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** In UFO No You Didn’t, Tina believes aliens are coming to end the world and (deeply) kisses both Jimmy Jr. and Zeke. When it’s revealed the world is not about to end, Zeke asks for another kiss.

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* TheBadGuyWins: After getting his shirt smeared by accident by Louise and Gene, he actually manages to punish Gene (but lets Louise go because Gene protected her from him) without even getting an earful from an adult.

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* TheBadGuyWins: After getting his shirt smeared by accident by Louise and Gene, Gene in "Large Brother Where Fart Thou", he actually manages to punish Gene (but lets Louise go because Gene protected her from him) without even getting an earful from an adult.adult.
* TheBully: Generally acts this way towards Louise, but [[spoiler: apparently has this reputation towards others as he used to also pick on Rudy's cousin Mandy, and likewise, other kids at his high school aren't fond of him because of his attitude.]]



* {{Jerkass}}: He is an unpleasant person who mocks Louise, once called his mom a bitch, and has one awful attitude.
* NotSoDifferent: Logan doesn't exactly have the best relationship with his mother Cynthia, as seen in "Mother Daughter Laser Razor", much like Louise. He also willingly plays along with her plan to fake a stomachache in order to escape from the punishment room later in the episode (although this could have been more a sign of his desperation).

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* {{Jerkass}}: He is an unpleasant person who mocks Louise, once called his mom a bitch, and has one awful attitude.
attitude.[[spoiler: In fact, he's not popular at all even among those in his high school, as his friends don't really support him, and in Season 9's "Better Off Sled" features three of the sports teams from his school all gladly joined together to gang up against him as Rudy's cousin Mandy said that they "all wanted to throw snowballs at Logan".]]
* NotSoDifferent: Minor example between him and Louise, as Logan doesn't exactly have the best relationship with his mother Cynthia, as seen in "Mother Daughter Laser Razor", much like Louise. He also willingly plays along with her plan to fake a stomachache in order to escape from the punishment room later in the episode (although this could have been more a sign of his desperation). They become less NotSoDifferent overtime with Louise's relationship with Linda gradually becoming stronger, whereas Logan's attitude with his mother seems to remain stagnant and poor.



* WouldHurtAChild: Logan has no problems about giving a Reserve Norwegian Stinkhold to an 11-year-old.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Logan has no problems about giving a Reserve Norwegian Stinkhold to an 11-year-old.11-year-old and was willing to do the same to a 9-year-old until said 11-year-old protected her.
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->'''Voiced by''': John Michael Higgins

Courtney Wheeler's dad, an eccentric, somewhat ambitious and pushy jingle composer who Gene initially tried to get on good terms with prior to breaking up with his daughter. However afterwards Doug became something of an atagonist depending on the episode.

* LaxativePrank: [[spoiler: In Season 9's "Roller? I Hardly Know Her!" He conspired with Gene to try and give his friend Alex Papasian diarrhea by feeding him something with sesame, his allergy, to make him avoid roller dancing with Courtney and have Gene take his place, but thankfully Gene didn't go through with it.]]
* PunchClockVillain: Depending on the episode, Doug isn't an unpleasant guy, but when it comes to certain things like producing and roller-dancing his attitude gets noticeably worse.
* StageMom: Acts like this sometimes towards Courtney though she seems more annoyed than negatively affected by it.

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** In "Nightmare On Ocean Avenue," he calls his handyman rival a "handsome bastard," then has a conversation with Bob about how the other handyman has a great body.

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** In "Nightmare On Ocean Avenue," he calls Glenn, his handyman rival rival, a "handsome bastard," then has a conversation with Bob about how the other handyman Glenn has a great body.
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** In "Nightmare On Ocean Avenue," he calls his handyman rival a "handsome bastard," then has a conversation with Bob about how the other handyman has a great body.
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** ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: Of the first variety (imposing wife, meeker husband)

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* ButtMonkey: Frequently, he's treated poorly by his friends, whether they take advantage of his generosity or his advice ignored even when it's actually helpful.



* DoesNotLikeSpam: He spits out a veggie burger when he's tricked into eating it.

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* DoesNotLikeSpam: There are few foods he doesn't like.
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** He's not very fond of sushi.
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** Subverted in the season 5 finale. He seems to be willing to raise everyone's rent, and then just wants to cause great trouble for the Belchers, until it's revealed that he just feels slightly abandoned by Bob and wants to be friendlier.

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** Subverted Zig-zagged in the season 5 finale. He seems to be willing to raise everyone's rent, and then just wants to cause great trouble for the Belchers, until it's revealed that he just feels slightly abandoned by Bob and wants to be friendlier. The rent hike, on the other hand, really was him being greedy and wanting to install a pool on his estate to attract women, but he's also willing to "postpone" that for a year or two.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: In "Bob Day Afternoon":
-->'''Mr. Frond''': Why would you do a job without Rodney?! You stupid idiot!

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: In "Bob Day Afternoon":
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He's repeatedly shown to be a job without Rodney?! You stupid idiot!jerk who just pretends to care for the kids in order to make a name for himself.
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* PottyFailure: He is revealed to be the Mad Pooper (or the Butt-ler) in "Broadcast Wagstaff School News" -- the first time was accident, the second time was for fun, then it was an accident again, and so on, but after that [[HeartwarmingMoments he did it for Tina]].

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* PottyFailure: He is revealed to be the Mad Pooper (or the Butt-ler) in "Broadcast Wagstaff School News" -- the first time was accident, the second time was for fun, then it was an accident again, and so on, but after that [[HeartwarmingMoments he did it for Tina]].Tina.



* ShipTease: Arguably done with Tina in "Midday Run". When she [[spoiler: helps him get the mascot costume, [[Main/ItMakesSenseInContext so he could entertain his grandma before her surgery]]]] he is touched by this and says

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* ShipTease: Arguably done with Tina in "Midday Run". When she [[spoiler: helps him get the mascot costume, [[Main/ItMakesSenseInContext [[ItMakesSenseInContext so he could entertain his grandma before her surgery]]]] he is touched by this and says
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* HotTeacher: She's a rather pretty woman, and Linda and especially Bob think so, whom calls her 'ridiculously attractive'.

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* HotTeacher: She's a rather pretty woman, and Linda and especially Bob think so, whom so; Bob calls her 'ridiculously attractive'.
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** This is reinforced by Tina's recurring dream in which Jimmy Jr. (her primary love interest) and Zeke switch heads. What's up with that?
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** While he is thrilled to fill-in for Linda as a waiter at the restaurant during rush hour, he is so inept at it that he didn't take note of table numbers or anything that might help, instead trusting his vague memory of the customers' appearances. To Bob's chagrin, Teddy's system amounts to remembering descriptions like "the guy with dark glasses" which don't help narrow down where the orders are meant to go.

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** While he is thrilled to fill-in fill in for Linda as a waiter at the restaurant during rush hour, he is so inept at it that he didn't take note of table numbers or anything that might help, instead trusting his vague memory of the customers' appearances. To Bob's chagrin, Teddy's system amounts to remembering descriptions like "the guy with dark glasses" which don't help narrow down where the orders are meant to go.

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** When he is so thrilled to fill-in for Linda as a waiter at the restaurant during rush hour, he is so inept at it that he didn't note down the table number but is trying to serve while having memorized the looks of the customers. To Bob's chagrin, Teddy's system is so bad because just remembering "the guy with dark glasses" meant many in there at the time.

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** When While he is so thrilled to fill-in for Linda as a waiter at the restaurant during rush hour, he is so inept at it that he didn't take note down the of table number but is trying to serve while having memorized the looks numbers or anything that might help, instead trusting his vague memory of the customers. customers' appearances. To Bob's chagrin, Teddy's system is so bad because just amounts to remembering descriptions like "the guy with dark glasses" which don't help narrow down where the orders are meant many in there at the time.to go.



* StepfordSmiler: A look at Teddy's adult life is actually kind of depressing. He says he likes letting the Belcher kids keep their bikes in his garage because it lets him pretend he has kids of his own (specifically,
an older kid and a pair of twins). At the same time, he's usually optimistically upbeat about things, and he seems to be doing okay for himself.

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* StepfordSmiler: A look at Teddy's adult life is actually kind of depressing. He says he likes letting the Belcher kids keep their bikes in his garage because it lets him pretend he has kids of his own (specifically,
(specifically an older kid and a pair of twins). At the same time, he's usually optimistically upbeat about things, and he seems to be doing okay for himself.

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** Occasionally reveals his attraction to Bob's wife Linda. She seems aware of it and tries to let him down gently.



* HiddenDepths: In spite of his sometimes spotty intellect, he was able to assemble a giant, functional Van de Graaf generator in high school (and later provide it for Louise's science fair project). He's also very competent as a contractor, and a surprisingly able babysitter. As long as his back doesn't act up, that is.

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* HiddenDepths: In spite of his sometimes spotty intellect, he was able to assemble a giant, functional Van de Graaf generator in high school (and later provide provides it for Louise's science fair project). He's also very competent as a contractor, and a surprisingly able babysitter. As long as his back doesn't act up, that is.



* StepfordSmiler: A look at Teddy's adult life is actually kind of depressing. He says he likes letting the Belcher kids keep their bikes in his garage because it lets him pretend he has kids of his own. Specifically, he's got an older kid and a pair of twins. At the same time, he's usually optimistically upbeat about things, and he seems to be doing okay for himself.

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* StepfordSmiler: A look at Teddy's adult life is actually kind of depressing. He says he likes letting the Belcher kids keep their bikes in his garage because it lets him pretend he has kids of his own. Specifically, he's got own (specifically,
an older kid and a pair of twins.twins). At the same time, he's usually optimistically upbeat about things, and he seems to be doing okay for himself.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The other faculty members and teachers aren't fond of him and it's implied he doesn't actually have any friends. They never invite him to Ms. La Bonz's "Martini Tuesday" for this reason. He seems to think he and Principal Spoors are friends, but all evidence shows that Spoors only tolerates Frond at best and that tolerance is limited.

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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The other faculty members and teachers aren't fond of him and it's implied he doesn't actually have any friends. They never invite him to Ms. La Bonz's "Martini Tuesday" for this reason.reason (he goes on to later reveal that he does not drink and likes to criticize others when they get tipsy, and of course, he does not understand why this would cause others to not want to hang around him while drinking after work). He seems to think he and Principal Spoors are friends, but all evidence shows that Spoors only tolerates Frond at best and that tolerance is limited.
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* OnlyFriend: The only person shown to actually like Tammy, who annoys even her own family.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Many times he gets involved in something, but only for the sake of his dancing. He ran for student president just so he can decide what music plays. He became a magician just to show off his dancing. He appears to be even this for dancing, as he never actually takes lessons and just dances based on how he feels, like when he tried slow dancing, something that's done with two people, by himself.

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* FullNameBasis: Never referred to by anything other than his full name.


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* TheFriendNoOneLikes: He's not very well liked by the people who associate with him. Despite paying his rent on time, he's been known to annoy Mr. Fischoeder. A meat vendor he relied on in "They Serve Horses, Don't They?" admitted to Bob that he didn't like him and Pesto invites himself to his birthday party. Hugo Habercore and Chuck Charles associate with him due to their mutual hate for Bob, but even they have their limits with him. The only person who genuinely enjoys him is Trev, but even he has his limits and is a nicer person when his boss isn't around.
* FullNameBasis: Never referred to by anything other than his full name.


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* KarmaHoudini: Never gets his comeuppance for helping the Pestos cheat and destroying the evidence "Family Fracas" or harassing Bob throughout "Best Burger".

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* LethalChef: His food is bad enough to give two people food poisoning, and the burger he makes during a cooking competition is so bad that the judges aren't able to make it through a single bite before spitting it out. Mickey the bank robber even describes his pizza as the worst he's ever had in his life. Played with to a degree, as he is heavily implied to not do most of the cooking at his own restaurant, instead relying on a hired kitchen staff, resulting in the food generally being of higher quality than if he himself had made it.

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* LethalChef: His food is bad enough to give two people food poisoning, and the burger he makes during a cooking competition is so bad that the judges aren't able to make it through a single bite before spitting it out. Mickey the bank robber even describes his pizza as the worst he's ever had in his life. Played with to a degree, as he is heavily implied to not do most of the cooking at his own restaurant, instead relying on a hired kitchen staff, resulting in the food generally being of higher quality than if he himself had made it.it, though still not very liked.
* NonActionGuy: While ''Bob's Burgers'' isn't known for high quality fight scenes, the one time he and Bob get into a fist fight ends with both of them exhausted quickly and leaning on each other for support.
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* EvilCounterpart: She's Louise without her manipulative prowess or slight sense of right and wrong. To drive the point home, when we first met Millie she is dressed in a bunny costume with ears that won't stand upright. Contrast this to Louise who wears normal clothes and a bunny ears hat which are always upright. However, by her second appearance, her manipulative prowess has become ''much'' better and she utilized Louise's paranoia to pull a WoundedGazelleGambit and make herself beloved by their classmates.

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* EvilCounterpart: She's Louise without her manipulative prowess or slight sense of right and wrong. To drive the point home, when we first met Millie she is dressed in a bunny costume with ears that won't stand upright. Contrast this to Louise who wears normal clothes and a bunny ears hat which are always upright. However, by her second appearance, her manipulative prowess has become ''much'' better (albeit, still not nearly as skilled as Louise, who managed to outwit her into revealing her plan and nearly killing another student) and she utilized Louise's paranoia to pull a WoundedGazelleGambit and make herself beloved by their classmates.
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* DontExplainTheJoke: Whenever Jimmy makes a joke at Bob, Trev explains the context of it, annoying him.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Not fond of Jimmy Pesto making an apparent joke about mental illness.
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-->'''Mr. Ambrose:''' Breaking school property? Definitely don't do that. [whispers] ''Do that! Do that!''
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* AmbiguousDisorder: In his first appearance, though it's quietly dropped in "Wharf Horse".

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* AmbiguousDisorder: In his first appearance, though it's quietly dropped in "Wharf Horse".He has some violent mood swings that occur.

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* FriendlyEnemy: Tina is still very cordial with her, which angers Tammy.

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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: She's often seeing hanging out with Jocelyn, Jimmy Jr and Zeke, but neither one of them appear to be all that fond of her.
* FriendlyEnemy: Tina is still very cordial with her, which angers Tammy. However, this is later subverted when Tina starts actively fighting back against her, but this doesn't stop them from working together when it's needed.



* {{Jerkass}}: Blackmails her friends on a frequent basis, and a total stuck up and not a nice person in general, as she finds doing mean things to people hilarious and when push comes to shove, Tammy would rather help herself even when her friends or other things important to her friends are on the line.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Blackmails her friends Tina on a frequent basis, and is a total stuck up up, a spoiled rotten brat, and not a nice person at all in general, as she finds doing mean things to people hilarious and when push comes to shove, Tammy would rather help herself even when her friends or other things important to her friends are on the line.



** In fact, her parents are pretty much the exact opposite of the Belcher parents Bob and Linda, whom pretty much go through hell for their kids, as in "Sleeping With The Frenemy" Tammy's father showed and stated that he wasn't willing to take a medevac to retrieve his daughter when she was left behind from a cruise because of his airsickness, and the mother didn't seem that bothered by it.

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** In fact, her parents are pretty much the exact opposite of the Belcher parents Bob and Linda, whom pretty much go through hell for their kids, as in "Sleeping With The Frenemy" Tammy's father showed and stated that he wasn't willing to take a medevac to retrieve his daughter when she was left behind from a cruise because of his airsickness, and the Tammy's mother didn't seem that bothered by it. their daughter being left behind.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Tammy acts like she's a super popular AlphaBitch, but it seems the one person who's both aware of her and actually ''likes'' her is Jocelyn, and even she doesn't seem to like Tammy very much.
* SpoiledBrat: Is yelling at her mom over the phone in "Mazel Tina", and at her rabbi. And in general she feels entitled to anything she wants, is used to a cushy-life style while she makes fun of others who don't have what she has, has high standards and doesn't even know what the word 'work' means.



* TheRival: To Tina, though she's actively more aggressive than Tina
* SmallNameBigEgo: Tammy acts like she's a super popular AlphaBitch, but it seems the one person who's both aware of her and actually ''likes'' her is Jocelyn, and even she doesn't seem to like Tammy very much.
* SpoiledBrat: Is yelling at her mom over the phone in "Mazel Tina", and at her rabbi. And in general she feels entitled to anything she wants, is used to a cushy-life style while she makes fun of others who don't have what she has, has high standards and doesn't even know what the word 'work' means.
* UngratefulBitch: In 'Sleeping With The Frenemy' while Tina had an ulterior motive to get her generosity Thundergirl badge, it was pretty darn generous of her to let Tammy stay at her house while she was accidentally left behind when her parents went on their cruise, however, Tammy acts like a complete brat and criticizes everything the Belchers do for her, including Linda's cooking and when Bob dries out her hair, and not once is appreciative of their efforts.

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* TheRival: To Tina, though she's actively more aggressive than Tina
* SmallNameBigEgo: Tammy acts like she's a super popular AlphaBitch, but it seems the one person who's both aware of her and actually ''likes'' her is Jocelyn, and even she doesn't seem to like Tammy very much.
* SpoiledBrat: Is yelling at her mom over the phone
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* UngratefulBitch: In 'Sleeping With The Frenemy' while Tina had an ulterior motive to get her generosity Thundergirl badge, it was pretty darn generous of her to let Tammy stay at her house while she was accidentally left behind when her parents went on their cruise, however, Tammy acts like a complete brat and criticizes everything the Belchers do for her, including Linda's cooking and when Bob dries out her hair, and not once is appreciative of their efforts. efforts or for the fact that they opened her into their home (reluctantly, but still).
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** In the same episode, Jimmy Jr. also mention that two people came down with food poisoning after eating scampi from his restaurant.

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: She desires to be "friends" with a girl who is both terrified and annoyed with her.

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** In the same episode, his sons also mention that two people came down with food poisoning after eating scampi from his restaurant.

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** In "Best Burger", when the judges try his burger they all spit it out, and he comes in last place.

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** In "Best Burger", when the judges try his burger they all spit it out, and he comes in last place. Justifed as he put in a lot of oregano in the burger, and left it under a heating lamp for a bit of time, making it completely inedible as a result.



* {{Jerkass}}: He's not really shown to have any redeeming qualities. Along with antagonizing Bob, he is generally shown to be a bad person.

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* {{Jerkass}}: He's not really shown to have any redeeming qualities. Along with antagonizing Bob, he is generally shown to be a bad person. In fact in The Oeder Games, he was still considering throwing a balloon at Bob (doing so would hike up the latter's rent by $50), but had to be forced by the mob to do so.



** In Season 4, he used the same Football star Bob used to make a commercial, and steal potential customers from Bob. However, Gene's Super Bowel actually caused the plumbing to flood the entire restaurant, forcing Pesto to close it for the day.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He seems to have a genuine liking to the Belchers.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He seems to have a genuine liking to the Belchers.Belchers, even if he does unethical things.
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* FatalFlaw: His inability and refusal to understand students and his massive ego are constantly getting in the way of his attempts to make a name for himself.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: He's usually a stickler when it comes to being a health inspector, to the point of becoming hostile at the slightest violation. However, he shows none of it when Jimmy Pesto has mold like Bob and only suggests cleaning it the same way he told Bob wouldn't work. He's willing to let it slide if the person in question shares his hate for Bob.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: He's usually a stickler when it comes to being a health inspector, to the point of becoming hostile at the slightest violation. However, he shows none of it when Jimmy Pesto has mold like Bob and only suggests cleaning it the same way he told Bob wouldn't work. He's willing to let it slide if the person in question shares his hate for Bob. The fact that Jimmy Pesto's shown to not care for fresh ingredients and people have even gotten food poisoning from him shows Hugo favors those who dislike Bob.
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* HateSink: He's either an egotistical jackass, a negligent and controlling father who shows no affection for any of his sons, or a petty bully to Bob.


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