History Characters / TwentyFourFirstFamilies

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* ThePresidentsDaughter: Both literally (as of ''Live Another Day'') and figuratively (throughout her run on the show).
** Although she has official duties as her father's advisor and First Lady in ''Live Another Day'', it is heavily implied that everyone but Jack sees her as this, including her husband (who serves as her father's Chief of Staff) [[spoiler:and BigBad/her former torturer Cheng Zhi, who has her held at gunpoint]]. The former is somewhat averted as he genuinely wants to keep her safe.

* TheDogBitesBackL Eventually Keith manages to gather his wits about him and brings down Carl Webb with a key piece of evidence gathering.

** Paul Raines: Unwittingly helps the terrorists by leasing them a terror lair where they planned to ''kidnap his wife and father-in-law'', gets tortured by his wife's new boyfriend, and then gets shot for trying to fix his mistakes.

* FatalAttractor: When ''Jack Bauer'' is the best man in your life, you can't help but wonder...
** Paul Raines: Unwittingly helps the terrorists by leasing them a terror lair where they planned to ''kidnap his wife and father-in-law'', gets tortured by his wife's new boyfriend, tries to fix his mistake, then gets shot for his trouble.

* TheBusCameBack: After not being seen or mentioned in Seasons 7 and 8, she comes back for ''Live Another Day''

** Her interrogation in season 5 is also this as she was framed by Collette Stenger.

** Also a bit of an interesting example considering that Audrey was practically groomed for the cutthroat world of politics by her father (as her mother died at a young age), yet she's picked up almost none of the negative traits that come with being a politician. She's pretty crafty when she needs to be, though.

* ActionSurvivor: Notably one of only four of Jack's eight love interests (the others being Kate Warner, Diane Huxley, and Marilyn Bauer) to survive the show's initial run. All the more impressive given how she's the only love interest aside from Nina Myers to appear in at least 3 seasons, a statistic she later surpassed when she came back for ''Live Another Day''. [[spoiler:As of the miniseries' conclusion, she is no longer an ActionSurvivor.]]

** Arguably, her interrogation in season 5 is also this as she was framed by Collette Stenger.

** Paul Raines: Unwittingly helps the terrorists by accidentally leasing them a terror lair where they planned to ''kidnap his wife and father-in-law'', gets tortured by his wife's new boyfriend, tries to fix his mistake, then gets shot for his trouble.

* SingleTear: [[spoiler:She has one just before she dies of a gunshot wound.]]

** There's also that one-night stand with [[HowDidYouKnowIDidnt Walt Cummings]].

** Fans don't call him [[FanNickname Walt Scummings]] for nothing.

* CharacterDevelopment: Gets this in spades during season 5 when she goes from being the constantly-weepy daughter of the Secretary of Defense to the [[TookALevelInBadass closest thing there is to a female Jack Bauer]], which is quite pleasant for a show where [[RevolvingDoorCasting characters usually don't stick around long enough for it to happen.]] Unfortunately, it stalled out after that point (partially due to SeasonalRot, partially due to the fact that [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Kim Raver wasn't available for more than a few episodes]], and partially due to [[ColdBloodedTorture everything that happened to her in China)]] and by ''Live Another Day'' Audrey didn't get to do much apart from a few TearJerker scenes with Jack, leaving many fans disappointed and [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter wondering what could've been]].
* ColdBloodedTorture: Endures this.

* CharacterDevelopment: Gets this in spades during season 5 when she goes from being the constantly-weepy daughter of the Secretary of Defense to the [[TookALevelInBadass closest thing there is to a female Jack Bauer]], which is quite pleasant for a show where [[RevolvingDoorCasting characters usually don't stick around long enough for it to happen.]] Unfortunately, it went downhill after that point (partially due to SeasonalRot, partially due to the fact that Kim Raver wasn't available for more than a few episodes, and partially after everything that happened to her in China) and by ''Live Another Day'' Audrey didn't get to do much apart from a few TearJerker scenes with Jack, leaving many fans disappointed and [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter wondering what could've been]].

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* AllThereInTheManual: Supplemental material states that he is in fact Heller's ''stepson'', which might explain some of the disdain the two have for each other.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Isn't so much as mentioned after Season 4.
* TheUnfavorite: Heller makes no secret of his dislike for Richard. Notably, he doesn't even mention him in Day 9 when [[spoiler: preparing to sacrifice himself.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: A previous one-night stand gave Mandy the opportunity to place a phone tap in his house, allowing Marwan's men to grab Heller and Audrey, and his reluctance to divulge this information leads to numerous deaths throughout the day.

* [[spoiler: BackForTheDead: Her being reunited with Jack in Live Another Day is a HopeSpot--that maybe they'll finally get to be together--but she dies in the final episode.]]

** Also a bit of an interesting example considering that Audrey was raised in the cutthroat world of politics solely by her father (as her mother died at a young age), yet she's picked up almost none of the negative traits that come with being a politician. She's pretty crafty when she needs to be, though.

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* NotQuiteSavedEnough: [[spoiler: One of the reasons why her death was so devastating: she's Jack's longest-running love interest and has been saved many times in the past (which is no mean feat on a show like 24) - only to die in the second half of the season finale by a secondary sniper's stray bullet.]]

* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler: Her idea of how to avert war with China turns into this, since not only did her meeting with her Chinese contact result in both her contact's death and Audrey's own, it ended up not even being necessary to avoid war.]]

* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: [[spoiler: Survives the first attempt on her life in the Day 9 finale, only for another killer hiding in the shadows to quickly come in and finish the job.]]

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* [[spoiler: TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]: [[spoiler: Her death is regarded as such for being [[KickTheDog rather unnecessary], and because she was the closest thing to goodness on a show full of morally ambiguous characters.]]

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Regarded by most characters as being a gentle force for good, and fragile to boot.

** [[spoiler: And after all of this, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim she's killed off rather unceremoniously]] at the end of ''Live Another Day''.]]

* ActionSurvivor: Notably one of only four of Jack's eight love interests (the others being Kate Warner, Diane Huxley, and Marilyn Bauer) to survive the show's initial run. All the more impressive given how she's the only love interest aside from Nina Myers to appear in at least 3 seasons, a statistic she later surpassed when she came back for ''Live Another Day''. [[spoiler:As of the miniseries' conclusion, She is no longer an ActionSurvivor.]]

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** Multiple ways in ''Live Another Day''. Although she has official duties as her father's advisor and First Lady, it is heavily implied that everyone but Jack sees her as this, including her husband (who serves as her father's Chief of Staff) [[spoiler:and BigBad/her former torturer Cheng Zhi, who has her held at gunpoint]]. The former is somewhat averted as he genuinely wants to keep her safe.

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* TraumaCongaLine: Can't catch a break [since the end of Season 5, it seems.]

%%* TraumaCongaLine: Dear Lord, she's probably one of the biggest [[{{TheWoobie}} Woobies]] on the show!

* TheWoobie
** IronWoobie

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* ThePresidentsDaughter: Multiple ways in ''Live Another Day''. Although she has official duties as her father's advisor and First Lady, it is heavily implied that everyone but Jack sees her as this, including her husband (who serves as her father's Chief of Staff) [[spoiler:and BigBad/her former torturer Cheng Zhi, who has her held at gunpoint]]. The former is somewhat averted as he genuinely wants to keep her safe.

* [[spoiler: BackForTheDead: Despite being billed as a main, all Audrey really does in Live Another Day is die. None of her other scenes contribute much, if anything, to the plot.]]
* BlondeRepublicanSexKitten: Mostly because her father happens to be Republican; we don't actually hear that many of her own political views, though it's probably safe to say that they're nearer those of her father than her brother.

* BrokenBird: In Season 6, and apparently for a good few years afterwards. Fortunately, by the time of ''Live Another Day'' she's recovered, and actually seems to hold little (if any) malice toward Jack over the matter.

he First Gentleman of the United States during Day 7 after his wife, Allison Taylor was sworn in as the first female President. He was able to prove his son Roger Taylor's cause of death was not suicide but rather murder. He was kidnapped by Iké Dubaku in an attempt to force his wife to remove her troops from Sangala, and shot in the process. He was saved by Jack Bauer who helped him and brought him to a hospital where he underwent surgery. Six hours later, he seemed to be stable and was able to talk to his wife and daughter. Henry was later relocated to the White House where he learned about Olivia's complicity in the murder of Jonas Hodges and fiercely tried to defend her against his wife's quest for justice, to no avail. Sometime after Day 7, he and Allison divorced.