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8	'''Other Characters'''
9
10	!'''Miscellaneous Characters'''
11	[[quoteright:195:[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/donottrust_4431.png https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/other003_1061.png]]]]
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13	Characters who play important roles in the story, but do not belong in any of the above categories.
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16	[[foldercontrol]]
17
18	[[folder:Sam Weiss]]
19	!!!'''Sam Weiss VII'''
20	[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/samweiss001_8050.png]]
21	[[caption-width-right:195:"In case of emergency, break glass."]]
22
23	-->''"You're giving up? I tell you he met a girl and moved away, and you're just gonna give up?"''
24
25	''Portrayed by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Corrigan Kevin Corrigan]]''
26	->''First Appearance:'' Season 2, Episode 2: "Night of Desirable Objects"
27	->''Episode Appearances:'' 7 of 100
28
29	An enigmatic bowling alley owner and acquaintance of Nina Sharp. He helped rehabilitate Olivia so she could regain her ability to walk after her initial universe jump, and the two quickly established a friendship. He is, however, one of the most enigmatic characters in the series and no one knows who he truly is, or what side he's playing for - if any.
30
31	It is revealed in '' "The Last Sam Weiss" '' that he is in fact, the seventh in a long line of "Sam Weisses", who have all been keepers of the knowledge found in an ancient manuscript left behind by the First People.
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33	Tropes associated with Sam:
34	%%* ActionSurvivor
35	* AllThereInTheManual: [[spoiler:''He himself'' is the manual for technology millions of years old, and hundreds of million years ahead of its time]].
36	* BusCrash: [[spoiler: He died in the twenty years Olivia and Peter were missing]]
37	%%* CoolOldGuy
38	* ChekhovsGunman: Originally introduced as a simple bowling alley owner who knew more than he let on. That is, of course, until we learned that "Walternate doesn't trust him."
39	** "A DEMON'S TWIST RUSTS" is an anagram. When re-arranged, you get "DON'T TRUST SAM WEISS"
40	** The author of ''The First People'', Seamus Wiles, is once again an anagram of Samuel Weiss when re-arranged.
41	*** [[spoiler:The truth is, Sam's great great grandfather, the second Sam Weiss, was the only who wrote the First People books.]]
42	** In a neat twist that doesn't involve weird parallel universes, when we first meet Sam Weiss in the bowling alley, he is seen wearing a t-shirt with a logo that will later be revealed as the logo of '''Violet Sedan Chair''' , Walter's favorite band and home of his hero, [[Creator/ChristopherLloyd Roscoe Joyce]].
43	*** Somewhat unrelated, but Violet Sedan Chair is also an anagram for "Olive can read this." What's with Sam and anagrams?
44	%%* DeadpanSnarker
45	* DyingAlone: [[spoiler: His ultimate fate. Though with the Observer invasion averted in the finale, he's presumably alive again.]]
46	* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Somehow managed to to fight and slay three Observers and one Loyalist ''together'' before expiring.]]
47	* TheEveryman: [[spoiler:Sam's biggest secret? He's just an ordinary bowling alley owner after all. What sets him apart is that he has considerably more knowledge about the First People and alternate universes than anyone else due to his family line. His attitude towards the whole thing goes pretty much like this:]]
48	--> ''"My father took me to the Museum '''hundreds''' of times. Believe me, you have no idea how '''boring''' those were."''
49	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Died protecting the signal that leads to The Child.]]
50	%%* MysteriousPast
51	%%* MysteriousWatcher
52	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: His heroic sacrifice.]]
53	* OlderThanTheyLook
54	--> ''"I'm older than I look. I barely remember my childhood. I'm also taller than I appear."''
55	* SeenItAll: Appears to know a lot more than he lets on.
56	* SecretLegacy: [[spoiler:The Weiss family have been keepers of the knowledge of the First People for generations. Sam has accumulated the knowledge of his past ''six'' predecessors.]]
57	* SomedayThisWillComeInHandy: Who knew that working at a bowling alley would end up saving his and Olivia's life from a lightning storm!
58	* TricksterMentor: Especially with his Mr. Miyagi schtick at the beginning of season 2. Having Olivia tie and untie bowling shoes get her walking and using her gun properly after her accident. He also taught Nina how to use her robot arm by making her eat french fries.
59	** His trick with the business cards initially seemed like a random gimmick, but in the end it helped Olivia get over [[spoiler: Charlie's death]] by spelling out the first thing he told her on the job:
60	--> ''"You're going to be fine."''
61	** One could also assume that randomly visiting her in the middle of the night for a game of ''{{TabletopGame/Cluedo}}'' counted as giving her a hint for a case.
62	* WildCard: AND ''HOW''!
63	** After the recent ad, a lot more people are starting to jump on the train of [[spoiler: "not trusting Sam Weiss"]].
64	[[/folder]]
65
66	[[folder:John Scott]]
67	!!!'''John Scott'''
68	[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/agentscott_4602.png]]
69	[[caption-width-right:195:"[[DoubleAgent You do that and we will come after you -- I will come after you.]]"]]
70
71	-->''"Department is not a massive fan of office romance. The policy seminar was endless, wasn't it? Kept finding myself staring at you, I decided to move my chair to stop."''
72
73	''Portrayed by Creator/MarkValley''
74	->''First Appearance:'' Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot"
75	->''Episode Appearances:'' 7 of 100
76
77	An FBI special agent who was for a time Olivia's partner and lover. However, during the pilot episode incident, he is killed, and seemingly mistaken for a traitor and double agent.
78
79	A good deal of the first season was focused surrounding the mystery behind his death, and who he was truly working for. In truth, he was an NSA agent who was infiltrating ZFT.
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81	Tropes associated with John:
82	* AbortedArc: We'll never learn what Scott and his accomplices were up to regarding ZFT.
83	%%* AffablyEvil
84	* DoubleAgent: For the NSA.
85	* {{Hallucinations}}: For pretty much the entirety of Season 1, John Scott is this.
86	%%* LivingMemory
87	%%* LoveInterestTraitor
88	* TheMole: For the ZFT, and ''to'' the ZFT for the NSA.
89	* PosthumousCharacter: Mostly.
90	%%* SpiritAdvisor
91	* WeHardlyKnewYe: Since he was killed off in the first episode.
92	%%* WellIntentionedExtremist
93	[[/folder]]
94
95	[[folder:Thomas Jerome Newton]]
96	!!!'''Thomas Jerome Newton'''
97	[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tomnewton_9232.png]]
98	[[caption-width-right:195:"[[MagnificentBastard ...And Olivia, now I know how weak you are.]]"]]
99
100	-->''"You're in over your head. You're not fully committed to this task, and because of that, you will fail."''
101
102	''Portrayed by [[Creator/SebastianRoche Sebastian Roché]]''
103	->''First Appearance:'' Season 2, Episode 10: "Grey Matters"
104	->''Episode Appearances:'' 6 of 100
105
106	Leader of the Shape Shifters, and primary villain of Season 2. During Olivia's first meeting with William Bell, she was warned about Newton and was instructed to stop his revival, but ultimately failed.
107
108	He later begins assembling a force of Shape Shifters in an effort to recover pieces of Walter's brain to re-construct a portal between the worlds, and in Season 3 was seen to be assisting Fauxlivia with her mission, much to his dismay. He committed suicide after he was caught by Peter, so as not to reveal any information.
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110	Tropes associated with Newton:
111	* AffablyEvil: Surprisingly, is quite polite and pleasant to those who aren't his enemies or obstacles.
112	%%* BadassLongcoat
113	%%* BigBad: Of Season 2.
114	%%* CulturedBadass
115	%%* TheDragon: To Walternate.
116	%%* TheChessmaster
117	%%* CombatPragmatist
118	%%* EvilBrit
119	%%* EnigmaticMinion
120	%%* EvilGenius
121	* FanBoy: Confesses to being a Music/{{U2}} fan. Supposedly, one of the few bands he likes Over Here.
122	* PullingThemselvesTogether: His frozen head is reattached to his body.
123	* ShoutOut: A shout out to Music/DavidBowie. "Thomas Jerome Newton" was the name of the character portrayed by Bowie in the 1976 adaptation of ''Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth''.
124	* UndyingLoyalty: Is shown to be extremely protective and loyal to Walternate. A close friendship between the two is even hinted at times.
125	[[/folder]]
126
127	[[folder:The Man In The X T-Shirt]]
128	!!!'''The Man in the X T-Shirt'''
129	[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mysteryman_9731.png]]
130	[[caption-width-right:195:[[LetsGetDangerous "This is a flare gun. You don't want to get shot with a flare gun."]]]]
131
132	-->''"...Nice to meet you."''
133
134	''Portrayed by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_Thomsen Ulrich Thomsen]]''
135	->''First Appearance:'' Season 3, Episode 19: "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide"
136	->''Episode Appearances:'' 1 of 100
137
138	A mysterious individual whom Peter, Walter and Bell ran into on board a zeppelin within Olivia's mind. Unlike her other mental projections, this man apparently had a sense of self as well as awareness of what was going on; compared to her other mental manifestations who [[EverythingTryingToKillYou just kill everything in sight]], he was much more focused on just escaping the zeppelin.
139
140	Later, when Olivia recovered - albeit not remembering most of what happened, this man's image invaded her mind. She claimed she had no idea who he is and never met him before, but said that "[[WhamLine I think that he's the man who's gonna kill me.]]"
141
142	The two-part Season 4 finale reveals that the X symbol is actually William Bell's signature, meaning that this man was some sort of entity who was inhabiting ''Bell's'' mind, not ''Olivia's''. Who or ''what'' he still is, or his true connection to William Bell, is unclear.
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144	Tropes associated with the mystery man:
145	* AbortedArc: Absolutely nothing was revealed about him since his appearance, and likely won't be.
146	** Actually, it was strongly implied that [[spoiler:he was a representation of William Bell.]]
147	* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: [[spoiler: Somewhat hinted at - he might not even be a real character on the outside. The truth is, the guy was just flying around locked in a Zeppelin within Olivia's mind, which is suggested even further with what Peter said earlier: '' "I'm pretty sure there's a good reason why we can't enter each other's minds. What if we kick something loose in there?" '' There's a good possibility that this man is exclusive within Olivia's mind, and that Peter effectively set him loose aboard the Zeppelin. ]]
148	* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:David Robert Jones's agenda, September's warning to Olivia, and September himself getting shot? WordOfGod says it's all somehow connected to this guy.]]
149	** [[spoiler:From the looks of it, he has more of a connection to William Bell than to Jones. The X on his t-shirt is of the same design on William Bell's killer [[{{Nanomachines}} nanites]].]]
150	* DrivingQuestion: Just ''who'' the hell is this guy?
151	%%* HiddenVillain
152	%%* LetXBeTheUnknown
153	%%* MysteryMagnet
154	%%* TwistEnding
155	%%* WildCard
156	* WhamEpisode: He single-handedly created a standard CharacterDevelopment driven story into this.
157	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The mouse was apparently abandoned.
158	[[/folder]]
159
160	[[folder:Henry Higgins]]
161	!!!'''Henry Higgins'''
162	[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/taxiguy_6571.png]]
163	[[caption-width-right:195:"[[TheEveryman I mean, sometimes you just got to believe what you can't see.]]"]]
164
165	-->''"Look, I'm not trying to ruffle any feathers here, guys. There's some things a guy like me shouldn't know about. I get it. But you start hearing things about some other universe ... it's hard to ignore."''
166
167	''Portrayed by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Royo Andre Royo]]''
168	->''First Appearance:'' Season 3, Episode 1: "Olivia"
169	->''Episode Appearances:'' 3 of 100
170
171	An [[TheEveryman ordinary]] taxi driver in the alternate universe. Despite thinking Olivia was crazy at first, he ends up becoming one of the few allies she had Over There. Ever since meeting her, he's unwittingly become involved with the war between the two universes - and oblivious to just how much of an impact his actions will evoke for things to come.
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173	Tropes associated with Henry:
174	* DeliveryGuy:[[spoiler: Helps deliver Fauxlivia's baby with Lincoln.]] Not a typical example as he doesn't panic and actually seems to know what he's doing.
175	* FishOutOfWater: Needless to say, he's now in deep with Walternate's schemes.
176	%%* HeroicBystander
177	%%* TheEveryman
178	%%* TheTaxi
179	* LegacyCharacter: Both Henry ([[spoiler:Fauxlivia's and Peter's [[RetGone ret-gone'd]] son]]) and [[spoiler:Henrietta]] are named in his honor.
180	** More than just that: While not completely obvious from the get-go, the truth is his selfless actions have pretty much laid the foundation for the rest of the series.
181	%%* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
182	* ShoutOut: His name is the same as Professor Henry Higgins' in ''Theatre/{{Pygmalion}}'' and the musical adaptation, ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.
183	[[/folder]]
184
185	[[folder:Edward Markham]]
186	!!!'''Edward Markham'''
187	[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/markham_2397.png]]
188	[[caption-width-right:195:"[[{{Bookworm}} Five dollars - I can name at least one item on your night stand, Olivia Dunham.]]"]]
189
190	-->''"Uh-huh... 'Destruction by Advancement of Technology' - sounds sexy and very challenging."''
191
192	''Portrayed by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Middleton Clark Middleton]]''
193	->''First Appearance:'' Season 1, Episode 14: "Ability"
194	->''Episode Appearances:'' 5 of 100
195
196	The owner of a shady used bookstore, Markham is one of in a long line of Peter's "contacts". He first revealed the existence of Seamus Wiles' ''"The First People"'' to the Fringe Division, in exchange for "protection."
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198	Tropes associated with Markham:
199	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[spoiler: He fell in love with Olivia. Yes, really.]]
200	* {{Bookworm}}: Owns a bookstore.
201	%%* TheSmartGuy
202	%%* OnlySaneMan
203	* SanitySlippage: If the Season 5 premiere was any indication, the Observer occupation has driven him completely insane, and a bit creepy with the way [[spoiler:he was hogging Olivia in amber and fantasizing about a love with her. All while using her amber coated body as a table. Peter was not pleased]].
204	* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler: In the future, he is shown as this to Olivia.]]
205	* ProperlyParanoid: The information that he read in ''The First People'' freaked him the hell out - he's been hiding the book ever since.
206	[[/folder]]
207
208	[[folder:Raymond Gordon]]
209	!!!'''Raymond Gordon'''
210	[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gordon001_5152.png]]
211	[[caption-width-right:195:"[[ProperlyParanoid The enemy is among us and nobody's doing anything about it.]]"]]
212
213	-->''"We don't know who they are. But I can tell you what they want. They want to exterminate us."''
214
215	''Portrayed by Creator/StephenMcHattie''
216	->''First Appearance:'' Season 2, Episode 3: "Fracture"
217	->''Episode Appearances:'' 1 of 100
218
219	A ruthless former Army colonel, he was a steadfast supporter of ''Project Tin Man''. The project was initially developed to treat soldiers afflicted with nerve agents, but had an interesting sideffect of also turning them into [[WhyAmITicking human bombs]]. Gordon had a fast interest in the human bomb part, so he fought to keep the project alive but ultimately failed. Following that, he went AWOL and was considered a traitor.
220
221	Turns out, Broyles wasn't the only one who noticed the Observers - so did Gordon, but he also noticed that the Observers made use of human couriers transporting black briefcases. Paranoid that the Observers were studying us for nefarious purposes, he made use of soldiers still loyal to him as bombs to intercept the couriers. He was caught by the Fringe team, and labeled as clinically insane following his interrogation.
222
223	[[ProperlyParanoid He was also completely right about the Observers]]. ''Twenty years before the Occupation.''
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225	Tropes associated with Gordon:
226	* CassandraTruth: ''Entirely'' correct on his thesis that the Observers are here to take us down. No one believes him.
227	%%* ColonelBadass
228	* ConspiracyTheorist: Believed there was a war coming. He was right.
229	%%* CrazyPrepared
230	* {{Foreshadowing}}: His entire character serves as one. [[spoiler: When he appeared, the Observers were still a bunch of {{Mysterious Watcher}}s who were considered NeutralGood by everyone; he claimed they were evil conquerors; the show, the viewers and the characters saw him as batshit insane. ''Three seasons'' later, the show proves him fully correct.]]
231	* LackofEmpathy: Described as ruthless and vicious.
232	%%* ManipulativeBastard
233	* ProperlyParanoid: No one really believed him though. [[spoiler:He was totally right about the Observers.]]
234	* WellIntentionedExtremist: ''Well intentioned'' is putting it very, very strongly ... [[spoiler:But regardless, his paranoia panned out, and one way or another he WAS fighting against the real enemy while everyone else was ignorant]].
235	* WhyAmITicking: Made use of unknowing human bombs to intercept and blow up Observer couriers.
236	[[/folder]]
237
238	[[folder:Alistair Peck]]
239	!!!'''Alistair Peck'''
240	[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/01alistair_7284.png]]
241	[[caption-width-right:195:"[[ForScience Walter, God is science. God is polio and flu vaccines and M.R.I. machines, and artificial hearts. If you are a man of science, then that's the only faith we need.]]"]]
242
243	-->''"You and I both know there are certain things we take for granted -- the laws of nature for example -- that are not necessarily binding. There are places on this Earth where two plus two most definitely does not equal four."''
244
245	''Portrayed by Creator/PeterWeller''
246	->''First Appearance:'' Season 2, Episode 18: "White Tulip"
247	->''Episode Appearances:'' 1 of 100
248
249	A brilliant mathematician and theoretical astrophysicist who is considered to be even ahead of Walter's time. Making use of a Faraday cage meshed with his own body, he repeatedly traveled through time (and inadvertently kept killing the same people in a train over and over) to rescue his wife from a car crash. The attempt ended in both of their lives, but his actions and compassion towards Walter came to shape the man for the rest of his life.
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251	Tropes associated with Alistair:
252	%%* AntiVillain
253	%%* BadassLongcoat
254	* BodyHorror: Surgically installed a Faraday cage into his own flesh to accomplish time travel.
255	* ForScience: Is a hardboiled man of science, even more so than Walter.
256	* LegacyCharacter: The titular "white tulip" he mailed to Walter made him believe it was a sign from God of forgiveness. This ultimately came to finalize both his road to recovery and to becoming a better man.
257	* MadScientist: How his colleagues viewed him; he was simply ''way ahead of his time.''
258	%%* TheStoic
259	%%* TimeMaster
260	%%* TimeTravel
261	%%* TragicVillain
262	%%* WellIntentionedExtremist
263	[[/folder]]
264
265	[[folder:Rachel Dunham]]
266	!!!'''Rachel Dunham'''
267	[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/racheldunham_7942.png]]
268	[[caption-width-right:195:"[[LethalChef ...You know, I could have cooked for you.]]"]]
269
270	-->''"Some new horrifying event you're not allowed to tell me about?"''
271
272	''Portrayed by Creator/AriGraynor''
273	->''First Appearance:'' Season 1, Episode 11: "Bound"
274	->''Episode Appearances:'' 10 of 100
275
276	Olivia's sister and Ella's mother. She came to temporarily live with Olivia after some troubles occurred regarding her marriage.
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278	Tropes associated with Rachel:
279	%%* AudienceSurrogate
280	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She just sort of disappeared after the season 2 part one finale.
281	* DeadAlternateCounterpart: The version of her from the "Red" universe [[DeathByChildbirth died in childbirth]].
282	* {{Everygirl}}: Olivia's very normal sister, who's totally unconnected to the crazy shit that the Fringe Division gets involved in.
283	* LethalChef: She's a pretty terrible cook.
284	%%* StepfordSmiler
285	[[/folder]]
286
287	[[folder:Ella Jae Blake]]
288	!!!'''Ella Jae Blake'''
289	[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ellajaeblake_3226.png]]
290	[[caption-width-right:195:"[[TheCutie They put something dead inside you. Dead! Into your blood. Gruesome!"]]"]]
291
292	-->''"Are you kidding? That's not a proper ending. Don't you know? All good stories start with 'once upon a time', and they end with 'happily ever after'. You don't know how to tell stories."''
293
294	''Portrayed by Lily Pilblad'', ''[[spoiler: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Meade Emily Meade (future)]] ]]''
295	->''First Appearance:'' Season 1, Episode 11: "Bound"
296	->''Episode Appearances:'' 11 of 100
297
298	Rachel's daughter. She came to live with her mother at Olivia's place for a while after Rachel's marriage turned sour. She's developed something of a bond with Olivia, and to an extent, Peter and Walter.
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300	Tropes associated with Ella:
301	* BlatantLies: She's quite the little liar.
302	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She too dropped off the radar very quickly into Season 3. (And that was just a phonecall)
303	** She appears in the Season 3 finale [[spoiler: grown up]]. Apparently she was just on a bus.
304	* CheerfulChild: She objected to Walter's story not because it had her mother drowning in a coffin but because it wasn't accurate.
305	%%* TheCutie
306	* DeadAlternateCounterpart: In the "Red" universe she was either stillborn or died shortly afterwards due to her mother being a carrier for a virus that kills pregnant women and their babies.
307	* DeadpanSnarker: For a 9-year old, she is ''snarky!''
308	--> '' [[FacePalm "Maybe you should teach me algebra."]] (after listening to Walter's singing)''
309	* FutureBadass: She's a Fringe Agent in the BadFuture.
310	* LittleMissBadass: In the [[spoiler:BadFuture, she is a trainee Fringe Agent]]. She doesn't do anything badass but has the attitude for it.
311	* NomDeMom: [[spoiler: In the BadFuture, she goes by Agent Dunham rather than Agent Blake.]]
312	* OnlySaneMan: She was arguably the only person who ''remotely'' made any sense out of Walter's story.
313	* ShipperOnDeck: She quietly opposes her mother being in love with Peter despite the ShipTease.
314	* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: During the season 3 final's BadFuture segment, she's just been promoted as a Fringe Agent.]]
315	[[/folder]]
316
317	[[folder:Amy Jessup]]
318	!!!'''Special Agent Amy Jessup'''
319
320	-->''"It's not that I don't appreciate petulance, Mr. Bishop, but the sooner you cooperate..."''
321
322	''Portrayed by Creator/MeghanMarkle'',
323	->''First Appearance:'' Season 2, Episode 1: "A New Day in the Old Town"
324	->''Episode Appearances:'' 2 of 100
325
326	An FBI Special Agent assigned to investigate a mysterious auto crash in Manhattan, and who takes a special interest in the Fringe Division.
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328	Tropes associated with Amy:
329	* DecoyProtagonist: She's apparently introduced as a way to maintain suspense about whether Olivia might have to be replaced as the show's lead. Once Olivia is back on her feet, Amy disappears.
330	* FBIAgent: Another point of similarity with Olivia.
331	* TomboyishPonytail: Keeps her hair tied back out in the field.
332
333	[[/folder]]
334
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