History Characters / FarscapeMainCharacters

** He's benevolent to Braca and his nurses. Not so much to Peacekeeper pilots who display critical overconfidence, or to his lackeys researching wormhole technology, whom he orders on suicide missions.

* BizarreAlienBiology: As a [[HumanAliens Sebacean]], Aeryn can't regulate her internal body temperature and suffers from Sebacean Heat Delirium, a degenerative condition that results in memory damage and eventually brain death, if it get too hot.

* BreakTheHaughty: She starts out the series as a peacekeeper, soldier part of an elitist and militaristic empire. Through the series, once she is abandoned by her people and sees the horrors that they have inflicted on other planets, she begins to learn how to be compassionate and empathetic towards others.

* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: She keeps flirting with Crichton only to claim that she's not interested in her.

** After discovering Durka is still alive, he engages in a stream of murder attempts, one of which [[NiceJobBreakingItHero breaks the neural conditioning]] that turns him from the peace-loving hippy, right back into the monster he formerly was. After finally getting his revenge in ''Durka Returns'', he spends some time carrying Durka's severed head around with him.

* TheNicknamer: He comes up with nicknames for about half the cast.

* TheOtherDarrin: The {{Muppet}} portraying Rygel in Season 2 is visibly different from the one used in Season 1.

* DyeingForYourArt: Alongside the blue pigment [[spoiler:that wreaked havoc on Virginia Hey's kidneys]], she also had to shave her head and her eyebrows to play Zhaan. She held in there for as long as she could, but finally she couldn't take it anymore. She initially tried to compromise with a bald cap and prosthetics, but she finally had to leave.

* MsFanservice: Did we mention the "highly sexed" part? She's involved in most of the on-screen sex scenes that aren't off-puttingly alien in nature.

* MsFanservice: Her species has NoNudityTaboo, she tends to dress in revealing clothing and has a couple of partial nude scenes.

* FantasticRacism: Towards Scarrans, which stems from both his horrendous upbringing and what the Scarrans did to his mother. He's not terribly fond of most Peacekeepers either, and is allied with them primarily as a means to an end.

%%* HellBentForLeather

%%* ImplacableMan

%%* ManipulativeBastard

%%* ButtMonkey
%%* CareBearStare

* CloudCuckoolander

* {{Flanderization}}: His Sanity Slippage from ObfuscatingInsanity (in his introductory episodes) to total, pathetic psychosis (in the third season) looks like this to some fans.

%%* ISeeDeadPeople

* FantasticRacism: Towards Scarrans, which stems from both his horrendous upbringing and what the Scarrans did to his mother.

v* CloudCuckoolander

* {{Badass}}
** BadassBookworm

* BigBad: He removes Crais from this position as of the end of season 1, then he takes over this role for seasons 2 and 3.

[[folder:Rygel]]
!!Dominar Rygel XVI
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"If you must address me, do so as Your Supreme Eminence. Which you should be doing anyway."'']]
->'''Played By:''' John Eccleston, Sean Masterson, Tim Mieville, Matt McCoy, Mario Halouvas & Fiona Gentle
->'''Voiced By:''' Jonathan Hardy

Once the Dominar of the Hynerian Empire, ruler of over six hundred billion subjects, Rygel was deposed by a cousin of his and sent into Peacekeeper custody over a hundred cycles before the start of the series.

[[folder:Zhaan]]
!!Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Am I the only species in creation that doesn't thrive on conflict?"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Virginia Hey

A Delvian former criminal turned priestess, she was imprisoned aboard Moya for the murder of her lover, a Sebacean sympathiser.

* AllLovingHero: As long as you don't do something stupid... like [[BerserkButton threaten her adoptive family]].
* TheAtoner: Once a savage, she has sought to purge her sins from her soul.
* BadassPreacher: Zhaan is a peace-loving Delvian priestess when we meet her. However, she was imprisoned on Moya for a reason (for killing her lover) and, as she says to Chiana, "My dear, [[BadassBoast I've kicked more ass than you've sat on.]]"
* BaldOfAwesome: Zhaan doesn't always act like it, but she is capable of great feats of badassery.
* BaldWomen: One would think this is due to the [[AlienHair Delvians being descended from plants]]. It turns out there are Delvians who do have hair ([[YouGottaHaveBlueHair it's blue if you're wondering]]), though baldness isn't uncommon. It's unclear if Zhaan is naturally hairless or shaves it off.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She is very nice, sometimes bordering on TechnicalPacifist levels. She could also ''break you in half'' if she wanted to. Be thankful she doesn't. Most of the time.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Zhaan is a Delvian. Delvians are a species of hyper-evolved, sentient ''plants'', who look like blue, scaly-skinned humanoids. And their females have [[NonMammalMammaries breasts]], for some reason. They also absorb ionic radiation (such as solar flares) and orgasm as a result of doing so, and have PsychicPowers.
* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Blue Skinned Space Babe]]: She's the show's main source of fanservice early on.
* TheChick: Zhaan has pacifistic inclinations and is not always helpful during combat situations. She does subvert this fairly often though, as she will fight to protect the crew.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Zhaan was held by the Peacekeepers because of a murder charge and unlike other captives, she actually did do it. It was her time in captivity that saw her become a priest.
* DyeingForYourArt: Alongside the blue pigment [[spoiler:that wreaked havoc on Virginia Hey's kidneys]], she also had to shave her head and her eyebrows to play Zhaan. She held in there for as long as she could, but finally she couldn't take it anymore. She initially tried to compromise with a bald cap and prosthetics, but she finally had to leave.
* EmpathicHealer: Usually by literally absorbing the pain of others into herself. Note that this is just for ''pain,'' actual healing needs to be done by conventional methods.
* EnlightenmentSuperpowers: Being a priestess either trained or enhanced her psionic powers.
* HappyPlace: Zhaan has a habit of going into trance-like prayer whenever she's even the least perturbed. (Rygel lampshades this at one point.)
* HeroicSacrifice: In "Dream A Better Dream," she attempts to plead guilty to save Chianna and Rygel from the consequences of defending her in court. [[spoiler:Early in Season 3, she gives most of her remaining life span to revive Aeryn from near death. A few episodes later, she gives her life to save Moya.]]
* HotScientist: She's a skilled biologist who has NoNudityTaboo.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Zhaan belongs to a species with NoNudityTaboo. She does wear clothes most of the time, though her nude scenes are often quite abrupt.
* MsFanservice: Her species has NoNudityTaboo, she tends to dress in revealing clothing and has a couple of partial nude scenes.
* ObiWanMoment: [[spoiler:She spends her last moments reassuring the crew that they'll do fine without her.]]
* PlantAliens / {{Planimal}}: Despite looking like reptilian humanoids, thanks to their scaly skin, Delvians officially evolved from plants.
* TheProfessor: She's a skilled biologist.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [[spoiler:Apparently no one bothered to test that blue pigment before smearing it all over Virginia Hey; her departure was due to health problems caused by the makeup.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Her eyes turn red when she is upset. And when Zhaan snaps, [[BewareTheNiceOnes people get hurt.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to D'Argo's red.
* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: The smartest member of the crew during the first half of the show.
* StatuesqueStunner: Virginia Hey is quite tall.
* TeamMom: Actually refers to the crew as her children [[spoiler:as she is dying]].
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: When she gets pissed off, she gets ''pissed off''.

[[folder:Pilot]]
!!Pilot
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"When one of my species is bonded to a Leviathan, we give our lives to the service of others. Ship first, then those who travel aboard her."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Lani Tupu

A member of an alien species that can only travel by being physically and mentally bonded to the biomechanoid ships known as Leviathans. As Moya's Pilot, he directs her in their travels through the stars.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The Elders told him he was not ready to become a Pilot, forcing him to take matters [[IJustWantToBeSpecial into his own hands.]]
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:After Moya's first Pilot was disposed of, our Pilot was bonded to her, but because the Peacekeeper techs didn't have time for him to bond with Moya naturally, they connected him through artifical means. Until "The Way We Weren't," he was in constant pain, which he once described as "unbearable." The crew was understandably stunned that he had spent ''years'' like this without telling anyone.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Shy, retiring, and subservient... at least until you push him too far; not only does Pilot have control over Moya's life-support systems, but his claws are more than capable of crushing a Sebacean throat at close range. There are quite a few episodes in the series that show just how dangerous he can be when angered: in "The Way We Weren't," he [[spoiler: almost strangles Aeryn to death and disconnects the life-support systems in a fit of rage]]; in "Suns And Lovers," he flushes a terrorist out an airlock ''while laughing psychotically''. And in "The Peacekeeper Wars", [[spoiler:he consents to building a WeaponOfMassDestruction for Crichton]].
* DeadpanSnarker: He doesn't always put up with the bull the crew try to feed him.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Attempts this in ''The Way We Weren't'', when the reason he became Moya's Pilot catches up to him.]]
* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Him Pilot]]: His species's language is too complex for translator microbes to understand. As such, everyone calls him (and other Pilots) by his profession.
* HappinessInSlavery: Given that he's being allowed to explore the universe, Pilot is willing to accept a lot of abuse from his passengers over the course of his duties; it doesn't mean he's ''happy'' with poor treatment as such, but he can live with it. That said, there are some things which Pilot isn't willing to tolerate... He's also a literal slave to ''Moya'', since as he is bonded with her, it means he literally cannot leave his chambers without dying himself. In fact, its mentioned that his species lifespan is several times that of Leviathans, but Pilot sees himself losing entire ''centuries'' to wander the stars as a totally acceptable trade.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Pilot desperately wanted to be bonded to a Leviathan and explore the stars, something which is a rare honor among his species. To do this, Pilot [[spoiler:made a deal with the Peacekeepers to replace Moya's current (uncooperative) Pilot- even though he knew it would result in her execution.]]
* InsistentTerminology: Often refers to Aeryn and Crichton by their rank, being "Officer Sun" and "Commander" respectively, even though Aeryn is a traitor to the Peacekeepers and Crichton is presumed dead by IASA.
* MrExposition: Lampshaded by Crichton resignedly answering to one of Pilot's alerts. "''Yes'', Mr. Bad News?"
* MultiArmedMultitasking: His multiple arms allow him to use Moya's complex pilot interface.
* OddFriendship: With Aeryn. She's the first member of the crew to really bond with him, even though their personalities are quite different. [[spoiler:It helps that a mad scientist infects her with Pilot's DNA in an early episode.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Can sometimes take this role when on-board sanity takes a dive; becomes a frequent role in season three, when he has to end up trying to keep the crew from killing each other due to CabinFever and frustration over Crichton's wormhole hunt.
* ServileSnarker: Pilot's sworn to obey any order from the crew that doesn't endanger Moya. It doesn't mean that he can't make fun of the stupid ones.
* TheSmartGuy: Though the episode "Thank God It's Friday... Again" shows that Pilot, knowing that he can't contribute much else to the crew, ''works his ass off'' in order to be the team's Smart Guy.
-->'''Pilot''': "I don't get out much, so I read."
* StarfishAliens: Has one of the more alien designs in the series. The Henson Company's skill with creating animatronic puppets really helps.
* WetwareCPU: He regulates most of Moya's functions.

[[folder:Crais]]
!!Captain Bialar Crais
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crais_bialar_2315.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:''"A human? It will require some study. I will personally enjoy pulling you apart to see what you're made of."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Lani Tupu

->''"Tauvo is dead- struck down by a weak... pathetic...''inferior'' being. It must be avenged! I swear in Tauvo's name, Crichton, you will die in my hands."''

Leader of the Sebacean Peacekeepers who are attempting to retake Moya when John Crichton arrives, he is determined to capture them again; the prisoners for the stain on his record, Crichton for being involved in his brother's death.

* ArchEnemy: Until Scorpius takes over, Crais was the greatest threat to the crew and Crichton's greatest personal enemy.
* BadassBeard: His goatee highlights his badassery.
* BeardOfEvil: Like many fiction goatee wearers, he's pretty evil. [[spoiler:However, he does keep the beard after he becomes a good guy.]]
* TheCaptain: First of his Carrier, and then of ''Talyn''.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay / TaxidermyIsCreepy: While still captain of his ship, Crais kept the stuffed heads of numerous Hynerians on the walls of his cabin, much to Rygel's horror. Scorpius, on the other hand, wasn't all that impressed, and suggested that the only reason why Crais kept them around was as a reminder of times when he still had power.
* DemotedToDragon: By Scorpius at the end of the first season, which contributes to his decision to leave the Peacekeepers and become a WildCard.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: In the first season, Crais is pursuing Moya to avenge the death of his brother, but he gets replaced by Scorpius.
* {{Expy}}: Less extreme than the Grayza-Servalan resemblance, but in season one he has major similarities to Travis from ''Series/BlakesSeven''.
* FreudianExcuse: As children, Crais and his brother were forcefully taken from their parents by the Peacekeepers, and the last thing Crais Sr. did before his children were taken was to make Bialar [[BigBrotherInstinct promise to take care of his brother]]. Which makes his deranged homicidal quest across the Uncharted Territories a little bit easier to understand.
* GunsAkimbo: He will occasionally use two guns.
* HazyFeelTurn: After he gives up his quest for vengeance on John, he spends most of his time seeking a purpose for his existence, and makes it quite clear that until he finds it his main priority is his own freedom and survival.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He and ''Talyn'' kill themselves to destroy Scorpius's Command Carrier.]]
* HopelessSuitor: To Aeryn, later on. Even though she has more or less forgiven him for ordering her execution, she's too hung up on Crichton and distrusts Crais too much to actually consider his affections.
* IgnoredEpiphany: In "That Old Black Magic", after Crichton makes it clear in no uncertain terms that his brother's death was a freak accident. Far from weakening his resolve, Crais' reexamination of scenes from his past (courtesy of Maldis) only renews his desire to kill Crichton.
* InsaneAdmiral: At first. He becomes a lot more laid-back after his defection from the Peacekeepers and comes to terms with Tauvo's death.
* InsistentTerminology: Despite all evidence to the contrary that his brother was responsible for the accidental collision that lead to his own death, Crais still insists that Crichton is a ''murderer'' who intentionally charged into his brother's prowler in his ''flying death-pod''.
* ItsPersonal:
** He barely even ''tries'' to hide the fact that he's pursuing Moya in order to have his revenge on Crichton.
** Later, [[spoiler:Crais invokes this to Scorpius before his HeroicSacrifice.]]
* LimaSyndrome: He initially steals Talyn just as a means of getting away from both the Peacekeepers and the Moya gang, but it soon becomes clear that he's genuinely come to love the boy.
* MadnessMakeover: Over the course of his pursuit of Crichton, Crais' immaculate hair becomes scraggly and his face unshaven.
* ManipulativeBastard: Occasionally, especially in his dealings with Xhalax.
* MoralMyopia: Convinced initially that his vengeance is justified...
* MotiveDecay: But later admits that it ended up not being about his brother but just for the sake of it.
* TheNeidermeyer: And not just because of SanitySlippage over his brother's death, either. "The Way We Weren't" makes it clear that he was always like this. When Scorpius overthrows him as commanding officer of his command carrier, it's as much because Crais's men simply like him better as because of the blackmail. [[CharacterDevelopment He gradually begins to mellow out after being overthrown, however]].
* PapaWolf: Towards Talyn.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Lani Tupu starts appearing in the opening titles at the beginning of Season 3.
* RevengeMyopia: His pursuit of Crichton, though he eventually realizes it.
-->'''Crais:''' I ''thought'' it was about my brother. It...''should'' have been about my brother.
* SamuraiPonytail: How neat or straggly it is tends to act as a barometer of his mood or sanity level in any particular episode.
* ShirtlessScene: In Season 3, although it isn't played for {{Fanservice}}, as [[spoiler:his body is covered in intensely painful blisters due to Talyn's unstable neural feedback.]]
* StarterVillain: The main villain in the first season, but later becomes first neutral and then an ally.
* WildCard: Especially in the second season, when his actions are very unpredictable but solely motivated by helping himself and ''Talyn''.

[[folder:Chiana]]
!!Chiana
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chiana_5299.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:''"I say we just go get the guns and go steal the stuff."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Gigi Edgley

->''If your hand is still there in one microt, I'll snap it off and use it as a good luck charm.''

A female Nebari who tried to flee her highly conformative, oppressive culture and escape, only to be recaptured. When Moya accidentally crashed into the prison ship carrying her, she and her two captors were forced to stay aboard. When events left her the sole survivor, she gladly fled with the crew of Moya to avoid the neural reprogramming awaiting her if she returned to the Nebari.

* BareYourMidriff: Is that light-coloured strip in her first costume bare skin or cloth? The opening of "Taking the Stone" suggests it's meant to be skin, but in other episodes it looks like cloth, possibly to reduce the amount of real-world make-up needed.
* BlindSeer: In Season 3, Chiana gains the ability to see visions of the future, though can't control it. In Season 4, she gains a degree of control, but goes blind. It's [[TemporaryBlindness temporary]], but lasts longer with each time. When it looks like it's permanent, she ''replaces her eyes.''
* BrokenBird: Her tough and carefree persona isn't a pure facade, but it does cover up a lot of damage.
* CharacterTics: Her habit of moving her head from side to side outs her once while DressingAsTheEnemy. This is due to the restricted vision from the contacts used to give Gigi Edgley her alien eyes.
* TheChick: Doesn't do a great deal of on-screen fighting. According to Gigi Edgley, the writers wanted to give her more action scenes but they kept getting cut because directors were worried that the make-up would come off. To compensate for this, when she does get violent the violence tends to be [[CombatPragmatist really, really vicious]].
* ClassyCatBurglar: Sneaky, hot, and thieving, although she may not count as "classy" by some definitions.
* CombatPragmatist: Don't be fooled by the sunny personality. If she believes she is genuinely in danger, she has a knack for scanning her environment and instantly lighting on the most effective way of inflicting lethal or crippling damage on an enemy, no matter how gruesome or dishonorable it is.
* [[DefectorFromDecadence Defector To Decadence]]: The Nebari are a highly conformistic culture who preach peace and tranquillity, and gladly MindRape any other being whose personality they consider undesirable to match their wishes. Chiana considers this appalling and simply wishes to roam the galaxy and live her life as she wishes.
* EthicalSlut: The "ethical" part took a serious dent when she had an affair with Jothee, but for the most part, she tries not to edge in on previously established relationships.
* ExtremeOmnisexual: She is the focus of most of the series' LesYay[[invoked]] moments. She also has no sexual boundaries when it comes to gender, age, and even species.
* FireForgedFriends: With Aeryn and Jool.
* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Grey Skinned Space Babe]]: Is the subject of most of the series's fanservice.
* HellishPupils: [[spoiler:In "Peacekeeper Wars", she replaces her failing eyes with rather creepy looking ones with the ability to see through walls.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: D'Argo is considerably taller and bulkier than she is. They eventually get together.
* InSeriesNickname: "Pip." It originates from the nickname Ben Browder gave to Gigi Edgley.
* InterspeciesRomance: With D'Argo.
* TheLadette: Unashamedly highly sexed, and loves other kinds of exciting physical action as well.
* LoveableRogue: She's a good hearted person, and loyal to her friends and family, but isn't overly concerned with the galaxy at large.
* MsFanservice: Did we mention the "highly sexed" part? She's involved in most of the on-screen sex scenes that aren't off-puttingly alien in nature.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Chiana randomly slips between an Australian and FakeAmerican accent in Season One. This is due to disagreements between directors over which accent Gigi Edgely should stick with.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: The opening titles are modified to include Gigi Edgely just in time for the Season 1 finale.
* ProphetEyes: Her eyes eventually start gaining cataracts when she uses her precognitive powers.
* PsychicPowers: Develops them in Season 3, following her possession by an Energy Rider.
* ScreamingWarrior: Has a very distinctive war cry that can best be described as "BRRRRRRUUUUGHHHH-YI-YI-YI-YAAAAAAH!"
* TookALevelInJerkass: To an extent - in Season 4, she has become a lot angrier than usual, because of her terrible experiences in between Seasons 3 and 4, in which she was [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured and raped]] by gangsters who caught her using her abilities to cheat at gambling.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: There's a subtext that she has an minor attraction to Crichton during Series 1. Since he treats her like a sister and only has eyes for Aeryn, it doesn't go anywhere. Though due to [[spoiler: time-travel, it's revealed she was the one to take his virginity.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: At first, she and Jool despise each other, but they gradually come to develop a love-hate friendship. She also has this going on with Rygel, to a certain extent. Mostly averted with Sikozu - although they have a few friendly moments together, they deeply dislike one another for the most part.

[[folder:Scorpius]]
!!Scorpius
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"I long ago learned the advantages of patience."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Wayne Pygram

A deformed, ruthless and surprisingly combat-hardened Peacekeeper scientist, obsessed with gaining knowledge of wormholes as a means to power. [[spoiler:Actually a hybrid Sebacean/Scarran created by a Scarran prisoner-rape experiment, his driving force is vengeance on the Scarrans for their horrifically brutal treatment of his mother and himself.]]

* AchillesHeel: His need for cooling rods to keep his internal temperature in balance. And like any good AchillesHeel, savvy opponents will exploit it: Crichton once coated a rod in heat-reacting paste, hoping it would explode in Scorpius' head, and if anyone worth their salt manages to capture Scorpius, the first thing they do is deny him cooling rods or destroy the apparatus.
* AffablyEvil: He's ''evil'', no doubt, but he's unfailingly polite about it.
%%* AntiVillain
* ArchEnemy: With periodic EnemyMine events.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBookworm
** HandicappedBadass: He's in constant pain and almost always on the point of death from heatstroke, but he's a seriously dangerous physical opponent if driven to it.
* BeastAndBeauty: With Sikozu.
* BenevolentBoss: Actually shows a good deal of loyalty to his minions, particularly Braca, which pays dividends by the series' end.
* BerserkButton: It isn't a good idea to get between him and his plans, to say the least.
* BigBad: He removes Crais from this position as of the end of season 1, then he takes over this role for seasons 2 and 3.
* BrainsAndBondage: Both are pretty obvious.
* BreakoutCharacter: Originally intended as just a one-shot villain, but such a fan favorite that he was promoted to BigBad and, eventually, [[spoiler:one of the protagonists]].
* BreakTheCutie: His first 12 years of life consisted of torture. It's really not surprising that he got so good at preparing contingency escape plans.
* CheshireCatGrin: It isn't often he's capable of a ''benign'' smile. Then again, it is hard to grin infectiously when you have small, sharp, jagged teeth.
** He does, however, manage a much more heartwarming smile when [[spoiler:he strokes the flower he remembers his mother by]] at the end of "Incubator".
* TheChessmaster
* ChildByRape: Natira briefly mentions Scorpius' parentage in Season 2, but it isn't until Season 3's "Incubator" that the full story becomes clear: [[spoiler:Scorpius' mother was abducted and raped as part of a Scarren breeding program, resulting in Scorpius' conception. Not only that, but Scorpius ''[[ForcedToWatch is forced to watch a recording of the rape itself]]'', and then learns that [[DeathByChildbirth his mother died giving birth to him.]] [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge He does]] ''[[not]]'' [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas take this revelation well]].
* ClingyCostume: Not physically impossible to remove, but since it's necessary to keep him alive, he naturally makes sure it's ''extremely'' hard to take it off.
* CrazyPrepared: He's insanely paranoid -- and justifiably so, considering how often people have tried to kill him. CrazyPrepared is probably the only reason no one has managed it.
* DarthVaderClone: Deep (natural) voice, black suit containing life-support systems, inhumanly strong, and TheDragon to higher authorities of TheEmpire who relentlessly pursues TheHero.
* DeadpanSnarker: He definitely has his moments.
* {{Determinator}}: No matter the torture, no matter the assassination attempts, and no matter how many times someone tries to blow his plans up right in his face, Scorpius will never, ever stop pursuing his goal.
* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: Scorpius is ultimately loyal to one person alone -- himself. To this end, he will use and betray ''anyone'' to achieve what he wants.
* DragonInChief: To the Grand Chancellor of the Peacekeepers.
* EroticAsphyxiation: This is evidently one of his kinks, judging by his sex scene with Natira and his only on-screen sexual scene with Sikozu.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Scorpius' xenocidal hatred of the Scarran stems from both what they did to him and what they did to his mother.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He loves his mother, [[spoiler:in spite of the fact that he never got to meet her]], and he clearly cares a great deal for Sikozu.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Subverted heavily; at one point in the fourth season, Crichton insists that Scorpius doesn't understand him, hence the reason why Scorpius had to use the Aurora Chair and the Neural Clone to unearth his secrets. Less than a few episodes later, [[spoiler: after Aeryn is kidnapped by the Scarrans]], Crichton realises that Scorpius arranged the whole thing, knowing that he'd trade ''anything'' for [[spoiler: Aeryn's]] safety.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Double-subverted. You would expect someone so otherwise stereotypically evil-looking to have a deep, growling voice, but his voice actually isn't low. Then it turns out that that's just an affectation he adopts to put other Peacekeepers at ease. His real voice (which is only heard when he's either really, really angry or in extreme pain) ''actually does'' sound like it rumbles up from the pits of Hell.
* TheExtremistWasRight: In The Peacekeeper Wars, [[spoiler:Cricthon weaponises the Wormhole Technology, leading to a lasting peace]].
* FakingTheDead: He fakes his own death in the Season 3 premiere.
* FantasticRacism: Towards Scarrans, which stems from both his horrendous upbringing and what the Scarrans did to his mother.
* FirstNameBasis: While everyone from shipmates to enemies call John "Crichton", Scorpius usually just calls him "John".
* FreudianExcuse: And a pretty damn good one, too.
* [[HalfHumanHybrid Half-Sebacean Hybrid]]: The other half is Scarran.
* HazyFeelTurn: He [[spoiler:joins the crew of Moya]] in Season 4, but he's very upfront about the fact that his goals and motivations haven't changed one bit, only his circumstances.
%%* HellBentForLeather
* HumanMomNonhumanDad: Well, [[HumanAlien Sebacean]] mom, but it still counts.
* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Homeworld]]: [[spoiler:Scorpius threatens Crichton at the end of Series 3 with the fact that he's learnt the location of ''Earth''.]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Scorpius''': Even without wormholes, Earth is reachable. At top speed, just over ''60 cycles''.]]
%%* ImplacableMan
* InSeriesNickname: "Scorpy," "Grasshopper," "Nosferatu," "Bob."
* JokerImmunity: Scorpius always gets out of things that should rightfully be his end.
* KavorkaMan: He's extremely ugly -- even the parts of him that we're shown consist of lizard-like skin and serrated fangs -- but at the same time weirdly sexual, and definitely enjoys an amount of in-universe luck with beautiful women.
* LecherousLicking: Is shown enjoying being both the licker and the lickee.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: His relationship with Crichton is like this at times, lampshaded by Crichton when they forge a [[EnemyMine temporary alliance]] at the end of Season 3;
--> '''Crichton''': Why are you bitching at me like we're ''married'', Scorpy-sue?
* LivingLieDetector: His half-Scarran heritage give him an advantage that neither species has, and allows him to tell when people are lying.
* MachiavelliWasWrong: Just look at the example of BadBoss to see how he worked this one out.
%%* ManipulativeBastard
* MinoredInAssKicking: It helps that he has SuperStrength, and he know how to use it.
* MissingMom: [[spoiler:Scorpius is a ChildByRape of a Sebacean mother and a Scarran male, and the strain of having a half-Scarran child meant she suffered a DeathByChildbirth. He did not take the news well.]]
%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* NotSoDifferent: Scorpius confesses a real 'connection' to Crichton. (Not so much the other way around, though.) Wayne Pygram has mused that since Scorpy is alone in his uniqueness, perhaps he feels a kinship with the fish-out-of-water John.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: From wormhole physics to cybernetics to neuroscience.
* OnlySaneMan: When Scorpius can be considered among the most reasonable of the Peacekeepers, it's telling of how ''screwed'' the protagonists are.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In Season 3 (although, arguably, the credit goes to both Scorpius and Harvey).
* RaisedByOrcs: He was brought up by Scarrans, who made no attempt to hide the fact that he was an experiment.
* {{Revenge}}: Revenge against the Scarrans is his driving motivation.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Seems to be standard M.O. for him, as he tries it in both "Family Ties" and "Look at the Princess". In the first case, however, the intended victim discovers what's in store for him and escapes, while in the second, TheMole gets killed by Crichton before Braca can get to her.
* SuperStrength: One of the benefits of being half-Scarran. He throws Crais around like a ragdoll on one occasion, and on another, he forced open an incredibly heavy, reinforced sliding door ''one-handed''. Said door had, moments ago, crushed a Peacekeeper to death when he was jammed in it to try and stop it from closing.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Gets like this around representatives of Peacekeepers High Command, especially Grayza.
--> '''Scorpius''': Now you understand what stupidity I have to deal with...
* TheDreaded: Even to his own people.
* TokenEvilTeammate: [[spoiler:In Season 4.]]
* TooKinkyToTorture: On the rare occasions that he's ended up being captured and interrogated, his captors have to work hard to find a form of torture that he ''doesn't'' enjoy. Or if not enjoy, at least ignore. After all, he was tortured for over a decade (while growing up) by ''professionals''.
* VillainousBreakdown: At the end of series 3, following [[spoiler: Crichton's betrayal and the destruction of his research base and resources]], it's perhaps the only time in the series we see him looking genuinely ''broken''.
* [[AccentRelapse Voice Relapse]]: His deep, snarling Scarren voice is only heard when he's either a) in extreme pain or b) absolutely enraged.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Everything he does is in order to stop the Scarrans from taking over the galaxy. Of course, this is backed by his deep-seated hatred and desire for revenge, but he knows ''exactly'' what they're capable of, and he is willing to do anything, even sacrificing himself, to make sure that what happened to his mother doesn't happen to the rest of the galaxy. That's the entire reason he went and offered himself to the Peacekeepers: they were the ''[[OrderVersusChaos less evil choice!]]'' At the end of the Peacekeeper Wars [[spoiler: he is ''happy'' when the Scarrans and Peacekeepers sign a peace contract because it still stops them from taking over the galaxy. Undoubtedly though, he had a whole heap of plans set up to get rid of them from what they ''do'' control, but one step at a time, no?]]
* WildCard: One can never predict quite what he's going to do in a given situation.

[[folder:Stark]]
!!Stark
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stark_2607.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:''"This is '''my''' side! That's '''your''' side. You stay on your side. '''My''' side, '''your''' side! '''My''' side, '''your''' side! '''My''' side, '''your''' side!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Paul Goddard

A Bannick who is part humanoid and part EnergyBeing, he has the power to heal mental torment and to comfort the dying as they pass over to wherever they go. Unfortunately, use of his powers always leads to some degree of MentalFusion, resulting in gradual corrosion of his sanity.

* AxCrazy: Every so often, Stark will get very violent -- and not in a funny way, either. In fact, when one particularly trying day ended with Jool whining at him, he actually went beserk and threatened to MindRape her. See under DoggedNiceGuy and BlessedWithSuck for why.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Stark is an energy being who ''built from raw matter'' his current body.
* BlessedWithSuck: That empathic/telepathic ability to interact with the dying? ''Not'' fun. In fact, he actually mentions that every time he helps someone cross over, he absorbs a tiny piece of their soul. And since a good deal of his early work was helping ''Scarrans'' cross over...
* BreakTheCutie: Oh god, poor Stark. He was broken when Crichton met him in Season 1 [[spoiler:where he had been ''mind raped continuously for 2 years!!'']] and [[FromBadToWorse it just went downhill from there.]] It's even worse than that. Turns out that Stark grew up among the Scarrans and assisted in their death rituals. As a slave, you can imagine how that part of his life went. Considering his opinion (not to mention panic) of Scarrans, being Scorpius' prisoner was arguably an improvement for the poor guy.
%%* ButtMonkey
%%* CareBearStare
* TheChewToy: He was tortured for ''years'', and upon escaping in short order proceeds to get executed by disintegration (he [[DeathIsCheap gets better]]), experiences the agonising deaths of ten thousand of his own species being executed by Natira, gets puked on by Pilot, and finally is forced to listen as the woman he loves dies. ''Cannot'' catch a break.
v* CloudCuckoolander
* CommutingOnABus: He appears in all four seasons and ''The Peacekeeper Wars'', but keeps joining and then leaving the main crew. His longest period as a regular cast member lasts from towards the end of the second season until towards the end of the third.
%%* CoolMask
* DoggedNiceGuy: A very creepy one towards Aeryn at times in the third season, eventually driving her to a memorable and deserved TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. However, the reason he acts this way turns out not to be so much due to any kind of attraction to her, but that all the evil chaotic thoughts that he's absorbed over the years latch onto her as the latest object of his fragmented attention, because Zhaan isn't around anymore to help him control it. Let's face it, by the time season 3 and 4 come around, he flips between psychosis and neurotic breakdown like a light switch with a short circuit.
* {{Flanderization}}: His Sanity Slippage from ObfuscatingInsanity (in his introductory episodes) to total, pathetic psychosis (in the third season) looks like this to some fans.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Stark needs '''a lot''' of these moments, and he gets 'em.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Zhaan.
%%* ISeeDeadPeople
* LargeHam:
--> ''My'' side! ''Your'' side! ''My'' side! ''YOUR'' side! ''MY SIDE!''.
* TheLoad: On a good day, he's almost catatonic. On a bad day, he puts everyone on the ship in danger with his psychotic freak-outs.
* NegateYourOwnSacrifice: As an energy being, he is capable of regenerating himself if disintegrated - which comes in handy when aliens put him, Crichton, D'Argo, and Zhaan on trial and decide to execute them via that very method.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Stark has an ''at best'' tenuous grip on his sanity, but he admitted to pretending to be far crazier while Scorpius' prisoner. Doing so got people to leave him alone more often than they would've otherwise.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In Season 3.
* {{Psychopomp}}: He helps dying souls reach the afterlife, absorbing their negative traits, making him basically a ''Sin-Eater''.
%%* TalkativeLoon
* TooKinkyToTorture: Stark's been given the Aurora Chair treatment over 100 times, and he clearly enjoys it a little ''too'' much.
* TraumaCongaLine: No one has gone through more pain and suffering throughout the span of their life than Stark. No one. Think what happened to Aeryn in Scarran captivity was bad? Stark's got her beat: he ''absorbed some of the Scarran's souls''. Think John's purview in the Aurora Chair was horrific? Stark got ''2 years''. And he just keeps on getting hit!
* TwoFaced: The side of his face covered by the mask is PureEnergy [[spoiler:until he becomes completely corporeal at the end of ''The Peacekeeper Wars''.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Harvey]]
!!Harvey
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harvey_826.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:''"Go on, John! Do it! Then we can go to the beach! I know a place with naked Sebacean girls and margarita shooters!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Wayne Pygram

A neural clone of Scorpius and exists solely in the head of John Crichton. He was also played by Wayne Pygram. Harvey is the result of a neural chip that was placed into Crichton's brain by Scorpius after the Aurora Chair failed to reveal the wormhole information he was after.
----

[[folder:Moya]]
!!Moya

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->'''Crichton''': That's big. That's ''really'' big.
-->--''Crichton's first impression of Moya''

A massive biomechanical lifeform that takes the form of a spaceship, Moya is a Leviathan that has been designated as a prison transport. When her latest cargo rebelled and escaped, she happily switched her loyalties to them.

* ActualPacifist: More a species trait. She really hates hurting any living creature; more often than not, this skirts [[MessianicArchetype Messiah]] territory. Of course, when it comes to [[BerserkButton her son]], [[BewareTheNiceOnes all bets are off]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Especially note, ''she doesn't have weapons''. And like Pilot, she consented to [[spoiler:building and using a WeaponOfMassDestruction]] during "The Peacekeeper Wars".
* LivingShip: She's a massive lifeform capable of traveling between stars at high speeds and carrying passengers.
* MamaBear: She does NOT like it when people try to hurt Talyn. [[spoiler:She actually goes so far as to give the crew permission to kill an insane Leviathan who tried to prevent her from giving Talyn a proper funeral. Normally, Leviathans are complete pacifists.]]
* PrisonShip: She was used to house criminals by the Peacekeepers.
* ThinkingUpPortals: An extreme version of this trope; the ships' FTL system, Starburst, is basically "sling a big portal and dive in".
* TheVoiceless: Moya cannot generally speak, though Pilot is aware of what she wants. The crew can also communicate with her through Pilot or the [=DRD=]s. [[spoiler:In "Look at the Princess, Part 3", this is subverted, as her builders allow her to briefly speak directly to Zhaan.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Crais]]
!!Captain Bialar Crais
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crais_bialar_2315.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:''"A human? It will require some study. I will personally enjoy pulling you apart to see what you're made of."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Lani Tupu

->''"Tauvo is dead- struck down by a weak... pathetic...''inferior'' being. It must be avenged! I swear in Tauvo's name, Crichton, you will die in my hands."''

Leader of the Sebacean Peacekeepers who are attempting to retake Moya when John Crichton arrives, he is determined to capture them again; the prisoners for the stain on his record, Crichton for being involved in his brother's death.
----

[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FSPilot_1574.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:Hmmmm...]]

->''When one of my species is bonded to a Leviathan, we give our lives to the service of others. Ship first, then those who travel aboard her.''

* ActingForTwo / TalkingToHimself: In any episode with Crais, because Lani Tupu voiced Pilot as well.

* AntiVillain

* HellBentForLeather

* [[spoiler: [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Homeworld]]: Scorpius threatens Crichton at the end of Series 3 with the fact that he's learnt the location of ''Earth''.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Scorpius''': Even without wormholes, Earth is reachable. At top speed, just over ''60 cycles''.]]
* ImplacableMan

* ManipulativeBastard

* [[spoiler:MissingMom]]: [[spoiler:Scorpius is a ChildByRape of a Sebacean mother and a Scarran male, and the strain of having a half-Scarran child meant she suffered a DeathByChildbirth. He did not take the news well.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast

* [[spoiler: TokenEvilTeammate: In the fourth season.]]
* TooKinkyToTorture: On the rare occasions that he's ended up being captured and interrogated, his captors have to work hard to find a form of torture that he ''doesn't'' enjoy.
** Or if not enjoy, at least ignore. After all, he was tortured for over a decade (while growing up) by ''professionals''.

* BreakTheCutie: Oh god, poor Stark. He was broken when Crichton met him in season 1 [[spoiler: where he had been ''mind raped continuously for 2 years!!'']] and [[FromBadToWorse it just went downhill from there.]]
** It's even worse than that. Turns out that Stark grew up among the Scarrans and assisted in their death rituals. As a slave, you can imagine how that part of his life went. Considering his opinion (not to mention panic) of Scarrans, being Scorpius' prisoner was arguably an improvement for the poor guy.
* ButtMonkey
* CareBearStare

* CloudCuckoolander

* CoolMask

* ISeeDeadPeople
* LargeHam

* TalkativeLoon

[[spoiler:An AI copy of Scorpius's personality, hosted on a chip inserted into Crichton's brain as part of a ploy to gain access to his knowledge and control over him. Initially a dangerous EnemyWithin to John, he eventually develops a more complex relationship with him.]]

* DeadpanSnarker

* ImaginaryEnemy

* ShoutOut: Yes, he's named after the bunny, and yes, it's lampshaded, and yes, in the season 4 finale, he and Crichton dress up in bunny suits.
** Another name for him that Crichton briefly considered was [[ItsAWonderfulLife Clarence]].

!Crew of ''Moya''

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->''Go on, John! Do it! Then we can go to the beach! I know a place with naked Sebacean girls and margarita shooters!''

[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FSZhaan_4589.jpg]]

->''Am I the only species in creation that doesn't thrive on conflict?''

[[quoteright:200:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FSStark_4881.jpg]]

->''This is '''my''' side! That's '''your''' side. You stay on your side. '''My''' side, '''your''' side! '''My''' side, '''your''' side! '''My''' side, '''your''' side!''

[[folder]]

[[folder]]

[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FSScorpius_8107.jpg]]

->''I long ago learned the advantages of patience.''

[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FS_Crichton_692.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:L-R: Crichton, [[ICallItVera Winona]]]]

->''Once upon a time, there was a boy named John, and John was an astronaut. He lived in a far away place called Earth, which is so far away you've never heard of it. One day, when John was out doing astronaut things, a big, blue wormhole gobbled him up and spat him out at the far end of the Universe.''

[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FS_Aeryn_3468.jpg]]

->''No offense, human, but what could I possibly need from you?''

[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FSDArgo_2379.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:'''I'm''' your daddy.]]

->''I will '''not''' be taken prisoner again!''

[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FSRygel_6910.jpg]]

->''If you must address me, do so as Your Supreme Eminence. Which you should be doing anyway.''

[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FSCrais_8968.jpg]]

->''Tauvo is dead- struck down by a weak... pathetic...'' inferior ''being. It must be avenged! I swear in Tauvo's name, Crichton, you will die in my hands.''

* ActingForTwo / TalkingToHimself: In any episode with Pilot, because Lani Tupu voiced Pilot as well.

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!Commander John Crichton

->Played by Ben Browder.

!Officer Aeryn Sun

->Played by Creator/ClaudiaBlack

[[folder:Ka D'Argo]]
!Ka D'Argo

->Played by Anthony Simcoe

!Dominar Rygel XVI

->Voiced by Jonathan Hardy

!Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan

->Played by Virginia Hey

!Pilot

->Voiced by Lani Tupu

!Moya

!Captain Bialar Crais

->Played by Lani Tupu

!Chiana

->Played by Gigi Edgley

!Scorpius

->Played by Wayne Pygram

!Stark

->Played by Paul Goddard

!Harvey

->Played by Wayne Pygram

[[folder:Talyn]]
!Talyn

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->'''Crichton''': Open the door, you soulless pinheaded adolescent pig!
-->--''Crichton gets a bit fed-up with Talyn.''

The son of ''Moya'', due to [[spoiler:rape by the Peacekeepers who forcibly blended their own technology into the offspring's genetics. Unlike most Leviathans, created as a battleship with in-built armament. Unfortunately, WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity]].

* AxCrazy: He can't help it, he was ''literally'' bred to be this way.
* BilingualDialogue: Talyn, who lacks a Pilot to speak for him, communicates through trills and bloop noises.
* BreakTheCutie: The kid was practically born insane.
* EmoTeen: Oh so much. Crichton even calls him out on it when Talyn becomes too bratty and petty (brattiness includes: locking doors on John, stealing his stuff, trying to separate him and auntie Aeryn, and trying to throw him out (into ''space'')). The problem is that he's a [[TeensAreMonsters bratty teenager]] with a ''really big'' {{BFG}}.
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
* LeeroyJenkins: Can get a ''little'' carried away in engaging the enemy- forcing Crais to start playing the voice of reason.
* LivingMacGuffin
* LivingShip
* MommasBoy: A positive example, as despite his emotional problems, Talyn is shown to care deeply for Moya. [[spoiler:At the end of "The Ugly Truth," it is revealed that Talyn ''willingly'' destroyed the Plokavian ship because they carried material that could've posed a threat to her]]. [[spoiler:And if there was ever any doubt before, Talyn agrees to the HeroicSacrifice because Crais tells him, "Moya will soon be enslaved."]]
* ShipperOnDeck: In "Green Eyed Monster", it turns out that Talyn has been conspiring to get [[spoiler:Crais and Aeryn]] together, doing weird stuff like cranking up the heat in whatever room they're in. As someone correctly pointed out on the main page: "weirdest example ''ever''".
** Although since [[spoiler: Aeryn]] is a surrogate mother-figure, as well as [[spoiler: Crais]] being his ''Pilot'', you can see why.
* SoProudOfYou: When Talyn [[spoiler: sacrifices himself to destroy Scorpius' command carrier]], his mother and Pilot watch at a distance. It is clear that, aside from sorrow, Moya feels extremely proud of what her son has managed to do.
* TriggerHappy
* [[spoiler: WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity]]: Only Leviathan in the universe that's armed with any sort of weaponry, but [[spoiler: it turns out that whatever the Peacekeepers did drove him crazy.]]
** [[spoiler:While his biology likely made him unbalanced, the poor kid might have stood a chance if not for being under constant threat since birth. Crais theorized that it was the Peacekeeper Retrieval Squad hunt that finally pushed Talyn over the edge.]]
** [[spoiler:That and the fact that Crais (not exactly stable himself) was Talyn's first captain.]]
** [[spoiler:And that time he had Stark (a complete nutjob) for a pilot probably did him no favours either.]]
[[/folder]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jool]]

!Joolushko "Jool" Tunai Fenta Hovalis

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->''I always wait. You know, see both sides -- be reasonable. But now... I have nothing to lose.''

->Played by Tammy [=MacIntosh=]

An alien gap-yah student who got into a very bad situation and ended up being rescued by the ''Moya'' crew, initially to the displeasure of both sides.

* [[spoiler: BackForTheDead]]
* BareYourMidriff: Especially her second costume.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Jool is an Interon, so her hair changes color depending on her mood, and her screams can melt metal. Which is good, because she screams. '''A lot''.
* BreakTheCutie
* BreakTheHaughty
* DeadpanSnarker
* EyepatchOfPower: When she is temporarily blinded in one eye due to a bit of Boolite flying into it (ItMakesSenseInContext), she sports a rather cool eyepatch for a few episodes.
* FieryRedhead: She is usually blonde, except for when she is nervous or angry, during which it turns bright red. It stays permanently red during the infiltration of Scorpius' Command Carrier - possibly due to the stress of the mission.
* FireForgedFriends: With Chiana.
* FishOutOfWater: Being from a peaceful star system that seriously frowns upon violence, she is initially completely out of her depth when she becomes part of Moya's crew. (She learns quickly.) Being cryogenically frozen for 22 cycles didn't help, either.
* [[ForgotAboutHisPowers Forgot About Her Powers]]: Her sound powers are rarely used in emergencies where they might actually be useful.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: At first, it's kind of obvious that everyone deeply wishes she'd never awoken from the cryogenic pod. This changes as her CharacterDevelopment kicks in.
* HotScientist
* HumiliationConga: Most of what transpires to her, such as being frozen for 22 cycles, accidentally drinking piss, being thrown through a time portal straight into a pile of mud, the Universe really seems to ''love'' to give her grief.
* InsufferableGenius: She has some traits of this, although not to the same extent as Sikozu.
* {{Jerkass}}: Starts off as one, before CharacterDevelopment kicks in. Emerging from a long cryogenic slumber on board a ship of a type she'd never seen and learning that her two cousins - with whom she was very close - are dead does not help.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
* LockedIntoStrangeness: A possible reason for her hair staying red after Season 3.
* MakeMeWannaShout
* TheMedic: To an extent.
* MultipleChoicePast: There are conflicting reports as to whether she and her cousins were innocent tourists or {{Evil Colonialist}}s trying to rip off the cultures they met. Her past remains Multiple Choice because none of the regulars actually care enough to investigate.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* OverlyLongName: And she claims that ''everyone'' addresses her by her full name prior to being cryogenically frozen (this could presumably be an Interon cultural aspect), although she makes an exception for her cousins, who called her by her nickname. She resents being called "Jool" by her crewmates at first (in spite of, or perhaps because of, the fact that her cousins also used it), but it eventually grows on her.
* [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Hair Take Warning]]: Her hair turns bright red when she's either a) scared or nervous, or b) really, ''really'' pissed off.
* ScreamingWoman: There's a ''reason'' the image on this page is her screaming. She does it a ''lot''.
* ShesGotLegs
* ShipTease: The writers teased a relationship between Jool and D'Argo -- ''especially'' in season 4's "What Was Lost" two-parter -- but Jool left the show and nothing came of it.
** And then when the crew catches up with Jool again in "The Peacekeeper Wars", she oddly and inexplicably goes for Crichton and seems to have completely forgotten D'Argo.
** There also seemed to be something of a ShipTease between [[HugeGuyTinyGirl her and Naj Gil]] (the only neutral/non-antagonistic Scarren to appear on the show) - they connect very quickly, and he offers her a place aboard the hospital ship with him. Unfortunately, he is killed before anything comes of it, and Jool is deeply upset at his death.
* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]
* TechnicalPacifist: Sometimes bordering on ActualPacifist levels. She frowns upon violence due to her upbringing and abhors killing, but, as the series goes on, she becomes more willing to engage in violence when it is required.
* TookALevelInBadass: This trait starts to emerge towards the end of Season 3 - especially notable is the fact that she aids the rest of the crew in their infiltration of Scorpius' Command Carrier despite her nervousness, and that she's more than willing to put herself in danger to help D'Argo against a ''huge'' Peacekeeper wielding a circular saw. This trait is also especially evident in the "What Was Lost" two-parter: Not only does she kick Peacekeeper ass alongside Chiana and Sikozu, she also came ''very'' close to throttling Sikozu prior to this.
* VitriolicBestBuds: At first, she and Chiana despise each other, but they gradually come to develop a love-hate friendship.
* WrittenInInfirmity: The [[EyepatchOfPower eyepatch]] was because Tammy [=MacIntosh=] really did get hit in the eye by a piece of debris and injured during the relevant action sequence.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:!Utu-Noranti Pralatong]]
!Utu-Noranti Pralatong

->''Never bathe, never bathe. It washes off the juice.''

->Played by Melissa Jaffer

An enigmatic old woman with powerful spiritual abilities who took advantage of an attack on a Peacekeeper ship to escape captivity and join the crew. Nobody's quite sure whether her mercurial switches between apparent senile dementia and ruthless plotting are real or an act.

* CloudCuckoolander
* CoolOldLady
* CordonBleughChef: Shifts between this and straight LethalChef depending on the episode.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* DirtyOldWoman
* DrFeelgood
* FanDisservice: In "Lava's a Many Splendored Thing" and "Coup By Clam."
* InSeriesNickname: "Granny," "Wrinkles," "Old Woman."
* KaleidoscopeEyes: Her third eye changes colors like a mood ring.
* MasterPoisoner
* RememberTheNewGuy: Is a member of Moya's crew at the start of the season, claiming that they rescued her from Scorpius' Command Carrier. No-one can remember how she got there, and given her ability to affect memory with her potions, it may never have happened at all.
* TheMedic
* TheMillstone: Quite often, and the other characters are aware of it, too.
-->'''Crichton:''' Burning's too ''good'' for her.
* TheOtherDarrin: When the makeup started to affect Melissa Jaffer's health, she had to be replaced for some scenes in ''The Peacekeeper Wars''.
* ThirdEye: Has a third eye that changes color and intermittently opens when she uses her powers.
* TricksterMentor
* WickedWitch: Repeatedly invoked by the other characters, but she insists she isn't one.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sikozu]]
!Sikozu Svala Shanti Sugaysi Shanu

->''Everything lives and everything dies, whether you wish it to or not, and you have to deal with it.''

->Played by Raelee Hill

[[quoteright:219:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FSSikozu_3868.jpg]]

A highly-educated, cold-blooded, but over-confident space hustler who attached herself to ''Moya'' after one of her proposed deals fell through and left her stranded. Never really trusted by anyone, she forms a perverted but sincere attachment to Scorpius.

* AlliterativeName
* BareYourMidriff
* BeAWhoreToGetYourMan: Not really an increase in sexiness so much as a fashion style change, but her black-leather-and-tattoos makeover for "The Peacekeeper Wars" looks an awful lot like her playing to Scorpius's fetishes. She explicitly considers herself in a submissive relationship with him.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe / IOweYouMyLife: One of the reasons for her attraction to Scorpius was the fact that he managed to save her life in "What Was Lost."
* BizarreAlienBiology: As a Kalish, Sikozu can walk up walls and across ceilings, can't tolerate Translator Microbes (meaning she has to learn ''every language she ever encounters''), can reattched severed limbs and can go for months without eating. She also has the ability to project radiation, but that's a result of [[spoiler:also being a bioloid]].
* BrainsAndBondage: She's highly intelligent, and is implied to be completely happy with Scorpius's highly non-mainstream sexual tastes.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: She had a tendency to betray or at least undermine Crichton very early on. Then she met Scorpius. She colluded with him almost immediately, which still puts this trope in effect because his agenda was hardly in line with Crichton's or anyone else's. The only times she willingly cooperated with the rest of the crew was when their goals weren't mutually exclusive, though to her credit, she didn't decide to up and screw everyone like most examples of this trope. [[spoiler: And then she blew it by betraying the crew to the Scarrans, much to Scorpius' rage.]]
* CoDragons: Her and Braca, for Scorpius.
* ComboPlatterPowers: See above.
* DeadpanSnarker
* FieryRedhead
* FireForgedFriends: With Aeryn.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: 'Cause she sure does seem to get her arms ripped off a lot.
* HeelFaceTurn: In the comics, she finally picks a side. [[spoiler: And then [[HeelFaceDoorSlam dies]]]].
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]: In the comic books.
* HotScientist
* InSeriesNickname: "Sputnik," "Psycho-Zoo."
* InsufferableGenius: She really is brilliant (in an inexperienced, "book smart" way), but so insufferable that she manages to instantaneously alienate Pilot, the guy who otherwise feels respect and affection for every other character on the ship, including Rygel.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Scorpius.
* {{Jerkass}}: Most of the time acts very unpleasantly towards Moya's crew, save for Scorpius.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: An inversion, as she is quite educated. However, as Rygel noted, "You've learned, but you haven't experienced." For example, though book smart when it comes to Leviathans, she had never been on one before meeting Crichton, and he knew things she didn't thanks to living on Moya.
* [[spoiler:TheMole]]: In "The Peacekeeper Wars", [[spoiler:she feeds Crichton and Scorpius' movements to the Scarrans. When Scorpius confronts her over this she said that the Scarrans had promised to free the Kalish from servitude; surprisingly enough, the Scarrans actually made good on this promise in the comics.]]
* OverlyLongName
* [[spoiler:RobotGirl: She's eventually revealed to be a Bioloid.]]
* TheSpock
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her costume in episodes set aboard Moya, which consists above the waist of what is basically a bra with some cloth straps extending from it. She puts a jacket on when leaving the ship.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Jool.
* WallCrawl