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6! Characters in the TV series ''Series/{{Alias}}''.
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8Due to the [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder insanely ambiguous nature of every and all characters involved]], they will simply be listed under very broad "Good Guys" and "Bad Guys" - some more, some less obvious than others.
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10!! The Organizations:
11* '''UsefulNotes/{{CIA}}''': The Central Intelligence Agency - The most obvious "Good Guys" in the series, since most of the main cast are affiliated with them.
12* '''Alliance of Twelve''': An organized crime collective formed of elite veteran intelligence operatives. They mainly deal with weapons, intelligence and occasional blackmail. The Alliance operates individually via twelve "SD" cells, with only the leaders of each cell acting as "senior partners" of the Alliance itself.
13* '''SD-6''': The Alliance SD cell headed by Arvin Sloane. The cell poses as an elite CIA black-ops division, and it's this ruse that Sloane uses to recruit new operatives.
14* '''The Man''': A mysterious crime organization headed by the mysterious "Man", they seek to apparently destroy all competition (Alliance of Twelve included) as well as oppose the CIA.
15* '''The Covenant''': A terrorist organization formed by former KGB and Central Committee operatives following the fall of the Soviet Union. They are followers of Rambaldi, albeit extremists of the worst kind.
16* '''APO''': Authorized Personnel Only - a covert black ops joint task force created by the CIA and Arvin Sloane to put a dampen on international terrorists. In truth, the organization was truly formed for the sole purpose of capturing [[spoiler:Elena Derevko]], the true leader of the Covenant.
17* '''Prophet Five''': An extremely powerful organization compromised of twelve individuals, they are essentially a "step-up" of the Alliance of Twelve. Their influence is nearly limitless as it their power. Much like the Alliance, they too operate through individual cells posing as covert CIA installations.
18* '''The Shed''': One of Prophet Five's fake CIA cells, led by Gordon Dean and Kelley Peyton.
19* '''K-Directorate''': A criminal society founded by former members of the KGB and the Russian Mafia. They are in direct competition with the Alliance of Twelve and FTL.
20* '''FTL''': A criminal organization founded by members rooted in Chinese intelligence and the Triad. Despite competing with the Alliance and K-Directorate for nearly as long as the two organizations existed, the entirety of FTL was destroyed single-handedly by Sark.
21* '''Followers of Milo Rambaldi''': Anyone who bears the "Eye of Rambaldi" (a tattoo) on their body is a devotee of the prophet and inventor Milo Rambaldi. There are followers of him found in all of the above organizations, but most of them are part of the Covenant.
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25[[folder: The Good Guys:]]
26!!Sydney Bristow
27[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1syndey_8712.png]]
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29->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JenniferGarner
30
31->'''Affiliations:''' SD-6 / CIA / APO
32
33The main character. Looking for a sense of "self-fulfillment" in her life, she was recruited from grad school into what she believed was a CIA black-ops unit called SD-6, but was actually a terrorist organization. Upon learning the truth she joins up with the real CIA to bring down the Alliance from within as a double-agent.
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36* AmnesiacDissonance: Sydney spends a lot of the first half of season 3 about the murder she's been told she committed during the two years she doesn't remember, and considerably less angsting about the one that she did commit.
37* BabiesEverAfter: Although Sydney's first child, Isabelle is a crucial part of the show's last season, the series finale episode adds another child for kicks.
38* BadassInDistress: She is captured and tortured ''a lot''.
39* BrokenBird: Mostly in season one, when she's avenging the death of her fiance and dealing with the double-agent lifestyle.
40* CainAndAbel: Sydney and Nadia, who do their best to avert the prophecy that claims this. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, it sort of comes to pass in "Before the Flood", when Nadia is infected by the tainted water and zombified. Sydney doesn't kill her though, and eventually, she recovers.]]
41* TheChosenOne: Despite doing her best to tell Destiny to [[ScrewDestiny go screw itself]].
42* DeadpanSnarker: Even under ''torture''. A good example is her line in the pilot to Suit and Glasses:
43-->''Okay, this is important. Write this down. E-M-E-T-I-B. Got that? Now reverse it.''
44* DeepCoverAgent: The show's original premise, which had her being a double agent for the CIA inside SD-6.
45* DoubleAgent: As mentioned, she's a double agent for the CIA inside SD-6.
46* InTheBlood: Sydney has inherited her extreme amounts of badass from both her parents; she has all of Irina's fiery temper and unpredictability, but tempered by Jack's pragmatism and ability to forgive.
47* KaleidoscopeHair: Has had hair every color under the sun, thanks to dye and wigs. One of Sydney's most iconic looks is her blue hair and fetish getup from the season one finale.
48* ManchurianAgent: [[spoiler:Along with the rest of the kids in Project Christmas, Sydney was [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood programmed]] to have certain skills and intelligence levels.]]
49* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Literally, with her fiance, Danny. Figuratively with her and Vaughn, before SD-6 is taken down.
50* MsFanservice: Played straight, subverted, zigzagged, and ''weaponized'' in any given episode. Sydney uses her good looks to distract or outright seduce her targets, and she is frequently shown wearing revealing clothes or just lingerie. This is sometimes played for straight fanservice, sometimes a necessity (if she is forced to change clothes or discard clothing), sometimes part of her undercover identity, and sometimes used for seduction purposes.
51* {{Omniglot}}: *deep breath* Is at least conversant in Russian, German, Greek, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish, Romanian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Uzbek, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Indonesian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Vietnamese, Polish, Serbian, Czech, Ukrainian, and Bulgarian.
52* PrettyInMink: Has worn a few furs when going undercover, often as a {{socialite}}.
53-->"Don't touch the fur... all right, you may touch the fur, ''once''.
54* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Sydney is [[spoiler:pregnant in season five because Jennifer Garner was]].
55* SheFu: Especially in the first season.
56* TeethClenchedTeamwork: This is her default state. She's always being forced to work with somebody that she'd really, really like to kill.
57* ThouShaltNotKill: For unexplained reasons, Sydney is very reluctant to use lethal force during the first few seasons, although this changes as the series goes on.
58* TooDumbToLive: In "Nocturne," she gets exposed to a hallucinogenic drug and conceals her condition from the rest of APO because she doesn't want to be removed from the field. As a reasonable person would expect, this puts her and the rest of her field team in danger when the drug's effects start to get worse.
59* WigDressAccent: Her usual approach to disguise.
60* YouCantFightFate: She's still TheChosenOne.
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63!!Jack Bristow
64[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2jack_1996.png]]
65
66->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/VictorGarber
67
68->'''Affiliations:''' SD-6, CIA, APO
69
70Sydney's father and Sloane's "former best friend", also a double-agent for the CIA. A legendary game-theorist and strategist, Jack is excellent at espionage but crap at personal relationships - this has led to a rather soured social relationship with her. The one thing that will always be true however is that he has Sydney's welfare at heart, and ''be damned'' if anyone gets in the way of him protecting her.
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72* ActionDad: Despite his initial aloof personality, he is eventually revealed to be this.
73* AntiHero: In contrast to Sydney, who in the early series is presented as downright angelic, for a spy, Jack is presented as the person who does what it takes to get the job done.
74* BadassBookworm: The best game-theorist and strategist in the world. Will totally wring your scrawny neck and beat the snot out of you, should he feel the need. He wears a BadassLongcoat
75* BrutalHonesty: As [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0qaIvb3bGA&feature=related a hilarious scene in the pilot]] first demonstrates.
76%%* TheChessmaster
77* DarkAndTroubledPast: Centering on his wife, who she was and what she did.
78* DatingCatwoman: Between seasons two and three, when Irina was a traitor and Jack was suspected of it too. It was really all about [[spoiler:teaming up to find their daughter]].
79* DeadpanSnarker: It comes out of ''nowhere'', and is usually directed toward people he doesn't like. Basically, if he's cracking jokes, you're four ways ''fucked'' - or already dead.
80* DisappearedDad: Emotionally, not physically. After Laura's death, he didn't know how to deal with a small child ''and'' being a spy, so he kept Sydney at arms' length.
81* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: Jack ostensibly works for the CIA while keeping tabs on SD-6/whatever Sloane is up to/whatever Irina is up to. Ultimately, he's out for one person: Sydney.
82* FriendshipMoment: Any time he figured out that Vaughn or Will or Marshall wasn't just a waste of space.
83** One of the most heartwarming is his hugging Will in return after [[spoiler:trading a Rambaldi artifact for Will's life and saving Will from torture]]. It's still awkward and Jack doesn't quite like the guy, but he's important to Sydney and worth saving.
84** He and Sloane occasionally had these. There was a great one that zigzagged the trope all over the map in season three, when Jack helps Sloane fake his own death and they share a bottle of the same wine Sloane [[spoiler:used to fake his wife's death two years ago]].
85* GiveHimANormalLife: What he tried to do for Sydney. He later tells Sloane that the moment Sloane recruited Sydney into SD-6 was the moment he decided to betray Sloane.
86%%* GuileHero
87* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Has always been willing to do "whatever it takes" to protect his family. Irina's deception and faked death cranked that up.
88* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: So many times he's probably the proto-example.
89%%* KnightInSourArmor
90%%* KnightTemplarParent
91* LoveTriangle: Is triangled with Irina and Katya (but not at the same time), then also with Irina and Sloane (but ''not'' a triad situation, Irina was married to Jack but had an affair with Sloane, who was Jack's best friend).
92* TheMasochismTango: Irina marries Jack for his secrets, he [[spoiler:brainwashes their kid]], she fakes her own death, he becomes a bitter shell of a man, she betrays him to Sloane and [[spoiler:is doubled]], he [[spoiler:shoots her double in the head]], she gets better and comes after him, he forces her out of a building at gunpoint . . . and so it goes.
93* NoSocialSkills: Although he does possess them, he's long since fallen out of the habit of using them.
94* NotSoStoic: When it comes to his daughter, and to a lesser extent, his wife.
95* PapaWolf: Never '''ever''' harm Sydney. He once [[spoiler:shot his own wife]] because he believed they were trying to kill Sydney.
96* PerpSweating: Don't make Jack interrogate you. Just tell him what he needs to know.
97* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Goes into kill mode when someone threatens Sydney.
98* TheSpymaster: Occasionally falls into this role, with his stint as APO director in season 5 being his longest.
99* TheStoic: Most of the time.
100* TakingYouWithMe: His now-iconic [[spoiler:[[OutGambitted response]] to Sloane attaining immortality]].
101-->''You beat death, [[spoiler:Arvin]]. But you couldn't beat me.''
102%%* TeamDad
103* TokenEvilTeammate: Perfectly willing to murder and torture to get the job done, particularly if the job involves protecting Sydney.
104* TortureTechnician: A rare heroic example. His talent for torture is never presented as anything less than the vicious, horrible thing it is. When you really have to worry is when he's cracking jokes right and left.
105-->'''Jack''': I'm actually hoping you don't tell us what we need to know. There's a 50/50 chance Sydney cuts the right wire. I'm willing to take those odds if it means I can stand here and watch you turn into an animal.
106-->'''Elena''': You're not a gambling man, Jack.
107-->'''Jack''': I didn't used to be, but it's been a rather interesting year for me. It's lead me to reevaluate my life. I'm trying to have more ''fun'' these days.
108* WhenYouComingHomeDad: We're told that Jack was extremely distant as a father, after Laura Bristow's death.
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110
111!!Michael Vaughn / Andre Michaux
112[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3michael_1932.png]]
113
114->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MichaelVartan
115
116->'''Affiliations:''' CIA / APO
117
118Sydney's CIA handler, who very quickly falls for her. Vaughn's father was also an agent, killed by Irina Derevko on a mission he didn't even agree with. [[spoiler:It's later revealed this is only a half-truth. His real name is Andre Michaux, and both he and his father have been working all their lives to bring down Prophet Five - the real reason for his father's death.]]
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120* BabiesEverAfter: Sydney's kids are his kids.
121* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: [[spoiler:Technically he's Creole, but he's fluent enough in French to come off as a native.]]
122* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:In Season 5.]]
123* TheHandler: During the first season.
124* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Lauren's betrayal and double-agent status pushes Vaughn over the edge. He becomes obsessed with hunting her down, and in the S3 finale, kills her in cold blood.]].
125* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: With Sydney in S1 to "Phase One".
126* NiceGuy: His default state. Although the series sometimes attempts to give him an edge, it never lasts long.
127* TookALevelInBadass: Being betrayed by the woman you thought was your wife and a fellow agent will do that to you. Luckily, when your co-worker and future father-in-law has been through the same thing, he can help with the coping mechanisms and provide excellent weaponry.
128* VitriolicBestBuds: With Weiss, to HoYay levels.
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130
131!!Marcus Dixon
132[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4dixon_9312.png]]
133
134->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/CarlLumbly
135
136->'''Affiliations:''' SD-6 / CIA / APO
137
138Sydney's field partner at SD-6 and one of her closest friends, she struggles with lying to him the most when she becomes a double agent. When SD-6 falls, Dixon reluctantly joins the real deal, and rises through the ranks to become Director of the CIA's Joint Task Force.
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140* AchillesInHisTent: His initial attempt to cope with the truth about SD-6 and Sydney's double-agent status is to cut off all ties with his former team, the intelligence world and Sydney in particular to the point of refusing to get involved even when his personal knowledge is vital for a mission. Only when Sydney gets captured trying to replace him does he throw off his anger and save the day.
141* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dixon should provide the page image.
142* CoolOldGuy: Does pretty well for himself as a field agent.
143* HappilyMarried: Is the resident family man of the show.
144* HeroicBSOD: After [[spoiler:the death of his wife at Sloane's hands, Dixon goes rather spectacularly off the rails. He starts popping Vicodin, almost tortures a man to death, and then tricks the entire CIA into thinking he's going to blow himself and a mook up to get Sloane's whereabouts.]] He gets better, though.
145* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Sydney.
146* TheMentor: To Sydney.
147* {{Omniglot}}: Speaks nine languages, but "techno isn't one of them".
148* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In season 3, where he's the one boss Sydney doesn't have friction with.
149* TheSpymaster: Upon his promotion to JTF Director.
150* TokenMinority: Given the fate of most other characters of color, he sometimes edges into this territory.
151* TragicMistake: In "Truth Takes Time", Dixon serves as a CIA sniper on the assault on Sloane's villa. He [[spoiler:accidentally shoots Emily Sloane, who had been helping the CIA, instead of her husband.]] Later, Sloane takes revenge by [[spoiler:having Diane Dixon killed]].
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153
154!!Marshall Flinkman
155[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5marshall_7173.png]]
156
157->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KevinWeisman
158
159->'''Affiliations:''' SD-6 / CIA / APO
160
161The resident technical wizard for SD-6, and later, the CIA. Marshall's gadgets and knowhow make him a good guy to have around . . . if you can get him to stop babbling.
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163* BunnyEarsLawyer: Always comes through when you need him, whether it's hacking into a government facility at gunpoint or taking on a ''solo'' mission to save Sydney from being buried alive.
164* ADayInTheLimelight: "Tuesday"; with the rest of APO in lockdown and Sydney having been buried alive, Marshall not only has to go and rescue her as the only available agent (he was late coming into work that day), but subsequently has to go into the field to make contact with the target since Sydney's cover has already been blown.
165* GibberingGenius: The [[Franchise/JamesBond Q]] of this universe, complete with MotorMouth tendencies out the wazoo.
166%%* MissionControl
167* MotorMouth: Mashall has a tendency to talk a great deal and get lost in a tangent when delivering mission briefings.
168* NonActionGuy: Uses his brains, not his brawn.
169* OddFriendship: With Rachel in season five.
170* PhotographicMemory: A very useful thing to have for a computer and gadget genius.
171%%* PluckyComicRelief
172* TheSmartGuy: Provides Sydney's technology and often decodes some of the riddles and clues relating to Rambaldi artefacts.
173%%* TechnoWizard
174* VerbalTic: Talks like Creator/JeffGoldblum.
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177!!Eric Weiss
178[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6weiss_8237.png]]
179
180->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GregGrunberg
181
182->'''Affiliations:''' CIA / APO
183
184Vaughn's best friend, and later Sydney's. A CIA agent great with a sarcastic quip in a crisis, he's also one of the most reliable guys on the team.
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186* AscendedExtra: Was only meant to have a nonspeaking bit part in the pilot as a favor to Grunberg from his best friend, Creator/JJAbrams. He eventually became a recurring character in the first two seasons, and a full-fledged regular in seasons three and four.
187* BadassNormal: While he is a CIA agent, Weiss is usually on backup support. Doesn't mean he can't or won't kick your ass.
188* BetaCouple: With Nadia in season four.
189%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
190* TheBusCameBack: He returns for a guest appearance or two down the road.
191%%* DeadpanSnarker
192* {{Foil}}: To Vaughn, for much of seasons one and two.
193%%* NonActionGuy: In season one.
194* OnlySaneMan: For all his quips, he's easily the most level headed person in the series.
195* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Was upped to series regular in season three...
196* PutOnABus: Left the show at the start of season five.
197* TookALevelInBadass: Apparently being shot by Irina Derevko was the last straw. Weiss stops being a NonActionGuy and becomes a BadassNormal.
198* VitriolicBestBuds: With Vaughn, usually to HoYay levels.
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200
201!!Will Tippin
202[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7will_5828.png]]
203
204->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BradleyCooper
205
206->'''Affiliations:''' CIA
207
208Sydney's best friend, a reporter who begins piecing together the strange circumstances surrounding Danny's (Sydney's fiancee) death. He eventually becomes an analyst for the CIA after Vaughn picks up on his talents.
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210%%* ActionSurvivor
211* BadassBoast: ''"One in five, bitch! ONE IN FIVE!!!"''
212%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
213* CommutingOnABus: Goes into Witness Protection after [[spoiler:Evil Francie / Allison Doren tries to kill him]], returns once in season three and once in season five to go on one-off missions with Sydney.
214%%* DeadpanSnarker
215%%* IntrepidReporter: In season one.
216* RecklessSidekick: In season one. He gets better.
217* TemporaryLoveInterest: He and Sydney try hooking up in both season one and season three - neither time really works, and they decide they're BetterAsFriends.
218* TookALevelInBadass: By the time he returns in season 3, he manages to hold his own against Allison.
219%%* UnfazedEveryman
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222!!Assistant Director Kendall
223[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8kendall_1209.png]]
224
225->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TerryOQuinn
226
227->'''Affiliations:''' FBI / Department of Special Research
228
229In charge of the Joint Task Force and Operation "Bring Down the Alliance", he's something of an antagonist to Sydney due to his by the book approach. Turns out he's the best kind of guy, going out of his way to protect Sydney for nearly two years after she was captured and brainwashed. It was then revealed that he was not just a FBI agent, but the director of the Department of Special Research, specializing in keeping many of Rambaldi's artifacts safe. It was through his and Sydney's combined efforts during her two "missing years" that they uncovered most of his artifacts and kept them safe.
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231* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Not nearly as big as Jack's, but still a very decent guy given his complete asshole facade]].
232* MrExposition: Nigh constantly. An entire ''episode'' is devoted to Kendall interrogating Sydney and recapping what we know about the series.
233* NoNameGiven: We never learn his first name.
234* ObstructiveBureaucrat: [[spoiler:On the surface]].
235* SameCharacterButDifferent: His season three appearance.
236* TookALevelInBadass: After the events of season two. A couple years and a demotion drive him to [[spoiler:save Sydney]] and do what ''no one else in the series'' is apparently capable of - [[spoiler:tell her the complete truth about who he is, who he works for, and what happened to her during those missing two years]].
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238
239!!Nadia Santos
240[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9nadia_8755.png]]
241
242->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MiaMaestro
243
244->'''Affiliations:''' APO
245
246Sydney's long-lost sister, who grew up in an orphanage in Argentina and was secretly watched over by her Aunt Elena. Worked for Argentinian intelligence before joining APO. She is in fact Sydney's half-sister, with her father being Sloane. And for some reason, she's the key to unveiling one of Rambaldi's endgames through the injection of "Rambaldi fluid" as well as a key to one of his prophecies - the one in particular where she and Sydney are forced to fight.
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248%%* ActionGirl
249* BrainwashedAndCrazy: What Elena does to her after drugging her and activating a giant Mueller Device
250%%* KilledOffForReal
251* LongLostRelative
252* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Right down to the HeelFaceTurn.
253* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: Apparently, only the child of two Rambaldi devotees can be a [[spoiler:"direct conduit" to Rambaldi himself]]. Nadia is abused by both parents for this ability.
254* SpiritAdvisor: To Sloane, after "30 Seconds".
255%%* WaifProphet
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257
258!!Rachel Gibson
259[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/10rachel_7744.png]]
260
261->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RachelNichols
262
263->'''Affiliations:''' The Shed / APO
264
265A young analyst who worked for The Shed before learning that it was really a branch of [[WesternTerrorists Prophet Five]]. She was then rescued by Sydney and brought into APO with Sydney as her handler.
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267* JuniorCounterpart: To Sydney
268%%* NaiveNewcomer
269* PluckyGirl: Probably would have morphed into a full ActionGirl (like everybody else) if the show had lasted long enough. As it is she's not much of a fighter, but she does her best.
270* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A twenty-something girl approached by what she believes to be the CIA but is actually a terrorist organization headed by an evil mastermind. She then joins up with the real CIA to bring her former employers, who have hurt people she loves, down. '' Remind you of anybody?''
271* TookALevelInBadass: Starts out as a mousy analyst, and eventually becomes a field capable agent.
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273!!Renée Rienne
274[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7rienne_3684.png]]
275
276->'''Portrayed by:''' Élodie Bouchez
277
278->'''Affiliations:''' ''None''
279
280A terrorist and the eighth most wanted individual on the CIA's blacklist. She once worked with Vaughn to investigate Prophet Five. Occasionally teams with Sydney to help take them down, but makes it clear that she's not a part of their team, and never will be.
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282%%* ActionGirl
283%%* AntiHero
284* AloofAlly: Regarded widely as a loose cannon. She also refuses Sydney's invitation to join APO, stating that she prefers to be her own boss.
285%%* DarkActionGirl
286%%* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench
287* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's a hardcore terrorist with murky allegiances at best, but if Vaughn or Sydney need her she's always there for them.
288%%* KilledOffForReal
289* MsFanservice: Like most of the rest of the female cast.
290* TortureForFunAndInformation: [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique Ties a French agent to the hood of her car and speeds around a parking garage to get info out of him.]]
291* WesternTerrorists: Regarded by the CIA as one of the most infamous.
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293
294!!Carrie Bowman
295[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carrie_bowman.jpg]]
296
297->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AmandaForeman
298
299->'''Affiliations:''' NSA
300
301An NSA agent assigned to CIA headquarters. She eventually married Marshall and becomes the mother of his son.
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303* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Not informed of the existence of APO.
304* TheMaidenNameDebate: It's a short debate:
305-->'''Marshall:''' I love you, Mrs. Flinkman.\
306'''Carrie:''' I'm keeping my name.\
307'''Marshall:''' Okay.
308* RetiredBadass: Is instrumental in rescuing her husband from Sloane well after she retires from NSA work to raise her son Mitchell.
309
310!!Thomas Grace
311[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/11thomas_3539.png]]
312
313->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BalthazarGetty
314
315->'''Affiliations:''' APO
316
317Brash, snarky agent who joins APO after Weiss leaves. His wife was killed years ago by an enemy agent, and seeing APO as golden resource decides to chase after revenge.
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319%%* AntiHero
320* CombatPragmatist: He has no interest in fancy martial arts, and states with no shame that he fights dirty.
321%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
322%%* HeroicSacrifice
323%%* LeeroyJenkins
324* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Vaughn, though he's acknowledged as one for Weiss in-story.
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327
328[[/folder]]
329
330[[folder: The Bad Guys:]]
331!!Arvin Sloane
332[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1arvin_199.png]]
333
334->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RonRifkin
335
336->'''Affiliations:''' The Alliance of Twelve / SD-6 / APO / Prophet Five
337
338The ultimate BigBad of the series. [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor An SD-6 cell director and member of the Alliance, then allied with Sark and Irina, then headed up APO]]. An obsessive devotee of Milo Rambaldi, Sloane will do anything to further his own endgame, which for years was unknown, until it was revealed to be [[ImmortalitySeeker immortality]].
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340%%* AbusiveParents: He shuffles between this and KnightTemplarParent with alarming frequency.
341* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:His fate is eternal life, but trapped alone and underground, unable to die. That's what you get when you try to [[OutGambitted out-gambit]] Jack Bristow.]]
342%%* AffablyEvil: He's a perfectly nice guy...until you cross him.
343%%* ArchEnemy: Sydney considers him as such.
344%%* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Has a double.]]
345* TheAtoner: He ''genuinely'' becomes one of the good guys (if not completely distrusted) at the start of the fourth season, and does what he can to atone and find the GreaterScopeVillain [[spoiler:Elena Derevko]]. Unfortunately, it just wasn't meant to be.
346* BenevolentBoss: He is genuinely fond of his employees, and still regards ex-ones like Jack and Sydney with respect even after he finds out that they really ''were'' [=CIA=] and had been working to bring him down.
347** In one early episode Sark compliments him on the genius of running a fake government agency and having duped pretty much everybody working for him; Sloane is offended and warns him to never insult his people again, or take them for idiots.
348** In another, he advocates going after The Man with everything the Alliance has got mostly because The Man attacked SD-6 and killed some of his people.
349** On the other hand, sometimes harshly subverted, as when he is perfectly willing to abandon Marshall to be tortured to death when he's captured by Sark's men.
350%%* BetterTheDevilYouKnow
351%%* BigBadDuumvirate: With [[spoiler:Irina Derevko]] in Season 2 and Season 5.
352* TheChessmaster: The embodiment of this trope in the ''Alias'' universe. Arvin is often 10 steps ahead of everyone else and anticipates their moves.
353* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: If you want Arvin Sloane to work for you, just put him in charge of your organization and kill yourself now. It'll just save everyone time in the long run.
354* TheComicallySerious: This man has absolutely ''no sense of humor whatsoever.'' He can't suffer the core group's shenanigans for more than a few seconds. That said, the other characters are more than happy to poke fun at him whenever they feel they can get away with it, ''much'' to his distaste and displeasure.
355* CoolOldGuy: He's not as combat capable as he was in his younger days, but he's still one tough old bastard, as [=McKenas=] Cole discovers.
356* DiabolicalMastermind: The series' best example. He ends up running three or four {{NebulousEvilOrganization}}s in a row.
357* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Dearly loves his wife, Emily.
358* EvilCounterpart: To Jack. After 4 seasons of supremacy, he is OutGambitted rather magnificently.
359* EvilFormerFriend[=/=]FallenHero: He and Jack were best friends when working at the CIA.
360* FalselyReformedVillain: During seasons three and four.
361* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:He becomes immortal literally moments before Jack Bristow sacrifices himself to trap Sloane in an underground chamber under several hundred feet of rubble]].
362* FriendlyEnemy: He tries mightily for this, but Sydney and Jack shut him down at every opportunity.
363* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He works for everyone at some point or another. (Except the Covenant. He was just undercover on that one.)
364* HeroKiller: Although, admittedly, it does take him until almost the series finale to kill someone listed in the opening credits.
365* ItsPersonal: With The Man for attacking SD-6 and killing some of his people.
366* JokerImmunity: To the extent that he survives [[spoiler:''his own execution'']] in Season 3.
367* KlingonPromotion: He (somehow) assumes control of Prophet Five's assets by [[spoiler:having Kelly Peyton assassinate the Twelve]].
368* ManipulativeBastard: Extraordinarily skilled in this regard, rivaled only by [[spoiler:Irina]].
369* TheMole: Or so he claims to be, in regards to his apparent FaceHeelTurn of teaming up with Elena in season four. He says he only allied himself with her to save Nadia and undermine Elena, but [[HeyYouHaymaker Jack doesn't particularly care for the details]].
370* MoleInCharge: Of APO. No one really believes his intentions are good, but [[spoiler:poisoning the world's water supply]] in the name of keeping his cover is a bit too much devotion.
371* MoralMyopia: Regarding [[spoiler:his wife]]'s death.
372* NotMeThisTime: He had nothing to do with [[spoiler:Sydney's disappearance]] and had no involvement in the Covenant until he was recruited to infiltrate them for the CIA. Doesn't stop Sydney from constantly accusing him of being the secret mastermind behind it all.
373* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:He accidentally kills his own daughter.]]
374* PetTheDog: Any of his scenes with Emily, whom he truly loved, and a few times with Nadia.
375* RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler:Dixon accidentally kills Emily, so Sloane has someone rig Diane Dixon's car with a bomb and has her killed]].
376* SanitySlippage: After accidentally killing [[spoiler:his own daughter]], he starts hallucinating that she's still alive and talking to him.
377* TheSpymaster: Inarguably the best in the business: [[spoiler:as he is pardoned and hired by the CIA to lead a covert branch that resembles SD-6]]
378* TheStarscream:
379** When the Alliance orders him to kill his wife, he [[spoiler:fakes her death, scams them out of $100 million, manipulates the CIA into taking them down, then goes off to [[StartMyOwn start his own crime syndicate]]]].
380** He decides to get out ahead of Prophet Five's inevitable exercise of YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness by [[spoiler:sending Kelly Peyton to wipe out the Twelve]].
381* TragicVillain: He was a complete bastard until he became TheAtoner. Following [[spoiler:Nadia's death]], he became this.
382%%%%* WhoWantsToLiveForever:
383* WhyAreYouNotMySon: He served as Sydney's guardian angel during Jack's long absences while she was growing up, and he considers her to be a substitute for the children he never had. She...does not take this attitude well.
384* WickedCultured: Arvin has a taste for fine food, art and rare artifacts.
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386
387!!Julian Sark
388[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2sark_1646.png]]
389
390->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DavidAnders
391
392->'''Affiliations:''' The Man / SD-6 / The Covenant / Prophet Five / Followers of Rambaldi
393
394The mysterious and cultured young lieutenant to "The Man." A clever criminal and "businessman" with self-described "flexible loyalties," he'll switch ''several'' different sides at the drop of a hat. No one's really sure ''what'' he wants, but according to him, he just wants to be on the "winning end."
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396* AffablyEvil: He is usually polite and almost never raises his voice. He even says "please" and "thank you" during very tense situations.
397* AmazonChaser: He is very attracted to {{action girl}}s. He was romantically involved with badass females such as Allison Doren and Lauren Reed, plus he has a long-running crush on Sydney Bristow. The more these ladies showcase their skills, the more turned on he is.
398* AntiVillain[=/=]NobleDemon: Depends on the year, month, week, day, and hour.
399* BadassInANiceSuit: It's part of his professional, no-nonsense image.
400* BastardUnderstudy: He considers Irina Derevko to be a mentor.
401* BelligerentSexualTension: With Lauren Reed.
402* BetaCouple: With Allison Doren. He also has an on-again, off-again relationship with Lauren Reed.
403* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Due to a severe case of ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, Sark very easily comes off like the least trustworthy person in the entire series. That being said, he ''does'' have a code in there somewhere, and there's an entire episode ("A Man of His Word") devoted to showcasing him to be a person, who at the very least, keeps to his promises.
404** This particular episode, if not anything else, also portrays him as a NobleDemon. [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor That being said...]]
405* BreakoutVillain: Sark was supposed to be a one-off character, a gofer for K-Directorate or Irina or the Alliance. Fan reaction to David Anders was so great that he became more and more high-profile, eventually taking over the BigBad mantle [[spoiler:in the series finale flash-forward]].
406* CoolShades: Stylish sunglasses are his favourite fashion accessories.
407* CulturedBadass: His appreciation for the finer things in life doesn't make him any less dangerous.
408* DeadpanSnarker: Even when he's weaponless, he's still armed with plenty of quips.
409* DiabolicalMastermind: He tries to be one, but even when he becomes a DragonAscendant, he never really rises above being the top lieutenant to someone bigger than he is.
410* TheDragon: To Irina mostly, and to a lesser extent Arvin in Season 2. And later, DragonAscendant.
411* DrinkBasedCharacterization:
412** He prefers the pricey and rare Chateau Pétrus 1982 (a fact that the Covenant [[YourFavorite is aware of]]), which is a strong indication of his sophisticated tastes.
413** He also has a fondness for high-end champagne. He even nonchalantly pops off the cork from the bottle while ''[[TheUnfettered completely surrounded by numerous agents with lots of guns]].''
414** When he adopts the alias of Bob Brown, an American, he orders beer at the bar. This choice of drink is supposed to hint that Bob is middle-class, unlike Sark's posh Englishman routine.
415* EvenEvilHasStandards: He finds Bomani's cavalier exercise of YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness to be "extravagant."
416* EvenTheGuysWantHim: In "No Hard Feelings," an Italian prisoner (who is presumably experiencing SituationalSexuality) licks his lips at the sight of [[PrettyBoy Sark]], and tells the young man that he will be [[PrisonRape very popular here]]. When Sark fakes a seizure, the Italian cell mate then calls out for help by shouting, "The beautiful man is dying!"
417* EvilCounterpart[=/=]{{Foil}}: To Agent Vaughn. Just as Michael was Sydney's handler, Julian also served the same role to Allison; both men then developed a romantic relationship with their charge. Vaughn and Sark are also attracted to the same two women (i.e. Sydney and Lauren), which resulted in a [[LoveDodecahedron "love square"]] in Season 3.
418* TheHandler: He is this to Allison Doren in Season 2.
419* TheHeavy: In both Seasons 2 and 3.
420* IAmVeryBritish: Very posh, but not once does he ever come across as forced or unnatural.
421* ImprobableAge: Becomes the head of a multi-billion-dollar international crime syndicate while still in his early twenties.
422* JokerImmunity: It's a RunningGag.
423* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Still free and pulling capers as of the DistantFinale.]]
424* LastNameBasis: He's always Sark or Mr. Sark. His first name isn't even revealed until Season 3.
425* ManlyTears: He visibly and audibly sobs after he sees [[spoiler:Lauren's corpse]].
426* ManOfWealthAndTaste: He's impeccably groomed and enjoys wearing elegant, tailored suits along with expensive shoes.
427* MouthOfSauron: For "The Man" in Season 1.
428* MrFanservice: He appears shirtless in a few scenes, which is no doubt for the benefit of his numerous fangirls.
429** In Season 3's second episode, Sark speaks to Sydney from a CIA cell. Is a form-fitting black t-shirt really standard prison garb for international terrorists? Probably not, but ''[[RuleOfSexy it's Sark.]]''
430* NervesOfSteel: He handles most situations with cool professionalism and a few choice quips. A few scenes go out of their way to show his obscene self-confidence:
431** In Season 2, Sydney sees him standing behind some (bulletproof) glass and shoots at him multiple times. He doesn't even flinch.
432** It happens again in Season 3.
433** In Season 4, he lures a CIA assault team to an empty building in order to make a deal. Facing nine very tense men aiming rifles at his head, he calmly ''pops the cork off a champagne bottle.''
434* NoNonsenseNemesis: Sark is very efficient when he carries out his own or his employers' plans.
435* NotMeThisTime: He didn't have anything to do with [[spoiler:Sydney's disappearance]].
436* PrettyBoy: Lampshaded by Daniel Ryan in "Facade," who had never met Sark face-to-face, but was informed that the young man was a pretty boy.
437* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In Season 2.
438* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:After discovering that his father is not only alive but working with Sydney, he has the Covenant assassinate him.]]
439* ShirtlessScene: His toned chest is always bare whenever he has a bedroom scene.
440* TheStoic: He possesses a calm, controlled demeanour, and rarely displays his emotions in an overt manner.
441* TerroristsWithoutACause: Sark's loyalties are to the highest bidder or Irina, whoever gets there first.
442* VillainousCrush: He has a thing for Sydney (which he makes clear when Lauren dresses up as her in Season 3) and continues to flirt with Rachel long after she makes it clear that she's no longer interested.
443* WeCanRuleTogether: The first time he meets Sydney, he offers her a job.
444%%* WesternTerrorists
445* WildCard: His loyalties are self-described as "flexible." He admits in the series finale that all he ever wanted was to come out on the winning side.
446* WickedCultured: He is always well-dressed, eloquent, and is a connoisseur of fine wine and champagne.
447* YouKilledMyFather: He's quite cross with Sydney about it. Until he learns [[spoiler:that he's still alive. Then he kills his father himself]].
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449
450!!Irina Derevko / Laura Bristow
451[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3irina_7713.png]]
452
453->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/LenaOlin
454
455->'''Affiliations:''' The Man / Prophet Five / Followers of Rambaldi
456
457Sydney's mother, who isn't quite as dead as everyone thinks. She shows up in season two as a prisoner of the CIA and gains Sydney's trust. Irina will always be out for herself, though. She's the real face of "The Man", with Khasinau as her decoy. Despite appearing KIND of benevolent to Sydney, she's arguably the other BigBad in the series, seeking the same thing as Sloane and destroying anyone who gets in her way - be it Sydney or Jack.
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459* ActionMom: One of the most badass characters in the whole show.
460%%* AffablyEvil
461* AgentsDating: With Jack. Any time they have to be UndercoverAsLovers (or just married), it's ''hilarious'', due to the inherent awkwardness of her having betrayed him.
462* BackFromTheDead: ''Twice''. Once in "Almost Thirty Years", and again in "The Descent".
463* BecomingTheMask: Part of the reason she faked her death the first time is because she was too attached to her family. And really, how much of her marriage to Jack was a lie?
464* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: Jack comes to regard her in this way - better her than Sloane or the Covenant or other assorted terrorists.
465-->'''Irina''': We both know how this is supposed to play out. You bring me back to the States, turn me over to your superiors.
466-->'''Jack''': I thought you could reach the border by daybreak.
467-->'''Irina''': What about the Agency, what will you tell them?
468-->'''Jack''': What I think they already know - that no one can hold on to Irina Derevko for too long.
469* BigBad: [[spoiler:As the true power behind "the Man," she was this for Season 1.]]
470* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:With Arvin Sloane in Season 2 and Season 5.]]
471* BoxedCrook: For the CIA in Season 2.
472* DeepCoverAgent: Practically the personification of the trope.
473* DeliverUsFromEvil: Subverts and {{lampshades}} the trope. Getting pregnant was an accident, but Irina claims she kept her child because it gave her a greater hold on Jack. She also claims - to Sydney's face - that she could have easily terminated the pregnancy or killed Sydney, but she realized her daughter was innocent. She claims to love Sydney, but that doesn't make Sydney immune from danger at Irina's hands.
474* DiabolicalMastermind: Becomes one whenever she's in the "Heel" section of the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor.
475* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Double!Irina and Jack. Subversion, too, as it's ''Jack'' who shot her. TearJerker, too.]]
476%%* DiesWideOpen
477* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: Out. For. Herself.
478%%* EvilMatriarch
479* EvilMentor: To Julian Sark. She taught him much of what he knows about the criminal world.
480* TheHecateSisters: The Mother, to Elena's Crone and Katya's Warrior/Maiden, despite being the youngest of the Derevko sisters. Due to the importance of Sydney in both the show and to Rambaldi, Irina is definitely coded as the Mother.
481* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Irina is out, first and foremost, for herself.
482%%* KarmicDeath
483%%* KnightTemplarParent
484%%* LadyOfWar
485* LoveTriangle: In triangles with Jack and Katya, also with Jack and Sloane (but ''not'' a triad situation, Irina was married to Jack but had an affair with Sloane, who was her husband's best friend).
486* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Almost literally, since she, and not Khasinau, is truly "the Man."]]
487* ManipulativeBitch: Has to have been, considering she lived a lie for eight years and then continued to twist just about everyone, up to and including world governments, around her little finger.
488* TheMasochismTango: Irina marries Jack for his secrets, he [[spoiler:brainwashes their kid]], she fakes her own death, he becomes a bitter shell of a man, she betrays him to Sloane and [[spoiler:is doubled]], he [[spoiler:shoots her double in the head]], she gets better and comes after him, he forces her out of a building at gunpoint... and so it goes.
489%%* MataHari
490* MissingMom: Well, until she comes back.
491* MsFanservice: Have you ''seen'' her biceps? S2 had her in tank tops, but her bra-and-panties scene in "Passage Pt. 1" and the leopard-print minidress from "A Dark Turn" definitely qualify as well.
492* ParentalSubstitute: Sark considers her to be a mother figure of sorts.
493* ShipperOnDeck: In Season 2, she openly encourages the Sydney/Vaughn 'ship.
494* ThanatosGambit: "Laura" fakes her death because her superiors at the KGB are growing suspicious of how attached she is to her fake family, Jack and Sydney.
495* TrojanPrisoner: Played with. Irina was the CIA's prisoner for an entire season, and Jack suspected her of precisely this motive - however, she's really playing her own endgame and never overtly betrays the CIA while she's there or uses her intel to harm them after she escapes.
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497
498!![=McKenas=] Cole
499[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4cole_2742.png]]
500
501->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/QuentinTarantino
502
503->'''Affiliations:''' SD-6 / The Man / The Covenant
504
505A former SD-6 top operative who has a major bone to pick with Arvin Sloane - one of the many reasons he chose to become an agent of "The Man." Despite getting apprehended by the CIA after his successful infiltration of SD-6, he somehow managed to get out and become the second most powerful man in The Covenant - the details of which are a "good story."
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507%%* AxCrazy
508* BadassInANiceSuit: Which [[Film/ReservoirDogs may look familiar]] to Tarantino fans.
509* CombatPragmatist: The guy is downright ''efficient'' in his methods, and plans for nearly everything. If it wasn't for [[SpannerInTheWorks Vaughn]] showing up out of nowhere, he would've completely won.
510* CurbStompBattle: The first time he fights with Sydney, she doesn't manage to get a ''single'' hit in on him.
511* FauxAffablyEvil: He tries to come off as pleasant as Sloane or Sark, but he just can't keep his inner sociopath from coming out when things aren't going his way.
512* GeniusBruiser: The ''only'' man who successfully managed to bring SD-6 down to a screeching halt - partly in thanks to his unorthodox BadassCrew.
513* ItsPersonal: He has a grudge against Sloane, and clearly allows it to get in the way of his mission.
514* KnightOfCerebus: His appearance marks the point where both Sydney and Sloane discover they've got ''major'' competition in the intelligence world.
515* LargeHam: Noted in-universe.
516-->'''Sloane:''' I can't be the first person to have difficulty taking you seriously, can I?
517* MotorMouth: Like pretty much every Quentin Tarantino role ever, the man just can't shut up.
518%%* NeverMyFault
519* NoodleIncident: When Sark asks him when he was released from CIA custody, all he replies is "That's a good story."
520* TheManInFrontOfTheMan: TropeNamer, but not an example himself. He simply refers to himself as this once as a joke because he literally worked for "The Man", although in context he was referring to his status as the NumberTwo of The Covenant.
521* TortureFirstAskQuestionsLater: He keeps torturing Sloane long after it becomes clear that, first, Sloane isn't going to talk and, second, he doesn't need Sloane's information anyway.
522* TortureTechnician: And a pretty damn good one - too bad Sloane's ''really'' good at withstanding torture.
523* UnexplainedRecovery: No one knows how he got out of CIA custody to become a ''leader'' of the Covenant. [[NoodleIncident He doesn't like sharing the details either.]]
524* UnholyMatrimony: His relationship with Toni is a subversion on both ends. They seem like SickeningSweethearts, but [[spoiler:she's a DeepCoverAgent using him to penetrate the Man's network and he cares so little about her that he hardly blinks after killing her in a fit of rage]].
525* VillainousBreakdown: In the second half of "The Box," when his men start disappearing and it becomes clear that Sloane isn't going to break, he throws a temper tantrum that ends with [[spoiler:randomly killing his girlfriend]].
526* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After his appearance in Season 3, which established him as a major player in the Covenant, he was never seen or even mentioned again.
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528
529!!Kelly Peyton
530[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5kelly_9374.png]]
531
532->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AmyAcker
533
534->'''Affiliations:''' The Shed / Prophet Five
535
536The ultimate BitchInSheepsClothing. She was an agent of The Shed, and Rachel's supposed best friend. In truth, she was Dean's [[TheDragon dragon]] and was just as manipulative - if not way more ambitious - than he was. After Dean was taken out, she became a member of Prophet Five and served [[spoiler:Irina]] alongside Sark.
537----
538%%* ActionGirl
539%%* DarkActionGirl
540* ActionSurvivor: She's described being as much of a survivor and opportunist as Sark. She's just not nearly as ''good'' as him.
541%%* BitchInSheepsClothing: Boy is she ever.
542* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: She screws over every boss she ever has.
543* DeadpanSnarker: The most sarcastic character in the series.
544* TheDragon: To Gordon at first. Then to [[spoiler:Irina]].
545* EvilCounterpart: To Rachel, and by extension, Sydney.
546%%* FauxAffablyEvil
547%%* PsychoKnifeNut
548%%* ManipulativeBastard
549* SmugSnake: Hilariously ironic, as she's afraid of snakes as revealed in her final scene.
550* TheStarscream: To both Gordon Dean and, eventually, the Twelve.
551%%* TheSociopath
552%%* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes
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554
555!!Gordon Dean
556[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6gordon_4965.png]]
557
558->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TyreesAllen
559
560->'''Affiliations:''' The Shed / Prophet Five
561
562The leader of The Shed, and a member of Prophet Five. Like Sloane, he too used his installation as a ruse for the CIA. Unlike Sloane, he could not keep the deception up as efficiently and was quickly exposed and forced on the run.
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564* BadBoss: When he finds out that the Prague cell of the Shed has been compromised, he blows up the building...with all of the agents except Peyton still inside.
565* BigBad: For the first half of the final season.
566* BigBadWannabe: Dean, you aren't even ''close'' to Sloane's caliber.
567%%* DirtyCoward
568%%* DiscOneFinalBoss
569%%* {{Jerkass}}
570* ManipulativeBastard: Not nearly as much as he thinks he is.
571* MindRape: In one scene, Marshall pumps him full of hallucinogenic drugs and cranks up heavy metal music while tied to a chair. Dean ''completely freaks out'' as a result.
572%%* SmugSnake
573* TheStarscream: To his own superiors at Prophet Five.
574%%* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness
575----
576
577
578!!Lauren Reed
579[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8lauren_5578.png]]
580
581->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MelissaGeorge
582
583->'''Affiliations:''' NSC / The Covenant
584
585NSA agent who marries Vaughn during Sydney's two-year absence. Is later revealed to be a double agent in league with the Covenant and Sark.
586----
587* BelligerentSexualTension: With Sark.
588* BitchInSheepsClothing: The first half of the season presents her as the sort of person that doesn't really deserve being hated by Sydney. The truth is rather different.
589* DarkActionGirl: Like Anna and Allison before her, she is "what if Sydney, but more sexual and murderous"?
590* DeepCoverAgent: Is actually a double agent working for the Covenant, tasked to marry Vaughn to keep an eye on him, which makes her a {{foil}} for Irina. In contrast to Irina, Lauren doesn't have any feelings for her husband and nothing keeping her from trying to kill him.
591* EvilCounterpart: To Sydney, like most of the female villains on the show. Very much Sydney's visual opposite, blonde-haired and blue-eyed and appearing very warm and friendly until she reveals the killer underneath. Additionally, her status as a double agent, with Sark as her partner / love interest, working with a parent against the other one recalls Sydney's prior story arcs.
592* FemmeFataleSpy: Seen most clearly in "After Six".
593* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Fandom called it her omniaccent.
594----
595
596!!Elena Derevko
597[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9elena_4842.png]]
598
599->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SoniaBraga
600
601->'''Affiliations:''' The Covenant
602
603The eldest of the Derevko sisters and the leader of the Covenant, she is widely regarded as the worst and most ruthless of them all. Elena watched over Nadia in Argentina because she knew Nadia would become important. She also poisoned the water supply in Svogda to activate a giant Mueller Device, but her plan (somewhat) failed and was eventually executed by Irina.
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605%%* BigBad: Of Season 4.
606%%* BitchInSheepsClothing
607* CainAndAbel: With Irina, though they're a double-villain example. Irina is shown to be ''less' villainous than Elena.
608* TheChessmaster: Gaining Nadia's trust, setting up Irina (or, [[spoiler:who she thought was Irina]]) to be killed by Jack, creating [[spoiler:Arvin Clone]], building the city-wide Mueller Device? Yeah, this woman is five steps ahead of everyone else.
609%%* CombatPragmatist
610%%* EvilMatriarch
611%%* GreaterScopeVillain: Of Season 3.
612* TheHecateSisters: The Crone, to Irina's Mother and Katya's Maiden/Warrior.
613%%* ManipulativeBitch
614* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: She doesn't even ''remotely'' come off as Russian.
615%%* ParentalSubstitute: For Nadia.
616* WoundedGazelleGambit: She gains access to Sydney's house by having herself beaten up and manipulating Nadia into offering her a place to stay.
617----
618
619!!"Arvin Sloane" / Ned Bolger
620[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/15clone_5655.png]]
621
622->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JoelGrey
623
624->'''Affiliations:''' The Covenant
625
626The ultimate BigBad of the series. A Covenant cell director, then a member of... Wait, [[FlatWhat what?]]
627
628His real name is Ned Bolger, and he was a U.S. Army corporal with a brainwave pattern staggeringly similar to that of Sloane's. This made him the ideal test subject to ''clone Sloane's brain'' onto a another person. Thus, Bolger actually ''became'' Arvin Sloane. He was programmed as such for several reasons: To access many of Sloane's resources to aid Elena in developing a giant Mueller Device, to frame the real Sloane for many of his activities, and to distract APO and Vaughn long enough to finisher her plan. He was ultimately caught and exposed for what he was - possibly becoming a vegetable.
629----
630* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Of a sort. He's real, but his memories are not.]]
631%%* BigBad: [[FlatWhat ...Huh?]]
632* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Practically acknowledged in-universe. Pretty much no one knows what the hell to make of him. Sloane in particular is ''[[DudeNotFunny not amused]]''.
633* CastingGag: Both Joel Gray and Ron Rifkin portrayed the Emcee in different versions of ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'' - Gray won an Academy Award for his portrayal in the 1972 film version while both Gray and Rifkin were given a Tony award for the 1966 and 1998 Broadway revivals, respectively. In short, if anyone other than Rifkin was to portray Sloane, it would've been Joel Gray. And he does...kind of, in a weird surreal sort of way.
634%%* TheChessmaster
635%%* GoMadFromTheRevelation
636----
637
638!!Calvin [=McCullough=]
639[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/15calvin_8848.png]]
640
641->'''Portrayed by:''' Angus Scrimm
642
643->'''Affiliations:''' SD-6 / The Covenant
644
645A senior operative at SD-6, [=McCullough=] was one of the few agents privy to the truth behind Sloane's operation. He was primarily in charge of psychological examination, mental interrogation, and lie detecting. [[SarcasmMode Everybody loves]] [[TheDreaded McCullough]].
646
647In truth, he was something of a DirtyCoward playing both sides for his own survival. After he escaped Sloane's dissolution and destruction of the Alliance of Twelve, he allied himself with Elena Derevko and created "Arvin Clone" for her using his own brain scans of Sloane from his days at SD-6. When Sloane discovered he was behind the experiment, he hastily poisoned his own coffee and committed suicide.
648----
649* ActionSurvivor: Not exactly, but any time something bad was happening at SD-6, he was conveniently not around for it. It's no coincidence either.
650%%* BetterToDieThanBeKilled
651%%* DirtyCoward
652* TheDreaded: ''No one'' is terribly fond of [=McCullough=]'s lie detector test and exams. [[TheUnfettered Not even Jack]].
653%%* DrivenToSuicide
654%%* EvilOldFolks
655%%* HeelFaceDoorSlam
656* {{Jerkass}}: He makes ''Sloane'' look like a jolly old man.
657%%* LivingLieDetector
658* ManBehindTheMan: He was the one who created [[spoiler:the Arvin Sloane clone for Elena]].
659* MindRape: Knows a thing or two about it.
660* TortureTechnician: Of the psychological variety.
661----
662
663!!Anna Espinosa
664[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/10anna_8908.png]]
665
666->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GinaTorres / Creator/JenniferGarner
667
668->'''Affiliations:''' K-Directorate / Prophet Five / Followers of Rambaldi
669
670A rival spy who works for K-Directorate and who is acknowledged to be Sydney's equal, if not superior, in the field. A fanatic follower of Rambaldi, like Sloane she too will go to any lengths to claim his endgame. Including shifting her own body to be the same as that of Sydney's.
671----
672* BreakoutVillain: Because Gina Torres is just ''that'' deliciously evil.
673%%* DarkActionGirl
674* EvilCounterpart: To Sydney.
675%%* FauxAffablyEvil
676* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler:Anna purposefully becomes Sydney's double. It doesn't quite work out for her.]]
677%%* KilledOffForReal
678%%* MataHari
679* {{Omniglot}}: Like most of the other spies in the show. Anna speaks Spanish, Russian, and Italian, although she's presumably fluent in other languages as well.
680%%* PrettyLittleHeadshots
681* RacialTransformation: She undergoes gene modification created by Project Helix, transforming her into a physical-genetic clone of Sydney Bristow.
682* TheRival: To Sydney.
683%%* TheWorfEffect
684----
685
686!!Zhang Lee
687[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/11dentist_6644.png]]
688
689->'''Portrayed by:''' Ric Young
690
691->'''Affiliations:''' FTL / The Covenant
692
693Dr. Zhang Lee, more commonly known as "Suit N' Glasses" or the "Sadistic Dentist of Asian Persuasion", he was a [[TortureTechnician "communications expert"]] for FTL before lending his expertise to The Covenant. Despite being very good at his job, his luck of late has been rather bad as his latest torture subjects were [[ActionGirl Sydney]], [[BadassNormal Will]] and [[BewareTheNiceOnes Marshall]]. Things just got worse and worse for him.
694----
695%%* AssholeVictim
696* ButtMonkey: ''None'' of his on-screen tortures ended well for him.
697* ColdBloodedTorture: Yanks out teeth and pours epoxy down people's throats.
698* DepravedDentist: Pulling out teeth and drilling cavities without anesthesia is his M.O.
699%%* FauxAffablyEvil
700%%* FourEyesZeroSoul
701%%* MutilationInterrogation
702%%* SoftSpokenSadist
703%%* TortureTechnician
704%%* ToThePain
705* VillainousBSOD: After getting beat up twice by Sydney and permanently disabled by Will, he went from a SoftSpokenSadist to a total wheelchair-bound wreck doing pointless chemical experiments in his basement. Needless to say, he doesn't really endure torture as well as he dishes it out.
706----
707
708!!Allison Doren
709[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/12francie_5498.png]]
710
711->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MerrinDungey
712
713->'''Affiliations:''' Sloane/Irina alliance / The Covenant
714
715The assassin who took on Francie's appearance before assassinating her and posing as her. After being exposed, she returns as a member of the Covenant.
716----
717* DarkActionGirl
718* DeadPersonImpersonation / KillAndReplace: To Francie.
719%%* EvilTwin
720* FaceStealer: To Francie
721* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking
722* HealingFactor: Apparently has one thanks to exposure to a Rambaldi drug.
723%%* TokenMinority
724----
725
726!!Yekaterina "Katya" Derevko
727[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/13katya_6237.png]]
728
729->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/IsabellaRossellini
730
731->'''Affiliations:''' K-Directorate
732
733The middle Derevko sister. She is just as morally ambiguous as Irina, but not nearly as ruthless as Elena. She and Jack have an...''interesting'' relationship.
734----
735%%* FemmeFatale
736* TheHecateSisters: The Warrior/Maiden of the trio, to Irina's Mother and Elena's Crone.
737* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Skewering a baddie's hands with metal chopsticks and holding his face up to a ''galbi'' grill works quite well.
738* LoveTriangle: In a triangle with Jack and Irina. Katya starts somewhat of a relationship with Jack in "Crossings", though she knows he's still in ''something'' over Irina.
739%%* MataHari
740----
741
742!!Kazari Bomani
743[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bomani331_3958.png]]
744
745->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DjimonHounsou
746
747->'''Affiliations:''' The Covenant
748
749A wealthy African ArmsDealer who once did quite a bit of business with Arvin Sloane. When Sloane defected back to the CIA during the TimeSkip, he provided the intel that brought Bomani down. Early in Season 3, Sark and the Covenant break him out of jail and he soon achieves a nebulously high-ranking position within the organization.
750----
751%%* ArmsDealer
752%%* BadassInANiceSuit
753* FreudianExcuse: As a child, he was ForcedToWatch as his entire family was raped and killed by rebels.
754* {{Jerkass}}: A generally unpleasant man, to both his enemies and his allies.
755%%* MacheteMayhem:.
756%%* ScaryBlackMan
757* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He may recognize that Sloane is more useful to the Covenant alive than dead, but he doesn't have to like it.
758* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: He swears by it, which Sark considers "extravagant." [[spoiler:Leads to his KarmicDeath when he tries it on Lauren and Sark kills him first.]]
759----
760
761!!Roberts
762[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roberts331_5384.png]]
763
764->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MichaelKWilliams
765
766->'''Affiliations:''' ''None''
767
768A professional thief and contract mercenary hired by "Arvin Sloane" ([[spoiler:actually Ned Bolger]]) to steal a number of items for a Rambaldi device. In addition to this job, he was also hired to string Vaughan along with bogus information regarding his father's death.
769----
770%%* AffablyEvil
771%%* DeadpanSnarker
772* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a huge scar across his face.
773%%* KilledOffForReal
774* ManipulativeBastard: While it was "Sloane" who put Roberts to the task, he was the one who staged everything to trick Vaughan.
775* MindScrew: [[spoiler:He thought he was working for the real Sloane all along. Then he was asked to ID the real Sloane. It was weird.]]
776%%* OnlyInItForTheMoney
777%%* SmugSnake
778* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Gets unceremoniously smashed inside a crashing elevator by one of Bolger's goons.]]
779----
780
781!!Avian
782[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/avian331_8480.png]]
783
784->'''Portrayed by:''' Oz Perkins
785
786->'''Affiliations:''' The Covenant
787
788Elena Derevko's right-hand man and hacker, a mysterious mook who carries out her dirty work while she plays the part of "Sophia." Very arrogant, to say the least.
789----
790* ArrogantKungFuGuy: While he's good enough to fight on par with Sydney, he has an absolute inability to confess to any screw ups.
791* BondVillainStupidity: Elena calls him out on this. ''Twice.''
792%%* FourEyesZeroSoul
793* HollywoodHacking: He just ''happened'' to know Nadia's laptop password as soon as he opened it up?
794%%* KilledOffForReal
795%%* SoftSpokenSadist
796* SmugSnake: Is he ever. He constantly refers to his screw ups as "lucky breaks" for APO. [[spoiler:It costs him.]]
797* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Barely lasts three episodes.]]
798* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Is promptly disposed of by Elena once she acquires the Hydrosec, both for [[HeKnowsTooMuch knowing too much]] and for being a smug and incompetent prick.]]
799----
800
801!!Alexander Khasinau
802[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/14alexander_1418.png]]
803
804->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DerrickOConnor
805
806->'''Affiliations:''' The Man
807
808The true identity of "The Man" - the elusive leader of the mysterious organization opposing everyone and everything. He seeks to usurp the Alliance of Twelve and control all weapons and intelligence trade routes. In truth, he's TheDragon to the real "Man", Irina Derevko. In the past, he also served as her handler in the KGB when she infiltrated the US as "Laura Bristow".
809----
810%%* AffablyEvil
811%%* BadassInANiceSuit
812* BigBad: [[spoiler:Although not really.]]
813%%* TheChessmaster
814* TheDragon: [[spoiler:To Irina, the real "Man."]]
815%%* DiscOneFinalBoss
816%%* EliteMook
817%%* ManBehindTheMan
818%%* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness
819[[/folder]]
820
821[[folder: Civilians:]]
822!!Francie Calfo
823[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/12francie_5498.png]]
824
825->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MerrinDungey
826
827Sydney's best friend growing up, and eventual roommate.
828----
829* BackForTheFinale: Via flashback.
830* MomentKiller: A non-romantic version. Francie had ''horrible'' timing, and would constantly be calling Sydney at the most inopportune times - like the pilot, during an assassination attempt.
831* OutOfFocus: After obtaining a fair amount of focus during the first season, including a romantic subplot lasting most of the season, she becomes far less prominent in the second, all the way until the end.
832%%* TokenMinority
833* YankTheDogsChain: Dies on the same episode where she learns her restaurant is making a profit, and has begun a romance with Will.
834----
835!!Emily Sloane
836[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/12emily_6723.png]]
837
838->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AmyIrving
839
840->'''Affiliations:''' ''None''
841
842Arvin Sloane's beloved wife and a mother figure to Sydney who is dying of cancer. She reveals to Sydney that she's always known Sloane wasn't a businessman and knows about SD-6. [[spoiler:After faking her own death with Sloane's help, she ultimately decides to act as an informant to the CIA on his illicit activities, no longer able to keep it to herself. At the last minute, however, she retracts the decision and decides to stay with Sloane - right up until Dixon accidentally shot her]].
843----
844* BrokenBird: She's introduced as she's dying of stage-four lymphoma, and later, we learn [[spoiler:her and Sloane's daughter died in infancy]].
845* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:She has her death staged by Sloane after he's ordered to kill her for uncovering the truth behind SD-6.]]
846* HiddenDepths: Turns out Emily isn't just a BrokenBird victim of Sloane: [[spoiler:she helped Sloane fake her death, [[{{Fingore}} cut off her own finger]], and was prepared to betray him in exchange for his not receiving the death penalty. She stays loyal to him at the end, but [[ThePowerOfLove can you really blame her]]?]]
847%%* KilledOffForReal
848* MoralityPet: For her husband. Every good thing Sloane ever does is either for or about her.
849* ParentalSubstitute: Sydney says that she has always regarded Emily as a mother to her.
850[[/folder]]
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