| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | !Main Characters |
| 4 | [[folder:Jane Mancini]] |
| 5 | !!Jane Mancini |
| 6 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JosieBissett |
| 7 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/janeandrews.jpg]] |
| 8 | * BettyAndVeronica: She's the Betty to Kimberly's Veronica in regards to their relationship with Michael in season 1. |
| 9 | * FaceHeelTurn: Throughout much of season four, she is seen as cold and ruthless as Amanda when working for Richard, but it gets much worse[[spoiler:after Richard rapes her.]] She became more antagonistic, even going as far as to try and break up Alison and Jake out of jealousy and then filed fake charges of the former stalking her. She gets better before the season ends, though. |
| 10 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has blonde hair and is usually sweet to others (at the beginning of the series, at least). |
| 11 | * HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:She finds out in season 5.]] |
| 12 | * TheHeart: Along with Matt, she is the one that holds the group of friends together. |
| 13 | * HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:She tries to kill Richard after he rapes her.]] |
| 14 | * {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: We find out later in the series that she cheated on Michael the night before their wedding, but was upset by him when he cheated on her during their marriage.]] |
| 15 | * NiceGirl: Her primary characterization. |
| 16 | * SignificantWardrobeShift: During the first couple seasons as a meek housewife, she mostly wears unflattering, conservative clothes (bulky sweaters, long skirts). But after her divorce from Michael, she is wearing more tight, short dresses and showing more cleavage. |
| 17 | [[/folder]] |
| 18 | |
| 19 | [[folder:Michael Mancini]] |
| 20 | !!Michael Mancini |
| 21 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ThomasCalabro |
| 22 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/michaelmancini.jpg]] |
| 23 | * AwfulWeddedLife: Most of his marriages could be this, but especially his marriage to Sydney, as she manipulated him into the marriage. Later with his marriage to Kimberly. |
| 24 | * BerserkButton: One of Michael's more nobler traits is his intolerance for people who have an issue with his friend Matt's sexual orientation. |
| 25 | * BittersweetEnding: He finally ends up [[spoiler: as the Chief of Staff at Wilshire Memorial, but at the expense of being with Jane and their child.]] |
| 26 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: In spite of all his faults, he is shown to be a very competent doctors and holds his position in high regard. |
| 27 | * TheCasanova: Always has women fawning over him. |
| 28 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Initially seen as a devoted husband and NiceGuy, he soon became the libido-charged, serial cheater he's better known as. |
| 29 | ** Even in Season One there are signs that he's not the nice guy he appears to be. |
| 30 | * DrJerk: Usually cares more about himself that he does about his patients. |
| 31 | * EveryoneHasStandards |
| 32 | ** Michael once helped Peter in protecting Amanda after learning that her abusive ex-husband, Jack, was coming after her, as well as discovering old photos of a battered Amanda she had taken as evidence. |
| 33 | ** He also gave Jo's baby back to her after realizing that Kimberly stole him. He was forced to by Peter, and he wasn't particularly nice about it but still....he begrudgingly told Kimberly it was the right thing to do anyway. |
| 34 | ** Michael once conspired with Matt to get rid of their homophobic boss after the latter fired Matt for his relationship with another man. This is the same Michael that blackmailed Matt at one point. |
| 35 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is a jerk, but he also cares about his friends and his then-girlfriends and wives. |
| 36 | * HospitalHottie: He is a surgeon. |
| 37 | * OddFriendship: With Matt. Earnest nice guy Matt and philandering jerkass Michael somehow manage to stay friends for the duration of the show. |
| 38 | * ReallyGetsAround: Dates and sleeps with many women throughout the series. |
| 39 | * SerialSpouse: was married 6 times throughout the series: Jane, Sydney, Kimberly, Megan, Jane (again), and on the reboot, Vanessa. |
| 40 | * SmugSnake: He's overly confident, sarcastic, and is rude to just about everybody. |
| 41 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: He has dark brown hair, brown eyes and a nice body. |
| 42 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Peter. They barely tolerate each other, but they're really each other's best friends who typically have each other's back (usually when it's in their own self interest to do so). |
| 43 | [[/folder]] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | [[folder:Sandy Harling]] |
| 46 | !!Sandy Harling |
| 47 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AmyLocane |
| 48 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sandyharling.jpg]] |
| 49 | * EightiesHair: Still rocking the [[Series/MarriedWithChildren Kelly Bundy]] look in 1992. |
| 50 | * FakeNationality: Sandy is from South Carolina; Amy Locane is from New Jersey. |
| 51 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has long light blonde hair and speaks with soft, sweet southern accent. Much kinder than she'd like to admit. |
| 52 | * OohMeAccentsSlipping: Sandy's Southern accent is shaky and extremely inconsistent from scene to scene. |
| 53 | * PutOnABus: She gets a job on a soap opera in New York in the middle of season 1, ironically leaving Melrose before it turns into a soap opera. |
| 54 | * ReluctantFanserviceGirl: She refuses to do a topless scene for a horror movie, as she feels uncomfortable. |
| 55 | * SlashersPreferBlondes: While filming a horror movie, this trope is invoked on her character. |
| 56 | * SouthernBelle: She speaks with a southern drawl and hails from South Carolina. |
| 57 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Written off after 13 episodes. |
| 58 | [[/folder]] |
| 59 | |
| 60 | [[folder:Matt Fielding]] |
| 61 | !!Matt Fielding |
| 62 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DougSavant |
| 63 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1mattfielding.jpg]] |
| 64 | * AdvertisedExtra: At least, in season 1, where he was simply a supporting player with no major story arcs. [[SubvertedTrope It isn't until midway through the season where he gets a story arc where he is gay bashed and fired for being gay. And then, he is a consistent player in the show until his departure]]. |
| 65 | * BusCrash: [[spoiler: He dies early in season 7, in a car accident.]] |
| 66 | * ButtMonkey: Like with Jo and Alison, plenty of bad things happen to him, like being framed for murder and getting fired for being gay. |
| 67 | * FriendToAllChildren: Being a social worker initially, he is great with children and has both temporary custody of his [[CitizenshipMarriage wife Katya's]] daughter Nikki and his teenage niece Chelsea. |
| 68 | * TheHeart: He and Jane are seen as the two that held the group together and got along with virtually everyone. |
| 69 | * HeroicBuild: Although it's rarely seen, he has a nice body. |
| 70 | * HospitalHottie: Although he worked as a social worker through Wilshire Memorial, he goes to medical school later in the series. |
| 71 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: He and Jo. |
| 72 | * StraightGay: Was not considered camp whatsoever. |
| 73 | * OnlySaneMan: Possibly the only character on the show who is not a complete jerk. |
| 74 | * PutOnABus: He moves to San Francisco with his niece, Chelsea at the end of season 5. |
| 75 | * ReallyGetsAround: He's had plenty of love interests on the show. [[ButNotTooGay But was never allowed to even kiss his love interests, weird considering that Matt was on a show known for]] [[EverybodyHasLotsOfSex everyone having a ton of sex]]. |
| 76 | [[/folder]] |
| 77 | |
| 78 | [[folder:Jake Hanson]] |
| 79 | !!Jake Hanson |
| 80 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GrantShow |
| 81 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jake_7.jpg]] |
| 82 | * AbusiveParents: His mother was an alcoholic and his father abandoned him and his brother. |
| 83 | * AlcoholicParent: His mother, who died off screen but during the series. |
| 84 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: He rides a motorcycle, has long hair, and the girls love him. |
| 85 | * BruiserWithASoftCenter: Will throw down when he needs to, but deep down he has a good heart and cares deeply for his friends. |
| 86 | * CainAndAbel: Played straight as [[spoiler: he killed Jess via a RailingKill after the latter beat Jo half to death.]] |
| 87 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Usually wears darker or neutral-colored clothing, yet is a mostly friendly and helpful guy. |
| 88 | * HeroicBuild: Like many of the men on the show, only he's one of the only people who ''could'' be considered heroic. |
| 89 | * LukeYouAreMyFather: Jake learns in season one that he has a son by a former girlfriend. |
| 90 | * MadeOfIron: The man survives a boat explosion, being shot in the chest ''and'' falling several stories off of a construction site. Even being injured, he's up and walking in an episode or two. |
| 91 | * PutOnABus: He moves with the mother of his son (Colleen) at the end of season 5. |
| 92 | * ReallyGetsAround: Dates and sleeps with many women throughout the series. |
| 93 | * ShirtlessScene: Notably in the opening credits. |
| 94 | * TroubledButCute: Had a rough childhood with an alcoholic mother, an absentee father, and he has a strained relationship with his brother during adulthood. |
| 95 | [[/folder]] |
| 96 | |
| 97 | [[folder:Billy Campbell]] |
| 98 | !!Billy Campbell |
| 99 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AndrewShue |
| 100 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/billycampbell.jpg]] |
| 101 | * BrokenAce: He's handsome and charming, but can also be a jerk at times. |
| 102 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: With Jennifer during season 7.]] |
| 103 | * GrewASpine: Towards Brooke, as he grows tired of her manipulating ways and throws her out, and treats her so badly that even Alison feels sorry for her. |
| 104 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: He spends most of his time being this to Alison. |
| 105 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone calls him Billy, to the point that being called "William", even on the job, is rare. |
| 106 | * PutOnABus: Moves to Italy in season 7 with [[spoiler:Jennifer]]. |
| 107 | * StarCrossedLovers: He and Alison aren't destined to be together. |
| 108 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: He has dark brown hair, brown eyes and a nice body. |
| 109 | [[/folder]] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[folder:Alison Parker]] |
| 112 | !!Alison Parker |
| 113 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/CourtneyThorneSmith |
| 114 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alison_8.jpg]] |
| 115 | * AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Her father molested her and her sister, and her mother took his side.]] |
| 116 | * TheAlcoholic: She struggled with alcoholism during college, and later becomes this during season 3. She relapses again in season 5. Amanda mentions later on that she went to rehab again after leaving the series. |
| 117 | * ConvenientMiscarriage: [[spoiler: Played with. She becomes pregnant with Jake's baby in season 5, initially wants an abortion, decides against it, but then ends up having to get one for medical reasons.]] |
| 118 | * DamselInDistress: She had a rough childhood, is stalked by an obsessive ex-boyfriend who [[DrivenToSuicide kills himself after she refuses to be with him]], was an alcoholic during adulthood, was bullied by Amanda at work, eventually had to have a life-saving abortion after which she was told she could never have kids, temporarily blinded in the apartment building bombing, widowed, and later goes into rehab again offscreen. |
| 119 | ** Also counts as TraumaCongaLine. |
| 120 | * EightiesHair: In the first two seasons. |
| 121 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Although she has her flaws and makes stupid decisions at times, she's still an overall decent person. |
| 122 | * LadyInAPowerSuit: Often wears power suits to work, especially ones with shoulder pads and short skirts. |
| 123 | * ObfuscatingDisability: Temporarily during season 4 after secretly regaining her eyesight in the aftermath of the bombing. |
| 124 | * PutOnABus: She moves to Atlanta at the end of season 5. |
| 125 | * RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:She remembers her father molested her as a child on the day of her wedding to Billy.]] |
| 126 | * TraumaCongaLine: She probably suffered more than any other person on the show, including abuse, alcoholism and lost loves. |
| 127 | * YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler: The last reference to her states that she went back into rehab in Atlanta, where she was hoping to make a fresh start.]] |
| 128 | [[/folder]] |
| 129 | |
| 130 | [[folder:Rhonda Blair]] |
| 131 | !!Rhonda Blair |
| 132 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/VanessaAWilliams |
| 133 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rhondablair.jpg]] |
| 134 | * DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally: |
| 135 | -->''"Another beautiful day in Lotus Land."'' |
| 136 | * TokenMinority: The only non-Caucasian main character ''throughout the series''. |
| 137 | * PlatonicLifePartners: With Matt. It's quite obvious she has a crush on him, but has accepted that he's gay and only sees her as a friend. |
| 138 | * PutOnABus: She leaves the series after season 1 when she gets engaged to Terrance. |
| 139 | * WorkoutFanservice: Was employed as an aerobics instructor. |
| 140 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Aside from only lasting only one season, the audience never finds out that much about her. |
| 141 | [[/folder]] |
| 142 | |
| 143 | [[folder:Jo Reynolds]] |
| 144 | !!Jo Reynolds |
| 145 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DaphneZuniga |
| 146 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joreynolds.jpg]] |
| 147 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: Has a more reserved personality than the rest of the females. |
| 148 | * ButtMonkey: Like Matt and Alison, she has it rough on the show. |
| 149 | * CameraFiend: She's a photographer, mostly freelance, but is occasionally employed by a agency. |
| 150 | * DomesticAbuse: When she starts the show, she is fleeing from an abusive husband. She later struggles with other abusive relationships in the series with Reed and Jess and sometimes even Jake. |
| 151 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: Her and Matt's relationship is like this. |
| 152 | * OneHourWorkWeek: As a freelance photographer, she definitely is shown working far less than the other characters. |
| 153 | * PutOnABus: She leaves the series at the end of season 4 when she moves to Bosnia with Dominick. |
| 154 | [[/folder]] |
| 155 | |
| 156 | [[folder:Amanda Woodward]] |
| 157 | !!Amanda Woodward |
| 158 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/HeatherLocklear |
| 159 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amandawoodward.jpg]] |
| 160 | * AbusiveParents / ParentalAbandonment: Her mother abandoned her at a young age. |
| 161 | * AlphaBitch: She is often very mean to Alison and everybody else. |
| 162 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Even while sick with lymphoma and undergoing chemo, she never loses her hair or looks anything more than tired. |
| 163 | * BreakoutCharacter: She saved the show from cancellation. Her business savvy, manipulative, driven attitude and her beauty brought forth plenty of viewer interest, and she would remain with the show for the rest of its run. |
| 164 | * DomesticAbuse: Her first husband Jack Parezi was very abusive towards her. [[spoiler: He even tried to kill her while on his death bed.]] |
| 165 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: After she and Peter [[spoiler: fake their deaths to help her escape being charged for the self-defense murder of an old boyfriend and collected the insurance money to get married on a tropical beach.]] |
| 166 | * EveryoneLovesBlondes: Nearly all of the men in the show desired her at one point or another. |
| 167 | * FakeGuestStar: She's always credited as a "Special Guest Star" despite appearing in all but the first 20 episodes of the show. |
| 168 | * LadyInAPowerSuit: often wears these to work, especially ones with shoulder pads and short skirts. |
| 169 | * ReallyGetsAround: Dates, sleeps with and marries plenty of men throughout the series. The only main male characters she wasn't involved with were Kyle's brother Ryan, Brett, and the gay Matt. |
| 170 | * SerialSpouse: She had five husbands throughout the series, including one she married twice. |
| 171 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Hit it off instantly with Alison, but went sideways with her as soon as she started dating Billy. |
| 172 | [[/folder]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[folder:Sydney Andrews]] |
| 175 | !!Sydney Andrews |
| 176 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/LauraLeighton |
| 177 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sydney_4.jpg]] |
| 178 | * AwfulWeddedLife: in season 2, she blackmails Michael into marrying her, much to his displeasure. The marriage is very one-sided and ends after [[spoiler: Kimberly returns]]. |
| 179 | * BrattyHalfPint: As being shorter, smaller and more annoying than everyone else, she definitely qualified. Kimberly even lampshaded this by calling her a runt and a pipsqueak. |
| 180 | * DamselInDistress: She gets caught up in a prostitution ring, gets framed for attempted murder, almost gets raped by Chris Marchette, gets lured into a polygamous cult, among other things. |
| 181 | * FakeGuestStar: In season 2, where she appears in all but two episodes and has a major story arc, despite ostensibly being a recurring character. In season 3, she's PromotedToOpeningTitles. |
| 182 | * FieryRedhead: While not as extreme as Kimberly, she is also very scheming and jealous |
| 183 | * HookerWithAHeartOfGold: When she was a prostitute during season 2. |
| 184 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: Especially to set her apart from Jane. |
| 185 | * KarmaHoudini: Gets away with both [[spoiler: stealing away Jane's fiance and paralyzing her after poisoning her drink.]] |
| 186 | * [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: in the reboot series, it's revealed that she faked her death from the original series, only to then get killed off again in the pilot]] |
| 187 | * TheUnfavorite: Her parents over favored Jane over her. |
| 188 | [[/folder]] |
| 189 | |
| 190 | [[folder:Kimberly Shaw]] |
| 191 | !!Kimberly Shaw |
| 192 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MarciaCross |
| 193 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kimberlyshaw.jpg]] |
| 194 | * BrokenBird: Aside from her troubled relationship with Michael, she is also has a very [[DarkAndTroubledPast troubled childhood]] and some mental illness, to boot. |
| 195 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Goes from a fairly straight laced doctor to the FieryRedhead antagonist whom everyone knows within a span of a season. |
| 196 | * DeathIsCheap: In season 2, Michael and Kimberly are involved in a car accident where the latter is seriously injured. A couple of episodes later, Kimberly is announced to have died. Half a season later, Kimberly returns bent on revenge against Michael. |
| 197 | * EvilRedhead: Pretty much swings back and forth between this and FieryRedhead. When she's sort of normal, she's the latter. Other times, she commits some pretty horrible acts of violence. |
| 198 | * FakeGuestStar: Kimberly is present in much of seasons 2 and 3 (in the latter season, she is missing in just one episode), though doesn't get PromotedToOpeningTitles until season 4. |
| 199 | * FieryRedhead: Becomes ''very'' jealous if she sees another woman so much as looking at Michael. |
| 200 | * HospitalHottie: She is a doctor and very attractive. |
| 201 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Her characterization by the end of her tenure on the show, where she is much more nicer and kinder to the other characters. |
| 202 | * KarmaHoudini: she never really suffers any major consequences, despite her horrific actions (including attempting to kill her husband and bombing an apartment building, which ''did'' kill a person). |
| 203 | * [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: Kimberly succumbs to a brain tumor in the arms of her mother, in front of her husband Michael.]] |
| 204 | * PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars: She has a large scar on her head, which she got from a car accident. The psychological effects are self-explanatory. |
| 205 | * {{Revenge}}: She lives on this, this is largely the motivation for most of her actions. |
| 206 | * SanitySlippage: Gets worse and worse as the show goes on. |
| 207 | * SplitPersonality: By the end of season 4, she has two other personalities. A prim-and-proper one (Betsy) and a leather-clad wild one (Rita). |
| 208 | [[/folder]] |
| 209 | |
| 210 | [[folder:Brooke Armstrong]] |
| 211 | !!Brooke Armstrong |
| 212 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KristinDavis |
| 213 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brooke.jpg]] |
| 214 | * TheBabyTrap: Tries to use this as a way of keeping Billy around [[spoiler: it was a lie]] |
| 215 | * DaddysLittleVillain: Is just as wicked as her father, if not more so. |
| 216 | * FakePregnancy: [[spoiler: Played with. She had a false positive, but then lied and said she suffered a miscarriage, but she was never pregnant in the first place]]. |
| 217 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Given how manipulative, bitchy and condescending she is. Even Billy seemed like he could barely stand her while they were married. |
| 218 | * [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: Towards the end of season 4, having lose her father, her husband, and her money, Brooke gets drunk and falls into the pool, striking her head in the process and drowns.]] |
| 219 | * RavenHairIvorySkin: She has long dark brown hair. |
| 220 | * RichBitch: She acts very entitled. |
| 221 | * {{Socialite}}: She comes from a wealthy family, and she was engaged to a wealthy man when she first appeared. |
| 222 | * SpoiledBrat: She grew up very wealthy and spoiled. |
| 223 | [[/folder]] |
| 224 | |
| 225 | [[folder:Peter Burns]] |
| 226 | !!Peter Burns |
| 227 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JackWagner |
| 228 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/peterburns.jpg]] |
| 229 | * BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Averted, thankfully. He had two Black girlfriends on the show (Caitlin and Alycia), but their race was never an issue with him or anyone else. |
| 230 | * CrusadingWidower: After his wife died. |
| 231 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: He and Amanda [[spoiler: faked their deaths to collect the insurance money, evade impending murder charges against her and ended up getting married on a faraway beach.]] |
| 232 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He constantly flips between being an antagonist and being a well...better person. |
| 233 | * HospitalHottie: He is a surgeon. |
| 234 | * TheLostLenore: His wife, Beth, who died of cancer years earlier. |
| 235 | * MoralityPet: To Michael, even if he's far from perfect himself. |
| 236 | * SettleForSibling: Played with; he initially wasn't interested in Taylor upon reuniting with her until she relentlessly pursued her and even after that [[spoiler: he ''still'' rejected her after realizing what she really was.]] |
| 237 | * SlapSlapKiss: His and Amanda's relationship. |
| 238 | * TookALevelInKindness: After being a villain in his initially appearance, he became a more decent guy, even though he still had [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor jerkass tendencies.]] |
| 239 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Michael. They barely tolerate each other, but they're best friends who typically have each other's back(usually when it's in their own self interest to do so). |
| 240 | [[/folder]] |
| 241 | |
| 242 | [[folder:Kyle [=McBride=]]] |
| 243 | !!Kyle [=McBride=] |
| 244 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RobEstes |
| 245 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kylemcbride.jpg]] |
| 246 | * CainAndAbel: His relationship with his younger brother, Ryan (although it wasn't fatal.) |
| 247 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: With Jane in the end [[spoiler: and her and Michael's unborn child.]] |
| 248 | * HeroicBSOD: Has one in season seven after not being able to give Amanda a child [[spoiler: which only magnifies after she does get pregnant with his child and miscarries during an accident he caused.]] |
| 249 | * LocalHangout: His two businesses, Kyle's (an upscale restaurant) and Upstairs (a jazz bar). |
| 250 | * MrFanservice: He is a very handsome man. |
| 251 | * SemperFi: He is a retired Marine, having served in UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar. |
| 252 | [[/folder]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | [[folder:Samantha Reilly]] |
| 255 | !!Samantha Reilly |
| 256 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BrookeLangton |
| 257 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sam_5.jpg]] |
| 258 | * DaddysGirl: Loved her father dearly, in spite of what he put her through. |
| 259 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Involving her father, who was a criminal who was constantly in and out of jail. |
| 260 | * [[GenericGuy Generic Girl]]: Compared to the others, Samantha is not much in the way of character. |
| 261 | * NaiveEverygirl: Which made both her father and Jennifer's manipulation of her so easy. |
| 262 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: Compared to other females on the show, she had very little personality. |
| 263 | [[/folder]] |
| 264 | |
| 265 | [[folder:Taylor [=McBride=]]] |
| 266 | !!Taylor [=McBride=] |
| 267 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/LisaRinna |
| 268 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/taylor_5.jpg]] |
| 269 | * ArchNemesis: Her and Amanda, over Peter and Kyle. Also her and Jennifer, to a lesser extent. |
| 270 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: tries to act nice to everybody, but in reality is very scheming and manipulative. |
| 271 | * TheBabyTrap: she tried this unsuccessfully on Peter, who knew she wasn't pregnant. |
| 272 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Was seen as little more than a troublemaking homewrecker who couldn't be trusted. |
| 273 | * KarmaHoudini: While most of her actions ''do'' receive punishment, one really big one didn't: [[spoiler:her involvement with the death of fake Christine, [[ItMakesSenseInContext an imposter pretending to be an ex-flame of Kyle's.]] While her co-conspirator, Nick, gets arrested, nothing happens to her.]] |
| 274 | [[/folder]] |
| 275 | |
| 276 | [[folder:Megan Lewis]] |
| 277 | !!Megan Lewis |
| 278 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KellyRutherford |
| 279 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/meganlewis.jpg]] |
| 280 | * DaddysGirl: She became a prostitute to help pay for her ailing father's medical bills. |
| 281 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: with Ryan in the series finale.]] |
| 282 | * HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Kimberly hired her as a prostitute for Michael while she was dying. |
| 283 | * NiceGirl: Probably one of the most moral characters on the show. |
| 284 | * [[TakingTheBullet Taking The Knife]]: [[spoiler: she ends up stabbed by Kimberly's mother while she was aiming for Michael, winding up in a coma for an episode.]] |
| 285 | [[/folder]] |
| 286 | |
| 287 | [[folder:Craig Field]] |
| 288 | !!Craig Field |
| 289 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DavidCharvet |
| 290 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/melrose_placecraig_field.jpg]] |
| 291 | * BigScrewedUpFamily: Even with all the money he and the family has, they are a mess. |
| 292 | * [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler: after Sydney's death, he became depressed, and eventually took his life.]] |
| 293 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: Had dark hair and was good-looking. |
| 294 | * YouKilledMyFather: Two subversions: the first was towards his father, who killed his beloved grandfather when he was younger and he did this again with [[spoiler: Samantha, who he held responsible for killing Sydney, as it was her father's car that struck Sydney at their wedding. He eventually forgave the latter, but not the former, going as far as allowing him to die of a stress-induced heart attack.]] |
| 295 | [[/folder]] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | [[folder:Brett Cooper]] |
| 298 | !!Brett Cooper |
| 299 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/LindenAshby |
| 300 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brettcooper.jpg]] |
| 301 | * AwfulWeddedLife: Him and Lexi. |
| 302 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The trio of Peter, Michael and himself, respectively. |
| 303 | * DrJerk: As was the standard on the show, any M.D. had to be a JerkAss. |
| 304 | * FieryRedhead: Both he and Lexi were hot-blooded. |
| 305 | * TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Kimberly]] serves as this to him. |
| 306 | * MrFanservice: Like all of the men on the show. |
| 307 | * PutOnABus: After his storyline ends in season six. |
| 308 | [[/folder]] |
| 309 | |
| 310 | [[folder:Jennifer Mancini]] |
| 311 | !!Jennifer Mancini |
| 312 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AlyssaMilano |
| 313 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jennifermancini.jpg]] |
| 314 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: she and Billy move to Rome together during the last season.]] |
| 315 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: More often than not, Jennifer showed more common sense than Michael. |
| 316 | * ManipulativeBitch: Pushed Samantha into an affair with a local baseball player so she could get with Billy. |
| 317 | * TheMistress: she was this for Kyle prior to their introductions on the show. |
| 318 | * ParentalFavoritism: It's implied that her parents, especially her mother, prefer her to Michael. |
| 319 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Downplayed, it was mentioned that Michael had siblings before Jennifer's appearance on the show but she specifically wasn't mentioned before she arrived at Melrose Place. |
| 320 | * SheIsAllGrownUp: what fans thought upon seeing Alyssa Milano on the show. |
| 321 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: for Sydney Andrews Mancini as far as conniving, slutty younger sisters go. This was even lampshaded by Craig during a rather heated argument with her where he yelled, "You will never be Sydney!" |
| 322 | [[/folder]] |
| 323 | |
| 324 | [[folder:Lexi Sterling]] |
| 325 | !!Lexi Sterling |
| 326 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JamieLuner |
| 327 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lexi.jpg]] |
| 328 | * AwfulWeddedLife: Her and Coop. |
| 329 | * BoundAndGagged: By Eve, in a ploy to keep her away from Peter. |
| 330 | * DrugsAreBad: Battled an addiction to prescriptions. |
| 331 | * FieryRedhead: Like every other redhead on the show. |
| 332 | * TheRival: She was this to many people on the show, including but not limited to Amanda, Coop, Michael and Eve. |
| 333 | [[/folder]] |
| 334 | |
| 335 | [[folder:Ryan [=McBride=]]] |
| 336 | !!Ryan [=McBride=] |
| 337 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JohnNewton |
| 338 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ryanmcbride.jpg]] |
| 339 | * CainAndAbel: His relationship with his older brother, Kyle (although neither man killed one another.) |
| 340 | * CrusadingWidower: His first wife and mother of his daughter died years earlier. |
| 341 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: He ends up with Megan in the series finale.]] |
| 342 | * SpoiledBrat: His young daughter, Sarah. |
| 343 | [[/folder]] |
| 344 | |
| 345 | !Recurring Characters |
| 346 | [[folder:Lauren Ethridge]] |
| 347 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Kristian Alfonso |
| 348 | * {{Expy}}: She appears to be one of Heidi Fleiss. |
| 349 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Initially her facade to Sydney. While she presents herself as a warm, big sister type to her prostitutes, she's truly a vicious and manipulative woman (as to be expected as a pimp). |
| 350 | * FoodSlap: Via Sydney, who threw her vodka in her face while they were at a bar. She just laughs it off as the latter is dragged out by her henchmen. |
| 351 | * InterrogationByVandalism: When it's learned that Sydney didn't have her $15,000 as payback for keeping the "business" afloat, her muscle began to bust up her apartment. |
| 352 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Even though she was obviously guilty and in a lot of legal trouble, her lawyer managed to get her off on all charges. |
| 353 | * WomanOfWealthAndTaste: She's a powerful and successful madam with a beautiful mansion and collection of fine clothing. |
| 354 | [[/folder]] |
| 355 | |
| 356 | [[folder:Jess Hanson]] |
| 357 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Dan Cortese |
| 358 | * CainAndAbel: With his younger half-brother Jake. |
| 359 | * DomesticAbuse: He beat Jo after she rejected his marriage proposal and was implied to do the same to his first wife Shelly. |
| 360 | * GreenEyedMonster: The driving force behind his hatred of Jake, as he tried steal his bar, steal Jo ''and'' kill him. |
| 361 | * HateSink: He's an angry, vindictive and violent man who beats women, tries to kill his own brother twice and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking can't act.]] What's not to love? |
| 362 | * NeverMyFault: One of his personality traits, even as a child where he convinced Jake to ride a bike backwards, which resulted in him falling, their mother beating Jess and he "getting off scot-free", in spite of Jess potentially putting Jake in harm's way. |
| 363 | * RailingKill: How he met his demise at the hands of Jake after brutally beating Jo. |
| 364 | * TheResenter: Big time. He's bitterly jealous of Jake and tries to take everything good in his life, including Shooters and Jo. |
| 365 | [[/folder]] |
| 366 | |
| 367 | [[folder:Richard Hart]] |
| 368 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Patrick Muldoon |
| 369 | * ADeadlyAffair: Ultimately. Had he not been screwing Jane behind his wife [=MacKenzie's=] back, she wouldn't have gone to the complex to confront them, been there when Kimberly's bombs went off and suffered a fatal heart attack. |
| 370 | * FakeGuestStar: He was seen in every episode of season four as well as the very end of season three and the first episode of season five, yet he never was placed in the opening credits. |
| 371 | * MayDecemberRomance: His late wife, [=MacKenzie=], was at least fifteen years his senior. |
| 372 | * SharpDressedMan: He ''is'' a fashion designer, after all. |
| 373 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Subverted: he wasn't a nice guy to begin with (he cheated on his wife and eventually came between Jane and Jo's friendship), but he turned into a straight-up monster after he [[spoiler:raped Jane.]] |
| 374 | [[/folder]] |
| 375 | |
| 376 | [[folder:Hayley Armstrong]] |
| 377 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PerryKing |
| 378 | * DeathByFallingOver: [[spoiler: He dies on his honeymoon via getting drunk, falling off his yacht and drowning.]] |
| 379 | * MayDecemberRomance: He marries [[spoiler: and quickly but quietly divorces]] Alison, who appears to be more than twenty years younger than himself. |
| 380 | * ObnoxiousInLaws: He openly despises his son-in-law Billy, considering him to be beneath his daughter. |
| 381 | * PapaWolf: To his only daughter, Brooke. |
| 382 | * SilverFox: He has Grey hair and is a very handsome man. |
| 383 | [[/folder]] |
| 384 | |
| 385 | [[folder:Jack Parezi]] |
| 386 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Antonio Sabato, Jr. |
| 387 | * DeathByFallingOver: Subverted: While he was critically injured after Amanda hit him with a golf club in self-defense, it was his yanking out his breathing tube and own determination to kill her that ultimately lead to his death. |
| 388 | * DomesticAbuse: He brutally beat Wife Amanda routinely and even threatened to kill both her and her father if she ever tried to leave him. |
| 389 | * EvenEvilCanBeLoved: It doesn't come out until much later, but his father Vincent loved him dearly, called him his future and ordered his other son to kill Amanda in revenge for killing him. This is though undermined by the fact that he apparently ''[[AntagonisticOffspring hated]]'' his father and couldn't wait for him to die. |
| 390 | * HateSink: He's certainly one of the biggest ones in the show, as a violent and dangerous mobster who abused Amanda and repeatedly threatened to kill her if she left. |
| 391 | * IfICantHaveYou: He tries to kill Amanda after luring her to his mansion under the premise of meeting his "fiancee" Rita. |
| 392 | * KnightOfCerebus: While the show wasn't exactly light at the time, especially in the aftermath of the complex bombing, his presence made it much more serious. |
| 393 | [[/folder]] |
| 394 | |
| 395 | [[folder:Bobby Parezi]] |
| 396 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' John Enos III |
| 397 | * CainAndAbel: Downplayed. The Parezi brothers don't kill each other, but Bobby is the clear good counterpart to Jack's evil. |
| 398 | * DeathByFallingOver: He meets his end by plummeting from a high-story window after accidentally getting knocked out a window by Alycia. |
| 399 | * HitmanWithAHeart: His reason for not killing Amanda in addition to his past relationship with her. |
| 400 | * IHaveNoSon: His father disowns him after he chooses to continue loving Amanda in spite of being the better son to him over Jack. |
| 401 | * LoveTriangle: Between him, Amanda and Peter. It eventually becomes more complicated when his lawyer Alycia comes into the picture. |
| 402 | * NiceGuy: Played with. He is from a mob family and is no pushover, but he's good to Amanda and even tries to sacrifice himself when they were held at gunpoint by his father. |
| 403 | [[/folder]] |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[folder:Eve Cleary]] |
| 406 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Rena Sofer |
| 407 | * FakeGuestStar: She was a major character in the final season, but was only a guest star. |
| 408 | * KillingInSelfDefense: Her backstory had her killing a would-be rapist boyfriend. Unfortunately due to the his family having money and influence, she was still sent away on manslaughter charges. |
| 409 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Apparently, she and Amanda grew up together in spite of the latter not mentioning her once in the first five seasons. |
| 410 | * TheRival: Of Lexi over Peter's affections. |
| 411 | * {{Yandere}}: Towards Peter. Anyone that stood in her way in having him to herself paid for it dearly. |
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