    michael c. vaughn is a fictional character on the television series alias. played by michael vartan, vaughn is one of sydney bristow's co-workers and her ongoing love interest. he, like sydney, is skilled in a variety of areas. his language abilities, shown in various episodes, include french, spanish, italian, and others. throughout the first three seasons, his code name was boyscout; from season four on, it was shotgun. in season five, vaughn's birth name was revealed to be andrÃ© micheaux. his relationship with sydney was included in tv guides list of the best tv couples of all time. ==character biography== michael vaughn was originally sydney bristow's handler while she was working as a double agent for the cia within sd-6. but gradually, the two agents developed romantic feelings for each other as they worked closely together to bring down this corrupt espionage organization. this did little to endear him to sydney's father jack bristow, another double agent within sd-6. vaughn and sydney's relationship became openly intimate after sd-6 was destroyed during the show's second season. when sydney was apparently killed in a fire a few months later, a heartbroken vaughn left the cia and found work as a french teacher. he also became involved with [[united states
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