Anita Blake/Characters: Difference between revisions

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.
Content added Content deleted
VisualWikitext
prefix>Import Bot
(Import from TV Tropes TVT:Characters.AnitaBlake 2012-07-01, editor history TVTH:Characters.AnitaBlake, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported license)
 
m (Mass update links)
Line 7: Line 7:
=== Tropes associated with Anita: ===
=== Tropes associated with Anita: ===
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Anti Hero]]: Type IV
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type IV
* [[Badass Abnormal]]
* [[Badass Abnormal]]
* [[Broken Bird]]: Dead mother, raised a dead thing as a kid, stepmom doesn't like her, first fiance dumped her for stupid reasons, the first guy she liked after him was killed to spite her, etc.
* [[Broken Bird]]: Dead mother, raised a dead thing as a kid, stepmom doesn't like her, first fiance dumped her for stupid reasons, the first guy she liked after him was killed to spite her, etc.
Line 14: Line 14:
* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Black belt in Judo with training in Kenpo.
* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Black belt in Judo with training in Kenpo.
* [[Deus Sex Machina]]: In the later novels.
* [[Deus Sex Machina]]: In the later novels.
* [[Firstperson Smartass]]
* [[First-Person Smartass]]
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Hellz naw, it ain't.
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Hellz naw, it ain't.
* [[Good Scars Evil Scars]]: Tons of 'em, one of them shaped as a cross on her forearm.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Tons of 'em, one of them shaped as a cross on her forearm.
* [[Hair Trigger Temper]]: Admits she's not comfortable when she isn't mad about something.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Admits she's not comfortable when she isn't mad about something.
* [[Horny Devils]]: In ''Narcissus in Chains'', she gains the ardeur.
* [[Horny Devils]]: In ''Narcissus in Chains'', she gains the ardeur.
* [[Knight Errant]]: Jean-Claude even points out that Anita will go out of her way to right some wrong even if it would cost her almost nothing to leave it be.
* [[Knight Errant]]: Jean-Claude even points out that Anita will go out of her way to right some wrong even if it would cost her almost nothing to leave it be.
Line 24: Line 24:
* [[Mega Manning]]: If a power has been used on her, chances are eventually, she'll gain the ability to use it herself.
* [[Mega Manning]]: If a power has been used on her, chances are eventually, she'll gain the ability to use it herself.
* [[Necromancer]]: The most powerful one still living in America, natch.
* [[Necromancer]]: The most powerful one still living in America, natch.
* [[Pint Sized Powerhouse]]: She's 5'3'' and the most dangerous character in the series.
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: She's 5'3'' and the most dangerous character in the series.
** [[Killer Rabbit]]
** [[Killer Rabbit]]
* [[The Pornomancer]]
* [[The Pornomancer]]
* [[Raven Hair Ivory Skin]]: No matter ''what'' [[Hollywood Homely|she thinks.]]
* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]: No matter ''what'' [[Hollywood Homely|she thinks.]]
* [[Sociopathic Hero]]: She alternates between running towards and away from [[He Who Fights Monsters]].
* [[Sociopathic Hero]]: She alternates between running towards and away from [[He Who Fights Monsters]].
* [[Spicy Latina]]: Try ''[[Hair Trigger Temper|Angry]]'' Latina. Though it should be noted that she goes around proudly telling everyone that she's half-Mexican yet never speaks Spanish, never talks about her mother in any detail, and shows no signs of liking her cultural heritage.
* [[Spicy Latina]]: Try ''[[Hair-Trigger Temper|Angry]]'' Latina. Though it should be noted that she goes around proudly telling everyone that she's half-Mexican yet never speaks Spanish, never talks about her mother in any detail, and shows no signs of liking her cultural heritage.
* [[Unwanted Harem]], [[Too Many Love Interests]]: Let's leave it at that, [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|shall we?]]
* [[Unwanted Harem]], [[Too Many Love Interests]]: Let's leave it at that, [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|shall we?]]


Line 36: Line 36:


=== Tropes associated with Jean-Claude: ===
=== Tropes associated with Jean-Claude: ===
* [[Anti Villain]]: Type I
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Type I
* [[Bi the Way]]
* [[Bi the Way]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]
Line 49: Line 49:
** [[Vampires Are Sex Gods]]: Deliberately invokes this trope, as in line with [[Horny Devils|his specific sort of vampire.]]
** [[Vampires Are Sex Gods]]: Deliberately invokes this trope, as in line with [[Horny Devils|his specific sort of vampire.]]
* [[Pretty Boy]]
* [[Pretty Boy]]
* [[Raven Hair Ivory Skin]]
* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]


== Richard Zeeman ==
== Richard Zeeman ==
Line 69: Line 69:
** [[Took a Level In Jerkass]]: Killing Dance.
** [[Took a Level In Jerkass]]: Killing Dance.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]
* [[Shirtless Scene]]
* [[Tall Dark and Handsome]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]


== Edward ==
== Edward ==
Line 75: Line 75:


=== Tropes associated with Edward: ===
=== Tropes associated with Edward: ===
* [[Anti Hero]]: type V moving ont to Type IV later in the series
* [[Anti-Hero]]: type V moving ont to Type IV later in the series
* [[Badass]]: Possibly the most badass character in the series.
* [[Badass]]: Possibly the most badass character in the series.
** [[Badass Normal]]
** [[Badass Normal]]
Line 83: Line 83:
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]
** [[Icy Blue Eyes]]
** [[Icy Blue Eyes]]
* [[Good Ol Boy]]: His civilian cover, complete with Texas accent.
* [[Good Ol' Boy]]: His civilian cover, complete with Texas accent.
** [[Becoming the Mask]]
** [[Becoming the Mask]]
* [[Hidden Depths]]
* [[Hidden Depths]]
Line 92: Line 92:
* [[Sociopathic Hero]]
* [[Sociopathic Hero]]
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Anita. Doesn't find the fact that he thinks about killing her as any obstacle to their friendship.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Anita. Doesn't find the fact that he thinks about killing her as any obstacle to their friendship.
* [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys]]: It is for this reason that Anita wonders if Edward is secretly Batman.
* [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?]]: It is for this reason that Anita wonders if Edward is secretly Batman.


{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

Revision as of 22:08, 8 January 2014


Characters that appear in Anita Blake

Anita Blake

An animator/vampire executioner living in St. Louis. She is also held in retainer for the Regional Preternatural Investigation Team eventually becoming a federal marshall. Anita was born a necromancer, granting her power over all dead.

Tropes associated with Anita:

Jean-Claude

The Master vampire of the city of St. Louis. Jean-Claude is a French vampire somewhere in the age range of 400-600 years. Anita is his human servant and Richard is his animal servant.

Tropes associated with Jean-Claude:

Richard Zeeman

A Science teacher at a local junior high school, Richard is Anita's former fiance (the second one) and the last member of Jean-Claude's triumvirate. He is a powerful Alpha werewolf and the Ulfric (that is leader) of the St. Louis Thronos Rokke clan.

Tropes associated with Richard:

Edward

An assassin and sometimes friend of Anita. Originally focused on humans but decided to start hunting the preternatural because humans are too easy.

Tropes associated with Edward:

Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Anita_Blake/Characters?oldid=494436"