History Characters / ArrowverseFreelandCriminals

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!!!'''Played By:''' Sofia Vassilieva

--> '''Todd:''' Some straight bull! You can take that grant to hell, 'cause that's where all of you corrupt, racist bastards are going! ''[looks at the [[CategoryTraitor sole Black member]]]'' [[SarcasmMode Thank you, brother]].

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* {{Expy}}: Fitting with the show's Biblical motif, Lady Eve parallels UsefulNotes/{{Lilith}}, an unpredictable individual who absolutely refuses to be subservient to any man. She used to work with Gambi at the Agency, but left for a life of organized crime. She has an arrangement with Gambi that she won't go after the Pierce family, while Gambi promises to leave Tobias be, but she breaks that promise by having her goons attack Lynn's lab to stop her from researching the Green Light drug.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's not clear what became of the rest of the hang after it got forcefully dissolved due to Tobias' imprisonment.

!!!Leadership

* KarmaHoudini: Commits heinous acts on a very regular basis, and always gets away with them because of his money and connections. Him being a murderous gang leader is an OpenSecret, but he always destroys any evidence that could directly prove it.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: The season 2 finale finally sees Whale get his comeuppance. He is beaten handily by Black Lightning and Lightning and is imprisoned in an off the books prison for metahumans called the Pit. [[spoiler: The season 3 premiere also reveals that the serum that slows his aging is wearing off and he is dying.]]

[[folder:Lady Eve]]
!!Lady Eve
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!!!'''Played By:''' Music/JillScott

->"''I don't mind people believing in God. They just can't believe they can take back these streets.''"

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A funeral parlor owner connected to Tobias Whale, backed by a secretive underground criminal group in Freeland.

* AbortedArc: Her group, the Shadow Board, was hyped to be a major influence behind the scenes in Freeland, as Lady Eve had backed Tobias and was seemingly pulling his strings. With her death, the plot went nowhere afterwards. Although, this was because Tobias made sure he wasn't anywhere near her death as the Shadow Board would go after him.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Apparently Post-Crisis, as TC uncovers that she is the one who put a hit on Gambi.]]
* CharacterDeath: Is assassinated in the mid-season by Whale's hitmen.
* DeepCoverAgent: She was a former agent of the ASA and previously a protege of Gambi. After retiring to be a crime boss, she still has links to the ASA with her death triggering the ASA's kill order on Black Lightning.
* DiabolicalMastermind: Whatever organization she's leading it's much more sophisticated than the 100 (which seems to be only a smokescreen for her enterprise). For starters they have enough pull to hire semi-truck drivers to deliver drugs amongst other things.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: She's initially introduced as "the greater threat behind [[TheHeavy Tobias Whale]]", but is KilledOffForReal half-way through the first season.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Lady Eve appeared in the pilot during Jefferson's award ceremony.
* {{Expy}}: Fitting with the show's Biblical motif, Lady Eve parallels UsefulNotes/{{Lilith}}, an unpredictable individual who absolutely refuses to be subservient to any man. She used to work with Gambi at the Agency, but left for a life of organized crime. She has an arrangement with Gambi that she won't go after the Pierce family, while Gambi promises to leave Tobias be, but she breaks that promise by having her goons attack Lynn's lab to stop her from researching the Green Light drug.
* FauxAffablyEvil: She sends out thank-you notes when people give her gifts, but she's a remorseless crime lord that even Tobias is intimidated by.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To Tobias Whale.
* MinoredInAssKicking: She shows her agent combat skills during an attempted assassination by evading and takes down her attackers, including snapping one goon's neck with his own weapon. Too bad she didn't know there was one last killer hidden in a coffin.
* OddFriendship: Had one with Gambi, who's Black Lightning's foremost ally. Gambi still looks out for his protege when it doesn't harm the Pierces.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: She makes a few digs at Tobias's albinism, telling him how albinos used to be killed and then grounded up for magic powder. One gets the impression that if Tobias wasn't albino, she'd let him move up in her organization.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Eve has a very soft, lilting voice that she maintains even when she's subtly threatening Tobias, or embalming someone alive.
* TortureTechnician: She embalmed a cadaver in "Black Jesus" ''[[BodyHorror while he was still alive]]''.
* TheUnfettered: As she herself says, she'd take out her own mother if she had to.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: To Freeland, she seems to be a wealthy funeral parlor owner who likes to give back to the community, when in reality she's the one responsible for all of Freeland's woes. Tobias exploits this by having his men murder her with stun guns -- that way, it appears she's died of electrocution and Black Lightning has gone off the deep end.
* WildCard: [[spoiler: After she is revealed to be alive in Season 3, she remains an unpredictable element, being mainly concerned with her own position of power.]]

!!!Current

[[folder:Masters of Disaster]]

Four criminal metahumans who were put into pods, revived by Tobias Whale and forced into his service.

* BoxedCrook: Former criminals that were forcebly used in government black ops, and now by Tobias Whale.
* ElementalPowers: Each of them controls an element.
* ExplosiveLeash: Tobias puts lethal devices into them to control them.

[[folder:Marcus Bishop / Shakedown]]
!!Marcus Bishop / Shakedown
!!!'''Species:''' Metahuman
!!!'''Played By:''' Hosea Chanchez
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/BlackLightning2018'

The first Master of Disaster released by Tobias. He has vibrational powers.

* RaceLift: This is the first Shakedown that is African American. The previous versions were white.

[[folder:Darryl Robinson / Coldsnap]]
!!Darryl Robinson / Coldsnap
!!!'''Species:''' Metahuman
!!!'''Played By:''' Derrick Lewis
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/BlackLightning2018'

A Master of Disaster released by Tobias. He has cryokinetic powers.

* AnIcePerson: His powers.

[[folder:Rebecca Jones / New Wave]]
!!Rebecca Jones / New Wave
!!!'''Species:''' Metahuman
!!!'''Played By:''' Brooke Ence
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/BlackLightning2018'

A Master of Disaster released by Tobias. She has hydrokinetic powers.

* DesignatedGirlFight: She is the only female of the group and off course fights Thunder during the finale.
* MakingASplash: Her powers.

[[folder:Joe / Heatstroke]]
!!Joe / Heatstroke
!!!'''Species:''' Metahuman
!!!'''Played By:''' Estaban Cuete
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/BlackLightning2018'

A Master of Disaster released by Tobias. He has pyrokinetic powers.

* KilledOffForReal: Lala shoots him dead, saving Jefferson in the process.
* PlayingWithFire: His powers.

!!!Former



[[folder:Will]]
!!Will
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Played By:''' Dabier
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/BlackLightning2018''

Lala's cousin and a low-level thug in the 100.

* AssholeVictim: Lala absolutely believed he deserved to die - a coward and misogynist who was willing to force Jennifer into prostitution to fix his issues.
* CharacterDeath: Brutally executed by Lala in "Lawanda: The Book of Hope".
* EntitledToHaveYou: Seems to think he still has a shot with Jennifer, even ''after'' he almost got her trafficked into prostitution.
* EvilIsPetty: Kidnaps the Pierce sisters after Anissa came to Jennifer's rescue and Will couldn't take the hint to leave.
* NoRespectGuy: Every scene Will is in has him being beaten, insulted, or otherwise humiliated.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He gets his ass handed to him so much, that it's a sobering shock when he busts into the school with his armed cronies to kidnap the Pierce sisters.
* StalkerWithACrush: Jennifer references this trope by name when he reveals he followed her to school after using her social media to find out where she attended.
* StupidEvil: Kidnaps Jefferson's daughters right out of the school in front of dozens of witness and security cameras which results in the cops bringing real heat against the 100 -- which is exactly why Lala never targets the school.

[[folder:Tori Whale]]
!!Tori Whale
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!!!'''Species:''' Human (enhanced via serum)
!!!'''Played By:''' Edwina Findley
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/BlackLightning2018''

Tobias' younger sister, who comes from Miami to Freeland to help him kill Black Lightning.

* CanonForeigner: Created exclusively for the show as the comic book version of Tobias Whale never had a sister.
* CharacterDeath: Dies in "Equinox: The Book of Fate" due to a stray bullet.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She's just as ruthless as her brother is, but genuinely cares about him since they were both abused by their father.
* FreudianExcuse: Her father was verbally and physically abusive.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She and Tobias were given a serum along years ago that keeps them from aging, so her actual age is indeterminate.

[[folder:Joey Toledo]]
!!Joey Toledo
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Played By:''' Eric Mendenhall
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/BlackLightning2018''

One of Tobias's top lieutenants. He's been around since Black Lightning's first crusade.

* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: He was the major supplier of Green Light in Freeland.
* CharacterDeath: Gambi kills him, on the advice of Lady Eve, as a method to suppress Tobias.
* CoDragons: To Tobias, alongside Syonide
* GigglingVillain: To highlight that he's a little off-kilter.

[[folder:Syonide]]
!!Syonide
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!!!'''Species:''' Human (Enhanced via cybernetics)
!!!'''Played By:''' Charlbi Dean
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/BlackLightning2018''

Tobias's right-hand woman, who trained her to become an assassin when he took her from an orphanage when she was eight-years old.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Prone to this when not [[BareYourMidriff Baring Her Midriff]].
* AwesomeByAnalysis: Syonide is the first person to deduce Thunder's PsychoactivePowers and exploit them to her advantage during their fight in one of Garfield High's classrooms.
* BareYourMidriff: Seems to have a preference for this type of outfit, even in combat. Justified with having armor plates grafted beneath her skin and not really needing protection anyway.
* CoDragons: To Tobias, alongside Joey Toledo and later Khalil.
* CompositeCharacter: She is based on the same-named Creator/DCComics villain, the second "Syonide" who was an unnamed female assassin. However, she carries the first Syonide's background of working for Tobias Whale.
* {{Cyborg}}: She has armor plates grafted beneath her skin that enhance her durability and strength.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: According to Gambi, she was found in the trash as a baby with its umbilical cord wrapped around her neck. She was abused and malnourished at an orphanage until she was eight. Then Tobias got ahold of her and he fed her, clothed her, augmented her, and turned her into an assassin 100% loyal to him.
* DualWielding: She prefers to go GunsAkimbo; in close-quarters, Syonide will whip out a pair of nightsticks.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Doubling with {{Pun}}, her name is pronounced as "cyanide".
* TheQuietOne: To the point she was TheVoiceless until the season one finale.
* MadeOfIron:Tobias had carbon fiber armor grafted to her body beneath the surface of the skin.
* {{Sadist}}: She enjoys the tasks her boss gives her; Gambi states Tobias trained her to inflict pain unto others.
* ShoutOut: Compare Syonide's DarkAndTroubledPast to the same origins of the eponymous character from ''Franchise/TheChroniclesOfRiddick''.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler: Dies a few minutes into the Season 2 premiere, after acting as a recurring secondary antagonist throughout the first season.]]
* TykeBomb: Taken by Tobias as a young child to be molded into a deadly and ruthless assassin.
* UndyingLoyalty: No matter where Tobias goes, Syonide is almost always seen with him, defending and carrying out his orders.
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Is killed off in "The Rise of the Green Light Babies" by Kara Fowdy of all people.]]

[[folder:Khalil Payne / Painkiller]]
!!Khalil Payne / Painkiller
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!!!'''Species:''' Human (enhanced via cybernetics)
!!!'''Played By:''' Jordan Calloway
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/BlackLightning2018''

Jennifer's ex-boyfriend, a high-school track star until he got paralyzed thanks to a gunman from the 100. Tobias comes to to him after his accident to try and turn him against Black Lightning.

* AdaptationOriginConnection: As a new enforcer for Tobias following reconstructive spinal surgery (courtesy of the ASA), Khalil's DreadlockWarrior ScaryBlackMan appearance, who has SuperStrength and [[PowerFist forearm bracers that fire anethestic syringes]], he becomes the show's version of the super villain "Painkiller" from the ''Black Lightning'' comics.
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Following his Season 3 resurrection, Painkiller takes on a cheerful persona who speaks matter-of-factly about the horrible things the ASA has trained him in. Hits its peak when he questions the ASA sergeant he poisoned while sparring with him about what is going through his mind as he dies as he's become philosophically interested in the idea of how his victims feel.]]
* AllForNothing: He joined up with Tobias because Tobias gave him gifts and the use of his legs. In the end he can't go through with being an effective criminal and Tobias rips his artificial spine out, making him a cripple once again.
* ApologeticAttacker: Played with: when confronted by Jennifer about his [[spoiler:"killing" Black Lightning, he admits he actually ''likes'' Black Lightning and didn't want to kill him]] but that he was and still is under Tobias's thumb.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Once he begins to lash out at everyone following his paralysis, Jefferson speculates that's who he is truly after he lost everything. Subverted in season 2 after he becomes nicer and starts to chafe under Tobias' thumb.
* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler: Following his resurrection by the ASA, Khalil now has a TouchOfDeath and knowledge of numerous martial arts to make him the perfect killing machine.]]
* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler: He is resurrected by the ASA and made completely obedient via a brain chip. He is ordered to kill his mother by Odell, which he does without any hesitation.]]
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: He's actually the Black Lightning RoguesGallery member Painkiller.
* CharacterDeath: Dies in episode 11 of season 2. [[spoiler: But then he gets resurrected in Season 3...]]
* CoDragons: Becomes this to Whale alongside Syonide after becoming enhanced.
* DisabledInTheAdaptation: As far as the comics go, Painkiller never suffered any kind of spinal surgery.
* DreadlockWarrior: As Painkiller. They are cut when he runs away with Jennifer.
* DreamCrushingHandicap: He had plans to become a professional athlete, but those plans got derailed when he got shot in the spine, leaving him unable to walk.
* DudeWheresMyReward: As part of his fall from grace he gives Jennifer a vicious rant on how he spent his entire life "doing everything right", and then God decided to take away the use of his legs.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Even at his worst, he still loves his mother.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Starts out clean cut, but he has relatively long [[DreadlockWarrior dreads]] when he reappears as one of Tobias' enforcers after getting reconstructive spinal surgery. The InUniverse explanation is that his hair grew extremely fast as a side effect of the drugs he took to recover, but it's ultimately meant to symbolize that he's no longer the straight edge student he used to be.
* {{Expy}}: As a reference to Biblical motifs, Khalil represents [[Literature/BookOfJob Job]], a good, prosperous man whom Satan (with God's permission) beset one disaster after another on Job's life in order to test whether he abandons his faith in God. Unlike Job, Khalil doesn't have the strength to continue keeping his faith when events turn his life against him, thus succumbs to Tobias' temptations.
** In Season Two, when he finally leaves Tobias he becomes the Prodigal Son.
* ForcedIntoEvil: He doesn't actually want to work for Tobias, but feels he has no other choice since Tobias would kill him if he tried to leave. This eventually happens.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Although it wasn't apparent that he becomes the show's version of Painkiller, the first meeting between him and Tobias Whale contains the following dialogue.
-->'''Tobias''': If you'd like, I can show you how to kill your pain.
* HeelRealization: When Tobias orders him to kill Reverend Holt, Khalil begins to regret his choice of working for him, as he's known the reverend for years and his mother goes to that same church. When he realizes Whale himself was the man behind the shooting that caused his paralysis, Khalil tries to find a way out.
* IKnowKungFu: [[spoiler: The chip that Odell uses to control Khalil also possesses a large database of knowledge including anatomy, philosophy and 23 different martial arts disciplines]].
* MeaningfulName: His surname "[[{{Pun}} Payne]]" foreshadows his transformation into the super villain Painkiller].
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Painkiller in the comics never had a given name; instead, this version of the villain is named [[MeaningfulName Khalil Payne]].
* NiceGuy: He's sweet, respectful, has a good head on his shoulders, and deeply cares about Jennifer. {{Subverted}} following his paralysis. And then played straight again after his HeelRealization.
* PoisonousPerson: The implant used for Khalil's spinal surgery has given him an additional paralytic substance that he can extract and weaponize into syringes fired from his forearm bracers. [[spoiler: After being resurrected by the ASA, he can now administer this substance into a [[TouchOfDeath person's system via touch]] with varying degrees of lethality.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: He eventually revolts against Tobias, and despite his and Jennifer's best efforts to stay ahead of the villain, is ultimately killed by him.
* SadisticChoice: In Season 2, he is forced into one, when Tobias orders a hit on Reverend Holt. Either he kills the man who has supported his mother's community for years, or Tobias will retaliate against him and his loved ones. He decides to TakeAThirdOption and runs away with Jennifer.
* SecretKeeper: He is the only one besides her family, who knows about Jennifer's powers.
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: He kills his mother on Odell's orders after being resurrected.]]
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler: His Painkiller personality, created by the ASA, which stays in his head after Khalil is eventually brought back and keeps fighting for control of his body. It eventually breaks out again.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: After his accident and thanks to Tobias' toxic influence, he blames Jennifer for his current state and God for punishing him even though he did everything right in life.
* TragicVillain: A promising student with a bright athletic future ahead of him whose life ends up destroyed because of the harsh reality of Freeland, then ends up being manipulated into becoming a thuggish enforcer for the group that ruined his life to begin with.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Was a genuine NiceGuy before suffering a DreamCrushingHandicap and then being subjected to [[TheCorrupter Tobias' influence]].

[[folder:Todd Green]]
!!Todd Green
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Played By:''' RJ Cyler
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/BlackLightning2018''

A brilliant computer and robotics student who after burning his bridges at his college falls in with Tobias.

* TheCorruptible: Some flattery and $100,000 was all it took for Todd to sign up with Tobias.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Todd's an undisputed genius, but he always had doors slammed in face because of his background and lack of connections.
* TheDragon: To Tobias after Syonide dies and Khalil goes rogue.
* HatesBeingTouched: As displayed when being escorted out by two guards in his debut episode, he shakes them off and insists they stop touching him when they have his arms grabbed, then later when Tobias is recruiting him, he has two ladies sit at each of Todd's sides and be flirty with him, and though not hating the attention, Todd is clearly uncomfortable with the ladies being so close and having their hands all over him. Tobias takes notice of this, as in a later episode, he simply gives a light tap on Todd's arm while complimenting him on a job well done, which Todd appreciates.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Unlike Khalil, he adapts to working for Tobias very well, able to do anything the man asks efficiently and without any twinge of a guilty conscience.
* {{Foil}}: To Khalil, both are promising students who had their dreams shattered -- Khalil because of his injury and Todd because of racism and classism. But unlike Khalil, Todd adapts extremely well to working with Tobias, and shows no hesitation for any of the illegal activities Tobias asks him to do. For emphasis, Khalil was a physical threat, whereas Todd is a TechnoWizard.
* RantInducingSlight: Finding out he lost a research grant to some rich kid, whose dad made a sizable donation really set him off, especially ''after'' the Grant Board complimented on his extraordinary work the past year.
--> '''Todd:''' The same Garett Tortolani whose rich white dad just donated a new wing to the research center?
--> '''Board Member:''' Quite frankly, I resent the implication, Mr. Green.
--> '''Todd:''' Well, you can resent it all you want. That doesn't make it any less true.
--> '''Board Member:''' Good day, Mr. Green. The panel's decision has been made, and that decision is final.
--> '''Todd:''' Some straight bull! You can take that grant to hell, 'cause that's where all of you corrupt, racist bastards are going! ''[looks at the [[CategoryTraitor sole Black member]]]'' [[SarcasmMode Thank you, brother]].
* RealityEnsues: His little outburst at the grant board results in him being escorted out of the building by security and, as implied by the CardboardBoxOfUnemployment he's carrying, expulsion.
* TragicVillain: A promising student with a bright future in robotics gets his research grant denied because of blatant favoritism upon the Board's part -- they gave it to a rich white kid whose dad make a sizable donation the week before, then ends up being corrupted by Tobias.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He was a hopeful and optimistic kid in science before Tobias got his hands on him.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: When Todd does all he can to help Tobias with the pod kids, he's of no more use, so Cutter lets him go with a new car ... that's rigged to explode.]]

!!The Sange

[[folder: In General]]
The white people of South Freeland engaged in a century long feud with the African American population -- the Perdi. The Sange are under the control of the Looker.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: They hate all black people, and are not above lynching to make it known. Though how much of it is due to their own hatred or the Looker's control is unknown.
* PunchClockVillain: Once they're free from the Looker's control they end their feud with Black Lightning.
* SuperSpeed: What seems to be their only power.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lala]]
!!Latavius "Lala" Johnson
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!!!'''Species:''' Metahuman
!!!'''Known Aliases:''' Lala, Tattooed Man
!!!'''Played By:''' William Catlett

A former student of Jefferson's, and later a high-ranking member of the 100, before being killed and resurrected by Tobias. He's since experienced death several times, gaining the memories and visions of those he kills, and is currently trying to parlay his experience into taking over the power vacuum created by the occupation of Freeland.

** In Season 3, he goes back to being a criminal again. While he seems more concerned with helping the public than before, he still turns down Jefferson's request to help him fight the Markovians, being preoccupied with his own power struggle against Lady Eve and his quest for revenge against Tobias.

** In Season 3, he goes back to being a criminal again. While he seems more concerned with helping the public than before, he still turns down Jefferson's request to help him fight the Markovians, being preoccupied with his own power struggle against Lady Eve.

* WildCard: In Season 2, being wildly unpredictable due to constantly hearing voices. He first assaults Jefferson, but then decides to go after Tobias instead. He later saves Black Lightning's life, saying that he's only interested in stopping Tobias' plans.

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[[folder:Lala]]
!!Latavius "Lala" Johnson
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!!!'''Species:''' Metahuman
!!!'''Known Aliases:''' Lala, Tattooed Man
!!!'''Played By:''' William Catlett

A former student of Jefferson's. He is now a high ranking member of the 100, having experienced death several times, gaining the memories and visions of those he kills.

* AchillesHeel: Tobias had failsafes should Lala revolt against him post resurrection. The first is the phrase "The Devil deals the cards" which hypnotizes Latavious to do his bidding. The second is the phrase "E Pluribus Unum" (Out of many, one); which causes the tattoos in Lala to revolt and incapacitate him.
* AssholeVictim: Gets murdered by Whale; even when resurrected, Lala is still under Tobias' thumb and is forced to do his bidding.
* BackFromTheDead: He comes back to life at the end of "Equinox: The Book of Fate". Tobias spent a million dollars to do so. Season 2 reveals that the newfound gift of life when combined with a curse that keeps reminding him and haunting him with the people he's killed, makes him completely miserable to the point of being a DeathSeeker.
* CameBackWrong: Along with the obvious, hallucinating his murder victims and being under Tobias' control, Lala's demeanor noticeably changes with his resurrection. Pre-death, Lala was a LargeHam, with almost every scene he was in yelling at someone or making threats. Post-resurrection, he shifts to being more soft-spoken, both in conversation and in conversing with his hallucinations.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: He's the show's version of Creator/DCComics villain "Tattooed Man".
* CharacterDeath: Killed by Tobias at the end of "Lawanda: The Book of Hope"; {{Subverted}} due to his resurrection.
* TheChewToy: Is constantly being beaten up and abused by Tobias, who admits that he just [[ItAmusedMe loves messing with Lala]]. Considering he's a murderous gang leader though, it's [[AssholeVictim hard to feel very sorry for him]].
* ColdHam: By season 2, he has a near monotone voice when he speaks.
* DoNotCallMePaul: He really doesn't like to be called Latavius.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: {{Averted}}; when the supply of Green Light dries up after Black Lightning and Thunder destroy the factory, Lala decides to corner the market on old-school illicit drugs by buying vastly more quantities than he used to. His supplier is suspicious it's a setup...so as collateral, Lala tells him where his mother lives, to let him know he's serious.
* {{Expy}}: In a series rife with biblical allegories, he is Cain. A man who took the life of an innocent, he is later cursed with the power of immortality and forced to walk the earth for his sins.
* FauxAffablyEvil: When talking to Will about getting his money back, he's deeply amused when Jennifer sucker-punches Will. He acts polite when he speaks with Jefferson at first, and pretends to keep the gangs out of the school out of respect for his old teacher but this quickly crumbles when Jefferson interferes with his abuse of a kid and he pulls a gun on Jefferson.
* FluffyTheTerrible: "Lala" is not the nickname one would expect from a ruthless and feared gang boss. His name Latavius sounds more awesome.
* MilesToGoBeforeISleep: Hates the reanimation and being back alive due to the guilt he's got to live with. He's hoping that once he kills Tobias, he'll finally get to rest in peace again.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: {{Lampshaded}}, as Lala's first response to almost any problem is to put the problem down permanently.
-->'''Will:''' "You always murking somebody. Just like [[TalkingToTheDead how you killed me]]."
* TheOldestProfession: As a high ranking member of The 100, he is in charge of the Seahorse Motel which is used as a brothel.
* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: No one really calls him by his first name, only Jefferson does.
* PragmaticVillainy: The ''only'' thing stopping him from targeting the Garfield students is that he knows that trying to attack the "Black Jesus of Freeland" would be the only thing that would properly galvanize the cops to take action. This doesn't stop them from ordering the Pierce sisters deaths so they can hide the bodies so they can't testify.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Jefferson's former student turned gang banger.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Lala's LargeHam tendencies seemingly died with him, and he almost never raises his voice after his resurrection.
* StarterVillain: Lala's the driving force of Jefferson's torment, Will's actions and has connections to the antagonists but after Black Lightning puts him in jail and Whale kills him, his status places him as that.
* TalkingToTheDead: To Lawanda and Will after he comes BackFromTheDead, but only he can see or hear them. According to Tobias, this is a side-effect of the "reanimation" process - that Lala will encounter all the people he's killed, with images of them literally tattooed to his body.
* TookALevelInBadass: By season 3, his ability to come BackFromTheDead [[spoiler: works almost instantaneously and he's developed the ability to manifest the people in his tattoos at will to use as {{Mooks}}.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He was a straight-A student before he met Tobias, and Jefferson seems to have had some regard for him before he became a criminal.
* WildCard: In Season 2, being wildly unpredictable due to constantly hearing voices. He first assaults Jefferson, but then decides to go after Tobias instead. He later saves Black Lightning's life, saying that he's only interested in stopping Tobias' plans.
* WouldHurtAChild: Is seen beating a boy probably no older than twelve for playing video games instead of dealing weed. He was also perfectly willing to kill the Pierce sisters and have them "disappear".

[[folder:Will]]
!!Will
[[quoteright:206:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blacklightningwill.jpg]]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Played By:''' Dabier
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/BlackLightning2018''

Lala's cousin and a low-level thug in the 100.

* AssholeVictim: Lala absolutely believed he deserved to die - a coward and misogynist who was willing to force Jennifer into prostitution to fix his issues.
* CharacterDeath: Brutally executed by Lala in "Lawanda: The Book of Hope".
* EntitledToHaveYou: Seems to think he still has a shot with Jennifer, even ''after'' he almost got her trafficked into prostitution.
* EvilIsPetty: Kidnaps the Pierce sisters after Anissa came to Jennifer's rescue and Will couldn't take the hint to leave.
* NoRespectGuy: Every scene Will is in has him being beaten, insulted, or otherwise humiliated.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He gets his ass handed to him so much, that it's a sobering shock when he busts into the school with his armed cronies to kidnap the Pierce sisters.
* StalkerWithACrush: Jennifer references this trope by name when he reveals he followed her to school after using her social media to find out where she attended.
* StupidEvil: Kidnaps Jefferson's daughters right out of the school in front of dozens of witness and security cameras which results in the cops bringing real heat against the 100 -- which is exactly why Lala never targets the school.

[[folder:Tori Whale]]
!!Tori Whale
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/toriwhale.png]]
!!!'''Species:''' Human (enhanced via serum)
!!!'''Played By:''' Edwina Findley

Tobias' younger sister, who comes from Miami to Freeland to help him kill Black Lightning.

* CanonForeigner: Created exclusively for the show as the comic book version of Tobias Whale never had a sister.
* CharacterDeath: Dies in "Equinox: The Book of Fate" due to a stray bullet.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She's just as ruthless as her brother is, but genuinely cares about him since they were both abused by their father.
* FreudianExcuse: Her father was verbally and physically abusive.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She and Tobias were given a serum along years ago that keeps them from aging, so her actual age is indeterminate.

[[folder:Joey Toledo]]
!!Joey Toledo
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joeytoledo.png]]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Played By:''' Eric Mendenhall

One of Tobias's top lieutenants. He's been around since Black Lightning's first crusade.

* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: He was the major supplier of Green Light in Freeland.
* CharacterDeath: Gambi kills him, on the advice of Lady Eve, as a method to suppress Tobias.
* CoDragons: To Tobias, alongside Syonide
* GigglingVillain: To highlight that he's a little off-kilter.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Syonide]]
!!Syonide
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/syonide.jpg]]
!!!'''Species:''' Human (Enhanced via cybernetics)
!!!'''Played By:''' Charlbi Dean
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/BlackLightning2018''

Tobias's right-hand woman, who trained her to become an assassin when he took her from an orphanage when she was eight-years old.
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[[folder:Two-Bits]]
!!Frank "Two-Bits" Tanner
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Played By:''' Jason Louder
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/BlackLightning2018''

A childhood friend of Jefferson's, several years younger than him, who fell into petty crime.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Invoked; he says he's done a lot of things he's not proud of to survive, but when he witnessed a child getting snatched off the street he had to tell someone.
* FriendlyEnemy: Tries to take a selfie with Black Lightning. While Black Lightning is beating him up.
* HarmlessVillain: By the standards of the show. While he sells Green Light, he's largely a petty criminal just doing what he needs to in order to provide for his family. After the supply of Green Light dries up he's selling (presumably stolen or bootleg) ''[=DVDs=]'' (in 2018!) off the side of the road. He later reveals he doesn't even carry a gun because he's on probation.
* MeaningfulName: Despite all the heavy crime in the city, Two-Bit was either unable or unwilling to get into anything worse than pushing drugs on the street (though on the other hand, Green Light is not exactly marijuana or ecstasy).
* MotorMouth: Almost all the time, as if perpetually nervous.
* OddFriendship: Though they're more acquaintances than friends now, he and Jefferson give off this vibe when they meet again. Two-Bit even specifically calls him out on it, saying he's too bougie to be hanging out at the bar where Two-Bit and his crew do, and deduces that he must want something.
* TookALevelInKindness: He was always a friendly enough guy for a criminal, but by Season 3, he has put his criminal endeavors on hold and has joined the resistance against the ASA, doing his best to ruin their plans and help innocent civilians, at one point seen bringing food to a group of young teenagers hiding from the ASA.

[[folder:Cutter]]
!!Giselle Cutter
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cutter_5.jpg]]
!!!'''Species:''' Metahuman
!!!'''Played By:''' Kearran Giovanni

A hitman who is hired by Tobias to bring Khalil, who ran away, back.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: While she may have slaughtered the police trying to get Khalil, she was horrified seeing how Tobias ripped the spinal implant from Khalil's back with his barehands.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Can throw her knives with alarming accuracy. Justified, if she truly has telekinesis powers.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Commits many murders and helps out Tobias in many ways, and gets away with it all with no consequences brought upon her]].
* KnifeNut: Favors all kinds of knives as her weapons. Also uses knives to [[PinnedToTheWall pin]] her targets or bystanders down in a KnifeOutline, if they are in her way.
* MeaningfulName: She is a KnifeNut who likes to cut people.
* OldFlame: Apparently, she and Tobias were a couple in the past. They hook up again in the present.
* PoisonedWeapons: Some of her blades are coated in poison. She deliberately uses one on Khalil, so he can't run away too far from her.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: [[spoiler: In the Season Two finale, once Tobias starts getting abusive to her as part of his VillainousBreakdown she leaves him and Freeland.]]
* {{Telekinesis}}: According to Gambi, she can throw knives from impossible angles that fly in an arc and that bullets never hit her, which hints at telekinesis powers.

[[folder:Instant]]
!! Instant
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/instant.png]]

!!!'''Played By:''' Tosin Morohunfola

A metahuman bounty hunter with teleporting abilities, hired by the Markovians.

* BountyHunter: Though he acts more like a hired thug.
* NotWhatISignedUpFor: He immediately teleports himself and Mosin out when he faces Black Lightning, as fighting him wasn't part of their deal.
* TeleportSpam: He uses his powers to great effect.

-> see the Characters/ArrowverseMetahumans page
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Will]]
!!Will
[[quoteright:206:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blacklightningwill.jpg]]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Played By:''' Dabier

Lala's cousin and a low-level thug in the 100.

* AssholeVictim: Lala absolutely believed he deserved to die - a coward and misogynist who was willing to force Jennifer into prostitution to fix his issues.
* CharacterDeath: Brutally executed by Lala in "Lawanda: The Book of Hope".
* EntitledToHaveYou: Seems to think he still has a shot with Jennifer, even ''after'' he almost got her trafficked into prostitution.
* EvilIsPetty: Kidnaps the Pierce sisters after Anissa came to Jennifer's rescue and Will couldn't take the hint to leave.
* NoRespectGuy: Every scene Will is in has him being beaten, insulted, or otherwise humiliated.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He gets his ass handed to him so much, that it's a sobering shock when he busts into the school with his armed cronies to kidnap the Pierce sisters.
* StalkerWithACrush: Jennifer references this trope by name when he reveals he followed her to school after using her social media to find out where she attended.
* StupidEvil: Kidnaps Jefferson's daughters right out of the school in front of dozens of witness and security cameras which results in the cops bringing real heat against the 100 -- which is exactly why Lala never targets the school.

[[folder:Tori Whale]]
!!Tori Whale
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/toriwhale.png]]
!!!'''Species:''' Human (enhanced via serum)
!!!'''Played By:''' Edwina Findley
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/BlackLightning2018''

Tobias' younger sister, who comes from Miami to Freeland to help him kill Black Lightning.

* CanonForeigner: Created exclusively for the show as the comic book version of Tobias Whale never had a sister.
* CharacterDeath: Dies in "Equinox: The Book of Fate" due to a stray bullet.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She's just as ruthless as her brother is, but genuinely cares about him since they were both abused by their father.
* FreudianExcuse: Her father was verbally and physically abusive.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She and Tobias were given a serum along years ago that keeps them from aging, so her actual age is indeterminate.

[[folder:Joey Toledo]]
!!Joey Toledo
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joeytoledo.png]]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Played By:''' Eric Mendenhall

One of Tobias's top lieutenants. He's been around since Black Lightning's first crusade.

* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: He was the major supplier of Green Light in Freeland.
* CharacterDeath: Gambi kills him, on the advice of Lady Eve, as a method to suppress Tobias.
* CoDragons: To Tobias, alongside Syonide
* GigglingVillain: To highlight that he's a little off-kilter.

[[folder:Syonide]]
!!Syonide
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/syonide.jpg]]
!!!'''Species:''' Human (Enhanced via cybernetics)
!!!'''Played By:''' Charlbi Dean

Tobias's right-hand woman, who trained her to become an assassin when he took her from an orphanage when she was eight-years old.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: The Looker in the comics was a psychic vampire model (or just a vampiric one in the ''New 52''). Here, the character [[InNameOnly only shares the name]] of the Looker and nothing else more.

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! Indipendent Criminals

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoilers: Commits many murders and helps out Tobias in many ways, and gets away with it all with no consequences brought upon her]].

!!!'''Species:''' Metahuman

!!!'''Species:''' Metahuman

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!!Latavius "Lala" Johnson
[[quoteright:207:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/latavius.jpg]]
!!!'''Played By:''' William Catlett

A former student of Jefferson's. He is now a high ranking member of the 100.

* AchillesHeel: Tobias had failsafes should Lala revolt against him post resurrection. The first is the phrase "The Devil deals the cards" which hypnotizes Latavious to do his bidding. The second is the phrase "E Pluribus Unum" (Out of many, one); which causes the tattoos in Lala to revolt and incapacitate him.
* AssholeVictim: Gets murdered by Whale; even when resurrected, Lala is still under Tobias' thumb and is forced to do his bidding.
* BackFromTheDead: He comes back to life at the end of "Equinox: The Book of Fate". Tobias spent a million dollars to do so. Season 2 reveals that the newfound gift of life when combined with a curse that keeps reminding him and haunting him with the people he's killed, makes him completely miserable to the point of being a DeathSeeker.
* CameBackWrong: Along with the obvious, hallucinating his murder victims and being under Tobias' control, Lala's demeanor noticeably changes with his resurrection. Pre-death, Lala was a LargeHam, with almost every scene he was in yelling at someone or making threats. Post-resurrection, he shifts to being more soft-spoken, both in conversation and in conversing with his hallucinations.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: He's the show's version of Creator/DCComics villain "Tattooed Man".
* CharacterDeath: Killed by Tobias at the end of "Lawanda: The Book of Hope"; {{Subverted}} due to his resurrection.
* TheChewToy: Is constantly being beaten up and abused by Tobias, who admits that he just [[ItAmusedMe loves messing with Lala]]. Considering he's a murderous gang leader though, it's [[AssholeVictim hard to feel very sorry for him]].
* DoNotCallMePaul: He really doesn't like to be called Latavius.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: {{Averted}}; when the supply of Green Light dries up after Black Lightning and Thunder destroy the factory, Lala decides to corner the market on old-school illicit drugs by buying vastly more quantities than he used to. His supplier is suspicious it's a setup...so as collateral, Lala tells him where his mother lives, to let him know he's serious.
* FauxAffablyEvil: When talking to Will about getting his money back, he's deeply amused when Jennifer sucker-punches Will. He acts polite when he speaks with Jefferson at first, and pretends to keep the gangs out of the school out of respect for his old teacher but this quickly crumbles when Jefferson interferes with his abuse of a kid and he pulls a gun on Jefferson.
* FluffyTheTerrible: "Lala" is not the nickname one would expect from a ruthless and feared gang boss. His name Latavius sounds more awesome.
* MilesToGoBeforeISleep: Hates the reanimation and being back alive due to the guilt he's got to live with. He's hoping that once he kills Tobias, he'll finally get to rest in peace again.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: {{Lampshaded}}, as Lala's first response to almost any problem is to put the problem down permanently.
-->'''Will:''' "You always murking somebody. Just like [[TalkingToTheDead how you killed me]]."
* TheOldestProfession: As a high ranking member of The 100, he is in charge of the Seahorse Motel which is used as a brothel.
* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: No one really calls him by his first name, only Jefferson does.
* PragmaticVillainy: The ''only'' thing stopping him from targeting the Garfield students is that he knows that trying to attack the "Black Jesus of Freeland" would be the only thing that would properly galvanize the cops to take action. This doesn't stop them from ordering the Pierce sisters deaths so they can hide the bodies so they can't testify.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Jefferson's former student turned gang banger.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Lala's LargeHam tendencies seemingly died with him, and he almost never raises his voice after his resurrection.
* StarterVillain: Lala's the driving force of Jefferson's torment, Will's actions and has connections to the antagonists but after Black Lightning puts him in jail and Whale kills him, his status places him as that.
* TalkingToTheDead: To Lawanda and Will after he comes BackFromTheDead, but only he can see or hear them. According to Tobias, this is a side-effect of the "reanimation" process - that Lala will encounter all the people he's killed, with images of them literally tattooed to his body.
* TookALevelInBadass: By season 3, his ability to come BackFromTheDead [[spoiler: works almost instantaneously and he's developed the ability to manifest the people in his tattoos at will to use as {{Mooks}}.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He was a straight-A student before he met Tobias, and Jefferson seems to have had some regard for him before he became a criminal.
* WildCard: In Season 2, being wildly unpredictable due to constantly hearing voices. He first assaults Jefferson, but then decides to go after Tobias instead. He later saves Black Lightning's life, saying that he's only interested in stopping Tobias' plans.
* WouldHurtAChild: Is seen beating a boy probably no older than twelve for playing video games instead of dealing weed. He was also perfectly willing to kill the Pierce sisters and have them "disappear".

[[folder:Will]]
!!Will
[[quoteright:206:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blacklightningwill.jpg]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Dabier
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/BlackLightning2018''

Lala's cousin and a low-level thug in the 100.

* AssholeVictim: Lala absolutely believed he deserved to die - a coward and misogynist who was willing to force Jennifer into prostitution to fix his issues.
* CharacterDeath: Brutally executed by Lala in "Lawanda: The Book of Hope".
* EntitledToHaveYou: Seems to think he still has a shot with Jennifer, even ''after'' he almost got her trafficked into prostitution.
* EvilIsPetty: Kidnaps the Pierce sisters after Anissa came to Jennifer's rescue and Will couldn't take the hint to leave.
* NoRespectGuy: Every scene Will is in has him being beaten, insulted, or otherwise humiliated.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He gets his ass handed to him so much, that it's a sobering shock when he busts into the school with his armed cronies to kidnap the Pierce sisters.
* StalkerWithACrush: Jennifer references this trope by name when he reveals he followed her to school after using her social media to find out where she attended.
* StupidEvil: Kidnaps Jefferson's daughters right out of the school in front of dozens of witness and security cameras which results in the cops bringing real heat against the 100 -- which is exactly why Lala never targets the school.

[[folder:Tori Whale]]
!!Tori Whale
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/toriwhale.png]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Edwina Findley

Tobias' younger sister, who comes from Miami to Freeland to help him kill Black Lightning.

* CanonForeigner: Created exclusively for the show as the comic book version of Tobias Whale never had a sister.
* CharacterDeath: Dies in "Equinox: The Book of Fate" due to a stray bullet.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She's just as ruthless as her brother is, but genuinely cares about him since they were both abused by their father.
* FreudianExcuse: Her father was verbally and physically abusive.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She and Tobias were given a serum along years ago that keeps them from aging, so her actual age is indeterminate.

[[folder:Joey Toledo]]
!!Joey Toledo
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joeytoledo.png]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Eric Mendenhall

One of Tobias's top lieutenants. He's been around since Black Lightning's first crusade.

* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: He was the major supplier of Green Light in Freeland.
* CharacterDeath: Gambi kills him, on the advice of Lady Eve, as a method to suppress Tobias.
* CoDragons: To Tobias, alongside Syonide
* GigglingVillain: To highlight that he's a little off-kilter.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Syonide]]
!!Syonide
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/syonide.jpg]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Charlbi Dean
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/BlackLightning2018''

Tobias's right-hand woman, who trained her to become an assassin when he took her from an orphanage when she was eight-years old.
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-> [[{{Characters/Arrowverse}} return to the Arrowverse characters index]]

* IKnowKungFu: [[spoiler: The chip that Odell uses to control Khalil also downloaded knowledge of 23 martial arts styles into his brain]].

* EvilAlbino: He's the evil man who controls the 100 and is played by an actual albino actor.