History Characters / AquamanSupportingCast

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Shoes are not really designed with feet like his in mind.

%%* DoesNotLikeShoes

* DoesNotLikeShoes: She's always barefoot.

Known as the Sea Slueth, Phineas was the Golden Age Aquaman's only human friend, and was an expert on all marine knowledge in the style of Sherlock Holmes.

* BladeOnAStick: Her melee weapon of choice.

* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters

For most of her existence in Franchise/TheDCU, Mera's backstory was only alluded to vaguely. Pre-Crisis she was a refuge from Dimension Aqua fleeing an unwanted marriage, and it wasn't until 2010's ''ComicBook/BrightestDay'' that her origin was explored in detail. Hailing from Xebel, an extradimensional penal colony for banished Atlantean people, Mera was sent to Atlantis (under an assumed alias) to kill Aquaman, but couldn't follow through with the plan because she [[InLoveWithTheMark instead fell in love with him]].

[[folder:Calvin "Cal" Durham]]
A former employee of Black Manta, Calvin quit a life of evil and became one of Aquaman's allies.

* TheBusCameBack: Years after the story arc in which he debuted, he became Mayor of Sub Diego.
* HeelFaceTurn: Turned on Manta when he realized the villain was using the ideals of freedom as a cover to kill Aquaman, caring nothing for what he claimed to espouse.

[[folder:Dr. Stephen Shin]]
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One of Arthur's oldest friends. A marine biologist and former friend of Tom Curry's who taught Arthur how to use his powers. Feeling that Arthur was a great discovery, he told his colleagues, who did not believe him. He convinced Tom to allow him to publicise the fact that Arthur was Atlantean, but Tom reneged on their agreement, and destroyed Shin's lab and all evidence. Shin eventually told the media, and Tom died, Arthur running away from home for years. Dr. Shin was disgraced and lost his only friends.

An octopus who occasionally functions as Aquaman's ally, he was initially just a normal ocotpus before the New 52 made him gigantic.

An octopus who occasionally functions as Aquaman's ally

[[folder:Dr. Stephen Shin]]
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One of Arthur's oldest friends. A marine biologist and former friend of Tom Curry's who taught Arthur how to use his powers. Feeling that Arthur was a great discovery, he told his colleagues, who did not believe him. He convinced Tom to allow him to publicise the fact that Arthur was Atlantean, but Tom reneged on their agreement, and destroyed Shin's lab and all evidence. Shin eventually told the media, and Tom died, Arthur running away from home for years. Dr. Shin was disgraced and lost his only friends.

For most of her existence in Franchise/TheDCU, Mera's backstory was only alluded to vaguely, and it wasn't until 2010's ''ComicBook/BrightestDay'' that her origin was explored. Hailing from Xebel, an extradimensional penal colony for banished Atlantean people, Mera was sent to Atlantis (under an assumed alias) to kill Aquaman, but couldn't follow through with the plan because she [[InLoveWithTheMark instead fell in love with him]].

* DeathOfAChild: Arhur Jr. was trapped in an air-filled dome and suffocated. A later issue had him survive the asphyxiation while Mera went in search of a cure...only for him to die before she could return.

[[folder:Andrina "Andy" Curry]]
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The daughter of Arthur and Mera.

* FutureBadass: As Aquawoman in ''Future State''.

[[folder:Topo]]

An octopus who occasionally functions as Aquaman's ally

* TookALevelInBadass: The New 52 reboot was pretty kind to him. He goes from being a regular octopus to a gargantuan thing that looks like he could give Cthulhu a black eye.

* BareYourMidriff: In both her civilian dress and her costume.

* NobleConfederateSoldier: Once he and the council conspired with AC's illegitimate son to depose him and make [[YouBastard Koryak]] king. Feeling that it was for the good of Atlantis due to Orin's disillusionment with his liege. After that there was personally overseeing and carrying out Orin's summery execution by decree of Atlantean law due to the former's [[TrappedInThePast failed past rescuing]] ended getting the people of Atlantis enslaved by their ancestors. He quickly regretted this though as unscrupulous .

[[folder:Tula]]

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Whereas she was adopted pre-Flashpoint, here she is half-sister to Orm.

* AdaptationDeviation: Jackson was created for the Young Justice show first and adapted into the comics later but he has a very different path in each version.
** In the Young Justice show, Kaldur is an Atlantean-human hybrid who grew up in Atlantis and was friends with Garth and Tula the latter of whom he harbored a crush on. He trained in magic for a bit before joining Aquaman on the surface world as his sidekick Aqualad while Garth stayed in Atlantis and completed his training in magic. Kaldur was also the original leader of a superhero team of teenage sidekicks.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Despite being created before Kaldur, Lorena had the misfortune of getting written out of the Teen Titans and later hit with the retcon after Flashpoint. Even after continuity got restored through Rebirth and later Infinite Frontier, Lorena was nowhere to be found.

%%* SuperpowerLottery: Being Xebellian royalty makes her every bit as potent as Arthur if not more so.

* SuperPowerLottery: As Tempest, Garth's magical powers include AstralProjection, EyeBeams, ElementalPowers, [[MindOverMatter psychokinesis]], [[{{Seers}} seeing the past]], sensitivity to magic, SummonMagic over demons, mild SuperStrength, SuperSpeed when underwater, SuperToughness, {{Telepathy}} and MassTeleportation.

* SuperPowerLottery: Garth has some magical powers, such as [[MakingASplash hydrokinesis]], SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, SuperToughness and SuperSenses.

* SuperPowerLottery: He has significantly bigger one than Garth he has ElementalPowers over water and electricity, SuperStrength, SuperToughness, and SuperSenses.

* BerserkButton: Mocking her husband or not respecting her personal space. And don't call her "Aquawife." Or a mermaid.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Her classic look, though it's been downplayed over the years.

* {{Tsundere}}: Warm, compassionate and loving towards Arthur, the Atlanteans and her friends, and protective of innocent people, but also fiery-tempered.

* BrokenBird: Mera had shown signs of instability during and following ''Crisis'' after the death of Aquababy, leading to the breakdown of her marriage with Arthur. And a while after their relationship was back on, Arthur was killed, leading her into a prolonged state of mourning, followed by one of rage during the events of ''Blackest Night'', prompting her targeting by the Red Lanterns to help repel the Black Lantern invasion. Unfortunately, she becomes consumed with rage and attacks Wonder Woman, who to be fair, had been just possessed by a Black Lantern ring and was [[FightingFromTheInside compelled by it]] to attack her. Thankfully, the now temporary Star Sapphire Wonder Woman [[CooldownHug calms her down]], and, after the power of the Red Lantern leaving her brings her to cardiac arrest, the combined energy of [[HopeSpringsEternal one of the Blue Lanterns]], [[ThePowerOfLove Star Sapphire Carol Ferris]] and [[BackFromTheDead a revived]] [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Aquaman]] not only saves her life but also her marriage and emotional well-being.

* [[BashBrothers Bash Sisters]]: To Mera, during Jeff Parker's run.

* {{Good Parent|s}}: Made sure his son learned the value of responsibility and tried his hardest to make sure Arthur was kept safe.

** In the comics, Kaldur is experimented on as a baby by Xebelian outlaws and is secreted to the surface world by Mera for his safety and is given the false name of Jackson Hyde to protect his identity. Whereas his power to form water constructs and generate electricity are magical abilities he learned in the show, Jackson's powers are a result of being experimented on by the Xebelians. And while he was childhood friends with Garth and Tula in the show, he never met them in the comics as they were both dead. Finally, whereas Young Justice Kaldur was the original and only Aqualad in the show, comic Jackson is the second Aqualad.

* HeroicBastard: A hero whose the son of an uncaring super villain.

->''"'''Run'''! Run if you have a thought for your '''lives'''!

* BreakoutCharacter: While she hasn't risen to headliner status, it's pretty safe to say that Mera has gained additional prominence starting from her role in both Blackest Night and ComicBook/BrightestDay.

* BroughtDownToNormal: Inverted, a spell cast by Hagen to spite Arthur and Co, turned her gills into lungs making her surroundings inhospitable to her.
* CharacterisationClickMoment: In Blackest Night, when she is established as a powerful warrior rivaling Arthur with a past she has kept secret, revealed in Brightest Day.

* {{Deuteragonist}}: Has been of equal importance to Aquaman's story, especially starting with Geoff Johns' run from ComicBook/BlackestNight into the New 52 reboot.

* ExpansionPackPast: Originally Mera was introduced as a refugee from an alternate aquatic dimension. Geoff Johns, upon taking the reins during the Blackest Night/Brightest Day arcs, fleshes her out as [[TheMole a mole]] sent from the PenalColony of Xebel trained and sent to kill Arthur, [[BecomingTheMask only to fall for him]]. She also reveals her guilt over the death of her son, which she also blames herself over due to an earlier encounter with Black Manta. The former part of her backstory stays intact through the post-Flashpoint retcon.

** During Blackest Night, the far more hopeful Wonder Woman was chosen as a Star Sapphire for her love for all life, while the then [[DespairEventHorizon empty]], [[RageBreakingPoint rage filled]] Mera became a Red Lantern. A positive example, as Diana is [[PlotTailoredToTheParty exactly the right person]] to help Mera overcome her [[SourOutsideSadInside rage powered grief]].

* HeroicBSOD: Pre-Flashpoint: When her son was killed, she went insane for a time. She didn't fare much better when Arthur was killed just prior to Blackest Night.

* ForgottenFallenFriend: Subverted. Arthur and Mera do acknowledge his death, but only just barely with a curt "At least he's with Tula," with absolutely no reference to Dolphin and Cerdian his, you know, wife and son.

%%* KilledOffForReal: In ''ComicBook/BlackestNight''.

* TraumaCongaLine: Where to begin? First, he was cast out by the Idyllists and left to die as an ''infant'', for fear that he would complete the ritual to summon the undead supervillain Slizzath. He is taken in by Aquaman and becomes Aqualad, but loses Tula, the love of his life, to the supervillain Chemo. Following ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', Garth was turned into an albino and rendered powerless, and his wife and son were missing. Recently, he was restored to normal, only to learn Dolphin and Cerdian were both dead ''since'' Infinite Crisis. Was named King of Atlantis and then killed by Black Lantern Aquagirl (his ex-girlfriend) during ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', turning him into a Black Lantern.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Apparently cannot remember his time in the Teen Titans like many others in new continuity.

* LightEmUp: Is Bioluminescent and can cast blindign rays of light.

* {{Expy}}: Of Orm.

* BlueEyes: Like most Atlanteans she has blue eyes, despite otherwise looking like a black human.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Inverted, on his part. [[spoiler:His constant insulting of his wife while bragging of [[BreakTheCutie having murdered]] her other family did not [[WhatAnIdiot end well]] for him.]]

* MissingMom: [[spoiler:Abandoned her first child.]]

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* DaddysGirl: She loved her father and misses him deeply

* LongLostRelative

* WellIntentionedExtremists: PlayedWith. She's extreme compared to Jackson, but much less extreme than the rest of the Xebelian Liberation Front.

>''"'''Neptune's Knickers!''' Sorry, Reverend Mother!"''

* PowerArmour

%%* {{Twink}}

[[folder:Karaqan]]
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->''" My time is not now. My time is '''before'''. My place is '''there'''. The '''original'''. Othermen come to destroy, and I will stop them. I '''always''' stop them."''

The age-old guardian sea beast who once protected Atlantis in the distant past. Serving as the ultimate guardian of the AdvancedAncientAcropolis until it sank beneath the waves by Atlan's hands, waking up almost several thousand years later it would be seen going on a rampage at a populated city in Iceland.

[[folder:Quisp/Qwsp]]
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->''""-Tee hee- Sorry -- but I couldn’t resist using my powers to play some pranks ! -Tee hee-"''

* ArcWelding: Later stories show that Qwsp is an imp from the Fifth Dimension of Comicbook/{{Superman}}'s enemy Mister Mxyzptlk.
* BadassBoast: "I can wear your laws of physics like a funny-paper hat!"
* DarkerAndEdgier: Followed the same suit as Aquaman in the 90's [[InvokedTrope on purpose]].
* EvilTwin: In the 1960's, he had a pair of nasty brothers who appeared once or twice.
* GreatGazoo: Just like Mister Mxyzpltk.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: His ''modus operandi'' in later stories is fomenting wars in the Fifth Dimension that spill over onto Earth.
* SadisticChoice: Once he decides it would be fun to go Darker and Edgier like Aquaman, he demands that one of Earth's heroes sacrifice themselves as a condition of ending his rampage.
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[[folder:Koryak]]
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Aquaman's illegitimate son by the Inuit woman Kako, Koryak possesses the power to control water, and a whole host of parental issues. When his mother is apparently killed by the Deep Six, he allies with Aquaman to fight them, but later becomes jealous of Arthur's close relationship with Tempest. Responsible for freeing Kordax from his centuries long exile, Koryak temporarily sides with him against his father, is exiled to his village, and then finally aids Aquaman against Anton Geist.