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| 6 | [[folder:Hotel Cortez in General]] |
| 7 | !!Hotel Cortez |
| 8 | |
| 9 | * {{Expy}}: The Cortez is clearly drawing influence from the real-life and infamous Cecil Hotel. Notable former residents include [[SerialKiller serial killers]] Richard Ramirez and Jack Unterweger, and Elisa Lam. |
| 10 | * HellHotel: On top of being somewhat decrepit in its old age, it was originally built as a playground for a SerialKiller, then inherited by a vampire intent on using the guests as food, and only became more unwholesome as time went on and the ghosts started to pile up. |
| 11 | * NightmarishNursery: |
| 12 | ** The Countess keeps a hidden gamesroom at the Cortez for the [[CreepyChild vampire children]] she's adopted over the decades; stocked to the gills with video game consoles and candy dispensers, the kids can spend their days having as much fun as they like. The only downside of the place is that the kids are regularly siphoned for blood as a contribution to their "mother's" private stash, usually prompting them to get hungry and [[BreakingAndBloodsucking go hunting for guests who haven't locked their doors]]. Fortunately, it's not usually dangerous... up until John's daughter [[ChildrenAreInnocent Scarlett]] pays a visit - and nearly gets eaten by one of the kids. [[spoiler: Said kid is actually Holden, her long-lost brother.]] |
| 13 | ** Later in the season, the Countess is revealed to be concealing another, even more secluded nursery at the hotel. [[spoiler: In this case, it's an actual nursery for [[UndeadChild her biological son]], complete with a crib - as he hasn't aged at all since his birth. It's even creepier than the gamesroom, especially since it's kept dark at all times and little Bartholomew isn't above attacking uninvited guests.]] |
| 14 | * RichReclusesRealm: For no less than ''three'' owners. |
| 15 | ** James Patrick March designed, built and adopted it as his home from then on and rarely ever left. As it turned out, March was actually a serial killer and built the Cortez as so he could prey on the guests and easily dispose of their remains. After March killed himself to avoid getting arrested, his soul ended up trapped in the Cortez, making it his domain for all eternity. |
| 16 | ** As a vampire, the Countess needs a place where she can sleep and hunt without being disturbed, making the Cortez ideal for her purposes. By now, the staff are either too indoctrinated or too afraid of her to rebel, making her rule totally unchallenged. However, unlike March, the Countess doesn't have anywhere else to live, having been swindled out of all her money by Bernie Madoff. |
| 17 | ** Fashion designer Will Drake eventually adopts the Cortez as his home and headquarters, initially out of a desperate need for inspiration but eventually due to falling in love with the Countess. [[spoiler: After being murdered by the Countess, his ghost is naturally unable to leave the building; with help from Liz Taylor, Drake is eventually able to reinvent himself as a HowardHughesHomage, using the mystery of his absence as a means of selling his newest brands - with the assorted ghosts and vampires of the Cortez serving as models in highly-exclusive camera-free fashion shows at the Cortez.]] |
| 18 | [[/folder]] |
| 19 | |
| 20 | !! Staff |
| 21 | [[folder:Iris]] |
| 22 | !!Iris |
| 23 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iris.jpg]] |
| 24 | [[caption-width-right:250:''"At least I care about something."'']] |
| 25 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/KathyBates |
| 26 | |
| 27 | The manager of the Hotel Cortez. She lives there with her ailing son, Donovan. She has formed a friendship with hotel bartender Liz Taylor and has difficulties with tenant Hypodermic Sally. |
| 28 | ---- |
| 29 | * ArchEnemy: To Hypodermic Sally. |
| 30 | * AntiVillain: She's a very bad person, but has no doubt had a pretty bad life, which earns her some sympathy. |
| 31 | %% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: Any type of drug. Her dislike seems to stem from the fact she lost her son, Donovan, who overdosed on heroin which was given to him by Sally. |
| 32 | * DespairEventHorizon: Crosses it after Donovan makes it entirely too clear that he hates her and wants nothing to do with her. She decides to kill herself as Donovan suggests, Night Sgiving a speech that makes it clear that she is deeply depressed and no longer feels happiness or sees any future for herself. [[spoiler:Although Donovan saves her and wants to reconcile, Iris's depression continues until Liz is able to get through to her.]] |
| 33 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:She is suffocated with a bag by Sally, but revived by Donovan turning her into a vampire.]] |
| 34 | * DirtyOldWoman: |
| 35 | ** Shamelessly makes innuendo at [[{{FairCop}} John]] immediately after meeting him. |
| 36 | ** She admits to enjoy watching porn in a monologue, and states she hates modern-day porn for its lack of good acting compared to the porn of her day. |
| 37 | * TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Along with Liz Taylor, she guns down Donovan and the Countess at the end of "She Gets Revenge."]] |
| 38 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:She decides she has nothing to live for if she can't be Donovan's mother. At his urging and with Sally's assistance, she attempts to kill herself.]] |
| 39 | * EmergencyTransformation: [[spoiler:Donovan turns her into a vampire in a desperate attempt to save her life after she tries to kill herself and he realizes she loves him more than anyone else will.]] |
| 40 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: Gives off the impression of someone who has a severe distaste for the nastiness of humanity, and actively calls out aspects of people or society she does not approve of. From the beginning, we see she's no different, as she's aiding [[BigBad The Countess]]. |
| 41 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: She and Liz, though not initially close despite always being friendly to each other, develop this over the course of the season. Their closeness initially leads to them planning to [[spoiler:enter into a suicide pact together]] before changing tracks and ending up [[spoiler:taking over the hotel and running it as partners.]] |
| 42 | * HolierThanThou: She's rather judgmental of the Swedish tourists for their drug use; a little too judgmental for someone who partakes in murder on a regular basis. She also judges Gabriel, hiking up the price of his room, then sending him to room 64. |
| 43 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Her HolierThanThou attitude, combined with the fact that she has been a willing accomplice to murder, abduction, torture, rape, and tons of other heinous shit for over twenty years, definitely makes her this. |
| 44 | * {{Jerkass}}: Her son gets it honest. Iris is rude to and dismissive of just about everyone. |
| 45 | * KickTheDog: Her treatment of the Swedish girls in the first episode is pretty cruel, from start to finish. |
| 46 | ** [[spoiler:When she brutally stabs the porn star in the heart as she weeps and begs for her life. The girl didn't do anything to her and didn't even want to be there.]] |
| 47 | * LackOfEmpathy: She really doesn't care about any of the victims she helps make for the Cortez, even seeming to enjoy the suffering they endure to a degree. The only one she showed any remorse over was her own son. |
| 48 | * MamaBear: Heaven help anyone who messes with her son. She threw Sally out a window just for getting him high! |
| 49 | * MeaningfulName: As the manager, Iris ''sees'' over everything in the hotel. |
| 50 | * TheMole: [[spoiler:Donovan and Ramona decide that Iris is their perfect "inside man" for their scheme to get to the Countess.]] |
| 51 | * MoralMyopia: Iris sees herself as a good and sensible woman who does not stand for the ugliness of the modern world. But the ugliness she's responsible for tends to get swept under the rug, usually by her. |
| 52 | * MyBelovedSmother: How Donovan views her. |
| 53 | * OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:She and Liz shoot both Elizabeth and her son Donovan.]] |
| 54 | * OddFriendship: With Liz Taylor. |
| 55 | * PetTheDog: Her role as governess to the vampire children. She takes care of them while the Countess does her own thing, and admits to loving them in a strange way. [[spoiler:Of course, she's admitting this just as she was about to murder them all. Though this still works, since it could be seen as a MercyKill.]] |
| 56 | ** She also seems to care about [[spoiler:John, as seen when she realizes that he remembers the years he spent at the Cortez and encourages him to escape the hotel once and for all]]. |
| 57 | * PsychopathicWomanchild: Look at her actions throughout the season, then look at her tribute video in "She Gets Revenge." |
| 58 | * RageBreakingPoint: An entitled, disrespectful couple who check into the hotel continually, albeit unintentionally, antagonize Iris at a ''very'' bad time. [[spoiler:She eventually snaps and stabs them both bloody with a corkscrew before slitting their throats and drinking their blood.]] |
| 59 | * TheRenfield: Becomes this to the Countess after her son's overdose and him being saved by the Countess's vampiric virus. She also shares this role with Liz Taylor, as both of them are the ones to deal with the cleanup jobs. |
| 60 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Her son gets it from somewhere. She sees her tribute video as a way of immortalizing herself and as "a beacon of hope for my three followers on Instagram," while also lamenting that no one will be "rushing to extol her virtues" after she's dead. |
| 61 | * VigilanteMan: Or woman. Ultimately {{subverted|Trope}}: She likens herself to a female Dirty Harry, ridding the world of evil scum. The people she kills are simply those whose personalities and lifestyle choices she looks down on. |
| 62 | [[/folder]] |
| 63 | |
| 64 | [[folder:Liz Taylor]] |
| 65 | !!Liz Taylor (formerly Nick Pryor) |
| 66 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/taylor_liz.jpg]] |
| 67 | [[caption-width-right:250:''"I'm sorry, lady. This is a no-tell motel."'']] |
| 68 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/DenisOHare |
| 69 | |
| 70 | A bartender and entertainer who is obsessed with the actress Creator/ElizabethTaylor. |
| 71 | ---- |
| 72 | * AffablyEvil: Laid-back, witty, and free with jokes and advice, she can be surprisingly pally to staff-members and repeat guests; she's actually quite helpful to John during his stay at the hotel, even trying to discourage him from his more self-destructive acts. However, Liz is still an accessory to murder and takes a very relaxed attitude towards the crimes taking place at the Cortez. |
| 73 | * BaldOfEvil: She is an accessory to the murders performed in the hotel and is bald despite her very feminine clothing. |
| 74 | * TheBartender: Runs the hotel bar and tends to listen to people's stories, but may or may not give a quip to their troubles instead of offering them advice. |
| 75 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: She's an amicably snarky type with plenty of witty advice for fellow staff and frequent guests... but messing with her is not advisable. On top of handling corpse disposal and possessing an accordingly relaxed attitude towards murder, intruding on her private moments of grief can and ''will'' be met with violence. [[spoiler: Plus, she opts to take revenge on the Countess via a hail of gunfire.]] |
| 76 | * BrokenPedestal: Needless to say, [[spoiler: Liz loses nearly all respect for The Countess after she murdered Tristan upon finding out that he and Liz were in love.]] |
| 77 | * CampStraight: Averted; she outright says she's not gay. She does (or did) have a wife with whom she had at least one kid, but says that she only married her to have ready access to women's clothing in her size and that she had no interest in the woman herself. |
| 78 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Her throat is slit by The Countess.]] |
| 79 | * CynicismCatalyst: Liz becomes ''very'' bitter [[spoiler: after The Countess murders Tristan.]] |
| 80 | * DeadpanSnarker: Often quips at other characters. |
| 81 | * TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: Along with Iris, she guns down Donovan and the Countess at the end of "She Gets Revenge."]] |
| 82 | * DrivenToSuicide: |
| 83 | ** [[spoiler: Liz decides to end it all partially because she's distraught over Tristan's death, and partially because she figures that the Countess is going to kill her soon anyway. She reconsiders, however, once she meets her son for the first time in 30 years and he tells her that he wants her in his life.]] |
| 84 | ** [[spoiler: Decides to do so again after she gets prostate cancer in the last episode. She rounds up all the ghosts and tells them to kill her so that she can become one herself and remain among them forever. It's the Countess who actually does the deed.]] |
| 85 | * GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Is happy to be killed and smiles in the final episode, surrounded by all her friends.]] |
| 86 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: She and Iris, though not initially close despite always being friendly to each other, develop this over the course of the season. Their closeness initially leads to them planning to [[spoiler:enter into a suicide pact together]] before changing tracks and ending up [[spoiler:taking over the hotel and running it as partners.]] |
| 87 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Honestly believed that The Countess, who Liz should know as well as anyone, would understand and accept it when she revealed that [[spoiler: she and Tristan had fallen in love]] behind her back. Of course, she might have thought that she would be an exception to The Countess's usual vindictiveness. |
| 88 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Not as bad as other characters in this list, but just as guilty. Liz remains at the hotel because it is the one place where she doesn't have to hide who she is, even if it means being The Countess's personal "doll" and routinely disposing of her countless victims. |
| 89 | * LackOfEmpathy: Clearly does not care that most of those she checks into the hotel will not ever be checking out. Although this is probably because she has been doing that for years, and has become desensitized. |
| 90 | * LargeHam: Not all the time, but it's Denis O'Hare as "Liz Taylor." So this is bound to rear its head every now and then. |
| 91 | * OddFriendship: With Iris. |
| 92 | * OneSteveLimit: Subverted. Shares the same first name as The Countess/Elizabeth, but Liz Taylor patterns after Creator/ElizabethTaylor. |
| 93 | * ParentalAbandonment: The only form of contact she had with her children after crossing paths with the Countess and embracing her feminine identity was sending them money until they hit 18. [[spoiler: She is DrivenToSuicide over the loss of Tristan, so she decides to get back in contact with her son. Her son wants her in his life, which renews her will to live.]] |
| 94 | * ParentalNeglect: Seemed to have a [[WellDoneSonGuy distinctly chilly]] relationship with her son even when he was trying to win her approval. |
| 95 | * TheRenfield: Shares this role with Iris, as the both of them are the clean-up pair for the Countess. |
| 96 | * TransEqualsGay: Liz faces the misconceptions about this trope from Iris in the present and from two of her own old coworkers in a flashback. |
| 97 | * VillainousFriendship: She was fond of Iris through their years working together despite Iris admitting that they didn't talk that much. As of "Room Service", they confide in one another and bond, [[spoiler:with Liz later helping Iris dispose of her {{Asshole Victim}}s without a blink of the eye]]. |
| 98 | [[/folder]] |
| 99 | |
| 100 | [[folder:Will Drake]] |
| 101 | !!Will Drake |
| 102 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/drake_will.jpg]] |
| 103 | [[caption-width-right:250:''"This place is far enough away that it speaks to me-- it sings, even."'']] |
| 104 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/CheyenneJackson |
| 105 | |
| 106 | The new owner of the hotel. He is a New York fashion designer who sought inspiration and bought the hotel, moving in with his son, Lachlan. |
| 107 | ---- |
| 108 | %%* TheCharmer |
| 109 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:His throat is slit by Ramona and his blood is drank by her.]] |
| 110 | * TheFashionista: Rare male example. He is a fashion designer. |
| 111 | * FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: He becomes a killing ghost after his death, and though he ultimately reforms with Liz's help, he never really feels sorry for any of it.]] |
| 112 | * GoodCounterpart: To James March, as a reclusive millionaire who adopts the Cortez as his home. [[spoiler: Though both indulge in murder as ghosts and both ultimately give it up, March does so out of fear of being DraggedOffToHell, while Drake does so out of a desire to repair his failing company.]] |
| 113 | * GoodParents: Played with. He's a pretty good dad to his son, Lachlan, getting along well and communicating with him maturely. However, he also lets Lachlan wander around an infamous hotel with a strange woman he (at the time) barely knows. And he apparently hasn't clearly defined to Lachlan what is normal and what isn't, since the kid doesn't see anything wrong with a bunch of creepy children who drink blood and sleep in glass coffins. |
| 114 | * HowardHughesHomage: [[spoiler: After being murdered and returning as a ghost, his inability to leave the Cortez leaves him running his business long-distance through an emissary (Liz), and he ultimately reinvents himself as a reclusive genius who will only occasionally be seen by guests.]] |
| 115 | * ItsAllAboutMe: It turns out this is the reason his business ends up in trouble as he took on all the design work of his company. When he "vanished," his successors had no idea how to keep things going and it's going out of business, which he can't believe. [[spoiler: Consequently, his reformation involves him trusting Liz to keep the company afloat in his stead while he focusses on producing new designs.]] |
| 116 | * IfItsYouItsOkay: Oddly Zigzagged with Elizabeth. He initially rejects her [[SorryIMGay saying he's gay]] then considers sleeping with her. However, in bed, he [[TheLoinsSleepTonight can't have an erection]], saying that even if he's genuinely attracted to her "his cock and mind operate separately". She has to invite Tristan for a threesome. In "She Wants Revenge", he announces to his son that he's bisexual. |
| 117 | * LargeAndInCharge: He's 6'3 and generally looks like he is towering over people. |
| 118 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Will's huge career and dynamic lifestyle are mostly in the way of him seeing the hotel's dark side. In fact, before he [[spoiler: gets a look at Bartholomew (prior to being captured and killed)]], Will isn't aware that there's anything strange going on at all. |
| 119 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: A light example. His reputation is built on his wealth and taste essentially, and he finds the Hotel Cortez beautiful, stating that "this place is far enough away that it speaks to me. It sings, even." Will's not a bad guy, though. He's just hopelessly seduced by the person who is the bad guy. Or girl. |
| 120 | * MealTicket: For The Countess. |
| 121 | * NiceGuy: Probably the nicest guy in ''Hotel''. The worst you can say about him is that he's a bit too privileged and naive. |
| 122 | * NoBisexuals: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] as of "She Wants Revenge", where he officially identifies as bisexual and explains the meaning of the word to his son. |
| 123 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Doesn't hesitate to release a frightened woman from her bizarre imprisonment. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, this woman was Ramona Royale, who rewards this good deed by brutally slashing Will's throat and drinking his blood.]] |
| 124 | * SatelliteCharacter: Though his character affects the plot offscreen a number of times, Will mostly exists as a plot device for The Countess. Otherwise, he isn't around much. |
| 125 | * SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: Courtesy of Ramona]]. |
| 126 | * UnwittingPawn: To The Countess. |
| 127 | [[/folder]] |
| 128 | |
| 129 | [[folder:Miss Hazel Evers]] |
| 130 | !!Miss Hazel Evers |
| 131 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evers.jpg]] |
| 132 | [[caption-width-right:250:''"I can take care of every stain there is."'']] |
| 133 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/MareWinningham |
| 134 | The laundress of the Cortez. |
| 135 | |
| 136 | * CassandraTruth: She tried to warn Will Drake of the Countess's plans to kill him and leaves him at his demands but warns she'll be there watching with a smile as he dies. [[spoiler: Later that episode, what she promised happens when a starving Ramona Royale killed him to feed. He even reaches out a hand to her begging for help]]. |
| 137 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Shot in the head by March.]] |
| 138 | * DeadAllAlong: She insisted on being March's last victim before his suicide. |
| 139 | * DeathOfAChild: Miss Evers’ spiraling sanity and morality [[spoiler:could conceivably be linked to the death of her son at the hands of a mass murderer. When the police finally caught up to the killer, her boy had already been killed. It’s actually heartbreaking to see her standing on the property, watching other parents reunite with their abducted children—and she was left alone, her hope slowly dying as she realizes her child isn’t coming with the others to rejoin her.]] |
| 140 | * TheDragon: Iris states that Miss Evers was March's right hand during his murders. |
| 141 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She's unquestioningly evil, but her evil does come from a place of love and devotion...to her employer, who seems to return that affection (albeit not in a romantic way). |
| 142 | ** She reveals that they were supposed to marry each other but then the Countess popped into the picture. |
| 143 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: When the police break into the Hotel Cortez to capture March, he offers her a weapon so they could both commit suicide. Rather than do that, Miss Evers asks if she could be his final victim. She makes sure to smile right before he shoots her. |
| 144 | * GetOut: Is told this by [[spoiler: March]] in the penultimate episode after she reveals that [[spoiler: she is the one who called the cops on him.]] She takes it rather well, actually. |
| 145 | * JerkassHasAPoint: She makes a rather homophobic remark regarding the gay men of her era when talking with Liz, but she does bring up the fact that Liz was irresponsible for walking out of her son's life on her trip of self-discovery when he was in need of a parental figure. |
| 146 | * LoveMakesYouCrazy: |
| 147 | ** Miss Evers was so head over heels for March that she was his willing accomplice. She was absolutely heartbroken when he wed the Countess. |
| 148 | ** Insists that love helps her get out stains. Unfortunately for her, it isn't enough to get the bloodstain out of her murdered son's Halloween costume. |
| 149 | ** She turns especially unstable around Halloween due to this, as that was when her son was taken. |
| 150 | * NeatFreak: As every ghost in the Cortez needs to finds their purpose, she has found hers in her lifetime, taking care of the bloody laundry created by her boss' murders. The only thing that makes her happier than getting to clean the gore-stained sheets her fellow ghosts regularly provide her with is being gifted modern-day cleansers and washing machines. |
| 151 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: She and John Lowe. In 'Devil's Night', they commiserate over the loss of their children and how they are filled with deep regret over not watching them more closely the moment they were taken. |
| 152 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: She [[spoiler:blames herself for her son’s abduction and subsequent death, chalking it up to her not paying enough attention to him in the singular minute it took for his killer to abscond with him.]] |
| 153 | * ThePowerOfLove: How she's able to clean up the blood after March's killings. |
| 154 | * PsychoSupporter: To March. She doesn't care that he murders and tortures people as long she can clean sheets. |
| 155 | * ServileSnarker: Towards the Countess, solely because of March. |
| 156 | * UndyingLoyalty: To her beloved employer, Mr. James March. |
| 157 | * {{Yandere}}: She's later revealed to have [[spoiler: call the cops on March but then Subverts it by telling March off and leaving his presence as he demands.]] |
| 158 | [[/folder]] |
| 159 | |
| 160 | !! Residents |
| 161 | [[folder:The Countess]] |
| 162 | !!Elizabeth Johnson [[spoiler: March]]/The Countess |
| 163 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elizabeth21.jpg]] |
| 164 | [[caption-width-right:250:''"You're only immortal if you're smart."'']] |
| 165 | |
| 166 | ->'''Played By:''' Music/LadyGaga |
| 167 | |
| 168 | -->''"We have two selves: the one the world needs us to be—compliant—and the shadow. Ignore it, and life is forever suffering."'' |
| 169 | |
| 170 | A glamorous but deadly creature who sustains on a healthy diet of sex and blood. She kills with her very fashionable and very sharp chain mail glove. |
| 171 | ---- |
| 172 | * The70s: Of all the eras through which she's lived, this one was her favorite. |
| 173 | * AnimalMotifs: Snakes. The Countess has a snake ring and a snake brooch. Iris refers to Elizabeth as a snake in ''Mommy." |
| 174 | * BigBadDuumvirate: She and her late husband, [[spoiler: James March]], are the two driving forces of evil in ''Hotel'', alongside the obscure but ever-present Addiction Demon. |
| 175 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: She's pretty obviously ''not'' a good person considering that Elizabeth murders two people in the pilot alone, but she tries to put on a nice face when around Will Drake and his son, Lachlan. |
| 176 | * BlackWidow: [[spoiler: After Mrs. Ever secretly turned her husband, James March, in to the police. This led to [[DrivenToSuicide him committing suicide]] and her inheriting everything. She plans to do this again to Will Drake by marrying him and then killing him. She succeeds in killing him, but unfortunately for her, he dies in the hotel, leading to some complications for her.]] |
| 177 | * BloodCountess: She's a vampire and the current owner of Hotel Cortez, which is filled with demons and ghosts. She can only sustain herself on blood and uses a clawed glove to cut her victims' throats. She's also a self-widow, which is mostly how she gained so much money. She has also kidnapped some children and raised them as her own little vampires, playing into the trope's matriarchal angle. |
| 178 | * CastingGag: Like Lady Gaga herself, she's a fashionista and a lover of the arts and in one episode, she's shown enjoying a foot massage which is Gaga's favourite beauty treatment in real life. |
| 179 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Shot by John]]. |
| 180 | * TheChessmaster: Based on cast interviews and implications on the show, Elizabeth knows all and [[ManipulativeBitch manipulates]] nearly every occurrence in her hotel. |
| 181 | * DeadpanSnarker: Mostly toward Donovan. |
| 182 | * DefrostingIceQueen: [[spoiler: She shows her first signs of fear and sadness in "Room 33." These emotions grow more pronounced during "Flicker," when she learns that Valentino and Natacha were bricked into the hotel by Mr. March for nearly a century.]] |
| 183 | * DepravedBisexual: While she's mostly seen dating and having sex with men, The Countess seems just as attracted to women, having had a decades long romantic relationship with Ramona Royale, was in a polyamorous relationship with a man and a woman, and in the very first episode she has a fourway with two men and another woman. Being a vampire with sadomasochistic tendencies and a penchant for lust murders, she easily fits the depraved part as well. |
| 184 | * DidNotThinkThisThrough: She lampshades killing [[spoiler:Will]] where the murdered has the possibility to become ghost was not entirely smart when [[spoiler: Will]] reappears as a ghost and puts a small hold on her plans. |
| 185 | * DoWrongRight: [[spoiler:Disapproves of her husband killing {{DisposableVagrant}}s not because she has any moral objection to killing, but because they don’t have anything worth taking.]] |
| 186 | * EasilyForgiven: |
| 187 | ** March speculates that she is the one who [[spoiler:turned him in to the police, leading to him killing himself to avoid prison]]. She is forgiven for this because he thinks she's beautiful. [[spoiler: As it is later revealed, she ''wasn't'' the one who did it.]] |
| 188 | ** Liz Taylor forgives her in the last episode for [[spoiler: killing Tristan]]. In turn, Liz is forgiven by the Countess for [[spoiler: nearly killing her.]] |
| 189 | * EntitledBitch: She asks Liz to help her with her wedding with Drake after [[spoiler: killing Tristan]]. When Liz refuses, she comments that [[NeverMyFault the people she trusts]] [[MoralMyopia repay her with ingratitude]]. |
| 190 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Her abducted, vampiric children. Ramona believes that [[spoiler: killing them all]] is the only way she can reap her revenge on Elizabeth. |
| 191 | ** [[spoiler: She also has a baby that she gave birth to while attempting to abort it in the '20s. She even thanks Alex for saving him.]] |
| 192 | ** [[spoiler: It seems that Rudolph Valentino and his wife, Natacha Rambova, are the only people Elizabeth has ever truly loved.]] |
| 193 | ** [[spoiler: She claims later she only loved Rudolph and only tolerated Natacha to stay close with him]]. |
| 194 | ** It's shown she truly did love her "children" as shown when [[spoiler: when her two remaining living kids accept dying to save her. She was upset at this and it caused her to lose motivation for revenge against Ramona and hand her the hotel.]] |
| 195 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Has a low, husky voice. |
| 196 | * TheFashionista: Her outfits are incredible and numerous. |
| 197 | * AGodAmI: Not stated outright, but she sees herself as above everyone else and everyone else sees her as either a goddess or a devil. |
| 198 | * GoldDigger: [[spoiler: She plans to marry Will Drake for his money and kill him afterward.]] |
| 199 | ** There are elements of this in her marriage to James March, though she also claims she was drawn to his darkness. |
| 200 | * HasAType: |
| 201 | ** Non-sexual example: Judging from the children she's already abducted, she prefers them to be as fair-skinned and fair-haired as herself. |
| 202 | ** Sexual example: She seems to prefer TallDarkAndHandsome men, having relationships with Donovan and Tristan, and commenting on Detective Lowe's looks. Donovan even namedrops this trope. [[spoiler:In "Flicker," it's revealed the one who turned her was Rudolph Valentino, who matches the TallDarkAndHandsome quota and her other lover were ReplacementGoldfish for him.]] |
| 203 | * TheHedonist: A much more twisted example of this trope, but Elizabeth is introed having a foursome with Donovan and another couple before killing them and drinking their blood. |
| 204 | * {{Hypocrite}}: She claims to hate betrayal in love [[spoiler: and she demonstrates it by killing Ramona's lover and Tristan]] yet she had no problem dumping Donovan for Tristan. |
| 205 | * IconicItem: Her chain mail glove. |
| 206 | * IfICantHaveYou: She definitely has a problem being cheated on and will make sure the cheater and their lover pay both emotionally and physically. Though it should be noted she always kills the person she's least close too such as sparing Ramona and [[spoiler: Liz Taylor]] who she knew for years when she killed [[spoiler: Tristan, who she made her lover for a couple weeks]]. Ironically, she has no problem with cheating and dumping others if she feels like they get too boring or unsatisfying. |
| 207 | * ItsAllAboutMe: The Countess likes being the center of everything, and will accept nothing less. |
| 208 | * LackOfEmpathy: For her victims, anyway. And even for her lovers. However, it seems like she had boundless empathy for Liz Taylor when she was still a confused Nick Pryor. |
| 209 | * LaserGuidedKarma: After spending the entire season of cheating, manipulating, and abusing her lovers and workers, she [[spoiler: loses the one person she actually loved after killing her rival and manipulating Donovan into doing her dirty work, who murders her lover out of revenge and jealousy. Then as they begin to make up they're loaded with bullets by Iris and Liz Taylor as revenge for the abuse inflicted upon them]]. |
| 210 | ** Then [[spoiler:John comes and finish the job forcing her to spend eternity with a man she despises.]] |
| 211 | * MamaBear: Was actually pissed off when she learned Bartholomew was let out his room by someone and was prepared to torture and kill Iris to find out who did it. It's also the reason [[spoiler: she rebuilt the sealed off hallway and trapped Ramona inside]]. |
| 212 | * ManipulativeBastard: She's attempting to manipulate Will Drake into marrying her so she can kill him and inherit his money. |
| 213 | ** She also seems to have somewhat manipulated Alex into becoming a governess for her vampire children. |
| 214 | * MsFanservice: She's participated in multiple sex scenes without much left to the imagination. |
| 215 | ** However, the [[{{Squick}} context]] of these sex scenes might also qualify her as FanDisservice. |
| 216 | * {{Narcissist}}: She's self-entitled, grandiose and [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]]. |
| 217 | * OffWithHerHead: [[spoiler: Is gunned down by John Lowe in the penultimate episode, who then takes her head to complete his and March's collection.]] |
| 218 | * OurVampiresAreDifferent: She has a 'virus' but no fangs, and subsists on human blood. |
| 219 | * ParentInducedExtendedChildhood: A perpetrator of the adoptive variety; Elizabeth is in the habit of "adopting" children and making them into vampires so they can remain hers forever. By now, she has four in total, and all are kept cloistered away in a NightmarishNursery concealed deep within the hotel, where they are allowed [[GildedCage all the candy, cartoons, and videogames they could possibly want]]... at the cost of occasionally donating blood to their adoptive mother's private stash. Most of them are chronologically adults by now, and it's implied that some - like [[BrokenBird Wren]] - are mature enough to understand adult concepts like self-sacrifice, but the Countess insists on treating them as children. [[spoiler: One of them is none other than Holden, the missing son of Detective John Lowe.]] |
| 220 | * PetTheDog: Her whole relationship with Liz Taylor is based on this. She encouraged her to be what she wanted to be, even christening her Liz Taylor, [[spoiler: killed two of her then-coworkers for bullying her over it]], then gave her a job at the hotel. |
| 221 | ** As of episode 6, The Countess has definitely just [[spoiler: [[KickTheDog kicked the dog]] by murdering Tristan in cold blood for little reason but to hurt Liz.]] |
| 222 | ** Saved one of her vampire children from dying of heatstroke [[spoiler: and from the unwelcome attentions of the child's father]]. |
| 223 | * {{Polyamory}}: She was in a three-way relationship with [[spoiler: Rudolph Valentino and Natacha Rambova.]] |
| 224 | * {{Ponzi}}: The reason why she [[spoiler: plans to marry Will Drake for his money]]. She was bankrupted by Bernie Madoff. |
| 225 | * ReallyGetsAround: She had been intimate with [[spoiler: Donovan, Tristan, Ramona, Will, Rudolph Valentino, Natacha Rambova, and James March. She also once kissed Alex.]] |
| 226 | * {{Sadist}}: Oh, yes. It's all about "the hunt." |
| 227 | ** When March places a gag in the mouth of one of his screaming victims, Elizabeth removes the gag, telling him, "I like it." |
| 228 | ** She definitely enjoys tormenting a lovelorn Donovan during his breakdown after learning she's dumped him for Tristan and wants him out. |
| 229 | ** When she first discovers March murdering someone, she scolds him for his poor choice in victims, then seductively tells him that next time she wants to watch. |
| 230 | ** In "She Wants Revenge," [[spoiler: she delights in telling Will how much he's going to suffer before dying, then traps he and Ramona Royale in the abandoned wing of the hotel. She has cameras installed so she can watch Ramona kill and feed on Will, treating it like a movie as she sits on the bed of her penthouse eating from a big bowl of popcorn.]] [[EvilIsHammy You can see why she and March made such a great couple.]] |
| 231 | * StartOfDarkness: It's suggested that her violent and malicious personality, as well as her [[{{Narcissist}} narcissism]], developed after [[spoiler: the apparent death of Valentino]] and her subsequent relationship with [[SerialKiller James]] [[TheCorrupter March.]] |
| 232 | * StealthExpert: She manages to appear in rooms without a hint of her presence. John only had his back turned for a second when she abducted Holden. By the time John noticed Holden was gone, [[OffscreenTeleportation Elizabeth was already walking across the beach with Holden]]. |
| 233 | * TheStoic: It adds to the intimidation factor. |
| 234 | * SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler: Her last two remaining "children" die to provide her the blood she needs but is killed because of March's manipulations with John's mind and feelings.]] |
| 235 | * NotSoStoic: As the series progresses, she displays more emotions mainly when confronted with a situation that affects anyone she cares for. In "She Wants Revenge," she shows a variety of emotions from stress. |
| 236 | * UnholyMatrimony: [[spoiler: To Mr. March.]] |
| 237 | * UnlimitedWardrobe: She has different outfits in nearly every scene (not unlike her actress). |
| 238 | * VampiresAreRich: She ''was'' rich but she lost her fortune when she invested it in Bernie Madoff's {{Ponzi}} scheme. |
| 239 | ** [[spoiler: As of episode 9, she has inherited Will Drake's fashion empire and her fortune is restored.]] |
| 240 | *** [[spoiler: Or so she thought, until his ghost turned up.]] |
| 241 | * VillainousCheekbones: A rare curvy example, but those cheekbones are striking. |
| 242 | * WickedCultured: She's fascinated with art and high fashion. |
| 243 | * WouldHurtAChild: Kidnapping them, but also turning them into vampires to boot. |
| 244 | ** On the other hand, she rescued at least one of them from an abusive parent and the others (apart from Alex, whom she kidnapped specifically to [[spoiler: advance March's plan of turning John into a killer]]) may have been in similarly bad situations. |
| 245 | ** Judging from Miss Evers's warnings about her, she could murder a child in cold blood if she benefited from it. |
| 246 | ** She claims "[[WouldntHurtAChild I don't kill children]]" but in the same episode she [[spoiler:threatens Alex to kill both her and Holden if she does not fix her mistake then has vampire kids locked in the hallway with Ramona]]. |
| 247 | * {{Yandere}}: Didn't take it too well when Ramona left her for a man. However, the Countess became stoic after she left the recording studio, so she might've been faking. |
| 248 | [[/folder]] |
| 249 | |
| 250 | [[folder:Bartholomew]] |
| 251 | !!Bartholomew |
| 252 | |
| 253 | The Countess and March's monstrous infant son. His mother tried to have an abortion (in the [[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]), but since she was a vampire he was instead born as an undead fetus and has been that way ever since. |
| 254 | |
| 255 | * HumanoidAbomination: He has gray skin, beady black eyes, and a deformed mouth with sharp teeth. |
| 256 | * MadeOfIron: John shot him a couple of times, which didn't seem to do much. |
| 257 | * NightmareFace: Has beady black eyes, and a deformed mouth with sharp teeth. |
| 258 | * UndeadChild: Upon being born and thought dead, Bartholomew springs to life and gores the nurse who held him. |
| 259 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: By the final episode, [[spoiler: nothing really happens with Bartholomew. It appears as though he was only included as a MacGuffin to help with the plan to drive John Lowe insane]], and [[spoiler: give the Countess a reason to kill Will faster.]] |
| 260 | [[/folder]] |
| 261 | |
| 262 | [[folder:Hypodermic Sally]] |
| 263 | !!"Hypodermic" Sally [=McKenna=] |
| 264 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hypodermic_sally.jpg]] |
| 265 | [[caption-width-right:250:''"Move me with your tears."'']] |
| 266 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/SarahPaulson |
| 267 | |
| 268 | -->''"Getting high used to be like how you imagine Heaven. Pure light. The perfection of it all. Even in me. Then I got lost. Kept trying to climb higher. Get closer to that light. Like an endless ladder where all you do is get further and further away."'' |
| 269 | |
| 270 | A drug addict and the thorn in the side of her landlord at the Hotel Cortez. |
| 271 | ---- |
| 272 | * ArchEnemy: To Iris, her killer. Sally is happy to help with the deeply-depressed Iris's suicide, though not before forcing her to tell her exactly why she wants to die, to cause her more pain. |
| 273 | * BadInfluencer: ReconstructedCharacterArchetype. Sally is a SerialKiller who keeps sewing people into her mattress so that they can never leave her. At the end of the season, she manages to overcome her desperation for love and validation by becoming an online makeup guru. |
| 274 | %%* TheCynic |
| 275 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Thrown out of a window by Iris.]] |
| 276 | * DeadAllAlong: It's revealed at the end of "Checking In" that she's been dead for years and is now a ghost. |
| 277 | * DeadpanSnarker: Particularly when talking to Iris. |
| 278 | * DestinationDefenestration: At the hands of Iris. |
| 279 | * DesperatelyCravesAffection: Sally forces Gabriel into saying he loves her while he's being raped by the Addiction Demon and is moved to tears by the false words. [[spoiler:She kisses a seemingly-alive Gabriel while she sews him up into a mattress, while berating him.]] |
| 280 | ** [[spoiler: In her backstory, she was friends/lovers with two musicians whom she sewed to herself in a drug-fueled threeway. She states the she did it out of fear that they would abandon her. The Countess openly states that Sally has issues.]] |
| 281 | * DiscoDan: Her entire wardrobe is reminiscent of the 90s. [[spoiler: Of course this is [[EnforcedTrope due to her dying in 1994]] and therefore stuck in that time period.]] |
| 282 | * HiddenDepths: Is shown to be very talented at removing bullets from their wounds and stitching people up, which she does to [[spoiler: save the Countess's life]]. |
| 283 | %%* IJustWantToBeLoved |
| 284 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Sally mocks Donovan for dying of an overdose when ''she'' handled that much heroin just fine and happily indulges the Addiction Demon because he gives her a captive audience to coerce into saying they love her. |
| 285 | * JacobMarleyApparel: Sally has been wearing the same outfit since 1994 when Iris pushed her out of a window, though there is one scene where she is wearing what looks like an old-fashioned nightgown. |
| 286 | * MadLove: [[spoiler:With John.]] |
| 287 | * MundaneSolution: [[spoiler: How do you get a ghost with severe dependency issues to stop killing every single guest she comes across in a desperate attempt to find a new soulmate long enough for the hotel to be declared a historical monument instead of it being torn down due to all the deaths that have taken place there, potentially condemning everyone trapped in it to Hell for all the things they've done? Set up free Wi-Fi in the hotel, give her a smartphone and teach her to use social media.]] |
| 288 | %%* OurGhostsAreDifferent |
| 289 | * PetTheDog: She is the one to free Vendela and tell her to run in the pilot. Although this can be interpreted as wanting to get Iris in trouble. |
| 290 | * ProneToTears: If one pays attention to Sally enough, her cheeks are often wet with tears, or she borders on the verge of tears. [[spoiler:This seems to lessen after she garners a massive following on social media.]] |
| 291 | * TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:This appears to be her plan for her and John.]] |
| 292 | * TheVamp: She's good at using her sexuality to lure people in. |
| 293 | * VillainessesWantHeroes: She has an infatuation with the troubled but moral John Lowe, frequently attempting to seduce him and claiming they are meant to be. However, it could be that she sees him as another possible victim for the Addiction Demon... |
| 294 | ** [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}}, once we learn that John is really the Ten Commandments Killer and had been having an affair with Sally while in another persona.]] |
| 295 | * WomanScorned: [[spoiler:In "She Gets Revenge," when John abandons the Cortez with Alex and Holden, Sally screams that she'll kill him.]] |
| 296 | [[/folder]] |
| 297 | |
| 298 | [[folder:Donovan]] |
| 299 | !!Donovan |
| 300 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/donovan6.jpg]] |
| 301 | [[caption-width-right:250:''"I was a junkie because I wanted to escape from my mother. You made it so I never can."'']] |
| 302 | ->'''Played By:'' Creator/MattBomer |
| 303 | |
| 304 | The Countess's lover of 20 years who gets rebuffed when she meets male model Tristan. He is interested in domesticity and is the son of Iris. |
| 305 | ---- |
| 306 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:He overdoses on drugs given to him by Sally, but is revived by The Countess turning him into a vampire. His permanent death is when he is shot by Liz and Iris accidentally and is taken outside of the hotel to die.]] |
| 307 | * ClingyJealousGirl: Gender Inverted. Not the CrazyJealousGuy because it's still "played for laughs" (at least in the AHS world) as opposed to threatening and creepy. |
| 308 | * DestructiveRomance: Boy howdy. Dono's feud with Tristan and Valentino [[spoiler:culminating in Valentino's murder. Also wanting the Countess to kill him because it's the only way she'll "let him love her". Yikes.]] |
| 309 | * DirtyCoward: Along with being visibly intimidated by The Countess at every turn, he's a pretty weak-willed person anyway. When she dumps him, he prowls Skid Row for easy prey. [[spoiler:And instead of ending The Countess's reign of terror with Ramona Royale, he betrays Ramona when he believes The Countess will finally take him back.]] |
| 310 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Donovan is pretty unnerved by Iris and Ramona's plan to murder a bunch of (vampire) children to hurt the Countess. {{Subverted}} in that, as Ramona observes, he doesn't actually care about the children and is just hesitant because he still loves the Countess and part of him doesn't want to hurt her. |
| 311 | * FoolForLove: He cannot bring himself to give up The Countess and refuses to believe she doesn't truly love him. Proven beyond a shadow of a doubt as of "She Wants Revenge." |
| 312 | * {{Gaslighting}}: His mother in every conversation they have: "You're such a drama queen." |
| 313 | * TheHedonist: A much more twisted example of this trope, but Donovan is introduced having a foursome with The Countess and another couple before killing them and drinking their blood. |
| 314 | * HeelFaceTurn: Seems to go through this upon Liz Taylor's big TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about how he treats Iris (although he agrees Iris ''isn't'' the best mother, but she's tried). Upon seeing she tried to kill herself, he immediately goes to save her by turning her. [[spoiler:Subverted later when he tells her that he regrets saving her.]] |
| 315 | ** [[spoiler:He also goes back on his plan to take down The Countess with Ramona Royale, betraying her to get back into the former's good graces.]] |
| 316 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Calls Tristan a junkie despite being a former drug addict himself, as the Countess reminds him. |
| 317 | * IDieFree: Iris and Liz honor his request to be carried outside the hotel after he's been badly shot, so he won't be stuck inside for all eternity. |
| 318 | * IncestSubtext: with Iris, of the non-consensual variety. Cf. Liz talking to Donovan at the bar: "You might find someone who (...) screws you better.", Iris saying something along the lines of "Donovan (is my) true love." |
| 319 | * {{Jerkass}}: To the point that he's even taking shots at his mother. Though for some audience members who feel sympathy for his description of the way she raised him, he may be right to lash out at her. |
| 320 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: After he's killed, he apparently goes to his own personal heaven, where it always smells like Iris's pancakes, and he always gets to watch cartoons on Saturday morning.]] |
| 321 | * MrFanservice: Bomer noted that he had more nude scenes in the first episode than in both ''Film/MagicMike'' movies. |
| 322 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:In "She Gets Revenge," he murders Valentino so he can have the Countess all to himself.]] |
| 323 | * PrettyBoy: Pointed out by Ramona, among others. |
| 324 | * OurVampiresAreDifferent: He has a "virus" but no fangs, and subsists on human blood. |
| 325 | * RavenHairIvorySkin: [[spoiler:To resemble the original - Valentino.]] |
| 326 | * ReplacementGoldfish: Discovers that he is one for the Countess' lost love Valentino. He isn't happy. |
| 327 | * {{Revenge}}: As of "Room Service," Donovan seems to want this against [[spoiler:the Countess and has even teamed up with Ramona Royale to get it]]. |
| 328 | %%* SmallNameBigEgo |
| 329 | * SmugSnake: He's Iris' son and Elizabeth's lover, so this trope is pretty much par for the course. |
| 330 | * SpitefulSpit: [[spoiler:After shooting Valentino in the head multiple times, tasting his blood, and remarking that he has better cheekbones, Donovan spits in his ruined face.]] |
| 331 | * SpoiledBrat: Has clearly allowed his years of luxurious living and being the sole focus of the Countess' attention to go to his head. |
| 332 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: He plays the trope fairly straight, being defined by his dark and seductive looks. |
| 333 | * {{Yandere}}: For the Countess. |
| 334 | [[/folder]] |
| 335 | |
| 336 | [[folder:Lachlan Drake]] |
| 337 | !!Lachlan Drake |
| 338 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/drake_lachlan.jpg]] |
| 339 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/LyricLennon |
| 340 | |
| 341 | Will Drake's son. |
| 342 | ---- |
| 343 | * LonelyRichKid: He is bored of attending his father's fashion shows and is happy when Scarlett shows up so he has someone his own age to explore his new hotel with. |
| 344 | * WeirdnessCensor: Apparently doesn't think that creepy children who sleep in coffins and play video games all day in a hidden room is strange. |
| 345 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappeared completely after [[spoiler: his father was killed]]. Didn't even show up in the finale! Liz just handwaves that she took care of him. |
| 346 | [[/folder]] |
| 347 | |
| 348 | [[folder:Wren]] |
| 349 | !!Wren |
| 350 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/JessicaBelkin |
| 351 | One of The Countess's vampire children, she's ultimately revealed to be a partner-in-crime to the Ten Commandments Killer. |
| 352 | |
| 353 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: When she was human, she was deeply afraid of growing up and becoming prey to her father's lust; she was spared this fate by the Countess... but after twenty-five years feeding on blood and existing as a living doll to the Countess, Wren realizes that it wasn't much of an improvement, and secretly wishes she'd grown up after all. |
| 354 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Runs in front of a truck to keep John from finding out the truth.]] |
| 355 | * CreepyChild: Like all the Countess's children, Wren tends to speak in a CreepyMonotone and comes across as distinctly off-putting. |
| 356 | * DisappearedDad: After abandoning her to get drunk at the Cortez, Wren's father was never seen again - presumably ending up as [[AssholeVictim another victim of the Countess]]. |
| 357 | * DrivenToSuicide: |
| 358 | ** After being left in a boiling-hot car by her neglectful father, Wren seriously considered staying there and dying rather than be rescued, as living would mean eventually being molested by her dad. |
| 359 | ** [[spoiler: In the finale of "Flicker," having already grown increasingly depressed with her life as a vampire, she runs into traffic in order to prevent John from learning the true identity of the Ten Commandments Killer and killing him.]] |
| 360 | * EnfantTerrible: Introduced feeding on a terrified Agnetha alongside one of her brothers. She's also a willing partner of the Ten Commandments Killer, participating in numerous unpleasant acts ''and'' slitting the throat of a security guard before he can apprehend the killer. |
| 361 | * ExtremelyProtectiveChild: Is fully prepared to kill in order to protect the Ten Commandments Killer, who she regards as a friend. [[spoiler: She's also prepared to commit suicide if it means protecting the Killer from discovering the AwfulTruth.]] |
| 362 | * FriendlyEnemy: She gets along quite well with John, even agreeing to help him find the Killer; in turn, John treats her with sympathy despite her crimes. [[spoiler: Of course, what John doesn't know is that the reason why she gets on so well with him is because ''he's'' the Ten Commandments Killer.]] |
| 363 | * LyingToProtectYourFeelings: [[spoiler: She knows full well that John is actually the Ten Commandments Killer but lies to spare him from the AwfulTruth; when John sets out to murder the Killer rather than arrest him, Wren takes this as confirmation that he'll commit suicide upon discovering his true identity and runs into traffic rather than help him any further.]] |
| 364 | * NotGrowingUpSucks: Admits that, after decades of being a vampire without ever growing up or escaping the Countess's thrall, it might not have been so bad to grow up after all. For good measure, this might be one of the reasons why she accepted Sally's mission to protect the Ten Commandments Killer, as Sally was one of the few members of the Cortez staff to entrust her with adult responsibilities. |
| 365 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Wren looks somewhere in the ballpark of about twelve years old, but as she was taken in by the Countess in the 90s, she's actually in her thirties or forties. |
| 366 | * ParentalIncest: Her father was grooming her to become "his little lady" once she grew up. Even as a child, Wren understood what this meant enough to feel nausea at the concept and actively dreaded growing up - to the point that she actively contemplated suicide. |
| 367 | * ParentalNeglect: On top of the aforementioned incestuous overtures, her dad was also a drunk who left her in his car for hours on end while he got hammered at the Cortez's bar. For good measure, it was a hot summer's day when this happened, and it might have led to Wren dying of heatstroke if the Countess hadn't rescued her. |
| 368 | * TooUnhappyToBeHungry: Refuses all meals after being arrested by the police and admits that she doesn't want blood anymore. [[spoiler: Minutes later, she commits suicide upon realizing that she's going to be forced to give up the Ten Commandments Killer.]] |
| 369 | [[/folder]] |
| 370 | |
| 371 | [[folder:The Addiction Demon]] |
| 372 | !!The Addiction Demon |
| 373 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ahs_hotel_addiction_demon_1.jpg]] |
| 374 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/AlexanderWard |
| 375 | A demon who rapes its victims with a drill dildo. |
| 376 | ---- |
| 377 | * AdvertisedExtra: He was promoted pretty heavily before the season began and had a minor role in the premiere, but afterwards his total screentime amounts to less than a minute. |
| 378 | * AndIMustScream: This is what you're in for if he gets you. |
| 379 | * {{Curse}}: He is a direct manifestation of the evil that exists within the Hotel Cortez. |
| 380 | * TheDragon: Initially he appears to work for, or be an extension of, Hypodermic Sally. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that he is actually James March's Dragon, since he refers to it as "his" demon. Still, the episode also makes it clear that the demon is drawn to Sally in particular, perhaps sensing a kindred spirit.]] |
| 381 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Addiction is ''Hotel's'' prime theme. It is brought up in every episode, whether the Demon makes an actual appearance or not. So he's always there, even when you don't see him. |
| 382 | * OurDemonsAreDifferent: It's a frenzied humanoid with large taloned hands and a drill-bit dildo as a weapon. As can be seen in the image above, there are no human features in the grotesque fleshiness of his entire body. Not something you normally imagine. |
| 383 | * RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He delivers this 'punishment' upon his victims. With a drill-bit dildo. |
| 384 | * {{Sadist}}: The Addiction Demon prefers his victims to scream. |
| 385 | * YourSoulIsMine: In "The Ten Commandments Killer", it is revealed that the Addiction Demon must be appeased by feeding upon the darkness of those who enter the hotel, drawing power from his victims. [[spoiler: March later mentions that, if Sally can't keep the Demon under control, this will be her fate.]] |
| 386 | [[/folder]] |
| 387 | |
| 388 | !! Guests |
| 389 | [[folder:Detective John Lowe]] |
| 390 | !!Detective John Lowe |
| 391 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lowe_john.jpg]] |
| 392 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/WesBentley |
| 393 | |
| 394 | -->'''Liz Taylor:''' ''[to John]'' I can see the pain in your eyes. It's very familiar. Oh, you've lost something. And now you're frozen in time. Can't move forward. Can't go back. |
| 395 | |
| 396 | A detective investigating the Ten Commandments Killer, his investigation has led him directly to the mysterious Hotel Cortez. |
| 397 | ---- |
| 398 | * AgentScully: Does not believe that supernatural events are happening in the hotel, despite some evidence to the contrary. |
| 399 | * TheAlcoholic: Believes himself to be this, but Alex disagrees, arguing that he's actually just [[ControlFreak obsessed with control]]. |
| 400 | * CarouselKidnapping: His back had been turned for a minute away from the carousel his son, Holden, was riding; subsequently, the boy was kidnapped and "adopted" by [[spoiler:the Countess]]. |
| 401 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: In the final episode, it's revealed that he was killed during the time skip, being shot by the cops before he could reach the Hotel Cortez.]] |
| 402 | * TheComicallySerious: As a rather stereotypical hard-boiled detective, John often comes off like this. |
| 403 | * DefectiveDetective: John has a lot going on in his personal life; he's struggled with alcoholism and he has marital difficulties stemming from the abduction of his son. |
| 404 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: In addition to the female attention he attracts, John also catches the eye of Jeffrey Dahmer. |
| 405 | * FairCop: Is a detective, and a highly attractive man, which has been pointed out by many characters. |
| 406 | * ForgetsToEat: His own daughter reminds him that he needs to eat and calls him a liar when he says he has. |
| 407 | * {{Gaslighting}}: The victim of it, mostly at the hands of March and Sally, though [[spoiler:Alex]] has joined the fold. |
| 408 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: Seems to be his arc, as the darkness surrounding John consumes him more and more with each passing episode. |
| 409 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: With his family problems, SanitySlippage, and investigation into the Ten Commandments Killer, John hasn't had much time to acquaint himself with The Countess or any of the other vampires in the Cortez. He sees so little of the supernatural elements, he starts to believe he's hallucinating when he actually does. |
| 410 | ** Turns out, [[spoiler:John has literally been locked out of the loop thanks to March, Sally, and other residents of the hotel manipulating his fragile psyche until he forgets all the time he has spent at the Cortez and becomes a {{serial killer}}.]] |
| 411 | * OccultDetective: Whether he knows it or not, he seems to fit the build. |
| 412 | * PapaWolf: For his daughter and (missing) son. |
| 413 | * ParentalNeglect: [[spoiler:Turns out to have become somewhat neglectful to his wife and children since he first discovered the Cortez. Alex even states that he goes missing for days and doesn't show up when he has commitments to his family. Seemingly made worse by the loss of Holden.]] |
| 414 | * SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:Suffers a mental breakdown that turns him into a raving lunatic. It's also revealed that he's the Ten Commandments Killer.]] |
| 415 | * SelectiveObliviousness: Played straight early on when John refuses to believe that his daughter saw Holden in the Hotel Cortez, despite the fact that he has seen Holden in the Cortez as well. |
| 416 | ** {{Subverted|Trope}} later on. [[spoiler:The reason John doesn't remember committing the Ten Commandment killings or all the time he spent at the hotel is because he's been repeatedly drugged, brainwashed, and manipulated by March and Sally, creating huge gaps in his memory.]] |
| 417 | * ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: John has a habit of illustrating his thoughts or feelings verbally, perhaps due to his career as a crack detective. |
| 418 | * TragicHero: [[spoiler:A good man whose strong sense of justice is corrupted by March when he and The Countess kidnap his son, breaking his spirit and twisting his growing complacency with death and darkness into an insane lust for vengeance against those he is led to believe are getting away with evil deeds, driving him mad and turning him into the Ten Commandments Killer.]] |
| 419 | * VillainTakesAnInterest: Dear God, it seems like ''every'' villain takes an interest in him! The Ten Commandments Killer, Sally, and [[spoiler:March]] all seem particularly intrigued and each with their own agendas for him. |
| 420 | * WouldHurtAChild: Well, [[spoiler:vampire children. He shoots Bartholomew on sight and works with Alex to lure all the infected children into the sealed-off hotel wing with a hungry Ramona Royale.]] |
| 421 | * YouAreWhatYouHate: John is very passionate about bringing the Ten Commandments Killer, or rather all killers, to justice. [[spoiler:As it turns out, he is the Ten Commandments Killer.]] |
| 422 | [[/folder]] |
| 423 | |
| 424 | [[folder:Tristan Duffy]] |
| 425 | !!Tristan Duffy |
| 426 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/duffy_tristan.jpg]] |
| 427 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/FinnWittrock |
| 428 | |
| 429 | A temperamental model who becomes The Countess's new flare. |
| 430 | ---- |
| 431 | * AlasPoorVillain: He falls in love with [[spoiler: Liz Taylor]] only to have [[spoiler: his throat slit]] by the Countess. |
| 432 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: A variation. He [[spoiler: falls in love with Liz Taylor after the latter doesn't just assume he's a dumb model and gives him books to read. [[SlashedThroat It doesn't end well for him]].]] |
| 433 | * BrainlessBeauty: Certainly attractive, but not very smart. He outright states that he knows this fact, but he was willing to read books recommended by his [[spoiler: girlfriend, Liz Taylor.]] |
| 434 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:His throat is slit by The Countess]]. |
| 435 | * DiscoDan: Tristan's hair and clothes are straight out of The80s. |
| 436 | * TheDragon: To the Countess. [[spoiler: At least, until she kills him.]] |
| 437 | * HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: He insists that he's not gay while sucking the blood of a guy he passionately made out with in the elevator. |
| 438 | * {{Jerkass}}: Tristan is self-absorbed, aggressive, and essentially just downright vile. Yet understandably so, as he is implied to have grown up in the cut-throat modeling industry and had everyone either afraid of him or handing him things on a silver platter. |
| 439 | * LackOfEmpathy: Didn't seem to care when [[spoiler:Mr. March]] shoots a tied-up guest from the party going down on the ground floor. Only the fact blood splattered all over his designer clothes. [[spoiler: Also inverted, as he is clearly shown to love Liz Taylor. Even when Liz had him meet her and the Countess to tell her the truth of their relationship which had been going on for weeks; he didn't lie.]] |
| 440 | * SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: How the Countess kills him.]] |
| 441 | * TheVamp: No pun intended, but, for a man who insists he's not gay, he tends to default to seducing men to make them vulnerable enough to murder. |
| 442 | * WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: He strikes Alex so hard across the face she's knocked off her feet. The Countess didn't even order him to.]] |
| 443 | [[/folder]] |
| 444 | |
| 445 | [[folder:Claudia Bankson]] |
| 446 | !!Claudia Bankson |
| 447 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bankson_claudia.jpg]] |
| 448 | ->'''Played By:''' [[Creator/NaomiCampbell Naomi Campbell]] |
| 449 | |
| 450 | Claudia is a Vogue editor who ends up staying at Hotel Cortez. She's outlandish and thinks she's indestructible and that nothing can hurt her. |
| 451 | ---- |
| 452 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:She is stabbed to death by Gabriel]]. |
| 453 | * DeadStarWalking: [[spoiler:Despite being played by one of the most recognizable members of the cast, she gets next to no characterization before being disposed of by a crazed Gabriel. She does, however, become a ghost due to her dying in the Hotel.]] |
| 454 | * RichBitch: She's quite haughty and smug. |
| 455 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Though she becomes one of the Hotel's ghosts, she isn't seen again after episode 3 and doesn't appear at the ghost meeting in the finale.]] |
| 456 | [[/folder]] |
| 457 | |
| 458 | [[folder:Queenie]] |
| 459 | !!Queenie |
| 460 | -->See the Characters/AmericanHorrorStoryCoven page |
| 461 | [[/folder]] |
| 462 | |
| 463 | [[folder:"Mattress Man"]] |
| 464 | !!"Mattress Man |
| 465 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/AlexanderWard |
| 466 | A man who is sewn into a mattress who Agnetha and Vendela encounter. |
| 467 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:He dies somehow, as his corpse is seen in the death chute.]] |
| 468 | [[/folder]] |
| 469 | |
| 470 | [[folder:Gabriel]] |
| 471 | !!Gabriel |
| 472 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gabriel1.jpg]] |
| 473 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/MaxGreenfield |
| 474 | A junkie who checks into the Cortez. |
| 475 | |
| 476 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Overdoses at the hospital]]. |
| 477 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: He's seemingly raped to death by the Addiction Demon. |
| 478 | * DeadpanSnarker: When Iris claims the Hotel has had renovations, he gives a quick look around his surroundings and proclaims it bullshit. |
| 479 | * DiesWideOpen: Not only that, but his pupils are disturbingly dilated. |
| 480 | * MadeOfIron: Apparently survived being brutally raped with a drillbit dildo and then being trapped in a mattress for several days with enough strength left to [[spoiler:stab Claudia to death and have a heart attack in the hospital.]] |
| 481 | * NotQuiteDead: Seemingly revived after being raped to death and was later being [[spoiler:sewn into a mattress]] by Sally. [[spoiler: His real death comes later, of a heart attack.]] |
| 482 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He's on-screen for barely five minutes before the Addiction Demon takes care of him. |
| 483 | [[/folder]] |
| 484 | |
| 485 | [[folder:Mr. Wu]] |
| 486 | !!Mr. Wu |
| 487 | A man who checks into the Hotel Cortez. |
| 488 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/CharlesMelton |
| 489 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:After having a threesome with Agnetha and Vendela, he is stabbed by them.]] |
| 490 | [[/folder]] |
| 491 | |
| 492 | [[folder:Agnetha]] |
| 493 | !!Agnetha |
| 494 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap2015102617h49m10s474.jpg]] |
| 495 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/HelenaMattsson |
| 496 | |
| 497 | A Swedish tourist who checks into the hotel with her friend Vendela. |
| 498 | ---- |
| 499 | * AffectionateNickname: Her friend Vendela calls her 'Aggie' for short. |
| 500 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:She has her blood sucked by Holden and another vampire child.]] |
| 501 | * DamselInDistress: Is held captive in a cage by Iris, her blood being used to feed the Countess's children.[[spoiler: Unlike her friend, she doesn't get the chance to escape and dies from blood loss.]] |
| 502 | * DecoyProtagonist: A good chunk of the first episode revolves around her and her friend arriving at the Hotel Cortez and being unsettled. [[spoiler: Vendela has her throat slashed before the first episode is over, and Agnetha is unceremoniously drained of blood by the Countess's children in the second.]] |
| 503 | * DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: [[spoiler: "Afterlife" in this case; on Donovan's advice, they're more than willing to take up killing people in order to keep themselves occupied in their new ghostly existence, at least until Alex convinces them that they can break minds instead.]] |
| 504 | * FemmeFatale: [[spoiler: She and Vendela take up this role following their death, seducing Mr Wu so they can murder him, then luring John into a threesome so they can mess with his head. However, they appeared to have given up this following the time skip in the final episode and have settled down full-time with Mr. Wu's ghost.]] |
| 505 | * WanderingWalkOfMadness: [[spoiler: Following their death, Agnetha and Vendela are doomed to wander the hotel for eternity in a futile attempt to reach Universal Studios, seemingly unaware that they've died or that they can't escape the building. Donovan indicates that this "hamster wheel" existence is pretty common with ghosts, explaining that they need a purpose in order to keep them grounded in the real world - and advises them to take up killing.]] |
| 506 | [[/folder]] |
| 507 | |
| 508 | [[folder:Vendela]] |
| 509 | !!Vendela |
| 510 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ahs_hotel_vendela_01000.jpg]] |
| 511 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/KamillaAlnes |
| 512 | |
| 513 | A Swedish tourist and friend of Agnetha. |
| 514 | ---- |
| 515 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Her throat is slit by The Countess.]] |
| 516 | * DamselInDistress: Is held captive by Iris. She is later freed by Sally although she doesn't get very far. |
| 517 | * DecoyProtagonist: A good chunk of the first episode revolves around her and her friend arriving at the Hotel Cortez and being unsettled. [[spoiler:She has her throat slit up the Countess before the first episode is over, and Agnetha is unceremoniously drained of blood by the Countess's children in the second.]] |
| 518 | * DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: [[spoiler: "Afterlife" in this case; on Donovan's advice, they're more than willing to take up killing people in order to keep themselves occupied in their new ghostly existence, at least until Alex convinces them that they can break minds instead.]] |
| 519 | * FemmeFatale: [[spoiler: She and Vendela take up this role following their death, seducing Mr. Wu so they can murder him, then luring John into a threesome so they can mess with his head. However, they appeared to have given up this following the time skip in the final episode and have settled down full-time with Mr. Wu's ghost.]] |
| 520 | * SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: Courtesy of the Countess.]] |
| 521 | * WanderingWalkOfMadness: [[spoiler: Following their death, Agnetha and Vendela are doomed to wander the hotel for eternity in a futile attempt to reach Universal Studios, seemingly unaware that they've died or that they can't escape the building. Donovan indicates that this "hamster wheel" existence is pretty common with ghosts, explaining that they need a purpose in order to keep them grounded in the real world - and advises them to take up killing.]] |
| 522 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: She is killed by the Countess in the first episode. She later shows up as a ghost stuck in the Hotel Cortez with her friend.]] |
| 523 | [[/folder]] |
| 524 | |
| 525 | [[folder:Justin]] |
| 526 | !!Justin |
| 527 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/DarrenCriss |
| 528 | |
| 529 | Justin, a former photographer for Entrez-vouz magazine, stays at the Hotel Cortez after being terrorized by the kids that go out for candy on Halloween in the past years. |
| 530 | ---- |
| 531 | * AssholeVictim |
| 532 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Iris slits his throat.]] |
| 533 | * {{Jerkass}}: Brings Iris to tears when he asks for a cheeseboard and grilled romaine from Room Service. |
| 534 | [[/folder]] |
| 535 | |
| 536 | [[folder:Babe]] |
| 537 | !!Babe |
| 538 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/JessicaLu |
| 539 | |
| 540 | A bitchy hipster who is dating Justin. |
| 541 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Iris stabs her with a corkscrew]]. |
| 542 | [[/folder]] |
| 543 | |
| 544 | !! Serial Killers |
| 545 | [[folder:James Patrick March]] |
| 546 | !!Mr. James Patrick March |
| 547 | [[quoteright:253:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/march_small.png]] |
| 548 | [[caption-width-right:253:''"Well then, I guess I'm just going to have to kill God."'']] |
| 549 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/EvanPeters |
| 550 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel Hotel]]'' | ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryApocalypse Apocalypse]]'' |
| 551 | |
| 552 | The builder and owner of the Hotel Cortez in the 1930s. |
| 553 | ---- |
| 554 | * AmicableExes: His current relationship with [[spoiler:the Countess]], at least until [[spoiler:he reveals what he did to Valentino]]. |
| 555 | * ArtDeco: His preferred aesthetic, as evidenced in the design of the hotel. |
| 556 | * AxCrazy: He brutally murdered dozens of people whilst alive, averaging three a week. |
| 557 | * TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:In the end, March gets everything he wants. He succeeds in completing the Ten Commandment Killings through John, has The Countess killed and forever trapped within his hotel, and even manages to ensure that the Cortez continues to thrive long into the future by forbidding murder. Since he's a ghost and still seemingly in control of the Addiction Demon, it doesn't appear that anyone had a chance of stopping him to begin with.]] |
| 558 | * BigBadDuumvirate: He and his former bride, [[spoiler:The Countess]], are the two driving forces of evil in ''Hotel'', alongside the obscure but ever-present Addiction Demon. |
| 559 | * BlasphemousBoast: He declares he'll "just have to kill {{God}}" to a religious victim. The guy's got some balls, that's for sure. |
| 560 | * TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:In ''Apocalypse'', he's shown tormenting Queenie after her ghost is trapped there, playing cards with her for all time]]. |
| 561 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: March tries to make light of the fact that he had [[spoiler:Valentino and Natacha locked away for nearly a hundred years]] at the same time he tries to ingratiate himself to [[spoiler:The Countess]]. When she promptly slaps him across the face, he is stunned and asks: "You're still upset about the dago?" |
| 562 | * {{Catchphrase}}: "Ahh...''yes!''" |
| 563 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Slits his own throat to avoid going to prison.]] |
| 564 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To [[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryFreakShow Dandy Mott.]] |
| 565 | ** To start both are equally [[AxCrazy psychotic]], [[TheSociopath sociopathic]], [[ItsAllAboutMe selfishly]] [[{{Yandere}} obsessive towards a female]] [[FreakyIsCool for their uniquness,]] and are [[SerialKiller Serial Killers]]. However, while Dandy was taught how to be a SerialKiller by someone inadvertently before starting out on his own, March started out as a SerialKiller who [[EvilMentor taught]] others how to become killers like him. |
| 566 | ** Both also happen to be very rich and use their wealth to get away with their murders. However Dandy would use his wealth bribe the authorities to turn a blind eye while he commits them out in the open while March would use his wealth to build a hotel and commit all his murders inside it away from the eyes of authority. How they obtained their wealth is also different. Dandy [[OldMoney inherited his wealth from his family,]] while March was a SelfMadeMan who started from humble beginnings. |
| 567 | ** Personality-wise Dandy is [[PsychopathicManchild immature]] SpoiledBrat who was [[{{Jerkass}} rude]] to everyone, while March is WickedCultured, and [[FauxAffablyEvil superficially polite]] to everyone. |
| 568 | ** They also [[TheBadGuyWins succeeded in getting what they want]] in the penultimate episode, but they handled things quite differently in the finale. Dandy decides to BadBoss to his newly found employees, [[spoiler:and later killing them off. However, a few survived and decide to give Dandy the [[KarmicDeath Karmic justice]] he deserves and Dandy ends up losing everything.]] March on the other hand decides to be [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic]] and [[spoiler:agrees with his employees to ban killing from the hotel so that it won't be demolished and he and the other ghosts will continue to survive. In the end this works in his favor and [[KarmaHoudini forever escapes Karmic Retribution]], all while keeping everything he has.]] |
| 569 | ** Last mention: [[spoiler:Dandy was a living human throughout ''Freak Show'' until the finale where he died [[AintTooProudToBeg pathetically begged for his life]], while March is a ghost, who was already dead prior to ''Hotel'' starting, and was seen in a flashback [[FaceDeathWithDignity calmly accepting his death]].]] |
| 570 | * TheCorrupter: March is apparently even better at this than he is being a {{serial killer}}. He's responsible for The Zodiac Killer, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Aileen Wuornos, Richard Ramirez, Charles Manson, [[spoiler:John Lowe, and Tristan]] becoming murderers just as bad as he. [[spoiler:He's even the one who corrupted Elizabeth.]] |
| 571 | * DeadAllAlong: March killed himself in the 1930s but continues to reside in the Cortez as a ghost. |
| 572 | * DisposableVagrant: Preyed on these. His wife, [[spoiler:the Countess]], disapproved because there was nothing to gain from it and encouraged him to kill people with belongings worth taking. |
| 573 | * EvilMentor: To many of history's most famous serial killers, including Aileen Wuornos and John Wayne Gacy. At the moment, he may be trying to be this to Tristan [[spoiler:and John]]. |
| 574 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: After the police arrive, he rather calmly discusses a murder-suicide with Miss Evers before unhesitatingly cutting his own throat. |
| 575 | * FamilyValuesVillain: He apologizes to Miss Evers after he curses. |
| 576 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He's a remarkably genial fellow, even when slaughtering scores of innocent people. |
| 577 | * GoKartingWithBowser: Sadistic serial killer he may be, but he still enjoys passing the time playing poker and gin rummy with [[spoiler:Queenie]]. |
| 578 | * GracefulLoser: After losing his 56,433rd game of cards against [[spoiler:Queenie]], he briefly becomes frustrated before recollecting himself and snarking: |
| 579 | --> ''"Only amateurs keep score."'' |
| 580 | * HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: March was positively addicted to killing people. |
| 581 | * ItsAllAboutMe: |
| 582 | ** March is completely self centered in his desire for [[spoiler:the Countess]]. He shows little to no concern for her feelings, and even [[spoiler:arranges for her death so that she will be forced to spend eternity trapped in the hotel with him, even after she has been mentally broken and wishes to leave.]] |
| 583 | ** [[spoiler:His decision to support the ban on killing has nothing to do with him suddenly gaining a conscience and everything to do with the fact that he doesn’t know what would happen to him if the Hotel were no longer standing. As he is not above threatening the other ghosts into following his orders, it can safely be assumed that this concern does not extend to them.]] |
| 584 | * KarmaHoudini: Though his murder spree officially ended when he killed himself in the 1930s, March continued to live on as one of the Hotel Cortez's darkest spirits. [[spoiler:He never suffers any justice for the evil he commits.]] |
| 585 | ** The closest he gets to any sort of comeuppance is [[spoiler:being humbled in the face of an opponent he knows he’s no match for during ''Apocalypse'', and having no choice but to let him leave with the person he’d been forcing to keep him company. He’s last seen dejectedly preparing for a game of solitaire, with the implication that he’s got a long, boring, and lonely existence ahead of him.]] It isn’t much, but it’s ''something''. |
| 586 | * LargeHam: Oh boy, this guy just loves chewing scenery whenever he gets the chance. Whether he be threatening, making plans, or torturing people to death, he's always a delight to watch, and makes much of the season more palatable with his oddly charming and hilarious on-screen presence. |
| 587 | * LaughablyEvil: He's one of the most depraved and sadistic characters in the show's history, but that doesn't stop him being darkly funny and [[LargeHam ridiculously hammy]]. |
| 588 | * LonelyAtTheTop: He's still very much charge of a successful hotel meant to satisfy his murderous urges, yet he implies that he feels this way given how much he desperately tried to keep the Countess at his hotel, [[spoiler:and later, he appears genuinely saddened when Queenie (the girl he killed) was freed from the hotel's dark magic by Michael Langdon]]. |
| 589 | * LoveMakesYouCrazy: And it also makes you [[spoiler:seal off your wife's first love in an abandoned section of your hotel]] out of [[GreenEyedMonster sheer jealousy]]. |
| 590 | * TheManBehindTheMan: To many of history's most famous serial killers, and [[spoiler:John, the Ten Commandments Killer]]. |
| 591 | * ManipulativeBastard: Seems to have out-manipulated The Countess herself! [[spoiler:It was him who suggested that The Countess kidnap Holden which would lead to John {{jumping off the slippery slope}}.]] |
| 592 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: Wears a sharp 1920s suit. He also freely admits to copying his Exeter professor's Brahmin accent. |
| 593 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: Attempts to do this to [[spoiler:Valentino and Natacha]] by [[spoiler:having them sealed away in an abandoned wing of the hotel]]. Seeing as how they're carriers of the blood virus, they survive. |
| 594 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Is closely based on H.H. Holmes, a real-life serial killer who built an entire hotel to commit murders in. |
| 595 | * OddFriendship: Forms one with [[spoiler:Queenie]] after killing and trapping her in the hotel, due to her skill at card games and snarky personality. |
| 596 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler:When Michael Langdon pays his hotel a visit to pick up Queenie in ''Apocalypse'', he immediately drops his smug bravado and lets him proceed.]] |
| 597 | * PragmaticVillainy: |
| 598 | ** Agrees with Liz and Iris that [[spoiler:the ghosts should stop killing people]] in the last episode. However, as he even states, this has nothing to do with morals. [[spoiler:He simply doesn't want the hotel to get torn down, as he doesn't know what will happen to him and the other ghosts if it were no longer standing.]] |
| 599 | ** [[spoiler:Allows Michael to leave the hotel with Queenie in ''Apocalypse'' not out of altruism, but because he knows damn well he’s outmatched.]] |
| 600 | * ResurrectedMurderer: In life, James Patrick Marsh was a SerialKiller who built a HellHotel to torture and murder as many as he could. Upon his death, Marsh became an EvilMentor to other future serial killers (his apprentices include John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Aileen Wuornos, Richard Ramirez, and the UsefulNotes/ZodiacKiller). Even as ghost, Marsh remains a murderous monster who takes pride in hurting people. |
| 601 | * {{Sadist}}: The sheer number of people he's tortured, mutilated, and murdered while laughing maniacally kind of speaks for itself. |
| 602 | * SelfMadeMan: March built himself up from humble beginnings; his wealth was earned, not inherited, and so his peers considered him "new money." |
| 603 | * SerialKiller: His reason for building the Cortez was to have his own murder playground. |
| 604 | * SlashedThroat: How he offed himself. |
| 605 | * TheSociopath: Built a hotel solely so he could slaughter innocent people to cure his boredom and indulge in his sadistic desires, all while [[FauxAffablyEvil pretending to be a sophisticated gentleman]]. |
| 606 | * ShootTheBuilder: Did this when the builder questioned the hotel blueprints, and later murdered several construction workers as well. |
| 607 | %%* SuddenlyShouting |
| 608 | * SwordCane: His weapon of choice. |
| 609 | * UnholyMatrimony: His wife, [[spoiler:the Countess]], told him not to put a gag in the mouth of a woman he was bricking up inside a wall because she liked to hear the screams. |
| 610 | * VillainHasAPoint: When he lectures the other ghostly residents of the Cortez to stop murdering the guests, this may appear to be the definition of [[HypocriteHasAPoint hypocrisy]] [[LampshadeHanging as pointed out]] by Sally but the truth is he’s not the least bit wrong that if they keep going on as they do the hotel will almost certainly be closed for good and as undead spirits bound to place ''they likely can’t afford to lose the Cortez''! It’s also worth mentioning that he himself has abstained from killing! If that isn’t OOCIsSeriousBusiness then what is? |
| 611 | * VillainousRescue: |
| 612 | ** In the past, the Countess was about to jump from a window and end her life, before March rushed to save her. |
| 613 | ** Does this again in the present, rescuing [[spoiler:Ramona Royale]] from [[spoiler:[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCoven Queenie]]]], with the latter's [[spoiler:human voodoo doll power having no effect on him because he's a ghost]]. |
| 614 | * WickedCultured: In addition to being a psychopathic murderer, he's well-read and charming. |
| 615 | * WorthyOpponent: Considers [[spoiler:Queenie]] to be this in regards to card games. |
| 616 | * {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:In the penultimate episode, he manipulates John into murdering the Countess when she tries to leave, forcing her to spend an eternity with March.]] |
| 617 | * YouAreWhatYouHate: Or rather, You Build What You Hate. Most of the time, March is very proud of the bloody, grand hotel he built. But when [[spoiler:The Countess]] threatens to end their dinner nights together, he breaks down and begs her not to, saying that seeing her is his "sole comfort in this stygian heap!" |
| 618 | [[/folder]] |
| 619 | |
| 620 | [[folder:Aileen Wuornos]] |
| 621 | !!Aileen Wuornos |
| 622 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/LilyRabe |
| 623 | A sex worker who killed seven men in Florida, all within a two-year span (1989-1990). |
| 624 | ---- |
| 625 | * AxCrazy: She's deeply and entirely insane. |
| 626 | %% * BerserkButton: She doesn't seem to take too kindly to cops and to an extent men. |
| 627 | * CharacterDeath: Died in the show the same way as she died in real life. |
| 628 | * CharacterTics: She has a tendency to bite down on her lower lip and flip her mullet. She does both quite often. |
| 629 | * DoesNotLikeMen: She rants about men taking from her. In real life all her known victims were men. |
| 630 | * HistoricalBeautyUpdate: In reality, Wuornos was a pretty rough-looking woman (she first started smoking cigarettes as a preteen and abused drugs regularly). Here, she's played by the gorgeous Lily Rabe. All the make-up can't quite disguise Rabe's beauty. Creator/CharlizeTheron in ''Film/{{Monster}}'' looked closer to the real-life Aileen. |
| 631 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Wuornos was, like Elizabeth Short and the Axeman in seasons before her, a real person. |
| 632 | %% * Serial Killer: A rare female example. |
| 633 | [[/folder]] |
| 634 | |
| 635 | [[folder:John Wayne Gacy]] |
| 636 | !!John Wayne Gacy |
| 637 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/csb22ijuaaare9f001.jpg]] |
| 638 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnCarrollLynch |
| 639 | An American serial killer and rapist who sexually assaulted and murdered at least 33 teenage boys and young men between 1972 and 1978 in Chicago, Illinois. During his years of killing, he was known in the community for appearing as Pogo the Clown at local charity events. |
| 640 | ---- |
| 641 | * AffablyEvil: TruthInTelevision. Gacy comes across more like a jolly small-town businessman rather than one of America's most infamous serial killers; along with Ramirez, he's one of the most sociable of the dinner guests. Also, when John arrives at the Devil's Night dinner in the finale, Gacy greets him with a massive bear hug. |
| 642 | * CharacterDeath: He died in this show the same way he died in real life. |
| 643 | * DepravedHomosexual: Gacy struggled with his sexuality from an early age, but exclusively targeted young men and boys. He actively jokes about this during his second appearance while attempting to inspire Jeffrey Dahmer to be more outgoing in selecting fresh victims. |
| 644 | * FatBastard: Like in real life, the Gacy portrayed here is overweight. And a psychotic whack-job. |
| 645 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like Wuornos, Dahmer and Ramirez, he was a real-life serial killer. |
| 646 | * MonsterClown: Quite possibly the most infamous non-fictional example in all of history; the media made much of Gacy's clown persona, a performance character he named 'Pogo the Clown'. Contrary to popular belief, he never actually killed while dressed as a clown; in death, however, Gacy gladly dons his makeup before murdering the evening entertainment. |
| 647 | * SerialKiller: Gacy was a notorious serial killer active in the 1970s. |
| 648 | * VillainsOutShopping: When John arrives at the dinner, Gacy is having a chat with Richard Ramirez about techniques for making a really good subfloor. During the finale, he's trying to get Jeffrey Dahmer to dance with him. |
| 649 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: As was the case in reality, he styles himself as a respectable businessman, mentioning the fact that he's the owner of a construction firm and a member of the moose club ''ahead'' of the fact that he had thirty dead bodies rotting in his crawlspace. |
| 650 | [[/folder]] |
| 651 | |
| 652 | [[folder:Jeffrey Dahmer]] |
| 653 | !!Jeffrey Dahmer |
| 654 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/SethGabel |
| 655 | Known as the "Milwaukee Cannibal", Dahmer was an American serial killer who raped, murdered, and dismembered of seventeen men and boys between 1978 and 1991. |
| 656 | ---- |
| 657 | * CharacterDeath: He dies in this series the same way he died in real life. |
| 658 | * DepravedHomosexual: He was gay, as were many of his victims. |
| 659 | * FourEyesZeroSoul: His nerdy appearance belies the true monster within. |
| 660 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: He was a real-life serial killer of men. |
| 661 | * LiteralMinded: On their first meeting together, March insisted that Dahmer had to study his victims and get inside their heads; to his bemusement, Dahmer took this as a cue to start drilling holes in the skulls of his victims. |
| 662 | * TheQuietOne: Rarely says anything unless prompted. In fact, the only point when he ''really'' comes alive is when his pre-arranged victim enters. |
| 663 | * SerialKiller: One of the most infamous real-life serial killers ever. |
| 664 | * SoftSpokenSadist: Dahmer comes across as very shy and quiet with a gentle voice. |
| 665 | * {{Yandere}}: Once March brings out his victim for the evening, Dahmer starts getting very insistent that the unfortunate man never leave him. In real life, Jeffrey Dahmer was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. |
| 666 | * VillainousCrush: On John. |
| 667 | * VoodooZombie: Attempts to turn a victim into one of these by drilling a hole in his skull and pouring acid onto his brain. He is unsuccessful, however, admitting that it “never frigging works, though. They always die, like, ten minutes later.” Note that Dahmer actually did this in real life too. |
| 668 | [[/folder]] |
| 669 | |
| 670 | [[folder:Richard Ramirez]] |
| 671 | !!Richard Ramirez |
| 672 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/AnthonyRuivivar |
| 673 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel Hotel]]'' |
| 674 | ---> ''"Swear to Satan you won't scream or I'll kill you."'' |
| 675 | An infamous Satanist serial killer that terrorized the residents of the greater Los Angeles area, and later the residents of the San Francisco from June 1984 until August 1985. |
| 676 | |
| 677 | To see the Richard Ramirez that was on ''1984'' see his section under [[Characters/AmericanHorrorStory1984 Serial Killers]]. |
| 678 | ---- |
| 679 | * TheCameo: Of a sort; Ramirez was a part of the Devil’s Night episodes in ''Hotel''. |
| 680 | * CardCarryingVillain: He was one even before joining March at his hotel, taking pride in serving Satan and casually admitting to being pure and uncut evil. |
| 681 | * CharacterDeath: |
| 682 | ** In [[spoiler:''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel Hotel]]'', he died the same way he died in real life]]. |
| 683 | ** In [[spoiler:''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStory1984 1984]]'', his head is impaled on a tree branch by Mr. Jingles. He is resurrected by Satan. He is also stabbed a bunch of times, and killed many, many times by the ghosts of Camp Redwood in many different ways, but Satan always resurrects him to torture him.]] |
| 684 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Ramirez, when not horrifically killing people in the name of Satan, seems like a remarkably fun guy to be around and also is a nifty dancer; make no mistake, he is still one of the most dangerous serial killers to ever live. |
| 685 | * HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: Downplayed. Creator/AnthonyRuivivar does look a bit closer to Ramirez, at the time of his death. |
| 686 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Ramirez was a real-life serial killer dubbed "The Night Stalker." |
| 687 | * HollywoodSatanism: His whole shtick. |
| 688 | * PsychoForHire: He believes to be Satan's personal emissary and serves only his master, but he also offers his skills to other like-minded psychopaths, like James Marsh and [[spoiler:John Lowe]]. |
| 689 | * SerialKiller: Dubbed "The Night Stalker" by the media, Ramirez primarily robbed and killed people in their homes during the summers of '84 and '85, who slept with open windows. |
| 690 | * TheSociopath: Ramirez is a realistic low-functioning example, not even trying to hide his homicidal behavior behind a MaskOfSanity and having to rely on Satan to compensate for his lack of long-term planning. By the time he returns to Hotel Cortez to celebrate his third Devil's Night, 31 years after the Night Stalker murders, Ramirez has already matured into a high-functioning example and manages to come off as the most "normal" member of March's club. |
| 691 | [[/folder]] |
| 692 | |
| 693 | [[folder:The Zodiac Killer]] |
| 694 | !!The Zodiac Killer |
| 695 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel Hotel]]'' | ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCult Cult]]'' |
| 696 | A serial killer. |
| 697 | ---- |
| 698 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like with the other serial killers featured, and also the most mysterious one of the five, as no one knew who this person was. |
| 699 | * KarmaHoudini: Was never caught, and in death get to party on Devil's Night. |
| 700 | * SamusIsAGirl: [[UnreliableNarrator Possibly]]. ''Cult'' states that the Zodiac Killer was actually [[spoiler:Valerie Solanas and her SCUM members]] but because of the nature of that story, it remains to be seen if the Zodiac Killer was in-fact [[spoiler:one of them]]. |
| 701 | * SerialKiller: Probably the most infamous American serial killer ever. |
| 702 | * TheSpeechless: Never spoke a word in "Devil's Night" or "Be Our Guest." |
| 703 | [[/folder]] |
| 704 | |
| 705 | [[folder:Ten Commandments Killer]] |
| 706 | !!The Ten Commandments Killer |
| 707 | ->'''Played By:''' [[spoiler: Creator/WesBentley]] |
| 708 | Ths serial killer John investigates. |
| 709 | ---- |
| 710 | * ArchEnemy: To John Lowe. |
| 711 | * ArcVillain: Of John Lowe's storyline. |
| 712 | * EnemyWithin: [[spoiler: John's SplitPersonality, at that.]] |
| 713 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Last time we checked, 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' is definitely one of the ten commandments. Though Sally does point out that the more accurate translation is [[LoopholeAbuse "Thou shalt not commit murder"]]. Also, hates adulterers but [[spoiler: cheats on his wife]]. |
| 714 | * SerialKiller: (S)he kills people according to the Ten Commandments, hence the name. |
| 715 | * TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: John Is The Killer]] |
| 716 | [[/folder]] |
| 717 | |
| 718 | [[folder:Gordon Northcott]] |
| 719 | !!Gordon Northcott |
| 720 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/LukeBayback |
| 721 | A serial killer that abducted and murdered little boys. |
| 722 | ---- |
| 723 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Gordon Stewart Northcott abducted and molested at a chicken farm at Wineville, California. He murdered at least four of them. He was ultimately caught and executed. |
| 724 | * CharacterDeath: He is dead in real life, and probably in the show too. |
| 725 | * WouldHurtAChild: He abducted and murdered a number of kids, including [[spoiler:Miss Evers' little boy]]. |
| 726 | [[/folder]] |
| 727 | ---- |
| 728 | ! Los Angeles |
| 729 | !! 1920s |
| 730 | [[folder:Rudolph Valentino]] |
| 731 | !! Creator/RudolphValentino |
| 732 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/FinnWittrock |
| 733 | |
| 734 | Rudolph Valentino was a famous actor back in the 1920s who had a polyamorous affair with the Countess and his wife Natacha. |
| 735 | ---- |
| 736 | * AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: He's sealed off in an abandoned section of the hotel, unable to die or feed, for nearly ninety years.]] |
| 737 | * BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: [[spoiler:He's a carrier of the blood virus. He faked his death so that he could be together with Natacha, and was the person who sired the Countess. Additionally, he was turned by F. W. Murnau, the man behind ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}''.]] |
| 738 | * BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: On the receiving end, courtesy of Donovan.]] |
| 739 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Shot in the head by Donovan]]. |
| 740 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: Has difficulty adjusting to how much the world has changed in the time he's spent [[spoiler: sealed away in the hotel.]] |
| 741 | * GunsVsSwords: Brandishes a sword against [[spoiler:Donovan]], who just [[spoiler: laughs, pulls out a pistol, and kills him with a single shot to the head.]] |
| 742 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Rudolph Valentino was a real movie star back in the 20's. |
| 743 | * IdenticalStranger: Subverted. Although he is played by Finn Wittrock, who played Tristan Duffy in earlier episodes of the season, neither the Countess nor March mentions or reacts to Tristan's uncanny resemblance to Valentino when they meet him. Though granted, the Countess ''does'' soon take a shine to Tristan and turn him into her latest lover, so she probably recognized the resemblance to Valentino. |
| 744 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: March tries to do this to him and Natacha by having them sealed in an abandoned wing of the hotel. They survive on account of being immortal, and spend almost ninety years sealed away.]] Years later, [[spoiler: after he finally gets out, he gets this treatment ''again'', this time from Donovan, who is successful in murdering him.]] |
| 745 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: He fits this description. The fact that he was the Countess's first love is likely why she pursues men of this type. [[spoiler: It's why Donovan takes special care to disfigure his face when he kills him]]. |
| 746 | [[/folder]] |
| 747 | |
| 748 | [[folder:Natacha Rambova]] |
| 749 | !!Natacha Rambova |
| 750 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/AlexandraDaddario |
| 751 | |
| 752 | Natacha Rambova was a film costumer and set designer back in the 1920s, who married Rudolph Valentino. They divorced to appease film studios, but Natacha was still involved with Valentino who then brought the Countess into their relationship. |
| 753 | ---- |
| 754 | * AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: She's sealed off in an abandoned section of the hotel, unable to die or feed, for nearly ninety years.]] |
| 755 | * BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: [[spoiler:Another carrier of the blood virus, sired by Valentino.]] |
| 756 | * BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: On the receiving end, courtesy of the Countess.]] |
| 757 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Shot in the head by The Countess.]] |
| 758 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like her husband, was a real film costumer and set designer back in the 1920s. And unlike the fictional version, her divorce from Valentino was genuine. Needless to say, [[spoiler:her turning into a vampire isn't]]. |
| 759 | * LikeADuckTakesToWater: Adapts to the changed society far better than Valentino. |
| 760 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: The Countess kills her so she can have Valentino all to herself. Only to find out later that while she was murdering Natacha, Donovan was murdering Valentino for the same reason.]] |
| 761 | [[/folder]] |
| 762 | |
| 763 | [[folder:Margaret Gibson]] |
| 764 | !!Margaret Gibson |
| 765 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/MonicaHewes |
| 766 | An aspiring actress. |
| 767 | * CharacterDeath: She is dead in real life, and probably in the show too. |
| 768 | [[/folder]] |
| 769 | |
| 770 | [[folder:F.W. Murnau]] |
| 771 | !!F.W. Murnau |
| 772 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/HenrikRutgersson |
| 773 | The legendary German director and vampire who gave Rudolph Valentino the blood virus. |
| 774 | ---- |
| 775 | * AdaptationalSexuality: The flashback depicts him as bisexual, taking part in an orgy with the female vampires who gave him the virus and later seducing Valentino into becoming a vampire; the real Murnau was gay. |
| 776 | * AllInTheEyes: Murnau is first encountered staring at Valentino, his eyes thrown into sharp relief by the light cast across them - presumably a shout-out to Bela Lugosi's Dracula. |
| 777 | * BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: The director of the first adaptation of ''Dracula'' turns out to have been made into a vampire himself while researching for his project. |
| 778 | * CastingAShadow: In the flashback sequence, the simple act of making his shadow pass over Valentino's sleeping body causes him to awake in a fright. It's not clear if Murnau actually had this additional ability, or if this was just a stylistic shout-out to ''Nosferatu.'' |
| 779 | * LightFlickerTeleportation: Frequently vanishes from sight in between flickers of light during Valentino's flashback sequence. |
| 780 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to him after he recruited Valentino remains unknown, though it's possible that he's still alive. |
| 781 | |
| 782 | [[/folder]] |
| 783 | |
| 784 | !! Present day |
| 785 | [[folder:Ramona Royale]] |
| 786 | !!Ramona Royale |
| 787 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/royale_ramona7.jpg]] |
| 788 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/AngelaBassett |
| 789 | A former movie star who was [[spoiler:The Countess' lover, who turned her into a vampire.]] |
| 790 | ---- |
| 791 | * The70s: The era she lived in. She was even an actress starring in {{Blaxploitation}} films. |
| 792 | * ActionGirl: A {{blaxploitation}} film star. She's one both on and off the set. |
| 793 | * AntiHero: As ''anti'' as it gets, considering she takes pleasure in hunting people just as much as any other vampire. However, the fact that she opposes The Countess makes her qualify. |
| 794 | * {{Blaxploitation}}: Was an actress in such films. |
| 795 | * FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: The Countess and Donovan lock her up and seal her inside of the abandoned wing of the hotel.]] |
| 796 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: After Liz and Iris freed her from the sealed wing, she get away with all her crimes. Her last appearance is threatening Billie Dean Howard]]. |
| 797 | * TheLostLenore: Not The Countess, but the man she was prepared to leave The Countess for. |
| 798 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She's based on Creator/PamGrier. |
| 799 | * PrettyInMink: Wears a multicolored fur coat. |
| 800 | * OffHandBackhand: In her introductory episode, she tases Donovan in the throat when he tries to shank her from behind. |
| 801 | * {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler: She kidnaps and tries to ally with Donovan to get vengeance on the Countess, her ex-lover, for killing the love of Ramona's life. She promptly dumps him though when he tells her Elizabeth ended their relationship. Her long-term plan is to destroy Elizabeth's little vampire children.]] |
| 802 | * ShockAndAwe: Wields a taser. |
| 803 | * UngratefulBastard: What's the first thing she does when [[spoiler: Will Drake releases her from her neon cage?]] Slash his throat and drink his blood, of course. |
| 804 | * WouldHurtAChild: |
| 805 | ** [[spoiler: She plans to kill Elizabeth's abducted children.]] |
| 806 | ** Her reaction [[spoiler: to a bunch of kids getting thrown into her tomb of an abandoned hallway?]] |
| 807 | -->'''Ramona''': Mama smells appetizers! |
| 808 | * WoundedGazelleGambit: Pretends to have car trouble in a shady neighborhood in order to lure and kidnap Donovan. |
| 809 | ** She does it again to [[spoiler: Will Drake]], pretending to be a helpless victim in need only to turn on him as soon as he drops his guard on her. To be fair, she ''was'' weak and in need (of blood). |
| 810 | [[/folder]] |
| 811 | |
| 812 | [[folder:Alex Lowe]] |
| 813 | !!Alex Lowe |
| 814 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lowe_alex.jpg]] |
| 815 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/ChloeSevigny |
| 816 | John's wife, and Scarlett and Holden's mother. |
| 817 | ---- |
| 818 | * TheAtoner: Possibly. After finding out that she's responsible for [[spoiler:the drove of vampire children running rampant in L.A., Alex starts tracking them down in the hopes of containing the situation before they get caught or hurt anyone else.]] |
| 819 | * DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:In order to spend eternity with Holden, Alex agrees to let the Countess change her into a vampire.]] |
| 820 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:After a year of mourning Holden's disappearance (and presumed death), a depressed Alex tries to kill herself rather than face more pain. Thankfully, John manages to save her.]] |
| 821 | * DrJerk: She's cold, distant, and a {{workaholic}}. However, she does shows care in her work (she is after all a mother). She doesn't care for neglectful parents. |
| 822 | * EasilyForgiven: To a ridiculous degree, despite being distant towards her husband and daughter, even gaslighting John just to stay with Holden forever and keeping him to herself while abandoning Scarlett in the process, John STILL takes her back and Scarlet holds no resentment towards her. |
| 823 | * FootDraggingDivorcee: She wants to divorce because she feels that she and John can't overcome the loss of Holden together and that now their issues are beginning to hurt their daughter Scarlett as well. |
| 824 | * {{Gaslighting}}: She insists to John that he's starting to hallucinate and that he's having a breakdown [[spoiler:despite the fact that he did indeed see her and Holden sleeping a glass coffin. It's made worse by the fact that she's decided to actually push John over the edge and cause a breakdown.]] |
| 825 | * HeelRealization: When she finally confesses to John everything that happens the two of them have a moment in which they agree that they are the "worst parents ever". However, Alex does seem to be aware of her favoritism towards Holden even before that. |
| 826 | * {{Hypocrite}}: She hates neglectful parents and has a habit of scolding them, and has the gal to accuse her busy husband John of neglecting their daughter, despite being far worse in that category given her favoritism of her son and the fact that she outright abandons Scarlett in favor of being with Holden. |
| 827 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Zig-zagged, Alex is a cold, distant, incredibly-blunt workaholic, and she won't hesitate to chew out a parent that she feels is improperly caring for their kid. But at the end of the day, she really does love her husband and daughter, and she does have the best intentions at heart when she treats kids and lectures their parents. However, she has a fairly selfish mindset, as she has no qualms with pushing her husband and daughter away just so she could stay with her vampiric son Holden. |
| 828 | * KarmaHoudini: She faces no punishment whatsoever even after gaslighting her husband, feeding a bunch of vampiric kids to another hungry and stronger vampire and abandoning her daughter, and in fact gets her own happy ending by staying with her dead husband and vampire son. |
| 829 | * MamaBear: Mainly towards Holden. She's rather neglectful to Scarlett. |
| 830 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Using the blood virus to save a child dying of measles leads to that child becoming a highly-contagious vampire who infects a bunch of other children, leading them on a killing spree of parents and other adults.]] |
| 831 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Uses [[spoiler:the blood virus]] to save Mrs. Ellison's dying son, causing [[spoiler:the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Ellison, a school massacre, and the creation of a whole host of vampire children]]. |
| 832 | * ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:She abandons Scarlett to reunite with Holden in the hotel.]] |
| 833 | * ParentalFavoritism: She admits loving her son more than her daughter and her husband. She does not seem to be proud of it, however. |
| 834 | * ParentalNeglect: |
| 835 | ** Believes this of people who don't vaccinate their children. |
| 836 | ** It's been subtly implied that Alex herself unknowingly did this to Scarlett due to her favoritism towards Holden. The Countess directly calls her out on it. Though it's debatable whether or not this is actually considering the Countess is not the most well-intentioned. |
| 837 | ** It's not even subtle at this point. By the end of 5x04 (and throughout 5x05 and 5x06), Alex has [[spoiler: completely abandoned her daughter to spend more time with Holden; with little to no guilt.]] |
| 838 | * WhenYouComingHomeDad: Is a workaholic doctor who means well, but doesn't manage to make time for her daughter like her husband does. |
| 839 | * WouldHurtAChild: Well, [[spoiler: vampire children. She works with John to lure Max and the other infected children into the sealed-off hotel wing with a starving Ramona Royale. Though, she is technically responsible for their pain and all of the pain that they cause in turn.]] |
| 840 | * YouAreWhatYouHate: At the beginning of the season, she is vocal about her passionate hatred for those responsible for taking her son. [[spoiler: This gets turned on its head when she finds Holden with The Countess and quickly becomes her willing servant just to be with him again. Meaning Alex is actively helping the person who took her son.]] |
| 841 | ** She also states that she thinks people not vaccinating their children is neglectful and wrong. [[spoiler: However once she is given the offer to be with Holden again she immediately abandons Scarlett without any regret.]] |
| 842 | [[/folder]] |
| 843 | |
| 844 | [[folder:Scarlett Lowe]] |
| 845 | !!Scarlett Lowe |
| 846 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/ShreeCrooks |
| 847 | |
| 848 | The young daughter of John and Alex Lowe, and sister of Holden. |
| 849 | ---- |
| 850 | * BreakTheCutie: Oh dear god. At the start of the show, she's a nice and quirky little girl, but as the show progressed, you can tell everything about her began to fade away when her ''own mother flat out abandons her'' [[spoiler: for her now vampire son]] and of course, witnessing [[spoiler: John's mental breakdown]]. |
| 851 | * OnlySaneMan: In "Battle Royale" when it appears that [[spoiler: her family is finally back together, she is naturally skeptical and considers all the flaws in her parents' plan to conceal her vampiric older brother (who now looks younger than she is), continue to feed his and their blood-sucking mother's addiction, and completely ignore the fact that their father has been acting crazy.]] |
| 852 | * OutofFocus: Scarlett doesn't appear for quite a few episodes towards the middle of the season. |
| 853 | * ThePollyanna: She manages to stay remarkably upbeat despite all the shit she has to put up with. |
| 854 | * TheUnfavourite: She's this to her mother, Alex, even more so when her brother goes missing. [[spoiler: Also occurs when Alex becomes a vampire to be with Holden and John continues his work as the TCK, completely neglecting Scarlett in the process.]] |
| 855 | [[/folder]] |
| 856 | |
| 857 | [[folder:Detective Hahn]] |
| 858 | !!Detective Andy Hahn |
| 859 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/RichardTJones |
| 860 | A detective and John's best friend. |
| 861 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:John stabs him]] |
| 862 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Jon keeps "[[GroinAttack the instrument of adultery]]" when he kills him.]] |
| 863 | * GroinAttack: [[spoiler:Part of his CruelAndUnusualDeath.]] |
| 864 | [[/folder]] |
| 865 | |
| 866 | [[folder:Max Ellison]] |
| 867 | !!Max Ellison |
| 868 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/AntonStarkman |
| 869 | A boy who has measles. |
| 870 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Ramona murders him]] |
| 871 | * ChildrensCovertCoterie: [[spoiler: After being vampirized by Alex Lowe in a desperate attempt to cure his terminal measles, Max forms his own secret pack of young vampires by spreading the virus to his entire middle school class. Under his leadership, the pack kills their way through the rest of the school, successfully feign innocence when the police investigate, and then begin covertly preying on adults throughout the neighborhood - including their own parents.]] |
| 872 | * CurseThatCures: [[spoiler: Alex turns him into a vampire to cure his measles-related syndrome, thus setting off a mini-epidemic.]] |
| 873 | * EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler: Murders his own parents, his teachers, and several adults around his neighborhood - all without demonstrating so much as a guilty twinge.]] |
| 874 | * FullyEmbracedFiend: [[spoiler: Upon becoming a vampire, Max doesn't hesitate to murder his own parents to feed his hunger and clearly doesn't have the slightest moral concern over the awful things he does over the weeks that follow.]] |
| 875 | * {{Kidanova}}: Already has a girlfriend in middle school. [[spoiler: She's the first vampire he creates.]] |
| 876 | * SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: His parents are his first victims when he gets out of the hospital. Arguably KarmicDeath in the case of his mother at least.]] |
| 877 | [[/folder]] |
| 878 | |
| 879 | [[folder:Holden Lowe]] |
| 880 | !!Holden Lowe |
| 881 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/LennonHenry |
| 882 | John and Alex's son who was [[spoiler:kidnapped by The Countess.]] |
| 883 | [[/folder]] |
| 884 | |
| 885 | [[folder:Marcy]] |
| 886 | !!Marcy |
| 887 | --> see the Characters/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse page |
| 888 | [[/folder]] |
| 889 | |
| 890 | [[folder:Billie Dean Howard]] |
| 891 | !!Billie Dean Howard |
| 892 | --> see the Characters/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse page |
| 893 | [[/folder]] |
| 894 | |
| 895 | [[folder:"Lumberjack"]] |
| 896 | !!"Lumberjack" |
| 897 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/TylerCook |
| 898 | A man who [[spoiler:Tristan]] hooks up with and [[spoiler:murders]]. |
| 899 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Stabbed in the neck by Tristan.]] |
| 900 | [[/folder]] |
| 901 | |
| 902 | [[folder:Mrs. Ellison]] |
| 903 | !!Mrs. Ellison |
| 904 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/MadchenAmick |
| 905 | Max's anti-vax mother. |
| 906 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Max murders her and drinks her blood.]] |
| 907 | [[/folder]] |
| 908 | |
| 909 | [[folder:Mr. Ellison]] |
| 910 | !!Mr. Ellison |
| 911 | Max's father. |
| 912 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:He is murdered by Max and has his blood drank.]] |
| 913 | [[/folder]] |
| 914 | |
| 915 | [[folder:Madeline]] |
| 916 | !!Madeline |
| 917 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/AvaAcres |
| 918 | Max's girlfriend and a [[spoiler:vampire]]. |
| 919 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Murdered by Ramona.]] |
| 920 | [[/folder]] |
| 921 | |
| 922 | [[folder:Jimmy]] |
| 923 | !!Jimmy |
| 924 | [[spoiler:One of the vampire kids.]] |
| 925 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Murdered by Ramona.]] |
| 926 | [[/folder]] |
| 927 | |
| 928 | !Other |
| 929 | [[folder:Mr. Royale]] |
| 930 | !!Mr. Royale |
| 931 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/HenryGSanders |
| 932 | Ramona's father. |
| 933 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Beaten to death by robbers the first time, but revived by Ramona turning him into a vampire, and the second time he is drowned by Ramona in the tub to end his suffering.]] |
| 934 | * CoolOldGuy: A good father to Ramona and still doing his best to look after her mental well-being despite his advancing senility. [[spoiler: It ultimately makes his fate all the more tragic.]] |
| 935 | * DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Following the death of his wife, Ramona's father falls apart mentally and rapidly succumbs to Alzheimers.]] |
| 936 | * EmergencyTransformation: [[spoiler: After finding him nearly beaten to death in a home invasion, Ramona makes him into a vampire in a desperate attempt to save him. It works, but it does nothing to fix his mental health.]] |
| 937 | * EmptyShell: [[spoiler: By the end of his deterioration, he only stirs from his stupor to feed on blood.]] |
| 938 | * EvilOldFolks: [[spoiler: Vampirism combined with Alzheimer's leaves him with no restraint, no moral or ethical concerns, and no hesitation about killing for blood. About the only thing that stops him from being classified as a FullyEmbracedFiend is the fact that he likely doesn't even know that he's become a vampire.]] |
| 939 | * MuggingTheMonster: [[spoiler: Finds himself on the receiving end of this after becoming a vampire when the burglars return for a second try; he kills them both.]] |
| 940 | * ScatterbrainedSenior: Is suffering from the early symptoms of Alzheimer's when Ramona returns home, but he's still keeping it together for the most part... at first. [[spoiler: The death of his wife hits him very hard, unfortunately, and he undergoes a very rapid decline - to the point that he can barely recognize his own daughter. And then he becomes a vampire, and things only get worse.]] |
| 941 | [[/folder]] |
| 942 | |
| 943 | [[folder:Cassie Royale]] |
| 944 | !!Cassie Royale |
| 945 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/MarlaGibbs |
| 946 | Ramona's mother. |
| 947 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:She dies of natural causes, which causes her husband's mental health to deteriorate.]] |
| 948 | [[/folder]] |
| 949 | |
| 950 | [[folder:Prophet Moses]] |
| 951 | !!Prophet Moses |
| 952 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/JasonScottJenkins |
| 953 | [[spoiler:Ramona's love interest]] |
| 954 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Shot in the head by The Countess.]] |
| 955 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:Ramona hates The Countess so much because she killed him.]] |
| 956 | [[/folder]] |
| 957 | |
| 958 | [[folder:Albert Evers]] |
| 959 | !!Albert Evers |
| 960 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/JackFisher |
| 961 | Mr. Evers' son. |
| 962 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:He is murdered by Gordon Northcott.]] |
| 963 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:His death is this for Ms. Evers'.]] |
| 964 | [[/folder]] |
| 965 | |
| 966 | [[folder:Douglas Pryor]] |
| 967 | !!Douglas Pryor |
| 968 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/JoshBraaten |
| 969 | Liz's son. |
| 970 | * CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoiler: Though he fully accepts Liz for who she is, he still gently chides her for abandoning the family.]] |
| 971 | * OpenMindedParent: [[spoiler: Generationally-flipped variant; Douglas ultimately reveals that he's already recognized Liz and accepted her without any reservations.]] |
| 972 | * ParentalNeglect: [[spoiler:Even when Liz was living with her family, she still was kind of neglectful towards her son.]] |
| 973 | [[/folder]] |
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