Overwatch/Characters

Overwatch
Overwatch is an task force that was form to protect innocents, during the Omnic Crisis.

Winston
Voiced by: Crispin Freeman

Despite being a super-intelligent, genetically altered gorilla, Winston is one of Overwatch's brilliant scientists.


 * Ape In Space: Winston used to lived in the Horizon Lunar Colony and was this. Though his gorilla contemporaries became killer space apes.
 * Dropped Glasses: In some fights, Winston drops his glasses, or rather they get punch off of his face.
 * Even Heroes Have Heroes: The original Dr. Winston was this to Winston. The scientist told him stories about the human race's ingenuity, integrity, and fleets of heroism.
 * Gadgeteer Genius: Winston created Lena's Chronal Accelerator, used one of the Emergency Pod G-42 just to make a makeshift rocket, and what would become Tracer's pulse bombs, just to name afew.
 * The Hermit: When Overwatch fell, Winston cuts himself out of the world by secluded himself. Yet longs for heroism to return.
 * Hulking Out: Two words: "Primal Rage."
 * Averted. Winston has control of his "Primal Rage" and he can activate it by himself. He doesn't have to break his glasses to do this.
 * In-Series Nickname: Tracer and Winston's close friends nicknamed him "Big Guy."
 * Various characters, like Jesse McCree, calls Winston "Monkey" or "The Monkey."
 * The Lab Rat: During his early days in the Horizon Lunar Colony, Winston assisted the scientists' experiments.
 * Lightning Gun: His Tesla Cannon.
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter: When Winston was just a young gorilla.
 * Shoo Out the Kids: Winston then tells both Brian and Timmy to go for cover.
 * Super Intelligence: He was one of the gorillas that has increase rapid brain development from the gene therapy, to the point that Dr. Harod Winston took him under his wing and taught him science and told stories about human ingenuity.
 * Smart Gorillas Wear Glasses
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Bananas and peanut butter.
 * Tragic Keepsake: The glasses that Winston keeps are from his second father figure, Dr. Harold Winston, who died due to the Horizon Lunar Colony gorilla revolt.
 * Omnidisciplinary Scientist: The student of Dr. Winston continues to studies and puts his skills to good use, there's too many examples, but one of them is designing the Chronal Accelerator to help Tracer stay put in time, when other scientists fail to figure out what's wrong.
 * Powered Armor: Winston's astronaut armor.
 * Ultimate: Primal Rage
 * Unstoppable Rage: Whenever he's in his "Primal Rage" mode.
 * You Are Number Six: The Big Guy was known as "Specimen 28."
 * You Are Number Six: The Big Guy was known as "Specimen 28."

Hammond/Wrecking Ball
Voiced by: Dee Bradley Baker/Jonathan Lipow

Hammond was one of the test subjects from the Horizon Lunar Colony. After escaping the latter, he became a mech battle champion, and lastly, is on a quest to explore earth.


 * Ace Pilot
 * Black Bead Eyes
 * Curious as a Rodent: His curiosity is so big that Hammond explores during the night.
 * Even going so far to make a spacecraft to explore earth.
 * Little Stowaway: A hamster example, when Winston plotted and got away from the Horizon Lunar Colony, Hammond took this golden opportunity to stoleaway as well.
 * Secret Identity: While Hammond was in the Scrapyard battle arena, he went by the name of "Wrecking Ball."
 * Bonus: No one knew that he's a rodent participating in the mech battles and rising up the ranks.
 * Foreign Cuss Word: Hammond can curse, but the wrecking ball mech refuses to translate hamaster-ese profanity.
 * Gadgeteer Genius: Hammond fixes and builds his own spaceships and weapons.
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter: He's a cute and fluffy hamster.
 * Sobriquet: Wrecking Ball.
 * Super Intelligence: Because of gene therapy, Hammond's intelligence grew. As well as his curiosity and mech assembling skills.
 * Ultimate: Minefield
 * Walking the Earth: Hammond travels the world, sating his huge curiosity, and having his own adventures along the way.
 * You Are Number Six: The little hamster dude's was known as "Specimen 8."

Mei
Voiced by: Elise Zhang

Mei is a climate scientist and one of the eco-Watchpoint members.


 * Abnormal Ammo: Mei's gun shoot ice and snow.
 * Anime Chinese Girl
 * Diary: Winston advises her to write a journal about her experiences at the Antarctica Eco-Watchpoint and publish it.
 * Determinator: In the "Rise and Shine" short, Mei.
 * Freeze Ray: Her Endothermic Blaster.
 * Living Relic: Mei woke up nine years later to find that her fellow scientists are gone, same with Overwatch, and she's the only one left alive.
 * Lone Survivors: Just her and Snowball.
 * Mecha-Mook: Mei can deploy Snowball to form Blizzard. A move which brings in snow and wind in a radius, just to freeze foes solid.
 * Older Than She Looks: Mei's appearance hasn't change much, despite being in cryostasis for almost a decade.
 * Robot Buddy/Security Blanket: Snowball, nuff said.
 * According to the writers, the hovering robot is more than a robot buddy...Snowy is Zhou's security blanket.
 * Reassigned to Antarctica: Mei-Ling Zhou was part of one of Overwatch's eco-Watchpoints, which is located in Antarctica.
 * Shout Out: Her mug's design was that of a baby murloc.
 * Sole Survivor: Out of her fellow Eco-Watchpoint scientists that were stranded, Mei's the only one that lived and breathe for another day.
 * Ultimate: Blizzard
 * Walking the Earth: Mei chose to continue her studies on climate alone and travels around the world to resurrect the eco-network and find out the threats to the earth's ecosystem.

Tracer
Voiced by: Cara Theobold

Lena Oxton was a hot shot pilot and part of Overwatch.


 * Ace Pilot: According to one of the shorts, Lena is a fearless pilot. Before she joined the Overwatch program.
 * Adventurer Outfit: Lena sports a patriotic bomber jacket.
 * Amplifier Artifact: Tracer can use the Chronal Accelerator to speed up her time or slow it down.
 * Back from the Dead: In universe. Everyone thought that Lena Oxton died while doing Overwatch's experimental flight program. Until, she reappeared several months later.
 * Chaotic Good: She's describe as a "force of goodness", even if it means lawbreaking.
 * Flash Step: Her blinking abilities.
 * Heroine Want Redhead: Lena just scored with Emily.
 * Intangible Lesbian: Since Lena suffers from "chronal disassociation", disappearing for hours, even days, and can't maintain her physical form. This makes her a "living ghost."
 * Keet: Lena is the happiest and quickest out of all the characters.
 * Girls Love: In the Tracer: Reflections comic, Tracer's love interest Emily is shown and the two share a kiss at the end.
 * Goggles Do Nothing
 * Mascot: An real life example, she's the mascot for the actual Overwatch game.
 * The Nicknamer: She gave Winston his famous nickname.
 * Power Limiter: The Chronal Accelerator, which keeps Tracer grounded to the present.
 * Shout Out: Lena's Blink references to a mage spell which has a similar function.
 * Sensual Spandex
 * Ultimate: Pulse Bomb
 * Vigilante Lesbian: When Overwatch disbanded, Tracer uses any opportunity to fight crime when it presents itself.
 * The Runt At the End: Lena Oxton was the youngest out of all the pilots that were recruited to the Overwatch flight program.
 * Sobriquet: Tracer.

Ana Amari
Voiced by: Aysha Selim

Ana Amari was one of Overwatch's original founders and uses her talents to defend Egypt and those she cares about.


 * Bounty Hunter: When Overwatch fell, Ana became a bounty hunter, until the recall.
 * Combat Medic: Ana has two weapons, the Biotic Rifle's darts and Biotic Grenades, that earns her the "Combat Medic" title, since they can also heal her allies and restore their health.
 * Cool Old Lady
 * Good Parent: Ana is this towards Pharah.
 * Eyepatch of Power: After loosing her right eye, Ana now sports this.
 * Eye Scream: She lost her right eye, thanks to her not sniping Widowmaker first. Because,
 * Friendly Sniper: Ana is one of the best snipers that Egypt had produce.
 * Happily Married: To Sam, who is a Native American Canadian.
 * Healing Shiv: Her Nanos and other weapons are this, plus her sniper rifle can do double duty: put foes to sleep and heal allies.
 * Lone Survivor: Ana survived the failed hostage rescue mission out of her unit, since Widowmaker "one shot, one killed" them all.
 * Mama Bear: Ana got this nickname, because she takes care of whatever troops she's assign to.
 * No One Should Survive That: In universe, out of the unit that Widowmaker killed. Ana was the only survivor, but the whole world thought she was one of those victims.
 * Instant Death Bullet: She survived
 * We Thought You Were Dead: The whole world assumed that she died during the failed rescue.
 * Some of the reactions from her friends, like Soldier 76, were thinking this.
 * Ultimate: Nano Boost

Soldier: 76
Voiced by: Fred Tatasciore

Jack Morrison was one of the original founders of Overwatch.


 * Badass Grandpa: Jack Morrison still fights despite his age.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Duty Before Love: Because of Jack's Overwatch work, he can't give his ex-boyfriend, Vincent, the life he wanted.
 * Embarrassing Middle Name: Jack Morrison's middle name is "Francis."
 * Goggles Do Something Unusual: Tactical Visor "locks" onto the closest foe and in Soldier: 76's sight.
 * Manly Gay: The short story, "Bastet", reveals that Jack Morrison is this.
 * Old Soldier
 * Super Soldier
 * Sobriquet: Soldier: 76.
 * One-Way Visor
 * Rocket Jump: Jack Morrison can use his Helix Rockets to do this (and make Soldier proud).
 * That Man Is Dead: In the Soldier: 76 Origin Story, a part of Jack did died in the explosion.
 * Ultimate: Tactical Visor
 * Vigilante Man: Soldier: 76 has his own personal war to expose the mystery of Overwatch's collapse.
 * You Are Number Six: Soldier: 76.

Brigitte Lindholm
Voiced by: Matilda Smedius

One of Torbjorn's kids, Brigitte eventually became Reinhardt's squire.


 * Barrier Warrior: Brigitte's shield is a smaller version of her mentor, Reinhardt,'s.
 * Brown Eyes
 * The Engineer: Brigitte knows machines, how to reaper, and build them.
 * Epic Flail: Brigitte's Whip Shot.
 * Gadgeteer Genius: Her skills and aptitude for engineering mirrors her Dad.
 * Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Hers is a smaller version of Reinhardt's, but serves her well.
 * Massive Numbered Siblings: Brigitte is the youngest of the Lindholm children. Note, she has a lot of siblings and may not be the youngest later on.
 * The Medic: Lindholm's Repair Pack.
 * Percussive Maintenance: The Repair Pack also provides armor to ally teammates.
 * Shield Bash: Once Brigitte deploys this, she then uses dash forward to stun nearby foes. The trope is even in its' name.
 * Tomboyish Ponytail: A long one at that.
 * Ultimate: Rally

Mercy
Voice by: Lucie Pohl

Dr. Angela Ziegler is Overwatch's brilliant healer, scientist, and peace advocate.


 * Actual Pacifist: Dr. Ziegler is not just a scientist and healer, she's also a staunch peace advocate. Even disapproving Overwatch's militaristic approaches.
 * Auto Revive: Mercy has this ability, Resurrect, to bring KO allies back, complete with full health gauges.
 * Boyish Short Hair
 * Combat Medic: Dr. Ziegler even has her trusty Caduceus Blaster at her side and is not afraid to use it.
 * Deceased Parents Are the Best: This is what made Angela go the peace keeping route. Since her parents were taken by the war.
 * Flight: Angela's Valkyrie suit gives her flying abilities.
 * Guardian Angel: While not technically a literal heavenly being, Mercy is this to her team and Overwatch.
 * Labcoat of Science and Medicine: When Angela's not wearing her angel armor, she wears this for lab and science reasons.
 * Healing Shiv: Her Caduceus Staff may appear intimidating, but it's use to heal allies.
 * Holy Halo: It's part of Dr. Ziegler's angelic costume theme.
 * Hot Witch: Dr. Ziegler's Halloween costume.
 * The Medic: Becoming the head surgeon at a very prominent Swiss hospital and pioneering in a scientific field of applied nanobiology are just some of Mercy's accomplishments that capture Overwatch's eyes.
 * Peek-a-Bangs
 * Sobriquet: Mercy.
 * Ultimate: Valkyrie
 * Walking the Earth: Whenever there's a country affected by war, Dr. Ziegler is there healing in the front and healing the injured innocents.

Jesse McCree
Voiced by: Matthew Mercer

Jesse McCree is a former Overwatch member, who is now an outlaw, and does his own justice.


 * The Atoner: McCree believes that the can atone for his past sins, by righting what he sees as the world's injustice.
 * Badass Beard: Jesse is sporting a rootin', tootin' one.
 * Badass Cape
 * Cigar Chomper
 * Cowboy
 * The Cynic
 * Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangster!: Averted. While McCree was part of the Deadlock Gang, who were trafficking weapons and military hardware in the American Southwest. Overwatch busted and arrested the whole gang.
 * The Danza: Kinda played straight, Jesse was named after one of the Blizzard devlopers, whose name is actually "Jesse McCree" and the Overwatch team were searching for a cowboy sounding name.
 * Handicapped Badass
 * Improbable Aiming Skills: Jesse McCree's sharpshooting skills are so great that he made a name for himself when he was a gangster.
 * Poncho of Asskicking
 * Showdown At High Noon: His ultimate spells "It's high noon." Were a tumblewheel rolls by before he shoots six opponents at the same time.
 * Reformed Criminal
 * Robot Arm: Jesse has a cybernetic prosthetic arm.
 * Ultimate: Deadeye

D.va
Voiced by: Charlet Chung

Hana Song (aka D.VA) is a young South Korean, who is part of MEKA.

""It's overrated, Dae.""
 * Ace Pilot: Thanks to MEKA recruiting Hana (and other skilled gamers), her gaming skills are needed to pilot the MEKA units.
 * Asian and Nerdy: Wears this to a "T", even is a Gadgeteer Genius to boot.
 * Celebrity Is Overrated: Even though Hana became a rising hero in South Korea and being in MEKA, she doesn't let the fame get to her head and STILL hangs around her childhood friend, Dae-Hyun.

- Hana


 * Even Heroes Have Heroes: She's a fan of Lúcio Santo's music, even owning his CDs.
 * Form-Fitting Wardrobe: It's more for practicality, since she's a MEKA pilot.
 * Gamer Chick: Hana Song was one of South Korea's gaming champions. Until she was recruited to MEKA.
 * Hidden Depths: The director and editor of "Shooting Star" states that they were aiming for a side of D.Va that's not being shown when gamers play as her in their gaming romps.
 * Older Than They Look: Hana Song is actually nineteen, but looks way younger.
 * Shell-Shocked Veteran: In "Shooting Star", Hana has a small flashback of D.Va in the midst of battle with other MEKA units, protecting Hong Kong from Omnics. It's brief and to the point, showing that D.Va has some battle scars and is a vet.
 * Ultimate: Call Mech

Torbjörn
Voiced by: Keith Silverstein

Torbjörn Lindholm is a brilliant engineer and one of the founding members of Overwatch.


 * Cool Old Guy
 * The Engineer
 * Eyepatch of Power
 * Gadgeteer Genius: It's to the point that during Overwatch's height, all their weapons and equipment can be traced right back to Torbjörn Lindholm's workshop.
 * Handicapped Badass
 * Happily Married: Torby is happily married to Ingrid and has a ton of kids.
 * I Owe You My Life: Torbjörn feels this way towards Wilhelm Reinhardt, since the latter rescued him during Operation: White Dome. Torby requested the German to name his daughter.
 * Mr. Fixit: He can build and fix things. Later on, Torby feeling that he's responsible went on a quest, determined to prevent his inventions from falling into the wrong hands.
 * The Nicknamer: Not him, but his friends nicknamed him "Torby".
 * Properly Paranoid: Torby distrusts anything with Artificial Intelligence, his peers just dismissed this as Lindholm being "too paranoid"...Until the Omnic Crisis happened.
 * Shout Out: Torby's appearance resembles the dwarves from World of Warcraft and in a more recent example, Dell Conagher.
 * Robot Arm
 * The Turret Master
 * Ultimate: Molten Core

Reinhardt Wilhelm
Voiced by: Darin De Paul

Reinhardt Wihelm was a champion of a bygone age and one of Overwatch's original founders.

""They're just slowing me down."
 * Arrogant Kung Fu Guy: During his hayday, Reinhardt was this, and doing it for glory.
 * Barrier Warrior
 * Bad Ass Old Guy
 * Big Brother Mentor: Kinda, since Reinhardt became this the minute he became Brigitte's godfather. Also, when the young Lindholm became his squire.
 * The Call: In the "Honor and Glory" short,
 * The Champion: Reinhardt serves to "be their shield" in both the lore and in the actual game.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Dramatic Wind: The younger Reinhardt loves feeling the wind in his hair.
 * Hammer Time: Rocket Hammer and it's melee uses.
 * Immortal Hero: The crusaders are suppose to be immortal.
 * The Load: When ordered to get back to his team, Reinhardt answered.


 * Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Reinhardt's Barrier Field is this.


 * Glory Days: The short "Honor and Glory" shows an older Reinhardt reminiscing of the old, glory days, and his own regrets as a crusader.
 * Old Soldier
 * Physical Scars, Psychological Scars: A now elderly Reinhardt has a scar running down on his face and an injured eye. And he
 * Redeeming Replacement: After the Battle of Eichenwalde, Wilhelm.
 * Retired Badass: During his late fifties, the Overwatch higher ups forced Reinhardt to retire from combat operations.
 * Shockwave Stomp: Reinhardt using Rocket Hammer, slamming it into the group, and knocking down all the foes in front of him.
 * Ultimate: Earthshatter

Genji
Voiced by: Gaku Space

Genji Shimada is the youngest of the Shimada Clan.


 * Back From the Dead: Dr. Ziegler and the rest of Overwatch saved Genji's life, after Hanzo left him for dead (Hanzo thought he killed his younger sibling).
 * Black Sheep: Despite loving martial arts, Genji is hardly interested in embracing the Yazuka business.
 * Cyborg: Even though Genji is still human, his appearance is more robot.
 * Deceased Father is the Best: Averted. The minute his father died, Genji refused to take a more active role in the Shimada's empire. This made the rest of the clan furious enough to plot against him (They already see Genji as a liability).
 * Handsome Lech: In his younger days, Genji had a playboy lifestyle, which is befitting for a rich guy like him.
 * I Call It "Vera": Genji's katana is named Ryū Ichimonji.
 * Journey to Find Oneself: Genji is also trying to find his inner self and also come to terms, which is why he went on a road trip.
 * Katanas Are Just Better
 * Stock Ninja Weaponry: Genji's tool kit: 'Shuriken and katana.
 * Offing the Offspring: The rest of the Shimada Clan tried to do this on Genji, but he survived the assassination attempt.
 * One-Way Visor
 * Ultimate: Dragonblade
 * Trope: When using Dragonblade, Genji briefly brandishes his sword, a dragon spirit pops out, and then sheathing his sword dishes out killing strikes to his foes.
 * Walking the Earth: Genji left Overwatch to find the meaning of life and to come to terms with him being half-human/half-cyborg.

Echo
Echo was an Omnic, who has a history with Overwatch, especially McCree.


 * Computer Voice: Female
 * Robot Girl

Talon
A mysterious terrorist organization and Overwatch's rival.

Doomfist
Voiced by: Sahr Ngaujah

Doomfist (real name Akande Ogundimu) is a mercenary, who believes that plunging the world into countless wars will make humanity stronger.


 * Arrogant Kung Fu Guy: He used to trained in Dambe, Gidigbo, wrestling, and other modern combat methods. Akande Ogundimu's later path shows his ambition and arrogantness.
 * Bald Black Leader Guy: Akande became one of the leaders of Talon and is an evil version of this trope.
 * Combat Pragmatist: Doomfist does this in several of the battles that he is in, also he uses not fighting, time, and patience to his advantage.
 * Cultured Badass: Akande's intelligence and charisma helped him in life, but he also loves competitive martial arts.
 * Deceptive Disciple: The minute Akande finds out that his mentor, Adeyemi, seems only content to smuggling. Ogundimu kills him, steals his mentor's doomfist guantlet, and took Talon to greater heights.
 * Ground Pound: Whenever Doomfist does Seismic Slam, slamming the ground to knock any foes close to him.
 * Hand Cannon
 * Handicapped Badass: He lost his right arm during the Omnic Crisis, which doomed his martial arts career.
 * He Cleans Up Nicely: Doomfist wears a white tuxedo with a rose lapel in the Doomfist: Masquerade comic.
 * Rocket Punch: A rare cyborg version, Doomfist lunges forward, knocking an foe backwards.
 * The Social Darwinist: Doomfist's reasons for wanting to start wars was this, believing that plunging the whole world into a huge conflict will make the whole human race stronger.
 * Sobriquet: Doomfist.
 * The Sponsor: Akande funds Moira O'Deorain's scientific endevours.
 * Ultimate: Meteor Strike
 * Walking Shirtless Scene

Widowmaker
Voiced by: Chloe Hollings

Widowmaker is one of Talon's most ruthless assassin and sniper.


 * Absolute Cleavage: Her main Talon costume.
 * Animal Motif: Everything about Widowmaker are spider themes, most notably the black widow spider.
 * Amazing Technicolor Babe: Widowmaker is this, though
 * Arachnid Appearance and Attire
 * Bio Augmentation:
 * Black Widow
 * Brainwashed and Crazy:
 * Cold Sniper
 * Damsel in Distress: When Talon
 * Emotion Suppression: It's rather forcibly, since
 * "To Moira:"I don't feel - that's the point, isn't it?""


 * Femme Fatale
 * Form-Fitting Wardrobe
 * Grappling Hook Pistol: One of Widowmaker's many arsenal. Also, this helps her to get from point A to point B.
 * Meaningful Name:
 * The Rival: To Tracer, ever since the early trailers shows her to be a good foil towards her.
 * Sense Freak: In a rare human example, the reason why Widowmaker kills, is so she can feel alive.
 * Sexy Backless Outfit
 * She Cleans Up Nicely: In the Doomfist: Masquerade comic, Widowmaker is seen wearing a black ballgown, a necklace, and her hair is tied in a bun.
 * Sobriquet: Widowmaker.
 * Spy Spidersuit
 * Tattooed Crook: Widowmaker's forearm tattoo reads "Araignée du soir, Cauchemar" which means "Spider in the evening, Nightmare."
 * Ultimate: Infra-Sight
 * Ultimate: Infra-Sight

Sombra
Voiced by: Carolina Ravassa

Real name: REDACTED. Sombra is Talon's best hacker.


 * Break The Cutie: Because of the Omnic Crisis, she ended up as a poor Mexican orphan.
 * Celebrity Is Overrated
 * Child Prodigy: Sombra outdid the other kids with her hacking skills.
 * Child Soldier: At an early age, during the Omnic Crisis, she was left an orphaned, she survived by using her hacking skills and computer knowledge.
 * Played straight with thousands of nameless children who are made orphan from the Omnic Crisis. But no none of them has Sombra's gift.
 * The Cracker: The rare female version of this.
 * Cyborg: Sombra became this for "Hack the planet" reasons.
 * EMP: Sombra uses this to discharge discharges an electromagnetic energy in a huge radius. This can destroy the foes' barriers, shields, and even hacking those caught in the blast.
 * Hacked by a Pirate: This is what Sombra does mainly, her victims are not just turrets, but the other Heroes. - This is not helped much, since the whole futuristic world of Overwatch relies heavily on robots, computers, and other technological advances. It's more evident, since her logo is a cutesy pink-purple-ish skull.
 * I Know Your True Name: She asks Zarya how does she know that her real name is.
 * Invisibility Cloak: Sombra has "Stealth" were she can become invisible.
 * I Was Never Here: To some people, groups, and governments, she's nobody and doesn't exist.
 * Knowledge Broker: She knows everyone's life stories, including their dark secrets, because of her hacking expertise, eventually going after bigger targets: governments, politicians, and corporations.
 * Manipulative Bitch: Along the way, Sombra finds that people are easily manipulated. She takes advantage of this.
 * The Nicknamer: Sombra called the guy/group that hacked back at her "The Conspiracy."
 * Paranoia Fuel: Mainly of Sombra's half-Spy's existence. She could be lurking around the corners and out of sight, waiting to hack, and can set up her own emergency teleporters to save her from danger.
 * When she unleashes her EMP Ulimate, everyone and everything caught within its radius is hacked!
 * Screaming Warrior: Whenever Sombra decloaks, she shouts, "I'M HERE ALONG!"
 * Sobriquet: Sombra.
 * That Girl Is Dead: After upgrading, REDACTED is dead and Sombra is born.
 * Ultimate: EMP

Moira O'Deorain
Voiced by: Genevieve O'Reilly

Moria is one of Talon's top scientists, does things For Science, and healer of the group.


 * Bio Augmentation: Since she experimented on herself...Plus, there's her many achievements.
 * Boyish Short Hair
 * Hand Blast: Anything involving her Biotic Orbs and Coalescence.
 * Corrupt Bureaucrat: She became "Minster of Genetics" in Oasis.
 * Deadly Doctor
 * Disintegrator Ray: The Biotic orb that deals out decaying effects to enemies.
 * Energy Balls: Moira's Biotic Orbs.
 * Evil Redhead: Moira is part of Talon, is evil, and redhaired.
 * Evilutionary Biologist: Everything Moira does is for her to find ways to rewrite life's building blocks, some of her prime examples are what makes Widowmaker "Widowmaker" and Reaper's death abilities. Their DNA was altered in some way.
 * Evil Laugh: Fitting for Talon's resident healer.
 * Femme Fatalons
 * Life Drain: Moira uses this to replenish her biotic energy.
 * Mad Scientist: Her former colleagues see her scientific methods as questionable.
 * New Tech Is Not Cheap: Moira usually needs funds for her scientifically unethical research. Her saviors are Blackwatch, Oasis, and eventually Talon.
 * Playing with Syringes: Moria wants to push humanity further so much that she
 * The Social Darwinist: What Moira does is anything For Science, even going against what is moral.
 * Teleportation: Fade, though it's a short distance.
 * Ultimate: Coalescene

Reaper
Voiced by: Keith Ferguson

Reaper is a mysterious mercenary who hangs out with Talon and has just as mysterious origins.


 * Always Second Best: Reaper
 * Animal Motif: Reaper's get up resembles a crow.
 * Badass Longcoat: Reaper's more of the evil variety of the badass longcoat.
 * Bio Augmentation: In Moira's Origin vid, can be seen getting augmented to gain special powers.
 * Catch Phrase: "Die, die, die."
 * Casting a Shadow: Name any ability concerning Reaper, it's either this trope, him ghosting, or a combination of the above.
 * Cursed with Awesome: One of Gabriel's ingame lines is "This is my curse."
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Defector From Decadence: During a fight where he unmasks himself to Ana, Reaper commented that Overwatch left him to die.
 * Hyperspace Arsenal: He has to keep his unlimited collection of Hellfire Shotguns somewhere where he can easily pull it out.
 * Handguns: The Hellfire Shotguns.
 * The Grim Reaper: Reaper even wears the mask, longcoat, and whatnot to drive this point home.
 * Guns Akimbo
 * Leave Me Alone: He mutters this one too many times.
 * Life Drain: The bodies of Reaper's victims, mostly Overwatch operatives, are husks of corpses, that are pale, cellular degradation, and completely drained.
 * Names to Run Away From: Reaper as in the Grim Reaper.
 * Shadow Step: Combined with teleporting and his shadow abilities.
 * Sobriquet: Reaper.
 * Teleportation: That's what wraiting is for.
 * Throw-Away Guns: How Reaper uses his pistols after firing.
 * Ultimate: Death Blossom
 * You Are Number Six: Soldier: 24

Sigma


Voiced by: Boris Hiestand

His real name is Siebren de Kuiper and Overwatch's resident astrophysicist...Used to be.


 * Catch Phrase: "What is that melody?" And "Hold it together!"
 * Freak Lab Accident: Siebren accidentally triggered a black hole. The exposure gave him serious psychological damage.
 * Go Mad From The Revelation: He was just doing his usual "harness a black hole" experiments and go further where no one has gone before. Then his accident made him insane when he found out the music of gravity.
 * Mad Genius: He became like this later on.
 * Split Personality: Dr.Kuiper has two, one is his actual eccentric personality, and the other is well..."Try to hold it together!"...A rather violent tendency.
 * Sobriquet: Sigma
 * Superpower Meltdown
 * Ultimate: Gravitic Flux
 * Unwitting Pawn: Now Talon is using him and whatever his current research that he's doing for their own ends.

Antonio
Antonio Bartalotti is a businessman and one of Talon's top members.


 * Arms Dealer
 * Beard of Evil
 * Bio Augmentation: His cybernetic augmentations can clearly be seen on his face.
 * Honest John's Dealership: Antonio is probably this to his clients and Talon.
 * Only One Name: Antonio's surname is unknown and the Blackwatch Dossier only gave two of his aliases.

Neither Groups
These characters' alliance are to their best friends, family, or part of a different group(s) and organizations.

Ashe


Voiced by: Jennifer Hale

Real name Elizabeth Caledonia "Calamity" Ashe. She's the illustrious leader of the Deadlock gang.

""Or you break your word, there'll be hell to pay.""
 * Arms Dealer: Elizabeth Ashe smuggles weapons and other military stuff.
 * Beauty Mark
 * The Call: After meeting Jesse McCree, Elizabeth found her true calling of being the friendly neighborhood gangster.
 * Cowgirl
 * Combat Stilettos
 * Explosion Propulsion: Ashe can fire Viper onto the ground just to jump.
 * It's a Long Story: Michael Chu confirmed that both Ashe and McCree never dated, but their relationship is very complicated.
 * Gadgeteer Genius: Whenever her B.O.B gets broken, she can repair him and if it needs to be upgrade B.O.B.
 * Lonely Rich Kid: When Elizabeth was a little girl, she was this. Since both her parents are business consultants and coaches for international CEOs.
 * My Way or the Highway: In her origin vid's end, she states that she has one rule that Deadlock Rebels must follow "My way."
 * Trope: Her full name is Elizabeth Caledonia Ashe.
 * Parental Neglect: Her parents hardly paid any attention to Elizabeth...Save giving her a good education and handing her every opportunity to succeed.
 * The Promise: One better keeps their word around Elizabeth...


 * Robot Arm: Elizabeth has one in her right arm.
 * Robot Buddy: Her B.O.B.
 * Red Eyes Take Warning: Ashe's eyes are red and she's a brilliant yet cunning gang leader.
 * Sawed-Off Shotgun: Ashe's Viper, which is this and a semi-automatic combo rifle that can aim-down for precise shot.
 * Sobriquet: "Calamity" Ashe.
 * Ultimate: B.O.B
 * Tattooed Crook: Elizabeth has a rose tatoo on her left arm.
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl: Elizabeth's hair is white as snow.

Junkrat
voiced by: Christopher L. Parson

Junkrat (real name: Jamison Fawkes) is an Australian anarchist mercenary.

""...Knows the Omnics can't be trusted.""
 * Awesome Aussie
 * Bear Trap: Part of his weapons kit.
 * Berserk Button: Calling his best friend forever/body guard "Fat".
 * Flaming Hair
 * Handicapped Badass
 * Mad Bomber: Junkrat is this, even making homemade bombs, like the Concussion Mine.
 * Meaningful Name: Fawkes after Guy Fawkes, who plotted to set the English House of Lords up in a fire works display.
 * Motor Mouth
 * Noble Bigot: In the "Going Legit" comic, it's shown that Jamison doesn't trust Omnics.
 * Shirtless Scene: He walks around shirtless.
 * Sobriquet: Junkrat.
 * Stuff Blowing Up: Junkrat's the personified version of this trope, even stating that there's two things that solves problems "Money and explosions."
 * Throw Down the Bomblet
 * Trap Master: Junkrat loves setting the Steel Traps, using Rip-Tire, and Total Mayhem.
 * Ultimate: Rip-Tire
 * Walking Shirtless Scene
 * Walking the Earth: After leaving the Outback, Junkrat now does international Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking.

Roadhog
Voiced by: Josh Petersdorf

Roadhog (aka Mako Rutledge) is Junkrat's bodyguard and close friend.


 * Animal Motif: Mako seems to favor pigs and other similar animals.
 * Awesome Aussie
 * Bodyguarding a Badass: He's Fawkes' bodyguard yet Junkrat has an explosive way of handling fights.
 * Chain Pain: Roadhog's Chain Hook can dish out a lot of damage, like chaining his target and yanking them into close range.
 * Limit Break: Whole Hog
 * The Quiet One: Roadhog rarely speaks.
 * Street Performer
 * Sobriquet
 * Tattooed Crook: The most noticeable ones are on his lower belly.
 * Real Men Wear Pink: Mako loves Pachimari merch, he even has a barn filled with these cute onion plushies.
 * Walking Shirtless Scene

Hanzo
Voiced by: Paul Nakauchi

Hanzo Shimada is the oldest of the Shimada brothers.


 * The Archer
 * Double Jump: Hanzo's ability Lunge is this.
 * Journey to Find Oneself: Hanzo stated in some in game lines that he wants to find his own honorable path.
 * Ronin: Hanzo is the futuristic version of this.
 * Summon Magic: Using Dragonstrike, Hanzo pulls a Yuna, summoning a Spirit Dragon, which devours any foes in it's path.
 * Take a Third Option: In game dialogue whenever Hanzo fights a Talon agent, he refuses to join them.
 * Ultimate: Dragonstrike
 * Walking the Earth: Hanzo Shimada travels internationally, just to restore his honor, perfecting his warrior skills, and give his past ghosts much needed rest.

Bastion
Voiced by: Chris Metzen

Bastion used to fight in the Omnic Crisis, now he's just a wondering Omnic.


 * Older Than He Looks: He's a 30 year old robot.
 * Sentry Gun: Bastion is this and a walking machine gun.
 * Regenerating Health: Self-Repair, though Bastion can't do a thing in this mode.
 * Robot Names: Bastion's real name was SST Laboratories Siege Automaton E54.
 * Shell-Shocked Veteran: "The Last Bastion" shows that the robot has some form of PTSD. The slightest sounds that reminds him of machine gun firing will set him off.
 * Team Pet: Ganymede is only friend.
 * Ultimate: Configuration: Tank
 * Ultimate: Configuration: Tank

Orisa
Voiced by: Cherrelle Skeete

Orisa is Numbani's guardian.

""I am sure she would love to. She is a big fan of your music. As am I.""
 * Badass Automaton: Efi Oladele re-program Orisia to not just be Numbani's protectors, she gave the OR15 a heart.
 * Blank Slate: After being reprogram, Orisa began her journey to learn and be a protector of Numbani.
 * She has her inventor pal, Efi, to help and guide her.
 * Computer Voice
 * Kids and Cute Robots: Averted. In the Orisa origin story vid, eleven year old Efi Oladele, who already aced in robotics and artificial intelligence, used her grant money to get one of the OR15 units and upgraded it.
 * I'm Your Biggest Fan: Orisa enjoys Lúcio's music.
 * The Last of Her Kind: Orisa is the last of the decommission OR15 units, since the others were destroyed by Doomfist and the remaining ones were scrapped and decommissioned.
 * Robot Girl
 * Robot Name: The OR15.
 * Meaningful Rename: Instead of a robot name, Efi gave her a Hero name. Since every hero needs one.
 * Personality Core: Efi designed one herself and installed it into OR15.
 * Skilled but Naive: Orisa still has so much to learn about the world and her own functionality, despite her being strong and capable fighter. Sometimes she's a liability.
 * Ultimate: Supercharger
 * Younger Than She Looks: Orisa's only a month old.

Lúcio
Voiced by: Jonny Cruz

Lúcio is world famous Brazilian musician who wants to inspire social change through musics and actions.


 * Break the Cutie: Santos grew up in a poor and crowded favela in Rio de Janeiro, which plunge into hard times after the Omnic Crisis.
 * Cool Shades
 * Deflector Shield: Santo's Sonic Amplifier can emits a protective "Sound Barrier" that briefly protects both him and nearby allies with personal shields.
 * Disco Tech: All of Lúcio's tech that he uses for healing or fighting is dependent on stolen Vishkar Corporation disco techo.
 * Even Heroes Have Heroes: Lúcio Santos is a fan of Hana Song, to the point that he knows enough of the esports scene to start a conversation with her.
 * La Resistance: Lúcio formed a rebel group to resist against the Vishkar Corporation.
 * Rollerblade Good
 * The Medic
 * Sonic Amlifier: This weapon can knock down foes with a sound blast or hit them with sonic projectiles.
 * Ultimate: Sound Barrier
 * Up to Eleven: Amp It Up is when Santo increases the volume of his speakers, which gives his songs boosted effects.

Zarya
Voiced by: Dolya Gavanski

Aleksandra Zaryanova is currently one of the world's strongest women and was a former athlete.


 * Action Girl
 * Butch Lesbian: Averted. Aleksandra just has the appearance, like the pink hair.
 * Break the Cutie: Since she grew up in a post-war destruction of her village and the aftermath, which would break any kid.
 * The Call: During the eve of a tournament, an attack came in, this made Zarya rush home quickly to enlist in the local defense forces.
 * Elite Army: Aleksandra is still part of the Russian Defense Forces.
 * Energy Weapons: Aleksandra's Particle Cannon and Graviton Surge.
 * Energy Shield: Zarya's Particle Barrier protects her from attacks and uses said attack's energy to increase the shield's width.
 * I Gave My Word: Zarya vows to be strong to help people.
 * I Know Your True Name: In the Searching comic, Zarya whispers into Sombra's ear her real name, which is . The hacker's shock expression says all.
 * Living Legend: Aleksandra became this to Russia, whether they're civilians or her fellow soldiers.
 * Noble Bigot: Zarya is racist towards anything Omnic and robotic. It's mainly due to the Omnic Crisis, she grew up in a war torn remote Siberian villain..
 * Pink Haired Girl: Aleksandra is a rare Western version of this, plus, she's strong and passionate in a non-romantic sense.
 * Sleeves Are for Wimps: Zarya is a former sports athlete, who's very mascular, so she'll wear a very futuristic athletic tank top.
 * Tomboy
 * Ultimate: Graviton Surge
 * You Are a Credit to Your Race: Zarya actually.

Symmetra
Voiced by: Anjali Bhimani

Satya Vaswani is one of Vishkar Corporation's most prize architechers.


 * The Ace: Satya immersed herself in studies, training, and education. It's to the point that she became the top of her class.
 * Brown Eyes
 * Child Prodigy: Her genius is such, that Vishkar Corporation picked Satya up.
 * Combat Stilettos
 * Cool Shades
 * Handicapped Badass
 * Hard Light: This is part of her powers.
 * High Functioning Autism: Jeff Kaplan confirmed a long held fan theory, that Symmetra has high functioning autism.
 * Thigh-High Boots
 * Lawful Good: Satya really believes that her actions will do this for society. Occasionally, she has her doubts.
 * Reality Warper: She does this by manipulating hard-light constructs.
 * Rags to Riches: She was pluck out very extreme poverty and placed in the care and guidance of Vishkar's architect academy, just because Satya Vaswani has the skills needed to become a light-bending architect.
 * Robot Arm: One of Symmetra's arm is replaced by a robotic prosthetic arm.
 * Sobriquet: Symmetra.
 * Thinking Up Portals: Satya can summon up these, even using them to make portal networks to send teammates to Point A to Point B in maps.
 * Ultimate: Photon Barrier

Pharah
Voiced by: Jen Cohn

Fareeha Amari (aka Pharah) is Ana's daughter and a proud soldier.


 * Badass Army: Fareeha Armari enlisted in the Egyptian army.
 * Brown Eyes
 * Halfbreed: Pharah is biracial. Egyptian mother and Native American father.
 * Like Mother Like Daughter: Pharah dreams of following her mother's footsteps and enter Overwatch.
 * One-Way Visor
 * Sobriquet: Pharah.
 * Powered Armor
 * Rank Up: Her persistence and tactical prowess causes her to rise up through the officer ranks.
 * Ultimate: Barrage

Zenyatta
Voiced by: Feodor Chin

Tekhartha Zenyatta is an Omnic monk and a former student of Tekhartha Mondatta.


 * Energy Balls: The Orbs of Destruction, Orbs of Harmony, and Orbs of Discord, which Zenyatta uses to blast foes, heals allies, or increase the injuries of the foes.
 * Levitating Lotus Position
 * Ultimate: Transcendence
 * Walking the Earth: Zenyatta is searching for spiritual enlightenment.
 * Warrior Monk: Zenyatta will set aside his peacefulness to fight, just to protect those that are innocent, whether they're human or Omnic.

Baptiste


Voiced by: Benz Antoine

Jean-Baptiste Augustin is a combat medic and ex-Talon agent.


 * Badass: Due to his military training and unique skills, Augustin even takes on and kills his former Talon friends.
 * Break the Cutie: Due to the Omnic Crisis, 30 million Haitian children are orphaned, including Jean-Baptiste.
 * Combat Medic: One of its poster boys.
 * He Knows Too Much: Talon sics their operatives on him and wants the combat medic dead. Because Augustin knows too much.
 * Walking the Earth: Jean-Baptiste Augustin jumps from place to place around the world, since he wants to stay under the radar from Talon's watch.

Minor Characters
Those who have small roles, whether they're neutral, part of Overwatch, Talon, or not.

Balderich von Adler
Voiced by: Piotr Michael

Balderich von Adler was the leader of the Crusaders and Reinhardt's teacher.


 * Badass Mustache
 * The Call: Von Adler was chosen to join Overwatch and become one of its' founders, because of the Omnic Crisis.
 * The Von Trope Family
 * The Von Trope Family
 * The Von Trope Family

Emily
Emily is currently Lena Oxton's girlfriend.

"Wonder if I have time to visit Emily?...No, better stay focused..."
 * The Cameo: Emily is mention by Tracer in game.


 * Establishing Character Moment: In "Reflections", Emily's personality was shown to be a grounded girlfriend, who assured Lena to not be too stressed.
 * Red Hair and Freckles

Athena
Voiced by: Evelyn Duah

Athena is the AI computer that's friends with the Overwatch crew.


 * AI
 * The Announcer: Athena announces every match.
 * Meaningful Name: Athena was named after the Greek mythological goddess for wisdom, very fitting for an AI.
 * Robot Buddy: Athena is shown to be friendly to Winston and other members of Overwatch.

Gérard Lacroix


Gérard Lacroix is one of the members of Overwatch.


 * Badass in a Nice Suit: When we seen Gérard Lacroix in the comics, he's usually wearing a sharp suit. However, Gérard is an Overwatch agent that proved to be a torn in Talon's side.
 * Badass in Distress: Reyes had to save Gérard from an explosion in Cape Town.
 * Sacrificial Lion
 * Why Won't You Die?: He was this to Talon for many years, that the terrorist group had to resort to using different measures.

B.O.B


B.O.B is Ashe's loyal Omnic butler.


 * A Friend in Need: The omnic butler is this to Ashe, ever since she was a kid.
 * Arm Cannon: B.O.B. can unleash these from both of his arms.
 * Badass Mustache: He has one of the Omnic variety.
 * Battle Butler
 * Bodyguarding a Badass: B.O.B has been guarding Elizabeth ever since she was a kid, yet Ashe can hold on her own in a fight.
 * Fun with Acronyms: B.O.B. whole initials stand for "Big Omnic Bodyguard" or "Big Omnic Butler."
 * Iconic Item: B.O.B.'s tiny bowler hat.
 * Parental Substitute: The Omnic butler kinda filled this role, because Elizabeth's parents are too busy to spend time with her.
 * Sentry Gun: Like Bastion, B.O.B. is also a walking version of this whenever he whips out his machine guns from his arms.
 * Walking Shirtless Scene: B.O.B. only wears a robotic vest and pants. Except during Ashe's Origin short, when he wore a raincoat.

Katya Volskaya
Voiced by: Gulmira Mamedova

Katya Volskaya is a huge political-ish figure who is beloved by Russia and CEO of Volskaya Industries.


 * Benevolent Boss: Katya is the opposite of the Corrupt Corporate Executive, except for a few things.
 * Black Market: The "few things" are that she uses the black market to get and use technology from the omnics. Her own countrymen don't know she is doing this.
 * Glamorous Single Mother: It's reveal that Katya Volskaya has a daughter, there's not much about happened about her husband.
 * I Just Want a Friend: She asks this of Zarya and
 * Of the People: Katya is beloved by all of Russia.
 * Woman in White: A kinda belevolent version of this, though considering her shady black market involvement.

Dr. Harold Winston
Voiced by: Greg Chun

Dr. Winston is one of the many scientists of the Horizon Lunar Colony.


 * Generic Name: His name is Harold Winston, it's generic sounding as it can get.
 * Labcoat of Science and Medicine: Harold is part of an expedition colony, that conducts experiments on animals and affects of prolonged living in space.
 * Mentor Occupational Hazard: He was Winston's mentor, but died when he checked out airlock E-35.
 * Smart People Wear Glasses: Mainly because Harold is one of the many scientists, so yeah, he'll wear glasses.
 * Parental Substitute: Harold was this to Winston and probably Hammond.

Timmy
Voiced by: Kyle Harrison Breitkopf

A museum visitor and Brian's younger brother.


 * Fanboy: Of Overwatch.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Timmy is the excitable, younger brother.
 * Shout Out: His cast has a murloc design.

Brian
Brian is a museum visitor and watches over his little brother.


 * Heroic Bystander: Brian took Doomfist's gauntlet out of the display, so Widowmaker wouldn't steal it.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Brian's the blue one.
 * Megaton Punch: Using Doomfist's gauntlet, Brian punches Widowmaker across the museum.
 * Wait Here: He orders his younger brother to stay in one spot, while he pulls a quick thinking stunt.

Alejandra
Voiced by: Brigitte Kali

Alejandra is just a normal girl, whose mother worries about.


 * Brown Eyes
 * Decoy Protagonist: In the short "Hero", most of it focuses on her instead of.
 * Shout Out: Alejandra's has a Murloc plushy pouch.
 * Trope

Training Bot
Voiced by: Aaron Phillips

The training bot is from the tutorial mode, teaching the new recruits how to be good Overwatch/Talon/Blackwatch agents.


 * Computer Voice: It's voice is male.
 * Trope: Some of the Training Bots stay in one place, either doing nothing, just firing, or when knocked down respawning in the exact same pace.
 * Training Dummy
 * Weak Turret Gun

Dae-Hyun


Voiced by: Johnny Yong

Dae-Hyun is one of the Mobile Exo-Force and Hana Song's mechanic.

""You mean the one you wrecked?""
 * Asian and Nerdy
 * Childhood Friend: Dae-Hyun knows Hana Song long before the glitz and glamour, since they both knew each other as kids.
 * Gadgeteer Genius: Dae-Hyun has the skills to fix the D.Va mech and other machines (like a hoverbike that he used own).
 * Watch the Paint Job: Hana entered Dae-Hyun's hoverbike in a race, but she destroyed it by overloading it's reactor.

- Dae-Hyun


 * You Are Not Alone: Dae-Hyun tells Hana this, even trying to get Hana to open up a bit to sharing her burden. But's its hard for her to even ask for help.

Efi Oladele
Efi is a kid genius inventor from Numbani.


 * A Girl and Her Robots: As indicated in an in-universe interview and Orisa's origin trailer, Efi Oladele has a lot of these mechanical friends.
 * Child Prodigy: Efi already gotten achievements in robotics and artificial intelligence.
 * The young Numbanian has done all of this by the age of eleven.
 * Fan: She loves Lúcio's music.
 * Gadgeteer Genius
 * Meaningful Name: Efi's surname, Oladele, is Yoruba Nigerian and it suggests were her ancestors are Yoruban.
 * Also, Efi's surname means "wealth has come home." In English.

Sojiro Shimada
Sojiro Shimada was the Shimada Clan's leader and the father of Hanzo and Genji.


 * Arms Dealer
 * Doting Parent: He loves his sons, even excusing Genji's carefree lifestyle.
 * Sojiro protected his sons while he was alive, when he died all hell broke loose for both Hanzo and Genji.
 * The Nicknamer: Sojiro nicknamed Genji "Sparrow."

Fictional Characters
These are characters that are found to be fictional in Overwatch-verse.

Dr. Junkenstien


Full name Dr. Jamison Junkenstein, was once a mad scientist who lived in Adlersbrunn.


 * The Cameo: Dr. Junkenstein's mad scientist get up is also a skin for Junkrat for the Halloween season.
 * Labcoat of Science and Medicine
 * Mad Scientist: Basically Dr. Junkenstien.
 * Wild Hair

Witch of the Wilds


Hailing from Adlersbrunn, the Witch of the Wilds is a long time admirer of Dr. J's work.


 * The Cameo: Her sexy outfit is an actual costume for Angela in both to wear during Halloween in the comics and an actual in-game skin.
 * Cleavage Window
 * Evil Blonde
 * Hot Witch