Line #9 Characters/TheManFromUNCLE


1	Character page for the TV series ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE''.
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3	For the [[Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015 2015 film]], see [[Characters/TheManFromUNCLE2015 here]].
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7	[[folder: Napoleon Solo]]
8	->'''Played By:''' Creator/RobertVaughn
9	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6006655397_31a1e20518.jpg]]
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11	Napoleon Solo is Number 1 of Section II, U.N.C.L.E.'s Chief Enforcement Agent. Served as a soldier during UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar before joining U.N.C.L.E.. Napoleon is a serial womanizer, and often ends up with a new girl during or at the end of the episode.
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13	* BadassInANiceSuit: Is nearly always wearing suits, with the occasional tux thrown in.
14	* TheCasanova: And a shameless flirt.
15	* TheCharmer
16	* ChickMagnet
17	* ChivalrousPervert
18	* DatingCatwoman: With Angelique from THRUSH. The other women usually defect before hooking up with him.
19	* TheNicknamer: Tends to throw these out at Illya, for example calling him "I.K." or "Tovarishch." He doesn't tend to do it consistently or repeat names.
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22	[[folder: Illya Kuryakin]]
23	->'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidMcCallum
24	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2013_11_08_11h43m35s2494.png]]
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26	Illya Kuryakin is Number 2, Section II in U.N.C.L.E.. He is on loan from the USSR, and is shown to be an active member of the Soviet military.
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28	* BadassBookworm: He has a Masters degree from the Sorbonne and a [=PhD=] in quantum physics from Cambridge and is often shown to be working in the U.N.C.L.E. labs between field assignments.
29	* TheCastShowOff: David [=McCallum=] is an accomplished musician. In the second season episode "The Ultimate Computer Affair", Illya goes undercover as very disreputable busker to get himself thrown into a THRUSH prison. And in the third season episode "The Take Me to Your Leader Affair", he plays guitar and sings a duet with the "Innocent of the Week" played by Music/NancySinatra on the flimsiest of "creating a diversion". pretexts. [=McCallum=] also wrote the song that he and Nancy Sinatra sang.
30	* CelibateHero: although he has his romantic moments, Illya is more likely to be caustic and dismissive to women who show attraction to him, and a '''lot''' of the female guest stars do. He is a ChickMagnet almost in the same league as his [[TheCasanova Casanova]] partner.
31	* DeadpanSnarker: Even more likely to pull out snark than Napoleon.
32	* DirtyCommunists: Subverted, Illya was one of the first [[ChummyCommies positive portrayals]] of a Soviet on US television.
33	* MasterOfDisguise: He even goes undercover as a yeti once.
34	* MrFanservice: [=McCallum=] was hugely popular in the 1960s.
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37	[[folder: Alexander Waverly]]
38	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_m16758by4e1qk8oiu.jpg]]
39	->'''Played By:''' Creator/LeoGCarroll
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41	Mr. Waverly is Number 1, Section 1 at the New York U.N.C.L.E. headquarters.
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43	* DaChief
44	* TheCasanova: He actuall steals the woman from Napoleon at the end of the episode twice!
45	* TheSpymaster: As the head of U.N.C.L.E. New York and one of the five heads of the entire organization, Mr. Waverly's reach goes far. Also seen in his plan in "The Waverly Ring Affair."
46	* RetiredBadass: Though retired from fieldwork, Mr. Waverly sometimes comes out to backup his agents. We also get hints at his past career from his interactions with the older THRUSH agents he runs into.
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