History Characters / Roswell

-> '''Played by:''' David Conrad

* HurtingHero: After Liz breaks up with him in season two.

%%* FiveManBand: Liz is the smart guy.

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!!Michael Guerin

%%%[[folder:Kyle Valenti]]
%%->'''Played by:''' Creator/NickWechsler

%%* PluckyComicRelief
%%* TookALevelInKindness
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* HollywoodNerd: Alex is allegedly the "loser" (which he also calls himself on occasion) while Isabel is the popular girl, though in reality Alex is good looking, talented and a great guy

'''Liz:''' No way. Maria, that is so in your imagination.\\
''[Liz looks at Max who is sitting at a booth with Michael at the far end of the restaurant. He looks at her and then quickly away]''\\
'''Liz:''' Max Evans? This? No, un uh... it's not...\\
'''Maria:''' And with those cheeks! Preciosita tan linda!\\
'''Liz:''' Maria!\\
'''Liz:''' And, and even if it weren't I'm going out with Kyle. I mean, he's steady and loyal, and he appreciates me.\\
'''Maria:''' Sounds like you're describing a poodle.\\

-->'''Maria:''' You are sooo bad girl. Oh, and Max Evans is staring at you again.

-->'''Maria:''' You are sooo bad girl. Oh, and Max Evans is staring at you again.\\

'''Maria:''' Sounds like you're describing a poodle.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Tess feels this way about her.

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: To Max
* BadassBookworm: Definitely has her moments in season three.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Max's Archie. While Tess filled the Veronica role.

* CatFight: With Tess in Four Aliens and A Baby. Tess didn't know what hit her.

* FiveManBand: Liz is the smart guy.

* GirlNextDoor: Liz is this from the start.

* HighSchoolSweethearts: With Max.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Maria and Alex before his death.

* RedOniBlueOni: Liz is the blue oni to Maria's red oni.

* StarCrossedLovers: With Max.
* WhatTheHellHero: To Max when she found out that Tess was pregnant with his child.

* AnchoredShip: With Liz for all three seasons.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: To Liz

* BewareTheNiceOnes
* BettyAndVeronica: The Archie to Liz's Betty and Tess' Veronica
* BigBrotherInstinct: To Michael sometimes
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl

* {{Dandere}}
* DespairEventHorizon: When he is taken captive by Pierce and tortured.
* {{Determinator}}: Especially in later seasons
* Deuteragonist: With Liz.

--->'''Maria:''' You are sooo bad girl. Oh, and Max Evans is staring at you again.
--->'''Liz:''' No way. Maria, that is so in your imagination.
--->''''''[Liz looks at Max who is sitting at a booth with Michael at the far end of the restaurant. He looks at her and then quickly away]
--->'''Liz:''' Max Evans? This? No, un uh... it's not...
--->'''Maria:''' And with those cheeks! Preciosita tan linda!
--->'''Liz:''' Maria!
--->'''Liz:''' And, and even if it weren't I'm going out with Kyle. I mean, he's steady and loyal, and he appreciates me.
--->'''Maria:''' Sounds like you're describing a poodle.

** RedOniBlueOni: To Michael and sometimes Isabel too
** SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Max is the Sensitive Guy (kind, compassionate, empathetic, gentle) to Michael's Manly Man (aggressive, passionate, impulsive, strong).

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Michael
* HumanAlien

* PerpetualFrowner

* ShirtlessScene: Max has gotten a couple of these throughout the seasons.
* SiblingTeam: With Michael and Isabel.

* TookALevelInJerkass: In season two.

* HumanAlien
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold

* LoveInterest: With Isabel.

* NiceGuy
* PluckyComicRelief
* StarCrossedLovers: With Isabel

[[folder:Maria DeLuca]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/MajandraDelfino
* BestFriend: Mostly serves this purpose to Liz
* BrutalHonesty
* DeadpanSnarker
* RedOniBlueOni: She and Liz Parker.

[[folder:Kyle Valenti]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/NickWechsler

* LovableJock: Post-CharacterDevelopment
* PluckyComicRelief
* TookALevelInKindness

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[[folder:Sheriff Jim Valenti]]
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/WilliamSadler

* HeelFaceTurn: Starts supporting the group after Max saves his son.

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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:At the end of Season 3.]]
* HumanAlien

* ParentalAbandonment:

[[folder:Jesse Ramirez]]
-> '''Played by:''' Adam Rodriguez

[[folder:Family]]

!Amy [=DeLuca=]
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/DianeFarr

!Nancy Parker
-> '''Played by:''' Jo Parker

!Jeff Parker
-> '''Played by:''' John Doe

!Phillip Evans

!Diane Evans

!Sean DeLuca
-> '''Played by:''' Devon Gummershall

[[folder:Allies]]

!Nasedo
-> '''Played by:''' Jim Ortlieb

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:Killed in the first episode of Season 2.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:He gets fatally injured by the Skins in Season 2, and dies in Max’s arms.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Revealed to have been working for the Kivar.]]

!Courtney Banks
-> '''Played by:''' Sara Downing

* HeroicSuicide: [[spoiler:Kills herself rather than be forced to reveal Max and the others’ identities.]]
* KilledOffForReal

!Kal Langley
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/JoePantoliano

* IrrationalHatred: He despises Max before they even meet, and actually tries to kill him during their first meeting, only stopping because he is literally programmed not to.
* UndyingLoyalty: Invoked. He’s been programmed to do everything Max says. Of course, this doesn’t stop him from harboring a burning hatred for Max, but there’s very little he can do about it,

!Brody Davis
-> '''Played by:''' Desmond Askew

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[[folder:Government Antagonists]]

!Agent Daniel Pierce
-> '''Played by:''' David Conrad

* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Michael accidentally kills him when he uses his powers to stop Pierce from killing Valenti.]]
* AxCrazy: It boggles the mind that someone as blatantly psychotic, sadistic, and murder happy as Pierce made it into the FBI.
* BigBad: Of Season 1.
* InspectorJavert: A very, very deranged and unethical one.
* KillerCop: There is no way in hell this man should have been made a federal agent.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Michael inadvertently kills him when he uses his powers to stop Pierce from killing Valenti, and Valenti, Max, and Michael burn the body and bury it in the desert.]]
* KnightTemplar: He is a deranged fanatic doggedly determined to protect Earth from aliens, and his go-to solution to people getting in his way is to either torture them or kill them.

!Agent Kathleen Topolski
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/JulieBenz

* HeelFaceTurn: After realizing what a psycho Pierce is, she decides to help the aliens.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Pierce kills her and burns down the mental institution she was incarcerated in.]]

!Agent John Stevens
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/RichardSchiff

!Agent Burns

!Major Pete Carlson

!'Viceroy'

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* KilledOffForReal

!Rath
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/BrendanFehr

!Lonnie
-> '''Played by:''' Katherine Heigi

!Ida Crawford

!Walt Crawford

-> '''Played by:''' Brendan Fehr

* {{Adorkable}}: Especially in season one any time she was around Max. Her love of science and good girl persona don't hurt either.

* {{Adorkable}}: Alex has many moments with Isabel where he'll take a detour into a subject of interest to him or not understand her flirting with him/knowing what to do with it

-> '''Played by:''' Diane Farr

-> '''Played by:''' Richard Schiff

* KilledOffForReal