| 1 | [[Characters/{{Fringe}} Fringe Characters Hub]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | '''Amber Universe''' |
| 4 | |
| 5 | !'''The Altered Timeline''' |
| 6 | [[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amber001_3939.png]] |
| 7 | A set of characters whom appear in the slightly altered/rewritten timeline throughout Season 4. Only characters who are substantially different, or play different roles compared to their prime timeline selves will be listed here - and only the differing tropes. |
| 8 | ---- |
| 9 | |
| 10 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 11 | |
| 12 | !!'''Main Characters''' |
| 13 | |
| 14 | [[folder:Lincoln Lee]] |
| 15 | !!!'''Lincoln Lee''' |
| 16 | [[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dlincoln_7520.png]] |
| 17 | [[caption-width-right:195:"[[FishOutOfWater Hey! Hey, you look a little freaked out. You wanna talk about it?]]"]] |
| 18 | |
| 19 | -->''"You understand what you're saying? Those families are going to spend the rest of their lives wondering what happened to their loved ones, looking for answers. Can you imagine what that would be like? To have that... that hole in your life."'' |
| 20 | |
| 21 | ''Portrayed by Creator/SethGabel'' |
| 22 | ->''First Appearance:'' Season 3, Episode 17: "Stowaway" |
| 23 | ->''Episode Appearances:'' 18 of 100 |
| 24 | |
| 25 | A minor character in the original timeline, where his first experience with Fringe division was solving the case and mystery behind Dana Gray's apparent immortality. Despite his inexperience with dealing with the strangeness that Fringe Division deals with daily, he quickly demonstrated himself as a brilliant investigator and ally, establishing a close friendship with Peter. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | In the amber timeline, he joins Fringe Division after the death of his partner. |
| 28 | ---- |
| 29 | Tropes associated with Special Agent Lee: |
| 30 | %%* TheAce |
| 31 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Season 4 episode "Everything in Its Right Place". |
| 32 | %%* AwesomenessByAnalysis |
| 33 | * BackForTheFinale: After being PutOnABus near the end of season four [[spoiler: when he decided to stay in the alternate universe with Fauxlivia]], he returns for the first half of the two-part series finale. |
| 34 | * BadassBookworm: The glasses certainly qualify him as one. |
| 35 | * TheComicallySerious: Has shades of it. It's really played for laughs directed at him however - going into Fringe division, he believes it's best with a fully opened mind, which includes accepting all the strangeness with as little personal bias as possible. |
| 36 | --> '''Lincoln''': Agent Broyles, if you don't mind my asking, what exactly is our plan to kill Gus? |
| 37 | -->'''Broyles''': ({{Beat}}) |
| 38 | -->'''Olivia''': ...That's Walter's name for the organism. |
| 39 | * TheDeterminator: Especially when it comes to investigating his partner's death. |
| 40 | * DoggedNiceGuy: To both prime Olivia and Fauxlivia, [[spoiler: having more luck with the latter.]] |
| 41 | * DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: A two-way street with [[spoiler: Fauxlivia]], with him filling the hole left by [[spoiler: alt-Lincoln's murder]] and her taking the place of [[spoiler: an Olivia with her original timeline memories restored]] in his affections. |
| 42 | * TheDrifter: Like Peter, he tends not to stay in one place too long unless he finds people he belongs with. [[spoiler: Turns out he belonged with Fauxlivia.]] |
| 43 | * HappilyMarried: To [[spoiler: Fauxlivia!]] |
| 44 | * HeartbrokenBadass: Joins the Fringe team after his [[HeterosexualLifePartners best friend and original partner]] is killed by a shapeshifter. |
| 45 | %%* MrFanservice |
| 46 | * NiceGuy: A genuinely caring, humble and kindhearted person. |
| 47 | * OddFriendship: with Canaan the shapeshifter. |
| 48 | * PromotedToOpeningTitles: Has become a main character as of Season 4. |
| 49 | * PutOnABus: After the universes are separated again to protect them better from [[spoiler: Jones, Lincoln decides to stay in the alternate one.]] |
| 50 | * RomanticRunnerUp: Looked like he was getting somewhere with [[spoiler: Olivia, then some guy wiped out of the timeline comes roaring back into existence.]] |
| 51 | * SmartPeoplePlayChess: He's Walter's favored chess opponent. |
| 52 | * SpannerInTheWorks: He travels to the alternate universe simply to deliver some paperwork but [[spoiler: ends up convincing Canaan to turn on Jones, which leads to Meana's arrest.]] |
| 53 | %%* TheStoic |
| 54 | [[/folder]] |
| 55 | |
| 56 | [[folder:Nina Sharp]] |
| 57 | !!!'''Nina Sharp ''' |
| 58 | !!![[Characters/FringeMassiveDynamic See Massive Dynamic]] |
| 59 | [[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nina003_9109.png]] |
| 60 | [[caption-width-right:195:"I'm nothing if I can't be a resource for you."]] |
| 61 | |
| 62 | -->''"We create technology. How it is used is not our concern."'' |
| 63 | |
| 64 | ''Portrayed by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair_Brown Blair Brown]]'' |
| 65 | ->''First Appearance:'' Season 4, Episode 1: "Neither Here Nor There" |
| 66 | ->''Episode Appearances:'' 13 of 100 |
| 67 | |
| 68 | The CEO of Massive Dynamic following William Bell's death. She is close to Olivia, and has raised the Dunham sisters since they were children, but has a stormy relationship with Walter. |
| 69 | |
| 70 | Following Jones' downfall and Bell's disappearance...again, she has been offered an executive position in Fringe Division by both Broyles and Senator Van Horne. What happened between then and 2036 that landed her in a wheelchair is a mystery. |
| 71 | ---- |
| 72 | Tropes associated with Nina: |
| 73 | %%* ADeathInTheLimeLight |
| 74 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: She's not.]] |
| 75 | * AntiHero: Nina has no qualms about conducting experiments on [[spoiler:Observers and her ethics are... questionable. But she's definitely one of the good guys.]] |
| 76 | * ArmyOfLawyers: Nina's response to being accused of dosing Olivia with cortexiphan. [[OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers It made her look remarkably guilty.]] |
| 77 | * BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Instead of allowing the [[spoiler: Observers]] to kill her for information, she [[spoiler: ends her own life.]] |
| 78 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Walter believes her to be this. By 4x14, Peter, Lincoln and Broyles don't trust her either. [[spoiler: Ultimately, subverted.]] |
| 79 | ** [[spoiler: "Meana" (alternate Nina) is definitely this trope.]] |
| 80 | * CosmicRetcon: She's presumably okay after the reset. |
| 81 | * DarkIsNotEvil: She's a pretty shady character, but definitely a good guy. |
| 82 | * DefiantToTheEnd: See ReasonYouSuckSpeech. Nina was [[spoiler: surrounded, defenseless and ''in a wheelchair''. Rather than quiver in fear, she more or less tells Windmark to go screw himself and performs one of the more Badass heroic sacrifices in the series.]] |
| 83 | * DrivenToSuicide: Shoots herself in the head [[spoiler:so Windmark can't read her.]] |
| 84 | * GoodIsNotSoft: Nina's ethics take second priority to saving the world. |
| 85 | %%* GuileHero |
| 86 | * IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Walter accused Nina of being this to William Bell but the trope is PlayedWith. [[spoiler:He did love her but that didn't stop him from completely screwing her over.]] |
| 87 | * HandicappedBadass: Earns her stripes in 5x10. |
| 88 | %%* HeroicSacrifice |
| 89 | %%* HeroicSuicide |
| 90 | * HiddenHeartOfGold Treats Etta like crap in their first scene [[spoiler: despite the fact that Etta is all but her ''granddaughter.'' The moment they're on their own, she apologizes and points out that she can't hide her thoughts from the Observers like Etta can.]] |
| 91 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: The platonic mother-daughter version with Olivia. |
| 92 | %%* KilledOffForReal |
| 93 | * LaResistance: Post "Letters of Transit." |
| 94 | * ManipulativeBitch: Seems to be ''a lot'' more shady than her original incarnation, even from the first season. [[spoiler: Ultimately subverted.]] |
| 95 | * MoralityChain: [[spoiler:For William Bell. It wasn't enough.]] |
| 96 | * ObiWanMoment |
| 97 | -->'''Windmark:'''Why?\ |
| 98 | '''Nina:''' ''Why?''\ |
| 99 | '''Windmark:''' [[spoiler: Why are you not afraid?]] |
| 100 | * OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: [[spoiler: Except she's only pissed off because they're interrogating her instead of looking for Olivia.]] |
| 101 | * ParentalBetrayal: [[spoiler: Subverted. Nina wasn't dosing Olivia with Cortexiphan, it was her alternate.]] |
| 102 | * ParentalSubstitute: Following the deaths of their parents, Nina raised both Olivia and Rachel herself. |
| 103 | * PortalCut: She lost her arm this way. |
| 104 | * ReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler: Dishes out an absolutely ''epic'' one to Windmark. The guy was fuming, then right then and there she kills herself both to prevent compromising the Fringe team AND to strip Windmark of the satisfaction of torturing and killing her as payback]]. Ouch. |
| 105 | * RedHerring: For a while, it was built up that she was [[spoiler: working with Jones. Truth is, there were ''two'' Ninas the entire time.]] |
| 106 | * TheScapegoat: Was almost [[spoiler: framed by William Bell as the person responsible for dosing Olivia with Cortexiphan.]] ''Ouch.'' |
| 107 | %%* ScienceHero |
| 108 | [[/folder]] |
| 109 | |
| 110 | [[folder:Walter Bishop]] |
| 111 | !!!'''Walter Bishop''' |
| 112 | !!![[Characters/FringeASide See Main Characters: A Side (Seasons 1-3)]] |
| 113 | [[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/walter004_2613.png]] |
| 114 | [[caption-width-right:195:"[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Tell Agent Broyles that science has no price tag!]]"]] |
| 115 | |
| 116 | -->''"She bought my ignorance with baked goods while she carried out her plan to steal pieces of the machine with the -- '''it was that damn Portuguese sweet bread!'''"'' |
| 117 | |
| 118 | ''Portrayed by Creator/JohnNoble'' |
| 119 | ->''First Appearance:'' Season 3, Episode 22: "The Day We Died" |
| 120 | ->''Episode Appearances:'' 35 of 100 |
| 121 | |
| 122 | The brilliant scientist who once worked with William Bell, Walter has spent 17 years maximum security mental institution but now he works with Fringe Division. The death of his son (and the subsequent death of alternate Peter) has been eating away at him for decades, and he has now become something of a paranoid trainwreck who refuses to leave the safety of his Harvard lab. |
| 123 | ----- |
| 124 | Tropes associated with Walter: |
| 125 | * AmnesiacDissonance: Even more of an issue with this version of Walter. See EvilMeScaresMe |
| 126 | * EvilMeScaresMe: ''Terrified'' of turning into the man he was before he lost his those parts of his brain. [[spoiler:Considering that man considered destroying two universes, he's got a point.]] |
| 127 | * FatalFlaw: [[{{Pride}} Hubris]]. |
| 128 | * {{Hikkikomori}}: He is a complete shut in. |
| 129 | * HeroicSacrifice: Lives permanently in the year 2167. |
| 130 | * ISeeDeadPeople: |
| 131 | ** He has been seeing hallucinations of Peter all over his lab. As a result, he tried to ''lobomize himself''. |
| 132 | ** After taking "Black Blotter", he's haunted by visions of Carla Warren. |
| 133 | * KickTheDog: Telling Nina that William never loved her was a bit of a dick move. |
| 134 | * SanitySlippage: Walter is already pretty crazy. Season 4's Walter cranks it up to eleven. Olivia mentions that he isn't particularly high-functioning because he "doesn't have anything to tether him to the real world." |
| 135 | ** 4x19. [[spoiler: He gets even ''more'' brain damage. And the he gets better... and arguably worse.]] |
| 136 | * ShipperOnDeck: Eventually. |
| 137 | -->[[spoiler: '''Walter:''' Look... there's my son and his girlfriend!]] |
| 138 | * OddFriendship: With Fauxlivia. |
| 139 | * PapaWolf: Harm Olivia [[spoiler: and he'll leave you sealed in amber with one hand less.]] |
| 140 | * ProperlyParanoid: Seeing his dead son pop up from another timeline has freaked him the hell out. Because of his past mistakes and guilt, he utterly ''refuses'' to have ''anything'' to do with Peter. |
| 141 | * TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized |
| 142 | -->'''Walter''': Resistance must take place at any opportunity. We are insurgents and this... [[spoiler: is anti-matter.]] You're smart, you do the math. |
| 143 | -->*cue [[spoiler: the entire Massive Dynamic building and the Observer and mooks inside disintegrating]]* |
| 144 | * TookALevelInBadass / TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler: He gets his brain back in 4x19 - his ''whole brain''. At that point, he stops being our loveable crazy Walter, and turns into Walternate 2.0, essentially.]] |
| 145 | -->'''Simon''': I think you're just what we've been waiting for-- someone to show people that we don't just... have to accept our fate... that we can fight back, that we can use our will and our imagination to make a better world, a better life. |
| 146 | -->'''Walter''': [[JerkAss In that case, a little more focus and a little less pontificating -- we might have the job done by now.]] |
| 147 | * VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: He makes Astrid do all of the field analysis while he looks through a camera. |
| 148 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: |
| 149 | ** ''Loathes'' Nina Sharp [[spoiler:because he blames her for alternate Peter's death. They made up at some point between Season 4 and 5.]] |
| 150 | ** [[spoiler:Has a major falling out with William Bell.]] |
| 151 | * YiddishAsASecondLanguage: He much prefers Yiddish to Sumerian. Apparently, Bell's father taught him Yiddish, whom he found to be a "charming man." |
| 152 | -->'''Walter''': ''Megif avagin frim dim Tish.'' |
| 153 | -->'''Lincoln''': ''Excuse me?'' |
| 154 | -->'''Walter''': ''It's Yiddish. It means "May I please be excused from the table?" [[PunctuatedForEmphasis No. You. May. Not!]]'' |
| 155 | [[/folder]] |
| 156 | |
| 157 | [[folder:Etta]] |
| 158 | --> [[Characters/Fringe2036 See the year 2036.]] |
| 159 | [[/folder]] |
| 160 | |
| 161 | ---- |
| 162 | |
| 163 | [[folder:Walter Bishop (B)]] |
| 164 | !!!'''Secretary Walter Bishop / "Walternate" ''' |
| 165 | [[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dwalternate_5513.png]] |
| 166 | [[caption-width-right:268:"[[MysteryMagnet Everything is not as it seems.]]"]] |
| 167 | |
| 168 | -->''"Well, the outcome is still the same. I couldn't save our son then. And I can't help him now."'' |
| 169 | |
| 170 | ''Portrayed by Creator/JohnNoble'' |
| 171 | ->''First Appearance:'' Season 3, Episode 22: "The Day We Died" |
| 172 | ->''Episode Appearances:'' 2 of 100 |
| 173 | |
| 174 | The current Secretary of Defense, the alternate Walter Bishop is the direct head of Fringe Division. He has begrudgingly accepted cooperation between the two sides to fix the problems of their worlds, but he still seems to be keeping some secrets... |
| 175 | ----- |
| 176 | Tropes associated with Walternate: |
| 177 | %%* AntiHero |
| 178 | %%* AntiVillain |
| 179 | %%* TheChessmaster |
| 180 | * CombatPragmatist: The way in which he exposes and disposes of [[spoiler:Brandon]] was downright ''efficient''. |
| 181 | * ConsummateLiar: Peter was rather impressed by his ability to lie through his teeth to his ''wife''. |
| 182 | --> '' "I must say, that was a brilliant performance. You almost looked genuinely surprised to see me, which we both know is not the case. " '' |
| 183 | * EnemyMine: He feels Peter is the only person he can trust because he is truly neutral, and as such, wants ''him'' to be the rope that binds the two universes against the new shapeshifters. |
| 184 | * ManipulativeBastard |
| 185 | * ProperlyParanoid: He has a gut feeling somewhere that his men were slowly being replaced with human-based shapeshifters. |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[folder:David Robert Jones]] |
| 189 | !!!'''David Robert Jones''' |
| 190 | [[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Djones_212.png]] |
| 191 | [[caption-width-right:268:"TakeMeToYourLeader."]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | -->''"I’m sure you have an abundance of questions. But I doubt I'd answer any of them. Besides which, we don't have much time. I imagine you'd like to avoid unnecessary deaths."'' |
| 194 | |
| 195 | ''Portrayed by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Harris Jared Harris]]'' |
| 196 | ->''First Appearance:'' Season 4, Episode 8: "Back To Where You've Never Been" |
| 197 | ->''Episode Appearances:'' 5 of 100 |
| 198 | |
| 199 | [[BackFromTheDead Jones again]], and back pulling BigBad duties once more for the fourth season. A biological terrorist extraordinaire, not much is known about him except that he is the one behind the human based shapeshifters, and that he is slowly replacing high-clearance individuals with his copies. |
| 200 | |
| 201 | ----- |
| 202 | Tropes associated with Jones: |
| 203 | * AffablyEvil: As much so as his counterpart from the original timeline, with his affability serving as an especially unnerving contrast to his ruthless character in this universe, where he is allowed more leeway as an antagonist due to its altered circumstances. |
| 204 | * BackFromTheDead: In the displaced timeline, Peter was never there to kill him, hence his spree of terror continues. |
| 205 | * BodyHorror: Oh, he's still a big fan of it - this time using a gas that ''melts people alive.'' But at the same time, is somewhat a victim of it. While still healing, his teleporation from Germany has left him quite scarred. |
| 206 | * BigBad: Of Season 4. |
| 207 | ** [[spoiler: Subverted. He is just the TheDragon to the true BigBad William Bell.]] |
| 208 | %%* TheChessmaster |
| 209 | * CreatingLifeIsBad: Is growing his own shapeshifters in test tubes. |
| 210 | * DemotedToDragon: In favor of [[spoiler: William Bell]] |
| 211 | %%* DiabolicalMastermind / EvilGenius |
| 212 | * DidntSeeThatComing: Didn't see ''Peter'' coming. And Peter knows it. |
| 213 | -->'''Peter''': ''You're not from here, are you?'' |
| 214 | -->'''Jones''': ''[[DeadpanSnarker Did the accent give it away?]]'' |
| 215 | -->'''Peter''': ''No. Actually, it was the scars.'' |
| 216 | -->'''Lincoln''': ''Did you see that? His pulse just went up.'' |
| 217 | -->'''Peter''': ''The last time I saw you, you were completely falling apart -- molecular disintegration due to transporting out of a German prison. They had to wrap you in bandages just keep you from turning into a puddle on the floor. It seems like you figured out a way to heal yourself. Do you mind if I ask? What was it -- some sort of... DNA graft?'' |
| 218 | -->'''Jones''': (visibly nervous) ''I've never met you in my life.'' |
| 219 | -->'''Peter''': ''No. [[DeathGlare But I've met you.]]'' |
| 220 | * TheDragon: To [[spoiler:William Bell.]] |
| 221 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He claims to love his shapeshifter creations. It doesn't stop him from killing them, however. |
| 222 | %%* EvilutionaryBiologist |
| 223 | * GodhoodSeeker: His goal is to be the god of an advanced race, the Fringe Agents presume. |
| 224 | * ImmuneToBullets: Disintegrating and reintegrating has a few "[[StealthPun fringe benefits]]", as Olivia finds out. |
| 225 | * LaserGuidedKarma: That's what you ''get'' for [[spoiler: inflicting all that BodyHorror on those poor innocent people.]] |
| 226 | * MadScientist: The guy was making upgraded shapeshifters without anyone knowing. |
| 227 | * OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler: Is trying to destroy ''both'' universes in order to create his own.]] |
| 228 | %%* UnwittingPawn |
| 229 | * XanatosSpeedchess: He played ''both'' Fringe Divisions with the same ease and skill as Music/MilesDavis plays the trumpet. |
| 230 | * YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: Was a sacrificial "bishop" to [[spoiler: Bell's endgame]]. |
| 231 | [[/folder]] |
| 232 | |
| 233 | [[folder: Leland Spivey]] |
| 234 | !!!'''Leland Spivey''' |
| 235 | [[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leland003_7986.png]] |
| 236 | [[caption-width-right:268:"[[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate When she wakes up, she's gonna have one hell of a headache.]]"]] |
| 237 | |
| 238 | -->''"Maybe confusion's an unforeseen side effect?"'' |
| 239 | |
| 240 | ''Portrayed by Creator/MonteMarkham'' |
| 241 | ->''First Appearance:'' Season 4, Episode 7: "Wallflower" |
| 242 | ->''Episode Appearances:'' 2 of 100 |
| 243 | |
| 244 | Jones's right-hand man, and occasional grunt for the alternate Nina Sharp. He handles most of their dirtiest work. |
| 245 | ---- |
| 246 | * TheDragon: To Jones. |
| 247 | * ElectricTorture: A preferred method. [[spoiler:Subverted in that he was "torturing" their own Nina Sharp.]] |
| 248 | %%* EliteMook |
| 249 | %%* EvilOldFolks |
| 250 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Activating [[spoiler: Olivia's abilities definitely comes back to bite him in the arse.]] |
| 251 | %%* KilledOffForReal |
| 252 | %%* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate |
| 253 | %%* TortureTechnician |
| 254 | [[/folder]] |
| 255 | |
| 256 | [[folder:The Shapeshifter]] |
| 257 | !!!'''The Shapeshifter / "Nadine Park" ''' |
| 258 | [[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dnadine_7074.png]] |
| 259 | [[caption-width-right:268:"[[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique Finish what you started. I won't ask again. ]]"]] |
| 260 | |
| 261 | -->''"One man shouldn't stand in the way of progress, not even William Bell."'' |
| 262 | |
| 263 | ''Portrayed by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Krusiec Michelle Krusiec]]'' |
| 264 | ->''First Appearance:'' Season 4, Episode 1: "Neither Here Nor There" |
| 265 | ->''Episode Appearances:'' 3 of 100 |
| 266 | |
| 267 | An agent of the new human-based shapeshifter force. She was shot and killed by Peter after Jones made his grand debut ''and'' escape. |
| 268 | ----- |
| 269 | Tropes associated with the Shapeshifter: |
| 270 | %%* BitchInSheepsClothing |
| 271 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: The new shapeshifters seem even stronger than Walternate's. |
| 272 | * ConsummateLiar: She's damned good at lying about her family and daughter to get a bio-chemist to repair her. |
| 273 | %%* DarkActionGirl |
| 274 | %%* EnigmaticMinion |
| 275 | * ShapeShifting: Is able to change into anyone she kills. Unlike the earlier shapeshifters, she's a complete human and not bio-mechanical. |
| 276 | [[/folder]] |
| 277 | |
| 278 | [[folder:Canaan]] |
| 279 | !!!'''Canaan''' |
| 280 | [[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/canaan003_5290.png]] |
| 281 | [[caption-width-right:268:[[BrokenBird "He promised he would come for me. To fix me."]]]] |
| 282 | |
| 283 | -->''"I needed to be more than I am. Something unique. Doctor Jones understood that. He promised to make me like no one else. I was to be the first of a new breed of human beings. But I was a disappointment."'' |
| 284 | |
| 285 | ''Portrayed by Max Arciniega, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Guinee Tim Guinee]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_Morrow Kirby Morrow]] (pictured left)'' |
| 286 | ->''First Appearance:'' Season 4, Episode 17: "Everything In Its Right Place" |
| 287 | ->''Episode Appearances:'' 1 of 100 |
| 288 | |
| 289 | The first human-based shapeshifter created by Jones. He was, essentially, a failure - he can't hold a single form for too long, nor can he survive without a form. After he was tossed away by Jones, he survived by preying on rapists and serial killers as ''they'' were preying on their victims - rescuing them, and taking on the offender's form in the process. Following a [[WhatTheHellHero nice lecture]] from Lincoln after he was captured, he completly defected and helped apprehend "Meana". He's currently working with Walter and Peter to find a way to stop Jones. |
| 290 | ---- |
| 291 | Tropes associated with Canaan: |
| 292 | %%* BadPowersGoodPeople |
| 293 | * BrokenBird: He's always hated himself for "not being special". Being dubbed a failure by Jones hit him ''hard''. |
| 294 | * CrisisOfFaith: He seriously starts to question his standing after [[spoiler:Meana]] sends Maddox to kill him. |
| 295 | %%* DefectorFromDecadence |
| 296 | %%* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife |
| 297 | %%* TheDogBitesBack |
| 298 | * AFormYouAreComfortableWith: He constantly has to change forms in order to survive, meaning he has to kill. He tries to justify this by doing away with serial killers and rapists. |
| 299 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: [[InvokedTrope invoked]] almost word-for-word. |
| 300 | %%* MeaningfulName |
| 301 | %%* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal |
| 302 | * MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: The first shape shifter not to be a bad guy. |
| 303 | * OddFriendship: with Lincoln. |
| 304 | * SerialKillerKiller: Considering he ''can't survive'' in a single form for too long, he really doesn't have any other choice. |
| 305 | * ShadowArchetype: To Lincoln. They both lost someone they loved [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife and they both feel as though the world has passed them by.]] [[TheHerosJourney Canaan's story helps Lincoln figure out what he needs to do with his life.]] |
| 306 | * SheepInWolfsClothing: [[spoiler: Takes the form of Maddox and deceives Nina Sharp.]] |
| 307 | * WhatTheHellHero: Lincoln calls him out on his blind faith in Jones right after Maddox was sent to kill him ([[spoiler:And ended up killing the alternate Lincoln...]]). |
| 308 | [[/folder]] |
| 309 | |
| 310 | [[folder:Philip Broyles (B)]] |
| 311 | !!!'''Philip Broyles / "Dopple-Broyles" ''' |
| 312 | [[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dbroyles_6492.png]] |
| 313 | [[caption-width-right:268:"[[TheMole They're on their way to you now. ]]"]] |
| 314 | |
| 315 | -->''"I buried an agent today. A good man. And I’m also well aware that Agent Lee isn't the first casualty of our... collaboration. Some day I’ll have to account for what I’ve done, but..."'' |
| 316 | |
| 317 | ''Portrayed by Creator/LanceReddick'' |
| 318 | ->''First Appearance:'' Season 4, Episode 8: "Back To Where You've Never Been" |
| 319 | ->''Episode Appearances:'' 5 of 100 |
| 320 | |
| 321 | The head of Fringe division on the alternate side. In exchange for curing his son, he acts as a mole for Jones. |
| 322 | ----- |
| 323 | Tropes associated with Broyles: |
| 324 | %%* TheAtoner |
| 325 | * TheDragon: To [[spoiler: Jones.]] |
| 326 | ** Subverted. As [[spoiler:Meana put it, "he's just another pawn"]]. |
| 327 | %%* FallenHero |
| 328 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: It's hard to reconcile this version of Broyles with the one who[[spoiler: gave up his life to save Olivia but when you consider that his son is dying...]] |
| 329 | * TheMole: For [[spoiler: Jones]]. |
| 330 | %%* MyGodWhatHaveIDone |
| 331 | [[/folder]] |
| 332 | |
| 333 | [[folder:Brandon Fayette (B)]] |
| 334 | !!!'''Brandon Fayette / "Evil Brandon" ''' |
| 335 | [[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dbrandon_7047.png]] |
| 336 | [[caption-width-right:268:"[[TheMole I examined the shapeshifter tech in detail. I saw nothing to indicate you had anything to do with it, sir.]]"]] |
| 337 | |
| 338 | -->''"I’ve identified a signal that we might be able to trace. If I’m right, it should lead us to whoever's responsible for these new shapeshifter prototypes."'' |
| 339 | |
| 340 | ''Portrayed by Ryan [=McDonald=]'' |
| 341 | ->''First Appearance:'' Season 4, Episode 8: "Back To Where You've Never Been" |
| 342 | ->''Episode Appearances:'' 1 of 100 |
| 343 | |
| 344 | The chief scientist of the Department of Defense. Or would be, if he wasn't replaced by a shapeshifter. Is rather quickly disposed of and dissected by Walternate. |
| 345 | ----- |
| 346 | Tropes associated with Brandon: |
| 347 | %%* TheMole |
| 348 | %%* SpotTheImposter |
| 349 | * ShapeShifting: He has the ability to shapeshift. |
| 350 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He was on screen for barely a minute before Walternate death rays him. |
| 351 | [[/folder]] |
| 352 | |
| 353 | [[folder:Nina Sharp]] |
| 354 | !!!'''Nina Sharp / "Meana" ''' |
| 355 | [[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/meana001_902.png]] |
| 356 | [[caption-width-right:268:"[[BitchInSheepsClothing She needs Peter Bishop. Apparently, she can't be activated unless he's present.]]"]] |
| 357 | |
| 358 | -->''"You really have no idea. Philip is irrelevant. He's just another pawn. This changes nothing, Agent Dunham. I know Jones, and he will come for me."'' |
| 359 | |
| 360 | ''Portrayed by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair_Brown Blair Brown]]'' |
| 361 | ->''First Appearance:'' Season 4, Episode 7: "Wallflower." [[EvilTwin Probably.]] |
| 362 | ->''Episode Appearances:'' 7 of 100 |
| 363 | |
| 364 | Nina Sharp from the alternate universe. For some reason, she has allied herself with David Robert Jones with the goal of activating Olivia's unique abilities, pretending to be the real Nina who was kidnapped by Jones. They succeeded, but at the cost of pretty much all of their men and one of their hideouts. |
| 365 | |
| 366 | In the end however, she was betrayed by Canaan and arrested. |
| 367 | ---- |
| 368 | Tropes associated with Meana: |
| 369 | %%* AmbiguouslyEvil |
| 370 | * ArtificialLimbs: Has the same bionic arm as Nina. |
| 371 | * BaitAndSwitch: It seems like she had prime Nina kidnapped while she |
| 372 | * BigBadDuumvirate: With Jones. |
| 373 | ** {{Subverted}}. She ''thinks'' she's this. Knowing Jones she's really more of a [[UnwittingPawn pawn]]. |
| 374 | * {{Determinator}}: Was willing to go through ''a lot'' for a place in the new universe. She took a drill to the mechanical arm, was subjected to ElectricTorture and then there's the subtle fridge horror of how she got the mechanical arm in the first place... |
| 375 | * EvilCostumeSwitch: Wears her hair darker and straighter than the other Nina. She wears red, while her alternate always wears black. |
| 376 | %%* EvilRedhead |
| 377 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: This is why breeding Shapeshifters is a bad idea. |
| 378 | * {{Jerkass}}: Sure ''sounds'' like one. |
| 379 | %%* ManipulativeBitch |
| 380 | %%* SmugSnake |
| 381 | * SpotTheImpostor: When Olivia begins to lose her memories of the new timeline, she asks "Nina" to try to jog her memory with childhood stories. Unfortunately for Meana, Olivia still remembers ''enough'' to spot a hole in the story. |
| 382 | * UnwittingPawn: She's starting to get the hint. |
| 383 | [[/folder]] |
| 384 | |
| 385 | [[folder:William Bell]] |
| 386 | !!!'''William Bell''' |
| 387 | [[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/badbellie001_295.png]] |
| 388 | [[caption-width-right:268:"[[TheChessmaster Don't confuse a winning move...with a winning game.]]"]] |
| 389 | |
| 390 | -->''"It's done, Walter. The final piece has been set into motion. I couldn't stop it now if I wanted to. '''And I don't'''! As scientists, we're taught that fate is nothing more than the convergence of a set of probabilities into one potential outcome... that there's no such thing as Divine Intervention. And yet I’d be lying if I said that the circumstances that brought you here to witness this with me, my trusted colleague, my dearest friend, didn't feel like the '''Hand of God'''."'' |
| 391 | |
| 392 | ''Portrayed by Creator/LeonardNimoy'' |
| 393 | ->''First Appearance:'' Season 4, Episode 19: "Letters of Transit |
| 394 | ->''Episode Appearances:'' 3 of 100 |
| 395 | |
| 396 | Walter's old partner. He was thought to have died seven years ago of Lymphoma (or rather, ''chose'' to die in a car crash instead), but is revealed to be very much alive, and in charge. David Robert Jones is revealed to be truly working for him in an effort to collapse the two universes to create a new one. ...Or so he thought. Knowing William, he has has something bigger in store. He also bears an interesting connection to '''The Man In The X T-Shirt'''... |
| 397 | ---- |
| 398 | Tropes associated with Bell: |
| 399 | * AbortedArc: A connection between him and The Man In The X T-Shirt was hinted at during the fourth season finale. Due to Nimoy's unavailability for the final season, nothing came of the connection (with the mystery man abandoned altogether). |
| 400 | %%* AffablyEvil |
| 401 | %%* AmbiguouslyEvil |
| 402 | * AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Ends up sealed inside Amber with what's left of the {{Series/Fringe}} team. When Walter gets out twenty years later he leaves him behind and chops off his hand.]] |
| 403 | * BadassBoast: "[[TheAtoner Even if you deny it now,]] you've always been PlayingGod. [[AGodAmI I am.]]" |
| 404 | * BigBadFriend: He was Walter's best friend once upon a time. |
| 405 | * TheChessmaster: Quite literally. He compares his schemes, and all of the people involved to a game of chess. |
| 406 | --> ''"The art of chess...the art, is knowing when a piece is most valuable. And then, in that very moment being willing to sacrifice it. For in the vacuum created by the loss of what is most precious, opportunity abounds."'' |
| 407 | * {{Cult}}: Has his own cult dedicated to creating a new and superior species through guided evolution and mutation by design. [[GambitPileup Just one of his schemes]]. |
| 408 | * ChekhovsGunman: His appearance was enough of one alone, but he also seems to know something about the impending Observer invasion. He's already designed weapons capable of harming them - [[spoiler:such as the gun which Jessica shot September with]] - and also has developed some sort of "[[InstantRunes stasis runes]]" which are capable of trapping them. September remarks that humans should not be capable of this methodology yet. |
| 409 | %%* DiabolicalMastermind |
| 410 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He loved [[spoiler:Nina Sharp. Just not enough.]] |
| 411 | * EvilFormerFriend: To both Nina and Walter. |
| 412 | %%* EvilOldFolks |
| 413 | %%* FakingTheDead |
| 414 | * GambitPileup: Has several schemes executed near simultaneously: Dosing Olivia with cortexiphan, infecting people with nanites, hijacking satellites, breeding a mutant army, collapsing two universes together, etc etc... It probably doesn't even come close to ending here. |
| 415 | * GodhoodSeeker: "If we are capable of being Gods, it is our destiny to do so." |
| 416 | * HijackedByGanon: It's not until [[Recap/FringeS04E21BraveNewWorldPart1 the penultimate Season 4 episode]] it's revealed that Jones was actually working for William the entire time. |
| 417 | * KarmaHoudini: With the Observer future never happening, he is never encased in amber and remains at large by the end of the show. |
| 418 | %%* MadScientist |
| 419 | * TheManBehindTheMan: The one behind everything. |
| 420 | %%* ManipulativeBastard |
| 421 | * {{Nanomachines}}: One of his master inventions are self-replicating nanites that are designed to overheat and cause [[SpontaneousHumanCombustion spontaneous combustion]] in their victims. [[spoiler:His "soul magnets" are also possibly nanite technology]]. |
| 422 | ** [[spoiler:Interestingly, his nanites bear the same marking as the one The Man In The X T-Shirt wears...[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment on his t-shirt]].]] |
| 423 | %%* NayTheist |
| 424 | * NonActionBigBad: While Jones has no issues whatsoever with beating Peter Bishop up with a crowbar, Bell mainly gets others to do his dirty work for him. |
| 425 | * OmnicidalManiac: A strange aversion. He's more of along the lines of HumansAreBastards. He ''wants'' life to thrive, but of ''[[GodhoodSeeker his own design]]'', and ''without'' humans. |
| 426 | * PragmaticVillainy: He sends [[spoiler: Astrid]] to hospital after his {{Mook}} shoots her but considering his willingness to terrorize innocents [[spoiler: (and ya know... rip apart universes)]], this may have been him trying to placate Walter. |
| 427 | %%* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans |
| 428 | * ThisIsUnforgivable: Sometime before 2015, he did ''something'' to Olivia which has made Walter absolutely, terrifyingly ''furious'' with him. Astrid didn't seem too forgiving either (then again...one of his mooks ''did'' [[spoiler: shoot her.]]) |
| 429 | ** [[spoiler:Odds are good that it was having her dosed with Cortexifan, activating her, and then using her as the power supply for destroying two universes. Thus forcing Walter to ''shoot Olivia'' to save two universes.]] |
| 430 | * TokenEvilTeammate: At some point before the BadFuture, [[spoiler:Fringe Division apparently required his assistance. He double crossed them.]] |
| 431 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Almonds. |
| 432 | %%* WildCard |
| 433 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: |
| 434 | ** [[spoiler:Jones was the "bishop" in his game, his most valuable piece. As such, he was meant to be sacrificed from the start.]] |
| 435 | ** Nina Sharp also gets this treatment from him. |
| 436 | ** [[spoiler: Gets a taste of his own medicine when Walter leaves him sealed in amber after taking what he needed from him.]] ''A hand.'' |
| 437 | [[/folder]] |
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