History Characters / CriminalCase

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Burgers. While other consumables such as Orange Juice snd Fries are available, a lot of the characters have mentioned how the player enjoys burgers the best.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We transition from ''Mysteries of the Past'' to the ''Conspiracy'' without any explanation of what happened to the PC of the former.

* UndyingLoyalty: The player is on the receiving end of this a lot, particularly from the department they're working with and even from [[spoiler: traitors such as Frank Knight or Angela Douglas.]]

%% KnightInSourArmour: Obviously by the time of season five.

''VideoGame/CriminalCase'' is filled with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, so there's a separate character page for each season of the game. World Edition, however, focuses on a single villainous organization, so notable members of it have a page of their own. The Conspiracy also focuses on a villainous organization, so its prominent members have a page of their own.

* TheUnfettered: In-universe, the player character is not moved by threats, lies, or attempted bribery, nor is he/she ever distracted from duty.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Judging by the other characters' dialogue, the player character is a genuinely nice person in-universe, if apparently a little stiff-necked...but he/she still occasionally manages to make their colleagues break out in nervous sweat during seasons 2 and 3.

* HelloInsertNameHere: Well, the name is not really customisable in-game, but the PC has no CanonName and would be referred to by the actual player's Facebook account name.
* HeroicMime: Everybody talks to the player character, addresses him/her by name, offers him/her gifts of food or clothing, gives orders to him/her, flirts with him/her, cusses him/her...and your character never says a word (that's shown on-screen, at least) in response, although character reactions show that the main character is intelligent and not above teasing.

* ChristmasCake: Captures the wedding bouquet at Carrie add Enzo's wedding in the finale.

* KnightInSourArmour: Obviously by the time of season five.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Burgers. While other consumables such as Orange Juice snd Fries are available, a lot of the characters have mentioned how the plsyer enjoys burgers the best.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: In Case 23 of Pacific Bay, the player character defies a direct order from Chief Marquez to evacuate in face of a hurricane. She's not happy about it.

The police detective whom player controls.

* AdventureDuo: The player character always work together with another team member to investigate the various murder cases.

--> '''Frank''' : Alright, alright, I'll help out, don't yell!

* HelloInsertNameHere: Well, the name is not really customisable in-game, but the PC has no CanonName, and would be referred to by the actual player's Facebook account name.

* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Zigzagged. The player character investigates crime scenes, interviews witnesses and suspects, pieces evidence together, and collects fingerprints and DNA samples. Deeper analysis of said evidence — fingerprints, chemical substances and DNA samples — is usually done by the coroner, forensics or tech experts of the PD, who are naturally more qualified to do that sort of thing, and they don't go around conducting interviews of witnesses or suspects the way most CSI-related series would do. However, there are also times where the player character is asked to "match" fingerprints and even biological molecules and chemical substance with the database because it would take the other team members (you know, the experts) "too long" to analyze.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: In Case 23 of Pacific Bay, the player character defies a direct order from Chief Marquez to evacuate in face of a a hurricane. She's not happy about it.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We transition from ''Mysteries of the Past'' to the ''Conspiracy'' without any explanation what happened to the PC of the former.

''VideoGame/CriminalCase'' is filled with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, so there's a separate character page for each season of the game. World Edition, however, focuses on a single villainous organization, so notable members of it have a page of their own. Likewise, Mysteries of the Past focuses on the corruption of the Concordian Police Department despite its neutral alignment with the Concordian Flying Squad, so members of the Concordian Police Department also have their own folder. The Conspiracy also focuses on a villainous organization, so its prominent members have a page of their own.

* [[Characters/CriminalCaseSOMBRA SOMBRA]]

* [[Characters/CriminalCaseAdAstra Ad Astra]]

''VideoGame/CriminalCase'' is filled with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, so this page will only focus on the Police Department and recurring characters who have major impacts in the storyline. World Edition, however, focuses on a single villainous organization, so notable members of it have a page of their own. Likewise, Mysteries of the Past focuses on the corruption of the Concordian Police Department despite its neutral alignment with the Concordian Flying Squad, so members of the Concordian Police Department also have their own folder. The Conspiracy also focuses on a villainous organization, so its prominent members have a page of their own.

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[[folder:The Grimsborough PD]]
!!David Jeremiah Jones
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A detective in the Grimsborough Police Department who is assigned to work with your player character from the start of the game.
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* AgentScully: Four murders at the Historical Center are attributed to paranormal activity, but he keeps dismissing them, always insisting that the victims were killed by fellow human beings.
* BadLiar: In one side-quest, while retrieving a hooker's lost purse, Jones convinces you to go through it to make sure it's really hers. Later, when the woman asks Jones if her purse was searched, he tries to deny it...but she calls him out on lying, while saying that a woman can know when her stuff's been searched.
* BeardOfSorrow: After [[spoiler: Chief King's suicide]], Jones grows some stubble for a few cases. [[spoiler: He also grows his beard out after the events of Misty Grove.]]
* BigEater: He especially likes [[TrademarkFavoriteFood hot dogs]], but he'll jump for hamburgers and pastries as well, and he's always eager to attend functions with buffet lines. His appetite is lampshaded in Case 31, during a discussion about the annual Dog Pageant:
--> '''Jones:''' Dog Pageant Day! I've been waiting for this for weeks! They says the buffet is sublime, all the best cooks participate!
--> '''Chief King:''' ...Jones, do you ever think of anything else besides eating?
** A reporter in the University further lampshades this by asking the player if Jones thinks about anything else other than eating. He's not amused.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In Case 41, he gets briefly hypnotized by the Rorschach Reaper [[spoiler:into nearly killing the player character]].
* ButtMonkey: Usually whenever [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes garbage or sewers]] are involved.
* TheCameo: Even after Grimsborough ends, little pictures and doodles of Jones can be seen, and sometimes even collected. There's even a picture of Jones in the Bureau's break room.
* CharacterDevelopment: In the five years that the player had been away from Grimsborough, Jones is shown to be much more calm and mature, although he still has moments where his temper gets the better of him.
* CovertPervert: Expect him to suck up any compliment given to him by a beautiful woman, or to make an excuse to go see a pretty female suspect.
* CowboyCop: Usually exhibits shades of this whenever Tony Marconi or other known criminals are involved. In Case 11, it results in [[RealityEnsues Marconi's lawyers filing a restraining order against him]].
* CrazyPrepared: In Maple Heights, he brings his uniform when he's normally wearing civilian clothes. Even on a golf course.
* DeadpanSnarker: Falls into this from time to time. For example, when confronting food critic Tobias Sharp over a bottle of wine the latter refused to pay for during a side-quest in Case 15:
--> '''Jones:''' Mr Sharp, we analyzed your wine. And I'm not in fact surprised you drank the entire bottle...this wine was perfectly good!
--> '''Sharp:''' What are you saying? It's insane! I refuse to pay for a bottle of corked wine!
--> '''Jones:''' Would you rather come with us to the police office? There are some comfortable cells if you need one, but I'm afraid the food isn't great.
* DefectiveDetective: Jones isn't a ''bad'' investigator, per se, in spite of your player character's growing skills overshadowing his own at times. However, he reveals at one point that his obsession with his work prompted his ex-wife to suggest he go for therapy, and then she eventually left him because the job was putting incredible strain on their marriage.
* DoomMagnet: The game's plot is to investigate homicides, but people tend to die when Jones goes somewhere in his off-time. Whether he's taking the player out to eat, going to a football game, invited to a wedding, someone's going to end up dead by the end.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In Case 52 of ''The Conspiracy'', he ingests an entire bottle of drugs after Zoe's death. Luckily, he manages to survive.]]
* ExhaustedEyeBags: He wasn't sleeping well after [[spoiler: Chief King's suicide]], and spends most of his appearance in the Airport district with dark rings under his eyes. [[spoiler: He gains this again after the events of Misty Grove.]]
* ExpressiveHair: Only when he's surprised, but it stands on end like a cat's.
* HeroicBSOD: He breaks down in Case 21 [[spoiler: after finding and identifying Rachel Priest's remains]].
** He has a huge one in ''The Conspiracy'' [[spoiler:during Misty Grove, due to Rupert's death, being falsely accused of murder by Rozetta Pierre, forced to arrest his girlfriend for murder and being suspected of Tony Marconi's murder himself. It's so bad that he nearly quits the force. And then later when Zoe ends up being killed, so much that it drives him into attempting suicide.]]
* HotBlooded: At least once a case, Jones is shown with a flush-red forehead and storm clouds over his head.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: He gets very bothered over Rachel Priest. [[spoiler: He's practically beside himself with worry when her cameraman says she's disappeared and is utterly devastated when she dies.]] Nothing explicit is ever stated, though, [[spoiler: because, again, she dies.]]
* LastNameBasis: Everyone refers to him by his surname. In fact, his first name isn't revealed until Case 26, and his middle name is revealed in Case 35.
* LoonyFan: Face paints himself when watching football.
* ManlyTears: Jones is [[SoProudOfYou crying with pride]] when the player character finishes the Grimsborough cases and is going to Pacific Bay.
* [[spoiler: MadeOfIron: Got caught in an explosion during the Conspiracy finale and all he ended up with was losing an eye.]]
* PerpSweating: Is good at this. It doesn't work all the time, though, at least not against the more hardened crooks you and he interrogate.
* PrecisionFStrike: It's censored, usually, but if someone has to swear in Grimsborough, it's Jones.
* TheResenter: To [[spoiler: the player character]], as hinted by the [[ManipulativeBastard Rorschach Reaper]].
--> '''Rorschach Reaper:''' You wouldn't know about being brilliant, would you, Officer Jones? [[spoiler: (player's rank and name)'s dog, always following, always praising, always failing...It's unbearable, isn't it? Living in (player's rank and name)'s shadow, being endlessly scolded for failing to meet their standards...]]So much frustration, Officer Jones...It has to stop, hasn't it? It can't go on forever, it has to stop now. Now and forever. And there's only one thing to do. The right thing.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Alex and Cathy.
* SpikyHair: His hair actually sticks straight up at the front. In his more realistic picture in the game's start-up loading screen, his hair displays little spikes from front to back.
* StaircaseTumble: At the end of Case 41, he gets a head injury resulting from this right before the killer's arrest. [[spoiler: Or so he thinks; see [[SecretSecretKeeper Ramirez's]] entry below]].
* SweetTooth: While Jones's TrademarkFavoriteFood is hot dogs, he'll eat most anything, especially sweets. When brought cookies by Margaret Littlewood, his sprite is usually double-fisting them.
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:The events of Misty Grove were ''not'' kind to Jones.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jones is ''never'' enthusiastic about hunting for clues in garbage or sewers, always insisting that you be the one to take on such assignments instead. Naturally, in Case 11 King orders Jones to be the one to dive for clues in a sewer...[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments and while Jones finds nothing in the sewer-water, you manage to find clues while staying nice and dry]].

!!Grace Delaney
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The head of the Grimsborough PD's forensics laboratory, she analyzes different clues for trace evidence and helps you identify unknown substances that come up during investigation.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Among the cast of Grimsborough, she appears the most frequently in promotional images, aside from Jones. But while she does have ADayInTheLimelight moments, she plays no major role in the overall season's arc, and makes less significant contributions compared to Cathy or Ramirez. [[spoiler:Although she ''does'' return late in ''World Edition'' as the Bureau's new scientist.]]
* BerserkButton:
** Harming dogs is a no-no with her. Witness her response to Case 31's murder, which also included the death of the victim's dog:
--> '''Grace:''' I can't believe someone did this! Killing a harmless dog, the monsters!
--> '''Jones:''' They've also killed a human being...
--> '''Grace:''' Yes, of course, that's tragic too. But the poor dog, what did it have to do with human feuds?!//
** When her boyfriend gets flagged as a suspect during the University arc, Jones was feeling nothing but dread when she finds out.
* TheBusCameBack: Disappearing after Grimsborough, [[spoiler:she's nominated as a replacement coroner for the Bureau after Angela is found to be a SOMBRA mole. When reached in Antarctica, she is a coroner in addition to providing lab work, filling in while Lars is spending time with his daughters.]]
* CleavageWindow: Not in the game itself, but in [[http://criminalcasegame.wikia.com/wiki/File:GD.jpg one of promotional images]] for Facebook Anniversary Sale.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Case 48 has Grace accompany your player character in solving the case, since Jones is being kept busy with a multitude of complaints against him for rudeness to Maple Heights residents (and being pulled from the case due to it being too serious for him). Grace gets the chance to wear an outfit very similar to Jones' usual getup.
* EagleEyeDetection: Given that her job as a trace evidence analyst, being sharp-eyed and catching minuscule details are part and parcel of her job description.
* FieryRedhead: Her fiery part is full-blown shown when her fiancee become one of her suspects in one case.
* FriendToAllChildren: She's good in handling and talking to children, such as Isaac Hersberger and Sarah Mills.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Grace is an animal lover in general, but she especially likes dogs. Consequently, she [[BerserkButton doesn't react well]] when she learns that a lost puppy, which you recover during your investigations in a side-quest in Case 6 and which she later adopts, was being trained for dog-fighting.
--> '''Grace:''' They're monsters! Look at how this puppy has been abused already! No wonder it ran away!
* HotScientist: Her design is quite attractive and her good looks are clear even in her standard attire.
* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Gets this in Case 7, and not for the first time.
--> '''Jones:''' You really are ''amazing'', Grace!
--> '''Grace:''' As if I hadn't heard that joke a thousand times before. ''(blushes)'' But thank you, silly.
* OffscreenBreakup: When the player encounters her in Season 3, Grace has broken her engagement to Luke Harris in order to pursue her research ambitions.
* ScienceHero: Comes with the territory of being a forensic analyst.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female member of the Season 1 Grimsborough PD
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Even though she's now a member of the Bureau, after the organization officially disbands, she is nowhere to be seen and nary a mention was made of her when the player returns to Grimsborough.]]

!!Nathan Pandit
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The Grimsborough PD's medical examiner, his main role is to outline how the victims of each case died.
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* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Nathan is the very first victim of ''The Conspiracy'' season, sadly just before he can have a reunion with Jones and the player.]]
* BollywoodNerd: His Indian heritage was revealed in Case 38, when his last name was revealed. Given his proficiency in medical training and [[TheProfiler ability to analyze aspects of the killer's psychological profile]] from some of his autopsies, he definitely counts as smart.
* TheCoroner: The Chief Medical Examiner of Grimsborough PD, who conducts autopsies on the victims' bodies and analyzes murder weapons.
* DeadpanSnarker:
** One example, during Case 4:
--> '''Nathan:''' I've got several things for you. Dan was stabbed in the stomach with a sharp object, probably a knife. From the angle of the wounds, I can tell you that your killer is left-handed!
--> '''Jones:''' You can't seriously see that from a gash, can you?!
--> '''Nathan:''' ''(raised eyebrow)'' I wouldn't work here if I couldn't.
** Another example from Case 13, after Nathan's just finished his autopsy of a victim of a bomb attack that severed both of the man's legs:
--> '''Nathan:''' Thanks for the puzzle, guys. It's the first time I get a bomb victim on my table!
* EagleEyeDetection: Given how even tiny details can be vital in figuring out how someone died, it makes sense that he's so good at spying even minuscule details.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: After retiring from police work, he becomes the vet at the zoo.
* LastMinuteHookup: The season finale reveals that he's started dating Harper Stone, the snake trainer from Case 50.
* NatureLover: Nathan is clearly a nature freak. Not only is he a member of a local botanic club, he enjoys babbling about plants and animals while talking about autopsy results.
* NightmareFetishist: He sees absolutely nothing wrong with keeping a piranha as a pet. Keep in mind, said piranha was one of a batch that had just ''eaten a person''.
* TheProfiler: Plays this role in Case 15, while describing how the victim died and what type of person might do it.
--> '''Nathan:''' The interesting thing is, your victim was tied up post-mortem. It's as if the killer wanted to subdue her even more. As if killing her hadn't been enough. You're probably looking for someone who felt humiliated by Aileen. Someone who wanted to regain control over her.
* RealMenWearPink: He's a member of local botanic club Orchids Fanatics, as shown [[http://criminal-case-grimsborough.wikia.com/wiki/File:N.png here]].
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: The glasses part is obvious, since they're part of his sprite's wardrobe. Given that his job requires medical training and he can even [[TheProfiler profile]] the killers based on what he sees about the corpses, the smart part is also fairly clear.

!!Alex Turner
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The head of the Grimsborough PD's digital forensics team, he helps you to analyze tapes, camera imagery and footage, and computer hardware.
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* {{Adorkable}}: His reaction to Catherine King's request for him to dance with her in Case 41 sells it.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Replaces Jones as the player character's partner in case 37, because he's more familiar to the Sci-fi related stuff involved in the case.
* {{Fanboy}}: He's a big fan of the Ripper Jade doll - er, action figure series. He's also quite hyped about the ''Beyond the Void'' radio series, hosted by Alcott Milton. Also dresses up as Captain Simple when going to a comic convention.
* GadgeteerGenius / MrFixit: A lot of his job involves extracting data from broken electronics.
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: With Cathy as of Season 5.]]
* HouseHusband: Outright calls himself one, having retired from police work to take care of Sammy while Cathy becomes GPD's new tech guru.
* InsufferableGenius: Comes across this way from time to time. For example, when you bring him a clue for examination in Case 15:
--> '''Alex:''' Don't you have more of a challenge? My brilliant mind is wasted on such trifles as shopping bags and credit card numbers!
* TheLabRat: The Head of the Digital Forensics and Tech Analyst of the Grimsborough Police Department who happens to be a gamer and comic {{Geek}}.
* NiceGuy: Catherine King targets him because of this, as she specifically says she just wants to dance with this kind of man at her prom ball.
* OfficialCouple: He and Cathy are officially together by the final chapter of Grimsborough.
* TheSmartGuy: Though his specialty is technology and electronic equipment, Alex is a generally intelligent person.
* TechnoBabble: A mild case, since he's a technology expert explaining said technology to people who typically just have basic knowledge of using it.

!!Chief Samuel King
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The police chief of the Grimsborough PD, he usually chides Jones while praising your player character's efforts - though he's not above flipping out on ''both'' of you.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Starting with the Maple Heights arc, he decides to come out from behind his desk and get back into the field, if only so he can see firsthand what your player character's investigative skills are like. Of course, he couldn't have gotten where he is in the Grimsborough PD by just sitting behind a desk.
* BenevolentBoss: On a good day. On one occasion, when Ramirez is utterly freaked out at the idea of a ghost haunting the area, King takes Jones' suggestion and sends Ramirez on a brief leave of absence.
* BigGood: He's the chief of the Grimsborough Police Department. [[spoiler: Ultimately subverted in Case 51 in which he is [[FallenHero found guilty of the murder of Adam Bentley]]]].
* ByTheBookCop: On one occasion, when Jones bitterly admits that the evidence is pointing in an unfavorable direction, King advises him that you have to follow what the evidence says, notwithstanding.
* CoolOldGuy: He's not above giving a good-natured wink to show he's especially pleased with your performance.
* DaChief: On a bad day, and usually toward Jones for being "lazy" and for overstepping his bounds as a cop. King's a lot more reasonable to your player character, who he describes as being better able to keep a cool head, though on one occasion, he threatens to assign ''both'' of you to work under [[PoliceAreUseless Ramirez]] if you don't wrap up the case more quickly.
* DeadGuyJunior: Alex and Cathy's son Sammy is most likely named after his great-grandfather.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Whenever he perceives Jones to not be working hard enough on a case.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: He becomes increasingly irritable and unreasonable during the elections period in Maple Heights, and easily flies the hook whenever the Mayor is involved. [[spoiler: Finally culminates in him killing Adam Bentley on the Crimson Order's behalf]].
* MissionControl: He's usually the one to give you and Jones the directives on new cases and advise you where to go when the two of you get stuck.
* OverprotectiveDad: He's very protective for his granddaughter, Cathy, and gets very irate when he found out that Alex is trying to take her out on a date. It gets PlayedForDrama in later cases, where it was revealed that he [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]] after being convicted for Adam Bentley's murder to protect her, since the Crimson Order would execute her if he got arrested]].
* PornStache: Has a very prominent mustache that fits the trope description perfectly. It fits with his position of authority.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He'll listen to suggestions that your player character gives ([[HeroicMime outside the script]]) concerning how to proceed on a case.
* SilverFox: He's quite handsome for an older man.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Usually your player character gets the sugar, while Jones gets the ice.
* TeamDad: Looks after the best interests of his team and is well-liked and respected by all of them.

!!Officer Eduardo Ramirez
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A beat cop with a fairly timid disposition and a rather bad reputation for screwing up.
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* AgentMulder: Believes in the existence of ghosts, zombies and monsters of legend.
* BerserkButton: Anyone who tries to hurt the player faces the wrath of his frying pan, even [[spoiler: a hypnotized Jones and the prison warden Milton Grimmes, the district killer.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He might be polite to a fault, be constantly nervous about handling rough-looking suspects, and overall be a bumbling cop, but get him sufficiently aggravated and...well, just look at his response to a quarrel between barber Joshua Kempe and customer Curtis Newman over lice on the barber's scissors, in a side-quest in Case 10:
--> '''Kempe:''' I carefully clean my scissors after every client. If Curtis here has got lice, it's definitely not from me and my scissors...
--> '''Newman:''' Don't try that one on me, old man! Lying comes to you as naturally as breathing! Now you better hope your bones are not as weak as your lies!
--> '''Ramirez:''' ''(thoroughly pissed)'' EVERYBODY CALM DOWN RIGHT ABOUT NOW!
* BigDamnHeroes: He whacked [[spoiler:a hypnotized Jones]] with his frying pan when the latter was about to kill the player character, defeating the Rorschach Reaper in the process.
** When Jones and the player character head off to arrest [[spoiler: Milton Grimmes]], Ramirez follows them without them knowing it, and then saves the day by bashing [[spoiler: Grimmes]] over the head with his frying pan.
* TheBusCameBack: Returns in Pacific Bay as a private detective.
* ButtMonkey: Just about ''everybody'' takes him as a verbal punching bag or a convenient target for insults.
* CelebCrush: He has a huge crush on pop star Lola Vallez, and gets very enthusiastic to accompany the player whenever Lola needs their help.
* FryingPanOfDoom: He has used his frying pan to whack anyone who dares harm the player character.
* IdiotBall: The most frequent carrier, doing things such as telling the wrong people facts about the case, dropping or damaging evidence and as a private detective, thinking that dressing as a giant fruit is inconspicuous.
* LastNameBasis: Like Jones, he is often referred to by his last name. In fact, his first name wasn't revealed until Case 13 of Pacific Bay.
* LoserHasYourBack: On the few occasions when Jones is indisposed as your partner.
* NervousWreck: He was visibly intimidated by Marconi, to the point that he repeatedly gets Marconi's name wrong.
* NiceGuy: Ramirez is easily the nicest member of the team despite being the ButtMonkey likely because he knows they really don't mean any harm.
* PoliceAreUseless: He's the main reason the Grimsborough PD's cops are looked down on by the populace, usually by way of mishandling forms or other important evidence.
* SecretSecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Shared with the player character, for the fact that he had to whack Jones on the head with a frying pan to stop him from shooting the player character while under the Rorschach Reaper's mind control. Jones assumes his injury is from falling down some stairs, and neither you nor Ramirez bothers to correct him]].
* SelectiveObliviousness: In the additional investigation of ''The Lake's Bride'', he goes to Floyd Russel's tour on The Creature of the Lake even though its existence was recently debunked.
* SpannerInTheWorks: He's a bumbling officer whom no one takes seriously, but has thwarted two villains' plans to take out the player (which might have ended pretty badly for our main character if not for Ramirez).
** [[spoiler: The Rorschach Reaper didn't count on Ramirez whacking a hypnotized Jones with a frying pan to rescue the player character.]]
** [[spoiler: He also does the exact same thing to ''the leader of the Crimson Order'', saving the player character and Jones yet again.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: When the player meets him again in Season 2, he's become a private investigator and quite capable of helping with player on several cases. By the time the player returns to Grimsborough in Season 5, he's become a consultant for the PD and a great person to go to if you need more information dug up on evidence.
* WideEyedIdealist: He refuses to believe that not everyone can be truly good at heart.
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[[folder:Recurring Characters in Grimsborough]]
!!Judge Olivia Hall
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A very stern member of the local judiciary, who appears at the end of the different cases to pass sentence on the convicted killers.
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* BlackBossLady: Well, she's black, she's the judge in charge of Grimsborough's courthouse, and she's a woman.
* TheJudge: Obviously.
* LostInTranslation: In the Spanish version, she is referred to as "el juez Hall" even though "el juez" refers to a male judge or any generic judge.
* PerpetualFrowner: Judge Hall is not one to smile. [[CrapsackWorld Considering the city where she works, it's hard to blame her]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She can be very hard on unrepentant or defiant criminals. On the other hand, she's willing to show some leniency if convicts were of previous good character and are truly remorseful about their actions, and if the circumstances of the crime that led them to her courtroom can be reasonably explained in their favor.
* ThinkOfTheChildren: In Case 37, she called the killer out for leaving the victim's body in the middle of a sci-fi festival, where children may have seen him.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She's replaced by Judge Powell in ''The Conspiracy'', and no mentions of her are made. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen An interview with Pretty Simple suggested that she was going to appear at one point.]]

!!Tony Marconi
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A leading figure in the local Italian mafia, and suspected of involvement in several crimes during the Industrial Area arc.
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* ArcVillain: Jones sees him as this throughout the Industrial Area arc. [[spoiler: He cements it after killing Salvador Cordero, the other contender for the title]].
* ContinuityCameo: He appears as a child during Case 9 of ''Travel In Time''.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Being leader of the mob? Sure. Running a sleazy nightclub? No problem. Killing people who've crossed him? Run-of-the-mill. Beating a woman to death, especially if she's an employee of his? NO.
--> '''Marconi:''' You don't hit women. You just don't...
* GenerationXerox: As shown in ''Travel In Time'', his mother, Nicoletta, was also a criminal.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Was recruited [[spoiler:by Jones to bust the latter's girlfriend out of prison.]] Since Marconi was a changed man, he refuses and talks some sense to him.
* HandicappedBadass: He's asthmatic. Doesn't hamper his mob activity.
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler:His estranged son]] is the sole reason why Marconi got his security firm involved with [=DreamLife=].
* KindheartedCatLover: He's not a very nice man, but at least he cares a lot for his cat, as revealed in Case 8.
* JockDadNerdSon: [[spoiler:He is the father of Emilio Fuller, a geeky Dreamlife scientist.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: He's suspected of having hired the killer in Case 2 to murder that case's victim; however, there's no proof forthcoming to support that theory.
* TheMobBossIsScarier: What Ash Bison of the Vipers says about Marconi in Case 11.
--> '''Ash Bison:''' I know Marconi will always be the true boss of this district. Those who forget that, die.
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:When he is murdered, Marconi is revealed have a son, Emilio Fuller. After the team learns about this, they also find out that Marconi would do anything to protect his son, including taking up Rozetta's blackmail. Unfortunately, this protectiveness proves to be Marconi's undoing as it allows the resentful Emilio to kill him.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Marconi's HeelFaceTurn in ''The Conspiracy'' was genuine; however, by the time the Grimsborough PD realizes this, he is murdered.]]
* ReformedCriminal: When the Player returns to Grimsborough, Case 12 reveals he got out on good behavior and has been acting clean ever since. Jones, of course, suspects there's something shady behind all of it.
* TheSyndicate: He runs one, using his mafia affiliates and connections to control his district, commit crimes and remove those who stand in his way. It's powerful enough that he's able to skip out on jail at least twice.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Despite being a mob boss, he's pretty well respected in his district, and he treats his workers quite civilly. This only serves to irritate Jones because he can't arrest the guy.

!!Alden Greene
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A wealthy business-owner who first appears in the Financial Center arc.
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* ArchEnemy: The closest the PC has to one. Especially since he shows up in Pacific Bay as well.
* ArcVillain: Like Marconi, Jones does not trust him at all, and is very eager to pin him for the murders he gets involved in throughout the Financial District.
* BaldOfEvil: His sprite lacks even a hint of hair on the head and given his disdain for the law and other activities, evil fits. It goes perfectly with his...
* BeardOfEvil: A thick white goatee to complement his bald head.
* TheBusCameBack: Alden shows back up in The Wastes of Pacific Bay [[spoiler: and is promptly killed by Frank for murdering Karen.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: His Greene Banking offered loans to stall owners in Eastfield Market, which most of them took. When they refused his buyout, he raised their interests so they won't have any choice but to sell their stalls.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: He is perpetually chewing on a cigar, and he's not a very nice man.
* JerkAss: Hand-in-hand with the two tropes immediately below. Even without them, he's very easy to dislike, ultimately turning into [[spoiler: an AssholeVictim by murdering Frank's wife in Pacific Bay]].
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Most of his wealth and power comes from [[spoiler: his connections with The Crimson Order and their illicit gold mining]].
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Tried to bail his grandson out of prison after the latter committed murder, and implied to have done it for [[spoiler: himself after being convicted for Rachel Priest's murder.]]
* SmugSnake: Is always confident that his influence and wealth will be able to buy him or anyone associated with him out of any kind of trouble. He notably loses this trait when you finally arrest him for good but gains it back later when he escapes prison.

!!Rachel Priest
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A news reporter who plays a significant role in the Financial Center, where she is always searching for any story on Alden Greene.
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* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: She was injected with a serum that turns men into [[SuperSoldier killing machines]], but because of her gender, her skin tore apart when her bones grew into an immense size.]]
* TheCameo: She appears on TV in some crime scenes, [[ChekhovsGunman including]] those from before she was introduced.
* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler: Knowing that her investigations on Alden Greene will lead to her death, she recorded a video to the player character telling them her investigations on the monster serum experiment Alden funded.]]
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: When Alden Greene was preparing to kill her, all she did was tell him the world will see him as a monster.]]
* GoingForTheBigScoop: Knowing that Alden Greene is up to something, she did everything she can to dig up anything major about him, even if it meant downplaying other matters, such as the deaths of her informant and her personal intern.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Alden killed her because her investigations on him led to her discovery of the monster serum experiments he funded. Had she gone further, she would've discovered the Crimson Order as well.]]
* IntrepidReporter: She was always searching for any story on Alden Greene she could publicize, sometimes leading her to cross paths with the police department.
* KickTheDog: She never paid her cameraman even though he often recorded her findings, [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal prompting him to betray her by selling her research notes to Alden Greene for money]].
* LackOfEmpathy: She showed no concern for her subordinates, often putting her investigations on Alden Greene above their welfare. For example, when told about her personal intern's death, she was more concerned about the article the intern was working on rather than the death itself.
* LoveInterest: Jones had feelings for her that weren't evident [[spoiler: until the case she died in]].

!!Margaret Littlewood
A rather nosy old woman living in the Historical Center encountered throughout the Historical Center arc.
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* CanineCompanion: Usually seen with her Shih Tzu, Astrid. [[spoiler:After her sentencing, she gives Astrid to Jones.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilOldFolks: Revealed as the killer of Molly Robinson, her dog, and both James Savage's and Gertrude Piccadilly's dogs in Case 31.]]
* RemovingTheRival: [[spoiler:In Case 31, Margaret poisoned almost all of the dogs in the dog pageant so her dog, Astrid, could win, giving her grandchildren a reason to visit her.]]
* ScatterbrainedSenior: During her appearance in ''The Conspiracy'', she doesn't recognize the player at all and believes the victim was a dog. When the player finds out she'd dated the victim, she goes on a monologue about how the victim supposedly stood her up in a ball in when she was 19. Justified, because she's mentioned to have been diagnosed with dementia.
* SupremeChef: Jones quickly bonds with her after she offers them cookies in her first appearance. [[spoiler:She uses this to her advantage in Case 31 by poisoning the victim, several dogs, and Jones with carrot cupcakes.]]

!!Tess Goodwin/[[spoiler:The Rorschach Reaper]]
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A criminal psychology student whom the player often encounters throughout the University arc.
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* AlasPoorVillain: She may be no saint, but [[spoiler:her murder in Case 55 receives this reaction when it's revealed that she was killed for trying to take down the Crimson Order for framing her ancestor and executing her. Even Judge Hall said that her killer had no right to justify her murder.]]
* AntiHero: [[spoiler: On one hand, she was a heartless serial killer with no remorse for her misdeeds. On the other hand, she wanted to take down the Crimson Order for murdering her ancestor.]]
* BackForTheDead: She was killed in Case 55, [[spoiler:having escaped from prison at the end of the previous case]].
* BurnTheWitch: Like her ancestor, she was tied to a burning stake, though the smoke killed her instead of the flames. Ironically, her killer was a witch.
* {{Cosplay}}: Participates in this in Case 37.
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler: Her MO as the Rorschach Reaper involves hypnotizing people who saw a certain result in inkblot tests, [[BreakThemByTalking delivering speeches to them]] that concern their grudge against certain people, and encouraging them to "do the right thing". She claimed that those killers had weak minds, and all she did was "give them a little push". She attempted to do this on Jones against the player character, only to be thwarted by Ramirez, who whacked Jones.]]
* {{Disownment}}: She was on the receiving end of this by her sister [[spoiler: because of the serial murders she was responsible for]].
* {{Fangirl}}: She claims to be a big fan of the player character and B-list actor Bruce Anderson.
* {{Foil}}: To Cathy King. Both girls are geniuses in their respective fields of study who assume secret identities to work outside the law. [[spoiler: Tess manipulated and killed others for her thesis, even attempting to kill the player character without any regards to the consequences. Cathy, on the other hand, used her cunning and technological expertise to assist the PD in investigating murders and detecting a flaw in Zack Holden's security system.]] This is also reflected in their respective ancestors. [[spoiler: Tess's ancestor Mary Goodwin was a witch killed by the Crimson Order for trying to expose its secrets. Cathy's ancestor William Kingsley was a high-ranking official who allowed the Crimson Order to operate with impunity by covering their activities.]]
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Sports a pair of glasses and [[spoiler:expresses no remorse for the murders she was responsible for. Even when she wasn't planning murders,]] her aggressive way of winning a role-playing game against Alex shows her ruthless personality.
* HumansAreBastards: She believes in this, as she was writing her thesis on latent murderers.
--> '''Tess:''' A murderer sleeps in everyone of us, [[spoiler: your Honor]]! That's what my thesis is all about.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: She masterminded the murders in Cases 32, 35, and 38 by hypnotizing the respective killers into killing people they hold a grudge against.]]
* {{Meganekko}}: Sporting a pair of glasses, she also has traits associated with them, such as taking more detailed notes in her psychology classes than her peers, having substantial knowledge of her field of study, and maintaining a modest appearance by default.
* NeverMyFault: She denied responsibility [[spoiler: for the murders she orchestrated, claiming that the girls she hypnotized have always wanted to kill in the first place.]]
* TheProfiler: As a student of criminal psychology, she tries to play this role in Case 32.
--> '''Tess:''' I don't know your killer's identity but I do know their psychological profile! From what I've heard about the way Rani died, I can tell you your killer is passive-agressive with a deep inferiority complex.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Her murder at the hands of Crimson Order member Luna Hecate shows the amount of zeal the Order has in guarding its secrets.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: She lost her cool when [[spoiler: Ramirez saved the player character's life by hitting a hypnotized Jones with a frying pan.]]
--> '''Tess:''' WHAT DID YOU DO?! You ruined everything! [[spoiler: (player character's rank and name)'s death]] was going to be my masterpiece! YOU DESTROYED MY WORK!
* YouDoNotWantToKnow: This was the answer she gave when [[spoiler: Judge Hall]] asked what she saw [[spoiler: on the inkblot tests she gave to the girls she hypnotized]].

!!Catherine "Cathy" King [[spoiler:(now Cathy Turner)]]
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Chief Samuel King's grand-daughter, Cathy is a university student who often poses as a hacker called "The @rtist". She is also Alex's girlfriend. [[spoiler: They are now married with a son as of Season 5.]]
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* DigitalAvatar: Not exactly a digital avatar, since she communicates directly with the team using a video chat, but Cathy uses a black hood and a mask to represent her @rtist persona.
* ExpressiveMask: The @rtist's mask. While usually bearing an impassive expression, the mask is also capable of [[http://criminal-case-grimsborough.wikia.com/wiki/File:@rtist_talking_on_video-chat.png smirking]] or [[http://criminal-case-grimsborough.wikia.com/wiki/File:Info_on_the_@rtist.png looking nervous]].
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: With Alex as of Season 5.]]
* InTheHood: The @rtist wears a black jacket with a hood, both in person and as a virtual avatar.
* InvisibleParents: It is implied that Cathy was raised by her grandparents, but even though her late grandmother is mentioned as a semi-important plot point ([[spoiler:her death is related to Chief King's ties with the Crimson Order]]), nothing is ever said of her parents.
* OfficialCouple: She and Alex are officially together by the final chapter of Grimsborough.
* PlayfulHacker: Her hacking isn't malicious, and she's a normal university student outside her hacker persona.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her hair is dyed pink. A flashback picture shows she's naturally brunette.

!!Mayor Howard Johnson
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The mayor of Grimsborough, he shows up at least once per arc. He gets major focus during the Maple Heights arc, where he's running for re-election.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Mayor Johnson is genuinely friendly to the player, and regularly praises his/her work as well as the other members of Grimsborough PD. It can be said that maybe, just ''maybe'', a lot of the immoral things he's done might have been due to his mother's influence.
* CoolOldGuy: Yes, his picture here has him winking at you. In context, the wink is when he thinks you're doing a good job.
* FictionalPoliticalParty: called the Red Party.
* MommasBoy: His mother, Serena Johnson, apparently does most of his work behind the scenes. Judge Hall mentions that the mayor could barely make his own decision without her.
* PermanentElectedOfficial: One wonders how he's managed to hold on to his job with the number of murders taking place during his tenure...
* SleazyPolitician: Has shades of this in Case 21, where he allows General James Marsh to sway him into telling you and Jones to back off from considering Marsh as a suspect in the case's murder, on the grounds that Marsh is a very influential man and it wouldn't be wise to have him as an enemy. Then he pulls it on you again in Cases 31 and 41 where he's primarily worried about the impact that (respectively) cancelling the Dog Pageant due to a murder, and the Rorschach Reaper's serial killings, will have on his chances of being re-elected. [[spoiler: His status as a sleazeball is cemented in Chapter 56, where he is revealed to be a member of the Crimson Order]].

!!Serena Johnson
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The mother of Mayor Howard Johnson and matriarch of the Johnson family. She first appears in Maple Heights.
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* EvilMatriarch: She is a ruthless woman who employs underhanded means to keep her family in power, such as choosing seedy businesses as sponsors for her son's re-election campaign, digging up dirt on her rivals for smear campaigns against them, and [[spoiler: killing anyone who dares challenge the Crimson Order]]. Oh, and she spoiled her son Howard to the point that he can't make his own decisions.
* EvilOldFolks: She's 85 years old.
* TheManBehindTheMan: She pretty much runs things from behind the scenes while her son plays mayor. [[spoiler: She also ordered Chief King to kill Adam Bentley.]]
* MiniatureSeniorCitizen: Old age seems to have reduced her height. Compare her [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/criminal-case-grimsborough/images/e/e5/Serena%27spicture.png/revision/latest?cb=20131223184604 younger self]], where she appeared to be shorter than Samuel King by an inch or two, to her [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/criminal-case-grimsborough/images/1/14/Serenaprofile51.png/revision/latest?cb=20131224171501 present self]], where she's a foot shorter than [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/criminal-case-grimsborough/images/9/99/Samuelprofile51.png/revision/latest?cb=20131224171556 him]].
* NeverMessWithGranny: She knows how to handle a gun.
* NeverMyFault: When the shrimp dish she cooked for a rally gave her son a stomachache, she blamed the fishermen who gave her the shrimp for the dish. When told that her homemade sauce was to blame instead of the shrimp, she blamed whoever gave her rotten vegetables for the sauce, only for Chief King to tell her it's not the police's job to handle petty matters. She then tried to deflect blame from herself by emphasizing her family's contributions to Grimsborough.
* PowerHair: A powerful woman who sports a short hairdo to illustrate this.

!!Martha Price
A mayor hopeful who regularly appears during the Maple Heights arc as Mayor Johnson's rival. She returns as [[spoiler:the mayor]] in ''The Conspiracy'', [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal at least for a few cases]].]]
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* [[spoiler:AccidentalMurder: To an extent. In Case 49, it is revealed that Joe Warren pressured Martha into checking on the Demon Fish tanks alone to boost her PR ratings.]]
* ClashingCousins: Her cousin Ernest disagrees with her trying to euthanize the Demon Fish, as he wished to examine them ForScience. [[spoiler:As a result, he ends up feeding her to them.]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Found eaten alive by Demon Fish in the final case of Maple Heights in ''The Conspiracy''.]]
* FictionalPoliticalParty: called the Blue Party.
* MayorPain: While she's not actually the mayor, her stubbornness and quick-tempered attitude makes her fit this. She often keeps information hidden from the police and is keen on badmouthing victims. She mellows out in ''The Conspiracy'', however.
* MoralGuardians: Attempted to keep a suspect away from having a carnal relationship with the victim in her first appearance, and regards her daughter as being chaste [[BlatantLies even when the team finds evidence she had applied for an abortion]]. [[spoiler:She also attempted to prevent the sales of Patricia P. Harris' books, causing them to fall out.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Martha is likely based on UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton.

!!Adam Bentley
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A socialite that the team is forced to keep tabs on on during the Maple Heights arc.
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* AntiVillain: Merely just a wannabe socialite who is rejected for being nowhere near as rich as Maple Heights wants to be. [[spoiler:And ends up being killed when he tries to dig the dirt on them.]]
* BlackmailBackfire: [[spoiler:Case 56 reveals that Adam had stumbled across the Crimson Order's illegal goldmine and blackmailed them for money to keep quiet. Instead, they order Chief King to assassinate him.]]
* FosterKid: Discovered in Case 50. In fact, his foster brother, the victim of the case, is the only person who cared for him.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: During his first appearance, Alex explicitly states his background is completely unknown, with the only hint being that he grew up as an orphan. Chief King becomes worried as he pops up as a suspect in several murders, alongside how close he is to the mayor.
* [[spoiler:HeKnowsTooMuch: Chief King's assassination of him was to silence Adam from exposing the Crimson Order's existence and to prove King's loyalty to the Order.]]
* MockMillionaire: Implied. He's not exactly penniless, but nowhere near as rich as the society of Maple Heights requires him to be, and is revealed to owe money to various locals because he can't afford the lifestyle.
* MysteriousPast: Aside from being a FosterKid, nothing is ever revealed about Adam's past, which is why Chief King is quite suspicious about him.
* PrettyLittleHeadshots: [[spoiler:How he goes out. Justified since the killer was a sharp-shooter and Adam was relatively relaxed when assassinated.]]
* NouveauRiche: Which is why he's rejected by the otherwise OldMoney Maple Heights. He's essentially Grimsborough's answer to [[Literature/TheGreatGatsby Jay Gatsby]].
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[[folder:The Pacific Bay PD]]
!!Andrea Marquez
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The Chief of the Pacific Bay Police Department, Andrea is seen as a mother figure to the younger members of the PBPD . Andrea hails from the desert town of Rhine Canyon, a fact that she's not pleased to admit.
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* DaChief: She will not hesitate to put Frank in his place, and also has a tendency to yell at the player character, though not for any transgressions (since the PC hardly ever commits any).
* HatedHometown: She dislikes admitting that she came from Rhine Canyon, though the reasons for this is not explained until later in the arc. [[spoiler: When Andrea was six years old, she had an extraterrestrial encounter with an alien and told everyone about it. The government sent Colonel Spangler to deny her story, making her seem like a liar and isolating her from everyone she knew. Even after thirty-six years, she still can't forget it and it works against her when she's accused of Colonel Spangler's murder.]]
* IronLady: She's a tough woman who does not tolerate nonsense (especially when it comes to Frank's drunken tendencies), and is not afraid to use her power to intimidate an army general to protect her subordinates.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She can be very harsh on her team members if they are being insubordinate or are fooling around (Frank is especially prone to receive her wrath), and will note hesitate to reprimand or even suspend them if they cause trouble for others, but takes a very good care of the team.
* TeamMom: While not the oldest on the team (Frank and Yann are both older than she is), she definitely plays this role.

!!Amy Young
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A Junior in the Pacific Bay Police Department, and is one of the two partners assigned to the player character for the second season. She comes from the mountainous district of White Peaks, where she lived with her mother and older brother. In the sixth season, Amy has become the team coordinator for the Temporal Crimes Division.
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* AbusiveParents: Miriam Young is an extremely cold-hearted woman who constantly belittles her daughter, saying that Amy is too immature to become a police officer, and that she could never compare to her brother Duncan. Even Frank says she's being too harsh on Amy.
* BerserkButton: Mistreatment of cute animals.
** Better not insult the player character when she's around.
* BigBrotherWorship: Amy has an older brother whom she clearly admires very much. In fact, his incredible works as a police officer is what inspires her to become one herself.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The blonde to Hannah's brunette and Roxie's redhead.
* BreakTheCutie: Amy starts out as the most cheerful, idealistic and optimistic team member of the Pacific Bay PD. In the last three cases of her home district, however, she goes through so much tragedy that it's almost overboard. Her high school sweetheart, who she still had feelings for, is [[spoiler: convicted of murder and cannibalism]]. Immediately following that, her childhood friend is murdered and her mother is a suspect. And if that weren't traumatizing enough, the final case of White Peaks has her mother, brother, and Russel as suspects with [[spoiler: Duncan being the district killer as well as the Night Walker.]] This is enough to [[spoiler: almost drive her to leaving the force.]]
* TheBusCameBack: Returns in Season 6 as the team co-ordinator.
* CharacterDevelopment: She grows from being a rather bumbling junior officer who's prone to hero worship the PC and her older brother, to a more capable and determined character who will not take nonsense from impertinent suspects and teammates (including her own mother).
* CharacterTics: She fiddles with her pendant whenever she's feeling troubled.
* CrushBlush:
** Amy is often seen blushing whenever she's talking to or about Russell, hinting that she might have a liking for him.
** She also blushes whenever her ex-boyfriend/high school sweetheart, Bobby, whom she clearly still has strong feelings for is involved in the conversations. [[spoiler:At least until he's convicted for cannibalism and murder.]]
* CutenessProximity: Russian nesting dolls. After confiscating a bunch of them from a Russian bar in Case 11, she begs the Player Character to be allowed to keep them.
--> "Oh please [Player Character]! Those dolls are too cute! Can I keep them?"
* TheCutie: Amy is the youngest team member of the Pacific Bay PD, and she's still very naive and idealistic, and is prone to acting silly when she meets handsome guys.
* CynicismCatalyst: When she discovered that [[spoiler: her ex-boyfriend, Bobby Prince, was a murderer]], she started to become disillusioned with her own niceness. Having [[spoiler: her beloved older brother turn out to be the district killer]] did ''not'' help.
* DaChief: While she's actually the team co-ordinator, in Season 6 she is essentially the team leader. [[spoiler:More so when the actual chief ends up being killed.]]
* DudeMagnet: During her investigations, Amy has had more than her share of men take an interest in her
** When investigating the Inner City, Sergei Yablokov ended up taking a liking to her which made her very uncomfortable.
** When she's back in her hometown of White Peaks, Roberto Vasquez tries to kiss her, saying he can freely do so with any girl he pleases, much to her disdain.
** Most notably being Bobby Prince at the end of Pacific Bay where he says he needs to have her, resulting in her shooting him in the head.
** Also Russel Crane confessing how he truly feels a bout her. Since she felt the same way, they ended up dating at the end.
* DumbBlonde: Subverted. She may be naive and inexperienced, but she is picking up the player character's detective skills quite quickly.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Amy is the only blonde among the female members of the team, and she's the nicest among them all. Compare her cheerful friendliness to the DeadpanSnarker BrainyBrunette Hannah, the NightmareFetishist FieryRedhead Roxie, and the stern Chief Marquez.
* HairTriggerTemper: In later cases, she's had many outbursts of anger for various reasons.
* HeroicBSOD: After having to [[spoiler: arrest her brother for being a horrific murderer called the Night Walker]], she suffered a mental break down that she was put on leave for almost 4 Cases to collect herself.
* IdenticalStranger: Apparently, she looks identical to Felicia Steppingstone -- the celebrity victim of Case 31 -- and gossip columnist Holly Hopper tried to make a news out of it.
--> '''Holly Hopper:''' Officer Young here looks exactly like Felicia. Murder victim and cop identical...it'll make headlines. You'll make headlines, Amy.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: A non-romantic variation occurs at the end of the second season. The player character is about to leave Pacific Bay for the Bureau, and Amy breaks down in tears over her close friend and mentor leaving. The player character is implied to have second thoughts about joining the Bureau, but Amy encourages them to accept the position, regardless of her grief.
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:In the Altered Present, she blames herself for allowing history to be altered in Egypt's favour by allowing Nebet, actually Princess Nefertiti, onto the time machine.]]
* NaiveNewcomer: Her assignment with the Player Character was her first on-field work.
* ThePollyanna: As a contrast to Frank's KnightInSourArmor, Amy is friendly right away and is always eager to help.
* ProperlyParanoid: Downplayed. Amy is initially suspicious about [[spoiler:taking Nebet on board the time machine in the fear that it would create further time anomalies.]] Her fears are quite justified when it's discovered [[spoiler:Nebet turns out to be a mole working for the Ptolemy Dynasty]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to [[spoiler:Nefertiti]] after the latter demands that she and the player pin [[spoiler:her killing of her father]] on [[spoiler:Ravi Jabari, the Resistance spy working inside the Ptolemy palace]].
-->'''Amy''': As if we could ever trust your word! Or send an innocent man to certain death! Have you really learned ''NOTHING'' from us?!
* TookALevelInBadass: Amy starts out as a naive junior cop being mentored by the player character. While she wasn't too skilled in the first few cases, she grows better at what she does over the course of the series, as well as growing out of her timid personality and standing up to her abusive mother when the latter won't change her behavior. In Case 56, [[spoiler: she stands up for Chief Marquez as she's being held hostage by Karen Knight with a gun.]] And in the very last case of Pacific Bay, [[spoiler: she's fully capable of defending herself against a deranged Bobby Prince and Albert Tesla.]] In Season 6, Amy is now the team coordinator for an organization that deals with time travel.
* TookALevelInJerkass: When she makes her official return to the force after a much needed break from work, Amy has become noticeably more demanding, impatient and rude. She's also becoming more prone to giving not so veiled threats and even fines for anyone who dares to say anything unfriendly about either the player or herself. Although her new attitude is justified since she's still emotionally fragile after [[spoiler: having to arrest her own brother for a series of gruesome murders]], Hannah complains that she's starting to behave like Frank.
* TheUnfavorite: Amy's mother, Miriam, favors her older brother Duncan, and is quite blunt about it.
* WideEyedIdealist: She tries to see the best in everything, and reacts with horrified shock and how terrible some people can be.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Despite being 38 years old in Season 6, her appearance is still fairly similar to that of her 23 year old self in Season 2.

!!Francis "Frank" Knight
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A detective in the Pacific Bay Police Department, and is one of the two partners assigned to the player character for the second season. A celebrated officer in the past, Frank had once served his duties in Ivywood Hills, which he loathes because he considers the people there fake and obnoxious.
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* TheAlcoholic: Frank is constantly talking about getting himself drunk, and will never pass up a chance to consume alcohol. During his early introduction, he was supposed to attend some anger management course, but went to Beerfest instead, and tries to get the player drink as well. Later in Bayou Bleu, his desire to taste some quality moonshine leads him to be bitten by a snake.
* AmicableExes: When we finally meet his ex-wife, Karen, she's quick to cut Frank down but he still remains civil to her. She finally reciprocates his friendship at the end of the final case in Innovation Valley. [[spoiler: They get back together at the end of Paradise City.]]
* AntiHero: Frank is not the nicest guy around, and his [[spoiler: killing of Alden Greene after the latter murdered his wife]] deeply shocked Amy. In spite of his extreme actions, he's still mostly a good guy who tries to do what he believes is right, [[spoiler: and he died trying to stop Tesla from trying to blow up Pacific Bay]].
* AntiVillain: His [[spoiler: murder of Danny Moto]] and betrayal to the PBPD is not seen as a positive light, and he himself admits that what he did was truly wrong...but given his [[FreudianExcuse past]], it's hard not to understand why [[spoiler: he'd willingly work for an evil supercomputer to bring his comatose daughter back to life]].
* BigDamnHeroes: A minor one in the first case of Innovation Valley. He comes seemingly out of nowhere to shoot down the drone attacking Amy Young and the player.
* BigEater: Next to getting drunk, Frank ''really'' likes to eat. In case 13, he becomes excited to accompany the player character to attend a wedding ceremony because of the free buffet, while in case 27, he mentioned that he ordered 7 pies for breakfast because he can't find a bar.
* BrilliantButLazy: Chief Marquez said that he is a brilliant detective (or used to be, according to Yann) but he prefers to slack off and tell the player to do everything while he fools around in the crime scene. Although it's probably justified, since the player is supposed to handle the tasks.
* ButtMonkey: To a certain extent. He frequently gets into trouble with Andrea for drinking on the job, and once got bitten by a snake when trying to drink a bottle of snake moonshine he found in the middle of the forest. His team mates, particularly Russell, enjoys making fun of him.
* CatchPhrase: Frank often says, "Let's go bust their chops," when he's about to talk to a suspect or make an arrest. Even Amy is known to quote him when she's being particularly enthusiastic, making it a BorrowedCatchphrase.
* CharacterDevelopment: It's not as obvious as Amy's but Frank has changed drastically compared to how he was in the first few cases with him. He's letting the player more into his life and showing his softer side as well as not being afraid to get down to business when he has to. His anger problems and his drinking have also eased up significantly. [[spoiler: In the end, after betraying his team and becoming a fugitive, he still ends up dying as a hero after losing his family.]]
* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Frequently chides the player character for taking interest in (seemingly) random objects - which, of course, is later revealed to contain vital clues for the case. He does it less and less later on, even warning the player to be careful at points if there are dangerous items in the containers.
* FaceHeelTurn: Frank betrays the team and becomes a fugitive.
* FreudianExcuse: When the team confronts Frank about his betrayal and his escape from justice, they learn the painful reasoning behind his actions [[spoiler: all Frank and his wife wanted was to see their living daughter alive again in some way and they were willing to cooperate with an evil supercomputer to see that happen.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: Described as "hot-tempered" in his character profile, and apparently did not show up in your first case because he's on an anger management course. However, he's calmed down by a fair bit in later cases with his outbursts becoming more infrequent over time.
* HeelFaceTurn: He eventually [[spoiler: betrays the evil computer he was working for]] when he realizes that the latter is trying to destroy Pacific Bay. He then helped the player stop the EvilPlan.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Although Frank is a hotheaded drunkard who often behaves rudely towards his co-workers and suspects, he can be a decent guy when it really matters: in case 27 he managed to stop Judd Tucker from committing suicide, comforted Amy when she had a mild breakdown [[spoiler:after having to arrest her ex-boyfriend]] in case 28, and is trying his best to be a better father to his estranged children.
* KnightInSourArmor: He's snarky and given to pessimism but he becomes friendlier with each case once he shares more about his past.
* LovableSexManiac: Like his predecessor Jones, Frank could hardly resist the charms of beautiful women, bringing both amusement and annoyance to his coworkers. He once even [[spoiler: tried to leave the police force to pursue romance with Velma Bannister]].
* TheMole: [[spoiler: During the heroes' tenure at Paradise City, Louis de Rico approached Frank and bribed him into giving information regarding the player's investigations.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: When the team finally comes to understand the reason behind Frank's betrayal, [[spoiler: he was killed by Bobby Prince, under Tesla's orders.]]
* SheCleansUpNicely: He receives compliments from Chief Marquez and Veronica Blade when he was dressed as a Union soldier for a Civil War reenactment.
* SitcomArchnemesis: He and Russell would almost always insult each other whenever they interact.
* StartOfDarkness: The [[spoiler: death of one of his daughters, Laura]] caused him to [[DrowningMySorrows take up drinking]] and develop anger problems, leading to his divorce and his wife gaining full custody of his other daughter, Daisy. He considers this [[MyGreatestFailure his biggest regret]], and would do anything to get his family back.
* TechnologicallyBlindElders: He's the oldest member of the Pacific Bay PD, and frequently gets confused with how modern electronics (such as smart phones and portable satellites) work, to Hannah's amusement. He seem to be getting better at using such gadgets though, as he managed to successfully operate on a [=PearPad=] in Case 27's Additional Investigation, and managed to send an SMS to Hannah using the smartphone in Case 32.
* TragicHero: His life is a TearJerker.
* TookALevelInKindness: In later cases, Frank is much nicer compared to how he was in the beginning, treating the player with more respect and not drinking on the job as much. He's also becoming nicer to his co-workers and even threatened to quit the force if Chief Marquez was guilty of Colonel Spangler's murder despite her always being so tough on him. [[spoiler: Even after he was revealed to have killed Danny Moto and had a hand with the heist (his wife was the ringleader), he still never lost the respect he had for the player]].

!!Roxie Sparks
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The medical examiner for the Pacific Bay PD, who performs autopsies on the murder victims. An avid drinker and a pun master, Roxie would rarely miss the chance to make wisecracks about the causes of death of the murder victims she must examine.
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* BigBeautifulWoman: Considered such by [[spoiler:Louis de Rico]].
* BirdsOfAFeather: Her relationship with [[spoiler: Louis de Rico]] began with their shared love for making puns.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Redhead to Hannah's brunette and Amy's blonde.
* DatingCatwoman: Was revealed to be having an affair with [[spoiler: the heist team leader, Louis de Rico]]. Probably the reason why [[OutOfCharacterAlert she wasn't making puns]] [[{{Foreshadowing}} when autopsying his body]].
* FieryRedhead: She's the liveliest of the girls by far.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: She introduced herself as "A coroner by day, and a party girl by night" and apparently drinks herself to a stupor almost every night.
* NightmareFetishist: She is disturbingly excited with the prospect of examining corpses, and finds Voodoo to be interesting.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: She didn't make any puns when autopsyinLouis de Rico. The next case revealed that [[spoiler:they dated after bonding over their love of making puns]].
* PungeonMaster: Never misses the chance to make puns regarding the deaths of the victims she autopsied, much to Amy's distaste. And when [[spoiler: Louis de Rico enjoys making puns, they went straight to bed.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Frequently makes jokes about the murder victim's deaths, and is called out by Amy for it.

!!Yann Toussaint
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The forensics expert for the Pacific Bay PD. He comes from the district of Jazz Town, but had taken up travelling in his youth to "seek closure" after his parents' deaths.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: His parents were murdered by a serial killer called the Puppeteer when he was 14, and he never quite got over their deaths. When he heard of the Puppeteer's return, he became obsessed in hunting them down, despite Andrea's orders to leave them be.
* FalseFriend: Has one in the form of [[spoiler:Freddie Alonzo, who turned out to be the Puppeteer]].
* GoodParents: Yann is shown to be quite close to his children, James and Lily. The "Best Dad Ever" mug he drinks from is a further proof of this.
* HappilyMarried: He is very affectionate to his wife, Jessica, as shown in the Additional Investigation of Chapter 6, where he is planning to surprise her with her favorite dish for their wedding anniversary. Their stable relationship is a stark contrast to Jones and Frank -- both of whom are divorced -- and many of the murder suspects we meet throughout the cases, whose relationship with their partners/spouses is usually strained at best.
* RetCon: His character bio states that his age is 41, but it was retconned into 45 in his suspect profile in Case 24 of Pacific Bay.
* WalkingTheEarth: He traveled a lot in the past, and frequently alludes to his experience in foreign countries (such as Tibet, Thailand, Aztec, etc.).

!!Hannah Choi
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The tech expert for the Pacific Bay PD. Her family were immigrants from North Korea, and she resided in Inner City after settling down in Pacific Bay, where she briefly joined an anarchist group called Inner Chaos.
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* AsianAndNerdy: Hannah is a North Korean who is extremely skilled with computers and gadgets. Peggy Pascal, a former classmate of hers, said that Hannah has been tinkering with computers since her high school years.
* BerserkButton: Being forced to struggle hard for her U.S. Citizenship in the past makes her extremely irritable when dealing with difficult Immigration Officers like Aicha Ben Malek.
* BigDamnHeroes: Just as [[spoiler: [[AnarchyIsChaos Fredo Mancini]] is about to blow the courtroom sky-high, killing Amy, Chief Marquez, Judge Dante, and hundreds of others, Hannah shoots him dead.]]
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Brunette to Amy's blonde and Roxie's redhead.
* BrainyBrunette: She is the tech expert after all.
* ButchLesbian: Hannah is a tough-talking chain-smoker who sports a BoyishShortHair style and is noticeably less feminine than her girlfriend, Heather. [[spoiler: During Frank's funeral]], she was dressed in a suit and a tie, as opposed to the dresses that the other girls were wearing.
* DeadpanSnarker: Much more cynical than Amy, and has, on occasion, snarked on her idealism. Her official bio actually describes her personality as "snarky".
* {{Fangirl}}: She's a big fan of the vigilante motorcyclist "Justice Rider", and loves watching the women's Roller Derby. Apparently, she enjoys witnessing girl power being in play.
* InsufferableGenius: While not as bad as Russell, Hannah's acerbic wit and the slight chip on her shoulder can make her seem like a show-off.
* RedHerring: For the sixth member of the Mennagio Heist gang. She's noteworthy among the other suspects (all but one of which are members of Pacific Bay PD) because even she ''herself'' thinks she was the sixth member.
* RetiredOutlaw: Hannah used to be a member of the Anarchist group called the Inner Chaos. After getting arrested for her hacking crimes, she was given the choice to put her skills into good use by Chief Marquez, and she became the PBPD's tech expert ever since.
* TwoferTokenMinority: She's Korean-American and a lesbian.

!!Russell Crane
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The profiler for the Pacific Bay PD. He apparently grew up in Ivywood Hills and was raised by a cultist group called the Utopians, which his father is a devout member of.
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* AntagonisticOffspring: He resents his father, Jupiter Crane, for letting the Utopians raise him. Jupiter does not seem to share this sentiment and merely sees Russell as a misguided child.
* BerserkButton: He's usually quite calm and collected, but becomes moody and irrational when he gets too closely involved with the Utopians.
* CharacterDevelopment: Russell was shown to be overconfident and a bit cynical for the first half of the series, and thought criminal psychology and science were more important than anything else. Over time, he becomes much more considerate towards others' feelings and safety, to the point where [[spoiler: he forms a stable relationship with Amy by the end of the series.]] In the series finale, he mentions that he learned that brains isn't everything, and that sometimes a joke is needed to help solve a mystery.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Despite [[spoiler:hooking up with Amy at the end of ''Pacific Bay'']], Russel is completely absent in ''Travel In Time''.
* TheCharmer: Is described to have a charming personality, and had occasionally flirted with Amy.
* DistressedDude: Played briefly in Ivywood Confidential 6, where he was kidnapped and held hostage by a brainwashed Brad Belinsky, tasking Amy and the player to come to his rescue.
* HatedHometown: After getting reprimanded by Chief Marquez after making a false arrest, Russell bemoans that "returning to Ivywood would only bring him trouble". Possibly subverted in that, while he detest the Utopian cult that operates in the district, he otherwise seems fine with Ivywood (even offering to take Amy around when she makes a return from her leave).
* InsufferableGenius: Russell is a doctor in criminal psychology, and is not shy to brag about his deductive skills. Frank calls him a peacock because of this. This comes to bite him in Chapter 31's Additional Investigation, where his overconfidence in his knowledge of the Ivywood residents' psychology lead him to arrest the wrong suspect, causing Andrea to threaten him with suspension.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In spite of repeatedly putting on airs, Russell's heart is ultimately in the right place. When he makes a mistake that endangers an investigation, he immediately tries to make amends.
* ObliviousToLove: For all his expertise in psychology, Russell seems completely unaware of Amy's crush towards him. She pretty much confesses to him while confronting him for being a murder suspect and he's still clueless. [[spoiler:Subverted in Chapter 56 though, where he's the one who initiated their RelationshipUpgrade.]]
--> '''Amy:''' (about Russell's disturbingly carefree attitude regarding the victim's death) Don't you care how suspicious this makes you?! Don't you see what that does to ''me''?!
--> '''Russell:''' I don't understand. What have YOU got to do with this?
--> '''Amy:''' You know, for a genius, you're the stupidest man I've ever met. Let's go [player character]...
* TheProfiler: His job description is to analyze psychological clues found by the player.
* SitcomArchnemesis: Russell frequently snarks about Frank's intelligence, while Frank, on his part, would insult Russell's job.
* SmugSmiler: Related to his InsufferableGenius persona, his default expression is a very confident smirk and he can be haughty even towards people he likes.
* TheSpock: Relies on being coldly logical to get the job done, though that doesn't always work out well for him.
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[[folder:Recurring Characters in Pacific Bay]]

!!Honorable Edward Dante
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The Judge of the Pacific Bay courthouse, who appears at the end of each case to sentence the killers.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's much more ''informal'' than Judge Hall, to say the least. He frequently makes jokes during the court proceedings, or rambles about puddings and magic mushrooms.
* CutenessProximity: He's apparently fond of cute, small dogs. While canines aren't usually allowed in the court room, he's willing to make an exception in Case 31 because the Chihuahua the killer brought was ''very'' adorable.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Joins up with the player to investigate potential abuse in Paradise City's circus.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: In Case 3, he sentenced a killer with 15 years of imprisonment for [[ThirdPersonPerson "speaking in third person"]], in addition to the 30 years he's given for the murder itself.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: In a case where the killer is the victim's mother, he claimed that he thought when he was a child, his mother was bad enough...for forcing him to eat broccoli.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: During the trial for Case 29, he ''completely'' averts any of his usual CloudCuckooLander remarks or behavior, and expresses nothing but utmost sympathy for the victim, and utter contempt for the killer.
* SkewedPriorities: When convicting a killer for murdering someone with rats in Case 22, Dante was more concerned about feeding rats with human flesh, which he says is bad for digestion, rather than the gruesome nature of the murder.
--> "Who knows how many rats are scurrying around Jazz Town tonight with upset stomachs! You ought to be ashamed!"
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pudding, which he frequently mentions in the midst of convicting criminals, although it is {{downplayed}} in the later cases.

!!Erikah Mabayo
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A voodoo priestess the Pacific Bay PD often encounters at Bayou Bleu.
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* BecomingTheMask: Upon her return in the last case of Pacific Bay, she acts like a real voodoo priestess [[spoiler:after her encounter with Albert Tesla]]. It didn't help her attempt to exorcise [[spoiler:Tesla]], however.
* TheBusCameBack: Reappears in the last case of Pacific Bay.
* EnemyMine: She helps [[spoiler:Amy and the PlayerCharacter]] escape from [[spoiler:Albert Tesla's virtual reality after his defeat]].
* FreudianExcuse: She claimed to have been abused by men when she was a prostitute.
* AGodAmI: She claimed that people in Bayou Bleu worship her as the voodoo queen by hanging portraits of her. Amy countered that there was only one of that.
* HeelFaceTurn: Works alongside Amy and the player to defeat Testla. She brings them back once he's defeated and congratulates them for saving Pacific Bay.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:She exploited desperate young women trying to make money by having them work as prostitutes. When Alec Howard caught her killing them, she started a fake voodoo craze to deflect Bayou Bleu's attention from the murders.]]
* PaperTiger: She was feared and respected in Bayou Bleu because of her job as a voodoo priestess, [[spoiler:but when the voodoo was revealed to be fake, she turned out to be powerless during her arrest]].
* PunnyName: Her last name sounds like "my bayou", [[spoiler:befitting her status as Bayou Bleu's ArcVillain]].

!!Colonel Nelson Spangler
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A Colonel of the U.S. Army whose frequent involvement in questionable "secret projects" often lands him in trouble with the Pacific Bay Police Department.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Spangler is a jerk who tends to get overprotective of his projects -- most of which tends to be sinister in nature -- and is willing to use his military to intimidate others from interfering with them. But despite being a prime suspects of 4 murder cases so far, he's always cleared of all charges, and he could be helpful when necessary (such as using his weather machine to ensure a good weather for the Jazz Town Carnival).
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Due to his tendency to get involved with murder victims, the police department sees him in a very unfavorable light. Not surprisingly, he does not take their casual disrespect very well; since, in his own words, he outranks them in terms of authority.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: After a long period of constant clashing with the main characters, Spangler starts to become more cooperative halfway through Rhine Canyon. But just as he was about to reveal classified information to the PBPD, he was murdered [[spoiler: by Pearl Montana, a woman he once mentored]].
* TookALevelInKindness: Becomes ''much'' nicer during the Rhine Canyon arc, thanking the player character and the PBPD for all their help, sincerely apologizing for his earlier gruffness and uncooperative attitude. [[spoiler: Sadly, that's just before his death.]]

!!Veronica Blade
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The descendant of Colonel Dexter Blade, who fought in the Battle of Pacific Bay and founded Jazz Town.
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* BeautyMark: She has one above her left lip and another one on her right shoulder.
* BigNo: She lets out one when [[spoiler:Amy turned off Colonel Spangler's weather machine, which she used to create Hurricanes Yves and Zelda]].
* TheBusCameBack: Reappears in the last case of Pacific Bay.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Her estate is a designated historical site, but it has fallen to disrepair from neglect, and she resents Jazz Town's people for dishonoring her ancestor's legacy, [[spoiler: hence her attempt to destroy the district.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: She acts courteous towards Frank and the player character, [[spoiler: but her behavior is a façade to cover her intention to destroy Jazz Town.]]
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: [[spoiler: She created Hurricanes Yves and Zelda by using Colonel Spangler's weather machine through a remote. When confronted for causing the hurricanes, Hurricane Zelda's winds blew the remote from her, and it ended up in Amy's hands.]]
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Her family lives in an estate granted to them after the Civil War ended, but she's currently penniless because Scott Lee Allan swindled her father from the family money.
* SilkHidingSteel: She acts like a proper lady for most of the time, but she is also shown to be proficient in firearms, which stems from her father teaching her self-defense skills he picked up from the army.
* SouthernBelle: Of the Mauvaise Belle type, befitting her resemblance to [[Film/GoneWithTheWind Scarlett O'Hara]].

!!Duncan Young
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Amy's older brother. He's a former police officer who was forced to leave his duties after an incident caused him to become wheelchair bound.
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* AloofOlderBrother: Averted. Although Duncan is a much more competent officer than Amy, even receiving a medal for heroism, the two get along quite well (even if Amy did mentioned that they somewhat drifted apart ever since he left the force).
* BigBrotherInstinct: Invoked during [[spoiler:his arrest]].
-->'''Duncan:''' Amy, I've protected you all my life - now it's your turn! [[spoiler:Help me escape, and I'll make everything alright, I promise!]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: He's the Night Walker.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Once known as the Pacific Bay PD's best assets, he will now be remembered more as [[spoiler: a cowardly killer who hides behind the legend of Night Walker to carry out his deeds]].
* {{Foil}}: To his sister Amy. Both siblings are cops who suffered from events that damaged their psyche during their respective careers. Amy was TheUnfavorite compared to Duncan in their relationships with their mother, but she listened to the advice of her teammates and received some therapy, allowing her to recover and return to the police force. Duncan, on the other hand, let his perception as a hero get into his head and accepted no alternatives. After he was left paralyzed, he couldn't handle people ignoring him and wanted to regain relevance by [[spoiler:committing murders behind the Night Walker legend.]]
* TheGhost: He was mentioned several times during the earlier cases, but doesn't physically appear. Finally averted when the player reaches White Peaks, where he and Amy comes from.
* MyBelovedSmother: Although Miriam Young quite blatantly favors Duncan over Amy, her overemphasis on his past achievements made him believe that he had somehow failed her after his career as a police officer was destroyed following his accident. [[spoiler: Amy believes this to be a major contributing factor that made him eventually become the Night Walker]].
* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler: Although he was really crippled after getting injured, he had taught himself to walk ever since, but pretends to still be wheelchair-bound.]]
* TakingTheBullet: He became a cripple after using himself as a shield to protect a female camper from a murderous psychopath.

!!Bobby Prince
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Amy's high school sweetheart who first appeared in White Peaks.
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* TheBusCameBack: He reappeared in the last case of Pacific Pay[[spoiler:, where he killed Frank and was killed by Amy afterwards]].
* GoshdangItToHeck: He called Harry Hugo a "gosh darn motherfudger" after stating his dislike of using strong language.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:He killed Frank Knight.]]
* HighSchoolSweethearts: With Amy, who still had feelings for him [[spoiler:until he was revealed to be a killer and cannibal.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:He ate Harry Hugo after roasting him over lava.]]
* TimePassageBeard: He didn't have a beard when he was in high school.
* {{Yandere}}: By Case 59, he became so obsessed with winning Amy's affection again, allowing [[spoiler:Albert Tesla to manipulate him to kill Frank]] and promise him Amy in return. When she told him she already has a boyfriend, he [[IfICantHaveYou threatened to shoot her]].
-->'''Bobby:''' I'm not crazy! I'm the man you should be with! I've got every right to have you!

!!Karen Knight
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Frank's ex-wife and the mother of his children. Karen is a high ranking executive in Meteor Systems, and shows up in Innovation Valley and Paradise City.
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* AntiHero: [[spoiler: She did everything to try and save her daughter. When she learned Tesla was going to destroy Pacific Bay, she turned against him, and was killed for it.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She teases, but she's is a good person who doesn't hurt others. [[spoiler: But then, you learn she stole plutonium and organized a casino heist. And then when you find out the true meaning behind it, it subverts it all the more.]]
** In Innovation Valley, she can be VERY acerbic and won't hesitate to climb the corporate ladder by any means necessary. She's also prone to insulting her ex-husband even when he is nothing but civil to her.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: In all her appearances, Karen had been depicted as an immoral businesswoman who is willing to manipulate, intimidate and threaten others to get what she wants. When she was killed in Case 58, [[spoiler: we find out that she was being manipulated by Tesla, who promised Karen her daughter's recovery from a comatose state in exchange for her service. When she realized Tesla's true intentions, she betrayed him, understanding that [[TheNeedsOfTheMany Pacific Bay's safety is more important than her daughter's life]]]].
* HeelFaceTurn: She alongside Frank and his daughters encourage Amy to defeat Testla and save Pacific Bay
* IronLady: You don't screw with Karen.
* ModestyBedsheet: Wears one when the player and Amy walk in on Frank after he's made love to Karen.
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Averted; Karen gained her success on her own.
* PowerHair: The current CEO of a powerful electronics company, Karen sports a neat, short hair that suits her position.
* UnholyMatrimony: [[spoiler: When she gets back together with Frank, she leads him down a life of crime.]]

!!Louis De Rico
A recently paroled ex-con with a laundry list of crimes involving fraud and jewel theft. Louis is believed to be involved in planning a heist of the Mennagio Casino.
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* AffablyEvil: Amy, Frank, and the player can never shake the fact that he's planning to do something wrong. But they do find him charming.
* BigBeautifulWoman: He's quite fond of larger women. [[spoiler:Like Roxie]].
* BirdsOfAFeather: He loves to party, drink, and make puns. [[spoiler:That's how he and Roxie hook up.]]
* CatStereotype: Wanted to "take care" of a croupier who sent him to prison, but Louis decided against it when he saw a black cat, as he believed it was unlucky.
* KnifeNut: He's a master with throwing knives.
* NotMeThisTime: Twice he's believed to be a killer, and did not do so.
* SharpDressedMan: Looks slick in black, and wears lots of gold and sapphire jewelry.

!!Albert Tesla
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The Pioneer of Pacific Bay who uploaded his mind to a computer. He is the main antagonist of Season 2.
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* AbusivePrecursors: He made Pacific Bay livable, and now, is perfectly willing to destroy it.
* TheAssimilator: Often invites you to join him.
* BigBadSlippage: It is said that "power drove him mad."
* BodyHorror: What's left of his physical body is a sight not for the faint of heart.
* EvilGenius: He was a scientist once. He's obviously a genius.
* EvilLaugh: His maniac laugh is terrifying.
* ForTheEvulz: Manipulated [[spoiler: Karen and Frank]] to bring him plutonium, only to use it for himself. He is also the reason they died. Oh, and he is willing to bomb Pacific Bay to end.
* AGodAmI: He believes himself to be the god of Pacific Bay for being the one who made the city a habitable place to begin with.
* MadScientist: He is a scientist, whose experiments caused Pacific Bay. Oh, and he is mad.
* TheManBehindTheMan: The real villain behind Karen, [[spoiler:Alden, and Bobby]].
* ManipulativeBastard: Manipulated [[spoiler:Karen and Frank]] to steal the plutonium, then manipulated [[spoiler:Bobby to kill Frank by promising him Amy in return]].
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: He thought that showing Amy the Knight family together and happy in virtual reality would hamper the heroes' attempt to kill him. But Frank, Karen and their kids only give Amy and the player the encouragement they needed to stop Tesla once and for all.]]
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: He wanted to create a digital utopia devoid of crime.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: He must be insane to try to destroy Pacific Bay.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Bureau]]
!!Chief Elizabeth Ripley
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The chief of the Bureau who supposedly dies in The Impossible Dream, Case 6 of World Edition.
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* AntiHero: In some aspects. She is willing to bring down SOMBRA for a better world, but she does have quite a temper. [[spoiler: And in Sahara, she sat back and relaxed as she watch the Bureau fall in a trap by the Sword.]]
** In Case 42, [[spoiler:it turns out she made a fake bank account when she faked her death, and tried to make a deal with Lavinia de Brills behind the team's back. Ingrid wasn't too pleased to find out.]]
* BenevolentBoss: Despite her strict demeanor, after particularly tough cases (such as #21), she allows the team to take a vacation.
* BerserkButton: ''SOMBRA.'' Just about everything regarding it will make her furious.
* BigGood: She's the chief of the Bureau.
* BrokenPedestal: Becomes one for the whole Bureau when [[spoiler:her part in SOMBRA's origin is finally brought to light.]]
* CoolOldLady: Very much so. The chief of the Bureau isn't afraid to try exciting ideas, such as her trap for the Sword.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler:When she was still a CIA operative, she's the reason how a small band of impoverished intellectuals transformed into the fearsome organization that was SOMBRA. Forming the Bureau was actually her way to [[MyGreatestFailure finish what she had started]].]]
* DaChief: Much of her time is occupied by screaming at the player character.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Was abruptly shot by a poison dart during an after-case victory celebration in Case 6 and died shortly thereafter. [[spoiler:However, in Die By The Sword (Case 12), we found that she was [[FakingTheDead actually alive.]] ]]
* {{Expy}}: To Creator/JudiDench's M from the Franchise/JamesBond franchise. They're both the stern leaders of a crime-fighting organisation who sport [[PowerHair short blonde hair]] to emphasize their authority. Also, Jack Archer sees Chief Ripley as a mother figure, the same way Creator/DanielCraig's Bond sees Dench's M as his ParentalSubstitute.
* GoodIsNotNice: She has quite a temper, and is very fierce.
* HairTriggerTemper: She gets riled up quite easily and will go off on a screaming fit if the player doesn't finish investigating a case fast enough.
* IronLady: Never mess with Ripley. Never ever.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Word of advice, if you are a SOMBRA agent, don't get caught by her. She will not let you go.

!! Jack Archer
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An Elite Force Agent of the Bureau, and one of the two partners assigned to the player character in the third season. He was also the one who recruited the player character at the final chapter of the Pacific Bay season. Hailing from the USA, he is known by Chief Ripley to be wild and unorthodox.
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* AnimalsHateHim: This seems to be the case, since he freaks out around animals a lot and they sometimes attack him or steal his things.
* BerserkButton: Withholding important information from him is generally a ''very'' bad idea. Even if you're [[spoiler: his girlfriend. In fact, this played a major part in his breakup with Asal.]]
** He also doesn't take too kindly to Lars being in danger. [[spoiler: The suspects of Case 21]] found this out the hard way, and even Lars himself wasn't safe when [[spoiler:he threatens suicide.]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: When he sees [[spoiler: Elliot being taken hostage,]] he immediately starts tailing them, [[spoiler: though it gets him shot by the kidnapper.]]
* BoomHeadshot: Offs [[spoiler:Sarah Bennett, a SOMBRA lieutenant]] with one.
* TheBusCameBack: Returns in Season 6, reprising his role as your partner.
* ButtMonkey: Has extraordinarily bad luck, especially when compared to the other members of the Bureau.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Initially shown to be charming and suave, if a little wild, Jack becomes more and more immature and unprofessional halfway through the storyline, to the point that his ButtMonkey attributes almost overrides his other characteristics.
* ClothingDamage: His left sleeve is missing after he is [[spoiler: shot in case 32]].
* CoolShades: Occasionally wears a pair of shades to emphasize his charming personality.
* DatingCatwoman: He started dating [[spoiler: Asal Hawaa]] even after she almost killed him in Sahara. [[spoiler: However, the fact that she values her affiliation to Mossad more than him puts a strain in their relationship, and they eventually broke up in Chapter 36.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Makes a lot of wisecracks while talking to suspects. Or the player. Or anyone, really.
* DrowningMySorrows: He gets completely plastered in case 42, depressed over [[spoiler: how his gun was used to murder Lavinia.]]
* {{Foil}}: To his best friend, Lars. Both are fun-loving characters who love to crack jokes, and both have to deal with [[spoiler:being betrayed by their significant other.]] However, while Jack is an impulsive DitzyGenius who reacts angrily to his problems, Lars is much kinder, mellow and smarter, and is rarely ever seen showing anger.
* GreenEyedMonster: After [[spoiler:Asal breaks up with him]], he becomes increasingly envious of Marina and Jonah's budding relationship, and when he gets drunk in Case 42, his jealousy shows through his words to them.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: He's very good friends with Lars, to the point that he stayed by Lars' bedside when the latter got sick, while Angela and the player goes to look for a cure. [[spoiler:This bond becomes completely unbreakable after Angela's arrest, as he is now the only one left for Lars.]]
* HonoraryUncle: The Douglas triplets treat him as if he really were flesh and blood.
* HypocriticalHumor: Blasts a suspect in Case 39 who wears his sunglasses indoors and wears an open shirt to expose his chest. When the player characters points out how this applies to Jack, he refuses to acknowledge it.
* ItsAllMyFault: Considers himself responsible for [[spoiler:Dupont's fatal injury. Dupont, before he passes, blames Sarah Bennett, the actual shooter.]]
** He also has a moment with this upon [[spoiler: Nebet's betrayal where he blames himself for letting her stay aboard.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's feisty and hot-tempered, but it doesn't stop him from being a loyal friend to the Bureau and the player.
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Appears in the {{Denouement}} of Season 2, to introduce the Player to the Bureau.
* LikesOlderWomen: If his flirting with Marina (who is 5 years older than him) is any indication. He's also quite taken with Asal, who is 2 years older than him. [[spoiler: He even had a one night stand with Lavinia de Brills, who is 12 years older.]]
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: He becomes this for Lars after [[spoiler: Angela is arrested. Lars tells the player how much Jack is helping him through things.]]
* MasterOfDisguise: Disguises himself often, once even as a dead victim. He takes it to the extreme, even giving himself fake chest hair. He almost always convinces people he is who he says he is.
* MushroomSamba: In Brazil, he accidentally takes a hallucinogen and trips all afternoon.
* MysteriousPast: He's the only member of The Bureau whose Past Profession is listed as "unknown", hinting that there might be something more to him than meets the eye.
* NecktieHeadband: When plastered off his rear in Case 42.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: To {{LetsPlay}}er ''LetsPlay/PitchingAce88'', even more-so than Trevor Finn in Season 2. They have the same age, come from the same area, and even sport similar hairstyles. Also, Ace often goes by the nickname as "Ace Charming", which describes one of Jack's personality traits.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally laid-back and friendly, Jack develops a HairTriggerTemper during an investigation where [[spoiler: Lars is dying because of the killer's actions.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Lars's blue. While they're both laid-back jokers, Jack is much more hot-headed and impulsive.
* ShipperOnDeck: He makes a bet with Nebet that Theo will talk to Zara [[spoiler:resulting in Nebet encouraging Theo to talk to her]].
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: When Jack dresses up as Om Padmasana to stop Lars from going crazy, Lars realizes who it is because Jack is the only one who calls him "dude."
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: He is the suave, wisecracking Wise Guy to Carmen's stern and serious Straight Man.

!!Carmen Martinez
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The Bureau's Elite Force Detective, and the other partner that the player can have in Season 3. Like Jack, she also comes from the USA, where she used to work as an Investigative journalist and won a Pulitzer Prize for her news coverage on a war in Yemen.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has tanned skin, but her ethnicity is not confirmed aside from being American. Though judging from her last name, she is possibly Hispanic American.
* BadassInDistress: She's taken hostage in Africa by [[spoiler: the killer in Madagascar. Jonah saves her.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: She's more sarcastic than Archer.
* {{Fangirl}}: She is a ''huge'' fan of ''Ringed Lord'' movies (reference to ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', obviously). Not only is she upset when the director, [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Jackson Peters]], is murdered but she also rather often loses her cool throughout the cases, especially when one of the suspects (who also portrays an [[OurOrcsAreDifferent orc]] in said movies) mock the movies and basically says [[MoneyDearBoy he's only in it for the money]].
* FriendToAllChildren: She's a bit more abrasive than Archer, but children and young adults bring out her sweeter side.
* IntrepidReporter: She was one before she was recruited by the Bureau.
* LoonyFan: Jones would be proud, she face-paints herself during the 3R rally.
* MamaBear: She's very protective of Sanjay, and unleashes her anger on Jack when [[spoiler: he goes missing.]]
** She's also this way with Elliot, [[spoiler: freezing in fright when he gets held hostage in case 32 and being devastated at his abduction shortly after]]. When he gets hurt, she promises to make the one who hurt him pay.
* OddFriendship: She meets a lot of strange people and gets along with them well, like Jonah.
* ParentalSubstitute: Behaves quite motherly towards Elliot. She frequently comforts him when he is distressed and is shown to freak out on him when she sees him drinking beer (since he's underage). Elliot, in turn, doesn't behave as bratty around her compared to Jack. She also becomes Sanjay's legal guardian, though it's harder than she expected.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Marina and Jonah, it seems.
--> '''Jonah:''' I'm never sharing labs again. Lars and Angela should get a room which isn't this one and I had to remove Dupont from here before I committed another homicide!
--> '''Carmen:''' But you're not complaining about sharing with Marina...
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: She's the stern and serious Straight Man to Archer's suave, wisecracking Wise Guy.
* TeamMom: Though not the oldest member of the Bureau, she is shown to act like this towards the rest of them. She's a ParentalSubstitute for Elliot, chides Archer for making bad decisions or jokes, and consoles Marina about her issues with her mother or Jonah. She also shows this side towards Benjamin Scott, a young runaway.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Archer annoys her, but she's the first person to fight for him when [[spoiler: Asal incapacitates him.]]

!!Marina Romanova
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A former psychologist hailing from Russia, who now works as the profiler for the Bureau.
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* AntagonisticOffspring: Marina acts hostile towards her mother and tries to convince the Bureau that she can't be trusted. Some of it from Marina's distrust of government officials in general, but there may be other, more legitimate reasons. [[spoiler: As it turns out, ''she's absolutely right'' in being paranoid about Natasha, who turns out to be a SOMBRA affiliate.]]
* BerserkButton:
** Jonah Karam is a huge one for her during the Bureau's time in the Sahara, [[spoiler:because he was a hit-man who nearly killed her back in Russia.]]
** Her mother is this for her in Eurasia, to the point where Chief Ripley threatens her with suspension since she flips out about her in every episode. [[spoiler: This one is quite justified, though, since Natasha Romanova turns out to be the COSMORUS mole.]]
** When stuck in TheSixties, Marina gets very annoyed when her Lev Romanov, her grandfather, is pinned as a suspect, and more so when she's refused the chance of seeing him.
* TheBusCameBack: Returns in Season 6 reprising her role as the team Profiler.
* ClingyJealousGirl: When she digs through Jonah's history and finds another woman in a photo with him, she explodes. When the woman is revealed to be Jonah's sister though, she's clearly embarrassed about her outburst.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Initially hostile towards Jonah, she starts warming up to him after learning that he really didn't want to kill her in Moscow.
* {{Expy}}: Her name, nationality, and even appearance are clearly inspired by Natasha Romanoff/Natalia Romanova, A.K.A. ComicBook/BlackWidow. Her mother, ''Natasha'', is an even more blatant example, sporting Black Widow's MCU ''Avengers'' hairstyle.
* HairTriggerTemper: This is especially evident whenever her mother or grandfather are involved.
* HypnoPendulum: How she makes Cleopatra forget about [[spoiler:Nebet]] and the prophecy she told her.
* IceQueen: Jack describes her as an Ice Queen when she calmly rejects his advances by psychoanalyzing him.
* InsufferableGenius: She's not as bad as Elliott, but she's fairly arrogant and full of herself.
* NotSoDifferent: For all her talk, she's just as emotional and HotBlooded as Archer is.
* TheProfiler: She does psychological analysis of various clues the player finds.
* ShipTease: With Jonah Karam. In chapter 23, she finally forgave him for his actions and invited him out to have tea.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial:
--> '''Eliot:''' And I thought I had issues with my parents, [player name]...
--> '''Marina:''' I do NOT have issues with my parents!
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Marina was a psychologist before being recruited, and she puts this skill to good use every time the team has to deal with vulnerable people, such as traumatized children.
* {{Tsundere}}: Eventually "softens up" to a Type A towards Jonah, as well as the people whom she treats as a psychiatrist, like Chieko Tsukada, Sanjay Korrapti, and Baxter Fraser.
* TookALevelInJerkass: She's significantly more hostile in Russia than she was in Europe or the Sahara. Possibly because she's around her mother, whom Marina is certain is corrupt. Or because she's working with Jonah, the man who nearly killed her. Either way, her IceQueen persona largely evaporates and she's just as emotional as Archer.

!!Armand Dupont
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One of the newer recruits of the Bureau, Armand is a professor from Switzerland who now serves as a newly introduced role of Historian. He specializes in identifying symbols and objects of historic and cultural relevance, as well as translating languages.
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* {{Adorkable}}: He gets excited when he hears the name of a famous landmark and happily tells the player everything he knows about it, often getting carried away in the process.
* BerserkButton:
** Normally sophisticated, he flew into a rage when Jack mistook his nationality as French.
** He also reacted angrily when Jack implied that his age might make him more vulnerable to danger.
* BigDamnHeroes: When Count Rupert barged in the Bureau to arrest Jack and the player, he arrives on time to convince him otherwise.
* TheBore: Jack mentions that Dupont would put him to sleep in a rock concert, and the other characters often try to run away whenever he would start talking.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Is shot by Sarah Bennett. While he survives the shooting, the surgery takes a toll on his elderly body, and he passes soon after.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His conversation with Marina implies that he was bullied as a child, which she believes is the reason why [[spoiler: he joined the Promethians]].
* FriendToAllChildren: Claims to be good with children, and his interactions with street kid Sanjay prove this to be true.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: He's a historical expert and fluent in many languages, but he's also very polite and kisses Princess Sofia's hand.
* GratuitousFrench: Frequently uses French phrases in his sentences, which, combined with his pompous personality, is the reason why Jack confused him for a French guy at first.
* OddFriendship: Seems to have one of these with Elliot. Despite the latter's complaints about his rambling, they get along quite well.
* {{Omniglot}}: He can speak virtually any language, including extinct ones. Gameplay wise, Armand is the person sought out when the team needs something translated.
* RamblingOldManMonologue: The oldest member of the Bureau, and frequently drones on about the history and cultural significance of every clue he comes across. The others considers him a bore, and would impatiently interrupt his long-winded speeches, especially when they're pressed for time.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Reveals that he is a chess player in The Impossible Dream (Case 6 of World Edition). Dupont is, without any doubt, smart.
* TakingTheBullet: In the final case, when [[spoiler: Vice President Sarah Bennet]] tries to shoot at the player, Dupont immediately jumps in to protect them, and gets shot in the chest.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Joined the Promethians]] to try to defeat them from the inside.

!!Angela Douglas
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A South Korean scientist working as The Bureau's coroner. A winner of the Nobel Prize of Biology. Married to Lars.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Her making Matryoshka dolls of other Bureau members certainly brings out this aspect of her personality.
* AntiHero: [[spoiler: She considers herself this, doing what she must for the good of the world, by working with SOMBRA. Even if she disagrees with some of the methods.]]
* AsianAndNerdy: A South Korean ''Nobel laureate'' who dismisses her own achievement as nothing special.
* BerserkButton: She becomes very irritable if something bad happens to Lars.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Normally a gentle person, she can be absolutely terrifying if her family is in danger.
* CrazyPrepared: She was certainly ready for [[spoiler: getting caught by the Bureau. She even put her charity in Lars's name so that SOMBRA wouldn't bother to look into it.]]
* TheCynic: [[spoiler:Like so many other proud SOMBRA agents.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Especially evident in Case 21, where she stops at nothing until she finds a cure for all of the case's plague victims.
* {{Foil}}: To Michelle Zuria. [[spoiler: Both women work for SOMBRA, but when SOMBRA did things they opposed, Michelle turned on them, while Angela did not. Furthermore, Angela is exposed and incarcerated for her loyalty to SOMBRA but remains alive, while Michelle ends up being killed by the organization for turning against them.]]
* FriendToAllChildren: Shares this trait with Lars, and even starts a charity for orphaned children. [[spoiler:When she returns in Case 56, she points out that she is only against SOMBRA's work with children, but not assassinating adults or blowing people up.]]
* GoodParents: She dotes on her little girls, and loves to take pictures with them.
* GuiltComplex: [[spoiler: She created the Spring Angels charity in South Asia because she was disgusted that SOMBRA used her talents to brainwash children.]]
* HappilyMarried: She never complains about Lars. [[spoiler: In fact, marrying him was the first time she ever disobeyed a SOMBRA order.]]
* HumbleHero: She's demure and does not speak much of her accomplishments.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:Despite insisting that she wouldn't hurt children, she wasn't opposed to downing the Bureau's plane or blowing up the headquarters while Sanjay and Elliot (both of whom are very young) were present within the organization.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler:In the finale, she nearly blows up the Bureau and seriously injures Jonah, then doesn't understand why Lars is angry at her. Later on, when Dupont is dying from a gunshot wound, she says that he was too old to be of use to the Bureau anyway.]]
* MamaBear: Extremely protective towards her daughters, and threatens to charge K-POP star [=SILVERee=] when she found one of her missing girls hanging out with him. She also snaps at Chieko Tsukada for giving her girls a crossbow, causing the latter to run away in tears.
* MissingMom: [[spoiler:She becomes this to the triplets after she was sentenced to life imprisonment.]]
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Even though she disagrees with many of their methods, [[spoiler:her loyalty remains with SOMBRA. This serves as a contrast to Michelle Zuria, who defects from SOMBRA when she realizes that they've gone too far in their increasing use of child recruits.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler: She's the one who's been spying on the Bureau on SOMBRA's behalf.]]
* NeverMyFault: She blames the player character [[spoiler:for taking her girls and Lars away from her, which is why she's okay with blowing up the Bureau in the final mission.]] At no point does Angela consider herself responsible.
* NotSoAboveItAll: At first, she's very polite and demure. But as the story progresses, it's clear she's got a crazy side like her husband, as she goes to dangerous places for pictures and makes homemade Russian nesting dolls of her partners.
* RunningGag: In the North Africa region, each case has Angela crafting matryoshka dolls based on members of the Bureau. Jack is not amused that the smallest doll is fashioned after himself.
* ThisCannotBe: Freaks out [[spoiler:and finally gets some comeuppance when Lars denies her the chance to speak to her children.]]
* WouldntHurtAChild: Despite being a [[spoiler:ruthless killer who is willing to commit murder and almost blew up the Bureau]], harming children is a no-no for her.

!!Lars Douglas
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An Australian scientist who works as the Forensics Expert for the bureau, when he's not blowing up stuffs with his experiments. Married to Angela.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's friendly and cheerful, and also the one who [[spoiler:holds Asal at gunpoint for taunting the Bureau for their recent failures.]]
* BrilliantButLazy: His bio describes him as lazy and irresponsible, but he can analyze things like no one's business.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Has a habit of blowing things up and fooling around with some of the evidence, but he's a very good forensic scientist.
* CloudCuckooLander: Lars is very quirky, to say the least. He likes to behave like a rock star, and blow stuffs up. In the AI of Case 7, he interrupts Jack's conversation with the player to show them a mummified orange, which Jack remarked is "weird, even for [him]".
* {{Foil}}: To his best friend, Jack. While both of them love jokes and fun, Lars is the intellectual NiceGuy to Jack's JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
** He is also one to his wife, Angela. Both are good scientists who care deeply for children, especially their own. While Lars is BrilliantButLazy and cracks jokes on the job, Angela is more professional and tends to take her job more seriously. Furthermore, [[spoiler:Lars is a WideEyedIdealist while Angela's cynicism stems from being in SOMBRA since childhood.]]
* FriendToAllChildren: He's great with children, and when the East Asia district starts with children being seemingly possessed and hurt, he is ''not'' happy.
* HappilyMarried: Deeply loves his wifey, even renewing their marriage vows in South Asia. [[spoiler: When she's revealed to be the mole, he is absolutely devastated.]]
* HeroicBSOD: He went through depression when [[spoiler:his beloved wife betrayed The Bureau and was sentenced to life in prison for murder and conspiracy]]. Chief Ripley puts him on leave so that he can spend time with his children.
* HeterosexualLifePartner: He's best friends with Jack, and when he was "infected" by an obsession for Om Padmasana's teachings, it was Jack who managed to snap him out of it. [[spoiler: Later, Jack is the one taking care of Lars when Angela is arrested.]]
* ManChild: Ingrid chastises him for acting like a child when he came up to Jack with the aforementioned mummified orange.
* ManlyTears: You see him cry when [[spoiler: his wife is arrested.]]
* MoodSwinger: When it's discovered that [[spoiler:there's a SOMBRA mole in the Bureau]], he spends most of the Kenya case singing happily and drinking too much coffee, then the case right after has him acting sad about who the mole might be. He goes back to being this when [[spoiler:said mole is revealed to be his own wife.]]
* MoralityPet: [[spoiler:For Angela, who turns out to be the Bureau mole. Despite her loyalty to SOMBRA, she truly loves Lars and their children.]]
* MythologyGag: The "Lone Roses" T-Shirt he's wearing refers to the fictional band introduced in The University district of Grimsborough.
* NiceGuy: Easily the friendliest and most outwardly kind member of the Bureau.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When investigating a case where children were getting hurt (and his own daughter disappeared briefly), he stops joking around and for once, looks upset and angry.
** For a while after [[spoiler:Angela's arrest]], he is prone to lashing out and engaging in self-destructive behavior.
* PapaWolf: Don't mess with his girls. Or Elliot. Or any kid really.
** When Asal appears in Case 46 (after having broken up with Jack), he loses it and [[spoiler:tries to arrest her himself]], claiming that it was to protect Jack.
* PutOnABus: He takes some time off from the Bureau when [[spoiler: Angela is arrested.]] He shows back up in the next case.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Jack's red, being the more relaxed and intellectual of the two.
* StuffBlowingUp: He was first introduced to the player when he caused an explosion in the lab while the player was discussing the autopsy results with the coroner. According to Angela, this is not the first time it has happened, nor would it be the last.

!!Elliot Clayton
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The British Tech Expert of The Bureau, and the youngest member on the force.
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* TheBabyOfTheBunch: He's the only underage member of a police force so far, and sometimes the adult Bureau members will treat him like so (to his dismay).
* BerserkButton: He flies into a rage when he finds out that someone hacked into one of his devices.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Implied. He is constantly looking for new leads on SOMBRA and will spend days digging up new information on them, even when everyone else is having a hard time. When confronted about his [[TheSpock coldly efficient nature]], this is what he has to say:
-->'''Jack:''' You've been on that file for days! Haven't you noticed that Marina's been arrested? Or that Jonah's saved us from a bomb?
-->'''Elliot:''' Yes, I've noticed! But I can't do anything to help them, so I'm focusing on what I ''can'' change, alright?
* {{Determinator}}: Never, ever stops helping the Bureau find new leads on SOMBRA. Even [[spoiler:getting kidnapped for it]] didn't hinder this one bit.
* DistressedDude: In Case 32, he was kidnapped and held hostage by a SOMBRA agent.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Dark-haired, and noticeably paler than most of the other characters in the series. This is lampshaded a few times by Jack or Carmen.
* EmoTeen: He wears all-black leather, has piercings, dyed hair, and is very sullen and bratty in personality, and is the only main character who is not yet legally an adult.
* GrumpyBear: His most prominent character trait.
* {{Hikkikomori}}: Implied. He frequently complains about the hot weather when the team travels to warmer countries, and Jack would point out that this is because he never goes out.
* ImprobableAge: At 17 years old, Elliot is the youngest team mate the player ever has, and probably should have no business working with the police forces, let alone the world's top agency.
* InsufferableGenius: He's no doubt a very skillful hacker, but he certainly likes rubbing it on the player's face too much, and the first thing he did when the player brought him their first clue is to smugly say how ''boring'' it is. He also is a bit too proud of himself for [[spoiler: hacking SOMBRA's satellite.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is ''very'' prideful of his talents, and behaves obnoxiously towards the rest of the Bureau. However, he really does care for his teammates, and it's heavily implied that his {{Jerkass}} tendencies are a front he puts up to look tough in front of the adults.
* MoodSwinger: During the case where the Bureau mole is exposed, Elliot's moods go up and down, presumably from being accused of being the mole and being confined in a cell for most of the case.
* MouthyKid: Not exactly a kid, but still younger than everyone else in the team, and frequently behaves like an obnoxious know-it-all when talking to the others.
* MultiColouredHair: His bangs has a blue highlight.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He was really helping Baxter out until [[spoiler: Elliot shows him a tracking bug.]] Elliot planned to have Baxter smash it, but it just made the man panic.
* OhCrap: He has had 3 of these moments so far, once when he gambles with his team-mates' paychecks, a second when he [[spoiler: hacked into the MGB's servers and they find out about it]] and a third when [[spoiler: his'Digi-Cool' ( a smartphone he invented) got hacked into by Agrafena]]. Luckily all three cases end well for him and the Bureau.
** A more serious example is when [[spoiler:Anbu Devanesan pulls a gun on him and takes him hostage.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When [[spoiler:Michelle is murdered]] in Case 48, he actually ''starts crying'' after [[spoiler:analyzing her phone]]. Unlike most other cases, he doesn't deny his feelings.
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: Elliot mentions that his parents dropped him off in a boarding school when he was 7 because he was interfering with their holiday trips and that they only barely remember to call once a month to check up on him.]]
* PetTheDog: He actually has strong family values and is shown to care for Benjamin Scott when he reveals why he ran away to Africa. Elliot tries to convince him to return to his loving parents, saying that if he had parents like that, he'd never leave them.
** Also, after getting kidnapped in Case 32, he tries to downplay his injuries for Carmen's sake. He also sticks up for her when Michelle considers the possibility that [[spoiler: she might be SOMBRA's mole.]]
** He also tries to help Baxter Fraser overcome his fear of SOMBRA. He's initially successful, although he fails later.
* SheCleansUpNicely: In the season finale where he replaces his dark clothing with a nice Shirt and tie for the ceremony.
* SpoiledBrat: Mentions that his parents give him loads of money, which presumably explains his own lack of respect on other people's paychecks, and his generally smug attitude.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Acts bored and aloof towards the other Bureau members, and even disrespects the player on their first day in the Bureau. When their lives are at stake though, Elliot quickly drops this persona and shows concern, such as when [[spoiler: Asal poisons Jack]] or when he realizes that SOMBRA's satellite could compromise the safety of the world.

!!Ingrid Bjorn
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The administrative assistant of The Bureau, who usually requires teammates' reports from the player before they can advance to the next case and announces their level up.
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* BerserkButton: Her ex-husband. Ask her about her marriage and she will fly off the handle.
* CrazyPrepared: She's got contingencies lined up to help with her job of running the Bureau.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Ingrid [[spoiler: goes back to her natural blonde after the player, Marina, and Ramon help her come to terms with her grief, and realize she was just hurting herself. She also wears warmer clothing, and switches her snowflake pendant for one of a sun.]]
* GlassesGirl: She has all of the traits associated: She's organized, prepared, intelligent enough to fill in for Elliot when [[spoiler: he is suspected of being the SOMBRA mole]] and can't run an analysis.
* HairTriggerTemper: Develops one in the Sahara when she takes charge of the team. When [[spoiler: the Chief returns]], she returns to her calmer self. She still has a tendency to yell at Archer when she thinks he's slacking off.
* HiddenDepths: She not only used to be married, but was a beautiful blonde bombshell.
* HypercompetentSidekick: She really takes charge and handles things in the Sahara arc when [[spoiler: Chief Ripley supposedly dies]]
* IceQueen: In comparison to the more HotBlooded Chief Ripley. Ingrid is much more professional and stoic, although she still has her moments. As it turns out, this stems from [[spoiler: losing her child.]]
* NotSoStoic: Case 42 shows that she's still somewhat angry about Chief Ripley's actions in the Sahara. Case 48 shows us she's devastated when her ex-husband is brought up. As it turns out, it's because [[spoiler: they lost their child together.]]
* PetTheDog: When Carmen is flagged as a suspect, Sanjay eventually breaks down thinking he's going to lose another loved one, even calling her "Mom" for the first time. This caused Ingrid to relent, and allow Sanjay to visit Carmen.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Ingrid takes charge after [[spoiler:Ripley reveals the truth about SOMBRA.]]

!!Jonah Karam
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A former soldier and hitman, Jonah originally worked as a bodyguard for several clients in the Sahara Region, crossing paths with the Bureau. He now works for the Bureau as their Field and Weapons Expert.
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* AscendedExtra: Appears to be just another suspect at first, but plays a crucial role in helping the Bureau defeat The Sword and even becomes a Bureau agent afterwards.
* AppealToForce: His idea of interrogating someone is "talk or I beat you up." He quickly discovers this doesn't work really well.
%%* BaldOfAwesome: Judging from the stubble, he likely shaves his head.
* BigDamnHeroes: For an ex-hitman, he certainly does a lot of last minute life-saving act.
** In the Sahara arc, [[spoiler: shows up and shoots down The Sword before they can kill Carmen and the player.]]
** When June was playing with a crossbow and almost shot her sister with it, Jonah arrives just in time to catch the arrow bolt before it hits April.
** In Case 32, he does it ''again'' [[spoiler: when he saves Elliot from being killed.]]
** He then rescues Carmen from [[spoiler: someone taking her hostage.]]
** Has one last moment in the finale where [[spoiler:he takes hold of a bomb meant to blow up the Bureau, and manages to lessen the explosion.]] However, it gets him seriously injured.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Even the prospect of suspecting his kid sister Lily of [[spoiler:murdering and smuggling]] will cause Jonah to fly off the handle.
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:Getting caught in a bomb blast that he was trying to defuse]] left Jonah's body in a horrible state that it was quite surprising he survived.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: He's a tough guy, but he's actually pretty sweet to people if they aren't his enemies.
* CharacterDevelopment: By the ''World Edition'' finale, he is a very different person from the cynical and abrasive hitman the team met in the Sahara. After an entire season of working with the Bureau, he has become much more considerate of others' well-being and a loving partner to Marina.
* ClothingDamage: After [[spoiler:Angela plants a bomb in the Bureau's break room that Jonah only partially disarms]], his shirt is in tatters in addition to the damage on his body. TruthInTelevision for most explosions.
* FireForgedFriends: With Jack. While they didn't get along at first, they started bonding over chasing SOMBRA and their friendship is solidified in the finale, where [[spoiler:Jonah takes an exploding bomb to protect the Bureau.]] Carmen even lampshades how it took [[spoiler:a literal bomb]] to bring them together.
* GeniusBruiser: Looks like a thug, but is fluent in ancient languages and a master of all things weapons.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a small one below his left eye.
* HonoraryUncle: Like with Jack, the triplets call him "Uncle Jonah" and even play hide-and-seek with him.
* HotBlooded: He gets pretty pissed off if his clients don't do what he tells them.
* IcyBlueEyes: Marina, one of his victims, certainly thinks so. [[spoiler:Changes much later when they get closer.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is gruff and not above using violence at all, but is willing to help the player in any way he can, whether it's to stop The Sword or rescue a missing child.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: When Lily is suspected of murder, Jonah threatens to leave the Bureau and beat up the real criminals to prove her innocence. Marina and Carmen are appropriately horrified.
* LoveAtFirstSight: [[spoiler: The reason he refused to kill Marina in Moscow]] was because he was charmed by her beauty.
* MadeOfIron: In the finale, [[spoiler:a deadly bomb explodes while he was holding it, and while he was severely injured, he is up and walking within a day.]]
* OddFriendship: He gets along very well with Carmen, as well as the triplets.
* PapaWolf: He is protective of any children under his care, such as when he stops a crossbow arrow mid-air before it could hit one of the triplets, or when [[spoiler: he shoots a SOMBRA agent who threatened to kill Elliot in front of him.]] Also, when Ronin Ozawa is allowed to walk free after [[spoiler:recruiting children for SOMBRA]], he is the one most upset about it.
* ScaryBlackMan: He's a dark skinned hitman, who is noted to be quite dangerous by many others.
* ShipTease: With Marina. It seems mostly one-sided, him being the one crushing on her. [[spoiler:This is no longer the case as they begin dating after Marina chooses to forgive him.]]
* SixthRanger: For the Bureau, joining at the end of the Sahara region. His niche in the team is his knowledge and analysis of ballistics, explosives, and other weapons.
* SweetTooth: Has a fondness for goat's milk and dates.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Dark skin, stands at 6 feet, and incredibly built.
* TookALevelInKindness: After he gets accepted into the Bureau, he becomes less of a {{Jerkass}} with every case, and by the time the team reaches East Asia, he's completely mellowed out. It doesn't make him any less badass, [[BewareTheNiceOnes though]].
* WhatTheHellHero: In Case 55, he gets suspected of [[spoiler:Jason Stone's]] murder after he was caught texting Marina while he was supposed to guard the prime minister. Jonah himself was also openly ashamed of his carelessness, particularly when Carmen calls him out twice.

!! Michelle Zuria
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A lawyer from Singapore. The Bureau is steered to her by a message from a mysterious online persona named "X."
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* TheAce: She is a top-notch lawyer, and is not bad in investigation either, displaying more professionalism and competence than Jack or Carmen.
* ActionGirl: Although it's never seen in action, she knows Krav Maga.
* BabysitterFromHell: Her nanny would lock her in a closet when she misbehaved as a girl.
* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: She never says anything that could help the Bureau. After all, it might be incriminating.
* BrainyBrunette: She's a smart cookie, and has brown hair.
* CannotTellAJoke: She tries, but it's clear she's not comfortable doing it.
* CharacterTics: Her habit of checking her nails. Revealed she did that since her childhood.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Brown hair, brown eyes.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Michelle really takes center stage in the South America section of the map. [[spoiler: Becomes ADeathInTheLimelight come Case 48.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHer: When she and The Bureau were working in South America, [[spoiler: El Rey [[DeathFromAbove drops a church bell on her, crushing and killing her]].]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She's defended some morally ambiguous people as an attorney, and was [[spoiler: even on SOMBRA's payroll, but she draws the line on human experimentation.]]
* IconicItem: Her outfit, a peach shirt with blue suspenders [[spoiler:that she dons after being hired by the Bureau]]. The player can wear a copy of it after Case 48.
* {{Jerkass}}: She starts out a real bitch. She lightens up when she partners with the player.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: She is actually X.]]
* MushroomSamba: Jack gives her some coffee, neither of them aware it's actually a drug. She trips out and has flashbacks to her childhood.
* PromotedToPlayable: She's hired by the Bureau and becomes a partner character like Jack or Carmen.
* TrueCompanions: Things were a bit frosty at first, she only really got along with Elliott. But as South America went on, Carmen and especially Jack really warmed to Michelle. [[spoiler: They are devastated when she dies, and decide to hang a picture of Michelle, Jack, and Carmen to remember her by.]]
* VerbalTic: She's prone to inserting legal terms into her conversation, like "Objection", even when there's no need for it.
* WhatTheHellHero: When Michelle begins interrogating during case 42, she gets the player character subject to a lot of these. It's to be expected from [[HotBlooded Jack]] given his feisty history with Michelle, but even Angela snarks that the player can't work with their trusted partners. Michelle takes it in stride. [[spoiler: Of course, Angela might be testy because she's the killer.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Recurring Characters in World Edition]]
!!Judge Nigel Adaku
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The judge of the International Courts who was forced out of retirement when The Bureau needed his help to sentence killers that the player arrests in Season 3.
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* TheComicallySerious: He's less expressive than Judge Dante, but isn't above wisecracking and dropping some funny lines.
* CompositeCharacter: Seems to be one of Judge Hall and Judge Dante, since he's as stern as the former and is sometimes shown to be as goofy as the latter.
* NotSoAboveItAll: When dealing with a killer who happens to be a male prostitute, Adaku wonders whether or not the pay is good, and considers a career change.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite his apparent gruffness, Judge Adaku is pretty fair in his verdict. For example, the killer in Case 9 is a corrupt and immoral JerkAss, and the judge detested him. But since his murder of the victim was accidental, he was given only 10 years of prison.
* ScaryBlackMan: Judge Adaku is the sternest of the three judges we've seen. In his very first appearance, he wasted no time to tell the killer that, under the British Law, they would be beheaded for murdering a member of a Royal family, before very brusquely sentencing them with a 10-year imprisonment.

!!Asal Hawaa
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A BellyDancer from Morocco who turns out to be a Israeli Intelligence Service member.
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* ActionGirl: As an agent of Mossad, she's skilled at using guns, sword-fighting, and even [[spoiler: improvises an ice bullet to kill the victim of Case 15.]]
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Asal is dark-haired, very pretty, and gives off an aloof and mysterious aura towards the Bureau. Particularly after she breaks up with [[spoiler: Jack.]]
* AmicableExes: Develops into this. She suspected Jack of [[spoiler:being the same as Chief Ripley, who used SOMBRA as an excuse for the CIA and Mossad to meddle in foregin affairs]], a distrust that ended their relationship and made Asal distrustful of the Bureau. When she learns that Jack was just as in the dark as she was, she acknowledges her flaws and parts with Jack on much better terms.
* AntiHero: She's helped the Bureau on several occasions, but her loyalty lies with Mossad, so she ignores the Bureau's moral code even if it hurts [[spoiler: her boyfriend, Jack.]] Most notably, she's willing to kill SOMBRA agent [[spoiler: Nick Kringle]] instead of capturing him.
* BadassIsraeli: She looks sweet, but she's vicious. And as a member of Mossad, she's definitely Israeli.
* BookDumb: Downplayed, but Asal's not much for academic learning. Even Jack, who isn't much for books, knows more about science than she does.
* BrokenBird: After [[spoiler: nearly dying from Anya, and losing her ally Jean, Asal loses her faith in Mossad, and what little respect she had for the Bureau.]]
* ChickFlick: According to Jack, Asal loved these kinds of movies, and would always make him watch them with her.
* CombatPragmatist: She knows several styles of fighting as well as being well-trained in firearms, and can [[spoiler:create an effective bullet out of dry ice.]] It's worth noting that when she and [[spoiler:Lars]] held each other at gunpoint, Jack was worried that she might've easily killed him.
* EasilyForgiven:
** [[spoiler: Surprisingly, Jack is happily back with Asal in Case 17 despite her having killed someone two cases prior.]] The other members of the Bureau aren't so quick to forgive her, though.
** Subverted in Case 36, where [[spoiler:Jack is so fed up with her frequent excuses that they break off their relationship.]]
* FemmeFataleSpy: Her belly dancing is a cover for the fact she's a Mossad agent.
* GirlyBruiser: Her belly dancer outfit gives this vibe, but even without it, her long hair and love of cosmetics makes her very girly, and is still a vicious killer.
* MsFanservice: Asal is quite attractive, and her first appearance has her belly dancing in a scantily-clad outfit.
* PragmaticHero: She considers herself this, as she thinks the Bureau can be too soft in dealing with dangerous targets.
* SmugSnake: After she breaks up with Jack, she doesn't hold back in taunting the Bureau about their failures. [[spoiler:This gets her in trouble with Lars later on.]]
* TrackingDevice: At Elliot's urging, Jack plants one on her in Case 46.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Carmen wastes no time chewing out Asal for [[spoiler: poisoning Jack]], even though Asal was careful that it would only incapacitate, and not kill him.
** [[spoiler: She gets another one from none other than her at-the-time boyfriend, Jack, for killing the victim of case #15.]]
** She herself likes to give these to the Bureau.

!!The Douglas Triplets (April, May, June)
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[[caption-width-right:250:From left to right: April, May, June]]
Lars' and Angela's six-year-old daughters, who were mentioned many times before first appearing in South Asia.
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* AdultFear: A couple of times in East Asia did one of them run off without their parents knowing. And it just so happens that the region is currently dealing with a crisis involving children...
* ChildProdigy: In the first case of World Edition, one of them attempted to hot-wire Lars's motorbike, and their parents mention that they're pretty gifted.
* GenkiGirl: All three of them are energetic and curious, frequently running off to go sightseeing and playing with dangerous weapons, causing Angela to worry a lot abut their safety.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: The three girls sports different hairstyles to distinguish them from each other: April has twin braids, May has a short bob, and June has shoulder length hair.
* TagalongKid: Lars brings them along in South Asia to spend more time with them [[spoiler: because of the guru's teachings.]] They stick around until East Asia, when [[spoiler: they start acting strangely thanks to the influences of the SOMBRA affiliates.]] At the end of that arc, they are sent to live with Lars' parents.
* TemporalThemeNaming: Their names are April, May, and June.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: They act more strangely as the Bureau progresses through East Asia, courtesy of Chieko.

!!Sanjay Korrapati
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A young orphan boy who frequently runs into the Bureau during their investigation in Asia.
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%%* ABoyAndHisX: In South Asia, he is accompanied by an elephant who dies in the last case of the district. [[spoiler:Obaasan later takes advantage of this memory to force him into a child-killing competition.]] %% Add more context to describe their relationship and what effect it has on them. %%
* AdultFear:
** He appears in East Asia, where it's implied that [[spoiler: he'd been recruited by SOMBRA to become a mindless soldier. Then he disappears in the middle of a case...]]
** Inverted in Case 42, where he's upset that [[spoiler:the player arrested Carmen on suspicion of being the mole, and fears that he'll lose her forever. Even worse when she's taken hostage, and tells the player that she might not come back.]] Luckily things ends well for them in the end.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Elliot, despite not being biologically related to him. Sanjay likes to tease him, particularly when it comes to Vanna Alabama.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Before he met the Bureau, he lived a harsh and dangerous life on the streets of New Delhi.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Hates quinoa, and gets upset when it's given to him.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: He gets along with elephants pretty well, and even a baby lion in Kenya. Apparently his affinity for animals even extends to ''venomous snakes.''
* HappilyAdopted: By Carmen in Case 30. In Case 42, [[spoiler:he actually calls her "mom."]]
* NotGoodWithPeople: While he gets along with many animals (especially elephants), growing up as a street urchin meant that he didn't get to make any human friends before the Bureau came along, and whatever interactions he did have with people often ended badly for him. In one case, he gets upset when elephants are killed by poachers and wonders why he should care about people being killed instead.
* ParentalSubstitute: Carmen is this for him. She adopts him in Case 30.
* {{Protectorate}}: Eventually becomes this to the Bureau, especially for Jack and Carmen.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Elliot and Vanna Alabama, to the former's dismay.
* StepfordSmiler: When he reappears in East Asia, he's too happy for his own good. [[spoiler: This is because of SOMBRA's influence.]]
* TagalongKid: Since Carmen became his legal guardian, he starts traveling with the Bureau. However, he still has a sizeable role in the series and even manages to help the team out several times.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: [[spoiler: Courtesy of SOMBRA, he rambles about weakness and death, and even cuts himself with a knife to prove he's not weak.]] Marina helps him get over it.

!!X
[[spoiler: See Michelle Zuria for info on X]]

!!Lily Karam
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Jonah's younger half-sister, who meets the Bureau during their investigation in Africa.
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* BadassDriver: She's a professional race-car driver, and easily wins the first race we see her in.
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Has the same complexion as Jonah, but with blonde hair.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She doesn't care that her partner dies. Lily's more interested in the glory she obtained.
* LackOfEmpathy: She's even worse than her brother. She's markedly not beaten up that Nomena, her co-driver, was killed, and won't let it rain on her parade of winning the race. Carmen calls her out on it.
* MistakenForRomance: Marina rushed to judgment upon meeting her, thinking that she was married to Jonah because they shared the same last name. Lily gently corrected her.
* OddFriendship: Like Jonah, she's known Carmen for years.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: According to Carmen, sternness runs in the Karam family, and Lily is no exception most of the time.

!!Ramon Cortez
Ingrid's ex-husband, who contacts the Bureau for problems in Mexico. A notorious womanizer and shameless flirt.
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* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler: His flirting and womanizing is a shield to stop him from dealing with the grief of losing his premature son.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: If she's female, Ramon has probably slept with her.

!!Anya Ivanova
A Russian MGB agent, who crosses path with the Bureau while they are on the hunt for the COSMORUS spy. Later returns in North America.
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* TheAce: Skilled at many different forms of espionage. [[spoiler: As with Joel Heller, SOMBRA has many powerful agents.]]
* ActionGirl: Right up with Asal. [[spoiler: In fact, Anya beats Asal in a fight, making her a DarkActionGirl.]]
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's attractive, has long, dark hair and is cold and distant to everyone.
* BraidsOfAction: Ties her hair up in a French braid, and is a trained fighter.
* {{Expy}}: Her appearance looks oddly similar to [[Film/TheHungerGames Katniss Everdeen]].
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Joins SOMBRA when she feels as though they appreciate her talents.]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Kills Jean Connerie, a French spy and ally to the Bureau.]]
* StuffBlowingUp: She's skilled with explosives. [[spoiler: It's how she got the data from the BØB satellite.]]

!!James Hewett
The President of the United States. The Bureau meets with him to discuss SOMBRA and their plans with the political movements happening in the country.
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Seems amiable and friendly, but insult one of his agents, and he'll strike back in force.
* BoundAndGagged: With his own tie when he's [[spoiler:Sarah Bennett's hostage.]]
* InformedFlaw: It is said that Hewitt is a poor politician. But there's no evidence of his policies other than [[spoiler:having a SOMBRA lieutenant as his Vice President.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Bears more than a passing resemblance to former President George W. Bush. He even asked the player to call him "Dubya", which is Bush's famous nicknames.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Hosts summits to deal with international affairs, is very cordial with world leaders, and even entertains the Bureau's ideas. In a twist, he doesn't listen to the Bureau's theories about SOMBRA, because they provide no physical evidence.
* YourCheatingHeart: His wife was having an affair with one of her Secret Service staff.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Concordian Flying Squad]]
!!Arthur Wright
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The Chief of the Concordian Flying Squad, who enlisted the player character to investigate various matters of corruption within the local police force.
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* DaChief: He plays nice with high authority, but he'll subvert them if it means catching crooks.
* GoldDigger: Discussed. When Arthur mentions about courting a certain Bernandine [[{{Fiction500}} Rochester]], and Maddie fears that the chief is more attracted to the young lady's wealth than her own person.
* TheMenFirst: He keeps mementos of former officers who died under his charge. He hopes to use technology to minimize risk for officers.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's under a lot of pressure with corrupt officials all around (whom he relies upon to keep the Flying Squad in operation), but he can buy the main characters time through his negotiations.
* SharpDressedMan: He's dressed to the nines, and constantly fixing his tie.
* SlaveToPR: Arthur is constantly wining and dining with high officials.

!!Madeline "Maddie" O'Malley
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A detective in the Concordian Flying Squad, and one of the two partners available to the player character. She is of Irish descent, though she can't speak Gaelic.
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* TheAlcoholic: She can't attend one gathering without becoming drunk at the end.
* BerserkButton: Insulting the Irish immigrants, which her parents were, makes her absolutely livid.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Is apparently very reckless with her [=MadMobile=].
* LadyDrunk: Loves her absinthe, and when she finds a collection of liquor bottles, bemoans that they are not full. Later gets absolutely plastered at a party. After Prohibition is enacted, she snarks that getting splashed in the face with a whiskey punch was the closest thing to a drink she'd had in weeks. Once it ends, she gets so plastered she needs a miracle hangover cure.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Gradually grows close with Charlie over the course of ''Mysteries of the Past''. At first she requested for him to be TheBeard for her, then they started living together, [[spoiler:and finally, soon after Maddie announces her pregnancy, they get engaged.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteDrink: Absinthe
* WhatTheHellHero: Admonishes Rose for playing poker with Vinnie Costa before [[spoiler:he died.]] Rose remarks that that allowed her to keep her eye on him and not be bored at the same time.

!!Isaac Bontemps
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The senior Investigator of the Concordian Flying Squad, and one of the two partners assigned to the player character.
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* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler: The final case has him wear one of [[ChekhovsGun Rose's bulletproof vests]] and he survives being shot by Lawson this way. The shock from Isaac surviving Lawson's bullet was the opening needed to kill Lawson.]]
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Always up for a good brawl.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: His good and fatherly demeanor is exemplified with his love of his pipe.
* HighClassGlass: He's the most highbrow out of all the Squad members -- what with his love for chess, [[DistinguishedGentlemansPipe pipes]] and gourmet food -- and he wears a monocle to reflect that.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Isaac loves the game, and it plays a role in two of the cases.
** The epilogue of "Sweet Revenge" has Isaac finding a chess set at Rockley Rochester's chocolate factory with the pieces broken. Charlie discovers it's the pieces are made of chocolate with an edible metal coating, and he helps Isaac repair them. Once restored, he returns the set to Rockley, who gives Isaac his own chocolate chess set in gratitude.
** "Checkmate" becomes a case where ItsPersonal when the victim, Casper Rove, is a young chessmaster than Isaac played chess-by-mail with. When Casper is murdered before being able to play a chess-playing robot, the Chessmaton, he makes it his mission to find his Casper's killer. Afterwards, the robot's inventor, Celine Georges, asks Isaac to play against the robot as Casper had also mentioned to her about how good Isaac's ability is. (He manages to beat the robot with a three move checkmate.)
* StraightMan: With the foibles of his squad on full display, Bontemps is always the straight-laced one.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Is extremely afraid of horses. He gets over it after Case 40 when he rides a pony.

!!Richard "Dick" Wells
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The Concordian Flying Squad's coroner. An eccentric scientist who sees his work as an opportunity to experiment on human bodies.
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* MushroomSamba: Trips out on mushrooms.
* NoSocialSkills: His profile says he is bad at speaking to people, and his idea of an introduction is to ask the player to participate in a human experimentation.
* PlayingWithSyringes: A surprisingly benevolent example, as he makes medications in his spare time, even asking the player to help him test them.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: Has no qualms in testing his theories on himself. For example, he deliberately kept himself awake for three days to study the effect of sleep deprivation on human beings.
* SheCleansUpNicely: When he throws on his hat, and wears a jacket not covered in blood, he's actually quite handsome.
* TestedOnHumans: Like Dr. Metcalf, but a significantly more benevolent version. He invents new surgical and medical procedures.

!!Viola Pemberton
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The Concordian Flying Squad's lab chief, who examines substances and chemicals.
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Once she finally realizes that her father wants nothing to do with her, and only got close to Viola so he can further his clan's ambitions.]]
* GeneHunting: She tests out Charlie's DNA testing machine on a lark, only to discover her father isn't actually her father. She's determined to find the real father, despite her mother's objections.
* HeroicBastard: Revealed to be the product of an illicit affair (the woman she grew up with ''is'' her mother, her father is Horatio ''Rochester''). Nonetheless, she's firmly on the side of good as part of the Flying Squad, even after reuniting with her true father.
* {{Retcon}}: Her age is first shown as 55 in her character bio, but was changed to 42 in her quasi-suspect profile.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: She has a very ornate way of speaking. Justified in her case, as she is a Shakespearean actress in her free time.
* SweetTooth: Is revealed to be well-known for her love of candy in Case 9 of Mysteries of the Past, tries to beg candy off of Issac and only declines sampling the chocolate found at the crime scene in because A) it's evidence and B) it's contaminated.
* TestedOnHumans: A non-nefarious version, as she dabbles in chemistry in her free time. She makes many different perfumes and likes the rest of the squad to test them out. Maddie...is less than thrilled.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Horatio Rochester predictably uses Viola to steal the confiscated Anti-Free Press bill. Viola has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone when she realized her mistake.]]

!!Charles "Charlie" Armand Dupont
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Armand Dupont's great-grandfather who serves as the Squad's inventor. He keeps track of the player character's adventures in the 4th season through his diary.
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* {{Adorkable}}: He's a little childish, and shows awkward jealousy when he thinks Madeline (whom he clearly has a crush on) might be dating someone, but the way his eyes shine when he's feeling excited is quite a sight.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: To keep from exposing Diego as a traitor with Lawson present, Charlie admits to being one. Diego's forced to kill Charlie to keep his cover. This is the final case.]]
* NiceGuy: Is kind and helpful to everyone on the squad.
* ShipTease: Flirts with Maddie much more when she asks him to playact as her husband to get Maddie's nagging mother off of her back. Eventually, they move in together.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Ends up foiling the GetRichQuickScheme of Joseph Prior (who died in "Talk of the Town") and Larry Rochester [[spoiler: who murdered Deputy Mayor Sandra Hwang when she wouldn't let Leopold Rochester take the fall for his son]] by saying he'll put in the work to establish the "Concordia Telephone Company" as a real enterprise (using the recovered funds) if Diego would help with the financial end of it. Meaning the bondholders for the Concordia Telephone Company won't feel cheated.

!!Evelyn "Evie" Holloway
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The Archivist of the squad. Her role to research archived records and documents can be compared to the modern day tech expert.
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* CuteBookworm: The youngest member of the Squad, Evie is a naive and bright-eyed researcher who rarely leaves her library.
* TheDitz: She's somewhat scatterbrained and prone to misplace her stuffs.
* RelationshipUpgrade: She starts dating Katherine Woolf in the Wolf Street arc.
* SitcomArchnemesis: With Ratsputin, who often chews on her books.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Her twin Nicholas. If it wasn't for his brown hair and five o'clock shadow, they'd be HalfIdenticalTwins.
* TookALevelInBadass: Discussed and subverted. Evie attempted to prove she was more capable than 'just a nerd' by stowing away to help in the shootout with Maddie, Isaac, and Rose. But because she's got no skill, she just ends up getting badly injured.
* WideEyedIdealist: She has trouble grasping some of the more horrible things people do.

!!Rose Zhao
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The Weapons Specialist of the Flying Squad.
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* ArtificialLimbs: Her right arm is prosthetic, and so is her rat Ratsputin's right front leg.
* EnemyMine: Forms one with Catastrophe Joan, whom she has a bitter history with when she once worked as a BountyHunter, in order to bring down [[spoiler:Vittorio Capecchi and his goons when they challenged the Flying Squad to a shoot-out]].
* HandicappedBadass: Lost an arm in a street fight and operates with a prosthetic. Doesn't stop her from being a fearsome member of the Squad.
* MoreDakka: Likes bigger and better guns.
* MultipleChoicePast: She has different stories about how she lost her arm. It's either from a street fight, dog mauling or an accident due to a failed weapon testing.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Owns a rat named Ratsputin. Like her, Ratsputin has a prosthetic limb.
* StoutStrength: A big woman, and was quite skilled in street brawls.

!!Diego Del Lobo
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A professional forger whom the Flying Squad encounters in several of Mr. Alastor's parties. Ever since the player character confronted him for trying to forge and steal some paintings, the Flying Squad has occasionally enlisted his help when dealing with forgeries and handwritten messages. He joins the Concordian Flying Squad as its Consultant at the end of the Coyote Gorge saga.
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* CallingCard: He uses the symbol of a [[MeaningfulName wolf]] as a mark on anything he created as a forgery. This helps when [[spoiler:someone steals a counterfeit plate he made to identify the funny money.]]
* TheCharmer: He never misses the chance to try and sweet talk Madeline. He'll flirt with Evie in a pinch, too.
* DrowningMySorrows: When he was flagged as a suspect ''after'' joining the Squad, Diego gets himself wasted because he thinks the rest of the Squad still doesn't trust him.
* TheGamblingAddict: Mentions gambling, and losing some money, a few times. Also keeps a playing card (a ten of hearts) in his pocket.
* GentlemanThief: He's a pickpocket and an art thief, in addition to being a forger, but he blends in well with Concordia's high society while attending Mr. Alastor's balls.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Not in the same way as Lawson: the Flying Squad has enlisted his help in forgeries. This lends itself to handwriting analysis.
* HopelessSuitor: He frequently flirts with Maddie, but she regards his efforts as annoying than anything else. [[spoiler:Then Maddie starts dating Charlie, thus sealing Diego's status as a hopeless suitor]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He's quite disappointed when he found out that Maddie had started going out with Charlie, but he's willing to let it go as long as she's happy, and even prepares a portrait of the couple for their wedding gift.
* TheManBehindTheMan: When Charlie offers to make the Concordia Telephone Company a real enterprise to avoid the fallout of their bonds being part of a GetRichQuickScheme, he asks Diego to help with the financial aspects of running the company.
* OverlyLongName: His full name is Diego Alejandro Montoya Esteban del Lobo.
* PresentCompanyExcluded: Once he was caught reminiscing about a caper he pulled, until he remembered that he's currently within earshot of (then-Chief of Justice) Justin Lawson. Lawson was not amused.
* TheProfiler: Not one per se, but when he analyzes handwriting, he picks up on little details about the writer.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:After helping orchestrate a jailbreak in Case 55, Justin Lawson ordered that Diego be sacked from the Flying Squad. Diego decides to take his leave so as not to endanger his squadmates from Lawson's wrath.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: Once Evie chooses to be with Katherine, and Charlie and Maddie start growing closer to one another, Diego is incredibly supportive of either couple.
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[[folder: Recurring Characters in Mysteries of the Past (Contains Spoilers)]]
!!Judge Satoshi Takakura
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The judge of the Concordian courthouse who appears in the end of each case to sentence arrested killers. He retires at the end of the Century Mile saga, handing the post to Justin Lawson.
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* TheBusCameBack:
** He briefly returns from retirement to judge [[spoiler:Finley Flanagan]], mainly because Justin Lawson was a suspect in that case. He goes back to retirement, however.
** Upon Justin Lawson's ascension as Deputy Mayor at the end of the Grim Chapel arc, Takakura is [[TenMinuteRetirement pulled out of retirement again and returns to being judge]].
* CelibateHero: He never married, and even though he was close friends with a very desirable young woman in the form of Yuri Ishida, he never took any romantic interest in her.
* JadeColoredGlasses: Years of serving as a judge have turned him from a WideEyedIdealist into a cynic, hence his plan to retire.
* MyGreatestFailure: He explains that the [[spoiler:sentencing of Archie Rochester]] is a perfect example of the crimes he failed to uphold, as the rich and powerful get slaps on the wrist.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:He is the victim of Case 55, showing just how much disarray Concordia is in after Justin Lawson's inauguration as mayor.]]

!!Justin Lawson
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The District Attorney of Concordia, who often shows up to help the Flying Squad. At the end of the Century Mile saga, he officially takes Takakura's place as presiding judge of the Concordian courts. At the end of the Grim Chapel saga, he officially becomes Deputy Mayor, succeeding the late Sandra Hwang (murdered in "The Heart Of The Matter"). At the end of the Ivory Hills arc, he rose to become Mayor after the murder of Cornelius Castletown.
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* BerserkButton: Justin has a few:
** He does not take kindly to Mr. Alastor [[spoiler: aka Archie Rochester]] being a KarmaHoudini (even though he never killed any of the victims at his party, other killers took the chances to do so for him).
*** The murderer of Sandra Hwang, [[spoiler: Larry Rochester, Archie's cousin]], got a sentence 50 years in jail from Justin (though him being a SmugSnake didn't help him either [[spoiler: as he wasn't about to let another Rochester escape justice]]).
** He treats the murderers of Commissioner Baldwin and Seamus O'Neill (who died in "In Love and War") harshly enough to give life without parole as his sentence to both of them (the first because Commissioner Baldwin was spying on the people who'd taken him in as a child, the second because she would the example he'd set for both the Italian and Irish Gangs whose gang war was tearing Concordia apart).
** The abuses at Gryphon Sanctuary asylum were enough to outrage Justin to use his power as Judge to fire Gregory Stravinsky, the director, charging he was incompetent as he allowed people who were well to begin with to be unlawfully committed against their will.
** [[spoiler: The attempt on his life and the subsequent murder of Mayor Castletown was the final straw that led him to lash out against the corruption in the police department by forming a police force loyal to him called the Justice Corps. Upon becoming Mayor, he imposed martial law in the name of justice.]]
* CynicismCatalyst: The death of his betrothed a few days before their wedding (and the slap on the wrist her killers received) was his inspiration for becoming a lawyer in the first place. [[spoiler: Given he eventually becomes a tyrant as Mayor, in the wake of corruption in the Concordian Police force nearly claiming his own life, it could be asked whether he'd have ended up this way if she hadn't been killed or her killers properly sentenced.]]
* GuestStarPartyMember: Occasionally joins the player in some Additional Investigations.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He's one of the nicest people around, especially considering everyone else in high society is varying shades of {{Jerkass}}. [[spoiler:Sadly subverted upon becoming mayor, when he imposed extreme and oppressive methods in the name of justice.]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: He shows signs of extremism when the Court failed to deal justice to [[ArcVillain Mr. Alastor]], and the sheer amount of corruptions that plagued the city officials gets him increasingly on edge. [[spoiler:He seem to finally snap when he was almost assassinated by a corrupt former officer who was released from prison by the even more corrupt police commissioner, and this caused him to become a tyrant when he finally rose to the ranks of mayor]].
* KeystoneArmy: [[spoiler:Just as the Flying Squad anticipated, the Justice Corps gave up without a fight after Lawson was shot dead by Isaac.]]
* KnightTemplar: His drive for justice and paranoia about police corruption leads him to form the Justice Corps and seize power when he becomes Mayor.
* TheLostLenore: His betrothed, Abigail. He still carries her obituary in his wallet.
* MayorPain: [[spoiler:After becoming mayor, he quickly turns Concordia into a police state.]]
* MeaningfulName: '''Just'''in '''Law'''son is a lawyer who possesses a strong sense of justice. [[spoiler: Taken to a monstrous extreme when as Mayor he imposes martial law as a result of not just the attempt on his life but the murder of then-Mayor Castletown.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: His distrust of the police was reinforced when Commissioner Mulroney, being bribed by Malcolm Rochester, released Eleanor Halsted to kill him (she eventually kills Mayor Castletown). This causes him to believe only a force loyal to him will be able to bring true justice. [[spoiler: After he seemingly kills Isaac, he is successfully killed by the recovering Isaac, who wore one of Rose's bulletproof vests.]]
* RageQuit: Mr. Alastor [[spoiler:getting off the hook in spite of his crimes]] caused Lawson to leave the Flying Squad's ship in anger and disgust. However, when Judge Takakura thinks about retiring for good, Justin returns to say he wants to succeed Takakura.
* SympathyForTheDevil: In the end, the Squad consider that Lawson was ultimately trying to do what's good for Concordia, if only he wasn't being extreme about it.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: [[spoiler:As mayor of Concordia, Justin imposed an oppressive regime that includes forming a militia loyal to him alone called the Justice Corps, abolishing the free press, arresting people arbitrarily, and executing suspected lawbreakers.]]
* WaistcoatOfStyle: Natural for the time period.
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:He expressed disappointment in the Flying Squad (and especially the player character) in that they could have helped him usher Concordia into a peaceful, crime-free era.]]
* YouAreInCommandNow: Becomes the judge of Concordia upon Judge Takakura's retirement. After "Unsafe Haven", he becomes Deputy Mayor [[spoiler: upon the murder of Sandra Hwang at Larry Rochester's hands in "The Heart of the Matter"]].
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!!Lady Minerva Highmore
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A land proprietor whom the Concordian Flying Squad occasionally encounters since her debut in Elysium Fields
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* AdvertisedExtra: Shows up in the preview images for Mysteries of the Past in the place usually taken by the seasons' chief of police. She mainly shows up in Elysium Fields, where she was a suspect in two of the cases, then made minor appearances in subsequent districts. She may become more prominent later, but considering that the actual chief of police [[InterfaceSpoiler is clearly not going anywhere anytime soon]], her position seems rather odd. [[spoiler: Although, considering that she does indeed take a more significant role later on in the story, this could be considered a subversion.]]
* AnonymousBenefactor: [[spoiler:To the Resistance; sending them supplies and her own money to help them in their uprising. After the resistance's base is compromised, she even offers her manor as their new hideout.]]
* CoolOldLady: Friendly, knows everyone, and loves to celebrate.

!!Cornelius Castletown
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The mayor of Concordia who gets caught up in the Concordian Flying Squad's investigations from time to time since his debut in Elysium Fields.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Enacts prohibition to prevent drunken brawls. [[spoiler: He is on the other end of it in "Arrow of Injustice," when his "faults" get him killed by an arrow through the head.]]
* LargeAndInCharge: Portly dude, and in charge of the city.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Subverted. We can see that he tries. But he bungles his handling of a few cases, and is fond of sweeping grand movements when surgical precision would serve better.
* SlaveToPR: Claims this, as he constantly goes to social events, contests, and the like.

!!Sandra Hwang
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The Deputy Mayor of Concordia who has likewise found herself as a suspect to a number of murder investigations.
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* CorruptPolitician: Downplayed. She's a highly ambitious woman whose top priority is to elevate herself in the high society. She's willing to compromise justice and would often interfere with the investigation to suck-up with the "elite" suspects. [[spoiler:Then Larry Rochester reveals that her corruption goes beyond that -- Sandra Hwang apparently accepts bribes from the Rochesters to turn a blind eye from their misdeeds.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even though she's apparently corrupt, [[spoiler:she refuses to let an innocent man rot in jail, and threatened to arrest Larry Rochester for allowing his own father to take the fall for his crime. She gets murdered for it.]]
* MarriedToTheJob: She doesn't seem to have a life outside her career and everything she does is done in order to advance her social standing. She has a husband, but their marriage is on the rocks because Sandra values her work more than her family, and ditched her 20th Marriage Anniversary to attend a work-related party.

!!Seamus O'Neill
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An unlucky Irish immigrant who finds himself in the middle of many of the Flying Squad's investigations.
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* ButtMonkey: Up until [[spoiler:his murder,]] Seamus's life seem to be made up one misfortune after another.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: While Seamus isn't evil, he was a wanted criminal due to [[spoiler:his AccidentalMurder of Vittorio Capecchi, and being appointed leader of the Irish gang. Later, right after revealing that he and Giulietta were dismantling the gangs from the inside, he is murdered.]]
* StarCrossedLovers: With Giulietta Capecchi. [[spoiler:He ends up killed by an Irish gang member for being romantically involved with her.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Not only does he get sold into slavery along with other Irish immigrants, he also gets tricked into [[spoiler:releasing the Scarlet Slayer after her arrest.]]

!!Katherine Woolf
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A journalist whom the Concordian Flying Squad occasionally encounters.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: She's in a relationship with a woman, but she's very flirty with men, going beyond simple flirting for a story.
* TheCharmer: She loves to sweet talk.
* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:For most of Capitol Peak, she is incarcerated as a member of the Resistance, and soon after that Lawson declared that there will be a mass public execution. Fortunately Katherine was rescued at the end of the penultimate case.]]
* RelationshipUpgrade: Confirmed in the Wolf Street section that she's dating Evie.
* WhatTheHellHero: Chews out the Flying Squad for not working faster on the Scarlet Slayer prostitute slayings.

!!Vittorio Capecchi
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The leader of the Italian mob
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* ArcVillain: Despite having a recuring role, he gets more proeminent during the ''Coyote Gorge'' arc.
* AffablyEvil: He is beyond civil and welcoming to the Flying Squad. But he is an Italian mobster, and a ruthless one at that.
* BaldOfEvil: He always wears a straw boater, so it's hard to see. But when you see [[spoiler:his corpse]], he's got male pattern baldness.
* DatingCatwoman: Had a mutual affair with Fiona Flanagan, the female half of the head of the Irish mob. Of course, at the time, they weren't really enemies, although Vittorio's mother never approved of the relationship.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's a ruthless mob leader, but he genuinely adores his two daughters, and even [[PapaWolf charged into a burning house to save one of them from a fire]].

!!Giulietta Capecchi
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The eldest of Vittorio's two daughters, Guiletta crosses paths with the Flying Squad on numerous occasions.
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* AbusiveParents: Averted with her father. He might be a gangster, but he deeply loves his daughter. Her mother on the other hand... [[spoiler: would go as far as ''killing'' her own daughter for betraying the Italian gang]].
* ButtMonkey: Throughout the season, she has had to put up with a ''lot'' of crap.
* DaddysLittleVillain: Sometimes. She's keen on taking over the mobster life [[spoiler:after her father dies, but she decides against it.]]
& MeaningfulName: In English, her name translates to [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet]].
* RebelLeader: [[spoiler:The head of the Resistance against Lawson's regime.]]
* SelfHarm: [[spoiler: In case 36, the team finds a bloody knife in her bag and when they confront her again, she's wrapped her arms in bandages, implying this trope.]]
* StarCrossedLovers: With [[spoiler:Seamus]]. She's a bit {{Tsundere}} about the whole thing, as her mood fluctuates.

!!Honorable Dora Umbright
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The judge of the Concordian courthouse in the Capitol Peak arc [[spoiler:following the murder of Judge Takakura]]
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* CoDragons: To Justin Lawson with Inspector Jaubert.
* {{Expy}}: Her name, appearance, and personality are based on [[Literature/HarryPotter Dolores Umbridge]].
* HangingJudge: Sentenced Adelia Baldwin to 15 years in prison while ignoring her [[SympatheticMurderer sympathetic motive to commit murder]].
* WouldntHurtAChild: She had no problem holding Maddie's baby hostage in order to weaken the Flying Squad but didn't show to cause any harm to him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Rochester Family]]
!!Horatio Rochester
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The patriarch of the Rochester family, and is one of the most influential man in Concordia.
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* ArcVillain: Forms one with his nephew Malcolm Rochester [[spoiler:and the commissioner Thaddeus Mulroney]] during the ''Ivory Hill'' arc.
* CainAndAbel: He resents the fact that his younger brother, Leopold, is so greatly loved by the people of Concordia, while he himself is always painted as the bad guy.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: As the patriarch of the richest family in town, Horatio runs a couple of businesses, and he's willing to use the mafia to secure the best business deals for himself.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He proclaims himself TheManBehindTheMan throughout the gang war between the Irish and Italians from the start of the Sinner's End saga to the end of Crimson Banks.

!!Leopold Rochester
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Dubbed as the father of innovation by Concordia, Leopold Rochester is the host of the World Exhibition for scientists and inventors in the Century Mile district. He is the younger brother of Horatio.
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* CainAndAbel: Leo is a gentle and kindly man who only wants the best for Condcordia, and is willing to betray his family when their influence threaten to harm the common people. His brother Horatio is a CorruptCorporateExecutive who is willing to dirty his hands with bribery and murder to ensure that his family could seize power over the city.
* SheepInSheepsClothing: Leopold's good-hearted persona is called into question when he publicly endorsed a shady telephone company, which many people invested into. When the [[spoiler:company turned out to be fake/non-existent]], many people assumed that he's just as corrupt as the rest of his family, after all. But, his name is eventually cleared when it is revealed that he has nothing to do with the scam. [[spoiler:Larry was the one who came up with the fake company scheme, and lied to his father about it. Lepold endorsed the company because he trusted his son. He was genuinely surprised when the player told him about the scam, but willingly took the fall to protect Larry from arrest.]]
* WhiteSheep: The Rochesters are a family of entitled and corrupt politicians and/or businessmen who thinks that their money allows them to do whatever they want, and [[spoiler:attempts to use their influence to take over Concordia]]. However, Leopold has been consistently described as a gentle soul who is very unlike the rest of his family. He disagrees with his family's plans and even helped the Flying Squad [[spoiler:remove Malcolm Rochester from the Senator's office]].

!!Archie Rochester/[[spoiler:Mr. Alastor]]
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One of the first members of the esteemed Rochester family that the Player Character encounters, Archie was first introduced as a shy and sickly young man. Despite his seeming frailness, he is much more devious than he appears.
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* ArcVillain: For the ''Elysium Fields'' arc.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: A mastermind of multiple murders who then ends up getting murdered in Case 51.]]
* BrattyHalfPint: He's short and a real prick.
* TheEvilGenius: Graduate with honors from Switzerland.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:His ultimate fate, courtesy of a lobbyist]].
* HateSink: Aside from being a perpetual {{Jerkass}}, he shows no redeeming qualities, and his crimes are motivated by petty reasons, such as [[spoiler:masterminding six murders in Elysium Fields just to win Giulietta's heart, which thankfully failed]].
* StarCrossedLovers: Subverted. He believes his of himself and Giulietta, but given that he [[spoiler:had her sister killed]], she wants nothing to do with him.

!!Larry Rochester
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A lazy, entitled layabout who loves to party and get drunk. He is the son of Leopold Rochester.
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* ArcVillain: For the ''Wolf Street'' arc.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Downplayed. Larry is an unemployed drunk who apparently throws a fit when Deputy Mayor Sandra Hwang tried to offer him a job, and even defaced Sandra's portrait in response. By contrast, his brother is an innovative businessman who can at least make his own living instead of just resting on his family's wealth. However, Rockley is eccentric and can be just as irresponsible as Larry when it comes to spending money.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He may be a useless moocher most of the time, but he is actually devious enough to [[spoiler:fool the entire nation of Concordia into investing for a fake company, and manipulated his own father to take the fall. Then he murdered the Deputy Mayor when she tried to stand against his evil schemes]].

!!Malcolm Rochester
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The senator of Concordia, the father of Archie.
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* AbusiveParents: He beats Archie with a belt as a form of discipline.
* ArcVillain: Forms one with his uncle Horatio Rochester [[spoiler:and the commissioner Thaddeus Mulroney]] during the ''Ivory Hill'' arc.
* HookersAndBlow: What he gets up to in his free time.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Thanks to you bribing Commissioner Mulroney into letting Eleanor Halstead out to kill Justin Lawson, you brought back his distrust of the Concordian Police. Thanks to HER killing Mayor Castletown you made a power vacuum that Lawson filled and then used to seize power under Martial Law.

!!Bernadine Rochester
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The woman of Chief Wright's affections, and the sister of Malcolm.
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* OfficialCouple: She and Chief Wright end up dating.
* RichesToRags: After the downfall of the Rochesters, she becomes a vagrant, forced into hiding from Lawson's regime.
* WhiteSheep: Unlike most of her family, while she can be a bit haughty, she's actually quite a decent person, and her feelings for Chief Wright are genuine. [[spoiler:In fact, she refused to use her relationship with Wright to spy on the Squad, even under threat of being sent to the asylum.]]

!!Rockley Rochester
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An eccentric innovator who owns a successful confectionery business in Elysium Fields, the venue of which was used for one of Mr. Alastor's parties. He is the eldest son of Leopold and the older brother of Larry.
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* {{Expy}}: With his brightly coloured suit, top-hat, eccentric personality, and his ownership of a confectionery company. Rockley is definitely based on [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka]].
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Downplayed. Rockley is a successful businessman and [[spoiler:briefly took on his late cousin's position as a banker]], and is definitely the more dutiful brother compared to his drunken layabout brother, Larry. However, Rockley can be reckless in spending his money, and his father considers him quite irresponsible with finances nonetheless.
* GeniusDitz: He's eccentric, but he is college-educated and runs the bank fairly well, if not as good as his cousin.
* WhiteSheep: He's nothing but friendly, and in fact, enthusiastically carries on his father's dream of sponsoring inventors.

!!Veronica Rochester
Archie's mother and Malcolm's husband.
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!!Clarissa Rochester
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The former head of the Concordian bank, Clarissa is Horatio's daughter.
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* LipstickLesbian: Very feminine, and involved with her maid, Francine. [[spoiler:That's what gets her killed.]]
* NonIdleRich: Unlike Larry or the other Concordians, Clarissa believes in hard work.
* PowerHair: Not to the extent of Karen Knight, but short hair and a powerful woman who knows how to make money.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Combined with PlotTriggeringDeath, her murder was the first in a chain of events that led Wolf Street into a financial crisis.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: She's introduced as a murder victim.

!!Patricia Rochester
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Horatio's wife, committed to an insane asylum.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: After all, she ''is'' in an insane asylum. [[spoiler:However, she only started to lose her mind after being committed.]]
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Sylvia May ends up killing her after she exposes the Devil to the player to avoid being exposed as his accomplice. Her death serves to demonstrate the lengths that the Devil and Sylvia would go to in their dealings, as Patricia was in no way as evil as the other Rochesters as far as is visible, and is entirely harmless considering she is insane and locked up in the asylum.]]
* TheParanoiac: She is very paranoid, and even believes that there is a conspiracy going on against her, [[spoiler:which led to her attempting to sedate Sylvia May when she refused to believe her]].

!![[spoiler: Viola Pemberton]]
-->[[spoiler:See ''Concordian Flying Squad'' folder]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Concordian Police Department]]
!!Talmadge Baldwin
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The Commissioner of the Concordian Police Department. He has the unfortunate habit of being in the wrong time and place during murder investigations, and is a frequent suspect throughout the cases in Season 4.
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* AbusiveParents: Wanted to send his daughter to an institution for fallen women when he found out she was pregnant with her dead fiancé's baby.
* [[spoiler:BackForTheDead: After over a dozen cases of being completely absent, he ends up murdered in Case 33.]]
* BigGood: Zigzagged. As the Commissioner of the Police Force, he plays a role in the founding of the Flying Squad, and he expresses his support to their mission to root out the InternalAffairs within the law enforcement department. However, he himself has been suspected for murder a number of times. [[spoiler:He ultimately plays this straight by proving to never be in the killer in any of the cases.]]
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He does ''not'' appreciate being treated as a suspect, largely due to the fact that he vastly outranks the Player Character.
* TongueTrauma: [[spoiler: His tongue gets cut off in the same case where he's murdered.]]

!!Edward Whimple
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The evidence clerk of the Concordian Police Department.
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* [[spoiler:ArcVillain: For the ''New Haven'' arc.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He's just a low-ranking, and often overlooked, evidence clerk in the CPD. [[spoiler:Then, it is revealed that he is the one behind the Irish immigrant exploitation scheme, and masterminded the fire in order to hide the evidence.]]

!!Eleanor Halsted
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The Chief Inspector of the Concordian Police Department.
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* DirtyCop: Like so many on the force, she neglects her duty to uphold justice and accepts bribes for her own benefit. [[spoiler: After she was arrested for the murder of Celine Georges, the player discovers that she has been working for the Irish Gang.]]
* HiredGuns: She was hired by [[spoiler:[[EvilGenius Stanley Spark]] to sabotage many of the best World Fair Exhibition entries so that the latter could win, and ended up murdering Celine Georges to cover up this scheme]]. She is later hired [[spoiler:to kill Justin Lawson and is released from prison to do so, but fails and kills Mayor Castletown instead]].
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: She was bad enough to not just be corrupt and murderous, but [[spoiler: failing to murder Justin and succeeding in murdering Mayor Castletown]] put the wounded and disillusioned Deputy Mayor Justin Lawson into the right spot to seize power because of not just the attempt on his life but the recent murder of his predecessor. She gave him the final reason for him to make sure the TyrantTakesTheHelm.

!!Constable Ramirez
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A member of the Concordian Police Department who often gets into trouble while occasionally helping the Concordian Flying Squad.
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* {{Expy}}: Of Eduardo Ramirez from Grimsborough. They share the same last name, look similar to each other, are the [[ButtMonkey butt monkeys]] of their respective seasons, and have an affinity with the frying pan. The difference is that Constable Ramirez got hit by a frying pan instead of using it as a weapon. They're later confirmed to be related during ''The Conspiracy''.
* OnlySaneMan: One of a few members of the Concordian Police Department who wasn't a DirtyCop.

!!Thaddeus Mulroney
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The Commissioner of the Concordian Police Department since [[spoiler:Commissioner Baldwin's murder in Case 33]].
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* [[spoiler:ArcVillain: Forms one with Malcolm Rochester and Horatio Rochester during the ''Ivory Hill'' arc.]]
* SketchySuccessor: While Talmadge Baldwin was at least a ReasonableAuthorityFigure despite his flaws and mistreatment of his daughter, Thaddeus [[spoiler:teamed up with the Rochesters in helping them rise to power by releasing Eleanor Halsted from prison and ordering her to assassinate Cornelius Castletown and Justin Lawson. She succeeded in killing the former.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:New Grimsborough PD in ''The Conspiracy'']]
!!David Jones
-->See ''Grimsborough PD'' folder

!!Eduardo Ramirez
-->See ''Grimsborough PD'' folder

!!Cathy Turner
-->See ''Recurring Characters in Grimsborough'' folder

!!Diane Parker
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The chief of the Grimsborough PD, she is the player's, Jones', and Hayes' direct supervisor.
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* BlackBossLady: She's black and the chief of police.
* DaChief
* HappilyMarried: To historian and former archaeology professor Ray Parker.

!!Gloria Hayes
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The player's other partner along with Jones, Gloria is a former Chicago detective, who is starting out in Grimsborough in order to be closer to her son.
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* AmicableExes: Despite being divorced, Jake Hayes and herself are on friendly terms as shown in Case 41. [[spoiler:Exploited by Ad Astra when they kidnap Jake and Carter to divert the Grimsborough PD's attention from their prison break to rescuing them.]]
* DamselInDistress: She was kidnapped by the [[SerialKiller Rocket Cow Killer]] in Case 6.
* MamaBear: Shown in spades in Case 22 when her son and Olive Powell go missing. Luckily they turn out to be fine, goofing around in Marcus Butler's studio.
* GoodParents: She's trying to be one. During her first meeting with the player, she reasons they can get to know each other while they go help get a gift for her son's upcoming birthday.

!!Gabriel Herrera
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The profiler of the team, Gabe studied in Italy before joining the Grimsborough PD.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Every time [[spoiler:Julian Ramis]] makes an appearance, Gabriel goes out of his way to care for him, as he's had a rough life and untreated depression. He even manages to [[spoiler:convince the Dean of Grimsborough University to give Julian a chance at a better future]].
** He also shows this towards Amir, particularly when [[spoiler:Rupert is murdered and Jasper had been hiding things from the PD, leaving Amir devastated.]]
* TheMole: In the Old Town, Gabriel poses as a member of The Higher Truth to infiltrate the cult and tell the Grimsborough PD what they're up to.
* NiceGuy: The team really is fond of Gabe's open-minded and loving nature.
* TheProfiler: His role in the Grimsborough PD.

!!Martine Meunier
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The coroner of the team, Martine is a former model from France.
----
* AllWomenAreLustful: She loves the male form.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: While she's usually very friendly, one of her appearances has her having a bitter argument with another French man over wine.
* FindTheCure: In Case 28, [[spoiler:Martine is put in critical condition after being bitten by a Demon Fish, which pressures Rupert to find an antidote to the venom quickly.]]
* GratuitousFrench: Occasionally slips into this from time to time. Justified in the sense that she's actually French and that most of it is grammatically correct. Bonus points for the fact that Pretty Simple is actually French.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: She and Rita are shown to be very good friends.
* NightmareFetishist: Whether it's dead bodies or horror movies, Martine is fascinated by the macabre. Her tattoo even means "death is nothing".

!!Rita Estevez
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The ballistics and weapons expert of the team.
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* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Decides to take Amir's enhanced serum to stop the super human army, knowing full well that she will die shortly after.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Martine, to the point where Rita threatens to set a river on fire if something happens to her.
* [[spoiler: PowerDyesYourHair: Her hair turns blue after the taking the human enhancement serum.]]
* PreciousPuppy: In Case 26, she adopts a Doberman puppy, Hector.
* SheCleansUpNicely: In Case 4, she wears a white and pink dress, lipstick, red hairband, and heart brooch during her date with her boyfriend Marcus Cannon.
* SleevesAreForWimps: Wears a tank top and is the toughest-looking member of the PD.
* SpicyLatina: Hispanic, tough, wears a tank top, and feisty when the situation calls for it.
* [[spoiler: VasquezAlwaysDies: She ends up performing a HeroicSacrifice during the OnceASeason TonightSomeoneDies climax.]]

!!Rupert Winchester
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The lab tech of the team, Rupert is a British national.
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* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: He gets unexpectedly killed off in Case 32. And to make it more jarring, it happens only in the second case of that particular district rather than the finale.]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With his lab intern, Amir Devani.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: He gets killed in Case 32.]]
* RamblingOldManMonologue: Has a tendency to go on one on these at times.
* SpotOfTea: Rupert loves a good cup of tea, even trying to get the PD to switch from coffee when he first arrived.
* WhatTheHellHero: He gets this in Case 18 after he attended Dreamlife's tech convention (where a murder just occurred) without telling anyone, right after the team began to grow concerned for his addiction to the virtual reality game they were promoting.

!!Amir Devani
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A lab intern for the team, working with lead lab tech Rupert Winchester.
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* DrowningMySorrows: He gets drunk in Case 32 after [[spoiler:Rupert is killed and Jasper is suspected of his murder.]]
* HeroicBSOD: He takes [[spoiler:Rupert's murder]] the hardest out of the entire team.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Rupert Winchester.
* TwoferTokenMinority: He's gay and has been assumed to be Indian-American.
* YouAreInCommandNow: He becomes Lab Chief upon [[spoiler:Rupert Winchester's death]].

!!Mia Loukas
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A beat cop in the Grimsborough PD, Mia patrols the general area the player's investigating and gives new leads.
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* [[spoiler:AccidentalMurder: The car bombing she's killed in wasn't intended to kill her, but rather the player. And to make it worse, it was ''her boyfriend'' who made the bomb.]]
* BornDetective: Managed to solve a missing persons case as a child by finding a hairclip on a barn. Although she's not a detective, she plays a role in finding hidden crime scenes or plots to the police.
* DaddysGirl: Implied to have been very close to her sheriff father as a child, who influenced her to become a police officer. Although their first appearance consists of them arguing, they eventually manage to reconcile. [[spoiler:Which makes his death much worse.]]
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Her father is not very fond of her long-distance boyfriend Brock.
* [[spoiler:ExternalCombustion: At the end of Spring Fields, she's killed this way. Doubles as an AccidentalMurder; the bomb was intended for the player.]]
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:She breaks down when her father is killed, and more so when the killer blames the victim for ruining his life, to the point she runs away and hides in a church.]]
* MsExposition: Mia mostly appears to inform the player of a murder, give them new leads on a case or report relevant events. It's not until Spring Fields where she gets a prominent appearance.
* SpannerInTheWorks: A tragic example. [[spoiler:Ad Astra had rigged the player's car with a bomb, and it was supposed to go off as soon as the ignition was turned on. They didn't expect Mia to be the one to activate it, killing her and leaving the player alive to investigate both her murder and Ad Astra's plans.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Poor Mia has to face having an argument with her father in the first case of Spring Fields, then him being killed and berated by his murdered, and then [[ExternalCombustion blown to death]], by her ''boyfriend'', no less. And to make it worse, all of this happens in just the span of ''six cases''.]]
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe: Downplayed. She's introduced early in Maple Heights, but doesn't get enough prominence until two arcs later in Spring Fields, and then she's killed at the end of the latter arc. And even then, she doesn't get too much development.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Recurring Characters in ''The Conspiracy'']]
!!Judge Judith Powell
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The presiding judge of Grimsborough's courthouse in Season 5.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Normally a calm, reasonable woman, Judge Powell ends up ''furious'' with her daughter in Case 22 for [[spoiler:making threats to the victim, and getting flagged as a suspect.]] Jones remarks that he would never want to be on her bad side.
* GoodParents: Judge Powell mentions having a teenage daughter, and while she loves her, is willing to let her face the consequences if she acts out of line.
* LastNameBasis: Her full name is actually never mentioned in-game. [[AllThereInTheManual The developers later revealed in a Q&A it's actually Judith.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She makes strong arguments for why murder is never justified whenever she's on screen.

!!Carter Hayes
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Gloria's teenage son who attends Fairview High.
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: He is surprisingly smart and insightful for a 12-year-old, and is able to help the team find clues in a murder investigation as well as devise a plan to [[spoiler:trap the Rocket Cow Killer, which ends up succeeding.]]
* HarmfultoMinors: [[spoiler: In the Additional Investigation of Case 54, he is kidnapped along with his father, who in Case 55, he sees his dad get ''shot and killed right in front of him.'']]

!!Izzy Ramsay
A ConspiracyTheorist the team encounters numerous times throughout the season.
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* BrokenPedestal: She views Savannah Blake as this after she discovers [[spoiler:[[{{Embezzlement}} she was misappropriating charity money for earthquake victims for her offshore bank account]].]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Is she ever.
** TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight: And in almost all of her appearances, [[{{Foreshadowing}} she's correct about everything]], including [[spoiler:the Rocket Cow Killer's MO and Dreamlife's true plans.]]
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: [[spoiler:In the final case, she sides with the neohumans as the saviors of Grimsborough due to the mayor being corrupt and the dome being part of a conspiracy, blissfully unaware that the neohumans were part of the conspiracy.]]
* LuddWasRight: Against electricity and mobile phones because [[InsaneTrollLogic according to her, they cause cancer]]. [[HypocriticalHumor Yet she still plays the electric guitar.]]
* MysteriousParent: In her first appearance, the victim turns out to be her father, despite trying to claim he died in the 1960s. [[OutOfCharacterMoment She doesn't refute this and is simply left in shock.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: In her case, it's bright pink dreadlocks. [[AndYourRewardIsClothes You receive them as a gift after your third encounter with her.]]

!!The Rocket Cow Killer ([[spoiler:Rosamund Wilcox]])
The first serial killer in ''The Conspiracy'', who targeted parents at Fairview High.
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* ArcVillain: For the ''Fairview'' arc.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:She's the seemingly kind and caring principal of Fairview High, Rosamund Wilcox.]]
* [[spoiler: DistaffCounterpart]]: Of The Puppeteer from Pacific Bay. Both [[SerialKiller serial killers]] targeted "abusive parents" (meaning ''any'' parent who had an argument with their child), and believed that they're doing those children a huge favor when they're actually ruining their lives. [[spoiler: Both also appear as suspects alongside one of their victims' children.]]
* TheBusCameBack: She returns in Case 52 as a suspect.
* FreudianExcuse: Suffered at the hands of AbusiveParents at a young age, though Judge Powell doesn't think it justifies [[spoiler:her]] actions at all.
* KickTheDog: When she appears again in Case 52, [[spoiler:she reveals that she had tormented fellow psychiatric patient Zoe Kusama with death threats to spite the Grimsborough PD, and even plotted to kill her at some point. This is in spite of Zoe having done nothing to wrong her.]]
* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler:She killed any parent who merely argued with their child, deeming them abusive and swearing to protect their children from the "abuse."]]

!!Meera Kat
A part-time artist, full-time brat who uses the havoc that the earthquake in Money Mile had wrecked to inspire her artwork.
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* ArcVillain: For the ''Money Mile'' arc.
* AssholeVictim: Meera’s defining personality traits are "selfish" and "callous".
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: [[spoiler: Heavily implied to have killed and made literal artwork of her childhood cat Florence.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: Oh so much so. She has no regard for the earthquake victims, using the disaster to further her career and even disregarded [[spoiler: Ruby Armstrong's pleas for help, leaving her in the rubble whilst taking photographs of the disaster.]]
* MadArtist: The depraved depths Meera would go to put her art out there is inexhaustible.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: She's literally bailed out of jail by her fans after her "stunt" stealing artwork.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her turquoise hair is part of her trademark.

!!Zoe Kusama
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A social worker who vanished six months before the events of The Conspiracy. She's also David's girlfriend.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: [[spoiler:Poor Zoe was not treated well at the psychiatric hospital she stayed in, with Kai Gruber accusing her of being Rozetta's accomplice, another patient tormenting her for laughs, an orderly accusing her of being a cold-blooded murderer and a therapist tried to force her to take sedatives against her will.]]
* BigDamnKiss: With Jones in Case 18 [[spoiler: when she regains her memory of him]]
* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:It's discovered posthumously that prolonged testing with Berzelium ended up giving her telekinetic powers.]]
* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: A giant one. Despite her testimony against Dreamlife being completely true, she's sent for a psychiatric evaluation and ultimately sent to a psychiatric hospital. And then she's killed just 18 cases later.]]
* [[spoiler: DeathByIrony: She is killed by having her head bashed in, the same way she had killed Ernesto Vega. To add to the irony, her murder was also accidental, though the killer's actions are far less sympathetic than hers.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:In Case 34, she remembers why she disappeared when she sees Dr. Ernesto Vega, and confronts him about the experiments he'd done on her and other people. When he laughs at her and says that no one will believe her stories, she kills him in a fit of rage.]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: When the player finds her, she has no memory of what happened to her or her relationship with David. [[spoiler: Thankfully, she regains her memory of David in Case 18.]]
* MindOverMatter: [[spoiler: Unintentionally; prolonged testing and exposure to Berzelium gave her slight telekinetic abilities. Unfortunately, we only discover she had them posthumously.]]
* [[spoiler: SympatheticMurderer: Given the circumstances of her crime, she was understandably sent to a psych ward.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: ''Everything'' involving Zoe is directly linked with the season's main plot, from [[spoiler:her disappearance, ties to the dome, murder of Ernesto Vega and eventual death.]]

!!Jasper Everett
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Amir's boyfriend, an astrophysicist who helps out the Grimsborough PD on occasion.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: At the end of ''The Conspiracy'', he and Amir get married.
* GuestStarPartyMember: When the team needs help analyzing anything involving astronomy or astrophysics, Jasper is shown doing the analysis like the regular team members.
* UndyingLoyalty: Towards Amir. [[spoiler:In fact, it's the reason Dreamlife refuses to hire him.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: During Case 32, Jasper is flagged as a suspect due to [[spoiler:having met up with Rupert while he was disguised in the dome]] and going for a job interview with Dreamlife, who had been responsible for [[spoiler:Rupert's death]]. Amir does ''not'' take this well, and Jones calls out Jasper for keeping secrets from both the Grimsborough PD and his boyfriend.

!!Ray Parker
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Chief Parker's husband, a historian and former archaeology professor.
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* TheBore: The victim in Case 19 literally lodged a complaint calling Ray as such, which lead to a crisis of confidence and his resignation from the university. Case 21 plays this straight when Jones falls asleep during his speech.
* HappilyMarried: To Chief Diane Parker.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Against Martha Price [[spoiler: before she is murdered]]. Both give as good as they get.

!!Julian Ramis
A teenager who first encounters the player character when he was 12, due to [[spoiler:accidentally killing his best friend.]]
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* [[spoiler:AccidentalMurder: He is revealed to be Freddy Stewart's killer in Case 18 of the first season, since the rusty bow he was holding fired on its own and into Freddy's face.]]
* {{Expy}}: His Season 5 appearance is very similar to that of [[Series/{{Riverdale}} Jughead Jones]].
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Averted. He's 12 the first time we meet him, 17 the second time, and 18 the last time.
* TraumaCongaLine: Throughout Seasons 1 and 5 Julian has to put up with a lot of crap, including [[spoiler:killing his friend by accident, being shunned for years because of that incident, having his father murdered by the Rocket Cow Killer, and nearly getting rejected from college.]] Even aside from all that, Julian's life seems to be quite miserable in general.
* WhenHeSmiles: Julian is never seen smiling, except when [[spoiler:Gabriel and the player help him get into Grimsborough University.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Temporal Crimes Division]]
!!Jack Archer
-->See ''The Bureau'' folder

!!Amy Young
-->See ''The Pacific Bay PD'' folder

!!Marina Romanova
-->See ''The Bureau'' folder

!!Christoper Scott
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The agency chief of T.I.ME. who oversees the Temporal Crimes Division's activities.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Although he got a teaser similar to every other member of the team, he only physically appears thrice in the season - In both the first and final case, [[spoiler:and as the first victim of the Altered Present]].
* [[spoiler:AllOfTheOtherReindeer: During his murder case. [[TheCassandra Receiving the team's letter from 1969 convinced him that something was wrong with the timeline]], alienating his brother and causing his landlord to spy on him. He was then fired from his job for trying to research particle physics, leaving his assistant homeless. And to top it all off, his landlord was hired by the leaders to assassinate him for his subversiveness.]]
* BackFromTheDead: When they return to the correct present, he is shown to be alive and Amy reports the mission results.
** Also revealed that despite being stuck in time for so long, it was just for one day in the present.
* TheCassandra: [[spoiler:During his murder investigation in the Altered Present, it is discovered that Scott knowing something was wrong with the timeline caused him to become a wanted subversive and get fired from his job.]]
* DaChief: [[spoiler:Before the timeline is altered, at least.]]
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Amy sees Scott as a mentor, as shown when she quotes him several times throughout the season. She actually bursts into tears upon seeing his dead body.]]
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe: Ends up being the first victim when the team returned to the present.]]

!!Zara Tien
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The player's other partner along with Jack. Zara is a junior detective from a rough upbringing, whose constant trouble got her interested in police work.
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* BodyHorror: In Case 23, her skin starts turning blue and scaly as a result of touching Blackbeard's treasure.
* BoyishShortHair
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: When Janis worries about her grandkids, Zara responds by saying she wishes she had a family.
* EatTheRich: Zara casually mentions her hatred of talking to royal suspects and occasionally jokes about Theo's wealthy family. Apparently she nearly failed at talking to royals during her qualification test.
* DudeMagnet: Both Kai and Theo have an obvious crush on her.
** [[spoiler: She eventually has a potential threesome with both men.]]
* FormerTeenRebel: As mentioned in her backstory.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Zara cannot handle animals suffering.
** She gets annoyed at Solon in Case 4 for binding three puppies together and tells him to release them.
** During Case 23, she goes out of her way to save a trapped piglet.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Upon becoming blue and scaly thanks to touching Blackbeard's treasure, she immediately starts to break down and get too reckless with trying to find a cure. She eventually gives up and tries to accept her fate. Thankfully the crew manages to find a cure.
* {{Polyamory}}: Zara's love life fits this trope as she is in a relationship with both Kai and Theo.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Her default outfit and hair color indicate her status as a badass.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The girl to Theodore and Kai's two guys
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her hair is dyed silver with violet streaks at the tip. Oddly enough, no suspect from the past seems to question how out of place this looks.
* WhatTheHellHero: Her reckless actions trying find a cure in Case 24, such as waking up the voodoo priestess in her trance and [[WouldHurtAChild getting into a physical alteration with the 17 year old victim]], causes her to become a suspect in the murder investigation.
* WouldHurtAChild: During Case 24, she got mad and hit the victim, who was only 17. She immediately regrets it later on and tried to apologize to him.

!!Janis Rivers
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The coroner of the Temporal Crimes Division.
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* CoolOldLady: At 73, Janis is the oldest coroner and team member, beating Rupert and Dupont from previous seasons and rivaling Chief King.
* DotingGrandparent: She gets on well with her unseen grandchildren and gets concerned about them when stranded in time. [[spoiler:She even tries searching for their records in New Cairo, to no avail.]]
* FlowerInHerHair: She has 3 little flowers to the side of her hair.
* FormerTeenRebel: Her 13 year old hippie self from Case 6 counts, especially when she gives Jack and the player brownies laced with marijuana. She had also intended to run away from home after Woodstock until a future vision of herself convinced her to go to medical school instead. The future Janis does this during the case's [=AI=] to prevent the timeline from being altered.
* MyFutureSelfAndMe: As mentioned above, Janis does this to prevent her 13 year old self from running away from home and to prevent alterations to the timeline.
* TheStoner: Downplayed. Janis mentions smoking marijuana, and her 13 year old self attempts to make Jack and the player eat marijuana-filled brownies, but she isn't actually seen stoned.

!!Theodore Moon
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The lab chief of the Temporal Crimes Division.
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* AgentScully: When Zara turns blue and scaly as a result of touching Blackbeard's treasure, he dismisses the idea of it being a curse, instead trying to find a scientific explanation for her skin changing. He turns out to be correct.
* CockFight: He and Kai are competing against each other over Zara.
* CompanionCube: Has one in the form of Astro, a small flying robot.
* [[spoiler:FadingAway: Inexplicably begins to happen to him in the AI of Case 29. It's revealed that the cause for it is Princess Torgoljin falling for Santiago Sanchez, which would have completely changed Torgoljin's family tree had Sanchez not been murdered. Penelope averts this by managing to get Torgoljin into a relationship with her correct lover, thus reverting Theo back to normal.]]
* FamousAncestor: During the first case of Medieval Asia, we learn he that he is the descendant of Ogedei Khan.
* HiddenDepths: He is good at sailing, which comes in handy during the Age of Sail.
* NonIdleRich: Although Theo often brags about his wealth to a ridiculous degree, he is still a competent analyzer.
* RichesToRags: [[spoiler:In the altered timeline, his family is no longer rich and runs a small bakery.]]
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: He and Kai are the two guys to Zara's girl.

!!Kai Malano
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The tech expert of the Temporal Crimes Division.
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* AgentScully: He doesn't believe in curses, even after seeing Zara turn blue.
-->'''Jack''': Do you think the treasure could be... cursed?
-->'''Kai''': Oh come on Jack. There's no such thing as curses!
* BewareTheNiceOnes: In case 16, Kai manages to choke [[spoiler:the killer]] into unconsciousness before he could turn Amy and the player in.
* BigDamnHeroes: During Case 25, Kai manages to put out a fire before it can burn Jack and the Player after Jack is unable to extinguish it.
* ButtMonkey: Kai has a ''lot'' of crap to put up with during the season, ranging from his efforts to fix the time machine being constantly sabotaged until the Altered Present, to being sick and [[spoiler:being imprisoned and injured by the Ptolemy guards.]]
* CockFight: He and Theo are competing against each other over Zara.
* TheDeterminator: Kai stops at nothing to get the time machine working again.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: When he went to setup the beacon during the rocket launch, accidentally setting off the alarms. He immediately regretted it and promised to be more careful.
* DistressedDude: [[spoiler:Ends up being locked in jail in the Altered Present during case 20 and faces execution.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Does this in the season finale about what the next season of Criminal Case will be
-->'''Kai''': "Player's Name" is always on the look-out for new adventures. I would'nt be surprised if you decided to [[spoiler:go hunt ghosts and werewolves]] next!
* GeniusBruiser: Kai is very well-built and muscular, in stark contrast to previous seasons' tech experts. It doesn't stop Kai from being just as competent in his field, though.
* NiceGuy: As mentioned in his promo image and also by Zara. He is known to be a gentle person and willing to help if needed.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His appearance is based on Creator/JasonMomoa.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: The tallest member of the Temporal Crimes Division, has dark hair and slightly tanned body and is an attractive male (especially for Zara).
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: He and Theodore are the two guys to Zara's girl.

!!Orlando Ordelaffi
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The historian of the Temporal Crimes Division.
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* BaldOfAwesome: He's bald and is a highly skilled historian and fashionista who designs disguises for his teammates.
* ClassyCane: Often seen holding a cane with a sapphire on the tip.
* TheFashionista: Aside from being a historian, Orlando creates the various disguises the partners and the players wear during their investigations. He also creates Nebet's outfit once he joins the team and [[spoiler:Anne Boleyn's wedding dress]].
* TheGambler: Both him and Janis end up betting away the entire team's savings in Las Vegas during Case 9. It's implied he also has experience with Craps, as he teaches Nebet how to play it in order to win it all back.
* HeroicBSOD: Orlando has two [[spoiler:upon finding out that his deceased husband, Sirius, is not only alive in the Altered Present, but never actually met him. The first time, Penelope takes him out for a drink to cool him down, but the second time, Amy and the player manage to retrieve a letter he intended to send Sirius that explained everything that happened in the actual timeline.]]
* TheLostLenore: He is shown visibly upset the two times he mentions Sirius, his deceased husband. [[spoiler:Naturally, he is much more upset upon meeting an alive, but unmarried version of him in the Altered Present.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He seems to be based on Creator/RuPaul out of drag. To further boost the reference, he exhibits camp mannerisms.
* RagsToRiches: Mentions having been very poor before becoming the TheFashionista he is now.
* SuperDrowningSkills: During the Age of Sail, it's revealed that Orlando can't swim.

!!Penelope Sage
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Orlando's assistant and the secondary assistant of the Temporal Crimes Division.
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* TheBabyOfTheBunch: At the age of 19, she's the youngest member of the Temporal Crimes Division.
* BadassBookworm: Penelope is relatively shy and prefers reading and writing over socializing. That doesn't stop her from being an excellent translator and being part of a time travel group.
* HiddenBadass: In case 16, Penelope managed to knock out a guard before he could stop the team escaping. She reveals she learned that trick from [[spoiler:Alexandre Devereaux.]]
* HyperCompetentSidekick: Downplayed - Orlando mainly focuses on the general history and geography of the time periods in investigations, whereas Penelope's focus is on translating and analyzing literature found in investigations.
* LoveAtFirstSight: During the Renaissance she becomes infatuated with a French musketeer, [[spoiler:to the point of trying to elope with him.]]
* QuirkyCurls: Her hair is curled and dyed pinks at the end, befitting her creative nature.
* TimeTravelRomance: Her relationship with Alexandre Devereaux [[spoiler:before she had to break up with him because of her duties.]]

!!Nebet/[[spoiler:Nefertiti]]
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An Egyptian slave from 76 [=BCE=] encountered during the first case in Ancient Times. [[FishOutOfTemporalWater She later ends up sneaking onto the Temporal Crimes Division's time machine by accident]], [[TimeTravelEscape and without any way of sending her back to her own timezone, she joins the team as a partner]]. [[spoiler:In reality, Nebet is really Princess Nefertiti, the daughter of the Ptolemy Dynasty's rulers, who worked with Ammon Bast to sabotage the original timeline and help distract the team.]]
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* [[spoiler:TheAtoner: Her 60 year old self kills both her younger self and Ammon in the final case, as the guilt of betraying the team and allowing the Ptolemy Dynasty to alter the timeline had boiled over her.]]
* [[spoiler:BackForTheDead: Returns as the victim in the final case of ''Travel In Time''.]]
* [[spoiler: ConnectedAllAlong: Nebet was the one responsible for causing the sabotage that stranded them in the past, enabling her to sneak onboard the ship and preventing them from returning to the present, sending them to the altered timeline instead.]]
* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Immediately captured and potentially held hostage the moment they arrived in the present. Subverted because [[EvilAllAlong the guards were actually escorting her back to her parents' palace]].]]
* [[spoiler:DefiantToTheEnd: Upon her arrest, she orders Amy to pin the blame on Resistance spy Ravi Jabari (who was tempted to kill Ramses XLIII, but decided not to go ahead with it), knowing that her mother would believe her word over theirs. Even when her mother sends her off for labour, she berates the team.]]
* [[spoiler:DidntThinkThisThrough: Nefertiti convinces her mother not to have the team executed immediately and orders Amy and the player to solve her father's murder, including giving the forensics team access to proper equipment. When she's charged as the killer, she tries to convince Amy to frame Ravi so she can pardon them, despite knowing that the team would never throw someone under the bus.]]
* DisappearedDad: Her father's death was how she became a slave. [[spoiler:Subverted upon going to New Cairo, where it's revealed that her parents, Ramses XLIII and Shabaka, are the rulers of the regime.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite having been her slave, Nebet is visibly upset when [[spoiler:Cleopatra is arrested and commits suicide in front of her]].
* [[spoiler:EvilAllAlong: Nebet was never a slave from 37 BCE, but a modern princess known as Nefertiti, and had been the one responsible for causing the sabotage.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilCannotComprehendGood: She fully believes that she'll be able to convince the team to frame Ravi for her father's murder, in exchange for pardoning them. Amy retorts by asking if she'd learned anything from being with them, because they would never throw an innocent person under the bus like that.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilCostumeSwitch: As Nefertiti, her outfit consists of a black strapless dress under an Usekh collar, cuffs, and a sun-shaped tiara. Her turquoise eyeshadow is also bolder and her golden EyeOfHorus marking has been removed.]]
* [[spoiler:FadingAway: In the end of Case 31 after killing her younger self to stop her from altering the future.]]
* [[spoiler:FauxAffablyEvil: Initially appears to be sweet, caring and rather naive, but once she gives up her identity, she's anything but.]]
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Accidentally made her way into the time machine before it was scheduled to go back to the future. As the time machine is unable to be fixed completely and to prevent anachronisms in time, she is allowed to stay on the team.
* {{Foil}}: To Ravi Jabari. [[spoiler:Both are working as TheMole for an organization (Ravi for the Resistance, and Nebet/Nefertiti for the Ptolemy Dynasty), both are good at playing nice with the enemy to maintain their cover, both planned on killing Ramses XLIII at some point, and they both get called out by the team for their actions; however, that's where the similarities end. Ravi turns out to be loyal and trustworthy towards the team and Resistance, refusing to kill the pharaoh after thinking about the consequences, and showing remorse for his actions when he's called out by the team. Nefertiti, on the other hand, goes through with her plan to kill her father under the impression that her plan is foolproof, shows no remorse for anything she's done, even trying to deflect the blame in spite of knowing that the team has no trust in her, nor would they let someone else take the fall.]]
* HiddenBadass:
** In Case 3, she manages to save Jack and the player from a lion by throwing a chunk of meat as a distraction.
** [[spoiler:Nefertiti successfully fooled an experienced team into thinking she was a [[FishOutOfTemporalWater naive slave stuck in time]] while screwing their plans behind their backs. Even [[TheProfiler Marina]] wasn't able to detect anything suspicious about her.]]
* [[spoiler:HeelRealization: After being exiled by her mother, she learned how much of a mistake it was allowing the Ptolemy Dynasty to come into power, which prompted her to go back in time to stop her past self and Ammon from doing so.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: She kills her past self to make sure the timeline never gets altered, causing herself to fade out of existence, but not before she gets a chance to say her goodbye and thanks to the player and Zara.]]
* [[spoiler:LackOfEmpathy: She shows no regret for betraying the team in her second suspect appearance, which Amy chews her out on. Upon being revealed as the killer of her own father, she doesn't even care for him, even trying to get the team to pin the murder on a Resistance spy.]]
* [[spoiler:ManipulativeBastard: While Ammon Bast sabotaged the timeline in order to send the Temporal Crimes Division to the Altered Present, Nefertiti faked being a FishOutOfTemporalWater and gained the teams trust so she could watch over the team and disrupt their travels through time.]]
* MeaningfulName: Her real name, [[spoiler:Nefertiti]], is inspired by the Egyptian pharoah of the same name. This is fitting with her being part of [[spoiler:the Ptolemy Dynasty's royal family.]]
* [[spoiler:MyFutureSelfAndMe: She goes back in time after being exiled by her mother to stop her younger self and Ammon from altering in the timeline in the first place. When none of them listened, she resorts to killing them.]]
* [[spoiler:{{Patricide}}: Turns out to be the murderer of her own father, Ramses XLIII, in Case 20.]]
* RagsToRiches: [[spoiler:She and her family used to be poor before they altered the timeline to be as rich and powerful as they are now.]]
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath: Her immense guilt over betraying the Temporal Crimes Division and allowing the Ptolemy Dynasty to come into power leads to her future self killing her past self. As she [[FadingAway fades away from existence]], she apologies to Zara and the player and thanks them.]]
* [[spoiler:RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Banished from the palace and sent to hard labour at the end of Case 20 or murdering her own father. Ironically it was the very team she betrayed earlier that caught her out earlier.]]
* SheCleansUpNicely: Starting in TheSixties, Nebet now has Egyptian-styled makeup around her eyes and wears a turquoise jacket in place of the plain kashiri she wore in Ancient Times.
* ShipperOnDeck: When Penelope asks Nebet about Alexandre Devereaux, she tells her he's a perfect match for her
** She also encourages Theo to talk to Zara about how he feels about her [[spoiler:after making a bet with Jack that he would talk to her]].
* [[spoiler:TheSociopath: A rather disturbing example. As Nebet, she is charming, innocuous, and helpful which she uses to lower Amy's suspicion of her so she can join the team. After the team is arrested, she is anything but - She shows no remorse for betraying them despite what they have done for her. She kills her own father when he attempts to reduce her power and hires the team to solve his murder, believing that she has the ability to convince them to frame an innocent man for her doings.]]
* SupremeChef: She helps cook for the team when they are stranded in time. She also has knowledge regarding herbs and ingredients.
* [[spoiler:ReassignedToAntarctica: After being charged for killing her father, her mother sentences her to forced labour on a volcanic island to teach her humility.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Nebet is revealed to have never been a slave from 37 BCE, but a modern princess known as Nefertiti.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:After the Altered Present, it's hard to talk about Nebet without mentioning that she's this season's traitor and secondary BigBad, the killer of her own father, ''and'' her 60 year old self being the final killer of the season.]]
* [[spoiler:WoundedGazelleGambit: She faints inside a sarcophagus to avoid being buried with Julius Caesar and manages to persuade the team into burying Caesar without her, which gives her the opportunity to sneak onto the time machine and mess around with the team.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Downplayed. She has a single golden streak in her otherwise brown hair.
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[[folder: Major Regional Characters in ''Travel in Time'']]
Since ''Travel in Time'' takes place across different timelines, instead of the standard recurring characters throughout the whole season, each "region" has at least one recurring character who plays a major role in progressing the storyline.

!!Cleopatra VII
The queen of Egypt. Appears in ''Ancient Times''.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:Has a serpent bite her neck right after Octavian announces her punishment. Before that, she does the exact same to Mark Antony.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: Especially in her first appearance, where she threatens to have both Jack and the player fed to the crocodiles if they don't solve Julius Caesar' murder.
* MsFanservice: Given that she's based on [[HistoricalBeautyUpgrade the general pop culture view of Cleopatra]], this is in play. Case 1's killer was even driven to kill Caesar [[MurderTheHypotenuse simply so he could win her over]].
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Clearly based on Creator/ElizabethTaylor's [[Film/{{Cleopatra}} depiction]] of Cleopatra, with some elements, such as her headband and dress, based on Creator/ClaudetteColbert's [[Film/Cleopatra1934 depiction]].
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Knowing she and Antony had no chance against Octavian, she slit his throat and commits suicide after she has been arrested.]]

!!Marcus Junius Brutus
The famous Roman soldier and Julius Caesar' assassin in the original timeline. Appears in ''Ancient Times''.
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* AdaptationalSexuality: The victim in Case 3 attempted to blackmail him after finding out of him being in an affair with a lower-class male.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Brutus is ''not'' Caesar's killer in the first case, since Caesar is killed three years earlier, and there's no mention of him trying to assassinate him. In addition, he is also fairly helpful in his three appearances and his main grudge against Caesar was due to being disowned by him.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: He's discovered to actually be Caesar's disowned son.

!!Octavian
Julius Caesar's adoptive son and the Great Consul of the Roman Empire. Appears in '''Ancient Times'''.
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* ArcVillain: Of the ''Ancient Times'' arc, as he intends to destroy Egypt in revenge for Caesar's death and keepsafe the power of the Roman Republic.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Case 17 hints that [[BigBad Ammon Bast]] may have riled him up on Nefertiti's orders, possibly explaining why he was determined to destroy Egypt.]]
* EvilRedhead: Befitting both [[FieryRedhead his hot-headed temperament]] and his gold and orange color scheme.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Julius Caesar's murder drives Octavian to destroy Egypt rather than conquer it. That aside, Octavian is [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]], [[FieryRedhead hot-headed]] and [[SmugSnake egotistical]].
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Convinces Claudia Pulchra, his girlfriend, to kill her mother, who happens to be his political opponent. He rewards her with a banishment in return.]]
* SmugSnake: He's certain that he will end up winning the war against Egypt, but despite being at an advantage in strength, although his impatience and cockiness eventually leads to him failing to win.
* SoreLoser: He doesn't take Mark Antony's murder well, expecting that we would win the war, grows impatient when a ceasefire is forced, and reluctantly gives up after being tricked by Euterpe and Jack.

!!Lev Romanov
The Ambassador of the Soviet Union in 1969, and also Marina's grandfather. Appears in '''The 1960s.'''
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* AbusiveParents: He would verbally abuse his daughter, [[spoiler:Natasha Romanova. Later on, she would do the exact same thing to her own child.]]
* BrokenPedestal: As revealed in the final case of the district, [[spoiler:Marina tried to connect with her grandfather because of her rough relationship with her mother, but ends up realizing that Lev's verbal abuse had been the cause of Natasha's own abuse towards her.]]
* FieryRedhead: He is an ill-tempered redhead who makes it hard for the T.I.M.E. members to cooperate with him, which causes problems when [[spoiler:he obtains Da Vinci's notes on time travel, forcing the team to resort to stealing them from him.]]
* GenerationXerox: Natasha also grows up to be a high-ranking official as well as an abusive parent. [[spoiler:And just like Lev, Natasha is killed to provoke a war between the US and Russia.]]

!!Leonardo Da Vinci
A renowned genius in history, Da Vinci is sought after by T.I.M.E. for his help in fixing the sabotaged time machine. Appears in the '''Renaissance.'''
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* {{Adorkable}}: He becomes excited whenever he gets to learn more about T.I.M.E. and the technology they use in the future.
* GuestStarPartyMember: While he doesn't actually perform analyses or become an official partner of the player, the team does let him in on the fact that they're time travelers from the future in the district's second case, and he travels with them until the time machine is fixed at the end.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The team specifically looks for Da Vinci to ask about his notes on time travel.

!!Alexandre Devereaux
A French Musketeer, whom Penelope falls in love with. Appears during the '''Renaissance.'''
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* MeaningfulName: His first name references Creator/AlexandreDumas, who wrote a [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers a novel about musketeers]].
* NiceGuy: Is nothing but polite and helpful to the members of T.I.M.E., and rarely, if ever, bears any ill will towards any of the case victims when he's flagged as a suspect.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: He's 6 feet tall, has dark brown hair, and his good looks are the talk of the main characters (especially Penelope) during the Renaissance.
* TimeTravelRomance: With Penelope, [[spoiler:until they break up because of her T.I.M.E. duties.]]

!!Isabelle Huxley
The leader of the resistance against the Ptolemy dynasty and fighting to restore the Altered Present back to normal. Appears during the '''Altered Present.'''
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* ActionGirl: Being the leader of the resistance and fighting back against the Ptolemy dynasty.
* AloofAlly: Unable to trust T.I.M.E during their alliance and sends [[spoiler:a member of the resistance to spy on them disguised as a chef.]]
* BadassInDistress: Along with Sirius and Kai, she is locked up in jail in Case 20 and facing execution.
* EveryoneHasStandards: She loses it with her own son after he plans to bomb a Ptolemy festival.
-->'''Isabelle''': Look, the resistance has never been about violence! But Storm had started to have different ideas... [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized He claimed that the only way to get ourselves heard was by using violent means]] - [[NeverHurtAnInnocent even if it meant sacrificing innocents]]!
* IronLady: Stern and serious, befitting her position as leader of the Resistance.
* MeaningfulName: Her last name references Aldous Huxley, who wrote a [[Literature/BraveNewWorld well-known novel about a dystopian future.]] More notably, she has a grandson named ''Aldo'' Huxley.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's not known what becomes of her or the rest of the resistance after [[spoiler:they are forced to flee the Ptolemy Guards in Case 20.]] However, it is possible that she and the rest of the resistance [[spoiler:merged in with their past selves after the timeline is corrected in Case 31.]]

!!Sirius Atwood
The historian for the resistance against the Ptolemy dynasty, and [[spoiler:Orlando's deceased husband in the original timeline.]] Appears in the '''Altered Present.'''
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* AloofAlly: Although he's nice, he is wary of others even if they're on the same side as him. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Sirius tells Isabelle that he doesn't trust one of their allies, to which she retorts that he doesn't trust anyone.
* AlternateSelf: He actually existed in the original timeline [[spoiler:where he was married to Orlando, but died long before the events of ''Travel in Time.'']]
* GentlemanAndAScholar: Sirius is an affable person, and he's a historian as well as one of the more knowledgeable people in the Resistance.
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:To Orlando, at least in the original timeline before his death. In the Altered Present, Sirius is alive but doesn't recognize Orlando.]]
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:For Orlando, ''twice.'' Not only is he dead in the original timeline, but he is left behind in the Altered Present, which the team has to make sure never comes into existence.]]
* MeaningfulName: Sirius is named after the brightest star in the solar system, which was important to Ancient Egyptian culture. His last name, Atwood, references Margaret Atwood, who wrote [[Literature/TheHandmaidsTale yet another novel about a dystopian future.]]
* NiceGuy: He's kind and always willing to lend a hand to the main characters.

!!Ammon Bast
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The time machine's saboteur, who works with [[spoiler:Nefertiti/Nebet]] to alter history in order for the Ptolemy Dynasty to come into power. Appears in the '''Altered Present.'''
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* [[spoiler:BackForTheDead: Returns as a suspect in the final case but only to become the second victim.]]
* BeenThereShapedHistory: The plotline of the Medieval Asia arc has Ammon become the adviser to Ogedei Khan, help his army develop 18th Century weapons, has Khan's daughter kidnapped by the Chinese to give Mongolia a reason to conquer China, and then piggyback off Mongolia's success in a last-ditch effort to save his altered timeline.
* BigBad: Of ''Travel In Time'', as he's the one who sabotages the team's time machine in Ancient Rome and alters the timeline in favor of Egypt after the Altered Present.
* BullyingADragon: [[spoiler:During his arrest, he taunts Ogedei Khan about how he provoked both him and the Chinese into a war for his own gain. [[KarmicDeath No points as to what the Khan does to him right after]].]]
* CombatPragmatist: During the Age of Sail, he attempts to use a remote-controlled candle during the auction at Tortuga, which would make Egypt a global superpower if they won. When Jack and the player swap it out for a regular candle instead, he smuggles a shipment of firearms to the Mongol Empire as a last resort.
* DirtyCoward: Upon losing the port auction at Tortuga, Ammon [[spoiler:shoots Orlando and travels back in time to the Mongol Empire in an attempt to stop the team from correcting history.]]
* TheDragon: He's the one doing most of the work for the Ptolemy Dynasty to come into power, and becomes a recurring menace towards the main team.
* FauxAffablyEvil: While they're disguised as French Embassy, Ammon is incredibly respectful and even welcoming towards Jack and the player. Outside of that, he doesn't hesitate in attempting to kill the team, even [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog shooting Orlando after failing to rig the auction in the Age of Sail]].]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Prior to a few months before the Altered Present events take place, nobody had even heard of Ammon until he suddenly rose as the head of intelligence for the Dynasty.
* JerkassHasAPoint: He states that they will be unable to get back to their original timeline after they arrested him. Orlando confirming this fact by stating the presence of Ammon and T.I.M.E has caused too much damage to the past that the present won't be the same.
* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath: He kills Santiago Sanchez to provoke the Khan into raging a war against the Chinese. It results in him having his throat slit by said person he wanted to manipulate.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: Every time Ammon appears onscreen, the team is filled with dread, and any lightheartedness in the story quickly evaporates.
* ManipulativeBastard: He gains the trust of Ogedei Khan so he can arm the Mongolian army with 18th-century firearms, while having his daughter kidnapped, in order to cause the two countries to go to war.
* MeaningfulName: His name is derived from two prominent deities in Egyptian mythology - Amun and Bastet. In addition, Bastet was the goddess of protection, which Ammon does by continuously altering the timeline in Egypt's favor.
* OverarchingVillain: He not only sabotages the team for the first half of the series, but he also proves to be obstacle when he is finally seen in the Altered Present, and actively pursues them during the Age of Sail.
* [[spoiler:SlashedThroat: What Ogedei Khan does to him after he admits to killing Santiago Sanchez and orchestrating China and Mongolia into going to war.]]
* SmugSnake: As the saboteur of the timeline, Ammon manages to strand the Temporal Crimes Division in time, while doing several near-irreversible damage to the timeline. Even after the team escape, he goes back in time yet again, even becoming Ogedei Khan's adviser in the process while plotting the Mongol takeover of China prematurely. [[spoiler:Despite that, Ammon didn't count on the team foiling his plans to alter the timeline, nor did he count on the Khan executing him after gloating about how he pulled him along.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: Invoked by the Ptolemy Dynasty, he's responsible for not only sabotaging the team's time machine, but [[spoiler:allowing Egypt to unexpectedly win major battles, taking over the trade routes and marrying members of the Ptolemy Dynasty off to other kingdoms to expand their empire.]]

!!Pharaoh Ramses XLIII
The forty-third leader of the Ptolemy Dynasty and the pharaoh of New Cairo, originally New York, in 2029. Appears in the ''Altered Present''.
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* ArcVillain: Of the Altered Present.
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath: Nefertiti kills him by pouring molten gold on top of his head, thus burning his head to a crisp.]]
* [[spoiler:DeathByMaterialism: Had Nefertiti help change the timeline to put him in power and provide him with wealth. And after trying to reduce her power, has molten gold poured over his head.]]
* {{Guyliner}}: Befitting his role as Egyptian royalty, he wears purple and teal eyeshadow and has his lips painted gold.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Is behind Ammon Bast's and Nefertiti's actions, but the team never even learn of his existence until the Altered Present, and only met in person until the final case, [[spoiler:where he's the victim.]]
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: [[spoiler:Only seen during his murder investigation.]]
* [[spoiler:{{Patricide}}: Killed by Nefertiti, his own daughter, at the end of the Altered Present.]]
* NonActionBigBad: [[spoiler:Since both Nefertiti and Ammon are in charge of altering the timeline, Ramses' role is being the face of the regime.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Hires [[spoiler:an intern]] to assassinate the head journalist of Sphinx News after the latter discovers a re-education program deep inside the headquarters.
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:According to his wife, he would send her and Nefertiti out on errands while he had flings with the slaves.]]

!!Mary Read
An English pirate and the captain of the Black Sparrow who saves the Crimes Division from Ammon on her ship. Appears in the '''Age Of Sail.'''
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* ActionGirl: Being a pirate and captain of the Black Sparrow, this is a given.
* BadassInDistress: Gets locked up for her piracy in case 25 and faces execution until she was helped to be released thanks to Zara.
* BigDamnHeroes: Arrives just in time to save the team from Amonn's attack on the island.
* BilingualDialogue: Able to speak in English and French.
* EveryoneHasStandards: She didn't have any problems with [[BadassGay Jorge's sexual life]] and just cared he was a good crewman. However she still couldn't tolerate he killed his crush in order to hide it and exiled him.
* IOweYouMyLife: She saves the team from Ammon's attack because they helped her take control of the Black Sparrow.
* NiceGirl: She shows to truly care for her crew mates and warmly welcomes Isadora to her crew when she wants to become a pirate. She also shows a great deal of respect for the Temporal Crimes Division after they helped her a great deal.
* NiceHat: Her green and gold pirate hat, which also serves as a profile clue in Case 24.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Her attempts at an introduction towards the victim in case 25 came accosts as too intimidating that caused her to [[BadassInDistress end up locked up]]. Luckily the team came to her rescue

!!Ogedei Khan
The ruler of the Mongol Empire who both Ammon Bast and the Crimes Division seek out after the former escapes to Mongolia. Appears in '''Medieval Asia.'''
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* FamousAncestor: Theo reveals that he's related to the Khan in the first case of Medieval Asia.
* UnwittingPawn: He's oblivious to the fact that Ammon, who guises as his military adviser, is manipulating both him and Emperor Lizong to go to war so he can piggyback off the Mongol's success.

!!Santiago Sanchez
A Spanish explorer whom the team befriends in '''Medieval Asia.'''
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* BilingualDialogue: Speaking in English and Spanish in his dialogue.
* DestructiveRomance: After escorting Princess Torgoljin back to Mongolia, the two begin to have feelings for each other, [[spoiler:which, had he not been killed by Ammon, would result in Theo and his lineage being removed from history]].
* EscortMission: The team trusts him to escort Princess Torgoljin back to her father, Ogedei Khan.
* {{Expy}}: Santiago is based off the real-life Italian explorer UsefulNotes/MarcoPolo.
* KilledOffForReal: Had been bashed to death by [[spoiler:Ammon Bast]] in the final case of Medieval Asia.
* NiceHat: The red hat/scarf he wears on his head. [[spoiler:It appears as a clue during his murder case]].
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[[folder: Supernatural Hunters]]
!!Jacob Arrow
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The chief of the Supernatural Hunters who who enlisted the player character to investigate multiple supernatural attacks in the city.
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* AnArmAndALeg: He lost his left arm fighting off a vampire.
* DaChief: Of the Supernatural Hunters.
* TheLostLenore: His wife was murdered by a vampire, which led to the creation of the Supernatural Hunters team.

!!Gwen Harper
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One of two partners assigned to help the player throughout the supernatural cases in the area.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: As shown by her many failed relationships in the past and her relationship she pursues with Pierce Cromwell. After learning that he's a vampire, she's quick to break up with him.
* BiTheWay: During case 4, Gwen states she's liked on guys and girls before falling for Pierce.
-->'''Gwen''': Still, he's so dreamy! Probably dreamier than any other guy or girl I liked before!
* BigDamnHeroes: Manages to save Priya from being shot by Ruth Wu by pointing a gun at her and demanding she release her.
* HeroicBSOD: Goes through this after discovering Pierce is a vampire so Ben had to take over the investigation.
** She is still grouching about Pierce in Case 3 which meant Luke had to work with the player to solve the case.
* DistractedByTheSexy: She is unable to stop thinking about Pierce and still swoons over him after she breaks up with him. She is still trying to fight it off.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: In the first case, she ignores [[TheVamp Roxanne Vega]]'s flirting, even chewing her out for attempting to take advantage of the victim.
* PungeonMaster: She can't avoid making puns at any moment she can during investigations, and she's shown making several towards Hope's name.
* TheRival: Seemingly with Ruth Wu in a very unfriendly manner.

!!Luke Fernandez
One of two partners assigned to help the player throughout the supernatural cases in the area.
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* BadLiar: He's not exactly good when it comes to making up cover up stories for his work. He's lucky people are able to fall for them.
* {{Delinquents}}: How Jacob sees Luke during his first case with the player. He is trying to prove himself wrong.
* EmbarrassingNickname: He dislikes people calling him "kid",
* FirstDayFromHell: Just like the player, he is new to the team and already being dragged into a kidnapping caused by vampires and a murder of Bigfoot.
* FosterKid: His childhood before becoming an adult and Supernatural Hunter.
* HasTwoMommies: Implied, as he mentions having foster fathers without any mention of a mother.
* HeroWorship: Towards Ghost Trendvidder Ronnie Hawk (due to their mutual interest in supernatural hunting).

!!Ben Shepherd
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An army medic who serves as the team's coroner for the season.
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* BruiserWithASoftCenter: A tough as nails military man thanks to his work and family background but he always shows real care and concern for others. He worries for Gwen's health and well-being, especially after she realizes her boyfriend Pierce is a vampire, and takes over the investigation from her.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Jacob have been really close friends before the events that led to the Supernatural Hunters team.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His appearance is based on DonCheadle.
* TeamDad: He plays this role to the supernatural hunters. Particularly towards Gwen.

!!Priya Desai
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A chemist who serves as the team's lab chief for the season.
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* DamselInDistress; Is held captive by Supernatural Hunter Ruth Wu at gunpoint who threatens to shoot her. Luckily Gwen hears and comes in time to rescue her.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: She revealed at the end of the first case, she's actually a werewolf after being attacked by one. She was scared to reveal it earlier on.
* SleepDeprivation: One of the side effects of her werewolf condition. She needs 5 cups of coffee to keep awake as a result.
* TheGlassesGottaGo: She used to wear glasses prior to becoming a werewolf and no longer required them after her condition.

!!Hope Newman
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The tech expert for the team in season 7.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: Don't call her Hopey.
* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids: Her contrast with Gwen as she mentions that she doesn't need love
-->'''Hope''': Humph! I am far too pragmatic for emotions such a love, unlike yourself!
** Jossed as it is hinted she may have a liking to Luke.


!!Felix Reed
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The lore expert for the team in Season 7
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* BlackAndNerdy: One of the best way to describe him being the best with his job and interest in lore.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He can't handle it when people steal or damage public heritage from museums.
* GeniusCripple: He is BlackAndNerdy and confined to a wheelchair after a lizard monster chomped on him while he was at university.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His appearance is based on DaveedDiggs,

* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKidsL Her contrast with Gwen as she mentions that she doesn't need love