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->'''Played By''': {{Creator/Jenifer Lewis}}

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->'''Played By''': {{Creator/Jenifer Lewis}}
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* TheReliableOne: A trait which is frequently veiled by her indifferent attitude. Zoey is genuinely a very intelligent, capable and independent person who is fully capable of making wise decisions for both herself and her siblings when her parents cannot.

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* TheReliableOne: A trait which is frequently veiled by her indifferent attitude. Zoey is genuinely a very intelligent, capable and independent person who is fully capable of making wise decisions for both herself and her siblings when her parents cannot. In season 2's "The Leftovers", she is ultimately chosen as the legal guardian for the kids were something to happen to Bow and Dre, even over the kids' grandparents/Bow and Dre's own parents.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: As vigilant about racism as he is, it's occasionally shown that he's not without his own prejudices. In "Black Like Us", Bow and Junior both call him out for his colorist tendencies, which include constantly making jokes about the two of them having lighter skin tones than the rest of the family and suggesting they're not "as black" as the others.
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* BreakoutCharacter: He is one of if not the most popular characters in the show. Especially the favorite to the producers as they wanted to make a spinoff starring him.

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* BreakoutCharacter: He is easily one of if not the most popular characters in the show. Especially the favorite to the producers as they wanted to make a spinoff starring him.
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* BreakoutCharacter: He is one of if not the most popular characters in the show. Especially the favorite to the producers as they wanted to make a spinoff starring him.
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* BreakoutCharacter: Originally a recurring character that mostly appeared at Dres workplace and soon with popularity had simultaneously became a main character in this show and its spinoff Grownish.
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* AbusiveParents: While he generally averts (and in the best of times [[GoodParents reverses]]) this trope with most of his kids, he frequently outright bullies Junior, which has led to his oldest son developing a sizable chip in his shoulder.

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* AbusiveParents: While he generally averts (and in the best of times [[GoodParents reverses]]) this trope with most of his kids, he frequently outright bullies Junior, which has led to his oldest son developing a sizable chip in his shoulder.shoulder and have the poorest relationship with him.
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* NotSoDifferent: He's in the middle of a HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood with a father that mocks him and a mother who he is blindly devoted to, regardless of whether or not she's in the right, not entirely unlike Dre's life growing up.

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* NotSoDifferent: He's in the middle of a HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood with a father that mocks him and a mother who he is blindly devoted to, regardless of whether or not she's in the right, not entirely unlike Dre's life growing up. He works at his father's ad job in the later seasons.



* TheUnfavorite: Dre is openly disappointed in him and often bullies him as a result, his siblings generally think of him as a loser and even his own mother can't help but mock him at times.

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* TheUnfavorite: Dre is openly disappointed in him and often bullies him as a result, his siblings generally think of him as a loser and even his own mother can't help but mock him at times.loser. Though this started to stop later seasons as Dre becomes more proud of him.
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Rick Fox is black.


* AmbiguouslyBrown: [[RunningGag Rick Fox MIGHT be her father.]]
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->'''Played By''': Anthony Anderson

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->'''Played By''': Anthony Anderson
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->'''Played By''': Tracee Ellis Ross and Arica Himmel (in Mixed- ish)

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->'''Played By''': Tracee {{Creator/Tracee Ellis Ross Ross}} and Arica Himmel {{Creator/Arica Himmel}} (in Mixed- ish)



->'''Played By''': Yara Shahidi

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->'''Played By''': Yara Shahidi
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->'''Played By''': Marcus Scribner

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->'''Played By''': Marcus Scribner
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->'''Played By''': Miles Brown

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->'''Played By''': Miles Brown
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->'''Played By''': Marsai Martin

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->'''Played By''': Marsai Martin
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->'''Played By''': Jenifer Lewis

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->'''Played By''': Jenifer Lewis
{{Creator/Jenifer Lewis}}



->'''Played By''': Anna Deavere Smith and Tika Sumpter (In Mixed- ish)

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->'''Played By''': Anna {{Creator/Anna Deavere Smith Smith}} and Tika Sumpter {{Creator/Tika Sumpter}} (In Mixed- ish)

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->'''Played By''': Creator/RashidaJones
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* AttentionWhore: Santamonica loves being the center of attention. When Johan breaks his arm and starts getting more attention than her, she acts out, even pulling on the fire alarm at school to get others to notice her.
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->'''Played By''': Creator/DaveedDiggs Ethan William Childress ( In Mixed-ish)

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->'''Played By''': Creator/DaveedDiggs And Ethan William Childress ( In Mixed-ish)

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->'''Played By''': Tracee Ellis Ross

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->'''Played By''': Tracee Ellis Ross
Ross and Arica Himmel (in Mixed- ish)



->'''Played By''': Beau Bridges

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->'''Played By''': Beau BridgesBridges and Creator/MarkPaulGosselaar (In Mixed- Ish)



->'''Played By''': Creator/DaveedDiggs

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->'''Played By''': Creator/DaveedDiggsCreator/DaveedDiggs Ethan William Childress ( In Mixed-ish)


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->'''Played By''': Anna Deavere Smith

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->'''Played By''': Anna Deavere SmithSmith and Tika Sumpter (In Mixed- ish)

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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Although never specified, Bow and her siblings are all played by actors who are notable for being Black and Jewish.



* InformedJudaism: Although never specified, Bow and her siblings are all played by actors who are notable for being Black and Jewish.



[[folder: Daphne Lito]]

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* AesopAmnesia: No matter how many times he learns he shouldn't bully Junior, or that his mother isn't the saint he's convinced himself she is, it never seems to sink in.



* CharacterDevelopment: Steadily becomes a more respected and capable person as the series goes on, becoming his student body president, getting a girlfriend, and stepping up as TheReliableOne after Zoey leaves for college.

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* CallingTheOldManOut: As the series goes on, he gets more comfortable standing up to Dre.
* CharacterDevelopment: Steadily becomes a more respected and capable person as the series goes on, becoming his student body president, getting a girlfriend, and stepping up as TheReliableOne after Zoey leaves for college. He also gets more willing to call Dre on his crap.
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* BigEater: Food is one of his greatest pleasures in life, so much so that it was all he took with him when he was forced to evacuate his office. He's quite overweight as a result, and Bow notes he has lots of health issues such as his heart stopping twice a night.

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* BigEater: Food is one of his greatest pleasures in life, so much so that it was all he took with him when he was forced to evacuate his office. He's quite overweight as a result, and Bow notes he has lots of health issues such as his heart stopping twice a night. It is implied that his mother spoiled him with large bounties of unhealthy foods high in calories and fat since his childhood.
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->'''Played By''': Daveed Diggs

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->'''Played By''': Daveed DiggsCreator/DaveedDiggs
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* MixedAncestry: Her father is white and her mother is black.

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* MixedAncestry: Her father is white and her mother is black. The subject matter gives name for a prequel focused on her childhood.

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* MadBomber: She once sunken Pop's houseboat with a bundle of dynamite.



* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: She's a racist to Mexicans and homophobic. She is also dismissive of Bow [[HalfBreedDiscrimination for being half-black]].
** One conversation with Bow reveals that she prefers her doctors to be [[JewishDocotor White Jewish Males]].

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* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: She's a racist to Mexicans and homophobic. She is also dismissive of Bow [[HalfBreedDiscrimination for being half-black]].
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half-black]]. One conversation with Bow reveals that she prefers her doctors to be [[JewishDocotor White Jewish Males]]. Males. It was also revealed she stolen a television from Mason's Korean grandmother during the LA riots.
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* BigEater: Food is one of his greatest pleasures in life, so much so that it was all he took with him when he was forced to evacuate his office.

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* BigEater: Food is one of his greatest pleasures in life, so much so that it was all he took with him when he was forced to evacuate his office. He's quite overweight as a result, and Bow notes he has lots of health issues such as his heart stopping twice a night.

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* ObnoxiousInLaws: To a lesser extent, while he and Bow clash on their opinions between what is old-fashioned or modern, he does respect her more than Ruby does and finds her to be good for Dre.



* TheFundamentalist

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* TheFundamentalistTheFundamentalist: She has an intense devotion to her religion, is pretty close-minded, and invokes the name of God despite not being a particularly Christian person.



* ItsAllAboutMe: Her reactions to things often involve how they would affect her, she freaked out when the kids started ordering out or preparing their own food rather than eating her own food.



* NoIndoorVoice

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* NoIndoorVoiceNoIndoorVoice: She is very loud, to say the least.


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** One conversation with Bow reveals that she prefers her doctors to be [[JewishDocotor White Jewish Males]].


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* LipstickLesbian: She has a very feminine appearance and is a Lesbian.

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* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: She's a racist to Mexicans and homophobic. She is also dismissive of Bow [[HalfBreedDiscrimination for being half-black]].



* DaddysGirl: Her relationship to Pops mirrors Dre's relationship to Ruby.



* NewAgeRetroHippie

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* NewAgeRetroHippieHippieParents: One of these with Paul.



* NewAgeRetroHippie

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* NewAgeRetroHippieHippieParents: One of these with Alicia.



* HippieParents



* NewAgeRetroHippie: He takes after his parents the most out of his siblings.



* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy

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* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuyPrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: To Dre and Charlie's annoyance.
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[[folder: Connor Stevens]]
->'''Played By''': Nelson Franklin

Mr. Stevens' son hired through nepotism. An incredibly amoral man who has almost certainly killed multiple people.
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* DaddysLittleVillain: Rare male example. His father protects him from the consequences of all his actions and doesn't try to get him to stop so much as be smarter about hiding them.
* TheSociopath: Connor does not go to great lengths to hide the many crimes he's committed and never seems to regret it for a moment.
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* CosmicPlaything: Nothing ever goes right for him and nobody likes him, from his coworkers to his dates to his family.
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* GenderBlenderName: It takes a while for his employees to learn his first name is "Leslie". When they do, there's some laughter over it.
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[[folder: Leslie Stevens]]
->'''Played By''': Peter Mackenzie

Co-founder of Stevens & Lido and Dre's first boss in the show.
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* PointyHairedBoss: Stevens starts out seeming mostly competent but as time goes on he seems to achieve less and less in the office, especially once Daphne comes into the picture.
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[[folder: Daphne Lito]]
->'''Played By''': Wanda Sykes

Ex-wife of Lido, Stevens & Lido's co-founder. Takes his name and share of the company in the divorce, and owns a controlling interest in the company.
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* {{Determinator}}: Daphne is so committed to being on top of every situation that when proven wrong she will suddenly take up the other side of the argument and act like the other person was arguing her wrong point of view the whole time.
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* PutOnABus: Leaves Stevens & Lido for a better job after Daphne takes over because he felt unappreciated.
* TheBusCameBack: Returns to Stevens & Lido when Daphne acquires a controlling interest in the company he moved on to.
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Patriarch of the family. A rather over-dramatic who ''will'' make any issue about race.

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Patriarch of the family. A rather over-dramatic man who ''will'' make any issue about race.
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* HappilyMarried: To Bow. While jokes are occasionally made about their marriage being on the rocks, they're regularly shown to be a perfect match for each other and always manage to overcome whatever problems they face in their relationship.

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* HappilyMarried: To Bow. While jokes are occasionally made about they have their marriage being on the rocks, rough patches here and there, they're regularly shown to be a perfect match for each other and always manage to overcome whatever problems they face in their relationship.



* HappilyMarried: To Dre. While jokes are occasionally made about their marriage being on the rocks, they're regularly shown to be a perfect match for each other and always manage to overcome whatever problems they face in their relationship.
* HippieParents: Her parents live in a van, for starters. One that's powered by human feces.

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* HappilyMarried: To Dre. While jokes are occasionally made about they have their marriage being on the rocks, rough patches here and there, they're regularly shown to be a perfect match for each other and always manage to overcome whatever problems they face in their relationship.
* HippieParents: Her parents live in a van, for starters. One that's powered by human feces. Bow herself has shades of this, being a bit more lenient and looser in her parenting style than Dre is.



* MommasBoy: As if to compensate for his rocky relationship with Dre, he tends to cling to Bow. While Bo is generally happy to accommodate him, even she can find the attention he gives her to be a bit much.
* NerdsSpeakKlingon: Speaks Dothraki.

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* MommasBoy: As if to compensate for his rocky relationship with Dre, he tends to cling to Bow. While Bo Bow is generally happy to accommodate him, even she can find the attention he gives her to be a bit much.
* NerdsSpeakKlingon: Speaks Dothraki.[[Series/GameOfThrones Dothraki]].



[[folder: Earl Johnson]]

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[[folder: Earl 'Pops' Johnson]]



Dre's mom. A Jesus freak with some less than christian habits.

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Dre's mom. A Jesus freak with some less than christian Christian habits.



* HiddenDepths: Used to live in New York and [[ActorAllusion was a backup singer for Bette Middler, even appearing in the movie Beaches.]]

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* HiddenDepths: Used to live in New York and [[ActorAllusion was a backup singer for Bette Middler, Middler]], even appearing in the movie Beaches.]]''Beaches''.



* HollywoodAtheist: Which caused a riff between him and the rest of the family in "God".

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* HollywoodAtheist: Which caused a riff rift between him and the rest of the family in "God".



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* SiblingYinYang: With both Bow and Joahan

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* SiblingYinYang: With both Bow and JoahanJohan.

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