History Characters / BlueBloodsTheReaganFamily

* TangledFamilyTree: He's not that much younger than his Uncle Jamie.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: His reckless actions finally catch up to him in the Season 7 finale, where after he purposefully botches a long-term DEA sting investigation for short-term justice results in his house being torched by a vengeful cartel, which forces Danny to finally face the consequences of his actions.

* [[{{OverprotectiveDad}} Overprotective Mom]]: When Jack expresses interest in enlisting in [[{{SemperFi}} the Marines]], she tells Danny to convince him otherwise. It eventually works.

* ShipTease: Her and Jamie. They're engaged by the end of season 8. Their wedding makes up the last couple minutes of Season 9 and are [[TheyDo an official married couple afterward]].

* DependingOnTheWriter: Even allowing for the fact that Nicky's the family 'bleeding heart liberall' on several occasions, she will either hold an attitude that's wildly out of step with her previously established characterization or will express a bizarre sort of surprise at her family's reaction to something - reactions which are totally consistent with what we know about her family. This attitude will only be present for an episode, and the next week we'll have our old Nicky back.

* TheChick: She's probably the most traditionally feminine woman in the series, a nurse and mother of two with no combat training who DoesntLikeGuns.

* ByTheBookCop: Frank firmly believes that the rules are there for a good reason, and stresses that a cop who follows them will do more good than by ignoring them. There are several occasions where he's seen reviewing methods and procedures with his lieutenants to see what's working and what needs to be overhauled. The book is there to help officers do their jobs correctly, and if something new will help with that then he makes sure the books are modified to incorporate it.

* WeaponOfChoice: In keeping with his maverick attitude, he carries a noticeably different pistol in stainless steel finish rather than the black parkerized Glocks used by the rest of the NYPD cast (barring Frank's ancient [[RevolversAreJustBetter Fitz Special]]). [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Blue_Bloods_-_Season_1 IMFDB identifies it as a Smith & Wesson 5946,]] a pragmatic choice by the props department considering that the weapon, though not standard issue, is still allowed by NYPD regs in real life. He switches to a Kahr K-9 in later seasons.

* ShesGotLegs: To the point that even a psychopathic rapist/killer took note.

[[folder:Officer Edit "Eddie" Reagan-Janko]]

* NiceHat: Danny is often seen wearing a greyish-black Flat Cap.

* MirrorCharacter: Despite his ByTheBookCop facade over the course of the show it's made abundantly clear he has way more in common with CowboyCop Danny than his more rule-obeying children Erin or Jamie -- specially the conviction that when the law he's sworn to uphold contradict with his personal believes -- the law takes the back burner. In "Strange Bedfellows" a cop killer is up for parole. Frank who believes that cop killers should under no circumstances ever get a second chance and not trusting the Parole Board's judgement sends Sid to intimate the killer to withdraw himself from consideration. Erin rightfully calls him out for interfering in what's supposed to be an impartial process, but Frank in a very Danny-like move is petulant and unrepentant.

** For all his talk about cops being held responsible for their actions, he never seems to keen to notice Danny's borderline DirtyCop actions.

* OutnumberedSibling: The only Reagan daughter out of four kids.

* IllBoy: When he was a one-year-old infant, Frank had a dangerously high fever.

* BusCrash: She dies in a helicopter crash between Seasons Seven and Eight, on the job in the middle of an airlift gone wrong.

* KarmaHoudini: {{Downplayed}}. Danny has never committed an outright ''heinous'' act and is not a straight example of a DirtyCop. However, he has done many acts that are considered violations of protocol and the rights of a suspect, enough to the point that the NYPD would probably in real life have yanked his badge as early as the pilot.

* CantTakeCriticism: His main fault: Frank gets all defensive when anyone from from City Hall dares to criticize his department. It's one of the reasons why he's unpopular there, with the exception of Mayor Carter Poole. On the flip side, Frank is much more willing to take criticism from fellow NYPD personnel instead. Really, he just can’t stand to be Monday-morning-quarterbacked by anyone who doesn’t have the experience to back it up. As a result, he will sometimes reject out of hand an argument that actually has some merit, though in these cases Garrett will usually get him to come around, eventually.

* BadassMustache: Wouldn't be a Tom Selleck role without it.

* NotSoDifferent: Despite his ByTheBookCop facade over the course of the show it's made abundantly clear he has way more in common with CowboyCop Danny than his more rule-obeying children Erin or Jamie -- specially the conviction that when the law he's sworn to uphold contradict with his personal believes -- the law takes the back burner. In "Strange Bedfellows" a cop killer is up for parole. Frank who believes that cop killers should under no circumstances ever get a second chance and not trusting the Parole Board's judgement sends Sid to intimate the killer to withdraw himself from consideration. Erin rightfully calls him out for interfering in what's supposed to be an impartial process, but Frank in a very Danny-like move is petulant and unrepentant.