Lost/Characters

This page is for the Loads and Loads of Characters of the television series Lost. Beware, there WILL be SPOILERS BOTH MAJOR AND MINOR.

Dr. Jack Shephard
""Everybody wants me to be a leader, until I make a decision they don't like." Played By: Matthew Fox; John O'Hara (child) Centric Episodes: "Pilot, Part 1", "White Rabbit", "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues", "Do No Harm", "Exodus, Part 1", "Man of Science, Man of Faith", "The Hunting Party", "A Tale of Two Cities", "Stranger in a Strange Land", "Through the Looking Glass", "Something Nice Back Home", "There's No Place Like Home", "316", "The Incident, Part 2", "LA X", "Lighthouse", "The Last Recruit", "The Candidate", "What They Died For", "The End""


 * Agent Scully: In seasons 1 through 4.
 * Skeptic No Longer: Season 5 and beyond.
 * Badass
 * Badass Beard: Develops one as there are no razors on the Island.
 * Beard of Sorrow: During his post-Island depression.
 * Big Good: Briefly.
 * Broken Ace
 * Butt Monkey: Nothing seems to go right for him.
 * Chronic Hero Syndrome
 * Determinator: Especially in the earlier seasons, he will stop at nothing in order to save someone's life.
 * Did You Just Knock Cthulhu Off A Cliff: Jack has a fight with The Man in Black in the series finale, and finally kicks him off a cliff.
 * Dr. Jerk
 * Estrogen Brigade Bait
 * Fan Nickname: Jears for Jack's Tears
 * Go Out with a Smile
 * The Hero
 * Heroic Sacrifice: In the series finale.
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: His attempts to "fix things" usually fail and when they don't they usually makes things worse.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Killed Off for Real
 * Long-Lost Relative: Jack and Claire are half-siblings.
 * Love Makes You Dumb
 * The Medic
 * The Messiah
 * Not as You Know Them
 * Plot Armor: A rare case where Plot Armor is an actual power the character possesses. Jack realizes he's wearing Plot Armor and allows a fuse to run down on a stick of TNT. The light on the fuse extinguishes itself just before it can trigger. He tries to repeat this later, this time with a bomb made by Locke, but Sawyer screws it up by tampering with the bomb and thus subverting the armor.
 * The Stoic
 * Took a Level In Badass: In season 6, he had a Crowning Moment of Awesome in almost every episode he was in, and fans actually began to like him, a far cry from the earlier seasons when he was a whiny, angsty Mary Sue and was surpassed only by Kate and Ana Lucia in fan resentment.
 * Wasteland Elder
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: In season 5, he's willing to

Kate Austen
""I'm coming with you!" Played By: Evangeline Lilly, Emily Rae Argenti (child) Centric Episodes: "Pilot, Part 2", "Tabula Rasa", "Whatever the Case May Be", "Born to Run", "Exodus, Part 1", "What Kate Did", "I Do", "Left Behind", "Eggtown", "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 1 & 3", "The Little Prince", "Whatever Happened, Happened", "The Incident, Part 1", "LA X", "What Kate Does", "The End""


 * Action Girl
 * Anti-Hero: Type IV --> Type III
 * Badass
 * Beware the Nice Ones One of the early reasons Jack trusts Kate seems to be motivated on her good-girl attitude. It's how Kate gets out of many scrapes, but pretending to be sweet and innocent.
 * Big Damn Heroes: Deals the finishing blow to the Man in Black in the series finale.
 * Did You Just Shoot Cthulhu: Shot The Man in Black just as he was about to kill Jack.
 * Damsel in Distress
 * Green Eyes
 * Hot Adoptive Mom
 * Kill It with Fire
 * Love Triangle: A very long lasting one with Jack and Sawyer.
 * Mama Bear
 * Ms. Fanservice: We get out fair share of shower and sponge-bath scenes.
 * Rebellious Spirit
 * Scarily Competent Tracker: Of the original Losties, she only pales in comparison to Locke.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * Took a Level In Badass

James "Sawyer" Ford
""Son of a bitch!"

Played By: Josh Holloway; Gordon Hardie/Keenan Boos (child)

Centric Episodes: "Confidence Man", "Outlaws", "Exodus, Part 1", "The Long Con", "Every Man for Himself", "La Fleur", "The Incident, Part 1", "LA X", "Recon", "The Last Recruit", "What They Died For", "The End""


 * Anti-Hero: Type V --> Type III
 * Badass
 * Badass Bookworm: Loves reading almost as much as Ben.
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Best Served Cold
 * Con Man: A large part of his back story, and the reason he was able to form a life in the Dharma Initiative for himself, Juliet, Miles, and Jin.
 * Cowboy Cop: In the alternate reality.
 * Deadpan Snarker: The premier source of snarking on Lost.
 * Death Seeker
 * Estrogen Brigade Bait
 * Freudian Excuse: Seeing his dad murder his mother then turn the gun on himself.
 * He Who Fights Monsters: He became a conman while trying to find a conman.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Kick the Dog: Many of his actions are this. His first centric episode is basically one long dog kicking session.
 * Last-Name Basis: His fake name Jim LeFleur among the 1970s DHARMA Initiative is generally referred to as simply LeFleur.
 * Manipulative Bastard/Guile Hero
 * Meaningful Name
 * Nerd Glasses: Part of his charm.
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: When MIB slips a bomb onto the sub, he tampers with the bomb, and the resulting explosion leads to the death of Sayid, Jin, and Sun.
 * The Nicknamer
 * Only Known by Their Nickname: Until the later seasons, when he's called James almost exclusively.
 * Playing Both Sides: In season 6, with the Man in Black and Charles Widmore.
 * Wild Card: As of season six.

John Locke
""Don't tell me what I can't do!" Played By: Terry O'Quinn; Charles Henry Wyson (child); Caleb Steinmeyer (teenaged) Centric Episodes: "Walkabout", "Deus Ex Machina", "Exodus, Part 2", "Orientation", "Lockdown", "Further Instructions", "The Man from Tallahassee", "The Brig", "Cabin Fever", "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham", "The Incident, Part 1", "LA X", "The Substitute", "The Last Recruit", "The Candidate", "The End""


 * Abusive Parents: Hoo boy.
 * Agent Mulder
 * Back From the Dead: Subverted. We thought he'd been resurrected, but really it was just the Man in Black impersonating him.
 * Badass Grandpa
 * Bald of Awesome
 * Butt Monkey: Played so straight he's almost a deconstruction of the trope.
 * The Chew Toy
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Driven to Suicide: Ben "helps".
 * Freudian Excuse: A rare heroic example.
 * Hollywood Healing: Subverted. For a while we don't know that John was paralyzed, or that Rose had cancer. When it's revealed it was fixed upon coming to the Island, it becomes more and more apparent that it's the magical properties of the Island that fixed him.
 * Horrible Judge of Character
 * I Just Want to Be Special: It's why he's desperate to believe Ben so often, or really anyone who will tell him he has a higher purpose.
 * Improbable Weapon User: He uses an Aerosol Flamethrower and his own crutches.
 * It's All My Fault
 * Killed Off for Real
 * Knife Nut
 * Living Bodysuit: What poor Locke eventually ended up as.
 * The Messiah: Ultimately zigzagged. Although Jack is arguably the series' Messiah for stopping the Man in Black and restoring the Heart of the Island, Locke's death ultimately paves the way for Jack's Character Development in Seasons 5 and 6.
 * The Nicknamer: Inverted. He almost exclusively calls Sawyer and Hurley by Their actual names while others call Them by Their nicknames.
 * Parental Substitute: Serves as father figure to many of the younger passengers including Charlie, Claire, Walt and especially Boone.
 * Pretty Spry for a Dead Guy
 * Senseless Sacrifice
 * Unwitting Pawn: To Ben and the Man in Black.
 * Warrior Therapist
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist
 * Wild Card
 * Zen Survivor

Sayid Jarrah
""My name is Sayid Jarrah, and I am a torturer." Played By: Naveen Andrews; Anthony Keyvan (child) Centric Episodes: "Solitary", "The Greater Good", "One of Them", "Enter 77", "The Economist", "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 1 & 3", "He's Our You", "The Incident, Part 1", "LA X", "Sundown", "The Last Recruit""


 * Anti-Hero: Type IV (alive), Type V (undead), until his heroic sacrifice).
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Came Back Wrong: He gets better.
 * Cartwright Curse: Nadia, Shannon, and Elsa.
 * The Dragon: To Ben, for a while after they leave the Island, and then to the Man in Black on the island,
 * Estrogen Brigade Bait
 * Heroic BSOD
 * Heel Face Revolving Door
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * Heartbroken Badass: After Shannon dies. Then after Nadia dies.
 * Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
 * Love Makes You Evil
 * The Professor
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge
 * Redemption Equals Death
 * Then Let Me Be Evil
 * The Smart Guy
 * The Stoic
 * Torture Technician

Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
""Okay, that thing in the woods... maybe it's a monster, maybe it's a pissed-off giraffe. I don't know. The fact that no one is even looking for us, yeah, that's weird. But I just go along with it. 'Cause I'm along for the ride. Good old fun-time Hurley! Well, guess what? Now I want some freaking answers!" Played By: Jorge Garcia; Caden Waidyatilleka (child) Centric Episodes: "Numbers", "Exodus, Part 3", "Everybody Hates Hugo", "Dave", "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead", "The Beginning of the End", "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 1 & 2", "The Lie", "The Incident, Part 2", "LA X", "Everybody Loves Hugo", "The End""


 * Anti-Hero: Type I
 * Big Good: At the end of the series, he is promoted to protector of the Island after the deaths of Jacob and Jack.
 * Big Fun
 * Cosmic Plaything: At least, that's what he thinks he is. And he sort of is, the same way all the Losties are.
 * Fat and Skinny: No matter who he's teamed with. Charlie, Sawyer, Locke, Miles.
 * Even more so in the episode Everybody Hates Hugo where his fast food coworker buddy is played by D.J. Qualls.
 * I See Dead People
 * Genre Savvy: But since the rest of the cast are mostly Genre Blind, it doesn't always help him.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: Despite all the "Dudes" he often turns out to be the one with the solution to a problem. In fact he's often the one who realizes there's a problem in the first place.
 * Only Known by Their Nickname: To most people though Locke and Ben call him Hugo exclusively.
 * Only Sane Man: Regularly shown to be the only person on the Island who realises that keeping secrets from each other is what keeps causing them major problems and that if the Losties don't find some way to relax, they'll go insane. Hence, he built them a golf course.
 * As of the finale, he's likely the first Protector of the Island who can actually be said to be competent.
 * Plucky Comic Relief
 * Sad Clown
 * Took a Level In Badass: In the Season 3 finale, where he pulls a Big Damn Heroes with the Dharmavan. Takes another one in the Season 6 premiere.

Jin-Soo Kwon
""No. English." Played By: Daniel Dae Kim Centric Episodes: "...In Translation", "Exodus, Part 2", "...And Found", "The Glass Ballerina", "Ji Yeon", "This Place Is Death", "The Incident, Part 1", "LA X", "The Package", "The Last Recruit", "The End""


 * The Brute: For his father in law.
 * Estrogen Brigade Bait
 * Fan Nickname ("Jinglish" for the butchered English he speaks until mid-S5)
 * Heroic Sacrifice: Stays on the submarine to die with his trapped wife rather than escape with the others.
 * Honor Before Reason: C'mon, he was going to kill Michael over a watch.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Big time!
 * It is, however, worth noting that the "Heart of Gold" part is slow in coming. Early on, Jin was the oppressive, angry husband of Sun and fans were not supposed to like him. The writers were setting up for a love triangle between Jin, Sun, and Michael. However, they changed their minds and decided to have Jin become a better husband, and Jin and Sun became the most faithful and longlasting pair on the Island.
 * Missing Mom: And he himself becomes a Disappeared Dad, but not by his own choice.
 * Never Found the Body: after the explosion of the ship, and his subsequent return.
 * Son of a Whore: His mother was a prostitute who dumped him on his father. His father isn't even sure if Jin is really his, but he raised him as his own, nonetheless.
 * Together in Death: With Sun.

Sun-Hwa Kwon
""Where is my husband?" Played By: Yunjin Kim; Sophie Kim (child) Centric Episodes: "House of the Rising Sun", "Exodus, Part 1", "...And Found", "The Whole Truth", "The Glass Ballerina", "D.O.C.", "Ji Yeon", "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 1 & 3", "This Place Is Death", "The Incident, Part 1", "LA X", "The Package", "The Last Recruit", "The End""

""I lied.""
 * Beware the Nice Ones: Starting in season three.
 * Borrowed Catchphrase: After saying she'd not harm Ben she knocks him out with an oar and is challenged about it.


 * Break the Cutie: You see it happen when.
 * But I Can't Be Pregnant: The Island sort of kills pregnant women, but that's not what she's worried about: she fears that she's pregnant with the child of the man who taught her English and with whom she had an affair just prior to leaving the Island. It's not.
 * Mafia Princess
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Jin's mother . , but in exchange Jin would work directly under him. The audience knows that it was as Paik's enforcer, which caused the near deterioration of her marriage.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: For years she pretended that she had no idea about her status as a Mafia Princess and that her father was a Corrupt Corporate Executive. She only broke the facade so that her father would help Jin.
 * There's also season one when she pretended that she didn't speak English.
 * Together in Death: With Jin.
 * Took a Level In Badass: Once her flashforwards of being off the Island happened, it's clear losing Jin steeled her. So that she was no longer a downtrodden daughter she bought a controlling share in her father's company and told him now he will respect her.

Charlie Pace
"[singing] "You All Everybody!" Played By: Dominic Monaghan, Jeremy Shada (child) Centric Episodes: "Pilot, Part 2", "The Moth", "Homecoming", "Exodus, Part 2", "Fire + Water", "Greatest Hits""


 * Anti-Hero: Type I
 * Celebrity Survivor
 * Dead Person Conversation: With Hurley.
 * Dogged Nice Guy: To Claire.
 * Disney Death: In season one.
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * Nice Guy: Before Season two,he was possibly the most likeable character on the show.
 * Plucky Comic Relief
 * The Rock Star
 * Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll: Before he came to the island.
 * Shoot the Dog/Kick the Son of a Bitch: Depending on whether or not you believe that sparing a defeated but highly dangerous person is worth it, Charlie shooting Ethan may fall into either.
 * Took a Level In Badass: See also Shoot the Dog.

Claire Littleton
""I'm pregnant, single, and on an island in the middle of nowhere." Played By: Emilie de Ravin Centric Episodes: "Raised by Another", "Maternity Leave", "Par Avion", "The Last Recruit", "The End""


 * Anti-Hero: Type V (in season 6), until her Heel Face Turn.
 * Ax Crazy: Quite literally in the final season.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: In season six.
 * Big Brother Instinct: The other survivors are very protective of her. Sawyer was so protective Miles even asked "What are you, her big brother?"
 * Interesting because.
 * Break the Cutie: She was an outspoken but sweet and good-natured girl.
 * Dark Action Girl
 * Face Heel Turn: In season 6.
 * Go Mad From the Isolation
 * Horrible Judge of Character: "That's not John, silly. This is my friend!"
 * To be fair, she was left alone and abandoned on an island for three years longing for her son who didn't know she existed and thought Kate was his mother. With several people who wanted to kill her.
 * Hot Mom
 * Long-Lost Relative: Claire and Jack are half-siblings.
 * Mama Bear
 * Morality Pet: Enhanced episodes stated that she was considered the heart and soul of the 815 survivors.
 * Pregnant Hostage
 * Took a Level In Badass: After three years alone on the Island, Claire has become a Rousseau clone.
 * Trauma-Induced Amnesia
 * Wild Hair: In season six.

Michael Dawson
""I just want you to know that no matter where you go, I...that your daddy...yeah, your daddy, he loves you very, very much. And I always will. Always." Played By: Harold Perrineau Centric Episodes: "Special", "Exodus, Part 2", "Adrift", "Three Minutes", "Meet Kevin Johnson""


 * The Atoner: When he returns to the island.
 * Back for the Dead
 * Catch Phrase: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT!!!
 * Death Seeker: When he returns to the island.
 * Despair Event Horizon
 * The Everyman
 * Face Heel Turn
 * Redemption Equals Death
 * Karmic Death: Sent to blow up a freighter, gets blown up in a freighter.
 * Papa Wolf: One word: WAAAAAAALT!
 * Put on a Bus: At the end of season 2.

Walt Lloyd
""You're not looking!" Played By: Malcolm David Kelley Centric Episodes: "Special", "Exodus, Part 1""


 * Aborted Arc: See below.
 * Back for the Finale: In the epilogue, Hurley and Ben bring him back to the Island, presumably to help his father move on.
 * Psychic Powers
 * Put on a Bus
 * Reality Warper: Walt shows signs of being one before being Put on a Bus. The polar bears seem to have been retconned away, but the dead bird was never explained.
 * Real Life Writes the Plot: The fact that a year was passing in real life but only a couple of months in screen each season meant that Walt had to be shipped off fairly quickly.
 * Tagalong Kid: The only kid who has ever been a main cast member.

Shannon Rutherford
""I've just been through a trauma here, okay?" Played By: Maggie Grace Centric Episodes: "Exodus, Part 1", "Abandoned""


 * A Death in the Limelight: Her centric episode had a lot of people pitying her, when finally her goals and motivations where put into the spotlight instead of Boone's and rendering her a truly sympathetic character. Then Ana-Lucia kills her.
 * Alpha Bitch: If the island was high school, there's no doubt Shannon would be the head of the popular clique.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Death by Sex: Or "Death By Sex with Sayid", since he has a pretty high rate of killing women.
 * Defrosting Ice Queen: Towards Sayid, mostly.
 * Hidden Depths
 * Ill Girl: Asthmatic, the inhalers she has run out...Sun's ingenious use of eucalyptus leaves saves her in the end.
 * Not Blood Siblings: With Boone
 * Flirty Stepsiblings
 * Pretty Freeloader

Boone Carlyle
""You're not the only one who knows what to do around here, you know that? Who appointed you our saviour?" Played By: Ian Somerhalder Centric Episodes: "Hearts and Minds""


 * Blue Eyes
 * Chronic Hero Syndrome
 * Deadpan Snarker: Has his moments, mostly when with Shannon.
 * The Determinator: No matter how often people (i.e Shannon) tell him not to bother, he still does his best to be a hero.
 * The Everyman: In spite of the fact that he runs his own company while in his 20s.
 * Fallen Princess: Averted. He takes to island survival and teamwork a lot easier than most.
 * The Lancer: To Locke, but more like his acolyte than anything.
 * Genre Savvy: Tying red shirts to the tree.
 * Honor Before Reason: Nearly drowns trying to save someone in the fifth episode despite not being a strong swimmer.
 * Jumped At the Call: From minute one, he's trying to be the hero... except that he's really bad at it, and everyone is already looking to Jack.
 * Like a Son to Me: Boone is like the son Locke never had, even informally calling him "Son" at one point.
 * Nice Guy: Probably the most likeable character on the show as he seems to spend most of his time helping others, asking what He can do to assist and generally trying to pull his weight. He was also spared the Character Derailment the writers hit Charlie with.
 * Non-Idle Rich
 * Not Blood Siblings: With Shannon
 * Flirty Stepsiblings
 * Spoiled Sweet
 * What Beautiful Eyes!: He's played by Ian Somerhalder. This is pretty much a given.

Nikki and Paulo
"Hurley: Nikki and Paulo. I guess we didn't really know you very well. And it appears, you killed each other for diamonds. Played By: Kiele Sanchez & Rodrigo Santoro Centric Episodes: "Exposé""


 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Nikki.
 * Buried Alive
 * Death by Materialism
 * Manipulative Bitch: Nikki, of Paulo.
 * Remember the New Guy?
 * We Hardly Knew Ye

Ana-Lucia Cortez
""If I were a savage I would have cut off his finger already. That's tomorrow." Played By: Michelle Rodriguez Centric Episodes: "Collision", "Two for the Road""


 * Action Girl
 * Anti-Hero: Type IV
 * Badass
 * Cowboy Cop
 * Dead Person Conversation: With Hurley.
 * Death by Sex
 * Fair Cop
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Spicy Latina

Mr. Eko
""Don't mistake coincidence for fate." Played By: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje; Kolawolfe Obileye, Jr. (child) Centric Episodes: "The 23rd Psalm", "?", "The Cost of Living""


 * Aborted Arc
 * Anti-Hero: Type IV
 * The Atoner: Subverted. He seems to be a very clear-cut example of the trope, but he turns out to be utterly unrepentant, as his brother would have wound up in his position had he not made the choices he did.
 * Badass Preacher: Except he isn't really a priest, he just pretends to be.
 * Dies Wide Open
 * Dropped a Bridge on Him
 * Real Life Writes the Plot: This was because his actor wanted to leave the show.
 * I Did What I Had to Do: His justification for his past actions.
 * I Regret Nothing
 * Only One Name
 * Religious Bruiser
 * Scary Black Man
 * Staring Down Cthulu
 * The Quiet One

Libby Smith
""I buried a lot of people, Hurley. So don't tell me that that wasn't real. And don't tell me you made me up. It's insulting." Played By: Cynthia Watros Centric Episodes: None"


 * The Shrink: Usually Type 3, but pulls into Type 2 at least once.
 * We Hardly Knew Ye: The only main character to never get a centric episode, though she had a brief flashback at the end of the Hurley centric "Dave". It took 4 years for the creators to reveal her surname!

Benjamin Linus
""How many times do I have to tell you, John? I always have a plan."

Played By: Michael Emerson, Sterling Beaumon (child)

Centric Episodes: "The Man Behind the Curtain", "The Shape of Things to Come", "Dead Is Dead", "Dr. Linus", "What They Died For", "The End""


 * Abusive Father
 * Affably Evil: He's very charming, polite and softspoken even when manipulating You and planning Your demise.
 * Anti-Villain / Anti-Hero: Type V --> Type IV
 * The Atoner: From the end of season 4 onwards, but made more explicit in season 6.
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Blatant Lies: He's so good at it, he convinces people he's regularly betrayed to eat from his hand.
 * Breakout Character: Michael Emerson's debut performance was so good the writers changed the script, they wanted him so badly.
 * Breakout Villain: Originally scheduled for a three-episode run, the writers evolved him into the main antagonist for most of the series.
 * Butt Monkey: It seems Michael Emerson's contract required him to get beat up and/or tied up at least twice a season.
 * The Chessmaster
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
 * Consummate Liar
 * Crazy Prepared
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: In the season 5 finale.
 * Disc One Final Boss: In the early seasons he was portrayed as the Big Bad, but it became much more questionable with his enemy, Charles Widmore, entering the picture. Finally Ben wasrevealed to be a pawn of the REAL Big Bad, Man in Black/Smoke Monster the whole time. It's played pretty straight too, since Ben was defeated and captured in the season 3 finale, which was the halfway point of the series, in which it seemed everything was finally going to be okay for the Oceanic survivors, until the Your Princess Is in Another Castle twist ending, which lead to the second half of the series, which depicts Ben as slowly gearing toward a Heel Face Turn which he finally does in the final season.]]
 * The Dragon: He briefly pretends to be this to The Man in Black at the end of the series so he can avoid being killed by him as well as to get revenge on Charles Widmore. As soon as Man in Black went to the Heart of the Island without him, he immediately went back to siding with the survivors.
 * Enemy Mine: Pretty much this to the rest of the cast.
 * Freudian Excuse
 * From Nobody to Nightmare
 * Heel Face Turn: Done beautifully in a gradual build-up before finally being solidified in "Dr. Linus".
 * Karma Houdini: Some may see him as one of these. He survives the series and is forgiven by the characters despite the fact he committed several murders and put the survivors through hell. However he isn't a true example, as he constantly gets his ass kicked, loses everything he cared about, and he finally realizes what a monster he has been in his quest for power and decides to redeem himself of his actions, and in the afterlife he is shown to be a much better person and despite all of the forgiveness and redemption he still decides not to move on since he feels he hasn't earned it yet]] Lampshaded musically by the track "Karma Has No Price" that plays during his redemption scene.
 * Knight Templar Parent/Papa Wolf: Toward his adopted daughter, Alex, to the point of attempting to brainwash her boyfriend to prevent Alex from getting pregnant. His direct responsibility for her death is a major driver of his Atoner status in Season 4 and beyond.
 * The Lancer: Becomes Hurley's lieutenant on the Island at the end of the series.
 * Laser-Guided Karma: When he was the manipulative leader of the Others who killed and tormented people, he lost everything (his adopted daughter, his leadership, etc.). It worked both ways as well, since when Ben redeemed himself, things went a lot better for him and even safed his life.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Missing Mom
 * Morality Pet - He sucks as a father, and isn't exactly a saint in other aspects of his life, but his love for his adopted daughter is genuine.
 * More Than Mind Control - He's able to convince people who want him dead to do his bidding. Now THAT's skill.
 * The Napoleon: Even compared to Napoleon in the show on one occasion.
 * Non-Action Guy: He almost never uses a gun or engages in a fight which made his No-Holds-Barred Beatdown of Keamy all the more terrifying.
 * Number Two: To Hurley, post-finale.
 * Pet the Dog: The Season 6 episode "Dr. Linus" is one big, concentrated bottle of sympathetic moments.
 * Also seen in "The Man Behind The Curtain". Despite being responsible for The Purge, the only member of the Dharma Initiative Ben shows actual remorse for killing is Horace and respectfully closes his eyes.
 * Revenge by Proxy
 * Token Evil Teammate
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid
 * Villain Protagonist: Late in the series.
 * Warrior Therapist: A villainous example; a master of More Than Mind Control and the Hannibal Lecture, but he has killed a Crazy Prepared ex-Marine with a telescoping baton and nearly choked a former cop to death in hand-to-hand combat.
 * Wouldn't Hurt a Child: How Alex became his adoptive daughter. He also decided.
 * Wicked Cultured
 * "Alright, I know I sound like a broken record, but how many times do we have to go over this? If you have the last cup of coffee, you remove the filter and throw it away. Fear not, I will make a fresh pot.."
 * Yandere: For Juliet, in Seasons 3 and 4. He even orchestrates Goodwin's death because he's his romantic rival. Then he shows Juliet the body and tells her "You're mine".

Dr. Juliet Burke
""It's very stressful being an Other, Jack. " Played By: Elizabeth Mitchell; Rylee Fansler (child) Centric Episodes: "A Tale of Two Cities", "Not in Portland", "One of Us", "The Other Woman", "The Incident, Part 2", "The End""


 * Action Girl
 * All Girls Want Bad Boys: With Edmund Burke, Goodwin and especially with Sawyer.
 * Back for the Finale: And how!
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Becoming the Mask
 * Beware the Nice Ones
 * Break the Cutie
 * Broken Bird
 * Capulet Counterpart: Uh, her name is Juliet. At first she shows romantic interest in Jack, but falls in love with Sawyer. Then dies.
 * A bit of an expansion: the Others and the Losties were usually opposing forces, similar to the Montagues and Capulets. Juliet was The Lancer to Ben until her Heel Face Turn.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * The Dog Bites Back: Via cue cards -- "Ignore everything I'm saying." "Ben is a liar" "...And he's very dangerous." "But it has to look like an accident." "It's a very complicated surgery. No one would ever know."
 * Establishing Character Moment: One of her earliest episodes demonstrated that she doesn't play games. When Sawyer and Kate acted out of line, she aimed a gun at Kate's head. And Sawyer commented that she would have done it too without even batting a lash.
 * Extreme Doormat: Before joining the Others she worked for her ex-husband who walked all over her and flaunted his affair with his sexy new assistant. It took a Bus Crash to free her.
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * Hospital Hottie
 * Informed Attribute: Apparently she looks uncannily similar to Sarah, Jack's ex-wife. This actually came into play in the final season when she was Jack's Amicably Divorced ex in the flash-sideways, instead of Sarah.
 * Kuudere: Watch her normal cool, soft-spoken nature, and then watch her big smile when Sawyer brings her a flower.
 * The Medic
 * Not So Stoic
 * Took a Level In Badass: She used to be an Extreme Doormat. Check out the other tropes that describe her character and try to tell me that this doesn't apply.

Richard Alpert
""...what I can tell you is that, you'll see things there that you never imagined." Played By: Nestor Carbonell Centric Episodes: "Ab Aeterno""


 * Badass Spaniard
 * Butt Monkey: The guy has an absolutely horrible life prior to the island.
 * Crisis of Faith: Has one after Jacob's death.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Enigmatic Minion
 * Heroic BSOD: After Jacob is killed.
 * I Cannot Self-Terminate
 * Immortality: Type I.
 * He gets his first gray hair in the series finale where it is implied that the death of Jacob has caused him to begin to age once more.
 * Immortality Seeker -> Who Wants to Live Forever?
 * The Lancer: To whoever is leading The Hostiles/Others at the time and Jacob all the time.
 * Mouth of Sauron: To Jacob.
 * The Consigliere: To the Leader of the Others.
 * Older Than They Look
 * Promotion to Opening Titles
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * Wham! Line: Not said by him, but about him: "Hello, Richard. It's good to see you out of those chains."

Daniel Faraday
""It doesn't matter what we do. Whatever happened, happened."

Played By: Jeremy Davies; Spencer Allyn (child)

Centric Episodes: "Confirmed Dead", "The Variable""


 * Absent-Minded Professor
 * Back for the Dead
 * Badass Beard
 * Gibbering Genius
 * Heroes Want Redheads
 * Heroic BSOD: Once Charlotte dies he barely seems to function. Until he starts thinking he can change this ever happening.
 * Hollywood Nerd
 * Lovable Nerd
 * Mad Scientist
 * Mr. Exposition: Although you'll practically have to beat it out of him.
 * Shown Their Work: For his role, Jeremy Davis thoroughly researched Physics and Mathematics. Many of the equations seen are his own.
 * The Smart Guy
 * The Time Traveller's Dilemma

Miles Straume
"She just strolled in here couple hours ago, acting all weird...still hot, though."

Played By: Ken Leung; Lance Ho (child)

Centric Episodes: "Confirmed Dead", "Some Like It Hoth", "The End""


 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Genre Savvy
 * I See Dead People
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Parental Abandonment
 * Disappeared Dad
 * Phony Psychic: Variation. He's a real psychic, but he regularly lies about what he sees for money.
 * Only in It For the Money: At first.
 * Tell Me About My Father

Charlotte Lewis
""Would it make any sense if I told you I was still looking for where I was born?" Played By: Rebecca Mader; Maya Henssens (child) Centric Episodes: "Confirmed Dead""


 * Action Girl
 * Adventurer Archaeologist
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Hot Scientist
 * Meaningful Name
 * Omniglot

Frank Lapidus
""We're not going to Guam, are we?" Played By: Jeff Fahey Centric Episodes: "Confirmed Dead""


 * Advertised Extra: Somewhat in season 6.
 * Badass
 * Badass Beard
 * Agent Mulder
 * Conspiracy Theorist
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Fan Nickname: Lapenis; but it's said with affection.
 * Genre Savvy: As seen from his header quote when he sees Jack et al on flight 316.
 * Only Sane Man
 * Weirdest damn funeral he's ever been to.
 * Promotion to Opening Titles
 * Unfazed Everyman

Desmond Hume
""See you in another life, brotha."

Played By: Henry Ian Cusick

Centric Episodes: "Live Together, Die Alone", "Flashes Before Your Eyes", "Catch-22", "The Constant", "Jughead", "Happily Ever After", "What They Died For", "The End""


 * As You Wish
 * Absentee Actor: While all characters have missed several episodes, Desmond is notable for missing enough in season 4, 5 and 6 that several recurring guest stars were in more episodes than him. Especially season 5, when he wasn't even in the finale (which usually every living character is in).
 * Badass Bookworm: Loves the works of Charles Dickens and has read every work but "Our Mutual Friend" which He is saving for his last moments.
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Badass Beard
 * Beard of Sorrow
 * Butt Monkey: At first.
 * Catch Phrase or Verbal Tic: Brotha!
 * Cosmic Plaything
 * The Determinator
 * Estrogen Brigade Bait
 * Guile Hero: In the flash-sideways timeline.
 * Messianic Archetype
 * Nice Guy: He's very pleasant and friendly, considering he was isolated from the woman he loved and almost all human contact for about three years.
 * Unstuck in Time
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: In the flash-sideways, if running over Locke is any indication.

Ilana Verdansky
""What lies in the shadow of the statue?" Played By: Zuleikha Robinson Centric Episodes: "The Incident, Part 1""


 * Aborted Arc: Her entire storyline - Zuleikha Robinson says that Jacob was meant to be her character's actual father, but the only hint at this that wasn't cut is in "Dr Linus" (also the only episode of the season in which she plays a major role)
 * Action Girl
 * Badass Israeli
 * Bounty Hunter: Initially; recent events cast doubt on her fully telling the truth here.
 * Defrosting Ice Queen: But it never gets to truly happen.
 * Determinator
 * Dropped A Bridge On Her: Probably the most abrupt and unexpected one in the whole series- she literally blew up mid sentence, without any foreshadowing. According to Carlton Cuse, this was a quick way to remove her from the story once they decided to cut her arc.
 * Hello, Attorney!: In the flash-sideways.
 * Honey Trap
 * Killed Mid-Sentence
 * Mysterious Past
 * Promotion to Opening Titles: Though after promoting her, the writers decided they didn't have enough time to develop her - hence her minor role, lack of a centric episode, and abrupt death.
 * You Killed My Father: To Ben, after she learns he killed Jacob. Even though Jacob wasn't her actual father, he was the closest thing she had.

The Man In Black/The Smoke Monster
""What I am is trapped. And I've been trapped for so long that I don't even remember what it feels like to be free." Played By: Titus Welliver, Terry O'Quinn, John Terry, Tania Raymonde, Adetokumboh McCormack, Mirelly Taylor, Ryan Bradford (child) Centric Episodes: "Across the Sea""


 * Affably Evil
 * All There in the Manual: He is The Nameless throughout the series; it practically goes out of its way to not give him a name. It was later revealed that the character's name was on Titus Welliver's chair. . Although this is likely non-canon, and just used by the production crew as short-hand.
 * Bad Boss: Towards the end of the series. He sends Sayid to his death (though justified as Sayid was also a candidate), abandons Claire when she refuses to help him kill her friends in a deleted scene, breaks his promise to give Ben the Island, and later tries to leave everyone on the Island to die as it sinks into the ocean.
 * Big Bad
 * Cain and Abel: With Jacob.
 * The Chessmaster
 * Constantly Curious
 * Dark Is Evil
 * De-Power: When Desmond turns off the 'Heart of the Island.
 * Disney Villain Death: We do actually see the body, though.
 * Doppelganger: For various dead people, including John Locke in seasons 5 and 6.
 * Eldritch Abomination
 * Curiosity Is a Crapshoot: Wondering what lies beyond the Island spurs his Start of Darkness.
 * Expy: An ancient, incredibly powerful and manipulative demon described as the source of all evil with brilliant skills at Chessmastering, Xanatos gambits and who is capable of impersonating any dead person? Sounds like the First Evil.
 * Fan Nickname: Esau, Un-Locke, Flocke, Samuel and Smokey are the most common, but he has a lot.
 * Freudian Excuse: Like pretty much all of the other main characters.
 * Mommy Issues
 * Laser-Guided Karma: His manipulations, lies, and attempt to kill the survivors eventually resulted in them killing him
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * More Than Mind Control: The single person in the series who can effectively manipulate Ben;
 * Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: His murder of Sayid, Jin, and Sun gave the survivors the Heroic Resolve to kill him, rather than just simply leave him on the Island. This wouldn't be an issue for him had his plan to destroy the Island not made him mortal as well.
 * No Name Given
 * Omnicidal Maniac: He tried to kill everyone on the Island by destroying it, and possibly threatened mankind as a whole in the process
 * One-Winged Angel
 * Person with the Clothing
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * Sealed Evil in a Can: With the island being the can cork of the bottle.
 * Smug Snake
 * Start of Darkness: "Across The Sea"
 * Telepathy: Is able to "scan" people in his Smoke Monster form and read their memories, which makes his Manipulative Bastard tendencies that much more effective.
 * Tragic Monster
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting: Though after killing Jacob he suffers from:
 * Shapeshifter Mode Lock: He doesn't appear to be able to shapeshift like he could before, stuck between either smoke cloud mode or fake!Locke.

Rose Nadler (nee Henderson)
""If you say "live together, die alone" to me, Jack, I'm gonna punch you in your face." Played By: L. Scott Caldwell Centric Episodes: "S.O.S.""


 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Happily Married: To Bernard.
 * I Choose to Stay
 * Magical Negro: blatantly in season 1; she grew a lot in latter seasons, becoming... well, the above.
 * Not Afraid to Die
 * Sassy Black Woman
 * Took a Level In Badass

Bernard Nadler
""I am a dentist. I am not Rambo." Played By: Sam Anderson Centric Episodes: "S.O.S.""


 * Badass Normal
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
 * The Everyman
 * Happily Married: To Rose.
 * The Heart
 * Hidden Depths
 * I Choose To Say
 * Nice Guy
 * Not Afraid to Die: By the end of the show.

Vincent
""[barks]" Played By: Madison & Pono (dogs) Centric Episodes: None"


 * Team Pet

Cindy Chandler
"Played By: Kimberly Joseph"


 * Ascended Extra
 * Going Native
 * Mauve Shirt
 * Parental Substitute: to Zach and Emma.

Leslie Arzt
""There were forty other survivors of this plane crash and we are all people, too." Played By: Daniel Roebuck"


 * Embarrassing First Name
 * Explosive Stupidity
 * Jerkass: May be Jerk with a Heart of Gold, depending on how you look at it.
 * Killed Mid-Sentence
 * Mauve Shirt
 * Meta Guy
 * Too Dumb to Live
 * The World's Expert on Getting Killed: He lectures the regulars on how deadly dynamite can be. He then gives a convincing demonstration.

Edward Mars
""Listen to me. No matter what she does, no matter how she makes you feel, just don't... trust a word that she says. She will do anything to get away." Played By: Fredric Lehne"


 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Determinator
 * Inspector Javert
 * Jerkass
 * Posthumous Character

Neil 'Frogurt'
"Played By: Sean Whalen"


 * Ascended Extra
 * Death by Irony
 * Jerkass
 * Killed Mid-Sentence

Tom Friendly
""The thing is, we're going to have to take the boy."

Played By: M.C. Gainey"


 * Afraid of Blood
 * Affably Evil
 * Badass Gay
 * Beard of Barbarism: Part of his disguise.
 * Bury Your Gays
 * The Dragon: To Ben.
 * Disc One Final Boss: Seems, at first, to be the leader of the Others.
 * Friendly Enemy
 * Genius Bruiser: He's a big guy with big fists, but he's intelligent and has a high leadership position within the Others.
 * Hidden Depths: He seems to begin a genuine, if frail, friendship with Jack.
 * Obfuscating Hillbillyism
 * Pet the Dog: Has a few of these moments.
 * Invisible to Gaydar

Alexandra Rousseau
""Look, I don't like taking orders from my dad any more than you do. But I know he doesn't want me to get hurt." Played By: Tania Raymonde; Lehualani Silva (child)"


 * Action Girl
 * Brats with Slingshots
 * Changeling Fantasy: She's Danielle's daughter; Ben stole her when she was a baby, disobeying Widmore's orders to kill both her and her mother.
 * Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter
 * Morality Pet: for Ben. Sort of.
 * Little Miss Badass
 * Star-Crossed Lovers: with Karl.
 * Tomboyish Name

Karl Martin
""If I get caught, your father's gonna kill me this time." Played By: Blake Bashoff"


 * Butt Monkey
 * Star-Crossed Lovers: with Alex.
 * Too Dumb to Live

Ethan Rom
""If you do not stop following me, I will kill one of them." Played By:' William Mapother"


 * Affably Evil: Is very kind to Claire when the Others have her.
 * Badass
 * Badass Boast: The above quote.
 * Characterization Marches On: That Affably Evil bit above? Yeah, that really wouldn't be a fitting way to describe how he was in Season 1.
 * Devil in Plain Sight
 * Enigmatic Minion
 * Improbable Age: According to show canon, he's 27.
 * Meaningful Name
 * The Mole
 * Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate
 * Posthumous Character: Killed so early on it's not a spoiler, but appears many more times after his death, and actually appears in more episodes after his death than when his character was still alive, a fact that his actor finds very amusing.
 * Self-Made Orphan: Participated in the Purge, which killed both his parents.
 * Starter Villain
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist

Mikhail Bakunin
""Why are we continuing to play this little game when we all know it has moved to the next stage?" Played By: Andrew Divoff"


 * Badass
 * Butt Monkey
 * The Chew Toy
 * Combat Medic
 * Evil Genius
 * Eyepatch of Power
 * Fake Russian
 * Knight Templar: He questions his loyalty to Ben for all of six seconds before murdering two women in cold blood. Funnily, one of the women inadvertently convinced him to go through with it after going on an ill-advised tirade about the importance of not questioning orders.
 * Made of Iron
 * Rasputinian Death
 * Russian Guy Suffers Most
 * Undying Loyalty
 * Taking You with Me

Danny Pickett
""See you in the funny pages." Played By: Michael Bowen"


 * The Brute
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Despair Event Horizon
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * Happily Married: Seemed to be.
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Implacable Man
 * No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge
 * Unstoppable Rage

Colleen Pickett
""We are not the enemy. But if you shoot me, that's exactly what we'll become." Played By: Paula Malcomson"


 * Dark Action Girl
 * Happily Married: to Danny.
 * Posthumous Character
 * You Wouldn't Shoot Me

Goodwin Stanhope
""The children are fine. They're better off now." Played By: Brett Cullen"


 * Affably Evil
 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
 * Creepy Monotone: He lapses into this briefly during his final confrontation with Ana.
 * Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
 * The Mole
 * Your Cheating Heart: Cheats on Harper with Juliet, and seemed to be flirting with Ana. It's implied by Ben that his attraction to her was genuine...but then, it's Ben.
 * Your Cheating Heart: Cheats on Harper with Juliet, and seemed to be flirting with Ana. It's implied by Ben that his attraction to her was genuine...but then, it's Ben.

Beatrice Klugh
"Played By: April Grace"


 * Creepy Monotone
 * The Dark Chick
 * Knight Templar
 * Not Afraid to Die

Ryan Pryce
""It was an order, Tom, we had to follow it." Played By: Brian Goodman"


 * Bald of Evil
 * The Brute
 * Jerkass
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: to Danny Pickett.

Bonnie
""...I trust Jacob. And the minute I start questioning orders, this whole thing, everything that we're doing here falls apart." Played By: Tracy Middendorf"


 * Betty and Veronica: Veronica.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * Knight Templar
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness

Greta
"Played By: Lana Parilla"


 * Betty and Veronica: Betty.
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness

Jacob
""It only ends once. Everything before that is just progress." Played By: Mark Pellegrino; Kenton Duty (child)"


 * Big Good
 * Cain and Abel: With the Man in Black.
 * The Chessmaster
 * Cute Shotaro Boy: As a child.
 * The Dutiful Son
 * The Fettered
 * Gambit Roulette: Pretty much the entire series was planned by him . Maybe...
 * Guile Hero: Yes, he's more heroic than his nemesis, but he is still able to make people do exactly what he wants with some well placed words. Even after his death.
 * He Who Must Not Be Seen: Until Season 5's finale.
 * Immortality: Type II
 * Momma's Boy
 * Older Than They Look
 * Posthumous Character: Most of what we see of him comes after he's killed by Ben.
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old

Dogen
""For every man there is a scale. On one side of the scale there is good. On the other side, evil." Played By: Hiroyuki Sanada"


 * Badass
 * Bad Boss
 * Deal with the Devil: Made one with Jacob to save his son.
 * Death by Irony
 * Jerkass
 * Knight Templar
 * Manipulative Bastard: Tries to be, and succeeds a little. But he's no Ben, and keeps getting outsmarted by Jack.

Lennon
""We didn't torture him. We were diagnosing him." Played By: John Hawkes"


 * Jerkass
 * Mouth of Sauron
 * Slashed Throat
 * Too Dumb to Live: Really, Lennon? You're going to bitch at the guy who just killed your Badass boss not ten seconds ago?

Martin Keamy
""What kind of guy do you think I am?"

Played By: Kevin Durand"


 * Affably Evil: In the flash-sideways he wants you to know that he makes good eggs.
 * All Devouring Black Hole Loan Sharks: In the flash-sideways.
 * Ax Crazy
 * Big Bad: for season 4.
 * Bounty Hunter
 * Crazy Prepared
 * Dangerously Genre Savvy: He dismisses all the usual conventions of villains, managing to be extremely effective and creating a huge body count during his relatively brief appearance. He launches a full-scale merciless attack on the survivors that kills three people straight out, murders Alex when he figures she can't be beneficial alive, and
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: with Omar.
 * Psycho for Hire
 * Sociopathic Soldier
 * Sociopathic Soldier

Naomi Dorrit
""This is a high risk covert op in unstable territory. It's dodgy enough without having to babysit a headcase, ghost buster, anthropologist and a drunk." Played By: Marsha Thomason"


 * Action Girl
 * Dark Action Girl
 * Badass
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * We Hardly Knew Ye

Captain Gault
""Nobody leaves this ship without my say-so!" Played By: Grant Bowler"


 * Badass in Charge
 * Badass Longcoat: At first, but he can't beat Keamy.
 * The Captain
 * The Good Captain
 * Good Is Not Nice
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold

George Minkowski
""...someone sabotaged all the equipment. We lost all communication with the mainland. I probably could have fixed it, but then...then I went nuts." Played By: Fisher Stevens"


 * The Driver: for Desmond in season 6.
 * Nice Guy
 * Plucky Comic Relief: In his season 6 appearance.
 * Voice with an Internet Connection
 * We Hardly Knew Ye

Omar
"Played By: Anthony Azizi"


 * All Devouring Black Hole Loan Sharks: In the flash-sideways.
 * The Dragon: to Keamy, who himself is one to Widmore.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: with Keamy. Their guy-love transcends death.
 * Mauve Shirt
 * Sociopathic Soldier

Dr Ray
"Played By: Marc Vann"


 * Dr. Jerk
 * Four Eyes, Zero Soul
 * Mauve Shirt
 * Slashed Throat

Horace Goodspeed
""We made a truce with these people." Played By: Doug Hutchison"


 * Dies Wide Open
 * Hollywood Nerd: Type 1
 * New Age Retro Hippie
 * Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
 * Stupid Boss
 * Extreme Doormat
 * Hippie Teacher: Only he's an administrator and has unruly subordinates.

Amy Goodspeed
""I can't sleep with one eye open. We have a baby now. We have to think about Ethan." Played By: Reiko Aylesworth"


 * Lady Macbeth: In her few appearances, she proved to be much more bloodthirsty than her husband.
 * Mama Bear
 * Ugly Guy, Hot Wife

Dr. Pierre Chang
""Namaste. And... good luck." Played By: François Chau"


 * Break Her Heart To Save Her: for his wife, Lara.
 * Disappeared Dad: To Miles.
 * Happily Married: Or he was.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: His son takes after him, doesn't he?
 * Nice Character, Mean Actor: The orientation videos are much more welcoming than Pierre is in real life.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: More passive/lower in rank than either Horace or Radzinsky, but a considerably better leader than either.

Stuart Radzinsky
""If Edison had been afraid of the consequences we'd still be sitting in the dark." Played By: Eric Lange"


 * Berserk Button: Don't threaten the Swan.
 * Driven to Suicide: Some time after the Purge, but before Desmond's arrival on the island.
 * For Science!: His main reason behind wanting to build the Swan.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * Jerkass

Kelvin Inman
""Just savin' the world." Played By: Clancy Brown"


 * Beard of Sorrow
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Posthumous Character
 * Manipulative Bastard: Manages to convince Desmond to stay underground pushing a button, effectively stealing three years of his life so that he could repair a boat in secret.
 * Shell-Shocked Veteran

Roger Linus
""Kinda hard to celebrate on the day you killed your mom. She was just seven months pregnant. We went for a hike, but you had to come early. Now, she's gone. And I'm stuck here on this island...with you." Played By: Jon Gries"


 * Abusive Parent
 * Alcoholic Parent
 * Despair Event Horizon
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * Jerkass

Phil
""I'm gone ten minutes, and you're having a hootenanny?" Played By: Patrick Fischler"


 * Butt Monkey
 * Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
 * Jerkass
 * Would Hit a Girl

Oldham
""You see, whether you struggle or not, one thing's for sure, friend. You will tell us the truth." Played By: William Sanderson"


 * Evil Counterpart: to Sayid.
 * Four Eyes, Zero Soul
 * Torture Technician

Bram
""You're playing for the wrong team!" Played By: Brad William Henke"


 * The Big Guy
 * Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
 * The Lancer: To Ilana.
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Jerkass
 * Smug Snake: Comes across as such when he talks to Miles.
 * Too Dumb to Live: In LA X.

Caesar
""I'm sorry, but I'm calling the shots here." Played By: Saïd Taghmaoui"


 * Blown Across the Room
 * Killed Mid-Sentence
 * Red Shirt: He even wears one.
 * Wrong Genre Savvy

Danielle Rousseau
""Are you on the same island as I am?" Played By: Mira Furlan;"


 * Action Girl
 * The Aloner
 * Annoying Arrows
 * Anti-Hero: Type III
 * Badass
 * Booby Trap: Creator of many.
 * Break the Cutie: She was forced to kill all her friends, including the love of her life, then her baby was taken away. Cue sixteen years alone. Followed by a sudden death that goes unmourned. It says a lot when Sanity Slippage is an understatement.
 * Crazy Survivalist
 * Dying Like Animals
 * Electric Torture
 * Everyone Looks Sexier If French: Young Rousseau at least.
 * Go Mad From the Isolation: And how!
 * It Works Better with Bullets
 * Named After Somebody Famous: Like many of the characters on the show.
 * Nostalgic Music Box
 * Shoot the Shaggy Dog
 * Timeshifted Actor
 * Wild Hair

Charles Widmore
""That island's mine, Benjamin. It always was. It will be again." Played By: Alan Dale; Tom Connolly (teenaged); David S. Lee (middle aged)"


 * The Chessmaster
 * Chekhov's Gunman: Until season 4.
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive: Ben claims that he wants to exploit the powers of the island for his own gain. This may or may not be true.
 * Disappeared Dad: to Daniel.
 * Disc One Final Boss: Like his enemy Ben, Widmore was hyped as a potential Big Bad only for Man in Black to be revealed as the actual Big Bad.
 * Evil Brit
 * Heel Face Door Slam: When he showed up in season six claiming to have redeemed himself, it was questionable as he still locked up the survivors in cages and his people even shot at them. When we finally realize Widmore meant his redemption, he is shot and killed by Ben.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * The Insomniac
 * Pet the Dog: Played straight and subverted. He's very kind and gentle with Daniel Faraday but, while this seems genuine, it's all part of his manipulations. Played straighter when he's relieved to hear Desmond is going to survive his wound, finally just accepting that Desmond makes his daughter happy.
 * Screw the Rules, I Have Money
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist
 * Wicked Cultured
 * Would Hurt a Child

Penelope 'Penny' Widmore
""All we really need to survive is one person who truly loves us. And you have her. I will wait for you always. I love you." Played By: Sonya Walger"


 * Determinator: Hunted for Desmond and never gave up.
 * Inter Class Romance: With Desmond.
 * I Will Wait for You: For Desmond.
 * Mama Bear
 * Meaningful Name: In Homer's Odyssey, Penelope was the faithful wife of Odysseus who never took another husband despite having numerous suitors after her husband left to fight in the Trojan War 20 years prior to the story.
 * Morality Pet: for her father, Charles.
 * One-Scene Wonder: What most of her guest appearances are.
 * Spoiled Sweet
 * Time Travel Romance: With Desmond, again.

Dr. Christian Shephard
""Don't choose, Jack, don't decide. You don't want to be a hero. You don't want to try and save everyone because when you fail... you just don't have what it takes." Played By: John Terry"


 * Abusive Parent: Psychologically.
 * The Alcoholic
 * Dr. Jerk
 * Good Is Not Nice
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Paying for Claire's mothers medical care and trying to convince Claire to let her go, out of genuine compassion.
 * Posthumous Character
 * Punny Name: Lampshaded in the Finale.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: He has shown very little approval of Jack, despite being secretly proud of Him.
 * You ALL Share My Story

Eloise Hawking
""All right. I apologize if this is confusing, but...let's pay attention, yes?" Played By: Fionnula Flannagan; Alexandra Krosney (teenaged); Alice Evans (middle aged)"


 * Action Girl / Dark Action Girl: During the time in which the younger versions of her appear. Either way, it's Up to Eleven with "Ellie" in the 1954 timeline.
 * Because Destiny Says So
 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Dramatic Irony: She loved her son very much, but remained critical, cold, and distant to him his entire life because she knew that when he reached adulthood he would be shot and killed by her younger self.
 * Education Mama
 * Grandfather Paradox: Inverted. Her son gets sent back in time and killed by her...while she's pregnant with him.
 * Pregnant Badass: In 1977.
 * You Can't Fight Fate

Mother
""I love you both differently."

Played By: Allison Janney"


 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
 * Death Seeker
 * Evil Matriarch
 * Knight Templar Parent
 * Manipulative Bitch
 * No Name Given
 * No Name Given

Anthony Cooper
""If this isn't Hell, friend, then where are we?" Played By: Kevin Tighe"


 * Archnemesis Dad
 * Asshole Victim: Go on, it's okay to admit you cheered when Sawyer strangled him with a chain.
 * Card-Carrying Villain: He's a charming, manipulative liar...but when he drops the charade, he's refreshingly up-front about being a selfish, sociopathic sub-human monster.
 * Con Man
 * Create Your Own Villain
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Defiant to the End
 * Faux Affably Evil: Don't let his polite facade fool you for a second. Beneath it lies an utterly unrepentant, sociopathic monster who cares not one bit about the innumerable lives he has destroyed.
 * I Have Many Names
 * Karmic Death
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * The Sociopath: Good God, is he an example of this trope!

Matthew Abaddon
""I'm much more than just an orderly, Mr Locke." Played By: Lance Reddick"


 * Bald of Evil
 * The Dragon: To Charles Widmore.
 * The Driver: for Locke, eventually.
 * Dropped a Bridge on Him
 * Enigmatic Minion
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Scary Black Man

Woo-Jung Paik
""Your job is what I say it is!" Played By: Byron Chung"


 * Corrupt Corporate Executive
 * The Don
 * Evil Parents Want Good Kids
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Laser-Guided Karma
 * Overprotective Dad

Noor 'Nadia' Abed Jaseem
""Am I so different from the little girl in the school yard who used to push you in the mud?" Played By: Andrea Gabriel"


 * Childhood Friend Romance
 * The Lost Lenore
 * Star-Crossed Lovers: with Sayid.

Sarah Wagner
"Played By: Julie Bowen"


 * Broken Bird
 * Florence Nightingale Effect
 * Your Cheating Heart

Cassidy Phillips
"Played By: Kim Dickens"


 * Woman Scorned