History Characters / TwentyFourAntagonists

* OverarchingVillain: For David in the first three seasons.

* KarmicDeath: Dies in the exact same room where she murdered Teri Bauer. It’s even more karmic considering how she was effectively home free, courtesy of being granted "shadow asylum", but in the end she just couldn’t help herself when it came to indulging her greed, which ultimately leads to her demise.

* MoralEventHorizon: Her killing of Teri. While all the other examples could be "understood" in a way, killing Teri and her unborn child when she posed no threat to her cements her as completely irredeamable.

* OverarchingVillain: For Jack in the first three seasons.

* StupidEvil: She falls into this quite a few times. Before she tells Jack ths lie about Kim having died, Jack was going to attack the Drazens anyway, which means she blew up her cover for no reason. Killing Teri is an even worse example. She knows first hand what Jack is capable of, and yet, she stills shots Teri and her unborn child. In season 3, she has many chances of backing out before being captured, and after being captured, she tries to destroy CTU's operative system, and when it fails, having run out of useful data, she tries to kill her way out of CTU, and when cornered by Jack, she tries to lie to him while reaching for a gun. No wonder Jack kills her.

* LadyMacbeth: To David Palmer, which she claims is necessary. Many of his poorer decisions were due to her influence. Her FanNickname in Website/TelevisionWithoutPity was "Lady [=MacPalmer=]".

* Greed: Her FatalFlaw.

* NotSoDifferent: From Nina. They share a parallel story as Jack and David's enemies and previous love interest/friend/second in command. They are both ruthless and selfish, and they both die becauss of their constant lying.

* VillainousBreakdown: When Jack holds him at gunpoint he turns into a blubbering wreck. Jack ultimately spares him after a NotSoDifferent moment.

* EnigmaticMinion: Very little is known about her. 'Mandy' is unlikely to be her actual name.

* TakingYouWithMe: See DefiantToTheEnd for further details.

* AssholeVictim: While the circumstances of his death are appalling to everyone except for Sherry in-universe, and ultimately confirm Sherry's place past the MoralEventHorizon after two and a half seasons of dancing around it, it's still hard to feel bad for this guy. Especially after his efforts to sabotage David's healthcare care plan, which would probably hurt a significant portion of Americans, all because of a petty grudge against Wayne. This is even more infuriating because he himself is a very sick individual. But no, no empathy there.

->'''Played By:''' Zach Grenier

->'''Played By:''' Clayne Crawford

* ArchEnemy: To Jack Bauer. She shares the role with [[BigBad Charles]] [[PresidentEvil Logan]] for the series, though she's killed off early on in the series and always appeared as a hired Mook for the season's BigBad while never reaching that status herself.

* AssholeVictim: Logan executes him when their plans are ruined.

* TheDragon: For Charles Logan.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Pillar has a six-year-old daughter that he loves.

%%* PragmaticVillainy

%%* SmugSnake

** She did manage to get her ex-husband to drop out of his race for reelection...shame it took her death for it to happen.

* AssholeVictim: While the circumstances of his death are appalling to everyone except for Sherry in-universe, and ultimately confirm Sherry's place past the MoralEventHorizon after two and a half seasons of dancing around it, it's still hard to feel bad for this guy. Especially after his efforts to sabotage David's healthcare care plan, which would probably hurt a significant portion of Americans, all because of a petty grudge against Wayne.

* ItsAllAboutMe: She doesn't care about ''anyone'' other than herself.

* TheSociopath: If you get between her and what she wants, regardless of who you are, you will die.

->'''Played By:''' Penny Johnson Jerald

->'''Played By:''' Creator/NickOfferman, Raymond Cruz, and Maurice Compte

* NecessaryEvil: She claims to be this. Her husband thinks she's just a bitch, and he's probably right.

* DomesticAbuser: Gary is physically abusive toward his wife. He eventually winds up killing her.

* {{Jerkass}}: As per usual for a slimy DomesticAbuser with rage issues.

* DomesticAbuser: He gets physical with Dana more than once.
* {{Even Evil Has Standards}}: He's an asshole, but he at least tries to warn Dana and Cole after his {{Sociopath}} friend tries to shoot them.

* {{The Sociopath}}: Shows hardly any emotion yet shows to be much more ruthless than {{Domestic Abuser}} and all around {{Jerk Ass}}, Kevin Wade.

* MayDecemberRomance: With his much younger wife.

* AxCrazy: Kills his own wife in a fit of rage and tries to murder Kim and Megan afterwards.

* KarmicDeath: Dies in the exact same room where she murdered Teri Bauer.

%%* TheSociopath

* CatchPhrase: ''"Let me ''help'' you..."''

* LadyMacbeth: To David Palmer, which she claims is necessary. Many of his poorer decisions were due to her influence. Her FanNickname in Website/TelevisionWithoutPity was "Lady [=MacPalmer=]

* PyrrhicVictory: She did manage to get her ex-husband to drop out of his race for reelection... shame it took her death for it to happen.

* KarmaHoudini: She's last seen after bargaining for her freedom like so many antagonists do.

%%* DarkActionGirl