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* StealthHiBye: Pulls this off on Charlie multiple times, though he refrains form ambushing her, preferring to just make an intimidating entrance.

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* StealthHiBye: Pulls this off on Charlie multiple times, though he refrains form from ambushing her, preferring to just make an intimidating entrance.
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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Charlie is a deconstruction of the DefectiveDetective. While it's true that she's a very smart and competent investigator who has a talent for sniffing out murderers and liars, most of the cases she solves are the result of her own involvement in what's going on, due to her on-the-run lifestyle. Furthermore, while Charlie is great at solving mysteries, she isn't capable of directly bringing people to justice because she's not affiliated with the authorities in any way, which results in people getting annoyed with her odd, questioning behavior and outright trying to kill her once they realize she knows too much.


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* DragonInChief: Though he works for Sterling Sr, Cliff is the main overarching threat Charlie has to deal with throughout Season 1, being determined to find and apprehend her at any costs. [[spoiler:When he learns that Sterling doesn't even plan to kill Charlie after all, he kills his boss and frames his death on Charlie, so that he will finally get the chance to off her himself.]]


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* AbusiveParents: By his own admission, Sterling Sr was a pretty terrible father to Sterling Jr, berating him for his business failures and overall lack of competence. After having time to think it over, he doesn't even blame Charlie for his son's death, realizing that the unusual circumstances and his poor parenting played a hand in what happened.


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* ChekhovsGunman: Clark initially only shows up to help Charlie bring two elderly terrorists to justice, who only posed a threat for one episode. He ends up making a surprise return in the Season 1 finale to help clear Charlie's name for killing Sterling Sr.
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* WorkingClassHero: Charlie is a former cocktail waitress and low-grade card sharp.

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* WorkingClassHero: Charlie is a former cocktail waitress and low-grade card sharp.shark.
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* SmallTownBoredom: Usually bored out of her mind while at work. It’s probably why she indulges Charlie’s antics in her store.
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* ButchLesbian: She's a cowboy hat wearing, somewhat slovenly trucker who seems somewhat disappointed when she says that she's getting "not-gonna-hook-up vibes" off of Charlie.

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* ButchLesbian: She's a cowboy hat wearing, cowboy-hat-wearing, somewhat slovenly trucker who seems somewhat disappointed when she says that she's getting "not-gonna-hook-up vibes" off of Charlie.makes a pass at Charlie after stitching her up.
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* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Sara generally is a pretty smart kid. She likes Damian and keeps Jed at arm’s length, and trusts Charlie enough to help her catch Jed in his lie. Debatably her crowning moment comes when Cliff arrives, and she quickly throws him off Charlie’s scent after sensing that he’s bad news.
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* ForgottenFallenFriend: Averted. Throughout season 1, Charlie consistently refers to Natalie's death and its impact on her life.
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* PetTheDog: While clearly expressing dislike for Charlie's general presence, he sincerely insists that Natalie's death ''isn't'' her fault when he assumes her motivation is guilt.
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* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: She insists that every crime she committed was for the sake of the company and its workers. However, while she and Max live in incredible wealth, actors like Lily get killed under lax safety conditions and long-time employees like Raoul are virtually abandoned or fired at Laura's whim. By all accounts, the success of ''Laura'' is the only consistent factor among all her behavior.
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* TheDreaded: Charlie and Jr. both conclude that Sr. took a shine to Charlie, but Charlie still expresses a healthy fear of him before Jr. just seeing "Dad" on his self-phone after Charlie ruined him made Jr. [[spoiler:jump off a balcony.]]

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* TheDreaded: Charlie and Jr. both conclude that Sr. took a shine to Charlie, but Charlie still expresses a healthy fear of him before Jr. just seeing "Dad" on his self-phone cellphone after Charlie ruined him made Jr. [[spoiler:jump off a balcony.]]
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* AlliterativeName: '''C'''harlie '''C'''ale.

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* AlliterativeName: Downplayed. Her name is '''C'''harlie '''C'''ale.



* {{Catchphrase}}: "Bullshit" when someone lies. Sometimes, she says it involuntarily, which gets her in trouble in at least one occasion.

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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: "Bullshit" when someone lies. Sometimes, she says it involuntarily, which gets her in trouble in at least one occasion.



* LesserOfTwoEvils: He's a master of looking better entirely by comparison. Despite being a ruthless mobster by all accounts, his affability and standards paint him as a much preferable figure compared to his son and rival mobster Beatrix Hasp, who lack both of those qualities. [[spoiler: Same when it goes to Cliff, his eventual murderer.]]

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* LesserOfTwoEvils: He's a master of looking better entirely by comparison. Despite being a ruthless mobster by all accounts, his affability and standards paint him as a much preferable figure compared to his son and rival mobster Beatrix Hasp, who lack both of those qualities. [[spoiler: Same [[spoiler:Same when it goes to Cliff, his eventual murderer.]]
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* FauxAffablyEvil: He has Joseph Gordon Levitt's natural likability but beneath it, he's an unpleasant jerk and beneath ''that'', he's a sociopathic killer who cares for no one but himself.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: He has Joseph Gordon Levitt's natural likability charm but beneath it, he's an unpleasant jerk and beneath ''that'', he's a sociopathic killer who cares for no one but himself.
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* EvilOldFolks: Two elderly women who used to be domestic terrorists and are now murderers in their senior year.
* ExternalCombustion: The two apparently rigged a golf cart to blow this way as a way of bumping off Charlie.

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* EvilOldFolks: Two elderly women who used to be domestic terrorists and are now murderers in their senior year.
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* ExternalCombustion: The two apparently rigged rig a golf cart to blow this way as a way of bumping off Charlie.

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He may be emotionally abusive to him, but he does love his son, and is trying to catch Charlie [[spoiler:in order to make her pay for driving him to suicide.]]

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He may be emotionally abusive to him, but he does love his son, and is trying to catch Charlie [[spoiler:in order to make her pay for driving him to suicide.]]]] He also does seem to be fond of Charlie, perhaps even moreso than his actual son (at least before things go south).


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* LesserOfTwoEvils: He's a master of looking better entirely by comparison. Despite being a ruthless mobster by all accounts, his affability and standards paint him as a much preferable figure compared to his son and rival mobster Beatrix Hasp, who lack both of those qualities. [[spoiler: Same when it goes to Cliff, his eventual murderer.]]
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* BloodlessCarnage: As she's being loaded into her body bog, her face is shown to be covered in ash after getting it close to the pressure cooker bomb when her head really should have been blown off her shoulders.

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* BloodlessCarnage: As she's being loaded into her body bog, bag, her face is shown to be covered in ash after getting it close to the pressure cooker bomb when her head really should have been blown off her shoulders.



Kyle's wife and Katy's mom.

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Kyle's Keith's wife and Katy's mom.



* IronicEcho: Uses Charlie's catchphrase to call "bullshit" on Kyle's lie and convinces him to publicly confess.

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* IronicEcho: Uses Charlie's catchphrase to call "bullshit" on Kyle's Keith's lie and convinces him to publicly confess.
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!!!Killed by: Poisoned with sodium nitrate injection

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!!!Killed by: !!!'''Killed by:''' Poisoned with sodium nitrate injection



!!!Killed by: Blown up with a pressure cooker bomb

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!!!Killed by: !!!'''Killed by:''' Blown up with a pressure cooker bomb
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* PopCulturedBadass: His preferred frame of reference for how dangerous Charlie is when trying to convince Jr. to stop his plan? Michael Westen from ''Series/BurnNotice''.

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* PopCulturedBadass: His preferred frame of reference for how dangerous Charlie is when trying to convince Jr. to stop his plan? Michael Westen from ''Series/BurnNotice''. In the season finale he references the ''Music/BluesTraveler'' song "Hook", reciting the rapid-fire MotorMouth section of the song as a spoken-word poem.

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