History Characters / OzMain

* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Allowing Gunzel to be raped by the Aryans.
** Assaulting Keller in the gym and then gloating about it to him.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Many of Ryan's victims are deserving.
** He murders Patrick Keenan for raping Gloria and gloating about it to him.
** He humiliates Robson and causes him to be kicked out of the brotherhood.
** He manipulates the guards into murdering Jai Kenmin who got Cyril sent to Death Row.
** He has the Latinos cut off Shupe's arm.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Giving Robson a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: With that being said a few of the people whom he has assaulted or murdered did have it coming. Such as brutally assaulting a drug dealer up for selling drugs to his sons and for selling drugs to kids in general, his torture and murder of Robert Sippel for being a pedophile and even though he commits several acts of savage rape and assault on Adam Gunzel and Franklin Winthrop and turns them into his sex slaves??? The both of them were sent to Oz for a savage gang-rape and attempted murder of a innocent woman who happened to be their friend in the first place.

[[folder: Alvarez]]
!!Miguel Alvarez
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm so tired. I'm tired of trying. I'm tired of the walls. The lies. The fear. The death. I'm so tired."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/KirkAcevedo

->''Prisoner #97A413. Convicted February 3, 1997 - Assault with a deadly weapon, criminal mischief in the second degree. Sentence: 15 years, up for parole in two.''

The main Latino prisoner of the show. A loser whose father and grandfather are also both imprisoned in Oz, Alvarez repeats history by serving a prison sentence of his own. He becomes the Latino gang leader in season 1, but is forced to abdicate his position upon the arrival of El Cid. His exile often puts him at odds with his old crew who frequently try to dispose of him.

* IgnoredEpiphany: His HeelRealization has a profound effect on him, Being framed for Jara's murder and some time in the psych ward send Adebisi taking the wrong lesson and falling back into his old ways.

* GutturalGrowler: He speaks with a quiet rasp.

** O'Reily also tends to have a soft spot for those who are not hardened or violent criminals and attempts to protect them from the more vicious bullies of Oz. For example, O'Reily is the only prisoner in Em City to try to help Beecher cope with being abused by Schillinger and cheers him on when he sees Beecher attack Vern. He's also sympathetic to Guilliame Tarrant when he enters Oz, advising him to stand up to Wangler and Pierce as soon as the opportunity arises.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Tim tends to lose his temper and is as destructively petty just as much as, if not more than, the prisoners in his care. There are numerous points where [=McManus=] does something so irresponsible that it has disastrous consequences, like not ''personally'' giving a prisoner a letter from his sister (instead giving the envelope to a guard who predictably throws it out), ignoring abused prisoners like Beecher, trusting the word of ''Adebisi'', and threatening to turn a blind eye to a disabled man being raped.

* CosmicPlaything: Whatever forces are at work in the universe of Oz have conspired not to give Alvarez a single moment of happiness.

* 0ApprovalRating: Almost everyone hates Schillinger in Oz, even the guards. When Beecher kills him accidentally during Macbeth, ''everyone celebrates.''

* 0%ApprovalRating: Almost everyone hates Schillinger in Oz, even the guards. When Beecher kills him accidentally during MacBeth, ''everyone celebrates.''

* BenevolentBoss: He treats his staff very well which is why they are so loyal to him. He is quite forgiving of them as he gives Tim his job back and compliments Murphy when he admits to harming Morales.

A wheelchair-bound lifer who also serves as the show's surrealistic narrator, breaking the fourth wall by addressing the connecting theme(s) of each episode. He introduces every prisoner, and informs us of their crime and sentence.

* PositiveFriendInfluence: Saïd's influence pushes Keane, Tidd, and Omar into their HeelFaceTurn{{s}}, and he also helps Beecher sort through his issues after he [[TookALevelInJerkass becomes increasingly cruel following Keller's betrayal.]] Beecher and Said end up bringing the best out of each other.

** He also has one with O'Reily, though it's partially the result of the two having various EnemyMine{{s}}, and the two are always trying to screw each other over.

* WorthyOpponent: For all his tension with Said, [=McManus=] does truly come to respect the man and Said similarly grows to see that Tim's desire to help the orsoners is sincere.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: When Beecher reunites him with his son Hank, Schillinger immediately concludes upon finding out that Beecher is doing it to mess with him, and orders Hank to kidnap and murder his children as retaliation. It takes a one-on-one session with Father Mukada to make him understand Beecher had good intentions.

** When Guenzel arrives in Oz, Beecher does everything he can to keep the kid from ending up as Schillinger's prag the way he first did. He makes a deal with the Italians to have them keep the Aryans away from Guenzel. When Schillinger offers Beecher the chance to take his place delivering mail to death row so that he can visit his lover, Keller (on death row at the time), if Beecher will just let the Aryans do what they will with Guenzel, Beecher initially tells him to piss off. But after Guenzel finds out that Beecher is bisexual (which Vern made sure he learned, anticipating his reaction), Guenzel stops showing gratitude and starts showing hostility towards his benefactor. Beecher puts up with it for a while, feeling that handing him over to the Aryans would be DisproportionateRetribution. Then Adam, partily motivated by his homophobia and partly by someone implying that he must be sleeping with Beecher, hits him with a cheap shot, grabbing the still dazed Beecher by the head to simulate fucking his face in front of everybody. This is the final straw for Beecher, who proceeds to call off the Italians and accept Vern's offer.

* BadassBaritone: He has a deep voice, and is undeniably a badass.

* TheCorrupter: Adebisi's influence changes Wangler, Hughes, and Basil irrevocably for the worse. It goes both ways in Wangler's case, since he ruins Adebisi's chance at redemption in turn.

* DeathSeeker: Implied. [[spoiler:Kareem Said says that Adebisi had a look in his eyes like he wanted to die. This fits with Adebisi falling for Said's very obvious plan to betray him, as well as Adebisi's comment that he has all he wants and is still unhappy. On the other hand, Said is traumatized by having to kill Adebisi and may not be an entirely reliable narrator.]]

* ImprobableWeaponUser: It's kind of a specialty of his: he attacks Poet and Pierce with boiling water, beats Pancamo's face in with a can of vegetables, and uses [[spoiler:an HIV-infected needle]] against Antonio Nappa. Basically, anywhere in the prison Adebisi goes to work, he'll find a creative ways to hurt people with the implements at hand.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: He grabs a huge IdiotBall by giving Said the tapes of Adebisi living in luxury (as proof of his special treatment by Querns). Simon does this as he rightfully suspects Said for wanting to bring him down, but gives him the tape as a test for Said to prove his loyalty to Simon by not giving the tape to [=McManus=]. Of course, Said does just that resulting in Adebisi’s power falling apart.]]
* NothingCanStopUsNow: Chants a variation on this, standing on a tabletop no less, after Said pledges his loyalty. Of course, [[spoiler:Said is plotting, and successfully pulls off, a betrayal]].

* OralFixation: He's frequently seen chewing on a tooth pick.
* PetTheDog: He refuses to let Wangler steal the donation money for Rebadow's dying grandson, and helps donate.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He has a slow, drawn-out one to get revenge on Nappa, Wangler, and Pierce for Jara's murder, putting each of them through a HumiliationConga [[spoiler:and getting them killed]] through his machinations.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:[[IdiotBall He gives Said the tapes of himself living in luxury as a test of his loyalty, to see if he would turn them in to [=McManus=] or not.]] Predictably, Said turns them in, [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter which Adebisi is genuinely shocked and hurt by.]]]]

* TookALevelInKindness: He abandons his violent ways in favor of embracing his Yoruban heritage in Season 2, due to Jara's influence. It's sadly ruined by Nappa's scheming.

** Despite being adversaries most of the series, Adebisi and Said have a mutual respect for one another.
** To a lesser extent, Adebisi seems to respect Beecher after he TookALevelInBadass. He never retaliates for Beecher helping tie him up during the riot, and warns Mondo to not screw with him when they're bunked together. It seems Adebisi is well-aware that Beecher is more dangerous than he looks.

** He loses it during the riot due to heroic withdrawal, and he has to be tied up because he keeps attacking inmates for non-existent drugs. Immediately after the riot, he's locked up in solitary [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext where he covers himself in toothpaste and feathers and tries to get Alvah Case to suck his balls.]]

** [[spoiler:He completely loses it after Said double crosses him, screaming at him for his betrayal and trying to murder him in a fit of rage.]]
* VillainousCrush: His admiration for Said is pretty heavily implied to be something more, which is flat-out confirmed when he tries to talk Said into kissing him.
* WeCanRuleTogether: He genuinely believes this about Kareem Said, to the point of a VillainousCrush.

* WorthyOpponent: He and Said are near opposites from an ideological standpoint, but he still deeply respects the man. It's eventually revealed that Adebisi's respect for him is [[VillainousCrush something more.]]
* YankTheDogsChain: Jara's mentorship seems to be steering Adebisi toward some sense of peace, possibly even (by ''Oz'' standards) a HeelFaceTurn. [[spoiler:Then Wangler stabs Jara to death.]]

** To a lesser extent, Adebisi seems to respect Beecher after he TookALevel in badass. He never retaliates for Beecher helping tie him up during the riot, and warns Mondo to not screw with him when they're bunked together. It seems Adebisi is well-aware that Beecher is more dangerous than he looks.

* EgocenticallyReligous: While his devotion to Islam is sincere, it often gets tied in with his own ego and become an outlet for his own anger and selfishness. Kareem even admits in Season 3 to Hamid Khan that finding Allah just made his already existing flaws worse.

* PositiveFriendInfluence: Saïd's influence pushes Keane, Tidd, and Omar into their HeelFaceTurn{{s}}, and he also helps Beecher sort through his issues after he [[TookALevelInJerkass becomes increasingly cruel following Keller's betrayal.]]

* BadassInCharge: Of the Aryan Brotherhood. You don't climb to the top of a mountain of killers, rapists and sadistic thugs without being one tough son-of-a-bitch.

-->'''Said:''' Do you want to replace me? You wanna get Beecher to take up our cause?
-->'''Hill:''' Our cause? This is not our cause, this is my fucking life! I am not you, man! I don't want to be a martyr or a fucking saint! All I want is to get out of here and be free. Either you can do that or you leave me the fuck alone!

* AmbiguousDisorder: The novelization has Hill implying that Alvarez suffers from some form of bipolar disorder.