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* AWolfInSheepsClothing: He seems like a wise, kindly mentor figure until Episode 7, when his affability goes right out the window.
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* MagicalNegro: He rescues Jessica from the Plague Doctor with a magical cloud of butterflies, explains what she is and why she is seeing things, and advises her on how to figure out what is going on. But he can't solve her problems directly as Jessica is in London and he is in Louisiana. [[spoiler:Brutally subverted when he shows up in London for real and starts killing people.]]

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* MagicalNegro: He rescues Jessica from the Plague Doctor with a magical cloud of butterflies, explains what she is and why she is seeing things, and advises her on how to figure out what is going on. But he can't solve her problems directly as Jessica is in London and he is in Louisiana. [[spoiler:Brutally subverted [[spoiler:Subverted when he shows up in London for real and starts killing people.]]
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* SpoiledByTheFormat: His identity as Dr. Watson is subject to an InternalReveal a few episodes in, but obvious to the viewers from the outset since it's mentioned in the show description.

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* SpoiledByTheFormat: His identity as Dr. Watson is subject to an InternalReveal a few episodes in, but obvious to the viewers from the outset since it's mentioned in the show description.

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[[folder:Beatrice "Bea" Cook]]

!!Bea

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!!Beatrice
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[[folder: Jessica "Jessie" Cook]]

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[[folder: His Royal Highness The Prince Leopold “Leo”]]

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Royal Highness The Prince Leopold “Leo”]]

!!Leo
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* AdaptationalJerkass: He is much less of a gentleman than in the literary stories and more abrasive towards Bea and the others than you'd expect.



* AdaptationalJerkass: He is much less of a gentleman than in the literary stories and more abrasive towards Bea and the others than you'd expect.

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* AdaptationalJerkass: He SpoiledByTheFormat: His identity as Dr. Watson is much less of subject to an InternalReveal a gentleman than few episodes in, but obvious to the viewers from the outset since it's mentioned in the literary stories and more abrasive towards Bea and the others than you'd expect.
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[[folder:Inspector Lestrade]]
!!Inspector Lestrade

-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/AidanMcArdle

A Scotland Yard detective.
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* FantasticRacism: He makes it clear he only tolerates Jessie because her abilities are useful and thinks everyone like her should be eradicated.
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[[folder:The Linen Man]]

-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/ClarkePeters, Andre James (young)

A man from Louisiana with the same kind of powers as Jessie. After making contact with her through her dreams, he starts offering her advice on how to use the powers.

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!Ipsissima
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Bird Master]]
!!Arthur Hilton, The Bird Master

-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/ClarkePeters, Andre James (young)

A man from Louisiana with the same kind of powers as Jessie. After making contact with her through her dreams, he starts offering her advice on how to use the powers.
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* TheBeastmaster: He can control birds from a vast distance, though he primarily uses ravens.
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[[folder:The Tooth Fairy]]
!!Jean Gates, The Tooth Fairy

-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/SheliaAtim

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* ComboPlatterPowers: She can breathe an anesthetic gas and [[spoiler:grow clones of people from their teeth]].
* {{Revenge}}: She wants [[spoiler: to kill the Duke of Winchester for hiking rent prices and taking her father from her as a result]].
* TheToothHurts: Her modus operandi is to steal all a victim's teeth while they sleep.
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[[folder:The Face Stealer]]
!!Clara

-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/EleanorWorthingtonCox

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* {{Doppelganger}}: She can transform into people by cutting off and wearing their faces.
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[[folder:The Linen Man]]

-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/ClarkePeters, Andre James (young)

A man from Louisiana with the same kind of powers as Jessie. After making contact with her through her dreams, he starts offering her advice on how to use the powers.
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* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler: He shares the role of main antagonist with Alice]]].

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* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler: He shares the role of main antagonist with Alice]]].Alice]].
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: He the first of the BigBadEnsemble to go]].
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* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler: She shares the role of BigBad with The Linen Man, before becoming the FinalBoss once he's killed.]]


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* SherlockScan: While not as observant as the trope namer, she does display a fair attention to detail. [[spoiler:A hint that she has a connection to Sherlock]].



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-->'''Portrayed by''': Harrison Osterfield

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-->'''Portrayed by''': Royce Pierreson

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-->'''Portrayed by''': Royce Pierreson
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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the past, he had long, dark-brown hair. In the present, after [[spoiler:years of substance abuse and grief]], his head is shaved.

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* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Years of grief and drug abuse have turned him into a broken shell of his past self]].

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* FallenHero: BrokenAce: [[spoiler:Years of grief and drug abuse have turned him into a broken shell of his past self]].


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* FallenHero: [[spoiler:After having worked with Sherlock and Watson to fight supernatural threats, being trapped beyond the Rift by herself seemingly sends her over the edge, inspiring her to let the Rift open wide and destroy the world]].
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* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Years of grief and drug abuse has turned him into a broken shell of his past self]].

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* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Years of grief and drug abuse has have turned him into a broken shell of his past self]].




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* WalkingSpoiler: Her past and [[spoiler:the truth about her death]] are explored throughout the first season and play a crucial part in the overarching story.



* BigGood: He teaches and advises Jessie on how to use her powers. [[spoiler:Subverted in that he turns out to be evil and only used her to find the Rift]].


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* BigGood: MagicalNegro: He teaches rescues Jessica from the Plague Doctor with a magical cloud of butterflies, explains what she is and why she is seeing things, and advises Jessie her on how to use figure out what is going on. But he can't solve her powers. [[spoiler:Subverted problems directly as Jessica is in that he turns out to be evil London and only used her he is in Louisiana. [[spoiler:Brutally subverted when he shows up in London for real and starts killing people.]]
* MentorArchetype: He serves this role
to find the Rift]].

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!Supporting Characters

[[folder:Dr. John Watson]]

-->'''Portrayed by''': Royce Pierreson

The Irregulars' initial employer, who hires them to investigate crimes with supernatural elements.
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* AdaptationalSexuality: [[spoiler:He is gay in the series, whereas the literary version wasn't]].
* AdaptationalJerkass: He is much less of a gentleman than in the literary stories and more abrasive towards Bea and the others than you'd expect.

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[[folder:Sherlock Holmes]]

-->'''Portrayed by''': Henry Lloyd-Hughes

The former [[Literature/SherlockHolmes famous detective]], who has since become a recluse and left the public eye.
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* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Years of grief and drug abuse has turned him into a broken shell of his past self]].

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[[folder:Alice Cook]]

-->'''Portrayed by''': Eileen O'Higgins

The late mother of Bea and Jessie.
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* MissingMom: She is said to have died when Bea and Jessie were children.

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[[folder:The Linen Man]]

-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/ClarkePeters, Andre James (young)

A man from Louisiana with the same kind of powers as Jessie. After making contact with her through her dreams, he starts offering her advice on how to use the powers.
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* BigGood: He teaches and advises Jessie on how to use her powers. [[spoiler:Subverted in that he turns out to be evil and only used her to find the Rift]].

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* {{Determinator}}: She is determined to figure out Watson's involvement with the Supernatural and the mystery surrounding Sherlock Holmes.
* TheLeader: Is the undisputed Leader of the Irregulars, though this is not an official title.

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* {{Determinator}}: She is determined to figure out Watson's involvement with the Supernatural supernatural and the mystery surrounding Sherlock Holmes.
* TheLeader: Is the undisputed Leader leader of the Irregulars, though this is not an official title.



* StreetUrchin: Watson states this is the reason he wants to hire her as she can go to some of the more disreputable parts of London he and Sherlock can not go as Gentleman.

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* StreetUrchin: Watson states this is the reason he wants to hire her as she can go to some of the more disreputable parts of London he and Sherlock can not go as Gentleman.gentlemen.



* MaliciousMisnaming: Is repeatedly "Little Bill" by the workhouse master that beat him as a child.
* ManlyManAndSensitiveGuy: The Manly Man to Spike's Sensitive Guy
* ParentalAbandonment: His mother died when he was a baby and his father died in the army shortly after. [[spoiler: This turns out to be a lie he was told as a child. His mother was a Scottish prostitute who gave him up to the workhouse as a baby]]

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* MaliciousMisnaming: Is repeatedly called "Little Bill" by the workhouse master that beat him as a child.
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* StreetUrchin: A clear cut example in his capacity as the scrappiest of the crew.

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* IllBoy: He suffers from haemophilia, a genetic disorder prominent amongst European royalty of the 19th century, where even a mild bump could cause critical internal bleeding. To protect him, he’s spent his early life sequestered away.

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[[folder: Prince Leopold "Leo"]]

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[[folder: His Royal Highness The Prince Leopold "Leo"]]
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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The main reason Leo wants to give up his life at the palace to join the Irregulars.

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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The main reason Leo wants to give up his life at the palace Palace to join the Irregulars.Irregulars.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Sports the palest of blue eyes as per RealLife (inherited from his mother UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria) and having endured a childhood shut up inside the Palace, he’s sweetly naive and trusting.
* RoyalBlood: He hides it from his new-found friends but Leo is the youngest son of UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria and therefore a royal prince.
* TheSmartGuy: Due to being royal, his level of education goes far beyond his fellow Irregulars, though he lacks any street smarts.
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-->'''Portrayed by''': McKellDavid

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* ThePowerofLove: Uses this to break through [[spoiler:the infatuation spell placed on Jessie]] long enough to get her out of immediate danger.

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* ThePowerofLove: ThePowerOfLove: Uses this to break through [[spoiler:the infatuation spell placed on Jessie]] long enough to get her out of immediate danger.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's only referred to as Spike, no other name is ever given.
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* PromotiontoParent: After her mother's death she and her sister are sent to a workhouse and Bea becomes Jessie's primary caretaker and protector.

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* PromotiontoParent: PromotionToParent: After her mother's death she and her sister are sent to a workhouse and Bea becomes Jessie's primary caretaker and protector.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Though he did not end up in the workhouse like the others, he still has no parents around to speak of. We don't have any information about what happened to them.

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* ManlyManAndSesnitiveGuy: The Manly Man to Spike's Sensitive Guy

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* BreakTheCutie: Is very sweet and kind and towards the beginning of the series even playful and romantic, but as her nightmares grow worse and her powers expose her to darker things she quickly becomes much less happy and optimistic.

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* CorporalPunishment: He was beaten and abused badly for even minor infractions by the master of the workhouse growing up. Though Billy seems more traumatized by the beatings that Bea received because he felt that he should have been able to protect her.

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* CorporalPunishment: He was beaten and abused badly for even minor infractions by the master of the workhouse growing up. Though Billy seems more traumatized by the beatings that Bea received because he felt that he should have been able to protect her. her despite the fact that he was only a child when they happened.
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* ManlyManAndSensitiveGuy: The Sensitive Guy to Billy's Manly Man.
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* BruteForce: There's a combination lock, the code is the answer to the riddle. Rather than wait for the riddle to be solved Billy breaks the lock open.

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* CoproalPunishment: She was beaten a lot during her time at the workhouse.

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-->'''Portrayed by''': Thaddea Graham

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*AffectionateNickname: Billy calls her Bumble.




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* StreetUrchin: Watson states this is the reason he wants to hire her as she can go to some of the more disreputable parts of London he and Sherlock can not go as Gentleman.



-->'''Portrayed by''': Jojo Macari

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-->''"I don't want our story to be just about how we fought through all the horrible shit."''

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Is clearly in love with Bea but struggles to tell her.
* CoveredWithScars: Presumably from his time in the workhouse or from subsequent street fights.



* ParentalAbandonment: His mother died when he was a baby and his father died in the army shortly after. [[spoiler: this turns out to be a lie he was told as a child. His mother was a Scottish prostitute who gave him up to the workhouse as a baby]]

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* ParentalAbandonment: His mother died when he was a baby and his father died in the army shortly after. [[spoiler: this This turns out to be a lie he was told as a child. His mother was a Scottish prostitute who gave him up to the workhouse as a baby]]
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-->'''Portrayed by''': Darci Shaw
* Everyone'sBabySister: Because of her age, her sweet nature, and her nightmares the Irregulars are all extremely protective of her, especially Bea.

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* Everyone'sBabySister: EveryonesBabySister: Because of her age, her sweet nature, and her nightmares the Irregulars are all extremely protective of her, especially Bea.
* ParentalAbandonment: Like her older sister Bea, Jessie doesn't know her father, and her mother died when she was a baby. [[spoiler:She later learns that her father is Sherlock Holmes, who abandoned her after her mother's death.]]
* StreetUrchin: After leaving the workhouse.



-->'''Portrayed by''': McKell David

* TheCharmer: Often uses his natural charm to talk his way out of situations.

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* TheCharmer: Often uses his natural charm to talk his way out of situations.
situations or to get information.
* ThePowerofLove: Uses this to break through [[spoiler:the infatuation spell placed on Jessie]] long enough to get her out of immediate danger.
* StreetUrchin: He grew up on the streets without parents.


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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The main reason Leo wants to give up his life at the palace to join the Irregulars.

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* Determinator: She is determined to figure out Watson's involvement with the Supernatural and the mystery surrounding Sherlock Holmes.

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She is determined to figure out Watson's involvement with the Supernatural and the mystery surrounding Sherlock Holmes.



* ParentalAbandonment: She doesn't know who her father is, her mother died when she was young and [[Spoiler: her would-be step-father abandoned her and her half-sister after her mother's death.]]

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[[folder:Billy]]

!!Billy
-->'''Portrayed by''': Jojo Macari
*CorporalPunishment: He was beaten and abused badly for even minor infractions by the master of the workhouse growing up. Though Billy seems more traumatized by the beatings that Bea received because he felt that he should have been able to protect her.
*ParentalAbandonment: His mother died when he was a baby and his father died in the army shortly after. [[spoiler: this turns out to be a lie he was told as a child. His mother was a Scottish prostitute who gave him up to the workhouse as a baby]]

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[[folder: Jessica "Jessie" Cook]]

!!Jessie
-->'''Portrayed by''': Darci Shaw
*Everyone'sBabySister: Because of her age, her sweet nature, and her nightmares the Irregulars are all extremely protective of her, especially Bea.

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[[folder:Spike]]

!!Spike
-->'''Portrayed by''': McKell David

*TheCharmer: Often uses his natural charm to talk his way out of situations.

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[[folder: Prince Leopold "Leo"]]

!!Leo

-->'''Portrayed by''': Harrison Osterfield

*HistoricalDomainCharacter: Prince Leopold was the real-life youngest son of Queen Victoria. He also had hemophilia and felt trapped by his family's protectiveness, he did not however run away to join a street gang of paranormal investigators....
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* Determinator: She is determined to figure out Watson's involvement with the Supernatural and the mystery surrounding Sherlock Holmes.

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! The Irregulars

[[folder:Beatrice "Bea" Cook]]

!!Bea

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-->'''Portrayed by''': Thaddea Graham
-->''"My betters? My Betters! Just because you ride around in a fancy carriage and wear suits doesn't make you my better."''

*Determinator: She is determined to figure out Watson's involvement with the Supernatural and the mystery surrounding Sherlock Holmes.
*TheLeader: Is the undisputed Leader of the Irregulars, though this is not an official title.
*ParentalAbandonment: She doesn't know who her father is, her mother died when she was young and [[Spoiler: her would-be step-father abandoned her and her half-sister after her mother's death.]]
*PrivateDetective: Though initially wary of Watson's offer she is very good at investigation and deduction and takes to the job rather well.
*PromotiontoParent: After her mother's death she and her sister are sent to a workhouse and Bea becomes Jessie's primary caretaker and protector.

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