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* ApologeticAttacker: Baldwin apologizes to Remy for wounding him before she's forced to execute him.

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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He's the ambassador from Earth Prime.

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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He's the ambassador from Earth Prime.
Prime. Until Season 2, where he's hiding from OI Alpha agents.


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[[folder:Echo]]

!!Yanek

The warden placed in charge of Echo, an OI Prime black site. He's trying to get Howard Alpha to spill the beans on his world and make him a double agent.

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* DepravedBisexual: He hits shamelessly on anything that moves, and in Season 2 [[spoiler:is revealed to have an intimate relationship with his own counterpart]].

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* AmnesiacDissonance: While her pre-coma self has never been shown, she's disgusted with her cheating and lying to Howard, considering herself different from "that woman."
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Played with. Being in a coma, [[RealityEnsues understandably]], has caused significant brain damage that left her unable to read, remember certain words, and struggle to retain certain memories.
* SpottingTheThread: Even with aphasia and memory loss, [[spoiler: she can tell that ''something'' is different about Howard, not knowing its not ''her'' Howard.]]




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* YourCheatingHeart: Has had, according to Howard Alpha, numerous other partners through the years.


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!!Naya Temple

An FBI agent with several years in counterintelligence. In the aftermath of the [[spoiler: OI Alpha massacre]], she's brought in to the Office of Interchange to root out potential spies.


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* SmugSnake: Even being [[spoiler: on the run on Alpha]] doesn't drop his smug superiority.
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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit [[spoiler: When Season 2 starts, we learn Quayle has framed him posthumously for being Shadow]].

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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit DeceasedFallGuyGambit: [[spoiler: When Season 2 starts, we learn Quayle has framed him posthumously for being Shadow]].the Indigo mole Shadow, who of course is really Quayle's wife, Clare]].
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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit [[spoiler: When Season 2 starts, we learn Quayle has framed him posthumously for being Shadow]].

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Baldwin is the one to off him for being responsible for Nadia's death.]]



* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Its heavily implied that his capture of Howard Alpha was much more based on his jealousy over the fact he's rebuilding Howard Prime's relationship with Emily.]]



* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Its his desire to protect Emily Prime that is ultimately where the similarities between him and Howard Alpha spawn from.]]



* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: In spite of the horrible murders he committed, he was ultimately just a brainwashed kid who ends up bleeding to death because neither side wanted to claim him. His final words are tearfully repeating the same Indigo mantra.]]
-->'''Angel Eyes:''' On the other side of the door, I can be a different me, as smart and as brave, as funny or as strong as the person could want to be.



* FantasticRacism: Trained to ''loathe'' Alpha people and considers them all filthy degenerates.

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* FantasticRacism: Trained to ''loathe'' Alpha people and considers them all filthy degenerates.degenerates, but its debatable how much he ''believes'' this.
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* SanitySlippage: He spends most of the final episodes of the first season a disheveled mess in his pajamas when [[spoiler: he finds out his wife is a spy.]]
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** Aldrich's such a believer in the trope, [[spoiler: he arranged for his Prime counterpart to undergo a DespairEventHorizon upon learning that he was planning to defect. If his ''other'' self planned to defect, Aldrich couldn't let anyone think ''he'' would be ready to defect.]]
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No, he's not. Clare is.


* TheMole: [[spoiler:The first season shows that he's a double agent known as Shadow.]]

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* TheMole: [[spoiler:The first season shows that he's a double agent known as Shadow.]]
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* TheMole: [[spoiler:The first season shows that he's a double agent known as Shadow.]]

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!!Emily Silk

Howard's wife, who has been in a coma for six weeks prior to the start of the series.

* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Talking about her will spoil the fact that she was in contact with Howard Silk Prime for some time.]]



!!Emily Burton Prime

Howard Prime's ex-wife, who works in strategy.

* RecoveredAddict: She's had some drug trouble in the past. [[spoiler: TheConspiracy is all too happy to use this to make her investigations seem like a relapse.]]
* SherlockScan: The relations between her and her ex were bad enough that while most people missed it, she knew within an hour of meeting normal Howard that he was not actually Howard Prime.



!!Emily Burton Prime

Howard Prime's ex-wife, who works in strategy.

* RecoveredAddict: She's had some drug trouble in the past. [[spoiler: TheConspiracy is all too happy to use this to make her investigations seem like a relapse.]]
* SherlockScan: The relations between her and her ex were bad enough that while most people missed it, she knew within an hour of meeting normal Howard that he was not actually Howard Prime.



!!Emily Silk

Howard's wife, who has been in a coma for six weeks prior to the start of the series.

* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Talking about her will spoil the fact that she was in contact with Howard Silk Prime for some time.]]

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[[folder:Anna Silk]]
!!Anna Silk

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Anna is a civilian.


[[folder:Anna Silk]]

Howard and Emily Prime's daughter. Has a fraught relationship with her parents.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: She's unaware of the Alpha universe and isn't informed that [[spoiler: Emily hasn't actually relapsed.]]



[[folder:Anna]]

Howard and Emily Prime's daughter. Has a fraught relationship with her parents.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: She's unaware of the Alpha universe and isn't informed that [[spoiler: Emily hasn't actually relapsed.]]
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* TheEveryman: She's just one innocent unaware that she's dating someone who's in something ''much'' bigger than her.

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* TheEveryman: She's just one innocent unaware that she's dating someone who's in something ''much'' bigger than her.she.
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* FishOutOfWater: For all his training for the Alpha Earth, he wasn't prepared for smart phones or similar tech.

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* FishOutOfWater: For all his training for the Alpha Earth, he wasn't prepared for smart phones smartphones or similar tech.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Perfectly willing to kill a customs agent over a ''Prince CD,'' even if he's right that its existence on Alpha would expose the Prime world.
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* FantasticRacism: Trained to ''loathe'' Alpha people
* FishOutOfWater: For all his training, he's completely

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* FantasticRacism: Trained to ''loathe'' Alpha people
people and considers them all filthy degenerates.
* FishOutOfWater: For all his training, he's completely
training for the Alpha Earth, he wasn't prepared for smart phones or similar tech.

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* RecoveringAddict: She's had some drug trouble in the past. [[spoiler: TheConspiracy is all too happy to use this to make her investigations seem like a relapse.]]

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* RecoveringAddict: RecoveredAddict: She's had some drug trouble in the past. [[spoiler: TheConspiracy is all too happy to use this to make her investigations seem like a relapse.]]



!!Ian Shaw

Works in Strategy in handling internal affairs.

* InternalAffairs: His job is to weed out corrupt/incompetent personnel.



* FalseReassurance: Claims that he believes the likelihood of Alpha sending a virus to Prime is about as likely as the Prime government being responsible for sending assassins like Baldwin. [[spoiler: Which he sent, naturally.]]



* FalseFriend:[[spoiler: He's been sleeping with Emily behind Howard's back.]]

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* FalseFriend:[[spoiler: He's been TheAtoner: [[spoiler: He partly befriended Howard because of his guilt over sleeping with Emily behind Howard's back.Emily, not knowing she was married.]]

!!Gretta
!!Greta



An unknown person sent to Earth for an unknown purpose.

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An unknown person sent to Earth Alpha for an unknown purpose.
purpose.

* ChildSoldiers: Naturally, as a member of Project Indigo.
* FantasticRacism: Trained to ''loathe'' Alpha people
* FishOutOfWater: For all his training, he's completely

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: For all her seemingly genuine niceties, [[spoiler: she easily sleeps with Baldwin to lower her defenses in an attempt to kill her.]]



!!Andrei

Howard's friend in Berlin who he regularly plays go with.

* FalseFriend:[[spoiler: He's been sleeping with Emily behind Howard's back.]]

!!Gretta

A young woman working at a bar who bonds quickly with Baldwin.

* TheEveryman: She's just one innocent unaware that she's dating someone who's in something ''much'' bigger than her.
* LipstickLesbian: To Baldwin's Butch.




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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Deems Howard Alpha "plain" and easily manipulated compared to his Howard. Guess who gets to kill him?]]
* ManipulativeBastard: He's running numerous games at once. [[spoiler: Sending assassins on Howard through Emily lets him discredit Emily's investigation if Howard survives (which he did) and dispose of a problem if he dies.]]

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* ButchLesbian: Is attracted explicitly to women and has to be tough to be an assassin.



* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: For all his clever manipulations, he chooses to trust Alexander Pope over his ex-wife and his ''other self''.



* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: Howard Alpha is increasingly frustrated with how little he knows about Prime's place in the agency, except that he's been allowed to get away with a lot.

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* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: Howard Alpha is increasingly frustrated with how little he knows about Prime's place in He apparently created a lot of the agency, except system that he's been allowed to get away with a lot.
operates today but his actual rank is completely unknown.


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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: She's unaware of the Alpha universe and isn't informed that [[spoiler: Emily hasn't actually relapsed.]]

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* RecoveringAddict: She's had some drug trouble in the past. [[spoiler: TheConspiracy is all too happy to use this to make her investigations seem like a relapse.]]




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* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: Howard Alpha is increasingly frustrated with how little he knows about Prime's place in the agency, except that he's been allowed to get away with a lot.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: He's completely dismissed as a "nobody" from the moment he's brought in on the conspiracy.
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* {{Jerkass}}: The Howards consider him a pretty basic jerk because he's apparently never approved of Emily's marriage to Howard. Calling Howard's wish to keep Emily in Berlin "childish" doesn't do him any favors.
** JerkassHasAPoint: That said, his wish to have Emily near her mom in case she passes isn't unreasonable.
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* NotSoDifferent: An extreme believer in this trope in that he finds meek Howard Alpha as suspicious as aggressive Howard Prime. [[spoiler: And he doesn't seem to have much concern about being responsible for Baldwin's counterpart.]]


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* AbusiveParents: Her father took out his anger for being a failed artist on her. [[spoiler: So she watched as he was run over by a train.]]


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* NotSoDifferent: Despite deeply resenting the seemingly perfect life of her Alpha counterpart, they both feel immense guilt for [[spoiler: letting their dad die.]] The revelation shocks her.
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!!Ian Shaw

Works in Strategy in handling internal affairs.

* InternalAffairs: His job is to weed out corrupt/incompetent personnel.


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* TheSpymaster: Handles the affairs of EP agents operating in the EA verse.

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!!Clare

An unknown woman who's gotten the OI's attention.

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!!Clare

!!Clare Quayle

An unknown woman who's gotten the OI's attention.
attention, who happens to be Peter's wife.

* TheMole: [[spoiler:Clare's able to get details of Peter's work thanks to him using the same code for his safe and phone.]]
* NiceGirl: Clare understands the work of Peter in OI and looks after their daughter.
** [[spoiler:Back in Earth Prime, she's a teacher who helps orphans cope with the loss of their family due to the Munchen virus.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:It's hard to explain that she's a deep cover agent sent from Earth Prime.]]
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An unknown woman who's gotten the BI's attention.

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An unknown woman who's gotten the BI's OI's attention.
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Howard Prime's ex-wife and works in strategy.

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Howard Prime's ex-wife and ex-wife, who works in strategy.

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