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Ellen Murphy
Played by Angie Bolling
Played by Jenn Griffin in RoboCop: The Series
The wife of Alex Murphy before his death and transformation into Robocop.
- Adaptational Name Change: Her name is Nancy in Robocop The Series. The novelisation of the first film also named her Jan.
- Break His Heart to Save Him: Murphy claims that Alex Murphy is dead to try to get her to move on with her life.
- Flat Character: We never learn much about her other than she loved Murphy and is upset at the fact that he has been turned into a cyborg who refuses to acknowledge her.
- Happily Married: Our images of the Murphy marriage show that she's happily married to Alex.
- The Lost Lenore: Alex Murphy mourns his wife's loss but refuses to keep any sort of relationship with her.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: The original movie version only shows up in flashbacks and one brief scene before being ushered out of the franchise.
James Daniel Murphy
Played by Jason Levine in RoboCop
Played by Clinton Austin Shirley in RoboCop 2
Played by Peter Costigan in RoboCop: The Series
Played by Jordan Hughes in RoboCop: The Series (flashbacks)
Played by Anthony Lemke in RoboCop: Prime Directives)
The son of Alex Murphy before his death and transformation into Robocop.
Tony and Elvira Alvarez
Tony played by Jo Livingston
Elvira played by Marjorie Rynearson
Owners of a grocery and nearly victims of a robbery by a hophead until Robocop intervened.
- All There in the Manual: The characters are simply credited as "Grocery Pop" and "Grocery Mom" in the first film. The novelization provides their names.
Mickey Radford
Played by Spencer Prokop
The gas station attendant who was threatened by Emil Antonowsky until Robocop intervened.
- All There in the Manual: Went unnamed in the first film, though the novelization provides his name.
Mayor Waldo Gibson
The Mayor of Detroit when RoboCop was first put on the streets.
- All There in the Manual: The novelization provided his first name Waldo.
- Distressed Dude: Was taken hostage by Ron Miller before Robocop intervened.
- Whatever Happened to the Mouse?: It is unknown exactly what happened to him after the first film, only that there he is no longer mayor in RoboCop 2 and a hospital, Gibson Memorial Hospital, was opened, possibly named in Gibson's honor.
Ron Miller
Played by Mark Carlton
A former city councilman that took City Hall hostage in order to get his job back.
Chandra and Tawney
Chandra played by Diane Robin
Tawney played by Adrianne Sachs
Two women who wer "entertaining" Bob Morton just prior to his death.
Peter Whitley
Played by Michael Hunter
A homeowner living in the greater Detroit area. Was interviewed by Justin Ballard-Watkins of Mediabreak while in the middle of some maintenance on his porch.
Keva Rosenberg
Played by James Staszkiel
An unemployed person in the Detroit area who appeared on Mediabreak and answered some difficult questions about the planned strike by the Detroit Police Department.
Mayor Marvin Kuzak
Played by Willard Pugh
The Mayor of Detroit in Robocop 2 and an opponent of OCP.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Mayor Marvin Kuzak was shown to be an ineffectual inner city politician with little self control in Robocop 2 but ultimately was right about everything he accused OCP of doing. In Rogue City, he is a sleazy politician who wants Robocop's endorsement while not being willing to campaign for his personhood. He also diverts valuable police resources to look for his nieces' car during the terrorist hunt for Soot. Even if Robocop gets him elected, his only plan to "save" the city is to sue OCP.
- * Adaptational Name Change: The novelization of RoboCop 2 lists his first name as Cyril.
- Corrupt Politician:
- A Downplayed Trope example as he is willing to accept the Nuka Cult's deal to save Detroit from OCP.
- His version in Rogue City is a Jerkass who is against OCP but diverts police resources to find his niece's missing luxury car.
- Deal with the Devil: His willingness to make a deal with Hob to legalize Nuke is portrayed as this.
- Everyone Has Standards: Despite his willingness to work with the Nuke Cult, he's trying to do everything he can to stop OCP taking over the city.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Kuzak is aware that OCP is using Loophole Abuse to try to foreclose on all of the city's property so they can build Delta City.
- Skewed Priorities: In Rogue City is more concerned with getting his nieces' car back than the police chasing a terrorist.
- Uncle Tom Foolery: Despite being 100% right about everything OCP is trying to do, he is a character that behaves in an exaggerated ridiculous manner.
- Ungrateful Bastard: In Rogue City, Mayor Kuzak doesn't help Robocop achieve citizenship even if he's supported as candidate for Mayor.
George Poulos
Played by Phil Rubenstein
Mayor Marvin Kuzak's assistant.
- All There in the Manual: His first name is given in the novelization.
- Fat Bastard: An overweight guy and sold out Detroit to OCP.
- The Mole: He alerted OCP about a mysterious woman (Angie) who offered a solution to the mayor's debt, hoping that when they would take over the city and be rewarded by them for it.
E. Edward Edwards
Played by John Ingle
A United States Surgeon General. While at a press conference, the Edwards made an announcement about the drug Nuke being the most addictive narcotic in history. He was then promptly gunned down by a member of the Nuke Cult.
- Alliterative Name: E. Edward Edwards.
- All in the Manual: He unnamed during RoboCop 2, the novelization provides his name.
- Shout-Out: Is named after actor Edward Edwards, who played Officer Manson in the first film.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Survives in the novelization of RoboCop 2.
Tom Delaney
Played by Ken Lerner
A lawyer that represented Ellen Murphy while she was bringing suit against OCP, due to the fact that Robo Cop was driving by her house day after day.
Maggie
Played by Lila Finn
A homeless woman whose cart is hit by a car and gets robbed seconds later in the opening of RoboCop 2.
- All in the Manual: Tthe novelization provides her name for some reason.
Cadillac Heights
The Rebellion
An organized resistance against OCP's attempted eviction of Cadillac Heights' residents.
- La Résistance: They are a violent resistance to being displaced by the Rehabs
- The Revolution Will Not Be Villified: Despite the fact they're an armed insurgency in the middle of America, they are portrayed as nothing less than heroic.
- Villainous Gentrification: They are opposed to this and have taken up arms to stop it.
- Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters: The Rebellion is cast as a bunch of violent criminals by the Rehabs.
Bertha Washington
Played by C.C.H. Pounder
The leader of the Rebellion against OCP and Rehab.
- Badass and Child Duo: She serves as surrogate mother for Nikko for much of the movie, adopting her when she escapes being deported to a detention camp.
- Black Boss Lady: She's the leader of the rebels.
- Captain Ersatz: One for Give Me Liberty's Martha Washington by Frank Miller.
- Hero of Another Story: Bertha has been carrying out an insurrection against OCP and the Rehabs while Robocop has been doing his own thing.
- Real Men Love Jesus: Bertha uses a church as one of her resistance's bases until driven out by the Rehabs.
- Sacrificial Lion: Is killed by the Rehabs during their raid on Rebel headquarters in the film's third act, and Moreno and Zack are seemingly in despair over it a few scenes later.
Nikko Halloran
Played by Remy Ryan
A young girl who's taken under the Rebellion's wing after Rehab takes and murders her parents.
- Ascended Fanboy: Nikko has a RoboCop action figure and gets excited at the possibility that he's pursuing the rebels' van. She later befriends Murphy and helps him take down OCP.
- Big Damn Heroes: Just as RoboCop is beaten by two Otomos and McDagget gloats in triumph, Nikko hacks into the two androids and reprograms them to attack each other instead.
- Child Prodigy: Nikko is a computer whiz, smart enough to be learning calculus at her age.
- Conveniently an Orphan: She gets separated from her parents as Rehabs force them onto a bus, and ends up in the Rebellion's care in which RoboCop later learns Nikko's parents were Killed Offscreen.
- Gender-Blender Name: Nikko is more commonly a boy's name.
- Heartwarming Orphan: Her parents are taken away by OCP and killed at an internment camp.
- Kid-Appeal Character: While the franchise has had its fair share of child characters appearing, she is notably the only heroic child character in the original trilogy, even having a couple of Big Damn Heroes moments.
- Playful Hacker: She hacks into an ED-209 to make it as "loyal as a puppy."
- Replacement Goldfish: To RoboCop, having moved on from his wife and son in the previous movie.
- Tagalong Kid: Nikko gets dragged into the Rebellion after she's separated from her parents, and Bertha rescues her from Rehab, but she quickly proves her worth.
Coontz
Played by Stephen Root
A member of the Rebels. Later revealed to be The Mole for the Rehabs.
- Dirty Coward: He spends most of his time on-screen acting like the rebel on the verge of a nervous breakdown before deciding to sell the whole group to McDaggett.
- The Mole: He's a constantly-nervous Fat Bastard who loudly questions if fighting OCP is worth it at one point. He was going to sell the rebels to OCP either to save his own ass or for money, that much was sure.
- Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: The Rehabs blow him away during their raid on the Rebels' base — we don't see the actual shooting, of course, but we see the Rehabs finding his dead body right after McDaggett orders them to look for him in an explicit invocation of this trope.
Moreno
Played by Daniel Von Bargen
A mechanic who joins the rebellion.
- Despair Event Horizon: Has one of these after the death of Bertha.
- The Lancer: To Bertha.
- Working-Class Hero: He was a mechanic before joining the rebels.
Zack
Played by Stanley Anderson
Another member of the rebellion
- Despair Event Horizon: Has one of these after the death of Bertha.
- The Lancer: To Bertha, along with Moreno.
Keiko Halloran
Played by Jodi Long
Nikko's mom
David Halloran
Played by John Posey
Nikko's dad
