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* [[Handsome Lech]]: We hardly ever see him actually hook up, but he is indubitably this.
* [[Hates Being Touched]]: Portrayed subtly, but confirmed by [[Word of God]]. Played for laughs.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Kane played Lindsay on ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]''.
** Also Robert Duvall's younger self in ''[[Secondhand Lions]]''.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Out the wazoo. And he keeps uncovering more.
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* [[Tin Man]]: Particularly in the first season. He ''is'' developing a sense of compassion and empathy, though.
* [[Technical Pacifist]]: Refuses to kill people. Has no problem kicking their knees backwards to make them scream like a girl.
** Also, seriously, start tallying the number of ''innocent people just doing their job'' he has to wade through just to keep the team safe. If he ''did'' kill instead of merely incapacitate/[[Tap Onon the Head|knock out]], the crew would probably lose any hope of that "good guy" status they're trying to maintain.
* [[Violence Is the Only Option]]: Subverted, for the most part
{{quote| '''Eliot:''' What are you talking about. I only use violence as an appropriate response.<br />
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**** Again.
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: Usually the one who briefs the mission. Shares the role with Nate.
* [[New Powers Asas the Plot Demands|New Skills As The Plot Demands]]: While everyone on the show necessarily expands their skill-sets, Hardison is the one who usually gets called upon to do things completely outside the team's experience. In addition to being a hacker, he can make spot-on forgeries and land planes.
* [[Playful Hacker]]
* [[Proud to Be Aa Geek]]: "[[World of Warcraft|For the Horde!]]" *[[Handshake Substitute|fistbump]]*
* [[Rapid-Fire Typing]]
* [[Renaissance Man]]: Paints, sculpts, hacks, plays violin, and he's a decent actor to boot. Oh, and he taught himself a crash course in creating period-looking art that holds up to pretty amazingly close inspection.
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* [[Con Man]]: She's a fabulous grifter, but tends to play characters that are completely different from any of Sophie's.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: "The Girls' Night Out Job" reveals that she was trained at Quantico.
* [[Only in It For Thethe Money]]
* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: When Sophie's bus came back.
** [[The Bus Came Back]]: In "The Girls Night Out Job."
* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: For a while, an in-universe example, until the team learns to trust her.
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Tropes associated with Bonanno:
* [[Friend Onon the Force]]
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: [[Word of God]] notes that {{spoiler|he knows Nate brought down the guys who shot him up, and if you're Irish or Italian from Boston, you do not let that just slide.}}
** In "The Boys Night Out Job," Bonanno reveals that he's definitely well-aware of Nate's activities (even [[Continuity Nod|knowing about Nate's escape from prison]]) but isn't particularly interested in bringing Nate down. He's even on good enough terms with Nate to join him for a poker game at Nate's place.
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* [[Hidden Depths]]: They may appear to be your run-of-the-mill bumbling cops, but in season 3, Taggart is revealed to be a Krav Maga instructor for the FBI.
* [[Inspector Lestrade|Agents Lestrade]]: To some extent. Leverage works alongside them as if they were FBI agents sent as reinforcements; Leverage delivers the bad guys so they can make the arrest.
* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: Taggert. The latest appearances of McSweeten always had him offhandedly mention a reason why Taggert couldn't be with him.
* [[Those Two Guys]]
 
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* {{spoiler|[[Disney Villain Death]]: He falls off of a dam's concrete platform in a struggle with Latimer going for a gun Nate set down at the edge to kill the other.}}
* [[Fat Bastard]]
* {{spoiler|[[Hijacked Byby Ganon]]: [[The Man Behind the Man]] to Latimer}}
* [[It's Personal]]: With Pearson Aviation {{spoiler|and Nate after he gets sent to prison.}}
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: {{spoiler|The brains behind Jack Latimer's attempts to manipulate the team.}}
* [[The Mark]]: By partway through the first episode.
* {{spoiler|[[Might Asas Well Not Be in Prison At All]]: Masterminds the entirety of Season 4's overarcing plot from his jail cell. He certainly wants out, but he doesn't need to in order to be a problem.}}
* [[Out-Gambitted]]: Come on Victor, did you really expect Nate and Sophie to lose control of the situation for more than a minute?
* {{spoiler|[[Revenge Byby Proxy]]: Kills Nate's father to get to him.}}
* [[The Rival]]: Seems to see Pearson as his personal rival as well as a financial one.
* [[Smug Snake]]
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{{quote| "You know your entire plan depended on me being a self-serving, ''utter bastard."''}}
 
Formerly an insurance investigator at IYS, now member of Interpol (which, in the ''[[Leverage]]'' universe, is akin to ''[[The Man Fromfrom UNCLEU.N.C.L.E.|UNCLE]]'' or [[Marvel Universe|S.H.I.E.L.D.]]). Played by [[Mark Sheppard]].
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Tropes associated with Sterling:
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* {{spoiler|[[Papa Wolf]]}}
* [[Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist]]: Despite what Sterling says, his one-upmanship with Nate is treated as a game of wits -- not the pursuit of some high ideal.
* [[Villain Withwith Good Publicity]]
* [[We Used to Be Friends]]: Though Nate would beg to differ. Sterling later admits that he no longer recognizes the person Nate has become.
** {{spoiler|And Nate admits they were friends!}}
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* [[Evil Genius]]
* [[Geek]]: To Hardison levels.
** [[Proud to Be Aa Geek]]
* [[Hollywood Hacking]]
* [[Insufferable Genius]]
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* [[Mad Bomber]]: Tries to blow up both Sophie and Starke.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: His handle advertises his [[Chaotic Evil]] status.
* [[Only in It For Thethe Money]]
* [[Out-Gambitted]]: By Nate in "The Two Live Crew Job" and Hardison in the "The Ho-Ho-Ho Job." He himself inflicts this on Marcus Starke in the former, and the entire Leverage crew during the first part of the latter.
* [[Rapid-Fire Typing]]
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* [[Paid Harem]]: Surrounds himself with a travelling parade of women in bikinis.
* [[Praetorian Guard]]: Every single one of his henchmen have innocent blood on their hands. {{spoiler|Including Eliot.}}
* [[Run for Thethe Border]]: In the [[Season Finale]], he's fled to the tiny nation of [[Fictional Country|San Lorenzo]], which has no extradition treaties, and the [[President Evil|President]] is in his pocket.
* [[Sinister Shades]]
* [[Smug Snake]]: Moreau's smarter than most of the marks that the team goes after, but for the most part he relies on his money and connections to keep him out of prison. He has no idea how to cope with the unexpected, and his inability to adjust once Nate sets his sights on him contributes immensely to his downfall.
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* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: Is set up as [[The Big Bad]] of Season 4, but he's actually {{spoiler|being manipulated by Victor Dubenich}}.
* [[Evil Old Folks]]
* {{spoiler|[[Hijacked Byby Ganon]]: Hijacked by Dubenich}}
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: To Earnshaw Pharmaceuticals, DuberTech, Wakefield Agricultural, and Merced Financial, all of whom were exposed by the Leverage team.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
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* [[Attack Hello]]
* [[Badass]]: He's the first person we see inflict any damage on Eliot. Definitely a [[Badass]].
** [[Badass in Aa Nice Suit]]: He's dressed like some yuppie banker.
** {{spoiler|[[Badass Long Hair]]: In his second appearance}}.
** [[Hidden Badass]]: Eliot really didn't see that one coming.
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* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Shows up out of nowhere, gives Eliot his toughest fight to date, and then vanishes from the show. It's been noted that this is exactly how Eliot himself probably appears to your average [[Mook]].
** {{spoiler|As of Season 4 this is no longer the case. Still a [[One-Scene Wonder]] in that episode though}}.
* [[Only in It For Thethe Money]]: He has no personal stake in this, and doesn't even seem particularly sadistic (especially when compared to [[The Butcher]] or Roper). He's doing this because Sterling pays his bills, nothing more, nothing less. This is given further credence in "The Last Dam Job" when Quinn is shown to be on perfectly amicable terms with Eliot and even willing to work with him when it's not his job to kick Eliot's ass.
* [[Punched Across the Room]]: Does this to Eliot.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Shades of this, along with [[Only in It For Thethe Money]], as seen above.
* [[Smug Snake]]: Has an arrogant bearing and displays a very cocky attitude throughout the fight.
* [[Talk to Thethe Fist]]: Belts Eliot mid-threat.
* {{spoiler|[[The Bus Came Back]]: Returned in the season 4 finale.}}
* [[Wake Up Call Boss]]: Very much so. He's the first person in the show to genuinely threaten Eliot's life, and his attack (much like the rest of Sterling's plot in that episode) serves to demonstrate that the show is about to get serious.
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* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: He trusted [[Card-Carrying Villain|Chaos]]. Not the best move there, buddy.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Only in It For Thethe Money]]
* [[Out-Gambitted]]: By Chaos and Nate in rapid succession.
* [[Sharp-Dressed Man]]
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* [[Hot Amazon]]
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Once killed a man with a mop.
* [[Only in It For Thethe Money]]
 
== Apollo ==
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* [[Hired Guns]]: A corporate spy and infiltrator for hire.
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Only in It For Thethe Money]]
* [[Only One Name]]
* [[Phantom Thief]]
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* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[The Mark]]
* [[Only in It For Thethe Money]]: Seeks to engineer a genocide so she can profit from it.
* [[Smug Snake]]: God yes.
* [[The Sociopath]]
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