History Characters / DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency

* FauxActionGirl: Probably an intentional example, given the series' habit of subverting expectations. She is genuinely very good in a fight, but she still keeps getting defeated and overpowered - sometimes because [[CripplingOverSpecialization her mental instability undermines her physical excellence,]] sometimes because there's just a lot of situations where [[RealityEnsues even a highly competent fighter can't reasonably win.]]

* CripplingOverspecialization: As long as she is 'on the job' she's literally unstoppable and unbeatable. Circumstances always conspire to give her transportation and food. But since so much of what she does is automatic and based on the universe bending in her favor, as soon as that stops for any reason she's completely incapable. [[RealityEnsues She can barely aim a gun and becomes instantly exhausted because she's in such bad shape.]]

->'''Played By:''' Creator/SamuelBarnett

* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep / MeaningfulName: His name is, sadly, exactly what he is.

* StonersAreFunny: She's comically high right from the moment we meet her, although she comes down in later episodes.

* DoNotCallMePaul: Dislikes his birth name of Svlad Cjelli to the point of getting visibly upset when characters use it.

* {{Foil}}: To Dirk, interestingly. Both observe that they rarely understand what's going on around them. However, while Dirk often finds this ''relaxing'', Hugo invariably finds it frustrating and distressing. Similarly, Dirk's manic impulsiveness is directed by his intelligence and kindness, and it usually ends up working out; Hugo, on the other hand, is nearly always a hair's breadth away from violence, and his impatience and stupidity hinder him severely when he's actually ''trying'' to think things through.

* {{Shapeshifter}}: She can turn into anything or anyone, which allows her to easily infiltrate and move around Blackwing undetected. Her limits are implied to be very high, since Ken clarifies that calling her a shapeshifter is too simple. The forms she takes in the series include a [[spoiler: stress toy, mouse, piece of paper, rubber ball, soldier, soap bubble, toy car, moth, plastic cup, pistol, chain, cannon, motorcycle, machine gun, leather jacket,]] and of course a young woman.

* {{Shapeshifter}}: She can turn into anything from a bubble to a race car, which allows her to easily infiltrate and move around Blackwing undetected. Her limits are implied to be very high, since Ken clarifies calling her a shapeshifter is too simple.

* ChildLikeVoice: Mona has a distinctively high and breathy vocal tone, and a tendency to speak in childlike phrases like "You're the bad man" or "Silly little bear."

* OldSoldier: A skilled swordsman, but one whose getting older, which he takes advantage of to use as an excuse for how Panto "escaped" from him.

A rainbow-haired humanoid creature (the Kellum knights call her a "boogle") who quickly grows attached to Dirk.

A rainbow haired...person(?) who quickly grows attached to Dirk.

* BigDamnHeroes: Despite ostensibly being antagonistic, between their SpiderSense for danger and affection for Amanda, they do this a lot, most notably in season 1 when [[spoiler: they take out an entire SWAT team that the cult summoned to go after Dirk, Todd, and Farah]]. In the last episode, Amanda tells Todd they say they're not going to do it again. Still, in season 2 they do it twice: once when Amanda [[spoiler: breaks them out of Blackwing to save a village in Wendimoor]] and again when they, along with Dirk and the Beast, arrive just in time to save [[spoiler: save Todd and Amanda]] from being executed.

* ActionSurvivor: Not a combatant herself, but she's quick on her feet and utilizes her environment to her advantage (for example, throwing a brick at Priest so that Vogle can feed off his pain).
* AffectionateNickname: Vogel alternatively refers to her as "Drummer" and "Boss."
* AndTheAdventureContinues: The series ends with her and the Rowdy Three off on a new quest. [[spoiler: To find the rest of the people who will fix the universe, prepare for the war for reality, and master her magic along the way.]]
* BareYourMidriff: Her dress code as some points.
* DamselInDistress: Briefly; [[spoiler: when the two CIA agents go after the Rowdy Three, Hugo holds a gun to her head to force them to back down.]]

* CoincidenceMagnet: His primary method of investigation is do what he want to until something unusual happens around him. So much that anyone else he drags into his life becomes this as well.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Drives much too quickly, gets distracted from the road easily, and often tries to multitask. For example, drive and eat pizza.
* FriendlessBackground: Due to Blackwing and him being a psychic he doesn't have friends and, if he meets someone, they rarely stay.

* HellBentForLeather: Wears little else other than yellow, green and blue leather jackets in Season 1. By the end of Season 2, he's added both red and black to his repertoire.

* IJustKnew: His standard explanation for whenever he is guessing something right is "I had a hunch". While he indeed has psychic powers, we later find out that he also had some foreknowledge of events by [[MyFutureSelfAndMe meeting his future self]]. Todd calls him out for lying about his "intuitions".
* IJustWantToBeNormal: In season 2, he begins to blame himself for the deaths and other bad things that have happened during his cases, and attempts to turn off the "holistic" and just be a detective. It doesn't work very well.

* MotorMouth: One of his most noticeable traits is that he doesn't seem to be able to keep his mouth shut, much to Todd's (and nearly everyone else's) annoyance. In fact, Dirk enjoyed Sheriff Hobbs' interrogation, because he never interrupted Dirk.
* NonActionGuy: Finds violence rather distressing and will almost always react to violet situations by running, hiding, or just cowering.

The rather offbeat Police Deputy of the town.

* CluelessDeputy: She's commonly drunk and/or stoned on duty, and seems pretty clueless in general.

* PoliceAreUseless: Really doesn't care that much about her job. Mostly cause there's little to no crime to police. In fact, she only signed up because Sherlock's her best friend and she wanted a reason to hang out with him all day.

* StonersAreFunny: She's pretty much out of her head from the moment we meet her, although she comes down in later episodes.

* AlphaBitch: The book club meeting proves that she was the bitchiest, most popular girl in school. A car accident (that she caused by driving under the influence of pills) led to her taking a level in kindness and humility, but as soon as she gets a taste of power, she's back to being a huge bitch.

* AssholeVictim: While at first it seems that she was given the short end of the stick in every aspect of her life, in reality [[spoiler:she was a borderline sociopath AlphaBitch to start with before she broke her hip in a car accident.]]

* {{Foil}}: For Todd. Both have disabling conditions (Suzie's broken hip, Todd's pararibulitis) and both have done horrible things to people they knew in the past. But where Todd sees his pararibulitis as a much-deserved penance for his terrible behaviour and is driven by a desire to make things right, Suzie is utterly delusional about why everyone hates her. [[spoiler:When she and Todd meet face-to-face in Wendimoor, he even says that taking control of one's life is about fixing yourself, not everything else, proving that he has genuinely learned from his mistakes, while Suzie still hasn't grasped her failure as a human being.]]
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Suzie likes to feel she's a downtrodden underdog when in reality her life is a wreck thanks to bullying people to the point of ostracizing her and her injury a result of a car crash ''she'' caused while under the influence. The front she puts on for her first couple episodes quickly falls apart and by the end of the series she's cackling insanely while screaming nothing she's ever done was in the wrong.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: From a handicapped and much abused housewife that implicitly peaked in high school to a spellcaster in a world where no one else is, implied to become the prophesized apprentice of a dark wizard that threatens an entire kingdom from another dimension.

* ItsAllAboutMe: She broke her hip in a car accident [[spoiler: that she caused while high. When it was her turn to drive carpool. She neglects to remember or even apologize for maiming or killing the son she was driving of one of the women she claimed "abandoned" her after it.]]

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: After realizing his FreudianExcuse he resolves to be a better son to Suzie. [[spoiler: She turns him into a frog.]] Though he gets better by the end of the season.

* DumbMuscle: A highly-trained CIA agent with the face of a Calvin Klein model, the biceps of Thor, and the approximate brains of a kumquat. Doesn't even bother to read the mission briefings and files he is handed, has little-to-no attention span or patience, and just wants to shoot all of the subjects.

* {{Foil}}: To Dirk, interestingly. Both observe that they have little understanding of what's going on a lot of the time, and have incredibly poor impulse control. However, while Dirk generally finds this to be ''relaxing'' (as he tries to find connections rather than impose control), Hugo finds it frustrating and distressing. Similarly, Dirk's lack of impulse control usually ends up working out for him and he still shows some restraint, while Hugo is a hair's breadth away from doing something violent almost ''constantly'', and his lack of impulse control makes it very difficult for him when he's actually ''trying'' to think things through.
* GeneralFailure: He wasn't very intelligent to begin with, and being placed in charge of Blackwing has done nothing but expose more of his incompetence. At the least, he's smart enough to recognize that he'd get the axe if his superiors found out he screwed up.

->'''Played By:''' Samuel Barnett

->'''Played By:''' Jade Eshete

->'''Played By:''' Michael Eklund (Martin), Creator/OsricChau (Vogel), Viv Leacock (Gripps) and Zak Santiago (Cross)

->'''Played By:''' Hannah Marks

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Suzie likes to feel she's a downtrodden underdog when in reality her life is a wreck thanks to bullying people to the point of ostracizing her and her injury a result of a car crash ''she'' caused while under the influence. The front she puts on for her first couple episodes quickly falls apart and by the end of the series she's CacklingMad while screaming nothing she's ever done was in the wrong.

* TheDragon: The Mage asks her to be his partner and kill Dirk Gently for him so they can rule Wendimoor together. She accepts. And when he has his VillainousBSOD, she decides she doesn't need him.
* DragonAscendant: Declares Wendimoor to be hers after the Mage gives up on it.

* BigBad: He is a powerful wizard who wants to conquer his home dimension. Shapes up to be the main bad guy for Season 2, and most certainly the greatest threat in Wendimoor. [[spoiler: Subverted. He's really a DiscOneFinalBoss]].