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[[Characters/AgentsOfSHIELD Back to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Character Index]].

For the S.H.I.E.L.D. characters which mainly appear in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse films, [[Characters/{{SHIELD}} see the character sheet for the films]].

'''Warning: Major unmarked spoilers for ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', and Seasons 1 and 2 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. below.'''

'''Only spoilers for the current season (three) will be marked.'''

!S.H.I.E.L.D.

[[foldercontrol]]

!Pre-S.H.I.E.L.D. Civil War

[[folder:Victoria Hand]]
-->See [[Characters/{{MCUSHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D. Leadership]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Dr. Streiten]]
-->See [[Characters/{{MCUSHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D. support staff]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Mack]]
-->See [[Characters/{{MCUSHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D. agents]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Shaw]]
-->See [[Characters/{{MCUSHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D. agents]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Richard Lumley]]
-->See [[Characters/{{MCUSHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D. agents]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent John Garrett]]
!!''Agent John Garrett''
-->See the [[Characters/AgentsOfSHIELDTheCentipedeGroup Project Centipede page]]
[[/folder]]

!Post-S.H.I.E.L.D. Civil War

!!Coulson Loyalists

[[folder:Agent Mike Peterson]]
-->See [[Characters/{{MCUSHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D. agents]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Koenig Family]]
-->See [[Characters/{{MCUSHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D. agents]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Idaho]]
-->See [[Characters/{{MCUSHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D. agents]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Noelle Walters]]
-->See [[Characters/{{MCUSHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D. agents]]
[[/folder]]

!!"Real" S.H.I.E.L.D.
[[folder:Commander Robert Gonzales]]
-->See [[Characters/{{MCUSHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D. Leadership]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Anne Weaver]]
-->See [[Characters/{{MCUSHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D. Leadership]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Isabelle Hartley]]
-->See [[Characters/{{MCUSHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D. agents]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Tomas Calderon]]
-->See [[Characters/{{MCUSHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D. agents]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Oliver]]
-->See [[Characters/{{MCUSHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D. agents]]
[[/folder]]
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!!"Real" S.H.I.E.L.D

[[folder: "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D in General]]

A splinter cell of S.H.I.E.L.D., formed on the day S.H.I.E.L.D. fell. Nick Fury gave Bobbi Morse an order to sink the ''Iliad'', a S.H.I.E.L.D. aircraft carrier, to prevent HYDRA from getting the cargo. She refused to follow through because she would have had to sacrifice the loyal S.H.I.E.L.D agents still onboard. Against all odds, they took back the ship and then picked up survivors from the S.H.I.E.L.D. academy. Reasoning that Nick Fury's autocratic leadership style and secret-keeping is what led to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s downfall, they decided to rebuild it on the principles of democratic leadership and transparency. Distrusting Coulson for his loyalty to Fury and exposure to alien influence, they kept themselves hidden and sent moles to infiltrate his team, gathering intel to prepare to seize control from him.
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* AccompliceByInaction: They haven't really done anything against HYDRA, focusing all of their resources on stopping Coulson. The members always deflect when anyone from Coulson's team brings up HYDRA.
* BrokenPedestal: ''None'' of them have any respect for Nick Fury after the HYDRA Coup. In fact their organization began with Bobbi disobeying Fury's orders.
* ConflictBall: They refuse to talk to Coulson about their misgivings over his leadership style, instead opting to plant moles on his team and then essentially hijack control of the organization when they believe he must be stopped.
* FantasticRacism: They really don't like gifted people -- in fact, they fear Coulson is forming an army of them.
* HazyFeelTurn: Although they stopped following Fury's orders they still have good intentions, but their heavy-handed methods and hypocrisy don't make them very trustworthy.
* HeelFaceTurn: They unite with Team Coulson in "Scars", serving as the successor to the council that had guided Fury.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Their version of what happened post HYDRA Coup is that while Coulson ran around hunting alien artifacts in order to raise a Gifted army for his alien handlers, they scrambled to save as many of their fellow agents as possible. In truth, Coulson was in the progress of checking bases for survivors before Talbot forced him on the run. With limited resources, he decided to refocus his efforts on stopping Garrett. It wasn't until Fury gave him the assignment to rebuild S.H.I.E.L.D. that he had the means to search for survivors.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** They claim to value transparency but they're even more secretive than Coulson is. They also make claims of wanting to resolve the situation amicably but actively avoided any attempts to work things out with him rationally, jumping straight to force on flimsy pretenses.
** They believe Fury's secret-keeping is why S.H.I.E.L.D. fell, ignoring or unaware that HYDRA's infiltration was a systemic problem from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s very inception at the beginning of the Cold War. Whatever Fury's role in HYDRA's endgame, Fury is at best one link in a very long chain, and they're ignoring HYDRA to focus on him.
* IRejectYourReality: When somebody brings up the fact that Coulson was hunting alien artifacts so HYDRA didn't get them first, they always twist the facts around so that the HYDRA factor is inconsequential.
* KarmaHoudini: They never get any punishment for all the trouble they caused by trying to wrest control away from Coulson, nor do they even admit they did anything wrong. Instead the're assimilated back into the organization - albeit with a lot of tension.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After "The Dirty Half Dozen", they quickly fold themselves into Coulson's command structure. Implicitly, knowing that he has both Nick Fury and ''the Avengers'' (through Hill) on his side made them reconsider any further hostilities.
* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: They're led by a board of operatives with Gonzales as the chairman.
* VillainHasAPoint: For all their hypocrisy, Coulson admits they do have legitimate points over concerns about any negative effects of the GH serum might have on him, and that there are flaws in his leadership style.
* WhamLine:
--> '''Gonzales:''' You have your orders, Agent Morse. This is ''not'' a democracy.\\
'''Bobbi:''' Maybe it ''should'' be.
* WrongGenreSavvy: They think Coulson is an alien sleeper agent building up a stockpile of gifted soldiers who is bringing S.H.I.E.L.D. to ruin, and that they are the heroes who must come in and stop him before it's too late.
[[/folder]]

!!''Dr. Streiten''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Ron Glass
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E1Pilot (Episode 1: "Pilot")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E11TheMagicalPlace (Episode 11, "The Magical Place")]]''

A physician working for S.H.I.E.L.D. He knows how Coulson survived being stabbed by Loki during ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Is both obviously traumatized and horrified over what they had to do to bring Coulson BackFromTheDead.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He goes off the grid after Coulson confronts him about his resurrection, with not even S.H.I.E.L.D. able to find him.
* SecretKeeper: Along with Maria Hill, he's one of two characters confirmed to know how Coulson was resurrected besides Nick Fury, who ordered it.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No further mention of him is made after he disappears, with his fate after HYDRA's emergence being unknown.

!!''Agent Mack''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Bodie Newcomb
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E3TheAsset (Episode 3: "The Asset")]]''

A seemingly ordinary truck driver tasked with transporting Dr. Franklin Hall.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Seems like a stereotypical redneck trucker but is actually a SHIELD agent.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted; not to be confused with Agent Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, who's introduced in season two.
* ShoutOut: His name, Mack, and his job as a trucker are homage to Mack from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}''. Since both Marvel and Pixar are owned by Disney, this isn't surprising.
* SpaceTrucker: Though he doesn't actually operate in space, he is a highly trained S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who drives a high-tech truck.
* VulnerableConvoy: He is attacked while transporting Dr. Hall.

!!''Agent Shaw''
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shaw_aos_3409.jpg]][[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm just having a hard time killing the people we once called friends."'']]

->'''Portrayed By''': Charles Halford
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E7TheHub (Episode 7: "The Hub")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E17TurnTurnTurn (Episode 17: "Turn, Turn, Turn")]]''

A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent undercover in Siberia.
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* TheBusCameBack: He originally seemed to be a one off character, but comes back '''10''' episodes later during HYDRA's attack.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When the audience is led to believe that he, along with Hand and her faction, are HYDRA infiltrators, he is disgusted at the order to kill Coulson's team or any other of his fellow agents. This is one of the first indications that Hand's faction is GoodAllAlong, as a HYDRA agent would not have been so sympathetic.
* NoseShove: He kept the intel he gathered hidden in a [=USB=] deep inside his nose.
* ReverseMole: When he first appears, it's implied that he is going to torture Coulson for information but it's soon revealed that he too is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
* TortureTechnician: He's undercover as an interrogator.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His fate since the S.H.I.E.L.D. Civil War hasn't been revealed.

!!''Agent Richard Lumley''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Boyd Kestner
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E12Seeds (Episode 12: "Seeds")]]''

A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who went off the grid after investigating an 0-8-4 in Hunan, China.
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* CombatPragmatist: Uses the environment of the alley while fighting May, including a wooden pallet.
* CyanidePill: Was willing to take one when he was confronted by Coulson and May.
* SecretKeeper: He's one of the only surviving people on the planet to know about the 0-8-4 from Hunan. It was Skye, and even he doesn't know the details, just that an entire village died to protect her when she was a baby.
* SoleSurvivor: Of the team that investigated the 0-8-4, with all the others being killed off one-by-one before Lumley went off the radar to avoid the same fate.

!!''Agent Michael "Mike" Peterson / Deathlok''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I could, you know? Be a hero."'']]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here]]http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7d9735526b36f903e20a551d15e2a728.png[[/labelnote]] to see Deathlok]]

->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/JAugustRichards
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (first appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E1Pilot Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Episode 1: "Pilot")]]'')

->''"You said if we worked hard, if we did right, we'd have a place. You said it was enough to be a man, but there's better than man! There's gods... and the rest of us? What are we? They're giants... we're what they step on. "''

An ordinary guy with a son who mysteriously receives superhuman abilities thanks to "Project Centipede", attracting the attention of both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Skye. Mike is eventually transformed into Deathlok by HYDRA, and forced to work for them or else they will kill him and his son. S.H.I.E.L.D. manages to free him and his son when they take down John Garrett. He is later recruited into the resurrected S.H.I.E.L.D. by Director Coulson, working as a secret operative hunting down the remnants of HYDRA.

* ActionBomb: He very nearly explodes due to the Extremis in his system, like the previous user of Centipede. Unlike the former, Mike is spared from this fate.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the comics, Michael Peterson is a normal human and not a Deathlok.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, Deathlok was a hero in the vein of Franchise/RoboCop. At least in Season 1, Mike is an unwilling villain through Centipede having him cowed by the ExplosiveLeash they have in his eye socket, and not allowing him to see his son, Ace. After being freed from HYDRA he strikes out on his own, presumably to become an AntiHero like the comics version, and Season 2 shows he's been working as a OneManArmy shadow operative for Coulson since he assumed Directorship of S.H.I.E.L.D., cementing him back into the "heroes'" side.
* AndIMustScream: He knows he's a good man deep down inside, and he's more concerned about his son's well-being than anything even after becoming Deathlok, but he has to do HYDRA's bidding or else, especially considering what he had learned about another victim of the eye implant.
* AntiVillain: In the pilot, Coulson calls him a "good man with a bad break". From "T.R.A.C.K.S." to "The Beginning Of The End", he's only working with Centipede because of the eye implant.
* AppropriatedAppellation: He's known as "the Hooded Hero" because he wore a hood when he performed his HeroicFireRescue at the opening of the pilot.
* AnArmAndALeg: Lost his right leg in the explosion at the end of "The Bridge". It's replaced with a high tech counterpart.
* ArmCannon: Gets one in "End of the Beginning", specifically a two-shot mini rocket launcher. It also comes with a few extra gadgets.
* TheAtoner:
** In "The Bridge," he's very ashamed of his past actions and eagerly works hard to be as much a force for good as possible to make up for them. Which only makes it worse when Centipede forces him to betray Coulson to save his son Ace.
** Walking away in the season 1 finale implies that he is going to make up for the evil deeds he was forced to commit.
* AscendedExtra: He's returned as of "The Bridge" to work with Coulson and later becomes a Centipede Eye-drone. Not only that, see CanonForeigner below.
* BaldOfEvil: Sort of. He's not evil, just extremely unstable and being coerced.
* BecomingTheMask: Garrett thinks this is the case in "Ragtag", after he punches a drug lord's head clean off. It's clear he's wrong about it, though; Mike is just venting in the few ways he can.
* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Coulson and Hunter from the 'Real' S.H.I.E.L.D. in "Afterlife".
* BigEater: He mentions in "The Bridge" that he eats about four times the amount of food he used to, and when using his strength maybe ten times.
* TheBrute: A hitman for Garrett, albeit a very reluctant one.
* TheBusCameBack: In "Afterlife", he returns as Coulson's reinforcements against the other S.H.I.E.L.D. It's revealed that he's been tracking high level HYDRA members for Coulson for months.
* CompositeCharacter: As of "T.R.A.C.K.S.", he's the newest Deathlok, but isn't named after any of the known versions of him from the comics. As a MythologyGag, his leg is labeled 5.0, and there were only four Deathloks in the comics. He's still this. Though one of the Deathloks' secret identity in comics is Michael ''Collins'', there's a [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Michael_Peterson_(Earth-616) Michael Peterson]], a young African-American, that appeared in an issue of ''Slapstick'' in 1992.
* TheCape:
** At the start of his introduction, there's an explosion. While other people are running scared or taking pictures, he tells his son that someone needs his help and goes to work. Later on, he tells Coulson that his stalwart nature ("it depends on the kind of person you are") is why he can control the Extremis in his system. A combination of WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity and bad circumstances make him an antagonist.
** When he returns in "The Bridge", he does everything he can to make up for his earlier mistakes.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: The more he's been upgraded with equipment, the less he resists orders, but his love for his son stays as strong as ever. As soon as he's freed, he becomes a hero once more. If anything, he's just developed (pardon the pun) NervesOfSteel and become more stoic while on assignment.
* {{Cyborg}}: As of "T.R.A.C.K.S.", now that he has a robotic right leg to replace his missing one. As of "End of the Beginning", more than 95% of him has been transformed underneath the surface of his skin.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: He's excited to work with TheTeam that shot him. Justified in this case as the shot stabilized his serum and he wants to be a hero.
* TheDogBitesBack: "The Beginning of the End" sees him defeating Garrett with a rocket and a stomp to the face.
* TheEveryman: He was the most ordinary of Joes who was down on his luck and behind on his bills before he got his powers.
* {{Expy}}: With the new backstory, he's basically [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Winter Soldier without the movie involvement]].
* FaceMonsterTurn: ZigzaggedTrope from the first to the last episode of season 1. Narrowly averted in the pilot thanks to the SanitySlippage from the Extremis being stabilized. Played straight as of "T.R.A.C.K.S.", as he's been forced into becoming Deathlok. Then defied when he assists Team Coulson as soon as he's freed.
* GiveHimANormalLife: More than anything else, Mike wants his son to be safe and happy, and he's all too aware that he can't provide that.
* GuestStarPartyMember: When he re-appears in "The Bridge", he's temporarily drafted into the team to help them against Centipede's new {{super soldier}}s.
* HealingFactor: Courtesy of Extremis he heals quickly.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Though not entirely of his own volition - he would have stayed firmly on the Face side if not for being captured by Centipede.
* HeelFaceTurn: He quickly turns on Garrett upon learning that S.H.I.E.L.D. had taken his son back from HYDRA.
* HerosFirstRescue: Mike's heroic debut was climbing up the side of a burning building to rescue a woman trapped in the top floor.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He spent the bulk of season 2 on a mission assigned to him from Coulson. He was tracking Dr.List, one of HYDRA's heads, and monitoring his activity. If Marvel Studios ever wants to make a Deathlok mini-series, that would provide plenty of material.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Inverted in "The Bridge"; when he surrenders Coulson to Centipede against his will, Coulson's the one to reassure him that in doing so, he did the only thing he could do to ensure that nobody got hurt.
* IHaveYourWife: This is used by Raina to force his cooperation in "The Bridge". In "Nothing Personal", he notes that S.H.I.E.L.D. being disbanded has left his son vulnerable, which is on top of the ExplosiveLeash currently in his eye socket. By the time of "Ragtag" it's revealed that HYDRA has now captured his son, leaving him even more under their control.
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: He's got a mixture of alien technology, gamma radiation, super soldier serum ''and'' Extremis running through his body.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Fitz-Simmons give him a bodysuit that monitors his vitals, protects him from bullets, and is very comfortable.
* InstantExpert: Here is a justified use of the trope. After his return, Mike is able to upload all of the data on a S.H.I.E.L.D. quinjet and expertly pilot in under a minute through his cybernetic eye.
* InTheHood: Wore one during his original rescue, hence the "Hooded Hero" moniker.
* JumpedAtTheCall: In "The Bridge" he is ecstatic to be recruited by Coulson and can't wait to get into the field and start helping people.
* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Even if it was stemming from the SanitySlippage due to his powers, it's not hard to side with Mike when he injured the foreman of his former job after he was harassed and insulted by said foreman.
** In "Nothing Personal", he does this to Ward by triggering a heart attack via one of his shock devices.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Based on his first scene in "The Bridge", he's taken 'Captain Rogers' as his role model in superheroing.
* KnightErrant:
** At the end of season one finale is currently hitting the road to do good to make up for his actions.
** He lands back in the main story in Season 2, by rescuing Coulson and Hunter from "real" S.H.I.E.L.D.'s forces and piloting the quinjet out of there. Turns out he's been working for Coulson for a little while to atone.
* MadeOfIron: Being hit with a shotgun blast to the chest doesn't do much to him apart from knock him over a rail owing to the sheer blast, and he gets back up afterwards.
* NamesTheSame: [[invoked]] There ''is'' a "Mike Peterson" in the MarvelComics universe, but that one is a teenager who's the best friend of [[ComicBook/TheAwesomeSlapstick Slapstick]].
* NeverFoundTheBody: Appears to be [[RedemptionEqualsDeath blown up]] in "The Bridge", after spending the entire episode trying to atone for his prior insanity, and even more specifically trying to "make up for things" and save Coulson after Centipede forced Mike to betray him in a SadisticChoice. As it turns out, he was taken alive by Centipede, and his right leg was left behind so S.H.I.E.L.D. would have something to find.
* NiceGuy: Before his StartOfDarkness, he was a friendly and humble guy who wanted nothing more than to provide for his family. He returns to this in his second appearance.
* ObliviouslyEvil: His SanitySlippage leads him to believe that his JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope is his SuperheroOrigin.
* OhCrap:
** After he discovers that Centipede had recaptured him. And he's missing a leg. And he has an eye implant.
** After becoming Deathlok, other people suffer this [[TheDreaded the moment they learn he's in the area]].
* OneManArmy: When Hunter learns that the reinforcements Coulson calls in "Afterlife" is just one person, he replies "that's not reinforcements, that's a gravedigger!". After Mike takes out two quinjets full of S.H.I.E.L.D agents with only minimal assistance, he learns that one man is indeed all the back up they need.
* PapaWolf: He deeply loves his son. Even being transformed into a mostly-cyborg killing machine doesn't change that.
* PhlebotinumRebel: Once HYDRA's control over him is broken, he quickly turns on them.
* PsychoSerum: The Centipede has a side effect of SanitySlippage, making him more violent. Really, what did they expect if they used the same stuff that created the Hulk?
* PunchClockVillain: In "Nothing Personal", he admits to Skye that he's more concerned about Ace's safety and well-being than anything and only serves HYDRA so that nothing will happen to his son. After Ace is freed, he turns on HYDRA.
* ScarsAreForever: Despite his Centipede powers, the burn scars on his face remain.
* ScaryBlackMan: As he grows closer and closer to his SuperPowerMeltdown. In his second appearance, the serum's side effects are completely gone, and he's friendly and affable again.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The first [[MonsterOfTheWeek Case of the Week]], but also shown that the people behind his powers, the Centipede group, was still out there, continuing where they left off. Later averted when he returned in a bigger role.
* SuperPowerMeltdown: Narrowly averted, by way of Ward using the [[TranquilizerDart Night-Night gun]]. "The Bridge" reveals that being tranquilized at just the right moment fixed his meltdown problems permanently.
* SuperStrength: Due to the Centipede group's serum, or rather the Extremis aspect of it, he is far above human in strength.
* SuperToughness: Able to withstand serious blows without any injury, though it's implied that he can die from a [[BoomHeadshot headshot]]. His later upgrades make his durable enough to resist all but a few places being shot.
* TakeALevelInBadass: In Season 2. His return is marked with a new costume which looks ''much'' better than the original, EMP rockets to complement his more lethal payload, and a tech overlay that lets him upload and [[InstantExpert learn new tech systems like the S.H.I.E.L.D. quinjets.]]
* ThatManIsDead: He claims that Mike Peterson is dead in "End of the Beginning", having given up on the hope that he might be freed or ever see his son again.
* TrappedInVillainy: Like Akela and The Englishman before him, and by the same method. After Project Centipede is destroyed, he becomes free again.
* TwoFaced: The result of being caught in the explosion at the end of [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E10THEBRIDGE The Bridge]]. Presumably the only reason he's even alive to begin with is because of the SuperSerum in his blood.
* UnskilledButStrong: Unlike [[OneManArmy most SHIELD agents]], he has no formal combat training, and is a mere factory worker when the series begins. However, through his SuperSerum and later cybernetic upgrades he becomes a force to be reckoned with, effectively the inverse of the BadassNormal agents seen throughout the series.
* VillainOfTheWeek: Though not the reason for the problems with Centipede, he's the primary face of it to the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
* WalkingTheEarth: At the end of "Beginning of the End", instead of turning himself in or reuniting with his son, he decides that he has to make up for his bloody actions and hits the road, telling Skye that they can keep an eye on him through his eye implant.
* WeCanRebuildHim: After being caught in a bomb planted by Centipede, he's turned into the cyborg Deathlok.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Given all the trouble that he's been through, it's hard not to feel sorry for him, even as he starts having a psychotic breakdown.
* WrongGenreSavvy: He's obviously aware of the old tropes, claiming at one point during the pilot that the events unfolding around him are the elements of a typical OriginStory of a superhero. However, his OriginStory ends up being that of an [[TheAtoner Atoner]] AntiHero, played out over the entire season instead.

[[folder: The Koenig Family]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/PattonOswalt

A BadassFamily of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents who report straight to the Director. Fury trusted them enough to let them know he faked his death after the HYDRA Coup and put them in charge of the secret bases he set up in case of emergencies. They rarely go out into the field, although they are more than capable should they be called to action. Although three brothers have been seen it's unknown how many of them work in S.H.I.E.L.D. or how many look alike.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: While Eric was human, his identical brothers have the exact same mannerisms as him so there's been a lot of (In-universe!) speculation on what they actually ''are''.
* AlmightyJanitor: They mostly look after secret bases - which are used either to rebuild the organization or house weapons and tools [[GodzillaThreshold that are only brought in as a last resort.]]
* {{Adorkable}}: They really like their video games and geeking out about other badass agents.
* BackUpTwin: We don't know exactly how many brothers there are; but we do know there's a sister somewhere. According to Trip, Billy namedrops a new twin all the time.
* BadassFamily: Being a SHIELD agent seems to be the family business.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: They may look more like desk jockeys than secret agents but don't let that fool you - they ''are'' S.H.I.E.L.D. agents after all who report directly to Coulson (and previously Fury).
* ForgottenFallenFriend: Averted. He's brought up in the Season THREE penultimate fall episode.
* HeterosexualLifePartner: All of them are very close and often play Call of Duty online. They took Eric's death very hard.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: ImpliedTrope. Fury trusted them to look after his secret bases and let them know he was faking his death.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Eric, Sam, and Billy act more like clones then brothers.
* MythologyGag: It's revealed that there's a Koenig sister. In the comics, Eric does have a sister, [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Ilsa_Koenig_%28Earth-616%29 Ilsa]].
* RulesLawyer: All of them are a strickler for the rules - and one of those rules is that you have an ID lanyard with you at all times.
* WeaponOfChoice: The Koenigs carry Walther [=PPKs=] rather than S.H.I.E.L.D.-issue Smith & Wesson [=M&Ps=]

!!''Agent Eric Koenig''
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/PattonOswalt
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E18Providence (Episode 18, "Providence")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E19TheOnlyLightInTheDarkness (Episode 19, "The Only Light In the Darkness")]]''

A Level Six agent in charge of "Providence", a secret base in the Canadian wilderness, set up by Nick Fury as a failsafe in case S.H.I.E.L.D. was compromised.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Comics Eric was a German Army officer who defected to the allies and joined Nick Fury's elite commando team, later becoming a veteran S.H.I.E.L.D. agent of thirty years and a close friend and ally of Fury's. In here, he's a nerdy desk jockey type. However, see CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass.
* {{Adorkable}}: Smooth is not a word you'd use to describe him.
* BadassFamily: With his brothers and fellow S.H.I.E.L.D.agents.
* BasementDweller: In a manner of speaking. While he doesn't live at home, Koenig fits the type as he is likely the only person residing in "Providence". His isolated assignment has allowed him to rack up some major time on ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' with his brother.
* CharacterDeath: Ward kills him after he starts to uncover too much about his allegiance with HYDRA.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He may look more like a desk jockey than a secret agent, but don't let that fool you. He was '''hand picked''' by Fury himself to watch over a secret base. When he notices the readings are off when Ward's in the lie detector, he ''immediately'' grabs a gun and keeps pushing Ward for more direct answers to his questions regarding HYDRA, and doesn't seem scared in the slightest. He also threatened Coulson in regards to revealing Fury's survival, without flinching.
* {{Fanboy}}: His welcoming of Coulson can be compared to Coulson's own welcoming of Captain America.
* GeekyTurnOn: After Skye hacks the [=NSA=]'s satellites, he says he understands why Ward likes her so much.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: ImpliedTrope. If Nick Fury, someone with major trust issues, trusts him to run his super secret, if-all-else-fails base, then he's gotta be pretty darn trustworthy. Hell, he's in that VERY exclusive club that knows Fury's still alive after the events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.
* MauveShirt: He's the only person residing at Providence who hasn't been on the show up until now. Take a guess what happens.
* ProperlyParanoid:
** Given that HYDRA just launched a coup from within S.H.I.E.L.D. itself, he's understandably reluctant to trust the rest of Coulson's team until they've been properly vetted. Notably, when he sees Skye about to call Ward, he snaps at Coulson for allowing her to call a number at a secretive army base.
** Not only does Koenig distrust the rest of the team, he also hides from them the fact that Nick Fury's still alive, only trusting Coulson with the information. Smart call, especially since it was revealed that [[TheMole Ward is with HYDRA]].
* RaceLift: Presumably, since he's German in the comics and Patton Oswalt is American. There's no sign Eric retains his German heritage from the comics for the show.
* RulesLawyer: He's quite adamant about sticking to Fury's rules, including keeping the team besides Coulson LockedOutOfTheLoop about Fury's own survival. He also is willing to give Team Coulson some new clearance cards but in due time, as he is beginning to trust them. Turns out that this was a very good call on his part. Had he shared that with the entire team, HYDRA would have found out as well about Fury's survival once Skye called Ward.
* SecretKeeper: One of the few people in the world who knows Nick Fury is alive after ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.

!!''Agent Billy Koenig''
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/PattonOswalt
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E22BeginningOfTheEnd (Episode 22, "The Beginning of the End")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E1Shadows (Episode 23, "Shadows")]]''

A Level Six agent in charge of "the Playground", a secret base set up by Nick Fury as a failsafe in case S.H.I.E.L.D. needed to rebuild from the ground up. His brother, Eric, is the agent who was put in charge of Providence.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: MIGHT be a robot. Might. Maybe.
* BackupTwin: Although he was mentioned before appearing, there was no indication he was also a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent or Eric's twin. Which is really is just the tip of the iceberg for how surprisingly similar they are.
** It turns out there's several Koenig brothers, with Sam Koenig appearing in a SDCC special teaser.
** Triplett claims that Billy introduces a new brother into the mix every time they speak and that each brother is described in exactly the same way. Triplett spends a lot of time trying to rationalize it all in his head. Trip practically has a HeroicBSOD when he sees Billy and Sam together.
* BadassFamily: With his brothers and fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
* ChekhovsGunman: Eric mentioned that he spent most of his time playing ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' with his brother, which always seemed odd since he was in a top-secret base. It's less odd when we find out said brother was ''also'' in a top-secret base.
* HeterosexualLifePartner: With his brothers. He's very upset over Eric's death.
* RulesLawyer: Like his brother Eric was at Providence, Billy is stringent about maintaining regulations in the Playground, especially when it comes to the [=ID=] lanyards.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Both in-universe and out. He greets Coulson with the exact same speech as his identical twin brother.
** Lampshaded by Fitz in the Season 2 opener "Shadows", claiming he was their new "golden boy". With Fitz not being what he was once was, Billy is the only person that has been shown that could do some of the stuff like Fitz has done.
* WeaponOfChoice: The Koenigs carry Walther [=PPKs=] rather than S.H.I.E.L.D.-issue Smith & Wesson [=M&Ps=]

!!''Agent Sam Koenig''
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/PattonOswalt
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''

A Level Six Agent just like his brothers Billy and Eric. He first appered in a special SDCC 2014 video, before appearing in the show proper in "Ye Who Enter Here". He's in charge of the Theta Protocol. He has a crush on Bobbi.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Billy considers him this due to his fanboy reaction to getting to meet agents like May and Morse.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Billy jokes that he's a robot. Well, at least, Trip THINKS he's joking...
-->"All the excitement fried his circuits. His cooling system kicked in and he's recharging his batteries."
* BackUpTwin: Looks just like his brothers.
* BadassFamily: With his brothers and fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
* EarlyBirdCameo: First appears in a promotional video for season 2 at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2014, before finally appearing in the show proper on the December 2nd episode "Ye Who Enter Here".
* HasAType: Sam is explicitly attracted to [[AmazonChaser women who can kick ass]].
* HeterosexualLifePartner: With his brothers. He's very upset over Eric's death.
* SecretKeeper: It is revealed in "Scars" that he was in on Coulson's Theta Protocol.
* WeaponOfChoice: The Koenigs carry Walther [=PPKs=] rather than S.H.I.E.L.D.-issue Smith & Wesson [=M&Ps=]

[[folder:Idaho]]
!!''Idaho''
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->'''Portrayed by''': Wilmer Calderon
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E1Shadows (Episode 23, "Shadows")]]''

Idaho is a mercenary Coulson recruits to combat HYDRA and is teammates with Hartley and Hunter.
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* CanonForeigner: Made for the show [[SacrificialLamb probably to die and show the audience how deadly Creel is]].
* MauveShirt: Creel kills him and Hartley by flipping their car. Only Hunter makes it out alive.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: While his partners have a first and last name, Idaho is only referred to as Idaho.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Hunter says Idaho would frequently go to church after missions.
* SatelliteCharacter: His characterization begins and ends with him being TrueCompanions and partners with Hunter and Hartley.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Dies in his first episode and Hunter subsequently only talks about Hartley in nostalgic tones with no mention of Idaho.

[[folder:Agent Noelle Walters]]
!!''Agent Noelle Walters''

->'''Portrayed by''': Melanie Cruz
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E6FracturedHouse (Episode 28, "A Fractured House")]]''

An agent in charge of a S.H.I.E.L.D. team in the Netherlands.
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* CanonForeigner: She has no comicbook counterpart.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Headbutts Scarlotti in the face before he can take his knife to her, then upon taking a splinter bomb to the gut, states that HYDRA will never defeat S.H.I.E.L.D. before disintegrating.
* KilledMidSentence: Her aforementioned DefiantToTheEnd moment, which Scarlotti wastes no time [[BondOneLiner lampshading]].
* NoBodyLeftBehind: She gets disintegrated by Marcus Scarlotti, who puts a splinter bomb into her stomach.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Dies in her first episode.

!!"Real" S.H.I.E.L.D

[[folder: "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D in General]]

A splinter cell of S.H.I.E.L.D., formed on the day S.H.I.E.L.D. fell. Nick Fury gave Bobbi Morse an order to sink the ''Iliad'', a S.H.I.E.L.D. aircraft carrier, to prevent HYDRA from getting the cargo. She refused to follow through because she would have had to sacrifice the loyal S.H.I.E.L.D agents still onboard. Against all odds, they took back the ship and then picked up survivors from the S.H.I.E.L.D. academy. Reasoning that Nick Fury's autocratic leadership style and secret-keeping is what led to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s downfall, they decided to rebuild it on the principles of democratic leadership and transparency. Distrusting Coulson for his loyalty to Fury and exposure to alien influence, they kept themselves hidden and sent moles to infiltrate his team, gathering intel to prepare to seize control from him.
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* AccompliceByInaction: They haven't really done anything against HYDRA, focusing all of their resources on stopping Coulson. The members always deflect when anyone from Coulson's team brings up HYDRA.
* BrokenPedestal: ''None'' of them have any respect for Nick Fury after the HYDRA Coup. In fact their organization began with Bobbi disobeying Fury's orders.
* ConflictBall: They refuse to talk to Coulson about their misgivings over his leadership style, instead opting to plant moles on his team and then essentially hijack control of the organization when they believe he must be stopped.
* FantasticRacism: They really don't like gifted people -- in fact, they fear Coulson is forming an army of them.
* HazyFeelTurn: Although they stopped following Fury's orders they still have good intentions, but their heavy-handed methods and hypocrisy don't make them very trustworthy.
* HeelFaceTurn: They unite with Team Coulson in "Scars", serving as the successor to the council that had guided Fury.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Their version of what happened post HYDRA Coup is that while Coulson ran around hunting alien artifacts in order to raise a Gifted army for his alien handlers, they scrambled to save as many of their fellow agents as possible. In truth, Coulson was in the progress of checking bases for survivors before Talbot forced him on the run. With limited resources, he decided to refocus his efforts on stopping Garrett. It wasn't until Fury gave him the assignment to rebuild S.H.I.E.L.D. that he had the means to search for survivors.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** They claim to value transparency but they're even more secretive than Coulson is. They also make claims of wanting to resolve the situation amicably but actively avoided any attempts to work things out with him rationally, jumping straight to force on flimsy pretenses.
** They believe Fury's secret-keeping is why S.H.I.E.L.D. fell, ignoring or unaware that HYDRA's infiltration was a systemic problem from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s very inception at the beginning of the Cold War. Whatever Fury's role in HYDRA's endgame, Fury is at best one link in a very long chain, and they're ignoring HYDRA to focus on him.
* IRejectYourReality: When somebody brings up the fact that Coulson was hunting alien artifacts so HYDRA didn't get them first, they always twist the facts around so that the HYDRA factor is inconsequential.
* KarmaHoudini: They never get any punishment for all the trouble they caused by trying to wrest control away from Coulson, nor do they even admit they did anything wrong. Instead the're assimilated back into the organization - albeit with a lot of tension.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After "The Dirty Half Dozen", they quickly fold themselves into Coulson's command structure. Implicitly, knowing that he has both Nick Fury and ''the Avengers'' (through Hill) on his side made them reconsider any further hostilities.
* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: They're led by a board of operatives with Gonzales as the chairman.
* VillainHasAPoint: For all their hypocrisy, Coulson admits they do have legitimate points over concerns about any negative effects of the GH serum might have on him, and that there are flaws in his leadership style.
* WhamLine:
--> '''Gonzales:''' You have your orders, Agent Morse. This is ''not'' a democracy.\\
'''Bobbi:''' Maybe it ''should'' be.
* WrongGenreSavvy: They think Coulson is an alien sleeper agent building up a stockpile of gifted soldiers who is bringing S.H.I.E.L.D. to ruin, and that they are the heroes who must come in and stop him before it's too late.

[[folder:Commander Robert Gonzales]]
!!''Commander Robert Gonzales''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Secrets is what brought S.H.I.E.L.D. down the first time, and we won't let that happen again."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E14LoveInTheTimeOfHydra Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Season 2 Episode 14: "Love In The Time Of Hydra")]]''

-->''"We're fighting a war with an enemy that is without honor. Sometimes, we make sacrifices for the greater good."''

The commanding officer of the S.H.I.E.L.D. aircraft carrier ''Iliad''. After S.H.I.E.L.D.'s fall during the events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', he took it upon himself to reorganize whatever parts of the organization Coulson or Talbot hadn't touched into a new S.H.I.E.L.D. -- the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D., as he calls it. Believing Coulson can't be trusted due to being brought back to life by alien tech, he seeks to remove Coulson from power and reform S.H.I.E.L.D. into what he thinks it should be. He has notable dislike of Gifted people and appears more focused on consolidating S.H.I.E.L.D. under one banner than fighting HYDRA.
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* AccompliceByInaction: Subtly called on this by May, who accuses him of going on a witch hunt instead of fighting HYDRA like they should be doing. It's worth noting that Gonzales deflects whenever a member of Coulson's team brings up HYDRA.
* AncestralWeapon: Possesses a pistol which belonged to his grandfather and was used in combat in the Second World War.
* ArcVillain: After Whitehall dies and with HYDRA crippled, he takes center stage in the second half of Season Two. Until Jiaying kills him.
* BadassMustache: Dugan would be proud.
* BigBad: Takes this position for the second half of Season Two. He's the creator of his own S.H.I.E.L.D., has Mack and Bobbi infiltrate Coulson's S.H.I.E.L.D., with plans to take Coulson out if he has to on the table. However, he forms an alliance with Coulson. Shame it doesn't save him from [[DiscOneFinalBoss getting murdered by Jiaying]].
* BigBadEnsemble: With Dr. List in the second half of Season Two. Could be considered in one retroactively with Whitehall and Cal in the first half, as he sent Isabelle, Mack and Bobbi to infiltrate Coulson's team, but his endgame doesn't kick in until much later.
* BigGood: Inversely to the above, he's this for the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D., as he is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who guides them through their darkest times.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He tries to come across as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, but he proves himself hypocritical and racist in short order. Any attempt to call him on this is ignored. Furthermore, despite being part of a more democratic S.H.I.E.L.D. and claiming that he doesn't want to be in charge, he shows visible annoyance when the majority opinion turns against how he wants to do things.
* BrokenPedestal:
** His view of Coulson, after the latter's resurrection. He feels that Coulson's judgment has been fatally impaired by the GH serum and is aiming to eliminate the "problem" permanently.
** Goes for him, as well. Both times he's tried to introduce himself to members of Coulson's team (Coulson himself, then [=FitzSimmons=]), they immediately point out that they know exactly who he is and respect his reputation, which only makes the current situation that much worse.
** Bobbi is also starting to clash with him, as his blatant FantasticRacism and willingness to sacrifice Coulson's team conflicts with her more idealistic view on the situation.
* CanonForeigner: He doesn't have a comic counterpart although he does share many similarities with Maria Hill as she was portrayed in ''ComicBook/CivilWar''.
* CommandingCoolness: His title is Commander Gonzales, and he commands S.H.I.E.L.D.'s [[CoolShip aircraft carrier]], the ''Iliad''.
* CoolOldGuy: As antagonistic as he is towards Coulson, he gives off this vibe because he's a proven badass played by Edward James Olmos.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Gonzales does not seem to be very happy with what he's forced to do due to his position as Director of "real" S.H.I.E.L.D. At the same time, however, he also doesn't like to be questioned on his methods.
* DecompositeCharacter: His way of running S.H.I.E.L.D., down to how they view superhumans and extraterrestrials, is eerily similar to Maria Hill's run as director of S.H.I.E.L.D. during the ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' storyline.
* EnemyMine: In "The Dirty Half Dozen", he teams up with Coulson to take down HYDRA's remnant forces.
* EntitledBastard: As part of his insistence that his S.H.I.E.L.D. is the real one, he expects Coulson and his team to extend him courtesies he pointedly refuses to show them, and is trying to paint the situation as them betraying S.H.I.E.L.D. by following Coulson.
* FantasticRacism:
** He has a general dislike of anything alien, to the point that he considers alien technology a bigger threat than HYDRA. He doesn't think Coulson is fit to run S.H.I.E.L.D. after being changed by the GH serum, citing that he used to be a better man. Coulson bluntly rebuffs this, saying Gonzales didn't know him then and doesn't now.
** He has a less than stellar opinion of Gifted and Enhanced, to the point that he calls Skye [[ItIsDehumanizing "it" and "something"]] after she defends herself against SHIELD agents disobeying direct orders and trying to kill her, and refers to Gordon as a "freak."
* HandicappedBadass: Faces off against hundreds of HYDRA thugs while having a shattered leg.
* HazyFeelTurn: He was originally a loyal agent insisting that Bobbi fulfill the orders that Fury gave her to sink his ship (potentially killing hundreds of loyal agents in the process)... until Bobbi convinced him otherwise (causing him to become the leader of "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D).
* HeelFaceTurn: Joins forces with Coulson after the man willingly turns himself in and makes a deal.
* HeroAntagonist: He considers his own S.H.I.E.L.D. the real one and Coulson's as being under alien influence to build an army of enhanced humans. He's spent his time since the day S.H.I.E.L.D. fell rescuing other agents. As far as he's concerned, he's the BigGood and Coulson is a SleeperAgent.
* {{Hypocrite}}: His S.H.I.E.L.D. prides itself on transparency and democracy among its leaders, and blames the whole HYDRA incident on Fury's secret-keeping. Gonzales has shown that he resents not getting his way, as demonstrated when he's overruled on how to handle May, and is not above manipulating his fellow board members to achieve his own ends. His reaction to Coulson's knowledge of the ''Iliad's'' cargo also shows he has his own secrets. Both Hunter and Coulson call him on going straight to violence rather than trying to talk things out. It's fairly telling that, in every appearance, he provides an example of this behavior, if not several.
* KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand: Pulls this tactic with Agent May prior to inviting her to take a seat on "real" S.H.I.E.L.D.'s board. She declines to take the shot, claiming that he wouldn't [[WhatAnIdiot be so stupid as to hand her a loaded gun]]; however, Gonzales reveals that it actually ''was'' loaded.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: It seemed like he was having a HeelRealization when he put his dislike of Coulson aside so the two could coordinate a strike on a major HYDRA base. Turns out he only agreed to it because he was secretly hoping that Coulson and his team would die in the process, and even if they didn't he had plans to imprison the gifted people Coulson brought back.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his Jerkass-ish behaviour, he does care about the people under his command and even his bias towards Coulson had some justification, and before Jiaying murdered him to provoke a war was ready to be at peace with the Inhumans.
* KarmicDeath: Averted. After showing extreme paranoia and insisting on preemptive actions be taken against the Inhumans, he insists on going to meet with Jiaying himself and brings her a family heirloom that was stolen by HYDRA as a peace token. He gets murdered by Jiaying who never wanted peace.
* MisplacedRetribution:
** He blames Fury for the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D., specifically bringing up that Fury was responsible for the inception of Project Insight, and tells Coulson as such to his face. Coulson counters that HYDRA was responsible. Gonzales consistently deflects whenever this is brought up. While he is right to an extent, in that Fury's suggestion was the opportunity HYDRA was waiting for, he's intent on blaming Fury and Coulson for his problems, even in the face of rational arguments to the contrary.
** Blames Coulson for Hartley's death, despite the fact it was caused because people ''didn't'' follow his orders, and wouldn't have even been at risk if Gonzales hadn't withheld the ''Illiad's'' resources from him. He also blames Coulson for a number of things which were obviously outside his control or implying he intended for them to happen, such as Skye becoming enhanced.
* MotiveDecay: Originally he wanted to build a better S.H.I.E.L.D. that didn't suffer from the flaws of Fury's autocratic leadership, and thought (not unreasonably) that the GH Serum in Coulson had comprised him. Now he's obsessed with eliminating the potential threat of gifted people by putting them down, and he wants Coulson out of the picture because he's a threat to his leadership.
* NeverMyFault: Without question, he is the aggressor in this equation. Coulson didn't even know he was still alive until he had taken over the Playground. Yet whenever Coulson or his team act against him, he stubbornly insists that they're the ones responsible for the conflict.
* NobleBigot: Despite his mistrust against powered indiviuals he is still able to honestly negotiate peace and even sympathising with them on a personal level. Too bad [[BigBad Jiaying didn't appreciate it.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: When he strong-arms Coulson into making him SHIELD's representative to the Inhumans, it looks like his FantasticRacism and distrust of Skye is going to ruin the negotiations and lead to war. However when he gets to the table, he actually takes a surprisingly conciliatory stance, returning a precious keepsake to Jiaying, and doing his best to find common ground with her. Unfortunately it turns out that Jiaying has no interest in peace as she then murders him and frames him for attacking her, causing a slide into open war between SHIELD and the Inhumans.
* NotSoDifferent: He believes that enhanced individuals - including advanced scientists - cannot be trusted with their own freedom. They have to be indexed, monitored, and "crossed off" if necessary. In other words, it's the same "gun to the head" style of management that was behind Project Insight, the very thing Gonzales complained about to Coulson in their first meeting.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: "That man had an ax. Now I have it."
* PetTheDog: He gives Jiayang a sentimental heirloom relating to her daughter during their meeting.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite the flaws in his logic, he seems to be a fairly reasonable boss. He treats Hunter well despite kidnapping him, and insists Bobbi is still trustworthy despite Tomas raising concerns that she could have done more to stop Hunter's escape. Further shown when he makes an apparently genuine offer to May to act as Coulson's advocate on his board, accompanied by offering up his life if she really thinks it would be for the best. May assumes it's a trick and gives the gun back, but he then shows her it really was loaded.
* SharpDressedMan: Always wears a three-piece suit, even when he's commanding the ''Iliad''.
* SoreLoser: Major decisions are decided by a vote, and although he will still carry out the majority's will, he'll grumble about being outvoted.
* StillTheLeader: On the day S.H.I.E.L.D. fell, he asserted that he remained the commander of the aircraft carrier, ''Iliad'', which formed the nucleus of his own S.H.I.E.L.D.
* TheSpymaster: His function to the "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D. is the same as Coulson and Fury for the old one, though he resents the secrecy and double-dealing that comes with the position.
* VillainHasAPoint: It's up for debate whether he's doing any better, but Gonzales does identify some legitimate flaws with Fury/Coulson's leadership, which both Hunter and Coulson acknowledge.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Has this attitude with Coulson, even though by his own admission they never met before "One Door Closes". Coulson also thinks highly of him, but calls Gonzales out on claiming to know him pre- or post-resurrection.
* WrongGenreSavvy: He suspects that Coulson's mind was corrupted by the Kree fluids that resurrected him, and takes Coulson sequestering Skye as evidence of him building an army of gifteds for some nefarious purpose. Bobbi has to correct him on the latter, not that he listens.
* YoureInsane: On his dying breath he calls Jiaying crazy because she will get everyone killed by starting a war.

[[folder:Agent Anne Weaver]]
!!''Agent Anne Weaver''
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->'''Portrayed by''': Christine Adams
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E12Seeds Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Season 1 Episode 12: "Seeds")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E17TurnTurnTurn (Season 1 Episode 17: "Turn, Turn, Turn")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E14LoveInTheTimeOfHydra (Season 2 Episode 14: "Love In The Time Of Hydra")]]'''

A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and director of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy of Science and Technology.
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* BadassTeacher: Inevitable for being both SHIELD agent and SHIELD Academy director. See MamaBear below for example.
* BrokenPedestal: To Fitz and Simmons after she joins the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D.
* TheBusCameBack: Despite her implied death in "Turn, Turn, Turn", she reappears -- nearly a whole season later -- in "Love in the Time of HYDRA", as one of the board members of the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D. Her unusually prolonged absence might be partly down to Christine Adams having a recurring role in the final season of ''Series/TheMentalist'', which ended a few weeks before that episode aired.
* CelebrityParadox: Christine Adams has previously appeared in ''Series/DoctorWho'', which is particularly pleasing since Fitz-Simmons apparently love that show.
* FaceHeelTurn: In Season 2, she joins up with Robert Gonzales' faction of S.H.I.E.L.D., losing Fitz and Simmons' respect in the process.
* FantasticRacism: Developed a measure of this after HYDRA sent an "enhanced" fighter against her.
* MamaBear: On the day S.H.I.E.L.D. fell, she took on an enhanced HYDRA operative by herself to protect her students. According to Calderon, she was doing pretty well when he arrived with Quinjets to save them.
* TheMentor: One of several mentors from the Academy for Fitz and Simmons.
* NeverFoundTheBody: "Turn, Turn, Turn" implies that she dies during the uprising, but "Love in the Time of HYDRA" reveals her to be alive, well, and one of the founding board members of the new, "real" S.H.I.E.L.D.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As the Academy director, she gives students a lot of freedom while at the same time keeping everyone safe.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She is last seen telling Simmons that she will know where to find her when her hiding place is discovered and breached by HYDRA agents. No mention of her fate is made after that. She survived and hooked up with a splinter cell of S.H.I.E.L.D. alongside Bobbi and Mack.
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[[folder:Agent Isabelle Hartley]]
!!''Agent Isabelle Hartley''
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LucyLawless
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E1Shadows (Episode 23, "Shadows")]]''

A longtime member of S.H.I.E.L.D. who is an experienced undercover operative. She has prior history with Coulson, and aides him in his efforts to rebuild the organization.
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* ActionGirl: On the day S.H.I.E.L.D fell, she took down legions of HYDRA goons with throwing knives and her bare hands.
* AnArmAndALeg: She grabs the original 084 with her bare hand in an attempt to use it against Creel, forcing it to be cut off to save her life. [[TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath Not that it ultimately saves her.]]
* BloodKnight: If you tell her that there are 14 decks of HYDRA goons between her and control of an aircraft carrier, her response will not be fear but excitement.
* CanonForeigner: She has no comic counterpart. (However, there is a minor character named Isabelle in the comics who was Victoria Hand's ex-girlfriend.)
* CelebrityParadox: Lady Sif (who happens to have made a couple appearances on the show herself) was referred to as "Xena" in the first Thor film.
* DeadStarWalking: More proof that celebrities on this show have a high death rate.
* DueToTheDead: In "Heavy is the Head", the military buries her with full honors.
* KnifeNut: She always has a knife on her and is very adept at using it.
* MinorMajorCharacter: She dies in her first episode, but it turns out much later that she's quite crucial to the circumstances of Season 2 - she played a big part in liberating the ''Iliad'', and during her time as TheMole she recruited her old friend (and Bobbi's ex-husband) Lance Hunter into her team for a time; this would have major consequences later on, with Hunter developing UndyingLoyalty to Coulson and hampering the plans of Real S.H.I.E.L.D. massively.
* MauveShirt: Creel kills her and Idaho by flipping their car. Only Hunter makes it out alive.
* TheMole: Turns out she was part of the 'Real' S.H.I.E.L.D. faction led by Gonzales and a mole alongside Bobbi and Mack.
* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: Hartley's team seems to be in the clear, escaping from the military and Hunter having amputated her arm to save her from the 084's infection. Then they crash into Creel, killing both Hartley and Idaho.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Dies in her first episode.
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[[folder:Agent Tomas Calderon]]
!!''Agent Tomas Calderon''
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/KirkAcevedo
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E14LoveInTheTimeOfHydra (Season 2 Episode 14: "Love In The Time Of Hydra")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E15OneDoorCloses (Season 2 Episode 15: "One Door Closes")]]''

A subordinate agent to Robert Gonzales and a senior member of his "real" S.H.I.E.L.D..
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%%* BaldOfEvil
* TheDragon: He appears to be Gonzales' right-hand man.
* FantasticRacism: Like most in his organization, he has a rather large chip on his shoulder against Gifted individuals. He refers to the enhanced Weaver fought as a monster, and tries to kill Skye despite Bobbi ordering the use of [=ICERs=] to take her alive.
* HateSink: Seems to serve the singular purpose of generating audience dislike for the 'real' S.H.I.E.L.D. compared to the more reasonable Gonzales and already likable Weaver.
* HotBlooded: More passionate than the other leaders of his faction of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Got impaled by a fast moving branch after Skye used her powers to defend herself.
* {{Jerkass}}: Takes great pleasure at Bobbi's visible discomfort when Lance learns the truth about her, and shortly after accuses her of being a traitor for not stopping Lance.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In regards to his accusation of Bobbi allowing Lance to escape; she ''did'' deliberately allow him to fight his way out and made no effort to subdue him, if only because she wasn't convinced he would succeed.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Tried to shoot Skye dead and got skewered (non-fatally) for it.
* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: Despite being noted to have survived the giant spike in his shoulder, Calderon vanishes from the plot following that incident. It's quite possible this spared him from the fate the rest of the "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D. council suffered.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Oliver]]
!!''Agent Oliver''
-> '''Portrayed By:''' Mark Allen Stewart
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E14LoveInTheTimeOfHydra (Season 2 Episode 14: "Love In The Time Of Hydra")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E19TheDirtyHalfDozen (Season 2 Episode 19: "The Dirty Half Dozen")]]''

Another subordinate to Gonzales and member of the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D. leadership.
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* BadassBeard: He's high-ranked and has some ''impressive'' facial hair to boot.
* FlatCharacter: Not as developed as his peers, he's mostly there to fill in the leading board of "real" S.H.I.E.L.D.. What is known is that he's less harsh than Gonzales, Weaver and ''especially'' Calderon.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He (implicitly) outvoted Gonzales on the matter of letting May onto the board.
* TakenForGranite: He and several other agents are killed when Jiaying traps them in a room and shatters a diviner-laced crystal inside.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He received very little characterization before Jiaying killed him.
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!!''Victoria Hand''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"No single agent is that important."'']]
->'''Portrayed By''': Saffron Burrows
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E7TheHub (Episode 7: "The Hub")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E11TheMagicalPlace (Episode 11, "The Magical Place")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E16EndOfTheBeginning (Episode 16, "End of the Beginning")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E17TurnTurnTurn (Episode 17, "Turn, Turn, Turn")]]''

A famous S.H.I.E.L.D. operations agent in charge of The Hub. She has a cold and secretive demeanor.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics, Victoria Hand is a MyCountryRightOrWrong type of character, which leads her to become [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn Norman Osborn's]] right-hand woman, although she ends up working with the good guys after Osborn's downfall. The TV version still retains some of the comic version's [[ObstructiveBureaucrat less pleasant qualities]], which [[RedHerring makes it seem]] like she would be revealed to be a villain, but she turns out to be GoodAllAlong.
* BatmanGambit: Does this in "The Hub". She sends Ward and Fitz in there without an extraction plan, which hinges on either Ward and Fitz escaping themselves or, failing that, Coulson and the others finding about the extraction plan (or lack thereof, in this case) and moving in to pick them up once their job is done.
* ByTheBookCop: In contrast to the more pragmatic, emotional Coulson. In fact, she suspects that Coulson is HYDRA because of all the rules he breaks.
* CharacterDeath: Killed by Ward while trying to deliver Garret to The Fridge.
* CommanderContrarian: Often against and obstructing most of Coulson's decisions.
* DoubleTap: After seeing someone walk away from a double gut shot, Ward puts a bullet in her chest and then two in her head to make sure she's KilledOffForReal.
* EmbarrassingNickname: She considers the nickname "Vic" (given to her by Garrett) condescending. Hartley later refers to her by the same nickname, but Hand isn't on-screen to complain.
* GoodAllAlong: As Simmons is relieved to learn, she's actually hunting for HYDRA agents; however, she honestly believes that Coulson is with HYDRA.
* GoodIsNotNice: "HYDRA won't show mercy. Neither can we."
* InspectorJavert: She has major suspicions about Coulson's allegiance because of all the rules he's broken in past episodes.
* MeaningfulName: Roughly translates as "winning hand."
* {{Meganekko}}: Like her comic book counterpart, she's an attractive woman with glasses.
%%* MemeticBadass: In-universe.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: She's unhelpful at best, although outright lying about the extraction plan is pretty awful. It's a cover for even more ruthless behavior -- for example, she orders the Bus to be taken down, so she can kill everyone onboard, because she believes they're all HYDRA agents. Mostly, it serves to set her up as a RedHerring as to being The Clairvoyant -- she's not.
* RedHerringMole: She's not the Clairvoyant, although [[SuperDickery she's set up to look like it]].
* SacrificialLion: The first character of note to (indisputably) die in the show; the fact that [[EvilAllAlong Ward]] is the one to kill her hammers home just how deep HYDRA influence within S.H.I.E.L.D. truly is.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Her HYDRA mole act was intended as a test of loyalty. Her subordinates passed.
* SkunkStripe: Has a red hair stripe, like in the comics.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Coulson and his team, due to her "by the book" way of doing things and their more maverick tendencies.
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: She didn't bother giving Fitz and Ward an extraction because she thought Coulson's team wouldn't need one. It's not clear if she expected them to escape on their own or for Coulson to figure it out and rescue them, but either way Coulson wasn't happy that he wasn't told.
* WeHaveReserves: Has no problem with sending Fitz and Ward on a dangerous mission without planning an extraction for them.

[[folder: Dr. Streiten]]
!!''Dr. Streiten''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Ron Glass
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E1Pilot (Episode 1: "Pilot")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E11TheMagicalPlace (Episode 11, "The Magical Place")]]''

A physician working for S.H.I.E.L.D. He knows how Coulson survived being stabbed by Loki during ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Is both obviously traumatized and horrified over what they had to do to bring Coulson BackFromTheDead.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He goes off the grid after Coulson confronts him about his resurrection, with not even S.H.I.E.L.D. able to find him.
* SecretKeeper: Along with Maria Hill, he's one of two characters confirmed to know how Coulson was resurrected besides Nick Fury, who ordered it.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No further mention of him is made after he disappears, with his fate after HYDRA's emergence being unknown.
[[/folder]]

* {{Badass}}: On the day S.H.I.E.L.D fell, she took down legions of HYDRA goons with throwing knives and her bare hands.

%%* BaldOfEvil:

* AmbiguouslyHuman: While Eric was human, his identical brothers have the exact same mannerisms as him so there's been alot of (In-universe!) speculation on what they actually ''are''.

* KarmaHoudini: They never get any punishment for all the trouble they caused by trying to wrest control away from Coulson, nor do they even admit they did anything wrong. Instead the're assimilated back into the organization - albeit with alot of tension.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted; not to be confused with Agent Alphonso "Mack" [=MacKenzie=], who's introduced in season two.

* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: Despite being noted to have survived the giant spike in his shoulder, Calderon vanishes from the plot following that incident.

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->'''Portrayed By''': Edward James Olmos

->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/LucyLawless
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E1Shadows (Episode 23, "Shadows")]]''

-> '''Portrayed by''': Mark Allen Stewart
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E14LoveInTheTimeOfHydra (Season 2 Episode 14: "Love In The Time Of Hydra")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E19TheDirtyHalfDozen (Season 2 Episode 19: "The Dirty Half Dozen")]]''

* TheBusCameBack: Despite her implied death in "Turn, Turn, Turn", she reappears -- nearly a whole season later -- in "Love in the Time of HYDRA", as one of the board members of the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D. Her unusually prolonged absence might be partly down to Christine Adams having a recurring role in the final season of ''TheMentalist'', which ended a few weeks before that episode aired.

->'''Portrayed By''': J. August Richards

A seemingly ordinary truck driver tasked with transporting Dr. Franklin Hall

[[folder:Mike Peterson]]

[[folder: The Koenig Family]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/PattonOswalt

A BadassFamily of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents who report straight to the Director. Fury trusted them enough to let them know he faked his death after the HYDRA Coup and put them in charge of the secret bases he set up in case of emergencies. They rarely go out into the field, although they are more than capable should they be called to action. Although three brothers have been seen it's unknown how many of them work in S.H.I.E.L.D. or how many look alike.

'''Warning: Major unmarked spoilers for ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', and Season 1 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. below.'''

** Lampshaded by Fitz in the Season 2 opener "Shadows", claiming he was their new "golden boy". [[spoiler:With Fitz not being what he was once was, Billy is the only person that has been shown that could do some of the stuff like Fitz has done.]]

* CanonForeigner: Made for the show [[spoiler: [[SacrificialLamb probably to die and show the audience how deadly Creel is]]]].
* MauveShirt: [[spoiler:Creel kills him and Hartley by flipping their car. Only Hunter makes it out alive.]]

* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Dies in his first episode and Hunter subsequently only talks about Hartley in nostalgic tones with no mention of Idaho.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:They unite with Team Coulson in "Scars", serving as the successor to the council that had guided Fury.]]

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: They never get any punishment for all the trouble they caused by trying to wrest control away from Coulson, nor do they even admit they did anything wrong. Instead the're assimilated back into the organization - albeit with alot of tension.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After "The Dirty Half Dozen", [[spoiler:they quickly fold themselves into Coulson's command structure. Implicitly, knowing that he has both Nick Fury and ''the Avengers'' (through Hill) on his side made them reconsider any further hostilities]].

* ArcVillain: After [[spoiler:Whitehall dies and with HYDRA crippled]], he takes center stage in the second half of Season Two. [[spoiler:Until Jiaying kills him.]]

* BigBad: Takes this position for the second half of Season Two. He's the creator of his own S.H.I.E.L.D., [[spoiler:has Mack and Bobbi infiltrate Coulson's S.H.I.E.L.D., with plans to take Coulson out if he has to on the table. However, he forms an alliance with Coulson. Shame it doesn't save him from [[DiscOneFinalBoss getting murdered]] by Jiaying]].
* BigBadEnsemble: With Dr. List in the second half of Season Two. [[spoiler:Could be considered in one retroactively with Whitehall and Cal in the first half, as he sent Isabelle, Mack and Bobbi to infiltrate Coulson's team, but his endgame doesn't kick in until much later.]]
* BigGood: Inversely to the above, he's this for the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D., as he is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who guides them through their darkest times.

* {{Hypocrite}}: His S.H.I.E.L.D. prides itself on transparency and democracy among its leaders, and blames the whole HYDRA incident on Fury's secret-keeping. Gonzales has shown that he resents not getting his way, as demonstrated when he's overruled on how to handle May, and is not above manipulating his fellow board members to achieve his own ends. His reaction to [[spoiler:Coulson's knowledge of the ''Iliad's'' cargo]] also shows he has his own secrets. Both Hunter and Coulson call him on going straight to violence rather than trying to talk things out. It's fairly telling that, in every appearance, he provides an example of this behavior, if not several.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his Jerkass-ish behaviour, he does care about the people under his command and even his bias towards Coulson had some justification, and before [[spoiler:Jiaying murdered him to provoke a war]] was ready to be at peace with the Inhumans.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Averted. After showing extreme paranoia and insisting on preemptive actions be taken against the Inhumans, he insists on going to meet with Jiaying himself and brings her a family heirloom that was stolen by HYDRA as a peace token. He gets murdered by Jiaying who never wanted peace.]]
* MisplacedRetribution:

* NobleBigot: Despite his mistrust against powered indiviuals he is still able to honestly negotiate peace and even sympathising with them on a personal level. [[spoiler: Too bad [[BigBad Jiaying]] didn't appreciate it.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler: When he strong-arms Coulson into making him SHIELD's representative to the Inhumans, it looks like his FantasticRacism and distrust of Skye is going to ruin the negotiations and lead to war. However when he gets to the table, he actually takes a surprisingly conciliatory stance, returning a precious keepsake to Jiaying, and doing his best to find common ground with her. Unfortunately it turns out that Jiaying has no interest in peace as she then murders him and frames him for attacking her, causing a slide into open war between SHIELD and the Inhumans.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite the flaws in his logic, he seems to be a fairly reasonable boss. He treats [[spoiler:Hunter]] well despite kidnapping him, and insists [[spoiler:Bobbi]] is still trustworthy despite Tomas raising concerns that she could have done more to [[spoiler:stop Hunter's escape]]. Further shown when he makes an apparently genuine offer to May to act as Coulson's advocate on his board, accompanied by offering up his life if she really thinks it would be for the best. May assumes it's a trick and gives the gun back, but he then shows her it really was loaded.
* SharpDressedMan: Always wears a three-piece suit, even when he's commanding the ''Iliad''.

* YoureInsane: [[spoiler: On his dying breath he calls Jiaying crazy because she will get everyone killed by starting a war.]]

* BrokenPedestal: To Fitz and Simmons after [[spoiler:she joins the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D.]]
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Despite her implied death in "Turn, Turn, Turn", she reappears -- nearly a whole season later -- in "Love in the Time of HYDRA", as one of the board members of the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D. Her unusually prolonged absence might be partly down to Christine Adams having a recurring role in the final season of ''TheMentalist'', which ended a few weeks before that episode aired.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: In Season 2, she [[spoiler:joins up with Robert Gonzales' faction of S.H.I.E.L.D., losing Fitz and Simmons' respect in the process]].
* FantasticRacism: Developed a measure of this after [[spoiler:HYDRA sent an "enhanced" fighter against her.]]
* MamaBear: On the day S.H.I.E.L.D. fell, she took on an enhanced HYDRA operative by herself to protect her students. According to Calderon, she was doing pretty well when he arrived with Quinjets to save them.

* NeverFoundTheBody: "Turn, Turn, Turn" implies that she dies during the uprising, but [[spoiler:"Love in the Time of HYDRA" reveals her to be alive, well, and one of the founding board members of the new, "real" S.H.I.E.L.D.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She is last seen telling Simmons that she will know where to find her when her hiding place is discovered and breached by HYDRA agents. No mention of her fate is made after that. [[spoiler:She survived and hooked up with a splinter cell of S.H.I.E.L.D. alongside Bobbi and Mack.]]

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:She grabs the original 084 with her bare hand in an attempt to use it against Creel, forcing it to be cut off to save her life. [[TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath Not that it ultimately saves her.]]]]
* {{Badass}}: On the day S.H.I.E.L.D fell, she took down legions of HYDRA goons with throwing knives and her bare hands.
* BloodKnight: If you tell her that there are 14 decks of HYDRA goons between her and control of an aircraft carrier, her response will not be fear but excitement.

* DeadStarWalking: [[spoiler:More proof that celebrities on this show have a high death rate.]]
* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:In "Heavy is the Head", the military buries her with full honors.]]

* MinorMajorCharacter: [[spoiler:She dies in her first episode, but it turns out much later that she's quite crucial to the circumstances of Season 2 - she played a big part in liberating the ''Iliad'', and during her time as TheMole she recruited her old friend (and Bobbi's ex-husband) Lance Hunter into her team for a time; this would have major consequences later on, with Hunter developing UndyingLoyalty to Coulson and hampering the plans of Real S.H.I.E.L.D. massively.]]
* MauveShirt: [[spoiler:Creel kills her and Idaho by flipping their car. Only Hunter makes it out alive.]]
* TheMole:[[spoiler: Turns out she was part of the 'Real' S.H.I.E.L.D. faction led by Gonzales and a mole alongside Bobbi and Mack.]]
* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: [[spoiler:Hartley's team seems to be in the clear, escaping from the military and Hunter having amputated her arm to save her from the 084's infection. Then they crash into Creel, killing both Hartley and Idaho.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Dies in her first episode.]]

* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler: He and several other agents are killed when Jiaying traps them in a room and shatters a diviner-laced crystal inside.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He received very little characterization before [[spoiler: Jiaying killed him]].

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: They never get any punishment for all the trouble they caused by trying to wrest control away from Coulson, nor do they even admit they did anything wrong. Instead their assimilated back into the organization - albeit with alot of tension.]]

* FantasticRacism: He doesn't think Coulson is fit to run S.H.I.E.L.D. after being changed by the GH serum, citing that he used to be a better man. Coulson bluntly rebuffs this, saying Gonzales didn't know him then and doesn't now.