Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Characters / LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitMedicalAndForensicExperts

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Trope was cut/disambiguated due to cleanup


* {{Catchphrase}}: "Bing Bang Bong."

to:

* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: "Bing Bang Bong."



* [[spoiler:WhosLaughingNow]]

to:

* [[spoiler:WhosLaughingNow]]WhosLaughingNow: His final appearance. He nearly kills [[spoiler: Stabler]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* PutOnABus: Disappears after Season 3, though Lance Reddick has appeared in the ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' TV shows four more times as [[YouLookFamiliar different characters]].

to:

* PutOnABus: Disappears after Season 3, though Lance Reddick has appeared in the ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' TV shows four more times as [[YouLookFamiliar different characters]]. Reddick's passing in 2023 rules out Taylor ever returning unless the role is recast.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


!!!'''Played By:''' Daniel Sunjata

to:

!!!'''Played By:''' Daniel Sunjata
Creator/DanielSunjata
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
TRS cleanup


* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler:Stuckey murdered him mostly because he uncovered the truth, but took some satisfaction in taunting Elliot with his death.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Recovered lost page

Added DiffLines:

[[foldercontrol]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

!!Medical Experts

[[folder: Dr. Rebecca Hendrix]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rebecca_hendrix.jpg]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' |
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MaryStuartMasterson

* IdiotBall: Mistakenly assumed the picture a girl drew of her abuser was her coach. The girl, a terrified nine-year-old child who [[MindRape was browbeaten and pressured by her and Elliot]] into making the accusation, went along with it to put a stop to it. [[spoiler: It actually was the local JerkJock, and after Elliot realizes the huge fuck-up, he gets the dude caught.]]
* MinoredInAssKicking: She was classmates with Benson in the academy and was in the force for two years before quitting and becoming a psychiatrist.
* NeverMyFault: Somehow shrugs off responsibility for above mentioned IdiotBall, yet criticizes mothers for doing the same thing and then says the wrong man was accused because the abuser had the girl so frightened. Later ignores that a man's murder was in consequence of her actions.
* RetiredBadass: She was an ex-cop now working as a shrink.
* RomanticFalseLead: For Elliot, as she was introduced almost immediately after he and Kathy separated and got several ShipTease with him. Nothing came out of it and Elliot and Kathy eventually reconcile.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: It's her primary character trait, but unlike the other characters, she lets it detrimentally get in the way of her job, so much so that she quit being a police officer and then is fired as a doctor after that. In "Identity", she was warned that her career would be in jeopardy if she [[spoiler: told the unknowingly and forcibly transgender girl that he was born a boy]]. She did it anyway.
* ShipTease: Upon her introduction, she immediately hits it off with a recently separated (at the time) Elliot. Nothing came out of it.
* TheShrink
* TemporarySubstitute: For Huang in Season 6 (Creator/BDWong was busy with ''Theatre/PacificOvertures'').
[[/folder]]

!!Forensic Science Unit

[[folder: Forensic Technician Burt Trevor]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/burt_trevor.jpg]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''
!!!'''Played By:''' Daniel Sunjata

* PutOnABus: After "Families", O'Halloran permanently took over his duties without mentions of what happened to him.
* TwoFirstNames: Trevor is as common of a given name as Burt.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears without proper explanation.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Forensic Technician Ryan O'Halloran]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ryan_ohalloran_cold.jpg]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MikeDoyle

* AloneWithThePsycho: An inversion in that O'Halloran only sees that the computer found a DNA match before [[spoiler: he's stabbed by said killer]]. Elliot only figured it out when he saw the actual results on the screen and by then he's [[spoiler: [[YouAreTooLate arrived too late to save O'Halloran]]]]. Averted in that TheCavalry that arrives ends up captured.
* ADeathInTheLimelight: [[spoiler:He was featured rather prominently during season 10, and especially during "Zebras".]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason why [[spoiler: Stuckey killed him]]
* TheLabRat: Was the main Forensic Technician season 5 to season 10.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: The shortest person in just about any scene he appears in, and a highly competent forensic technician who has produced case making evidence for the detectives many times over.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler:Stuckey murdered him mostly because he uncovered the truth, but took some satisfaction in taunting Elliot with his death.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: NBC made a big deal of SVU losing one of their own in the trailers for the episodes, but we knew next to nothing about O'Halloran, despite him being around for several seasons.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: CSU Technician Dale Stuckey]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2020_03_30_at_94723_pm_900x506.png]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/NoelFisher

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler:Stuckey is genuinely dismayed when Benson walks in on him about to kill Stabler, because he didn't want to "have to" hurt her. She manages to use this against him.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:Does not take criticism well. At all. Although to be fair: while he was annoying, he also didn't need almost every single other character in the show bullying him. It eventually gets to the point where even his meaningful contributions get shot down.]]
* ButtMonkey: He was ''extremely'' unpopular with a lot of viewers, but mostly everyone agreed that, while Stuckey was exaggeratedly incompetent, the nonstop bullying he got from the other main characters bordered on WhatTheHellHero
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Bing Bang Bong."
* FinalBoss: He's the final antagonist in the closing minutes of Season 10.
* TheLabRat: Halloran's second-in-command.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler: Is initially (a little too) enthusiastic about working with the detectives and helping get scum off the streets, and Stabler is at first polite even though he finds him irritating. Soon, Stabler keeps dropping more and more hints at just how much Stuckey annoys him, built on by almost every other member of the squad. When Stabler finally starts physically pushing Stuckey around like a high school bully and Cragen blows him off for complaining, Stuckey goes off the deep end.]]
* TemporaryScrappy: Everyone in the SVU absolutely hated him for being extremely annoying and doing many screw ups (such as calling the press to a crime scene to nearly cutting a body by using his shovel). By the end hardly anyone did not roll their eyes when he walked in. [[spoiler: And then he gets dangerous.]] Thankfully, he's only around for a few episodes.
* VillainHasAPoint: Yes, Stuckey is annoying as shit, but he still didn't need to have every single other character on the show bullying him and shooting down even his meaningful contributions, such as his explanation of phone spoofing in "Crush". He gets a PetTheDog moment from Olivia in "Zebras", [[spoiler: but by then it's too little too late.]]
* [[spoiler:WhosLaughingNow]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:TARU Technician Ruben Morales]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ruben_morales.jpg]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JoelDeLaFuente

* AscendedExtra: He goes from a nameless background guy to having his own ItsPersonal episode.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Vanished without explanation later in the series.
* MauveShirt: Graduates to this over the course of the series.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Zigged-zagged. After the detectives use kinship DNA, he believes it'll lead to [[JumpOffTheSlipperySlope Jumping Off The Slippery Slope]]. His worries are not completely unfounded, especially when Elliot says he's okay with infringing with civil liberties for what he thinks is the greater good. Later he disobeys Cragen's orders to shutdown a kiddie porn site in order to keep the pedophiles from going to unmonitored ones. However this results in a NiceJobBreakingItHero moment where owner of said site is able to escape with pedophiles' help.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Medical Examiner Taylor]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_taylor.jpg]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LanceReddick

* BlackAndNerdy: He is a medical examiner.
* OnlyOneName: Hence, we don't know if he's addressed in {{First Name|Basis}} or LastNameBasis.
* PutOnABus: Disappears after Season 3, though Lance Reddick has appeared in the ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' TV shows four more times as [[YouLookFamiliar different characters]].
[[/folder]]

Top