No Ordinary Family/Characters

Jim Powell (Michael Chiklis)
A police sketch artist, and patriarch of the Powell family. Was just a normal man with a dysfuntional family, until he suggested a trip to Brazil...and the rest, as they say, is history. Currently mainlines as a vigilante.


 * Bald of Awesome
 * Ground-Shattering Landing: For the first few episodes, though he seems to have gotten better at it.
 * I Just Want to Be Special
 * In a Single Bound
 * Jumped At the Call
 * Kryptonite Factor: Cinoxate, a chemical found in most sunscreens.
 * Nigh Invulnerability: Except at close range.
 * Papa Wolf
 * Personality Powers: Jim previously had to carry the weight of his family on his shoulders; he now has Super Strength.
 * Super Strength

Stephanie Powell (Julie Benz)

 * Action Mom
 * Big Eater: A side effect of her powers.
 * Calling the Old Man Out: After her parents literally invited themselves over and proceeded to be generally condescending to to everyone.
 * Fragile Speedster: Somewhat averted; the plasma shield generated by her speed prevents her from major injuries.
 * Healing Factor: Though, from what we've seen so far, she only heals faster, not better, which is unusual for this trope. Basically, she won't be regrowing limbs.
 * Hot Mom
 * Hot Scientist
 * Mama Bear
 * Missing Mom: Formerly; her Super Speed now gives her more time to spend with her children.
 * Personality Powers: Stephanie's work formerly kept her too busy to spend time with her family. Now, with her Super Speed, she can do both.
 * Super Speed

Daphne Powell (Kay Panabaker)

 * Bratty Teenage Daughter: Was this before gaining her powers.
 * I Just Want to Be Normal: Though she seems to have grown out of this.
 * : As of "No Ordinary Double Standard" when she used it to save herself and Chris from a mugger. Then she used it on her own father... Sure, it was just to get out of trouble (and maybe as a test), but this may be Foreshadowing a budding super-villain.
 * Lampshaded by Daphne in "No Ordinary Love."
 * Personality Powers: Daphne is constantly worrying about what people think of her and her boyfriend; now she can read minds.
 * Student Council President: Since "No Ordinary Friends." Also places her on the 'Peer Disciplinary Committee.'
 * Telepathy
 * Student Council President: Since "No Ordinary Friends." Also places her on the 'Peer Disciplinary Committee.'
 * Telepathy

Jim Junior "J.J." Powell (Jimmy Bennett)

 * Awesome By Analysis: While he doesn't always retain what he's learned, he can always do this on the spot.
 * The Danza
 * Ditzy Genius
 * Eidetic Memory: Though it only lasts about six hours unless he spends the time to actually learn and retain the material through study.
 * I Just Want to Be Special: Played straight during the first episode when the others exhibited superpowers and he was still the ordinary kid with the learning disability. Inverted for the next several episodes when he hides his powers so that he can pretend to be working hard in school so that his parents will be proud of him (he thinks they won't be proud of him if he's relying on his powers to succeed).
 * Improbable Aiming Skills: A result of his Super Intelligence. He uses it to play football.
 * Instant Trigonometry: One of the many benefits of his powers.
 * Personality Powers: J.J.'s inferiority complex stemmed from the fact that he had a learning disability. Now, his powers have made him a super-genius.
 * The Scrappy: Wonderfully averted. Many a troper who saw the preview recognized that J.J.'s character type usually tends to be The Scrappy. Thankfully, they were quickly proven wrong.
 * Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Tends to use this.
 * Super Intelligence
 * Weaksauce Weakness: His powers short out when he gets preoccupied with his girlfriend Natalie.

George St. Cloud (Romany Malco)

 * Black Best Friend
 * Casanova
 * Mission Control
 * Muggle Best Friend:
 * Secret Keeper
 * Token Minority

Katie Andrews (Autumn Reeser)

 * Ascended Fangirl
 * Brainy Brunette
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Ditzy Genius
 * Hollywood Nerd
 * Real Life Writes the Plot: Her actress' pregnancy has been written into Katie's storyline.
 * Leading to...
 * Secret Keeper

"Joshua" (Josh Stewart)

 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * Becoming the Mask:
 * Combo-Platter Powers: He's shown telekinesis as his main hat, but has also demonstrated a psychic shield, manipulation of internal organs, and memory manipulation.
 * So far it looks like he got a mentalist package: Projective telepathy (the other kids at poker night), psychic shields and telekinesis which would also cover manipulation of internal organs.
 * The Dragon: To Dr. King,.
 * Ensemble Darkhorse
 * Fan Nickname: His real name has yet to be revealed (well, unless it really is Joshua...). If it ever will be...
 * Hidden Agenda Villain:
 * Hitman with a Heart: He wants out.
 * Line-of-Sight Name: Where he gets his second alias.
 * Mind Over Matter
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:
 * Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: All instances of Nightmare Fuel on the main page are attributed to him.
 * The Power of Love: His love for Katie inspired.
 * Psychic Powers
 * Put on a Bus: ..
 * A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Posed as Katie's boyfriend Will Joshua in order to get closer to the Powells.
 * Put on a Bus: ..
 * A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Posed as Katie's boyfriend Will Joshua in order to get closer to the Powells.

Detective Frank Cordero (Guillermo Díaz)

 * Jerkass: Though he seems to have become much politer to Jim after the latter saved Cordero's life.
 * Jerkass: Though he seems to have become much politer to Jim after the latter saved Cordero's life.

Dr. Francis Chiles (Reggie Lee)

 * Jerkass
 * Smug Snake
 * Smug Snake

Mr. Litchfield (Jason Antoon)

 * Jerkass: Actually called J.J. "stupid" to his face, and
 * The Mole
 * Sadist Teacher: Has been shown to be ruthless regarding the students in general, and J.J. in particular.
 * Smug Snake
 * Sadist Teacher: Has been shown to be ruthless regarding the students in general, and J.J. in particular.
 * Smug Snake

Dr. Dayton King (Stephen Collins)

 * Affably Evil: Acts very friendly toward allies, enemies, and everyone in general.
 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * Bad Boss: Aside from the whole superpowers thing,.
 * Big Bad
 * Love Makes You Evil / Crazy
 * Magnificent Bastard
 * Moral Event Horizon:
 * Wham! Line:
 * Love Makes You Evil / Crazy
 * Magnificent Bastard
 * Moral Event Horizon:
 * Wham! Line:
 * Moral Event Horizon:
 * Wham! Line:
 * Wham! Line:

Victoria Morrow / (Rebecca Mader)

 * The Dragon: To Dr. King, after.
 * Love Makes You Evil: Most of her actions are out of love for Joshua.
 * Mean Brit
 * Shapeshifting

Helen Burton (Lucy Lawless)

 * Bad Boss: Implies that she would have killed Dr. King had he not
 * Big Bad: Now that.
 * Complete Monster: She promised to spare the Powells if J.J. told her the secret to permenant powers and tries to have them killed anyway when he tells her (she fails fortunately). I think that says it all.
 * Fan Nickname: Mrs. X.
 * Woman Behind The Man: Is Dr. King's immediate superior.
 * War for Fun and Profit: Her motivation.

Rebecca Jessup (Rachel Miner)

 * I Just Want to Be Normal

Theo Patton (Alex Solowitz)

 * Axe Crazy
 * Badass Longcoat
 * Personality Powers: A serial arsonist with Pyrokinesis.
 * Playing with Fire
 * Pyromaniac
 * Pyromaniac

Lucas Winnick (Eric Balfour)

 * Expy: Of Sabretooth.
 * Personality Powers: Was apparently a "real animal" when he was a kid.
 * Serial Killer: Implied to have been one, and then he got powers...