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* AntiVillain: Played with and ultimately subverted. At first, he merely appears to be a weak-willed individual who is being pressured by his former professor, James Gellar, into performing ritualistic sacrifices under the belief they are demanded by God. However, Gellar is ultimately revealed to be a product of Travis's subconscious embodying narcissistic and violent personality traits exhibited by him since childhood.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Travis has to face the fact that Gellar had been DeadAllAlong: Gellar reminds him how he tried convincing him that they were supposed to be the Two Witnesses, then stabbed him with that sword he stole to show him he won't die; Travis said he didn't die, but [[CaptainObvious he did]], and Travis [[DirtyCoward pinned the theft on Gellar]]. Then he denies he did it, and somehow concludes that 'it was the False Prophet’ (that is, Dexter) who did it. Then [[OhCrap he completely embraces his role as the killer in his insane plan]].
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Travis has to face the fact that Gellar had been DeadAllAlong: Gellar reminds him how he tried convincing him that they were supposed to be the Two Witnesses, then stabbed him with that sword he stole to show him he won't die; Travis said he didn't die, but [[CaptainObvious he did]], did, and Travis [[DirtyCoward pinned the theft on Gellar]]. Then he denies he did it, and somehow concludes that 'it was the False Prophet’ (that is, Dexter) who did it. Then [[OhCrap he completely embraces his role as the killer in his insane plan]].
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* TheSociopath: [[spoiler: Lampshaded by his psych evaluation. However, this trope is subverted by his depiction in earlier episodes where his ''good'' side exhibits visible discomfort over the torture of another human being and desperately attempts to protect his sister from his Dark Passenger embodied by Professor Gellar.]].
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* SelfMutilationDemonstration: A variation of this is how Travis proved to him that the two of them had been chosen by God to bring about the apocalypse. Travis stabbed him with a holy sword, and Gellar became convinced when watched his wound miraculously heal itself. [[spoiler:At least, that's how Travis remembers it]].
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!!Travis Marshall
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->'''Played by''': Colin Hanks
->''"You're not going anywhere until you've repented for your sins."''
A student of Professor James Gellar and his serial killer protege. It's later revealed that he has a SplitPersonality and Gellar has been in his mind the entire time, representing his 'Dark Passenger'.
* AntiVillain: Played with and ultimately subverted. At first, he merely appears to be a weak-willed individual who is being pressured by his former professor, James Gellar, into performing ritualistic sacrifices under the belief they are demanded by God. However, Gellar is ultimately revealed to be a product of Travis's subconscious embodying narcissistic and violent personality traits exhibited by him since childhood.
* AxCrazy: May not be the most evil Dexter villain, but is definitely the most insane.
* BastardUnderstudy: Played straight at first, when he seems to be doing the bidding of Gellar. Eventually it's revealed that he was solo the whole time.
* BigBad: The main antagonist of season 6.
* CainAndAbel: He ''killed'' his sister, though he was under the delusion that 'Gellar' had done it.
* HeelFaceTurn: After an encounter with Dexter forces him to realize that Gellar is manipulating him, he begins having doubts. After an episode of trying to deal with his conscience, he makes the turn and frees the woman who would have been their next victim.
** And then things went bad for him. Though he promises to help Dexter kill Gellar as a result.
** But then he goes back to "serving" Gellar, or at least his interpretation of him.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Travis has to face the fact that Gellar had been DeadAllAlong: Gellar reminds him how he tried convincing him that they were supposed to be the Two Witnesses, then stabbed him with that sword he stole to show him he won't die; Travis said he didn't die, but [[CaptainObvious he did]], and Travis [[DirtyCoward pinned the theft on Gellar]]. Then he denies he did it, and somehow concludes that 'it was the False Prophet’ (that is, Dexter) who did it. Then [[OhCrap he completely embraces his role as the killer in his insane plan]].
* KnightTemplar: His desire to purify what he sees as a thoroughly corrupt and vile world drives him to commit a series of brutal ritualistic murders that he hopes will bring about the Apocalypse.
* LackOfEmpathy: As said in his psych evaluation file.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. It turns out he's not even a minion.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: David Berkowitz (a.k.a. "Son of Sam"), and Charles Manson. [[spoiler:Travis resembles Berkowitz in the first half of the season, when he believes that he is being compelled to commit others by orders from God Himself. In the second half of the season, he begins to more closely resemble Manson after embracing his Dark Passenger as a product of his own twisted psyche and makes the transition from a reluctant killer to a megalomaniacal fanatic who gathers a small cult of "disciples" to assist him in his murderous crusade to bring about the apocalypse.]]
* PetTheDog: He genuinely loves his sister. [[spoiler:Too bad his [[SplitPersonality other personality]] doesn't much care for her]].
* SanitySlippage: Not that he was all there to begin with.
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler: Lampshaded by his psych evaluation. However, this trope is subverted by his depiction in earlier episodes where his ''good'' side exhibits visible discomfort over the torture of another human being and desperately attempts to protect his sister from his Dark Passenger embodied by Professor Gellar. Consequently, his delusions of grandeur along with the manipulative behavior seem far more consistent with [[{{Narcissist}} narcissistic personality disorder]]]].
* SplitPersonality: He has an alternate personality in the form of his 'Dark Passenger'.
* TomatoInTheMirror: As Travis learns in the season's tenth episode, it isn't Gellar who's been doing the killings...
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He wants to end the world because of how corrupt it is. When he tells Gellar he wants out, Gellar responds by telling him about horrific murders and the like to talk him back in.
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->''"We were given free will for a reason, Travis."''
A Professor of Religious Studies believed to be the dominant Doomsday Killer. [[spoiler:He is later revealed to have been DeadAllAlong, murdered by his student Travis and kept in a freezer below an abandoned church. However, he continues to play a role in the Sixth Season as the personification of Travis Marshall's Dark Passenger.]]
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Revealed as such in 'Get Gellar'.]]
* DirtyOldMan: Had a habit of sleeping with younger women.
* EvilCounterpart: To Dexter's own ghost guide, Harry. He takes a more active role than Harry, though.
* EvilMentor: To Travis, whom he encourages and disciplines.
* EvilTeacher: His basis was Travis' Professor of Religious Studies.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's easy-spoken and gives Travis the illusion of freedom, but kills frequently and brutally.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He wears a pair of thick-rimmed glasses and no ethics.
* TheHeartless: [[spoiler:As Travis Marshall's "Dark Passenger", he is the distilled form of Travis's more violent and megalomaniacal character traits. However, in 'Ricochet Rabbit', this [[SplitPersonality malevolent "Gellar personality"]] is reabsorbed into Travis's consciousness.]]
* KnightTemplar: He seems to be this, but an episode had a teacher assistant of his reveal that he just likes to stir up trouble, so whether he really believes it or not is up in the air.
* ManipulativeBastard: He harms ''himself'' when Travis doesn't follow orders, to better emotionally manipulate him.
* TheMentor: To Travis when he was at college.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His characters is based on American bible prophecy "experts" like Tim Lehaye.
* OmnicidalManiac: He hopes to bring about the end of days by following a series of rituals.
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Travis kills him prior to season 6.]]
* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler:He's a separate personality manufactured by Travis's subconscious in order to cope with the guilt of murdering the ''real'' Gellar.]]
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* TheFundamentalist: Willing to die for Travis' religious cause.
* GoOutWithASmile: He grins at Dexter as he dies.
* UnholyMatrimony: With Beth Dorsey, a fellow dangerous cultist.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: His appearance is brief before dying.
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->'''Played by''': Jordana Spiro
* BloodFromTheMouth: She spews it after getting trapped in a room with deadly gas.
* TheFundamentalist: Willing to die for Travis' religious cause.
* SuicideAttack: Attempted on Miami Metro, but failed.
* UnholyMatrimony: With her husband Steve, a fellow dangerous cultist.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Her appearance is brief before dying.
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!!Travis Marshall
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->'''Played by''': Colin Hanks
->''"You're not going anywhere until you've repented for your sins."''
A student of Professor James Gellar and his serial killer protege. It's later revealed that he has a SplitPersonality and Gellar has been in his mind the entire time, representing his 'Dark Passenger'.
* AntiVillain: Played with and ultimately subverted. At first, he merely appears to be a weak-willed individual who is being pressured by his former professor, James Gellar, into performing ritualistic sacrifices under the belief they are demanded by God. However, Gellar is ultimately revealed to be a product of Travis's subconscious embodying narcissistic and violent personality traits exhibited by him since childhood.
* AxCrazy: May not be the most evil Dexter villain, but is definitely the most insane.
* BastardUnderstudy: Played straight at first, when he seems to be doing the bidding of Gellar. Eventually it's revealed that he was solo the whole time.
* BigBad: The main antagonist of season 6.
* CainAndAbel: He ''killed'' his sister, though he was under the delusion that 'Gellar' had done it.
* HeelFaceTurn: After an encounter with Dexter forces him to realize that Gellar is manipulating him, he begins having doubts. After an episode of trying to deal with his conscience, he makes the turn and frees the woman who would have been their next victim.
** And then things went bad for him. Though he promises to help Dexter kill Gellar as a result.
** But then he goes back to "serving" Gellar, or at least his interpretation of him.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Travis has to face the fact that Gellar had been DeadAllAlong: Gellar reminds him how he tried convincing him that they were supposed to be the Two Witnesses, then stabbed him with that sword he stole to show him he won't die; Travis said he didn't die, but [[CaptainObvious he did]], and Travis [[DirtyCoward pinned the theft on Gellar]]. Then he denies he did it, and somehow concludes that 'it was the False Prophet’ (that is, Dexter) who did it. Then [[OhCrap he completely embraces his role as the killer in his insane plan]].
* KnightTemplar: His desire to purify what he sees as a thoroughly corrupt and vile world drives him to commit a series of brutal ritualistic murders that he hopes will bring about the Apocalypse.
* LackOfEmpathy: As said in his psych evaluation file.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. It turns out he's not even a minion.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: David Berkowitz (a.k.a. "Son of Sam"), and Charles Manson. [[spoiler:Travis resembles Berkowitz in the first half of the season, when he believes that he is being compelled to commit others by orders from God Himself. In the second half of the season, he begins to more closely resemble Manson after embracing his Dark Passenger as a product of his own twisted psyche and makes the transition from a reluctant killer to a megalomaniacal fanatic who gathers a small cult of "disciples" to assist him in his murderous crusade to bring about the apocalypse.]]
* PetTheDog: He genuinely loves his sister. [[spoiler:Too bad his [[SplitPersonality other personality]] doesn't much care for her]].
* SanitySlippage: Not that he was all there to begin with.
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler: Lampshaded by his psych evaluation. However, this trope is subverted by his depiction in earlier episodes where his ''good'' side exhibits visible discomfort over the torture of another human being and desperately attempts to protect his sister from his Dark Passenger embodied by Professor Gellar. Consequently, his delusions of grandeur along with the manipulative behavior seem far more consistent with [[{{Narcissist}} narcissistic personality disorder]]]].
* SplitPersonality: He has an alternate personality in the form of his 'Dark Passenger'.
* TomatoInTheMirror: As Travis learns in the season's tenth episode, it isn't Gellar who's been doing the killings...
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He wants to end the world because of how corrupt it is. When he tells Gellar he wants out, Gellar responds by telling him about horrific murders and the like to talk him back in.
!!Professor James Gellar
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Is that what you want, Travis? To hurt me? You see how I suffer for your sins!"'']]
->'''Played by''': Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos
->''"We were given free will for a reason, Travis."''
A Professor of Religious Studies believed to be the dominant Doomsday Killer. [[spoiler:He is later revealed to have been DeadAllAlong, murdered by his student Travis and kept in a freezer below an abandoned church. However, he continues to play a role in the Sixth Season as the personification of Travis Marshall's Dark Passenger.]]
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Revealed as such in 'Get Gellar'.]]
* DirtyOldMan: Had a habit of sleeping with younger women.
* EvilCounterpart: To Dexter's own ghost guide, Harry. He takes a more active role than Harry, though.
* EvilMentor: To Travis, whom he encourages and disciplines.
* EvilTeacher: His basis was Travis' Professor of Religious Studies.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's easy-spoken and gives Travis the illusion of freedom, but kills frequently and brutally.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He wears a pair of thick-rimmed glasses and no ethics.
* TheHeartless: [[spoiler:As Travis Marshall's "Dark Passenger", he is the distilled form of Travis's more violent and megalomaniacal character traits. However, in 'Ricochet Rabbit', this [[SplitPersonality malevolent "Gellar personality"]] is reabsorbed into Travis's consciousness.]]
* KnightTemplar: He seems to be this, but an episode had a teacher assistant of his reveal that he just likes to stir up trouble, so whether he really believes it or not is up in the air.
* ManipulativeBastard: He harms ''himself'' when Travis doesn't follow orders, to better emotionally manipulate him.
* TheMentor: To Travis when he was at college.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His characters is based on American bible prophecy "experts" like Tim Lehaye.
* OmnicidalManiac: He hopes to bring about the end of days by following a series of rituals.
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Travis kills him prior to season 6.]]
* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler:He's a separate personality manufactured by Travis's subconscious in order to cope with the guilt of murdering the ''real'' Gellar.]]
!!Steve Dorsey
->'''Played by''': Kyle Davis
* TheFundamentalist: Willing to die for Travis' religious cause.
* GoOutWithASmile: He grins at Dexter as he dies.
* UnholyMatrimony: With Beth Dorsey, a fellow dangerous cultist.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: His appearance is brief before dying.
!!Beth Dorsey
->'''Played by''': Jordana Spiro
* BloodFromTheMouth: She spews it after getting trapped in a room with deadly gas.
* TheFundamentalist: Willing to die for Travis' religious cause.
* SuicideAttack: Attempted on Miami Metro, but failed.
* UnholyMatrimony: With her husband Steve, a fellow dangerous cultist.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Her appearance is brief before dying.
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