Line #146 Characters/OrphanBlackDyadAssociates


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2	[[Characters/OrphanBlackProjectLeda The Clones of Project LEDA]] \| [[Characters/OrphanBlackAssociates Associates of the Clones]] \| [[Characters/OrphanBlackTheProletheans The Proletheans]] \| [[Characters/OrphanBlackTheNeolutionists The Neolutionists]] \| '''Dyad Associates''' \| [[Characters/OrphanBlackProjectCastor The Clones of Project CASTOR]] \| [[Characters/OrphanBlackMiscellaneousCharacters Miscellaneous Characters]]]]-]]]
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4	%% Rachel is listed with the other clones. Delphine/Scott are in Cosima's folder. Leekie/Olivier/Astrid are in the Neolutionist folder.
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6	!!Dyad Associates
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8	[[foldercontrol]]
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10	[[folder:In General]]
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12	The various characters affiliated in some way with Dyad.
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14	* CorporateConspiracy: The Dyad Institute have conducted many extremely unethical experiments, the most important being a human cloning conspiracy that created the protagonists, as part of a complex eugenicist plot to alter the path of human evolution as they see fit.
15	* TheDragon: The Dyad Institute's chain of command is rather long. Olivier Duval works for Aldous Leekie, who works for Rachel Duncan, who works for Marian Bowles.
16	* EvilInc: The Dyad Institute, [[spoiler: the corporation that created the clones and apparently the backers of the Neolution movement. [=BrightBorn=], a fertility clinic connected to Dyad revealed in season four, also fits this trope]].
17	* MegaCorp: The Dyad Institute.
18	* ResearchInc: The Dyad Institute is a MegaCorp that specializes in making advancements in biotechnology and genetic experimentation.
19	[[/folder]]
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21	[[folder:Daniel Rosen]]
22	!!Daniel Rosen
23	-->'''Played by:''' Creator/MatthewBennett
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25	-->''"Do one more thing to help her so I can put a bullet in your head."''
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27	An agent of Dyad sent to collect Sarah and Kira when they prove to be uncooperative.
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29	* TheBrute: He does Dyad's dirty work.
30	* ColdBloodedTorture: On Sarah, [[spoiler:despite having orders not to do so. Sadly for him, he gets interrupted by Helena.]]
31	* ImplacableMan: Relentlessly pursues Sarah, even [[spoiler:managing to survive a car accident involving the both of them. It takes the series' implacable ''woman'', Helena, to take him down]].
32	* {{Jerkass}}: Rarely even makes the effort to be polite.
33	* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Becomes one to Rachel after Helena kills him.]]
34	* ScarilyCompetentTracker: No matter where Sarah goes, he's able to find her.
35	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: He acts as ruthlessly as he does because Dyad will clean up whatever fallout results from his actions.
36	* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: How he is killed by Helena]].
37	* WouldHitAGirl: Has no qualms about using physical violence against the clones, [[spoiler:even when directly instructed not to]].
38	[[/folder]]
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40	[[folder:Andrew Peckham]]
41	!!Andrew Peckham[=/=][[spoiler:Ethan Duncan]]
42	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a758dcc6e85234a9fa39bb83f2efbad1.jpg]]
43	[[caption-width-right:300:''Once you've gone too far, it's hard not to go all the way.'']]
44	-->'''Played by:''' Creator/AndrewGillies
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46	-->''"Don't despair, my dear. Don't despair."''
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48	A man taking care of a lot of birds in a house crammed full of old papers. [[spoiler:Actually Rachel's adoptive father, hiding from Aldous Leekie]].
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50	* AffectionateNickname: [[spoiler:Calls the LEDA clones his "little girls"]].
51	* BadassBoast: "I'm nobody's pawn."
52	* CloudCuckoolander: Appears to be this, what with his seeming obsession with his birds. 2.07 hints that this may be a case of ObfuscatingInsanity, however.
53	* CrazyPrepared: Gives Kira his old copy of ''The Island of Dr. Moreau'' which also happens to contain a significant amount of his notes [[spoiler:including, it is implied, the key to the cipher for his work]].
54	* DidNotThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: The infertility sequence he added to the clones' DNA had the side effect of triggering a fatal autoimmune disorder. When he learns of this, he sets off to correct it.]]
55	* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:Of Rachel. Would be played perfectly straight if his DNA played a part in the clones' creation]].
56	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: He drinks poisoned tea to prevent Dyad from accessing any more of his work.]]
57	* ForScience: [[spoiler:Was among the scientists who first created the clones, purely for scientific advancement, until the military took over]].
58	* FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler:First, the military became interested in the cloning experiment he and his wife were part of. Then, the Neolutionists took over the Dyad Institute, which eventually culminated in his wife getting killed and his adoptive daughter stolen from him. Presently, Leekie has been looking for him, presumably to kill him. And then he discovers his daughter is a sociopath and wants his research for unethical ends, which ultimately leads to [[DrivenToSuicide his suicide]]]].
59	* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Dyad targeted him and his wife because they threatened to go public with the clone experiment. Since the attempt on his life, he's been hiding out with the Birdwatchers]].
60	* HeroicSuicide: [[spoiler: He kills himself to prevent Rachel from abusing his knowledge.]]
61	* NervesOfSteel: He's hard to intimidate.
62	* WalkingSpoiler: Due to his importance to both the plot and the backstory.
63	[[/folder]]
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65	[[folder:Susan Duncan]]
66	!!Susan Duncan (née Wakefield)
67	-->'''Played by''': Creator/RosemaryDunsmore
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69	Rachel's adoptive mother [[spoiler:and co-creator of Project LEDA]].
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71	* AmbiguouslyEvil: See FaceHeelTurn below.
72	* BullyingADragon: [[spoiler:It probably wasn't that bright of her to antagonise Rachel in the Season Four finale.]]
73	* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: She's killed after getting caught trying to kill Westmoreland and buried in the Revival graveyard]].
74	* FaceHeelTurn: According to what Ethan Duncan told Kendall Malone, Susan was [[spoiler: "corrupted by Neolution". However, this is either {{subverted}} or at worst {{downplayed}} when it turns out she's been personally looking after the Leda clones' well-being and doing her best to protect them from others who mean them ''much'' worse. There is, however, also the matter of [=BrightBorn=]; it's not currently clear how involved she is with it or how much control she has over it. If she is in fact at all villainous, which is at this point not at all clear, she is certainly ALighterShadeOfBlack and/or an AntiVillain.]]
75	* ForScience: [[spoiler: The reason she and her husband started the cloning project]].
76	* GoodParents: Along with her husband Ethan, she was this for Rachel, as evidenced by Rachel's HappierHomeMovie of her childhood.
77	* [[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]]: The reason she and her husband were targeted by Dyad, [[spoiler: because they threatened to go public with their clone experiments.]] He survived, but she didn't. [[spoiler: Except she didn't die either]].
78	* KilledOffForReal: Killed in a lab fire by Aldous Leakie before the series began. [[spoiler: Except she's actually still alive and dies for real in Season 5.]]
79	* KillItWithFire: Died in a lab fire caused by Aldous Leakie. [[spoiler: Or so we were lead to think.]]
80	* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [[spoiler: Her death was ruled accidental, but it was actually due to an arson attack. Except it turns that she didn't die, either.]]
81	* MissingMom: To Rachel.
82	* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: She's revealed to be alive at the end of Season 3.]] [[spoiler: And then she dies for real midway through Seaosn 5.]]
83	* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler: She's in a relationship with her adopted son Ira, a Castor clone]].
84	* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: Except she isn't.]]
85	* WalkingSpoiler: Hugely important to the backstory.
86	[[/folder]]
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88	[[folder:Marian Bowles]]
89	!!Marian Bowles
90	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d418a4371a7b9f56d0e5bbbf3d9aae5b.png]]
91	[[caption-width-right:300:''If Rachel's become too entangled, we have to step in.'']]
92	-->'''Played by:''' Creator/MichelleForbes
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94	-->''"Like Siobhan, I'm invested."''
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96	One of Rachel's superiors at the Dyad Institute.
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98	* AffablyEvil: Assuming she is evil.
99	* AmbiguouslyEvil: It's hard to tell who she's loyal to or what she wants [[spoiler: but she seems to be allying with Sarah]].
100	* BadBoss: [[spoiler: We're told that she knew about and was possibly involved in the murder of Rachel's mother, but let Leekie take the fall for it. This later turns out to be false: Rachel's mother isn't even dead. It's not really clear what her angle was now, but since Charlotte shows up with Rachel's mother it's possible they're in it together somehow]].
101	* HiddenHeartOfGold: As shady as she is, [[spoiler: she appears to genuinely love her adopted daughter Charlotte and takes a huge risk to free Sarah and Kira from Dyad (though there's likely more to that than just good will).]]
102	* ManipulativeBastard: She's certainly good at manipulating people.
103	* TheMole: [[spoiler:She has a high-ranking position in Dyad, but she has her own agenda unknown to the rest of the company.]] She is also possibly the only person in the company who knows about [[spoiler:Project CASTOR]].
104	* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Subverted. She'll freely admit that she likes the monetary gain that comes with her position, but she's motivated by much more than that.
105	* SmugSnake: She initially comes across this way, though she's later revealed to be quite a bit more competent than a typical example of the trope.
106	* TokenGoodTeammate: Possibly one for the Dyad institute. [[spoiler:She helps Sarah and Kira escape]].
107	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She disappears after the start of Season 3, although she's frequently mentioned. [[spoiler: Considering that Charlotte shows up in the season finale claiming that Rachel is going to be her 'new mum' her fate isn't looking good. M.K. suggests that she is dead in Season Four, but it's still not clear what happened to her.]]
108	[[/folder]]
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110	[[folder:Alan Nealon]]
111	!!Dr. Alan Nealon
112	-->'''Played by:''' Creator/TomMcCamus
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114	--> ''"Hard science requires hard choices."''
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116	A geneticist and researcher at the Dyad Institute who would be bring in doctors inside Paul's apartment to medically examine Beth, and later, Sarah, disguised as Beth, in their sleep. He formally introduces himself to Sarah in the second season finale.
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118	* TheCaretaker: [[spoiler: To Rachel after her brain injury in Season 3]].
119	* EarlyBirdCameo: He was one of the scientists examining Sarah in her sleep back when she was impersonating Beth.
120	* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: He's a geneticist, but also a surgeon as well, if him personally heading up [[spoiler: Sarah's would-be oopherectomy]] is anything to go by. Later he performs eye-surgery on [[spoiler: Rachel.]]
121	* {{Tuckerization}}: Dr. Nealon is named after one of the writers, Aubrey Nealon.
122	* UndyingLoyalty: To Rachel. [[spoiler: He kidnaps Krystal Goderitch and puts her in a medically-induced coma as a BodyDouble for Rachel, while Rachel escapes the Dyad Institute, having stolen Krystal's identity earlier in the episode.]]
123	** [[spoiler: Subverted; he's a Neolutionist complicit in sending Rachel off to Susan Duncan.]]
124	* TakingYouWithMe: Attempted on Delphine, when he rips the maggot bot out of his own cheek, grabs her by the throat, and [[NightmareFuel tries to]] [[NauseaFuel spit it into her own mouth]]. She ends up avoiding it and shooting him, but the intent was clear.
125	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: He seems to respect Delphine as a scientist, enough to offer her a spot in Neolution. When she makes it clear that she's going to side with Cosima, however, he tries to kill her, and when he fails he uses his dying breath to make sure she knows she won't survive refusing them.
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128	[[folder:Ferdinand Chevalier]]
129	!!Ferdinand Chevalier
130	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c8a0015eba206d0ddae2827d3b8c12b6.jpg]]
131	[[caption-width-right:300:''Tell me, Rachel, 50 years from now you think your kind will still be calling each other sisters?'']]
132	-->'''Played by:''' Creator/JamesFrain
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134	Ferdinand is a well-educated, cool to the touch, charming, and intimidating “cleaner.” A powerful player in a secretive, multi-national cabal, he acts with questionable ethics and a ruthless modus operandi. His association with the Dyad Institute could mean big trouble for the Leda clones.
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136	* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler:He's on the clones' side for a while]], but he's just as ruthless in his methods as ever. He could be interpreted as an AntiHero or as an AntiVillain [[spoiler:who happens to be allied with the heroes.]]
137	* BastardBastard: The illegitimate child of British aristocracy, according to Mika.
138	* BerserkButton: He ''hates'' Neolutionists, as he proves when [[spoiler: he rants angrily about them while bludgeoning Bulldog to death with a baseball bat.]]
139	* BigDamnHeroes: He saves Sarah [[spoiler: from a Dyad employee disguised as a dentist.]]
140	* BrainsAndBondage: He is a sneaky and well-educated gentleman with a heavy sexually submissive streak.
141	* EnemyMine: Aligns himself with the clones after it's revealed that [[spoiler: the Neolutionists were using him to acquire genetic material from the Castor/Leda original]].
142	-->"This changes everything... which makes us new [=BFFs=]."
143	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: ''"What can I say? Rachel pierced this armoured heart."''
144	* EvilBrit: Starts out this way, seemingly.
145	* EvilChef: He's a skilled foodie in the kitchen as well as a murdering psychopath.
146	* FourEyesZeroSoul: Initially is this at the start of Season 3, but is ultimately subverted in the Season 3 finale when his quirky side is revealed while dealing with [[spoiler: Bulldog]].
147	* GenreSavvy: [[spoiler: It doesn't take long for Ferdinand to realize that he was being used by the Neolutionists. With Sarah's statement that Neolution wants Kendall's sample, he immediately suspects a mole, and (knowing that Sarah, Mrs. S, and Kendall aren't one) rapidly concludes that it is his associate, Bulldog. He also rapidly concludes that Sarah and Mrs. S had some way to dispose of dead bodies and immediately proceeds to use it on Bulldog.]]
148	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler:Allies with Leda in the season three finale, but seems to have aligned himself with Rachel, another occupant of the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor, in the season four.]]
149	* HyperAwareness: He's very good at telling when something's ''off'' about a person or situation.
150	* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: Manages to kill Mrs S in 5x08, but not before she takes him down with her]].
151	* MeaningfulName: His surname "Chevalier" is French for "knight." Sure enough, he's very much Rachel's "knight."
152	* MutualKill: [[spoiler:He and Mrs. S eventually shoot one another.]]
153	* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He gets very up close and personal with Sarah and Alison.
154	* UndyingLoyalty: To Rachel. [[spoiler:He's even willing to drop his hatred of Neolutionists for her... unfortunately for the rest of the clones.]]
155	[[/folder]]
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157	[[folder:Bulldog]]
158	!!Bulldog
159	-->'''Played by:''' Creator/EarlPastko
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161	Ferdinand’s silent, imposing and violent personal bodyguard. Communicating with his boss by looks only, Bulldog carries out the dirty work of his shady employers.
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163	* TheBrute: For Ferdinand. [[spoiler: In 3.01, he attempts to assassinate the Hendrix family until Ferdinand calls back the order.]]
164	* TheMole: [[spoiler: One of the Neolutionists who infiltrated Dyad.]]
165	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name is never given.
166	* TheVoiceless: Only speaks once, [[spoiler: when he's being bludgeoned to death by Ferdinand]].
167	[[/folder]]
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