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A [[spoiler: not really]] Sex Offender who moves onto Spooner Street for an episode

* AxCrazy: To the point that even ''Roger'' seems scared of him.

%%* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder

* BecomingTheMask: An SplitPersonality that started as a convoluted charade to steal a pair of gloves.

%%* DomesticAbuser

%%* BountyHunter

* {{Expy}}: of Jeremy Renner's character, Lt James, in Film/TheHurtLocker.

%%* BecomingTheMask

!! Ricky Spanish...''[--[[RunningGag (Ricky Spanish)]]--]''

!! Ricky Spanish

%%* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp

* MissFanservice: Intentionally invokes this.

* [[RichBitch Rich Bastard]]

* CoolOldGuy: Implied.

* [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bitch]]/ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler: Pretends to be a sex offender to trick Steve and his friends into working for her for free, so she could flip the house she bought for a huge profit. And it's implied that she's done this, successfully, multiple times!]]
* MissFanservice: Intentionally Invokes this.

* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp

* [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bitch]]/ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler: Pretends to be a sex offender to trick Steve and his friends into working for her for free, so she could flip the house she bought for a huge profit. And it's implied that she's done this multiple times!]]

* MagnificentBitch/ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler: Pretends to be a sex offender to trick Steve and his friends into working for her for free, so she could flip the house she bought for a huge profit. And it's implied that she's done this multiple times!]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: She sin't actually a sex offender, she just pretends to be one to trick horny teenage boys into working for her for free. She's actually a House Flipper.]]
* WalkingSpoiler

!! Ron[=/=]Daniel Turlington
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ForestWhitaker
An enigmatic detective character who’s often slow to react.

%%* BewareTheNiceOnes

%%* SplitPersonalityTakeover: [[spoiler:The victim of this.]]

The ''dramatis personae'' for Seth [=MacFarlane's=] second animated {{sitcom}}, ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', featuring some background information on the characters and tropes they provide examples of. More to come.

* [[Characters/AmericanDadSmithFamily Smith Family]]
* [[Characters/AmericanDadCIA CIA]]
* [[Characters/AmericanDadPearlBaileyHighSchoolAndOtherTeens Pearl Bailey High School and Other Teens]]
* [[Characters/AmericanDadSmithExtendedFamily Smith Extended Family]]
* [[Characters/AmericanDadNeighbors Neighbors]]

!!! Dr Jordan Edelstein
-> A Jewish College Professor and Head of Political Science Department at Harvard. This is later established to be false; he is Head of Economics.

* DeadpanSnarker
* HappyMarriageCharade

!!! Rashid
-> A crude but sexy Persian wingman.

* BitchInSheepsClothing
* DomesticAbuser
* {{Jerkass}}
* ManipulativeBastard

!!! Horse Renoir
-> A tough BountyHunter born on the bayou.

* BountyHunter
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas

* ThirdPersonPerson

!!! Sidney Huffman
-> A nebbishy NiceGuy that became 'alive' on his own.

* BecomingTheMask
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* ButtMonkey
* ExtremeDoormat
* NiceGuy
* ThePollyanna
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: [[spoiler:The victim of this.]]

!!! Roy Rogers [=McFreely=]
-> The powerful and corrupt Chairman of the Homeowners Association.

* CorruptHick
* CorruptPolitician
* TyrantTakesTheHelm

!!! Dr Rafael Penguin
-> Originally a prison psychologist and later the family psychologist.

* FourEyesZeroSoul
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate

!!! Jeannie Gold
-> An efficient and mysterious wedding planner with links to organised crime.

* BitchInSheepsClothing

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes
* MamaBear
* ManipulativeBitch

!!! Sweeps [=McCullough=]
-> A washed-up agent who tries to renew his career.

* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]
* FunctionalAddict
* HookersAndBlow
* JadedWashout
* {{Slimeball}}

!!! Martin Sugar
-> The owner of an illegal sweatshop.

* AffablyEvil
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* TheCharmer
* KarmaHoudini
* ManipulativeBastard

!!! Jenny Fromdabloc
-> A teenage girl and brief girlfriend of Snot.

* GenkiGirl
* MeaningfulName
* SexEqualsDeath
* SmittenTeenageGirl

!!! Sgt Pepper
-> A hard-as-nails soldier responsible for cleaning out portajohns.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}

* InkSuitActor
* ShellShockedVeteran

!!! Roland Chang
-> An Asian young man who is very positive.

* {{Determinator}}
* NiceGuy
* {{Keet}}

* ThirdPersonPerson

!!! Spartacus Vanderhill
-> A rich snob at the Havercamp Country Club.

* EvilOldFolks
* {{Golddigger}}

* {{Jerkass}}

* SmugSnake

!!! Ricky Spanish
-> A psychotic criminal hated by everyone in town.

* BeardOfEvil
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder
* DepravedBisexual
* ForTheEvulz

* ManipulativeBastard
* SmugSnake
* TheSociopath

!!! Pete Pendelman
-> An executive for a concrete company.

* NiceGuy

!!!Tom Yabo
-> A Yoga instructor and Stan's new stepfather.

* BaldOfAwesome
* HeroicSacrifice
* NiceGuy
* PromotionToParent

!!!Max Jets

* UnclePennybags

!!!Skyler Montessori and Madeline Carpal-Tunnel
-> Sisters who run a day care center and a girls' finishing school respectively.

!!!Ruby Zeldastein
-> An elderly medium who frequently deals with copyright infringement lawsuits and disperses advice on sex. Is called in to handle the personification of Francine's repressed sexual needs when it manifests as a bloodthirsty ghost.

* CoolOldLady
* DirtyOldWoman
* TheEmpath

* MiniatureSeniorCitizens

!!! Ron[=/=]Daniel Turlington
-> An enigmatic detective character who’s often slow to react. Voiced by Creator/ForestWhitaker.

* BaldOfAwesome

* InkSuitActor
* InspectorJavert

!!!Sergei Kruglov
-> Stan's communist neighbor.

!!!Stelio Kontos
-> A Greek bully who made Stan's life miserable.

* [[spoiler: SplitPersonalityTakeover: The victim of this.]]

* {{Badass}}

* {{Expy}}: of Jeremy Renner's character, Lt James, in TheHurtLocker.

* '''ArchNemesis''': To Stan.
* '''BitchInSheepsClothing''': When Sergei moves in, he at first seems to have accepted the boys of capitalism. But those were all bullshit stories to gain Stan's trust and convert Steve to communism.

* {{Badass}}: He mops the floor with Stan.
** Subverted as Stan put up no fight whatsoever.

** BarbaricBully: Takes it to extreme measures.

!!!Stelio Kontos
-> A Greek bully who made Stan's life miserable.

* BlondesAreEvil

* MommyIssues

* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs

* [[

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[[folder:Neighbors]]
!!! Greg Corbin and Terry Bates
-> Homosexual life partners and co-anchors at W-ANG-TV, and neighbors to the Smiths. Francine was a surrogate mother for their daughter Liberty Belle, or "Libby." They're voiced by Creator/SethMacFarlane and Mike Barker respectively.

* AllGaysLoveTheatre: At least, Terry does.
* BadassGay: Both Terry and Greg at times, such as when [[spoiler: Terry punches Stan in the face for kidnapping their daughter.]]
* TheBear: Greg slightly. Compared to Terry he has more visible body hair and he's pudgier.
--> '''Greg:''' I'm gay fat. I'm straight thin, but I'm gay fat.
* BetaCouple: Arguably the most prominent relationship on the show after Stan and Francine (and maybe Jeff and Hayley).
* CampGay: Conspicuously so.
* CarpetOfVirility: Greg.
* DanceBattler: They fight like characters out of ''Theatre/WestSideStory''.
* TheDandy
* DeadpanSnarker: Both of them.
* DemotedToExtra: Both were hit by this in Season 11 as a result of Mike Barker leaving the series.
* {{Foil}}: To Stan and Francine. While Stan and Francine are an incredibly unstable couple, who abuse each other and are both incredibly shallow, Greg and Terry have more normal issues that don't tend to exceed mild bickering.
* GayConservative: Greg's a Log Cabin Republican.
* HappilyMarried: Although not technically married, one of the sweetest couples in animation history, with few arguments and a multitude of tender moments between them.
* HaveIMentionedIAmGay: Aside from a few CampGay mannerisms that are sparse and tend to get played for humour, you can tell they're gay because they're always holding hands and telling people how gay they are.
* HotScoop
* KentBrockmanNews: They tend to squabble and unload their dirty laundry while at work -- or did, in the early episodes. The later ones, not so much.
* ParentalAbandonment: Terry suffered this from his father Tank after Terry revealed to him that he's homosexual and gave him the choice of accepting that or leaving.
* PapaWolf: After Stan kidnapped their baby, the two managed to rouse up support from numerous gay truckers to stop Stan. After Stan returned Liberty (and the kids he stole from a lesbian couple) Stan expected to be forgiven because he learned a lesson. Terry decked him.
-->'''Stan''': [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness That wasn't campy at all!]]
* PutOnABus: With Mike Barker leaving the show, this may be Terry's fate. In Greg's first appearance of the TBS episodes, Terry was nowhere to be seen.
** TheBusCameBack: In "Morning Mimosa" he appears in the end with Greg but has no lines.
* ThoseTwoGuys
* TheUnfavourite: Terry. His father abandons him after discovering his sexuality and in "Rapture's Delight", he's left behind while Greg is raptured, because apparently God ''does'' like Gays... but only if they're tops.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Terry is apparently freaked out by vaginas. He's seen Francine's twice and both times he's moaned about it afterwards. Greg asks why he even bothers looking when he knows she has one, and Terry responds "I don't trust it. I refuse to turn my back on it." It makes you wonder how they deal with changing their daughter's diapers.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Greg and Terry have been known to spend a numerous amount of time with Stan and Francine, but a couple of instances have proven that the two don't really care much for the Smiths.
** Some episodes imply that they at least like Francine, having her be their surrogate, and later having the baby play around with her, though throughout the episode they were chasing after Stan who stole their daughter [[spoiler: Terry slugs him in the end.]]
--> '''Francine:''' (after talking to them on the phone) It turns out they hate us.
--> '''Stan:''' (unfazed) I can see that.

!!!Linda Memari
-> An Iranian-American neighbor and friend of Francine. Voiced by Megyn Price.

* BiTheWay / LipstickLesbian: Made out with Francine in "Not Particularly Desperate Housewives" as a way of saying a goodbye, despite being married to a man. [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Miraculously, this saves Francine from getting killed by the Lady Bugs,]] ]] and Francine thanks Linda, thinking the kiss was a plan to save her. Linda, clearly disappointed, just goes along with that and claims she needed to get back home to her husbands that "she loves". Overall, it's suggested that Linda's not truly attracted to her husband and is a closeted lesbian, and it's revealed that her husband is aware of her preferences.
** "Rough Trade", has her making her bust more noticeable by unbuttoning her shirt when she went to go borrow some sugar from Francine, which really was an attempt to hit on her. However, Linda quickly covers up when Stan comes to the door instead.
*** In the same episode, when Linda starts gushing over Francine, her husband mutters "Oh boy, HereWeGoAgain...can I at least watch this time?"
* DemotedToExtra: Along with her husband, she hasn't spoken since Season 4's "Roy Rogers McFreely". This may be justified as she didn't have much of a character beyond crushing on Francine.
** The commentary for "Not Particularly Desperate Housewives" reveals that her affections for Francine makes her a complicated character to write for which likely was the reasoning behind her being dropped from the supporting cast.

!!! Hiko Yoshida
-> Toshi and Akiko's mother.

* ActionMom: Goes toe-to-toe with Francine in "Spelling Bee My Baby". Beforehand in the same episode, she "ninja-darts" Hayley in the neck, and knocks out Klaus with striking a pressure point, when breaking into the Smith house to save Akiko after Francine kidnaps her.
* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: When finding out where Akiko's held captive.
---> "Give me the aggress."
* BladeOnAStick: Starts off with a spear in her fight with Francine.
* BringIt: Calls out Francine after she foils her kidnapping plan.
* {{Dominatrix}}: Is into S&M, shown in "The Missing Kink".
* EducationMama: Best shown in "Spelling Bee My Baby", where her determination to get her children into a good college conjures a rivalry with Francine and a wedge between the friendship/growing romance of Steve and Akiko.
* FormerlyFat: In earlier episodes, she was practically unseen before being revealed to be fat and rather old. The recent episodes portray her as much younger and slimmer.
* Jerkass: A mild case, but it's still evident.
* MamaBear: Send the entire ''Yakuza'' and Yoshi with three bloodhounds on a mission to find Akiko before the spelling bee, though this is more due to her EducationMama tendencies and less about loving her daughter. Once she finds out her the Smith address (from Akiko registering into her Nintendo account, humorously considering Hiko forbids her from playing), she breaks in and save her. Once she arrives at the spelling bee, she's ready to fight Francine.
* NotSoAboveItAll: In "Spelling Bee My Baby", she releases Akiko from her glass cage by what presumed to be a secret martial-arts technique, but breaks the cage with her vocals by humming a series of onomatopoeias.
* OhCrap: As she boasts about her ethnicity before her fight with Francine and how it gives her an advantage (under her assumption that because Francine's white, she knows nothing about martial arts), but then Francine's parents show up for Steve's spelling bee.
---> '''Hiko:''' Wait, you're Chinese?
---> '''Francine:''' Hiiyoooo!
---> (Hiko's smirk literally ''vanishes'' at this point.)
* OnlySaneWoman: She understandably questions why Yoshi speaks Japanese in "Spelling Bee My Baby", when even ''she'' doesn't speak Japanese, and only in complete English.
* PetTheDog: Saving Akiko.
* TheRival: To Francine.

!!!Buckle
-> A Disney imagineer turned MountainMan turned HenpeckedHusband. Voiced by Matt McKenna.

* {{Badass}}
** BadassBeard
* BigDamnHeroes: Has been this twice to the Smiths, and both of those times he was saving them from Stan's stupidity.
* TheBigGuy
* ButtMonkey
* GadgeteerGenius: He used to work for Disney. See the treehouse he built and the amazing haunted house he put together for Halloween as proof of his abilities. As Francine put it in regards to the haunted house:
-->'''Francine''': (''disturbed'') I actually don't know how I got out. The front hallway spiraled into a black hole and the weather kept changing and ''I was a child again''.
* HenpeckedHusband
* MountainMan
* OutOfFocus: Hasn't appeared since Season 7's "Hurricane!".
* StalkerWithACrush: He developed an unhealthy obsession with Hayley for a little while due to his extreme loneliness. Stan fixed it by setting him up with Shari.
* StoutStrength: As big as he is wide.

!!!Sharri Rothberg
-> A Jewish-American princess and annoying wife of Buckle. Voiced by Lisa Edelstein.

* ItsPronouncedTropay: The first syllable in her name rhymes with "car", not "air"
* JewishAmericanPrincess
* JewishComplaining
* {{Jerkass}}: She complains to Buckle a lot. Though the fact that she was raised by a rich dad may have something to do with it. She was not used to not getting what she wants so it probably inflated her ego.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Though she admitted to herself that she loves Buckle.
* JewsLoveToArgue
* WantingIsBetterThanHaving: Desperately wants to be married, does almost nothing but complain to her husband even though she admits to herself she loves him.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In "Hurricane!", she and Buckle try to save the Smiths from the flood only to be washed away by it. While Buckle shows up again later in the episode, Sharri doesn't leaving her current fate unknown.

!!!Father Donovan
-> The local pastor. Voiced by Martin Mull.

* DirtyOldMan: Keeps hitting on other women, especially towards Francine.
* FatBastard
* {{Hypocrite}}: Is actually implied to be an atheist as he wasn't ascended to heaven at which point he remarks, "Turns out there is a God"
* {{Jerkass}}
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Smith Extended Family]]

!!! Jack Smith
-> Stan’s father who abandoned him as a child, a jewel thief and con-man. Voiced by Daran Norris.

* TheAtoner: After [[spoiler:all the terrible things he's done to his family, along with [[Main/ItMakesSenseInContext trapping Minstrel Krampus, which allowed Santa to make children more spoiled and bratty over the years]], he becomes the next Krampus and can go around the world teaching naughty children how to behave, and make the world a better place.]]

** BadassGrandpa
** HandicappedBadass
* [[spoiler:HeelRealization]]: After several episodes of going through HeelFaceRevolvingDoor, he finally has one in [[spoiler:Minstrel Krampus, when Hayley convinces him that family is the most important thing.]]
** [[spoiler:This helps him do a HeelFaceTurn.]]
* DaddyDidntShow: Mostly because he's been in jail.
* DisappearedDad: to Stan.
* EyepatchOfPower
* HandsOffParenting
* {{Jerkass}}: He wasn't caring of Stan when he was around.

!!! Betty Smith
-> Stan’s somewhat needy mother. Voiced by Swoosie Kurtz.

* IJustWantToBeLoved: All Betty every really wanted was for someone to love her, and if Stan hadn't tried to "protect" her all those years she could've finally found someone and stopped relying on Stan as an emotional crutch.
* MyBelovedSmother: Subverted. Betty lives for Stan's attention but she's actually looking for a boyfriend so she can have somebody who'll make her happy. The relationship crosses into disturbing territory at times, but it's Stan that has the unhealthy obsession, not Betty.
** What do you do when your mom's unhappy? Jerry left her feeling crappy? Sing her a shanty nice and snappy! Wash her in the bathtub!
* [[spoiler: [[WhattheHellHero What the Hell, Hero?]]]] : In the episode 'American Step Dad', [[spoiler: Roger marries Betty after Hercules has died, seemingly to get his attic back.]] Stan, understandably, is opposed to the idea. He is eventually proven wrong when [[spoiler: Roger turns out to be very competent at being a father, to the point of getting Stan a car they fixed together.]] Sometime later, Stan checks their computer and finds that [[spoiler: Roger seemingly wants to kill Betty in Niagara Falls thanks to a pop-up that reads "Top Ten Ways to Kill Your Spouse in Scenic Niagara Falls."]] When he gets there after [[spoiler: inexplicably surviving a major accident,]] it turns out that she's [[spoiler: trying to kill Roger because Stan refused to listen when she told him she wanted to be independent.]] Her method of achieving said [[spoiler: independence? [[BitchInSheepsClothing TAKE OUT A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY ON ROGER.]]]]

--> '''Betty:''' Stan, he's not trying to [[spoiler: kill me. Because I'm trying to kill HIM!]]

!!! Bàba Ling
-> Francine’s adoptive father. Voiced by Tzi Ma.

* AsianRudeness
* GassHole: In his first appearance, Stan gets annoyed at his farting while wearing Stan's swim trunks. In "Spring Break Up", Francine says that she's going to have to [[TooMuchInformation "fart" him, squeezing his stomach to release excess gas]].
* ItsPronouncedTropay: It's "Bah-ba" not "Baba", something he has to constantly correct Stan on.
* NoNameGiven / BilingualBonus: Bàba is simply the Chinese word for 'father'.
* ObnoxiousInLaws
* PapaWolf: Well papa-in-law wolf. He saved Stan from a fire.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He really does care for his family, even Stan.

!!! Māma Ling
-> Francine’s adoptive mother. Voiced by Amy Hill.

* AscendedExtra: Slightly. Compared to her husband she's made more appearances separately.
* AsianRudeness
* DevilsAdvocate: Despite her dislike with Stan, in ''Spring Break Up'', she told Francine that Stan was right to leave her because she stopped laughing at his jokes and listening to his stories. Māma explained that the basis of a good marriage is taking the time to laugh at your spouses jokes and listen to their stories even if you've heard them a million times, because it shows you care and it makes them happy.
* NoNameGiven / BilingualBonus: Māma is simply the Chinese word for 'mother'.
* ObnoxiousInLaws

!!! Gwen Ling
-> Francine’s adopted sister. She remained unseen until "Now and Gwen", where she's revealed to be a criminal who uses Francine to cover for her. Voiced by UmaThurman

* AsianAirhead: [[InformedFlaw According to Bàba]], she's an idiot who "needs all the help she can get". Aside from lighting a cigarette in a gas-soaked room and failing math in high school, she's actually quite intelligent, cunning, and manipulative.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Every time she's mentioned, Stan has to go on about how hot she is, to Francine's annoyance.
* [[ConMan Con Woman]]: She sold fake cellphones to the elderly and was holding a sweatshop making fake cellphones in the Smiths' home.
* InformedFlaw: Her father thinks she's an idiot, but that appears to be because she's a Chinese girl who's bad at math.
-->'''Stan:''' "It's heartbreaking when kids don't conform to cultural stereotypes."
* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: She easily convinces Francine to let her do anything, knowing she will bail her out. [[spoiler:She does this because Francine burned the school while she smoked in the lab room with tons of flammable elements and she took the blame. But she still does manipulate her until Hayley convinces her to leave, but not before she tries to frame Francine by burning down the school.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: She's older than Francine, but like her sister, Gwen could pass for a girl in her twenties.
* {{Retcon}}: Prior to 'Now and Gwen' dialogue made Gwen sound like a harmless BrainlessBeauty. When she finally appeared in the flesh she turned out to be beautiful, but not particularly dumb at all and an actual criminal.
* TheUnseen: Until Now and Gwen, she is only mentioned. This is because she's a convicted felon.

!!! Nick Dawson
-> Francine’s biological Dad.

* AmbiguouslyBrown
* {{Jerkass}}: He ''abandoned'' Francine so he could fly first class on an airplane.
* PutOnABus: Has not appeared since his first appearance.
** Justifed, considering Stan never introduced him to Francine,


!!! Cassandra Dawson
-> Francine’s biological Mom.

* RichBitch
* IWasQuiteALooker
* PutOnABus
** Justified, considering Stan never introduced her to Francine.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: She looks damn near identical to Francine.

!!!Stevearino
-> A clone of Steve created by Stan and raised exclusively by him for awhile to see if he or Francine was the better parent. Likewise, Steve was raised only by Francine in the meantime.
* AssholeVictim
* AxCrazy
* EvilCounterpart: To Steve. Though he starts out the same as him in every way, Stan's authoritative parenting style drove him insane over the course of 3 months and he ended up a calculating, cat-killing psychopath. He also attempted to murder the original Steve, but was defeated by Stan.
* FreudianExcuse
* {{Jerkass}}: At point of being a sadistic sociopath.
* KarmicDeath
* KnightOfCerebus: He is probably the most evil character in the series and his cruelty is played seriously.
* LaserGuidedKarma
* OneShotCharacter
* {{Sadist}}: Yes, very sadistic cat killer.
* TheSociopath
* TeensAreMonsters: And how
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Neighbors]]
!!! Greg Corbin and Terry Bates
-> Homosexual life partners and co-anchors at W-ANG-TV, and neighbors to the Smiths. Francine was a surrogate mother for their daughter Liberty Belle, or "Libby." They're voiced by Creator/SethMacFarlane and Mike Barker respectively.

* AllGaysLoveTheatre: At least, Terry does.
* BadassGay: Both Terry and Greg at times, such as when [[spoiler: Terry punches Stan in the face for kidnapping their daughter.]]
* TheBear: Greg slightly. Compared to Terry he has more visible body hair and he's pudgier.
--> '''Greg:''' I'm gay fat. I'm straight thin, but I'm gay fat.
* BetaCouple: Arguably the most prominent relationship on the show after Stan and Francine (and maybe Jeff and Hayley).
* CampGay: Conspicuously so.
* CarpetOfVirility: Greg.
* DanceBattler: They fight like characters out of ''Theatre/WestSideStory''.
* TheDandy
* DeadpanSnarker: Both of them.
* DemotedToExtra: Both were hit by this in Season 11 as a result of Mike Barker leaving the series.
* {{Foil}}: To Stan and Francine. While Stan and Francine are an incredibly unstable couple, who abuse each other and are both incredibly shallow, Greg and Terry have more normal issues that don't tend to exceed mild bickering.
* GayConservative: Greg's a Log Cabin Republican.
* HappilyMarried: Although not technically married, one of the sweetest couples in animation history, with few arguments and a multitude of tender moments between them.
* HaveIMentionedIAmGay: Aside from a few CampGay mannerisms that are sparse and tend to get played for humour, you can tell they're gay because they're always holding hands and telling people how gay they are.
* HotScoop
* KentBrockmanNews: They tend to squabble and unload their dirty laundry while at work -- or did, in the early episodes. The later ones, not so much.
* ParentalAbandonment: Terry suffered this from his father Tank after Terry revealed to him that he's homosexual and gave him the choice of accepting that or leaving.
* PapaWolf: After Stan kidnapped their baby, the two managed to rouse up support from numerous gay truckers to stop Stan. After Stan returned Liberty (and the kids he stole from a lesbian couple) Stan expected to be forgiven because he learned a lesson. Terry decked him.
-->'''Stan''': [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness That wasn't campy at all!]]
* PutOnABus: With Mike Barker leaving the show, this may be Terry's fate. In Greg's first appearance of the TBS episodes, Terry was nowhere to be seen.
** TheBusCameBack: In "Morning Mimosa" he appears in the end with Greg but has no lines.
* ThoseTwoGuys
* TheUnfavourite: Terry. His father abandons him after discovering his sexuality and in "Rapture's Delight", he's left behind while Greg is raptured, because apparently God ''does'' like Gays... but only if they're tops.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Terry is apparently freaked out by vaginas. He's seen Francine's twice and both times he's moaned about it afterwards. Greg asks why he even bothers looking when he knows she has one, and Terry responds "I don't trust it. I refuse to turn my back on it." It makes you wonder how they deal with changing their daughter's diapers.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Greg and Terry have been known to spend a numerous amount of time with Stan and Francine, but a couple of instances have proven that the two don't really care much for the Smiths.
** Some episodes imply that they at least like Francine, having her be their surrogate, and later having the baby play around with her, though throughout the episode they were chasing after Stan who stole their daughter [[spoiler: Terry slugs him in the end.]]
--> '''Francine:''' (after talking to them on the phone) It turns out they hate us.
--> '''Stan:''' (unfazed) I can see that.

!!!Linda Memari
-> An Iranian-American neighbor and friend of Francine. Voiced by Megyn Price.

* BiTheWay / LipstickLesbian: Made out with Francine in "Not Particularly Desperate Housewives" as a way of saying a goodbye, despite being married to a man. [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Miraculously, this saves Francine from getting killed by the Lady Bugs,]] ]] and Francine thanks Linda, thinking the kiss was a plan to save her. Linda, clearly disappointed, just goes along with that and claims she needed to get back home to her husbands that "she loves". Overall, it's suggested that Linda's not truly attracted to her husband and is a closeted lesbian, and it's revealed that her husband is aware of her preferences.
** "Rough Trade", has her making her bust more noticeable by unbuttoning her shirt when she went to go borrow some sugar from Francine, which really was an attempt to hit on her. However, Linda quickly covers up when Stan comes to the door instead.
*** In the same episode, when Linda starts gushing over Francine, her husband mutters "Oh boy, HereWeGoAgain...can I at least watch this time?"
* DemotedToExtra: Along with her husband, she hasn't spoken since Season 4's "Roy Rogers McFreely". This may be justified as she didn't have much of a character beyond crushing on Francine.
** The commentary for "Not Particularly Desperate Housewives" reveals that her affections for Francine makes her a complicated character to write for which likely was the reasoning behind her being dropped from the supporting cast.

!!! Hiko Yoshida
-> Toshi and Akiko's mother.

* ActionMom: Goes toe-to-toe with Francine in "Spelling Bee My Baby". Beforehand in the same episode, she "ninja-darts" Hayley in the neck, and knocks out Klaus with striking a pressure point, when breaking into the Smith house to save Akiko after Francine kidnaps her.
* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: When finding out where Akiko's held captive.
---> "Give me the aggress."
* BladeOnAStick: Starts off with a spear in her fight with Francine.
* BringIt: Calls out Francine after she foils her kidnapping plan.
* {{Dominatrix}}: Is into S&M, shown in "The Missing Kink".
* EducationMama: Best shown in "Spelling Bee My Baby", where her determination to get her children into a good college conjures a rivalry with Francine and a wedge between the friendship/growing romance of Steve and Akiko.
* FormerlyFat: In earlier episodes, she was practically unseen before being revealed to be fat and rather old. The recent episodes portray her as much younger and slimmer.
* Jerkass: A mild case, but it's still evident.
* MamaBear: Send the entire ''Yakuza'' and Yoshi with three bloodhounds on a mission to find Akiko before the spelling bee, though this is more due to her EducationMama tendencies and less about loving her daughter. Once she finds out her the Smith address (from Akiko registering into her Nintendo account, humorously considering Hiko forbids her from playing), she breaks in and save her. Once she arrives at the spelling bee, she's ready to fight Francine.
* NotSoAboveItAll: In "Spelling Bee My Baby", she releases Akiko from her glass cage by what presumed to be a secret martial-arts technique, but breaks the cage with her vocals by humming a series of onomatopoeias.
* OhCrap: As she boasts about her ethnicity before her fight with Francine and how it gives her an advantage (under her assumption that because Francine's white, she knows nothing about martial arts), but then Francine's parents show up for Steve's spelling bee.
---> '''Hiko:''' Wait, you're Chinese?
---> '''Francine:''' Hiiyoooo!
---> (Hiko's smirk literally ''vanishes'' at this point.)
* OnlySaneWoman: She understandably questions why Yoshi speaks Japanese in "Spelling Bee My Baby", when even ''she'' doesn't speak Japanese, and only in complete English.
* PetTheDog: Saving Akiko.
* TheRival: To Francine.

!!!Buckle
-> A Disney imagineer turned MountainMan turned HenpeckedHusband. Voiced by Matt McKenna.

* {{Badass}}
** BadassBeard
* BigDamnHeroes: Has been this twice to the Smiths, and both of those times he was saving them from Stan's stupidity.
* TheBigGuy

* GadgeteerGenius: He used to work for Disney. See the treehouse he built and the amazing haunted house he put together for Halloween as proof of his abilities. As Francine put it in regards to the haunted house:
-->'''Francine''': (''disturbed'') I actually don't know how I got out. The front hallway spiraled into a black hole and the weather kept changing and ''I was a child again''.
* HenpeckedHusband
* MountainMan
* OutOfFocus: Hasn't appeared since Season 7's "Hurricane!".
* StalkerWithACrush: He developed an unhealthy obsession with Hayley for a little while due to his extreme loneliness. Stan fixed it by setting him up with Shari.
* StoutStrength: As big as he is wide.

!!!Sharri Rothberg
-> A Jewish-American princess and annoying wife of Buckle. Voiced by Lisa Edelstein.

* ItsPronouncedTropay: The first syllable in her name rhymes with "car", not "air"
* JewishAmericanPrincess
* JewishComplaining
* {{Jerkass}}: She complains to Buckle a lot. Though the fact that she was raised by a rich dad may have something to do with it. She was not used to not getting what she wants so it probably inflated her ego.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Though she admitted to herself that she loves Buckle.
* JewsLoveToArgue
* WantingIsBetterThanHaving: Desperately wants to be married, does almost nothing but complain to her husband even though she admits to herself she loves him.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In "Hurricane!", she and Buckle try to save the Smiths from the flood only to be washed away by it. While Buckle shows up again later in the episode, Sharri doesn't leaving her current fate unknown.

!!!Father Donovan
-> The local pastor. Voiced by Martin Mull.

* DirtyOldMan: Keeps hitting on other women, especially towards Francine.
* FatBastard
* {{Hypocrite}}: Is actually implied to be an atheist as he wasn't ascended to heaven at which point he remarks, "Turns out there is a God"
* {{Jerkass}}
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Roger’s Personas]]
!!! Dr Jordan Edelstein
-> A Jewish College Professor and Head of Political Science Department at Harvard. This is later established to be false; he is Head of Economics.

* BiTheWay: Once spent an experimental weekend with Creator/AllenGinsberg.
* DeadpanSnarker
* HappyMarriageCharade

!!! Rashid
-> A crude but sexy Persian wingman.

* BitchInSheepsClothing
* DomesticAbuser
* {{Jerkass}}
* ManipulativeBastard

!!! Horse Renoir
-> A tough BountyHunter born on the bayou.

* BountyHunter
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Obviously modeled after [[DogTheBountyHunter Duane "Dog" Chapman]].
* SonOfAWhore: The "backwoods son of [[ExaggeratedTrope a whore and a prostitute]]".
* ThirdPersonPerson

!!! Sidney Huffman
-> A nebbishy NiceGuy that became 'alive' on his own.

* BecomingTheMask
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* ButtMonkey