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* MsFanservice: Has a fondness for [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] ActionGirl [[SleevesAreForWimps tank tops]].

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* MsFanservice: Has a fondness for [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] midriff-baring ActionGirl [[SleevesAreForWimps tank tops]].
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* BerserkButton: ''Hates'' [[spoiler:his Heart Industries bosses]] [[ExecutiveMeddling meddling with his Blood Drive.]]

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* BerserkButton: ''Hates'' [[spoiler:his Heart Industries bosses]] [[ExecutiveMeddling meddling with his Blood Drive.]]
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* BastardBoyfriend: A very abusive, uncaring partner to The Scholar.

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* BastardBoyfriend: DomesticAbuser: A very abusive, uncaring partner to The Scholar.
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* NiceHat: Sports a very cool top hat. He even has a special box for it, and makes sure to retrieve it after it falls off when he [[spoiler: steps through the Blood Gate to meet with Heart Industries higher-ups]].



* NiceHat: Dons a cool top hat of his own after [[spoiler: he's made the new emcee of Blood Drive]].
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-->'''Played by''': Alex McGregor

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Grace's beloved younger sister, who was placed in a mental institution is the reason why Grace is racing in the Blood Drive.

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Grace's beloved younger sister, sister who was placed is trapped in a mental institution asylum and is the reason why Grace is racing her motivation for competing in the Blood Drive. Drive.
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* EpicFail: His initial attempts to impersonate Slink and entertain the Blood Drive spectators. His weak joke about talking muffins needs to be seen to be believed.

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* TooKinkyToTorture: And how!

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* TattooedCrook: Completely covered in tattoos and helps run a race/reality show in which people being ground up into fuel is considered normal.
* TooKinkyToTorture: And how!how! When Slink threatens to "shove a drill up his urethra" if he doesn't know the answer to a question. His response is to spread his legs and grin, saying "I don't know".
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[[folder:Karma D'Argento]]
-->'''Played by''': Alex McGregor

Grace's beloved younger sister, who was placed in a mental institution is the reason why Grace is racing in the Blood Drive.
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* StraightGay: The only real indication that he's gay is his rather dysfunctional "relationship" with the Scholar.


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[[folder:Rasher]]
-->'''Played by''': Carel Nel

Julian Slink's assistant and fellow organiser of the Blood Drive.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Working on the assumption that Rasher is not his real or only name.
* TooKinkyToTorture: And how!
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* [[spoiler: SurprisinglyHappyEnding]]: Not only is he [[spoiler: the only racer besides Arthur still alive at the end]], he also manages to end up [[spoiler: happy and in a genuinely nice place with a companion that likes him.]] This is downright shocking in a show that embodies KickTheDog.

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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Briefly, when he becomes Primo. He gets over it, though]].



** Happens '''yet again''' in "Rise of the Primo" and "Faces of Blood Drive", when becoming Primo goes to his head.



* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: With Karma. She's the Abel in the situation]].



* HumanoidAbomination: It becomes apparent over time that Slink isn't entirely human, if at all.

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* HumanoidAbomination: It becomes apparent over time that Slink isn't entirely human, if at all. [[spoiler: In "Faces of Blood Drive", it's revealed that he is one of many humanoid robots/clones.]]


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* HeelFaceTurn: Happens to the Aki assigned to Christopher. The rest of them continue to serve Heart Enterprises.

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* EyeColourChange: After awakening to her emotions, her eyes shift color from robotic green to a darker hue.

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* EyeColourChange: After awakening to her emotions, her the Aki assigned to Christopher's eyes shift color from robotic green to a darker hue.brown.


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* ReplacementGoldfish: Possibly, as there was a human Aki (the daughter of the Chinese restaurant owner in "The Chopsocky Special", claimed lost in the Scar when it opened).
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** Happens again during "Scar Tissue", thanks to the happy gas pumped into Cronenburgh.
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* GoingNative: Arthur's specifically told to act like he's done this to survive the asylum.

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* GoingNative: Arthur's specifically told to act like he's done this to survive the asylum. It involves taking off his shirt and wrapping his belt around his head.
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* SciFiBobHaircut: Appropriately enough, for the show's resident {{Sexbot}}.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: Slink speaks in an elegant, lower-register purr.
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* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:Once a homeless scrounger, he accidentally shot and killed the one decent cop left in LA. He became a cop and took over his fight against Heart to make up for his mistake.]]

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* ElectronicEyes: Receives one after his Heart Industries "orientation" is finished, which contains a video camera Aki uses to spy on him.

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* ElectronicEyes: Receives one after his Heart Industries "orientation" is finished, which contains a video camera Aki uses to spy on him.him as well as certain other defensive applications [[spoiler: such as a weapon that shoots out of it, which stabs an assailant in the forehead and causes them to messily bleed out]].



* EmotionlessGirl: Claims to be this, as she's a machine, and it's the main source of her FanDisservice. The jury's out on whether that is actually the case as the show goes on, especially when her demeanor while [[spoiler: masturbating Christopher for a sperm sample]] is later compared to her reaction to him calling her a "sex object".

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* EmotionlessGirl: Claims to be this, as she's a machine, and it's the main source of her FanDisservice. The jury's out on whether that is actually the case Gradually averted as the show goes on, especially when her demeanor while [[spoiler: masturbating Christopher for a sperm sample]] is later compared as the Aki assigned to Christopher's relationship with him awakens emotions in her.
* EyeColourChange: After awakening
to her reaction to him calling emotions, her eyes shift color from robotic green to a "sex object".darker hue.


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* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: At first, she's very confused by her attachment to Christopher, but does realize that what she's feeling for him is indeed love.


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* AmbiguouslyBi: There was his "relationship" with the Gentleman, and he falls in love with a female mechanic.


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* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler: Having fallen in love with the town mechanic, he stays in Red River to become the new Sheriff.]]

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* CombatPragmatist: [[spoiler: Arthur throwing Smax powder on Rib Bone causing the patients to eat him.]]
* CurbStompBattle: On the receiving end of this from Rib Bone [[spoiler: until he throws Smax chocolate powder on him]].



* GoingNative: Arthur's specifically told to act like he's done this to survive the asylum.
* GroinAttack: Arthur gets [[RuleOfThree three of these]] in episode 5: two courtesy of Grace, one self-inflicted. [[spoiler: This seems to temporarily nullify the effects of the Dionysus Strain he was infected with.]]



* WrongGenreSavvy: Arthur functions and thinks like the protagonist in a PG-13 action flick. It frequently gets him in trouble, as the Blood Drive is anything but.



* MyGreatestFailure: Too busy trying to schmooze Primo (The reigning Blood Drive champ) to watch Karma. Who promptly got hooked on Red Rapture.

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* MsFanservice: Has a fondness for [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] ActionGirl [[SleevesAreForWimps tank tops]].
* MyGreatestFailure: Too busy trying to schmooze Primo (The reigning Blood Drive champ) to watch Karma. Who promptly got hooked on Red Rapture.Rapture [[spoiler: and driven insane]].
* SuperWindowJump: Does this in "A Fistful of Blood".



* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: He orchestrated Karma's descent into insanity and everything that followed to get Grace to compete in the Blood Drive.]] He openly brags about being "a hundred steps ahead" of everyone when fighting with [[spoiler: the Gentleman]] for control of the race.
* EvilIsHammy: Given that he's the emcee of Blood Drive, that shouldn't be a surprise.



* HumanoidAbomination: It becomes apparent over time that Slink isn't entirely human, if at all.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Slink spends episode 3 listening to [[spoiler:Heart Industries higher-ups]] complain about the Blood Drive. Said complaints sound suspiciously like (and considering Blood Drive has a working complaint hotline, may actually be) viewer grievances.
* NiceHat: Sports a very cool top hat. He even has a special box for it, and makes sure to retrieve it after it falls off when he [[spoiler: steps through the Blood Gate to meet with Heart Industries higher-ups]].
* NoSell: Slink shrugs off ''being set on fire''.
* RepulsiveRingmaster: The vibe and look he gives off.



* AssShove: On the receiving end of this from Aki, when she shoves her gloved hand and arm up his behind multiple times to retrieve a stool sample.



* CensorBox: Prominently displayed over his junk several times when camera angles or HandOrObjectUnderwear fail to cover.
* ElectricTorture: Inflicted on him by Dominatrix!Aki as part of his Heart Industries "orientation".
* ElectronicEyes: Receives one after his Heart Industries "orientation" is finished, which contains a video camera Aki uses to spy on him.
* EyeScream: Courtesy of a bottle to the face during the first episode.
* FanDisservice: Christopher ends up in various states of undress a lot. Unfortunately, a large chunk of it is during his Heart Industries "orientation", where Dominatrix!Aki subjects him to some pretty gruesome treatment. See AssShove above and Aki's own entry in this trope for some "highlights".
* NeckSnap: Kills [[spoiler: Sergeant Gower]] this way.
* UnstoppableRage: When he finds out that [[spoiler: Sergeant Gower]] was behind his getting recruited to Heart Industries and Arthur being forced to participate in the Blood Drive, his rage meter (which is handily displayed on the right side of his perspective) hits max and [[spoiler: he [[NeckSnap snaps her neck]]]], seemingly impressing Aki.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: After Aki discovers that Christopher was digging into things he shouldn't, she uses the tech implanted in his eye to make him vomit in several different colors. The show even fakes going to commercial three times, just to show him throwing up more.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Christopher seems to spend a lot of time in various stages of undress. He's even shirtless in the image on the main page!



* ArtificialHuman: And replicated countless times by Heart Industries.
* {{Dominatrix}}: The Aki overseeing Christopher's "orientation", who is even called so by the Syfy website episode recaps.
* EmotionlessGirl: Claims to be this, as she's a machine, and it's the main source of her FanDisservice. The jury's out on whether that is actually the case as the show goes on, especially when her demeanor while [[spoiler: masturbating Christopher for a sperm sample]] is later compared to her reaction to him calling her a "sex object".
* FanDisservice: Despite being incredibly shapely and not wearing very much in the way of clothing (see MsFanservice below), much of what she does is this, especially the sequence in episode 4 where she went topless [[spoiler: and masturbated Christopher for a sperm sample]].
* FunWithAcronyms: Aki's name apparently stands for "Autonomous Kinetic Intercourse" machine.
* TheMole: Planted in Contracrime, presumably to recruit Christopher. [[spoiler: Though Sergeant Gower had more to do with that...]]
* MsFanservice: Both dresses as a {{dominatrix}} and walks the walk.
* NippleAndDimed: If Dominatrix!Aki going topless in episode 4 is any indication, none of the Akis have nipples.
* {{Sexbot}}: Aki, despite being NippleAndDimed [[BarbieDollAnatomy upstairs]], is fully capable of having sex, as that was what she was originally designed for before her homicidal tendencies were discovered. Her name stands for "[[FunWithAcronyms Autonomous Kinetic Intercourse]] Machine", and Christopher even refers to her as a literal "sex object".




* FauxAffablyEvil: Wears a mask of culture and upper-crust manners. But he's just as twisted (Maybe even more so) than other racers.


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* DrunkWithPower: When he's [[spoiler: made emcee of the Blood Drive]], he goes on a power-trip. Trying to enforce manners on the scum that populate the race, and threatening head explosions for everything.
* ExactWords: In episode 1, Arthur makes the Gentleman promise not to kill the cheerleaders he just saved. The Gentleman swears to keep his word "to the letter". Immediately after Arthur leaves, the Gentleman says that he can't take their lives, but that their fingers and tongues are another matter.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Wears a mask of culture and upper-crust manners. But he's just as twisted (maybe even more so) than other racers.
* NiceHat: Dons a cool top hat of his own after [[spoiler: he's made the new emcee of Blood Drive]].
* PunnyName: When combined with his counterpart, the Scholar.
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: The aptly named Gentleman.
* StraightGay: The only real indication that he's gay is his rather dysfunctional "relationship" with the Scholar.


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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Does away with the abusive Gentleman in "The Gentleman's Agreement", and joins forces with Arthur and Grace.]]
* IdiotSavant: Not very bright, but a mechanical Einstein.


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* PunnyName: When combined with his counterpart, the Gentleman.
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* BerserkButton: ''Hates'' [[spoiler:his Heart Industries bosses]] [[ExecutiveMeddling meddling with his Blood Drive.]]

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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Depending on how his interests line up with everyone else's.



* AffablyEvil: Wears a mask of culture and upper-crust manners. But he's just as twisted (Maybe even more so) than other racers.

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A Contracrime officer, shanghaied into the race.

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A Contracrime [[LawEnforcementInc Contracrime]] officer, shanghaied into the race.



* AllLovingHero: Arthur is displeased at the brutal tactics used by Contracrime, does not want to kill anyone during the race, and wants to help Grace save her sister, though the two have never met.
* AudienceSurrogate: As Arthur learns things about the Blood Drive, so does the audience.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Arthur is generally a nice person, but you do '''not''' want to piss him off. [[spoiler: Just ask Rib Bone]].
* ByTheBookCop: Arthur definitely has a dark side, but for the most part, he is very concerned with upholding the law, and wishes to bring down Heart Industries because of his concern for the people they are hurting.
* TheDeterminator: '''Nothing''' is going to stop Arthur from bringing down Heart Industries.



* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blond-haired, good-hearted, and very morally upright.
* LargeHam: When he briefly gets to play Slink.
* MrFanservice: Gets his fair share of shirtless scenes, plus a sex scene in the very first episode. To be fair, the guy is played by a former Abercrombie model.
* PrettyBoy: Why Grace gives him the nickname "Barbie".



* MyGreatestFailure: Too bust trying to schmooze Primo (The reigning Blood Drive champ) to watch Karma. Who promptly got hooked on Red Rapture.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Probably the snarkiest character in the show.
* DespairEventHorizon: When she hears of [[spoiler: Karma's]] death.
* MyGreatestFailure: Too bust busy trying to schmooze Primo (The reigning Blood Drive champ) to watch Karma. Who promptly got hooked on Red Rapture.




* AffablyEvil: Wears a mask of culture and upper-crust manners. But he's just as twisted (Maybe even more so) than other racers.



* AffablyEvil: Wears a mask of culture and upper-crust manners. But he's just as twisted (Maybe even more so) than other racers.
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* {{Badass}}: His various naive traits aside, Arthur is a stone cold ass-kicker. Capable of laying most anyone out.

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[[folder:ArthurBailey]][[folder:Arthur Bailey]]
-->'''Played by''': Alan Ritchson

A Contracrime officer, shanghaied into the race.
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* {{Badass}}: His various naive traits aside, Arthur is a stone cold ass-kicker. Capable of laying most anyone out.
* DistressedDude: Has a habit of winding up in trouble, requiring Grace to bail him out.


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-->'''Played by''': Christina Ochoa

Arthur's unwilling partner in the race. A take-no-shit bombshell looking for her sister.
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* ActionGirl: Like Arthur, Grace is more than capable of kicking seven different kinds of ass.
* MyGreatestFailure: Too bust trying to schmooze Primo (The reigning Blood Drive champ) to watch Karma. Who promptly got hooked on Red Rapture.


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-->'''Played by''': Colin Cunningham

The diabolical, bombastic ringmaster of the Blood Drive.
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Julian is all hammy showmanship and excess. But behind the veneer is the mind of a ''very'' dangerous and manipulative mastermind.


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-->'''Played by''': Thomas Dominique

Arthur's Contracrime partner. Stuck as his man on the inside.
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* BreakTheHaughty: At the start of the show, Chris revels in his Contracrime duties. Taking quite a bit of glee in cracking skulls. Weeks of torture by Aki has left him far more meek.


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-->'''Played by''': Marama Corlett

AKA, an "Autonomous Kinetic Intercourse" machine. A Heart Industries sexbot, and Chris's overseer/torturer.
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* UncannyValleyGirl: ''Perfectly'' sits on the line of appearing human, but being incredibly robotic and unnerving.


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-->'''Played by''': Andrew Hall

A foppish, cultured racer.
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* BastardBoyfriend: A very abusive, uncaring partner to The Scholar.
* AffablyEvil: Wears a mask of culture and upper-crust manners. But he's just as twisted (Maybe even more so) than other racers.


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-->'''Played by''': Darren Kent

The partner/mechanic/sex-toy of The Gentleman. A meek fella with amazing mechanical know-how.
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* TheDogBitesBack: He [[spoiler:blows the Gentleman's head away after one too many abusive comments.]]
* NiceGuy: The out and out nicest member of the race.
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