ELLIOT ALDERSON

Abilities Hacking: He is known to be a prodigious hacker who is able to solve any problems related to the technology or cybersecurity. He mainly uses them for good in his vigilante adventures where he takes down men who are abusers/pedophiles/cheaters. High Intelligence: Elliot is shown to be very smart and intelligent which helps him in quick thinking to get out of any peril he is in. He uses his intelligence to deduce anything around him and notice small details that others miss. Bravery: Elliot is very brave even when faced with possibility of being murdered or tortured. Unlike FBI agent Dominique, who easily broke down and begged for mercy towards the Dark Army when they threatened her family, Elliot had practically gotten used to how it worked and it completely unfazed him. Most notable moments of his bravery is when he tries to save himself and Darlene from being executed by them and when he rejects Vera's advances towards him and refuses to be his partner until his therapist Krista is safe. Compassion/Empathy/Humbleness: Despite his aloneness towards others, Elliot is shown to be very empathetic and caring towards his loved ones. He even shows kindness to those who hurt him (unless they are outright remorseless psychopaths like Vera). For example, when he decided to give Angela a second chance despite the fact she gaslit him and ruthlessly hurt his feelings and offers to take Tyrell to the hospital after he gets shot despite the fact he himself was shot by Tyrell and nearly died from his injuries because of him. He is even nice to Leon as well, even if he was revealed as a Dark Army soldier who nearly blew Darlene's brains off, though he left for him. He even refuses to be a leader because he knows he isn't a right fit for it and doesn't care about being valued or climbing up on the top, unlike Tyrell and Angela, who were obsessed with winning and being leaders who are in control of things which became their undoing. Peak Human Durability: Throughout the series, Elliot is able to survive too many fatal injuries to his body which could've easily killed or crippled him. Those include jumping out of the window as a child, being beaten to a pulp, getting shot in the stomach, being forced to hit himself, forcibly being overdosed on heroin and being stuck in a near nuclear meltdown. Lockpicking: Elliot uses it to try and save Shayla from Vera. Fourth-Wall Awareness: due to his disillusions, Elliot is mildly aware of the audience, instances such as looking towards the screen after meeting Tyrell for the second time and shaking the camera after realizing that he has forgotten about Darlene. Craftsmanship: Elliot was able to create a homemade Antenna out of a Pringles can due to his prowess of understanding hardware and machinery. Physical Appearance Elliot is 1m71 tall, swarthy, has large green eyes and black hair. He is rarely seen without his discreet black hoodie which he constantly wears as a sort of uniform, which allows him to blend in with the crowd, not seeking to attract attention.

Relationships Mr. Robot Mr. Robot is Elliot's alter-ego who takes on the physical appearance of his father. He sometimes doesn't want to have him in situations such as showing up at Allsafe Cybersecurity out of nowhere. He sometimes gets into fights with and even argues with him in serious situations. Elliot and Mr. Robot sometimes have a father and son dynamic since Mr. Robot is a manifestation of Elliot's father Edward.

Edward Alderson Edward was Elliot's father. Elliot always remembers his father fondly saying he was his best and only friend. When the Washington Township plant happened, he got leukemia which caused him to chronically cough and drop dead when he took Elliot to the theater. He was shown to be kind and having a good relationship with his son but as it was later revealed in the series that he sexually molested Elliot when Elliot was a child and that Mr. Robot was created due to this traumatic childhood sexual abuse. Mr. Robot was to be an idealized version of his father that was protective and not abusive to Elliot.

Darlene Alderson Darlene is Elliot's sister but he sometimes doesn't remember if she is his sister since in “eps1.7_wh1ter0se.m4v” after Darlene celebrate about the hack that fsociety did and Elliot telling her that he loves her in which he ends up her kissing, which causes Darlene to pull back in disgust. Elliot then starts to remember that Darlene is his sister. He sometimes treats Darlene bad and sometimes good in some situations, but he stills cares about her.

Angela Moss Angela is Elliot's childhood friend and possibly his best friend. He and Angela first met each other during the E-Corp Washington Township nuclear power plant incident which causes the deaths of many people including Elliot's father Edward and Angela's mother Emily. In the first two seasons they treated each other like friends and sometimes bad relationships, but since the Whiterose manipulated Angela, she has her back against Elliot by abusing, until her death in “401 Unauthorized” which resulted in Elliot's revenge on the Whiterose for manipulating and killing Angela. He still cares for Angela, even before and after her death.

Tyrell Wellick Tyrell is somewhat of an friend of Elliot. At first Elliot didn't really like him but in “eps1.8_m1rr0r1ng.qt” Tyrell ends up breaking into Elliot's apartment in which he tells him that he was waiting for Darlene to leave so that way he can talk to him. He tells him that he knows that Elliot was behind all of the things Elliot did. He tells him that he killed a woman and tells him that him strangling her made him gave him absolute power and smiles at him. After he and Elliot did a hack on the hack, Tyrell gets taken away by Otto Irving. He sometimes calls Elliot on the telephone when Elliot was in prison. After Elliot was released from prison and Irving freeing Tyrell, he goes into the taxi that Elliot was getting a ride to, which causes a fight and the taxi driver kicks both of them out of the taxi. Tyrell later takes Elliot to a warehouse in which he reveals that he and Elliot want to become gods together. He sometimes gets into arguments with him, but still cares for him until his death.

Krista Gordon Krista is Elliot’s therapist, we meet her in the first episode, most knowingly for her lover being hacked, she gets hacked aswell.

Personality Elliot is an introverted, socially awkward person who holds in a lot of anger, mainly towards the society that he is unable to participate in. He suffers from anxiety, which makes it difficult for him to participate in social situations. Because of this anxiety, he is unable to bring himself to attend Angela's birthday party, much to her frustration. Despite this, he will at times try to overcome his fear. Elliot is rarely seen not wearing a black hoodie which may be his personal uniform for the world and a comfort blanket of sorts. It also allows him to blend in to the world, much like a featureless, black anonymous avatar. He confronts a coffee shop owner Rohit "Ron" Mehta about the latter's illegal website in person in part to work on talking to people, but when he goes to the restaurant where Angela's birthday party is held and sees Angela with her boyfriend Ollie Parker, he decides to leave. Additionally, he does not like to be touched.

Elliot receives mandated therapy to help him deal with his anxiety, as well as his emotional issues and anger management. Though he tells Krista, his therapist, that he is taking his medication, there are moments when he questions whether his perceptions are accurate. He self-medicates with morphine, using suboxone to help with any withdrawal he may experience, but also uses recreational drugs such as Ecstasy.

Although he has working relationships with some peers, his closest friend, Angela, is from childhood. Krista, his therapist, encourages him to connect with other people, but his anxiety generally prevents him from being comfortable in social situations. Despite this, he has a sexual relationship with Shayla Nico, who eventually becomes his girlfriend. He is also able to connect with the fsociety group, and to interact with people related to his hacks.

Elliot's Diagnosis Elliot's therapy sessions and his own voice-over provide insights into his diagnosis. Elliot acknowledges his own social anxiety disorder, and later, his extreme sadness, indicative of his clinical depression. Krista notes his delusions in one session, checking to be sure he has taken his medication. His actions, such as his hyper-vigilant awareness of those around him, suggest paranoia as well, a syndrome that frequently accompanies or causes delusions. Later, Elliot's mind identifies his own dissociative identity disorder, involving four different personalities created to protect the host.

Social anxiety disorder: intense fear of social situations. This may affect an individual's ability to function in one or more aspects of their lives. In Elliot's case, his job demands minimal social interaction, and allows him to work in a cubicle, reducing social contact, but he is unable to join large social activities, such as Angela's birthday. His anxiety lightens during the short period he is with Shayla, making it possible for him to attend the dinner at Gideon's loft. Depression: Pervasive low mood, sadness, and/or loss of interest in or enjoyment of normal activities, often accompanied by low self-esteem. Depression can be treated by medication and therapy, such as with Elliot. Paranoia: Thoughts influenced by fear or anxiety. Paranoia may accompany or trigger delusions. Delusions: Delusions are strongly held systems of beliefs or interpretations of reality that differs from reality, despite evidence to counter them. Elliot's belief system includes the feeling he is being followed, and the need to rescue individuals from people he feels are hurting others, such as in the case of Krista's boyfriend or Ron, the coffee shop owner. Unlike hallucinations, where the individual sees what is not there, delusions are about how the individual interprets reality. Through much of the series, we see reality through Elliot's filter, and thereby his delusions. In “eps1.7_wh1ter0se.m4v”, the audience sees the reality that Elliot is interpreting for the first time. Dissociative Identity Disorder: In Elliot's mind prison, Krista discusses Elliot's dissociative identity disorder with him. The first personality created was Mr Robot, the protector personality. He was made the day Elliot jumped out of the window. This personality was created to replace his father and protect him from intolerable situations. It is later revealed that on the day Mr. Robot was created, Elliot jumped out of the window as a child to escape being sexually abused by his father. The second personality, The Mother, was created later in life. She was the persecutor personality who blamed Elliot for the abuse and punished him. Not long after her came the third, Elliot's Younger Self/Little Elliot. He emerged to handle the abuse he couldn't tolerate. Thus, Elliot created his own family of sorts. Krista then reveals that there is a fourth personality, The Mastermind. He was the most recently created, who tried to shelter Elliot by changing his past, and protecting his future. This personality tried to take down all the evil that surrounded him in the real world, hence why fsociety was born. He loved him so much, he wanted to make the entire world better for him. This was the reason he hid the real Elliot in his mind prison - to try and turn his harsh reality into fantasy, to keep him safe until he was ready. Krista then talks about real-Krista and how she was never realized she wasn't talking to the real Elliot, only ever the fourth personality, the one created to carry Elliot's rage, the vigilante hacker that sought vengeance. The Mastermind forgot that he was only just another personality. The false Krista implies that the viewers themselves are another part of Elliot's mind, voyeurs feeling satisfaction as the fourth personality achieves greater and greater success in his vigilantism. Ultimately, all personalities end up agreeing to let the real Elliot (the original who went through childhood trauma and created all the personalities to cope) gain full control.