The Sookie Stackhouse Mysteries/Characters

The Sookie Stackhouse Mysteries chronicle the adventures of telepathic barmaid, Sookie Stackhouse.

Sookie Stackhouse
The protagonist and narrator. She can read minds, but isn't happy about it.

Associated tropes:
 * Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny: A few times in Dead Reckoning: whil she's hiding from assailants, she thinks of her newly-painted toenails. While pondering the mystery of the  she thinks of Wonderbread.
 * Action Girl: If provoked enough.
 * All of the Other Reindeer
 * Badass Abnormal
 * Beauty Equals Goodness
 * Blessed with Suck
 * Dude Magnet
 * Half-Human Hybrid: She's part fairy.
 * I Just Want to Be Normal
 * Not So Different: Later into the series, she starts to fear this. She's often worrying she'll be one of the regular blood-thirsty pychos she always encounters.
 * Only Sane Woman
 * Plucky Girl
 * Power Incontinence: Though she can try and block things out.
 * Seen It All: She becomes this in dealing with the supes. As of later books, she's rather blasé about their dealings.
 * Unwanted Harem

Bill Compton
A vampire who moves into town. His romance with Sookie drags her into the world of the supernatural.

Associated tropes:
 * Characterization Marches On: He's rather perverse and standoffish when he first meets Sookie, and arguably a Tsundere.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Demoted to Extra
 * Disappeared Dad: He himself, after Lorena turned him.
 * Flight
 * Becoming the Mask:
 * Love Interest: Sookie's.
 * Official Couple: With Sookiem until the third book.
 * Retcon: His age and the number of children he had.
 * Stalker with a Crush
 * The Stoic
 * Our Vampires Are Different
 * Our Vampires Are Different

Sam Merlotte
Owner of Merlotte's and Sookie's boss.

Associated tropes:
 * Animorphism
 * Characterization Marches On: While as a dog, he watches Sookie change in the first book.
 * Easily Forgiven: ...And Sookie pretty much forgets it -or represses it - soon enough.
 * Love Interest: One of Sookie's.
 * Nice Guy
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting or Involuntary Shapeshifting: Whether it's a full moon or not.

Eric Northman
Owner of Fangtasia and another Love Interest of Sookie's.

Associated tropes:
 * Flight
 * Horny Vikings
 * Lovable Rogue
 * Our Vampires Are Different
 * Spotlight-Stealing Squad
 * Vampires Own Nightclubs

Pam
Eric's "child." She works at Fangtasia with him.

Associated tropes:
 * Action Girl
 * Badass: Even characters in-universe aknowledge her fighting skills.
 * Bi the Way
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Lesbian Vampire
 * Perky Female Minion
 * Vampires Own Nightclubs
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Eric.

Bubba
Elvis, after being turned into a vampire. Eric tries to keep him secret, as he would be a public relations nightmare for the vampires. Likes to eat cats.

Associated tropes:
 * Elvis Was A Vampire
 * Breakout Character: A mild example: after being dropped for several books, he becomes more prominent in later novels. There's even a bondage/Elvis/whorehouse-themed bar in the latest book.
 * Elvis Impersonator: At one point, he is captured, and the captors believe him to be such. They let him go when they get him to sing.
 * Came Back Wrong

Alcide Hervaux
A were from a rather rich family, and another one of Sookie's suiters.

Associated tropes:
 * Animorphism
 * Out of Focus
 * Our Werewolves Are Different
 * Love Interest: Not really - he seems like one, but never officially dated Sookie. He ends up being more of a Romantic False Lead.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting or Involuntary Shapeshifting: Whether it's a full moon or not.

Jason Stackhouse
Sookie's older brother.

Associated tropes:
 * Animorphism: We was bitten by a werepanther, and is now one himself.
 * Big Brother Instinct
 * Chick Magnet: Sookie thinks he dated half of their high school's female population. Justified, as he's part-fairy, and attracts people.
 * Even the Guys Want Him: Decontructed,
 * Half-Human Hybrid: Like Sookie, he's part-fairy.
 * Mistaken for Murderer: Like, every other book.
 * Out of Focus
 * Really Gets Around

John Quinn
A were-tiger and once-boyfriend of Sookie.

Associated tropes:
 * Animorphism
 * Badass Abnormal: He's a former champion supernatural cage fighter.
 * Bald of Awesome
 * Last-Name Basis
 * Romantic False Lead: His relationship with Sookie goes nowhere,
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting or Involuntary Shapeshifting: Whether it's a full moon or not.

Amelia Broadway
A witch who's still in training. She moves in with Sookie just before Hurricane Katrina.

Associated tropes:
 * Bi the Way
 * Cute Witch
 * Woman Scorned
 * Woman Scorned

Claudine
Claudine proclaims herself to be Sookie's Fairy Godmother. She is the first  fairies we met in the series, and prove that there are more supes than vampires, shapeshifters and weres.

Associated tropes:
 * Genki Girl
 * Our Fairies Are Different

Claude
Claudine's rude brother, and owner of the stripclub, Hooligans.

Associated tropes:
 * Bi the Way: Sookie suspects that, while he prefers men, he'll sleep with girls.
 * Jerkass
 * Our Fairies Are Different
 * Invisible to Gaydar

Arlene Fowler
Sookie's friend and co-worker.

Associated tropes:
 * Fiery Redhead
 * So I Married an Axe Murderer: Was together with Rene before he was revealed to be a serieal killer.
 * So I Married an Axe Murderer: Was together with Rene before he was revealed to be a serieal killer.

Tara
Sookie's childhood friend.

Associated tropes:
 * Ambiguously Brown: She has olive skin, but it's never mentioned what race she is, unlike other characters.
 * Official Couple:
 * Out of Focus

Bob Jessup
Associated tropes:
 * Adorkable
 * Involuntary Shapeshifter: Amelia accidentally turned him into a cat for a few books.