History Characters / MenInBlackTheSeries

* UnresolvedSexualTension: One episode shows that he literally dreams of having Elle as his girlfriend. Despite he and Elle sharing a mutual infatuation towards each other and a close bond - evidenced by quite a few scenes in the show - their relationship never truly blossomed into a romance. By season 4 - the last season of the show - their relationship was never expanded upon.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: She flirts with Jay quite a bit throughout the show, occasionally comforts him when he vents to her, and sometimes assists him in his schemes. Despite their mutual infatuation towards each other and close bond, their relationship never truly blossomed into a romance. By season 4 - the last season of the show - their relationship was never expanded upon.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: One episode shows that he literally dreams of having Elle as his girlfriend. But obviously, his crush on her continues to be unrequited.

* BadassInANiceSuit: Not a member of Earth's MenInBlack, but she serves a very similar law enforcement group from another planet.

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Their exact position within the MIB was never mentioned and they were never shown doing anything outside of one episode where Zed had them keep an eye on MIB's reactor, and even then this was only because the reactor's regular technician had called in sick no one else was available besides the Worms. It is implied that they were some kind of diplomats, which would explain why Zed put up with their antics, at least until "The Bye-Bye Worm Syndrome."

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Their exact position within MIB was never mentioned and they were never shown doing anything outside of one episode where Zed had them keep an eye on MIB's reactor, and even then this was only because the reactor's regular technician had called in sick no one else was available besides the Worms. It is implied that they were some kind of diplomats, which would explain why Zed put up with their antics, at least until "The Bye-Bye Worm Syndrome."

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidWarner

* BadBoss: To Jack Jeebs, that he often makes an accomplice of him by terrorizing him. He constantly intimidates Jeebs and has threatened him many times. He is also not nice toward his sentient alien parts, all of whom were maimed and absorbed into him against their wishes. When some of them are finally freed of his body and turned back to normal in "The Heads You Lose Syndrome", they waste no time trying to get revenge on him.

* TheDreaded: Is greatly feared and taken totally seriously by the MIB, with even K being on edge when Alpha is around. He is also feared by aliens, with Jack Jeebs being terrified of him, and often working for Alpha out of fear of him, and even Dak being intimidated by him.
* EvilBrit: [[TypeCasting As usual with David Warner]].

* EvilVersusOblivion: [[spoiler: In the finale, he fights to stop Vangus from destroying the Earth, since its destruction would leave nothing for him to rule. Ironically, this gets him killed when he tries to disarm the missile Vangus fired at the planet, since he failed to disarm it in time, and is destroyed along with the missile when J and K blow it up.]]

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Alpha was a normal human whose start of darkness began when he found the cosmic integrator and found its possibilities too good to ignore. Even though he slowly becomes a HybridMonster by travelling though the galaxy for twenty years, he retains his human mind, which is what essentially drives him to steal and graft alien body parts to himself. Alpha is a symbol of what a human being is capable of if they suddenly gain access to dangerous alien technology, and his actions further justify the MIB’s need to keep the secret of aliens.

* HybridMonster: He was born human, but has attached so many different alien body parts that he barely qualifies as one anymore.

* JokerImmunity: At the end of each of his appearances, he is seemingly killed in action or otherwise defeated, only to return again and again to cause more trouble. [[spoiler:He finally meets his actual demise in the final episode, when Agents J and K blow him up with an intercepted missile.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShermanHoward

* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: Makes his introduction in a noir-like black trenchcoat and fedora hat, complete with a breather mask and facial bandages. This disguise does relatively little to hide his alien features, among other things because he is still towering tall and it does not even cover entirely his skin, but it is played for creepiness rather than for laughs.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrionJames (Season 2), Creator/RonPerlman (Season 3)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BillyWest

* BigBrotherBully: To Jack, whom he frequently bellitles and blows his head up despite knowing fully well that Jack hates "the sting". When Jay approaches him while disguised as Jack, Dak tries to blow his head up again (which would have killed Jay) despite his brother having a lens he need, only to be stopped by Alpha to not damage the lens, and chooses to pull him by the ear instead.

* DragonAscendant: Dak ends up as Alpha "partner" after the two end up merged together.

* FusionDance: When Dak (and Alpha) are [[JokerImmunity apparently]] '[[NotQuiteDead killed]]' after the former's first appearance, they accidentally merge into a single being with two heads, much to Dak's dismay. Fortunately they're separated in the end.

* PsychoForHire: He works as a mercenary, and as no issue working with Alpha or trying to destroy all of MIB as part of his job, even smiling when it looks like "Tubby" the solar cannon is going to annihilate MIB HQ.
* [[Revenge]]: His main motivation in "The Cold Sweat Syndrome" is to get revenge on Jay for having been defeated and blown into space by him.

-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/VincentDOnofrio

A paranoid conspiracy theorist that turned out to be somewhat right when he accidentally discovered the existence of the MIB. He steals a time travel device to try to wipe out the original founders from existence because in his warped mind, if the MIB didn't exist then there would be no aliens on earth.

* FormerBigot: The ending implies that he ends up becoming one of the founders of MIB through his own time travel shenanigans.
* HeelFaceTurn: After he is beaten he is sent through a time portal. In the end, he's shown in the black and white picture of the MIB founders meeting aliends for the first time smiling. It's implied that he became one of the founders of MIB and one of the good guys.
* IrrationalHatred: His hatred towards aliens is almost described as this word for word by Jay. While some wariness of aliens is understandable and obviously some aliens are evil, Edmund's hatred bordered on fanaticism. He truly believed by destroying MIB, no aliens would appear on earth and it never occurred to him the MIB isn't the reason aliens even come to earth to begin with. MIB is a police organization and 99% of aliens that come to earth, do so for reasons that have nothing to do with the MIB.

->'''Bug Drones voiced by:''' Creator/VincentDOnofrio
->'''Bug Queen voiced by:''' Creator/MaryKayBergman

Giant arthropod aliens, who are the same species as (and directly related to) "Edgar the Bug" from the first movie.

* {{Big Eater}}s: They constantly crave after sugary food and live prey.
* EnemyCivilWar: Three bugs came to Earth to capture L for the Queen, all of them are constantly fighting each other to get a hold of L.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[MamaBear The Queen]] is absolutely pissed by Edgar's death, and [[AvengingTheVillain orders a bounty on Agent L]] for the other Bugs to claim; she wants them to capture Elle alive so she can be executed by the Queen herself.

->'''Voiced by:''' Unknown

* {{Butt Monkey}}s: They get abused quite a bit due to being so inconveniently tiny.
* {{Depraved Dwarf}}s: Just as small as the Arquillians, but way meaner.

* FantasticRacism / {{Politically Incorrect Villain}}s: Fmeks really hate the Arquillians.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BillyWest

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EdORoss (Season 1), Creator/GreggBerger (Seasons 2-4)

** He remained grey-haired for the show's first season, but switched to a sort of redhead/brunette mix for seasons 2 and on, most likely to make him closer match Kay's appearance in the original comic book.

* CatchPhrase: Whenever he and Jay introduce themselves to witnesses, he claims they come from "[Insert organization name], Division 6." In a later episode this is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as the division of MIB he and Jay are part of ''is'' called "Division 6".

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeithDiamond

* CatchPhrase:

* RippleProofMemory: In one episode, due to exposure to a piece of ImportedAlienPhlebotinum, he's the only one who realizes that someone is methodically [[RetGone wiping the founders of MIB, and thus the entire organization, out of existence]]. Unfortunately, the side effects were slowly killing him.
* SpotTheThread: Agent J is quite adept at spotting inconsistencies in the various disguises and stories aliens put up to hide, enabling him to find the suspicious ones to focus in on. For example, one time he and Elle were driving around the city trying to find a disguised alien ship, and Jay singles out a blimp over Yankee Stadium; when Elle asks why that's suspicious Jay replies there's no game being held that night. Another time, this almost bit everyone in the behind when [[spoiler:he was bait for Alpha. Jay was supposed to be mind probed by Alpha to lure him into a trap where Zed pretended to be retired, but Jay noticed Zed's eyes didn't turn glassy when Neuralyzed, so Alpha realized it was a set up]].

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CharlesNapier

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JenniferLien (Seasons 1-3), Creator/JenniferMartin (Season 4)

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: For three seasons she had been trying to become a full time agent, and she manages to get her wish when she finds a qualified replacement, Unfortunately that got her partnered with Agent X.

* TheSmartGirl: The lead (human) doctor/scientist in the organization, until she steps down with Dr. Zeeltor taking her role in the laboratory.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AdamBaldwin

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PatPinney and Creator/PatFraley

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SteveKehela

->'''Voiced by:''' Unknown

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PatPinney and Creator/PatFraley as two Worms each

* {{Amusing Alien}}s: They're the single greatest source of comic relief in many episodes.
* [[{{Manchild}} Manchildren]]: All of them behave like immature children who can't ever have enough candy (or coffee in their case), and are prone to doing stupid things without ever thinking of the consequences. They even go trick-or-treating in the HalloweenEpisode, with Agent J supervising them like a reluctant babysitter.

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: It's implied that they're employees of the MIB, but all they do most of the time is just drink coffee in the kitchen. Apparently they lied to their Emperor about serving the MIB as elite agents.

* TooDumbToLive: To give one example, when the Worms were assigned to help with maintenance on the MIB's nuclear reactor, they tried using hot water ''from the cooling system'' to make coffee. The result was as disastrous as you would expect. [[spoiler: Though to be fair, someone already drained 6000 gallons out of it first to sabotage it.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RinoRomano

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He stops appearing after the first couple seasons.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BethBroderick

* LoveInterest: She's an old lover of Kay whom he still has strong feelings for. Jay even notes how Kay acts much less stoic around her.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EddieBarth

* CatchPhrase: "I only ''look like'' a dog!"
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Both [[=MIB=]] agents and aliens alike treat him like a dog, even when he doesn't need to act like one. It doesn't help that his true form looks similar to his disguise.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Frank is constantly reminding people that he only looks like a dog, and has to act like one to keep TheMasquerade. Yet he will continue to act like a dog in places where he doesn’t need to, like MIB headquarters. This includes growling at those who annoy or anger him and scarfing down food. Possibly justified, as he’s been in a dog disguise for so long that he’s [[BecomingTheMask stuck in character]].

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TonyShalhoub (first few episodes), Creator/BillyWest (rest of series)

* CatchPhrase: "That really stings!"

* KarmiHoudini: Aside from all the slapstick abuse he receives, he never faces any real prosecution for the crimes he commits or makes himself accomplice of, even after helping Alpha several times. Presumably because he's just too important as a stool pigeon to be incarcerated or deported.

* TrueNeutral: Sides with anyone, be it MIB or another alien criminal.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DannyMann

* AdiposeRex: He's both taller and fatter than the other Worms, and he even likes to call himself as being "LargeAndInCharge".

%%* BaldOfEvil: He's balding in his default form, and the little hair he has is gone after his second transformation.

* ButtMonkey: Jeebs will get comically abused and seriously injured OncePerEpisode, most often with [[YourHeadAsplode his head being blown up]].

* KarmiHoudini: Aside from all the slapstick abuse he receives, he never faces any real prosecution for the crimes he commits or makes himself accomplice of, even after helping Alpha several times.

* PsychoForHire: He works as a mercenary, and as no issue working with Alpha or trying to destroy all of MIB as part of his job.

* TheDreaded: Is greatly feared and taken totally seriously by the MIB, with even K being more on edge when Alpha is around. He is also feared by aliens, with Jack Jeebs being terrified of him, and often working for Alpha out of fear of him, and Dak being intimidated by him.

* SpotTheThread: Agent J is quite adept at spotting inconsistencies in the various disguises and stories aliens put up to hide, enabling him to find the suspicious ones to focus in on. For example, one time he and Elle were driving around the city trying to find a disguised alien ship, and Jay singles out a blimp over Yankee Stadium; when Elle asks why that's suspicious Jay replies there's no game being held that night.

* BrokenPedestal: To Kay.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: To an extant. He can't disguise himself as anyone, but can change his host's limbs into weapons and such.

* FunWithHomophones: There's a RunningGag in which someone refers to "U", and someone else mishears it as "You".
* HateSink: His only purpose in the show is to be a boring, unfunny suck-up extraordinare who the other agents don't like.
* ProfessionalButtKisser / YesMan: He's always eager to suck-up to Chief Zed.

* {{Manchild}}ren: All of them behave like immature children who can't ever have enough candy (or coffee in their case), and are prone to doing stupid things without ever thinking of the consequences. They even go trick-or-treating in the HalloweenEpisode, with Agent J supervising them like a reluctant babysitter.