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* ForeignFanservice: She's French, and provides quite a lot of fanservice.
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* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:By the first season finale, her love for Cosima turns her to the clones' side]].
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* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:By HiddenHeartOfGold: [[spoiler: Was only really doing so because her alignment with Topside demanded she make quick, harsh decisions. Her mask of callousness begins to fade in the first season finale, her love for Cosima turns her to the clones' side]].Season 3 finale.]]
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* JerkassFacade: [[spoiler: Was only really doing so because her alignment with Topside demanded she make quick, harsh decisions. Her mask of callousness begins to fade in the Season 3 finale.]]
* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:By the first season finale, her love for Cosima turns her to the clones' side]].
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* TookALevelInJerkass: She became more ruthless and manipulative between Seasons 2 and 3. [[spoiler:It's ultimately revealed to be a JerkassFacade]].
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* TookALevelInJerkass: She became more ruthless and manipulative between Seasons 2 and 3. [[spoiler:It's ultimately revealed to be a JerkassFacade]].[[HiddenHeartOfGold facade]]]].
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* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: She is framed as a mostly heroic fighter against oppression despite being strongly implied to be a former member of the Provisional IRA.
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* MutualKill: [[spoiler:She and Ferdinand shoot each other.]]
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* HighschoolSweethearts: With Alison, although right now they're not very sweet.
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* HighschoolSweethearts: With Alison, although right now they're not very sweet.College sweethearts with Alison [[spoiler: and utterly devoted to her, despite the whole monitor thing]]
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* KarmaHoudini: He has yet to face any negative consequences over [[spoiler: [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace accidentally killing Leekie]]]], and is complicit in [[spoiler: Alison's drug business, not to mention being an accessory to the deaths of Pouchy and his gang. Until Season Four, that is, when he's imprisoned for the drugs]].
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* KarmaHoudini: He has yet to doesn't face any negative consequences over [[spoiler: [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace accidentally killing Leekie]]]], and is being complicit in [[spoiler: Alison's drug business, not to mention being an accessory to the deaths of Pouchy and his gang. gang.]] Until Season Four, that is, when he's [[spoiler: imprisoned for the drugs]].
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* TheMole: Might be this, as the finale reveals [[spoiler:she may have been one of the scientists involved with creating the clones in the first place]]. It later turns out [[spoiler:she might be part of a tangential project involving the clones, "LEDA"]].
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* TheMole: Might be this, as the The first finale reveals [[spoiler:she may have been one of the scientists involved with creating the clones in the first place]]. It later turns out [[spoiler:she might [[spoiler:to be part of a tangential project involving the clones, "LEDA"]].more complicated than that.]].
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felix's skin is far from ivory!
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* RavenHairIvorySkin: A RareMaleExample.
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* DomesticAbuser: Has hit Sarah it the past, though she hits back.
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* DomesticAbuser: DomesticAbuse: Has hit Sarah it the past, though she hits back.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: In line with most people associated with the Real IRA, S follows a particularly brutal kind of code that Sarah describes as "black Irish revenge shit." After Duko kills her mother, she ''does not stop'' until he's dead, no matter the cost. She ''only'' slows down once she knows Sarah's plan will guarantee her an audience with Duko. [[AssholeVictim And boy does she ever get it]].
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: She displays a great understanding of the situation even though the adults try to preserve her innocence. Also see SherlockScan above.
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: She displays a great understanding of the situation even though the adults try to preserve her innocence. Helena actually calls her an "old soul" to Sarah, when advising the latter precisely to share her clone-related worries with Kira. Also see SherlockScan above.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: With Hell Wizard.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: With Scott.
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* DisappearedDad: Their biological father is dead and their mother's LoveInterest is in a LongBusTrip since the end of Season 3.
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* DisappearedDad: Their biological father is dead and their mother's LoveInterest is in on a LongBusTrip since the end of Season 3.
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* MeaningfulName: Helena directly named them from two of her close friends (one of which is technically their uncle).
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* MeaningfulName: Helena directly named them from two of her close friends (one of which whom is technically their uncle).uncle by marriage).
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* WalkingSpoiler: Their entire existence if one hasn't watch the show since the second season.
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* WalkingSpoiler: Their entire existence if one hasn't watch watched the show since the second season.
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* HappilyMarried: Subverted, despite the "childhood sweetheart" premise. As of [=2x09=], though, their relationship seems to be getting better.
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* HappilyMarried: Subverted, despite the "childhood sweetheart" premise. As of [=2x09=], though, their relationship seems to be getting better.Subverted at first then played straight.
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Art Bell was a longtime radio personality in the US, famous for entertaining conspiracy theories on the air.
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* BigLittleBrother: He is Sarah's (adoptive) younger brother and is clearly taller than her. He is also slightly taller than his biological half-sister Adele (he's 5'10, while Sarah and Adele are respectively 5'4 and 5'9).
* BastardBoyfriend: His abusive treatment of Sarah is the reason she ditched him. Vic's obsessiveness to win her back doesn't help his case.
* PutOnABus: Disappears from the series after Season 2.
* MayDecemberRomance: Her mother's dialogue in Season 3 heavily implies that Siobhan [[JailBait was still underage]] when she hooked up with her late husband. [[spoiler:This pissed-off Siobhan's mother so much that ''she killed him''.]]
* WidowWoman: Her husband's long dead by the start of the series. [[spoiler:He was actually killed by Siobhan's mother.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: She is [[spoiler:Sarah and Helena]]'s birth mother.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appeared in two episodes, but [[spoiler:in those episodes she confirmed not only her relationship with the main protagonist, but also the protagonist's relationship with one of the ([[HeelFaceTurn then]]) antagonists that will define most of the series]].
* OffscreenBreakup: WordOfGod says he and Sarah {{amicabl|eExes}}y parted ways between Seasons 4 and 5 due to personal differences, hence Cal's LongBusTrip.
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* HelloAttorney: She's a lawyer and quite attractive.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's a cute and ditzy woman who stands 5'9, the third tallest woman in the series.
* BaitAndSwitch: The first three episodes of the series made him look like an antagonist. He isn't and mellows by the fourth.
* OneSteveLimit: [[spoiler:Helena directly named one of her twin sons after him (the other after Donnie).]]
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* PutOnABus: Disappears in Season 3, and only appears once in a WholeEpisodeFlashback in Season 4.
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* PutOnABus: Disappears in after Season 3, 2, and only appears once in a WholeEpisodeFlashback in Season 4.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:Even after Alison learns about him being her monitor, he does a hell of a job continuing to act like a betrayed husband who's supposedly protecting his kids from their alcoholic mother.]]
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: ObfuscatingStupidity:
** [[spoiler:Even after Alison learns about him being her monitor, he does a hell of a job continuing to act like a betrayed husband who's supposedly protecting his kids from their alcoholic mother.]]
** [[spoiler:Even after Alison learns about him being her monitor, he does a hell of a job continuing to act like a betrayed husband who's supposedly protecting his kids from their alcoholic mother.]]
* OneSteveLimit: [[spoiler:Helena directly named one of her twin sons after him (the other after Art).]]
* BelatedBackstory: [[spoiler:We get a flashback to her friendship with Alison long after her death in Season 5.]]
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* StatuesqueStunner: She's 5'10.
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* StatuesqueStunner: She's 5'10.an attractive woman who stands 5'10, which makes her the tallest woman in the show.
* StupidSexyFlanders: The very openly gay Felix repeatedly gushes over her, especially over her hair.
* IncompatibleOrientation: He had a crush on [[LipstickLesbian Cosima]] and even attempted to flirt with her in Season 1.
* SensualSlavs: PlayedWith. She's a very attractive woman with a Russian surname (and played by a Russian actress) but doesn't use the Slavic accent typically associated with this trope.
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* IconicSequelCharacter: Doesn't appear in the series until Season 2.
* LineOfSightName: Helena thinks his last name is "Towing" due to his cap having the logo of his business.
* LineOfSightName: Helena thinks his last name is "Towing" due to his cap having the logo of his business.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears after Season 3.
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Helena's twin children.
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Their conception is what ultimately cemented Helena's HeelFaceTurn and to her being fully accepted and forgiven by her sestras.
* DisappearedDad: Their biological father is dead and their mother's LoveInterest is in a LongBusTrip since the end of Season 3.
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: PlayedWith. Helena is pregnant with them [[ExtremelyShortTimeSpan since Season 2]], but they are officially introduced after she gives birth in the GrandFinale.
* MeaningfulName: Helena directly named them from two of her close friends (one of which is technically their uncle).
* OneSteveLimit: Share their names with two regular characters.
* OnlyOneName: Much like their mother, they have no surnames.
* WalkingSpoiler: Their entire existence if one hasn't watch the show since the second season.
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Felix's American biological half-sister with the same father, introduced in season four after he decides to find out more about his biological family. Her presence initially introduces some tension between Felix and Sarah, but they get over it.
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Felix's American biological half-sister with the same father, introduced in season four Season Four after he decides to find out more about his biological family. Her presence initially introduces some tension between Felix and Sarah, but they get over it.
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* TheBusCameBack: After leaving in season 4, Adele returns in season 5 after [[spoiler:Mrs. S. recruits her into Clone Club]].
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* TheBusCameBack: After leaving in season Season 4, Adele returns in season Season 5 after [[spoiler:Mrs. S. recruits her into Clone Club]].
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* InternalReveal: [[spoiler: In season 5, Siobhan lets her in on the secret and invites her into Clone Club]].
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* InternalReveal: [[spoiler: In season Season 5, Siobhan lets her in on the secret and invites her into Clone Club]].
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Partially on Felix's advice, she decides to get out of town for awhile at the end of season four after she finds out just how ''weird'' Felix's circumstances are.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Partially on Felix's advice, she decides to get out of town for awhile at the end of season four Season Four after she finds out just how ''weird'' Felix's circumstances are.
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* KarmaHoudini: He has yet to face any negative consequences over [[spoiler: [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace accidentally killing Leekie]]]], and is complicit in [[spoiler: Alison's drug business, not to mention being an accessory to the deaths of Pouchy and his gang. Until season four, that is, when he's imprisoned for the drugs]].
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* KarmaHoudini: He has yet to face any negative consequences over [[spoiler: [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace accidentally killing Leekie]]]], and is complicit in [[spoiler: Alison's drug business, not to mention being an accessory to the deaths of Pouchy and his gang. Until season four, Season Four, that is, when he's imprisoned for the drugs]].
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* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Was made to monitor Alison, but was told it was part of an extended sociological study. He didn't know she was a clone, and he didn't know that people would come into their house to examine her in her sleep]].
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* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Was made to monitor Alison, He was monitoring Alison for Dr Leekie in exchange for a stipend and forgiving his student loans, but was told it was part of an extended sociological study. He didn't know she was a clone, and he didn't know that people would come into their house to examine her in her sleep]].
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome[=/=]DemotedToExtra: Disappears after [[spoiler:leading Art and Angie to Alison]], and is no longer part of the main cast as of season 2.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome[=/=]DemotedToExtra: Disappears after [[spoiler:leading Art and Angie to Alison]], and is no longer part of the main cast as of season Season 2.
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* TheLostLenore: Her late husband, John Sadler, was killed in a drunken brawl. [[spoiler:With her mother, as it turns out. Her mother regretted this and outright states that she brought Siobhan and Sarah together as atonement. They reconcile late in season three.]]
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* TheLostLenore: Her late husband, John Sadler, was killed in a drunken brawl. [[spoiler:With her mother, as it turns out. Her mother regretted this and outright states that she brought Siobhan and Sarah together as atonement. They reconcile late in season three.Season Three.]]
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* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:According to Krystal, the reason no one ever found Delphine's body is because she was carried away after being shot by an unknown assailant at the end of season three, and she was still alive at the time this happened. Sure enough, she's shown to be perfectly alive and well at the end of 4x09.]]
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* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:According to Krystal, the reason no one ever found Delphine's body is because she was carried away after being shot by an unknown assailant at the end of season three, Season Three, and she was still alive at the time this happened. Sure enough, she's shown to be perfectly alive and well at the end of 4x09.]]
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* TookALevelInJerkass: She became more ruthless and manipulative between seasons 2 and 3. [[spoiler:It's ultimately revealed to be a JerkassFacade]].
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Not only is it initially unclear if she died in the shooting at the end of season three, but that uncertainty is a plot point. After nearly a season's worth of speculation among the characters themselves, it's finally revealed at the end of 4x09 that she survived.]]
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Not only is it initially unclear if she died in the shooting at the end of season three, but that uncertainty is a plot point. After nearly a season's worth of speculation among the characters themselves, it's finally revealed at the end of 4x09 that she survived.]]
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* TookALevelInJerkass: She became more ruthless and manipulative between seasons Seasons 2 and 3. [[spoiler:It's ultimately revealed to be a JerkassFacade]].
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Not only is it initially unclear if she died in the shooting at the end ofseason three, Season Three, but that uncertainty is a plot point. After nearly a season's worth of speculation among the characters themselves, it's finally revealed at the end of 4x09 that she survived.]]
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* PutOnABus: In Series 2, Huisman prioritized this show in his schedule over ''Series/GameOfThrones''. In Series 3 it was the other way around, resulting in Cal being sent into hiding along with Kira. He is completely absent for Series 4.
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* PutOnABus: In Series 2, Huisman prioritized this show in his schedule over ''Series/GameOfThrones''. In Series 3 it was the other way around, resulting in Cal being sent into hiding along with Kira. He is completely absent for Series 4.While Kira comes back, [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Cal doesn't]]. [[spoiler:He doesn't even earn a mention in the finale.]]
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* FacingDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Remains calm and level headed in her final moments.]]
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Killed by Ferdinand late in Season 5, although she manages to take him down with her.]]
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* ObiWanMoment: [[spoiler:She dies calmly looking at a picture of Sarah and Felix, tearfully muttering the word "chicken".]]
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* ObiWanMoment: [[spoiler:She dies calmly looking at a picture of Sarah and Felix, tearfully muttering the word "chicken"."chickens".]]
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* TakingYouDownWithMe: [[spoiler:After Ferdinand fatally shoots her, she quickly returns in kind.]]
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* TakingYouDownWithMe: TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:After Ferdinand fatally shoots her, she quickly returns in kind.]]
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* LastNameBasis: She only calls Donnie by his birth last name, Mr. Chubbs, despite the fact that she's insisted he take Alison's surname.
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* LastNameBasis: She only calls Donnie by his birth last name, Mr. Chubbs, despite the fact that she's she insisted he take Alison's surname.
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* InSeriesNickname: Sarah calls him Fee. At one point, Helena calls him "brother-sestra".
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* InternalReveal: [[spoiler: In season 5, Siobhan lets her in on the secret and invite her into Clone Club]].
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* InternalReveal: [[spoiler: In season 5, Siobhan lets her in on the secret and invite invites her into Clone Club]].
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