Twin Peaks/Characters

Special Agent Dale "Coop" Cooper:
"Played by: Kyle Mac Lachlan"

- "Agent Cooper: No."
 * Agent Cooper: Co-Trope Namer
 * Badass
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Badass in A Nice Suit
 * Cultured Badass
 * Big Eater: Sheriff Truman remarks that he must have the metabolism of a bumblebee.
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer: While he may be on the eccentric side, he really is a good detective.
 * Cassette Craze: Diane.
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Dreaming the Truth
 * Expy: Partly a more morally upright version of Kyle MacLachlan's role as Jeffrey Beaumont in Blue Velvet.
 * The Hero
 * Hyper Awareness: Very little escapes Cooper's attention. Sometimes his eccentricity can overshadow the fact that he is a remarkably good detective.
 * Idiot Ball: Holds onto it pretty tightly during the last three or four episodes. May be a case of Love Makes You Stupid, as most of his sudden incompetence is centered around Annie.
 * Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Arguably, given how Season 2 ends. But who can forget his response to Audrey Horne's question "Don't you have any secrets?"
 * Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Arguably, given how Season 2 ends. But who can forget his response to Audrey Horne's question "Don't you have any secrets?"


 * Mr. Fanservice: Coop has a lot of fangirls.
 * Must Have Caffeine: Though he doesn't seem to be addicted to it, rather he really loves coffee.
 * "Damn good coffee!"
 * Nice Guy: The guy is incredibly friendly and polite,.
 * Occult Detective
 * Scarily Competent Tracker
 * Sense Freak: Particularly, taste.
 * Sharp Dressed Man
 * Sherlock Scan
 * Showthe Forehead
 * Psychic Dreams for Everyone: Though oddly not Dreaming of Things to Come.
 * Turn in Your Badge: After solving the Laura Palmer case, he is put on trial for crossing national boarders as part of his investigation.
 * We Used to Be Friends: With Windom Earle
 * Would Hit a Girl:

Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-Gordon Cole_6341.jpg "Played by: David Lynch"

- "COOP, TODAY YOU REMIND ME OF A SMALL, MEXICAN CHIHUAHUA!"
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Even when compared with Agent Cooper himself.


 * Creator Cameo: Played by David Lynch himself. He shouts a lot and babbles almost incoherently.
 * Da Chief: Completely averted.
 * Department of Redundancy Department: AND SOMETIMES SUGGESTS THAT THEY DO THE ACTUALLY SUGGESTED THING RATHER THAN THE MISHEARD ONE.
 * The Faceless: Watching his early "appearances" over the phone, and knowing Lynch doesn't plan things out, it's clear that the casting was something of a joke.
 * Malaproper: HE ALSO MISHEARS THINGS!
 * No Indoor Voice: AGENT GORDON COLE IS ALMOST DEAF. THIS CAN LEAD TO FUNNY SITUATIONS WHEN HE NEEDS TO SPEAK PRIVATELY. PERHAPS THAT'S WHY HE'S SO ABSTRUSE.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure

Diane (Cooper's secretary)

 * The Ghost

Former Special Agent Windom Earle
"Played by: Kenneth Welsh"

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 * Arch Enemy
 * Ax Crazy
 * Big Bad Wannabe
 * Chess With Death:He plays a Chess game with Cooper. Every piece Earle takes, he kills someone.
 * The Chessmaster: Literally and figuratively.
 * Crazy People Play Chess
 * Cultured Badass
 * Evil Counterpart: A fallen version of Coop himself. Coop even blames himself for it, poor guy.
 * Face Heel Turn
 * Fallen Hero
 * Kick the Dog: The way he treats is needlessly cruel.
 * Large Ham: Is he ever!
 * Laughably Evil: Sure, he's nobody you want to run into, but some of the weird things he does in the show (like ) are so goofy and ridiculous you can't help but chuckle.
 * Love Makes You Crazy
 * Master of Disguise
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * We Used to Be Friends: With Cooper.
 * : In the series finale.

Agent Albert Rosenfield
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-Albert Rosenfeld_9901.jpg "Played by: Miguel Ferrer"

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 * : He became an FBI Medical Examiner to . His deep commitment to results in . Spoilered because it's quite a twist when it finally appears.
 * Agent Scully
 * The Coroner: A medical examiner, actually. He clashes with actual Coroner "Doc" Hayward the instant he sets foot in Twin Peaks. He's a perfect example of the character type though.
 * The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much: He objects emphatically when Cooper allows the body of Laura Palmer to be buried without a complete autopsy.
 * City Mouse: To the extreme displeasure of the natives of Twin Peaks and Special Agent Cooper.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Dr. Jerk
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold
 * Only Sane Man: Doesn't work too well in Twin Peaks though.
 * The Smart Guy/Sixth Ranger
 * Took a Level In Kindness: After his was revealed.

Agent Dennis "Denise" Bryson
"Played by: David Duchovny"

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 * Camp Straight: Don't let the cross-dressing fool you. He likes the ladies.
 * Possibly averted: if Bryson is Transsexual then she is gay.
 * Hey Its That Guy: Fox Mulder him or herself.
 * Transsexual or Transvestite: It isn't made clear which, though the first is suggested. The idea that transvestites are always gay is averted, though.
 * Wholesome Crossdresser

Sheriff Harry S. Truman
"Played by: Michael Ontkean"

- "Cooper: "I'm supposed to meet with a Sheriff Harry S. Truman. Shouldn't be too hard to remember that.""
 * Agent Scully: Though at first he seems to be set up for this, Sheriff Truman deeply respects Agent Cooper. However, when evidence seems to point at Truman expresses exasperation with Cooper's eccentricity,.
 * Badass
 * : He does this after.
 * Fair Cop
 * Jurisdiction Friction: None, with Sheriff Truman going so far as to describe Agent Cooper as "The finest lawman I've ever known".
 * Fake American: Michael Ontkean is actually Canadian.
 * The Lancer
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * Names the Same


 * Nice Hat
 * Reasonable Authority Figure
 * The Sheriff
 * The Watson

Deputy Andy Brennan
"Played by: Harry Goaz"

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 * The Big Guy: Shared with Hawk.
 * Butt Monkey
 * Clueless Deputy
 * The Ditz: Most of his time is spent doing pratfalls.
 * Good Is Dumb: Andy's a good-hearted person, even if he isn't the brightest bulb on the tree.
 * Lovable Coward
 * Simpleton Voice
 * Whos Your Daddy: Is he the father of Lucy Moran's child?.

Deputy Tommy "Hawk" Hill
"Played by: Michael Horse"

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 * Badass: No kidding...
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Badass Native
 * The Big Guy: Shared with Andy.
 * Fair Cop
 * The Ghost: His veterinarian girlfriend.
 * Magical Native American: Of course, in Twin Peaks, his beliefs are downright mundane.
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * Number Two: Most of the series has him as back up to Sheriff Truman.
 * Scarily Competent Tracker

Lucy Moran
"Played by: Kimmy Robertson"

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 * Adult Child: Her voice.
 * The Chick
 * The Ditz
 * Sassy Secretary: Usually not very sassy, but all the other stereotypical secretary traits (nasal, watches soap operas).

Major Garland Briggs
"Played by: Don S. Davis"

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 * Awesome McCoolname
 * Bald of Awesome
 * Cool Old Guy: More like "Cool Middle-aged Guy", but close enough.
 * Eagle Land: Flavor 1.
 * Hey Its That Guy
 * Incorruptible Pure Pureness: What more can you say about a man who's greatest fear is the "possibility that love is not enough"?
 * Spock Speak: One of the causes of the distance between himself and his son.

Robert "Bobby" Briggs
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/222px-Bobby Briggs_2404.jpg "Played by: Dana Ashbrook"

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 * All Girls Want Bad Boys: Laura Palmer's last relationship is with him. Subverted in that she humiliated him by destroying his "bad boy" posturing, as
 * Dawson Casting: Bobby is about 17 or 18 years old. Dana Ashbrook was in his mid-20s when he played the character.
 * Get Rich Quick Scheme: Spends most of his time coming up with these, and he's terrible at it.
 * I Am Not My Father
 * Jerk Jock
 * Mr. Fanservice: He's very, very pretty.
 * Rebellious Spirit: Very different from his wholesome parents
 * Tweener
 * Villain Protagonist

Donna Hayward
"Played by: Lara Flynn Boyle (TV show), Moira Kelly (Fire Walk With Me)"

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 * The Chick
 * Dogged Nice Girl
 * : In the season finale, we find out that.
 * Not Herself: At the beginning of season 2.
 * The Other Darrin: In the movie.
 * Smoking Is Cool: Starting with season 2.
 * Star Crossed Lovers
 * Tall Dark and Bishoujo

Eileen Hayward
"Played by: Mary Jo Deschanel"

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 * Cut Short: We'll never know all the details of . Even though they're pretty obvious.
 * Hot Mom: What else would you expect from the mother of Zooey Deschanel?

Gersten Hayward
"Played by: Alicia Witt"

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 * Bifauxnen
 * Closing Credits: She gets to interrupt Falling to play a boogie-woogie number on piano.

William "Doc" Hayward
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/120px-Doc Hayward_2607.jpg "Played by: Warren Frost"

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 * Cool Old Guy
 * The Coroner
 * Real Life Relative: Will's actor, Warren Frost, is the father of series co-director Mark Frost.
 * The Stoic

Audrey Horne
"Played by: Sherilyn Fenn"

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 * Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny: Mostly evident in the pilot and early episodes.
 * Beauty Mark: Next to her left eye.
 * Betty and Veronica: The Veronica to Annie's Betty.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Mostly in the early episodes.
 * Dawson Casting: Sherilyn Fenn was in her mid-20s when she played 18-year-old Audrey.
 * Ensemble Darkhorse: She is one of, if not the most popular character in the show besides Cooper.
 * Fille Fatale
 * Hidden Heart of Gold
 * I Am Not My Father -> Generation Xerox: Becomes every bit as conniving as her father as the series goes on.
 * Lonely Rich Kid
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Seemingly Wholesome Fifties Girl
 * Smoking Is Cool:.

Benjamin "Ben" Horne
"Played by: Richard Beymer"

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 * Corrupt Corporate Executive
 * : Revealed at the end of the series.
 * Good Smoking Evil Smoking: He usually smokes cigars, signifying his role as a Corrupt Corporate Executive.
 * Smug Snake
 * Used to Be A Sweet Kid: Until he inherited his family's company.
 * Villain Decay
 * Villainous Breakdown: Several episodes in the making, but he finally goes well and truly off the rails when.
 * Villain Decay
 * Villainous Breakdown: Several episodes in the making, but he finally goes well and truly off the rails when.

Jerry Horne
"Played by: David Patrick Kelly"

Ben Horne's sleazy brother. He actually doesn't have too big of a role in the show, but he occasionally helps Ben with his schemes. -
 * Casanova Wannabe
 * Smug Snake
 * Sunglasses At Night

"Big" Ed Hurley
"Played by: Everett McGill"

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 * Hey Its That Voice: His voice in the Japanese dub is provided by none other than Norio Wakamoto. DEFINITELY Playing Against Type!
 * Nice Guy
 * The Quiet One

James Hurley
"Played by: James Marshall"

Biker teen who lives with Ed and Nadine instead of his parents, who, he tells people, died in a car accident. -
 * Cool Bike
 * The Danza
 * The Ditz: Almost astonishingly stupid. As Laura Palmer says in one of her tapes, "James is sweet, but he's so dumb."
 * The Drifter
 * Dull Surprise
 * Likes Older Women: If is any indication.
 * Star Crossed Lovers
 * Troubled but Cute
 * Troubled but Cute

Nadine Hurley
"Played by: Wendy Robie"

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 * Badass Normal
 * Big Damn Heroes:
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Doesn't even begin to describe her!
 * Does Not Know Her Own Strength
 * Eyepatch of Power
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Large Ham
 * Super Strength

Dr. Lawrence Jacoby
"Played by: Russ Tamblyn"

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 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Cool Shades: He almost always wears a pair of 3D glasses.
 * Hey Its That Guy: Played Luke Sanderson in the original 1963 version of The Haunting.
 * Making a Spectacle of Yourself
 * Ugly Guy Hot Wife: To be fair, Dr. Jacoby isn't exactly "ugly", just quirky and not very attractive. However, he's married to a pretty Hawaiian woman who appears to be a couple years younger than him.

Hank Jennings
"Played by: Chris Mulkey"

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 * Amulet of Concentrated Awesome: His domino key-chain.
 * The Dragon: To several villains throughout the series.
 * Might As Well Not Be in Prison At All
 * Obviously Evil
 * Smug Snake

Norma Jennings
"Played by: Peggy Lipton"

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 * Cool Big Sis: She acts as one towards Shelly Johnson, and is a literal one to Annie Blackburn.
 * Fan Service With a Smile: She is played by Peggy Lipton after all.
 * Greasy Spoon: Runs her own diner.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Hey, Its That Girl
 * Tall, Blonde, and Bishoujo

Leo Johnson
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/226px-Leo Johnson_8838.jpg "Played by: Eric Da Re"

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 * The Aggressive Drug Dealer: Well ... sort of. He is aggressive and does sell drugs to high school kids, but they seek him out to buy them.
 * Badass Long Hair
 * The Brute
 * : In the second season.
 * : Well, he does clearly.
 * Jerkass
 * : Despite his sadism, violence, and, Leo.
 * Villain Decay: Leo has the bad luck of being the absolute middle man. Terrifying to the teenagers who are dabbling, easily manipulated by the real powers in Twin Peaks.
 * Villain Decay: Leo has the bad luck of being the absolute middle man. Terrifying to the teenagers who are dabbling, easily manipulated by the real powers in Twin Peaks.

Shelly Johnson
"Played by: Mädchen Amick"

- "Gordon Cole : YOU ARE WITNESSING A FRONT THREE-QUARTER VIEW OF TWO ADULTS SHARING A TENDER MOMENT. [to Shelly] Acts like he's never seen a kiss before.
 * Author Appeal : She kisses Gordon Cole, played by David Lynch himself. Cue Crowning Moment of Funny when her boyfriend, Bobby, comes in.

Dale Cooper : Uh, Gordon…

Gordon Cole : [to Bobby] TAKE ANOTHER LOOK, SONNY. IT'S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN!"


 * Domestic Abuse : Her husband forces her to do all the chores, beats her with a soap in a sock at one point, and is deeply jealous.
 * Fan Service With a Smile
 * Ms. Fanservice: A mild example.
 * Smoking Is Cool
 * The Woobie

Margaret "The Log Lady" Lanterman
"Played by: Catherine E. Coulson"

Probably the most unusual of the Twin Peaks townsfolk (and that's saying a lot). Margaret Lanterman, aka "The Log Lady", is an eccentric recluse who lives in a cabin in the forest. She is always seen carrying a log (hence her nickname), which is implied to either contain the spirit of her dead lumberjack husband or, as of Fire Walk With Me, to serve as a link to him in the Black Lodge -- though she never voices either theory outright and is implied to be forbidden from doing so. Because of this, the other townsfolk think she's crazy.

She was with Laura 5 days before her murder. -
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Hoo boy...
 * Companion Cube: Her log.
 * Consulting Mister Puppet
 * Mad Oracle
 * Non Sequitur: "Wait for the tea. The fish aren't running."

Catherine Martell
"Played by: Piper Laurie"

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 * Evil Redhead
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Magnificent Bastard: Even in this town, she stands out as a deft manipulator.
 * Magnificent Bastard: Even in this town, she stands out as a deft manipulator.
 * Magnificent Bastard: Even in this town, she stands out as a deft manipulator.

Pete Martell
"Played by: Jack Nance"

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 * Butt Monkey
 * Chess: A remarkable chess player, he aids Agent Cooper in the game against Windom Earle.
 * Cool Old Guy: In a friendly, somewhat quirky kind of way.
 * Henpecked Husband: Catherine just won't cut the guy a break.
 * Hey Its That Guy: Henry Spencer himself.
 * Nice Guy

Mayor Dwayne Milford
"Played by: John Boylan"

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 * Dirty Old Man

Dougie Milford
"Played by: Tony Jay"

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 * Hey Its That Guy: Played by the late Tony Jay.
 * Out With a Bang

Lana Budding Milford
"Played by: Robyn Lively"

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 * Hello Nurse
 * Heroes Want Redheads: Considering how Coop, Truman, Andy, and Hawk react when around her...
 * Informed Attractiveness: Whether you find her attractive or not, it's very difficult to say in all honesty that she's as attractive as every male in Twin Peaks finds her.

Mike Nelson
"Played by: Gary Hershberger"

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 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * Jerk Jock
 * Likes Older Women:.
 * Names the Same: No, his name doesn't have anything to do with the guy from Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Andrew Packard
"Played by: Dan O'Herlihy"

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 * Posthumous Character
 * Posthumous Character
 * Posthumous Character

Josie Packard
"Played by: Joan Chen"

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 * Asian Gal With White Guy
 * Dragon Lady
 * Femme Fatale
 * The Scrappy: To some.
 * Creators Pet: David Lynch liked Joan Chen's performance, which is why she gets a lot of focus despite not being very popular with fans.
 * Tall Dark and Bishoujo
 * What Could Have Been: Josie was originally going to be an Italian woman whose real name was Giovanna. She was also going to played by Isabella Rossellini, who at one point dated David Lynch.
 * : Later in the second season,.

Laura Palmer
"Played by: Sheryl Lee"

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 * Acting for Two
 * Brown Note / Interface Screw: The cause and effect of her attack as an enemy in the fan made Atari-esque game 'Black Lodge'
 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Darker and Edgier: In the prequel movie, Fire Walk With Me.
 * Dysfunction Junction
 * Missing White Woman Syndrome: Ending each episode with a still picture of her dressed as a prom queen was surely meant to evoke this.
 * Ms. Vice Girl
 * Posthumous Character
 * Seemingly Wholesome Fifties Girl
 * Stepford Smiler: Type A.
 * Uncanny Family Resemblance: Sheryl Lee played both Laura and her cousin Madeline.
 * Uncanny Family Resemblance: Sheryl Lee played both Laura and her cousin Madeline.

Leland Palmer
"Played by: Ray Wise"

The father of Laura Palmer, Leland is a well-respected lawyer in the town of Twin Peaks. . After hearing the news of his daughter's murder, Leland suffers a nervous breakdown, which results in him at the end of the first season.

At the beginning of season 2, Leland awakens to find his hair has turned white and he is now very upbeat, joyfully dancing and singing show tunes. However,

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 * Locked Into Strangeness: His hair turns white after.
 * Wangst: Done intentionally in Season 1.
 * Locked Into Strangeness: His hair turns white after.
 * Wangst: Done intentionally in Season 1.
 * Locked Into Strangeness: His hair turns white after.
 * Wangst: Done intentionally in Season 1.
 * Wangst: Done intentionally in Season 1.

Sarah Palmer
"Played by: Grace Zabriskie"

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 * Big No
 * Hysterical Woman
 * Psychic Dreams for Everyone
 * The Scream

Harold Smith
"Played by: Lenny Von Dohlen"

Harold Smith is an orchid grower a close friend of Laura Palmer, who she met through working for the Meals-on-Wheels program. Harold is agoraphobic (meaning he has a fear of open spaces), which is why he never leaves his home. Near the start of the second season, Donna Hayward befriends him in an attempt to get answers and discovers that -
 * : Gets hit with this HARD when.
 * Hikikomori: Due to having agoraphobia.
 * Pretty Boy
 * Pretty Boy

Dick Tremayne
"Played by: Ian Buchanan"

Dick Tremayne runs the clothing department at Horne's Department Store and was in an on-and-off relationship with Lucy Moran. -
 * British Stuffiness: A goofier version of this trope.
 * The Dandy
 * Sharp Dressed Man: Well, he does run a men's clothing department
 * Ted Baxter
 * Upperclass Twit

Annie Blackburn
"Played by: Heather Graham"

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 * Betty and Veronica: The Betty to Audrey's Veronica.
 * Fan Service With a Smile
 * Good Scars Evil Scars: Has one on her wrist that's never explained, but presumably from a suicide attempt.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Hey, It's That Girl: Played by a young Heather Graham.
 * Shallow Love Interest

Blacky O'Reilly
"Played by: Victoria Catlin"

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 * Depraved Bisexual
 * Eerie Pale Skinned Brunette
 * Womanin Black
 * Womanin Black

Thomas Eckhardt
"Played by: David Warner"

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 * Cool Shades
 * Evil Brit
 * Hey, It's That Guy: Played by David Warner.
 * Love Makes You Evil

Madeline "Maddy" Ferguson
"Played by: Sheryl Lee"

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 * Author Appeal: Maddy's hometown is Missoula, Montana, which is also the birthplace of David Lynch.
 * Backup Twin: Backup Cousin, actually.
 * Meganekko: Although she ditches the glasses later on.
 * Uncanny Family Resemblance: To her cousin Laura Palmer.
 * Meganekko: Although she ditches the glasses later on.
 * Uncanny Family Resemblance: To her cousin Laura Palmer.

Evelyn Marsh
"Played by: Annette McCarthy"

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 * Lady in Red
 * The Scrappy: Arguably the biggest one in the show. Many fans consider her to be one of the reasons for the second season's debatable drop in quality, as she served little-to-no relevance to the main storyline and was probably just created as an excuse to.
 * The Vamp

Jacques Renault
"Played by: Walter Olkewicz"

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 * Fake Nationality: He's a French-Canadian played by an American.
 * Fat Bastard

Jean Renault
"Played by: Michael Parks"

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 * Blade Below the Shoulder: He uses it to kill a random strawberry and.
 * Evil Redhead
 * Fake Nationality: He, too, is a French-Canadian played by an American.
 * Hey Its That Guy: Some might recognize him as recurring Quentin Tarantino character Sheriff Earl Mc Graw.
 * Revenge: He blames.

John Justice Wheeler
"Played by: Billy Zane"

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 * Gary Stu: What many fans see him as.
 * Put On a Bus: Or, rather, put on a plane.
 * The Scrappy

Killer BOB
"Played by: Frank Silva"

The show's main villain. -
 * Ax Crazy: Now, when most people say that one character is a trope, they don't really mean it...
 * Big Bad
 * Blooper: Silva is barely visible in the mirror behind Mrs. Palmer when she has her vision of the necklace being found at the end of the pilot. Appropriately, he is even more visible in the mirror in the corresponding scene in the international version of the pilot where she has a vision of BOB instead.
 * Body Snatcher: Of the Demonic Possession variety.
 * Evil Laugh
 * Grand Theft Me: To.
 * Guttural Growler
 * The Heartless: Albert speculates that BOB is "the evil that men do".
 * Hidden Villain: He's seen from time to time during the first season, but it's not until the second till we hear his name, and much later till we learn his role in the story.
 * Humanoid Abomination
 * Large Ham: Justified (sort of) in that he is not played by a professional actor but by a set dresser who happened to find himself accidentally foreshadowed in certain scenes.
 * Limited Wardrobe
 * MeanCharacterNiceActor: While BOB is the main villain and also infamous for scaring the crap out of viewers, the late Frank Silva was actually a very nice, funny, pleasant man in real life.
 * Mind Rape:To his direct victims, actual rape for the others.
 * Recursive Acronym: Beware Of BOB.
 * Serial Killer
 * Slasher Smile: Just look at his picture!
 * Tom the Dark Lord
 * The Unfettered: "You may think I've gone insane, but I Swear I Will KILL AGAIN!"
 * Wild Hair: Long, grey, and messy.

The Giant
"Played by: Carel Struycken"

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 * Arc Words: "The Owls are not what they seem."
 * Bald of Awesome
 * Body Snatcher: However, it's clear he has stayed in the same body for a long, long time.
 * Cryptic Conversation: Less so than The Man From Another Place, giving one straight forward clue - "Without chemicals, he points."
 * Gentle Giant: His speaking voice is pleasant, and he's dressed smartly. It's difficult to imagine him hurting a fly. He seems to live in the Black Lodge, too.
 * Hey Its That Guy

Jimmy Scott
"Played by: Jimmy Scott"

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 * Cool Old Guy
 * Disability Superpower: Jimmy Scott was born with Kallmann syndrome, which stunted his growth and he never went through puberty. This left his beautiful voice unbroken.
 * One Scene Wonder: Only shows up in the last episode -- in one of the most haunting scenes in the entire series.

The Man From Another Place
"Played by: Michael J. Anderson"

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 * Arc Words: He's the source of many of them.
 * "That gum you like is going to come back in style."
 * "I am the arm."
 * "Let's Rock!"
 * The Cast Showoff: Since Michael J. Anderson can talk backwards, he did so and his voice was reversed.
 * Technically, the idea came first and was expanded when David Lynch discovered this proficiency.
 * The Chessmaster: May or may not be controlling everything, even BOB.
 * Cryptic Conversation: Oh my yes...
 * Leitmotif: Dance of the Dream Man, which plays whenever something mysterious is happening.
 * Little People Are Surreal
 * Louis Cypher: With the red three piece suit, maybe...
 * The Nameless: Some contend that he is.

MIKE/Phillip Michael Gerard
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-MIKE Dream_6513.jpg "Played by: Al Strobel"

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 * Body Snatcher: MIKE is a being like BOB.
 * Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: After the Laura Palmer mystery is resolved, we don't see him again.
 * Heel Faith Turn: Long before the series, he saw the face of God.
 * Red Right Hand: He's missing his left arm, which.

Pierre Tremond/Chalfont
"Played by: Austin Jack Lynch (TV show), Jonathan J. Lepell (Fire Walk With Me)"

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 * Creepy Child
 * The Other Darrin
 * Real Life Relative: His first actor, Austin Jack Lynch, is actually David Lynch's son.