| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:[-''Franchise/TheVampireDiariesUniverse'' '''[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverse Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | '''[[Literature/TheVampireDiaries The Vampire Diaries Novels]]'''\ |
| 3 | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesBookCharacters The Vampire Diaries Book Characters]]\ |
| 4 | '''Series/TheVampireDiaries'''\ |
| 5 | '''The Mystic Falls Gang''' ([[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseElenaGilbert Elena Gilbert]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseStefanSalvatore Stefan Salvatore]]) | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMysticFallsCitizens Mystic Falls Citizens]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseStefansAndDamonsFriends Stefan's and Damon's Friends]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniversePetrovaFamily The Petrova Family]] ([[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseKatherinePierce Katherine Pierce]]) | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseTheOriginalsAndAssociates The Originals & Associates]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseWerewolfPacks Werewolf Packs]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseBrotherhoodOfTheFive The Brotherhood of The Five]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseTheTravelers The Travelers]] ([[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseSilas Silas]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseQetsiyah Qetsiyah]]) | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseWhitmoreCollege Whitmore College]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseGeminiCoven Gemini Coven]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseTheHeretics The Heretics]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseTheSirens The Sirens]]\ |
| 6 | '''Series/TheOriginals'''\ |
| 7 | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMikaelsons The Mikaelsons]] ([[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseKlausMikaelson Klaus Mikaelson]]) | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMikaelsonAssociates Mikaelson Associates]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseOtherHumans Other Humans]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseOtherVampires Other Vampires]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseOtherWitches Other Witches]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseOtherWerewolves Other Werewolves]]\ |
| 8 | '''Series/{{Legacies}}'''\ |
| 9 | ''[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseTheSuperSquad The Super Squad]]'' | ''[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseSalvatoreSchoolForTheYoungAndGifted The Salvatore Boarding School for the Young and Gifted]]'' | ''[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseGodsAndDemigods Gods and Demigods]]''-]]]]] |
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| 11 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | [[folder: Elena Gilbert]] |
| 14 | |
| 15 | !Elena Gilbert |
| 16 | |
| 17 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/NinaDobrev |
| 18 | |
| 19 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elena_gilbert.jpg]] |
| 20 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I don't question why everyone tries so hard to save me. You shouldn't question why I try so hard to save everyone else."'']] |
| 21 | |
| 22 | One of the protagonists of the ''Series/TheVampireDiaries''. Elena Gilbert is a recently orphaned 17-year-old who lives in Mystic Falls, whose ordinary life is turned upside down when she discovers that the supernatural is real and how she is tied to it. |
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| 25 | --> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseElenaGilbert. |
| 26 | [[/folder]] |
| 27 | |
| 28 | [[folder: Stefan Salvatore]] |
| 29 | |
| 30 | !Stefan Salvatore |
| 31 | |
| 32 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PaulWesley |
| 33 | |
| 34 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s4_003.jpg]] |
| 35 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I don't hurt people. I don't do that. I'm the good brother."'']] |
| 36 | |
| 37 | One of the protagonists of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' and the narrator of the series. The youngest of the Salvatore brothers who has recently moved into Mystic Falls. Stefan is known to be the "good" vampire brother but he has many dark secrets in his long past. |
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| 39 | ---- |
| 40 | --> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseStefanSalvatore. |
| 41 | [[/folder]] |
| 42 | |
| 43 | [[folder: Damon Salvatore]] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | !Damon Salvatore |
| 46 | |
| 47 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/IanSomerhalder |
| 48 | |
| 49 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/damon_salvatore.jpg]] |
| 50 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"It's cool not growing old. I like being the eternal stud."'']] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | One of the protagonists of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries''. The eldest of the Salvatore brothers who has recently moved into Mystic Falls. Stefan is known to be the "bad" vampire brother, but eventually becomes an anti-hero who grows close to the rest of the gang, |
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| 55 | * AdaptationalNationality: Stefan and Damon were from Renaissance Italy in [[Literature/TheVampireDiaries the original novels]]. In the series the Salvatore family is one of the town's founding families and the two brothers are now Italian Americans from the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar civil war era]]. |
| 56 | * TheAgeless: He's stopped aging since he turned into a vampire 200 years ago, and looks like someone around his mid-twenties. |
| 57 | * AlwaysSecondBest: Damon always feels this way when it comes to his brother Stefan. Growing up, Stefan was [[ParentalFavoritism the favorite son]] and was well respected by the town of Mystic Falls. Stefan also got [[ChickMagnet a lot of female attention]], especially from the girls whom Damon was in love with, including Katherine and Elena. The favoritism towards Stefan since humanhood has made Damon always feel like he is incompetent and second best, living in the shadows of his brother, which is why their SiblingRivalry feels much more bitter to him. |
| 58 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Damon, being TheCasanova, is extremely popular with girls. However, it turns out the girls he really falls in love with (Katherine and Elena) prefer his nice brother Stefan over him. It's only after he pulls a HeelFaceTurn that he and Elena become the OfficialCouple. |
| 59 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: He dedicated most of his unlife to Katherine, waiting a century to try to free her from the tomb, only to find out she was free the whole and simply didn't care that much about him. |
| 60 | * AloofBigBrother: Damon isn't as warm and compassionate as his brother Stefan. He's rather emotionless, sinister, cold and doesn't show his true feelings all that much. |
| 61 | %% * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: To Elena at the Originals' Ball. However, Elena tells Damon that the fact that he loves her is a problem for her. Ouch. |
| 62 | %% |
| 63 | %% Why is the original declaration anguished? It must be distinguished from a Love Confession. |
| 64 | %% |
| 65 | * ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite being a vampire and knowing about that other supernatural beings like witches are real, his kneejerk reaction is that werewolves aren't real when they become relevant in season 2. |
| 66 | * BadassBoast: Damon often brags that he can kick anyone's ass whenever he wants. |
| 67 | * BeautyIsBad: Damon is a jerk most of the time but he's also ''so'' good-looking that no one truly hates him and he's forgiven many things. |
| 68 | * BeingGoodSucks: According to him. This is why Damon doesn't bother following the rules and he doesn't much think about the concept of morality. |
| 69 | * BelligerentSexualTension: He had this in spades with Bonnie throughout season six. They would constantly bicker and argue with each other, but they had plenty of AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther moments too. Kai even noticed that Bonnie and Damon had some sexual tension when they were all stuck in the dimension together. |
| 70 | %%* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Stefan's Betty for Elena's Archie. |
| 71 | * BigBrotherInstinct: He may enjoy screwing with Stefan, but he's the only one allowed to do so, as the tomb vampires painfully learn. |
| 72 | * BiggerIsBetterInBed: He's {{Implied|Trope}} to have a GagPenis given Elena, Andi and Bonnie have an [[EatingTheEyeCandy impressed]] ReactionShot when they see him naked. |
| 73 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: At times he genuinely doesn't seem to comprehend that Elena might be upset because he murdered someone she didn't even know. Even when he [[spoiler:attempts to kill Jeremy]], he seems to class it as bad because it made Elena upset, not because he understands that it is morally wrong. It's because he has the mindset of a vampire. A vampire is a predator, so really stuff that's considered morally questionable like drinking blood and snapping necks is part of their nature, and Damon feels that you need to embrace it and get enjoyment out of it or you will never adapt. It's what he preaches in trying to help Elena transition when she is turned into a vampire. |
| 74 | * BrutalHonesty: Damon is blunt and often speaks whatever is on his mind, not caring if it will offend the person he's talking to or not. |
| 75 | * ByronicHero: Damon hates most of the characters around him, has great panache, is very cynical, certainly has a DarkAndTroubledPast, is [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor sometimes]] redeemable by [[ThePowerOfLove his love]] for Elena and to top it all of, he is a vampire. |
| 76 | * TheCasanova: Especially when doing his 'flirty eye thing'. He's had romantic involvement with Katherine, Caroline, Rose, Mary, Charlotte, Elena - just to name a few! |
| 77 | * CharacterDevelopment: Though he'll beat the shit out of people for pointing it out, Damon seems way better now rather than the ruthless villain he was in the beginning of his journey. |
| 78 | * CockFight: He has been in a SiblingTriangle with Stefan twice over the affections of Katherine and Elena, and he's always the one to pick a physical fight with Stefan over it due to his [[AlwaysSecondBest insecurities]]. |
| 79 | %% * ControlFreak: Damon has a very controlling nature towards everyone he encounters, especially Elena. |
| 80 | %% How does this manifest? |
| 81 | %% |
| 82 | %% * TheCynic: Damon is definitely a cynical person by nature. |
| 83 | * DeadpanSnarker: Damon tends to be ''extremely'' snarky and sarcastic. He always has the best humorous quotes and provides several funny moments even in a show like this. |
| 84 | * DependingOnTheWriter: Is Damon a guy who's had a really tough life and just happens to be humanity's natural predator, does he only present a soft side to manipulate people, or are [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires so unlike humans]] that it's impossible to determine his motivations? It can vary from episode to episode. |
| 85 | %% * DestructiveRomance: With Elena and Katherine. |
| 86 | * EvilIsPetty: Damon's "evil monster" persona would be a lot more threatening if he didn't throw a temper tantrum when someone doesn't do exactly what he wants, such as killing Jeremy when Elena rejected him. |
| 87 | * FamilialFoe: Damon has spent about seventy years seeking revenge on the family of a MadScientist who experimented on him, sparing a survivor in each generation to give birth to a new generation of Whitfields for him to kill. |
| 88 | %% * FatalFlaw: Damon has many flaws. These include his impulsiveness, his selfishness, his carelessness, his lack of morality, and his pride. |
| 89 | %% FatalFlaw is one most important flaw and central issue. Find specific tropes. |
| 90 | %% |
| 91 | * FireAndIceLoveTriangle: Stefan and Damon fit this trope in their LoveTriangle with Elena. Stefan is the Fire, who is warm, kind, compassionate, caring, and loving and Damon is the Ice, who is uncaring, arrogant, cold, unsympathetic, and impulsive. |
| 92 | * FoolForLove: Devoted years of his life to "save" Katherine, who unbeknown to him didn't even need saving, never truly loved him and only used him as a pawn in her games. |
| 93 | * ForgotAboutHisPowers: His abilities to extend his influence and senses via a tame raven and making a fog appear to confuse his victims seem to have been written completely out of the show. While Damon himself kills the raven out of a desperate need of blood, the fog thing is just sort of forgotten, and is never brought up again. |
| 94 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: For the first few seasons, when he hanged around with the main characters despite nobody truly liking him, and some (like Caroline) outright despising him. As the show went on and he became a better person, he began to have better relations with everyone. |
| 95 | %% * ForTheEvulz: The motivation for most of his actions (in season 1 especially) though it is just a facade. |
| 96 | * FullyEmbracedFiend: Unlike his brother, Stefan, who hates being a vampire, Damon embraces being a vampire and feeding on innocent humans. Feasting on humans is like a party or celebration for him. |
| 97 | * HeartbrokenBadass: Despite his tough badass vampire exterior, Damon is a heartbroken man on the inside. First, Katherine tells him that she never really loved him; that she had always loved Stefan, despite the fact that Damon spent over a century waiting for Katherine to come back to him. And then Elena tells him that it would always be Stefan that she loves, despite the fact that she does care about Damon. |
| 98 | * TheHedonist: He [[FullyEmbracedFiend fully embraced all the perks of vampire life]] and enjoys partying, living in luxury, and to have [[ReallyGetsAround a lot of sex]]. |
| 99 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Starts on the villainous side. Every time they start him on a redemptive arc, he turns around and does something evil when he doesn't get his way. By season four, he is definitely {{Face}}. |
| 100 | * HeelFaceTurn: Slowly goes through one during the show. Originally he was TheHeavy of Season 1 and became a TokenEvilTeammate for the Mystic Fall gang in the next seasons, usually for the sake of helping Elena or his brother. Eventually, he fully integrated with the team and the town, and was just as [[{{Protectorate}} willing to protect everyone]] as Stefan was. |
| 101 | * HellBentForLeather: Damon is always seen sporting a black leather jacket. It is practically his trademark. Appropriate for a badass vampire. |
| 102 | * HeroicSacrifice: In the Season 5 SeasonFinale ''Home'', Damon sacrifices himself in order to save Stefan from The Other Side, and ends up being stuck in The Other Side himself with Bonnie. [[DeathIsCheap They get brought back by season 6]]. |
| 103 | %% * HeterosexualLifePartners: Becomes this with Alaric. |
| 104 | * HopelessSuitor: Towards Katherine. He devoted decades of his life to trying to bring her back after he thought she got stuck in the tomb in Mystic Falls, only to learn she wasn't stuck there and didn't even bother to contact him or ever wanted his help, and never really cared that much about him in the first place, as she preferred Stefan. |
| 105 | * HotBlooded: Extremely impulsive, hot-tempered and never thinks about the consequences of his actions. |
| 106 | * IHateYouVampireDad: Complicated because the vampire conversion process being... [[OurVampiresAreDifferent is somewhat complex]]. Both Katherine and his brother Stefan were involved in his turning. Damon loves Katherine dearly, but hates Stefan; he actually chose to die instead of completing the conversion, but Stefan talked him out of it and created the monster Damon we know today. It's only been touched on briefly, but all signs are that Damon ''deeply'' resents the whole affair. Then Katherine gets back and says that Damon is only a byproduct of her obsession with Stefan... |
| 107 | * IcyBlueEyes: He's a dangerous vampire and his steely blue eyes give him a very piercing stare. |
| 108 | * InsecureLoveInterest: Despite his bravado, Damon actually feels very insecure compared to Stefan in the SiblingTriangle, especially after Katherine makes it plain to Damon she only truly cared about Stefan, and Damon fears the same will repeat with Elena. |
| 109 | * LifeDrinker: Damon is an immortal vampire, capable of living forever without physically aging. Although he physically looks 24, he is 171 years old. He lives off blood. |
| 110 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: To Elena when he tells her he loves her, then compels her to forget it so it won't ruin her relationship with his little brother. |
| 111 | %% * {{Jerkass}}: Most of the time. He's capable of showing affection and caring though. |
| 112 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Damon ''is'' an ass, but he's capable of showing affection and caring. He displays his softer side to Elena Stefan, Rose, Alaric, and Jeremy, though. |
| 113 | -->'''Damon:''' When people see good, they expect good. And I don't want to have to live up to anyone's expectations. |
| 114 | * KickTheDog: His horrible treatment of Jeremy which includes threatening him and taunting him after [[NeckSnap snapping his neck]] and his abuse of Caroline whom he turns into a SexSlave and treats like dirt for fun. He never even pretends to be remorseful about either. |
| 115 | * LadykillerInLove: He's TheCasanova who enjoys casual sex and seducing women, but always saved his heart for Katherine for most of his life. When she rejected him, his love eventually transferred over to Elena. |
| 116 | %% * TheLancer: Damon is this to Stefan's [[TheHero Hero]]. |
| 117 | * LovableRogue: He breaks the law and costumes all the time but he is charming enough for the audience to root for him. |
| 118 | * LoveHurts: He became extremely distraught at the incident that led to him losing Katherine, and broke all ties he had to Stefan due to his part in it. When he learns a century later that Katherine was never lost, she never truly cared about him, he's completely heartbroken. |
| 119 | * LoveMakesYouCrazy: Almost all of Damon's insane or out-there actions have been either over Katherine's or Elena's sake. With Katherine, it was a case of LoveMakesYouEvil (all his evil schemes in season 1 to have Katherine freed from her tomb) while with Elena it's a case of LoveRedeems (all the times he risked his life for Elena or her friend's sake over the course of the series). |
| 120 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: He used to be a better man before he fell in love with Katherine and she encouraged all his worst impulses. His actions as TheHeavy in season 1 are also all fueled by the desire to get her back, and when Katherine rejects him he goes off the deep end and becomes self-destructive. Elena rejected his first AnguishedDeclarationOfLove also leads to his biggest KickTheDog moment of him killing Jeremy. |
| 121 | * MayflyDecemberRomance: As is normal for vampire-centric due to them being TheAgeless, there is a huge age gap between him and his two Love Interests, with Katherine being 400 years older than him while Elena century and a half younger than him. |
| 122 | * MissingMom: Damon's mother died when he was a young child. |
| 123 | * TheMcCoy: Damon is this of the [[FreudianTrio main trio]] between himself (''TheMcCoy, Id''), Stefan (''TheSpock, Superego'') and Elena (''TheKirk, Ego''). Damon is the overly emotional one of the trio. He is more impulsive, hot-headed, dangerous, selfish, and reckless. |
| 124 | * MoralMyopia: He can do whatever he wants to anyone with no conscience. But even the slightest offense committed against him is treated as unforgivable. This is illustrated when Bree and Lexi's old lover want {{Revenge}} on him for killing Lexi, and after Elena convinces Lexi's lover to spare Damon, Damon still hunts down Bree and kills her for ratting him out, uncaring he was the one to start the feud by killing Lexi. |
| 125 | * MrFanservice: Enjoys wearing low-neck shirts and [[ShirtlessScene walking around shirtless]]. |
| 126 | * MurderIsTheBestSolution: A bad case. The number of their current, potential, and former allies that Damon has killed or tried to kill for very little reason is quite staggering, and greatly exceeds the number of definite enemies he's killed. He has killed more people than anyone in the show, even the villains. |
| 127 | * TheNicknamer: Damon often comes up with nicknames for many of the characters. Examples include his nicknames for Caroline (Blondie, Vampire Barbie), Rebekah (Barbie Klaus), Elena (Buffy, Warior Princess, Scaredy Cat, etc.), Stefan (Shady Stefan, Saint Stefan, Stefan the Hero, Superman etc.), Bonnie (Witchy, Judgy), Vanessa (Hottie), Matt (Busboy, Quarterback), Professor Shane (Professor Creepy) and much more. |
| 128 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Damon ''loves'' to unnerve people by getting in their face. |
| 129 | * PsychopathicManchild: He is cunning, clever, charismatic, and badass as well as self-obsessed, irresponsible, petty, and cruel. |
| 130 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He was turned into a vampire when he was 17 and has been stuck like that for around 200 years. |
| 131 | * ReallyGetsAround: Damon is willing to screw every single chick that he encounters. Hell, he has slept with almost every single female character that has occurred on the show with the exception of Bonnie: they include Caroline, Rose, Rebekah, Andie, Bree, and later Elena who resisted him before; and the list goes. |
| 132 | * RebelliousSpirit: Damon prefers to live by his own rules. |
| 133 | * RomanticVampireBoy: He's a vampire who serves as one of the two main {{Love Interest}}s to the heroine Elena. Compared to Stefan's FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire persona, Damon is the [[TheVamp seductive "bad boy" type of vampire]]. |
| 134 | * SexGod: He's a skilled lover even by [[vampire standards]], with Bree joking how a one night stand with Damon "ruined her for other men" and Rebecca being so dazed and sated after sleeping with him that she let her guard down and Sage was able to read her mind. {{Justified|Trope}} since his vampire EvilMentor Sage was specialized in using [[SexGoddess her sexual prowess]]. Damon even lampshades that this is why he's such a ChickMagnet: |
| 135 | -->'''Silas:''' Look, I get why you like her. I mean, I have a soft spot for brunettes, too. What I don't get is why she likes ''you''.\ |
| 136 | '''Damon:''' That's because you haven't had sex with me. |
| 137 | * ShamelessFanserviceGuy: He doesn't really care about modesty, and even walked around naked in front of Elena and Bonnie. When Alaric once complained about Damon walking around in just a ModestyTowel, Damon just responds by [[DefiantStrip taking the towel off and throwing it at Alaric's face]]. |
| 138 | * SiblingRivalry: Stefan has had a sibling rivalry with his brother Damon going back to their human years. It seemed to have heated up after Stefan and Damon met Katherine and a SiblingTriangle started. |
| 139 | * SiblingTeam: Damon occasionally teams up with his brother Stefan, usually to save Elena or when it's in Damon's interests. |
| 140 | * SiblingTriangle: Their SiblingRivalry relationship is built from this trope. They've both been in love with the same girl twice (Katherine and Elena) in the past century and a half, and the resulting LoveTriangle has made their relationship sour. |
| 141 | * SiblingYinYang: With Stefan. H and Damon are polar opposites in terms of personality, outlook, values, goals and beliefs. Stefan and Damon are often referred to as the [[CainAndAbel "good brother" and the "bad brother"]] respectively. |
| 142 | * SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: He doesn't value and often outright mocks Stefan and Elena for their idealistic outlooks, such as trying to be a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire or a VegetarianVampire. |
| 143 | * SmugSmiler: Due to his enormous ego and charisma, he's often smiling and grinning in a smug manner, often while mocking and taunting people. |
| 144 | * StepfordSnarker: Often uses sarcasm and humor to cover up his insecurities and inner turmoil. |
| 145 | * StraightManAndWiseGuy: He's the Wise Guy to his brothers Stefan's Straight Man. Damon is openly humorous, snarky, and sarcastic while Stefan is more aloof, serious, and stoic. |
| 146 | * SuperpowerLottery: Damon is a vampire, therefore, he possesses several superhuman abilities. They include SuperSpeed (he can move much faster than normals), SuperReflexes (he can react much faster and quicker than people), SuperStrength (he's able to carry or lift heavy objects with ease), MindManipulation (he can control the mind of any human, influencing their thoughts and their actions; the only way to prevent Damon from mind-influencing someone is for the human victim to have vervain on them), HealingFactor (he can get stabbed, shot or wounded and he will heal immediately), and SuperSenses (Damon's sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing have become clearer, stronger and heightened). |
| 147 | * TakingTheHeat: As a child, Damon purposedly took the blame for everything that Stefan did in order to take the brunt of [[AbusiveParents Giuseppe's physical abuse]], which quickly made him into his father's TheUnfavorite. |
| 148 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: Like Stefan, he's dark-haired and dark-skinned and he's one of the most handsome guys of the series. |
| 149 | * TallDarkAndSnarky: He's a tall brunette known for his sarcastic quips. |
| 150 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Especially in season 1, Damon is always the most amoral of the main characters and only ever does the right thing to please Stefan and/or Elena. CharacterDevelopment kicks in on later seasons and he gets more of a moral compass. |
| 151 | * TroubledAbuser: Damon is known to be abusive towards people in general. This can be because during Damon's human years, when Damon was younger, he was physically and emotionally abused by his father Giuseppe. |
| 152 | %% * TroubledButCute: While Stefan, Jeremy and Tyler qualify as well, Damon is easily the best example of this trope. |
| 153 | * TheUnfavourite: His father heavily favored Stefan over him and actually abused poor Damon. |
| 154 | -->'''Giuseppe Salvatore:''' All I have from you is disappointment. |
| 155 | * TheUnfettered: Damon lacks a guilty conscience and most definitely lacks morals. He doesn't care if he hurts others, as long as he gets what he wants. |
| 156 | * VampiresAreSexGods: Out of all the characters in the show, he's the one that uses his vampire powers for sex and seduction. {{Justified|Trope}} since his vampire EvilMentor Sage was a [[TheHedonist henonist]] and a SexGoddess who specialized in [[TheVamp seducing her prey]] and [[KissOfTheVampire giving them pleasure while she feed]], as that cause far less trouble than dead bodies. |
| 157 | * ViralTransformation: Damon became a vampire by drinking Katherine's blood and dying after being shot in the chest. |
| 158 | * VitriolicBestBuds: |
| 159 | ** Despite the tense SiblingRivalry he has with Stefan, they're grown to become each other's {{best friend}}s and always look out for each other. |
| 160 | ** As the series progresses, Alaric becomes Damon's closest friend, despite how their relationship started out antagonistic. They are seen often drinking together and taunting each other and bickering, but Alaric is still the only one in the Mystic Falls gang that has called Damon a friend and doesn't see him as just the TokenEvilTeammate. |
| 161 | ** He and Bonnie's relationship is at first antagonistic but over time they do become more friendly towards each other, especially in the final three seasons. This still doesn't stop them from arguing and snarking at each other. |
| 162 | %% * WalkingShirtlessScene: Especially in Season Three. |
| 163 | * WorfEffect: He tends to be the one who gets beaten up a lot by older vampires or other supernatural beings, to illustrate how much of a treat they are. |
| 164 | [[/folder]] |
| 165 | |
| 166 | [[folder: Bonnie Bennett]] |
| 167 | |
| 168 | !Bonnie Sheila Bennett |
| 169 | |
| 170 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KatGraham |
| 171 | |
| 172 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bonnie_bennet.jpg]] |
| 173 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"You saw what I was able to do tonight. I know who I am now. If Damon spills one drop of human blood, I'll take him down.''"]] |
| 174 | |
| 175 | Bonnie Bennett is Elena's best friend and confident, who discovers that she is a witch born from a line of witches, and spends the series training her powers to protect her friends and her town. |
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| 177 | * ActionGirl: Bonnie is actually the first of the female good characters to [[TookALevelInBadass Take a Level In Badass in becoming a supernatural being]] as she discovers her magical powers and can fight on her own, such as against Klaus in Season 2. |
| 178 | * AdaptationDyeJob: She was a redhead in the books. In the series, she's dark-haired and portrayed by a black actress. |
| 179 | * AdaptationNameChange: Bonnie's last name is [=McCullough=] in the novels. |
| 180 | * AlliterativeName: Her name is Bonnie Bennett. Her first and last name begin with the same letter: '''B'''. |
| 181 | %%* BadassUnintentional |
| 182 | * BelligerentSexualTension: She has this in spades with Damon throughout season six. They would constantly bicker and argue with each other, but they had plenty of AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther moments too. Kai even noticed that Bonnie and Damon had some sexual tension when they were all stuck in the dimension together. |
| 183 | %% * BettyAndVeronica: The Archie to Jeremy's Betty and Luka's Veronica in season two, the Archie to Jeremy's Betty and Jamie's Veronica, and the Betty to Anna's Veronica for Jeremy's Archie. |
| 184 | * BestFriend: She's Elena best friend and closest [[TheConfidant confidant]], being the only person Elena trusts completely. |
| 185 | * BlessedWithSuck: She's a witch, but apart from mind-whammying Damon, using any of her other powers mainly seems to cause her to lose consciousness. Even when she gets better at it, her witch powers still make her a target for all sorts of supernatural threats. |
| 186 | * BrokenBird: Bonnie fit this trope after Bonnie's Grams died in season one. She became more cynical, distant, and withdrawn, even pushing Elena and all of her friends away. |
| 187 | * ChasteHeroine: Until season 5, Bonnie was a virgin and of the three main female leads, is the least sexually active and cares about hooking up the least. |
| 188 | * CursedWithAwesome: Bonnie is a witch with extraordinary powers and abilities, although initially, she is overwhelmed by her powers and doesn't want anything to do with witchcraft or being a witch. |
| 189 | %% * CuteWitch |
| 190 | * {{Determinator}}: Bonnie is the most determined character on the show. When she sets herself a goal, she will never give up. She displays this determined behaviour in regards to her friends and family and she will do everything to keep them safe, even if she puts her life in danger. |
| 191 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:While trapped in the prison world, Bonnie contemplated killing herself out of fear she would never be reunited with her friends]]. |
| 192 | * EthnicMagician: Bonnie is a witch of non-European descent and the only black girl among the main characters. |
| 193 | * FlirtyStepsiblings: Bonnie has a romance with her step or adopted brother, Jamie in season three. |
| 194 | %%* {{Foil}}: Bonnie is this to Elena, the heroine. Bonnie is seen as a sidekick to Elena. |
| 195 | %% * GirlNextDoor: Similarly to her best friend Elena. |
| 196 | * GoGetterGirl: Bonnie is the epitome of a multi-tasker. She goes to school as a high school student, but also takes care of the problems of everyone else and she protects the town of Mystic Falls. |
| 197 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: She's best friends with Elena and Caroline since their childhood as they have a sisterly bond. |
| 198 | * HotWitch: She's a very powerful witch and she's one of the most beautiful characters on the show. |
| 199 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Bonnie gets mad at Caroline for being a vampire, when she is the reason Caroline is a vampire. She A: refused to dispel the device which caused the accident, B: Urged Damon to give her his blood to heal her, and C. Told Katherine about said deed. She also gets upset at Caroline for killing someone when not dispelling the device killed Mayor Lockwood. |
| 200 | %% * HypercompetentSidekick: To everyone. Bonnie is always there to help whenever her friends need her. |
| 201 | %% * IJustWantToBeNormal: At first, but eventually learns to enjoy her powers and the good she can do with them. |
| 202 | * LittleMissBadass: She's the shortest one of the main female trio between her, Caroline and Elena. She's also the most powerful and dangerous due to being a powerful witch. |
| 203 | * LoveTriangle: In season two, between her, Luka and Jeremy. She chooses Jeremy and Luka ends up dying. |
| 204 | %% * LoveInterest: To Jeremy in season two and three, to Jamie in season three, and possibly [[spoiler: to Professor Atticus Shane in season four.]] |
| 205 | * MindManipulation: Happens to her in season four. First, she's manipulated into practicing an extremely ''dark'' and dangerous form of magic by Professor Shane. [[spoiler: Then, he hypnotizes her so that when she loses control of her powers, he's the only one who can get her under control. In 4x15, she's unknowingly being manipulated by Silas, who appears to her as Professor Shane, into 'lifting the veil between this side and the other side,' i.e resurrecting every single supernatural creature that has ever died.]] |
| 206 | * NiceGirl: She's a kind girl and kind friend. She's extremely loyal, selfless and known for having many heroic tendencies as well, namely, being repeatedly ready to sacrifice herself for her friends. |
| 207 | %% * OutOfFocus: In season 4. |
| 208 | %% * PluckyGirl: Bonnie is highly determined and brave, even through all of the tragedy and issues that she has faced. |
| 209 | * PragmaticHero: Although Bonnie has good and moral intentions, she will do some morally questionable things for the greater good. In season three, Bonnie preserves Klaus in Tyler's body in order to keep all of her vampire friends and family from dying (they are all dead, but dying-dying and being killed-off-for-real). |
| 210 | * PsychicNosebleed: Bonnie often suffers from nosebleeds when she over-exerts herself during spells and magic. |
| 211 | * RaceLift: Bonnie was originally a redhead of Scottish descent in the novel series. She's African-American in the show. |
| 212 | * RaisedByGrandparents: [[ParentalAbandonment Her mother left home when she was just 5 years old]] and her father was [[ParentalNeglect frequently absent]], so she ended up being raised by her grandmother. |
| 213 | * TheReliableOne: She's usually the one character turn to when they have a problem, either needing her advice for life problems or her magical expertise for supernatural problems. |
| 214 | * SassyBlackWoman: She's strong, outspoken and defends her opinion fiercely. |
| 215 | * TheSmartGirl: Bonnie is always resourceful, uses her magical powers to help everyone and generally serves as the HypercompetentSidekick. |
| 216 | * TheSpock: Bonnie is this within the [[FreudianTrio trio]] of herself (''TheSpock, Superego''), Elena (''TheKirk, Ego'') and Caroline (''TheMcCoy, Id''). Bonnie is practical, reasonable, smart, and logical. She is the brains of the trio. |
| 217 | * SquishyWitch: Bonnie packs a great deal of magical firepower but has the durability of a normal human. |
| 218 | %% * SupportingLeader: Especially in season two. |
| 219 | * TokenBlackFriend: She's white girl Elena's BestFriend and she's black. Elena is the protagonist. |
| 220 | * TokenMinority: The only black character among white characters. |
| 221 | %% * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Caroline's Girly Girl. |
| 222 | * TookALevelInBadass: Starts the series as a helpless girl, but as she learns to control her powers, she quickly becomes the strongest member of the main cast. |
| 223 | %% * TrueCompanions: With Elena and Caroline. |
| 224 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Her and Damon's relationship is at first antagonistic but over time they do become more friendly towards each other, especially in the final three seasons. This still doesn't stop them from arguing and snarking at each other. |
| 225 | [[/folder]] |
| 226 | |
| 227 | [[folder: Jeremy Gilbert]] |
| 228 | |
| 229 | !Jeremy Gilbert |
| 230 | |
| 231 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/StevenRMcQueen |
| 232 | |
| 233 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s4_007.jpg]] |
| 234 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Why does everyone keep dying on me?''"]] |
| 235 | |
| 236 | Jeremy Gilbert is Elena's younger brother. A troubled teen with self-destructive tendencies. |
| 237 | ---- |
| 238 | |
| 239 | %% * ActionHero: Took on this role as a vampire hunter. |
| 240 | %% * ActionSurvivor: Just like his sister Elena. |
| 241 | * AdaptationDyeJob: In addition to being aged up to teenager and turned into a guy, Jeremy is also turned into a brunette like Elena. |
| 242 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Elena of course. There are many instances of Jeremy doing things which annoy Elena, such as drinking when he shouldn't or smoking pot at school. Elena constantly has to set Jeremy straight due to his rebellious ways. |
| 243 | * AgeLift: The character in the book is significantly younger. He's a teenager on the show. Elena in the book had a little sister. |
| 244 | * BackFromTheDead: Twice, Jeremy has died and came back to life. The second time he came back to life, he became a medium, which is a human that sees dead people, spirits and ghosts. |
| 245 | * BadassAdorable: Jeremy is a very strong and powerful hunter but he's very cute, adorable and endearing. |
| 246 | * BadassNormal: He's a human among vampires and other supernatural creatures, but he shoots a hybrid in the back with a crossbow then decapitates him without flinching. Jeremy is also a vampire hunter and [[spoiler: part of The Five of vampire hunters.]] |
| 247 | * BettyAndVeronica: He's the Betty to Luka's Veronica for Bonnie's Archie in season 2. Jeremy is infatuated with Bonnie but Bonnie is hesitant to get into a relationship with him because he is Elena's younger brother. Bonnie eventually reciprocates Jeremy's affections. She meets a warlock named Luka and finds common ground with him due to both practicing witchcraft. Bonnie chooses Jeremy over Luka and Luka ends up dying. In season three, he becomes the Archie to Bonnie's Betty and Anna's Veronica. Jeremy still has unresolved feelings for Anna, his girlfriend in season one. She died after his uncle John killed her, but he never got over Anna. She comes back as a ghost and haunts Jeremy. Jeremy's feelings for Anna come creeping back but he's very conflicting because he's with Bonnie in a relationship. Jeremy technically cheats on Bonnie with ghost Anna, but eventually Bonnie finds out and breaks up with him. The triangle is resolved when Anna finds peace with her mother Pearl and Jeremy rekindles his relationship with Bonnie. |
| 248 | * BrilliantButLazy: He almost never studies, but he's far from stupid. He also seems to have a knack for history and he is a very good artist. |
| 249 | * ButtMonkey: If something absolutely horrible is going to happen, there is a very good chance it will be to him. Before the series started, he tragically loses both of his parents in a car accident. He becomes addicted to drugs to help cope with his grief. He loses the girl he likes Vicki after she is turned into a vampire and staked by Stefan. Jeremy's memories of witnessing Vicki's death are mind wiped by Damon. He falls in love with Anna, only for her to be killed by his uncle John. His sister dies int he same way his parents die and she becomes a vampire. He discovers that he is a supernatural hunter meant to kill vampires and immortals. He is killed by Silas after he snapped his neck, but is eventually brought back to life by Bonnie. However, he loses Bonnie as as a result. Nothing good ever happens to Jeremy and when he manages to salvage some form of happiness, it's always swiped away from him. |
| 250 | * CartwrightCurse: Lampshaded: ''"You know I don't have the best of luck with girlfriends."'' All of his girlfriends that he's been with end up tragically dying. Vicki ends up dying after she is turned into a vampire and staked by Stefan right in front of him. Anna, a vampire he falls in love with, is killed by his Uncle John and then haunts him as a ghost. He develops a relationship with Bonnie but she ends up dying over and over again throughout the series. Jeremy is very unlucky in love and any girl who gets with him is signing their death sentence. |
| 251 | * DeadpanSnarker: He has his moments. Its usually the only way he stays sane. He's quite the smart-ass to characters that he doesn't like or trust. Most of his snarky comments are aimed at Tyler and Damon. |
| 252 | * DespairEventHorizon: After [[spoiler: Anna]] is killed, he attempts to kill himself in order to turn into a vampire and thus turn off his emotions. |
| 253 | * DisneyDeath: This apparent death happens to Jeremy frequently. |
| 254 | ** In the season two premiere, Jeremy comes back from the dead after Damon snaps his neck. His magical Gilbert ring saves him. |
| 255 | ** In the season two finale, Jeremy is shot and dies, but after Bonnie pleads with the witch spirits, Jeremy comes back to life though he doesn't come back normal. He becomes a medium, a person who sees spirits and ghosts. |
| 256 | * DoomMagnet: Lampshaded in one of the very first episodes. He seems to lose everyone he cares about. |
| 257 | -->'''Jeremy:''' Why does everyone have to die on me? |
| 258 | * DrivenToSuicide: In the season one finale. He is so depressed that he ends up taking an entire bottle of pills after drinking Anna's blood, so that he can become a vampire and take his inner pain away. |
| 259 | * FatalAttractor: His love life is... messed-up to say the least. He attracts some girls who are rather unstable. Vicki was an unstable drug addict who couldn't get her life straight. She eventually turns into a vampire who almost kills him. Anna is a vampire who becomes a bit of a StalkerWithACrush towards Jeremy. She dies but ends up creepily haunting him as a ghost when he's in a relationship with Bonnie. |
| 260 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Foolish to Elena's Responsible. Elena is more level-headed, practical, logical and thinks things through. Jeremy, on the other hand, is more impulsive, reckless, rebellious and does things without thinking which results in him getting into trouble and finding himself in many murky situations. |
| 261 | * GenderFlip: Elena has a little sister in the books named Margaret, but instead is a male character on the show, Jeremy. |
| 262 | * HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Jeremy often listens to music with headphones when he tries to avoid or ignore Elena from lecturing or harassing him. |
| 263 | %% * HotBlooded: In the first season, he's perfectly willing to tell off Tyler for his treatment of Vicki despite Tyler's bullying and threats. |
| 264 | * HulkingOut: In 4x12, Jeremy "hulks out" when he screams loud and rips off his shirt, revealing his pronounced muscles and of course, the growing mark or tattoo on his body as a result of killing Kol (plus thousands of vampires of Kol's lineage). In addition, Jeremy has a tendency to hulk out in UnstoppableRage whenever he's in the presence of a vampire. He had an urge to kill Bonnie's mother Abby because she was a vampire but Bonnie stopped him. |
| 265 | * ISeeDeadPeople: He is a medium who can see spirits. It seems to be a side-effect from him coming BackFromTheDead at the end of season two. |
| 266 | * KilledOffForReal: In "Down The Rabbit Hole". In 4x14, he is killed when Silas snaps his neck while feeding on his blood. Subverted in that he's brought back to life by Bonnie at the end of the season. |
| 267 | %% * LonersAreFreaks: Some have this perception of him in early episodes, but it disappears when his angst does. |
| 268 | %% * LoveMakesYouDumb: Especially in 02x10. |
| 269 | * MrFanservice: Jeremy is a very physically attractive young man and he becomes more manly and handsome as the series progresses. By season four, he's got a HeroicBuild due to being a supernatural hunter and a Brother of The Five. |
| 270 | * NeckSnap: |
| 271 | ** In 2x01, Damon snaps Jeremy's neck in a fit of rage after Elena rejected him. Luckily, Jeremy is still wearing his Gilbert magic ring and doesn't die. |
| 272 | ** In 4x14, Silas snaps his neck. [[spoiler: This time it's permanent and he's dead for real.]] |
| 273 | * ParentalAbandonment: Both his parents died before the beginning of the series. He's still a teenager. His Aunt Jenna takes over as his legal guardian. |
| 274 | * PutOnABus: Jeremy is sent away by Elena in season three in order to protect him from danger. She does this by compelling him to leave town. He eventually comes back to town at the end of season three. |
| 275 | %% * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Tyler's Manly Man. |
| 276 | * StalkerWithACrush: He falls for Vicki Donovan in the first episodes and starts stalking her in the name of love. According to Vicki, Jeremy has been obsessed with her for a long time, even when Elena and Matt (Jeremy's sister and Vicki's brother, respectively) were dating. |
| 277 | * TheStoner: He's a drug dealer and uses the drugs himself. |
| 278 | %% * TraumaCongaLine: See ButtMonkey, CartwrightCurse, DoomMagnet and FatalAttractor. |
| 279 | %% NO. This trope must be explained. |
| 280 | %% |
| 281 | * TroubledButCute: He's a troubled teen whose parents died and who takes and deals drugs and whose sister is a magnet for vampires and other supernatural beings. Many girls find him cute, including Vicki, Anna, Bonnie. |
| 282 | * VampireHunter: Jeremy is destined to be a vampire hunter. It gets revealed in season four that Jeremy is a member of The Five hunters. A group of hunters who have been hunting vampires since the 11th century. Connor Jordan is also a member of The Five. |
| 283 | [[/folder]] |
| 284 | |
| 285 | [[folder: Caroline Forbes]] |
| 286 | |
| 287 | !Caroline Elizabeth Forbes |
| 288 | |
| 289 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/CandiceAccola & Creator/MckennaGrace |
| 290 | |
| 291 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/caroline_forbes.jpg]] |
| 292 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"So you're saying now I'm an insecure, neurotic control freak... on crack?''"]] |
| 293 | |
| 294 | Elena's ''other'' best friend. She's a bubbly girl who's a descendant of one of the founding families of Mystic Falls. |
| 295 | |
| 296 | ---- |
| 297 | * ActionGirl: After she gets turned into a vampire, she becomes the most active female combatant in the cast. |
| 298 | * ActionSurvivor: Before she was turned into a vampire. Though she was a regular human, she was able to survive being amongst all the supernatural beings around her. She upgrades to an ActionGirl once she becomes a vampire in season two. |
| 299 | * AdaptationDyeJob: In the novel series, Caroline has auburn red hair but on the show, Caroline is a blonde. |
| 300 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the novel series, Caroline is an AlphaBitch whose relationship with Elena is much more antagonistic. In the show, she has shades of being an AlphaBitch in season one, but quickly develops and becomes one of the nicest characters. |
| 301 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Has a tendency for falling for dangerous men, like Damon, Tyler and Klaus. |
| 302 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Felt this way about Elena in season one, as she considered herself to be in Elena's shadow, due to Elena always getting all the attention from people. |
| 303 | * AmicableExes: She and her ex Matt are on good terms. |
| 304 | %% * AnchoredShip: With both Matt and Tyler throughout the seasons. |
| 305 | * BackFromTheDead: Katherine kills her, but since she still has Damon's blood in her system, she turns into a vampire and becomes immortal. |
| 306 | * BadassAdorable: She's the lovable, ditzy, blonde girl... who has been able to kick vampire Damon's ass. |
| 307 | %% * BeastAndBeauty: Caroline is the Beauty to Klaus' Beast. |
| 308 | %% * BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Caroline is the Brawn to Elena's Beauty and Bonnie's Brains. |
| 309 | %% * BettyAndVeronica: The Archie to Matt's Betty and Tyler's Veronica. Also, the Archie to Tyler's Betty and Klaus' Veronica. |
| 310 | * TheBigGirl: Caroline is tall and is constantly having her strength played up. She is constantly out-muscling other characters, lifting them out of wells, even lifting a heavy stone door requiring both brothers in another scene. Even her ethics have become more Chewbacca-like, with a valuing of courage and loyalty to friends rather than the more complex Hero and Heart ethics of Stefen and Elena. |
| 311 | %% * BookDumb: While not the best in terms of book smarts, she's actually very capable and conscientious. |
| 312 | %% * BrainlessBeauty: Mostly in season one. |
| 313 | %% * BreakTheCutie: Sweet ''Jesus'' . |
| 314 | %% * BrokenBird: Especially in season two after she was turned into a vampire. |
| 315 | %% * BrutalHonesty: At times. |
| 316 | %% * ButtMonkey: Quite often. It seems like when someone is getting tortured, 75% of the time it's Caroline. |
| 317 | * CatchPhrase: "Seriously?" She says this quote every time she questions someone when they are going to do something questionable. |
| 318 | * CharacterDevelopment: She has become more interesting and tolerable since she is turned. Her vampire "life" suits her. |
| 319 | * ClingyJealousGirl: Caroline was jealous over Stefan. She didn't understand why Stefan paid Elena more attention than her. However, this later changes as she becomes the biggest Stelena supporter ever. Caroline does become very clingy and jealous in regards to both Matt and Tyler though. However, she reverts back to her clingy and jealous side in regards to Stefan in Season 5 and she takes those jealous and clingy feelings towards Stefan up a notch in later seasons. |
| 320 | * CursedWithAwesome: She adapted fairly well to being a vampire, after she got a handle on her urges, and fully embraces becoming a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire. |
| 321 | %% * DeadpanSnarker: The second biggest one, after Damon. |
| 322 | * DefrostingIceQueen: In season one she was somewhat shallow and self-absorbed, but after enduring hell through Damon and Katherine, she ended up becoming more humble and nice. |
| 323 | * DisappearedDad: Caroline's father Bill abandoned his family (her and her mom Liz) when Caroline was younger. He's actually gay. He reveals himself in season 3. |
| 324 | * TheDitz: Caroline can be quite ditzy at times but in an endearing way. She has plenty of DumbBlonde moments but she's also rather intuitive as well. |
| 325 | * DudeMagnet: Biggest one on the show. Matt, Tyler, Klaus, Stefan, and Alaric fall in love with her. She also used to date Damon in season 1, has a boyfriend named Jesse in a few episodes, and Enzo flirts with her in his early appearances. |
| 326 | * DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: While she's dying at the time, she declares Klaus' feelings for ''her'' instead of the other way around, which affects him so much that he heals her from the werewolf bite he inflicted on her.]] |
| 327 | * TheFashionista: Caroline is one of the most stylish and fashionable characters in the series. She's very conscious about her outfits and how she looks. |
| 328 | * FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Caroline turns into a vampire in season two and she becomes a significantly kinder and nicer person than how she was as a human. |
| 329 | * GenkiGirl: Caroline is energetic and bubbly. |
| 330 | %% * GirlNextDoor: Mostly before she was turned into a vampire. |
| 331 | * GirlyBruiser: The most feminine of the three girls and also physically the strongest. |
| 332 | * GirlyGirl: Caroline is ultra-feminine and girly. She is probably the most girly girl between herself, Elena and Bonnie. Though she is tough and badass, she's very fashionable, emotional, romantic and sensitive. |
| 333 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has blond hair and she's very goodhearted. |
| 334 | %% * HeartbrokenBadass: Oh boy, Caroline has faced a lot of heartbreak in regards to her love life. |
| 335 | * IHateYouVampireDad: It is Damon's blood that turned her. Not that he meant to, but she already had very good reasons to hate him, given he raped her and tried to kill her several times in season 1. She never quite gets over her dislike for him. |
| 336 | %% * IJustWantToBeSpecial: In season one. |
| 337 | * TheLeader: Caroline is the leader or captain of the Mystic Falls High cheerleading squad (The Lady Timberwolves). |
| 338 | * LifeDrinker: Caroline is a vampire, a living dead person. She feeds on blood. |
| 339 | %% * LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The light to Rebekah's dark. Rebekah is pretty much her EvilCounterpart. |
| 340 | %% * LovableAlphaBitch: Blonde, pretty, popular, ditzy but nice enough. |
| 341 | %% Who is she bitchy to? Who is she nice to? |
| 342 | %% |
| 343 | * LoveInterest: Villainous Klaus is romantically interested in her. |
| 344 | %% ** To Matt and Tyler. |
| 345 | %% * MayflyDecemberRomance: With Klaus, who is 1000+ years old. |
| 346 | * MamaBear: She's very protective of Lizzie and Josie. It's perfectly played in season 8, episode 6, "Detoured on Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell". |
| 347 | "Let me be clear, Stefan. If Damon gets in between me and my girls, I am going to kill him. So no, you cannot come with me." |
| 348 | * TheMcCoy: Caroline is this within the [[FreudianTrio trio]] of herself (''TheMcCoy, Id''), Bonnie (''TheSpock, Superego''), and Elena (''TheKirk, Ego''). Caroline is more emotional, impulsive, energetic and hot-headed than Elena and Bonnie. |
| 349 | * MoralityPet: She's this for Klaus. Whenever Klaus is in her presence, he becomes a much kinder and nicer person and she manages to keep the impulsive and reckless Klaus in check. |
| 350 | %% * MotorMouth: At times. |
| 351 | * MysticalPregnancy: When Jo Laughlin gets killed while pregnant, the twins survive due to a spell performed by the Gemini Coven. The twins end up in Caroline's womb. |
| 352 | %% * NaiveEverygirl: In season one, but she gets more mature later on. |
| 353 | %% * NiceGirl |
| 354 | %% * NotGrowingUpSucks: Comes to this realization on her 18th birthday |
| 355 | %% * OvershadowedByAwesome: When around Elena. |
| 356 | %% * PlatonicLifePartners: With Stefan. |
| 357 | * ThePollyanna: Caroline is one of the most optimistic characters on the show, with her life motto being "Be Positive!". |
| 358 | * ReallyGetsAround: Caroline is very boy crazy and goes for any guy that pays attention to her, especially in season one. |
| 359 | %% * RejectionAffection: Klaus is undeterred by Caroline's abhorrence for him. |
| 360 | %% * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Matt in season one with Matt as the Savvy Guy to Caroline's Energetic Girl. |
| 361 | * ShipperOnDeck: Caroline ships Stefan and Elena and she's the biggest "Stelena". She often advocates for their relationship whenever she can, especially if Stefan and Elena break up or face issues in their relationship. She always says things to Elena about how Stefan is her epic love, how they're cute together, that he's her soulmate and so on. |
| 362 | %% * StagesOfMonsterGrief: Stage One (Denial) perfectly played in season 2, episode 2, "Brave New World." |
| 363 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Caroline can be nice to some people but cold and aloof towards others. It depends on who she is interacting with. She could be nice and snappy to Elena, especially during the early seasons. |
| 364 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She's the Girly Girl to Bonnie's Tomboy. Caroline is very feminine and loves dressing up in fancy clothes, wearing makeup and styling her hair. Bonnie, though feminine, has a tendency to be more tomboyish in her sense of style. |
| 365 | * TookALevelInBadass: Upgraded to vampire in the beginning of season 2 and it seems to agree with her as she's kicking the crap out of the resident hunky werewolf dude by punting him ten feet into a tree after kneeing him in the vitals. Moments later she's saving the day by chomping on the local [[RedShirts deputies']] necks in front of her mother. As her mother is the sheriff and a prominent member on the local anti-vampire committee it probably won't end well. At least there's always handy vampire mind control to set things right again because StatusQuoisGod . |
| 366 | %% * TrueCompanions: With Stefan, Elena and Bonnie. |
| 367 | %% * {{Tsundere}}: Particularly in early episodes. |
| 368 | %% * VampireWerewolfLoveTriangle: |
| 369 | %% ** Becomes a center of one between Matt and Tyler. |
| 370 | %% ** And a weird version in Season 3 and 4 with Tyler and Klaus who are both vampire and werewolf |
| 371 | [[/folder]] |
| 372 | |
| 373 | [[folder: Matt Donovan]] |
| 374 | |
| 375 | !Matthew G. "Matt" Donovan |
| 376 | |
| 377 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ZachRoerig |
| 378 | |
| 379 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/matt_donovan.jpg]] |
| 380 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I get it, this is your life now. But you know what my life is, Caroline? My life is an absentee mom, and a bunch of bills to pay, and school, and a job, and it sucks sometimes, but it's my life and I think that I just want to live it without all this.''"]] |
| 381 | |
| 382 | Elena's childhood friend and first boyfriend. Starts to get involved in the supernatural side of Mystic Falls once his sister becomes one of the first victims. |
| 383 | ---- |
| 384 | * AdaptationNameChange: Matt's last name is Honeycutt in the books. |
| 385 | * AlcoholicParent: His mother Kelly drinks and is very irresponsible and erratic. He has to look after her. |
| 386 | * AmicableExes: He and Elena break up. He's willing to give Elena space after the death of her parents, but he hopes they might get back together. He manages to be friends with her. |
| 387 | %% ** With Caroline, but he's still a good friend for them. |
| 388 | %% * BadassNormal: He has his moments. |
| 389 | %% * BetterAsFriends: from Elena's perspective, though he doesn't agree. |
| 390 | %% * BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Tyler's Veronica for Caroline's Archie. |
| 391 | * BigBrotherInstinct: He is rather protective of Jeremy who is Elena's younger brother. |
| 392 | * BigLittleBrother: Due to his [[DisappearedDad father's absences]] and his [[ParentalNeglect neglectful mother]], when his older sister Vicki started to fall apart, Matt had to step up and became a big brother figure to her, despite being younger. |
| 393 | %% * ButtMonkey: Things just seem to conspire against him. |
| 394 | * DisappearedDad: His father is completely out of the picture for the majority of the show, although they are reunited in the last season. |
| 395 | * DoggedNiceGuy: To Elena. Elena breaks up with him after her parents tragically die, but he still has unresolved feelings for her and tries to get her back. He's unlucky because Elena is attracted to Stefan and starts dating him. |
| 396 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible to Vicki's Foolish. Vicki is his older sister, but he's way more mature and level-headed than her. He's the reliable one, while Vicki is a stoner. |
| 397 | * TheGenericGuy: Unlike everyone else, he doesn't seem to have any interesting trait, or character development or particular storyline. He's just the TokenHuman NiceGuy. |
| 398 | * GenreSavvy: He's the one who points out that they live in a town full of supernaturals, so anyone who has knowledge of anything in that area is 'creepy until proven otherwise' and that Atticus Shane is not to be trusted. It helps that [[spoiler: he investigates the explosion that took out the Council, and discovered that Pastor Young was constantly in touch with Atticus, calling him ''ten times'' on the day of the explosion.]] |
| 399 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Matt is blond and good-hearted. He's one of the more moral characters of the series amongst many supernatural creatures. Plus, it helps that he's pretty much the only truly human character. |
| 400 | %% * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Tyler, at first. |
| 401 | * InnocentBlueEyes: His eyes are a very calming blue color. They go along to match his HairOfGoldHeartOfGold. |
| 402 | --> '''Katherine:''' His eyes are so blue! |
| 403 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Despite being very jealous of Stefan and his relationship with Elena, he tries to become friends with him and really tries to reconcile with the fact. |
| 404 | * LovableJock: He's the quarterback of the Mystic Falls High School football team, but, unlike Tyler, he's not a JerkJock but a nice and considerate guy. |
| 405 | * TheMole: Although Caroline believes she removed his memories of the supernatural at his own request in "Know Thy Enemy", he is on vervain (antidote) at the time, and he starts working with Sheriff Forbes as a spy. |
| 406 | %% * NiceGuy: Through and through. |
| 407 | * TheNicknamer: Has a habit of calling people by the first syllable of their names, and so Jeremy becomes "Jer", Caroline becomes "Car", Bonnie becomes "Bon", Tyler becomes "Ty", Vickie becomes "Vick" etc. |
| 408 | * NonActionGuy: Matt is the TokenHuman of the series and therefore, can't always hold his own against the supernatural beings who are significantly more powerful than him. |
| 409 | * OnlySaneMan: In his family. His sister was a drug addict who's life was messed up. She was turned into vampire and eventually killed. His mother was a deadbeat mom who always screwed things up and abandoned both off her kids. |
| 410 | * ParentalAbandonment: His alcoholic mother eventually leaves him and his sister alone and nothing is known about his father. |
| 411 | * PlatonicLifePartners: Seems to become this with Elena. They're certainly still very close friends despite the breakup. |
| 412 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: In the books, he and Vicki were not siblings. |
| 413 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He's the Sensitive Guy to Tyler's Manly Man. Matt is more sentimental, empathetic and emotional. Tyler is more aggressive, hot headed and impulsive. |
| 414 | * TokenHuman: The only cast member with no supernatural elements or special abilities. |
| 415 | %% * UnfazedEveryman: His main function in the series. |
| 416 | * UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Elena, his ChildhoodFriend and former girlfriend. He still pines for her, but she has her eyes for another one. |
| 417 | [[/folder]] |
| 418 | |
| 419 | [[folder: Tyler Lockwood]] |
| 420 | |
| 421 | !Tyler Lockwood |
| 422 | |
| 423 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MichaelTrevino |
| 424 | |
| 425 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tyler_lockwood.jpg]] |
| 426 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I have no one else to tell. I'm sorry about earlier. It's just, I'm alone with this. What's gonna happen to me? I'm gonna turn on the next full moon, and I won't be able to stop it. I'm scared.''"]] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | Matt's best friend. A hotheaded guy and one of the descendants of one of the founding families of Mystic Falls. |
| 429 | ---- |
| 430 | |
| 431 | * AbusiveParents: His father was violently abusive towards him. |
| 432 | * AdaptationNameChange: His last name is Smallwood in the books. It's easy to see why this was changed for the show. |
| 433 | %% * BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Matt's Betty for Caroline's Archie. Later the Betty to Klaus' Veronica, always for Caroline's Archie. |
| 434 | * CharacterDevelopment: He is an annoying bully and a JerkJock in season 1 but develops into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who really cares about Caroline. |
| 435 | * DirtyCoward: He's good with threats but when Jeremy actually challenges him to a fight, he backs away. |
| 436 | * FreudianExcuse: He's not a nice guy, but his father is a womanizing, abusive jerk who forces him to fight Jeremy "like a man". |
| 437 | * HairTriggerTemper: Justified, it's a side-effect of his latent lycanthropy. He has a penchant for getting into many physical fights and ponce he starts hitting people, he has trouble stopping. He confesses to Mason that he sometimes has black outs when he loses his temper. |
| 438 | * HiddenDepths: He's quite a good artist. Jeremy compliments him on his artistic skills. |
| 439 | * HotBlooded: Tyler is reckless, hotheaded, impulsive and has serious rage issues. Most of it is due to his werewolf gene and when his temper is triggered, he has difficulty calming down. |
| 440 | %% * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Matt, at first. |
| 441 | %% * LifeDrinker: Tyler is a half vampire hybrid who will live forever and will never age as a living dead person. He lives off... |
| 442 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: To Caroline. He loves her but he's willing to let her go if it means her being safe and happy. |
| 443 | * JerkJock: Tyler is a football player and is one of the biggest jerks at the start of the series. But then [[CharacterDevelopment evolves]] into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold with time. |
| 444 | * TheLeader: Eventually to the other hybrids. They end up submitting to him in season four and even pledge their allegiance to him. |
| 445 | * MagicPants: Tries to invoke it. Tyler removes his shirt before his transformation but keeps his pants on, in the hope that [[LampshadeHanging "it's like the hulk where I get to keep my pants".]] [[spoiler: It's not]]. |
| 446 | * MrFanservice: Winds up naked after transforming back on several occasions. |
| 447 | * MyMasterRightOrWrong: Sired to Klaus will do this to you. |
| 448 | * OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: In season two, he discovers that he's a werewolf and that his family are from a werewolf lineage. |
| 449 | %% * PainfulTransformation: He tries to turn into a werewolf many times in order to no longer feel thankful for Klaus for taking the pain of his transition away. |
| 450 | * ParentalAbandonment: Both his parents are dead. Considering how horrible they were -- good riddance, especially his father. |
| 451 | %% * PutOnABus: Leaves mid-way through S2, but then returns for the last couple of episodes. |
| 452 | %% ** TheBusCameBack |
| 453 | * RomanticFalseLead: To Vicki, in early season 1. It seemed as though Vicki and Tyler were going to be together but Tyler treated her terribly and she ended up getting with Jeremy instead. |
| 454 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He's the Manly Man to both Matt and Jeremy's Sensitive Guys. Tyler is more aggressive, reckless, impulsive and not prone to showing too much emotion. Both Matt and Jeremy are more empathic, sensitive, intuitive and have no issue with showing plenty of emotion. |
| 455 | * StarCrossedLovers: With Caroline. Much of this has to do with how many obstacles come between them. There's also the fact that they are warring species: Tyler is a werewolf and Caroline is a vampire. If Tyler bit Caroline, she could easily die. |
| 456 | * TheStoner: At first, but less than Vicki or Jeremy. He's often seen smoking weed, even at school. |
| 457 | %%* TookALevelInBadass: Just like about everyone in the show. |
| 458 | %% * TroubledButCute |
| 459 | [[/folder]] |
| 460 | |
| 461 | [[folder: Alaric Saltzman]] |
| 462 | |
| 463 | !Dr. Alaric J. "Ric" Saltzman |
| 464 | |
| 465 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MattDavis |
| 466 | |
| 467 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alaric_saltzman.jpg]] |
| 468 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I was a little too distracted by my dead vampire wife to ask any questions."'']] |
| 469 | |
| 470 | The newly-arrived history teacher in Mystic Falls. He is actually a vampire hunter with connections to the Salvatore brothers. |
| 471 | |
| 472 | ---- |
| 473 | * ActuallyNotAVampire: When he's introduced there are several hints that he knows about the paranormal world, with several hints that he's a vampire, but he turns out to actually be a vampire ''hunter''. |
| 474 | * AdultsAreUseless: {{Subverted|Trope}}. He's one of the only adult figures in the show that is actually able to help the main cast deal with their supernatural problems. He ends up becoming a ParentalSubstitute to Elena and Jeremy after Jenna's death and overall being a TeamDad to the rest of the cast. |
| 475 | * TheAlcoholic: After Jenna's death. He's always been a huge drinker to begin with and Damon is his drinking buddy. His drink of choice is bourbon. |
| 476 | * AxCrazy: His alter ego is a SerialKiller. He blacks out and kills people whenever his alter ego takes over and he's unaware of what he's doing. When Esther turns him into a vampire, he becomes extremely blood thirsty and has a strong desire to kill. |
| 477 | * BadassNormal: History teacher by day, vampire hunter by night. Skilled one at that. |
| 478 | * BigBad: Alaric does a FaceHeelTurn after he is turned into a vampire in the last episodes of season three. He is set on killing everyone in sight and causing major trouble for the Mystic Falls gang. He has a desire to kill all of the Original vampires, which would kill every single vampire from their bloodline. |
| 479 | %% * ButtMonkey: At times but he always bounces back. |
| 480 | * CameBackWrong: He has repeatedly died and come back due to wearing the Gilbert Ring. The Gilbert Ring has the ability to bring humans back to life when they have been killed by a supernatural being. As a result of repeatedly dying and coming back to life, he develops a psycho-killer alter-ego intent on killing people. He will black out during this episodes, completely unaware of his actions. |
| 481 | * CharacterDeath: In the season three finale, he dies when Elena drowns, for their [[{{Synchronization}} lives have been linked by Esther]]. |
| 482 | * CoolTeacher: He's a replacement for a history SadistTeacher. Unlike him, he's a very likable person and actually takes time to help his students. |
| 483 | %% * DarkSide: His alter ego. |
| 484 | * DeadpanSnarker: Alaric is very deadpan and snarky in his sense of humor. Most of his deadpan, snarky comments are aimed towards Damon or whenever he is irritated. |
| 485 | * FaceHeelTurn: Alaric becomes the BigBad in the final episodes of season three after being turned into a vampire. He becomes a blood thirsty killer intent on killing everyone in his path, including Original vampires and the Mystic Falls gang. |
| 486 | %% * GoodThingYouCanHeal: His ring protects him from being killed by supernaturals. Damon once kills him solely for this purpose. |
| 487 | %% This needs more explanation. |
| 488 | %% |
| 489 | * GrandTheftMe: Alaric ends up on the receiving end of this in season two when Klaus takes over his body without his knowledge. Klaus uses a witch to transfer his spirit to Alaric's body temporarily before he's able to get the witch to put his spirit in his original vessel. |
| 490 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: Becomes this with Damon. They start out as enemies, then they become frenemies and then they become best friends. They are each other's drinking buddy and they have a shared love of alcohol. |
| 491 | * HotTeacher: Alaric is a high school teacher and he's very physically attractive and youthful-looking. |
| 492 | %% * TheLancer: To Damon, particularly in season 3 after Stefan's FaceHeelTurn. |
| 493 | * LoveHurts: Alaric hasn't had much luck when it comes to love. First, his wife dies and becomes a vampire. Then his big love Jenna dies. |
| 494 | %% * NiceGuy: His alter ego aside, he's a very friendly good-natured person. |
| 495 | %% * OddFriendship: With Damon. |
| 496 | %% * ParentalSubstitute: Looks to become this to Elena and Jeremy after [[spoiler: Jenna's death]]. Well technically, he is [[spoiler: Elena's stepfather]] due to his marriage to Isobel. |
| 497 | * PermaStubble: Alaric ever has a clean shaven face. |
| 498 | %% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As a teacher, and a father figure to Elena and Jeremy. |
| 499 | * RedHerring: When he is first introduced, there are many exceedingly obvious hints that he is a vampire and it looks like he has been behind recent murders. His true identity as a vampire hunter is revealed when he kills the vampire that was actually behind those killings. |
| 500 | * SerialKiller: During his blackouts. He racks up quite the body count when his psychotic alter ego takes over. However, Alaric is completely unaware of what he's doing. His psychotic alter ego is a result of being killed and brought back to life repeatedly by the Gilbert Ring. |
| 501 | * TeamDad: Being the only adult, he often serves as a father figure to those high school vampire supernatural kids, especially to not-supernatural vampire-hunter-to-be Jeremy. |
| 502 | %% * TookALevelInBadass: Pre-series, after losing his wife. |
| 503 | * TheUnpronounceable: Alaric Saltzman seems to be a mouthful. He himself humorously says his name is difficult to pronounce. Most people just call him Rick. |
| 504 | * VampireHunter: Alaric's side job apart from being a history teacher is vampire hunting. |
| 505 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Damon Salvatore. Damon may have killed him and turned his wife into a vampire, but they have this weird friendship going on that even the writers love. They are seen often drinking together and taunting each other and bickering, but Alaric is still the only one in the Mystic Falls gang that has called Damon a friend and doesn't see him as just the TokenEvilTeammate. |
| 506 | * YouKilledMyFather: ''You Killed My Wife.'' He originally comes to town to kill Damon Salvatore because he believes that Damon killed his wife. |
| 507 | [[/folder]] |
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