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Nathan Young
Misfits character
First appearance	Series 1 Episode 1
Last appearance	Series 2 Episode 7
Created by	Howard Overman
Portrayed by	Robert Sheehan
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Gender	Male
Occupation	Unemployed
Nationality	Irish

Nathan Young is portrayed by Robert Sheehan and serves as one of the main antagonists of the show. He was sent to community service for stealing some pick 'n' mix, then aggravating the situation by insulting and then assaulting the store manager. He is from Ireland although his father is English. Nathan's defining personality trait is his outspoken, mischievous nature and propensity for insulting those around him, regardless of whether he actually cares for them or not. Early in the series, this results in him being kicked out of his home by his mother and abandoned by the majority of his friends. With nowhere else to go, he breaks into the community centre and takes up residence there, sleeping on the floor and stealing food and drinks from the concession areas.

Storylines

While the rest of the Misfits discover their powers on the day after the storm, Nathan's doesn't surface until much later. Nathan spends a great deal of time early on trying to figure out what his power is, but claims to have given up on it by the first series' finale . His power was hinted at in one of the alternate timelines created in the fourth episode of the first series, which presents him as the only survivor of Tony's rampage, found "half-dead" by the police. In the first series' finale, his power is revealed to be that of immortality after he falls from a building and is impaled on a metal fence. He regains consciousness days after his funeral, only to find that he is trapped inside his coffin underground, left with his iPod which Kelly placed in his hand prior to burial.

Like the rest of the Misfits, Nathan's power reflects aspects of his personality: most prominently, his apparent immunity from hurtful comments pointed out by both his mother and Kelly. In addition, it also reflects his recklessness, and the way he will do anything for fun and never gets embarrassed or regrets it. It is unclear if this power includes immunity from aging or if he simply cannot be killed, although it would appear that—in contrast to portrayals of immortals who are still vulnerable to head wounds—Nathan can even come back from being shot in the head without permanent damage. Nathan cannot heal himself unless he is actually dead, as shown when he is reduced to a state of vegetation in the second series' finale (though the timeline in which this occurred was later undone by Curtis).

At the start of the second series, the others are led to Nathan's grave by Superhoodie, where they discover his power of immortality. His return only further complicates his relationship with his family, who believed him to be dead; Nathan reveals that upon returning home, his mother fainted and badly injured herself, and claims to have enraged his father by explaining his apparent death as an "elaborate life insurance scam". He thereafter returns to his prior life, living in the community centre and taking part in his community service as if nothing had happened, unaware that he had been removed from the system upon his death and would have been free of this obligation had he not mentioned it to the probation worker.

Nathan's relationship with his family is strained, partially as a result of his difficult personality. He appears to be highly possessive of his mother, and has driven off any men who have taken an interest in her after his father abandoned them. His inability to coexist with his mother's new boyfriend, Jeremy, results in him being kicked out of the house in the first episode of the first series; while Nathan eventually comes to terms with his mother's needs, he continues to live on his own in order to give the two a chance to build their relationship without his interference. Nathan's relationship with his father, by contrast, is extremely confrontational and filled with long-held resentment; Nathan specifically cites an incident in which his father left him unattended at an IKEA store for several hours on his eighth birthday as an example of his complete lack of interest in parenting.

In the second episode of the second series, it is revealed that Nathan has a younger half brother, Jamie, who was born to his father and another woman. Nathan endeavours to help Jamie come to terms with their father, though his efforts meet with little success. Eventually, after attending a nightclub together, Jamie and the misfits consume power-inverting pills under the belief that the pills are Ecstasy. Jamie then dies in a freak car fire that almost kills Nathan as well because the pill rendered him mortal for a time. Thankfully, Superhoodie intervenes yet again and tackles Nathan to safety. Nathan's power allows him to see Jamie's ghost after his demise. Jamie leads Nathan to his father's house, and encourages him to use their mutual grief over his death to reconcile before disappearing. Though Nathan acknowledges that the process will be a slow one, he manages to swallow his pride and ask his father to go out for breakfast together.

Nathan's ability to see the recently deceased is demonstrated again when he sees Ollie's ghost, and a third time when he sees Kelly's spirit after she was murdered in a timeline that was later erased by Curtis (suggesting that he can only see the deceased when he had some kind of connection to them in life).

Nathan's relationships with the other Misfits are far better than those with his family or, apparently, past friends. Over the course of the show, Nathan is shown to develop romantic feelings for Kelly. He repeatedly thinks about having sex with her, and has admitted verbally that he fancies her. Their relationship has not yet become physical, which Kelly admits (in a drugged state) is because she fears that his insensitivity will lead him to hurt her. Although the two come close to physically consummating their relationship in the third episode of the second series, Kelly stops it before they can go all the way because she comments that it feels like having sex with a cousin rather than a potential partner. He still chases the police when they are pursuing Kelly after she has been 'abducted' by her latest love interest, Bruno- revealed to be a gorilla who was turned into a human by the storm-, later offering Kelly simple comfort about Bruno's death despite the obvious joke potential. Also, after Kelly was killed by Brian, her spirit appears to Nathan, driving him to angrily attempt to attack her killer. Curtis and Alisha, meanwhile, are alternately amused and repulsed by Nathan's sense of humour, but nonetheless tolerate him as a member of the group.

Having quickly recognised Simon as an outcast and easy target for his taunts, Nathan frequently mistreats him throughout the first series. His attitude eventually leads Simon to abandon him when they are both surrounded by a group of 'Virtue' followers, though he later reappears in a failed attempt to rescue Nathan. The two grow closer in the second series, as Nathan reveals a somewhat merciful side to his personality; after Simon finally stands up for himself, recounting all of the hurtful remarks which Nathan has aimed at him and concluding that in spite of it all he "just wants to be [his] friend", Nathan seems to acquire a measure of respect for him. After this encounter Nathan begins looking out for Simon in his own way (such as suggesting hiring him a prostitute to "get [his] confidence up") and Simon in return begins laughing more freely at his jokes and even attempting (though often failing) to replicate them at times. Nathan also seems to have developed an odd friendship with him, as he admits to Alisha that he likes him, attempts to protect him from Jessica, and enthusiastically congratulates him for losing his virginity.

Reception

Sheehan was nominated for a BAFTA for his portyal of Nathan but lost out to Martin Freeman who stars in Sherlock. E4's official website describes Nathan as having "an answer for everything, sarcastic wit, and a fondness for pushing things too far" and that "underneath the cocky quips and sarcasm, Nathan isn’t as unemotionally untouchable as he makes out." The Guardian described Sheehan as the "leading light of E4's Asbo superheroes drama" and described Nathan as a "cocky motormouth" and questioned "Can Misfits survive without Nathan?"

External links

• Nathan E4 profile at E4

Category:Fictional characters introduced in 2009

Simon Bellamy

Simon Bellamy
Misfits character
First appearance	Series 1 Episode 1
Created by	Howard Overman
Portrayed by	Iwan Rheon
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Aliases	Superhoodie
Gender	Male
Occupation	Unemployed

Simon Bellamyy is portrayed by Iwan Rheon, is a shy social outcast who is sentenced to community service for attempted arson. His special power was a type of invisibility that prevents anyone from seeing or even hearing his presence, reflective of his personality in that he often feels ignored. Initially, the others fail to notice his disappearance and do not believe he possesses such a power, but he is vindicated once the effect the storm had on the others comes to light. His invisibility is depicted as uncontrollable at first, possibly occurring as the result of feeling neglected, rejected or generally depressed, but over the course of the series, he comes to demonstrate the ability to turn invisible at will and move objects while in this state. When his power was inverted by drugs, he attracted an increased amount of attention to himself.

Storylines

Simon is depicted as the smartest individual of the group; he devises a plan to permanently 'hide' the corpses of the Misfits' dead probation worker and their former colleague Gary. He initially has no real friends within or outside the ASBO group, but soon grows closer with the other Misfits, despite his shy personality, and professes it to be only place where he feels like he belongs. He is constantly attached to his camera phone, using it to film the storm and occasionally, his fellow ASBO holders. In the second episode of the first series, he is contacted online by 'Shygirl18', who expresses an interest in his videos. 'Shygirl18' is revealed to be Sally, the fiancée of dead probation worker Tony. Sally, also a probation worker, suspects that the Misfits are involved in Tony's disappearance. He eventually realizes that she is using him to learn what has happened to Tony. Simon accidentally kills Sally in a struggle as he attempts to prevent her telling police what he and the ASBO group have done. Simon hides her body in an industrial freezer in the community centre, which he visits often. He does not tell the others about her death, as revealed in the first series' finale.

At the start of the second series it is revealed that Simon spent time in a psychiatric unit, where he made friends with a fellow patient named Lucy, who became obsessed with him. It is also revealed to the group that he killed Sally, and the rest of the Misfits aid him in disposing of her body.

It has been mentioned that Simon has a twelve-year-old sister, although nothing else is known about her.

The mysterious 'Superhoodie' who has been appearing to help the group at crucial moments is revealed to be a future version of Simon that came back in time to ensure that certain events happened when they should, although this Simon has provided no explanation about how he came back in time beyond "things are different in the future". Simon also managed to manifest the same superhuman aim that his future self has, as he was able to throw a peanut into a superpowered tattoo artist's mouth while being strangled on the floor. Under unspecified circumstances, this future Simon has also become immune to Alisha's power. He has revealed that Alisha falls in love with Simon. Future Simon became romantically involved with Alisha, but dies while saving her, saying it is meant to be. Present Simon is becoming more confident and is starting to take more control in difficult situations such as defeating the aforementioned tattooist and facing off to Kelly's kidnapper in the same episode as his future self's death. Alisha is behaving more kindly towards Simon but told future Simon that she did not yet love this version of him. Alisha revealed Superhoodie's true identity to Simon after the Misfits went public, as well as her relationship with him, but this timeline was erased by Curtis when everyone but him was murdered. In the three months between the second series' finale and the Christmas special, the whole gang come to learn of Superhoodie's identity and Alisha and Simon are an official couple (Despite Simon's worry that Alisha will always love his future self more). In addition, Simon has begun to live in his future self's flat and is actively training (with little success) to replicate the abilities of Superhoodie.

Simon also appears to be the most moral of the group, as he was the most reluctant to steal £100,000 from an armoured car, and wished to return it, despite Curtis' and particularly Nathan's wish to keep it. Simon also hopes to use his power to help people at some point in the future, and believes the gang all received their powers for a reason, comparing giving up their powers to Superman's decision in Superman II.

External links

• Simon E4 profile at E4

Kelly Bailey

Kelly Bailey
Misfits character
First appearance	Series 1 Episode 1
Created by	Howard Overman
Portrayed by	Lauren Socha
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Gender	Female
Occupation	Unemployed

Kelly Bailey is portrayed by Lauren Socha, is initially portrayed simply as a stereotypical chav, given community service for getting into a fight at an Argos store. The first to discover a power, she has telepathy and can hear the thoughts of others, including infants and animals.

Storylines

She is aggressive but worries about what others think of her; she killed a rampaging Tony—albeit in self-defence—and instigated the Argos fight after a girl named Jodi called her a slag. With her telepathic ability and a habit of speaking before thinking, Kelly often exposes her fellow Misfits' secrets unintentionally. She is also shown to have a sensitive side, showing concern for the other members of the group and being genuinely hurt by her fiancé leaving her.

A tentative relationship develops after Kelly reaches out to Nathan, and the pair may be falling in love. Of the group, she is the most affected by Nathan's apparent death.

In the first episode of the second series Kelly and Nathan are still not a couple, despite the fact they like each other, because of Kelly's dislike of some of Nathan's personality traits, coupled with her fear of being used and hurt once again. When Kelly takes the pills that reverse the user's powers, instead of learning everyone's thoughts, she broadcasts the thoughts on her mind uncontrollably, telling Nathan she might love him and how many sexual partners she had. The two attempt to become physical in the third episode of the second series, but Kelly stops it before they can go all the way and suggests they just stay friends. Despite this, the two still appear close; when Kelly was 'abducted' by her latest possible partner, Bruno, whose storm-related power resulted in him turning from a gorilla into a human, Nathan appeared genuinely concerned for Kelly during the subsequent police pursuit, later sympathising with her evident grief over Bruno's death. In the second series' finale, Kelly was killed by another character who was affected by the storm and had gained the ability to manipulate dairy products, her death prompting Nathan to go after her killer in a rage after he saw her spirit. This is however reversed when Curtis rewinds time to cancel out all events which have taken place during this episode.

Kelly has an elder sister kind of relationship with Simon, sticking up for him when the others pick on him. She has repeatedly warned Nathan not to do so, and violently threatened Curtis when she discovered he had hit Simon.

Kelly sells her power in the Christmas special to a 'power dealer' for £20,000, but the group later realise that they have made a mistake, taking money from a psychotic preacher to get their powers back. However, the group speculate that they do not have to get the same powers they possessed originally, suggesting that Kelly may acquire an ability other than her telepathy.

External links

• Kelly E4 profile at E4

Curtis Donovan

Curtis Donovan
Misfits character
First appearance	Series 1 Episode 1
Last appearance	Series 2 Episode 7
Created by	Howard Overman
Portrayed by	Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
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Gender	Male
Occupation	Bartender

Curtis Donovan is portrayed by Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, was once a rising running star, who aimed to compete in the 2012 Olympics. However, his career was left in tatters after being caught in possession of cocaine. Due to his high profile he was publicly shamed, being made an example under the eyes of the law. After the storm, Curtis gained the power of time manipulation; whenever he regrets something, he is able to rewind and replay past events to affect their outcome — an ability over which he had little control. Curtis is shown to be able to replay events multiple times, but he can only activate this ability when dealing with something that he genuinely wants to change, requiring him to have some emotional investment in whatever he is trying to rewind. As a result, he was able to undo the death of the group's third probation worker because he wanted to save his friends from further trouble from killing someone by accident, but he couldn't save the recently murdered sixth member of their community service group after he was shot in the head in front of them because he had no emotional connection to the other boy.

Storylines

He is the first Misfit to use his power for the benefit of someone else, being inspired by a meeting with his just released from prison, more-or-less former girlfriend Sam to undo the drug charges that led to their arrest. However, after he learns that the other Misfits—with the exception of the unknowingly immortal Nathan—were killed in Tony's rampage without him present to undo their deaths and provide advance warning, he once again resets time. In this iteration he willingly sacrifices his career by allowing himself to be caught with the drugs while ensuring that Sam stays clear. But no matter how he alters events, Sam still believes that they are in a relationship, whereas he now considers himself to be with Alisha. He eventually breaks up with her after using the line "the ones I love will always be the ones who pay" from the film Spider-Man.

At the start of the second series he and Alisha are still in a relationship and Curtis acts very affectionately towards her, even to the point of violently threatening Simon when he believes he had assaulted her. Superhoodie later saves Curtis' life when he is nearly suffocated to death by Lucy. When his power acted in reverse during a drug trip, Curtis 'flash-forwarded' to the future where he was standing on a rooftop dressed in a black costume and green cape while being approached by an unfamiliar woman named Nikki. Although he attempted to reject her apparent desire for sex, Curtis was subsequently surprised to encounter her past self while the Misfits were tracking Superhoodie. At the end of the fourth episode of the second series, Curtis and Nikki meet up after being held hostage with the rest of the Misfits and they kiss, resulting in a relationship, the two later experiencing the events of Curtis' 'flash-forward' again while attending a fancy dress party.

It was revealed that Curtis is lactose intolerant, which resulted in him being the only member of the group left after they were attacked by Brian, a former 'tea boy' who could control all dairy products; Brian was able to suffocate others by manipulating the dairy products that they had eaten earlier- 'strangling' Nathan's brain with mozzarella cheese to give him brain damage as his immortality made it impossible to kill him directly-, but Curtis, having never consumed anything for Brian to use against him, was able to drive Brian off- albeit after Simon sacrificed himself to stop Curtis being stabbed- before travelling back in time to save his friends by preventing Brian from going public or learning about his power.

Curtis has lost his power after selling it to a 'power dealer', who states that he has already passed his power on to an old Jewish man who wanted go back in time to kill Hitler (echoing a throwaway comment Curtis made to Nikki in the fifth episode of the second series about what someone else would use his power for).

External links

• Curtis E4 profile at E4

Alisha Bailey

Alisha Bailey
Misfits character
First appearance	Series 1 Episode 1
Created by	Howard Overman
Portrayed by	Antonia Thomas
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Gender	Female
Occupation	Bartender

Alisha Bailey is portrayed by Antonia Thomas, is the party girl of the Misfits, gaining an ASBO for constant drink-driving and her behaviour towards the policeman who arrested her. Her ability made those who make bare contact with her skin go into a sexual frenzy towards her, causing them to describe their desires aloud and in graphic detail; however, those affected have no recollection of their behavior while under the influence of her power or connection to her afterwards.

Storylines

She realises the nature of this after-effect when she first uses her power on Curtis. In the third episode of the first series she walks through a nightclub and touches everyone, having an effect on both sexes. She continues to abuse the capability until she confirms her feelings with Curtis in the same episode. The two then decide to try for a relationship, including "phone sex without the phone", that both acknowledge can never become physical, owing to her power.

In the second episode of the second series, her power is reversed during a drug trip and when she touches Curtis, he becomes aggressive and displays feelings of hatred and repulsion towards her. She touches others in desperation to leave, having the same effect on them. It is revealed that Superhoodie is immune to her power and he appears to be slightly affectionate to her; giving way to a possible relationship as Curtis saw himself in the future in a serious relationship with another woman named Nikki.

Alisha subsequently becomes the only member of the group to know that 'Superhoodie' is a future version of Simon, who has come back in time to ensure that certain events work out as they should, although he asks her not to tell the others about his identity. The pair also begin a relationship but future Simon tells her not to engage with current Simon as he is not ready for a relationship, though he gives Alisha a key to his base. In the fourth episode of the second series future Simon is shot when he moves in front of a bullet to save Alisha. With future Simon dying in her arms, Alisha says that she loves him, and reluctantly follows his last wish to immolate his body to protect his identity. Alisha revealed Superhoodie's true identity to Simon after the Misfits went public, as well as her relationship with him, but she was captured by another person who got powers, bound and gagged with plastic clingfilm, and killed, but this timeline was erased by Curtis when everyone but him was murdered. After her community service was over, she took a job as a bartender. During the three months between the second series' finale and the Christmas special, Alisha and Simon became a couple. She sold her power to a 'power dealer' to get her life back, but is later subjected to its effects when she is attacked by Elliot, a priest who purchased her power and others from the dealer, although Elliot's subsequent death negates any possibility that she can get her old power back.

It is revealed that, at some point in the future, Simon and Alisha will go to Las Vegas together, as she always wanted.

External links

• Alisha E4 profile at E4