History Characters / TheBorgias

* ProperlyParanoid: In season two, he questions Cesare's love for him and in previews for episode 2x08, implies to his father that he thinks Cesare is out to get him. Needless to say, Rodrigo doesn't take Juan's concerns seriously enough. [[spoiler: Needless to say, Juan was right.]]

%%* ThePatriarch

%%* SlouchOfVillainy: Not necessarily a villain, but indeed a MagnificentBastard.
%%* SinisterMinister: At his most villainous.

* {{Expy}}: Possibly an expy of Jane Seymore from the Tudors. Both are often potrayed in light settings, are fair haired and are desperatly trying to the right thing in a decadent society.
* FilleFatale: She's only 14, even as she's growing into her powers of seduction.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: And fathers, and sisters. But really, don't insult Cesare's mother.
* FauxAffablyEvil: The jury is out on whether or not he was always this way, but the longer the show goes on, the more the cracks in Cesare's [[TheDutifulSon facade]] begin to show. He may not be consciously going through the motions, but watching him [[spoiler: throw both of his parents' grief]] back in their faces makes things kind of clear. It's quite possible it's a ZigzaggedTrope, as he's not a run-of-the-mill example and his charm does seem genuine at first, and there's his genuine protectiveness [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes of his family.]]

%%* ItsAllAboutMe: Acquires this worldview at some points of season 3.

%%* MoralityPet: To Cesare.

* AffablyEvil: Zigzagged. Though he is ruthless and calculating, he is also capable of great amounts of charm. He's also quite chivalrous and sweet to women and members of his family.

* LoveMakesYouEvil: Is pushed to the edge by [[spoiler: Ursula's death.]] Murders [[spoiler: Giovanni Sforza]] while avenging [[spoiler: Lucrezia's]] honor. Partially [[spoiler: murders Juan because of Lucrezia as well.]]

%%* SociopathicHero: And becoming less heroic with each episode!

%%* TheStrategist: Maybe even better than his father.

%%* VillainProtagonist: More so than the rest of his family, which is saying something.

* AffablyEvil: Though he is ruthless and calculating, he is also capable of great amounts of charm. He's also quite chivalrous and sweet to women and members of his family.
%%* AntiHero

* BrokenAce: Those who start watching the show with zero knowledge of the real Cesare think that he's TheDutifulSon and/or TheAce. After a few episodes, it's quite clear that he's actually a walking storm of brilliance, charm, and crazy. His remarkably tenuous grasp on sanity/occasional lack of social skills is basically a running joke in the fandom.

%%* TheChessmaster: Evolves into probably the show's best.
%%* CombatPragmatist

%%* TheDragon: To Rodrigo.

%%* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette

* FauxAffablyEvil: The jury is out on whether or not he was always this way, but the longer the show goes on, the more the cracks in Cesare's [[TheDutifulSon facade]] begin to show. He may not be consciously going through the motions, but watching him [[spoiler: throw both of his parents' grief]] back in their faces makes things kind of clear.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler: Ursula's death is purely meant as a means to get to Cesare and cause him pain. This is all but lampshaded in-universe, with Cesare actually stating "[her death] has released my heart of all emotions but one: vengeance".]]

* UnusualEuphemism
-->'''Rodrigo:''' You are more Eve than Adam.

%%* BadassBeard

* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Believes this so much he made it his motto. See BadassBoast.

%%* BadassBeard

* NotSoDifferent: A man of the cloth who sees innocent men killed to further his goals, uses deceit and manipulation, often allies himself with monsters and used poison as a weapon more than once. It's hard to say if that's Rodrigo's/Cesare's description, or his.

* Expy: Possibly an expy of Jane Seymore from the Tudors. Both are often potrayed in light settings, are fair haired and are desperatly trying to the right thing in a decadent society.

->'''Played By''': Elyes Gabel

->'''Played By''': Tom Austen

->'''Played By''': Joanne Whalley

->'''Played By''': David Oakes

->'''Played By''': Aidan Alexander

->'''Played By''': Jemima West

->'''Played By''': Julian Bleach

->'''Played By''': Sebastian de Souza

->'''Played By''': Melia Kreiling

->'''Played By''': Serge Hazanavicius

->'''Played By''': Ronan Vibert

->'''Played By''': Ivan Kaye

->'''Played By''': Francois Arnaud

->'''Played By''': Peter Sullivan

->'''Played By''': Gina [=McKee=]

* YourCheatingHeart: Her marriage to Giovanni Sforza was hardly a good relationship, so her seeking comfort with Paolo doesn't seem to count. Her fling with Raffaelo while betrothed to his brother was similarly flimsy. Her passionate relationship with [[spoiler: Cesare]] while married to Alfonso, however, is more of a full-fledged affair.

* YourCheatingHeart: She actively cheats on Francesco with Rodrigo.

* BadassGay: Perhaps subverted, not the badass part, but simply that he is at the very least bi enough to engage in the act with a woman. Though he does kill her immediately afterwords, and it is part of a plot to frame and freak out Della Rovere.

* EvilVsEvil: The Sforzas vs. the Borgias. Unlike what you see in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', they're just as bad as, if not worse than, the Borgias, especially because their sole motivation is greed and prejudice.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The real Rodrigo was an overweight Churchill-esque bulldog of a man. Creator/JeremyIrons is ''really not''. Irons himself has said that if they were aiming for authenticity in the looks department, they should have hired Creator/JamesGandolfini.

->'''Played By''': Holliday Grainger

* ReplacementLoveInterest: Bears many similarities in temperament to Paolo.

%%* JerkAss

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The real Rodrigo was an overweight Churchill-esque bulldog of a man. Creator/JeremyIrons is ''really not''. Irons himself has said that if they were aiming for authenticity in the looks department, they should have hired James Gandolfini.