History Characters / GabrielKnight

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In ''Sins of the Father'', Gerde was little more than a slightly helpful [[{{Meido}} maid]] in YodelLand costume (although what she says [or doesn't say] about Wolfgang at least implies what is later stated explicitly). In ''Beast Within'', where Grace has far more interaction with her, not only is she dressed more modernly, but she also comes into her own as a character, especially given the knowledge [[spoiler: that she was in love with Wolfgang]].

** In the live-action game ''The Beast Within'', her actress looked to be in her mid-20s to early-30s (around the same age as the actors playing Gabriel and Grace).

** In the live-action game ''The Beast Within'', her actress looked to be in her mid-to-late thirties (around the same age as the actors playing Gabriel and Grace).

* HotLibrarian

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: "Nakimura" seems to be a misspelling of the Japanese surname 中村, which is almost exclusively rendered into the Latin alphabet as Nakamura. Despite this, the 20th anniversary remake didn't take the opportunity to fix the spelling, even though a few similar issues were corrected, such as Gabriel's mispronunciation of "N'Awlins".

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: "Nakimura" seems to be a misspelling of the Japanese surname Nakamura. Despite this, the 20th anniversary remake didn't take the opportunity to fix the spelling, even though a few similar issues were corrected, such as Gabriel's mispronunciation of "N'Awlins".

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: "Nakimura" seems to be a misspelling of the Japanese surname Nakamura. Despite this, the 20th anniversary remake didn't take the opportunity to fix the spelling, even though a few similar issues were corrected, such as Gabriel's mispronunciation of "N'Awlins".

* [[spoiler: HeroicSuicide]]: [[spoiler: Natural if you're possessed by a vengeful spirit and in love, with your sworn enemy.]] But the voodoo murders have stopped.

* BelligerentSexualTension: With Gabriel.

* MultiethnicName: Nakimura is a Japanese surname ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS sort of]]), but Grace is an English first name. Grace mentions in the first game that her family only moved to the States when she was three years old and that her parents are very traditional, so it's unclear whether Grace is her legal first name or an Anglicization she chose herself.

* ButNotTooBlack: She has a bronze skin color, especially compared to Dr. John. This is {{Justified|Trope}} however as [[spoiler:Tetelo]] is "black-black" and Malia is implied to be the descendant of her and [[spoiler:the German Gunter]].

* {{Deuteragonist}}: After becoming playable in the second and third games, her investigations tend to go off on their own paths before she and Gabriel meet back up to compare notes. Especially true in the third game, when her investigation isn't geared around helping Gabriel but in solving the case for the sake of the client, and she begins to think about branching out on her own as a [[spoiler:Shattenjäger]].

* AntiVillain

** Gabriel: Do you ever get any whacko's in here?
** Doctor John: You mean besides yourself?

* DragonWithAnAgenda: He is much more malicious than Malia, and he has no qualms about killing Gabriel Knight even when Malia specifically ordered him not to: "DJ, keep eyes on GK but do not harm." At least he doesn't attack until Gabriel goes where he shouldn't.

* MadeOfIron: Dr John is every bit as resilient as he is big. In certain death scenes he takes a roundhouse kick to the face or several right hooks to the jaw followed by several blows to the stomach. None of them even make him flinch.

* HairTriggerTemper

* HerrDoktor

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: He was seduced by a charismatic male werewolf and the same werewolf seduces the otherwise straight Gabe. Also that Ludwig and Music/RichardWagner had worked together to create an opera which, when performed under the acoustic conditions specially engineered into Neuschwanstein Castle, would trigger a werewolf's transformation involuntarily. Ludwig's purported "madness" was a cover for lycanthropy.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: To the point where the thinly-veiled GaryStu hero of his books, Blake Backlash, is actually if anything ''less'' cool than his real name.

* {{Meganekko}}: In both versions of ''Sins of the Fathers''. She presumably wears contact lenses in the sequels.

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaryKayBergman (''Sins of the Fathers''), Andrea Martin (‘They Beast Within''), Alex Matthew (20th Anniversary)

--> '''Voiced by:''' Leah Remini (''Sins of the Fathers''), Joanne Takahashi (''The Beast Within''), Charity James (''Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned''), Creator/CissyJones (20th Anniversary)

--> '''Voiced by:''' Leah Remini (''Sins of the Father''), Joanne Takahashi (''The Beast Within''), Charity James (''Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned''), Creator/CissyJones (20th Anniversary)

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarkHamill (''Sins of the Father''), David Thomas (''Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned''), Ned Clarke (20th Anniversary)

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaryKayBergman (''Sins of the Father''), Andrea Martin (‘They Beast Within''), Alex Matthew (20th Anniversary)

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/TimCurry (''Sins of the Father'', ''Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned''), Dean Erickson (''The Beast Within''),

--> '''Voiced by:''' Leah Gemini (''Sins of the Father''), Joanne Takahashi (''The Beast Within''), Charity James (''Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned'')

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarkHamill (''Sins of the Father''), David Thomas (''Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned'')

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaryKayBergman (''Sins of the Father''), Andrea Martin (‘They Beast Within'')

--> '''Voiced by:''' Leilani Jones

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelDorn

* AristocratsAreEvil: All members have BlueBlood.