History Characters / RoboCopTheSeries

!! Criminals

For characters from the movie, go [[Characters/RoboCop here]]

!! Alex Murphy/[=RoboCop=]
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See [=RoboCop=]'s character page [[Characters/RoboCopTheCharacter here]].
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!! Detective Lisa Madigan
The series's equivalent of Anne Lewis, Lisa Madigan is Murphy's partner and becomes a detective in the pilot.

!! Sgt. Stan Parks

[-Played by Creator/BluMankuma-]

!! Diana Powers/Neurobrain
Diana Powers was Chip Chayken’s secretary at OCP. Murdered in the pilot by him and his partner, Dr. Cray Z. Mallardo, her brain is used as a key component to operate Nerobrain, a supercomputer designed to run the entire city of Detroit.

[-Played by Andrea Roth-]

!! Charlie Lippencott

[-Played by Ed Sahely-]

!! Gadget Parks
An orphan who witnesses Chip Chayken kidnapping a homeless man, she's adopted in the pilot by Sgt. Parks.

[-Played by Sarah Campbell-]

* EmbarrassingFirstName: [[spoiler: She isn't fond of the fact that her real first name is Gertude]].
* HappilyAdopted: She's Parks's adopted daughter.
* LampshadeHanging: Late in the season, it's mentioned that "Gadget" was the name assigned to her when she was entered into family services. She personally thinks it was the result of a computer glitch. She continues to use it after being disappointed by her birth name.
* OrphansOrdeal: She's quite happy with Parks, but she gets depressed around Mother's Day since it was her mother that dropped her off at family services. Her desire to reunite with her mother is used against her, which devastates her.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: When her mother appears at the station, Parks comments on the similar eyes, hair, and the like. [[spoiler:Double subverted. The woman was working for Molotov all along and apologetically says she's just an underling who looks reasonably like Gadget with no choice in this. However, Parks has DNA evidence proving she really is Gadget's mother; she lied to the kid so that Parks would regain custody since he can give her the kind of life that she can't.]]
* TagalongKid: She frequently hung out at Metro South.

!! The OCP Chairman
The head or OCP in the series and the series's equivalent of the Old Man for the first two movies.

[-Played by David Gardner-]

* AdaptationalHeroism: Even barring his SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome in ''Film/RoboCop2'', the Old Man was apathetic to the people around him (most notably, his anger at ED-209 killing Kenny was at the malfunction itself, not the fact it ''killed someone''). While still greedy, the Chairman is conversely more empathetic to the suffering of others and willing to help people out and make things right whenever Diana, Murphy, or anyone else points out something he or OCP did wrong. He also actually cares for Murphy.
* CompositeCharacter: While he's more or less the series's equivalent of the Old Man (and some characters actually do call him "old man" from time to time), the opening implies he had Bob Morton's role as overseer of the [=RoboCop=] project.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: While much more moral than his employees and the other heads of OCP in the franchise, he is still greedy, willing to rush out products without fully testing them, and as revealed via blackmail in "When Justice Fails", willing to engage in insider trading. That said, he is genuinely horrified when he learns about the products' flaws or when he learns of the crimes his employees have done, and will pull the products off the market and will try to make things right and was willing to call off the space-tram launch in "When Justice Fails" when he learns of the cyrofuel's flaws.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: As is tradition with the boss of OCP, his real name is never revealed, but much like the CEO in ''Film/RoboCop3'', he's referred to by his job title.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He's not evil, but he lets his greed get the better of him, rushing out products and initiatives without proper testing and willing to engage in insider trading. That said, he can be horrified when he learns about these ideas and initiatives hurting or impairing people, and is willing to call off things or pull products--even if he isn't honest as to ''why'' they're being pulled.[[note]]The official story for why No Gain was recalled in-universe in "Trouble in Delta City" was due to possible product tampering rather than the truth, which was a chemical in it was a deinhibitor that was linked to an upsurge in crime.[[/note]]
* ExactWords: Technically, he spoke accurately in that No-Gain had to be recalled because of product tampering...it's just that the tampering occurred long before the drug hit the shelves, thanks to Cray Z. Mallardo's role in designing it. If OCP had bothered to do the required testing it would've been detected right away.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Sometimes, despite being the boss. He had zero knowledge of the Heartbreaker weapon, which an underling says was on the order of the Defense Department.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His reaction to many things illegal and immoral OCP does.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Is willing to make up for mistakes OCP has caused.
* SecretKeeper: Is this for Alex and Diana.
* WhatTheHellHero: Diana and Murphy are more than willing to call him out on his bullshit.

!!Russell Murphy
Alex Murphy's father and a retired police captain, he helps out his son when two cases from his past come back to haunt him and OCP.

[-Played by Martin Milner-]

* FantasticRacism: Underestimates Robo in the early part of "The Human Factor", he comes around by the end. [[spoiler: Then comes "Corporate Raiders"...]]
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: He's unaware his son was resurrected as [=RoboCop=] [[spoiler: until the end of "Corporate Raiders"]].
* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler: At the end of "Corporate Raiders" Robo declares that he's still a cop, to which Russell proudly agrees.]]
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: He learns that Robo is in fact Alex, who swears him to secrecy.]]
* ThatOneCase: While both of his appearances deal with cases from his past, "Corporate Raiders" is this trope as Tessa Stark didn't have enough evidence on her to be convicted before she returned years later.[[note]]Felix Weber, the villain of "The Human Factor" was caught by Russell and incarcerated, and the problems from that episode came from Weber escaping.[[/note]]

!! William Ray "Pudface" Morgan
[=RoboCop=]'s arch enemy, he was disfigured in an accident of his own making during an encounter with Robo. Blaming Robo for it, he has decided to seek revenge.

[-Played by James Kidnie-]
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!! Dr. Cray Z. Mallardo
A scientist at OCP, he murdered several homeless men for his Neurobrain project before settling on Chip Chayken's secretary Diana Powers.

[-Played by Cliff [=DeYoung=]-]

* BigBadEnsemble: The Pilot and "Trouble in Delta City" feature him, "Pudface" Morgan and Chip Chayken working together.
* EvilVegetarian: Dr. Cray Z. Mallardo, although being a vegetarian has little to do with him being a villain.
* MadScientist: He's the one who created Neurobrain.
* PunnyName: His first name and middle initial are "Cray Z," and his last name references a species of duck.
* TheParanoiac: Shown to be paranoid.
* {{Revenge}}: In "Trouble in Delta City" he taints No-Gain (OCP's new diet pill brand) with an addictive drug that reduces inhibitions in order to get revenge on them for putting him in jail. This soon leads to a rise in crime all over the city and even small riots in the streets, with at least one truck being tipped over.
* SerialKiller: He killed a bunch of homeless people for the Neurobrain project until he settled on Diana.

!! Chip Chayken
An executive at OCP, he employed the Dogtown Gang to do the kidnapping for Mallardo's Neurobrain, before becoming an accessory to his secretary's murder.

[-Played by John Rubinstein-]

* TheAlcoholic: He spends a good bit of time in "Sisters in Crime" with bottles of wine in sight. His host is rather peeved since he keeps pilfering the expensive stuff from the cellar.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: One of the more ruthless people in OCP, he was even involved in the murder of Diana, his secretary, for the Neurobrain project.
* CreepyCrossdresser: His disguise in "Sisters in Crime" involves him in drag.
* DraggedIntoDrag: His initial expression in "Sisters in Crime" suggests this was not his idea.
* MasterOfDisguise: In "Sisters in Crime" and the finale.
* SmugSnake: For the most part.

!!Reggie Braga
A cartel boss in Old Detroit.

[-Played by Creator/DanielKash-]
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* AintTooProudToBeg: When Molotov confronts him in "Tin Man" after he tried to horn in on his turf. Only the titular vigilante stops Motolov from killing Braga.
* TheCartel: He's a South American crime boss.
* EnemyMine: With Molotov to stop the Tin Man.

!!Vlad "Stitch" Molotov
A crime boss is Old Detroit. His debut appearance, "Prime Suspect", shows that the mayor is in his pocket.

[-Played by Hrant Alianak-]
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After Gadget was successfully detained, he told Nadia in Russian to take Pudface's goons out back and shoot them. They're unknowingly saved by Robo's sudden arrival.

* {{Foil}}: To Robo. She's arguably less human than he is, due to not having any of her original body left, but the lack of extra programming means she can behave like she used to and be more personable. She also acknowledges how she didn't have much in the way of friends and family like Murphy did, so it much's easier for her to cope with all this.
* GirlinessUpgrade: Having her brain transplanted into a computer seems to have agreed with Diana, as she went from a frumpy, bespectacled, ponytailed secretary to a loose-haired cybernetic siren in a lamé dress after losing her body.

[=RoboCop=]'s archenemy, he was disfigured in an accident of his own making during an encounter with Robo. Blaming Robo for it, he has decided to seek revenge.

* CopKiller: Wants to be, considering all the times he's tried to kill Murphy.

* BadassBaritone: Comes with being played by Blu Mankuma.

* BadassInCharge: As with Reed in the third movie, he's not afraid to go out into the field.

* BrainInAJar: In episode one Diana is murdered to provide the brain needed for OCP's city managing supercomputer. Diana, unlike Murphy, doesn't keep any of her original body, instead becoming somehow a ProjectedMan Or since in this case it is a gender flipped example a projected woman.

* BrainInAJar: In episode one Diana is murdered to provide the brain needed for OCP's city managing supercomputer. Diana, unlike Murphy, doesn't keep any of her original body, instead becoming somehow a ProjectedMan.

* AdultFear: He tries to put Gadget on lockdown in "Mother's Day" after a near-kidnapping at the mall. It gets substantially worse when he learns she's at risk as part of an attempt to get to him.

As in the movies, Alex Murphy was once a police officer, then he became the eponymous cyborg police officer after being shot to death in the line of duty.

[-Played by Richard Eden-]

* AdaptationDyeJob: In the movies, he has dirty blond hair, but here, as seen in flashbacks, this version retains Richard Eden's brown hair.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: This version of Murphy doesn't engage in police brutality or kill his enemies.
* AdaptationalComicRelief: While not to the same extent as in ''Alpha Commando'', this version of Alex is prone to snarking at enemies and even allies at times.
* AdultFear: Episode featuring his son will see him struggle with the boy being in dangerous situations and having to grow up without a father. Having to close himself off from his wife and other family members often takes a toll.
* {{Badbutt}}: As this version is aimed more for children.
* BerserkButton: Unsurprisingly, he has zero tolerance for cop killers. Two of his colleagues getting killed in "Heartbreakers" cause him to raise his voice and be even more invested in solving the case than usual. The killer goes even further by pressing Murphy's other button: endangering Nancy.
* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: This version of Murphy will more often than not do this to any foes he encounters.
* BrainInAJar: [=RoboCop=] himself could also be considered this, as he is a brain with a human face and a few organs for life support.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: As in the movies, he misses his family.
* ButNowIMustGo: His go-to response at the end of a given situation, as he insists some crime is occurring that he must deal with. At times, though, it's pretty clear he's just using this as an excuse to leave an awkward situation, such as when around people from his old life.
* CoolCar: The series gives him a Ford Mustang as a prototype of a new police cruiser OCP made.
* CoolHelmet: As it is tradition with Murphy.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: At the end of the PilotMovie, he refuses to reveal his true identity to his wife and son. As he says to Madigan, it might make him feel better, but he can't be the family man they need no matter how much he wants to be. There's also how he knows his enemies would try to get to him through them.
* DeadpanSnarker: More prone to this than his movie self, but not to the extent of his ''Alpha Commando'' self.
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou:
** "Prime Suspect": Averted. He goes out of his way to avoid harming the cops pursuing him, as they're just doing their jobs.
** "Heartbreakers": Nancy is kidnapped to blackmail him into stealing a prototype weapon. He refuses to ask for help, and he won't let those guarding the warehouse stand in his way. However, the ending reveals he never stole the desired warehouse item, so this may've just been a bluff.
--->'''Robo:''' You are brave men. There is no need to prove it.\\
''[Nervous cops step aside, as Robo walks by]''
* TheFettered: As in the movies, he must obey his prime directives.
* FriendToAllChildren: He's got a soft spot for Gadget and other kids. He once agreed to a promotional appearance with an actor playing Commander Cash, in order to set a good example for the kids in attendance.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: He will sometimes insist that he does not miss his old life and that any contact he has with his wife and son is purely professional. Madigan and Diana will often retort that he's not fooling anybody.
* HyperspaceArsenal: Aside from extra ammunition (as referred to in the episode "Provision 22"), Robo carries several types of both non-lethal and lethal ordinance (mines, airbags), coolant and other devices/gadgets that would be used in any given episode, all stored in his left leg.
* IHaveMyWays: Diana often provides him vital intel to get a VillainOfTheWeek or just catch minor criminals operating under the radar. Occasionally, Parks or someone else will ask how he pulled it off, and he'll simply remark that he has his sources.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: The reason he hasn't told his family who he is. [[spoiler: His father, Russell, later learns it in a later episode]].
* KnightInShiningArmor: He is [=RoboCop=] after all.
* LivingLieDetector: His voice/stress analyzer gained this ability.
* MetaphoricallyTrue: The VillainOfTheWeek in "Heartbreakers" kept dropping hints to Nancy about her connection to Robo. When she asks him what was meant by that, Robo simply says cops look out for the spouses of fallen officers.
-->'''Robo:''' We are all family.
* NonLethalWarfare: The series took advantage of the publicity given to NLW at the time to avoid having Murphy kill anyone. [=RoboCop=] is instead armed with an array of Non-Lethal Weapons which he uses to capture the bad guys.
* PapaWolf: Do not go after his family.
* RealMenLoveJesus: While only shown in one episode, this version is also Catholic, as in the movies.
* RestrainingBolt: Again, the prime directives.
* SecretKeeper: Is this for Diana. [[spoiler: His unwillingness to have her undergo the same persecution that Bob Takker is subjecting him to is the reason why he's the main suspect when someone uses the prototype of his gun and helmet to kill Takker, as he was talking to her when the crime happened.]]
* SuperCop: Again, this is [=RoboCop=].
* {{Superhero}}: More explicit in this version in the episode "[=RoboCop=] versus Commander Cash".
* SuperSenses: He can enhance his vision and hearing, and his helmet has thermal vision.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: His worst fear is realized in "Heartbreakers" when the VillainOfTheWeek learns his true identity and kidnaps his wife to blackmail him into stealing the eponymous weapon's parts.

!! Detective Lisa Madigan
The series's equivalent of Anne Lewis, Lisa Madigan is Murphy's partner and becomes a detective in the pilot.

[-Played by Yvette Nipar-]
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* ExactWords: Technically, he's correct in that No-Gain had to be recalled because of product tampering...it's just that the tampering occurred long before the drug hit the shelves, thanks to Cray Z. Mallardo's role in designing it. If OCP had bothered to do the required testing it would've been detected right away.

* CompressedVice: She has a drug problem that only lasted one episode.

* DysfunctionalFamily: In the episode, "Midnight Minus One", she impled that she came from one.

* TheMafiya: He's a Russian crime boss.

* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: The reason he hasn't told his family who he is. [[spoiler: His father, Russell, later earns it in a later episode]].

* CoolHelmet: As it tradition with Murhpy.

* SecretKeeper: Is this for Diana. [[spoiler: His unwillingness to have her undergo the same persecution that Bob Takker is subjecting him to is the reason why he's the main suspect when someone uses the prototype of his gun to kill Takker, as he was talking to her when the crime happened.]]