Percy Jackson & the Olympians/Characters: Difference between revisions

[[Heroic Bastard|Sons and daughters]] of the Greek gods. They have heightened senses and combat skills that take the form of [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny|ADHD]] and their minds are hard-wired to read Ancient Greek, which gives them [[L Is for Dyslexia|trouble reading English]]. [[Superpowerful Genetics|Their skills]] and [[Generation Xerox|personalities]] are inherited from their divine parents (children of Aphrodite will be [[Love Freak|Love Freaks]]s, children of Athena will be [[Badass Bookworm|highly intelligent]], and children of Apollo will be musically and/or medicinally inclined, as well as a good shot with a bow).

* [[Heroic Bastard|Heroic Bastards]]s

* [[The Medic|The Medics]]s: Apollo's kids.

* [[Superpowerful Genetics]] / [[Lamarck Was Right]]: Powers relating to the domains of their divine parentage. For example, Demeter's children will have [[Green Thumb|Green Thumbs]]s, and Athena's children will be crazy-smart.

=== '''Perseus "Percy" Jackson''' ===

The son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and clear-sighted mortal Sally Jackson. The titular hero of the series, the books start in Percy's sixth grade year when he kills one of the Furies, masquerading as his pre-algebra teacher. Has a [[Cool Sword]], Anaklusmos ("Riptide") and later becomes the third person in history to bear the {{spoiler|Curse of Achilles}}.

* [[Achilles' Heel]]: {{spoiler|The small of his back. Or, in a more figurative sense, Annabeth.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Cursed with Awesome]]}}: A self-inflicted example.

* [[Kissing Cousins]]: Although it's explained that gods don't have DNA, so there's nothing wrong with people from different cabins dating one another.

* [[Locked Out of the Loop]]: Chiron and Annabeth never seem to tell him anything.

=== '''Annabeth Chase''' ===

Heroine of the series and the resident [[The Smart Guy|brainiac]], Annabeth is the ''literal'' brainchild of Athena and military historian Frederick Chase (kids of Athena are just special that way). Her pastimes include architecture, Ancient Greek, killing monsters, and learning how to stab things. Annabeth ran away from home when she was seven and met up with Thalia and Luke; eventually they made their way to Camp Half-Blood, but lost Thalia in the process.

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Described as having [[Hair of Gold|blond hair]] and [[Gray Eyes]] in the book, but the movie gives her [[Brainy Brunette|brown hair]] and blue eyes.

** For the sequel, they're revertingreverted to her book hair color back to blonde.

=== '''Luke Castellan''' ===

=== '''Clarisse La Rue''' ===

* [[Badass Boast]]: "I AM CLARISSE, {{spoiler|DRAKON-SLAYER}}! I will kill you ALL!"

=== '''Silena Beauregard''' ===

Daughter of Aphrodite, ergo stunningly beautiful and [[Love Freak|in love with love]]. Extremely talented with handling [[Cool Horse|pegasi.]] Hooks up with Beckendorf between the fourth and fifth books.

=== '''Charles Beckendorf''' ===

Son of Hephaestus and constantly hanging out in the camp's metal forges. Can build bombs.

* {{spoiler|[[Together in Death]]: With Selena}}

=== '''Connor & Travis Stoll''' ===

Sons of Hermes--notHermes—not twins, but a year apart. They succeed Luke as co-counselors of Cabin Eleven and the main pranksters of Camp Half-Blood.

* [[The Trickster|The Tricksters]]s

=== '''Thalia Grace''' ===

Daughter of Zeus and an eighties starlet with a poofy hairdo. Her birth broke the pact the Big Three had made after World War II to never have children again. She ran away from her alcoholic mother when she was younger, met up with Luke and eventually Annabeth, and made her way with them to Camp Half-Blood. There they were overwhelmed by monsters and Thalia stayed behind to hold them off, dying in the process. Zeus turned her body into a pine tree.

* {{spoiler|[[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]}}

** [[Midnight Blue Eyes]]

* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: To Percy, the main difference being that she has more self-confidence than Percy does.

** Also somewhat literal, considering her weapon of choice, aside from her standard bow and arrow, is a spear. That grows out from a can of Mace.

=== '''Bianca di Angelo''' ===

Daughter of {{spoiler|Hades}} and Maria di Angelo, Bianca and her brother were actually {{spoiler|born in the 1920s}}.

=== '''Nico di Angelo''' ===

Younger brother to Bianca and son of {{spoiler|Hades}} and Maria di Angelo. After {{spoiler|Bianca's death}}, Nico runs away and teaches himself to use his unique powers.

* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Shows some earth-mover abilities, especially at the end of ''Battle of the Labyrinth''.

* [[Ineffectual Loner]]: [[Downplayed Trope|Downplayed]], as he could be pretty effectual while working alone as seen in both “The Battle Of The Labyrinth “and “The Last Olympian”

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Yes, the cute, excited little ten year old turns into one of the most badass characters in the series.

=== '''Ethan Nakamura''' ===

Son of Nemesis, the goddess of revenge and balance, Ethan was one of the many residents of Cabin Eleven who went unclaimed or had no cabin of their own because their parents were minor gods. He promised his mother he would make a place on Olympus for the minor gods, and in exchange she took his eye.

=== '''Grover Underwood''' ===

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Goes from being the unquestionable [[Butt Monkey]] in ''The Lightning Thief'' to being a competent member of the good guys' team whose skill set complements the more action-oriented demigods.

=== '''Chiron''' ===

=== '''Tyson''' ===

Tyson is first introduced as a school friend of Percy's, but he is later revealed to be a Cyclops - one-eyed children of Poseidon, therefore making him Percy's half-brother.

=== '''Mrs. O'Leary''' ===

=== '''Blackjack''' ===

=== '''Sally Jackson''' ===

=== '''Paul Blofis''' ===

=== '''Frederick Chase''' ===

=== '''Rachel Elizabeth Dare''' ===

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Veronica to Annabeth's Betty.

Luke's mother, who is described as kind-hearted and multitalented. {{spoiler|Until she tried to become the Oracle of Delphi despite Hades's curse, and paid the price for it.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Fainting Seer]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Go Mad Fromfrom the Revelation]]}}

=== '''Aphrodite''' ===

* [[World's Most Beautiful Woman]]: Arguably. Percy even describes her as looking like every girl he'd ever liked.

=== '''Ares''' ===

=== '''Artemis''' ===

* [[Animorphism]]: Possibly. When Artemis is fighting against Atlas she is seen taking different animal forms at great speed by Percy. He then admits that another possibility could be that {{spoiler|the pain of holding the sky}} is making him hallucinate and “see things”

* [[Token Mini-MoeLoli]]: Her preferred form, as it's the same age as many of her Hunters.

=== '''Apollo''' ===

The god of the sun, poetry, prophecy, and medicine, and Artemis's older twin brother (but don't bring that up). He speaks through the oracle of Delphi.

* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: He has a bit of this for Artemis, considering how he defied Zeus's orders to give advice to Percy and his friends on how to save her.

* [[Hot God]]: This applies to most of the gods, but special emphasis is given to Apollo (and Aphrodite, but that's a given).

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Parodied. His being the god of poetry is [[Played for Laughs]], with him spouting haikus at the best of times.

=== '''Athena''' ===

=== '''Dionysus''' ===

* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]] - Mr. D staunchly refuses to get ''any'' of the campers' names right. Just ask <s> Peter Johnson</s> Percy Jackson.

=== '''Hades''' ===

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: In “The Lighting Thief” upon Percy’s meeting with Hades he states that Hades, above Ares and Dionysus, radiated power and that he had an air of order and lordship. The Asskicking part is seen in his [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment in “The Last Olympian”

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]

** {{spoiler|This ultra protectedness could be due to Nico and Bianca being his ONLY children (the rest of his siblings have oodles of kids in contrast that they can hardly keep track of them, Poseidon implies that Percy has many more unknown half-siblings, and Jason, main character in Heroes of Olympus is revealed to be Zeus's son). His pact with his brothers prevents him from having more kids making him more motivated to keep the ones he has safe.}}

=== '''Hephaestus''' ===

=== '''Hera''' ===

=== '''Hermes''' ===

* [[Berserk Button]]: Never imply that he doesn’t care about his sons.

=== '''Hestia''' ===

=== '''Poseidon''' ===

* [[Doting Parent]]: He is the best father in the world, compared to some of his fellow gods, especially Zeus and Hades

* [[Prongs of Poseidon]]: The [[Trope Namer]].

=== '''Zeus''' ===

* [[Bolt of Divine Retribution]]: Quite literally. His symbol of power is the "master bolt." The first lightning bolt and most powerful weapon in the series.

* [[Immortal Immaturity]]: In ancient times, Zeus and Poseidon had almost interchangeable personalities. By modern day, Poseidon has matured to a degree, so he tends to be more reasonable. Zeus has not and still comes across as a pompous git who thinks he is perfect.

* [[Pride]]: His defining characteristic and source of many of the problems throughout both series.

=== '''Kronos''' ===

* [[Chessmaster]]: One of the best, hands down. His [[Plan|plansplan]]s are brilliant.

* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: Kronos decides to let Atlas rot due to his repeated failures.

=== '''Hyperion''' ===

=== '''Atlas''' ===

=== '''Krios''' ===

=== '''Prometheus''' ===

* [[Revenge Before Reason]]: One possible interpretation of his defection.