History Characters / RedVsBlueLeonardLChurch

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Contrary to what he says and what Season 13 proves, he ''can'' reliably run multiple armor enhancements at once. It just requires deconstructing himself from the memories of the other [=A.I.=] fragments, essentially ending his existence as the Alpha reborn - and he does just that in order to power the Meta's armor for Tucker.
* DeadManWriting: Before sacrificing himself to allow Tucker the power required to run the Meta's armor, he leaves a recording for the Reds and Blues explaining everything and saying goodbye, along with other messages he left to each of the Reds and Blues for them to understand why he can't come back this time.

* KilledOffForReal: It appears he's dead for good following his sacrifice in the Season 13 finale.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Although he did it to save the Blood Gulch Crew's lives on Chrous, ''Restoration'' reveals Epsilon splitting himself into the AI Fragments based on his memories of the originals winds up biting him in the ass as [=Epsilon!Sigma=] picks up where his predecessor left of, starting by making Tucker into the new Meta. The worst part? This was Epsilon's GodzillaThreshold and had no other options. [[CrazyPrepared He at least had the foresight to leave behind a series of pre-recorded messages to help his friends in case the worst happened.]]

* AGodAmI: PlayedForLaughs after Epsilon is uploaded into a Monitor body.

[[Characters/RedVsBlueRedTeam Red Team]] ([[Characters/RedVsBlueDexterGrif Dexter Grif]]) | [[Characters/RedVsBlueBlueTeam Blue Team]] ('''Leonard L. Church''', [[Characters/RedVsBlueLaverniusTucker Lavernius Tucker]], [[Characters/RedVsBlueMichaelJCaboose Michael J. Caboose]], [[Characters/RedVsBlueAgentWashington Agent Washington]])\\

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* CloningBlues: If he can be considered a clone of the Director[[note]]In ''Halo'' lore, Smart AIs are created by "cognitive impression modelling", which involves machine-reading a living brain. As the brain is killed in the process it is common practice to clone an individual to use their brain as an [=A.I.=] template without killing the original. As [=RvB=] is (very loosely) set in the ''Halo'' universe it's probable that Church is an AI made by copying a flash clone of the Director[[/note]].

* {{Troll}}: He sometimes gets clever about messing with others. Notably, when Simmons disguised himself as a Blue during Season 4, Church saw right through it, but decided to pretend otherwise mostly to screw with him.

** He gets even angrier than usual whenever someone in the BGC begins taking over as leader. After realizing Wash took over his position and identity after he was trapped in the containment unit, Church sinks further and further into TranquilFury and is one of the causes for him slowly drifting apart from the Reds and Blues over the course of Season 10. The, when he returns in Season 12, he starts acting like an even bigger asshole than usual to Tucker when Tucker continues to assert himself as the leader after Church returns, though a lot of this is caused by the issues between the two after Church abandoned the Reds and Blues.

* MechanicalAbomination: Originally had shades of this before he gained a better sense over himself by Season 10, what with him being a highly dangerous and [=near-inscrutable=] MindHive that was (temporarily) worshiped as a god and even had to resort to AFormYouAreComfortableWith in order to communicate with others. Hell, the "Epsilon Incident" (where Epsilon tried to kill itself when it was implanted in Wash's mind) is treated more like Wash [[GoMadFromTheRevelation going insane from seeing]] an EldritchAbomination than anything else. Epsilon comes to realize that he's one of these, and acknowledges he doesn't actually know what he really is.

[[caption-width-right:346:''"I just want you guys to know, out for everyone I've ever met, I hate you all the least."'']]

* AlternateTimeline: Parodied during ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles''. When he tries to travel back in time during Season 3 to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, he learns that he's stuck in a StableTimeLoop because of YouAlreadyChangedThePast. Any deviations he makes from the loop manifests as another copy of Church pulled from that resultant alternate timeline that appears in Church's "present" and with which his memory "syncs" with (i.e., the Church who tried to KillEmAll is pulled into the "real" present and all other Churches automatically know what he tried to do despite that technically never happening to them). Yes, it's even ''more'' confusing and nonsensical than it sounds here.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Thanks in large part to the brutal psychological torture he suffered through, Church frequently showcases depression, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, and other symptoms of [=PTSD=]. And, of course, there's the fact that he has multiple {{Literal Split Personalit|y}}ies thanks to his torture as the Alpha A.I..

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* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Has absolutely ''horrendous'' aim. It goes from failing whenever he tries to use his SniperRifle effectively during ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles The Blood Gulch Chronicles]]'' to [[EpicFail being completely unable to shoot a man that's standing still less than two feet in front of him with a handgun and a full clip of ammunition]] in ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection Reconstruction]]''. As later proven, however, this is a JustifiedTrope - He is the VirtualGhost of a NonActionGuy, so it is pretty reasonable that he would be a terrible shot. Of course, it still doesn't really explain why he was given a sniper rifle in the first place, but RuleOfFunny probably applies there.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: When Carolina expresses doubt about being able to find the Director when Tex couldn't, Church gives a surprising example of this:
-->'''Church:''' Agent Carolina? If Tex was really the best, then ''she'' would be standing here right now. Not you.

-->'''Church:''' You're Agent Carolina! You don't need all these gadgets to win. You're already the best!
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Prior to his torture, he was still pretty egotistical and a dick, but he made an effort to be civil and was far more personable and benevolent than the self-serving, frothing jerk he is at the start of ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles''.
* TookALevelInCynic: Pre-fragmentation, he was cheerful and surprisingly friendly with the Director, albeit in a VitriolicBestBuds way. It didn’t last.

** It's most notable with his interactions with Tex when compared to Alpha's, as Epsilon is also able to pull from the Director's memories of Allison and not just Alpha's half-ruined/corrupted recollections.

The closest the series has to a proper protagonist in the first several seasons -- the OnlySaneMan, a DeadpanSnarker, and world champion jerk, though he does have [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold moments of kindness]]. A neurotic and almost perpetually angry individual who barely gets along with his teammates, Church is the defacto leader of the Blue Team since their commanding officer, Captain Flowers, died of a heart attack (or an aspirin overdose; it's kind of ambiguous).

* BadBoss: Church, despite frequently saying how the rest of the Blood Gulch Crew are his friends, tends to be a pretty terrible manager and leader the vast majority of the time. Justified as he's not exactly fit to be a leader, but is instead thrust into the position of leader thanks to the dubious quality of being the most competent of his peers.

** Epsilon showed a similar annoyance to everyone, but managed to better keep his anger under control for the most part. In Season 10, though, after he bonded with Carolina in "Out of Mind", he began to become just as dismissive of the others as she was, constantly siding with her against the others and brushing off their concerns as nothing important. It comes to a head in "Change of Plans" when he and Carolina make a plan to kill the Director, which involves turning the Reds, Tucker, and Caboose into glorified CannonFodder. When everyone else naturally refuses to go along with this plan, Epsilon tells them to "stop whining and do something useful for once", getting upset that they aren't willing to die for his personal vendetta. When the others all decide to walkout on him and Carolina for their mistreatment of them, he goes on a rant about how they all owe him this for everything they put him through over the years, blaming them all for his personal problems. Though he [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone immediately regrets saying this]] and tries to apologize to them, it's to no effect. After this, Epsilon still snarked at the Blood Gulch Crew occasionally, but never purposely endangered their lives with a suicidal plan.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: [[NotSoAboveItAll Has his moments]].
* CosmicPlaything: The universe rarely gives him a break. When given an opportunity to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, he ([[MindScrew maybe]]) winds up responsible for his own death, Sheila and Lopez staging a robot revolution and Tucker getting shot with the rocket launcher. And that's not even getting into the fact he is (until Episode 17 of Season 10) just a broken off fragment of a once-complete Smart [=A.I.=], he's lost his girlfriend more than once, he gets trapped in the Epsilon Capture/Memory Unit for several months, and he isn't released until he lets go of said girlfriend, more or less for [[SenselessSacrifice no reason]], this time losing her quite possibly forever (though then again, it was probably for the better [[MercyKill as she can finally rest in peace instead of being trapped in an endless and pointless cycle of failure)]].
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's not actually a moron, just near-incompetent and neurotic. But still, when it comes down to it, he ''is'' a remaining piece of a Smart [=A.I.=]. He also had a few moments in both ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles'' and throughout ''The Recollection'' where he actually showed himself to be a pretty efficient soldier/combatant.

* FatalFlaw: Throughout both of his iterations, Church is quite clearly [[ItsAllAboutMe full of himself]]. His CharacterDevelopment in ''The Project Freelancer Saga'' and ''The Chorus Trilogy'' is him learning how toxic and hurtful his egotism and selfishness can be to those around him.

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* WeaponOfChoice: His SniperRifle ''would'' be this for him if he could actually hit something with it.

* WrongGenreSavvy: He shows subtle shades of this. He seems to think that he and Tex are a classic case of UST and that his behavior towards her is romantic and noble, when in reality their relationship is toxic and Church is extremely possessive of her. He also tends to think of himself as a lone wolf-type badass, but his attempts to act like one often result in either humiliation or harsh consequences.

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* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: In Season 12, after he reunites with the Reds and Blues, he's shocked to realize that they're far more competent and that he isn't needed to constantly galvanize them anymore. This winds up resulting in a lot of his fights with Tucker throughout the season, since he still views him as the same incompetent pervert he was back at Blood Gulch.