History Characters / TwentyFourWhiteHouse

* [spoiler: KillTheCutie]]

* ThePresidentsDaughter: Multiple ways in ''Live Another Day''. Although she has official duties as her father's advisor and First Lady, it is heavily implied that everyone but Jack sees her as this, including her husband (who serves as her father's Chief of Staff) [[spoiler: and BigBag/her former torturer Cheng Zhi, who has her held at gunpoint]]. The former is somewhat averted as he genuinely wants to keep her safe.

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: By one of Cheng Zhi's shooters in the finale, which is all the more devastating as she was just saved by Kate.]]

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: By one of Cheng Zhi's shooters in the finale.]]

* ThePresidentsDaughter: Quite literally in ''Live Another Day''. Although she has official duties as her father's advisor and First Lady, it is heavily implied that everyone but Jack sees her as this, including her husband (who served as her father's Chief of Staff). The latter is somewhat averted as he genuinely wants to keep her safe.

* ThePresidentsDaughter: Quite literally in ''Live Another Day''. Although she has official duties as her father's advisor and First Lady, it is heavily implied that everyone treats her like this, and that even her (well-intentioned) husband married her for this.

%%* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
%%* WhatHappenedToTheMouse

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor

* {{Jerkass}}: Going perhaps [[CruelToBeKind a bit over the top]] during the president's speech rehearsal [[StrawmanHasAPoint made sense in hindsight]], ''forging executive orders'' is another thing entirely.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: For a while [[spoiler: until his jealousy pushed him over the edge]] Mark seemed to show increasing reluctance with his decision to [[spoiler:falsify the executive order]]. And when the time comes, he helps carry out his father-in-law's final orders rather than sabotage them.
*** After discovering that [[spoiler: Stolnavich was working with Cheng Zhi and is brought up on treason charges as a result]], he makes yet another turn and agrees to help Jack [[spoiler: take down Stolnavich]] in an attempt to set things right.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Upon realizing that giving away Jack's position to the Russians caused the loss of the override device. It gets worse upon discovering that [[spoiler: Stolnavich is working with Cheng Zhi.]]

* KarmaHoundini: Despite his role in inadvertently [[spoiler:causing the possible death of Lynne Kresge]], he's never charged or imprisoned for it, and goes on to work as an adviser for another presidential administration.

%%* {{Jerkass}}

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* BitchInSheepsClothing

* GenreSavvy: In Season 5, when Jack has commandeered a plane in his plan to stop President Logan, Mike is one of the few to openly rebuke the claim that Jack could go rogue, noting how much Jack had done for the country up to that point.
* HonestAdvisor: Except in Season 2, unfortunately.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His attitude by the end of the second season. He ultimately winds up coming through by the end, but it's not enough for Palmer to forgive him.
* PutOnABus: Being fired by Palmer in the season 2 finale.
** TheBusCameBack: Returned as Logan's adviser midway through season 4.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: In season 2.

-->It's just starting to hit me. We're going to kill the President of the United States.

* AscendedExtra: Goes from being a relatively minor player in Season 6 to one of the central characters in Seasons 7 and 8.
* CoolOldGuy
* HonestAdvisor
* HonorBeforeReason
* MoralityPet

* ProperlyParanoid: In both Seasons 7 and 8. He worried about welcoming Olivia Taylor back into the President's administration given her ruthlessness on the campaign trail. Sure enough, her impatience with her mother's decision to pardon Jonas Hodges leads Olivia to ordering a hit on the man. In the final few episodes, he brings up the possibility of turning using Charles Logan as an ally, but quickly comes to regret the idea when Logan arrives, as he becomes worried that the former president could corrupt Taylor's administration. Once again, Taylor starts to betray her principles due to Logan's influence, and Kanin, disappointed, resigns to avoid watching his friend descend further into Logan's grip.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Less so in Season 6, where he's just another of Palmer's and later Daniels' advisers, but in Seasons 7 and 8 he takes on pretty much the same role that James Heller did in Seasons 4 and 5.
* WhatTheHellHero

->'''Played By''': Sprague Grayden

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* ManipulativeBitch
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone
* OutGambitted: Manages to outwit a reporter who tries to blackmail her by recording their affair and threatening to go public with it.
** It happens to her as well. She destroys the tape Ethan Kanin was carrying, thinking that it held the evidence of her complicity in Jonas Hodges' murder. However, it turns out that Kanin gave the real tape to Aaron Pierce instead (something Olivia would never expect, given how loyal Pierce had been to her up to that time), and she is subsequently forced to face prison time when her mother discovers what happened.
* RevengeBeforeReason
* SmugSnake

->'''Played By''': Chris Diamantopoulos

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* IDidWhatIHadToDo
* {{Jerkass}}
* WellIntentionedExtremist

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** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: For a while [[spoiler: until his jealousy pushed him over the edge]] Mark seemed to show increasing reluctance with his decision to [[spoiler: falsify the executive order]]. And when the time comes, he helps carry out his father-in-law's final orders rather than sabotage them.

->'''Played By''': Vicellous Shannon

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* AccidentalMurder
* WellDoneSonGuy

->'''Played By''': Megalyn Echikunwoke

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* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]
* RapeAsDrama

->'''Played By''': Jean Smart

* ActionSurvivor
* AmbiguousDisorder
* AxCrazy
* {{Badass}}
** TookALevelInBadass
* BlondeRepublicanSexKitten

* SanitySlippage

->'''Played By''': Colm Feore

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* BackForTheFinale: Returns in the final episode of season 7 after missing most of the latter half thanks to his injuries.
* BaldOfAwesome

* ButtMonkey
* ChewToy
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass

* NiceGuy

* TookALevelInJerkass: Between Season 7 and 8, as it's pointed out that he made underhanded and cruel remarks during the divorce procedure. It's also mentioned that he was critical of her in the press immediately afterward. Notably, Allison doesn't exactly blame him for his actions.

->'''Played By''': Eric Lively
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* TheDutifulSon
* HeKnowsTooMuch
* NeverSuicide

* FateWorseThanDeath

* IvyLeagueForEveryone

* TraumaCongaLine

->'''Played By''': Michelle Forbes

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* AbortedArc
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome
* HyperCompetentSidekick
* UndyingLoyalty

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse

->'''Played By''': Michael Gaston

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* BaldOfEvil
* FourStarBadass
* TreacherousAdvisor
* WellIntentionedExtremist

** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: For a while [[spoilr: until his jealousy pushed him over the edge]] Mark seemed to show increasing reluctance with his decision to [[spoiler: falsify the executive order]]. And when the time comes, he helps carry out his father-in-law's final orders rather than sabotage them.

** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Seems to show increasing reluctance with his decision to [[spoiler: falsify the executive order]]. And when the time comes, he helps carry out his father-in-law's final orders rather than sabotage them.

%%* FakeDefector

%%* {{Jerkass}}
%%** JerkWithAHeartOfGold

%%* SmugSnake

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He gives up Jack's location to the Russians to avoid getting in further job with them - right as Jack and Kate are in the middle of trying to recover the override device.

* {{Slimeball}}: As the season goes on, it becomes clearer Mark's attempt to get rid of Jack is moreso out of jealousy than anything else, and the lengths he goes to so he can keep everyone else from discovering he forged executive orders all so he can save his own hide culminate in him selling Jack out to Russia while Jack ''is in the middle of trying to prevent a war from being instigated''.

->'''Played By''': Jude Ciccolella

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* BaldOfAwesome
* DeadpanSnarker

* HonorBeforeReason

->'''Played By''': John Allen Nelson

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* FauxAffablyEvil
* HeKnowsTooMuch
* KarmicDeath
* ManipulativeBastard
* NeverSuicide

* SmugSnake

* WellIntentionedExtremist

->'''Played By''': Chad Lowe

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* AmbitionIsEvil
* TheConspiracy

* SmugSnake
* [[StrawCharacter Strawman Conservative]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist

->'''Played By''': Peter [=MacNicol=]

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* {{Blackmail}}

* EvilChancellor
* FakeDefector
* GoodAngelBadAngel: The Bad to Karen Hayes' Good.
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold

* WellIntentionedExtremist

->'''Played By''': Bob Gunton

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