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* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler: He kisses Fallon when they first meet and learn later from Alexis that they're siblings. Adam brushes it off, though.]]
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* BetaBitch: Sammy Jo's own schemes are secondary to that of Alexis', but provide a lot of drama.
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* TriangRelations: Type 4 with Krystle and Blake. He loves Krystle but she's with Blake.
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* AmicableExes: Played with. His relationship with Alexis goes up and down throughout the series, but generally the two still care for one another in some way. Dex is generally protective of Alexis, such as [[spoiler: the time she married Sean Rowan.]]]]. Oddly enough, he generally gets along fine with Alexis's decidedly not amicable ex Blake.
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* WidowWoman: [[spoiler: After she learns that both Matthew and Lindsay had died in season 2. Except Matthew would be a case of ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated in season 8.]]
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* [[ConMan Con Woman]]: Becomes one. However, one such attempt at conning the Carringtons into giving her her inheritance, [[spoiler: results in Krystle's kidnapping, something which Sammy Jo never intended to happen, leading to her to give up these schemes, at least temporarily.]]
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* [[ConMan Con Woman]]: ConWoman: Becomes one. However, one such attempt at conning the Carringtons into giving her her inheritance, [[spoiler: results in Krystle's kidnapping, something which Sammy Jo never intended to happen, leading to her to give up these schemes, at least temporarily.]]
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* IHaveManyNames: Usually, she's Alexis Colby ([[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} TheOtherWiki]] lists her as such on her page). But alternatively she's been Alexis Morrell (her maiden name), Alexis Carrington, Alexis Dexter, and Alexis Rowan. Or if you want to combine all of them, she's [[OverlyLongName Alexis Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan]].
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* IHaveManyNames: Usually, she's Alexis Colby ([[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} ([[Website/{{Wikipedia}} TheOtherWiki]] lists her as such on her page). But alternatively she's been Alexis Morrell (her maiden name), Alexis Carrington, Alexis Dexter, and Alexis Rowan. Or if you want to combine all of them, she's [[OverlyLongName Alexis Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan]].
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* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler: He wants revenge on the Carrington clan, especially Alexis, for their treatment of his late father Anders and his sister Kirby]].
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* DrJerk: Played with. He's generally affable and even saves Claudia from a suicide attempt while also getting her treatment, but [[spoiler: wants Krystle for himself, sleeps with Fallon, and Blake dead for his alleged responsibility in the death of his brother, who committed suicide in jail when Blake (his employer) didn't send help for him. Additionally, Nick arranges for Blake's infant grandson L.B. to be kidnapped.]]
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* {{Foil}}: To Alexis. Where Krystle came from a poor background in Ohio, Alexis was the daughter of a tailor for the British royal family. Where Krystle is kindhearted and generally moral, Alexis is generally manipulative and can be unsavory to reach an end. Both women are outspoken when the time comes for them to defend their goals and both are dedicated to their children, even if Alexis doesn't always understand them and Krystle doesn't always agree with them. Is it any wonder these two are usually enemies?
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* {{Foil}}: To Alexis. Where Krystle came from a poor background in Ohio, Alexis was the daughter of a tailor for to the British royal family. Where Krystle is kindhearted and generally moral, Alexis is generally manipulative and can be unsavory to reach an end. Both women are outspoken when the time comes for them to defend their goals and both are dedicated to their children, even if Alexis doesn't always understand them and Krystle doesn't always agree with them. Is it any wonder these two are usually enemies?
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* EnglishRose: Undoubtedly created to capitalise on the Princess Diana phenomenon that was reaching fever-pitch in the US by the time of her arrival in the series (1984). As well as having a look of Diana (she's portrayed her twice before), for added prestige, actress Catherine Oxenberg is a cousin of the British Royal Family through her mother, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia. In character, Amanda is a beautiful, composed young Englishwoman with refined features and big, Sloane-ranger hair. In personality, whilst she can be a bit of a princess, she's fundamentally a sweet, good-hearted character — unlike her mother, the series' infamous EvilBrit, Alexis. Averted with Karen Cellini's later portrayal.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Her second actress Karen Cellini uses an American accent when playing Amanda, whilst her OG actress Catherine Oxenberg had a British one.
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* NobilityMarriesMoney: Her marriage to Prince Michael of Moldavia at the end of season 5. [[spoiler: It doesn't last.]]
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Her secondactress actress, Karen Cellini Cellini, uses an American accent when playing Amanda, whilst her OG actress Catherine Oxenberg had a British one.
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[[folder: In general]]
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* TheBeautifulElite: The family fits the bill.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: One of the most screwed up families in primetime soap history.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: They may be family, but that doesn't mean much when everyone has an agenda.
* LongLostRelative: Done to death with [[spoiler: Adam, Amanda, Dominique, Jackie, Ben, Leslie, and Caress.]]
* LoveDodecahedron: The Carringtons' dating pool seems to be consistent of the same people other people in their family have previously dated.
* ReallyGetsAround: With the exception of Blake and Krystle, ''everyone's'' like this.
* TangledFamilyTree: As the show goes on, the Carringtons become this.
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!!Main Characters (Contract)
[[folder: Blake Carrington]]
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[[caption-width-right:240: "You're like a man on a mountain sometimes, your mountain - and you don't want anyone to climb it with you."]]
!!!'''Played By:''' John Forsythe (1981-89, 1991)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Catch 22" (1989)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
The lead character, the patriarch of the Carrington family. Initially a ruthless and manipulative business man and CEO of Denver-Carrington, he slowly becomes kinder as the seasons progress. The husband of Krystle Carrington and ex-husband of Alexis Colby. Father of Adam, Fallon, Steven, Amanda, and Krystina. The only character to appear in every episode.
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* AbusiveParents: At the receiving and giving ends.
** He had a tumultuous relationship with his father Tom, which was only reconciled on the man's deathbed.
** With his own children, he varies with this:
*** He initially views his elder daughter Fallon as little more than a trophy despite her being quite savvy when it comes to business matters. He also disliked her promiscuity.
*** His relationship with Steven is not much better. He disapproves of Steven's homosexuality and even [[spoiler: accidentally ''killed'' Steven's ex-lover Ted Dainard in an argument in season 1, though he regrets that.]] Additionally, when he learns of Steven's friendship with another gay man and suspects something more, he tries to take custody of Steven's son Danny despite nothing indicating that Steven was anything other than a good parent. Blake only seems to like Steven when he's in relationships with women.
*** He's frequently disgusted with Adam, who feels that he can never be a real Carrington. Granted, Adam's a ManipulativeBastard whose abusive tendencies have led to people getting hurt, so it's understandable that Blake doesn't always trust him.
*** Really, only his relationships with lost-long daughter Amanda and youngest daughter Krystina are consistently loving.
* AssassinationAttempt: One early in the series left him temporarily blind.
* ButtMonkey: Let's see:
** At the end of season 1, [[spoiler: he's arrested for the murder of Steven's ex-boyfriend Ted Dinard, [[DeathByFallingOver whom he pushed down in an argument and caused him to strike his head.]] He's later charged and convicted of the murder but gets a suspended sentence.]]
** At the end of season 2, [[spoiler: he's left for dead at a cliff by Nick Toscanni.]]
** In season 4, [[spoiler: his deal in a company falls through, causing him to fall into a depression and on the brink of financial ruin.]]
** At the end of season 5, [[spoiler: Blake and his family are at a wedding that gets shot up and they're all left for dead.]]
** In the season 6 finale, [[spoiler: Blake and Krystle lose their assets and home.]]
** In the season 8 finale, [[spoiler: his wife goes missing, shortly after he loses a gubernatorial campaign.]]
** At the end of season 9 (the final episode), [[spoiler: Blake is shot and wounded, with his fate up in the air.]]
* CainAndAbel: Played with.
** With his brother Ben, who (in season 6) acts as the Cain despite being the more affable of the brothers successfully schemed to take over Blake's life including his home. They gradually reconcile.
** Averted with Dominique, whom he generally gets along with.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Has shades of this in his business practices.
* CrazyJealousGuy: With Krystle in the first couple of seasons. In season 1, he's distrustful of her because of her prior relationship with one of his employees, Matthew Blaisdel, and has people spy on her in order to see her activities.
* EasyAmnesia: In season 7, he loses his memories in the aftermath of an oil rig fire.
* FriendToAllChildren: He's quite found of his grandchildren.
* HappilyMarried: Played with.
** He was originally in love with Alexis, though her affairs and his ruthless personality eventually lead to the destruction of their marriage and their volatile relationship during the show.
** His marriage to Krystle is rocky at first. Originally, they appear happy until Krystle learns of Blake's more unsavory personality traits and deeds in addition to his suspicions about her relationship with her ex-lover Matthew Blaisdel, which leads to Krystle nearly leaving him in season 1 (the only reason why she initially returns to Blake is because he's accused of the murder of Ted . Gradually, with [[TookALevelInKindness Blake becoming kinder in later seasons]], they become this.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: Tried to take custody of Steven's son Danny because he believes that as a gay man, Steven can't possibly be a good parent.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Generally, Blake can be manipulative, ruthless, and cruel when he needs to be in both business matters and (unfortunately) family matters. Nevertheless, he cares about his family and is generally well-intentioned even if the way he goes around it can be damaging.
* {{Jerkass}}: Has countless moments where he acts terrible towards people, but especially Alexis.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Blake's eldest son Adam has a lot of his and Alexis' manipulative tendencies.
* LukeIAmYourFather / LukeYouAreMyFather: Learns that Adam and Amanda are his long-lost children during seasons 3 and 5, respectively.
* ManipulativeBastard: In business and family matters, he can be this.
* MaritalRapeLicense: [[spoiler: He rapes Krystle in a season 1 episode because she refuses to have sex with him. This strikes a wedge in between the couple for some time.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: With both Alexis and Krystle. In real life, John Forsythe was 15 years older than Joan Collins (Alexis) and 24 years older than Linda Evans (Krystle), the latter of whom once played a friend of Forsythe's character's daughter in a previous show ''Series/BachelorFather''.
* MissingMom: His ill mother died in a fire, which he blames his brother Ben for because he should've been watching him. This leads to them being estranged for decades before Ben launches a revenge plan against Blake in season 6.
* MoralMyopia: [[spoiler: In season 1, he rapes Krystle when she won't have sex with him and tries to downplay it the morning after. When Adam reveals he did the same thing to Kirby in season 4, he's disgusted.]]
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Subverted twice.
** [[spoiler: In season 3, Steven is declared dead in the aftermath of an oil rig explosion but it turns out he survived, [[TheOtherDarrin albeit with extensive facial reconstruction surgery]].]]
** [[spoiler: In season 5, Fallon is also believed to be deceased after a deadly plane crash results in a woman's body being identified as Fallon's because she was wearing her ring. This woman is buried and the family believes she's dead for nearly a year before it turns out that was the wrong woman after Fallon turns up alive but amnesiac.]]
* PapaWolf: Yes, he's often at odds with them but mess with his kids, you'll regret it.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He's homophobic towards his younger son Steven, which remains a recurring element until the miniseries, where he finally accepts his son's sexuality.
* SecondLove: His wife Krystle, after having been single for years after divorcing Alexis.
* SelfMadeMan: He built Denver-Carrington from the ground up.
* TookALevelInKindness: Due to John Forsythe's influence, Blake is softened significantly as the series goes on.
* VillainProtagonist: He's the main focus of the show and does some ''really'' bad things. But especially in earlier seasons.
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[[caption-width-right:240:"Krystle Carrington is a tender, loving, woman—a passionate romantic living the life of every girl's dream, yet, bringing to it common sense, compassion and seal of approval. She is truly a beautiful human being."[[note]]Esther Shapiro's description of Krystle.[[/note]]]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Linda Evans (1981-89, 1991)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Wedding" (1989)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
Krystle is Blake's second wife. Previously his secretary, they began a relationship which leads to their wedding at the start of the series. The moral center of the Carrington clan. A regular character until midway through season 9, though returned for the 1991 miniseries.
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* AntagonisticOffspring:
** Well, niece, but Sammy Jo could be quite the manipulator towards Krystle.
** Her stepchildren Fallon and Adam weren't kinder towards her when they first met her. While Fallon changed her ways, Adam was still mean towards Krystle on occasion.
** Averted with Steven, Amanda, and Krystina.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Krystle can be quite snarky and aggressive when the time comes.
* BigGood: She's this to the Carrington family.
* CatFight: Occasionally with Alexis, one of the most iconic elements of ''Dynasty''.
** She also has a cat fight with [[spoiler: her lookalike Rita.]]
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Subverted. In season 2, she suffers a miscarriage after [[spoiler: she's dragged by a horse frightened by Alexis purposely shooting off her rifle near them.]] It's not convenient because she wanted the child.
* CultureShock: Her modest beginnings cause her to become isolated from the family and friends she knew beforehand.
* DudeMagnet: Krystle attracts many men.
* {{Foil}}: To Alexis. Where Krystle came from a poor background in Ohio, Alexis was the daughter of a tailor for the British royal family. Where Krystle is kindhearted and generally moral, Alexis is generally manipulative and can be unsavory to reach an end. Both women are outspoken when the time comes for them to defend their goals and both are dedicated to their children, even if Alexis doesn't always understand them and Krystle doesn't always agree with them. Is it any wonder these two are usually enemies?
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: The kindest of the Carringtons.
* HappilyMarried: To Blake, though they had a rocky relationship for several early seasons.
* HiddenDepths: Her cat fights with Alexis indicate that she's quite good at physical fighting. For example, her first cat fight with Alexis in season 2.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Initially surprised at her pregnancy in season 2, Krystle comes around to the idea of motherhood. Then, she has a miscarriage after a horseback riding accident and told she can't have any more children as a result. Two seasons later, she falls pregnant again and is excited at the SurprisePregnancy, but this child (Krystina) is born prematurely after Krystle suffers a fall down a staircase but ultimately survives.
* MamaBear: Can be this to her daughter and stepchildren.
* MayDecemberRomance: Krystle is about in her late 30s/early 40s at the start of the show, while Blake appears to be in his early 60s. (The two actors, Linda Evans and John Forsythe, were 24 years apart in real life; Evans even played a friend of Forsythe's character's niece on his previous show ''Series/BachelorFather'' when she was a teen).
* MoralityPet: Served as this to Blake and arguably, the rest of the family.
* NiceGirl: Krystle is easily the kindest and most moral character on the show, and usually tries to moderate conflicts within the family.
* OopsIForgotIWasMarried: Downplayed. Her first marriage to Mark Jennings turned out to be still valid when she married Blake in season 1, meaning her marriage to Blake wasn't legal, but she originally believed it had been dissolved (it hadn't; Mark tried to get one in Mexico but that didn't take). They legally divorce in season 3, and Blake and Krystle officially marry.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Played with. She's implicitly okay with Steven being gay but in late season 2 when he calls out the family for their bigotry and asks if any of them will publicly acknowledge that he is gay, only Fallon says "Steven is gay" so while Krystle looks ashamed along with the rest of the family (possibly out of regret for not standing up for him or because she genuinely feels that she can't publicly acknowledge it). However, she seems to accept his later relationships with Luke and Bart, regardless.
* ThePollyanna: Has an optimistic life outlook.
* PrecisionFStrike: She has the honor of being the first person to use the word "bitch" on American primetime network television. For context, the following conversation occurs after [[spoiler: Alexis causes Krystle to have a miscarriage and Krystle loses custody of her great-nephew Danny.]]
-->'''Alexis:''' [[KickTheDog I know what's wrong with you... The empty armed Madonna, mourning the baby that she couldn't have and the baby that she almost got to adopt... Gone now... That is it, isn't it?]]
-->'''Krystle:''' You miserable bitch!
-->''[Pushes Alexis into a nearby pond and they both fall in]''
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: After suffering severe headaches that made her lose her identity in season 9, she underwent a surgery to repair it, only to be placed in a coma. She would stay in this condition for the remainder of the show, facilitating Evans' departure from the show.]] She returns for the miniseries.
* RagsToRiches: Originally Blake's secretary, she becomes his second wife and part of the wealthy Carrington family.
* SexySecretary: Was this to Blake.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: With Alexis.
* StealthInsult: Sometimes.
--->'''Krystle (to Alexis):''' "I love your desk. The tusks, they're so you."
* VolleyingInsults: With Alexis, who's generally her enemy.
* WickedStepmother: Averted. She always acts kind towards her stepchildren. However, it's an inverted situation with Fallon, who acts terrible towards Krystle for two-and-a-half seasons until the two eventually come to like each other.
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[[folder: Alexis Colby]]
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[[caption-width-right:240: "You either love her or hate her. And she seems to enjoy it either way."]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JoanCollins (1981-89, 1991)[[note]]Maggie Wickman briefly appears as a stand-in for Alexis in the season 1 finale[[/note]]
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Enter Alexis" (1981)[[note]]An Alexis stand-in appears in "The Testimony" in season 1, though Alexis herself - as played by Joan Collins - doesn't appear until the season 2 premiere "Enter Alexis".[[/note]]
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Catch 22" (1989)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
The most iconic character of ''Dynasty'', Alexis first shows up [[IconicSequelCharacter in season 2]] as Blake's first wife, long exiled from Denver. The mother of Adam, Fallon, Steven, and Amanda. Longtime enemy of Blake's second wife Krystle.
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* AmicableExes: Oh, so averted with Blake, whom she constantly schemes against and wants to destroy financially and personally. At the same time however, she occasionally seems to harbor feelings for Blake, though because StatusQuoIsGod, [[BelligerentSexualTension this will be resolved]].
** Zigzagged with Dex, whom she has a complicated relationship with post-divorce but whom she seems to care for
* AntagonisticOffspring: Fallon distrusts her, while she and Adam don't always see eye-to-eye.
* BreakoutCharacter: Of the show.
* CainAndAbel: With her sister Caress. She's arguably the Cain to Caress' Abel (at least in the mind of Caress), though both are quite manipulative.
* CatFight: Usually with Krystle, but also with Dominique and her cousin Sable.
* DarkSecret: In season 2, it's revealed that Alexis and Blake had a son who was kidnapped as a baby and never returned. Until season 3, where we meet Adam Carrington, alive and well.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has quite the biting wit.
--->'''Kirby''': "You bitch."
--->'''Alexis''': "If I am, take a lesson from me. You may need it in life."
* DivorceInReno: Well, not Reno, but she travels to St. Thomas to gain a quick divorce from [[spoiler: Dex after discovering his affair with Amanda.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Alexis is disturbed to learn that [[spoiler: Adam had Jeff's office decorated in toxic paint, causing the latter to suffer a severe illness]].
* EvilBrit: She's usually the antagonist of the series and is quite British.
* {{Foil}}: Designed as one to Krystle. Where Krystle is the good-natured, kindhearted, and moralistic center of the Carrington family, Alexis is the scheming, manipulative, and ambitious businesswoman who's not above using those around her for personal gain.
* FrameUp: Alexis is accused of murdering [[spoiler: Mark Jennings]], but in reality it was [[spoiler: Congressman Neal [=McVane=].]]
* HiddenDepths: She's a proficient painter.
* IHaveManyNames: Usually, she's Alexis Colby ([[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} TheOtherWiki]] lists her as such on her page). But alternatively she's been Alexis Morrell (her maiden name), Alexis Carrington, Alexis Dexter, and Alexis Rowan. Or if you want to combine all of them, she's [[OverlyLongName Alexis Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan]].
* IconicSequelCharacter: Though the show's most iconic character, Alexis doesn't physically appear onscreen until the start of season 2.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Occasionally. She genuinely loves her children, even if she doesn't always agree with them.
* {{Jerkass}}: She can be downright unpleasant and is the show's main antagonist.
* KickTheDog: She's fond of these moments, but especially towards Krystle and Sammy Jo.
* LadyInAPowerSuit: Her specialty.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Or like mother like son. Both Alexis and Adam possess manipulative tendencies that lead to them dominating those around them. To a degree, her daughter Fallon also has this trait in common with her mother.
* LoopholeAbuse: She uses this in order to get the house behind the Carrington manor in season 2.
* MamaBear: Very protective of her children and grandchildren.
* ManipulativeBitch: Arguably her defining trait since her schemes against Blake and Krystle are often the center of the show's drama.
* MayDecemberRomance: With both Blake and Dex. She's younger than Blake, who's about a decade or so older, and they married when she was quite young (in her teens, if memory serves). With Dex, she's older than him though the two were quite loving of each other
* MrsRobinson: Has several affairs with younger men such as Dex Dexter and Mark Jennings and is quite attractive.
* MyGreatestFailure: Harbors guilt about not continuing the search for Adam.
* NotActuallyHisChild: Subverted twice.
** She tells Blake that Fallon isn't his daughter but rather Cecil Colby's. A blood test reveals that Blake is Fallon's biological father.
** Later, she's told by Neal [=McVane=] that Adam isn't actually her child and that the real Adam had died in the kidnapping attempt. A year later, it's revealed that this story was fabricated.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Played with.
** She's usually kind and protective towards Jeff, Fallon's on/off husband, [[ItMakesSenseInContext though she does use him to sign over her grandson (Jeff's son) LB's shares in Denver-Carrington to him while he was under the influence of toxic paint fumes.]]
** Her relationship with Claudia varies, though they aren't really friends. Additionally, she blackmails Adam's then-fiancee Kirby into leaving him - [[ZigzaggedTrope though this came after Kirby held her at gunpoint and attempted to kill her, though Alexis was never really good to her beforehand.]]
** She's contempuous of Steven's ex, Sammy Jo, whom she considers trash and deems her attempts at being a BetaBitch laughable.
** Alexis' relationship with Blake's father Tom, however, was apparently positive since she seems fond of the man and vice versa.
** Meanwhile, she's manipulative of Blake's brother Ben, though also had an affair with him.
* OpenMindedParent: Played with in regards to Steven's sexuality. She seems to accept it quicker than Blake but when she and the rest of the Carringtons are called out by Steven for not acknowledging his homosexuality, she seems more ashamed at this (though possibly that's because she might believe he has a point).
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Subverted twice:
** [[spoiler: In season 3, Steven is declared dead in the aftermath of an oil rig explosion but it turns out he survived, [[TheOtherDarrin albeit with extensive facial reconstruction surgery]].]]
** [[spoiler: In season 5, Fallon is also believed to be deceased after a deadly plane crash results in a woman's body being identified as Fallon's because she was wearing her ring. This woman is buried and the family believes she's dead for nearly a year before it turns out that was the wrong woman after Fallon turns up alive but amnesiac.]]
* OverlyLongName: Alexis Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan.
* ParentalAbandonment: She did this to her three younger children when they were children. When Blake forced her to leave, he stipulated that Alexis could never see the children again, which remained for 17 years. In the case of Amanda, Alexis had her adopted out to a cousin in England and didn't tell her of her relation to both her and Blake until she was about 20 years old. Unsurprisingly, Steven, Fallon, and Amanda have mixed feelings about Alexis' return to their lives after being gone so long.
* ParentalFavoritism: Steven's the child she's the closest to.
* PimpedOutDress: Alexis is a fan of this.
* ReallyGetsAround: In addition to the four men she's been married to, she has numerous relationships with men throughout the series.
* {{Revenge}}: Oh, yeah. And usually against Blake. For example, her arc in season 6 has her and Blake's brother Ben successfully go after his company, assets, and home.
* RichBitch: A given.
* TheRival: Her rivalry with Krystle is the stuff of primetime soap opera legends.
* SecondLove: Dex, who's her on/off lover for much of her time on the show. To a lesser degree, Cecil (though they married on his deathbed
* SerialSpouse: Married four times to Blake Carrington, Cecil Colby, Dex Dexter, and Sean Rowan.
* ShouldersOfDoom: She ''loves'' shoulder pads.
* TeenPregnancy: Implied. She had her son Adam a year after she married Blake at 17. You do the math.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: At the end of season 9, she and Dex fall off a balcony. The show was cancelled shortly thereafter. Subverted in the miniseries, where it's revealed that Alexis survived but it's unclear if Dex did too.]]
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[[folder: Fallon Carrington Colby]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Pamela Sue Martin (1981-84), Emma Samms (1985-89, 1991)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Catch 22" (1989)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
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[[caption-width-right:240:The original Fallon Carrington, as played by Pamela Sue Martin.]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:The second Fallon Carrington, as played by Emma Samms.]]
Blake and Alexis' headstrong and assertive elder daughter, an heiress who dislikes her role as the trophy to her father and wants to break out of that role.
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* AdultFear: ''Both'' her children was born prematurely after accidents with L.B. later being kidnapped several months later [[spoiler: though recovered]] and nearly falling into a pool when he toddles too close to it.
* [[spoiler: AlienAbduction]]: [[spoiler: At the end of ''The Colbys'', Fallon appears to be abducted by aliens. Whether it was a hallucination or not is left up in the air.]]
* AntagonisticOffspring: Towards her mother Alexis, who abandoned her for 17 years. However, she [[spoiler: shot Roger Grimes after she saw him beat her when she was eight years old, as revealed in season 9.]]
* AwfulWeddedLife: Her romance and marriage to Jeff was fraught with this as Fallon had married Jeff even though she wasn't in love with him at the time.
* CainAndAbel: She never gets along with Adam.
* CatFight: With Sammy Jo over Jeff in season 9, which ends when [[TakeAThirdOption they realize that neither of them want him]].
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Jeff, though it's largely on/off.
* CoolBigSis: She loves her brother Steven and wants him to be happy. This is best demonstrated where in the season 2 episode "The Two Princes" she's the only one of the Carringtons to acknowledge that Steven is gay.
* DaddysGirl: Conflicts aside, Fallon adores Blake. In season 2, she's devastated at the possibility that she isn't his daughter. [[spoiler: Of course, this turns out not to be the case.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Her acerbic wit is part of her character.
-->'''Fallon:''' "Adam's dull wit needs all the sharpening it can get."
* EasyAmnesia: At the end of season 5 and the first episodes of season 6. It's implied that an accident that left her briefly paralyzed in season 4 was to blame.
* EightiesHair: Loves big haired styles, especially after the recast.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: In season 2, Fallon decides to get one but turns away at the last second.
* HappilyMarried: To Jeff by the end of the miniseries, though it took a ''long'' time to get there.
* [[LikeFatherLikeSon LikeFatherLikeDaughter / LikeMotherLikeDaughter]]: She's as intelligent and business savvy as her dad. She's also as manipulative and promiscuous as her mother.
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: She was this to Jeff after she died. Except she didn't die.]]
* MamaBear: Fallon is quite motherly towards her children. She once snaps out of a psychosomatic disorder when she sees her toddler son L.B. crawling towards the mansion's pool to save him.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: At the receiving and giving ends of this. In season 2, she's told by Alexis that Cecil Colby is her father, [[spoiler: though this turns out to not be true]]. On ''The Colbys'', Fallon's not sure who's the father of her daughter Lauren ([[spoiler: it's Jeff]]) for a while.
* MarriageOfConvenience: She married Jeff so Denver-Carrington could be financially secure with the help of Jeff's uncle Cecil.
* MissingMom: Alexis was this to Fallon for 17 years and when she returns, Fallon isn't happy about it. Their current relationship is complicated as a result. Additionally, Fallon [[spoiler: during her "dead" period]] was this to her son L.B.
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Fallon wants to avoid this trope and her father Blake tries to invoke this when he sideswipes her attempts to join Denver-Carrington. She however plays around with this trope as Fallon manages to successfully run her father's struggling hotel La Mirage for several seasons.
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: In season 5, she's presumed dead after the charred body of a woman wearing her ring is found with Peter De Vilbis, Fallon's lover, in the aftermath of an explosive plane crash. The woman is buried but it turns out at the end of the season that Fallon is still alive.]]
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Emma Samms' British accent occasionally shined through in the role.
* ParentWithNewParamour: Initially, Fallon hates Krystle as she thinks she's a GoldDigger. By season 3, the two have a much closer relationship, due to in no small part because of Alexis' return.
* PutOnABus: At the end of season 4, she disappears after a car accident (in real life, this was done because Pamela Sue Martin was leaving the show). Then again, midway through season 6, when she and Jeff move to California for ''The Colbys''. She returns to Denver both times.
* [[spoiler: RapeAsDrama]]: [[spoiler: Miles forces himself on Fallon, which leads to the MamasBabyPapasMaybe situation from above.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: In addition to Jeff, she also married his cousin Miles and had numerous affairs with other men as Michael Culhane, Mark Jennings, and Peter De Vilbis.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: With Jeff for most of the series. She's originally the object of desire for him, though she initially doesn't have feelings for him. However, she marries him to secure her father's company by having Cecil Colby secretly get Blake out of a financial jam. Fallon sleeps around as does Jeff, which leads to their first divorce. This pattern occurs for the remainder of the series as well as on ''The Colbys''. [[spoiler: They're together by the end of the miniseries.]]
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Usually with her mother.
* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler: Fallon kisses Adam when they first meet, only to learn later they're brother and sister. This damages her relationship with him as a result.]]
** Subverted in season 2, Alexis tells Fallon that she's the daughter of Cecil Colby, thus making her husband Jeff her cousin. Except a blood test reveals that Blake is indeed her father.
* {{Transplant}}: To ''The Colbys'' for its two-season run.
* WickedStepmother: Inverted, she's a wicked ''stepdaughter'' to Krystle. At first, though she TookALevelInKindness towards Krystle as the series went on.
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[[folder: Steven Carrington]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Al Corley as Steven Carrington.]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Jack Coleman as Steven Carrington.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Al Corley (1981-82, 1991), Creator/JackColeman (1983-88)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Colorado Roulette" (1988)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
The sensitive and intuitive younger son of Blake and Alexis, who struggles with his sexuality and his familial ties.
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* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Subverted, though Sammy Jo invokes this trope in her testimony at the custody trial of their son Danny simply to spite Steven.
* AmbiguouslyBi: A case could be made that Steven's bisexual given his genuine affection for his male and female partners, though given the NoBisexuals trope being in full force here, it's never considered as a possibility.
* AntagonisticOffspring: To Blake, but only because the former is a homophobe who can't accept his son for who he is. If anything, it's usually inverted.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: The most moral of the Carrington kids, Steven can throw down when he (or his family)'s threatened.
* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: Subverted. He survives the oil rig explosion in season 3 and again in the aftermath of the Moldovian massacre in the season 5 finale; his boyfriend Luke isn't so lucky in the latter event.]]
* ButNotTooGay: His relationships with Claudia and Sammy Jo are more sexualized than his relationships with men. This was a reason why his original actor, Al Corley, quit the role while second actor Jack Coleman would later mention how Steven's relationship with Luke was a NoHuggingNoKissing situation.
* CainAndAbel: Usually, the Abel to Adam's Cain. Averted with Fallon, whom he adores.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Does this a lot to Blake.
* CureYourGays: His father Blake believes that Steven could "change". It seemingly "works" for a while with his romances with Claudia and Sammy Jo, but they never lasted. [[spoiler: He ends up with Bart Fallmont in the miniseries.]]
* EnemyMine: He works with Walter Lankershim, his father's business rival, to spite Blake in season 1. He also works with his mother Alexis to avoid working with Blake.
* {{Foil}}: To Blake and Adam, both of whom are amoral, ruthless, and manipulative businessmen who use unsavory methods to benefit the companies they own/work for whilst Steven is generally moralistic in both business practices and familial matters.
* {{Gayngst}}: His storylines are usually full of this.
* GoodParents: To his son Danny.
-->'''Steven at Danny's custody trial:''' "I won't answer that. What he's asking in essence is if I'm guilty of being gay. Well, nobody, not my father's lawyer, not you, not anybody in this courtroom or outside of it has the right to ask this because there is no guilt in that issue. Everybody in this state and in this country has the right to live his own life the way he wants. Provided that he's a decent human-being, isn't a man entitled to raise his own child whether he's homosexual or not? I am and will always be Danny's father. And a good one no matter what my lifestyle is."
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Blake is a ruthless businessman who usually doesn't care who he steps over to benefit his business. Steven is a kindhearted man who doesn't like to screw over people and yet expected to follow in Blake's role. Additionally his distaste for his father's capitalistic values and amoral business practices (not to mention his sexuality) drive a huge wedge in between the two.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: A variation. After he returns to Denver, he meets his infant son Danny (conceived with Sammy Jo shortly before their split).
* MissingMom: Alexis was this to him for 17 years. Unlike Fallon, Steven's drawn to her specifically because of this absence.
* MommasBoy: Complicated as their relationship is, Steven does love Alexis. He also loves Krystle, his stepmother.
* NiceGuy: Generally, Steven's a pretty kindhearted dude.
* TheNthDoctor: Steven's face is completely changed after his accident in season 3, to explain away Jack Coleman's physical difference from Al Corley.
* NoBisexuals: Depending on what season and how it was written, Steven may or may not have had some genuine attraction to Claudia and Sammy Jo. Not that it ever lasted. [[spoiler: By the reunion mini-series he had settled down permanently with Bart Fallmont, a love interest from a previous season.]] During that time, bisexuality is never mentioned as a possibility.
** According to [[WordOfGod Esther Shapiro]], she intended for Steven to be sexually confused for about two seasons before coming out as gay, but [[ExecutiveMeddling both ABC and social conservative groups put an end to that]].
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Declared dead in the aftermath of an oil rig explosion in season 3, though it turns out Steven survived but had significant facial reconstruction surgery afterwards. Late in the season, he returns to Denver.]]
* ParentWithNewParamour: Type 1. He gets along with Krystle from the series outset.
* PutOnABus: Once in the penultimate episode in season 2, where Steven goes off to Indonesia (Al Corley had decided to leave the show) and again in season 8, when he leaves Colorado (Jack Coleman ''also'' decided to leave). Subverted in season 7, when he's brought back into the fold shortly before his intended departure.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Does this to the rest of his family in the season 2 episode "The Two Princes".
-->'''Blake''': I wanted you to be a man.
-->'''Steven''': I am a man. Just not your kind. You know, I'm finally facing up something here. I tried to live a lie, to please you. Not any more. From now on, I'm gonna live my life my way. I'm a homosexual, dad. I'm a gay! And I want you to face it. And say it. Say it! Steven is gay! Somebody say it!
-->'''(Main/{{Beat}})'''
-->'''Fallon''': Steven is gay!
-->'''Steven''': You really know what hurts me the most, is I hate what you all stand for. I hate your values, your morals and your blindness. But, I love you, I love you all very much. [Steven starts to leave as L.B. cries] The heir apparent; the little Carrington prince - God help that poor baby.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: With Claudia and Sammy Jo at various points.
* StraightGay: Has no campy mannerisms associated with being CampGay. The same applies for his boyfriends.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Arguably, with Krystle, of the Carrington family. He's easily the most moral of the Carrington kids at least.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Adam Carrington]]
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[[caption-width-right:240: "I've played heavies before but none as demonic as Adam. He's the most rotten guy in prime time."]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Gordon Thomson (1982-89), Robin Sachs (1991)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "The Plea" (1982)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Catch 22" (1989)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
The long-lost eldest son of Blake and Alexis, he follows in his parents' footsteps by being a ManipulativeBastard whose amorality and manipulations make him of the show's most prominent villains.
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* AmoralAttorney: Is/was an attorney and easily one of the most amoral characters on the show.
* AntagonisticOffspring: He betrays Blake and Alexis several times though they forgive him.
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to both his actual brother Steven and his brother-in-law Jeff, the latter of whom he [[spoiler: poisons out of jealousy]].
* TheCharmer: Adam is (superficially) charming.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: Kidnapped from his birth family as a baby, raised by the woman who kidnapped him, and had a drug problem in his teens that led to a mental breakdown.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even Adam is surprised when he [[spoiler: indirectly allows Sammy Jo to kidnap Danny.]]
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: He does this to [[spoiler: Bart Fallmont]].
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Getting kidnapped as a baby and being raised by his kidnapper, depriving him of his birth family, is often used as an excuse for Adam's more abominable actions.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: He's frequently jealous of Steven and Jeff to the point where he sabotages them.
* HappilyAdopted: Subverted. He came to dislike the woman who [[spoiler: kidnapped]] and raised him, Kate Torrance. He also sheds his original alias "Michael Torrance" as he becomes more invested in the Carringtons.
* {{Jerkass}}: A manipulative, amoral, self-serving man whose jealousy is often a motivator for his wicked deeds.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Whenever it appears he'll be redeemed, he squanders it with his own jealousy.
* KarmaHoudini: Gets away with [[spoiler: raping Kirby and poisoning Jeff.]]
* LongLostRelative: Revealed to be the long-missing (and presumed dead) eldest son of Blake and Alexis in season 3. [[spoiler: Subverted in season 7 when Neal [=McVane=] reveals to Adam that the actual son of Blake and Alexis had died in the kidnapping attempt. Then it's double subverted a year later when it's revealed that [=McVane=]'s story was fabricated; Adam is indeed his parents' son.]]
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Claudia.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Adam's defining trait is that he's always cunning and scheming in both business and personal matters.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He's disdainful of Steven's homosexuality, once leading to a fight between the two.
** Made HarsherInHindsight in 2017, where Thomson came out as gay and explained in an interview of his self-loathing over being gay.
* [[spoiler: RapeAsDrama]]: [[spoiler: He rapes Kirby Anders in season 3, resulting in her pregnancy.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: Goes through women like it's going out of style.
* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler: He kisses Fallon when they first meet and learn later from Alexis that they're siblings. Adam brushes it off, though.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: As much as he betrays them, he also wants his parents' approval.
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[[folder: Amanda Carrington]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Catherine Oxenberg as Amanda Carrington.]]
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[[caption-width-right:304:Karen Cellini as Amanda Carrington.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Catherine Oxenberg (1984-86), Karen Cellini (1986-87)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Amanda" (1984)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Rig" (1987)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Rig" (1987)
The charming but naive youngest of the Carrington children, she was born after Alexis was exiled from Denver and Blake (and by extension, Adam, Fallon, Steven, and Krystle) was unaware of her existence until she arrives at Alexis' apartment in season 5.
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* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: [[spoiler: Averted. It doesn't appear bloodstained after the massacre at her wedding.]]
* CatFight: With Sammy Jo at the end of season 6. That leads to them falling into the pool of La Mirage.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After her PutOnABus moment in season 7, Amanda is never mentioned again, even in the miniseries.
* DaddysGirl: Becomes one to Blake.
* GeneHunting: Tries to find who her biological father is. Alexis initially tells her it's a ski instructor she had an affair with, but Amanda finds out that her real father is actually Blake Carrington.
* HappilyAdopted: Downplayed. Was raised normally by her mother's cousin Rosalind Bedford in London, though wants to know more about her parents.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Pulls this on Alexis in her debut episode "Amanda", revealing that she knew that Alexis was her birth mother while Rosalind Bedford was her adoptive mother.
* NiceGirl: In relation to everyone else, though can be spoiled at times.
* NobilityMarriesMoney: Her marriage to Michael of Moldavia at the end of season 5. [[spoiler: It doesn't last.]]
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Her second actress Karen Cellini uses an American accent when playing Amanda, whilst her OG actress Catherine Oxenberg had a British one.
* PutOnABus: Midway through season 7, Amanda goes back to England to "think". She's never seen or referred to again.
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[[folder: Jeff Colby]]
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[[caption-width-right:252: John James as Jeff Colby.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' John James (1981-89, 1991)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Catch 22" (1989)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
Fallon's [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor on/off]] husband, a business executive of the Carringtons' rivals, the Colby family. The only other main character, apart from Blake, to appear in both the premiere and the finale.
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* AdultFear: Both his kids are born premature, the elder of which is kidnapped at one point.
* AwfulWeddedLife: His marriage to Fallon is perpetually rocky.
* CainAndAbel: Jeff plays the role Abel to brother-in-law Adam's Cain. Also the Abel to his cousin/[[spoiler: half-brother]] Miles.
* TheCharmer: Jeff's a charming guy.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: His relationships with Fallon and Kirby, both of whom he knew from childhood, qualify as this.
* {{Elopement}}: Does this with Fallon in season 1.
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: Let's see. [[spoiler: Jeff spent much of his life believing that his father was Phillip Colby and he died before he was born. In reality, Phillip isn't dead and he wasn't Jeff's dad. Phillip's brother Jason was actually Jeff's biological father, thus making Phillip's children Miles, Monica, and Bliss his half-siblings. Except it turned out Miles and Monica were [[ChildByRape conceived from a rape]] and weren't biologically Jason's after all.]]
* GoodParents: This to his children.
* HappilyMarried: Occasionally, to Fallon. They are this at the end of the miniseries.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe:
** His daughter Lauren's paternity is initially questioned since [[spoiler: Miles had raped Fallon]], though Jeff turned out to be her father.
** [[spoiler: Jeff himself. He believed himself to be the son of Frankie and her husband Phillip, though he was actually the product of an affair Frankie had with Phillip's brother Jason, who he believed was his uncle.]]
* MarryForLove: What he thought he was doing when he married Fallon. She would disagree.
* {{Nephewism}}: Raised by his uncle Cecil.
* NiceGuy: One of the kinder characters on ''Dynasty''.
* PapaWolf: To L.B. and Lauren.
* ParentalAbandonment: [[DisappearedDad His father died before he was born]], while [[MissingMom his mother left the family]], leaving Jeff to be raised by his uncle Cecil. [[spoiler: ''The Colbys'' reveals that several things about this backstory being false. 1) Jeff's father isn't dead, 2) [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo Jeff's father isn't actually his father, 3) Jeff's actual father is his "uncle" Jason Colby]], and 4) his mother was forced to give Jeff up to Cecil.]]
* PutOnABus: In season 6, he and Fallon move to California to live with Jeff's family. [[TheBusCameBack They came back after the cancellation of ''The Colbys''.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: In addition to Fallon, he's had relationships with Claudia, Kirby, Sammy Jo, Nicole Simpson, Lady Ashley Mitchell, etc.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: How he and Fallon are doing as a couple (or even as friends) depends on the season.
* TheRival: To Adam.
* SerialSpouse: Married three times (one of which was faked) and engaged a fourth.
* {{Transplant}}: On ''The Colbys'' for its two seasons.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Claudia Blaisdel Carrington]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Pamela Bellwood (1981-86)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Choice (a.k.a. The Vendetta)" (1986)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Choice (a.k.a. The Vendetta)" (1986)
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[[caption-width-right:252: Pamela Bellwood as Claudia Blaisdel Carrington.]]
Originally a friend of Krystle's, she later married into the Carrington family (initially with Steven, then with Adam).
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* AmbiguousDisorder: It's implied that Claudia might have a delusional disorder in addition to depression and suicidal tendencies.
* BrokenBird: Poor Claudia. [[spoiler: She never had strong mental health to begin with, but being institutionalized before the series begins, going through her husband's affair with Krystle and his decision to take their daughter to South America only for both to die in an accident while there, her suffering a mental breakdown as a result (leading to her re-institutionalization), being cheated on by Steven, her NearDeathExperience at the Moldavian Massacre, her relationship with Adam ending, and having three marriages collapse on her before a fire she accidentally caused kills her and several others makes her quite the tragic character.]]
* ButtMonkey: Claudia's life is just full of tragedy from beginning to end and she's frequently used by the Carringtons. See the entry for BrokenBird above.
* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted in season 2, when she attempts to overdose but is saved by Blake and Nick. [[spoiler: Her own death at the end of season 6 is accidental, as a candle she was holding knocked over and set La Mirage on fire, trapping her in her room.]]
* GoodStepmother: Gets along with Steven's son Danny.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: Dies in a fire she accidentally caused at La Mirage in the season 6 finale.]]
* MamaBear: To Lindsay and Danny.
* MarriageOfConvenience: She married Steven to gain custody of Danny.
* MoodSwinger: Owning to her mental illness.
* NiceGirl: Generally, Claudia is an affable person.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler: Her daughter Lindsay is killed in a car accident in South America, which she learns about in season 2.]]
* PutOnABus: At the start of season 3, she suffers a mental breakdown after [[spoiler: learning her husband and daughter were killed in South America]] and was institutionalized after an incident where she was accused of kidnapping L.B. Colby and accidentally dropping "him" off a rooftop - which turned out to be a baby doll and not the missing L.B. [[TheBusCameBack She returns once towards the end of the season and more permanently in season 4.]]
* RagsToRiches: Her relationship and marriage to Steven - and later to Adam - moves her from middle class to upper class overnight.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: With Steven.
* SanitySlippage: Before the series began, then again in season 2/3, and once more in season 6.
* ShaggyDogStory: Her life is basically one long one. She got pregnant at a young age and had a ShotgunWedding as a result. She suffered a mental breakdown and was institutionalized two years before ''Dynasty'' began. When she's released, her marriage is on the rocks as Matthew has feelings for his ex Krystle and Claudia starts an affair with Steven. Matthew then runs away with their daughter Lindsay, and she learns the following season, that they died in an accident in South America. She suffers another breakdown, resulting in an incident where she's accused of kidnapping L.B. Colby and drops "him" off a rooftop - which turned out only to be a baby doll. She's re-institutionalized soon afterwards. A year later, Claudia rekindles her romance with Steven, which ends when both start sleeping with other people. Shortly afterwards, she's nearly a victim at the Moldavian Massacre and she begins a relationship with Adam. That soon ends acrimoniously and she attempts a venture by digging at one of Blake's oil wells, only to discover it's dry. Finally having enough, she moves to La Mirage and suffers yet another breakdown, [[spoiler: which accidentally causes a fire and kills her in the process.]]
* ShotgunWedding: With her first husband Matthew.
* SiblingTriangle: With Steven and Adam.
* TeenPregnancy: Claudia had her daughter Lindsay as a teenager.
* WidowWoman: [[spoiler: After she learns that both Matthew and Lindsay had died in season 2. Except Matthew would be a case of ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated in season 8.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sammy Jo Dean Carrington]]
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[[caption-width-right:240: Heather Locklear as Sammy Jo Carrington.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/HeatherLocklear (1981-89, 1991)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Reconciliation" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Catch 22" (1989)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
Krystle's niece who comes to live with the Carringtons, though has bigger plans in mind when she arrives.
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* BetaBitch: Sammy Jo's own schemes are secondary to that of Alexis', but provide a lot of drama.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: So often that even her kindhearted aunt isn't sure to trust her.
* [[ConMan Con Woman]]: Becomes one. However, one such attempt at conning the Carringtons into giving her her inheritance, [[spoiler: results in Krystle's kidnapping, something which Sammy Jo never intended to happen, leading to her to give up these schemes, at least temporarily.]]
* DisneylandDad: She tries to win Danny's affections by giving him gifts.
* TheDitz: Her schemes don't always work in part because she doesn't think things all the way through.
* DumbBlonde: If this conversation is an indicator:
-->'''Fallon:''' "That's kind of a dumb question."
-->'''Sammy Jo:''' "Well, it comes from kind of a dumb girl, doesn't it? I mean, isn't that what you still think of me?"
-->'''Fallon:''' "Look, I'm giving the party because I love my brother. I just figured you might wanna be there with him. So don't bother [=RSVPing=]."
-->'''Sammy Jo:''' "What's that mean?"
-->'''Fallon:''' "Oh, nothing. I just made it up."
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Evil is stretching it, but [[spoiler: in season 6, she attempts to get her inheritance from the Carringtons with the help of a man named Joel Abrigore by having a Krystle lookalike named Rita impersonate her aunt in order to get the money. However, Krystle is kidnapped by Joel when she accidentally discovers Rita. Eventually, Sammy Jo becomes disillusioned with the plan and helps Krystle to escape.]]
* FourthDateMarriage: She married Steven very shortly after meeting him (the episode where she first appears and the episode when she marries Steven aired a ''month'' apart). [[spoiler: It doesn't last.]]
* GetRichQuickScheme: Sammy Jo loves these. However, after [[spoiler: a plan to extort the Carringtons to get her inheritance, results in Krystle's kidnapping.]]
* GoldDigger: Sammy Jo is easily the biggest example of this. She likely learned it from her stepfather. At one point, she even ransoms [[spoiler: ''her own son'']] for money.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She's quite self-centered.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Blake and Krystle don't press charges against Sammy Jo after her plan to extort them results in Krystle's kidnapping because 1) Sammy Jo helped Krystle escape and 2) she tries to help them capture Joel and Rita.]]
* TheLadette: She's into cars and can be tomboyish at times.
* LaughablyEvil: Alexis thinks of her as this and disrespects Sammy Jo for it.
* LowerClassLout: Originally from a poor background in Ohio, Sammy Jo's regarded as such.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Meets her biological father Daniel Reese in season 5, [[spoiler: though he dies soon afterwards.]]
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Alexis hates her, but Sammy Jo does nothing positive to gain her favor either.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: She tries to use her first name "Samantha" in order to show she's changed, but no one calls her that. She eventually drops it.
* ParentalAbandonment:
** Does this to Danny, whom she leaves with the Carringtons. She later returns and tries to be a better mother to him.
** Her mother died when she was young, she never knew her biological dad, and her stepdad all but left her with Krystle.
* ReallyGetsAround: Like everyone else.
* RecurringCharacter: Until season 6, where she moves back to Denver and becomes central to season-long storylines.
* SerialSpouse: Downplayed. Married twice and proposed to three total times. None of them last.
* WomanScorned: After the end of relationship with Steven, she displays shades of this. For example in season 4, Sammy Jo is brought to her son Danny's custody trial to testify and she lies to the judge, saying that Steven is promiscuous simply to spite him.
* EightiesHair: Just look at her folder image.
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[[folder: Joseph Anders]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Lee Bergere (1981-83)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Bungalow" (1983)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Bungalow" (1983)
[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/240px_joseph_anders_lee_bergere.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:240:Lee Bergere as Joseph Anders.]]
The majordomo of the Carrington family.
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* {{Blackmail}}: At the receiving end of this by Alexis, who [[spoiler: threatens to reveal to Kirby that her mother was a murderer who was institutionalized.]]
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: His wife Alicia was a murderer and he wanted to hide this from Kirby.]]
* DeadpanSnarker / ServileSnarker: Occasionally at Krystle and Alexis' expenses.
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler: Anders commits suicide in season 4 after his attempt on Alexis' life fails.]]
* InsistentTerminology: He's not a butler, he's a majordomo.
* TheJeeves: Considered such.
* LoyalToThePosition: Anders is loyal to Blake Carrington and the manor. Initially disliking Krystle, he eventually comes to respect her.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: His reaction to Jeff marrying his daughter is not positive.
* PapaWolf: To his daughter Kirby.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: When his plan to kill Alexis fails (and nearly kills Krystle as well), he telephones Blake and apologizes for it before committing suicide.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Cecil Colby]]
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[[caption-width-right:252: Lloyd Bochner as Cecil Colby.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LloydBochner (1981-82)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Wedding" (1982)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Wedding" (1982)
Blake Carrington's business rival and Jeff Colby's uncle who raised him. Alexis Colby's second husband.
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* AffablyEvil: He's a rival of Blake, but can be polite and dignified when he wants to be.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Blake is this to Cecil, as he's more successful in his business ventures.
* BlackSheep: Of the Colby family.
* EvilUncle: To Jeff.
* {{Foil}}: He's more or less one to Blake.
* HollywoodHeartAttack: Has one in the season 2 finale. [[spoiler: A second one at the hospital kills him in early season 3.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Cecil is generally not the nicest guy.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: His death from a heart attack at the start of season 3 leads to Alexis gaining ColbyCo.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Has this in common with Blake, though not with Jeff.
* {{Nephewism}}: Raised Jeff from infancy.
* SecondLove: Initially to Alexis. [[spoiler: They marry on his deathbed.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kirby Anders Colby]]
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[[caption-width-right:240: Kathleen Beller as Kirby Anders.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Kathleen Beller (1982-84, 1991)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Kirby" (1982)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Nightmare" (1984)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
Anders' daughter. Childhood friend of Fallon, Steven, and Jeff. Marries Jeff and was engaged to Adam.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: [[spoiler: A variation. After learning Kirby is pregnant with his child months after he raped her, Adam wants her to marry him. She actually ''agrees'' to this ([[ConvenientMiscarriage even after she miscarries]]), but eventually backs out and leaves Denver.]]
* TheBusCameBack: In the 1991 miniseries.
* [[spoiler: ChildOfRape]]: [[spoiler: Subverted. The baby dies in the womb after she is hospitalized for seizures.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Jeff, whom she briefly marries.
* DaddysGirl: She loves her dad and vice versa. [[spoiler: She's absolutely crushed when she learns of his suicide.]]
* TheGhost: In season 8, even though [[spoiler: her brother Sean pulling a RoaringRampageOfRevenge on Alexis to avenge her and their father is central to the season's plot.]]
* LoveTriangle: Involved with one between her, Jeff, and Adam.
* MissingMom: [[spoiler: Her mother was a murderer who later died in an institution.]]
* NewOldFlame: [[spoiler: She eventually gets back together with Adam in the miniseries.]]
* NiceGirl: Kirby's generally a kind person, though becomes wiser during her time with the Carringtons.
* PutOnABus: Returns to Paris at the end of season 4.
* [[spoiler: RapeAsDrama]]: [[spoiler: In season 3, Adam rapes Kirby while drunk. This results in Kirby getting pregnant.]]
* TookALevelInCynic: After being around the Carringtons for about two years, Kirby has become more cynical of the world.
* TragicStillbirth: [[spoiler: Her child with Adam dies when she goes into premature labor.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler: Attempts to shoot Alexis after learning that her blackmailing of her father led to his suicide, but doesn't go through with it.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Dominique Deveraux]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:Diahann Carroll as Dominique Deveraux.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DiahannCarroll (1984-87)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "New Lady in Town" (1984)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Shadow Play" (1987)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Shadow Play" (1987)
The [[spoiler: half-sister of Blake Carrington]], a wealthy businesswoman and recording artist.
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler: During the fire at La Mirage, she can't find her daughter. She finds her eventually, badly injured and traumatized.]]
* AlliterativeName: '''D'''ominique '''D'''evereaux. Her real name, Millie Cox, is an aversion.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Her marriage to Brady Lloyd.
* CainAndAbel: Averted with [[spoiler: Blake]].
* CatFight: With Alexis.
* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally.
* HalfSiblingAngst: [[spoiler: She wants Blake and Tom to know that she's their half-sister and daughter, respectively, but initially has problems with getting them to believe her.]]
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Reveals to [[spoiler: Tom Carrington]] on his deathbed that she is his daughter. He acknowledges her.
* NewOldFlame: She rekindles her romance with Garrett Boydston, which leads to an engagement [[spoiler: which promptly ends when Dominique learns he lied about having a wife in order to end their romance the first time around.]]
* NiceToTheWaiter: Owing to her humble beginnings.
* PutOnABus: In "Shadow Play", she goes to Europe to restart her singing career.
* RagsToRiches: She grew up poor and worked her way up to the top, becoming a successful businesswoman and internationally renowned recording artist.
* TheRival: To Alexis.
* SassyBlackWoman: Downplayed, though when she has to deal with [[RichBitch Alexis]], she can bring the snark.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Again, with Alexis, and she's really adept at it.
-->'''Alexis:''' "Dominique. Wasn't there a singing nun by that name?"
-->'''Dominique Deveraux:''' "If there was, you'd better start praying to her."
* TokenMinority: Of the Carrington clan, alongside her daughter Jackie.
* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "Won't it just knock their socks off when they find out I'm a Carrington?"]]
* YourSonAllAlong: Eventually reveals to [[spoiler: Garrett Boydston]] that he is her daughter Jackie's father, not a man she had an affair with.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Dex Dexter]]
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[[caption-width-right:301:Michael Nader as Dex Dexter.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Michael Nader (1983-89)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Dex" (1983)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Catch 22" (1989)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Catch 22" (1989)
Alexis' SecondLove and third husband, her longest relationship in-series, a businessman and CEO of Dexter International.
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* AmicableExes: Played with. His relationship with Alexis goes up and down throughout the series, but generally the two still care for one another in some way. Dex is generally protective of Alexis, such as [[spoiler: the time she married Sean Rowan.]]
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Alexis and later [[spoiler: Amanda]].
* TheCharmer: He's quite charming.
* HasAType: Apparently, [[spoiler: Carrington women (Alexis, Amanda, Leslie)]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Can be aggressive and rude, but otherwise he provides some moral foundation in the show.
* KissKissSlap: How his relationships frequently begin.
* MayDecemberRomance: He's about a decade younger than Alexis, but they have a romance. [[spoiler: He's also about two decades older than Amanda, whom he has an on/off affair with.]]
* MoralityPet: Sometimes, Dex acts like this to Alexis.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: No one calls him Farnsworth.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Again, with Alexis.
* SecondLove: To Alexis.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: Dex and Alexis fall off a balcony at the conclusion of season 9. It's revealed in the miniseries that Alexis survived but Dex was "not as fortunate". Whether Dex died or was injured is never made clear.]]
* WickedStepfather: Inverted. Adam's usually antagonistic towards him. [[spoiler: He sleeps with Amanda, though has a love/hate relationship with her.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Dana Warring Carrington]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:Leann Hunley as Dana Warring.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Leann Hunley (1986-88)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Reward" (1986)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Broken Krystle" (1988)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Broken Krystle" (1988)
Adam's [[spoiler: wife]], who turns out to have numerous secrets she's hiding from the Carringtons.
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* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: She was a classmate of Adam's (though he doesn't remember her in the present day) and they had sex in high school, resulting in her pregnancy. However, she had a botched abortion, which rendered her unable to have children.]]
* EightiesHair: She sports big hair.
* LawOfInverseFertility: [[spoiler: She wants to have a child with her husband Adam but due to an abortion in high school (ironically with Adam's child), she can't conceive anymore. So, she and Adam decide to get a surrogate, who promptly decides to keep the baby with her husband. This breaks up Adam and Dana's marriage for good.]]
* NiceGirl: Generally.
* PutOnABus: At the start of season 9, after [[spoiler: her marriage to Adam collapses.]]
* SecondLove: To [[spoiler: Adam]].
* SexySecretary: Begins as an assistant to Blake and was quite beautiful.
[[/folder]]
!!Supporting characters
[[folder: General tropes]]
* AdvertisedExtra: Downplayed. Given the opening titles usually credit guest stars in the credit regardless of how many episodes they actually appear, this is sometimes the effect.
* ArcVillain: Several of them.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Matthew Blaisdel]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Bo Hopkins (1981, [[spoiler: 1987]])
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:[[spoiler: "The Siege Part II" (1987)]]
!!!'''Final appearance:''' [[spoiler: "The Siege Part II" (1987)]]
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[[caption-width-right:218:Bo Hopkins as Matthew Blaisdel.]]
Claudia's first husband and Krystle's ex-lover. A major character in season 1. [[spoiler: Seemingly killed offscreen in season 2, he returns as a two-episode villain in season 8.]]
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[spoiler: He wants Krystle in season 8, though by this point, she's firmly in love with Blake unlike in season 1, where she nearly left him for Matthew.]]
* BettyAndVeronica: Seemingly the Betty to Blake's Veronica, with Krystle being the Archie.
** He's the Veronica to [[spoiler: Steven's]] Betty, with Claudia the Archie.
* {{Foil}}: To Blake. Matthew's middle class, where Blake is one of the wealthiest businessmen in the country. Both men love Krystle but treat her differently: Matthew's kind to Krystle but Blake is not always that to her. Additionally, where Blake is often a distrustful CrazyJealousGuy, Matthew's more respectful of Krystle's decisions. [[spoiler: Krystle even chooses to leave with Matthew in late season 1, but goes back to Blake when she learns of his arrest.]] It's telling that when [[spoiler: Matthew returns in season 8, Krystle chooses her husband Blake because he now respects her as an individual rather than a simple trophy while Matthew wanted her for himself and ignored that she had changed in the six years since he had last seen her.]]
** Even their treatment of Steven varies in season 1: Blake hates the fact that Steven is gay and [[CureYourGays wants him to "change"]], while Matthew accepts it and defends Steven from homophobic co-workers.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be gruff and rude, but ultimately tries to be a good guy.
* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler: He runs away with Lindsay after learning of Claudia's affair with Steven at Blake's murder trial, despite the fact that his wife had forgiven ''his'' infidelity and was comatose as a result of a car accident that resulted after the trial.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: In season 2, Blake is informed that he died in a car accident with Lindsay in South America, though they NeverFoundTheBody of either. It's subverted at the end of season 7, when it's revealed that Matthew's actually alive and is now taking the Carringtons hostage in order to get Krystle to get back with him. He's fatally stabbed by Steven to stop him from killing his family.]]
* LoveTriangle: Two, within the same season. With Krystle and Claudia, and also with Claudia and [[spoiler: Steven]].
* MoralMyopia: [[spoiler: When he has an affair with Krystle, he expects Claudia to give their marriage a try despite it. When Claudia has an affair with Steven, he leaves her and takes their daughter with him.]]
* [[spoiler: OutlivingOnesOffspring]]: [[spoiler: His daughter Lindsay died in the car accident.]]
* [[spoiler: ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated]]: [[spoiler: His death in season 2? Yeah, didn't happen, as revealed in season 7.]]
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Matthew's the poor suitor to Blake's rich suitor.
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: Displays this upon his return in season 8.]]
* ShotgunWedding: Married Claudia when she fell pregnant with Lindsay.
* TriangRelations: Type 4 with Krystle and Blake. He loves Krystle but she's with Blake.
* WhamShot: [[spoiler: His return in the season 7 finale, having been assumed to be dead for about five years.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Lindsay Blaisdel]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Katy Kurtzman (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Testimony" (1981)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Testimony" (1981)
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[[caption-width-right:194:Katy Kurtzman as Lindsay Blaisdel.]]
Claudia and Matthew's daughter.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: In shades.
* DramaQueen: Lindsay's prone to melodrama.
* ItsAllAboutMe: One of her personality traits.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]] / [[spoiler: KilledOffscreen]]: [[spoiler: In season 2, she and Matthew are declared dead in an accident in South America. As revealed in season 8, Matthew survived while Lindsay died from her injuries shortly afterwards.]]
* SatelliteCharacter: To her parents.
* TeenPregnancy: The result of one.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Michael Culhane]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Wayne Northrop (1981, 1987)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Sublet" (1987)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Sublet" (1987)
[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/240px_michael_culhane_wayne_northrop.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:240:Wayne Northrop as Michael Culhane.]]
The Carrington family chauffeur and Fallon's on/off lover.
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* TheBusCameBack: For a several-episode arc in season 7.
* TheCasanova: Has relationships with Fallon and Amanda.
* PutOnABus: Leaves the Carrington mansion between seasons 1 and 2 without telling Fallon.
* ServileSnarker: Occasionally makes snarky remarks about his boss Blake.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Nick Toscanni]]
!!!'''Played By:''' James Farentino (1981-82)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Alexis' Secret" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Cliff" (1982)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Cliff" (1982)
[[quoteright:251:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/toscanni.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:251:James Farentino as Nick Toscanni.]]
Blake's doctor who holds a grunge against him.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Nick appears to be a kind doctor, but actually [[spoiler: is a manipulative revenge seeker who wants Blake dead because he believes he's responsible for the death of his brother.]]
* TheCharmer: Nick's quite charming.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: His younger brother, an employee of Denver-Carrington, was detained in the Middle East and jailed. When Blake didn't send any help for the man, he [[DrivenToSuicide hanged himself]] in prison.]]
* DrJerk: Played with. He's generally affable and even saves Claudia from a suicide attempt while also getting her treatment, but [[spoiler: wants Krystle for himself, sleeps with Fallon, and Blake dead for his alleged responsibility in the death of his brother, who committed suicide in jail when Blake (his employer) didn't send help for him. Additionally, Nick arranges for Blake's infant grandson L.B. to be kidnapped.]]
* HospitalHottie: He's a handsome doctor who appears to be a ChickMagnet.
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler: His brother died in a Middle Eastern prison by hanging himself when his employer Blake (allegedly) didn't send help for him.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Just look at the spoilers for DrJerk.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: He leaves town at the end of season 2 after leaving Blake for dead. What happened to him afterwards in never elaborated on.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Mark Jennings]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Geoffrey Scott (1982-84)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Mark" (1982)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Engagement" (1984)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Engagement" (1984)
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/markjennings.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:Geoffrey Scott as Mark Jennings.]]
Krystle's [[spoiler: first husband]] and Alexis' bodyguard/lover.
----
* BettyAndVeronica: Krystle's the Archie, Blake's the Betty (comparatively), and Mark's the Veronica.
* TheCharmer: Mark has this trait going for him.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: He's pushed to his death from Alexis' apartment balcony in late season 4 by Congressman Neal [=McVane=], who then frames Alexis for the murder.]]
* MiddleNameBasis: His full name is Samuel Mark Jennings.
* [[spoiler: NearRapeExperience]]: [[spoiler: Mark attempts to rape Krystle at one point, which damages their relationship even further.]]
* OopsIForgotIWasMarried: Well, Mark knew that the marriage was still valid after he attempted to get it resolved in Mexico but did nothing to tell Krystle about it.
* ReallyGetsAround: He was married to Krystle and had affairs with Alexis and Fallon.
* StarterMarriage: Mark is Krystle's first husband who's initially reluctant to dissolve their marriage.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Tracy Kendall]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Peter De Vilbis]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Helmut Berger
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Peter De Vilbis" (1983)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Vigil" (1984)
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[[caption-width-right:280:Helmut Berger as Peter De Vilbis.]]
Fallon's lover.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Initially looking like a charismatic man, he's actually a con man, an adulterer, and a drug addict.
* TheCharmer: Peter's charm is what draws women to him.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's not the nice guy he initially appears to be.
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler: Peter and an unidentified woman (mistaken for Fallon) are killed in a plane crash a couple months after the former's last appearance on the show.]]
* MillionairePlayboy: What he appears to be.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Prince Michael of Moldavia]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Michael Praed
!!!'''First appearance:''' "The Ball" (1985)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Dismissal" (1986)
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[[caption-width-right:280:[[TheDanza Michael Praed]] as Michael of Moldavia.]]
The crown prince of Moldavia, who romances and marries Amanda.
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* AntagonisticOffspring: Hates his father, Galen the King of Moldavia.
* TheCharmer: Handsome and charming.
* {{Hunk}}: Quite attractive.
* LoveTriangle: Briefly with Amanda and his ex, Elena. Later with Amanda and [[spoiler: Dex]].
* MissingMom: His mother is absent from his life.
* NobilityMarriesMoney: He married Amanda at the end of season 5. [[spoiler: It lasts a year.]]
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Has the actor's British accent though his character's from an Eastern European country.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Towards the end of season 6, he leaves Denver after it becomes clear to him that his marriage to Amanda is irreparably damaged.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: While his father Galen gets political asylum in Portugal, it's clear that Michael won't join him there because he dislikes the man. So, it's unclear what happened to Michael after his marriage to Amanda ends.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Daniel Reece]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Rock Hudson
!!!'''First appearance:''' "That Holiday Spirit" (1984)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Sammy Jo" (1985)
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[[caption-width-right:288:Rock Hudson as Daniel Reece.]]
Krystle's former friend and [[spoiler: Sammy Jo's father]].
----
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler: Daniel's killed in a mission.]]
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Iris Grant Dean, Sammy Jo's mother.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: He's the biological father of Sammy Jo.]]
* MillionairePlayboy: The image he projects, though is more moral than this image suggests.
* SettleForSibling: [[spoiler: Downplayed. The love of his life was Iris, but he also had feelings for Krystle. [[AllLoveIsUnrequited This isn't reciprocated.]]]]
* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Dies shortly after connecting with his daughter and reuniting with his old friend.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Yes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Lady Ashley Mitchell]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Rita Lesley]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Joel Abrigore]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Ben Carrington]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Christopher Cazenove
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Ben" (1986)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Shadow Play" (1987)
[[quoteright:287:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ben_91.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:287:Christopher Cazenove as Ben Carrington.]]
----
* BlackSheep: Of the Carrington family.
* CainAndAbel: In practice, at first, he's the Cain to Blake's Abel. In personality, he works more as the Abel than Blake does.
* CainAndAbelAndSeth: Blake, Ben, and Dominique.
* DisappearedDad: To his daughter Leslie, though they later reconcile.
* LongLostRelative: Wasn't as much as mentioned before season 6.
* LukeIMightBeYourFather: [[spoiler: Had an affair with Emily Fallmont, who confesses that her son Clay might be his.]]
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Has an English accent despite being American (who lived in Australia for 20 years, which makes it even more confusing).
* {{Revenge}}: Wants this on Blake. His ex-sister-in-law Alexis exploits this and both even [[TheBadGuyWins succeed]] in this plan in the season 6 finale.
* TookALevelInKindness: Went from wanting revenge on his brother, to being closer to him.
* TheUnfavorite: Of his father's two sons because [[spoiler: he's blamed for not being there when his ill mother was trapped in a house fire when he should've been watching her.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Was quite close to his brother before their mother died. They gradually rekindle their friendship.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Caress Morell]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Kate O'Mara
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Suspicions" (1986)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Letter" (1986)
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[[caption-width-right:318:Kate O'Mara as Caress Morell.]]
Alexis' sister.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Did this to Emily Fallmont, [[spoiler: indirectly causing her death.]] She regrets doing this, however.
* CainAndAbel: She views herself as the Abel to Alexis' Cain. It's somewhat debatable since both have traits associated with the Cain aspect of the trope.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: Imprisoned in Venezuela for years because she took the blame for some unspecified involvement in the death of Zach Powers' wife and blames Alexis for it.]]
* DoNotCallMePaul: Despises her birth name Cassandra.
* EvilBrit: A revenge-minded woman who's also quite British. Downplayed in her later appearances.
* {{Foil}}: She's this to Ben Carrington. Both are the (comparatively) moral siblings to unscrupulous major characters. However, where Ben reconciles with Blake, Caress never really does with Alexis.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: She's always been competing with her sister.
* LongLostRelative: She's Alexis' sister.
* MeaningfulName: Her birth name is Cassandra and [[CassandraTruth she believes herself to be telling the truth only to be shot down by everyone.]]
* {{Revenge}}: She's definitely Alexis' sister in this regard. She plans revenge against Alexis and later Ben Carrington.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite the fact that her last appearance has her decide to leave Denver to get dirt on Ben Carrington, which could've led to a return storyline, she never appears again after "The Letter".
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Leslie Saunders Carrington]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Terri Garber
!!!'''First appearance:''' "The Rig" (1987)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Colorado Roulette" (1988)
Ben's daughter, Blake's niece.
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* DisappearedDad: Her father was this to her during her childhood and early adulthood. They eventually reconciled.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Clay Fallmont]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sean Rowan]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sable Scott Colby]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Stephanie Beacham (1985, 1988-89)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "The Titans" (1985)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Catch-22" (1989)
[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/240px_sable_colby_stephanie_beacham.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:240:Stephanie Beacham as Sable Scott Colby.]]
Alexis' cousin and Jeff's aunt.
----
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Arguably to Caress. Both have rivalries with Alexis and both are relatives to her. However, it's a variation, because Sable was introduced ''before'' Caress and her relationship to Alexis wasn't established in her first appearance like Caress.
* {{Transplant}}: A variation. She's technically introduced on ''Dynasty'' in its PoorlyDisguisedPilot in season 5 in order to reveal who would be the main cast of ''The Colbys''. A season after that show was cancelled, Sable and her daughter Monica move to ''Dynasty'' for its final season.
[[/folder]]
'''Some unmarked spoilers below.'''
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder: In general]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carringtons_dynasty_1987_88_7.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350: Some of the Carrington family. Bottom, from left to right: [[ReallyGetsAround Fallon]], [[RichBitch Alexis]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Blake]], and [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold Krystle]]. Top, from right to left: [[NiceGirl Dana]], [[ManipulativeBastard Adam]], [[StraightGay Steven]], [[GoldDigger Sammy Jo]], and [[HenpeckedHusband Jeff]].]]
* TheBeautifulElite: The family fits the bill.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: One of the most screwed up families in primetime soap history.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: They may be family, but that doesn't mean much when everyone has an agenda.
* LongLostRelative: Done to death with [[spoiler: Adam, Amanda, Dominique, Jackie, Ben, Leslie, and Caress.]]
* LoveDodecahedron: The Carringtons' dating pool seems to be consistent of the same people other people in their family have previously dated.
* ReallyGetsAround: With the exception of Blake and Krystle, ''everyone's'' like this.
* TangledFamilyTree: As the show goes on, the Carringtons become this.
[[/folder]]
!!Main Characters (Contract)
[[folder: Blake Carrington]]
[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/240px_john_forsythe_as_blake_carrington.png]]
[[caption-width-right:240: "You're like a man on a mountain sometimes, your mountain - and you don't want anyone to climb it with you."]]
!!!'''Played By:''' John Forsythe (1981-89, 1991)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Catch 22" (1989)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
The lead character, the patriarch of the Carrington family. Initially a ruthless and manipulative business man and CEO of Denver-Carrington, he slowly becomes kinder as the seasons progress. The husband of Krystle Carrington and ex-husband of Alexis Colby. Father of Adam, Fallon, Steven, Amanda, and Krystina. The only character to appear in every episode.
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* AbusiveParents: At the receiving and giving ends.
** He had a tumultuous relationship with his father Tom, which was only reconciled on the man's deathbed.
** With his own children, he varies with this:
*** He initially views his elder daughter Fallon as little more than a trophy despite her being quite savvy when it comes to business matters. He also disliked her promiscuity.
*** His relationship with Steven is not much better. He disapproves of Steven's homosexuality and even [[spoiler: accidentally ''killed'' Steven's ex-lover Ted Dainard in an argument in season 1, though he regrets that.]] Additionally, when he learns of Steven's friendship with another gay man and suspects something more, he tries to take custody of Steven's son Danny despite nothing indicating that Steven was anything other than a good parent. Blake only seems to like Steven when he's in relationships with women.
*** He's frequently disgusted with Adam, who feels that he can never be a real Carrington. Granted, Adam's a ManipulativeBastard whose abusive tendencies have led to people getting hurt, so it's understandable that Blake doesn't always trust him.
*** Really, only his relationships with lost-long daughter Amanda and youngest daughter Krystina are consistently loving.
* AssassinationAttempt: One early in the series left him temporarily blind.
* ButtMonkey: Let's see:
** At the end of season 1, [[spoiler: he's arrested for the murder of Steven's ex-boyfriend Ted Dinard, [[DeathByFallingOver whom he pushed down in an argument and caused him to strike his head.]] He's later charged and convicted of the murder but gets a suspended sentence.]]
** At the end of season 2, [[spoiler: he's left for dead at a cliff by Nick Toscanni.]]
** In season 4, [[spoiler: his deal in a company falls through, causing him to fall into a depression and on the brink of financial ruin.]]
** At the end of season 5, [[spoiler: Blake and his family are at a wedding that gets shot up and they're all left for dead.]]
** In the season 6 finale, [[spoiler: Blake and Krystle lose their assets and home.]]
** In the season 8 finale, [[spoiler: his wife goes missing, shortly after he loses a gubernatorial campaign.]]
** At the end of season 9 (the final episode), [[spoiler: Blake is shot and wounded, with his fate up in the air.]]
* CainAndAbel: Played with.
** With his brother Ben, who (in season 6) acts as the Cain despite being the more affable of the brothers successfully schemed to take over Blake's life including his home. They gradually reconcile.
** Averted with Dominique, whom he generally gets along with.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Has shades of this in his business practices.
* CrazyJealousGuy: With Krystle in the first couple of seasons. In season 1, he's distrustful of her because of her prior relationship with one of his employees, Matthew Blaisdel, and has people spy on her in order to see her activities.
* EasyAmnesia: In season 7, he loses his memories in the aftermath of an oil rig fire.
* FriendToAllChildren: He's quite found of his grandchildren.
* HappilyMarried: Played with.
** He was originally in love with Alexis, though her affairs and his ruthless personality eventually lead to the destruction of their marriage and their volatile relationship during the show.
** His marriage to Krystle is rocky at first. Originally, they appear happy until Krystle learns of Blake's more unsavory personality traits and deeds in addition to his suspicions about her relationship with her ex-lover Matthew Blaisdel, which leads to Krystle nearly leaving him in season 1 (the only reason why she initially returns to Blake is because he's accused of the murder of Ted . Gradually, with [[TookALevelInKindness Blake becoming kinder in later seasons]], they become this.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: Tried to take custody of Steven's son Danny because he believes that as a gay man, Steven can't possibly be a good parent.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Generally, Blake can be manipulative, ruthless, and cruel when he needs to be in both business matters and (unfortunately) family matters. Nevertheless, he cares about his family and is generally well-intentioned even if the way he goes around it can be damaging.
* {{Jerkass}}: Has countless moments where he acts terrible towards people, but especially Alexis.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Blake's eldest son Adam has a lot of his and Alexis' manipulative tendencies.
* LukeIAmYourFather / LukeYouAreMyFather: Learns that Adam and Amanda are his long-lost children during seasons 3 and 5, respectively.
* ManipulativeBastard: In business and family matters, he can be this.
* MaritalRapeLicense: [[spoiler: He rapes Krystle in a season 1 episode because she refuses to have sex with him. This strikes a wedge in between the couple for some time.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: With both Alexis and Krystle. In real life, John Forsythe was 15 years older than Joan Collins (Alexis) and 24 years older than Linda Evans (Krystle), the latter of whom once played a friend of Forsythe's character's daughter in a previous show ''Series/BachelorFather''.
* MissingMom: His ill mother died in a fire, which he blames his brother Ben for because he should've been watching him. This leads to them being estranged for decades before Ben launches a revenge plan against Blake in season 6.
* MoralMyopia: [[spoiler: In season 1, he rapes Krystle when she won't have sex with him and tries to downplay it the morning after. When Adam reveals he did the same thing to Kirby in season 4, he's disgusted.]]
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Subverted twice.
** [[spoiler: In season 3, Steven is declared dead in the aftermath of an oil rig explosion but it turns out he survived, [[TheOtherDarrin albeit with extensive facial reconstruction surgery]].]]
** [[spoiler: In season 5, Fallon is also believed to be deceased after a deadly plane crash results in a woman's body being identified as Fallon's because she was wearing her ring. This woman is buried and the family believes she's dead for nearly a year before it turns out that was the wrong woman after Fallon turns up alive but amnesiac.]]
* PapaWolf: Yes, he's often at odds with them but mess with his kids, you'll regret it.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He's homophobic towards his younger son Steven, which remains a recurring element until the miniseries, where he finally accepts his son's sexuality.
* SecondLove: His wife Krystle, after having been single for years after divorcing Alexis.
* SelfMadeMan: He built Denver-Carrington from the ground up.
* TookALevelInKindness: Due to John Forsythe's influence, Blake is softened significantly as the series goes on.
* VillainProtagonist: He's the main focus of the show and does some ''really'' bad things. But especially in earlier seasons.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Krystle Grant Carrington (formerly Jennings)]]
[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krystle_linda_evans.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:240:"Krystle Carrington is a tender, loving, woman—a passionate romantic living the life of every girl's dream, yet, bringing to it common sense, compassion and seal of approval. She is truly a beautiful human being."[[note]]Esther Shapiro's description of Krystle.[[/note]]]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Linda Evans (1981-89, 1991)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Wedding" (1989)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
Krystle is Blake's second wife. Previously his secretary, they began a relationship which leads to their wedding at the start of the series. The moral center of the Carrington clan. A regular character until midway through season 9, though returned for the 1991 miniseries.
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* AntagonisticOffspring:
** Well, niece, but Sammy Jo could be quite the manipulator towards Krystle.
** Her stepchildren Fallon and Adam weren't kinder towards her when they first met her. While Fallon changed her ways, Adam was still mean towards Krystle on occasion.
** Averted with Steven, Amanda, and Krystina.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Krystle can be quite snarky and aggressive when the time comes.
* BigGood: She's this to the Carrington family.
* CatFight: Occasionally with Alexis, one of the most iconic elements of ''Dynasty''.
** She also has a cat fight with [[spoiler: her lookalike Rita.]]
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Subverted. In season 2, she suffers a miscarriage after [[spoiler: she's dragged by a horse frightened by Alexis purposely shooting off her rifle near them.]] It's not convenient because she wanted the child.
* CultureShock: Her modest beginnings cause her to become isolated from the family and friends she knew beforehand.
* DudeMagnet: Krystle attracts many men.
* {{Foil}}: To Alexis. Where Krystle came from a poor background in Ohio, Alexis was the daughter of a tailor for the British royal family. Where Krystle is kindhearted and generally moral, Alexis is generally manipulative and can be unsavory to reach an end. Both women are outspoken when the time comes for them to defend their goals and both are dedicated to their children, even if Alexis doesn't always understand them and Krystle doesn't always agree with them. Is it any wonder these two are usually enemies?
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: The kindest of the Carringtons.
* HappilyMarried: To Blake, though they had a rocky relationship for several early seasons.
* HiddenDepths: Her cat fights with Alexis indicate that she's quite good at physical fighting. For example, her first cat fight with Alexis in season 2.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Initially surprised at her pregnancy in season 2, Krystle comes around to the idea of motherhood. Then, she has a miscarriage after a horseback riding accident and told she can't have any more children as a result. Two seasons later, she falls pregnant again and is excited at the SurprisePregnancy, but this child (Krystina) is born prematurely after Krystle suffers a fall down a staircase but ultimately survives.
* MamaBear: Can be this to her daughter and stepchildren.
* MayDecemberRomance: Krystle is about in her late 30s/early 40s at the start of the show, while Blake appears to be in his early 60s. (The two actors, Linda Evans and John Forsythe, were 24 years apart in real life; Evans even played a friend of Forsythe's character's niece on his previous show ''Series/BachelorFather'' when she was a teen).
* MoralityPet: Served as this to Blake and arguably, the rest of the family.
* NiceGirl: Krystle is easily the kindest and most moral character on the show, and usually tries to moderate conflicts within the family.
* OopsIForgotIWasMarried: Downplayed. Her first marriage to Mark Jennings turned out to be still valid when she married Blake in season 1, meaning her marriage to Blake wasn't legal, but she originally believed it had been dissolved (it hadn't; Mark tried to get one in Mexico but that didn't take). They legally divorce in season 3, and Blake and Krystle officially marry.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Played with. She's implicitly okay with Steven being gay but in late season 2 when he calls out the family for their bigotry and asks if any of them will publicly acknowledge that he is gay, only Fallon says "Steven is gay" so while Krystle looks ashamed along with the rest of the family (possibly out of regret for not standing up for him or because she genuinely feels that she can't publicly acknowledge it). However, she seems to accept his later relationships with Luke and Bart, regardless.
* ThePollyanna: Has an optimistic life outlook.
* PrecisionFStrike: She has the honor of being the first person to use the word "bitch" on American primetime network television. For context, the following conversation occurs after [[spoiler: Alexis causes Krystle to have a miscarriage and Krystle loses custody of her great-nephew Danny.]]
-->'''Alexis:''' [[KickTheDog I know what's wrong with you... The empty armed Madonna, mourning the baby that she couldn't have and the baby that she almost got to adopt... Gone now... That is it, isn't it?]]
-->'''Krystle:''' You miserable bitch!
-->''[Pushes Alexis into a nearby pond and they both fall in]''
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: After suffering severe headaches that made her lose her identity in season 9, she underwent a surgery to repair it, only to be placed in a coma. She would stay in this condition for the remainder of the show, facilitating Evans' departure from the show.]] She returns for the miniseries.
* RagsToRiches: Originally Blake's secretary, she becomes his second wife and part of the wealthy Carrington family.
* SexySecretary: Was this to Blake.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: With Alexis.
* StealthInsult: Sometimes.
--->'''Krystle (to Alexis):''' "I love your desk. The tusks, they're so you."
* VolleyingInsults: With Alexis, who's generally her enemy.
* WickedStepmother: Averted. She always acts kind towards her stepchildren. However, it's an inverted situation with Fallon, who acts terrible towards Krystle for two-and-a-half seasons until the two eventually come to like each other.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Alexis Colby]]
[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alexis_joan_collins_1981.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:240: "You either love her or hate her. And she seems to enjoy it either way."]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JoanCollins (1981-89, 1991)[[note]]Maggie Wickman briefly appears as a stand-in for Alexis in the season 1 finale[[/note]]
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Enter Alexis" (1981)[[note]]An Alexis stand-in appears in "The Testimony" in season 1, though Alexis herself - as played by Joan Collins - doesn't appear until the season 2 premiere "Enter Alexis".[[/note]]
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Catch 22" (1989)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
The most iconic character of ''Dynasty'', Alexis first shows up [[IconicSequelCharacter in season 2]] as Blake's first wife, long exiled from Denver. The mother of Adam, Fallon, Steven, and Amanda. Longtime enemy of Blake's second wife Krystle.
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* AmicableExes: Oh, so averted with Blake, whom she constantly schemes against and wants to destroy financially and personally. At the same time however, she occasionally seems to harbor feelings for Blake, though because StatusQuoIsGod, [[BelligerentSexualTension this will be resolved]].
** Zigzagged with Dex, whom she has a complicated relationship with post-divorce but whom she seems to care for
* AntagonisticOffspring: Fallon distrusts her, while she and Adam don't always see eye-to-eye.
* BreakoutCharacter: Of the show.
* CainAndAbel: With her sister Caress. She's arguably the Cain to Caress' Abel (at least in the mind of Caress), though both are quite manipulative.
* CatFight: Usually with Krystle, but also with Dominique and her cousin Sable.
* DarkSecret: In season 2, it's revealed that Alexis and Blake had a son who was kidnapped as a baby and never returned. Until season 3, where we meet Adam Carrington, alive and well.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has quite the biting wit.
--->'''Kirby''': "You bitch."
--->'''Alexis''': "If I am, take a lesson from me. You may need it in life."
* DivorceInReno: Well, not Reno, but she travels to St. Thomas to gain a quick divorce from [[spoiler: Dex after discovering his affair with Amanda.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Alexis is disturbed to learn that [[spoiler: Adam had Jeff's office decorated in toxic paint, causing the latter to suffer a severe illness]].
* EvilBrit: She's usually the antagonist of the series and is quite British.
* {{Foil}}: Designed as one to Krystle. Where Krystle is the good-natured, kindhearted, and moralistic center of the Carrington family, Alexis is the scheming, manipulative, and ambitious businesswoman who's not above using those around her for personal gain.
* FrameUp: Alexis is accused of murdering [[spoiler: Mark Jennings]], but in reality it was [[spoiler: Congressman Neal [=McVane=].]]
* HiddenDepths: She's a proficient painter.
* IHaveManyNames: Usually, she's Alexis Colby ([[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} TheOtherWiki]] lists her as such on her page). But alternatively she's been Alexis Morrell (her maiden name), Alexis Carrington, Alexis Dexter, and Alexis Rowan. Or if you want to combine all of them, she's [[OverlyLongName Alexis Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan]].
* IconicSequelCharacter: Though the show's most iconic character, Alexis doesn't physically appear onscreen until the start of season 2.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Occasionally. She genuinely loves her children, even if she doesn't always agree with them.
* {{Jerkass}}: She can be downright unpleasant and is the show's main antagonist.
* KickTheDog: She's fond of these moments, but especially towards Krystle and Sammy Jo.
* LadyInAPowerSuit: Her specialty.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Or like mother like son. Both Alexis and Adam possess manipulative tendencies that lead to them dominating those around them. To a degree, her daughter Fallon also has this trait in common with her mother.
* LoopholeAbuse: She uses this in order to get the house behind the Carrington manor in season 2.
* MamaBear: Very protective of her children and grandchildren.
* ManipulativeBitch: Arguably her defining trait since her schemes against Blake and Krystle are often the center of the show's drama.
* MayDecemberRomance: With both Blake and Dex. She's younger than Blake, who's about a decade or so older, and they married when she was quite young (in her teens, if memory serves). With Dex, she's older than him though the two were quite loving of each other
* MrsRobinson: Has several affairs with younger men such as Dex Dexter and Mark Jennings and is quite attractive.
* MyGreatestFailure: Harbors guilt about not continuing the search for Adam.
* NotActuallyHisChild: Subverted twice.
** She tells Blake that Fallon isn't his daughter but rather Cecil Colby's. A blood test reveals that Blake is Fallon's biological father.
** Later, she's told by Neal [=McVane=] that Adam isn't actually her child and that the real Adam had died in the kidnapping attempt. A year later, it's revealed that this story was fabricated.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Played with.
** She's usually kind and protective towards Jeff, Fallon's on/off husband, [[ItMakesSenseInContext though she does use him to sign over her grandson (Jeff's son) LB's shares in Denver-Carrington to him while he was under the influence of toxic paint fumes.]]
** Her relationship with Claudia varies, though they aren't really friends. Additionally, she blackmails Adam's then-fiancee Kirby into leaving him - [[ZigzaggedTrope though this came after Kirby held her at gunpoint and attempted to kill her, though Alexis was never really good to her beforehand.]]
** She's contempuous of Steven's ex, Sammy Jo, whom she considers trash and deems her attempts at being a BetaBitch laughable.
** Alexis' relationship with Blake's father Tom, however, was apparently positive since she seems fond of the man and vice versa.
** Meanwhile, she's manipulative of Blake's brother Ben, though also had an affair with him.
* OpenMindedParent: Played with in regards to Steven's sexuality. She seems to accept it quicker than Blake but when she and the rest of the Carringtons are called out by Steven for not acknowledging his homosexuality, she seems more ashamed at this (though possibly that's because she might believe he has a point).
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Subverted twice:
** [[spoiler: In season 3, Steven is declared dead in the aftermath of an oil rig explosion but it turns out he survived, [[TheOtherDarrin albeit with extensive facial reconstruction surgery]].]]
** [[spoiler: In season 5, Fallon is also believed to be deceased after a deadly plane crash results in a woman's body being identified as Fallon's because she was wearing her ring. This woman is buried and the family believes she's dead for nearly a year before it turns out that was the wrong woman after Fallon turns up alive but amnesiac.]]
* OverlyLongName: Alexis Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan.
* ParentalAbandonment: She did this to her three younger children when they were children. When Blake forced her to leave, he stipulated that Alexis could never see the children again, which remained for 17 years. In the case of Amanda, Alexis had her adopted out to a cousin in England and didn't tell her of her relation to both her and Blake until she was about 20 years old. Unsurprisingly, Steven, Fallon, and Amanda have mixed feelings about Alexis' return to their lives after being gone so long.
* ParentalFavoritism: Steven's the child she's the closest to.
* PimpedOutDress: Alexis is a fan of this.
* ReallyGetsAround: In addition to the four men she's been married to, she has numerous relationships with men throughout the series.
* {{Revenge}}: Oh, yeah. And usually against Blake. For example, her arc in season 6 has her and Blake's brother Ben successfully go after his company, assets, and home.
* RichBitch: A given.
* TheRival: Her rivalry with Krystle is the stuff of primetime soap opera legends.
* SecondLove: Dex, who's her on/off lover for much of her time on the show. To a lesser degree, Cecil (though they married on his deathbed
* SerialSpouse: Married four times to Blake Carrington, Cecil Colby, Dex Dexter, and Sean Rowan.
* ShouldersOfDoom: She ''loves'' shoulder pads.
* TeenPregnancy: Implied. She had her son Adam a year after she married Blake at 17. You do the math.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: At the end of season 9, she and Dex fall off a balcony. The show was cancelled shortly thereafter. Subverted in the miniseries, where it's revealed that Alexis survived but it's unclear if Dex did too.]]
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[[folder: Fallon Carrington Colby]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Pamela Sue Martin (1981-84), Emma Samms (1985-89, 1991)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Catch 22" (1989)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
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[[caption-width-right:240:The original Fallon Carrington, as played by Pamela Sue Martin.]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:The second Fallon Carrington, as played by Emma Samms.]]
Blake and Alexis' headstrong and assertive elder daughter, an heiress who dislikes her role as the trophy to her father and wants to break out of that role.
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* AdultFear: ''Both'' her children was born prematurely after accidents with L.B. later being kidnapped several months later [[spoiler: though recovered]] and nearly falling into a pool when he toddles too close to it.
* [[spoiler: AlienAbduction]]: [[spoiler: At the end of ''The Colbys'', Fallon appears to be abducted by aliens. Whether it was a hallucination or not is left up in the air.]]
* AntagonisticOffspring: Towards her mother Alexis, who abandoned her for 17 years. However, she [[spoiler: shot Roger Grimes after she saw him beat her when she was eight years old, as revealed in season 9.]]
* AwfulWeddedLife: Her romance and marriage to Jeff was fraught with this as Fallon had married Jeff even though she wasn't in love with him at the time.
* CainAndAbel: She never gets along with Adam.
* CatFight: With Sammy Jo over Jeff in season 9, which ends when [[TakeAThirdOption they realize that neither of them want him]].
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Jeff, though it's largely on/off.
* CoolBigSis: She loves her brother Steven and wants him to be happy. This is best demonstrated where in the season 2 episode "The Two Princes" she's the only one of the Carringtons to acknowledge that Steven is gay.
* DaddysGirl: Conflicts aside, Fallon adores Blake. In season 2, she's devastated at the possibility that she isn't his daughter. [[spoiler: Of course, this turns out not to be the case.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Her acerbic wit is part of her character.
-->'''Fallon:''' "Adam's dull wit needs all the sharpening it can get."
* EasyAmnesia: At the end of season 5 and the first episodes of season 6. It's implied that an accident that left her briefly paralyzed in season 4 was to blame.
* EightiesHair: Loves big haired styles, especially after the recast.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: In season 2, Fallon decides to get one but turns away at the last second.
* HappilyMarried: To Jeff by the end of the miniseries, though it took a ''long'' time to get there.
* [[LikeFatherLikeSon LikeFatherLikeDaughter / LikeMotherLikeDaughter]]: She's as intelligent and business savvy as her dad. She's also as manipulative and promiscuous as her mother.
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: She was this to Jeff after she died. Except she didn't die.]]
* MamaBear: Fallon is quite motherly towards her children. She once snaps out of a psychosomatic disorder when she sees her toddler son L.B. crawling towards the mansion's pool to save him.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: At the receiving and giving ends of this. In season 2, she's told by Alexis that Cecil Colby is her father, [[spoiler: though this turns out to not be true]]. On ''The Colbys'', Fallon's not sure who's the father of her daughter Lauren ([[spoiler: it's Jeff]]) for a while.
* MarriageOfConvenience: She married Jeff so Denver-Carrington could be financially secure with the help of Jeff's uncle Cecil.
* MissingMom: Alexis was this to Fallon for 17 years and when she returns, Fallon isn't happy about it. Their current relationship is complicated as a result. Additionally, Fallon [[spoiler: during her "dead" period]] was this to her son L.B.
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Fallon wants to avoid this trope and her father Blake tries to invoke this when he sideswipes her attempts to join Denver-Carrington. She however plays around with this trope as Fallon manages to successfully run her father's struggling hotel La Mirage for several seasons.
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: In season 5, she's presumed dead after the charred body of a woman wearing her ring is found with Peter De Vilbis, Fallon's lover, in the aftermath of an explosive plane crash. The woman is buried but it turns out at the end of the season that Fallon is still alive.]]
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Emma Samms' British accent occasionally shined through in the role.
* ParentWithNewParamour: Initially, Fallon hates Krystle as she thinks she's a GoldDigger. By season 3, the two have a much closer relationship, due to in no small part because of Alexis' return.
* PutOnABus: At the end of season 4, she disappears after a car accident (in real life, this was done because Pamela Sue Martin was leaving the show). Then again, midway through season 6, when she and Jeff move to California for ''The Colbys''. She returns to Denver both times.
* [[spoiler: RapeAsDrama]]: [[spoiler: Miles forces himself on Fallon, which leads to the MamasBabyPapasMaybe situation from above.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: In addition to Jeff, she also married his cousin Miles and had numerous affairs with other men as Michael Culhane, Mark Jennings, and Peter De Vilbis.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: With Jeff for most of the series. She's originally the object of desire for him, though she initially doesn't have feelings for him. However, she marries him to secure her father's company by having Cecil Colby secretly get Blake out of a financial jam. Fallon sleeps around as does Jeff, which leads to their first divorce. This pattern occurs for the remainder of the series as well as on ''The Colbys''. [[spoiler: They're together by the end of the miniseries.]]
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Usually with her mother.
* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler: Fallon kisses Adam when they first meet, only to learn later they're brother and sister. This damages her relationship with him as a result.]]
** Subverted in season 2, Alexis tells Fallon that she's the daughter of Cecil Colby, thus making her husband Jeff her cousin. Except a blood test reveals that Blake is indeed her father.
* {{Transplant}}: To ''The Colbys'' for its two-season run.
* WickedStepmother: Inverted, she's a wicked ''stepdaughter'' to Krystle. At first, though she TookALevelInKindness towards Krystle as the series went on.
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[[folder: Steven Carrington]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Al Corley as Steven Carrington.]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Jack Coleman as Steven Carrington.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Al Corley (1981-82, 1991), Creator/JackColeman (1983-88)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Colorado Roulette" (1988)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
The sensitive and intuitive younger son of Blake and Alexis, who struggles with his sexuality and his familial ties.
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* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Subverted, though Sammy Jo invokes this trope in her testimony at the custody trial of their son Danny simply to spite Steven.
* AmbiguouslyBi: A case could be made that Steven's bisexual given his genuine affection for his male and female partners, though given the NoBisexuals trope being in full force here, it's never considered as a possibility.
* AntagonisticOffspring: To Blake, but only because the former is a homophobe who can't accept his son for who he is. If anything, it's usually inverted.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: The most moral of the Carrington kids, Steven can throw down when he (or his family)'s threatened.
* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: Subverted. He survives the oil rig explosion in season 3 and again in the aftermath of the Moldovian massacre in the season 5 finale; his boyfriend Luke isn't so lucky in the latter event.]]
* ButNotTooGay: His relationships with Claudia and Sammy Jo are more sexualized than his relationships with men. This was a reason why his original actor, Al Corley, quit the role while second actor Jack Coleman would later mention how Steven's relationship with Luke was a NoHuggingNoKissing situation.
* CainAndAbel: Usually, the Abel to Adam's Cain. Averted with Fallon, whom he adores.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Does this a lot to Blake.
* CureYourGays: His father Blake believes that Steven could "change". It seemingly "works" for a while with his romances with Claudia and Sammy Jo, but they never lasted. [[spoiler: He ends up with Bart Fallmont in the miniseries.]]
* EnemyMine: He works with Walter Lankershim, his father's business rival, to spite Blake in season 1. He also works with his mother Alexis to avoid working with Blake.
* {{Foil}}: To Blake and Adam, both of whom are amoral, ruthless, and manipulative businessmen who use unsavory methods to benefit the companies they own/work for whilst Steven is generally moralistic in both business practices and familial matters.
* {{Gayngst}}: His storylines are usually full of this.
* GoodParents: To his son Danny.
-->'''Steven at Danny's custody trial:''' "I won't answer that. What he's asking in essence is if I'm guilty of being gay. Well, nobody, not my father's lawyer, not you, not anybody in this courtroom or outside of it has the right to ask this because there is no guilt in that issue. Everybody in this state and in this country has the right to live his own life the way he wants. Provided that he's a decent human-being, isn't a man entitled to raise his own child whether he's homosexual or not? I am and will always be Danny's father. And a good one no matter what my lifestyle is."
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Blake is a ruthless businessman who usually doesn't care who he steps over to benefit his business. Steven is a kindhearted man who doesn't like to screw over people and yet expected to follow in Blake's role. Additionally his distaste for his father's capitalistic values and amoral business practices (not to mention his sexuality) drive a huge wedge in between the two.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: A variation. After he returns to Denver, he meets his infant son Danny (conceived with Sammy Jo shortly before their split).
* MissingMom: Alexis was this to him for 17 years. Unlike Fallon, Steven's drawn to her specifically because of this absence.
* MommasBoy: Complicated as their relationship is, Steven does love Alexis. He also loves Krystle, his stepmother.
* NiceGuy: Generally, Steven's a pretty kindhearted dude.
* TheNthDoctor: Steven's face is completely changed after his accident in season 3, to explain away Jack Coleman's physical difference from Al Corley.
* NoBisexuals: Depending on what season and how it was written, Steven may or may not have had some genuine attraction to Claudia and Sammy Jo. Not that it ever lasted. [[spoiler: By the reunion mini-series he had settled down permanently with Bart Fallmont, a love interest from a previous season.]] During that time, bisexuality is never mentioned as a possibility.
** According to [[WordOfGod Esther Shapiro]], she intended for Steven to be sexually confused for about two seasons before coming out as gay, but [[ExecutiveMeddling both ABC and social conservative groups put an end to that]].
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Declared dead in the aftermath of an oil rig explosion in season 3, though it turns out Steven survived but had significant facial reconstruction surgery afterwards. Late in the season, he returns to Denver.]]
* ParentWithNewParamour: Type 1. He gets along with Krystle from the series outset.
* PutOnABus: Once in the penultimate episode in season 2, where Steven goes off to Indonesia (Al Corley had decided to leave the show) and again in season 8, when he leaves Colorado (Jack Coleman ''also'' decided to leave). Subverted in season 7, when he's brought back into the fold shortly before his intended departure.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Does this to the rest of his family in the season 2 episode "The Two Princes".
-->'''Blake''': I wanted you to be a man.
-->'''Steven''': I am a man. Just not your kind. You know, I'm finally facing up something here. I tried to live a lie, to please you. Not any more. From now on, I'm gonna live my life my way. I'm a homosexual, dad. I'm a gay! And I want you to face it. And say it. Say it! Steven is gay! Somebody say it!
-->'''(Main/{{Beat}})'''
-->'''Fallon''': Steven is gay!
-->'''Steven''': You really know what hurts me the most, is I hate what you all stand for. I hate your values, your morals and your blindness. But, I love you, I love you all very much. [Steven starts to leave as L.B. cries] The heir apparent; the little Carrington prince - God help that poor baby.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: With Claudia and Sammy Jo at various points.
* StraightGay: Has no campy mannerisms associated with being CampGay. The same applies for his boyfriends.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Arguably, with Krystle, of the Carrington family. He's easily the most moral of the Carrington kids at least.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Adam Carrington]]
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[[caption-width-right:240: "I've played heavies before but none as demonic as Adam. He's the most rotten guy in prime time."]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Gordon Thomson (1982-89), Robin Sachs (1991)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "The Plea" (1982)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Catch 22" (1989)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
The long-lost eldest son of Blake and Alexis, he follows in his parents' footsteps by being a ManipulativeBastard whose amorality and manipulations make him of the show's most prominent villains.
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* AmoralAttorney: Is/was an attorney and easily one of the most amoral characters on the show.
* AntagonisticOffspring: He betrays Blake and Alexis several times though they forgive him.
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to both his actual brother Steven and his brother-in-law Jeff, the latter of whom he [[spoiler: poisons out of jealousy]].
* TheCharmer: Adam is (superficially) charming.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: Kidnapped from his birth family as a baby, raised by the woman who kidnapped him, and had a drug problem in his teens that led to a mental breakdown.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even Adam is surprised when he [[spoiler: indirectly allows Sammy Jo to kidnap Danny.]]
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: He does this to [[spoiler: Bart Fallmont]].
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Getting kidnapped as a baby and being raised by his kidnapper, depriving him of his birth family, is often used as an excuse for Adam's more abominable actions.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: He's frequently jealous of Steven and Jeff to the point where he sabotages them.
* HappilyAdopted: Subverted. He came to dislike the woman who [[spoiler: kidnapped]] and raised him, Kate Torrance. He also sheds his original alias "Michael Torrance" as he becomes more invested in the Carringtons.
* {{Jerkass}}: A manipulative, amoral, self-serving man whose jealousy is often a motivator for his wicked deeds.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Whenever it appears he'll be redeemed, he squanders it with his own jealousy.
* KarmaHoudini: Gets away with [[spoiler: raping Kirby and poisoning Jeff.]]
* LongLostRelative: Revealed to be the long-missing (and presumed dead) eldest son of Blake and Alexis in season 3. [[spoiler: Subverted in season 7 when Neal [=McVane=] reveals to Adam that the actual son of Blake and Alexis had died in the kidnapping attempt. Then it's double subverted a year later when it's revealed that [=McVane=]'s story was fabricated; Adam is indeed his parents' son.]]
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Claudia.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Adam's defining trait is that he's always cunning and scheming in both business and personal matters.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He's disdainful of Steven's homosexuality, once leading to a fight between the two.
** Made HarsherInHindsight in 2017, where Thomson came out as gay and explained in an interview of his self-loathing over being gay.
* [[spoiler: RapeAsDrama]]: [[spoiler: He rapes Kirby Anders in season 3, resulting in her pregnancy.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: Goes through women like it's going out of style.
* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler: He kisses Fallon when they first meet and learn later from Alexis that they're siblings. Adam brushes it off, though.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: As much as he betrays them, he also wants his parents' approval.
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[[folder: Amanda Carrington]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Catherine Oxenberg as Amanda Carrington.]]
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[[caption-width-right:304:Karen Cellini as Amanda Carrington.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Catherine Oxenberg (1984-86), Karen Cellini (1986-87)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Amanda" (1984)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Rig" (1987)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Rig" (1987)
The charming but naive youngest of the Carrington children, she was born after Alexis was exiled from Denver and Blake (and by extension, Adam, Fallon, Steven, and Krystle) was unaware of her existence until she arrives at Alexis' apartment in season 5.
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* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: [[spoiler: Averted. It doesn't appear bloodstained after the massacre at her wedding.]]
* CatFight: With Sammy Jo at the end of season 6. That leads to them falling into the pool of La Mirage.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After her PutOnABus moment in season 7, Amanda is never mentioned again, even in the miniseries.
* DaddysGirl: Becomes one to Blake.
* GeneHunting: Tries to find who her biological father is. Alexis initially tells her it's a ski instructor she had an affair with, but Amanda finds out that her real father is actually Blake Carrington.
* HappilyAdopted: Downplayed. Was raised normally by her mother's cousin Rosalind Bedford in London, though wants to know more about her parents.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Pulls this on Alexis in her debut episode "Amanda", revealing that she knew that Alexis was her birth mother while Rosalind Bedford was her adoptive mother.
* NiceGirl: In relation to everyone else, though can be spoiled at times.
* NobilityMarriesMoney: Her marriage to Michael of Moldavia at the end of season 5. [[spoiler: It doesn't last.]]
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Her second actress Karen Cellini uses an American accent when playing Amanda, whilst her OG actress Catherine Oxenberg had a British one.
* PutOnABus: Midway through season 7, Amanda goes back to England to "think". She's never seen or referred to again.
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[[folder: Jeff Colby]]
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[[caption-width-right:252: John James as Jeff Colby.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' John James (1981-89, 1991)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Catch 22" (1989)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
Fallon's [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor on/off]] husband, a business executive of the Carringtons' rivals, the Colby family. The only other main character, apart from Blake, to appear in both the premiere and the finale.
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* AdultFear: Both his kids are born premature, the elder of which is kidnapped at one point.
* AwfulWeddedLife: His marriage to Fallon is perpetually rocky.
* CainAndAbel: Jeff plays the role Abel to brother-in-law Adam's Cain. Also the Abel to his cousin/[[spoiler: half-brother]] Miles.
* TheCharmer: Jeff's a charming guy.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: His relationships with Fallon and Kirby, both of whom he knew from childhood, qualify as this.
* {{Elopement}}: Does this with Fallon in season 1.
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: Let's see. [[spoiler: Jeff spent much of his life believing that his father was Phillip Colby and he died before he was born. In reality, Phillip isn't dead and he wasn't Jeff's dad. Phillip's brother Jason was actually Jeff's biological father, thus making Phillip's children Miles, Monica, and Bliss his half-siblings. Except it turned out Miles and Monica were [[ChildByRape conceived from a rape]] and weren't biologically Jason's after all.]]
* GoodParents: This to his children.
* HappilyMarried: Occasionally, to Fallon. They are this at the end of the miniseries.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe:
** His daughter Lauren's paternity is initially questioned since [[spoiler: Miles had raped Fallon]], though Jeff turned out to be her father.
** [[spoiler: Jeff himself. He believed himself to be the son of Frankie and her husband Phillip, though he was actually the product of an affair Frankie had with Phillip's brother Jason, who he believed was his uncle.]]
* MarryForLove: What he thought he was doing when he married Fallon. She would disagree.
* {{Nephewism}}: Raised by his uncle Cecil.
* NiceGuy: One of the kinder characters on ''Dynasty''.
* PapaWolf: To L.B. and Lauren.
* ParentalAbandonment: [[DisappearedDad His father died before he was born]], while [[MissingMom his mother left the family]], leaving Jeff to be raised by his uncle Cecil. [[spoiler: ''The Colbys'' reveals that several things about this backstory being false. 1) Jeff's father isn't dead, 2) [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo Jeff's father isn't actually his father, 3) Jeff's actual father is his "uncle" Jason Colby]], and 4) his mother was forced to give Jeff up to Cecil.]]
* PutOnABus: In season 6, he and Fallon move to California to live with Jeff's family. [[TheBusCameBack They came back after the cancellation of ''The Colbys''.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: In addition to Fallon, he's had relationships with Claudia, Kirby, Sammy Jo, Nicole Simpson, Lady Ashley Mitchell, etc.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: How he and Fallon are doing as a couple (or even as friends) depends on the season.
* TheRival: To Adam.
* SerialSpouse: Married three times (one of which was faked) and engaged a fourth.
* {{Transplant}}: On ''The Colbys'' for its two seasons.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Claudia Blaisdel Carrington]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Pamela Bellwood (1981-86)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Choice (a.k.a. The Vendetta)" (1986)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Choice (a.k.a. The Vendetta)" (1986)
[[quoteright:252:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/claudia_17.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:252: Pamela Bellwood as Claudia Blaisdel Carrington.]]
Originally a friend of Krystle's, she later married into the Carrington family (initially with Steven, then with Adam).
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* AmbiguousDisorder: It's implied that Claudia might have a delusional disorder in addition to depression and suicidal tendencies.
* BrokenBird: Poor Claudia. [[spoiler: She never had strong mental health to begin with, but being institutionalized before the series begins, going through her husband's affair with Krystle and his decision to take their daughter to South America only for both to die in an accident while there, her suffering a mental breakdown as a result (leading to her re-institutionalization), being cheated on by Steven, her NearDeathExperience at the Moldavian Massacre, her relationship with Adam ending, and having three marriages collapse on her before a fire she accidentally caused kills her and several others makes her quite the tragic character.]]
* ButtMonkey: Claudia's life is just full of tragedy from beginning to end and she's frequently used by the Carringtons. See the entry for BrokenBird above.
* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted in season 2, when she attempts to overdose but is saved by Blake and Nick. [[spoiler: Her own death at the end of season 6 is accidental, as a candle she was holding knocked over and set La Mirage on fire, trapping her in her room.]]
* GoodStepmother: Gets along with Steven's son Danny.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: Dies in a fire she accidentally caused at La Mirage in the season 6 finale.]]
* MamaBear: To Lindsay and Danny.
* MarriageOfConvenience: She married Steven to gain custody of Danny.
* MoodSwinger: Owning to her mental illness.
* NiceGirl: Generally, Claudia is an affable person.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler: Her daughter Lindsay is killed in a car accident in South America, which she learns about in season 2.]]
* PutOnABus: At the start of season 3, she suffers a mental breakdown after [[spoiler: learning her husband and daughter were killed in South America]] and was institutionalized after an incident where she was accused of kidnapping L.B. Colby and accidentally dropping "him" off a rooftop - which turned out to be a baby doll and not the missing L.B. [[TheBusCameBack She returns once towards the end of the season and more permanently in season 4.]]
* RagsToRiches: Her relationship and marriage to Steven - and later to Adam - moves her from middle class to upper class overnight.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: With Steven.
* SanitySlippage: Before the series began, then again in season 2/3, and once more in season 6.
* ShaggyDogStory: Her life is basically one long one. She got pregnant at a young age and had a ShotgunWedding as a result. She suffered a mental breakdown and was institutionalized two years before ''Dynasty'' began. When she's released, her marriage is on the rocks as Matthew has feelings for his ex Krystle and Claudia starts an affair with Steven. Matthew then runs away with their daughter Lindsay, and she learns the following season, that they died in an accident in South America. She suffers another breakdown, resulting in an incident where she's accused of kidnapping L.B. Colby and drops "him" off a rooftop - which turned out only to be a baby doll. She's re-institutionalized soon afterwards. A year later, Claudia rekindles her romance with Steven, which ends when both start sleeping with other people. Shortly afterwards, she's nearly a victim at the Moldavian Massacre and she begins a relationship with Adam. That soon ends acrimoniously and she attempts a venture by digging at one of Blake's oil wells, only to discover it's dry. Finally having enough, she moves to La Mirage and suffers yet another breakdown, [[spoiler: which accidentally causes a fire and kills her in the process.]]
* ShotgunWedding: With her first husband Matthew.
* SiblingTriangle: With Steven and Adam.
* TeenPregnancy: Claudia had her daughter Lindsay as a teenager.
* WidowWoman: [[spoiler: After she learns that both Matthew and Lindsay had died in season 2. Except Matthew would be a case of ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated in season 8.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sammy Jo Dean Carrington]]
[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/240px_sammy_jo_heather_locklear.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:240: Heather Locklear as Sammy Jo Carrington.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/HeatherLocklear (1981-89, 1991)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Reconciliation" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Catch 22" (1989)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
Krystle's niece who comes to live with the Carringtons, though has bigger plans in mind when she arrives.
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* BetaBitch: Sammy Jo's own schemes are secondary to that of Alexis', but provide a lot of drama.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: So often that even her kindhearted aunt isn't sure to trust her.
* [[ConMan Con Woman]]: Becomes one. However, one such attempt at conning the Carringtons into giving her her inheritance, [[spoiler: results in Krystle's kidnapping, something which Sammy Jo never intended to happen, leading to her to give up these schemes, at least temporarily.]]
* DisneylandDad: She tries to win Danny's affections by giving him gifts.
* TheDitz: Her schemes don't always work in part because she doesn't think things all the way through.
* DumbBlonde: If this conversation is an indicator:
-->'''Fallon:''' "That's kind of a dumb question."
-->'''Sammy Jo:''' "Well, it comes from kind of a dumb girl, doesn't it? I mean, isn't that what you still think of me?"
-->'''Fallon:''' "Look, I'm giving the party because I love my brother. I just figured you might wanna be there with him. So don't bother [=RSVPing=]."
-->'''Sammy Jo:''' "What's that mean?"
-->'''Fallon:''' "Oh, nothing. I just made it up."
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Evil is stretching it, but [[spoiler: in season 6, she attempts to get her inheritance from the Carringtons with the help of a man named Joel Abrigore by having a Krystle lookalike named Rita impersonate her aunt in order to get the money. However, Krystle is kidnapped by Joel when she accidentally discovers Rita. Eventually, Sammy Jo becomes disillusioned with the plan and helps Krystle to escape.]]
* FourthDateMarriage: She married Steven very shortly after meeting him (the episode where she first appears and the episode when she marries Steven aired a ''month'' apart). [[spoiler: It doesn't last.]]
* GetRichQuickScheme: Sammy Jo loves these. However, after [[spoiler: a plan to extort the Carringtons to get her inheritance, results in Krystle's kidnapping.]]
* GoldDigger: Sammy Jo is easily the biggest example of this. She likely learned it from her stepfather. At one point, she even ransoms [[spoiler: ''her own son'']] for money.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She's quite self-centered.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Blake and Krystle don't press charges against Sammy Jo after her plan to extort them results in Krystle's kidnapping because 1) Sammy Jo helped Krystle escape and 2) she tries to help them capture Joel and Rita.]]
* TheLadette: She's into cars and can be tomboyish at times.
* LaughablyEvil: Alexis thinks of her as this and disrespects Sammy Jo for it.
* LowerClassLout: Originally from a poor background in Ohio, Sammy Jo's regarded as such.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Meets her biological father Daniel Reese in season 5, [[spoiler: though he dies soon afterwards.]]
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Alexis hates her, but Sammy Jo does nothing positive to gain her favor either.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: She tries to use her first name "Samantha" in order to show she's changed, but no one calls her that. She eventually drops it.
* ParentalAbandonment:
** Does this to Danny, whom she leaves with the Carringtons. She later returns and tries to be a better mother to him.
** Her mother died when she was young, she never knew her biological dad, and her stepdad all but left her with Krystle.
* ReallyGetsAround: Like everyone else.
* RecurringCharacter: Until season 6, where she moves back to Denver and becomes central to season-long storylines.
* SerialSpouse: Downplayed. Married twice and proposed to three total times. None of them last.
* WomanScorned: After the end of relationship with Steven, she displays shades of this. For example in season 4, Sammy Jo is brought to her son Danny's custody trial to testify and she lies to the judge, saying that Steven is promiscuous simply to spite him.
* EightiesHair: Just look at her folder image.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Joseph Anders]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Lee Bergere (1981-83)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Bungalow" (1983)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Bungalow" (1983)
[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/240px_joseph_anders_lee_bergere.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:240:Lee Bergere as Joseph Anders.]]
The majordomo of the Carrington family.
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* {{Blackmail}}: At the receiving end of this by Alexis, who [[spoiler: threatens to reveal to Kirby that her mother was a murderer who was institutionalized.]]
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: His wife Alicia was a murderer and he wanted to hide this from Kirby.]]
* DeadpanSnarker / ServileSnarker: Occasionally at Krystle and Alexis' expenses.
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler: Anders commits suicide in season 4 after his attempt on Alexis' life fails.]]
* InsistentTerminology: He's not a butler, he's a majordomo.
* TheJeeves: Considered such.
* LoyalToThePosition: Anders is loyal to Blake Carrington and the manor. Initially disliking Krystle, he eventually comes to respect her.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: His reaction to Jeff marrying his daughter is not positive.
* PapaWolf: To his daughter Kirby.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: When his plan to kill Alexis fails (and nearly kills Krystle as well), he telephones Blake and apologizes for it before committing suicide.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Cecil Colby]]
[[quoteright:252:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cecil_0.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:252: Lloyd Bochner as Cecil Colby.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LloydBochner (1981-82)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Wedding" (1982)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Wedding" (1982)
Blake Carrington's business rival and Jeff Colby's uncle who raised him. Alexis Colby's second husband.
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* AffablyEvil: He's a rival of Blake, but can be polite and dignified when he wants to be.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Blake is this to Cecil, as he's more successful in his business ventures.
* BlackSheep: Of the Colby family.
* EvilUncle: To Jeff.
* {{Foil}}: He's more or less one to Blake.
* HollywoodHeartAttack: Has one in the season 2 finale. [[spoiler: A second one at the hospital kills him in early season 3.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Cecil is generally not the nicest guy.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: His death from a heart attack at the start of season 3 leads to Alexis gaining ColbyCo.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Has this in common with Blake, though not with Jeff.
* {{Nephewism}}: Raised Jeff from infancy.
* SecondLove: Initially to Alexis. [[spoiler: They marry on his deathbed.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kirby Anders Colby]]
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[[caption-width-right:240: Kathleen Beller as Kirby Anders.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Kathleen Beller (1982-84, 1991)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Kirby" (1982)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Nightmare" (1984)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Dynasty: The Reunion" (1991)
Anders' daughter. Childhood friend of Fallon, Steven, and Jeff. Marries Jeff and was engaged to Adam.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: [[spoiler: A variation. After learning Kirby is pregnant with his child months after he raped her, Adam wants her to marry him. She actually ''agrees'' to this ([[ConvenientMiscarriage even after she miscarries]]), but eventually backs out and leaves Denver.]]
* TheBusCameBack: In the 1991 miniseries.
* [[spoiler: ChildOfRape]]: [[spoiler: Subverted. The baby dies in the womb after she is hospitalized for seizures.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Jeff, whom she briefly marries.
* DaddysGirl: She loves her dad and vice versa. [[spoiler: She's absolutely crushed when she learns of his suicide.]]
* TheGhost: In season 8, even though [[spoiler: her brother Sean pulling a RoaringRampageOfRevenge on Alexis to avenge her and their father is central to the season's plot.]]
* LoveTriangle: Involved with one between her, Jeff, and Adam.
* MissingMom: [[spoiler: Her mother was a murderer who later died in an institution.]]
* NewOldFlame: [[spoiler: She eventually gets back together with Adam in the miniseries.]]
* NiceGirl: Kirby's generally a kind person, though becomes wiser during her time with the Carringtons.
* PutOnABus: Returns to Paris at the end of season 4.
* [[spoiler: RapeAsDrama]]: [[spoiler: In season 3, Adam rapes Kirby while drunk. This results in Kirby getting pregnant.]]
* TookALevelInCynic: After being around the Carringtons for about two years, Kirby has become more cynical of the world.
* TragicStillbirth: [[spoiler: Her child with Adam dies when she goes into premature labor.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler: Attempts to shoot Alexis after learning that her blackmailing of her father led to his suicide, but doesn't go through with it.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Dominique Deveraux]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:Diahann Carroll as Dominique Deveraux.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DiahannCarroll (1984-87)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "New Lady in Town" (1984)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Shadow Play" (1987)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Shadow Play" (1987)
The [[spoiler: half-sister of Blake Carrington]], a wealthy businesswoman and recording artist.
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler: During the fire at La Mirage, she can't find her daughter. She finds her eventually, badly injured and traumatized.]]
* AlliterativeName: '''D'''ominique '''D'''evereaux. Her real name, Millie Cox, is an aversion.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Her marriage to Brady Lloyd.
* CainAndAbel: Averted with [[spoiler: Blake]].
* CatFight: With Alexis.
* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally.
* HalfSiblingAngst: [[spoiler: She wants Blake and Tom to know that she's their half-sister and daughter, respectively, but initially has problems with getting them to believe her.]]
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Reveals to [[spoiler: Tom Carrington]] on his deathbed that she is his daughter. He acknowledges her.
* NewOldFlame: She rekindles her romance with Garrett Boydston, which leads to an engagement [[spoiler: which promptly ends when Dominique learns he lied about having a wife in order to end their romance the first time around.]]
* NiceToTheWaiter: Owing to her humble beginnings.
* PutOnABus: In "Shadow Play", she goes to Europe to restart her singing career.
* RagsToRiches: She grew up poor and worked her way up to the top, becoming a successful businesswoman and internationally renowned recording artist.
* TheRival: To Alexis.
* SassyBlackWoman: Downplayed, though when she has to deal with [[RichBitch Alexis]], she can bring the snark.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Again, with Alexis, and she's really adept at it.
-->'''Alexis:''' "Dominique. Wasn't there a singing nun by that name?"
-->'''Dominique Deveraux:''' "If there was, you'd better start praying to her."
* TokenMinority: Of the Carrington clan, alongside her daughter Jackie.
* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "Won't it just knock their socks off when they find out I'm a Carrington?"]]
* YourSonAllAlong: Eventually reveals to [[spoiler: Garrett Boydston]] that he is her daughter Jackie's father, not a man she had an affair with.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Dex Dexter]]
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[[caption-width-right:301:Michael Nader as Dex Dexter.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Michael Nader (1983-89)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Dex" (1983)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Catch 22" (1989)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Catch 22" (1989)
Alexis' SecondLove and third husband, her longest relationship in-series, a businessman and CEO of Dexter International.
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* AmicableExes: Played with. His relationship with Alexis goes up and down throughout the series, but generally the two still care for one another in some way. Dex is generally protective of Alexis, such as [[spoiler: the time she married Sean Rowan.]]
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Alexis and later [[spoiler: Amanda]].
* TheCharmer: He's quite charming.
* HasAType: Apparently, [[spoiler: Carrington women (Alexis, Amanda, Leslie)]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Can be aggressive and rude, but otherwise he provides some moral foundation in the show.
* KissKissSlap: How his relationships frequently begin.
* MayDecemberRomance: He's about a decade younger than Alexis, but they have a romance. [[spoiler: He's also about two decades older than Amanda, whom he has an on/off affair with.]]
* MoralityPet: Sometimes, Dex acts like this to Alexis.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: No one calls him Farnsworth.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Again, with Alexis.
* SecondLove: To Alexis.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: Dex and Alexis fall off a balcony at the conclusion of season 9. It's revealed in the miniseries that Alexis survived but Dex was "not as fortunate". Whether Dex died or was injured is never made clear.]]
* WickedStepfather: Inverted. Adam's usually antagonistic towards him. [[spoiler: He sleeps with Amanda, though has a love/hate relationship with her.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Dana Warring Carrington]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dana_0.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:Leann Hunley as Dana Warring.]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Leann Hunley (1986-88)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Reward" (1986)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "Broken Krystle" (1988)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Broken Krystle" (1988)
Adam's [[spoiler: wife]], who turns out to have numerous secrets she's hiding from the Carringtons.
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* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: She was a classmate of Adam's (though he doesn't remember her in the present day) and they had sex in high school, resulting in her pregnancy. However, she had a botched abortion, which rendered her unable to have children.]]
* EightiesHair: She sports big hair.
* LawOfInverseFertility: [[spoiler: She wants to have a child with her husband Adam but due to an abortion in high school (ironically with Adam's child), she can't conceive anymore. So, she and Adam decide to get a surrogate, who promptly decides to keep the baby with her husband. This breaks up Adam and Dana's marriage for good.]]
* NiceGirl: Generally.
* PutOnABus: At the start of season 9, after [[spoiler: her marriage to Adam collapses.]]
* SecondLove: To [[spoiler: Adam]].
* SexySecretary: Begins as an assistant to Blake and was quite beautiful.
[[/folder]]
!!Supporting characters
[[folder: General tropes]]
* AdvertisedExtra: Downplayed. Given the opening titles usually credit guest stars in the credit regardless of how many episodes they actually appear, this is sometimes the effect.
* ArcVillain: Several of them.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Matthew Blaisdel]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Bo Hopkins (1981, [[spoiler: 1987]])
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:[[spoiler: "The Siege Part II" (1987)]]
!!!'''Final appearance:''' [[spoiler: "The Siege Part II" (1987)]]
[[quoteright:218:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/matthew_6.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:218:Bo Hopkins as Matthew Blaisdel.]]
Claudia's first husband and Krystle's ex-lover. A major character in season 1. [[spoiler: Seemingly killed offscreen in season 2, he returns as a two-episode villain in season 8.]]
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[spoiler: He wants Krystle in season 8, though by this point, she's firmly in love with Blake unlike in season 1, where she nearly left him for Matthew.]]
* BettyAndVeronica: Seemingly the Betty to Blake's Veronica, with Krystle being the Archie.
** He's the Veronica to [[spoiler: Steven's]] Betty, with Claudia the Archie.
* {{Foil}}: To Blake. Matthew's middle class, where Blake is one of the wealthiest businessmen in the country. Both men love Krystle but treat her differently: Matthew's kind to Krystle but Blake is not always that to her. Additionally, where Blake is often a distrustful CrazyJealousGuy, Matthew's more respectful of Krystle's decisions. [[spoiler: Krystle even chooses to leave with Matthew in late season 1, but goes back to Blake when she learns of his arrest.]] It's telling that when [[spoiler: Matthew returns in season 8, Krystle chooses her husband Blake because he now respects her as an individual rather than a simple trophy while Matthew wanted her for himself and ignored that she had changed in the six years since he had last seen her.]]
** Even their treatment of Steven varies in season 1: Blake hates the fact that Steven is gay and [[CureYourGays wants him to "change"]], while Matthew accepts it and defends Steven from homophobic co-workers.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be gruff and rude, but ultimately tries to be a good guy.
* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler: He runs away with Lindsay after learning of Claudia's affair with Steven at Blake's murder trial, despite the fact that his wife had forgiven ''his'' infidelity and was comatose as a result of a car accident that resulted after the trial.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: In season 2, Blake is informed that he died in a car accident with Lindsay in South America, though they NeverFoundTheBody of either. It's subverted at the end of season 7, when it's revealed that Matthew's actually alive and is now taking the Carringtons hostage in order to get Krystle to get back with him. He's fatally stabbed by Steven to stop him from killing his family.]]
* LoveTriangle: Two, within the same season. With Krystle and Claudia, and also with Claudia and [[spoiler: Steven]].
* MoralMyopia: [[spoiler: When he has an affair with Krystle, he expects Claudia to give their marriage a try despite it. When Claudia has an affair with Steven, he leaves her and takes their daughter with him.]]
* [[spoiler: OutlivingOnesOffspring]]: [[spoiler: His daughter Lindsay died in the car accident.]]
* [[spoiler: ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated]]: [[spoiler: His death in season 2? Yeah, didn't happen, as revealed in season 7.]]
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Matthew's the poor suitor to Blake's rich suitor.
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: Displays this upon his return in season 8.]]
* ShotgunWedding: Married Claudia when she fell pregnant with Lindsay.
* TriangRelations: Type 4 with Krystle and Blake. He loves Krystle but she's with Blake.
* WhamShot: [[spoiler: His return in the season 7 finale, having been assumed to be dead for about five years.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Lindsay Blaisdel]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Katy Kurtzman (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Testimony" (1981)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Testimony" (1981)
[[quoteright:194:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lindsayblaisdel.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:194:Katy Kurtzman as Lindsay Blaisdel.]]
Claudia and Matthew's daughter.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: In shades.
* DramaQueen: Lindsay's prone to melodrama.
* ItsAllAboutMe: One of her personality traits.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]] / [[spoiler: KilledOffscreen]]: [[spoiler: In season 2, she and Matthew are declared dead in an accident in South America. As revealed in season 8, Matthew survived while Lindsay died from her injuries shortly afterwards.]]
* SatelliteCharacter: To her parents.
* TeenPregnancy: The result of one.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Michael Culhane]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Wayne Northrop (1981, 1987)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Oil" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Sublet" (1987)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Sublet" (1987)
[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/240px_michael_culhane_wayne_northrop.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:240:Wayne Northrop as Michael Culhane.]]
The Carrington family chauffeur and Fallon's on/off lover.
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* TheBusCameBack: For a several-episode arc in season 7.
* TheCasanova: Has relationships with Fallon and Amanda.
* PutOnABus: Leaves the Carrington mansion between seasons 1 and 2 without telling Fallon.
* ServileSnarker: Occasionally makes snarky remarks about his boss Blake.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Nick Toscanni]]
!!!'''Played By:''' James Farentino (1981-82)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Alexis' Secret" (1981)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Cliff" (1982)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Cliff" (1982)
[[quoteright:251:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/toscanni.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:251:James Farentino as Nick Toscanni.]]
Blake's doctor who holds a grunge against him.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Nick appears to be a kind doctor, but actually [[spoiler: is a manipulative revenge seeker who wants Blake dead because he believes he's responsible for the death of his brother.]]
* TheCharmer: Nick's quite charming.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: His younger brother, an employee of Denver-Carrington, was detained in the Middle East and jailed. When Blake didn't send any help for the man, he [[DrivenToSuicide hanged himself]] in prison.]]
* DrJerk: Played with. He's generally affable and even saves Claudia from a suicide attempt while also getting her treatment, but [[spoiler: wants Krystle for himself, sleeps with Fallon, and Blake dead for his alleged responsibility in the death of his brother, who committed suicide in jail when Blake (his employer) didn't send help for him. Additionally, Nick arranges for Blake's infant grandson L.B. to be kidnapped.]]
* HospitalHottie: He's a handsome doctor who appears to be a ChickMagnet.
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler: His brother died in a Middle Eastern prison by hanging himself when his employer Blake (allegedly) didn't send help for him.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Just look at the spoilers for DrJerk.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: He leaves town at the end of season 2 after leaving Blake for dead. What happened to him afterwards in never elaborated on.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Mark Jennings]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Geoffrey Scott (1982-84)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Mark" (1982)
!!!'''Last series appearance:''' "The Engagement" (1984)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Engagement" (1984)
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/markjennings.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:Geoffrey Scott as Mark Jennings.]]
Krystle's [[spoiler: first husband]] and Alexis' bodyguard/lover.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Krystle's the Archie, Blake's the Betty (comparatively), and Mark's the Veronica.
* TheCharmer: Mark has this trait going for him.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: He's pushed to his death from Alexis' apartment balcony in late season 4 by Congressman Neal [=McVane=], who then frames Alexis for the murder.]]
* MiddleNameBasis: His full name is Samuel Mark Jennings.
* [[spoiler: NearRapeExperience]]: [[spoiler: Mark attempts to rape Krystle at one point, which damages their relationship even further.]]
* OopsIForgotIWasMarried: Well, Mark knew that the marriage was still valid after he attempted to get it resolved in Mexico but did nothing to tell Krystle about it.
* ReallyGetsAround: He was married to Krystle and had affairs with Alexis and Fallon.
* StarterMarriage: Mark is Krystle's first husband who's initially reluctant to dissolve their marriage.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Tracy Kendall]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Peter De Vilbis]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Helmut Berger
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Peter De Vilbis" (1983)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Vigil" (1984)
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[[caption-width-right:280:Helmut Berger as Peter De Vilbis.]]
Fallon's lover.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Initially looking like a charismatic man, he's actually a con man, an adulterer, and a drug addict.
* TheCharmer: Peter's charm is what draws women to him.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's not the nice guy he initially appears to be.
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler: Peter and an unidentified woman (mistaken for Fallon) are killed in a plane crash a couple months after the former's last appearance on the show.]]
* MillionairePlayboy: What he appears to be.
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[[folder: Prince Michael of Moldavia]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Michael Praed
!!!'''First appearance:''' "The Ball" (1985)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Dismissal" (1986)
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[[caption-width-right:280:[[TheDanza Michael Praed]] as Michael of Moldavia.]]
The crown prince of Moldavia, who romances and marries Amanda.
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* AntagonisticOffspring: Hates his father, Galen the King of Moldavia.
* TheCharmer: Handsome and charming.
* {{Hunk}}: Quite attractive.
* LoveTriangle: Briefly with Amanda and his ex, Elena. Later with Amanda and [[spoiler: Dex]].
* MissingMom: His mother is absent from his life.
* NobilityMarriesMoney: He married Amanda at the end of season 5. [[spoiler: It lasts a year.]]
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Has the actor's British accent though his character's from an Eastern European country.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Towards the end of season 6, he leaves Denver after it becomes clear to him that his marriage to Amanda is irreparably damaged.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: While his father Galen gets political asylum in Portugal, it's clear that Michael won't join him there because he dislikes the man. So, it's unclear what happened to Michael after his marriage to Amanda ends.]]
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[[folder: Daniel Reece]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Rock Hudson
!!!'''First appearance:''' "That Holiday Spirit" (1984)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Sammy Jo" (1985)
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[[caption-width-right:288:Rock Hudson as Daniel Reece.]]
Krystle's former friend and [[spoiler: Sammy Jo's father]].
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* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler: Daniel's killed in a mission.]]
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Iris Grant Dean, Sammy Jo's mother.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: He's the biological father of Sammy Jo.]]
* MillionairePlayboy: The image he projects, though is more moral than this image suggests.
* SettleForSibling: [[spoiler: Downplayed. The love of his life was Iris, but he also had feelings for Krystle. [[AllLoveIsUnrequited This isn't reciprocated.]]]]
* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Dies shortly after connecting with his daughter and reuniting with his old friend.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Yes.
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[[folder: Lady Ashley Mitchell]]
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[[folder: Rita Lesley]]
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[[folder: Joel Abrigore]]
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[[folder: Ben Carrington]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Christopher Cazenove
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Ben" (1986)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Shadow Play" (1987)
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[[caption-width-right:287:Christopher Cazenove as Ben Carrington.]]
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* BlackSheep: Of the Carrington family.
* CainAndAbel: In practice, at first, he's the Cain to Blake's Abel. In personality, he works more as the Abel than Blake does.
* CainAndAbelAndSeth: Blake, Ben, and Dominique.
* DisappearedDad: To his daughter Leslie, though they later reconcile.
* LongLostRelative: Wasn't as much as mentioned before season 6.
* LukeIMightBeYourFather: [[spoiler: Had an affair with Emily Fallmont, who confesses that her son Clay might be his.]]
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Has an English accent despite being American (who lived in Australia for 20 years, which makes it even more confusing).
* {{Revenge}}: Wants this on Blake. His ex-sister-in-law Alexis exploits this and both even [[TheBadGuyWins succeed]] in this plan in the season 6 finale.
* TookALevelInKindness: Went from wanting revenge on his brother, to being closer to him.
* TheUnfavorite: Of his father's two sons because [[spoiler: he's blamed for not being there when his ill mother was trapped in a house fire when he should've been watching her.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Was quite close to his brother before their mother died. They gradually rekindle their friendship.
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[[folder: Caress Morell]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Kate O'Mara
!!!'''First appearance:''' "Suspicions" (1986)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "The Letter" (1986)
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[[caption-width-right:318:Kate O'Mara as Caress Morell.]]
Alexis' sister.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Did this to Emily Fallmont, [[spoiler: indirectly causing her death.]] She regrets doing this, however.
* CainAndAbel: She views herself as the Abel to Alexis' Cain. It's somewhat debatable since both have traits associated with the Cain aspect of the trope.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: Imprisoned in Venezuela for years because she took the blame for some unspecified involvement in the death of Zach Powers' wife and blames Alexis for it.]]
* DoNotCallMePaul: Despises her birth name Cassandra.
* EvilBrit: A revenge-minded woman who's also quite British. Downplayed in her later appearances.
* {{Foil}}: She's this to Ben Carrington. Both are the (comparatively) moral siblings to unscrupulous major characters. However, where Ben reconciles with Blake, Caress never really does with Alexis.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: She's always been competing with her sister.
* LongLostRelative: She's Alexis' sister.
* MeaningfulName: Her birth name is Cassandra and [[CassandraTruth she believes herself to be telling the truth only to be shot down by everyone.]]
* {{Revenge}}: She's definitely Alexis' sister in this regard. She plans revenge against Alexis and later Ben Carrington.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite the fact that her last appearance has her decide to leave Denver to get dirt on Ben Carrington, which could've led to a return storyline, she never appears again after "The Letter".
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[[folder: Leslie Saunders Carrington]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Terri Garber
!!!'''First appearance:''' "The Rig" (1987)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Colorado Roulette" (1988)
Ben's daughter, Blake's niece.
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* DisappearedDad: Her father was this to her during her childhood and early adulthood. They eventually reconciled.
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[[folder: Clay Fallmont]]
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[[folder: Sean Rowan]]
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[[folder: Sable Scott Colby]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Stephanie Beacham (1985, 1988-89)
!!!'''First appearance:''' "The Titans" (1985)
!!!'''Final appearance:''' "Catch-22" (1989)
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[[caption-width-right:240:Stephanie Beacham as Sable Scott Colby.]]
Alexis' cousin and Jeff's aunt.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Arguably to Caress. Both have rivalries with Alexis and both are relatives to her. However, it's a variation, because Sable was introduced ''before'' Caress and her relationship to Alexis wasn't established in her first appearance like Caress.
* {{Transplant}}: A variation. She's technically introduced on ''Dynasty'' in its PoorlyDisguisedPilot in season 5 in order to reveal who would be the main cast of ''The Colbys''. A season after that show was cancelled, Sable and her daughter Monica move to ''Dynasty'' for its final season.
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