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!!Fox Family
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* TheBeard: Frankie serves as the date to her gay, closeted friend so his parents won't find out.
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* TheBeard: Frankie serves as the fake date to her gay, closeted male friend so that his parents won't find out.
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* MiddleChildSyndrome: Frankie starts to show this during Season 2 as a rebellious BlackSheep DeadpanSnarker (who's possibly trans but at the very least is very gender nonconforming) and this is taken UpToEleven in Season 3 when [[spoiler: her frustration at Sam's refusal to explain why she left Xander and raised the girls alone prompts her to run away.]]
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* MiddleChildSyndrome: Frankie starts to show this during Season 2 as a rebellious BlackSheep DeadpanSnarker (who's possibly trans but at the very least is very gender nonconforming) and this is taken UpToEleven up a notch in Season 3 when [[spoiler: her frustration at Sam's refusal to explain why she left Xander and raised the girls alone prompts her to run away.]]
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: How Sam's daughters often see her. They're often justified in thinking that way (e.g. she talks about Frankie having her period in front of a whole auditorium). Sam's mom Phyllis also embarrasses her often, while also doing so a lot when growing up (by [[HairyGirl not shaving her armpits or legs]], for instance).
* AmbiguouslyBi: In Season 3 Sam is pursued by Mer, a younger English lesbian who hits on her repeatedly, convinced that she's not straight. Sam at first says she is, but doesn't dislike this attention either, saying she's always wanted to go through a "girl phase". However, if it's anything more Sam doesn't appear ready to explore possible bisexuality yet and Mer realizes this, backing off after being turned down on a proposition.
* HollywoodOld: As an aging actress in Hollywood, Sam struggles to find substantial roles, usually settling for bit parts.
* JewishMother: Sam likes to play up being one at times, guilt-tripping her daughters on not appreciating her and getting far more involved with their lives than they'd often like (it rarely works, unless she's really serious about this).
* {{Womanchild}}: Sam, who's middle aged, is often childish and tells terrible jokes, to her kids' annoyance. It's a bit {{downplayed}} since she (mostly) stays a responsible adult, but her attitude comes off as more kid-like than her own kids' (who are very mature in contrast).
* AmbiguouslyBi: In Season 3 Sam is pursued by Mer, a younger English lesbian who hits on her repeatedly, convinced that she's not straight. Sam at first says she is, but doesn't dislike this attention either, saying she's always wanted to go through a "girl phase". However, if it's anything more Sam doesn't appear ready to explore possible bisexuality yet and Mer realizes this, backing off after being turned down on a proposition.
* HollywoodOld: As an aging actress in Hollywood, Sam struggles to find substantial roles, usually settling for bit parts.
* JewishMother: Sam likes to play up being one at times, guilt-tripping her daughters on not appreciating her and getting far more involved with their lives than they'd often like (it rarely works, unless she's really serious about this).
* {{Womanchild}}: Sam, who's middle aged, is often childish and tells terrible jokes, to her kids' annoyance. It's a bit {{downplayed}} since she (mostly) stays a responsible adult, but her attitude comes off as more kid-like than her own kids' (who are very mature in contrast).
* MsFanservice: Max, who's a very beautiful girl, is shown in several scenes wearing only her underwear or a bikini, along with her equally good-looking female friends.
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* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Frankie is very gender nonconforming, showing no interest in more usual girly things, always wearing masculine clothing and having short hair (until growing it out by Season 4). While that wouldn't by itself mean she's trans as opposed to a tomboy, she also gets punished for going in the boys' bathroom while at school, but says it's just because girls do things which disgust her while in theirs. However, after this her older sister Max expresses incredulity about this, matter of factly saying Frankie is a boy (but later denies having said that). Sam looks shocked after she hears this, but it's then dropped until Season 3, when it turns out Frankie's called Franklin by her friends and her text to Duke self-identifies herself as "your brother" (though in a BlinkAndYouMissIt moment). Later though she wants a quinceañera (Latina rite of passage at 15, though the family isn't Latino, but Jewish). Frankie has not yet said anything more definite about her gender, though this does seem indicative of her being possibly nonbinary at least. In Season 5, Frankie discusses how a friend uses they/them pronouns, kind of [[IHaveThisFriend indicating they're Frankie's too]], to Sam's confusion. This is supported too by Max referring to Frankie as "they" later. Still though neither says Frankie's nonbinary or something else. Frankie also objects to being called Sam's daughter at one point.
* TheBeard: Frankie serves as the date to her gay, closeted friend so his parent's won't find out.
* BlackSheep: Frankie, unlike her mother, sisters and grandmother, rejects feminine norms entirely, always dressing in masculine clothing and initially having really short hair. This leads to speculation by her relatives that she's a trans boy, but this is unconfirmed. By Season 4 she's relaxed this slightly, with her hair a bit longer, but only just.
* DeadpanSnarker: Frankie's standard comment on anything else is dry, sarcastic, bitter, cynical or generally "I'm too cool for this".
* MiddleChildSyndrome: Frankie starts to show this during Season 2 as a rebellious BlackSheep DeadpanSnarker (who's possibly trans but at the very least is very gender nonconforming) and this is taken UpToEleven in Season 3 when [[spoiler: her frustration at Sam's refusal to explain why she left Xander and raised the girls alone prompts her to run away.]]
* SoapboxSadie: Frankie is the most socially conscious of the Fox family and also the most serious, even as a teenager. Whenever political issues come up, she'll make pro-feminist statements, plus supporting other leftist causes.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to her sister Max's girlygirl.girl (at the very least, as it's indicated Frankie's possibly in fact transmasculine), with short hair at first (she lets it get longer later, though not too much) and rejection of feminine gender norms as Frankie wears more boyish attire often.
* TheBeard: Frankie serves as the date to her gay, closeted friend so his parent's won't find out.
* BlackSheep: Frankie, unlike her mother, sisters and grandmother, rejects feminine norms entirely, always dressing in masculine clothing and initially having really short hair. This leads to speculation by her relatives that she's a trans boy, but this is unconfirmed. By Season 4 she's relaxed this slightly, with her hair a bit longer, but only just.
* DeadpanSnarker: Frankie's standard comment on anything else is dry, sarcastic, bitter, cynical or generally "I'm too cool for this".
* MiddleChildSyndrome: Frankie starts to show this during Season 2 as a rebellious BlackSheep DeadpanSnarker (who's possibly trans but at the very least is very gender nonconforming) and this is taken UpToEleven in Season 3 when [[spoiler: her frustration at Sam's refusal to explain why she left Xander and raised the girls alone prompts her to run away.]]
* SoapboxSadie: Frankie is the most socially conscious of the Fox family and also the most serious, even as a teenager. Whenever political issues come up, she'll make pro-feminist statements, plus supporting other leftist causes.
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* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Duke is the youngest of Sam's three daughters, and is treated very fondly by pretty much everyone.
* TheCutie: Duke, being the littlest of Sam's kids, is naturally this. She's the sweetest, an adorable little girl (although she grows over the course of the series, naturally) and is the most lighthearted, innocent character.
* FirstPeriodPanic: Duke, after running into her grandma's car while skateboarding, worries that she's been injured as she gets her period until Frankie realizes what's going on and gets her a tampon.
* TheCutie: Duke, being the littlest of Sam's kids, is naturally this. She's the sweetest, an adorable little girl (although she grows over the course of the series, naturally) and is the most lighthearted, innocent character.
* FirstPeriodPanic: Duke, after running into her grandma's car while skateboarding, worries that she's been injured as she gets her period until Frankie realizes what's going on and gets her a tampon.
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* CoolBigSis: While Max is a BigSisterBully to Frankie, she’s nothing but sweet to Duke.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Max is this to her mother, constantly yelling at and berating her mother in most of their interactions.
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