History Characters / TheLibrarians2014

* KnifeNut: Lamia likes her knives.

* IllGirl: She has a tumor the size of a grape in her brain. [[spoiler: until The Eternal Question when it finally gets removed]]

* TheCorrupter: Frequently suggests that he enjoys getting good, heroic people to sign his contracts. He remarked that Jenkins [[spoiler:(a/k/a Sir Galahad)]] would be an amazing addition, and is very keen to get his "first Librarian". Fails to do this to Baird, whose wish is to tell "Sess" that she wishes he were [[BroughtDownToNormal a human being.]]

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Dulaque is apparently a well-respected philanthropist. You know, on top of leading an evil cult that wants to TakeOverTheWorld with magic. [[spoiler:Taken UpToEleven when you find out he’s Lancelot, a literally legendary hero.]]

* EvilIsHammy: As soon as her true identity is revealed she turns up the ham UpToEleven.

[[folder: Flynn Carsen]]

[[folder: Eve Baird]]

[[folder: Jake Stone]]

[[folder: Cassandra Cillian]]

[[folder: Ezekiel Jones]]

[[folder: Jenkins]]

* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Gives up his immortality to save Nicole Noone from death, becoming a rank and file human.]]
* CynicismCatalyst: He's easily the grumpiest of the group, but he is really just tired of getting his hopes up and having them dashed over a series of bad events that he just wanted to live in seclusion. He hasn't said exactly what, but they seem to imply his fallout with [[WeUsedToBeFriends Dulaque]]. Since [[spoiler: he's Galahad and Dulaque is his father Lancelot (du Lac), said catalyst is implied to be the fall of Camelot.]]

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: A devil notes what an achievement it would be to get him to sign a deal, due to his reputation [[spoiler: as Galahad, purest and best of the Arthurian knights]] for this trope.

* MinoredInAsskicking: Prefers to stay in his books and act as MissionControl, however, when the need arises he is easily the best fighter in the group. [[spoiler: He is, after all, freaking Galahad!]]
* OldSoldier: [[spoiler: Technically, he is an old ''knight''.]] He's an elderly man who holds his own against Sir Lancelot and at one point single-handedly cut down an entire group of vampires.
* Really700YearsOld: Several episodes hint he is older than he looks before finally revealing that [[spoiler: he is Sir Galahad of Camelot,]] in the Season 1 finale.

* OurSoulsAreDifferent: When Flynn releases it from [[spoiler: the failsafe that had locked it away in another dimension, its soul gets unstuck from its physical form and becomes humanoid, leaving the physical form of the Library functional--but falling apart, forced to eat away at the magic artifacts it contains to try to keep it alive. Ultimately, it would have even consumed the souls of its inhabitants.]]

[[folder: Dulaque]]

* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler: Lancelot '''du Lac'''.]]

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Dulaque is apparently a well-respected philanthropist. You know, on top of leading an evil cult that wants to TakeOverTheWorld with magic. [[spoiler: Taken UpToEleven when you find out he’s Lancelot, a literally legendary hero.]]

* WickedCultured: He stops Lamia from killing [[spoiler: Cassandra]] because he doesn't want blood on his new rug. He also has an extensive private collection of artwork and artifacts.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Downplayed. By all indication he genuinely regards [[spoiler: restoring Camelot]] as the best thing for the world. However, that was plan B after releasing WildMagic into the world, he’s terrifyingly ruthless in pursuit of it, and it’s no coincidence that he would be in a very powerful position if he succeeded.
* XanatosGambit: Though he was fairly active in interfering with the Librarians, at the season finale [[spoiler: he tips off Flynn with information of how to get the Library back, and relies on them using their collected artifacts to open a gateway to the Loom of Fate.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: Only in the alternate timeline, alas, but in the main timeline she still hesitates at Dulaque's orders on occasion [[spoiler: particularly when addressed by Santa, who brings out the best in people]]

** [[spoiler: In the timeline where Cassandra is the Librarian, Lamia is her Guardian.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Once Dulaque has no use for her.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: In Theatre/TheTempest Prospero wasn't the nicest person to be around, but he wasn't the outright villain he is here. [[spoiler: It's a clue that he's not really the Prospero from "The Tempest", he's the Prospero from an earlier, unpublished version of the play called "The Triumph of Prospero". See also DemonicPossession below.]]

* DemonicPossession: Is actually [[spoiler: William Shakespeare]] possessed by Prospero acting out as [[spoiler:Shakespear's ''id''.]]

* SherlockScan: Ironically, he pulls off a number of these, such as deducing Jenkins's past as [[spoiler: a Knight of the Round Table]] based on his accent and hand movements.

* ThirdPersonPerson: Santa does this. Eve finds it annoying. [[spoiler: And it's a VERY bad thing when he stops.]]

* TruerToTheText: Him basically being a foil of Sherlock makes sense, once your remember his villainous actions consist of..trying to kill Sherlock for arresting him. He also lets Sherlock pen a last letter, and spares Watson by getting him out of the way. Most of his actual actions are OffstageVilliany.

* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: After she fraks off to wherever she was headed? She is NEVER seen again.]]

* AlmightyJanitor: When she first appears she works at a hospital as a janitor even though she seems to know more about medicine than any of the doctors there.

* BlessedWithSuck: She has a practically magical mathematical ability that keeps saving the Librarians from almost certain death, but it's all because of a brain tumor that will eventually kill her. [[spoiler: somewhat averted, however, when she finally has the surgery to get the tumor removed and her ability is even stronger--to the point where she's telepathic]]

* CursedWithAwesome: Cassandra's synesthesia is really cool and allows her to do things like calculate how the sun would fall on a specific day of the year, but triggering it cripples her with sensations for a while (as well as giving her nosebleeds) and her abilities are tied to a grape-sized tumor in her brain. [[spoiler: until "The Eternal Question" where the tumor gets removed and it turns out it was actually holding her back, on the down side though the new upgrade to her powers is even more overwhelming]]

* GirlsLovePonies: In the happily ever after illusion that Prospero puts the Librarians in in season 2, in addition to being an astronaut, she also raises ponies.

* YourDaysAreNumbered: Cassandra has a brain tumor that will eventually kill her. [[spoiler: until "The Eternal Question, in which she has a life saving surgery that takes care of it]]

* JustLikeRobinHood: [[spoiler:Ezekiel ''never'' keep the money from any heists of his thieving days. He donated every cent to communities and people in need.]]

* TheArchmage: In an alternate timeline where [[spoiler:she's the Librarian]], Cassandra learned magic from Morgan le Fay.

* CommutingOnABus: His role in the series, which focuses on the trio of [=LITs=] and their Guardian while he is off searching for [[spoiler:how to get the Library back in this world. He succeeds at the end of the first season, so he instead spends most of the second season searching the world for missing artefacts.]] This is due to him starring in Spielberg's The 4400 at the same time, and as Noah Wyle said, when Spielberg calls, you come.

* SheCleansUpNicely: We get to see her in an elegant dress in the the opener. Then again, Rebecca Romijn was a supermodel.

A sentient library that has existed nice the time of the pharaoh and resides in its own pocket dimension.

* HeelRealization: One for the audience during "And the Apple of Discord". Jones' worst possible version of himself was him exactly as he was, a narcissistic thief with enough compassion and scruples to be a hero when called upon. If that's the worst possible version of him, imagine what the ''best'' possible version could do.

* ArchNemesisDad: Turns out he's actually [[spoiler: Jenkins' father, Lancelot.]]

* SherlockScan: Ironically, he pulls off a number of these, such as deducing Jenkins' past as [[spoiler: a Knight of the Round Table]] based on his accent and hand movements.

* {{Adorkable}}: Stone gets very excited whenever he sees any kind of magic, and geeks out over a flying sword. He becomes more accustomed to the magical world, but still has nerdgasms about magic and is still spending all his free time in the annex, reading the "unedited" versions of art history and trying to get the glowy-globe to float and project an illusion of the world.
** He becomes positively giddy after being shot [[spoiler: and being given a health pack to learn that he's in a video game]]. He starts bombarding Jones with questions to find out what [[spoiler: genre of game they're in]].

* {{Adorkable}}: Cassandra is ''very'' enthusiastic about her job. Especially in "The Rule of Three".

* {{Adorkable}}: Played With: As Ray, it is a childlike, sweet person who loves milkshakes and travels around in a bookmobile. Not so much in the Trial of One where takes possession of Jenkins and forces the Librarians to fight and kill each other and then kills Jenkins.

* AmbiguouslyBi: The vast amount of her ShipTease is usually with women, such as becoming a ChickMagnet in "And the Fables of Doom" and implied to been romantically involved with Eve Baird in an alternate timeline. A frost giantess hits on her in "And the Reunion of Evil". Then there was the time she asked out Jenkins on a date and seemed legitimately upset he turned her down flat.[[note]]It should be pointed out that she asked him after she got news her [[YourDaysAreNumbered tumor had to operated [=NOW=] or she was dead]][[/note]]

* AbsurdPhobia: Mentions having an irrational fear of ravioli in "and What Lies Beneath the Stones".

* AmbiguouslyBi: The vast amount of her ShipTease is usually with women, such as becoming a ChickMagnet in "''...and the Fables of Doom''" and implied to been romantically involved with Eve Baird in an alternate timeline. Then there waas the time she asked out Jenkins on a date and seemed legitimately upset he turned her down flat.[[note]]It should be pointed out that she asked him after she got news her [[YourDaysAreNumbered tumor had to operated [=NOW=] or she was dead]][[/note]]

A sentient library that is its own dimension.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Dulaque is apparently a well-respected philanthropist. You know, on top of leading an evil cult that wants to TakeOverTheWorld with magic.

* BiTheWay: Confirmed in "The Eternal Question". Prior to that, she had loads of ShipTease with several women throughout the show, on top of her reaction to becoming a ChickMagnet in "And the Fables of Doom". She's also had mild teasing with Stone and Ezekiel and asked Jenkins out on a date.

->'''Portrayed By''': Christian Kane

->'''Portrayed By''': John Kim

->'''Portrayed By''': John Larroquette

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Drew Powell
-> '''Portrayed by:''' John Larroquette (The Trial of One)

->'''Portrayed By''': Matt Frewer / Creator/JerryOConnell (as his younger self)

->'''Portrayed By''': Richard Cox

->'''Portrayed By''': David S. Lee

->'''Portrayed By''': Michael Gladis

->'''Portrayed by:''' Tyler Mane

* BadassGrandpa: Despite being in the form of a 58 year old, and being considerably older than that, he's a powerful magical being that's more than able to mix it up when the occasion calls for it.

* BadassGrandpa: He's an elderly man who holds his own against Sir Lancelot and at one point single-handedly cut down an entire group of vampires.

* DeadpanSnarker: All the time.

* KnightInSourArmor: Almost literally.