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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Offed by Keller offscreen]]. Is a total prick to basically anyone not black so [[spoiler:his death is not exactly tragic.]]
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* AffablyEvil: One of the few prisoners that is genial with pretty much everyone. He's still a murderer and thug however.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Says Played with. Moses is a cold-blooded killer who murdered his girlfriend and her husband out of a twisted sense of morality of not wanting to get involved with someone else's woman. He's definitely not without sympathetic qualities however, as he befriends other death row inmates (with the exception of Mark Miles) and shows genuine concern of Nat Ginzburg's condition. However, he's perfectly willing to lie that he wants to donate his organs but it's even though it was just a ruse to try and escape.escape. Moses is definitely not a completely selfish jerk but is still far from JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
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* {{Leitmotif}}: His scenes are frequently accompanied by a distorted guitar strumming.
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* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:He's killed in the Season 4 premiere to make it clear that Adebisi is playing for keeps in his scheme to take over Em City.]]
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* InformedAttribute: His singing is unanimously regarded as terrible, but he's actually really good at it.
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* GutturalGrowler: His voice sounds like he's gargling stone.
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* LaughablyEvil: His snarkiness and hamminess is absolutely hilarious to watch.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Adebisi, taking his role as the somewhat unhinged, badass, wisecracking leader of the Homeboys.
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[[folder:Tug Daniels]]
!!Carlton "Tug" Daniels
-> '''Played By:''' Method Man
-> ''Prisoner number 01D251. Convicted February 20, 2001 - Attempted murder in the first degree. Sentence: 28 years, up for parole in 14.''
An enforcer for Burr Redding.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:He spends the entirety of his mock trial insulting Redding and the other Homeboys.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He thinks that, because Redding let Hill live for snitching, he's gone soft. [[spoiler:It earns him a crushed throat.]]
* ItsPersonal: Subverted. It seems like he has a personal vendetta against Supreme Allah for killing his brother, but he quickly allies with him to overthrow Redding.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:After he gets uncovered as a traitor, Redding puts him through a humiliating mock trial that ends with his execution.]]
* TheStarscream: He plots to overthrow Redding alongside Supreme Allah.
* VillainRespect: He decides to ally with Supreme Allah because he survived getting near fatally shanked by Tug.
[[folder:Tug Daniels]]
!!Carlton "Tug" Daniels
-> '''Played By:''' Method Man
-> ''Prisoner number 01D251. Convicted February 20, 2001 - Attempted murder in the first degree. Sentence: 28 years, up for parole in 14.''
An enforcer for Burr Redding.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:He spends the entirety of his mock trial insulting Redding and the other Homeboys.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He thinks that, because Redding let Hill live for snitching, he's gone soft. [[spoiler:It earns him a crushed throat.]]
* ItsPersonal: Subverted. It seems like he has a personal vendetta against Supreme Allah for killing his brother, but he quickly allies with him to overthrow Redding.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:After he gets uncovered as a traitor, Redding puts him through a humiliating mock trial that ends with his execution.]]
* TheStarscream: He plots to overthrow Redding alongside Supreme Allah.
* VillainRespect: He decides to ally with Supreme Allah because he survived getting near fatally shanked by Tug.
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* GutturalGrowler: He has a very gravelly voice.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Gets the hospital staff to look at Nat Ginzberg as he doesn't want to see him endure the pain of a slow
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!!Raymond "Mondo" Browne
-> '''Played By:''' Gano Grills
-> ''Prisoner number 00B563. Convicted April 10, 2000 - Murder in the first degree. Sentence: 27 years, up for parole in 11.''
An inmate imprisoned for murdering a pregnant woman.
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* BeardOfEvil: He has a beard and is not a pleasant guy.
* TheBully: He takes great pleasure in taunting and mocking other, weaker inmates, particularly the new guys.
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:Keller shanks him offscreen to frame Supreme Allah for it.]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: He and Tidd relentlessly bully Goergen. Given that they're only doing it because Goergen was a racist asshole who tried to bully them himself, it's hard to cry over.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Leroy Tidd [[spoiler:until Keller kills him]].
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!!Raymond "Mondo" Browne
-> '''Played By:''' Gano Grills
-> ''Prisoner number 00B563. Convicted April 10, 2000 - Murder in the first degree. Sentence: 27 years, up for parole in 11.''
An inmate imprisoned for murdering a pregnant woman.
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* BeardOfEvil: He has a beard and is not a pleasant guy.
* TheBully: He takes great pleasure in taunting and mocking other, weaker inmates, particularly the new guys.
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:Keller shanks him offscreen to frame Supreme Allah for it.]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: He and Tidd relentlessly bully Goergen. Given that they're only doing it because Goergen was a racist asshole who tried to bully them himself, it's hard to cry over.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Leroy Tidd [[spoiler:until Keller kills him]].
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:He's gunned down by [[TheDogBitesBack his bullying victim Tarrant]].]]
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* HateSink: Following [[KickTheDog his murder of Jarra]], he's depicted as a loathsome, sociopathic, and arrogant thug.
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* AssholeVictim: When all the inmates and the staff finds out about Coyle’s horrendous crime, he is sent to death parole. There, row. There he is brutally stabbed to death by The the Italians, and nobody, including the staff, gives a shit.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Probably the biggest piece of shit in the entire show. And that's saying something.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Gets the hospital staff to look at Nat Ginzberg as he doesn't want to see him endure the pain of a slow slow
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Says he wants to donate his organs but it's just a ruse to try and escape.
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* BoisterousWeakling: He's very prone to boasts, but nowhere near as skilled or tough as he thinks. The one time he gets into a fight, he gets his ass handed to him easily.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: He has Poet publicly humiliate Said for his attraction to Tricia Ross because Khan had beaten him fair and square in a boxing match.
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** He genuinely gets on very well with Kenny and is one of the few who is upset by his death. It makes sense as Kenny was the only one to accept him when he was sent back to Oz.
** He is also the only prisoner to treat Omar with respect and defends him from Ryan when they get into a fight.
** He genuinely gets on very well with Kenny and is one of the few who is upset by his death. It makes sense as Kenny was the only one to accept him when he was sent back to Oz.
** He is also the only prisoner to treat Omar with respect and defends him from Ryan when they get into a fight.
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* HateSink: He was clearly intended to be this as he committed the arguably worst act of the entire series that even other criminals couldn’t tolerate.
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* HateSink: He was clearly intended to be this as he Coyle committed what is undoubtedly the arguably worst act of vilest and most disgusting crime in the entire series that series, [[UpToEleven which is no small feat]], and is not only remorseless but ''proud'' of it. It's telling when even other criminals couldn’t tolerate. the likes of Schillinger are disgusted by him.
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