History Characters / TheSarahJaneAdventures

!!The gang

!!Maria Jackson

!!Luke Smith

!!Clyde Langer

!!Rani Chandra

!!Mr Smith

!!Sky Smith

!!Alan Jackson

!!Chrissie Jackson

!!Haresh Chandra

!!Gita Chandra

!!K-9

!!Mrs. Wormwood

!!The Slitheen family [[note]]"The Slitheen" for short; their race is called Raxacoricofallapatorian[[/note]]

!!Korst Gogg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen

!!Kudlak

!!The Trickster

!!Krislok the Graske

!!Kaagh

!!Androvax

!!The Mona Lisa

!!Mr. Dread

!!Ruby White

!!Miss Myers [[note]]As spelt in the credits to ''Sky'', though she claims it's spelt in an alien way[[/note]]

->Played by: Samantha Bond (2007-08)

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Clyde and Rani do have distinct talents, however—Clyde's a splendid sketch artist and Rani has great journalism skills. Maria is more the average protagonist until actor Yasmin Paige's own academic life persuaded her to leave the show. Kelsey was just a pilot-only character who got a Second Episode Substitute in the form of Clyde because there were too many females in the cast... and she was a bit bratty, too. Luke and Sky don't fit this trope because they were created to be extraordinary. In fact, Luke ends up going right into college because of his high intelligence.

* PungeonMaster: This sometimes grates on the others' nerves.

* OneSteveLimit: A recurring female Time Lord villain in ''Doctor Who'' was named the Rani. And that Slitheen posing as Rahnius (actor Creator/RonnieCorbett) who makes a [[ActorAllusion joke]] about there being [[Series/TheTwoRonnies "two Ranis"]] in "From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love".
* OvershadowedByAwesome: She initially thought of herself as a "hanger on" in Sarah Jane's gang and was once jealous of Maria, but Clyde helped to prove to her that they were valuable team members.
* {{UST}}: Shades of this with Clyde pop up, especially when Luke mentions the idea of "Clani".

* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:He plays both sides very effectively in ''The Lost Boy''.]]
* ColonyDrop: He attempted to do this with the Moon in order to free the other Xylok trapped in the Earth's crust, wiping out humanity in the process.

* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:The Series 1 finale revealed he had been working against Sarah Jane from the very beginning, though there was a fair amount of foreshadowing.]]

* [[spoiler:SealedEvilInACan: The race of supercomputers that he belongs to. Averted post-reprogramming, as he is now genuinely on the side of Sarah Jane.]]

* ShockAndAwe: The end of "Sky" suggests that her electric powers haven't totally gone away. In the final story, she mentions being sensitive to electrical vibrations.

Maria's long suffering, kind-hearted father. Divorcee, Maria lives with him because the schools in the area are better and... well... Maria's mum is a bit... flaky.

* AmicableExes: With Chrissie.

* HollywoodHacking: As Luke says, "You can hack into any computer can't you, Mr. Jackson?".

* BaitAndSwitchTyrant: He appears to be very nasty on his introduction, it is later revealed to be mostly an act.

%%* {{Good Parent|s}}
* HiddenDepths: Despite his usual switch between SternTeacher and HenpeckedHusband, he's on many occasions shown himself to be a very caring father to Rani, such as after the Doctor's "death" in Series 4.

%%* SternTeacher

* ColonyDrop: He attempted to do this with the Moon in order to wipe out all life on Earth and free the other Xylok trapped in the Earth's crust, wiping out humanity in the process.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After feigning allegiance to Sarah Jane in Series 1, he is reprogrammed to undergo a genuine face-turn following his attempt to crash the Moon into Earth. His angular crystal-like screensaver turns into a friendlier-looking amorphous blob from Series 2 onwards.]]

* LikeADaughterToMe: Sarah Jane entioned that to her Maria was the daughter, that she had always wanted.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Averted. [[spoiler:Even in ''The Lost Boy'' when he's "against" Sarah Jane, it's intentional on his part and he's actually playing both sides.]]

* MrSmith: Averted, his name actually is Smith.

* SmokingBarrelBlowout: Saves Mrs. Wormwood in "Enemy of the Bane" by vaporising a Bane from behind and blowing (nonexistent) smoke from his the barrel of his blaster.

-->[[Characters/DoctorWhoSarahJaneSmith Has her own page]]

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He seemed to have feelings for Maria; he was the saddest when she left and was still depressed even after Rani joined the gang. When Clyde questioned this, Luke denied such feelings.

See the [[Characters/DoctorWhoSlitheen ''Doctor Who'' Slitheen page.]]

See the [[Characters/DoctorWhoSlitheen ''Doctor Who'' Slitheen page.]]

See the [[Characters/DoctorWhoSlitheen ''Doctor Who'' Slitheen page.
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A young member of the Slitheen family. He first appears in ''Revenge of the Slitheen'' disguised as Carl to help his father and uncle in their plot to turn off the Earth's sun. When their plan backfires, Korst and his father beg for Sarah Jane's help. Though Sarah Jane tries to help them, she fails. Korst's father is killed in the resulting explosion and Korst blames her for his father's death. He reappears in ''The Lost Boy'', disguised as Nathan Goss.

* CreepyChild: He has a gleefully sadistic personality. Keep in mind, he's a psychotic alien who disguises himself in skinsuits of young boys he has killed.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He dearly loved his father.
* EvilCounterpart: Like Luke, he's a socially awkward TeenGenius with alien origins. [[ShadowArchetype He resembles what Luke could have turned out like if he was raised by the Bane.]]
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: In his first appearance, he is obsessed with the opportunity to hunt humans.
* TeenGenius: He's considered a child prodigy and performs telekinesis experiments for the Pharos Institute while disguised as Nathan Goss.
* YouKilledMyFather: Korst blames Sarah Jane for his father's death.

* AdultFear: [[spoiler:The Slitheen couple in "The Lost Boy" embody this trope horrifyingly well. Working alongside Mr. Smith, they [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslight]] Luke into believing he's actually their normal human son, forging evidence that allows them to take him away from Sarah Jane.]]
%%* CardCarryingVillain
%%* TheClan
* ExposedExtraterrestrials: When not in human suits.
* FatBastard: They kill fat humans and use the skins as disguises, because their body compressing technology only compresses them enough to fit. [[spoiler: Except in ''[[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS1E9E10TheLostBoy The Lost Boy]]'', where two of them use the skins of a rather skinny couple to pull off their plan, thanks to newer, more advanced compression technology.]]
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: They ''love'' killing humans.
* PaletteSwap: [[spoiler: The Slitheen-Blathereen from ''The Gift'' are brownish-orange, compared to the more yellow-green Slitheen.]]
** Also in ''The Nightmare Man'', an unnamed Slitheen is shown to be a much darker shade of green than the others shown, [[EpilepticTrees leading some to believe that he is actually from another Raxacoricofallapatorian family]].
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: After appearing in only two ''Doctor Who'' stories, they transferred over to Sarah Jane's Rogues Gallery permanently.
* ToiletHumor: A major part of their character humor. [[spoiler: But absolutely averted in ''[[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS1E9E10TheLostBoy The Lost Boy]]''.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:"The Lost Boy" ramps up their threat level considerably, which sees them remove their comedic aspects by shedding their previous weaknesses of only being able to disguise themselves as fat people and bypassing the [[ToiletHumor pesky gas exchange.]] They can effectively disguise themselves as humans even in private and put [[AdultFear Luke in a terrifyingly vulnerable position]].]]
* VillainDecay: ZigZagged. Their threat level is quite inconsistent, with their [[DecoyAntagonist cameo appearances]] seeing them get dispatched easily by the heroes. However, they are still extremely cunning, savage, 8-foot tall monsters and many later episodes retain their intimidation factor.
* WeaksauceWeakness: They explode upon contact with vinegar, [[BizarreAlienBiology because they're made of calcium]].

* OneSteveLimit: A recurring female Time Lord villain in ''Doctor Who'' was named the Rani. And that Slitheen posing as Rahnius (actor Creator/RonnieCorbett) who makes a [[ActorAllusion joke]] about there being [[Series/TheTwoRonnies "two Ranis"]] in ''From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love''.

* ParentalObliviousness: [[spoiler: Until ''The Last Sontaran'']]

-> ''Let's have a High School Musical moment! A group hug will sort everything out.''

* AMFMCharacterization: He was a fan of Music/{{Kasabian}} and Music/TheArcticMonkeys.

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: With the exception of [[SuperIntelligence Luke]], all of them are this trope.

* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: To Sarah Jane.
* LittleMissBadass: Shows shades of this after leaving for America. In an email she says she's helping aliens hide from the United States government.

%%* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent

* PutOnABus: In ''The Last Sontaran''. She gets one more episode, ''The Mark of the Berserker'', and then the occasional mention in emails.
%%* TheWatson

* CommutingOnABus: Luke left for Oxford after ''[[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS4E1E2TheNightmareMan The Nightmare Man]]'' but appeared in several episodes afterward.

* NoSocialSkills: At first.

* TeenGenius: He has SuperIntelligence, thanks to the Bane.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Was effectively "born" in the middle of the first episode, yet appears 14. As of ''Secrets of the Stars'', this no longer applies, as he now considers himself to be born in 1994 rather than 2008.

* ButtMonkey: He gets slimed more frequently than anyone else, even TemptingFate and suffering for it. And in ''The Curse of Clyde Langer'', his bad luck gets PlayedForDrama.
* CasanovaWannabe: Kid-friendly version, of course.

* HiddenDepths: Clyde's a talented artist, and is in general much kinder and smarter than he sometimes appears.

* ThePollyanna: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]], [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]], and [[InvokedTrope invoked]]. Sky sees everything in the world as fresh and new with the innocence of the baby she once was, even remembering when she was a baby for that brief period before being aged up. She gets called out as a Pollyanna in ''The Man Who Never Was''.

%%* TheWatson

* ShockAndAwe: In "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith", he was electrocuted by the the Tardis when the Doctor tried to drag in himself, but the doors were shut. This helped out when the Doctor was stuck in a different planet and used Clyde's powers to teleport back and forth.
* ShoutOut: His name, to the British record producer and musician Clive Langer.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: "Death of the Doctor" introduces the Groske, who are just blue-skinned, less mischievous Graske who work for UNIT instead of the Trickster. They apparently can't stand their orange-skinned brethren.

* BigBad: Rivals the Trickster as the show's main, overarching antagonist, though the Trickster is more prolific.

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: A Graske (identical but unlikely to be Krislok) originally appeared in the interactive Red Button TV game [[Recap/DoctorWho2005RBSAttackOfTheGraske "Attack of the Graske"]] and acts as a recurring nuisance to the Tenth Doctor in other exclusive fourth-wall breaking skits.

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:He sacrifices himself to kill Wormwood.]]

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: A Graske (identical but unlikely to be Krislok) originally appeared in the interactive Red Button TV game "Recap/DoctorWho2005RBSAttackOfTheGraske" and acts as a recurring nuisance to the Tenth Doctor in other exclusive fourth-wall breaking skits.

* NoodleIncident: According to the Eleventh Doctor in "Recap/DoctorWhoS32E17PondLife", Androvax has an entire conflict named after him, somehow involving the Ood.

* VillainDecay: ZigZagged. Their threat level is quite inconsistent, with their [[DecoyAntagonist cameo appearances]] seeing them get dispatched easily by the heroes. However, they are shown to still have the capability of being genuinely sinister and threatening as the series progresses, hatching increasingly high-stakes plans to destroy Earth.

%%* TeenGenius

A mysterious woman who investigates alien activity just like the Bannerman Road Gang, Ruby White moves over the road to Sarah Jane and quickly begins to steal her thunder. Ruby is secretly a parasitic alien prisoner stranded on Earth.

* CardboardPrison: She was imprisoned in a tiny spaceship by her people, but was allowed to keep an extremely high-tech games console for entertainment... which she used to take control of the craft and escape at her leisure.

* EmotionEater: As a Qetesh, she has a voracious appetite for all "exciting" emotions, especially fear, but her hunger was so uncontrollable that she was banished by her own kind. Observing that life on [[WeirdnessMagnet Bannerman Road is never dull]], she decides to take Sarah Jane's place, draining her in the process.

* YoungerAndHipper: She has cooler gadgets than Sarah Jane, most notably a portable supercomputer named "Mr. White" (although only after she takes a liking to Mr. Smith's name), which has a distinct [[EverythingsAnIPodInTheFuture Apple product aesthetic.]] She even has a cooler car.

* EvilCounterpart: Introduced as Sarah Jane's younger and more efficient counterpart in alien fighting, but she is later revealed to be more than she seems.

* AccidentalMisnaming: Keeps calling Sarah Jane "Sarah".

* MeaningfulName: When she meets her, Sarah Jane comments that Wormwood was mentioned in Revelations, as a star that fell to Earth and poisoned the rivers.

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: After appearing in only two ''Doctor Who'' stories, they transferred over to Sarah Jane's Rogues Gallery full time.

* VillainDecay: ZigZagged. Their threat level is quite inconsistent, with their [[DecoyAntagonist cameo appearances]] seeing them get treated more like nuisances by the heroes. However, they are shown to still have the capability of being genuinely sinister and threatening as the series progresses, hatching increasingly high-stakes plans to destroy Earth.

* CreepyChild: He has a gleefully sadistic personality. Keep in mind, he's a psychotic alien who disguises himself in skinsuits of young boys he killed.

* AntiVillain: He's a snarling, conniving villain in his debut, but his second appearance portrays him as more sympathetic, albeit still ruthless and uncaring for any race besides his own.

* AdultFear: [[spoiler:The Slitheen couple in "The Lost Boy" embody this trope horrifyingly well. Alongside Mr. Smith, they [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslight]] Luke into believing he's actually their normal human son, forging evidence that allows for them to take him away from Sarah Jane.]]

* VillainDecay: ZigZagged. Their threat level is quite inconsistent, with their [[DecoyAntagonist cameo appearances]] seeing them get treated more like nuisances by the heroes. However, they are capable of being genuinely sinister and threatening, namely in "The Lost Boy" where their plan involves colliding the Moon with Earth.

* VillainDecay: ZigZagged. Their threat level is quite inconsistent and are occasionally treated more like nuisances by the gang. However, they are capable of being genuinely sinister and threatening, namely in "The Lost Boy" where their plan involves colliding the Moon with Earth.

* KnightOfCerberus: ''Sarah Jane Adventures'' already has its share of [[VileVillainSaccharineShow vile villains]], but the Trickster's presence is always especially foreboding and indicates a much darker tone than usual.

* LukeIAmYourFather: She oversaw Luke's creation during the Bubble Shock! incident. Later says this word-for-word.

* TentacledTerror: Her true form is a giant, one eyed [[BuffySpeak squiddy-thing]].

%%* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes

* BigBad: The main bad guy of the show, his goal is to alter the timeline and cause chaos, which he hopes to do by removing the Doctor from it.
%%* TheChessmaster
%%* ChewingTheScenery

* HumanoidAbomination: No face, clawed hands, black robes, VoiceOfTheLegion...he definitely qualifies.

* SuperSoldier

%%* AntiVillain
* GrandTheftMe: Takes over the bodies of all the main cast.

%%* LaserGuidedAmnesia

* WellIntentionedExtremist: He aims to protect humanity from aliens...by mind-wiping anyone who finds out too much.