History Characters / FiftyShadesOfGrey

* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Well, technically she's a [[HeroesWantRedheads strawberry blonde]], though [[AdaptationDyeJob in the films she's a straight-up blonde]]. Either way, she's depicted as very beautiful and gets more male attention than Ana (or at least it seems that way to her).

* {{Expy}}: Of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Bella Swan]]. A bookish brunette with divorced parents, who is insecure about her looks and is romanced by a man she thinks is way out of her league.

* {{Expy}}: Of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]]. He's rich, handsome, aloof and brooding, seemingly uninterested in dating, habors a 'dark secret' and justifies his condescension, stalking and controling behavior towards his less-worldly girlfriend as protecting her.

* {{Expy}}: Of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Jacob Black]], to an extent (though he has a much smaller role and even less of a shot of [[DidNotGetTheGirl getting with the girl]] – he also doesn't end up [[spoiler: falling in love with Ana and Christian's baby…]])

* {{Expy}}: Of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Charlie Swan]]. A reserved yet loving father to the heroine, who likes fishing, is best friends with the father of his daughter's unrequited love, had a physically-demanding career in public service (Charlie is Chief of Police, Ray is a retired Marine) and never remarried after his wife divorced him.

* {{Expy}}: Of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Renee Dwyer]]. She's the heroine's loving yet scatterbrained and irresponsible mother, who lives in another state and has been married more than once.

* {{Expy}}: She's apparently a GenderFlip of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Carlisle Cullen]] - although her husband has the similar name, Grace has more of an active role in the plot and is a pediatrician (Carlisle is a doctor and has a more prominent role compared to [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Esme]]).

* {{Expy}}: Of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Esme Cullen]]. Although his name sounds similar to Carlisle, his wife Grace has more in common with him (they're both doctors of some kind and have a more prominent role compared to their spouses).

* {{Expy}}: Of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Emmett Cullen]]. Christian/Edward's more outgoing, easygoing brother who romances an attractive blonde.

* {{Expy}}: Of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Alice Cullen]]. She's Christian/Edward's happy-go-lucky, fashion-loving sister with short dark hair, who forms a close friendship with the heroine.

* {{Expy}}: Of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Irina]]. Both are friends of the family who are set on destroying the main character’s lives. She also was Irina in the original fanfiction.

** Seemingly of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} James]]. He's the BigBad of the story who wants Bella/Ana for himself, [[spoiler:kidnaps someone the heroine cares about to lure her to him (although in ''Twilight'' it was a fake kidnapping) and injures the heroine before he's taken out]].

* {{Expy}}: Of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Victoria]]. Both are red headed women working for the main antagonist. She also was Victoria in the original fanfiction.

* DistressedDamsel: In ''Fifty Shades Freed'', she [[spoiler: gets kidnapped and held for ransom by Jack and Liz]].

* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler: In the epilogue of ''Fifty Shades Freed'', Ana suggests they name her and Christian's daughter after Ella, but he vehemently refuses]].

* ParentalNeglect: Drug addiction and parenting don't generally mix well. Christian specifically describes her as neglectful, rather than directly abusive to him.
* ParentsAsPeople: She apparently did love Christian, as he vaguely recalls her baking him a birthday cake. Also, as mentioned under ParentalNeglect, she wasn't intentionally cruel to him.
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: Christian eventually reveals to Ana that she died of an overdose when he was four years old...and [[HarmfulToMinors he was left alone with her corpse for four days]] before someone finally found them]].

* YouRemindMeOfX: Christian tells Ana at one point that she resembles his biological mother. However, upon seeing a photograph of her, Ana decides the physical similarities are merely superficial and [[NotSoSimilar they're not really alike at all]].

* LoveRedeems: Ana's love for him seemingly helps him finally overcome his demons and move on from his DarkAndTroubledPast. To what extent is [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement up to debate amongst readers]].

* WouldHitAGirl: He's into BDSM (so it’s all consensual – [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement in theory]], at least). He also has a habit of manhandling Ana.

* WidowWoman: Her first husband, Ana's biological father, died in combat training shortly after she was born. Although she's now happily remarried, she still gets upset about it.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Ana's poor self-esteem, negative body-image and tendency to under-eat or skip meals entirely (especially when she's [[TooUnhappyToBeHungry stressed or upset]]), is suggestive of an eating disorder of some kind, although it's never elaborated on.

* AmbiguousDisorder: He's clearly got a lot of issues stemming from his traumatic early years (and his questionably consensual relationship with Elena as a teen probably didn’t help much either) and is actually in therapy throughout the trilogy. It's never mentioned conclusively if he has a specific disorder. Mainly, his [[HairTriggerTemper anger management issues]], aversion to close relationships, [[ControlFreak obsession with control and domination]] and [[FetishizedAbuser overly aggressive]] and [[StalkingIsLove possessive behaviour]] towards his girlfriend.

* ArmourPiercingSlap: Delivers one to [[spoiler: Elena]] after she finds out [[spoiler: what she did to Christian]].

* {{Expy}}: Of [[Literature/Twilight Irina]]. Both are friends of the family who are set on destroying the main character’s lives. She also was Irina in the original fanfiction.

* {{Expy}}: Of Irina. Both are friends of the family who are set on destroying the main character’s lives. She also was Irina in the original fanfiction.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Ana's poor self-esteem, negative body-image and tendency to under-eat or skip meals entirely (especially when she's [[TooUnhappyToBeHungry stressed or upset]]), is suggestive of an eating disorder of some kind, although it's never elaborated on.

* LoveMartyr: To [[BastardBoyfriend Christian]] at times. Even when he's acting like a supreme jackass, she never stops loving him.

* AmbiguousDisorder: He's clearly got a lot of issues stemming from his traumatic early years (and his questionably consensual relationship with Elena as a teen probably didn’t help much either) and is actually in therapy throughout the trilogy. It's never mentioned conclusively if he has a specific disorder. Mainly, his [[HairTriggerTemper anger management issues]], aversion to close relationships, [[ControlFreak obsession with control and domination]] and [[BastardBoyfriend overly aggressive]] and [[StalkingIsLove possessive behaviour]] towards his girlfriend.

* BastardBoyfriend: He may as well be the poster boy of this trope. Christian frequently comes off as condescending, domineering, predatory or an outright {{Jerkass}} towards Ana. He stalks her (both of them actually use the word "stalking" to describe his behavior), emotionally manipulates her and is controlling of her to the point where he ''buys the company where she works'' after he sees her boss has the hots for her. He gets insanely jealous of ''any'' man who pays attention to her. On multiple occasions he threatens to beat her, gag her, tie her up or all three if she does something he doesn't like and she admits to feeling intimidated by him. Many readers have pointed out that Christian's behavior can come across as textbook emotional/verbal abuse, and there are at least a few instances where Ana's consent to BDSM practices is [[QuestionableConsent debatable]]. This is generally presented as being incredibly erotic and part of Christian's SexGod Dom persona, or is explained as a being [[FreudianExcuse a product]] of his DarkAndTroubledPast which Ana believes she can fix by unconditionally loving him.