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!!'''Jake Ochmonek'''
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Often makes passes at Lynn whenever she's nice to him, much to her annoyance.
* MrFixit: He's very good at fixing things because his father taught him how while they were getting by finding things in the trash to repair and sell. He even boasts that his motto is "If I can't fix it, it ain't broke".
* SecretKeeper: Becomes one to ALF after ALF catches him breaking into the Tanner's garage and intimidates him into not telling anybody, though they quickly become friends afterward.
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!!'''Jake Ochmonek'''
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Often makes passes at Lynn whenever she's nice to him, much to her annoyance.
* MrFixit: He's very good at fixing things because his father taught him how while they were getting by finding things in the trash to repair and sell. He even boasts that his motto is "If I can't fix it, it ain't broke".
* SecretKeeper: Becomes one to ALF after ALF catches him breaking into the Tanner's garage and intimidates him into not telling anybody, though they quickly become friends afterward.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: In her first appearance, she is irate that ALF seems to have taken over the house, even though she was doing the exact same thing up until ALF got fed up with hiding and made himself known to her.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: In her first appearance, she is irate that ALF seems to have taken over the Tanner's house, even though she was doing the exact same thing up until ALF got fed up with hiding and made himself known to her.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: In her first appearance, she is irate that ALF seems to have taken over the house, even though she was doing the exact same thing up until ALF got fed up with hiding and made himself known to her.
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* HiddenHeartOfGold: Beneath all the snark is a guy who deeply loves his surrogate family and laments the destruction of his planet.
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* HiddenHeartOfGold: Beneath all the snark is a guy who deeply loves his surrogate family and laments the destruction of his planet. Also shown in “ALF’s Special Christmas,” when he befriends a terminally-ill girl, helps a woman trapped in an elevator with him give birth (and got her to name the child after the girl), and stops Mr. Foley from jumping off a bridge in sorrow over his late wife.
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* JerkassBall: In the season two episode "Varsity Drag" and the season three episode "Promises, Promises". Lynn becomes quite bratty and pouty in the former[[note]]Because Willie and Kate couldn't afford to send her to the college she wanted.[[/note]] and downright hostile with ALF and Brian in the latter.[[note]]Because ALF let it slip that she was dating an older guy; which led to Kate and Willie grounding her and having a major falling out with ALF.[[/note]]
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* JerkassBall: In the season two episode "Varsity Drag" and the season three episode "Promises, Promises". Lynn becomes quite bratty and pouty in the former[[note]]Because Willie and Kate couldn't afford to send her to the college she wanted.[[/note]] and downright hostile with ALF and Brian in the latter.[[note]]Because ALF let it slip that she was dating an older guy; which led to Kate and Willie grounding Lynn and her and having a major falling out with ALF.[[/note]]
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Because of Brian's usual [[CheerfulChild cheery, happy-go-lucky attitude]], you can tell things are ''really'' bad when he gets angry or upset with someone. [[note]]Season 2's "You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog" and Season 3's "Promises, Promises"[[/note]]
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Because of Brian's usual [[CheerfulChild cheery, happy-go-lucky attitude]], you can tell things are ''really'' bad when he ''he'' is the one who gets angry or upset with someone. [[note]]Season 2's "You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog" and Season 3's "Promises, Promises"[[/note]]
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* TheScapegoat: Since the Tanners were hiding ALF from the authorities and neighbors, Willie was often forced to take the blame when ALF did something bad. This would result in Willie [[MisplacedRetribution being punished or suffering embarrassment that he didn't deserve]]. The season one episode "Pennsylvania 6-5000" is the most profound and notable example of this.
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* TheScapegoat: Since the Tanners were hiding ALF from the authorities and neighbors, Willie was often forced to take the blame when ALF did something bad. This would result in Willie [[MisplacedRetribution being punished or suffering embarrassment that he didn't deserve]]. The season one episode "Pennsylvania 6-5000" is and the season four episode "Hooked on a Feeling" are the most profound and notable example examples of this.
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* WeAreAsMayflies: Like all Melmacians, ALF has a centuries-long lifespan.
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* GadgeteerGenius: He was a skilled enough engineer to rework Willie's ham radio so it was capable of contacting Air Force One, the U.S. Presidential plane.
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* IChooseToStay: "Help Me, Rhonda" gives him the opportunity to reunite with Rhonda and Skip, but he just can't bring himself to leave on Brian's birthday. He "accidentally" misses the ride while saying his goodbyes. As for his friends, he's confident he'll see them again some day, due to how long Melmacians live.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: In the first episode, he uses Willie's ham radio to try to contact other Melmacians, but no one answers, and he appears to recognize what that could mean. He learns in "Help Me, Rhonda" that there actually are other survivors out there, which does a lot for his mood.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: She was the one most against Alf staying with the family, but upon learning what ghastly treatment would await him in government custody, she feigned ignorance when questioned by a federal agent.
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: By far Alf's biggest defender in the family, taking to him from the get-go and consistently seeing the best in him. Alf frequently spares Brian his usual biting comments out of respect for this innocence.
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* WidowWoman: Lost her first husband before the start of the series.
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* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler: Is Was mostly likely going to be killed after getting captured by the Alien Task Force, at the end of the regular series.]] [[spoiler: Averted in ''Project Alf'' (see Earn Your Happy Ending above).]]
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* {{Nerd}}: He's got the glasses, is rather dorky, owns a ham radio and dabbles in some science & tech stuff (like examining a hairball sample ALF coughed up and proving ALF didn't really eat Lucky).
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Apparently, Alf is powerful and stealthy enough in his crazed state in the episode ''Wild Thing'' that he manages to successfully ''hijack a tiger'' from a zoo. While on a ''[[UpToEleven lawnmower]]''.''lawnmower''. '''''[[BeyondTheImpossible And then brought it to the Tanners' home and stuffed it into their garage without anyone seeing him do it]]'''''. Bear in mind, most tigers go about seven to ten feet long and weigh in excess of four hundred pounds on average. Then compare that to Alf, who's about three feet tall, if not shorter. And probably isn't more than a hundred and ten pounds soaking wet. Makes one wonder just what Alf might be like if he applied this strength and stealth while in his normal mindset.
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* VocalEvolution: In the earliest episodes, Paul Fusco's voice for ALF is notably gruffer, more deadpan and lower in pitch. Over the course of the first season, though, the pitch raises slightly, and the voice grows both softer and livelier, fully morphing into the classic ALF voice in the second half of the season.
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* BickeringCouplePeacefulCouple: He & Rachel are the bickering one to the Tanner's mostly peaceful one.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: While ALF will eat just about anything other than spinach, Alf mentioned his favorite food is cat and he desperately craves it, but he seems to have adjusted comfortably to Earth favorites, like pizza, sandwiches, cheeseburgers and fried chicken.
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* KilledOffForReal: In the episode, "Live and Let Die".
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* KilledOffForReal: LostPetGrievance: In the episode, "Live and Let Die".
