Merlin (TV series)/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]

* [[The Lancer]]: To Arthur.

* [[Mauve Shirt]]

* [[Older and Wiser]]: Among the Knights. And it shows, as he is often calm, collected and sensible.

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Which cemented his position as a major cast member.

* [[The Baroness]]: The Rosa Klebb type.

* [[Big Bad]]: Season 3, after being built up some during Season 2.

* [[Blondes Are Evil]]

* [[Breakout Villain]]: She was only going to be around for a couple of episodes until the writers released how important she was to Morgana's [[Story Arc]].

* [[Brown Eyes]]

* [[Chainmail Bikini]]: Averted. She gears up for combat appropriately.

* [[Evil Sorcerer|Evil Sorceress]]

* [[Eyes of Gold]]: When using magic.

* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Putting a spell on Morgana to make her the vessel to summon the Knights of Medhir in order to destroy Camelot ''without'' telling Morgana probably wasn't Morgause's best idea in the world...

* [[Knight Templar Big Brother|Knight Templar Big Sister]]

* [[Lady in Red]]

* [[Brown Eyes]]

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: She {{spoiler|returns at the end of Season 3 in order to deliver Excalibur into Merlin's hands so that he can defeat the immortal army.}}

* [[Damsel in Distress]]

* [[The Dulcinea Effect]]

* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]

* [[One-Shot Character]]: Though, it is implied that Freya will one day return as the Lady of the Lake in future to help Merlin for helping her.

** {{spoiler|Freya appeared in the final episode of Season 3, at least somewhat.}}

* [[Really Big Cat]]

** [[Panthera Awesome]]

* [[Tear Jerker]]

* [[Unkempt Beauty]]

* [[Curtains Match the Window]]

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Was first mentioned in ''1x10''.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: He refuses to let his army die and withdraws the battle against Camelot once he realizes they can't win.

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}

* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]

* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]

== Gwaine (Eoin Macken) ==

* [[Black Dude Dies First]]: [[Averted]], but only just. He's the first (and only) knight to get ''injured''.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: On seeing the ruined castle that Arthur has brought them to, he comments: "It's gotta be better than that cave."

* [[In the Hood]]

* [[Long Lost Sibling]]

* [[Race Lift]]: The legendary Elyan was known as "Elyan the White". In the series, he's played by a black actor. Granted, "the White" would have referred to his pure soul, but it's still pretty funny.

* [[Remember the New Guy?]]

* [[Adaptational Badass]]: In the original legends he is the epitome of [[Good Is Dumb]] and [[Idiot Hero]]; here, he is the strong, silent type and more than capable of holding his own.

* [[Badass Normal]]: Bordering on [[Super Strength]].

* [[Dog Pile of Doom]]: Though he throws it off pretty quickly.

* [[Eleventh-Hour Ranger]]

* [[One Head Taller]]: He towers over the rest of the characters.

* [[Pieta Plagiarism]]: In the season four trailer {{spoiler|there is a shot of Percival carrying Merlin in this manner}}.

* [[The Quiet One]]

== Characters Introduced in Season 4 ==

* [[Evil Uncle]]

* [[Handsome Lech]]: A sinister version.

* [[Hidden Agenda Villain]]: He wants to sabotage Arthur's reign, but as of yet, we're not really sure ''why''. Unless his hatred of Uther extends to Arthur by proxy.

** A [[Deleted Scene]] reveals that he's {{spoiler|in love with Morgana}}.