History for Characters/ALIAS

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* ActionGirl: She was a very competent Argentinian spy, and she has no trouble keeping up with the rest of APO on their missions

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* ActionGirl: She was a very competent Argentinian spy, and she has no trouble keeping up with the rest of APO on their ~~missions~~missions.

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* LongLostRelative: She's Sydney's half-sister, the child of Sloane an Irinia.

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* LongLostRelative: She's Sydney's half-sister, the child of Sloane an and Irinia.

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* BabiesEverAfter: After the TimeSkip, it turns out she gave birth to 'four'' sons, which Sydney finds baffling.

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* BabiesEverAfter: After the TimeSkip, it turns out she gave birth to ~~'four''~~ ''four'' sons, which Sydney finds baffling.

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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He dies in order to delay the detonation of Prophet-5's bomb in Rome so his fellow agents and countless civilians can escape, making him the only victim of the explosion.

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%%* BitchInSheepsClothing: Boy is she ever.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: She screws over every boss she ever has.
* DarkActionGirl: She's a capable Prophet 5 field agent who capably tangles with Syd.

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%%* * BitchInSheepsClothing: Boy is she ~~ever.~~
ever -- she pretends to be Rachel's close friend while manipulating her into supporting Prophet Five. Then she has no qualms about killing her when she learns the truth.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: She screws over every boss she ever ~~has.~~
has, from Dean to Sloane to Irina.
* DarkActionGirl: She's a ~~capable~~ competent Prophet 5 field agent who capably tangles with Syd.

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* EvilCounterpart: To Rachel, and by extension, Sydney.
%%* FauxAffablyEvil

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: She stops fighting Syd when [[spoiler: she experiences a pregnancy complication,]] instead helping her with the problem and letting her go afterward.
* EvilCounterpart: To Rachel, and by extension, Sydney.
%%* FauxAffablyEvilSydney. She fulfills a similar role at Prophet Five, but unlike Rachel and Syd, she knows very well she's a terrorist.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Pretends to be friendly to Rachel and Syd, but is an unrepentant terrorist who sadistically hunts her enemies.
* ManipulativeBastard: Helped manipulate Rachel and the rest of Prophet Five into thinking they were CIA agents, then murdered most of them when the truth came out. She then outfoxes her own boss and is an instrumental part of Sloane and Irina's evil scheme.

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%%* ManipulativeBastard

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%%* TheSociopath
%%* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes

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%%* TheSociopath
%%* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes* TheSociopath: Has zero qualms about betraying Rachel and Dean, even though she appeared to be close friends with them, and is basically only looking out for herself.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: She's terrified of snakes. Rachel knows this and uses snakes to help APO torture her and get information about Sloane's plan.

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* DarkActionGirl: She's a brutal Covenant agent who murders and replaces Francie to infiltrate Syd's life

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* DarkActionGirl: She's a brutal Covenant agent who murders and replaces Francie to infiltrate Syd's ~~life~~life.

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* FaceStealer: To Francie

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* FaceStealer: To ~~Francie~~Francie.

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%%* TokenMinority

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~~%%* TokenMinority~~* TokenMinority: After she dumps Charlie, she's the only black person in Sydney's civilian friend group.

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%%* BigBad: Of Season 4.
%%* BitchInSheepsClothing

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%%* * BigBad: Of Season 4.
%%* BitchInSheepsClothing4 -- she's the mastermind of the Covenant and leads an evil plan to cause a ZombieApocalypse by poisoning Svogda's water supply.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She acts like a sweet aunt to Sydney and Nadia and has many pleasant interactions with them. But she's actually the leader of the Covenant.

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%%* EvilMatriarch
%%* GreaterScopeVillain: Of Season 3.

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%%* EvilMatriarch
%%* * EvilMatriarch: She acts motherly in her interactions with Sydney and Nadia prior to TheReveal. But she's actually one of the vilest villains in the show, plotting to cause a ZombieApocalypse.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of Season 3.3 -- her Covenant is the CIA's primary opponent, but she doesn't get personally involved until Season 4.

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%%* ParentalSubstitute: For Nadia.

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%%* * ParentalSubstitute: ~~For Nadia.~~With Irinia in hiding, she acts like a mother to Nadia, which makes it hard for her to believe that she's the boss of the Covenant.

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%%* BigBad: [[FlatWhat ...Huh?]]

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~~%%* BigBad: [[FlatWhat ...Huh?]]~~* BigBadWannabe: He considers himself a terrorist mastermind, like the real Sloane. But he's actually a patsy for Elena Derevko. His entire identity exists to serve her plans.

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%%* GoMadFromTheRevelation

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~~%%* GoMadFromTheRevelation~~* GoMadFromTheRevelation: He takes the revelation that he's not the real Sloane very poorly, and it seems he won't ever recover.

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* BreakoutVillain: Because Gina Torres is just ''that'' deliciously evil.
%%* DarkActionGirl
* EvilCounterpart: To Sydney.
%%* FauxAffablyEvil

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* BreakoutVillain: Because Gina Torres is just ''that'' deliciously evil.
%%* DarkActionGirl
evil, she survives the destruction of K-Directorate and works for Prophet-5 in later seasons.
* DarkActionGirl: A capable fighter who goes toe-to-toe with Syd in Season 1 on many occasions.
* EvilCounterpart: To Sydney.
%%* FauxAffablyEvilSydney, as a skilled female field agent.
* FauxAffablyEvil: She strikes up a friendly rapport with Sydney, but make no mistake -- she's a ruthless killer who has no qualms about harming civilians.

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%%* KilledOffForReal

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~~%%* KilledOffForReal~~* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: At last in Season 5, Sydney kills her, after she doubled the heroine and kidnapped Michael.]]

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* TheRival: To Sydney.

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* TheRival: To ~~Sydney.~~Sydney -- they directly clashed when they were working for SD-6 and K-Directorate. Even after their respective organizations fall, Anna maintains a grudge against Sydney and takes special delight in [[spoiler: doubling her and kidnapping her husband.]]

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%%* AssholeVictim
* ButtMonkey: ''None'' of his on-screen tortures ended well for him.

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~~%%* AssholeVictim~~
* AssholeVictim: Safe to say nobody feels sad about seeing this brutal torturer get [[spoiler: acid poured on him by Vaughn after a failed interrogation.]]
* ButtMonkey: ''None'' of his on-screen tortures ended well for him. Special note goes to Marshall, who stalled for time by pretending to cooperate before installing pong on his computer and flipping him off.

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%%* FauxAffablyEvil
%%* FourEyesZeroSoul

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%%* FauxAffablyEvil
%%* FourEyesZeroSoul* FauxAffablyEvil: Acts superficially polite to his victims and makes them false promises, but he's an utterly unrepentant torturer.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears glasses and engages in very painful interrogations.

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%%* SoftSpokenSadist
%%* TortureTechnician
%%* ToThePain

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%%* SoftSpokenSadist
%%* TortureTechnician
%%* ToThePain* SoftSpokenSadist: He rarely raises his voice, but it's quite creepy listening to him threaten to torture his victims.
* TortureTechnician: This is his job for both FTL and the Convenant. He uses methods like tooth-pulling and epoxy to get information. This makes it all the more satisfying when [[spoiler: Vaughn tortures and kills him.]]
* ToThePain: He tells Syd and Marshall about how painful their tortures will be in great detail. Neither actually take place, though, because Syd escapes and Marshall pretends to cooperate.

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* DarkActionGirl

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* ~~DarkActionGirl~~DarkActionGirl: She's a brutal Covenant agent who murders and replaces Francie to infiltrate Syd's life

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%%* EvilTwin

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~~%%* EvilTwin~~* EvilTwin: Following her transformation, she looks just like Francie.

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%%* ActionGirl
%%* AntiHero

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%%* ActionGirl
%%* AntiHero* ActionGirl: She is responsible for many assassination and killings of CIA agents, and APO finds her fighting skills invaluable.
* AntiHero: She's an unrepentant terrorist and mainly collaborates with APO in exchange for bribes. That being said, she [[EveryoneHasStandards finds the Covenant and Prophet-5's evil plans utterly disgusting.]]

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%%* DarkActionGirl

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~~%%* DarkActionGirl~~* DarkActionGirl: She's a terrorist who kills many people and has no qualms about torture. She's willing to see reason and help the APO, though.

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%%* KilledOffForReal

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~~%%* KilledOffForReal~~* KilledOffForReal: In Season 5, she's murdered by [[spoiler: Anna Espinosa, posing as Sydney.]]

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Not informed of the existence of APO.

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* BabiesEverAfter: After the TimeSkip, it turns out she gave birth to 'four'' sons, which Sydney finds baffling.
* GiveGeeksAChance: She marries the unapologetically dorky tech wizard that is Marshall.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: ~~Not~~ Because she left the NSA, she is not informed of the existence of ~~APO.~~APO, believing Marshall to have left the CIA for a video game company. She finds out the truth after [[spoiler: Sloane kidnaps Marshall.]]

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* PairTheSmartOnes: She's a brilliant NSA agent, and she falls for CIA tech expert Marshall.

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%%* AntiHero

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~~%%* AntiHero~~* AntiHero: He's a loyal agent overall, but he's willing to resort to brutal actions and disobey orders to catch the man who murdered his wife.

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%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
%%* HeroicSacrifice

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%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
%%* HeroicSacrifice* DarkAndTroubledPast: His wife was murdered, which weighs heavily on him and leads him on a revenge quest.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He dies in order to delay the detonation of Prophet-5's bomb in Rome so his fellow agents and countless civilians can escape, making him the only victim of the explosion.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Vaughn, though he's acknowledged as one for Weiss in-story.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For ~~Vaughn, though~~ the Vaughn in Season 5, who is [[spoiler: faking his death,]] as a troubled, angsty agent with a prominent romantic arc. However, he's acknowledged as one for Weiss ~~in-story.~~in-story, as Sydney views him as a poor substitute for her good friend.

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%%* AbusiveParents: He shuffles between this and KnightTemplarParent with alarming frequency.

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%%* * AbusiveParents: He shuffles between this and KnightTemplarParent with alarming ~~frequency.~~frequency -- he's violently protective of Nadia most of the time, but he treats her very poorly whenever it helps him find one of Rambaldi's secrets.

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%%* AffablyEvil: He's a perfectly nice guy...until you cross him.
%%* ArchEnemy: Sydney considers him as such.

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%%* * AffablyEvil: He's a perfectly nice guy...until you cross him.
%%* guy as far as his subordinates are concerned. But make no mistake, he is absolutely ruthless to his enemies and he will sacrifice anyone and anything to find Rambaldi's secrets.
* ArchEnemy: Sydney considers him as ~~such.~~such because he murdered her fiance. She joins the real CIA in order to specifically take him down, and she never trusts any of his seeming redemptions.

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%%* BetterTheDevilYouKnow

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~~%%* BetterTheDevilYouKnow~~* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: Sydney and Michael know just how awful he is, but they still support him against K-Directorate, The Man, and rival SD-6 factions because he's more predicable and somewhat less brutal than him.

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%%%%* WhoWantsToLiveForever:

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%%%%* * WhoWantsToLiveForever: He finally gets immortality in the finale, but [[spoiler: he's trapped in an avalanche, all alone for eternity.]]

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* TheDragon: To Irina mostly, and to a lesser extent Arvin in Season 2. And later, DragonAscendant.

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* TheDragon: To Irina mostly, and to a lesser extent Arvin in Season 2. And later, ~~DragonAscendant.~~DragonAscendant when [[spoiler: Both Irina and Arvin end up dead in the finale.]]

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%%* ActionGirl
%%* DarkActionGirl

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* DarkActionGirl: She's a capable Prophet 5 field agent who capably tangles with Syd.

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* TheChosenOne: Despite doing her best to tell Destiny to [[ScrewDestiny go screw itself]].

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* TheChosenOne: Despite doing her best to tell Destiny to [[ScrewDestiny go screw ~~itself]].~~itself]], she's the subject of a Rambaldi prophecy about taking down the great power, complete with a seeming drawing of her face. There are some implications that the prophecy could refer to Irina or Nadia instead, but ultimately, Sydney fulfills the prophecy, though not how she was expected to.

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* YouCantFightFate: She's still TheChosenOne.

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* YouCantFightFate: She's still ~~TheChosenOne.~~TheChosenOne, even after she sees Mount Subasio, which Rambaldi predicted the chosen one would never do.

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%%* TheChessmaster

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~~%%* TheChessmaster~~* TheChessmaster: He works to undermine SD-6 from within and quickly loops Sydney into the plan when he gets the chance. Sloane is completely blindsided by this.

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%%* GuileHero

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~~%%* GuileHero~~* GuileHero: Working undercover at a terrorist organization requires him to have a lot of wits. He ultimately OutGambits Sloane and defeats SD-6.

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%%* KnightInSourArmor
%%* KnightTemplarParent

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%%* KnightInSourArmor
%%* KnightTemplarParent* KnightInSourArmor: He's cynical about his ability to fight SD-6 and the other villains in the series, leading him to usually choose conservative, unambitious solutions, much to his daughter's annoyance. But he's ultimately committed to protecting innocent people.
* KnightTemplarParent: To protect Sydney, he is willing to make shady deals with criminals, including his deceitful ex-wife, go to jail for treason, and kill any number of people.

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* TheStoic: Most of the time.

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* TheStoic: Most of the time. Sydney grew up starver for affection because of this, though he eventually gets better. He's still stoically intimidating to Vaughn, and has little patience for Marshall's goofy behavior.

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%%* TeamDad

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~~%%* TeamDad~~* TeamDad: Jack usually finds himself in command of Sydney's teams. He displays a fatherly attitude to not just Sydney but Vaughn and Marshall as well, showing concern for their safety and calling them out for being reckless.

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%%* MissionControl
* MotorMouth: Mashall has a tendency to talk a great deal and get lost in a tangent when delivering mission briefings.

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~~%%* MissionControl~~
* MissionControl: He usually stays at headquarters and provides technical support remotely. He gets forced into the field occasionally, though.
* MotorMouth: ~~Mashall~~ Marshall has a tendency to talk a great deal and get lost in a tangent when delivering mission briefings.

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* OddFriendship: With Rachel in season five.

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* OddFriendship: With Rachel in season ~~five.~~five -- she's much more serious than he is, but they bond over their tech skills.

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%%* PluckyComicRelief

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~~%%* PluckyComicRelief~~* PluckyComicRelief: He's socially awkward and prone to bad jokes and weird tangents, adding an element of humor to serious episodes.

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%%* TechnoWizard

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~~%%* TechnoWizard~~* TechnoWizard: He invents useful gadgets and does HollywoodHacking to support the team.

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* BetaCouple: With Nadia in season four.

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* BetaCouple: ~~With Nadia in~~ In season ~~four.~~4, he showed an interest in Nadia and slowly managed to convince her to go out with him, making them the Beta Couple to Sydney and Michael. After [[spoiler: Nadia's coma]] they never got back together, though.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: With Vaughn, usually to HoYay levels.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: ~~With Vaughn, usually to HoYay levels.~~Vaughn's closest friend in the CIA, but often calls him out on his reckless behavior. Sometimes, it seems like a little more than friendship between them.

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%%* ActionSurvivor

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~~%%* ActionSurvivor~~* ActionSurvivor: Has no fight training, so all he can do is try to survive the attacks on his life.

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%%* IntrepidReporter: In season one.
* RecklessSidekick: In season one. He gets better.

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%%* * IntrepidReporter: In season ~~one.~~
one, he investigates SD-6 due to his suspicions about Sydney's secrets.
* RecklessSidekick: In season ~~one.~~ one, he recklessly investigates SD-6 despite everyone he knows warning him not to. Unfortunately, one of his contacts is [[spoiler: working for The Man, and his life is threatened.]] In order to avoid being murdered by SD-6 for knowing too much, he has to [[spoiler: deliberately tank his own career by publicly coming out as a delusional heroin addict.]] He gets ~~better.~~better when he learns the truth about Sydney and her secret life.

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%%* UnfazedEveryman

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~~%%* UnfazedEveryman~~* UnfazedEveryman: In season 2, he's still an untrained civilian, but he copes with the stress of being a target of terrorist attacks pretty well.

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%%* ActionGirl
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: What Elena does to her after drugging her and activating a giant Mueller Device
%%* KilledOffForReal
* LongLostRelative
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Right down to the HeelFaceTurn.

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~~%%* ActionGirl~~
* ActionGirl: She was a very competent Argentinian spy, and she has no trouble keeping up with the rest of APO on their missions
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: What Elena does to her after drugging her and activating a giant Mueller Device
%%* KilledOffForReal
Device -- she's basically a zombie.
* ~~LongLostRelative~~
KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Sloane accidentally kills her while trying to get a Rambaldi manuscript she was burning.]]
* LongLostRelative: She's Sydney's half-sister, the child of Sloane an Irinia.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: ~~Right down to the HeelFaceTurn.~~She's Sloane's daughter, and she has a HeelFaceTurn because of his evil actions.

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* SpiritAdvisor: To Sloane, after "30 Seconds".

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* SpiritAdvisor: To Sloane, after "30 ~~Seconds".~~Seconds", though it may just be a hallucination.

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* JuniorCounterpart: To Sydney
%%* NaiveNewcomer

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* JuniorCounterpart: To Sydney
%%* NaiveNewcomerSydney, as another young college student recruited by a terrorist organization pretending to be CIA.
* NaiveNewcomer: She joins APO in the final season, and is largely out of the loop.

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* '''CIA''': The Central Intelligence Agency - The most obvious "Good Guys" in the series, since most of the main cast are affiliated with them.

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* ~~'''CIA''':~~ '''UsefulNotes/{{CIA}}''': The Central Intelligence Agency - The most obvious "Good Guys" in the series, since most of the main cast are affiliated with them.

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%%* TheChessmaster: The embodiment of this trope in the ''Alias'' universe.

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%%* * TheChessmaster: The embodiment of this trope in the ''Alias'' ~~universe.~~universe. Arvin is often 10 steps ahead of everyone else and anticipates their moves.

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%%* WickedCultured

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~~%%* WickedCultured~~* WickedCultured: Arvin has a taste for fine food, art and rare artifacts.

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