The Phantom of the Opera/Characters

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Due to Adaptation Overdose, unless otherwise indicated, all tropes listed refer to characterizations in the original novel by Gaston Leroux.

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Erik (a.k.a The Phantom)

• Above the Influence
• Adaptational Attractiveness/Hollywood Homely
• Affably Evil
• Anti Hero: Type V
• Anti Villain: Type I and/or II
• Beast and Beauty
• Blackmail
• Byronic Hero
• The Chessmaster
• Compelling Voice
• Crazy Jealous Guy
• Dramatic Unmask
• Even Evil Has Standards: Christine expects the Phantom to rape her during her abductions, but he actually has the decency not to do so. This after he has murdered a number of innocent people, especially via his penchant for hanging traps; declared that he owns Christine; and other not-so-nice things.
• Even the Guys Want Him: Raoul is just as irresistably enchanted by Erik's voice as Christine is.
• Evil Genius
• Evil Laugh
• Glowing Eyes of Doom
• He Who Must Not Be Named
• He Who Must Not Be Seen
  • The Faceless
  • The Voice
• I Just Want to Be Normal
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
• The Kindnapper
• Love Makes You Crazy and Evil and Redeems
• Mad Artist
• Mailer Daemon
• Murder the Hypotenuse
• No Name Given
• Offscreen Teleportation
• Only One Name
• Psychopathic Manchild: Played for tragedy.
• Scarpia Ultimatum
• Scooby Doo Hoax
• Stalker With a Crush
• Torture Technician
• Third Person Person
• Tragic Monster
• Two Faced
• Veronica
• Villainous Breakdown
• Villain Protagonist
• Black Mask of Doom
• Wicked Cultured

Christine Daaé

• Bad Liar
• Beauty
• Blue Eyes
• Distressed Damsel
• Hair of Gold
• Happily Adopted
• The Heart/The Cutie
• The Heroine: Yes, this is the original protagonist.
• Living MacGuffin
• Plucky Girl
• She Is All Grown Up
• Stockholm Syndrome: Lampshaded with No Matter How Much I Beg.
• Sympathy for The Devil
• Tender Tears
• Well Excuse Me Princess
• What Kept You

Viscount Raoul de Chagny

• Betty and Veronica
• Bishonen
• Blue Eyes
• Childhood Friend Romance
• Distressed Dude
• Exact Eaves Dropping
• Genre Savvy
• The Load: To the Persian.
• Love Makes You Crazy

The Persian

• Only Sane Man
• Saved the Villain

Carlotta

• The Prima Donna
• The Rival: To Christine
• Technician Versus Performer: With Christine.

Richard and Moncharmin

• Agent Scully
• Genre Blind
• Those Two Guys
• Unwitting Pawns

Count Philippe de Chagny

• Beta Couple: With La Sorelli
• Killed Off for Real
• Parental Substitute: For Raoul

La Sorelli

• Beta Couple: With Philippe
• Brainless Beauty
• Decoy Protagonist
• Hello Nurse