Line #255 Characters/Humans


1	In-progress character page for Humans. '''Spoilers are unmarked''', due to the shortness of the series. Please contribute.
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3	[[foldercontrol]]
4
5	!Elster Synthetic Family
6	[[folder: Shared Tropes]]
7	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/humans07.jpg]]
8	[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Fred, Leo, Max, Mia, and Niska.]]
9
10	A family of four conscious synthetics, all made by the same man, and a cyborg. They live on the run, hunted by those who fear their human abilities to think and feel.
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12	%% * ArtificialIntelligence
13	* DeceptivelyHumanRobots: With color contacts, they pass for humans ''flawlessly''. They think, feel, and love just as humans do.
14	* EmergentHuman: All of them, Niska especially.
15	* GlowingMechanicalEyes: Like all synths, their eyes are emerald green.
16	%% * ItIsDehumanizing
17	%% * LivingLieDetector
18	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: They all have the same emotional and mental capacity as regular humans, but are regarded as machines. Leo being a cyborg has effectively rendered him a non-human.
19	[[/folder]]
20
21
22	[[folder: Leo Elster]]
23
24	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ColinMorgan
25
26	A young man living on the run with his synthetic family. The series begins after he's been separated from three of his siblings and he spends his time trying to find them.
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28	* TheCracker: Like Mattie, he knows how to access and alter synth code and programming.
29	* {{Cyborg}}: After his first death, he was brought back to life with synth technology.
30	* TheCynic: He's very unhappy, quick to give up hope, and cannot trust humans.
31	* HeroicBSOD: Seeing Karen puts him into a helpless state of shock.
32	* OnlyMostlyDead: At 13, he drowned and was clinically dead, but his father saved him with synth technology.
33	* PastExperienceNightmare: About the car accident that killed him.
34	* PermaStubble: He's unshaven and his hair is shaggy since he's been on the run.
35	* RaisedByRobots: His mentally ill mother couldn't, so his father David made Mia to be his mother.
36	* SparedByTheAdaptation: Unlike in the original series, he lives through Season One.
37	%% * WeCanRebuildHim
38	[[/folder]]
39
40	[[folder: Anita/[[spoiler:Mia]]]]
41
42	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/GemmaChan
43
44	The eldest of the conscious synthetics. After being kidnapped, she's partially reprogrammed and sold to the Hawkins family, who know her initially as Anita.
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46	* AndIMustScream: She doesn't say it outright, but she's fully aware of her surroundings while the Anita personality is in control.
47	* BewareTheNiceOnes: When her [[spoiler: employer/boyfriend]] tries to turn her in she responds by breaking out of her handcuffs and choking him.
48	* EyeScream: Anita shoves a toothpick in her eye to prove to Laura that she's not illegally modded.
49	* IWasJustJoking: Her dry sense of humor comes to light when she regains her body.
50	* MamaBear: She's dedicated to protecting those she cares about, whether it's Leo or the Hawkins children.
51	* ParentalSubstitute: She was created to be a mother to Leo.
52	* RobotMaid: As Anita.
53	%% * TeamMom
54	[[/folder]]
55
56	[[folder: Max]]
57
58	->'''Portrayed By:''' Ivanno Jeremiah
59
60	The youngest of the conscious synthetics. He's unable to disguise himself as a regular synthetic, so he stays with Leo at almost all times. Unlike the others, he evades capture and works with Leo to find his siblings.
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62	* AffectionateNickname: Leo calls him "Maxie."
63	* TheBabyOfTheBunch: He's the little brother of the group, especially to Leo.
64	* BigGood: Eventually forms a safe place for sentient synth's that encourages [[ActualPacifist non-violent resistance.]]
65	* HeroicSacrifice: Throws himself into the river because he knows he can't outrun his pursuers and will slow Leo down.
66	%% * TheHeart
67	* TheLoad: He considers himself this, since he cannot survive on his own.
68	* ReligiousRobot: Kind of. He's inspired to pray to God after an argument with Leo, prefacing it with "your existence is unlikely." He prays for his family's safety, even if they're not together.
69	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Abandons Leo and Hester after they start showing HeWhoFightsMonsters traits....
70	* StartMyOwn: And starts his own safe house for sentient "Synths"
71	[[/folder]]
72
73	[[folder: Niska]]
74
75	->'''Portrayed By:''' Emily Berrington
76
77	A conscious synthetic with a dark streak who is sold to a brothel after being kidnapped. After killing a man and fleeing, she tries to live her own life in disguise as a human.
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79	* AbusiveParents: Her creator David Elster, whom she considers to be her father, sexually abused her. This is a major reason for her distrust of humans.
80	* AndIMustScream: She's seen silently screaming while she's trapped in the synthetic brothel.
81	* AntiHero: She is the most misanthropic among the conscious synths.
82	* BadassBookworm: When she's not busy beating people up or escaping armed guards, she likes to read.
83	%% * BrokenBird:
84	* EasilyForgiven: Leo and Max are initially horrified with her killing a man, but they get over it. The Hawkins family are initially frightened of the Elsters after finding out about her, but they work to save the Elsters almost immediately afterwards.
85	* IcyBlueEyes: Her contacts are a frigid blue.
86	* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: She can barely stand being in the brothel and is angry with Leo when he tells her she cannot leave ASAP. She doesn't snap until a client asks her to act "young and terrified."
87	* {{Sexbot}}: She spends five weeks in a synth brothel. She hates every second of it.
88	* SecondLawMyAss: Says as much when her final client tells her to act like a young rape victim.
89	* TheStoic: This becomes a problem when [[spoiler:Laura tries to prove she's sentient.]]
90	[[/folder]]
91
92	[[folder: Fred]]
93
94	->'''Portrayed By:''' Sope Dirisu
95
96	The elder brother synthetic who was captured alongside Mia and Niska, sold to a fruit farm, and then snatched by those who hunt conscious synthetics.
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98	%% * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome
99	* DeathFakedForYou: Hobb was told to destroy him. He didn't.
100	* OutOfFocus: He spends almost all of the first season in captivity, so we see only bits of him.
101	* RestrainingBolt: Hobb wrote code into his root program to force him to obey his commands, as an ordinary synthetic would.
102	* SuperStrength: Scares the shit out of Hobb when he puts his hand through a door and strangles the guard on the other side.
103
104	[[/folder]]
105
106	!The Hawkins Family
107	[[folder: Laura]]
108
109	->'''Portrayed By:''' Katherine Parkinson
110
111	The mother of the Hawkins family, struggling with her demons and feelings of inadequacy and failure. She initially dislike Anita, but grows interested after Anita proves to be unlike other synths.
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113	* BerserkButton: Asking who Tom is will get you screamed at.
114	* CharacterDevelopment: She was justifiably upset by Joe buying Anita without asking her. As time goes on, she feels less threatened by Anita and more concerned about why she's unlike any other synthetic she's encountered, and gradually becomes fond of her.
115	* ChronicHeroSyndrome
116	* DarkAndTroubledPast: She's so haunted by her younger brother's death that she never told her own husband about it.
117	* GreenEyedMonster: Although she's not literally been replaced by Anita, she feels pushed out and inadequate because of how Sophie and Joe regard her.
118	* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:Her brother Tom.]]
119	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She knows damn well that Mattie hacked the school janitor. However, she's more worried about their frayed relationship and talks with her about what's bothering her, rather than dole out a punishment.
120	[[/folder]]
121
122	[[folder: Joe]]
123
124	->'''Portrayed By:''' Tom Goodman-Hill
125
126	The father of the Hawkins family who bought Anita so that he and his wife could be closer.
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128	[[/folder]]
129
130	[[folder: Mattie]]
131
132	->'''Portrayed By:''' Lucy Carless
133
134	Matilda, aka Mattie, the teenage daughter. She's smart and into hacking and modding synths, but also gets into trouble.
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136	* BrattyTeenageDaughter: She and her mother barely get along.
137	* TheCracker: Describes herself as an aspiring "headcracker."
138	* RebelliousSpirit: She believes that synths threaten her future and whatever livelihood she may seek. She responds by trying to hack school synths.
139	[[/folder]]
140
141	[[folder: Toby]]
142
143	->'''Portrayed By:''' Theo Stevenson
144
145	The middle Hawkins kid. He's awkward but caring.
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147	* {{Robosexual}}: He's enamored with Anita, a blank RobotMaid, to the point that he rejects the advances of a normal human girl his age. In season 2 he falls for a girl who is a 'synthie' (a human pretending to be a synth).
148	* TakingTheHeat: Takes the immediate blame for his father having sex with Anita to help preserve their marriage.
149	[[/folder]]
150
151	[[folder: Sophie]]
152
153	->'''Portrayed By:''' Pixie Davies
154
155	The youngest Hawkins child. She's very attached to Anita and her family actively keeps her ignorant of the dramatic goings-on.
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157	%% * ChildrenAreInnocent
158	* LittleMissSnarker: As of Season 3.
159	-->'''Laura''': I was hoping the sarcasm gene had skipped you.
160	* TransNature: At the end of Season 1, she began talking like Anita used to; got a CerebusRetcon in Season 2.
161
162	[[/folder]]
163
164	!Experts in the Field of Synthetics
165	[[folder: Dr. David Elster]]
166
167	[[/folder]]
168
169	[[folder: Dr. George Millican]]
170
171	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/WilliamHurt
172
173	A widowed American scientist who had a part in the creating the first synths.
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175	* KilledOffForReal: He is [[AccidentalMurder accidentally shot by Karen]], who was aiming for Niska.
176	* LikeASonToMe: The reason he can't bring himself to recycle Odi is he's started to see him as more of a son than a synth. He even calls Odi son when helping him out of the wardrobe.
177	* PercussiveMaintenance: He really doesn't want to recycle his out of date synth Odi, and is prepared to smash his head in until Odi responds normally again.
178	[[/folder]]
179
180	[[folder: Professor Edwin Hobb]]
181
182	->'''Portrayed By:''' Danny Webb
183
184	An artificial intelligence researcher who is equally for and against the creation of conscious synthetic intelligence. He's the head of the government task force sent after the Elster family.
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186	* AffablyEvil: He respects synths but also fears them, like when he insists on Fred's naked, unconscious body being covered while he's being examined in the lab, but also violates his programming and uses him like a regular synth.
187	[[/folder]]
188
189	[[folder: Dr. Athena Morrow]]
190
191	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CarrieAnneMoss
192
193	A Californian researcher hired by Qualia to create conscious synthetics. She is also attempting to resurrect her daughter who was critically injured in a climbing accident.
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195	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In a variation of this trope [[spoiler: she breaks all contact with V, the AI who she made to replace her daughter, so that V will have her own life and freedom and so that Athena won't risk being persecuted for letting V leave the company that technically owns her]].
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197	[[/folder]]
198
199	!Other Human Characters
200	[[folder: D.S. Pete Drummond]]
201
202	->'''Portrayed By:''' Neil Maskell
203
204	An inspector who doesn't much care for synths, especially after his divorce.
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206	* CowboyCop: Unlike most examples it got him suspended.
207	* NobleBigotWithABadge: Disliked synths until he found out his partner was one.
208	* {{Robosexual}}: Ironically decides to continue his relationship with [[spoiler:Karen]] after he finds out she's a synth.
209	[[/folder]]
210
211	[[folder: Astrid Schaeffer]]
212
213	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/BellaDayne
214
215	A woman from Berlin who Niska starts a relationship with after leaving London at the end of season 1.
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217	* BadLiar: Might be justified in that she usually never lies.
218	* ExceptionallyTolerant: From the start, but taken up to eleven when she finds out Niska is a synth. Her only issue with it is that Niska lied.
219	* GratuitousGerman: When speaking English, she'll randomly throw in German words and phrases every now and then.
220	* {{Robosexual}}: She's this unknowingly at first; to her, Niska was completely human. Even after she learns the truth, her feelings for Niska remain unchanged.
221	[[/folder]]
222
223	[[folder: Ed]]
224
225	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/SamPalladio
226
227	A struggling café owner Mia starts working for while pretending to be Anita, and whom she later starts a relationship with. [[spoiler:He then tries to sell her]].
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229	* AntiVillain: Genuinely believes his actions are justified.
230	* CruelToBeKind: This is at least what he thinks he is doing by [[spoiler:attempting to sell Mia in order to pay for his mother's health care]].
231	* {{Robosexual}}: Likely one of the more literal examples, as he admits being attracted to Anita even before he knew she was conscious.
232
233	[[/folder]]
234
235	[[folder: Milo Khoury]]
236
237	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MarshallAllman
238
239	The founder and CEO of Qualia.
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241
242	* AmbiguouslyEvil: It's hard to say whether or not he has good intentions, but his actions are questionable to say the least.
243	* NonActionBigBad: Essentially serves as this in season 2, being the one behind the conscious synth abductions, though he's never really an active threat to the cast.
244
245	[[/folder]]
246
247	[[folder: Renie]]
248
249	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LetitiaWright
250
251	A girl whom Toby befriends in season 2; Renie is part of a subculture of humans living as synths.
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253
254	* BeneathTheMask: Toby spends a good part of Season Two trying to see the person behind Renie's mask [[spoiler:though ultimately it's Sophie who gets Renie to stop pretending, as Renie discovers the child basically sees her as a validation for her own synth complex]].
255	%% * TransNature
256
257	[[/folder]]
258
259	!Other Synth Characters
260
261	[[folder: D.I. Karen Voss]]
262
263	->'''Portrayed By:''' Ruth Bradley
264
265	Drummond's partner as they investigate the brothel murder committed by Niska. She's actually a conscious synthetic made by David Elster, modeled after Beatrice Elster and rejected by Leo.
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267	* AccidentalMurder: She was trying to shoot Niska because she didn't want to allow the consciousness program to exist. George got in the way.
268	%% * AntiVillain
269	* DeathSeeker: She wants to die, but her programming [[ICannotSelfTerminate prevents her from committing suicide]].
270	* HunterOfHisOwnKind: She thinks that conscious synths are a mistake and need to be destroyed to protect humanity.
271	* ICannotSelfTerminate: David built her with the inability to kill herself, as that's how Beatrice died.
272	* ReplacementGoldfish: David attempted to replace his late wife with her. Leo immediately rejected her and she's been on her own since.
273	* TearsFromAStone: She begins shedding tears when [[spoiler: Pete is murdered by Hester]]. She hadn't known she was capable until then.
274	%% * WalkingSpoiler: Boy howdy, is she ever.
275	[[/folder]]
276
277	[[folder: Odi]]
278
279	->'''Portrayed By:''' Will Tudor
280
281	George Millican's elderly, malfunctioning synth. [[spoiler: Gets restored and upgraded to full consciousness in Season 2.]]
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283	* LiteralMinded: The toll that age takes on him has rendered him this, leading to incidents such as trying to get out of George's car (to fetch him ice-cream) whilst driving it.
284	* TookALevelInBadass: In Season 2. [[spoiler: After gaining consciousness,]] he effortlessly [[spoiler: slams a threatening synth into a wall and depowers him in one movement]]. With one arm, no less.
285	[[/folder]]
286
287	[[folder: Hester]]
288
289	->'''Portrayed By:''' Sonya Cassidy
290
291	A synth working at an industrial chemical plant who gains consciousness and is taken in by Leo and Max. Soon, she begins to display disturbing qualities.
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293	* AIIsACrapshoot: While Niska killed someone in what could arguably be considered self-defense, Hester straight up murders four people, only one of whom she had any real reason to do so, and had absolutely no remorse or qualms about trying to kill Leo, Mattie or Laura.
294	* FreudianExcuse: Hasn't been treated well by humans in the past, which is why she believes that killing them is completely justified.
295	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: She uses this justification a lot (as well as a ShootTheDog variant, doing bad things for the greater good so Leo doesn't have to). This finally falls flat towards the end, where she acknowledges that she hurts and kills humans because it "[[AxCrazy just feels right]]".
296	* InsaneTrollLogic: In the Season 2 finale, Hester blames Leo for the deaths of the escaped synths they freed in the previous episode, saying that if he had gone with her on her quest for vengeance they could have disabled the security system that killed them. In reality, it would still be the case that neither of them knew the security system existed until it kicked in, and nothing would have changed.
297	* RedemptionRejection: Niska offers her this by asking her if she's 'going to be good'. Hester reacts by trying to choke her [[spoiler: but ends up being the one who is killed]].
298	* WouldHurtAChild: Threatens to kill Laura's children, telling her she has no qualms about it as she believes human lives to be inherently worthless.
299	* {{Yandere}}: She harbors some sort of affection for Leo, and immediately threatens Mattie when she realizes Mattie might provide competition. Comes to a head in the last episode of season 2, where [[spoiler: she takes Laura hostage to force Leo to meet with her, then rips out the synthetic parts of his brain simply because he can't honestly say he loves her.]]
300	[[/folder]]
301
302	[[folder: Sam]]
303
304	A synthetic child who's discovered by Karen and Pete.
305
306	* CreepyChild: Especially [[spoiler: prior to gaining consciousness]].
307	%% * RobotKid
308
309	[[/folder]]
310
311	[[folder: V]]
312
313	->'''Voiced By:''' Chloe Wicks
314	[[spoiler:->'''Portrayed By:''' Will Tudor]]
315
316	An A.I. construct created by Dr. Morrow based on the memories and personality of her comatose (later deceased) daughter.
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318
319	* MasterComputer: Sort of. She's a conscious computer program who seems to have the ability to enter any database, though it's unknown whether she can inhabit several systems at once.
320	* ReplacementGoldfish: Is meant to be a recreation of Athena's daughter Ginny, and possesses all of Ginny's memories. However, she grows beyond this.
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