History Characters / Tatort

* AmbiguousDisorder: Lupo lives [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} far-off from reality]], doesn't seem to [[NoSocialSkills get a grip on social norms]], and has some really strange mannerisms. Everyone agrees that he's kind of a nutcase, but nobody ever puts a label on that.

* DistressedDamsel: Both in ''"Limbus"'' and ''"Rhythm and Love"'', she finds herself in the clutches of a ruthless killer and needs help to get away. In ''"Der Fluch der Mumie"'', [[spoiler:she becomes a DamselOutOfDistress by stabbing her captor in the knee with a letter opener]].

* AttemptedRape: In ''"Der kalte Fritte"''; it's one of the rare occasions the usually very self-reliant Kira needs Lessing to [[DistressedDamsel come to her rescue]].

* DistressedDamsel: Is taken captive by a killer and has to be rescued by Lena in ''"Vom Himmel hoch"''.

* InterclassFriendship: In ''"Und immer gewinnt die Nacht"'', she's on her way to forming one with Linda. The latter doesn't seem to know of living in financial scarcity, while Liv strongly implies she's grown up getting only ever the barest necessities for life.

* ParentalIssues: It goes without saying that his relationship with his father is beyond repair, but he's not exactly on good terms with his mother either, who [[AdultsAreUseless used to stand by and let the abuse happen]]. Adam still loves her and worries about her, but he doesn't react well to her attempts to warm up their interactions a bit.

* InnocentCohabitation: Moves in with Lena after he loses his place, only for a while... which then becomes an extremely long while. There's not a trace of romantic or sexual interest between them.
* LastNameBasis: Lena always calls him "Kopper", even after twenty years.
** Made a plot point in ''"Der Wald steht schwarz und schweiget"''; when Lena, who has been abducted, calls him "Mario" on the phone while not tipping off her captor with anything else, Kopper asks her, puzzled, if she's still angry with him about their previous argument -- and realizes that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness something is wrong]].

* InsultOfEndearment: While being blatantly rude in any other context, considering it's the name of a mythological dwarf king, "Alberich" boils down to this as long as it's Boerne who calls her that.

* ParentalIssues: Never quite lived up to the expectations of his father, and is still resentful of the pressure put on him to represent their OldMoney family.

* TookALevelInJerkass: More recent episodes show him less caring, more callous and derisive of people and more genuinely snobbish than he was established in earlier years.

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: In ''"Das Mädchen Galina"'', she gets close to Minko, the brother of their VictimOfTheWeek, and is not happy when he's (albeit shortly) a suspect for the murder.

* PapaWolf: Willing to put a gun into his own mouth and pull the trigger if it means his daughter will be let go. [[spoiler:Luckily, it wasn't loaded.]] He also gets incredibly pissed with the guy in ''"Die Unsichtbare"'' who endangered two children.

* RecoveredAddict: Started out as TheAlcoholic, but after [[OffTheWagon a few setbacks]], she gets a grip on it. A very notable situation is in ''"Kein Entkommen'', when Bibi and Moritz are put in a situation of extreme stress, including several colleagues getting killed and they themselves surviving a shooting just barely. After that, an upset Moritz pours both of them a strong drink. [[spoiler:Bibi throws the content of her glass over his shirt.]]