History Characters / RoswellNewMexico

* UnadoptableOrphan: A combination of Unlucky Orphan and Weirdo Orphan (due to his powers). Michael was considered a problem child who got passed around the foster care system, often with fosters who were abusive, if not outright criminal. The issues this left him with linger as an adult.

* [[spoiler: CameBackWrong: Max's main fear early in season 2, when he's afraid he'll be dangerous if he's brought back to life.]]

* [[spoiler:CloneJesus: Or perhaps the devil. He was cloned from the "savior" of their world, who turned out to be a ruthless dictator.]]

* [[spoiler: EvilDoppelganger: Inverted. He's the good clone of a very evil alien.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Gives one to Max and Michael [[spoiler: after finding out they kept the fact she killed three people hidden from her]].

* TheHeart: As time goes on, everyone goes to him for guidance and/or comfort at some point or another. When he's [[spoiler: hidden by Deep Sky]] they all ask themselves what he would do or what he would say, showing how much they value his words and actions as well as seeing him as a moral compass that encourages them to do the right thing, no matter how hard it is.

* [[spoiler: AdaptationSpeciesChange: She's human in the books, here she discovers she has alien ancestry.]]

* [[spoiler: UnevenHybrid: Maria's grandmother Patricia was half-alien, making Maria herself 1/8 alien.]]

* [[spoiler: ConnectedAllAlong: As a young deputy, she was the one who responded to Max, Michael, and Isobel being found abandoned at age 7. She also did a great deal of the followup work on their case, so she knows better than anyone how inexplicable their sudden appearance really was.]]

* [[spoiler: UnevenHybrid: 1/4 alien. Mimi's mother Patricia was half-alien.]]

[[folder: Rosa Ortecho]]

* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead: She's brought back by Max in Season 2.]]

* [[spoiler: CameBackStrong: Max passed on a bit of his ShockAndAwe powers when he resurrected her.]]
* [[spoiler: FishOutOfTemporalWater: She's adjusting to the present day after ten years dead.]]
* [[spoiler: HowDoIShotWeb: Rosa is struggling to master her new powers.]]
* [[spoiler: HumanPopsicle: Rosa was in stasis for 10 years, and is still 19 while her younger sister is 28.]]
* PsychicLink: [[spoiler: The handprint Max left while resurrecting her seems permanent, and so's the psychic link between them.]]
* [[spoiler: ShockAndAwe: Max's power and now Rosa's too.]]
* [[spoiler: TouchedByVorlons: She inherited some of Max's powers when he revived her.]]
* [[spoiler: WalkingTechbane: Rosa is even worse at controlling her ShockAndAwe powers than Max.]]

* WantedAGenderConformingChild: And in his case, "gender conforming" meant "masculine to the point of toxicity". Alex got the worst of it as he was gay, but it's clear that none of the Manes sons were spared from it no matter how hard they tried.

* [[spoiler: GrandTheftMe: When he heals Max's body at the cost of his own, he transfers his consciousness to Max and takes over. It's later revealed that he's been body surfing between his clones for a long time, and Nora's triad destroyed all but Max.]]

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* AffablyEvil: He's well mannered and engages in mostly civil conversations with the heroes.
* AWolfInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Known in Roswell for being a nice guy, to the point Max refers to him as a golden retriever or Mr. Congeniality, it certainly comes as a shock for the heroes when it turns out he's a far more sinister person than they could have ever imagined.]]
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: He managed to escape being round up by the military after the crash and hide in his pod, however, because he was from a lower class his pod suffered more damage than the ones the trio used, so while it helped him stay alive, he was conscious for the entirety of 50 years, feeling his body slowly decay and unable to escape the pod due to how weak he was.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler: According to Jones, Noah was actually one of the weakest aliens, on top of being from the lower class but on Earth he managed to not only be part of a higher class, he was also able to gain much more control and power in his abilities.]]
* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler: His reasoning when killing Rosa. He realized she was afraid of him, planning to escape him and in a fit of rage he murdered her.]]

-->'''Portrayed by''': Rosa Arredondo

** Also, Alex is the son of the guy who hunts aliens. Plus, after abusive foster families Alex's dad abusing him could bring up trauma for Michael, and an abusive possibly future parent in-law