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If you are a decent enough person to respect people's pronouns, you should be a decent enough person not to subject the same exact people to inhumane experimentation. Just my two cents.
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* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: Despite trying to have her lobotomized, lobotomize her, Whispers never fails to use Nomi's proper pronouns and name, for some reason.
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* BigBad: Played with in that while he is the main "face" of the organization hunting the eight mains, he is not actually in charge of said organization and there are men above him, namely the mysterious "Chairman".
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* BigBad: Played with in that while he is the main "face" of the organization hunting the eight mains, he is not actually in charge of said organization and there are men above him, namely the mysterious "Chairman". Though given that Whispers is a DragonWithAnAgenda, a case can be made Whispers and the Chairman comprise a BigBadDuumvirate.
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* DragonWithAnAgenda: Whispers is invaluable to [[BigBad the Chairman]] due to his work on the [=BPO's=] [[PeoplePuppets "zombie program"]], but Whispers true goal with his experiments [[spoiler:is to make himself immortal through transferring his consciousness into the sensates he lobotomizes]].
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!!The Grafted
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The Grafted are sensates who have undergone a surgical procedure that enables non-grafted sensates to control their actions, mimicking the natural ability of clustered sensates known as as "sharing". The surgery in question also lobotomises the patient, rendering them vegetated husks.
* DeathOfPersonality: The lobotomising surgery effectively kills the people it is performed on. What is left is an empty shell with no agency or control over it's own actions.
* FateWorseThanDeath: If Nomi's reaction to seeing what Bolger had become is anything to go by, she clearly believes it is this.
* PeoplePuppets: The Grafted are able to be controlled by other sensates. It is usually Whispers.
* PersonAsVerb: The neural graft procedure is known to the August 8th cluster as being "Bolgered."
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: When a Grafted has been used to fulfil a given task, they're typically promptly disposed of by their controller, usually Whispers.
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[[folder:Bolger]]
!!Niles Bolger
->'''Portrayed By:''' Tim Lajcik
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sense8_1.jpg]]
A former sensate, subjected to the brain-destroying surgery that Dr. Metzger tried to force on Nomi.
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* AteHisGun: [[spoiler: After shooting Metzger, Whispers makes Niles shoot himself through the back of the head.]]
* TheBrute: [[spoiler: The surgery Metzger did to Bolger allows Whispers to use him in this capacity to kill Metzger.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler: Bolger serves as a physical embodiment of Whispers's return, highlighting his dangerous powers and ruthless approach.]]
* PersonAsVerb: "Bolgered" ends up being used as a term for others who've suffered the same procedure.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: By way of AteHisGun.
* WalkingSpoiler: No one (especially not Nomi) expected Bolger to be anything but an example of BPO's lobotomies, never mind seeing him act as a [[spoiler: walking murder weapon for Whispers.]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In-universe. Nomi is brought to tears at the sight of Niles, literally saying, "That could have been me."
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[[folder:The Painter]]
!!The Painter
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/assassin_on_floor.png]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Luisa Wolf
The female sensate seen painting in a museum.
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* PsychicAssistedSuicide: By way of SlashedThroat.
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!!!Angelica's First Cluster
The members of the first cluster birthed by Angelica, before the August Eighth Cluster, who were all taken by BPO and grafted.
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!!Raoul Pasquale
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raoul_mexico.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see after his lobotomy]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raoul_phone.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Erik Hayser
A sensate who was part of the first cluster Angelica birthed. He was also a reporter and had earlier interviewed Lito from before he became a sensate himself.
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* MercyKill: It is actually Angelica who kills him; rather than have him commit murder and take his own life as is usually the fate of the Grafted, she uses him to destroy her research, hoping to prevent more Grafted from being created by burning down the cabin with him and the research inside.
* NeverFoundTheBody: He disappeared years ago and no trace of him had ever been found.
* PosthumousCharacter: Those who know about his disappearance seem to have long since concluded that he is dead. [[spoiler:Angelica killed him while she was still working with BPO, before the show started]].
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: By way of SelfImmolation.
* SelfImmolation: [[spoiler:Angelica manipulates a lobotomized Raoul to burn down a cabin containing her research, while he remained trapped inside.]]
* StraightGay: He had a sexual encounter with Lito, but showed no stereotypical traits of a gay man.
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[[folder:Todd]]
!!Todd [=McCarver=]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/todd_7.png]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Ben Cole
A sensate who was part of the first cluster Angelica birthed. He was also deeply religious, saw his sensate nature as an abomination and wanted to become an ordinary human.
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* TheBrute: [[spoiler: He underwent the same procedure that Bolger did, with the same results. Whispers used him to assassinate MP Mitchell Taylor, staged as a mass shooting.]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: He hated being a sensate and wished to be a regular human.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: [[spoiler: Under the control of Whispers, he opened fire during a lecture and tried to shoot himself before being apprehended. Soon afterwards he committed suicide in his cell.]]
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!!Habib
[[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/habib_forest.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see after his lobotomy]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/habib_bpo.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Satya Bhaba
A sensate who was part of the first cluster Angelica birthed.
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* AllThereInTheScript: Only named in the ending credits.
!!The Grafted
[[folder:All]]
The Grafted are sensates who have undergone a surgical procedure that enables non-grafted sensates to control their actions, mimicking the natural ability of clustered sensates known as as "sharing". The surgery in question also lobotomises the patient, rendering them vegetated husks.
* DeathOfPersonality: The lobotomising surgery effectively kills the people it is performed on. What is left is an empty shell with no agency or control over it's own actions.
* FateWorseThanDeath: If Nomi's reaction to seeing what Bolger had become is anything to go by, she clearly believes it is this.
* PeoplePuppets: The Grafted are able to be controlled by other sensates. It is usually Whispers.
* PersonAsVerb: The neural graft procedure is known to the August 8th cluster as being "Bolgered."
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: When a Grafted has been used to fulfil a given task, they're typically promptly disposed of by their controller, usually Whispers.
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!!Niles Bolger
->'''Portrayed By:''' Tim Lajcik
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sense8_1.jpg]]
A former sensate, subjected to the brain-destroying surgery that Dr. Metzger tried to force on Nomi.
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* AteHisGun: [[spoiler: After shooting Metzger, Whispers makes Niles shoot himself through the back of the head.]]
* TheBrute: [[spoiler: The surgery Metzger did to Bolger allows Whispers to use him in this capacity to kill Metzger.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler: Bolger serves as a physical embodiment of Whispers's return, highlighting his dangerous powers and ruthless approach.]]
* PersonAsVerb: "Bolgered" ends up being used as a term for others who've suffered the same procedure.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: By way of AteHisGun.
* WalkingSpoiler: No one (especially not Nomi) expected Bolger to be anything but an example of BPO's lobotomies, never mind seeing him act as a [[spoiler: walking murder weapon for Whispers.]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In-universe. Nomi is brought to tears at the sight of Niles, literally saying, "That could have been me."
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[[folder:The Painter]]
!!The Painter
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/assassin_on_floor.png]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Luisa Wolf
The female sensate seen painting in a museum.
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* PsychicAssistedSuicide: By way of SlashedThroat.
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!!!Angelica's First Cluster
The members of the first cluster birthed by Angelica, before the August Eighth Cluster, who were all taken by BPO and grafted.
[[folder:Raoul]]
!!Raoul Pasquale
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raoul_mexico.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see after his lobotomy]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raoul_phone.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Erik Hayser
A sensate who was part of the first cluster Angelica birthed. He was also a reporter and had earlier interviewed Lito from before he became a sensate himself.
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* MercyKill: It is actually Angelica who kills him; rather than have him commit murder and take his own life as is usually the fate of the Grafted, she uses him to destroy her research, hoping to prevent more Grafted from being created by burning down the cabin with him and the research inside.
* NeverFoundTheBody: He disappeared years ago and no trace of him had ever been found.
* PosthumousCharacter: Those who know about his disappearance seem to have long since concluded that he is dead. [[spoiler:Angelica killed him while she was still working with BPO, before the show started]].
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: By way of SelfImmolation.
* SelfImmolation: [[spoiler:Angelica manipulates a lobotomized Raoul to burn down a cabin containing her research, while he remained trapped inside.]]
* StraightGay: He had a sexual encounter with Lito, but showed no stereotypical traits of a gay man.
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[[folder:Todd]]
!!Todd [=McCarver=]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/todd_7.png]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Ben Cole
A sensate who was part of the first cluster Angelica birthed. He was also deeply religious, saw his sensate nature as an abomination and wanted to become an ordinary human.
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* TheBrute: [[spoiler: He underwent the same procedure that Bolger did, with the same results. Whispers used him to assassinate MP Mitchell Taylor, staged as a mass shooting.]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: He hated being a sensate and wished to be a regular human.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: [[spoiler: Under the control of Whispers, he opened fire during a lecture and tried to shoot himself before being apprehended. Soon afterwards he committed suicide in his cell.]]
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!!Habib
[[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/habib_forest.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see after his lobotomy]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/habib_bpo.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Satya Bhaba
A sensate who was part of the first cluster Angelica birthed.
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* AllThereInTheScript: Only named in the ending credits.
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* BeardOfEvil: He has a white beard and is as bad as they come.
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* HotScientist: Angelica Turing was professionally an ecologist and Jonas and Whispers both found her beautiful.
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* TheCorrupter: BPO was founded as a way to help Homo Sapiens and Homo Sensorum coexist peacefully. Then its founder died, and Whispers joined on. [[FallFromGrace It is very different now.]]
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* TheCorrupter: BPO was founded as a way to help Homo Sapiens and Homo Sensorum coexist peacefully. Then its founder died, and Whispers joined on. [[FallFromGrace It is It’s very different now.]]
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* BaldMystic: Her head is completely shaved, presumably due to being a monk. This allows her tree tattoo to extend onto her scalp. She also demonstrates unique Sensate abilities, such as block Riley from seeing her location during a Visit and being able to connect to the entire August 8 cluster despite only making eye contact with Riley.
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* BaldMystic: Her head is completely shaved, presumably due to being a monk. This allows her tree tattoo to extend onto her scalp. She also demonstrates unique Sensate abilities, such as block blocking Riley from seeing her location during a Visit and being able to connect to the entire August 8 cluster despite only making eye contact with Riley.
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Terrence Mann
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* BaldMystic: Her head is completely shaved, presumably due to being a monk. This allows her tree tattoo to extend onto her scalp. She also demonstrates unique Sensate abilities, such as block Riley from seeing her location during a Visit and being able to connect to the entire August 8 cluster despite only making eye contact with Riley.
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* MissFanservice: Appears primarily in outfits that reveal her cleavage and/or legs, and is even naked (in Wolfgang's head) at points.
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* MissFanservice: MsFanservice: Appears primarily in outfits that reveal her cleavage and/or legs, and is even naked (in Wolfgang's head) at points.
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-->'''Puck:''' Listen, I am a lover not a fighter. You guys want a Sens-orgy that circles the globe? I'm your guy.
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* GoodIsNotNice: He's fully on the main cluster's side, but is a complete jerk who no one wants to deal with.
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* LastOfHisKind: He reveals in "Obligate Mutualisms" that he's the last remaining member of his cluster. Some of them were killed by Whispers, the rest through other means such as Angelica's HeroicSuicide. [[spoiler:With his death in the GrandFinale his cluster has been entirely wiped out.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In the second episode he connects with Nomi during the PrideParade and the shock of it causes her to fall off Amanita's motorbike. She's taken to the hospital which is how BPO become aware of her sensate status.
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* MadDoctor: Whispers performs immoral medical experiments on his fellow sensates.
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* MadDoctor: Whispers Whispers, a medical professional, performs immoral medical experiments on his fellow sensates.
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* BadDreams: [[spoiler: Whispers's entire cluster is dead and Angelica tells Will he still talks to them in his sleep.]]
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** A blond woman in white who appears in a vision? What else could she be called but Angel?
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** Her last name of Turing could also qualify; the human brain is the greatest super-computer and she reprogrammed the main eights' brains by birthing them as sensates. Also, much like Alan Turing invented the first computer, Angelica used Whispers' research and technology to develop the neural graft, a machine intended to trace her psycellium connection to her sensate children, [[spoiler:then used by Whispers to control lobotomized sensates as drones.]]
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** A blond blonde woman in white who appears in a vision? What else could she be called but Angel?
** Her last name of Turing could also qualify; the human brain is the greatest super-computer and she reprogrammed the main eights' brains by birthing them as sensates. Also, much like Alan Turing invented the first computer, Angelica usedWhispers' Whispers's research and technology to develop the neural graft, a machine intended to trace her psycellium connection to her sensate children, [[spoiler:then used by Whispers to control lobotomized sensates as drones.]]
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* TheDreaded: Falling into Mr. Whispers' clutches is considered so awful that some prefer suicide to the possibility. [[spoiler:Somewhat justified in that his organization radically lobotomizes the sensates they catch and he uses them as {{Meat Puppet}}s. Plus, falling into his hands gives him access to other sensates through them.]]
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* TheDreaded: Falling into Mr. Whispers' Whispers's clutches is considered so awful that some prefer suicide to the possibility. [[spoiler:Somewhat justified in that his organization radically lobotomizes the sensates they catch and he uses them as {{Meat Puppet}}s. Plus, falling into his hands gives him access to other sensates through them.]]
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* TheBogan: Australian and probably the crudest character in the whole cast.
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* EtherealWhiteDress: Angelica first appears wearing a white dress, and is usually wearing the same outfit when she appears to the sensates she birthed after her suicide, emphasizing her mysterious and otherworldly nature as well as her ''angel''ic characteristics.
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* InsistentTerminology: She's Neapolitan ''not'' Italian, something she firmly corrects when Felix refers to her as the latter.
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* ManInAKilt: Wears a kilt in most of his scenes. There doesn't seem to be a reason for it beyond emphasising that he's Scottish.
