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!!Katherine Pierce ([=AKA=] Katerina Petrova)
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NinaDobrev
Katerina Petrova ('''''Bulgarian:''' Катерина Петрова''), better known as Katherine Pierce, is a witch of the Traveller subculture, the assumed third doppelgänger of Amara, a former vampire, a major antagonist and one of the main characters during the fifth season.
She was born to either Peter and his wife or Mr. Petrov and Mrs. Petrova on June 5, 1473, in Bulgaria. She was the main antagonist of season one (through John Gilbert's and Isobel's actions, as both were working for her), and one of the antagonists of season two. She was also a recurring character in the third and fourth seasons. Finally, she has a main role in season five. Katherine's life has always been brought with much tragedy, loss, and pain. Katherine was born into a wealthy Bulgarian family. When Katherine was just seventeen years of age, she gave birth to a daughter out of wedlock. Because of the fact that Katherine had a child out of wedlock, her father had her banished from Bulgaria. Katherine then ran away and settled in England. Sometime during the late fifteenth century, Katherine met Klaus and Elijah Mikaelson. Katherine fell in love with or had affections for both of the Mikaelsson brothers, although it was Klaus that she was originally taken with. Unknown to her, Katherine was wanted by Klaus for one simple reason: so he could sacrifice her in order to break his hybrid curse. When Katherine had discovered this fact, she began to flee and hide from Klaus, fearing for her safety and her survival. On April 6, 1492, Katherine met Rose, a young British woman who was a vampire and was best friends with Trevor, someone who had helped Katherine to escape because Trevor had affections for Katherine. Fearful for her survival, Katherine tricked Rose into feeding her her vampire blood and then killed herself, successfully turning herself into a vampire. Katherine returned to Bulgaria to find her entire family slaughtered and brutally murdered after Klaus had retaliated against Katherine for running away from him.
Throughout the centuries, Katherine traveled across the world running away from Klaus, until in 1864, she came to the town of Mystic Falls where she met Stefan and Damon Salvatore. Katherine fell in love with Stefan and also had an affair with Damon on the side, which only caused the sibling rivalry between the two brothers to heat up immensely. It was the Salvatore brother's relationship with Katherine that ended up changing the relationship between the two forever and what sparked a century-plus old rivalry between the once very close brothers. Katherine is responsible for turning both of the Salvatore brothers into vampires, although in regards to Stefan, Katherine compelled Stefan to drink her blood while Damon drank Katherine's blood willingly.
Katherine's notable ancestors include Amara, the who was Silas' true love and presumably the world's first immortal woman, and Tatia, whose blood was involved in the creation of the spell of immortality that was cast on the Mikaelson Family and the curse that bound Klaus' werewolf side. She is also the maternal ancestor of Isobel Flemming and the latter's biological daughter, Elena Gilbert. She was once the romantic interest of Stefan and Damon Salvatore, as well as Mason Lockwood. Since the late fifteenth century, she has also been the romantic interest of Elijah, with whom she was involved, until he effectively ended their relationship by leaving to join his half-brother Klaus in New Orleans. Katherine is a member and distant ancestor of the Petrova Family.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Stefan. Stefan couldn't stand Katherine and wanted nothing to do with her in the earlier seasons. Part of the reason for this is because Stefan held a strong resentment towards Katherine for playing Damon and himself (Stefan) against each other and forcing them to keep Katherine's identity as a vampire a secret. On top of it, Katherine had lied, manipulated, fed on and compiled Stefan for a prolonged period of time and had even fed him her vampire blood against his will through compulsion so that Katherine would turn Stefan into a vampire (along with Damon, although no compulsion was needed for Damon to drink from her). Stefan also had fallen deeply in love with Katherine's doppelgänger and descendant Elena, mostly because she was ''nothing'' like Katherine according to him. This made Katherine extremely hateful, vengeful and jealous towards Elena that in season two, Katherine made repeatedly attempts to kill Elena and harm Elena's loved ones. This furthered Stefan's anger and resentment towards Katherine. However, this became subverted in season five. It seems as though Stefan was still holding onto some minor resentment towards Katherine regarding the things she had done to him in the past century, Stefan finally forgave her as she was dying, something that Katherine had been wanting from Stefan for over a century. Unfortunately, Katherine ruined her chances of Stefan truly and finally forgiving her for all of her immoral deeds when she decided to steal Elena's body and inhabit it as a passenger with the use of Traveller magic. Stefan discovered what she had done and although he was not overly furious at Katherine for what she did, he was still not too happy or pleased with it as it was her actions that caused chaos and destruction to ensue. Ultimately, to top it of, Stefan ends up being the one to kill Katherine with the use of the Traveller Knife, which can expel the spirit of a passenger from anybody that it inhabits.
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: She made herself immune to the effects of vervain (which is poison to vampires) by dosing herself with vervain for the last centuries.
* ActionGirl: One of the most notable action female in the series and something of a CombatPragmatist as she often prefers sneak attacks than all-out brawls. Being a centuries-old vampire (who only gets StrongerWithAge) makes her one of the strongest non-Original vampires in the story, and she can easily fight off both Stefan and Damon.
* ActionFashionista: Katherine is very trendy, chic, stylish and is [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery usually kicking ass in her most fashionable and trendy clothing]].
-->'''Katherine:''' ''[to Stefan]'' We both know I could rip you to shreds and do my nails at the same time.
%% * ActionMom: Katherine is discovered to have been the long lost mother of Nadia. Katherine had given birth to Nadia at the tender age of 17 during the 1400's. Still, despite being a mother, Katherine was still badass and could kick major ass. Interestingly enough, her daughter Nadia also shared the same traits and qualities as her mother as Nadia was also a vampire who was an ActionGirl who could kick major ass. Katherine and Nadia had proven that they were a really badass pair of Petrova women and they were a representation of the Petrova women being badass.
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%% Misuse of the trope? Action Moms are mothers who continue kick ass after they have kids, or protecting their kids in Mama Bear way. Discovering you are a mother after 500 years of immortal life? Seems like misuse.
%%
* ActionSurvivor: The reason why she's so dangerous and paranoid is mostly attributed to her spending five centuries on the run from the Original Vampires, which sharpened her survival senses. Even after [[spoiler: she cures her vampirism and loses all associated vampire powers, she's still able to rely on her wits to survive.]]
* ActorSharedBackground: Creator/NinaDobrev is Bulgarian in real life, as is Katherine InUniverse. This led to a misunderstanding on what we must assume was the writers' part: Nina Dobrev is sometimes referred to as "Nina Dobreva". In Bulgaria the "a" at the end of her surname is a way to denote that she is a female member of the Dobrev family.
* AdaptationalNationality: She was German in the books, but became Bulgarian in the series to correlate with the fact [[ActorSharedBackground the actress who plays her is also Bulgarian]].
* AlasPoorVillain: In season five, Katherine begins to [[RapidAging age rapidly]] after consuming the cure at the end of season four. One can't help but feel sorry for her now that Katherine is dying, as she is seeking redemption for her past sins now. It is ultimately subverted when she tries to [[DemonicPossession take over Elena's body in her deathbed via a Passenger spell]] but it's eventually discovered and killed by Stefan and she gets DraggedOffToHell with no sympathy. When she makes her final return in season 8 as the FinalBoss she's treated as an irredeemable villain.
%% * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Katherine's affections for Klaus in the fifteenth century and Damon in the nineteenth century.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: For Stefan and Damon, after both claim to prefer Elena over her. However, Katherine's love for Stefan was stronger and she spent over a century stalking and pining for him.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Katherine is a highly sexual individual and she often uses this to get her way.
* AllWomenLoveShoes: Averted. While it hasn't been shown that Katherine has an actual shoe obsession, it is obvious that Katherine loves her high heels and stilettos. This comes with being TheFashionista.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Katherine is an attractive and beautiful brunette who is smart, chic, composed, sexy and aloof.
%% * AlphaBitch: Tied with Rebekah for biggest bitch in the entire series.
%% * AlwaysSecondBest[=/=]AlwaysSomeoneBetter: With regards to Elena for Damon and Stefan, and Tatia for Elijah and Klaus.
%% Fix also example indentation.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Katherine's morality seems to be in the morally grey area. while Katherine has done many immoral deeds and acts, she does show that she has some humanity buried inside somewhere, considering how she helps the Salvatore brothers from time to time.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Katherine has proven that she can be rather ruthless when it comes to getting what she wants.
%% * AntiVillain: Katherine is a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type II]].
* ArchEnemy: Elena and Klaus. Katherine hates and resents Elena for getting the chance at a happy life she never did. In regards to Klaus, Klaus slaughtered her entire family out of revenge and Katherine has been running from Klaus ever since.
* TheAtoner: Katherine wants forgiveness and redemption now that she is dying in season five. [[spoiler: Subverted when she takes over Elena's body and returns to her old ways.]]
%% * AwesomeMcCoolname: Katerina Petrova has a nice ring to it, especially when Damon or Elijah say it.
%% Is it acknowledged in universe?
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Like Damon, she has the ability to get under other people's skin by accurately reading their body language. Has a perfect moment of this with [[spoiler: Rebekah]] in 4.18.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With Elijah, Stefan and even Damon. Although all three men have claimed to either hate or resent Katherine, it is obvious that they all harbor a hidden affection or attachment to Katherine.
* AxeCrazy: Subverted. It may seem so in the beginning, but flashbacks and interaction with other characters make it perfectly clear that Katherine is very much sane, just really obsessed [[spoiler: with saving her skin from Klaus.]]
%% * BadassBoast: Katherine has an ego and does her fair share of bragging.
* BadassInDistress:: Katherine becomes this in the fifth season as she becomes a human after being cured of her vampirism. Because of consuming the cure and being mortal, she becomes significantly more vulnerable and finds herself in trouble more often.
* BadassNormal: [[spoiler: Katherine is shown that she can still hold her own as a human if the season five premiere is any indication. She has proven to be capable of using the environment around her to her advantage to boot.]]
* TheBaroness: Katherine is a femme fatale who is selfish, ruthless and domineering. Katherine is of the Sexpot flavour.
* BastardGirlfriend: Especially to Stefan in 1864. Not only did Katherine basically bite Stefan against his will and feed from him, but she also continuously compelled him to not be scared of her after he discovered what she truly was ''and'' to drink her blood against his will. Subverted with Elijah.
* BavarianFireDrill: Good at doing this when impersonating Elena. In fact, Katherine has managed to trick Bonnie, Stefan, Matt and Damon into thinking she is Elena and even admits that she has gotten really good at it.
%% * TheBeautifulElite: Especially during the flashbacks during the 1400's and 1864. Katherine acted like a socialite.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted. Katherine may be physically beautiful but she is very manipulative, vain, cold and selfish by nature. See BeautyIsBad.
* BeautyIsBad: Katherine may be physically beautiful but she can be very manipulative and immoral.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Damon and Stefan. Arguably, even with Klaus and Elijah at times.
%% * BettyAndVeronica: Katherine/Stefan/Damon with Katherine being the Archie for Stefan's Betty and Damon's Veronica. Also, arguably, Stefan/Elena/Katherine with Stefan being the Archie for Elena's Betty and Katherine's Veronica. Now, there seems to be a possible triangle shaping up between Stefan, Katherine and Caroline with Stefan being the Archie to Caroline's Betty and Katherine's Veronica.
%% * BigBad: Of Season 1 and the start of Season 2.
%% * VillainousRescue: Occasionally. Sometimes Katherine will save the day or help out the Salvatore brothers, especially if there is something in it for her in return.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Damon. In terms of outlook and personality, Katherine and Damon have a lot in common and are quite a bit alike.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Katherine comes across as playful and harmless, but she is manipulative and cunning.
* BlessedWithSuck: Katherine is a Petrova Doppelgänger, meaning that she was basically a human blood bag when she was a human and that she was destined for a life of pain, tragedy and suffering.
%% * BlueBlood: Katherine seemed to have come from a wealthy and noble Bulgarian family.
%% * BodySnatcher[=/=]BodySurf: In season five, [[spoiler: Katherine takes possession of Elena's body using a Traveller's spell in order to survive.]]
%% * BrainyBrunette: Of the MagnificentBitch type.
%% * BreakoutCharacter[=/=]BreakoutVillain: Katherine is a very popular character within fandom and amongst the public.
* BreakTheCutie: Katherine was a sweet girl before losing her daughter and being forced to run from Klaus. The girl who once said life without believing in love was too cruel has become a manipulative, selfish woman.
%% * CorruptTheCutie: Indirectly by Klaus. Running away from Klaus and having her family murdered by him darkened Katherine's personality significantly.
* BrokenBird: Katherine's tragic life began after Klaus murdered her entire family back in Bulgaria.
* BroughtDownToBadass: In the fifth season, Katherine may have lost all her superhuman abilities due to being cured of her vampirism and becoming human, but she was still majorly kick ass when she has to.
%% * BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: In season four finale, Katherine becomes human.]]
* BrutalHonesty: Katherine will never hesitate to tell anybody exactly what she thinks, even if it's hurtful.
* [[ByronicHero Byronic Heroine]]: Katherine has a dark past and has committed many immoral acts. At the same time, Katherine could be viewed as a tragic character.
* CameBackWrong: After the cure was drained from Katherine's bloodstream, her 500 years of vampirism have started catching up to her at an accelerated pace.
* CatchPhrase: Although she doesn't use it that often, "better you than I" has been coming up a lot.
* TheChessmaster: Katherine is cunning, strategic and manipulative. She always has an agenda.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Katherine has zero issue with backstabbing others in order to get what she wants. Subverted with Elijah. She was going to betray him but couldn't because she honestly fell in love with him.
* CleavageWindow: Katherine often wears clothing that shows off her upper assets.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Oh so much towards Stefan. In fact, she is more of a {{Yandere}} for him as she has spent over a century being obsessively in love with him to the point that she [[StalkerWithACrush stalked Stefan]] and [[MurderTheHypotenuse has both atempted to kill or killed people]] that Stefan loves and cares about, including Elena. She visibly shows that she is very jealous of Elena because Stefan was in love with her and always chose her over Katherine.
* ConsummateLiar: Katherine is very good at lying and manipulating others in order to get what she wants.
%%* TheCorrupter: Katherine is the type to revert people to the dark, rebellious side.
%% HOW and WHY would be nice to know for a good example
%%
* CostumePorn: Katherine's dresses and outfits during the 1400's and the 1864 flashbacks. Some of them exhibit traits of ImpossiblyCoolClothes, PimpedOutDress and GorgeousPeriodDress.
%% * CourtlyLove: With Elijah and Klaus in the 1400's and also, with both Stefan and Damon in 1864.
%% * CrazyPrepared: Always has a backup plan.
%%* CulturedBadass: Seems to have been born into a wealthy Bulgarian family and was portrayed as being nobility in the 1400 and 1864 flashbacks.
%% Just being noble doesn't make her cultured. Is she educated? Well-read? Has she sophisticated tastes? Does she like classical music? These would be possibilities. Also explain the badass part of the trope.
%%
%% * CuteAndPsycho: Katherine is beautiful but she can be rather scheming, manipulative and psychotic.
* CynicismCatalyst: One could argue that Katherine became the cold, selfish, vengeful and manipulative person she did is because of Klaus and the fact that he murdered her entire family all to get back at Katherine for running from him and trying to stay alive. The murder of Katherine's family could have been the moment that Katherine became a much darker person who lost her innocence.
%% * TheDarkChick: To Elena's TheChick.
* DarkActionGirl: Katherine is a vampire and therefore, she has superhuman abilities which can assist her in combat and fighting. She knows how to kick ass when she has to. She is probably the strongest female character in the series next to Rebekah, who is an Original vampire and Qetsiyah, who is known to be one of the most powerful witches of all time. Katherine is the most kickass female character and she can even take down many of the male characters including both of the Salvatore brothers. She is also on par with other female vampires, such as Elena and Caroline for example. Katherine has shown that she is immensely stronger and more powerful than Elena due to the fact that Katherine has over five centuries on Elena in regards to age and being a vampire. Katherine has taken down plenty of male characters other than the Salvatore brothers such as Silas and Jeremy for example. In the fifth season, Katherine had become a human and had therefore lost her superhuman abilities as a vampire. She still showed that she was a very capable individual in terms of survival and she knew how to defend herself when she had to despite being significantly more vulnerable than she was before. Although, when Katherine became a human, she became more of an ActionSurvivor more so than an ActionGirl.
%% * DarkAndTroubledPast: ''Oh dear.''
%% Oh dear indeed.
%%
%%
%% * DarkMistress: To Stefan, Damon, Elijah and Mason.
* DatingCatwoman: Katherine's relationship with Stefan and Damon back in 1864 was not considered to be appropriate considering that she is a vampire.
%% * DeadpanSnarker: Even snarkier than Damon at times.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Averted as Katherine hasn't died. However, when Katherine discovers that she is dying, she has been trying to seek forgiveness from others and wants redemption for all of her past actions. The person she seems to want forgiveness from the most is Stefan. Katherine feels that Stefan caring for her means he considers her worthy of forgiveness.
* DefrostingIceQueen: She is selfish, cold, manipulative and vain. She is described to be cold-hearted and will use people in order to get her way without feeling any guilt afterwards. Around Stefan, Damon or [[spoiler: Elijah]], Katherine's humanity seems to come through.
* DemotedToExtra: In season 3, she appears sporadically for the first half of the season, then takes off after "Homecoming". Returns to a significantly more important role for seasons 4 and 5.
%% * DesperatelyCravesAffection: In Katherine's case, the trope should be renamed ''Desperately Craves Stefan's Affection''.
%% More context is needed than suggesting trope name change.
%%
* TheDeterminator: Katherine NEVER gives up or quits and she is known for being a survivor. She has spent over 5 centuries running from Klaus, messing with his plans, and trying to kill him because he murdered her family.
* DidNotGetTheGuy: In regards to Stefan, despite dedicating herself to him many times her ruthlessness and manipulative side pushed him away.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: This happens in season 2 when most people thought Katherine was the BigBad. It was actually Klaus.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Katherine hates it when others feel sorry for her.
%% * DoomedHometown: After she escaped the Originals, they got their revenge by murdering her entire family.
* {{Doppelganger}}: Katherine is part of the Petrova line, which have naturally occurring humans born physically identical to the first two Immortals, in her case Amara. She's Amara's second known {{Doppelganger}}, after Tatia and before Elena.
* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:Unable to pass through Bonnie who's the Anchor to the Other Side and is dragged off to a dark world. WordOfGod says she's never coming back... which ended up being a lie, as she returns as the Queen of Hell and the FinalBoss of the series.]]
* DrivenByEnvy: Much of her attacks against Elena and her loved ones in the second season were driven by Katherine's jealousy of Elena, who she saw as replacing her. Towards the end of Season 2 however this abated, but returned in full force from season four and foward.
%% * DrivenToVillainy: The death of Katherine's family has driven her to always look out for herself in order to survive.
* DudeMagnet: Katherine appeals to many different male characters including Stefan, Damon, Elijah, Mason Lockwood, and Trevor.
* EntitledBitch: Katherine can be very selfish and a SpoiledBrat when she doesn't get her way. Katherine has felt like she deserves the life that Elena has.
* EternalLove: Katherine hoped to spend an eternity with Stefan. However, Stefan has fallen deeply in love with Elena, her doppelganger.
* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy: Katherine does a lot of curtsying during the 1400's and also during the 1800's in the flashbacks.
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Katherine has always had a penchant for accessories, her daylight amulet is even a necklace (and later a bracelet).
%% * EvilCounterpart[=/=]EvilTwin: To Elena. See LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine, CainAndAbel, and RedOniBlueOni.
%%
%% Each of these tropes need to be explained separately. Also be sure to use correct example indentation.
%%
%%* EvilTastesGood: Definitely enjoys the vampiric side of life.
%% * EvilIsPetty: Some of Katherine's actions against others are out of envy and malice.
* EvilWearsBlack: She tends to wear black or dark clothing to contrast with Elena's outfits, which are usually lighter in color.
* TheFashionista: Katherine has a penchant for expensive clothing and fashion takes a lot of pride in her appearance. She's often seen wearing a combination of trendy pants, skirts, and dresses, she usually wears high heels or stilettos and always wears an abundance of jewelry and lots of makeup. She always styles her hair, normally in soft body waves unless she is impersonating Elena (then she straightens her hair bone straight). Even back in flashbacks, she's seen as a GirlyGirl who was into frilly and fashionable dresses.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Katherine can be polite when she wants to be, and sometimes even acts as a FriendlyEnemy and teams up with the heroes, but she's usually planning something devious and can turn on anyone at the drop of a hat.
* FemmeFatale: Katherine is a beautiful, seductive woman who often uses her charms in order to get what she wants. And if she doesn't she's still dangerous enough to dispatch her victims without much trouble.
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Katherine comes out of left field to be the final villain in the series as the Queen of Hell at the very last episode.]]
%% * {{Foil}}: To Elena. See LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine.
* FoolForLove: In regards to Stefan, especially in season five. Instead of actually focusing on developing a relationship with her long lost daughter Nadia (who has been searching for her for 5 centuries and even became a vampire all so she could find her mother), Katherine is much too busy obsessing with Stefan. Katherine was so desperate for him to love her that in 5.11, [[spoiler: she goes to extremes by [[GrandTheftMe stealing Elena's body and possessing it using a Travellers spell]], all so that Stefan would think she is Elena and fall for her again.]] When it comes to Stefan and her love for him, Katherine is extremely irrational.
* FreudianExcuse: Katherine became the ruthless person she is because of her very tragic backstory, which included having her baby daughter taken away from her after she was born, Klaus chasing her in order to have her killed and sacrificed and murdering her entire family as a punishment for running from him.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Stefan and Damon on occasion, especially when working together against The Originals. Katherine will help out the Salvatore brothers from time to time, but she often seeks to get something out of it in return.
* GiantPoofySleeves: Many of her outfits during the 1864 flashbacks had giant sleeves.
* GirlyBruiser: Katherine is very feminine but she can still kick major ass when she has to.
%% * GirlyGirl: Katherine is really feminine.
%% HOW?
%% * GorgeousPeriodDress: Katherine wore many of them in the 1400 and 1864 flashbacks.
* GrandTheftMe: In season five [[spoiler:Katherine possesses Elena's body using a Traveller's spell on her deathbed, in an attempt to both cheat death and steal Elena's life so she can be with Stefan again.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Katherine has a jealous streak, especially in regards to Stefan and Damon. See ClingyJealousGirl.
* HeartbrokenBadass: In regards to romance and her family. Katherine hasn't had any luck with romance and men. Her family ended up being killed because she ran from Klaus after learning that he was going to sacrifice her in order to break his hybrid curse.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: It's really hard to tell which side Katherine is on sometimes.
* HellBentForLeather: Katherine's version of practicable clothing is usually a black leather jacket and leather pants, which give her a more imposing look than her chic outfits.
* HereditaryCurse: Katherine is descended from a line of Petrova {{Doppelganger}}'s. She has passed down the doppelgänger curse to her children and as a result, the Petrova doppelgänger lineage continues every 500 years. Katherine is the doppelgänger of Tatia while Elena is the doppelgänger of Katherine. She's pursed by Klaus due to this, as a Petrova {{Doppelganger}} sacrifice is needed to break his curse.
%% * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:She was the one more or less responsible for Jeremy's death with Silas to finish him off. She is also the reason why Stefan dies in the series finale.]]
%% This needs explanation.
%% * HiddenDepths: Katherine may seem manipulative and bitchy but if one looks back into her past, it's rather tragic.
%% THIS IS TOO VAGUE.
%%
* HopeBringer: Characters speak of her as a legend or as a way to show that it is possible to defeat or evade Klaus. She's also used as a threat against Klaus by Damon in Season 4.
%% * HotWitch: Katherine is actually a witch and possesses magic.
%% * HumiliationConga: Has been going through a big and rather well-deserved one in season five.
%% What was that about? Please explain to people who have not seen it, and also what the trope is.
%%
* IfICantHaveYou: Katherine threatened Stefan that if he didn't break up with Elena, she would kill Elena and her loved ones. Stefan of course did NOT react well to this at all, in a BewareTheNiceOnes way. She even says again it word for word in episode 5x15 -- yet again it regards Stefan: If she can't have him, then no one else will.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: This could be one of the major reasons as to why Katherine is desperate for Stefan to love her. Katherine has most likely always suffered from a degree of loneliness and feeling unloved or unworthy of love due to her troubled past.
* ILoveYouVampireSon: Katherine loves Stefan and Damon. She turned them both in order to be with them forever.
* IWillWaitForYou: Katherine has repeatedly said that she will wait forever or for an eternity for Stefan to love her since the second season.
* ImmortalsFearDeath: Katherine is absolutely terrified of dying and will do just about anything to prevent it. This has formed her arc in season five as we see her succumb to the effects of age and realize she can't save herself any longer.
%% * ImpossiblyCoolClothes: During the flashbacks in the 1400's and 1864. Even Katherine's modern wardrobe is sophisticated and chic.
%% * ImpracticallyFancyOutfit
* ItsAllAboutMe: Katherine has been shown to be very selfish, self-indulgent and narcissistic. She is all about self-preservation and looking out for herself, even at the expense of others.
* {{Jerkass}}: Katherine is so incredibly obnoxious, selfish, sarcastic and arrogant that many of the characters who interact with her often find her intolerable.
* JerkassHasAPoint: When she, as Elena, refused to get back together with Damon and cited all of the reasons they are a bad couple and she didn't want to be with him, it's exceptionally hard to find a single flaw in her logic. She can eve come off as the OnlySaneMan.
* JerkJustifications: Katherine does immoral acts out of self-preservation thanks to her past. She had her baby taken away from her, was exiled from her own him, was chased by Klaus for centuries and had her entire family slaughtered by Klaus as a punishment for running from him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Katherine brought Damon the cure instead of running in Season 2. She also tanked a brilliant plan to kill Klaus in order to protect Damon and bring back Stefan's humanity at the same time. The woman multitasks. And in season four, [[spoiler: she gives the cure for vampirism to Elijah. This is the only weapon/advantage she has against Klaus, and she willingly and unselfishly hands it over to Elijah because he's the only person who still believes that she has some good in her somewhere.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: In season 5, she starts to [[RapidAging age rapidly]] and her imminent death garners sympathy from the rest of the cast and Katherine seems to mellow out. Then she [[spoiler: takes advantage of Elena sympathy to possess her body.]]
* JokerImmunity: Katherine is a very popular character within the fandom. So, although she isn't featured on the show all that much, the writers have chosen not to kill her character off for good. Instead, she is a recurring character that comes and goes in every season. Can't hurt that she shares an actor with one the main characters, making bringing her in very easy.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Katherine is often seen being badass in her expensive and chic clothing.
* KickTheMoralityPet: Katherine claims to love Stefan so much for over a century, yet she has repeatedly done things that have both indirectly and directly hurt Stefan and those that he loves and cares about. Even when she does these things, Katherine expects Stefan to reciprocate her feelings when she really hasn't done anything to earn Stefan's love, affection or concern.
%% * KickTheSonOfABitch: To Damon in 5x14 [[spoiler: when she tries to trick ripper!Damon into feeding on her so that Stefan would kill Damon. Unfortunately for Katherine, her plan doesn't work.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: She's finally killed for good in "I Was Feeling Epic" when Stefan holds her down while Bonnie destroys hell and they're both consumed by the hellfire.]]
* KissOfDeath: Katherine kisses [[spoiler:Stefan before he stabs and kills her with the Travellers Knife.]]
%% * LadyAndKnight: A variation of this with Stefan in 1864 with Stefan being the Knight to Katherine's Lady.
%% * LackOfEmpathy: Katherine doesn't really show that much remorse over what she's done
%% * LadyOfAdventure: Katherine has traveled around the world.
* LifeDrinker. Katherine is a vampire, i.e. a living dead person. She drinks human blood in order to survive. She has the ability to live forever without physically aging. Although Katherine physically looks like she is 18, she is actually over 500 years old.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Katherine is the Dark Feminine to Elena's Light Feminine. They are polar opposites in personality, despite being [[{{Doppelganger}} physically identical]]. Although now that Elena is a vampire their personalities are balancing out more.
* LivingMacGuffin:
** Katherine was one back in the 1400's for Klaus as she was the Petrova doppelgänger that was going to be used as a sacrifice to break Klaus' hybrid curse. She's been on the run from him for centuries to avoid this fate.
** She was one for Silas for a time because [[spoiler: she is human after ingesting the cure for immortality in the season four finale and Silas wanted the cure running through her veins. Katherine even humorously refers to herself as a "moonstone".]]
* LongLostRelative:
** Katherine was revealed to be Elena's distant maternal ancestor in season two.
** [[spoiler:It was revealed in 5.05 that Katherine is the long lost mother of Nadia.]]
* LoveAtFirstSight: According to flashbacks in 5.10, Katherine had seen Stefan before she had physically met him and she found herself instantly and strongly drawn to him.
* LoveHungry: Her obsession with Stefan has reached Qetsiyah levels of obsession and craziness. In regards to Stefan, especially in season five
%% * LoveHurts: Katherine has faced heartbreak in the name of love.
%% * LoveInterest: Katherine was a love interest to Elijah in 1492, and to Damon and Stefan back in 1864. She is also a love interest to Damon, Stefan and [[spoiler: Elijah]] in the present.
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%% Example indentation needs to be fixed. Add context to each love interest.
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: Despite being a pragmatic survivalist for centuries, she makes a ton of mistakes due to her falling in love with Stefan and wanting to be with him. Most notably after [[spoiler: stealing Elena's body in 5x11, instead of taking Nadia and leaving Mystic Falls with her, Katherine decides to stay in town so that she could get Stefan back. The Mystic Falls gang does end up founding out Katherine's secret, which only resulted in Stefan finding out, her daughter Nadia dying, and Katherine being killed by Stefan himself..]]
* LoveRedeems: Bits and pieces of her humanity and softer side come out, especially in regards to both Stefan and Elijah.
* ManipulativeBitch: Katherine will manipulate, scheme, play mind games and will toy with others emotions in order to get what she wants without guilt. This is best show during her {{flashback}} scenes in season one, where she manipulates the entire Salvatore family against each other in order to obtain the moonstone.
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* MayflyDecemberRomance: With both Stefan and Damon in 1864, Katherine was already a 350+ year-old vampire while Stefan was a 17-year-old human and Damon was a 24-year-old human.
* MeaningfulName: The name Katherine means "pure". Ironically, Katherine represented innocence, naivety and purity before her life changed and turned into a tragedy. Her last name is Pierce. She does a lot of "piercing".
* MissingMom: She's a Missing Mom to her daughter Nadia. Nadia had been taken away from Katherine by her father immediately after she had given birth to her. In season five, Katherine is finally reunited with Nadia after 500 years.
%% * MoralityChain[=/=]MoralityPet: Stefan is hers.
%% Also fix example indentation.
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* MotorMouth: Even Damon thinks she needs to shut up at times.
* MsFanservice: Katherine is a HeadTurningBeauty who often wears revealing and skimpy clothing that shows off her assets and appeals to both the male characters and the male audience. She has plenty of {{fanservice}} heavy scenes, like {{shower|scene}}, {{lingerie|scene}} and {{bathtub|scene}} scenes.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Katherine loves Stefan; Stefan loves Elena. In season two, Katherine threatens to kill Elena (and everyone she cared about) if Stefan doesn't stop being with Elena.
* {{Narcissist}}: Katherine is very vain, proud and selfish. She thinks a lot of herself and always believes that she is one step ahead of everyone else.
%% * NiceHat: Katherine sometimes wore hats during the 1864 flashbacks along with her PimpedOutDress and OperaGloves.
%% * NiceShoes: Katherine wears a lot of them, primarily high heels and stilettos.
* NobleDemon: Katherine has her moments of taking the moral high ground although this is a rarity and this has only happened a few times with a few people (i.e. Stefan, Damon and Elijah, for example).
* NotGoodWithRejection: Katherine didn't take it too well when Stefan told her that he hated her.
%% * NotSoDifferent: Makes this argument to Elena throughout the series, but most notably in season four after Elena turned into a vampire. Subverted in "She's Come Undone".
* OfCorsetsSexy: As part of Katherine's wardrobe during the flashbacks (1400's and 1800's), Katherine was seen to wear many corsets as part of her outfits. Being a vampire, she also avers OfCorsetHurts as she has no need to breathe.
%% * OperaGloves: Was seen wearing them during the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * OppositesAttract: With Stefan and Elijah. Both Stefan and Elijah are moral and noble while Katherine is highly morally ambiguous.
%% * ParasolOfPrettiness: Katherine had a parasol or umbrella in 1864.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: When she is not resorting to kicking ass and fighting her opponents, she is good at making a point with her words, being very blunt and never holding back.
* PetTheDog: Katherine has a few of these moments, such as mourning Stefan's death in a {{flashback}}, or bringing Damon his cure in the season finale. And in 4x18 [[spoiler:she shows her love and gesture of trust towards Elijah]].
%% ** Also her conversation with Stefan regarding humanity was this.
%% Style needs work. No word cruft.
* PimpedOutDress: Wore plenty of fancy dresses during the 1800's and in the 1400's as well.
* ThePollyanna: As a human girl, Katherine seemed to be rather idealistic, naive, optimistic and romantic by heart in the 1400's flashbacks. This changed when she became a vampire and suffered tragedy over the centuries.
%% * ProperLady: Appeared this way during the and 1400's flashbacks and also the 1864 flashbacks.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: Katherine is this way in regards to both of the Salvatore brothers due to the brothers being in love with Elena. Katherine herself only really cares about Stefan and is quite willing to MurderTheHypotenuse.
%% * PsychoticLoveTriangle: With Elena and Rebekah over Stefan's affections. [[FatalAttractor Stefan]] sure does attract some obsessive and psychotic women.
* RapidAging: Has been developing a slower but still deadly version of this trope for immortals after Silas drained the cure out of her blood. Her hair has been turning grey, her teeth are falling out, and she is only estimated to live a few months longer.
* ReallyGetsAround: Katherine is a seductress has been with many men throughout the centuries, mostly to manipulate and use them.
* RedOniBlueOni: Katherine is the Red (passionate, impulsive, strong) to Elena's Blue (logical, calm, empathetic).
%% * RegalRinglets: Katherine's hair is curled outside of her Elena impersonations.
* TheResenter: Towards Elena. Katherine has always been jealous of Elena and has resented her because Elena has the normal life that she always wanted and also gained the love of Stefan.
* {{Retcon}}: In Season 5, it's revealed that Katherine comes from a family of witches.
%% * TheRival: To Elena and Rebekah for the attentions of the Salvatore brothers.
* TheRunaway: Katherine has been running from Klaus for 500 years.
* SensualSlavs: Katherine is a seductive HeadTurningBeauty that is originally from Bulgaria.
* SexGoddess: Out of all characters in the show, she's the one that takes full advantage of [[VampiresAreSexGods the natural sexual prowess that vampires have]]. Especially notable in her early relationship with the Salvatore brothers, where they were constantly seen in bed and she made plenty of use of the KissOfTheVampire.
%% * ShadowArchetype: To Elena at times. Sometimes it's inverted and Elena seems like a shadow of Katherine.
%% * ShesGotLegs: And some pretty nice ones too.
%% * ShipperOnDeck: Surprisingly, for Stelena.
%% -->'''Katherine to Elena:''' There's still a connection between you two (Stefan and Elena). Maybe, deep down, you know that he's your one true love and breaking up with him was a big mistake.
%% ** Katherine even bluntly states (while she is pretending to be Elena while possessing her body) to Damon as she breaks up with him that she and Damon are just not good together and that they have managed to bring out the worst in each other. The funny thing is that Katherine is saying all of the things that Elena herself should be saying to Damon.
%%
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%% OK, this is super weird. She wants to murder Elena out of jealousy so she can have Stefan for herself, yet she ships Stefan and Elena and wants them to be together? Commented out until it's explained. Example indentation needs to be fixed as well.
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* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: She's hardly modest when it comes to her body. In "Dinner Party", she's unperturbed about Damon [[ShowerOfAwkward walking on her showering]] and just casually stands naked in front of him while asking for a robe, although she does seem to take a perverse pleasure in his [[EatingTheEyeCandy confusing gawking]].
* ShowSomeLeg: Katherine often uses her sexy appearance to get what she wants.
%% * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: With primarily Stefan. For over a century to be exact.
%% * SmugSmiler: One of Katherine's signature expressions.
* SmugSuper: Katherine brags that Bonnie's witchy ju-ju migraine doesn't work on her since she [[StrongerWithAge has been around for a long time]]. Not to mention that she lords it over Stefan that she is [[AcquiredPoisonImmunity immune to the effects of vervain since she has been dosing herself with vervain for the last century]].
* TheSnarkKnight: Katherine is very sarcastic and has a wicked and dry sense of humor, usually making jokes that no one else but her can even appreciate.
%% * {{Socialite}}: Especially during 1864. It is even apparent that Katherine was a status seeker during the 1400's.
* TheSociopath: Lying, murdering, and manipulating are as natural as breathing to her. Subverted in that she does care about some people.
%% * SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: In "Down the Rabbit Hole," she steals the vampirism cure that everyone has been looking for, and assures Silas' awakening]].
* StalkerWithACrush: Katherine has kept tabs Stefan for centuries after he turned into a vampire and she [[FakingTheDead faked her death]] and was on the run from Klaus.
* StartOfDarkness: In Season 2, we learn what made Katherine become more cold, selfish and immoral. Klaus had been obsessed with finding her after she ran from him, because Klaus wanted to sacrifice her life so that he could break his Hybrid Curse. After Katherine committed suicide and became a vampire, she fled to her hometown. It was there that she discovered that Klaus got to her entire family and murdered them all in revenge. This devastated Katherine and ever since then, Katherine became a darker, more selfish person, only looking out for herself and basing her immortal life on self-preservation.
* {{Stripperific}}: Some of Katherine's outfits and clothing can be raher provocative and revealing.
* SugaryMalice: Katherine is very good at appearing sweet and polite to others when she needs them to further her agenda.
* SupernaturalIsPurple: If Katherine isn't seen wearing black clothing, she is often seen wearing purple from time to time. Good colours for a murderous vampire who comes from a family of witches.
* SupernaturallyYoungParent: To Nadia. It was revealed during the fifth season that Nadia is Katherine's long lost daughter. Katherine had Nadia when she was seventeen years old. Katherine has also been a vampire for over 500 years, therefore, she has not physically aged because she is immortal. Katherine has been physically eighteen years old for over 500 years. Nadia is also a vampire, but actually looks older than Katherine; this could be because Nadia was turned at an older age than when Katherine was turned. Katherine was turned at the age of eighteen while Nadia was turned at the age of thirty, hence Nadia is physically 12 years older than Katherine in regards to physical age. However, both Katherine and Nadia are over 500 years old.
%% * TheTease: Katherine's specialty is teasing and flirting with the opposite sex.
* TeenPregnancy: Katherine had a daughter out of wedlock when she was seventeen.
%% * TookALevelInBadass: After Katherine became a vampire.
* TragicVillain: Katherine became a much colder, ruthless person due to her tragic past where Klaus had her entire family killed out of revenge for Katherine running from him and still pursued her ever since, leading her to value self-preservation above all. Even Elena manges to sympathize with her for it
-->'''Elena:''' I forgive you. You weren't born evil. Life made you that way.
%% * UncannyFamilyResemblance: With Elena due to the doppelganger curse.
%% * UndyingLoyalty: Appears to have this for the Salvatore brothers. She appears to trust them above anyone else in her life.
%% * UnresolvedSexualTension: With Elijah, Damon and Stefan. Sometimes even with Klaus. In 4x18, it looks like she and [[spoiler: Elijah]] resolved it.
%% * VanityIsFeminine: Katherine is very beautiful, proud, narcissistic and vain.
%% * VillainessesWantHeroes: With [[TheHero Stefan]].
%% ** [[spoiler: [[NobleDemon Elijah]]]] presents an interesting case.
%% * VillainousBreakdown: Goes through ones when trapped in the cave by Damon and Stefan and when Damon plans on feeding her to Silas. Season five has seen a slower and steadier one as she realizes she can't fight off her RapidAging and will soon be dead.
%% * VillainousValour: Katherine NEVER gives up.
%% * WalkingTheEarth: That's something you gotta do, when you are getting chased by powerful enemies for centuries.
* WickedCultured: Katherine comes from a wealthy and noble family. She is highly sophisticated, clever and manipulative.
%% Would be nice to mention what makes her sophisticated.
%%
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: In 2.09, "Katerina", we find out that she gave birth out of wedlock; wasn't even allowed to ''hold the baby'' before it is given away; and then she gets sent away to England ( keep in mind that she most likely was all alone when she first came); then she meets and falls for Klaus, and has feelings for/trusts Elijah, only to find out that they both ''wanted to kill her''; and then she tries to kill herself in order to stay away from Klaus, only to have vampire blood forced into her system; then she uses that to kill herself and become a vampire; and when she returns home, her ''entire'' family, along with anyone else that she loved, and most likely, ''the whole village'' is dead, killed by Klaus.
%% * XanatosSpeedChess: It's why she has evaded Klaus for so long.
* {{Yandere}}: In regards to Stefan. Katherine was very obsessed with Stefan for over a century, so much so that she spent most of Stefan's immortal life [[StalkerWithACrush stalking him]], killing people that are close to him (including Elena), and obsessively going to extreme lengths to be with him, save him or protect him. She has repeatedly gone the route of MurderTheHypotenuse by killing or trying to kill women that were romantically involved or interested in Stefan. She is also known to become AxeCrazy whenever Stefan rejects her, chooses Elena over her, ignores her or shows no interest in her. It's taken UpToEleven in Season Five when she is so obsessed with him that Stefan has literally become the major reason for Katherine wanting to live. While she is dying and on her death bed due to old age and the effects of the cure, Katherine manages to manipulate Elena into stealing her body against her will with the use of a passenger spell so that she can inhabit her body and live as Elena. Just so that she can get Stefan to fall in love with her again with the belief that he's falling in love with Elena.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Anna]]
!!Annabelle "Anna" Zhu
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anna_tvd.jpg]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/MaleseJow
->''"Dracula was a complete wuss. Never showered. Very smelly."''
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* ActionGirl: Anna is tough, capable and strong. As a [[StrongerWithAge centuries-old vampire, she is one of the oldest vampires]] in the series and is stronger than Damon and Stefan.
* AllThereInTheManual: The prequel novel ''Stefan Diaries'' reveals Anna got sick as a child and Pearl begged Katherine to turn her into a vampire to save her.
* AsianAndNerdy: Anna is smart, intellectual and nerdy. She is also a hardcore bookworm. She is of Chinese origin.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: She's back after she's staked, but only as a ghost that Jeremy sees in season three.]]
* BadassAdorable: Anna is small and petite but she is capable of defending and fighting for herself when she has to.
* BadassBookworm: Scholarly, nerdy intelligent and very much a bookworm, but she is not afraid to deliver a beatdown to anyone try gin to stop her from opening her moms tomb.
* BecomingTheMask: Originally she befriended Jeremy in order to obtain his ancestor's journal but later, she really falls in love with him.
%% * BettyAndVeronica: Anna could be seen as the Veronica to Bonnie's Betty for Jeremy's Archie.
%% How?
%%
%% * BewareTheNiceOnes: She may look cute but do not underestimate her.
* BrainyBrunette: Anna is very smart, brunette who is intelligent and quick. She also seems to be quite scholarly and loves research.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Anna is the Gentle Girl to Jeremy's Brooding Boy, being a fairly compassionate individual despite her ultimate goals of freeing the Tomb Vampires.
%% * TheBusCameBack: As a ghost.
* CanonForeigner: Anna doesn't exist in the books.
%% * ClingyJealousGirl: She seemed this way in regards to Jeremy and his relationships with both Bonnie and Vicki.
* CuteBookworm: Anna loves books, she loves to read and loves research. She's a petite and lovely girl.
* CuteBruiser: Anna is very cute but she can kick anyone's ass. She's not to be underestimated.
%% * TheCutie:
* DarkIsNotEvil: She's dark-haired and wears dark colours but overall, she has good to neutral intentions.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has her witty and sarcastic moments, such as her page quote.
* TheDeterminator: Anna did everything to get her mother back from the tomb in which she was imprisoned in for over a century.
%% * DoggedNiceGirl: Towards Jeremy.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Much like her mother, she has no evil intentions towards humans and doesn't even enjoy being a vampire. Her stint as an antagonist was only in an effort to free her mother from imprisonment.
%% * GenkiGirl: Especially when she gets excited.
* GhostReunionEnding: In Season Three, ghost Anna tells Jeremy she hadn't encountered her mother on The Other Side and feared Pearl might have moved on without her. However, Anna and Pearl had an emotional reunion in "Ghost World", and move on together.
%% * GirlyBruiser: She's feminine but also an ActionGirl and not to be underestimated.
%% * GirlNextDoor: She appears this way, even though she is a vampire.
%% * GoodIsNotNice: Generally nice but don't cross her or get on her bad side.
%% * GoodIsNotSoft: She may be a cute and sweet girl, but she can kick ass when she has to.
%% * GorgeousPeriodDress: Wore them during the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * HeelFaceTurn: Although she was never really evil, her love for Jeremy made her want to stay in Mystic Falls.
%% If she was never evil, than she's not an example.
%%
* HellBentForLeather: Like many other vampires, Anna sometimes wears leather jackets, which makes her look all tough and badass.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Anna is a vampire that desires to be a normal girl and be a regular teenager.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Anna desires friendship, companionship and love, hence why she first befriended and then fell in love with Jeremy Gilbert.
* {{Immortality}}: Anna had the ability to live forever without physically aging. She's an immortal vampire.
* KilledOffForReal: She is killed via stake through the heart by John Gilbert, so she's dead-dead even for a show that has resurrections and is full of supernatural beings
%% * KillTheCutie
%% * LoveHurts: In regards to Jeremy.
* LoveInterest: She's romantically interested in Jeremy and he reciprocates in season one. Sadly, she is tragically killed off at the end of the first season. Jeremy makes it clear that he still loves her despite her unexpected death and it takes many seasons for Jeremy to move on from Anna, even when Jeremy moved on with Bonnie in a relationship in season two. Even after she dies, Jeremy still considers Anna as his one true love.
* LoveRedeems: Anna isn't necessarily bad by any means, but her love for Jeremy definitely brought out the nicer and softer side of her, her humanity.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Anna is introduced as a cheerful presence to the brooding Jeremy in season one. Subverted in that it was a deliberate plot to get close to him.
* TheMole: She pretended to join the remaining vengeful tomb vampires who were planning to wipe out the humans of Mystic Falls in order to feed information to the townspeople. John Gilbert doesn't care and simply has her staked when she's immobilized by the anti-vampire device.
* MotorMouth: Once Anna gets going, she can't stop talking, especially if the topic is something she finds important or something that she is passionate about.
%% * MysteriousWaif: In the beginning, when she first meets Jeremy.
%% * {{Nerd}}: She is highly intelligent and is quite a bit of a bookworm.
* NerdsAreSexy: Anna may be a nerd, but she is also stylish and conveniently attractive.
%% * NiceGirl: Anna is generally nice and friendly however, don't get on her bad side.
%% * NiceHat: Wore one during the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * TheOjou: During the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * PerkyGoth: Wears a lot of black clothing and has dark hair and pale skin.
%% * PimpedOutDress: During the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * PluckyGirl: Anna is very optimistic and upbeat.
%% * ThePollyanna: See PluckyGirl.
%% NO. Each trope needs to be explained on its own terms.
%%
%% * PsychoticLoveTriangle: With Bonnie and Vicki over the affections of Jeremy. Although Bonnie isn't psychotic, Vicki was certainly crossing the crazy line, especially as a ghost.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Anna has very black hair and very pale skin. She's also considered exceptionally beautiful.
* Really700YearsOld: She's introduced as a normal human teenager, but it's quickly revealed to be a vampire who [[TheAgeless has been alive with that appearance for centuries]]. She even knew Dracula who died before Katherine was turned.
%% * SecondLove: To Jeremy. Vicki was the first.
%% * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Her relationship with Jeremy.
%% * TheSmartGirl: Anna is very intelligent.
%% Smarter than other people in her group? Among her peers?
%%
%% * {{Tsundere}}: Type B, towards Jeremy.
* WaifFu: Small and petite but still has the SuperStrength of a centuries-old vampire.
%% * WideEyedIdealist: Anna is highly idealistic.
%% EXPLAIN this in detail.
%%
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Pearl]]
!!Pearl Zhu
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pearl_tvd_modern.jpg]]
[[quoteright:350:''[[labelnote:Click here to see her 1864 appearance ]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pearl_tvd_past.jpg[[/labelnote]]'']]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/KellyHu
->''"Mystic Falls is our home, Damon! They took that from us, our land, our home. It's time we rebuild!"''
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%% * ActionMom: Pearl is very active when she needs to be.
* AffablyEvil: She's polite and ladylike to others for the most part and wishes no ill on the populace of Mystic Falls, but can be scheming and manipulative when she wants something.
* AllThereInTheManual: The prequel novel ''Stefan Diaries'' reveals Pearl had her entire family wiped out by decease during the revolutionary war, with her and Anna as the {{Sole Survivor}}s as Katherine sired both of them to save them from the decease.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Pearl is a dark-haired woman with a rather aloof and poised attitude.
* AntiVillain: She has no real animosity towards humans and only wants to make a life for herself and her daughter.
* BadassBoast: When she threatens Damon.
-->'''Pearl to Damon:''' I have 400 years on you, little boy. I'll rip you from limb to limb without even blinking, and you know it.
%% * TheBeautifulElite: Pearl comes from a noble family and seems to be wealthy.
* BestFriend: She was Katherine's closest friend in 1864, although Katherine didn't value their friendship enough to try to set her free.
%% * BitchInSheepsClothing: Pearl is very polite on the surface, but at the same time, she can very ruthless and cunning whenever she wants to be.
%% HOW IS SHE CUNNING?
%%
%% * BrainyBrunette: Pearl is very strategic and smart and she seems to be a planner by nature.
* TheBusCameBack: She briefly reappears as a ghost in Season Three, just long enough for an emotional reunion with Anna.
* CanonForeigner: Pearl doesn't exist in the books.
%% * CulturedBadass: Pearl is very cultured and sophisticated. She appears to come from nobility.
%% EXPLAIN THE BADASS PART
%%
* DarkActionGirl: A centuries-old vampire, once she's back to her full strength, she has no problem subduing Damon.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She truly loves her daughter Anna.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: She feeds from blood bags at hospitals and has no interest in terrorizing the human populace of Mystic Falls like some of her fellow tomb vampire members.
* GhostReunionEnding: In Season Three, ghost Anna tells Jeremy she hadn't encountered Pearl on The Other Side and feared Pearl might have moved on without her. However, Anna and Pearl had an emotional reunion in "Ghost World", and move on together.
%% * GorgeousPeriodDress: Is seen wearing them in the 1864 flashbacks.
* {{Immortality}}: Pearl had the ability to live forever without physically aging.
* InSeriesNickname: Her real name is Zhen Zhu, but she's mostly known as Pearl.
* IronLady: Pearl is rather stern, authoritarian, domineering, and overprotective, especially when it comes to her daughter, Anna. Given everything they've been through, it's hard to blame her.
%% * KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Pearl kicks ass in her finest and most chic clothing.
* KilledOffForReal: She's killed by John Gilbert via a silent compressed air stake gun.
* KnightTemplarParent: She becomes much more protective toward Anna after being release from the Tomb, since Johnathan Gilbert's betrayal hurt her deeply and she fears Anna might face the same thing if she continues to seek a relationship with Jeremy.
%% * LadyOfAdventure: Pearl seemed to travel around the world.
%% more context is needed
%%
* TheLeader: She was accepted as the leader of the tomb vampires after their release, but struggles as most of them want {{revenge}} on the Mystic Fall townsfolk while she simply wants to regain their former glory.
* MamaBear: ''Very'' protective of Anna. Pearl won't hesitate to kill or harm anyone who so much as goes near her daughter.
* MonsterSlayerRomance: Back in 1864 she was in a romance with VampireHunter Johnathan Gilbert, which quickly dissolved once she was revealed and he attempted to kill her.
* SealedEvilInACan: She and the rest of the 1864 Mystic fall vampires spent 146 years trapped in the tomb without blood.
%% * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: In regards to Pearl's affections for Johnathan Gilbert back in 1864.
* {{Socialite}}: She acts as a ProperLady during 1864, to blend in high society. She even looks has the PimpedOutDress with the proper [[OfCorsetsSexy corsets]], OperaGloves and NiceHat. After she's freed from the tomb, she attempts to reintroduce herself to 21st-century society in Mystic Falls and recover her previous property, adopting a more modern look by becoming a SharpDressedWoman.
* TheStoic: Pearl keeps her emotions in check most of the time.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Staked by John Gilbert, who leaves her body to be found by a horrified Anna.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: She dies and leaves the show after a few episodes.
* WidowWoman: She lost her husband and three of her children to disease, with only herself and Anna surviving due to being turned by Katherine.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Isobel Flemming-Saltzman]]
!!Isobel Flemming-Saltzman
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isolvel_tvd.jpg]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/MiaKirshner
->''"I am selfish, and I'm obsessed, and I'm a horrible wife. But you love me anyway."''
----
%% * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Isobel had a sexual relationship with Damon Salvatore.
%% * AlmightyMom
%% * AloofDarkHairedGirl: Isobel is icy and aloof.
%% * AmbiguouslyBi: Isobel seemed that she would have no problem experimenting with someone of the same sex.
%% more context is needed, how does she experiment, for instance?
%%
%% * AmbiguouslyEvil: It is always really hard to tell what Isobel's true intentions are.
%% Tropers must try harder.
%%
%% * AntagonisticOffspring: Elena is this to Isobel.
%% * BadassBoast: Isobel is a bit of a braggart.
%% * TheBaroness: Isobel is of the Sexpot flavour.
* BastardGirlfriend: To Alaric. She made Alaric think that she was dead for a long period of time, when in reality, she just wanted to be turned into a vampire out of selfishness. When Alaric reunited with Isobel for the first time after a long time, he called Isobel a "selfish bitch".
%% * BitchInSheepsClothing
%% * BrainyBrunette
%% * TheChessmaster: Being cunning and manipulative seems to run in the Petrova blood.
%% * CrazyPrepared: Isobel was always planning and scheming.
%% * DarkIsEvil: Isobel is almost always wearing dark (especially black) clothing.
%% Is this EvilWearsBlack? But one example says she is only ambiguously evil.
%%
%%
%% * DarkMistress: Was this for Damon.
%% * DeadpanSnarker: Isobel is sarcastic and snarky. Must run in the Petrova genes.
%% concrete and detailed example context is everything
%%
%% * DeathByIrony: She is killed in the same way that the mystery man she employed was: compelled suicide.
%% * DefrostingIceQueen: Around both Alaric and Elena, Isobel's humanity and softer side come out.
%% * DepravedBisexual: Strongly hinted at. Possibly an ActorAllusion to Mia Kirshner's role on ''Series/TheLWord''.
%% * TheDeterminator
%% * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: By walking into the sun.]]
%% Why does she want to die? What broke her?
%%
%% * LukeIAmYourFather: Elena, I Am Your Mother.
%% * LukeYouAreMyFather: Isobel, You Are My Mother. Elena discovers that Isobel is her biological mother in season one.
%% * EvilFeelsGood
%% * EvilIsPetty: Some of Isobel's actions have been downright catty.
%% Which ones?
%%
%% * TheFashionista: Isobel is rather trendy and fashionable in her clothing.
%% Please elaborate.
%%
%% * FemmeFatale
* GreenEyedMonster: Isobel admits that she is jealous of Jenna over her relationship with Alaric.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Isobel seems to enjoy having fun and partying.
%% * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: To the point where we [[spoiler: don't discover her true allegiance even after her death.]]
* {{Immortality}}: Isobel as a vampire had the ability to live forever without physically aging.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Isobel was strongly fascinated with vampires and vampirism. So much that she declared herself dead and asked Damon to turn her into a vampire.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She has no problem screwing over anyone including her daughter and husband in order to help herself.
%% * {{Jerkass}}
%% * KilledOffForReal
* LackOfEmpathy: She has no compassion and feels absolutely no guilt in killing and feeding.
%% * LongLostRelative: To Elena.
%% * TheLostLenore: Her [[spoiler:apparent]] death is the primary motivation for both John and Alaric's actions throughout season one.
%% * ManipulativeBitch: She's very manipulative and selfish, and usually finds what she wants.
* MissingMom: To Elena. Isobel gave birth to Elena when she was a teenager. She then gave Elena up for adoption shortly after she was born. Elena was raised by the Gilberts.
%% * MsFanservice: Some of her clothing are somewhat revealing.
%% * MysteriousParent: To Elena.
%% * NeverFoundTheBody: Alaric mentions this as why her murder was unsolved.
%% * ShowSomeLeg
%% * TheSnarkKnight: Being sarcastic and snarky is in the Petrova blood.
* TeenPregnancy: Isobel gave birth to Elena when she was only 16 years old.
%% * TheVamp
%% * VampiresAreSexGods
* ViralTransformation: Isobel was turned into a vampire by Damon through vampire blood.
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[[folder: Alexia "Lexi" Branson]]
!!Alexia ‘Lexi’ Branson
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/ArielleKebbel
->''"Because when you can hurt, you can love. Love, Stefan, that's the point."''
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* ActionFashionista: Lexi seems to have a penchant for clothing and fashion and she is tough and kicks ass.
* BadassAdorable: Lexi can be a very adorable GenkiGirl and she is also incredibly strong and badass, willing to attack Damon when she senses him posing a threat.
* BadassBoast: Lexi is normally nice and friendly, but that won't stop her from threatening to rip your throat out if you so much as cross her or anyone she cares about (i.e. Stefan).
%% * BigSisterInstinct: Towards Stefan. She is highly protective of him.
%% Is she actually his sister? Or close friend? How does she protect him?
%%
* BigBrotherMentor: Big Sister Mentor to Stefan. Lexi is like the older sister that Stefan never had and she's a replacement for Damon when Stefan had gone off the rails and became addicted to human blood after he first turned into a vampire. Lexi was the one who helped him to control his blood lust, got him on a diet of animal blood and helped Stefan to turn on his humanity and feel again.
* BreakoutCharacter: Lexi became a fan favourite and the audience hated when Damon killed her.
* BreakTheCutie: According to flashbacks, Stefan has sent Lexi to help Damon when Damon was going on a bender in the 70's. Lexi got romantically involved with Damon in the process, only to find out that her helping Damon was useless and that Damon had used Lexi the whole time. It is no wonder Lexi hates Damon with the passion of a thousand suns.
* CanonForeigner: Lexi doesn't exist in the novel series.
* CoolBigSis: To Stefan. Although she isn't related to Stefan, Lexi has always been the big sister figure in Stefan's life.
%% NO.
* DeadpanSnarker: Lexi is very snarky and sarcastic. She has a dry sense of humor.
* TheDeterminator: Lexi is never the type to quit or give up, especially in regards to Stefan.
%% * EveryoneLovesBlondes
* TheFashionista: Lexi seems to love fashion, clothing and dressing up.
%% * {{Foil}}: To Sage. Lexi is the GoodCounterpart to Sage's EvilCounterpart.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: She had a very generous nature to mortals and a regard for human life.
* GenkiGirl: Lexi is outgoing, fun-loving and energetic.
%% * GirlyBruiser: Girly and a fashionista, Lex can also kick ass.
%% Explain how she is girly.
%% * GirlyGirl: Lexi is very girly and feminine.
* GoodBadGirl: Lexi is a NiceGirl who still likes to live on the wild side.
%% * GoodCounterpart: To Sage, who is her EvilCounterpart.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Lexi loves her booze.
%% * HeartbrokenBadass: Damon got romantically involved with her and then dumped her and used her. No wonder Lexi hates Damon.
%% Explain the badass part, too.
%%
%% * TheHedonist: She loves sex and drinking.
* HellBentForLeather: Lexi wears black leather jackets from time to time and looks cute with them.
%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Rose. They had been friends going way back.
%% How close are they?
%%
* HopeBringer: Especially for Stefan. She has often mentored and helped him whenever Stefan fell off the wagon and turned off his humanity.
%% * LikeBrotherAndSister: With Stefan.
%% * KillTheCutie: Thanks Damon
%% * KilledOffForReal
%% * KnightTemplar: Lexi has proven that when the time comes for it, she can be pretty ruthless.
%% Knight Templar is more specific than that.
%%
%% * KnightTemplarBigBrother: To Stefan. She is ''extremely'' protective of him.
* LifeDrinker: Lexi is immortal. She has the ability to live forever and never age, and she feeds on blood.
* MeaningfulName: The name Alexia means "helper" and "defender of mankind". Lexi helped and mentored Stefan after he turned and during his Ripper days. She also helped to bring back Stefan's humanity ad got him to turn it on.
* TheMentor: For Stefan during his life as a vampire, especially during his Ripper days. His FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire attitude came from her.
%% * MoralityChain: To Stefan.
%% * MsFanservice: Lexi is physically attractive.
* NakedFirstImpression: Lexi is only wearing a ModestyTowel when she first meets Elena in the Salvatore manor, causing Elena to come to the WrongAssumtion that Lexi are Stefan romantically involved. Even after it's cleared up, Elena still nicknames her as "Towel Girl".
* NiceGirl: One of the nicest characters in the series, praciting a peaceful way offie, and trying to help others who do the same.
%% * NiceHat: Wore won in the 1865 flashbacks and during the 1940's flashbacks.
%% What kind of hats?
%%
%% * PassingTheTorch: Her unfinished business that causes her to [[spoiler: return as a ghost is to teach Elena how to help restore Stefan's humanity.]]
%% * PimpedOutDress: Wore won during the 1865 flashbacks and also during the 1940's.
%% * PlatonicLifePartners: With Stefan. It is implied they lived together for decades, and have a pact to spend the rest of their afterlife together. In the finale, it's shown how they embrace when they see each other again.
%% * PluckyGirl: Lexi is upbeat, positive and optimistic.
%% * ThePollyanna: Lexi is a very optimistic and positive person even if the circumstances aren't good.
* PosthumousCharacter: She's KilledOffForReal by Damon in her introductory episode in season 1. But we discover far more about her after her death and how important she was for Stefan via {{flashback}}s and her stint as an SpiritAdvisor.
* TheResenter: Towards Damon, for VERY good reason after he lied her into a relationship acting as if he was changing his ways then revealed it was all a trick and left her stanranded on a rooftop in broad daylight, nearly killing her.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Stefan, to the point she refuses to come back to life unless Damon does it first, because she doesn't want Stefan to be missing his brother.
* SexGoddess: She's the first character to mention the [[VampiresAreSexGods natural sexual prowess]] vampires possess and thinks Stefan is naive for not to using it on humans.
%% * SexyMentor: To Stefan.
* ShipperOnDeck: Lexi 'ships Stefan and Elena. She's highly supportive of their relationship, giving Elena advice.
--> ''"When it's real, you can't walk away."''
%% ** In 4.22, she seems to be one for Stefan and Caroline.
%%
%% Also fix example indentation if you add context to this example.
%%
* SpiritAdvisor: To Stefan in 3x07. She comes back as a ghost to help Elena get Stefan to turn his humanity back on.
%% * UndyingLoyalty: To Stefan. She would never turn her back on him.
%% * VampiresAreSexGods
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Damon kills her in her first appearance.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Logan Fell]]
!!Logan Fell
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/ChrisJohnson
->''"I`ve things to do, people to kill."''
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He pretends to be nice to Jenna when he was only using her to get Johnathan Gilbert's watch for The Town Council from her house
* BullyingADragon: He riddled Damon with wooden bullets while taunting him, but left him without finishing him off. It comes back to bite him when Damon goes after him.
%% * {{Immortality}}: Type V and Type X.
* {{Jerkass}}: According to Jenna. He does attempt to act nicer while working with the council, but his jerkassery becomes more apparent than ever once he becomes a vampire.
%% * KilledOffForReal: Is staked through the heart Alaric.
* RevengeByProxy: Tries to turn Caroline into a vampire in order to get back at the Sheriff for covering up his death.
%% * StalkerWithACrush: To Jenna, especially after he became a vampire.
%% * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Inverted. If he hadn't killed that girl, Stefan and Damon would have left town and Mystic Falls probably would have been a lot worse off.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He only appears in five episodes and then dies for good.
[[/folder]]
!! Witches
[[folder: Bree]]
!!Bree
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/GinaTorres
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* TheBartender: She owns a bar and works there as a bartender.
* EthnicMagician: She's black, like most witches in the show. She possesses some powerful magic and can open vampire tombs.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Celebrates Damon's visit by drinking and partying.
* HotWitch: She's very hot, and used to date Damon. Damon reaches out to Bree when he searches for a way to release his former lover Katherine from the tomb in Mystic Falls. He tries to convince Bree to use her magic to open the tomb, but is unsuccessful.
* KilledOffForReal: By Damon, who rips out her heart after she sells him out to Lee, Lexi's old lover. She's deader than dead.
* OnlyOneName: Her surname is never mentioned.
* {{Revenge}}: Plots against with Lee Damon because he killed her best friend Lexi.
%% * SassyBlackWoman: Gives off this vibe when partying with Elena and Damon.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: She is only seen in one episode and is promptly killed off.
[[/folder]]
!! Humans
[[folder: William Tanner]]
!!William Tanner
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/BenjaminAyres
The gang's history teacher at the beginning of the series who also coaches the football team. He is killed by Damon.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: He's a history teacher and all of the students hate him.
* AssholeVictim: He doesn't really show Elena, Jenna, or Jeremy any sympathy. Damon kills him just to make a point.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: His death is very sudden.
* {{Jerkass}}: Everybody hates him. He even keeps a file on the students who annoyed him. Alaric isn't impressed when he finds it.
* KilledOffForReal: By Damon, who kills him just to prove to Stefan how evil he is.
* SadistTeacher: Though his actions suggest that he does want his students to do well. He seems genuinely impressed by Stefan.
* SmallNameBigEgo: The man has enough hot air to refloat the Hindenburg but gets the year the Korean War ended wrong.
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!! Vampires
[[folder:Katherine Pierce]]
!!Katherine Pierce ([=AKA=] Katerina Petrova)
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NinaDobrev
Katerina Petrova ('''''Bulgarian:''' Катерина Петрова''), better known as Katherine Pierce, is a witch of the Traveller subculture, the assumed third doppelgänger of Amara, a former vampire, a major antagonist and one of the main characters during the fifth season.
She was born to either Peter and his wife or Mr. Petrov and Mrs. Petrova on June 5, 1473, in Bulgaria. She was the main antagonist of season one (through John Gilbert's and Isobel's actions, as both were working for her), and one of the antagonists of season two. She was also a recurring character in the third and fourth seasons. Finally, she has a main role in season five. Katherine's life has always been brought with much tragedy, loss, and pain. Katherine was born into a wealthy Bulgarian family. When Katherine was just seventeen years of age, she gave birth to a daughter out of wedlock. Because of the fact that Katherine had a child out of wedlock, her father had her banished from Bulgaria. Katherine then ran away and settled in England. Sometime during the late fifteenth century, Katherine met Klaus and Elijah Mikaelson. Katherine fell in love with or had affections for both of the Mikaelsson brothers, although it was Klaus that she was originally taken with. Unknown to her, Katherine was wanted by Klaus for one simple reason: so he could sacrifice her in order to break his hybrid curse. When Katherine had discovered this fact, she began to flee and hide from Klaus, fearing for her safety and her survival. On April 6, 1492, Katherine met Rose, a young British woman who was a vampire and was best friends with Trevor, someone who had helped Katherine to escape because Trevor had affections for Katherine. Fearful for her survival, Katherine tricked Rose into feeding her her vampire blood and then killed herself, successfully turning herself into a vampire. Katherine returned to Bulgaria to find her entire family slaughtered and brutally murdered after Klaus had retaliated against Katherine for running away from him.
Throughout the centuries, Katherine traveled across the world running away from Klaus, until in 1864, she came to the town of Mystic Falls where she met Stefan and Damon Salvatore. Katherine fell in love with Stefan and also had an affair with Damon on the side, which only caused the sibling rivalry between the two brothers to heat up immensely. It was the Salvatore brother's relationship with Katherine that ended up changing the relationship between the two forever and what sparked a century-plus old rivalry between the once very close brothers. Katherine is responsible for turning both of the Salvatore brothers into vampires, although in regards to Stefan, Katherine compelled Stefan to drink her blood while Damon drank Katherine's blood willingly.
Katherine's notable ancestors include Amara, the who was Silas' true love and presumably the world's first immortal woman, and Tatia, whose blood was involved in the creation of the spell of immortality that was cast on the Mikaelson Family and the curse that bound Klaus' werewolf side. She is also the maternal ancestor of Isobel Flemming and the latter's biological daughter, Elena Gilbert. She was once the romantic interest of Stefan and Damon Salvatore, as well as Mason Lockwood. Since the late fifteenth century, she has also been the romantic interest of Elijah, with whom she was involved, until he effectively ended their relationship by leaving to join his half-brother Klaus in New Orleans. Katherine is a member and distant ancestor of the Petrova Family.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Stefan. Stefan couldn't stand Katherine and wanted nothing to do with her in the earlier seasons. Part of the reason for this is because Stefan held a strong resentment towards Katherine for playing Damon and himself (Stefan) against each other and forcing them to keep Katherine's identity as a vampire a secret. On top of it, Katherine had lied, manipulated, fed on and compiled Stefan for a prolonged period of time and had even fed him her vampire blood against his will through compulsion so that Katherine would turn Stefan into a vampire (along with Damon, although no compulsion was needed for Damon to drink from her). Stefan also had fallen deeply in love with Katherine's doppelgänger and descendant Elena, mostly because she was ''nothing'' like Katherine according to him. This made Katherine extremely hateful, vengeful and jealous towards Elena that in season two, Katherine made repeatedly attempts to kill Elena and harm Elena's loved ones. This furthered Stefan's anger and resentment towards Katherine. However, this became subverted in season five. It seems as though Stefan was still holding onto some minor resentment towards Katherine regarding the things she had done to him in the past century, Stefan finally forgave her as she was dying, something that Katherine had been wanting from Stefan for over a century. Unfortunately, Katherine ruined her chances of Stefan truly and finally forgiving her for all of her immoral deeds when she decided to steal Elena's body and inhabit it as a passenger with the use of Traveller magic. Stefan discovered what she had done and although he was not overly furious at Katherine for what she did, he was still not too happy or pleased with it as it was her actions that caused chaos and destruction to ensue. Ultimately, to top it of, Stefan ends up being the one to kill Katherine with the use of the Traveller Knife, which can expel the spirit of a passenger from anybody that it inhabits.
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: She made herself immune to the effects of vervain (which is poison to vampires) by dosing herself with vervain for the last centuries.
* ActionGirl: One of the most notable action female in the series and something of a CombatPragmatist as she often prefers sneak attacks than all-out brawls. Being a centuries-old vampire (who only gets StrongerWithAge) makes her one of the strongest non-Original vampires in the story, and she can easily fight off both Stefan and Damon.
* ActionFashionista: Katherine is very trendy, chic, stylish and is [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery usually kicking ass in her most fashionable and trendy clothing]].
-->'''Katherine:''' ''[to Stefan]'' We both know I could rip you to shreds and do my nails at the same time.
%% * ActionMom: Katherine is discovered to have been the long lost mother of Nadia. Katherine had given birth to Nadia at the tender age of 17 during the 1400's. Still, despite being a mother, Katherine was still badass and could kick major ass. Interestingly enough, her daughter Nadia also shared the same traits and qualities as her mother as Nadia was also a vampire who was an ActionGirl who could kick major ass. Katherine and Nadia had proven that they were a really badass pair of Petrova women and they were a representation of the Petrova women being badass.
%%
%% Misuse of the trope? Action Moms are mothers who continue kick ass after they have kids, or protecting their kids in Mama Bear way. Discovering you are a mother after 500 years of immortal life? Seems like misuse.
%%
* ActionSurvivor: The reason why she's so dangerous and paranoid is mostly attributed to her spending five centuries on the run from the Original Vampires, which sharpened her survival senses. Even after [[spoiler: she cures her vampirism and loses all associated vampire powers, she's still able to rely on her wits to survive.]]
* ActorSharedBackground: Creator/NinaDobrev is Bulgarian in real life, as is Katherine InUniverse. This led to a misunderstanding on what we must assume was the writers' part: Nina Dobrev is sometimes referred to as "Nina Dobreva". In Bulgaria the "a" at the end of her surname is a way to denote that she is a female member of the Dobrev family.
* AdaptationalNationality: She was German in the books, but became Bulgarian in the series to correlate with the fact [[ActorSharedBackground the actress who plays her is also Bulgarian]].
* AlasPoorVillain: In season five, Katherine begins to [[RapidAging age rapidly]] after consuming the cure at the end of season four. One can't help but feel sorry for her now that Katherine is dying, as she is seeking redemption for her past sins now. It is ultimately subverted when she tries to [[DemonicPossession take over Elena's body in her deathbed via a Passenger spell]] but it's eventually discovered and killed by Stefan and she gets DraggedOffToHell with no sympathy. When she makes her final return in season 8 as the FinalBoss she's treated as an irredeemable villain.
%% * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Katherine's affections for Klaus in the fifteenth century and Damon in the nineteenth century.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: For Stefan and Damon, after both claim to prefer Elena over her. However, Katherine's love for Stefan was stronger and she spent over a century stalking and pining for him.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Katherine is a highly sexual individual and she often uses this to get her way.
* AllWomenLoveShoes: Averted. While it hasn't been shown that Katherine has an actual shoe obsession, it is obvious that Katherine loves her high heels and stilettos. This comes with being TheFashionista.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Katherine is an attractive and beautiful brunette who is smart, chic, composed, sexy and aloof.
%% * AlphaBitch: Tied with Rebekah for biggest bitch in the entire series.
%% * AlwaysSecondBest[=/=]AlwaysSomeoneBetter: With regards to Elena for Damon and Stefan, and Tatia for Elijah and Klaus.
%% Fix also example indentation.
%%
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Katherine's morality seems to be in the morally grey area. while Katherine has done many immoral deeds and acts, she does show that she has some humanity buried inside somewhere, considering how she helps the Salvatore brothers from time to time.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Katherine has proven that she can be rather ruthless when it comes to getting what she wants.
%% * AntiVillain: Katherine is a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type II]].
* ArchEnemy: Elena and Klaus. Katherine hates and resents Elena for getting the chance at a happy life she never did. In regards to Klaus, Klaus slaughtered her entire family out of revenge and Katherine has been running from Klaus ever since.
* TheAtoner: Katherine wants forgiveness and redemption now that she is dying in season five. [[spoiler: Subverted when she takes over Elena's body and returns to her old ways.]]
%% * AwesomeMcCoolname: Katerina Petrova has a nice ring to it, especially when Damon or Elijah say it.
%% Is it acknowledged in universe?
%%
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Like Damon, she has the ability to get under other people's skin by accurately reading their body language. Has a perfect moment of this with [[spoiler: Rebekah]] in 4.18.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With Elijah, Stefan and even Damon. Although all three men have claimed to either hate or resent Katherine, it is obvious that they all harbor a hidden affection or attachment to Katherine.
* AxeCrazy: Subverted. It may seem so in the beginning, but flashbacks and interaction with other characters make it perfectly clear that Katherine is very much sane, just really obsessed [[spoiler: with saving her skin from Klaus.]]
%% * BadassBoast: Katherine has an ego and does her fair share of bragging.
* BadassInDistress:: Katherine becomes this in the fifth season as she becomes a human after being cured of her vampirism. Because of consuming the cure and being mortal, she becomes significantly more vulnerable and finds herself in trouble more often.
* BadassNormal: [[spoiler: Katherine is shown that she can still hold her own as a human if the season five premiere is any indication. She has proven to be capable of using the environment around her to her advantage to boot.]]
* TheBaroness: Katherine is a femme fatale who is selfish, ruthless and domineering. Katherine is of the Sexpot flavour.
* BastardGirlfriend: Especially to Stefan in 1864. Not only did Katherine basically bite Stefan against his will and feed from him, but she also continuously compelled him to not be scared of her after he discovered what she truly was ''and'' to drink her blood against his will. Subverted with Elijah.
* BavarianFireDrill: Good at doing this when impersonating Elena. In fact, Katherine has managed to trick Bonnie, Stefan, Matt and Damon into thinking she is Elena and even admits that she has gotten really good at it.
%% * TheBeautifulElite: Especially during the flashbacks during the 1400's and 1864. Katherine acted like a socialite.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted. Katherine may be physically beautiful but she is very manipulative, vain, cold and selfish by nature. See BeautyIsBad.
* BeautyIsBad: Katherine may be physically beautiful but she can be very manipulative and immoral.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Damon and Stefan. Arguably, even with Klaus and Elijah at times.
%% * BettyAndVeronica: Katherine/Stefan/Damon with Katherine being the Archie for Stefan's Betty and Damon's Veronica. Also, arguably, Stefan/Elena/Katherine with Stefan being the Archie for Elena's Betty and Katherine's Veronica. Now, there seems to be a possible triangle shaping up between Stefan, Katherine and Caroline with Stefan being the Archie to Caroline's Betty and Katherine's Veronica.
%% * BigBad: Of Season 1 and the start of Season 2.
%% * VillainousRescue: Occasionally. Sometimes Katherine will save the day or help out the Salvatore brothers, especially if there is something in it for her in return.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Damon. In terms of outlook and personality, Katherine and Damon have a lot in common and are quite a bit alike.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Katherine comes across as playful and harmless, but she is manipulative and cunning.
* BlessedWithSuck: Katherine is a Petrova Doppelgänger, meaning that she was basically a human blood bag when she was a human and that she was destined for a life of pain, tragedy and suffering.
%% * BlueBlood: Katherine seemed to have come from a wealthy and noble Bulgarian family.
%% * BodySnatcher[=/=]BodySurf: In season five, [[spoiler: Katherine takes possession of Elena's body using a Traveller's spell in order to survive.]]
%% * BrainyBrunette: Of the MagnificentBitch type.
%% * BreakoutCharacter[=/=]BreakoutVillain: Katherine is a very popular character within fandom and amongst the public.
* BreakTheCutie: Katherine was a sweet girl before losing her daughter and being forced to run from Klaus. The girl who once said life without believing in love was too cruel has become a manipulative, selfish woman.
%% * CorruptTheCutie: Indirectly by Klaus. Running away from Klaus and having her family murdered by him darkened Katherine's personality significantly.
* BrokenBird: Katherine's tragic life began after Klaus murdered her entire family back in Bulgaria.
* BroughtDownToBadass: In the fifth season, Katherine may have lost all her superhuman abilities due to being cured of her vampirism and becoming human, but she was still majorly kick ass when she has to.
%% * BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: In season four finale, Katherine becomes human.]]
* BrutalHonesty: Katherine will never hesitate to tell anybody exactly what she thinks, even if it's hurtful.
* [[ByronicHero Byronic Heroine]]: Katherine has a dark past and has committed many immoral acts. At the same time, Katherine could be viewed as a tragic character.
* CameBackWrong: After the cure was drained from Katherine's bloodstream, her 500 years of vampirism have started catching up to her at an accelerated pace.
* CatchPhrase: Although she doesn't use it that often, "better you than I" has been coming up a lot.
* TheChessmaster: Katherine is cunning, strategic and manipulative. She always has an agenda.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Katherine has zero issue with backstabbing others in order to get what she wants. Subverted with Elijah. She was going to betray him but couldn't because she honestly fell in love with him.
* CleavageWindow: Katherine often wears clothing that shows off her upper assets.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Oh so much towards Stefan. In fact, she is more of a {{Yandere}} for him as she has spent over a century being obsessively in love with him to the point that she [[StalkerWithACrush stalked Stefan]] and [[MurderTheHypotenuse has both atempted to kill or killed people]] that Stefan loves and cares about, including Elena. She visibly shows that she is very jealous of Elena because Stefan was in love with her and always chose her over Katherine.
* ConsummateLiar: Katherine is very good at lying and manipulating others in order to get what she wants.
%%* TheCorrupter: Katherine is the type to revert people to the dark, rebellious side.
%% HOW and WHY would be nice to know for a good example
%%
* CostumePorn: Katherine's dresses and outfits during the 1400's and the 1864 flashbacks. Some of them exhibit traits of ImpossiblyCoolClothes, PimpedOutDress and GorgeousPeriodDress.
%% * CourtlyLove: With Elijah and Klaus in the 1400's and also, with both Stefan and Damon in 1864.
%% * CrazyPrepared: Always has a backup plan.
%%* CulturedBadass: Seems to have been born into a wealthy Bulgarian family and was portrayed as being nobility in the 1400 and 1864 flashbacks.
%% Just being noble doesn't make her cultured. Is she educated? Well-read? Has she sophisticated tastes? Does she like classical music? These would be possibilities. Also explain the badass part of the trope.
%%
%% * CuteAndPsycho: Katherine is beautiful but she can be rather scheming, manipulative and psychotic.
* CynicismCatalyst: One could argue that Katherine became the cold, selfish, vengeful and manipulative person she did is because of Klaus and the fact that he murdered her entire family all to get back at Katherine for running from him and trying to stay alive. The murder of Katherine's family could have been the moment that Katherine became a much darker person who lost her innocence.
%% * TheDarkChick: To Elena's TheChick.
* DarkActionGirl: Katherine is a vampire and therefore, she has superhuman abilities which can assist her in combat and fighting. She knows how to kick ass when she has to. She is probably the strongest female character in the series next to Rebekah, who is an Original vampire and Qetsiyah, who is known to be one of the most powerful witches of all time. Katherine is the most kickass female character and she can even take down many of the male characters including both of the Salvatore brothers. She is also on par with other female vampires, such as Elena and Caroline for example. Katherine has shown that she is immensely stronger and more powerful than Elena due to the fact that Katherine has over five centuries on Elena in regards to age and being a vampire. Katherine has taken down plenty of male characters other than the Salvatore brothers such as Silas and Jeremy for example. In the fifth season, Katherine had become a human and had therefore lost her superhuman abilities as a vampire. She still showed that she was a very capable individual in terms of survival and she knew how to defend herself when she had to despite being significantly more vulnerable than she was before. Although, when Katherine became a human, she became more of an ActionSurvivor more so than an ActionGirl.
%% * DarkAndTroubledPast: ''Oh dear.''
%% Oh dear indeed.
%%
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%% * DarkMistress: To Stefan, Damon, Elijah and Mason.
* DatingCatwoman: Katherine's relationship with Stefan and Damon back in 1864 was not considered to be appropriate considering that she is a vampire.
%% * DeadpanSnarker: Even snarkier than Damon at times.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Averted as Katherine hasn't died. However, when Katherine discovers that she is dying, she has been trying to seek forgiveness from others and wants redemption for all of her past actions. The person she seems to want forgiveness from the most is Stefan. Katherine feels that Stefan caring for her means he considers her worthy of forgiveness.
* DefrostingIceQueen: She is selfish, cold, manipulative and vain. She is described to be cold-hearted and will use people in order to get her way without feeling any guilt afterwards. Around Stefan, Damon or [[spoiler: Elijah]], Katherine's humanity seems to come through.
* DemotedToExtra: In season 3, she appears sporadically for the first half of the season, then takes off after "Homecoming". Returns to a significantly more important role for seasons 4 and 5.
%% * DesperatelyCravesAffection: In Katherine's case, the trope should be renamed ''Desperately Craves Stefan's Affection''.
%% More context is needed than suggesting trope name change.
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* TheDeterminator: Katherine NEVER gives up or quits and she is known for being a survivor. She has spent over 5 centuries running from Klaus, messing with his plans, and trying to kill him because he murdered her family.
* DidNotGetTheGuy: In regards to Stefan, despite dedicating herself to him many times her ruthlessness and manipulative side pushed him away.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: This happens in season 2 when most people thought Katherine was the BigBad. It was actually Klaus.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Katherine hates it when others feel sorry for her.
%% * DoomedHometown: After she escaped the Originals, they got their revenge by murdering her entire family.
* {{Doppelganger}}: Katherine is part of the Petrova line, which have naturally occurring humans born physically identical to the first two Immortals, in her case Amara. She's Amara's second known {{Doppelganger}}, after Tatia and before Elena.
* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:Unable to pass through Bonnie who's the Anchor to the Other Side and is dragged off to a dark world. WordOfGod says she's never coming back... which ended up being a lie, as she returns as the Queen of Hell and the FinalBoss of the series.]]
* DrivenByEnvy: Much of her attacks against Elena and her loved ones in the second season were driven by Katherine's jealousy of Elena, who she saw as replacing her. Towards the end of Season 2 however this abated, but returned in full force from season four and foward.
%% * DrivenToVillainy: The death of Katherine's family has driven her to always look out for herself in order to survive.
* DudeMagnet: Katherine appeals to many different male characters including Stefan, Damon, Elijah, Mason Lockwood, and Trevor.
* EntitledBitch: Katherine can be very selfish and a SpoiledBrat when she doesn't get her way. Katherine has felt like she deserves the life that Elena has.
* EternalLove: Katherine hoped to spend an eternity with Stefan. However, Stefan has fallen deeply in love with Elena, her doppelganger.
* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy: Katherine does a lot of curtsying during the 1400's and also during the 1800's in the flashbacks.
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Katherine has always had a penchant for accessories, her daylight amulet is even a necklace (and later a bracelet).
%% * EvilCounterpart[=/=]EvilTwin: To Elena. See LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine, CainAndAbel, and RedOniBlueOni.
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%% Each of these tropes need to be explained separately. Also be sure to use correct example indentation.
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%%* EvilTastesGood: Definitely enjoys the vampiric side of life.
%% * EvilIsPetty: Some of Katherine's actions against others are out of envy and malice.
* EvilWearsBlack: She tends to wear black or dark clothing to contrast with Elena's outfits, which are usually lighter in color.
* TheFashionista: Katherine has a penchant for expensive clothing and fashion takes a lot of pride in her appearance. She's often seen wearing a combination of trendy pants, skirts, and dresses, she usually wears high heels or stilettos and always wears an abundance of jewelry and lots of makeup. She always styles her hair, normally in soft body waves unless she is impersonating Elena (then she straightens her hair bone straight). Even back in flashbacks, she's seen as a GirlyGirl who was into frilly and fashionable dresses.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Katherine can be polite when she wants to be, and sometimes even acts as a FriendlyEnemy and teams up with the heroes, but she's usually planning something devious and can turn on anyone at the drop of a hat.
* FemmeFatale: Katherine is a beautiful, seductive woman who often uses her charms in order to get what she wants. And if she doesn't she's still dangerous enough to dispatch her victims without much trouble.
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Katherine comes out of left field to be the final villain in the series as the Queen of Hell at the very last episode.]]
%% * {{Foil}}: To Elena. See LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine.
* FoolForLove: In regards to Stefan, especially in season five. Instead of actually focusing on developing a relationship with her long lost daughter Nadia (who has been searching for her for 5 centuries and even became a vampire all so she could find her mother), Katherine is much too busy obsessing with Stefan. Katherine was so desperate for him to love her that in 5.11, [[spoiler: she goes to extremes by [[GrandTheftMe stealing Elena's body and possessing it using a Travellers spell]], all so that Stefan would think she is Elena and fall for her again.]] When it comes to Stefan and her love for him, Katherine is extremely irrational.
* FreudianExcuse: Katherine became the ruthless person she is because of her very tragic backstory, which included having her baby daughter taken away from her after she was born, Klaus chasing her in order to have her killed and sacrificed and murdering her entire family as a punishment for running from him.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Stefan and Damon on occasion, especially when working together against The Originals. Katherine will help out the Salvatore brothers from time to time, but she often seeks to get something out of it in return.
* GiantPoofySleeves: Many of her outfits during the 1864 flashbacks had giant sleeves.
* GirlyBruiser: Katherine is very feminine but she can still kick major ass when she has to.
%% * GirlyGirl: Katherine is really feminine.
%% HOW?
%% * GorgeousPeriodDress: Katherine wore many of them in the 1400 and 1864 flashbacks.
* GrandTheftMe: In season five [[spoiler:Katherine possesses Elena's body using a Traveller's spell on her deathbed, in an attempt to both cheat death and steal Elena's life so she can be with Stefan again.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Katherine has a jealous streak, especially in regards to Stefan and Damon. See ClingyJealousGirl.
* HeartbrokenBadass: In regards to romance and her family. Katherine hasn't had any luck with romance and men. Her family ended up being killed because she ran from Klaus after learning that he was going to sacrifice her in order to break his hybrid curse.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: It's really hard to tell which side Katherine is on sometimes.
* HellBentForLeather: Katherine's version of practicable clothing is usually a black leather jacket and leather pants, which give her a more imposing look than her chic outfits.
* HereditaryCurse: Katherine is descended from a line of Petrova {{Doppelganger}}'s. She has passed down the doppelgänger curse to her children and as a result, the Petrova doppelgänger lineage continues every 500 years. Katherine is the doppelgänger of Tatia while Elena is the doppelgänger of Katherine. She's pursed by Klaus due to this, as a Petrova {{Doppelganger}} sacrifice is needed to break his curse.
%% * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:She was the one more or less responsible for Jeremy's death with Silas to finish him off. She is also the reason why Stefan dies in the series finale.]]
%% This needs explanation.
%% * HiddenDepths: Katherine may seem manipulative and bitchy but if one looks back into her past, it's rather tragic.
%% THIS IS TOO VAGUE.
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* HopeBringer: Characters speak of her as a legend or as a way to show that it is possible to defeat or evade Klaus. She's also used as a threat against Klaus by Damon in Season 4.
%% * HotWitch: Katherine is actually a witch and possesses magic.
%% * HumiliationConga: Has been going through a big and rather well-deserved one in season five.
%% What was that about? Please explain to people who have not seen it, and also what the trope is.
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* IfICantHaveYou: Katherine threatened Stefan that if he didn't break up with Elena, she would kill Elena and her loved ones. Stefan of course did NOT react well to this at all, in a BewareTheNiceOnes way. She even says again it word for word in episode 5x15 -- yet again it regards Stefan: If she can't have him, then no one else will.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: This could be one of the major reasons as to why Katherine is desperate for Stefan to love her. Katherine has most likely always suffered from a degree of loneliness and feeling unloved or unworthy of love due to her troubled past.
* ILoveYouVampireSon: Katherine loves Stefan and Damon. She turned them both in order to be with them forever.
* IWillWaitForYou: Katherine has repeatedly said that she will wait forever or for an eternity for Stefan to love her since the second season.
* ImmortalsFearDeath: Katherine is absolutely terrified of dying and will do just about anything to prevent it. This has formed her arc in season five as we see her succumb to the effects of age and realize she can't save herself any longer.
%% * ImpossiblyCoolClothes: During the flashbacks in the 1400's and 1864. Even Katherine's modern wardrobe is sophisticated and chic.
%% * ImpracticallyFancyOutfit
* ItsAllAboutMe: Katherine has been shown to be very selfish, self-indulgent and narcissistic. She is all about self-preservation and looking out for herself, even at the expense of others.
* {{Jerkass}}: Katherine is so incredibly obnoxious, selfish, sarcastic and arrogant that many of the characters who interact with her often find her intolerable.
* JerkassHasAPoint: When she, as Elena, refused to get back together with Damon and cited all of the reasons they are a bad couple and she didn't want to be with him, it's exceptionally hard to find a single flaw in her logic. She can eve come off as the OnlySaneMan.
* JerkJustifications: Katherine does immoral acts out of self-preservation thanks to her past. She had her baby taken away from her, was exiled from her own him, was chased by Klaus for centuries and had her entire family slaughtered by Klaus as a punishment for running from him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Katherine brought Damon the cure instead of running in Season 2. She also tanked a brilliant plan to kill Klaus in order to protect Damon and bring back Stefan's humanity at the same time. The woman multitasks. And in season four, [[spoiler: she gives the cure for vampirism to Elijah. This is the only weapon/advantage she has against Klaus, and she willingly and unselfishly hands it over to Elijah because he's the only person who still believes that she has some good in her somewhere.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: In season 5, she starts to [[RapidAging age rapidly]] and her imminent death garners sympathy from the rest of the cast and Katherine seems to mellow out. Then she [[spoiler: takes advantage of Elena sympathy to possess her body.]]
* JokerImmunity: Katherine is a very popular character within the fandom. So, although she isn't featured on the show all that much, the writers have chosen not to kill her character off for good. Instead, she is a recurring character that comes and goes in every season. Can't hurt that she shares an actor with one the main characters, making bringing her in very easy.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Katherine is often seen being badass in her expensive and chic clothing.
* KickTheMoralityPet: Katherine claims to love Stefan so much for over a century, yet she has repeatedly done things that have both indirectly and directly hurt Stefan and those that he loves and cares about. Even when she does these things, Katherine expects Stefan to reciprocate her feelings when she really hasn't done anything to earn Stefan's love, affection or concern.
%% * KickTheSonOfABitch: To Damon in 5x14 [[spoiler: when she tries to trick ripper!Damon into feeding on her so that Stefan would kill Damon. Unfortunately for Katherine, her plan doesn't work.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: She's finally killed for good in "I Was Feeling Epic" when Stefan holds her down while Bonnie destroys hell and they're both consumed by the hellfire.]]
* KissOfDeath: Katherine kisses [[spoiler:Stefan before he stabs and kills her with the Travellers Knife.]]
%% * LadyAndKnight: A variation of this with Stefan in 1864 with Stefan being the Knight to Katherine's Lady.
%% * LackOfEmpathy: Katherine doesn't really show that much remorse over what she's done
%% * LadyOfAdventure: Katherine has traveled around the world.
* LifeDrinker. Katherine is a vampire, i.e. a living dead person. She drinks human blood in order to survive. She has the ability to live forever without physically aging. Although Katherine physically looks like she is 18, she is actually over 500 years old.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Katherine is the Dark Feminine to Elena's Light Feminine. They are polar opposites in personality, despite being [[{{Doppelganger}} physically identical]]. Although now that Elena is a vampire their personalities are balancing out more.
* LivingMacGuffin:
** Katherine was one back in the 1400's for Klaus as she was the Petrova doppelgänger that was going to be used as a sacrifice to break Klaus' hybrid curse. She's been on the run from him for centuries to avoid this fate.
** She was one for Silas for a time because [[spoiler: she is human after ingesting the cure for immortality in the season four finale and Silas wanted the cure running through her veins. Katherine even humorously refers to herself as a "moonstone".]]
* LongLostRelative:
** Katherine was revealed to be Elena's distant maternal ancestor in season two.
** [[spoiler:It was revealed in 5.05 that Katherine is the long lost mother of Nadia.]]
* LoveAtFirstSight: According to flashbacks in 5.10, Katherine had seen Stefan before she had physically met him and she found herself instantly and strongly drawn to him.
* LoveHungry: Her obsession with Stefan has reached Qetsiyah levels of obsession and craziness. In regards to Stefan, especially in season five
%% * LoveHurts: Katherine has faced heartbreak in the name of love.
%% * LoveInterest: Katherine was a love interest to Elijah in 1492, and to Damon and Stefan back in 1864. She is also a love interest to Damon, Stefan and [[spoiler: Elijah]] in the present.
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: Despite being a pragmatic survivalist for centuries, she makes a ton of mistakes due to her falling in love with Stefan and wanting to be with him. Most notably after [[spoiler: stealing Elena's body in 5x11, instead of taking Nadia and leaving Mystic Falls with her, Katherine decides to stay in town so that she could get Stefan back. The Mystic Falls gang does end up founding out Katherine's secret, which only resulted in Stefan finding out, her daughter Nadia dying, and Katherine being killed by Stefan himself..]]
* LoveRedeems: Bits and pieces of her humanity and softer side come out, especially in regards to both Stefan and Elijah.
* ManipulativeBitch: Katherine will manipulate, scheme, play mind games and will toy with others emotions in order to get what she wants without guilt. This is best show during her {{flashback}} scenes in season one, where she manipulates the entire Salvatore family against each other in order to obtain the moonstone.
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* MayflyDecemberRomance: With both Stefan and Damon in 1864, Katherine was already a 350+ year-old vampire while Stefan was a 17-year-old human and Damon was a 24-year-old human.
* MeaningfulName: The name Katherine means "pure". Ironically, Katherine represented innocence, naivety and purity before her life changed and turned into a tragedy. Her last name is Pierce. She does a lot of "piercing".
* MissingMom: She's a Missing Mom to her daughter Nadia. Nadia had been taken away from Katherine by her father immediately after she had given birth to her. In season five, Katherine is finally reunited with Nadia after 500 years.
%% * MoralityChain[=/=]MoralityPet: Stefan is hers.
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* MotorMouth: Even Damon thinks she needs to shut up at times.
* MsFanservice: Katherine is a HeadTurningBeauty who often wears revealing and skimpy clothing that shows off her assets and appeals to both the male characters and the male audience. She has plenty of {{fanservice}} heavy scenes, like {{shower|scene}}, {{lingerie|scene}} and {{bathtub|scene}} scenes.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Katherine loves Stefan; Stefan loves Elena. In season two, Katherine threatens to kill Elena (and everyone she cared about) if Stefan doesn't stop being with Elena.
* {{Narcissist}}: Katherine is very vain, proud and selfish. She thinks a lot of herself and always believes that she is one step ahead of everyone else.
%% * NiceHat: Katherine sometimes wore hats during the 1864 flashbacks along with her PimpedOutDress and OperaGloves.
%% * NiceShoes: Katherine wears a lot of them, primarily high heels and stilettos.
* NobleDemon: Katherine has her moments of taking the moral high ground although this is a rarity and this has only happened a few times with a few people (i.e. Stefan, Damon and Elijah, for example).
* NotGoodWithRejection: Katherine didn't take it too well when Stefan told her that he hated her.
%% * NotSoDifferent: Makes this argument to Elena throughout the series, but most notably in season four after Elena turned into a vampire. Subverted in "She's Come Undone".
* OfCorsetsSexy: As part of Katherine's wardrobe during the flashbacks (1400's and 1800's), Katherine was seen to wear many corsets as part of her outfits. Being a vampire, she also avers OfCorsetHurts as she has no need to breathe.
%% * OperaGloves: Was seen wearing them during the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * OppositesAttract: With Stefan and Elijah. Both Stefan and Elijah are moral and noble while Katherine is highly morally ambiguous.
%% * ParasolOfPrettiness: Katherine had a parasol or umbrella in 1864.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: When she is not resorting to kicking ass and fighting her opponents, she is good at making a point with her words, being very blunt and never holding back.
* PetTheDog: Katherine has a few of these moments, such as mourning Stefan's death in a {{flashback}}, or bringing Damon his cure in the season finale. And in 4x18 [[spoiler:she shows her love and gesture of trust towards Elijah]].
%% ** Also her conversation with Stefan regarding humanity was this.
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* PimpedOutDress: Wore plenty of fancy dresses during the 1800's and in the 1400's as well.
* ThePollyanna: As a human girl, Katherine seemed to be rather idealistic, naive, optimistic and romantic by heart in the 1400's flashbacks. This changed when she became a vampire and suffered tragedy over the centuries.
%% * ProperLady: Appeared this way during the and 1400's flashbacks and also the 1864 flashbacks.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: Katherine is this way in regards to both of the Salvatore brothers due to the brothers being in love with Elena. Katherine herself only really cares about Stefan and is quite willing to MurderTheHypotenuse.
%% * PsychoticLoveTriangle: With Elena and Rebekah over Stefan's affections. [[FatalAttractor Stefan]] sure does attract some obsessive and psychotic women.
* RapidAging: Has been developing a slower but still deadly version of this trope for immortals after Silas drained the cure out of her blood. Her hair has been turning grey, her teeth are falling out, and she is only estimated to live a few months longer.
* ReallyGetsAround: Katherine is a seductress has been with many men throughout the centuries, mostly to manipulate and use them.
* RedOniBlueOni: Katherine is the Red (passionate, impulsive, strong) to Elena's Blue (logical, calm, empathetic).
%% * RegalRinglets: Katherine's hair is curled outside of her Elena impersonations.
* TheResenter: Towards Elena. Katherine has always been jealous of Elena and has resented her because Elena has the normal life that she always wanted and also gained the love of Stefan.
* {{Retcon}}: In Season 5, it's revealed that Katherine comes from a family of witches.
%% * TheRival: To Elena and Rebekah for the attentions of the Salvatore brothers.
* TheRunaway: Katherine has been running from Klaus for 500 years.
* SensualSlavs: Katherine is a seductive HeadTurningBeauty that is originally from Bulgaria.
* SexGoddess: Out of all characters in the show, she's the one that takes full advantage of [[VampiresAreSexGods the natural sexual prowess that vampires have]]. Especially notable in her early relationship with the Salvatore brothers, where they were constantly seen in bed and she made plenty of use of the KissOfTheVampire.
%% * ShadowArchetype: To Elena at times. Sometimes it's inverted and Elena seems like a shadow of Katherine.
%% * ShesGotLegs: And some pretty nice ones too.
%% * ShipperOnDeck: Surprisingly, for Stelena.
%% -->'''Katherine to Elena:''' There's still a connection between you two (Stefan and Elena). Maybe, deep down, you know that he's your one true love and breaking up with him was a big mistake.
%% ** Katherine even bluntly states (while she is pretending to be Elena while possessing her body) to Damon as she breaks up with him that she and Damon are just not good together and that they have managed to bring out the worst in each other. The funny thing is that Katherine is saying all of the things that Elena herself should be saying to Damon.
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%% OK, this is super weird. She wants to murder Elena out of jealousy so she can have Stefan for herself, yet she ships Stefan and Elena and wants them to be together? Commented out until it's explained. Example indentation needs to be fixed as well.
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* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: She's hardly modest when it comes to her body. In "Dinner Party", she's unperturbed about Damon [[ShowerOfAwkward walking on her showering]] and just casually stands naked in front of him while asking for a robe, although she does seem to take a perverse pleasure in his [[EatingTheEyeCandy confusing gawking]].
* ShowSomeLeg: Katherine often uses her sexy appearance to get what she wants.
%% * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: With primarily Stefan. For over a century to be exact.
%% * SmugSmiler: One of Katherine's signature expressions.
* SmugSuper: Katherine brags that Bonnie's witchy ju-ju migraine doesn't work on her since she [[StrongerWithAge has been around for a long time]]. Not to mention that she lords it over Stefan that she is [[AcquiredPoisonImmunity immune to the effects of vervain since she has been dosing herself with vervain for the last century]].
* TheSnarkKnight: Katherine is very sarcastic and has a wicked and dry sense of humor, usually making jokes that no one else but her can even appreciate.
%% * {{Socialite}}: Especially during 1864. It is even apparent that Katherine was a status seeker during the 1400's.
* TheSociopath: Lying, murdering, and manipulating are as natural as breathing to her. Subverted in that she does care about some people.
%% * SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: In "Down the Rabbit Hole," she steals the vampirism cure that everyone has been looking for, and assures Silas' awakening]].
* StalkerWithACrush: Katherine has kept tabs Stefan for centuries after he turned into a vampire and she [[FakingTheDead faked her death]] and was on the run from Klaus.
* StartOfDarkness: In Season 2, we learn what made Katherine become more cold, selfish and immoral. Klaus had been obsessed with finding her after she ran from him, because Klaus wanted to sacrifice her life so that he could break his Hybrid Curse. After Katherine committed suicide and became a vampire, she fled to her hometown. It was there that she discovered that Klaus got to her entire family and murdered them all in revenge. This devastated Katherine and ever since then, Katherine became a darker, more selfish person, only looking out for herself and basing her immortal life on self-preservation.
* {{Stripperific}}: Some of Katherine's outfits and clothing can be raher provocative and revealing.
* SugaryMalice: Katherine is very good at appearing sweet and polite to others when she needs them to further her agenda.
* SupernaturalIsPurple: If Katherine isn't seen wearing black clothing, she is often seen wearing purple from time to time. Good colours for a murderous vampire who comes from a family of witches.
* SupernaturallyYoungParent: To Nadia. It was revealed during the fifth season that Nadia is Katherine's long lost daughter. Katherine had Nadia when she was seventeen years old. Katherine has also been a vampire for over 500 years, therefore, she has not physically aged because she is immortal. Katherine has been physically eighteen years old for over 500 years. Nadia is also a vampire, but actually looks older than Katherine; this could be because Nadia was turned at an older age than when Katherine was turned. Katherine was turned at the age of eighteen while Nadia was turned at the age of thirty, hence Nadia is physically 12 years older than Katherine in regards to physical age. However, both Katherine and Nadia are over 500 years old.
%% * TheTease: Katherine's specialty is teasing and flirting with the opposite sex.
* TeenPregnancy: Katherine had a daughter out of wedlock when she was seventeen.
%% * TookALevelInBadass: After Katherine became a vampire.
* TragicVillain: Katherine became a much colder, ruthless person due to her tragic past where Klaus had her entire family killed out of revenge for Katherine running from him and still pursued her ever since, leading her to value self-preservation above all. Even Elena manges to sympathize with her for it
-->'''Elena:''' I forgive you. You weren't born evil. Life made you that way.
%% * UncannyFamilyResemblance: With Elena due to the doppelganger curse.
%% * UndyingLoyalty: Appears to have this for the Salvatore brothers. She appears to trust them above anyone else in her life.
%% * UnresolvedSexualTension: With Elijah, Damon and Stefan. Sometimes even with Klaus. In 4x18, it looks like she and [[spoiler: Elijah]] resolved it.
%% * VanityIsFeminine: Katherine is very beautiful, proud, narcissistic and vain.
%% * VillainessesWantHeroes: With [[TheHero Stefan]].
%% ** [[spoiler: [[NobleDemon Elijah]]]] presents an interesting case.
%% * VillainousBreakdown: Goes through ones when trapped in the cave by Damon and Stefan and when Damon plans on feeding her to Silas. Season five has seen a slower and steadier one as she realizes she can't fight off her RapidAging and will soon be dead.
%% * VillainousValour: Katherine NEVER gives up.
%% * WalkingTheEarth: That's something you gotta do, when you are getting chased by powerful enemies for centuries.
* WickedCultured: Katherine comes from a wealthy and noble family. She is highly sophisticated, clever and manipulative.
%% Would be nice to mention what makes her sophisticated.
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: In 2.09, "Katerina", we find out that she gave birth out of wedlock; wasn't even allowed to ''hold the baby'' before it is given away; and then she gets sent away to England ( keep in mind that she most likely was all alone when she first came); then she meets and falls for Klaus, and has feelings for/trusts Elijah, only to find out that they both ''wanted to kill her''; and then she tries to kill herself in order to stay away from Klaus, only to have vampire blood forced into her system; then she uses that to kill herself and become a vampire; and when she returns home, her ''entire'' family, along with anyone else that she loved, and most likely, ''the whole village'' is dead, killed by Klaus.
%% * XanatosSpeedChess: It's why she has evaded Klaus for so long.
* {{Yandere}}: In regards to Stefan. Katherine was very obsessed with Stefan for over a century, so much so that she spent most of Stefan's immortal life [[StalkerWithACrush stalking him]], killing people that are close to him (including Elena), and obsessively going to extreme lengths to be with him, save him or protect him. She has repeatedly gone the route of MurderTheHypotenuse by killing or trying to kill women that were romantically involved or interested in Stefan. She is also known to become AxeCrazy whenever Stefan rejects her, chooses Elena over her, ignores her or shows no interest in her. It's taken UpToEleven in Season Five when she is so obsessed with him that Stefan has literally become the major reason for Katherine wanting to live. While she is dying and on her death bed due to old age and the effects of the cure, Katherine manages to manipulate Elena into stealing her body against her will with the use of a passenger spell so that she can inhabit her body and live as Elena. Just so that she can get Stefan to fall in love with her again with the belief that he's falling in love with Elena.
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[[folder: Anna]]
!!Annabelle "Anna" Zhu
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anna_tvd.jpg]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/MaleseJow
->''"Dracula was a complete wuss. Never showered. Very smelly."''
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* ActionGirl: Anna is tough, capable and strong. As a [[StrongerWithAge centuries-old vampire, she is one of the oldest vampires]] in the series and is stronger than Damon and Stefan.
* AllThereInTheManual: The prequel novel ''Stefan Diaries'' reveals Anna got sick as a child and Pearl begged Katherine to turn her into a vampire to save her.
* AsianAndNerdy: Anna is smart, intellectual and nerdy. She is also a hardcore bookworm. She is of Chinese origin.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: She's back after she's staked, but only as a ghost that Jeremy sees in season three.]]
* BadassAdorable: Anna is small and petite but she is capable of defending and fighting for herself when she has to.
* BadassBookworm: Scholarly, nerdy intelligent and very much a bookworm, but she is not afraid to deliver a beatdown to anyone try gin to stop her from opening her moms tomb.
* BecomingTheMask: Originally she befriended Jeremy in order to obtain his ancestor's journal but later, she really falls in love with him.
%% * BettyAndVeronica: Anna could be seen as the Veronica to Bonnie's Betty for Jeremy's Archie.
%% How?
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%% * BewareTheNiceOnes: She may look cute but do not underestimate her.
* BrainyBrunette: Anna is very smart, brunette who is intelligent and quick. She also seems to be quite scholarly and loves research.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Anna is the Gentle Girl to Jeremy's Brooding Boy, being a fairly compassionate individual despite her ultimate goals of freeing the Tomb Vampires.
%% * TheBusCameBack: As a ghost.
* CanonForeigner: Anna doesn't exist in the books.
%% * ClingyJealousGirl: She seemed this way in regards to Jeremy and his relationships with both Bonnie and Vicki.
* CuteBookworm: Anna loves books, she loves to read and loves research. She's a petite and lovely girl.
* CuteBruiser: Anna is very cute but she can kick anyone's ass. She's not to be underestimated.
%% * TheCutie:
* DarkIsNotEvil: She's dark-haired and wears dark colours but overall, she has good to neutral intentions.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has her witty and sarcastic moments, such as her page quote.
* TheDeterminator: Anna did everything to get her mother back from the tomb in which she was imprisoned in for over a century.
%% * DoggedNiceGirl: Towards Jeremy.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Much like her mother, she has no evil intentions towards humans and doesn't even enjoy being a vampire. Her stint as an antagonist was only in an effort to free her mother from imprisonment.
%% * GenkiGirl: Especially when she gets excited.
* GhostReunionEnding: In Season Three, ghost Anna tells Jeremy she hadn't encountered her mother on The Other Side and feared Pearl might have moved on without her. However, Anna and Pearl had an emotional reunion in "Ghost World", and move on together.
%% * GirlyBruiser: She's feminine but also an ActionGirl and not to be underestimated.
%% * GirlNextDoor: She appears this way, even though she is a vampire.
%% * GoodIsNotNice: Generally nice but don't cross her or get on her bad side.
%% * GoodIsNotSoft: She may be a cute and sweet girl, but she can kick ass when she has to.
%% * GorgeousPeriodDress: Wore them during the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * HeelFaceTurn: Although she was never really evil, her love for Jeremy made her want to stay in Mystic Falls.
%% If she was never evil, than she's not an example.
%%
* HellBentForLeather: Like many other vampires, Anna sometimes wears leather jackets, which makes her look all tough and badass.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Anna is a vampire that desires to be a normal girl and be a regular teenager.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Anna desires friendship, companionship and love, hence why she first befriended and then fell in love with Jeremy Gilbert.
* {{Immortality}}: Anna had the ability to live forever without physically aging. She's an immortal vampire.
* KilledOffForReal: She is killed via stake through the heart by John Gilbert, so she's dead-dead even for a show that has resurrections and is full of supernatural beings
%% * KillTheCutie
%% * LoveHurts: In regards to Jeremy.
* LoveInterest: She's romantically interested in Jeremy and he reciprocates in season one. Sadly, she is tragically killed off at the end of the first season. Jeremy makes it clear that he still loves her despite her unexpected death and it takes many seasons for Jeremy to move on from Anna, even when Jeremy moved on with Bonnie in a relationship in season two. Even after she dies, Jeremy still considers Anna as his one true love.
* LoveRedeems: Anna isn't necessarily bad by any means, but her love for Jeremy definitely brought out the nicer and softer side of her, her humanity.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Anna is introduced as a cheerful presence to the brooding Jeremy in season one. Subverted in that it was a deliberate plot to get close to him.
* TheMole: She pretended to join the remaining vengeful tomb vampires who were planning to wipe out the humans of Mystic Falls in order to feed information to the townspeople. John Gilbert doesn't care and simply has her staked when she's immobilized by the anti-vampire device.
* MotorMouth: Once Anna gets going, she can't stop talking, especially if the topic is something she finds important or something that she is passionate about.
%% * MysteriousWaif: In the beginning, when she first meets Jeremy.
%% * {{Nerd}}: She is highly intelligent and is quite a bit of a bookworm.
* NerdsAreSexy: Anna may be a nerd, but she is also stylish and conveniently attractive.
%% * NiceGirl: Anna is generally nice and friendly however, don't get on her bad side.
%% * NiceHat: Wore one during the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * TheOjou: During the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * PerkyGoth: Wears a lot of black clothing and has dark hair and pale skin.
%% * PimpedOutDress: During the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * PluckyGirl: Anna is very optimistic and upbeat.
%% * ThePollyanna: See PluckyGirl.
%% NO. Each trope needs to be explained on its own terms.
%%
%% * PsychoticLoveTriangle: With Bonnie and Vicki over the affections of Jeremy. Although Bonnie isn't psychotic, Vicki was certainly crossing the crazy line, especially as a ghost.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Anna has very black hair and very pale skin. She's also considered exceptionally beautiful.
* Really700YearsOld: She's introduced as a normal human teenager, but it's quickly revealed to be a vampire who [[TheAgeless has been alive with that appearance for centuries]]. She even knew Dracula who died before Katherine was turned.
%% * SecondLove: To Jeremy. Vicki was the first.
%% * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Her relationship with Jeremy.
%% * TheSmartGirl: Anna is very intelligent.
%% Smarter than other people in her group? Among her peers?
%%
%% * {{Tsundere}}: Type B, towards Jeremy.
* WaifFu: Small and petite but still has the SuperStrength of a centuries-old vampire.
%% * WideEyedIdealist: Anna is highly idealistic.
%% EXPLAIN this in detail.
%%
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Pearl]]
!!Pearl Zhu
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[[quoteright:350:''[[labelnote:Click here to see her 1864 appearance ]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pearl_tvd_past.jpg[[/labelnote]]'']]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/KellyHu
->''"Mystic Falls is our home, Damon! They took that from us, our land, our home. It's time we rebuild!"''
----
%% * ActionMom: Pearl is very active when she needs to be.
* AffablyEvil: She's polite and ladylike to others for the most part and wishes no ill on the populace of Mystic Falls, but can be scheming and manipulative when she wants something.
* AllThereInTheManual: The prequel novel ''Stefan Diaries'' reveals Pearl had her entire family wiped out by decease during the revolutionary war, with her and Anna as the {{Sole Survivor}}s as Katherine sired both of them to save them from the decease.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Pearl is a dark-haired woman with a rather aloof and poised attitude.
* AntiVillain: She has no real animosity towards humans and only wants to make a life for herself and her daughter.
* BadassBoast: When she threatens Damon.
-->'''Pearl to Damon:''' I have 400 years on you, little boy. I'll rip you from limb to limb without even blinking, and you know it.
%% * TheBeautifulElite: Pearl comes from a noble family and seems to be wealthy.
* BestFriend: She was Katherine's closest friend in 1864, although Katherine didn't value their friendship enough to try to set her free.
%% * BitchInSheepsClothing: Pearl is very polite on the surface, but at the same time, she can very ruthless and cunning whenever she wants to be.
%% HOW IS SHE CUNNING?
%%
%% * BrainyBrunette: Pearl is very strategic and smart and she seems to be a planner by nature.
* TheBusCameBack: She briefly reappears as a ghost in Season Three, just long enough for an emotional reunion with Anna.
* CanonForeigner: Pearl doesn't exist in the books.
%% * CulturedBadass: Pearl is very cultured and sophisticated. She appears to come from nobility.
%% EXPLAIN THE BADASS PART
%%
* DarkActionGirl: A centuries-old vampire, once she's back to her full strength, she has no problem subduing Damon.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She truly loves her daughter Anna.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: She feeds from blood bags at hospitals and has no interest in terrorizing the human populace of Mystic Falls like some of her fellow tomb vampire members.
* GhostReunionEnding: In Season Three, ghost Anna tells Jeremy she hadn't encountered Pearl on The Other Side and feared Pearl might have moved on without her. However, Anna and Pearl had an emotional reunion in "Ghost World", and move on together.
%% * GorgeousPeriodDress: Is seen wearing them in the 1864 flashbacks.
* {{Immortality}}: Pearl had the ability to live forever without physically aging.
* InSeriesNickname: Her real name is Zhen Zhu, but she's mostly known as Pearl.
* IronLady: Pearl is rather stern, authoritarian, domineering, and overprotective, especially when it comes to her daughter, Anna. Given everything they've been through, it's hard to blame her.
%% * KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Pearl kicks ass in her finest and most chic clothing.
* KilledOffForReal: She's killed by John Gilbert via a silent compressed air stake gun.
* KnightTemplarParent: She becomes much more protective toward Anna after being release from the Tomb, since Johnathan Gilbert's betrayal hurt her deeply and she fears Anna might face the same thing if she continues to seek a relationship with Jeremy.
%% * LadyOfAdventure: Pearl seemed to travel around the world.
%% more context is needed
%%
* TheLeader: She was accepted as the leader of the tomb vampires after their release, but struggles as most of them want {{revenge}} on the Mystic Fall townsfolk while she simply wants to regain their former glory.
* MamaBear: ''Very'' protective of Anna. Pearl won't hesitate to kill or harm anyone who so much as goes near her daughter.
* MonsterSlayerRomance: Back in 1864 she was in a romance with VampireHunter Johnathan Gilbert, which quickly dissolved once she was revealed and he attempted to kill her.
* SealedEvilInACan: She and the rest of the 1864 Mystic fall vampires spent 146 years trapped in the tomb without blood.
%% * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: In regards to Pearl's affections for Johnathan Gilbert back in 1864.
* {{Socialite}}: She acts as a ProperLady during 1864, to blend in high society. She even looks has the PimpedOutDress with the proper [[OfCorsetsSexy corsets]], OperaGloves and NiceHat. After she's freed from the tomb, she attempts to reintroduce herself to 21st-century society in Mystic Falls and recover her previous property, adopting a more modern look by becoming a SharpDressedWoman.
* TheStoic: Pearl keeps her emotions in check most of the time.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Staked by John Gilbert, who leaves her body to be found by a horrified Anna.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: She dies and leaves the show after a few episodes.
* WidowWoman: She lost her husband and three of her children to disease, with only herself and Anna surviving due to being turned by Katherine.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Isobel Flemming-Saltzman]]
!!Isobel Flemming-Saltzman
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/MiaKirshner
->''"I am selfish, and I'm obsessed, and I'm a horrible wife. But you love me anyway."''
----
%% * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Isobel had a sexual relationship with Damon Salvatore.
%% * AlmightyMom
%% * AloofDarkHairedGirl: Isobel is icy and aloof.
%% * AmbiguouslyBi: Isobel seemed that she would have no problem experimenting with someone of the same sex.
%% more context is needed, how does she experiment, for instance?
%%
%% * AmbiguouslyEvil: It is always really hard to tell what Isobel's true intentions are.
%% Tropers must try harder.
%%
%% * AntagonisticOffspring: Elena is this to Isobel.
%% * BadassBoast: Isobel is a bit of a braggart.
%% * TheBaroness: Isobel is of the Sexpot flavour.
* BastardGirlfriend: To Alaric. She made Alaric think that she was dead for a long period of time, when in reality, she just wanted to be turned into a vampire out of selfishness. When Alaric reunited with Isobel for the first time after a long time, he called Isobel a "selfish bitch".
%% * BitchInSheepsClothing
%% * BrainyBrunette
%% * TheChessmaster: Being cunning and manipulative seems to run in the Petrova blood.
%% * CrazyPrepared: Isobel was always planning and scheming.
%% * DarkIsEvil: Isobel is almost always wearing dark (especially black) clothing.
%% Is this EvilWearsBlack? But one example says she is only ambiguously evil.
%%
%%
%% * DarkMistress: Was this for Damon.
%% * DeadpanSnarker: Isobel is sarcastic and snarky. Must run in the Petrova genes.
%% concrete and detailed example context is everything
%%
%% * DeathByIrony: She is killed in the same way that the mystery man she employed was: compelled suicide.
%% * DefrostingIceQueen: Around both Alaric and Elena, Isobel's humanity and softer side come out.
%% * DepravedBisexual: Strongly hinted at. Possibly an ActorAllusion to Mia Kirshner's role on ''Series/TheLWord''.
%% * TheDeterminator
%% * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: By walking into the sun.]]
%% Why does she want to die? What broke her?
%%
%% * LukeIAmYourFather: Elena, I Am Your Mother.
%% * LukeYouAreMyFather: Isobel, You Are My Mother. Elena discovers that Isobel is her biological mother in season one.
%% * EvilFeelsGood
%% * EvilIsPetty: Some of Isobel's actions have been downright catty.
%% Which ones?
%%
%% * TheFashionista: Isobel is rather trendy and fashionable in her clothing.
%% Please elaborate.
%%
%% * FemmeFatale
* GreenEyedMonster: Isobel admits that she is jealous of Jenna over her relationship with Alaric.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Isobel seems to enjoy having fun and partying.
%% * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: To the point where we [[spoiler: don't discover her true allegiance even after her death.]]
* {{Immortality}}: Isobel as a vampire had the ability to live forever without physically aging.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Isobel was strongly fascinated with vampires and vampirism. So much that she declared herself dead and asked Damon to turn her into a vampire.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She has no problem screwing over anyone including her daughter and husband in order to help herself.
%% * {{Jerkass}}
%% * KilledOffForReal
* LackOfEmpathy: She has no compassion and feels absolutely no guilt in killing and feeding.
%% * LongLostRelative: To Elena.
%% * TheLostLenore: Her [[spoiler:apparent]] death is the primary motivation for both John and Alaric's actions throughout season one.
%% * ManipulativeBitch: She's very manipulative and selfish, and usually finds what she wants.
* MissingMom: To Elena. Isobel gave birth to Elena when she was a teenager. She then gave Elena up for adoption shortly after she was born. Elena was raised by the Gilberts.
%% * MsFanservice: Some of her clothing are somewhat revealing.
%% * MysteriousParent: To Elena.
%% * NeverFoundTheBody: Alaric mentions this as why her murder was unsolved.
%% * ShowSomeLeg
%% * TheSnarkKnight: Being sarcastic and snarky is in the Petrova blood.
* TeenPregnancy: Isobel gave birth to Elena when she was only 16 years old.
%% * TheVamp
%% * VampiresAreSexGods
* ViralTransformation: Isobel was turned into a vampire by Damon through vampire blood.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Alexia "Lexi" Branson]]
!!Alexia ‘Lexi’ Branson
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/ArielleKebbel
->''"Because when you can hurt, you can love. Love, Stefan, that's the point."''
----
* ActionFashionista: Lexi seems to have a penchant for clothing and fashion and she is tough and kicks ass.
* BadassAdorable: Lexi can be a very adorable GenkiGirl and she is also incredibly strong and badass, willing to attack Damon when she senses him posing a threat.
* BadassBoast: Lexi is normally nice and friendly, but that won't stop her from threatening to rip your throat out if you so much as cross her or anyone she cares about (i.e. Stefan).
%% * BigSisterInstinct: Towards Stefan. She is highly protective of him.
%% Is she actually his sister? Or close friend? How does she protect him?
%%
* BigBrotherMentor: Big Sister Mentor to Stefan. Lexi is like the older sister that Stefan never had and she's a replacement for Damon when Stefan had gone off the rails and became addicted to human blood after he first turned into a vampire. Lexi was the one who helped him to control his blood lust, got him on a diet of animal blood and helped Stefan to turn on his humanity and feel again.
* BreakoutCharacter: Lexi became a fan favourite and the audience hated when Damon killed her.
* BreakTheCutie: According to flashbacks, Stefan has sent Lexi to help Damon when Damon was going on a bender in the 70's. Lexi got romantically involved with Damon in the process, only to find out that her helping Damon was useless and that Damon had used Lexi the whole time. It is no wonder Lexi hates Damon with the passion of a thousand suns.
* CanonForeigner: Lexi doesn't exist in the novel series.
* CoolBigSis: To Stefan. Although she isn't related to Stefan, Lexi has always been the big sister figure in Stefan's life.
%% NO.
* DeadpanSnarker: Lexi is very snarky and sarcastic. She has a dry sense of humor.
* TheDeterminator: Lexi is never the type to quit or give up, especially in regards to Stefan.
%% * EveryoneLovesBlondes
* TheFashionista: Lexi seems to love fashion, clothing and dressing up.
%% * {{Foil}}: To Sage. Lexi is the GoodCounterpart to Sage's EvilCounterpart.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: She had a very generous nature to mortals and a regard for human life.
* GenkiGirl: Lexi is outgoing, fun-loving and energetic.
%% * GirlyBruiser: Girly and a fashionista, Lex can also kick ass.
%% Explain how she is girly.
%% * GirlyGirl: Lexi is very girly and feminine.
* GoodBadGirl: Lexi is a NiceGirl who still likes to live on the wild side.
%% * GoodCounterpart: To Sage, who is her EvilCounterpart.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Lexi loves her booze.
%% * HeartbrokenBadass: Damon got romantically involved with her and then dumped her and used her. No wonder Lexi hates Damon.
%% Explain the badass part, too.
%%
%% * TheHedonist: She loves sex and drinking.
* HellBentForLeather: Lexi wears black leather jackets from time to time and looks cute with them.
%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Rose. They had been friends going way back.
%% How close are they?
%%
* HopeBringer: Especially for Stefan. She has often mentored and helped him whenever Stefan fell off the wagon and turned off his humanity.
%% * LikeBrotherAndSister: With Stefan.
%% * KillTheCutie: Thanks Damon
%% * KilledOffForReal
%% * KnightTemplar: Lexi has proven that when the time comes for it, she can be pretty ruthless.
%% Knight Templar is more specific than that.
%%
%% * KnightTemplarBigBrother: To Stefan. She is ''extremely'' protective of him.
* LifeDrinker: Lexi is immortal. She has the ability to live forever and never age, and she feeds on blood.
* MeaningfulName: The name Alexia means "helper" and "defender of mankind". Lexi helped and mentored Stefan after he turned and during his Ripper days. She also helped to bring back Stefan's humanity ad got him to turn it on.
* TheMentor: For Stefan during his life as a vampire, especially during his Ripper days. His FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire attitude came from her.
%% * MoralityChain: To Stefan.
%% * MsFanservice: Lexi is physically attractive.
* NakedFirstImpression: Lexi is only wearing a ModestyTowel when she first meets Elena in the Salvatore manor, causing Elena to come to the WrongAssumtion that Lexi are Stefan romantically involved. Even after it's cleared up, Elena still nicknames her as "Towel Girl".
* NiceGirl: One of the nicest characters in the series, praciting a peaceful way offie, and trying to help others who do the same.
%% * NiceHat: Wore won in the 1865 flashbacks and during the 1940's flashbacks.
%% What kind of hats?
%%
%% * PassingTheTorch: Her unfinished business that causes her to [[spoiler: return as a ghost is to teach Elena how to help restore Stefan's humanity.]]
%% * PimpedOutDress: Wore won during the 1865 flashbacks and also during the 1940's.
%% * PlatonicLifePartners: With Stefan. It is implied they lived together for decades, and have a pact to spend the rest of their afterlife together. In the finale, it's shown how they embrace when they see each other again.
%% * PluckyGirl: Lexi is upbeat, positive and optimistic.
%% * ThePollyanna: Lexi is a very optimistic and positive person even if the circumstances aren't good.
* PosthumousCharacter: She's KilledOffForReal by Damon in her introductory episode in season 1. But we discover far more about her after her death and how important she was for Stefan via {{flashback}}s and her stint as an SpiritAdvisor.
* TheResenter: Towards Damon, for VERY good reason after he lied her into a relationship acting as if he was changing his ways then revealed it was all a trick and left her stanranded on a rooftop in broad daylight, nearly killing her.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Stefan, to the point she refuses to come back to life unless Damon does it first, because she doesn't want Stefan to be missing his brother.
* SexGoddess: She's the first character to mention the [[VampiresAreSexGods natural sexual prowess]] vampires possess and thinks Stefan is naive for not to using it on humans.
%% * SexyMentor: To Stefan.
* ShipperOnDeck: Lexi 'ships Stefan and Elena. She's highly supportive of their relationship, giving Elena advice.
--> ''"When it's real, you can't walk away."''
%% ** In 4.22, she seems to be one for Stefan and Caroline.
%%
%% Also fix example indentation if you add context to this example.
%%
* SpiritAdvisor: To Stefan in 3x07. She comes back as a ghost to help Elena get Stefan to turn his humanity back on.
%% * UndyingLoyalty: To Stefan. She would never turn her back on him.
%% * VampiresAreSexGods
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Damon kills her in her first appearance.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Logan Fell]]
!!Logan Fell
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Logan_Fell_3935.jpg]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/ChrisJohnson
->''"I`ve things to do, people to kill."''
----
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He pretends to be nice to Jenna when he was only using her to get Johnathan Gilbert's watch for The Town Council from her house
* BullyingADragon: He riddled Damon with wooden bullets while taunting him, but left him without finishing him off. It comes back to bite him when Damon goes after him.
%% * {{Immortality}}: Type V and Type X.
* {{Jerkass}}: According to Jenna. He does attempt to act nicer while working with the council, but his jerkassery becomes more apparent than ever once he becomes a vampire.
%% * KilledOffForReal: Is staked through the heart Alaric.
* RevengeByProxy: Tries to turn Caroline into a vampire in order to get back at the Sheriff for covering up his death.
%% * StalkerWithACrush: To Jenna, especially after he became a vampire.
%% * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Inverted. If he hadn't killed that girl, Stefan and Damon would have left town and Mystic Falls probably would have been a lot worse off.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He only appears in five episodes and then dies for good.
[[/folder]]
!! Witches
[[folder: Bree]]
!!Bree
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/GinaTorres
----
* TheBartender: She owns a bar and works there as a bartender.
* EthnicMagician: She's black, like most witches in the show. She possesses some powerful magic and can open vampire tombs.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Celebrates Damon's visit by drinking and partying.
* HotWitch: She's very hot, and used to date Damon. Damon reaches out to Bree when he searches for a way to release his former lover Katherine from the tomb in Mystic Falls. He tries to convince Bree to use her magic to open the tomb, but is unsuccessful.
* KilledOffForReal: By Damon, who rips out her heart after she sells him out to Lee, Lexi's old lover. She's deader than dead.
* OnlyOneName: Her surname is never mentioned.
* {{Revenge}}: Plots against with Lee Damon because he killed her best friend Lexi.
%% * SassyBlackWoman: Gives off this vibe when partying with Elena and Damon.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: She is only seen in one episode and is promptly killed off.
[[/folder]]
!! Humans
[[folder: William Tanner]]
!!William Tanner
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/BenjaminAyres
The gang's history teacher at the beginning of the series who also coaches the football team. He is killed by Damon.
----
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: He's a history teacher and all of the students hate him.
* AssholeVictim: He doesn't really show Elena, Jenna, or Jeremy any sympathy. Damon kills him just to make a point.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: His death is very sudden.
* {{Jerkass}}: Everybody hates him. He even keeps a file on the students who annoyed him. Alaric isn't impressed when he finds it.
* KilledOffForReal: By Damon, who kills him just to prove to Stefan how evil he is.
* SadistTeacher: Though his actions suggest that he does want his students to do well. He seems genuinely impressed by Stefan.
* SmallNameBigEgo: The man has enough hot air to refloat the Hindenburg but gets the year the Korean War ended wrong.
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!! Vampires
[[folder:Katherine Pierce]]
!!Katherine Pierce ([=AKA=] Katerina Petrova)
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NinaDobrev
Katerina Petrova ('''''Bulgarian:''' Катерина Петрова''), better known as Katherine Pierce, is a witch of the Traveller subculture, the assumed third doppelgänger of Amara, a former vampire, a major antagonist and one of the main characters during the fifth season.
She was born to either Peter and his wife or Mr. Petrov and Mrs. Petrova on June 5, 1473, in Bulgaria. She was the main antagonist of season one (through John Gilbert's and Isobel's actions, as both were working for her), and one of the antagonists of season two. She was also a recurring character in the third and fourth seasons. Finally, she has a main role in season five. Katherine's life has always been brought with much tragedy, loss, and pain. Katherine was born into a wealthy Bulgarian family. When Katherine was just seventeen years of age, she gave birth to a daughter out of wedlock. Because of the fact that Katherine had a child out of wedlock, her father had her banished from Bulgaria. Katherine then ran away and settled in England. Sometime during the late fifteenth century, Katherine met Klaus and Elijah Mikaelson. Katherine fell in love with or had affections for both of the Mikaelsson brothers, although it was Klaus that she was originally taken with. Unknown to her, Katherine was wanted by Klaus for one simple reason: so he could sacrifice her in order to break his hybrid curse. When Katherine had discovered this fact, she began to flee and hide from Klaus, fearing for her safety and her survival. On April 6, 1492, Katherine met Rose, a young British woman who was a vampire and was best friends with Trevor, someone who had helped Katherine to escape because Trevor had affections for Katherine. Fearful for her survival, Katherine tricked Rose into feeding her her vampire blood and then killed herself, successfully turning herself into a vampire. Katherine returned to Bulgaria to find her entire family slaughtered and brutally murdered after Klaus had retaliated against Katherine for running away from him.
Throughout the centuries, Katherine traveled across the world running away from Klaus, until in 1864, she came to the town of Mystic Falls where she met Stefan and Damon Salvatore. Katherine fell in love with Stefan and also had an affair with Damon on the side, which only caused the sibling rivalry between the two brothers to heat up immensely. It was the Salvatore brother's relationship with Katherine that ended up changing the relationship between the two forever and what sparked a century-plus old rivalry between the once very close brothers. Katherine is responsible for turning both of the Salvatore brothers into vampires, although in regards to Stefan, Katherine compelled Stefan to drink her blood while Damon drank Katherine's blood willingly.
Katherine's notable ancestors include Amara, the who was Silas' true love and presumably the world's first immortal woman, and Tatia, whose blood was involved in the creation of the spell of immortality that was cast on the Mikaelson Family and the curse that bound Klaus' werewolf side. She is also the maternal ancestor of Isobel Flemming and the latter's biological daughter, Elena Gilbert. She was once the romantic interest of Stefan and Damon Salvatore, as well as Mason Lockwood. Since the late fifteenth century, she has also been the romantic interest of Elijah, with whom she was involved, until he effectively ended their relationship by leaving to join his half-brother Klaus in New Orleans. Katherine is a member and distant ancestor of the Petrova Family.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Stefan. Stefan couldn't stand Katherine and wanted nothing to do with her in the earlier seasons. Part of the reason for this is because Stefan held a strong resentment towards Katherine for playing Damon and himself (Stefan) against each other and forcing them to keep Katherine's identity as a vampire a secret. On top of it, Katherine had lied, manipulated, fed on and compiled Stefan for a prolonged period of time and had even fed him her vampire blood against his will through compulsion so that Katherine would turn Stefan into a vampire (along with Damon, although no compulsion was needed for Damon to drink from her). Stefan also had fallen deeply in love with Katherine's doppelgänger and descendant Elena, mostly because she was ''nothing'' like Katherine according to him. This made Katherine extremely hateful, vengeful and jealous towards Elena that in season two, Katherine made repeatedly attempts to kill Elena and harm Elena's loved ones. This furthered Stefan's anger and resentment towards Katherine. However, this became subverted in season five. It seems as though Stefan was still holding onto some minor resentment towards Katherine regarding the things she had done to him in the past century, Stefan finally forgave her as she was dying, something that Katherine had been wanting from Stefan for over a century. Unfortunately, Katherine ruined her chances of Stefan truly and finally forgiving her for all of her immoral deeds when she decided to steal Elena's body and inhabit it as a passenger with the use of Traveller magic. Stefan discovered what she had done and although he was not overly furious at Katherine for what she did, he was still not too happy or pleased with it as it was her actions that caused chaos and destruction to ensue. Ultimately, to top it of, Stefan ends up being the one to kill Katherine with the use of the Traveller Knife, which can expel the spirit of a passenger from anybody that it inhabits.
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: She made herself immune to the effects of vervain (which is poison to vampires) by dosing herself with vervain for the last centuries.
* ActionGirl: One of the most notable action female in the series and something of a CombatPragmatist as she often prefers sneak attacks than all-out brawls. Being a centuries-old vampire (who only gets StrongerWithAge) makes her one of the strongest non-Original vampires in the story, and she can easily fight off both Stefan and Damon.
* ActionFashionista: Katherine is very trendy, chic, stylish and is [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery usually kicking ass in her most fashionable and trendy clothing]].
-->'''Katherine:''' ''[to Stefan]'' We both know I could rip you to shreds and do my nails at the same time.
%% * ActionMom: Katherine is discovered to have been the long lost mother of Nadia. Katherine had given birth to Nadia at the tender age of 17 during the 1400's. Still, despite being a mother, Katherine was still badass and could kick major ass. Interestingly enough, her daughter Nadia also shared the same traits and qualities as her mother as Nadia was also a vampire who was an ActionGirl who could kick major ass. Katherine and Nadia had proven that they were a really badass pair of Petrova women and they were a representation of the Petrova women being badass.
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%% Misuse of the trope? Action Moms are mothers who continue kick ass after they have kids, or protecting their kids in Mama Bear way. Discovering you are a mother after 500 years of immortal life? Seems like misuse.
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* ActionSurvivor: The reason why she's so dangerous and paranoid is mostly attributed to her spending five centuries on the run from the Original Vampires, which sharpened her survival senses. Even after [[spoiler: she cures her vampirism and loses all associated vampire powers, she's still able to rely on her wits to survive.]]
* ActorSharedBackground: Creator/NinaDobrev is Bulgarian in real life, as is Katherine InUniverse. This led to a misunderstanding on what we must assume was the writers' part: Nina Dobrev is sometimes referred to as "Nina Dobreva". In Bulgaria the "a" at the end of her surname is a way to denote that she is a female member of the Dobrev family.
* AdaptationalNationality: She was German in the books, but became Bulgarian in the series to correlate with the fact [[ActorSharedBackground the actress who plays her is also Bulgarian]].
* AlasPoorVillain: In season five, Katherine begins to [[RapidAging age rapidly]] after consuming the cure at the end of season four. One can't help but feel sorry for her now that Katherine is dying, as she is seeking redemption for her past sins now. It is ultimately subverted when she tries to [[DemonicPossession take over Elena's body in her deathbed via a Passenger spell]] but it's eventually discovered and killed by Stefan and she gets DraggedOffToHell with no sympathy. When she makes her final return in season 8 as the FinalBoss she's treated as an irredeemable villain.
%% * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Katherine's affections for Klaus in the fifteenth century and Damon in the nineteenth century.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: For Stefan and Damon, after both claim to prefer Elena over her. However, Katherine's love for Stefan was stronger and she spent over a century stalking and pining for him.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Katherine is a highly sexual individual and she often uses this to get her way.
* AllWomenLoveShoes: Averted. While it hasn't been shown that Katherine has an actual shoe obsession, it is obvious that Katherine loves her high heels and stilettos. This comes with being TheFashionista.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Katherine is an attractive and beautiful brunette who is smart, chic, composed, sexy and aloof.
%% * AlphaBitch: Tied with Rebekah for biggest bitch in the entire series.
%% * AlwaysSecondBest[=/=]AlwaysSomeoneBetter: With regards to Elena for Damon and Stefan, and Tatia for Elijah and Klaus.
%% Fix also example indentation.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Katherine's morality seems to be in the morally grey area. while Katherine has done many immoral deeds and acts, she does show that she has some humanity buried inside somewhere, considering how she helps the Salvatore brothers from time to time.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Katherine has proven that she can be rather ruthless when it comes to getting what she wants.
%% * AntiVillain: Katherine is a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type II]].
* ArchEnemy: Elena and Klaus. Katherine hates and resents Elena for getting the chance at a happy life she never did. In regards to Klaus, Klaus slaughtered her entire family out of revenge and Katherine has been running from Klaus ever since.
* TheAtoner: Katherine wants forgiveness and redemption now that she is dying in season five. [[spoiler: Subverted when she takes over Elena's body and returns to her old ways.]]
%% * AwesomeMcCoolname: Katerina Petrova has a nice ring to it, especially when Damon or Elijah say it.
%% Is it acknowledged in universe?
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Like Damon, she has the ability to get under other people's skin by accurately reading their body language. Has a perfect moment of this with [[spoiler: Rebekah]] in 4.18.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With Elijah, Stefan and even Damon. Although all three men have claimed to either hate or resent Katherine, it is obvious that they all harbor a hidden affection or attachment to Katherine.
* AxeCrazy: Subverted. It may seem so in the beginning, but flashbacks and interaction with other characters make it perfectly clear that Katherine is very much sane, just really obsessed [[spoiler: with saving her skin from Klaus.]]
%% * BadassBoast: Katherine has an ego and does her fair share of bragging.
* BadassInDistress:: Katherine becomes this in the fifth season as she becomes a human after being cured of her vampirism. Because of consuming the cure and being mortal, she becomes significantly more vulnerable and finds herself in trouble more often.
* BadassNormal: [[spoiler: Katherine is shown that she can still hold her own as a human if the season five premiere is any indication. She has proven to be capable of using the environment around her to her advantage to boot.]]
* TheBaroness: Katherine is a femme fatale who is selfish, ruthless and domineering. Katherine is of the Sexpot flavour.
* BastardGirlfriend: Especially to Stefan in 1864. Not only did Katherine basically bite Stefan against his will and feed from him, but she also continuously compelled him to not be scared of her after he discovered what she truly was ''and'' to drink her blood against his will. Subverted with Elijah.
* BavarianFireDrill: Good at doing this when impersonating Elena. In fact, Katherine has managed to trick Bonnie, Stefan, Matt and Damon into thinking she is Elena and even admits that she has gotten really good at it.
%% * TheBeautifulElite: Especially during the flashbacks during the 1400's and 1864. Katherine acted like a socialite.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted. Katherine may be physically beautiful but she is very manipulative, vain, cold and selfish by nature. See BeautyIsBad.
* BeautyIsBad: Katherine may be physically beautiful but she can be very manipulative and immoral.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Damon and Stefan. Arguably, even with Klaus and Elijah at times.
%% * BettyAndVeronica: Katherine/Stefan/Damon with Katherine being the Archie for Stefan's Betty and Damon's Veronica. Also, arguably, Stefan/Elena/Katherine with Stefan being the Archie for Elena's Betty and Katherine's Veronica. Now, there seems to be a possible triangle shaping up between Stefan, Katherine and Caroline with Stefan being the Archie to Caroline's Betty and Katherine's Veronica.
%% * BigBad: Of Season 1 and the start of Season 2.
%% * VillainousRescue: Occasionally. Sometimes Katherine will save the day or help out the Salvatore brothers, especially if there is something in it for her in return.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Damon. In terms of outlook and personality, Katherine and Damon have a lot in common and are quite a bit alike.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Katherine comes across as playful and harmless, but she is manipulative and cunning.
* BlessedWithSuck: Katherine is a Petrova Doppelgänger, meaning that she was basically a human blood bag when she was a human and that she was destined for a life of pain, tragedy and suffering.
%% * BlueBlood: Katherine seemed to have come from a wealthy and noble Bulgarian family.
%% * BodySnatcher[=/=]BodySurf: In season five, [[spoiler: Katherine takes possession of Elena's body using a Traveller's spell in order to survive.]]
%% * BrainyBrunette: Of the MagnificentBitch type.
%% * BreakoutCharacter[=/=]BreakoutVillain: Katherine is a very popular character within fandom and amongst the public.
* BreakTheCutie: Katherine was a sweet girl before losing her daughter and being forced to run from Klaus. The girl who once said life without believing in love was too cruel has become a manipulative, selfish woman.
%% * CorruptTheCutie: Indirectly by Klaus. Running away from Klaus and having her family murdered by him darkened Katherine's personality significantly.
* BrokenBird: Katherine's tragic life began after Klaus murdered her entire family back in Bulgaria.
* BroughtDownToBadass: In the fifth season, Katherine may have lost all her superhuman abilities due to being cured of her vampirism and becoming human, but she was still majorly kick ass when she has to.
%% * BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: In season four finale, Katherine becomes human.]]
* BrutalHonesty: Katherine will never hesitate to tell anybody exactly what she thinks, even if it's hurtful.
* [[ByronicHero Byronic Heroine]]: Katherine has a dark past and has committed many immoral acts. At the same time, Katherine could be viewed as a tragic character.
* CameBackWrong: After the cure was drained from Katherine's bloodstream, her 500 years of vampirism have started catching up to her at an accelerated pace.
* CatchPhrase: Although she doesn't use it that often, "better you than I" has been coming up a lot.
* TheChessmaster: Katherine is cunning, strategic and manipulative. She always has an agenda.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Katherine has zero issue with backstabbing others in order to get what she wants. Subverted with Elijah. She was going to betray him but couldn't because she honestly fell in love with him.
* CleavageWindow: Katherine often wears clothing that shows off her upper assets.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Oh so much towards Stefan. In fact, she is more of a {{Yandere}} for him as she has spent over a century being obsessively in love with him to the point that she [[StalkerWithACrush stalked Stefan]] and [[MurderTheHypotenuse has both atempted to kill or killed people]] that Stefan loves and cares about, including Elena. She visibly shows that she is very jealous of Elena because Stefan was in love with her and always chose her over Katherine.
* ConsummateLiar: Katherine is very good at lying and manipulating others in order to get what she wants.
%%* TheCorrupter: Katherine is the type to revert people to the dark, rebellious side.
%% HOW and WHY would be nice to know for a good example
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* CostumePorn: Katherine's dresses and outfits during the 1400's and the 1864 flashbacks. Some of them exhibit traits of ImpossiblyCoolClothes, PimpedOutDress and GorgeousPeriodDress.
%% * CourtlyLove: With Elijah and Klaus in the 1400's and also, with both Stefan and Damon in 1864.
%% * CrazyPrepared: Always has a backup plan.
%%* CulturedBadass: Seems to have been born into a wealthy Bulgarian family and was portrayed as being nobility in the 1400 and 1864 flashbacks.
%% Just being noble doesn't make her cultured. Is she educated? Well-read? Has she sophisticated tastes? Does she like classical music? These would be possibilities. Also explain the badass part of the trope.
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%% * CuteAndPsycho: Katherine is beautiful but she can be rather scheming, manipulative and psychotic.
* CynicismCatalyst: One could argue that Katherine became the cold, selfish, vengeful and manipulative person she did is because of Klaus and the fact that he murdered her entire family all to get back at Katherine for running from him and trying to stay alive. The murder of Katherine's family could have been the moment that Katherine became a much darker person who lost her innocence.
%% * TheDarkChick: To Elena's TheChick.
* DarkActionGirl: Katherine is a vampire and therefore, she has superhuman abilities which can assist her in combat and fighting. She knows how to kick ass when she has to. She is probably the strongest female character in the series next to Rebekah, who is an Original vampire and Qetsiyah, who is known to be one of the most powerful witches of all time. Katherine is the most kickass female character and she can even take down many of the male characters including both of the Salvatore brothers. She is also on par with other female vampires, such as Elena and Caroline for example. Katherine has shown that she is immensely stronger and more powerful than Elena due to the fact that Katherine has over five centuries on Elena in regards to age and being a vampire. Katherine has taken down plenty of male characters other than the Salvatore brothers such as Silas and Jeremy for example. In the fifth season, Katherine had become a human and had therefore lost her superhuman abilities as a vampire. She still showed that she was a very capable individual in terms of survival and she knew how to defend herself when she had to despite being significantly more vulnerable than she was before. Although, when Katherine became a human, she became more of an ActionSurvivor more so than an ActionGirl.
%% * DarkAndTroubledPast: ''Oh dear.''
%% Oh dear indeed.
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%% * DarkMistress: To Stefan, Damon, Elijah and Mason.
* DatingCatwoman: Katherine's relationship with Stefan and Damon back in 1864 was not considered to be appropriate considering that she is a vampire.
%% * DeadpanSnarker: Even snarkier than Damon at times.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Averted as Katherine hasn't died. However, when Katherine discovers that she is dying, she has been trying to seek forgiveness from others and wants redemption for all of her past actions. The person she seems to want forgiveness from the most is Stefan. Katherine feels that Stefan caring for her means he considers her worthy of forgiveness.
* DefrostingIceQueen: She is selfish, cold, manipulative and vain. She is described to be cold-hearted and will use people in order to get her way without feeling any guilt afterwards. Around Stefan, Damon or [[spoiler: Elijah]], Katherine's humanity seems to come through.
* DemotedToExtra: In season 3, she appears sporadically for the first half of the season, then takes off after "Homecoming". Returns to a significantly more important role for seasons 4 and 5.
%% * DesperatelyCravesAffection: In Katherine's case, the trope should be renamed ''Desperately Craves Stefan's Affection''.
%% More context is needed than suggesting trope name change.
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* TheDeterminator: Katherine NEVER gives up or quits and she is known for being a survivor. She has spent over 5 centuries running from Klaus, messing with his plans, and trying to kill him because he murdered her family.
* DidNotGetTheGuy: In regards to Stefan, despite dedicating herself to him many times her ruthlessness and manipulative side pushed him away.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: This happens in season 2 when most people thought Katherine was the BigBad. It was actually Klaus.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Katherine hates it when others feel sorry for her.
%% * DoomedHometown: After she escaped the Originals, they got their revenge by murdering her entire family.
* {{Doppelganger}}: Katherine is part of the Petrova line, which have naturally occurring humans born physically identical to the first two Immortals, in her case Amara. She's Amara's second known {{Doppelganger}}, after Tatia and before Elena.
* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:Unable to pass through Bonnie who's the Anchor to the Other Side and is dragged off to a dark world. WordOfGod says she's never coming back... which ended up being a lie, as she returns as the Queen of Hell and the FinalBoss of the series.]]
* DrivenByEnvy: Much of her attacks against Elena and her loved ones in the second season were driven by Katherine's jealousy of Elena, who she saw as replacing her. Towards the end of Season 2 however this abated, but returned in full force from season four and foward.
%% * DrivenToVillainy: The death of Katherine's family has driven her to always look out for herself in order to survive.
* DudeMagnet: Katherine appeals to many different male characters including Stefan, Damon, Elijah, Mason Lockwood, and Trevor.
* EntitledBitch: Katherine can be very selfish and a SpoiledBrat when she doesn't get her way. Katherine has felt like she deserves the life that Elena has.
* EternalLove: Katherine hoped to spend an eternity with Stefan. However, Stefan has fallen deeply in love with Elena, her doppelganger.
* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy: Katherine does a lot of curtsying during the 1400's and also during the 1800's in the flashbacks.
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Katherine has always had a penchant for accessories, her daylight amulet is even a necklace (and later a bracelet).
%% * EvilCounterpart[=/=]EvilTwin: To Elena. See LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine, CainAndAbel, and RedOniBlueOni.
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%% Each of these tropes need to be explained separately. Also be sure to use correct example indentation.
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%%* EvilTastesGood: Definitely enjoys the vampiric side of life.
%% * EvilIsPetty: Some of Katherine's actions against others are out of envy and malice.
* EvilWearsBlack: She tends to wear black or dark clothing to contrast with Elena's outfits, which are usually lighter in color.
* TheFashionista: Katherine has a penchant for expensive clothing and fashion takes a lot of pride in her appearance. She's often seen wearing a combination of trendy pants, skirts, and dresses, she usually wears high heels or stilettos and always wears an abundance of jewelry and lots of makeup. She always styles her hair, normally in soft body waves unless she is impersonating Elena (then she straightens her hair bone straight). Even back in flashbacks, she's seen as a GirlyGirl who was into frilly and fashionable dresses.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Katherine can be polite when she wants to be, and sometimes even acts as a FriendlyEnemy and teams up with the heroes, but she's usually planning something devious and can turn on anyone at the drop of a hat.
* FemmeFatale: Katherine is a beautiful, seductive woman who often uses her charms in order to get what she wants. And if she doesn't she's still dangerous enough to dispatch her victims without much trouble.
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Katherine comes out of left field to be the final villain in the series as the Queen of Hell at the very last episode.]]
%% * {{Foil}}: To Elena. See LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine.
* FoolForLove: In regards to Stefan, especially in season five. Instead of actually focusing on developing a relationship with her long lost daughter Nadia (who has been searching for her for 5 centuries and even became a vampire all so she could find her mother), Katherine is much too busy obsessing with Stefan. Katherine was so desperate for him to love her that in 5.11, [[spoiler: she goes to extremes by [[GrandTheftMe stealing Elena's body and possessing it using a Travellers spell]], all so that Stefan would think she is Elena and fall for her again.]] When it comes to Stefan and her love for him, Katherine is extremely irrational.
* FreudianExcuse: Katherine became the ruthless person she is because of her very tragic backstory, which included having her baby daughter taken away from her after she was born, Klaus chasing her in order to have her killed and sacrificed and murdering her entire family as a punishment for running from him.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Stefan and Damon on occasion, especially when working together against The Originals. Katherine will help out the Salvatore brothers from time to time, but she often seeks to get something out of it in return.
* GiantPoofySleeves: Many of her outfits during the 1864 flashbacks had giant sleeves.
* GirlyBruiser: Katherine is very feminine but she can still kick major ass when she has to.
%% * GirlyGirl: Katherine is really feminine.
%% HOW?
%% * GorgeousPeriodDress: Katherine wore many of them in the 1400 and 1864 flashbacks.
* GrandTheftMe: In season five [[spoiler:Katherine possesses Elena's body using a Traveller's spell on her deathbed, in an attempt to both cheat death and steal Elena's life so she can be with Stefan again.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Katherine has a jealous streak, especially in regards to Stefan and Damon. See ClingyJealousGirl.
* HeartbrokenBadass: In regards to romance and her family. Katherine hasn't had any luck with romance and men. Her family ended up being killed because she ran from Klaus after learning that he was going to sacrifice her in order to break his hybrid curse.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: It's really hard to tell which side Katherine is on sometimes.
* HellBentForLeather: Katherine's version of practicable clothing is usually a black leather jacket and leather pants, which give her a more imposing look than her chic outfits.
* HereditaryCurse: Katherine is descended from a line of Petrova {{Doppelganger}}'s. She has passed down the doppelgänger curse to her children and as a result, the Petrova doppelgänger lineage continues every 500 years. Katherine is the doppelgänger of Tatia while Elena is the doppelgänger of Katherine. She's pursed by Klaus due to this, as a Petrova {{Doppelganger}} sacrifice is needed to break his curse.
%% * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:She was the one more or less responsible for Jeremy's death with Silas to finish him off. She is also the reason why Stefan dies in the series finale.]]
%% This needs explanation.
%% * HiddenDepths: Katherine may seem manipulative and bitchy but if one looks back into her past, it's rather tragic.
%% THIS IS TOO VAGUE.
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* HopeBringer: Characters speak of her as a legend or as a way to show that it is possible to defeat or evade Klaus. She's also used as a threat against Klaus by Damon in Season 4.
%% * HotWitch: Katherine is actually a witch and possesses magic.
%% * HumiliationConga: Has been going through a big and rather well-deserved one in season five.
%% What was that about? Please explain to people who have not seen it, and also what the trope is.
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* IfICantHaveYou: Katherine threatened Stefan that if he didn't break up with Elena, she would kill Elena and her loved ones. Stefan of course did NOT react well to this at all, in a BewareTheNiceOnes way. She even says again it word for word in episode 5x15 -- yet again it regards Stefan: If she can't have him, then no one else will.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: This could be one of the major reasons as to why Katherine is desperate for Stefan to love her. Katherine has most likely always suffered from a degree of loneliness and feeling unloved or unworthy of love due to her troubled past.
* ILoveYouVampireSon: Katherine loves Stefan and Damon. She turned them both in order to be with them forever.
* IWillWaitForYou: Katherine has repeatedly said that she will wait forever or for an eternity for Stefan to love her since the second season.
* ImmortalsFearDeath: Katherine is absolutely terrified of dying and will do just about anything to prevent it. This has formed her arc in season five as we see her succumb to the effects of age and realize she can't save herself any longer.
%% * ImpossiblyCoolClothes: During the flashbacks in the 1400's and 1864. Even Katherine's modern wardrobe is sophisticated and chic.
%% * ImpracticallyFancyOutfit
* ItsAllAboutMe: Katherine has been shown to be very selfish, self-indulgent and narcissistic. She is all about self-preservation and looking out for herself, even at the expense of others.
* {{Jerkass}}: Katherine is so incredibly obnoxious, selfish, sarcastic and arrogant that many of the characters who interact with her often find her intolerable.
* JerkassHasAPoint: When she, as Elena, refused to get back together with Damon and cited all of the reasons they are a bad couple and she didn't want to be with him, it's exceptionally hard to find a single flaw in her logic. She can eve come off as the OnlySaneMan.
* JerkJustifications: Katherine does immoral acts out of self-preservation thanks to her past. She had her baby taken away from her, was exiled from her own him, was chased by Klaus for centuries and had her entire family slaughtered by Klaus as a punishment for running from him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Katherine brought Damon the cure instead of running in Season 2. She also tanked a brilliant plan to kill Klaus in order to protect Damon and bring back Stefan's humanity at the same time. The woman multitasks. And in season four, [[spoiler: she gives the cure for vampirism to Elijah. This is the only weapon/advantage she has against Klaus, and she willingly and unselfishly hands it over to Elijah because he's the only person who still believes that she has some good in her somewhere.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: In season 5, she starts to [[RapidAging age rapidly]] and her imminent death garners sympathy from the rest of the cast and Katherine seems to mellow out. Then she [[spoiler: takes advantage of Elena sympathy to possess her body.]]
* JokerImmunity: Katherine is a very popular character within the fandom. So, although she isn't featured on the show all that much, the writers have chosen not to kill her character off for good. Instead, she is a recurring character that comes and goes in every season. Can't hurt that she shares an actor with one the main characters, making bringing her in very easy.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Katherine is often seen being badass in her expensive and chic clothing.
* KickTheMoralityPet: Katherine claims to love Stefan so much for over a century, yet she has repeatedly done things that have both indirectly and directly hurt Stefan and those that he loves and cares about. Even when she does these things, Katherine expects Stefan to reciprocate her feelings when she really hasn't done anything to earn Stefan's love, affection or concern.
%% * KickTheSonOfABitch: To Damon in 5x14 [[spoiler: when she tries to trick ripper!Damon into feeding on her so that Stefan would kill Damon. Unfortunately for Katherine, her plan doesn't work.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: She's finally killed for good in "I Was Feeling Epic" when Stefan holds her down while Bonnie destroys hell and they're both consumed by the hellfire.]]
* KissOfDeath: Katherine kisses [[spoiler:Stefan before he stabs and kills her with the Travellers Knife.]]
%% * LadyAndKnight: A variation of this with Stefan in 1864 with Stefan being the Knight to Katherine's Lady.
%% * LackOfEmpathy: Katherine doesn't really show that much remorse over what she's done
%% * LadyOfAdventure: Katherine has traveled around the world.
* LifeDrinker. Katherine is a vampire, i.e. a living dead person. She drinks human blood in order to survive. She has the ability to live forever without physically aging. Although Katherine physically looks like she is 18, she is actually over 500 years old.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Katherine is the Dark Feminine to Elena's Light Feminine. They are polar opposites in personality, despite being [[{{Doppelganger}} physically identical]]. Although now that Elena is a vampire their personalities are balancing out more.
* LivingMacGuffin:
** Katherine was one back in the 1400's for Klaus as she was the Petrova doppelgänger that was going to be used as a sacrifice to break Klaus' hybrid curse. She's been on the run from him for centuries to avoid this fate.
** She was one for Silas for a time because [[spoiler: she is human after ingesting the cure for immortality in the season four finale and Silas wanted the cure running through her veins. Katherine even humorously refers to herself as a "moonstone".]]
* LongLostRelative:
** Katherine was revealed to be Elena's distant maternal ancestor in season two.
** [[spoiler:It was revealed in 5.05 that Katherine is the long lost mother of Nadia.]]
* LoveAtFirstSight: According to flashbacks in 5.10, Katherine had seen Stefan before she had physically met him and she found herself instantly and strongly drawn to him.
* LoveHungry: Her obsession with Stefan has reached Qetsiyah levels of obsession and craziness. In regards to Stefan, especially in season five
%% * LoveHurts: Katherine has faced heartbreak in the name of love.
%% * LoveInterest: Katherine was a love interest to Elijah in 1492, and to Damon and Stefan back in 1864. She is also a love interest to Damon, Stefan and [[spoiler: Elijah]] in the present.
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%% Example indentation needs to be fixed. Add context to each love interest.
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: Despite being a pragmatic survivalist for centuries, she makes a ton of mistakes due to her falling in love with Stefan and wanting to be with him. Most notably after [[spoiler: stealing Elena's body in 5x11, instead of taking Nadia and leaving Mystic Falls with her, Katherine decides to stay in town so that she could get Stefan back. The Mystic Falls gang does end up founding out Katherine's secret, which only resulted in Stefan finding out, her daughter Nadia dying, and Katherine being killed by Stefan himself..]]
* LoveRedeems: Bits and pieces of her humanity and softer side come out, especially in regards to both Stefan and Elijah.
* ManipulativeBitch: Katherine will manipulate, scheme, play mind games and will toy with others emotions in order to get what she wants without guilt. This is best show during her {{flashback}} scenes in season one, where she manipulates the entire Salvatore family against each other in order to obtain the moonstone.
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* MayflyDecemberRomance: With both Stefan and Damon in 1864, Katherine was already a 350+ year-old vampire while Stefan was a 17-year-old human and Damon was a 24-year-old human.
* MeaningfulName: The name Katherine means "pure". Ironically, Katherine represented innocence, naivety and purity before her life changed and turned into a tragedy. Her last name is Pierce. She does a lot of "piercing".
* MissingMom: She's a Missing Mom to her daughter Nadia. Nadia had been taken away from Katherine by her father immediately after she had given birth to her. In season five, Katherine is finally reunited with Nadia after 500 years.
%% * MoralityChain[=/=]MoralityPet: Stefan is hers.
%% Also fix example indentation.
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* MotorMouth: Even Damon thinks she needs to shut up at times.
* MsFanservice: Katherine is a HeadTurningBeauty who often wears revealing and skimpy clothing that shows off her assets and appeals to both the male characters and the male audience. She has plenty of {{fanservice}} heavy scenes, like {{shower|scene}}, {{lingerie|scene}} and {{bathtub|scene}} scenes.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Katherine loves Stefan; Stefan loves Elena. In season two, Katherine threatens to kill Elena (and everyone she cared about) if Stefan doesn't stop being with Elena.
* {{Narcissist}}: Katherine is very vain, proud and selfish. She thinks a lot of herself and always believes that she is one step ahead of everyone else.
%% * NiceHat: Katherine sometimes wore hats during the 1864 flashbacks along with her PimpedOutDress and OperaGloves.
%% * NiceShoes: Katherine wears a lot of them, primarily high heels and stilettos.
* NobleDemon: Katherine has her moments of taking the moral high ground although this is a rarity and this has only happened a few times with a few people (i.e. Stefan, Damon and Elijah, for example).
* NotGoodWithRejection: Katherine didn't take it too well when Stefan told her that he hated her.
%% * NotSoDifferent: Makes this argument to Elena throughout the series, but most notably in season four after Elena turned into a vampire. Subverted in "She's Come Undone".
* OfCorsetsSexy: As part of Katherine's wardrobe during the flashbacks (1400's and 1800's), Katherine was seen to wear many corsets as part of her outfits. Being a vampire, she also avers OfCorsetHurts as she has no need to breathe.
%% * OperaGloves: Was seen wearing them during the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * OppositesAttract: With Stefan and Elijah. Both Stefan and Elijah are moral and noble while Katherine is highly morally ambiguous.
%% * ParasolOfPrettiness: Katherine had a parasol or umbrella in 1864.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: When she is not resorting to kicking ass and fighting her opponents, she is good at making a point with her words, being very blunt and never holding back.
* PetTheDog: Katherine has a few of these moments, such as mourning Stefan's death in a {{flashback}}, or bringing Damon his cure in the season finale. And in 4x18 [[spoiler:she shows her love and gesture of trust towards Elijah]].
%% ** Also her conversation with Stefan regarding humanity was this.
%% Style needs work. No word cruft.
* PimpedOutDress: Wore plenty of fancy dresses during the 1800's and in the 1400's as well.
* ThePollyanna: As a human girl, Katherine seemed to be rather idealistic, naive, optimistic and romantic by heart in the 1400's flashbacks. This changed when she became a vampire and suffered tragedy over the centuries.
%% * ProperLady: Appeared this way during the and 1400's flashbacks and also the 1864 flashbacks.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: Katherine is this way in regards to both of the Salvatore brothers due to the brothers being in love with Elena. Katherine herself only really cares about Stefan and is quite willing to MurderTheHypotenuse.
%% * PsychoticLoveTriangle: With Elena and Rebekah over Stefan's affections. [[FatalAttractor Stefan]] sure does attract some obsessive and psychotic women.
* RapidAging: Has been developing a slower but still deadly version of this trope for immortals after Silas drained the cure out of her blood. Her hair has been turning grey, her teeth are falling out, and she is only estimated to live a few months longer.
* ReallyGetsAround: Katherine is a seductress has been with many men throughout the centuries, mostly to manipulate and use them.
* RedOniBlueOni: Katherine is the Red (passionate, impulsive, strong) to Elena's Blue (logical, calm, empathetic).
%% * RegalRinglets: Katherine's hair is curled outside of her Elena impersonations.
* TheResenter: Towards Elena. Katherine has always been jealous of Elena and has resented her because Elena has the normal life that she always wanted and also gained the love of Stefan.
* {{Retcon}}: In Season 5, it's revealed that Katherine comes from a family of witches.
%% * TheRival: To Elena and Rebekah for the attentions of the Salvatore brothers.
* TheRunaway: Katherine has been running from Klaus for 500 years.
* SensualSlavs: Katherine is a seductive HeadTurningBeauty that is originally from Bulgaria.
* SexGoddess: Out of all characters in the show, she's the one that takes full advantage of [[VampiresAreSexGods the natural sexual prowess that vampires have]]. Especially notable in her early relationship with the Salvatore brothers, where they were constantly seen in bed and she made plenty of use of the KissOfTheVampire.
%% * ShadowArchetype: To Elena at times. Sometimes it's inverted and Elena seems like a shadow of Katherine.
%% * ShesGotLegs: And some pretty nice ones too.
%% * ShipperOnDeck: Surprisingly, for Stelena.
%% -->'''Katherine to Elena:''' There's still a connection between you two (Stefan and Elena). Maybe, deep down, you know that he's your one true love and breaking up with him was a big mistake.
%% ** Katherine even bluntly states (while she is pretending to be Elena while possessing her body) to Damon as she breaks up with him that she and Damon are just not good together and that they have managed to bring out the worst in each other. The funny thing is that Katherine is saying all of the things that Elena herself should be saying to Damon.
%%
%%
%% OK, this is super weird. She wants to murder Elena out of jealousy so she can have Stefan for herself, yet she ships Stefan and Elena and wants them to be together? Commented out until it's explained. Example indentation needs to be fixed as well.
%%
%%
%%
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: She's hardly modest when it comes to her body. In "Dinner Party", she's unperturbed about Damon [[ShowerOfAwkward walking on her showering]] and just casually stands naked in front of him while asking for a robe, although she does seem to take a perverse pleasure in his [[EatingTheEyeCandy confusing gawking]].
* ShowSomeLeg: Katherine often uses her sexy appearance to get what she wants.
%% * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: With primarily Stefan. For over a century to be exact.
%% * SmugSmiler: One of Katherine's signature expressions.
* SmugSuper: Katherine brags that Bonnie's witchy ju-ju migraine doesn't work on her since she [[StrongerWithAge has been around for a long time]]. Not to mention that she lords it over Stefan that she is [[AcquiredPoisonImmunity immune to the effects of vervain since she has been dosing herself with vervain for the last century]].
* TheSnarkKnight: Katherine is very sarcastic and has a wicked and dry sense of humor, usually making jokes that no one else but her can even appreciate.
%% * {{Socialite}}: Especially during 1864. It is even apparent that Katherine was a status seeker during the 1400's.
* TheSociopath: Lying, murdering, and manipulating are as natural as breathing to her. Subverted in that she does care about some people.
%% * SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: In "Down the Rabbit Hole," she steals the vampirism cure that everyone has been looking for, and assures Silas' awakening]].
* StalkerWithACrush: Katherine has kept tabs Stefan for centuries after he turned into a vampire and she [[FakingTheDead faked her death]] and was on the run from Klaus.
* StartOfDarkness: In Season 2, we learn what made Katherine become more cold, selfish and immoral. Klaus had been obsessed with finding her after she ran from him, because Klaus wanted to sacrifice her life so that he could break his Hybrid Curse. After Katherine committed suicide and became a vampire, she fled to her hometown. It was there that she discovered that Klaus got to her entire family and murdered them all in revenge. This devastated Katherine and ever since then, Katherine became a darker, more selfish person, only looking out for herself and basing her immortal life on self-preservation.
* {{Stripperific}}: Some of Katherine's outfits and clothing can be raher provocative and revealing.
* SugaryMalice: Katherine is very good at appearing sweet and polite to others when she needs them to further her agenda.
* SupernaturalIsPurple: If Katherine isn't seen wearing black clothing, she is often seen wearing purple from time to time. Good colours for a murderous vampire who comes from a family of witches.
* SupernaturallyYoungParent: To Nadia. It was revealed during the fifth season that Nadia is Katherine's long lost daughter. Katherine had Nadia when she was seventeen years old. Katherine has also been a vampire for over 500 years, therefore, she has not physically aged because she is immortal. Katherine has been physically eighteen years old for over 500 years. Nadia is also a vampire, but actually looks older than Katherine; this could be because Nadia was turned at an older age than when Katherine was turned. Katherine was turned at the age of eighteen while Nadia was turned at the age of thirty, hence Nadia is physically 12 years older than Katherine in regards to physical age. However, both Katherine and Nadia are over 500 years old.
%% * TheTease: Katherine's specialty is teasing and flirting with the opposite sex.
* TeenPregnancy: Katherine had a daughter out of wedlock when she was seventeen.
%% * TookALevelInBadass: After Katherine became a vampire.
* TragicVillain: Katherine became a much colder, ruthless person due to her tragic past where Klaus had her entire family killed out of revenge for Katherine running from him and still pursued her ever since, leading her to value self-preservation above all. Even Elena manges to sympathize with her for it
-->'''Elena:''' I forgive you. You weren't born evil. Life made you that way.
%% * UncannyFamilyResemblance: With Elena due to the doppelganger curse.
%% * UndyingLoyalty: Appears to have this for the Salvatore brothers. She appears to trust them above anyone else in her life.
%% * UnresolvedSexualTension: With Elijah, Damon and Stefan. Sometimes even with Klaus. In 4x18, it looks like she and [[spoiler: Elijah]] resolved it.
%% * VanityIsFeminine: Katherine is very beautiful, proud, narcissistic and vain.
%% * VillainessesWantHeroes: With [[TheHero Stefan]].
%% ** [[spoiler: [[NobleDemon Elijah]]]] presents an interesting case.
%% * VillainousBreakdown: Goes through ones when trapped in the cave by Damon and Stefan and when Damon plans on feeding her to Silas. Season five has seen a slower and steadier one as she realizes she can't fight off her RapidAging and will soon be dead.
%% * VillainousValour: Katherine NEVER gives up.
%% * WalkingTheEarth: That's something you gotta do, when you are getting chased by powerful enemies for centuries.
* WickedCultured: Katherine comes from a wealthy and noble family. She is highly sophisticated, clever and manipulative.
%% Would be nice to mention what makes her sophisticated.
%%
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: In 2.09, "Katerina", we find out that she gave birth out of wedlock; wasn't even allowed to ''hold the baby'' before it is given away; and then she gets sent away to England ( keep in mind that she most likely was all alone when she first came); then she meets and falls for Klaus, and has feelings for/trusts Elijah, only to find out that they both ''wanted to kill her''; and then she tries to kill herself in order to stay away from Klaus, only to have vampire blood forced into her system; then she uses that to kill herself and become a vampire; and when she returns home, her ''entire'' family, along with anyone else that she loved, and most likely, ''the whole village'' is dead, killed by Klaus.
%% * XanatosSpeedChess: It's why she has evaded Klaus for so long.
* {{Yandere}}: In regards to Stefan. Katherine was very obsessed with Stefan for over a century, so much so that she spent most of Stefan's immortal life [[StalkerWithACrush stalking him]], killing people that are close to him (including Elena), and obsessively going to extreme lengths to be with him, save him or protect him. She has repeatedly gone the route of MurderTheHypotenuse by killing or trying to kill women that were romantically involved or interested in Stefan. She is also known to become AxeCrazy whenever Stefan rejects her, chooses Elena over her, ignores her or shows no interest in her. It's taken UpToEleven in Season Five when she is so obsessed with him that Stefan has literally become the major reason for Katherine wanting to live. While she is dying and on her death bed due to old age and the effects of the cure, Katherine manages to manipulate Elena into stealing her body against her will with the use of a passenger spell so that she can inhabit her body and live as Elena. Just so that she can get Stefan to fall in love with her again with the belief that he's falling in love with Elena.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Anna]]
!!Annabelle "Anna" Zhu
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/MaleseJow
->''"Dracula was a complete wuss. Never showered. Very smelly."''
----
* ActionGirl: Anna is tough, capable and strong. As a [[StrongerWithAge centuries-old vampire, she is one of the oldest vampires]] in the series and is stronger than Damon and Stefan.
* AllThereInTheManual: The prequel novel ''Stefan Diaries'' reveals Anna got sick as a child and Pearl begged Katherine to turn her into a vampire to save her.
* AsianAndNerdy: Anna is smart, intellectual and nerdy. She is also a hardcore bookworm. She is of Chinese origin.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: She's back after she's staked, but only as a ghost that Jeremy sees in season three.]]
* BadassAdorable: Anna is small and petite but she is capable of defending and fighting for herself when she has to.
* BadassBookworm: Scholarly, nerdy intelligent and very much a bookworm, but she is not afraid to deliver a beatdown to anyone try gin to stop her from opening her moms tomb.
* BecomingTheMask: Originally she befriended Jeremy in order to obtain his ancestor's journal but later, she really falls in love with him.
%% * BettyAndVeronica: Anna could be seen as the Veronica to Bonnie's Betty for Jeremy's Archie.
%% How?
%%
%% * BewareTheNiceOnes: She may look cute but do not underestimate her.
* BrainyBrunette: Anna is very smart, brunette who is intelligent and quick. She also seems to be quite scholarly and loves research.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Anna is the Gentle Girl to Jeremy's Brooding Boy, being a fairly compassionate individual despite her ultimate goals of freeing the Tomb Vampires.
%% * TheBusCameBack: As a ghost.
* CanonForeigner: Anna doesn't exist in the books.
%% * ClingyJealousGirl: She seemed this way in regards to Jeremy and his relationships with both Bonnie and Vicki.
* CuteBookworm: Anna loves books, she loves to read and loves research. She's a petite and lovely girl.
* CuteBruiser: Anna is very cute but she can kick anyone's ass. She's not to be underestimated.
%% * TheCutie:
* DarkIsNotEvil: She's dark-haired and wears dark colours but overall, she has good to neutral intentions.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has her witty and sarcastic moments, such as her page quote.
* TheDeterminator: Anna did everything to get her mother back from the tomb in which she was imprisoned in for over a century.
%% * DoggedNiceGirl: Towards Jeremy.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Much like her mother, she has no evil intentions towards humans and doesn't even enjoy being a vampire. Her stint as an antagonist was only in an effort to free her mother from imprisonment.
%% * GenkiGirl: Especially when she gets excited.
* GhostReunionEnding: In Season Three, ghost Anna tells Jeremy she hadn't encountered her mother on The Other Side and feared Pearl might have moved on without her. However, Anna and Pearl had an emotional reunion in "Ghost World", and move on together.
%% * GirlyBruiser: She's feminine but also an ActionGirl and not to be underestimated.
%% * GirlNextDoor: She appears this way, even though she is a vampire.
%% * GoodIsNotNice: Generally nice but don't cross her or get on her bad side.
%% * GoodIsNotSoft: She may be a cute and sweet girl, but she can kick ass when she has to.
%% * GorgeousPeriodDress: Wore them during the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * HeelFaceTurn: Although she was never really evil, her love for Jeremy made her want to stay in Mystic Falls.
%% If she was never evil, than she's not an example.
%%
* HellBentForLeather: Like many other vampires, Anna sometimes wears leather jackets, which makes her look all tough and badass.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Anna is a vampire that desires to be a normal girl and be a regular teenager.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Anna desires friendship, companionship and love, hence why she first befriended and then fell in love with Jeremy Gilbert.
* {{Immortality}}: Anna had the ability to live forever without physically aging. She's an immortal vampire.
* KilledOffForReal: She is killed via stake through the heart by John Gilbert, so she's dead-dead even for a show that has resurrections and is full of supernatural beings
%% * KillTheCutie
%% * LoveHurts: In regards to Jeremy.
* LoveInterest: She's romantically interested in Jeremy and he reciprocates in season one. Sadly, she is tragically killed off at the end of the first season. Jeremy makes it clear that he still loves her despite her unexpected death and it takes many seasons for Jeremy to move on from Anna, even when Jeremy moved on with Bonnie in a relationship in season two. Even after she dies, Jeremy still considers Anna as his one true love.
* LoveRedeems: Anna isn't necessarily bad by any means, but her love for Jeremy definitely brought out the nicer and softer side of her, her humanity.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Anna is introduced as a cheerful presence to the brooding Jeremy in season one. Subverted in that it was a deliberate plot to get close to him.
* TheMole: She pretended to join the remaining vengeful tomb vampires who were planning to wipe out the humans of Mystic Falls in order to feed information to the townspeople. John Gilbert doesn't care and simply has her staked when she's immobilized by the anti-vampire device.
* MotorMouth: Once Anna gets going, she can't stop talking, especially if the topic is something she finds important or something that she is passionate about.
%% * MysteriousWaif: In the beginning, when she first meets Jeremy.
%% * {{Nerd}}: She is highly intelligent and is quite a bit of a bookworm.
* NerdsAreSexy: Anna may be a nerd, but she is also stylish and conveniently attractive.
%% * NiceGirl: Anna is generally nice and friendly however, don't get on her bad side.
%% * NiceHat: Wore one during the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * TheOjou: During the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * PerkyGoth: Wears a lot of black clothing and has dark hair and pale skin.
%% * PimpedOutDress: During the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * PluckyGirl: Anna is very optimistic and upbeat.
%% * ThePollyanna: See PluckyGirl.
%% NO. Each trope needs to be explained on its own terms.
%%
%% * PsychoticLoveTriangle: With Bonnie and Vicki over the affections of Jeremy. Although Bonnie isn't psychotic, Vicki was certainly crossing the crazy line, especially as a ghost.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Anna has very black hair and very pale skin. She's also considered exceptionally beautiful.
* Really700YearsOld: She's introduced as a normal human teenager, but it's quickly revealed to be a vampire who [[TheAgeless has been alive with that appearance for centuries]]. She even knew Dracula who died before Katherine was turned.
%% * SecondLove: To Jeremy. Vicki was the first.
%% * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Her relationship with Jeremy.
%% * TheSmartGirl: Anna is very intelligent.
%% Smarter than other people in her group? Among her peers?
%%
%% * {{Tsundere}}: Type B, towards Jeremy.
* WaifFu: Small and petite but still has the SuperStrength of a centuries-old vampire.
%% * WideEyedIdealist: Anna is highly idealistic.
%% EXPLAIN this in detail.
%%
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Pearl]]
!!Pearl Zhu
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pearl_tvd_modern.jpg]]
[[quoteright:350:''[[labelnote:Click here to see her 1864 appearance ]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pearl_tvd_past.jpg[[/labelnote]]'']]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/KellyHu
->''"Mystic Falls is our home, Damon! They took that from us, our land, our home. It's time we rebuild!"''
----
%% * ActionMom: Pearl is very active when she needs to be.
* AffablyEvil: She's polite and ladylike to others for the most part and wishes no ill on the populace of Mystic Falls, but can be scheming and manipulative when she wants something.
* AllThereInTheManual: The prequel novel ''Stefan Diaries'' reveals Pearl had her entire family wiped out by decease during the revolutionary war, with her and Anna as the {{Sole Survivor}}s as Katherine sired both of them to save them from the decease.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Pearl is a dark-haired woman with a rather aloof and poised attitude.
* AntiVillain: She has no real animosity towards humans and only wants to make a life for herself and her daughter.
* BadassBoast: When she threatens Damon.
-->'''Pearl to Damon:''' I have 400 years on you, little boy. I'll rip you from limb to limb without even blinking, and you know it.
%% * TheBeautifulElite: Pearl comes from a noble family and seems to be wealthy.
* BestFriend: She was Katherine's closest friend in 1864, although Katherine didn't value their friendship enough to try to set her free.
%% * BitchInSheepsClothing: Pearl is very polite on the surface, but at the same time, she can very ruthless and cunning whenever she wants to be.
%% HOW IS SHE CUNNING?
%%
%% * BrainyBrunette: Pearl is very strategic and smart and she seems to be a planner by nature.
* TheBusCameBack: She briefly reappears as a ghost in Season Three, just long enough for an emotional reunion with Anna.
* CanonForeigner: Pearl doesn't exist in the books.
%% * CulturedBadass: Pearl is very cultured and sophisticated. She appears to come from nobility.
%% EXPLAIN THE BADASS PART
%%
* DarkActionGirl: A centuries-old vampire, once she's back to her full strength, she has no problem subduing Damon.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She truly loves her daughter Anna.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: She feeds from blood bags at hospitals and has no interest in terrorizing the human populace of Mystic Falls like some of her fellow tomb vampire members.
* GhostReunionEnding: In Season Three, ghost Anna tells Jeremy she hadn't encountered Pearl on The Other Side and feared Pearl might have moved on without her. However, Anna and Pearl had an emotional reunion in "Ghost World", and move on together.
%% * GorgeousPeriodDress: Is seen wearing them in the 1864 flashbacks.
* {{Immortality}}: Pearl had the ability to live forever without physically aging.
* InSeriesNickname: Her real name is Zhen Zhu, but she's mostly known as Pearl.
* IronLady: Pearl is rather stern, authoritarian, domineering, and overprotective, especially when it comes to her daughter, Anna. Given everything they've been through, it's hard to blame her.
%% * KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Pearl kicks ass in her finest and most chic clothing.
* KilledOffForReal: She's killed by John Gilbert via a silent compressed air stake gun.
* KnightTemplarParent: She becomes much more protective toward Anna after being release from the Tomb, since Johnathan Gilbert's betrayal hurt her deeply and she fears Anna might face the same thing if she continues to seek a relationship with Jeremy.
%% * LadyOfAdventure: Pearl seemed to travel around the world.
%% more context is needed
%%
* TheLeader: She was accepted as the leader of the tomb vampires after their release, but struggles as most of them want {{revenge}} on the Mystic Fall townsfolk while she simply wants to regain their former glory.
* MamaBear: ''Very'' protective of Anna. Pearl won't hesitate to kill or harm anyone who so much as goes near her daughter.
* MonsterSlayerRomance: Back in 1864 she was in a romance with VampireHunter Johnathan Gilbert, which quickly dissolved once she was revealed and he attempted to kill her.
* SealedEvilInACan: She and the rest of the 1864 Mystic fall vampires spent 146 years trapped in the tomb without blood.
%% * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: In regards to Pearl's affections for Johnathan Gilbert back in 1864.
* {{Socialite}}: She acts as a ProperLady during 1864, to blend in high society. She even looks has the PimpedOutDress with the proper [[OfCorsetsSexy corsets]], OperaGloves and NiceHat. After she's freed from the tomb, she attempts to reintroduce herself to 21st-century society in Mystic Falls and recover her previous property, adopting a more modern look by becoming a SharpDressedWoman.
* TheStoic: Pearl keeps her emotions in check most of the time.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Staked by John Gilbert, who leaves her body to be found by a horrified Anna.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: She dies and leaves the show after a few episodes.
* WidowWoman: She lost her husband and three of her children to disease, with only herself and Anna surviving due to being turned by Katherine.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Isobel Flemming-Saltzman]]
!!Isobel Flemming-Saltzman
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isolvel_tvd.jpg]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/MiaKirshner
->''"I am selfish, and I'm obsessed, and I'm a horrible wife. But you love me anyway."''
----
%% * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Isobel had a sexual relationship with Damon Salvatore.
%% * AlmightyMom
%% * AloofDarkHairedGirl: Isobel is icy and aloof.
%% * AmbiguouslyBi: Isobel seemed that she would have no problem experimenting with someone of the same sex.
%% more context is needed, how does she experiment, for instance?
%%
%% * AmbiguouslyEvil: It is always really hard to tell what Isobel's true intentions are.
%% Tropers must try harder.
%%
%% * AntagonisticOffspring: Elena is this to Isobel.
%% * BadassBoast: Isobel is a bit of a braggart.
%% * TheBaroness: Isobel is of the Sexpot flavour.
* BastardGirlfriend: To Alaric. She made Alaric think that she was dead for a long period of time, when in reality, she just wanted to be turned into a vampire out of selfishness. When Alaric reunited with Isobel for the first time after a long time, he called Isobel a "selfish bitch".
%% * BitchInSheepsClothing
%% * BrainyBrunette
%% * TheChessmaster: Being cunning and manipulative seems to run in the Petrova blood.
%% * CrazyPrepared: Isobel was always planning and scheming.
%% * DarkIsEvil: Isobel is almost always wearing dark (especially black) clothing.
%% Is this EvilWearsBlack? But one example says she is only ambiguously evil.
%%
%%
%% * DarkMistress: Was this for Damon.
%% * DeadpanSnarker: Isobel is sarcastic and snarky. Must run in the Petrova genes.
%% concrete and detailed example context is everything
%%
%% * DeathByIrony: She is killed in the same way that the mystery man she employed was: compelled suicide.
%% * DefrostingIceQueen: Around both Alaric and Elena, Isobel's humanity and softer side come out.
%% * DepravedBisexual: Strongly hinted at. Possibly an ActorAllusion to Mia Kirshner's role on ''Series/TheLWord''.
%% * TheDeterminator
%% * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: By walking into the sun.]]
%% Why does she want to die? What broke her?
%%
%% * LukeIAmYourFather: Elena, I Am Your Mother.
%% * LukeYouAreMyFather: Isobel, You Are My Mother. Elena discovers that Isobel is her biological mother in season one.
%% * EvilFeelsGood
%% * EvilIsPetty: Some of Isobel's actions have been downright catty.
%% Which ones?
%%
%% * TheFashionista: Isobel is rather trendy and fashionable in her clothing.
%% Please elaborate.
%%
%% * FemmeFatale
* GreenEyedMonster: Isobel admits that she is jealous of Jenna over her relationship with Alaric.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Isobel seems to enjoy having fun and partying.
%% * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: To the point where we [[spoiler: don't discover her true allegiance even after her death.]]
* {{Immortality}}: Isobel as a vampire had the ability to live forever without physically aging.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Isobel was strongly fascinated with vampires and vampirism. So much that she declared herself dead and asked Damon to turn her into a vampire.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She has no problem screwing over anyone including her daughter and husband in order to help herself.
%% * {{Jerkass}}
%% * KilledOffForReal
* LackOfEmpathy: She has no compassion and feels absolutely no guilt in killing and feeding.
%% * LongLostRelative: To Elena.
%% * TheLostLenore: Her [[spoiler:apparent]] death is the primary motivation for both John and Alaric's actions throughout season one.
%% * ManipulativeBitch: She's very manipulative and selfish, and usually finds what she wants.
* MissingMom: To Elena. Isobel gave birth to Elena when she was a teenager. She then gave Elena up for adoption shortly after she was born. Elena was raised by the Gilberts.
%% * MsFanservice: Some of her clothing are somewhat revealing.
%% * MysteriousParent: To Elena.
%% * NeverFoundTheBody: Alaric mentions this as why her murder was unsolved.
%% * ShowSomeLeg
%% * TheSnarkKnight: Being sarcastic and snarky is in the Petrova blood.
* TeenPregnancy: Isobel gave birth to Elena when she was only 16 years old.
%% * TheVamp
%% * VampiresAreSexGods
* ViralTransformation: Isobel was turned into a vampire by Damon through vampire blood.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Alexia "Lexi" Branson]]
!!Alexia ‘Lexi’ Branson
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lexi_tvd.png]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/ArielleKebbel
->''"Because when you can hurt, you can love. Love, Stefan, that's the point."''
----
* ActionFashionista: Lexi seems to have a penchant for clothing and fashion and she is tough and kicks ass.
* BadassAdorable: Lexi can be a very adorable GenkiGirl and she is also incredibly strong and badass, willing to attack Damon when she senses him posing a threat.
* BadassBoast: Lexi is normally nice and friendly, but that won't stop her from threatening to rip your throat out if you so much as cross her or anyone she cares about (i.e. Stefan).
%% * BigSisterInstinct: Towards Stefan. She is highly protective of him.
%% Is she actually his sister? Or close friend? How does she protect him?
%%
* BigBrotherMentor: Big Sister Mentor to Stefan. Lexi is like the older sister that Stefan never had and she's a replacement for Damon when Stefan had gone off the rails and became addicted to human blood after he first turned into a vampire. Lexi was the one who helped him to control his blood lust, got him on a diet of animal blood and helped Stefan to turn on his humanity and feel again.
* BreakoutCharacter: Lexi became a fan favourite and the audience hated when Damon killed her.
* BreakTheCutie: According to flashbacks, Stefan has sent Lexi to help Damon when Damon was going on a bender in the 70's. Lexi got romantically involved with Damon in the process, only to find out that her helping Damon was useless and that Damon had used Lexi the whole time. It is no wonder Lexi hates Damon with the passion of a thousand suns.
* CanonForeigner: Lexi doesn't exist in the novel series.
* CoolBigSis: To Stefan. Although she isn't related to Stefan, Lexi has always been the big sister figure in Stefan's life.
%% NO.
* DeadpanSnarker: Lexi is very snarky and sarcastic. She has a dry sense of humor.
* TheDeterminator: Lexi is never the type to quit or give up, especially in regards to Stefan.
%% * EveryoneLovesBlondes
* TheFashionista: Lexi seems to love fashion, clothing and dressing up.
%% * {{Foil}}: To Sage. Lexi is the GoodCounterpart to Sage's EvilCounterpart.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: She had a very generous nature to mortals and a regard for human life.
* GenkiGirl: Lexi is outgoing, fun-loving and energetic.
%% * GirlyBruiser: Girly and a fashionista, Lex can also kick ass.
%% Explain how she is girly.
%% * GirlyGirl: Lexi is very girly and feminine.
* GoodBadGirl: Lexi is a NiceGirl who still likes to live on the wild side.
%% * GoodCounterpart: To Sage, who is her EvilCounterpart.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Lexi loves her booze.
%% * HeartbrokenBadass: Damon got romantically involved with her and then dumped her and used her. No wonder Lexi hates Damon.
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%% * TheHedonist: She loves sex and drinking.
* HellBentForLeather: Lexi wears black leather jackets from time to time and looks cute with them.
%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Rose. They had been friends going way back.
%% How close are they?
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* HopeBringer: Especially for Stefan. She has often mentored and helped him whenever Stefan fell off the wagon and turned off his humanity.
%% * LikeBrotherAndSister: With Stefan.
%% * KillTheCutie: Thanks Damon
%% * KilledOffForReal
%% * KnightTemplar: Lexi has proven that when the time comes for it, she can be pretty ruthless.
%% Knight Templar is more specific than that.
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%% * KnightTemplarBigBrother: To Stefan. She is ''extremely'' protective of him.
* LifeDrinker: Lexi is immortal. She has the ability to live forever and never age, and she feeds on blood.
* MeaningfulName: The name Alexia means "helper" and "defender of mankind". Lexi helped and mentored Stefan after he turned and during his Ripper days. She also helped to bring back Stefan's humanity ad got him to turn it on.
* TheMentor: For Stefan during his life as a vampire, especially during his Ripper days. His FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire attitude came from her.
%% * MoralityChain: To Stefan.
%% * MsFanservice: Lexi is physically attractive.
* NakedFirstImpression: Lexi is only wearing a ModestyTowel when she first meets Elena in the Salvatore manor, causing Elena to come to the WrongAssumtion that Lexi are Stefan romantically involved. Even after it's cleared up, Elena still nicknames her as "Towel Girl".
* NiceGirl: One of the nicest characters in the series, praciting a peaceful way offie, and trying to help others who do the same.
%% * NiceHat: Wore won in the 1865 flashbacks and during the 1940's flashbacks.
%% What kind of hats?
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%% * PassingTheTorch: Her unfinished business that causes her to [[spoiler: return as a ghost is to teach Elena how to help restore Stefan's humanity.]]
%% * PimpedOutDress: Wore won during the 1865 flashbacks and also during the 1940's.
%% * PlatonicLifePartners: With Stefan. It is implied they lived together for decades, and have a pact to spend the rest of their afterlife together. In the finale, it's shown how they embrace when they see each other again.
%% * PluckyGirl: Lexi is upbeat, positive and optimistic.
%% * ThePollyanna: Lexi is a very optimistic and positive person even if the circumstances aren't good.
* PosthumousCharacter: She's KilledOffForReal by Damon in her introductory episode in season 1. But we discover far more about her after her death and how important she was for Stefan via {{flashback}}s and her stint as an SpiritAdvisor.
* TheResenter: Towards Damon, for VERY good reason after he lied her into a relationship acting as if he was changing his ways then revealed it was all a trick and left her stanranded on a rooftop in broad daylight, nearly killing her.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Stefan, to the point she refuses to come back to life unless Damon does it first, because she doesn't want Stefan to be missing his brother.
* SexGoddess: She's the first character to mention the [[VampiresAreSexGods natural sexual prowess]] vampires possess and thinks Stefan is naive for not to using it on humans.
%% * SexyMentor: To Stefan.
* ShipperOnDeck: Lexi 'ships Stefan and Elena. She's highly supportive of their relationship, giving Elena advice.
--> ''"When it's real, you can't walk away."''
%% ** In 4.22, she seems to be one for Stefan and Caroline.
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* SpiritAdvisor: To Stefan in 3x07. She comes back as a ghost to help Elena get Stefan to turn his humanity back on.
%% * UndyingLoyalty: To Stefan. She would never turn her back on him.
%% * VampiresAreSexGods
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Damon kills her in her first appearance.
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[[folder:Logan Fell]]
!!Logan Fell
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/ChrisJohnson
->''"I`ve things to do, people to kill."''
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He pretends to be nice to Jenna when he was only using her to get Johnathan Gilbert's watch for The Town Council from her house
* BullyingADragon: He riddled Damon with wooden bullets while taunting him, but left him without finishing him off. It comes back to bite him when Damon goes after him.
%% * {{Immortality}}: Type V and Type X.
* {{Jerkass}}: According to Jenna. He does attempt to act nicer while working with the council, but his jerkassery becomes more apparent than ever once he becomes a vampire.
%% * KilledOffForReal: Is staked through the heart Alaric.
* RevengeByProxy: Tries to turn Caroline into a vampire in order to get back at the Sheriff for covering up his death.
%% * StalkerWithACrush: To Jenna, especially after he became a vampire.
%% * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Inverted. If he hadn't killed that girl, Stefan and Damon would have left town and Mystic Falls probably would have been a lot worse off.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He only appears in five episodes and then dies for good.
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!! Witches
[[folder: Bree]]
!!Bree
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/GinaTorres
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* TheBartender: She owns a bar and works there as a bartender.
* EthnicMagician: She's black, like most witches in the show. She possesses some powerful magic and can open vampire tombs.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Celebrates Damon's visit by drinking and partying.
* HotWitch: She's very hot, and used to date Damon. Damon reaches out to Bree when he searches for a way to release his former lover Katherine from the tomb in Mystic Falls. He tries to convince Bree to use her magic to open the tomb, but is unsuccessful.
* KilledOffForReal: By Damon, who rips out her heart after she sells him out to Lee, Lexi's old lover. She's deader than dead.
* OnlyOneName: Her surname is never mentioned.
* {{Revenge}}: Plots against with Lee Damon because he killed her best friend Lexi.
%% * SassyBlackWoman: Gives off this vibe when partying with Elena and Damon.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: She is only seen in one episode and is promptly killed off.
[[/folder]]
!! Humans
[[folder: William Tanner]]
!!William Tanner
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/BenjaminAyres
The gang's history teacher at the beginning of the series who also coaches the football team. He is killed by Damon.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: He's a history teacher and all of the students hate him.
* AssholeVictim: He doesn't really show Elena, Jenna, or Jeremy any sympathy. Damon kills him just to make a point.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: His death is very sudden.
* {{Jerkass}}: Everybody hates him. He even keeps a file on the students who annoyed him. Alaric isn't impressed when he finds it.
* KilledOffForReal: By Damon, who kills him just to prove to Stefan how evil he is.
* SadistTeacher: Though his actions suggest that he does want his students to do well. He seems genuinely impressed by Stefan.
* SmallNameBigEgo: The man has enough hot air to refloat the Hindenburg but gets the year the Korean War ended wrong.
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* AffablyEvil: She's polite and ladylike to others for the most part and wishes no ill on the populace of Mystic Falls, but can be scheming and manipulative when she wants something.
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* DarkActionGirl: A centuries-old vampire, once she back to her full strength she has no problem subduing Damon.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She truly loves her daughter Anna.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Appears polite and ladylike to others, but can be scheming and manipulative when she wants something.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She truly loves her daughter Anna.
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* DarkActionGirl: A centuries-old vampire, once she she's back to her full strength strength, she has no problem subduing Damon.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She truly loves her daughterAnna.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Appears polite and ladylike to others, but can be scheming and manipulative when she wants something.Anna.
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* KnightTemplarParent: She becomes much more protective towards Anna after being release from the Tomb, since John Gilbert's betrayal hurt her deeply and she fears Anna might face the same thing if she continues to seek a relationship with Jeremy.
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* KnightTemplarParent: She becomes much more protective towards toward Anna after being release from the Tomb, since John Johnathan Gilbert's betrayal hurt her deeply and she fears Anna might face the same thing if she continues to seek a relationship with Jeremy.
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* WidowWoman: She lost her husband and 3 of her children to disease, with only her and Anna surviving due to being turned by Katherine.
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Throughout the centuries, Katherine traveled across the world running away from Klaus, until in 1864, she came to the town of Mystic Falls where she met Stefan and Damon Salvatore. Katherine fell in love with Stefan and also had an affair with Damon on the side, which only caused the sibling rivalry between the two brothers to heat up immensely. It was the Salvatore brother's relationship with Katherine that ended up changing the relationship between the two forever and what sparked a century plus old rivalry between the once very close brothers. Katherine is responsible for turning both of the Salvatore brothers into vampires, although in regards to Stefan, Katherine compelled Stefan to drink her blood while Damon drank Katherine's blood willingly.
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Throughout the centuries, Katherine traveled across the world running away from Klaus, until in 1864, she came to the town of Mystic Falls where she met Stefan and Damon Salvatore. Katherine fell in love with Stefan and also had an affair with Damon on the side, which only caused the sibling rivalry between the two brothers to heat up immensely. It was the Salvatore brother's relationship with Katherine that ended up changing the relationship between the two forever and what sparked a century plus century-plus old rivalry between the once very close brothers. Katherine is responsible for turning both of the Salvatore brothers into vampires, although in regards to Stefan, Katherine compelled Stefan to drink her blood while Damon drank Katherine's blood willingly.
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* ActionFashionista: Katherine is very trendy, chic, stylish and fashionable. In comparison to Elena, she definitely has the upper hand in regards to fashion and personal style. Katherine is usually kicking ass in her most fashionable and trendy clothing. Aside from the fact that she is an ActionGirl, she is also TheFashionista and takes a lot of pride in her appearance and clothing. Katherine is often seen wearing a combinations of trendy pants, skirts, and dresses and she always wears high heels or stilettos. Katherine has a case of AllWomenLoveShoes and she seems to have an obsession with wearing heels at all times. Katherine also tends to accessorize a lot and she wears an abundance of jewellery such as earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings. Katherine always wears a lot of makeup and she always styles her hair, normally in soft body waves unless she is impersonating Elena (then she straightens her hair bone straight). Even back in the day, Katherine was seen to be a GirlyGirl who was into frilly and fashionable dresses. Katherine always has to look her best at all times and she is never not wearing something fashionable.
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* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: She made herself immune to the effects of vervain (which is poison to vampires) by dosing herself with vervain for the last centuries.
* ActionGirl: One of the most notable action female in the series and something of a CombatPragmatist as she often prefers sneak attacks than all-out brawls. Being a centuries-old vampire (who only gets StrongerWithAge) makes her one of the strongest non-Original vampires in the story, and she can easily fight off both Stefan and Damon.
* ActionFashionista: Katherine is very trendy, chic, stylish andfashionable. In comparison to Elena, she definitely has the upper hand in regards to fashion and personal style. Katherine is [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery usually kicking ass in her most fashionable and trendy clothing. Aside from clothing]].
-->'''Katherine:''' ''[to Stefan]'' We both know I could rip you to shreds and do my nails at thefact that she is an ActionGirl, she is also TheFashionista and takes a lot of pride in her appearance and clothing. Katherine is often seen wearing a combinations of trendy pants, skirts, and dresses and she always wears high heels or stilettos. Katherine has a case of AllWomenLoveShoes and she seems to have an obsession with wearing heels at all times. Katherine also tends to accessorize a lot and she wears an abundance of jewellery such as earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings. Katherine always wears a lot of makeup and she always styles her hair, normally in soft body waves unless she is impersonating Elena (then she straightens her hair bone straight). Even back in the day, Katherine was seen to be a GirlyGirl who was into frilly and fashionable dresses. Katherine always has to look her best at all times and she is never not wearing something fashionable. same time.
* ActionGirl: One of the most notable action female in the series and something of a CombatPragmatist as she often prefers sneak attacks than all-out brawls. Being a centuries-old vampire (who only gets StrongerWithAge) makes her one of the strongest non-Original vampires in the story, and she can easily fight off both Stefan and Damon.
* ActionFashionista: Katherine is very trendy, chic, stylish and
-->'''Katherine:''' ''[to Stefan]'' We both know I could rip you to shreds and do my nails at the
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%% * ActionSurvivor: Katherine has become this [[spoiler: especially now that she is human and vulnerable.]]
* ActorSharedBackground: Nina Dobrev is Bulgarian in real life, as is Katherine in universe. This led to a misunderstanding on what we must assume was the writers' part: Nina Dobrev is sometimes referred to as "Nina Dobreva". In Bulgaria the "a" at the end of her surname is a way to denote that she is a female member of the Dobrev family.
* AlasPoorVillain: In season five, Katherine begins to age rapidly after consuming the cure at the end of season four. One can't help but feel sorry for her now that Katherine is dying, as she is seeking redemption for her past sins now. It is ultimately subverted, however, at the last second and she ends as one of the shows most irredeemable villains.
* ActorSharedBackground: Nina Dobrev is Bulgarian in real life, as is Katherine in universe. This led to a misunderstanding on what we must assume was the writers' part: Nina Dobrev is sometimes referred to as "Nina Dobreva". In Bulgaria the "a" at the end of her surname is a way to denote that she is a female member of the Dobrev family.
* AlasPoorVillain: In season five, Katherine begins to age rapidly after consuming the cure at the end of season four. One can't help but feel sorry for her now that Katherine is dying, as she is seeking redemption for her past sins now. It is ultimately subverted, however, at the last second and she ends as one of the shows most irredeemable villains.
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* ActorSharedBackground:
* AdaptationalNationality: She was German in the books, but became Bulgarian in the series to correlate with the fact [[ActorSharedBackground the actress who plays her is also Bulgarian]].
* AlasPoorVillain: In season five, Katherine begins to [[RapidAging age
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* AllWomenLoveShoes: Averted. While it hasn't been shown that Katherine has an actual shoe obsession, it is obvious that Katherine loves her high heels and stilettos. This comes with being a fashionista.
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* AllWomenLoveShoes: Averted. While it hasn't been shown that Katherine has an actual shoe obsession, it is obvious that Katherine loves her high heels and stilettos. This comes with being a fashionista.TheFashionista.
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* DemotedToExtra: In season 3, she appears sporadically for the first half of the season, then takes off after "Homecoming". Returns to a significantly more important role as of the second half of the fourth season.
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* [[DidNotGetTheGirl Did Not Get The Guy]]: In regards to Stefan and Damon. They are both in love with Elena and don't give Katherine the time of day anymore.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: This happens in season 2 when most people thought Katherine was the main villain. It was actually Klaus.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: This happens in season 2 when most people thought Katherine was the main villain. It was actually Klaus.
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* [[DidNotGetTheGirl Did Not Get The Guy]]: DidNotGetTheGuy: In regards to Stefan Stefan, despite dedicating herself to him many times her ruthlessness and Damon. They are both in love with Elena and don't give Katherine the time of day anymore.manipulative side pushed him away.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: This happens in season 2 when most people thought Katherine was themain villain.BigBad. It was actually Klaus.
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%% * {{Doppelganger}}: Katherine is the doppelganger Amara and Tatia. Katherine's doppelganger is Elena.
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* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:Unable to pass through Bonnie who's the Anchor to the Other Side and is dragged off to a dark world. WordOfGod says she's never coming back...which ended up being a lie, as she returns as the Queen of Hell and the FinalBoss of the series.]]
* DrivenByEnvy: Much of her attacks against Elena and her loved ones in the second season were driven by Katherine's jealousy of Elena, who she saw as replacing her. Towards the end of Season 2 however this abated, but returned in full force in season four.
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* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:Unable to pass through Bonnie who's the Anchor to the Other Side and is dragged off to a dark world. WordOfGod says she's never coming back...which ended up being a lie, as she returns as the Queen of Hell and the FinalBoss of the series.]]
* DrivenByEnvy: Much of her attacks against Elena and her loved ones in the second season were driven by Katherine's jealousy of Elena, who she saw as replacing her. Towards the end of Season 2 however this abated, but returned in full force in season four.
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* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:Unable to pass through Bonnie who's the Anchor to the Other Side and is dragged off to a dark world. WordOfGod says she's never coming back... which ended up being a lie, as she returns as the Queen of Hell and the FinalBoss of the series.]]
* DrivenByEnvy: Much of her attacks against Elena and her loved ones in the second season were driven by Katherine's jealousy of Elena, who she saw as replacing her. Towards the end of Season 2 however this abated, but returned in full force
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%% * EvilFeelsGood: She's ''Katherine Pierce''. Probably the most badass female character in the series and always a survivor.
* EvilTastesGood: Definitely enjoys the vampiric side of life.
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* TheFashionista: Katherine has a penchant for expensive clothing and fashion.
%% * FauxAffablyEvil: Katherine can be polite when she wants to be but has no problem plotting someone else's demise.
%% * FemmeFatale: Katherine is a beautiful, seductive woman who often uses her charms in order to get what she wants.
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Katherine comes out of left field to be the final villain in the series as the Queen of Hell.]]
%% * FauxAffablyEvil: Katherine can be polite when she wants to be but has no problem plotting someone else's demise.
%% * FemmeFatale: Katherine is a beautiful, seductive woman who often uses her charms in order to get what she wants.
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Katherine comes out of left field to be the final villain in the series as the Queen of Hell.]]
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* EvilWearsBlack: She tends to wear black or dark clothing to contrast with Elena's outfits, which are usually lighter in color.
* TheFashionista: Katherine has a penchant for expensive clothing andfashion.fashion takes a lot of pride in her appearance. She's often seen wearing a combination of trendy pants, skirts, and dresses, she usually wears high heels or stilettos and always wears an abundance of jewelry and lots of makeup. She always styles her hair, normally in soft body waves unless she is impersonating Elena (then she straightens her hair bone straight). Even back in flashbacks, she's seen as a GirlyGirl who was into frilly and fashionable dresses.
%% * FauxAffablyEvil: Katherine can be polite when she wants to be be, and sometimes even acts as a FriendlyEnemy and teams up with the heroes, but has no problem plotting someone else's demise.she's usually planning something devious and can turn on anyone at the drop of a hat.
%% * FemmeFatale: Katherine is a beautiful, seductive woman who often uses her charms in order to get what she wants.
wants. And if she doesn't she's still dangerous enough to dispatch her victims without much trouble.
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Katherine comes out of left field to be the final villain in the series as the Queen ofHell.Hell at the very last episode.]]
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* FoolForLove: In regards to Stefan, especially in season five. Instead of actually focusing on developing a relationship with her long lost daughter Nadia (who has been searching for her for 5 centuries and even became a vampire all so she could find her mother), Katherine is much too busy obsessing with Stefan and acting like a lovelorn, obsessive and lovesick schoolgirl over Stefan. Katherine was so desperate for Stefan to love her that in 5.11, [[spoiler: she goes to extremes by stealing Elena's body and possessing it using a Travellers spell, all so that Stefan would think she is Elena and fall for her again.]] When it comes to Stefan and her love for him, Katherine is extremely irrational.
%% * ForTheEvulz: Katherine can be very petty and manipulative.
%% THAT SOUNDS LIKE MISUSE. Being manipulative sounds like she has a certain goal.
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* FreudianExcuse: Katherine became who she is because of her very tragic backstory, which included having her baby daughter taken away from her after she was born, Klaus chasing her in order to have her killed and sacrificed and as a punishment for running from him, and Klaus murdering her entire family.
%% * FriendlyEnemy: To Stefan and Damon on occasion. Katherine will help out the Salvatore brothers from time to time, but she often seeks to get something out of it in return.
%% ** To Caroline in Season 5.
%% * ForTheEvulz: Katherine can be very petty and manipulative.
%% THAT SOUNDS LIKE MISUSE. Being manipulative sounds like she has a certain goal.
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* FreudianExcuse: Katherine became who she is because of her very tragic backstory, which included having her baby daughter taken away from her after she was born, Klaus chasing her in order to have her killed and sacrificed and as a punishment for running from him, and Klaus murdering her entire family.
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* FoolForLove: In regards to Stefan, especially in season five. Instead of actually focusing on developing a relationship with her long lost daughter Nadia (who has been searching for her for 5 centuries and even became a vampire all so she could find her mother), Katherine is much too busy obsessing with Stefan and acting like a lovelorn, obsessive and lovesick schoolgirl over Stefan. Katherine was so desperate for Stefan him to love her that in 5.11, [[spoiler: she goes to extremes by [[GrandTheftMe stealing Elena's body and possessing it using a Travellers spell, spell]], all so that Stefan would think she is Elena and fall for her again.]] When it comes to Stefan and her love for him, Katherine is extremely irrational.
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%% THAT SOUNDS LIKE MISUSE. Being manipulative sounds like she has a certain goal.
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* FreudianExcuse: Katherine became who the ruthless person she is because of her very tragic backstory, which included having her baby daughter taken away from her after she was born, Klaus chasing her in order to have her killed and sacrificed and murdering her entire family as a punishment for running from him, and Klaus murdering her entire family.
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* FriendlyEnemy: To Stefan and Damon onoccasion. occasion, especially when working together against The Originals. Katherine will help out the Salvatore brothers from time to time, but she often seeks to get something out of it in return.
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* HeartbrokenBadass: In regards to romance and her family. Katherine hasn't had any luck with romance and men. Her family ended up being killed because she ran from Klaus after learning that he was going to sacrifice her in order to break his hybrid curse.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: It's really hard to tell which side Katherine is onsometimes.
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* HellBentForLeather:Katherine Katherine's version of practicable clothing is usually seen wearing a black leather jackets. jacket and leather pants, which give her a more imposing look than her chic outfits.
* HereditaryCurse: Katherine is descended from a line of Petrova {{Doppelganger}}'s. She has passed down the doppelgänger curse to her children and as a result, the Petrova doppelgänger lineage continues every 500 years. Katherine is the doppelgänger of Tatia while Elena is the doppelgänger of Katherine. She's pursed by Klaus due to this, as a Petrova {{Doppelganger}} sacrifice is needed to break his curse.
%% * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:She was the one more or less responsible for Jeremy's death with Silas to finish him off. She is also the reason why Stefan dies in the series finale.]]
%% This needs explanation.
%% * HiddenDepths: Katherine may seem manipulative and bitchy but if one looks back into her past, it's rather tragic.
%% THIS IS TOO VAGUE.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: It's really hard to tell which side Katherine is on
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* HellBentForLeather:
* HereditaryCurse: Katherine is descended from a line of Petrova {{Doppelganger}}'s. She has passed down the doppelgänger curse to her children and as a result, the Petrova doppelgänger lineage continues every 500 years. Katherine is the doppelgänger of Tatia while Elena is the doppelgänger of Katherine. She's pursed by Klaus due to this, as a Petrova {{Doppelganger}} sacrifice is needed to break his curse.
%% * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:She was the one more or less responsible for Jeremy's death with Silas to finish him off. She is also the reason why Stefan dies in the series finale.]]
%% This needs explanation.
%% * HiddenDepths: Katherine may seem manipulative and bitchy but if one looks back into her past, it's rather tragic.
%% THIS IS TOO VAGUE.
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%% Explain how it relates to her character. Tropes are more than "this happens".
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* HereditaryCurse: Katherine is descended from a line of Petrova {{Doppelganger}}'s. She has passed down the doppelgänger curse to her children and as a result, the Petrova doppelgänger lineage continues every 500 years. Katherine is the doppelgänger of Tatia while Elena is the doppelgänger of Katherine.
%% * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:She was the one more or less responsible for Jeremy's death with Silas to finish him off. She is also the reason why Stefan dies in the series finale.]]
%% This needs explanation.
%% * HiddenDepths: Katherine may seem manipulative and bitchy but if one looks back into her past, it's rather tragic.
%% THIS IS TOO VAGUE.
%%
%%
* HereditaryCurse: Katherine is descended from a line of Petrova {{Doppelganger}}'s. She has passed down the doppelgänger curse to her children and as a result, the Petrova doppelgänger lineage continues every 500 years. Katherine is the doppelgänger of Tatia while Elena is the doppelgänger of Katherine.
%% * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:She was the one more or less responsible for Jeremy's death with Silas to finish him off. She is also the reason why Stefan dies in the series finale.]]
%% This needs explanation.
%% * HiddenDepths: Katherine may seem manipulative and bitchy but if one looks back into her past, it's rather tragic.
%% THIS IS TOO VAGUE.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Katherine has been shown to be very selfish, self-indulgent and narcissistic. She is all about self preservation and looking out for herself, even at the expense of others.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Katherine has been shown to be very selfish, self-indulgent and narcissistic. She is all about self preservation self-preservation and looking out for herself, even at the expense of others.
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* JerkJustifications: Katherine does immoral acts out of self preservation thanks to her past. She had her baby taken away from her, was exiled from her own him, was chased by Klaus for centuries and had her entire family slaughtered by Klaus as a punishment for running from him.
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* JerkJustifications: Katherine does immoral acts out of self preservation self-preservation thanks to her past. She had her baby taken away from her, was exiled from her own him, was chased by Klaus for centuries and had her entire family slaughtered by Klaus as a punishment for running from him.
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%% * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Stabbed with the Traveller's knife by Stefan in Gone Girl.]].
* KissOfDeath: [[spoiler:Katherine kisses Stefan before Stefan stabs and kills her with the Travellers Knife.]]
* KissOfDeath: [[spoiler:Katherine kisses Stefan before Stefan stabs and kills her with the Travellers Knife.]]
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** Katherine was one back in the 1400's for Klaus as she was the doppelgänger that was going to be used to break Klaus' hybrid curse.
** She was one for Silas for a time vecause [[spoiler: she is human after ingesting the cure for immortality in the season four finale and Silas wanted the cure running through her veins. Katherine even humorously refers to herself as a "moonstone".]]
** She was one for Silas for a time vecause [[spoiler: she is human after ingesting the cure for immortality in the season four finale and Silas wanted the cure running through her veins. Katherine even humorously refers to herself as a "moonstone".]]
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** Katherine was one back in the 1400's for Klaus as she was the Petrova doppelgänger that was going to be used as a sacrifice to break Klaus' hybrid curse.
curse. She's been on the run from him for centuries to avoid this fate.
** She was one for Silas for a timevecause because [[spoiler: she is human after ingesting the cure for immortality in the season four finale and Silas wanted the cure running through her veins. Katherine even humorously refers to herself as a "moonstone".]]
** She was one for Silas for a time
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* LoveHungry:. Her obsession with Stefan has reached Qetsiyah levels of obsession and craziness. In regards to Stefan, especially in season five
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* LoveHungry:. LoveHungry: Her obsession with Stefan has reached Qetsiyah levels of obsession and craziness. In regards to Stefan, especially in season five
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%% * LoveMakesYouCrazy: Katherine stalked Stefan around for over a century.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: After stealing Elena's body in 5x11, instead of taking Nadia and leaving Mystic Falls with her, Katherine decides to stay in town so that she could get Stefan back. Which is a really stupid idea, considering that Stefan and everyone else would eventually find out that she is not Elena and that she is really Katherine. [[spoiler: The Mystic Falls gang does end up founding out Katherine's secret, which only resulted in Stefan finding out, her daughter Nadia dying, and Katherine being killed by Stefan himself. Nice going, Katherine.]]
* LoveMakesYouDumb: After stealing Elena's body in 5x11, instead of taking Nadia and leaving Mystic Falls with her, Katherine decides to stay in town so that she could get Stefan back. Which is a really stupid idea, considering that Stefan and everyone else would eventually find out that she is not Elena and that she is really Katherine. [[spoiler: The Mystic Falls gang does end up founding out Katherine's secret, which only resulted in Stefan finding out, her daughter Nadia dying, and Katherine being killed by Stefan himself. Nice going, Katherine.]]
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%% * ManipulativeBitch[=/=]MagnificentBitch: Katherine will manipulate, scheme, play mind games and will toy with others emotions in order to get what she wants without guilt.
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* MayflyDecemberRomance: With both Stefan and Damon in 1864, Katherine was already a 350+ year-old vampire while Stefan was a 17 year old human and Damon was a 24 year old human.
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* MayflyDecemberRomance: With both Stefan and Damon in 1864, Katherine was already a 350+ year-old vampire while Stefan was a 17 year old 17-year-old human and Damon was a 24 year old 24-year-old human.
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* MsFanservice: Katherine often wears revealing and skimpy clothing that shows off her assets and appeals to both the male characters and the male audience.
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* MsFanservice: Katherine is a HeadTurningBeauty who often wears revealing and skimpy clothing that shows off her assets and appeals to both the male characters and the male audience. She has plenty of {{fanservice}} heavy scenes, like {{shower|scene}}, {{lingerie|scene}} and {{bathtub|scene}} scenes.
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%% * OfCorsetHurts / OfCorsetsSexy: As part of Katherine's wardrobe during the flashbacks (1400's and 1800's), Katherine was seen to wear many corsets as part of her outfits.
%% These need to be listed separately.
%% These need to be listed separately.
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%% These
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* PetTheDog: Katherine has a few of these moments, such as mourning Stefan's death in a flashback, or bringing Damon his cure in the season finale. And in 4x18 [[spoiler:she shows her love and gesture of trust towards Elijah]].
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* PetTheDog: Katherine has a few of these moments, such as mourning Stefan's death in a flashback, {{flashback}}, or bringing Damon his cure in the season finale. And in 4x18 [[spoiler:she shows her love and gesture of trust towards Elijah]].
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%% * PsychoExGirlfriend: Katherine is this way in regards to both of the Salvatore brothers due to the brothers being in love with Elena.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Katherine is a beautiful, seductive woman who often uses her charm, feminine wiles and her sex appeal in order to get what she wants. Because of this, Katherine has been with many men during the course of her immortal life.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Katherine is a beautiful, seductive woman who often uses her charm, feminine wiles and her sex appeal in order to get what she wants. Because of this, Katherine seductress has been with many men during throughout the course of her immortal life.centuries, mostly to manipulate and use them.
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* TheResenter: Towards Elena. Katherine has always been jealous of Elena and has resented her because Elena has the life that she always wanted.
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* TheResenter: Towards Elena. Katherine has always been jealous of Elena and has resented her because Elena has the normal life that she always wanted. wanted and also gained the love of Stefan.
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%% * SensualSlavs: Katherine is originally from Bulgaria.
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* SexGoddess: Out of all characters in the show, she's the one that takes full advantage of [[VampiresAreSexGods the natural sexual prowess that vampires have]]. Especially notable in her early relationship with the Salvatore brothers, where they were constantly seen in bed and she made plenty of use of the KissOfTheVampire.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: She's hardly modest when it comes to her body. In "Dinner Party", she's unperturbed about Damon [[ShowerOfAwkward walking on her showering]] and just casually stands naked in front of him while asking for a robe, although she does seem to take a perverse pleasure in his [[EatingTheEyeCandy confusing gawking]].
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* SmugSuper: Katherine brags that Bonnie's witchy ju-ju migraine doesn't work on her since she has been around for a long time. Not to mention that she lords it over Stefan that she is immune to the effects of vervain since she has been dosing herself with vervain for the last century.
%% * TheSnarkKnight: Katherine is very sarcastic and snarky, she can even out-snark Damon.
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%% * TheSnarkKnight: Katherine is very sarcastic and snarky, she can even out-snark Damon.
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* SmugSuper: Katherine brags that Bonnie's witchy ju-ju migraine doesn't work on her since she [[StrongerWithAge has been around for a long time. time]]. Not to mention that she lords it over Stefan that she is [[AcquiredPoisonImmunity immune to the effects of vervain since she has been dosing herself with vervain for the last century.century]].
%% * TheSnarkKnight: Katherine is very sarcastic and snarky, she has a wicked and dry sense of humor, usually making jokes that no one else but her can even out-snark Damon.
%%appreciate.
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%% * SpoiledBrat: Katherine seems to get everything she wants, even if she has to resort to manipulation tactics.
%%
%% Spoiled Brat is a trope for children and teens. Centuries-old vampire? This needs more explanation.
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%% * StalkerWithACrush: Katherine stalks Stefan and sometimes Damon as well. She seems to think that Damon can look after himself better though.
%%
%% Spoiled Brat is a trope for children and teens. Centuries-old vampire? This needs more explanation.
%%
%% * StalkerWithACrush: Katherine stalks Stefan and sometimes Damon as well. She seems to think that Damon can look after himself better though.
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%% Spoiled Brat is a trope for children and teens. Centuries-old vampire? This needs more explanation.
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%% * TragicVillain: Katherine becomes a much colder, unkind person due to her tragic past. Klaus had killed her entire family out of revenge for Katherine running from him.
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-->'''Elena:''' I forgive you. You weren't born evil. Life made you that way.
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%% * VampiresAreSexGods
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%% * VillainousBreakdown: Goes through ones when trapped in the cave by Damon and Stefan and when Damon plans on feeding her to Silas. Season five has seen a slower and steadier one as she realizes she can't fight off her aging and will soon be dead.
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%% * VillainousBreakdown: Goes through ones when trapped in the cave by Damon and Stefan and when Damon plans on feeding her to Silas. Season five has seen a slower and steadier one as she realizes she can't fight off her aging RapidAging and will soon be dead.
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!!Anna
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%% * ActionGirl: Anna is tough, capable and strong. She can kick ass.
%% more context would be sweet -- who does she fight and why?
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%% more context would be sweet -- who does she fight and why?
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%% more context would be sweet -- who does
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* AllThereInTheManual: The prequel novel ''Stefan Diaries'' reveals Anna got sick as a child and Pearl begged Katherine to turn her into a vampire to save her.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: She's back after she died-died, but only as a ghost that Jeremy sees in season three.]]
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: She's back after she died-died, she's staked, but only as a ghost that Jeremy sees in season three.]]
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%% * BrainyBrunette: Anna is very smart, intelligent and quick. She also seems to be quite scholarly and loves research.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Anna is the Gentle Girl to Jeremy's Brooding Boy, being a fairly compassionate invidiual despite her ultimate goals.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Anna is the Gentle Girl to Jeremy's Brooding Boy, being a fairly compassionate invidiual despite her ultimate goals.
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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Anna is the Gentle Girl to Jeremy's Brooding Boy, being a fairly compassionate
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%% * DeadpanSnarker: She has her witty and sarcastic moments.
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* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Much like her mother, she has no evil intentions towards humans and doesn't even enjoy being a vampire. Her stint as an antagonist was only in an effort to free her mother from imprisonment.
* GhostReunionEnding: In Season Three, ghost Anna tells Jeremy she hadn't encountered her mother on The Other Side and feared Pearl might have moved on without her. However, Anna and Pearl had an emotional reunion in "Ghost World", and move on together.
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* IJustWantToBeNormal: Anna desires to be a normal girl and be a regular teenager.
%% MORE CONTEXT would be sweet.
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%% MORE CONTEXT would be sweet.
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* IJustWantToBeNormal: Anna is a vampire that desires to be a normal girl and be a regular teenager.
%% MORE CONTEXT would be sweet.
%%teenager.
%% MORE CONTEXT would be sweet.
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%% * ManicPixieDreamGirl: Anna represents this to brooding Jeremy in season one.
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* TheMole: She pretended to join the remaining vengeful tomb vampires who were planning to wipe out the humans of Mystic Falls in order to feed information to the townspeople. John Gilbert doesn't care and simply has her staked when she's immobilized by the anti-vampire device.
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%% * Really700YearsOld: She knew Dracula who died before Katherine was turned.
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* WaifFu: Small, cute and petite, but NOT to be underestimated and can kick major ass when she has to.
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* WaifFu: Small, cute Small and petite, petite but NOT to be underestimated and can kick major ass when she still has to.the SuperStrength of a centuries-old vampire.
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%% * AloofDarkHairedGirl: Pearl is rather aloof and poised.
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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Pearl is a dark-haired woman with a rather aloof and
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%% * BadassInCharge: She seemed to be in charge of the tomb vampires.
* BestFriend: She was Katherine's closest friend in 1864, although Katherine didn't value their friendship enough to try to set her free.
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* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: She feeds from blood bags at hospitals and has no interest in terrorizing the human populace of Mystic Falls like some of her fellow tomb vampire members.
* GhostReunionEnding: In Season Three, ghost Anna tells Jeremy she hadn't encountered Pearl on The Other Side and feared Pearl might have moved on without her. However, Anna and Pearl had an emotional reunion in "Ghost World", and move on together.
* GhostReunionEnding: In Season Three, ghost Anna tells Jeremy she hadn't encountered Pearl on The Other Side and feared Pearl might have moved on without her. However, Anna and Pearl had an emotional reunion in "Ghost World", and move on together.
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* IronLady: Pearl is rather stern, authoritarian, domineering and over protective, especially when it comes to her daughter, Anna.
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* IronLady: Pearl is rather stern, authoritarian, domineering and over protective, overprotective, especially when it comes to her daughter, Anna.
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%% * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: By John Gilbert.]]
%% * KnightTemplarParent: Towards Anna.
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* KnightTemplarParent:
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%% * LadyOfWar: She became the leader of the escaped vampires.
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%% * MsFanservice
* NiceHat: Seen wearing a nice hat in the 1864 flashbacks.
%% This example could at least mention what kind of hat that was.
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%% * OfCorsetsSexy: Wore many corsets during the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * OperaGloves: Pearl wore them during the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * PimpedOutDress: During 1864.
%% * ProperLady: Pearl is very polite and ladylike in her mannerisms.
%% With all the other tropes applied to her, Proper Lady is likely misuse. Being polite and ladylike are not the only requirements for this trope.
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* NiceHat: Seen wearing a nice hat in the 1864 flashbacks.
%% This example could at least mention what kind of hat that was.
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%% * OfCorsetsSexy: Wore many corsets during the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * OperaGloves: Pearl wore them during the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * PimpedOutDress: During 1864.
%% * ProperLady: Pearl is very polite and ladylike in her mannerisms.
%% With all the other tropes applied to her, Proper Lady is likely misuse. Being polite and ladylike are not the only requirements for this trope.
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* NiceHat: Seen wearing a nice hat
* SealedEvilInACan: She and the rest of the 1864
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%% * OfCorsetsSexy: Wore many corsets during
%% * OperaGloves: Pearl wore them during the 1864 flashbacks.
%% * PimpedOutDress: During 1864.
%% * ProperLady: Pearl is very polite and ladylike in her mannerisms.
%% With all the other tropes applied to her, Proper Lady is likely misuse. Being polite and ladylike are not the only requirements for this trope.
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%% * {{Socialite}}: Pearl could be status seeking and might had married for money.
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%% could be or is? don't use weasel words, please
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* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Staked by John Gilbert, who leaves her body to be found by a horrified Anna.
* WidowWoman: She lost her husband and 3 of her children to disease, with only her and Anna surviving due to being turned by Katherine.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Lexi is very snarky and sarcastic. She has a dry sense of humour.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Lexi is very snarky and sarcastic. She has a dry sense of humour.humor.
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* GenkiGirl: Lexi is outgoing, fun loving and energetic.
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* GenkiGirl: Lexi is outgoing, fun loving fun-loving and energetic.
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%% * TheMentor: For Stefan, especially during his Ripper days.
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* NakedFirstImpression: Lexi is only wearing a ModestyTowel when she first meets Elena in the Salvatore manor, causing Elena to come to the WrongAssumtion that Lexi are Stefan romantically involved. Even after it's cleared up, Elena still nicknames her as "Towel Girl".
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%% * PosthumousCharacter: We discover far more about her after her death than we got the chance to in her single episode appearance.
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* SexGoddess: She's the first character to mention the [[VampiresAreSexGods natural sexual prowess]] vampires possess and thinks Stefan is naive for not to using it on humans.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: He's a history teacher and all of the students hate him.
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* YourCheatingHeart: He cheated on Jenna with another woman named Monica.
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%% * MonsterSobStory: Katherine's tragic past was revealed in flashbacks during season two.
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* {{Adorkable}}: She's a cute and geeky bookworm.
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* CuteBruiser: Anna is very cute and adorkable but she can kick anyone's ass. She's not to be underestimated.
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* CuteBruiser: Anna is very cute and adorkable but she can kick anyone's ass. She's not to be underestimated.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Lexi can be overly excitable and idealistic, that she crosses into {{Moe}} territory at times.
%% * BadassAdorable: Lexi can be very adorable and loveable and she is also incredibly strong and badass, willing to attack Damon when she senses him posing a threat.
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%% * TheCutie: See {{Adorkable}} and BadassAdorable.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Katherine is so incredibly obnoxious, selfish, sarcastic and snarky that many of the characters who interact with her often find her intolerable.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Katherine is so incredibly obnoxious, selfish, sarcastic and snarky arrogant that many of the characters who interact with her often find her intolerable.
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%% * TheSociopath: Lying, murdering, and manipulating are as natural as breathing to her. Subverted in that she does care about some people.
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%% * PlatonicLifePartners: With Stefan.
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%% * PlatonicLifePartners: With Stefan. It is implied they lived together for decades, and have a pact to spend the rest of their afterlife together. In the finale, it's shown how they embrace when they see each other again.
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* UndyingLoyalty: To Stefan, to the point she refuses to come back to life unless Damon does it first, because she doesn't want Stefan to be missing his brother.
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%% * BadassBookworm: Scholarly, nerdy intelligent and very much a bookworm.
%% Who does she fight with?
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%% Who does
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%% * BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Anna is the Gentle Girl to Jeremy's Brooding Boy.
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%% * {{Adorkable}}: Lexi is loveable, that she crosses into {{Moe}} territory at times.
%% * BadassAdorable: Lexi can be very adorable and loveable and she is also incredibly strong and badass.
%% How?
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%% * BadassAdorable: Lexi can be very adorable and loveable and she is also incredibly strong and badass.
%% How?
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%% * BadassAdorable: Lexi can be very adorable and loveable and she is also incredibly strong and
%% How?
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%% * HellBentForLeather: Lexi wears black leather jackets from time to time.
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