History YMMV / AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum

** Monsignor Howard after being [[spoiler: crucified and raped within the space of ''two episodes'', then being forced to MercyKill Mary Eunice]].
** JerkassWoobie:
*** Shockingly, [[spoiler:Dr. Arden]] during his suicide.
*** Sister Jude, especially after her massive BreakTheHaughty routine and the dirty details of her past come to light.

* CompleteMonster: [[Monster/AmericanHorrorStory The series has its own page]].

* FoeYay: Sister Mary Eunice has this with just about everyone, particularly Sister Jude.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Pepper and Leigh Emerson. The former was popular enough to be [[AmericanHorrorStoryFreakShow brought back]], making her the first character to appear in more than one season.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Pepper and Leigh Emerson.

* CompleteMonster: Several entries stand out.
** TheDevil itself is called up in a failed exorcism and possesses an innocent young nun, driving her to uninhibited and lewd behavior as a start. The Devil begins murdering other inmates and sowing the seeds of chaos around the Briarcliff Asylum, solely ForTheEvulz. When it learns that the resident doctor is really a Nazi war criminal escapee, it's actually excited and murders a concentration camp survivor who might expose him. The Devil later confronts the Monsignor about his rather un-priestly ambition and to top it off, rapes him despite his vows of celibacy, solely to debase him.
** The SerialKiller Bloody Face, AKA [[spoiler: Dr. Thredson]], is a killer of women who takes their skin and teeth and later frames an innocent man for his crimes. After killing the lesbian lover of the heroine Lana, Bloody Face keeps the corpse on ice to "help" with Lana's therapy, luring her into his home so he can hold her hostage and rapes her multiple times before trying to kill her. After her escape, she ends back in Briarcliff where he attempts to assert his hold over her again and eliminate her there. When he learns she's pregnant, he seems to relent, but when threatened he decides to murder her again without a trace of remorse and gloats to her before the attempt how he'll never see a day in prison with the insanity defense.
** [[SerialKiller Leigh Emerson]] is perhaps the most vicious inmate at Briarcliff. Originally put in prison as a young man for stealing a loaf of bread, [[HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook Emerson was raped by several inmates, which twisted him into a maniac]]. He later murders several families on Christmas, [[WouldHurtAChild children included]], while [[BadSanta dressed as Santa Claus]]. As an inmate at Briarcliff, he attacks an orderly during a Christmas photoshoot, which results in a year-long stay in solitary confinement for him as well as a banning of further Christmas celebrations. When the Devil frees him from this solitary confinement, he is eager to resume his killing spree and his first act is to attack Sister Jude with beating canes and attempt to rape her. Though she manages to non-fatally stab him, he still successfully pins the blame on her. Claiming to want redemption, he convinces Monsignor Howard to baptize him. Afterward, he dunks Howard's head in the tank in an attempt to drown him and nails him to a cross in place of Jesus before escaping from Briarcliff and murdering at least seven nuns.

** Leigh Emerson, another SerialKiller, murdered multiple families on Christmas while dressed as Santa Claus, [[WouldHurtAChild children included]]. After the Devil frees him in Briar Cliff, he shows utter eagerness in resuming his rampages and attempts to rape Sister Jude. He manages to successfully pin the incident on her, presents himself as wanting redemption and convinces the Monsignor to baptize him, only to nearly drown him and crucify him before leaving to resume his murders outside the asylum.

* LesYay: A small amount between Sister Mary Eunice and Lana.

* UnfortunateImplications: [[spoiler: If you give birth to the baby of the serial killer who raped you, you better keep him instead of giving him away or else he will just grow up to be just as bad as his father.]]
** [[spoiler: Or if you do give him away, you'd better not feel any remorse for doing so and seek him out, because he just might discover his parentage and turn out just as bad as his father.]]
** [[spoiler: Even worse; if your father was a SerialKiller there is no way you won't be a GenerationXerox of him. ''You have no choice in what you become''.]]

** The Devil itself is called up in a failed exorcism and possesses an innocent young nun, driving her to uninhibited and lewd behavior as a start. The Devil begins murdering other inmates and sowing the seeds of chaos around the Briarcliff Asylum, solely ForTheEvulz. When it learns that the resident doctor is really a Nazi war criminal escapee, it's actually excited and murders a concentration camp survivor who might expose him. The Devil later confronts the Monsignor about his rather unpriestly ambition and to top it off, rapes him despite his vows of celibacy, solely to debase him.
** The SerialKiller Bloody Face, AKA [[spoiler: Dr. Thredson]] is a killer of women who takes their skin and teeth and later frames an innocent man for his crimes. After killing the lesbian lover of the heroine Lana, Bloody Face keeps the corpse on ice to 'help' with Lana's therapy, luring her into his home so he can hold her hostage and rapes her multiple times before trying to kill her. After her escape, she ends back in Briarcliff where he attempts to assert his hold over her again and eliminate her there. When he learns she's pregnant, he seems to relent, but when threatened he decides to murder her again without a trace of remorse and even gloats to her before the attempt how he'll never see a day in prison with the insanity defense.
** Leigh Emerson, another SerialKiller murdered multiple families on Christmas while dressed as Santa Claus, children included. When the Devil frees him in Briar Cliff, he shows utter eagerness in resuming his rampages and attempts to Rape Sister Jude. He manages to successfully pin the incident on her and presents himself as wanting redemption and convinces the Monsignor to baptize him, only to nearly drown him and crucify him before leaving to resume his murders outside the asylum.

* TheChrisCarterEffect: [[spoiler:Clearly Murphy has been researching the [[TropeNamer trope]] [[TheXFiles namer,]] as he never comes up with any real explanation for those blasted aliens.]]

** Arguably, Sister Jude as well - she may be an alcoholic and a cruel head of Briarcliff, but she has her reasons and is sympathetic.

** JerkassWoobie: Shockingly, [[spoiler:Dr. Arden]] during his suicide.

* {{Squick}}: [[spoiler: Doctor Arden cuts into Kits neck. An alien chip ''crawls'' out.]]

** [[spoiler: And then Doctor Arden cuts off Shelley's legs. We thankful don't see this operation (our wonderful imaginations get to paint that picture for us), but we do see the aftermath and it...well, it's not pretty to say the least. Are we starting to see a pattern here concerning Doctor Arden?]]

* FanNickname: For the series itself, there's "American Horror Story: ''Ass''ylum, due to the many, many ass shots in the show between the cane-ings and the clothing the prisoners wear, among other things.

* CompleteMonster: several entries stand out.

* CompleteMonster: Dr. Arden. Torturer, creator of a zombieish process that mutilates the subject to the point of being half dead, and [[spoiler: former Nazi]].
** [[spoiler: Satan. Bonus points for possessing innocent Sister Mary Eunice. Even more for raping the Monsignor who had taken a vow of chastity.]]
** [[spoiler: And now we come to Dr. Thredson, who not only is the show's big crazy serial killer, but tricked Kit into commiting something he didn't do to cover up any evidence it was him. He also "saved" Wendy in a freezer to keep her "fresh" to help Lana with her "therapy".]]
** Leigh Emerson. Butchering five families [[KickTheDog during Christmas]] and then [[spoiler: crucifying the Monsignor after attempting to drown him following being baptized?]] Yeah, he fits the bill.