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* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Her love interests are [[Manipulative Bastard|Bill]] and [[Punch Clock Villain|Eric]]. [[Dogged Nice Guy|Sam]] never was, {{spoiler|even before his anger issues}}, neither is Alcide.

* [[A Mind Is a Terrible Thing To Read]] - Poor Sookie often views her unique attribute as a curse.

* [[A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read]] - Poor Sookie often views her unique attribute as a curse.

* [[Apologises a Lot]]

* [[Dude Magnet]]: {{spoiler|At least of supernatural kind. It's one of her powers.}}

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* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]

* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]] / [[Took the Bad Film Seriously|Took The Bad Role Seriously]]: Variant; many people who watch the show are impressed with [[Anna Paquin]]'s acting ability even while they want to bash Sookie's head in with a rock.

* [[New Powers As the Plot Demands]]: The aformentioned force-field powers.

* [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]]: The aformentioned force-field powers.

* [[Official Couple]]: With Bill {{spoiler|until season 3 finale.}}

* [[Plucky Girl]]

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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Defrosting Ice Sheriff]] {{spoiler|after his amnesia is cured. Good God he could out-brood [[Angel]].}}

* [[The Dragon]]: To Russell - actually [[Dragon ~~With~~ an Agenda]]. {{spoiler|Becomes one to Antonia, though under mind control.}}

* [[The Dragon]]: To Russell - actually [[Dragon with an Agenda]]. {{spoiler|Becomes one to Antonia, though under mind control.}}

* [[Fake Defector]]: {{spoiler|In season 3.}}

* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: It's very hard to tell who's side, if any, he's on.

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* [[The Sheriff]]: Of Louisiana Area 5

* [[The Stoic]]

* {{spoiler|[[Taking You ~~With~~ Me]]}}: Has attempted this on {{spoiler|Russell Edgington}}. It doesn't work.

* {{spoiler|[[Taking You with Me]]}}: Has attempted this on {{spoiler|Russell Edgington}}. It doesn't work.

* [[Vampires Own Nightclubs]]

* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: In season 2.

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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Her mother is an alcoholic.

* [[Alone ~~With~~ the Psycho]]: With Franklin in season 3.

* [[Alone with the Psycho]]: With Franklin in season 3.

* [[Amazonian Beauty]]: She is rather broad-shouldered and muscular, and quite attractive.

* [[Angry Black Man|Angry Black Woman]] and [[Sassy Black Woman]].

* [[The Bartender]]: When she actually shows up to work.

* [[Better As Friends]]: Sam and Tara.

* [[Better as Friends]]: Sam and Tara.

* [[Black Best Friend]]

* {{spoiler|[[Bi the Way]]}}: In season 4.

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* [[Badass]]

* [[Beta Couple]]: Starting in season 4 with Jesus.

* [[Blessed ~~With~~ Suck]]: Congratulations Lafayette ! [[Power Source|You have just discovered that your body has more supernatural energy that a whole Witch circle combined]] and you can see and channel spirits. Of course this also means [[Body Surf|that said spirits can also take over your body without as much as a please .]] And go on wacky fun adventures like kidnapping and engaging in tense hostage situations...

* [[Blessed with Suck]]: Congratulations Lafayette ! [[Power Source|You have just discovered that your body has more supernatural energy that a whole Witch circle combined]] and you can see and channel spirits. Of course this also means [[Body Surf|that said spirits can also take over your body without as much as a please .]] And go on wacky fun adventures like kidnapping and engaging in tense hostage situations...

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]

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* [[Magical Queer]]

* [[Sassy Black Woman|Sassy Black Gay]]

* [[Spared By the Adaptation]]: In the novels he died early on.

* [[Spared by the Adaptation]]: In the novels he died early on.

* [[Stereotype Gay]]

** [[All Gays Are Promiscuous]]

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* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]

* [[Jerkass]]: In the early episodes mainly.

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]

* [[Rape Is Okay When Its Female On Male]]: He seems to think this way. In one of the graphic novels, Jason reveals that he had an affair with one of his teachers in high school. While Sookie and Tara are horrified that an older woman took sexual advantage of him, Jason himself was more upset that the teacher's son--a close friend of his at the time--caught them, destroying the friendship.

** Averted in Season 4, where he's horrifyingly gang-raped by the women of Hotshot.

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* [[Beta Couple]]: With Hoyt, naturally.

* [[Black Bra and Panties]]: She rocks them in {{spoiler|Jason's V induced fantasy of her.}}

* [[Blessed ~~With~~ Suck]]: Because she was a virgin when turned, her hymen keeps regenerating no matter how many times she has sex, meaning every time she does it hurts like the first time.

* [[Blessed with Suck]]: Because she was a virgin when turned, her hymen keeps regenerating no matter how many times she has sex, meaning every time she does it hurts like the first time.

* [[Bratty Teenage Daughter|Bratty Vampire Daughter]]: But she gets better.

* [[Canon Foreigner]] : Didn't exist in the books, but Book!Pam and her share quite a few traits<ref>having been turned around 18 years old, being friendly, being Sookie's only vampire friend</ref>

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* [[Bridezilla]]

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: To those who don't know what she really is.

* [[Death By Irony]]

* [[Death by Irony]]

* {{spoiler|[[Death Seeker]]}}: All maenads.

* [[Emotion Control]]: Aside from feeding on them.

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* [[The Hedonist]]

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Hey It's That Girl!]]: Nice to see you [[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Admiral Cain]].

** Also known for playing [[Star Trek ~~the~~ Next Generation ~~(TV)~~/Characters|Ro Laren]] on [[Star Trek ~~the~~ Next Generation ~~(TV)~~|Star Trek the Next Generation]].

** Also known for playing [[Star Trek: The Next Generation/Characters|Ro Laren]] on [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]].

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard|Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: Her blind faith in her religion led to her death.

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard|Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: Her blind faith in her religion led to her death.

* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: Possibly. According to Daphne, Maryann has been alive as long as there's been an Earth to walk on and has been known, or may be the same, as the Biblical demon Lilith, who brought forth all evil into the world. Others have known her as the ancient goddesses Gaia and Isis. And we know that her black blood is poisonous to vampires and she is resistant to nearly all normal and supernatural means of attack (i.e. bullets, vampires, Sookie's powers).

* [[I'm a ~~Humanitarian|I'm A~~ Humanitarian]]

* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]

* [[A Load of Bull]]: She worshipped the Horned God and she would also wear a bull mask during rituals, making her look like a minotaur.

* [[Manipulative Bitch]]

* [[Mrs. Robinson]]: Being an [[The Hedonist|hedonist]] she, probably, doesn't limit herself to young males, but did "deflower" Sam when he was 17. He was a bit scared of her though.

* [[Ominous Latin Chanting|Ominous Greek Chanting]]

* [[A Party - Also Known As an Orgy]]: She specialized in hosting this kind of parties.

* [[A Party - Also Known as an Orgy]]: She specialized in hosting this kind of parties.

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Her age is never addressed, but all Maenads are ancient. If {{spoiler|[[Unreliable Narrator|Daphne]]}} is to be believed she has been alive for as long as there was an Earth to walk on. The only thing we know for sure is that she's really [[Older Than She Looks]].

* [[Religion of Evil]]: Leads one.

* [[Shout-Out]]: In the first episode of season 2, Maryann explains to Tara and Eggs a painting that depicts the god Pan mating with a human mistress. This is likely a [[Shout-Out]] to [[~~Arthur Machen (Creator)|~~Arthur Machen]]'s horror novella ''[[~~The Great God Pan (Literature)|~~The Great God Pan]]'', where the outwardly beautiful and charming villainess Helen Vaughan is revealed to be a [[Humanoid Abomination]], namely a daughter of the god Pan and a human woman. It feels safe to say that the character of Maryann Forrester takes a good deal of inspiration from Helen Vaughan.

* [[Shout-Out]]: In the first episode of season 2, Maryann explains to Tara and Eggs a painting that depicts the god Pan mating with a human mistress. This is likely a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Arthur Machen]]'s horror novella ''[[The Great God Pan]]'', where the outwardly beautiful and charming villainess Helen Vaughan is revealed to be a [[Humanoid Abomination]], namely a daughter of the god Pan and a human woman. It feels safe to say that the character of Maryann Forrester takes a good deal of inspiration from Helen Vaughan.

* [[Supreme Chef]]: Either Tara and Eggs were high on her [[Emotion Control]] or her Hunter's Souffle was heavenly exquisite.

* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]

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* [[Voice of the Legion]]: When she calls upon the powers of Bacchus.

* {{spoiler|[[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]}}

* [[Woman in White]]: On the second season finale when she was ready to [[Marriage to A God|marry her god]].

* [[Woman in White]]: On the second season finale when she was ready to [[Marriage to a God|marry her god]].

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== Rev. Steve Newlin ==

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* [[Psycho for Hire]]

* [[Oh Crap]]: What everyone was thinking when they realized just how insane he actually was.

* [[Stalker ~~With~~ a Crush]]: Towards Tara.

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Towards Tara.

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== Russell Edgington ==

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* [[Evil Overlord]]: He certainly wants to be this

* {{spoiler|[[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Has been buried in concrete.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Sealed Evil in A Can]]}}

** {{spoiler|[[Sealed Evil in a Can]]}}

*** {{spoiler|He got better}}

* [[I Love You, Vampire Son]]: Loves his vampire son (Talbot)

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* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Was treated as a freak for much of her life due to her status as a spirit medium.

* [[Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence]]: She peacefully passes on into the afterlife after Antonia and Adele convince her to abandon her quest for revenge against the vampires. This makes her the first (and so far, only) season villain to have a happy ending.

* [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]: She peacefully passes on into the afterlife after Antonia and Adele convince her to abandon her quest for revenge against the vampires. This makes her the first (and so far, only) season villain to have a happy ending.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Being bullied and threatened by others. It seems those years of feeling like an outcast and a misfit eventually ate away at her psyche; she's homicidal and vengeful toward anyone who attacks her.

* [[Big Bad]]: Of season four.

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* [[Sympathetic Murderer]]: The show doesn't paint her murderous actions in a positive light, but the motive behind them is treated much more tragically.

* [[Start of Darkness]]: While it's hinted that she was a bit mentally unstable all along, she bears no nefarious intentions until after the vampires antagonize her and Antonia shows her visions of the witches' persecution during the Inquisition.

* [[Sympathy for ~~The~~ Devil]]: Sookie tries to win her over by telling her that she understands how it feels to be ostracized and picked on. This seems to reach Marnie, until Bill challenges her to come out by calling her a coward. In the finale, she is also portrayed in a very sympathetic light as Antonia and Adele convince her to abandon her quest for revenge so she can be at peace.

* [[Sympathy for the Devil]]: Sookie tries to win her over by telling her that she understands how it feels to be ostracized and picked on. This seems to reach Marnie, until Bill challenges her to come out by calling her a coward. In the finale, she is also portrayed in a very sympathetic light as Antonia and Adele convince her to abandon her quest for revenge so she can be at peace.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Her downfall can be traced directly to her not knowing what "cauterize" means. As in, Jesus and Lafayette grabbed a few vials of herbs saying they were going to "cauterize" the wounds of the girl Marnie stabbed, even though it simply means burning a wound to seal it.

* [[Wicca]]: Although many of her practices go against some of Wicca's fundamental ethics.

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* {{spoiler|[[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Antonia after witnessing the injured and dead people following the attack on the Festival of Tolerance.}}

* [[Necromancer]]

* [[New Powers As the Plot Demands]]: In the flashback scenes of her death, she can't manage to fight off a small group of vampires. Then, in the present, she wipes Eric's mind. Then she mind controls a vampire. Then several vampires. Now she can apparently teleport and set up nearly impenetrable force fields as well.

* [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]]: In the flashback scenes of her death, she can't manage to fight off a small group of vampires. Then, in the present, she wipes Eric's mind. Then she mind controls a vampire. Then several vampires. Now she can apparently teleport and set up nearly impenetrable force fields as well.

* [[Rape As Drama]]

* [[Rape as Drama]]

* [[She Who Fights Monsters]]

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Her hatred of vampires is entirely justified, considering the rape and torture she endured at their hands.

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* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Newhart|Sherrif Larry should have appointed his brother Daryl and his other brother Daryl deputies.]]

** [[Blade Runner|Or built a few replicants to round out the Bon Tempes police department.]]

* [[Noble Bigot ~~With~~ a Badge]]: In Season 1, came across as nicer and more reasonable than Andy.

* [[Noble Bigot with a Badge]]: In Season 1, came across as nicer and more reasonable than Andy.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: Is the only person who actually seems to notice the unusually frequency with which murders occur in Bon Temps.

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]

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* [[Clueless Detective]]: Though sometimes (surprisingly) not.

* [[Fantastic Drug]]: As of Season 4 {{spoiler|is addicted to "V"}}

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: He really is just trying to do his job and help people despite all the crap he put Jason through.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: He really is just trying to do his job and help people despite all the crap he put Jason through.

* [[My Beloved Smother]]: Well, Grandsmother.

* [[Not Now, Kiddo]]: Tries to do this with Jason but it never seems to work. Jason just annoys him anyways.

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* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: He's horrified when he discovers that Maryanne used him to do her dirty work, even though everyone--even the police--insist that he isn't a killer and was acting under her mind control.

* [[Mysterious Past]]

* {{spoiler|[[Suicide By Cop]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Suicide by Cop]]}}

* [[Nice Guy]]

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* [[The Atoner]]

* [[Blood Knight]]: Appears to have been something like this in the past, considering he turned Eric after seeing his magnificent fighting abilities.

* [[Blood On These Hands]]: He's a vampire, so this is kind of hard to avoid, but he apparently had a realization at some point and now feels bad about killing humans.

* [[Blood on These Hands]]: He's a vampire, so this is kind of hard to avoid, but he apparently had a realization at some point and now feels bad about killing humans.

* [[I Love You, Vampire Son]]: Genuinely cared for Eric.

** [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad]]: Completely averted.

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* [[The Sheriff]]: Of Texas Area 9.

* [[Technical Pacifist]]

* [[Weakened By the Light]]: {{spoiler|Killed by it actually. And on purpose.}}

* [[Weakened by the Light]]: {{spoiler|Killed by it actually. And on purpose.}}

* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]: Not Godric.

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* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|Bunny Ears Queen]]: Nan Flanagan may hate her guts, but she proves to be quite knowledgeable, seeing as she identified {{spoiler|Maryann as a maenad}} and {{spoiler|Sookie as a fairy}}.

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]

* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge On Him]]: Arguably, in the second episode of season 4.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: Arguably, in the second episode of season 4.}}

* [[Fiery Redhead]]

* [[Het Is Ew]] / [[Lesbian Vampire]]: Claims to be [[Bi the Way|Bi]], but she's hasn't had sex with men since the Eisenhower administration.

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]

* [[Shipper On Deck]]: She sees [[Foe Yay]] between Bill & Eric, and gives this advice to Bill: "All this alpha-male posturing. Why don't the two of you just fuck each other and get it over with? I could watch".

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: She sees [[Foe Yay]] between Bill & Eric, and gives this advice to Bill: "All this alpha-male posturing. Why don't the two of you just fuck each other and get it over with? I could watch".

* [[Yaoi Fangirl]]: See the above quote.

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