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* HeroesWantRedheads: Yep, she's a redhead.
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Has nothing to do with familiarity with in-universe fiction.


* GenreSavvy: By his final appearance, he's started to predict the timing of Reese's BigDamnHeroes moments. He even tells the thugs that are trying to kill him to make a run for it before they get beaten up.
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* AsianAndNerdy: It doesn't get more stereotypical than being Chinese and an Accountant.

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* AsianAndNerdy: It doesn't get more stereotypical than being Chinese and an Accountant.accountant.

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* DeadpanSnarker: And How! Her temporary marriage to John was a glorious example of this.

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* DeadpanSnarker: And How! how! Her temporary marriage to John was a glorious example of this.



* TheMourningAfter: Harold still is her fiancé, his "death" in 2010 notwithstanding, and she has trouble referring to him in past tense.

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* TheMourningAfter: Harold still is her fiancé, his "death" in 2010 notwithstanding, and she has trouble referring to him in past tense. [[spoiler:They are finally reunited in the series finale]].



* SpiritualSuccessor: To Root in a sense. She has the same criminal tendencies, ability to cycle between identities, and eventually also becomes an agent of The Machine.



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"Companion Cube" is not just "an item someone has affection for".


* CompanionCube: It's hinted that the art deco ring she wears in "Blunt" is this.
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* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Greer offers her a SpotOfTea as his captive. [[FieryRedhead She pointedly refuses.]]

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* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Greer offers her a SpotOfTea tea as his captive. [[FieryRedhead She pointedly refuses.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: Though still married, he was carrying on an affair with a graduate student until ''The Machine'' exposed it to Harold.

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Mysterious Employer should go on the Machine's character page, not Harper's.


A skilled ConArtist who crosses paths with Team Machine, after which she finds herself working for a MysteriousEmployer

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A skilled ConArtist who crosses paths with Team Machine, after which she finds herself working for a MysteriousEmployercertain "Ernest Thornhill" - that is to say, the Machine's human alias.



* BecomingTheMask[=/=]NoNameGiven: "Harper Rose" is an alias, one of many. We've never been told her real name.

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* BecomingTheMask[=/=]NoNameGiven: "Harper Rose" is an alias, one of many. We've never been told her real name. She allows Team Machine to keep using the name after she ditches the identity because she "likes the sound of it".
* BoxedCrook: Becomes this after her introduction. She's still a con artist, but now the Machine/"Thornhill" is pointing her in the direction of dangerous criminals it wants out of the way.



* DeadpanSnarker
* TheFixer: One of her lines of business is making and selling forged [=IDs=].
* IHaveManyNames: Also known in some places as "Athena" or "Fiona"

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* DeadpanSnarker
DeadpanSnarker: Even for a WorldOfSnark like this series, pretty much every other line out of her mouth is some flavor of biting sarcasm. She can match Reese or Fusco in SnarkToSnarkCombat any day of the week.
* FemmeFatale: In her introduction, she seduced a worker at the marijuana store she was planning to rob and pretended to be his girlfriend for a few months. It seems that her feelings for him weren't ''totally'' insincere, though, since she helps Reese and Fusco save the guy's life after Dominic kidnaps him.
* TheFixer: One of her lines of business is making and selling forged [=IDs=].
[=IDs=]. It's how she ends up back on Team Machine's radar in "Skip", helping the criminal the Number of the week is chasing flee the country - though it's implied the Machine planned this.
* IHaveManyNames: Also known in some places as "Athena" or "Fiona""Fiona". Her actual name is never provided to the characters or the audience.



* MysteriousEmployer: "Thornhill" (The Machine)

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* MysteriousEmployer: "Thornhill" (The Machine)LoveableRogue: The most openly criminal of Team Machine's allies, always looking out for her own benefit first and willing to scam most anyone for a quick buck. Reese still develops a grudging respect for her, because the majority of her targets are criminals much worse than herself, and when the chips are down her heart is (usually) in the right place.
* NervesOfSteel: Next to her manipulation skills, this is Harper's most defining asset.
** In "Blunt", she strolls right into the cartel's bar to elicit their help, knowing full well everyone there wants her dead. She doesn't even flinch when one of them pulls a gun on her at point-blank range. ''Then'' she leads the gangsters into the Brotherhood's hideout and stands unarmed in the middle of the MexicanStandoff that results long enough for the cops to arrive and Reese to save her boyfriend.
** In "Skip", caught in a gunfight between Team Machine and a team of hired mercenaries, she walks right into the line of fire and negotiates a cease-fire that ensures both parties get what they want without anyone getting killed.



* PayEvilUntoEvil: Her usual mode of operation. "I steal from criminals 'cause they don't call the cops."
* SherlockScan: Very good at reading people
* TheTrickster: And how!
* WanderingTheEarth: "I don't plant roots so I can bail at a moment's notice."

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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Her usual mode of operation. "I steal from criminals 'cause they don't call the cops."
" It's implied this is the reason the Machine hires her on as an asset after her introduction.
* SherlockScan: Very good at reading people
people. In her introduction alone, she pegs Reese as an ex-soldier after only meeting him twice, and masterfully manipulates both Dominic and the Mexican cartels by playing on their egos and vices.
* TheTrickster: And how!
how. She defines life by the ability to be free and enjoy yourself, and constantly plays everyone around her like fiddles (including Team Machine, though they've grown wise to some of her tricks by her later appearances).
* WanderingTheEarth: Per her own words, "I don't plant roots so I can bail at a moment's notice."notice".
* WildCard: Ultimately, she's on no side but her own, though she is willing to work with Team Machine if it benefits her (at least partially thanks to the Machine manipulating things behind the scenes).
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->'''Played by:''' Paige Turco\\

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->'''Played by:''' Paige Turco\\Creator/PaigeTurco\\



->'''Played by:''' Susan Misner\\

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->'''Played by:''' Susan Misner\\Creator/SusanMisner\\



->'''Played by:''' Kwoade Cross, Tre Jamison ([[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E08 2008]])\\

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->'''Played by:''' Kwoade Cross, Tre Jamison Creator/KwoadeCross, Creator/TreJamison ([[Recap/PersonOfInterestS03E08 2008]])\\



->'''Played by:''' Laz Alonso\\

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->'''Played by:''' Laz Alonso\\Creator/LazAlonso\\



->'''Played by:''' Sean [=McCarthy=]\\

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->'''Played by:''' Sean [=McCarthy=]\\Creator/SeanMcCarthy\\



->'''Played by:''' Annie Ilonzeh\\

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->'''Played by:''' Annie Ilonzeh\\Creator/AnnieIlonzeh\\
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Neither Reese or Finch are particularly fond of him, though mainly due to his TooDumbToLive tendencies causing them to repeatedly have to save him. Several times in season 2 see them forced to call on his aid, though, either because the latest Person of Interest requires his particular skill set or because Carter and Fusco are unavailable to provide another body.
* GenreSavvy: By his final appearance, he's started to predict the timing of Reese's BigDamnHeroes moments. He even tells the thugs that are trying to kill him to make a run for it before they get beaten up.
* GuestStarPartyMember: In "Critical", "Relevance", and "All In", he helps Team Machine with the latest number. The first time wasn't voluntary (he just happened to be at Finch's library due to being the ''previous'' number), but the latter two are.
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* GuestStarPartyMember: The most frequent ally of Team Machine that isn't a full-time member. Finch often calls on her aid when dealing with POIs that have political connections/motivations.
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* ShallowLoveInterest: Justified in how she is a PosthumousCharacter whose only relation with the cast is through John.

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* ShallowLoveInterest: Justified in how she SatelliteLoveInterest: She is a PosthumousCharacter whose only relation with the cast is through John.
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* {{Bookworm}}: Holds a deep love for CharlesDickens.

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* {{Bookworm}}: Holds a deep love for CharlesDickens.Creator/CharlesDickens.

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