| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:[-''Series/OrphanBlack'' '''[[Characters/OrphanBlack Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | [[Characters/OrphanBlackProjectLeda The Clones of Project LEDA]] | '''Associates of the Clones''' | [[Characters/OrphanBlackTheProletheans The Proletheans]] | [[Characters/OrphanBlackTheNeolutionists The Neolutionists]] | [[Characters/OrphanBlackDyadAssociates Dyad Associates]] | [[Characters/OrphanBlackProjectCastor The Clones of Project CASTOR]] | [[Characters/OrphanBlackMiscellaneousCharacters Miscellaneous Characters]]]]-]]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | !!Associates |
| 5 | |
| 6 | The various people in the lives of the Project Leda clones. |
| 7 | ---- |
| 8 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 9 | !!Sarah's People |
| 10 | |
| 11 | [[folder:Felix Dawkins]] |
| 12 | !!Felix Dawkins |
| 13 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e365ba191dc328ccde685008666ddc69.jpg]] |
| 14 | [[caption-width-right:300:''Well, now, when you're a poor little orphan fosterage, anything's possible.'']] |
| 15 | -->'''Played by:''' Creator/JordanGavaris |
| 16 | |
| 17 | -->''"You do realize I'm gonna have to paint this to come to terms with it?"'' |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Sarah's foster brother and most steadfast ally. Like Sarah, he's a petty criminal, but he prefers his art. He plays an important role in protecting the clone-sisters and providing support. |
| 20 | ---- |
| 21 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: He can have a rather cruel side when pushed; just look at [[spoiler: his torment of the now brain-damaged Rachel after Sarah goes missing.]] |
| 22 | * BigBrotherInstinct: He has this for Sarah. |
| 23 | * BigLittleBrother: He is Sarah's (adoptive) younger brother and is clearly taller than her. He is also slightly taller than his biological half-sister Adele (he's 5'10, while Sarah and Adele are respectively 5'4 and 5'9). |
| 24 | * CampGay: Felix is so fabulous it almost hurts. Still, he's a sympathetic character, as opposed to being a two-dimensional stereotype. |
| 25 | * TheConfidant: He's Sarah's support system and the only person that the clones trust. [[spoiler: Deconstructed in season two, when he grows frustrated with having to help Sarah with her problems while trying to managing a personal life that is constantly disrupted by the various conspiracies.]] |
| 26 | * CoolUncle: To Kira. |
| 27 | * DeadpanSnarker: Amidst all the violence, conspiracy theories and general chaos of his own life and that of everyone he cares about, he's always on hand with a sarcastic quip about it. |
| 28 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Felix is the more responsible sibling, pointing out the flaws in Sarah's plan to impersonate Beth and that her constant roving will eventually mean she could lose custody of Kira. Even Sarah knows this. As the series goes on, he even starts playing this role with Alison to an extent, as part of his general OnlySaneMan position within the family. |
| 29 | --> '''Sarah:''' You are the best of us. |
| 30 | * FriendToAllChildren: He's surprisingly good with kids, though somewhat unorthodox. When babysitting Alison's kids, they have a lot of fun [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdressing]]. |
| 31 | * GeneHunting: He started looking for his birth family between season 3 and season 4. |
| 32 | * HappilyMarried: In ''Orphan Black: The Next Chapter'', he is married to Colin. |
| 33 | * TheHeart: Felix is the one the other characters run to when they're in the DespairEventHorizon. |
| 34 | * HookerWithAHeartOfGold: His main job is art, but he works as a male prostitute when he has to. |
| 35 | * InSeriesNickname: Sarah calls him Fee. At one point, Helena calls him "brother-sestra". |
| 36 | * TheLancer: He is Sara's most consistent ally and confidant. |
| 37 | * LoveableRogue: Though to a less extent than his sister, he has a criminal record as a thief and con artist. He does occasionally point out to Sarah that she is by no means the only hustler in the family. |
| 38 | * MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: With his sister Sarah. |
| 39 | * MrFanservice: |
| 40 | ** A scene where Felix is wearing an apron. And nothing else. And is seen from the rear. He does this again in season 2, this time while painting a model! |
| 41 | ** The season 2 premiere has him at a gay club wearing backless pants. |
| 42 | * NonActionGuy: Nowhere near as physically strong as other characters, so typically acts as the brains while others are the brawn. Lampshaded towards the end of season three, when he rebukes Sarah for this and insists on kicking down a door himself. He gets it on the first go, surprising both of them. |
| 43 | * OddFriendship: Develops one with Alison (and, to a slightly lesser extent, Cosima) over the course of season 1. |
| 44 | ** [[spoiler: He also develops one with Krystal in seasons 3 and 4...sort of.]] |
| 45 | * OnlySaneMan: Generally assumes the voice of reason and practicality among Sarah and the rest of the clones. |
| 46 | * PapaWolf: When Vic says he wants to get to know Kira, he absolutely refuses to let him anywhere near her. |
| 47 | * ParentalSubstitute: He's been something of a father figure for Kira, so [[spoiler:when Kira's biological father enters the picture]], he doesn't take it well. In fact, he flees in tears. |
| 48 | * PerkyGoth: Technically a punk but otherwise fits the trope perfectly. |
| 49 | * SecretKeeper: The only non-clone in Clone Club. [[spoiler:At least, until Sarah decides to let Art in on the secret]]. |
| 50 | * ShirtlessScene: In the first episode. |
| 51 | * StarvingArtist: Subverted. His paintings don't appear to sell well, but he supplements his income with prostitution, theft, and cons. |
| 52 | * TeamDad: The one who frequently keeps the Clone Club in check. |
| 53 | * TookALevelInBadass: In the Season 3 finale, he [[spoiler: kicked down a hotel door to get to Mark and Gracie. Even he can't quite believe he pulled it off.]] |
| 54 | * UndyingLoyalty: Why else would he have stuck by Sarah all this time? Every now and then he expresses his frustration with what he needs to put up with, but never seriously looks like walking away from it. |
| 55 | * WhatTheHellHero: Usually the first to call Sarah out on her less savory actions. He's also perfectly willing to call out Alison and Cosima when he feels it necessary. |
| 56 | [[/folder]] |
| 57 | |
| 58 | [[folder:Vic Schmidt]] |
| 59 | !!Victor "Vic" Schmidt |
| 60 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d55913ffc6d1df0ae5990a81026fc240.jpg]] |
| 61 | [[caption-width-right:300:''I'm sorry, man. I don't know where else to go.'']] |
| 62 | -->'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelMando |
| 63 | |
| 64 | -->''"This isn't over, Sarah."'' |
| 65 | |
| 66 | Sarah's drug dealer ex-boyfriend, also known as "Vic the Dick". He's obsessed with Sarah, and refuses to let go. |
| 67 | ---- |
| 68 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: He's "urban," according to Alison. |
| 69 | * ButtMonkey[=/=]TheChewToy: He takes a lot of abuse. So far, he's lost a finger to gangsters, received a beating from Paul and was pepper-sprayed and tasered by Alison. |
| 70 | * CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:Apparently, he's become a Buddhist, and becomes friendlier to Alison. Unfortunately subverted: he's actually spying on her for Angie, as part of a deal to avoid going to jail]]. |
| 71 | * CelebrityParadox: Alison mentions ''Series/BreakingBad'' in Season 3. His actor is one of the main characters of its canonical SpinOff, ''Series/BetterCallSaul''. |
| 72 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome[=/=]DemotedToExtra: Disappears after [[spoiler:leading Art and Angie to Alison]], and is no longer part of the main cast as of Season 2. |
| 73 | ** TheBusCameBack: After being absent for the first half of season 2, he returns [[spoiler: to join Alison in rehab]]. |
| 74 | * DomesticAbuse: Has hit Sarah it the past, though she hits back. |
| 75 | * TheDragon: For Alison's Season 2 StoryArc, with Angie as the ArcVillain. |
| 76 | * EntitledToHaveYou: He all but demands that Sarah give him another chance. |
| 77 | * {{Fingore}}: He lost a finger as punishment for losing the bag of cocaine. |
| 78 | * HeelFaithTurn: He apparently became a Buddhist in season 2, [[spoiler:though its unclear how much of it is genuine and how much is just part of his cover]]. |
| 79 | * HopelessSuitor: He really thinks that he has a shot with Sarah. Key words, ''really thinks''. |
| 80 | * ItsAllAboutMe: He is incapable of thinking about other people. |
| 81 | ** He makes Sarah's faked death entirely about him and the pain it causes ''him'', not even giving a damn about Felix. |
| 82 | ** He also keeps barging into Sarah's affairs for his own satisfaction, despite the fact that she doesn't love him and that he always makes things worse for her. |
| 83 | ** Even his apparent [[spoiler: befriending of Alison is just part of a deal to avoid jail time.]] |
| 84 | * KarmaHoudini: However badly he's been injured for continuing to interfere with Sarah's life, he still got away with the $20,000 from the cocaine Sarah initially stole from him. And he has yet to answer for [[spoiler:inadvertently leading the cops to Alison]]. |
| 85 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's a rude, self-centered bully. |
| 86 | * TheLostLenore: Deconstructed. He cares more about Sarah when she's "dead" than when she's alive. |
| 87 | * ManlyTears: Breaks down in tears ([[TenderTears several times]]) when he finds out that Sarah's "dead". Interestingly, he isn't displayed sympathetically because of this, since he ''is'' a {{Jerkass}} and ButtMonkey. |
| 88 | * TheMole: [[spoiler:Angie's using him to find out more about the clones from Alison, in exchange for his charges being dropped]]. |
| 89 | * PetTheDog: He tells Allison's kids to stay in school (and by extension, to not end up like him) after he loses a finger to the mob. |
| 90 | * PutOnABus: Disappears from the series after Season 2. |
| 91 | * SpannerInTheWorks: By chance he runs into Alison thinking she's Sarah as part of a new con. He threatens to ruin the whole clone conspiracy due to his petty vindictiveness. |
| 92 | * TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Hangs out at Felix's place [[DrowningMySorrows drinking]] after Sarah's funeral. Felix draws the line when he mentions that he wants to get to know Kira. |
| 93 | * TokenMinority: Lampshaded when Alison describes him as "urban". |
| 94 | * TropaholicsAnonymous: When we last see Vic in the season 1 finale he's at a meeting. However, he's not on-board with the "making amends" part of the program so he [[spoiler:sells Sarah out to the cops, unintentionally outing Alison to Art in her place]]. |
| 95 | [[/folder]] |
| 96 | |
| 97 | [[folder:Siobhan Sadler]] |
| 98 | !!Siobhan Sadler (née Malone) |
| 99 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ebff293fd100cabf1f8c14a6b3bd1555.jpg]] |
| 100 | [[caption-width-right:300:''If Sarah digs any further into this god knows the whole world of shit is going to unravel.'']] |
| 101 | -->'''Played by:''' Creator/MariaDoyleKennedy |
| 102 | |
| 103 | -->''"Tell them you're with Siobhan Sadler."'' |
| 104 | |
| 105 | Sarah's Irish foster mother, who has a lot of skeletons in her closet. She raised both Sarah and Felix and now Sarah's daughter Kira. |
| 106 | ---- |
| 107 | * ActionMom[=/=]NeverMessWithGranny: Implied, considering she keeps a shotgun. [[spoiler: Confirmed in [[Recap/OrphanBlackS02E02GovernedBySoundReasonAndTrueReligion [=S02E02=]]], when she kills two Birdwatchers who sold Kira out to the Proletheans, and again in [=S04E07=] when she takes her revenge on Duko]]. |
| 108 | * AlliterativeName: '''S'''iobhan '''S'''adler. |
| 109 | * AnimalMotifs: Birds. Her hobby is bird-watching and she's part of a faction called the Bird Watchers. She also calls Sarah "Chicken" (as an affectionate nickname), has a swan art piece in her house, and took care of a man with many birds in his house. |
| 110 | * {{BFG}}: She keeps a double-barrelled shotgun by her side for protection. |
| 111 | * TheCaretaker: For [[spoiler:Ethan Duncan, who's hiding from Leekie]]. |
| 112 | * TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: She turns out to be the one behind Kira's disappearance. She also has something to do with Project LEDA, but her connection to it has yet to be revealed in full]]. |
| 113 | ** Further Chessmastery is demonstrated in 2.07 when she [[spoiler:sets Leekie and Rachel against each other]]. |
| 114 | * TheConfidant: [[spoiler: Sarah and Alison decide to trust her with their secret. Incidentally, she actually knows more about them than they do]]. |
| 115 | * CrazyPrepared: She has a number of defenses and escape routes in place should anything happen to Sarah, Felix, or Kira, as well as a network of friends and associates to call upon for help. She describes her system as bulletproof. |
| 116 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: By her comments in season 2, it's implied she was involved with the IRA by gun running for them. And then there's [[spoiler:her ties to Project LEDA and hiding Ethan Duncan from Leekie]]. |
| 117 | * EatingTheEyeCandy: Does this to Paul. And later to Cal. And then again when she sees both of them. |
| 118 | --> "Just look at the two of you. I don't know how she does it." |
| 119 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Remains calm and level headed in her final moments.]] |
| 120 | * FriendlySniper: Episode [=2x02=] shows she's quite handy with a rifle. |
| 121 | * TheGunslinger: With her aforementioned double-barrelled shotgun. |
| 122 | * IrishExplosivesExpert: Sarah immediately calls her in [[spoiler:to defuse the bomb MK used to try to kill Ferdinand]]. |
| 123 | * JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: [[spoiler:Uses it on Duko after capturing him. This appears to be the first time in the entire run of the show that the usage of this trope has actually produced useful information, though it remains to be seen whether everything he said was truthful.]] |
| 124 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Killed by Ferdinand late in Season 5, although she manages to take him down with her.]] |
| 125 | * TheLostLenore: Her late husband, John Sadler, was killed in a drunken brawl. [[spoiler:With her mother, as it turns out. Her mother regretted this and outright states that she brought Siobhan and Sarah together as atonement. They reconcile late in Season Three.]] |
| 126 | * MamaBear: At first, she tries to keep Kira and Sarah apart to protect Kira because she doesn't think Sarah is a fit mother. She chills out slightly in episode four. |
| 127 | ** Episode 1.07 reveals that she [[spoiler: moved to Canada, even though it meant completely starting over, to hide Sarah from something that was looking for her in England. Special notice to the fact that she didn't even know what that something was; she went on the hunch of a friend. Though that may be a lie]]. |
| 128 | ** In 2.02 [[spoiler:it's revealed she kidnapped Kira to keep her safe from the Neolutionists and the Proletheans. When the two people she's working with turn out to be moles for the Proletheans she kills them without hesitation]]. |
| 129 | ** Also inverted. After reconciling with her mother, Siobhan becomes very protective of her. |
| 130 | * MayDecemberRomance: Her mother's dialogue in Season 3 heavily implies that Siobhan [[JailbaitTaboo was still underage]] when she hooked up with her late husband. [[spoiler:This pissed-off Siobhan's mother so much that ''she killed him''.]] |
| 131 | * TheMole: The first finale reveals [[spoiler:she may have been one of the scientists involved with creating the clones in the first place]]. It later turns out [[spoiler:to be more complicated than that.]]. |
| 132 | * MutualKill: [[spoiler:She and Ferdinand shoot each other.]] |
| 133 | * ObiWanMoment: [[spoiler:She dies calmly looking at a picture of Sarah and Felix, tearfully muttering the word "chickens".]] |
| 134 | * OnlyKnownByInitials: She's almost always called "Mrs. S." or just "S". The audience doesn't learn her full name until 1.08. |
| 135 | * ParentalSubstitute: For Sarah, Felix, and Kira. |
| 136 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:When she tortures and then kills Duko, it comes off as this. He killed her mother and was a SmugSnake through and through so it was satisfying to watch, but he'd also been subjected to the same kind of blackmail that Alison was subjected to and seems to have been mostly a PunchClockVillain, so it's a bit dark to say the least.]] |
| 137 | * RevengeBeforeReason: In line with most people associated with the Real IRA, S follows a particularly brutal kind of code that Sarah describes as "black Irish revenge shit." After Duko kills her mother, she ''does not stop'' until he's dead, no matter the cost. She ''only'' slows down once she knows Sarah's plan will guarantee her an audience with Duko. [[AssholeVictim And boy does she ever get it]]. |
| 138 | * SecretKeeper: And man, does she have a whole lot of 'em. |
| 139 | * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:After Ferdinand fatally shoots her, she quickly returns in kind.]] |
| 140 | * TangledFamilyTree: [[spoiler:Her mother, Kendall Malone, is the source of the DNA to create the LEDA and CASTOR clones, making all of the [=LEDAs=] her genetic "aunts" and the [=CASTORs=] her genetic "uncles." But Sarah, one of the LEDA clones, is also her adopted daughter (although they did not find out about this until they were both adults). Sarah's daughter Kira is Siobhan's granddaughter, but genetically she can be considered either Siobhan's half-sister or first cousin.]] |
| 141 | * WhatTheHellHero: |
| 142 | ** [[spoiler: Organized her house being ransacked and Kira's disappearance to protect Kira. But she did this without bothering to tell Sarah and Felix first, leaving Sarah extremely pissed off at Mrs. S. To make things worse, she planned to leave with Kira and go back to the UK]]. |
| 143 | ** Gets another one in the series two finale when [[spoiler:she arranges to have Helena kidnapped by the military. In her defence, this may have been the only way she could have freed Sarah and Kira from Dyad, but she herself acknowledges that Sarah will probably never forgive her for this.]] |
| 144 | * YouKilledMyMother: [[spoiler:Duko was never going to get out alive after doing that.]] |
| 145 | * YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: She is framed as a mostly heroic fighter against oppression despite being strongly implied to be a former member of the Provisional IRA. |
| 146 | [[/folder]] |
| 147 | |
| 148 | [[folder:Kira Manning]] |
| 149 | !!Kira Manning |
| 150 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a8e9218b707d6c31e6f49ad26d00046d.jpg]] |
| 151 | [[caption-width-right:300:''You're just like my mum.'']] |
| 152 | -->'''Played by:''' Creator/SkylerWexler (8 years old), Tiana Camacho (17 years old), August Walker (28 years old), Creator/KeeleyHawes (47 years old) |
| 153 | |
| 154 | -->''"I think something bad is going to happen again."'' |
| 155 | |
| 156 | Sarah's intelligent and open-hearted 8-year-old daughter. She went to live with Mrs. S. when Sarah disappeared. In ''Orphan Black: Echoes'', Kira has become a respected scientist in the 2050s who has pioneered the technology to 3D print human organs for transplants[[spoiler:, who, with the death of her wife, has become involved with illegal human cloning using her organ printing technology]]. |
| 157 | ---- |
| 158 | * AdorablyPrecociousChild: ''Very'' smart for her age. |
| 159 | * AnOddPlaceToSleep: In ''Orphan Black: The Next Chapter'' she [[TheRunaway runs away from home]] to intern at [=GeneKeep=], and sleeps in a storage closet. |
| 160 | * ButchLesbian: Had a girlfriend in ''Orphan Black: The Next Chapter'' and was married to another woman just prior to the events of ''Orphan Black: Echoes''. Her 28-year-old self has this vibe with her pixie cut and masculine clothing, which contrasts with the more feminine-looking Eleanor, although by 2050 Kira has grown her hair out somewhat. |
| 161 | * CreepyChild: She's a little too calm and oracular for someone still in grade school. |
| 162 | * GuileHero: Kira must have gotten it from her mother. |
| 163 | ** While [[spoiler: hiding with her father under assumed names]], she [[DeliberatelyCuteChild charms]] a police officer to ward off his suspicions. |
| 164 | ** [[spoiler: While in Dyad custody, she pickpockets a cellphone off a nurse and sends Cal to Mrs. S. so they can collaborate on an escape plan for herself and Sarah]]. |
| 165 | * HealingFactor[=/=]MadeOfIron: [[spoiler: Was relatively fine not long after being run over by a car. Sarah's worried that being experimented on made her pass this (and potentially less beneficial things) to Kira, and the doctor's reaction to her X-rays suggests that Sarah's worry might be true]]. |
| 166 | * HeroicBastard: Sarah never told anyone about Cal so Kira did not meet him until she's 8 years old. |
| 167 | * InSeriesNickname: Sarah and Felix called her "(Little) Monkey". [[spoiler: Helena]] dubbed her "Angel". |
| 168 | * LittleMissConArtist: Shows shades of this due to traits picked up from her mother and uncle. |
| 169 | * TheLostLenore: Eleanor is this to Kira, calling her "the love of her life," but then she sadly lost her due to Alzheimers roughly two years prior to the events of ''Orphan Black: Echoes''. [[spoiler:It's revealed during an episode of ''Orphan Black: Echoes'' that she was experimenting with printing human beings, creating Lucy and Jules in the process (although the latter was printed without her knowledge), because she loved her wife enough to try and bring her [[BackFromTheDead back from the dead]] for lack of a better term]]. |
| 170 | * MacGuffinSuperPerson: Being the biological daughter of a clone makes her a very important scientific specimen from the Neolutionists' point of view. It's not clear yet how the Proletheans see her, but the fact that the Neolutionists want her is enough to warrant their interest. [[spoiler:Mrs. S. alludes she's part of "Project LEDA", along with her mother Sarah. It also turns out that her stem cells are the only means of treating Cosima's autoimmune disorder]]. |
| 171 | * MoralityChain: Implied strongly that Sarah would be a much worse problem if she didn't have her daughter anchoring her. |
| 172 | * MoralityPet: [[spoiler: To Helena]]. |
| 173 | * NomDeMom: She uses Sarah's surname instead of Cal, even after she finally meets her father. |
| 174 | * OracularUrchin: One of her first scenes has her drawing a picture of Sarah with [[spoiler: [[BloodFromTheMouth blood pouring from her mouth]]]]. |
| 175 | * ParentalAbandonment: She has a less-than-ideal home life. |
| 176 | ** DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: Cal is her father but he didn't know it until he first met her]]. |
| 177 | ** MissingMom: Sarah left her with Mrs. S for 10 months without an explanation. |
| 178 | ** RaisedByGrandparents: Well, raised by her mother's foster mother. |
| 179 | * PastimesProvePersonality: She's constantly drawing and painting, and has the associated personality traits: genteel, sensitive, and perceptive. Though her art is about as good as you'd expect a little kid's to be. Her favorite subject seems to be her family and she likely got it from her Uncle Felix. |
| 180 | * {{Protectorate}}: For Sarah, Mrs. S, Felix, and [[spoiler: Helena]]. Neither Alison nor Cosima know her very well, but both care about her very much. |
| 181 | * PutOnTheBus: In season 3 Sarah sends her to Iceland with Cal for her own safety. |
| 182 | * SherlockScan: She's very perceptive, especially for a little kid. [[spoiler: She could tell Alison was impersonating her mother right off, that Helena wouldn't hurt her, and that Cal was her biological father]]. |
| 183 | ** It's strongly implied that she can tell all the clones apart on sight, regardless of how they're dressed. |
| 184 | * TheStoic: An unusually young example. ''Nothing'' fazes her. |
| 185 | ** NotSoStoic: [[spoiler: When Daniel tries to kidnap her in 2.03, she screams for her mother, sounding more desperate and terrified by the second]]. |
| 186 | * SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler: The only person who sees past Helena's terrifying and homicidal behaviour to the troubled child who was forced to learn that behaviour as a survival tactic]]. |
| 187 | * {{Telepathy}}: By Season 4, it's becoming more and more apparent that her ability to tell what the clones are thinking at a given time is more than just intuition. |
| 188 | * ToUnmasqueTheWorld: [[spoiler: Kira reveals the existence of the LEDA clones to the world by releasing details about them online during the events of ''Orphan Black: The Next Chapter''.]] |
| 189 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: She displays a great understanding of the situation even though the adults try to preserve her innocence. Helena actually calls her an "old soul" to Sarah, when advising the latter precisely to share her clone-related worries with Kira. Also see SherlockScan above. |
| 190 | [[/folder]] |
| 191 | |
| 192 | [[folder:Amelia]] |
| 193 | !!Amelia |
| 194 | -->'''Played by:''' Creator/MelanieNichollsKing |
| 195 | |
| 196 | -->''"How can two fates be so different? You two are like night and day."'' |
| 197 | |
| 198 | Birth mother to two of the clones, who hails from Cape Town, South Africa. She emigrated to the UK and was hired as a surrogate by a "couple" who were really Neolutionists. After realizing the children she was carrying were to be part of a medical experiment, she escaped and gave birth to the twins, then gave them up. |
| 199 | ---- |
| 200 | * BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler: While she's dying]]. |
| 201 | * ChocolateBaby: She's black and her birth daughters are white. Justified as she's a surrogate. |
| 202 | * DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: She had to give her daughters up because she couldn't take care of them. |
| 203 | * GenreSavvy: She always seems to know when someone's up to no good. |
| 204 | * LukeIAmYourFather: She is [[spoiler:Sarah and Helena]]'s birth mother. |
| 205 | * MissingMom: Is this for [[spoiler: Sarah and Helena]] until 1x09. [[spoiler:Then she dies in the next episode.]] |
| 206 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appeared in two episodes, but [[spoiler:in those episodes she confirmed not only her relationship with the main protagonist, but also the protagonist's relationship with one of the ([[HeelFaceTurn then]]) antagonists that will define most of the series]]. |
| 207 | * WalkingSpoiler: Discussing her reveals that [[spoiler: Sarah and Helena are twins among the clones]]. |
| 208 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Was killed by Helena in the first season finale]]. |
| 209 | [[/folder]] |
| 210 | |
| 211 | [[folder:Cal Morrison]] |
| 212 | !!Cal Morrison |
| 213 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7bcaafcd10483036fe381af53f6c7dae.jpg]] |
| 214 | [[caption-width-right:300:''Can't you stop running for a minute?'']] |
| 215 | -->'''Played by:''' Creator/MichielHuisman |
| 216 | |
| 217 | -->''"I didn't know your mom had any sisters."'' |
| 218 | |
| 219 | One of Sarah's past lovers, and Kira's biological father. He first appears in the second season. |
| 220 | ---- |
| 221 | * CarpetOfVirility: And chest hair. |
| 222 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied. He had a hidden, fully stocked RV, untraceable money, and fake [=IDs=] ''before'' Sarah brought the clone conspiracy to his door. Either he's a CrazySurvivalist, or he has a reason to have to be able to disappear on a moment's notice. |
| 223 | * DisappearedDad: He is one to Kira, but in his defense he didn't even know Sarah was pregnant when they broke up. |
| 224 | * EruditeStoner: He's a genius inventor living semi-off-the-grid in a nicely furnished cabin, and a police officer who is a friend looks the other way regarding weed growing in his backyard. |
| 225 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: Felix fawns over on how large his biceps are. |
| 226 | * FarmBoy: He currently lives in a pad on a farm. |
| 227 | * {{Hunk}}: Michiel Huisman isn't exactly unpleasant to look at. |
| 228 | * GadgeteerGenius: He was an inventor before his partners forced him out and sold his tech to the military. Now he lives alone on a farm outside a small town. |
| 229 | * GoodParents: To Kira, when he finally meets her. |
| 230 | * IconicSequelCharacter: Does not appear until Season 2. |
| 231 | * MrFanservice: It seems you'd have to be to get involved with the series' MsFanservice. |
| 232 | * NiceGuy: After briefly and justifiably being angry with Sarah for scamming him when they first met, he's enormously helpful to her and in protecting Kira |
| 233 | * OffscreenBreakup: WordOfGod says he and Sarah {{amicabl|eExes}}y parted ways between Seasons 4 and 5 due to personal differences, hence Cal's LongBusTrip. |
| 234 | * OldFlame: To Sarah. |
| 235 | * PapaWolf: He threatens to shoot Daniel if he tries to take Kira away. |
| 236 | * PutOnABus: In Series 2, Huisman prioritized this show in his schedule over ''Series/GameOfThrones''. In Series 3 it was the other way around, resulting in Cal being sent into hiding along with Kira. While Kira comes back, [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Cal doesn't]]. [[spoiler:He doesn't even earn a mention in the finale.]] |
| 237 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: He stands 6 feet tall. |
| 238 | [[/folder]] |
| 239 | |
| 240 | [[folder:Benjamin Kertland]] |
| 241 | !!Benjamin Kertland |
| 242 | -->'''Played by:''' Creator/JulianRichings |
| 243 | |
| 244 | An old friend of Mrs. S's who occasionally helps out. |
| 245 | ---- |
| 246 | * FlatCharacter: Mainly exists as extra muscle for the good guys and [[spoiler: a means for the plot to facilitate Kira's kidnapping.]] |
| 247 | * GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: His first few scenes make it appear as though he's the one who kidnapped Kira and has sinister plans for Sarah. Later its revealed that he was just working for Mrs. S.]] |
| 248 | * IconicSequelCharacter: Does not appear until Season 2. |
| 249 | * RedHerringMole: [[spoiler: The 2.09, Rachel plants evidence to make it look like he was TheMole, but it was just a ploy to distract Sarah.]] |
| 250 | * SatelliteCharacter: To Sarah and Mrs. S. |
| 251 | [[/folder]] |
| 252 | |
| 253 | [[folder:Kendall Malone]] |
| 254 | !!Kendall Malone |
| 255 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/54d9fc87dfb642d497c1d96efa02768e.jpg]] |
| 256 | [[caption-width-right:300:''Call yourselves what you want, you're just a bad copy of me.'']] |
| 257 | -->'''Played by:''' Creator/AlisonSteadman |
| 258 | |
| 259 | -->''"Hell of a twist of nature, isn't it?"'' |
| 260 | |
| 261 | Siobhan's estranged mother, Sarah and Felix's (adopted) grandmother. [[spoiler: She's the original for both Project Leda and Project Castor.]] |
| 262 | ---- |
| 263 | * BizarreHumanBiology: [[spoiler: She's a genetic chimera; she absorbed her twin brother in the womb, and thus has two sets of genes, male and female.]] |
| 264 | * BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: Duko shoots her in the head and burns her body.]] |
| 265 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: In 4.06, she is shot and her body is incinerated by Martin Duko on the orders of Evie Cho]]. |
| 266 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: She did time for aggravated murder. There, she was used as a test subject by the Duncans.]] |
| 267 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: She doesn't flinch in the face of her imminent demise, instead telling Cosima her last words and [[DefiantToTheEnd insulting her captors]] while doing so]]. |
| 268 | * LongLostRelative: Siobhan hasn't spoken to her mother in years [[spoiler: due to her killing Siobhan's husband]], so Sarah doesn't meet her until the penultimate episode of season 3. |
| 269 | * IconicSequelCharacter: Does not appear until Season 3. |
| 270 | * MacGuffinSuperPerson: [[spoiler: Since she's the original specimen of both Project Leda and Project Castor, a lot of different factions want to get their hands on her. Evie Cho eventually murders her to make sure the cloning projects become obsolete]]. |
| 271 | * NervesOfSteel: Stranger broke into her house? Guns pointed at her? Someone threatening to burn down her house? Kendall doesn't even flinch. [[spoiler: She doesn't even break down knowing she's seconds away from death; she just tells Cosima not to cry because Cho and Duko aren't worth the salt]]. |
| 272 | * NeverMessWithGranny: She threatens [[spoiler: Sarah]] with a knife for breaking into her home, and shows no fear when a gun's pointed at her face -- ''twice''. |
| 273 | * NotTheIllnessThatKilledThem: [[spoiler:Kendall has cancer, which becomes important for finding a cure to the clone illness, but rather than die of that, she's murdered by Cho and Duko]]. |
| 274 | * ObnoxiousInLaws: She never liked Siobhan's late husband, John Sadler. [[spoiler: She ended up killing him.]] |
| 275 | * SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Everyone assumed the Castor original would be an old man, but she's actually an old woman with male DNA.]] |
| 276 | * ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Kendall is more than a little rough around the edges. |
| 277 | * WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: She basically started this whole plot with her very existence. Her two sets of DNA were used to create Project Leda and Project Castor.]] |
| 278 | [[/folder]] |
| 279 | |
| 280 | [[folder:Adele]] |
| 281 | !!Adele |
| 282 | [[quoteright:324:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adele_1.jpg]] |
| 283 | %%[[caption-width-right:324:some caption text]] |
| 284 | -->'''Played by:''' Creator/LaurenHammersley |
| 285 | |
| 286 | Felix's American biological half-sister with the same father, introduced in Season Four after he decides to find out more about his biological family. Her presence initially introduces some tension between Felix and Sarah, but they get over it. |
| 287 | ---- |
| 288 | * TheAlcoholic: Obviously. |
| 289 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Shows up to counsel clients drunk and gives every indication of being a hick, but she ultimately turns out to be an extremely capable attorney. |
| 290 | * TheBusCameBack: After leaving in Season 4, Adele returns in Season 5 after [[spoiler:Mrs. S. recruits her into Clone Club]]. |
| 291 | * FunctionalAddict: She pounds back alcoholic drinks like they're soda pop and even mixes them with mood stabilisers, but thus far it doesn't seem to have impaired her abilities as a lawyer much, if at all. It's PlayedWith in that showing up to court drunk has apparently gotten her license suspended in the States, though. |
| 292 | * GeniusDitz: Again, she is much, much more capable than she looks at first. She does seem to be a bit lacking in common sense though; she gets a bit aggressive with Helena and Felix has to get the latter to back down. |
| 293 | * HelloAttorney: She's a lawyer and quite attractive. |
| 294 | * HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Not presently, but she offhandedly mentions that she has moonlighted as a sex worker in the past. |
| 295 | * InternalReveal: [[spoiler: In Season 5, Siobhan lets her in on the secret and invites her into Clone Club]]. |
| 296 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Felix doesn't tell her about the clone conspiracy because it would place her at risk and because it's not purely his secret to tell. She thinks Alison, Sarah, and Helena are triplets (well, she's partially right, since [[spoiler:Sarah and Helena ''are'' twins]]). |
| 297 | * TheMole: Sarah initially worries that she might be a Neolution plant and might not be Felix's real biological sister. [[spoiler:It appears to have been subverted as it's revealed after a few episodes that she is definitely Felix's biological sister; furthermore, after almost a season on the show she does not appear to have any nefarious motives, and if her confusion about the clone conspiracy isn't real, then that's some [[ThePowerOfActing damn good acting]].]] |
| 298 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Partially on Felix's advice, she decides to get out of town for awhile at the end of Season Four after she finds out just how ''weird'' Felix's circumstances are. |
| 299 | * SouthernFriedGenius: Is very, very Southern, and turns out to be quite a capable attorney, if a bit of a BunnyEarsLawyer. |
| 300 | * StatuesqueStunner: She's a cute and ditzy woman who stands 5'9, the third tallest woman in the series. |
| 301 | [[/folder]] |
| 302 | |
| 303 | !!Beth's People |
| 304 | |
| 305 | [[folder:Art Bell]] |
| 306 | !!Detective Arthur "Art" Bell |
| 307 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fd9b67faab425ef35e4fb7eab08e0914.jpg]] |
| 308 | [[caption-width-right:300:''She saying she's a serial killer?'']] |
| 309 | -->'''Played by:''' Creator/KevinHanchard |
| 310 | |
| 311 | -->''"Just follow the bloody brick road."'' |
| 312 | |
| 313 | Beth's long-time partner on the force. He's one of the first people to notice something wrong with "Beth". |
| 314 | ---- |
| 315 | * ActionDad: Mentions in passing that he has kids. We meet his daughter Maya in the season 4 premiere. |
| 316 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Due to being a detective, he's always slickly dressed. |
| 317 | * BaitAndSwitch: The first three episodes of the series made him look like an antagonist. He isn't and mellows by the fourth. |
| 318 | * {{Blackmail}}: Steals the money that Sarah took out of Beth's account and holds it over her until "Beth" gets back on the force. |
| 319 | * ByTheBookCop: Subverted. [[spoiler: He holds the money over Sarah-as-Beth's head because he helped Beth make the Maggie Chen shooting look like an accident]]. |
| 320 | * TheConfidant: [[spoiler: Becomes this to Sarah once he sides with the clones]]. |
| 321 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: Felix thinks his ass his great. |
| 322 | * FairCop: Kevin Hanchard is pretty easy on the eyes. |
| 323 | * ForcedIntoEvil: In season 5, with Dyad threatening his daughter and a Neo agent assigned as his new partner, he's essentially forced to negotiate between the Neos and the Clone Club with only snippets of rebellion. |
| 324 | * FriendOnTheForce: He is the Clone Club's main ally inside the law. Unlike [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype Beth]], he's not shown to be swallowed by the whole thing. |
| 325 | * GenreBlind: [[spoiler: Despite the evidence and knowledge about the existence of several clones, the idea of human cloning never crosses his mind. Subverted, when Sarah lets him in on the conspiracy and he notes how things make sense now]]. |
| 326 | * GoodIsNotNice: He's willing to do some pretty ethically questionable things if he thinks it's likely to protect people from themselves. |
| 327 | * HeroAntagonist: He's trying to solve [[spoiler: Katja's]] case, which puts the clones at risk of being discovered. |
| 328 | * ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler: He feels responsible for not picking up on the signs that Beth was suicidal.]] |
| 329 | * TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: He eventually confesses to Sarah that he was in love with Beth.]] |
| 330 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Art Bell was a longtime radio personality in the US, famous for entertaining conspiracy theories on the air. |
| 331 | * OldCopYoungCop: The Old Cop to both Beth and Angie's Young Cop [[note]]In RealLife, Kevin Hanchard is seven years older than Creator/TatianaMaslany and a year older than Inga Cadranel[[/note]]. |
| 332 | * OneSteveLimit: [[spoiler:Helena directly named one of her twin sons after him (the other after Donnie).]] |
| 333 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: Sarah had to quit Beth's job to avoid him]] because he knew Beth too well to be fooled much longer. |
| 334 | * PetTheDog: [[spoiler: He gives "Beth" her money back after she saves his life]]. |
| 335 | * PoliceAreUseless: Averted. The fact that he and the other cops are actually good at their jobs makes the whole conspiracy that much more complicated. |
| 336 | * SecretKeeper: He knew about Beth's drug issues [[spoiler: and that her shooting of Maggie Chen wasn't an accident; though he didn't know exactly why Beth had to kill her]]. |
| 337 | ** As of 2x02, he's actively keeping the knowledge of the clones from Angie. |
| 338 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Seems to be this along with Angie after "Beth" quits the force. |
| 339 | * TokenMinority: To a certain extent; he's the only black main cast member, though there are quite a few other minorities on the Toronto PD. |
| 340 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Beth, even after he finds out about her death. [[spoiler:He seems to transfer this to Clone Club once he finds out about them]]. |
| 341 | [[/folder]] |
| 342 | |
| 343 | [[folder:Paul Dierden]] |
| 344 | !![[spoiler:Major]] Paul Dierden |
| 345 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eae076edd28171dc803a9614d3f239fd.jpg]] |
| 346 | [[caption-width-right:300:''Are you asking me if I'm interested, or reminding me I have no choice?'']] |
| 347 | -->'''Played by:''' Creator/DylanBruce |
| 348 | |
| 349 | -->''"If you told me what this was about, perhaps I could help you."'' |
| 350 | |
| 351 | Beth's 'boyfriend', but in actuality her monitor. He notices "Beth's" strange behavior and it upsets him deeply. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that he is an operative working for the military regarding Project CASTOR]]. |
| 352 | ---- |
| 353 | * BecomingTheMask: He was genuinely fond of Beth and wanted to take her away to South America. [[spoiler: He eventually admits to Sarah that he loves her and not Beth]]. |
| 354 | * {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler: Supposedly, he killed six Marines in combat and tried to cover it up. The Dyad Institute seems to think this is something they can use against him, but in actuality, he is trying to infiltrate Dyad itself]]. |
| 355 | * BedTrick: He sleeps with Sarah thinking she's Beth. [[spoiler:Subverted when he later implies to the Dyad that he suspected she was someone else the whole time.]] |
| 356 | * BeneathSuspicion: [[spoiler: He works for Project CASTOR, but had infiltrated Dyad as well. Beth came to realize that there was something ''off'' about him. It's implied that she discovered his deception (at least on the Dyad side of it) and [[WasItAllALie was heartbroken over it]]]]. |
| 357 | * BiggerIsBetterInBed: Felix nicknames him 'Big Dick Paul' seconds after seeing him nude. |
| 358 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Gets stabbed by Miller, shot four times by Coady and blows up her lab with him still inside in 3x06.]] |
| 359 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Thanks to being a DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent, he has betrayed and rejoined several people and factions in the story. [[spoiler:He even betrays his main faction, ultimately sacrificing himself for Sarah.]] |
| 360 | * CrazyJealousGuy: Averted. [[spoiler:He doesn't seem to be particularly distraught when he finds out Sarah hooked up with Cal again. Most likely justified because of him trying to maintain his cover to infiltrate Dyad on behalf of Project CASTOR.]] |
| 361 | * DatingCatwoman: His relationship with Sarah has some elements of this. |
| 362 | * DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: [[spoiler:He worked with Neolution, Dyad, and the Clone Club while really working for Castor.]] |
| 363 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: Felix fawns over on how well-endowed he is. |
| 364 | * GoodLookingPrivates: [[spoiler: Technically he's a major, not a private, but he still counts.]] |
| 365 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: He appears to join the clones' side after episode 7, despite Dyad still thinking they have a [[{{Blackmail}} hold]] on him]]. |
| 366 | ** HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler: Bordering on DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent. He is so hard to read it is impossible to know ''who'' he is truly working with between Rachel, Leekie, Sarah, and Mrs. S. Moreover, Tony's friend Sammy indicated before his death that Paul may have his own agenda, and felt that this was important enough that the clones needed to know it. It is later revealed that he is part of the military working for Project CASTOR all along]]. |
| 367 | ** HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: Finally stays on Sarah's side and helps her to escape Castor HQ right before he dies.]] |
| 368 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: After being fatally wounded by Miller, he manages to buy Sarah time to escape and uses a grenade to demolish Coady's lab, killing himself in the process.]] |
| 369 | * KissOfDistraction: Though it quickly becomes a shag of distraction. |
| 370 | * MajorlyAwesome: [[spoiler:His rank in the Military.]] |
| 371 | * TheMole: |
| 372 | ** [[spoiler: Initially, he was spying on Beth for the Dyad Institute]]. |
| 373 | ** In season 2, [[spoiler:he appeared to be spying on Rachel for Sarah. However it's eventually revealed that he's been a military spy working for Project CASTOR from the beginning]]. |
| 374 | * MrFanservice: He is very handsome and gets a lot of bed scenes with Sarah. On one occasion he was shown walking around his apartment completely naked. |
| 375 | * OutOfFocus: After becoming [[spoiler:Rachel's personal assistant]], he disappeared for a few episodes. |
| 376 | * PrivateMilitaryContractors: His background. [[spoiler: Except not really. He's part of the military and lied about being a mercenary.]] |
| 377 | * RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler: Stabbed in the stomach, then shot a couple times, and before either of those can kill him he's blown up by a grenade.]] |
| 378 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Helps Sarah to escape from Castor HQ and sabotages Coady's research right before his death.]] |
| 379 | * SexEqualsLove: He starts falling for Sarah (as Beth) after she had sex with him for distraction. |
| 380 | * ShirtlessScene: He gets quite a few. |
| 381 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: He stands 5'11 1/2. |
| 382 | * UnderstandingBoyfriend: He seems pretty supportive of Beth, who had a myriad of mental issues. [[spoiler: Though there was a reason for that, as he was her "monitor" for the people who were studying her.]] |
| 383 | * UnfriendlyFire: [[spoiler: Subverted. His story about killing six marines in Afghanistan was just a ruse to make Dyad think they could use him.]] |
| 384 | [[/folder]] |
| 385 | |
| 386 | [[folder:Angela Deangelis]] |
| 387 | !!Detective Angela "Angie" Deangelis |
| 388 | -->'''Played by:''' Creator/IngaCadranel |
| 389 | |
| 390 | -->''"My crime-psych guy says biblically messed up or not, woman-on-woman means its got to be personal, whether it's her first or 15th kill."'' |
| 391 | |
| 392 | A member of the police for who works with Art and Beth. |
| 393 | ---- |
| 394 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's very snarky. |
| 395 | * ArcVillain: She is Alison's main antagonist for Season 2. |
| 396 | * CowboyCop: She arrests Sarah without a warrant or probable cause in the season 2 premiere, although she soon lets her go with Art's prodding. She also continues to pursue the Katja case, even though it's officially been dropped. |
| 397 | * GoodIsNotNice: She appears to have a particular disdain for Sarah (mainly because she tried to take over Beth's life), but you can't exactly say she's a bad person. [[spoiler: Her continued pursuit of Alison and blackmail of Vic pushes her further towards moral grayness, however.]] |
| 398 | * HeroAntagonist: She's trying to solve [[spoiler: Katja's]] case, which puts the clones at risk of being discovered. |
| 399 | * HiddenVillain: She is Alison's ArcVillain for Season 2 but she isn't aware of her presence until near the end. |
| 400 | * InspectorJavert: She continues prodding into the [[spoiler:Katja]] case, long after Art has given up [[spoiler:and later got mixed up with it]]. As of [=2x06=], [[spoiler:she's using Vic to keep tabs on Alison]]. |
| 401 | * NightmareFetishist: She's ''fascinated'' by the goings-on at the morgue, the more gruesome, the better. It's actually kind of adorable. |
| 402 | * PoliceAreUseless: Averted. |
| 403 | * PutOnABus: Disappears after Season 2, and only appears once in a WholeEpisodeFlashback in Season 4. |
| 404 | * RepetitiveName: Angela Deangelis. |
| 405 | * ReplacementGoldfish: For Beth. She's pretty pleased with it. |
| 406 | * TheRival: Sarah suggests that she was this to Beth, but judging from Angela's reaction to [[spoiler: learning that Beth had been DeadAllAlong]], she might have been a FriendlyRival. |
| 407 | * ThoseTwoGuys: She partners up with Art [[spoiler: after Sarah quits Beth's job]]. |
| 408 | * {{Tuckerization}}: Angela Deangelis is named for one of the writers, Andrew De Angelis. |
| 409 | [[/folder]] |
| 410 | |
| 411 | [[folder:Toronto Police Department]] |
| 412 | !!Toronto Police Department |
| 413 | |
| 414 | The officers and staff at the police department where Beth used to work. |
| 415 | ---- |
| 416 | * BollywoodNerd: Raj is Indian and works in IT. |
| 417 | * TheBusCameBack: Apart from Art and Angie, they pretty much disappeared after season 1. They get featured again in "The Collapse of Nature", a WholeEpisodeFlashback to the Maggie Chen Shooting and the events surrounding it. |
| 418 | * DaChief: Lt. Gavin Hardcastle fills this role. |
| 419 | * HopelessSuitor: Raj clearly has a huge crush on Beth/Sarah, which Sarah uses to get favors. |
| 420 | * PoliceAreUseless: Averted. They clearly know their stuff and Sarah is caught flat-footed when she first shows up. |
| 421 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Lt. Hardcastle. |
| 422 | * SarcasmBlind: Inverted. When Sarah asks another officer for help loading her gun, she laughs thinking "Beth" is just being funny. |
| 423 | * ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Beth has an assigned psychologist, Dr. Anita Bower, [[spoiler: who has been giving her overlapping prescriptions.]] |
| 424 | * TokenMinority: Averted. It's a roughly 50/50 split between men and woman and has plenty of people of color, including Art, Raj and Janis Beckwith. |
| 425 | [[/folder]] |
| 426 | |
| 427 | !!Alison's People |
| 428 | |
| 429 | [[folder:Donnie Hendrix]] |
| 430 | !!Donald Francis "Donnie" Hendrix (né Chubbs) |
| 431 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e331b4afd0b7d16e907888e2dff245d5.jpg]] |
| 432 | [[caption-width-right:300:''If you wanted to have a glass right now, I wouldn't blame you one bit.'']] |
| 433 | -->'''Played by:''' Creator/KristianBruun |
| 434 | |
| 435 | -->''"Look, this isn't easy for me, all right?"'' |
| 436 | |
| 437 | Alison's husband, whom she met in college. |
| 438 | ---- |
| 439 | * AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: He kills Leekie by accidentally firing his gun]]. |
| 440 | * TheBigGuy: He is the tallest and largest of the male cast. |
| 441 | * BumblingDad: He's a fairly clumsy parent at times. |
| 442 | * ButtMonkey: He's kept in the dark about a lot of things, gets emasculated by his wife, [[spoiler: was duped by the Dyad for ''ten years''. In a deleted scene, he [[BullyingADragon tries to blackmail Rachel]] but she turns the tables on him without batting an eyelash]]. |
| 443 | * TheDitz: He tries, but he's just not a very clever man. |
| 444 | * EmbarrassingLastName: Before he took his wife's name, he was Donnie ''Chubbs''. |
| 445 | * FakeGuestStar: He's a very prominent character in Season 2 but is only billed as a guest-star. He finally gets his PromotionToOpeningTitles starting the third. |
| 446 | * FriendInTheBlackMarket: [[spoiler: He becomes one in season 3 when he helps Alison run an illegal drug ring to fund her campaign for school trustee.]] |
| 447 | * HappilyMarried: Subverted at first then played straight. |
| 448 | * HenpeckedHusband: Downplayed. He's not a complete doormat, but Alison clearly wears the pants in their relationship. |
| 449 | * HighschoolSweethearts: College sweethearts with Alison [[spoiler: and utterly devoted to her, despite the whole monitor thing]] |
| 450 | * IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: [[spoiler:How Leekie dies by his hand]]. |
| 451 | * KarmaHoudini: He doesn't face any negative consequences over [[spoiler: [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace accidentally killing Leekie]]]], and being complicit in [[spoiler: Alison's drug business, not to mention being an accessory to the deaths of Pouchy and his gang.]] Until Season Four, that is, when he's [[spoiler: imprisoned for the drugs]]. |
| 452 | * TheMole: Alison suspects him and Aynsley to be this for her. [[spoiler: He really ''is'' her monitor]]. |
| 453 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: |
| 454 | ** [[spoiler: He feels pretty distraught after learning he was monitoring his wife as a part of a cloning experiment]]. |
| 455 | ** [[spoiler: He experiences this again when he accidentally shoots Leekie in the face]]. |
| 456 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: |
| 457 | ** [[spoiler:Even after Alison learns about him being her monitor, he does a hell of a job continuing to act like a betrayed husband who's supposedly protecting his kids from their alcoholic mother.]] |
| 458 | ** [[spoiler: Subverted, as he didn't know that she was a clone and he had no clue as to what he was monitoring Alison for. As far as he knew, he ''was'' a betrayed husband protecting his kids from their alcoholic mother.]] |
| 459 | * OddFriendship: He and Helena hit it off surprisingly well. |
| 460 | * OneHeadTaller: To Alison. |
| 461 | * OneSteveLimit: [[spoiler:Helena directly named one of her twin sons after him (the other after Art).]] |
| 462 | * PromotionToOpeningTitles: As of Season 3. |
| 463 | * RealJokeName: Alison's unpleasant mother constantly calls him "Mr. Chubbs" which initially appears to be just a mean joke about his weight. Towards the end of the episode it's revealed that his maiden name really was Chubbs. |
| 464 | * TookALevelInBadass: Takes several when he [[spoiler: scares away Vic by threatening to shoot him in the head, reveals that he had the safety on the whole time, and then blackmails Deangelis to stay away from his wife]]. |
| 465 | * TookTheWifesName: Donnie took his wife Alison's surname, Hendrix, in order to be rid of his EmbarrassingLastName Chubbs. Alison's mother considers Donnie pathetic and unmanly for taking his wife's name and still calls him Mr. Chubbs as an insult. |
| 466 | * [[UnderstandingBoyfriend Understanding Husband]] |
| 467 | * UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: He was monitoring Alison for Dr Leekie in exchange for a stipend and forgiving his student loans, but was told it was part of an extended sociological study. He didn't know she was a clone, and he didn't know that people would come into their house to examine her in her sleep]]. |
| 468 | * UglyGuyHotWife: Not ugly per se, but he's no stud. He goes out jogging in the finale because "[she] deserves better". [[spoiler: Really, he's meeting up with Dr. Leekie]]. The show plays it up in that the other men on the show are California beautiful, whereas Donnie's more or less a regular guy; attractive but not a model. Then they go and put him in sagging white underpants half the time. Helena compliments his physique, though. |
| 469 | [[/folder]] |
| 470 | |
| 471 | [[folder:Gemma and Oscar Hendrix]] |
| 472 | !! Gemma and Oscar Hendrix |
| 473 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2090d711ad98c0aa8e222fbb62c93294.jpg]] |
| 474 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
| 475 | -->'''Played by:''' Millie and Drew Davis |
| 476 | |
| 477 | Alison and Donnie's adopted children. |
| 478 | ---- |
| 479 | * {{Flat Character}}s: For the most part, they're just generic suburban kids. |
| 480 | * HappilyAdopted: They seem to be pretty happy in their home life. |
| 481 | * NomDeMom: They have the Hendrix surname, of course, which is originally Alison's rather than Donnie's. |
| 482 | * SatelliteFamilyMember: Gemma and Oscar Hendrix have no role in the story except to be Alison's children, whom she is fiercely protective of. Her desire to keep them safe and far away from the clone conspiracy motives many of her actions. The fact that she had to adopt them due to her infertility is used to foreshadow the illness she and her fellow clones are susceptible to. |
| 483 | * SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Introduced in the second episode of the series along with Alison. |
| 484 | * ThoseTwoGuys: They're almost always seen together. |
| 485 | * TokenMinority: They are black children in a predominantly white neighborhood. |
| 486 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: Felix dressed them up as the opposite sex while he was babysitting them and they enjoyed it. |
| 487 | [[/folder]] |
| 488 | |
| 489 | [[folder:Aynsley Norris]] |
| 490 | !!Aynsley Norris |
| 491 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e00b3159e8bfd45d330c55db5db63251.png]] |
| 492 | [[caption-width-right:300:''I'm doing this to help you.'']] |
| 493 | -->'''Played by:''' Natalie Lisinska |
| 494 | |
| 495 | -->''"I told you I've got this covered. You're in no condition to be coaching kids."'' |
| 496 | |
| 497 | Alison's "friend" and neighbor. |
| 498 | ---- |
| 499 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: In the Season 1 finale, she dies in a manner worthy of ''Franchise/FinalDestination''. Her scarf gets caught in the garbage disposal, causing it to slowly choke her as it's sucked in. Alison just stands there and watches her die]]. |
| 500 | * EtTuBrute: [[spoiler: From her point of view, Alison dealt her one betrayal after another: sleeping with her husband, revealing her own affair in front of their other neighbors, and not lifting a finger while she choked to death.]] |
| 501 | * GoGetterGirl: An older version. She was involved in a lot of community activities. |
| 502 | * HappilyMarried: Subverted. Her marriage looks happy and normal from the outside, but it's plagued with adultery. She gets a divorce in the finale because her husband cheated on her with [[spoiler: Alison]] and that was TheLastStraw. |
| 503 | * {{Housewife}}: To Chad, though their marriage is not exactly in the best state. |
| 504 | * LovableAlphaBitch: She's popular, controlling, and a bit snobby, [[spoiler: but was genuinely trying to help Alison. Alison's paranoia drove her away]]. |
| 505 | * TheMole: Alison suspects her and Donnie of being this. [[spoiler: She's actually a RedHerringMole]]. |
| 506 | * NosyNeighbor: ZigZagged. At first she seems like just a stereotypical suburban nosy neighbor, the kind who snoops in her friend's mail and asks overly personal questions. Then Alison suspects that the superficial nosiness might actually be a cover for serious, creepy surveillance. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that, no, she was actually just a regular old nosy neighbor all along.]] |
| 507 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: She gives one to Alison [[spoiler: right before her death. She accuses Alison of being jealous of her because she can have children and Alison can't]]. |
| 508 | * StatuesqueStunner: She's an attractive woman who stands 5'10, which makes her the tallest woman in the show. |
| 509 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: With Alison. Best shown in a season 5 {{Flashback}} where she encourages Allison to find what she wants to do with her life if she's miserable in the suburbs. |
| 510 | [[/folder]] |
| 511 | |
| 512 | [[folder:Sarah Stubbs]] |
| 513 | !!Sarah Stubbs |
| 514 | -->'''Played by:''' Terra Hazelton |
| 515 | |
| 516 | One of Alison's neighbors, who becomes her most loyal friend in season 2. |
| 517 | ---- |
| 518 | * AlliterativeName: '''S'''arah '''S'''tubbs. |
| 519 | * BestFriend: She fills this role for Alison following [[spoiler: Aynsley's death]]. |
| 520 | ** OnlyFriend: She sticks by Alison's side throughout all the suburban drama, and is the only person outside her family Alison can count on (though not with clone stuff, obviously). |
| 521 | * BigFun: Slightly more subdued that other examples, but Sarah is bubbly, cheerful, and full of optimism. |
| 522 | * TheCutie: She's very sweet and completely oblivious to the conspiracy. Her appearances really brighten up Alison's storyline. |
| 523 | * FatBestFriend: For Alison. |
| 524 | * IconicSequelCharacter: Does not appear until Season 2. |
| 525 | * NiceGirl: Sarah is hands-down one of the kindest, most supportive people on the whole show. |
| 526 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. She has the same first name as the protagonist, Sarah Manning. This becomes a plot point when [[spoiler: Alison uses a FeedTheMole trick to find out that Donnie has been spying on her for Leekie]]. |
| 527 | [[/folder]] |
| 528 | |
| 529 | [[folder:Jason Kellerman]] |
| 530 | !!Jason Kellerman |
| 531 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/12dbfb4a8a16822dcae2a00b8549b196.jpg]] |
| 532 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
| 533 | -->'''Played by:''' Justin Chatwin |
| 534 | |
| 535 | An old boyfriend of Alison's, he's a savvy drug dealer under the guise of being a businessman. |
| 536 | ---- |
| 537 | * AmicableExes: He's friendly to Alison after they meet again, even though she dumped him in high school. |
| 538 | * TheCharmer: He's smooth-talking and charismatic. |
| 539 | * DoubleEntendre: He makes thinly veiled references to his and Alison's past "adventures". |
| 540 | * FriendInTheBlackMarket: He runs the drug operations around Alison's neighborhood. In fact, Ramon answers to him. |
| 541 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Delivers one to [[spoiler: Donnie.]] |
| 542 | * OldFlame: To Alison, [[spoiler: whom he still has feelings for]]. Donnie admits to being a little bit jealous. |
| 543 | * StreetSmart: As one would expect from a drug dealer. |
| 544 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Abruptly disappears from the third season [[spoiler: after beating Donnie senseless. He may have been scared off by what Helena did to Pouchy and crew.]] |
| 545 | [[/folder]] |
| 546 | |
| 547 | [[folder:Marci Coates]] |
| 548 | !!Marci Coates |
| 549 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b4bad7c924eeeec8937053226680015e.jpg]] |
| 550 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
| 551 | -->'''Played by:''' Amanda Brugel |
| 552 | |
| 553 | A local real estate agent who's running against Alison for school trustee. |
| 554 | ---- |
| 555 | %%zce* AlphaBitch: What's she's eventually revealed to be. Once the gloves come off, she's never fails to try to put Alison down. |
| 556 | * BigBadEnsemble: For Alison's Season 3 StoryArc, along with Pouchy. |
| 557 | * BlackBossLady: What she aspires to be. |
| 558 | * BribeBackfire: She tries to get Alison to step out of the race by getting her a nicer house, but [[spoiler: Alison and Donnie can't leave Leekie's body behind for someone else to find.]] |
| 559 | * ReasonYouSuckSpeech: She brings up Alison's alcoholism as a reason no one will vote for her. Alison hits her with one right back, calling her "a conniving, second-rate realtor". |
| 560 | * TheRival: To Alison |
| 561 | * StepfordSmiler: Marci acts cheerful and friendly toward Alison, but its not hard to see that she doesn't actually like her. In 3.03, the mask drops and Marci lets Alison know what she really thinks of her. |
| 562 | [[/folder]] |
| 563 | |
| 564 | [[folder:Connie Hendrix]] |
| 565 | !!Connie Hendrix |
| 566 | -->'''Played by:''' Sheila [=McCarthy=] |
| 567 | |
| 568 | Alison's demanding, perfectionist mother. |
| 569 | ---- |
| 570 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite her cool exterior, she really is a loving mother. |
| 571 | * LastNameBasis: She only calls Donnie by his birth last name, Mr. Chubbs, despite the fact that she insisted he take Alison's surname. |
| 572 | * LikeMotherLikeDaughter: Seeing her is like watching Alison from season 1: demanding and snobby, but ultimately very loving. |
| 573 | * ObnoxiousInLaws: She's very dismissive of Donnie. [[spoiler: The reason she initially refused to sell Alison her store is that she didn't want Donnie to be co-owner.]] |
| 574 | * ParentsAsPeople: Alison has always struggled with her mother's high expectations, but Connie wants her to have the very best. |
| 575 | * PlayingSick: She feigns a panic attack to get Alison to come down to her store. According to Alison, she's done it before. |
| 576 | * RacistGrandma: [[spoiler: After meeting Cosima, she refers to Cosima as mulatto, an outdated and offensive term for someone of mixed African and European ancestry, solely because Cosima has dreadlocks.]] That being said, she is never seen or described as mistreating or speaking ill of her adoptive grandchildren, Oscar and Gemma, who are both Black. |
| 577 | * SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Subverted. She had the doctors at the IV clinic use a donor rather than her husband's sperm without his knowledge. Or so she believes. When Alison introduces her to Cosima, Connie thinks she's Alison's half-sister rather than her clone.]] |
| 578 | [[/folder]] |
| 579 | |
| 580 | [[folder:Alison's Neighbors]] |
| 581 | !!Neighbors |
| 582 | |
| 583 | Some of Alison's neighbors and friends. |
| 584 | ---- |
| 585 | * AlphaBitch: As of season two, Charity Simms. |
| 586 | * GossipyHens: The other wives don't even try to keep their voices down when they're talking about Alison [[spoiler: at Aynsley's funeral]]. |
| 587 | * StagingAnIntervention: They pull this on Alison after her CatFight with Aynsley. |
| 588 | * StepfordSuburbia: Not only are Alison's neighbors catty and falsely sweet, in season 3 we learn that many of them are secretly on drugs. |
| 589 | * TokenMinority: Meera Kumar, who is Indian. The rest of them are all white. |
| 590 | [[/folder]] |
| 591 | |
| 592 | !!Cosima's People |
| 593 | |
| 594 | [[folder:Delphine Cormier]] |
| 595 | !!Dr. Delphine Cormier |
| 596 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/56f5621a0ec4b4dc52378dec01a07311.jpg]] |
| 597 | [[caption-width-right:300:''Congratulations. I'm invested, which, I'm sure, is what you wanted.'']] |
| 598 | -->'''Played by:''' Évelyne Brochu |
| 599 | |
| 600 | -->''"I just want to make crazy science with you in our new lab."'' |
| 601 | |
| 602 | Cosima's French classmate who arrives as part of an exchange programme. |
| 603 | ---- |
| 604 | * AmbiguousSituation: It’s not entirely clear just what her relationship is with Leekie in season one. Two scenes somewhat-vaguely imply that they may be sexually involved, but it’s never clarified and never addressed again. Whatever the dynamic is doesn’t stop her from firmly taking Cosima’s side as Clone Club begins to be pitted against Dyad. |
| 605 | * AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: Though never outright confirmed, it's heavily implied that the story she tells Shay of [[spoiler: the girl at her boarding school [[DrivenToSuicide attempting suicide by slitting her wrists]]]] was about her. |
| 606 | * BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:She is assigned as Cosima's monitor but genuinely falls for her and begins acting as a [[TheMole mole]] on Clone Club's behalf]]. |
| 607 | * CliffHanger: [[spoiler: In the Season 3 finale, Delphine is shot by an unseen assailant and left for dead. Cosima thinks Delphine's dead in Season 4, but not only was Delphine's death not officially confirmed, but it was deliberately left ambiguous. Evie Cho claimed she was dead, but Evie would have good reason to lie, and Krystal Goderitch saw Delphine carried away, still alive, after being shot. She is ultimately confirmed to be alive in the last scene of episode 4x09.]] |
| 608 | * ClingyJealousGirl: [[spoiler: Even though she's the one who broke up with Cosima, Delphine spies on her and her new girlfriend Shay. Slightly justified as she genuinely believes that Shay is a spy.]] |
| 609 | * ClosetKey: Cosima is hers. In fact, she still thought she was fully straight even when she and Cosima started dating, because she was TheMole and faking the relationship was part of her job. By the time Cosima learns the truth, Delphine has already started genuinely falling for her. |
| 610 | * DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: In season three, her role as head of Dyad and her connection to Topside require her to put on a JerkassFacade and act as if she only views the clones as research subjects, sometimes even to their faces. The only way she can pull it off is by breaking up with Cosima, which puts the two of them at odds for the season, and with most of Clone Club still hesitant about her loyalties to begin with, they all think she's choosing to side with the villains. When in reality, her loyalty is - and has pretty much always been - with Cosima. |
| 611 | * EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: Cosima at least seems to think so. And the first reason Rachel states for giving her [[spoiler:Leekie's recently vacated post]] is "She's telegenic." |
| 612 | * EveryoneLovesBlondes: People generally like her quite a lot purely from looking at her. |
| 613 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In season 3 she straightens her hair. [[spoiler:She does it after she takes over Rachel's position to look more professional. It makes her resemble Rachel a little and matches her attitude becoming colder and more pragmatic.]] |
| 614 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Knowing that Nealon will make good on the threat on Delphine's life, she makes an effort to make it up to Cosima and Shay for misunderstanding them.]] |
| 615 | * FatalFlaw: Strangely enough, [[UndyingLoyalty her loyalty]]. She's so loyal to Cosima that she'll break promises and betray the other clones even if doing so is against Cosima's wishes, because she's so determined to keep Cosima safe. Part of her CharacterDevelopment is learning to extend her loyalty to cover Cosima's choices and sisters. |
| 616 | * {{Foil}}: To Shay. Both serve as love interests to Cosima, [[spoiler: are connected to a faction that is opposed to the clones and are perceived as TheMole. However, unlike Delphine, Shay is most likely innocent. Shay is also a very spiritual person compared to Delphine the scientist.]] |
| 617 | * GirlfriendInCanada: [[spoiler:She lied about breaking up with a boyfriend back home to attract Cosima's attention.]] |
| 618 | * GratuitousFrench[=/=]PoirotSpeak: She peppers her speech with French expressions. |
| 619 | * HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: In ''Orphan Black: The Next Chapter'', Cosima and Delphine have been married for seven years.]] |
| 620 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: [[spoiler: Was only really doing so because her alignment with Topside demanded she make quick, harsh decisions. Her mask of callousness begins to fade in the Season 3 finale.]] |
| 621 | * HomosexualReproduction: [[spoiler: In ''Orphan Black: The Next Chapter'', Delphine proposes using DNA from one of her eggs and one of Cosima's to create a child. Cosima is hesistant, being a human clone who was secretly experimented on for much of her adult life.]] |
| 622 | * IfItsYouItsOkay: According to WordOfGod, she identifies as straight, with [[spoiler:Cosima]] being her exception. Subverted later as she's identified a few times as bisexual. |
| 623 | * ItMeantSomethingToMe: When her spying for Dyad is revealed, this is her reaction. It is later proven true. |
| 624 | * KickedUpstairs: [[spoiler: Being given Leekie's former title means she will no longer be working with the clones.]] |
| 625 | * LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:By the first season finale, her love for Cosima turns her to the clones' side]]. |
| 626 | * TheMole: |
| 627 | ** She's Cosima's monitor. [[spoiler:She later turns on Dyad and begins feeding them false information, though her top priority is saving Cosima's life rather than telling them what Cosima wants them to know.]] |
| 628 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: She feels horrified with herself when she learns that Rachel manipulated her in order to kidnap Kira.]] |
| 629 | ** She has a similar, if a bit more subtle, reaction when she finds out that [[spoiler: the clones were patented]], and she realizes just what sort of business she was a part of. |
| 630 | ** Gets this look on her face yet again in 3x09. [[spoiler: Delphine interrogates Shay, as Cosima suspects Shay of betraying her to Castor. Cosima calls with the correct mole immediately after Delphine has threatened to murder Shay and make it look like suicide.]] |
| 631 | * MysteriousPast: It's never stated how she ended up Cosima's monitor. She's Cosima's age - actually a few months younger - but she's already got her doctorate and a relatively high-ranking position within Dyad, she's skilled enough with lying and manipulation to trick Cosima even when Cosima ''knew'' she was her monitor, and she [[{{Omniglot}} knows several languages]] - her native French, fluent English and Spanish, somewhat passable Portuguese, and presumably at least conversational German and Italian. |
| 632 | * NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:According to Krystal, the reason no one ever found Delphine's body is because she was carried away after being shot by an unknown assailant at the end of Season Three, and she was still alive at the time this happened. Sure enough, she's shown to be perfectly alive and well at the end of 4x09.]] |
| 633 | * NiceGirl: Overall she's quite a nice person. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Just don't piss her off or hurt Cosima]]. |
| 634 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Unintentionally allowed Rachel to kidnap Kira.]] |
| 635 | * NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:The end of 4x09 reveals that she survived her shooting, after almost a season of speculation. Granted, this point had been foreshadowed so heavily by the time it was finally confirmed that the real twist is ultimately not ''that'' she survived, but ''how'' and what she's been up to since.]] |
| 636 | * PetTheDog: [[spoiler:When reporting to Leekie about Cosima's contacts with other clones, she doesn't mention Kira at all]]. |
| 637 | * ObiWanMoment: [[spoiler:Later when she pulls into Dyad, and aware that an assassin is waiting for her, she calmly puts her purse down before getting shot. Subverted in that she is ultimately revealed to have survived.]] |
| 638 | * PromotionToOpeningTitles: As of season 2. |
| 639 | * ReassignedToAntarctica: [[spoiler:Rachel later sends her to Germany to get her away from Cosima. Of course, with Bowles stepping in to undermine Rachel, who knows?]] |
| 640 | * StupidSexyFlanders: The very openly gay Felix repeatedly gushes over her, especially over her hair. |
| 641 | * TookALevelInJerkass: She became more ruthless and manipulative between Seasons 2 and 3. [[spoiler:It's ultimately revealed to be a [[HiddenHeartOfGold facade]]]]. |
| 642 | * UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Not only is it initially unclear if she died in the shooting at the end of Season Three, but that uncertainty is a plot point. After nearly a season's worth of speculation among the characters themselves, it's finally revealed at the end of 4x09 that she survived.]] |
| 643 | * UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler:Season 2 strongly implies that she will do anything and everything necessary to ensure Cosima's survival, regardless of what Cosima thinks about it or how it affects anyone else.]] |
| 644 | * UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: She attempts to warn Sarah about one of the Birdwatchers defecting to the Dyad, but it turns out the information was false. When she actually warns Sarah, Rachel uses the opportunity to slip in and kidnap Kira.]] |
| 645 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: [[spoiler:When she believes Shay is a mole for Project Castor spying on Cosima, she threatens to cut her feet and let her bleed out in her bathtub]]. |
| 646 | * WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: Anything about her role in season five spoils the fact that she survived being shot at the end of season three.]] |
| 647 | [[/folder]] |
| 648 | |
| 649 | [[folder:Scott Smith]] |
| 650 | !!Scott Smith |
| 651 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c15c41ced129ddd2f8b6f512cc45897e.jpg]] |
| 652 | [[caption-width-right:300:''It's an honor, Cosima. An honor to be working with you.'']] |
| 653 | -->'''Played by:''' Josh Vokey |
| 654 | |
| 655 | -->''"Wow, girl fights are mean."'' |
| 656 | |
| 657 | One of Cosima's fellow students in Minnesota that assists her research. [[spoiler: He ends up working with her at Dyad in Season 2]]. |
| 658 | ---- |
| 659 | * AlliterativeName: '''S'''cott '''S'''mith. |
| 660 | * BrainyBrunette: He's brown-haired, and one of the smartest characters in the show. |
| 661 | * GenreSavvy: [[spoiler: He knew Cosima had been studying clones for some time, based on the DNA she shared with him. Though he's not quite savvy enough to realize Cosima herself was the "[=324B21=]" specimen they've been analyzing the whole time]]. |
| 662 | * GirlOnGirlIsHot: Has a less-than-subtle reaction as he watches Cosima and Delphine kiss. This is later lampshaded in 3x09 by Cosima when she introduces him to Shay, her current girlfriend. |
| 663 | -->'''Cosima''': He loves lesbians. |
| 664 | -->'''Scott''': Well, I....[[LameComeback Can I sequence your genome]]? |
| 665 | * HopelessSuitor: To Cosima. [[spoiler: Towards the end of Season 2, though, he appears to bear no ill will about having his crush thwarted, and he responds to Cosima's clone confession with grace and kindness.]] |
| 666 | * IncompatibleOrientation: He had a crush on [[LipstickLesbian Cosima]] and even attempted to flirt with her in Season 1. |
| 667 | * KindheartedCatLover: He has a cat named Denise. |
| 668 | * PromotionToOpeningTitles: As of season 4. |
| 669 | * ScaleOfScientificSins: He's shocked to learn that Cosima herself is the clone that they've been studying and trying to save. He then says that working with her is an honor. This may be because he'd viewed it solely as an interesting problem and now has to view her as human. |
| 670 | * SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: He discovers that the stem cells used to treat Cosima must have come from a daughter or niece to be viable, which of course means Kira. Delphine demands he keep this information to himself, which makes Scott uncomfortable given his affection for Cosima. He's let off the hook early, though, as Cosima finds out anyhow in the next episode.]] |
| 671 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Scott certainly does. |
| 672 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Hell Wizard. |
| 673 | * UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: He seems to do Cosima's bidding regardless of how little she offers him in terms of information or kindness, mostly because of the torch he carries for her. They do become closer at Dyad, however, and Scott seems to pledge himself to helping Cosima even though she's clearly in love with someone else. After his positive reaction to her 'coming out' as a clone, it seems he might be the truest ally she has. By the finale this extends to the other clones as well, since he helps Cosima break Sarah out of the institute]]. |
| 674 | [[/folder]] |
| 675 | |
| 676 | [[folder:Shay Davydov]] |
| 677 | !!Shay Davydov |
| 678 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4753b49924a3682ec8b1cf1ea3a49877.jpg]] |
| 679 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
| 680 | -->'''Played by:''' Creator/KseniaSolo |
| 681 | |
| 682 | A soulful and compassionate holistic healer with a great sense of humor whom Cosima starts dating after breaking up with Delphine. They meet via the Sapphire dating app, at Felix's suggestion. |
| 683 | ---- |
| 684 | * {{Foil}}: To Delphine. Both serve as love interests to Cosima, [[spoiler: are connected to a faction that is opposed to the clones and are perceived as TheMole. However, unlike Delphine, Shay is most likely innocent. Shay is also a very spiritual person compared to Delphine the scientist.]] |
| 685 | * GoodLookingPrivates: [[spoiler:She's ex-military.]] |
| 686 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Has golden blond hair and a gentle soul. |
| 687 | * HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Delphine's file on her contains a photo of Shay in military uniform.]] |
| 688 | * LipstickLesbian: She's very feminine, and has not given any sign of being attracted to men. |
| 689 | * TheMole: The possibility has been brought up by Delphine, [[YoureJustJealous though it's difficult to say]] if it's just because she was [[{{Yandere}} simply obsessed with Cosima post-breakup]]. [[spoiler:While Cosima ultimately agrees with Delphine's reasoning, it turns out she's a RedHerringMole.]] |
| 690 | * NiceGirl: She's very sweet and easygoing. |
| 691 | * SensualSlavs: PlayedWith. She's a very attractive woman with a Russian surname (and played by a Russian actress) but doesn't use the Slavic accent typically associated with this trope. |
| 692 | * UnderstandingBoyfriend: Gender-swapped. She goes out of her way to make Cosima happy and comfortable. |
| 693 | ** After being harassed by Delphine [[spoiler: not to mention accused of being a spy and threatened with murder]] she's a bit less understanding. |
| 694 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears after the end of season 4 with no explanation. |
| 695 | [[/folder]] |
| 696 | |
| 697 | [[folder:Hell Wizard]] |
| 698 | !!Hell Wizard |
| 699 | -->'''Played by:''' Calwyn Shurgold |
| 700 | |
| 701 | A friend of Scott and ally of Clone Club who lets them hide beneath his comic book shop. |
| 702 | ---- |
| 703 | * FlatCharacter: Despite being a generally nice and nerdy guy, there's not much to him. |
| 704 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name is unknown. |
| 705 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Scott. |
| 706 | [[/folder]] |
| 707 | |
| 708 | !!Helena's People |
| 709 | |
| 710 | [[folder:Tomas]] |
| 711 | --> see the Characters/OrphanBlackTheProletheans page |
| 712 | [[/folder]] |
| 713 | |
| 714 | [[folder:Jesse]] |
| 715 | !!Jesse |
| 716 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jesse_towing.jpg]] |
| 717 | %%[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]] |
| 718 | -->'''Played by:''' Creator/PatrickJAdams |
| 719 | |
| 720 | A young man Helena runs into at a bar. |
| 721 | ---- |
| 722 | * TheBusCameBack: He comes back at the end of Season 3 for a fling with Helena in his Tow Truck. |
| 723 | * IconicSequelCharacter: Doesn't appear in the series until Season 2. |
| 724 | * LineOfSightName: Helena thinks his last name is "Towing" due to his cap having the logo of his business. |
| 725 | * LoveAtFirstSight: He falls for Helena ''very'' quickly. They share a dance and a kiss [[MoodWhiplash before she's arrested]] for starting a BarBrawl. |
| 726 | * MeetCute: With Helena. When one of the patrons starts being rough with her, he steps in to help. [[ActionGirl Not that she needed it]]. |
| 727 | * NoNameGiven: Not even Helena knows his last name. (Or maybe she really thinks it's "Towing.") |
| 728 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: He has a pseudo-date with Helena before she gets re-captured by the Johanssens, and comes back in the end of Season 3. |
| 729 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears after Season 3. |
| 730 | [[/folder]] |
| 731 | |
| 732 | [[folder:"Pupok"]] |
| 733 | !!"Pupok" |
| 734 | -->'''Played by:''' Creator/TatianaMaslany |
| 735 | |
| 736 | -->''"No one said it was gonna be easy, kiddo."'' |
| 737 | |
| 738 | A talking scorpion that Helena dreamed up to help her deal with her often lonely and traumatic life. |
| 739 | ---- |
| 740 | * TheCorrupter: It convinces Helena to leave Sarah behind when she escapes Castor. |
| 741 | * EatenAlive: [[spoiler: The inevitable fate of one who constantly sasses a notorious BigEater.]] |
| 742 | * GoodAngelBadAngel: WordOfGod has stated that playing both is one of Pupok's roles in Helena's life. Early returns suggest that the scorpion prefers the 'bad angel' role. |
| 743 | * ImaginaryFriend: It only exists in Helena's imagination. |
| 744 | * NonHumanSidekick: And non-real to boot. |
| 745 | * PoisonousPerson: Well, more like venomous, but yeah. |
| 746 | * SidekickCreatureNuisance: Helena often seems to have created Pupok just to have someone to argue with. |
| 747 | * TalkingAnimal: Voiced by Tatiana Maslany, who also does the sound effects. |
| 748 | %%* TalkingToThemself: Not that this is anything new for Maslany. |
| 749 | * WalkingSpoiler: It can't be helped since Pupok exists only in the mind of another WalkingSpoiler. Indeed, even knowing that Pupok shows up in the television series is a spoiler for people who have read the comic but not yet seen season two. |
| 750 | [[/folder]] |
| 751 | |
| 752 | [[folder:Gracie Johanssen-Rollins]] |
| 753 | --> see the Characters/OrphanBlackTheProletheans page |
| 754 | [[/folder]] |
| 755 | |
| 756 | [[folder:Art and Donnie]] |
| 757 | !! Art and Donnie |
| 758 | -->'''Played by:''' N/A |
| 759 | |
| 760 | Helena's twin children. |
| 761 | ---- |
| 762 | * BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Their conception is what ultimately cemented Helena's HeelFaceTurn and to her being fully accepted and forgiven by her sestras. |
| 763 | * DisappearedDad: Their biological father is dead and their mother's LoveInterest is on a LongBusTrip since the end of Season 3. |
| 764 | * InSeriesNickname: Helena called them "Orange" and "Purple" before deciding what to name them. |
| 765 | * LastEpisodeNewCharacter: PlayedWith. Helena is pregnant with them [[ExtremelyShortTimeSpan since Season 2]], but they are officially introduced after she gives birth in the GrandFinale. |
| 766 | * MeaningfulName: Helena directly named them from two of her close friends (one of whom is their uncle by marriage). |
| 767 | * OneSteveLimit: Share their names with two regular characters. |
| 768 | * OnlyOneName: Much like their mother, they have no surnames. |
| 769 | * WalkingSpoiler: Their entire existence if one hasn't watched the show since the second season. |
| 770 | [[/folder]] |
| 771 |
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