History Characters / BojackHorsemanHollywooBusinesses

* IronicName: In a world where humans and {{Funny Animal}}s [[LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy coexist]], she's build up to be an actual reptile besides being Princess Carolyn's rival which would have been a case of AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance...only to then appear as an actual human. {{Subverted|Trope}} when taking into account the implications such a name carries.
* {{Jerkass}}: Constantly rubs her success in Princess Carolyn's face and is rarely geniunely nice to anyone.

* AllForNothing: Her campaign to bring [[spoiler:Bojack to justice does temporarily wreck his revived career and leads to him getting jailed for breaking and entering into his new home while drugged out. Come a year later, ''The Horny Unicorn'' comes out and Hollywoob has forgiven [=BoJack=] for his misdeeds, with potential career opportunities. The people who end up suffering the most are [=BoJack=]'s closest friends and family, who split up to find their happy endings away from him. Her only victory out of all this is that [=BoJack=] learns to let go of Diane and refuses to make her his ManicPixieDreamgirl]].

* HeroAntagonist: She's trying to dig up the truth about a celebrity who's evaded accountability for a long string of misdeeds. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: said celebrity is [=BoJack=], and her actions bring his whole life crashing down.]]

* SmallRoleBigImpact: She only appears in five episodes, but [[spoiler: she's directly responsible for [=BoJack=]'s misdeeds, [[MurderByInaction especially his involvement in Sarah Lynn's death]], being publically exposed]].
* StealthPun: She is a ruthless reporter bent on exposing people's secrets, and she's a pig. To put it simply: she squeals on people.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Paige disappears from the series after "Xerox of a Xerox", so we don't see how she reacts to [=BoJack=]'s near-suicide or [[EasilyForgiven him getting into the public's good graces again]]]].

* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only shows up in four episodes, but if it wasn't for him Paige [[spoiler: never would have gotten interested in discovering the truth behind Sarah Lynn's death in the first place]].

** It's made clear that she's pursuing the investigation of [[spoiler:Sarah Lynn's death]] because she wants the credit of breaking the story, but it's also made clear that the more Paige finds out about what happened to her [[spoiler:alongside Bojack's other misdeeds]] the more disgusted she gets. [[spoiler:She sounds legitimately shocked when Penny Carson reveals that Bojack was living with her family.]]
** [[spoiler:Her calling out of Biscuits Braxby's soft-pedaling journalism is a mix of both Braxby negating Paige's expose, and the fact that she's helping Bojack escape punishment.]]
** Paige shows she's not willing to fabricate evidence to get her story out. [[spoiler:When Biscuits Braxby states she can't just accuse Bojack of being culpable for Sarah Lynn's death without evidence to back it up, Paige is more than willing to get said evidence.]]
** She's willing to pursue [[spoiler:Penny to her house and enter without permission, but leaves when Charlotte asks her to. She even goes along with Charlotte claiming Paige and Max are "refrigerator repairmen." She gives Penny and Charlotte her contact info and then leaves it at that. She even makes sure Penny's not mentioned by name when Biscuits Braxby rakes Bojack over the coals during her second interview.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Paige is a glory hound sure, but the fact remains that she's exposing Bojack for allowing Sarah Lynn to die after he got away with it for over three seasons. Even if she's motivated by wanting to break the story, it's still noted that he deserved to be taken down for what he did. It helps that she ends up feeling disgusted when she sees the fuller scope of Bojack's actions.]]

%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: Irresponsibility. Needless to say, this doesn't endear her to Todd.

%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: Don't trespass his property. You'll regret it.

* AsYouKnow: Bordering in InfoDump. See CharacterFilibuster below.

* ExtracurricularEnthusiast: As evidenced above in CharacterFilibuster and {{Implied}}, it's not hard to imagine Mia as the kind of student who would get involved in every activity worth a scholarship.

* ThePeterPrinciple: See TheDilbertPrinciple above.

* TooMuchInformation: See AccidentalPervert above.

* MomentKiller: See InterruptedIntimacy above. And he doesn't even realize it.

* IronicName: In a world where humans and {{Funny Animal}}s [[LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy coexist]], she's build up to be an actual reptile besides being Princess Carolyn's rival which would have been a case of AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance...only to then appear as an actual human. {{Subverted|Trope}} when taking into account the implications such a name carries. See MeaningfulName below.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: See LeonineContract, LaserGuidedKarma below and DivorceAssetsConflict above to see why.

* OpportunisticBastard: Yes. He can still be your friend and all, but if he has a motive and he has an opening, he will stab you. Just take a look at FairWeatherFriend and {{Foreshadowing}} above. It's all within the game, and it's usually non-personal. Unfortunately, when ItsPersonal, people might not react well to the discovery or the fact that he could play them like that..

* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Unintentionally. See LastDisrespects above.

* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy:
-->'''Bojack''': Look, just give me one more week, and I will give you some pages that'll knock your ass back to the South Pole.
-->'''Pinky''': I'm from Cincinnati.

* CatchPhrase: "Byeeeeeeee" in a singsong voice.

* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Her treatment and dismissal of the two bird paparazzo who want to {{Blackmail}} [=BoJack=] would fall into KickTheDog, but those two are so inept, pathetic and cruel that it's kind of satisfying.
** [[spoiler: Her dealing with Princess Carolyn in the third season becomes this, since her way of doing it involves revealing Princess Carolyn's sabotage of a promotion to Laura, who had up to that point being a loyal friend to her.]]

* ADateWithRosiePalms: [[spoiler: The reason why he dies. To be fair, as Corduroy Jackson-Jackson calls attention to it, the "suffocating yourself while masturbating" thing is really risky if done wrong.]]

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Judah has an olive-tanned skin complexion but his ethnicity is not known.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: While not mentioned enough to be a true redeeming quality, her husband and children certainly occupy a special place in her heart. She also seems to take being a mother very seriously, [[spoiler:as she covers for Rutabaga while he goes to accompany his wife when she goes into labor.]]

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* DisappearedDad: He was one in the first season. He told Bojack he hasn't seen his kids in months because he's been hiding from loan sharks. He reunites with them in the season finale after Bojack's biography becomes a hit and his company begins to make money.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: With the success of Bojack's biography, not only the company is saved from bankruptcy, but Pinky is able to pay his debts and reunite with his children.

* TheMatchmaker: He was the reason why Bojack and Diane met, with the latter serving as the former's ghostwriter. It's a one-sided example, however.
** Unwittingly the second time, as he just wanted Bojack to meet his new boss.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: He's the first one to suggest that Bojack should do a second interview in Season 6 in [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS6E12XeroxOfAXerox Xerox of a Xerox]] - the second interview that ruins Bojack's public image, destroys most of his long-term friendships, ruins him financially and undoes all of his personal progress made during the season. [[TheDogBitesBack Ouch.]]]]

* CoincidentalBroadcast: Whenever Bojack or his friends have done anything infamous, Tom is always the first one to report on the news. [[note]] Well, unless A Ryan Seacrest Type and Some Lady manage to beat him to it. It varies from episode to episode[[/note]]

* WhoWritesThisCrap: Tom Jumbo Grumbo's response to the the [=MSNBSea=] news story being called "The Great Bojack Jerk-Off"

* WorstNewsJudgementEver: ''Constantly'', with the worst example being an important education bill before Congress gets interrupted by the "[[UnfortunateNames Jerk-off]]"[[note]] Bojack's fight against Neal [=McBeal=], the Navy SEAL[[/note]].

* WritersSuck: He's often blamed for things in the script that are non-sensical and for coming up with lame names like "[[UnfortunateNames Jerk-Off]]"[[note]] Bojack's fight against Neal [=McBeal=], the Navy SEAL[[/note]] for important news.

* AccidentalPervert: Poor, poor Laura. [[spoiler: She didn't really need to hear about one of Bojack and Princess Carolyn's...umm...[[AssShove sexual escapades]].]]

* BrokenPedestal: While she was originally willing to use her new job to help Princess Carolyn get Bojack a role in a blockbuster film, [[spoiler:upon learning that PC deliberately prevented her from being promoted she completely gave up on her.]]

* HypercompetentSidekick: To [=Bojack=] as his agent. Points where it's due. Then, again, this is Bojack we are talking about.

** Her treatment and dismissal of the two bird paparazzo who want to {{Blackmail}} Bojack would fall into KickTheDog, but those two are so inept, pathetic and cruel that it's kind of satisfying.

* AllForNothing: Her campaign to bring [[spoiler:Bojack to justice does temporarily wreck his revived career and leads to him getting jailed for breaking and entering into his new home while drugged out. Come a year later, ''The Horny Unicorn'' comes out and Hollywoob has forgiven Bojack for his misdeeds, with potential career opportunities. The people who end up suffering the most are Bojack's closest friends and family, who split up to find their happy endings away from him. Her only victory out of all this is that Bojack learns to let go of Diane and refuses to make her his ManicPixieDreamgirl]].

* HeroAntagonist: She's trying to dig up the truth about a celebrity who's evaded accountability for a long string of misdeeds. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: said celebrity is Bojack, and her actions bring his whole life crashing down.]]

** Sinclair is a subtle reference to the early 20th-century author and muckraker Upton Sinclair. He's most famous for publically exposing the horrible working and sanitary conditions in meat-packing and slaughterhouses in his book ''Literature/TheJungle'', causing the public outcry that prompted Congress to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act and food safety and health standards becoming strict federal law. [[spoiler: Paige is single-handedly responsible for publically exposing Bojack's misdeeds, leading to much public outrage]].

* SecretlySelfish: It's implied that while she genuinely wants to get justice for [[spoiler:Sarah Lynn]], she also wants the glory due to her for breaking the story. [[spoiler:When Bojack seems to circumvent the storm, she complains about him doing so and steering it in another direction]].

* SmallRoleBigImpact: She only appears in five episodes, but [[spoiler: she's directly responsible for Bojack's misdeeds, [[MurderByInaction especially his involvement in Sarah Lynn's death]], being publically exposed]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Paige disappears from the series after "Xerox of a Xerox", so we don't see how she reacts to Bojack's near-suicide or [[EasilyForgiven him getting into the public's good graces again]]]].
* YankTheDogsChain: She did have good intentions and ended up [[spoiler:successfully exposing Bojack's involvement in Sarah Lynn's death, which led to most of his ''other'' misdeeds being revealed. Then it turns out Bojack becomes bankrupt, breaks into his old house to drown himself in the pool, and is jailed for breaking and entering after the family that bought the house saves him; it's unknown if Paige felt any responsibility for Bojack becoming suicidal or for the children getting traumatized. To top it all off, ''The Horny Unicorn'' comes out a year later and everyone forgets about Bojack's misdeeds in Hollywoob, thanks to the 24-hour news cycle]]. We don't find out how she dealt with this offscreen.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: {{Averted|Trope}}.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Well, he's a penguin and his presence kickstarts the relationship and development between Bojack and Diane.

* AffablyEvil: Certainly one for camaraderie and with a penchant for butt jokes by the tons. [[spoiler:Doesn't change the fact that he's basically manipulating people into being barely paid slaves and buy into his crazy ideas.]]

* {{Bookends}}: The episode "Higher Love" begins and ends with a DeathBySex. [[spoiler: The first one is Ronnie, the second one is Corduroy.]]

* DeathBySex: A variation, in that [[spoiler: it's less the act and more the way he goes through with it that does him in.]]

* AnimalStereotypes: She's determined to root out the truth, like a truffle pig. However, counter to pig stereotypes she's glamorous, well-groomed and seems to be considered attractive in-universe.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Well, she's a female Avian.

%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * Berserk Button: Irresponsibility. Needless to say, this doesn't endear her to Todd.

* NumberTwo: For Creator/JDSalinger.
* OutGambitted: By Todd, of all people.

* StraightMan: To Todd's Wise Guy.

%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * Berserk Button: Don't trespass his property. You'll regret it.

* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: [[spoiler: Averted ''so'', ''so'' much.]]

* EvilMentor: His role in Shenanigags.

* BerserkButton: Irresponsibility. Needless to say, this doesn't endear her to Todd.

* BerserkButton: Don't trespass his property. You'll regret it.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Only by virtue of the show never actually saying so. Judah has a hard time understanding sarcasm and reading emotional cues, and admits himself that he often finds it difficult to engage in narratives. This has lead many fans to theorize he may be on the autism spectrum. Alluded to by Katrina in season 4, when she refers to him as "Film/RainMan-Bun".

* AgeGapRomance: An implied version. [[spoiler:He and Princess Carolyn get married in the series finale but while the latter is in her late forties to early fifties, the former looks closer to his thirties, possibly forties.]]

* NiceHat: Wears a Bicorn as part of his Napoleon get-up after [[spoiler: he takes control of Vigor.]]

** [[TheKlutz Charlie Witherspoon]] is probably the last person in Vigor one could call a great employee. [[spoiler:Yet once his father dies, he takes the reins of the company, and in a twist, he turns out to be competent at leading, unlike [[ThePeterPrinciple Princess Carolyn]].]]

* DawnOfAnEra: [[spoiler:Under Charlie's leadership, Vigor seems to be keeping itself afloat without any problems. The fact that Charlie is hiring seasoned veterans in the field as support is ''really'' paying off.]]
* TheDilbertPrinciple: [[spoiler: If the promotion of the incompetent Charlie Witherspoon to agent after a pretty lousy career as a secretary just because he's the boss' son is any indication]], people like [[spoiler: Princess Carolyn]] or [[spoiler: Rutabaga]] are less likely to make it on their own terms, unless they have some contacts.
* EndOfAnEra: [[spoiler: With Mr. Witherspoon having a stroke and eventually dying from it; Princess Carolyn, Rutabaga, Lora and Stewart quitting the place to move to greener pastures, and Charlie being left to run the company, things are not looking up for Vigor's future.]]

* {{Nepotism}}: [[spoiler: The only reason Mister Witherspoon's son Charlie is able to get a job there and move up the hierarchy.]]

* VestigialEmpire: [[spoiler:{{Averted|Trope}}. As it turns out, putting Charlie out in the battlefield with little to no experience was a tactical mistake, since he's more capable in the analytical side; ergo: making him the head of Vigor turns out to be the right choice.]]

* DotingParent: To his son, Charlie. He supports him in every way, gives him a job and congratulates him in the small things he does. It would be sweet if Charlie wasn't a NervousWreck incompetent who's climbing the ladder way faster than Princess Carolyn or Rutabaga.

* {{Nepotism}}: At the beginning of the second season, his son Charlie (who in season 1 was a neurotic, incompetent intern) has been promoted to a higher-floor agent.
* VicariouslyAmbitious: For his son, Charlie. ''Maybe'' a little too much.

[[folder:Charlie Witherspoon]]

[[caption-width-right:237:Pictured: Charlie's normal state of mind.]]

* AChildShallLeadThem: He may be far from a child at this point, but Charlie has [[ManChild the right attitude]]. He's also Mr. Witherspoon's obvious choice for a successor [[spoiler:and true to the worst examples, Charlie is now the boss of Vigor with no clue of how to run the place. However, this turns out to be a blessing in disguise: Charlie is way more competent at leading than being a soldier in the field.]]

* AlasPoorScrappy: InUniverse. [[spoiler: While Princess Carolyn has nothing but disgust towards him, she ''cannot'' go through with the planned mocking, especially since Charlie's father has just been hospitalized. [[OpenMouthInsertFoot Rutebaga]], [[BurningTheShips on the other hand]]...]]

* FurryReminder: Being a tree frog, Charlie has adhesive fingers which glue themselves to everything (archive papers, the phone, lamps, etc.). This makes him incompetent at basic tasks and even more of a NervousWreck than he already is.
* KickTheDog: On the receiving end. [[spoiler: Rutebaga '''really''' should have thought better before accidentally [[DudeNotFunny insulting Charlie over his father's stroke]].]]
* KickedUpstairs: [[spoiler:Arguably. Charlie is no genius and he could probably cause less trouble in that position. The flaw is, Charlie was barely competent as a secretary. As an agent, ''he's nigh useless''. However, as the head of the company he seems to be faring OK.]]

* ManChild: It'd be a surprise if he was ever given a reason to grow up. Charlie was immensely coddled by his family's wealth, having attended Harvard and worked at the university's Lampoon mag. With the jump to Vigor, he's assigned to be an assistant, with his father praising every act he makes, even if he's clearly doing the worst juggling act in public. Beyond that, he had no idea of how to do his work properly, having to be told what to do and doing even that wrong. His promotion to boss seems to have toughened him up to a more functional man child, but still, you'll rarely find an agency boss dressed as Napoleon.

* {{Nepotism}}: Because he's Mr. Witherspoon's son, he is given a lot more leeway than usual. [[spoiler: At the beginning of the second season, Charlie (who in season 1 was a neurotic, incompetent intern) has been promoted to a higher-floor agent.]]

* SketchySuccessor: Mr. Witherspoon might disagree, but as far as the other employees are concerned, this trope is in full effect with Charlie. He has none of his father's cunning or business savviness and is an absolute klutz in any part of the agency he's assigned to, yet is expected to fill the role as future head of the company and groomed as such, even when better options like Princess Carolyn or Rutabaga are available. [[spoiler: With the passing of his father, Charlie surprisingly steps up to the plate as a competent boss, even if he's still as klutzy and thin-skinned as ever.]]

* TheLoad: While not nearly as bad as [[TheMillstone Charlie]], Princess Carolyn often has to work twice as hard to get things done despite Stewart's incompetence, or basically do his job for him. This is best exemplified in Season 4 when she asks him to change her flight when she's too busy to do it herself, only to have to walk him step-by-step through the whole thing, showing how much quicker and easier it would have been if she'd just done it herself. What's the point of having an assistant, again?

* LastDisrespects: Unintentionally, he ends up doing this towards Charlie and the hospitalized Mr. Witherspoon as a final "fuck you" gone wrong.

* InsaneTrollLogic: ''UpToEleven'' [[spoiler:When Stacy points out how weird it is that they both happen to have two halves of the same medallion after being SeparatedAtBirth from their long-lost twin after their parents divorced when they were babies, Stewart points out it's totally different -- he has the ''other'' half to her medallion. Stacy agrees, and Princess Carolyn is too preoccupied to correct him.]]

[[folder:Lora]]

* AccidentalPervert: Poor, poor Lora. [[spoiler: She didn't really need to hear about one of Bojack and Princess Carolyn's...umm...[[AssShove sexual escapades]].]]

* ButtMonkey: Competence aside, Lora is often subjected to uncomfortable or painful situations that come from being Princess Carolyn's secretary. Ironically, those never come directly from Carolyn herself, being a BenevolentBoss and all.
* BeleagueredAssistant: Downplayed, but still present. Lora can handle the pressures and demands of the job just fine. It's the madness and eccentricities in the workplace of Vigor that often pull her out of her depth. [[spoiler: It's implied she quit between seasons because of it.]]

* HypercompetentSidekick: While Princess Carolyn could handle everything on her own, it's clear she appreciates and is proud of the all the help Lora provides with her schedule and arrangements. As it turned out, [[spoiler:she was so good that Princess Carolyn deliberately sabotaged her attempts at getting promoted to ensure that she stuck around.]]