Line #6 Characters/BloodDrive


1	[[folder:Arthur Bailey]]
2	-->'''Played by''': Alan Ritchson
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4	A [[LawEnforcementInc Contracrime]] officer, shanghaied into the race.
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6	* AllLovingHero: Arthur is displeased at the brutal tactics used by Contracrime, does not want to kill anyone during the race, and wants to help Grace save her sister, though the two have never met.
7	* AudienceSurrogate: As Arthur learns things about the Blood Drive, so does the audience.
8	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Arthur is generally a nice person, but you do '''not''' want to piss him off. [[spoiler: Just ask Rib Bone]].
9	* ByTheBookCop: Arthur definitely has a dark side, but for the most part, he is very concerned with upholding the law, and wishes to bring down Heart Industries because of his concern for the people they are hurting.
10	* CombatPragmatist: [[spoiler: Arthur throwing Smax powder on Rib Bone causing the patients to eat him.]]
11	* CurbStompBattle: On the receiving end of this from Rib Bone [[spoiler: until he throws Smax chocolate powder on him]].
12	* TheDeterminator: '''Nothing''' is going to stop Arthur from bringing down Heart Industries.
13	* DistressedDude: Has a habit of winding up in trouble, requiring Grace to bail him out.
14	* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:Once a homeless scrounger, he accidentally shot and killed the one decent cop left in LA. He became a cop and took over his fight against Heart to make up for his mistake.]]
15	* EpicFail: His initial attempts to impersonate Slink and entertain the Blood Drive spectators. His weak joke about talking muffins needs to be seen to be believed.
16	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Briefly, when he becomes Primo. He gets over it, though]].
17	* GoingNative: Arthur's specifically told to act like he's done this to survive the asylum. It involves taking off his shirt and wrapping his belt around his head.
18	** Happens again during "Scar Tissue", thanks to the happy gas pumped into Cronenburgh.
19	** Happens '''yet again''' in "Rise of the Primo" and "Faces of Blood Drive", when becoming Primo goes to his head.
20	* GroinAttack: Arthur gets [[RuleOfThree three of these]] in episode 5: two courtesy of Grace, one self-inflicted. [[spoiler: This seems to temporarily nullify the effects of the Dionysus Strain he was infected with.]]
21	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blond-haired, good-hearted, and very morally upright.
22	* LargeHam: When he briefly gets to play Slink.
23	* MrFanservice: Gets his fair share of shirtless scenes, plus a sex scene in the very first episode. To be fair, the guy is played by a former Abercrombie model.
24	* PrettyBoy: Why Grace gives him the nickname "Barbie".
25	* WrongGenreSavvy: Arthur functions and thinks like the protagonist in a PG-13 action flick. It frequently gets him in trouble, as the Blood Drive is anything but.
26	[[/folder]]
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28	[[folder:Grace D'Argento]]
29	-->'''Played by''': Christina Ochoa
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31	Arthur's unwilling partner in the race. A take-no-shit bombshell looking for her sister.
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33	* ActionGirl: Like Arthur, Grace is more than capable of kicking seven different kinds of ass.
34	* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: With Karma. She's the Abel in the situation]].
35	* DeadpanSnarker: Probably the snarkiest character in the show.
36	* DespairEventHorizon: When she hears of [[spoiler: Karma's]] death.
37	* MsFanservice: Has a fondness for midriff-baring ActionGirl [[SleevesAreForWimps tank tops]].
38	* MyGreatestFailure: Too busy trying to schmooze Primo (The reigning Blood Drive champ) to watch Karma. Who promptly got hooked on Red Rapture [[spoiler: and driven insane]].
39	* SuperWindowJump: Does this in "A Fistful of Blood".
40	[[/folder]]
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42	[[folder:Julian Slink]]
43	-->'''Played by''': Colin Cunningham
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45	The diabolical, bombastic ringmaster of the Blood Drive.
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48	* BewareTheSillyOnes: Julian is all hammy showmanship and excess. But behind the veneer is the mind of a ''very'' dangerous and manipulative mastermind.
49	* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: He orchestrated Karma's descent into insanity and everything that followed to get Grace to compete in the Blood Drive.]] He openly brags about being "a hundred steps ahead" of everyone when fighting with [[spoiler: the Gentleman]] for control of the race.
50	* EvilIsHammy: Given that he's the emcee of Blood Drive, that shouldn't be a surprise.
51	* EvilSoundsDeep: Slink speaks in an elegant, lower-register purr.
52	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Depending on how his interests line up with everyone else's.
53	* HumanoidAbomination: It becomes apparent over time that Slink isn't entirely human, if at all. [[spoiler: In "Faces of Blood Drive", it's revealed that he is one of many humanoid robots/clones.]]
54	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Slink spends episode 3 listening to [[spoiler:Heart Industries higher-ups]] complain about the Blood Drive. Said complaints sound suspiciously like (and considering Blood Drive has a working complaint hotline, may actually be) viewer grievances.
55	* NoSell: Slink shrugs off ''being set on fire''.
56	* RepulsiveRingmaster: The vibe and look he gives off.
57	[[/folder]]
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59	[[folder:Christopher Carpenter]]
60	-->'''Played by''': Thomas Dominique
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62	Arthur's Contracrime partner. Stuck as his man on the inside.
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64	* AssShove: On the receiving end of this from Aki, when she shoves her gloved hand and arm up his behind multiple times to retrieve a stool sample.
65	* BreakTheHaughty: At the start of the show, Chris revels in his Contracrime duties. Taking quite a bit of glee in cracking skulls. Weeks of torture by Aki has left him far more meek.
66	* CensorBox: Prominently displayed over his junk several times when camera angles or HandOrObjectUnderwear fail to cover.
67	* ElectricTorture: Inflicted on him by Dominatrix!Aki as part of his Heart Industries "orientation".
68	* ElectronicEyes: Receives one after his Heart Industries "orientation" is finished, which contains a video camera Aki uses to spy on him as well as certain other defensive applications [[spoiler: such as a weapon that shoots out of it, which stabs an assailant in the forehead and causes them to messily bleed out]].
69	* EyeScream: Courtesy of a bottle to the face during the first episode.
70	* FanDisservice: Christopher ends up in various states of undress a lot. Unfortunately, a large chunk of it is during his Heart Industries "orientation", where Dominatrix!Aki subjects him to some pretty gruesome treatment. See AssShove above and Aki's own entry in this trope for some "highlights".
71	* NeckSnap: Kills [[spoiler: Sergeant Gower]] this way.
72	* UnstoppableRage: When he finds out that [[spoiler: Sergeant Gower]] was behind his getting recruited to Heart Industries and Arthur being forced to participate in the Blood Drive, his rage meter (which is handily displayed on the right side of his perspective) hits max and [[spoiler: he [[NeckSnap snaps her neck]]]], seemingly impressing Aki.
73	* VomitIndiscretionShot: After Aki discovers that Christopher was digging into things he shouldn't, she uses the tech implanted in his eye to make him vomit in several different colors. The show even fakes going to commercial three times, just to show him throwing up more.
74	* WalkingShirtlessScene: Christopher seems to spend a lot of time in various stages of undress. He's even shirtless in the image on the main page!
75	[[/folder]]
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77	[[folder:Aki]]
78	-->'''Played by''': Marama Corlett
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80	AKA, an "Autonomous Kinetic Intercourse" machine. A Heart Industries sexbot, and Chris's overseer/torturer.
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82	* ArtificialHuman: And replicated countless times by Heart Industries.
83	* {{Dominatrix}}: The Aki overseeing Christopher's "orientation", who is even called so by the Syfy website episode recaps.
84	* EmotionlessGirl: Claims to be this, as she's a machine, and it's the main source of her FanDisservice. Gradually averted as the show goes on, as the Aki assigned to Christopher's relationship with him awakens emotions in her.
85	* EyeColourChange: After awakening to her emotions, the Aki assigned to Christopher's eyes shift color from robotic green to brown.
86	* FanDisservice: Despite being incredibly shapely and not wearing very much in the way of clothing (see MsFanservice below), much of what she does is this, especially the sequence in episode 4 where she went topless [[spoiler: and masturbated Christopher for a sperm sample]].
87	* FunWithAcronyms: Aki's name apparently stands for "Autonomous Kinetic Intercourse" machine.
88	* HeelFaceTurn: Happens to the Aki assigned to Christopher. The rest of them continue to serve Heart Enterprises.
89	* TheMole: Planted in Contracrime, presumably to recruit Christopher. [[spoiler: Though Sergeant Gower had more to do with that...]]
90	* MsFanservice: Both dresses as a {{dominatrix}} and walks the walk.
91	* NippleAndDimed: If Dominatrix!Aki going topless in episode 4 is any indication, none of the Akis have nipples.
92	* ReplacementGoldfish: Possibly, as there was a human Aki (the daughter of the Chinese restaurant owner in "The Chopsocky Special", claimed lost in the Scar when it opened).
93	* SciFiBobHaircut: Appropriately enough, for the show's resident {{Sexbot}}.
94	* {{Sexbot}}: Aki, despite being NippleAndDimed [[BarbieDollAnatomy upstairs]], is fully capable of having sex, as that was what she was originally designed for before her homicidal tendencies were discovered. Her name stands for "[[FunWithAcronyms Autonomous Kinetic Intercourse]] Machine", and Christopher even refers to her as a literal "sex object".
95	* UncannyValleyGirl: ''Perfectly'' sits on the line of appearing human, but being incredibly robotic and unnerving.
96	* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: At first, she's very confused by her attachment to Christopher, but does realize that what she's feeling for him is indeed love.
97	[[/folder]]
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99	[[folder:The Gentleman]]
100	-->'''Played by''': Andrew Hall
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102	A foppish, cultured racer.
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104	* DomesticAbuser: A very abusive, uncaring partner to The Scholar.
105	* DrunkWithPower: When he's [[spoiler: made emcee of the Blood Drive]], he goes on a power-trip. Trying to enforce manners on the scum that populate the race, and threatening head explosions for everything.
106	* ExactWords: In episode 1, Arthur makes the Gentleman promise not to kill the cheerleaders he just saved. The Gentleman swears to keep his word "to the letter". Immediately after Arthur leaves, the Gentleman says that he can't take their lives, but that their fingers and tongues are another matter.
107	* FauxAffablyEvil: Wears a mask of culture and upper-crust manners. But he's just as twisted (maybe even more so) than other racers.
108	* PunnyName: When combined with his counterpart, the Scholar.
109	* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: The aptly named Gentleman.
110	[[/folder]]
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112	[[folder:The Scholar]]
113	-->'''Played by''': Darren Kent
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115	The partner/mechanic/sex-toy of The Gentleman. A meek fella with amazing mechanical know-how.
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117	* AmbiguouslyBi: There was his "relationship" with the Gentleman, and he falls in love with a female mechanic.
118	* TheDogBitesBack: He [[spoiler:blows the Gentleman's head away after one too many abusive comments.]]
119	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Does away with the abusive Gentleman in "The Gentleman's Agreement", and joins forces with Arthur and Grace.]]
120	* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler: Having fallen in love with the town mechanic, he stays in Red River to become the new Sheriff.]]
121	* IdiotSavant: Not very bright, but a mechanical Einstein.
122	* NiceGuy: The out and out nicest member of the race.
123	* PunnyName: When combined with his counterpart, the Gentleman.
124	* [[spoiler: SurprisinglyHappyEnding]]: Not only is he [[spoiler: the only racer besides Arthur still alive at the end]], he also manages to end up [[spoiler: happy and in a genuinely nice place with a companion that likes him.]] This is downright shocking in a show that embodies KickTheDog.
125	[[/folder]]
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127	[[folder:Rasher]]
128	-->'''Played by''': Carel Nel
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130	Julian Slink's assistant and fellow organiser of the Blood Drive.
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132	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Working on the assumption that Rasher is not his real or only name.
133	* TattooedCrook: Completely covered in tattoos and helps run a race/reality show in which people being ground up into fuel is considered normal.
134	* TooKinkyToTorture: And how! When Slink threatens to "shove a drill up his urethra" if he doesn't know the answer to a question. His response is to spread his legs and grin, saying "I don't know".
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137	[[folder:Karma D'Argento]]
138	-->'''Played by''': Alex [=McGregor=]
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140	Grace's beloved younger sister who is trapped in a mental asylum and is her motivation for competing in the Blood Drive.
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