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* AcademicAthlete: She went to Temple University on a basketball scholarship.
* ActionGirl: Being a detective, Misty is naturally this.



* AcademicAthlete: She went to Temple University on a basketball scholarship.

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* AcademicAthlete: She went to Temple University on a basketball scholarship.AdaptationalRomanceDowngrade: Unlike in the comics, she and Danny Rand don't get romantically involved as in here, Danny's main love interest is Colleen Wing instead.


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* DontYouDarePityMe: She ''hates'' the idea of people pitying her for the loss of her right arm. Claire has to explain to her that it's not pity, but ''gratitude''.


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* IconicAttributeAdoptionMoment: After losing her right arm in ''The Defenders'', she finally receives a prosthetic arm early on in Season 2 of ''Luke Cage''.


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* YouAreInCommandNow: She gets left in charge of the 29th Precinct's detectives after Captain Ridenhour's death.


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* AdaptationalBadass: She becomes the ''Iron Fist'' in this adaptation. In the comics, she receives some powers from Danny that allows her to control and channel her chi but never reached a level of power like his.
* AdaptationalModesty: In the comics, she wore a SpyCatsuit that showcase her cleavage at times. In here, she never wears that catsuit and dresses more modestly.


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* ConflictingLoyalty: She gets torn between her feelings for Danny and her loyalty to her mentor Bakuto. She ultimately chooses Danny when she realizes what kind of person Bakuto really is.


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* MagicalWeapon: After taking the Iron Fist from Davos, she uses it to empower her katana.


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* MissingMom: Her mother left her when she was young and eventually died of an illness.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: She gives one to a massive opponent after taking him down in a cage match.


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* OneWomanArmy: She's capable of taking on many of Ward's henchmen, Hand ninjas, and Davos' disciple on her own and prevail.


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* PragmaticHero: She proposes stopping the Hand by blowing the entire Midland Circle building to hell using the C4 its designer had collected with the same intent of destroying the building.
* PressurePoint: She learns how to do these from Danny Rand and later uses it in a cage match to take down a much larger opponent.


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* RaisedByGrandparents: Her father sent her to live with her grandparents in Japan after her mother passed away.


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* SuicideByCop: Attempts to goad Danny into killing her after the Hand attempts to have her killed, saying that the Iron Fist meant to destroy the Hand and she's a member of the Hand. Danny refuses.
* SurpassedTheTeacher: She proves to be a better swordsman than Bakuto, managing to defeat him in two duels. She ends up killing him for good in the second one.
* TaintedVeins: She gets dark veins over her body when she gets hit by a Hand ninja's poisoned blade.

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* AdaptationDyeJob: He has his actor's natural blonde hair in this version while in the comics, Foggy had brown hair. He also has blue eyes instead of brown.



* BatterUp: He saves Karen from being attacked by two thugs outside Elena Cardenas' apartment building.



* CelebrityParadox:
** ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' reveals that ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' exists in the MCU. Elden Henson played Pollux in the films.
** ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' was referenced in one episode of ''Jessica Jones''. Elden Henson played Damon in one episode of its spinoff show ''Series/PrivatePractice'' and Matt Smithson in one episode of the show itself.



* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible to his younger brother Theo's foolish. Foggy is a brilliant lawyer who helped take down Wilson Fisk while Theo was stupid enough to be tricked into committing fraud and money laundering to secure a bank loan by Fisk himself.



* HairTodayGoneTomorrow: He had much longer hair and a goatee back in college but now has shorter hair and is clean-shaven.



* {{Hypocrite}}:
** After calling out Matt for lying to him and having a SecretIdentity, Foggy lies to Karen to keep Matt's secret. Foggy is rightfully angered at being forced to make that decision.
** He calls Matt one for being a lawyer by day and a vigilante at night. Except he's guilty of the same thing (going out at night and snooping for crime and physically putting a stop to it should it find him), though not to the level of violence Matt inflicts or is subjected to.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: He tells Karen that his falling out with Matt shouldn't take away from their efforts to stop Fisk, and says, "You can't just run around killing people, and call yourself a human being." while being completely unaware that Karen had just [[KillingInSelfDefense shot and killed James Wesley in self-defense]]. This hits Karen hard, but she doesn't say anything to indicate that.



%%* TheLancer: He's Matt's confidant.

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%%* * TheLancer: He's Matt's confidant.best friend, confidant, and partner who's just as much a capable lawyer as him.



* MotorMouth: When meeting Luke Cage for the first time in person, he tells him that they spoke a lot on the phone but Luke corrects him and says that ''he'' spoke a lot.



* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Anna Nelson is now his biological mother as opposed to being his stepmother like in the comics.



* SecretKeeper: Eventually, once he and Matt mend their friendship. He is one of Matt's first ones, as Father Lantom and Claire are the only two major characters who learn the secret before he does.

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Eventually, once he and Matt mend their friendship. He is one of Matt's first ones, as Father Lantom and Claire are the only two major characters who learn the secret before he does.does.
** As of Season 3, he's also one of the few people who knows that Karen Page is the one who shot and killed James Wesley after Karen confesses to him under attorney-client privilege.



* ThemeNaming: He and his older brother Theo were named after the [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDelanoRoosevelt Roosevelt]] [[UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt brothers]] who served as presidents.



* WithFriendsLikeThese: He's still incredibly loyal to Matt despite Matt constantly lying to him and keeping secrets from him that not only affect their friendship, but also their law firm. Karen even lampshades this, stating that he would still follow Matt over the edge of a cliff even though he's been a complete asshole to him.



* AdaptedOut: Because the Defenders saga was largely disconnected from the main MCU story until ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', her brief marriage to Bill Foster doesn't exist.



* BatterUp: When Matt rescues her from the Russians after they kidnap her, she picks up a baseball bat and uses it to take out the last thug.



** Creator/{{DC}} has been referenced a number of times in the MCU. Dawson played several roles in several DC movies, most notably voicing ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' in the ''WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse''.
* CommonalityConnection: She bonds with Foggy over their shared concern for Matt.



* DamselOutOfDistress: When Matt rescues her from the Russians, the last man standing uses her as a HumanShield. She then knocks him out after Matt disarms him.



%%* HospitalHottie: Being played by the gorgeous Rosario Dawson does this for Claire.

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%%* * HospitalHottie: Being She's a night nurse played by the gorgeous Rosario Dawson does this for Claire.who gets the attention of Matt Murdock and Luke Cage.



* ResignInProtest: She leaves her job as a nurse when the hospital covers up the Hand's attack on it that resulted in the death of one of her co-workers.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: She quits her job as a nurse after finding out that the hospital would rather get paid to keep silent about the unrecorded patients than report to the authorities about what they found from the autopsy of the Hand ninja that she killed.



* AdaptationalBadass: In contrast to the socially awkward creep he was in the comics, Malcolm is much more socially aware and eventually grows to be a skilled detective, spy, and can even defend himself in a fight.



* AgeLift: In the comics, he was a high school student but is a young adult who went to college in the MCU.



* CelebrityParadox: ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' reveals ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' series exist InUniverse. Creator/EkaDarville portrayed Red Ranger (Scott Truman) in ''Series/PowerRangersRPM''.

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* CelebrityParadox: CelebrityParadox:
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''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' reveals ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' series exist InUniverse. Creator/EkaDarville portrayed Red Ranger (Scott Truman) in ''Series/PowerRangersRPM''.''Series/PowerRangersRPM''.
** ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' was referenced by Trevor Slattery in ''Film/IronMan3''. Malcolm's actor Eka Darville played Sylva in ''Film/KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApes''.



* HeCleansUpNicely: By the end of Season 2, he's cut his hair short and has started putting on suits which make him look ''real'' good.



* SecretKeeper: In ''Jessica Jones'' Season 3, he finds out early on that Trish is the masked vigilante and tries his best to keep that a secret from Jeri. It's rendered naught when Jeri deduces Trish's secret and he later suggests to Jessica outing her SecretIdentity to the public after Trish commits too many crimes and murders.
* StaticStunGun: He uses this against Trish to stop her from going after Gregory Salinger.



* AccidentalMurder: During her vigilante crusade trying to expose and take down criminals, she accidentally murders a DirtyCop who's been killing young drug dealers and stealing their drugs and money.



* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Trish's oversimplified moral code eventually reaches this. She winds up brutalizing and outright killing people she considers "bad" which ends up taking a massive toll on her sanity to the point where she starts attacking and trying to kill people who aren't evil whatsoever, like Jessica and Kith Lyonne.



* BlueIsHeroic: Played straight, then subverted. She wears a dark blue bomber jacket, beanie, and mask when she becomes a vigilante and does manage to expose a number of criminals. However, her repeated failures to help Jessica catch a SerialKiller, her mother getting murdered by said killer, and her dormant narcissism end up turning her into a KnightTemplar who brutalizes and outright murders wrongdoers. She also switches to a black bomber jacket and beanie afterwards, further moving away from this trope.



* ChronicHeroSyndrome: She becomes obsessed with being a hero, and eventually needs to escalate to the point of killing whoever she believes deserves it.

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* CelebrityMasquerade: In Season 3, she maintains her public persona as a TV and radio star while being a masked vigilante who helps Jessica in her investigations.
* CelebrityParadox: Jessica references ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' in one episode. Trish's actress Rachael Taylor played Lucy Fields in eight episodes of the show.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: She becomes obsessed with being a hero, and eventually needs to escalate to the point of killing whoever she believes deserves it.
* CombatParkour: Because of her newfound superhuman agility, Trish often employs acrobatics in hand-to-hand combat.



* EvilAllAlong: Jessica concludes that neither losing Dorothy nor getting her superpowers made Trish a KnightTemplar. She always had it inside of her because Dorothy beat it into her and she first witnessed it when she shot and killed Jessica's mom.



* FatalFlaw:
** Her ruthless pursuit of power and validation. Trish is incredibly obsessed with becoming a superhero, as heroism makes her feel validated. This unhealthy obsession makes her incredibly reckless and impulsive, jeopardizing the people around her.
** Trish also tends to have [[BlackAndWhiteMorality rather simplistic morals]]. Unlike Jessica and other characters, Trish doesn't account for any moral complexities or grey areas in other people as to her there's only good and evil and right and wrong. This ends up reaching its [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity natural conclusion]] in Season 3, where she ends up killing people just because she perceives them as bad.



* {{Foil}}: To Matt Murdock. Both are willing to disappoint/disregard their closest friends in their need to play the hero, and while exhibiting no sense of self-preservation. Both are also adrenaline junkies, although Matt has a slightly (if not considerably) stronger sense of justice than Trish. Likewise, while the very much normal Foggy is constantly trying to talk down his pal with heightened senses, it's the gifted Jessica who is constantly trying to talk down her 'normal' sister.

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To Matt Murdock. Both are willing to disappoint/disregard their closest friends in their need to play the hero, and while exhibiting no sense of self-preservation. Both are also adrenaline junkies, although Matt has a slightly (if not considerably) stronger sense of justice than Trish. Likewise, while the very much normal Foggy is constantly trying to talk down his pal with heightened senses, it's the gifted Jessica who is constantly trying to talk down her 'normal' sister.
** To Karen Page. Both are blonde, idealistic reporters with troubled pasts who are also the most prominent advocates of their superhero friend (boyfriend in Karen's case). But whereas Karen constantly warns Matt to be cautious so he doesn't get killed or exposed, Trish has always wanted Jessica to do more with her powers and is surprised that she doesn't want to be a superhero. Trish and Karen are also both people who have experienced extreme degrees of powerlessness. The difference is that Karen, who only recently entered a world containing superheroes, seeks a mundane type of power: investigative journalism. At the same time, Trish grew up living in Jessica's shadow and longed for the extreme: superpowers.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: At first, Trish is the responsible sibling to Jessica's foolish sibling as Jessica's an alcoholic who has a poor temper and tends to quickly resort to violence while she's much more sociable and charismatic. However, this slowly gets reversed in the following seasons as Trish becomes more reckless due to gaining superpowers and her obsession to getting them beforehand while Jessica becomes more careful and patient due to her experiences with more dangerous adversaries.



* FragileSpeedster: Despite being more agile than Jessica thanks to her superpowers, Jessica is still far stronger than her and can easily throw her around and knock her out with one clean punch.



* GreenEyedMonster: She'll never admit it, but she's very jealous of Jessica for having superpowers because she wants to be a hero. That's why she can't understand why Jessica doesn't want to be a hero and constantly encourages her to be one. Eventually, her jealousy gets the better of her and she spends all of Season 2 trying to get superpowers and eventually succeeds.



* HealingFactor: She gains this as one of the temporary powers she gets from using Simpson's inhaler.



* IDidWhatIHadToDo: How she sees killing Jessica's mother Alisa. Unfortunately, this only further strains her already poor relationship with Jessica as murderous psychopath or not, Alisa was still Jessica's mother.



* ImprobableAimingSkills: She manages to shoot Alisa Jones in the head with a revolver while she was sitting in a moving ferris wheel carriage. It's implied that her newly-gained SuperReflexes has something to do with this.



* InstantlyProvenWrong: She rants to Jessica about how she's superior hero material and then winds up [[BadassBoast declaring that she's unstoppable.]] Jessica, who had recently just lost her spleen, promptly knocks her down to the ground with a single punch.
-->'''Jessica:''' So, I've learned something recently. Something you should know. ''No one's'' unstoppable.



* KnightTemplar: She fully becomes this once Sallinger kills her mother, killing him and other wrongdoers like {{dirty cop}}s and arsonists under the belief that she's being a hero because she's ridding the world of these scum when in reality, she's becoming unhinged and is venting her anger out on these people.
* LeeroyJenkins: Once she gets her powers and becomes the superhero she always wanted to be, she frequently opts for the most aggressive and straightforward approach, much to Jessica's chagrin. This ends up being deconstructed as the consequences of her recklessness takes a toll on her mental state and she starts taking more and more aggressive approaches that make her more villainous than heroic.
* MistakenForGay: When Jessica is about Dorothy that Trish now has superpowers thanks to Karl Malus' experiments, Dorothy thinks they're about to tell her they're a couple. She seems rather unbothered by it except that believing that Trish can do better than her.



** After going on a killing spree, her presence causes [[AllergicToEvil Erik]] to ''[[TearsOfBlood bleed from his eyes]]'', she's immediately blames his own guilt for it.



* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: When she goes on a vengeful vigilante crusade after Sallinger kills her mother, she inflicts very brutal beatdowns on wrongdoers that almost always ends with them being beaten to death. Sallinger ends up being her last victim before Jessica manages to stop her.



* PrimaryColorChampion: Her outfit as the masked vigilante is a dark blue bomber jacket, mask, and beanie while wearing a yellow t-shirt underneath. It's later subverted when she turns into a KnightTemplar and starts wearing a black bomber jacket and beanie to signify her FaceHeelTurn.



* PutOnAPrisonBus: Season 3 ends with her being transported to The Raft via a helicopter.



* RevengeBeforeReason: Jessica had already captured and exposed Gregory Sallinger and he was on his way to be tried for his crimes, but Trish decides to barge in and brutally murder him anyways out of vengeance for killing her mother.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: She devolves into violent, murderous rage after Sallinger brutally kills her mother. She ends up killing or at the very least brutally beating several people up and eventually manages to succeed in killing Sallinger after he's already been exposed by Jessica and apprehended by the police. She eventually tries killing Jeri for representing Sallinger as a lawyer and eventually tries to kill Jessica for getting in her way and eventually outing her SecretIdentity.



* [[HeWhoFightsMonsters She Who Fights Monsters]]: In Season 3, Trish goes too far in bringing criminals to justice, starting with accidentally killing two. However, she eventually comes to think that by killing bad people, she is making the world better, and permanently goes off the deep end when she beats Sallinger to death.

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* [[HeWhoFightsMonsters SecretIdentity: Due to how being a celebrity means she'll be immediately be recognized by potential witnesses, Trish has to cover her face and head when being a vigilante. This all comes crashing down when Jessica outs her identity by the end of Season 3 because she's committed too many crimes to be a hero and has to be stopped.
* SerialKillerKiller: Deconstructed.
She Who Fights Monsters]]: goes after serial killers and other scumbags like domestic abusers and arsonists, but she grows more and more murderous and psychotic the more she does it. After all, killing people affects someone's mental state negatively in many ways.
* SheWhoFightsMonsters:
In Season 3, Trish goes too far in bringing criminals to justice, starting with accidentally killing two. However, she eventually comes to think that by killing bad people, she is making the world better, and permanently goes off the deep end when she beats Sallinger to death.



* SuperReflexes: Part of the powers she gains in Season 3.

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* SuperReflexes: Part One of the powers first few hints that Karl Malus' experiment has successfully given her superpowers is when she gains in Season 3.manages to catch her phone with her foot when she drops it after someone bumps into her.
* SuperToughness: Malus' experiments grants her a low level variant of this. She can survive falling from heights as she can absorb the shock of landing and while other people get seriously injured or killed by [[SuperStrength Jessica's]] punches, Trish only gets knocked out by them.



* TimeShiftedActor: Rachael Taylor plays Trish as an adult while Audrey Grace Marshall plays her as a child and Catherine Blades plays her as a teenager.



* UngratefulBitch: When Jessica saves her from Karl Malus' experiment, she doesn't thank Jessica for doing so, instead calling her a coward and berating her for not killing her psychopathic mother, claiming that she is the one who deserves superpowers.



* WifeBasherBasher: Because her rough childhood, Trish has a special hatred for these domestic abusers. While hiding out in a hotel following her thwarted attempt to kill Gregory Sallinger after he killed her mother, she beats the hell out of the guy in the next room after hearing him loudly beat his girlfriend. Later on, she beats the hell out of Demetri Patseras who used to abuse his wife before they got separated and divorced after Jeri tells her about him.



* ArmedWithPepperSpray: When Danny Rand tries to approach her in public to ask for her help in proving his identity, she pulls out her pepper spray and tells Danny to step away from her before Danny successfully convinces her that he's the real Danny Rand.



* ComicallySmallBribe: She called her boss Wendell's secretary a "hatchet-faced bitch" back when she was still an intern at Rand Enterprises... while her boss' young son Danny was standing right there. She gave him five bucks to stay quiet about it despite the fact that Danny is already obscenely wealthy due to being Wendell Rand's son. Funnily enough, Danny accepted it and the two became friends.



* ConsistentClothingStyle: She always wears black, which befits her ruthlessness, ambition, and serious attitude.



* DidNotGetTheGirl: She spends most of Season 3 trying to win her OldFlame Kith Lyonne back. However, her manipulative nature ends up causing Kith a myriad of problems that end up driving her away and eventually cutting off all ties with her by the end of the season.



* FatalFlaw: Jeri has three glaring ones that always eventually get the better of her, drive everyone away, and create enemies:
** [[ItsAllAboutMe Selfishness]]. While Jeri is capable of caring about others, her main concern will always be her wants and needs and that she'll prevail in the end.
** [[AmbitionIsEvil Ruthless ambition]]. Jeri often resorts to shady and unconventional means to achieve her goals to the detriment of others. This winds up souring and at times outright destroying her relationships with others.
** [[ManipulativeBitch Her manipulative nature]]. Jeri just can't help but manipulate others whenever she has the opportunity to do so and if it means she can get what she wants or needs by doing so. She's lost the trust of many of her allies because of how much her tendency to manipulate destroys her credibility.



* KarmicShunning: She spends most of Season 3 trying to win her OldFlame Kith Lyonne. However, she ends up driving her away because of her plot to destroy her open marriage that resulted in her husband committing suicide.



* ManipulativeBitch: ''Is she ever.'' Whenever Jeri really needs to get something done, there's no one she will lie, deceive, or trick anyone to do so. The most terrifying example is when she tricks Inez Green into killing her boyfriend Shane Ryback after they scammed her and robbed her apartment. She did it by giving her fake evidence of him cheating on her and giving her a gun before calling the police.



* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: He goes from having a slew of psionic powers to only having the ability to DetectEvil which manifests itself in headaches and sometimes bleeding from the orifices if a person is too evil.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the comics, he has psionic powers like mind control, telepathy, and extrasensory perception which are enhanced by his high-tech helmet and can pilot a heavily armored and armed vehicle called the Think Tank with his powers. In here, he has none of that as his superpower is the ability to DetectEvil instead and is otherwise a normal human.
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: After Trish kills [[DirtyCop Carl Nussbaumer]], he finds himself laughing uncontrollably. Turns out, evil people dying gives him euphoria as he can feel their darkness leaving the world.
* AscendedExtra: He was a minor Daredevil villain in the comics. Here, he becomes a a prominent character in Jessica Jones' cast.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: His relationship with his sister is this in spades. Though they constantly fight, they still care about each other a lot and Erik would risk his life to protect her.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Despite their incredibly strained relationship and constant arguing, he's very protective of his sister Brianna and clearly cares about her a lot. In fact, the first time he decided to use his powers for good was to expose their father sexually abusing her. Unfortunately, that lead to their mother committing suicide which caused their strained relationship.



* CelebrityParadox: ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' was referenced a few times in the MCU. Gelden's actor Benjamin Walker played Gil-galad in ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower.''



* DeadpanSnarker: Being as cynical and hardened as Jessica, he naturally has the wits that go along with it.
->'''Erik Gelden:''' I feel your sick, evil... the void, the hole of black shit. You're barely human. \\
'''Gregory Sallinger:''' You're a cheater. \\
'''Erik Gelden:''' [[SarcasmMode Surprise]].
* DetectEvil: His superpower is the ability to sense if someone is evil or not through getting headaches in their proximity. If someone is too evil, he starts bleeding from his eyes and he states that if he were to go to prison, he would die because he would be surrounded by the most evil beings on a daily basis.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: By the end of Season 3, he and Jessica don't end up together as she thinks that she can't trust him yet.
* EveryoneHasStandards: When Jessica asks him what he'd have done if he'd known one of his blackmail victims was producing child porn, he says that he'd have squeezed them for even more money... and ''then'' turned them in.



* HeadacheOfDoom: Whenever he's in the presence of someone evil, his powers start manifesting this way. When someone is too evil, it gets worse as he also starts bleeding from his eyes.



* HellBentForLeather: Much like Jessica, he's almost always wearing a black leather jacket.



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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's cynical, sarcastic, and self-serving, but is actually a caring person underneath, as shown by his protectiveness of his sister and his relationship with Jessica.
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LoveInterest: For He becomes this for Jessica Jones in the third season of her show.show after her OffscreenBreakup with Oscar.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He first used his powers to expose his father's sexual abuse of her sister. This resulted in his mother committing suicide via drug overdose and his sister falling out with him as she believed that it wasn't his truth to expose. [[CynicismCatalyst Since then]], he stopped using his powers to help others.



* PermaStubble: He has a five o'clock shadow befitting his hardboiled personality.



* SpearCounterpart: His cynicism, alcoholism, sarcastic streak, and penchant for wearing leather jackets make him quite reminiscent of a male Jessica Jones.




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* TallDarkAndSnarky: He's 6'2"/188 cm, has dark brown hair, and a sarcastic streak that rivals that of Jessica's.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks: He mainly uses his powers to detect unapprehended wrongdoers like corrupt cops, embezzlers, and child pornographers and blackmail them.
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** Luke has been casually called "Power Man" as a [[MythologyGag tongue and cheek reference to the comics]] but typically he simply goes by "Luke Cage". [[spoiler:Of course, "Luke Cage" in and of itself is an alias taken to disguise his true identity as Carl Lucas, so technically he ''is'' using a codename after all]].

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** Luke has been casually called "Power Man" as a [[MythologyGag tongue and in cheek reference to the comics]] but typically he simply goes by "Luke Cage". [[spoiler:Of Of course, "Luke Cage" in and of itself is an alias taken to disguise his true identity as Carl Lucas, so technically he ''is'' using a codename after all]].all.



* FireForgedFriends: By the end of ''The Defenders,'' they become this: Jessica and Luke are true friends, Matt admits that he's glad to have met them all, Matt and Jessica manage to earn respect for one another and see how they aren't so different, Danny and Luke get a budding {{bromance}}, and Danny is inspired by Matt to [[spoiler:carry on his mission to protect the people of Hell's Kitchen and New York after Matt's HeroicSacrifice.]]

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* FireForgedFriends: By the end of ''The Defenders,'' they become this: Jessica and Luke are true friends, Matt admits that he's glad to have met them all, Matt and Jessica manage to earn respect for one another and see how they aren't so different, Danny and Luke get a budding {{bromance}}, and Danny is inspired by Matt to [[spoiler:carry carry on his mission to protect the people of Hell's Kitchen and New York after Matt's HeroicSacrifice.]]



** Danny's not nearly as durable as Luke or Jessica, and doesn't have protective armor like Matt, but at full power, his punches can far exceed the former two's SuperStrength, as seen when [[spoiler:he punches the floor of the Rand boardroom hard enough to upheave everyone standing on it and blow out all the windows with the shockwave.]]

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** Danny's not nearly as durable as Luke or Jessica, and doesn't have protective armor like Matt, but at full power, his punches can far exceed the former two's SuperStrength, as seen when [[spoiler:he he punches the floor of the Rand boardroom hard enough to upheave everyone standing on it and blow out all the windows with the shockwave.]]



* ThouShaltNotKill: As noted in their individual sections, all four of them have codes about killing their enemies, though to varying degrees; Matt openly touts it as his number-one rule and even goes out of his way to prevent allies from landing kills. Luke also actively refuses to kill and has to restrain himself during fights to avoid landing fatal blows on his opponents. Jessica killed Reva on Kilgrave's orders, and only killed Kilgrave after all other non-fatal attempts to stop him failed. Danny almost killed Harold Meachum but was spared the blood of murder by Ward showing up to finish him off. [[spoiler:After all the atrocities that the Hand commit while coming after them, and with their global power and influence, the Defenders ultimately conclude that they have no choice but to ''kill'' the Five Fingers of the Hand just to make the nightmare stop.]]

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* ThouShaltNotKill: As noted in their individual sections, all four of them have codes about killing their enemies, though to varying degrees; Matt openly touts it as his number-one rule and even goes out of his way to prevent allies from landing kills. Luke also actively refuses to kill and has to restrain himself during fights to avoid landing fatal blows on his opponents. Jessica killed Reva on Kilgrave's orders, and only killed Kilgrave after all other non-fatal attempts to stop him failed. Danny almost killed Harold Meachum but was spared the blood of murder by Ward showing up to finish him off. [[spoiler:After After all the atrocities that the Hand commit while coming after them, and with their global power and influence, the Defenders ultimately conclude that they have no choice but to ''kill'' the Five Fingers of the Hand just to make the nightmare stop.]]



* WhiteMaleLead: Matt is the most conventionally super-heroic of the four, while the Hand's scheme was started in ''Daredevil'' season 2 and ''Iron Fist'' season 1. [[spoiler: Matt even symbolically passes the torch to Danny at the end, despite his competence having been called into question through most of the series.]] Jessica and Luke have some cool moments, but have to be brought in to help via cases that are tangential to the plot.

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* WhiteMaleLead: Matt is the most conventionally super-heroic of the four, while the Hand's scheme was started in ''Daredevil'' season 2 and ''Iron Fist'' season 1. [[spoiler: Matt even symbolically passes the torch to Danny at the end, despite his competence having been called into question through most of the series.]] series. Jessica and Luke have some cool moments, but have to be brought in to help via cases that are tangential to the plot.



* BromanticFoil: ZigZaggedTrope. Foggy comes across as a [[GoldFever money-obsessed]] UnluckyEveryDude, and LovableCoward compared to the morally upright, ChickMagnet, and [[TheStoic stoic]] Matt, and is often used as comic relief. In later episodes ([[spoiler:especially after his and Matt's falling out]]), it's revealed that he's not quite any of those things. Under the right conditions, Foggy is far more selfless, attractive, and brave than the average person. However, he still fits this trope in comparison to Matt, so he acts as a competent foil.

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* BromanticFoil: ZigZaggedTrope. Foggy comes across as a [[GoldFever money-obsessed]] UnluckyEveryDude, and LovableCoward compared to the morally upright, ChickMagnet, and [[TheStoic stoic]] Matt, and is often used as comic relief. In later episodes ([[spoiler:especially (especially after his and Matt's falling out]]), out), it's revealed that he's not quite any of those things. Under the right conditions, Foggy is far more selfless, attractive, and brave than the average person. However, he still fits this trope in comparison to Matt, so he acts as a competent foil.



* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:Despite his kindness, he was a money-obsessed lawyer favoring money over real values and being pretty pessimistic when things become very complicated legally. Then in Season 3, despite Fisk manages to escape from any of their plans, Foggy stays the most determined to not give up and do things in a legally valid way.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: People underestimate Foggy at their peril. As goofy and silly as he is, when time calls, Foggy can still lay down a beating on some street thugs with a bat. Or talk them out of trying to fight each other in a crowded emergency room. And while it may seem at first glance that Matt is the brains of their operation, Foggy is an extremely capable attorney who repeatedly leaves rivals up to and including [[spoiler:the corrupt and connected Manhattan DA]] wondering what the hell just happened as he mops the floor with them, [[spoiler:which is probably why said corrupt DA quickly resorts to under-the-table methods of screwing with Nelson & Murdock to avoid having to match wits face to face.]]

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* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:Despite Despite his kindness, he was a money-obsessed lawyer favoring money over real values and being pretty pessimistic when things become very complicated legally. Then in Season 3, despite Fisk manages to escape from any of their plans, Foggy stays the most determined to not give up and do things in a legally valid way.]]

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: People underestimate Foggy at their peril. As goofy and silly as he is, when time calls, Foggy can still lay down a beating on some street thugs with a bat. Or talk them out of trying to fight each other in a crowded emergency room. And while it may seem at first glance that Matt is the brains of their operation, Foggy is an extremely capable attorney who repeatedly leaves rivals up to and including [[spoiler:the the corrupt and connected Manhattan DA]] DA wondering what the hell just happened as he mops the floor with them, [[spoiler:which which is probably why said corrupt DA quickly resorts to under-the-table methods of screwing with Nelson & Murdock to avoid having to match wits face to face.]]face.



* TookALevelInBadass: He really comes into his own as a lawyer when he [[spoiler:defends Frank Castle, more or less by himself, since Matt was busy investigating the Hand. And though he loses the case (through no fault of his own), Jeri Hogarth is impressed enough that she offers to make him a partner at her firm. It's also revealed in ''The Defenders'' that all those times Claire told Luke she knew a great lawyer who could fix his problems with the law, she was talking about Foggy rather than Matt.]] And in Season 3, we see him use this as a platform to run for District Attorney after some words of encouragement from Marci.

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* TookALevelInBadass: He really comes into his own as a lawyer when he [[spoiler:defends defends Frank Castle, more or less by himself, since Matt was busy investigating the Hand. And though he loses the case (through no fault of his own), Jeri Hogarth is impressed enough that she offers to make him a partner at her firm. It's also revealed in ''The Defenders'' that all those times Claire told Luke she knew a great lawyer who could fix his problems with the law, she was talking about Foggy rather than Matt.]] And in Season 3, we see him use this as a platform to run for District Attorney after some words of encouragement from Marci.



* ActionGirl: After receiving self-defense training by Colleen Wing, she is capable of going toe-to-toe against ''[[spoiler:Hand ninjas and come out unscathed]]''.
* ActionSurvivor: Claire is by no means able to fight on the level of Matt or the other Defenders, but she's still able to stay alive and occasionally defend herself when the need arises. [[spoiler:And as of the end of ''Luke Cage'' Season 1, she's apparently deciding to become a full ActionGirl.]]

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* ActionGirl: After receiving self-defense training by Colleen Wing, she is capable of going toe-to-toe against ''[[spoiler:Hand ''Hand ninjas and come out unscathed]]''.
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* ActionSurvivor: Claire is by no means able to fight on the level of Matt or the other Defenders, but she's still able to stay alive and occasionally defend herself when the need arises. [[spoiler:And And as of the end of ''Luke Cage'' Season 1, she's apparently deciding to become a full ActionGirl.]]ActionGirl.



* ArbitrarySkepticism: By the latter half of ''Iron Fist'', she's seen a lot of strange things. [[spoiler:She still has trouble believing Danny Rand got the Iron Fist from defeating a dragon called "Shao-Lao the Undying", thinking Davos is talking about something the size of a komodo-dragon, even though she already knows about K'un-L'un.]]

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* ArbitrarySkepticism: By the latter half of ''Iron Fist'', she's seen a lot of strange things. [[spoiler:She She still has trouble believing Danny Rand got the Iron Fist from defeating a dragon called "Shao-Lao the Undying", thinking Davos is talking about something the size of a komodo-dragon, even though she already knows about K'un-L'un.]]K'un-L'un.



** In her first appearance, Claire used her medical knowledge to help Matt find Semyon's trigeminal nerve and inflict rather painful torture on him for the location of a kidnapped boy [[spoiler:and bashed the head of her kidnapper with the same steel bat he used to beat her up earlier after Matt came to her rescue]]. This woman is tougher than she looks.
** In Season 2, she takes down a [[spoiler:''Hand ninja'' by pushing him out of a window. This, right after she lets out a roar of utter ''fury'' after the same person killed her friend/colleague.]]

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** In her first appearance, Claire used her medical knowledge to help Matt find Semyon's trigeminal nerve and inflict rather painful torture on him for the location of a kidnapped boy [[spoiler:and and bashed the head of her kidnapper with the same steel bat he used to beat her up earlier after Matt came to her rescue]].rescue. This woman is tougher than she looks.
** In Season 2, she takes down a [[spoiler:''Hand ''Hand ninja'' by pushing him out of a window. This, right after she lets out a roar of utter ''fury'' after the same person killed her friend/colleague.]]



* {{Foreshadowing}}: The training she receives from Colleen Wing, while incomplete, is enough to let her fight defensively against Hand agents, who are highly skilled assassins. It turns out, that the reason Colleen's techniques are so effective at countering those of the Hand is because [[spoiler:they are OF the Hand.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The training she receives from Colleen Wing, while incomplete, is enough to let her fight defensively against Hand agents, who are highly skilled assassins. It turns out, that the reason Colleen's techniques are so effective at countering those of the Hand is because [[spoiler:they they are OF the Hand.]]Hand.



* IJustWantToBeSpecial: [[spoiler:Madame Gao tries playing on her insecurity about this, suggesting Claire hangs around Gifted folk because she wants to be a hero with powers like Matt or Luke, and is upset that she hasn't become one. Doubles as a ReasonYouSuckSpeech because Gao describes this desire as a selfish attempt at feeling special, that if her moment of being special was going to happen it would have happened already, and that she is trying to use the experiences of the Gifted for her own gain.]]

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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: [[spoiler:Madame Madame Gao tries playing on her insecurity about this, suggesting Claire hangs around Gifted folk because she wants to be a hero with powers like Matt or Luke, and is upset that she hasn't become one. Doubles as a ReasonYouSuckSpeech because Gao describes this desire as a selfish attempt at feeling special, that if her moment of being special was going to happen it would have happened already, and that she is trying to use the experiences of the Gifted for her own gain.]]



* ItsPersonal: As much as she doesn't want to get involved, the Hand attacking Metro-General and Claire's colleague Louisa Delgado getting killed gives her personal reason to fight [[spoiler:the Hand]].

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* ItsPersonal: As much as she doesn't want to get involved, the Hand attacking Metro-General and Claire's colleague Louisa Delgado getting killed gives her personal reason to fight [[spoiler:the Hand]].the Hand.



* TheMedic: She ends up becoming the medical support to all of the local [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Gifted]] heroes of New York. Sews up Matt's wounds, which is handy considering how often he gets the living hell beat out of him. By ''Luke Cage'', [[spoiler:she has quit her job at the hospital due to the events of ''Daredevil'' Season 2]].

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* TheMedic: She ends up becoming the medical support to all of the local [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Gifted]] heroes of New York. Sews up Matt's wounds, which is handy considering how often he gets the living hell beat out of him. By ''Luke Cage'', [[spoiler:she she has quit her job at the hospital due to the events of ''Daredevil'' Season 2]].2.



* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Living in a world of superheroes hasn't been good for her. Fixing Matt's injuries in her apartment gets her evicted, then walking out on her job to save Luke Cage forces her into a hellish schedule to make it up. [[spoiler:Her indignation at the orders to keep quiet about The Hand attacking the hospital and killing three of her coworkers pushes her to quit her job.]]

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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Living in a world of superheroes hasn't been good for her. Fixing Matt's injuries in her apartment gets her evicted, then walking out on her job to save Luke Cage forces her into a hellish schedule to make it up. [[spoiler:Her Her indignation at the orders to keep quiet about The Hand attacking the hospital and killing three of her coworkers pushes her to quit her job.]]job.



** In ''Jessica Jones'' Season 1, she assists Jessica in [[spoiler:sneaking Luke out of the hospital when the police show up, looking for him because of what he did before Jessica managed to knock him out]].
** In the second season of ''Daredevil'', this causes her to quit [[spoiler:when the hospital administration not only intends to cover up the killing of three employees by the Hand by claiming it was a junkie but also [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch ignore the body of one of them had already undergone section]]]].

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** In ''Jessica Jones'' Season 1, she assists Jessica in [[spoiler:sneaking sneaking Luke out of the hospital when the police show up, looking for him because of what he did before Jessica managed to knock him out]].
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** In the second season of ''Daredevil'', this causes her to quit [[spoiler:when when the hospital administration not only intends to cover up the killing of three employees by the Hand by claiming it was a junkie but also [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch ignore the body of one of them had already undergone section]]]].section]].



* TookALevelInBadass: After three seasons of just patching heroes up, her first appearance on ''Luke Cage'' has her chasing down a would-be mugger and giving him a beating. She later helps a severely wounded Misty fight Shades to a standstill in the club. Afterwards, she takes up martial arts classes if this is going to be her life now. After some of Colleen Wing's training, [[spoiler:she's able to fight a Hand goon without taking a scratch.]]

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* TookALevelInBadass: After three seasons of just patching heroes up, her first appearance on ''Luke Cage'' has her chasing down a would-be mugger and giving him a beating. She later helps a severely wounded Misty fight Shades to a standstill in the club. Afterwards, she takes up martial arts classes if this is going to be her life now. After some of Colleen Wing's training, [[spoiler:she's she's able to fight a Hand goon without taking a scratch.]]scratch.



* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:Attempts to convince Matt to change his brutal vigilante ways by using their relationship as leverage. This might have worked if Matt weren't a BloodKnight.]]

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* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:Attempts Attempts to convince Matt to change his brutal vigilante ways by using their relationship as leverage. This might have worked if Matt weren't a BloodKnight.]]



* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the comics, Malcolm is a socially inept, mildly creepy StalkerWithACrush who repeatedly expresses inappropriate thoughts, and writes Daredevil off as a pussy because of his handling of his identity being outed. The show has him as a ''much'' nicer guy with much better social skills, with his creepiness being from his drug use [[spoiler:and is only temporary, before he gets over it]].

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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the comics, Malcolm is a socially inept, mildly creepy StalkerWithACrush who repeatedly expresses inappropriate thoughts, and writes Daredevil off as a pussy because of his handling of his identity being outed. The show has him as a ''much'' nicer guy with much better social skills, with his creepiness being from his drug use [[spoiler:and and is only temporary, before he gets over it]].it.



* TakingUpTheMantle: [[spoiler:Season 3 ends with Jessica leaving Malcolm the keys to Alias while she plans to run away to Mexico, essentially leaving the firm to him. While she changed her mind about running away, the fate of Alias remains unknown.]]

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* TakingUpTheMantle: [[spoiler:Season Season 3 ends with Jessica leaving Malcolm the keys to Alias while she plans to run away to Mexico, essentially leaving the firm to him. While she changed her mind about running away, the fate of Alias remains unknown.]]



* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Jessica Jones'' Season 2, his relationship with Jessica is pretty much destroyed, with him going so far as to accept Pryce Cheng's job offer.]]

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* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:At At the end of ''Jessica Jones'' Season 2, his relationship with Jessica is pretty much destroyed, with him going so far as to accept Pryce Cheng's job offer.]]offer.



* AbsurdlySharpClaws: [[spoiler:Trish absolutely mangles Sallinger's face with just her fingernails.]]

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* AbsurdlySharpClaws: [[spoiler:Trish Trish absolutely mangles Sallinger's face with just her fingernails.]]fingernails.



* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Her comic counterpart is a moral superhero, while Trish as her vigilante alter ego ends up becoming murderous in her methods.]]

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* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Her Her comic counterpart is a moral superhero, while Trish as her vigilante alter ego ends up becoming murderous in her methods.]]methods.



* AddledAddict: [[spoiler:She takes a whiff of Simpson's inhaler in Season 2. She enjoys the perks, but the side effects get worse and worse until she can no longer function and almost dies.]]
* AttentionWhore: While Trish has already acclaimed fame as a national TV and radio star, [[spoiler:she seeks attention as a hero. In Season 3, she actively shows herself on camera in her disguise multiple times, which severely puts a dent in Jessica's relationship with the police and takes away Detective Costa's resources to handle Sallinger.]]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:She starts to go on a murdering spree after killing Gregory Sallinger.]]
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler:Trish's brief experience with Simpson's super-empowering pills nearly kills her. Following his death, she starts using his inhaler which has a similar but weaker effect. Her powers fully manifest and she begins beating suspects to death. The series ends with her going to the Raft.]]
* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler: With Gregory Sallinger for Season 3 of Jessica Jones. While Gregory serves as the ArcVillain for the first half, the second half features Trish Walker killing criminals and becomes another threat that Jessica has to face, along with Sallinger. Trish eventually becomes the sole BigBad of Season 3 after she kills Sallinger.]]
* BigBadSlippage: [[spoiler:Trish starts out season three slowly mending her relationship with Jessica while moonlighting as a vigilante. After Sallinger kills her mother her sanity begins to degrade, going on to become a SerialKiller as she murders criminals. Her murder of Sallinger once he's already been apprehended cement her spot as the main antagonist.]]
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: In contrast to the cynical Jessica, Trish has a much simpler idea of right and wrong and genuinely believes that she knows which is which, something that she is called out on repeatedly by Jessica and the various other [[GreyAndGrayMorality Grey and Gray]] characters. [[spoiler: This is [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity taken to its natural conclusion]] by the end of Season 2, shooting Jessica's mother without hesitation and becoming an UnscrupulousHero.]]
* BlatantLies: [[spoiler:When Malcolm finds out she's using Simpson's inhaler, Trish claims it is perfectly safe despite admitting she has no idea what it actually does, only that it makes her feel good and does not see it as an addiction. Malcolm doesn't buy a word of it.]]
* CainAndAbel: Eventually, she and [[spoiler:Jessica becomes this by the end of Season 3 with her being Cain as she tries to kill her adoptive sister and best friend.]]

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* AddledAddict: [[spoiler:She She takes a whiff of Simpson's inhaler in Season 2. She enjoys the perks, but the side effects get worse and worse until she can no longer function and almost dies.]]

* AttentionWhore: While Trish has already acclaimed fame as a national TV and radio star, [[spoiler:she she seeks attention as a hero. In Season 3, she actively shows herself on camera in her disguise multiple times, which severely puts a dent in Jessica's relationship with the police and takes away Detective Costa's resources to handle Sallinger.]]

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:She She starts to go on a murdering spree after killing Gregory Sallinger.]]
Sallinger.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler:Trish's Trish's brief experience with Simpson's super-empowering pills nearly kills her. Following his death, she starts using his inhaler which has a similar but weaker effect. Her powers fully manifest and she begins beating suspects to death. The series ends with her going to the Raft.]]
Raft.
* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler: With Gregory Sallinger for Season 3 of Jessica Jones. While Gregory serves as the ArcVillain for the first half, the second half features Trish Walker killing criminals and becomes another threat that Jessica has to face, along with Sallinger. Trish eventually becomes the sole BigBad of Season 3 after she kills Sallinger.]]
Sallinger.
* BigBadSlippage: [[spoiler:Trish Trish starts out season three slowly mending her relationship with Jessica while moonlighting as a vigilante. After Sallinger kills her mother her sanity begins to degrade, going on to become a SerialKiller as she murders criminals. Her murder of Sallinger once he's already been apprehended cement her spot as the main antagonist.]]
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* BlackAndWhiteMorality: In contrast to the cynical Jessica, Trish has a much simpler idea of right and wrong and genuinely believes that she knows which is which, something that she is called out on repeatedly by Jessica and the various other [[GreyAndGrayMorality Grey and Gray]] characters. [[spoiler: This is [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity taken to its natural conclusion]] by the end of Season 2, shooting Jessica's mother without hesitation and becoming an UnscrupulousHero.]]
UnscrupulousHero.
* BlatantLies: [[spoiler:When When Malcolm finds out she's using Simpson's inhaler, Trish claims it is perfectly safe despite admitting she has no idea what it actually does, only that it makes her feel good and does not see it as an addiction. Malcolm doesn't buy a word of it.]]
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* CainAndAbel: Eventually, she and [[spoiler:Jessica Jessica becomes this by the end of Season 3 with her being Cain as she tries to kill her adoptive sister and best friend.]]friend.



** [[spoiler: While she does become Hellcat in Season 3, This version of Trish actually draws more similarities from Yuri Watanabe/Wraith, being an ally to a superhero before turning against them upon losing faith in the system and becoming a murderous vigilante dispatching her own twisted sense of justice.]]

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** [[spoiler: While she does become Hellcat in Season 3, This version of Trish actually draws more similarities from Yuri Watanabe/Wraith, being an ally to a superhero before turning against them upon losing faith in the system and becoming a murderous vigilante dispatching her own twisted sense of justice.]]justice.



* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler:Trish shoots and kills Jessica's mother because the police were after her mother and would have killed them both otherwise. Jessica has a hard time even looking at Trish afterward.]]

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* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler:Trish Trish shoots and kills Jessica's mother because the police were after her mother and would have killed them both otherwise. Jessica has a hard time even looking at Trish afterward.]]



* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler:Trish becomes this after she killed Gregory Sallinger to avenge her mother.]]
* DecompositeCharacter: Claire gets Hellcat's clawed gauntlets in ''Iron Fist'', implying that it's going to be her rather than Trish who ultimately takes the role. However, Trish gradually slips into the Hellcat persona in Season 2 as she gets high off Simpson's inhaler, and at one point uses her fingernails to claw at the face of one of the homophobes that attacked Malcolm outside a gay bar. [[spoiler:By the end of the season, she has obtained superhuman reflexes as a result of the operation performed on her by Dr. Malus.]]

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* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler:Trish Trish becomes this after she killed Gregory Sallinger to avenge her mother.]]
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* DecompositeCharacter: Claire gets Hellcat's clawed gauntlets in ''Iron Fist'', implying that it's going to be her rather than Trish who ultimately takes the role. However, Trish gradually slips into the Hellcat persona in Season 2 as she gets high off Simpson's inhaler, and at one point uses her fingernails to claw at the face of one of the homophobes that attacked Malcolm outside a gay bar. [[spoiler:By By the end of the season, she has obtained superhuman reflexes as a result of the operation performed on her by Dr. Malus.]]



* DistaffCounterpart: [[spoiler: By Season 3, Trish has become one to Davos, being a Defender's adopted sibling and closest friend before going against them once they develop powers and become murderous vigilantes.]]

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* DistaffCounterpart: [[spoiler: By Season 3, Trish has become one to Davos, being a Defender's adopted sibling and closest friend before going against them once they develop powers and become murderous vigilantes.]] vigilantes.



** When Simpson beats the tar out of an injured Jessica, Trish takes the same SuperSerum he did and thoroughly kicks his ass. [[spoiler:It's Jessica who beats him, though.]]
** In Season 2, her jealousy of Jessica's superpowers comes to a head after [[spoiler:she runs out of Simpson's inhaler, and she has Karl Malus perform the same procedure he used to give Jessica and her mother powers. Jessica tries to interrupt it and it nearly kills Trish, but the end of the final episode reveals she has started developing superpowers]].

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** When Simpson beats the tar out of an injured Jessica, Trish takes the same SuperSerum he did and thoroughly kicks his ass. [[spoiler:It's It's Jessica who beats him, though.]]
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** In Season 2, her jealousy of Jessica's superpowers comes to a head after [[spoiler:she she runs out of Simpson's inhaler, and she has Karl Malus perform the same procedure he used to give Jessica and her mother powers. Jessica tries to interrupt it and it nearly kills Trish, but the end of the final episode reveals she has started developing superpowers]].superpowers.



** [[spoiler: She becomes one for Jessica Jones after developing superpowers. Both are female vigilantes in New York City who fight crime to make their home a better place, but since Jessica's experience gives her a GreyAndGrayMorality view of things, allowing Jessica to develop restraints to keep her from losing her moral compass such as [[ThouShallNotKill not killing criminals unless it is completely necessary]], Trish's naivety causes her to have a BlackAndWhiteMorality view, and quickly believes that MurderIsTheBestSolution when dealing with criminals]].
** [[spoiler: She has also become one for Matt Murdock. Both have similar fighting styles, powers, and reflexes, and both take up vigilante crime-fighting while having a SecretIdentity. However Matt Murdock has a much stronger moral code and {{Morality Chain}}s that prevents him from becoming no better than the people he's fighting, while Trish would sacrifices hers for a more lethal approach, eventually driving her friends away and becoming the bad guy.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Has one in Season 3 after going too far and killing three criminals. She eventually attacks and threatens numerous people while she carries out her own twisted definition of justice.]]
* FallenHeroine: [[spoiler:She gradually JumpsOffTheSlipperySlope in Season 3, committing multiple murders and eventually trying to kill Jessica herself.]]
* FallenOnHardTimesJob: [[spoiler:She works as a host for a vapid fashion infomercial show in Season 3 and clearly despises it, but after her on-air meltdown on her radio show in Season 2, it was likely the only real shot she had at still having anything resembling a career.]]

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** [[spoiler: She becomes one for Jessica Jones after developing superpowers. Both are female vigilantes in New York City who fight crime to make their home a better place, but since Jessica's experience gives her a GreyAndGrayMorality view of things, allowing Jessica to develop restraints to keep her from losing her moral compass such as [[ThouShallNotKill not killing criminals unless it is completely necessary]], Trish's naivety causes her to have a BlackAndWhiteMorality view, and quickly believes that MurderIsTheBestSolution when dealing with criminals]].
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** [[spoiler: She has also become one for Matt Murdock. Both have similar fighting styles, powers, and reflexes, and both take up vigilante crime-fighting while having a SecretIdentity. However Matt Murdock has a much stronger moral code and {{Morality Chain}}s that prevents him from becoming no better than the people he's fighting, while Trish would sacrifices hers for a more lethal approach, eventually driving her friends away and becoming the bad guy.]]
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Has Has one in Season 3 after going too far and killing three criminals. She eventually attacks and threatens numerous people while she carries out her own twisted definition of justice.]]
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* FallenHeroine: [[spoiler:She She gradually JumpsOffTheSlipperySlope in Season 3, committing multiple murders and eventually trying to kill Jessica herself.]]
herself.
* FallenOnHardTimesJob: [[spoiler:She She works as a host for a vapid fashion infomercial show in Season 3 and clearly despises it, but after her on-air meltdown on her radio show in Season 2, it was likely the only real shot she had at still having anything resembling a career.]]



* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Due to her vigilante killing spree she ultimately ends up imprisoned in the [[HellholePrison Raft]] for the rest of her life.]]
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:In Season 3, after killing Sallinger she becomes the main antagonist in the final episode. Her masked vigilantism has become murderous and Jessica decides she has to either convince her to turn herself in or take her down herself.]]

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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Due Due to her vigilante killing spree she ultimately ends up imprisoned in the [[HellholePrison Raft]] for the rest of her life.]]
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* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:In In Season 3, after killing Sallinger she becomes the main antagonist in the final episode. Her masked vigilantism has become murderous and Jessica decides she has to either convince her to turn herself in or take her down herself.]]



* FromNobodyToNightmare: Season 3 explores this in-depth. In the very beginning, she was a child of a single mom struggling to make ends meet. Through her childhood, she built up to celebrity status. She continues this until [[spoiler: she finally gains superpowers. She falls down the slippery slope, beating suspects to death, and eventually going to super-villain prison.]]

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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Season 3 explores this in-depth. In the very beginning, she was a child of a single mom struggling to make ends meet. Through her childhood, she built up to celebrity status. She continues this until [[spoiler: she finally gains superpowers. She falls down the slippery slope, beating suspects to death, and eventually going to super-villain prison.]]



* GracefulLoser: After [[spoiler:Jessica stops her in the Season 3 finale and she is arrested, Trish finally understands that her crazed revenge spree was wrong. She willingly accepts her sentencing to The Raft and gives Jessica an accepting smile when she is hauled off]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: To the point that she wanted to have Jessica's powers in order to be a proper hero, something her adoptive sister avoids. [[spoiler: Subverted when her desire for powers begins to show that she's not nearly as altruistic or considerate as she insists she is.]]

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* GracefulLoser: After [[spoiler:Jessica Jessica stops her in the Season 3 finale and she is arrested, Trish finally understands that her crazed revenge spree was wrong. She willingly accepts her sentencing to The Raft and gives Jessica an accepting smile when she is hauled off]].
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: To the point that she wanted to have Jessica's powers in order to be a proper hero, something her adoptive sister avoids. [[spoiler: Subverted when her desire for powers begins to show that she's not nearly as altruistic or considerate as she insists she is.]]is.



* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:It takes a beating from Jessica, an arrest, and being sentenced to imprisonment on The Raft, but at the end of the third season, Trish understands that her murder of several criminals and fighting the law has made her one of the bad guys. When Costa reads her the list of charges she's facing, the final reading of the attempted murder charge against her own sister really hammers home the realization.]]

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* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:It It takes a beating from Jessica, an arrest, and being sentenced to imprisonment on The Raft, but at the end of the third season, Trish understands that her murder of several criminals and fighting the law has made her one of the bad guys. When Costa reads her the list of charges she's facing, the final reading of the attempted murder charge against her own sister really hammers home the realization.]]



* IJustWantToBeSpecial: When Jessica expresses her lack of desire to be a superhero, Trish can't believe she ''doesn't'' want that responsibility, and openly wishes she had powers too. To the point that she takes, and then gets hooked on, Simpson's inhaler, trying to get powers. [[spoiler:As pointed out by Jessica's mom, the only reason why Trish is so desperate to capture Karl Malus is that she wants him to give her powers. Furthermore, not only is Alisa correct in making this call, but Trish's desperation for powers causes her to take increasingly unsavory actions to get them. This involves manipulating Malcolm's desire to protect Jessica, and his affection for her, to get him to help her track Dr. Malus down. Then she knocks out, ties up, and stuffs Malcolm in the trunk of her car when he tries to bring Dr. Malus in. Then finally, she kidnaps Dr. Malus and threatens to shoot Malcolm if he tries to stop her. She, eventually, even admits she wants to be special, stating "Haven't you ever felt powerless?"]]
* TheIdealist: Such that, after a passionate speech, Simpson says that all she needs is "a flag and a horse." She's constantly pushing Jess to be the hero she sees her as. [[spoiler:Season 2 casts some doubt on this, as while she claims she wants to do the right thing and help people, the moment she confronts Karl Malus, someone she's been intent on ''stopping'' as part of IGH, she instead uses him [[IJustWantToBeSpecial as a way to get herself superpowers]] and after the process nearly ''kills'' her, she accuses Jess of ruining everything and calls her a coward for not using her powers for heroism.]]
* InnateNightVision: [[spoiler:One of the powers she develops in Season 3 is the ability to see in the dark, efficient enough that she no longer even bothers with switching the light on in her apartment to read. It's her one advantage over Jessica when they ultimately come to blows, as her agility otherwise can't match Jessica's strength.]]

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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: When Jessica expresses her lack of desire to be a superhero, Trish can't believe she ''doesn't'' want that responsibility, and openly wishes she had powers too. To the point that she takes, and then gets hooked on, Simpson's inhaler, trying to get powers. [[spoiler:As As pointed out by Jessica's mom, the only reason why Trish is so desperate to capture Karl Malus is that she wants him to give her powers. Furthermore, not only is Alisa correct in making this call, but Trish's desperation for powers causes her to take increasingly unsavory actions to get them. This involves manipulating Malcolm's desire to protect Jessica, and his affection for her, to get him to help her track Dr. Malus down. Then she knocks out, ties up, and stuffs Malcolm in the trunk of her car when he tries to bring Dr. Malus in. Then finally, she kidnaps Dr. Malus and threatens to shoot Malcolm if he tries to stop her. She, eventually, even admits she wants to be special, stating "Haven't you ever felt powerless?"]]
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* TheIdealist: Such that, after a passionate speech, Simpson says that all she needs is "a flag and a horse." She's constantly pushing Jess to be the hero she sees her as. [[spoiler:Season Season 2 casts some doubt on this, as while she claims she wants to do the right thing and help people, the moment she confronts Karl Malus, someone she's been intent on ''stopping'' as part of IGH, she instead uses him [[IJustWantToBeSpecial as a way to get herself superpowers]] and after the process nearly ''kills'' her, she accuses Jess of ruining everything and calls her a coward for not using her powers for heroism.]]
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* InnateNightVision: [[spoiler:One One of the powers she develops in Season 3 is the ability to see in the dark, efficient enough that she no longer even bothers with switching the light on in her apartment to read. It's her one advantage over Jessica when they ultimately come to blows, as her agility otherwise can't match Jessica's strength.]]



* ItsAllAboutMe: In Season 2, her developing insecurities [[spoiler:and constant usage of Simpson's inhaler]] result in her attempting to desperately acquire powers for herself while using those around her and disregarding their viewpoints. [[spoiler: After waking up and learning from Jessica that Dr. Malus (who she kidnapped so he could give her powers) was dead, her first response was regret that the experiment had failed.]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:After getting powers, she starts committing morally questionable acts, starting with killing Jessica's mother Alisa which strains their relationship. The murders she commits were justified or at least understandable to an extent, but she becomes a full-on villain when she tries to kill people who aren't evil like Kith Lyonne and even Jessica herself out of her twisted definition of justice.]]

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* ItsAllAboutMe: In Season 2, her developing insecurities [[spoiler:and and constant usage of Simpson's inhaler]] inhaler result in her attempting to desperately acquire powers for herself while using those around her and disregarding their viewpoints. [[spoiler: After waking up and learning from Jessica that Dr. Malus (who she kidnapped so he could give her powers) was dead, her first response was regret that the experiment had failed.]]

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:After After getting powers, she starts committing morally questionable acts, starting with killing Jessica's mother Alisa which strains their relationship. The murders she commits were justified or at least understandable to an extent, but she becomes a full-on villain when she tries to kill people who aren't evil like Kith Lyonne and even Jessica herself out of her twisted definition of justice.]]



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: At the very end of Season 3, [[spoiler:when she ''finally'' realizes that all her extreme vigilantism and murdering has made her the "bad guy"]].

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: At the very end of Season 3, [[spoiler:when when she ''finally'' realizes that all her extreme vigilantism and murdering has made her the "bad guy"]].guy".



** After [[spoiler:getting powers of her own in Season 3]], Trish tries on several super outfits of her own. One of them is a complete replica of the Hellcat costume, sash and all. Her reaction is an emphatic "hell no".
* {{Narcissist}}: In Season 3, [[spoiler:Trish fully develops into one.]]
** [[spoiler:Trish fully believes that she has the high ground and makes the world better by killing criminals, viewing herself as a hero.]]
** [[spoiler:Having gained the powers she always wanted, she seeks "justice" by fighting crime, but is upset that she does not get the gratification of recognition by the public. It's telling that whenever she seemingly does a good deed and is thanked for it, she responds with a "You're welcome."]]
** [[spoiler:Despite Jessica managing to gather the evidence to lock Sallinger in prison forever, Trish chooses to get RevengeBeforeReason and brutally murders him in cold blood.]]
* NeverBeHurtAgain: She puts on a strong front, but Trish is clearly shaken by years of living with Dorothy, the attempt on her life by a superpowered Simpson, and the constant threat of Kilgrave. To the point that [[spoiler: she becomes obsessed with getting superpowers, even telling Dr. Malus that she feels "powerless."]]

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** After [[spoiler:getting getting powers of her own in Season 3]], 3, Trish tries on several super outfits of her own. One of them is a complete replica of the Hellcat costume, sash and all. Her reaction is an emphatic "hell no".
* {{Narcissist}}: In Season 3, [[spoiler:Trish Trish fully develops into one.]]
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** [[spoiler:Trish Trish fully believes that she has the high ground and makes the world better by killing criminals, viewing herself as a hero.]]
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** [[spoiler:Having Having gained the powers she always wanted, she seeks "justice" by fighting crime, but is upset that she does not get the gratification of recognition by the public. It's telling that whenever she seemingly does a good deed and is thanked for it, she responds with a "You're welcome."]]
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** [[spoiler:Despite Despite Jessica managing to gather the evidence to lock Sallinger in prison forever, Trish chooses to get RevengeBeforeReason and brutally murders him in cold blood.]]
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* NeverBeHurtAgain: She puts on a strong front, but Trish is clearly shaken by years of living with Dorothy, the attempt on her life by a superpowered Simpson, and the constant threat of Kilgrave. To the point that [[spoiler: she becomes obsessed with getting superpowers, even telling Dr. Malus that she feels "powerless."]]"



** Throughout Season 2, [[spoiler:Trish constantly manipulates people in her quest for powers, and never outright takes responsibility for them, and when confronted with her actions either downplays her role or gives a weak apology. Even her mother calls her on it.]]
** Again in Season 3, [[spoiler:Trish tries to reconcile with Jessica, and in a letter that she intended to send to Jessica she eventually thinks that she perhaps was wrong to kill Jessica's mother... [[IgnoredEpiphany only to delete the part she just wrote]] and instead insisting that she saved the world from a mass murderer.]]

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** Throughout Season 2, [[spoiler:Trish Trish constantly manipulates people in her quest for powers, and never outright takes responsibility for them, and when confronted with her actions either downplays her role or gives a weak apology. Even her mother calls her on it.]]
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** Again in Season 3, [[spoiler:Trish Trish tries to reconcile with Jessica, and in a letter that she intended to send to Jessica she eventually thinks that she perhaps was wrong to kill Jessica's mother... [[IgnoredEpiphany only to delete the part she just wrote]] and instead insisting that she saved the world from a mass murderer.]]



* TheParagon: In Season 1. Trish has Karen Page's levels of idealism, and always keeps it no matter what happens to her. Her idealism and goodness are so infectious that it's what [[spoiler:[[LoveMakesYouEvil drives Simpson insane]]]] and what helps Jessica overcome her apathy and cynicism [[spoiler:and ultimately defeat Kilgrave.]] This trope becomes deconstructed ''and'' subverted to Hell and back in the following two seasons.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler: All three characters that she ends up killing in Season 3 of ''Jessica Jones'' are written to be as [[HateSink loathsome]] as possible, to make it clear that her moral compass is more or less on par with The Punisher]].

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* TheParagon: In Season 1. Trish has Karen Page's levels of idealism, and always keeps it no matter what happens to her. Her idealism and goodness are so infectious that it's what [[spoiler:[[LoveMakesYouEvil [[LoveMakesYouEvil drives Simpson insane]]]] insane]] and what helps Jessica overcome her apathy and cynicism [[spoiler:and and ultimately defeat Kilgrave.]] Kilgrave. This trope becomes deconstructed ''and'' subverted to Hell and back in the following two seasons.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler: All three characters that she ends up killing in Season 3 of ''Jessica Jones'' are written to be as [[HateSink loathsome]] as possible, to make it clear that her moral compass is more or less on par with The Punisher]].Punisher.



* RecoveredAddict: Was addicted to pills for a spell. In the present, she very consciously does not drink alcohol, and only keeps liquor around for Jessica. [[spoiler:Until she gets addicted to Simpson's power-inducing inhaler and things go from bad to worse.]]

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* RecoveredAddict: Was addicted to pills for a spell. In the present, she very consciously does not drink alcohol, and only keeps liquor around for Jessica. [[spoiler:Until Until she gets addicted to Simpson's power-inducing inhaler and things go from bad to worse.]]worse.



* RelationshipUpgrade: Trish hooks up with Malcolm midway through Season 2 after calling things off with Griffin. [[DeconstructedTrope Then it gets deconstructed]] in that it starts because of their sexual urges. Trish instigates it when she takes another dose of Simpson's drug inhaler and sleeps with Malcolm on impulse. As time goes by, it's clear that they've been overcome by their negative traits and current issues (Malcolm having traded his drug addiction for sex; Trish's addiction to Simpson's drug inhaler, and insecurity about having no powers). Even Malcolm realizes this and how toxic their relationship is but initially can't bring himself to resist. [[spoiler:The final straw is when Trish manipulates Malcolm into finding Dr. Malus so she can use him to get superpowers, knocks Malcolm out and tosses him in the trunk of her car, and threatens him with a gun when he breaks out.]]
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: Trish grows progressively more erratic and unstable over the course of Season 2 as she abuses Will Simpson's inhaler, culminating in an on-air meltdown and RageQuit as she turns to Dr. Malus to receive superpowers, and ends the season by shooting Alisa in cold blood. At the start of Season 3, she appears to be more composed at first, but quickly shows herself to be no less disordered, and she spends the season going further and further off the deep end as she becomes a murderous vigilante.]]
* [[HeWhoFightsMonsters She Who Fights Monsters]]: [[spoiler: In Season 3, Trish goes too far in bringing criminals to justice, starting with accidentally killing two. However, she eventually comes to think that by killing bad people, she is making the world better, and permanently goes off the deep end when she beats Sallinger to death.]]
* SiblingTeam: Trish helps Jessica out whenever she is needed, like when they tried catching Kilgrave or locating IGH. [[spoiler:In Season 3, she teams up with Jessica to catch Gregory Sallinger. However, Trish's acts of vigilantism eventually force Jessica to arrest Trish.]]
* SiblingYinYang: Trish serves as a foil to Jessica. While Trish is blonde, feminine, idealistic, and very energetic, Jess is raven-haired, tomboy, pessimistic, calmer, and more reserved. Jessica didn't ask for powers and doesn't want to be a hero, while Trish actively wants powers to become a hero. [[spoiler:And while Jessica is ultimately a selfless JerkWithAHeartOfGold, Trish turns out to have a very narcissistic nature. Jessica also was able to handle the trauma she endured without losing her way, while Trish completely snaps and willingly goes the extra mile to kill the people she deems evil.]]

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* RelationshipUpgrade: Trish hooks up with Malcolm midway through Season 2 after calling things off with Griffin. [[DeconstructedTrope Then it gets deconstructed]] in that it starts because of their sexual urges. Trish instigates it when she takes another dose of Simpson's drug inhaler and sleeps with Malcolm on impulse. As time goes by, it's clear that they've been overcome by their negative traits and current issues (Malcolm having traded his drug addiction for sex; Trish's addiction to Simpson's drug inhaler, and insecurity about having no powers). Even Malcolm realizes this and how toxic their relationship is but initially can't bring himself to resist. [[spoiler:The The final straw is when Trish manipulates Malcolm into finding Dr. Malus so she can use him to get superpowers, knocks Malcolm out and tosses him in the trunk of her car, and threatens him with a gun when he breaks out.]]
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* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: Trish grows progressively more erratic and unstable over the course of Season 2 as she abuses Will Simpson's inhaler, culminating in an on-air meltdown and RageQuit as she turns to Dr. Malus to receive superpowers, and ends the season by shooting Alisa in cold blood. At the start of Season 3, she appears to be more composed at first, but quickly shows herself to be no less disordered, and she spends the season going further and further off the deep end as she becomes a murderous vigilante.]]
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* [[HeWhoFightsMonsters She Who Fights Monsters]]: [[spoiler: In Season 3, Trish goes too far in bringing criminals to justice, starting with accidentally killing two. However, she eventually comes to think that by killing bad people, she is making the world better, and permanently goes off the deep end when she beats Sallinger to death.]]
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* SiblingTeam: Trish helps Jessica out whenever she is needed, like when they tried catching Kilgrave or locating IGH. [[spoiler:In In Season 3, she teams up with Jessica to catch Gregory Sallinger. However, Trish's acts of vigilantism eventually force Jessica to arrest Trish.]]
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* SiblingYinYang: Trish serves as a foil to Jessica. While Trish is blonde, feminine, idealistic, and very energetic, Jess is raven-haired, tomboy, pessimistic, calmer, and more reserved. Jessica didn't ask for powers and doesn't want to be a hero, while Trish actively wants powers to become a hero. [[spoiler:And And while Jessica is ultimately a selfless JerkWithAHeartOfGold, Trish turns out to have a very narcissistic nature. Jessica also was able to handle the trauma she endured without losing her way, while Trish completely snaps and willingly goes the extra mile to kill the people she deems evil.]]



* SuperReflexes: [[spoiler:Part of the powers she gains in Season 3.]]

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* SuperReflexes: [[spoiler:Part Part of the powers she gains in Season 3.]]



** [[spoiler:Subverted when it comes to Alisa Jones, however, who Trish dismisses and practically demonizes despite the situation being obviously very complicated and painful for Jessica. She also shows no remorse for killing her and has the audacity to believe this is something she and Jessica can just hash out over coffee.]]

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** [[spoiler:Subverted Subverted when it comes to Alisa Jones, however, who Trish dismisses and practically demonizes despite the situation being obviously very complicated and painful for Jessica. She also shows no remorse for killing her and has the audacity to believe this is something she and Jessica can just hash out over coffee.]]



* TookALevelInJerkass: Season 2 sees Trish spiraling after continuous use of the combat enhancement inhaler culminating in her threatening and manipulating those around her all in an effort [[spoiler:to gain powers. And she only gets worse in Season 3.]]

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* TookALevelInJerkass: Season 2 sees Trish spiraling after continuous use of the combat enhancement inhaler culminating in her threatening and manipulating those around her all in an effort [[spoiler:to to gain powers. And she only gets worse in Season 3.]]



* VigilanteMan: [[spoiler:Turns into one in Season 3. She is the one who kills Jessica's mother, Alisa, at the end of Season 2 and in Season 3 eventually goes so far as to murder the people she thinks are evil.]]

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* VigilanteMan: [[spoiler:Turns Turns into one in Season 3. She is the one who kills Jessica's mother, Alisa, at the end of Season 2 and in Season 3 eventually goes so far as to murder the people she thinks are evil.]]



** Also becomes this in Season 3 [[spoiler:after gaining superpowers. She still lacks super strength and can't hope to win against Jessica in a straight fight, but her enhanced agility and SuperReflexes combined with her training allow her to fight efficiently, and her InnateNightVision means she can easily use the dark to her advantage while not being bothered by it. When facing Jessica in later episodes, her primary strategy is to shut off the lights to give herself an edge.]]

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** Also becomes this in Season 3 [[spoiler:after after gaining superpowers. She still lacks super strength and can't hope to win against Jessica in a straight fight, but her enhanced agility and SuperReflexes combined with her training allow her to fight efficiently, and her InnateNightVision means she can easily use the dark to her advantage while not being bothered by it. When facing Jessica in later episodes, her primary strategy is to shut off the lights to give herself an edge.]]



* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:Jessica disowns her after the Season 2 finale for shooting her mother. They reconcile in Season 3, but eventually, fall apart again.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:She goes about assuming all the events in Season 3 are culminating in her Superhero Origin Story. She ends up hindering Jessica's efforts and even after murdering Sallinger, she still thinks she can continue leading a double life, and that Jessica will eventually back off. It's not until after she is arrested and the list of her crimes is read to her that reality sinks in and she realizes she has become "the bad guy."]]
* YouKilledMyMother: [[spoiler:Once Gregory Sallinger offs Dorothy, Trish first attacks him, and then downright murders him.]]

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* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:Jessica Jessica disowns her after the Season 2 finale for shooting her mother. They reconcile in Season 3, but eventually, fall apart again.]]
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* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:She She goes about assuming all the events in Season 3 are culminating in her Superhero Origin Story. She ends up hindering Jessica's efforts and even after murdering Sallinger, she still thinks she can continue leading a double life, and that Jessica will eventually back off. It's not until after she is arrested and the list of her crimes is read to her that reality sinks in and she realizes she has become "the bad guy."]]
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* YouKilledMyMother: [[spoiler:Once Once Gregory Sallinger offs Dorothy, Trish first attacks him, and then downright murders him.]]



* TheChessmaster: In Season 2, after Jeri [[spoiler:was tricked by a conman and his girlfriend, Jeri tracks them down and buys an untraceable gun from Turk. Then she tells the girl that he tricked her, that her boyfriend supposedly cheated on her, manipulates her into killing him with the gun and then calls the cops so they can arrest her.]]

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* TheChessmaster: In Season 2, after Jeri [[spoiler:was was tricked by a conman and his girlfriend, Jeri tracks them down and buys an untraceable gun from Turk. Then she tells the girl that he tricked her, that her boyfriend supposedly cheated on her, manipulates her into killing him with the gun and then calls the cops so they can arrest her.]]



* DespairEventHorizon. Almost. It almost [[BreakTheHaughty broke Jeri.]] Building her wealth, firm and reputation from nothing but her wits, at the start of Season 2 Jeri gets a brutal wake-up call when she learns that she is suffering [[spoiler: from incurable ALS and has at most eight more years to live]]. She slowly is about to lose control of her body and her firm from her other name partners and resorts to drugs and prostitutes, until she hears from IGH and their miraculous treatments that saved, amongst others, Jessica's life when her family had an accident. When Jeri is sheltering a former IGH employee (with whom she eventually starts a sexual relationship), while Jessica is supposed to get some leverage on Jeri's partners, Jeri learns of [[HopeSpot a healer, who could heal even the worst injuries and diseases]], and Jeri bails him out of jail and makes him heal her. Feeling now better and having a new perspective on life, it all comes crashing down when Jessica tells Jeri that her so-called healer is a conman and Jeri was tricked. When Jeri gets home, her apartment robbed of everything valuable and the conman and his girlfriend now gone, Jeri breaks down on her knees and starts crying. She eventually recovers after [[spoiler:getting her revenge on the people that tricked her, and takes away a good amount of money from her partners as severage, leaving the firm with all her clients and 62% of her partners' business]].

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* DespairEventHorizon. Almost. It almost [[BreakTheHaughty broke Jeri.]] Building her wealth, firm and reputation from nothing but her wits, at the start of Season 2 Jeri gets a brutal wake-up call when she learns that she is suffering [[spoiler: from incurable ALS and has at most eight more years to live]].live. She slowly is about to lose control of her body and her firm from her other name partners and resorts to drugs and prostitutes, until she hears from IGH and their miraculous treatments that saved, amongst others, Jessica's life when her family had an accident. When Jeri is sheltering a former IGH employee (with whom she eventually starts a sexual relationship), while Jessica is supposed to get some leverage on Jeri's partners, Jeri learns of [[HopeSpot a healer, who could heal even the worst injuries and diseases]], and Jeri bails him out of jail and makes him heal her. Feeling now better and having a new perspective on life, it all comes crashing down when Jessica tells Jeri that her so-called healer is a conman and Jeri was tricked. When Jeri gets home, her apartment robbed of everything valuable and the conman and his girlfriend now gone, Jeri breaks down on her knees and starts crying. She eventually recovers after [[spoiler:getting getting her revenge on the people that tricked her, and takes away a good amount of money from her partners as severage, leaving the firm with all her clients and 62% of her partners' business]].business.



* DisproportionateRetribution: While they did screw her over pretty badly, Jeri manipulating [[spoiler: Inez into killing Shane and then calling the cops on her]] was pretty extreme, especially since she could have just have them arrested.
* DyingAlone: It's her fear of this that causes her to reach out to Kith in Season 3. [[spoiler:When her selfish actions inevitably drive Kith away, Kith flat out tells her that this is what's going to happen.]]
* EntitledToHaveYou: This is more or less how she feels about Kith in Season 3. [[spoiler: She breaks up Kith's family using the excuse that her husband is a liar and a thief to justify it. When Kith makes it clear Jeri's actions weren't out of love and wants nothing to do with her, Jeri doesn't give up. She admits to cheating on her with Wendy when they were in school because she wasn't ready to come out or commit back then, but expects Kith to drop everything and run back to her now that she is ready, and because she is dying. She later uses Demetri, a business rival Kith has beef with to try and get back into her life. Only for Kith to uses this to her advantage and then leave her during the season finale, making it clear that she won't be there for her when she dies of her disease because of her selfish actions.]]
* EvilIsNotAToy: She attempts to [[spoiler:use Kilgrave's power first through his fetus and then through the man himself. The lesson is learned when Kilgrave almost has her murdered by her wife.]]
** [[spoiler: On the giving end of this when Inez and Shane tricked her into believing she had been cured of ALS, and then ransacked her apartment. It ends with her tricking Inez into killing Shane, and then calling the cops on her.]]

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* DisproportionateRetribution: While they did screw her over pretty badly, Jeri manipulating [[spoiler: Inez into killing Shane and then calling the cops on her]] her was pretty extreme, especially since she could have just have them arrested.
* DyingAlone: It's her fear of this that causes her to reach out to Kith in Season 3. [[spoiler:When When her selfish actions inevitably drive Kith away, Kith flat out tells her that this is what's going to happen.]]
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* EntitledToHaveYou: This is more or less how she feels about Kith in Season 3. [[spoiler: She breaks up Kith's family using the excuse that her husband is a liar and a thief to justify it. When Kith makes it clear Jeri's actions weren't out of love and wants nothing to do with her, Jeri doesn't give up. She admits to cheating on her with Wendy when they were in school because she wasn't ready to come out or commit back then, but expects Kith to drop everything and run back to her now that she is ready, and because she is dying. She later uses Demetri, a business rival Kith has beef with to try and get back into her life. Only for Kith to uses this to her advantage and then leave her during the season finale, making it clear that she won't be there for her when she dies of her disease because of her selfish actions.]]

* EvilIsNotAToy: She attempts to [[spoiler:use use Kilgrave's power first through his fetus and then through the man himself. The lesson is learned when Kilgrave almost has her murdered by her wife.]]
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** [[spoiler: On the giving end of this when Inez and Shane tricked her into believing she had been cured of ALS, and then ransacked her apartment. It ends with her tricking Inez into killing Shane, and then calling the cops on her.]]



** This gets dropped completely when, in Season 3, she [[spoiler: breaks up a marriage, causes a man's death]] and, in a bid to get out of the bad PR from it [[spoiler: defends a provable serial killer and begins a smear campaign against powered vigilantes]].

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** This gets dropped completely when, in Season 3, she [[spoiler: breaks up a marriage, causes a man's death]] death and, in a bid to get out of the bad PR from it [[spoiler: defends a provable serial killer and begins a smear campaign against powered vigilantes]].vigilantes.



* JustThinkOfThePotential: Her reaction to Kilgrave when Jessica begins to enlighten her about his powers. [[spoiler:It's also {{Foreshadowing}}: Jeri thinks she can control the danger posed by Kilgrave, and attempts to use him for her own ends.]]

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* JustThinkOfThePotential: Her reaction to Kilgrave when Jessica begins to enlighten her about his powers. [[spoiler:It's It's also {{Foreshadowing}}: Jeri thinks she can control the danger posed by Kilgrave, and attempts to use him for her own ends.]]



* LoveIsAWeakness: At the end of Season 3 [[spoiler: after Kith leaves her good, Jeri promises her she will never let herself become like this again. Especially, once it became clear that Kith was never going to go back to her and was using her to get rid of Demetri, a hated business rival.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: As a result of her trying to [[spoiler:use Kilgrave for her own ends, she's nearly murdered and Wendy ends up dead, killed by Pam in an effort to protect Jeri. Jeri's left bleeding from several wounds and staring at her wife's corpse, horrified at what she's caused.]]

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* LoveIsAWeakness: At the end of Season 3 [[spoiler: after Kith leaves her good, Jeri promises her she will never let herself become like this again. Especially, once it became clear that Kith was never going to go back to her and was using her to get rid of Demetri, a hated business rival.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: As a result of her trying to [[spoiler:use use Kilgrave for her own ends, she's nearly murdered and Wendy ends up dead, killed by Pam in an effort to protect Jeri. Jeri's left bleeding from several wounds and staring at her wife's corpse, horrified at what she's caused.]]



** [[spoiler: She convinces a junkie to kill her boyfriend, because they took advantage of her ALS to con her.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: She cares about Jessica, but she would rather die then ever admit it. She usually hides behind looking out for the interest of her company when trying to control Jess, even though its doubtful there would be any fallout in their direction.

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** [[spoiler: She convinces a junkie to kill her boyfriend, because they took advantage of her ALS to con her.]]
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* {{Tsundere}}: She cares about Jessica, but she would rather die then ever admit it. She usually hides behind looking out for the interest of her company when trying to control Jess, even though its it's doubtful there would be any fallout in their direction.



* YouSeeImDying: [[spoiler:She is diagnosed with ALS in Season 2.]]

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* YouSeeImDying: [[spoiler:She She is diagnosed with ALS in Season 2.]]



* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:She comes very close to losing her arm after getting shot by Diamondback, thanks to Luke's amateurish first aid, but Claire is able to save it. Then it happens for real in Midland Circle, ironically while saving Claire from having her head cut off by Bakuto.]]
* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler:As a natural extension of the above, she gets a shiny robotic right arm courtesy of Danny Rand's company.]]

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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:She She comes very close to losing her arm after getting shot by Diamondback, thanks to Luke's amateurish first aid, but Claire is able to save it. Then it happens for real in Midland Circle, ironically while saving Claire from having her head cut off by Bakuto.]]
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* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler:As As a natural extension of the above, she gets a shiny robotic right arm courtesy of Danny Rand's company.]]



* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Is able to recreate entire crime scenes in her head by looking at the photographs. It takes a hit [[spoiler:after she loses her arm, but after some help from Colleen it comes back.]]
* BreakTheBadass: Being so thoroughly at Diamondback's mercy does a real number on her, [[spoiler:even driving her to assault Claire during an interrogation.]]

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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Is able to recreate entire crime scenes in her head by looking at the photographs. It takes a hit [[spoiler:after after she loses her arm, but after some help from Colleen it comes back.]]
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* BreakTheBadass: Being so thoroughly at Diamondback's mercy does a real number on her, [[spoiler:even even driving her to assault Claire during an interrogation.]]



* ByTheBookCop: At first she's obedient to the book, [[spoiler:until Scarfe dies.]] Afterwards she mostly [[CowboyCop disregards the rules]].
* CharacterDevelopment: ''Luke Cage'' Season 2 has her overcoming the trauma of [[spoiler:losing her arm]], and becoming less of a CowboyCop.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: [[spoiler:She quits being a cop partway through ''Luke Cage'' Season 2, but all the other cops predict she'd be back within a week at least. She's back within 24 hours, following Ridenhour's death.]]

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* ByTheBookCop: At first she's obedient to the book, [[spoiler:until until Scarfe dies.]] dies. Afterwards she mostly [[CowboyCop disregards the rules]].
* CharacterDevelopment: ''Luke Cage'' Season 2 has her overcoming the trauma of [[spoiler:losing losing her arm]], arm, and becoming less of a CowboyCop.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: [[spoiler:She She quits being a cop partway through ''Luke Cage'' Season 2, but all the other cops predict she'd be back within a week at least. She's back within 24 hours, following Ridenhour's death.]]



* DamnYouMuscleMemory: During a bar-brawl in ''Luke Cage'' series 2, [[spoiler:she tries to punch someone with the arm she no longer has.]]

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* DamnYouMuscleMemory: During a bar-brawl in ''Luke Cage'' series 2, [[spoiler:she she tries to punch someone with the arm she no longer has.]]has.



* ForegoneConclusion: For everyone familiar with her in the comics, [[spoiler:it was only a matter of time before she lost her arm.]]

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* ForegoneConclusion: For everyone familiar with her in the comics, [[spoiler:it it was only a matter of time before she lost her arm.]]arm.



** She comes close to [[spoiler:losing an arm]] but it doesn't happen. [[spoiler:Ain't so lucky in ''The Defenders'', however, where she loses it for real at the hands of Bakuto.]]

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** She comes close to [[spoiler:losing losing an arm]] arm but it doesn't happen. [[spoiler:Ain't Ain't so lucky in ''The Defenders'', however, where she loses it for real at the hands of Bakuto.]]Bakuto.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Her refusal to trust the system after Scarfe's death and Cottonmouth's release leads to her hiding Candace herself instead of placing her into police protection. This gets Candace killed and allows Mariah to walk free. [[WhatTheHellHero Inspector Ridley calls her out on it, hard]].]]

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Her Her refusal to trust the system after Scarfe's death and Cottonmouth's release leads to her hiding Candace herself instead of placing her into police protection. This gets Candace killed and allows Mariah to walk free. [[WhatTheHellHero Inspector Ridley calls her out on it, hard]].]]



* VitriolicBestBuds: With Scarfe and Bailey. They bicker constantly (helped no little by [[spoiler:Scarfe being on Cottonmouth's payroll most of that time]]), but at the end they care for each other.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: With Scarfe and Bailey. They bicker constantly (helped no little by [[spoiler:Scarfe Scarfe being on Cottonmouth's payroll most of that time]]), time), but at the end they care for each other.



!!''Colleen Wing / [[spoiler: Iron Fist]]''

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* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Not her personally, but [[spoiler:every student of hers she sent to the Hand compound turned into fanatical agents of the organization who wouldn't hesitate to kill her on behalf of Bakuto.]]

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* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Not her personally, but [[spoiler:every every student of hers she sent to the Hand compound turned into fanatical agents of the organization who wouldn't hesitate to kill her on behalf of Bakuto.]]



* AffirmativeActionLegacy: [[spoiler:She inherits the title of Iron Fist (and the powers attached) from Danny while he's off tying some loose ends with Ward in Asia, though he seemingly regains his powers as well as some point prior. It's also suggested Colleen's ancestor was the first female Iron Fist, and that's how she came to become one herself]].

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* AffirmativeActionLegacy: [[spoiler:She She inherits the title of Iron Fist (and the powers attached) from Danny while he's off tying some loose ends with Ward in Asia, though he seemingly regains his powers as well as some point prior. It's also suggested Colleen's ancestor was the first female Iron Fist, and that's how she came to become one herself]].herself.



* AntiHero: She believes in the honor of the Bushido and serving the community by helping people, but she's also shown to have Matt Murdock levels of bloodthirst. She is all too willing to kill [[spoiler:Harold Meachum]] on Danny's behalf if it meant it would preserve the stability of his chi.

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* AntiHero: She believes in the honor of the Bushido and serving the community by helping people, but she's also shown to have Matt Murdock levels of bloodthirst. She is all too willing to kill [[spoiler:Harold Meachum]] Harold Meachum on Danny's behalf if it meant it would preserve the stability of his chi.



* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Zig-zagged. She is initially with the Hand, thinking that Bakuto was part of a good faction, but she eventually sees what they really are.]]

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* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Zig-zagged.Zig-zagged. She is initially with the Hand, thinking that Bakuto was part of a good faction, but she eventually sees what they really are.]]



* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:She turns her back on the Hand after learning just how evil they are.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Crosses it after [[spoiler:Bakuto tries to kill her, to the point that she attempts [[SuicideByCop to provoke Danny into killing her]]. Fortunately, said Iron Fist happens to be her LoveInterest, and manages to pull her back.]]
* DrillSergeantNasty: A martial arts variant, when she's teaching others. Colleen intentionally distances herself emotionally from her students, and pushes them extremely hard so that they can fight to the best of their ability. She admits to Danny in Season 2 of ''Iron Fist'' that she shut down the dojo because she felt responsible for all of the [[spoiler:Hand students]] that she had trained and that training [[spoiler:Danny after Davos takes the Iron Fist and breaks his leg]] would mean uncomfortably distancing herself from him as well.

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* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:She She turns her back on the Hand after learning just how evil they are.]]
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* DespairEventHorizon: Crosses it after [[spoiler:Bakuto Bakuto tries to kill her, to the point that she attempts [[SuicideByCop to provoke Danny into killing her]].her. Fortunately, said Iron Fist happens to be her LoveInterest, and manages to pull her back.]]
* DrillSergeantNasty: A martial arts variant, when she's teaching others. Colleen intentionally distances herself emotionally from her students, and pushes them extremely hard so that they can fight to the best of their ability. She admits to Danny in Season 2 of ''Iron Fist'' that she shut down the dojo because she felt responsible for all of the [[spoiler:Hand students]] Hand students that she had trained and that training [[spoiler:Danny Danny after Davos takes the Iron Fist and breaks his leg]] leg would mean uncomfortably distancing herself from him as well.



* FakeGuestStar: While ''The Defenders'' keeps insisting that the titular group is a foursome, Colleen is the fifth member of the team in all but name. She's every bit as martially capable as the four leads, refuses to wait around in the safety of the precinct with the other heroes' loved ones, and it's she who comes up with the plan to blow up Midland Circle. The only reason she lacks top billing is because she's technically just a love interest and never headlined her own show, but [[spoiler:as a former member of The Hand, she has a much more personal stake in the matter than Luke and Jessica]].
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:After revealing herself to be part of the Hand, which Danny has been raised to fight, she helps Danny escape from them, but Danny rejects her. Then Bakuto tries to kill her for betraying the Hand. The slam is so hard that she tries to goad Danny into killing her. Fortunately, Danny is in a more forgiving mood at this point.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Suffers a bad one when she learns that [[spoiler:Bakuto is going to drain her blood, and the Hand really is as evil as Danny and Claire have been telling her. To the point that she attempts to goad Danny into killing her.]]

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* FakeGuestStar: While ''The Defenders'' keeps insisting that the titular group is a foursome, Colleen is the fifth member of the team in all but name. She's every bit as martially capable as the four leads, refuses to wait around in the safety of the precinct with the other heroes' loved ones, and it's she who comes up with the plan to blow up Midland Circle. The only reason she lacks top billing is because she's technically just a love interest and never headlined her own show, but [[spoiler:as as a former member of The Hand, she has a much more personal stake in the matter than Luke and Jessica]].
Jessica.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:After After revealing herself to be part of the Hand, which Danny has been raised to fight, she helps Danny escape from them, but Danny rejects her. Then Bakuto tries to kill her for betraying the Hand. The slam is so hard that she tries to goad Danny into killing her. Fortunately, Danny is in a more forgiving mood at this point.]]
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* HeroicBSOD: Suffers a bad one when she learns that [[spoiler:Bakuto Bakuto is going to drain her blood, and the Hand really is as evil as Danny and Claire have been telling her. To the point that she attempts to goad Danny into killing her.]]



* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: She refuses to finish off [[spoiler:Bakuto]] after their duel using this reasoning. [[spoiler:After his resurgence in ''The Defenders'', she doesn't hold this sentiment anymore and actually kills him this time]].
* InLoveWithTheMark: [[spoiler:Though the relationship between Danny and Colleen formed independently of the Hand, it is still used by Bakuto's faction to bring Danny to their side. However, Colleen truly falls in love with Danny and turns against the Hand after seeing how evil they truly are.]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter: She uses a katana, often as much sheathed as a blunt object as it is unsheathed as a sword. [[spoiler: As Iron Fist, she gets to channel her chi ''into'' the katana]].

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* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: She refuses to finish off [[spoiler:Bakuto]] Bakuto after their duel using this reasoning. [[spoiler:After After his resurgence in ''The Defenders'', she doesn't hold this sentiment anymore and actually kills him this time]].
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* InLoveWithTheMark: [[spoiler:Though Though the relationship between Danny and Colleen formed independently of the Hand, it is still used by Bakuto's faction to bring Danny to their side. However, Colleen truly falls in love with Danny and turns against the Hand after seeing how evil they truly are.]]
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* KatanasAreJustBetter: She uses a katana, often as much sheathed as a blunt object as it is unsheathed as a sword. [[spoiler: As Iron Fist, she gets to channel her chi ''into'' the katana]].katana.



* LightIsGood: [[spoiler:After she gets her powers, her first turns bright white when activated]].
* LoveRedeems: A rather strange example of the trope. [[spoiler:She was originally used by the Hand to convince Danny to join them while being convinced it was a benevolent organization, though the relationship formed independently of the Hand. It's the relationship that she develops with Danny that helps her realize the true nature of the Hand and causes her to defect from them.]]

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* LightIsGood: [[spoiler:After After she gets her powers, her first turns bright white when activated]].
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* LoveRedeems: A rather strange example of the trope. [[spoiler:She She was originally used by the Hand to convince Danny to join them while being convinced it was a benevolent organization, though the relationship formed independently of the Hand. It's the relationship that she develops with Danny that helps her realize the true nature of the Hand and causes her to defect from them.]]



* PowerGlows: [[spoiler:While Danny and Davos's fists glow yellow and red (respectively) when activated, Colleen's turns white]].

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* PowerGlows: [[spoiler:While While Danny and Davos's fists glow yellow and red (respectively) when activated, Colleen's turns white]].white.



* ThouShaltNotKill: Zigzagged. One the one hand, Colleen's grandfather raised her on the Bushido code, which left her with a strong sense of never harming anyone for personal reasons, but she admits that she really wants to kill [[spoiler:Bakuto]] for revenge, and is thankful that [[spoiler:Davos]] does it instead out of fear that it would have eaten her up afterwards. On the other hand, she's fully willing to kill [[spoiler:Harold Meachum]] out of fear that Danny killing him would corrupt his chi. In ''The Defenders'', [[spoiler:she's the one who comes up with the plan to blow up Midland Circle to kill the leaders of the Hand. Later, while planting the C4, she ends up killing not only a random Hand henchman to save Claire and Misty, but finally kills Bakuto by decapitating him]]. So Colleen will kill, it just hasto be in self-defense.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Colleen is worried that Danny's chi will be corrupted if he kills [[spoiler:Harold Meachum]] in revenge, so she says that ''she'' will do it for him. In a more benign form, she's often seen standing up for Danny in conversations when they turn into a ReasonYouSuckSpeech at his expense and often is the one to spew threats at enemies in his defense.

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* ThouShaltNotKill: Zigzagged. One the one hand, Colleen's grandfather raised her on the Bushido code, which left her with a strong sense of never harming anyone for personal reasons, but she admits that she really wants to kill [[spoiler:Bakuto]] Bakuto for revenge, and is thankful that [[spoiler:Davos]] Davos does it instead out of fear that it would have eaten her up afterwards. On the other hand, she's fully willing to kill [[spoiler:Harold Meachum]] Harold Meachum out of fear that Danny killing him would corrupt his chi. In ''The Defenders'', [[spoiler:she's she's the one who comes up with the plan to blow up Midland Circle to kill the leaders of the Hand. Later, while planting the C4, she ends up killing not only a random Hand henchman to save Claire and Misty, but finally kills Bakuto by decapitating him]].him. So Colleen will kill, it just hasto be in self-defense.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Colleen is worried that Danny's chi will be corrupted if he kills [[spoiler:Harold Meachum]] Harold Meachum in revenge, so she says that ''she'' will do it for him. In a more benign form, she's often seen standing up for Danny in conversations when they turn into a ReasonYouSuckSpeech at his expense and often is the one to spew threats at enemies in his defense.



* WreckedWeapon: Her katana is broken and reduced in size during her climactic clash with [[spoiler:Bakuto]], though it's still fully capable of stabbing [[spoiler:Bakuto]] through the gut. Though it was repaired sometime in between ''Iron Fist'' and ''Defenders''.

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* WreckedWeapon: Her katana is broken and reduced in size during her climactic clash with [[spoiler:Bakuto]], Bakuto, though it's still fully capable of stabbing [[spoiler:Bakuto]] Bakuto through the gut. Though it was repaired sometime in between ''Iron Fist'' and ''Defenders''.

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