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* BlackBestFriend: To Ally.


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* BigBreastPride: Deconstructed. Renee favours plunging necklines that show off her assets, but it turns out that this is in reaction to her having been bullied as a teen for being an early bloomer - essentially, she flaunts her body to prove that no one can make her feel ashamed of it. However, for the same reason she gets very uncomfortable when someone pays too much attention to it.
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Title character of the show, and a litigator at Cage and Fish. Becomes senior partner in Season 5. Played by Creator/CalistaFlockheart.

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Title character of the show, and a litigator at Cage and Fish. Becomes senior partner in Season 5. Played by Creator/CalistaFlockheart.Creator/CalistaFlockhart.
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Title character of the show, and a litigator at Cage and Fish. Becomes senior partner in Season 5. Played by Calista Flockheart.

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Title character of the show, and a litigator at Cage and Fish. Becomes senior partner in Season 5. Played by Calista Flockheart.Creator/CalistaFlockheart.
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One of the two initial senior partners at Cage and Fish. Played by Creator/PeterMacNichol

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One of the two initial senior partners at Cage and Fish. Played by Creator/PeterMacNicholCreator/PeterMacNicol
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One of the two initial senior partners at Cage and Fish. Played by Peter [=MacNichol=]

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One of the two initial senior partners at Cage and Fish. Played by Peter [=MacNichol=]Creator/PeterMacNichol



Gossipy and nosy secretary at Cage and Fish. Played by Jane Krakowski.

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Gossipy and nosy secretary at Cage and Fish. Played by Jane Krakowski.
Creator/JaneKrakowski.



Associate at Cage and Fish, joined at the beginning of Season 2. Played by Portia de Rossi.

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Associate at Cage and Fish, joined at the beginning of Season 2. Played by Portia de Rossi.Creator/PortiaDeRossi.



Associate at Cage and Fish, hired during the end of Season 3 following the death of [[spoiler: Billy]]. Series regular in Season 4. Played by [[Creator/JamesLeGros James [=LeGros=]]].

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Associate at Cage and Fish, hired during the end of Season 3 following the death of [[spoiler: Billy]]. Series regular in Season 4. Played by [[Creator/JamesLeGros James [=LeGros=]]].
Creator/JamesLeGros.



Associate at Cage and Fish. Guest starred in Season 4, became a series regular in Season 5. Played by Regina Hall.

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Associate at Cage and Fish. Guest starred in Season 4, became a series regular in Season 5. Played by Regina Hall.Creator/ReginaHall.



Associate hired by Richard at the beginning of Season 5. Jenny's former boyfriend. Played by James Marsden.

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Associate hired by Richard at the beginning of Season 5. Jenny's former boyfriend. Played by James Marsden.
Creator/JamesMarsden.

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* TheChanteuse: Pianist and singer in residence at the attorneys' bar.



* TheChanteuse: Pianist and singer in residence at the attorneys' bar.
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* TheChanteuse: Pianist and singer in residence at the attorneys' bar.
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* {{Leitmotif}}: Every time Ling walks into a scene Ally imagines that she hears the ''Wicked Witch of the West'' theme from ''TheWizardOfOz''.

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* {{Leitmotif}}: Every time Ling walks into a scene Ally imagines that she hears the ''Wicked Witch of the West'' theme from ''TheWizardOfOz''.''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
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* {{Leitmotif}}: Every time Ling walks into a scene Ally imagines that she hears the ''Wicked Witch of the West'' theme from ''TheWizardOfOz''.
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* CatchPhrase: "Bygones"

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* CatchPhrase: "Bygones""Bygones". Also "That's a Fishism".
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Titular character of the show, and a litigator at Cage and Fish. Becomes senior partner in Season 5. Played by Calista Flockheart.

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Titular Title character of the show, and a litigator at Cage and Fish. Becomes senior partner in Season 5. Played by Calista Flockheart.
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Associate at Cage and Fish, started as a client of Nelle's before she was hired a few episodes later. Friend of Nelle's. Played by Lucy Liu.

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Associate at Cage and Fish, started as a client of Nelle's before she was hired a few episodes later. Friend of Nelle's. Played by Lucy Liu.
Creator/LucyLiu.



Lawyer introduced in Season 4 when Ally mistakes him as her therapist. Ends up dating Ally, played by Robert Downey Jr.

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Lawyer introduced in Season 4 when Ally mistakes him as her therapist. Ends up dating Ally, played by Robert Downey Jr.Creator/RobertDowneyJr.
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* BlondesAreEvil: Easily one of the nastiest people on the show. Ally once asked her to be nicer by singing at the bar.


* HeyItsThatGuy: [[BrothersAndSisters Kitty Walker]] in Boston as a lawyer.
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* {{Crossover}}: Starred in one with ThePractice, as herself.

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* {{Crossover}}: Starred in one with ThePractice, ''Series/ThePractice'', as herself.
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Associate at Cage and Fish, hired during the end of Season 3 following the death of [[spoiler: Billy]]. Series regular in Season 4. Played by James [=LeGros=]

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Associate at Cage and Fish, hired during the end of Season 3 following the death of [[spoiler: Billy]]. Series regular in Season 4. Played by [[Creator/JamesLeGros James [=LeGros=]
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* RichBitch
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* HotChickInABadassSuit



* HotChickInABadassSuit



* HotChickInABadassSuit
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* ItsAllAboutMe
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* AnyoneCanDie: He had a brain tumour and died unexpectedly in season 3. He came back for the finale as a posthumous character.

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* AnyoneCanDie: He [[spoiler:He had a brain tumour and died unexpectedly in season 3. He came back for the finale as a posthumous character.]]
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* InSeriesNickname: "Sub-zero" because she's so icy and unapproachable.


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* InSeriesNickname: "The Closer"

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* {{Adorkable}}: Even more than Ally.

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* {{Adorkable}}: Even more than Ally. Women who feel attracted to him find him adorably weird.



* CharacterTic: He has an absurdly high number of them -- his nose whistles, stammering "Poughkeepsie", his face above his lips shakes when he thinks about women's "moustaches", he has to be barefoot when preparing his closing arguments, he smiles intensely (a part of his therapy), has a personal song, he hangs in his office as a bat, he has to have a fresh toilet bowl, he has a secret small room in the office (don't ask where), and so on.
* InSeriesNickname: "Biscuit". It's a very old nickname from school. Elaine would use it from time to time.



* VerbalTic: The nose noises.

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* VerbalTic: The nose noises.noises and stammering "P-P-Poughkeepsie".



* {{Fanservice}}: She once asks John if she oozes sex. His response: "In buckets"

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* {{Fanservice}}: She once asks John if she oozes sex. His response: "In buckets"buckets."



** UrbanLegendLoveLife: But maybe not as many as she implies.





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* AnyoneCanDie: He had a brain tumour and died unexpectedly in season 3. He came back for the finale as a posthumous character.



* CharacterDeath: He had a brain tumour and died unexpectedly in season 3. He came back for the finale as a posthumous character.

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* DepravedBisexual




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* CloudCuckooLander: Commented by Jenny (who's kooky herself) that Ally is more bizarre than she is.

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* CloudCuckooLander: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Commented by Jenny (who's kooky herself) that Ally is more bizarre than she is.

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* [[AnyoneCanDie: He had a brain tumour and died unexpectedly. He came back for the finale as a posthumous character.]]


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* CharacterDeath: He had a brain tumour and died unexpectedly in season 3. He came back for the finale as a posthumous character.

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* [[AnyoneCanDie: He had a brain tumour and died unexpectedly. He came back for the finale as a posthumous character.]]



* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
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* ThoseTwoGirls: With Nelle.

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* ThoseTwoGirls: [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: With Nelle.
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* MrImagination: He and his Barry White fantasy. Also had an ImagineSpot with Nelle the happy housewife and some kids.

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