Line #113 Characters/TheIrregulars


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2
3	! The Irregulars
4
5	[[folder:Bea]]
6
7	!!Beatrice "Bea" Cook
8	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_9580.jpeg]]
9
10	-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/ThaddeaGraham
11	-->''"My betters? My Betters! Just because you ride around in a fancy carriage and wear suits doesn't make you my better."''
12	* AffectionateNickname: Billy calls her Bumble.
13	* CorporalPunishment: She was beaten a lot during her time at the workhouse.
14	* {{Determinator}}: She is determined to figure out Watson's involvement with the supernatural and the mystery surrounding Sherlock Holmes.
15	* TheLeader: Is the undisputed leader of the Irregulars, though this is not an official title.
16	* ParentalAbandonment: She doesn't know who her father is, her mother died when she was young and [[spoiler:her would-be step-father abandoned her and her half-sister after her mother's death.]]
17	* PrivateDetective: Though initially wary of Watson's offer she is very good at investigation and deduction and takes to the job rather well.
18	* PromotionToParent: After her mother's death she and her sister are sent to a workhouse and Bea becomes Jessie's primary caretaker and protector.
19	* StreetUrchin: Watson states this is the reason he wants to hire her as she can go to some of the more disreputable parts of London he and Sherlock can not go as gentlemen.
20	[[/folder]]
21
22	[[folder:Billy]]
23
24	!!Billy
25	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_4304.jpeg]]
26
27	-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/JojoMacari
28	-->''"I don't want our story to be just about how we fought through all the horrible shit."''
29
30	* TheBrute: There's a combination lock, the code is the answer to the riddle. Rather than wait for the riddle to be solved Billy breaks the lock open.
31	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Is clearly in love with Bea but struggles to tell her.
32	* CoveredWithScars: Presumably from his time in the workhouse or from subsequent street fights.
33	* CorporalPunishment: He was beaten and abused badly for even minor infractions by the master of the workhouse growing up. Though Billy seems more traumatized by the beatings that Bea received because he felt that he should have been able to protect her despite the fact that he was only a child when they happened.
34	* MaliciousMisnaming: Is repeatedly called "Little Bill" by the workhouse master that beat him as a child.
35	* ManlyManAndSensitiveGuy: The Manly Man to Spike's Sensitive Guy.
36	* ParentalAbandonment: His mother died when he was a baby and his father died in the army shortly after. [[spoiler: This turns out to be a lie he was told as a child. His mother was a Scottish prostitute who gave him up to the workhouse as a baby]].
37	* StreetUrchin: A clear-cut example in his capacity as the scrappiest of the crew.
38	[[/folder]]
39
40	[[folder:Jessie]]
41
42	!!Jessica "Jessie" Cook
43	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_69208.jpeg]]
44
45	-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/DarciShaw
46	* BreakTheCutie: Is very sweet and kind and towards the beginning of the series even playful and romantic, but as her nightmares grow worse and her powers expose her to darker things she quickly becomes much less happy and optimistic.
47	* EveryonesBabySister: Because of her age, her sweet nature, and her nightmares the Irregulars are all extremely protective of her, especially Bea.
48	* ParentalAbandonment: Like her older sister Bea, Jessie doesn't know her father, and her mother died when she was a baby. [[spoiler:She later learns that her father is Sherlock Holmes, who abandoned her after her mother's death.]]
49	* SherlockScan: While not as observant as the trope namer, she does display a fair attention to detail. [[spoiler:A hint that she has a connection to Sherlock]].
50	* StreetUrchin: After leaving the workhouse.
51
52	[[/folder]]
53
54	[[folder:Spike]]
55
56	!!Spike
57	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_8395.jpeg]]
58
59	-->'''Portrayed by''': {{Creator/McKell David}}
60
61	* TheCharmer: Often uses his natural charm to talk his way out of situations or to get information.
62	* ManlyManAndSensitiveGuy: The Sensitive Guy to Billy's Manly Man.
63	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's only referred to as Spike, no other name is ever given.
64	* ParentalAbandonment: Though he did not end up in the workhouse like the others, he still has no parents around to speak of. We don't have any information about what happened to them.
65	* ThePowerOfLove: Uses this to break through [[spoiler:the infatuation spell placed on Jessie]] long enough to get her out of immediate danger.
66	* StreetUrchin: He grew up on the streets without parents.
67
68	[[/folder]]
69
70	[[folder:Leo]]
71
72	!!His Royal Highness The Prince Leopold “Leo”
73	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_0558.jpeg]]
74
75	-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/HarrisonOsterfield
76
77	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Prince Leopold was the real-life youngest son of Queen Victoria. He also had hemophilia and felt trapped by his family's protectiveness, he did not however run away to join a street gang of paranormal investigators....
78	* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The main reason Leo wants to give up his life at the Palace to join the Irregulars.
79	* InnocentBlueEyes: Sports the palest of blue eyes as per RealLife (inherited from his mother UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria) and having endured a childhood shut up inside the Palace, he’s sweetly naive and trusting.
80	* RoyalBlood: He hides it from his new-found friends but Leo is the youngest son of UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria and therefore a royal prince.
81	* TheSmartGuy: Due to being royal, his level of education goes far beyond his fellow Irregulars, though he lacks any street smarts.
82
83	[[/folder]]
84
85	!Supporting Characters
86
87	[[folder:Dr. John Watson]]
88	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_9691.jpeg]]
89
90	-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/RoycePierreson
91
92	The Irregulars' initial employer, who hires them to investigate crimes with supernatural elements.
93	----
94	* AdaptationalJerkass: He is much less of a gentleman than in the literary stories and more abrasive towards Bea and the others than you'd expect.
95	* AdaptationalSexuality: [[spoiler:He is gay in the series, whereas the literary version wasn't]].
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97	[[/folder]]
98
99	[[folder:Sherlock Holmes]]
100	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_4067.jpeg]]
101
102	-->'''Portrayed by''': {{Creator/Henry Lloyd-Hughes}}
103
104	The former [[Literature/SherlockHolmes famous detective]], who has since become a recluse and left the public eye.
105	----
106	* BrokenAce: [[spoiler:Years of grief and drug abuse have turned him into a broken shell of his past self]].
107	* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the past, he had long, dark-brown hair. In the present, after [[spoiler:years of substance abuse and grief]], his head is shaved.
108
109	[[/folder]]
110
111	[[folder:Inspector Lestrade]]
112	!!Inspector Lestrade
113
114	-->'''Portrayed by''': {{Creator/Aidan McArdle}}
115	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_9016.png]]
116
117	A Scotland Yard detective.
118	----
119	* FantasticRacism: He makes it clear he only tolerates Jessie because her abilities are useful and thinks everyone like her should be eradicated.
120	[[/folder]]
121
122	[[folder:Alice Cook]]
123	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_8698.jpeg]]
124
125	-->'''Portrayed by''': Eileen O'Higgins
126
127	The late mother of Bea and Jessie.
128	----
129	* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler: She shares the role of BigBad with The Linen Man, before becoming the FinalBoss once he's killed.]]
130	* FallenHero: [[spoiler:After having worked with Sherlock and Watson to fight supernatural threats, being trapped beyond the Rift by herself seemingly sends her over the edge, inspiring her to let the Rift open wide and destroy the world]].
131	* FinalBoss: [[spoiler: She becomes the final antagonist after the Linen Man gets killed.]]
132	* MissingMom: She is said to have died when Bea and Jessie were children.
133	* WalkingSpoiler: Her past and [[spoiler:the truth about her death]] are explored throughout the first season and play a crucial part in the overarching story.
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135	[[/folder]]
136
137	!Ipsissima
138	[[folder:The Bird Master]]
139	!!Arthur Hilton, The Bird Master
140	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_0973.jpeg]]
141
142	-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/RoryMcCann
143
144	----
145	* TheBeastmaster: He can control birds from a vast distance, though he primarily uses ravens.
146	[[/folder]]
147
148	[[folder:The Tooth Fairy]]
149	!!Jean Gates, The Tooth Fairy
150	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_7263.jpeg]]
151
152	-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/SheilaAtim
153
154	----
155	* ComboPlatterPowers: She can breathe an anesthetic gas and [[spoiler:grow clones of people from their teeth]].
156	* {{Revenge}}: She wants [[spoiler: to kill the Duke of Winchester for hiking rent prices and taking her father from her as a result]].
157	* TheToothHurts: Her modus operandi is to steal all a victim's teeth while they sleep.
158	[[/folder]]
159
160	[[folder:The Face Stealer]]
161	!!Clara
162	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_0456.jpeg]]
163
164	-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/EleanorWorthingtonCox
165
166	----
167	* {{Doppelganger}}: She can transform into people by cutting off and wearing their faces.
168	[[/folder]]
169
170	[[folder:The Linen Man]]
171	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_4435.png]]
172
173	-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/ClarkePeters, Andre James (young)
174
175	A man from Louisiana with the same kind of powers as Jessie. After making contact with her through her dreams, he starts offering her advice on how to use the powers.
176	----
177	* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler: He shares the role of main antagonist with Alice]].
178	* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: He the first of the BigBadEnsemble to go]].
179	* MagicalNegro: He rescues Jessica from the Plague Doctor with a magical cloud of butterflies, explains what she is and why she is seeing things, and advises her on how to figure out what is going on. But he can't solve her problems directly as Jessica is in London and he is in Louisiana. [[spoiler:Subverted when he shows up in London for real and starts killing people.]]
180	* MentorArchetype: He serves this role to Jessie.
181	* AWolfInSheepsClothing: He seems like a wise, kindly mentor figure until Episode 7, when his affability goes right out the window.
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