Carnivale/Characters: Difference between revisions

'''Ben''': Then God help 'em. God help every single person in that valley. }}

* [[Naive Newcomer]]: To the point where he's everyone in the CarnivaleCarnivàle's personal [[Butt Monkey]].

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]

'''=== Samson (Michael J. Anderson)''' ===

* [[Only Sane Man]]: You'd think Samson would have learned; AvataraAvatars are not the most mentally-stable of people.

* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]: Samson's solution to the Babylon problem - specifically {{spoiler|Stangler escaping Carny Justice and no one being held accountable for Dora Mae's death? Shoot Stangler between the eyes ''anyway''.}}.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Frequently, to Ben, especially when Ben {{spoiler|kills Management}}, the necessity of which Samson cannot understand.

'''=== Clayton "Jonesy" Jones (Tim DeKay)''' ===

* [[Handicapped Badass]]: {{spoiler|At least, until he gets better. Then he's just a [[Badass]].}}.

* [[Happily Married]]: In seasonSeason twoTwo, to {{spoiler|Libby}}.

'''=== Sofie Agnesh Bojakshiya (Clea Duvall)''' ===

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Multiple times, although to be fair, it really does suck to find out that {{spoiler|your mother tried to kill you because you were the product of a rape, the daughter of the Antichrist, and very probably heir to some serious demonic powers}}.

'''=== Apollonia (Diane Sallinger)''' ===

'''=== Libby Dreifuss (Carla Gallo)''' ===

* [[Happily Married]]: To {{spoiler|Jonesy}} in seasonSeason twoTwo.

* [[Smitten Teenage Girl]]: Her marriage to {{spoiler|Jonesy}} has elements of this in the beginning, but she definitely grows up in "Lincoln Highway".

'''=== Dora Mae Dreifuss (Amanda Aday)''' ===

* [[Nipple-and-Dimed]]

'''=== Rita Sue Dreifuss (Cynthia Ettinger)''' ===

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Almost [[Hypocritical Heartwarming]], but when {{spoiler|Dora Mae is killed}}, Libby turns up missing as well. Cue Rita Sue frantically searching for her daughter. Libby shows up later, smoking and backtalkingback-talking Rita Sue - who slaps her, then hugs her tightly.

'''=== Felix "Stumpy" Dreifuss (Toby Huss)''' ===

'''=== Ruthie (Adrienne Barbeau)''' ===

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Probably her [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], among many, is her editorial comment to {{spoiler|Justin forcing Iris to ride the Colossus}} in the finale:

* [[Miss Yo -Yo Knickers]]

'''=== Lodz (Patrick Bauchau)''' ===

* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Shame his psychic powers had to come at the price of {{spoiler|his eyes}}. That's what you get for dealing with Dark Avatars.

'''=== Lila (Debra Christofferson)''' ===

* [[The Dragon]]: To Lodz, even {{spoiler|after his death}}.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Lila assisting Ruthie in {{spoiler|wrapping Dora Mae's body in silk and telling stories about how much the Carnivale really loved her}} is absolutely [[Tear Jerker|tearjerkingtear-jerking]].

'''=== Gabriel (Brian Turk)''' ===

=== '''Affiliated with the New Canaan Ministry''' ===

'''=== Brother Justin Crowe ([[Clancy Brown]])''' ===

* [[Foe-Tossing Charge]]: Anyone in Justin's way when he finally comes face-to-face with Ben? {{spoiler|Gets ''eviscerated'' by his scythe}}.

* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: His [[Mind Rape|treatment of the maids]], as well as [[And I Must Scream|Norman]], which makes his {{spoiler|killing of Scudder}} positively unimaginative in retrospect.

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Justin is pretty much an alphebetizedalphabetized list, from the [[Body Horror]] coin-vomiting to his stint in the crazy house to his [[Mind Rape|playing around with the maids]].

'''=== Iris Crowe (Amy Madigan)''' ===

* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: Much debate centers around Iris's true nature after the events of Season Two. Is she still loyal to Justin? Was her {{spoiler|alliance with Norman}} just for appearances? Why did she let {{spoiler|Ben}} go? Is she truly sorry for {{spoiler|setting the Ministry fire}}? And just whose side is she on, anyway?

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: She takes several over the course of the series, even ones that are levels in retrospect (her "punishment" from Justin and plotting with Norman).

'''=== Norman Balthus (Ralph Waite)''' ===

* [[Parental Substitute]]: For Justin and Iris, which makes {{spoiler|Justin's sadistic treatment and killing of him very Oedipal in nature}}.

* [[Sacrificial Lion]]: One of the great shockers of the finale is {{spoiler|Justin killing him}}.

'''=== Tommy Dolan (Robert Knepper)''' ===

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: To be fair, no one in-universe sees {{spoiler|Iris}} coming as the arsonist, and no one could predict {{spoiler|how far Justin would go to protect her and how manipulative he can be}}.

'''=== Varlyn Stroud (John Carroll Lynch)''' ===

'''=== Eleanor McGill (K Callan)''' ===

* [[Sacrificial Lion]]: Shouldn't have insisted upon telling Justin you saw his [[Black Eyes of Evil]], Eleanor - {{spoiler|Iris}} didn't appreciate it.

=== '''Other Characters''' ===

'''=== Henry Scudder (John Savage)''' ===

'''=== Management AKA {{spoiler|Lucius Belyakov}} (voiced by Linda Hunt)''' ===