RWBY/Characters

Professor Ozpin

 * The Dumbledore
 * Reasonable Authority Figure
 * 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

 * Eyes Always Shut
 * Reasonable Authority Figure
 * Great White Hunter
 * Large Ham

Professor Bartholomew Oobleck

 * Anime Hair: One of the few examples on the good guys' side; he has a wild shock of green hair.
 * Must Have Caffeine: He practically sips from his coffee cup every fifteen seconds.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure
 * Shout-Out: To Dr. Seuss' Bartholomew and the Oobleck.
 * Super Speed

Team RWBY
Tropes that apply to team RWBY are:


 * Badass
 * Amazon Brigade
 * Badass Crew
 * True Companions

Ruby Rose



 * Ascended Fangirl
 * Badass
 * Badass Adorable
 * Badass in Charge: Officially so, as leader of team RWBY
 * 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
 * Swiss Army Gun / Sinister Scythe: The two modes of her weapon.

Weiss Schnee



 * Abhorrent Admirer: Jaune
 * Badass
 * Lady of War
 * 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
 * Jerkass -> Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Instant Runes: Her "glyphs".
 * Royal Rapier

Blake Belladonna



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

Yang Xiao Long



 * Badass
 * 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
 * Badass: Takes a while for this to show.
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
 * 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
 * Badass Adorable
 * Beware the Silly Ones
 * Drop the Hammer
 * Genki Girl
 * Grenade Launcher
 * Motor Mouth
 * Wacky Girl

Pyrrha Nikos



 * Academic Athlete
 * Badass
 * Lady of War
 * Hot Amazon
 * Sexy Mentor: To Jaune.
 * Throwing Your Shield Always Works

Rie Len



 * Badass
 * Not a Morning Person
 * Odd Couple: He and Nora get along well despite having totally opposite personalities.
 * The Stoic

Team CRDL
Tropes that apply to team CRDL are:

Cardin Winchester

 * Blackmail
 * Break the Haughty: Got his ego cut down severely when Jaune saved him.
 * The Bully
 * Jerkass

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
 * The Man Behind the Man: Her initial appearance in V1E1 suggested she was Torchwick's flunky; the Stinger on V1E16 revealed that instead she was his boss.

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.
 * Groin Attack: Got one thanks to Yang in Yellow trailer.

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
 * Identical Twin ID Tag: Possibly.  Every time we've seen them, one has been wearing all red and the other all white, but we don't know enough yet to be sure that these are "trademark" colors for them.
 * Twin Banter: Averted; they're quiet, almost dour.