[[folder:Team Templar (and Jeremy)]]
!Team Templar
* [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny-Ears FBI Agents]]
* {{Code Name}}s: Templar, Springheel, Specs, Specs Two, Honda, Texas, Stonewall, and Shadow.
* DeadpanSnarker: Everyone has their moments. [[AndZoidberg Except Stonewall]].
* [[FBIAgent FBI Agents]]
* FriendlyEnemy: With Jeremy. Except for [[TheLeader Simon]], who's DatingCatwoman instead.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits
* TrueCompanions

!Simon Drake ("Templar")
* ControlFreak: He's accused of this multiple times. Is ''occasionally'' willing to admit it.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Simon doesn't take the revelation that the thief in ''Double Down'' is Jeremy's ex-lover very well. At all.
* DatingCatwoman: [[HeIsNotMyBoyfriend They're]] ''[[HeIsNotMyBoyfriend not]]'' [[HeIsNotMyBoyfriend dating]]!
* DomesticAbuse: Let's be honest: [[DoubleStandard if Jeremy was female]], Simon would be considered an absolutely horrible person, because he very often treats Jeremy like shit [[spoiler:and once beat the hell out of Jeremy with serious intent to hurt him and had some ''very'' dubiously consensual sex]]. Although Simon does [[spoiler:start [[CharacterDevelopment getting his act together]] by the end of the third book]].
* GreenEyedMonster: Simon tends to be ''very'' possessive over things he perceives as ''his'', regardless of whether he's willing to consciously admit that he thinks of them that way or not. He gets jealous over Jeremy getting along with his teammates, because they're ''Simon's team'' and Jeremy is ''not'' one of them and never will be. Of course, he then proceeds to get incredibly, ''bitterly'' jealous over Jeremy's rival/ex-lover/"brother" Bran and is also (momentarily) jealous of [[spoiler:Annabelle]] when Jeremy is comforting her after she's rescued. Simon even shows hints of being jealous of [[spoiler:''Johnny'']], of all people, in ''High Fidelity'' when [[spoiler:Johnny and Jeremy are off discussing things in the gazebo]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* TheLeader: Has elements of all four types, but mostly III and IV.
* MarriedToTheJob
* MustHaveCaffeine: The coffeemaker in Team Templar's room is labeled "Mrs. Simon Drake (♥)".
* ObliviousToLove: In this capacity Simon may be borderline retarded.
* OnlySaneEmployee: Well, he does run a team of lunatics.
* PapaWolf: Toward his squad.
* TeamDad
* TranquilFury: When Farraday kidnaps [[spoiler:Jeremy]].
* {{Tsundere}}: Type A to an almost ridiculous degree with Jeremy.

!Sandra Leone ("Springheel")
* ActionGirl: Her character profile even notes that one of her roles is to be the "muscle". She's ''very'' good at smacking people around. Including her teammates.
* BlueBlood: She did ''try'' to be the kind of upper-class daughter her parents expected her to be...but she got bored with that and joined the FBI.
* GreenEyedMonster: With [[spoiler:Mike and Diana Fontaine]]. Shows hints of it in ''With a Bullet'' [[spoiler:when talking to Jeremy about Simon; she's quite nasty to Jeremy when he shows up, even though she was the one who called him in the first place]].
* TheLancer
* MamaBear: Toward her teammates.
* NumberTwo: [[spoiler:Which causes some friction between her and Simon later on, as twice she has to take over for him as the leader of the team; once when he's out of commission and again when he's suspended from active duty. It's difficult to go back to being second-in-command after that]].
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Agent]]
* [[spoiler:TimeToStepUpCommander: When Simon is taken out of commission by Farraday at the start of ''With a Bullet'', Sandra is very stressed out over having to take Simon's place. When Mike tries to give her a pep talk, she hits him[[note]]For which she apologizes after he gives her a WhatTheHellHero[[/note]]. The second time she's put in charge, she's much more sure of herself, but still hesitant because of the complexities it could raise when/if Simon returns.]]
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Poor lonely Sandra...
* TookALevelInJerkass: In the last two books, she takes a level whenever she's dealing with Jeremy, most notably in ''High Fidelity'', where she almost always seems to be about five seconds away from ripping his throat out with her teeth.

!Nate Waxman ("Specs")
* [[spoiler:BreakTheCutie: Shows signs of past breakage during ''With a Bullet'', but on the whole he's managed to recover.]]
* CaptainCrash: To the point of it being an acknowledged RunningGag.
* NoSenseOfDirection: He was the only one who managed to get lost inside of an opera house (and twice, at that). Please note that he was also the only member of the team who had actually been there before.
* ScarsAreForever: His chest is covered with scars [[spoiler:from when Farraday pinned him down and sliced him up with a knife]].
* StuffBlowingUp: He is the team's explosives expert. On Team Templar, this is a position that more often requires him to ''make'' bombs than defuse them.
* [[TeamPet Team Mascot]]: As dubbed by Simon.

!Mike Takemura ("Honda")
* AmbiguouslyBrown[=/=]ButNotTooForeign: Invoked. His father was Japanese-American and his mother was Hispanic, giving him a general "ethnic" look. It's been used to the team's advantage in a number of undercover operations.
* TheBigGuy: Shares this role with Johnny.
* BoisterousBruiser
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Takes it to new levels with just as much glee as he shows while jumping on {{Double Entendre}}s.
* HandsomeLech
* PungeonMaster: He is often kicked preemptively because the others ''know'' what's coming.
* TeamChef

!Johnny Pilgrim ("Texas")
* AddictionDisplacement: Swapped cigarettes for toothpicks.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: "[[MurderIsTheBestSolution Some people just need killing]]."
* TheBigGuy: Shares this role with Mike.
* MoreDakka: Johnny can always be counted on to have a shitload of high-caliber weaponry and the ability to kill things with it. And grenades.
* TheStoic

!Rich Story ("Specs Two")
* InsufferableGenius: He is the best at what he does and he will make sure that you know that.
* {{Jerkass}}: Sandra (mentally) describes him as an "ill-tempered little asshole with almost no sense of humor". Even Simon, who actually considers him a friend, once calls him "a very shouty little man", much to Jeremy's amusement.
* IrrationalHatred: Jeremy seems to be very good at inspiring this in people. Rich certainly has good reason to dislike Jeremy, but the raw hatred he displays is...excessive, to say the least.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: By Simon, no less.]]
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Really, Simon's the only one who actually ''likes'' him.
* [[spoiler:TheMole]]
* TooCleverByHalf: [[spoiler:What causes his downfall; he was tricked into posting a confidential memo to prove that he could crack it, and Karpol began blackmailing him]].

!Dave Brassoff ("Stonewall")
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Specially mentioned because Jeremy assures Dave that he's actually the right kind of crazy to fit in with Team Templar--all Dave needs to do is ''grow a spine''. [[spoiler:Which he does. Epically]].
* DissonantSerenity: In a Zen state while working on the computer. Mouse pad suddenly on fire. Dump coffee on it without sparing it a glance. Continue programming.
* ForgetsToEat: And sleep.
* NewMeat: A textbook case [[spoiler:until the end of ''With a Bullet'']].
* SuckSessor: For [[spoiler:Rich Story]].
* {{Workaholic}}: While otherwise capable of working on a normal schedule, Dave will go into ''overdrive'' when he's given a specific task, pulling all kinds of lunatic hours to get the job done. His current record is ''thirty-five hours straight'' without going home.

!Jeremy Archer ("Shadow")
* CainAndAbel: Abel to Bran's Cain.
* TheAtoner: According to WordOfGod, he holds himself responsible for [[spoiler:the wedge between Bran and Ethan, and has spent ''years'' trying to get Bran to reconcile with Ethan]]. It's so important to him that [[spoiler:he considers [[DeathEqualsRedemption death an acceptable price to pay]] for the ''chance'' of that reconciliation]].
* BecauseImGoodAtIt: Why he enjoys being a thief so very, very much.
-->'''Jeremy:''' I thought you of all people might understand that ''nothing'' is more fun than doing that at which you excel.
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Jeremy Archer is, according to WordOfGod, just a façade. Jeremy abandoned his original self and took on the identity that Ethan gave him as his "main" and "real" identity from that point on, modelling himself after his foster father so as to leave who he was behind]]. See "GenerationXerox".
-->'''[[WordOfGod M. Chandler]]:''' [[spoiler:And, let us be frank, Jeremy Archer is a construct. A successful one, yes, and one that is second nature by now, a real human being in his own right, but still, essentially, a carefully-crafted façade built around the heart and bones of a neglected and needy little boy]].
* ClassyCatBurglar: Interestingly, with the SpyCatsuit and DatingCatwoman, he's a RareMaleExample of a trope with a DistaffCounterpart.
* CodeName: Notable in that he didn't choose it; it was assigned to him years ago by [[ButtMonkey Art Theft]].
* ConMenHateGuns: Over the course of the entire series, Jeremy handles a gun on only two occasions: once when Simon is giving him lessons in the firing range, and once [[spoiler:when he uses Simon's gun to kill Farraday. It causes him to have a HeroicBSOD, even though he only shot Farraday when it became clear that Simon would be killed if he didn't]].
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:He shows shades of this. It's confirmed by WordOfGod.]]
* DesperatelyCravesAffection: [[spoiler:Due to his backstory; it's the main reason he puts up with so much abuse from Simon.]]
* FosterKid: Ethan's foster son. Unlike most examples of this trope, Ethan is a good[[labelnote:*]]([[RetiredOutlaw for a given definition of "good"]])[[/labelnote]] and loving parental figure.
* GenerationXerox: A strange, [[InvokedTrope deliberate]] example. When Simon meets Ethan, it becomes apparent that Jeremy has modeled himself after his foster father--not only in terms of his career, but also style, mannerisms, speech patterns and drink preference.
* GentlemanThief
* HappilyAdopted: At age fifteen by Ethan. Well, not ''officially'' adopted, but that's just a technicality.
* KarmaHoudini: Part of being the best thief in the world means never getting caught, after all.
* LoveMartyr: See "DomesticAbuse" under Simon's heading. There's also the situation with Bran. [[spoiler:Jeremy's willingness to put up with ''incredible'' amounts of shit is mainly the result of [[DesperatelyCravesAffection being so starved for affection and love as a child]]]].
* LoveableRogue: Sure, he's a criminal, but he's a smooth operator and has no interest in physically harming anyone.
* MissionImpossibleCableDrop: He's very fond of these. Using suction cups.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Employs this with Simon. ''All the time''.
* NotAMorningPerson: As Simon finds out in ''Double Down''.
* PhantomThief: He didn't earn the name "Shadow" for nothin'.
* TheSixthRanger
* SpyCatsuit: Slick and skintight. [[MrFanservice Simon approves]]. [[StupidSexyFlanders Nate blushes]].
* StealthExpert
* StepfordSmiler: In ''High Fidelity'', Simon notes that Jeremy's customary smile is basically the same as Jeremy having no expression at all.
* {{Streetwalker}}: How Jeremy got by before Ethan took him in.
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[[folder:Other Characters]]
!Bran Lindsey
* CainAndAbel: Cain to Jeremy's Abel.
* ClusterFBomb: He can be very verbose.
* EvilCounterpart: To Jeremy. They're both criminals, but Jeremy's a GentlemanThief and Bran's an unrepentant murderer.
* FunetikAksent: Played with; the way he pronounces words (''Jaysis!'') is mentioned in the prose, but it's heavily downplayed in his actual dialogue.
* FreudianExcuse: He blames all of his worldly problems on Jeremy, because Jeremy "stole" what was rightfully Bran's. Which isn't true, and Jeremy lampshades just how ridiculous a thing that is to say regardless.
-->'''Jeremy:''' Not to belabor the obvious, but I ''am'' a thief. In fact, I'm the best thief in the world. And you're not.
* HairTriggerTemper: He can and probably will take offense to anything and everything, but [[BerserkButton especially Jeremy's existence]].
* InSeriesNickname: Jeremy calls him "Irish" because...well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin because he is]].
* IrrationalHatred: Jeremy used to find it hurtful; at this point, it's still hurtful, but also extremely exasperating.
* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini: A very ungentlemanly thief, murders innocent people, attacks Simon's team with intent to kill, tries to shoot Jeremy in the back, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and made choices in life which greatly saddened and disappointed his father]]. Yet at the end of the series, he's about twenty-five million dollars richer, presumed dead by everyone save for a few select people, and will never have to work another day for the rest of his life if he so chooses.]]
* NervousWreck: Jeremy notes (and Bran later demonstrates) that Bran tends to dissolve into a panicked state of fight-or-flight when things don't go according to plan.
* TheUnfavorite: Subverted. Bran is wholly convinced that he is this, but Ethan and Jeremy make it clear that it's very much not the case.

!"Colonel" Cole Farraday
* HairTriggerTemper
* IHaveYourWife: Manages to get the drop on [[spoiler:''Jeremy'' of all people]] with a Taser, and eventually calls Simon to ask if Simon's "missing something". [[spoiler:Of course, Jeremy being [[EscapeArtist who he is]], Farraday didn't have much hope of holding onto him once Jeremy woke up]].
* InsaneEqualsViolent
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
* MoodSwinger: Swings between "calm" and "frothing-at-the-mouth psychotic" at the slightest provocation, and it's genuinely frightening.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: It was suspected that he used this to be discharged from the army, but if he wasn't crazy ''before'' going to prison, he certainly was when he got out.
* SpeechImpediment: Along with physical tics, he stutters ''very'' badly. It gets worse when he loses his temper.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Not because he doesn't ''want'' to, but for practical reasons; the instant you murder someone, it's game over as far as the legal system is concerned. [[spoiler:He abandons this philosophy by the end of ''With a Bullet'', but Jeremy kills Farraday before Farraday has the chance to murder Simon]].

!Dorothy Langridge
* DeadpanSnarker
* DrivesLikeCrazy: According to her [[AllThereInTheManual character profile]].
* IronLady: ''Hell'' yes.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Engages in this with Simon.

!Ethan West
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Bran, naturally. But Ethan still loves him, because Bran is his ''son''.
* CoolOldGuy
* DeadpanSnarker: Oh, is he ever.
* [[EvilCounterpart Criminal Counterpart]]: To Upstairs. Both Ethan and Upstairs are very trusting and protective of their charges (Jeremy and Simon, respectively), will bend rules to help them, have a lot of resources at their disposal, and both act as father figures.
* [[GoodParents Good Father]]: To both of his foster/adopted sons, though Bran is somewhat less appreciative of it than Jeremy.
* KarmaHoudini: As far as we know, Ethan was never caught.
* {{Retired|Outlaw}} GentlemanThief: He's technically not even wanted for anything anymore; the statute of limitations for all of his crimes has run out. Of course, this doesn't mean that he doesn't do illegal things at all anymore. He's just retired from his [[GentlemanThief main profession]].

!Upstairs (Warren Carstairs)
* BenevolentBoss
* AFatherToHisMen: Most obviously with Simon.
* InSeriesNickname: Simon (and everyone else) calls him Upstairs.
* [[GoodCounterpart Law-Abiding Counterpart]]: To Ethan. Both Upstairs and Ethan are very trusting and protective of their charges (Simon and Jeremy, respectively), will bend rules to help them, have a lot of resources at their disposal, and both act as father figures.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Very, very much so.

!Annabelle
* [[MissionControl Answering Service]]: She answers the phone and takes messages for Jeremy, in addition to being the person he calls if he needs to leave somewhere fast. She's usually not involved in the actual jobs so much, though.
* [[spoiler:ClassyCatBurglar]]: She used to be one.
* [[spoiler:HandicappedBadass: She's in a wheelchair, but that doesn't stop her from helping keep the mooks away during her rescue.]]
* [[spoiler:[[MissingMissionControl Missing Answering Service]]]]: The catalyst for the second-introduced major plot of ''High Fidelity''.
* TheVoice: She's just a voice over the phone [[spoiler:until ''High Fidelity'']].
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