History Characters / KungFu2021

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: She appears to Nicky in the form of Pei-Ling, and retains that appearance throughout the rest on Season 2. [[spoiler: Once she gets her scepter back, she can switch between her original appearance and Pei-Ling's at will, or even Nicky's!]]

* ManipulativeBastard: Among her many misdeed, she pretended to be Pei-Ling in order to stop Nicky from saving Mia, [[spoiler: and made a young Bo reliant on her so he would do whatever she asked of him, lying to him so he would think he was doing the right thing.]].

[[folder: Anthony Chan]]

* DaddysGirl: [[spoiler:In flashbacks, it's clear she worshipped her father, even as he neglected her health. When her sister accidentally killed him, Zhilan refused to forgive her for it, even years later]].

* HonestCorporateExecutive: Played with. According to Kim Rhodes's interviews, Carrie means well and genuinely wants to help Mei-Li. In her first appearance, she goes behind her partner's back to give Mei-Li advice on how to negotiate a better deal with her own company. However, she still has to make sure Harmony Dumpling makes money and follows the terms of their contract, which means she has to be strict sometimes.

Nicky's brother

* HelloAttorney: Evan's good-looking for an attorney working at the San Franciso City government as the ADA.

A new line cook at Harmony Dumplings.

* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: When Nicky comes back after three years, she finds that he has a new girlfriend.

* HelloAttorney: Evan's good looking for an attorney working at the San Franciso City government as the ADA.

* TokenWhite: Evan is the only white person in the main cast.

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: "Clementine" reveals that Henry's father abandoned the family but is involved in some kind of mission. [[spoiler: The mission is revealed to be protecting Henry from the Wan Zai, since he reassembled an ancient mystical compass as a child that marked him as the Compass Bearer, a power which would make him a target of the Wan Zai and others.]]

* {{Seers}}/SupernaturalSensitivity: [[spoiler: Becomes this after he becomes the Compass Bearer, able to detect magical energy and receive visions about it.]]

* TheBusCameBack: Mia returns in "The Scepter" when Nicky and Zhilan visit the monastery. [[spoiler: Turns out to be BackForTheDead when Xiao takes her bloodline and life energy.]]

[[folder:Althea Shen]]

* OhGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: When he realizes he is not sending souls he harvests to the afterlife, but turning them into fuel for Xiao's magic.]]

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Was a distant father to Henry, who didn't know about his work in the Wan Zai until the second season of the show. [[spoiler: It later turns out he was also protecting Henry, who had inadvertently been chosen by the Lodestone to become the Compass Bearer .]]

* ShipperOnDeck: For Nicky and Henry.

* PutOnABus: Mia is sent to Nicky's old temple at the end of Season 2 so she can learn to balance her Hybrid powers and emotions.

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: "Clementine" reveals that Henry's father abandoned the family but is involved in some kind of mission. [[spoiler: The mission is revealed to be protecting Henry from the Wan Zai, since he touched an ancient mystical artifact as a child that made him the only one capable of using it.]]

[[folder:Pei-Ling Zhang]]

* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler: Stays in the shadow dimension to protect Nicky from the shadows that have targeted him.]]

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: Last seen getting attacked by shadows after sending Nicky back home in "Loss".]]

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: She appears to Nicky in the form of Pei-Ling, and retains that appearance throughout the rest on Season 2. Starting in Season 3, the audience gets to see her original appearance.

* {{Blackmail}}: Delta Security Endeavors uses an incident protecting his family to get him to support an amoral bill.
* MommasBoy: Mei-Li basically sics his mother on him after the attack ad goes out.

!!Other

[[folder:Liang Daiyu]]

The legendary founder of female Shaolin. The original owner of the sword.

* HeroicLineage: [[spoiler:She's Nicky and Mei-Li's ancestor]].
* PosthumousCharacter: She lived during the Tang Dynasty.
* PrecursorHero: According to legend, during the Tang Dynasty she single-handedly repelled a band of raiders who attacked her village, and later began training women in martial arts.

[[folder:Simon Lau]]
-->'''Played by:''' Michael Bow

A K-pop star and a Warrior and keeper of the meteor hammer.

* TheBusCameBack: He's killed by Kerwin and Zhilan in Season 1. He reappears in Season 3 where he and Zhilan are in the same afterlife realm. Obviously, he's not happy to see her.
* CelebrityMasquerade: He's the bearer of a supernatural weapon and works as a K-pop star.

[[folder:Suyin]]
-->'''Played by:''' Yu Matsushita

The first Hybrid, born by a forbidden crossing of Warrior and Guardian bloodlines.

* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Before the events of the series, Nicky dropped out of Harvard Law School to get away from her controlling mother. She joined a martial arts monastery which for a time gave her some meaning, until Pei-Ling was killed by Zhilan. Nicky returns home as she has nowhere else to go and tries to reconnect with her family. She ultimately decides to take up the quest to avenge Pei-Ling and stop Zhilan.

* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: He first learned he was a traveler when he accidentally sent himself to a war-torn, apocalyptic dimension as a child, with no way home.

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Mia is sent to Nicky's old temple at the end of Season 2 so she can learn to balance her Hybrid powers and emotions.]]

* SupremeChef: He has no formal training but has worked in restaurants all over the world, including Beijing and Paris.

* GrandTheftMe: She somehow gains control over Pei-Ling's body after her resurrection.

->'''Played by:''' Vanessa Kai

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: She appears to Nicky in the form of Pei-Ling.

* {{Seers}}: [[spoiler: Becomes this after he becomes the Compass Bearer, able to detect magical energy and receive visions about it.]]

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: "Clementine" reveals that Henry's father abandoned the family but is involved in some kind of mission.

* HonestCorporateExecutive: Played with. According to Kim Rhodes's interviews, Carrie means well and genuinely wants to help Mei-Li. In her first appearance, she goes behind her partner's back to give Mei-Li advice on how to negotiate a better deal with her own company. However, she still has to make sure Harmony Dumpling makes money and follows the terms of their contract.

* HenpeckedHusband: Zigzagged. He's often on the defensive, trying to take the side of reason and moderation in his interactions with his overbearing wife, but has moments where he really stands up to her. [[spoiler: In the wake of the Liang Daiyu reveal, he temporarily separates from Mei-Li.]]

* HospitalHottie: He's a medical student who works at the San Francisco Chinese Community Center.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Bo suspects that Xiao wouldn't release the souls of those killed in the other realm. He becomes pissed and wonders if Xiao was just using her from the start.]]