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* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: With Monroe in "Last Grimm Standing".

* [[Badass]]

* [[Hot-Blooded]]: To an extent; In "Last Grimm Standing", after knocking out Dimitri, he shouts "Bring it on!" to the Lowen as they and the audience surround the cage to attack.

* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: Subverted, he's been known to use maces, clubs and crossbows in addition to his gun but has yet to use a sword. Perhaps justified since crossbows are like guns and maces and clubs would be like a baton or night stick. Bladed weapons aren't used by police.

* [[Last of His Kind]]: Subverted. He's just the last of his family but there are other Grimms.

** {{spoiler|Subverted even further, as we learn that his mom is still alive.}}

* [[Nerves of Steel]]: Has yet to seriously loose his cool and is basically never flustered or indecisive.

* [[Nice Guy]]: Especially compared to [[Van Helsing Hate Crimes|some]] [[He Who Fights Monsters|other]] [[Knight Templar|Grimms]]. Even after knowing Nick for a while, Monroe still seems more surprised by Nick's relative even hand than the deeds of Nick's ancestors.

* [[True Sight]]: As a Grimm, he can see through the [[Invisible to Normals|illusion]] hiding monsters' true forms.

* [[The Watson]]: Has to have a lot of stuff about wesen explained to him, but he’s slowly catching on. By around "Cat and Mouse", it's implied he's been studying and reading heavily about wesen society and history to where he can carry light casual wesen-related conversations with Monroe and Rosalee.

* [[You Have to Believe Me]]: For the most part, Averted--Nick is well aware that most people not already aware of Grimms and Wesen would probably think he was insane if he tried to tell them, so he instead lies about or feigns ignorance of the supernatural side of things. {{spoiler|When he does have to tell Juliette, he plays this trope straight, taking her to the trailer full of books and weapons and then trying to tell her far too much too fast, so that in his eagerness to open up to her, he comes across as a babbling loon. Understandably, she thinks he needs professional help.}}

 

* [[Badass Normal]]

* [[Black Best Friend]]

* [[Cowboy Cop]]: In "Game Ogre". It also extends further into his history as the ogre of the episode went after Hank because Hank 'lost' evidence in order to convict said ogre. Granted, the ogre was still a bad guy but...

** Also, the evidence he lost had actually been placed by the ogre as a false trail.

* [[Dating Catwoman]]: Had a drink with Adalind in one episode. As it turns out, this has been developed offscreen and Hank, being the gentleman he is, declines because he wouldn't want to take advantage of the situation (i.e. he saved her life). Then again, the encounter with Adalind wasn't a coincidence and so Renard and Adalind take steps towards forcing the issue, prompting Adalind to sneak him a mind-controlling love potion.

* [[Muggle Best Friend]]

* [[Weirdness Censor]]: He generally accepts that there must be a mundane explanation despite things like suspects' fingers growing back, but he's still noticing how there are more and more strange cases popping up in Portland.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: He does ''not'' like rats.

 

* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Almost goes into this territory in "Cat and Mouse" when Rosalee is in danger. They're not even dating, god help everyone should we see this guy in full blown love.

* [[The Atoner]]: He has done some very "Big Bad Wolf" things in his past and isn't proud of them now and seeks to be a better man than he was.

* [[Mr. Exposition]]: To Nick. "What am I, [[Lampshade Hanging|your personal Grimmo]][[That Other Wiki|pedia?]]"

* [[Neutral No Longer]]: After his beating in "Of Mouse and Man" Monroe is no longer reluctant in helping Nick with his cases despite it conflicting with the status quo. As he says, "I'm not much of a status quo guy anyway."

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Apparently another cat-wesen stole his high school girlfriend only to knock her up and cut her face when she dumped him. The cops never found the guy, but "someone did."

* [[Submissive Badass]]: He tries to avoid physical conflict as best he can. That doesn't take away the fact that he is strong enough to tear your arm clean off.

* [[Wolf Man]]

 

* [[Action Survivor]]: She got her moment of this in "Game Ogre."

* [[Badass Damsel]]: Proves her self to be one in "Plumed Serpent"

* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]

* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: “Island Of Dreams” is said to be the first time she’s ever shot a gun, and yet she dead eye’s it at first shot, then just to prove that wasn't a fluke, gets a perfect grouping around that first shot.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Nick's [[Love Interest]], whom he has been told he must leave for her own safety, is named a variation on "Juliet". [[Sarcasm Mode|Subtle]].

* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Seems to be getting a bit of depth as the season progresses (after her encounter with the Ogre, she starts getting more solo screentime and is quite proactive in trying to figure out who's stalking her and Nick).

* [[Women Are Wiser]]: Subverted. Juliette's most obvious character trait is how calm, rational and well-adjusted she is... but for the most part Nick [[Nerves of Steel|is]] [[Nice Guy|the]] [[Good Is Not Soft|same way]]. This makes Nick and Juliette potentially the most stable and non-dramatic relationship on television.

 

* [[Badass]]

* [[Bald Woman]]: [[Justified Trope|Because she's dying of cancer]].

* {{spoiler|[[Capulet Counterpart]] }} If the Steinadler in "Three Coins In A Fucshbau" was telling the truth, then she was {{spoiler|engaged to a Wesen at one point}}

* [[Cool Old Lady]]

* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]

* [[Killed Off for Real]]

* [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]]

 

* [[Affably Evil]]: Despite the fact that Woosley has a gun to his head, Renard is quite cordial with him. This is one of several examples of him being a stern but fair figure.

* [[A Father to His Men]]: His actions so far show that he genuinely cares for the well being of his men, Nick particularly. This last fact has made him no friends among the creature organization he belongs to.

* [[Warrior Prince]]

 

* [[Asian and Nerdy]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]].

'''Wu''': Of course I can; I'm Asian. }}

* [[Body Horror]]: He suffers from this HARD in “Island Of Dreams” thanks to eating an evil witch cookie not meant for him. Unlike other examples of this where the victim is cured, [[Hollywood Healing]] is not in play. Not only does he have to sleep off the trauma, but he also has a mess of open sores on his face from it. {{spoiler|And for the next two episodes he is eating anything he gets his hands on, from his carpet, couch foam, to paperclips and chap-stick.}}

** [[Horror Hunger]]

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: At the end of Danse Macabre:

'''Sgt. Wu:''' Somebody had to. }}

* [[Squick]]: First the boils on his face, then ''Eating His Carpet''. And then he eats everything else he gets his hands on, from chap-stick to loose change.

 

* [[Amoral Attorney]]: Along with a number of other Hexenbiests.

* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]

* [[The Dragon]]: To Captain Renard.

** {{spoiler|Seems like this at first but is really just [[The Dark Chick]]. Her mother is Renard's actual dragon.}}

* [[Eyeless Face]]

* [[Idiot Ball]]: Adalind knew just as well as any Hexenbiest that {{spoiler|drinking a Grimm's blood would remove her powers}}. She's still directly responsible for it happening.

* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Lace some cookies {{spoiler|with your blood}} to give to Hank {{spoiler|to make him obsessed about you?}} Once Nick got through with you, {{spoiler|he makes you ingest his blood and your Hexenbiest half dies.}}

* [[Save the Villain]]: Played with. Nick is bound by being a police officer to protect her. As a Grimm, he would like to see her die for trying to kill Marie.

* [[Smug Snake]]:

''Renard'': Because he's smarter than you. }}

* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: {{spoiler|Though Renard dumps her rather than killing her.}}

 

A fuchsbau who first appears in "Island of Dreams" after her brother Freddy is killed, and takes over his apothecary. She ends up helping save Sgt. Wu's life after he eats special cookies intended to make Hank fall in love with Adalind. Rosalee and Monroe are obviously developing a romantic relationship, albeit quietly.

* [[Badass Damsel]]: When her brother's murderers return to get their score not only was she able to injure one of them but she was also able to lock them up in the apothecary before running away. Likewise, in "Cat and Mouse" when she's grabbed from behind, she elbows her attacker and throws him to the ground to buy time to run to safety.

* [[Nerves of Steel]]

* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: In "Cat and Mouse", the Verrat assassin gives her a speech about why he's necessary, and there's no such thing as revolution and the oppressed always become the oppressors. Then he says she didn't understand anything he was saying.

* [[The Smart Guy]]: To Nick's [[The Hero|Hero]] and Monroe's [[The Lancer|Lancer]].

* [[The Stoic]]

* [[When She Smiles]]

 

A hapless eisbiber who was fixing Nick's fridge when he found out that Nick was a Grimm. Subsequently, he's been a source of comic relief (for us, the viewers) and frustration in Nick's life. The latter because he's hilariously misinterpreting the situation and the former because he shows up at very awkward times trying to be very, very nice so that Nick doesn't kill him (or so he thinks).

 

* [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much]]: When his fellow eisbibers choose to not have one of their own testify against a man who's not only murdered another eisbiber but has been extorting the entire community for years, he admits that for the first time he was ashamed to be part of a race that is so cowardly in nature. Nick admits that Bud himself was very brave to continuously help Nick out with small favours even though for all he knew Nick planned on killing him.

* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: How plucky he is can be up for debate, but so far his only major impact on the show has been comic relief, and he is rather persistent in his bugging Nick

 

A fuschbau that first appears in "Organ Grinder". He runs an apothecary. Unlike many, there's the stuff up front for the humans and then there's the stuff in the back for the wesen. He reappears in "Island of Dreams" only to get killed by two drug-addicted Skalengecks.

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: After his death, Rosalee and Munroe find an envelope of fake passports with his face on them.

* [[La Résistance]]: He helps those Wesen trying to escape the Old World by providing means to fake documents.

* [[Underground Railroad]]: He is the last stop for runaway Wesen.

 

A daemonfeuer who appears in "Plumed Serpent". She loves her father such that she would rather have him die in combat versus homeless and in bed. To this end, she lures Nick into a fight with him before faking her own death. Though she has yet to show up again, the episode strongly suggests she will, and the creators have confirmed that she's planned to return in Season 2.

* [[Evil Redhead]]

* [[Manipulative Bitch]]

* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Proud Warrior Race Girl]]

* [[Yandere]]

 

A steinadler who was once {{spoiler|engaged to Marie Kessler}}. He shows up in "Three Coins in a Fuchsbau" seeking the titular coins. Given the reveal of his ties to {{spoiler|Marie}} and by proxy, Nick, it seems only a matter of time before he reappears.

* {{spoiler|Bus Crash}}: Possibly. {{spoiler|In the season 1 finale, it is revealed that Akira Kimura tracked Kolt to Los Angeles and tortured him for 3 days in an unsuccessful attempt to find the coins. While his fate is left unknown, it seems unlikely that he would have been left alive.}}

* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: There’s very good reason to think that he’s on the level about the things he tells Nick. But then all that gets thrown in doubt when it comes out {{spoiler|he wanted the coins for himself all along}}

** Though we can now at least be reasonably sure that {{spoiler|he wasn't directly involved in the deaths of Nick's parents.}}

 

A beat cop that usually helps Nick and Hank at crime scenes, filling in for when Sgt. Wu isn't around.