History Characters / BeverlyHillsCop

* TheBusCameBack: Reappears as the owner of a "boutique" selling survival gear outside an awards dinner in the third film, after being completely absent in the second. Despite this, Serge instantly remembers Axel and greets him warmly.

'''Janice:''' ({{Beat}}, staring at him) ''Too long.''\\

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopI'' | ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopII'' | ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII'' | ''Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F''

* RankUp: Is promoted to Sergeant and head of an internal task force between the second and third films.

* PutOnABus: When Foley asks where Taggart is in the third film, Rosewood reveals that he retired from the Beverly Hills PD and went to Arizona to play golf.

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* CoolGuns: Foley carries a Browning Hi-Power handgun throughout the trilogy (a notable piece of proof that he is a CowboyCop because that gun was never standard issue for the Detroit Police Department).

!!Characters exclusive to [[Film/BeverlyHillsCop1 the original film]]:

!!Characters exclusive to the original film:

!!Characters introduced in the original film:

[[folder:Victor Maitland]]
!!Victor Maitland
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[UnderestimatingBadassery I don't know from under what stone you crawled, or where you get these ridiculous ideas about me, but it seems painfully obvious you haven't the slightest fucking idea who you're dealing with.]]]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/StevenBerkoff

A successful businessman who finances an art gallery in Beverly Hills, among other ventures, he immediately runs afoul of Foley after his recovery of stolen bearer bonds leads the detective to head to Beverly Hills to locate and arrest him. He is the BigBad of the first film.

* BigBad: For the first film as ordering Mikey's death prompts Axel to follow him back to Los Angeles to investigate.
* BigShutUp: Tells Jenny this at one point after her protests begin to annoy him, complete with SuddenlyShouting
* BlatantLies: Claims that Axel threw ''himself'' out of a window after their first conversation. Being that he's a VillainWithGoodPublicity, the police sent to check the situation believe him and arrest Axel instead.
* CreepyBlueEyes: Uses them to great effect to intimidate Foley and Jenny at several points.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: He kidnaps Jenny, giving Foley, Rosewood, and Taggart plenty of reason to storm his mansion in the third act.
* MexicanStandoff: Has one with Foley at the end of the film, wielding Jenny as a HumanShield to protect himself. The standoff is only broken when Bogomil barges in and Jenny uses the distraction to elbow him and flee.
* OhCrap: Gets a brief moment of realization that he's ''screwed'' once Bogomil appears and Jenny gets away. He instinctively fires a bullet (that hits a nearby wall) before both cops empty their guns into him.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Bogomil and Foley both empty their gun magazines into him... right before his bullet-ridden body tumbles down a nearby stairwell.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Throughout the film, he disregards Foley as an annoying pest who won't make any dent in his plans. This continues all the way through their final encounter, where he chides the wounded Foley that he might shoot him.
* VillainBall: Much of the plot depends on Maitland being a moron. If he had just played dumb and told Axel that he had no idea who would want to kill Michael Tandino, that, yes, he uses bearer bonds in his business all the time, which is completely normal in the art world, and no, he has no idea why Michael would have brought bearer bonds with him to Detroit, that would have been the end of the movie, as Axel at that point had no real basis of suspicion against him. Instead, he calls in a group of thugs to his office to have Axel thrown out, as in literally thrown through a plate glass window, at which point Axel is certain that Maitland is behind it all. Then there's the fact that when Maitland catches Axel and Jenny in one of his warehouses, having discovered a crate of cocaine, instead of having them both killed then and there, when he has them completely at his mercy, he kidnaps Jenny, taking her back to his house, while leaving Axel there not to be killed, at least not right away, but first to be beaten up by two thugs. That of course leaves enough time for Billy to rescue Axel, and for Axel, Billy, and Sgt. Taggart to rescue Jenny. If Maitland had even the slightest sense, the movie would have been much shorter.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He's an outwardly-successful businessman who has not made any waves publicly, so when his goons throw Foley through a window after their first conversation, the police believe him over the FishOutOfWater detective.
* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: The source of the character quote above.

[[folder:Zack]]
!!Zack
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[TheDragon Hey, Mikey. Where have you been?]]]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JonathanBanks

TheDragon to Victor Maitland, Zack is sent to retrieve stolen bearer bonds from Mikey Tandino, and executes the latter upon retrieving them. He later runs into Foley in Beverly Hills when the latter starts making inquiries into Mikey's death.

* CallingYourAttacks: He performs a DramaticGunCock at several points during the final shootout in the mansion to alert Foley to his presence and force him to flee.
* DoubleTap: Executes Mikey in this fashion with two shots to the back of the head, which Hill uses to denote that it was a professional job.
* TheDragon: Acts as Maitland's second-in-command and lead enforcer.
* KnightOfCerebus: Introduced with no foreshadowing, as he appears, talks reasonably calmly with Mikey for a few moments, then knocks him out and cold-bloodedly shoots him in the back of the head twice before leaving.
* MultipleGunshotDeath: [[spoiler:Shot three times in the chest by Foley during the final shootout]].
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Conducts one against Foley after revealing that he was the one who killed Mikey.
* NotSoStoic: Zack never changes his calm demeanor... except for one instance. After Axel throws him through the buffet table, he stands up with a murderous look in his eyes, fully intent on fighting the detective. Only Maitland's hand gesture to wait prevents him from doing so, and he stares at Foley in a rage for the rest of their conversation at the dinner club.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Wields one during the cat-and-mouse chase with Foley in the climactic shootout at the end of the film.
* WouldYouLikeToKnowHowTheyDied: Zack does this to Foley, coldly telling him he killed Mikey himself. [[KickTheDog Then he beats Axel up]].

[[folder:Jenny Summers]]
!!Jenny Summers
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[TheAllegedCar I'm driving. I've seen your car.]]]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LisaEilbacher

A [[ChildhoodFriends past friend]] of Foley, Jenny moved from her home in Detroit to Beverly Hills several years before the events of the film, and opened her own art gallery. As the film begins, Jenny and Axel's mutual friend, Mikey, is killed by Maitland's men, leading them to reconnect when Axel arrives in Beverly Hills.

* ChildhoodFriends: With Axel. Mikey's connection to her leads Axel to contact her in L.A., setting up the events of the second act.
* DamselInDistress: The entire third act is motivated by Maitland kidnapping her, which leads Foley, Rosewood and Taggart to [[StormingTheCastle storm the Maitland mansion]] in order to rescue her.
* HumanShield: Maitland uses her as one during the final confrontation with Foley. Luckily, Bogomil's arrival distracts Maitland long enough for Jenny to elbow him in the stomach and flee.
* TheNotLoveInterest: Despite several points that suggest Axel and Jenny's friendship may become something more, it never comes to pass, and she isn't seen in the following films. According to behind-the-scenes information, this writing decision was made at the behest of Paramount Pictures.
* SequelNonEntity: Is nowhere to be seen in the following films, even when Axel is in Los Angeles and had a plausible reason to try and look her up. In the third film, Serge mentions that her gallery went bankrupt as a result of losing the financing from Maitland, but no discussion of her whereabouts is made.
* ShipTease: Foley comments at several points on Jenny's beauty and style, but they never become anything more than friends and she is absent from future films in the series.

[[folder:Inspector Douglas Todd]]
!!Inspector Douglas Todd
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[CowboyCop I'm tired of taking the heat for your ass.]] [[WhatTheHellHero One more time and you're out on the street.]] Do you understand me?]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/GilbertHill
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopI'' | ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopII'' | ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII''

* DaChief: Directly supervises Foley, Friedman and other detectives in the Detroit Police Department -- and has the stereotypical temper to match.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Ends up dying in this fashion, being cradled by Foley after being shot by the hitmen during the opening raid.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: Routinely loses his civil tone whenever a cop (particularly Axel) does something to skirt the rules of the department.
* IncomingHam: "IS THAT FUCKING FOLEY IN HERE!?"
* NoIndoorVoice: Is practically on the verge of shouting at Foley in nearly every scene where they interact.
* ProperlyParanoid: In the opening of the third film, he rails at Foley for canceling the SWAT team they needed for the raid, pointing out that he's worried that the job may be more complicated than they originally expected. He's right, and dies for it.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:Gets killed in the opening sequence of the third film, being shot InTheBack by the hitmen in the auto shop.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: He insinuates that he'll be able to do this to Foley if the latter doesn't produce results for the case he's pursuing in the second film, as he was the one who signed Foley's requisition order and blue slips before the higher-ups started asking questions.
* WhatTheHellHero: Frequently expresses confusion and outrage at Foley's antics, to the point of threatening to fire him after learning he went to L.A. to track down Mikey's killers.
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[[folder:Detective Jeffery Friedman]]
!!Detective Jeffery Freidman
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/PaulReiser
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopI'' | ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopII'' | ''Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F''

A detective within the Detroit Police Department, Jeffery works with Axel on different cases and tries to keep him out of trouble with Inspector Todd.

* CatchPhrase: "This is not my [locker[=/=]office]!"
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Implied, as one of the final scenes in the second film shows him laid up on a couch with a leg cast, having [[NoodleIncident totaled the Ferrari in unexplained fashion]].
* AFriendInNeed: Frequently covers for Foley, to the point that he agrees to drive Foley's Ferrari around for three days and run interference for Inspector Todd so that Foley can head to L.A. and investigate the Alphabet Crimes undisturbed.
* PantsPositiveSafety: Like Foley and Inspector Todd, he stuffs his weapon in the back of his waistband.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Inspector Todd stalks into the locker room looking to chew Foley out for his handling of the cigarette truck heist in the original film, Jeffery makes an excuse about it not being his locker before fleeing the scene.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears by the third film, with no explanation as to his whereabouts, nor his reaction to [[spoiler:Inspector Todd's death]].

[[folder:Serge]]
!!Serge
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[[caption-width-right:350:Donny, run and tell Miss Summers that, uh, [[FunnyForeigner Mister Achmed Foley is here to see her]].]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/BronsonPinchot
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopI'' | ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII'' | ''Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F''

The flamboyant receptionist of an art gallery in Beverly Hills -- and later, the owner of a "boutique booth" that carries weapons and other survival gear -- Serge is befriended by Axel during the latter's first trip to L.A., and later runs into him again years later at an awards dinner.

* TheBusCameBack: Reappears as the owner of a "boutique" selling survival gear outside an awards dinner in the third film, after being completely absent in the second. Despite this, Serge instantly remembers Axel and greets him warmly.
* ChekhovsGunman: He introduces the Annihilator 2000 for Axel's benefit outside the police awards dinner and claims that it's the ultimate in survivalist gear. Later on, when Axel needs to storm the park in order to ClearMyName, he visits Serge, who still the "floor model" version of the weapon at the convention centre and gives it to him to use.
* TheComicallySerious: A staple of his character, as he doesn't understand certain phrases and remarks said by others.
-->'''Serge:''' [[FunetikAksent Zis is the Annihilator 2000]]. It is my greatest seller!\\
'''Axel:''' Get the fuck out of here.\\
'''Serge:''' Nooo, I cannot!
* FunnyForeigner: Has an UnexplainedAccent, can't accurately pronounce Axel's name and goes off on strange tangents about art, survival gear or anything else of interest to him.
* NonSpecificallyForeign: His nationality is never explained, for either the audience or the other characters' benefit.
* RunningGag: In his one scene from the first film, he mispronounces Axel's name as "Achmed", and can't seem to get the pronounciation correct, despite it being said to him multiple times. When he reappears in the third film, he addresses Axel as "Achmed" once again, and has to be told the right pronounciation once more.
* VerbalTic: Frequently misunderstands statements said by others, including Axel, and responds, "No, I cannot!"
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: A strange mish-mash of vocal styles and mispronounciations made the character ''very'' memorable, despite his limited screentime.

!!Characters introduced in [[Film/BeverlyHillsCopII the second film]]:

!!Characters introduced in [[Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII the third film]]:

* LetsGetDangerous: Billy is generally a nice guy, although somewhat naive and dim-witted. Do not aim, or worse yet, fire, a gun at him. You will see the flash, the bullet will kill you, and your dead ears will never hear the report. He never needs a second shot.

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/EddieMurphy
--> '''Dubbed By:''' Creator/MedHondo (European French)

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/JudgeReinhold

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/JohnAshton

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/RonnyCox

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/StevenBerkoff

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/JonathanBanks

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/LisaEilbacher

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/GilbertHill

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/PaulReiser

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/BronsonPinchot

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/JamesRusso

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/StephenElliott

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/JurgenProchnow

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/BrigitteNielsen

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/DeanStockwell

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/AllenGarfield

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/BrianEdwardOConnor

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/AliceAdair

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/RobertRidgely

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/TimothyCarhart

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/HectorElizondo
--> '''Dubbed By:''' Creator/PatrickFloersheim (European French)

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/TheresaRandie

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* DoubleTap: Executes Mikey in this fashion.

* OddFriendship: With Lt. Bogomil, the middle-aged family man who aided him in the climactic shootout of the original film. Bogomil and Foley strike up a strong friendship between films, to the point that the former being shot by Karla in the second film prompts Foley to return to L.A., where it's revealed that he's ''also'' on good terms with the rest of Bogomil's family.

* ReformedCriminal: Hinted at in the original film, as Axel regularly notes that he "wasn't always a cop", and Mikey talks about a criminal job he took the fall for (protecting Axel) as they hang out at the bar.

--> Billy: It says here that, by the age of 40, the average American has more than five pounds of undigested red meat in his bowels.

* JustAFleshWound:
** Gets shot in the arm by Maitland in the first film, leading him to fire one-handed. Despite this, he isn't seen in any serious pain.
** Gets shot in the leg by Ellis [=DeWald=] during the final fight in the third film. Aside from yelping in pain, it doesn't cause him any immediate concern, either, though he's later placed in a wheelchair to recuperate.

* OnlyAFleshWound: Despite being shot in the arm by Maitland during the climactic shootout in the first film, Axel still retains enough capability to keep going, though he isn't seen in much pain despite only being able to aim with one hand. Lampshaded afterwards, when Axel responds with, "Bleeding, sir," when Chief Hubbard asks why he's at the mansion.

* SchlubbyScummySecirityGuard: He is a more upmarket version, being the head of security for Wonder World Theme Park. Whilst posing as a respectable honest man, in truth Ellis is a ruthless and greedy crook who's using the position as a front for his counterfeit money operation. His security guards are likewise little more than his paid thugs, with him using them to carry out his criminal activities and murdering anyone who learns the truth, including his own boss.

* SmugSnake: The only times that "I'm better than you" smile truly leave his face are when he's pissed that Foley ruined millions of dollars' worth of counterfeit cash by changing the printing design to have his face and "Kiss My Ass" and when Foley punches him in the face and later blows him away.

* WeaponOfChoice: Carries a Browning Hi-Power handgun throughout the trilogy.