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!Otto Malpense

* ChildProdigy - He was one in flashbacks.
** TeenGenius - The series starts on his thirteenth birthday, just pushing him into this territory.
* [[spoiler:CloningBlues]]
* DoorstopBaby
* EvilGenius - Sometimes, though like most of the good guys he's more AffablyEvil
* [[spoiler:LukeIAmYourFather]] - Sort of. He's actually [[spoiler: Number One's clone]]
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy - Well, he has white hair, and some people seem to find him pretty...
** Seconded.

* HeroicAlbino: Well, he is.
* CannotSpitItOut: [[spoiler: in Aftershock, he spends half of a page trying to confess his love to Laura.]]
* [[spoiler:UndyingLoyalty: At the end of Aftershock, he takes the majority of the blame for the massacre of the Alpha stream, so that the last three members can stay at the H.I.V.E. after his expulsion]].
* BerserkButton: Harming any of his friends. The biggest immediately following [[spoiler:Lucy's death]].
* ChildhoodFriends: Tom and Penny.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl
* [[spoiler:GrandTheftMe: Not only does Overlord/Number One want to do this to Otto, but he does get taken over by the Animus at the end of Dreadnought.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: Believes he is this because- get this- his photographic memory keeps him from having to study. He feels distant from the group because they have to worry about the tests and he doesn't.
* SociallyAwkwardHero: His social awkwardness is directly proportional to the attractiveness of the girl he is talking to.
* [[spoiler:IUhYouToo: see above.]]
* CluelessChickMagnet: until [[spoiler:Zero Hour]].
* [[spoiler:DyingDeclarationOfLove: Averted with a NotQuiteDead in Rogue, but he still confesses his love to Laura immediately before falling unconscious]].
* [[spoiler:LoveMakesYouDumb: basically the entire point of book seven]].
* [[spoiler:PairTheSmartOnes: with Laura]].
* [[spoiler:ElectronicTelepathy]]
* [[spoiler:PsychicNosebleed]]
* [[spoiler: SisterShip: A mere one book after Shelby and Wing begin dating, he confesses his love(again) to Laura. He and Wing are roommates, as are Shelby and Laura.]]
* HeroesWantRedheads: He hasn't stopped taling about how pretty Laura's eyes are since book one.
* EvilAlbino: Not quite evil, but certainly not all that pure either.
* [[spoiler: FatalAttractor: His first girlfriend dies 36 hours after getting together with him, his second girlfriend is kidnapped and taken to the Glasshouse seven minutes after their first kiss..... poor guy.]]

!Wing Fanchu

* BadassLonghair
* TheBigGuy - Shelby even calls him this, although he's actually very intelligent.
* TokenGoodTeammate - None of the main characters are ''evil'', but Wing certainly seems to have more of a conscience than the others. He's the only one of the main four who didn't break the law before coming to HIVE.
* NoSenseOfHumor: Shelby calls him out on this on multiple occasions.
* {{Badass}}
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Shelby from book two onward.
* [[spoiler:DatingCatwoman]]
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple: with Shelby in book six]].
* TheStoic


!Laura Brand

* BonnieScotland - She is Scottish, and it shows in her speech.
* TeenGenius
* {{Tsundere}}: More 'dere' than 'tsun', but she has her moments.
* CuteBookworm: How many times does Otto find her in the library?
* [[spoiler:BreakTheCutie: Very much so in Aftershock, when she is forced to betray the H.I.V.E. and cause the death of almost all of the Alpha stream]].
* ChallengeSeeker: She and Otto compete to steal the exam answers so often that [[spoiler:she uses this excuse in Aftershock to get the location of the Hunt grounds]].
* {{Claustrophobia}}: First demonstrates this in Escape Velocity.
* WomenAreWiser: States multiple times that she is always right. In Aftershock, Otto tells her everything will be all right, and she should believe her because "I'm always right, remember?" [[spoiler: This disregard for her previous statements proves Otto wrong, as less than ten minutes later all hell breaks loose.]]
* [[spoiler:GreenEyedMonster: After she finds out about Otto and Lucy's relationship in Zero Hour]].
* OddFriendship: With Shelby.
* BadassPacifist
* GirlishPigtails
* GreenEyes: With Otto as a narrator, it's impossible to forget how pretty he thinks they are.
* [[spoiler:HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The Contessa is her favorite teacher.]]
* [[spoiler:PairTheSmartOnes: with Otto]].
* [[spoiler:TemporarilyAVillain: In book seven.]]
* [[spoiler:HostageForMacGuffin: The location for the Hunt in exchange for the life of her family.]]
* [[spoiler:TheCommiesMadeMeDoIt: Played straight. Pretty much the whole point of Aftershock. They use her brother.]]
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead

!Shelby Trinity

* ActionGirl
* AlphaBitch - She initially seems to have the characteristics of one, but it is quickly revealed to be an act.
* LikeAFishTakesToWater: Shelby seems to be an excellent candidate for H.I.V.E., even more so than most of the others.
* ShipperOnDeck: To Otto and Laura for just about every book [[spoiler: until Zero Hour when she drops the occasional Otto/Lucy comment.]]
* OddFriendship: With Laura.
* [[spoiler:BattleCouple: Played straight with Wing beginning in Zero Hour, after five and a half books of ShipTease]].
* PopularIsDumb: Subverted.
* DeadpanSnarker: Seems to be in this mode permanently. Until she starts laughing at herself.
* TheAce
* {{Badass}}
* TeamMom: Moreso with each installment.
* NotAMorningPerson: Especially in book one.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Wing from book two onward.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple: with Wing in book six]].
* [[spoiler:FinalGirl]]: Quite literally, as she is the last [[spoiler:female Alpha at the end of Aftershock.]]
* BlondesAreViolent
* LovableAlphaBitch
* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter
* FriendlyTickleTorture:[[spoiler: in Aftershock, Wing says she does this to him if she thinks he's lying.]]


!Nigel Darkdoom

* BaldOfAwesome
* ShrinkingViolet: [[IncrediblyLamePun don't you agree?]]

!Franz Argentblum

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Is becoming this more and more.
* CloudCuckoolander: Always.
* FunnyForeigner: Three plus years after leaving Germany to attend the H.I.V.E., he still can't speak proper English.
* BigEater: You don't say.
* LargeHam: "Do not be worrying, Nigel! Franz will turn you into a real man!"
* [[spoiler:AloneAmongTheCouples]]: lampshades this in Zero Hour to Nigel.
* JustEatHim: In Dreadnought, Colonel Francisco tells the class that whoever had Franz on their team for the 93%-er would certainly survive, because he provides enough meat for everyone.

!Lucy Dexter

* [[spoiler:TakingTheBullet]]: In ''Zero Hour''.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: Again, ''Zero Hour''.
* {{Wangst}}: Mostly in Dreadnought, but continues into later installments.
* [[spoiler:RomanticFalseLead]]: Inverted, as she is this to Laura, not Otto.
* [[spoiler:DieForOurShip: A surprising number of fans were ecstatic at Lucy's death so she could get out of the way of Otto/Laura.]]
* [[spoiler:DeathOfTheHypotenuse]]
* [[spoiler:MindManipulation]]
* [[spoiler:BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: only after she decides to use her abilities about halfway through Dreadnought.]]
* [[spoiler:CompellingVoice]]
* [[spoiler:MassHypnosis: Uses her Voice on more than one person at a time in Rogue.]]
* [[spoiler:BadPowersGoodPeople: she dislikes using her hypnosis because she believes it is evil.]]
* PlugNPlayFriends: A bit awkward with the rest of the group.... until we find out [[spoiler: she has hypnotic abilities.]] She immediately becomes as familiar with the rest of the group as those who have already attended the HIVE for the past three years.

!Block and Tackle

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[[folder:Hive Staff]]

!Maximilian Nero
The Headmaster of HIVE.

* AffablyEvil - He's very nice for a high ranking member of the world's largest criminal organisation.

!Professor Pike

* AbsentMindedProfessor

!Chief Lewis

* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]] - In ''Zero Hour'', after [[spoiler:surviving all sorts for the last five books, he is killed early on by an animus controlled Raven]].

!Contessa Maria Sinistre

* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]: ''Escape Velocity''.

!Ms Leon

!Colonel Francisco

!HIVEMind
Not technically 'staff' but he does exist for the sole purpose of serving HIVE.

!Raven/Natalya
Also not technically staff, but she works for Nero rather than GLOVE.

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: her second pair of swords: black katanas with variable mono molecular edges (in laymans terms they can cut through everything because their edge is so fine it can get through the space between the particals of an object). did i mention they also [[RuleOfCool glow purple?]]
* ActionGirl - Yes
* CoolSword
* DualWielding - her katanas
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* HellBentForLeather: her normal outfit consits mainly of black leather.
* ProfessionalKiller

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[[folder:GLOVE]]

!Number One

!Diabolus Darkdoom

* AwesomeMcCoolName

!Cypher

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[[folder:Baddies]]

!Overlord

!Piotre Furan

!Sebastian Trent

!Constance

!Verity

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!Miss Tennebaum




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