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** Is ready and willing to do this once again during the events of Day 9 in an effort to stop the attacks on London as well as go out on his own terms. [[spoiler:Heller doesn't survive this one.]]
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** Is ready and willing to do this once again during the events of Day 9 in an effort to stop the attacks on London as well as go out on his own terms. [[spoiler:Heller doesn't survive [[spoiler:He survives this one.one, too, but not willingly.]]
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On Day 5, David Palmer [[spoiler:was assassinated by Conrad Haas, a hired gunman, to prevent him from exposing a conspiracy within the U.S. government. He was 55 years old]].
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On Day 5, David Palmer [[spoiler:was assassinated by Conrad Haas, a hired gunman, to prevent him from exposing a conspiracy within the U.S. government. He was 55 years old]]. old]].
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: In the first season, the fear of this trope is lampshaded by more or less everybody. It's ultimately subverted. [[spoiler:He lives for four whole seasons and a bit of the fifth before he's finally killed off; and even then the lessons that he's taught those he was close to linger for years to come]].
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: In the first season, the fear of this trope is lampshaded by more or less everybody. It's ultimately subverted. [[spoiler:He lives for four whole seasons and a bit of the fifth before he's finally killed off; and even then then, the lessons that he's taught those he was close to linger for years to come]].
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* ScarsAreForever: The [[spoiler:poisonous injection Mandy sends into the palm of his hand at the end of the second season permanently scars it, and for the rest of his appearances whenever there's a clear shot of his inner palm it can clearly be seen]].
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* ScarsAreForever: The [[spoiler:poisonous injection Mandy sends into the palm of his hand at the end of the second season permanently scars it, and for the rest of his appearances appearances, whenever there's a clear shot of his inner palm palm, it can clearly be seen]].
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Vice President of the United States of America under President David Palmer.
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Vice President of the United States of America under President David Palmer. Palmer.
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The President of the United States after David Palmer dropped out of the election. He was succeeded by his Vice President, Charles Logan, when an assassination attempt left him incapacitated on Day 4. He had one son, Kevin Keeler, who died from the attack on Air Force One.
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The President of the United States after David Palmer dropped out of the election. He was succeeded by his Vice President, Charles Logan, when an assassination attempt left him incapacitated on Day 4. He had one son, Kevin Keeler, who died from the attack on Air Force One. One.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: During Day 4 he proves to be a fairly level-headed president and gets most of the key decisions right prior to his plane being shot down.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: During Day 4 4, he proves to be a fairly level-headed president and gets most of the key decisions right prior to his plane being shot down.
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* ArchEnemy: To Jack Bauer. He and [[TheMole Nina Myers]] share this role for the series. Though Logan appears more frequently and is the actual BigBad. [[spoiler:It's taken UpToEleven in the SeriesFinale, when Logan shows just how much he HATES Jack Bauer by [[DrivenToSuicide trying to commit suicide]] [[TakingYouWithMe just to make sure Jack Bauer dies along with him]]. Of course this final act fails as both survive, though [[FateWorseThanDeath Logan probably wished he hadn't]]]].
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* ArchEnemy: To Jack Bauer. He and [[TheMole Nina Myers]] share this role for the series. Though series, though Logan appears more frequently and is the actual BigBad. [[spoiler:It's taken UpToEleven in the SeriesFinale, when Logan shows just how much he HATES Jack Bauer by [[DrivenToSuicide trying to commit suicide]] [[TakingYouWithMe just to make sure Jack Bauer dies along with him]]. Of course course, this final act fails as both survive, though [[FateWorseThanDeath Logan probably wished he hadn't]]]].
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* BastardlySpeech: He delivers a eulogy for [[spoiler:David Palmer and is promptly arrested afterwards when his role in Palmer's assassination among others things is finally exposed]].
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* BastardlySpeech: He delivers a eulogy for [[spoiler:David Palmer and is promptly arrested afterwards when his role in Palmer's assassination assassination, among others things things, is finally exposed]].
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* BigBad: Repeatedly. Probably the closest to an overall series BigBad given his aforementioned ArchEnemy status and the fact he's the most reoccuring both episode and season wise.
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* BigBad: Repeatedly. Probably the closest to an overall series BigBad BigBad, given his aforementioned ArchEnemy status and the fact he's the most reoccuring both episode and season wise.
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*** BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler: Opposite ''[[RogueProtagonist Jack]]'' of all people in Day 8. Logan's machinations are the obvious problem, but Jack's own extremist methods to stop Logan's plans and [[WorldWarIII the fallout that would come with it]] wind up making him an equal threat for the remaining protagonists.]]
** BiggerBad: TheReveal of Logan being the BigBad of Day 5 heavily implies he was this in Day 4, as the events of that season lead to Logan becoming PresidentEvil in the first place.
* BreakoutVillain: Logan at first merely seemed like a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] President Buffoon, only to be revealed as PresidentEvil and the BigBad of Day 5. He became arguably the most popular and most well-known villain from the show, and became one of the series primary antagonists, even [[HijackedByGanon hijacking the final season]].
** BiggerBad: TheReveal of Logan being the BigBad of Day 5 heavily implies he was this in Day 4, as the events of that season lead to Logan becoming PresidentEvil in the first place.
* BreakoutVillain: Logan at first merely seemed like a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] President Buffoon, only to be revealed as PresidentEvil and the BigBad of Day 5. He became arguably the most popular and most well-known villain from the show, and became one of the series primary antagonists, even [[HijackedByGanon hijacking the final season]].
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*** BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler: Opposite [[spoiler:Opposite ''[[RogueProtagonist Jack]]'' of all people in Day 8. Logan's machinations are the obvious problem, but Jack's own extremist methods to stop Logan's plans and [[WorldWarIII the fallout that would come with it]] wind up making him an equal threat for the remaining protagonists.]]
** BiggerBad: TheReveal of Logan being the BigBad of Day 5 heavily implies he was this in Day 4, as the events of that seasonlead led to Logan becoming PresidentEvil in the first place.
* BreakoutVillain: Logan at first merely seemed like a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] President Buffoon, only to be revealed as PresidentEvil and the BigBad of Day 5. He became arguably the most popular and most well-known villain from the show, and became one of theseries series' primary antagonists, even [[HijackedByGanon hijacking the final season]].
** BiggerBad: TheReveal of Logan being the BigBad of Day 5 heavily implies he was this in Day 4, as the events of that season
* BreakoutVillain: Logan at first merely seemed like a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] President Buffoon, only to be revealed as PresidentEvil and the BigBad of Day 5. He became arguably the most popular and most well-known villain from the show, and became one of the
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** [[spoiler: Originally intended this in Season 5 as well, before Miles calls to help Logan destroy CTU's only piece of evidence against him.]]
* TheCorrupter: He's directly [[CorruptTheCutie responsible]] for luring President Taylor into abandoning her ideals, for a plot that he hoped would end with himself looking like a hero. His actions throughout the series also indirectly contributed to the [[FaceHeelTurn Face Heel Turns]] of Tony and Jack and he's possibly responsible for Suvarov's as well by allowing his failed assassination to be carried out in Day 5. One way or another this man truly does bring out the worst in everybody.
* [[spoiler: EvenEvilHasLovedOnes]]: Played with. [[spoiler: Throughout Day 5, there are points where he seems to generally care for Martha and her opinion of him. However, he ultimately averts it in the season finale [[KickTheDog by threatening to drug her until she forgets her own name]] should she interfere with his plans again. However, he does appear regretful for his actions in Day 6, and after getting stabbed by her, his last line before flatlining is to utter her name in a weak, saddened tone. ]]
* TheCorrupter: He's directly [[CorruptTheCutie responsible]] for luring President Taylor into abandoning her ideals, for a plot that he hoped would end with himself looking like a hero. His actions throughout the series also indirectly contributed to the [[FaceHeelTurn Face Heel Turns]] of Tony and Jack and he's possibly responsible for Suvarov's as well by allowing his failed assassination to be carried out in Day 5. One way or another this man truly does bring out the worst in everybody.
* [[spoiler: EvenEvilHasLovedOnes]]: Played with. [[spoiler: Throughout Day 5, there are points where he seems to generally care for Martha and her opinion of him. However, he ultimately averts it in the season finale [[KickTheDog by threatening to drug her until she forgets her own name]] should she interfere with his plans again. However, he does appear regretful for his actions in Day 6, and after getting stabbed by her, his last line before flatlining is to utter her name in a weak, saddened tone. ]]
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** [[spoiler: Originally [[spoiler:Originally intended this in Season 5 as well, before Miles calls to help Logan destroy CTU's only piece of evidence against him.]]
* TheCorrupter: He's directly [[CorruptTheCutie responsible]] for luring President Taylor into abandoning her ideals, for a plot that he hoped would end with himself looking like a hero. His actions throughout the series also indirectly contributed to the [[FaceHeelTurn Face Heel Turns]] of Tony andJack Jack, and he's possibly responsible for Suvarov's as well by allowing his failed assassination to be carried out in Day 5. One way or another another, this man truly does bring out the worst in everybody.
*[[spoiler: EvenEvilHasLovedOnes]]: [[spoiler:EvenEvilHasLovedOnes]]: Played with. [[spoiler: Throughout [[spoiler:Throughout Day 5, there are points where he seems to generally care for Martha and her opinion of him. However, he ultimately averts it in the season finale [[KickTheDog by threatening to drug her until she forgets her own name]] should she interfere with his plans again. However, he does appear regretful for his actions in Day 6, and after getting stabbed by her, his last line before flatlining is to utter her name in a weak, saddened tone. ]]
* TheCorrupter: He's directly [[CorruptTheCutie responsible]] for luring President Taylor into abandoning her ideals, for a plot that he hoped would end with himself looking like a hero. His actions throughout the series also indirectly contributed to the [[FaceHeelTurn Face Heel Turns]] of Tony and
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* JokerImmunity: Interesting variation as it wasn't due to him being a [[BigBad major villain]], but him being the President which had him survive season 5, only being exposed and arrested, though it was played straight since he only got house arrest, leading to him being able to appear in season six. [[spoiler:Invoked by WordOfGod after fans were pissed over his storyline ending with his fate unclear, thus he got better as well as pardoned of his crimes, and eventually returned in season 8 to antagonize Jack once more. Interestingly it's not revoked in the series finale when he shoots himself in the head, though he possibly suffered brain damage]]]].
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* JokerImmunity: Interesting variation variation, as it wasn't due to him being a [[BigBad major villain]], but him being the President which had him survive season 5, only being exposed and arrested, though it was played straight since he only got house arrest, leading to him being able to appear in season six. [[spoiler:Invoked by WordOfGod after fans were pissed over his storyline ending with his fate unclear, thus he got better as well as pardoned of his crimes, and eventually returned in season 8 to antagonize Jack once more. Interestingly Interestingly, it's not revoked in the series finale when he shoots himself in the head, though he possibly suffered brain damage]]]].damage]].
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Does this to his Dragon Jason Pillar, and tries to do it to Jack, in the series finale]].
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Does this to his Dragon Dragon, Jason Pillar, and tries to do it to Jack, in the series finale]].
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* VillainProtagonist: Was a main cast member in season 5 which he was the BigBad of. While he wasn't the only antagonist to be one, he's the only actual BigBad to also be a VillainProtagonist, especially in season 5 where he played both.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Logan's goal seems to be getting the public to view him as one of the great US Presidents, despite him actually being the [[PresidentEvil worst]]. Even after he was arrested and removed from office, the public was unaware of his villainous actions. In the series finale it becomes clear that Logan will finally be exposed as the villain he truly is, which causes him to [[VillainousBreakdown snap]].
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Logan's goal seems to be getting the public to view him as one of the great US Presidents, despite him actually being the [[PresidentEvil worst]]. Even after he was arrested and removed from office, the public was unaware of his villainous actions. In the series finale it becomes clear that Logan will finally be exposed as the villain he truly is, which causes him to [[VillainousBreakdown snap]].
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* VillainProtagonist: Was a main cast member in season 5 5, which he was the BigBad of. While he wasn't the only antagonist to be one, he's the only actual BigBad to also be a VillainProtagonist, especially in season 5 5, where he played both.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Logan's goal seems to be getting the public to view him as one of the great US Presidents, despite him actually being the [[PresidentEvil worst]]. Even after he was arrested and removed from office, the public was unaware of his villainous actions. In the seriesfinale finale, it becomes clear that Logan will finally be exposed as the villain he truly is, which causes him to [[VillainousBreakdown snap]].
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Logan's goal seems to be getting the public to view him as one of the great US Presidents, despite him actually being the [[PresidentEvil worst]]. Even after he was arrested and removed from office, the public was unaware of his villainous actions. In the series
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Vice President after Charles Logan became President following the attack on Air Force One that incapacited John Keeler.
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Vice President after Charles Logan became President following the attack on Air Force One that incapacited John Keeler. Keeler.
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The brother of President David Palmer and lawyer Sandra Palmer. He served as David's White House Chief of Staff following Mike Novick's dismissal. By Day 6 he had been elected President of the United States.
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The Vice President of the United States in the administration of President Wayne Palmer. He became the President of the United States under the provisions of the 25th Amendment due to President Palmer's incapacitation from aftereffects of an attempt on his life. He completed Palmer's term, but lost his bid for re-election to Senator Allison Taylor.
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The Vice President of the United States in the administration of President Wayne Palmer. He became the President of the United States under the provisions of the 25th Amendment due to President Palmer's incapacitation from aftereffects of an attempt on his life. He completed Palmer's term, but lost his bid for re-election to Senator Allison Taylor. Taylor.
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* DirtyOldMan: Describes himself as this when its revealed he's been having an affair with his assistant Lisa.
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* DirtyOldMan: Describes himself as this when its it's revealed he's been having an affair with his assistant Lisa.
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* TheStarscream: To Wayne. He wants to be president, and he has
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* TheStarscream: To Wayne. He wants to be president, and he hashas.
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* TrueCompanions: Seems to share this relationship with Tom Lennox after the events of Day 6, with the latter serving as a greatly needed HonestAdvisor. At the very least, they serve together, for the rest of Daniels' term, which would've taken up all but the first 4 months of Wayne Palmer's presidency.
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* TrueCompanions: Seems to share this relationship with Tom Lennox after the events of Day 6, with the latter serving as a greatly needed HonestAdvisor. At the very least, they serve together, together for the rest of Daniels' term, which would've taken up all but the first 4 months of Wayne Palmer's presidency.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"How can I ask the American people to make sacrifices I'm not willing to take mayself?"'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"How can I ask the American people to make sacrifices I'm not willing to take mayself?"'']]myself?"'']]
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A United States Senator, and the first female President of the United States. Taylor had to face tough decisions throughout Day 7 which, whilst resulting in the death of innocent American lives, proved herself as a President unwilling to cave to terrorist demands. During her Presidency she had to deal with many difficult situations and by the end of Day 7 was left with a murdered son, [[spoiler:incarcerated daughter and a husband who had been shot and who could not forgive her for her actions which resulted in the dire situations of their children]].
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A United States Senator, and the first female President of the United States. Taylor had to face tough decisions throughout Day 7 which, whilst resulting in the death of innocent American lives, proved herself as a President unwilling to cave to terrorist demands. During her Presidency Presidency, she had to deal with many difficult situations and by the end of Day 7 was left with a murdered son, [[spoiler:incarcerated daughter daughter, and a husband who had been shot and who could not forgive her for her actions which resulted in the dire situations of their children]]. children]].
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* BigGood: In Season 7 and 8, [[spoiler: aside from her FaceHeelTurn period in the latter.]]
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* BigGood: In Season 7 and 8, [[spoiler: aside [[spoiler:aside from her FaceHeelTurn period in the latter.]]
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* CorruptTheCutie: [[spoiler:Former President Logan does this to her in Season 8, luring President Taylor away from her ideals... with utterly disastrous results for ''everyone.'' Eventually results in Taylor having a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment towards the end, and ultimately choosing to face the consequences of her actions, fully aware that it will mean the end of her career. (Meanwhile, Logan attempts to take the cowardly way out and [[spoiler: shoots himself in the head. It's left vague whether he survived or not]].]]
* FallenHero: Oh boy does she fall hard in Season 8. So much so that Ethan Kanin resigns AGAIN, and this time permanently. To say that watching her fall simultaneously with Jack is painful is an understatement. Thankfully, she does come about before becoming irredeemable.
* FallenHero: Oh boy does she fall hard in Season 8. So much so that Ethan Kanin resigns AGAIN, and this time permanently. To say that watching her fall simultaneously with Jack is painful is an understatement. Thankfully, she does come about before becoming irredeemable.
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* CorruptTheCutie: [[spoiler:Former President Logan does this to her in Season 8, luring President Taylor away from her ideals... with utterly disastrous results for ''everyone.'' Eventually results in Taylor having a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment towards the end, and ultimately choosing to face the consequences of her actions, fully aware that it will mean the end of her career. (Meanwhile, Logan attempts to take the cowardly way out and [[spoiler: shoots [[spoiler:shoots himself in the head. It's left vague whether he survived or not]].]]
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* FallenHero: Ohboy boy, does she fall hard in Season 8. So much so that Ethan Kanin resigns AGAIN, and this time permanently. To say that watching her fall simultaneously with Jack is painful is an understatement. Thankfully, she does come about before becoming irredeemable.
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* IgnoredEpiphany: Ethan Kanin actually almost gets her to realize what she's doing in the final season is wrong, but only minutes later Logan is successfully able to persuade her to continue in her current actions. [[spoiler:Thankfully, she ''does not'' ignore this the second time.]]
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* IgnoredEpiphany: Ethan Kanin actually almost gets her to realize what she's doing in the final season is wrong, but only minutes later later, Logan is successfully able to persuade her to continue in her current actions. [[spoiler:Thankfully, she ''does not'' ignore this the second time.]]
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* OurPresidentsAreDifferentL They're female Republicans.
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* OurPresidentsAreDifferentL OurPresidentsAreDifferent: They're female Republicans.
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* [[spoiler: VillainProtagonist]]: A dual one opposite and opposing Jack during the last quarter of Day 8 [[spoiler: although like 8, [[spoiler:although, like, Jack she's able to [[HeelFaceTurn redeem herself]] in the final episode.]]
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* StupidBoss: Seems like this outwardly, though given his actions during the White House siege he may well be another Charles Logan in the making...
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* StupidBoss: Seems like this outwardly, though given his actions during the White House siege siege, he may well be another Charles Logan in the making...
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Audrey's father, the Secretary of Defense and at one time between Seasons 3 and 4, Jack's boss.
By the time of ''Live Another Day'' he is President of the United States.
By the time of ''Live Another Day'' he is President of the United States.
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* ActionSurvivor: Manages to maintain himself quite well during his kidnapping in the early parts of Day 4, regularly rebuking his attackers and threatening to kill them if they lay harm to Audrey. When Jack busts in to rescue them, he takes up a gun and helps fight off the terrorist.
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* ActionSurvivor: Manages to maintain himself quite well during his kidnapping in the early parts of Day 4, regularly rebuking his attackers and threatening to kill them if they lay harm to Audrey. When Jack busts in to rescue them, he takes up a gun and helps fight off the terrorist.terrorists.
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* [[spoiler: DyingAsYourself: Part of the reason that he ultimately gives himself up. Knowing that Alzheimer's will eventually take his mind, he prefers going out while he can still remember everything.]]
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* HeroicBSOD: In ''Live Another Day'' [[spoiler:he has one when he sees television footage of the devastation caused by the drone strike on the hospital.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Drives his car off the edge of a cliff to prevent Jack and Audrey to have to choose between his safety and letting Henderson escape. Though he lives.
* [[spoiler: FaceDeathWithDignity]]
* HeroicBSOD: In ''Live Another Day'' [[spoiler:he has one when he sees television footage of the devastation caused by the drone strike on the hospital.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Drives his car off the edge of a cliff to prevent Jack and Audrey to have to choose between his safety and letting Henderson escape. Though he lives.
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* [[spoiler: DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:DyingAsYourself: Part of the reason that he ultimately gives himself up. Knowing that Alzheimer's will eventually take his mind, he prefers going out while he can still remember everything.]]
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* HeroicBSOD: In ''Live AnotherDay'' Day'', [[spoiler:he has one when he sees television footage of the devastation caused by the drone strike on the hospital.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Drives his car off the edge of a cliff to prevent Jack and Audreyto have from having to choose between his safety and letting Henderson escape. Though he lives.
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** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite their differences as well as the ups and downs they had it's ultimately Heller that tells Jack he can finally go home when he gives him ThePardon.
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** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite their differences as well as the ups and downs they had had, it's ultimately Heller that tells Jack he can finally go home when he gives him ThePardon.
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* {{Badass}}: Assassination attempts, threats of war, trouble his wife... This guy will endure ''anything'' thrown at him for the good of the country.
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** Is ready and willing to do this once again during the events of Day 9 in an effort to stop the attacks on London as well as go out on his own terms. [[Heller doesn't survive this one.]]
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** JarkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite their differences as well as the ups and downs they had it's ultimately Heller that tells Jack he can finally go home when he gives him ThePardon.
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Dies in a drone strike on Wembley Stadium during the events of Day 9.]]
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*** BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler: Opposite ''[[RogueProtagonist Jack]]'' of all people in Day 8. Although Logan's machinations are the obvious problem, but Jack's own extremist methods to stop Logan's plans and [[WorldWarIII the fallout that would come with it]] wind up making him an equal threat for the remaining protagonists.]]
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* OverprotectiveDad: Gets a restraining order put on Jack after Season 6, and blames him for what happened to her. Jack calls him out on it and claims that he can't accept the fact that it was her decision to search for him. Horribly averted with his son, who is both gay and liberal. He quite clearly dislikes him and has no problem letting CTU torture him for information, having little regard for him outside of his use or threat to him politically.
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* OverprotectiveDad: Gets a restraining order put on Jack after Season 6, and blames him for what happened to her.Audrey. Jack calls him out on it and claims that he can't accept the fact that it was her decision to search for him. Horribly averted with his son, who is both gay and liberal. He quite clearly dislikes him and Although they share a moment happy to see each other following Heller's hostage situation, the Secretary has no problem letting CTU torture him his son for information, having little regard for him outside of his use or threat to him politically.
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* BreakoutVillain: Logan at first merely seemed like a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] President Buffoon, only to be revealed as PresidentEvil and the BigBad of Day 5. He became arguably the most popular and most well-known villain from the show, and became one of the series primary antagonists, and he even [[HijackedByGanon hijacked the final season.
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* BreakoutVillain: Logan at first merely seemed like a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] President Buffoon, only to be revealed as PresidentEvil and the BigBad of Day 5. He became arguably the most popular and most well-known villain from the show, and became one of the series primary antagonists, and he even [[HijackedByGanon hijacked hijacking the final season.season]].
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** [[spoiler: Originally intended this in Season 5 as well, before Miles calls to help Logan destroy CTU's only piece of evidence against him.]]
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* [[spoiler: EvenEvilHasLovedOnes]]: Played with. [[spoiler: Throughout Day 5, there are points where he seems to generally care for Martha and her opinion of him. However, he ultimately averts it in the season finale [[KickTheDog by threatening to drug her until she forgets her own name]] should she interfere with his plans again. However, he does appear regretful for his actions in Day 6, and after getting stabbed by her, his last line before flatlining is to utter her name in a weak, saddened tone. ]]
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Picking Charles Logan as his running mate.
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{{Blackmail}}: How he achieved the presidency.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Picking Charles Logan as his running mate. Then again, Logan fooled everyone.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Picking Charles Logan as his running mate. Then again, Logan fooled everyone.
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TheStarscream: To Wayne. He wants to be president, and he has
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* BrokenPedestal: For Jack throughout Season 5 and 6 as he becomes more of a {{Jerkass}}, to the point the final scene of Season 6 is Jack [[CallingTheOldManOut calling him out]] on it.
** BadassGrandpa
** BadassInDistress
* BrokenPedestal: For Jack throughout Season 5 and 6 as he becomes more of a {{Jerkass}}, to the point the final scene of Season 6 is Jack [[CallingTheOldManOut calling him out]] on it.
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* {{Badass}}
{{Badass}}: He was a captain in the US army, and remains a solid badass.
**BadassGrandpa
BadassGrandpa: Despite being in his later years, he's able to [[spoiler:knock out Jack freakin' Bauer.]]
**BadassInDistress
BadassInDistress: After being kidnapped by Marwan's group.
* BrokenPedestal: For Jack throughoutSeason Day 5 and 6 as he becomes more of a {{Jerkass}}, to the point the final scene of Season Day 6 is Jack [[CallingTheOldManOut calling him out]] on it.
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* OverprotectiveDad: Gets a restraining order put on Jack after Season 6, and blames him for what happened to her. Jack calls him out on it and claims that he can't accept the fact that it was her decision to search for him.
** Horribly averted with his son, who is both gay and liberal. He quite clearly dislikes him and has no problem letting CTU torture him for information, having little regard for him outside of his use or threat to him politically.
* PapaWolf: to Audrey only.
* ParentalFavoritism: Pretty blatantly prefers Audrey to his son Richard. To the point he has no problem letting CTU subject him to nightmarish torture methods for information.
* OverprotectiveDad: Gets a restraining order put on Jack after Season 6, and blames him for what happened to her. Jack calls him out on it and claims that he can't accept the fact that it was her decision to search for him.
** Horribly averted with his son, who is both gay and liberal. He quite clearly dislikes him and has no problem letting CTU torture him for information, having little regard for him outside of his use or threat to him politically.
* PapaWolf: to Audrey only.
* ParentalFavoritism: Pretty blatantly prefers Audrey to his son Richard. To the point he has no problem letting CTU subject him to nightmarish torture methods for information.
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* KnightTemplarParent
KnightTemplarParent: For Audrey, who he's fiercely protective of. Less so for his son, Richard.
* OverprotectiveDad: Gets a restraining order put on Jack after Season 6, and blames him for what happened to her. Jack calls him out on it and claims that he can't accept the fact that it was her decision to search forhim.
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* PapaWolf:to To Audrey only.
* ParentalFavoritism: Pretty blatantly prefers Audrey to his son Richard.To the point he He has no problem letting CTU subject him to nightmarish torture methods for information.
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* ActionSurvivor: Manages to maintain himself quite well during his kidnapping in the early parts of Day 4, regularly rebuking his attackers and threatening to kill them if they lay harm to Audrey. When Jack busts in to rescue them, he takes up a gun and helps fight off the terrorist.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Jack in Day 4 while fighting off his kidnappers.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Jack in Day 4 while fighting off his kidnappers.
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*DirtyOldMan: Describes himself as this when its revealed he's been having an affair with his assistant Lisa.
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*BrokenAce: Everybody ''loves'' David Palmer. What they don't see is his ruthlessness he hides behind his amiable manner. That's why he and Jack Bauer get along so well, because they're the same.
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*NoodleIncident: Whatever it was he did in Chicago at the WTO that reflected badly on Pres. Logan.
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* {{Jerkass}}
{{Jerkass}}: Has a very abrasive personality, tries to bully Logan into making important decisions, and also advocates imposing martial law on Los Angeles.
**JerkWithAHeartOfGold
JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Show himself to be this when Wayne Palmer shows up at Logan's retreat and unwittingly bumps into Gardner, who is genuinely humbled to see him and speaks at length about his admiration for David Palmer. This is the first clue that he's not the actual bad guy.
*RedHerring
RedHerring: Both in and out of universe; Bauer and Aaron Pierce suspect him of being behind the terrorists.
*UnwittingPawn
UnwittingPawn: While Logan never actually does anything to directly implicate Gardner for his own crimes, he no doubt chose Gardner as Vice President due to the fact that his personality and political views would serve to divert suspicion away from Logan himself.
*YouAreInCommandNowYouAreInCommandNow: We don't actually see him as President on-screen, but WordOfGod confirmed that he took over after Logan resigned, and served out the rest of his term before losing, ironically enough, to Wayne Palmer in the next election.
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* CorruptTheCutie: [[spoiler:Former President Logan does this to her in Season 8, luring President Taylor away from her ideals...with utterly disastrous results for ''everyone.'' Eventually results in Taylor having a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment towards the end, and ultimately choosing to face the consequences of her actions, fully aware that it will mean the end of her career. (Meanwhile, Logan attempts to take the cowardly way out and [[spoiler: shoots himself in the head. It's left vague whether he survived or not]].]]
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* CorruptTheCutie: [[spoiler:Former President Logan does this to her in Season 8, luring President Taylor away from her ideals... with utterly disastrous results for ''everyone.'' Eventually results in Taylor having a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment towards the end, and ultimately choosing to face the consequences of her actions, fully aware that it will mean the end of her career. (Meanwhile, Logan attempts to take the cowardly way out and [[spoiler: shoots himself in the head. It's left vague whether he survived or not]].]]
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Continuing ''24'''s love affair with the "OurPresidentsAreDifferent" trope, Allison Taylor is a ''liberal'' Republican woman. On the whole, she did a pretty good job of taking after David Palmer... at least during Season 7.
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[[spoiler:Beholden to a highly secretive corporate cabal inside BXJ Technologies, President Logan sponsored the Sentox nerve gas conspiracy with the intent to acquire more oil for America from Central Asia. Among the actions he supported was the selling of Sentox nerve gas to terrorists and the assassination of Former President David Palmer]].
* [[spoiler:ArchEnemy: To Jack Bauer. He and [[TheMole Nina Myers]] share this role for the series. Though Logan appears more frequently and is the actual BigBad. It's taken UpToEleven in the SeriesFinale, when Logan shows just how much he HATES Jack Bauer by [[DrivenToSuicide trying to commit suicide]] [[TakingYouWithMe just to make sure Jack Bauer dies along with him]]. Of course this final act fails as both survive, though [[FateWorseThanDeath Logan probably wished he hadn't]]]].
* [[spoiler:ArchEnemy: To Jack Bauer. He and [[TheMole Nina Myers]] share this role for the series. Though Logan appears more frequently and is the actual BigBad. It's taken UpToEleven in the SeriesFinale, when Logan shows just how much he HATES Jack Bauer by [[DrivenToSuicide trying to commit suicide]] [[TakingYouWithMe just to make sure Jack Bauer dies along with him]]. Of course this final act fails as both survive, though [[FateWorseThanDeath Logan probably wished he hadn't]]]].
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* BastardlySpeech: [[spoiler:He delivers a eulogy for David Palmer and is promptly arrested afterwards when his role in Palmer's assassination among others things is finally exposed]].
* BastardlySpeech: [[spoiler:He delivers a eulogy for David Palmer and is promptly arrested afterwards when his role in Palmer's assassination among others things is finally exposed]].
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* BadBoss: [[spoiler:To To both Mooks and innocents]].
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* [[spoiler:BigBad: Repeatedly. Probably the closest to an overall series BigBad given his aforementioned ArchEnemy status and the fact he's the most reoccuring both episode and season wise]].
** [[spoiler:BigBadDuumvirate: With Yuri Suvarov in Day 8. He was also involved in a BigBad Triumvirate with Phillip Bauer and Alan Wilson that spanned over multiple seasons]].
** [[spoiler:BiggerBad: TheReveal of Logan being the BigBad of Day 5 heavily implies he was this in Day 4, as the events of that season lead to Logan becoming PresidentEvil in the first place]].
* [[spoiler:BreakoutVillain: Logan at first merely seemed like a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] President Buffoon, only to be revealed as PresidentEvil and the BigBad of Day 5. He became arguably the most popular and most well-known villain from the show, and became one of the series primary antagonists, and he even [[HijackedByGanon hijacked the final season]].
** [[spoiler:BigBadDuumvirate: With Yuri Suvarov in Day 8. He was also involved in a BigBad Triumvirate with Phillip Bauer and Alan Wilson that spanned over multiple seasons]].
** [[spoiler:BiggerBad: TheReveal of Logan being the BigBad of Day 5 heavily implies he was this in Day 4, as the events of that season lead to Logan becoming PresidentEvil in the first place]].
* [[spoiler:BreakoutVillain: Logan at first merely seemed like a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] President Buffoon, only to be revealed as PresidentEvil and the BigBad of Day 5. He became arguably the most popular and most well-known villain from the show, and became one of the series primary antagonists, and he even [[HijackedByGanon hijacked the final season]].
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* [[spoiler:TheCorrupter: He's directly [[CorruptTheCutie responsible]] for luring President Taylor into abandoning her ideals, for a plot that he hoped would end with himself looking like a hero. His actions throughout the series also indirectly contributed to the [[FaceHeelTurn Face Heel Turns]] of Tony and Jack and he's possibly responsible for Suvarov's as well by allowing his failed assassination to be carried out in Day 5. One way or another this man truly does bring out the worst in everybody]].
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: In Season 4, he starts out as a good guy (albeit a very inept and unsympathetic one). In Season 5, he becomes a villain. In Season 6, [[TheAtoner he seeks redemption by helping the good guys]]. In Season 8, he's a villain once again]].
* [[spoiler:HijackedByGanon: He is the one responsible for the cover-up conspiracy that forces Jack to go on his bloodthirsty rampage]].
* [[spoiler:JokerImmunity: Interesting variation as it wasn't due to him being a [[BigBad major villain]], but him being the President which had him survive season 5, only being exposed and arrested, though it was played straight since he only got house arrest, leading to him being able to appear in season six. Invoked by WordOfGod after fans were pissed over his storyline ending with his fate unclear, thus he got better as well as pardoned of his crimes, and eventually returned in season 8 to antagonize Jack once more. Interestingly it's not revoked in the series finale when he shoots himself in the head, though he possibly suffered brain damage]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:Before his role in Day 5 was revealed, he came across as ineffective and unsuited to his office. Kiefer Sutherland confirmed in an interview that this was mostly an act. Itzin, on the other hand, claims that it was EnforcedMethodActing: he played Logan as a well-meaning, if bumbling, good guy, because he did not know he ''was'' a bad guy until receiving the script with TheReveal in it]].
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* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan: Oh. Dear. Golly. Anton Beresch, the ringleader of the Russian terrorist group attacking the train station, is merely an underling of terrorist leader Ivan Erwich, who is himself an underling of the group's true mastermind, Vladimir Bierko. Bierko is merely the pawn of Christopher Henderson, who is himself Logan's Dragon. Logan also [[HijackedByGanon hijacks the Russian government]] by blackmailing them and manipulates Taylor into throwing away her beliefs in order to try and repair his image. He manages to do all of this despite initially having nothing to do with the season]].
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* [[spoiler:HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: In Season 4, he starts out as a good guy (albeit a very inept and unsympathetic one). In Season 5, he becomes a villain. In Season 6, [[TheAtoner he seeks redemption by helping the good guys]]. In Season 8, he's a villain once again]].
* [[spoiler:HijackedByGanon: He is the one responsible for the cover-up conspiracy that forces Jack to go on his bloodthirsty rampage]].
* [[spoiler:JokerImmunity: Interesting variation as it wasn't due to him being a [[BigBad major villain]], but him being the President which had him survive season 5, only being exposed and arrested, though it was played straight since he only got house arrest, leading to him being able to appear in season six. Invoked by WordOfGod after fans were pissed over his storyline ending with his fate unclear, thus he got better as well as pardoned of his crimes, and eventually returned in season 8 to antagonize Jack once more. Interestingly it's not revoked in the series finale when he shoots himself in the head, though he possibly suffered brain damage]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:Before his role in Day 5 was revealed, he came across as ineffective and unsuited to his office. Kiefer Sutherland confirmed in an interview that this was mostly an act. Itzin, on the other hand, claims that it was EnforcedMethodActing: he played Logan as a well-meaning, if bumbling, good guy, because he did not know he ''was'' a bad guy until receiving the script with TheReveal in it]].
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* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan: Oh. Dear. Golly. Anton Beresch, the ringleader of the Russian terrorist group attacking the train station, is merely an underling of terrorist leader Ivan Erwich, who is himself an underling of the group's true mastermind, Vladimir Bierko. Bierko is merely the pawn of Christopher Henderson, who is himself Logan's Dragon. Logan also [[HijackedByGanon hijacks the Russian government]] by blackmailing them and manipulates Taylor into throwing away her beliefs in order to try and repair his image. He manages to do all of this despite initially having nothing to do with the season]].
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*[[spoiler:HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: In Season 4, he starts out as a good guy (albeit a very inept and unsympathetic one). In Season 5, he becomes a villain. In Season 6, [[TheAtoner he seeks redemption by helping the good guys]]. In Season 8, he's a villain once again]].
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*[[spoiler:HijackedByGanon: He HijackedByGanon: [[spoiler:He is the one responsible for the cover-up conspiracy that forces Jack to go on his bloodthirsty rampage]].
*[[spoiler:JokerImmunity: JokerImmunity: Interesting variation as it wasn't due to him being a [[BigBad major villain]], but him being the President which had him survive season 5, only being exposed and arrested, though it was played straight since he only got house arrest, leading to him being able to appear in season six. Invoked [[spoiler:Invoked by WordOfGod after fans were pissed over his storyline ending with his fate unclear, thus he got better as well as pardoned of his crimes, and eventually returned in season 8 to antagonize Jack once more. Interestingly it's not revoked in the series finale when he shoots himself in the head, though he possibly suffered brain damage]].
damage]]]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity:[[spoiler:Before Before his role in Day 5 was revealed, he came across as ineffective and unsuited to his office. Kiefer Sutherland confirmed in an interview that this was mostly an act. Itzin, on the other hand, claims that it was EnforcedMethodActing: he played Logan as a well-meaning, if bumbling, good guy, because he did not know he ''was'' a bad guy until receiving the script with TheReveal in it]].
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* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan:TheManBehindTheMan: Oh. Dear. Golly. Anton [[spoiler:Anton Beresch, the ringleader of the Russian terrorist group attacking the train station, is merely an underling of terrorist leader Ivan Erwich, who is himself an underling of the group's true mastermind, Vladimir Bierko. Bierko is merely the pawn of Christopher Henderson, who is himself Logan's Dragon. Logan also [[HijackedByGanon hijacks the Russian government]] by blackmailing them and manipulates Taylor into throwing away her beliefs in order to try and repair his image. He manages to do all of this despite initially having nothing to do with the season]].
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* [[spoiler:VillainProtagonist: Was a main cast member in season 5 which he was the BigBad of. While he wasn't the only antagonist to be one, he's the only actual BigBad to also be a VillainProtagonist, especially in season 5 where he played both]].
* [[spoiler:VillainWithGoodPublicity: Logan's goal seems to be getting the public to view him as one of the great US Presidents, despite him actually being the [[PresidentEvil worst]]. Even after he was arrested and removed from office, the public was unaware of his villainous actions. In the series finale it becomes clear that Logan will finally be exposed as the villain he truly is, which causes him to [[VillainousBreakdown snap]].]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:In Day 5. Not so much in Day 8]].
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:When ''Itzin'' doesn't know he's a playing a bad guy, you can bet that the audience had no idea.]]
* [[spoiler:VillainProtagonist: Was a main cast member in season 5 which he was the BigBad of. While he wasn't the only antagonist to be one, he's the only actual BigBad to also be a VillainProtagonist, especially in season 5 where he played both]].
* [[spoiler:VillainWithGoodPublicity: Logan's goal seems to be getting the public to view him as one of the great US Presidents, despite him actually being the [[PresidentEvil worst]]. Even after he was arrested and removed from office, the public was unaware of his villainous actions. In the series finale it becomes clear that Logan will finally be exposed as the villain he truly is, which causes him to [[VillainousBreakdown snap]].]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:In Day 5. Not so much in Day 8]].
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:When ''Itzin'' doesn't know he's a playing a bad guy, you can bet that the audience had no idea.]]
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*[[spoiler:VillainProtagonist: VillainProtagonist: Was a main cast member in season 5 which he was the BigBad of. While he wasn't the only antagonist to be one, he's the only actual BigBad to also be a VillainProtagonist, especially in season 5 where he played both]].
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->''"Nothing about this job lends itself to simple answers, just...jagged edges and moving parts. Most you won't see even coming till they've smacked you in the head."''
The Vice President of the United States in the administration of President WaynePalmer’s ambitious and aggressive vice president who later becomes president before losing Palmer. He became the President of the United States under the provisions of the 25th Amendment due to President Palmer's incapacitation from aftereffects of an attempt on his life. He completed Palmer's term, but lost his bid for re-election to Senator Allison Taylor.
Taylor.
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A Democratic senator running for President. He's the target of an assassination plot during Day 1, and later becomes one of Jack's greatest allies and friends.
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A Democratic senator running for President. He's the target of an assassination plot during Day 1, from Maryland, and later becomes one the first African-American President of Jack's greatest allies the United States of America. David Palmer built his political career on integrity, honesty, commitment, honor, and friends.
a deep concern about the welfare of the American people.
On Day 5, David Palmer [[spoiler:was assassinated by Conrad Haas, a hired gunman, to prevent him from exposing a conspiracy within the U.S. government. He was 55 years old]].
On Day 5, David Palmer [[spoiler:was assassinated by Conrad Haas, a hired gunman, to prevent him from exposing a conspiracy within the U.S. government. He was 55 years old]].
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--> '''Palmer:''' "I'm the president, Mike. You don't get to call me by my first name!"
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* BigGood: Until his death.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: In the first season, the fear of this trope is lampshaded by more or less everybody. It's ultimately subverted. He lives for four whole seasons and a bit of the fifth before he's finally killed off; and even then the lessons that he's taught those he was close to linger for years to come.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: In the first season, the fear of this trope is lampshaded by more or less everybody. It's ultimately subverted. He lives for four whole seasons and a bit of the fifth before he's finally killed off; and even then the lessons that he's taught those he was close to linger for years to come.
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* BigGood: Until [[spoiler:Until his death.
death]].
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: In the first season, the fear of this trope is lampshaded by more or less everybody. It's ultimately subverted.He [[spoiler:He lives for four whole seasons and a bit of the fifth before he's finally killed off; and even then the lessons that he's taught those he was close to linger for years to come.come]].
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: In the first season, the fear of this trope is lampshaded by more or less everybody. It's ultimately subverted.
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* ScarsAreForever: The poisonous injection Mandy sends into the palm of his hand at the end of the second season permanently scars it, and for the rest of his appearances whenever there's a clear shot of his inner palm it can clearly be seen.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath
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* ScarsAreForever: The poisonous [[spoiler:poisonous injection Mandy sends into the palm of his hand at the end of the second season permanently scars it, and for the rest of his appearances whenever there's a clear shot of his inner palm it can clearly be seen.
seen]].
*SurprisinglySuddenDeath[[spoiler:SurprisinglySuddenDeath]]
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David Palmer’s vice president and briefly acting president during Day 2.
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Vice President of the United States of America under President David Palmer’s vice president and briefly acting president during Day 2.
Palmer.
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A presumably Republican Senator introduced in Season 3 running against David Palmer's re-election campaign for the presidency. He won after David Palmer dropped out of the race, only to get his plane shot down in Season 4.
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The President of the United States after David Palmer dropped out of the
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Picking [[BigBad Charles]] [[PresidentEvil Logan]] as his running mate.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Picking [[BigBad Charles]] [[PresidentEvil Logan]] Charles Logan as his running mate.
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* TheRival
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* TheRivalTheRival: To David Palmer.
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John Keeler’s inept and cowardly vice president, who is forced to step up when Keeler is taken out of commission. He was revealed to be the BigBad in the fifth season, being involved in the day's events such as the assassination of David Palmer. Even after Jack and co. exposed him, Logan would return to cause more trouble in Day 8, again as one of the primary antagonists. He is not a fan of Jack Bauer and tried to have him killed numerous times.
* ArchEnemy: To Jack Bauer. He and [[TheMole Nina Myers]] share this role for the series. Though Logan appears more frequently and is the actual BigBad. It's taken UpToEleven in the SeriesFinale, when Logan shows just how much he HATES Jack Bauer by [[DrivenToSuicide trying to commit suicide]] [[TakingYouWithMe just to make sure Jack Bauer dies along with him]]. Of course this final act fails as both survive, though [[FateWorseThanDeath Logan probably wished he hadn't]].
* ArchEnemy: To Jack Bauer. He and [[TheMole Nina Myers]] share this role for the series. Though Logan appears more frequently and is the actual BigBad. It's taken UpToEleven in the SeriesFinale, when Logan shows just how much he HATES Jack Bauer by [[DrivenToSuicide trying to commit suicide]] [[TakingYouWithMe just to make sure Jack Bauer dies along with him]]. Of course this final act fails as both survive, though [[FateWorseThanDeath Logan probably wished he hadn't]].
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Vice President of the United States during the administration of President John Keeler’s inept and cowardly vice president, who is forced Keeler. He became President pursuant to step up when the 25th Amendment after Keeler is taken out of commission. He was revealed grievously wounded when Air Force One crashed during Day 4.
[[spoiler:Beholden tobe a highly secretive corporate cabal inside BXJ Technologies, President Logan sponsored the BigBad in Sentox nerve gas conspiracy with the fifth season, being involved in intent to acquire more oil for America from Central Asia. Among the day's events such as actions he supported was the selling of Sentox nerve gas to terrorists and the assassination of Former President David Palmer. Even after Jack and co. exposed him, Logan would return to cause more trouble in Day 8, again as one of the primary antagonists. He is not a fan of Jack Bauer and tried to have him killed numerous times.
Palmer]].
*ArchEnemy: [[spoiler:ArchEnemy: To Jack Bauer. He and [[TheMole Nina Myers]] share this role for the series. Though Logan appears more frequently and is the actual BigBad. It's taken UpToEleven in the SeriesFinale, when Logan shows just how much he HATES Jack Bauer by [[DrivenToSuicide trying to commit suicide]] [[TakingYouWithMe just to make sure Jack Bauer dies along with him]]. Of course this final act fails as both survive, though [[FateWorseThanDeath Logan probably wished he hadn't]].hadn't]]]].
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* BadBoss: To both Mooks and innocents. He's PresidentEvil, after all
* BastardlySpeech: He delivers a eulogy for David Palmer and is promptly arrested afterwards when his role in Palmer's assassination among others things is finally exposed.
* BastardlySpeech: He delivers a eulogy for David Palmer and is promptly arrested afterwards when his role in Palmer's assassination among others things is finally exposed.
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* BadBoss: To [[spoiler:To both Mooks and innocents. He's PresidentEvil, after all
innocents]].
* BastardlySpeech:He [[spoiler:He delivers a eulogy for David Palmer and is promptly arrested afterwards when his role in Palmer's assassination among others things is finally exposed.exposed]].
* BastardlySpeech:
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* BigBad: Repeatedly. Probably the closest to an overall series BigBad given his aforementioned ArchEnemy status and the fact he's the most reoccuring both episode and season wise.
** BigBadDuumvirate: With Yuri Suvarov in Day 8. He was also involved in a BigBad Triumvirate with Phillip Bauer and Alan Wilson that spanned over multiple seasons.
** BiggerBad: TheReveal of Logan being the BigBad of Day 5 heavily implies he was this in Day 4, as the events of that season lead to Logan becoming PresidentEvil in the first place.
* BreakoutVillain: Logan at first merely seemed like a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] President Buffoon, only to be revealed as PresidentEvil and the BigBad of Day 5. He became arguably the most popular and most well-known villain from the show, and became one of the series primary antagonists, and he even [[HijackedByGanon hijacked the final season]].
* DrivenToSuicide: in the series finale, although it was mentioned that paramedics might be able to save him, he would at best have permanent brain damage.
* TheCorrupter: He's directly [[CorruptTheCutie responsible]] for luring President Taylor into abandoning her ideals, for a plot that he hoped would end with himself looking like a hero. His actions throughout the series also indirectly contributed to the [[FaceHeelTurn Face Heel Turns]] of Tony and Jack and he's possibly responsible for Suvarov's as well by allowing his failed assassination to be carried out in Day 5. One way or another this man truly does bring out the worst in everybody.
* FinalBoss: Of the series. He [[HijackedByGanon hijacked the final seasons' conspiracy]] by using blackmail and manipulation to get both the US and Russian presidents to do his bidding, which was to sign the treaty despite it being useless solely to be viewed as a hero again as well as once again rise to power, as well as kill his ArchEnemy Jack Bauer once and for all. And in the series finale, after the conspiracy is exposed and the former plan is foiled, Logan suffers a MASSIVE VillainousBreakdown, and tries to commit suicide in order to ensure that the latter plan succeeded (it of course doesn't, and neither does Logan's suicide). After Logan's final plan is thwarted and he is implied to have become a vegetable as a result, we get the ending sequence to the series.
** He was also this in season 5 earlier. It was even invoked as Logan's co-conspirators were either killed or otherwise exited the season just before the final episode where Jack and Logan have their confrontation.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: In Season 4, he starts out as a good guy (albeit a very inept and unsympathetic one). In Season 5, he becomes a villain. In Season 6, [[TheAtoner he seeks redemption by helping the good guys]]. In Season 8, he's a villain once again.
* HijackedByGanon: He is the one responsible for the cover-up conspiracy that forces Jack to go on his bloodthirsty rampage
* JokerImmunity: Interesting variation as it wasn't due to him being a [[BigBad major villain]], but him being the President which had him survive season 5, only being exposed and arrested, though it was played straight since he only got house arrest, leading to him being able to appear in season six. Invoked by WordOfGod after fans were pissed over his storyline ending with his fate unclear, thus he got better as well as pardoned of his crimes, and eventually returned in season 8 to antagonize Jack once more. Interestingly it's not revoked in the series finale when he shoots himself in the head, though he possibly suffered brain damage.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Before his role in Day 5 was revealed, he came across as ineffective and unsuited to his office. Kiefer Sutherland confirmed in an interview that this was mostly an act.
** Itzin, on the other hand, claims that it was EnforcedMethodActing: he played Logan as a well-meaning, if bumbling, good guy, because he did not know he ''was'' a bad guy until receiving the script with TheReveal in it.
* KnightOfCerebus: Despite the occasionally hilarious moments and [[LargeHam his personality in general]], things always seem to get worse whenever he shows up.
* KnightTemplar
* TheManBehindTheMan: Oh. Dear. Golly. Anton Beresch, the ringleader of the Russian terrorist group attacking the train station, is merely an underling of terrorist leader Ivan Erwich, who is himself an underling of the group's true mastermind, Vladimir Bierko. Bierko is merely the pawn of Christopher Henderson, who is himself Logan's Dragon.
** Logan also [[HijackedByGanon hijacks the Russian government]] by blackmailing them and manipulates Taylor into throwing away her beliefs in order to try and repair his image. He manages to do all of this despite initially having nothing to do with the season.
* ManipulativeBastard
** BigBadDuumvirate: With Yuri Suvarov in Day 8. He was also involved in a BigBad Triumvirate with Phillip Bauer and Alan Wilson that spanned over multiple seasons.
** BiggerBad: TheReveal of Logan being the BigBad of Day 5 heavily implies he was this in Day 4, as the events of that season lead to Logan becoming PresidentEvil in the first place.
* BreakoutVillain: Logan at first merely seemed like a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] President Buffoon, only to be revealed as PresidentEvil and the BigBad of Day 5. He became arguably the most popular and most well-known villain from the show, and became one of the series primary antagonists, and he even [[HijackedByGanon hijacked the final season]].
* DrivenToSuicide: in the series finale, although it was mentioned that paramedics might be able to save him, he would at best have permanent brain damage.
* TheCorrupter: He's directly [[CorruptTheCutie responsible]] for luring President Taylor into abandoning her ideals, for a plot that he hoped would end with himself looking like a hero. His actions throughout the series also indirectly contributed to the [[FaceHeelTurn Face Heel Turns]] of Tony and Jack and he's possibly responsible for Suvarov's as well by allowing his failed assassination to be carried out in Day 5. One way or another this man truly does bring out the worst in everybody.
* FinalBoss: Of the series. He [[HijackedByGanon hijacked the final seasons' conspiracy]] by using blackmail and manipulation to get both the US and Russian presidents to do his bidding, which was to sign the treaty despite it being useless solely to be viewed as a hero again as well as once again rise to power, as well as kill his ArchEnemy Jack Bauer once and for all. And in the series finale, after the conspiracy is exposed and the former plan is foiled, Logan suffers a MASSIVE VillainousBreakdown, and tries to commit suicide in order to ensure that the latter plan succeeded (it of course doesn't, and neither does Logan's suicide). After Logan's final plan is thwarted and he is implied to have become a vegetable as a result, we get the ending sequence to the series.
** He was also this in season 5 earlier. It was even invoked as Logan's co-conspirators were either killed or otherwise exited the season just before the final episode where Jack and Logan have their confrontation.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: In Season 4, he starts out as a good guy (albeit a very inept and unsympathetic one). In Season 5, he becomes a villain. In Season 6, [[TheAtoner he seeks redemption by helping the good guys]]. In Season 8, he's a villain once again.
* HijackedByGanon: He is the one responsible for the cover-up conspiracy that forces Jack to go on his bloodthirsty rampage
* JokerImmunity: Interesting variation as it wasn't due to him being a [[BigBad major villain]], but him being the President which had him survive season 5, only being exposed and arrested, though it was played straight since he only got house arrest, leading to him being able to appear in season six. Invoked by WordOfGod after fans were pissed over his storyline ending with his fate unclear, thus he got better as well as pardoned of his crimes, and eventually returned in season 8 to antagonize Jack once more. Interestingly it's not revoked in the series finale when he shoots himself in the head, though he possibly suffered brain damage.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Before his role in Day 5 was revealed, he came across as ineffective and unsuited to his office. Kiefer Sutherland confirmed in an interview that this was mostly an act.
** Itzin, on the other hand, claims that it was EnforcedMethodActing: he played Logan as a well-meaning, if bumbling, good guy, because he did not know he ''was'' a bad guy until receiving the script with TheReveal in it.
* KnightOfCerebus: Despite the occasionally hilarious moments and [[LargeHam his personality in general]], things always seem to get worse whenever he shows up.
* KnightTemplar
* TheManBehindTheMan: Oh. Dear. Golly. Anton Beresch, the ringleader of the Russian terrorist group attacking the train station, is merely an underling of terrorist leader Ivan Erwich, who is himself an underling of the group's true mastermind, Vladimir Bierko. Bierko is merely the pawn of Christopher Henderson, who is himself Logan's Dragon.
** Logan also [[HijackedByGanon hijacks the Russian government]] by blackmailing them and manipulates Taylor into throwing away her beliefs in order to try and repair his image. He manages to do all of this despite initially having nothing to do with the season.
* ManipulativeBastard
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:BigBad: Repeatedly. Probably the closest to an overall series BigBad given his aforementioned ArchEnemy status and the fact he's the most reoccuring both episode and season wise.
wise]].
**BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:BigBadDuumvirate: With Yuri Suvarov in Day 8. He was also involved in a BigBad Triumvirate with Phillip Bauer and Alan Wilson that spanned over multiple seasons.
seasons]].
**BiggerBad: [[spoiler:BiggerBad: TheReveal of Logan being the BigBad of Day 5 heavily implies he was this in Day 4, as the events of that season lead to Logan becoming PresidentEvil in the first place.
place]].
*BreakoutVillain: [[spoiler:BreakoutVillain: Logan at first merely seemed like a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] President Buffoon, only to be revealed as PresidentEvil and the BigBad of Day 5. He became arguably the most popular and most well-known villain from the show, and became one of the series primary antagonists, and he even [[HijackedByGanon hijacked the final season]].
*DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: in the series finale, although it was mentioned that paramedics might be able to save him, he would at best have permanent brain damage.
damage]].
*TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:TheCorrupter: He's directly [[CorruptTheCutie responsible]] for luring President Taylor into abandoning her ideals, for a plot that he hoped would end with himself looking like a hero. His actions throughout the series also indirectly contributed to the [[FaceHeelTurn Face Heel Turns]] of Tony and Jack and he's possibly responsible for Suvarov's as well by allowing his failed assassination to be carried out in Day 5. One way or another this man truly does bring out the worst in everybody.
everybody]].
*FinalBoss: Of the series. He [[HijackedByGanon hijacked the final seasons' conspiracy]] by using blackmail and manipulation to get both the US and Russian presidents to do his bidding, which was to sign the treaty despite it being useless solely to be viewed as a hero again as well as once again rise to power, as well as kill his ArchEnemy Jack Bauer once and for all. And in the series finale, after the conspiracy is exposed and the former plan is foiled, Logan suffers a MASSIVE VillainousBreakdown, and tries to commit suicide in order to ensure that the latter plan succeeded (it of course doesn't, and neither does Logan's suicide). After Logan's final plan is thwarted and he is implied to have become a vegetable as a result, we get the ending sequence to the series.
** He was also this in season 5 earlier. It was even invoked as Logan's co-conspirators were either killed or otherwise exited the season just before the final episode where Jack and Logan have their confrontation.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor:[[spoiler:HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: In Season 4, he starts out as a good guy (albeit a very inept and unsympathetic one). In Season 5, he becomes a villain. In Season 6, [[TheAtoner he seeks redemption by helping the good guys]]. In Season 8, he's a villain once again.
again]].
*HijackedByGanon: [[spoiler:HijackedByGanon: He is the one responsible for the cover-up conspiracy that forces Jack to go on his bloodthirsty rampage
rampage]].
*JokerImmunity: [[spoiler:JokerImmunity: Interesting variation as it wasn't due to him being a [[BigBad major villain]], but him being the President which had him survive season 5, only being exposed and arrested, though it was played straight since he only got house arrest, leading to him being able to appear in season six. Invoked by WordOfGod after fans were pissed over his storyline ending with his fate unclear, thus he got better as well as pardoned of his crimes, and eventually returned in season 8 to antagonize Jack once more. Interestingly it's not revoked in the series finale when he shoots himself in the head, though he possibly suffered brain damage.
damage]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity:Before [[spoiler:Before his role in Day 5 was revealed, he came across as ineffective and unsuited to his office. Kiefer Sutherland confirmed in an interview that this was mostly an act.
**act. Itzin, on the other hand, claims that it was EnforcedMethodActing: he played Logan as a well-meaning, if bumbling, good guy, because he did not know he ''was'' a bad guy until receiving the script with TheReveal in it.
it]].
*KnightOfCerebus: Despite the occasionally hilarious moments and [[LargeHam his personality in general]], things always seem to get worse whenever he shows up.
[[spoiler:KnightTemplar]]
*KnightTemplar
* TheManBehindTheMan:[[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan: Oh. Dear. Golly. Anton Beresch, the ringleader of the Russian terrorist group attacking the train station, is merely an underling of terrorist leader Ivan Erwich, who is himself an underling of the group's true mastermind, Vladimir Bierko. Bierko is merely the pawn of Christopher Henderson, who is himself Logan's Dragon.
**Dragon. Logan also [[HijackedByGanon hijacks the Russian government]] by blackmailing them and manipulates Taylor into throwing away her beliefs in order to try and repair his image. He manages to do all of this despite initially having nothing to do with the season.
season]].
*ManipulativeBastard[[spoiler:ManipulativeBastard]]
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** He was also this in season 5 earlier. It was even invoked as Logan's co-conspirators were either killed or otherwise exited the season just before the final episode where Jack and Logan have their confrontation.
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* PresidentEvil
* RedemptionRejection: He tries to reform himself during Season 6... which leads to him being stabbed and nearly killed by his ex-wife. No wonder he turned evil again for Season 8.
* SmugSnake
* TakingYouWithMe: Does this to his Dragon Jason Pillar, and tries to do it to Jack, in the series finale.
* VillainousBreakdown: Logan's had a few of these, though the most notable one was in the series finale, in which once he realizes Jack has thwarted his plans once more, he murders his own [[TheDragon Dragon]] and attempts to commit suicide just to make sure that Jack would still be executed on his orders.
* VillainProtagonist: Was a main cast member in season 5 which he was the BigBad of. While he wasn't the only antagonist to be one, he's the only actual BigBad to also be a VillainProtagonist, especially in season 5 where he played both.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Logan's goal seems to be getting the public to view him as one of the great US Presidents, despite him actually being the [[PresidentEvil worst]]. Even after he was arrested and removed from office, the public was unaware of his villainous actions. In the series finale it becomes clear that Logan will finally be exposed as the villain he truly is, which causes him to [[VillainousBreakdown snap]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In Day 5. Not so much in Day 8.
* WhamEpisode: when ''Itzin'' doesn't know he's a playing a bad guy, you can bet that the audience had no idea.
* RedemptionRejection: He tries to reform himself during Season 6... which leads to him being stabbed and nearly killed by his ex-wife. No wonder he turned evil again for Season 8.
* SmugSnake
* TakingYouWithMe: Does this to his Dragon Jason Pillar, and tries to do it to Jack, in the series finale.
* VillainousBreakdown: Logan's had a few of these, though the most notable one was in the series finale, in which once he realizes Jack has thwarted his plans once more, he murders his own [[TheDragon Dragon]] and attempts to commit suicide just to make sure that Jack would still be executed on his orders.
* VillainProtagonist: Was a main cast member in season 5 which he was the BigBad of. While he wasn't the only antagonist to be one, he's the only actual BigBad to also be a VillainProtagonist, especially in season 5 where he played both.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Logan's goal seems to be getting the public to view him as one of the great US Presidents, despite him actually being the [[PresidentEvil worst]]. Even after he was arrested and removed from office, the public was unaware of his villainous actions. In the series finale it becomes clear that Logan will finally be exposed as the villain he truly is, which causes him to [[VillainousBreakdown snap]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In Day 5. Not so much in Day 8.
* WhamEpisode: when ''Itzin'' doesn't know he's a playing a bad guy, you can bet that the audience had no idea.
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* PresidentEvil
[[spoiler:PresidentEvil]]
* RedemptionRejection:He [[spoiler:He tries to reform himself during Season 6... which leads to him being stabbed and nearly killed by his ex-wife. No wonder he turned evil again for Season 8.
* SmugSnake
8]].
* TakingYouWithMe:Does [[spoiler:Does this to his Dragon Jason Pillar, and tries to do it to Jack, in the series finale.
finale]].
*VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown: Logan's had a few of these, though the most notable one was in the series finale, in which once he realizes Jack has thwarted his plans once more, he murders his own [[TheDragon Dragon]] and attempts to commit suicide just to make sure that Jack would still be executed on his orders.
orders]].
*VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:VillainProtagonist: Was a main cast member in season 5 which he was the BigBad of. While he wasn't the only antagonist to be one, he's the only actual BigBad to also be a VillainProtagonist, especially in season 5 where he played both.
both]].
*VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:VillainWithGoodPublicity: Logan's goal seems to be getting the public to view him as one of the great US Presidents, despite him actually being the [[PresidentEvil worst]]. Even after he was arrested and removed from office, the public was unaware of his villainous actions. In the series finale it becomes clear that Logan will finally be exposed as the villain he truly is, which causes him to [[VillainousBreakdown snap]].
snap]].]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist:In [[spoiler:In Day 5. Not so much in Day 8.
8]].
* WhamEpisode:when [[spoiler:When ''Itzin'' doesn't know he's a playing a bad guy, you can bet that the audience had no idea.]]
* RedemptionRejection:
* SmugSnake
* TakingYouWithMe:
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Logan’s vice president, who takes control after Logan is arrested.
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David's brother who is president during Day 6. He is constantly underminded by his [[StrawCharacter Straw Conservative]] vice-president, and is nearly killed in an attempt on his life by more Straw Conservatives wanting badly to go to war with the Middle East.
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The brother of President David Palmer and lawyer Sandra Palmer. He served as David's brother who is president during White House Chief of Staff following Mike Novick's dismissal. By Day 6. He is constantly underminded by his [[StrawCharacter Straw Conservative]] vice-president, and is nearly killed in an attempt on his life by more Straw Conservatives wanting badly to go to war with 6 he had been elected President of the Middle East.
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* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Our presidents kill conspiracy enforcers who helped kill his brother.
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* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Our presidents kill conspiracy enforcers who helped kill [[spoiler:kill his brother.brother]].
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* BreakTheCutie: The end of Day 7; she's forced to have her daughter arrested, and her husband divorces her as a result.
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* BreakTheCutie: The end of Day 7; she's forced to have her [[spoiler:her daughter arrested, and her husband divorces her as a result.result]].
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* CorruptTheCutie: Former President Logan does this to her in Season 8, luring President Taylor away from her ideals...with utterly disastrous results for ''everyone.'' Eventually results in Taylor having a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment towards the end, and ultimately choosing to face the consequences of her actions, fully aware that it will mean the end of her career. (Meanwhile, Logan attempts to take the cowardly way out and [[spoiler: shoots himself in the head. It's left vague whether he survived or not]].
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* CorruptTheCutie: Former [[spoiler:Former President Logan does this to her in Season 8, luring President Taylor away from her ideals...with utterly disastrous results for ''everyone.'' Eventually results in Taylor having a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment towards the end, and ultimately choosing to face the consequences of her actions, fully aware that it will mean the end of her career. (Meanwhile, Logan attempts to take the cowardly way out and [[spoiler: shoots himself in the head. It's left vague whether he survived or not]].]]
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* HeroicBSOD: At the end of Season 8, after she realizes how former President Logan has corrupted her and twisted her away from her ideals. Overlapped with MyGodWhatHaveIDone.
* HeroicSacrifice: Not of her life, but of her political career. At the end of Season 8, Taylor decides to do the right thing and face the consequences of her actions, fully aware that it will likely mean the end of her career.
* HeroicSacrifice: Not of her life, but of her political career. At the end of Season 8, Taylor decides to do the right thing and face the consequences of her actions, fully aware that it will likely mean the end of her career.
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* HeroicBSOD: At the end of Season 8, after she realizes how former [[spoiler:former President Logan Logan]] has corrupted her and twisted her away from her ideals. Overlapped with MyGodWhatHaveIDone.
* HeroicSacrifice:Not [[spoiler:Not of her life, but of her political career. At the end of Season 8, Taylor decides to do the right thing and face the consequences of her actions, fully aware that it will likely mean the end of her career.career]].
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* IgnoredEpiphany: Ethan Kanin actually almost gets her to realize what she's doing in the final season is wrong, but only minutes later Logan is successfully able to persuade her to continue in her current actions. [[spoiler: Thankfully, she ''does not'' ignore this the second time.]]
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* IgnoredEpiphany: Ethan Kanin actually almost gets her to realize what she's doing in the final season is wrong, but only minutes later Logan is successfully able to persuade her to continue in her current actions. [[spoiler: Thankfully, [[spoiler:Thankfully, she ''does not'' ignore this the second time.]]
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* MarriedToTheJob: Ultimately decides to send her daughter to prison for killing Jonas Hodges, and ultimately get divorced by her husband in the name of upholding the law. Her devotion to her job leads her to go to questionable lengths to uphold the treaty.
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* MarriedToTheJob: Ultimately decides to send [[spoiler:send her daughter to prison for killing Jonas Hodges, and ultimately get divorced by her husband in the name of upholding the law.law]]. Her devotion to her job leads her to go to questionable lengths to uphold the treaty.
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* SunkCostFallacy: Late in Day 8, she's driven on by the belief that she's sacrificed too much for the treaty to back down, even if Hassan is dead and the only way to obtain it is to break the law.
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* SunkCostFallacy: Late in Day 8, she's driven on by the belief that she's sacrificed too much for the treaty to back down, even if Hassan [[spoiler:Hassan is dead and the only way to obtain it is to break the law.law]].
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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: In Season 4, he starts out as a good guy (albeit a very inept and unsympathetic one). In Season 5, he becomes a villain. In Season 6, [[TheAtoner he seeks redemption by helping the good guys]]. In Season 8, he's a villain once again.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He looks quite a bit like RichardNixon though his [[ObfuscatingStupidity bumbling President act]] is more reminiscent of GeorgeWBush.
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* ScarsAreForever: The poisonous injection Mandy sends into the palm of his hand at the end of the second season permanently scars it, and for the rest of his appearances whenever there's a clear shot of his inner palm it can clearly be seen.
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!President of the United States
[[folder:David Palmer]]
!!David Palmer
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Jack, you saved my life. I trust you as much as I trust anybody. And now I need your help."'']]
->'''Played By''': Dennis Haysbert
->''"If this is what the people are going to be watching, let's show them how we're going to respond. I want them to see how we protect our citizens. We will not put up with racism or xenophobia. If this is where it's going to start, this is where it's going to stop."''
A Democratic senator running for President. He's the target of an assassination plot during Day 1, and later becomes one of Jack's greatest allies and friends.
* {{Badass}}: Assassination attempts, threats of war, trouble his wife... This guy will endure ''anything'' thrown at him for the good of the country.
** BadassBaritone
** BadassBoast
--> '''Palmer:''' "I'm the president, Mike. You don't get to call me by my first name!"
* [[BaldBlackLeaderGuy Black Leader Guy]]
* BeingEvilSucks: He found out the hard way in Season 3. He got Sherry to help him with Alan Milliken. This action causes the deaths of four people by the end of the day.
* BenevolentBoss
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* BigGood: Until his death.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: In the first season, the fear of this trope is lampshaded by more or less everybody. It's ultimately subverted. He lives for four whole seasons and a bit of the fifth before he's finally killed off; and even then the lessons that he's taught those he was close to linger for years to come.
* {{Determinator}} [=/=] MadeOfIron: Survives a couple of assassination attempts with nothing but luck and sheer bloody-mindedness.
* HonorBeforeReason
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: He never makes the full leap, but Season 3 especially seems to turn the entire world against him and try to force him to make some ''really'' bad (in every sense of the word) decisions. He decides to walk away from office rather than let things escalate.
* LargeAndInCharge: He's 6"5" and definitely in charge.
* PapaWolf: Proudly serves as a PapaWolf figure for the entire American population; and of course, don't ever, ever threaten his daughter Nicole or his son Keith.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Target, Personable, Iron and Minority.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath
* WideEyedIdealist
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[[folder:Jim Prescott]]
!!James "Jim" Prescott
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->'''Played By''': Alan Dale
David Palmer’s vice president and briefly acting president during Day 2.
* AmbitionIsEvil
* TheAtoner: Becomes this eventually; he's genuinely sorry for trying to overthrow David Palmer and offers his resignation.
* CoolOldGuy
* HonorBeforeReason
* TheStarscream: During Day 2, he and a few others, concerned about the course Palmer takes, plan to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove him from office.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
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[[folder:John Keeler]]
!!John Keeler
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->'''Played By''': Geoff Pierson
A presumably Republican Senator introduced in Season 3 running against David Palmer's re-election campaign for the presidency. He won after David Palmer dropped out of the race, only to get his plane shot down in Season 4.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Played with. While he's prepared to do some nasty things in order to get the presidency, such as smearing Palmer and attempting to blackmail him into resigning the presidency, much of the stuff that Palmer himself does during Day 3 is actually ''worse'' than anything Keeler ever does.
* {{Blackmail}}
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Picking [[BigBad Charles]] [[PresidentEvil Logan]] as his running mate.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: During Day 4 he proves to be a fairly level-headed president and gets most of the key decisions right prior to his plane being shot down.
* TheRival
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Like Wayne Palmer later in the show, an assassination attempt on him left him in critical condition, never to be mentioned again, resulting in Charles Logan being sworn in as president and being pretty much [[PresidentEvil the worst president ever]].
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[[folder:Charles Logan]]
!!Charles Logan
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[[caption-width-right:350:''""You brought me out of a horrible pit. Set my feet upon a rock. And established my goings." One step at a time, Charles. One step at a time."'']]
->'''Played By''': Gregory Itzin
John Keeler’s inept and cowardly vice president, who is forced to step up when Keeler is taken out of commission. He was revealed to be the BigBad in the fifth season, being involved in the day's events such as the assassination of David Palmer. Even after Jack and co. exposed him, Logan would return to cause more trouble in Day 8, again as one of the primary antagonists. He is not a fan of Jack Bauer and tried to have him killed numerous times.
* ArchEnemy: To Jack Bauer. He and [[TheMole Nina Myers]] share this role for the series. Though Logan appears more frequently and is the actual BigBad. It's taken UpToEleven in the SeriesFinale, when Logan shows just how much he HATES Jack Bauer by [[DrivenToSuicide trying to commit suicide]] [[TakingYouWithMe just to make sure Jack Bauer dies along with him]]. Of course this final act fails as both survive, though [[FateWorseThanDeath Logan probably wished he hadn't]].
* TheAtoner: In Season 6. It wound up being subverted in Season 8.
* BadBoss: To both Mooks and innocents. He's PresidentEvil, after all
* BastardlySpeech: He delivers a eulogy for David Palmer and is promptly arrested afterwards when his role in Palmer's assassination among others things is finally exposed.
* BeardOfEvil: Inverted; he has a beard in Season 6, the only season where he's truly one of the good guys, and is clean-shaven in all his other appearances.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Probably one of the biggest examples in the series.
* BigBad: Repeatedly. Probably the closest to an overall series BigBad given his aforementioned ArchEnemy status and the fact he's the most reoccuring both episode and season wise.
** BigBadDuumvirate: With Yuri Suvarov in Day 8. He was also involved in a BigBad Triumvirate with Phillip Bauer and Alan Wilson that spanned over multiple seasons.
** BiggerBad: TheReveal of Logan being the BigBad of Day 5 heavily implies he was this in Day 4, as the events of that season lead to Logan becoming PresidentEvil in the first place.
* BreakoutVillain: Logan at first merely seemed like a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] President Buffoon, only to be revealed as PresidentEvil and the BigBad of Day 5. He became arguably the most popular and most well-known villain from the show, and became one of the series primary antagonists, and he even [[HijackedByGanon hijacked the final season]].
* DrivenToSuicide: in the series finale, although it was mentioned that paramedics might be able to save him, he would at best have permanent brain damage.
* TheCorrupter: He's directly [[CorruptTheCutie responsible]] for luring President Taylor into abandoning her ideals, for a plot that he hoped would end with himself looking like a hero. His actions throughout the series also indirectly contributed to the [[FaceHeelTurn Face Heel Turns]] of Tony and Jack and he's possibly responsible for Suvarov's as well by allowing his failed assassination to be carried out in Day 5. One way or another this man truly does bring out the worst in everybody.
* FinalBoss: Of the series. He [[HijackedByGanon hijacked the final seasons' conspiracy]] by using blackmail and manipulation to get both the US and Russian presidents to do his bidding, which was to sign the treaty despite it being useless solely to be viewed as a hero again as well as once again rise to power, as well as kill his ArchEnemy Jack Bauer once and for all. And in the series finale, after the conspiracy is exposed and the former plan is foiled, Logan suffers a MASSIVE VillainousBreakdown, and tries to commit suicide in order to ensure that the latter plan succeeded (it of course doesn't, and neither does Logan's suicide). After Logan's final plan is thwarted and he is implied to have become a vegetable as a result, we get the ending sequence to the series.
** He was also this in season 5 earlier. It was even invoked as Logan's co-conspirators were either killed or otherwise exited the season just before the final episode where Jack and Logan have their confrontation.
* HijackedByGanon: He is the one responsible for the cover-up conspiracy that forces Jack to go on his bloodthirsty rampage
* JokerImmunity: Interesting variation as it wasn't due to him being a [[BigBad major villain]], but him being the President which had him survive season 5, only being exposed and arrested, though it was played straight since he only got house arrest, leading to him being able to appear in season six. Invoked by WordOfGod after fans were pissed over his storyline ending with his fate unclear, thus he got better as well as pardoned of his crimes, and eventually returned in season 8 to antagonize Jack once more. Interestingly it's not revoked in the series finale when he shoots himself in the head, though he possibly suffered brain damage.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Before his role in Day 5 was revealed, he came across as ineffective and unsuited to his office. Kiefer Sutherland confirmed in an interview that this was mostly an act.
** Itzin, on the other hand, claims that it was EnforcedMethodActing: he played Logan as a well-meaning, if bumbling, good guy, because he did not know he ''was'' a bad guy until receiving the script with TheReveal in it.
* KnightOfCerebus: Despite the occasionally hilarious moments and [[LargeHam his personality in general]], things always seem to get worse whenever he shows up.
* KnightTemplar
* TheManBehindTheMan: Oh. Dear. Golly. Anton Beresch, the ringleader of the Russian terrorist group attacking the train station, is merely an underling of terrorist leader Ivan Erwich, who is himself an underling of the group's true mastermind, Vladimir Bierko. Bierko is merely the pawn of Christopher Henderson, who is himself Logan's Dragon.
** Logan also [[HijackedByGanon hijacks the Russian government]] by blackmailing them and manipulates Taylor into throwing away her beliefs in order to try and repair his image. He manages to do all of this despite initially having nothing to do with the season.
* ManipulativeBastard
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His reaction after realizing he pretty much let Marwan go free in season 4.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He looks quite a bit like RichardNixon though his [[ObfuscatingStupidity bumbling President act]] is more reminiscent of GeorgeWBush.
* OhCrap: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etqwqm3XonA&feature=related THAT'S JACK BAUER!!]]"
* PresidentEvil
* RedemptionRejection: He tries to reform himself during Season 6... which leads to him being stabbed and nearly killed by his ex-wife. No wonder he turned evil again for Season 8.
* SmugSnake
* TakingYouWithMe: Does this to his Dragon Jason Pillar, and tries to do it to Jack, in the series finale.
* VillainousBreakdown: Logan's had a few of these, though the most notable one was in the series finale, in which once he realizes Jack has thwarted his plans once more, he murders his own [[TheDragon Dragon]] and attempts to commit suicide just to make sure that Jack would still be executed on his orders.
* VillainProtagonist: Was a main cast member in season 5 which he was the BigBad of. While he wasn't the only antagonist to be one, he's the only actual BigBad to also be a VillainProtagonist, especially in season 5 where he played both.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Logan's goal seems to be getting the public to view him as one of the great US Presidents, despite him actually being the [[PresidentEvil worst]]. Even after he was arrested and removed from office, the public was unaware of his villainous actions. In the series finale it becomes clear that Logan will finally be exposed as the villain he truly is, which causes him to [[VillainousBreakdown snap]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In Day 5. Not so much in Day 8.
* WhamEpisode: when ''Itzin'' doesn't know he's a playing a bad guy, you can bet that the audience had no idea.
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[[folder:Hal Gardner]]
!!Hal Gardner
->'''Played By''': Ray Wise
Logan’s vice president, who takes control after Logan is arrested.
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* RedHerring
* UnwittingPawn
* YouAreInCommandNow
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[[folder:Wayne Palmer]]
!!Wayne Palmer
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"...I'm starting to wonder if I'm the right person to lead this country."'']]
->'''Played By''': DB Woodside
David's brother who is president during Day 6. He is constantly underminded by his [[StrawCharacter Straw Conservative]] vice-president, and is nearly killed in an attempt on his life by more Straw Conservatives wanting badly to go to war with the Middle East.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: A former Marine, Wayne helps Jack kill [[TheDragon Henderson's]] mercenaries in Season 5.
* {{Badass}}
** TookALevelInBadass: Went from verging on TheMillstone to his brother in Day 3 to helping Jack dispatch hardened killers on Day 5.
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy
* BaldOfAwesome
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Our presidents kill conspiracy enforcers who helped kill his brother.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While a newspaper from ''Redemption'' suggests that Wayne died as a result of complications from the attack, WordOfGod states that he believes Wayne is alive.
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[[folder:Noah Daniels]]
!!Noah Daniels
->'''Played By''': Powers Boothe
Wayne Palmer’s ambitious and aggressive vice president who later becomes president before losing his bid to Allison Taylor.
* AmbitionIsEvil
* HotBlooded
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* [[StrawCharacter Straw Conservative]]
* TookALevelInKindness
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[[folder:Allison Taylor]]
!!Allison Taylor
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"How can I ask the American people to make sacrifices I'm not willing to take mayself?"'']]
->'''Played By''': Cherry Jones
Continuing ''24'''s love affair with the "OurPresidentsAreDifferent" trope, Allison Taylor is a ''liberal'' Republican woman. On the whole, she did a pretty good job of taking after David Palmer... at least during Season 7.
* {{Badass}}
* BigGood: In Season 7 and 8, [[spoiler: aside from her FaceHeelTurn period in the latter.]]
* [[BlondeRepublicanSexKitten Brunette Republican Sex Kitten]] (older version)
* BreakTheCutie: The end of Day 7; she's forced to have her daughter arrested, and her husband divorces her as a result.
* BrokenPedestal: Winds up becoming this to Ethan Kanin.
* CorruptTheCutie: Former President Logan does this to her in Season 8, luring President Taylor away from her ideals...with utterly disastrous results for ''everyone.'' Eventually results in Taylor having a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment towards the end, and ultimately choosing to face the consequences of her actions, fully aware that it will mean the end of her career. (Meanwhile, Logan attempts to take the cowardly way out and [[spoiler: shoots himself in the head. It's left vague whether he survived or not]].
* FallenHero: Oh boy does she fall hard in Season 8. So much so that Ethan Kanin resigns AGAIN, and this time permanently. To say that watching her fall simultaneously with Jack is painful is an understatement. Thankfully, she does come about before becoming irredeemable.
* HeroicBSOD: At the end of Season 8, after she realizes how former President Logan has corrupted her and twisted her away from her ideals. Overlapped with MyGodWhatHaveIDone.
* HeroicSacrifice: Not of her life, but of her political career. At the end of Season 8, Taylor decides to do the right thing and face the consequences of her actions, fully aware that it will likely mean the end of her career.
* HonorBeforeReason
* IgnoredEpiphany: Ethan Kanin actually almost gets her to realize what she's doing in the final season is wrong, but only minutes later Logan is successfully able to persuade her to continue in her current actions. [[spoiler: Thankfully, she ''does not'' ignore this the second time.]]
* IronLady
* MarriedToTheJob: Ultimately decides to send her daughter to prison for killing Jonas Hodges, and ultimately get divorced by her husband in the name of upholding the law. Her devotion to her job leads her to go to questionable lengths to uphold the treaty.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: CherryJones notes that "at least [she gets] personal if not professional redemption."
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent
* SunkCostFallacy: Late in Day 8, she's driven on by the belief that she's sacrificed too much for the treaty to back down, even if Hassan is dead and the only way to obtain it is to break the law.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
* [[spoiler: VillainProtagonist]]: A dual one opposite and opposing Jack during the last quarter of Day 8 [[spoiler: although like Jack she's able to [[HeelFaceTurn redeem herself]] in the final episode.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In Day 8.
* WideEyedIdealist: Unfortunately, Charles Logan saw her as being ripe for a CorruptTheCutie.
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[[folder:Mitchell Hayworth]]
!!Mitchell Hayworth
->'''Played By''': Cameron Daddo
Taylor's ineffectual, indecisive vice president. Very likely replaces her as president at the end of Day 8.
* FunctionalAddict: According to Olivia Taylor, he relied heavily on prescription drugs to get him through the election, and still uses them a lot in office.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Tries to delay the rescue operation after the White House is captured, ostensibly because of the risk involved. His aide congratulates him on taking the "smart" move to ensure Taylor gets killed or incapacitated, though Hayworth quickly rebukes him.
* StupidBoss: Seems like this outwardly, though given his actions during the White House siege he may well be another Charles Logan in the making...
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[[folder:James Heller]]
!!James Heller
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Spare me your sixth-grade Michael Moore logic."'']]
->'''Played By''': William Devane
Audrey's father, the Secretary of Defense and at one time between Seasons 3 and 4, Jack's boss.
By the time of ''Live Another Day'' he is President of the United States.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassGrandpa
** BadassInDistress
* BrokenPedestal: For Jack throughout Season 5 and 6 as he becomes more of a {{Jerkass}}, to the point the final scene of Season 6 is Jack [[CallingTheOldManOut calling him out]] on it.
* HeroicSacrifice: Drives his car off the edge of a cliff to prevent Jack and Audrey to have to choose between his safety and letting Henderson escape. Though he lives.
* IHaveYourWife: Targeted by Christopher Henderson's men to try to secure his release.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He views his son's actions as a reflection on him rather than anything he chose on his own.
* {{Jerkass}}: To his son and later to Jack.
** JerkassHasAPoint: Jack reluctantly realizes that Heller is right in that it's best for Audrey that he stay away from her after all she's been put through.
* KnightTemplarParent
* OverprotectiveDad: Gets a restraining order put on Jack after Season 6, and blames him for what happened to her. Jack calls him out on it and claims that he can't accept the fact that it was her decision to search for him.
** Horribly averted with his son, who is both gay and liberal. He quite clearly dislikes him and has no problem letting CTU torture him for information, having little regard for him outside of his use or threat to him politically.
* PapaWolf: to Audrey only.
* ParentalFavoritism: Pretty blatantly prefers Audrey to his son Richard. To the point he has no problem letting CTU subject him to nightmarish torture methods for information.
* TookALevelInJerkass: As the series progressed, he became more and more of a {{Jerkass}}.
* WellDoneSonGuy: To his son Richard. It’s pretty clear he doesn't like him at all.
* WhereDidWeGoWrong?: Has this view of his son.
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!President of the United States
[[folder:David Palmer]]
!!David Palmer
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Jack, you saved my life. I trust you as much as I trust anybody. And now I need your help."'']]
->'''Played By''': Dennis Haysbert
->''"If this is what the people are going to be watching, let's show them how we're going to respond. I want them to see how we protect our citizens. We will not put up with racism or xenophobia. If this is where it's going to start, this is where it's going to stop."''
A Democratic senator running for President. He's the target of an assassination plot during Day 1, and later becomes one of Jack's greatest allies and friends.
* {{Badass}}: Assassination attempts, threats of war, trouble his wife... This guy will endure ''anything'' thrown at him for the good of the country.
** BadassBaritone
** BadassBoast
--> '''Palmer:''' "I'm the president, Mike. You don't get to call me by my first name!"
* [[BaldBlackLeaderGuy Black Leader Guy]]
* BeingEvilSucks: He found out the hard way in Season 3. He got Sherry to help him with Alan Milliken. This action causes the deaths of four people by the end of the day.
* BenevolentBoss
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* BigGood: Until his death.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: In the first season, the fear of this trope is lampshaded by more or less everybody. It's ultimately subverted. He lives for four whole seasons and a bit of the fifth before he's finally killed off; and even then the lessons that he's taught those he was close to linger for years to come.
* {{Determinator}} [=/=] MadeOfIron: Survives a couple of assassination attempts with nothing but luck and sheer bloody-mindedness.
* HonorBeforeReason
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: He never makes the full leap, but Season 3 especially seems to turn the entire world against him and try to force him to make some ''really'' bad (in every sense of the word) decisions. He decides to walk away from office rather than let things escalate.
* LargeAndInCharge: He's 6"5" and definitely in charge.
* PapaWolf: Proudly serves as a PapaWolf figure for the entire American population; and of course, don't ever, ever threaten his daughter Nicole or his son Keith.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Target, Personable, Iron and Minority.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath
* WideEyedIdealist
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jim Prescott]]
!!James "Jim" Prescott
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Prescott_James_4132.jpg]]
->'''Played By''': Alan Dale
David Palmer’s vice president and briefly acting president during Day 2.
* AmbitionIsEvil
* TheAtoner: Becomes this eventually; he's genuinely sorry for trying to overthrow David Palmer and offers his resignation.
* CoolOldGuy
* HonorBeforeReason
* TheStarscream: During Day 2, he and a few others, concerned about the course Palmer takes, plan to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove him from office.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
[[/folder]]
[[folder:John Keeler]]
!!John Keeler
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->'''Played By''': Geoff Pierson
A presumably Republican Senator introduced in Season 3 running against David Palmer's re-election campaign for the presidency. He won after David Palmer dropped out of the race, only to get his plane shot down in Season 4.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Played with. While he's prepared to do some nasty things in order to get the presidency, such as smearing Palmer and attempting to blackmail him into resigning the presidency, much of the stuff that Palmer himself does during Day 3 is actually ''worse'' than anything Keeler ever does.
* {{Blackmail}}
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Picking [[BigBad Charles]] [[PresidentEvil Logan]] as his running mate.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: During Day 4 he proves to be a fairly level-headed president and gets most of the key decisions right prior to his plane being shot down.
* TheRival
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Like Wayne Palmer later in the show, an assassination attempt on him left him in critical condition, never to be mentioned again, resulting in Charles Logan being sworn in as president and being pretty much [[PresidentEvil the worst president ever]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Charles Logan]]
!!Charles Logan
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[[caption-width-right:350:''""You brought me out of a horrible pit. Set my feet upon a rock. And established my goings." One step at a time, Charles. One step at a time."'']]
->'''Played By''': Gregory Itzin
John Keeler’s inept and cowardly vice president, who is forced to step up when Keeler is taken out of commission. He was revealed to be the BigBad in the fifth season, being involved in the day's events such as the assassination of David Palmer. Even after Jack and co. exposed him, Logan would return to cause more trouble in Day 8, again as one of the primary antagonists. He is not a fan of Jack Bauer and tried to have him killed numerous times.
* ArchEnemy: To Jack Bauer. He and [[TheMole Nina Myers]] share this role for the series. Though Logan appears more frequently and is the actual BigBad. It's taken UpToEleven in the SeriesFinale, when Logan shows just how much he HATES Jack Bauer by [[DrivenToSuicide trying to commit suicide]] [[TakingYouWithMe just to make sure Jack Bauer dies along with him]]. Of course this final act fails as both survive, though [[FateWorseThanDeath Logan probably wished he hadn't]].
* TheAtoner: In Season 6. It wound up being subverted in Season 8.
* BadBoss: To both Mooks and innocents. He's PresidentEvil, after all
* BastardlySpeech: He delivers a eulogy for David Palmer and is promptly arrested afterwards when his role in Palmer's assassination among others things is finally exposed.
* BeardOfEvil: Inverted; he has a beard in Season 6, the only season where he's truly one of the good guys, and is clean-shaven in all his other appearances.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Probably one of the biggest examples in the series.
* BigBad: Repeatedly. Probably the closest to an overall series BigBad given his aforementioned ArchEnemy status and the fact he's the most reoccuring both episode and season wise.
** BigBadDuumvirate: With Yuri Suvarov in Day 8. He was also involved in a BigBad Triumvirate with Phillip Bauer and Alan Wilson that spanned over multiple seasons.
** BiggerBad: TheReveal of Logan being the BigBad of Day 5 heavily implies he was this in Day 4, as the events of that season lead to Logan becoming PresidentEvil in the first place.
* BreakoutVillain: Logan at first merely seemed like a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] President Buffoon, only to be revealed as PresidentEvil and the BigBad of Day 5. He became arguably the most popular and most well-known villain from the show, and became one of the series primary antagonists, and he even [[HijackedByGanon hijacked the final season]].
* DrivenToSuicide: in the series finale, although it was mentioned that paramedics might be able to save him, he would at best have permanent brain damage.
* TheCorrupter: He's directly [[CorruptTheCutie responsible]] for luring President Taylor into abandoning her ideals, for a plot that he hoped would end with himself looking like a hero. His actions throughout the series also indirectly contributed to the [[FaceHeelTurn Face Heel Turns]] of Tony and Jack and he's possibly responsible for Suvarov's as well by allowing his failed assassination to be carried out in Day 5. One way or another this man truly does bring out the worst in everybody.
* FinalBoss: Of the series. He [[HijackedByGanon hijacked the final seasons' conspiracy]] by using blackmail and manipulation to get both the US and Russian presidents to do his bidding, which was to sign the treaty despite it being useless solely to be viewed as a hero again as well as once again rise to power, as well as kill his ArchEnemy Jack Bauer once and for all. And in the series finale, after the conspiracy is exposed and the former plan is foiled, Logan suffers a MASSIVE VillainousBreakdown, and tries to commit suicide in order to ensure that the latter plan succeeded (it of course doesn't, and neither does Logan's suicide). After Logan's final plan is thwarted and he is implied to have become a vegetable as a result, we get the ending sequence to the series.
** He was also this in season 5 earlier. It was even invoked as Logan's co-conspirators were either killed or otherwise exited the season just before the final episode where Jack and Logan have their confrontation.
* HijackedByGanon: He is the one responsible for the cover-up conspiracy that forces Jack to go on his bloodthirsty rampage
* JokerImmunity: Interesting variation as it wasn't due to him being a [[BigBad major villain]], but him being the President which had him survive season 5, only being exposed and arrested, though it was played straight since he only got house arrest, leading to him being able to appear in season six. Invoked by WordOfGod after fans were pissed over his storyline ending with his fate unclear, thus he got better as well as pardoned of his crimes, and eventually returned in season 8 to antagonize Jack once more. Interestingly it's not revoked in the series finale when he shoots himself in the head, though he possibly suffered brain damage.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Before his role in Day 5 was revealed, he came across as ineffective and unsuited to his office. Kiefer Sutherland confirmed in an interview that this was mostly an act.
** Itzin, on the other hand, claims that it was EnforcedMethodActing: he played Logan as a well-meaning, if bumbling, good guy, because he did not know he ''was'' a bad guy until receiving the script with TheReveal in it.
* KnightOfCerebus: Despite the occasionally hilarious moments and [[LargeHam his personality in general]], things always seem to get worse whenever he shows up.
* KnightTemplar
* TheManBehindTheMan: Oh. Dear. Golly. Anton Beresch, the ringleader of the Russian terrorist group attacking the train station, is merely an underling of terrorist leader Ivan Erwich, who is himself an underling of the group's true mastermind, Vladimir Bierko. Bierko is merely the pawn of Christopher Henderson, who is himself Logan's Dragon.
** Logan also [[HijackedByGanon hijacks the Russian government]] by blackmailing them and manipulates Taylor into throwing away her beliefs in order to try and repair his image. He manages to do all of this despite initially having nothing to do with the season.
* ManipulativeBastard
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His reaction after realizing he pretty much let Marwan go free in season 4.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He looks quite a bit like RichardNixon though his [[ObfuscatingStupidity bumbling President act]] is more reminiscent of GeorgeWBush.
* OhCrap: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etqwqm3XonA&feature=related THAT'S JACK BAUER!!]]"
* PresidentEvil
* RedemptionRejection: He tries to reform himself during Season 6... which leads to him being stabbed and nearly killed by his ex-wife. No wonder he turned evil again for Season 8.
* SmugSnake
* TakingYouWithMe: Does this to his Dragon Jason Pillar, and tries to do it to Jack, in the series finale.
* VillainousBreakdown: Logan's had a few of these, though the most notable one was in the series finale, in which once he realizes Jack has thwarted his plans once more, he murders his own [[TheDragon Dragon]] and attempts to commit suicide just to make sure that Jack would still be executed on his orders.
* VillainProtagonist: Was a main cast member in season 5 which he was the BigBad of. While he wasn't the only antagonist to be one, he's the only actual BigBad to also be a VillainProtagonist, especially in season 5 where he played both.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Logan's goal seems to be getting the public to view him as one of the great US Presidents, despite him actually being the [[PresidentEvil worst]]. Even after he was arrested and removed from office, the public was unaware of his villainous actions. In the series finale it becomes clear that Logan will finally be exposed as the villain he truly is, which causes him to [[VillainousBreakdown snap]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In Day 5. Not so much in Day 8.
* WhamEpisode: when ''Itzin'' doesn't know he's a playing a bad guy, you can bet that the audience had no idea.
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[[folder:Hal Gardner]]
!!Hal Gardner
->'''Played By''': Ray Wise
Logan’s vice president, who takes control after Logan is arrested.
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* RedHerring
* UnwittingPawn
* YouAreInCommandNow
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[[folder:Wayne Palmer]]
!!Wayne Palmer
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"...I'm starting to wonder if I'm the right person to lead this country."'']]
->'''Played By''': DB Woodside
David's brother who is president during Day 6. He is constantly underminded by his [[StrawCharacter Straw Conservative]] vice-president, and is nearly killed in an attempt on his life by more Straw Conservatives wanting badly to go to war with the Middle East.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: A former Marine, Wayne helps Jack kill [[TheDragon Henderson's]] mercenaries in Season 5.
* {{Badass}}
** TookALevelInBadass: Went from verging on TheMillstone to his brother in Day 3 to helping Jack dispatch hardened killers on Day 5.
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy
* BaldOfAwesome
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Our presidents kill conspiracy enforcers who helped kill his brother.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While a newspaper from ''Redemption'' suggests that Wayne died as a result of complications from the attack, WordOfGod states that he believes Wayne is alive.
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[[folder:Noah Daniels]]
!!Noah Daniels
->'''Played By''': Powers Boothe
Wayne Palmer’s ambitious and aggressive vice president who later becomes president before losing his bid to Allison Taylor.
* AmbitionIsEvil
* HotBlooded
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* [[StrawCharacter Straw Conservative]]
* TookALevelInKindness
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[[folder:Allison Taylor]]
!!Allison Taylor
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"How can I ask the American people to make sacrifices I'm not willing to take mayself?"'']]
->'''Played By''': Cherry Jones
Continuing ''24'''s love affair with the "OurPresidentsAreDifferent" trope, Allison Taylor is a ''liberal'' Republican woman. On the whole, she did a pretty good job of taking after David Palmer... at least during Season 7.
* {{Badass}}
* BigGood: In Season 7 and 8, [[spoiler: aside from her FaceHeelTurn period in the latter.]]
* [[BlondeRepublicanSexKitten Brunette Republican Sex Kitten]] (older version)
* BreakTheCutie: The end of Day 7; she's forced to have her daughter arrested, and her husband divorces her as a result.
* BrokenPedestal: Winds up becoming this to Ethan Kanin.
* CorruptTheCutie: Former President Logan does this to her in Season 8, luring President Taylor away from her ideals...with utterly disastrous results for ''everyone.'' Eventually results in Taylor having a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment towards the end, and ultimately choosing to face the consequences of her actions, fully aware that it will mean the end of her career. (Meanwhile, Logan attempts to take the cowardly way out and [[spoiler: shoots himself in the head. It's left vague whether he survived or not]].
* FallenHero: Oh boy does she fall hard in Season 8. So much so that Ethan Kanin resigns AGAIN, and this time permanently. To say that watching her fall simultaneously with Jack is painful is an understatement. Thankfully, she does come about before becoming irredeemable.
* HeroicBSOD: At the end of Season 8, after she realizes how former President Logan has corrupted her and twisted her away from her ideals. Overlapped with MyGodWhatHaveIDone.
* HeroicSacrifice: Not of her life, but of her political career. At the end of Season 8, Taylor decides to do the right thing and face the consequences of her actions, fully aware that it will likely mean the end of her career.
* HonorBeforeReason
* IgnoredEpiphany: Ethan Kanin actually almost gets her to realize what she's doing in the final season is wrong, but only minutes later Logan is successfully able to persuade her to continue in her current actions. [[spoiler: Thankfully, she ''does not'' ignore this the second time.]]
* IronLady
* MarriedToTheJob: Ultimately decides to send her daughter to prison for killing Jonas Hodges, and ultimately get divorced by her husband in the name of upholding the law. Her devotion to her job leads her to go to questionable lengths to uphold the treaty.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: CherryJones notes that "at least [she gets] personal if not professional redemption."
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent
* SunkCostFallacy: Late in Day 8, she's driven on by the belief that she's sacrificed too much for the treaty to back down, even if Hassan is dead and the only way to obtain it is to break the law.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
* [[spoiler: VillainProtagonist]]: A dual one opposite and opposing Jack during the last quarter of Day 8 [[spoiler: although like Jack she's able to [[HeelFaceTurn redeem herself]] in the final episode.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In Day 8.
* WideEyedIdealist: Unfortunately, Charles Logan saw her as being ripe for a CorruptTheCutie.
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[[folder:Mitchell Hayworth]]
!!Mitchell Hayworth
->'''Played By''': Cameron Daddo
Taylor's ineffectual, indecisive vice president. Very likely replaces her as president at the end of Day 8.
* FunctionalAddict: According to Olivia Taylor, he relied heavily on prescription drugs to get him through the election, and still uses them a lot in office.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Tries to delay the rescue operation after the White House is captured, ostensibly because of the risk involved. His aide congratulates him on taking the "smart" move to ensure Taylor gets killed or incapacitated, though Hayworth quickly rebukes him.
* StupidBoss: Seems like this outwardly, though given his actions during the White House siege he may well be another Charles Logan in the making...
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[[folder:James Heller]]
!!James Heller
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Spare me your sixth-grade Michael Moore logic."'']]
->'''Played By''': William Devane
Audrey's father, the Secretary of Defense and at one time between Seasons 3 and 4, Jack's boss.
By the time of ''Live Another Day'' he is President of the United States.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassGrandpa
** BadassInDistress
* BrokenPedestal: For Jack throughout Season 5 and 6 as he becomes more of a {{Jerkass}}, to the point the final scene of Season 6 is Jack [[CallingTheOldManOut calling him out]] on it.
* HeroicSacrifice: Drives his car off the edge of a cliff to prevent Jack and Audrey to have to choose between his safety and letting Henderson escape. Though he lives.
* IHaveYourWife: Targeted by Christopher Henderson's men to try to secure his release.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He views his son's actions as a reflection on him rather than anything he chose on his own.
* {{Jerkass}}: To his son and later to Jack.
** JerkassHasAPoint: Jack reluctantly realizes that Heller is right in that it's best for Audrey that he stay away from her after all she's been put through.
* KnightTemplarParent
* OverprotectiveDad: Gets a restraining order put on Jack after Season 6, and blames him for what happened to her. Jack calls him out on it and claims that he can't accept the fact that it was her decision to search for him.
** Horribly averted with his son, who is both gay and liberal. He quite clearly dislikes him and has no problem letting CTU torture him for information, having little regard for him outside of his use or threat to him politically.
* PapaWolf: to Audrey only.
* ParentalFavoritism: Pretty blatantly prefers Audrey to his son Richard. To the point he has no problem letting CTU subject him to nightmarish torture methods for information.
* TookALevelInJerkass: As the series progressed, he became more and more of a {{Jerkass}}.
* WellDoneSonGuy: To his son Richard. It’s pretty clear he doesn't like him at all.
* WhereDidWeGoWrong?: Has this view of his son.
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