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6Characters page for ''Series/{{Nikita}}''.
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8'''[[Administrivia/HandlingSpoilers Beware of spoilers!]]'''
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13!!Main Characters
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15[[folder:Nikita]]
16!!Nikita Mears
17[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Trope_Nikita_8665.jpg]]
18[[caption-width-right:250:''"I was the first recruit to get out, and I'm going to make certain I'm not the last."'']]
19->'''Played By:''' Creator/MaggieQ
20->'''Voiced By:''' Erica Edwards (Latin-American Spanish), Creator/MieSonozaki (Japanese)
21
22A former runaway and drug addict, Nikita Mears was pulled from Death Row and trained as a spy and assassin for secret government agency, Division. After Division murdered her fiance, she turned rogue and is now on a mission to take them down.
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24* AbusiveParents: Although Nikita had a succession of foster parents, the most prominent in the series is Gary Mears, who prostituted Nikita when she was a young girl. His wife, Caroline, did nothing to stop it and eventually died.
25* ActionGirl: Used to be a DarkActionGirl under Division, until the death of Daniel consisted in her HeelFaceTurn. She's probably one of the most dangerous fighters on the show and is regarded as one of Divison's best and brightest both before and after her betrayal to the organization. She can drop men twice her size with little effort (even before her official training by Division) and is extremely skilled with a wide variety of weapons and firearms.
26* AdaptationalBadass: While Nikita has always been associated with badassery, the series beefs up that element to make her essentially unmatched.
27* AffectionateNickname: Birkhoff calls her "Nikki". She in turn refers to him as "Nerd".
28* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's usually stoic and focused on missions, though she can often crack smiles and jokes.
29* AntiHero: In Season 1, Nikita starts off wanting revenge against Division and to stop them from destroying people's lives (like her fiancee's). She then moves towards seeking redemption for the crimes she was forced to commit under Division as an assassin. In Season 2, she wants to destroy Division on the sole basis that they will stop chasing her and her loved ones. Her reasons are much more complex than just doing the right thing.
30* TheAtoner: Pretty much defines her character, although this turns into ChronicHeroSyndrome overtime when she compulsively tries to save everyone she runs across (trained agents and assassins trying to kill her none-withstanding). She will try to stop any operation designed to hurt people at ''any'' cost to her own well being.
31* BattleCouple: [[spoiler: With Michael, as of the Season 1 finale.]]
32* BerserkButton:
33** Talking bad about her birth parents that she never got to know will make her ''furious''. A jerk teacher from her recruit days learned this the hard way.
34** Don't hurt Alex, Michael, Birkhoff, or ''anyone'' Nikita cares about for that matter.
35** Don't hurt children. Heidecker learned the hard way...
36* BigDamnHeroes: Due to being TheHero, she always comes on time to rescue everyone. For an example, she saved Alex from being raped by her drug dealers just in time and beat the living hell out of them.
37* BigSisterInstinct: Towards Alex. The two have a sister-like relationship and hurting Alex is a BerserkButton of Nikita's.
38* BrokenAce: She was TheAce back in her Division days, but everything went downhill once they killed her fiancee, Daniel.
39* BrokenBird: She was basically orphaned at birth, moved from one abusive foster family to another, got prostituted by one of her foster parents, became a drug addict as an adult, was forced to become an assassin and the organization she worked for killed her lover who just wanted to give her a good life. That's just saying a few...
40* ChronicHeroSyndrome: One of the defining aspects of her character is her willingness to go to the ends of the earth to help and protect those she loves, especially in later seasons. If Nikita promises that she'll save somebody, she ''will'', damn it, even if she's unarmed, out of resources, faced with an army of lethally trained killers... or all of the above. This actually becomes a point of contention between her and Alex in Season 3, as the mission to finally shut down Division for good is repeatedly sidetracked by Nikita's heroism flaring up.
41* CombatPragmatist: Division trained her to be an ''excellent'' fighter. One of the abilities they gave her was to use everything she can get her hands on as a weapon. This includes a vacuum tube, a towel, a purse, a decorative rock inside a piece of cloth, a children's toy... you name it, she can weaponize it in a matter of ''seconds''.
42-->'''Birkhoff''': [[LampshadedTrope Are you ever not armed, seriously?!]]
43* CopKiller: Nikita came to Division's attention after she was sentenced to death for killing a cop while high on ketamine (she was so high she didn't even remember doing it). The full story is far more complicated.
44* CrazyPrepared: Nikita knows how dangerous Division is, so it's justified. Many characters lampshade this.
45-->'''Owen''': I had to make sure you weren't armed. Who was I kidding...
46* CursedWithAwesome
47-->'''Owen''': When Division gave you the ability you to kill, they also gave you the ability to protect.
48* DarkAndTroubledPast: Contributed to her BrokenBird status. She did NOT have an easy time in the foster system, and one of her foster families forced her into ''juvenile prostitution''.
49* DatingCatwoman: Has a ShipTease going on with Michael in Season 1 during the time that he's with Division and she's a rogue agent he's assigned to capture.
50* DeadpanSnarker: While not to the extent of Michael or Alex, Nikita will usually have a quip equipped just in case a situation calls for it.
51* DeathFakedForYou: Like all Division agents, in this case by staging her death by lethal injection.
52* DisappearedDad: Solid definition of the status of her father. She learned from her foster parents that her mother (who she later learns was named Anh) died giving birth to her due to complications with the delivery. However, there was no information on her father as his name was left off her birth certificate. Michael says this was likely due to Nikita's mother being a Vietnamese woman whose baby's father was American. Nikita has absolutely no clue where her father is or who he could be.
53* {{Determinator}}: ''Nothing'' will comes in her way to take down Division.
54* DragonLady: A badass Vietnamese woman who's a martial arts expert and knows how to wield a gun - all thanks to her training under Division. Subverted once she quits Division and becomes a good guy.
55* DudeMagnet: Since Division transforms all their female agents into this in order to seduce male targets, Nikita's sex-appeal comes in handy when infiltrating and seducing a target. She was also repeatedly referred to as an excellent HoneyTrap in Division. However, she was not exactly fond of these missions and doesn't like talking about them.
56* EarnYourHappyEnding: After a life spent as a victim of various systems who only saw her as something to be exploited, and after taking on criminal organizations, the government, and the entire world, you can damn well bet she earned the happiness and peace she ''finally'' got!
57* FemmeFataleSpy: She often uses her beauty and sex appeal to get what she wants during a mission. She learned from Division, after all, who train all female agents to use their beauty as a personal weapon or tool of convenience.
58* FriendToAllChildren: Nikita is shown to have a soft spot for kids and is protective of them. This is likely due to her personal history of being abused and taken advantage of as a child. Hence, she doesn't want any other kid to endure anything like she had and protect them from traumas like her own.
59* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: In the series finale, she and Michael finally marry and begin a new happy life together.]]
60* HeelFaceTurn: Pre-series. She was forced to work as an assassin for the criminal organization Division. Given Division's ''highly'' extended resources and power, especially over its agents, she didn't have much of a choice. But the instant they killed her fiance, she plotted a strategic escape and became determined to take them down. Her break out resulted in her being the first agent to ever escape Division's clutches in agent history.
61* TheHero: TheProtagonist of the series.
62* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Alex. No matter what comes between them, they always find a way to remain loyal to each other in the end.
63* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Although she has the utmost confidence in her skills, her demeanor conceals a deep lack of self-esteem, a "real Nikita", whom she believes unlovable.
64* InvincibleHero: Most of the time. She can take a violent beating, even extended torture, and gets back up ready for more. [[spoiler: In Season 2, Nikita finds herself kidnapped by a man she took down during her Division days who wants revenge against her. She undergoes ''harsh'' torture in his attempt to break her, but she impressively holds on. It's only when he brings in a captured Michael and begins to torture ''him'' right in front of her that Nikita finally begins to break. (But at this point she is able to escape her restraints and fight back.)]]
65* KnightInSourArmor
66-->'''Birkhoff''': No matter how many times the people she loves let her down, she keeps doing the right thing. 'Cause that's the only thing she knows how to do.
67* LadyOfWar: Yes, she is a badass, and yes, she is equally at home on the battlefield and in the ballroom. {{Justified}}: Amanda trains all female Division agents for this.
68* MamaBear: Nikita [[FriendToAllChildren loves kids]]. If she ever learns you hurt or you're about to hurt a kid, ''run for you life''. It shows with Max and Liza above all.
69* MasterOfAll: There's a reason why she was considered Division's top agent and even became something of a legend. In a flashback to her early time as a recruit, Michael felt Nikita couldn't be controlled and felt she should be cancelled. This is after she literally bit off an abusive guard's ''ear'' and attacked Amanda when the latter tried talking to her. However, Amanda was highly impressed that the whole time she was talking to her, Nikita was plotting a way to kill her. She turned down Michael's cancellation suggestion because she felt that once they harnessed Nikita's violent instincts, she would become "the greatest agent Division has ever known". She wasn't wrong.
70* TheMentor: To Alex. She rescued her from the streets and trained her for a year to become her mole to tell her Division's plans from the inside.
71* MsFanservice: Has quite a few scenes in her undies, bikinis and [[spoiler: has had an intimate moment with Michael on-screen.]]
72* {{Omniglot}}: Nikita can speak a lot of languages, including English, French, Cantonese (which Maggie Q can speak in real life due to her experience in the Hong Kong entertainment industry), Russian, Czech, Polish and Arabic.
73* OneWomanArmy: She took on the all-powerful Division organization all by herself, very much has the skills to defend herself and back her quest up and caused ''so much'' chaos for Division that she became a high level target demanded to be taken down.
74** In the Season 3 finale, Nikita has a major moment of this. The remainder of the "Dirty 30" rogue agents were sicked on Nikita's friends inside Division. They're in the middle of getting a ''pretty'' nasty beat down when Nikita walks in and goes full blown Terminator on them, taking them all down with bad ass ease.
75* OnlyOneName: She's just "Nikita" for the first season and a half. Then her surname is given away in passing early in season 2: Mears. Later in the series, when asked for her last name, she responds that "it's just Nikita".
76* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: A very odd variation, in that she's rebelling in a ChaoticGood way against a corrupt government syndicate that falls into the LawfulEvil category. However, due to Division's government status and a good portion of their operations have to do with national security (as long as money involved), everyone inside Division and the US government looks at Nikita and everyone who follows her as "traitors".
77* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Is fond of doing these.
78-->[''as Nikita is rescuing Alex'']
79-->'''Drug dealer''': Who the hell are you?
80-->'''Nikita''': Fairy Godmother! [''knocks him out'']
81* RaceLift: While all the eponymous Nikitas from the previous versions were white this one is of Vietnamese descent.
82-->'''Birkhoff''': You know this means you'll never be president.
83* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Alex, Red to Michael. Her greater experience means she's cooler under pressure than Alex (especially early in the series), but she's still more passionate than the calm and collected Michael.
84* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The series is all about this. Nikita vows to take Division down after they kill Daniel, her lover.
85* SecondLove: [[spoiler: Michael, as she is to him. He was her teacher/handler at Division when they became attracted to each other, even sharing a secret kiss. However, Michael was still a CrusadingWidower over Kasim Tariq's murder of his wife and daughter and was unable to move on. Nikita accepted this and soon moved on to Daniel, who became her fiance shortly before his death by Division and making her go rogue. Years later, Nikita and Michael discovered that Tariq was a Division agent who planted the bomb that killed Michael's family under Percy's orders. Finally on the same side against Division, she and Michael give into their long suppressed feelings and become a couple. As she lost her first love, Nikita is determined not to lose Michael and seeing him harmed is a major BerserkButton of hers.]]
86* TeacherStudentRomance: [[spoiler: Michael was her teacher/handler at Division when they became attracted to each other. The two had a rough start to their relationship as Nikita was in an unstable mindset due to her traumatic past. After pulling her act together, the two become increasingly comfortable with each other, even playful. They acted on their feelings only once during a mission together when sharing a secret kiss. However, it went no further than this due to Michael's personal mission in avenging his murdered family before moving on. Nikita accepted this and they returned to their previous relationship. However, there was still a clear level of lingering tension between them. It's a running gag that ''everyone'' at Division - Percy, Amanda, Birkhoff and even then-recruits - knew that Michael and Nikita had a thing going on.]]
87-->[[spoiler:'''Kelly''' (on her and Nikita's pasts as recruits): Well, I wasn't special like you. I couldn't just bat my eyelashes at Michael and get out of trouble!]]
88* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Do '''NOT''' hurt [[spoiler: Michael if you know what's good for you. Justified, since she lost her previous fiance and doesn't want to lose Michael too. In Season 3, she was even willing to kill the ''President'' and sacrifice her freedom after Amanda blackmails her with Michael's life.]]
89* WouldntHurtAChild: Nikita has a soft spot for children, and she struggles to find a way to stop [[TykeBomb Liza]], who is a child and can't be defeated like an adult.
90[[/folder]]
91
92[[folder:Alex]]
93!!Alexandra Udinov
94[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Trope_Alex_7987.jpg]]
95[[caption-width-right:250:''"I am Alexandra Udinov, daughter of Nikolai Udinov, and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge this is your reward.]]"'']]
96
97->'''Played By:''' Creator/LyndsyFonseca, Eliana Jones (young)
98->'''Voiced By:''' Gaby Ugarte (Latin-American Spanish, seasons 1-2), Anette Ugalde (Latin-American Spanish, seasons 2-4), Creator/MegumiToyoguchi (Japanese)
99
100The daughter of a Russian oligarch, Alexandra Udinov ended up as a sex slave and drug addict after being smuggled to America. Nikita rescued her, got her clean, befriended her and trained her up to be a mole within Division.
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103* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: She accidentally shot Thom, who becomes her first kill. Though killing him framed him as Nikita's mole and cleared all suspicions off Alex.]]
104* ActionGirl: While not in Nikita's league, she's definitely earned this.
105** DarkActionGirl: In Season 2, she works for Division against Nikita and she definitely TookALevelInBadass. Subverted once she puts yet another HeelFaceTurn.
106* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Her surname properly ought to be "Udinova" given her gender.
107* AddledAddict: How Nikita found her. Her former pimp got her addicted to heroine, and after being shipped to America, she lives on "getting a hit" alone. Thanks to Nikita, she got clean.
108* AnywhereButTheirLips: In Season 2 episode "London Calling", when Sean asks her for a kiss, she responds by kissing his hand. Alex then reminds him that he never specified where to kiss him.
109* AttemptedRape: Nikita found her before her drug dealers could rape her and beat them to a pulp before taking her in.
110* BadassAdorable: Alex has her occasional dorky quips, and can kick ass with ease.
111* BadassBoast: Alex knows how to tell these.
112** In "Fair Trade":
113-->'''Dirty cop''': Who the hell are you?!
114-->'''Alex''': [[PreMortemOneLiner Someone who can't afford to have that question asked!]] [''shoots and kills him'']
115** In "Set-Up":
116-->'''Alex''': My father was gunned down in front of me when I was 13 years old. I was sold into slavery, but I lived. I came out a drug addict, but I got clean. I've killed dangerous men, and I've watched people I love die in my arms. You want to know what I am? I'm a survivor. So you do me a favor and turn up the music on your way out!
117* BattleCouple: With Sean, later with [[spoiler:Sam/Owen]].
118* BelligerentSexualTension: With Sean through Season 2 and [[spoiler: Sam/Owen through Season 4]].
119* BreakTheCutie: She was only a young girl when she witnessed the death of her father and was sold into sex slavery.
120* BrokenBird: Family murdered and house burned by Division at about age ten, sold into sex slavery by the man who was supposed to protect her, is addicted to heroin by her pimp, escapes her pimp but not the habit, and is finally rescued [[spoiler:again]] by Nikita. The only thing that keeps her alive for a while is her desire for revenge.
121* CanonForeigner: The one member of the core cast to not exist or be adapted from either the movie or ''Series/LaFemmeNikita''.
122* CassandraTruth: Seems to do this quite often.
123* ClarkKenting: Whenever she's undercover, after revealing her identity to the world.
124* CombatPragmatist: Develops a mean sucker punch between the first two seasons, and plays ObfuscatingStupidity for all it's worth, most notably when she infiltrates Russia in Season 2.
125* DaddysGirl: Her original motive was to avenge her father's death and the loss of his company.
126* DarkAndTroubledPast: Division burned her house down and killed her parents when she was a child before being sold as a sex slave and shipped to the US, where she became a lost, homeless drug addict before Nikita saved her life.
127* DeadpanSnarker: She's got her moments. Especially in her recruit days or in Birkhoff's expense.
128-->'''Jaden''': They say Amanda could pretty up a pig.
129-->'''Alex''': [[StealthInsult You should go see her sometime.]]
130* DeathFakedForYou: ''Twice'', even. [[spoiler:Nikita]] claimed to Division to have killed Alex but instead had one of the Udinovs' servants sneak her to safety (which backfired). Then Division faked her suicide after she and Nikita framed her.
131* DecompositeCharacter: Created to play out the traditional ''{{Film/Nikita}}'' beats, while Nikita herself played the role of former agent in a mission of revenge.
132* {{Determinator}}: She shows some traits of this in getting revenge for her father. Also shown when she fights Roan in the season 2 finale. Immediately after he breaks her wrist her response is to kick him in the head.
133* {{Deuteragonist}}: the second Hero of the show, after Nikita.
134* DoubleAgent: She becomes Division's new recruit, but is Nikita's mole unbeknownst to them.
135* DrivenToSuicide: In a {{flashback}} she's shown to have tried to overdose herself while Nikita was getting her clean from her heroin addiction. However, Nikita forces her to upchuck the overdose of pills before it can do any permanent damage.
136* FallenPrincess: While not a princess, she used to have everything: she was born in a wealthy family and had a loving relationship with her parents. Until the tragic day where she witnessed her father being killed in front of her very eyes, got sold into sex slavery and was shipped to America where she became a homeless drug addict. Fortunately, Nikita rescued her and helped her get clean. At one point, her former pimp compared her to Anastasia Romanov for their similar backstories.
137* FemmeFataleSpy: Amanda tries to transform her into this, like all the female Division recruits.
138* FreakOut: Alex has a fear of enclosed spaces, due to hiding under a bed while her house burned down and her family was killed. During a test where she has to deactivate a bomb underneath a car, Alex has a panic attack and is comforted by Thom. Luckily, she faces her fear at the end of the episode.
139* HarmfulToMinors: She witnessed the death of her father at only 12 years old and was ''sold into sex slavery''.
140* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Starts as Nikita's partner, until she commits a FaceHeelTurn upon learning [[spoiler:Nikita killed her father]], re-becomes Nikita's ally, then Amanda brainwashes her and causes Alex to go rogue again, before snapping out of it and becoming a Nikita ally for good.
141* HeroicBSOD: Goes through multiple ones through the series, most notably when she learns [[spoiler: Nikita]] killed her father and when [[spoiler: Sean dies and Amanda brainwashed her into wanting to rescue everyone, which led to Sean being killed]].
142* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Nikita.
143* IdleRich: Her cover after regaining control of her father's conglomerate Zetrov, a lavish unemployed lifestyle powered by a company trust fund.
144* IJustWantToBeNormal: Subverted: While she ''really'' doesn't want to run Zetrov and fantasizes about a normal life, when the possibility presents itself, she finds herself at sea, and chooses to remain with Division even when she's the only person with a viable life outside it.
145* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler: Her brainwashing at the hands of Amanda indirectly causes Sean's death, who dies in her arms. She feels guilty due to not being able to save him (like everyone else in her life) and she goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge]].
146* InnocentBlueEyes: She has blue eyes, and they show how she was thrown into a dangerous world as such a young age.
147* JuniorCounterpart: To Nikita. Both were orphaned drug addicts forced into prostitution in some way, and the reason Nikita is so attached to Alex, is because how she reminds her of how she used to be.
148* MasterOfAll: Is constantly compared to Nikita, despite possessing only a fraction of her experience.
149* MetaphoricallyTrue: Alex is hooked up to a brainwave-reading lie detector that can't be fooled. She gets around it by stringing together several statements that are each individually true, but together paint a very different picture than what actually happened, and gets herself free from suspicion.
150* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: Pulled off in the eponymous episode "Alexandra."
151-->'''Alex''': I am Alexandra Udinov, daughter of Nikolai Udinov. [[PreMortemOneLiner And this is your reward.]] [''shoots him dead'']
152* TheNotLoveInterest: The relationship between Alex and Nikita is one of the main emotional elements of the series, despite the fact that each have romantic interests of their own.
153* ObfuscatingStupidity: During missions, Alex plays the innocent to fool those she's trying to infiltrate.
154* {{Omniglot}}: Alex can speak English, German and Russian.
155* {{Protectorate}}: Nikita will kill through the entire Universe twice to make sure Alex is unharmed.
156* RecoveredAddict: Thanks to Nikita, Alex got clean from her heroine addiction before she could start her training of infiltrating Division. Though due to drama, she relapses in Season 1 and Season 3, but thanks to Nikita and her friend's support, she manages to become clean again.
157* RecruitmentByRescue: Twice, as Nikita saves Alex from beings sexually assaulted by her drug dealer, and soon after, from a suicide attempt.
158* {{Revenge}}: Nikita encouraged her to seek revenge against the murder of her parents caused by Division. [[spoiler: Little does she know, Nikita was the one to kill her father and her mother was alive all along.]] Though once Semak is killed, she admits [[VengeanceFeelsEmpty feeling empty]], and from this moment on, finds other motivations other than revenge.
159* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Once [[spoiler:Sean]] is killed, Alex ''snaps'', to say the least.
160* SensualSlavs: She's Russian, and she tends to exaggerate a Russian accent in order to pass as an alluring FemmeFatale.
161* SexSlave: As a part of her DarkAndTroubledPast, which she has to confront.
162* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: First she has to shoot Thom, and later has a lot of problems with Nathan because of her spy life.
163* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Eventually becomes this to Sean. [[spoiler: After his death, she goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]]
164** She's also this to [[spoiler: Owen/Sam in Season 4.]]
165* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Nikita; their relationship falls apart at the finale of Season One. They reconcile halfway through Season Two.
166* WildCard: She's prone to HeelFaceRevolvingDoor and we have no idea what she'll do next how much she's unpredictable.
167* YouKilledMyFather: Once she learns [[spoiler:Nikita]] was the one who killed her father since the beginning, she pulls a FaceHeelTurn and vows to take her down. [[spoiler:It doesn't stick.]]
168[[/folder]]
169
170[[folder:Michael]]
171!!Michael Bishop
172[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Trope_Michael_5357.jpg]]
173[[caption-width-right:250:''"You scare the crap outta me, but I love you anyway."'']]
174->'''Played By:''' Creator/ShaneWest
175->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/RicardoTejedo (Latin-American Spanish), Shunsuke Sakuya (Japanese)
176
177A former US Navy intelligence officer, Michael Bishop is a highly ranked member of Division who is tasked with bringing Nikita in. However, his past with her and his own moral code means he's often conflicted.
178
179Toward the end of season 1, Michael joins Nikita's cause after discovering that his boss is behind a tragic event in his past. He also enters a romantic relationship with her.
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181* ActionDad: He's Max Ovechkin's biological father and an highly trained spy. He was also in the Navy back when he was the father of 4 year old Hayley.
182* AnArmAndALeg: In a third season, [[spoiler: he's pinned under a burning car by his hand and Nikita cuts it off in order to save his life.]]
183* AFatherToHisMen: To Division recruits. Although we didn't see much of it, it's been heavily implied and Lampshaded by Nikita, Birkhoff and Amanda that Michael sees the recruits as being like his kids.
184* AmbiguouslyBi: {{Downplayed}}: It happens offscreen during a {{flashback}}, but he apparently had no problem subbing in for Nikita as the HoneyTrap on the fly after Birkhoff somehow missed the part where their mark was gay. (They're shown joking about it when they get back to their hotel room.)
185* AntiVillain: Before his HeelFaceTurn during Season 1. His attachment to Nikita and inability to kill her despite his orders and having ''many'' chances to do so is what makes the viewer realize he's different from the rest of Division.
186* TheAtoner: Becomes one in "Pandora".
187* AwesomenessByAnalysis: [[spoiler:In season 1 he finds Nikita's safehouse after realizing something is off about the acoustics during a phone conversation with Alex: it doesn't sound like her apartment. Birkhoff does an algorithmic analysis of the conversation and works out a floorplan, and Michael recognizes it as an abandoned Division safehouse he and Nikita had previously used--which simultaneously clues him in that Alex is a DoubleAgent.]]
188* BattleCouple: [[spoiler: With Nikita.]]
189* BerserkButton:
190** In Season 1, his particular one was Kasim Tariq. He was ''determined'' to kill the man who he thought murdered his family, even if it meant his literal death to see him dead. [[spoiler: That is until he finds out Percy was the one who gave Kasim the orders, and joins Nikita in her fight to destroy Percy and Division.]] He would get ''deadly'' calm at the mere mention of Kasim's name and would fight through hell to get his revenge.
191** Nikita's life being threatened is this by ''all'' means. Do ''not'' threaten Nikita or put her in harm's way around Michael unless you want to see his anger reach new levels. Understandable since he lost his family, is forced to leave his son behind for his safety and repeatedly says Nikita is all he has left that he loves and doesn't want to lose her too. [[spoiler: In Season 3, he gets a technological prosthetic hand that he has great difficulty controlling. He's told it will curl into a fist only when he experiences his one true "emotional trigger". It curls ''very'' much when Michael overhears Nikita's life being threatened through her comm earpiece.]]
192** Also, don't threaten to hurt any of his recruits. He will ''very much'' protect them like a father does his children, leading to a few remarks about how he acts more like a father than a teacher.
193* CrusadingWidower: His reason for joining Division? To avenge the death of his wife Elizabeth and daughter Haley at the hands of Kasim Tariq. [[spoiler: Actually, Kasim was supposed to kill ''Michael'' under Percy's orders. Once he learns this, he pulls a HeelFaceTurn and joins Nikita in her quest of destroying Division.]]
194* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: It's entirely justified as to why he has to leave Max behind: he's still a secret government agent that has a war with Division to end. And he can't keep in contact with Cassandra and Max, or even keep a literal ''photo'' of them, in case they are discovered and used as leverage against Michael. While he spent time with Max in London, he admitted that he never had a true moment of peace as he was constantly looking over his shoulder - ''waiting'' for something to happen. His farewell to Max is especially heart wrenching as Michael knows he is never going to see his son again nor will the boy ever know who his true father is.
195* DatingCatwoman: Has a ShipTease going on with Nikita in Season 1 during the time where he's with Division and she's a rogue agent. [[spoiler:They have a RelationshipUpgrade midway through the season.]]
196* DeadpanSnarker: Second to Birkhoff in sarcastic comments.
197-->'''Birkhoff''': I mean, [Nikita] was a wreck. I was able to turn the tables on her easy.\
198'''Michael''': Yeah, was that before or after she duct-taped you to that springy rocking horse?
199* DeathGlare: Or "goatee of intimidation", as Birkhoff calls it.
200* TheDragon: To Percy. [[spoiler: Later after his HeelFaceTurn, he becomes TheLancer to Nikita.]]
201* DisabledSnarker: Even if he [[spoiler: lost his hand early in Season 3]], that doesn't stop Michael from being snarky as always.
202* DragonWithAnAgenda: Michael often goes head-to-head with Percy over his running of Division, and the only reason he's even working for them is to get revenge for his family.
203* {{Determinator}}: Especially where Nikita or his family are concerned.
204* HeelFaceTurn: During Season 1, where he goes from being Percy's TheDragon right hand man to [[spoiler: Nikita's partner - both as rogue agents and lovers.]]
205* KnightInSourArmour: Michael wasn't completely happy with Division, but truly believed that he was acting in America's best interests.
206* TheLancer: [[spoiler: To Nikita once he switches sides.]]
207* MasterOfAll: So much so that he was placed in charge of hunting Nikita, despite his well-known emotional factor to her, as he was the only one who had the true capability. [[spoiler: In Season 4, Nikita is forced to go on the run after being framed for the President's murder and being hunted by every police and government force in America. While running, she remarks in an off-hand comment that the only person who could actually catch her is Michael... he does.]]
208* TheMentor: To Alex. And Nikita pre-series.
209* MyCountryRightOrWrong: For much of the first season, this was his attitude towards Division. He believed Division to ultimately be acting in America's best interests.
210* OnlyOneName: His last name - Bishop - isn't revealed until the second to last episode of the series. It occasionally gets lampshaded.
211-->'''Alex:''' "What ''is'' Michael's real last name, anyway?" ''([[TheUnreveal scene cuts away]])''
212** WordOfGod [[http://www.tvguide.com/News/Nikita-Series-Finale-Craig-Silverstein-1075029.aspx]] is that his last name is a shout-out to Film/{{Sneakers}}
213* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His 4 year old daughter, Hayley, gets killed in an explosion caused by Kasim Tariq [[spoiler:under Division's orders by Percy]].
214* PapaWolf: To his biological son Max and, to an extent, Alex. He ''did'' lose a child before, so that explains why Michael is so protective in nature.
215* PatrioticFervor: Has brought back all the good of this trope and none of the bad. Michael sincerely believes in his country and that Division - if run by the right people - is a necessary force for good in the world. Probably comes from being a former Naval Intelligence Officer. Nikita allows that the only way Division could ever be worth saving is if Michael was in charge.
216* PerpetualFrowner: Especially during Season 1. Nikita even lampshades this, adorably, in season 1.
217* RedOniBlueOni: At Division during season 1, he's mainly the Red to Amanda's blue. Both are highly competent operators, but Michael is AFatherToHisMen and is prone to leading with his heart, while she's cold, pragmatic, and analytical.
218* SecondLove: [[spoiler: Nikita, as he is to her. Pre-series, he was HappilyMarried and swore to his wife that there would never be another woman for him. Sadly, she and their daughter were both murdered moments afterward. He then lived his life for the sole purpose of avenging their deaths by means of working at Division. This is how he met Nikita, who became one of his students. As they spent time together, he developed a clear attachment to her and unwittingly fell in love with her. Through flashbacks, it's implied that his growing feelings for her disturbed him and he desperately tried to suppress them. ([[EveryoneCanSeeIt He didn't fool anyone]].) By the end of the first season, he can't deny how he feels any longer and delivers a BigDamnKiss to her. After becoming a couple, he is desperate to protect Nikita (even at the cost of his own life) and repeatedly says he wouldn't be able to handle losing her. He has even stated that he would rather die alongside her than be without her.]]
219-->'''Michael''' (to [[spoiler:Nikita]], after she almost gets herself killed): "Did you ever stop to think about how I would feel if I lost you? You have no idea how much you mean to me, [[spoiler:Nikita]]. No idea."
220* SerendipitousSurvival: [[spoiler:''He'', not his wife and daughter, was Kasim Tariq's intended target, but he had gotten out of the car before it blew up and his family had come to meet him.
221* SlapSlapKiss: With Nikita.
222* TallDarkAndHandsome: Nikita even comments on this in season one. "Tall, smokey voice, very sexy." As he overheard her saying this through her earpiece comm, he takes a moment to appreciate the comment.
223* TallDarkAndSnarky: He has a prominent sarcastic streak.
224* TeacherStudentRomance: Nikita was his student at Division when he fell in love with her. They had a bit of a rough start as Nikita was emotionally unstable from her traumatic past, but they soon became increasingly comfortable with each other. He kissed her after accompanying her on a mission, but was unable to move on until avenging his family. That didn't change the fact that he had already developed significant feelings for her. It's a running gag that everyone - and we mean ''everyone'' - knew that he had a thing for her. (Alex was able to figure out he had feelings for Nikita based on comments he would make about her.) Percy even comments that in the ten years Michael worked at Division, the only time he questioned his loyalty was during his relationship with Nikita. Michael tries to act as though he doesn't know what he's talking about, but Percy gives him a look that says he isn't fooling anybody.
225[[/folder]]
226
227[[folder:Birkhoff]]
228!!Seymour Birkhoff / [[spoiler:Lionel Peller]]
229[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Trope_Birkhoff_5979.jpg]]
230[[caption-width-right:250:''"I'm not a spice girl, and I was never ever obscure. I was elusive, and a little dangerous. I was a legend."'']]
231->'''Played By:''' Creator/AaronStanford
232
233Once an infamous cyber-criminal with near-unmatched technical and surveillance skills, Birkhoff was brought on as Division's head technician. His growing uneasiness about the organization's shadier dealings ultimately results in him leaving Division and defecting to Nikita's side, after which he becomes a steadfast (if snarky) ally to her cause.
234----
235* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: He didn't mean to kill Carla and was traumatized after doing so. All he wanted was to scare her and refrain her from betraying them to Percy, which Nikita later comforts him with.]]
236* AdaptationNameChange: A small one--his name in the original TV series was Birkoff without the "h". Eventually, of course, we learn that his birth name is something else entirely.
237* ApologeticAttacker: PlayedForDrama. He apologizes in shock when he realizes [[spoiler: he shot Carla]]. It gets worse from there...
238* BadassBoast: "BOW DOWN before Shadow Walker!" Subverted as he's arrested minutes after that.
239* BadassBookworm: He lacks the front line training of Nikita or Michael, but is both willing and able to throw a mean punch when the situation warrants it. He has a surprisingly good shot for a man who normally spends his time behind a desk.
240* CodeName: His hacker name is "Shadow Walker".
241* CombatPragmatist: In the fight in "383 Walnut Lane" he surprises the agent he's fighting with some computer parts, and then goes for the eyes.
242* TheCracker: The reason why Division hired him. After his HeelFaceTurn, he becomes more of a PlayfulHacker, although his hacking is primordial during infiltration.
243* DeadpanSnarker: Sports one of the driest wits of the main cast. He can match barbs with Nikita any day of the week.
244* DistressedDude: In the Season 2 episode "Fair Trade" where he's captured by Division and tortured by Amanda. Once he is rescued by Nikita, it takes a few episodes for him to process the events and emotionally deal with what happened to him.
245* DoggedNiceGuy: Subverted. Sonya initially rejects his advances, but she soon reciprocate his feelings and they become a couple.
246* InsultOfEndearment: Nikita often calls him "nerd". It started as her way of insulting him, but as they become friends it instead becomes more of [[AffectionateNickname an endearing nickname]]. She is the only one he allows to call him that.
247* TheGlassesGottaGo: Birkhoff wore glasses in Season 1, but as of Season 2, he stops wearing them, probably wearing contact lenses instead.
248* HeroicBSOD: Suffers one after [[spoiler: killing Carla]].
249* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Started as a {{Jerkass}}, but he [[TookALevelInKindness mellowed]] as of Season 2.
250* LastNameBasis: Only Sonya calls him Seymour.
251* MeaningfulName: The name "Birkhoff" is a German name meaning "fortification". He serves as one of the strongest allies in Team Nikita with his role as a MissionControl.
252* MinoredInAssKicking: In Season One, a CIA grab team attempts to snatch Birkhoff; the first two men are taken by surprise at how prepared Birkhoff is to defend himself, and he almost escapes, when a third agent grabs him from behind.
253** Later, in Season 2, he fights off a trained Division agent using just some computer parts. He loses, but he puts up enough of a fight to stay alive long enough for Nikita to finish off the Division man. "Shadow Walker" shows him sparring with Michael.
254* MissionControl: While capable of fighting if he has to, he's much more useful when he's seated at a desk with access to a computer, so he often ends up serving this role to Nikita (or whoever else he's backing up at the time). Some episodes make him a MissingMissionControl where he gets kidnapped and Nikita has to rescue him.
255* MookFaceTurn: Leaves Division after Season One, and eventually allies himself with Nikita and Michael.
256* NonActionGuy: He's the brains while Nikita and Michael are the brawn. Though around Season 3-4, he knows how to wield a gun.
257* PetTheDog: His brief friendship with the Engineer. Also his friendship with Michael, which eventually leads to his doing a HeelFaceTurn when he helps Michael escape Division with a black box.
258* PluckyComicRelief: Most of the show's humor comes from Birkhoff's sarcastic quips and jokes during tense moments.
259* PunchClockVillain: During season 1. He's just doing his job, and is clearly skeeved out by the way Division does business. It eventually becomes too much for him, and he quits.
260* SarcasticDevotee: Birkhoff is probably the most [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] character in the series, but he's extremely loyal to Nikita and her team.
261* SourSupporter: Of Nikita and Michael in Season 2, at least at first. He later becomes less sour as the season progresses, especially after Nikita saves him from Division. By Season 3, this attitude is gone entirely.
262* TheSmartGuy: Initially the EvilGenius to Division, he becomes this after his HeelFaceTurn in Season 2.
263* SmugSuper: He's good at what he does and he always brags, but it's always PlayedForLaughs.
264* TechnoWizard: "I own Division." If it's networked, Birkhoff can hack into it.
265* TookALevelInBadass: In the first two seasons, Birkhoff is the resident NonActionGuy and is easily captured by enemies and it's up to Nikita to rescue him. However, in the last two seasons, Birkhoff learns more about hand-to-hand combat and wields his own personal firearm, that he's not afraid to use.
266* UndyingLoyalty: He was going to let Amanda torture him to ''death'' before he reveals anything to her about Nikita.
267* UnclePennybags: Was the somewhat reluctant financier of Team Nikita throughout Season Two, [[spoiler: until his money - all twenty million of it - was lost in a mission gone wrong. Alex starts paying him back out of her new trust fund after resolving things with her family.]]
268[[/folder]]
269
270[[folder:Amanda]]
271!!Amanda / [[spoiler:Helen Collins]]
272[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Trope_Amanda_7706.jpg]]
273[[caption-width-right:250:''"I've done this before. All the drug addicts that wind up here as recruits, I'm practically running a rehab clinic."'']]
274->'''Played By:''' Creator/MelindaClarke
275
276Known as the "Inquisitor", Amanda is responsible for mentally breaking down recruits before manipulating them into giving their loyalty to Division. She often acts as an adviser to Percy.
277
278In season 2 Amanda deposes Percy as head of Division and allies herself with Alex. She attempts to rob Percy of the power he still holds by finding the Black Box master drive.
279----
280* AdaptationalVillainy: Her role as a Division higher-up is treated much more critically here.
281* AdaptationNameChange: While her name is not terribly different from Amande, her name in the [[{{Film/Nikita}} original film]], it is quite different from Madeline, her name in [[Series/LaFemmeNikita the TV series]].
282* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: She ends the series locked in a full body restraint in the middle of the world's most inescapable prison, facing a life of never having contact with a live human being again.]]
283* AssholeVictim: See above.
284* AxCrazy: That woman is a goddamn ''psychopath''. She killed her own family and has a grin of ''pleasure'' as she tortures people.
285* BadassBoast: "I'm so much worse than all of you bitches put together."
286* TheBaroness: A classy, poised woman who simultaneously surpassed ''Percy'' in terms of villainy.
287* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: Her father used her as a guinea pig and kept her locked from the outside world in the basement.]]
288* BigBad: Of Season 2 and 3, and arguably of the show as a whole given how much her actions drive the episode-to-episode plot of the series. She's more of a BigBadWannabe in the second season, having not fully grasped the strain of taking command, but definitively grows into this role in Season 3.
289* BigBadDuumvirate: With Mr. Jones in the fourth and final season.
290* BlackWidow: [[spoiler: She kills her lover Ari in Season 3]].
291* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: She's the Cain to her twin Amanda's Abel. Bonus points for actually killing her sibling]].
292* TheChessmaster: She's a firm believer of pulling strings on others, as she said to Nikita "Deception is more important than brute force." [[spoiler:[[IronicEcho This is apparently used against her in the series finale]] by Nikita.]]
293* TheConsigliere: In the first season. Percy even refers to her as such as part of a long season 2 HannibalLecture.
294* CreepyMonotone: She speaks in a mellow voice tone, that while she uses to put the Division recruits in comfort, can come off as intimidating.
295* DarkActionGirl: While she's the psychologist, Amanda knows how to kick some ass and give ''Nikita herself'' a hard time during hand-to-hand combats.
296* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: Her father was a Major in the US military who used Helen as a guinea pig since the military refused to let him experiment on people. While it all happened, her twin sister Amanda, her father's favorite, could live a normal life and was spoiled by their father. One day, a guilty Amanda tried to help Helen escape and when Matthew caught them, Helen snapped, killed both of her father and sister before stealing Amanda's identity and setting their house on fire to cover her tracts.]]
297* DeadpanSnarker: Less than Percy or the main heroes, but she has her moments.
298* TheDreaded: When she appears, even ''[[ActionGirl Nikita]]'' is terrified.
299* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: After years of being used like a guinea pig and almost killed by her father, she stabs him to death and also her twin sister for not intervening for years.]]
300* DragonAscendant: Becomes Percy's right-hand woman once Michael pulls his HeelFaceTurn.
301* EvilTwin: [[spoiler:Played with. She's definitely evil, but apparently her twin was no angel, either.]]
302* FeetFirstIntroduction: How she often enters the scene.
303* FreudianExcuse: "Do you think you're the only one with daddy issues?" [[spoiler: Her father was an abusive dick who used her as a guinea pig and was kept locked in the basement while her twin sister Amanda could live a normal life.]]
304* GoodGirlGoneBad: Who knows how sweet of a girl she was until her father tortured her for years in their basement...
305* GoodScarsEvilScars: Near the end of the series she gets a ghastly one on her cheek courtesy of Ryan, which she notes she could have removed but decides not to as a reminder to never let her guard down around ''anyone''.
306* ItsAllAboutMe: Especially anything that Nikita does or fails to do.
307* ManipulativeBitch: And HOW. She basically brainwashes the Division agents and ''loves'' to pull [[XanatosGambit Xanatos Gambits]] on Nikita, Alex and Michael.
308* MinoredInAssKicking: Like everyone in Division, she can handle herself.
309* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: She's more dangerous and unstable than all the male antagonists combined.
310* NotSoStoic: Her mask of calm slips when she's ''really'' stressed.
311* PsychoPsychologist: She comes off as Division's kind [[TheShrink shrink]] who helps recruits move on into their new life style, but she's a ManipulativeBitch through and through. That's not even mentioning her love of torture...
312* SelfMadeOrphan: Not that Daddy didn't deserve it...
313* SiblingMurder: [[spoiler: She kills her twin sister Amanda as well as their father, and she steals her identity.]]
314* TheSocialExpert: Exploited by Amanda and Division in order to manipulate recruits.
315* TheSociopath: Percy accuses her of being this, although she does seem to show genuine emotion once in a blue moon.
316%%* SmugSnake: season 2.
317* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:To Percy by the end of Season 1, to Oversight in Season 2, and then again to the Invisible Hand in Season 4.]]
318* TortureTechnician: Behind her kind psychologist looks, hides a psychotic bitch who ''loves'' to torture people.
319* TroublingUnchildLikeBehavior: [[spoiler: Even if her father's experimentations on her didn't help, she was a young teen when she killed her family in cold blood ''with a slasher grin across her face'']].
320* TwinSwitch: [[spoiler: In the government's eyes, Helen Collins doesn't exist, but Amanda Collins does. So Helen kills Amanda and takes her identity]].
321* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler: His father spoiled the actual Amanda rotten, while he locked Helen in the basement and used her as a lab rat for her whole life.]]
322* UnholyMatrimony: [[spoiler: Has had secret relationship with Ari, spanning decades.]]
323* WickedCultured: She proves herself to be as capable of a mastermind as Percy.
324[[/folder]]
325
326[[folder:Percy]]
327!!Percy
328[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Trope_Percy_6481.jpg]]
329[[caption-width-right:250:''"People want to believe God has a plan for them. They don't want to know that anyone else does."'']]
330->'''Played By:''' Creator/XanderBerkeley
331
332The ruthless creator of Division, acting as its head during season 1. He's discovered many damaging government secrets during his long career, and has stored them in several 'Black Box' data carriers. He cannot be simply killed due to a surgically implanted chip that'll send a signal that will release the information if he dies, therefore plunging the world into chaos.
333
334He's deposed from power by his subordinate Amanda in season 2, and imprisoned below Division. However he continues pulling strings, and has now escaped his cell to wreak havoc and eventually retake Division.
335----
336* AmbitionIsEvil: Percy is a SocialClimber and all he wants is a seat at the table.
337* AtLeastIAdmitIt: Even Percy admits that Amanda is incapable of love. He knows he's evil, and calls Amanda out on the fact like she pretends like she isn't.
338* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The man at the top of Division is also more than capable of kicking his fair share of ass. Case in point, during their final confrontation he actually ''beats Nikita.''
339* BackstabBackfire: Just ask Michael.
340* BadassInANiceSuit: Suffice to say, he's ''not'' just some pencil-pushing bureaucrat he initially came off as. The suit itself is also symbolic for him - a sign of control.
341* BigBad: For Season 1 and the latter half of Season 2.
342* CardCarryingVillain: When Alex calls him "sick," he just smirks in response.
343* TheChessmaster: In "Betrayals", he compares his battle with Nikita to a chess game.
344* TheCorrupter: Division takes troubled kids out of prison and brainwashes them into killing machines.
345* CrazyPrepared: Percy has ''many'' plans.
346* DeadpanSnarker: Probably the most triumphant example in the series.
347* DiabolicalMastermind: Division is basically SPECTRE, and that makes Percy Blofeld. In Season 2, he even [[spoiler:holds the country to ransom with a (fake) KillSat]].
348* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler: After his DisneyVillainDeath, we get a shot of his opened eyes and blood-dripping mouth]].
349* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:In the Season 2 finale, courtesy of Nikita dropping him several stories.]]
350* EvilGenius: The man has a crazy high IQ and photographic memory, and is [[CardCarryingVillain utterly unrepentant in his evilness.]]
351* FauxAffablyEvil: He comes off as very charming and sophisticated at first glance, but it's all a superficial veil disguising his sociopathy.
352* FluffyTheTerrible: When you hear the name "Percy", an evil ass kicking genius is the last thing on your mind. Ultimately subverted in that his full name, Percival Rose, actually comes off as pretty badass and diabolical, though it isn't revealed as such until much later in the show.
353* KnightTemplar: Seems to have shades of this.
354* HannibalLecture: [[spoiler: His new weapon of choice now that he's been imprisoned is taunting and psychoanalyzing his captors. ]]
355* IcyBlueEyes: His blue eyes reflect how cold his heart is.
356* ItsAllAboutMe: For all his blustering about how he did what he had to for the good of the nation, at the end of the day the only person Percy cares about is Percy. [[spoiler:After he's captured Amanda even notes that he wont kill himself just to activate the dead man switch in his heart since he cares about himself too much to do that.]]
357* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:After spending the entirety of his last episode mocking Nikita and using her to get to the surface and away from the vengeful members of Division Percy spitefully decides to throw her down the hatch to her death. Instead Nikita turns the tables on him and drops Percy down the silo, leading him to smash into, and through, the very cell tailor made for him that he spend the beginning of the season trapped in. Bonus points for Percy mocking Nikita that she would never fully be able to leave Division, and Nikita ensuring that in death, neither would Percy.]]
358* ManOfWealthAndTaste: He enjoys the finer things in life - vintage wines, premium earl grey tea, and his expensive suits.
359* MinoredInAssKicking: While his speciality is firmly being TheChessmaster, his CIA training becomes very apparent on occasion.
360* PhotographicMemory: It's revealed in season two that he didn't just create the black boxes, he ''is'' one.
361* SealedEvilInACan: At the end of Season 2, Percy is held captive in a prison in Division's basement while Amanda rules Division. [[spoiler: That is, until he got out.]]
362* SharpDressedMan: Even when he [[spoiler: is imprisoned by Division]], once he gets to put on his suit again, we know he is back in the game.
363%%* SmugSnake
364* TheSpymaster: The nation's finest.
365* TheSociopath: Percy embodies both the trope and exhibits the most telling traits of Antisocial Personality Disorder, unable to understand the worth of loyalty, compassion, or empathy but easily willing to manipulate and use these traits in others. He easily betrays and manipulates others without a thought, but gets angry when others betray him unexpectedly as it damages his massive ego and belief in his own narcissistic goals and self-image. The only emotion he ever seems to genuinely exhibit is anger, and although he gains gratification from destroying other people, proving to himself that he is superior to them, he isn't able to affect anything other than a desire to possess and dominate. He shows many traits common with highly intelligent and highly organized serial killers, although without the psychosexual compulsion to live out violent fantasies, instead gaining self-gratification from dominating others at the top of a vast organization subject to his every whim (which is why he is always trying to be at the top and always in control).
366* TortureTechnician: Does this to [[spoiler: Alex (but through her feelings, of course) and almost to Michael in "Betrayals"]]
367* VillainBall: Contributes directly to his death. [[spoiler:He had won. He had everything. He'd escaped with his life despite everyone wanting him dead, he'd outwitted everyone who wanted to put a bullet in his brain, he was going to leave Division with full immunity...but he was too arrogant, evil, and hated Nikita to much, to just walk away completely and tried to kill Nikita before he left. His attempt to throw her down the silo leads Nikita to turn the tables on him and decide that he can't be allowed to live and drops him to his death.]]
368* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Within Division. Most of them don't even ''consider'' the idea that he might be the bad guy until [[spoiler:the Marines arrive to depose him]].
369* VillainousBreakdown: Has a mild one in "Pandora" after his BatmanGambit is ruined. He has a truly epic one, however, in the season 2 finale when he tries to kill Nikita by throwing her down a silo, snarling, "DOWN THE HATCH!" like a crazed animal.
370* WickedCultured: During his imprisonment asks for books in exchange for his help. And to discuss matters with Amanda over [[ANiceChianti A Nice Cup of Tea]].
371[[/folder]]
372
373[[folder:Jaden]]
374!!Jaden
375[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Trope_Jaden_989.jpg]]
376[[caption-width-right:250:''"What do you think I'm doing? I'm kicking your ass!"'']]
377->'''Played By:''' Creator/TiffanyHines
378
379An aggressive Division recruit, Jaden often clashes with Alex and develops a heated mutual rivalry with her.
380----
381* ADeathInTheLimelight: After spending most of the season as an unsympathetic antagonist for Alex, a late season one episode finally gives her additional dimensions, and allows the relationship with Alex to reach a turning point. She dies the next episode.
382* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Had a thing for Thom, but Thom only seemed to have eyes for Alex. Of course, [[spoiler:Alex eventually accidentally kills Thom in self-defense and, to maintain her cover, frames him as Nikita's mole in Division.]]
383* BitchAlert: One of the chief reasons why Alex is often cavalier about using her as a patsy.
384* DarkActionGirl: Thanks to Division's training.
385* DeadpanSnarker: By moments.
386-->'''Birkhoff''': Was it that long since you had sex?\
387'''Jaden''': At least some of us has ''had'' sex.
388* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: [[spoiler:After Nathan shoots her to save Alex, Alex tries to duplicate the trick she used with Thom. Unfortunately, Amanda had had a listening device implanted in Jaden in addition to the killswitch, and overheard Alex calling Nikita for advice on what to do with the body.]]
389* EvilCounterpart: To Alex.
390* FemmeFataleSpy: In "Girl's Best Friend", she flirts with the main target and is the one to kill him.
391* FriendsWithBenefits: Implied to have a sexual relationship with Thom.
392* HairTriggerTemper: Most of the time, though indirectly, triggered by Alex.
393* HotBlooded: She's determined into being a field agent, and ''hates'' feeling inferior to the skilled Alex.
394* OnlyOneName: Justified. Division fakes their recruit's deaths, thus their old identity doesn't exist anymore.
395* RapeAsBackstory: She came to Division's attention for [[spoiler: killing her abusive boyfriend after he raped her]].
396-->'''Jaden:''' People I work for? They thought I showed initiative.
397* TheRival: To Alex.
398* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In "Girl's Best Friend" she delivers an ''epic'' one to an arms dealer she and Alex have been sent to kill, accusing him of CompensatingForSomething with his gun and comparing him to [[spoiler:the abusive boyfriend she killed with a knife after he raped her]].
399* SassyBlackWoman: In spades.
400* SheCleansUpNicely: In "Girl's Best Friend".
401* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She had a thing for Thom, who's probably one of the nicest Division agents.
402* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Alex in "Girl's Best Friend".
403* YankTheDogsChain: Killed by Nathan the instant she was going to finally mend things with Alex.
404[[/folder]]
405
406[[folder:Thom]]
407!!Thom
408[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Trope_Thom_7036.jpg]]
409[[caption-width-right:250:''"You'll be ok, Alex. You're strong... Stronger than me. I knew it the day I met you."'']]
410->'''Played By:''' Creator/AshtonHolmes
411
412A young Division recruit on the verge of becoming a full agent. He tries to take care of new recruits and soon develops a romantic interest in Alex.
413----
414* AllLoveIsUnrequited: For Alex.
415* BigBrotherInstinct: To Alex, at first, and other recruits.
416* ButtMonkey: He got his ass kicked by Nikita on his first mission.
417* DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler: Alex hallucinates him in "Free", indicating she still has his death on her conscience.]]
418* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: [[spoiler:Accidentally shot by Alex as they struggle for a gun. She frames him as Nikita's mole in Division to protect her own cover.]]
419* DoggedNiceGuy: He has a crush on Alex, but she doesn't reciprocate it.
420* EtTuBrute: Once he realizes Alex was Nikita's mole all along, he asks her "Was everything a lie?"
421* FriendsWithBenefits: Implied to have a sexual relationship with Jaden.
422* LastKiss: [[spoiler: After being shot by Alex, she kisses him and he dies soon after.]]
423* NiceGuy: Probably the nicest Division recruit we met so far.
424* OnlyOneName: Justified. Division fakes their recruit's deaths, thus their old identity doesn't exist anymore.
425* SatelliteLoveInterest: To Alex. He's here for only 11 episodes, and gets replaced by Nathan as Alex's new love interest.
426* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Alex.
427* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Alex accidentally kills him in Episode 11, making him the one main character that makes the less appearances through the series.]]
428[[/folder]]
429
430[[folder:Owen]]
431!!Owen Elliot / [[spoiler: Sam Matthews]]
432[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Trope_Owen_4689.jpg]]
433[[caption-width-right:250:''"You don't hide from your sins, you face them."'']]
434->'''Played By:''' Creator/DevonSawa
435
436Originally a [[ProfessionalKiller 'cleaner']] for Division, Owen was later made into a Guardian, one of the agents responsible for keeping one of Percy's many black boxes safe and secure. While on mission, he fell in love with a civilian who was subsequently killed by Division. He now works to bring down Division while sometimes assisting Nikita.
437----
438* AmnesiacDissonance: Once he discovers who he was prior to Division.
439* AntiHero: Similarly to Nikita, he undergoes a HeelFaceTurn after Division kills his girlfriend Emily and shows that GoodIsNotNice.
440* TheAtoner: Trying to atone for everyone he killed while working for division and all of his tattoos represent someone he has killed.
441* BroughtDownToBadass: Used to be chemically augmented like other Guardians into a LightningBruiser. He detoxed from the Regimen due to its lethal side effects if you find yourself without your daily dosage. This makes taking on other Guardians a risky proposition - he and Michael combined were just ''barely'' able to defeat one Guardian. Still, even while off the Regimen, he remains a capable fighter and cleaner.
442* TheBigGuy: To Nikita's team.
443* CleanupCrew: One of Division's top cleaner, before he became a Guardian.
444* DealWithTheDevil: Agreed to work with Gogol to hunt down the three remaining Guardians and Black Boxes.
445* EnemyMine: Attempted to do this with [[spoiler: Gogol]], but Ari turned the tables on him.
446* {{Foil}}: Similar to Nikita in almost every way but not quite an EvilCounterpart.
447* FunctionalAddict: Initially this as all Guardians use the Regimen, a specialized series of chemical supplements that turn them into Lightning Bruisers. Withdrawal tends to make them go insane and can even kill them, but Owen successfully goes through detox.
448* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: First he was Division, then worked with Nikita, then turned on her under the influence of a FantasticDrug, but was defeated and went to search for the cure. Then joined forces with Gogol. Later, he left Gogol and is allied again with Nikita and Michael. Then he gets his memories back and fights only for himself. ''Then'' he returns to Team Nikita and particularly partners with Alex.
449* HeWhoFightsMonsters: His RoaringRampageOfRevenge is steadily turned him into this for a while.
450* HonoraryTrueCompanion: Although he's technically the first real addition to team Nikita, in practice, this means that for the first two seasons, he'll show up for an episode, assist Nikita, and then leave. It's not until season 3 that he joins Nikita on a regular basis.
451* IdentityAmnesia: In "Consequences", he reveals that he doesn't remember anything about his life before Division. This later gets fixed... and isn't a good thing.
452* MrFanservice: Has several scenes where he takes his shirt off.
453* RecruitmentByRescue: Becomes Nikita's ally after she patches him up from his injuries.
454* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Once he gains his original memories back.]]
455* SuperSerum: Percy forces his Guardians to partake in dangerously enhancing drugs called the Regimen, which boosts their physical abilities to extreme levels.
456* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:After getting his original memories back, Owen becomes a condescending SmugSuper.]]
457
458* WildCard: He is an ally to Nikita and the others, but his goals sometimes puts him against her and this got worse when he got his original memories back making him have more selfish goals and more willing to do immoral things to accomplish them even if it means betraying his former friends.
459** But at the end of the series he is back on their side and has a relationship with Alex.
460[[/folder]]
461
462[[folder:Ryan]]
463!!Ryan Fletcher
464[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Trope_Ryan_4467.jpg]]
465->'''Played By:''' Creator/NoahBean
466
467A junior CIA agent and analyst who was attempting to uncover Division, which was regarded as an urban legend among his peers. After discovering the truth, he became an ally of Nikita.
468----
469* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He originally cottoned to Division's existence by spotting the telltales of its operations (once Nikita starts screwing them up, anyway). Later he figures out Oversight's moneymaking techniques by analyzing news reports from inside a prison cell.
470* ButtMonkey: Ryan had been framed in a government cover-up, narrowly executed, demoted, imprisoned and held captive at Division while his mother believes he's dead.
471* TheChainsOfCommanding: Shows signs of this in Season 3.
472* DaChief: His role in [[spoiler: the new, improved Division]] in Season 3.
473* DeathFakedForYou: [[spoiler:Amanda]] has his death faked and takes him prisoner, so she can use him against [[spoiler:Oversight]].
474* DistressedDude: Through all 4 seasons, this man is constantly in danger.
475* {{Determinator}}: Of the crusading kind.
476* HeroicSacrifice: Of the non-lethal variety. [[spoiler:In "Pandora" he pulls a gun on the Director of Central Intelligence to help Nikita escape, knowing he'll spend the rest of his life in prison. It works out in the long run, sort of, but he's lost his career for good.]]
477* HonoraryTrueCompanion: In season 1. His arrest and subsequent faked death results in him joining the team full time.
478* InnocentBlueEyes: He has blue eyes, and is a kind, reasonable man who simply wants to make the world a better place "without secrets".
479* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Dies from his injuries after jumping off of a window to escape Amanda.]]
480* NiceGuy: Probably the most noble, down on earth character in the cast.
481* NonActionGuy: Compared to the other members of the cast, Ryan is the one with the least fighting skills and is the resident DistressedDude.
482* PlatonicLifePartners: Even if they kissed only once, he and Nikita have a strong friendship. [[spoiler: His death destroys Nikita and pushes her to stop this ongoing war with the government once and for all]].
483* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In Season 3.
484* RecruitmentByRescue: Ryan becomes Nikita's ally after she saves him from an attempt to frame him for the leak of government secrets.
485* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: In "Pandora", he helps Nikita [[spoiler: escape CIA headquarters by ''holding the director of the CIA at gunpoint'']], despite knowing he'll probably be sent to jail for the rest of his life. [[spoiler: It eventually works out for him.]]
486* SealedGoodInACan: He was in prison for the first half of season 2.
487* TheSmartGuy: Though not in Birkhoff's level, he's far from being a fool.
488* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Nikita knows Ryan, whom she thought dead, is the real one talking to her on the phone once he says: "The first time we met, we were in that bunker in Chile. I asked who you were, you said, ''"Nikita. You hung up on me."''"
489* UndyingLoyalty: To Nikita.
490[[/folder]]
491
492[[folder:Sean]]
493!!Sean Pierce
494[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Trope_Sean_3064.jpg]]
495[[caption-width-right:250:''"I got a merit badge in lying."'']]
496->'''Played By:''' Creator/DillonCasey
497
498A Navy [=SEAL=] and agent of Oversight, the council in charge of Division, Sean is sent to keep an eye on Amanda to ensure she doesn't become out-of-control as Percy did.
499----
500* BattleCouple: With Alex.
501* BelligerentSexualTension: With Alex through Season 2.
502* CommandingCoolness: It's eventually revealed that Sean is a Lieutenant Commander in the US Navy. (For those unfamiliar with Navy ranks, he's a [[MajorlyAwesome Major]] by the Army/Air Force/Marine Corps rank structure.)
503* DeadpanSnarker: Part of being a main character.
504* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:He dies in Alex's arms, and his death causes her to have a HeroicBSOD and go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge]].
505* DragonWithAnAgenda: Sean does start to question Division and Oversight for some of their "questionable" methods, and he planned to get back to the Navy [[spoiler: after making sure Nikita won't be a threat to his mother.]]
506* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: How "bad" he is is debatable, but he obviously cares very much about his mother, and the only reason he's still working for Oversight is [[ThickerThanWater because she's a member]].
507* HoneyTrap: He briefly attempts this with Alex trying to use her to get to Nikita. [[spoiler: He ends up in a real relationship with her after his HeelFaceTurn.]]
508* HeelFaceTurn: After Oversight is eliminated, he becomes allied with Nikita.
509* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He comes off as smug at first, but his heart is in the right place and all he wants is to do what's right.
510* LastKiss: [[spoiler: He dies while Alex kisses him.]]
511* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: To Alex]].
512* MrFanservice: Has multiple shirtless scenes.
513* ThePoliticalOfficer: Is supposed to be this towards Division; unlike most examples, he isn't as annoying, due to being an operator himself.
514* SharpDressedMan: Very often seen in nice suits.
515* YouKilledMyFather: He killed Nicholas during Nikita's rescue after he killed his mother.
516[[/folder]]
517
518!!Reccuring Characters
519
520[[folder:Roan]]
521!!Roan
522[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Trope_Roan_2252.jpg]]
523[[caption-width-right:250:''"[[TheQuietOne ....]]"'']]
524->'''Played By:''' Creator/RobStewart
525
526Percy's loyal right-hand man and the most notable "cleaner" working for Division. He's often engaged for Percy's most personal and sensitive missions.
527----
528* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Died of electrocution, and his screams of pain last for a good ten seconds]].
529* BadassLongcoat: Is usually wearing a black trenchcoat.
530* TheBrute: To Percy, and overall Division.
531* CleanupCrew: Roan's main job in Division, until he openly joins Percy who has gone rogue.
532* CurbstompBattle: When Alex and Sean take on Roan together, he hands them their asses. Given that the former is Nikita's prized pupil and the latter is an ex-Navy SEAL, that says a lot.
533* CreepyMonotone: With the exceptions of right after Nikita splashes him with his own jug of hydrofluoric acid and after Percy's death, invariably uses the same supremely quiet, emotionless confident tone of voice about everything.
534* DarkIsEvil: Unless he needs to be disguised for a mission, he always dresses all in black.
535* DeadpanSnarker: Whenever he says more than two words, that is.
536* {{Determinator}}: One devoted to Percy. Birkhoff even refers to him as "the Terminator" at one point.
537* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: He repeatedly takes Michael's snarking at face value in Season 1.
538* TheDragon: He is this to Percy and Division. By season 2 however it becomes clear that he is far more loyal to Percy then Division.
539* DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler: Roan ends up surviving a few minutes longer then Percy after Nikita decides to drop him to his death so they can use the signal from his dead man switch to track Roan. Roan tries to uphold Percy's dying command and set of their remaining Plutonium beneath Washington D.C. but fortunately he is stopped and killed by Alex and Sean.]]
540* TheDreaded: Confronting Roan tends to elicit [[OhCrap one reaction]] from most people, including the main characters.
541* FourEyesZeroSoul: He has glasses and is a cold-blooded killer.
542* GoodScarsEvilScars: In "Pandora", Nikita splashes him with his own "cleaning" acid, and he's later seen with burns all over the [[TwoFaced right side of his face]].
543* HighVoltageDeath: [[spoiler:His fate.]]
544* ImplacableMan: It takes a bomb blast or a face full of acid to keep him down for more than a few seconds.
545* LaserGuidedKarma: See above. He got splashed with his own cleaning acid when he tried to get rid of Nikita's body.
546* LickedByTheDog: Carla tenderly touches Roan's face and asks him sympathetically what happened to him. His answer? [[DeadpanSnarker "You met her."]]
547* MadeOfIron:
548** At one point he gets his ass kicked by Owen and tossed over a railing, falling several stories. The next time he's seen, he's no worse for wear.
549** After a missile wipes out a Division assault team he is leading, he just gets up and dusts himself off.
550** Even Alex and Sean teaming up are struggling against Roan ''alone''.
551* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Once he learns Percy's dead, he is shown to show great shock and removes his glasses, distraught to learn his boss had died.
552* OneManArmy: He has the upper hand and barely a scratch while fighting Alex and Sean ''at once'', who for themselves are getting their asses ''trashed''.
553* PetTheDog: Minor, but he closes Nikita's eyes when he thinks she's dead. An odd show of professional respect.
554* ProfessionalKiller: Of course.
555* PsychoForHire: Is one of Division's most dangerous agents and a remorseful killer and cleaner that's not above killing innocent bystanders.
556* TheQuietOne: Except for a couple episodes, what he's said could fill an index card... double spaced.
557* SilentSnarker: Doesn't even need to speak to be sarcastic as hell.
558* SoftSpokenSadist: He ''can'' speak, but he's quiet, which adds to his creepiness.
559* TheStoic: The only time he ever shows any real emotion is [[NotSoStoic when he realizes that Percy's dead]].
560* StoicSpectacles: He wears glasses and is Percy's stoic right-hand man and head cleaner.
561* TwoFaced: Thanks to Nikita splashing his face with acid, the right side of his face is burned.
562* VillainousBreakdown: Allows himself to go apeshit against Alex and Sean after Percy dies.
563* VillainousFriendship: Seems to have one with Percy as he's notably upset when Percy dies.
564* UndyingLoyalty: To Percy.
565* WouldHitAGirl: He breaks Alex's wrist and doesn't give her a chance during their final duel.
566[[/folder]]
567
568[[folder:Ari Tasarov]]
569!!Ari Tasarov
570[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeAri_5114.jpg]]
571->''"If I wanted you dead...[[BadassBoast you'd be dead.]]"''
572->'''Played By:''' Creator/PeterOuterbridge
573
574The leader of Division's Russian counterpart and rival, Gogol.
575----
576* AffablyEvil: Even if he's a bad guy, he's extremely polite and is probably one of the main antagonists that has the most morals.
577* BadassInANiceSuit: Always wears suits and ties.
578* BilingualDialogue: He can speak English and Russian.
579* BodyguardBetrayal: He [[spoiler: kills Sergei Semak, his supposed ally and boss.]]
580* TheChessmaster: Rivals Percy in that.
581%%* TheCorrupter
582* DeadpanSnarker: Percy's match.
583* DefectorFromDecadence: Why he eventually gives himself up to Division.
584* DragonWithAnAgenda: To Sergei Semak. [[spoiler:He considers Semak an idiot and wants to replace him.]]
585* DragonAscendant: For all of one episode before [[spoiler:he's removed as head of Gogol and forced on the run.]]
586* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The only reason he keeps being after Division in Season 3, is to pay money to help his only son.
587* EvilVersusEvil: He's the head of Gogol, the counterpart of Division.
588* KlingonPromotion: [[spoiler:Kills Semak as part of a plan to take over Zetrov.]]
589* ManipulativeBastard: Not as bad as Amanda, but still here.
590* PapaWolf: Implied. His son Stefan is his reason to live and he'd do anything by any means for him.
591* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: He dies as a much better man than the one we came to know in his introduction]].
592* UnholyMatrimony: [[spoiler: Is in a secret relationship with Amanda.]]
593%%* SmugSnake
594* TheStarscream: To Sergei Semak. He's his trusted right-hand man before he betrays and kills him.
595%%* WickedCultured
596[[/folder]]
597
598[[folder:Madeline Pierce]]
599!!Senator Madeline Pierce
600->'''Played By:''' Creator/AlbertaWatson
601
602One of the leading members of Oversight and the mother of Sean Pierce.
603----
604* IronLady: She's a U.S. Senator.
605* MoralityPet: It's shown right away that Sean would do anything for his mother. [[spoiler: Her causes him to go a full-on HeelFaceTurn and to kill the man who put the bomb under her car.]]
606* MoralPragmatist: Assists Nikita after Percy has the rest of Oversight killed.
607* MyBelovedSmother: Uses her relationship with Sean to manipulate him into serving Oversight.
608* NoPartyGiven: We get to see her official website, and still no party affiliation.
609* RemakeCameo: Alberta Watson was a regular cast member in ''Series/LaFemmeNikita'', where she played Amanda's counterpart, also named Madeline.
610* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Blown up by one of Nikita's enemies in her Division days in exchange for Percy giving him Nikita.]]
611[[/folder]]
612
613[[folder:Sonya]]
614!!Sonya
615[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Trope_Sonya_7922.jpg]]
616->'''Played By:''' Creator/LyndieGreenwood
617
618Birkhoff's replacement as Head Technician within Division.
619----
620* ActionSurvivor: She's a hacker, not an agent, so in situation of extreme danger, Sonya has to improvise. Though she ''did'' shoot a Division agent with an ''automatic rifle'' when he was gonna shoot Birkhoff.
621* BelligerentSexualTension: With Birkhoff. He obviously has it for her, but she ignores his advances and snarks at him. That at least before she starts falling for him.
622* BreakoutCharacter: Originally meant to have a much more minor role, she instead lasted all the way to the end of the series, becoming a part of Team Nikita in the process.
623* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: Where Birkhoff is loud and cocky, Sonya is wary, and lets her skills speak for themselves.
624* DamselInDistress: She has a kill chip in her head that Amanda could activate any time if she doesn't gives her information. The team has to find a solution to get rid of the kill chip without putting Sonya's life at stake.
625* DeadpanSnarker: When Birkhoff is around, anyway.
626* EveryoneHasStandards: She's greatly shocked and on the verge of tears when she sees the aftermath of Amanda's torture on a crying Birkhoff.
627* EvilCounterpart: To Birkhoff in Season 2 (even if she's far from being evil).
628* FriendlyEnemy: To Birkhoff.
629* GirlFriday: In addition to her tech skills, she also serves as Amanda's general assistant.
630* MinionWithAnFInEvil: She replaces Birkhoff as Division's top hacker, but she's simply doing her job and is actually a pretty nice girl.
631* MissionControl: Replaces Birkhoff inside Division, and then works alongside him.*
632* NiceGirl: She's shown to have great morals despite working for Division.
633* PunchClockVillain: She makes the transition from Amanda and Percy's Division to [[spoiler: Ryan and Nikita]]'s Division without missing a beat.
634* TheMole: In season 3 she was secretly giving information to Amanda because Amanda put a kill chip inside her head.
635* RegretfulTraitor: She was blackmailed by Amanda to become her mole otherwise she'd activate her kill chip.
636* TheRival: To Birkhoff.
637* TearsOfBlood: In Birkhoff's nightmare, Amanda activates the kill chip and blood pours out of Sonya's eyes before she falls dead on the floor.
638* TechnoWizard: Just like Birkhoff, she's a skilled hacker.
639* {{Tsundere}}: While she's far from having a temper, Sonya initially dismisses Birkhoff's advances and is annoyed by him before starting to fall for him.
640* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: The meak non-action girl Sonya grabbed a goddamn ''automatic rifle'' and shot a Division agent traitor who was about to kill Birkhoff.
641* WorthyOpponent: While working for Division against Nikita her computer skills rival Birkhoff's and he even acknowledges this at one point.
642[[/folder]]
643
644[[folder:Philip Jones]]
645!!Philip Jones
646[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_jones_5716.png]]
647[[caption-width-right:250:"Our success relies on us being invisible."]]
648->'''Played By:''' David S. Lee
649
650The mysterious leader of [[PrivateMilitaryContractors MDK Industries]] and part of the group. Amanda joins him after she thinks they can help her defeat Nikita.
651
652He first appears in season 2, but becomes a prominent character towards the end of season 3 and throughout season 4.
653----
654* AdaptationalVillainy: While it's hard to call the original version of the character a good guy, given that he was ultimately in charge of that show's version of Division, this version is outright an antagonist.
655* AgeLift: He's much younger than his ''Series/LaFemmeNikita'' counterpart.
656* TheChessmaster: He certainly plays Nikita like a fiddle.
657* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Chief Financial Officer of MDK Industries.
658* DecoyLeader: Plays this role in season four, to make it seem as if the group has been defeated.
659* GreaterScopeVillain: When introduced.
660* ManOfWealthAndTaste: He is introduced perusing an art gallery.
661* NonActionBigBad: In his own words, he's not a fighter, he's a negotiator.
662* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In ''Series/LaFemmeNikita'', Philip Jones was Nikita's father.
663* WarForFunAndProfit: Plans to profit massively from a war between [[spoiler:the US and Pakistan. Averted: That's what he wanted team Nikita to think, part of a bigger plan that involves sacrificing his entire company all just to make Nikita think she's won so he and his group can continue business without any further interruptions. One of the group members calls him out for such an expensive sacrifice...and it works at first...but then.]]
664* WickedCultured: We first meet him perusing an art gallery.
665[[/folder]]
666
667
668[[folder:Kathleen Spencer]]
669!!Kathleen Spencer
670->'''Played By:''' Michelle Nolden
671
672The vice-president, and then president, of the United States, and the person ultimately in charge of deciding what happens to Ryan and Nikita's Division.
673----
674* CaptureAndReplicate: What The Shop does to her.
675* DeathFakedForYou: The Shop gives her the Division special as part of their larger plan.
676* EnlightenedSelfInterest: Her approach to Division.
677* IronLady:Stoic? Check. No nonsense? Check.
678* NoPartyGiven: While it makes most sense for her to be a Democrat, if we assume most presidents were the real-life ones until 2008, this is not confirmed in the series.
679* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She has little patience for Division should they step out of line, but as long as they do that and prevent crises from forming, she's willing to work with them.
680* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's not clear what her ultimate fate is after her rescue, aside from the fact that her reappearance unleashes a constitutional crisis.
681[[/folder]]
682
683
684[[folder:Daniel Monroe]]
685!!Daniel Monroe
686->'''Played By:''' Sebastien Roberts
687
688The one-time fiance of Nikita. He dies prior to the series and his death motivates Nikita's desire to take down Division.
689----
690* DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler:Owen Elliot]] killed him on orders from Division so Percy could keep hold of Nikita. It backfired.
691* TheLostLenore: To Nikita.
692* MoralityPet: Dating him made Nikita realize she wanted a normal life, and his death caused Nikita to fake her death and aim to destroy Division.
693* NiceGuy: From what we saw.
694* PosthumousCharacter: Been dead since the beginning of the series.
695[[/folder]]
696
697[[folder:Nikolai Udinov]]
698!!Nikolai Udinov
699[[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nikolai_udinov.png]]
700->'''Played by''': Vieslav Krystyan
701
702Alex's deceased father, and the former owner of Zetrov.
703----
704* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Although it's implied Zetrov is an energy and multi-media conglomerate, Nikolai was revealed to be colder than he appeared for the sake of his company.
705* DiesWideOpen: Alex witnessed her father's murder. He died looking at her right in the eye.
706* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: While "evil" is a big term, it's revealed that Nikolai was far from being innocent. Despite that, he clearly loved his wife and daughter Alexandra, who was his whole universe.
707* {{Expy}}: If Alex is inspired by Anastasia Romanov, then Nikolai is inspired by Tsar Nikolai II (and even shares his name with him).
708* GoodParents: Despite being morally ambiguous, Nikolai was a good father to Alex, taking her camping, teaching her survival methods and how to look for herself for the moment she leads Zetrov when she's older.
709* IcyBlueEyes: Contrary to his wife and daughter who have InnocentBlueEyes, Nikolai's blue eyes shows him as a colder individual.
710* PapaWolf: He dies protecting Alex.
711* PosthumousCharacter: He's been dead years before the event of the series, thanks to [[spoiler: Nikita]].
712* SpiritAdvisor: As Alex is held hostage by her former pimp Vlad, she hallucinates her father who tells her to not forget who she is and encourages her to get up.
713[[/folder]]
714
715[[folder:Robbie]]
716!!Robbie
717->'''Played by''': Bug Hall
718
719->''"They're training us to be James Bond. What's wrong with that?"''
720
721Was a recruit until he "graduated" and became a guard. He didn't want to be a guard and went on a rampage. Presumed dead but actually became a cleaner.
722
723* BreakTheCutie: Being promoted to guard destroyed his dreams and ambitions and caused him to go on a rampage.
724* TheBusCameBack: Appeared once in Season 1, and reappeared in Season 2.
725* CleanupCrew: Eventually gets promoted to cleaner after his rampage impressed his superiors.
726* DeathFakedForYou: ''Twice''. First time like all the recruits, second time to be secretly trained to become a cleaner as everyone else thinks he's been cancelled.
727* EvilFormerFriend: To Alex. She reunites with him in Season 2 where he became a ruthless cleaners and tells her that he's not the recruit he used to be.
728* FreakOut: Once he is promoted as a guard, Robbie, who wanted to become a field agent, snaps and goes on a rampage.
729* JumpedAtTheCall: Robbie was very eager to become an agent.
730* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Despite being loyal to Division, and after being fatally shot, he still warns Alex with his dying breath to get away from the nuclear reactor before it explodes, saving her life.]]
731* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Robbie suffered SanitySlippage after being PassedOverPromotion.
732* SpannerInTheWorks: Robbie's rampage forced Michael to abort his mission to catch Nikita.
733* ThatManIsDead: Tells Alex during their reunion that he's not the same recruit she used to know.
734* TookALevelInBadass: More competent and skilled as a cleaner than he was as a emotionally unstable recruit.
735* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Alex back when they were recruits.
736* WouldHitAGirl: He holds Alex hostage during his rampage. Even if they were friends, it might've been due to his current emotional unstability. Though it's implied to be played straight as he holds Alex at gun point during their reunion.
737[[/folder]]
738
739[[folder:Kasim Tariq]]
740
741!!Kasim Tariq
742->'''Played By:''' Haaz Sleiman
743
744An old contact of Michael who joined Al-Qaeda and murdered Michael's family. He is later revealed to have been a Division agent, with the true target being Michael so that he could gain a position of trust within Al-Qaeda. He betrayed Division and joined Al-Qaeda for good.
745----
746* BaldOfEvil: Is bald and a terrorist.
747* BecomingTheMask: Was a Division mole who was assigned to kill Michael, thereby allowing him to infiltrate Al-Qaeda; he later changed his loyalties to Al-Qaeda because he distrusted Percy.
748* DoubleAgent: Back when Michael was a Navy intelligence officer, Kasim, under orders from Percy, posed as an informant in Michael's investigation of al-Qa'ida, plotting a bombing of Michael's base in order to build street cred with Osama bin Laden. He later went native.
749* FaceDeathWithDignity: He doesn't fight back while Nikita is obviously gonna shoot him.
750* GenericEthnicCrimeGang: Among his duties in al-Qa'ida is managing the heroin smuggling that the terrorist group uses for much its revenue. In his second episode, Nikita bombs one of his convoys (claiming to be a rival group called "the Knights of Sharia") to lure him out.
751[[/folder]]
752
753[[folder:Nathan Colville]]
754!!Nathan Colville
755[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Trope_Nathan_2386.jpg]]
756[[caption-width-right:250:''"I'm Nathan. Alex's neighbour."'']]
757->'''Played By:''' Thad Luckenbill
758
759Alex's neighbor following her promotion to Division agent and subsequent move into a civilian apartment.
760----
761* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: He shoots Jaden to save Alex and is visibly distraught that it was fatal.]]
762* BoyNextDoor: Your average NiceGuy who welcomes Alex once she moves to the apartment in front of his and who serves as her newest love interest.
763* CassandraTruth: Returns to Alex's apartment after she tells him she is a government assassin. Thinking this is her trying to break up with him in a cruel way, he leaves. When he returns, Jaden is in Alex's apartment and he mockingly asks if she is "another government assassin." This, arguably unexpectedly ends in [[spoiler: Nathan having to shoot Jaden to protect Alex, probably realizing that Alex really ''was'' a government assassin]].
764* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: [[spoiler: He kills Jaden by shooting her in the back right before she can fatally stab Alex]].
765* DysfunctionalFamily: Alex's hallucinations in "Echoes" shows her subconscious desire to settle down, as they are, in that particular dream state, married with a daughter. Played rather humorously when Alex asks if he has "seen a little girl" (asking about her younger self that has been running around her subconscious with her) and he merely states that he was perfectly capable of looking after their daughter.
766* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Alex is definitely into him.
767* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Alex told him her identity and he killed Jaden to save her life. Knowing Division will go after him for this, she tells him to leave town for his security]].
768* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: He's visibly distraught to have accidentally killed Jaden and Alex telling him to leave the city.]]
769* MrFanservice: An attractive guy who's prone to a few shirtless scenes.
770* NiceGuy: Just a normal, friendly civilian who likes Alex.
771* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He's the one telling Jaden about Alex being an assassin, unknowingly revealing to her that Alex talked about Division and puts her in big trouble [[spoiler: until the end of the season]].
772* PutOnABus: Never seen again after he [[spoiler:kills Jaden]] and runs for it.
773* SatelliteLoveInterest: He replaces Thom as Alex's newest love interest, but disappears towards the end of Season 1.
774* UnresolvedSexualTension: Thanks to having to go on the run from [[spoiler:Division]].
775* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After killing Jaden and Alex telling him to escape town, he's never seen again.
776* WhatTheHellHero: Reacts badly to [[spoiler: Alex's truth, and Jaden's death.]]
777[[/folder]]
778
779[[folder:Ramon Esquivel]]
780!!Ramon Esquivel
781->'''Played By:''' Creator/SimonKassianides
782->"Freedom isn't given. It is taken."
783
784Infamous assassin captured by Nikita. Percy crippled him and forced him to work for Division.
785----
786* CruelMercy: Ramon blamed Nikita for not killing him and sparing him his fate in the chair.
787* PrinciplesZealot: Which makes his fate especially unbearable, for him.
788* WellIntentionedExtremist
789[[/folder]]
790
791[[folder:Sergei Semak]]
792!!Sergei Semak
793[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Trope_Sergei_7841.jpg]]
794[[caption-width-right:250:''"What I did, I did to win her. I will always want her by my side."'']]
795->'''Played By:''' Peter J. Lucas
796
797Originally the right-hand man of Nikolai Udinov, Semak made a deal with Oversight to have his boss assassinated. He became the CEO of Zetrov and head of Gogol.
798----
799* ArchNemesis: To Alex. He's the reason her father was killed and her life turned to hell, and she's ''determined'' to make him pay for this.
800* ArcVillain: Of the first half of Season 2, before [[spoiler: being surprisingly killed by Ari]].
801* AlliterativeName: '''S'''ergei '''S'''amak.
802* BadBoss: Kills his head of security after the latter fails to prevent the assassination of another of his top men.
803* BitchInSheepsClothing: The mask he puts on in front of the camera is far from being what he actually is on the inside.
804* BodyguardBetrayal: He was a close friend of Nikolai Udinov and backstabbed him, hired Division to kill him [[spoiler: and even manipulated his wife Katya so he could have her for himself]].
805* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The head of Zetrov.
806* DiscOneFinalBoss: For Alex in season two.
807* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: Semak was a mole to Oversight, and promised that if they'd help him remove Nikolai Udinov, he'd make Zetrov more friendly to American interests - a promise he reneged once Udinov was dead. Percy actually saw this coming.]]
808* TheMole: [[spoiler: Was a mole in Zetrov to Oversight. See EnemyMine.]]
809* KlingonPromotion: [[spoiler: Eventually ends up on both ends of this.]]
810* LoveMakesYouEvil: His love of Katya is what drove him to be what he is.
811* TheManBehindTheMan: The person who organized the Division attack on the Udinov mansion.
812* ManipulativeBastard: Betrayed his friend, backed out of his deal with Oversight and lied to the woman he loved about what happened to her family.
813* TheStarscream: To Nikolai Udinov.
814* {{Yandere}}: Downplayed. The reason he had Nikolai killed is that he could have his company, ''BUT ALSO'' his wife to himself.
815[[/folder]]
816
817[[folder:Cassandra Ovechkin]]
818!!Cassandra Ovechkin
819[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Trope_Cassandra_5755.jpg]]
820[[caption-width-right:250:''"In our world, families are a liability. Our loved ones are our weaknessess."'']]
821->'''Played By:''' Creator/HelenaMattsson
822
823An old lover of Michael's with many secrets.
824----
825* ActionGirl: She's a skilled [=MI6=] agent.
826* ActionMom: The only constant in her life is her son Max.
827* AmicableExes: She and Michael had an affair, and remain on good terms for their son's sake even if both of them are government agents on constant risks.
828* CodeName: As a Gogol agent--"Hunter".
829* DeathFakedForYou/ PutOnABus: Nikita and Michael fake her death and she disappears with her son so that no one else will come after them again.
830* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: She's a [[spoiler: Gogol agent sent to infiltrate MI-6, which assigned her to serve as a honey trap for Valeri Ovechkin,]] where she was recruited by Division as an asset to help sell their silent assination of the Belarussian president.
831* FemmeFataleSpy: Not only did she spybang Valeri Ovechkin and Michael, whenever she shows up, she brings trouble in tow.
832* FourthDateMarriage: A profile on Cassandra on a tablet reveals that her courtship with the original Valeri Ovechkin was like this, with them meeting on January 2004 and marrying on May 21 of that year.
833* HoneyTrap: Was initially perceived to be a victim of one set up by Michael. [[spoiler: In reality, she'd been assigned to serve as one for Ovechkin, and was acting on MI-6 orders when Michael seduced her]].
834* JumpedAtTheCall: She describes herself as a broke teenager who jumped at the chance to do something exciting with her life.
835* MamaBear: She's ready to everything to keep her son Max from harm.
836* TheMole: Cassandra was infiltrated by [=MI6=] into Ovechkin's circles, and her handlers were overjoyed when she became his wife. [[spoiler:And then if that wasn't enough, it's revealed that she's actually a ''Gogol'' agent, sent to infiltrate [=MI6=].]]
837* WorkingWithTheEx: She was in a sexual relationship with Michael, as part of a HoneyTrap Division ran on her. She later has to work with him a few times to get herself and her son out of danger.
838[[/folder]]
839
840[[folder:Max Ovechkin]]
841!!Max Ovechkin
842[[quoteright:189:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/max_4.jpg]]
843 [[caption-width-right:189:"Gun lady!"]]
844
845->'''Played by''': Illarion Unhuryan
846
847Cassandra and Michael's son, whom the whole universe thinks he's actually Valeri Ovechkin's son.
848----
849* ChildrenAreInnocent: He's a normal young boy who plays with his toys and has no idea of the dangerous world both of his parents are in.
850* TheCutie: A young innocent boy who stares in awe and excitement Nikita beating up bad guys.
851* DeathFakedForYou / PutOnABus: Like his mother, his death is faked and he and Cassandra disappear to live a life where no one from the government would go for them.
852* InnocentBlueEyes: He has blue eyes and is an innocent kid who's oblivious of how dangerous the world can be.
853* LanguageBarrier: Downplayed. He only speaks Belarusian, but his dialogue is translated for the viewers and most of the characters talking to him are [[Omniglot omniglots]].
854* LukeYouAreMyFather: Turns out Michael is his biological father, not the man impersonating Valeri.
855* TheNicknamer: He calls Nikita "Gun Lady".
856* {{Protectorate}}: Let's just say it's not a good idea to try to do him harm in front of [[PapaWolf his]] [[MamaBear parents]] or [[BigSisterInstinct Nikita]].
857* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks a lot like Michael.
858* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: He stares at Nikita beating up villains and awe and he's excited witnessing it. Justified since Max is a young child, thus doesn't understand the gravity of the situation.
859* WhenYouComingHomeDad: He's too young to understand why Michael isn't coming with him and his mother when the two are on the run.
860[[/folder]]
861
862[[folder:Patrick Miller]]
863!!Patrick Miller
864->'''Played By:''' William deVry
865
866One of Percy's Black Box guardians.
867----
868* EliteMook: Like all guardians.
869* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: By Nikita.
870[[/folder]]
871
872[[folder:Katya Udinov]]
873!!Katya Udinov
874[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/katya_2.png]]
875
876->'''Played by''': Sarah Clarke
877
878Alex's mother and Nikolai's wife. She's revealed to have survived Operation Pale Fire, and lives with Sergei Semak.
879----
880* BrokenBird: To death of her husband and thinking her daughter died too causes Katya to take a lot of medication to deal with the stress.
881* CruelToBeKind: She calls security on Alex, which puts her in great danger, because Semak lied to her that Alex has been brainwashed. She thought she was helping, but she had no idea of Semak's true intentions.
882* TheDogBitesBack: A minor case. Once she learns that [[ManipulativeBastard Sergei Semak]] has played her like a fiddle and caused the death of her husband (thus, planning to kill Alex too), she gives him one hell of a slap and breaks off their relationship.
883* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: The only reason she acts more as a load and antagonistic to Alex, is because Semak lied to her for ''years'' about the truth behind her family's demise. He even told her Alex was brainwashed, which caused her to do the right actions for the wrong reasons.
884* GoodParents: Alex tells Percy that Katya was a "kind and gentle soul", indicating she was a good mother to her.
885* InnocentBlueEyes: Just like her daughter.
886* MamaBear: Invoked by Percy. Once Semak tells Katya he can't let Alex and Nikita killing half of his men slide, she slaps him, showing how strong her love for her daughter is and how she won't let Semak lay a single finger on her daughter.
887* MeaningfulName: Katya is Russian for "pure". Alex calls her mother a pure soul at one point.
888* TheMistress: To Sergei Semak.
889* NotQuiteDead: She survived the assassination of her family while everyone else thought she didn't make it.
890* ParentsInDistress: Alex's sole goal in Season 2 is to rescue her mother from Semak's claws.
891* {{Protectorate}}: To Alex. As she tells Semak: "You will give me my mother, you son of a bitch."
892[[/folder]]
893
894[[folder:Carla Bennett]]
895!!Carla Bennett
896[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Trope_Carla_5262.jpg]]
897[[caption-width-right:250:''"Sometimes you have to put what's right ahead of your personal feelings, for the greater good."'']]
898->'''Played By:''' Erica Gimpel
899
900Nikita's old caretaker.
901----
902* AntiHero / AntiVillain: She has good intentions, but she doesn't link herself with the right people to do so.
903* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Nikita is shocked to learn Carla was Percy's mole all along, and Carla is ashamed of it as she dies in Nikita's arms]].
904* CompositeCharacter: Although she shares a name and a few superficial elements with Carla from [[Series/LaFemmeNikita the original TV series]], she has a greater resemblance to a different character, Adrian.
905* DeathFakedForYou: [[spoiler:Her specialty. That's one of the reasons why Percy approached her.]]
906* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: She dies in Nikita's arms.]]
907* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler: She dies her eyes opened, and a broken Nikita closes them before breaking down.]]
908* EveryoneHasStandards: She was appalled when a rookie police officer shot and killed Sammy, one of the kids she was taking care of, and that his partner wanted to pass this as "self-defense".
909* SheKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Amanda has been trying to kill Carla because she saw Amanda with Ari Tasarov.]]
910* TheMentor: She is this to Nikita as flashbacks reveal that she was helping her with her drug addiction.
911* ParentalSubstitute: She's the closest thing that Nikita had to an actual mother.
912* SixthRangerTraitor: Attempts to betray Nikita and the others to Percy.
913* TemptingFate: She rubs in [[spoiler: Birkhoff]]'s face that [[YouWouldntShootMe he doesn't have the guts to shoot her]]. Guess what happens next.
914* TragicDream: Her desire to reform Division.
915* WellIntentionedExtremist: As the original creator of Division, her attention was to help people in the prison system get their lives together by having them work for the government and secretly protect the country and her goal in the present was to bring Division back to her original vision by killing Amanda who she blames for corrupting it by working with Percy who she doesn't realize is also to blame for the corruption.
916* YouWouldntShootMe: [[spoiler: She tells Birkhoff he doesn't have it (the killer streak) in him. It just prompts Birkhoff to accidentally shoot her]].
917[[/folder]]
918
919[[folder:Cyrus]]
920!!Cyrus
921->'''Played By:''' Creator/IsaiahMustafa
922
923One of the Dirty Thirty, who operated as an arms dealer for Division.
924----
925* ArmsDealer / FriendInTheBlackMarket: As part of Division, then as a freelancer and then once again as part of Division.
926* TheCharmer: He charms clients, he charms Nikita.
927* HeelFaceTurn: Aside from Owen, who was already loyal to Nikita, he's the one member of the Dirty Thirty to return to the Division fold.
928* SecretSecretKeeper: Reveals during his debut that he knew all along where Nikita's first base was, and never told Percy.
929* WildCard: In his first episode. Amanda calls it "aggressive neutrality."
930[[/folder]]
931
932[[folder:Rachel]]
933!!Rachel
934->'''Played By:''' Creator/JessicaCamacho
935
936One of the ringleaders of the Division mutiny, willing to stop at nothing to see it through.
937----
938
939* AntiVillain: Her problem isn't her goals.
940* ArcVillain: For season 3's mutiny storyline.
941* RebelliousRebel: Believes Ryan and Nikita's attempts to establish Division's autonomy while they work to dismantle it will be ineffective and ultimately lethal.
942* UnwittingPawn: Is working with Alex, who's support for a mutiny has been conditioned into her by Amanda.
943* TheUsurper: Briefly succeeds in taking control of Division.
944* VillainHasAPoint: Division's record under Ryan is ''extremely'' spotty, and the organization had been growing increasingly like its old self.
945* WellIntentionedExtremist: Her goal--freeing Division's agents--is the same as the good guys', but she doesn't trust Division's leaders to bring it about, and she is willing to kill whichever Division agent threatens the mutiny.
946[[/folder]]
947
948!!One-Shot Characters
949
950[[folder:Jill Morelli]]
951->'''Played By:''' Creator/JulieGonzalo
952
953A conspiracy-seeking journalist and blogger who stumbles across more than she bargained for.
954----
955
956* AgentMulder: She keeps a conspiracy blog.
957* ClearMyName: After she is framed for murdering a newspaper editor.
958* DamselInDistress: She is Division's newest target and is saved in time by Nikita before they can frame her for a murder she didn't commit.
959* InnocentBlueEyes: Has blue eyes and is a wide-eyed conspirationist who has no idea what trouble her conspiration-reveal endeavors can lead her in.
960* IntrepidReporter: Albeit one with a not-great reputation.
961* TooUnhappyToBeHungry: While she's a self-admitted nervous eater, the stakes eventually get high enough that she finds herself unable to do so.
962[[/folder]]
963
964[[folder:The Engineer]]
965!!The Engineer
966[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeEngineer_6907.jpg]]
967->'''Played By:''' Creator/JonGries
968
969A reclusive technological expert, who helped Percy build his Black Boxes.
970----
971
972* EccentricMentor: To Birkhoff, briefly.
973* MentorOccupationalHazard: Is killed after he and Birkhoff develop a safer way to update the Black Boxes
974* NeckSnap: Percy breaks his neck after he teaches Birkhoff how to alter the programming of the Black Boxes.
975* NoNameGiven: Only known as "The Engineer".
976* TechnoWizard: Aside from developing the Black Boxes, he also created the Cryptograph, a device that allows its user to hack into anything.
977* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Rendered himself redundant by teaching his secrets to Birkhoff, so Percy murders him to minimize the security risk of having more than one person able to do it.
978[[/folder]]
979
980[[folder:Prince Erik of Georgia]]
981!!Prince Erik Mukhran of Georgia
982->'''Played By:''' James Gilbert
983
984
985Prince of Georgia who Division targets for assassination.
986----
987* AuthorityInNameOnly: His royal lineage carries no inherent authority, and he is attempting to rally support to restore the monarchy to power.
988* ArrangedMarriage: With Princess Kristina. They married to reunite their rival families.
989* AwfulWeddedLife: Only married Christina to unite their rival families. He's actually in love with her assistant.
990* DistressedDude: He's out to be killed by Division in "Coup de Grace", and Nikita becomes her bodyguard through the whole episode.
991* MedicalMonarch: He was an army medic. This is actually lampshaded.
992-->'''Nikita''': "Doctor"? Is that an honorary title for royals?
993-->'''Erik''': Yes. I'm a doctor of the tango.
994* NiceGuy: A polite, kind prince. No wonder Leela fell for him.
995* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Very loosely based on David Bagrationi Mukhrani, a real-life Prince of Georgia; although it's not verbally mentioned in the episode, Erik's surname is revealed to be "Mukhran".
996* PrinceCharming: In Leela's eyes, anyway.
997[[/folder]]
998
999[[folder:Princess Kristina of Georgia]]
1000!!Princess Kristina Mukhran of Georgia
1001->'''Played By:''' Beatrice Rosen
1002
1003Princess of Georgia who hires Division to have her husband killed.
1004----
1005* AristocratsAreEvil: Tries to have Erik killed so she can take the throne.
1006* ArrangedMarriage: With Prince Erik. They only married to reunite their rival families, but Kristina planned to kill him all along.
1007* BitchInSheepsClothing: Plays up the Franchise/DisneyPrincess image on camera, but behind closed doors, is cold-hearted, manipulative and power-hungry.
1008* BlackWidow: Thankfully defied thanks to Nikita.
1009* ClingyJealousGirl: Despite telling she didn't care Erik loved Leela, it was a lie. Even if she planned to kill him, his love towards Leela angered her.
1010* EvilPlan: Have her husband killed so she can have the throne of Georgia to herself.
1011* TheEvilPrincess: She looks like your sweet typical Disney princess, but she's actually black-hearted and power-hungry, planning to get her husband killed so she can rule Georgia by herself.
1012* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Or "Queen To Be". She's a ruthless evil princess who plans to pull a BlackWidow on her husband so she can rule Georgia with an iron fist.
1013* LaserGuidedKarma: Nikita crashes her plan and she's arrested for attempted assassination.
1014* MonsterOfTheWeek: The main antagonist of "Coup de Grace".
1015* MurderTheHypotenuse: Even if her goal from day one was to kill Erik, she wants to kill his assistant Leela, who's in love with him, [[ForTheEvulz just out of spite]].
1016* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Very loosely based on Ana Nugzaris asuli Bagration-Gruzinsky, a real-life Princess of Georgia and, until 2013, Prince David's wife. Like the real-life Princess, Kristina's surname is Gruzinsky, as revealed in a profile Nikita peruses.
1017* WomanScorned: Knowing Erik loved Leela probably contributed in the assassination plan.
1018[[/folder]]
1019
1020[[folder:Leela Kantaria]]
1021!!Leela Kantaria
1022->'''Played By:''' Kathleen Munroe
1023
1024Prince Erik's assistant, who's in love with him.
1025----
1026* BeleagueredAssistant: Played with. Prince Erik treats her well, but the assassination attempt against him also puts her in danger.
1027* DamselInDistress: Is held hostage by Division and Princess Kristina, and was gonna be killed by Stephen if not from Alex's intervention.
1028* {{Fingore}}: Alex breaks her finger to save her life.
1029* NiceGirl: She's sweet and polite, and genuinely loves Prince Erik.
1030* SecondLove: To Prince Erik after Princess Kristina's assassination attempt.
1031* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She's in love with Prince Erik, a good prince and king-to-be.
1032[[/folder]]
1033
1034[[folder:Irina]]
1035!!Irina
1036->'''Played By:''' Creator/KseniaSolo
1037
1038A former friend of Alex's, from her time as a sex slave.
1039----
1040* AddledAddict: Reunites with Alex while high.
1041* DamselInDistress: See "Sex Slave".
1042* DecoyDamsel: Under Vlad. She's the bait to capture Alex.
1043* ForcedToWatch: She watched Alex kill Vlad, and Alex had no other choice but to threaten to kill Irina if she ever told anyone Alex is alive and killed Vlad.
1044* OnlyOneName: Only referred to as "Irina".
1045* RegretfulTraitor: She is not happy when Alex is recaptured.
1046* SexSlave: Despite at least one rescue attempt.
1047* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Alex.
1048[[/folder]]
1049
1050[[folder:Vlad]]
1051!!Vladimir "Vlad" Ivanov
1052->'''Played By:''' Creator/MarkIvanir
1053
1054Alex's former pimp.
1055----
1056* AssholeVictim: Whatever bad thing happens to him is well-deserved.
1057* DeathBySecretIdentity: Spends the entire episode attempting to confirm that Alex is Alexandra Udinov, which Alex only confirms immediately before killing him.
1058* HumanTrafficking: His stock in trade. Brought Alex, Irina, and others to the United States as sex slaves.
1059* TheMafiya: Operating in one of its lower rungs.
1060* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Despite being in the lowest rung of the villain threat scale, and the sort of person who would normally present little threat to Alex, a combination of fortunate circumstances, cleverness, and his knowledge of Alex allow him to become far more dangerous.
1061* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He owns a trafficking ring, where young girls are used as sex slaves.
1062* ScarsAreForever: Was scarred during an earlier encounter with Nikita.
1063[[/folder]]
1064
1065[[folder:Dana Winters]]
1066!!Dana Winters
1067->'''Played By:''' Christina Marie Moses
1068
1069The only Guardian in the United States. She is stationed in a little Pennsylvania town.
1070----
1071* DarkActionGirl: Becomes an ActionGirl after her HeelFaceTurn.
1072* HighHeelFaceTurn: After falling in love.
1073* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Dana was involved in Operation Sparrow the whole time. She already cut a deal with Percy to let her and her new family go.]]
1074* LoveRedeems: Similarly to Nikita, she had a change of heart once she fell in love with a widow man.
1075* MamaBear: Don't hurt her stepson Eddie if you know what's good for you.
1076* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Dana is the only female Guardian of the Black Boxes.
1077* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Implied to be this to her new husband Charlie.
1078[[/folder]]
1079
1080[[folder:Kelly]]
1081!!Kelly
1082->'''Played By:''' Creator/KatherynWinnick
1083
1084A Division agent who was partnered with Nikita during the latter's final mission, and was subsequently imprisoned.
1085----
1086* DarkActionGirl: Due to being a Division agent.
1087* GoodCopBadCop: Kelly was the by the book agent while Nikita was the loose cannon.
1088* EvilCounterpart: To Alex, thematically.
1089* TheMole: She was working for Gogol.
1090[[/folder]]
1091
1092[[folder:Valeri Ovechkin]]
1093!!"Valeri Ovechkin"
1094->'''Played By:''' Romano Orzari
1095
1096A Division covert operative who has been impersonating the President of Belarus.
1097---
1098* BecomingTheMask: Percy himself said "Valeri" was starting to think he was an actual world leader.
1099* HeKnowsTooMuch: Killed everyone who knew he was a fake after Percy was deposed.
1100* ImpersonationExclusiveCharacter: We never actually meet the real Valery Ovechkin.
1101* NeckSnap: Courtesy of Sean Pierce.
1102* NoNameGiven: Aside from who he is impersonating.
1103* UndyingLoyalty: To Percy. It is not mutual.
1104[[/folder]]
1105
1106
1107[[folder:Richard Ellison '''(*SPOILER CHARACTER*)''']]
1108!!Richard Ellison
1109->'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidKeith
1110
1111A former CIA agent whom Nikita seeks out for answers about her origins.
1112----
1113
1114* ActionDad: Within minutes of being introduced, he's keeping up with Nikita and Michael--no mean feat.
1115* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Namely, being a single father who was also a CIA agent in eighties Vietnam.
1116* DisappearedDad: Introduced as Nikita's long-lost father.
1117* DynamicEntry: First appears attacking Nikita with a kitchen knife.
1118* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: an attempt to do something for American POW's the government would do nothing about results in him getting court martialed, making him decide to go on the run.
1119
1120'''In reality, however, he is the following:'''
1121
1122* BadSamaritan: Despite the difficult circumstances, he does his best to give Nikita what she's looking for, including offering a paternal ear...at first.
1123* HeKnowsTooMuch: Why Nikita makes a point of killing him after his deception is discovered.
1124* TheMole: Actually a Division psy-ops operative.
1125* SecretLegacy: Invoked: The point of giving Nikita a fake father was the hope that believing she was "intelligence royalty" would make her more malleable.
1126[[/folder]]
1127
1128[[folder:Nicholas Brandt]]
1129!! Nicholas Brandt
1130->'''Played By:''' Rick Ravanello
1131
1132An arms dealer taken down, and then tortured, by Nikita, who is freed by Percy and is out for revenge.
1133----
1134* BreakThemByTalking: Attempts this, only for it to backfire badly.
1135* HeManWomanHater: Gets off on hurting women.
1136* RevengeBeforeReason: His approach to getting Nikita involves this, as his scheme involves plotting and carrying out the assassination of a sitting U.S. senator.
1137* {{Sadist}}: What causes Nikita to torture him in turn.
1138* ScarsAreForever: As a result of Nikita's torture. Comes complete with missing eye.
1139[[/folder]]
1140
1141[[folder:Liza Abbott]]
1142!!Liza Abbott
1143->'''Played By:''' Creator/AnnaliseBasso
1144
1145A 12 year old girl who got kidnapped when she was 10 and was forced to become a ChildSoldier by an ex-Division agent.
1146----
1147* ActionGirl: Trained for two years by Wade to become this at only 12 years of age.
1148* AirVentPassageWay: Since she's small in stature, Wade trained her to crawl through enclosed spaces so she could pass through air vents.
1149* BadassAdorable: A cute 12 year old girl who is able to ''knock out a grown man by herself''.
1150* BreakTheCutie: Gosh, where to start. Liza was only a cheerful 10 year old girl before she was kidnapped walking home from school by an secret government agent, who forced her to become a child soldier or he'd kill her family. She's kept in a basement for two years and goes through a TrainingFromHell at the hands of her kidnapper in order for her to commit her "graduation mission": detonate a bomb at a Pakistani consulate. Before she can complete her mission, Nikita's words and being reminded of her family causes Liza to ''break down'', '''''while Wade threatens her again through the com'''''. Poor girl definitely deserved that hug from Nikita.
1151* CheerfulChild: According to her mother Elaine, Liza was this before her kidnapping.
1152* ChildSoldier: She got kidnapped by Wade and he forced her into a two year training to become this.
1153* ChildrenAreInnocent: She was still 10 when she got captured by Wade. He threatened to kill her family if she ever tried to escape or disobeyed him. It goes without saying that the instant Nikita mentions her mother and makes her deactivate the bomb detonator, she breaks down crying in her arms. Bonus point for her episode being titled "Innocence".
1154* CodeName: "Sarah" and "Jessica" are her aliases given to her by Wade.
1155* TheDogBitesBack: Once Nikita's words get through her, Liza destroyed the bomb's detonator in rage and leaves Wade to Michael's mercy­.
1156* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Downplayed. Liza was only "bad" due to the brainwashing and training Wade inflicted on her. The sole reason she never tried to escape was because Wade threatened to kill her mother, whom she is very close of.
1157* EvilRedhead: Subverted. Liza was just a sweet girl forced to become a ChildSoldier by her kidnapper, who also put the lives of her family at stake if she didn't cooperate.
1158* ForcedIntoEvil: Wade left her no choice but to become a child assassin after kidnapping her and threatning to kill her family.
1159* HumanizingTears: Despite giving the main characters a hard time, seeing her break down in Nikita's arms is ''heartwrenching'', and you can't help but feel bad for her.
1160* InnocentBlueEyes: She has blue eyes and is just a child forced through a dangerous world.
1161* LittleMissBadass: Wade's training transformed her into a fighter as competent as Division's agents.
1162* MasterActress: Liza can cry on command, as she used it at her advantage to buy the sympathy of a Division guard only to knock him out and steal his weapon in the process.
1163* TragicKeepsake: In Wade's house, Nikita found an Indian chain hidden in her bed, that Liza had on her the day she was kidnapped. She and her mother have matching pairs, and Nikita showing her her mother's made Liza realize how much she misses her and doesn't want to be Wade's recruit any longer.
1164* TykeBomb: Wade kidnapped her and forced her to become his recruit and assistant in assassination schemes, since no one would ever suspect a child.
1165* WoundedGazelleGambit: She pretends to break down crying to let a Division agent's guard down and the instant he's too close, she knocks him out and escapes Division.
1166* YouthfulFreckles: Shows how young and innocent she is.
1167[[/folder]]
1168
1169[[folder:Heidecker]]
1170!! "Heidecker"
1171->'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnBillingsley
1172
1173A self-described sales rep for The Shop, who supplies and inspects much of Division's next-gen technologies, including the kill chips and prosthetic masks.
1174----
1175* AffablyEvil: He still has a bubbly and friendly personality.
1176* ForScience: The reason behind his evil endeavors.
1177* MadDoctor: Kill chips much?
1178* TheMedic: To The Invisible Hand.
1179* AWolfInSheepsClothing: His bubbly personality and jovial British accent couldn't be further from who he is inside.
1180* WouldHurtAChild: When Nikita sees a plane filled with children, who were most probably kidnapped, she realizes how monstrous Heideicker truly is as he has no problem experimenting on innocent children.
1181[[/folder]]
1182
1183[[folder:Amon Krieg]]
1184!!Amon Krieg
1185->'''Played By:''' Creator/AndrewDivoff
1186
1187A retired counter-intelligence agent hired by Ari Tasarov to protect his son Stefan.
1188----
1189* TheAce: Ari describes him as “the best I’ve ever seen.” Given that he’s talking to Nikita, of all people, it is not light praise.
1190* HelicopterParents: Has very strict rules about what Stefan can and can’t do. It’s ultimately justified.
1191* HiredHelpAsFamily / ParentalSubstitute: Has been a bigger part of Stefan’s life than Ari has, and by the end is willing to protect him without compensation.
1192* MarriedToTheJob: Described this way by Ari, who notes that by the time he’d retired from counter-intelligence, he had nothing to retire to. This, in turn, explains why he sees Stefan as more than a job.
1193* PapaWolf: How he eventually comes to see himself, in relation to Stefan.
1194* RetiredBadass: While still employed as a bodyguard, his job is—most of the time—considerably cushier and slower than his old one as a counter-intelligence agent for Germany.
1195* WildCard: Will gladly go against Nikita or Amanda—or both simultaneously.
1196[[/folder]]
1197
1198[[folder:Matthew Collins]]
1199!!Major Matthew Collins
1200->'''Played By:''' Creator/ChristopherHeyerdahl
1201
1202Amanda's father who was in the military and who used her as his guinea pig.
1203----
1204* AbusiveParent: And ''how''. [[spoiler: He tortures Helen as parts of his experiments, and he intimidates his other daughter Amanda into silence]].
1205* AssholeVictim: Hard to feel bad for him as [[spoiler:Helen stabs him to death]] after putting her through hell her whole life.
1206* BackStab: More like "back slash". Helen slashes his throat from behind when he isn't looking.
1207* HateSink: So hateable, you can't help but feel bad for Amanda/[[spoiler: Helen]].
1208* {{Jerkass}}: Uses his daughter to make lab experiments for his own selfish goals, and is emotionally abusive with Amanda.
1209* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: After the hell he put her through, he had his death by Helen's hands coming]].
1210* ParentalFavoritism: Matthew uses Helen as his lab pet while he lets Amanda have a normal life and buys her silence by spoiling her.
1211* WouldHitAGirl: As if using his own child as a lab pet wasn't enough, he beats and tortures her.
1212[[/folder]]
1213
1214[[folder:Amanda Collins '''(*SPOILER CHARACTER*)''']]
1215!!Amanda Collins
1216->'''Played By:''' Kendra Timmins
1217
1218Helen's (a.k.a Amanda from Division) twin sister whom she stole her identity.
1219----
1220* AloofBigSister: Even if they're twins, she's still born a few minutes before Helen and it took her ''years'' before actually doing something about her father's abuse of her twin.
1221* BigSisterInstinct: One day, she couldn't take her sister's abuse anymore and defied her father by trying to escape with Helen. But according to Amanda, it's deconstructed, as her sister wasn't trying to save her. She was trying to save ''herself'', out of guilt of being silent about her abuse for years.
1222* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Helen's Cain.
1223* CallingTheOldManOut: One day, Amanda had enough of hearing Helen scream in pain and confronted their father about stopping hurting her. Her father didn't let that faze him and even ''tried to get her to help him hurt Helen in his experiments''.
1224* DaddysGirl: Deconstructed. It's clear that she's Matthew's favorite daughter who spoils her, but he intimidates her and buys her silence.
1225* DysfunctionalFamily: Poor, poor Amanda. She was forced into silence by her father and was too scared to do anything to help her own sister. And when she tried to help Helen, it only resulted in her and her father being killed.
1226* EvilTwin: Downplayed. Compared to Helen, she's ''far'' from being evil, but remaining silent about her twin's abuse for years don't make her much innocent.
1227* MeaningfulName: Amanda means "worthy of love". Helen steals her identity after being denied of love her entire life.
1228* MissingMom: Hers and Helen's mother is nowhere to be seen, probably deceased or divorced from Matthew.
1229* TheReveal: As the viewer at the same time as Nikita discover, Amanda isn't the Amanda we all know: ''Helen'' is, and she killed Amanda and stole her identity.
1230* WhamShot: Seeing Helen stab Amanda. It's the first hint that shows that the Amanda Nikita impersonated in Amanda's test isn't the one from Division.
1231* YouthfulFreckles: Amanda has freckles, and it showcases her innocence compared to her family's psychotic tendencies.
1232[[/folder]]
1233
1234[[folder:Dale Gordon]]
1235!!Dale Gordon
1236->'''Played By:''' Creator/ToddGrinnell
1237
1238An Equinox News Network pundit whose focus on the murder of [[spoiler: President Kathleen Spencer]] leads him to cross paths with Nikita.
1239----
1240* AgentScully: Although he is a conspiracy theorist regarding [[spoiler: President Spencer’s]] assassination, he nevertheless balks at Nikita’s assertion that [[spoiler: she killed herself]].
1241* ConspiracyTheorist: Believes [[spoiler: President Spencer’s]] assassination was a result of a conspiracy within the White House.
1242* EntertaininglyWrong: His theories range from the dead-on (Nikita ''was'' a member of a White House covert death squad) to the quite-off-base (Nikita was a willing participant in [[spoiler: President Spencer’s]] murder), but they’re all logical ones, given the information available to him.
1243* ExactWords: Protests to Nikita that he never claimed to have an FBI source—only implied it.
1244* TheGadfly: His approach to interviewing FBI Deputy Director Matthew Graham.
1245* UnwittingPawn: Is being fed information by [[spoiler: Amanda]] in order to draw Nikita into the open.
1246[[/folder]]
1247
1248[[folder:Ellen Crawford]]
1249!!Ellen Crawford
1250->'''Played By:''' Rose Rollins
1251
1252A CIA forensic accountant convinced that Alex was one of the masterminds behind the assassination of [[spoiler:President Spencer]].
1253----
1254* AllThereInTheScript: Ellen’s name is not actually stated out loud in the episode.
1255* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Vlad; they both capture Alex with the goal of finding out who she really is, but come at it from very different angles and under vastly different circumstances.
1256* EntertaininglyWrong: Ellen is perfectly correct in her conclusion that Alex is far more calculating than her public persona suggests, and that she and Nikita are connected—she’s indeed more right than she knows, given that Alex is actively providing aid to Nikita by the time the former is captured—but her ultimate conclusion that Alex hired Nikita to kill [[spoiler: Kathleen Spencer]] is entirely off-base.
1257* ExaltedTorturer: Despite her attempt to torture Alex, she’s still presented as an antagonist rather than a villain. It helps that Alex is completely unfazed by the torture.
1258* ForensicAccounting: Her role within the CIA.
1259* HeroAntagonist: Is honestly and sincerely trying to find and stop the people who orchestrated the assassination of [[spoiler: the president of the United States]].
1260* InspectorJavert: Believes Alex is behind the assassination of [[spoiler: the president of the United States]].
1261* OvershadowedByAwesome: Her thinking is entirely sound, and her detective work impressive. Her only problem is that she lives in a world with billionaire cabals with super-technology that her forensic work has not accounted for.
1262[[/folder]]
1263

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