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| 3 | [[WMG:[[center:'''''Franchise/StargateVerse''''' '''[[Characters/StargateVerse Character Index]]'''\ |
| 4 | [-'''''Characters/StargateSG1'':''' [[Characters/StargateSG1SG1 SG-1]] | '''Other SGC Personnel and Tau'ri Battleship Crew Members''' | [[Characters/StargateSG1AlliesOfTheSGC Allies of the SGC]] | [[Characters/StargateSG1TheGoauld The Goa'uld]] | [[Characters/StargateSG1OtherAntagonists Other Antagonists]]\ |
| 5 | '''Spin-offs:''' ''Characters/StargateAtlantis'' | ''Characters/StargateUniverse''-]]]]] |
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| 7 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 8 | |
| 9 | !!SGC Commanders |
| 10 | |
| 11 | [[folder:Major General George Hammond]] |
| 12 | !!Major General George Hammond |
| 13 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/George_Hammond_2452.jpg]] |
| 14 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/DonSDavis |
| 15 | ->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S1E1ChildrenOfTheGods Children of the Gods]]" |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Was a BaitAndSwitchTyrant in the first episode, but eventually became a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who trusted the vast majority of ideas and pitches from our heroes based on their track record, no matter how outlandish. The change was signified when he stopped regularly wearing his USAF uniform in favor of a simple blue shirt with a tie, a dress code that was later followed by his eventual successor, General Landry. Was referred to as "Hammond of Texas" by Teal'c's {{Mentor}}, Bra'tac. Was relieved of command in favor of Elizabeth Weir for the duration of the PoorlyDisguisedPilot for ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', who was in turn soon replaced by Jack O'Neill. |
| 18 | ---- |
| 19 | * BaitAndSwitchTyrant: One of his first acts was to try to blow up an inhabited planet. It wasn't long before he was downright fluffy, though. Hammond was counting down the days to his retirement in charge of a facility gathering dust, when the Gate suddenly reactivated. His actions and decisions throughout most of the first and second series are more or less the result of being just as out of his depth as everyone else, before he eventually [[TookALevelInBadass rose to the challenge]]. Partially an EnforcedTrope due to the show's Air Force advisers pointing out to the writers that an officer doesn't make general in the modern military unless he's earned the trust of his subordinates. |
| 20 | * BaldOfAuthority: He is the [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure stern, but accommodating]] Major General that issues orders down to the main crew in this series and is completely bald. |
| 21 | * BenevolentBoss: Looks out for the people under his command (even the guests in his facility). |
| 22 | %%* BigDamnHeroes: "Lost City." |
| 23 | * TheBrigadier: Provides the page quote. |
| 24 | * BusCrash: Mentioned by Carter to have died of a heart attack offscreen during season five of ''Atlantis'', [[InMemoriam in a memorial to his actor]]. Carter commands the USS ''George S. Hammond'' in ''Series/StargateUniverse'', named for him. |
| 25 | * TheCavalry: Done awesomely in "[[Recap/StargateSG1S7E22LostCityPart2 Lost City]]", when he commands the ''Prometheus'' and leads the F-302 squadron into battle with Anubis's forces just as SG-1 are about to get their asses kicked. |
| 26 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: His more malicious acts (like the above-mentioned planet bombing) were because he had orders and unlike Jack "I follow my orders." |
| 27 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Godspeed" and "You have a go." |
| 28 | * CommutingOnABus: Starting in season 8 he's given a third star and transferred to the Pentagon to head Homeworld Security. He makes a couple of appearances after that. |
| 29 | * DaChief: General in command of Stargate Command and the ones the heroes answer to. Sitting behind a desk is mostly his role. Unusual for the role he doesn't worry about backlash from the President if he tweaks the rules. |
| 30 | * DeskJockey: He will venture out into the field in extreme circumstances, but spends much of the series chained to his desk. |
| 31 | * AFatherToHisMen: Often acts this in spades towards SG-1. "As long as there is a snowball's chance in hell of my officer coming out of this alive we're going to take it!" He even addresses Kawalsky as 'son'. |
| 32 | ** In "[[Recap/StargateSG1S2E3Prisoners Prisoners]]", he nearly gets ''himself'' imprisoned after he loses his temper at the Taldor for unjustly imprisoning SG-1, likewise, taking his first trip through the Gate to personally negotiate their release. |
| 33 | ** He reveals to Jack that he has his grandkids listed on his autodialer ''above'' the President. |
| 34 | ** Lord knows what would have happened in "[[Recap/StargateSG1S4E15ChainReaction Chain Reaction]]" if he had been able to deploy the military forces under his command within the United States. |
| 35 | * FrontlineGeneral: On occasion, usually when the team are in need of rescuing. The most notable examples being "[[Recap/StargateSG1S3E1IntoTheFire Into the Fire]]", when he pilots a Death Glider to rescue to team from Hathor, and the above-mentioned moment with the ''Prometheus'' in "[[Recap/StargateSG1S7E22LostCityPart2 Lost City, Part 2]]". He also frequently rushes to the gate room with the iris down even when he doesn't know who is dialing in or what is coming through the other side. |
| 36 | * HonoraryTrueCompanion: Despite the fact that he's their boss, the team make it clear that they consider him a part of the family, and he indicates on more than one occasion that he has a particular fondness for them even though he's not supposed to play favorites. Really driven home at one point when he cancels plans to watch one of his granddaughters (who he ''adores'') in a school play because Daniel is missing. |
| 37 | ** He outright says it in "Heroes Pt 2" when [[spoiler: Janet, the other HonoraryTrueCompanion, dies]]. In his words, you're supposed to care for all your subordinates equally, but sometimes you just can't help caring for some of them more. |
| 38 | * InHarmsWay: During his stint as head of Homeworld Security, he volunteers to take command of the ''Prometheus'' again on a search and rescue mission to find the missing Atlantis team and admits that taking part in the battle of Antarctica made him miss the action. |
| 39 | * KickedUpstairs: At the end of season seven, he's promoted and reassigned to Washington so that President Hayes can put a civilian (Elizabeth Weir) in charge of the SGC. |
| 40 | * LineInTheSand: In "[[Recap/StargateSG1S3E1IntoTheFire Into the Fire]]" he asks for volunteers to retrieve SG-1 from Hathor's base but states that he isn't going to order anybody. Every single member of military personnel available steps forward ''before he even finished the sentence''. |
| 41 | * RankUp: Spent season 8 as the lieutenant general in charge of Homeworld Security, then retired. |
| 42 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure. George "You Have A Go" Hammond very rarely turns down requests from his team and when he does it's for very good reasons. Later in the series, he immediately believes an outlandish scenario told to him by Daniel, who is himself stunned he believes him. Hammond's answer? "The things I've heard sitting in this chair!" |
| 43 | * ReassignmentBackfire: Not a malicious example, but the original plan for his command of the then-unnamed stargate complex under Cheyenne Mountain was for it to be a quiet do-nothing job where he could relax and wait to retire at the end of the year. Well, we all know how ''that'' turned out... |
| 44 | * SeenItAll: He gets like this after a while due to several years of dealing with the weirdness his flagship team tends to attract. The above quote gives a good example. |
| 45 | * TeamDad: To the team. He can occasionally be strict, but it's clear that he cares about them a great deal. He will also occasionally intervene in their personal squabbles. |
| 46 | * TenMinuteRetirement: The NID blackmail him into retiring in "[[Recap/StargateSG1S4E15ChainReaction Chain Reaction]]" so that they can replace him with a GeneralRipper type, but he's soon restored after O'Neill and Maybourne do a little blackmailing of their own. |
| 47 | * TimeTravelForFunAndProfit: Forms a BrickJoke in "1969", when Jack borrows some money for his younger self, promising to pay him back with interest. After they return to the present, Hammond informs him that it's now up to $539.50, with interest. |
| 48 | * {{Tuckerization}}: In the ''Series/StargateUniverse'' premiere his middle initial is revealed as "S.", just like his actor. |
| 49 | [[/folder]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[folder:Dr. Elizabeth Weir]] |
| 52 | !!Dr. Elizabeth Weir |
| 53 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2810c4ee3b510d9b1370e99f398525f2.png]] |
| 54 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/JessicaSteen ("[[Recap/StargateSG1S7E21LostCityPart1 Lost City]]"), Creator/TorriHigginson ("[[Recap/StargateSG1S8E1NewOrderPart1 New Order]]", "[[Recap/StargateSG1S10E3ThePegasusProject The Pegasus Project]]", ''Series/StargateAtlantis'') |
| 55 | ->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S7E21LostCityPart1 Lost City, Part 1]]" |
| 56 | |
| 57 | Civilian diplomat appointed by President Henry Hayes to replace Hammond as the head of the SGC when his administration was voted into power at the end of season 7. Despite the team having their doubts, she was quick to prove that she wasn't just a figurehead, and managed to earn their respect before leaving to head up the Atlantis expedition, allowing O'Neill to take command. |
| 58 | |
| 59 | Go [[Characters/StargateAtlantis here]] for tropes applying to Weir in ''[[Series/StargateAtlantis Atlantis]]''. |
| 60 | ---- |
| 61 | * CunningLinguist: Claims to speak five languages during her interview with Hayes, and her very first scene shows her conversing in Russian with some random guy trying to get into her taxi. |
| 62 | * NaiveNewcomer: She's repeatedly shown to be totally out of her depth during her short tenure as the SGC commander, though she copes admirably. |
| 63 | * TheOtherDarrin: Originally played by Jessica Steen in the season 7 finale but replaced at the beginning of season 8 by Torri Higginson, who would go on to portray her throughout her tenure as an ''[[Series/StargateAtlantis Atlantis]]'' regular. |
| 64 | * PutOnABus: She leaves for the Atlantis expedition after four episodes, making way for O'Neill to take command of the SGC. |
| 65 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Proves herself to be this by allowing the team to leave in search of the Lost City after O'Neill gets the Ancient knowledge downloaded into his brain, despite Kinsey's objections. |
| 66 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: Jack and Daniel both subject her to these when she's given command of the SGC. She passes, eventually. |
| 67 | * StrawCivilian: Subverted. The team suspect that this is the President's agenda by putting her in charge, but Hayes tells her that he didn't choose her just to be a figurehead and she makes it clear that she's not interested in being a puppet leader for Kinsey to rule by proxy. |
| 68 | * {{Transplant}}: To ''[[Series/StargateAtlantis Atlantis]]''. |
| 69 | [[/folder]] |
| 70 | |
| 71 | [[folder:Major General Hank Landry]] |
| 72 | !!Major General Hank Landry |
| 73 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Hank_Landry_9693.JPG]] |
| 74 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/BeauBridges |
| 75 | ->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S9E1AvalonPart1 Avalon, Part 1]]" |
| 76 | |
| 77 | Replaced O'Neill in Season 9 as the commander of the SGC, but was actually closer to Hammond in both appearance and command style. |
| 78 | ---- |
| 79 | * AndStarring: Beau Bridges was prefixed with "With" in the opening. |
| 80 | * BenevolentBoss: He's a reasonable commander, though not as much as Hammond. |
| 81 | * CharacterOverlap: As the post-O'Neill commander of the SGC, he makes justified crossover apperances on ''Stargate Atlantis'' beginning in Season Two after they re-establish contact with Earth. |
| 82 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's got this "thing" about birdwatching. |
| 83 | * DaChief: The 2-star General in command of Star Gate Command and the entire Stargate Project. |
| 84 | %%* DrillSergeantNasty: Once in a while. |
| 85 | * DeadpanSnarker: Especially towards Vala and Woolsey. With Vala it's generally good-natured, with Woolsey...not so much. |
| 86 | * AFatherToHisMen: Not quite to the same extent as Hammond or O'Neill, but it's there. Made especially obvious by the following line after Teal'c is taken captive by Ba'al: |
| 87 | -->'''Landry:''' Teal'c is family. I don't like people screwing with my family. |
| 88 | * ForWantOfANail: In an alternate universe where the Stargate Program became public knowledge following Anubis's attack on Earth, Landry is a tyrannical PresidentEvil who implemented martial law in the States. Made even creepier by the fact that he keeps the exact same affable demeanor. |
| 89 | * FrontlineGeneral: He goes through the Stargate to confront a Prior at one point. This turns out to be a bad idea, as he subsequently comes down with ThePlague. |
| 90 | * HiddenDepths: He's a keen birdwatcher and turns out to be quite the animal lover in general. |
| 91 | * InterserviceRivalry: He refers to Marines as 'cocky sonsabitches' and that he never liked them. It's PlayedForLaughs though. |
| 92 | * MarriedToTheJob: Led to his divorce and estrangement from his daughter. |
| 93 | * OfficerAndAGentleman: Apart from being a fine general, he is also fond of quoting historical figures like Patton and Churchill. |
| 94 | * ParentsAsPeople: His relationship with Carolyn is strained due to his persistent absences when she was a child, but it's clear that he does love his daughter and is keen to repair their relationship now that she's an adult. |
| 95 | * SeeYouInHell: After a Prior gives him a fire and brimstone speech, he replies, "If we're going to Hell, then you're coming with us." |
| 96 | * SmartPeoplePlayChess: Like his predecessor, he's often shown playing the game in his downtime. He consistently loses to O'Neill, and consistently wins against Mitchell. |
| 97 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Hammond; notice a pattern here? However, like with Mitchell, he's shown to have distinct differences from his predecessor. He's signifcantly more gruff and irritable and not quite as reasonable towards his subordinates. Also, while Hammond was favorable and professional towards international concerns about the Stargate, Landry makes no attempt at disguising his contempt for the IOA. |
| 98 | * TeamDad: For all of SG-1, but especially for Vala once she's accepted on the team. |
| 99 | [[/folder]] |
| 100 | |
| 101 | [[folder:Major General W.O. West]] |
| 102 | !!Major General W.O. West |
| 103 | -> '''Played By:''' Creator/LeonRippy |
| 104 | -> '''First Appearance:''' ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' |
| 105 | |
| 106 | The original commander of the SGC. A decorated soldier, West was a typical authoritarian type and retired in between the film and the series. |
| 107 | ---- |
| 108 | * GeneralRipper: He's the one that came up with the whole “get O'Neill to stay behind to blow up Abydos with a nuclear bomb” idea. Outside of this, though, he’s a ReasonableAuthorityFigure. |
| 109 | * OldSoldier: He's fought in several armed conflicts over the years. |
| 110 | * PutOnABus: Mentioned to have retired at some point in between the film and the series. |
| 111 | [[/folder]] |
| 112 | |
| 113 | !!Military Personnel |
| 114 | |
| 115 | [[folder:Major Charles Kawalsky]] |
| 116 | !!Major Charles Kawalsky |
| 117 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d31fd05d4a537eea9d85462026b9aa73.jpg]] |
| 118 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnDiehl (movie), Creator/JayAcovone (series) |
| 119 | ->'''First Appearance:''' [[Film/{{Stargate}} Stargate (1994)]] |
| 120 | |
| 121 | Another character from the movie. Part of the first mission to Abydos, serving as Jack O'Neill's second-in-command. A year later, he was assigned to lead his own SG unit, only to be infected by a Goa'uld symbiote during his unit's first mission. Didn't survive long after that, but alternate versions of the character appeared in later episodes. |
| 122 | ---- |
| 123 | * AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Gets taken over by a Goa'uld at the end of the pilot episode, which then proceeds to spend most of the second episode in control of him. |
| 124 | * BigDamnHeroes: Near the end of the PilotMovie, SG-1 and Teal'c get pinned down by a Death Glider during the escape from Chulak, and Jack and Teal'c's staff weapons prove useless against it. Then Kawalsky, commanding SG-2, comes over the ridge and blows the Glider away with a Stinger missile. |
| 125 | * DeadAlternateCounterpart: Inverted. In the main reality he died, but in an alternate reality, he is revealed to be alive and well. |
| 126 | * DyingAsYourself: Cruelly averted. His final request is to wake up as himself "or not at all", but unfortunately the symbiote fools everybody by lying dormant for a while after the surgery, and it's in control when Teal'c finally puts Kawalsky out of his misery. |
| 127 | * MajorlyAwesome: He doesn't stick around long, but long enough to show how majorly awesome he is. |
| 128 | * MauveShirt. Being from the original movie and prominently featured in the pilot (in which he got more screentime than Teal'c), it looked like he'd be more than just a SacrificialLamb. |
| 129 | * NumberTwo: O'Neill's second in command on the first mission. |
| 130 | * PluckyComicRelief: Tends to be this whenever he shows up, due to his jovial personality. |
| 131 | * PoliticallyIncorrectHero: An exemplary soldier with heroic instincts he may be, but he makes no attempt to hide his smirking or snickering from the second Captain Carter walks into the briefing room, making his disbelief that a woman could have any place alongside him or the other men at the table as obvious as possible. |
| 132 | * PortalCut: Teal'c kills him by holding his head half-in and half-out of the event horizon of the active Stargate, causing him to be scalped when O'Neill orders the gate shut down. |
| 133 | * PosthumousCharacter: Whenever alternate versions of him show up after his death. |
| 134 | * SacrificialLamb: Starts out as a pretty significant character, only to be killed off early in the first season. |
| 135 | * SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Survives the original movie only to be killed off in the second episode of the series. |
| 136 | * TheyKilledKennyAgain: An alternate timeline version of himself in season eight also died. |
| 137 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Ferreti]] in the pilot episode. |
| 138 | [[/folder]] |
| 139 | |
| 140 | [[folder:Lieutenant Colonel Bert Samuels]] |
| 141 | !!Lieutenant Colonel Bert Samuels |
| 142 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/RobertWisden |
| 143 | ->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S1E1ChildrenOfTheGods Children of the Gods]]" |
| 144 | |
| 145 | General Hammond's original second-in-command. After the events of the original film, Samuels approached a then-retired Jack O'Neill and brought him back to Stargate Command. After the pilot episode, he was reassigned to the Pentagon but eventually popped up again to complicate matters. |
| 146 | ---- |
| 147 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Disappears after the first episode of the second season, although he returned in an alternate timeline in season eight's "Moebius". |
| 148 | * DirtyCoward: Once it becomes clear that earth is defenseless against Apophis' forces, he asks to be taken to the alpha site. Hammond denies his request, as they are [[TakeThat only sending the best and brightest]]. |
| 149 | * {{Herald}}: He's the one sent to tell Jack O'Neill about the aliens who came through the Stargate and that he's just been recruited to deal with it. |
| 150 | * IWarnedYou: Samuels has an "I told you so" moment when he insists that if Hammond had listened to his warnings about the stargate from the beginning, they wouldn't now be facing the threat of annihilation. Later inverted when Samuels' plan to destroy the ships fails in an epic way, though Hammond is too big a man to actually say anything. |
| 151 | * NumberTwo: He is General Hammond's second-in-command, but only for the pilot episode. |
| 152 | * PutOnABus: After "Children of the Gods", Samuels gets reassigned to the Pentagon where he spent the next several months analysing SG team missions. |
| 153 | * RankUp: Between his first appearance in "Children of the Gods" and his second in "Politics", he's moved up from Major to Lieutenant Colonel. |
| 154 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite only appearing in four episodes, he's the one who approaches Jack O'Neill in the pilot, brings him back to the SGC, and basically starts O'Neill's many years of serving in the Stargate Program. |
| 155 | [[/folder]] |
| 156 | |
| 157 | [[folder:Major Dr. Janet Fraiser]] |
| 158 | !!Major Dr. Janet Fraiser |
| 159 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Janet_Fraiser_9966.jpg]] |
| 160 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/TerylRothery |
| 161 | ->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S1E4TheBrocaDivide The Broca Divide]]" |
| 162 | |
| 163 | For some reason, never appeared in the opening credits despite effectively being a regular. The SGC's medical officer, she often saved SGC members and aliens from the brink of death. She was a nurturing, motherly figure, best expressed when she adopted the alien girl Cassandra. Became Samantha Carter's best friend. [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Had a bridge dropped on her]] in the season 7 two-parter "[[Recap/StargateSG1S7E18HeroesPart2 Heroes]]". She was eventually succeeded by Dr. Carolyn Lam in Season 9. |
| 164 | ---- |
| 165 | * ActionMom: When she's seen offworld, she's generally pretty action-y. Even a few times on Earth. After she [[PromotedToParent adopts]] Cassandra, the mom part of Action Mom comes into play and completes this trope. |
| 166 | * AndStarring: Though she never became a regular, from the second season onward she was listed at the end of the guest star credits with "And Teryl Rothery as Dr. Fraiser". |
| 167 | * BerserkButton: Threatening her daughter or her patients is not a good idea. |
| 168 | * CombatMedic: She's an officer in the US Air Force in addition to being a brilliant doctor, so this trope tends to come into play whenever she's sent out into the field. |
| 169 | * DamselOutOfDistress : Even when she's held at gunpoint, it's not a good idea to piss her off. |
| 170 | * [[DeadGuyJunior Dead Girl, Junior]]: Janet Wells, the daughter of the would-be RedShirt whose life she saved in "Heroes." |
| 171 | * DiesWideOpen: It's easy to miss since we only see her death secondhand via an in-universe camera, but there's a brief shot of her staring sightlessly up at the sky after she's hit. |
| 172 | * DoctorsOrders: She's given seniority whenever there's a medical emergency at the base, outranking even ''Hammond'' when such situations arise. The only who ever manages to gainsay her is Bra'tac, once, under very specific circumstances. And even then, she threatened to resign over it. |
| 173 | * FakeGuestStar: Receives guest billing throughout her entire tenure on the show, despite appearing regularly for the first seven seasons and effectively being the sixth member of the core cast. |
| 174 | * FieryRedhead: Most of the time, she's a really nice person, but trying to hurt someone she cares about ... may be the last thing you ever do. |
| 175 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: Gradually becomes this with Sam. It's implied that they practically raise Cassie together, despite Janet being her legal guardian. [[LesYay The Heterosexual part is occasionally in doubt.]] |
| 176 | * HonoraryTrueCompanion: For SG-1 and Sam in particular. |
| 177 | %%* HospitalHottie |
| 178 | * MeaningfulFuneral: Fan opinions on her death and the purpose it served are... ''divided'', but her funeral is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful and moving scenes in the entire series, with Sam reading out a list (that Teal'c put together) of all the people she's saved in her role as the CMO. |
| 179 | * TheMedic: Not the only doctor on base, but almost always the one seen providing medical care whenever the episode called for it. |
| 180 | * MajorlyAwesome: The [[SuperDoc medical equivalent]] of this, although she also sees a fair bit of action, as described above. |
| 181 | * MamaBear: At one point, she takes Nirrti hostage and demands that she fix Cassandra. Nirrti was still unwilling to help at first, even with the gun to her head. Then Hammond informed her that Fraiser was Cassandra's mother. Nirrti got a lot more cooperative after that. |
| 182 | * TheNapoleon: O'Neill jokingly calls her a "napoleonic power-monger" at one point, referring to both her diminutive stature and the strictness with which she rules the infirmary. Janet is generally a very sweet-natured person, but she can definitely be scary if her patients are being difficult. |
| 183 | * ParentalSubstitute: To Cassandra, the alien girl she adopts after her entire planet is wiped out by a virus. |
| 184 | * PintsizedPowerhouse: The rest of the cast tower over her, but they're all quick to comply whenever she starts giving out orders. She's also pretty adept in combat situations, despite her size. |
| 185 | * RankUp: Went unremarked, but at some point before "Crystal Skull", her rank insignia changed from the double-bar of a captain to the brass leaf of a major. |
| 186 | * SenselessSacrifice: How many viewed her death, especially some rat-faced politicians. She saved the man she was treating, who later admits to having some SurvivorsGuilt, feeling that he wasn't worth losing her over. He's chosen to honour her sacrifice by [[DeadGuyJunior naming his unborn daughter after her]]. |
| 187 | * ShipTease: A few hints of it with Daniel, most notably the hand-holding scene from "[[Recap/StargateSG1S5E6RiteOfPassage Rite of Passage]]". According to WordOfGod, these moments were never scripted, instead being a ThrowItIn on the part of the actors in response to the popularity of the Jack/Sam ship. |
| 188 | ** There's more than a little LesYay between her and Sam. |
| 189 | * SuperDoc: There are very few medical problems she can't deal with. She's eventually made the Chief Medical Officer of Stargate Command for a good reason. The previous Chief, Warner, retired sometime after season 3. |
| 190 | * TeamMom: Frequently falls into this towards the team as an extension of her role as TheMedic. She's generally the one looking out for mental and emotional wellbeing, as well as their physical health. |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[folder:Chief Master Sergeant Walter Harriman]] |
| 194 | !!Chief Master Sergeant Walter Harriman |
| 195 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Walter_Harriman_6870.jpg]] |
| 196 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/GaryJones |
| 197 | ->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S1E1ChildrenOfTheGods Children of the Gods]]" |
| 198 | |
| 199 | AKA Chevron Guy, sat at the computers and called out when the chevrons were locked. Didn't get fleshed out much until a few seasons in. Eventually became O'Neill's assistant when he took over for Hammond as General. |
| 200 | ---- |
| 201 | * AscendedExtra: From season 8 onward. |
| 202 | * BeleagueredAssistant: Has shades of it when he becomes personal assistant to [[BunnyEarsLawyer O'Neill]]. |
| 203 | * TheCameo: [[DemotedToExtra Demoted Back to Extra]] in ''Series/StargateUniverse'', where he makes brief appearances with O'Neill (and has gone bald on top). |
| 204 | * CantGetAwayWithNuthin: The ''one'' time he turns his back on the Stargate for a few seconds to make some coffee, it gets stolen from right under his nose. He's briefly ribbed by Daniel for it while they're investigating the gate's disappearance. |
| 205 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Chevron one encoded." |
| 206 | -->[[LampshadeHanging Lampeshaded]] with "When that happens, I, I like to change things up a little bit and just say, 'Chevron Seven, locked!'" |
| 207 | * TheComicallySerious: He takes his job ''extremely'' seriously, which somehow only serves to make him all the more humorous. |
| 208 | -->'''Daniel:''' You're kidding!\ |
| 209 | '''Walter:''' I would never do that, sir. |
| 210 | * EngagingChevrons: [[invoked]] TropeNamer. He does it every episode. |
| 211 | %%* LovableNerd |
| 212 | %%* HypercompetentSidekick |
| 213 | * MrExposition: In the first episode of the {{Retool}}, he fills the audience (and his fellow technician) in on Mitchell's backstory. |
| 214 | * NiceGuy: Both on and off the clock. |
| 215 | * PluckyComicRelief: When he's on screen for more than a split second. |
| 216 | * SeriousBusiness: Takes his job (calling out the chevron encoding) ''very'' seriously. |
| 217 | * ShoutOut: to Corporal [[Series/{{Mash}} Walter "Radar" O'Reilly]], in name, role, and ability to anticipate needs or orders |
| 218 | * SpiderSense: Always knows what O'Neill and Landry want before any announcement over the PA is made. |
| 219 | -->'''Walter:''' You have to push the button to talk, sir.\ |
| 220 | '''Landry:''' ''Sigh''... Thank you, Walter. |
| 221 | * SuddenNameChange: {{Enforced}} several times over. He started as a [[MauveShirt glorified extra]] who did nothing but call out which chevrons on the stargate had engaged, so his name wasn't seen as important to the show, but he stuck around long enough to become an AscendedExtra by season 4. Initially he wore the nametape "Norman Davis", but then Creator/RichardDeanAnderson (O'Neill) [[ThrowItIn ad-libbed his name as "Walter"]][[invoked]] in "2010". Then "Walter Davis" was changed to "Walter Harriman" because he shared his name with an actual US Air Force sergeant: the name Harriman was apparently picked because Creator/DonSDavis (Hammond) called him "Airman" in "There But for the Grace of God", which sounded like "Harriman" because of Davis's accent. |
| 222 | * WhatExactlyIsHisJob: His precise job at the SGC is a mystery for most of the series, but is finally answered in the Series 7 episode, "Heroes Part 1 & 2". Turns out that besides EngagingChevrons[[invoked]], he's also responsible for [[PortalSplat closing the Iris]] to prevent any unknown inbound travelers... and ''that's it!'' [[JustifiedTrope According to what he says in the interview, the offworld teams prefer having a human at the controls.]] In season 8 he gains the additional job of aide to General O'Neill. In the alternate BadFuture of "2010", we see Walter still working in the SGC, now having been converted into a museum. Of course, it's entirely possible that he simply [[OldRetainer came with the place]] when they bought it. |
| 223 | [[/folder]] |
| 224 | |
| 225 | [[folder:[=MSgt.=] Sylvester "Sly" Siler]] |
| 226 | !![=MSgt.=] Sylvester "Sly" Siler |
| 227 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4b79bf6bd6d77de9dccc6d37728bf1d2.jpg]] |
| 228 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/DanShea |
| 229 | ->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S1E17Solitudes Solitudes]]" |
| 230 | |
| 231 | A technical specialist and chief electrician at the SGC. He's responsible for managing the equipment that provides the massive power requirements of the Stargate. |
| 232 | |
| 233 | He's a fairly minor recurring character, but notable for being one of only seven characters to appear in all 10 seasons, the others being the original main cast plus Walter Harriman. |
| 234 | |
| 235 | The actor also served at the show's lead stunt coordinator as well as Creator/RichardDeanAnderson's stunt double, which as time went on, lead to Siler taking a lot of hits and falls... and we mean A LOT. |
| 236 | ---- |
| 237 | * ButtMonkey: He's been electrocuted countless times and is often the victim of various other [[AmusingInjury Amusing Injuries]]. Being played by the lead stunt coordinator for the series tends to invite all sorts of shenanigans, it seems. |
| 238 | %%* TheEngineer |
| 239 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: He can often be seen wandering around the background of a shot holding a comically large wrench. Several scenes in the infirmary also have him visible in one of the beds, awaiting treatment for his latest mishap. |
| 240 | * MrFixit: He's usually the guy called on to carry out technical repairs on the gate. |
| 241 | * OddFriendship: He has a particular friendship with O'Neill. This is actually a CreatorInJoke: Dan Shea is also Richard Dean Anderson's stunt double for O'Neill. |
| 242 | -->'''Col. O'Neill:''' I expect to be put in your will for this!\ |
| 243 | '''[=MSgt=]. Siler:''' Already in it, sir.\ |
| 244 | '''Col. O'Neill:''' [[SureLetsGoWithThat ...okay, that's... weird.]] |
| 245 | * ScottyTime: Lampshaded and averted when the SGC's gate is damaged and half of SG-1 is trapped off-world until it's fixed. |
| 246 | -->'''[=MSgt=]. Siler:''' That'll be twenty-four hours, General. Mimimum.\ |
| 247 | '''Teal'c:''' Captain Carter and Colonel O'Neill do not have that long.\ |
| 248 | '''Gen. Hammond:''' I'll give you ''half'' that!\ |
| 249 | '''[=MSgt=]. Siler:''' Sorry, sir, it doesn't work like that. Twenty-four hours is the best I can do. |
| 250 | [[/folder]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder:Colonel Robert Makepeace]] |
| 253 | !!Colonel Robert Makepeace |
| 254 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b5cc2ac8c09f080a3a3a92a36edc3b2b.jpg]] |
| 255 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/SteveMakaj |
| 256 | ->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S1E4TheBrocaDivide The Broca Divide]]" |
| 257 | |
| 258 | A Marine and the original leader of SG-3. Despite a somewhat obnoxious personality, Makepeace was generally considered to be a fairly decent guy and volunteered to lead the rescue operation when SG-1 was captured by Hathor. However, he was later exposed as a [[TheMole Mole]] for the rogue NID during a sting operation, and was swiftly PutOnABus. |
| 259 | ---- |
| 260 | * BigDamnHeroes: He leads the rescue operation when SG-1 are captured by Hathor in the season 3 premiere. Slightly subverted, as his men end up getting captured themselves and it takes the intervention of Teal'c, Bra'tac and General Hammond to save them. |
| 261 | * ColonelBadass: He can definitely hold his own in combat, though we rarely get to see him in action. |
| 262 | * FantasticRacism: A subtle example, but he dismissively refers to Teal'c as "the Jaffa" when he's temporarily given command of SG-1, acting as an early tip-off that he might not be quite the stand-up guy he pretends to be. |
| 263 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: Former TropeNamer. We can assume he saw plenty of action as commander of the SGC's marine unit, but little of it takes place onscreen because, well, the show isn't called ''Stargate SG-3''. Again, becomes a subversion when he's outed as the mole. |
| 264 | * InterserviceRivalry: A downplayed example, some friendly flyboys/jarheads ribbing, occurs between his team and the Air Force personnel in his introductory episode. |
| 265 | * TheMole: It's revealed in "[[Recap/StargateSG1S3E18ShadesOfGrey Shades of Grey]]" that he's been using his missions as a cover to steal alien technology for Maybourne and his cohorts. |
| 266 | * NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Subverts it twice in the same episode; despite enthusiastically volunteering for the rescue mission, he tells Carter and Daniel to consider O'Neill a casualty on finding out that he's been implanted with a Goa'uld symbiote, and later stops Daniel from helping a fallen Marine. |
| 267 | * PutOnABus: The last we ever see of him is as he's being arrested, though it seems safe to assume that he's been rotting in jail ever since. |
| 268 | * SemperFi: The first important Marine character to be introduced, and he embodies a lot of the stereotypes with his brash personality. |
| 269 | [[/folder]] |
| 270 | |
| 271 | [[folder:Colonel Albert Reynolds]] |
| 272 | !!Colonel Albert Reynolds |
| 273 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a3c4a73dc128fd74f566b330a25c3fca.jpg]] |
| 274 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/EricBreker |
| 275 | ->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S2E14Touchstone Touchstone]]" |
| 276 | |
| 277 | Another Marine, first introduced working at Area 51 but eventually joined the SGC and took over as the leader of SG-3. His team were largely there to support SG-1 during their more dangerous missions, but he became a fairly important recurring character over time. |
| 278 | ---- |
| 279 | * AscendedExtra: Initially introduced as a minor oneshot character, but starts cropping up in more and more episodes after he joins the SGC and especially after taking command of the marine unit. |
| 280 | * ColonelBadass: He seems to acquit himself fairly well whenever he's out in the field. |
| 281 | %%* DeadpanSnarker: [[TheGadfly Vala]]. |
| 282 | * TheGenericGuy: Doesn't have much by way of a personality, even after his appearances become more frequent. |
| 283 | * HeelFaceTurn: Possibly. He's initially introduced working for the NID out of Area 51 before joining the SGC, but there's never been any reason to suspect he was involved with the rogue element. |
| 284 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: Picks this up and runs with it after Makepeace's departure, arguably embodying the trope more than Makepeace ever did. He's usually the guy making some kind of discovery in the first five minutes of an episode before SG-1 are dispatched to check it out. |
| 285 | * NiceGuy: He's generally fairly affable and seems to get on well with all of the main characters, though he's occasionally prone to OpenMouthInsertFoot. |
| 286 | * NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Gives a whole speech about this when Ba'al claims to be holding SG-1 hostage shortly after O'Neill's promotion. |
| 287 | * NumberTwo: After Hammond's departure, he becomes the military 2IC for the entire base (as a full-blown colonel, he outranks both Carter and Mitchell) and is occasionally given command when O'Neill or Landry are unavailable. |
| 288 | * RankUp: Initially introduced as a major, but he's a colonel by the time he reappears three seasons later. |
| 289 | * SemperFi: Replaces Makepeace as the show's token Marine character. Which is rather odd considering he was first introduced as an Air Force officer working at Area 51. |
| 290 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Makepeace, though he's more toned-down personality wise. |
| 291 | * WorstAid: He freaks out at one point when it looks as though he might have to give Hammond mouth-to-mouth, and is ''incredibly'' relieved when he comes around of his own accord. As an experienced and high-ranking officer, you'd think he'd know better. |
| 292 | -->'''Reynolds:''' Excellent! ''Excellent'' waking up, sir! |
| 293 | [[/folder]] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | [[folder:Lieutenant Jennifer Hailey]] |
| 296 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jennifer_hailey.jpg]] |
| 297 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/ElisabethRosen\ |
| 298 | '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S4E19Prodigy Prodigy]]" |
| 299 | |
| 300 | Introduced in "Prodigy" as a brilliant, but rebellious and bored, cadet at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Major Carter takes her under her wing and convinces General Hammond to let her come offworld with her on a mission. |
| 301 | |
| 302 | She returns in "Proving Ground" after being commissioned as one of the SG team trainees. |
| 303 | ---- |
| 304 | * BrilliantButLazy: She's noted to have gotten a zero on one assignment because she turned in a positively brilliant proof, but on a completely unrelated topic because she thought the assignment was boring. |
| 305 | * BullyHunter: She's also mentioned to have broken another cadet's nose for harassing an underclassman. |
| 306 | * CommonalityConnection: It's strongly implied that Carter sees quite a lot of herself in Hailey, hence why she takes such a liking to her. For her part, Hailey has had people unfavorably comparing her to Carter since she first arrived. |
| 307 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Carter is guest-lecturing Hailey's astrophysics class at the Air Force Academy, and Hailey somewhat rudely tells Carter her answer to an example question is wrong. The professor is annoyed, but Carter looks over the equation and says Hailey is correct. |
| 308 | * NormalFishInATinyPond: Basically what happened after she came to the Academy: having been the class genius in her hometown, she is now only marginally above average in a class ''full'' of class geniuses (due to the selectivity of the service academies), and is acting out. [[LampshadeHanging Carter calls her out for it during one of their conversations.]] |
| 309 | * RankUp: Between her two appearances in the series, she has, as Carter predicted, graduated at or near the top of her class and is now a full-fledged lieutenant. In the ExpandedUniverse ShortStory "Sun-Breaker", set in 2010, she has reached the rank of major and serves under Colonel Carter's command on the USS ''George S. Hammond''. |
| 310 | * AWolfInSheepsClothing: In "Proving Ground" [[spoiler:it turns out she's a full-fledged SG team member already and was planted in Elliott's training unit to help test him]]. |
| 311 | [[/folder]] |
| 312 | |
| 313 | [[folder:Lieutenant Kevin Elliot]] |
| 314 | !!Lieutenant Kevin Elliot |
| 315 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kevin_elliot.jpg]] |
| 316 | -> '''Played By:''' Creator/CourtenayJStevens\ |
| 317 | '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S5E13ProvingGround Proving Ground]]" |
| 318 | |
| 319 | A Lieutenant in the US Airforce who was recruited for Stargate Command after going through several Training Scenarios. After proving his worth in "Proving Ground," he was assigned to the team SG-17. |
| 320 | ---- |
| 321 | * EmergencyTransformation: [[spoiler:Lantash (the late Martouf's symbiote) takes him as a host in an attempt to save them both after Anubis's Jaffa bombard the Tok'ra base on Revanna and cause a cave-in that shatters Lantash's tank and critically injures Elliot]]. |
| 322 | * HeroicSacrifice: |
| 323 | ** Averted, but not for lack of trying. In "Proving Ground" when it appears Lt. Hailey is unconscious and will be killed by radiation from the Stargate wormhole, Elliot rushes into the gate room to close the Stargate manually and save her knowing full well he will most likely die from the radiation. [[spoiler:Turns out this was a SecretTestOfCharacter and she was never in danger at all.]] |
| 324 | ** [[DoubleSubversion Later played straight]] in "Last Stand" where [[spoiler:he and the Tok'ra Lantash sacrifice themselves to take out Goua'uld forces and allow SG-1 and Jacob Carter enough time to escape.]] |
| 325 | * ISurrenderSuckers: [[spoiler:He's last seen planning to allow himself and Lantash to be taken prisoner by the Jaffa so he can clear the area around the stargate with symbiote poison--which will kill him, too.]] |
| 326 | * SecretlyDying: [[spoiler:When the Tok'ra base on Ravenna is bombarded by Anubis, he's badly injured in a tunnel collapse. The Tok'ra symbiote Lantash, who had survived the death of Martouf, jumps into him after his healing chamber is smashed in the same collapse, but is too weak to heal them both fully. Elliot and Lantash end up pulling an ISurrenderSuckers on Anubis's Jaffa to let the others escape through the stargate.]] |
| 327 | * TwoFirstNames: His last name, Elliot, can also be a given name. |
| 328 | [[/folder]] |
| 329 | |
| 330 | [[folder:Lieutenant Satterfield]] |
| 331 | !!Lieutenant Satterfield |
| 332 | [[quoteright:387:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a128f6cd4bba73411be58d6ef4145d23.jpg]] |
| 333 | -> '''Played By:''' Creator/GracePark |
| 334 | -> '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S5E13ProvingGround Proving Ground]]" |
| 335 | |
| 336 | A Lieutenant in the US Airforce recruited for Stargate Command. She seemed to have an interest in archaeological artifacts and Daniel Jackson. |
| 337 | ---- |
| 338 | * [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl Always Save the Guy]]: Shows shades of this toward Daniel. In the first training simulation she let her personal feelings for him cloud her judgement and hesitated to shoot him even as he was shooting her team members (in the simulation, where he was taken over by a Goa'uld, of course; they weren't in real danger). Even when she sees that he is the leader of the apparently [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] SGC in the second simulation (which they don't know is a simulation this time), she expresses concern for him in particular and tells her team members, "We have to save him." Even though she does shoot him and render him unconscious with her stungun, she uses her own body to shield him from an impending C4 explosion (which never exploded, but the sentiment was there.) Daniel even picks up on it and after the simulation is over jokingly tells her, "Hey, thanks for the save." |
| 339 | * ApologeticAttacker: In an elaborate training simulation, Daniel Jackson is pretending to be the leader of the mind-controlled SGC. Satterfield sneaks up behind him and reluctantly shoots him with her Stun gun, then says "So sorry." |
| 340 | * DistractedByTheSexy: At least from her point of view. During a training scenario, when she and the other new recruits were faced with Carter and Daniel pointing guns at each other and accusing the other of being a Goa'uld, she refused to believe Daniel was a Goa'uld because "she thinks he's cute." Unfortunately, Daniel was playing the Goa'ul and Carter was playing the Tok'ra. |
| 341 | --> '''O'Neill:''' What's your excuse?\ |
| 342 | '''Satterfield:''' I didn't believe Dr. Jackson was a Goa'uld.\ |
| 343 | '''Carter:''' Why not?\ |
| 344 | '''Satterfield:''' I don't know, ma'am. That was just my instinct.\ |
| 345 | '''Hailey:''' She thinks he's cute. |
| 346 | * LastNameBasis: Her first name is never mentioned. |
| 347 | * OneShotCharacter: Created as part of Elliot's group for a LowerDeckEpisode and never seen again afterwards. |
| 348 | [[/folder]] |
| 349 | |
| 350 | !!Civilian Personnel |
| 351 | |
| 352 | [[folder:Dr. Carolyn Lam]] |
| 353 | !!Dr. Carolyn Lam |
| 354 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Carolyn_Lam_5166.JPG]] |
| 355 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/LexaDoig |
| 356 | ->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S9E2AvalonPart2 Avalon, Part 2]]" |
| 357 | |
| 358 | The SGC's new medical doctor, after a season without a recurring character in this role following Fraiser's death back in season 7. General Landry's daughter, played by Michael Shanks's wife (which was a total surprise for him when she was cast). |
| 359 | ---- |
| 360 | * AndStarring: Like Fraiser, she was listed at the end of the guest star credits with "And Lexa Doig as Dr. Lam". |
| 361 | * DeadpanSnarker: She rarely cracks a smile and she can be pretty sarcastic when it comes to dealing with her father. |
| 362 | * DefrostingIceQueen: Towards Landry. She starts out ''very'' frosty towards him and insists that they maintain a strictly professional relationship, but she starts to thaw out some after seeing firsthand just how stressful his job can be. Watching him almost die from the Prior plague probably helped, too. |
| 363 | * TheGeneralsDaughter: Downplayed most of the time, but in one episode Mitchell chews out another soldier for making an inappropriate comment about hoping she'll give him a sponge bath, warning the guy not to repeat such things around Landry. |
| 364 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: Used a façade to try and push General Landry, her dad, at arm's length. She was pretty good at it for a while, which led to a lot of {{wangst}} on her part. |
| 365 | %%* HospitalHottie |
| 366 | * TheMedic: As a medical doctor and Fraiser's replacement, this is a given. |
| 367 | * SuperDoc: Not many doctors are good enough to fill Fraiser's shoes, but Lam pulled it off. |
| 368 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Fraiser. |
| 369 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Due to Lexa Doig's [[RealLifeWritesThePlot pregnancy and maternity leave]], she only appears in two episodes of season 10. Since the show was cancelled before an eleventh season could be made, the ongoing subplot about her strained relationship with her father is never resolved. |
| 370 | [[/folder]] |
| 371 | |
| 372 | [[folder:Dr. Bill Lee]] |
| 373 | !!Dr. Bill Lee |
| 374 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ddf61ee5e9c84cd6033b9d30c7398210.jpg]] |
| 375 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/BillDow |
| 376 | ->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S4E19Prodigy Prodigy]]" |
| 377 | |
| 378 | A brilliant but inefficient civilian scientist at the SGC. Despite being a resident expert in [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist whatever field of science an episode required of him]], he was rarely good enough to solve the problem of the week. One of the few characters to appear in all three series. |
| 379 | ---- |
| 380 | * AscendedExtra: Originally part of a one-off group of scientists, he became more prominent and fleshed-out as the series progressed. |
| 381 | * ButtMonkey: Often treated as a joke compared to other scientists, with things rarely going well for him. |
| 382 | * TheCameo: Shows up very briefly in the ''Series/StargateUniverse'' pilot when Dr. Rush body switches with him (with one more cameo apperance in "Twin Destinies"). It makes Lee one of the few characters to appear in all three series. |
| 383 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: Much of his role on the show seems to be screwing things up so that Jack and/or Daniel can snark about how useless he is while Sam finds the ''real'' solution, despite the fact that he's supposed to be a brilliant scientist in his own right. |
| 384 | -->'''Lee:''' You know, I keep telling myself that one of these days, I'm gonna do something that actually earns me a little respect around here. |
| 385 | -->'''Daniel:''' We're all waiting for that day, Bill. |
| 386 | * EntertaininglyWrong: Most of his theories tend to fall under this, with a particularly amusing example being the time he cited "miniaturization" as a probable reason for the sudden disappearance of Carter and Mitchell (they were actually out of phase). |
| 387 | * KavorkaMan: He seems to attract quite a bit of attention from the ladies during one episode where he and Carter attend a technology exhibit, much to Carter's bemusement. |
| 388 | * LabRat: As he's not a field operative, he fits this trope even more than Carter, being rarely seen outside of his lab after his unfortunate experience in Honduras. |
| 389 | * NonActionGuy: Since season 4 and still going. |
| 390 | * OmnidisciplinaryScientist: He's done work in physics, engineering, alien technology, alien biology, archaeology and more. |
| 391 | * PluckyComicRelief: If he appears, he's more than likely to serve this role. |
| 392 | * PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: When he comes up with a solution in ''Atlantis'', he uses [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians the Twilight Bark]] as an example[[note]]His kids have been really into 101 Dalmations lately.[[/note]], which no one in the room recognizes. He changes the analogy to ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', which everyone gets immediately. |
| 393 | * ProudToBeAGeek: A diehard fan of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' and not one bit ashamed to admit it. |
| 394 | * ReplacementFlatCharacter: After Daniel Jackson graduated to BadassBookworm, he became the new geeky non-action scientist. |
| 395 | * TheStoolPigeon: After he and Daniel are captured and tortured by Honduran rebels during a mission to retrieve a piece of alien {{Phlebotinum}}, he ends up telling their captors everything they want to know before too long. |
| 396 | * ThrowTheDogABone: Every once in a while Lee would be the one to save the day. This happened quite a bit more during his appearances on Atlantis, such as when he single-handily figured out a way to send a message to the city using the battlecruiser ''Daedalus'' as a relay from the Milky Way to Pegasus. |
| 397 | * TookALevelInKindness: One of his first appearances had him getting in a very heated verbal fight with Sam over what he perceived to be a pointless search for a missing Colonel O'Neill. Pretty much the rest of his appearances had him as a NiceGuy. |
| 398 | [[/folder]] |
| 399 | |
| 400 | [[folder:Dr. Robert Rothman]] |
| 401 | !!Dr. Robert Rothman |
| 402 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a81dcf1566627f839c92b92274c28930.jpg]] |
| 403 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/JasonSchombing |
| 404 | ->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S3E10ForeverInADay Forever in a Day]]" |
| 405 | |
| 406 | An archaeologist who existed mostly to fill a spot on the team whenever Daniel was incapacitated. Didn't get along with the military or people in general, though he seemed to be fairly good friends with Daniel. Unceremoniously killed off in his third episode after he was infested by a Goa'uld symbiote. |
| 407 | ---- |
| 408 | * AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Gets taken over by a symbiote when he joins the team for a rescue mission on the primordial Goa'uld homeworld. |
| 409 | * CaptainObvious: When asked to examine the crystal skull that sends Daniel out of phase for a while: |
| 410 | -->'''Rothman:''' ...It's a crystal skull. |
| 411 | -->'''Hammond:''' We knew ''that'', Doctor. |
| 412 | * ForgottenFallenFriend: Apparently a good friend of Daniel's, but don't expect to hear him mentioned after his death. |
| 413 | * TheLoad: He slows the team up with both his lack of experience and his constant complaining when he joins them in the field. |
| 414 | * MauveShirt: Killed off with little fanfare in his third appearance. |
| 415 | * OmnidisciplinaryScientist: A minor example that seems to arise from the writers not knowing the difference between archaeology and paleontology. In his first few episodes it's implied he works in a similar field to Daniel, but he later claims to be an expert on fossils. |
| 416 | * RealAfterAll: His first appearance turns out to be part of a dream sequence, but he shows up in the real world a few episodes later. |
| 417 | * ReplacementFlatCharacter: All three of his episodes have him assisting the team on a temporary basis while Daniel is out of commission and highlighting the fact that he no longer fits the same "inexperienced scientist" mold as Rothman. |
| 418 | [[/folder]] |
| 419 | |
| 420 | [[folder:Dr. Jay Felger]] |
| 421 | !!Dr. Jay Felger |
| 422 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2a35189d56431d4ef519fe213526546d.jpg]] |
| 423 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/PatrickMcKenna |
| 424 | ->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S6E8TheOtherGuys The Other Guys]]" |
| 425 | |
| 426 | A largely incompetent scientist who hero-worshipped SG-1, to their great annoyance. Only appeared in two episodes, but they were among the most memorable of the show's comedic offerings. |
| 427 | ---- |
| 428 | * ActionSurvivor: He has zero combat experience and it shows, but he does manage to zat at least one Jaffa. Just the fact that he ''survives'' is impressive in his own right. |
| 429 | * AllUpToYou: Humorously subverted in his first appearance. He decides it's up to him and another scientist to "rescue" SG-1 after seeing them apparently being captured, but O'Neill reveals that they deliberately ''allowed'' themselves to be taken in order to liaise with a Tok'ra spy. |
| 430 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Lampshaded by Carter, who persuades Hammond to give him another chance by pointing out that for all his many, ''many'' flaws, the SGC wouldn't have hired him if he wasn't a brilliant scientist. |
| 431 | * ButtMonkey: If something he's working on can go wrong, it more than likely will. |
| 432 | * GeekPhysiques: The skinny sort. |
| 433 | * HeroWorshipper: Towards SG-1, something they're not particularly thrilled by. |
| 434 | * LowerDeckEpisode: Both of the episodes he appears in feature him as the central character. In his second appearance, Carter is the only member of the team to get her usual amount of screentime. |
| 435 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sends a computer virus to a planet ruled by Ba'al in the hopes out putting his Stargate out of commission, only for Ba'al to modify the program and disable the entire gate network. |
| 436 | * ObliviousToLove: He's totally clueless about the fact that his assistant is totally enamored until she decides to plant one on him. |
| 437 | * PluckyComicRelief: Invariably plays this role whenever he shows up. |
| 438 | * ThoseTwoGuys: In his first appearence he was paired up with another scientist named Coombs and formed something of a comedy double-act with him. |
| 439 | [[/folder]] |
| 440 | |
| 441 | !!Battlecruiser Crew Members |
| 442 | |
| 443 | [[folder:Major Kevin Marks]] |
| 444 | !!Major Kevin Marks |
| 445 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/178e1ebb8b3d361ceadd53a172646792.jpg]] |
| 446 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/MartinChristopher |
| 447 | ->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S9E1AvalonPart1 Avalon, Part 1]]" |
| 448 | |
| 449 | Senior officer aboard the ''Prometheus'', and later the ''Odyssey''. Served a similar role to Walter, only JustForFun/InSpace. Never a major player, but notable for serving on every American owned battlecruiser at least once and being one of only eight characters to appear in all three series. |
| 450 | ---- |
| 451 | * AscendedExtra: He has a more prominent role in ''[[Film/StargateTheArkOfTruth Ark of Truth]]'' than any of his previous appearances in the series itself. |
| 452 | * BackToBackBadasses: With Carter vs. the Replicators in ''Ark of Truth''. |
| 453 | * BridgeBunnies: A male version. He always seems to be hanging around whatever ship the team is currently using and his role largely consists of sitting at the bridge and announcing whatever it's doing. |
| 454 | * TheComicallySerious: Like Walter, he takes his job pretty seriously, and his reactions to the antics of the team are sometimes fairly amusing. |
| 455 | * RankUp: Twice in the space of one year; first from lieutenant to captain, and then to major. |
| 456 | * RunningGag: His complete bewilderment whenever one of the team assumes command of the ship and starts channeling Trek. |
| 457 | * TookALevelInBadass: Not generally very combat-oriented, but he picks up a P90 to help Carter fight the Replicator hordes in ''Ark of Truth''. |
| 458 | * WhatExactlyIsHisJob: It's never made entirely clear what his exact role is supposed to be. There are some episodes where he seems to be the weapons officer, but others imply he's the pilot or navigations. |
| 459 | [[/folder]] |
| 460 | |
| 461 | [[folder:Colonel Lionel Pendergast]] |
| 462 | !!Colonel Lionel Pendergast |
| 463 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6ccdb4da4289c1da11a3aef5ccb705e6.jpg]] |
| 464 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/BarclayHope |
| 465 | ->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S8E2NewOrderPart2 New Order, Part 2]]" |
| 466 | |
| 467 | Commander of the ''Prometheus''. Became something of an EnsembleDarkhorse until he made a HeroicSacrifice and got blown up along with his ship in "[[Recap/StargateSG1S9E15Ethon Ethon]]" |
| 468 | ---- |
| 469 | * TheCaptain: Fits the trope due to his role as commander of the ''Prometheus'', though his rank is colonel. |
| 470 | * DangerDeadpan: Always speaks in calm, measured tones even when all manner of shit is going down. |
| 471 | * GoingDownWithTheShip: He stays behind to ensure the crew are beamed safely to a nearby planet when the ''Prometheus'' is destroyed. |
| 472 | * KilledOffForReal: In "[[Recap/StargateSG1S9E15Ethon Ethon]]". |
| 473 | * MauveShirt: Never got a huge amount of characterization before his death, despite appearing in quite a few episodes. |
| 474 | * SacrificialLion: His death and the loss of ''Prometheus'' towards the end of season 9 largely serve to demonstrate the seriousness of the Ori threat. |
| 475 | [[/folder]] |
| 476 | |
| 477 | [[folder:Colonel Paul Emerson]] |
| 478 | !!Colonel Paul Emerson |
| 479 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/88582a0e56966230552c2c34ba481fe5.jpg]] |
| 480 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/MatthewGlave |
| 481 | ->'''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/StargateSG1S9E16OffTheGrid Off the Grid]]" |
| 482 | |
| 483 | Commander of the ''Odyssey''. Served pretty much the exact same role as Pendergast, and met a similarly sticky end (though his ship survived). |
| 484 | ---- |
| 485 | * TheCaptain: Like Pendergast, he fits the trope due to his role despite being a colonel. |
| 486 | * DeadpanSnarker: Has shades of this in the aftermath of the CurbStompBattle with the Ori. |
| 487 | * KickTheDog: Becomes a victim of this when he's shot in cold blood in order establish the Lucian Alliance as a serious threat. |
| 488 | * KilledOffForReal: In "[[Recap/StargateSG1S10E9CompanyOfThieves Company of Thieves]]". |
| 489 | * MauveShirt: Never gets a major role before he's killed off. |
| 490 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Pendergast. He shows up in his shiny new ship the ''next episode'' after the ''Prometheus'' is lost. Emerson himself is replaced by Colonel Ian Davidson who serves the exact same MauveShirt role. |
| 491 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Gets shot in the chest then has three more bullets emptied into him after he goes down. |
| 492 | * YouAreInCommandNow: Invoked in a ''very'' dark manner when Anateo has him shot in order to make Carter the ranking officer on the ship. |
| 493 | [[/folder]] |
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