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* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler:For [[HoYay Bojack/Mr. Peanutbutter, Peanutbutter]], apparently. He suggests that the two of them kiss to even the score, and is absolutely ecstatic when they go for it.]]
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* FictionalCounterpart: He's ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' 's version of Ethan Hawke.
* VisualPun: He's portrayed as having a SpeciesSurname; a.k.a. a real hawk.
* UnluckyExtra: He only appears for one scene in which he's humiliated.
* FictionalCounterpart: He's ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' 's version of Ethan Hawke.
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* ButtMonkey: Ends being stood up at the game by the announcer, Mr. Peanutbutter, as well '''as the audience'''.
AccidentalMisnaming: He never gets Bojack's name quite right, calling him everything from "BJ Novak" to "Jockjam Doorslam."
*FictionalCounterpart: He's ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' 's AdamWesting: Plays a self-aggrandizing, oblivious version of Ethan Hawke.
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* FictionalCounterpart: He's ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' 's version of Ethan Hawke.
* VisualPun: He's portrayed as having a SpeciesSurname; a.k.a. a real hawk.
* UnluckyExtra: He only appears for one scene in which he's humiliated.
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* MeanBoss: To Todd, [[spoiler: fro a brief time, at least]], and, to some degree, towards Mia. Nothing get gets in the line of making a good show, emotions especially.especially.
* MissionControl: His main worksite, in which he handles every single thing that happens in Hollywoo Stars & Celebrities: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things? Let's Find Out!, and when it should happen. In short, like [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Big Brother]] if [[SeriousBusiness his plaything was a TV show]].
* OldMaster: PlayedWith. Within the walls of MBN Network, he's probably the most experienced person in any room he's in; but being new to the television and media business makes him a FishOutOfWater, both a blessing (he wants to be as nondescript as possible) and a curse (he has to start from scratch in Hollywoo). He catches up for the most part.
* MissionControl: His main worksite, in which he handles every single thing that happens in Hollywoo Stars & Celebrities: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things? Let's Find Out!, and when it should happen. In short, like [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Big Brother]] if [[SeriousBusiness his plaything was a TV show]].
* OldMaster: PlayedWith. Within the walls of MBN Network, he's probably the most experienced person in any room he's in; but being new to the television and media business makes him a FishOutOfWater, both a blessing (he wants to be as nondescript as possible) and a curse (he has to start from scratch in Hollywoo). He catches up for the most part.
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* MadArtist: He has quite an interesting take on what's artistic.
* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler: J.D. is tired of writing and how much disappointment and so little fulfillment he has gotten out of doing it, so he decides to fake his death and become a bicycle seller. Princess Carolyn shows up to sway him to Hollywoo's comforting wings.]]
* MeanBoss: To Todd, [[spoiler: fro a brief time, at least]], and, to some degree, towards Mia. Nothing get in the line of making a good show, emotions especially.
* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler: J.D. is tired of writing and how much disappointment and so little fulfillment he has gotten out of doing it, so he decides to fake his death and become a bicycle seller. Princess Carolyn shows up to sway him to Hollywoo's comforting wings.]]
* MeanBoss: To Todd, [[spoiler: fro a brief time, at least]], and, to some degree, towards Mia. Nothing get in the line of making a good show, emotions especially.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Seemingly of Bill Cosby, a popular comedian faced with accusations of sexual harassment later in life. Unlike Cosby however, Hank's career isn't ruined and everything works out for him.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Seemingly of Bill Cosby, a popular comedian faced with accusations of sexual harassment later in life. Unlike Cosby however, Hank's career isn't ruined and everything works out for him. He also has characteristics similar of David Letterman, down to the show host look and the secretaries' accusations.
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* DidYouThinkICantFeel: She starts off cold, but definitely starts to warm up to Todd during their semi-flirtatious quarreling, when he dons a suit (even if it was just stolen from Hair & Make-up department). By the end, Mia wants the moping Todd to know all he really needs [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther is someone to believe in him]]. Todd, being Todd, makes her regret caring about him ''almost immediately''.
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* DidYouThinkICantFeel: She starts off cold, but definitely starts to warm up to Todd during their semi-flirtatious quarreling, when he dons a suit (even if it was just stolen from Hair & Make-up department). By the end, Mia wants the moping Todd to know all he really needs [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther is someone to believe in him]]. [[spoiler: Todd, being Todd, makes her regret caring about him ''almost immediately''.]]
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* TheMatchmaker: Unwittingly, 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 [[spoiler: just wanted Bojack to meet his new boss.]]
** Unwittingly the second time, as he [[spoiler: just wanted Bojack to meet his new boss.]]
* PersonaNonGrata: He's been hiding in New York due to having unfinished business with some loan sharks. It's implied he could be killed if he put a foot back in there.
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* WhenYouComingHomeDadWhenYouComingHomeDad: He hasn't seen his kids in a while due to not being welcomed at Hollywoo(d). [[spoiler: At least, until the end of the season.]]
* YesMan: During public meetings at the MBN conference room. [[HonestAdvisor In private, however]]...
* YesMan: During public meetings at the MBN conference room. [[HonestAdvisor In private, however]]...
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* CharacterDevelopment: Eventually, Pinky realizes that print media is a lost cause and to avoid having to live day-to-day again, jumps ship to a better one. Too bad it was another sinking ship..
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* HypercompetentSidekick: To Wanda. While still a NervousWreck, Pinky has more experience with the way the world has turned during these last years, while being a subordinate to Wanda, a [[FishOutOfWater Fish Out Of]] ([[FishOutOfTemporalWater Temporal]]) [[FishOutOfWater Water]] who has missed the past 30 years and has a pretty retrograde way of doing things.
* HypercompetentSidekick: To Wanda. While still a NervousWreck, Pinky has more experience with the way the world has turned during these last years, while being a subordinate to Wanda, a [[FishOutOfWater Fish Out Of]] ([[FishOutOfTemporalWater Temporal]]) [[FishOutOfWater Water]] who has missed the past 30 years and has a pretty retrograde way of doing things.
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* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: She's worked damn hard to get to where she is. She despises that bumbling Todd is going to try to upstage her. Not by his own merits, education or achievements, [[Popularity Power but by simply being friends with Mr. Peanutbutter]].
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* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: She's worked damn hard to get to where she is. She despises that bumbling Todd is going to try to upstage her. Not by his own merits, education or achievements, [[Popularity Power [[PopularityPower but by simply being friends with Mr. Peanutbutter]].
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* DidYouThinkICantFeel: She starts off cold, but definitely starts to warm up to Todd during their semi-flirtatious quarreling, when dons a suit (even if it was just stolen from Hair & Make-up department). By the end, Mia wants the moping Todd to know all he really needs [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther is someone to believe in him]]. Todd, being Todd, makes her regret caring about him ''almost immediately''.
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* DidYouThinkICantFeel: She starts off cold, but definitely starts to warm up to Todd during their semi-flirtatious quarreling, when he dons a suit (even if it was just stolen from Hair & Make-up department). By the end, Mia wants the moping Todd to know all he really needs [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther is someone to believe in him]]. Todd, being Todd, makes her regret caring about him ''almost immediately''.
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[[Characters/BojackHorseman Main Index]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanBojackHorseman The Horse Himself]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanPrincessCarolyn Princess Carolyn]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanDianeNguyen Diane Nguyen]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanMainCharacters Main Characters]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanHollywooResidentsAndOtherStars Hollywoo Residents and Other Stars]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanVigorAgency Vigor]] | '''MBN''' | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | ''[[Characters/HorsinAround Horsin' Around]]''
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For Bojack Horseman, see [[Characters/BojackHorsemanBojackHorseman here.]]
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!!Ethan Hawke
An unfortunate version of Creator/EthanHawke.
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* ButtMonkey: Ends being stood up at the game by the announcer, Mr. Peanutbutter, as well '''as the audience'''.
* FictionalCounterpart: He's ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' 's version of Ethan Hawke.
* VisualPun: He's portrayed as having a SpeciesSurname; a.k.a. a real hawk.
* UnluckyExtra: He only appears for one scene in which he's humiliated.
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!!Mr. Peanutbutter.
For Mr. Peanutbutter, go [[Characters/BojackHorsemanMainCharacters here]].
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[[folder:J.D. Salinger]]
!!Creator/JDSalinger
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A famous novelist known for ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye''...[[SmallReferencePools and not much else]]. Tired of writing and pressure from the public, he ends FakingTheDead and becomes a ReclusiveArtist, at least until Princess Carolyn finds him and gets him started on MBN and Hollywoo.
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* AppealToObscurity:
-->'''Pinky''': We made a series of very bad investments. Ever heard of a young adult franchise called the Swamp Monsters of Malibu?
-->'''Bojack''': Uh, no.
-->'''Pinky''': (at his wit's end) ''Then why did we spend $20 million on marketing?''
* ButtMonkey: His problems with loan sharks and his unpaid debts.
** ThrowTheDogABone: He finally reunites with his kids in the first season's finale.
* DeadEndJob: The publisher he works for has all but outlived its time, with the building being unstable and seemingly random employees committing suicide. The loans he took to stay afloat are implied to be used in common day expenses, thus needing Bojack to deliver him a bestseller to avoid going bankrupt. [[spoiler: By season 2, he's finally abandoned print media...[[FromBadToWorse for network television.]]]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler: By season 2, he has abandoned the print business, considering it a line of work in decay. Too bad he switched to network television.]]
* 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. [[spoiler:He reunites with them in the season finale after Bojack's biography becomes a hit and his company begins to make money]].
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: 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.]]
* EndOfAnEra: With the E-books, downloads and internet in general, publishing books is all but nearing extinction. Probably the best example is Penguin Publishing, the company for which Pinky works.
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins
* HappyPlace: He mentions having one in the first episode.
* 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.
* TheMatchmaker: Unwittingly, as he [[spoiler: just wanted Bojack to meet his new boss.]]
* NervousWreck: Oh, is he ever.
* PerpetualPoverty: The seats on his office are just stacked-up books, for fuck's sake. Not to say, his low income and debts. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] once his company starts making money.]]
* StealthPun: He and his company allude to real-life publisher Penguin Books.
* StepThreeProfit: {{Deconstructed}}. His company invested over 20 million on a series of novels, hoping the profit would save the company. Except that by investing all in a product that no one had interest in, their plan backfired.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad
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[[folder:[[spoiler: Mr. Peanutbutter]]]]
!!Mr. Peanutbutter.
For Mr. Peanutbutter, go [[Characters/BojackHorsemanMainCharacters here]].
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[[folder:J.D. Salinger]]
!!Creator/JDSalinger
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->'''Played by''': Creator/AlanArkin
A famous novelist known for ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye''...[[SmallReferencePools and not much else]]. Tired of writing and pressure from the public, he ends FakingTheDead and becomes a ReclusiveArtist, at least until Princess Carolyn finds him and gets him started on MBN and Hollywoo.
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* AlliterativeName[-/-]SpeciesSurname
* AppealToObscurity:
-->'''Pinky''': We made a series of very bad investments. Ever heard of a young adult franchise called the Swamp Monsters of Malibu?
-->'''Bojack''': Uh, no.
-->'''Pinky''': (at his wit's end) ''Then why did we spend $20 million on marketing?''
* ButtMonkey: His problems with loan sharks and his unpaid debts.
** ThrowTheDogABone: He finally reunites with his kids in the first season's finale.
* DeadEndJob: The publisher he works for has all but outlived its time, with the building being unstable and seemingly random employees committing suicide. The loans he took to stay afloat are implied to be used in common day expenses, thus needing Bojack to deliver him a bestseller to avoid going bankrupt. [[spoiler: By season 2, he's finally abandoned print media...[[FromBadToWorse for network television.]]]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler: By season 2, he has abandoned the print business, considering it a line of work in decay. Too bad he switched to network television.]]
* 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. [[spoiler:He reunites with them in the season finale after Bojack's biography becomes a hit and his company begins to make money]].
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: 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.]]
* EndOfAnEra: With the E-books, downloads and internet in general, publishing books is all but nearing extinction. Probably the best example is Penguin Publishing, the company for which Pinky works.
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins
* HappyPlace: He mentions having one in the first episode.
* 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.
* TheMatchmaker: Unwittingly, as he [[spoiler: just wanted Bojack to meet his new boss.]]
* NervousWreck: Oh, is he ever.
* PerpetualPoverty: The seats on his office are just stacked-up books, for fuck's sake. Not to say, his low income and debts. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] once his company starts making money.]]
* StealthPun: He and his company allude to real-life publisher Penguin Books.
* StepThreeProfit: {{Deconstructed}}. His company invested over 20 million on a series of novels, hoping the profit would save the company. Except that by investing all in a product that no one had interest in, their plan backfired.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad
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!!Mr. Peanutbutter.
For Mr. Peanutbutter, go [[Characters/BojackHorsemanMainCharacters here]].
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[[folder:J.D. Salinger]]
!!Creator/JDSalinger
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->'''Played by''': Creator/AlanArkin
A famous novelist known for ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye''...[[SmallReferencePools and not much else]]. Tired of writing and pressure from the public, he ends FakingTheDead and becomes a ReclusiveArtist, at least until Princess Carolyn finds him and gets him started on MBN and Hollywoo.
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/LisaKudrow
An anthropomorphic owl that recently awoke from a 30-year coma. She is Head of Programming for the Major Broadcast Network (MBN) because of her 30 year service with the company, and everyone above her kept getting fired while she was comatose. [=BoJack=] is immediately attracted to her because she has no idea that he is famous, having missed his entire career, and they enter a relationship that lasts most of the season.
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* AnimalStereotypes: She hoots, flies and turns her head 180° in everyday situations.
* BenevolentBoss/[[spoiler: BadBoss]]: Oscillates between the two. She's peppy and benevolent and always nice[[spoiler:...to a point. She'll threaten you if you step out of line, as Mr. Peanutbutter finds out.]]
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: With Bojack.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Twofold example. Many of her programming ideas would have been revolutionary back in the 80s. Now they're simply current and arguably played out.
* CantCatchUp: Sometimes, the advances become a little too much for her. She takes in stride, though.
* ConvenientComa: A variation. It's convinient for '''Bojack''', since she [[PopCulturalOsmosis has no idea who he is]], giving him a chance to start fresh.
* DarkhorseVictory: Because of her coma, she outlived every other executive, making her the default to go for MBN CEO, regardless of her talent or ideas.
* DeadpanSnarker: Despite being out of the game for 30 odd years, she can snark with the best of them.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: She dresses in 80s style clothes and spends most of the season adjusting to the technology of 2015
-->"Give me your fax and pager number so I can add them to my Rolodex!"
* GenkiGirl
* GoodIsNotSoft: She's nice and understanding, but that doesn't mean she will take everything Bojack gives her. [[spoiler: Or show much sympathy towards her employees.]]
* HopelessWithTech: Due to her missing out on several decades, she only knows technology from the 80s.
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: After breaking up with Bojack, she moves back with her sister, having nowhere else to go. Suddenly, there's a knock at the door. Wanda immediately goes to open it...[[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle and it's the pizza guy.]]]]
* ICanChangeMyBeloved: She has this kind of attitude towards Bojack, wanting to get the best out of him. [[spoiler: It fails.]]
* ImprobablyQuickComaRecovery: She was in a coma for about three decades, but quickly regains full mobility after waking up.
* LateToTheTragedy: One of her suggestions was [[CrossesTheLineTwice for David Copperfield to disappear the World Trade Center.]] [[TheWarOnTerror Yeah....]]
* LoveAtFirstSight: [[MaddenIntoMisanthropy Bojack]] and [[TheIdealist Wanda]] met each other through Pinky and fell in love the first time they talked and laid eyes on each other, which only increases when Bojack finds out that Wanda might be the only woman in all Hollywoo who doesn't know who he is, believing her to be a chance to start anew, since they clearly love each other. [[spoiler: This instead blinds them to each other's flaws and different personalities, which only exacerbate the other's life. Eventually, they realize that although they still care about one another, they rushed things and can't be together anymore.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Wanda''': It's funny. When you look at someone through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags.]]
* [[ManChild Woman Child]]: A woman in her 50s who acts about half her age if not less at times due to being stuck in a coma since the 80s.
* MundaneObjectAmazement: Due to her missing out several years of technological advancement, she's amazed by everyday artifacts and social media. This is her reaction to a second screening:
-->'''Wanda''': I love stupid bullshit like this!
* OfficialCouple: With Bojack in season 2. [[spoiler: At least until [[WhamEpisode episode 10.]]]]
* OppositesAttract: [[GrumpyBear Bojack]] falls head over heels with [[WideEyedIdealist Wanda]]. [[spoiler: This is later [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] as they both come to realize and resent their polar opposite personalities, until they finally break up.]]
* PingPongNaivete: Can be as dull as a burnt-out bulb one moment and sharp as a tack the next.
* PointyHairedBoss: Normally, she would be this, given her played-out ideas. The fact that her shows are succeeding [[TakeThat speaks clearly of Hollywoo.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[PlayingWithATrope Played With.]] She's friendly, reasonable and benevolent, but as Mr. Peanutbutter finds out, she's not above coercion or threats to get what she wants.
* RummageSaleReject: Her normal outfit seems to be an odd combination of different outfits.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: [[spoiler: She calls out Bojack on his jealous, neurotic attitude, wondering what happened to the more reasonable side of him she had seen until then.]]
* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: She is an executive from MBN... who has being in coma for 30 years.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Is the most senior member of MBN after the rest of her contemporaries were either let go or retired.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: [[spoiler: Pinky Penguin]]]]
!!Pinky Penguin
For Pinky Penguin, see [[Characters/BojackHorsemanOtherCharacters here]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:[[spoiler: Mr. Peanutbutter]]]]
!!Mr. Peanutbutter.
For Mr. Peanutbutter, go [[Characters/BojackHorsemanMainCharacters here]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:J.D. Salinger]]
!!Creator/JDSalinger
[[quoteright:156:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/media_e14f8b30_3b05_11e5_98f7_95f81cdc5bb7.jpg]]
->'''Played by''': Creator/AlanArkin
A famous novelist known for ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye''...[[SmallReferencePools and not much else]]. Tired of writing and pressure from the public, he ends FakingTheDead and becomes a ReclusiveArtist, at least until Princess Carolyn finds him and gets him started on MBN and Hollywoo.
----
* AlternateHistory: This universe's J.D. Salinger's alive. It should be stated that while it would be cool, there's no way the real Salinger is FakingTheDead at all.
* AFatherToHisMen: A stern, grumpy ParentalSubstitute with no sense of humor, but a father figure, nonetheless, especially in his interactions with [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Todd]] and [[AloofOlderBrother Mia]].
* AGodAmI: He proclaims himself as such [[spoiler: while directing his show in MBN. Most of the problems Bojack faces in the game show that are not caused by Mr. Peanutbutter are a direct consequence of Salinger's demented whims.]]
* ArtistDisillusionment: InUniverse, this is the reason why he faked his own death. He was tired of the constant demands from fans of ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'', as well as pressure to write a new book and increasing dislike for the médium. [[spoiler: Princess Carolyn pulls him out of retirement by telling him that in Hollywoo, nobody ever reads, meaning he could start anew.]]
* BadassBoast: [[spoiler: To the team of his show.]]
-->'''J. D. Salinger''': Listen up, everyone. What you are part of tonight is bigger than you. It's bigger than any of us. I expect all of you to work together. But I also expect that one of you will tower above the rest. And that outstanding individual will receive [[NumberOneDime this pen]]. It was through this pen that I bled Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenters upon the page. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, it has four different colors]]. Black, red, blue and for some reason, green. By the end of tonight, this pen will be bestowed upon the person most deserving. Because nothing is more important than television, and no one more important than the people who make that television. Now, let's get to work.
* BowtiesAreCool: Part of his outfit and gives him an authority air.
* ByronicHero: PlayedForLaughs. He's passionate, driven, jaded, selfish and quite pushy because he wants to create the perfect TV show. Even his grandiose demands are nothing more than MundaneMadeAwesome.
* CreatorBreakdown: InUniverse. He ended up jaded and cynical about his passion of writing, eventually to the point of wanting to leave everything behind and do something else. [[spoiler: The only reason he decides to make it big into Hollywoo is because he's informed hardly anybody reads anymore.]]
* DevelopersForesight: Non-videogame variation. [[spoiler: It'd be easier to proclaim Salinger and his MissionControl as CrazyPrepared, given the [[MoonLogicPuzzle many deviations the game takes]] and [[UnwinnableByInsanity how truly unpredictable the tests are]]. They still pull it off with great results.]]
* DrunkWithPower: [[spoiler: Upon being given full control of his own TV show, Salinger starts playing a mean game of PrimaDonnaDirector, with ''every single thing having to go according to plan'' and unreasonably high expectations from the crew and participants, all fitting within his design and vision.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: More subdued, and exasperated, but a snarker still.
* FakingTheDead: The poor guy, having become cynical towards writing, pretended to have died and went into seclusion, starting a bike shop, just to get away from his legacy and everything else.
* GodEmperor: J.D. quickly becomes accustomed to the possibilities doing a show in Hollywoo entail and as such, becomes demanding and completely deluded into making his vision a reality, with the attitude being comparable to that of a god with artistic whims.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: One can literally see the gears switching in Princess Carolyn's head from "this is gonna be huge" to "ThisIsGonnaSuck" when Salinger pitches a ClicheStorm with a OverlyLongName to MBN for a TV show. [[spoiler: Fortunately, because the network head is [[DiscoDan Wanda Pierce]], the show gets green lighted.]]
* LargeHam: He starts as TheQuietOne, but as the creator of his own show, he soon starts ranting and chewing the scenery in order to get things done.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Mia [=McKibbin=]]]
!!Mia [=McKibbin=]
[[quoteright:137:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bxtfd3h.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:137:Hmm, this doesn't seem to capture Mia's personality....]]
[[quoteright:137:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bojack00046_620x2640.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:137:[[CompetitionFreak There you go]].]]
->'''Played by''': Creator/TatianaMaslany
J.D. Salinger's [[TheApprentice apprentice]] and student at MBN. Effective and no-nonsense, Mia serves as a reliable support for J.D. and a {{Foil}} for Todd, with whom she clashes behind the scenes.
----
* TheAce: Cool-headed, effective, competitive, always on the ball and constantly checking everything's going well behind scenes. It's especially evident when she's paired with [[BumblingSidekick Todd]].
* {{Adorkable}}: With her haughty and prideful demeanor, she doesn't show many aspects of this. It still crops up from time to time, like her interactions with J.D. and [[spoiler:her PetTheDog moment at the end of the episode.]]
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''ia '''M'''cKibben.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Todd, all through "Let's Find Out". [[spoiler: To the point where he tricks her out of her prize just to piss her off.]]
* TheApprentice: To Creator/JDSalinger, of the [[HypercompetentSidekick hyper competent]] variety.
* AsYouKnow: Bordering in InfoDump. See CharacterFilibuster below.
* BerserkButton: Irresponsibility. Needless to say, this doesn't endear her to Todd.
* BiggerStick: [[spoiler:The entire reason for her conflict with Todd? J.D. Salinger's pen, or more specifically, what it represents: being the best to tower over the rest and determine which of the two is the best of the room.]]
* CharacterFilibuster[-/-]MotorMouth: In her EstablishingCharacterMoment in the opening of "Let's Find Out", she brushes off Todd's advances and proceeds to list her achievements to intimidate him:
-->'''Mia''': Listen [[BigStupidDoodooHead boo-boo]], [[IvyLeagueForEveryone I didn't graduate first in my class from a prestigious university]], [[GoGetterGirl rise through the ranks at an elite news organization]], [[BornWinner win a well-known award]], [[Creator/AaronSorkin never ever be sick at sea]] and also [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya my name is [=Mia McKibben=]]], so that I could deal with your nonsense.
* CondescendingCompassion: [[spoiler: Her humanizing moment and sympathy towards Todd at the end of "Let's Find Out" is genuine, but still incredibly condescending and smug, since she's still reeling from her victory over him. She still gives him J.D.'s priced pen as a consolation price.]]
* CompetitionFreak: Her defining characteristic. She '''''doesn't''''' take it well when someone tries to upstage her on her element and job, being very fierce and petty and willing to resort to any means necessary to win and crush her opponent. [[spoiler: Just ask Todd.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: To typical Creator/AaronSorkin female PluckyOfficeGirl protagonists, of whom Mia's clearly an {{Expy}}: Mia's clearly every bit as competent and assertive as every one of Sorkin's characters, except that because of her need to stay on top in a man's world and dislike for unprofessionality, she's also an A-grade {{Jerkass}} CompetitionFreak with no qualms about her [[InsufferableGenius insufferable ego]].
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler: At first, it seems like this will be PlayedStraight, with Todd accepting Mia's offer of peace (J.D.'s pen) and mending up; then it's subverted when Todd instead tricks her and mocks her over it.]]
* 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.
* GoGetterGirl: A {{Parody}} of the trope.
* IWasBornReady: Part of her motivation through the episode is to prove herself to be the most competent, outstanding member of MissionControl, "Toddfoolery" be damned.
* '''{{Jerkass}}''': Holy crap. That only begins describing her attitude.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:If giving the pen to Todd and trying to give him a pep talk is any indication, she ''can'' care.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hank Hippopopalous]]
!!Hank Hippopopalous
->'''Played by''': Philip Baker Hall
Former host of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Hank After Dark]]'', a late talk show in TheNineties, Hank becomes one of the judges for the MBN show "I Think You Can Dance" and Mr. Peanutbutter's co-worker, who idolizes him. However, this seemingly harmless celebrity may have his own skeletons in the closet...
----
* KarmaHoudini: Ultimately, he ends up forcing Diane to withdraw his accusations and gets away scott-free.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Seemingly of Bill Cosby, a popular comedian faced with accusations of sexual harassment later in life. Unlike Cosby however, Hank's career isn't ruined and everything works out for him.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Being a beloved TV star means that he has the support of the public.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Wanda Pierce]]
!!Wanda Pierce
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wanda.png
->'''Played by:''' Creator/LisaKudrow
An anthropomorphic owl that recently awoke from a 30-year coma. She is Head of Programming for the Major Broadcast Network (MBN) because of her 30 year service with the company, and everyone above her kept getting fired while she was comatose. [=BoJack=] is immediately attracted to her because she has no idea that he is famous, having missed his entire career, and they enter a relationship that lasts most of the season.
----
* AnimalStereotypes: She hoots, flies and turns her head 180° in everyday situations.
* BenevolentBoss/[[spoiler: BadBoss]]: Oscillates between the two. She's peppy and benevolent and always nice[[spoiler:...to a point. She'll threaten you if you step out of line, as Mr. Peanutbutter finds out.]]
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: With Bojack.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Twofold example. Many of her programming ideas would have been revolutionary back in the 80s. Now they're simply current and arguably played out.
* CantCatchUp: Sometimes, the advances become a little too much for her. She takes in stride, though.
* ConvenientComa: A variation. It's convinient for '''Bojack''', since she [[PopCulturalOsmosis has no idea who he is]], giving him a chance to start fresh.
* DarkhorseVictory: Because of her coma, she outlived every other executive, making her the default to go for MBN CEO, regardless of her talent or ideas.
* DeadpanSnarker: Despite being out of the game for 30 odd years, she can snark with the best of them.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: She dresses in 80s style clothes and spends most of the season adjusting to the technology of 2015
-->"Give me your fax and pager number so I can add them to my Rolodex!"
* GenkiGirl
* GoodIsNotSoft: She's nice and understanding, but that doesn't mean she will take everything Bojack gives her. [[spoiler: Or show much sympathy towards her employees.]]
* HopelessWithTech: Due to her missing out on several decades, she only knows technology from the 80s.
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: After breaking up with Bojack, she moves back with her sister, having nowhere else to go. Suddenly, there's a knock at the door. Wanda immediately goes to open it...[[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle and it's the pizza guy.]]]]
* ICanChangeMyBeloved: She has this kind of attitude towards Bojack, wanting to get the best out of him. [[spoiler: It fails.]]
* ImprobablyQuickComaRecovery: She was in a coma for about three decades, but quickly regains full mobility after waking up.
* LateToTheTragedy: One of her suggestions was [[CrossesTheLineTwice for David Copperfield to disappear the World Trade Center.]] [[TheWarOnTerror Yeah....]]
* LoveAtFirstSight: [[MaddenIntoMisanthropy Bojack]] and [[TheIdealist Wanda]] met each other through Pinky and fell in love the first time they talked and laid eyes on each other, which only increases when Bojack finds out that Wanda might be the only woman in all Hollywoo who doesn't know who he is, believing her to be a chance to start anew, since they clearly love each other. [[spoiler: This instead blinds them to each other's flaws and different personalities, which only exacerbate the other's life. Eventually, they realize that although they still care about one another, they rushed things and can't be together anymore.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Wanda''': It's funny. When you look at someone through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags.]]
* [[ManChild Woman Child]]: A woman in her 50s who acts about half her age if not less at times due to being stuck in a coma since the 80s.
* MundaneObjectAmazement: Due to her missing out several years of technological advancement, she's amazed by everyday artifacts and social media. This is her reaction to a second screening:
-->'''Wanda''': I love stupid bullshit like this!
* OfficialCouple: With Bojack in season 2. [[spoiler: At least until [[WhamEpisode episode 10.]]]]
* OppositesAttract: [[GrumpyBear Bojack]] falls head over heels with [[WideEyedIdealist Wanda]]. [[spoiler: This is later [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] as they both come to realize and resent their polar opposite personalities, until they finally break up.]]
* PingPongNaivete: Can be as dull as a burnt-out bulb one moment and sharp as a tack the next.
* PointyHairedBoss: Normally, she would be this, given her played-out ideas. The fact that her shows are succeeding [[TakeThat speaks clearly of Hollywoo.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[PlayingWithATrope Played With.]] She's friendly, reasonable and benevolent, but as Mr. Peanutbutter finds out, she's not above coercion or threats to get what she wants.
* RummageSaleReject: Her normal outfit seems to be an odd combination of different outfits.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: [[spoiler: She calls out Bojack on his jealous, neurotic attitude, wondering what happened to the more reasonable side of him she had seen until then.]]
* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: She is an executive from MBN... who has being in coma for 30 years.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Is the most senior member of MBN after the rest of her contemporaries were either let go or retired.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: [[spoiler: Pinky Penguin]]]]
!!Pinky Penguin
For Pinky Penguin, see [[Characters/BojackHorsemanOtherCharacters here]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:[[spoiler: Mr. Peanutbutter]]]]
!!Mr. Peanutbutter.
For Mr. Peanutbutter, go [[Characters/BojackHorsemanMainCharacters here]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:J.D. Salinger]]
!!Creator/JDSalinger
[[quoteright:156:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/media_e14f8b30_3b05_11e5_98f7_95f81cdc5bb7.jpg]]
->'''Played by''': Creator/AlanArkin
A famous novelist known for ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye''...[[SmallReferencePools and not much else]]. Tired of writing and pressure from the public, he ends FakingTheDead and becomes a ReclusiveArtist, at least until Princess Carolyn finds him and gets him started on MBN and Hollywoo.
----
* AlternateHistory: This universe's J.D. Salinger's alive. It should be stated that while it would be cool, there's no way the real Salinger is FakingTheDead at all.
* AFatherToHisMen: A stern, grumpy ParentalSubstitute with no sense of humor, but a father figure, nonetheless, especially in his interactions with [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Todd]] and [[AloofOlderBrother Mia]].
* AGodAmI: He proclaims himself as such [[spoiler: while directing his show in MBN. Most of the problems Bojack faces in the game show that are not caused by Mr. Peanutbutter are a direct consequence of Salinger's demented whims.]]
* ArtistDisillusionment: InUniverse, this is the reason why he faked his own death. He was tired of the constant demands from fans of ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'', as well as pressure to write a new book and increasing dislike for the médium. [[spoiler: Princess Carolyn pulls him out of retirement by telling him that in Hollywoo, nobody ever reads, meaning he could start anew.]]
* BadassBoast: [[spoiler: To the team of his show.]]
-->'''J. D. Salinger''': Listen up, everyone. What you are part of tonight is bigger than you. It's bigger than any of us. I expect all of you to work together. But I also expect that one of you will tower above the rest. And that outstanding individual will receive [[NumberOneDime this pen]]. It was through this pen that I bled Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenters upon the page. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, it has four different colors]]. Black, red, blue and for some reason, green. By the end of tonight, this pen will be bestowed upon the person most deserving. Because nothing is more important than television, and no one more important than the people who make that television. Now, let's get to work.
* BowtiesAreCool: Part of his outfit and gives him an authority air.
* ByronicHero: PlayedForLaughs. He's passionate, driven, jaded, selfish and quite pushy because he wants to create the perfect TV show. Even his grandiose demands are nothing more than MundaneMadeAwesome.
* CreatorBreakdown: InUniverse. He ended up jaded and cynical about his passion of writing, eventually to the point of wanting to leave everything behind and do something else. [[spoiler: The only reason he decides to make it big into Hollywoo is because he's informed hardly anybody reads anymore.]]
* DevelopersForesight: Non-videogame variation. [[spoiler: It'd be easier to proclaim Salinger and his MissionControl as CrazyPrepared, given the [[MoonLogicPuzzle many deviations the game takes]] and [[UnwinnableByInsanity how truly unpredictable the tests are]]. They still pull it off with great results.]]
* DrunkWithPower: [[spoiler: Upon being given full control of his own TV show, Salinger starts playing a mean game of PrimaDonnaDirector, with ''every single thing having to go according to plan'' and unreasonably high expectations from the crew and participants, all fitting within his design and vision.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: More subdued, and exasperated, but a snarker still.
* FakingTheDead: The poor guy, having become cynical towards writing, pretended to have died and went into seclusion, starting a bike shop, just to get away from his legacy and everything else.
* GodEmperor: J.D. quickly becomes accustomed to the possibilities doing a show in Hollywoo entail and as such, becomes demanding and completely deluded into making his vision a reality, with the attitude being comparable to that of a god with artistic whims.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: One can literally see the gears switching in Princess Carolyn's head from "this is gonna be huge" to "ThisIsGonnaSuck" when Salinger pitches a ClicheStorm with a OverlyLongName to MBN for a TV show. [[spoiler: Fortunately, because the network head is [[DiscoDan Wanda Pierce]], the show gets green lighted.]]
* LargeHam: He starts as TheQuietOne, but as the creator of his own show, he soon starts ranting and chewing the scenery in order to get things done.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Mia [=McKibbin=]]]
!!Mia [=McKibbin=]
[[quoteright:137:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bxtfd3h.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:137:Hmm, this doesn't seem to capture Mia's personality....]]
[[quoteright:137:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bojack00046_620x2640.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:137:[[CompetitionFreak There you go]].]]
->'''Played by''': Creator/TatianaMaslany
J.D. Salinger's [[TheApprentice apprentice]] and student at MBN. Effective and no-nonsense, Mia serves as a reliable support for J.D. and a {{Foil}} for Todd, with whom she clashes behind the scenes.
----
* TheAce: Cool-headed, effective, competitive, always on the ball and constantly checking everything's going well behind scenes. It's especially evident when she's paired with [[BumblingSidekick Todd]].
* {{Adorkable}}: With her haughty and prideful demeanor, she doesn't show many aspects of this. It still crops up from time to time, like her interactions with J.D. and [[spoiler:her PetTheDog moment at the end of the episode.]]
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''ia '''M'''cKibben.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Todd, all through "Let's Find Out". [[spoiler: To the point where he tricks her out of her prize just to piss her off.]]
* TheApprentice: To Creator/JDSalinger, of the [[HypercompetentSidekick hyper competent]] variety.
* AsYouKnow: Bordering in InfoDump. See CharacterFilibuster below.
* BerserkButton: Irresponsibility. Needless to say, this doesn't endear her to Todd.
* BiggerStick: [[spoiler:The entire reason for her conflict with Todd? J.D. Salinger's pen, or more specifically, what it represents: being the best to tower over the rest and determine which of the two is the best of the room.]]
* CharacterFilibuster[-/-]MotorMouth: In her EstablishingCharacterMoment in the opening of "Let's Find Out", she brushes off Todd's advances and proceeds to list her achievements to intimidate him:
-->'''Mia''': Listen [[BigStupidDoodooHead boo-boo]], [[IvyLeagueForEveryone I didn't graduate first in my class from a prestigious university]], [[GoGetterGirl rise through the ranks at an elite news organization]], [[BornWinner win a well-known award]], [[Creator/AaronSorkin never ever be sick at sea]] and also [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya my name is [=Mia McKibben=]]], so that I could deal with your nonsense.
* CondescendingCompassion: [[spoiler: Her humanizing moment and sympathy towards Todd at the end of "Let's Find Out" is genuine, but still incredibly condescending and smug, since she's still reeling from her victory over him. She still gives him J.D.'s priced pen as a consolation price.]]
* CompetitionFreak: Her defining characteristic. She '''''doesn't''''' take it well when someone tries to upstage her on her element and job, being very fierce and petty and willing to resort to any means necessary to win and crush her opponent. [[spoiler: Just ask Todd.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: To typical Creator/AaronSorkin female PluckyOfficeGirl protagonists, of whom Mia's clearly an {{Expy}}: Mia's clearly every bit as competent and assertive as every one of Sorkin's characters, except that because of her need to stay on top in a man's world and dislike for unprofessionality, she's also an A-grade {{Jerkass}} CompetitionFreak with no qualms about her [[InsufferableGenius insufferable ego]].
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler: At first, it seems like this will be PlayedStraight, with Todd accepting Mia's offer of peace (J.D.'s pen) and mending up; then it's subverted when Todd instead tricks her and mocks her over it.]]
* 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.
* GoGetterGirl: A {{Parody}} of the trope.
* IWasBornReady: Part of her motivation through the episode is to prove herself to be the most competent, outstanding member of MissionControl, "Toddfoolery" be damned.
* '''{{Jerkass}}''': Holy crap. That only begins describing her attitude.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:If giving the pen to Todd and trying to give him a pep talk is any indication, she ''can'' care.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hank Hippopopalous]]
!!Hank Hippopopalous
->'''Played by''': Philip Baker Hall
Former host of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Hank After Dark]]'', a late talk show in TheNineties, Hank becomes one of the judges for the MBN show "I Think You Can Dance" and Mr. Peanutbutter's co-worker, who idolizes him. However, this seemingly harmless celebrity may have his own skeletons in the closet...
----
* KarmaHoudini: Ultimately, he ends up forcing Diane to withdraw his accusations and gets away scott-free.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Seemingly of Bill Cosby, a popular comedian faced with accusations of sexual harassment later in life. Unlike Cosby however, Hank's career isn't ruined and everything works out for him.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Being a beloved TV star means that he has the support of the public.
[[/folder]]
