History Characters / BroadCity

* AmbiguouslyBrown: She actually enjoys her "ethnic ambiguity", mostly because she gets looks from a lot of different guys.

* BareYourMidriff: Among other outfits, Ilana is observed by a coworker to be "wearing a napkin".

** Played for drama in the final season when [[spoiler: Abbi tells her she is moving to Boulder for an art program]] while Ilana hoped for them to move together.

** The subsequent episode "Co-Op" provides a bit more context. [[spoiler:Abbi mentions to Craig how she once spent a summer following Music/{{Phish}} around as they toured the country, while also selling mushroom chocolates, presumably to cover her travel expenses.]]

* TheDeterminator: Spends an entire day chasing a tourist across Manhattan in order to get her phone back and be in time for a date.
* GoalInLife: Has aspirations to pursue her talents in illustration.
* GranolaGirl: Abbi was this when she was younger. She had bad-smelling dreadlocks, and spent a not-insignificant amount of time following Music/{{Phish}} on tour.

->'''Played By:''' Abbi Jacobson

->'''Played By:''' Ilana Glazer

-->'''Played by''': Hannibal Buress

-->'''Played by''': Arturo Castro

-->'''Played by''': John Gemberling

-->'''Played by''': Paul W. Downs

-->''Played by''': Stephen Schneider

* BiTheWay: Confirmed in the episode "Coat Check" which gives Ilana a same-sex relationship without much fanfare, [[spoiler: who, as Abbi points out, looks and acts exactly like her]]. Ilana constantly tries to get Abbi to have a threesome with her (among other things, including a HomoeroticDream about Abbi), makes out with a female intern in "Mochalatta Chills," and suddenly gets new ambition at work when she gets the hots for her company's new investor (played by Vanessa Williams) in "Game Over."

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Despite her BiTheWay tendencies, she's this with Abbi.

** [[spoiler: In the final season, he and his girlfriend open up their relationship and he sleeps with the leggy and cute Abbi]].

* QuirkyCurls: Possesses these. One episode revealed that Abbi was somewhat responsible for encouraging Ilana's extroverted confidence at a time when she was pressured by her snobby WASPy roommates to straighten her hair. The final season has her scouted by the real life hair care product Deva Curl for how perfect her curls are styled.

Ilana's drug dealing gay roommate, a Venezuelan immigrant waiting to be naturalized. He exhibits extreme guilt over what he perceives as wrongs he has committed against his friends; however, they are usually minor transgressions.

* AlliterativeName

* BitchInSheepsClothing: A recurring theme is her steady realization that she isn't as good of a person as she'd like to think she is.

* GassHole: she farts she gets hugged by Ilana's dad and when at the office

* BiTheWay: Ilana constantly tries to get Abbi to have a threesome with her, among other things, and makes out with a female intern in "Mochalatta Chills".
** She also had a HomoeroticDream featuring Abbi.
** In "Coat Check", she briefly dates a woman [[spoiler: who looks and acts exactly like her]].

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}

* FriendsWithBenefits: With Lincoln.

* GassHole: Ilana farts quite a few times over the course of the series, much more than Abbi and while Abbi seems embarrassed most times Ilana is much more open about it

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: She can at times be rude, inconsiderate, and immature, although she usually means well and in most cases comes to see the fault in her actions by the end of the episode

* Gasshole: she farts she gets hugged by Ilana's dad and when at the office

* Gasshole: Ilana farts quite a few times over the course of the series, much more than Abbi and while Abbi seems embarrassed most times Ilana is much more open about it

* Gashole: she farts she gets hugged by Ilana's dad and when at the office

* Gashole: Ilana farts quite a few times over the course of the series, much more than Abbi and while Abbi seems embarrassed most times Ilana is much more open about it

* AuthorAvatar: Is a fictionalised version of Ilana Glazer's experiences living as a twenty-something in New York City.

** HomoeroticDream: Featuring Abbi.
** In "Coat Check" she explicitly dates a woman [[spoiler: who looks and acts exactly like her]].

* EthicalSlut: She enjoys casual sex, encourages Abbi's liaisons, thinks its hot when her lovers have other lovers, repeatedly expresses a desire for group sex, but she draws the line if a carnal encounter would violate someone's trust.

-->'''Ilana''': "You don't have to tell me. I don't know where my underwear goes. That's why I go commando all the time!"

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Abbi tells Ilana that she's "so anti-racist that sometimes you're actually really racist". In general, Ilana comes off as fairly well meaning, but incredibly egotistical and indifferent to the feelings of others.

* ShesGotLegs: Frequently wears high -aist shorts, exposing these.

-->'''Ilana''':( After being told Abbi's friend was possibly horribly disfigured) Maybe it's about time there was an elephant woman.

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Despite that his girlfriend is almost never home, that Abbi clearly hates his guts, and that she doesn't want him around, he refuses to leave. In-fact he tends to treat Abbi like his personal maid then anything else.
* UglyGuyHotWife: His girlfriend is ([[TheGhost we are told]]) conventionally beautiful extremely fit, and he looks extremely frumpy and chubby next to her.

* YouGetMeCoffee: Trey constantly sends Abbi to do all the menial cleaning tasks at Soulstice, such as cleaning pubes and puke, not recognizing her potential to be a trainer.

* HiddenDepths: In season three, he displays knowledge on women's fashion, which completely surprises Abbi. Apparently he used to work at his grandma's department store every summer when he was younger.

* UglyGuyHotWife: His girlfriend is conventionally beautiful extremely fit, and he looks extremely frumpy and chubby next to her.

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: She's incredibly rude, inconsiderate, and immature. Her two redeeming features are that she would die for her friends, and that the viewer finds her hilarious.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Despite her near worshipful admiration of Abbi, Ilana is an unreliable friend at the best of times, and generally always plays a role in making a bad situation worse.

* StrawFeminist: A weird case. She has no problem at all with men, but will frequently spout incredibly poorly thought out and unneccesary attempts at female empowerment at random intervals, inevitably looking like an idiot in the process.

An aspiring illustrator who works as a custodian at a high-end gym. She to find a balance between being a responsible, self-sufficient adult while being fun-loving and free-spirited like Ilana.

* RummageSaleReject: She has a ridiculously offbeat sense of style that generally ''is'' made up of things she found in the trash, such as gaudy-looking wigs. Somehow, she still manages to pull it off and look great.

* MsFanservice: She's very sexually liberated and is proud to show off her body. It's generally played more for laughs than outright fanservice, however.

* AmbiguouslyBrown

A successful pediatric dentist with whom Ilana has a recurring sexual relationship, which he ants to turn into a romantic one (Ilana has thus far been unreceptive to this idea). He's a funny, easygoing guy and often plays games and tells jokes with his dental patients.

* AuthorAvatar: Is a fictionalised version of Abbi Jacobson's experiences living as a twenty-something in New York City.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Ilana
* InformedJudaism: Like Ilana, she's Jewish, but not much is ever made of it.
* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: Abbi has a very large crush on her neighbour Jeremy.

-->'''Ilana''': You don't have to tell me. I don't know where my underwear goes. That's why I go commando all the time!

* InformedJudaism: Like Abbi, she's Jewish, but not much is ever made of it.

* RedOniBlueOni: Ilana is far more chaotic, extraverted and unconventional than her blue counterpart, Abbi.

* ShesGotLegs: Frequently wears high waisted shorts, exposing these.

* StrawFeminist: A weird case. She has no problem at all with men, but will frequently spout incredibly poorly thought out and uneccesary attempts at female empowerment at random intervals, inevitably looking like an idiot in the process.
-->'''Ilana''':(After being told Abbi's friend was possibly horribly disfigured) Maybe it's about time there was an elephant woman.