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== FBI ==
=== Special Agent Dale "Coop" Cooper
[[File:166px-Cooper_001a_2271.jpg|frame]]
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* [[Agent Cooper]]: Co-[[Trope Namer]]
* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Bookworm]]
** [[Badass in
** [[Cultured Badass]]
* [[Big Eater]]: Sheriff Truman remarks that he must have the metabolism of a bumblebee.
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* [[Idiot Ball]]: Holds onto it pretty tightly during the last three or four episodes. May be a case of [[Love Makes You Stupid]], as most of his sudden incompetence is centered around Annie.
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Arguably, given how Season 2 ends. But who can forget his response to Audrey Horne's question "Don't you have any secrets?"
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* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Coop has a lot of fangirls.
* [[Must Have Caffeine]]: Though he doesn't seem to be addicted to it, rather he ''really'' loves coffee.
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* [[Scarily Competent Tracker]]
* [[Sense Freak]]: Particularly, taste.
* [[Sharp
* [[Sherlock Scan]]
* [[
* [[Psychic Dreams for Everyone]]: Though oddly not [[Dreaming of Things to Come]].
* [[Turn in Your Badge]]: After solving the Laura Palmer case, he is put on trial for crossing national boarders as part of his investigation. {{spoiler|He's acquitted when it is shown that his accuser is impersonating a mountie and is part of an international drug smuggling ring.}}
* [[We Used to Be Friends]]: With Windom Earle
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: {{spoiler|Which he does in the process of saving Audrey, so a bit more understandable.}}
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=== Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole ===
[[File:250px-GordonCole 6341.jpg|frame]]
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Even when compared with [[Agent Cooper]] himself.
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* [[Creator Cameo]]: Played by [[David Lynch]] himself. He shouts a lot and babbles ''almost'' incoherently.
* [[Da Chief]]: '''Completely''' averted.
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* [[No Indoor Voice]]: AGENT GORDON COLE IS ALMOST DEAF. THIS CAN LEAD TO FUNNY SITUATIONS WHEN HE NEEDS TO SPEAK PRIVATELY. PERHAPS THAT'S WHY HE'S SO ABSTRUSE.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]
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=== Diane (Cooper's secretary) ===
* [[The Ghost]]
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=== Former Special Agent Windom Earle ===
[[File:250px-Windom_Earle_7662.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|
* [[Arch Enemy]]
* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]
* [[Chess
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Literally and figuratively.
* [[Crazy People Play Chess]]
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* [[We Used to Be Friends]]: With Cooper.
* {{spoiler|[[Your Soul Is Mine]]}}: In the series finale. {{spoiler|And it's [[Double Subverted]]. He tries to steal Cooper's soul -- then BOB steals Earle's for breaking the rules of the Black Lodge. ''Then'' Cooper's soul is trapped in the Lodge anyway.}}
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=== Agent Albert Rosenfield ===
[[File:250px-AlbertRosenfeld 9901.jpg|frame]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Actual Pacifist]]}}: He became an FBI Medical Examiner to {{spoiler|fight against violence in a way that would never make him have to use violence}}. His deep commitment to {{spoiler|pacifism}} results in {{spoiler|a warming in his relationship with Sheriff Truman}}. Spoilered because it's quite a twist when it finally appears.
* [[Agent Scully]]
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Dr. Jerk]]
* [[Jerk
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Doesn't work too well in [[Twin Peaks]] though.
* [[The Smart Guy]]/[[Sixth Ranger]]
* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]: After his {{spoiler|[[Actual Pacifist|pacifism]]}} was revealed.
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=== Agent Dennis "Denise" Bryson ===
{{quote|Played by: [[David Duchovny]]}}
* [[Camp Straight]]: Don't let the cross-dressing fool you. He likes the ladies.
** Possibly averted: if Bryson is [[
* [[Hey,
* [[
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]
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== Police ==
=== Sheriff Harry S. Truman ===
[[File:Truman_001a_6050.jpg|frame]]
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* [[Agent Scully]]: Though at first he seems to be set up for this, Sheriff Truman deeply respects Agent Cooper. However, when evidence seems to point at {{spoiler|Ben Horne}} Truman expresses exasperation with Cooper's eccentricity, {{spoiler|in this case Cooper was right}}.
* [[Badass]]
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* [[The Lancer]]
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[
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* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]
* [[The Sheriff]]
* [[The Watson]]
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=== Deputy Andy Brennan ===
[[File:218px-Andy_3739.jpg|frame]]
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* [[The Big Guy]]: Shared with Hawk.
* [[Butt Monkey]]
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* [[Lovable Coward]]
* [[Simpleton Voice]]
* [[
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=== Deputy Tommy "Hawk" Hill ===
[[File:232px-Hawk_001_282.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|
* [[Badass]]: No kidding...
** [[Badass Long Hair]]
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* [[Number Two]]: Most of the series has him as back up to Sheriff Truman.
* [[Scarily Competent Tracker]]
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=== Lucy Moran ===
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* [[Adult Child]]: Her voice.
* [[The Chick]]
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* [[Sassy Secretary]]: Usually not very sassy, but all the other stereotypical secretary traits (nasal, watches soap operas).
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== Twin Peaks Townsfolk ==
=== The Briggses ===
==== Major Garland Briggs ====
[[File:Garland-Portal_3003.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]
* [[Bald of Awesome]]
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: More like "Cool Middle-aged Guy", but close enough.
* [[Eagle Land]]: Flavor 1.
* [[Hey,
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: What more can you say about a man who's greatest fear is the "possibility that love is not enough"?
* [[Spock Speak]]: One of the causes of the distance between himself and his son.
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==== Robert "Bobby" Briggs ====
[[File:222px-BobbyBriggs 2404.jpg|frame]]
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* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Laura Palmer's last relationship is with him. Subverted in that she humiliated him by destroying his "bad boy" posturing, as {{spoiler|next to her he was both weak and innocent.}}
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Bobby is about 17 or 18 years old. Dana Ashbrook was in his mid-20s when he played the character.
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* [[Tweener]]
* [[Villain Protagonist]]
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=== The Haywards ===
==== Donna Hayward ====
[[File:233px-Donna_001_4363.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|
* [[The Chick]]
* [[Dogged Nice Guy|Dogged Nice Girl]]
* {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father|Donna, I Am Your Father]]}}: In the season finale, we find out that {{spoiler|her biological father is actually Benjamin Horne}}.
* [[Not Himself|Not Herself]]: At the beginning of season 2.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: In the movie.
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Starting with season 2.
* [[Star
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
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==== Eileen Hayward ====
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* [[Cut Short]]: We'll never know all the details of {{spoiler|her relationship with Ben Horne}}. [[Seasonal Rot|Even though they're pretty obvious]].
* [[Hot Mom]]: What else would you expect from the mother of [[Zooey Deschanel]]?
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==== Gersten Hayward ====
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* [[Bifauxnen]]
* [[Closing Credits]]: She gets to interrupt [[Instrumental Theme Tune|Falling]] to play a boogie-woogie number on piano.
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==== William "Doc" Hayward ====
[[File:120px-DocHayward 2607.jpg|frame]]
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* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[The Coroner]]
* [[Real Life Relative]]: Will's actor, Warren Frost, is the father of series co-director Mark Frost.
* [[The Stoic]]
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=== The Hornes ===
==== Audrey Horne ====
[[File:166px-Audrey_009a_8271.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: Mostly evident in the pilot and early episodes.
* [[Beauty Mark]]: Next to her left eye.
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* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]
* [[Seemingly
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: {{spoiler|Although she seems to quit around the middle of the second season}}.
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==== Benjamin "Ben" Horne ====
[[File:224px-Twin_peaks_36_2797.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]
* {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father|Donna, I Am Your Father]]}}: Revealed at the end of the series.
* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]: He usually smokes cigars, signifying his role as a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]].
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}
* [[Smug Snake]]
* {{spoiler|[[Took a Level In Kindness]]}}
* [[Used to Be
* [[Villain Decay]]
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Several episodes in the making, but he finally goes well and truly off the rails when {{spoiler|he loses One-Eyed Jack's}}.
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==== Jerry Horne ====
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Ben Horne's sleazy brother. He actually doesn't have too big of a role in the show, but he occasionally helps Ben with his schemes.
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Sunglasses
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=== The Hurleys ===
==== "Big" Ed Hurley ====
{{quote|Played by: Everett McGill}}
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: His voice in the Japanese dub is provided by none other than [[Norio Wakamoto]]. [[The Quiet One|DEFINITELY]] [[Playing Against Type]]!
* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[The Quiet One]]
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==== James Hurley ====
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Biker teen who lives with Ed and Nadine instead of his parents, who, he tells people, died in a car accident.
* [[Cool Bike]]
* [[The Danza]]
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* [[Dull Surprise]]
* [[Likes Older Women]]: If {{spoiler|his affair with the 30-something Evelyn March}} is any indication.
* {{spoiler|[[Put
* [[Star
* [[Troubled but Cute]]
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==== Nadine Hurley ====
{{quote|
* [[Badass Normal]]
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: {{spoiler|She saves Ed when Hank tries to kill him.}}
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* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Super Strength]]
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=== Dr. Lawrence Jacoby ===
{{quote|Played by: Russ Tamblyn}}
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Cool Shades]]: He almost always wears a pair of 3D glasses.
* [[Hey,
* [[Making a Spectacle of Yourself]]
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: To be fair, Dr. Jacoby isn't exactly "ugly", just quirky and not very attractive. However, he's married to a pretty Hawaiian woman who appears to be a [[
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=== The Jenningses ===
==== Hank Jennings ====
{{quote|Played by: Chris Mulkey}}
* [[Amulet of Concentrated Awesome]]: His domino key-chain.
* [[The Dragon]]: To several villains throughout the series.
* [[Might
* [[Obviously Evil]]
* [[Smug Snake]]
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==== Norma Jennings ====
{{quote|Played by: [[Peggy Lipton]]}}
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: She acts as one towards Shelly Johnson, and is a literal one to Annie Blackburn.
* [[Fan Service
* [[Greasy Spoon]]: Runs her own diner.
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Hey,
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|Tall, Blonde, and Bishoujo]]
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=== The Johnsons ===
==== Leo Johnson ====
[[File:226px-LeoJohnson 8838.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|Played by: Eric Da Re}}
* [[The Aggressive Drug Dealer]]: Well ... sort of. He is aggressive and does sell drugs to high school kids, but they seek him out to buy them.
* [[Badass Long Hair]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]: Releases Major Briggs from captivity so he can warn Shelly. Windom Earle leaves him in a situation he's highly unlikely to have survived.}}
* [[Villain Decay]]: Leo has the bad luck of being the absolute middle man. Terrifying to the teenagers who are dabbling, easily manipulated by the real powers in [[Twin Peaks]].
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==== Shelly Johnson ====
{{quote|Played by: Mädchen Amick}}
* [[Author Appeal]] : She kisses Gordon Cole, played by David Lynch himself. Cue [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] when her boyfriend, Bobby, comes in.
{{quote|
'''Dale Cooper''' : Uh, Gordon…
'''Gordon Cole''' : [to Bobby] TAKE ANOTHER LOOK, SONNY. IT'S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN! }}
* [[Domestic Abuse]] : Her husband forces her to do all the chores, beats her with a soap in a sock at one point, and is deeply jealous.
* [[Fan Service
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: A mild example.
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]
* [[The Woobie]]
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=== Margaret "The Log Lady" Lanterman ===
[[File:210px-Log_Lady_6578.jpg|frame]]
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Probably the most unusual of the Twin Peaks townsfolk ([[Quirky Town|and that's]] [[Eccentric Townsfolk|saying a lot]]). Margaret Lanterman, aka "The Log Lady", is an [[Cloudcuckoolander|eccentric]] recluse who lives in a cabin in the forest. She is always seen carrying a [[Companion Cube|log]] (hence her nickname), which is implied to either contain the spirit of her dead lumberjack husband or, as of ''Fire Walk With Me'', to serve as a link to him in the Black
She was with Laura 5 days before her murder.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Hoo boy...
* [[Companion Cube]]: Her log.
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* [[Mad Oracle]]
* [[Non Sequitur]]: "Wait for the tea. The fish aren't running."
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=== The Martells ===
==== Catherine Martell ====
[[File:CatherineMartell_276.jpg|frame]]
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* [[Evil Redhead]]
* {{spoiler|[[Faking the Dead]]}}
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* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Even in this town, she stands out as a deft manipulator.
* {{spoiler|[[Sweet Polly Oliver]]}}: {{spoiler|When she poses as Mr. Tojamura}}.
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==== Pete Martell ====
[[File:Pete_Martell_561.jpg|frame]]
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* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: In a friendly, somewhat quirky kind of way.
* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Catherine just won't cut the guy a break.
* [[Hey,
* [[Nice Guy]]
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=== The Milfords ===
==== Mayor Dwayne Milford ====
{{quote|Played by: John Boylan}}
* [[Dirty Old Man]]
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=== Dougie Milford ===
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* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Played by the late [[Tony Jay]].
* [[Out with a Bang]]
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==== Lana Budding Milford ====
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* [[Hello, Nurse!]]
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Considering how Coop, Truman, Andy, and Hawk react when around her...
* [[Informed Attractiveness]]: Whether you find her attractive or not, it's ''very'' difficult to say in all honesty that she's as attractive as ''every male in Twin Peaks'' finds her.
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=== Mike Nelson ===
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* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]
* [[Jerk Jock]]
* [[Likes Older Women]]: {{spoiler|Eventually falls for Nadine in the second season}}.
* [[
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=== The Packards ===
==== Andrew Packard ====
{{quote|Played by: Dan O'Herlihy}}
* {{spoiler|[[Faking the Dead]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Not Quite Dead]]}}
* [[Posthumous Character]] {{spoiler|or not.}}
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==== Josie Packard ====
{{quote|Played by: [[Joan Chen]]}}
* [[Asian Gal with White Guy]]
* [[Dragon Lady]]
* [[Femme Fatale]]
* [[The Scrappy]]: To some.
** [[
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Josie was originally going to be an Italian woman whose real name was Giovanna. She was also going to played by Isabella Rossellini, who at one point dated [[David Lynch]].
* {{spoiler|[[Your Soul Is Mine]]}}: Later in the second season, {{spoiler|BOB apparently steals and [[Fate Worse Than Death|traps her soul]] [[And I Must Scream|in a dresser doorknob at the Great Northern]] [[Mind Screw|or something like that]]}}.
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=== The Palmers ===
==== Laura Palmer ====
{{quote|Played by: Sheryl Lee}}
* [[Acting for Two]]
* [[Brown Note]] / [[Interface Screw]]: The cause and effect of her attack as an enemy in the fan made Atari-esque game 'Black Lodge'
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: In the prequel movie, Fire Walk With Me.
* [[Dysfunction Junction]]
* [[Missing White Woman Syndrome]]: Ending each episode with a still picture of her dressed as a prom queen was ''surely'' meant to evoke this.
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* {{spoiler|[[Parental Incest]]}}
* [[Posthumous Character]]
* [[Seemingly
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Type A.
* [[Uncanny Family Resemblance]]: Sheryl Lee played both Laura ''and'' her cousin Madeline.
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==== Leland Palmer ====
[[File:250px-Leland_Palmer_4702.jpg|frame]]
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The father of Laura Palmer, Leland is a well-respected lawyer in the town of Twin Peaks. {{spoiler|When he was a child, he met the evil spirit BOB and was possessed by him}}. After hearing the news of his daughter's murder, Leland suffers a nervous breakdown, which results in him {{spoiler|killing murder suspect Jacques Renault}} at the end of the first season.
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{{spoiler|Soon after the trial, he brutally murders his niece Maddie Ferguson (who bears a strong resemblance to Laura) the day before she is supposed return to her hometown, Missoula. The police find out about the murder and, with help from the Giant, Cooper reveals that Leland is Laura's killer. When Leland is taken in for interrogation, BOB assumes full control over his body and forces him to commit suicide just before leaving it. Leland tells of his tragic childhood and the murders he committed and, with Cooper's help, dies peacefully while seeing a vision of his daughter.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Demonic Possession]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dying
* {{spoiler|[[Enemy Within]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Parental Incest]]}}
* [[Wangst]]: Done intentionally in Season 1.
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==== Sarah Palmer ====
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* [[Big No]]
* [[Hysterical Woman]]
* [[Psychic Dreams for Everyone]]
* [[The Scream]]
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=== Harold Smith ===
[[File:Harold-Portal_3073.jpg|frame]]
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Harold Smith is an orchid grower a close friend of Laura Palmer, who she met through working for the Meals-on-Wheels program. Harold is agoraphobic (meaning he has a fear of open spaces), which is why he [[Hikikomori|never leaves his home]]. Near the start of the second season, Donna Hayward befriends him in an attempt to get answers and discovers that {{spoiler|Laura gave him her diary before her murder. When Harold finds out that Donna is trying to steal the diary, he [[Freak
* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Freak
* [[Hikikomori]]: Due to having agoraphobia.
* [[Pretty Boy]]
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=== Dick Tremayne ===
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Dick Tremayne runs the clothing department at Horne's Department Store and was in an on-and-off relationship with Lucy Moran.
* [[British Stuffiness]]: A goofier version of this trope.
* [[The Dandy]]
* [[Sharp
* [[Ted Baxter]]
* [[
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== Outsiders ==
=== Annie Blackburn ===
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* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Betty to Audrey's Veronica.
* [[Fan Service
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Has one on her wrist that's never explained, but presumably from a suicide attempt.
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Hey,
* [[Shallow Love Interest]]
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=== Blacky O'Reilly ===
{{quote|Played by: Victoria Catlin}}
* [[Depraved Bisexual]]
* [[Eerie Pale
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[
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=== Thomas Eckhardt ===
{{quote|Played by: [[David Warner]]}}
* [[Cool Shades]]
* [[Evil Brit]]
* [[Hey,
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]
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=== Madeline "Maddy" Ferguson ===
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* {{spoiler|[[Alone
* [[Author Appeal]]: Maddy's hometown is Missoula, Montana, which is also the birthplace of [[David Lynch]].
* [[Backup Twin]]: Backup Cousin, actually.
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* [[Meganekko]]: Although she ditches the glasses later on.
* [[Uncanny Family Resemblance]]: To her cousin Laura Palmer.
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=== Evelyn Marsh ===
{{quote|Played by: Annette McCarthy}}
* [[Lady in Red]]
* [[The Scrappy]]: Arguably the biggest one in the show. Many fans consider her to be one of the reasons for the second season's debatable [[Seasonal Rot|drop in quality]], as she [[
* [[The Vamp]]
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=== The Renault Brothers ===
==== Jacques Renault ====
[[File:250px-Jacques2_9657.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|
* [[Fake Nationality]]: He's a French-Canadian played by an American.
* [[Fat Bastard]]
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
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==== Jean Renault ====
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* [[Blade Below the Shoulder]]: He uses it to kill a random strawberry and {{spoiler|Blackie, the madam of One Eyed Jacks}}.
* [[Evil Redhead]]
* [[Fake Nationality]]: He, too, is a French-Canadian played by an American.
* [[Hey,
* [[Revenge]]: He blames {{spoiler|Cooper for the death of his brothers}}.
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=== John Justice Wheeler ===
{{quote|Played by: [[Billy Zane]]}}
* [[Gary Stu]]: What many fans see him as.
* [[Put
* [[The Scrappy]]
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== The Black Lodge ==
=== Killer BOB ===
[[File:BOB_smile_6138.jpg|frame]]
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The show's [[Big Bad|main villain]].
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Now, when most people say that one character ''is'' a trope, they don't really mean it...
* [[Big Bad]]
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* [[Large Ham]]: Justified (sort of) in that he is not played by a professional actor but by a set dresser who happened to find himself [[Throw It In|accidentally foreshadowed in certain scenes]].
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [
* [[Mind Rape]]:To his direct victims, actual rape for the others.
* [[Recursive Acronym]]: '''B'''eware '''O'''f '''B'''OB.
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* [[The Unfettered]]: "You may think I've ''gone insane'', but '''I Swear I Will''' '''''KILL AGAIN!'''''"
* [[Wild Hair]]: Long, grey, and messy.
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=== The Giant ===
[[File:250px-DVD_PlayerScreenSnapz011_6436.jpg|frame]]
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* [[Arc Words]]: "The Owls are not what they seem."
* [[Bald of Awesome]]
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* [[Cryptic Conversation]]: Less so than The Man From Another Place, giving one straight forward clue - "Without chemicals, [[You Know the One|he]] points."
* [[Gentle Giant]]: His speaking voice is pleasant, and he's dressed smartly. It's difficult to imagine him hurting a fly. He seems to live in the Black Lodge, too.
* [[Hey,
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=== Jimmy Scott ===
{{quote|Played by: [[As Himself|Jimmy]] [[Captain Obvious|Scott]]}}
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Disability Superpower]]: Jimmy Scott was born with Kallmann syndrome, which stunted his growth and he never went through puberty. This left his beautiful voice unbroken.
* [[One
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=== The Man From Another Place ===
[[File:The_Man_from_Another_Place_5667.jpg|frame]]
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* [[Arc Words]]: He's the source of many of them.
** "That gum you like is going to come back in style."
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* [[Louis Cypher]]: With the red three piece suit, [[Wild Mass Guessing|maybe]]...
* [[The Nameless]]: [[Wild Mass Guessing|Some]] contend that he is {{spoiler|MIKE}}.
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=== MIKE/Phillip Michael Gerard ===
[[File:250px-MIKEDream 6513.jpg|frame]]
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* [[Body Snatcher]]: MIKE is a being like BOB.
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: After the Laura Palmer mystery is resolved, we don't see him again.
* [[Heel Faith Turn]]: Long before the series, he saw the face of God.
* [[Red Right Hand]]: He's missing his left arm, which {{spoiler|he cut off to rid himself of his "Fire Walk With Me" tatoo}}.
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=== Pierre Tremond/Chalfont ===
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* [[Creepy Child]]
* [[The Other Darrin]]
* [[Real Life Relative]]: His first actor, Austin Jack Lynch, is actually [[David Lynch]]'s son.
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