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* BecomingTheMask[=/=]ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:Jeremy Archer is, according to WordOfGod, just a facade. Jeremy abandoned his original self and took on the identity that Ethan gave him as his 'main' and 'real' identity from that point on, modelling himself after his foster father so as to leave who he was behind]]. See 'GenerationXerox'.
-->'''[[WordOfGod M. Chandler]]:''' [[spoiler:And, let us be frank, Jeremy Archer is a construct. A successful one, yes, and one that is second nature by now, a real human being in his own right, but still, essentially, a carefully-crafted facade built around the heart and bones of a neglected and needy little boy]].
-->'''[[WordOfGod M. Chandler]]:''' [[spoiler:And, let us be frank, Jeremy Archer is a construct. A successful one, yes, and one that is second nature by now, a real human being in his own right, but still, essentially, a carefully-crafted facade built around the heart and bones of a neglected and needy little boy]].
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* GenerationXerox: A strange, [[InvokedTrope deliberate]] example. When Simon meets Ethan, it becomes apparent that Jeremy has modelled himself after his foster father - not only in terms of his career, but also style, mannerisms, speech patterns and DrinkOrder. There's a good reason for this; see 'BecomingTheMask'.
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* GreenEyedMonster: With [[spoiler:Mike and Diana Fontaine]]. Shows hints of it in ''With a Bullet'' [[spoiler:when talking to Jeremy about Simon; she's quite nasty to Jeremy when he shows up, even though she was the one who called him in the first place]].
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Whenever she's dealing with Jeremy, thanks to her MamaBear trait, but especially in [[spoiler:''High Fidelity'']], where she almost always seems to be about five seconds away from ripping his throat out with her teeth.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Whenever In the last two books she takes a level whenever she's dealing with Jeremy, thanks to her MamaBear trait, but especially in [[spoiler:''High Fidelity'']], ''High Fidelity'', where she almost always seems to be about five seconds away from ripping his throat out with her teeth.
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* LoveMartyr: See 'DomesticAbuser' under Simon's heading. There's also the situation with Bran. [[spoiler:Jeremy's willingness to put upon with ''incredible'' amounts of shit is mainly the result of being so starved for affection and love as a child]].
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* LoveMartyr: See 'DomesticAbuser' under Simon's heading. There's also the situation with Bran. [[spoiler:Jeremy's willingness to put upon up with ''incredible'' amounts of shit is mainly the result of being so starved for affection and love as a child]].
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* DomesticAbuser: Let's be honest: if Jeremy was female, Simon would be considered an absolutely horrible person, because he very often treats Jeremy like shit [[spoiler:and once beat the hell out of Jeremy with serious intent to hurt him and had some ''very'' dubiously consensual sex]]. Although Simon does [[spoiler:[[CharacterDevelopment get his act together]] by the end of the third book]].
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* DomesticAbuser: Let's be honest: [[DoubleStandard if Jeremy was female, female]], Simon would be considered an absolutely horrible person, because he very often treats Jeremy like shit [[spoiler:and once beat the hell out of Jeremy with serious intent to hurt him and had some ''very'' dubiously consensual sex]]. Although Simon does [[spoiler:[[CharacterDevelopment get [[spoiler:start [[CharacterDevelopment getting his act together]] by the end of the third book]].
* PapaWolf: Toward his squad.
* MamaBear: Toward her teammates.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Whenever she's dealing with Jeremy, thanks to her MamaBear trait, but especially in [[spoiler:''High Fidelity'']], where she almost always seems to be about five seconds away from ripping his throat out with her teeth.
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* GenerationXerox: A strange, [[InvokedTrope deliberate]] example. When Simon meets Ethan, it becomes apparent that Jeremy has modelled himself after his foster father - not only in terms of his career, but also style, mannerisms, speech patterns and DrinkOrder.
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* {{Workaholic}}: While otherwise capable of working on a normal schedule, Dave ''will'' go into overdrive when he's given a specific task, pulling all kinds of lunatic hours to get the job done. His current record is ''thirty-five straight hours'' without going home.
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* TheAtoner: According to WordOfGod, he holds himself responsible for [[spoiler:the wedge between Bran and Ethan, and has spent ''years'' trying to get Bran to reconcile with Ethan]]. It's so important to him that [[spoiler:he considers [[DeathEqualsRedemption death an acceptable price to pay]] for the ''chance'' of that reconciliation]].
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* [[EvilCounterpart Criminal Counterpart]]: To Upstairs. Both Ethan and Upstairs are very trusting and protective of their charges (Jeremy and Simon, respectively), will bend rules to help them, have a lot of resources at their disposal, and both act as father figures.
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* [[GoodCounterpart Law-Abiding Counterpart]]: To Ethan. Both Upstairs and Ethan are very trusting and protective of their charges (Simon and Jeremy, respectively), will bend rules to help them, have a lot of resources at their disposal, and both act as father figures.
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* MoodSwinger: Swings between 'calm' and 'frothing at the mouthpsychotic', psychotic' at the slightest provocation, and it's genuinely frightening.
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* IHaveYourWife: Manages to get the drop on [[spoiler:''Jeremy'', of all people,]] with a taser, and eventually calls Simon to ask if Simon's "missing something". [[spoiler:Of course, Jeremy being [[EscapeArtist who he is]], Farraday didn't have much hope of holding onto him once Jeremy woke up]].
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* KarmaHoudini: Part of being the best thief in the world means never getting caught, after all.
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* DomesticAbuser: Let's be honest: if Jeremy was female, Simon would be considered an absolutely horrible person, because he very often treats Jeremy like shit [[spoiler:and once beat the hell out of Jeremy with serious intent to hurt him and had some ''very'' dubiously consensual sex]]. Although Simon does [[spoiler:[[CharacterDevelopment get his act together]] by the end of the third book]].
* ForgetsToEat: Also forgets to sleep.
* BecauseImGoodAtIt: Why he enjoys being a thief so very, very much.
-->'''Jeremy:''' I thought you of all people might understand that ''nothing'' is more fun than doing that at which you excel.
-->'''Jeremy:''' I thought you of all people might understand that ''nothing'' is more fun than doing that at which you excel.
* LoveMartyr: See 'DomesticAbuser' under Simon's heading.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Employs this with Simon. ''All the time''.
* NotAMorningPerson
* NotAMorningPerson
* NervousWreck: Jeremy notes (and Bran later demonstrates) that Bran tends to dissolve into a panicked state of fight-or-flight when things don't go according to plan.
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* InsaneEqualsViolent
* MoodSwinger: Swings between 'calm' and 'frothing at the mouth psychotic', and it's genuinely frightening.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: It was suspected that he used this to be discharged from the army, but if he wasn't crazy ''before'' going to prison, he certainly was when he got out.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Not because he doesn't ''want'' to, but for practical reasons; the instant you murder someone, it's game over as far as the legal system is concerned. [[spoiler:He abandons this philosophy by the end of ''With a Bullet'', but Jeremy killshim Farraday before Farraday has the chance to murder Simon]].
* MoodSwinger: Swings between 'calm' and 'frothing at the mouth psychotic', and it's genuinely frightening.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: It was suspected that he used this to be discharged from the army, but if he wasn't crazy ''before'' going to prison, he certainly was when he got out.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Most obviously with Simon.
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[[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask The Woman Wearing The Iron Lady Mask]]: Started out this way in her career.
** BecomingTheMask: It stopped being a mask long before Simon meets her.
** BecomingTheMask: It stopped being a mask long before Simon meets her.
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* InUniverseNickname: Jeremy calls him "Irish" because... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin because he is]].
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HairTriggerTemper: He can and probably will take offensive to anything, but especially Jeremy's existence.
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* GreenEyedMonster[=/=]CrazyJealousGuy: Simon gets jealous over Jeremy getting along with his teammates, because they're ''Simon's team'' and Jeremy is ''not'' one of them and never will be. He gets bitterly jealous over Jeremy's ex-boyfriend being in the picture, and takes it out on Jeremy. He gets (momentarily) jealous of [[spoiler:Annabelle]] when Jeremy is comforting her after she's rescued. Simon even shows hints of being jealous of [[spoiler:''Johnny'', of all people, in ''High Fidelity'' when Johnny and Jeremy are off discussing things in the gazebo]].
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* GreenEyedMonster: Simon tends to be very possessive over things he perceives as ''his'', regardless of whether he's willing to consciously admit that he wants them or not. He gets jealous over Jeremy getting along with his teammates, because they're ''Simon's team'' and Jeremy is ''not'' one of them and never will be.He gets bitterly Of course, he then proceeds to get incredibly, ''bitterly'' jealous over Jeremy's ex-boyfriend being in the picture, ex-lover, and takes it out on Jeremy. He gets is also (momentarily) jealous of [[spoiler:Annabelle]] when Jeremy is comforting her after she's rescued. Simon even shows hints of being jealous of [[spoiler:''Johnny'', [[spoiler:''Johnny'']], of all people, in ''High Fidelity'' when Johnny [[spoiler:Johnny and Jeremy are off discussing things in the gazebo]].
* GreenEyedMonster: Simon tends to be very possessive over things he perceives as ''his'', regardless of whether he's willing to consciously admit that he wants them or not. He gets jealous over Jeremy getting along with his teammates, because they're ''Simon's team'' and Jeremy is ''not'' one of them and never will be.
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!Team Templar
* [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny-Ears FBI Agents]]
* [[CodeName Code Names]]: Templar, Springheel, Specs, Specs Two, Honda, Texas, Stonewall, and Shadow.
* [[FBIAgent FBI Agents]]
* FriendlyEnemy: With Jeremy. Except for [[TheLeader Simon]], who's DatingCatwoman instead.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits
* TrueCompanions
!Simon Drake ("Templar")
* BiTheWay
* DatingCatwoman: [[HeIsNotMyBoyfriend They're]] ''[[HeIsNotMyBoyfriend not]]'' [[HeIsNotMyBoyfriend dating]]!
* GreenEyedMonster[=/=]CrazyJealousGuy: Simon gets jealous over Jeremy getting along with his teammates, because they're ''Simon's team'' and Jeremy is ''not'' one of them and never will be. He gets bitterly jealous over Jeremy's ex-boyfriend being in the picture, and takes it out on Jeremy. He gets (momentarily) jealous of [[spoiler:Annabelle]] when Jeremy is comforting her after she's rescued. Simon even shows hints of being jealous of [[spoiler:''Johnny'', of all people, in ''High Fidelity'' when Johnny and Jeremy are off discussing things in the gazebo]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* TheLeader: Has elements of all four types, but mostly III and IV.
* MarriedToTheJob
* MustHaveCaffeine
* ObliviousToLove: In this capacity Simon may be borderline retarded.
* OnlySaneEmployee: Well, he does run a team of lunatics.
* TeamDad
* {{Tsundere}}: To an almost ridiculous degree with Jeremy.
!Sandra Leone ("Springheel")
* ActionGirl: Her character profile even notes that one of her roles is to be the "muscle". She's ''very'' good at smacking people around. Including her teammates.
* BlueBlood: She ''did'' try to be the kind of upper-class daughter her parents expected her to be. But she got bored with that and joined the FBI.
* TheLancer
* NumberTwo: [[spoiler:Which causes some friction between her and Simon later on, as twice she has to take over for him as the leader of the team; once when he's out of commission, and again when he's suspended from active duty]].
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Agent]]
!Nate Waxman ("Specs")
* [[spoiler:BreakTheCutie: Shows signs of past breakage during ''With a Bullet'', but on the whole he's managed to recover]].
* CaptainCrash: To the point of it being an acknowledged RunningGag.
* TheChick
* ScarsAreForever: His chest is covered with scars [[spoiler:from when Farraday pinned him down and sliced him up with a knife]].
* StuffBlowingUp: He is the team's explosives expert. On Team Templar, this is a position that more often requires him to ''make'' bombs than defuse them.
!Mike Takemura ("Honda")
* BoisterousBruiser
* ButNotTooForeign[=/=]AmbiguouslyBrown: Invoked. His father was Japanese-American and his mother was Hispanic, giving him a general "ethnic" look. It's been used to the team's advantage in a number of undercover operations.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Taking it to [[UpToEleven new levels]], and with just as much glee as he shows while jumping on {{Double Entendre}}s.
* HandsomeLech
* PungeonMaster: He is often kicked preemptively, because the others ''know'' what's coming.
* TeamChef
!Johnny Pilgrim ("Texas")
* BewareTheQuietOnes: "[[MurderIsTheBestSolution Some people just need killing]]."
* MoreDakka: Johnny can always be counted on to have a shitload of high-calibre weaponry and the ability to kill things with it. And grenades.
* TheStoic
!Rich Story ("Specs Two")
* InsufferableGenius
* {{Jerkass}}: Sandra (mentally) describes him as an "ill-tempered little asshole with almost no sense of humor". Even Simon, who's actually considered his friend, once calls him "a very shouty little man", much to Jeremy's amusement.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: By Simon, no less.]]
* [[spoiler:TheMole]]
* TooCleverByHalf: [[spoiler:What causes his downfall; he was tricked into posting a confidential memo to prove he could crack it, and Karpol began blackmailing him]].
!Dave Brassoff ("Stonewall")
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Specially mentioned because Jeremy assures Dave that he's actually the right kind of crazy to fit in with Team Templar; all Dave needs to do is ''grow a spine''. [[spoiler:Which he does. Epically]].
* DeadBigSister: The murder of his older sister was what inspired him to join the FBI.
* DissonantSerenity: In a zen state while working on the computer. Mousepad suddenly on fire. Dump coffee on it without sparing it a glance. Continue programming.
* NewMeat: A textbook case [[spoiler:until the end of ''With a Bullet'']].
* ReplacementScrappy: In-universe, for [[spoiler:Rich Story]].
** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: [[invoked]] By virtue of [[spoiler:a very well-played prank and a perfect poker face that earns him a codename and a permanent spot on the team]].
!Jeremy Archer ("Shadow")
* [[CainAndAbel Abel]]: To Bran's Cain.
* BiTheWay: With a preference toward men.
* ConMenHateGuns: Over the course of the entire series, Jeremy handles a gun on only two occasions: once when Simon is giving him lessons in the firing range, and once [[spoiler:when he uses Simon's gun to kill Farraday. It causes him to have a HeroicBSOD, even though he only shot Farraday when it became clear that Simon would be killed if he didn't]].
* FosterKid: Ethan's foster son. Unlike most examples of this trope, Ethan is a good[[hottip:*:([[RetiredOutlaw for a given definition of "good"]])]] and loving parental figure.
* GentlemanThief
* HappilyAdopted: At age fifteen by Ethan. Well, not ''officially'' adopted, but that's just a technicality.
* LoveableRogue: Sure, he's a criminal, but he's a smooth operator and has no interest in physically harming anyone.
* PerpetualSmiler
* PhantomThief
* [[{{Streetwalker}} Rentboy]]: How Jeremy got by before Ethan took him in.
* TheSixthRanger
* SpyCatsuit: Slick and skintight. [[MrFanservice Simon approves]]. [[StupidSexyFlanders Nate blushes]].
* StepfordSmiler: In ''High Fidelity'', Simon notes that Jeremy's customary smile is basically the same as Jeremy having no expression at all.
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!Bran Lindsey
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* [[CainAndAbel Cain]]: To Jeremy's Abel.
* ClusterFBomb: He can be very verbose.
* EvilCounterpart: To Jeremy. They're both criminals, but Jeremy's a GentlemanThief and Bran's an unrepentant murderer.
* FreudianExcuse: He blames all of his worldly problems on Jeremy, because Jeremy "stole" what was rightfully Bran's. Which isn't true, and Jeremy lampshades just how ridiculous a thing that is to say regardless.
-->'''Jeremy:''' Not to belabor the obvious, but I ''am'' a thief. In fact, I'm the best thief in the world. And you're not.
* HairTriggerTemper
* IrrationalHatred: Jeremy used to find it hurtful; at this point, it's still hurtful, but also extremely exasperating.
* TheUnfavourite: Subverted. Bran is wholly convinced that he is this, but Ethan and Jeremy make it clear that it's very much not the case.
!"Colonel" Cole Farraday
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Although he bleaches his hair; it's not revealed what his natural hair colour is.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Not because he doesn't ''want'' to, but for practical reasons; the instant you murder someone, it's game over as far as the legal system is concerned. [[spoiler:He abandons this philosophy by the end of ''With a Bullet'', but Jeremy kills him before Farraday has the chance to murder Simon]].
!Dorothy Langridge
* DeadpanSnarker
* DrivesLikeCrazy: According to her [[AllThereInTheManual character profile]].
* IronLady: ''Hell'' yes.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Engages in this with Simon.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask
!Ethan West
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Bran, naturally. But Ethan still loves him, because Bran is his ''son''.
* [[GoodParents Good Father]]: To both of his foster/adopted sons, though Bran is somewhat less appreciative of it than Jeremy.
* [[RetiredOutlaw Retired Gentleman Thief]]: He's technically not even wanted for anything anymore; the statute of limitations for all of his crimes has run out. Of course, this doesn't mean that he doesn't do illegal things at all anymore. He's just retired from his [[GentlemanThief main profession]].
!Upstairs (Mr. Carstairs)
* InSeriesNickname: Simon (and everyone else) calls him Upstairs.
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!Team Templar
* [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny-Ears FBI Agents]]
* [[CodeName Code Names]]: Templar, Springheel, Specs, Specs Two, Honda, Texas, Stonewall, and Shadow.
* [[FBIAgent FBI Agents]]
* FriendlyEnemy: With Jeremy. Except for [[TheLeader Simon]], who's DatingCatwoman instead.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits
* TrueCompanions
!Simon Drake ("Templar")
* BiTheWay
* DatingCatwoman: [[HeIsNotMyBoyfriend They're]] ''[[HeIsNotMyBoyfriend not]]'' [[HeIsNotMyBoyfriend dating]]!
* GreenEyedMonster[=/=]CrazyJealousGuy: Simon gets jealous over Jeremy getting along with his teammates, because they're ''Simon's team'' and Jeremy is ''not'' one of them and never will be. He gets bitterly jealous over Jeremy's ex-boyfriend being in the picture, and takes it out on Jeremy. He gets (momentarily) jealous of [[spoiler:Annabelle]] when Jeremy is comforting her after she's rescued. Simon even shows hints of being jealous of [[spoiler:''Johnny'', of all people, in ''High Fidelity'' when Johnny and Jeremy are off discussing things in the gazebo]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* TheLeader: Has elements of all four types, but mostly III and IV.
* MarriedToTheJob
* MustHaveCaffeine
* ObliviousToLove: In this capacity Simon may be borderline retarded.
* OnlySaneEmployee: Well, he does run a team of lunatics.
* TeamDad
* {{Tsundere}}: To an almost ridiculous degree with Jeremy.
!Sandra Leone ("Springheel")
* ActionGirl: Her character profile even notes that one of her roles is to be the "muscle". She's ''very'' good at smacking people around. Including her teammates.
* BlueBlood: She ''did'' try to be the kind of upper-class daughter her parents expected her to be. But she got bored with that and joined the FBI.
* TheLancer
* NumberTwo: [[spoiler:Which causes some friction between her and Simon later on, as twice she has to take over for him as the leader of the team; once when he's out of commission, and again when he's suspended from active duty]].
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Agent]]
!Nate Waxman ("Specs")
* [[spoiler:BreakTheCutie: Shows signs of past breakage during ''With a Bullet'', but on the whole he's managed to recover]].
* CaptainCrash: To the point of it being an acknowledged RunningGag.
* TheChick
* ScarsAreForever: His chest is covered with scars [[spoiler:from when Farraday pinned him down and sliced him up with a knife]].
* StuffBlowingUp: He is the team's explosives expert. On Team Templar, this is a position that more often requires him to ''make'' bombs than defuse them.
!Mike Takemura ("Honda")
* BoisterousBruiser
* ButNotTooForeign[=/=]AmbiguouslyBrown: Invoked. His father was Japanese-American and his mother was Hispanic, giving him a general "ethnic" look. It's been used to the team's advantage in a number of undercover operations.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Taking it to [[UpToEleven new levels]], and with just as much glee as he shows while jumping on {{Double Entendre}}s.
* HandsomeLech
* PungeonMaster: He is often kicked preemptively, because the others ''know'' what's coming.
* TeamChef
!Johnny Pilgrim ("Texas")
* BewareTheQuietOnes: "[[MurderIsTheBestSolution Some people just need killing]]."
* MoreDakka: Johnny can always be counted on to have a shitload of high-calibre weaponry and the ability to kill things with it. And grenades.
* TheStoic
!Rich Story ("Specs Two")
* InsufferableGenius
* {{Jerkass}}: Sandra (mentally) describes him as an "ill-tempered little asshole with almost no sense of humor". Even Simon, who's actually considered his friend, once calls him "a very shouty little man", much to Jeremy's amusement.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: By Simon, no less.]]
* [[spoiler:TheMole]]
* TooCleverByHalf: [[spoiler:What causes his downfall; he was tricked into posting a confidential memo to prove he could crack it, and Karpol began blackmailing him]].
!Dave Brassoff ("Stonewall")
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Specially mentioned because Jeremy assures Dave that he's actually the right kind of crazy to fit in with Team Templar; all Dave needs to do is ''grow a spine''. [[spoiler:Which he does. Epically]].
* DeadBigSister: The murder of his older sister was what inspired him to join the FBI.
* DissonantSerenity: In a zen state while working on the computer. Mousepad suddenly on fire. Dump coffee on it without sparing it a glance. Continue programming.
* NewMeat: A textbook case [[spoiler:until the end of ''With a Bullet'']].
* ReplacementScrappy: In-universe, for [[spoiler:Rich Story]].
** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: [[invoked]] By virtue of [[spoiler:a very well-played prank and a perfect poker face that earns him a codename and a permanent spot on the team]].
!Jeremy Archer ("Shadow")
* [[CainAndAbel Abel]]: To Bran's Cain.
* BiTheWay: With a preference toward men.
* ConMenHateGuns: Over the course of the entire series, Jeremy handles a gun on only two occasions: once when Simon is giving him lessons in the firing range, and once [[spoiler:when he uses Simon's gun to kill Farraday. It causes him to have a HeroicBSOD, even though he only shot Farraday when it became clear that Simon would be killed if he didn't]].
* FosterKid: Ethan's foster son. Unlike most examples of this trope, Ethan is a good[[hottip:*:([[RetiredOutlaw for a given definition of "good"]])]] and loving parental figure.
* GentlemanThief
* HappilyAdopted: At age fifteen by Ethan. Well, not ''officially'' adopted, but that's just a technicality.
* LoveableRogue: Sure, he's a criminal, but he's a smooth operator and has no interest in physically harming anyone.
* PerpetualSmiler
* PhantomThief
* [[{{Streetwalker}} Rentboy]]: How Jeremy got by before Ethan took him in.
* TheSixthRanger
* SpyCatsuit: Slick and skintight. [[MrFanservice Simon approves]]. [[StupidSexyFlanders Nate blushes]].
* StepfordSmiler: In ''High Fidelity'', Simon notes that Jeremy's customary smile is basically the same as Jeremy having no expression at all.
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!Bran Lindsey
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* [[CainAndAbel Cain]]: To Jeremy's Abel.
* ClusterFBomb: He can be very verbose.
* EvilCounterpart: To Jeremy. They're both criminals, but Jeremy's a GentlemanThief and Bran's an unrepentant murderer.
* FreudianExcuse: He blames all of his worldly problems on Jeremy, because Jeremy "stole" what was rightfully Bran's. Which isn't true, and Jeremy lampshades just how ridiculous a thing that is to say regardless.
-->'''Jeremy:''' Not to belabor the obvious, but I ''am'' a thief. In fact, I'm the best thief in the world. And you're not.
* HairTriggerTemper
* IrrationalHatred: Jeremy used to find it hurtful; at this point, it's still hurtful, but also extremely exasperating.
* TheUnfavourite: Subverted. Bran is wholly convinced that he is this, but Ethan and Jeremy make it clear that it's very much not the case.
!"Colonel" Cole Farraday
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Although he bleaches his hair; it's not revealed what his natural hair colour is.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Not because he doesn't ''want'' to, but for practical reasons; the instant you murder someone, it's game over as far as the legal system is concerned. [[spoiler:He abandons this philosophy by the end of ''With a Bullet'', but Jeremy kills him before Farraday has the chance to murder Simon]].
!Dorothy Langridge
* DeadpanSnarker
* DrivesLikeCrazy: According to her [[AllThereInTheManual character profile]].
* IronLady: ''Hell'' yes.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Engages in this with Simon.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask
!Ethan West
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Bran, naturally. But Ethan still loves him, because Bran is his ''son''.
* [[GoodParents Good Father]]: To both of his foster/adopted sons, though Bran is somewhat less appreciative of it than Jeremy.
* [[RetiredOutlaw Retired Gentleman Thief]]: He's technically not even wanted for anything anymore; the statute of limitations for all of his crimes has run out. Of course, this doesn't mean that he doesn't do illegal things at all anymore. He's just retired from his [[GentlemanThief main profession]].
!Upstairs (Mr. Carstairs)
* InSeriesNickname: Simon (and everyone else) calls him Upstairs.
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