Stargate SG-1/Characters: Difference between revisions

== The Original Cast ==

 

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* [[Actor Allusion]]: O'Neill is from Minnesota, the same state [[MacGyver]] is from (also Richard Dean Anderson's home state). Like [[MacGyver]], O'Neill is an astrology enthusiast (MacGyver was shown living in an observatory in the pilot of his TV show). An inversion: Jack likes having a gun and will protest whenever he's told to not carry one, while MacGyver did not like guns and was known for avoiding their use. Like MacGyver, O'Neill is an avid fisherman. Both MacGyver and O'Neill are shown to be hockey fans.

* [[Adult Child]]: He sometimes acts like this when he is relaxed and off-duty.

** It's implied that he's actually a lot smarter and more knowledgeable than he lets on, but just pretends to be dumb in order to mess with people.

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]

* [[The Combat Pragmatist]]: Though O'Neill shows plenty of restraint, he doesn't play around when he needs to start killing. In the first season, for example, he has no compunctions with sneak-attacking a Jaffa soldier, throwing him to the ground, and cutting his throat.

* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: If Jack encounters a serious danger to the local population on the other end of a stargate, he ''will'' intervene, without hesitation. This tendency has led to more than one very fortunate alliance with another species or human society.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: So much so that when a doppelganger starts aping him with deadpan, emotionless tones, no one thinks this is strange at first.

* [[Going Native]]: "A Hundred Days."

* [[Military Maverick]]: Doesn't have much respect for rules despite [[The Chains of Commanding]].

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Several characters mention that O'Neill is much smarter than he pretends to be; he's just very military in his thinking and would like to be told that yes, this thing ''will'' do what he thinks it will rather than someone giving him a lengthy [[Techno Babble]] explanation on ''why'' it will do what he thinks it will.

* [[The Other Darrin]]: Portrayed by Kurt Russell in the movie, where he was "O'Neil" with one L, and Richard Dean Anderson in the series.

** [[Lampshade Hanging|The other one had no sense of humor]].

* [[Parental Substitute]]: Surrogate uncle to Skaara.

* [[Throw It In]]: According to the producers on commentaries, most of O'Neill's humourous dialogue for the first two seasons were improvised by RDA. After that, the writers got used to his sense of humour.

* [[Turn in Your Badge]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|It was a [[Reverse Mole]] plan to recover technology stolen by a rogue SG team.}}

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: By the bucketful with Samantha Carter.

* [[The Watson]]: He's the one asking Daniel "What are those people doing" or asking Sam "What's that thing do" so they have an opportunity to explain.

 

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* [[And Starring]]: Starting with season 7, he appeared in the opening under "And Michael Shanks as Daniel Jackson."

* [[Back From the Dead]]: So many times it's become a [[Running Gag]].

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Well, as close to [[Badass]] as he could possibly get being a squishy civilian scientist.

** Squishy? Have you seen the last few seasons? [[Mr. Fanservice|Yum!]]

* [[Cunning Linguist]]

** [[The Smart Guy]]: An archeologist/anthropologist/linguist.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: But he kept coming back.

* [[Messiah Creep]]: This aspect seems to have diminished starting with Season 7, mostly because the Ancients were revealed to have been incredibly [[Neglectful Precursors]] and less worthy of his idolation.

** The reason the Ascended Ancients kicked him out was because he was too much [[The Messiah]], not wishing to sit idle while he had the power to actively help people, which was against their rules.

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]

* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]

* [[Tastes Like Friendship]]: Uses this trope so much, some call it "The Daniel Jackson Method."

* [[Through the Eyes of Madness]]

 

 

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Though normally the brains of the operation, when an asskicking is called for, Samantha is more than happy to supply it.

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: ''Blew up a frakking sun.'' Also can go toe to toe with her male teammates in terms of hand-to-hand combat and shooting things with a variety of guns (some of which are bigger than she is). Did we mention she's a certified genius whose brain Jack O'Neill has described as "one of this country's natural resources, if not national treasures"?

* [[Cartwright Curse]]: Up until [[Cop Boyfriend|Pete Shanahan]], every man that she became attracted to (except O'Neill) ended up dying a violent death. Two [[Alternate Universe]] Carters that married O'Neill suffered the same fate.

* [[Hot Scientist]]

* [[Straw Feminist]]: In earlier episodes especially -- it got toned down as the show went on. In the pilot, she famously accused O'Neill of not liking her because her "reproductive organs are on the inside." (Amanda Tapping says she later explained to the writers, "Okay, women don't talk like that.")

** When they re-released the pilot on DVD, they edited that conversation out.

* [[Trick Dialogue]]: Alternate Carter in "Moebius."

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: By the bucketful with Jack O'Neill.

 

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* [[The Atoner]]: Discussed as early as season 5, and again in [[The Movie]].

* [[Bald of Awesome]]: Until Season 8.

* [[The Big Guy]]

* [[Blunt Metaphors Trauma]]

* [[Brutal Honesty]]

*** Its also conceivable that he listened to O'Neill's point that a Staff Weapon is a weapon designed to terrify the enemy, whereas the P90 is a weapon designed to kill the enemy.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Teal'c" means "strength" in Goa'uld.

* [[Nice Hat]]: Wears a variety of chapeaux whenever he has to go in public, ranging from a fishing hat to a fedora, to a big ole cowboy hat and a fake afro and headband.

* [[Not So Stoic]]: Teal'c displays true emotion rarely, which makes those moments where he does exhibit rage, fear, or sorrow all the more poignant.

* [[The Quiet One]]: Doesn't talk much.

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: In the season four episode "The Light", Teal'c is stated to be 101 years old. By series' end, he's over 150. ([[Time Dilation]] was involved.)

* [[Scarily Competent Tracker]]

* [[The Spock]]: Originally.

* [[Spock Speak]]

* [[The Stoic]]: Takes some surprisingly uncomplicated moral positions. Like feeling no guilt at killing an alternative universe version of himself because 'Ours is the only reality of consequence' and that Teal'c still believed the Goa'uld were gods.

* [[Warrior Poet]]

 

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* [[Bald of Awesome]]

* [[Big Damn Heroes]] / [[Gunship Rescue]]: "Lost City."

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Godspeed" and "You have a go."

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Often acts this in spades towards SG-1.

** Apparently he has his grandkids on his autodialer above the President.

** Lord knows what would have happened in "Chain Reaction" if he had been able to deploy the military forces under his command within the United States.

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]

 

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* [[Badass Damsel]]: Even when she's held at gun point, it's not a good idea to piss her off.

* [[Brainy Brunette]]: More like Brainy Redhead.

* [[Majorly Awesome]]

* [[Mama Bear]]: It's not a good idea to piss off someone who knows as much about pain as a doctor, especially one that knows how to use a gun.

** She did save the man she was treating, it was simply viewed as not worth it.

* [[Team Mom]]

 

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AKA Chevron Guy, sat at the computers and called out when the chevrons were locked. Didn't get fleshed out much until a few seasons in. Eventually became O'Neill's assistant when he took over for Hammond as General.

 

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Form season 8 onward.

* [[Lovable Nerd]]

* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]

* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: When he's on screen for more than a split second.

* [[Spider Sense]]: Always knows what O'Neill and Landry want before any announcement over the PA is made.

 

== Later Characters ==

 

 

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* [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male]]: Sam could be very ''harsh'' towards Jonas, mind you it was mostly just teasing.

* [[Cunning Linguist]]

* [[Human Alien]]

* [[Perpetual Smiler]]: And O'Neill just loves to lampshade it.

* [[Photographic Memory]]

* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]]

 

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* [[Badass Normal]]: He doesn't have the Ancient Gene, he's not an alien [[Badass]], he's just a normal earthling. He still kicks plenty of ass.

* [[You Are in Command Now]]: And a few must have been field promotions as well as right on time.

 

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Replaced O'Neill in Season 9 as the commander of the SGC, but was actually closer to Hammond in both appearance and command style.

* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: For Hammond; notice a pattern here?

 

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The SGC's new medical doctor, after a season without a recurring character in this role following Fraiser's death back in season 7. General Landry's daughter, played by Michael Shanks's wife (which was a total surprise for him when she was cast).

* [[Real Life Relative]]: Wife of Michael Shanks, who plays Daniel.

 

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[[The Chick]]. A genuinely new addition to SG-1 rather than a replacement, although she only officially joined the team in season 10, when SG-1 received a fifth member for the first time in its history.

 

* [[Chained Heat]]

* [[The Chick]]: Still a [[Badass]] when required.

* [[Sixth Ranger]]

* [[Vapor Wear]]: She appears not to have been wearing anything under a Kull Warrior suit in her first appearance.

 

 

== Allies of the SGC ==

 

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Teal'c's former teacher and his predecessor as Apophis's First Prime. Has a habit of not dying.

* [[Your Eyes Can Deceive You]]

 

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One of the Asgard, a highly advanced species of [[The Greys]], who posed as a god to Norse-inspired human diaspora cultures.

 

* [[Anonymous Benefactor]]: The Asgard usually let their work speak for itself.

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]

* [[Talking to Himself]]: Michael Shanks voices several Asgard, including Thor, so whenever one of them and Daniel Jackson are talking to one another, it's an example of this.

 

* [[Big Good]]: Thor is a hero in just about every sense of the word.

* [[Interspecies Friendship]]: With all of SG-1 and Hammond. Mostly O'Neill, cause they're best buds. The guy even offered to take Thor fishing ''for crying out loud!''

* [[The Stoic]]: For a cute little Roswell Grey, he's very stoic.

 

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Jacob Carter was Samantha Carter's father. When he was dying of cancer, SG-1 brought him to the Tok'ra (rebels opposing the System Lords while being the same species as the Goa'uld) to be blended with the symbiote Selmak. This cemented the alliance between the Tok'ra and the Tau'ri, although Selmak himself eventually grew out of favor among his people due to his ties to Earth. {{spoiler|Was killed off anticlimactically in the episode "Threads", for seemingly no reason other than to give his daughter something to angst over for all of one episode.}}

 

* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parent]]: Not often, but it happens.

* [[Grumpy Bear]]

* [[Grumpy Old Man]]: Jacob isn't all that old but he sure can be grumpy sometimes.

 

* [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much]]

* [[Sharing a Body]]: It's interesting to note that the echoing symbiote voice, which the Goa'uld use to induce fear, the Tok'ra use to differentiate between the host and the symbiote.

 

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* [[And I Must Scream]]: Possibly like all the people who've ever been possessed by a Goa'uld.

* [[Break the Cutie]]

* [[Fighting From the Inside]]: Has enough [[Heroic Willpower]] to delay Klorel's actions, though it's not enough to stop him entirely.

* [[Hero Worshipper]]: Towards O'Neill.

* [[Nice Guy]]

* [[The Other Darrin]]: Notably averted in that he's one of only two characters to be played by the same actor in the movie and on SG-1.

* [[Wild Hair]]

* [[When She Smiles|When He Smiles]]

== Villains ==

 

 

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The villain of the original ''Stargate'' movie, an ancient alien who enslaved primative mankind, founded ancient Egypt and thus regards himself as the creator of human civilization. Maintained power by using his [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien]] technology to pose as a god, and was the source of the mythology of the Egyptian god Ra. Was ret-conned in the TV series as being the most powerful of the Goa'uld, an entire species of parasitic aliens who pretty much followed the same modus operandi.

 

* [[The Emperor]]: Was Supreme System Lord before his death, the most powerful Goa'uld System Lord.

* [[Older Than They Look]]: An ancient alien entity possessing the body of an Egyptian teenager.

 

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The original [[Big Bad]] of the TV series. The brother of Ra, Apophis attacked Earth and later Abydos, in the process kidnapping Daniel Jackson's wife Sha're, causing the Stargate program to be reformed to combat the new threat of the Goa'uld. He was actually only one of many competing Goa'uld System Lords, and over the course of the series he rose and fell in power due to SG-1's actions. After [[Not Quite Dead|several apparent returns from the dead]], he was finally [[Dead for Real|Killed For Real]] by the [[Eviler Than Thou]] Replicators.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Unlike most of the other System Lords, Apophis wasn't afraid to lead from the front, and was willing to fight alongside his Jaffa on a few occasions. His original outfit was a more decorated version of Jaffa combat armor, in contrast to the dress robes worn by most other Goa'uld.

 

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Replaced Apophis as the series' main [[Big Bad]]. Initially introduced as a mysterious new Goa'uld who launched attacks against all major galactic power-players (including the other Goa'uld and also the Earth), and was able to gain power rapidly due to possessing technology significantly more advanced than anyone else's, eventually becoming the most powerful power bloc in the galaxy. He was eventually revealed to be an evil [[Energy Beings|energy being]], having Ascended and gained scientific knowledge on par with that of the [[Neglectful Precursors|Ancients]]. He was smarter, eviler and more [[Genre Savvy]] than the series other Goa'uld villains, yet at the same time was also significantly more melodramatic, drawing comparisons to Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine [[Lampshade Hanging|even amongst the show's own characters]]. He differs from other Goa'ulds in that he doesn't simply want to be the supreme ruler of the universe. His goal is to annihilate ''every life'' in the galaxy.

 

* [[A God Am I]]: As per Goa'uld tradition. Interestingly, he actually admits that defeating Daniel in the Season 6 finale was not his doing.

* [[Big Bad]]: For Seasons 6-8.

** He was also the unseen/unknown [[Big Bad]] for Season 5

* [[Body Surf]]: After his initial "body" was destroyed, he instead manifested by possessing human hosts, hopping to a new host when his energy caused the current one to start melting into goo.

* [[Eviler Than Thou]]: Was opposed, at one time or another, by pretty much every remaining major villain on the show, sometimes in conjunction with SG-1.

* [[Expy]]: Of [[Star Wars|Emperor Palpatine]].

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Despite being even more melodramatic and hammy than most Goa'uld, he is actually a good deal less arrogant, and manages to avoid falling into the kinds of pitfalls that doomed dozens of System Lords. Notably, he accepted input from his subordinates and never underestimated SG-1 or the humans of Earth. After all, he showed up above a planet with a single ship (''Prometheus'') equivalent to, at most, one and a half standard Goa'uld motherships with the largest fleet ever assembled by a Goa'uld. He lost, but that had nothing to do with preparations for or actions during the battle. What arrogance he does display is warranted, given that he does possess technology far superior to that of most Goa'uld.

* [[For the Evulz]]: Most notably when he destroys Abydos just because he can.

'''Rodney McKay:''' Ya, Anubis? This your agent. You're playing it ''way'' over-the-top! You need to get serious! }}

* [[The Mole]]: In the form of Jim.

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]

 

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A Goa'uld System Lord introduced about halfway through the series' total run. Although he never became the [[Big Bad]], he was a consistent secondary villain, often opposing both SG-1 as well as the series' current [[Big Bad]], making him something of the series' [[The Starscream|Starscream]]. Like Starscream in ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', he even created a small army of clones of himself in order to cheat death and be in several places at once.

* [[Brick Joke]]: A rather dark [[Continuity Nod]]. In "Abyss," he repeatedly tortures O'Neill to death, often using knives. Fast-forward to "The Quest", when he has to relinquish a posession, they tell him to drop in his knife, which he at first refuses, claming it has... "sentimental value."

* [[Civilian Villain]]: Briefly set up shop as an Earth businessman after the Replicators ate all the other System Lords.

* [[Death Is Cheap]]: After he became a series of clones rather than an individual character, it kind of became a running joke to have him killed repeatedly (often within the same episode), only to have him be back for more a few episodes later.

** He also starts to dress in Earth fashions by the end of the series, and even implies in ''Continuum'' that the reason he never bothered to invade Earth was simply because he's become rather fond of it, recognising that Earth is far more valuable an asset if it remains as it is.

* [[Karma Houdini]]: For most of the series.

* [[Power Parasite]]: Attempted to control [[Physical God|Adria]], {{spoiler|and briefly succeeded until the intervention of SG-1.}}

** He also, unlike most Goa'uld, actually seems to understand that the "[[A God Am I]]" act ''is'' just an act, propaganda to intimidate the ignorant into obedience. As a result, he doesn't allow indignant outrage at the notion of mere humans daring to oppose him get in the way of carrying out his plans.

* [[The Starscream]]: Ironically, managed to outlast all the actual [[Big Bad|Big Bads]], becoming the series' longest running villain.

* [[Torture Technician]]: Repeatedly tortured O'Neill to death.

 

 

A human-form Replicator created by Fifth in the image of Sam Carter, trained to kill the original. She also grew to hate Fifth and tricked SG-1 into helping her destroy him, then turned on them and became the Season 8 [[Big Bad]].

 

* [[Robot Me]]

 

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* [[Tin Man]]

 

 

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The leader of the Priors, the Ori's "clerics"/priests. The Ori can also possess the Doci to speak directly to humans. Like the Priors, the Doci worships the Ori out of a genuine sense of religious devotion and is unaware of their true nature.

 

* [[Knights Templar]]

* [[Path of Inspiration]]

 

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Adria was "conceived" by the Ori, and is the "virgin birth" daughter of Vala Mal Doran ("virgin birth" in quotes since Vala was hardly a virgin, if you get my drift). A human possessing the vast cosmic powers of the Ori, she was created as a sort of [[Dark Messiah|Ori Messiah]] to lead the conquest of the Milky Way Galaxy. Being effectively an Ori in a human body, Adria ''is'' fully aware of their true nature. Although she has a sentimental attachment to her mother, she's otherwise quite evil and sadistic, just like her Ori progenitors.

* [[Dark Messiah]]

* [[The Other Darrin]]: Played by four different actresses due to the fact that she was growing from toddler to adult the whole time.

* [[Tyke Bomb]]: Pretty much created expressly for the purpose of taking over the Milky Way.

* [[What Could Have Been]]: Apparently, there were plans to make her more long-lasting, including having her fuse with a Goa'uld symbiote. However, plans fell through after Sci-Fi ended the series, and instead had her do a re-hash of Anubis's final plot.

* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: See above.

* [[Younger Than They Look]]: Actually only about a year old, grown to adulthood over the course of a few months via accelerated aging.

 

 

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A US Air Force colonel affiliated with the rogue NID operation. He repeatedly interfered with SGC operations, including stealing a Goa'uld-infested gazillionaire out from under them. He was finally arrested and convicted of treason, but that wasn't the end of it.

* [[Big Bad]]: For the fifth season, at least until Anubis showed up.

* [[Jerkass]]

* {{spoiler|[[Thrown Out the Airlock]]}}: {{spoiler|After the Goa'uld infesting Adrian Conrad jumped hosts to him in "Prometheus", he tried to kill O'Neill, who spaced him.}}

 

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A US senator who initially learned of the SGC by demanding to know what black project the Air Force was dumping millions of dollars into out in Colorado. He continually tried to have the command shut down and/or transferred to his control, and collaborated with the rogue NID frequently. In season 7 he was elected vice president, then promptly fired when President Hayes lost patience with him in "Lost City".

* [[Jerkass]]

* [[Knight Templar]]: He explained this himself very well, using it to justify the very hypocrisy O'Neill had just called him out on:

* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]

 

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The initial ringleader of the rogue NID operation. Eventually SG-1 finds evidence incriminating him for treason; he defects to the Russians and helps them set up their own abortive stargate program. SG-1 captures him, then breaks him back out when they need help against the NID; he goes on the lam. After helping out the SGC repeatedly against its earthly enemies, they eventually move him off-world for his own protection.

** Well ... Jack seems to no longer harbour an uncontrollable urge to shoot him. At least not often.

 

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