The Phantom of the Opera/Characters

Due to Adaptation Overdose, unless otherwise indicated, all tropes listed refer to characterizations in the original novel by Gaston Leroux.

Erik (a.k.a The Phantom)

 * Above the Influence
 * Adaptational Attractiveness/Hollywood Homely
 * Affably Evil
 * Anti-Hero: Type V
 * Anti-Villain: Type I and/or II
 * Beast and Beauty
 * Blackmail
 * Byronic Hero
 * The Chessmaster
 * Compelling Voice
 * Crazy Jealous Guy
 * Dramatic Unmask
 * Even Evil Has Standards: Christine expects the Phantom to rape her during her abductions, but he actually has the decency not to do so. This after he has murdered a number of innocent people, especially via his penchant for hanging traps; declared that he owns Christine; and other not-so-nice things.
 * Even the Guys Want Him: Raoul is just as irresistibly enchanted by Erik's voice as Christine is.
 * Evil Genius
 * Evil Laugh
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom
 * He Who Must Not Be Named
 * He Who Must Not Be Seen
 * The Faceless
 * The Voice
 * I Just Want to Be Normal
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
 * The Kindnapper
 * Love Makes You Crazy and Evil and Redeems
 * Mad Artist
 * Mailer Daemon
 * Murder the Hypotenuse
 * No Name Given
 * Offscreen Teleportation
 * Only One Name
 * Psychopathic Manchild: Played for tragedy.
 * Scarpia Ultimatum
 * Scooby-Doo Hoax
 * Stalker with a Crush
 * Torture Technician
 * Third Person Person
 * Tragic Monster
 * Two-Faced
 * Veronica
 * Villainous Breakdown
 * Villain Protagonist
 * Black Mask of Doom
 * Wicked Cultured

Christine Daaé

 * Bad Liar
 * Beauty
 * Blue Eyes
 * Damsel in Distress
 * Hair of Gold
 * Happily Adopted
 * The Heart/The Cutie
 * The Heroine: Yes, this is the original protagonist.
 * Living MacGuffin
 * Plucky Girl
 * She's All Grown Up
 * Stockholm Syndrome: Lampshaded with No Matter How Much I Beg.
 * Sympathy for the Devil
 * Tender Tears
 * Well, Excuse Me, Princess!
 * What Kept You?

Viscount Raoul de Chagny

 * Betty and Veronica
 * Bishonen
 * Blue Eyes
 * Childhood Friend Romance
 * Dude in Distress
 * Exact Eavesdropping
 * Genre Savvy
 * The Load: To the Persian.
 * Love Makes You Crazy

The Persian

 * Only Sane Man
 * Saved the Villain

Carlotta

 * The Prima Donna
 * The Rival: To Christine
 * Technician Versus Performer: With Christine.

Richard and Moncharmin

 * Agent Scully
 * Genre Blind
 * Those Two Guys
 * Unwitting Pawns

Count Philippe de Chagny

 * Beta Couple: With La Sorelli
 * Parental Substitute: For Raoul
 * Parental Substitute: For Raoul

La Sorelli

 * Beta Couple: With Philippe
 * Brainless Beauty
 * Decoy Protagonist
 * Hello, Nurse!


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