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* AmoralAttorney: Cleaver Greene - being an extremely proficient lawyer, Cleaver will twist the rules, consult outside sources and even sleep with his clients if he thinks it'll help. It’s played with, though; while Cleave does some pretty amoral things, he's shown to have genuine moral compass that makes him reluctant to defend people who don't deserve his help like Eddie Langhorn, Damien Trengrove or Mick Corella. He's also shown to be legitimately furious when he finds out too late that Denny Lorton really was guilty of killing a teenager.
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* AmoralAttorney: Cleaver Greene - being Being an extremely proficient lawyer, Cleaver will twist the rules, consult outside sources and even sleep with his clients if he thinks it'll help. It’s It's played with, though; while Cleave does some pretty amoral things, he's shown to have genuine moral compass that makes him reluctant to defend people who don't deserve his help like Eddie Langhorn, Damien Trengrove or Mick Corella. He's also shown to be legitimately furious when he finds out too late that Denny Lorton really was guilty of killing a teenager.
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* TheCasanova: Cleave has no trouble whatsoever in hooking up with the opposite sex, and has a long string of affairs and sexual trysts with various married women. Not to mention his regular visits to the brothel. Even his ex-wife Wendy briefly falls in love with Cleave all over again in series 2.Subverted with Missy, who spurns nearly every advance he ever makes on her after she quits the brothel.
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* TheCasanova: Cleave has no trouble whatsoever in hooking up with the opposite sex, and has a long string of affairs and sexual trysts with various married women. Not to mention his regular visits to the brothel. Even his ex-wife Wendy briefly falls in love with Cleave all over again in series 2. Subverted with Missy, who spurns nearly every advance he ever makes on her after she quits the brothel.
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* ButtMonkey: Harry-Sorry-David gets hit with this trope repeatedly — he quits the Bar to (unknowingly) become a back-bencher in the Opposition, he goes steady with Missy - who everyone but him knows is an ex-prostitute - and he gets shot twice on top of everything else.
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* ButtMonkey: Harry-Sorry-David gets hit with this trope repeatedly — repeatedly: he quits the Bar to (unknowingly) become a back-bencher in the Opposition, Opposition; he goes steady with Missy - who (a former sex worker, as everyone but except him knows is an ex-prostitute - knows); and he gets shot twice TWICE on top of everything else.
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* AmicableExes: Cleaver and Wendy, to the point of barely being exes at some points, especially in Season 2 when she briefly falls back in love with him.
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* BatmanGambit: While Cleaver's usual tricks involve XanatosSpeedChess, he can pull off this every now and then. His scheme with the piss-soaked tax documents is a good example.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Cleaver's sense of humour is certainly dry.
* GuileHero: As befitting a lawyer, Cleaver really can talk his way in and out of trouble.
* GuileHero: As befitting a lawyer, Cleaver really can talk his way in and out of trouble.
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* LargeHam: Whenever he gets excited or angry.
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!! Cleaver Greene
-->Played by: Richard Roxburgh
* AuthorAvatar: Executive producer Charles Waterstreet is himself a practising barrister from Sydney with a reputation that precedes him.
* AmoralAttorney: Cleaver Greene - being an extremely proficient lawyer, Cleaver will twist the rules, consult outside sources and even sleep with his clients if he thinks it'll help. It’s played with, though; while Cleave does some pretty amoral things, he's shown to have genuine moral compass that makes him reluctant to defend people who don't deserve his help like Eddie Langhorn, Damien Trengrove or Mick Corella. He's also shown to be legitimately furious when he finds out too late that Denny Lorton really was guilty of killing a teenager.
* TheCasanova: Cleave has no trouble whatsoever in hooking up with the opposite sex, and has a long string of affairs and sexual trysts with various married women. Not to mention his regular visits to the brothel. Even his ex-wife Wendy briefly falls in love with Cleave all over again in series 2.Subverted with Missy, who spurns nearly every advance he ever makes on her after she quits the brothel.
* TheHedonist: Cleaver himself, but he'll insist to anyone who'll listen, especially Fuzz and Wendy, that AtLeastIAdmitIt.
* InsistentTerminology: Cleaver wasn't acquitted from jail, he was 'exonerated'.
* QuestionableConsent: Cleaver is basically coerced into getting involved with Kirsty by Col. While he isn't specifically forced to be with her, Col unsubtly makes it clear he'll get hurt if she isn't kept happy. This includes sleeping with her, as Cleaver clearly thinks she won't be happy if he refuses. It only ends when he gets Col to confess his feelings for Kirsty, so they get together instead.
!! David Potter
-->Played by: Matt Day
* BlindWithoutEm: David Potter is extremely nearsighted without his glasses, and eventually decides to get laser correction for his vision.
* ButtMonkey: Harry-Sorry-David gets hit with this trope repeatedly — he quits the Bar to (unknowingly) become a back-bencher in the Opposition, he goes steady with Missy - who everyone but him knows is an ex-prostitute - and he gets shot twice on top of everything else.
!! Wendy Greene
-->Played by: Caroline Brazier
* AmicableExes: With Cleave, to the point of barely being exes.
* OnlySaneMan: Wendy has to be this to Greene almost all the time.
!! Melissa 'Missy' Partridge
-->Played by: Adrienne Pickering
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Clearly she was this, although she quits in the pilot.
* SecretIdentityIdentity: Missy goes through a variation of this over her past as a prostitute.
-->Played by: Richard Roxburgh
* AuthorAvatar: Executive producer Charles Waterstreet is himself a practising barrister from Sydney with a reputation that precedes him.
* AmoralAttorney: Cleaver Greene - being an extremely proficient lawyer, Cleaver will twist the rules, consult outside sources and even sleep with his clients if he thinks it'll help. It’s played with, though; while Cleave does some pretty amoral things, he's shown to have genuine moral compass that makes him reluctant to defend people who don't deserve his help like Eddie Langhorn, Damien Trengrove or Mick Corella. He's also shown to be legitimately furious when he finds out too late that Denny Lorton really was guilty of killing a teenager.
* TheCasanova: Cleave has no trouble whatsoever in hooking up with the opposite sex, and has a long string of affairs and sexual trysts with various married women. Not to mention his regular visits to the brothel. Even his ex-wife Wendy briefly falls in love with Cleave all over again in series 2.Subverted with Missy, who spurns nearly every advance he ever makes on her after she quits the brothel.
* TheHedonist: Cleaver himself, but he'll insist to anyone who'll listen, especially Fuzz and Wendy, that AtLeastIAdmitIt.
* InsistentTerminology: Cleaver wasn't acquitted from jail, he was 'exonerated'.
* QuestionableConsent: Cleaver is basically coerced into getting involved with Kirsty by Col. While he isn't specifically forced to be with her, Col unsubtly makes it clear he'll get hurt if she isn't kept happy. This includes sleeping with her, as Cleaver clearly thinks she won't be happy if he refuses. It only ends when he gets Col to confess his feelings for Kirsty, so they get together instead.
!! David Potter
-->Played by: Matt Day
* BlindWithoutEm: David Potter is extremely nearsighted without his glasses, and eventually decides to get laser correction for his vision.
* ButtMonkey: Harry-Sorry-David gets hit with this trope repeatedly — he quits the Bar to (unknowingly) become a back-bencher in the Opposition, he goes steady with Missy - who everyone but him knows is an ex-prostitute - and he gets shot twice on top of everything else.
!! Wendy Greene
-->Played by: Caroline Brazier
* AmicableExes: With Cleave, to the point of barely being exes.
* OnlySaneMan: Wendy has to be this to Greene almost all the time.
!! Melissa 'Missy' Partridge
-->Played by: Adrienne Pickering
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Clearly she was this, although she quits in the pilot.
* SecretIdentityIdentity: Missy goes through a variation of this over her past as a prostitute.
