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Character page for the 1960s British TV show ''Series/TheAvengers'' and its sequel series ''The New Avengers''.
For an index of the actors and actresses who have a dedicated page, see [[UsefulNotes/TheAvengersActors here]].
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!Original Characters
!!!'''Original Avengers'''
[[folder:David Keel]]
!!Dr. David Keel
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/IanHendry (1961)
A medical doctor who investigated the murder of his fiancée and office receptionist Peggy by a drug ring. A stranger named John Steed, who was investigating the ring, appeared and together they set out to avenge her death in the first two episodes, hence the show's title (which would rapidly become an ArtifactTitle). Afterwards, Steed asked Keel to partner him as needed to solve crimes.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: He was the first major protagonist of ''The Avengers'', before Steed. Ian Hendry was considered the star of the series' first season, receiving top billing over Patrick Macnee, Steed did not appear in two episodes and there was no regular female partner.
* {{Revenge}}: He's driven by the need to avenge his fiancée in the first two episodes, hence the show's title.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:John Steed]]
!!John Wickham Gascoyne Beresford Steed
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Mrs. Peel, we're needed!"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/PatrickMacnee (1961-1977), Simon Oates (1971 stage play)
A British army veteran of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and agent working for an unnamed branch of the British secret services. In the first season, he investigated a drug ring and helped to avenge the fiancée of Dr. David Keel (hence the series' title, which would quickly become an ArtifactTitle). Steed then asked Keel to partner with him to solve crimes.
Following Keel's departure, Steed continued to investigate crimes and mysterious cases in the service of Her Majesty with the help of various recurring female partners. He also considerably refined his persona and fashion taste, to the point of becoming a QuintessentialBritishGentleman.
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* {{Adorkable}}: He's especially funny and adorable when he fails at doing something mundane while Emma Peel watches and laughs.
* AgentsDating: Even though nothing overtly romantic ever comes out of it (save for the Tara King era), he regularly invites his female partners on dates, for dinners especially.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Steed is a ''very'' well dressed secret agent, and knows how to kick ass.
* BadassInDistress: On a few occasions it's up to his female partners to rescue him.
* BattleCouple: With Cathy Gale, then with Emma Peel and finally with Tara King.
* BreakoutCharacter: He was not the main protagonist of the show in the first season, he became this following David Keel's departure.
* CatchPhrase: "Mrs. Peel, we're needed!" - He uses this to call for Emma Peel's help [[OncePerEpisode at the start of every episode]] in the show's first colored seasons, as she's always busy with her hobbies. [[RunningGag He always delivers it to Emma in unexpected ways]], be it through signs, arrows or even appearing in her TV. Laurie Johnson composed a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES65qPT92Qc special theme]] for this very sequence.
* CombatPragmatist: A producer's write-up to guide writers of episodes specifically stated that "Steed fights like a cad and uses every dirty trick in the book".
* {{Cool Car}}s: He has a nice collection of vintage cars. From the fourth season on, Steed's signature cars were six vintage green 1926–1928 Bentley racing or town cars, including Blower Bentleys and Bentley Speed Sixes (although, uniquely, in "The Thirteenth Hole" he drives a Vauxhall 30-98). In the final season he drove two yellow Rolls Royces -- a 1923 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost and a 1927 Rolls Royce New Phantom.
* CulturedBadass: He kicks much ass throughout the series while remaining a refined and well-mannered gentleman, being knowledgable on a wide range of subjects and enjoying fine wines and collecting old-fashioned cars.
* DashinglyDapperDerby: Perhaps the most famous bowler hat wearer in TV fiction.
* DeadpanSnarker: He always exchanges witty quips with his female partners, especially with Emma Peel.
* GentlemanSnarker: He never runs out of elegant wit.
* GreatDetective: He can go to holmesian lengths to solve a case, even though it can lead him nowhere.
* IconicOutfit: His tailor-made costumes, bowler hat and umbrella.
* LastNameBasis: Everyone always addresses him by "Steed" or "Mr. Steed".
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: He enjoys very refined (and expensive) things in life, such as fine wines (Champagne in particular), and he owns an old cars collection.
* NamedByTheadaptation: The "Wickham Gascoyne Beresford" parts of his name were never pronounced in the series. They originated in the 1971 stage play that was written by Brian Clemens and Terence Feely and starred Simon Oates as Steed.
* NiceGuy: A genuinely charming, polite and well-mannered QuintessentialBritishGentleman... but if you're one of the bad guys, BewareTheNiceOnes.
* NiceHat: His iconic [[DashinglyDapperDerby bowler hat]].
* {{Old Friend}}s: He knows a lot of old acquaintances, and they're generally doomed.
* ParasolOfPain: Steed's iconic umbrella conceals a SwordCane, but he doesn't always feel the need to draw it.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Especially blatant with Emma Peel.
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: British, polite, charming and [[CulturedBadass a force to be reckoned with]].
* ResemblanceReveal: In Mrs. Peel's last episode, her missing husband turned out to be still alive. He didn't appear in person until the final scene, at which point he was revealed to look exactly like Steed. What this might imply about Emma's reasons for hanging around with Steed for years was left as an exercise for the viewer.
* SharpDressedMan: According to the book ''Reading between Designs'' by Piers D. Britton and Simon J. Barker, Patrick Macnee himself designed Steed's suits with the help of tailor Bailey and Weatherill of Regent Street (London).
* ShoePhone: His umbrella contains knock-out gas.
* SwordCane: He has a sword concealed within his umbrella.
* WeaponizedHeadgear: His bowler hat is steel-lined, which makes it useful as a bludgeon.
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[[folder:Cathy Gale]]
!!Dr. Catherine "Cathy" Gale
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"So much for the 'homme fatal'..."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/HonorBlackman (1962-1964)
John Steed's first regular female partner. A native of London, married a farmer in Africa and there learned to hunt, fight and take care of herself. When her husband was killed, Gale returned to London to earn a [=Ph.D.=] in anthropology.
She was the curator of a museum when she first encountered Steed and decided to work alongside him. She is also engaged in charities.
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* ActionGirl: Even though she's much less remembered, she came before Emma Peel and she's very much an UrExample of this for western television. She has a black belt in jujutsu.
* HellBentForLeather: She has a strong penchant for leather suits. So much so that some versions of the series' title, the French one most notably, mention "Leather Boots".
* IconicOutfit: Her leather suits.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Her partnership with Steed never went overtly romantic. It was her who taught him to respect women, actually.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Emma Peel]]
!!Emma Peel, née Knight
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I suppose Mother warned you about women like me?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/DianaRigg (1964-1968)
The daughter of an English industrialist, Sir John Knight. A certified genius, she specializes in chemistry and had success in industry at the helm of her family's company in her 20s. Her husband, Peter Peel, was a pilot whose plane disappeared over the Amazonian forest. She is a master of martial arts and a formidable fencer.
Her hobbies include a penchant for artistic activities... and for mystery and action too, as John Steed regularly calls her to work with him on mysterious or improbable cases. Thus she became Steed's second regular female partner, and the most famous.
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* ActionGirl: One of western television's first and prime examples. She is a skilled martial artist, as many villains she faces find out the hard way.
* {{Adorkable}}: On occasion when she is indulging in her hobbies (or imitating the sound of a machine gun in the "Strange Case of the Missing Corpse" promo short).
* BrainyBrunette: She has degrees in chemistry and ran her family's industries with much success when she was barely in her 20s. Furthermore, she's very helpful to Steed when it comes to solve mysteries and whatever problem gets in their way.
* CoolCar: Her [[http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/attachments/f3/195941d1353546963-lotus-did-mrs-peel-drive-avengers-avengers_1.jpg Lotus Elan convertibles]] (a white 1964 and a powder blue 1966), which, like her clothes, emphasized her independence and vitality.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Professor Keller (from "The House that Jack Built") was already a nutcase before Emma fired him from her company because of his unethical and downright mad projects. He then plotted a diabolical revenge against her.
* DeadpanSnarker: The series has become particularly renowned for the witty quips exchanges between her and Steed.
* GivenNameReveal: Her maiden name, 'Knight', is revealed in the 1965 episode "The House That Jack Built".
* HellBentForLeather: Continuing the trend initiated by Cathy Gale, she occasionally wore leather suits in her first black and white seasons, before shifting to flashier suits in her colored seasons.
* IconicOutfit: Her leather suits and leather boots in the black-and-white episodes, then her avant-garde fashion in the following colored seasons.
** She only wore it once, but her Queen of Sin costume from "A Touch of Brimstone" is also fondly remembered. Diana Rigg designed it herself.
* JumpedAtTheCall: She never hesitates to help Steed, particularly when he calls for her help ("We're needed!") in her colored era.
* LadyOfAdventure: 1960s version. Her main motivation to work on cases with Steed seems to be a need for adventure.
* LovingDetails: When she departs in "The Forget-Me-Knot", she meets her replacement, Tara King, in the stairs. A little wistfully, Emma tells Tara about Steed "He likes his tea stirred anticlockwise".
* MeaningfulName: One can read "appeal" in her name quite easily.
* NiceGirl: Just like Steed, she's well-mannered and always polite, and the couple they form showcases perfect chemistry without ever becoming too romantic.
* NonIdleRich: She's from a family of rich industrialists and never hesitates to help Steed investigate.
* OfCorsetsSexy: Famously sported one in "A Touch of Brimstone" as part of her Queen of Sin outfit.
* PartTimeHero: She's shown pursuing numerous hobbies that suggest she is rather lonely since the disappearance of her husband. No wonder she always looks happy to be solving mysteries with Steed.
* PassingTheTorch: Her staircase scene with Steed's new partner in "The Forget-Me-Knot", Tara King, can be considered as one.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Her perfect chemistry with Steed never went overtly romantic. She eventually departed when she found out her husband was still alive.
* SpyCatsuit: One of the earliest examples in spy fiction, even though it has more to do with her personal fashion tastes than with mission purposes.
* SwordFight: In addition to martial arts, she is also a skilled fencer.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: She never wears the same outfit twice between episodes. Heck, she's very much a walking mid-[[TheSixties 1960s]] avant-garde clothing catalog on her own.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tara King]]
!!Tara King / Agent 69
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Mother sent me!"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/LindaThorson (1968-1969)
John Steed's last female partner in the original series, and the youngest. Unlike Steed's previous partners, very few things are known about her background. She enlisted at an early age in the Intelligence Service as a trainee, under the number 69.
She considers Steed as an idol, and she is very much infatuated with him.
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* ActionGirl: Just as Steed's previous partners, if a bit clumsier.
* AgentsDating: Unlike the partnerships with Cathy Gale and Emma Peel, Steed and Tara were shown in unambiguously romantic scenarios, and both actors have indicated their belief that the two were in an off-screen MayDecemberRomance.
* BoyishShortHair: Occasionally. Most notably in the show's opening credits of her era.
* CoolCar: She drove an AC 428 and a Lotus Europa.
* DamselInDistress: She gets regularly kidnapped (either [[TapOnTheHead bludgeoned]] or [[InstantSedation sedated with choloroform]]). It doesn't prevent her from regularly being a DamselOutOfDistress though.
* HandbagOfHurt: She puts a brick in her handbag and uses it to great effect against mooks in "The Forget-Me-Knot".
* ImprovisedWeapon: She often uses whatever things she can get her hands on to fight, to great effects. Such as a brick in a handbag.
* ShesGotLegs: Many of her outfits are just excuses to showcase her nice legs. Steed's previous partners' legs never had as much screentime as hers, if they were shown at all.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: Much like Emma Peel was a walking mid-[[TheSixties 1960s]] avant-garde clothing catalog, Tara is one for the late 1960s.
[[/folder]]
!!!'''Supporting Characters'''
[[folder:Mother]]
!!Mother
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->'''Played by:''' Patrick Newell (1968-1969)
The chief of the British secret service John Steed and Tara King belong to. He was introduced in the 1968 episode "The Forget-Me-Knot", at the time of Emma Peel's departure, and would appear throughout the Tara King era.
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* CodeName: "Mother", naturally.
* CoolCar: Occasionally appeared in a silver Rolls-Royce.
* TheGhost: He was referred to since at least Emma Peel's first episode in late 1964 but appeared much later, in "The Forget-Me-Knot" in 1968, becoming a recurring character of the Tara King era.
* HomeBase: He sometimes summons Steed in what could be best described as "excentric" headquarters, such as a [[UnderwaterBase base under a river]] or in a double-decker bus.
* LargeAndInCharge: He is fat, and he is the head of a secret service.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Steed converses with him like he has always been part of the show (he was actually mentioned as early as Emma Peel stepped in), but he was one of the latest additions to the original show.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rhonda]]
!!Rhonda
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->'''Played by:''' Rhonda Parker (1968-1969)
Mother's personal aid.
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* TheSpeechless[=/=]TheVoiceless: She never speaks.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's six feet tall.
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!!!'''Notable Villains'''
[[folder:Dr. Armstrong]]
!!Dr. Clement Armstrong
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Exactly. Government by automation!"'']]
->'''Appears in:''' "The Cybernauts"
->'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelGough
A genius scientist in the fields of automation and burgeoning computer science. He also created the [[KillerRobot Cybernauts]], and intends to establish a rule of machines over humanity.
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* EvilCripple: He moves around in an automatic wheelchair.
* EvilGenius: A brilliant and visionary automation scientist, with very unethical projects.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He is killed by one of his own Cybernauts.
* MadScientist: He thinks computers make "better decisions" than human beings.
* SuperWheelchair: He has all sorts of buttons on his wheelchair, which allows him to control various things in his automated office and factory, such as music, elevators, sliding doors and the Cybernauts.
* VillainousBreakdown: He has one as he finds out he can't control his Cybernauts anymore once Steed tricks them into fighting each other. [[TooDumbToLive He gets too close of the fight]] trying to stop them, leading to his death.
* VillainsWithGoodPublicity: He is a renowned genius and the head of a renowned automation company.
* VisionaryVillain: He basically intends to establish a dictature of artificial intelligence to rule over humanity and sees it as a logical path to follow. He also has plans to design small, complex computers, [[TechnologyMarchesOn which was seen as visionary / science-fiction back then]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cybernauts]]
!!The Cybernauts
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->'''Appear in:''' "The Cybernauts" | "Return of the Cybernauts" | "The Last of the Cybernauts" (''The New Avengers'' episode)
->''"I think you will agree, the automated assassin was a stroke of genius. Loyal, obedient and extremely efficient."''
-->-- '''Dr. Clement Armstrong'''
Cybernauts are humanoid robots created by Dr. Clement Armstrong to serve him. They are mostly employed for assassinations and kidnappings, and they are quite unstoppable.
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* AttackDrone: Roger, the first Cybernaut, is compared to a "guided missile" in that it is programmed to kill targets who carry a pen with a concealed homing device Armstrong offered to them beforehand. In "The Last of the Cybernauts", they are practically walking drones since Kane remote-controls them.
* BadassLongcoat: When Cybernauts are sent on operation outside, they are always dressed with a black longcoat, a [[NiceHat black hat]] and [[CoolShades sunglasses]] to conceal them as much as possible.
* ChromeChampion: They look like chromed humanoids.
* HellIsThatNoise: They emit a distinctive "swish" sound when chopping with their arms, to emphasize their strength and the real threat they are.
* ImmuneToBullets: By virtue of being made of steel.
* ImplacableMan: When they're searching for a target, virtually nothing can stop them.
* KillerRobot: A karate chop-like strike of their steel arms on the neck is enough to kill or knock out their targets.
* NoSell: See ImmuneToBullets.
** In "The Last of the Cybernauts", Mike Gambit tries to karate-chop the head of Kane's remote-controlled Cybernaut. Needless to say, this ends rather painfully for Gambit's hand.
* TheRemnant: A few years after Armstrong's death, Paul Beresford finds a Cybernaut and plans revenge on John Steed and Emma Peel with it. A decade later, Felix Kane finds out Armstrong had a whole secret cache of remote-controlled Cybernauts and uses them to plan his revenge on Steed and the New Avengers for his crippling.
* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: Roger (Armstrong's first Cybernaut) needs a [[TrackingDevice homing device]] on his target to follow and kill it while the second one he created has a "brain of its own". Steed tricks them into fighting each other by putting the homing device pen on the second Cybernaut. Roger gains the upper hand by kicking the "electronic brain" out of the other Cybernaut's head, and Armstrong is killed in the brawl.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:John Cartney]]
!!The Honorable John Cleverly Cartney
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->'''Appears in:''' "A Touch of Brimstone"
->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterWyngarde
An aristocrat who heads the Hellfire Club, an organization based upon dressing up in old costumes and engaging in orgiastic rituals and which thrives in "ultimate sins".
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* AristocratsAreEvil: An upper class man who's a threat to international relations and leads an evil cult.
* TheCasanova: He's a suave womanizer.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Falls to his death victim of his own "Circle of Justice" trap after accidentally pulling its torch lever with his whip while trying to hurt Emma.
* ThePrankster: He sets up various pranks to ridicule important international figures.
* VillainousCrush: He is attracted to Emma Peel at first.
* WickedCultured: He's a ManOfWealthAndTaste, plays the piano and he's [[AffablyEvil well-mannered]].
* WhipItGood: He uses a whip against Emma in the episode's climax.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Professor Keller]]
!!Professor Jack Keller
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"The machine is not only man's equal, but his superior! I will prove it to you!"'']]
->'''Appears in:''' "The House that Jack Built"
->'''Played by:''' Michael Goodliffe
A deranged automation technology engineer with a colossal grudge against Emma Peel, who fired him back when she was the head of Knight Industries. He turned a house into a giant computerized mousetrap to drive Emma insane.
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* BestServedCold: It took him more than a decade to put his revenge in motion.
* EvilGenius: Just as Dr. Armstrong, he is a brilliant and visionary automation / computer science engineer with very unethical goals.
* MadScientist: He firmly believes in the replacement of man by machines.
* {{Revenge}}: He patiently plotted one against Emma after she fired him from her company.
* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: He turned a house into a giant automated / computerized trap for Emma Peel. He designed it to [[DrivenToMadness drive her insane]] and even built a GasChamber in case she would consider [[DrivenToSuicide killing herself]] rather than being slowly driven mad.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He amassed a lot of informations about Emma, pictures of her as well as objects that belonged to her, and built a creepy exhibition for Emma with them inside the house, going as far as putting an obituary for her at the end of it.
* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: [[spoiler:He designed computers to answer to Emma after his death should she ask questions, and the first ones she meets answer [[TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat quite accurately]] to her questions with pre-recorded videos and Keller's voice.]]
* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler:He is [[DeadAllAlong already dead]] and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay mummified in a glass box]] when Emma steps into the house.]]
* VisionaryVillain: He is not unsimilar to Dr. Armstrong with his ideas to replace / dominate man with machines.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Paul Beresford]]
!!Paul Beresford
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->'''Appears in:''' "Return of the Cybernauts"
->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterCushing
An upper class man who befriends Steed and Emma Peel, and even flirts with the latter. Unbeknownst to them, he is the brother of Professor Clement Armstrong, and plots a diabolical revenge against them for his brother's death, using one of the latter's creations, a Cybernaut, and {{Kidnapped Scientist}}s.
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* AvengingTheVillain: Wants to avenge the death of his brother.
* DirtyOldMan: As he [[PeoplePuppets controls Emma like a puppet]], he says she is now submitted to "his every will, his every wish". God only knows what he means...
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Steed tricks the scientists into putting the mind-controlling bracelet on the Cybernaut's arm, which sends the robot on an uncontrolable frenzy. The Cybernaut ends up killing Beresford with a deadly BearHug.
* MindControlDevice: One of the scientists he kidnapped designs a mind-controlling bracelet, basically turning anyone who wears it into a [[PeoplePuppets zombified puppet]], a "human Cybernaut" in Beresford's words.
* TheReveal: He is the brother of Professor Clement Armstrong.
* {{Revenge}}: He uses a Cybernaut and [[KidnappedScientist kidnaps a bunch of scientists]] to plot a diabolical revenge against the Avengers.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: He could have opted to simply kill Emma and Steed with the Cybernaut, but he wanted a more cruel and sadistic fate for them. Which led him to his demise.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Winged Avenger]]
!!Arnie Packer / The Winged Avenger
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I am the ideal of vengeance against those who the law cannot touch!"'']]
->'''Appears in:''' "The Winged Avenger"
->'''Played by:''' Neil Hallett
A comic book author who was wronged by his publisher and went mad, becoming the very comic book character he created. He goes on a killing spree against {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, his publisher being his first victim.
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* AnimalMotifs: A bird of prey.
* BecomingTheMask: He's become so mad that he practically thinks he is the comic book avenger he created.
* BloodlessCarnage: Since he claws people to death, one would expect to see blood. [[ViolenceIsDisturbing The show's nature didn't allow for it]], of course.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Falls down to his death from a window after Steed hits him with a comic cardboard.
* EatTheRich: He attacks {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, mainly.
* FeatheredFiend: A SerialKiller with a giant bird of prey disguise.
* {{Revenge}}: Against publishers who stripped him of any profit on his own comic book.
* SerialKiller: Kills several people who wronged him in a row.
* ShoutOut: The episode as a whole is a spoof of the very popular and campy ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series which aired at the same time as the first season in colors of ''The Avengers'', right down to a MusicalPastiche of that series' theme tune and {{Written Sound Effect}}s.
* WallCrawl: He uses special adhesive boots that allow their wearer to walk on walls and even on ceilings.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Z. Z. von Schnerk]]
!!Z. Z. von Schnerk
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->'''Appears in:''' "Epic"
->'''Played by:''' Kenneth J. Warren
A mad producer and film director who is obsessed with Emma Peel and wants to create a SnuffFilm starring her.
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* AffablyEvil: He is full of reverence and admiration for Emma Peel, and plans to kill her for his art.
* BaldOfEvil: He is hairless and plans to kill Emma.
* LastWords: As he's fatally shot, he puts his hand on his camera, utters "Cut!" and dies.
* MadArtist: A mad filmmaker.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His job, germanity, mannerisms and general look are pretty clearly a spoof of director Creator/ErichVonStroheim.
* NoNameGiven: There's no indication of what his double "Z" means.
* SnuffFilm: He wants to film an epic starring Emma... with real danger coming to her, and wants her to die for real as an apotheosis for the film.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: His obsession about Emma is driven by a need of magnifiying her on screen, then providing her a DyingMomentOfAwesome for real.
* TheVonTropeFamily: '''von''' Schnerk.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Stewart Kirby]]
!!Stewart Kirby
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->'''Appears in:''' "Epic"
->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterWyngarde
A washed up actor who helps out Z. Z. von Schnerk on his SnuffFilm project starring Emma Peel.
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* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: He changes costumes and makeups pretty fast between the various film scenes Emma is forced into.
* CoDragons: Forms the two underlings of von Schnerk with Damita Syn.
* IronButtmonkey: Gets his ass kicked by Emma in several of the movie scenes Emma is forced into, and yet he keeps coming back as different characters while von Schnerk films it all.
* LargeHam: He hams it up in practically every movie scene he has to play for von Schnerk.
[[/folder]]
!New Avengers Characters
!!!'''New Avengers'''
[[folder:Purdey]]
!!Purdey
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/JoannaLumley
A British intelligence agent and former ballet dancer, Purdey is a martial arts (learned, according to her, during her time with the Royal Ballet, of which she was expelled for being, still according to her, "too tall") and marksmanship expert.
Purdey sees Steed as an attractive, yet fatherly figure, and there is also ongoing banter and playful flirting between her and Mike Gambit (although the series never indicated anything more in her relationship with either man).
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* ActionGirl: Like all of Steed's previous partners.
* BoyishShortHair: The bowl cut is one of her most distinctive features. It was requested by Joanna Lumley herself.
* CompositeCharacter: She is essentially a combination of all of Steed's previous female partners.
* TheGunslinger: She is an expert markswoman.
* MeaningfulName: Joanna Lumley is credited with suggesting the character be named Purdey after James Purdey & Sons, a famous shotgun manufacturer.
* OnlyOneName: During the two-year run of ''The New Avengers'', no other name was ever given to her and it was never revealed on screen whether "Purdey" was her first or last name.
* ShesGotLegs: And she kicks much ass with them.
* ShowSomeLeg: She is often called upon to use her feminine attributes to distract villains.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Gambit.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gambit]]
!!Michael "Mike" Gambit
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->'''Played by:''' Gareth Hunt
A former Major in the Parachute Regiment who also had a short-lived career as a race car driver.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Purdey, very much so.
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For an index of the actors and actresses who have a dedicated page, see [[UsefulNotes/TheAvengersActors here]].
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[[foldercontrol]]
!Original Characters
!!!'''Original Avengers'''
[[folder:David Keel]]
!!Dr. David Keel
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/IanHendry (1961)
A medical doctor who investigated the murder of his fiancée and office receptionist Peggy by a drug ring. A stranger named John Steed, who was investigating the ring, appeared and together they set out to avenge her death in the first two episodes, hence the show's title (which would rapidly become an ArtifactTitle). Afterwards, Steed asked Keel to partner him as needed to solve crimes.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: He was the first major protagonist of ''The Avengers'', before Steed. Ian Hendry was considered the star of the series' first season, receiving top billing over Patrick Macnee, Steed did not appear in two episodes and there was no regular female partner.
* {{Revenge}}: He's driven by the need to avenge his fiancée in the first two episodes, hence the show's title.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:John Steed]]
!!John Wickham Gascoyne Beresford Steed
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Mrs. Peel, we're needed!"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/PatrickMacnee (1961-1977), Simon Oates (1971 stage play)
A British army veteran of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and agent working for an unnamed branch of the British secret services. In the first season, he investigated a drug ring and helped to avenge the fiancée of Dr. David Keel (hence the series' title, which would quickly become an ArtifactTitle). Steed then asked Keel to partner with him to solve crimes.
Following Keel's departure, Steed continued to investigate crimes and mysterious cases in the service of Her Majesty with the help of various recurring female partners. He also considerably refined his persona and fashion taste, to the point of becoming a QuintessentialBritishGentleman.
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* {{Adorkable}}: He's especially funny and adorable when he fails at doing something mundane while Emma Peel watches and laughs.
* AgentsDating: Even though nothing overtly romantic ever comes out of it (save for the Tara King era), he regularly invites his female partners on dates, for dinners especially.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Steed is a ''very'' well dressed secret agent, and knows how to kick ass.
* BadassInDistress: On a few occasions it's up to his female partners to rescue him.
* BattleCouple: With Cathy Gale, then with Emma Peel and finally with Tara King.
* BreakoutCharacter: He was not the main protagonist of the show in the first season, he became this following David Keel's departure.
* CatchPhrase: "Mrs. Peel, we're needed!" - He uses this to call for Emma Peel's help [[OncePerEpisode at the start of every episode]] in the show's first colored seasons, as she's always busy with her hobbies. [[RunningGag He always delivers it to Emma in unexpected ways]], be it through signs, arrows or even appearing in her TV. Laurie Johnson composed a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES65qPT92Qc special theme]] for this very sequence.
* CombatPragmatist: A producer's write-up to guide writers of episodes specifically stated that "Steed fights like a cad and uses every dirty trick in the book".
* {{Cool Car}}s: He has a nice collection of vintage cars. From the fourth season on, Steed's signature cars were six vintage green 1926–1928 Bentley racing or town cars, including Blower Bentleys and Bentley Speed Sixes (although, uniquely, in "The Thirteenth Hole" he drives a Vauxhall 30-98). In the final season he drove two yellow Rolls Royces -- a 1923 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost and a 1927 Rolls Royce New Phantom.
* CulturedBadass: He kicks much ass throughout the series while remaining a refined and well-mannered gentleman, being knowledgable on a wide range of subjects and enjoying fine wines and collecting old-fashioned cars.
* DashinglyDapperDerby: Perhaps the most famous bowler hat wearer in TV fiction.
* DeadpanSnarker: He always exchanges witty quips with his female partners, especially with Emma Peel.
* GentlemanSnarker: He never runs out of elegant wit.
* GreatDetective: He can go to holmesian lengths to solve a case, even though it can lead him nowhere.
* IconicOutfit: His tailor-made costumes, bowler hat and umbrella.
* LastNameBasis: Everyone always addresses him by "Steed" or "Mr. Steed".
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: He enjoys very refined (and expensive) things in life, such as fine wines (Champagne in particular), and he owns an old cars collection.
* NamedByTheadaptation: The "Wickham Gascoyne Beresford" parts of his name were never pronounced in the series. They originated in the 1971 stage play that was written by Brian Clemens and Terence Feely and starred Simon Oates as Steed.
* NiceGuy: A genuinely charming, polite and well-mannered QuintessentialBritishGentleman... but if you're one of the bad guys, BewareTheNiceOnes.
* NiceHat: His iconic [[DashinglyDapperDerby bowler hat]].
* {{Old Friend}}s: He knows a lot of old acquaintances, and they're generally doomed.
* ParasolOfPain: Steed's iconic umbrella conceals a SwordCane, but he doesn't always feel the need to draw it.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Especially blatant with Emma Peel.
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: British, polite, charming and [[CulturedBadass a force to be reckoned with]].
* ResemblanceReveal: In Mrs. Peel's last episode, her missing husband turned out to be still alive. He didn't appear in person until the final scene, at which point he was revealed to look exactly like Steed. What this might imply about Emma's reasons for hanging around with Steed for years was left as an exercise for the viewer.
* SharpDressedMan: According to the book ''Reading between Designs'' by Piers D. Britton and Simon J. Barker, Patrick Macnee himself designed Steed's suits with the help of tailor Bailey and Weatherill of Regent Street (London).
* ShoePhone: His umbrella contains knock-out gas.
* SwordCane: He has a sword concealed within his umbrella.
* WeaponizedHeadgear: His bowler hat is steel-lined, which makes it useful as a bludgeon.
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[[folder:Cathy Gale]]
!!Dr. Catherine "Cathy" Gale
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"So much for the 'homme fatal'..."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/HonorBlackman (1962-1964)
John Steed's first regular female partner. A native of London, married a farmer in Africa and there learned to hunt, fight and take care of herself. When her husband was killed, Gale returned to London to earn a [=Ph.D.=] in anthropology.
She was the curator of a museum when she first encountered Steed and decided to work alongside him. She is also engaged in charities.
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* ActionGirl: Even though she's much less remembered, she came before Emma Peel and she's very much an UrExample of this for western television. She has a black belt in jujutsu.
* HellBentForLeather: She has a strong penchant for leather suits. So much so that some versions of the series' title, the French one most notably, mention "Leather Boots".
* IconicOutfit: Her leather suits.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Her partnership with Steed never went overtly romantic. It was her who taught him to respect women, actually.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Emma Peel]]
!!Emma Peel, née Knight
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I suppose Mother warned you about women like me?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/DianaRigg (1964-1968)
The daughter of an English industrialist, Sir John Knight. A certified genius, she specializes in chemistry and had success in industry at the helm of her family's company in her 20s. Her husband, Peter Peel, was a pilot whose plane disappeared over the Amazonian forest. She is a master of martial arts and a formidable fencer.
Her hobbies include a penchant for artistic activities... and for mystery and action too, as John Steed regularly calls her to work with him on mysterious or improbable cases. Thus she became Steed's second regular female partner, and the most famous.
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* ActionGirl: One of western television's first and prime examples. She is a skilled martial artist, as many villains she faces find out the hard way.
* {{Adorkable}}: On occasion when she is indulging in her hobbies (or imitating the sound of a machine gun in the "Strange Case of the Missing Corpse" promo short).
* BrainyBrunette: She has degrees in chemistry and ran her family's industries with much success when she was barely in her 20s. Furthermore, she's very helpful to Steed when it comes to solve mysteries and whatever problem gets in their way.
* CoolCar: Her [[http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/attachments/f3/195941d1353546963-lotus-did-mrs-peel-drive-avengers-avengers_1.jpg Lotus Elan convertibles]] (a white 1964 and a powder blue 1966), which, like her clothes, emphasized her independence and vitality.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Professor Keller (from "The House that Jack Built") was already a nutcase before Emma fired him from her company because of his unethical and downright mad projects. He then plotted a diabolical revenge against her.
* DeadpanSnarker: The series has become particularly renowned for the witty quips exchanges between her and Steed.
* GivenNameReveal: Her maiden name, 'Knight', is revealed in the 1965 episode "The House That Jack Built".
* HellBentForLeather: Continuing the trend initiated by Cathy Gale, she occasionally wore leather suits in her first black and white seasons, before shifting to flashier suits in her colored seasons.
* IconicOutfit: Her leather suits and leather boots in the black-and-white episodes, then her avant-garde fashion in the following colored seasons.
** She only wore it once, but her Queen of Sin costume from "A Touch of Brimstone" is also fondly remembered. Diana Rigg designed it herself.
* JumpedAtTheCall: She never hesitates to help Steed, particularly when he calls for her help ("We're needed!") in her colored era.
* LadyOfAdventure: 1960s version. Her main motivation to work on cases with Steed seems to be a need for adventure.
* LovingDetails: When she departs in "The Forget-Me-Knot", she meets her replacement, Tara King, in the stairs. A little wistfully, Emma tells Tara about Steed "He likes his tea stirred anticlockwise".
* MeaningfulName: One can read "appeal" in her name quite easily.
* NiceGirl: Just like Steed, she's well-mannered and always polite, and the couple they form showcases perfect chemistry without ever becoming too romantic.
* NonIdleRich: She's from a family of rich industrialists and never hesitates to help Steed investigate.
* OfCorsetsSexy: Famously sported one in "A Touch of Brimstone" as part of her Queen of Sin outfit.
* PartTimeHero: She's shown pursuing numerous hobbies that suggest she is rather lonely since the disappearance of her husband. No wonder she always looks happy to be solving mysteries with Steed.
* PassingTheTorch: Her staircase scene with Steed's new partner in "The Forget-Me-Knot", Tara King, can be considered as one.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Her perfect chemistry with Steed never went overtly romantic. She eventually departed when she found out her husband was still alive.
* SpyCatsuit: One of the earliest examples in spy fiction, even though it has more to do with her personal fashion tastes than with mission purposes.
* SwordFight: In addition to martial arts, she is also a skilled fencer.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: She never wears the same outfit twice between episodes. Heck, she's very much a walking mid-[[TheSixties 1960s]] avant-garde clothing catalog on her own.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tara King]]
!!Tara King / Agent 69
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Mother sent me!"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/LindaThorson (1968-1969)
John Steed's last female partner in the original series, and the youngest. Unlike Steed's previous partners, very few things are known about her background. She enlisted at an early age in the Intelligence Service as a trainee, under the number 69.
She considers Steed as an idol, and she is very much infatuated with him.
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* ActionGirl: Just as Steed's previous partners, if a bit clumsier.
* AgentsDating: Unlike the partnerships with Cathy Gale and Emma Peel, Steed and Tara were shown in unambiguously romantic scenarios, and both actors have indicated their belief that the two were in an off-screen MayDecemberRomance.
* BoyishShortHair: Occasionally. Most notably in the show's opening credits of her era.
* CoolCar: She drove an AC 428 and a Lotus Europa.
* DamselInDistress: She gets regularly kidnapped (either [[TapOnTheHead bludgeoned]] or [[InstantSedation sedated with choloroform]]). It doesn't prevent her from regularly being a DamselOutOfDistress though.
* HandbagOfHurt: She puts a brick in her handbag and uses it to great effect against mooks in "The Forget-Me-Knot".
* ImprovisedWeapon: She often uses whatever things she can get her hands on to fight, to great effects. Such as a brick in a handbag.
* ShesGotLegs: Many of her outfits are just excuses to showcase her nice legs. Steed's previous partners' legs never had as much screentime as hers, if they were shown at all.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: Much like Emma Peel was a walking mid-[[TheSixties 1960s]] avant-garde clothing catalog, Tara is one for the late 1960s.
[[/folder]]
!!!'''Supporting Characters'''
[[folder:Mother]]
!!Mother
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->'''Played by:''' Patrick Newell (1968-1969)
The chief of the British secret service John Steed and Tara King belong to. He was introduced in the 1968 episode "The Forget-Me-Knot", at the time of Emma Peel's departure, and would appear throughout the Tara King era.
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* CodeName: "Mother", naturally.
* CoolCar: Occasionally appeared in a silver Rolls-Royce.
* TheGhost: He was referred to since at least Emma Peel's first episode in late 1964 but appeared much later, in "The Forget-Me-Knot" in 1968, becoming a recurring character of the Tara King era.
* HomeBase: He sometimes summons Steed in what could be best described as "excentric" headquarters, such as a [[UnderwaterBase base under a river]] or in a double-decker bus.
* LargeAndInCharge: He is fat, and he is the head of a secret service.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Steed converses with him like he has always been part of the show (he was actually mentioned as early as Emma Peel stepped in), but he was one of the latest additions to the original show.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rhonda]]
!!Rhonda
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->'''Played by:''' Rhonda Parker (1968-1969)
Mother's personal aid.
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* TheSpeechless[=/=]TheVoiceless: She never speaks.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's six feet tall.
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!!!'''Notable Villains'''
[[folder:Dr. Armstrong]]
!!Dr. Clement Armstrong
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Exactly. Government by automation!"'']]
->'''Appears in:''' "The Cybernauts"
->'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelGough
A genius scientist in the fields of automation and burgeoning computer science. He also created the [[KillerRobot Cybernauts]], and intends to establish a rule of machines over humanity.
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* EvilCripple: He moves around in an automatic wheelchair.
* EvilGenius: A brilliant and visionary automation scientist, with very unethical projects.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He is killed by one of his own Cybernauts.
* MadScientist: He thinks computers make "better decisions" than human beings.
* SuperWheelchair: He has all sorts of buttons on his wheelchair, which allows him to control various things in his automated office and factory, such as music, elevators, sliding doors and the Cybernauts.
* VillainousBreakdown: He has one as he finds out he can't control his Cybernauts anymore once Steed tricks them into fighting each other. [[TooDumbToLive He gets too close of the fight]] trying to stop them, leading to his death.
* VillainsWithGoodPublicity: He is a renowned genius and the head of a renowned automation company.
* VisionaryVillain: He basically intends to establish a dictature of artificial intelligence to rule over humanity and sees it as a logical path to follow. He also has plans to design small, complex computers, [[TechnologyMarchesOn which was seen as visionary / science-fiction back then]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cybernauts]]
!!The Cybernauts
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->'''Appear in:''' "The Cybernauts" | "Return of the Cybernauts" | "The Last of the Cybernauts" (''The New Avengers'' episode)
->''"I think you will agree, the automated assassin was a stroke of genius. Loyal, obedient and extremely efficient."''
-->-- '''Dr. Clement Armstrong'''
Cybernauts are humanoid robots created by Dr. Clement Armstrong to serve him. They are mostly employed for assassinations and kidnappings, and they are quite unstoppable.
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* AttackDrone: Roger, the first Cybernaut, is compared to a "guided missile" in that it is programmed to kill targets who carry a pen with a concealed homing device Armstrong offered to them beforehand. In "The Last of the Cybernauts", they are practically walking drones since Kane remote-controls them.
* BadassLongcoat: When Cybernauts are sent on operation outside, they are always dressed with a black longcoat, a [[NiceHat black hat]] and [[CoolShades sunglasses]] to conceal them as much as possible.
* ChromeChampion: They look like chromed humanoids.
* HellIsThatNoise: They emit a distinctive "swish" sound when chopping with their arms, to emphasize their strength and the real threat they are.
* ImmuneToBullets: By virtue of being made of steel.
* ImplacableMan: When they're searching for a target, virtually nothing can stop them.
* KillerRobot: A karate chop-like strike of their steel arms on the neck is enough to kill or knock out their targets.
* NoSell: See ImmuneToBullets.
** In "The Last of the Cybernauts", Mike Gambit tries to karate-chop the head of Kane's remote-controlled Cybernaut. Needless to say, this ends rather painfully for Gambit's hand.
* TheRemnant: A few years after Armstrong's death, Paul Beresford finds a Cybernaut and plans revenge on John Steed and Emma Peel with it. A decade later, Felix Kane finds out Armstrong had a whole secret cache of remote-controlled Cybernauts and uses them to plan his revenge on Steed and the New Avengers for his crippling.
* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: Roger (Armstrong's first Cybernaut) needs a [[TrackingDevice homing device]] on his target to follow and kill it while the second one he created has a "brain of its own". Steed tricks them into fighting each other by putting the homing device pen on the second Cybernaut. Roger gains the upper hand by kicking the "electronic brain" out of the other Cybernaut's head, and Armstrong is killed in the brawl.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:John Cartney]]
!!The Honorable John Cleverly Cartney
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->'''Appears in:''' "A Touch of Brimstone"
->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterWyngarde
An aristocrat who heads the Hellfire Club, an organization based upon dressing up in old costumes and engaging in orgiastic rituals and which thrives in "ultimate sins".
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* AristocratsAreEvil: An upper class man who's a threat to international relations and leads an evil cult.
* TheCasanova: He's a suave womanizer.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Falls to his death victim of his own "Circle of Justice" trap after accidentally pulling its torch lever with his whip while trying to hurt Emma.
* ThePrankster: He sets up various pranks to ridicule important international figures.
* VillainousCrush: He is attracted to Emma Peel at first.
* WickedCultured: He's a ManOfWealthAndTaste, plays the piano and he's [[AffablyEvil well-mannered]].
* WhipItGood: He uses a whip against Emma in the episode's climax.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Professor Keller]]
!!Professor Jack Keller
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"The machine is not only man's equal, but his superior! I will prove it to you!"'']]
->'''Appears in:''' "The House that Jack Built"
->'''Played by:''' Michael Goodliffe
A deranged automation technology engineer with a colossal grudge against Emma Peel, who fired him back when she was the head of Knight Industries. He turned a house into a giant computerized mousetrap to drive Emma insane.
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* BestServedCold: It took him more than a decade to put his revenge in motion.
* EvilGenius: Just as Dr. Armstrong, he is a brilliant and visionary automation / computer science engineer with very unethical goals.
* MadScientist: He firmly believes in the replacement of man by machines.
* {{Revenge}}: He patiently plotted one against Emma after she fired him from her company.
* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: He turned a house into a giant automated / computerized trap for Emma Peel. He designed it to [[DrivenToMadness drive her insane]] and even built a GasChamber in case she would consider [[DrivenToSuicide killing herself]] rather than being slowly driven mad.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He amassed a lot of informations about Emma, pictures of her as well as objects that belonged to her, and built a creepy exhibition for Emma with them inside the house, going as far as putting an obituary for her at the end of it.
* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: [[spoiler:He designed computers to answer to Emma after his death should she ask questions, and the first ones she meets answer [[TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat quite accurately]] to her questions with pre-recorded videos and Keller's voice.]]
* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler:He is [[DeadAllAlong already dead]] and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay mummified in a glass box]] when Emma steps into the house.]]
* VisionaryVillain: He is not unsimilar to Dr. Armstrong with his ideas to replace / dominate man with machines.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Paul Beresford]]
!!Paul Beresford
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->'''Appears in:''' "Return of the Cybernauts"
->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterCushing
An upper class man who befriends Steed and Emma Peel, and even flirts with the latter. Unbeknownst to them, he is the brother of Professor Clement Armstrong, and plots a diabolical revenge against them for his brother's death, using one of the latter's creations, a Cybernaut, and {{Kidnapped Scientist}}s.
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* AvengingTheVillain: Wants to avenge the death of his brother.
* DirtyOldMan: As he [[PeoplePuppets controls Emma like a puppet]], he says she is now submitted to "his every will, his every wish". God only knows what he means...
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Steed tricks the scientists into putting the mind-controlling bracelet on the Cybernaut's arm, which sends the robot on an uncontrolable frenzy. The Cybernaut ends up killing Beresford with a deadly BearHug.
* MindControlDevice: One of the scientists he kidnapped designs a mind-controlling bracelet, basically turning anyone who wears it into a [[PeoplePuppets zombified puppet]], a "human Cybernaut" in Beresford's words.
* TheReveal: He is the brother of Professor Clement Armstrong.
* {{Revenge}}: He uses a Cybernaut and [[KidnappedScientist kidnaps a bunch of scientists]] to plot a diabolical revenge against the Avengers.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: He could have opted to simply kill Emma and Steed with the Cybernaut, but he wanted a more cruel and sadistic fate for them. Which led him to his demise.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Winged Avenger]]
!!Arnie Packer / The Winged Avenger
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I am the ideal of vengeance against those who the law cannot touch!"'']]
->'''Appears in:''' "The Winged Avenger"
->'''Played by:''' Neil Hallett
A comic book author who was wronged by his publisher and went mad, becoming the very comic book character he created. He goes on a killing spree against {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, his publisher being his first victim.
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* AnimalMotifs: A bird of prey.
* BecomingTheMask: He's become so mad that he practically thinks he is the comic book avenger he created.
* BloodlessCarnage: Since he claws people to death, one would expect to see blood. [[ViolenceIsDisturbing The show's nature didn't allow for it]], of course.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Falls down to his death from a window after Steed hits him with a comic cardboard.
* EatTheRich: He attacks {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, mainly.
* FeatheredFiend: A SerialKiller with a giant bird of prey disguise.
* {{Revenge}}: Against publishers who stripped him of any profit on his own comic book.
* SerialKiller: Kills several people who wronged him in a row.
* ShoutOut: The episode as a whole is a spoof of the very popular and campy ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series which aired at the same time as the first season in colors of ''The Avengers'', right down to a MusicalPastiche of that series' theme tune and {{Written Sound Effect}}s.
* WallCrawl: He uses special adhesive boots that allow their wearer to walk on walls and even on ceilings.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Z. Z. von Schnerk]]
!!Z. Z. von Schnerk
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->'''Appears in:''' "Epic"
->'''Played by:''' Kenneth J. Warren
A mad producer and film director who is obsessed with Emma Peel and wants to create a SnuffFilm starring her.
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* AffablyEvil: He is full of reverence and admiration for Emma Peel, and plans to kill her for his art.
* BaldOfEvil: He is hairless and plans to kill Emma.
* LastWords: As he's fatally shot, he puts his hand on his camera, utters "Cut!" and dies.
* MadArtist: A mad filmmaker.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His job, germanity, mannerisms and general look are pretty clearly a spoof of director Creator/ErichVonStroheim.
* NoNameGiven: There's no indication of what his double "Z" means.
* SnuffFilm: He wants to film an epic starring Emma... with real danger coming to her, and wants her to die for real as an apotheosis for the film.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: His obsession about Emma is driven by a need of magnifiying her on screen, then providing her a DyingMomentOfAwesome for real.
* TheVonTropeFamily: '''von''' Schnerk.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Stewart Kirby]]
!!Stewart Kirby
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->'''Appears in:''' "Epic"
->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterWyngarde
A washed up actor who helps out Z. Z. von Schnerk on his SnuffFilm project starring Emma Peel.
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* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: He changes costumes and makeups pretty fast between the various film scenes Emma is forced into.
* CoDragons: Forms the two underlings of von Schnerk with Damita Syn.
* IronButtmonkey: Gets his ass kicked by Emma in several of the movie scenes Emma is forced into, and yet he keeps coming back as different characters while von Schnerk films it all.
* LargeHam: He hams it up in practically every movie scene he has to play for von Schnerk.
[[/folder]]
!New Avengers Characters
!!!'''New Avengers'''
[[folder:Purdey]]
!!Purdey
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/JoannaLumley
A British intelligence agent and former ballet dancer, Purdey is a martial arts (learned, according to her, during her time with the Royal Ballet, of which she was expelled for being, still according to her, "too tall") and marksmanship expert.
Purdey sees Steed as an attractive, yet fatherly figure, and there is also ongoing banter and playful flirting between her and Mike Gambit (although the series never indicated anything more in her relationship with either man).
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* ActionGirl: Like all of Steed's previous partners.
* BoyishShortHair: The bowl cut is one of her most distinctive features. It was requested by Joanna Lumley herself.
* CompositeCharacter: She is essentially a combination of all of Steed's previous female partners.
* TheGunslinger: She is an expert markswoman.
* MeaningfulName: Joanna Lumley is credited with suggesting the character be named Purdey after James Purdey & Sons, a famous shotgun manufacturer.
* OnlyOneName: During the two-year run of ''The New Avengers'', no other name was ever given to her and it was never revealed on screen whether "Purdey" was her first or last name.
* ShesGotLegs: And she kicks much ass with them.
* ShowSomeLeg: She is often called upon to use her feminine attributes to distract villains.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Gambit.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gambit]]
!!Michael "Mike" Gambit
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->'''Played by:''' Gareth Hunt
A former Major in the Parachute Regiment who also had a short-lived career as a race car driver.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Purdey, very much so.
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For an index of the actors and actresses who have a dedicated page, see [[UsefulNotes/TheAvengersActors here]].
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!Original Characters
!!!'''Original Avengers'''
[[folder:David Keel]]
!!Dr. David Keel
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/IanHendry (1961)
A medical doctor who investigated the murder of his fiancée and office receptionist Peggy by a drug ring. A stranger named John Steed, who was investigating the ring, appeared and together they set out to avenge her death in the first two episodes, hence the show's title (which would rapidly become an ArtifactTitle). Afterwards, Steed asked Keel to partner him as needed to solve crimes.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: He was the first major protagonist of ''The Avengers'', before Steed. Ian Hendry was considered the star of the series' first season, receiving top billing over Patrick Macnee, Steed did not appear in two episodes and there was no regular female partner.
* {{Revenge}}: He's driven by the need to avenge his fiancée in the first two episodes, hence the show's title.
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[[folder:John Steed]]
!!John Wickham Gascoyne Beresford Steed
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Mrs. Peel, we're needed!"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/PatrickMacnee (1961-1977), Simon Oates (1971 stage play)
A British army veteran of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and agent working for an unnamed branch of the British secret services. In the first season, he investigated a drug ring and helped to avenge the fiancée of Dr. David Keel (hence the series' title, which would quickly become an ArtifactTitle). Steed then asked Keel to partner with him to solve crimes.
Following Keel's departure, Steed continued to investigate crimes and mysterious cases in the service of Her Majesty with the help of various recurring female partners. He also considerably refined his persona and fashion taste, to the point of becoming a QuintessentialBritishGentleman.
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* {{Adorkable}}: He's especially funny and adorable when he fails at doing something mundane while Emma Peel watches and laughs.
* AgentsDating: Even though nothing overtly romantic ever comes out of it (save for the Tara King era), he regularly invites his female partners on dates, for dinners especially.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Steed is a ''very'' well dressed secret agent, and knows how to kick ass.
* BadassInDistress: On a few occasions it's up to his female partners to rescue him.
* BattleCouple: With Cathy Gale, then with Emma Peel and finally with Tara King.
* BreakoutCharacter: He was not the main protagonist of the show in the first season, he became this following David Keel's departure.
* CatchPhrase: "Mrs. Peel, we're needed!" - He uses this to call for Emma Peel's help [[OncePerEpisode at the start of every episode]] in the show's first colored seasons, as she's always busy with her hobbies. [[RunningGag He always delivers it to Emma in unexpected ways]], be it through signs, arrows or even appearing in her TV. Laurie Johnson composed a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES65qPT92Qc special theme]] for this very sequence.
* CombatPragmatist: A producer's write-up to guide writers of episodes specifically stated that "Steed fights like a cad and uses every dirty trick in the book".
* {{Cool Car}}s: He has a nice collection of vintage cars. From the fourth season on, Steed's signature cars were six vintage green 1926–1928 Bentley racing or town cars, including Blower Bentleys and Bentley Speed Sixes (although, uniquely, in "The Thirteenth Hole" he drives a Vauxhall 30-98). In the final season he drove two yellow Rolls Royces -- a 1923 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost and a 1927 Rolls Royce New Phantom.
* CulturedBadass: He kicks much ass throughout the series while remaining a refined and well-mannered gentleman, being knowledgable on a wide range of subjects and enjoying fine wines and collecting old-fashioned cars.
* DashinglyDapperDerby: Perhaps the most famous bowler hat wearer in TV fiction.
* DeadpanSnarker: He always exchanges witty quips with his female partners, especially with Emma Peel.
* GentlemanSnarker: He never runs out of elegant wit.
* GreatDetective: He can go to holmesian lengths to solve a case, even though it can lead him nowhere.
* IconicOutfit: His tailor-made costumes, bowler hat and umbrella.
* LastNameBasis: Everyone always addresses him by "Steed" or "Mr. Steed".
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: He enjoys very refined (and expensive) things in life, such as fine wines (Champagne in particular), and he owns an old cars collection.
* NamedByTheadaptation: The "Wickham Gascoyne Beresford" parts of his name were never pronounced in the series. They originated in the 1971 stage play that was written by Brian Clemens and Terence Feely and starred Simon Oates as Steed.
* NiceGuy: A genuinely charming, polite and well-mannered QuintessentialBritishGentleman... but if you're one of the bad guys, BewareTheNiceOnes.
* NiceHat: His iconic [[DashinglyDapperDerby bowler hat]].
* {{Old Friend}}s: He knows a lot of old acquaintances, and they're generally doomed.
* ParasolOfPain: Steed's iconic umbrella conceals a SwordCane, but he doesn't always feel the need to draw it.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Especially blatant with Emma Peel.
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: British, polite, charming and [[CulturedBadass a force to be reckoned with]].
* ResemblanceReveal: In Mrs. Peel's last episode, her missing husband turned out to be still alive. He didn't appear in person until the final scene, at which point he was revealed to look exactly like Steed. What this might imply about Emma's reasons for hanging around with Steed for years was left as an exercise for the viewer.
* SharpDressedMan: According to the book ''Reading between Designs'' by Piers D. Britton and Simon J. Barker, Patrick Macnee himself designed Steed's suits with the help of tailor Bailey and Weatherill of Regent Street (London).
* ShoePhone: His umbrella contains knock-out gas.
* SwordCane: He has a sword concealed within his umbrella.
* WeaponizedHeadgear: His bowler hat is steel-lined, which makes it useful as a bludgeon.
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[[folder:Cathy Gale]]
!!Dr. Catherine "Cathy" Gale
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"So much for the 'homme fatal'..."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/HonorBlackman (1962-1964)
John Steed's first regular female partner. A native of London, married a farmer in Africa and there learned to hunt, fight and take care of herself. When her husband was killed, Gale returned to London to earn a [=Ph.D.=] in anthropology.
She was the curator of a museum when she first encountered Steed and decided to work alongside him. She is also engaged in charities.
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* ActionGirl: Even though she's much less remembered, she came before Emma Peel and she's very much an UrExample of this for western television. She has a black belt in jujutsu.
* HellBentForLeather: She has a strong penchant for leather suits. So much so that some versions of the series' title, the French one most notably, mention "Leather Boots".
* IconicOutfit: Her leather suits.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Her partnership with Steed never went overtly romantic. It was her who taught him to respect women, actually.
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[[folder:Emma Peel]]
!!Emma Peel, née Knight
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I suppose Mother warned you about women like me?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/DianaRigg (1964-1968)
The daughter of an English industrialist, Sir John Knight. A certified genius, she specializes in chemistry and had success in industry at the helm of her family's company in her 20s. Her husband, Peter Peel, was a pilot whose plane disappeared over the Amazonian forest. She is a master of martial arts and a formidable fencer.
Her hobbies include a penchant for artistic activities... and for mystery and action too, as John Steed regularly calls her to work with him on mysterious or improbable cases. Thus she became Steed's second regular female partner, and the most famous.
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* ActionGirl: One of western television's first and prime examples. She is a skilled martial artist, as many villains she faces find out the hard way.
* {{Adorkable}}: On occasion when she is indulging in her hobbies (or imitating the sound of a machine gun in the "Strange Case of the Missing Corpse" promo short).
* BrainyBrunette: She has degrees in chemistry and ran her family's industries with much success when she was barely in her 20s. Furthermore, she's very helpful to Steed when it comes to solve mysteries and whatever problem gets in their way.
* CoolCar: Her [[http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/attachments/f3/195941d1353546963-lotus-did-mrs-peel-drive-avengers-avengers_1.jpg Lotus Elan convertibles]] (a white 1964 and a powder blue 1966), which, like her clothes, emphasized her independence and vitality.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Professor Keller (from "The House that Jack Built") was already a nutcase before Emma fired him from her company because of his unethical and downright mad projects. He then plotted a diabolical revenge against her.
* DeadpanSnarker: The series has become particularly renowned for the witty quips exchanges between her and Steed.
* GivenNameReveal: Her maiden name, 'Knight', is revealed in the 1965 episode "The House That Jack Built".
* HellBentForLeather: Continuing the trend initiated by Cathy Gale, she occasionally wore leather suits in her first black and white seasons, before shifting to flashier suits in her colored seasons.
* IconicOutfit: Her leather suits and leather boots in the black-and-white episodes, then her avant-garde fashion in the following colored seasons.
** She only wore it once, but her Queen of Sin costume from "A Touch of Brimstone" is also fondly remembered. Diana Rigg designed it herself.
* JumpedAtTheCall: She never hesitates to help Steed, particularly when he calls for her help ("We're needed!") in her colored era.
* LadyOfAdventure: 1960s version. Her main motivation to work on cases with Steed seems to be a need for adventure.
* LovingDetails: When she departs in "The Forget-Me-Knot", she meets her replacement, Tara King, in the stairs. A little wistfully, Emma tells Tara about Steed "He likes his tea stirred anticlockwise".
* MeaningfulName: One can read "appeal" in her name quite easily.
* NiceGirl: Just like Steed, she's well-mannered and always polite, and the couple they form showcases perfect chemistry without ever becoming too romantic.
* NonIdleRich: She's from a family of rich industrialists and never hesitates to help Steed investigate.
* OfCorsetsSexy: Famously sported one in "A Touch of Brimstone" as part of her Queen of Sin outfit.
* PartTimeHero: She's shown pursuing numerous hobbies that suggest she is rather lonely since the disappearance of her husband. No wonder she always looks happy to be solving mysteries with Steed.
* PassingTheTorch: Her staircase scene with Steed's new partner in "The Forget-Me-Knot", Tara King, can be considered as one.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Her perfect chemistry with Steed never went overtly romantic. She eventually departed when she found out her husband was still alive.
* SpyCatsuit: One of the earliest examples in spy fiction, even though it has more to do with her personal fashion tastes than with mission purposes.
* SwordFight: In addition to martial arts, she is also a skilled fencer.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: She never wears the same outfit twice between episodes. Heck, she's very much a walking mid-[[TheSixties 1960s]] avant-garde clothing catalog on her own.
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[[folder:Tara King]]
!!Tara King / Agent 69
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Mother sent me!"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/LindaThorson (1968-1969)
John Steed's last female partner in the original series, and the youngest. Unlike Steed's previous partners, very few things are known about her background. She enlisted at an early age in the Intelligence Service as a trainee, under the number 69.
She considers Steed as an idol, and she is very much infatuated with him.
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* ActionGirl: Just as Steed's previous partners, if a bit clumsier.
* AgentsDating: Unlike the partnerships with Cathy Gale and Emma Peel, Steed and Tara were shown in unambiguously romantic scenarios, and both actors have indicated their belief that the two were in an off-screen MayDecemberRomance.
* BoyishShortHair: Occasionally. Most notably in the show's opening credits of her era.
* CoolCar: She drove an AC 428 and a Lotus Europa.
* DamselInDistress: She gets regularly kidnapped (either [[TapOnTheHead bludgeoned]] or [[InstantSedation sedated with choloroform]]). It doesn't prevent her from regularly being a DamselOutOfDistress though.
* HandbagOfHurt: She puts a brick in her handbag and uses it to great effect against mooks in "The Forget-Me-Knot".
* ImprovisedWeapon: She often uses whatever things she can get her hands on to fight, to great effects. Such as a brick in a handbag.
* ShesGotLegs: Many of her outfits are just excuses to showcase her nice legs. Steed's previous partners' legs never had as much screentime as hers, if they were shown at all.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: Much like Emma Peel was a walking mid-[[TheSixties 1960s]] avant-garde clothing catalog, Tara is one for the late 1960s.
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!!!'''Supporting Characters'''
[[folder:Mother]]
!!Mother
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->'''Played by:''' Patrick Newell (1968-1969)
The chief of the British secret service John Steed and Tara King belong to. He was introduced in the 1968 episode "The Forget-Me-Knot", at the time of Emma Peel's departure, and would appear throughout the Tara King era.
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* CodeName: "Mother", naturally.
* CoolCar: Occasionally appeared in a silver Rolls-Royce.
* TheGhost: He was referred to since at least Emma Peel's first episode in late 1964 but appeared much later, in "The Forget-Me-Knot" in 1968, becoming a recurring character of the Tara King era.
* HomeBase: He sometimes summons Steed in what could be best described as "excentric" headquarters, such as a [[UnderwaterBase base under a river]] or in a double-decker bus.
* LargeAndInCharge: He is fat, and he is the head of a secret service.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Steed converses with him like he has always been part of the show (he was actually mentioned as early as Emma Peel stepped in), but he was one of the latest additions to the original show.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rhonda]]
!!Rhonda
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->'''Played by:''' Rhonda Parker (1968-1969)
Mother's personal aid.
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* TheSpeechless[=/=]TheVoiceless: She never speaks.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's six feet tall.
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!!!'''Notable Villains'''
[[folder:Dr. Armstrong]]
!!Dr. Clement Armstrong
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Exactly. Government by automation!"'']]
->'''Appears in:''' "The Cybernauts"
->'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelGough
A genius scientist in the fields of automation and burgeoning computer science. He also created the [[KillerRobot Cybernauts]], and intends to establish a rule of machines over humanity.
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* EvilCripple: He moves around in an automatic wheelchair.
* EvilGenius: A brilliant and visionary automation scientist, with very unethical projects.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He is killed by one of his own Cybernauts.
* MadScientist: He thinks computers make "better decisions" than human beings.
* SuperWheelchair: He has all sorts of buttons on his wheelchair, which allows him to control various things in his automated office and factory, such as music, elevators, sliding doors and the Cybernauts.
* VillainousBreakdown: He has one as he finds out he can't control his Cybernauts anymore once Steed tricks them into fighting each other. [[TooDumbToLive He gets too close of the fight]] trying to stop them, leading to his death.
* VillainsWithGoodPublicity: He is a renowned genius and the head of a renowned automation company.
* VisionaryVillain: He basically intends to establish a dictature of artificial intelligence to rule over humanity and sees it as a logical path to follow. He also has plans to design small, complex computers, [[TechnologyMarchesOn which was seen as visionary / science-fiction back then]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cybernauts]]
!!The Cybernauts
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->'''Appear in:''' "The Cybernauts" | "Return of the Cybernauts" | "The Last of the Cybernauts" (''The New Avengers'' episode)
->''"I think you will agree, the automated assassin was a stroke of genius. Loyal, obedient and extremely efficient."''
-->-- '''Dr. Clement Armstrong'''
Cybernauts are humanoid robots created by Dr. Clement Armstrong to serve him. They are mostly employed for assassinations and kidnappings, and they are quite unstoppable.
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* AttackDrone: Roger, the first Cybernaut, is compared to a "guided missile" in that it is programmed to kill targets who carry a pen with a concealed homing device Armstrong offered to them beforehand. In "The Last of the Cybernauts", they are practically walking drones since Kane remote-controls them.
* BadassLongcoat: When Cybernauts are sent on operation outside, they are always dressed with a black longcoat, a [[NiceHat black hat]] and [[CoolShades sunglasses]] to conceal them as much as possible.
* ChromeChampion: They look like chromed humanoids.
* HellIsThatNoise: They emit a distinctive "swish" sound when chopping with their arms, to emphasize their strength and the real threat they are.
* ImmuneToBullets: By virtue of being made of steel.
* ImplacableMan: When they're searching for a target, virtually nothing can stop them.
* KillerRobot: A karate chop-like strike of their steel arms on the neck is enough to kill or knock out their targets.
* NoSell: See ImmuneToBullets.
** In "The Last of the Cybernauts", Mike Gambit tries to karate-chop the head of Kane's remote-controlled Cybernaut. Needless to say, this ends rather painfully for Gambit's hand.
* TheRemnant: A few years after Armstrong's death, Paul Beresford finds a Cybernaut and plans revenge on John Steed and Emma Peel with it. A decade later, Felix Kane finds out Armstrong had a whole secret cache of remote-controlled Cybernauts and uses them to plan his revenge on Steed and the New Avengers for his crippling.
* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: Roger (Armstrong's first Cybernaut) needs a [[TrackingDevice homing device]] on his target to follow and kill it while the second one he created has a "brain of its own". Steed tricks them into fighting each other by putting the homing device pen on the second Cybernaut. Roger gains the upper hand by kicking the "electronic brain" out of the other Cybernaut's head, and Armstrong is killed in the brawl.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:John Cartney]]
!!The Honorable John Cleverly Cartney
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->'''Appears in:''' "A Touch of Brimstone"
->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterWyngarde
An aristocrat who heads the Hellfire Club, an organization based upon dressing up in old costumes and engaging in orgiastic rituals and which thrives in "ultimate sins".
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* AristocratsAreEvil: An upper class man who's a threat to international relations and leads an evil cult.
* TheCasanova: He's a suave womanizer.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Falls to his death victim of his own "Circle of Justice" trap after accidentally pulling its torch lever with his whip while trying to hurt Emma.
* ThePrankster: He sets up various pranks to ridicule important international figures.
* VillainousCrush: He is attracted to Emma Peel at first.
* WickedCultured: He's a ManOfWealthAndTaste, plays the piano and he's [[AffablyEvil well-mannered]].
* WhipItGood: He uses a whip against Emma in the episode's climax.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Professor Keller]]
!!Professor Jack Keller
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"The machine is not only man's equal, but his superior! I will prove it to you!"'']]
->'''Appears in:''' "The House that Jack Built"
->'''Played by:''' Michael Goodliffe
A deranged automation technology engineer with a colossal grudge against Emma Peel, who fired him back when she was the head of Knight Industries. He turned a house into a giant computerized mousetrap to drive Emma insane.
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* BestServedCold: It took him more than a decade to put his revenge in motion.
* EvilGenius: Just as Dr. Armstrong, he is a brilliant and visionary automation / computer science engineer with very unethical goals.
* MadScientist: He firmly believes in the replacement of man by machines.
* {{Revenge}}: He patiently plotted one against Emma after she fired him from her company.
* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: He turned a house into a giant automated / computerized trap for Emma Peel. He designed it to [[DrivenToMadness drive her insane]] and even built a GasChamber in case she would consider [[DrivenToSuicide killing herself]] rather than being slowly driven mad.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He amassed a lot of informations about Emma, pictures of her as well as objects that belonged to her, and built a creepy exhibition for Emma with them inside the house, going as far as putting an obituary for her at the end of it.
* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: [[spoiler:He designed computers to answer to Emma after his death should she ask questions, and the first ones she meets answer [[TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat quite accurately]] to her questions with pre-recorded videos and Keller's voice.]]
* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler:He is [[DeadAllAlong already dead]] and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay mummified in a glass box]] when Emma steps into the house.]]
* VisionaryVillain: He is not unsimilar to Dr. Armstrong with his ideas to replace / dominate man with machines.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Paul Beresford]]
!!Paul Beresford
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->'''Appears in:''' "Return of the Cybernauts"
->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterCushing
An upper class man who befriends Steed and Emma Peel, and even flirts with the latter. Unbeknownst to them, he is the brother of Professor Clement Armstrong, and plots a diabolical revenge against them for his brother's death, using one of the latter's creations, a Cybernaut, and {{Kidnapped Scientist}}s.
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* AvengingTheVillain: Wants to avenge the death of his brother.
* DirtyOldMan: As he [[PeoplePuppets controls Emma like a puppet]], he says she is now submitted to "his every will, his every wish". God only knows what he means...
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Steed tricks the scientists into putting the mind-controlling bracelet on the Cybernaut's arm, which sends the robot on an uncontrolable frenzy. The Cybernaut ends up killing Beresford with a deadly BearHug.
* MindControlDevice: One of the scientists he kidnapped designs a mind-controlling bracelet, basically turning anyone who wears it into a [[PeoplePuppets zombified puppet]], a "human Cybernaut" in Beresford's words.
* TheReveal: He is the brother of Professor Clement Armstrong.
* {{Revenge}}: He uses a Cybernaut and [[KidnappedScientist kidnaps a bunch of scientists]] to plot a diabolical revenge against the Avengers.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: He could have opted to simply kill Emma and Steed with the Cybernaut, but he wanted a more cruel and sadistic fate for them. Which led him to his demise.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Winged Avenger]]
!!Arnie Packer / The Winged Avenger
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I am the ideal of vengeance against those who the law cannot touch!"'']]
->'''Appears in:''' "The Winged Avenger"
->'''Played by:''' Neil Hallett
A comic book author who was wronged by his publisher and went mad, becoming the very comic book character he created. He goes on a killing spree against {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, his publisher being his first victim.
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* AnimalMotifs: A bird of prey.
* BecomingTheMask: He's become so mad that he practically thinks he is the comic book avenger he created.
* BloodlessCarnage: Since he claws people to death, one would expect to see blood. [[ViolenceIsDisturbing The show's nature didn't allow for it]], of course.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Falls down to his death from a window after Steed hits him with a comic cardboard.
* EatTheRich: He attacks {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, mainly.
* FeatheredFiend: A SerialKiller with a giant bird of prey disguise.
* {{Revenge}}: Against publishers who stripped him of any profit on his own comic book.
* SerialKiller: Kills several people who wronged him in a row.
* ShoutOut: The episode as a whole is a spoof of the very popular and campy ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series which aired at the same time as the first season in colors of ''The Avengers'', right down to a MusicalPastiche of that series' theme tune and {{Written Sound Effect}}s.
* WallCrawl: He uses special adhesive boots that allow their wearer to walk on walls and even on ceilings.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Z. Z. von Schnerk]]
!!Z. Z. von Schnerk
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->'''Appears in:''' "Epic"
->'''Played by:''' Kenneth J. Warren
A mad producer and film director who is obsessed with Emma Peel and wants to create a SnuffFilm starring her.
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* AffablyEvil: He is full of reverence and admiration for Emma Peel, and plans to kill her for his art.
* BaldOfEvil: He is hairless and plans to kill Emma.
* LastWords: As he's fatally shot, he puts his hand on his camera, utters "Cut!" and dies.
* MadArtist: A mad filmmaker.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His job, germanity, mannerisms and general look are pretty clearly a spoof of director Creator/ErichVonStroheim.
* NoNameGiven: There's no indication of what his double "Z" means.
* SnuffFilm: He wants to film an epic starring Emma... with real danger coming to her, and wants her to die for real as an apotheosis for the film.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: His obsession about Emma is driven by a need of magnifiying her on screen, then providing her a DyingMomentOfAwesome for real.
* TheVonTropeFamily: '''von''' Schnerk.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Stewart Kirby]]
!!Stewart Kirby
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->'''Appears in:''' "Epic"
->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterWyngarde
A washed up actor who helps out Z. Z. von Schnerk on his SnuffFilm project starring Emma Peel.
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* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: He changes costumes and makeups pretty fast between the various film scenes Emma is forced into.
* CoDragons: Forms the two underlings of von Schnerk with Damita Syn.
* IronButtmonkey: Gets his ass kicked by Emma in several of the movie scenes Emma is forced into, and yet he keeps coming back as different characters while von Schnerk films it all.
* LargeHam: He hams it up in practically every movie scene he has to play for von Schnerk.
[[/folder]]
!New Avengers Characters
!!!'''New Avengers'''
[[folder:Purdey]]
!!Purdey
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/JoannaLumley
A British intelligence agent and former ballet dancer, Purdey is a martial arts (learned, according to her, during her time with the Royal Ballet, of which she was expelled for being, still according to her, "too tall") and marksmanship expert.
Purdey sees Steed as an attractive, yet fatherly figure, and there is also ongoing banter and playful flirting between her and Mike Gambit (although the series never indicated anything more in her relationship with either man).
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* ActionGirl: Like all of Steed's previous partners.
* BoyishShortHair: The bowl cut is one of her most distinctive features. It was requested by Joanna Lumley herself.
* CompositeCharacter: She is essentially a combination of all of Steed's previous female partners.
* TheGunslinger: She is an expert markswoman.
* MeaningfulName: Joanna Lumley is credited with suggesting the character be named Purdey after James Purdey & Sons, a famous shotgun manufacturer.
* OnlyOneName: During the two-year run of ''The New Avengers'', no other name was ever given to her and it was never revealed on screen whether "Purdey" was her first or last name.
* ShesGotLegs: And she kicks much ass with them.
* ShowSomeLeg: She is often called upon to use her feminine attributes to distract villains.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Gambit.
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!!Michael "Mike" Gambit
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->'''Played by:''' Gareth Hunt
A former Major in the Parachute Regiment who also had a short-lived career as a race car driver.
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* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: He changes costumes and makeups pretty fast between the various film scenes Emma is forced into. He never wears the same costume twice in the episode.
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* IronButtmonkey: Gets his ass kicked by Emma in several of the movie scenes Emma is forced into, and yet he keeps coming back as different characters while von Schnerk films.films it all.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: He was the first major protagonist of ''The Avengers'' and not Steed. Ian Hendry was considered the star of the series' first season, receiving top billing over Patrick Macnee, Steed did not appear in two episodes and there was no regular female partner.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: He was the first major protagonist of ''The Avengers'' and not Avengers'', before Steed. Ian Hendry was considered the star of the series' first season, receiving top billing over Patrick Macnee, Steed did not appear in two episodes and there was no regular female partner.
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* ShoutOut: The episode as a whole is a spoof of the very popular and campy ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series at the time, right down to a MusicalPastiche of that series' theme tune and {{Written Sound Effect}}s.
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* ShoutOut: The episode as a whole is a spoof of the very popular and campy ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series which aired at the time, same time as the first season in colors of ''The Avengers'', right down to a MusicalPastiche of that series' theme tune and {{Written Sound Effect}}s.
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* BrainUploading: A sort of primitive version of the trope. [[spoiler:He designed computers to answer to Emma after his death should she ask questions, and the first ones she meets answer [[TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat quite accurately]] to her questions with pre-recorded videos and Keller's voice.]]
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* BrainUploading: A sort of primitive version of the trope. [[spoiler:He designed computers to answer to Emma after his death should she ask questions, and the first ones she meets answer quite accurately to her questions with pre-recorded videos and Keller's voice.]]
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* BrainUploading: A sort of primitive version of the trope. [[spoiler:He designed computers to answer to Emma after his death should she ask questions, and the first ones she meets answer [[TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat quite accurately accurately]] to her questions with pre-recorded videos and Keller's voice.]]
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* {{Revenge}}: He's driven by the need to avenge his wife in the first two episodes, hence the show's title.
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* {{Revenge}}: He's driven by the need to avenge his wife fiancée in the first two episodes, hence the show's title.
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* {{Adorkable}}: On occasion when she is indulging in her hobbies (or imitating the sound of a machine gun in the "Strange Case of the Missing Corpse" promo short).
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* PartTimeHero: She's shown pursuing numerous hobbies that suggest she is rather lonely since the disappearance of her husband. No wonder she always looks happy to be solving mysteries with Steed.
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* CoolCar: She drove an AC 428 and a Lotus Europa.
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->'''Played by:''' Ian Hendry Creator/IanHendry (1961)
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A medical doctor who investigated the murder of his fiancée and office receptionist Peggy by a drug ring. A stranger named John Steed, who was investigating the ring, appeared and together they set out to avenge her death in the first two episodes, hence the show's title (which has become an ArtifactTitle since). Afterwards, Steed asked Keel to partner him as needed to solve crimes.
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A medical doctor who investigated the murder of his fiancée and office receptionist Peggy by a drug ring. A stranger named John Steed, who was investigating the ring, appeared and together they set out to avenge her death in the first two episodes, hence the show's title (which has would rapidly become an ArtifactTitle since).ArtifactTitle). Afterwards, Steed asked Keel to partner him as needed to solve crimes.
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For an index of the actors and actresses, see [[UsefulNotes/TheAvengersActors here]].
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For an index of the actors and actresses, actresses who have a dedicated page, see [[UsefulNotes/TheAvengersActors here]].
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->'''Played by:''' Linda Thorson Creator/LindaThorson (1968-1969)
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* IronButtmonkey: Gets his ass kicked by Emma in several of the movie scenes Emma is forced into, and yet keeps coming back as different characters while von Schnerk films.
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* IronButtmonkey: Gets his ass kicked by Emma in several of the movie scenes Emma is forced into, and yet he keeps coming back as different characters while von Schnerk films.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: He could have opted to simply kill Emma and Steed with the Cybernaut, but he wanted a more cruel and sadistic fate for them.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: He could have opted to simply kill Emma and Steed with the Cybernaut, but he wanted a more cruel and sadistic fate for them. Which led him to his demise.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Falls to his death victim of his own "Circle of Justice" trap after accidentally pulling its torch lever with his whip.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Falls to his death victim of his own "Circle of Justice" trap after accidentally pulling its torch lever with his whip.whip while trying to hurt Emma.
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* CoDragons: Forms the two underlings of von Schnerk with Damita Syn.
* CoDragons: Forms the two underlings of von Schnerk with Damita Syn.
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I think you will agree, the automated assassin was a stroke of genius. Loyal, obedient and extremely efficient."'' --Dr. Clement Armstrong]]
->'''Appear in:''' "The Cybernauts" | "Return of the Cybernauts" | ''The New Avengers'': "The Last of the Cybernauts"
->'''Appear in:''' "The Cybernauts" | "Return of the Cybernauts" | ''The New Avengers'': "The Last of the Cybernauts"
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->''"I think you will agree, the automated assassin was a stroke of genius. Loyal, obedient and extremely efficient.
-->-- '''Dr. Clement
->'''Appear in:''' "The Cybernauts" | "Return of the Cybernauts" | ''The New Avengers'': "The Last of the Cybernauts"
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* WickedCultured: He's a ManOfWealthAndTaste, plays the piano and he's [[AffablyEvil well-mannered]]
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* WickedCultured: He's a ManOfWealthAndTaste, plays the piano and he's [[AffablyEvil well-mannered]]well-mannered]].
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* ButtMonkey: Gets his ass kicked by Emma in several of the movie scenes Emma is forced into, and yet keeps coming back as different characters. Von Schnerk seemingly intended it that way, waiting for a fitting climax to provide a DyingMomentOfAwesome for Emma.
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A washed up actor who helps out Z. Z. von Schnerk on his SnuffMovie project starring Emma Peel.
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A washed up actor who helps out Z. Z. von Schnerk on his SnuffMovie SnuffFilm project starring Emma Peel.
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* ButtMonkey: Gets his ass kicked by Emma in several of the movie scenes Emma is forced into, and yet keeps coming back as different characters. Von Schnerk seemingly intended it that way, waiting for a fitting climax to provide a DyingMomentOfAweome DyingMomentOfAwesome for Emma.
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[[folder:Stewart Kirby]]
!!Stewart Kirby
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->'''Appears in:''' "Epic"
->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterWyngarde
A washed up actor who helps out Z. Z. von Schnerk on his SnuffMovie project starring Emma Peel.
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* ButtMonkey: Gets his ass kicked by Emma in several of the movie scenes Emma is forced into, and yet keeps coming back as different characters. Von Schnerk seemingly intended it that way, waiting for a fitting climax to provide a DyingMomentOfAweome for Emma.
* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: He seemingly changes disguise at will between the various film scenes Emma is forced into. He never wears the same costume twice in the episode.
* LargeHam: He hams it up in practically every movie scene he has to play for von Schnerk.
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!!Stewart Kirby
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->'''Appears in:''' "Epic"
->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterWyngarde
A washed up actor who helps out Z. Z. von Schnerk on his SnuffMovie project starring Emma Peel.
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* ButtMonkey: Gets his ass kicked by Emma in several of the movie scenes Emma is forced into, and yet keeps coming back as different characters. Von Schnerk seemingly intended it that way, waiting for a fitting climax to provide a DyingMomentOfAweome for Emma.
* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: He seemingly changes disguise at will between the various film scenes Emma is forced into. He never wears the same costume twice in the episode.
* LargeHam: He hams it up in practically every movie scene he has to play for von Schnerk.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He falls to his death victim of his own Circle of Justice trap after accidentally pulling its torch lever with his whip.
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[[folder:Professor Keller]]
!!Professor Jack Keller
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"The machine is not only man's equal, but his superior! I will prove it to you!"'']]
->'''Appears in:''' "The House that Jack Built"
->'''Played by:''' Michael Goodliffe
A deranged automation technology engineer with a colossal grudge against Emma Peel, who fired him back when she was the head of Knight Industries. He turned a house into a giant computerized mousetrap to drive Emma insane.
!!Professor Jack Keller
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"The machine is not only man's equal, but his superior! I will prove it to you!"'']]
->'''Appears in:''' "The House that Jack Built"
->'''Played by:''' Michael Goodliffe
A deranged automation technology engineer with a colossal grudge against Emma Peel, who fired him back when she was the head of Knight Industries. He turned a house into a giant computerized mousetrap to drive Emma insane.
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!!Professor Jack Keller
!!The Honorable John Cleverly Cartney
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->'''Appears in:'''
->'''Played by:'''
A deranged automation technology engineer with a colossal grudge against Emma Peel,
An aristocrat who
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* BrainUploading: A sort of primitive version of the trope. [[spoiler:He designed computers to answer to Emma after his death should she ask questions, and the first ones she meets answer quite accurately to her questions with pre-recorded videos and Keller's voice.]]
* EvilGenius: Just as Dr. Armstrong, he is a brilliant and visionary automation / computer science engineer with very unethical goals.
* MadScientist: He firmly believes in the replacement of man by machines.
* {{Revenge}}: He patiently plotted one against Emma after she fired him from her company.
* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: He turned a house into a giant automated / computerized trap for Emma Peel. He designed it to [[DrivenToMadness drive her insane]] and even built a GasChamber in case she would consider [[DrivenToSuicide killing herself]] rather than being slowly driven mad.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He amassed a lot of informations about Emma, pictures of her as well as objects that belonged to her, and built a creepy exhibition for Emma with them inside the house, going as far as putting an obituary for her at the end of it.
* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler:He is [[DeadAllAlong already dead]] and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay mummified in a glass box]] when Emma steps into the house.]]
* VisionaryVillain: He is not unsimilar to Dr. Armstrong with his ideas to replace / dominate man with machines.
* BrainUploading: A sort of primitive version of the trope. [[spoiler:He designed computers to answer to Emma after his death should she ask questions, and the first ones she meets answer quite accurately to her questions with pre-recorded videos and Keller's voice.]]
* EvilGenius: Just as Dr. Armstrong, he is a brilliant and visionary automation / computer science engineer with very unethical goals.
* MadScientist: He firmly believes in the replacement of man by machines.
* {{Revenge}}: He patiently plotted one against Emma after she fired him from her company.
* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: He turned a house into a giant automated / computerized trap for Emma Peel. He designed it to [[DrivenToMadness drive her insane]] and even built a GasChamber in case she would consider [[DrivenToSuicide killing herself]] rather than being slowly driven mad.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He amassed a lot of informations about Emma, pictures of her as well as objects that belonged to her, and built a creepy exhibition for Emma with them inside the house, going as far as putting an obituary for her at the end of it.
* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler:He is [[DeadAllAlong already dead]] and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay mummified in a glass box]] when Emma steps into the house.]]
* VisionaryVillain: He is not unsimilar to Dr. Armstrong with his ideas to replace / dominate man with machines.
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* BestServedCold: It took him more than AristocratsAreEvil: An upper class man who's a decade threat to put his revenge in motion.
international relations and leads an evil cult.
*BrainUploading: A sort of primitive version of the trope. [[spoiler:He designed computers TheCasanova: He's a suave womanizer.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He falls toanswer to Emma after his death should she ask questions, and the first ones she meets answer quite accurately to her questions victim of his own Circle of Justice trap after accidentally pulling its torch lever with pre-recorded videos and Keller's voice.]]
his whip.
*EvilGenius: Just as Dr. Armstrong, he ThePrankster: He sets up various pranks to ridicule important international figures.
* VillainousCrush: He isa brilliant and visionary automation / computer science engineer with very unethical goals.
attracted to Emma Peel at first.
*MadScientist: WhipItGood: He firmly believes in the replacement of man by machines.
* {{Revenge}}: He patiently plotted oneuses a whip against Emma after she fired him from her company.
* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: He turned a house into a giant automated / computerized trap for Emma Peel. He designed it to [[DrivenToMadness drive her insane]] and even built a GasChamberin case she would consider [[DrivenToSuicide killing herself]] rather than being slowly driven mad.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He amassed a lot of informations about Emma, pictures of her as well as objects that belonged to her, and built a creepy exhibition for Emma with them insidethe house, going as far as putting an obituary for her at the end of it.
* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler:He is [[DeadAllAlong already dead]] and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay mummified in a glass box]] when Emma steps into the house.]]
* VisionaryVillain: He is not unsimilar to Dr. Armstrong with his ideas to replace / dominate man with machines.episode's climax.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He falls to
*
* VillainousCrush: He is
*
* {{Revenge}}: He patiently plotted one
* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: He turned a house into a giant automated / computerized trap for Emma Peel. He designed it to [[DrivenToMadness drive her insane]] and even built a GasChamber
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He amassed a lot of informations about Emma, pictures of her as well as objects that belonged to her, and built a creepy exhibition for Emma with them inside
* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler:He is [[DeadAllAlong already dead]] and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay mummified in a glass box]] when Emma steps into the house.]]
* VisionaryVillain: He is not unsimilar to Dr. Armstrong with his ideas to replace / dominate man with machines.
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!!Paul Beresford
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->'''Appears in:''' "Return of the Cybernauts"
->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterCushing
An upper class man who befriends Steed and Emma Peel, and even flirts with the latter. Unbeknownst to them, he is the brother of Professor Clement Armstrong, and plots a diabolical revenge against them for his brother's death, using one of the latter's creations, a Cybernaut, and {{Kidnapped Scientist}}s.
!!Paul Beresford
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->'''Appears in:''' "Return of the Cybernauts"
->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterCushing
An upper class man who befriends Steed and Emma Peel, and even flirts with the latter. Unbeknownst to them, he is the brother of Professor Clement Armstrong, and plots a diabolical revenge against them for his brother's death, using one of the latter's creations, a Cybernaut, and {{Kidnapped Scientist}}s.
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!!Paul Beresford
!!Professor Jack Keller
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"The machine is not only man's equal, but his superior! I will prove it to you!"'']]
->'''Appears in:'''
->'''Played by:'''
An upper class man who befriends Steed and
A deranged automation technology engineer with a colossal grudge against Emma Peel,
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* DirtyOldMan: As he [[PeoplePuppets controls Emma like a puppet]], he says she is now submitted to "his every will, his every wish". God only knows what he means...
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Steed tricks the scientists into putting the mind-controlling bracelet on the Cybernaut's arm, which sends the robot on an uncontrolable frenzy. The Cybernaut ends up killing Beresford with a deadly BearHug.
* MindControlDevice: One of the scientists he kidnapped designs a mind-controlling bracelet, basically turning anyone who wears it into a [[PeoplePuppets zombified puppet]], a "human Cybernaut" in Beresford's words.
* TheReveal: He is the brother of Professor Clement Armstrong.
* {{Revenge}}: He uses a Cybernaut and [[KidnappedScientist kidnaps a bunch of scientists]] to plot a diabolical revenge against the Avengers.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: He could have opted to simply kill Emma and Steed with the Cybernaut, but he wanted a more cruel and sadistic fate for them.
* DirtyOldMan: As he [[PeoplePuppets controls Emma like a puppet]], he says she is now submitted to "his every will, his every wish". God only knows what he means...
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Steed tricks the scientists into putting the mind-controlling bracelet on the Cybernaut's arm, which sends the robot on an uncontrolable frenzy. The Cybernaut ends up killing Beresford with a deadly BearHug.
* MindControlDevice: One of the scientists he kidnapped designs a mind-controlling bracelet, basically turning anyone who wears it into a [[PeoplePuppets zombified puppet]], a "human Cybernaut" in Beresford's words.
* TheReveal: He is the brother of Professor Clement Armstrong.
* {{Revenge}}: He uses a Cybernaut and [[KidnappedScientist kidnaps a bunch of scientists]] to plot a diabolical revenge against the Avengers.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: He could have opted to simply kill Emma and Steed with the Cybernaut, but he wanted a more cruel and sadistic fate for them.
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* AvengingTheVillain: Wants BestServedCold: It took him more than a decade to avenge the death of put his brother.
revenge in motion.
*DirtyOldMan: As he [[PeoplePuppets controls Emma like a puppet]], he says she is now submitted to "his every will, his every wish". God only knows what he means...
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Steed tricks the scientists into putting the mind-controlling bracelet on the Cybernaut's arm, which sends the robot on an uncontrolable frenzy. The Cybernaut ends up killing Beresford with a deadly BearHug.
* MindControlDevice: OneBrainUploading: A sort of primitive version of the scientists he kidnapped designs a mind-controlling bracelet, basically turning anyone who wears it into a [[PeoplePuppets zombified puppet]], a "human Cybernaut" in Beresford's words.
* TheReveal: He istrope. [[spoiler:He designed computers to answer to Emma after his death should she ask questions, and the brother first ones she meets answer quite accurately to her questions with pre-recorded videos and Keller's voice.]]
* EvilGenius: Just as Dr. Armstrong, he is a brilliant and visionary automation / computer science engineer with very unethical goals.
* MadScientist: He firmly believes in the replacement ofProfessor Clement Armstrong.
man by machines.
* {{Revenge}}: Heuses a Cybernaut and [[KidnappedScientist kidnaps a bunch of scientists]] to plot a diabolical revenge patiently plotted one against the Avengers.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: He could have opted to simply killEmma after she fired him from her company.
* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: He turned a house into a giant automated / computerized trap for Emma Peel. He designed it to [[DrivenToMadness drive her insane]] andSteed even built a GasChamber in case she would consider [[DrivenToSuicide killing herself]] rather than being slowly driven mad.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He amassed a lot of informations about Emma, pictures of her as well as objects that belonged to her, and built a creepy exhibition for Emma with them inside theCybernaut, but he wanted a more cruel house, going as far as putting an obituary for her at the end of it.
* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler:He is [[DeadAllAlong already dead]] andsadistic fate for them.[[DeadGuyOnDisplay mummified in a glass box]] when Emma steps into the house.]]
* VisionaryVillain: He is not unsimilar to Dr. Armstrong with his ideas to replace / dominate man with machines.
*
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Steed tricks the scientists into putting the mind-controlling bracelet on the Cybernaut's arm, which sends the robot on an uncontrolable frenzy. The Cybernaut ends up killing Beresford with a deadly BearHug.
* MindControlDevice: One
* TheReveal: He is
* EvilGenius: Just as Dr. Armstrong, he is a brilliant and visionary automation / computer science engineer with very unethical goals.
* MadScientist: He firmly believes in the replacement of
* {{Revenge}}: He
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: He could have opted to simply kill
* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: He turned a house into a giant automated / computerized trap for Emma Peel. He designed it to [[DrivenToMadness drive her insane]] and
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He amassed a lot of informations about Emma, pictures of her as well as objects that belonged to her, and built a creepy exhibition for Emma with them inside the
* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler:He is [[DeadAllAlong already dead]] and
* VisionaryVillain: He is not unsimilar to Dr. Armstrong with his ideas to replace / dominate man with machines.
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!!Arnie Packer / The Winged Avenger
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I am the ideal of vengeance against those who the law cannot touch!"'']]
->'''Appears in:''' "The Winged Avenger"
->'''Played by:''' Neil Hallett
A comic book author who was wronged by his publisher and went mad, becoming the very comic book character he created. He goes on a killing spree against {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, his publisher being his first victim.
!!Arnie Packer / The Winged Avenger
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I am the ideal of vengeance against those who the law cannot touch!"'']]
->'''Appears in:''' "The Winged Avenger"
->'''Played by:''' Neil Hallett
A comic book author who was wronged by his publisher and went mad, becoming the very comic book character he created. He goes on a killing spree against {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, his publisher being his first victim.
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!!Paul Beresford
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I am the ideal of vengeance against those who the law cannot touch!"'']]
->'''Appears in:'''
->'''Played by:'''
A comic book author
An upper class man who
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* AnimalMotifs: A bird of prey.
* BecomingTheMask: He's become so mad that he practically thinks he is the comic book avenger he created.
* BloodlessCarnage: Since he claws people to death, one would expect to see blood. [[ViolenceIsDisturbing The show's nature didn't allow for it]], of course.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Falls down to his death from a window after Steed hits him with a comic cardboard.
* EatTheRich: He attacks {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, mainly.
* FeatheredFiend: A SerialKiller with a giant bird of prey disguise.
* {{Revenge}}: Against publishers who stripped him of any profit on his own comic book.
* SerialKiller: Kills several people who wronged him in a row.
* ShoutOut: The episode as a whole is a spoof of the very popular and campy ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series at the time, right down to a MusicalPastiche of that series' theme tune and {{Written Sound Effect}}s.
* WallCrawl: He uses special adhesive boots that allow their wearer to walk on walls and even on ceilings.
* BecomingTheMask: He's become so mad that he practically thinks he is the comic book avenger he created.
* BloodlessCarnage: Since he claws people to death, one would expect to see blood. [[ViolenceIsDisturbing The show's nature didn't allow for it]], of course.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Falls down to his death from a window after Steed hits him with a comic cardboard.
* EatTheRich: He attacks {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, mainly.
* FeatheredFiend: A SerialKiller with a giant bird of prey disguise.
* {{Revenge}}: Against publishers who stripped him of any profit on his own comic book.
* SerialKiller: Kills several people who wronged him in a row.
* ShoutOut: The episode as a whole is a spoof of the very popular and campy ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series at the time, right down to a MusicalPastiche of that series' theme tune and {{Written Sound Effect}}s.
* WallCrawl: He uses special adhesive boots that allow their wearer to walk on walls and even on ceilings.
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* AnimalMotifs: A bird of prey.
* BecomingTheMask: He's become so mad that he practically thinks he isAvengingTheVillain: Wants to avenge the comic book avenger death of his brother.
* DirtyOldMan: As hecreated.
* BloodlessCarnage: Since[[PeoplePuppets controls Emma like a puppet]], he claws people says she is now submitted to death, one would expect to see blood. [[ViolenceIsDisturbing "his every will, his every wish". God only knows what he means...
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Steed tricks the scientists into putting the mind-controlling bracelet on the Cybernaut's arm, which sends the robot on an uncontrolable frenzy. Theshow's nature didn't allow for it]], of course.Cybernaut ends up killing Beresford with a deadly BearHug.
*DisneyVillainDeath: Falls down to his death from MindControlDevice: One of the scientists he kidnapped designs a window after Steed hits him with mind-controlling bracelet, basically turning anyone who wears it into a comic cardboard.
[[PeoplePuppets zombified puppet]], a "human Cybernaut" in Beresford's words.
*EatTheRich: TheReveal: He attacks {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, mainly.
* FeatheredFiend: A SerialKiller with a giant birdis the brother of prey disguise.
Professor Clement Armstrong.
* {{Revenge}}:Against publishers who stripped him of any profit on his own comic book.
* SerialKiller: Kills several people who wronged him in a row.
* ShoutOut: The episode as a whole is a spoof of the very popular and campy ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series at the time, right down to a MusicalPastiche of that series' theme tune and {{Written Sound Effect}}s.
* WallCrawl:He uses special adhesive boots that allow their wearer to walk on walls a Cybernaut and even on ceilings.[[KidnappedScientist kidnaps a bunch of scientists]] to plot a diabolical revenge against the Avengers.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: He could have opted to simply kill Emma and Steed with the Cybernaut, but he wanted a more cruel and sadistic fate for them.
* BecomingTheMask: He's become so mad that he practically thinks he is
* DirtyOldMan: As he
* BloodlessCarnage: Since
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Steed tricks the scientists into putting the mind-controlling bracelet on the Cybernaut's arm, which sends the robot on an uncontrolable frenzy. The
*
*
* FeatheredFiend: A SerialKiller with a giant bird
* {{Revenge}}:
* SerialKiller: Kills several people who wronged him in a row.
* ShoutOut: The episode as a whole is a spoof of the very popular and campy ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series at the time, right down to a MusicalPastiche of that series' theme tune and {{Written Sound Effect}}s.
* WallCrawl:
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: He could have opted to simply kill Emma and Steed with the Cybernaut, but he wanted a more cruel and sadistic fate for them.
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[[folder:Z. Z. von Schnerk]]
!!Z. Z. von Schnerk
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->'''Appears in:''' "Epic"
->'''Played by:''' Kenneth J. Warren
A mad producer and film director who is obsessed with Emma Peel and wants to create a SnuffFilm starring her.
!!Z. Z. von Schnerk
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zzvonschnerk.jpg]]
->'''Appears in:''' "Epic"
->'''Played by:''' Kenneth J. Warren
A mad producer and film director who is obsessed with Emma Peel and wants to create a SnuffFilm starring her.
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!!Z. Z. von Schnerk
!!Arnie Packer / The Winged Avenger
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I am the ideal of vengeance against those who the law cannot touch!"'']]
->'''Appears in:'''
->'''Played by:'''
A
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* AffablyEvil: He is full of reverence and admiration for Emma Peel, and plans to kill her for his art.
* BaldOfEvil: He is hairless and plans to kill Emma.
* LastWords: As he's fatally shot, he puts his hand on his camera, utters "Cut!" and dies.
* MadArtist: A mad filmmaker.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His job, germanity, mannerisms and general look are pretty clearly a spoof of director Creator/ErichVonStroheim.
* NoNameGiven: There's no indication of what his double "Z" means.
* SnuffFilm: He wants to film an epic starring Emma... with real danger coming to her, and wants her to die for real as an apotheosis for the film.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: His obsession about Emma is driven by a need of magnifiying her on screen, then providing her a DyingMomentOfAwesome for real.
* TheVonTropeFamily: '''von''' Schnerk.
* BaldOfEvil: He is hairless and plans to kill Emma.
* LastWords: As he's fatally shot, he puts his hand on his camera, utters "Cut!" and dies.
* MadArtist: A mad filmmaker.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His job, germanity, mannerisms and general look are pretty clearly a spoof of director Creator/ErichVonStroheim.
* NoNameGiven: There's no indication of what his double "Z" means.
* SnuffFilm: He wants to film an epic starring Emma... with real danger coming to her, and wants her to die for real as an apotheosis for the film.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: His obsession about Emma is driven by a need of magnifiying her on screen, then providing her a DyingMomentOfAwesome for real.
* TheVonTropeFamily: '''von''' Schnerk.
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* AffablyEvil: He AnimalMotifs: A bird of prey.
* BecomingTheMask: He's become so mad that he practically thinks he isfull of reverence and admiration the comic book avenger he created.
* BloodlessCarnage: Since he claws people to death, one would expect to see blood. [[ViolenceIsDisturbing The show's nature didn't allow forEmma Peel, and plans to kill her for his art.
* BaldOfEvil: He is hairless and plans to kill Emma.
* LastWords: As he's fatally shot, he puts his hand on his camera, utters "Cut!" and dies.it]], of course.
*MadArtist: DisneyVillainDeath: Falls down to his death from a window after Steed hits him with a comic cardboard.
* EatTheRich: He attacks {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, mainly.
* FeatheredFiend: Amad filmmaker.
SerialKiller with a giant bird of prey disguise.
*NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His job, germanity, mannerisms and general look are pretty clearly {{Revenge}}: Against publishers who stripped him of any profit on his own comic book.
* SerialKiller: Kills several people who wronged him in a row.
* ShoutOut: The episode as a whole is a spoof ofdirector Creator/ErichVonStroheim.
* NoNameGiven: There's no indication of what his double "Z" means.
* SnuffFilm: He wants to film an epic starring Emma... with real danger coming to her,the very popular and wants her to die for real as an apotheosis for campy ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series at the film.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: His obsession about Emma is driven bytime, right down to a need MusicalPastiche of magnifiying her that series' theme tune and {{Written Sound Effect}}s.
* WallCrawl: He uses special adhesive boots that allow their wearer to walk onscreen, then providing her a DyingMomentOfAwesome for real.
* TheVonTropeFamily: '''von''' Schnerk.walls and even on ceilings.
* BecomingTheMask: He's become so mad that he practically thinks he is
* BloodlessCarnage: Since he claws people to death, one would expect to see blood. [[ViolenceIsDisturbing The show's nature didn't allow for
* BaldOfEvil: He is hairless and plans to kill Emma.
* LastWords: As he's fatally shot, he puts his hand on his camera, utters "Cut!" and dies.
*
* EatTheRich: He attacks {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, mainly.
* FeatheredFiend: A
*
* SerialKiller: Kills several people who wronged him in a row.
* ShoutOut: The episode as a whole is a spoof of
* NoNameGiven: There's no indication of what his double "Z" means.
* SnuffFilm: He wants to film an epic starring Emma... with real danger coming to her,
* StalkerWithoutACrush: His obsession about Emma is driven by
* WallCrawl: He uses special adhesive boots that allow their wearer to walk on
* TheVonTropeFamily: '''von''' Schnerk.
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!New Avengers Characters
!!!'''New Avengers'''
[[folder:Purdey]]
!!Purdey
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/JoannaLumley
A British intelligence agent and former ballet dancer, Purdey is a martial arts (learned, according to her, during her time with the Royal Ballet, of which she was expelled for being, still according to her, "too tall") and marksmanship expert.
Purdey sees Steed as an attractive, yet fatherly figure, and there is also ongoing banter and playful flirting between her and Mike Gambit (although the series never indicated anything more in her relationship with either man).
!!!'''New Avengers'''
[[folder:Purdey]]
!!Purdey
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/03_0003.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/JoannaLumley
A British intelligence agent and former ballet dancer, Purdey is a martial arts (learned, according to her, during her time with the Royal Ballet, of which she was expelled for being, still according to her, "too tall") and marksmanship expert.
Purdey sees Steed as an attractive, yet fatherly figure, and there is also ongoing banter and playful flirting between her and Mike Gambit (although the series never indicated anything more in her relationship with either man).
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!!!'''New Avengers'''
[[folder:Purdey]]
!!Purdey
!!Z. Z. von Schnerk
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->'''Appears in:''' "Epic"
->'''Played by:'''
A
Purdey sees Steed as an attractive, yet fatherly figure, and there is also ongoing banter and playful flirting between her and Mike Gambit (although the series never indicated anything more in her relationship with either man).
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* ActionGirl: Like all of Steed's previous partners.
* BoyishShortHair: The bowl cut is one of her most distinctive features. It was requested by Joanna Lumley herself.
* CompositeCharacter: She is essentially a combination of all of Steed's previous female partners.
* TheGunslinger: She is an expert markswoman.
* MeaningfulName: Joanna Lumley is credited with suggesting the character be named Purdey after James Purdey & Sons, a famous shotgun manufacturer.
* OnlyOneName: During the two-year run of ''The New Avengers'', no other name was ever given to her and it was never revealed on screen whether "Purdey" was her first or last name.
* ShesGotLegs: And she kicks much ass with them.
* ShowSomeLeg: She is often called upon to use her feminine attributes to distract villains.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Gambit.
* BoyishShortHair: The bowl cut is one of her most distinctive features. It was requested by Joanna Lumley herself.
* CompositeCharacter: She is essentially a combination of all of Steed's previous female partners.
* TheGunslinger: She is an expert markswoman.
* MeaningfulName: Joanna Lumley is credited with suggesting the character be named Purdey after James Purdey & Sons, a famous shotgun manufacturer.
* OnlyOneName: During the two-year run of ''The New Avengers'', no other name was ever given to her and it was never revealed on screen whether "Purdey" was her first or last name.
* ShesGotLegs: And she kicks much ass with them.
* ShowSomeLeg: She is often called upon to use her feminine attributes to distract villains.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Gambit.
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* ActionGirl: Like all AffablyEvil: He is full of Steed's previous partners.
* BoyishShortHair: The bowl cut is one ofreverence and admiration for Emma Peel, and plans to kill her most distinctive features. It was requested by Joanna Lumley herself.
for his art.
*CompositeCharacter: She BaldOfEvil: He is essentially a combination of all of Steed's previous female partners.
* TheGunslinger: She is an expert markswoman.
* MeaningfulName: Joanna Lumley is credited with suggesting the character be named Purdey after James Purdey & Sons, a famous shotgun manufacturer.
* OnlyOneName: During the two-year run of ''The New Avengers'', no other name was ever given to herhairless and it was never revealed plans to kill Emma.
* LastWords: As he's fatally shot, he puts his hand onscreen whether "Purdey" was her first or last name.
* ShesGotLegs: And she kicks much ass with them.
* ShowSomeLeg: She is often called upon to use her feminine attributes to distract villains.his camera, utters "Cut!" and dies.
*UnresolvedSexualTension: With Gambit.MadArtist: A mad filmmaker.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His job, germanity, mannerisms and general look are pretty clearly a spoof of director Creator/ErichVonStroheim.
* NoNameGiven: There's no indication of what his double "Z" means.
* SnuffFilm: He wants to film an epic starring Emma... with real danger coming to her, and wants her to die for real as an apotheosis for the film.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: His obsession about Emma is driven by a need of magnifiying her on screen, then providing her a DyingMomentOfAwesome for real.
* TheVonTropeFamily: '''von''' Schnerk.
* BoyishShortHair: The bowl cut is one of
*
* TheGunslinger: She is an expert markswoman.
* MeaningfulName: Joanna Lumley is credited with suggesting the character be named Purdey after James Purdey & Sons, a famous shotgun manufacturer.
* OnlyOneName: During the two-year run of ''The New Avengers'', no other name was ever given to her
* LastWords: As he's fatally shot, he puts his hand on
* ShesGotLegs: And she kicks much ass with them.
* ShowSomeLeg: She is often called upon to use her feminine attributes to distract villains.
*
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His job, germanity, mannerisms and general look are pretty clearly a spoof of director Creator/ErichVonStroheim.
* NoNameGiven: There's no indication of what his double "Z" means.
* SnuffFilm: He wants to film an epic starring Emma... with real danger coming to her, and wants her to die for real as an apotheosis for the film.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: His obsession about Emma is driven by a need of magnifiying her on screen, then providing her a DyingMomentOfAwesome for real.
* TheVonTropeFamily: '''von''' Schnerk.
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[[folder:Gambit]]
!!Michael "Mike" Gambit
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->'''Played by:''' Gareth Hunt
A former Major in the Parachute Regiment who also had a short-lived career as a race car driver.
!!Michael "Mike" Gambit
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->'''Played by:''' Gareth Hunt
A former Major in the Parachute Regiment who also had a short-lived career as a race car driver.
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!!Michael "Mike" Gambit
!!!'''New Avengers'''
[[folder:Purdey]]
!!Purdey
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->'''Played by:'''
A British intelligence agent and former
Purdey sees Steed as an attractive, yet fatherly figure, and there is also
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* ActionGirl: Like all of Steed's previous partners.
* BoyishShortHair: The bowl cut is one of her most distinctive features. It was requested by Joanna Lumley herself.
* CompositeCharacter: She is essentially a combination of all of Steed's previous female partners.
* TheGunslinger: She is an expert markswoman.
* MeaningfulName: Joanna Lumley is credited with suggesting the character be named Purdey after James Purdey & Sons, a famous shotgun manufacturer.
* OnlyOneName: During the two-year run of ''The New Avengers'', no other name was ever given to her and it was never revealed on screen whether "Purdey" was her first or last name.
* ShesGotLegs: And she kicks much ass with them.
* ShowSomeLeg: She is often called upon to use her feminine attributes to distract villains.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: WithPurdey, very much so.Gambit.
* BoyishShortHair: The bowl cut is one of her most distinctive features. It was requested by Joanna Lumley herself.
* CompositeCharacter: She is essentially a combination of all of Steed's previous female partners.
* TheGunslinger: She is an expert markswoman.
* MeaningfulName: Joanna Lumley is credited with suggesting the character be named Purdey after James Purdey & Sons, a famous shotgun manufacturer.
* OnlyOneName: During the two-year run of ''The New Avengers'', no other name was ever given to her and it was never revealed on screen whether "Purdey" was her first or last name.
* ShesGotLegs: And she kicks much ass with them.
* ShowSomeLeg: She is often called upon to use her feminine attributes to distract villains.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With
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!!Michael "Mike" Gambit
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->'''Played by:''' Gareth Hunt
A former Major in the Parachute Regiment who also had a short-lived career as a race car driver.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Purdey, very much so.
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* {{Revenge}}: He's driven by the need to avenge his wife in the first two episodes, hence the show's title.
