Scandal (TV series)/Characters

Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington)

• Anti-Hero : Type II.
• Badass
  • Badass Bookworm, sort of...
• Beware the Nice Ones
• The Chessmaster
• Guile Hero
• Gut Feeling
• The Spock : A strange example, as she is the heroine.
• Knight in Sour Armor
• The Social Expert
• Sugar and Ice Personality
• Woman in White

Quinn Perkins (Katie Lowes)

• Badass Adorable
• Beware the Nice Ones
• Classical Anti-Hero
• The Cutie
• Dating Catwoman
• Gut Feeling
• The Heart
• Hero Worshipper, which almost leads to Broken Pedestal
• Hidden Depths
• Honor Before Reason
• The McCoy
• Mysterious Past
• Naive Newcomer

Stephen Finch (Henry Ian Cussick)

• The Atoner
• Casanova Wannabe
• The Charmer
• Guile Hero

Abby Whelan (Darby Stanchfield)

• Brutal Honesty
• The Chick
• Domestic Abuse: The victim thereof, and what brings her to Olivia's attention (and eventually team).
• Guile Hero
• The Heart
• Housewife: A dead ringer for Bree van de Kamp before Olivia gets her out of her situation.
• Iron Woobie
• The Kirk
• The Quiet One
• Rousing Speech: Gives a great one to Olivia.
• Secret Keeper

Huck (Guillermo Diaz)

• Beware the Nice Ones
• Bunny Ears Techie
• Cold-Blooded Torture: Just one of the many skills the CIA taught him.
• Retired Badass: He does not want to hurt people anymore.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran

President Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn)

• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
• The President
• Reasonable Authority Figure
• Slave to PR
• Sympathetic Adulterer

Gideon Wallace (Brendan Hines)

• Adorkable
• Dating Catwoman
• Nice Guy
• Intrepid Reporter
• Sacrificial Lion

Mellie Grant (Bellamy Young)

• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing / Affably Evil / Good Is Not Soft / Troubled but Cute
• Iron Woobie
• Love Martyr
• Manipulative Bastard / Guile Hero
• Sympathetic Adulterer

Cyrus Beene (Jeff Perry)

• Evil Former Friend
• Gay Conservative: And a married one at that.
• Magnificent Bastard
• Poisonous Friend / Treacherous Advisor
• Invisible to Gaydar

David Rosen (Joshua Malina)

• Ambiguously Jewish: Judging by the name and the matzoh ball soup references.
• The Chessmaster
• Defeat Means Friendship
• Reasonable Authority Figure
• Vitriolic Best Buds: What he grows into with Olivia, though he's technically her boss.

Billy Chambers (Matt Letscher)

• Betty and Veronica: Was teased as the Betty to Fritz's Veronica for Olivia (as Archie, obiviously, being Olivia...).
• Evil All Along / Knight Templar
• Kick the Dog: A very subtle one when he mocks the agent guarding the door.
• Malicious Slander is something he tries to instill.
• Reasonable Authority Figure
• Surrounded by Idiots

Alissa (Brenda Song)

• Asian Airhead : Almost, as she is apparently clever, but shallow...
• Brutal Honesty
• Conviction by Counterfactual Clue
• One-Scene Wonder
• Valley Girl