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 Antihero
 * 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

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
 * Magnificent Bastard
 * Poisonous Friend / Treacherous Advisor
 * Poisonous Friend / Treacherous Advisor

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...).
 * Kick the Dog: A very subtle one when he mocks the agent guarding the door.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure
 * Surrounded by Idiots
 * 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