History Characters / BoJackHorsemanBeatriceHorseman

* ResentfulGuardian: She hates her son [=BoJack=] for ruining her figure and her life, along with being in a loveless marriage.

* KickTheMoralityPet: She genuinely appears to get on with Hollyhock, to [=BoJack=]'s concern (as she'd never been anything but cruel to him) but then [[spoiler:poisons Hollyhock's coffee with weight loss drugs because of her belief of her needing to lose weight. Once [=BoJack=] finds out, he abandons all pretenses of wanting to reconcile with his mother and sticks her in the worst nursing home he could find.]]

* InnocenceLost: Beatrice's childhood happened in the middle of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Her brother died in the war, and her father [[spoiler:had her grieving mother lobotomized]], exposing her to the cruelty of the world at a young age.

* BabyFactory: Her father Joseph expected her to marry a "good man from Columbia" during her college years, and tried to marry her of. She's not keen in becoming elite breeding livestock, so she proceeds to rebel in any way she can - which ends up leading to an unexpected pregnancy and a miserable marriage.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Season 4 reveals that this was the case with her; [[spoiler:she was a happy little girl in the 40's who watched her family fall apart following her brother's wartime death, culminating in her mother's breakdown, drunken endangerment of Beatrice in a car crash, and eventual lobotomy where Beatrice was told never to love anybody that much again. What little chance she had of recovering was crushed when her father callously burned her things in a fire, and threatened to lobotomize her just like her mother if she ever cried or showed too much emotion again.]]

** Criticized Hollyhock's weight [[spoiler: and spiked her coffee with weight loss amphetamines]] due to her father and peers criticizing her weight as a child and pressuring her to stay thin as possible.

* DefrostingIceQueen: At first, she wasn't a fan of Corbin Creamerman at all because of his awkward, dorky personality. However, she eventually realized that he isn't a bad guy at all and that they have quite a few things in-common... [[spoiler: and right after she started to like him, she found out that she is pregnant with [=BoJack=] by throwing up on Corbin.]]

* GrannyClassic: In a twisted way, yes. Beatrice's inability to care for herself and remember anything related to her past for long periods of time surprisingly mellows her out, to the point of being a decent grandmother to Hollyhock and even a nurturing mother to a plastic doll. This ''doesn't'' sit well with [=BoJack=], who remembers Beatrice way too well to believe her change for even a minute, much less humoring her sickness or let anyone believe this is how she always was.

** When she's [[spoiler: talking to Henrietta and convincing her to not have the child, it's practically the only time we ever see her show any kind of empathy or warmth towards someone else as an adult, with her imploring the girl not to make the same mistake she did and even offering to pay for her education as long as she gives up the baby.]]

** [[spoiler: When she's stricken with severe dementia and doesn't recognize [=BoJack=] anymore, we see that she actually did enjoy watching ''Horsin' Around'' and bragged to the others in the nursing home that her son was the star, but she never admitted this to [=BoJack=] willingly because it was a "dumb show" that starred her perceived disappointment of a son, so she decided she wasn't allowed to show enjoyment for it.]]

* WeightWoe: She was considered fat as a child and grew up with very high expectations for a woman's looks. This leads to her relying on "pretty pills" to help her stay thin as an adult and explains why she believes pregnancy ruined her body. She encourages this mentality to Hollyhock [[spoiler:to the point of secretly drugging her with those supplements to the point of overdose.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: It's quite easy to see where [=BoJack=] got his condescending attitude and hurtful snark from -- Beatrice reacts to most things with mean-spirited sarcasm delivered in a cutting tone.

->''"Here's your omelette. I'm sorry it's not as good as the omelets your secretary makes, but then you're not married to your secretary, are you?"''\\\

-->''"Here's your omelette. I'm sorry it's not as good as the omelets your secretary makes, but then you're not married to your secretary, are you?"''\\\

[[caption-width-right:210:"[[OneBadMother Don't sit too close to the T.V. It'll make you cruel]].]]

** BoJack reveals in "Free Churro” that [[spoiler:her corpse's face is pretty ghoulish, as the coroner couldn’t get her eyes shut not did Beatrice die quietly or gently]].

* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: Losing her memories due to senile dementia has allowed Beatrice to show a kinder, less toxic side of her; she's at worst snarky during [=BoJack=]'s and Hollyhock's visit and never reaches the levels of cruel condescension she usually showed to [=BoJack=].

* GuiltyPleasures: [[spoiler:Season 4 reveals that Beatrice secretly liked ''Horsin' Around'' more than she let on; bragging to everyone in the retirement home that that's the show her son is on, and joyously laughing at every line. She just felt she ''shouldn't'' like it since it wasn't up to the high standards her classical tastes and education dictated she should enjoy, nor the impossibly high standards she felt [=BoJack=] ''should'' aspire to after all the "''[[DefiledForever sacrifice]]''" she put in to raise him.]]
* HairstyleInertia: Ever since she was a little girl Beatrice’s hair has been worn in the exact same curled/braided style, up until she succumbs to dementia, where her curls appear undone and thinner likely due to her being too frail to keep up with it.

** After reading [=BoJack=]'s memoirs, she calls him up to apologize for being a horrible parent as well as the fact that he was genetically predestined to be a miserable wreck.

* HollywoodPudgy: As a little girl, Beatrice was bullied for being "fat", despite looking just a little chubby. Her father apparently told her she was just growing, although later on he shows optimism that her swollen throat from her scarlet fever could help her lose weight. Incidents like this lead Beatrice to develop WeightWoe that continues into young adulthood, as she relies on over the counter "pretty pills" to keep her slim figure.

* IHaveNoSon: After a faulty choir solo in school, Beatrice pretended not to know [=BoJack=], much less taking him home after the presentation. This almost led [=BoJack=] to have a NearRapeExperience when the professor he carpooled with tried to touch him. When [=BoJack=] made it home unscathed, Beatrice replied "Huh. I guess no one wants you."
* ImpoverishedPatrician: After running off with Butterscotch, Beatrice -- a former heiress -- is reduced to living in an average looking house on a working class salary. Butterscotch does eventually accept a job offer from Joseph, which eases things a bit. But [=BoJack=] reveals in Season 5 that [[spoiler:Butterscotch frittered away the last of her inheritance and left her in crippling debt after his death, forcing her to sell the house and her fancy jewelry and move into a retirement home, which is where she lives when the series proper begins.]]

* MockMillionaire: Even after apparently losing most of the family's fortune by marrying Butterscotch, Beatrice always made a big deal of her status as OldMoney to her friends whenever they'd encounter at social gatherings. She would even make little [=BoJack=] sing for them "The Lollipop Song" to keep up appearances, guilt-tripping him to act by way of emotional blackmail.

* NightmareFace: She makes a very scary face in season four, screaming in horror because [=BoJack=] had thrown a "baby" (actually a doll) off his balcony to spite her.

-->'''Beatrice''': The man sitting next to me was wearing a t-shirt, a t-shirt [=BoJack=], in the theater. The T-shirt told me to "just do it." I don't know to what "it" the T-shirt referred but I will not be spoken to in that tone by an article of clothing.

* PrincessInRags: Unaccustomed as she was to working class living conditions, Beatrice's pride worsened after having to rely on Butterscotch for income both because she didn't have the excessive energy needed to face the time period's discrimination toward working women (it still happens but the TheSeventies was more open about it, after all), being let down by Butterscotch's failure as a writer and refusing a cushy office job for her father (even comparing it to slavery), and because being an IdleRich, she had probably never worked in her life for money. Whenever she would encounter old friends at the club, she'd pretend to still be one of them despite her poor status. The resentment at having to rely on a working-class horse as well as her crushed expectations and separation from her lavished upbringing produced a hatred of him and [=BoJack=]. Butterscotch does eventually agree to get the cushy office job for Bea's father, and she uses this (as seen in a montage) to remodel the living room, hire maids, and buy a nicer outfit.
* ProudBeauty: She was an IndifferentBeauty in her youth and did not become this trope until after she believed her pregnancy “ruined her”. As a reference, how much she took notice of her appearance was always directly tied to how good she was doing in life: the less she was succeeding in the latter department, the more she'd focus on the former.

* RichKidTurnedSocialActivist: Subverted. She returned from college a liberal who expressed frustration with her rich upbringing and decried wealth inequality. However, instead of being genuine, Beatrice's struggles are presented as an attempt to rebel against the misogyny and vapid lifestyle of her peers without any real substance beyond what she thinks it involves. Once she gets a taste of the real commoner's life, she finds herself unable to cope with the lack of luxuries and becomes bitter, resentful and the kind of dissatisfied elitist she despised in the first place.

* SmokingIsCool: As a younger, more idealistic mare, she still smoked but because of her more sympathetic attitude and her insufferable situation, it's not portrayed as a bad thing, along with the fact the time period encouraged it.

* TheUnfavorite: As the girl and spare of the Sugarman family, she was this as her parents connected with [=CrackerJack=] more. Deconstructed but not in the usual way. When [=CrackerJack=] was alive, this didn't affect the family dynamics. But [=CrackerJack's=] death meant that she was a poor substitute to her parents; her mother couldn't emotionally handle the loss of her favorite child and her father viewed her as an inadequate heir.

* AbusiveMom: She was dismissive, manipulative, and even violent towards young [=BoJack=]. This continues even into his adulthood, with her dismissing him as a "clown" and openly blaming him for ruining her life by the mere fact of his birth. [=BoJack=] even claimed that she tried to drown him in a bathtub when he was ''22''.

* BerserkButton:
** Every reminder of her previous life before becoming a housewife just sets her off.
** Don't wear informal clothing in a theatre or demand anything from her in any way or form that seems disrespectful. She won't let you hear the end of it.

* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Agreed to sneak off from her debutante ball for a romp with Butterscotch because he convinced her it'd piss off her dad. [[SurprisePregnancy Then]] [[ShotgunWedding reality]] [[AwfulWeddedLife ensued.]]

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Although she's [[{{Jerkass}} far from]] [[RichBitch being nice]], she refused to abort [=BoJack=], due to the trauma of her baby doll being taken from her by her father and burned when she had scarlet fever as a child. [[spoiler:While she does encourage Henrietta not to keep her daughter, she does still have her carry Hollyhock to term and give her up for adoption.]]

* ALighterShadeOfGray: Initially. She was a sass-mouth in her younger years but miles more decent than [[TheBully Clamelia]] [[RichBitch Bloodsworth]], whom she despised.

* SimultaneousArcs: With her son [=BoJack=] in season 4. Short synopsis; [[AntiHero [=BoJack=]]] [[CharacterDevelopment ascends]], [[EvilMatriarch Beatrice]] [[StartOfDarkness descends]].

* SpiritedYoungLady: As a young woman, Beatrice rebels against certain social conventions but holds a level of graceful femininity, as she wears beautiful dresses and takes delight in dancing.

* IllGirl: Fell sick to scarlet fever during her youth, [[spoiler:which led to the traumatic experience of her toys and other possessions getting burned right in front of her in a ruthless gambit to prevent any further spread of the disease]]

* BourgeoisBumpkin: She grew up rich and lost most of her luxuries upon marrying Butterscotch. She quickly soured on the bohemian lifestyle she and Butterscotch romanticized and pushed him to get a cushy office job at the family company. This got some of her privilege back, but she still resents him for it and mourns how far she'd fallen.

* {{Jerkass}}: Her wealthy upbringing and haughty demeanor are just the icing on the cake. She's got a tight grip on Butterscotch, knowing exactly where to hurt his ego and talks quite openly about things that would be better be kept under wraps in front of the kids. Manipulative also doesn't even begin to describe her attitude towards other people's feelings.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Most of the time. Beatrice became a cold woman as an adult and the few times she had the opportunity to show a little compassion, she bared her heart of tin. For example, she makes [=BoJack=] a birthday breakfast...which just consists of an omelet she already made because he asked her. This was after having a verbal sparring with Butterscotch.