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Clive Babineaux is a main character of IZombie. Clive is a detective with the Seattle Police Department who is partnered with Olivia Moore, an Assistant M.E. with the King County Medical Examiner's Office.

As a detective who recently received a promotion from Vice to Homicide, Clive has been floundering for his first two months and is in desperate need of making a case. Though dubious at first about Liv’s “psychic” powers, she demonstrates too much accuracy for him not to take her seriously. He has now learned of the existence of zombies.

He is portrayed by Malcolm Goodwin.

Season One

In Pilot, Clive goes to the morgue to ask if they've found any identification for the Jane Doe that was found earlier. Liv has a vision and tells him she was arrested in 2008, and when Ravi checks it out, it turns out to be true. Clive, slightly confused, asks how she would know this and is told by Ravi that Liv is a psychic. He continues to work on the case with the help of Liv. Until it's solved and they learn that a fellow detective was behind the murder of the Jane Doe.

In Brother, Can You Spare a Brain?, Detective Babineaux works on a homicide case involving a murdered artist who had multiple lovers. With the help of Liv and Ravi, his initial suspicion that the artist's wife was behind the murder was confirmed. They found that that she killed him due to jealousy that he was leaving her to be with another. He confronts her at an art event before arresting her.

Personality

Clive initially appears to be an ambitious and serious detective, driven to earn the respect of his colleagues and prove that he is a competent homicide detective. To that end, he readily employs Liv's 'psychic' abilities despite some initial skepticism on his part, proving to be resourceful and open to different avenues of investigation to aid in solving crimes.

Physical Appearance

Clive has brown skin. He has dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. He's often wearing a suit.

Relationships

  • Olivia Moore: He collaborates on cases with her and eventually becomes friends with her. In honor of their friendship, Clive named his daughter after Liv.
  • Dale Bozzio: Bozzio was flirtatious with Clive at first and they started a serious relationship. She wanted him to apply to join the FBI so they could stay together, but when Clive released Major Lilywhite for both the Meat Cute Killings and the Chaos Killer Case without being able to give her an explanation that she'd believe, she broke up with him and left.
    • When Bozzio returned in Season 3 to follow up on a FBI lead from the Dungeon Master case, Clive searched for her urgently as soon as he knew she had returned. They found each other and Clive admitted to her that he still thought of her constantly, but Bozzio coldly turned him down and left. After she brought a brain-deprived Tanner to him, Clive revealed to her the existence of zombies, after which Bozzio forgave him and hinted at pursuing a future relationship. Bozzio was zombified by the fake Aleutian flu vaccine, but Clive was happily last seen helping her dye her hair, implying the two had fully renewed their relationship. As of the end of Season 4, they have gotten married with Dale being given the cure by Liv. They're now parents to two children.
  • Regina Sumner: He used to date her. It went bad when Clive realized her obsession with people who are cops, she even tried asking Clive about his cases and to wear his holster when they were being intimate. When Clive tried to end their relationship, he realized she had paranoia and stalking behaviors.
  • Wally Tuttle-Reid: Clive first met Wally while working undercover. They became quick friends, and Clive became a father figure to Wally after arresting his father for hitting his mother. After Wally's death, Clive was devastated and he swore that he would catch his murderer. After shooting Harley Johns, who was his primary suspect, Clive commented that his revenge didn't feel as good as he thought. However, upon seeing the corpse of Carey Gold, the real killer, Clive seemed more satisfied.
  • Anna Reid: Clive was visibly smitten from the first time he met Anna, and he arrested Rick, the father of her son, Wally, after he overheard him hitting her. From then on, Clive filled in for him, spending a lot of time with her and Wally. However, their relationship hit a snag when Rick neared release and her brother returned from overseas. Clive urged her to stay with him, promising to protect her, but after spending two weeks leading up to Rick's release undercover Clive returned to discover that Anna had left, and wrote a note telling him she didn't want to keep in touch.

Appearances: 71/71

Season 1 :  13/13

Season 2 : 19/19

Season 3 : 13/13

Season 4 : 13/13

Season 5: 13/13

Trivia

  • He owns a coffee cup that has the Knicks logo on it.
  • He's the only character in the main cast that doesn't know about the zombies by the end of Season 1.
  • He doesn't like mushrooms because of their texture. This is revealed in Dead Rat, Live Rat, Brown Rat, White Rat when he eats a slice of pizza Liv had prepared with pieces of Nate's brain on it, thinking it was mushrooms on the pizza, he decided not to eat the rest of the slice.
  • He grew up in Brooklyn.
  • In the Season 2 episode, Dead Beat, he learns about Zombies.
  • He watches 'Game of Thrones' and is a huge fan of the show. He has even gone so far as to dress up as a character (there's photographic proof).
    • In Season 3 it is revealed that Wally introduced him to the show.
  • He refuses to eat any food that comes from a can, as he has a fear of the "many ingredients" thread that the company doesn't write on the can.
  • He can play piano.
  • He knows Cajun cuisine after his grandmother on his father’s side taught him.
  • He is the only member of the main cast who did not become a zombie at any point throughout the show's run.

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