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| 13 | [[center:[-[[Characters/MarvelCinematicUniverse Main Character Index]] > Other Individuals and Organizations > [[Characters/MCUCitizens Citizens]] > [[Characters/MCUUnitedStatesCitizens United States Citizens]] > [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewJersey New Jersey]] | [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCity New York City, New York]] > '''New York City Police Department''' | [[Characters/MCUCitizensNewYorkCityMidtownSchoolOfScienceAndTechnology Midtown School of Science and Technology]]-]]] |
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| 15 | The [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCityCops New York City Police Department]] is the largest municipal police force in the United States. With a rise in crime and the emergence of new superpowered vigilantes, the department is left having to decide which ones are friends or enemies. |
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| 18 | !!One Police Plaza |
| 19 | One Police Plaza (or 1PP) is the headquarters of the NYPD. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | [[folder:Commissioner Chris Dimolina]] |
| 22 | !!Commissioner Chris Dimolina |
| 23 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chris_dimolina.png]] |
| 24 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 25 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 26 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AntoniCorone |
| 27 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'' |
| 28 | |
| 29 | The commissioner of the NYPD. |
| 30 | ---- |
| 31 | * AFatherToHisMen: He's opposed to releasing Wilson Fisk to house arrest at the Presidential Hotel because of the cops Fisk has had killed. |
| 32 | * SympathyForTheDevil: Inverted. When he's told of the attack on Wilson Fisk, he celebrates it because Kingpin is a cop killer. |
| 33 | [[/folder]] |
| 34 | |
| 35 | !!15th Precinct |
| 36 | The 15th Precinct covers Hell's Kitchen and most portions of Midtown Manhattan. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | [[folder:Brett Mahoney]] |
| 39 | !!''Sergeant SDS[[note]]Supervisor Detective Squad[[/note]] Brett Mahoney'' |
| 40 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dai7fauwkaeu5oa.jpg]] |
| 41 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Officer of the law. Defense attorney. We're supposed to be enemies."'']] |
| 42 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 43 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 44 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RoyceJohnson |
| 45 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'' | ''Series/{{Jessica Jones|2015}}'' | ''Series/{{The Punisher|2017}}'' | ''Series/DaredevilBornAgain'' |
| 46 | |
| 47 | -->''"Why are you so certain he's innocent, huh? Come on. Help me see it. You want me to see this big picture here, then paint it for me."'' |
| 48 | |
| 49 | A sergeant at the 15th Precinct, and Foggy's childhood friend. |
| 50 | ---- |
| 51 | * ArchEnemy: [[UnknownRival While the feeling isn't exactly mutual]], Mahoney clearly considers Frank Castle to be his white whale as he ''does not'' stop chasing after him. Despite being an excellent judge of character, his vision is completely skewed when the Punisher is concerned on [[EveryoneHasStandards account of the sheer number of bodies he leaves behind]], refusing to even ''want'' to understand that there's anything more to him than a mass murderer, or that there are multiple conspiracies afoot. This eventually causes him to clash with Madani's own investigations as well. |
| 52 | * AscendedExtra: After being a somewhat minor recurring character in previous Defender seasons, he plays a much more prominent role in Season 2 of ''The Punisher''. |
| 53 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Kilgrave makes him point a gun at Clemons. |
| 54 | * ByTheBookCop: He is one of a few non-corrupt cops in the 15th Precinct, making him the one that Matt and Foggy turn Hoffman over to when he decides to rat on Fisk. |
| 55 | * ChekhovsGunman: In Seasons 1 and 3 of ''Daredevil'', Brett becomes crucial to the resolution in bringing down Fisk. |
| 56 | ** In season 1, it's established early on that he's one of the few honest cops in the precinct, which is otherwise riddled by corrupt cops in Fisk's pocket. This makes him the officer that Matt has Carl Hoffman surrender to after tracking him down. Then, after Matt defeats Fisk and stops his attempt to escape, Brett is the first cop to arrive on the scene and takes Fisk back into custody. |
| 57 | ** In season 3, Brett makes his initial appearance at a union event where he lets Foggy take a few minutes to rally the cops to support his district attorney campaign. He doesn't show up again until after Dex's attack on the church, where Ray Nadeem convinces him to take custody of Karen so that she won't be murdered by Dex or any of the other corrupt FBI agents in Fisk's pocket. He also gets to once again be the one to take Fisk back into custody. |
| 58 | * ChildhoodFriends: With Foggy. They are close enough that Foggy tends to get cigars for Brett's mother. |
| 59 | * TheCommissionerGordon: He ends up becoming this to Matt. Initially he's the cop friendliest with the Devil of Hell's Kitchen and would turn a blind-eye due to all the good he's done, but would still be willing to take Daredevil in. Eventually it gets to the point where he acts as Matt's [[FriendOnTheForce informant]] and he lampshades the {{irony}} that the vigilante ends up being the only person he can trust. |
| 60 | * DeadpanSnarker: He engages in snarky combat with Foggy and Matt on a frequent basis. Really, most of his law enforcement colleagues get this, as his interactions with Dinah Madani show. |
| 61 | * FriendOnTheForce: He agrees to give Foggy a call if any interesting cases occur and immediately calls him when Karen Page is framed and arrested for murder. As one of the few cops Nelson & Murdock know to be honest, he's the one they send Hoffman to when it's time to bring down Fisk's empire, and he's the one who delivers the message to the city that the Devil of Hell's Kitchen is a hero. [[spoiler:In return for helping him, Matt allows Brett to take the credit for arresting Frank Castle, which nets him a promotion and puts him in a better position of authority within the NYPD.]] In Season 3, he gives Foggy the floor at a police union gathering so Foggy can convince the assembled cops to throw their support behind his impromptu district attorney campaign, due to their mutual hatred of Fisk. Following the church attack, Brett agrees to "arrest" Karen at Nadeem's behest so as to keep her away from Dex, and he also takes in Nadeem's family after Fisk tries to have them killed. |
| 62 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sure he may be incredibly grumpy more often than not and is never short on quips, but he is so [[ByTheBookCop by-the-book]] that it's unthinkable that he could be corrupt, or even think of doing anything but the right thing. That makes him one of an extremely few people Daredevil trusts completely, even though they're on opposite sides of the law. |
| 63 | * JurisdictionFriction: |
| 64 | ** Has this with Dex when "arresting" Karen at the church. Nadeem, who has grown a conscience after some words of wisdom from Sister Maggie, takes Brett aside, lets him know that Dex is working for Fisk, then lets Brett take Karen out of the church in handcuffs. |
| 65 | ** He ''really'' doesn't see eye to eye with DHS Agent Madani, as he believes (correctly) that the explanation for the whole incident where Billy Russo was disfigured is a complete fabrication and that she is interfering with NYPD investigations. |
| 66 | * TheMainCharactersDoEverything: By Season 2 of ''Daredevil'', he's appears to practically be the only cop in the 15th precinct, coincidentally being the only one to interact with the main characters. This includes justified examples where they're seeking him out, and more random encounters where he just happens to be the cop on duty or first to respond to every single major event. This is averted by ''The Defenders'', where Brett doesn't show up at Midland Circle even though Midland Circle is within his precinct's jurisdiction. Nor in ''Jessica Jones'' Season 2, where all of Jessica's police involvement is through Detective Costa. Then played straight again in ''The Punisher'' Season 1 where he's the lead on-scene investigator of Lewis' attack on Karen and Senator Ori, where it's even repeatedly noted that he was on the original Punisher case. And it's averted in ''Daredevil'' Season 3 where he doesn't play an active role in bringing Fisk down until the church attack. |
| 67 | * SecretSecretKeeper: It is strongly implied that after all their interactions, he has figured out that Matt is Daredevil. |
| 68 | * SignificantWardrobeShift: His promotion for arresting Frank Castle earns him a sideways transfer from Patrol into the Detective Bureau, so Brett loses the uniform and goes to suit and tie. |
| 69 | ->'''Foggy Nelson:''' Brett, you're wearing a tie, and it's...not a clip-on. |
| 70 | * SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: To the Punisher. While Brett grudgingly tolerates Matt, he does not approve of Frank's murderous methods. |
| 71 | * WeirdnessMagnet: His constant involvement with Matt's, Karen's and Foggy's escapades puts him firmly into this. He even lampshades Karen's tendency to get involved in deadly situations in Season 2. |
| 72 | [[/folder]] |
| 73 | |
| 74 | [[folder:Will Simpson]] |
| 75 | !!''Sergeant William "Will" Simpson'' |
| 76 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/simpson_william.jpg]] |
| 77 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"So what, you think because you have these abilities, you're a hero? I've seen heroes. You're not even close."'']] |
| 78 | !!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human |
| 79 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 80 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/WilTraval |
| 81 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Jessica Jones|2015}}'' |
| 82 | |
| 83 | An NYPD sergeant from the 15th Precinct who is used by Kilgrave for an attempt on Trish. After being freed from Kilgrave's control, he becomes an ally to Jessica and Trish, although he's frequently at odds with Jessica. |
| 84 | ---- |
| 85 | * AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, his name is ''Frank'' Simpson. It might be a case of OneSteveLimit across the Netflix MCU, to avoid conflict with Frank Castle. |
| 86 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: [[spoiler:This version of Nuke doesn't have a huge American flag tattooed across his face, and he's much leaner than his bulky comic counterpart. The worst he gets is a pair of bloodshot eyes in Season Two as a result of his drug use.]] |
| 87 | * AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: [[spoiler:In the comics, the pills used by Nuke were placebos that allowed him to unlock to adrenaline. The pills used here evidently increase his power and strength for real.]] |
| 88 | * AddledAddict: [[spoiler:Already starts showing signs in Season 1, but during his brief appearance in Season 2 it's made even more clear, with his red eyes only disappearing after he uses his inhalor.]] |
| 89 | * AntiVillain: [[spoiler:He starts as a friend, but becomes increasingly insane after the trauma brought on by his experience with Kilgrave and eventually goes into a drugged out, AxCrazy rampage. Though Jessica and Trish acknowledge that he is out of his mind when he finally goes nuts, they have little pity in stopping him before he can kill them or anybody else.]] |
| 90 | * TheAtoner: Kilgrave brainwashed him into trying to kill Trish so now he wants to protect Trish. |
| 91 | * AxCrazy: A side effect of Kozlov's treatment after the explosion set off by [[spoiler:Kilgrave's bomb]] nearly kills him. |
| 92 | * BlackAndWhiteInsanity: A source of conflict between him and Jessica, whose moral compass isn't as cut and dry as his own. For instance, he sees Kilgrave as an evil scumbag and therefore should be put down like a rabid dog (Jessica agrees with the first part and disagrees with the second). |
| 93 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: He's introduced trying to kill Trish under Kilgrave's influence, and it takes a good deal of effort to win her trust after he's released from it. |
| 94 | * BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:He shoots Clemons in the head at the "sin bin" Kilgrave was held in, and then two of Kozlov's associates when they come to take him in.]] |
| 95 | * CanonCharacterAllAlong: Given his name change, it wasn't immediately apparent that Will Simpson would be based on previous Marvel characters. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that he is MCU's version of Nuke, aka ''Frank'' Simpson.]] |
| 96 | * ChekhovsGunman: When he first appears, he's just some random cop that Kilgrave orders to kill Trish, and then, upon informing Kilgrave of his success, Kilgrave makes him try to kill himself. After Jessica saves him, Simpson unexpectedly returns to Trish's place on his day off to make amends, and the two begin a relationship and he vows revenge against Kilgave with his unique resources. It's unknown if Kilgrave was aware of Simpson's background when he enslaved him. |
| 97 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: Simpson wants to save people. When he can't, things go bad. |
| 98 | * ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Especially given his name change, it isn't immediately apparent that he's the MCU version of [[spoiler:the Daredevil villain Nuke, right down to the pills that give him super powers]], until he utters the character's (in)famous catchphrase of [[spoiler:demanding "Reds"]]. After that, the Captain America parallels become much clearer. |
| 99 | * CoolCar: He takes great care of an old fashioned Oldsmobile Cutlass. |
| 100 | * CompositeCharacter: |
| 101 | ** While he is mostly based on the [[spoiler:Marvel supervillain Nuke, he also has elements of another minor villain, Mad Dog. Like Mad Dog, he is a soldier that gains superpowers due to working with a shady corporation. Both characters also had a romantic relationship with Patricia Walker that turned violent. He also bears some resemblance to SHIELD agent Clay Quartermain, an ally of Jessica Jones in the comic book.]] |
| 102 | ** He also bears elements of [[spoiler:replacement Captain America's William Burnside (the '50s Cap and Grand Director) and John Walker (later the US Agent). As with both, he's a modern special operator with a very similar appearance to Steve Rogers, and a do-good approach. And both have SanitySlippage and become {{Anti Villain}}s. Specifically to Burnside, that switch comes from Simpson experiencing a PsychoSerum and mind control. Specific to Walker, his SanitySlippage is triggered by being unable to save people]]. |
| 103 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: Utilizing his training in the Special Forces, he manages to nearly kill Trish despite her extensive self-defense training. When attacked by Kilgrave's bodyguards, he manages to handle multiple opponents. Then he takes a combination of SuperSerum and PsychoSerum to match Jessica in strength and toughness. |
| 104 | * EvilCounterpart: In a way, he's a much darker version of Steve Rogers: A clean-cut, wants-to-do-good former military man, even sporting a similar hairstyle. Except unlike Steve, [[spoiler:when he gets exposed to enhancing drugs, he turns into a rampaging lunatic]]. |
| 105 | * FaceHeelTurn: He's more or less on the side of good when introduced, but he starts to go off the deep end after [[spoiler:taking Dr. Kozlov's drugs]]. |
| 106 | * FairCop: He's a cop and has quite a few shirtless scenes. Trish definitely notices this in-universe. |
| 107 | * FeelNoPain: Thanks to his pills. As a result of this, he doesn't notice he burned his arm disposing of Clemons' body, and so doesn't cover it up, which gives Jessica an additional clue that he's not right in the head. He also doesn't flinch when Trish shoots him in the leg. |
| 108 | * {{Foil}}: To Jessica Jones. They both suffer from trauma caused by having been forced by Kilgrave to do horrible things. However, while Jessica isn't exactly dealing with her issues ''well,'' she's managed to remain functional by becoming a cynical, [[PragmaticHero pragmatic]] AntiHero. Simpson tries to remain an idealistic, heroic figure, and succumbs to BlackAndWhiteInsanity as a result - essentially, Jessica bends, and he refuses to bend and breaks. Also born out by their physical appearance, as he's a well-built blonde man, while Jessica is a sickly-looking dark-haired woman. |
| 109 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: When bonding with Trish, he tells her a story where as a kid he played rescue with a GI-Joe and his sister's Barbie doll. He got a bit too gung-ho, and in the end his sister's Barbie Playhouse was literally in flames -- but at least the rescue was successful! It's a funny story at the time, but [[spoiler:it directly foreshadows his later descent into madness and trail of destruction in his attempts to kill Kilgrave and protect Trish -- which even includes him setting the heroes' headquarters on fire]]. |
| 110 | * FriendOnTheForce: One of the first things Jessica asks of him is to pull police surveillance feeds of places she's been so she can find Kilgrave's spy. |
| 111 | * FromCamouflageToCriminal: Before becoming a cop, Simpson was part of Special Forces, after his SanitySlippage and taking his "combat enhancers" again, [[spoiler:he becomes a VigilanteMan and a murderer.]] |
| 112 | * HeadbuttingHeroes: Simpson and Jessica both have the same goal of stopping Kilgrave, but have wildly different ideas on how to do it and wind up impeding each other. [[spoiler:Eventually, Simpson gets so fed up with Jessica that, while hopped up on combat-enhancers, he tries to kill her just for getting in his way.]] |
| 113 | * HellBentForLeather: Simpson is an edgy EmpoweredBadassNormal who often wears a leather jacket. |
| 114 | * {{Irony}}: Will's motivations in Season 1 boils down to protecting Trish. Yet in all three of Trish's closest brushes she has with death, he was a strong factor. |
| 115 | ** Their first encounter is when he is commanded by Kilgrave into visiting Trish over a possible assault charge involving a fan. To borrow the LAPD's motto, he is a police officer that is supposed to serve and protect, and nearly strangles her to death. |
| 116 | ** [[spoiler:He gives her an unregistered gun to protect herself from danger and later encourages her to use it to kill Kilgrave. She nearly does, but empties her gun before she can deliver a kill shot. He then orders her to put a bullet in her head. Trish only survives because the gun was empty, and fought the command by hitting her head with a bullet instead of reloading.]] |
| 117 | ** [[spoiler:Will goes back into a supersoldier program he was a former member of, in order to use their drugs to take care of Kilgrave. He goes off the deep end and attempts to kill Jessica, while trying to keep Trish out of the equation. However, Trish steals his pills, and takes them to help Jessica fight Will off. The pills nearly kill her before an EMT injects her with a counter to stimulant drugs.]] |
| 118 | * ItsPersonal: The fact that Kilgrave used him to attempt to murder Trish and [[spoiler:was behind the death of two of his old friends]] is at least partly the reason why he wants to kill him so badly. |
| 119 | * JerkassHasAPoint: For all his faults, Will isn't wrong for wanting to kill Kilgrave, who he accurately points out is ''extremely dangerous'' and it would ensure he couldn't destroy any more innocent lives. [[spoiler: In the end, for all her hard work, Jessica ends up having to kill Kilgrave. If she had done it earlier, many lives would have been saved]]. |
| 120 | * LastNameBasis: Nobody ever refers to him by his first name, only ever calling him "Simpson." |
| 121 | * MrFanservice: He [[ShirtlessScene shows off his body]] in a few scenes. |
| 122 | * MurderIsTheBestSolution: He's strongly in favor of just straight up killing Kilgrave, rather than trying to bring him in alive. [[spoiler:Come the finale, he's proven right.]] |
| 123 | * MythologyGag: His casual clothes and hairstyle are nearly identical to Steve Rogers' off duty look in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier.'' [[spoiler:It serves as a reference to his comic counterpart, who was an attempt to make a new Captain America in the [=1960s=]. He also gets some nasty facial injuries that resemble Nuke's distinctive tattoo.]] |
| 124 | * NeckSnap: [[spoiler:Alisa twists his neck in this way.]] |
| 125 | * PlotArmor: He survives a bomb explosion with few injuries, while [[spoiler:his two friends who are behind him don't]]. Unfortunately, his luck runs out when [[spoiler:Jessica's mom]] catches up to him. |
| 126 | * PsychoSerum: The pills given to Simpson [[spoiler:by Kozlov]] send him into a bloody rage. |
| 127 | * PsychoSupporter: To Trish. While it seems at first that he's a decent guy, he rapidly becomes unstable in his determination to protect her. [[spoiler:By the end, a combination of PTSD from Kilgrave's mind control and combat medication drives him completely insane, killing Clemons and attempting to kill Jessica.]] He still never stops caring about Trish. |
| 128 | * PragmaticHero: He thinks that Jessica should just murder Kilgrave and be done with this whole nightmare, despite the potential harm this could do to Kilgrave's victims. |
| 129 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:His brief appearance in Season 2 has him trying to genuinely atone for his misdeeds the prior season by protecting Trish from the new threat. He winds up getting killed protecting her and Jessica shortly thereafter.]] |
| 130 | * SanitySlippage: He never truly recovers from Kilgrave ordering him to kill Trish in his first appearance. He is fixated with protecting her and Jessica from Kilgrave, but he becomes increasingly obsessed with killing him. At first his intentions are good and his methods just seem overly pragmatic, but when those fail he eventually takes "combat enhancers" that exacerbate his obsession and make him violently delusional, which leads to him killing Clemons and two of Kozlov's men, and attacking Trish. |
| 131 | * StalkerWithACrush: While his attraction to Trish is initially mutual, [[spoiler:she starts to wean herself off him when he goes off the rails and assaults her]]. |
| 132 | * StatingTheSimpleSolution: When he hears about Jessica's complicated plan to capture Kilgrave alive, imprison him, and then somehow force him to provide enough evidence to clear Hope of murder charges, his reply is simple indeed: shoot him dead. |
| 133 | * SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Doesn't feature very prominently in any of the pre-release promotional materials. [[spoiler:Cleverly averted in the story trailer. He appears in silhouette, but given Jessica's voice over of the shot and the fact that he doesn't appear anywhere else, one would be forgiven for thinking that the shot was of Kilgrave instead. The shot only appears in the show right after Simpson's FaceHeelTurn.]] |
| 134 | * SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:He's killed two episodes into Season 2.]] |
| 135 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: An unintentional example; Trish starts her relapse into addiction after taking Simpson's combat-enhancing drugs, something Simpson never wanted even at his lowest point. [[spoiler:Even after he dies in Season 2, Trish keeps hold of his drug-filled inhaler and starts down the path to becoming a villain herself.]] |
| 136 | * TragicVillain: He starts out with the best of intentions, wanting to protect Trish and stop Kilgrave, but he grows repeatedly unhinged and fanatical about it. Then, after being badly wounded by Kilgrave, he goes back on the Reds to be able to get out of a hospital bed and continue the fight, and they fully drive him out of his mind. In his last appearance in Season 1, he's become as his comics counterpart: a pitiable figure, but also too insane and violent to be reasoned with. |
| 137 | * VerbalTic: When under the influence of the combat-enhancing 'Reds', he occasionally will-occasionally will repeat a word or phrase twice in quick succession, usually when-when trying to lie. |
| 138 | * WouldHitAGirl: He does attack both Trish and Jessica. On both occasions, he's under the influence of something that overrides his natural temperament - he is under Kilgrave's influence the first time he goes after Trish, and is having a negative reaction to his drugs the second time. |
| 139 | [[/folder]] |
| 140 | |
| 141 | [[folder:Oscar Clemons]] |
| 142 | !!''Detective First Grade Oscar Clemons'' |
| 143 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oscar_clemons_mcu.png]] |
| 144 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 145 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 146 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ClarkePeters |
| 147 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Jessica Jones|2015}}'' |
| 148 | |
| 149 | An elderly NYPD detective who crosses paths with Jessica on more than one occasion. |
| 150 | ---- |
| 151 | * ActorAllusion: He has [[Series/TheWire a fondness for antiquities]]. |
| 152 | * BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Simpson shoots him in the head.]] |
| 153 | * DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:His counterpart in the comics is still alive (which is notable, considering he was a [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Punisher]] character). His partner, on the other hand...]] |
| 154 | * InkSuitActor: Kinda. Clemons in the comics was created in the likeness of Creator/MorganFreeman. Clarke Peters bears just enough resemblance though to get a free pass. |
| 155 | * InspectorJavert: Subverted; when Jessica first mentions him, it's stated he once had suspicions about her. However, when she tries to take advantage of the trope so she can GetIntoJailFree, he sees right away she is hiding something and doesn't take the opportunity to send her to jail. |
| 156 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's initially very unsympathetic due to his abrasive attitude and antagonism toward Jessica, but he reveals himself to be an honest and intelligent cop with a helluva clearance rate. |
| 157 | * ManlyFacialHair: Clemons is a tough, perceptive veteran detective with a prominent mustache. |
| 158 | * RedRightHand: He breaks his right hand trying to free it from his handcuffs without unlocking the cuffs. This is how Jessica later identifies his body when searching the morgues. |
| 159 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As soon as he has witnessed Kilgrave's powers with his own eyes, he is fully willing to help Jessica. He also admits to Simpson that he might have a point in claiming that Kilgrave is too dangerous to stand a normal trial, but he also points out that it still doesn't give Simpson nor himself the right to take the law into their own hands by killing him. [[BoomHeadshot Too bad Simpson disagrees.]] |
| 160 | * {{Retirony}}: He signs his death warrant the moment he says he's two years away from mandatory retirement with full pension. |
| 161 | * ShoutOut: Just like [[Series/TheWire Lester Freamon]], Clemons is fond of antiques, as he says to break the ice in his interrogation of Jessica. |
| 162 | [[/folder]] |
| 163 | |
| 164 | [[folder:Christian Blake]] |
| 165 | !!''Detective Christian Blake'' |
| 166 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2018_03_25_13h17m59s239.png]] |
| 167 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I'll call the ADA. But you take that tone with me again, I don't care if you're blind, I'll kick the shit out of you."'']] |
| 168 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 169 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 170 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ChrisTardio |
| 171 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'' |
| 172 | |
| 173 | -->''"How does it feel, Urich? Knowing your days have passed? You're like the freakin' dinosaurs watching that big rock crashing into them."'' |
| 174 | |
| 175 | An NYPD detective on Wilson Fisk's payroll. |
| 176 | ---- |
| 177 | * AlasPoorVillain: He's murdered in his hospital by his best friend, believing he's come to protect him. It's easy to feel sorry for Blake, having to be murdered in his hospital bed by his own partner and best friend, who got forced into doing it. |
| 178 | * BanteringBaddieBuddies: Despite being a detective, Blake seems to enjoy doing his dirty work along with Hoffman and are the two quite fond of sharing darkly humorous quips about it. |
| 179 | * BeardOfEvil: Blake has a very heavy five 'o clock shadow. |
| 180 | * ButtMonkey: Nothing ever goes right for Blake whenever he appears. |
| 181 | ** In his first appearance, he gets utterly humiliated by Matt and Foggy's rule-fu regarding Karen's Union Allied case, so he's forced to let Karen go despite his employer wanting her dead. |
| 182 | ** Matt breaks his right arm outside the precinct and steals his phone, containing list of the Russians' hideouts. |
| 183 | ** Fisk decides that Blake is a liability and needs to be ridden of. Thus he orders an ESU sniper to gun Blake down outside the scene where Matt is holed up with Vladimir. But Blake manages to survive this. So his best friend/partner Hoffman is sent to poison him, finishing him off for good, and his death is treated as a tragedy. |
| 184 | * DirtyCop: Blake kills Piotr in custody for saying Fisk's name and makes it look like Piotr jumped Hoffman. They later are among the dirty cops that Fisk sends to kill the survivors of Fisk's bombings. |
| 185 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Blake and Hoffman really care for each other, having a genuine friendship that goes back 35 years, to before the academy. |
| 186 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Even before their revelation as DirtyCops, it's clear that neither Blake nor Hoffman are the nicest people with the way they handle Karen's case. Blake even threatens physical violence on the blind Matt for taking a defiant tone with him, which is alarming enough to briefly give Hoffman pause. |
| 187 | * FourIsDeath: He appears in four episodes (1, 5, 6, and 8) and dies in the fourth one. |
| 188 | * {{Jerkass}}: Blake is hostile with Matt and Foggy, and repeatedly mocks Ben Urich for his declining reputation. |
| 189 | * KillerCop: He murders Piotr for saying Wilson Fisk's name in the interrogation room, and is one of the cops Fisk sends in to execute any Russians who survived the bombings. |
| 190 | * LastNameBasis: Blake's first name 'Christian' is only mentioned in the ''Bulletin'' article Karen reads on the Internet about him regaining conscious after getting shot. |
| 191 | * SickbedSlaying: After surviving getting shot, Fisk threatens Hoffman into poisoning him in the hospital. |
| 192 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: His death proves to be the breaking point for Hoffman and is what gets Hoffman to decide he wants nothing more to do with Fisk. |
| 193 | * YouHaveFailedMe: While Fisk can forgive Blake for being beaten up by Matt, he cannot forgive Blake for letting his phone get stolen by Matt, which enabled Matt to track down Vladimir. So he orders a police sniper on his payroll to gun down Blake and a few other innocent cops on live TV. When Blake survives this, Fisk intimidates Hoffman into poisoning him in the hospital. |
| 194 | [[/folder]] |
| 195 | |
| 196 | [[folder:Carl Hoffman]] |
| 197 | !!Detective Carl Hoffman |
| 198 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carl_hoffman_mcu.jpg]] |
| 199 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"Out of turn? You shot him!"'']] |
| 200 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 201 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 202 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/DarylEdwards |
| 203 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'' |
| 204 | |
| 205 | Detective Blake's partner, who, like Blake, is also on Wilson Fisk's payroll. |
| 206 | ---- |
| 207 | * AlasPoorVillain: He's forced to murder his best friend to avoid Fisk's wrath, and he's unable to hold back tears as he injects the syringe into Blake's IV line. |
| 208 | * BaldOfEvil: In the service of Fisk. |
| 209 | * BanteringBaddieBuddies: He and Blake enjoy doing Fisk's dirty work, and are quite fond of sharing darkly humorous quips about it. |
| 210 | * ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:He goes ghost after killing Blake to avoid Fisk's wrath, having been scooped up by Owlsley. Ultimately, he comes back in the season 1 finale to rat Fisk out to the FBI, and he's also critical to directly linking Fisk to many of the murders he's ordered by virtue of the fact that Fisk directly gives him the order to kill Blake (as opposed to relay the order through Wesley).]] |
| 211 | * DirtyCop: Helps Blake murder one of Vladimir's goons in custody for saying Fisk's name, and claims the man attacked him. Fisk later uses them to get rid of any Russians who survived the bombings. |
| 212 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: They care for each other, having a genuine friendship that goes back 35 years, to before the academy. Hoffman is plagued with guilt and doubt when Fisk orders him to kill Blake. Fisk asking him point-blank how much the years are worth to him in dollars, notably makes him break down in tears. |
| 213 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: A minor one, but even he takes pause at Blake's threats of physical violence against Matt. |
| 214 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Even before their revelation as DirtyCops, it's clear that neither he nor Blake are the nicest people with the way they handle Karen's case. |
| 215 | * {{Jerkass}}: Hoffman is hostile with Matt and Foggy, though not to the extent that Blake is. |
| 216 | * LastNameBasis: Hoffman's first name "Carl" is only mentioned a few times, such as in a few of his interactions with Blake, and later when Corbin and the hit squad sent to kill Hoffman locate him. |
| 217 | * LivingMacGuffin: [[spoiler:Hoffman becomes this in the season's final episode, a crucial piece of evidence fought over by Fisk, Owlsley, and Matt. Matt wins, and Hoffman's confession brings down Fisk's empire.]] |
| 218 | * MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Hoffman is aware that Fisk discards of underlings when he has no further use for them. So when Fisk personally orders him to kill Blake, Hoffman pointedly asks how long it'll be before he does something that'll make him another liability that Fisk decides to have killed. This allows Leland to keep him hidden as a bargaining chip and later be threatened by Matt into turning state's evidence. |
| 219 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Hoffman becomes a liability after being forced to kill Blake, doubtless bitter over having to kill his partner and Fisk's role in it, so Fisk tries to off him as well before he can cause any damage. [[spoiler:Fortunately, Owlsley has already scooped him up and hidden him away to use as a bargaining chip. He is then saved by Matt, and helps bring down Fisk's empire.]] |
| 220 | [[/folder]] |
| 221 | |
| 222 | [[folder:Eddy Costa]] |
| 223 | !!''Detective Edward "Eddy" Costa'' |
| 224 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2018_03_25_13h16m09s929.png]] |
| 225 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Are—are we supposed to knock or just come in? I—I never know with doors like this. Is this a business or a home?"'']] |
| 226 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 227 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 228 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JohnVentimiglia |
| 229 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Jessica Jones|2015}}'' |
| 230 | |
| 231 | A detective at the 15th precinct who crosses paths with Jessica Jones. |
| 232 | ---- |
| 233 | * TheCommissionerGordon: In Season 3, he serves as this for Jessica and the police. |
| 234 | * FriendOnTheForce: He sometimes lets confidential info slip to Jessica, so she can help with her skills. |
| 235 | * GoodIsNotNice: By all means he's one of the most heroic police officers shown and is Jessica's closest ally within the precinct, but he's not completely forgiving of her more questionable actions and, after [[spoiler:Alisa kills his partner, he all but severs all ties with Jess. At the same time he's also the only one trying to bring her in peacefully when she becomes tied up in Alisa escaping the border.]] |
| 236 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: When he first appears, he's pretty nasty and stand-offish with Jessica. [[spoiler:When he finds out Jessica is innocent, he's apologetic and even thanks her for killing Kilgrave.]] |
| 237 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In Season 2, [[spoiler:he has a moment of this after Alisa kills Sunday in front of him.]] |
| 238 | * PetTheDog: After he finds Jessica silently crying over [[spoiler:her mother's bloody corpse]], he immediately tells his men to lower their guns, as he assumes that [[spoiler:Jessica was forced to kill her mother]], offers her his sympathies and tells her that she did the right thing and had no choice. [[spoiler:Given Jess is free at the end, it also seems he opted not to charge her with aiding and abetting.]] |
| 239 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's just doing his job for the most part, and he knows Jessica's trying to do good given that he was one of those cops victimized by Kilgrave. So he has more understanding of Jessica than his partner Sunday does. |
| 240 | * StraightGay: Season 3 reveals he is married to a man and they are shown intending to adopt a child. |
| 241 | [[/folder]] |
| 242 | |
| 243 | [[folder:Ruth Sunday]] |
| 244 | !!''Detective Ruth Sunday'' |
| 245 | [[quoteright:259:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2018_03_25_13h24m52s650.png]] |
| 246 | %%[[caption-width-right:259:some caption text]] |
| 247 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 248 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 249 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Lisa Tharps |
| 250 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Jessica Jones|2015}}'' |
| 251 | |
| 252 | Costa's partner, a fellow detective at the 15th Precinct. |
| 253 | ---- |
| 254 | * FantasticRacism: She greatly distrusts enhanced humans like Jessica. Even when there isn't any evidence to support this, she assumes Jessica is working with the killer and tries to spin ''any'' action she makes into somehow being warrant for arrest. |
| 255 | * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Alisa makes her getaway from the hospital by jumping out the window using Sunday as a human shield. Sunday is killed by the fall.]] |
| 256 | [[/folder]] |
| 257 | |
| 258 | [[folder:Officer Corbin]] |
| 259 | !!''Officer Corbin'' |
| 260 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/corbin_mcu.jpg]] |
| 261 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 262 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 263 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Angel Rosa |
| 264 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'' |
| 265 | |
| 266 | A uniformed officer from the 15th Precinct on Fisk's payroll. |
| 267 | ---- |
| 268 | * BaldOfEvil: He's got a receding hairline and is on the take. |
| 269 | * TheBrute: He's less a cop and more a glorified henchman with an NYPD shield. |
| 270 | * DefiantToTheEnd: Keeps resisting and protesting as he's arrested by the FBI |
| 271 | * DirtyCop: Fisk uses him to kill the survivors after Fisk blows up Vladimir's stash houses, and later sends him leading a group of officers sent after Hoffman. |
| 272 | * KillerCop: He kills Sergei, and some of the other bombing survivors |
| 273 | * MetaCasting: Angel Rosa is an actual NYPD cop who's had bit parts in a variety of cop shows that film in New York City. |
| 274 | [[/folder]] |
| 275 | |
| 276 | [[folder:Clyde Farnum]] |
| 277 | !!''Clyde Farnum'' |
| 278 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/clyde_farnum.png]] |
| 279 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 280 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 281 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' J. Tucker Smith |
| 282 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'' |
| 283 | |
| 284 | A cop at the 15th Precinct who is indebted to Fisk, and is hired to do a few favors. |
| 285 | ----- |
| 286 | * ApologeticAttacker: He's only trying to kill Karen because Wesley is threatening to have his daughter killed. As he's strangling Karen in her cell, he's on the verge of tears and whispering "I'm sorry!" repeatedly. |
| 287 | * AteHisGun: What his murder is staged to look like. |
| 288 | * DirtyCop: He's indebted to Fisk after the latter took over Don Rigoletto's territories and assets. |
| 289 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Wesley threatens him into carrying out a hit on Karen by showing him a live feed of his daughter in a park, with Rance not ten feet away and ready to kill her if Farnum doesn't do the job he's been asked to do. |
| 290 | * EyeScream: Karen claws at his face hard enough to draw blood from his right eye. He's later shown still wearing an eyepatch bandage over said eye when he's killed. |
| 291 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: He's killed, along with Rance and [=McClintock=], after Karen delivers the flash drive of Union Allied evidence to the ''Bulletin''. |
| 292 | * NeverSuicide: The cover story for his murder is that he ate the barrel of his gun in his basement. When Ben Urich tells Karen about this, she quickly figures out what really happened. |
| 293 | * TrappedByGamblingDebts: He owes $28,957 in debts to bookies in Fisk's employ. |
| 294 | [[/folder]] |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[folder:Captain Strieber]] |
| 297 | !!''Captain Strieber'' |
| 298 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/striber.png]] |
| 299 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 300 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 301 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Ron Simons |
| 302 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{The Defenders|2017}}'' | ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'' |
| 303 | |
| 304 | Captain Audrey's replacement at the 29th Precinct, in charge of an NYPD task force investigating the Hand, and later transferred to the 15th Precinct. |
| 305 | ---- |
| 306 | * DaChief: He is a Captain, and has replaced Audrey in light of the corruption scandal with Scarfe. Later, he becomes boss to Brett Mahoney. |
| 307 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Matt, Jessica and Luke are reluctant to keep him in the loop about what they know about the Hand. Even Misty is doing this too in her efforts to stay loyal to Luke. |
| 308 | * OralFixation: He can be seen chewing on toothpicks even at crime scenes. |
| 309 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is pronounced Streiber (s-try-ber) but spelled Strieber (s-tree-ber). |
| 310 | [[/folder]] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | [[folder:Officer O'Rourke]] |
| 313 | !!''Officer O'Rourke'' |
| 314 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gene_gillette_marvel.png]] |
| 315 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 316 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 317 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Gene Gillette |
| 318 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{The Punisher|2017}}'' |
| 319 | |
| 320 | An officer of the 15th Precinct formerly involved with the Kitchen Irish. |
| 321 | ---- |
| 322 | * DirtyCop: He used to be involved with the Kitchen Irish before they were wiped out by the Punisher. |
| 323 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: A cousin of his was also a member of the Kitchen Irish and got killed by Castle. O'Rourke wants to avenge him by killing Frank. |
| 324 | * KillerCop: He's a cop that tries to collect the bounty on Frank Castle's head offered by John Pilgrim. |
| 325 | * WouldHurtAChild[=/=]WouldHitAGirl: He tries to choke Amy Bendix to death [[spoiler:when she tries to save Frank from him]]. |
| 326 | [[/folder]] |
| 327 | |
| 328 | [[folder:Carl Nussbaumer]] |
| 329 | !!Carl Nussbaumer |
| 330 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 331 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 332 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Larry Mitchell |
| 333 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Jessica Jones|2015}}'' |
| 334 | |
| 335 | A decorated but secretly corrupt NYPD officer who is blackmailed by Eric Gelden. |
| 336 | ---- |
| 337 | * AssholeVictim: A dirty cop who murders teenage drug dealers whose deaths won't be minded by the criminal justice system because they'll be chalked up to gang violence. He gets blackmailed by Eric Gelden [[spoiler:and, later, accidentally killed by Trish Walker.]] |
| 338 | * AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Trish accidentally kills Nussbaumer by hitting him against a wall.]] |
| 339 | * DirtyCop: He killed drug dealers to steal their money and product and sell it himself, while passing off the murders as gang crime. |
| 340 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: His targets were teenagers mostly of Latino and African American origin, whose deaths wouldn't raise any waves. |
| 341 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: He kept a pristine reputation in his twenty years of service, getting decorated and gaining the admiration of fellow officers and detectives, among them Detective Imada, whose life Nussbaumer saved while dealing with a criminal. |
| 342 | [[/folder]] |
| 343 | |
| 344 | !!29th Precinct |
| 345 | The 29th Precinct covers Harlem above 116th Street. |
| 346 | |
| 347 | [[folder:Misty Knight]] |
| 348 | -> see [[Characters/MCUDefendersAllies Defenders and Allies]] |
| 349 | [[/folder]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[folder:Rafael Scarfe]] |
| 352 | !!''Detective Rafael Scarfe'' |
| 353 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mcu_scarfe.png]] |
| 354 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"A clue is a clue, no matter how small."'']] |
| 355 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 356 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 357 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/FrankWhaley |
| 358 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'' |
| 359 | |
| 360 | Misty Knight's determined, but stubborn and [[spoiler:corrupt]] police partner. |
| 361 | ---- |
| 362 | * AccidentalChildKillerBackstory: Scarfe left his loaded gun out; his son played with it and accidentally shot himself. [[spoiler:The boy's death was Scarfe's CynicismCatalyst and the beginning of his descent into corruption.]] |
| 363 | * AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Even though Misty knew he was corrupt, Scarfe's death devastated her.]] |
| 364 | * AllForNothing: None of the information he gives can be used against Cottonmouth because of his death. |
| 365 | * TheCynic: His rather bitter and callous worldview makes him a good foil to the more straight-edge Misty. |
| 366 | * DeadpanSnarker: He's extremely sarcastic, to say the least. |
| 367 | * DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Dies after a HeelFaceTurn against Cottonmouth.]] |
| 368 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:Yes, Rafael, totally a good idea to shake down a volatile gangster like Cottonmouth for money. Surely you didn't think he might try shooting you?]] |
| 369 | * DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Misty, Luke and Claire are there with him in his final moments.]] |
| 370 | * DirtyCop: He secretly works for Cottonmouth and undermines investigations to destroy any incriminating evidence or witnesses. |
| 371 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Claims that he's this in comparison to Cottonmouth as he knows how volatile Cottonmouth is. |
| 372 | * EvilVegetarian: Well, "evil" might be an exaggeration, but it's established in both scenes showing him and Misty eating that he's a vegetarian. |
| 373 | * FramingTheGuiltyParty: He plants a gun in Cockroach's apartment to get Cockroach arrested. Cockroach was guilty of other murders, but not the one Scarfe framed him for. |
| 374 | * KillerCop: He kills Chico with his necktie. |
| 375 | * LastNameBasis: Everyone just calls him Scarfe, with Misty only sporadically using his first name. |
| 376 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: His young son died while fiddling with his gun. |
| 377 | * SadClown: It's implied that his constant jokes are attempts to distract himself from the death of his son. As Misty says to Perez, Scarfe jokes a lot but seldom smiles. |
| 378 | * TokenWhite: For the main cast of ''Luke Cage'', which is a first for an MCU cast. (While Theo Rossi is American of mixed descent, Shades is Latino) |
| 379 | * VillainousLegacy: Come Season 2, at least thirty criminals, including Cockroach, are unleashed onto the streets of Harlem because Scarfe tainted their convictions. |
| 380 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Misty. They bicker constantly (helped no little by [[spoiler:Scarfe being on Cottonmouth's payroll most of that time]]), but at the end they care for each other. |
| 381 | [[/folder]] |
| 382 | |
| 383 | [[folder:Mark Bailey]] |
| 384 | !!''Detective Mark Bailey'' |
| 385 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bailey_4.jpg]] |
| 386 | [[caption-width-right:300:''It's just a beautiful day at the office.'']] |
| 387 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 388 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 389 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Justin Swain |
| 390 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'' |
| 391 | |
| 392 | A friend of Misty Knight's in the Crime Scene Unit. |
| 393 | ---- |
| 394 | * AscendedExtra: He has a much larger presence in Season 2 compared to Season 1. |
| 395 | * BrutalHonesty: Misty trusts him to tell things like it is, and he is blunt when telling Misty that her disability and association with Scarfe is making her fellow officers uncomfortable. |
| 396 | * FakeGuestStar: In Season 2, Bailey is in nine episodes, yet Justin Swain doesn't get main credits billing. |
| 397 | * FriendOnTheForce: One of the few allies in the department that Misty still has by her side after Scarfe's death. |
| 398 | * LastNameBasis: Misty always calls him Bailey. |
| 399 | * RankUp: He is promoted to Detective in between Seasons 1 and 2 and partnered with Nandi. After Nandi is exposed as dirty, he's re-partnered with Misty. |
| 400 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Bailey's promotion to Detective in Season 2 essentially sees him taking over Scarfe's former post as Misty's partner, especially after Nandi is outed as dirty. |
| 401 | [[/folder]] |
| 402 | |
| 403 | [[folder:Nandi Tyler]] |
| 404 | !!''Detective Nandi Tyler'' |
| 405 | [[quoteright:339:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2020_07_22_21h41m10s241.jpg]] |
| 406 | %%[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]] |
| 407 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 408 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 409 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Antonique Smith |
| 410 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'' |
| 411 | |
| 412 | A detective at the 29th Precinct and high school acquaintance of Misty Knight. |
| 413 | ----- |
| 414 | * ActorSharedBackground: Just like her actress, Nandi is pretty proficient in singing Broadway show tunes. |
| 415 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Nandi has cultivated a habit of betraying people to get what she wants since her youth. In high school, she manipulated her basketball teammate Tasha Bowles into getting caught for theft to eliminate her as a rival. As an adult, she proves to be a corrupt cop. |
| 416 | * DirtyCop: She expresses frustration over Misty's working with Mariah, and retaliates by selling out Mariah to Bushmaster. |
| 417 | * IdiotBall: She fails to cover her tracks after ratting out Mariah to Bushmaster, which leads to Ridley and Misty investigating how Bushmaster found her. Any cop would actually know better to check for surveillance littered around the city, which is how Nandi was caught. |
| 418 | * ItsAllAboutMe: No matter what platitudes she preaches about teamwork and integrity, the only person Nandi cares about is herself. In high school, she manipulated her basketball teammate into getting caught for theft of an [=iPod=] so she could take her position on the team. As Misty pointed out, they lost their away tournament in Philadelphia but Nandi didn't care as long as she got to shine as the team's MVP. In the present, Nandi tries to justify giving away Mariah's location to Bushmaster as her protecting Harlem but Misty doesn't buy it for one minute and calls her out for only wanting the money she made from that decision. |
| 419 | -->'''Misty''': "You almost had our blood on your hands, and look at you; even now, you won't own your shit!" |
| 420 | * LaserGuidedKarma: During a high school basketball tournament in Philadelphia, Nandi made a deal with her basketball teammate Tasha Bowles in which Nandi would steal some wallets and Tasha would steal an [=iPod=]. However, this was actually a set up; Nandi had no intention of stealing anything and instead told their coach Tasha had stolen the [=iPod=], resulting in Tasha getting kicked off the team and Nandi taking her position. However, Nandi injured her knee during the tournament and was replaced by Misty Knight. |
| 421 | * MaleGaze: The camera actually lingers on her butt for a good few seconds while she's walking as she's [[spoiler:being arrested]]. |
| 422 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Nandi justifies her actions in selling out Mariah's location to Bushmaster as necessary to eliminate a threat to Harlem. However, she doesn't care that Bushmaster is just as, if not more dangerous to Harlem than Mariah and is clearly more concerned about the money Bushmaster paid her than anyone who would be hurt by her actions. |
| 423 | * TheRival: Nandi and Misty have had an antagonistic relationship since high school, after Misty replaced her on the basketball team due to Nandi suffering an injury. She also set up another teammate to get kicked off the team along the way. |
| 424 | * RivalTurnedEvil: Nandi resented Misty in high school for taking her position on the basketball team after Nandi suffered a knee injury during a match. As an adult, their rivalry turns to enmity as Nandi betrays her fellow officers to sell out Mariah to Bushmaster. |
| 425 | * SmugSnake: Even after she is exposed, she still tries to face off against Misty, it ends well as anyone expected. |
| 426 | * TooDumbToLive: Nandi foolishly resists arrest and attempts to go toe-to-toe with Misty, all while having the ESU's guns trained on her at the aircraft hanger. Luckily for Nandi, they exercise restraint and let Misty take her down. |
| 427 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Nandi and Misty had a bitter relationship that began in high school when Misty replaced her. |
| 428 | [[/folder]] |
| 429 | |
| 430 | [[folder:Betty Audrey]] |
| 431 | !!''Captain Betty Audrey'' |
| 432 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 433 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 434 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/SonjaSohn |
| 435 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'' |
| 436 | |
| 437 | The precinct commander at the 29th Precinct and Misty Knight's superior officer. |
| 438 | ---- |
| 439 | * BlackBossLady: She's in charge of the 29th Precinct, and is therefore Misty and Scarfe's boss. |
| 440 | * {{Scapegoat}}: She gets transferred out by Inspector Ridley and Internal Affairs after Scarfe's death, due to the amount of corruption that happened on her watch. |
| 441 | [[/folder]] |
| 442 | |
| 443 | [[folder:Donnie Chang]] |
| 444 | !!''Detective Donnie Chang'' |
| 445 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 446 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 447 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Andrew Pang |
| 448 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'' | ''Series/{{Iron Fist|2017}}'' |
| 449 | |
| 450 | A detective at the 29th Precinct. |
| 451 | ---- |
| 452 | * TheMole: In Season 2 of ''Iron Fist'', he's infiltrated [[spoiler:the Golden Tigers]], something Danny only learns after accidentally putting him in the hospital. |
| 453 | * NiceGuy: Chang is one of the first people to visit Misty in the hospital when she loses her arm. |
| 454 | * SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: He's more restrained than most of the other cops when they think Luke is a murderer (thanks to Diamondback's frameup), and when witnesses he interviews indicate that Luke is innocent, Chang takes them seriously and tells Misty. |
| 455 | [[/folder]] |
| 456 | |
| 457 | [[folder:Lieutenant Perez]] |
| 458 | !!''Lieutenant Perez'' |
| 459 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 460 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 461 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Manny Perez |
| 462 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'' |
| 463 | |
| 464 | Shift lieutenant at the 29th Precinct. |
| 465 | ---- |
| 466 | * AccidentalPublicConfession: [[spoiler:He tries to keep Misty away from Scarfe, knowing Scarfe will probably tell Misty about Perez's corruption. Misty stops the car, seemingly calls Scarfe, then hangs up claiming that Scarfe has told her Perez is dirty. In trying to discredit Scarfe, Perez claims the guy's deeper in Cottonmouth's pockets than he is...and then Misty reveals that she never called Scarfe, she just tricked him into confessing on tape.]] |
| 467 | * DirtyCop: [[spoiler:Like Scarfe, he's on Cottonmouth's payroll.]] |
| 468 | * SmugSnake: [[spoiler:As soon as Misty notices that he is dirty, he starts gloating to her face. It bites him in the ass big time.]] |
| 469 | [[/folder]] |
| 470 | |
| 471 | [[folder:Priscilla Ridley]] |
| 472 | !!''Inspector / Deputy Chief Priscilla Ridley'' |
| 473 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ridley_priscilla.jpg]] |
| 474 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 475 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 476 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/KarenPittman |
| 477 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'' |
| 478 | |
| 479 | The Inspector for Manhattan North, including the 29th Precinct. |
| 480 | ---- |
| 481 | * BlackBossLady: She's in charge of the North precincts and is a no-nonsense boss too, in light of the corruption that's plagued the 29th. |
| 482 | * ByTheBookCop: Makes her a foil to Misty. |
| 483 | * CategoryTraitor: Patricia Wilson accuses Priscilla of being "white" just because she bleeds "blue" (a cop) in response to Lonnie's beating in-custody. |
| 484 | * DaChief: True, she's not the Commissioner, but as an Inspector, Ridley still invokes this in authority. She is promoted to Deputy Chief prior to Season 2 of ''Luke Cage''. |
| 485 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Apparently she's been called "WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget" behind her back ever since her promotion. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny She takes it in stride]]. |
| 486 | * FakeGuestStar: Given she's in every episode Diamondback is in but doesn't get main credits billing. |
| 487 | * JerkassHasAPoint: For much of her appearances, she seems to be the obstructive authority figure to Misty's CowboyCop. However, she makes reasonable points to Misty about her responsibilities as a cop. |
| 488 | * RankUp: She's promoted to Deputy Chief in between Seasons 1 and 2. |
| 489 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: |
| 490 | ** She could've had Misty suspended or terminated for roughing up Claire, but chose to put her in therapy. |
| 491 | ** Immediately considers the possibility of Luke's innocence when evidence shows up, and also doesn't entirely trust Mariah Dillard. |
| 492 | ** She has less headbutting with Misty in Season 2, in part thanks to Misty's maturing. |
| 493 | * SignificantWardrobeShift: She loses her curly hair between Seasons 1 and 2, concurrent with her promotion to Deputy Chief. |
| 494 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Given her disagreements with Misty, Ridley could be seen as a replacement for Scarfe. Just, minus the corruption. |
| 495 | * WhatTheHellHero: Calls Misty out when Misty takes Candace under her own protection rather than trust the NYPD, and this [[spoiler:causes Candace to get killed by Shades, after he steals Misty's phone to lure her out of hiding, thus losing the only witness to the fact that Mariah killed Stokes]]. |
| 496 | [[/folder]] |
| 497 | |
| 498 | [[folder:Jake Smith]] |
| 499 | !!''Sergeant Jake Smith'' |
| 500 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 501 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 502 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Lee R. Sellars |
| 503 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'' |
| 504 | |
| 505 | A plainclothes sergeant at the 29th Precinct. |
| 506 | ---- |
| 507 | * CowboyCop: In the wake of Diamondback's murder of his co-worker Jackie Albini, he argues for the officers to show some aggression in their search for the suspect, Luke Cage. |
| 508 | [[/folder]] |
| 509 | |
| 510 | [[folder:Mario Green]] |
| 511 | !!''Lieutenant Mario Green'' |
| 512 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 513 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 514 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' P.J. Marshall |
| 515 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'' |
| 516 | |
| 517 | An Emergency Services Unit officer and close friend of Misty's. |
| 518 | ---- |
| 519 | * BloodKnight: Seems to have shades of this, wanting to directly take ESU into Harlem's Paradise and engage Luke, rather than wait patiently until they can get communication with the hostages |
| 520 | * HeadbuttingHeroes: Butts heads with Inspector Ridley during Diamondback's hostage situation. |
| 521 | [[/folder]] |
| 522 | |
| 523 | [[folder:Thomas Ridenhour]] |
| 524 | !!''Captain Thomas Ridenhour'' |
| 525 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2018_06_23_00h47m16s072.png]] |
| 526 | %%[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]] |
| 527 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 528 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 529 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Peter Jay Fernandez |
| 530 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'' |
| 531 | |
| 532 | The new captain at the 29th Precinct following Audrey's departure. |
| 533 | ---- |
| 534 | * DeceasedFallGuyGambit: When Shades catches Ridenhour and Comanche meeting, Comanche shoots and kills Ridenhour. Shades, furious at Comanche's betrayal, proceeds to kill Comanche with Ridenhour's gun, and plants it on his body to make it seem like the two men killed each other. However, Shades gets too emotional and decides to give Comanche a merciful death by shooting him again with Ridenhour's gun, destroying the illusion. |
| 535 | * DirtyCop: He's secretly trying to negotiate with Mariah, and also has Comanche as an off-the-books informant. Downplayed in that Ridenhour isn't really dirty, but just a {{desk jockey}} in over his head. |
| 536 | * EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: He was Mariah Dillard's high school sweetheart. |
| 537 | * {{Jerkass}}: He spends quite a lot of his screen time being unnecessarily antagonistic and unpleasant toward Luke and Misty. He sees it as justified because they don’t follow the rules, although as Misty points out, following the rules was getting them nowhere, making his point moot. |
| 538 | ** TookALevelInKindness: Mellows out toward Misty right before [[spoiler:she quits her job, and even after that he isn’t quite as much of a jerk as he used to be. This doesn’t last very long though as he dies shortly after]]. |
| 539 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: ... in that what he wants is reasonable. He ''wants'' Misty not to be a CowboyCop. He ''wants'' Luke Cage not to be a vigilante. He ''wants'' to do things by the book! ...Except it's okay when he's the one breaking the rules. |
| 540 | * SecretKeeper: He is one of the few who knows that [[spoiler:Uncle Pete is Tilda's real father]], since he was Mariah's confident in high-school. |
| 541 | * WhatTheHellHero: He is one to regularly ream out Misty when she breaches protocol, like secretly talking to Arturo Rey after Arturo lawyers up, or going to crime scenes without authorization. While he'd like to suspend Misty for her constant insubordination, he can't because the brass at One Police Plaza have basically declared Misty the department's new public figurehead in light of her heroics at Midland Circle. |
| 542 | [[/folder]] |
| 543 | |
| 544 | [[folder:Officer Jackie Albini]] |
| 545 | !!''Jackie Albini'' |
| 546 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 547 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 548 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Gene Harrison |
| 549 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'' |
| 550 | |
| 551 | A police officer in the 65th Precinct, murdered by Diamondback just to frame Luke Cage. |
| 552 | ---- |
| 553 | * TheMentor: He trained Detective Dorsey. |
| 554 | * MegatonPunch: Diamondback kills him with a powered glove that caves in his chest. |
| 555 | * {{Redshirt}}: He's introduced just to get killed and open a plotline in which Luke Cage is hunted by the NYPD. |
| 556 | [[/folder]] |
| 557 | |
| 558 | [[folder:Detective Dorsey]] |
| 559 | !!''Detective Dorsey'' |
| 560 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 561 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 562 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' J. Bernard Calloway |
| 563 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'' |
| 564 | |
| 565 | A detective in the 65th Precint, mentored by the late Jackie Albini. |
| 566 | ---- |
| 567 | * ItsPersonal: The murder of Albini its a personal matter to him, because Albini had trained him. |
| 568 | * PoliceBrutality: He beats Lonnie Wilson, despite him being a minor, while interrogating him while investigating the murders of Cottonmouth and Officer Jackie Albini, of which Luke Cage was a suspect. This gets Dorsey suspended without pay. |
| 569 | [[/folder]] |
| 570 | |
| 571 | !!65th Precinct |
| 572 | |
| 573 | [[folder:Tomas Ciancio]] |
| 574 | !!''Detective Tomas Ciancio'' |
| 575 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2018_07_08_01h01m10s677.png]] |
| 576 | %%[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]] |
| 577 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 578 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 579 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Rey Lucas |
| 580 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'' |
| 581 | |
| 582 | A detective in Brooklyn who works with Misty Knight. |
| 583 | ---- |
| 584 | * FriendOnTheForce: One of Misty's old friends from her earlier assignments. |
| 585 | * InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Shares the same actor as [[Characters/MCUUnitedStatesCitizens Elias Spector]]. |
| 586 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: It's implied that he's the cop who leaked information to Karen Page at the ''Bulletin'' about Ingrid's survival, indirectly tipping Shades and Mariah off to it. |
| 587 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's more respectful towards Misty's disability than her colleagues at the 29th Precinct. |
| 588 | [[/folder]] |
| 589 | |
| 590 | !Others |
| 591 | |
| 592 | [[folder:Irving Forbush]] |
| 593 | -->See [[Characters/MCUOthers Stan Lee]] |
| 594 | [[/folder]] |
| 595 | |
| 596 | [[folder:Sergeant Silva]] |
| 597 | !!''Sergeant Silva'' |
| 598 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 599 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 600 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RobertClohessy |
| 601 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' |
| 602 | |
| 603 | A sergeant of the NYPD who participated in the battle of New York. |
| 604 | ---- |
| 605 | * IronicEcho: When Captain America tells him to put people in the buildings and cordon off the area, Silva asks why he should follow his orders. Some Chitauri attack and Captain America beats the tar out of them. Silva then orders his men to do exactly what Captain America said. |
| 606 | * OnlyOneName: He's only known as "Silva". |
| 607 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: After seeing Captain America's combat skills, Silva agrees to follow his orders for the evacuation of fhe civilians during the battle of New York. |
| 608 | [[/folder]] |
| 609 | |
| 610 | [[folder:Saunders]] |
| 611 | !!''Saunders'' |
| 612 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 613 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 614 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/EnverGjokaj |
| 615 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' |
| 616 | |
| 617 | A young patrolman during the Battle of New York. |
| 618 | ---- |
| 619 | * ArmorPiercingResponse: When his boss asks if the army knows what's happening in New York, Saunders asks, "Do we?" |
| 620 | * BadassNormal: [[DemotedToExtra In several deleted scenes]], he uses a Chitauri gun Cap tosses to him against the aliens while protecting civilians. |
| 621 | * BearerOfBadNews: He tells another officer that the army won't arrive for another hour. |
| 622 | * IdenticalStranger: He's played by the same actor as Daniel Sousa, a major character in ''Series/AgentCarter'' and ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''. |
| 623 | * OnlyOneName: He's only known as "Saunders". |
| 624 | * SparedByTheCut: The scene in which he gets killed by the Chitauri was cut from the film, so we can assume that he's still alive. |
| 625 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In a deleted scene he's apparently shot by a Chitauri, but he may have only been wounded or ducking down. |
| 626 | [[/folder]] |
| 627 | |
| 628 | [[folder:Wendy Conrad]] |
| 629 | !!''Officer Wendy Conrad'' |
| 630 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 631 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 632 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AdetinpoThomas |
| 633 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' |
| 634 | |
| 635 | A police officer and member of the New York City Live-Action Role Players. |
| 636 | ---- |
| 637 | * AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics, she's a member of villain group the Death Throws, who specialize in juggling ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer no, really]]). In the show, Wendy is simply a member of the [=NYPD=]. |
| 638 | * BlackAndNerdy: A black woman who is an avid {{LARP}}er. |
| 639 | * ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Played with. Her bag does have "Bombshell" on it, but it's treated as more of a nickname than a codename (which this version of the character would not need). |
| 640 | * RaceLift: White in the comics, black here. |
| 641 | * StraightGay: Aside from a brief mention of her wife, Wendy shows no obvious signs of being into women. |
| 642 | [[/folder]] |
| 643 | |
| 644 | [[folder:Rivera]] |
| 645 | !!''Detective Rivera'' |
| 646 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 647 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 648 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Franco Castan |
| 649 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' |
| 650 | |
| 651 | A detective for the New York City Police Department. |
| 652 | ---- |
| 653 | * GenderFlip: In the comics, Rivera was a woman who worked for the New York department, while in the MCU, Rivera is a man. |
| 654 | [[/folder]] |
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