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* YourCheatingHeart: He was married to Jennifer, but he was always flirted with other women and had an affair with Dax.
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The MirrorUniverse is a parallel world to the standard ''Star Trek'' universe, where instead of the Federation there ''was'' the Terran Empire. Following the events of an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', the Empire weakened and fell. Since then the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance has enslaved the Terrans. Deep Space Nine's counterpart, Terok Nor, is a seat of power for the Alliance in the formerly-Terran-occupied Bajoran sector and an ore processing facility ruled by Intendant Kira. Characters in the Mirror Universe resemble their standard universe counterparts but have radically different, often opposite character traits. The Mirror Universe is seen or referenced in "Crossover," "Crossover", "Through the Looking Glass," Glass", "Shattered Mirror," "Resurrection," Mirror", "Resurrection" and "The Emperor's New Cloak."
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* DepravedBisexual: In her first appearance, Intendant Kira was [[ScrewYourself intrigued]] by her doppleganger Major Kira; [[WordOfSaintPaul according to Nana Visitor]], this was an expression of her narcissism. However, later Mirror Universe episodes depicted her as [[AnythingThatMoves insatiably lusting]] after every attractive man or woman in sight.
* FantasticRacism: She really despises humans.
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* DepravedBisexual: In her first appearance, Intendant Kira was [[ScrewYourself intrigued]] by her doppleganger doppelganger Major Kira; [[WordOfSaintPaul according to Nana Visitor]], this was an expression of her narcissism. However, later Mirror Universe episodes depicted her as [[AnythingThatMoves insatiably lusting]] after every attractive man or woman in sight.
* FantasticRacism: She really despiseshumans.Terrans.
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* ShadowArchetype: To Garak. He has many of the traits Enebrain Tain and Mila mention Garak displayed pre-exile; pettiness, vindictiveness, and a fondness for torture. The difference is he lacks regular Garak's sophistication, and subtlety (and going by his actions, any of Garak's intelligence).
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* ShadowArchetype: To Garak. He has many of the traits Enebrain Enabrain Tain and Mila mention Garak displayed pre-exile; pettiness, vindictiveness, and a fondness for torture. The difference is he lacks regular Garak's sophistication, and subtlety (and going by his actions, any of Garak's intelligence).
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* TokenEvilTeammate: Out of all the member of the rebellion, he tends to favor the most brutal answers to problems.
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* TokenEvilTeammate: Out of all the member members of the rebellion, he tends to favor the most brutal answers to problems.problems such as torturing the Intendant in "Shattered Mirror".
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* ButtMonkey: One constant between universes is how overworked O'Brien is. In this case, his warnings about a thorium leak go unheeded until everything goes to hell.
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* GoodColorsEvilColors: Several of the Mirror Universe characters, such as Intendant Kira and Mirror Odo, wear black.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: Terok Nor's leaders would have realized that a slave revolt was imminent if they'd actually ''paid attention'' to what was going on around them. Several slave escapes combined with the growing frustration among the Terrans should have tipped them off. However, Intendant Kira was too absorbed in power and sensual indulgences, Gul Garak was too absorbed in trying to eliminate Intendant Kira, and Mirror!Odo was too absorbed in indulging his sadism to notice.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: Terok Nor's leaders would have realized that a slave revolt was imminent if they'd actually ''paid attention'' to what was going on around them. Several slave escapes combined with the growing frustration among the Terrans should have tipped them off. However, Intendant Kira was too absorbed in power and sensual indulgences, Gul Garak was too absorbed in trying to eliminate Intendant Kira, and Mirror!Odo Mirror Odo was too absorbed in indulging his sadism to notice.
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** One can draw parallels between Intendant Kira and standard universe Gul Dukat, whom standard universe Kira despises. For instance, both take lovers from the groups they oppress (Bajoran "comfort women" for Dukat; Mirror!Sisko for Intendant Kira). Also, both condescendingly see themselves as kinder to those they oppress than their colleagues, and seem incapable of understanding why their "benevolence" is not reciprocated with devotion.
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** One can draw parallels between Intendant Kira and standard universe Gul Dukat, whom standard universe Kira despises. For instance, both take lovers from the groups they oppress (Bajoran "comfort women" for Dukat; Mirror!Sisko Mirror Sisko for Intendant Kira). Also, both condescendingly see themselves as kinder to those they oppress than their colleagues, and seem incapable of understanding why their "benevolence" is not reciprocated with devotion.
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* BigBadWannabe: Where he demonstrates the petty vindictiveness and fondness for torture that the 'prime' Garak possessed before his exile, Mirror!Garak lacks any of the subtlety or intelligence of his counterpart, making more blatant power grabs and resorting to explicit torture for the sake of it where 'prime' Garak operated in the shadows and was so discreet even his closest friend on the station was never entirely sure what he was going to do next, even when he was officially working with Starfleet.
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* BigBadWannabe: Where he demonstrates the petty vindictiveness and fondness for torture that the 'prime' Garak possessed before his exile, Mirror!Garak Mirror Garak lacks any of the subtlety or intelligence of his counterpart, making more blatant power grabs and resorting to explicit torture for the sake of it where 'prime' Garak operated in the shadows and was so discreet even his closest friend on the station was never entirely sure what he was going to do next, even when he was officially working with Starfleet.
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Mirror!Ezri injects him with the agonizing instant-death virus he was threatening Quark and Rom with]].
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* ShadowArchetype: To the main universe's Worf. Both are fiercely proud Klingon warriors, but Mirror!Worf is completely unbound by his main universe counterpart's constraints of honor and restraint, being a vicious and unscrupulous warlord.
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A Terran slave who was one of the first to join Mirror!Sisko's rebellion. Following Mirror!Sisko's death, Smiley took over as the rebellion's leader.
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* InformedAbility: Intendant Kira praised his ability to run an efficient ore processing operation and maintain order among the slaves. However, he allowed a thorium containment unit to go unrepaired, despite Mirror!O'Brien's warning, resulting in a catastrophic thorium leak. Furthermore, at least three Terran slaves escaped under his watch. Finally, he assigned Bashir to a task for which Bashir was physically unsuited, as Mirror!Odo lampshaded later in the episode.
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* InformedAbility: Intendant Kira praised his ability to run an efficient ore processing operation and maintain order among the slaves. However, he allowed a thorium containment unit to go unrepaired, despite Mirror!O'Brien's Mirror O'Brien's warning, resulting in a catastrophic thorium leak. Furthermore, at least three Terran slaves escaped under his watch. Finally, he assigned Bashir to a task for which Bashir was physically unsuited, as Mirror!Odo Mirror Odo lampshaded later in the episode.
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* ShadowArchetype: Mirror!Odo is who Odo might have become if his deep-seated need for order were not restrained by empathy or morality. Also, whereas Odo was a fair and reasonable security officer during the Cardassian occupation, Mirror!Odo is a petty bully who clearly enjoys abusing his power. In other words, Mirror!Odo embodies everything that Odo hated about the Cardassian occupation of Bajor.
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* ShadowArchetype: Mirror!Odo Mirror Odo is who Odo might have become if his deep-seated need for order were not restrained by empathy or morality. Also, whereas Odo was a fair and reasonable security officer during the Cardassian occupation, Mirror!Odo Mirror Odo is a petty bully who clearly enjoys abusing his power. In other words, Mirror!Odo Mirror Odo embodies everything that Odo hated about the Cardassian occupation of Bajor.
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* MoralityPet: To Mirror!Ezri. [[spoiler:His death at the hands of the Intendant convinces her to pull a HeelFaceTurn.]]
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* DepravedBisexual: He bragged to Regent Worf about his ability to "please" Intendant Kira in a bid to offer similar services for his new boss to save his skin. Worf is quick to inform him he [[YouAreNotMyType wasn't his type]].
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[[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Main Characters Page]] | [[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineStarfleetCrew Starfleet Crew]] | [[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineFederationAndBajor Federation And Bajor]] | [[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineQuarksBar Quark's Bar, Family, and Other Ferengi]] | [[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineCardassianUnion Cardassian Union]] | [[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineKlingonEmpire Klingon Empire]] | [[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineTheDominion The Dominion]] | '''Mirror Universe'''
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The MirrorUniverse is a parallel world to the standard ''Star Trek'' universe, where instead of the Federation there ''was'' the Terran Empire. Following the events of an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', the Empire weakened and fell. Since then the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance has enslaved the Terrans. Deep Space Nine's counterpart, Terok Nor, is a seat of power for the Alliance in the formerly-Terran-occupied Bajoran sector and an ore processing facility ruled by Intendant Kira. Characters in the Mirror Universe resemble their standard universe counterparts but have radically different, often opposite character traits. The Mirror Universe is seen or referenced in "Crossover," "Through the Looking Glass," "Shattered Mirror," "Resurrection," and "The Emperor's New Cloak."
!!General Mirror Universe Tropes
* AlternateSelf
* CrapsackWorld
* DidntSeeThatComing: Terok Nor's leaders would have realized that a slave revolt was imminent if they'd actually ''paid attention'' to what was going on around them. Several slave escapes combined with the growing frustration among the Terrans should have tipped them off. However, Intendant Kira was too absorbed in power and sensual indulgences, Gul Garak was too absorbed in trying to eliminate Intendant Kira, and Mirror!Odo was too absorbed in indulging his sadism to notice.
* EvilCounterpart: Played with. Some of the Mirror Universe counterparts are evil and depraved. Others, while flawed, are not evil per se.
* {{Expy}}: The mirrorverse characters, particularly in early episodes, have some glaring similarities to the central characters of ''Series/BlakesSeven''. In particular, Kira is Servalan, O'Brien is Vila, Sisko is Blake, and Bashir is Avon.
* FantasticRacism: Several Non-Terran characters exhibit this toward the Terran slaves.
* GoodColorsEvilColors: Several of the Mirror Universe characters, such as Intendant Kira and Mirror!Odo, wear black.
* HomoeroticSubtext: Which can lead to UnfortunateImplications, given the long-standing and notorious failure of any ''Star Trek'' TV series until ''Discovery'' to portray any mainstream-universe characters as gay or bisexual in anything other than fantastic metaphor or extremely deniable innuendo.
* HotterAndSexier: Eventually the {{fanservice}} aspects took over from the DarkerAndEdgier version.
* KilledOffForReal / AnyoneCanDie: Given that this does not affect the main universe's characters, it happens often: [[spoiler:the mirror versions of Sisko, Odo, Dax, Quark, Rom, Nog, Garak and Vic Fontaine all die. This becomes a key plot point when the "real" Benjamin Sisko is abducted to stand in for his mirror counterpart.]]
** Notably averted for prime-universe's usual ButtMonkey, O'Brien.
* MadeASlave / SlaveRace: Terrans.
* MirrorUniverse
* SlaveRevolt: The Terrans eventually revolt against the Alliance and wage an ongoing resistance.
* WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture
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!!Characters in the Mirror Universe
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[[folder:Intendant Kira]]
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The chief authority of the Terok Nor station, whom Kira encounters in "Crossover." Intendant Kira is one of the series' longest-running villains.
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* AnythingThatMoves / DepravedBisexual: In her first appearance, Intendant Kira was [[ScrewYourself intrigued]] by her doppleganger Major Kira; [[WordOfSaintPaul according to Nana Visitor]], this was an expression of her narcissism. However, later Mirror Universe episodes depicted her as [[AnythingThatMoves insatiably lusting]] after every attractive man or woman in sight.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She genuinely loved Mirror Sisko.
** Her comments after Mirror!Odo's death suggest that she cared about him, or at least respected him as a colleague and resented the loss of his valuable assistance in running the station.
* FantasticRacism: She really despises humans.
* {{Flanderization}}: Nana Visitor considered that her shift from a narcissistic and specific interest in Major Kira in the first episode to indiscriminate {{Depraved Bisexual}}ity later on was an example of this.
* HellBentForLeather: Mirror!Kira is seen more often than not in a skin tight leather under piece.
* KarmaHoudini: Last seen heading for an escape pod.
* MoodSwinger
* {{Narcissist}}: What else do you call someone who literally falls in love with herself?
* SexyWalk: Particularly noticeable in "Resurrection" where the Intendant dresses up like Major Kira to pull a heist, and the only means of telling them apart is Mirror Kira's vampish walk.
* ScrewYourself: She wants to screw regular Kira at least, but it doesn't actually happen.
* ShadowArchetype: Intendant Kira is who Kira Nerys might have become had she lived as an oppressor and not one of the oppressed.
** One can draw parallels between Intendant Kira and standard universe Gul Dukat, whom standard universe Kira despises. For instance, both take lovers from the groups they oppress (Bajoran "comfort women" for Dukat; Mirror!Sisko for Intendant Kira). Also, both condescendingly see themselves as kinder to those they oppress than their colleagues, and seem incapable of understanding why their "benevolence" is not reciprocated with devotion.
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[[folder:Gul Garak]]
Second-in-command at Terok Nor under Intendant Kira.
* [[spoiler: AssholeVictim: Nobody mourned for him. Even his actor Andrew Robinson was glad he died.]]
* ContinuityNod: "I do admire a well-tailored gown."
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: He threatens to have Bashir killed if Kira doesn't assist him in a plot to eliminate Intendant Kira.
* [[spoiler:HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Mirror!Ezri injects him with the agonizing instant-death virus he was threatening Quark and Rom with]].
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: He has a fondness for it, so much so that Intendant Kira chided him for doing it too often.
* ShadowArchetype: To Garak. He has many of the traits Enebrain Tain and Mila mention Garak displayed pre-exile; pettiness, vindictiveness, and a fondness for torture. The difference is he lacks regular Garak's sophistication, and subtlety (and going by his actions, any of Garak's intelligence).
* SmugSnake: He's more or less a CardCarryingVillain who is too obsessed with taking Kira's job to be competent. Quark and Rom mock him for being nowhere ''near'' as good as the Garak they know.
* TheSociopath
* TheStarscream: Mirror Sisko mentions Garak spent every moment on Terok Nor trying to overthrow the Intendant, to absolutely no success. Going by his comments, the attempts weren't anywhere near subtle.
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[[folder:Regent Worf]]
Intendant Kira's boss. A high ranking member of the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance.
* AxCrazy: He's prone to fits of violent rage.
* BadBoss: At one point, he kills a subordinate just to test out a spiked gauntlet. Judging from everyone's lack of reaction, it's a fairly regular occurrence for the Regent.
* BiggerBad: As the Intendant's boss, he's supposedly the true villain of the mirror universe episodes. However, the Intendant is almost always the greater threat.
* VillainsOutShopping: At one point, he is shown enjoying Zek's snuff.
* YouAreNotMyType: Not interested in using Garak as his SexSlave, despite him being chained to his chair.
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[[folder:"Smiley" O'Brien]]
A Terran slave who was one of the first to join Mirror!Sisko's rebellion. Following Mirror!Sisko's death, Smiley took over as the rebellion's leader.
* AntiHero: He's a nice guy by Mirror Universe standards, but he's not above kidnapping people to force them to help him.
* BigGood: After taking over the rebellion.
* IronicNickname: Mirror!Sisko named him "Smiley" because he hardly ever smiled back when he was a slave.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's just as level headed as his normal universe counterpart, so he becomes this once he becomes the rebellion's leader.
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[[folder:Odo]]
A brutal slave overseer who supervises the ore processing operations of Terok Nor.
* AssholeVictim
* TheBully: He takes perverse delight in taunting and physically abusing Bashir.
* ControlFreak: He's a sadistic overseer who imposes his "Rules of Obedience" on the slaves, so he's got some serious control issues. One of his "Rules of Obedience" even [[NoSenseOfHumor forbids joking]].
* DoesntLikeGuns: Noticeably averted.
* EvilIsPetty: He bullies Bashir and imposes arbitrary rules on the slaves simply because he can.
* InformedAbility: Intendant Kira praised his ability to run an efficient ore processing operation and maintain order among the slaves. However, he allowed a thorium containment unit to go unrepaired, despite Mirror!O'Brien's warning, resulting in a catastrophic thorium leak. Furthermore, at least three Terran slaves escaped under his watch. Finally, he assigned Bashir to a task for which Bashir was physically unsuited, as Mirror!Odo lampshaded later in the episode.
* KilledOffForReal
* LaserGuidedKarma
* LudicrousGibs: When Bashir shoots him with a phaser during the Terran slave uprising, Mirror!Odo messily explodes.
* PsychoticSmirk: As seen [[http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:Odo_Mirror02.jpg here]].
* ShadowArchetype: Mirror!Odo is who Odo might have become if his deep-seated need for order were not restrained by empathy or morality.
** Also, whereas Odo was a fair and reasonable security officer during the Cardassian occupation, Mirror!Odo is a petty bully who clearly enjoys abusing his power. In other words, Mirror!Odo embodies everything that Odo hated about the Cardassian occupation of Bajor.
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[[folder:Sisko]]
A Terran favored by Intendant Kira who commands a raiding ship on behalf of the Alliance. He later turns on his oppressors.
* TheDogBitesBack
* DeadPersonImpersonation: After Mirror!Sisko dies, Mirror!O'Brien brings standard universe Sisko into the Mirror Universe to impersonate him.
* [[BeautifulSlaveGirl Handsome Slave Boy]]: Intendant Kira takes him as her lover. Being a slave, Mirror!Sisko wasn't in any position to refuse, however.
* HappinessInSlavery: Subverted. While he appears happy on the surface, he admits to standard universe Kira that he's merely made the best of a bad life for himself.
* HeelFaceTurn
* KilledOffForReal
* SlaveLiberation
* SuddenPrincipledStand
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Even after starting the rebellion, he retains his thuggish demeanor. Smiley remarks that this would have caused trouble if he had lived longer.
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[[folder:Jennifer Sisko]]
The estranged wife of Captain Sisko. A Terran scientist working with the Alliance.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Normal!Sisko convinces her to switch sides.]]
* TheQuisling: A sympathetic version. She's working with the Alliance because she does not trust her husband's motives in starting the rebellion.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: In "Shattered Mirror", [[spoiler:after manipulating Jake into coming to the Mirror Universe and blackmailing Benjamin into a making a Defiant for the rebellion, she sacrifices herself to protect Jake from the Intendant.]]
* WorkingWithTheEx: Defied. She is working with the Alliance because she refuses to do this.
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[[folder:Bareil Antos]]
A Bajoran criminal who comes to the normal universe seeking asylum.
* HeelFaithTurn: [[spoiler:An orb experience convinces him to turn against the Intendant.]]
* ItsWhatIDo: Although tempted by the prospect of a normal life with Kira, he knows he'll stuff it up and so returns to the Mirror Universe to be a thief.
* LovableRogue: He may be a criminal, but he still has the charm of the normal universe's Bareil, perhaps even more-so, being a bit more laid back and worldly.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:He is working with the Intendant to steal the Orb of Contemplation.]]
* OutlawCouple: With [[spoiler:Intendant Kira]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's confident that he can talk the Intendant out of executing him, but we never see him again, so he might not have.
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[[folder:Ezri]]
An unjoined Trill who works for anyone who will pay her.
* ActionGirl: She's considerably more dangerous than her normal universe counterpart.
* ButchLesbian: She was at one point [[spoiler:Intendant Kira's lover]] before her HeelFaceTurn, and was last seen being invited to a "debriefing" by Leeta. Not once during the episode did she show any interest in any male character.
** It's revealed in one Mirror Universe novel that Ezri becomes Leeta's wife after the events of The Emperor's New Cloak, [[spoiler: and then widow]] in another novel.
* {{Fetish}}: Quark's first assumption is Ezri is acting out a fantasy roleplay. Quark is entirely willing to play along.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After the Intendant kills Mirror!Brunt, she betrays her and saves the Ferengi.]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: She's a true mercenary, which has not endeared her to the rebellion. [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out she's working for her lover, the Intendant.]]
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[[folder:Bashir]]
A violent Terran member of the rebellion.
* EvilCounterpart: He's how "our" Bashir would be if his arrogance and lust for adventure were not tempered by his doctor-compassion and general chivalry. Which leads to potential FridgeHorror if one speculates Mirror!Bashir ''also'' has genetic enhancements....
* NumberTwo: By "The Emperor's New Cloak", he has become this to Smiley.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Out of all the member of the rebellion, he tends to favor the most brutal answers to problems.
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[[folder:Jadzia]]
A Trill member of the rebellion and Mirror!Sisko's mistress.
* ActionGirl: It's implied that she's just as capable of kicking ass as her normal universe counterpart.
* DroppedABridgeOnHer: She's killed off between Mirror Universe episodes.
* McLeaned: She was killed off because Terry Farrel left the show.
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[[folder:Quark]]
A subversive bartender on Terok Nor.
* ArrestedForHeroism: He's beaten and executed for helping Terran slaves escape from Terok Nor.
* TheBartender: Like standard universe Quark, he runs a bar aboard Terok Nor.
* EvilCounterpart: Inverted. He's much like Quark, except that he embodies more courage and compassion by quietly trying to help the slaves.
* SlaveLiberation
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[[folder:Rom]]
Quark's brother and a member of the rebellion.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: [[spoiler:His ultimate fate is ending up pinned to a door with a spike.]]
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:He pretends to rat out Sisko and Smiley to the Intendant so he can get an escape ship for them. Unfortunately, Gul Garak sees through this.]]
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[[folder:Nog]]
Rom's unscrupulous son.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Unlike most Ferengi, he's pretty good in a fight.
* {{Jerkass}}: In addition to being quite abrasive, he has no issue with the Alliance killing his family, as it allows him to inherit the bar.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:The Intendant kills him after he mentions that he's the only one who knows she's escaped.]]
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[[folder:Brunt]]
Mirror!Ezri's partner in crime.
* IncompatibleOrientation: He's in love with Mirror!Ezri, who, in Brunt's words is "very selective when it comes to men." Brunt has long since accepted it though.
* MoralityPet: To Mirror!Ezri. [[spoiler:His death at the hands of the Intendant convinces her to pull a HeelFaceTurn.]]
* NiceGuy: In a jarring contrast to his [[SmugSnake normal universe counterpart]], Mirror!Brunt is quite possibly the nicest person in the Mirror Universe.
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[[folder:Tuvok]]
A Vulcan member of the resistance.
* TheCameo: His normal universe counterpart is the tactical officer on [[Series/StarTrekVoyager the U.S.S. Voyager.]] Tuvok is the only character from ''Voyager'' whose mirror universe counterpart is accounted for.
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[[folder:Vic]]
One of Mirror!Ezri's minions. Unlike his normal universe counterpart. Mirror!Vic is not a hologram.
* MindScrew: The normal universe characters are completely baffled as to how Vic could even exist in the first place.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He is killed by Mirror!Bashir shortly after his first appearance, mostly so Rom will realize how different the Mirror!Universe is.
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[[folder:Leeta]]
A Bajoran living on Terek Nor.
* HomoeroticSubtext: Promises to 'debrief' Ezri, who entirely willing to play along.
* ShipTease: She and Mirror!Ezri were last seen flirting with one another.
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The MirrorUniverse is a parallel world to the standard ''Star Trek'' universe, where instead of the Federation there ''was'' the Terran Empire. Following the events of an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', the Empire weakened and fell. Since then the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance has enslaved the Terrans. Deep Space Nine's counterpart, Terok Nor, is a seat of power for the Alliance in the formerly-Terran-occupied Bajoran sector and an ore processing facility ruled by Intendant Kira. Characters in the Mirror Universe resemble their standard universe counterparts but have radically different, often opposite character traits. The Mirror Universe is seen or referenced in "Crossover," "Through the Looking Glass," "Shattered Mirror," "Resurrection," and "The Emperor's New Cloak."
!!General Mirror Universe Tropes
* AlternateSelf
* CrapsackWorld
* DidntSeeThatComing: Terok Nor's leaders would have realized that a slave revolt was imminent if they'd actually ''paid attention'' to what was going on around them. Several slave escapes combined with the growing frustration among the Terrans should have tipped them off. However, Intendant Kira was too absorbed in power and sensual indulgences, Gul Garak was too absorbed in trying to eliminate Intendant Kira, and Mirror!Odo was too absorbed in indulging his sadism to notice.
* EvilCounterpart: Played with. Some of the Mirror Universe counterparts are evil and depraved. Others, while flawed, are not evil per se.
* {{Expy}}: The mirrorverse characters, particularly in early episodes, have some glaring similarities to the central characters of ''Series/BlakesSeven''. In particular, Kira is Servalan, O'Brien is Vila, Sisko is Blake, and Bashir is Avon.
* FantasticRacism: Several Non-Terran characters exhibit this toward the Terran slaves.
* GoodColorsEvilColors: Several of the Mirror Universe characters, such as Intendant Kira and Mirror!Odo, wear black.
* HomoeroticSubtext: Which can lead to UnfortunateImplications, given the long-standing and notorious failure of any ''Star Trek'' TV series until ''Discovery'' to portray any mainstream-universe characters as gay or bisexual in anything other than fantastic metaphor or extremely deniable innuendo.
* HotterAndSexier: Eventually the {{fanservice}} aspects took over from the DarkerAndEdgier version.
* KilledOffForReal / AnyoneCanDie: Given that this does not affect the main universe's characters, it happens often: [[spoiler:the mirror versions of Sisko, Odo, Dax, Quark, Rom, Nog, Garak and Vic Fontaine all die. This becomes a key plot point when the "real" Benjamin Sisko is abducted to stand in for his mirror counterpart.]]
** Notably averted for prime-universe's usual ButtMonkey, O'Brien.
* MadeASlave / SlaveRace: Terrans.
* MirrorUniverse
* SlaveRevolt: The Terrans eventually revolt against the Alliance and wage an ongoing resistance.
* WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture
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!!Characters in the Mirror Universe
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[[folder:Intendant Kira]]
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The chief authority of the Terok Nor station, whom Kira encounters in "Crossover." Intendant Kira is one of the series' longest-running villains.
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* AnythingThatMoves / DepravedBisexual: In her first appearance, Intendant Kira was [[ScrewYourself intrigued]] by her doppleganger Major Kira; [[WordOfSaintPaul according to Nana Visitor]], this was an expression of her narcissism. However, later Mirror Universe episodes depicted her as [[AnythingThatMoves insatiably lusting]] after every attractive man or woman in sight.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She genuinely loved Mirror Sisko.
** Her comments after Mirror!Odo's death suggest that she cared about him, or at least respected him as a colleague and resented the loss of his valuable assistance in running the station.
* FantasticRacism: She really despises humans.
* {{Flanderization}}: Nana Visitor considered that her shift from a narcissistic and specific interest in Major Kira in the first episode to indiscriminate {{Depraved Bisexual}}ity later on was an example of this.
* HellBentForLeather: Mirror!Kira is seen more often than not in a skin tight leather under piece.
* KarmaHoudini: Last seen heading for an escape pod.
* MoodSwinger
* {{Narcissist}}: What else do you call someone who literally falls in love with herself?
* SexyWalk: Particularly noticeable in "Resurrection" where the Intendant dresses up like Major Kira to pull a heist, and the only means of telling them apart is Mirror Kira's vampish walk.
* ScrewYourself: She wants to screw regular Kira at least, but it doesn't actually happen.
* ShadowArchetype: Intendant Kira is who Kira Nerys might have become had she lived as an oppressor and not one of the oppressed.
** One can draw parallels between Intendant Kira and standard universe Gul Dukat, whom standard universe Kira despises. For instance, both take lovers from the groups they oppress (Bajoran "comfort women" for Dukat; Mirror!Sisko for Intendant Kira). Also, both condescendingly see themselves as kinder to those they oppress than their colleagues, and seem incapable of understanding why their "benevolence" is not reciprocated with devotion.
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[[folder:Gul Garak]]
Second-in-command at Terok Nor under Intendant Kira.
* [[spoiler: AssholeVictim: Nobody mourned for him. Even his actor Andrew Robinson was glad he died.]]
* ContinuityNod: "I do admire a well-tailored gown."
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: He threatens to have Bashir killed if Kira doesn't assist him in a plot to eliminate Intendant Kira.
* [[spoiler:HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Mirror!Ezri injects him with the agonizing instant-death virus he was threatening Quark and Rom with]].
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: He has a fondness for it, so much so that Intendant Kira chided him for doing it too often.
* ShadowArchetype: To Garak. He has many of the traits Enebrain Tain and Mila mention Garak displayed pre-exile; pettiness, vindictiveness, and a fondness for torture. The difference is he lacks regular Garak's sophistication, and subtlety (and going by his actions, any of Garak's intelligence).
* SmugSnake: He's more or less a CardCarryingVillain who is too obsessed with taking Kira's job to be competent. Quark and Rom mock him for being nowhere ''near'' as good as the Garak they know.
* TheSociopath
* TheStarscream: Mirror Sisko mentions Garak spent every moment on Terok Nor trying to overthrow the Intendant, to absolutely no success. Going by his comments, the attempts weren't anywhere near subtle.
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[[folder:Regent Worf]]
Intendant Kira's boss. A high ranking member of the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance.
* AxCrazy: He's prone to fits of violent rage.
* BadBoss: At one point, he kills a subordinate just to test out a spiked gauntlet. Judging from everyone's lack of reaction, it's a fairly regular occurrence for the Regent.
* BiggerBad: As the Intendant's boss, he's supposedly the true villain of the mirror universe episodes. However, the Intendant is almost always the greater threat.
* VillainsOutShopping: At one point, he is shown enjoying Zek's snuff.
* YouAreNotMyType: Not interested in using Garak as his SexSlave, despite him being chained to his chair.
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[[folder:"Smiley" O'Brien]]
A Terran slave who was one of the first to join Mirror!Sisko's rebellion. Following Mirror!Sisko's death, Smiley took over as the rebellion's leader.
* AntiHero: He's a nice guy by Mirror Universe standards, but he's not above kidnapping people to force them to help him.
* BigGood: After taking over the rebellion.
* IronicNickname: Mirror!Sisko named him "Smiley" because he hardly ever smiled back when he was a slave.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's just as level headed as his normal universe counterpart, so he becomes this once he becomes the rebellion's leader.
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[[folder:Odo]]
A brutal slave overseer who supervises the ore processing operations of Terok Nor.
* AssholeVictim
* TheBully: He takes perverse delight in taunting and physically abusing Bashir.
* ControlFreak: He's a sadistic overseer who imposes his "Rules of Obedience" on the slaves, so he's got some serious control issues. One of his "Rules of Obedience" even [[NoSenseOfHumor forbids joking]].
* DoesntLikeGuns: Noticeably averted.
* EvilIsPetty: He bullies Bashir and imposes arbitrary rules on the slaves simply because he can.
* InformedAbility: Intendant Kira praised his ability to run an efficient ore processing operation and maintain order among the slaves. However, he allowed a thorium containment unit to go unrepaired, despite Mirror!O'Brien's warning, resulting in a catastrophic thorium leak. Furthermore, at least three Terran slaves escaped under his watch. Finally, he assigned Bashir to a task for which Bashir was physically unsuited, as Mirror!Odo lampshaded later in the episode.
* KilledOffForReal
* LaserGuidedKarma
* LudicrousGibs: When Bashir shoots him with a phaser during the Terran slave uprising, Mirror!Odo messily explodes.
* PsychoticSmirk: As seen [[http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:Odo_Mirror02.jpg here]].
* ShadowArchetype: Mirror!Odo is who Odo might have become if his deep-seated need for order were not restrained by empathy or morality.
** Also, whereas Odo was a fair and reasonable security officer during the Cardassian occupation, Mirror!Odo is a petty bully who clearly enjoys abusing his power. In other words, Mirror!Odo embodies everything that Odo hated about the Cardassian occupation of Bajor.
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[[folder:Sisko]]
A Terran favored by Intendant Kira who commands a raiding ship on behalf of the Alliance. He later turns on his oppressors.
* TheDogBitesBack
* DeadPersonImpersonation: After Mirror!Sisko dies, Mirror!O'Brien brings standard universe Sisko into the Mirror Universe to impersonate him.
* [[BeautifulSlaveGirl Handsome Slave Boy]]: Intendant Kira takes him as her lover. Being a slave, Mirror!Sisko wasn't in any position to refuse, however.
* HappinessInSlavery: Subverted. While he appears happy on the surface, he admits to standard universe Kira that he's merely made the best of a bad life for himself.
* HeelFaceTurn
* KilledOffForReal
* SlaveLiberation
* SuddenPrincipledStand
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Even after starting the rebellion, he retains his thuggish demeanor. Smiley remarks that this would have caused trouble if he had lived longer.
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[[folder:Jennifer Sisko]]
The estranged wife of Captain Sisko. A Terran scientist working with the Alliance.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Normal!Sisko convinces her to switch sides.]]
* TheQuisling: A sympathetic version. She's working with the Alliance because she does not trust her husband's motives in starting the rebellion.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: In "Shattered Mirror", [[spoiler:after manipulating Jake into coming to the Mirror Universe and blackmailing Benjamin into a making a Defiant for the rebellion, she sacrifices herself to protect Jake from the Intendant.]]
* WorkingWithTheEx: Defied. She is working with the Alliance because she refuses to do this.
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[[folder:Bareil Antos]]
A Bajoran criminal who comes to the normal universe seeking asylum.
* HeelFaithTurn: [[spoiler:An orb experience convinces him to turn against the Intendant.]]
* ItsWhatIDo: Although tempted by the prospect of a normal life with Kira, he knows he'll stuff it up and so returns to the Mirror Universe to be a thief.
* LovableRogue: He may be a criminal, but he still has the charm of the normal universe's Bareil, perhaps even more-so, being a bit more laid back and worldly.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:He is working with the Intendant to steal the Orb of Contemplation.]]
* OutlawCouple: With [[spoiler:Intendant Kira]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's confident that he can talk the Intendant out of executing him, but we never see him again, so he might not have.
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[[folder:Ezri]]
An unjoined Trill who works for anyone who will pay her.
* ActionGirl: She's considerably more dangerous than her normal universe counterpart.
* ButchLesbian: She was at one point [[spoiler:Intendant Kira's lover]] before her HeelFaceTurn, and was last seen being invited to a "debriefing" by Leeta. Not once during the episode did she show any interest in any male character.
** It's revealed in one Mirror Universe novel that Ezri becomes Leeta's wife after the events of The Emperor's New Cloak, [[spoiler: and then widow]] in another novel.
* {{Fetish}}: Quark's first assumption is Ezri is acting out a fantasy roleplay. Quark is entirely willing to play along.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After the Intendant kills Mirror!Brunt, she betrays her and saves the Ferengi.]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: She's a true mercenary, which has not endeared her to the rebellion. [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out she's working for her lover, the Intendant.]]
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[[folder:Bashir]]
A violent Terran member of the rebellion.
* EvilCounterpart: He's how "our" Bashir would be if his arrogance and lust for adventure were not tempered by his doctor-compassion and general chivalry. Which leads to potential FridgeHorror if one speculates Mirror!Bashir ''also'' has genetic enhancements....
* NumberTwo: By "The Emperor's New Cloak", he has become this to Smiley.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Out of all the member of the rebellion, he tends to favor the most brutal answers to problems.
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[[folder:Jadzia]]
A Trill member of the rebellion and Mirror!Sisko's mistress.
* ActionGirl: It's implied that she's just as capable of kicking ass as her normal universe counterpart.
* DroppedABridgeOnHer: She's killed off between Mirror Universe episodes.
* McLeaned: She was killed off because Terry Farrel left the show.
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[[folder:Quark]]
A subversive bartender on Terok Nor.
* ArrestedForHeroism: He's beaten and executed for helping Terran slaves escape from Terok Nor.
* TheBartender: Like standard universe Quark, he runs a bar aboard Terok Nor.
* EvilCounterpart: Inverted. He's much like Quark, except that he embodies more courage and compassion by quietly trying to help the slaves.
* SlaveLiberation
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[[folder:Rom]]
Quark's brother and a member of the rebellion.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: [[spoiler:His ultimate fate is ending up pinned to a door with a spike.]]
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:He pretends to rat out Sisko and Smiley to the Intendant so he can get an escape ship for them. Unfortunately, Gul Garak sees through this.]]
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[[folder:Nog]]
Rom's unscrupulous son.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Unlike most Ferengi, he's pretty good in a fight.
* {{Jerkass}}: In addition to being quite abrasive, he has no issue with the Alliance killing his family, as it allows him to inherit the bar.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:The Intendant kills him after he mentions that he's the only one who knows she's escaped.]]
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[[folder:Brunt]]
Mirror!Ezri's partner in crime.
* IncompatibleOrientation: He's in love with Mirror!Ezri, who, in Brunt's words is "very selective when it comes to men." Brunt has long since accepted it though.
* MoralityPet: To Mirror!Ezri. [[spoiler:His death at the hands of the Intendant convinces her to pull a HeelFaceTurn.]]
* NiceGuy: In a jarring contrast to his [[SmugSnake normal universe counterpart]], Mirror!Brunt is quite possibly the nicest person in the Mirror Universe.
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[[folder:Tuvok]]
A Vulcan member of the resistance.
* TheCameo: His normal universe counterpart is the tactical officer on [[Series/StarTrekVoyager the U.S.S. Voyager.]] Tuvok is the only character from ''Voyager'' whose mirror universe counterpart is accounted for.
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[[folder:Vic]]
One of Mirror!Ezri's minions. Unlike his normal universe counterpart. Mirror!Vic is not a hologram.
* MindScrew: The normal universe characters are completely baffled as to how Vic could even exist in the first place.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He is killed by Mirror!Bashir shortly after his first appearance, mostly so Rom will realize how different the Mirror!Universe is.
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[[folder:Leeta]]
A Bajoran living on Terek Nor.
* HomoeroticSubtext: Promises to 'debrief' Ezri, who entirely willing to play along.
* ShipTease: She and Mirror!Ezri were last seen flirting with one another.
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