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* MeaningfulName: Around the time he seduced Mary Ford, Cooper used the name "Tom Sawyer", a character known for being a charming smooth-talker who can convince other people to do anything. Invoked, as Cooper obviously chose that name because it fit his manipulative personality so well.
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* MeaningfulName: MeaningfulName:
** Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury was an English statesman who served as the patron of the philosopher John Locke. This is mirrored by having Cooper and Locke as father and son.
** Around the time he seduced Mary Ford, Cooper used the name "Tom Sawyer", a character known for being a charming smooth-talker who can convince other people to do anything. Invoked, as Cooper obviously chose that name because it fit his manipulative personality so well.
** Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury was an English statesman who served as the patron of the philosopher John Locke. This is mirrored by having Cooper and Locke as father and son.
** Around the time he seduced Mary Ford, Cooper used the name "Tom Sawyer", a character known for being a charming smooth-talker who can convince other people to do anything. Invoked, as Cooper obviously chose that name because it fit his manipulative personality so well.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: In the flash-sideways, he is left in a catatonic state due to the plane crash he and Locke were in. This leaves him unresponsive to others and thus unable to remember his past life and move on, leaving him stuck in what is essentially purgatory. Not that he doesn't deserve it, of course.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: In the flash-sideways, he is left in a catatonic state due to the plane crash he and Locke were in. This leaves makes him unresponsive to others and thus unable to remember his past life and move on, leaving him stuck in what is essentially purgatory. Not that he doesn't deserve it, of course.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: In the flash-sideways, he is left in a catatonic state due to the plane crash he and Locke were in. This leaves him unresponsive to others and thus unable to remember his past life and move on, leaving him stuck in what is essentially purgatory. Not that he doesn't deserve it, of course.
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* NeverMyFault: Confronted by Sawyer, Cooper tries to brush off any responsibility for the destruction of Sawyer's family, blithely saying that it isn't his fault if Sawyer's father overreacted and "pulled the ol' {{murder suicide}}.
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* NeverMyFault: Confronted by Sawyer, Cooper tries to brush off any responsibility for the destruction of Sawyer's family, blithely saying that it isn't his fault if Sawyer's father overreacted and "pulled the ol' {{murder suicide}}."
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* TookALevelInKindness: {{Zigzagged}} in the flashsideways, as in that he is much nicer to John and had a better relationship with him than he did in their actual reality, but he did still con Sawyer's parents, which lead to their deaths.
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* PlayingGertrude: Kevin Tighe is only a few years older than his on-screen son, Creator/TerryOQuinn.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He does show up to welcome Sun home after she leaves the Island, but soon afterwards reverts back to being a cold jerk.
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* PetTheDog: He does show up to welcome Sun home after she leaves the Island, but soon afterwards reverts back to being a cold jerk.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: The soles of her feet were flayed during her captivity.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Even as she's being tortured by the Republican Guard, Nadia finds the will to snark at Sayid's questioning.
-->'''Nadia:''' What would you like to talk about? Books? Weather? It's been a while since I've seen either, so my conversation may suffer.
-->'''Nadia:''' What would you like to talk about? Books? Weather? It's been a while since I've seen either, so my conversation may suffer.
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* CoveredInScars: Nadia shows Sayid several scars left by her torture, including a large acid burn on her chest and damage to her hands when they were drilled through, as well as offering to show him [[AgonyOfTheFeet the previously flayed soles of her feet]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Even as she's beingtortured held by the Republican Guard, Nadia finds the will to snark at Sayid's questioning.
-->'''Nadia:''' What would -->'''Sayid:''' Are you ready to talk?\\
'''Nadia:''' That depends on what you'd like to talkabout? about, Sayid. Books? Weather? It's been a while since Since I've seen either, so neither, locked in this cell for weeks, I'm afraid my conversation may suffer.will suffer.
* DefiantCaptive: While held prisoner by the Republican Guard, Nadia refused to yield an inch to her captors despite the tortures she endured.
* DeadpanSnarker: Even as she's being
'''Nadia:''' That depends on what you'd like to talk
* DefiantCaptive: While held prisoner by the Republican Guard, Nadia refused to yield an inch to her captors despite the tortures she endured.
* ImpaledPalm: One of the many tortures Nadia suffered was to have her hands run through with a drill.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Nadia met Charlie when he intervened as she was being mugged in London. When Charlie tries to downplay his actions, Nadia informs him that several people [[BystanderSyndrome saw her struggling, but ignored her]], and insists that he is a hero. This clearly left an impact on Charlie; shortly before his death, he includes Nadia's words as part of the top five greatest moments of his life.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre:
** As Sayid tried to make her give up her LaResistance associates, Nadia insisted that he was trying to be something he wasn't. While Sayid has a definite dark side (particularly after Nadia's death), she's proven right; he frees her rather than allow her to be tortured, and on the Island, proves himself a genuine hero.
** Nadia met Charlie when he intervened as she was being mugged in London. When Charlie tries to downplay his actions, Nadia informs him that several people [[BystanderSyndrome saw her struggling, but ignored her]], and insists that he is a hero. This clearly left an impact on Charlie; shortly before his death, he includes Nadia's words as part of the top five greatest moments of his life.
** As Sayid tried to make her give up her LaResistance associates, Nadia insisted that he was trying to be something he wasn't. While Sayid has a definite dark side (particularly after Nadia's death), she's proven right; he frees her rather than allow her to be tortured, and on the Island, proves himself a genuine hero.
** Nadia met Charlie when he intervened as she was being mugged in London. When Charlie tries to downplay his actions, Nadia informs him that several people [[BystanderSyndrome saw her struggling, but ignored her]], and insists that he is a hero. This clearly left an impact on Charlie; shortly before his death, he includes Nadia's words as part of the top five greatest moments of his life.
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* CharacterNameAlias: Cooper once went by "Literature/TomSawyer"; when Sawyer calls attention to it, Cooper explains it by him being young at the time, quipping that "[[Literature/HuckleberryFinn Huck Finn]]" was taken.
-->'''Sawyer:''' Tom Sawyer.\\
'''Cooper:''' I was young, and "Huck Finn" was taken. And the ladies loved that, let me tell you.\\
'''Sawyer:''' [[TranquilFury Well, how about that...]]\\
'''Cooper:''' What?\\
'''Sawyer:''' [[TranquilFury Sawyer's my name, too.]]
-->'''Sawyer:''' Tom Sawyer.\\
'''Cooper:''' I was young, and "Huck Finn" was taken. And the ladies loved that, let me tell you.\\
'''Sawyer:''' [[TranquilFury Well, how about that...]]\\
'''Cooper:''' What?\\
'''Sawyer:''' [[TranquilFury Sawyer's my name, too.]]
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: By conning Sawyer's parents and causing their deaths by proxy, he sets Sawyer on a path of vengeance which eventually leads right to him.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: CreateYourOwnHero: By conning Sawyer's parents and causing their deaths by proxy, he sets Sawyer on a path of vengeance which eventually leads right to him.
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-->'''Cooper:''' A con man goes by many names, friend. I've been Alan Seward, Anthony Cooper, Ted MacLaren, Tom Sawyer, Louis Jackson, Paul--
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-->'''Cooper:''' A con man goes by many names, friend. I've been Alan Seward, Anthony Cooper, Ted MacLaren, [=MacLaren=], [[WhamLine Tom Sawyer, Sawyer]], Louis Jackson, Paul--
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* LackOfEmpathy: Human suffering means nothing to Cooper. On top of all the misery he piles on Locke, he flat out mocks Sawyer and his family for the devastation he brought upon them, all but laughing in Sawyer's face.
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* LackOfEmpathy: Human suffering means nothing to Cooper. On top of all the misery he piles on Locke, he flat out mocks Sawyer and his family for the devastation he brought upon them, all but laughing in Sawyer's face. His callous dismissal of the MurderSuicide that killed Sawyer's parents shows just how little the misery in his wake affects him.
* MeaningfulName: Around the time he seduced Mary Ford, Cooper used the name "Tom Sawyer", a character known for being a charming smooth-talker who can convince other people to do anything. Invoked, as Cooper obviously chose that name because it fit his manipulative personality so well.
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* NeverMyFault: Confronted by Sawyer, Cooper tries to brush off any responsibility for the destruction of Sawyer's family, blithely saying that it isn't his fault if Sawyer's father overreacted and "pulled the ol' {{murder-suidide}}.
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* NeverMyFault: Confronted by Sawyer, Cooper tries to brush off any responsibility for the destruction of Sawyer's family, blithely saying that it isn't his fault if Sawyer's father overreacted and "pulled the ol' {{murder-suidide}}.{{murder suicide}}.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Cooper [[AvertedTrope believed this to be the case]], as Oceanic Flight 815 had been reported found with all passengers dead. When he sees Locke alive on the Island, Cooper becomes convinced that they're ''both'' dead and in hell.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Cooper insults the memory of Sawyer's dead parents to taunt him, singling out his mother and claiming ([[ButForMeItWasTuesday once Sawyer reminds him what her name was]]) that she "begged" him to take her money and take her away from her life.
* UnreliableExpositor: According to Cooper, Sawyer's mother all but begged him to take her with him when he stole their money and skipped town, but given that Cooper didn't even remember Mary's name until Sawyer reminded him, and he spent the entire encounter taunting Sawyer, it's not unlikely that he was lying to twist the knife a little more.
* WrongAssumption: Upon seeing Locke alive on the Island, Cooper assumes that he died in a car accident, and that he's in hell, punished for his sins by being at the mercy of Locke (whom he wrongly believes to have died when Flight 815 crashed). Contrary to Cooper's assumption, he's alive and well... [[KarmicDeath until Sawyer is through with him, anyway]].
* WrongAssumption: Upon seeing Locke alive on the Island, Cooper assumes that he died in a car accident, and that he's in hell, punished for his sins by being at the mercy of Locke (whom he wrongly believes to have died when Flight 815 crashed). Contrary to Cooper's assumption, he's alive and well... [[KarmicDeath until Sawyer is through with him, anyway]].
* PrefersProperNames: She only ever calls Kate "Katherine".
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* ArchnemesisDad: To Jin, although they're obviously not related. It's played straighter with Sun.
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* ArchnemesisDad: To Jin, although they're obviously not related. It's played straighter with Sun.Sun, who, by the time she's returned from the Island, has grown to hate her father for the damage he's inflicted to her and Jin's lives.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: It never seems to hit home for Paik that Jin is a fundamentally decent man and not a murderer; when he orders Jin to deliver "a message" to showcase his displeasure, Paik is angered that Jin actually delivered a message instead of a beating, and when ordering Jin to kill Jae Lee, Paik clearly expects him to go ahead and do it simply because he was ordered to (and without Paik even mentioning the personal motive that might actually make Jin ''want'' to kill Jae Lee), despite Jin having already shown an aversion to killing.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Daughter cheats on her husband? She's disgracing '''his''' name and honor.
* {{Jerkass}}: Paik is a cold, emotionless man who treats people like objects to be used and discarded. He cares for nothing but profit.
* {{Jerkass}}: Paik is a cold, emotionless man who treats people like objects to be used and discarded. He cares for nothing but profit.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Daughter cheats on her husband? She's disgracing '''his''' name and honor.
honor. Even when he orders Jin to kill Jae Lee, Paik never mentions the affair; he just claims that Jae Lee stole something from him, making it clear that as far as Paik is concerned, ''he'' is the only one affected by the affair, and Jin doesn't need to know anything other than that.
* {{Jerkass}}: Paik is a cold, emotionless man who treats people like objects to be used and discarded. He cares for nothing but profit.
* {{Jerkass}}: Paik is a cold, emotionless man who treats people like objects to be used and discarded. He cares for nothing but profit.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: When Sun returns, she uses her wealth to secretly take control of her father's company and oust him. Paik loses his company and his daughter, the two things he placed the most value on.
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* LackOfEmpathy: The thoughts and feelings of others, even his own daughter, aren't worth a thing to Paik. He orders assault and murder without the slightest concern, and is totally apathetic to the damage he causes to Sun and Jin's marriage.
* LaserGuidedKarma: When Sun returns, she uses her newfound wealth (courtesy of her settlement from Oceanic Airlines, which she only got because Paik sent Jin on an errand in the first place) to secretly take control of her father's company and oust him. Paik loses his company and his daughter, the two things he placed the most valueon.on.
* LastNameBasis: He's almost never addressed by his given name. Even his henchmen only refer to him as "Mr. Paik".
* LaserGuidedKarma: When Sun returns, she uses her newfound wealth (courtesy of her settlement from Oceanic Airlines, which she only got because Paik sent Jin on an errand in the first place) to secretly take control of her father's company and oust him. Paik loses his company and his daughter, the two things he placed the most value
* LastNameBasis: He's almost never addressed by his given name. Even his henchmen only refer to him as "Mr. Paik".
* NeverMyFault: When he finds out about Sun's affair with Jae Lee, Paik never considers for a second that him using Jin for his criminal enterprise might be the cause; he just orders Jin to kill Jae Lee, not even telling him about the affair.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: PlayedForDrama; he treats his son-in-law, Jin, like an attack dog, verbally berating him for showing a little too much mercy to a man Paik wanted brutalised or killed as "a message" (Jin, unaware of Paik's worse qualities, assumed that he meant an actual message and simply told the man that Paik was unhappy with him). This treatment weighs heavily on Jin and severely strains his and Sun's marriage.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: PlayedForDrama; he treats his son-in-law, Jin, like an attack dog, verbally berating him for showing a little too much mercy to a man Paik wanted brutalised or killed as "a message" (Jin, unaware of Paik's worse qualities, assumed that he meant an actual message and simply told the man that Paik was unhappy with him). This treatment weighs heavily on Jin and severely strains his and Sun's marriage.
* {{Irony}}: Malkin makes his living as a PhonyPsychic, and his daughter [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane may well have had]] a ''genuine'' supernatural experience.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Subverted; after crashing on the Island and discussing her experience with Malkin with Charlie, Claire comes to believe that Malkin knew all along that Flight 815 would crash, and only told Claire to allow a Los Angeles couple to adopt her baby to get her on the plane. However, Malkin's next appearance would have him admit to Mr. Eko that he's an unambiguous fraud, which strongly suggests that there really ''was'' a couple in Los Angeles, and the crash was an unforeseeable coincidence.
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* AmoralAttorney: Norton doesn't do anything really illegal, but has no qualms harassing Kate so she'll be pushed into returning to the island.
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* AmoralAttorney: Norton doesn't do anything really illegal, but has no qualms harassing Kate so she'll be pushed into returning to the island.Island.
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* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Unlike his arrogant, emotionally abusive son, Ray is charming and good-natured, showing far more respect and affection to Jack than Jack ever got from his own father.
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* BillyNeedsAnOrgan: He shows the true depth of his sociopathy when he pretends to reconcile with his son so he can convince him to donate his kidney, then [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness abandon him after the operation]].
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!!Noor 'Nadia' "Nadia" Abed Jaseem
* DeadpanSnarker: Even as she's being tortured by the Republican Guard, Nadia finds the will to snark at Sayid's questioning.
-->'''Nadia:''' What would you like to talk about? Books? Weather? It's been a while since I've seen either, so my conversation may suffer.
-->'''Nadia:''' What would you like to talk about? Books? Weather? It's been a while since I've seen either, so my conversation may suffer.
* NiceGirl: What little we see of Nadia's character shows her to be a well-meaning and decent person. When she and Sayid are together, he's clearly happy, Nadia's words leave a positive impact on Charlie, and she quickly becomes friendly with the rest of the Oceanic 6, even giving Hurley a hug on his birthday.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Nadia met Charlie when he intervened as she was being mugged in London. When Charlie tries to downplay his actions, Nadia informs him that several people [[BystanderSyndrome saw her struggling, but ignored her]], and insists that he is a hero. This clearly left an impact on Charlie; shortly before his death, he includes Nadia's words as part of the top five greatest moments of his life.
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* IHaveManyNames: We don't know his real name; Anthony Cooper is just one of his many aliases.
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* HumiliationConga: In a short period of time, Cooper is run off the road, kidnapped by the Others, brought to the Island, and spends several days tied up as a prisoner at Locke's mercy before being delivered to Sawyer, who kills him in a brutal and painful fashion. [[LaserGuidedKarma Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy]].
* IHaveManyNames: We don't know his real name;Anthony Cooper "Anthony Cooper" is just one of his many aliases.aliases.
-->'''Cooper:''' A con man goes by many names, friend. I've been Alan Seward, Anthony Cooper, Ted MacLaren, Tom Sawyer, Louis Jackson, Paul--
* IHaveManyNames: We don't know his real name;
-->'''Cooper:''' A con man goes by many names, friend. I've been Alan Seward, Anthony Cooper, Ted MacLaren, Tom Sawyer, Louis Jackson, Paul--
* NeverMyFault: Confronted by Sawyer, Cooper tries to brush off any responsibility for the destruction of Sawyer's family, blithely saying that it isn't his fault if Sawyer's father overreacted and "pulled the ol' {{murder-suidide}}.
* UndignifiedDeath: Cooper is painfully strangled to death by a man he'd been sneering at seconds before while chained up and totally helpless.
* YouKilledMyFather: Cooper may not have pulled the trigger to kill Mary and Warren Ford, but his actions are why they ended up dead.
-->'''Cooper:''' [[SarcasmMode Don't tell me I'm]] ''[[SarcasmMode your]]'' [[SarcasmMode daddy]].\\
'''Sawyer:''' [[TranquilFury No. You killed my daddy.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: Cooper may not have pulled the trigger to kill Mary and Warren Ford, but his actions are why they ended up dead.
-->'''Cooper:''' [[SarcasmMode Don't tell me I'm]] ''[[SarcasmMode your]]'' [[SarcasmMode daddy]].\\
'''Sawyer:''' [[TranquilFury No. You killed my daddy.]]
* DirtyOldWoman: Carmen admits (after covering the ears on a statue of Jesus) that part of why she brought David back into her and Hurley's lives is because she "has needs". [[ParentalSexualitySquick Hurley is not pleased to hear about it]].
* InnocentlyInsensitive: For Hurley's first post-Island birthday, Carmen throws him a big party... with a tropical island theme.
-->'''Sayid:''' Interesting theme.\\
'''Hurley:''' Yeah, my mom... doesn't really get it, dude.
-->'''Sayid:''' Interesting theme.\\
'''Hurley:''' Yeah, my mom... doesn't really get it, dude.
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!!Diane JanssenJanssen (nee Austen)
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems like a typical battered housewife and sweet waitress; the reality is that she placed her alcoholic, abusive husband before her own flesh and blood. She never forgives Kate for killing Wayne, taking every opportunity (save one) to turn her into the police. She even tries to threaten Kate with her testimony in exchange for seeing her 'grandson'.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems like a typical battered housewife and sweet waitress; the reality is that she placed her alcoholic, abusive husband before her own flesh and blood. She never forgives Kate for killing Wayne, taking every opportunity (save one) to turn her into the police. She even tries to threaten Kate with her testimony in exchange for seeing her 'grandson'."grandson".
* DomesticAbuse: Diane's husband Wayne would beat her when he was drunk (which was often).
* EntitledBitch: After Kate returns from the Island with Aaron, Diane believes, despite choosing the loathsome Wayne over her own daughter and trying to turn Kate over to law enforcement, that she deserves a chance to meet who she believes to be her grandson, even being willing to threaten Kate over it.
* JerkassHasAPoint: As awful as Diane is to her daughter, she is right about at least a couple of things:
** When Kate arrives at Diane's diner and tries to order a beer, Diane refuses to give her one since Kate already insists on riding a motorcycle without a helmet and Diane doesn't want her doing so after drinking.
** Kate ''did'' blow up the man Diane loved, even if said man was a repulsive waste of skin.
** When Kate tries to claim that she killed Wayne for her mother, Diane fires back that Kate did it for ''herself''; while Wayne's treatment of Diane was definitely a factor, Kate admits on the Island that she wanted to kill Wayne out of disgust for the fact that he was her biological father. Even if she did intend for Diane to benefit from Wayne's death, Kate's motives weren't totally altruistic.
* DomesticAbuse: Diane's husband Wayne would beat her when he was drunk (which was often).
* EntitledBitch: After Kate returns from the Island with Aaron, Diane believes, despite choosing the loathsome Wayne over her own daughter and trying to turn Kate over to law enforcement, that she deserves a chance to meet who she believes to be her grandson, even being willing to threaten Kate over it.
* JerkassHasAPoint: As awful as Diane is to her daughter, she is right about at least a couple of things:
** When Kate arrives at Diane's diner and tries to order a beer, Diane refuses to give her one since Kate already insists on riding a motorcycle without a helmet and Diane doesn't want her doing so after drinking.
** Kate ''did'' blow up the man Diane loved, even if said man was a repulsive waste of skin.
** When Kate tries to claim that she killed Wayne for her mother, Diane fires back that Kate did it for ''herself''; while Wayne's treatment of Diane was definitely a factor, Kate admits on the Island that she wanted to kill Wayne out of disgust for the fact that he was her biological father. Even if she did intend for Diane to benefit from Wayne's death, Kate's motives weren't totally altruistic.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Randy is a smug bully who openly insults his employees.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Randy is a smug bully who openly insults his employees. Even the good-natured Hurley (who gave Randy his box company job after winning the lottery) considers him a pain in the ass.
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-->''"What is it with you Locke? Why do you torture yourself? I mean, imagining you're some hunter? Walkabouts? Wake up, you can't do any of that."''
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-->''"What is it with you you, Locke? Why do you torture yourself? I mean, imagining you're some hunter? Walkabouts? Wake up, you can't do any of that."''
* LikeFatherLikeSon: [[{{Pun}} Or like Sun, anyway]]; while she has far more of a moral compass than her father, Sun shows, especially later in the series, that she can be just as cold and ruthless as Woo-Jung when she needs to be, even showing that ruthlessness ''to'' her despicable father by buying his company out from under him.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Margo was alive in her last appearance, and is presumably still alive after Jack returns to the Island and dies saving it.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Carole [[LockedOutOfTheLoop believes]] that Claire died in the crash of Flight 815, but is eventually informed by Kate [[AvertedTrope that Claire is alive]].
* RedHerring: Jack and Kate initially believe that Carole hired Dan Norton to try and take Aaron away from Kate. After Jack confronts her about it, however, it becomes clear that Carole doesn't even know who Aaron is and her hiring Norton was a complete coincidence (she retained his services as part of a lawsuit against Oceanic Airlines over Claire's presumed death). It's later revealed that Ben hired Norton as part of his plan to get the Oceanic 6 back on the Island.
* RedHerring: Jack and Kate initially believe that Carole hired Dan Norton to try and take Aaron away from Kate. After Jack confronts her about it, however, it becomes clear that Carole doesn't even know who Aaron is and her hiring Norton was a complete coincidence (she retained his services as part of a lawsuit against Oceanic Airlines over Claire's presumed death). It's later revealed that Ben hired Norton as part of his plan to get the Oceanic 6 back on the Island.
* DirtyOldMan: Much to Hurley's horror, David remarks with approval that Carmen is "a passionate woman".
* InnocentlyInsensitive: At Hurley's first post-Island birthday party, David cracks some jokes at Hurley, Kate, and Sayid about the party's desert island theme and what their lives were like when they were stranded, totally oblivious to any trauma they may have from the experience.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: He's generally a competent and well-intentioned guy, but he does accept a bribe from Hurley. It's in the form of a donation to the hospital, however, and not a donation to his own pocket.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: He's generally a competent and well-intentioned guy, but he does accept a bribe from Hurley.Hurley in the flash-sideways. It's in the form of a donation to the hospital, however, and not a donation to his own pocket.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: Bram thoroughly underestimates the Man in Black, shooting at him ineffectually and failing to realise that the Man in Black could kill him without needing to cross the protective circle Bram had drawn around himself.
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* CardCarryingVillain: He's a charming, manipulative liar...but when he drops the charade, he's refreshingly up-front about being a selfish, sociopathic sub-human monster.
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* CardCarryingVillain: He's a charming, manipulative liar...but when he drops the charade, he's refreshingly up-front about being a selfish, sociopathic sub-human monster. While on the Island, he doesn't hesitate for a second to believe that he's in hell, clearly aware that that's exactly what he deserves.
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* EvilIsPetty: Cooper doesn't just refuse to read Sawyer's letter, he tears it up in front of the poor man.
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* EvilIsPetty: Cooper doesn't just refuse to read Sawyer's letter, he tears it up in front of the poor man.man, chuckling as he does.
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: After pushing Locke out a window, Cooper fled to Mexico and disappeared. Four years later, he was captured by the Others and brought to the island.
* KarmicDeath: A ''very'' well deserved strangling at Sawyer's hand; his life ended by the man whose life he ruined.
* KarmicDeath: A ''very'' well deserved strangling at Sawyer's hand; his life ended by the man whose life he ruined.
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: After pushing Locke out a window, Cooper fled to Mexico and disappeared. Four years later, he was captured by the Others and brought to the island.
island, where both Locke and Sawyer avenged themselves upon him; Locke led Sawyer to realize that Cooper was the "Mr. Sawyer" who tore his family apart, and brutally strangled Cooper in a fit of rage.
* KarmicDeath: A ''very'' well deserved strangling at Sawyer's hand; his life ended by the man whose life he ruined. What's more, Cooper's death is orchestrated by Locke, his oft-discarded son.
-->'''Sawyer:''' ''You want to go to hell?!''
* KarmicDeath: A ''very'' well deserved strangling at Sawyer's hand; his life ended by the man whose life he ruined. What's more, Cooper's death is orchestrated by Locke, his oft-discarded son.
-->'''Sawyer:''' ''You want to go to hell?!''
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She loves and adores her abusive drunk of a husband more than her own daughter.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She loves and adores her abusive drunk of a husband more than her own daughter. She even divorced the decent and upstanding Sam Austen to go back to Wayne.
* UngratefulBastard: Kate murdered Wayne to free Diane from his abuse, and acted out a bit of insurance fraud to ensure her mother would be left with some money. Diane, who, for whatever reason, loved Wayne, never forgave Kate for it and had no qualms with handing Kate over to the authorities.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted; while he wants Sun to grow up well and disapproves of her lying about a broken glass ballerina or cheating on her husband, it's because of Paik's own ego, and his actions cause more strain on Sun's marriage and emotional health than anything else.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He seemed to disapprove when, as a child, Sun broke a valuable glass ballerina and blamed it on a maid. That said, Paik still fired that maid, despite suspecting or even knowing that she wasn't responsible.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He seemed to disapprove when, as a child, Sun broke a valuable glass ballerina and blamed it on a maid. That said, Paik still fired that maid, despite suspecting or even knowing that she wasn't responsible.
* LaserGuidedKarma: When Sun returns, she uses her wealth to secretly take control of her father's company and oust him. Paik loses his company and his daughter, the two things he placed the most value on.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: When Sun returns, she uses her wealth to secretly take control of her father's company and oust him. Paik loses his company and his daughter, the two things he placed the most value on.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: It's Margo who insists that Jack go to Australia to retrieve Christian, the thing that put him on Flight 815.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Michael is killed when the Freighter explodes in the Season 4 finale, leaving his mother to raise the now orphaned Walt.
* GoodIsNotNice: Despite being a hot-tempered jerk, Bram is working for [[BigGood Jacob]], and is opposed to the Man in Black.
* HotBlooded: He grows increasingly impatient outside the statue, finally just charging in.
* HotBlooded: He grows increasingly impatient outside the statue, finally just charging in.
* {{Jerkass}}: Moreso on the island than on the mainland. On the island he's impatient, argumentative and wants to kill Frank just because he doesn't like dragging him around.
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* HotBlooded: He grows increasingly impatient outside the statue, finally just charging in.
* {{Jerkass}}: Moreso on the island than on the mainland. On the island he's impatient, argumentative and wants to kill Frank just because he doesn't like dragging him around.
* {{Jerkass}}: Moreso on the island than on the mainland. On the island he's impatient, argumentative and wants to kill Frank just because he doesn't like dragging him around.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Caesar is one of many people who end up worse off for putting any amount of trust in Ben.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Caesar, as it happens, was very right to be suspicious of "Locke", although his suspicions come more from being manipulated by Ben and "Locke" knowing more about the Island than he logically should.
* AmbiguousSituation: Exactly ''what'' David is is never made clear; in life, neither Jack nor Juliet ever had children, and they certainly didn't have a child together, and with the flash-sideways revealed to be a sort of purgatory which both Jack and Juliet move on from at the end of the series, David's nature is never elaborated on. Even an awakened Locke telling Jack "you don't have a son" clears nothing up.
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* ButForMeitWasTuesday: He admits he'd run the same con as the one he pulled on Mary Ford at least two dozen times. Cooper doesn't even remember her name when Sawyer confronts him about it.
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* PetTheDog: The closest to a decent thing he does for Locke is letting him keep $200,000 in exchange for recovering his money, saying it's the best he can do to make up for stealing his kidney. Even then, Locke declines to accept it, and when he sees Helen walk out on him for lying to her, Cooper just gets in his cab and drives away.
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* SecretKeeper: Kate tells her that the "Oceanic Six" story is a lie and that Aaron isn't actually her son.
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* NotSoDifferent: Gives a pitying variety of this to Kate as she recognizes that she's been manipulated by Sawyer as she was.
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* NotSoDifferent: From Jack when he was a child, craving the approval of a distant father figure.
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* TheMark: In Sawyer and Gordy's scheme.
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* TheDreaded: Everybody who knows about Mr Paik is understandably terrified of his power and reach.
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* KickTheDog: When he discovers Sun's affair with Jae Lee, he orders Jin to kill him, and when this results in the man's suicide, Paik crashes his funeral to rub his death in Sun's face, telling her that "he must have felt great shame."
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* HateSink: He's far easier to hate than any of the main villains. He manipulates, abandons, and tries to kill his own son, takes plesure in ruining people's lives, and cares only about money. He's such a remorseless monster that Sawyer murdering him while he's defenseless comes off as completely justified.
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* HateSink: He's far easier to hate than any of the main villains. He manipulates, abandons, and tries to kill his own son, takes plesure pleasure in ruining people's lives, and cares only about money. He's such a remorseless monster that Sawyer murdering him while he's defenseless comes off as completely justified.
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* HateSink: He's a cold, corrupt man who exists to be an obstacle to Jin and Sun's marriage, and is everything wrong with their lives before the plane crash.
