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* TheStoic
* TranquilFury: Actor Jamie Hector comments on striving for a performance of "power and economy" using "minimalist movement and speech". He's still willing to kill even personally if provoked and its not too hard to do so. [[YourMileageMayVary Some may think]] this is still less than he deserves, though.


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* LackOfEmpathy


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* TheStoic
* TranquilFury: Actor Jamie Hector comments on striving for a performance of "power and economy" using "minimalist movement and speech". He's still willing to kill even personally if provoked and its not too hard to do so. [[YourMileageMayVary Some may think]] this is still less than he deserves, though.
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* RedOni: [=McNulty=] to Bunk's BlueOni.


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* BlueOni: To [=McNulty=]'s RedOni.
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* TheUnfettered
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* PromotionToParent: His mother is an uncaring alcoholic, leaving him to take care of his siblings.
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* PromotionToParent: His mother is an uncaring alcoholic, leaving him to take care of his siblings.
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* AFatherToHisMen - The teacher version, from season 4 onwards.

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* AFatherToHisMen - The teacher [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure teacher]] version, from season 4 onwards.



* {{Hidden Depths}}

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* {{Hidden Depths}}HiddenDepths



* {{What An Idiot}}: Eventually evolves from this.

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* {{What An Idiot}}: WhatAnIdiot: Eventually evolves from this.
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* TourettesShitcockSyndrome: Everyone swears in this show a lot (except Omar), Tommy lets it loose particularily.

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* TourettesShitcockSyndrome: SirSwearsalot: Everyone swears in this show a lot (except Omar), Tommy lets it loose particularily.
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* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type III]].
* {{Badass}}
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* HelloAttorney
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Even '''his own wife''' calls him '''Bey''
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* AntiHero

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* AntiHeroAntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type III->Type IV]].


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* ChaoticNeutral
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* ReassignedTo Antarctica

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* ReassignedTo AntarcticaReassignedToAntarctica

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* {{The Alcoholic}}
* {{Anti Hero}}

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* {{The Alcoholic}}
TheAlcoholic
* {{Anti Hero}}AntiHero



* {{Cowboy Cop}}: a {{Deconstruction}}.
* {{Handsome Lech}}
* {{Hows Your British Accent}}

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* {{Cowboy Cop}}: CowboyCop: a {{Deconstruction}}.
* {{Handsome Lech}}
HandsomeLech
* {{Hows Your British Accent}}HowsYourBritishAccent



* {{Jumping Off The Slippery Slope}}: The fake serial killer in Season 5.
* {{Reassigned To Antarctica}}
* {{Sympathetic POV}}

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* {{Jumping Off The Slippery Slope}}: JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: The fake serial killer in Season 5.
* {{Reassigned To Antarctica}}
ReassignedToAntarctica
* {{Sympathetic POV}}SympatheticPOV



* {{Bald Black Leader Guy}}
* {{Blackmail Is Such An Ugly Word}}

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* {{Bald Black Leader Guy}}
BaldBlackLeaderGuy
* {{Blackmail Is Such An Ugly Word}}BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord



** {{TruthInTelevision}}: One of the detectives David Simon shadowed when writing ''Homicide'', Terry [=McLarney=], was a graduate of a law school.
* {{Honor Before Reason}}
* {{Reasonable Authority Figure}}
* {{Reassigned to Antarctica}}
* {{The Stoic}}

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** {{TruthInTelevision}}: TruthInTelevision: One of the detectives David Simon shadowed when writing ''Homicide'', Terry [=McLarney=], was a graduate of a law school.
* {{Honor Before Reason}}
HonorBeforeReason
* {{Reasonable Authority Figure}}
ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* {{Reassigned to Antarctica}}
ReassignedTo Antarctica
* {{The Stoic}}
TheStoic



* {{Action Girl}}
* {{Butch Lesbian}}
* {{She Cleans Up Nicely}} - the sting

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* {{Action Girl}}
ActionGirl
* {{Butch Lesbian}}
ButchLesbian
* {{She Cleans Up Nicely}} LawfulGood
* SheCleansUpNicely
- the sting



* {{Earn Your Happy Ending}}
* {{Interrupted Suicide}}

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* {{Earn Your Happy Ending}}
{{Antihero}} - [[SlidingScaleOfAntiheroes Type I]]
* {{Interrupted Suicide}}EarnYourHappyEnding
* InterruptedSuicide



* {{The Woobie}}

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* {{The Woobie}}
TheWoobie



* {{Big Eater}}
* {{The Danza}}: Averted. The real Jay Landsman plays Lt. Mello.
* {{Dirty Old Man}}

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* {{Big Eater}}
BigEater
* {{The Danza}}: TheDanza: Averted. The real Jay Landsman plays Lt. Mello.
* {{Dirty Old Man}}
DirtyOldMan



* DemotedToExtra: After season 3.



* BigBad - In seasons 4 and 5

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* BigBad - BigBad: In seasons 4 and 5



* CompleteMonster - YourMileageMayVary
* KarmaHoudini - Subverted, sort of. He manages to avoid going to jail in the end, and keeps his money, but he's not allowed to go back to drug dealing. Which is all he wants to do.

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* CompleteMonster - CompleteMonster: YourMileageMayVary
* KarmaHoudini - KarmaHoudini: Subverted, sort of. He manages to avoid going to jail in the end, and keeps his money, but he's not allowed to go back to drug dealing. Which is all he wants to do.



* {{Kick The Dog}}: Many, many times.

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* {{Kick The Dog}}: KickTheDog: Many, many times.



* HandsomeLech - for a while. Eventually he grows into more of a ChivalrousPervert because his dalliances (usually with their single mothers) are hurting his reputation with the boys he teaches; after being called out on it by Michael, he soon settles down with a real girlfriend.

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* HandsomeLech - DemotedToExtra: is a fairly major character in the third and fourth season but his role in the final season is reduced to 1 short scene in which he gives Dukie some advice.
* HandsomeLech:
for a while. Eventually he grows into more of a ChivalrousPervert because his dalliances (usually with their single mothers) are hurting his reputation with the boys he teaches; after being called out on it by Michael, he soon settles down with a real girlfriend.



* MistakenForGay / LittleKidLover - Specifically by Michael. "He just too friendly, you know? That shit creep me out, man, like he some type of faggot or something."

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* MistakenForGay / LittleKidLover - LittleKidLover: Specifically by Michael. "He just too friendly, you know? That shit creep me out, man, like he some type of faggot or something."



* {{Reformed But Rejected}}

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* {{Reformed But Rejected}}
ReformedButRejected



* {{The Dragon}}: To Marlo Stanfield.

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* {{The Dragon}}: TheDragon: To Marlo Stanfield.



* {{Number Two}}

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* {{Number Two}}
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* {{Butch Lesbian}}

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* {{Butch Lesbian}}ButchLesbian



* {{Number Two}}

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* {{Number Two}}NumberTwo



* BrattyHalfPint - rare ''genuinely evil'' variant
* {{Kids Are Cruel}}: His treatment of Dukie, not to mention [[MoralEventHorizon his dousing a cat with lighter fluid]].
* TheScrappy - An intentional example.

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* BrattyHalfPint - BrattyHalfPint: rare ''genuinely evil'' variant
* {{Kids Are Cruel}}: KidsAreCruel: His treatment of Dukie, not to mention [[MoralEventHorizon his dousing a cat with lighter fluid]].
* TheScrappy - TheScrappy: An intentional example.



* {{I Coulda Been A Contender}}
* {{Shrinking Violet}}
* {{With Friends Like These}}

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* {{I Coulda Been A Contender}}
ICouldaBeenAContender
* {{Shrinking Violet}}
ShrinkingViolet
* {{With Friends Like These}}WithFriendsLikeThese



* {{Break The Cutie}}
* {{Tear Jerker}}
* TraumaCongaLine - Starts off mild. Taken UpToEleven in the WhamEpisode.

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* {{Break The Cutie}}
BreakTheCutie
* {{Tear Jerker}}
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* TraumaCongaLine - TearJerker
* TookALevelInJerkass: By the time we see him in season 5.
* TraumaCongaLine:
Starts off mild. Taken UpToEleven in the WhamEpisode.



* HeelFaceTurn: When we see him in Season 5 Namond has turned his life around and become a good student, winning an urban debate championship.

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* DemotedToExtra: Is a central character in season 4 but only appears briefly in one episode of season 5.
* HeelFaceTurn: When we see him in Season season 5 Namond has turned his life around and become a good student, winning an urban debate championship.



* TheScrappy - At first, and YourMileageMayVary.

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* TheScrappy - TheScrappy: At first, and YourMileageMayVary.



* {{Chekhovs Skill}}

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* {{Chekhovs Skill}}ChekhovsSkill



* {{The Kobayashi Maru}}

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* {{The Kobayashi Maru}}TheKobayashiMaru



* {{Shrinking Violet}}

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* {{Shrinking Violet}}ShrinkingViolet



* CompleteMonster: Essentially is willing to condemn her only son to most likely either death before age 25 or life in prison just to maintain her comfortable lifestyle.



* CompleteMonster: Essentially is willing to condemn her only son to most likely either death before age 25 or life in prison just to maintain her comfortable lifestyle.

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* CompleteMonster: Essentially is willing TheScrappy: You'll be hard-pressed to condemn her only son to most likely either death before age 25 or life in prison just to maintain her comfortable lifestyle.
find anyone among the fanbase who likes her.



* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute - Renaldo fills a very similar story role to his predecessor Dante (and though it is implied, the reason for this replacement is never explicitly stated), despite having a rather different personality.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute - SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Renaldo fills a very similar story role to his predecessor Dante (and though it is implied, the reason for this replacement is never explicitly stated), despite having a rather different personality.


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* LawfulEvil
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* LawfulGood
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* Psychotic Smirk
* Smug Snake
* Yiddish As A Second Language

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* Psychotic Smirk
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* Smug Snake
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* Yiddish As A Second Language
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* {{Amoral Attorney}}

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* {{Amoral Attorney}}AmoralAttorney



* {{Psychotic Smirk}}
* {{Smug Snake}}
* {{Yiddish As A Second Language}}

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* {{Psychotic Smirk}}
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* {{Smug Snake}}
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* {{Yiddish Smug Snake
* Yiddish
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* CompleteMonster: Essentially is willing to condemn her only son to most likely either death before age 25 or life in prison just to maintain her comfortable lifestyle.
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* RantInducingSlight: Ok so being cheated out of half of your share and lightly beaten isn't exactly a slight, but he had put up with a LOT of shit, and straight-up murder seems a little disproportionate.
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*ShroudedInMyth: After his death.
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*HeroesWantRedheads: [=McNulty=], Daniels and Judge Phelan certainly do.
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** {{TruthInTelevision}}: One of the detectives David Simon shadowed when writing ''Homicide'', Terry McLarney, was a graduate of a law school.

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** {{TruthInTelevision}}: One of the detectives David Simon shadowed when writing ''Homicide'', Terry McLarney, [=McLarney=], was a graduate of a law school.
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* {{What An Idiot}}

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* {{What An Idiot}}
Idiot}}: Eventually evolves from this.
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* {{Karma Houdini}}

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* {{Karma Houdini}}KarmaHoudini



* {{Smug Snake}}

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* {{Smug Snake}}
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* {{Number Two}}

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* {{Number Two}}
NumberTwo



* {{I Did What I Had To Do}}
* {{Tragic Hero}}

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* {{I Did What I Had To Do}}
IDidWhatIHadToDo
* {{Tragic Hero}}TragicHero



* {{Kick The Dog}}: His pet duck, which he keeps at the local bar. It dies of alcohol poisoning.
* {{Leeroy Jenkins}}
* {{The Load}}

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* {{Kick The Dog}}: KickTheDog: His pet duck, which he keeps at the local bar. It dies of alcohol poisoning.
* {{Leeroy Jenkins}}
LeeroyJenkins
* {{The Load}}TheLoad



* {{What An Idiot}}

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* {{What An Idiot}}
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* NeutralEvil



* {{Bald Black Leader Guy}}

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* {{Bald Black Leader Guy}}BaldBlackLeaderGuy



* {{A Father To His Men}}: To [=Mcnulty=] and Carver in particular.
* {{I Did What I Had To Do}}: His reason (in a nutshell) for [[spoiler: creating 'Hamsterdam']] in Season 3.
* {{Reasonable Authority Figure}}

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* {{A Father To His Men}}: AFatherToHisMen: To [=Mcnulty=] and Carver in particular.
* {{I Did What I Had To Do}}: IDidWhatIHadToDo: His reason (in a nutshell) for [[spoiler: creating 'Hamsterdam']] in Season 3.
* {{Reasonable Authority Figure}}
LawfulGood [[spoiler:--> NeutralGood]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
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--> ''Next year? For some things, that's a long time to wait.''


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--> ''I love the first day, everyone all friendly and shit.''
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* ServileSnarker
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* Alternativecharacterintrepretation: Apprently he's either a sellout or a well meaning politican who is forced to make comprimises due to events outside his control.

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* Alternativecharacterintrepretation: AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Apprently he's either a sellout or a well meaning politican who is forced to make comprimises due to events outside his control.



* Doggedniceguy
* Reasonableauthorityfigure

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* Doggedniceguy
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* Alternativecharacterintrepretation: Apprently he's either a sellout or a well meaning politican who is forced to make comprimises due to events outside his control.




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* Doggedniceguy
* Reasonableauthorityfigure
* TourettesShitcockSyndrome: Everyone swears in this show a lot (except Omar), Tommy lets it loose particularily.
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Wife of Wee-bey and mother or Namond. Forces her son to become a drug dealer after no longer getting any money from the Barksdale Crew.

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Wife of Wee-bey and mother or of Namond. Forces her son to become a drug dealer after no longer getting any money from the Barksdale Crew.

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* {{I Coulda Been A Contender}}

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* {{I Coulda Been A Contender}}GuiltRiddenAccomplice
* ICouldaBeenAContender

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