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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: [[spoiler: For all his hardships, it eventually proves to hold no weight as Joe proved himself to be a racist, entitled, PsychopathicManchild with a fragile ego. And he is called out as such by Jane.]]
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* TokenGoodCop: An ex-policeman with a strong moral compass: before he quit the force, he was one of the only officers who opposed the Purge, trying to stop his colleagues from engaging in VigilanteMan behaviour: but after being constantly stymied by his pro-Purge superiors, he eventually left to open up a [[TruceZone safe-haven bar]].
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: He may have been a Purger, but he was disturbed that Ben continued murdering even outside the Purge.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: In the series finale, [[spoiler:she has moved to a country without the Purge and no one else knows that how she, Doug, and Tommy have Ryan’s unspent share from the final heist. However, she is the first one to propose donating Ryan’s cut to the resistance that Ryan died helping and that is trying to save a country she no longer lives in.]
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: In the series finale, [[spoiler:she has moved to a country without the Purge and no one else knows that how she, Doug, and Tommy have Ryan’s unspent share from the final heist. However, she is the first one to propose donating Ryan’s cut to the resistance that Ryan died helping and that is trying to save a country she no longer lives in.]
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* BareYourMidriff: Bracka wears a sports bra as a top.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He has a family who he sends out of the country on Purge night rather than victimize them or corrupt them as part of his Purge atrocities (although this may just be for the sake of appearances).
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!! Otis
-> '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LanceENichols
The owner of a classic car lot. His annual Purge PublicityStunt is to kidnap people and force them to run a televised gauntlet of armed killers, with the rare survivors (such as Miguel) getting one of his cars as a prize.
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* KarmaHoudini: He regularly has his goons kill innocent people, but suffers nothing worse than the loss of a few seemingly expendable enforcers and seeing Miguel get one of his many cars for free.
* LargeHam: His voice is softer than many examples of the trope, but he invokes being a combination of a SmarmyHost and fast-talking used car salesman to boost his publicity stunt.
* MayDecemberRomance: His romantic partner looks ten or fifteen years younger than him.
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!! Otis
-> '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LanceENichols
The owner of a classic car lot. His annual Purge PublicityStunt is to kidnap people and force them to run a televised gauntlet of armed killers, with the rare survivors (such as Miguel) getting one of his cars as a prize.
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* KarmaHoudini: He regularly has his goons kill innocent people, but suffers nothing worse than the loss of a few seemingly expendable enforcers and seeing Miguel get one of his many cars for free.
* LargeHam: His voice is softer than many examples of the trope, but he invokes being a combination of a SmarmyHost and fast-talking used car salesman to boost his publicity stunt.
* MayDecemberRomance: His romantic partner looks ten or fifteen years younger than him.
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* TheLastDJ: When Pete was still a cop, he fought hard against the pro-Purge attitude of his superiors and most of his rank-and-file colleagues and tried to limit the slaughter of the lower class. He stopped other cops from engaging in KnightTemplar VigilanteMan activity on Purge night and tried to build a case against the leader of a ScamReligion who was tricking people like Penelope into letting themselves be murdered on Purge night. Eventually, however, he left the police force and chose to oppose the Purge in other ways.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: It is said by Rick that Lila was "not well" at one time, implying some unknown mental health issue she went through at some point between her relationship with him and Jenna and the Purge.
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* CultDefector: Penelope starts off the series as a misled cultist who beleives that dying on Purge night is a way to martyr herself and keep society stable. Witnessing the senselesness and sadism of Purge killings up close shakes her faith and makes her try to escape. When she learns that the cult is a ScamReligion being sponsored by those who want to make money and KillThePoor at the same time, she sets out to expose the cult leader and save the remaining cultists.
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!! Eileen, Paige, and Charlie
->'''Portrayed By:''' Allison King, Kelly Murtagh, and Garrett Kruithof
Three people who Joe encounters while Purging, all of whom have important ties to his past.
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* ActionSurvivor: [[spoiler:Paige, who lasts the longest of the three, manages to keep a cool head throughout the show trials Joe conducts and teams up with Penelope to escape. She is BlownAcrossTheRoom after triggering a mine near the end of the season finale, though]].
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Eileen thinks that [[spoiler:Joe is a reasonable man who has no intention of really hurting any of his captives. He executes Charlie very quickly after she says that]].
* ReformedBully: Possibly Charlie. He is a former BarbaricBully who has grown up to be a homeless man who has barely survived years of Purge nights and shows remorse for his past misdeeds. He seems sincere, but [[AmbiguousSituation he is saying that to try to save his life.]]
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Charlie and Eileen]] only get a few scenes before being killed to show [[spoiler:that Joe means business]].
* ShootTheMessenger: [[spoiler:Joe puts Eileen and Paige on trial (planning to kill them afterward) for firing him and his coworkers and turning down an insurance claim, respectively. They point out that Eileen was only relaying the decision of her bosses and Paige was restricted by how Joe’s father had a pre-existing health condition, but Joe doesn’t care]].
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!! Eileen, Paige, and Charlie
->'''Portrayed By:''' Allison King, Kelly Murtagh, and Garrett Kruithof
Three people who Joe encounters while Purging, all of whom have important ties to his past.
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* ActionSurvivor: [[spoiler:Paige, who lasts the longest of the three, manages to keep a cool head throughout the show trials Joe conducts and teams up with Penelope to escape. She is BlownAcrossTheRoom after triggering a mine near the end of the season finale, though]].
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Eileen thinks that [[spoiler:Joe is a reasonable man who has no intention of really hurting any of his captives. He executes Charlie very quickly after she says that]].
* ReformedBully: Possibly Charlie. He is a former BarbaricBully who has grown up to be a homeless man who has barely survived years of Purge nights and shows remorse for his past misdeeds. He seems sincere, but [[AmbiguousSituation he is saying that to try to save his life.]]
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Charlie and Eileen]] only get a few scenes before being killed to show [[spoiler:that Joe means business]].
* ShootTheMessenger: [[spoiler:Joe puts Eileen and Paige on trial (planning to kill them afterward) for firing him and his coworkers and turning down an insurance claim, respectively. They point out that Eileen was only relaying the decision of her bosses and Paige was restricted by how Joe’s father had a pre-existing health condition, but Joe doesn’t care]].
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* GeniusBruiser: Ryan is a muscular gunman who plans bold bank robberies every year. In the last two episodes, he tops himself by planning a way to steal $100,000,000, get several enemies killed, rescue a friend from being executed, and help Esme break into a broadcasting station to denounce the [=NFFA=], all in one night.
* PermaStubble: Ryan is never shaven, but rarely has quite enough facial hair for a full beard.
* TheSpook: He carries around fake [=ID=]s and devotes a lot of energy to avoiding encountering the authorities or being recorded on surveillance cameras.
* TokenWhite: Ryan is the only Caucasian member of his crew. Tommy and eleventh hour recruit Esme are Hispanic, Doug is a African-American, and Sara is of mixed Asian and European descent.
* PermaStubble: Ryan is never shaven, but rarely has quite enough facial hair for a full beard.
* TheSpook: He carries around fake [=ID=]s and devotes a lot of energy to avoiding encountering the authorities or being recorded on surveillance cameras.
* TokenWhite: Ryan is the only Caucasian member of his crew. Tommy and eleventh hour recruit Esme are Hispanic, Doug is a African-American, and Sara is of mixed Asian and European descent.
* VillainOfAnotherStory: Albert kills someone every Purge night and is a major backer of an evil regime, but he is not directly involved in any of the threats a single main character faces. He is even friendly with Rick and Jenna (although they are terrified of him).
* AfroAsskicker: Tonya has an Afro that is about as big as her head itself, and she comes from a community that requires firearms and survival skills to survive the Purge night. In the penultimate episode of season 2, she and her new husband act as backup for Marcus and Michelle.
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* InformedFlaw: Several lines in the first two season 2 episodes suggest that Tommy has always been TheLoad of the bank robbery crew, and he does make several mistakes. However, it is later established that he is responsible for getting security information about targets and is usually steady under pressure.
* InformedFlaw: Several lines in the first two season 2 episodes suggest that Tommy has always been TheLoad of the bank robbery crew, and he does make several mistakes. However, it is later established that he is responsible for getting security information about targets and is usually steady under pressure.
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* NonActionGuy: Doug is seen taking part in a vigilante raid in a flashback set before Ryan and his team quit the police force, but he never shoots his gun in that scene and only acts as a lookout and spy for the bank robbery crew, while his partners take more active roles.
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* ManlyFacialHair: Andre has a prominent beard and has wielded a gun to hold off Purgers for over a decade.
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* BatterUp: Scott carries a baseball bat while patrolling the frat house for intruders, although it is insufficient for defense against Ben.
* RememberTheNewGuy: He is a fraternity brother and housemate of Ben, but is never seen or mentioned until the eighth episode of the season.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: He loyally carries out invasive surveillance in support of a cruel regime (albeit seemingly because he is misled by their PropagandaMachine). However, he loathes Purgers who model themselves after a SerialKiller who has been committing murders year-round, and hopes that someone will kill those people on Purge night.
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* SmugSnake: He's an unapologetic pro-purger who basks in his famed influence and is smug, assured and threatening abasing an anti-Purge guest on his show.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: He is being targeted for death because he once failed to save a patient and then [[spoiler:failed to recognize her husband after moving next door to him a few years later]].
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* ObnoxiousInLaws: During a conversation where he needs some CasualDangerDialogue, he admits to his wife that he feels unnerved whenever he even hears her mother's voice.
* TheOneWhoMadeItOut: His career as a doctor has caused him to leave the middle or working class black neighborhood where he was born for a more affluent community that was more vulnerable to the Purge. Marcus remains friendly with his old neighbors and is disappointed that they forgot to tell him about one old friend’s death.
* TheOneWhoMadeItOut: His career as a doctor has caused him to leave the middle or working class black neighborhood where he was born for a more affluent community that was more vulnerable to the Purge. Marcus remains friendly with his old neighbors and is disappointed that they forgot to tell him about one old friend’s death.
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* MartialPacifist: Marcus is a diplomatic man who refuses to kill anyone (or even pull a FailureToSaveMurder) even in self-defense, but is willing to injure or incapacitate people while fighting defensively or threaten enemies with torture.
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* AffablyEvil: Albert is a polite host, loving father, and fairly non-aggressive businessman who enjoys the killing that comes with the Purge and encourages other people to participate in the night's violence. He seems to be a FamedInStory VillainOfAnotherStory, as people from all classes of life know who he is, and he has a heavily-guarded compound that no lone gunman can get through, but a resistance group takes the trouble to attack.
* IWantGrandkids: Albert doesn't seem to know that his daughter is a lesbian and talks to Rick (who he thinks Lila loves) about how nice it would be to have a grandson.
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* AffablyEvil: Albert is a polite host, loving father, and fairly non-aggressive businessman who enjoys the killing that comes with the Purge and encourages other people to participate in the night's violence. He seems to be a FamedInStory VillainOfAnotherStory, as people from all classes of life know who he is, and he has a heavily-guarded compound that no lone gunman can get through, but a resistance group takes the trouble to attack.
* IWantGrandkids: Albert doesn't seem to know that his daughter is a lesbian and talks to Rick (who he thinks Lila loves) about how nice it would be to have a grandson.
* {{Sidekick}}: Vivian is the only other surveillance monitor to help Esme investigate the death of Professor Adams and escape the authorities and does so dutifully.Darren also helps, but gets involved later.
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* BlackAndNerdy: He is an unathletic African-American college student who is pretty tech savvy and easily understands notes about brain functions and social science.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When he first learns that Esme, who he is helping investigate the death of Professor Adams, is an [=NFFA=] surveillance tech, he starts to flee the room until she persuades him of her sincerity.
* BlackAndNerdy: He is an unathletic African-American college student who is pretty tech savvy and easily understands notes about brain functions and social science.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When he first learns that Esme, who he is helping investigate the death of Professor Adams, is an [=NFFA=] surveillance tech, he starts to flee the room until she persuades him of her sincerity.
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* DirtyCop: Unrepentantly in bed with a drug cartel.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Ziv starts protecting drug dealers to put her child through college, but doesn’t care one bit about the children whom the drugs will kill.
* EvilIsPetty: After Ryan quits the police force out of anger about Ziv smuggling drugs, she is so annoyed at this sign of disapproval that she smugly vows to blackball him from any legitimate job more prestigious than strip club security. This leads to him starting a bank robbery crew.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Ziv starts protecting drug dealers to put her child through college, but doesn’t care one bit about the children whom the drugs will kill.
* EvilIsPetty: After Ryan quits the police force out of anger about Ziv smuggling drugs, she is so annoyed at this sign of disapproval that she smugly vows to blackball him from any legitimate job more prestigious than strip club security. This leads to him starting a bank robbery crew.
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* InsaneEqualsViolent: Downplayed. Lila implies that she sometimes questions whether she can accurately perceive reality and is willing to kill people to get her way. However, she shows guilt after killing people and tries to warn the wife of a purger to run away from an attacker moments after insulting the woman.
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* IGaveMyWord: He keeps his agreement to let Jenna go after she tries to shoot her husband (with a secretly unloaded gun) to comply with a SadisticChoice Joe gave her to save the lives of herself and her unborn child.
* MadeOfIron: Being stabbed in the eye, shot in the chest while wearing a bulletproof vest and kneecapped have little effect on Joe, whereas in real life most people would be incapacitated by the pain.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Pete once worked with in the system, doing things like keeping route cops from slaughtering people on Purge night and building a case against [=NFFA=] flunky Tavis, but his efforts were often undermined by his pro-Purge superiors and he left the police force at a relatively young age to open a private TruceZone.
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* {{Sidekick}}: He joins in Miguel's efforts on Purge night, (initially just with information in exchange for his car but later more willingly and actively) although he [[HyperCompetentSidekick although he carries his own just as well.]]
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!! Lee and Anna
--> '''Played by''': Billy Slaighter and Stacie Davis
The driver and medic of a triage van, who briefly encounter Miguel.
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* GoodSamaritan: They are a claims adjuster and a history teacher 364 days out of the year but spend Purge night driving around to act in the stead of emergency services with their transport services and limited medical training.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: They spend the Purge night helping injured people but only about two minutes of their efforts are shown onscreen.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: They only get one scene, but they are the ones who put Miguel in touch with HyperCompetentSidekick Pete the cop.
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--> '''Played by''': Billy Slaighter and Stacie Davis
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: They spend the Purge night helping injured people but only about two minutes of their efforts are shown onscreen.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: They only get one scene, but they are the ones who put Miguel in touch with HyperCompetentSidekick Pete the cop.
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* AffablyEvil: Despite being an unrepentant assassin, Bracka does advise her employer to think about her decision before committing to the contract and says that she understands how Jane is nervous about purging for the first time.
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* TattooedCrook: She is a professional assassin with barely an un-tattooed inch on either of her arms.
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