RWBY/Characters

Professor Ozpin

 * The Dumbledore
 * Shout-Out Theme Naming: To The Wizard of Oz. (The Wizard's initials spelled out "O.Z.P.I.N.H.E.A.D."; Ozpin is Headmaster of Beacon.)

Glynda Goodwitch

 * Hot Librarian
 * Shout-Out Theme Naming: To The Wizard of Oz, of course.

Professor Peter Port

 * Great White Hunter
 * Large Ham

Professor Bartholomew Oobleck

 * Shout-Out: To Dr. Seuss' Bartholomew and the Oobleck.
 * Super Speed

Team RWBY
Tropes that apply to team RWBY are:

Ruby Rose

 * Ascended Fangirl
 * Badass Adorable
 * Friendly Sniper: She makes frequent use of a sniper rifle, however we haven't seen her use it against distant targets that much.
 * Little Red Fighting Hood
 * Motor Mouth: When she gets excited.
 * Super Speed

Weiss Schnee

 * Abhorrent Admirer: Jaune
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars:  Weiss's surprisingly subtle facial scar -- acquired during the events of the "White" trailer -- is definitely a "good scar".
 * An Ice Person
 * Instant Runes: Her "glyphs".

Blake Belladonna

 * Beast Folk
 * Bookworm
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Important Hair Accessory: Her bow.
 * Super Speed: And she leaves afterimages in her wake.

Yang Xiao Long

 * Berserk Button: Nobody Touches the Hair.
 * Cool Big Sis
 * Kill It with Fire
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Super Strength: And she gets stronger with every hit she takes.

Team JNPR
Tropes that apply to team JNPR are:

Jaune Arc

 * Ancestral Weapon
 * Butt Monkey
 * Casanova Wannabe: Towards Weiss.
 * Incompletely Trained
 * Jeanne D'Archetype: Extremely rare male example of the trope, but he's got it -- protected by women who like him under the Dulcinea Effect, making him a Magnetic Hero, and a natural leader. Oh, and the name.
 * Legacy Hero

Nora Valkyrie

 * Badass Adorable
 * Beware the Silly Ones
 * Drop the Hammer
 * Genki Girl
 * Grenade Launcher
 * Wacky Girl

Pyrrha Nikos

 * Academic Athlete
 * Throwing Your Shield Always Works

Rie Len

 * Not a Morning Person

Team CRDL
Tropes that apply to team CRDL are:

Cardin Winchester

 * Blackmail
 * The Bully

Velvet Scarlatina

 * Badass Adorable
 * Beast Folk
 * Breakout Character: According to the behind the scenes videos, a single scene where she was designed just to be an example faunus led to an expanded role. And hundreds of fan-submitted designs for her in mufti.

Son Wukong

 * Beast Folk
 * Epic Flail
 * Fighting with Chucks

Scarlet (last name unknown)

 * The Unseen (so far)

Roman Torchwick

 * Cultured Badass: Dapper gangster-style suit-wearing "mob boss" type with a cane that doubles as a miniature cannon.
 * Cigar Chomper

Cinder Fall

 * Big Bad
 * Evil Sorceress: Seems to fit this archetype very neatly right from her first appearance in V1E1.
 * Kill It with Fire

Neo (Neopolitan?)

 * Anime Hair

"Adam"

 * Beast Folk

Shopkeep

 * The Unintelligible

Penny

 * The Blade Always Lands Pointy End In
 * Catch Phrase: "I'm combat ready!"
 * Hand Blast
 * Idiot Hair
 * No Sense of Personal Space
 * Pinocchio Nose: She hiccups when she lies.
 * Robot Girl
 * Set Swords to Stun
 * Strange Girl
 * Super Strength
 * Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Especially if you're telekinetically controlling a dozen or so...

"Crow"

 * The Unseen

Junior

 * Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": If he's got any other name than "Junior" we've yet to hear it.

Melanie and Militia Malachite

 * Alliterative Name: Times two!
 * Always Identical Twins
 * Beast Folk: Suspected, as they have some of the same traits -- such as golden eyes -- as other Faunus we've seen.
 * Elegant Gothic Lolita
 * Twin Banter: Averted; they're quiet, almost dour.