Line #13 YMMV/Fringe


1	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
2	** Walternate - Magnificent Bastard with a touch of OmnicidalManiac for spice; or simply a man who saw a series of attacks on his ''universe'' - that have killed [[AMillionIsAStatistic thousands, if not millions]], starting with [[spoiler: the kidnapping of his son]], and may possibly culminate with a [[ApocalypseHow Class X-4 Apocalypse]] - and believes this to be the result of a deliberate attack by "our" side, and thus regards himself as fighting a war. John Noble sees it as [[TakeAThirdOption both.]]
3	** Played with in Season 3: Walter says he no longer sees Walternate as pure evil after facing the choice to seal a soft-spot with amber. Walternate, in turn, says he will never authorise experiments on children, a line Walter crossed a long time ago. In Season 4, with the alternate timeline, Walternate is no longer a bad guy, but remains mistrusted by "our" side.
4	** The Observer in "An Origin Story". [[NotSoStoic Was he really displaying a fear response?]] Did he say what he did simply to screw with Peter's head? Or was he really devoid of any emotion?
5	** There is a mild one for [[BigBad Captain Windmark]]: Is he a BlueAndOrangeMorality KnightTemplar WellIntentionedExtremist who is trying to build the perfect world for his nation of Observers or TheSociopath, TheUnfettered who just ''loves'' to squash humans like bugs [[ForTheEvulz for the Hell of it]]? [[TakeAThirdOption Or both]]?
6	* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:After a season of outfoxing the Fringe divisions of both universes, David Robert Jones is rather unceremoniously defeated in a fistfight with Peter in the penultimate episode of Season 4 (granted, Peter did have a telekinetic assist from Olivia).]]
7	* AwardSnub: John Noble's lack of even a single Emmy ''nomination'' has left many fans howling. Anna Torv does an amazing job too.
8	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The theme/intro music is very distinct and memorable.
9	%%** Fauxlivia's theme. "Newton's Last Mission" on the soundtrack.
10	%%** Peter and Olivia's theme. "Love In the Time Of Crossing Over."
11	%%** "The Equation."
12	%%** "Devastation Nation."
13	%%** "Doppleganger Up On Reality." [[spoiler: It's the music playing when blue!Peter dies.]]
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15	* BaseBreakingCharacter:
16	** Charlie. [[spoiler: Many fans were left very unhappy when he was replaced by an imposter]].
17	** [[BodySurf Bellivia.]] Anna Torv's acting was either brilliant, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious]] or the [[{{Narm}} stupidest thing ever done.]] [[NarmCharm Sometimes, all three.]]
18	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
19	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ0eYUMxIT4 Singing Corpses!]]
20	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dev-cWIy8A "Black Umbrella."]]
21	* BizarroEpisode: Season 2 episode 20, "Brown Betty". Season 3 episode 19, "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide". Season 5 episode 9, "Black Blotter". No, it's not a coincidence that all are named after (and involve use of) mind-altering drugs.
22	** Also Season 4 episode 19 "Letters of Transit" is unrelated to the current plot, but is a sneak peek of Season 5.
23	* CaptainObviousReveal: [[spoiler:It's pretty easy to figure out that William Bell is the main villain of season 4. All of the villains in season 4 were closely associated with Bell in the previous timeline (Jones hero-worshiped him, the shapeshifters were invented by him, and Nina Sharp was potentially involved with him romantically), the show deliberately never brings him up outside of a few passing mentions by Walter despite never being killed in the new timeline, and he was never exactly a "good guy" to begin with. When he finally appears in season 4's finale, few were surprised.]]
24	* CompleteMonster: Most villains have [[WellIntentionedExtremist sympathetic motivations]] to their actions and/or redeeming qualities. Nevertheless, there have been exceptions.
25	** Seasons 1 & 4: [[WesternTerrorists David Robert Jones]], the head of [[Characters/FringeZFT ZFT]] utilizes bio-attacks with the Pattern, showcasing the danger of different types of powers via the innocent lives that are taken. Seemingly well-intentioned, Jones later [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist completely abandons any pretense]], happily murdering those in his trail, including the shapeshifter he supposedly "loved" just to make a point on how dangerous he is. Assisting William Bell, Jones plots to obliterate all of two timelines, leaving only the template for Bell's new world without any of Bell's more positive qualities or intents.
26	** "[[Recap/FringeS04E19LettersOfTransit Letters Of Transit]]" & Season 5: [[TheDreaded Captain Windmark]] is an [[Characters/FringeObservers Observer]] who led his kind to invade Earth in 2015. Conquering Earth, Windmark would oppress the humans living there for 21 years, [[PlayingWithSyringes conducting torturous experiments]] on them and making the planet's air toxic for them, causing many to become deformed or dying. When the Fringe team escape from their amber hibernation, Windmark {{mind rape}}s numerous people in his pursuit of the team, and murders Peter and Olivia's daughter Etta. When Windmark learns of the team's plan to use the Anomaly, Michael, to prevent the invasion from happening, Windmark capture Michael with plans to [[WouldHurtAChild disassemble him]], and mind rapes Phillip to near-death when he learns of his allegiance to the Fringe team. While most Observers use cold logic to justify their actions, Windmark admits [[ThePowerOfHate pure hatred]] is the reason behind his, ending the series as one of its vilest villains.
27	** "[[Recap/FringeS01E01Pilot Pilot]]": Richard Steig is a former employee of [[Characters/FringeMassiveDynamic Massive Dynamic]] who was asked to steal research into airborne viral contagions, research that had been conducted by the scientists Walter Bishop and William Bell decades earlier. Stieg was able to manufacture a flesh-melting contagion that causes the infected individual's [[BodyHorror skin to decompose in a matter of seconds]]. The contagion was then smuggled onto Flight 627 in his twin brother Morgan Steig's insulin pen. He chose Morgan to show his "commitment" for potential buyers for the toxin. Everyone on the plane died when the toxin made them crystalize.
28	** "[[Recap/FringeS01E06TheCure The Cure]]": David Esterbrook was the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive head]] of the pharmaceutical research division of the company [=INtREPUS=]. Esterbrook, to make money, created a program that would forcibly abduct and turn young women who suffered from a rare disease into unknowing radiation [[SuicideAttack suicide bombers]]. He tested this on a cafe full of innocent people, causing their brains to boil and burst. After the first test, Esterbrook simply opted to repeat the process, showing no remorse or hesitation when confronted by Special Agent Olivia Dunham.
29	** "[[Recap/FringeS02E14TheBishopRevival The Bishop Revival]]": The artificially youthful Nazi MadScientist Alfred Hoffman was an unrepentant sociopath who survived the war and went into hiding. Decades later, Hoffman resurfaces with his greatest creation: a toxin he engineers to target specific genetic strains. He first tests it on a [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust Holocaust]] survivor and her family at a wedding. He later tests it on a cafe to confirm its effectiveness and the fact he can use it to kill anyone not part of his "MasterRace". Before Walter Bishop [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turns the toxin on Hoffman himself]], Hoffman is about to deliver it at a human rights conference to kill everyone there.
30	** "[[Recap/FringeS03E07TheAbducted The Abducted]]": [[SinisterMinister Reverend Marcus]] and [[TheDragon Wyatt Toomy]] are responsible for the string of [[WouldHurtAChild child kidnappings]] in the parallel universe. Wyatt, "The Candyman", would kidnap these children and along with Marcus would extract the hormones from their spines where Wyatt would use the hormones to make himself young while Marcus would use them to promote his cult, the Astoria Church, fueling his [[AGodAmI god complex]]; the kidnapped children would become disfigured and ill, even dying as a result of the duo's torturous experiments, with Phillip Broyles's son, Christopher, ending up blind. When Olivia Dunham kills Wyatt and rescues his latest victim, Marcus attempts to kill Christopher, only to be killed by Phillip himself.
31	* DieForOurShip:
32	** [[spoiler: Alternate!Olivia]] is not exactly well liked by the Peter/Olivia shippers.
33	** Rachel got a little hate for flirting with Peter.
34	* DracoInLeatherPants: Thomas Jerome Newton is arguably the most popular villain in the series. [[EvilBrit And why]] not?
35	** Despite being an absolute complete dick, a lot of fans have taken to Windmark.
36	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Charlie, Lincoln (in both universes), Gene the cow , Scarlie, William Bell, Brandon, Sam Weiss, Alistair Peck, Henry Higgins the cab driver, and Asteroid! Er... I mean Astrix! Oh wait no. Astro! That's it.
37	* EvilIsCool: When you have [[TheChessmaster David Robert]] [[WickedCultured Jones]], [[ManipulativeBastard Thomas]] [[EvilBrit Jerome Newton]], [[OmnicidalManiac Secretary]] [[TragicVillain Walternate]], [[spoiler: [[Creator/LeonardNimoy William Bell]] and [[SharpDressedMan Captain]] [[SoftSpokenSadist Windmark]], it almost seems like they were TRYING to invoke this.]]
38	* FanNickname:
39	** A common fan nickname for alternate universe Walter was "Walternate." Guess what Walter calls him as of episode "Peter."
40	** Altivia, Bolivia, Fauxlivia, or, to some especially uncharitable Peter/Olivia shippers, Holivia. It's worth noting that the fans are fiercely divided on which FanNickname to use. The series usually uses 'Bolivia' or Fauxlivia and the latter was used by Walter in one episode.
41	** And now there's [[spoiler: Bellivia]]. Really.
42	** Altstrid.
43	** Ellanate.
44	** Charlnate (or Scarlie) and Lincolnate - though who the latter refers to is a source of debate among the fandom, since Lincoln is a much more prominent character in the alt universe. Some people have taking to referring to the Lincoln on "our" side as 'Kennedy', since Walter called him that once.
45	** Meana Sharp for the [[spoiler:alternate Nina in the Amber universe that is working with Jones]]
46	** Fans refer to themselves as [[IncrediblyLamePun Cortexifans]].
47	** The Polivia shippers call themselves "benchwarmers."
48	** September was renamed Sasstember after he actually makes a ''joke'' in 5x11.
49	** The Man In The X T-Shirt is usually referred to as "Mr. X", "Zeppelin Man", or "Man X."
50	* FanPreferredCouple: Most everyone would love to see Lincoln (alternate universe) and Fauxlivia together.
51	** [[spoiler:She ends up with Lincoln from the original universe.]]
52	* GrowingTheBeard:
53	** After the episode "Peter", the series generally lost its monster of the week formula and the alternate universe angle became much more prominent. The show has been far better ever since.
54	** There's a lot of first season contenders for which episode Grew the Beard, all of them being episodes that introduced some element of the MythArc.
55	*** "The Arrival", which introduced the Observer.
56	*** "In Which We Meet Mr. Jones", which gave us the first BigBad of the series.
57	*** "Ability", which fleshed out ZFT and the concept of the War with the Other Side, and introduced Olivia's cortexiphan abilities.
58	*** "There's More Than One of Everything", which revealed that Walter abducted Peter, introduced William Bell and featured the series' first trip to the Alternate Universe.
59	*** "Momentum Deferred", in which the stakes of the series are very explicitly laid out for the first time.
60	* HarsherInHindsight:
61	** Most of the humor in "Brown Betty" is negated when you look at Walter's story as an allegory for the entire series so far. Especially the part where [[TearJerker Walter says Peter took his heart when he left and Walter will die without it, and the storyteller thinks this is the fate he deserves]].
62	** At the beginning of "Concentrate and Ask Again", a guy comments that he never wants to hear his friends sing again after they sing "happy Birthday" to him. He doesn't last past the opening theme.
63	** "You're bald! [[StageWhisper I think he's an Observer.]]" Oh, Peter...
64	** A lot of people thought Broyles' stint in "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" was one big [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Funny Moment]]. That is, until he starts "seeing death" - starts seeing ''himself''. Seeing his alternate self's mutilated corpse at the end of "Entrada" scared and scarred him more than he'd ever admit.
65	** Walter's very first line. "I knew someone would come eventually." At the time, it's simply a crazy man thinking that someone would come for him someday. After watching the entire show, it's because he knows they'll need his help because [[spoiler: he broke the entire universe.]]
66	** Watching "Unleashed" (S1-E16) after "A New Day In The Old Town" (S2-E01): [[spoiler: the episode is about trying to save Agent Charlie Francis from being killed by the larvae of a hybrid monster inside him. It also shows his family. Then, in A New Day in The Old Town, the writers [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped A Shapeshifting Assassin On Him.]]]]
67	** William Bell warning Olivia about how terrible and horrifying the Shapeshifters are becomes a little bit unsettling when we find out [[spoiler: Bell ''invented'' the damn things.]]
68	** [[WhatTheHellHero Walter locking up our Olivia in the dark]] in "Subject 13" is much more disturbing when you think about the light deprivation torture that was inflicted on her by [[WellIntentionedExtremist Walternate.]]
69	** "Everything In Its Right Place" was [[{{Foreshadowing}} full of these.]]
70	*** "You'd do the same if it was your partner."
71	*** "I've never seen her barf or shed a tear."
72	*** "That's the difference between you and me. My universe wouldn't survive without me."
73	** William Bell flirting with Astrid is suddenly not funny any more.
74	** The mutation of smallpox in the alternate universe to the point that epidemic is a way of life in the heart of the USA can be a bitter pill after the very disruptive and potentially fatal UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic struck the world.
75	** When explaining what he did in 1985 to Olivia, he comments that she couldn't imagine what it's like to lose a child. [[spoiler: She doesn't have to imagine anymore after Etta is murdered by Windmark.]]
76	* HilariousInHindsight:
77	** In what may be an amusing bit of {{Foreshadowing}}, the episode "The Road Not Taken" has a ConspiracyTheorist claim he is [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock]]. Later on, we find out who is playing [[Creator/LeonardNimoy William Bell]]...
78	*** This was intentionally done. The actor had previously appeared in the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' two-parter "Past Tense" playing basically the same character: someone suffering a mental illness in the year 2024 who believed aliens were among us. The Star Trek reboot also premiered 4 days after the episode aired.
79	** Over There, Andrew Jackson has been replaced on the $20 by Martin Luther King. In 2016, the US Treasury announced they would be replacing Andrew Jackson on the $20 with a prominent African-American civil rights activist (Harriet Tubman).
80	** Marie Averopoulos and Richard Harmon who both guest starred in the episode [[Recap/FringeS02E18WhiteTulip White Tulip]] are both main characters on the show ''Series/The100''.
81	* HoYay / LesYay
82	** Walter/Bell. Walter even has an affectionate nickname for "Belly." In 3.20, [[spoiler:Walter tells Bell that he needs him. Now imagine that whole conversation between a man and a woman who've known each other for a long time...]]
83	*** "We could have been so happy together." It's like they forgot to be subtle about it.
84	** Lincoln ([[spoiler:the one from the original universe]]) with both [[spoiler:Peter]] and [[spoiler:his late partner Robert Danzig]].
85	** Astrid and [[spoiler: William Bell-possessed Olivia]].
86	*** [[NoYay Astrid seems a little freaked out by this.]]
87	** PI Olivia and Esther Figglesworth.
88	** Some fans thought the vibe between Rachel and Olivia was [[PlatonicWritingRomanticReading not at all "sisterly."]]
89	** Olivia seeing herself as Lane entering a strip club and kissing and going home with a female stripper.
90	* JerkassWoobie: Walternate. He's a ManipulativeBastard KnightTemplar who's willing to commit horrible crimes to preserve his universe (including destroying another universe), but after we learn his backstory and how he came to this point it's near impossible to not pity him at least a little. Walter used to count as this too, but his time in the mental asylum and [[spoiler: his lobotomy]] caused him to lose the Jerkass part.
91	* MagnificentBastard: [[BigBadFriend William Bell]] is a brilliant scientist and a who founded the corporation, [[Characters/FringeMassiveDynamic Massive Dynamic]], and is also revealed to be backing the terrorist organization [[Characters/FringeZFT ZFT]], using them to test Olivia Dunham into activating her powers to enter the AlternateUniverse he resides where he tells her of the upcoming catastrophe her universe will face before sending her back. When Olivia and Walter Bishop arrives in the alternate universe again William Bell would save them and Peter Bishop and bring them back to their universe by sacrificing himself. Though seemingly dead, William Bell had his soul stored inside a bell which possessed Olivia when she activates it, whom he brokers a deal with Walter to return Olivia's body if they transfer his conscious to a computer; he lied about the latter working revealing that he "hates goodbyes". Alive again in an alternate timeline, William would enact his most ingenious and diabolical plan of destroying both Walter's and the alternate universes to create [[InTheirOwnImage his own universe]] using Olivia as his catalyst, a plan that nearly succeeds if not for his equally brilliant friend Walter intervening. Always alternating between the Fringe divisions greatest ally to most dangerous enemy, William Bell made his mark as the series' most morally ambiguous yet brilliantly charming character.
92	* MemeticMutation: A new word has recently been coined, "Walterism."
93	--> "She tricked my son with her carnal manipulation and he fell right into her ''vagenda!''"
94	--> (Watching WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants with Gene and Astrid) "It's surprisingly profound... for a narrative about a sponge."
95	--> (smiles) "I just got an erection. Oh, fear not. It's nothing to do with your state of undress. I just simply need to urinate."
96	--> "Hello, Peter. This is me... your father... Walter Bishop."
97	-->"Don't be such a prude Peter, I'm sure Agent Dunham knows what a penis looks like!"
98	-->"I hope she doesn't notice the $2000 for the baboon seminal fluid I ordered. I hope I can recall ''why'' I ordered it."
99	* {{Moe}}: ''Astrid''. Both of them, but ''especially'' red-universe Astrid -- who, hilariously, seems to provoke this reaction from her own blue-universe self.
100	* ParanoiaFuel: Frequently.
101	** There is a chemical that [[AndIMustScream causes your orifices to seal themselves shut]]. It's most commonly distributed on plain 'ol American paper currency. If some attempts to trach-tube you, your skin could simply grow ''over'' the trach. A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_two-dollar_bill two-dollar bill]] to be exact. Though Walter posits that they were just "showing off"; there's nothing to stop them from putting it on any given bill. Say, you got change for a twenty?
102	** Right now, people from another universe could be watching you. And you'd never know it.
103	** A shape-shifting assassin may have killed and replaced someone you know. Maybe a co-worker, maybe a friend, maybe a loved one. They look the same, act the same, and even have all the same memories. By the time you realize something's wrong, it's probably too late.
104	** "No Brainer" gives someone melting brains using the internet. Now if that's not high octane paranoia fuel to everyone reading this page, you must have a ''fantastic'' popup blocker.
105	** Mind reading, invaders from the future.
106	* RetroactiveRecognition:
107	** Creator/ChadwickBoseman, known for playing Film/{{Black Panther\|2018}} in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and for his roles as [[Film/FortyTwo Jackie Robinson]] and [[Film/GetOnUp James Brown]], once guest starred in the episode ''Subject 9''.
108	** Creator/GillianJacobs, from ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Series/{{Love}}'', guest starred in the Season 1 episode ''The Equation''.
109	** Richard Harmon from ''Series/The100'', ''Series/{{Continuum}}'' and ''Series/{{Caprica}}'', guest starred in an episode. His co-star on ''The 100'' Marie Averopoulos guest starred in not only the same episode as him but one other episode.
110	** Creator/GeorginaHaig, who played Olivia and Peter's daughter Henrietta, went on to play the live-action version of [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Elsa]] on ''Series/OnceUponATime''.
111	** Creator/MeghanMarkle appeared in the first two episodes of season two as Amy Jessup before [[AbortedArc disappearing from the storyline]]. She's now better known for her role in ''Series/{{Suits}}'' and her marriage to [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Prince Harry]].
112	** Creator/EbonMossBachrach from ''Series/{{Girls}}'', ''Series/ThePunisher2017'' and ''Series/TheBear2022'' guest starred in the Season 1 episode "Power Hungry".
113	* TheScrappy: Sanford Harris, the DHS consultant brought in to oversee the Fringe team during the latter half of season one. He clearly has a vendetta against Olivia due to her prosecuting him for ''three'' counts of sexual assault pre-series and spends every single appearance getting in the way and undermining the team's efforts to solve their cases. Very few tears were shed when Nancy Lewis [[AssholeVictim set him on fire]].
114	* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: Many viewers who were underwhelmed by Anna Torv's performance changed their minds at the end of Season 2, when they saw just how convincingly she could play [[ActingForTwo Olivia and Fauxlivia]] as two separate characters.
115	* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/TheXFiles''. In addition to both being paranormal investigation shows that alternate between MonsterOfTheWeek stories and an ongoing series MythArc, they both aired on the same network.
116	** Another clear influence is Film/AlteredStates, especially in the show's first season, which put a heavy emphasis on sensory deprivation experiments.
117	* {{Squick}}:
118	** It's okay to squirm during scenes like [[spoiler:Flight 627, the shades-of-Alien pregnancy scene, or when people's skin start growing over their eyes... and ears... and mouth... and ''other]]'' places. Really.
119	** The mutant shapeshifter fetus thing.
120	*** The tearing sound. Oh God the tearing sound!
121	** [[spoiler: William Bell wanting Peter and Olivia to be his "Adam and Eve".]] Does the term "genetic bottleneck" mean ''anything'' to you?
122	* TearJerker: [[{{TearJerker/Fringe}} Has its own page.]]
123	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: At the start of Season 3, [[spoiler:Walter becomes the sole owner of Massive Dynamic]]. He never takes the opportunity to expose any of the shady company secrets that the team struggled to uncover in the first season, and mostly uses the resource to [[MundaneUtility steal small items he wants from their offices]]. {{Lampshaded}} when Walter mentions that [[spoiler:all he has accomplished as owner is inventing a new flavor of ice cream]]. At the end of Season 3 [[spoiler:the timeline is rewritten and Walter is no longer the owner of Massive Dynamic.]]
124	* TooCoolToLive
125	** [[spoiler: Captain Lincoln Lee.]]
126	** [[spoiler: David Robert Jones.]] ''Twice.''
127	** [[spoiler: Thomas Jerome Newton.]]
128	** [[spoiler: September/Donald]]
129	** [[spoiler: William Bell... in the timeline where he didn't turn evil, at least.]]
130	* ToyShip: Young Peter and Young Olivia in "Subject 13".
131	* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic -- The {{Eye Catch}}es show a peculiarly changed item, such as a cross-section of an apple with fetuses (feti?) as the seeds, or a frog with the Greek letter Phi, or Φ, printed on it, along with a point of light. Website/TheOtherWiki says Phi is used as a symbol for several interesting subjects, such as electric or magnetic flux in physics, a shorthand representation for an aromatic functional group in organic chemistry (which relates directly to the pilot episode), and a sentence in first-order logic.
132	** Not to mention the number (1.618...) represented by Phi, and, by extension, the Golden Ratio, although the Golden Ratio is usually denoted by the lowercase version of Phi (φ). Still, it's relation to science and nature fits right in with the theme of the show.
133	* TheWoobie:
134	** As much as Walter deserved to be locked away for his experiments in the past, one can't help but feel for him when he starts crying or suffers a HeroicBSOD as a result of his inability to deal with the skeletons in his closet.
135	** Peter:
136	*** He was definitely a Woobie when he was little. [[spoiler:Both of them were.]] He pulled off a combination of [[LittlestCancerPatient Littlest Some Kind Of Deadly Disease Patient]] and YouCantGoHomeAgain.
137	*** [[BreakTheHaughty Peter in season 4 and 5.]] [[spoiler:First, no one remembers that he existed. Then he loses his three year old daughter. Then she dies.]]
138	** A lot of the minor characters come to mind. Christopher Broyles and Joseph Meagar just to name a few.
139	** Rachel Dunham, Olivia's sister. Her husband is a ''[[JerkAss jackass]]''.
140	** [[IronWoobie Olivia]]. In Season 1, [[spoiler: her boyfriend dies (but not before she finds out he's a traitor), she gets kidnapped and discovers that she was experimented on a child. In Season 2, she crashes through a windshield, develops PTSD, falls in love with Peter, Peter leaves, she goes to rescue him from an AlternateUniverse, she gets left behind in said AlternateUniverse with no obvious way of escaping and Walternate tortures and experiments on her. In Season 3, she gets [[MindRape mind raped]] into thinking she's her alternate self, she remembers who she is, she gets captured ''again'', she gets rescued and comes home only to discover that Peter was doing her alternate. In Season 4, she can't remember the love of her life even existed, she's being drugged against her will so that she can be used to power some doomsday device, she remembers the love of her life but forgets her surrogate mother, and then she gets shot in the head. At some point between 4 and 5, her daughter goes missing, her world is invaded and she and Peter have a falling out. In Season 5, she spends 20 years in amber and then bonds with her long lost daughter, who is then unceremoniously killed off. She then finds her surrogate mother after Nina is forced to shoot herself in the head.]] Young Olivia was even more Woobie-ish. [[spoiler: After Walter frightens her into blowing up a room, she runs away. Not because she doesn't want to be experimented on any more... but because she thinks that she "messed up" and that Walter will send her away. That's right folks. She's so terrified of her stepfather that she'd rather be in an illegal drug trial.]] Seriously... [[http://primetimewithcaroline.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/fringes13110226060241.jpg?w=300&h=245 just look at her.]]
141	*** Olivia is definitely a StoicWoobie. [[BreakTheCutie Despite the long list of grievances she has]], it takes a lot to make her actually cry, and she refuses to do so if it means "burdening" the people around her.
142	** Alt-Astrid, [[spoiler: after her father dies.]]
143	** [[RomanticRunnerUp Lincoln.]]
144	** [[spoiler:Amber Timeline]] Nina Sharp, [[spoiler: considering her daughter can't remember her, her granddaughter died, she's in love with an OmnicidalManiac who screwed her over epicly, she spends 21 years without her family, in a wheelchair with a broken cybernetic arm and surrounded by mind reading invaders from another time, she thinks that the only thing she's good for is helping the Fringe team, and when it gets out she's part of the resistance she's forced to perform a HeroicSuicide to stop herself from betraying Olivia and the others.]] Her life sucked.
145	** If Fauxlivia wasn't upgraded to JerkassWoobie status at the end of Season 3, she definitely was when [[spoiler: Lincoln gets shot]].
146	** Etta [[spoiler:Bishop]] is another IronWoobie. [[spoiler: Like mother, like daughter.]]
147	** September [[spoiler: AKA Donald. He's basically been alone for 21 years but not after being experimented on and banished by the other Observers.]]
148	*** And a case of fridge horror, [[spoiler: can you imagine what it must have felt like, for September to get up, and suddenly be hit with raves of emotions? And also to live most of his life as Observer and to suddenly have all that taken away?]]

Context YMMV / Fringe