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* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: [[spoiler:Presented as the good sort, since Mr. Parker was inattentive at best and tried to kill her at worst.]]




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* SympatheticAdulterer: [[spoiler:Presented as the good sort, since Mr. Parker was inattentive at best and tried to kill her at worst.]]

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* ConflictingLoyalty: Between Jarod and The Centre. Eventually becomes the ReverseMole for Jarod.

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* ConflictingLoyalty: Between Jarod and The Centre. Eventually becomes the ReverseMole [[TheMole a mole]] for Jarod.



* DetectiveMole : [[spoiler:Was brought into the series as a supposed antagonist who could predict Jarod's movements, but turns out he's been sending Jarod information on his family and sending him warnings all along.]]



* TheMole: Also the DetectiveMole.



* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:Was brought into the series as a supposed antagonist who could predict Jarod's movements, but turns out he's been sending Jarod information on his family and sending him warnings all along.]]

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* ManInWhite: A couple of times to contrast Jarod's usual wardrobe of black.



* WomanInWhite: Frequently.

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-->'''Played by:''' [[spoiler: Ryan Merriman]]

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->'''Played By:''' Patrick Bauchau; Alex Wexo (flashbacks to Jarod's childhood)

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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Pretty much every time he's at risk of being recaptured is because he's helping a WoobieOfTheWeek.



* MetaphoricallyTrue: [[spoiler:When Mr. Raines is nearly killed after trying to kill Jarod, Sydney says he's no marksman. He's right; the bullet hit the oxygen tank instead of Raines himself.]]



* YouAreWhatYouHate: Hates Nazis for experimenting on kids, and hates himself just as much for doing the same thing.


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** Learning about how The Centre kept him from his girlfriend and son makes him take stock of how Jarod and others suffered similarly while he did nothing. He also becomes introspective about it when Nicholas is used as a pawn by Lyle to get to Jarod.
--->'''Sydney:''' How did I get to this? A lifetime working for a corporation that takes my son away from me. And when my son is back in my life, they kidnap him. What's that say about me, huh? Who am I?



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* PutOnABus:
** At the end of Season 1, he gets called away to account for various developments, including Raines nearly dying. He's missing without a trace until partway into Season 2.
** He spends the early half of Season 4 on the run from the Triumvirate's forces after (among other things) Major Charles is revealed to be alive and Gemini escapes.


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* WeCanRuleTogether: Has tried a couple times to convince Jarod that they could do much as allies. Jarod knows better than to ever consider it.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: There are times when it seems like he lives to troll Miss Parker, but he never brings up her mother without having a very real reason for doing so.
-->'''Miss Parker:''' Jarod's a pain in the ass, but he's not heartless.


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* TheGadfly: He once broke into Mr. Parker's house. He had a real reason for doing so (acquiring Catherine's hidden letters), but he gladly left a calling card (one of his Pez dispensers) as a way of letting Mr. Parker know who did it just to mock him.


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* {{Irony}}:
** She's effectively a prisoner of The Centre and the only chance to gain her freedom is to take Jarod's away.
** In ''Island of the Haunted'', she reflects on how the one person she's supposed to hate and capture never hesitates to help her when she's at her lowest.


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* CreatingLifeIsBad: Though Miss Parker and then Jarod treat Gemini as a sentient being that should be cared for, they condemn The Centre for effectively playing God by creating him for their own purposes.


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* HonorBeforeReason: When it looked like Thomas would take Miss Parker away from The Centre, Mr. Parker offered him a blank check to just leave town and never come back. Thomas refused, but he also chose not to tell Miss Parker this, even though it likely would've guaranteed that she'd leave with him.

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* ChildrenAreInnocent: As a child, he'd always interrupt the simulations to ask Sydney questions about the subject's life, family, and well-being. Though Sydney would try to keep him focused on the given subject, he didn't stifle this overall attitude (such as Raines did with Kyle).



* DisposableVagrant: Broots does some research and learns that the surrogate mothers for Gemini and the prior clone attempts were the disenfranchised, runaways, loners, the homeless, and even coma patients. A number died during the pregnancies; others just disappeared without a trace. As Miss Parker surmises, Raines picked women that no one would miss.



* LastOfHisKind: Miss Parker and Broots find a host of dead clones on ice. Broots later determines that there were at least 200 attempts before Gemini.



* ProperlyParanoid: Though he falls for the MotivationalLie, he can't shake the pained look in Jarod's eyes and how similar it is to himself.




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* WhamShot: How the reveal of his face is played.


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* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Subverted. A storyline in Season 4 suggests she's very much alive, as Miss Parker and Broots find her coffin empty, but she is dead. Her death in the elevator was faked, but only so that she could give birth to Ethan later; she was murdered after doing so.]]


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* ScreamingWoman: Let's out a bloodcurdling scream when she sees what Raines did to Timmy.

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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Learned about Kyle's death mere days after it happened]].




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* SoProudOfYou: Commends Jarod for always helping others, despite every bad thing that's happened to him.
* ThrowTheDogABone: He was separated from Margaret and Emily years ago after a botched attempt to rescue Jarod. By Season 3, he has no idea if they're even still alive and fears the worst. Jarod assures them that they are alive, having seen them himself at the end of Season 1.


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* HiddenHeartOfGold: Appeared quite detached on the day of his wife's funeral and insisted to Sydney that "life goes on." When no one was around, though, he openly wept.


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* AlwaysSecondBest: A highly skilled Pretender by and large, but still one still considered second to Jarod. He remarks that after he was found alive, he was groomed to be a back-up Pretender and Triumvirate puppet while the pursuit team was looking for Jarod. It enrages him to no end.


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* VirtueIsWeakness: Mocks Jarod for risking everything time and time again for complete strangers in need of help. He considers it a flaw in Jarod's character and gleefully exploits it.

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* WithFriendsLikeThese: As noted above, he murdered his best friend without a second thought. He doesn't express the slightest bit of regret when Jarod calls him on it.




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* TraumaButton: He positively freaks when the pursuit team bring him to a room in SL-27. He tries to smash a particular machine before collapsing from exhaustion. They later learn this was the machine that destroyed his mind and made him who he is.



* TakingTheBullet: [[spoilers:Dies taking one for Jarod]].

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* TakingTheBullet: [[spoilers:Dies [[spoiler:Dies taking one for Jarod]].

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* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: The Centre brass fear exposure and do everything possible to cover things up, but Jarod is just too valuable to them, so they want him back alive. When Mr. Raines attempts to shoot Jarod in the back, he's nearly killed himself. [[spoiler:Sydney]] did it of his own volition, but Mr. Parker is content to let the whole thing drop since Raines overstepped.



* PositiveFriendInfluence: Implied to be why Raines didn't want him to associate with Kyle. Raines even later lied to Kyle about Jarod being dead.



* EveryoneHasStandards: She's loyal to The Centre, but she often expresses disgust with the shadier operations, such as Lyle getting in bed with the Yakuza to abduct a murder witness.




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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes:
** She used to be terrified of Mr. Raines and easily intimidated into following his orders. She got over it after learning he once attacked her mother.
** "Ties That Bind" reveals she has nightmares about being stuck in The Centre for life, even if she did manage to capture Jarod.


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* AccidentalMurder: Insists that what happened to [[spoiler:Kyle]] was just an accident and that he got in the way. Jarod finds this claim dubious since, at the time, Lyle was trying to kill him, which was how [[spoiler:Kyle]] got shot.


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* TakingTheBullet: [[spoilers:Dies taking one for Jarod]].

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* IOweYouMyLife:
** "Spin Doctor": Todd Baxter gave Jarod a ride the night he escaped The Centre and thus got him away from pursuing Sweepers at a critical moment. When Jarod learns of Todd's sudden death, he is committed to finding out the truth and bringing the murderer to justice. [[spoiler:Though the other half of this ''Profiler'' crossover would reveal that Todd is not actually dead, nor is he the saint that Jarod thought he was]].
** "Junk": As a child, Jarod was subjected by Raines to an experiment involving a new drug; it was hoped to increase intelligence, but it was a failure and had nasty withdrawal that left him in agony. David Arnold helped Jarod get through the worst of it; he was later murdered when it was clear he wouldn't keep his mouth shut about what was going on at The Centre. As an adult, Jarod learns that David's daughter, Jill, is a recovering addict at risk of losing custody of her son; to make up for what happened to David, he's determined to help her and unravel the scheme behind her sudden relapse. When Jill's life is back on track, she asks how she can ever repay him, but Jarod said this is just making things even.




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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Said by Fenigor to be the one who murdered Catherine Parker, but it was really Raines (who used Charles's own gun after leaving him for dead)]].


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* FriendToAllChildren: She would visit the children at The Centre and act as a mother figure to them. [[spoiler:She actively tried to get as many of them out under the radar, but she was killed before Jarod, Angelo, and others could be saved]].
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* ButtMonkey: A more stoic and dignified example but especially early on, Jared seemed to go out of his way to mess with or generally make a fool of miss Parker. Notable examples include:
** Getting a casino security team to capture her and her people while also implied to have later been stripped searched.
** Jared compares her to cockroaches via proxy by a student who mentioned her but didn't know he was talking to miss Parker.
** Infecting her with a flu
** trapping her and her men by using a super adhesive to trap them.
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* {{Irony}}: He learns numerous secrets about Miss Parker, Sydney, and others, but he knows so little about his own past.


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* JumpedAtTheCall: Jarod immediately began doing good deeds once he escaped, as he felt someone had to help those getting pushed around. Other times take it even farther than that. He usually researches a situation pretty carefully in order to sell a given pretend and to hone in on a suspect, but other times, he stumbles onto situations. He jumps right in regardless and plays things by ear.


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* MyGreatestFailure: Failing to stop the serial killer in "Once In a Blue Moon" before he killed his final victim. When a copycat emerges in the present, Jarod is determined to get it right.


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* TheJinx: Endangers Jarod's life every time they cross paths, usually because he never thinks anything through.
-->'''Jarod:''' Some days, it just doesn't pay to answer your email.
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* HotScoop: Is a reporter and quite attractive.
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* AllLovingHero: When he's not trying to figure out his past, he's devoting to fighting for the little guy and righting wrongs wherever he finds them. "Pool" also highlights how he finds racism deplorable.


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* GoneHorriblyWrong: As he got older, he became more suspicious of The Centre and began to buck the system. Against Sydney's wishes, the leadership brought in Damien to get Jarod under control. Damien proceeded to gain Jarod's trust, betray him, and even murder a janitor Jarod had befriended. However, instead of breaking Jarod, it confirmed every suspicion he had about The Centre and motivated his escape.

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* ChildProdigy: Jarod's age is unknown, but he was shown in elementary school when abducted. According to Sydney, despite his young age and being new to the Pretender program, he was demonstrating more potential than anyone else. He quickly lives up to that potential.



* RedHerring: The "Bloodlines" two-parter suggests Jarod may've been adopted by Charles and Margaret due to the fertility clinic they went to doubling as an adoption service at the time. Later storylines in Season 3 and 4, though, make it clear he's their biological son.



* SeriesGoal: "I wanna know where I come from. I wanna know who I am."



* WantingIsBetterThanHaving: He acknowledges in "P.T.B." that, despite dreaming of freedom for years, his escape only led to a different kind of prison, one where he spends every day being hunted and stalked.



* AntiVillain: He starts out as being committed to the pursuit, as he genuinely believes Jarod can do the most good with the resources at The Centre. Over time, though, he can no longer deny the abuses Jarod was put through or the corruption inherent in the leadership, so he figures Jarod is better off being free.



* MotherlyScientist: Tried to keep a detached perspective about Jarod, but came to view him as a son.


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* NotMeThisTime: He spends roughly the first half of Season 4 insisting that he is not in league with Mr. Cox and that he did not cut a deal against Mr. Parker, but due to his history of lying, Miss Parker is quite dubious. [[spoiler:For once, he wasn't lying]].
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* [[spoiler: TheChosenOne: According to an ancient prophecy, part of which says he will bring about the end of the Parker name.]]
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* [[spoiler: HearingVoices: Of the positive kind (from where, we know not), if only she would listen to them. It is a gift passed down to her from her mother.]]

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* [[spoiler: * HearingVoices: Of [[spoiler:Of the positive kind (from where, we know not), if only she would listen to them. It is a gift passed down to her from her mother.]]



* [[spoiler: ISeeDeadPeople: Her mother for one at the end of the fourth season, and then the ghost of her great grandfather's murdered daughter in "Island of the Haunted."]]

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* [[spoiler: * ISeeDeadPeople: Her [[spoiler:Her mother for one at the end of the fourth season, and then the ghost of her great grandfather's murdered daughter in "Island of the Haunted."]]



* [[spoiler: SeparatedAtBirth: She and Mr. Lyle are twins, but Mr. Raines made it seems as though Lyle were dead and adopted him out.]]

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* [[spoiler: * SeparatedAtBirth: She [[spoiler:She and Mr. Lyle are twins, but Mr. Raines made it seems as though Lyle were dead and adopted him out.]]



* [[spoiler: AlwaysIdenticalTwins: He and Jacob.]]

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* [[MotherlyScientist Fatherly Scientist]]: Tried to keep a detached perspective about Jarod, but came to view him as a son.

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* [[MotherlyScientist Fatherly Scientist]]: MotherlyScientist: Tried to keep a detached perspective about Jarod, but came to view him as a son.



* [[spoiler: TwinTelepathy: With Jacob, naturally.]]

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* [[spoiler: TheBluebeard: Played straight with Brigitte, and juggled without resolution with Catherine.]]

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* [[spoiler: HeelRealization: At the end of ''Island of the Haunted''.]]

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* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather: Is Miss Parker and Mr. Lyle's biological father.]]

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* [[spoiler: * LukeIAmYourFather: Is [[spoiler:Is Miss Parker and Mr. Lyle's biological father.]]



* [[spoiler: MedicalRapeAndImpregnate: Mr. Raines does this to Catherine Parker. Twice. Once with his own sperm, and once with Major Charles'.]]

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* [[spoiler: * MedicalRapeAndImpregnate: Mr.[[spoiler:Mr. Raines does this to Catherine Parker. Twice. Once with his own sperm, and once with Major Charles'.]]



* [[spoiler: VillainousIncest: When seen in retrospect, when you know he's Miss Parker's biological father, his ogling her in the first couple of seasons turns into unutterable squickness and underlines his evilness.]]

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* [[spoiler: * VillainousIncest: When [[spoiler:When seen in retrospect, when you know he's Miss Parker's biological father, his ogling her in the first couple of seasons turns into unutterable squickness and underlines his evilness.]]



* [[spoiler: CainAndAbel: Is the evil twin brother of Miss Parker.]]

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* [[spoiler: * CainAndAbel: Is [[spoiler:Is the evil twin brother of Miss Parker.]]



* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: In "Til Death Do Us Part," she bleeds to death while giving birth.]]



* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: By Mr. Parker.]]



* [[spoiler:ReverseMole: Was brought into the series as a supposed antagonist who could predict Jarod's movements, but turns out he's been sending Jarod information on his family and sending him warnings all along.]]

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* [[spoiler: TheDogBitesBack: at The Centre.]]

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* [[spoiler: GoodFeelsGood: Jarod teaches him this.]]

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* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Twice. The second time he is KilledOffForReal.]]

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* [[spoiler: * HeroicSacrifice: Twice.[[spoiler:Twice. The second time he is KilledOffForReal.]]



* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: The second time he really is.]]
* [[spoiler: LongLostRelative: Is Jarod's younger brother he didn't know he had.]]

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* [[spoiler: SiblingTeam: With Jarod. The times they work together, they are pretty much unstoppable.]]

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* [[spoiler: ClonesArePeopleToo: Has his own personality and is only really like Jarod in looks and level of intelligence (well, and they both positively adore ice cream).]]
* [[spoiler: CloningBlues: Doesn't at first believe he's Jarod's clone, then gets frightened about it, but Jarod reassures him and treats him like a little brother (which he essentially is).]]

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* [[spoiler: * ClonesArePeopleToo: Has [[spoiler:Has his own personality and is only really like Jarod in looks and level of intelligence (well, and they both positively adore ice cream).]]
* [[spoiler: * CloningBlues: Doesn't [[spoiler:Doesn't at first believe he's Jarod's clone, then gets frightened about it, but Jarod reassures him and treats him like a little brother (which he essentially is).]]



* [[spoiler: GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Presented as the good sort, since Mr. Parker was inattentive at best and tried to kill her at worst.]]
* [[spoiler: HearingVoices: Of the benign and positive sort, that tell her information. It is a gift she passed down to Miss Parker and Ethan.]]
* [[spoiler: MedicalRapeAndImpregnate: This was done to her. Twice.]]

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* [[spoiler: * GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Presented [[spoiler:Presented as the good sort, since Mr. Parker was inattentive at best and tried to kill her at worst.]]
* [[spoiler: * HearingVoices: Of [[spoiler:Of the benign and positive sort, that tell her information. It is a gift she passed down to Miss Parker and Ethan.]]
* [[spoiler: * MedicalRapeAndImpregnate: This [[spoiler:This was done to her. Twice.]]



* [[spoiler: SpiritAdvisor: To Miss Parker and Ethan.]]

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* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: by natural causes,]] despite the best efforts of The Centre to do it by other means.



* [[spoiler: HeroOfAnotherStory: Assisted Jarod on an unseen pretend. That's how they met and why Jarod believed he'd be perfect for Miss Parker.]]
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: One of the few that actually is.]]
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* [[spoiler: StuffedInTheFridge: Is killed off because of Miss Parker's intending to quit The Centre and run off with him.]]

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* BerserkButton: Kidnapping or harming a child. [[TranquilFury Just]] [[CurbStompBattle don't.]]
** Any sort of human trafficking.
** [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil Rape, as well.]]
** Breaking up families.



* BerserkButton: Threatening or upsetting his daughter. He once yelled at Miss Parker for doing the latter.
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* BlondesAreEvil: Though for part of Season 3, she has black hair before changing it back.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Combined with LaserGuidedKarma is his favorite pass time. Every single time he solves a crime mystery, he makes the criminal experience ''exactly'' what his victim(s) experienced, with the caveat that murderers actually [[ThouShallNotKill survive]] the experience. This does come back to bite him at least once, when one criminal with an extreme case of MoralMyopia comes after him in a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, and Jarod has to team up with Parker to survive seeing as a hurricane is bearing down on all of them, and escape is not an option.
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* GenreSavvy: [[spoiler:In Season 2, rather than look for Jarod on his own, Kyle begins stalking the Centre Pursuit Team--correctly guessing they'll eventually lead him to his brother.]]



* GenreSavvy: Though Mr. Raines insisted Jarod was a cold-blooded killer, Gemini looked at the pictures and sensed a similar feeling of loneliness.



* GenreSavvy: Enough to come to the conclusion that Jarod is on the run from people who would pay a lot of money to get him back, and that Jarod has ChronicHeroSyndrome, but not enough to keep him out of trouble.
** He also figures out just by looking at one DSA that Sydney is like a father to Jarod.
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* [[KilledOffForReal: In "Til Death Do Us Part," she bleeds to death while giving birth.]]

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* HonorBeforeReason: In "Bloodlines," Jarod is told that [[spoiler:Major Charles murdered Catherine Parker]]. He doesn't want to believe it, but in "Hope and Prey," he says he'd rather know the truth than live a lie.



* WellDoneSonGuy: Jarod is deeply torn in his relationship to Sydney--wanting to be acknowledged as [[LikeASonToMe like a son]] by his ParentalSubstitute but also resenting him for his captivity.



* ConflictingLoyalty: Not so much as an adult, but in "Donaterase," she admits she sympathized with Jarod as a child and regretted not helping him.

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* ConflictingLoyalty: Not so much as an adult, but in "Donaterase," "Donoterase," she admits she sympathized with Jarod as a child and regretted not helping him.



* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Mr. Raines pointedly reminds Sydney that Jarod is his only lifeline in The Centre. He adds that the longer Jarod is free, the weaker that lifeline becomes.



* IgnoredExpert: He believes The Centre is being too extreme in its pursuit of Jarod and that they're only serving to drive him further away.



* [[spoiler: HeelRealization: At the end of "Island of the Haunted."]]

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* [[spoiler: HeelRealization: At the end of "Island ''Island of the Haunted."]]Haunted''.]]






* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: See above.
* EvilCripple: First his lungs are crippled, making him need his signature air tank. Later [[spoiler:loses a thumb.]]

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: See above.
As revealed in "Once in a Blue Moon."
* EvilCripple: First his lungs are crippled, making him need his signature air tank. Later [[spoiler:loses a thumb.thumb but gets it back.]]



* JerkassHasAPoint: In "Stolen," Mr. Raines remarks that he's always believed that Sydney wants Jarod out there righting wrongs for the little guy. Miss Parker, to her horror, thinks Raines has a point.



* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather: Is Miss Parker's biological father.]]

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* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather: Is Miss Parker's Parker and Mr. Lyle's biological father.]]



* TheManBehindTheMan: Different episodes suggest Raines was this for Mr. Lyle. [[spoiler:In "Bloodlines," he arranged for his adoption. "Inner Sense" has Lyle himself mention how "Bobby Bowman" was one of Raines' outside projects.]]



* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: If his medical practices were known to a proper review board, he would be stripped right away.

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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: If his In one early episode, he remarked that he wasn't a doctor anymore and not bound by the Hippocratic Oath. However, flashbacks show then-Dr. Raines performing medical practices were known to that would've had him immediately stripped of license by a proper review board, he would be stripped right away.board.
* NotQuiteDead: He was shot in "Inner Sense" but turned up alive in ''2001''.



* TheStarscream: He's pretty brazen about his disregard for Mr. Parker and even tried to have him killed in "Donoterase."



* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He framed his adopted father for his own murder (ensuring a life sentence), but this also drove his adopted mother insane. When Jarod points this out, Lyle - if even for a moment - seemed genuinely remorseful about that.

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He framed his adopted father for his own murder (ensuring a life sentence), but this also drove his adopted mother insane. When Jarod points this out, Lyle - if Lyle--if even for a moment - seemed moment--seemed genuinely remorseful about that.remorseful.
** Played with after he learns [[spoiler:he's Mr. Parker's son]]. [[spoiler:He seems to have some affection for the old man and never makes a move against him (even selling out Raines to him on one occasion), but any love he claims to have for Miss Parker is all an act]].



* FauxAffablyEvil

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* FauxAffablyEvilFauxAffablyEvil: He appears affable enough, but when things don't go his way, the mask slips.



* ImAHumanitarian

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* ImAHumanitarianImAHumanitarian: As revealed in "The Year of Agent Zero," he murdered two women in Thailand years ago and harvested their organs. It's implied he continues the practice.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Attempted with Alex. The Triumvirate tasked Lyle with breaking and molding him after Jarod's escape, but the guy could not be controlled.



* OnlySaneMan: In Season 3, he proves to be the most level-headed person in the room during family squabbles.



* UsedToBeASweetKid: His foster mother remarks he used to be "sweet as sugar."



* BlondesAreEvil

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* BlondesAreEvilBlondesAreEvil: Though for part of Season 3, she has black hair before changing it back.


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* [[KilledOffForReal: In "Til Death Do Us Part," she bleeds to death while giving birth.]]


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* EvilerThanThou: Even Lyle considers Alex out of his mind and dangerous.


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* NeverFoundTheBody: He jumps to his death rather than be captured by Jarod, but no one is able to locate his body.
* NotQuiteDead: He presumably fell to his death during Jarod's escape, but he was found alive and tortured for years.


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* [[spoiler: HeroOfAnotherStory: Assisted Jarod on an unseen pretend. That's how they met and why Jarod believed he'd be perfect for Miss Parker.]]


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* OnlySaneMan: Points out how bad Miss Parker's job is for her health and social life.
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* TricksterMentor: Jarod often clues the pursuit team into various secrets or plans involving the Centre, but instead of just telling them outright, he usually makes use of riddles and puzzles that they have to figure out.

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* NoodleIncident: The show opens with Jarod already out of the Centre and, for four seasons, viewers and characters alike don't know how he escaped. A selling point of ''2001'' was finally revealing how he pulled it off.
** There are occasional references to unseen pretends, though the most memorable example has to be from "Til Death Do Us Part," where Jarod is said to have exposed a clown as a child molestor. The clown was found in a circus's tiger cage with a piece of meat tied to his privates.



* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In "Flesh and Blood," Jarod makes it clear he wants to settle the score with Lyle over what happened to [[spoiler:Kyle]]. Ultimately, Jarod chooses to subvert the trope but still gets some revenge. He makes Lyle think he'll kill him, gets him to beg for mercy, and knocks him out cold.



** This is a particular plot point in "Stolen," where he has nightmares and panic attacks about his abduction.
* ShroudedInMyth: In "P.T.B.", the ConspiracyTheorist radio show host hands Jarod a file full of newspaper clippings. They're all {{Continuity Nod}}s to past pretends, with the last one titled "Who is Jarod?"



* UnPerson: In "Mr. Lee," it's revealed that Jarod quietly disposes of any records or paperwork he used to pull off a given pretend. As Dr. Fein laments while in prison, it's as if Jarod never existed.




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* YouAreNotAlone: In "Mr. Lee," Susan Granger notes the paradox of Jarod: always there for others but feeling so completely alone himself.



* HeroOfAnotherStory: Major Charles earned a Distinguished Flying Cross while in the Air Force. He also rescued a missing Indian boy, which forms the backstory for "Hope and Prey."
* NotQuiteDead: Mr. Raines shot him shortly before Catherine Parker was murdered. The Centre Administration genuinely believed he was dead until he turned up at an Arctic research site in "Qallupilluit."



* BrokenBird: We don't spend that much time with her, but according to Mr. White, she's tormented by the tragedies that befell her family.



* ConflictingLoyalty: Not so much as an adult, but in "Donaterase," she admits she sympathized with Jarod as a child and regretted not helping him.



* HypocriticalHeartwarming: As she says in "Nip and Tuck," she's the only one allowed to terrorize Broots.
* [[spoiler: ISeeDeadPeople: Her mother for one at the end of the fourth season, and then the ghost of her great grandfather's murdered daughter in "Island of the Haunted."]]



* [[spoiler: ISeeDeadPeople: Her mother for one at the end of the fourth season, and then the ghost of her great grandfather's murdered daughter in "Island of the Haunted."]]



-->'''Debbie:''' Why are you so mean?\\
'''Miss Parker:''' I was born that way.\\
'''Debbie:''' I don't think you were. ''(puts down a picture of Catherine and Young Miss Parker)''



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In "Jaroldo!", Sydney is shot and slowly bleeding out. As he gets worse, he says:
-->'''Sydney:''' I could've saved him.\\
'''Miss Parker:''' Who?\\
'''Sydney:''' Jarod. He should have lived a normal life.



* SpannerInTheWorks: His arrival into the action in "Flesh and Blood" is what allows Jarod to turn the tables on Mr. Lyle.



* MagnificentBastard

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* MagnificentBastardManipulativeBastard: Best summed up in "Amnesia":
-->"It's not about who knows what; it's about who thinks they know what and what you want 'em to think!"



* CryForTheDevil: It was only one episode, but there was an episode when Jarod stopped a child murderer in the past and his copycat in modern times. Jarod finally finds the body of the dead girls and a locket one wore. The next scene we see is BigBad Mr. Raines clutching the necklace and crying. Sydney lampshades this trope by telling Miss Parker, "Sometimes even the devil deserves a little privacy."

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* CryForTheDevil: It was only one episode, but there was an episode when Jarod stopped a child murderer in the past and his copycat in modern times. Jarod finally finds the body of the dead girls and a locket one wore. The next scene we see is BigBad Mr. Raines clutching the necklace and crying. Sydney lampshades this trope by telling Miss Parker, "Sometimes even the devil deserves a little privacy."



* SympathyForTheDevil: The twist ending to "Once in a Blue Moon."



* EasilyForgiven: Part of his game in "A Stand Up Guy" and especially "Red Rock Jarod." He believes that if he walks back into The Centre with a captured Jarod, all would be forgiven.



* FakingTheDead: In high school, Lyle faked his death by murdering his best friend, cutting off the head, and framing his foster father for it. He repeats the trick in "A Stand Up Guy" after Miss Parker shoots him, though this is not formally revealed until "Red Rock Jarod."



* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Lyle has done a lot to Jarod and is still breathing. Even Mr. Lee asked why Jarod hasn't simply just killed him and be done with it.
-->'''Mr. Lyle:''' Maybe he likes me.\\
'''Mr. Lee:''' Not!



* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He speaks very fondly of his father.



* OddFriendship: With Kyle. While Kyle was in prison, Angelo tracked him down and wrote letters to him under the name "C.J." (after his favorite food).



* UglyCute: Not physically cute, but absolutely adorable in his mannerisms, childlike innocence, and childlike love.

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* UglyCute: Not physically cute, but absolutely adorable in his mannerisms, childlike innocence, and childlike love.



* FreudianExcuse: Mr. Raines was his caretaker and subjected him to far more violent simulations than Jarod ever experienced.
* FriendToAllChildren: In "The Dragon House," he hides out at a gas station, where a kid pleads to go to the bathroom. The boy's father tells him to shut up and makes like he's gonna hit him. That prompts Kyle to nearly break the father's arm and to happily tell the kid where the bathroom is.
* GenreSavvy: [[spoiler:In Season 2, rather than look for Jarod on his own, Kyle begins stalking the Centre Pursuit Team--correctly guessing they'll eventually lead him to his brother.]]



* IDidWhatIHadToDo: In "The Dragon House," he says he never intended to hurt Harriet when he kidnapped her; he was just certain that she knew where his parents were.



* OddFriendship: With Angelo.



* ShadowArchetype: To Jarod. Kyle may not be evil specifically, but he is a Pretender that has no problem resorting to violence.



* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Him being alive is the only reason Mr. Lyle's plan in "Red Rock Jarod" fails.]]




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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Invoked at the end of his first appearance, which was in flashback. Jarod sits by himself and wonders aloud what became of Kyle.



* GenreSavvy: Though Mr. Raines insisted Jarod was a cold-blooded killer, Gemini looked at the pictures and sensed a similar feeling of loneliness.



** It's implied Raines beat him if he ever caught him crying.



* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Well, eviler. When he was captured while trying to escape with Jarod, he was sent off to the Triumvirate and tortured.

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* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Well, eviler. When he was captured while trying to escape with Jarod, he was sent off to the Triumvirate and tortured.tortured. He says it turned him into a sociopath.


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* DisproportionateRetribution: He tries to kill Mr. Parker not for keeping him locked up in The Centre for most of his life, but for simply thinking he was inferior to Jarod.


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* TookALevelInJerkass: At his worst, he was just concerned with saving himself at Jarod and Eddie's expense. Five years later, he's a true villain out to wreak havoc on everyone that crossed him.


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** He also figures out just by looking at one DSA that Sydney is like a father to Jarod.


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* HazyFeelTurn: In his second appearance. Argyle does morally questionable things, but it's ultimately to get a plane ticket for his father, Benny, so he can see the Pope.


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* HonorBeforeReason: In "Unsinkable," he refuses to accept money from Jarod to buy Benny's plane ticket. He says it has to come from him.


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* DefectorFromDecadence: He was horrified when he learned the truth of how The Centre got Jarod and the other children.


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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Sydney suspects Mr. Raines caused the accident that put Jacob in a coma. It's never confirmed outright, but a flashback in "Jarod's Honor" shows Raines threatening him.


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* SmallRoleBigImpact: You could count on one hand the number of times Jacob appeared, but he was the one who signed Jarod into The Centre the night of his abduction.

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A creepy and mysterious man brought in to do some 'troubleshooting' for Mr. Lyle. His role is never completely explained, nor why he is considered by Jarod to be so terrible.

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A creepy and mysterious man brought in to do some 'troubleshooting' for Mr. Lyle. His role is never completely explained, nor why he is considered by Jarod the Triumvirate to be so terrible.
a one-man internal affairs investigation.



* TheDragon: Ostensibly to Mr. Lyle [[spoiler: but actually to Mr. Parker.]]
* TheGrimReaper: What Jarod calls him.

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* DeadlyDoctor: Has a medical degree and training. This just makes him all the more dangerous.
* TheDragon: Ostensibly to Mr. Lyle the Triumvirate [[spoiler: but actually to Mr. Parker.]]
* TheGrimReaper: What Jarod Miss Parker calls him.

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* BreakTheCutie: He was kidnapped as a kid; tortured psychologically, emotionally, and physically; was kept as a slave to the Centre for thirty years -- and that's the start of the program and [[TraumaCongaLine it just gets worse from there. Really.]]

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* BreakTheCutie: He was kidnapped as a kid; tortured psychologically, emotionally, and physically; was kept as a slave to the Centre for thirty years -- and that's just at the start of the program and [[TraumaCongaLine it just gets worse from there. Really.]]



* CatchPhrase: "Didn't you?" and "I'm not really a [occupation]."

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* CatchPhrase: "Didn't you?" you?!" and "I'm not really a [occupation]."



* GoodIsNotDumb

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* GoodIsNotDumbGoodIsNotDumb: By no means.



* HurtingHero

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* HurtingHeroHurtingHero: Hoo boy.



* FireForgedFriends

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* FireForgedFriendsFireForgedFriends: Initially they fight and pretty much generally hate and/or fear each other, but become quite the little close-knit family having each other's back within and without the Centre.



* QuirkyMinibossSquad

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* QuirkyMinibossSquadQuirkyMinibossSquad: Very quirky.



* DeadpanSnarker

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* DeadpanSnarkerDeadpanSnarker: One of her chief traits.



* StepfordSnarker

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* StepfordSnarkerStepfordSnarker: Generally hides her pain and any vulnerability with bitter snark.



* [[MotherlyScientist Fatherly Scientist]]

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* DisappearedDad: To Nicholas, but not by choice.
* [[MotherlyScientist Fatherly Scientist]]Scientist]]: Tried to keep a detached perspective about Jarod, but came to view him as a son.



* {{Pornstache}}
* SharpDressedMan


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* {{Pornstache}}
{{Pornstache}}: Has a rather magnificent mustache.
* SharpDressedMan

SharpDressedMan: Is always dressed to the nines. When he's not, it is a huge signal at how much power has gotten out of his control.




* AffablyEvil

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* AffablyEvilAffablyEvil: He's always friendly and polite, even in the midst of assassinating someone.



* SoftSpokenSadist

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* SoftSpokenSadistSoftSpokenSadist: He never raises his voice and he's always polite, but it's very clear he enjoys his job.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: By his second appearance.



* NeverMyFault

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* NeverMyFaultNeverMyFault: Believes this wholeheartedly.

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