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A set of characters whom appear in the slightly altered/rewritten timeline throughout Season 4. Only characters who are substantially different, or play different roles compared to their prime timeline selves will be listed here.

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== Lincoln Lee ==

[[File:Dlincoln_7520.png|frame|"[[Fish Out of Water|Hey! Hey, you look a little freaked out. You wanna talk about it?]]"]]

 

''Portrayed by [[wikipedia:Seth Gabel|Seth Gabel]]''

 

A minor character in the original timeline, where his first experience with Fringe division was solving the case and mystery behind Dana Gray's apparent immortality. Despite his inexperience with dealing with the strangeness that Fringe Division deals with daily, he quickly demonstrated himself as a brilliant investigator and ally, establishing a close friendship with Peter.

** [[Badass Bookworm]]: The glasses certainly qualify him as one.

* [[The Comically Serious]]: Has shades of it. It's really played for laughs directed at him however - going into Fringe division, he believes it's best with a fully opened mind, which includes accepting all the strangeness with as little personal bias as possible.

'''Olivia''': ...That's Walter's name for the organism. }}

* [[The Determinator]]: Especially when it comes to investigating his partner's death.

* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]

* {{spoiler|[[Heroes Want Redheads]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Romantic Runner-Up]]: Looked like he was getting somewhere with Olivia, then some guy wiped out of the timeline comes roaring back into existence.}}

* [[Smart People Play Chess]]: He's Walter's favored chess opponent.

 

== Walter Bishop ==

[[File:Dwalter_9539.png|frame|"[[Crowning Moment of Funny|Tell Agent Broyles that science has no price tag!]]"]]

 

''Portrayed by [[wikipedia:John Noble|John Noble]]''

 

The brilliant scientist who once worked with William Bell, Walter has spent 17 years maximum security mental institution but now he works with Fringe Division. The death of his son (and the subsequent death of alternate Peter) has been eating away at him for decades, and he has now become something of a paranoid trainwreck who refuses to leave the safety of his Harvard lab.

Tropes associated with Walter:

* [[The Atoner]]

** 4x19. {{spoiler|He gets even ''more'' brain damage. And the he gets better... and arguably worse.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Shipper on Deck]]: Eventually.}}

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Harm Olivia {{spoiler|and he'll leave you sealed in amber with one hand less.}}

* [[Properly Paranoid]]: Seeing his dead son pop up from another timeline has freaked him the hell out. Because of his past mistakes and guilt, he utterly ''refuses'' to have ''anything'' to do with Peter.

* [[The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized]]

*cue {{spoiler|the entire Massive Dynamic building and the Observer and mooks inside disintegrating}}* }}

* [[Voice with an Internet Connection]]: He makes Astrid do all of the field analysis while he looks through a camera.

 

 

== Walter Bishop (B) ==

[[File:Dwalternate_5513.png|frame|"[[Mystery Magnet|Everything is not as it seems.]]"]]

 

''Portrayed by [[wikipedia:John Noble|John Noble]]''

 

The current Secretary of Defense, the alternate Walter Bishop is the direct head of Fringe Division. He has begrudgingly accepted cooperation between the two sides to fix the problems of their worlds, but he still seems to be keeping some secrets...

Tropes associated with Walternate:

* [[The Chessmaster]]

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: The way in which he exposes and disposes of {{spoiler|Brandon}} was downright ''efficient''.

* [[Consummate Liar]]: Peter was rather impressed by his ability to lie through his teeth to his ''wife''.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: He feels Peter is the only person he can trust because he is truly neutral, and as such, wants ''him'' to be the rope that binds the two universes against the new shapeshifters.

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]

 

== -SPOILER (male)- ==

[[File:Djones_212.png|frame|"[[Take Me to Your Leader]]."]]

 

''Portrayed by [[wikipedia:Jared Harris|Jared Harris]]''

 

Biological terrorist extraordinaire. Not much is known about him, except that he is the one behind the human based shapeshifters, and that he is slowly replacing high-clearance individuals with his copies.

Tropes associated with Jones:

* [[A God Am I]]: His goal is to be the god of an advanced race, the Fringe Agents presume.

* [[Body Horror]]: Oh, he's still a big fan of it - this time using a gas that ''melts people alive.'' But at the same time, is somewhat a victim of it. While still healing, his teleporation from Germany has left him quite scarred.

* [[Big Bad]]: Of Season 4.

 

== The Shapeshifter ==

 

''Portrayed by [[wikipedia:Michelle Krusiec|Michelle Krusiec]]''

 

A key agent of the new human-based shapeshifter force. Their agenda is unknown.

Tropes associated with the Shapeshifter:

* [[Badass]]

 

== Philip Broyles (B) ==

 

''Portrayed by [[wikipedia:Lance Reddick|Lance Reddick]]''

 

The head of Fringe division on the alternate side. {{spoiler|In exchange for curing his son, he acts as a mole for Jones.}}

Tropes associated with Broyles:

* {{spoiler|[[The Atoner]]}}

 

== Brandon Fayette (B) ==

[[File:Dbrandon_7047.png|frame|"[[The Mole|I shouldn't have to remind you that I am also a scientist.]]"]]

 

''Portrayed by Ryan McDonald''

 

The chief scientist of the Department of Defense. Or would be, if he wasn't replaced by a shapeshifter. Is rather quickly disposed of and dissected by Walternate.

Tropes associated with Brandon:

* [[The Mole]]

 

== Nina Sharp ==

[[File:Dnina_9848.png|frame|"[[Mysterious Past|Walter has said many things to me over the years, but "thank you" was never one of them.]]"]]

 

''Portrayed by [[wikipedia:Blair Brown|Blair Brown]]''

 

The CEO of Massive Dynamic following William Bell's death. She is close to Olivia, and has raised the Dunham sisters since they were children, but has a stormy relationship with Walter. She's keeping quite a few secrets from Olivia...

* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Walter ''strongly'' believes her to be this.

** {{spoiler|"Meana" (alternate Nina) is definitely this trope.}}

* [[Jerkass Facade]]: Treats Etta like crap in their first scene {{spoiler|despite the fact that Etta is all but her ''granddaughter.'' The moment they're on their own, she apologizes and points out that she can't hide her thoughts from the Observers like Etta can.}}

* [[Manipulative Bitch]]: Seems to be ''a lot'' more shady than her original incarnation, even from the first season. {{spoiler|Ultimately subverted.}}

* [[Mysterious Past]]: Walter ''strongly'' blames her for the death of alternate Peter in attempting to stop him from crossing over.

* [[Portal Cut]]: She lost her arm this way.

* {{spoiler|[[Red Herring]]: For a while, it was built up that she was working with Jones. Truth is, there were ''two'' Ninas the entire time.}}

 

== - SPOILER (female)- ==

[[File:meana001_902.png|frame|"[[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|She needs Peter Bishop. Apparently, she can't be activated unless he's present.]]"]]

 

''Portrayed by [[wikipedia:Blair Brown|Blair Brown]]''

 

Nina Sharp from the alternate universe. For some reason, she has allied herself with David Robert Jones with the goal of activating Olivia's unique abilities, pretending to be the real Nina who was kidnapped by Jones. They succeeded, but at the cost of pretty much all of their men and one of their hideouts.

 

== - EVEN BIGGER SPOILER (male) - ==

[[File:badbellie001_295.png|frame|"[[The Chessmaster|Don't confuse a winning move...with a winning game.]]"]]

 

''Portrayed by [[wikipedia:Leonard Nimoy|Leonard Nimoy]]''

 

Walter's old partner. He was thought to have died seven years ago of Lymphoma (or rather, ''chose'' to die in a car crash instead), but is revealed to be very much alive, and in charge. David Robert Jones is revealed to be truly working for him in an effort to collapse the two universes to create a new one. ...Or so he thought. Knowing William, he has has something bigger in store. He also bears an interesting connection to '''The Man In The X T-Shirt'''...

* [[Big Bad Friend]]

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Quite literally. He compares his schemes, and all of the people involved to a game of chess.

* [[Cult]]: Has his own cult dedicated to creating a new and superior species through guided evolution and mutation by design. [[Thirty Xanatos Pileup|Just one of his schemes]].

* [[Diabolical Mastermind]]

** {{spoiler|Interestingly, his nanites bear the same marking as the one The Man In The X T-Shirt wears...[[Department of Redundancy Department|on his t-shirt]].}}

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]

* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]

* [[Thirty Xanatos Pileup]]: Has several schemes executed near simultaneously: Dosing Olivia with cortexiphan, infecting people with nanites, hijacking satelites, breeding a mutant army, collapsing two universes together, etc etc... It probably doesn't even come close to ending here.

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Almonds.