every last organized crime group in Hell's Kitchen as retaliation for the murder of his family.
* SadisticChoice: [[ComicBook/WelcomeBackFrank Just like in the comic the scene was based off of]], Frank is out to snipe a former criminal named Grotto. Daredevil attempts to stop him, insisting that Grotto deserves a second chance at rebuilding his life. Castle manages to incapacitate Daredevil and bind him up with a gun with one bullet in his hands pointed at Castle's own head. Castle then has Grotto at gun point after Grotto admits to Daredevil all the people he killed, including an elderly lady and Frank is set to kill Grotto. Meaning that the only way Daredevil could stop Frank Castle's vigilante justice would be to violate his own ideals by fatally shooting Frank himself or let Grotto die. Daredevil [[spoiler: chooses to pull the trigger, at his own chain, freeing him. But it's too late as Castle had already shot Grotto in the stomach]].
* SecretKeeper: Heavily implied to know Matt is Daredevil when he meets Matt Murdock. He also probably [[spoiler:got a good look at him in the Season 2 finale]].
* SemperFi: Like in the comics, he's a retired Marine. This explains all his military gear and tactical training. We later learn that Castle was considered a badass even among his fellow marines, wiping out an enemy ambush at a landing zone [[OneManArmy single-handedly]].
* SettingUpdate: Details of his military career are adapted from the ''[[ThePunisherMAX Born]]'' miniseries but now take place in the War on Terror.
* ShadowArchetype: As in the comics, the Punisher is portrayed as a darker version of Daredevil: a low-powered vigilante who lost his family, but who readily kills in contrast to Daredevil's vow not to.
-->'''Frank:''' You know you're one bad day away from being me.
* ShellShockedVeteran: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] by the man himself, and in detail. Frank says that he "never had a problem" with killing, in combat or otherwise. When Karen tries to suggest using PTSD as a defense, he promptly clarifies for her that whatever happened to him psychologically, his tours in the Middle East had nothing to do with it - he knows men that ''did'' crack, has nothing but sympathy for them, and refuses to cheapen their sacrifices by claiming PTSD when it is explicitly not true;
--> '''Frank:''' It wasn't on a battlefield. That's not where my life went to shit.
** This is possibly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] by his speech to Daredevil about how can't claim that him hurting people and outright killing him separates him from Daredevil, in that he can't hide behind a SecretIdentity when he does those things, and that it has changed him right down to his soul. Also, there's [[spoiler:the unexplained incident that occurred between Castle and Schoonover in Kandahar during his service]] that has apparently helped shape him into the man he is today, indicating that Frank may indeed be suffering from some lingering trauma that he's in denial about.
* ShipperOnDeck: He, of all people, ships [=Matt-Karen=]. When Karen bitterly says that she's hurt by Matt's behavior, Frank points out that the only reason why she feels so strongly is because she trusted Matt enough to open herself up to such emotions and that her anger is a sign that she truly loves Matt. Frank goes on to explain that he and his wife were like that and that she would drive him crazy and he'd give anything to be able to feel that frustration again.
* SirSwearsALot: To the point that [[spoiler: the judge]] tells him to watch his language [[spoiler: when he testifies in his own case.]] He also drops the only PrecisionFStrike in the second season.
* SociopathicHero: He's a vigilante like Daredevil, but some of Punisher's methods are a lot less friendly than just a bullet in the head.
-->'''Daredevil:''' You left men hanging from meat hooks. \\
'''Frank:''' They got off easy in my opinion.
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Foggy and Matt's first plan to reduce his sentence through a plea deal is dependent on him pleading guilty. He pretends to agree, then pleads not guilty, sending his case to court. Then, their plan to win his case in court is dependent on proving that he is suffering from Extreme Emotional Disturbance. He destroys his own defense and gets himself indicted by a mad outburst about how he likes killing criminals. Of course, this may have had something to do with him receiving AnOfferYouCantRefuse from inside prison.]]
* SurvivalMantra: "One Batch, Two Batch, Penny and Dime", a phrase taken from a book he used to read to his daughter that he says to calm his nerves before gunning down thugs.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Like their relationship in the comics, the times he works with Daredevil tends to be this due to their conflicting ideologies and fighting styles, with Matt occasionally trying to disarm Frank. The two do eventually come to respect one another to an extent.
* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:Tells Karen that he's 'already dead' before he kills The Blacksmith. And at the end of season two, he burns down his family home, destroying every last piece of his old life and embracing his Punisher persona completely.]]
* TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain: Got shot in the head at point blank range and survived. Downplayed, because the injury put him in a coma and when he was taken off life support he died. While he was able to come back from it after a minute, a doctor confirms that the bullet caused brain damage that keeps him in a permanent state of emotional volatility.
* TooKinkyToTorture: He outright ''incites'' Finn to go ahead and torture him with a power drill already instead of just talking about it. He only reveals the information after his dog is threatened.
* TranquilFury: This seems to be Frank's ''default state of mind'', after the damage done to his brain from a point-blank gunshot. Upon learning that the clerk he's buying weapons from is selling child pornography, his response is to calmly turn the "open" sign to "closed", grab a baseball bat, and beat the man to death.
* TheUnfettered: Frank dismisses Matt's self-imposed [[ThouShaltNotKill rule against killing]] as cowardice and a half-measure at best. He refuses to let such cheap morality get in the way of his crusade against crime.
* VigilanteMan: He hunts and murders criminals, with little regard for the law.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: His goal is to stop crime by killing the people who perpetuate it.
* WouldHitAGirl: Just like the comics, being female offers you no protection, a woman can be seen in the pictures Karen has of Franks victims.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Say what you will about Frank's morality, he doesn't like kids getting hurt. [[spoiler:The Pawnshop owner should've watched his words when [[TooDumbToLive he admitted having child pornography at Frank's earshot]].]] Makes a lot of sense since he [[PapaWolf was a father himself at one point before he]] [[OutlivingOnesOffspring lost his son and daughter.]]
* WouldNotShootACivilian: He never goes after non-criminals. Even when fighting Daredevil and shooting him in the head, he makes sure to hit his armor so as to make it a warning shot instead of a kill shot. However, the protagonists worry about what will happen when he breaks this code, and he has a fairly liberal definition of "criminal" that extends to those who are hospitalized and attempting to reform.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: In his first two fights with Daredevil and in the prison fight, we see him employ several take-downs such as choke slams and suplexes.
* YouRemindMeOfX: It's nonverbally implied this is the reason why Frank is so connected to Karen of all people. As she shares similar features to Castle's deceased wife.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Elektra Natchios]]
!![[ComicBook/{{Elektra}} Elektra Natchios]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/natchios_elektra.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"Hello, Matthew."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ElodieYung, Lily Chee (young)
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}''

->''"The battle has begun Matthew. There's nothing we can do now but fight."''

Matt's old flame from college, who also happens to be a Greek assassin hunting members of a criminal organization known as "the Hand".
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* AdaptationalModesty: Elektra's outfit has pants and some more covering on the torso, in contrast to the leotard/bathing suit-type costume she usually wears in the comics.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: She wasn't well liked by the other initiates of the Chaste. [[spoiler:Because she was the Black Sky, and they knew it.]]
* AntiHero: She's an assassin, but is hunting members of a criminal organization that doesn't care if they destroy entire cities.
* ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler:She's the Black Sky that the Hand have been hunting down for years.]]
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:She dated Matt in college on Stick's orders, with the intention of drawing him back into the fold in the war against the Hand, but instead fell in love with him.]]
* BerserkerRage: When in fights she gets more and more angry until she's just an unstoppable killing machine. [[spoiler:Revealed to be a side effect of being the Black Sky.]]
* BigEater: We see her constantly eating and drinking. When she and Matt meet up at a diner, she has an entire plate of food, pie, coffee, and a glass of water. When Matt takes away her pie, she has a moment of actual anger.
* ChildSoldiers: [[spoiler:Her role as the Black Sky would have been a child soldier turned human killing machine. Even both The Hand and The Chaste took interested into her when she was a little girl, training her to become that weapon. Only Stick didn't see it that way and [[GiveHimANormalLife gave her a good life]].]]
* TheCorrupter: While Matt was in college she tried to make him a killer by presenting him with the man who ordered his father's death. [[spoiler:On Stick's orders, it turns out.]]
* CostumeEvolution: A minor version. When things get serious, Daredevil has her visit Melvin Potter for an upgrade from her assassin wear.
* DarkActionGirl: She's seen beating up dozens of criminals, leaping off rooftops, and generally going toe-to-toe physically with a highly trained vigilante like Matt.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DidYouActuallyBelieve: In season 2, she reveals to Matt that Nobu's group, the Hand, never left New York. They just froze their operations and waited for Matt to take out the competition.
* DualWielding: Her weapons of choice are a pair of sais.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Referenced via flashback in "Nelson v. Murdock" as that "Greek chick" Matt dated in college. In season two we see some of their college dating life.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The color scheme of her outfit (black with red highlights) is very similar to the Hand ninjas outfits in season 2.]]
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Elektra seems very... ''excited'' by Matt's beatdown on Roscoe Sweeney after the man taunts him about killing Matt's father.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:By Nobu, leading to her death.]]
* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler: It is ultimately Matt's love that convinces her to go against the Hand instead of joining them.]]
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: She was a very dark version of this for Matt in college, and still is to a degree.
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: She wears black clothing with touches of red, rather than her completely red comics getup, when doing assassination work.
* MsFanservice: Basically any time she's in her costume counts, not to mention the flashback scene in which she's dressed in formfitting black and the scene in which she's wearing a red silk dressing gown - and then proceeds to get changed.
* MythologyGag: Kills an assassin sent to kill her with his own sais, referencing her own death in the comics. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, she takes his sais for herself, and her comics fate comes to pass.]] Her traditional comic outfit gets one in the form of a red dress she wears while infiltrating a Yakuza party. It's not the exact same as her classic Hand outfit, but it's close, and the resemblance is punctuated when she intentionally rips the side of it to move more easily, mirroring the open sides her comic outfit has.
* {{Omniglot}}: She's fluent in Greek, English, Japanese and French. She also took Spanish classes at Columbia University.
* ProfessionalKiller: She works as an assassin, killing the enemies of [[spoiler:Stick's]] organization.
* RaceLift: Élodie Yung is French-Cambodian, but Elektra's characterization firmly establishes her as being Greek. [[spoiler:In this continuity, Elektra was an Asian child who was adopted by Ambassador Natchios and his wife, so she's only Greek by adoption]].
* RichBitch: How Matt sees her at first.
* SafetyInIndifference: She acts pretty nonchalant about everything, and working with Matt seems to be more of a game then anything else. But as we learn more about her it comes increasingly obvious this is [[StepfordSmiler just a mask]] she uses to prevent herself from being hurt. She genuinely loves Matt but knows he could never love the real her, and also like Matt, Stick managed to give her some abandonment issues.
* SaiGuy: Her weapon of choice are a pair of three pronged daggers, as in the comics.
* SociopathicHero: She's willing to refrain from killing for Matt's sake, but it's made clear she quite enjoys killing. [[spoiler:This is the first clue that she is the Black Sky, and she was like this even while being trained.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Matt helps her fight bad guys, but he isn't happy about it due to their past and her attitude toward life.
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:She's actually a Black Sky child who Stick abducted and tried to raise on the side of good.]]
* TheUnfettered: She has no problem with killing, unlike Matt, and in fact is willing to kill him too if he gets in the way of her mission.
* WeaponOfChoice: Later in Season 2, she takes a liking to DualWielding a pair of Sais she takes off a rival assassin.
* WorkingWithTheEx: She teams up with Matt to fight the Hand, despite the two of them having dated and then broken up while in college.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: [[spoiler:Matt seems to be the only one who thinks this, and in the end it's his belief in her that keeps her from joining the Hand after being revealed as the Black Sky.]]
* YouAreWorthHell: [[spoiler:Elektra notes that even if they defeat Nobu, the Hand will keep coming after her. Matt decides that if Elektra is going to spend the rest of her life on the run, he'll go with her, because despite his love for New York, Elektra is the only one who can understand Matt and his world. It doesn't work out that way.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Misty Knight]]
!! [[ComicBook/HeroesForHire Mercedes "Misty" Knight]]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Simone Missick\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Series/LukeCage2016''

A tough-as-nails New York City police officer who --in the comics, anyway-- sports a cybernetic arm.

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* AfroAsskicker: Marvel's pre-eminent example, especially since Luke Cage doesn't have one in the MCU.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Colleen Wing]]
!!''Colleen Wing''
->'''Portrayed By''': Jessica Henwick
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/IronFist''

A martial arts expert running her own dojo, Colleen will serve as an invaluable ally to Danny Rand as he returns to his life in New York.
----
* ActionGirl: Comes with being a martial arts expert.
[[/folder]]

!The Chaste

[[folder:Stick]]
!!Stick
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ScottGlenn
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}''
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b6cc8463a0fd39ff2b0c1f4ba4026866.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"You know what they call stuff like that? Gifts. The special kind. The kind that very few people have. Or deserve."'']]

->''"You gonna spend your life crying and rocking yourself to sleep at night? Or are you gonna dig deep and find out what it takes to reshuffle those cards life dealt you?"''

A blind man who trained a young Matt Murdock to fight after realizing the boy has SuperSenses.
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* AffectionateNickname: As much as an asshole that he is, Stick does care a great deal about Matt and Elektra and calls the both of them, Matty and Ellie respectfully.
* BadassBaritone: A superb fighter and assassin with a deep voice.
* BadassGrandpa: Said by his actor to be in his late 90s but still has the strength of a man in his 20s.
* BadassNormal: A master fighter in a world of superhumans. He doesn't even have the chemicals that enhanced Matt's other senses but he's still taking Matt to school in the main narrative. And according to him, [[spoiler:he was killing immortal Hand ninja as a child while armed with nothing but a knife and pure rage.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Between abandoning him and his contrasting world view it'd be an understatement to say Matt no longer looks up to him.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: His own incredible physical abilities and those he passed on to Matt were entirely gained through training. [[spoiler:And he's been killing the Hand since he was a child.]]
* ChildSoldiers: Every trope that applies to Sticks interactions with Matt, applies to Elektra as well. Matt even accuses Stick as being a CultLeader that picks up lost and hurt children to train them in his made up war.
* CrypticConversation: Much to Matt's annoyance, Stick can never seem to be clear when he talks about the "oncoming war".
* CynicalMentor: He is upfront in letting his student know that the world is unfair and dangerous, and certainly doesn't mollycoddle Matt despite his youth.
* DeadpanSnarker: Oh yes.
---> '''Young!Matt:'''(''Sensing a woman on a date'') Her skin's too hot, Her heart's beating fast. Is she sick?\\
'''Stick:''' Worse. She's in love.
* {{Determinator}}: The other thing Stick shares with Matt, after teaching Murdock to use his SuperSenses. After Matt stops him from killing the Black Sky, Stick tracks the boy down and finishes the job off screen. ''An ancient blind man with a bow and arrow manages to catch up with a caravan of automobiles on foot and assassinates a human weapon being guarded by half a dozen yakuza with machine guns.'' Then he escapes without a scratch.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Maiming, coldly threatening and subsequently beheading a Yakuza boss all while complaining he's [[TheSpartanWay a disgrace for his weakness]]. That's how we first meet Stick.
* GracefulLoser: Once Matt manages to inflict a significant amount of damage on him, he backs down and grins, commenting maybe Matt isn't entirely lost yet.
* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:After being captured by the Hand members, he is tortured by having little bamboo sticks being shoved under his fingernails.]]
* HandicappedBadass: He is blind, and unlike Matt he was born that way, using it to show him there are some people less lucky than him.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He's been traveling the world killing bad guys linked to some mysterious plot involving the Black Sky.
* HyperAwareness: He has the same degree of awareness as Matt only without Matt's SuperSenses.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: A blind archer is going to have these by default, and it's best displayed when he ricochets a bottle cap around the room and into the bin. He's also incredibly capable with a crossbow while in a moving car.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Strongly believes in averting this trope, and teaches Matt to do the same.
* {{Jerkass}}: He is really not a nice person, and even Matt can barely stand him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Broke off training with Matt when Matt gave him a bracelet he made, showing that Matt was growing too attached. When he turned up 20 years later, he and Matt got into a fight and trashed Matt's apartment. [[spoiler:After Stick left, Matt found the bracelet in the wreckage, showing that Stick had carried the bracelet around for all those years and that the feeling was mutual after all. He also seemed to sound impressed with the whole fight before leaving.]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter: His EstablishingCharacterMoment has him cleanly cutting off a man's hand and head with his katana.
* KnightInSourArmor: You will not find a savior with less faith in humanity than Stick.
* KnightTemplar: He's dedicated to a his own cause on behalf of an order, with talk of an upcoming ominous war and the need for soldiers.
* McNinja: A caucasian martial arts expert and stealthy assassin
* MentorArchetype: A grizzled fighter who trains Matt from a young age to use his gifts.
* NoNameGiven: Everyone just calls him "Stick", even the show credits.
* OlderThanTheyLook: According to Creator/ScottGlenn, Stick is in his late 90s yet has the strength and physicality of a twenty two year old.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Just call me...Stick," he says when he talks with Matt. And true to his words, everyone does.
* TheOrder: Stick belongs to the Chaste, an order of warriors dedicated to stop the Hand and had waged a long war against them.
* PapaWolf: While he has a bad way of showing it, he is extremely protective of both Matt and Elektra. [[spoiler: When a Chaste member realizes what Elektra is and says she needs to be killed, Stick kills him instead.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Unwittingly becomes one to Matt. When he finds out about this, he leaves because it interferes with his spartan method of teachings. [[spoiler:He was also one to Elektra too, only much nicer to her than he was to Matt.]]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Stick displayed some genuinely fatherly affection towards Elektra when she was a child. He was the only one among the Chaste to show her kindness, while everyone else feared and was repulsed by her due to Elektra being a Black Sky. After she killed one of the students in self-defense when he tried to kill her, the Chaste sentences her to die and Stick saves her by delivering her to a wealthy Greek couple to keep her safe.]]
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: It's entirely possible that he was always an asshole and just happened to eventually become a senior. Either way, he's full of vicious insults, cynicism and obscenities.
* ShadowArchetype: By the end of his self-titled episode, it's clear that he's what Matt is afraid of becoming; a pure soldier with no trace of humanity.
* SherlockScan: Best demonstrated when he deduces the contents of an ice cream right down to how many different dairies the milk came from and the habits of the guy who sold it to them, and he teaches Matt to do the same.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: He doesn't go easy on Matt - what we see of his training it could qualify as TrainingFromHell. To his credit, Matt adapts quickly to his style.
* SirSwearsALot: A significant number of his lines contain the word "shit" or "asshole" in some way.
* TheSpartanWay: He's a believer in this, and even stopped training Matt when the kid started looking at him as more than a combat instructor. He even mentions the Spartans when criticizing Matt's current life.
* SoProudOfYou: In Season 2, he tells this to Matt after [[spoiler:learning how to detect the Hand ninjas with their breathing and managing to save him just in time.]]
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: He employs a bow and arrow when he needs to kill someone from a distance.
* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:By the end of Season 2, his relationship with Matt improved after working together to bring down the Hand in New York.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He's every bit the remorseless killer for his cause that Matt isn't.
* WouldHurtAChild: Indeed, he would. In fact, he would kill one.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Stone]]
!!Stone
->'''Portrayed By:''' Jasson Finney, Creator/DavidSobolov (voice)
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}''

Another member of the Chaste, working with Stick.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Is traditionally Stick's second-in-command in the comics, but his single appearance implies him being senior in this incarnation.
* BadassBaritone: Due to being voiced by David Sobolov, whose voice is deep enough to voice [[Series/TheFlash2014 talking gorillas]].
* CoveredInScars: His back is covered in lots of scars.
* TheUnreveal: His face is never shown onscreen.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Star]]
!!Star
->'''Portrayed By:''' Laurence Mason
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}''

A member of the Chaste who helped Stick oversee Elektra's training.
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* CommanderContrarian: Calls Stick out for enlisting Elektra, [[spoiler:a Black Sky]].
* RaceLift: In the comics, he's either Asian or white (his face is never shown).
* ScaryBlackMan: He's a large black man and a member of the Chaste.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Stick [[spoiler:kills him to protect Elektra]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jacques Duchamps]]
!!Jacques Duchamps
->'''Portrayed By:''' Gilles Marini
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}''

An agent of the Chaste sent to kill Elektra after she goes rogue.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: Fights Elektra in a suit.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Killed with his own sais.
* RaceNameBasis: Other Chaste members call him the Frenchman.
* SaiGuy: Uses them against Elektra, who takes them after she kills him.
[[/folder]]
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Élodie Yung, Lily Chee (young)

* AdaptationalHeroism: He is generally more polite and friendly than most of his usual depictions, not to mention more noble. Compared to the antihero-bordering on villain who's tried to kill retired thieves and drug addicts, this Punisher's practically a saint. ...and that's not even getting into the [[Characters/ThePunisherMAX MAX (Earth-200111) version of him]].

* DiscOneFinalBoss: He was hyped as the main antagonist of the season but serves as the main antagonist [[spoiler:just for the first six episodes. Afterward the Blacksmith and the Hand take over as the main antagonists.]]

* EveryoneHasStandards: Frank has no interest in killing Matt, even when he has the Devil of Hell's Kitchen at his mercy, as even after all the people he has killed, he only cares about targeting gang members. He also doesn't unmask him despite having him at his mercy since he doesn't care who he is under the mask. He later tells Karen that he never wanted to shoot her when he was chasing down Grotto, whom she was protecting at the time, because he only goes after criminals who deserve it. In addition, he has a bit of extra hatred for anyone who'd deal in(or presumably make or read, etc.) child pornography. After buying supplies from an arms dealer, the dealer offers him child porn. He responds by killing the guy with a baseball bat.

* MadeOfIron: Frank gets the crap kicked out of him a ''lot'' but it never stops him. He's able to keep fighting even after he's been tortured with a drill.
** On the same note, he's an interesting case of DentedIron, as he's shown to visibly show all his wounds and bruises days later.

** [[spoiler: Before The Trial, Foggy and Karen are weeding through Frank's charges. He has 37 confirmed kills!]]

* PetTheDog: Aside from him being genuinely nice when interacting with Karen, Frank seems to have retained strong sympathy and respect for other war veterans. When meeting with a Vietnam veteran on a roof, he displays genuine camaraderie toward the old man, and he refuses to use a PTSD defense during his trial because he feels it would be insulting to people actually suffering it. And then there is of course his literal dog-petting as he genuinely cares for the dog he saved from the Irish mob.
** In ''.380'', [[spoiler:he actually refuses to accept Daredevil's help, even after Daredevil suggested that just once, he's do things Castle's way, saying that there would be no going back if Daredevil did so. Despite his dim view of a no-kill rule, he seems to have come to respect Daredevil holding himself to it.]]

* SadisticChoice: [[ComicBook/WelcomeBackFrank Just like in the comic this scene was based off of,]] Frank is out to snipe a former criminal named Grotto. Daredevil attempts to stop him, insisting that Grotto deserves a second chance at rebuilding his life. Castle manages to incapacitate Daredevil and bind him up with a gun with one bullet in his hands pointed at Castle's own head. Castle then has Grotto at gun point after Grotto admits to Daredevil all the people he killed, including an elderly lady and Frank is set to kill Grotto. Meaning that the only way Daredevil could stop Frank Castle's vigilante justice would be to violate his own ideals by fatally shooting Frank himself or let Grotto die. Daredevil [[spoiler: chooses to pull the trigger, at his own chain, freeing him. But it's too late as Castle had already shot Grotto in the stomach]].
* SecretKeeper: Heavily implied to know Matt is Daredevil when he meets Matt Murdock. He also probably [[spoiler: got a good look at him in the season 2 finale]].

* TranquilFury: Upon learning that the clerk he's buying weapons from is selling child pornography, his response is to calmly turn the "open" sign to "closed", grab a baseball bat, and beat the man to death.
** Related to the previous trope, this seems to be Frank's ''default state of mind'', after the damage done to his brain from a point-blank gunshot.

* BadassBaritone: Due to being voiced by David Sobolov, whose voice is deep enough to voice [[Series/TheFlash talking gorillas]].

->'''Appearances''': ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'' | ''Series/IronFist'' | ''The Defenders''

* CuteBruiser: Because she has SuperStrength, she can pack a mean punch and toss guys twice her size.

[[folder:Frank Castle / The Punisher]]
!!Frank Castle / ComicBook/ThePunisher
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/castle_frank.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"One batch. Two batch. Penny and dime."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JonBernthal
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'' | ''The Punisher''

->''"Well, loss doesn't work the same way for everybody, Red. We don't get to pick the things that fix us, Red. Make us whole. Make us feel purpose. My moment of clarity? It came from the strangest of places."''

After his wife, son and daughter were killed in a shootout between rival gangs, retired marine captain Frank Castle decides to wage a lethal one man war on crime.

!The Chaste

[[folder:Stick]]
!!Stick
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ScottGlenn
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}''
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b6cc8463a0fd39ff2b0c1f4ba4026866.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"You know what they call stuff like that? Gifts. The special kind. The kind that very few people have. Or deserve."'']]

->''"You gonna spend your life crying and rocking yourself to sleep at night? Or are you gonna dig deep and find out what it takes to reshuffle those cards life dealt you?"''

A blind man who trained a young Matt Murdock to fight after realizing the boy has SuperSenses.

!The Chaste

[[folder:Stick]]
!!Stick
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ScottGlenn
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}''
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b6cc8463a0fd39ff2b0c1f4ba4026866.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"You know what they call stuff like that? Gifts. The special kind. The kind that very few people have. Or deserve."'']]

->''"You gonna spend your life crying and rocking yourself to sleep at night? Or are you gonna dig deep and find out what it takes to reshuffle those cards life dealt you?"''

A blind man who trained a young Matt Murdock to fight after realizing the boy has SuperSenses.

* AffectionateNickname: As much as an asshole that he is, Stick does care a great deal about Matt and Elektra and calls the both of them, Matty and Ellie respectfully.
* BadassBaritone: A superb fighter and assassin with a deep voice.
* BadassGrandpa: Said by his actor to be in his late 90s but still has the strength of a man in his 20s.
* BadassNormal: A master fighter in a world of superhumans. He doesn't even have the chemicals that enhanced Matt's other senses but he's still taking Matt to school in the main narrative. And according to him, [[spoiler:he was killing immortal Hand ninja as a child while armed with nothing but a knife and pure rage.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Between abandoning him and his contrasting world view it'd be an understatement to say Matt no longer looks up to him.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: His own incredible physical abilities and those he passed on to Matt were entirely gained through training. [[spoiler:And he's been killing the Hand since he was a child.]]
* ChildSoldiers: Every trope that applies to Sticks interactions with Matt, applies to Elektra as well. Matt even accuses Stick as being a CultLeader that picks up lost and hurt children to train them in his made up war.
* CrypticConversation: Much to Matt's annoyance, Stick can never seem to be clear when he talks about the "oncoming war".
* CynicalMentor: He is upfront in letting his student know that the world is unfair and dangerous, and certainly doesn't mollycoddle Matt despite his youth.
* DeadpanSnarker: Oh yes.
---> '''Young!Matt:'''(''Sensing a woman on a date'') Her skin's too hot, Her heart's beating fast. Is she sick?\\
'''Stick:''' Worse. She's in love.
* {{Determinator}}: The other thing Stick shares with Matt, after teaching Murdock to use his SuperSenses. After Matt stops him from killing the Black Sky, Stick tracks the boy down and finishes the job off screen. ''An ancient blind man with a bow and arrow manages to catch up with a caravan of automobiles on foot and assassinates a human weapon being guarded by half a dozen yakuza with machine guns.'' Then he escapes without a scratch.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Maiming, coldly threatening and subsequently beheading a Yakuza boss all while complaining he's [[TheSpartanWay a disgrace for his weakness]]. That's how we first meet Stick.
* GracefulLoser: Once Matt manages to inflict a significant amount of damage on him, he backs down and grins, commenting maybe Matt isn't entirely lost yet.
* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:After being captured by the Hand members, he is tortured by having little bamboo sticks being shoved under his fingernails.]]
* HandicappedBadass: He is blind, and unlike Matt he was born that way, using it to show him there are some people less lucky than him.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He's been traveling the world killing bad guys linked to some mysterious plot involving the Black Sky.
* HyperAwareness: He has the same degree of awareness as Matt only without Matt's SuperSenses.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: A blind archer is going to have these by default, and it's best displayed when he ricochets a bottle cap around the room and into the bin. He's also incredibly capable with a crossbow while in a moving car.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Strongly believes in averting this trope, and teaches Matt to do the same.
* {{Jerkass}}: He is really not a nice person, and even Matt can barely stand him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Broke off training with Matt when Matt gave him a bracelet he made, showing that Matt was growing too attached. When he turned up 20 years later, he and Matt got into a fight and trashed Matt's apartment. [[spoiler:After Stick left, Matt found the bracelet in the wreckage, showing that Stick had carried the bracelet around for all those years and that the feeling was mutual after all. He also seemed to sound impressed with the whole fight before leaving.]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter: His EstablishingCharacterMoment has him cleanly cutting off a man's hand and head with his katana.
* KnightInSourArmor: You will not find a savior with less faith in humanity than Stick.
* KnightTemplar: He's dedicated to a his own cause on behalf of an order, with talk of an upcoming ominous war and the need for soldiers.
* McNinja: A caucasian martial arts expert and stealthy assassin
* MentorArchetype: A grizzled fighter who trains Matt from a young age to use his gifts.
* NoNameGiven: Everyone just calls him "Stick", even the show credits.
* OlderThanTheyLook: According to Creator/ScottGlenn, Stick is in his late 90s yet has the strength and physicality of a twenty two year old.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Just call me...Stick," he says when he talks with Matt. And true to his words, everyone does.
* TheOrder: Stick belongs to the Chaste, an order of warriors dedicated to stop the Hand and had waged a long war against them.
* PapaWolf: While he has a bad way of showing it, he is extremely protective of both Matt and Elektra. [[spoiler: When a Chaste member realizes what Elektra is and says she needs to be killed, Stick kills him instead.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Unwittingly becomes one to Matt. When he finds out about this, he leaves because it interferes with his spartan method of teachings. [[spoiler:He was also one to Elektra too, only much nicer to her than he was to Matt.]]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Stick displayed some genuinely fatherly affection towards Elektra when she was a child. He was the only one among the Chaste to show her kindness, while everyone else feared and was repulsed by her due to Elektra being a Black Sky. After she killed one of the students in self-defense when he tried to kill her, the Chaste sentences her to die and Stick saves her by delivering her to a wealthy Greek couple to keep her safe.]]
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: It's entirely possible that he was always an asshole and just happened to eventually become a senior. Either way, he's full of vicious insults, cynicism and obscenities.
* ShadowArchetype: By the end of his self-titled episode, it's clear that he's what Matt is afraid of becoming; a pure soldier with no trace of humanity.
* SherlockScan: Best demonstrated when he deduces the contents of an ice cream right down to how many different dairies the milk came from and the habits of the guy who sold it to them, and he teaches Matt to do the same.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: He doesn't go easy on Matt - what we see of his training it could qualify as TrainingFromHell. To his credit, Matt adapts quickly to his style.
* SirSwearsALot: A significant number of his lines contain the word "shit" or "asshole" in some way.
* TheSpartanWay: He's a believer in this, and even stopped training Matt when the kid started looking at him as more than a combat instructor. He even mentions the Spartans when criticizing Matt's current life.
* SoProudOfYou: In Season 2, he tells this to Matt after [[spoiler:learning how to detect the Hand ninjas with their breathing and managing to save him just in time.]]
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: He employs a bow and arrow when he needs to kill someone from a distance.
* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:By the end of Season 2, his relationship with Matt improved after working together to bring down the Hand in New York.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He's every bit the remorseless killer for his cause that Matt isn't.
* WouldHurtAChild: Indeed, he would. In fact, he would kill one.

[[folder:Stone]]
!!Stone
->'''Portrayed By:''' Jasson Finney, Creator/DavidSobolov (voice)

Another member of the Chaste, working with Stick.

* AdaptationalBadass: Is traditionally Stick's second-in-command in the comics, but his single appearance implies him being senior in this incarnation.
* BadassBaritone: Due to being voiced by David Sobolov, whose voice is deep enough to voice [[Series/TheFlash talking gorillas]].
* CoveredInScars: His back is covered in lots of scars.
* TheUnreveal: His face is never shown onscreen.

[[folder:Star]]
!!Star
->'''Portrayed By:''' Laurence Mason

A member of the Chaste who helped Stick oversee Elektra's training.

* CommanderContrarian: Calls Stick out for enlisting Elektra, [[spoiler:a Black Sky]].
* RaceLift: In the comics, he's either Asian or white (his face is never shown).
* ScaryBlackMan: He's a large black man and a member of the Chaste.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Stick [[spoiler:kills him to protect Elektra]].

[[folder:Jacques Duchamps]]
!!Jacques Duchamps
->'''Portrayed By:''' Gilles Marini

An agent of the Chaste sent to kill Elektra after she goes rogue.

* BadassInANiceSuit: Fights Elektra in a suit.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Killed with his own sais.
* RaceNameBasis: Other Chaste members call him the Frenchman.
* SaiGuy: Uses them against Elektra, who takes them after she kills him.

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