History Characters / TheGifted2017

* IAmNotLeftHanded: She pretends to be capable of just reading thoughts when she can actually control the minds of others.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Gets a rather nasty burn on his face.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He wants to research the Strucker children and is willing to offer Jace whatever resources he needs as long as he can gets his hands on them. Jace refuses on legal grounds[[spoiler: at first]]. Later on, he [[spoiler:shoots Dreamer in cold blood after the Strucker siblings refuse to cooperate with his tests.]]

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has some ''nasty'' facial scarring.

* IAmNotLeftHanded: She pretends to be capable of just reading thoughts when she can actually control the minds of others.

* PsychicAssitedSuicide: He's [[spoiler:made to shoot himself from below the jaw by Esme.]]

A lawyer who specializes in mutant prosecution cases.

* PunchClockVillain: Never shows any personal hatred against mutants. In fact, he sympathizes with Lorna and offers her help. He did what he did to ensure the safety of his family, and after his children are revealed to be mutants, he doesn't hesitate one second to leave everything behind to help them.

* AgeLift: They were born decades before their comic book counterparts.

* IAmNotLeftHanded: She pretends to be capable of just reading thoughts when she can actually control the minds of others.

[[folder:Daniel Reynolds]]
!! Daniel "Danny" Reynolds
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Jeffrey Nordling

Caitlin's brother, to whom she and the kids go to for help after Reed gets arrested.

* ConflictingLoyalty: He is initially reluctant to aid his sister and her children beyond letting her stay over night, because of their fugitive status and having to put his son and wife in risk, but after a mob tries to attack his house he tries to fend them off and later provides information on Reed.
* CoolUncle: Is well liked by Lauren and Andy, and helps his relatives out (after some brief hesitation).
* ShamingTheMob: ''Tries'' to do this to his gun-wielding neighbours who try to take Caitlin and her kids by force, but it doesn't work.

[[folder:Scott Reynolds]]
!! Scott Reynolds
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Cooper Roth

Daniel's teenage son, who is quite bad at assessing dangerous situations.

* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Big time. He texted a friend about his cousins being mutants and sent a picture of a trophy of his being crushed by Andy's powers despite them being wanted fugitives. It almost gets everybody killed after half the neighbourhood comes to the house, armed to the teeth. His excuse? ''He promised not to tell anybody.''

[[folder:Ellen Strucker]]
!! Ellen Strucker
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Sharon Gless

Ex-wife of Otto Strucker and Reed's mother. She gets questioned by Agent Weeks following Reed's arrest.

* GoodParents: As opposed to Otto, she seems very close with her son, defends him even while he is arrested for supposedly supporting terrorists, and has protested for both human and mutant rights in the past.
* SatelliteCharacter: Only appears in a flashback during a game of bowling with her family and during an interrogation scene with Agent Weeks, after the arrest of her son.

[[folder:Otto Strucker]]
!! Otto Strucker
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Raymond J. Barry

Reed's distant father, who once worked for Trask Industries. [[spoiler:Secretly an extremely powerful mutant.]]

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:The guilt he felt for using a serum on Reed that nearly killed him made it impossible for him to look Reed in the eye.]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: He was raised by terrorists and genocidal maniacs, but when he grew up he became determined to be nothing like them.
* GuineaPigFamily: [[spoiler:He used the prototype serum he developed to suppress the X gene on his own son, even though it nearly killed Reed.]]
* TheImmune: [[spoiler: Is immune to Pulse's PowerNullifier abilities for unexplained reasons.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Performs a YouShallNotPass on Sentinel Services in order to save his son and John, being shot in the process.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Worked at Trask Industries to right the wrongs of his father and aunt.]]
* YouAreWhatYouHate: [[spoiler:He is a mutant, but he worked for nearly 30 years to eradicate the X gene from the gene pool and in particular considers mutants of his own lineage to be a danger to all humanity.]]

[[folder:Andreas and Andrea von Strucker]]
!! Andreas and Andrea von Strucker
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Paul Cooper (Andreas) and Caitlin Mehner

Otto's father and aunt. [[spoiler: Mutant terrorists, with the same powers as Andy and Lauren.]]

* TheDividual: Together they were known as Fenris.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Together their powers could bring down buildings.
* ThoseWackyNazis: Strongly implied, given they were Germans wanted for Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity shortly after WWII.
* WonderTwinPowers: [[spoiler:When they held hands they could access a terribly destructive power.]]

A mutant with the uncanny ability to alter memories. She and John have a romantic history.

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A private researcher into mutation and collaborator of Sentinel Services.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He wants to research the Strucker children and is willing to offer Jace whatever resources he needs as long as he can gets his hands on them. Jace refuses on legal grounds[[spoiler: at first]].

[[folder:The Stepford Cuckoos]]

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[[folder:Esme]]
!!Esme
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A young woman with telepathic abilities. [[spoiler:One third of The Stepford Cuckoos.]]

* AntiHero: Gives Lorna a nightmare in which her friends and her newborn child are captured by Sentinel Services to influence her into agreeing with attacking the facility right away.
* AgeLift: Again, if she's the show's version of Esme Cuckoo, who is a teenage girl when first introduced.
* HiveMind: [[spoiler:Comes with being one third of The Stepford Cuckoos.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: She dips into the memories of the members of the Mutant Underground to know how to push them in the direction she wants, [[spoiler:gets the Struckers to try negotiating with Jace then plays them up as the bad guys when they pursue her suggestion, and then tazes Marcos as soon as she's close enough to induce the massacre of the Sentinel Services agents]].
* {{Telepath}}: She can sense the thoughts of those nearby her, and manipulate them if she chooses.
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!!Sentinel Services

An organization charged with apprehending mutant fugitives. They operate independently from conventional law enforcement.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:After Blink confronts her about mindraping her, Sonia seems really shaken up.]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: If she's ''The Gifted'' counterpart of Esme Cuckoo, who becomes a villain. [[spoiler: Subverted as of "eXploited", when she compels the Sentinel Services agents to massacre each other as she breaks out her sisters.]]

A young woman with telepathic abilities.[[spoiler: One third of The Stepford Cuckoos.]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: If she's ''The Gifted'' counterpart of Esme Cuckoo, who becomes a villain.[[spoiler: Subverted as of "eXploited", when she compels the sentinel services agents to massacre each other as she breaks out her sisters.]]

* [[spoiler: HiveMind]]:[[spoiler:Comes with being one third of The Stepford Cuckoos.]]
* [[spoiler: ManipulativeBastard]]:[[spoiler:Dips into the memories of the members of the mutant underground to know how to push them in the direction she wants, plays the struckers up as the bad guys when they pursue her suggestion, and then tazes Marcos as soon as she's close enough to induce the massacre of the sentinel services agents.]]
* {{Telepath}}: She can sense the thoughts of those nearby her.

A young woman with telepathic abilities.

* AdaptationalHeroism: If she's ''The Gifted'' counterpart of Esme Cuckoo, who becomes a villain.

[[folder:Sonia[=/=]Dreamer]]
!!Sonia[=/=]Dreamer

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler: She gives Blink her own memories of her time with John in order to give her the proper motivation and willpower to save him and the group from the mutant haters after them.]] John is ''not'' happy with this, but she argues it was the only way.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: Her birth name is unknown in the adaptation

** His [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first scene]] shows him threatening the school director with "suing the school into oblivion" if he fails to stop his son's tormentors. Completed with KubrickStare. [[MoodWhiplash And then]] [[Adorkable adorkably]] discussing with Caitlin exactly how appropriate that threat was.

* TookALevelInBadass: Very early on, she was basically dragged along by circumstances, still shocked by her comfortable suburbian life world falling apart. She however quickly gets on her feet, saves Clarice and decides to help the mutant cause after witnessing their abuse, both for her children and out of genuine support.

* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: Reed is a mutant but his father artificially removed his powers (though, not his X-Gene) via a special serum.]]
* DeathGlare: {{Invoked|Trope}} while threatening to sue the school. He thinks he overdid it while Caitlin assures him it was "the perfect amount of glare".

** His [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first scene]] shows him threatening the school director with "suing the school into oblivion" if he fails to stop his son's tormentors. Completed with KubrickStare. [[MoodWhiplash And then adorkably discussing how appropriate exactly that threat was with Caitlin.]]
** When he realizes the kind of trouble his children are in, he instantly decides to give up his career and everything he has worked for up to this point in his life since it is the only way he can save them.
* PunchClockVillain: Never shows any personal hatred against mutants. In fact, he sympathizes with Lorna and offers her help. He did what he did to ensure the safety of his family, and after his children are revealed to be mutants he doesn't hesitate one second to leave everything behind to help them.

[[folder:Ellen Strucker]]
!! Ellen Strucker
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Sharon Gless

Ex-wife of Otto Strucker and Reed's mother. She gets questioned by Agent Weeks following Reed's arrest.

* GoodParents: As opposed to Otto, she seems very close with her son, defends him even while he is arrested for supposedly supporting terrorists, and has protested for both human and mutant rights in the past.
* SatelliteCharacter: Only appears in a flashback during a game of bowling with her family and during an interrogation scene with Agent Weeks, after the arrest of her son.

[[folder:Otto Strucker]]
!! Otto Strucker
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Raymond J. Barry

Reed's distant father, who once worked for Trask Industries. [[spoiler:Secretly an extremely powerful mutant.]]

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:The guilt he felt for using a serum on Reed that nearly killed him made it impossible for him to look Reed in the eye.]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: He was raised by terrorists and genocidal maniacs, but when he grew up he became determined to be nothing like them.
* GuineaPigFamily: [[spoiler:He used the prototype serum he developed to suppress the X gene on his own son, even though it nearly killed Reed.]]
* TheImmune: [[spoiler: Is immune to Pulse's PowerNullifier abilities for unexplained reasons.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Performs a YouShallNotPass on Sentinel Services in order to save his son and John, being shot in the process.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Worked at Trask Industries to right the wrongs of his father and aunt.]]
* YouAreWhatYouHate: [[spoiler:He is a mutant, but he worked for nearly 30 years to eradicate the X gene from the gene pool and in particular considers mutants of his own lineage to be a danger to all humanity.]]

[[folder:Andreas and Andrea von Strucker]]
!! Andreas and Andrea von Strucker
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Paul Cooper (Andreas) and Caitlin Mehner

Otto's father and aunt. [[spoiler: Mutant terrorists, with the same powers as Andy and Lauren.]]

* TheDividual: Together they were known as Fenris.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Together their powers could bring down buildings.
* ThoseWackyNazis: Strongly implied, given they were Germans wanted for Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity shortly after WWII.
* WonderTwinPowers: [[spoiler:When they held hands they could access a terribly destructive power.]]

!! Mutant Underground

[[folder:In General]]

A network of mutants and sympathizers operating outside the law to protect mutants from persecution and help them flee the United States.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: They are fighting for the survival of mutantkind with none of the resources or the charismatic, strategic leadership of the X-Men.
* LaResistance: They are a resistance movement fighting legalized persecution of mutants in the United States.

[[folder:Lorna Dane[=/=]Polaris]]
!! Lorna Dane[=/=]ComicBook/{{Polaris}}
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Emma Dumont

->''"When they look at me they see a troubled young woman... I'll show them trouble."''

A young woman with the powers of [[MagnetismManipulation magnetism]].

* AntiHero: Becomes quite angry and violent after being freed from prison.
* TheBigGuy: Before she gets detained in the pilot, she's clearly the heavy hitter of Thunderbird's underground mutant team.
* BulletDodgesYou: She can stop bullets and shoot them back at those who fired them.
* ButICantBePregnant: Lorna's second FreakOut of the pilot episode screams this when Strucker shows her her medical records, revealing that she's expecting a child.
* ContinuityNod: Let's just say its rare for her to ''not'' have a scene that invokes some aspect of either film or comic Magneto history.
* {{Determinator}}: Works through the pain of being punched in the face, kicked in the stomach, and her collar electrocuting her to use her powers to throw a table at her attacker.
* EmeraldPower: Her hair is naturally green and when she's using her powers, her hair and eyes glow bright green.
* {{EMP}}: Disables a squadron of police cars during the first episode shootout this way.
* IfIWantedYouDead: In as many words when Reed confronts her with an attempted murder rap over the police assault. To drive it home she manipulates surgical screws inside his leg.
* KnightInSourArmour: She lives in a world where people hate and fear her and all mutants just for what they are, but she fights to protect her people, sees the beauty and the joy in what they do, and wouldn't give up her powers to be accepted even if she could.
* MagnetismManipulation: Her skillset involves the manipulation of magnetism.
* MoodSwinger: She's bipolar and being on the run offers very little opportunity to seek treatment, resulting in this.
* MythologyGag: She's kept in a plastic prison, and manipulates the metals inside a visitor's body. [[Film/X2XMenUnited Sound familiar?]]
* NotQuiteFlight: As shown in a flashback, she can levitate, but it's not quite the way the other magnetic mutant does it--rather, she makes fashion choices that involve a lot of metal and lifts what she's wearing.
* PersonalityPowers: Her powers have to do with polarity, and she herself is bipolar.
* PregnantBadass: Although not initially aware of it.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Nearly beats a cop to death after he shot Marcos.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: As we learn in "rX', her hair is naturally green, likely because of a secondary mutation. She dyes it black to blend in with average humans.
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Thunderbird and Eclipse (and Blink) all have more directly lethal powers but Polaris is the one who wants to fight police from the beginning and escalates to attempted murder when her lover Eclipse is wounded. Even when throwing metal she prefers disarms and "warning shots" but it's clear she's only doing that because she's not ''that'' angry or desperate at the moment.

[[folder:Marcos Diaz[=/=]Eclipse]]
!!Marcos Diaz[=/=]Eclipse
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SeanTeale

->''"The X-Men, the Brotherhood, we don't even know if they exist anymore. We are alone. And we're getting picked off one by one."''

A rebellious mutant who can [[LightEmUp absorb and manipulate photons]]. He's Lorna's boyfriend

* AlienBlood: He "bleeds" sunlight.
* BlindedByTheLight: He can release intense light which can temporarily blind his opponents. If done for long enough, he can even permanently blind someone.
* TheBrute: [[spoiler:He used to be muscle for a drug lord.]]
* CompositeCharacter: His relationship with Lorna stems from the comics version of Havok while his background and powers have more in common with Sunspot.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He was thrown out of his house when he was 13 when his powers first manifested and had to do many unsavory things to survive. These include [[spoiler:getting involved with a [[TheCartel drug cartel]]]].
* {{Expy}}: While Marcos technically doesn't exist in any Marvel continuity, he's obviously meant to resemble [[ComicBook/NewMutants Sunspot]], who appears in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' and ''Film/TheNewMutants''. In fact, the only character in Marvel lore who's ever used the codename [[http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Roberto_da_Costa_(Earth-11326) Eclipse]] is an {{alternate universe}} Sunspot.
* FrickinLaserBeams: He can concentrate light in order to fire heat beams from his fingers.
* GreaseMonkey: He seems to work as a mechanic.
* IronicNickname: His mutant name is Eclipse but his powers allow him to emit light, not to drain it to create darkness.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: His powers involve light and the sun.
* RedOniBlueOni: in most of his interactions with Thunderbird, he is the impulsive, {{determinator}} red oni compared to his more strategic and composed friend.

[[folder:Clarice Fong[=/=]Blink]]
!!Clarice Fong[=/=]Blink
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JamieChung

An energetic mutant with [[ThinkingUpPortals teleportation powers]].

* AdaptationalNameChange: Her surname is changed from Ferguson to Fong.
* DeadpanSnarker: Her sense of humor is quite sarcastic.
* EmeraldPower: Her eyes are an eerie shade of green.
* FacialMarkings: She gains a pink slash over her right eye after her injury.
* IOweYouMyLife: She thinks she owes Polaris because the latter was captured while helping her escape the police.
* PointyEars: She has a set of elf-like ears as one of the more obvious signs she isn't a normal human.
* PortalCut: She does this to a police car after it gets partway through one of her portals before it closes. She also uses a dog toy to demonstrate to Eclipse that if she can't see where she's porting, it's a ''very'' real danger of using her powers.
* PowerIncontinence: She displays some difficulty opening her portals, and keeping them stable for more than a few moments; Thunderbird implies that this is normal with mutants who use fear as fuel. And after she gets sick in the second episode, she loses any ability to control them at all.
* RaceLift: Is still Asian, while her comic counterpart's ethnicity was never specified.
* ThinkingUpPortals: Her skillset involves teleportation through portal constructs.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler:Tears Dreamer a new one for [[MindRape implanting her with a memory that's not her's]].]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Hers is purple.

[[folder:John Proudstar[=/=]Thunderbird]]
!!John Proudstar[=/=]Thunderbird
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Blair Redford

->''"I found you. Trust me, I can find him."''

The athletic, superstrong leader of the underground mutant network.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: His counterpart in the comics is defined as a LeeroyJenkins-type, while this version of the character is more cautious and methodical.
* BadassNative: He's Native American, and he's a badass.
* TheLeader: He's the leader of the underground mutants.
* LightningBruiser: He's fast and strong.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Downplayed. He's a mutant, but not ''because'' of his Native American ethnicity.
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: His enhanced senses allow him to foresee incoming enemies.
* RedOniBlueOni: in most of his interactions with Eclipse, he is the strategic and composed blue oni compared to his impulsive friend.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: He also has the ability to track other mutants.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Whereas his counterpart in the mainstream MarvelUniverse was killed off almost immediately after being introduced, this version will be sticking around longer.
* SuperSenses: Has superhuman hearing.
* SuperSoldier: Though not artificially enhanced, he's a mutant and mentions his military service several times. The opening of Episode 6 gives a taste of how well his broad powerset could be applied in a warzone: hearing incoming attacks, disposing of explosives, shielding others from explosions, ''catching shrapnel out of the air''...
* SuperStrength: His personal powerset, as said above.
* SuperToughness: He's tough enough to be hit with the severed tailgate of a truck without injury.

[[folder:Sage]]
!!Sage
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Hayley Lovitt

A member of the underground mutant network and the resident technician.

* AwesomeByAnalysis: She is called ''Math girl'' by Andy, as she calculates odds and can mentally interact with computers.
* NeverTellMeTheOdds: She says that there is chance of over 80% for the mission to rescue Reed and Lorna to fail. She is naturally proven wrong.
* PhotographicMemory: One subset of her powers is eidetic memory.
* {{Technopath}}: She has the ability to mentally interact with computers.

[[folder:Sonia[=/=]Dreamer]]
!!Sonia[=/=]Dreamer
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Elena Satine

A mutant with the uncanny ability to alter memories. She and John have a romantic history.

* AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, she was called ''Beautiful Dreamer'', which obviously would have sounded very strange.
* AntiHero: Is willing to MindRape Blink, and John indicates she has done this before, in order to save John and the group.
* CreepyGood: She is on the side of the Mutant Underground, but that doesn't stop her from being outright terrifying due to her powers and her supposedly innocent attire.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler: She gives Blink her own memories of her time with John in order to give her the proper motivation and willpower to save him and the group from the mutant haters after them.]] John is ''not'' happy with this, but she argues it was the only way.
* FakeMemories: She can implant fake memories unto others by exhaling a pink mist. It is supposed to last a few days and then be forgotten like a dream, but there are implications that this isn't always reliable.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Another aspect of her power is to erase selected memories, either intentionally or by accident.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:After Blink confronts her about mindraping her, Sonia seems really shaken up.]]
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Her birth name is unknown in the adaptation

[[folder:Harry[=/=]Trader]]
!!Harry[=/=]Trader
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Derek James Jones

A mutant with the ability to blend in with his environment.

* DistressedDude: Due to the unexpected presence of Pulse, his powers start malfunctioning right when he checks out the situation in front of Sentinel Services agents. He gets shot in the stomach and is barely rescued by Dreamer. Caitlin and her kids rescue his life by the skin of their teeth via a very risky surgery.
* PerceptionFilter: His power allows him to make others think he's invisible, but he can't fool electronic surveillance. It's also implied there's a limit to how many people he can hide from at once, though he's good enough to hide from a small squad of Sentinel Services agents.
* VisibleInvisibility: There's a noticeable distortion in his camouflage, which becomes obvious when he moves. He can apparently fool people but not cameras, and has trouble fooling many people at once. Still, Sentinel Services fails to notice until Pulse disrupts his powers.

[[folder:Tex[=/=]Fade]]
!!Tex[=/=]Fade
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Jeff Daniel Phillips

A contact of the Mutant Underground. He's a bartender.

* AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, the only mutant employing the Fade alias is called [=DiLorenzo=].
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics, Fade is a crime lord.
* {{Invisibility}}: His power, which cloaks himself and whatever's he's touching, hiding it not only from sight but masking sound, as well.
* ProperlyParanoid: Was initially suspicious of Reed just turning up at his bar while being hunted and he was right to be, as he was ordered to lead Turner to the Mutant Underground.
* TheResenter: He gets very pissed when he meets Reed again at the hideout, even getting into a fight with him. Thankfully, he is later convinced that he is on their side.

[[folder:Pedro]]
!!Pedro
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Dinarte De Freitas

The gate guardian of the Mutant Underground Headquarters.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Almost looks like Nightcrawler's brother, with a slightly lighter skin tone and a beard.
* GateGuardian: His occupation in the Underground.
* TheQuietOne: Hasn't had a single line yet.
* SuperheroPackingHeat: Notably the only mutant who wears a firearm in addition to his powers.
* SupernaturalFearInducer: His power is to create a fear field which is used to keep the Headquarters safe. Notably, it only works on humans, not other mutants.

[[folder:Shatter]]
!!Shatter
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Jermaine Rivers

A mutant whose only power is apparently the crystallized state he is in.

* GemTissue: His body is covered in a hard, black crystalline substance.
* TheGenericGuy: Aside from voicing concern a few times (for example about Reed staying at the compound after previously being tasked by Sentinel Services to sell them out), he hasn't had much character development yet.
* NoodleIncident: His prominent facial scarring suggests he took a bullet to the head at some point.

[[folder:Wes]]
!!Wes
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Danny Ramirez

A young mutant with the ability to create visual and auditory illusions.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics, Jason Wyngarde was a villain. Here, he's on the side of the Mutant Underground, fighting against the oppression and extermination of his kind in the hands of the government.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: After being kicked out of his house for being a mutant he fell really low until he was recruited by a group who had him helping them running cons and stealing jewelry
* {{Expy}}: He's based on Jason Wyngarde, a.k.a. Mastermind, who already had a counterpart in the ''X-Men'' films in the form of Jason Stryker.
* MasterOfIllusion: He can create visual and auditory illusions.
* PutOnABus: In "eXtreme measures" he's sent to another cell of the Underground.

[[folder:Esme]]
!!Esme
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Skyler Samuels

A young woman with telepathic abilities.

* AdaptationalHeroism: If she's ''The Gifted'' counterpart of Esme Cuckoo, who becomes a villain.
* AgeLift: Again, if she's the show's version of Esme Cuckoo, who is a teenage girl when first introduced.
* {{Telepath}}: She can sense the thoughts of those nearby her.

!!Sentinel Services
[[folder:Jace Turner]]
!!Agent Jace Turner
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Coby Bell

A high-ranking agent of Sentinel Services who gets dispatched to capture the Struckers. He's also trying to bring down the Mutant Underground.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: It's clear that especially from a mutant POV, Sentinel Services is bad news and disappears people on a regular basis. It's also clear that society at large treats mutants as akin to terrorists (Andy's incident at the school is straight up reported as an intentional attack on children), and most would consider Turner a hero.
* BaldOfEvil: Or Bald of AmbiguouslyEvil maybe.
* CompositeCharacter: His backstory is similar to the latest [[http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/X-Cutioner_(Alex%27s_father)_(Earth-616) X-Cutioner]], who also lost a child in a similar manner.
* DistressedDude: Gets kidnapped by Marcos and Lorna in order to get him to reveal what Sentinel Services did to Pulse. [[spoiler:Dreamer accidentally makes him forget about the death of his daughter while probing his mind.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He tells Kate that he has children too. [[spoiler: His daughter was killed by a mutant.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Possible example of this or possibly just him being an InspectorJavert: he isn't at all comfortable with the idea of his prisoners being taken by "contractors". After his MindRape he changes his mind about it. However, he is still appalled by Dr. Campbell's methods of getting what he wants and argues against it.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: His daughter was killed in the crossfire of a battle between the X-Men and the Brotherhood.]]
* TheHeavy: Not really the BigBad, since he is just one of many goverment officials after all, but he is left in charge of bringing down the Mutant Underground and he's definitely the most fleshed out Sentinel Services agent.
* InspectorJavert: His job is to arrest mutants who break the law, even if they did so through no fault of their own. He's willing to take children from their parents and harass Reed's family if he thinks it will lead him to a bigger arrest. [[spoiler:After losing Polaris, he's determined to target every associate of the Mutant Underground network regardless of how loose their connection might be.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He has a bit of a chip on his shoulder, especially with mutants. Escalates after [[spoiler: accidentally being forced to forget then relive the grief of his daughter's death.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: After he's {{Mind Rape}}d and forced to experience the grief of his daughter dying from scratch, it's hard to not think he has a point about mutants being terrorist monsters.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: While his daughter's death has always been a factor in his actions, he always acted lawfully and acted within the proper procedures. After [[spoiler: getting {{Mind Rape}}d by Dreamer]], he only cares about winning no matter whose rights he has to step on, even selling out criminal information to what he once denounced as a private contractor and tapping into phones without a warrant. When the latter is pointed out to him, he yells at the man who did it.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: He's shown to be a competent and determined tactical commander in "eXit strategy." He's also not particularly afraid of mutant powers, pursuing the Struckers after both kids use them. However, [[spoiler:once Polaris gets loose and takes the guns away from him and his men, he immediately orders a full-scale retreat.]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: He ends up forgetting [[spoiler:his daughter's death]] thanks to an interrupted mind probe [[spoiler:by Dreamer]].
* PunchClockVillain: He's much calmer and less violent than most anti-mutant government employees, including his partner. While he is very firm that he ''will'' be taking the mutants in over the objections of their mother, he also attempts to negotiate with her and convince her that it's for their own protection. He even sympathizes with Reed choosing his family over his job.
* SmugSnake: He tends to talk like a sarcastic jerkass whenever he thinks he has the upper hand on someone. His veneer of arrogance is shattered whenever his plans are foiled.
* VillainousBreakdown: First when Reed abandons his mission of leading him to the Mutant Underground and then a major one after Reed and Lorna escape captivity. And he really loses it when Dreamer inadvertantly forces him to experience learning about his daughter's death all over again, openly telling his team he doesn't care about following the law while bringing the group in.
* WouldHitAGirl: Has no problems with violently pushing Kate to the ground.
* WouldHurtAChild: And no problems with ordering fire on the Strucker kids too.

[[folder:Ed Weeks]]
!!Agent Ed Weeks
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->'''Portrayed by:'''Jesse O'Neill

Turner's partner at Sentinel Services.

* EnhancedInterrogationTechniques: He interrogates Reed's mother in a very investigative and agressive way, which is shown to Reed to make him comply.
* NumberTwo: Turner has authority over Weeks, giving orders for him to carry out during missions.

[[folder:Gus[=/=]Pulse]]
!!Gus[=/=]Pulse
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Zach Roerig

A former member of the Mutant Underground, apparently killed on a rescue mission years back, but turned out to be brainwashed into a loyal agent of Sentinel Services.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He doesn't even speak, let alone recognize his old friend John.
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler: He regains his sense of self in his final moments, apologizing to John for what he's done.]]
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Gains these quite noticeably when his abilities are active.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: He helps hunting his own kind down and keeps their powers in check.
* PowerNullifier: His power is to shut down systems, and he can also shut down mutant powers.
* TokenSuper: Seemingly the only mutant in the ranks of Sentinel Services.

!! Trask Industries

[[folder:Roderick Campbell]]
!!Dr. Roderick Campbell
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Garret Dilahunt

A private researcher into mutation and collaborator of Sentinel Services.

* BigBad: Takes over as this for the first Season as soon as Jace goes to him for help.
* {{Dehumanization}}: Repeatedly labels mutants in degrading ways like ''assets'' or ''animals''.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Acts friendly and social, but it's clear that this is nothing but a veneer for the ice-cold sociopath underneath.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He wants to research the Strucker children and is willing to offer Jace whatever resources he needs as long as he can gets his hands on them. Jace refuses on legal grounds[[spoiler: at first]].
* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: What he does to the Hounds is ''horrible'', and even hardened agents like Turner are creeped out by this.

[[folder:Hounds]]
!!Hounds

Mutants brainwashed by Roderick Campbell to hunt down other mutants

* AddledAddict: Part of Campbell's brainwashing them involves keeping them addicted to Kick. They're so dependent on the drug that withdrawal is fatal.
* AndIMustScream: Their mental conditioning leaves them unable to reveal intel, regardless of how much they want to.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: They are mutants brainwashed to hunt and kill other mutants.
* ManchurianAgent: Conditioned into infiltrating the enemy undetected, without them even knowing what they really are until they get the signal to attack.

!! The Cartel

[[folder:Carmen Guerra]]
!!Carmen Guerra
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Michelle Veintimilla

The current leader of the resident drug cartel and former lover of Marcos.

* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: She used to be afraid of her father hurting people and tried to make him stop. But now, as the leader of the Cartel, she isn't doing it any differently.
* DealWithTheDevil: Marcos makes a deal with her in order to get information on Lorna's prison transport. In exchange, he's at her beck-and-call for blowing up the drug shipment of a rival gang.
* NotSoDifferent: Continually insists that what Marcos is doing now with the Mutant Underground isn't that different to her line of work, smuggling illegal people around. However, Marcos is quick to [[NotSoSimilar point out]] that he is doing it to help people and also isn't dealing drugs.
* WorkingWithTheEx: Or rather, she ''forces'' Marcos to work with her.

[[folder:Lodo]]
!!Lodo

->'''Portrayed by:''' Bob Jennings

Carmen's mutant lackey.