History Characters / RizzoliAndIsles

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/Sasha Alexander

* MiddleChildSyndrome: In the books, she's usually overlooked by her mother in favor of older brother Tommy or little brother Frankie. In the show, she probably [[MyBelovedSmother wishes]] she was.

* HiddenDepths: Jane is actually rather good at ballet and chess.

[[folder:Dr. Popov

[[folder: Title Characters]]

!Jane Rizzoli

!Maura Isles
->'''Portrayed by:''' {{Creator/Sasha Alexander}}

[[folder: B.P.D.]]

!Frankie Rizzoli
->'''Portrayed by:''' {{Creator/Jordan Bridges}}

* EmbarrassingFirstName: [[spoiler: Francesco]]

!Vincent Korsak

!Barry Frost

* [[invoked]]TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Dies in a car accident, due to the real life suicide of his actor...

* TransparentCloset: [[spoiler:His mom and roommate come to town. The others figure out they are a couple, but are afraid to say anything.]] Turns out he knew all along, was just waiting for his mom to say something.

! Lt. Sean Cavanaugh
Played by Brian Goodman

! Nina Holiday
Played by Idara Victor
* BlackAndNerdy: Primarily serves as the team's tech expert [[spoiler:after Frost's death]].

[[folder: Crime Lab and Medical Examiners]]

! Susie Chang
Played by Creator/TinaHuang

! Kent Drake
Played by Creator/AdamSinclair

! Dr. Pike
Played by Creator/EdBegleyJr

! Dr. Popov

[[folder: Family]]

!Angela Rizzoli

! Tommy Rizzoli

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! Patrick "Paddy" Doyle Jr.

! Patrick Doyle Sr.

! Dr. Hope Martin

! Cailin Martin


! Constance Isles


! Dr. Arthur Isles

* AbnormalAllergy: Fibbing and making guesses with no science or evidence to back it up will break her out into a rash. No, really!

* CannotTellALie: She will literally brak out in [[AbnormalAllergy hives]] if she even tries. Jane likes to point out what seems to be Maura's innate inability not to tell the truth. There are some exceptions where she actually doesn't tell the truth, or at least not the complete truth, but it is made clear that these are rare exceptions.

* CannotTellALie: Jane likes to point out what seems to be Maura's innate inability not to tell the truth. There are some exceptions where she actually doesn't tell the truth, or at least not the complete truth, but it is made clear that these are rare exceptions.

* HasTwoMommies: [[spoiler:His mom and roommate come to town. The others figure out they are a couple, but are afraid to say anything.]] Turns out he knew all along, was just waiting for his mom to say something.

* KilledOffForReal: Dies in a car accident, due to the real life suicide of his actor...

* VomitingCop: Especially in the first season, he's easily nasueated by gore and dead bodies. This is often justified since some of the corpses have been decomposing for a while, but the other cops have become used to such things. He seems to be getting better about it, though.

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: In the books. Her abrasive personality and drive to succeed stems from feelings of inadequacy over her plain looks, plus years of being TheUnfavorite both at home and on the job where's she's usually the only woman.
* InformedAttribute: Jane describes herself as strong and athletic even though Angie Harmon has the lithe, muscular frame of a toothpick. She might be telling the truth, but she sure doesn't look it.

* MiddleChildSyndrome: She's usually overlooked by her mother in favour of older brother Tommy or little brother Frankie.

!Tommy Rizzoli

* BerserkButton: Harm or threaten her family or Maura and she will show you why she's the top homicide detective in Boston PD. One good example of this comes from the episode "Killer in High Heels" where Janes discovers that an inmate roughed Maura up while she's incarcerated.

--> ''' a very [[TranquilFury pissed off]] Jane:''' Whoever did this to my friend is gonna be looking over their shoulder for the rest of their life. And if it happens again, [[ImpliedDeathThreat it will be a very ''short'' life]].

* BerserkButton: Harm or threaten her family or Maura and she will show you why she's the top homicide detective in Boston PD. One good example comes from "Partners in Crime" where Janes discovers that an inmate roughed Maura up while she's incarcerated.
--> ''' (a very [[TranquilFury pissed off]]) Jane:''' Whoever did this to my friend is gonna be looking over their shoulder for the rest of their life. And if it happens again, it will be a very ''short'' life.

* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: Has taken this role to Barry Frost, warning him against reconciling with the ex who cheated on him and dumped him.
* BrainsAndBrawn: The Brawn to Maura's Brains. While Maura prefers either to work in her lab or just quietly think things over, Jane prefers being out in the field and does not shy away from physical action.