History Characters / BlakesSeven

* TheChessmaster

* ManipulativeBitch

* NiceCharacterMeanActor: In the Verse itself.

* SmugSnake

* ArcherArchetype: Female, graceful, and rather cocky in comparison to the world-weary {{Anti Hero}}es she teams up with, she's even shown using a bow and arrow in her introductory episode, because she enjoys the challenge of mastering the GoodOldWays.

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* BountyHunter: In "Blake", we find out that he's been doing this for years on Gauda Prime.

* AntiHero: Usually Disney or Pragmatic but toes the boundary of Unscrupulous[=/=]Nominal in "Star One" where he knowingly commits to a scheme that will result in the death of millions and only backs out because a race of genocidal aliens conveniently beat him to it.

* AccidentalAimingSkills: In "Orac", he shoots off Travis' arm.

* AntiHero: Unscrupulous, tending almost towards AntiVillain at times. He's usually apathetic and selfish but has moments of decency and even nobility (in "Countdown" he chooses to defuse a bomb that's seconds away from wiping out the whole planet even though he could just teleport away). On the other hand, he can be extremely ruthless when pushed (like "Orbit", when he tries to kill [[spoiler:Vila]] to save his own life), and he has many personality traits that are typical of many DiabolicalMastermind EvilGenius-type villains, such as being attracted to power and believing he is smarter than everyone.; the fact that ''[[BigBad Servalan]]'' treats him as almost a kindred spirit really says it all.

* HardHead: For such a badass and paranoid character, he gets knocked out by a TapOnTheHead a ridiculous amount of times, only once ("Aftermath") with any after-effects whatsoever.

* LaughingMad: At the end of [[spoiler:"Gold"]] when he finds out that, instead of inconveniencing and ripping a whole lot of money off of her, Servalan has manipulated him into doing something that benefited her immensely.

** In "Breakdown", Avon shows open panic when he realises the Liberator has lost all computer control.

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Bounty" focuses on her.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The first episode implies that he's a kleptomaniac, as opposed to the professional thief of later episodes. On the other hand it would be entirely like the Federation to have classified habitual criminality as a mental aberration like being a [[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E4Horizon Resister]].

* BondVillainStupidity: She benefits from a heroic version of this, especially from Tarrant in "Sand", when she was responsible for [[spoiler:his brother's death]] in the previous season. The reverse is also true thanks to her love of EvilGloating.

* LadyInRed: Only in "Gambit" when she attends a MasqueradeBall in a ViceCity outside the Federation.

* NonActionBigBad: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that she's a politician and not a soldier. However she's more than capable of killing when required; Vila comes across a field of dead bodies she's left behind in "Moloch".

* {{Unperson}}: In "Terminal", she's overthrown by the Federation High Council while hunting the Liberator to replace the Federation fleet. They install a new government dominated by the secret police instead of the military, and officially erase her from existence and pretend her period as President did not occur. She hides under an assumed name as Commissioner Sleer and manages to become a high ranking secret police commander and oversees a program of retaking Federation colonies that declared independence after the alien invasion using mind control drugs. People recognize her and she murders them as needed to hide her true identity.

* WidowsWeeds: Changes to black after losing her cloned embryos in "Children of Auron".

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* NominalHero: Not totally indifferent to the Seven, but has no interest in their cause. When Orac is captured by Federation soldiers in "Volcano", he has no problem instructing them in the best way to attack a neutral planet.

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Animals" focused on her.
* DudeMagnet: All three of the men she's on board with show some interest in her. Avon quite appreciates her kissing him in "Aftermath". Vila has a [[AbhorrentAdmirer firmly unrequited]] crush on her that forms a RunningGag. And she and Tarrant have enough ShipTease it crosses over into ImpliedLoveInterest territory.

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Death-Watch" and "Sand" focused on him.

* HiddenDepths: Soolin shows she's more than DumbMuscle when she realises what the VillainOfTheWeek is up to before Avon does in "Assassin" and "Warlord". Unfortunately this is towards the end of the series, so her character never really has a chance to develop.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: His lover and partner in crime was apparently tortured to death by the Federation when they were captured... and when he finally gets around to investigating further, the revelations end up making things even worse for him.

* NotGoodWithPeople: Type 2 (Grumpy). He finds people annoying and too emotional, and prefers the company of machines -- though his dislike for ''certain'' members of his own species declines somewhat as the series goes on.

* BrainyBrunette

* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Web", "Shadow", "Children of Auron" and "Sarcophagus" all focus on her.

* TheIdealist: The only crew member besides Blake who believes in fighting against the Federation because it is corrupt and oppressive, rather than because it inconveniences her personal freedom, and operates from a moral center that extends mercy (even though she recognizes that it is not always the practical thing to do) to enemies. She also questions and ends up eschewing Blake's "the end justifies the means" approach.

* NotSoAboveItAll: She's the most reserved member of the crew and even she can't resist snarking at Vila.

* {{Frameup}}: The Federation got Blake sentenced to Cygnus Alpha by [[FridgeHorror implanting]] FakeMemories [[FridgeHorror in children of Blake molesting them.]]

* NoPronunciationGuide: Her boyfriend Dorian pronounces her name as a Deep South style "Sue Lynn". Everybody else, including her, pronounces it as one word with the stress on the first syllable.
* OnlyOneName

* ArchEnemy: To Blake.

* ArchNemesis: To Blake. Creator/GarethThomas even compared his rivalry with Blake to Literature/SherlockHolmes and Professor Moriarty. A better comparison would be Myth/RobinHood and Guy of Gisborne.

Just be aware this was a show where AnyoneCanDie [[KillEmAll And Almost Everyone Did]] so DeathTropes will be visible even if the circumstances are spoilered. You were warned.

* [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]]: Because he's both the other biggest badass on the ship and because he's reluctant to personally back Blake's fanatical schemes (and so often stays behind on the Liberator), he often (if reluctantly and with a great deal of "I told you so's") is this.

* PlayingGertrude: An unusual take on this as it was more in sound than appearance. Tarrant was supposed to be a little older than Steven Pacey was at the time (early 20s). Pacey spoke his lines in a lower voice to reflect this. Today, his natural voice is not that dissimilar to how it sounded on the show.

* [[SpacePirates Space Pirate]]: Worked as a smuggler and mercenary before joining the Liberator crew.

* ArchNemesis: To Blake. Gareth Thomas even compared his rivalry with Blake to Literature/SherlockHolmes and Professor Moriarty. A better comparison would be Myth/RobinHood and Guy of Gisborne.

* ThePlotReaper: Loses his PlotArmor in the same episode where Blake gets PutOnABus, as there's no dramatic need for an ArchEnemy obsessed with catching Blake.

-->Voiced by: Peter Tuddenham (1978-80)

-->Played by: Creator/StephenGreif (1978); Brian Croucher (1979)

-->Voiced by: Derek Farr (1978); Peter Tuddenham (1979-1981)

-->Played by: Josette Simon (1980-1)

-->Voiced by: Peter Tuddenham (1981)

-->Played by: Gareth Thomas (1978-9, 1980, 1981)

-->Played by: Jan Chappell (1978-80)

For an index of the actors and actresses who have a dedicated page, see [[UsefulNotes/TheAvengersActors here]].