Ziva Erika Nolan

"I just can't sit any other way than this. If I sit the way other people do, my reasoning ability drops by 40%."

Ziva Erika Nolan, or just Ziva for short, is a detective. She is often called The World's Greatest Detective.

Personality
Paired with her tired looking appearance is her lethargic demeanor. She is also referred to as an airhead, often shown staring blankly into space. She can also sleep with her eyes open. She has shown to rarely express her inner-thoughts, and when she does, she sometimes does it without any emotional expression.

Despite this subdued demeanor, she truly does care about her fellow detectives, rooting for them when they are down. In fact, though the others can easily act as the most casual during non-cases, her subdued demeanor belies her kind nature. Moreover, not only is she kind but quite selfless, as showed in many opportunities where she offers herself as a bait to lure out enemies while her friends escape regardless of her own physical state; in other times she refutes the possibility of being rescued from danger as the risk is too high.

Ziva is very intelligent, though her disheveled and languid appearance masks her great powers of deduction and many question her abilities upon viewing her. Ziva tends to second-guess everything she is presented with, and is extremely meticulous and analytical. She is good at deceiving her opponents, and is willing to take drastic measures to solve a case. She is also shown to have a dry sense of humor, and she isn't above making sarcastic remarks to people.

Using subterfuge, misinformation, disinformation, and an analytical knowledge of human nature to help lure a suspected murderer into a false sense of security and possibly make her carelessly over-confident, Ziva sometimes gets what she wants through abnormal or possibly criminal channels. Whenever Ziva gives percentages to indicate how much she suspects a person of committing a crime, such as "five percent," she may in fact be over ninety percent convinced of their culpability.

She also has several quirks, such as preferring to crouch rather than sit, eating only sweet foods (like desserts, candies and fruits) and holding items by using only a thumb and a finger. She also has an unusual way of sitting, with both of her feet on the chair. She claims that if she sits normally, her reasoning ability would drop 40%. She is often seen arranging objects and very intently stacking, or in other ways playing with, her staple food items. Ziva is almost always encountered while performing actions that are considered inappropriate or rude in public. These actions/habits include biting fingernails, placing feet on furniture, slouching, chewing with an open mouth, talking with her mouth full, and calling out personal observations that may offend others.

Although she is often seen sitting and inactive, Ziva retains a high athletic ability.

Trivia

 * Ziva can tie two cherry stems in a knot with her mouth.


 * Ziva cannot swim, though she can float.


 * Her favorite dessert is raspberry pudding.


 * She isn't afraid of rides.


 * Ziva can read Latin.


 * She used to have a dog.


 * Ziva once worked as a Cashier.


 * She is left-handed.


 * Ziva has a strange fear of freaky clowns, though no one really knows this.

Quotes

 * "He who moves first always wins."


 * "I'm fine... This is the only place where I belong, after all..."


 * "It's not a sense of justice. Figuring out difficult cases is my hobby. If you measured good and evil deeds by current laws, I would be responsible for many crimes. The same way you all like to solve mysteries and riddles, or clear video games more quickly. For me too, it's simply prolonging something I enjoy doing. That's why I only take on cases that pique my interest. It's not justice at all. And if it means being able to clear a case, I don't play fair, I'm a dishonest, cheating human being who hates losing."