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* BeeAfraid: He falls into a coma in the fourth book after being attacked by a killer wasp.


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* PlotAllergy: He falls into a coma in the fourth book after being attacked by a killer wasp.
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* {{Adorkable}}

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* AdultsAreUseless: In the first book, she was often dismissive of what Lloyd and Harvey told her about what was happening at the school. It's [[JustifiedTrope somewhat justified]] because The Headmaster went out of his way to ensure that anybody who could back up Lloyd and Harvey's claims wouldn't be able to by hypnotizing them.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: By the fourth book. During the fire in the tunnel at the climax, she prays that the members will get out safely and is horrified along with the rest of SPLAT and Simon when Eve dies prematurely.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: By the fourth book. During the fire in the tunnel at the climax, she prays that the members of SPLAT will get out safely and is horrified along with the rest of SPLAT and Simon when Eve dies prematurely.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: By the fourth book.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: By the fourth book. During the fire in the tunnel at the climax, she prays that the members will get out safely and is horrified along with the rest of SPLAT and Simon when Eve dies prematurely.

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* TheComicallySerious

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* TheComicallySeriousTheComicallySerious: Exploited at the end of the first book; SPLAT defeats him by making him look ridiculous right at the crucial moment.



* EvilOldFolks
* FourEyesZeroSoul

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* EvilOldFolks
EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He has a civilian name, but it's never spoken aloud in the entire series.
* FourEyesZeroSoulEvilOldFolks:
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Of course, what's ''behind'' those glasses is a whole lot scarier.

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* ThouShaltNotKill: When Dinah is in a position to crash a helicopter with the Headmaster in it, she refuses because she can't bring herself to kill.



* HighHeelFaceTurn: in the fourth book.

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* HighHeelFaceTurn: in In the fourth book.book, when she finds herself breaking his control.



* ControlFreak: His primary goal is to impose his view of order on the world, to the point where SPLAT have described him as wanting to make the work a machine.
* CreepyMonotone: His default

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* ControlFreak: His primary goal is to impose his view of order on the world, to the point where SPLAT have described him as wanting to make the work world a machine.
* CreepyMonotone: His default pattern of speech.



* NoNameGiven: The Headmaster is only ever referred to by his title (although he has been referred to as 'the Director' in the fourth book), but the second and fifth books in particular make it clear that he does have a name and that SPLAT know what it is.

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* NoNameGiven: The Headmaster is only ever referred to by his title (although he has been was referred to as 'the Director' in the fourth book), book in his role as controller of the BRC), but the second and fifth books in particular make it clear that he does have a name and that SPLAT know what it is.
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* ParentalSubsitute: For Dinah.

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* ParentalSubsitute: ParentalSubstitute: For Dinah.


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* HeelFaceBrainwashing: [[spoiler: Inverted. She ends up getting brainwashed into going back to her old ways when The Headmaster sends a hypnotic message to the parents of Hazelbrook's students.]]

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* ControlFreak: His primary goal is to enforce his view of order ont he world, to the point where SPLAT have described him as wanting to make the work a machine.
* CreepyMonotone
* DeadpanSnarker

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* ControlFreak: His primary goal is to enforce impose his view of order ont he on the world, to the point where SPLAT have described him as wanting to make the work a machine.
* CreepyMonotone
CreepyMonotone: His default
* DeadpanSnarkerDeadpanSnarker: For someone who despises all forms of frivolity, he occasionally shows a ''very'' dry sense of humor.



* KnightTemplar

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* KnightTemplarKnightTemplar: He really ''does'' think the world would be better off if everyone were like him.


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* StraightEdgeEvil: He doesn't appear to have any vices or self-indulgences besides the whole "obsessed with world domination" thing.
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It was revealed in the sixth book that they died in a car accident


* ParentalAbandonment: We never find out how exactly her parents died.
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* RoleReprisal: Terence Hardiman, the actor that played The Headmaster in the 90s show, played him again in a [[stage musical http://www.historyforsale.com/terrence-hardiman-advertisement-signed/dc324511]] based on the books.

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* NoNameGiven: The Headmaster is only ever referred to by his title (although he has been referred to as 'the Director' in the fourth book), but the second and fifth books in particular make it clear that he does have a name and that SPLAT know what it is.



* TheSpook

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* TheSpookTheSpook: It is never revealed where the Headmaster acquired his powers or his fixation with order.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Occasionally, such as in "The Prime Minister's Brain" where he programmed the Super Salamada to keep out anyone with the surname "Glass" but didn't anticipate that Dinah had been renamed Dinah Hunter after the Hunters adopted her so ended up getting in anyway.



* GenreFailure

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* UngratefulBastard: Lloyd comes off as a bit unfair on Dinah after the snowball incident considering that Dinah had responded to it by threatening the Headmaster. He realizes his mistake after learning that Dinah had been hypnotized by The Headmaster.
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* ConvenientComa: In the fourth book, taking hi off the board and providing the catalyst that forces the rest of SPLAT to take action.

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* ConvenientComa: In the fourth book, taking hi him off the board and providing the catalyst that forces the rest of SPLAT to take action.



* DefrostingIceKing: Initially rather harsh towards Diana before he grows to accept her.

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* DefrostingIceKing: Initially rather harsh towards Diana Dinah before he grows to accept her.




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* LittleMissSnarker
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! Dinah Glass, Later Hunter

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! Dinah Glass, Later HunterGlass (later Hunter)



* MeaningfulRename: She changes her last name after she is adopted by the Hunters.



* TransferStudentUniform: She wears her clothes from her old school on her first day.

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* TransferStudentUniform: TransferStudentUniforms: She wears her clothes from her old school on her first day.


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* ArchEnemy: He regards Dinah as this.
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* ConvenientComa: In the fourth book

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* ConvenientComa: In the fourth bookbook, taking hi off the board and providing the catalyst that forces the rest of SPLAT to take action.



* DefrostingIceKing

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* DefrostingIceKingDefrostingIceKing: Initially rather harsh towards Diana before he grows to accept her.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can have control issues, but he is generally a good person determined to stop the Headmaster once he learns ie's involved in events.



* TheDragon: In the first and third book.
** CoDragons: with Eve in the third book.
* HighHeelFaceTurn: in the third book.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: By the third book.

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* TheDragon: In the first and third fourth book.
** CoDragons: with Eve in the third fourth book.
* HighHeelFaceTurn: in the third fourth book.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: By the third fourth book.



* PunchClockVillain: Arguably

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* PunchClockVillain: ArguablyArguably, considering that she was only a 'threat' at the school under the Headmaster's control.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: She almost quits the Headmaster's service when Hyberbrain goes out of control.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: She almost quits Despite being under the Headmaster's control, she almost quits his service when Hyberbrain goes out of control.






* AmbiguouslyHuman

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* AmbiguouslyHumanAmbiguouslyHuman: He has strange hypnotic abilities and a fixation with enforcing order on the world, but he is never explicitly implied to be anything other than human.



* BigBad

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* BigBadBigBad: Throughout the series.



* ChildHater
* ControlFreak

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* ChildHater
ChildHater: Has a very low opinion of children, considering activities like playing to be a waste of time.
* ControlFreakControlFreak: His primary goal is to enforce his view of order ont he world, to the point where SPLAT have described him as wanting to make the work a machine.



* HypnoticEyes

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* HypnoticEyesHypnoticEyes: The Headmaster can essentially control anyone so long as he can look them in the eyes, barring the few exceptions such as the original five members of SPLAT.



* MassHypnosis

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* MassHypnosisMassHypnosis: Attempts this at the end of the first book, and uses technology to put it into practice in the third and fifth books.



* WellIntentionedExtremist

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* WellIntentionedExtremistWellIntentionedExtremist: From his own perspective, at least.



* WouldHurtAChild

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* WouldHurtAChildWouldHurtAChild: He has often shown a willingness to hurt the members of SPLAT, ranging from ordering his other 'servants' to tear them apart as old dolls to having them wrapped up and shipped away as carpets.
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* BeeAfraid: He falls into a coma in the fourth book after being attacked by a giant wasp.

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* BeeAfraid: He falls into a coma in the fourth book after being attacked by a giant killer wasp.

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* ConvenientComa: In the third book

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* BeeAfraid: He falls into a coma in the fourth book after being attacked by a giant wasp.
* ConvenientComa: In the third fourth book
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* RoleReprisal: Terence Hardiman, the actor that played The Headmaster in the 90s show, played him again in a [[stage musical http://www.historyforsale.com/terrence-hardiman-advertisement-signed/dc324511]] based on the books.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman
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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.


* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey It's That Girl]]: Teassa Peake Jones aka [[OnlyFoolsAndHorses Raquel]].



* WouldHurtAChild

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* WouldHurtAChild
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* LaserGuidedKarma: He gets struck with this at the end of every story.
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* HotMom
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When she first meets up with Lloyd and Harvey, she refuses the crisps and coke they offer her, then rather shyly tells them her name, along with her history.
* HumbleHero
* ParentalAbandonment: We never find out how exactly her parents died.
* ShrinkingViolet
* TeenGenius
* TransferStudentUniform: She wears her clothes from her old school on her first day.




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* ConvenientComa: In the third book
* [[CoolBigSis Cool Big Bro]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* DefrostingIceKing
* FieryRedhead
* HotBlooded
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold




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* DeadpanSnarker
* NiceGuy




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* OnlySaneWoman
* TeamMom



* BrattyHalfPint
* {{Jerkass}}[=/=]JerkWithAHeartOfGold



* NiceGuy
* PluckyComicRelief



* HotMom
* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey It's That Girl]]: Teassa Peake Jones aka [[OnlyFoolsAndHorses Raquel]].
* ParentalSubsitute: For Dinah.



* CatchPhrase: "The Prefects are the voice of the Headmaster, they must be obeyed!", she drops this phrase after her HighHeelFaceTurn
* TheDragon: In the first and third book.
** CoDragons: with Eve in the third book.
* HighHeelFaceTurn: in the third book.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: By the third book.
* NobleDemon
* PunchClockVillain: Arguably




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* AdorablyPrecociousChild
* MissingMom
* NatureLover
* NiceGuy




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* AdorablyPrecociousChild
* NiceGuy




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* EvenEvilHasStandards: She almost quits the Headmaster's service when Hyberbrain goes out of control.
* HotScientist




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* AntagonistTitle
* BigBad
* TheComicallySerious
* CatchPhrase: "Funny you should be so tired, so early in the morning."
* ChildHater
* ControlFreak
* CreepyMonotone
* DeadpanSnarker
* EvilOldFolks
* GenreFailure
* HypnoticEyes
* KnightTemplar
* LeanAndMean
* MassHypnosis
* TheSpook
* WellIntentionedExtremist
* WhiteHairBlackHeart

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! Dinah Glass, Later Hunter


! Lloyd Hunter

! Harvey Hunter

! Mandy

! Ingrid

! Ian

! Mrs. Hunter

! Rose Carter

! Simon James

! Michael Dexter

! Doctor Claudia Rowe

! The Headmaster

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