History Characters / StarTrekEnterprise

* BigBad: Of the Temporal Cold War arc

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!!Duras, Son of Toral
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DanielRiordan

A Klingon with a serious grudge against Archer after an incident involving refugees fleeing the Klingon Empire.
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* GenerationXerox: He's just as big a ''[[PardonMyKlingon petaQ']]'' as his descendant from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.
* LeeroyJenkins: Even by Klingon standards, as he tries to pursue ''Enterprise'' into the Delphic Expanse, which Klingons fear so much that his own wingmen won't follow him in.
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RandyOgelsby

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/ScottBakula

->'''Played By:''' Creator/JoleneBlalock

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/ConnorTrinneer

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/DominicKeating

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/JohnBillingsley

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/AnthonyMontgomery

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/LindaPark

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/VaughnArmstrong

-->''"[[SarcasmMode Well, this may come as a surprise to you, Jon]], but the Vulcans aren't talking."''

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/StevenCulp

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/AdaMaris

-->''"I'm married to Starfleet...just like you."''

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/MattWinston

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/JohnFleck

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/JamesHoran

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/DanielRiordan

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/RandyOgelsby

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/TuckerSmallwood

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/RickWorthy

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-> '''Played By:''' Creator/ScottMacDonald

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/RobertFoxworth

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/BrentSpiner

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/BrianThompson

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/PeterWeller

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/GaryGraham

-->''"We don't know what to do about Humans. Of all the species we've made contact with, [[HumansAreSpecial yours is the only one we can't define]]. You have the arrogance of Andorians, the stubborn pride of Tellarites. One moment, you're as driven by your emotions as Klingons, and the next, you confound us by suddenly embracing logic."''

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/JeffreyCombs

-->''"Tell Archer that's ''two'' he owes me!"''

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/KaraZediker

* TheHeart: She's one of the most openly emotional (in the "sensitive" vein, not "angry and HotBlooded") officers, especially in the first season when she doesn't have much confidence in herself. She is also one of the friendliest bridge officers.

* TheHeart: She's shown to be close with all of her fellow bridge crew and often spends her downtime getting to know new people, or trying to, as with the [=MACO=] squad.

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Was ostracized from the Romulan Senate and removed by his fellow senators for openly questioning the policy of expansionism.

* VindicatedByHistory: In-universe, it seems. Despite his failure to disrupt and defeat the Coalition of Planets, and his prior disgraces, Valdore eventually, as noted above, has not just a starship named after him, but the flagship of the Romulan Navy, no less.

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Archer is virtually the opposite to his predecessors (or at least his successors since ''Enterprise'' is the chronological prequel to the franchise's timeline). While his successors are bound to the rules by-the-book, Archer isn't, who makes up any rules he wants in a time before the Federation even exists as an organization. He is also willing to commit morally ambiguous, ethically questionable acts like piracy and even withholding a cure to a dying species, unlike his predecessors who are at least on the side of the law. He is also a pathfinder unlike the previous Captains, who has to rely on navigating uncharted regions of space with just his crew and whatever resources he has in store, while suffering from bad luck along the way. He is also diplomatic like Janeway and Picard, but he has some contrasts to both of them, being that his diplomacy borders between reasonable and outright explosive (the latter being the engine to the Federation's creation), neither traits his predecessors has.

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Archer is virtually the opposite to his predecessors (or at least his successors since ''Enterprise'' is the chronological prequel to the franchise's timeline). While his successors are bound to the rules, Archer isn't, who makes up any rules he wants in a time before the Federation even exists as an organization. He is also willing to commit morally ambiguous, ethically questionable acts like piracy and even withholding a cure to a dying species, unlike his predecessors. He is also a pathfinder unlike the previous Captains, who has to rely on navigating uncharted regions of space with just his crew and whatever resources he has in store, while suffering from bad luck along the way. He is also diplomatic like Janeway and Picard, but he has some contrasts to both of them, being that his diplomacy borders between reasonable and outright explosive, neither traits his predecessors has.

* CatchPhrase: "We're making history with every light year."

->''"This is called a phase pistol. It has two settings: 'stun' and 'kill.' It would be best not to confuse them."''

* MeaningfulName: He was part of a litter of four males, dubbed "the Four Musketeers", hence how he got the name "Porthos."

* CosmeticallyAdvancedPrequel: She's more detailed inside and out than the ''Constitution'' class vessel that would succeed her a century later (though ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' would imply that the more simplistic era of ''TOS'' was due to Fleet Captain Pike having the technology downgraded due to a series of malfunctions).

* LegacyVesselNaming: She's named after five ''Enterprise'''s before her--the ''H.M.S. Enterprise'' of 1775, the ''CV-6'' and ''CVN-65'' of the United States Navy, the ''OV-101'' space shuttle of NASA, and the ''XVC-30'' Earth[=/=]Vulcan collaboration vessel. She too is the first Starfleet vessel to bear the name, and [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Kirk's ship]] is implied to have been named after her.

* TookALevelInBadass: Several times. First is when Trip and Malcolm upgrade her weaponry with phase cannons (the precursors to phaser banks). Then, after the Xindi attack, she gets photonic torpedoes, improved hull plating, and a contingent of SpaceMarines, turning her into a full-fledged warship. (WordOfGod suggests that if the show had gotten a fifth season, she could've received far more extensive upgrades. Those upgrades would later be canonized in ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' via her appearance at the fleet museum.) She also goes from barely achieving warp 5 in season 1 to safely maintaining 5.1 for short periods in season 4.

* BoobsOfSteel: As a Vulcan, she is physically stronger than any of the humans on the ship. Coincidentally, she is also the only one wearing skintight spandex that showcases her breasts as her normal uniform. Contrast Hoshi, who is less physically-capable, less well-endowed, and wears a considerably more modest unisex jumpsuit.

-->''"I think what becomes quite obvious as the third season progresses is that everybody on staff has their own version of Archer. André Bormanis seems like the most traditional ''Star Trek'' writer on staff, so it's not surprising that ''Extinction'' has a nod toward franchise utopianism that [[{{Glurge}} doesn't make a lick of sense]]...In contrast, David A. Goodman seems write Archer only [[BlackAndGreyMorality a shade or two more cynical]], trying to avoid harming the Vulcans in ''Impulse'' and playing cowboy in ''North Star''; Goodman writes a version of Archer who actually seems more well-adjusted than he was for most of the first two seasons. Sussman and Strong both play up Archer's [[HurtingHero angst]]. Braga likes [[{{AntiHero}} gritty action hero]] Archer.\\\

* HurtingHero: Because of the trope below.

* {{Omniglot}}: It comes naturally to her. It's the reason she's on the ship.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Dominic Keating is on record as saying, "God knows I played him gay!" but [[SarcasticConfession no one's sure whether he's joking or not]]. There is some evidence that Reed was slated to be the first gay character in ''Franchise/StarTrek'', but this was apparently later revoked. Considering he's had significant HoYay with at least three characters (Archer, Tucker, and Hayes), however, Keating may not have been joking all that much. It's worth noting that when ''Enterprise'' was sent back in time, Malcolm never got married or had kids, and he was the only member of the main cast (and possibly the whole crew) that didn't. Possibly CampStraight, as he has a string of ex-girlfriends and flirts with various female alien visitors (awkwardly, usually) throughout the series. (And he admitted once to [[CovertPervert taking notice of T'Pol's bum.]]) [[ZigZaggedTrope Still, that doesn't prove he's straight; he could always be bisexual.]]\\

* VillainHasAPoint: A lot of the theoretical papers he writes in prison propose cures and treatments to various diseases, including the one that killed Archer's father. Phlox also agrees that gene therapy is useful (and widely practiced in Denobulan medicine), but believes that humanity's experience with the type that Soong wants justifies their zero-tolerance policy on it.

* LegacyVesselNaming: She's named after five ''Enterprise'''s before her--the ''H.M.S. Enterprise'' of 1775, the ''CVC-6'' and ''CVC-65'' of the United States Navy, the ''OV-101'' space shuttle of NASA, and the ''XVC-30'' Earth[=/=]Vulcan collaboration vessel. She too is the first Starfleet vessel to bear the name, and [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Kirk's ship]] is implied to have been named after her.

* GeneralRipper: In the early half of Season 3. Archer changes his tune pretty damn quickly when he realizes that the Xindi have been manipulated and lied to for generations and have been screwed over pretty severely. The Sphere Builders [[EnemyMine are not happy with the outcome]].

* DragonAscendant: Takes center stage as the main villain in the last part of Season 3, working to forward the Sphere Builder plan.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Dolim gets more than a little ticked off at the Sphere Builders for his having to create a rift among the Xindi Council. [[DownplayedTrope Milder than most examples of the trope, though.]]

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:For the Sphere Builders's plan to wipe out all life in the galaxy.]]

* GeneralRipper: In the early half of Season 3. Archer changes his tune pretty damn quickly when he realizes that the Xindi have been manipulated and lied to for generations and have been screwed over pretty severely. The Sphere-Builders [[EnemyMine are not happy with the outcome]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Dolim gets more than a little ticked off at the Sphere-Builders for his having to create a rift among the Xindi Council. [[DownplayedTrope Milder than most examples of the trope, though.]]

* WellDoneSonGuy: See TheUnfavourite. He starts to thaw out a bit once Archer makes a point of befriending him.

Archer's old flame and the captain of ''Enterprise'''s sister ship ''Columbia'' (NX-02), Erika Hernandez was a fiery ActionGirl who appeared in only three episodes of the show's fourth and final season. [[spoiler:Somebody liked her, though, because she played a major part in the previous novel verse]].

* MythologyGag: The three Admirals seen in "Broken Bow" are Admirals Forrest, Leonard, and Williams, after Creator/DeForestKelley, Creator/LeonardNimoy, and Creator/WilliamShatner, respectively. As Kelley had died roughly a year prior to the start of filming, Forrest has, by far, the largest role in the show.