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* ArcVillain: One could argue he's the main antagonist of Season 5. On top of being a horribly smug {{Jerkass}} who has Gina perform gratuitous {{fanservice}} scenes, forces [=BoJack=] to do the same when he stands up for her, and takes credit for essentially having Diane write the entire story of ''Philbert'' for him, Flip's sheer incompetence as a director leads to [[spoiler:[=BoJack=] being allowed to do his own stunts, which causes him to develop a [[AddledAddict severe opioid addiction]] and nearly kill Gina in a drug-fueled rage -- an act Flip not only [[CallousnessTowardsEmergency dismisses with a sarcastic "oh, no"]], but asks the crew to ''keep filming''.]] At the end of the season, [[spoiler:when ''Philbert'' gets canned, Flip [[VillainousBreakdown quietly snaps]] and is never seen again.]]



* CallousnessTowardsEmergency: One of the most famous examples at that in adult cartoons.
-->'''Mr. Peanutbutter:''' I think he's... [[OhCrap really strangling her]].\\
'''Flip:''' Oh no! [[EnforcedMethodActing Turn the camera back on]]. [[invoked]]

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* CallousnessTowardsEmergency: One of [[spoiler:When filming a strangling scene for ''Philbert'', [=BoJack=] is [[AddledAddict under the most famous examples at that in adult cartoons.
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influence of drugs]] and has become LostInCharacter, so he ends up ''actually'' trying to strangle Gina. Rather than get help, Flip's response is to coldly resume shooting the scene, which could have seriously injured or even killed Gina if Mr. Peanutbutter didn't step in.]]
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Peanutbutter:''' I think he's... [[OhCrap really strangling her]].\\
'''Flip:''' Oh no! [[EnforcedMethodActing Turn the camera back on]]. ]] [[invoked]]



* PlagiarismInFiction: He lands himself in hot water when he uses a joke he read on a popsicle stick in his show, ''Philbert''.



* SanitySlippage: Always a little on the edge, but [[spoiler:after Philbert is canceled and Princess Carolyn leaves in the middle of a conversation while Flip was distracted, [[TomatointheMirror Flip inadvertently concludes that Princess Carolyn was a figment of his imagination.]] He proceeds to smear lipstick on his face and screech out "OH FISH."]]

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* SanitySlippage: Always a little on the edge, but [[spoiler:after Philbert ''Philbert'' is canceled and Princess Carolyn leaves in the middle of a conversation while Flip was distracted, [[TomatointheMirror Flip inadvertently concludes that Princess Carolyn was a figment of his imagination.]] He proceeds to smear lipstick on his face and screech out "OH FISH."]]


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* UltimateJobSecurity: In spite of all his awful and incompetent actions as a director, including forced {{Fanservice}} scenes, verbally abusing the actors, allowing [=BoJack=] to perform his own stunts, taking credit for Diane's writing, and [[spoiler:callously ordering the cameramen to film a drugged-up [=BoJack=] [[SinisterSuffocation strangling Gina]]]], it's never enough to get Flip fired. Only [[spoiler:the show's cancellation]] does it, and that wasn't even because of anything Flip did.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:After ''Philbert'' is cancelled, Flip desperately pleads to Princess Carolyn to try and pitch the show to another network. When she leaves the room, he seemingly loses his mind, as he becomes convinced that [[InsaneTrollLogic he was Princess Carolyn all along]] and smears lipstick on his face, grinning madly into the camera as he recites her catchphrase.]]

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The stories he comes up with can be... weird. Let's just say that ending the first season of a show that's supposed to be a detective drama with missiles that destroy the entirety of USA is not exactly a coherent way to write a story. And that's not even mentioning the whole [[spoiler: "Maybe I was Princess Carolyn all along" thing...]]

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The stories he comes up with can be... weird. Let's just say that ending the first season of a show that's supposed to be a detective drama with missiles that destroy the entirety of USA is not exactly a coherent way to write a story. And that's not even mentioning the whole [[spoiler: "Maybe [[spoiler:"Maybe I was Princess Carolyn all along" thing...]]



* EnforcedMethodActing: InUniverse, he asks his camera crew to film [[spoiler:a drug-addled [=BoJack=] ''strangling'' Gina Cazador, which demonstrates a shocking CallousnessTowardsEmergency as Gina could have easily died during the shoot]].



* AGodAmI: When [=BoJack=] hesitates to do the nude scene he requested, Flip flips out and starts ranting that he is a god.
-->'''Flip:''' You signed a contract, and that means I am your God. You will please your God, and if I don't see your ass on set, then I ''will'' see your ass in court. ''Do you understand?''
* HateSink: There is nothing remotely likable about Flip. As a director, he [[PrimaDonnaDirector treats his actors terribly]] and subjects attractive actresses to gratuitous {{Fanservice}} scenes, and when [=BoJack=] calls him out on this, he goes on a [[AGodAmI god-complexy]] power trip and forces ''him'' into one. He's also [[WickedPretentious incredibly pretentious]], and considers ''Philbert'' a masterpiece in the making even though he is a [[GiftedlyBad terrible writer]]. [[spoiler:His eagerness to [[EnforcedMethodActing film]] [=BoJack=] strangling Gina ''for real'' takes him far beyond the usual PrimaDonnaDirector by making him an active threat to his talents' lives, which only makes him more loathsome.]] [[invoked]]



* SanitySlippage: Always a little on the edge, but [[spoiler: after Philbert is canceled and Princess Carolyn leaves in the middle of a conversation while Flip was distracted, [[TomatointheMirror Flip inadvertently concludes that Princess Carolyn was a figment of his imagination.]] He proceeds to smear lipstick on his face and screech out "OH FISH."]]
* SicklyNeuroticGeek: An odd cross-breeding of this character type with the preppy, smug know-it-all look. Just a thing of notice: that slight hunch, silent condescension and fidgety nitpicking at everything he doesn't consider worthy of the show (or written by himself) sure does bring a pseudo-intellectual vibe.

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* SanitySlippage: Always a little on the edge, but [[spoiler: after [[spoiler:after Philbert is canceled and Princess Carolyn leaves in the middle of a conversation while Flip was distracted, [[TomatointheMirror Flip inadvertently concludes that Princess Carolyn was a figment of his imagination.]] He proceeds to smear lipstick on his face and screech out "OH FISH."]]
* SicklyNeuroticGeek: An odd cross-breeding of this character type with the preppy, smug know-it-all look. Just a thing of notice: that slight hunch, silent condescension and fidgety nitpicking at everything he doesn't consider worthy of the show (or written by himself) sure does bring a pseudo-intellectual vibe.


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* WickedPretentious: He's a [[{{Jerkass}} total tool]] who considers his faux-intellectual, pretentious writing style the best thing since sliced bread. [[spoiler:The "wicked" part of the trope comes out in full force when he does nothing to help Gina even as an opioid-addled [=BoJack=] is actively strangling her, and instead [[EnforcedMethodActing tells the crew to start filming it]].]] [[invoked]]
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* JerkassHasAPoint: The points Herb made on his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to [=BoJack=] become even more apparent after [[spoiler:TheReveal of how Sarah Lynn died and [=BoJack=]'s arrest]]:

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* JerkassHasAPoint: The points Herb made on after his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech RejectedApology to [=BoJack=] become even more apparent after [[spoiler:TheReveal of how Sarah Lynn died and [=BoJack=]'s arrest]]:

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* CatSmile: [[InvertedTrope Inverted.]] He has more of a frown typical of a turtle.


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* PlayfulCatSmile: [[InvertedTrope Inverted.]] He has more of a frown typical of a turtle.
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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: So far, Herb and Sarah Lynn have been the only two to have died out of the original cast. Three remain as of the end of season 3.]]

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* ForWantOfANail: Her whole feud with Sarah Lynn was kickstarted because the latter was given way too much focus in the show and the former was jealous of it. In the present, it's hard not to read both of their behaviors as two cats fighting for a toy neither want or can get anymore.
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** Perhaps the most important point he brings up is that the mistakes [=BoJack=] makes will NEVER be okay and he has to live with all the shitty things he did for the rest of his life. [[spoiler: Once all the details regarding his involvement in Sarah Lynn's death became public knowledge, [=BoJack=] becomes HatedByAll of Hollywoo, ruining his career in the process. Even during his trial after he got arrested, several MORE people brought up how he ruined their lives, meaning they never forgot about what he did to them after all this time, further cementing this.]]

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** Perhaps the most important point he brings up is that the mistakes [=BoJack=] makes make will NEVER be okay and he has to live with all the shitty things he did for the rest of his life. [[spoiler: Once all the details regarding his involvement in Sarah Lynn's death became public knowledge, [=BoJack=] becomes HatedByAll of Hollywoo, ruining his career in the process. Even during his trial after he got arrested, several MORE people brought up how he ruined their lives, meaning they never forgot about what he did to them after all this time, further cementing this.]]
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* JerkassHasAPoint: The points Herb made on his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to [=BoJack=] becomes even more apparent after [[spoiler:TheReveal of how Sarah Lynn died and [=BoJack=]'s arrest]]:

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** Perhaps the most important point he brings up is that [=BoJack=] has to live with all the shitty things he did for the rest of his life. [[spoiler: Once all the details regarding his involvement in Sarah Lynn's death became public knowledge, [=BoJack=] becomes HatedByAll of Hollywoo, ruining his career in the process. Even during his trial after he got arrested, several MORE people brought up how he ruined their lives, further proving this.]]

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** Perhaps the most important point he brings up is that the mistakes [=BoJack=] makes will NEVER be okay and he has to live with all the shitty things he did for the rest of his life. [[spoiler: Once all the details regarding his involvement in Sarah Lynn's death became public knowledge, [=BoJack=] becomes HatedByAll of Hollywoo, ruining his career in the process. Even during his trial after he got arrested, several MORE people brought up how he ruined their lives, meaning they never forgot about what he did to them after all this time, further proving cementing this.]]
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** Perhaps the most important point he brings up is that [=BoJack=] has to live with all the shitty things he did for the rest of his life. [[spoiler: Once all the details regarding his involvement in Sarah Lynn's death, [=BoJack=] becomes HatedByAll of Hollywoo, ruining his career in the process. Even during his trial after he got arrested, several MORE people brought up how he ruined their lives, further proving this.]]

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** Perhaps the most important point he brings up is that [=BoJack=] has to live with all the shitty things he did for the rest of his life. [[spoiler: Once all the details regarding his involvement in Sarah Lynn's death, death became public knowledge, [=BoJack=] becomes HatedByAll of Hollywoo, ruining his career in the process. Even during his trial after he got arrested, several MORE people brought up how he ruined their lives, further proving this.]]
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** Perhaps the most important point he brings up is that [=BoJack=] has to live with all the shitty things he did for the rest of his life. [[spoiler: Once all the details regarding his involvement in Sarah Lynn's death, [=BoJack=] becomes HatedByAll of Hollywoo, ruining his career in the process. Even during his trial after he got arrested, several MORE people brought up how he ruined their lives, further proving this.]]
** Considering how often [=BoJack=] deflects blame onto others]] to the point even '''[[BadBoss Angela]]''' lampshades his NeverMyFault attitude, Herb is right to point out that [=BoJack=] is indeed selfish and uses people as a prop for him to feel better.
** While it's not for a lack of trying as [=BoJack=] is genuinely trying to become a better person, him fracturing his relationship with Herb and Charlotte just to name a few, having to maintain more distance in his friendships with Todd, Mr. Peanutbutter and Princess Carolyn due to his toxicity, up to the point of DELIBERATELY [[spoilers: waiting 17 minutes to call an ambulance for Sarah Lynn]], [=BoJack=] is indeed not a good person, despite thinking otherwise. To make matters worse, the latter event eventually causes [[spoiler:Hollyhock]] to [[change her phone number and go away from [=BoJack]]], essentially cutting ties with him, and it even extends to [[spoiler:Diane]] doing the EXACT same.

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** Perhaps the most important point he brings up is that [=BoJack=] has to live with all the shitty things he did for the rest of his life. [[spoiler: Once all the details regarding his involvement in Sarah Lynn's death, [=BoJack=] [=BoJack=] becomes HatedByAll of Hollywoo, ruining his career in the process. Even during his trial after he got arrested, several MORE people brought up how he ruined their lives, further proving this.]]
** Considering how often [=BoJack=] deflects blame onto others]] others to the point even '''[[BadBoss Angela]]''' ''[[BadBoss Angela]]'' lampshades his NeverMyFault attitude, Herb is right to point out that [=BoJack=] is indeed selfish and uses people as a prop for him to feel better.
** While it's not for a lack of trying as [=BoJack=] is genuinely trying to become a better person, him fracturing his relationship with Herb and Charlotte just to name a few, having to maintain more distance in his friendships with Todd, Mr. Peanutbutter and Princess Carolyn due to his toxicity, up to the point of DELIBERATELY [[spoilers: [[spoiler: waiting 17 minutes to call an ambulance for Sarah Lynn]], [=BoJack=] is indeed not a good person, despite thinking otherwise. To make matters worse, the latter event eventually causes [[spoiler:Hollyhock]] to [[change [[spoiler:change her phone number and go away from [=BoJack]]], [=BoJack=]]], essentially cutting ties with him, and it even extends to [[spoiler:Diane]] doing about to do the EXACT same.

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