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* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: Though never outright confirmed, it's heavily implied that the story she tells Shay of [[spoiler: the girl at her boarding school [[DrivenToSuicide attempting suicide by slitting her wrists]]]] was about her.

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* MysteriousPast: It's never stated how she ended up Cosima's monitor. She's Cosima's age - actually a few months younger - but she's already got her doctorate and a relatively high-ranking position within Dyad, she's skilled enough with lying and manipulation to trick Cosima even when Cosima ''knew'' she was her monitor, and she [[{{Omniglot}} knows several languages]] - her native French, fluent English and Spanish, somewhat passable Portuguese, and presumably at least conversational German and Italian.



* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: Overall she's quite a nice person.

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* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: Overall she's quite a nice person. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Just don't piss her off]] [[BerserkButton or hurt Cosima]].

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* AmbiguousSituation: It’s not entirely clear just what her relationship is with Leekie in season one. Two scenes somewhat-vaguely imply that they may be sexually involved, but it’s never clarified and never addressed again. Whatever the dynamic is doesn’t stop her from firmly taking Cosima’s side as Clone Club begins to be pitted against Dyad.



* MayDecemberRomance: She was involved with [[spoiler:Dr. Leekie, who's at least twenty years older than her]].



** She's Cosima's monitor. [[spoiler:She later turns on them and begins feeding them false information, though her top priority is saving Cosima's life rather than telling them what Cosima wants them to know.]]
** [[spoiler:She continues working for Dyad, but this time on behalf of Cosima]].

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** She's Cosima's monitor. [[spoiler:She later turns on them Dyad and begins feeding them false information, though her top priority is saving Cosima's life rather than telling them what Cosima wants them to know.]]
** [[spoiler:She continues working for Dyad, but this time on behalf of Cosima]].
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* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: Anything about her role in season five spoils the fact that she survived being shot at the end of season three.]]

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* ClingyJealousGirl: [[spoiler: Even though she's the one who broke up with Cosima, Delphine spies on her and her new girlfriend Shay.]]

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* ClingyJealousGirl: [[spoiler: Even though she's the one who broke up with Cosima, Delphine spies on her and her new girlfriend Shay. Slightly justified as she genuinely believes that Shay is a spy.]]


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* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: In season three, her role as head of Dyad and her connection to Topside require her to put on a JerkassFacade and act as if she only views the clones as research subjects, sometimes even to their faces. The only way she can pull it off is by breaking up with Cosima, which puts the two of them at odds for the season, and with most of Clone Club still hesitant about her loyalties to begin with, they all think she's choosing to side with the villains. When in reality, her loyalty is - and has pretty much always been - with Cosima.

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* ClosetKey: Cosima is hers. In fact, she still thought she was fully straight even when she and Cosima started dating, because she was TheMole and faking the relationship was part of her job. By the time Cosima learns the truth, Delphine has already started genuinely falling for her.



* IfItsYouItsOkay: According to WordOfGod, she identifies as straight, with [[spoiler:Cosima]] being her exception.

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* IfItsYouItsOkay: According to WordOfGod, she identifies as straight, with [[spoiler:Cosima]] being her exception. Subverted later as she's identified a few times as bisexual.
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* FatalFlaw: Strangely enough, [[UndyingLoyalty her loyalty]]. She's so loyal to Cosima that she'll break promises and betray the other clones even if doing so is against Cosima's wishes, because she's so determined to keep Cosima safe. Part of her CharacterDevelopment is learning to extend her loyalty to cover Cosima's choices and sisters.

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* IrishExplosivesExpert: Sarah immediately calls her in [[spoiler:to defuse the bomb MK used to try to kill Ferdinand]].



* Tangled Family Tree: [[spoiler:Her mother, Kendall Malone, is the source of the DNA to create the LEDA and CASTOR clones, making all of the LEDAs her genetic "aunts" and the CASTORs her genetic "uncles." But Sarah, one of the LEDA clones, is also her adopted daughter (although they did not find out about this until they were both adults). Sarah's daughter Kira is Siobhan's granddaughter, but genetically she can be considered either Siobhan's half-sister or first cousin.]]

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* Tangled Family Tree: TangledFamilyTree: [[spoiler:Her mother, Kendall Malone, is the source of the DNA to create the LEDA and CASTOR clones, making all of the LEDAs [=LEDAs=] her genetic "aunts" and the CASTORs [=CASTORs=] her genetic "uncles." But Sarah, one of the LEDA clones, is also her adopted daughter (although they did not find out about this until they were both adults). Sarah's daughter Kira is Siobhan's granddaughter, but genetically she can be considered either Siobhan's half-sister or first cousin.]]
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* TookTheWifesName: Donnie took his wife Alison's surname, Hendrix, in order to be rid of his EmbarrassingLastName Chubbs. Allison's mother considers Donnie pathetic and unmanly for taking his wife's name and still calls him Mr. Chubbs as an insult.

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* TookTheWifesName: Donnie took his wife Alison's surname, Hendrix, in order to be rid of his EmbarrassingLastName Chubbs. Allison's Alison's mother considers Donnie pathetic and unmanly for taking his wife's name and still calls him Mr. Chubbs as an insult.

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* TheMaidenNameDebate: He took his wife's name, see EmbarrassingLastName above.


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* TookTheWifesName: Donnie took his wife Alison's surname, Hendrix, in order to be rid of his EmbarrassingLastName Chubbs. Allison's mother considers Donnie pathetic and unmanly for taking his wife's name and still calls him Mr. Chubbs as an insult.
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* BadassBeard: Has impressive facial hair.



* BadassBeard: Has a goatee and is one of the most badass characters in the show.
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* BelatedBackstory: [[spoiler:We get a flashback to her friendship with Alison long after her death in Season 5.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears after the end of season 4 with no explanation.
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* RacistGrandma: [[spoiler: After meeting Cosima, she refers to Cosima as mulatto, an outdated and offensive term for someone of mixed African and European ancestry, solely because Cosima has dreadlocks.]] That being said, she is never seen or described as mistreating or speaking ill of her adoptive grandchildren, Oscar and Gemma, who are both Black.
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* Tangled Family Tree: [[spoiler:Her mother, Kendall Malone, is the source of the DNA to create the LEDA and CASTOR clones, making all of the LEDAs her genetic "aunts" and the CASTORs her genetic "uncles." But Sarah, one of the LEDA clones, is also her adopted daughter (although they did not find out about this until they were both adults). Sarah's daughter Kira is Siobhan's granddaughter, but genetically she can be considered either Siobhan's half-sister or first cousin.]]

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* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: In Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, Cosima and Delphine have been married for six years.]]

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* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: In Orphan ''Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, Chapter'', Cosima and Delphine have been married for six seven years.]]


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* HomosexualReproduction: [[spoiler: In ''Orphan Black: The Next Chapter'', Delphine proposes using DNA from one of her eggs and one of Cosima's to create a child. Cosima is hesistant, being a human clone who was secretly experimented on for much of her adult life.]]
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* HappilyMarried: In ''Orphan Black: The Next Chapter'', he is married to Colin.
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* AnOddPlaceToSleep: In ''Orphan Black: The Next Chapter'' she [[TheRunaway runs away from home]] to intern at [=GeneKeep=], and sleeps in a storage closet.


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* ToUnmasqueTheWorld: [[spoiler: Kira reveals the existence of the LEDA clones to the world by releasing details about them online during the events of ''Orphan Black: The Next Chapter''.]]
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* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: In Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, Cosima and Delphine have been married for six years.]]
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* 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''.]]

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* MayDecemberRomance: Her mother's dialogue in Season 3 heavily implies that Siobhan [[JailBait [[JailbaitTaboo was still underage]] when she hooked up with her late husband. [[spoiler:This pissed-off Siobhan's mother so much that ''she killed him''.]]
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* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Helena often seems to have created Pupok just to have someone to argue with.

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* SmallAnnoyingCreature: SidekickCreatureNuisance: Helena often seems to have created Pupok just to have someone to argue with.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Raj Singh



* {{Adorkable}}: He's generally pretty awkward, but endearingly so.




* {{Adorkable}}: He's endearingly nerdy and awkward.
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-->'''Played by''': Jordan Gavaris

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-->'''Played by''': Jordan Gavaris
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-->'''Played by''': Skyler Wexler

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-->'''Played by''': Skyler Wexler
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-->'''Played by''': Melanie Nicholls-King

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-->'''Played by''': Melanie Nicholls-King
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--> '''Played by''': Alison Steadman

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--> '''Played by''': Alison Steadman
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-->'''Played by''': Lauren Hammersley

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-->'''Played by''': Lauren Hammersley
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-->'''Played by''': Kevin Hanchard

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-->'''Played by''': Kevin Hanchard
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-->'''Played by''': Dylan Bruce

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* TheMole: [[spoiler: Initially, he was spying on Beth for the Dyad Institute]].
** ReverseMole: In season 2, [[spoiler:he appeared to be spying on Rachel for Sarah. However it's eventually revealed that he's been a military spy working for Project CASTOR from the beginning]].

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* TheMole: TheMole:
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[[spoiler: Initially, he was spying on Beth for the Dyad Institute]].
** ReverseMole: In season 2, [[spoiler:he appeared to be spying on Rachel for Sarah. However it's eventually revealed that he's been a military spy working for Project CASTOR from the beginning]].



* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:She is assigned as Cosima's monitor but genuinely falls for her and begins acting as a ReverseMole on Clone Club's behalf]].

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* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:She is assigned as Cosima's monitor but genuinely falls for her and begins acting as a ReverseMole [[TheMole mole]] on Clone Club's behalf]].



* TheMole: She's Cosima's monitor. [[spoiler:She later turns on them and begins feeding them false information, though her top priority is saving Cosima's life rather than telling them what Cosima wants them to know.]]

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* TheMole: TheMole:
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She's Cosima's monitor. [[spoiler:She later turns on them and begins feeding them false information, though her top priority is saving Cosima's life rather than telling them what Cosima wants them to know.]]]]
** [[spoiler:She continues working for Dyad, but this time on behalf of Cosima]].



* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:She continues working for Dyad, but this time on behalf of Cosima]].
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* YourCheatingHeart: He told Alison that he'd had an affair, but this is may be a lie to get her to drop her suspicions.



* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: According to Alison, Chad cheats on her because he found out that she blew the roofer.]]



* YourCheatingHeart: Chad, Aynsley's husband, is constantly being unfaithful.
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* BiTheWay: It's a bit complicated, [[spoiler:but she very definitely loves Cosima, and she doesn't appear to have been attracted to women at all before Cosima. WordOfGod says she sees herself as a case of IfItsYouItsOkay]].

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* TheHeart: Felix is the one the other characters run to when they're in the DespairEventHorizon.



* TheDragon: For Alison's Season 2 StoryArc, with Angie as the BigBad.

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* TheDragon: For Alison's Season 2 StoryArc, with Angie as the BigBad.ArcVillain.



* [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!]]: Kendall is more than a little rough around the edges.

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* [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!]]: ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Kendall is more than a little rough around the edges.



* ActionDad: Mentions in passing that he has kids. We meet his daughter Maya in the season 4 premier.

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* ActionDad: Mentions in passing that he has kids. We meet his daughter Maya in the season 4 premier.premiere.



* BigBad: For Alison's Season 2 StoryArc.

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* BigBad: For ArcVillain: She is Alison's main antagonist for Season 2 StoryArc.2.



* HiddenVillain: She is Alison's ArcVillain for Season 2 but she isn't aware of her presence until near the end.



* TheBigGuy: He is the tallest and largest of the male cast.



* TheMaidenNameDebate: He took his wife's name, see EmbarrassingLastName above

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* TheMaidenNameDebate: He took his wife's name, see EmbarrassingLastName aboveabove.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: He feels pretty distraught after learning he was monitoring his wife as a part of a cloning experiment]].

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
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[[spoiler: He feels pretty distraught after learning he was monitoring his wife as a part of a cloning experiment]].



* OddFriendship: He and Helena hit it off surprisingly well.



* MayDecemberRomance: She was involved with [[spoiler:Dr. Leekie, who's at least twenty years older her]].

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* MayDecemberRomance: She was involved with [[spoiler:Dr. Leekie, who's at least twenty years older than her]].



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* InSeriesNickname: Helena called them "Orange" and "Purple" before deciding what to name them.
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!!Det. Arthur "Art" Bell

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!!Det. !!Detective Arthur "Art" Bell



!!Paul Dierden

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!!Paul !![[spoiler:Major]] Paul Dierden



!!Det. Angela "Angie" Deangelis

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!!Det. !!Detective Angela "Angie" Deangelis

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* UglyGuyHotWife: Not ugly per se, but he's no stud. He goes out jogging in the finale because "[she] deserves better". [[spoiler: Really, he's meeting up with Dr. Leekie]]. The show plays it up in that the other men on the show are California beautiful, whereas Donnie's more or less a regular guy; attractive but not a model. Then they go and put him in sagging white underpants half the time. Helena compliments his appearance, though.

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* UglyGuyHotWife: Not ugly per se, but he's no stud. He goes out jogging in the finale because "[she] deserves better". [[spoiler: Really, he's meeting up with Dr. Leekie]]. The show plays it up in that the other men on the show are California beautiful, whereas Donnie's more or less a regular guy; attractive but not a model. Then they go and put him in sagging white underpants half the time. Helena compliments his appearance, physique, though.

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* UglyGuyHotWife: Not ugly per se, but he's no stud. He goes out jogging in the finale because "[she] deserves better". [[spoiler: Really, he's meeting up with Dr. Leekie]]. The show plays it up in that the other men on the show are California beautiful, whereas Donnie's more or less a regular guy; attractive but not a model. Then they go and put him in sagging white underpants half the time.

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* UglyGuyHotWife: Not ugly per se, but he's no stud. He goes out jogging in the finale because "[she] deserves better". [[spoiler: Really, he's meeting up with Dr. Leekie]]. The show plays it up in that the other men on the show are California beautiful, whereas Donnie's more or less a regular guy; attractive but not a model. Then they go and put him in sagging white underpants half the time. Helena compliments his appearance, though.

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