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BrainwashedAndCrazy: Once they realized that Anna was the wife of their biggest enemy, they removed her from the Shadow vessel she was integrated in. Unfortunately, joining with a Shadow's ship leaves a person never whole again, and her original personality was left destroyed. The Shadows replaced it with a new one that was completely subservient to their cause.
*BrainwashedAndCrazy
* CameBackWrongChekhovsMIA: Her body wasn't recovered and she was presumed dead after she refused to join with the Shadows. [[spoiler:She returns in the final two episodes of season three to bring John to Z'Ha'Dum.]]
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HeroesWantRedheads: She's a redhead who was the wife of John Sheridan.
*HotScientistHotScientist: She's a very attractive scientist.
* HumanResources: Shadows have a habit of integrating people into their ships, which is unfortunately what they did to Anna when she refused to join them.
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* HumanResources: Shadows have a habit of integrating people into their ships, which is unfortunately what they did to Anna when she refused to join them.
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* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:The Anna the audience meets in season three is a version brainwashed by the Shadows, with her original personality completely erased.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Approaches Sheridan to try to recruit him to the Shadows' side.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Approaches Sheridan to try to recruit him to the Shadows' side.]]
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* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:The [[spoiler:She works for the Shadows but not voluntarily. The Anna the audience meets in season three is a version that's been brainwashed by the Shadows, with her original personality completely erased.erased and replaced with a more subservient one.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Approaches Sheridan to try to recruit him to the Shadows' side. Even after she admits she's not the Anna he knew, she tells him that she can still love him like the original did.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Approaches Sheridan to try to recruit him to the Shadows' side. Even after she admits she's not the Anna he knew, she tells him that she can still love him like the original did.]]
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Ruled the Centauri Republic via Regent Milo Virini [[spoiler: and later through Emperor Londo himself]]
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Ruled the Centauri Republic via Regent Milo Virini [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and later through Emperor Londo himself]]
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* EnigmaticMinion: Whether its shared belief in their ideology, self-interest or self-preservation, his exact reasons for joining the Shadows is never revealed in the show.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: He may act charming and well-mannered but there's an ever-present smug, oily demeanor that shows just how "genuine" his real affability is.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: He may act charming and well-mannered but there's an ever-present smug, oily demeanor that shows just how "genuine" his real affability really is.
* MysteriousPast: Relatively little is known about Morden other than he was aboard the ''Icarus''.
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* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeansUtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: He believes Earth will come out stronger from an alliance with the Shadows, emerging on top of the heap of the warring species.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:He gets a nuke dropped on him in his first and only appearance. While Morden shows up again, scarred but alive, Justin is never seen again.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:He gets a nuke dropped on him in his first and only appearance. While Morden shows up again, scarred but alive, Justin is never seen again.]]
* TheLostLenore: She's Sheridan's deceased wife, who died under mysterious circumstances and whom Sheridan continues to mourn over his lack of closure with her.
* PosthumousCharacter: She died before the events of the series. [[spoiler:The last two episodes of season three shows that she survived. Physically, at least, since her original personality was completely destroyed by the Shadows.]]
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* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:The Anna the audience meets in season three is a version brainwashed by the Shadows, with her original personality completely erased.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Approaches Sheridan to try to recruit him to the Shadows' side.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Not only was she believed dead before the series started, but when she does show up alive in season three, it's revealed her original personality's been completely destroyed. Then this new personality is destroyed too when Sheridan drops a nuke on her while she's in Z'Ha'Dum.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Approaches Sheridan to try to recruit him to the Shadows' side.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Not only was she believed dead before the series started, but when she does show up alive in season three, it's revealed her original personality's been completely destroyed. Then this new personality is destroyed too when Sheridan drops a nuke on her while she's in Z'Ha'Dum.]]
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* AbusivePrecursorsAbusivePrecursors: They promote wars between the younger races, attack them directly and even go so far as to wipe some out completely. They view the conflict they bring as ensuring the surviving races are made stronger and better through their struggles.
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* BigCreepyCrawliesBigCreepyCrawlies: The Shadows resemble human-sized, inky-black praying mantises.
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* CatchPhrase: What do you want?
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* CatchPhrase: What "What do you want?want?"
* DealWithTheDevil: They send representatives, such as Mr. Morden, to make deals with prominent members of younger races, offering them "what they want" in exchange for helping the Shadows further their own interests.
* DealWithTheDevil: They send representatives, such as Mr. Morden, to make deals with prominent members of younger races, offering them "what they want" in exchange for helping the Shadows further their own interests.
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ManipulativeBastard: How they spread conflict, by offering younger races "what they want."
*SocialDarwinist
SocialDarwinist: They believe that the younger races can only become stronger through conflict, so the Shadows promote conflict to "help" the younger races grow.
*StarfishAlienStarfishAlien: In design, they're among the most alien of races, resembling gigantic, shadowy bugs instead of anything humanoid.
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* TheCorrupter: If he decides you're a suitable target, he'll do favors for you...which will slowly move you in the direction ''he'' wants for you.
* [[spoiler:DecapitationPresentation: As Morden's final want fulfillment for Vir, courtesy of Londo.]]
* [[spoiler:DecapitationPresentation: As Morden's final want fulfillment for Vir, courtesy of Londo.]]
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* TheCorrupter: If he decides you're a suitable target, he'll do favors for you... which will slowly move you in the direction ''he'' wants for you.
*[[spoiler:DecapitationPresentation: As DecapitationPresentation: [[spoiler:As Morden's final want fulfillment for Vir, courtesy of Londo.]]
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* TheHandlerFauxAffablyEvil: He may act charming and well-mannered but there's an ever-present smug, oily demeanor that shows just how "genuine" his real affability is.
* TheHandler: To Londo, whom he tries to corrupt into a suitable pawn for the Shadows.
* TheHandler: To Londo, whom he tries to corrupt into a suitable pawn for the Shadows.
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* AffablyEvilAffablyEvil: When he meets with Sheridan, he acts like a kindly grandfather-esque figure who tries to convince Sheridan of the righteousness of the Shadows' cause.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: ... possibly. [[spoiler:When he talks about Anna Sheridan having been forcibly put into a Shadow ship and how one is never quite the same after that, his own voice nearly breaks, perhaps indicating a similar experience.]]
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: ... possibly.BrainwashedAndCrazy: Possibly. [[spoiler:When he talks about Anna Sheridan having been forcibly put into a Shadow ship and how one is never quite the same after that, his own voice nearly breaks, perhaps indicating a similar experience.]]
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* EvilOldFolksEvilOldFolks: He's an old man working for the Shadows and helping them in their goal of creating galactic conflict.
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** {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:They take it poorly when people decide they want to be free themselves and don't want their 'help'. They had also created the Keeper, a PuppeteerParasite, or also subjected those who resisted to collaborate with them to DeathOfPersonality to get them to comply.]]
* [[spoiler:GoneHorriblyRight]]: The Shadows believe that conflict is key to helping younger races evolve. [[spoiler: They are indirectly responsible for Sheridan so evolving, due in part to his decision to kick the Shadows out of the galaxy.]]
* [[spoiler:GoneHorriblyRight]]: The Shadows believe that conflict is key to helping younger races evolve. [[spoiler: They are indirectly responsible for Sheridan so evolving, due in part to his decision to kick the Shadows out of the galaxy.]]
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** The Shadows' Question is "What Do You Want?" Sheridan eventually points out that they have no answer to this question. They do not know what they want for themselves anymore.
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* DidNotSeeThatComing: He was clearly shocked when [[spoiler: Londo had him surrounded with his personal guards and blasted the Shadow bodyguards to atoms before taking him away to be executed, and presented as "a gift" to Vir, in revenge for killing his LoveInterest.]]
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* LaserGuidedKarma: He killed a woman Londo loved, it took a while, but Londo got even.
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*BigBad: Of the ''Legions of Fire'' trilogy
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* MysterioousPast: Justin's background is unknown. According to WordOfGod he was not part of the IPX expedition in which Morden and Anna arrived to Z'ha'dum but at another time.
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* MysterioousPast: MysteriousPast: Justin's background is unknown. According to WordOfGod he was not part of the IPX expedition in which Morden and Anna arrived to Z'ha'dum but at another time.
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* ProphecyTwist : All the people who express a wish to him get what they want. Londo gets the rise of the Centauri (which turns out to be temporary), G'kar gets revenge on the Centauri, and Vir gets revenge on Morden. Only Vir is pleased with his wish in the long run.
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* ProphecyTwist : All the people who express a wish to him get what they want. Londo gets the rise of the Centauri (which turns out to be temporary), G'kar gets revenge on the Centauri, and Vir gets revenge on Morden.see Morden executed and mock his severed head. Only Vir is pleased with his wish in the long run.
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** {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:They take it poorly when people decide they want to be free themselves and don't want their 'help'.]]
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** {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:They take it poorly when people decide they want to be free themselves and don't want their 'help'. They had also created the Keeper, a PuppeteerParasite, or also subjected those who resisted to collaborate with them to DeathOfPersonality to get them to comply.]]
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* InsectoidAliensInsectoidAliens: They resemble a mix of ant, mantis and scorpion.
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* MouthOfSauronMouthOfSauron: Employed by the Shadows are their emmisary and mouthpiece.
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* EvilCounterpart: Sheridan's "equal and opposite" since he does all his work behind the scenes. He coordinates the human agents of the Shadows.
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* EvilCounterpart: Sheridan's "equal and opposite" since he does all his work behind the scenes. He coordinates - mainly coordinating the human agents of the Shadows.Shadows - behind the scenes while Sheridan is one of the leaders of the Army of Light and acts in the frontlines and under the spotlight.
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* MouthOfSauronMouthOfSauron: He's another mouthpiece of the Shadows, like Morden but higher in the hierarchy.
* MysterioousPast: Justin's background is unknown. According to WordOfGod he was not part of the IPX expedition in which Morden and Anna arrived to Z'ha'dum but at another time.
* MysterioousPast: Justin's background is unknown. According to WordOfGod he was not part of the IPX expedition in which Morden and Anna arrived to Z'ha'dum but at another time.
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* ArmourPiercingQuestion: "Who are you?" At best you'll get an evasive non-answer to this question. At worst...
** [[spoiler: The reason for this is ultimately revealed to be that they don't know who they are. They've lost their way and are no longer fit to serve the role of mentor they appointed themselves to]]
** [[spoiler: The reason for this is ultimately revealed to be that they don't know who they are. They've lost their way and are no longer fit to serve the role of mentor they appointed themselves to]]
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* ProphecyTwist : All the people who express a wish to him get what they want. Londo gets the temporary rise of the Centauri; G'kar gets revenge on the Centauri, and Vir gets revenge on Morden. Only Vir is pleased with his wish in the long run.
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* ProphecyTwist : All the people who express a wish to him get what they want. Londo gets the temporary rise of the Centauri; Centauri (which turns out to be temporary), G'kar gets revenge on the Centauri, and Vir gets revenge on Morden. Only Vir is pleased with his wish in the long run.
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** The Shadows and the Vorlons are having this entire conflict over whose way to groom the younger races is the best. Ultimately it's the Vorlons' method that triumphs - races working together for advancements, with the Interstellar Alliance born out of the Rangers guiding the galaxies for millennia to come. The Rangers even infiltrating more primitive world to uplift them and slowly manipulate them to join the greater cosmic unity (As they do to a post-apocalyptic Earth that regressed to Medieval technology out of fear of science), mirroring how the Vorlons shaped the younger races. This was only possible because of the Shadows' actions bringing all those races together to form the Alliance. The Shadows' own plans led to the Vorlons' way actually working.
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** The Shadows and the Vorlons are having this entire conflict over whose way to groom the younger races is the best. Ultimately it's the Vorlons' method that triumphs - races working together for advancements, with the Interstellar Alliance born out of the Rangers guiding the galaxies for millennia to come. The Rangers even infiltrating infiltrate a more primitive world to uplift them and slowly manipulate them to join the greater cosmic unity (As (as they do to a post-apocalyptic Earth that regressed to Medieval technology out of fear of science), mirroring how the Vorlons shaped the younger races. This was only possible because of the Shadows' actions bringing all those races together to form the Alliance. The Shadows' own plans led to the Vorlons' way actually working.
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** The Shadows and the Vorlons are having this entire conflict over who's way to groom the younger races is the best. Ultimately it's the Vorlons' method that triumphs - races working together for advancements, with the Interstellar Alliance born out of the Rangers guiding the galaxies for millenias to come. The Rangers even infiltrating more primitive world to uplift them and slowly manipulate them to join the greater cosmic unity (As they do to a post-apocalyptic Earth that regressed to Medieval technology out of fear of science), mirroring how the Vorlons shaped the younger races. This was only possible because of the Shadows' actions bringing all those races together to form the Alliance. The Shadows' own plans led to the Vorlons' way actually working.
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** The Shadows and the Vorlons are having this entire conflict over who's whose way to groom the younger races is the best. Ultimately it's the Vorlons' method that triumphs - races working together for advancements, with the Interstellar Alliance born out of the Rangers guiding the galaxies for millenias millennia to come. The Rangers even infiltrating more primitive world to uplift them and slowly manipulate them to join the greater cosmic unity (As they do to a post-apocalyptic Earth that regressed to Medieval technology out of fear of science), mirroring how the Vorlons shaped the younger races. This was only possible because of the Shadows' actions bringing all those races together to form the Alliance. The Shadows' own plans led to the Vorlons' way actually working.
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** The Shadows and the Vorlons are having this entire conflict over who's way to groom the younger races is the best. Ultimately it's the Vorlons' method that triumphs - races working together for advancements, with the Interstellar Alliance born out of the Rangers guiding the galaxies for millenias to come. The Rangers even infiltrating more primitive world to uplift them and slowly manipulate them to join the greater cosmic unity (As they do to a post-apocalyptic Earth that regressed to Medieval technology out of fear of science), mirroring how the Vorlons shaped the younger races. This was only possible because of the Shadows' actions bringing all those races together to form the Alliance. The Shadows' own plans led to the Vorlons' way actually working.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: He goes through lengths about the Shadows and the Vorlons' philosophy, but when Sheridan reveal he knows what was done to Anna and he drops the friendly facade, he shouts that Sheridan (and Anna) "will do as they are told". Ironically the attitude he accused the Vorlons of demanding of the younger races.
** In the same discussion, he goes on about how the Vorlons have manipulated entire races to espouse their point of view, and react favorably to them - yet he's completely unable to see that the Shadows have done the same thing to Anna, re-writing her entire mind so she'd support them and deliver Sheridan to them.
** In the same discussion, he goes on about how the Vorlons have manipulated entire races to espouse their point of view, and react favorably to them - yet he's completely unable to see that the Shadows have done the same thing to Anna, re-writing her entire mind so she'd support them and deliver Sheridan to them.
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* SmugSnakeSmugSnake: WordOfGod is that Morden is completely secure in the knowledge that he can say whatever he wants to anyone he wants, because he has "an 800-pound gorilla" (at least two actual Shadows) standing right behind him.
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->''I am with them. Same group, different department. Think of me as a sort of middle man. And the name is Justin...''
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Sheridan asks Justin the Vorlon question ''"Who are you?"''. Justin is deliberately evasive and gives a very prosaic answer about being part of the group that secretly controls the world.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Sheridan asks Justin the Vorlon question ''"Who are you?"''. Justin you?"'', he is deliberately evasive and gives a very prosaic answer NonAnswer about being part of the group that secretly controls the world.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Sheridan asks Justin the Vorlon question ''"Who are you?"''. Justin is deliberately evasive and gives a very prosaic answer about being part of the group that secretly controls the world.
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** [[spoiler: Subverted, at least insofar as the Vorlons turn out to be at least as bad.]]
** [[spoiler: Subverted, at least insofar as the Vorlons turn out to be at least as bad.]]
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* BigBad
** [[spoiler: Subverted,BigBad: [[spoiler:Subverted, at least insofar as the Vorlons turn out to be at least as bad.]]
** [[spoiler: Subverted,
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* HumanResourcesHumanResources: They plug living sentients into their starships to act essentially as computer cores.
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** [[spoiler: Again, a subversion. It's heavily implied the feud between the Vorlons and the Shadows is rapidly descending into childish tantrums, and Lorien treats both races like children needing gentle but firm guidance.]]
** [[spoiler: Again, a subversion. It's heavily implied the feud between the Vorlons and the Shadows is rapidly descending into childish tantrums, and Lorien treats both races like children needing gentle but firm guidance.]]
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** [[spoiler: Again,UltimateEvil: [[spoiler:Again, a subversion. It's heavily implied the feud between the Vorlons and the Shadows is rapidly descending into childish tantrums, and Lorien treats both races like children needing gentle but firm guidance.]]
** [[spoiler: Again,
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* TheCorrupterTheCorrupter: If he decides you're a suitable target, he'll do favors for you...which will slowly move you in the direction ''he'' wants for you.
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DealWithTheDevil: NEVER let him know what you want.
*DevilInPlainSight
DevilInPlainSight: Only a few people aboard the station recognize Morden for the type of person he is the first time around.
*FakingAmnesiaFakingAmnesia: He pretends not to remember what happened aboard the ''Icarus''.
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* ManipulativeBastardManipulativeBastard: To the point he's able to outwit ''Londo'' on several occasions.
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* RedFilterOfDoom : The lights and surrounding ambience would darken and redden around him during some of his more adversarial encounters with characters (such as with Londo when their relations were strained, in "Interludes and Examinations").
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* RedFilterOfDoom : RedFilterOfDoom: The lights and surrounding ambience would darken and redden around him during some of his more adversarial encounters with characters (such as with Londo when their relations were strained, in "Interludes and Examinations").
* SmugSmiler: By default--one of several signs of his innate confidence, backed by his 'associates'.
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* UnexplainedRecoveryUnexplainedRecovery: Somehow he survives the nuke Sheridan dropped on the main city of Z'Ha'Dum.
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* JoinOrDie: After dropping the CoolOldGuy WeCanRuleTogether speech he pretty much threats Sheridanthreatens Sheridan directly.
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* TheOtherDarrinTheOtherDarrin: Beth Toussant played her in "Revelations" and was the usual depiction of Anna in season 2. Melissa Gilbert played Anna in late season 3.
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* TheReptilians: The show's straightest example of the tropetrope.
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* MouthOfSauron: To the Drakh government
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* MouthOfSauron: To the Drakh governmentgovernment.
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* EvilEyebrows[=/=]GoodOldEyebrowsEvilEyebrows[=/=]BigOlEyebrows
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* BigBadArtifactOfDoom: It is extremely unwise to mess with Shadow technology.
* BigBad
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* BigBad
** [[spoiler: Subverted, at least insofar as the Vorlons turn out to be at least as bad.]]
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* RealLifeRelative: When Beth Toussant was unavailable to return as Sheridan's wife, they decided to hire Bruce Boxleitner's real life wife to play the part. Their real wedding photo was even used in one scene.
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* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: A DealWithTheDevil delivered from what looks like somebody's grandfather? Yikes.
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* EnergyBeing: According to the ''Technomage Trilogy'' (which JMS has stated is canon), the Shadows evolved into "beings of light", like the Vorlons. However, they usually prefer to assume material form.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: ... possibly. [[spoiler:When he talks about Anna Sheridan having been forcibly put into a Shadow ship and how one is never quite the same after that, his own voice nearly breaks, perhaps indicating a similar experience.]]
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* [[ActingForTwo Acting For Five]]: Wayne Alexander also portrayed Sebastian, G'Dan of the Narn Resistance, Lorien, and the Drakh prisoner in "Intersections in Real Time"
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* [[ActingForTwo Acting For Five]]: Wayne Alexander also portrayed Sebastian, G'Dan of the Narn Resistance, Lorien, and the Drakh Drazi prisoner in "Intersections in Real Time"
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* BerserkButton: A minor one, but the "Vorlon question" vexes him so he [[Doublespeak doesn't give a straight answer]].
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* BerserkButton: A minor one, but the "Vorlon question" vexes him so he [[Doublespeak [[{{Doublespeak}} doesn't give a straight answer]].
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!!This is a listing for characters associated with the Shadows that appear in the {{ScienceFiction}} series ''Babylon5''. Visit [[Characters/BabylonFive here]] for the main character index.
!!The Shadows
[[folder:Shadows in general]]
->''What do you want?''
* AbusivePrecursors
* BigBad
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* ByTheEyesOfTheBlind: Can normally only be seen by telepaths.
* CatchPhrase: What do you want?
* EldritchAbomination: It's unclear if they '''fully''' qualify for this, but they certainly like to present themselves this way.
* EvilMentor: [[spoiler:They honestly believe in helping and nurturing the younger races by turning them against each other and making them kill each other so that the 'strongest' survive.]]
** {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:They take it poorly when people decide they want to be free themselves and don't want their 'help'.]]
* [[spoiler:GoneHorriblyRight]]: The Shadows believe that conflict is key to helping younger races evolve. [[spoiler: They are indirectly responsible for Sheridan so evolving, due in part to his decision to kick the Shadows out of the galaxy.]]
* HigherTechSpecies[=/=]SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: Borderline. Unlike Vorlons, Shadows need ships.
* HumanResources
* InsectoidAliens
* LaserBlade: Their unique space combat tactics, where their large battleships extrude an EnergyWeapon beam and slash other ships with it like a sword, instead of just shooting them.
* ManipulativeBastard
* SocialDarwinist
* StarfishAlien
* UltimateEvil
[[folder: Mr Morden (Ed Wasser)]]
->''Yes. I think he's ready...perfect for our needs... He suspects nothing. When the time is right, Ambassador Mollari will do exactly as we wish. Destiny is on our side.''
* AffablyEvil
* BadassInANiceSuit
* TheCorrupter
* [[spoiler:DecapitationPresentation: As Morden's final want fulfillment for Vir, courtesy of Londo.]]
* DealWithTheDevil
* DevilInPlainSight
* FakingAmnesia
* TheHandler
* ManipulativeBastard
* MouthOfSauron
* NoNameGiven
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: After Sheridan nukes the Shadows' capital city, hope is expressed that Mr. Morden will never be seen again. He shows up in the ''very next scene'', burnt to a crisp (and [[{{Squick}} flaking]]), but still very much alive and ambulatory.
* OffWithHisHead: Londo's "present" to Vir.
* ProphecyTwist : All the people who express a wish to him get what they want. Londo gets the temporary rise of the Centauri; G'kar gets revenge on the Centauri, and Vir gets revenge on Morden. Only Vir is pleased with his wish in the long run.
* RedFilterOfDoom : The lights and surrounding ambience would darken and redden around him during some of his more adversarial encounters with characters (such as with Londo when their relations were strained, in "Interludes and Examinations").
* SmugSnake
* ThatManIsDead
* UnexplainedRecovery
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Justin (Jeff Correy)]]
->''I am with them. Same group, different department. Think of me as a sort of middle man. And the name is Justin...''
* AffablyEvil
* BerserkButton: A minor one, but the "Vorlon question" vexes him so he [[Doublespeak doesn't give a straight answer]].
* TheCorrupter: Though he fails in his attempt to corrupt Sheridan.
* EvilCounterpart: Sheridan's "equal and opposite" since he does all his work behind the scenes. He coordinates the human agents of the Shadows.
* EvilEyebrows[=/=]GoodOlEyebrows
* EvilOldFolks
* JoinOrDie: After dropping the CoolOldGuy WeCanRuleTogether speech he pretty much threats Sheridan
* MouthOfSauron
* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Offers tea to Sheridan.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Anna Sheridan (Beth Toussant, Melissa Gilbert)]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy
* CameBackWrong
* AFateWorseThanDeath: Forcibly placed in a Shadow vessel. Her personality was completely [[EmptyShell erased]] and replaced with one subservient to the Shadows.
* HeroesWantRedheads
* HotScientist
* TheOtherDarrin
[[/folder]]
!!The Drakh Entire
[[folder: The Drakh in general]]
* BodyHorror
* TheChessmaster
* DragonAscendant - their name is even similar to many Romance-language words for "dragon"!
* FantasticCasteSystem
* PuppeteerParasite: The Keeper
* TheRemnant: [[spoiler: They were servants of the Shadows.]]
* TheReptilians: The show's straightest example of the trope
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Shiv'khala (Wayne Alexander)]]
*[[ActingForTwo Acting For Five]]: Wayne Alexander also portrayed Sebastian, G'Dan of the Narn Resistance, Lorien, and the Drakh prisoner in "Intersections in Real Time"
* TheManBehindTheMan: Ruled the Centauri Republic via Regent Milo Virini [[spoiler: and later through Emperor Londo himself]]
* MouthOfSauron: To the Drakh government
[[/folder]]
!!The Shadows
[[folder:Shadows in general]]
->''What do you want?''
* AbusivePrecursors
* BigBad
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* ByTheEyesOfTheBlind: Can normally only be seen by telepaths.
* CatchPhrase: What do you want?
* EldritchAbomination: It's unclear if they '''fully''' qualify for this, but they certainly like to present themselves this way.
* EvilMentor: [[spoiler:They honestly believe in helping and nurturing the younger races by turning them against each other and making them kill each other so that the 'strongest' survive.]]
** {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:They take it poorly when people decide they want to be free themselves and don't want their 'help'.]]
* [[spoiler:GoneHorriblyRight]]: The Shadows believe that conflict is key to helping younger races evolve. [[spoiler: They are indirectly responsible for Sheridan so evolving, due in part to his decision to kick the Shadows out of the galaxy.]]
* HigherTechSpecies[=/=]SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: Borderline. Unlike Vorlons, Shadows need ships.
* HumanResources
* InsectoidAliens
* LaserBlade: Their unique space combat tactics, where their large battleships extrude an EnergyWeapon beam and slash other ships with it like a sword, instead of just shooting them.
* ManipulativeBastard
* SocialDarwinist
* StarfishAlien
* UltimateEvil
[[folder: Mr Morden (Ed Wasser)]]
->''Yes. I think he's ready...perfect for our needs... He suspects nothing. When the time is right, Ambassador Mollari will do exactly as we wish. Destiny is on our side.''
* AffablyEvil
* BadassInANiceSuit
* TheCorrupter
* [[spoiler:DecapitationPresentation: As Morden's final want fulfillment for Vir, courtesy of Londo.]]
* DealWithTheDevil
* DevilInPlainSight
* FakingAmnesia
* TheHandler
* ManipulativeBastard
* MouthOfSauron
* NoNameGiven
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: After Sheridan nukes the Shadows' capital city, hope is expressed that Mr. Morden will never be seen again. He shows up in the ''very next scene'', burnt to a crisp (and [[{{Squick}} flaking]]), but still very much alive and ambulatory.
* OffWithHisHead: Londo's "present" to Vir.
* ProphecyTwist : All the people who express a wish to him get what they want. Londo gets the temporary rise of the Centauri; G'kar gets revenge on the Centauri, and Vir gets revenge on Morden. Only Vir is pleased with his wish in the long run.
* RedFilterOfDoom : The lights and surrounding ambience would darken and redden around him during some of his more adversarial encounters with characters (such as with Londo when their relations were strained, in "Interludes and Examinations").
* SmugSnake
* ThatManIsDead
* UnexplainedRecovery
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Justin (Jeff Correy)]]
->''I am with them. Same group, different department. Think of me as a sort of middle man. And the name is Justin...''
* AffablyEvil
* BerserkButton: A minor one, but the "Vorlon question" vexes him so he [[Doublespeak doesn't give a straight answer]].
* TheCorrupter: Though he fails in his attempt to corrupt Sheridan.
* EvilCounterpart: Sheridan's "equal and opposite" since he does all his work behind the scenes. He coordinates the human agents of the Shadows.
* EvilEyebrows[=/=]GoodOlEyebrows
* EvilOldFolks
* JoinOrDie: After dropping the CoolOldGuy WeCanRuleTogether speech he pretty much threats Sheridan
* MouthOfSauron
* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Offers tea to Sheridan.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Anna Sheridan (Beth Toussant, Melissa Gilbert)]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy
* CameBackWrong
* AFateWorseThanDeath: Forcibly placed in a Shadow vessel. Her personality was completely [[EmptyShell erased]] and replaced with one subservient to the Shadows.
* HeroesWantRedheads
* HotScientist
* TheOtherDarrin
[[/folder]]
!!The Drakh Entire
[[folder: The Drakh in general]]
* BodyHorror
* TheChessmaster
* DragonAscendant - their name is even similar to many Romance-language words for "dragon"!
* FantasticCasteSystem
* PuppeteerParasite: The Keeper
* TheRemnant: [[spoiler: They were servants of the Shadows.]]
* TheReptilians: The show's straightest example of the trope
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Shiv'khala (Wayne Alexander)]]
*[[ActingForTwo Acting For Five]]: Wayne Alexander also portrayed Sebastian, G'Dan of the Narn Resistance, Lorien, and the Drakh prisoner in "Intersections in Real Time"
* TheManBehindTheMan: Ruled the Centauri Republic via Regent Milo Virini [[spoiler: and later through Emperor Londo himself]]
* MouthOfSauron: To the Drakh government
[[/folder]]
