History Characters / PokerFace

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal:[[spoiler:Years of working for Sterling Sr., especially the year he spent on the goose chase for Charlie in which Sterling constantly berates him and ultimately makes AllForNothing by wanting to spare Charlie drives him to assassinate him on Beatrix Hasp's behalf.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Goes barefoot as much as possible, even when it's clearly annoying people.

* CloudCuckooLander: Charlie is a quirky amiable drifter who solves crimes with her power to sense all lies.

* {{Expy}}: For [[Series/{{Columbo}} Columbo]] - a shabby looking investigator who withers down suspects through ObfuscatingStupidity and annoying persistence, although Charlie tends to be a little more brash than the always affable Lieutenant.

* HyperCompetentSidekick: To Sterling Jr., though Sr. is competent enough to make it clear that trope doesn’t apply to their relationship.

!!The Fletchers
A group of crime enthusiasts at the retirement home.

!!Melanie
The star of Glen Falls Zoo's orangutan show.

!!Gino the Bull
A mobster being taken into witness protection.

* CoolOldGuy: An older metalhead who knows his way around an amp and is helpful to Charlie.

!!Beto
A line cook at the barbecue.

!!Elsie
A woman running 'Murder Girl', a true crime podcast.

!!Scott
A man awkwardly searching for drug dealers at the Krampus show.

* EngineeredPublicConfession: Austin and Charlie fool her into confessing down the phone about planning George's murder with Taffy, getting her arrested.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: While not happy about him following his girlfriend, Damien is actually trying to give good advice to Jed.

* SemperFi: Served time in the Marine Corps before coming to work at the Subway.

* BrutalHonesty: Holds no ill will towards Charlie but tells her when she decides to leave that it'll be easier in the barbecue kitchen without her.

!!!'''Played by:''' Shane Paul McGhie

A friend of Charlie who comes up to her trailer to sell stuff.

!!Matthew Parker
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/NoahSegan
The local sheriff of Frost County.

* DumbAndDrummer: Gavin is a drummer, and not the brightest crayon in the box, lacking both in common sense and understanding of social cues. However, {{subverted}} as he is revealed to be a GeniusDitz by composing the kind of hit song his band have been trying to make since "Staplehead", [[spoiler:and DoubleSubverted when said hit was a mashup of IceCreamKoan lyrics based on the snacks he ate on the road and an obvious plagiarism of the opening theme for ''{{Series/Benson}}'']].

* ExactWords: Charlie's ability to tell when someone's lying is apparently not based on signs of nervousness or other tells, as people can evade her detection simply by not lying directly (even if they're being deliberately deceptive). This becomes an ExploitedWeakness by a few characters who are aware of her ability and act accordingly.

[[folder:Cliff Legrand]]
!!Cliff Legrand

* PragmaticVillainy: In comparison to Jr. and most of the other murderers, Cliff is considerably more pragmatic and sharp, and cautiously advises Jr. to seek Sr.’s advice, while also proving capable of extricating himself from Charlie’s interrogation by sticking to blunt and unrevealing truth rather than lying to her.

* StolenCreditBackfire: Doxxology murdered Gavin to steal credit for his song "Sucker Punch". [[spoiler:They realize too late that Gavin actually copied the theme song of ''Series/{{Benson}}'' for "Sucker Punch's" instrumental]].

* AnimalMotifs: Gavin is compared by several characters (and himself) to a magpie: a loud enthusiastic bird that isn't very bright and grabs random shiny things to feather its nest. [[spoiler: The song he writes is little more than WordSaladLyrics assembled from random product slogans and interesting phrases he picked up on the road, set to the theme music to ''{{Series/Benson}}''.]]

* BrilliantButLazy: Charlie was this before the first episode, having previously been a card shark mostly on a lark, and afterwards satisfied with the menial labor in the job Sterling Sr. forced her into, and seems just as satisfied with the odd jobs she picks up elsewhere. Sharp eyed viewers will even see that her phone and banking PIN are both 1-2-3-4. But she’s still extremely sharp and cunning when applying herself.

* DoomMagnet: Somehow, the people she ends up getting close to either end up dead (Natalie, George, Gavin, Arthur, "Morty", [[spoiler:Sterling Sr.]]), accused/implicated of crime/death (Marge, Phil), commit a crime (Joyce, Irene, and Davis), or be related to/be a friend of someone who committed a crime (Jean and Randy). {{Lampshaded|Trope}} on "Escape from Shit Mountain" where she states she's been a 'death magnet' for the past year.
* {{Expy}}: For [[Series/{{Columbo}} Columbo]] - a shabby looking investigator to who withers down suspects through ObfuscatingStupidity and annoying persistence, although Charlie tends to be a little more brash than the always affable Lieutenant.

* AffablyEvil: He’s a frank but polite enforcer who’s honestly impressed and even delighted by Charlie outfoxing Jr., and who repeatedly offers Charlie a chance to cooperate and avoid excessive pain… from him at least; what Sr. will do if Cliff delivers her to him is his own business.

* BodyguardBetrayal: [[spoiler: It turns out he hates Sterling Sr., and after a year of being forced to chase Charlie around he's happy to sell out to a rival criminal organization and kill him.]]

* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Charlie stabs him in the eye with her bachelorette party penis ring, bloodying it.]]

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: He was the murderer of the first episode, and unlike Sterling Jr., who ordered the assassination (and [[spoiler:[[DriventoSuicide offed himself]] upon hearing the repercussions of Charlie's vengeance]]), he didn't really face any repercussions. [[spoiler: Come the season finale, and the police is able to find evidence linking him to that first murder, while investigating a different murder he was ''also'' guilty of]].

* AffablyEvil: He speaks fondly of Charlie and even as he tells her his plans to kill her painfully seems to regret that it's come to this. [[spoiler: When he finally gets her in front of him it turns out he's since reviewed the events more fully and no longer blames her for Jr's death, meaning her no harm.]]

* TheDreaded: Charlie and Jr. both conclude that Sr. took a shine to Charlie, but Charlie still expresses a healthy fear of him before Jr. just seeing “Dad” on his self-phone after Charlie ruined him made Jr. [[spoiler:jump off a balcony.]]

* WeUsedToBeFriends: He originally encountered Charlie back when she was a ringer at small-time poker games, figured out her LivingLieDetector nature, and wound up giving her a job at his casino as a sort of compensation for ruining her reputation among gamblers, and was affectionate enough to call her “kid.” It adds a certain bitterness on both their parts when Jr. [[spoiler:dies]] and Sr. becomes determined to exact bloody vengeance. [[spoiler:Or at least, he starts out seeking bloody vengeance...]]

* SmugSnake: Unlike most of the other antagonists in the series, Jr. was not only informed about Charlie's LivingLieDetector, he proved it to himself and attempted to recruit her to scam the casino's "whale." He then proceeds to still need her help to plot their scam, and still tries to lie to her face about what happened to her friend [[spoiler: and sets up his own doom doing so.]]