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** And again in ''The Old Gods and the New:''
{{quote| '''Tywin:''' ''(to Amory Lorch)'' My ''cupbearer'' can read better than you.}}
* [[Dragon -in -Chief]]: Hierarchically, Joffery is about as close to a [[Big Bad]] as the show currently has (outside of the [[Bigger Bad|White Walkers]]), but since Tywin is out in the field acting as a military surrogate for Joffrey, many people (both in-universe and in real life) view him as a [[Big Bad]] figure.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: [[Playing With Tropes|Played with.]] See [[Pragmatic Villainy]]. He isn't disgusted by the torture, but by the waste of resources.
* [[Evil Genius]]: At least when compared to the [[Stupid Evil|dumb scumbags]] that [[Surrounded By Idiots|make up his ranks]].
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* [[Pulling the Thread]]: He casually begins picking apart Arya's deception over time, noting small things like addressing him as "my lord" instead of "milord" to figure out that she's actually nobleborn instead of a commoner like she's pretending. However, he seems more amused by how clever Arya is than upset at the deception.
* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: He tells Arya that she reminds him of Cersei when he was young, and something in his voice makes it sound like he regrets how things went. <ref>He and Cersei were originally quite close, but a series of events including Tywin failing to get her married to Rhaegar Targaryen and instead marrying her to Robert strained their relationship to the point it's at now</ref>
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]:
** Implied to be a philosophy of his in particular and Lannisters in general.
** He does seem to have two unbreakable principles that he's cracked into the skulls of his children and the entire Seven Kingdoms: "A Lannister never breaks his word" and "A Lannister always pays his debts." Of course, he rarely needs to give his word or get into debt in the first place [[False Reassurance|(Note that those two can easily be given a more sinister spirit)]].
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** His reaction to {{spoiler|Lorch's death}} is less "Guard! There's an assassin loose in the castle!" and more "Guard! Ugh, now I have to replace this moron...."
* [[Underestimating Badassery]]: He totally underestimates Robb's skill as a commander. He wises up after a while.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: The Kingslayer himself turns into a little boy in his father's presence. Tyrion doesn't fare much better.
{{quote| '''Tywin''': ''[to [[Deadpan Snarker|Jaime]]]'' You going to say something clever? Go on, say something clever.}}
* [[Why Couldn't You Be Different?]]: Tywin is highly resentful at Tyrion for his malformations (which caused Tywin's wife to die giving birth). What's worse (from his point of view) is that Jaime can't inherit the titles and lands of House Lannister due to being a sworn brother of the Kingsguard.
 
== Queen Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) ==
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* [[The Alcoholic]]: Season two sees an increasing number of scenes where she has a cup close to hand. During the attack of Stannis Baratheon on King's Landing, she's pretty much drunk throughout.
* [[Analogy Backfire]]: When Ned confronts her on her incestuous relationship with Jaime she responds that the Targaryens did the same thing for centuries. The same Targaryens that produced the "Mad King" Aerys... even more of a backfire when Joffrey turns out to be more like Aerys than anyone thought. She even directly [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this in the second season when she confesses to Tyrion how sad she is that Joffrey turned out like he did.
* [[Anti -Villain]]: Type I, in contrast with the books.
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: With Robert. She initially saw it as a [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]] up until Robert called her by his late betrothed's name on their wedding night.
* {{spoiler|[[Better to Die Than Be Killed]]}}: In "Blackwater" {{spoiler|she obtains nightshade from Master Pycelle and angrily retorts that she knows what 10 drops of it does (kill you) and also has Ilyn stand guard over the women taking shelter for the purposes of killing them if the Red Keep is breached. And at the climax of the battle she opts to sit on the Iron Throne with Tommen and is just about to give them both poison when her father bursts in}}.
* [[Blondes Are Evil]]
* [[Brother -Sister Incest]]
* [[Corrupt Politician]]: "When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die."
* [[Domestic Abuse]]
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* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Her hatred for Robert stems from him using her as a [[Replacement Goldfish]] for Lyanna.
* [[God Save Us From the Queen]]: She is ''not'' a pleasant person and is grooming Joffrey to follow in her footsteps. In "You Win or You Die," she fully metamorphoses into this trope when she orchestrates a [[Hunting Accident]] for Robert. Tyrion initially assumes it was her who gave the order for the purge of Robert's bastard children, and she doesn't admit that it was something Joffrey ''really'' shouldn't have done.
* [[Heel Realization]]: It's begun to dawn on her as of "A Man Without Honor" that [[My Beloved Smother|doing everything in her power to protect and prop up Joffrey]] isn't such a good idea any more. She more-or-less admits to Tyrion that [[Create Your Own Villain|she made him a monster]], figuratively, and [[Brother -Sister Incest|literally]], and the guilt is starting to eat away at her.
* [[Hot Mom]]
* [[Hypocrite]]: How dare you promise my baby Myrcella to some unhappy [[Arranged Marriage]] like mine and Robert's - oh, I almost forgot, let's poke [[The Woobie|Sansa]] again about beheading more of her family members before her wedding to my monstrous son.
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* [[Manly Tears]]: A cold, manipulative bitch like Cersei, only cries when she's trying to get something. But when she ''genuinely'' cries when she realises what her son [[Complete Monster|had become]], it almost causes to the viewer feels sorry for her.
* [[Manipulative Bitch]]
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: As Joffrey rises to ever new heights of cruelty and perversion, she finally acknowledges that having three inbred children with her twin brother ''wasn't'' such a great idea - considering what it did to the Targaryens - to say nothing of putting the most unstable of them on the Iron Throne itself. She breaks down in tears from the sheer knowledge that the son she loves (despite everything) is a psychopath.
* [[Not So Different]]: Not explicitly pointed out in-universe, but Cersei doesn't look quite so morally superior to her philandering husband when we find out that she doesn't love Jaime enough to not quite literally get in bed with Lancel when he's captured by the Starks. So much for their pure Targaryen-esque love. In the second season, she proves to be as much of a bad ruler as he was, if not more so, and rapidly develops a similar fondness for drowning her sorrows in wine.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: She convinces Joffrey to do something nice for Sansa during "Lord Snow," referencing her own unhappy arranged marriage. Also, on the event of Sansa's first menses, she counsels her on how best to survive a marriage to Joffrey.
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* [[Villainous Incest]]: With Jaime.
* [[Women Are Wiser]]: Certainly wiser than Robert and not as impulsive as Jaime. Then [[Not So Above It All|she makes a lot of mistakes once she ''thinks'' she has become the power behind the throne]].
* [[What an Idiot!]]: Paradoxically enough, this is also in effect. Cersei shows herself in several instances to be a terrible ruler and often makes mistakes out of spite or carelessness. Apparently, she cares nothing about public sentiment and doesn't realize that throwing people out of her city will draw their ire and how the ire of the mob is dangerous for kings and queens. Her understanding on the actual military threats posed by Stannis Baratheon and Robb Stark is likewise tenious at best. Of course, a lot of these may be due to her rapidly becoming a not very functioning [[The Alcoholic|addict]].
{{quote| '''Tyrion''': ''Listen to me, 'queen regent'. You're in danger of losing the people.''<br />
'''Cersei''': ''The people? Heh. You think I care?''<br />
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* [[The Ace]]: Generally considered to be the greatest swordsman in Westeros. This statement isn't ''entirely'' accurate, given how he struggled against Eddard Stark (add to that how Stark really had the better of their fight) and also given Ser Barristan's reputation; but Jaime's still in the top 10.
* [[Affably Evil]]: It's kind of hard to remember to hate the guy when he's joking with Tyrion or trading war stories with Jory Cassel. And then he brutally stabs the latter through the eye. Quite the turnaround to further remind the audience of the "evil" part.
* [[Anti -Villain]]: Unlike in the novels, where he {{spoiler|seems like a monster for the first two books until he gets a [[Sympathetic POV]] in the third}}, the series is setting up some of his sympathetic traits earlier on and giving him more screen time.
** Completely and utterly averted on the second season, where he is even more despicable.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Toward Tyrion.
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* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]
* [[Break the Haughty]]: This trend began for him after the fight with Eddard Stark. After which, he gets berated by his father and defeated in the field by Robb. Now he's a prisoner and is noticeably disheveled. Generally, he's in far less control of the situation than he was at the beginning of the series. Despite this, he remains as much of an arrogant [[Deadpan Snarker]] as ever, and if anything he seems ''more'' haughty and insulting than before, though this might be some sort of defense mechanism to make himself feel better about his pathetic circumstances.
* [[Brother -Sister Incest]]
* [[Crippling Overspecialization]]: Jaime is good at single combat, and relatively poor at everything else. Oh and insults, though that appears to be a shared Lannister trait.
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: Why Ned doesn't trust him since he killed King Aerys even though he was supposed to protect the King.
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* [[Hot Dad]]: He is the biological father of Joffrey, Tommen, and Myrcella.
* [[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Brother]]: Has been captured by the Starks, who plan to use him as a hostage against Cersei.
* [[In -Series Nickname]]: The Kingslayer. More or less [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]--he assassinated Aerys, the last Targaryen King, which put Robert on the throne. However, it also gave him a really bad reputation because he was a member of the [[Praetorian Guard|Kingsguard]], who were supposed to ''defend'' the king with their lives. This has made the people see him as [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|a man who will quickly change his loyalty when it suits him]].
* [[Jerkass]]: Consistently arrogant, and has a knack for causing the audience to want to see him killed. Not necessarily all that far from being completely unsympathetic, although he is saved from this by having [[Even Evil Has Standards|''some'' standards.]]
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Throwing Bran out of a tower window, obviously. {{spoiler|Also, developing a quick rapport with his cousin Alton, who greatly admires him, only to kill him in order to escape imprisonment.}}
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** Of note is when he blackmails {{spoiler|Lancel}} into becoming his mole. There's no indication that he even ''planned'' it. {{spoiler|Lancel}} shows up at his door, and in the middle of the subsequent conversation, Tyrion just seems to decide "I need a mole. You fit.''(blackmail ensues)''"
** Pulls of a masterful one against Cersei in "The Prince of Winterfell", when {{spoiler|she tells him that she's captured his whore, and then brings her out so Tyrion can see she's really alive. Thing is, it's actually Ros, not Shae, but Tyrion plays along and pretends she really is the one he loves, keeping Cersei ignorant about Shae}}. You can actually see the wheels turning in his head as he figures out how to play this.
* [[In -Series Nickname]]: Often referred to insultingly as "The Imp" and "Halfman," not that he's all that [[Appropriated Appellation|insulted]]. His Hillman allies even take Half-Man as a ''battlecry'' as do the Kings-guard during the ''Battle of Blackwater''.
** The one nickname he's seemed actually bothered by is when a protestor in the street refers to him as a "demon monkey" and only because he's blamed for the King's atrocities.
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: He's [[Jade -Colored Glasses|cynical]], sarcastic, crude, drunk, and a lover of whores, but he is also one of the kindest characters in the series. Witness his interactions with his niece Myrcella and nephew Tommen, Jon Snow, Bran Stark, and Sansa Stark.
{{quote| '''Tyrion:''' I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples, bastards, and broken things.}}
* [[Kid With the Leash]]: Essentially how Tywin views his relationship with the wildling clans.
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** During "The Old Gods And The New" he not only gets away with calling Joffery an idiot to his face, he then ''slaps'' him again (while he's ''king'') and then waves his hand in front of Joffery, saying "And now I've struck a king! Did my hand fall from my wrist?"
* [[Rousing Speech]]: Both times he is forced to go into battle.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: [[Not So Different|Like father, like son]]. His go-to solution in problematic situations is to attempt to buy his way out. However, his particular skill is offering money in a charismatic and [[Refuge in Audacity|audacious way]], which allows him to win the loyalty of those he pays off.
* [[The Strategist]]
* [[Talking the Monster To Death]]: His favorite tactic. When he's put on trial, he delivered a [[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilarious monologue]], which made the nobles of the Eyrie more sympathetic to him and convinced Bronn to come over to his side. His talking also keeps him from being killed by Shagga, and gets him faithful soldiers too.
* [[The Unfavourite]]: "All dwarves are bastards in their father's eyes."
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Tyrion's expression when Tywin told him he's sending him to King's Landing as his substitute 'cause "You're my son." is heartbreaking.<ref>He's furious with Tywin instead, assuming this means that Tywin is giving Jaime up for dead and is making Tyrion his [[Replacement Goldfish]].</ref>
* [[White Sheep]]/[[Token Good Teammate]]: To the Lannister family. Peter Dinklage described him as the "Good Bad Guy" or the "Bad Good Guy."
* [[Win the Crowd]]: Tyrion tries this at the Eyrie to put pressure on Lysa.
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* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: In "Fire and Blood" Kevan was willing to make peace with the Starks since the Lannisters only went to war with the Starks and Tullys because Catelyn humiliated Tywin by kidnapping Tyrion, which pales in comparison to their bigger problem of Robert's brothers challenging Joffrey's claim to the throne. As Tyrion explains, the peace deal would have worked if Joffrey hadn't killed Ned, destroying any chance of Robb stopping his war efforts.
** In season 2 he advises Tywin to tell Joffrey and Cersei to flee King's Landing before Stannis attacks, and regroup at Casterly Rock. Tywin completely rejects this idea, and while it would be politically disastrous for the Lannister family if they fled, it is clear that his refusal is largely because of his own pride.
* [[Sibling Yin -Yang]]: Is far nicer than his brother, as demonstrated by his relief in seeing Tyrion back safe and sound in "The Pointy End" - a stark contrast to Tywin's own reaction.
 
== (Ser) Lancel Lannister (Eugene Simon) ==
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* [[Kissing Cousins]]: With Cersei.
* [[The Mole]]: {{spoiler|Becomes Tyrion's to spy on Cersei after he threatens to reveal Lancel's affair with Cersei to Joffrey.}}
* [[Non -Action Guy]]: Changes in the battle of the Blackwater, where he fights though he's clearly scared shitless, and later works to get Joffrey to safety.
* [[Pretty Boy]]
* [[Replacement Goldfish|Replacement Sibling]]: While Jaime is at war and later captured by the Starks Lancel and Cersei become quite close. [[Kissing Cousins|Incest and all.]] <ref>Lancel is said to resemble a young Jaime, accounting for Cersei's choice of bed-warmer.</ref>
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: "What's our next move?" Oh, Lancel, it's so cute how you think that you and Cersei are partners in crime. I'm so sure she's sleeping with you for your ''brains''.
* [[Snipe Hunt]]: Robert likes to send him on these. "Go fetch the breastplate stretcher!"
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Despite being dragged into the fight by the Hound, he holds his own in battle during ''Blackwater'', retreating only after he takes an arrow wound. He even stands up to Cersei, though the aforementioned arrow wound makes it rather easy for her to put him in his place.
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* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Of Jaime.
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Partly substituting Cleos Frey, to avoid spending time explaining his connection to the Lannisters. {{spoiler|Although Cleos didn't get killed by Jaime.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Et Tu, Brute?]]: Killed by Jaime after telling him he's his number one fan and that he would do anything to help him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Mauve Shirt]]}}
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* [[The Evil Prince]]: Can you believe this is a ''subversion''? He's a prince, he's evil, but he has nothing to do with his predecessor's death. In fact, Joffrey's sitting next to Robert's deathbed, who he considers his real father, is the character's one starkly single good act done in the show so far.
* [[Foil]]: To Gendry. Gendry's poor, hardworking, clever, brave, kind, and Robert's son. Joffrey's not.
* [[Hair -Trigger Temper]]: Starts shouting for people to be killed the second they say something that he doesn't like. When he gets hit with a flung cow patty in "The Old Gods And The New" he flips out and orders the entire crowd executed. This....''backfires'' rather spectacularly.
* [[He -Man Woman Hater]]
* [[Hypocrite]]: Responds with scorn when Tommen cries while Myrcella is being sent away, while conveniently forgetting that he was on the verge of tears when King Robert was on his deathbed, and that Arya and Nymeria forced him to tears when the former kicked his ass and the latter bit his arm.
* [[I Call Her "Vera"]]: His sword ''Hearteater''. He boasts that once Stannis attacks King's Landing, he'll cut him a smile with it and even forces Sansa to kiss the blade for luck. Naturally, it never gets drawn during the battle.
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Draco in Leather Pants|Joffrey in Leather Breeches]]: For Sansa, in Season One. Mind you, she wakes up to what sort of person he is once he has her father executed.
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** It's worth noting how [[Irony|remarkably similar]] this is to [[The Caligula|Aerys II's]] own [[Madness Mantra]]: ''"Burn them all."''
** Tyrion lampshades this In-Universe as well, noting how incest has created ''another'' Aerys.
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: While Joffrey is a jerk, his actor, Jack Gleeson, is a nice, humble kid as seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HPcJ6RAxPg in this interview].
** George RR Martin sent him a letter after the first season ended: "Congratulations on your first season of television. ''Everyone hates you.''"
** It can get pretty funny how protective of Gleeson everyone involved with the show can get in interviews, because Joffrey's such a detestable character that they really are concerned that his association with the role will haunt him for his whole life.
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* [[Wimp Fight]]: "You let a little girl disarm you?"
** When Sansa makes a threatening comment, he takes a step backwards. He retreats after a comment, made by someone who acted like an obedient puppy throughout the season.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: A tragic and twisted example in that many of the atrocities he commits are actually done in a misguided attempt to gain his father's love and respect. Attempting to act tough and manly and instead actually being monstrous in trying to live up to Robert's standards.
* [[Would Not Hit a Girl]]: Subverted in a way. He doesn't do it himself, because that wouldn't be kingly. [[Loophole Abuse|So he has his bodyguard Ser Meryn do it for him]].
* [[You Need to Get Laid]]: Bronn persuades Tyrion to do this for him by sending two prostitutes to his chamber, hoping that it might reduce his frustrations a bit. Unfortunately, they did not factor in that Joffrey's idea of sexual stimulation was similar to the same brutality he enacts on people in day-to-day affairs.
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* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]]: His facial burns are much less extensive and gruesome than they are described in the book series. Apparently the actor couldn't see out of a truer-to-the-book prosthetic, which would naturally be rather important when filming swordfights.
** The prosthetics themselves are actually rather gruesome, it's just that the camera rarely focuses on them and his hair blocks a good bit of it. Rather fittingly his scars get more focus in "Blackwater".
* [[Anti -Villain]]
* [[Badass]]: Goes toe-to-toe with his giant, [[Ax Crazy]] brother Ser Gregor and at the "Battle of Blackwater" quite literally cleaves men in half.
* [[Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work]]: The Hound's massive, [[Ax Crazy]] brother [[Black Knight|Ser Gregor]] attacks [[Knight in Shining Armor|Ser Loras]] after losing a joust to him. Sandor jumps in and blocks the blow because he hates his brother, not because he cares about Ser Loras.
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* [[BFS]]: Carries one of these, though only uses it in specific circumstance, such as open battle, or against his brother, who uses an even bigger one. He has a short sword for quick draw.
* [[Blood Knight]]: Insists that "killing's the sweetest thing there is". And he further goes on to say that everyone who has ever done it loves it on some level.
* [[The Brute]]: To Prince Joffrey, on the way of becoming [[The Dragon]]. {{spoiler|However, his [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]] at the Battle of Blackwater will have put an end to this.}}
* [[Cain and Abel]]: Abel to Gregor's Cain. Gregor burning his face seems to be only the tip of the iceberg between them and he's more than willing to "defend" Ser Loras.
* [[The Champion]]: Is ''supposed'' to serve as one to Joffrey.
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** He's somewhat tender to Sansa, after Joffrey shows her her father's head and has her beaten up.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: It's not exactly used to justify his behavior, but Littlefinger does tell Sansa that the Hound's scars come from his brother pushing his face into a fire when he was eight years old because he played with one of Gregor's toys.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: His horribly disfigured face can be... off-putting to say the least.
{{quote| '''Sandor(to Sansa):''' ''Look at me!'' Stannis is a killer. The Lannisters are killers. Your father was a killer. Your brother is a killer. Your sons will be killers some day. The world is built by killers, so you better get used to looking at them.}}
* [[I Will Protect Her]]: With Sansa. He genuinely despises the abuse she goes through, saves her from an {{spoiler|[[Attempted Rape]]}} and clearly states he's going to protect her from Joffrey when they'll eventually marry.
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* [[The Rival]]: Him and Bronn have a lot in common, as he points out. He'd also rather like to rip Bronn's head off for no other reason than Bronn working for Tyrion and being a bit grating on the nerves.
* [[Scarily Competent Tracker]]: They call him "The Hound" for a reason. He's an expert at locating and tracking people. He's even able to {{spoiler|find and rescue Sansa in the middle of a riot in King's landing.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: At the Battle of Blackwater.}}
{{quote| {{spoiler|"Fuck the Kingsguard. Fuck the city. ''[[Take That Scrappy|Fuck the king]]''."}}}}
* [[The Stoic]]: The most emotion you get out of Sandor comes from brief flickers of expression on his face.
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: A particularly brutal example. Sandor rarely shows any emotion while slaughtering people. When he {{spoiler|rescues Sansa from would-be rapists}} he does so with a grim, emotionless expression while ruthlessly gutting the criminals.
* [[Two Faced]]
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Fire?]] Due to how he got his own burns, he is uncharacteristically unnerved by the sight of wildfire during "Blackwater". Visibly shaken he then threatens the man leading the fire arrow volleys that he'll strangle him with ''his own entrails'' should any land near him. The final straw however is when he sees a man burning alive charging toward him. It causes him to freeze up, quit from the battlefield and [[I Need a Freaking Drink|demand a strong drink]].
** {{spoiler|Probably also the reason why, when its demanded to return to the defence, he tells the King's Guard and Joffrey to ''go fuck themselves''.}}
 
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* [[Cain and Abel]]: Cain to Sandor's Abel. Apart from being the source of Sandor's burns, the two of them appeared quite willing to fight to the death in full view of the court for very little reason.
* [[The Dragon]]: To the Lannisters.
* [[The Dreaded]]: Feared for his cruelty, especially since he's currently [[Rape, Pillage and Burn|leading a band of psychopaths through the Riverlands]].
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: His first joust and of course, "'''Sword!'''"
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]
* [[Giant Mook]]
* [[Hair -Trigger Temper]]: See [[Ax Crazy]] above.
* [[In -Series Nickname]]: "[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|The Mountain]]."
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Beheading his own horse after he [[You Have Failed Me|loses a joust]].
* [[Mook Lieutenant]]: Reinforced in Season 2, where he wears the usual Lannister soldier garb.
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Tywin Lannister is his "employer" and unleashes him on the peasantry of those who he feels have harmed the Lannisters.
* [[Rape, Pillage and Burn]]: Seems to be his day job, when he's not "accidentally" killing people in tourneys.
* [[The Red Baron]]
* [[Shoulders of Doom]]: Gregor's armour looks ''awesome''. Alas, he does not have it in the second season, apparently wearing standard Lannister guard gear.
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** [[Master Swordsman]]
* [[Badass]]: He talks the talk when he walks right up to a pissed off Sandor, still smiling. He ''definitely'' walks it during Blackwater.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: During the battle of Blackwater, he shows up just in the nick of time to save The Hound when the latter {{spoiler|[[Shell -Shocked Veteran|freezes up at the sight of a man being burned alive]].}}
* [[Brutal Honesty]]
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: In ''Blackwater'', former pop singer Jerome Flynn gets to make use of his lovely singing voice.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Seems to have much the same sense of humor as Tyrion.
* [[The Dragon]]: Tyrion's.
* [[Dual -Wielding]]: Wields both his longsword and kukri-like dagger when he and Tyrion are accosted by the mountain clans.
* [[Duel to The Death]]: When he decides to champion Tyrion.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards|Even Antivillainy Has Standards:]] With regard to Joffrey.
{{quote| '''Bronn:''' There's no cure for being a cunt.}}
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Bronn is actually quite the talented singer.
* [[I Am X, Son of Y]]: He's not really in to that whole "Who's your daddy" thing.
{{quote| '''Tyrion''': And here we have Bronn, son of...<br />
'''Bronn''': You wouldn't know him. }}
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* [[Ninja Maid]]: She chases down and [[You Didn't See That|threatens another handmaiden at knife-point]] to protect Sansa.
* [[Stripperific]]
* [[What the Hell Is That Accent?]]: An in-universe example - Shae's accent is clearly out of place in English-accented Westeros. Lampshaded when Tyrion asks and she simply responds, "[[MathematiciansMathematician's Answer|Foreign]]."
** In "Blackwater", Cersei pegs her accent as Lorathi. This seems to be a combination of a joke/ fantasy [[Accent Adaptation]], in that Jaqen is supposed to be from Lorath, and is played by fellow German Tom Wlaschiha.
 
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* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Saves Tyrion in "Blackwater" {{spoiler|from being killed by Ser Mandon Moore of the Kingsguard.}}
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: {{spoiler|Kills Ser Mandon by driving a spear through the back of his skull.}}
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Completely cut from season 1. In season 2 he hardly speaks and is pretty much part of the furniture, although often remarked upon as "odd." Then comes "Blackwater."
* [[The Quiet One]]
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