History Characters / BrooklynNineNineFamilyMembers

* EvilCounterpart: Downplayed, since Kate isn't so much "evil" as "incredibly reckless and irresponsible". Nevertheless, they're NotSoDifferent and it's made pretty clear that she is what Jake could have ended up like if he didn't have even the few stabilizing influences in his life (such as his mother, his job, his friends etc.) that he possessed and she lacked.

%% * NotSoDifferent: Personality-wise, Jake and Kate are quite similar. Kate's just... more.

* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Jake and Amy are thrown for a loop when the girls ask them, point-blank, if Terry got stopped by a cop because he's black, and if being black means they'll get in trouble, too.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Of a variety. Before he's ever seen, Rosa describes him and his wife as obnoxiously cheerful and affectionate people. When he shows up he's far from it. Rosa might just have been exaggerating about their cheerfulness, since that is what she does about almost everybody.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Of a variety. Before he's ever seen, Rosa describes him and his wife as obnoxiously cheerful and affectionate people. When he shows up he's far from it. Rosa might just have been exaggerating, as she is wont to about people barely displaying any emotion.

* RealMenWearPink: Despite his FaceOfAThug, he's mentioned to be a teacher. Then there's also his openmindedness towards Rosa's sexuality, and his love for [[SeriousBusiness game night]].

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Of a variety. Before he's ever seen, Rosa describes him and his wife as obnoxiously cheerful and affectionate people. When he shows up he's far from it.

[[folder: Nikolaj]]

* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Downplayed, as Nikolaj himself is still a child, but Charles occasionally references the child-trafficking ring he was part of with a dose of BlackComedy.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Everyone mispronounces his name, although that's only according to his parents (adopted and biological. To the audience it sounds pretty correct.

* TheAce: Is a Lieutenant, has a Platinum shooting certification, is trained to give the Heimlich maneuver, is fluent in Portuguese… he does everything and he does it well.
* AchievementsInIgnorance: Of a sort. He got a perfect score (for no reason, according to him) on the lieutenant's exam without planning to even take it (his partner got sick and David wanted to send money home to his family), learned Portuguese while building a school in Rio, and talked a future Academy-award-winning actress down from committing suicide (without knowing or caring who she was).
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: No matter what Amy does, David always happens to have done the same thing, only better. Except dancing. He is as bad as she is at that. And even then he only ties with Amy.

->'''Portrayed By:''' Olga Merediz

* PlayingGertrude: He fought in WWII, and even mentions the attack on Pearl Harbor. Martin Mull wasn't even born then.

!Jake's Familyos

!Jake's Family

* BrokenAce: His genuinely impressive accomplishments are undermined by the fact that he's utterly insufferable, to the extent that Amy can't stand to be around him.

* ReplacementGoldfish: Played with, during one Hallowe'en episode, wherein the squad tries to fool Holt by using a fake cheddar. On a bigger level, a bit of this and TheOtherDarrin , as the dog actor they use is different from the first to second and later seasons (in the first season, Cheddar is white and tan, and in the second he's black and tan, then back to white and tan in the third season).

* BrutalHonesty: He very bluntly admits that he doesn't like Jake, despite the fact that ''Jake is sitting right across from him''.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Oscar is rude and bigoted, but ultimately his love for his daughter ''does'' overcome his prejudice.

* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Daughter]]: [[spoiler: Though her husband comes to accept Rosa's sexuality, Julia -- at least for now -- does not. However, Captain Holt assures Rosa that she will come around eventually.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: Roger was a womanizer and was damn proud of it.

* YourCheatingHeart: We learn that she has been cheating on Lynn offscreen, but we never find out with whom.

* OverprotectiveDad: When he thinks Rosa and Jake are dating, he becomes visibly angered when he sees [[YourCheatingHeart a photo of Jake and Amy together]].

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Played for laughs. Cheddar is apparently agreeable enough as a dog that he is easy to train by anyone, even if they're not his owners. This results in Cheddar being used by various members of the 99 for the heists, which means on some occasions, he betrays his "dad" Holt when these heists are happening.

%% * TheStoic: [[UpToEleven Even more than Holt.]]
%% * StraightGay: Just like Holt.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: No matter what Amy does, David always happens to have done the same thing, only better. Except dancing. He is as bad as she is at that.

->'''Portrayed By:''' Nick Cannon

* NeverMyFault: He's quick to blame Roger first for wrecking the gender reveal cake (despite Walter throwing the can of beer that knocked the cake over) and then for accidentally making the replacement cake blue (despite Walter also helping bake the replacement cake).