Charmed/Characters

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Characters from Charmed include:

Main Characters

Prudence 'Prue' Halliwell

Prudence Halliwell
'Prue'
Actor or Voice Actor Shannen Doherty
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Piper Halliwell

Piper Halliwell
Actor or Voice Actor Holly Marie Combs
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Paige: You know, this happened a little too easily. What if it's a trap?
Piper: So what if it is? I'm unbreakable, dude.

  • The Quiet One: At first.
  • Rapunzel Hair
  • Team Mom: Lampshaded at least twice: Phoebe tells Leo to think of Piper as a mom ("I know I do"), and Paige once tells her to stop mothering her and Phoebe.
  • Time Master: What her power was first described as. Season 3 later tells us it's not freezing time, but molecules.
  • Took a Level in Badass: Over the first four seasons, we saw her progress from being the mousiest, most timid of the sisters to the one nobody wanted to screw with.

Phoebe Halliwell

Phoebe Halliwell
Actor or Voice Actor Alyssa Milano
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Dating Catwoman: Her relationship with Cole.
  • De Powered: In Season 6, a magic court hearing ended up with her losing all the powers she'd gained up to that point (though she retains the ability to cast spells). She eventually regains her premonitions in Season 7, but not levitation or empathy.
  • The Ditz
  • Dyeing for Your Art: Every other season.
  • Embarrassing Nickname: "Freebie"
  • Evil Me Scares Me: A number of times, Phoebe is briefly turned evil. She also learns that her past life was evil, as well. The possibility of turning evil becomes one of Phoebe's worst fears.
  • Fetish Fuel Station Attendant: Tends to wind up in tight costumes and wigs often. The other sisters certainly aren't immune to that, but back when the site kept track of Fetish Fuel entries, Phoebe had the most.
  • Former Teen Rebel
  • Freudian Trio: Id
  • Future Me Scares Me: She met an elderly woman who was herself from the future, and was a nasty, grouchy, bitter old woman. Phoebe then attempted to learn about the events that led up to this future, to prevent herself from going the same path. It did not work.
    • In "Morality Bites," Phoebe is horrified that her future self murdered a man in cold blood with her powers. The man himself was a murderer, but Phoebe couldn't believe that she would break the rules and do such a thing.
      • This causes the moment that most pronounces her leveling-up in Jerkass to date at the time, setting up an old friend to get killed by demons over a bank heist and thinking nothing of it afterward, to become that much more disturbing.
  • It Runs in The Family
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Somewhat in the beginning.
  • Mama Bear: She has her protective moments towards Wyatt, most notably in "Witch Wars":

"See what happens when you make a play for our baby?! Who wants to be next? What's a matter? Scared of me?" (shimmers into the demon bar) "Well, are you?! Are you?!"

Andy Trudeau

Andy Trudeau
Actor or Voice Actor T.W. King
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Agent Mulder: Even before the events of the series, Andy specialized in the more unusual cases and was up to speed on the occult. As Season 1 progressed, he gained more of a reputation in this regard. After learning the big secret, he even said that he always believed in something beyond this world.
  • Cop Boyfriend: For Prue.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: Was killed by a demon while trying to help the sisters. He could've been brought back due to a Groundhog Day Loop, but he convinced Prue while in the afterlife not to let it happen in order to stop the demon.
  • Killed Off for Real
  • The Other Darrin: the character was played by Chris Boyd in the original pilot.
  • Properly Paranoid: As more and more unsolved cases somehow involving a Halliwell piled up, Andy became this. After Andy learned the big secret, Prue learned he knew a lot more than he let on.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure
  • Secret Keeper: For a few episodes in Season 1.

Daryl Morris

Daryl Morris
Actor or Voice Actor Dorian Gregory
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Agent Mulder: An inversion. Even after learning the big secret, he still tries to solve rational cases and "be normal." However, his involvement in strange unsolved cases and his bringing in (what appear to be) psychic girls for consultation make him appear like this trope to his colleagues.
  • Agent Scully: Especially while partnered with Andy. He began to display a more open mind in Season 2 before learning the big secret.
  • Badass Normal
  • Butt Monkey: The shenanigans the sisters put the poor guy through...
  • Deadpan Snarker: Especially in the early seasons
  • Extreme Doormat: At least until he comes very close to being executed. After that, he rightly tells the sisters where to shove it.
  • Properly Paranoid: After Andy's death and before learning the secret himself, Daryl knew the sisters were hiding something. However, in a subversion, he didn't want to know the secret. He did, though, want to make use of their secret to help people when necessary.
  • Put on a Bus: The budget cuts in Season 8 led to Daryl being dropped altogether. "Run, Piper, Run" said he had moved back east with his family.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure
  • Secret Keeper: Early in Season 2 onward.

Dan Gordon

Dan Gordon
Actor or Voice Actor Greg Vaughan
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Jenny Gordon

Jenny Gordon
Actor or Voice Actor Karis-Paige Bryant
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Leo Wyatt

Leo Wyatt
Actor or Voice Actor Brian Krause
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Ascended Extra: Leo was a recurring character for the first season and half of the second. In "Pardon My Past," Krause was added to the main cast.
  • Beware the Nice Ones
  • Bodyguard Crush
  • Brought Down to Normal: Like Cole, this happens twice, and the second time is permanent.
  • Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: While certainly not stupid, his pacifistic leanings routinely kept him out of the fighting. The Elders and other Whitelighters also regularly "sold Leo short" (though this had more to do with his relationship with Piper). However, when the Titans slaughtered many Elders, it was Leo who stepped up, organizing ways to protect the survivors and giving the sisters godly powers to fight the Titans.
  • Earn Your Happy Ending: His entire relationship with Piper. Both endure obstacles at every turn, gut-wrenching heartache, being separated from each other several different times, constant threats against their children, and betrayals from those they thought they could trust. They never gave up, and they got to grow old together and see their children lead full lives.
  • Fan Service Pack
  • Healing Hands
  • Hot Dad: Season 5 onwards.
  • Hurting Hero: For a good part of Season 7, Chris' death and Gideon's betrayal cause Leo to become a darker, more pro-active demon slayer in order to protect his family. His anguish and methods put a further strain on his marriage, making this more difficult for everyone.
  • Immortal Life Is Cheap
  • Late Arrival Spoiler: When Leo first appeared, he seemed like any other handyman. The first hints of what he really was came half a season down the line in "Wicca Envy" and a full explanation a little later in "Secrets and Guys." Of course, every character bio notes he's a World War II veteran that ascended to Whitelighter status.
  • Locked Out of the Loop: For a while regarding Piper's pregnancy with Chris. To be fair, locking him out was easy since he and Piper alike didn't know it was POSSIBLE to get her knocked up in a dimension between life and death, and he had to hang with the Elders for a while immediately afterwards.
  • Man in White: As a Whitelighter.
  • The Medic
  • Mr. Fixit: Introduced as this.
    • Apparently, his Healing Hands extend to being able to repair burst pipes. Which is especially strange since it's underlined repeatedly that his healing power is triggered through love. So, Cargo Ship?
  • Mr. Fanservice
  • The One Guy
  • Omniglot: Leo can speak, understand and read every human language.
  • Only Sane Man: As the sisters' Whitelighter, Leo often had to play this role -- trying to guide them and ensure their emotions didn't affect their judgment.
  • Papa Wolf
  • Thrown Down a Well: In Season 8.
  • Took a Level in Badass: After he became an Elder, he started using lightning bolts.

Cole Turner / Belthazor

Cole Turner
Belthazor
Actor or Voice Actor Julian McMahon
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Paige Matthews

Paige Matthews
Actor or Voice Actor Rose McGowan
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Chris Perry

Chris Perry
Chris Perry Halliwell
Actor or Voice Actor Drew Fuller
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Billie Jenkins

Billie Jenkins
Actor or Voice Actor Kaley Cuoco
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Allies

Katrina/Kit

Katrina
Kit
Actor or Voice Actor Marita Geraghty
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The Elders

The Elders
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Penny "Grams" Halliwell

Penny "Grams" Halliwell
Actor or Voice Actor Jennifer Rhodes
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Bad Liar: Called out for this in "Charmed Again, Part 1" when she denies having a clue why the Source thinks the Charmed Ones can be reconstituted after Prue dies.

Piper: You know what, Grams? You were a lousy liar when you were alive, and now as a ghost, you're worse.

Patty Halliwell

Patty Halliwell
Actor or Voice Actor Finola Hughes
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Generation Xerox: In reverse. Just like how Grams dated a demon a la Phoebe and Cole, Patty fell in love and had an affair with Sam ( Paige's biological father), just like Piper and her Whitelighter.
  • Hot Mom
  • It Runs in The Family As with almost all witches on the show, Patty's power to seemingly stop time is derivative of her ancestor Melinda Warren. Her daughter Piper gains the power too.
  • Missing Mom: She got drowned to death while the sisters were children.
  • Proper Lady

Victor Bennett

Victor Bennett
Actor or Voice Actor Tony Denison, James Read
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A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Badass Normal: For a guy with no powers, he handles demons very well.
  • Cool Old Guy
  • Daddy Had a Good Reason For Abandoning You: Victor left the family shortly before Patty's death, causing degrees of resentment among Prue, Piper and Phoebe. However, Victor left due to severe disagreements with Patty and Grams over the sisters' magical heritage and claims that he could never protect them from demons.
  • Deadpan Snarker: He has this at times. Mostly when he deals with his dead mother-in-law.
  • Determinator: After being stabbed in the gut, he wills himself to jump down some stairs and throws the demon holding Piper hostage.
  • Indy Ploy: When the girls' maturity was regressed to teenagers and Penny wouldn't undo the spell and Victor wanted it undone, Victor told her to call Patty to break the tie figuring there was a good chance Patty would side with him. It worked.
  • Overprotective Dad
  • The Other Darrin: Was played by Tony Denison in his first appearance, but by James Read for all others.
  • Took a Level in Badass: While he was familiar with demons before the series started, as his appearances continued he became more calm around them and was always trusted to watch his grandsons when the need was there.

Villains

The Triad

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The Source of All Evil (Michael Bailey Smith, Ben Guillory, Peter Woodward, Julian McMahon, Debbi Morgan)

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Barbas the Demon of Fear (Billy Drago)

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The Seer (Debbi Morgan)

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The Stillman Sisters -- Mitzy (Jenny McCarthy), Mabel (Jennifer Sky) and Margo (Melody Perkins)

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Gideon (Gildart Jackson)

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Zankou (Oded Fehr)

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  • And I Must Scream: Disembodied and what's left essentially imprisoned for a very long time. When he was finally freed, he said he already knew about the Avatar threat and that the Source was dead. This meant he was fully aware and conscious during his imprisonment.
  • Bad Boss: He really doesn't like to be questioned, especially after a failure. He once vanquished a demon for essentially saying, "I told you so." He also gained a reputation for losing demons in his schemes -- some of which required said deaths to further his goals.
  • Batman Gambit: Zankou is all about this. Telling the Elders that Leo is an Avatar, convincing the sisters that the Avatars are a threat -- he knew what their actions would be and banked on it all so he can have his opportunity to seize control.
  • Big Bad: For Season 7.
  • Enemy Mine: After the Avatars changed the world, Zankou worked out an alliance with the sisters and Leo to return things to normal.
  • Eviler Than Thou: Seen by the Underworld as this to the Source. The Source actually imprisoned Zankou because he considered him too much of a threat.
  • Eucatastrophe: Easily the one that comes the closest of acquiring his goal. In fact, he did, he just didn’t have enough time to enjoy it.
    • Actually, there were others demons who accomplished their goals on the show, such as learning a truth or freeing their kind from their enemies, the same day they got vanquished as well. His was just the only one that was a real near-ultimate victory. Still very impressive, though.

Christy Jenkins (Marnette Patterson)

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Dumain (Anthony Cistaro)

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Others

Wyatt Halliwell (Jason and Kristopher Simmons (as a child), Wes Ramsey (as an adult))

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  • All Your Powers Combined
  • Big Brother Instinct: Even as a toddler he had this, when he wasn't being competitive for his parents' attention.
  • Big Good: In the future.
    • Big Bad: Unless he's this (in the original timeline).
  • Brainy Baby: After Wyatt was born, Paige designed a security system to alert the family to demons teleporting into the house. After only two such instances, Wyatt figured out the system was a way of getting attention, so he used his powers to set it off.
  • Cain and Abel: Evil future Wyatt and future Chris had this sort of dynamic going on, although neither seemed particularly willing to kill the other.
  • The Chosen One: He inherited Excalibur, of all things!
  • Cute Bruiser
  • Even Evil Has Loved Ones: When Chris is briefly brought back to his future, the evil Wyatt says that he would've killed anyone else for doing what he did. Wyatt even offers Chris forgiveness in exchange for his loyalty.
  • Generation Xerox
  • Give Him a Normal Life: A big concern of the sisters, especially Piper.
  • Goo-Goo Godlike
  • Lamarck Was Right
  • Meaningful Name: Wyatt Matthew Halliwell. His first and middle names come from Leo and Paige, respectively. Piper specifically chose these names because of their actions to protect him in "Baby's First Demon."
  • Reality Warper
  • Ret-Gone: The plot of one episode centers around Wyatt's inexplicable disappearance, not only from the Manor but also from the memories of his family. It turns out to be the work of the Cleaners after Wyatt endangered the Masquerade more than normal. It's all fixed at the end, of course.
  • Unskilled but Strong

Agent Kyle Brody (Kerr Smith)

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Avatars -- Alpha (Joel Swetow), Beta (Patrice Fisher), Gamma (Ian Anthony Dale)

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Drake dè Mon (Billy Zane)

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Henry Mitchell (Ivan Sergei)

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Coop (Victor Webster)

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