Line #96 Characters/DueSouth


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4	!!Main Characters:
5	[[folder:Constable Benton Fraser]]
6	!! Constable Benton Fraser, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
7	--> Played by '''Creator/PaulGross''' (Seasons 1-4)
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9	A Canadian Mountie so stereotypically awesome that even other Mounties can't believe he's for real. In the "Pilot" movie he travels to Chicago on the trail of the killers of his father and, despite having lived his whole life in the remoter areas of Canada and being poorly suited for life in an American city, chooses to remain attached as liaison to the Canadian consulate for the next several years.
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11	* TheAce: He is shown to be a hypercompetent detective who can do things like ascertain the predicted route of a car by tasting a piece of debris, figure out the motives of just about anyone he meets with simple question, and has the ability to gain valuable insight and intelligence from his SpiritAdvisor (his father). This comes at the cost of Fraser being ignorant (or simply being unaware) of how much of the modern world works, having grown up and worked in an area of Canada where the laws were completely different and human contact wasn't as frequent.
12	* {{Affectionate Nickname}}: Fraser is "Benny" to Ray V.
13	* AllAPartOfTheJob: Fraser is baffled and uncomfortable when his heroics draw media attention. When reporters ask how he feels about having prevented a horrible disaster (in "Red, White, or Blue", referencing the events of "All the Queen's Horses"), all he can come up with is "Fine."
14	* AllergicToLove: Despite his obvious mutual attraction with Inspector Thatcher, he runs a mile any time it looks like something might be about to happen between them. Thatcher is his superior officer, and therefore they wouldn't technically be permitted to date while both were still in the RCMP. Similarly, Frannie is his partner's sister, in addition to being far more aggressive than he's used to. He's shown to be ''slightly'' more comfortable at the prospect of a relationship if the woman in question is someone he could date while still [[ByTheBookCop following the rules]]. And yet, his most notorious relationship was the one that demonstrated why DatingCatwoman is a terrible idea.
15	* AlwaysGetsHisMan: Fraser, naturally.
16	* BadassBookworm: Fraser uses his smarts to solve crimes, and he can handle himself very well in a fight.
17	* BareHandedBladeBlock: In "[[Recap/DueSouthS3E05SeeingisBelieving Seeing is Believing]]," Fraser catches a knife thrown at him.
18	* BulletproofFashionPlate: Fraser's fashion renders him bulletproof, which drives Ray up the wall. While Fraser is injured several times in the show, he is never once injured while he is wearing his hat. This has caused the hat to be dubbed the 'Stetson of Invulnerability' by fans.
19	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Fraser, and it's not always just an American point of view of Canadian ways, either, since he has baffled the Canadians as well. Examples include his habit of licking things and talking to his dead father. Granted, the other characters don't know he's doing the latter, so he just looks like he's talking to thin air.
20	%%* ByTheBookCop
21	%%* TheCape: Fraser, of course.
22	* CatchPhrase[=/=][[OverlyLongGag Overly Long]] RunningGag: In Seasons 3 and 4, he'll give the following speech OncePerEpisode. Increasingly, this will happen in spite of the fact that nobody prompted him, and several other characters may be trying to interrupt. At least once, several other recurring characters gave the speech for him, having had more than enough opportunities to memorize it:
23	--> '''Fraser:''' I first came to Chicago on the trail of the killers of my father and, for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture, I chose to remain, attached as liaison to the Canadian consulate.
24	* CharacterTics: Fraser has a few, including cracking his neck and touching his ear when he's nervous, thinking, or repressing the urge to do or say something.
25	* ChasteHero: Fraser can be quite naïve when it comes to sexual matters. Although it's implied he had ''some'' sort of relationship with Victoria.
26	%%* ChickMagnet
27	* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Fraser's partners frequently bemoan his spontaneous interventions in dangerous situations that he encounters, reminding him that he has no jurisdiction or they are not on duty. In "[[Recap/DueSouths2E17RedWhiteOrBlue Red, White or Blue]]," Fraser admits that he realizes his inability to stop helping people bothers Ray, but he can't help himself. Furthermore, a heartbreaking moment occurs [[spoiler: in ''Victoria's Secret'', when he refuses to help someone who appeals to him directly for aid.]]
28	* TheComicallySerious: Fraser understands the ''existence'' of sarcasm, and even displays the occasional flash of dry wit, but his default behaviour is still to take everything very literally.
29	* DatingCatwoman: For Fraser, Victoria Metcalf ("[[Recap/DueSouthS1E20and21VictoriasSecret Victoria's Secret]]").
30	* {{Determinator}}: Both Fraser and Dief. As the saying goes, they always get their man. On at least one occasion, Fraser has worried that Dief will literally run his paws off rather than give up pursuit.
31	* DisguisedInDrag: Fraser pretends to be a female high school teacher in "Some Like It Red".
32	* DisappearedDad: Fraser Sr. wasn't around much in Benton's childhood because of his job as a Mountie. Interestingly enough, Benton mostly views this with regret rather than bitterness, and his dad honestly seems more bothered by it than he does.
33	* DorkKnight: Fraser, oh so much.
34	* EncyclopaedicKnowledge: Fraser knows a lot of facts of just about any subject that you can think of. Justified because his grandparents were librarians.
35	* FairCop: Fraser almost never looks less than dashingly handsome.
36	%%* TheFettered
37	* FingertipDrugAnalysis: Fraser would taste anything. He even licked the bottom of a boot once to figure out where the wearer had been. Ray K and Ray V were both disgusted and tried to stop him.
38	* FishOutOfWater: Fraser had trouble adjusting to life in a bustling city after being a backwoods policeman.
39	** It is pointed out in the pilot that Fraser had trouble adjusting to life in a ''small'' city the one time they assigned him to work in one. If anything, he seems to adapt ''better'' to a big city for some reason.
40	* FriendToAllLivingThings: Fraser wasn't quite this bad, but he came close sometimes.
41	%%* GoodIsNotDumb: Fraser, of course.
42	%%* HonorBeforeReason: Fraser. "That's the last time ''he'll'' fish over the limit..."
43	* IdealHero: Fraser is basically the idealized Mountie version of a KnightInShiningArmour.
44	* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: In reality, Fraser's RCMP uniform is the Red Serge and it is nowadays only worn for special ceremonies or for publicity purposes and ''never'' for regular police duties.
45	** Generally averted in earlier episodes, where he would wear a less showy brown uniform whenever he wasn't specifically dolled up for [[BritishRoyalGuards guard duty]] or some formal occassion. It has been joked that his capabilities directly correlate with how he dresses. Civilian clothes, he's a good samaratan who helps others. Brown uniform, he's a badass cop. Red Serge? He is a full on ''superhero''.
46	* ImprobableAimingSkills: In the episode ''Bird In The Hand'' Fraser is able to throw a knife so precisely it plugs the barrel of a gun.
47	** Similarly, in ''Mountie On The Bounty'', when a ship Fraser and Kowalski are on sails into Canadian waters, Fraser catches a tossed handgun and proceeds to [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands prove himself an expert marksman.]]
48	* LongLostRelative: Fraser meets his [[spoiler:half-sister]] in "[[Recap/DueSouthS4E21HuntingSeason Hunting Season]]", the penultimate episode of the final season.
49	* LoveMartyr: [[spoiler:Fraser let Victoria go, and almost went with her, even after all she put him through and proved herself to be a fairly terrible person.]]
50	* MistakenForMurderer: Fraser, in "[[Recap/DueSouthS1E20and21VictoriasSecret Victoria's Secret]]".
51	* MrFanservice: Fraser is portrayed as being ridiculously attractive to women InUniverse ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOfqirmcoBM this trailer for Season 3]] even states that "Women can't resist him"), and the same can be said of the character's fans in real life.
52	* NewOldFlame: Victoria Metcalf ("[[Recap/DueSouthS1E20and21VictoriasSecret Victoria's Secret]]").
53	* NiceGuy: Fraser is so darn nice all of the time that his behaviour sometimes irritates other characters.
54	* NoBadgeNoProblem: Benton ''is'' a police officer in Canada, but the show is set in Chicago. He does frequently remind people that he is acting purely as a private citizen, but acts as if he does have police powers.
55	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Almost everyone believes Fraser's putting on an act by being such a stereotypical Mountie in order to con people, because no one is ''really'' that honest, polite and noble. Many of the people he encounters assume that his pleasant demeanor mean he couldn't possibly be an astute detective. They're wrong. Of course, he's happy to let them keep thinking that all the same.
56	** And sometimes, very rarely (see "Bird in the Hand," "Odds"), he actually does let the mask slip.
57	* ReassignedToAntarctica: how Fraser ended up in Chicago after pissing off his entire chain of command. It is mentioned that the only other alternative was to send him to ''Russia'', but it was acknowledged that he at least had a ''few'' friends in Chicago.
58	* ReverseArmFold: Fraser, constantly.
59	* SarcasticConfession: In "Hawk and a Handsaw", Fraser manages to get himself committed in a psych ward (intentionally--he's going undercover) simply by showing up in full dress uniform and telling the precise truth about his past.
60	* SherlockScan: It's like a mountie-superpower.
61	* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Fraser, even in the middle of a city.
62	* TallDarkAndHandsome: Fraser is tall, dark-haired and ''strikingly'' handsome.
63	* TechnicalPacifist: Fraser rarely uses a gun, due to the fact that he doesn't have a license for one in the U.S. At the end of Season 3, after a commandeered freighter crosses the border into Canada, Fraser turns out to be a very good shot:
64	-->'''Fraser:''' Right now, my friend, you're in the Dominion of Canada.
65	* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Fraser, after a hit on the head, spends a whole episode recovering his memory.
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68	[[folder:Det. Raymond Vecchio]]
69	!! Detective Raymond Vecchio, Chicago Police Department
70	--> Played by '''Creator/DavidMarciano''' (Seasons 1-2, Guest Star in Seasons 3 and 4)
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72	* AmicableExes: Ray has an ex-wife, Angie, although she's only seen twice. She and Ray seem to still care about each other.
73	* ChristianityIsCatholic: {{Justified\|Trope}}, as [=RayV=] and his family are Catholic Italian American. He is shown attending a church service at least once.
74	* ChronicallyCrashedCar: Ray V's mint-green 1971 Buick Riviera, much to his aggravation.
75	* CoolCar: Vecchio's 1971 Buick Riviera, [[RunningGag which kept getting]] [[EveryCarIsAPinto blown up]].
76	%%* DeadpanSnarker
77	* ImprobableParkingSkills: Ray puts his 1972 Buick Riviera into a controlled skid over a large field of ice to bring it sliding to a stop immediately next to Fraser and the guest star. Both of them give him a mild WhatTheHellHero, which he casually shrugs off.
78	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ray Vecchio.
79	* NewOldFlame: Irene Zuko ("[[Recap/DueSouthS2E07JulietIsBleeding Juliet is Bleeding]]")
80	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In the climax of "The Deal", Ray beats up Don Zuko in his own gym, and promises not to tell everybody he sees about it in return for Zuko promising no harm will come to the Shoemaker. One of Zuko's lieutenants witnesses the beatdown, evidently loses all respect for him. In the second season episode "Juliet Is Bleeding," this causes a chain of events that result in the murder of Detective Gardino, the accidental killing of Irene Zuko, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the destruction of Ray's]] [[RunningGag second]] [[CoolCar prized 1972 Buick Riviera]].
81	* PutOnABus: In the third-season opener, "Burning Down the House'', he shows up long enough to make a phone call to Benton before packing up his desk and heading off to go undercover in Las Vegas. This decision was due to David Marciano being unable to return to the show after it was UnCancelled. However, TheBusCameBack in the two-part series finale.
82	* WhatBeautifulEyes!: Ray has distinctive green eyes, which are commented on by a couple of characters during the series.
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85	[[folder:Det. Stanley Raymond Kowalski]]
86	!! Detective Stanley Raymond "Ray" Kowalski, Chicago Police Department
87	--> Played by '''Creator/CallumKeithRennie''' (Seasons 3-4)
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89	* AmicableExes: With Stella, when he's not annoying her by trying to sabotage her dates/win her back/taking an opposing stance on a case.
90	* BlindWithoutEm: Kowalski can't fire his pistol without wearing glasses.
91	* ChristianityIsCatholic: He has a Polish surname, and therefore could have been raised as a Catholic like Vecchio, which would be another shared characteristic that might have led his superiors to choose him for the undercover assignment.
92	* CoolCar: Kowalski's GTO.
93	%%* ACrackInTheIce: In the season finale.
94	* EmbarrassingFirstName: Played straight with Stanley Ray Kowalski, who shared his name with the protagonist of ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire''.
95	* FakeAmerican: Kowalski is portrayed by Canadian Callum Keith Rennie, and his Canadian accent is audible at times.
96	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In-universe, the whole reason why he's around to begin with is because Chicago PD promoted him to stand in for Vecchio, so as to help the latter maintain his cover during an undercover investigation in Las Vegas.
97	* Tsundere: With Fraser. He may show he's caring at times, but he also acts selfishly, like he can't stand to be around Fraser, and even hit him.
98	* WorkingWithTheEx: His ex-wife Stella is an Assistant State's Attorney and works on a lot of criminal cases brought by the Chicago PD, which means that they're frequently thrown together at work even when they're trying to avoid one another personally.
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101	[[folder:Diefenbaker]]
102	!! Diefenbaker
103	--> Played by '''Newman''' (Pilot), '''Lincoln''' (Seasons 1-2), '''Draco''' (Seasons 3-4)
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105	Fraser's loyal CanineCompanion, who makes the journey with him to Chicago in the pilot episode, and stays by his side for many years.
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107	* BadassInDistress: He's put out of commission in "Victoria's Secret, Part 1", after [[spoiler:Victoria shoots him after he realizes she's trashing Fraser's apartment]]. For the remainder of the episode and the following one, he's rushed to a veterinary hospital and left in a kennel.
108	* ADayInTheLimelight: "Diefenbaker's Day Out", the third episode of the series, has him running around the neighbourhood Fraser's moved to in order to avoid a determined dog-catcher.
109	* {{Determinator}}: Like Fraser, once he's set loose on something, he won't stop until his mission is completed.
110	* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: "Dief" is named after a former Canadian Prime Minister of TheFifties and TheSixties, [[UsefulNotes/CanadianPrimeMinisters John G. Diefenbaker]]. Human Dief was not known for being particularly lovable, cuddly, ''or'' charismatic, which just makes it even funnier.
111	* TheOtherDarrin: Diefenbaker was played by three different animals, the first in the pilot really was half-wolf (and noticeably so) but was thought to look too fierce so was replaced by a pure-bred Siberian Husky, who was also replaced with a lookalike after the show's hiatus.
112	* SavageWolves: Averted much of the time with Diefenbaker, but played straight a time or two: when Fraser was in danger, and when he had a girlfriend he was protecting.
113	* SnarkyNonHumanSideKick: Although a strictly non-verbal role, the sounds Dief makes (appearing to be exasperation at Fraser's remarks), the reactions of the rest of the cast (principally Fraser) and good direction by the animal handler somehow manage to make him fit this trope.
114	* TimmyInAWell: Diefenbaker can read lips in English and Inuktitut.
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117	[[folder:Chicago Police Department]]
118	!!Lieutenant Harding Welsh
119	--> Played by '''Beau Starr''' (Seasons 1-4)
120	* DaChief: Lieutenant Welsh, in spades.
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122	!! Detective Jack Huey
123	--> Played by '''Tony Craig''' (Seasons 1-4)
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125	!! Detective Louis Gardino
126	--> Played by '''Creator/DanielKash''' (Seasons 1-2)
127	* CharacterDeath: Dies due to a car bomb (that was meant for Ray) during the second-season episode "Juliet Is Bleeding".
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129	!! Detective Thomas E. Dewey
130	--> Played by '''Tom Melissis''' (Seasons 3-4)
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132	!! Elaine Besbriss
133	--> Played by '''Catherine Bruhier''' (Seasons 1-3)
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135	!! Dr Mort Gustafson
136	--> Played by '''Jan Rubeš''' (Seasons 3-4)
137	* TheCoroner
138	* HeroOfAnotherStory: Mort is a Czech-born coroner working with a big-city American police department, who survived internment in Auschwitz as a child, and now can see and speak to the dead. There is ''no way'' that whatever's happening to him off-screen isn't equally as interesting as Fraser's story lines.
139	* UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust: It's eventually revealed that he survived the Nazi concentration camps as a child.
140	* ISeeDeadPeople: One of the few characters other than Fraser who's able to see and converse with Fraser Sr; he doesn't seem remotely perturbed by the experience, suggesting that it happens to him with regularity.
141	* PerkyGoth: He's fascinated with death and can communicate with the spirits of dead people, yet he remains cheerful in a vague sort of way throughout all his scenes, even the one in which he [[TearJerker reveals he was a prisoner in Auschwitz during World War II]].
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143	!! Assistant State Attorney Stella Kowalski
144	--> Played by '''Anne Marie Loder''' (Seasons 3-4)
145	* AmicableExes: With Ray K, intermittently.
146	* BaitAndSwitch: Throughout their time on the show, it seems like Ray K's main arc will play out with him eventually winning back Stella and the two remarrying. In the finale, Stella does move to Florida... [[spoiler:with Ray V, the man her first husband was impersonating undercover. And many fans write in fanfic that they married, though the actual transcript of the episode never mentions marriage with them.]]
147	* WorkingWithTheEx: Her role with the State Attorney's office often brings her into direct professional contact with her cop ex-husband.
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150	[[folder:Royal Canadian Mounted Police]]
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152	!! Sergeant Robert "Bob" Fraser
153	--> Played by '''Creator/GordonPinsent''' (Seasons 1-4)
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155	Fraser's late father, whose death in the "Pilot" movie prompts his son to travel to Chicago on the trail of his killers. Despite his obvious handicap, he's frequently on-hand to give his son the benefit of his sage advice, whether Fraser wants it or not.
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157	* IntangibleMan: Fraser Sr., though this was to some degree under his control.
158	* OurGhostsAreDifferent: He can apparently pop up anytime and anywhere to chat with his son, and eventually moves into a BiggerOnTheInside closet in the Canadian Consulate in Season 3. Despite the possibility being regularly raised that he's a figment of Fraser's imagination or a symptom of an impending breakdown, a few other characters have been able to interact with him, including TheCoroner, the ghost of Vecchio's father, [[spoiler:the criminal who killed his wife]], and [[spoiler:his long-lost illegitimate daughter]].
159	* SpiritAdvisor: Fraser Sr.
160	* PosthumousCharacter: He dies in the first scene of the pilot. Not that it holds him back much.
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162	!! Inspector Margaret "Meg" Thatcher
163	--> Played by '''Creator/CamillaScott''' (Seasons 2-4)
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165	Fraser's boss at the Canadian Consulate in Chicago from Season 2 onward. Thatcher is stoical, humorless, and ambitious to advance in her career, though she does have a soft spot for Fraser.
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167	* DefrostingIceQueen: Usually around Fraser, though a couple of other attractive guys take a turn over the course of the series. {{Lampshaded}} when she inadvertently sits in a puddle of melting ice while (apparently) trying to seduce Fraser.
168	--> '''Thatcher:''' Is your seat wet too, Fraser?
169	--> '''Fraser:''' [[AllergicToLove Ah, no, sir.]]
170	* IceQueen: It's even an InSeriesNickname in later seasons, courtesy of Kowalski.
171	* LoveInterest: To Fraser, intermittently. [[StatusQuoIsGod However, any progress made in their relationship is always forgotten by the next episode, or even by the end of the current episode.]]
172	* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Though the attraction between her and Fraser seems mutual, he's uncomfortable to the point of being mortified nearly every time she comes right out and flirts with him.
173	* {{Tsundere}}: More coldly contemptuous than easily angered, but aside from that it's a fairly apt description of her.
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175	!! Sergeant Buck Frobisher
176	--> Played by '''Creator/LeslieNielsen''' (Seasons 1-4)
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178	An old friend and partner of Bob Fraser's, and often mentor to his son.
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180	* PlayingAgainstType: In his first appearance, he's TheAlcoholic, has a BeardOfSorrow, and has quite a dramatic story line. His later appearances are more light-hearted and comedic, in line with the type of work Leslie Nielsen was known for by that stage of his career. (Ironic, when you consider Leslie Nielsen [[LeslieNielsenSyndrome has a whole syndrome named after him]] that relates to this very trope.)
181	* ShownTheirWork: The son of a Mountie in real life, during the filming of his first episode he took Paul Gross aside and instructed him on Mountie uniform protocol, including the fact that he had been lacing his boots incorrectly.
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183	!! Constable Renfield Turnbull
184	--> Played by '''Creator/DeanMcDermott''' (Seasons 2-4)
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186	Another RCMP Constable employed at the Canadian Consulate in Chicago. Despite technically holding the same rank as Fraser, Turnbull is far less competent, and holds the hyper-capable Fraser in godlike awe. Fraser, meanwhile, treats him with uncharacteristically open contempt.
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188	* CloudCuckooLander: Constable Turnbull tends to be one of these. See also GeniusDitz.
189	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Indicated with Turnbull. He seems dumb onscreen but he somehow passed military paratrooper training.
190	* GeniusDitz: Turnbull, while not an idiot, is not that great at his job. However, he is very good at art, cooking, trivia, and perhaps cleaning. Doesn't help that he's a CloudCuckooLander to boot.
191	%%* YouLookFamiliar: Dean [=McDermott=] played a tougher than average {{Mook}} in an episode of Season 1 before joining the main cast as Turnbull in Season 2.
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194	!!Other Characters:
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196	[[folder: Francesca "Frannie" Vecchio]]
197	!! Francesca "Frannie" Vecchio
198	--> Played by '''Ramona Milano''' (Seasons 1-4)
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200	Ray's younger sister, who is smitten when she meets Benton in the pilot episode and takes to pursuing him. She later joins the Chicago PD as its new Civilian Aid in the fourth and final season.
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202	* AffectionateNickname: Often solely identified as "Frannie" by her close friends and family members.
203	* AmbiguousSituation: During the first-season episode "The Deal", she shows up at Fraser's apartment wearing lingerie in a bid to seduce him. The episode ends without answering what happened next. (The producers say nothing sexual happened, and that he most likely sent her back home.)
204	* ClingyJealousGirl: Subverted. She spends a good part of the first season, and the third[=/=]fourth, hopelessly trying to pursue Benton, at one point even trying to convince people that they'd slept together, and repeatedly disparages anyone else who shows interest in him. That said, she also doesn't seem to comment on Benton's habit of bringing strange woman back home with him, or even his momentary work with exotic dancers.
205	* GeniusDitz: She is shown to be extremely proficient at gathering information, as befits her role as Civilian Aid with the Chicago PD in the fourth season, but she can't seem to give up her habit of [[VerbalTic not getting police jargon]] or giving up any of her flirtatious, ditzy behaviour towards Fraser and others.
206	* GoodBadGirl: She dresses ''extremely'' provocative (to the extent that she shows off a red bustier she put on in "Vault", intended for Fraser's benefit) and maintains a loud, boisterous attitude, but much of the series suggests that she's an extremely-conservative woman who's only really acting out to get Benton's attention, even in places where it gets her in hot water (such as the police station, when she starts working there).
207	* LoveAtFirstSight: It's heavily implied that she was instantly infatuated with Benton from the moment she met him in the pilot, and with the exception of a couple brief (platonic) relationships, never has her eyes on anyone else ''except'' him.
208	* MysticalPregnancy: According to the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue in the series finale, "Call of the Wild," she had a miraculous ''six'' virgin pregnancies at some point after the series.
209	* NeverGrewUp: Has shades of this behaviour. She's a woman in her early 30s (according to dialogue in the pilot, where she mentions how she's had to "take care" of her brother for the past three decades) who still lives at home with her family, has an unhealthy fixation with a single man (to the extent that she has a StalkerShrine and framed photos of him in her bedroom), doesn't appear to have a job before she starts working as a civilian aid in the fourth season, and has a fixation with a specific blanket.
210	* StalkerShrine: While in the process of saving Frannie in the season 3 opener, "Burning Down The House", Benton runs past such a shrine set up in her bedroom, with hearts she's drawn (apparently in either lipstick or marker) on her bedroom mirror, along with a marked-up picture of Fraser. In a prior episode, "Victoria's Secret, Part I," she was shown to have a separate framed photo of Benton in her room.
211	* StalkerWithACrush: She spends nearly the entire series pining after Benton in various capacities, to the point that she's shown going to {{Confessional}} and more-or-less admits this behavior in "The Deal". It dials down in the second season, then amps back up again once the third season rolls around.
212	* {{Tsundere}}: A classic example -- she's a loud, boisterous woman who's easily annoyed by virtually everything in her life, including Ray, her parents, and even the demands of her job (in Season 4), will turn on people on a dime, but she is extremely sweet to Fraser every time she sees him.
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215	[[folder:Victoria Metcalf]]
216	!! Victoria Metcalf
217	--> Played By: '''Creator/MelinaKanakaredes'''
218
219	A criminal who Fraser encountered many years before the events of the series, and who mysteriously reappears in Chicago late in the first season.
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221	* AmbiguousSituation: Was she going to shoot Fraser after he decided to escape Chicago with her? The end of the ''Victoria's Secret'' two-parter shows her reaching a hand for him, while Ray's view of the situation shows her pointing a gun.
222	* DatingCatwoman: Compared to Thatcher and Frannie, she's by far the most antagonistic of Fraser's love interests.
223	* IntimateHealing: Both she and Fraser kept each other alive in a cave during a snowstorm by holding each other and, ahem, warming each other's fingers with their mouths.
224	* KarmaHoudini: A borderline case. She manages to escape scot-free after framing Ray and Fraser for murder and theft and putting Fraser's life in danger in order to launder some of the money to get diamonds, and Fraser still tried to go with her. On the other, she's now a wanted criminal for the same murder and theft, lost all of the money and got none of the diamonds, and Fraser didn't go with her (admittedly because Ray accidentally shot him).
225	* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: She attempts to maintain a few days of "domestic bliss" with Fraser, despite the fact that she's well aware that her partner, Jolly, is hunting her over the 1985 bank robbery she participated in. The resulting fallout leads to her cover being blown and her having to flee from Fraser (and Chicago).
226	* NewOldFlame: Fraser and Victoria met while he was tracking her during the middle of a snowstorm, but she disappeared after they conducted IntimateHealing to keep each other warm and stay alive. They reunite in Chicago and briefly try to downplay what happened, but their feelings towards each other eventually become clear.
227	* SnowMeansLove: Many of the scenes where she appears and talks with Fraser (even ones in indoor locations, like Fraser's apartment) are backed by falling snow.
228	* TeamKiller: She shoots and kills her former partner, Jolly, after he threatens her regarding her ownership of the money from a bank robbery that took place in 1985. Later on, there's an AmbiguousSituation where Ray thinks she's going to shoot Fraser as he tries to get on a train with her.
229	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She manages to make it onto a train out of Chicago, and is not seen being stopped by the authorities after the fact, but she never appears in the series again.
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