History Characters / CentralPark

* HateSink: He manages to be this in the one episode he appears in, if only because he's such a egotistical and smug hypocrite who annoys everybody with his constant bragging. Then he allows an owl attack a father and son adding to his status as this.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In this case, quite literally. He's named "Shampagne", but it is pronounced like the drink of the same name.

And it’s not like I took him, if anything he took me\\

-->'''Paige:''' We're calling an exterminator.
-->'''Cole:''' (rapidly) Yep. Yep, yep, yep. Yep. Yeeeep.
-->'''Paige:''' A... gentle exterminator.
-->'''Cole:''' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness I don't care anymore.]]

* WideEyedIdealist: She always sees the good in everything, even if she's living in a place like New York City. It becomes discussed in "A Matter of Life and Boeuf", Paige spends the entire episode trying to talk Abby out of working at the Brandenham, believing that her sister's status as this is making her blind to the kind of person Bitsy is. However, Abby later admits that she knows Bitsy is the worst sometimes, but is willingly choosing to try and find the good in her and the Brandenham anyway- not just [[Main/FreudianExcuse because of her experience with playing villains in her past plays by questioning what their reasons would be for being "evil"]], but because she knows she’ll never make it in New York if she just goes around believing everything is the worst all the time instead of trying to find the good in something, impossible as it may seem.

* GenericGuy: Brendan is usually portrayed as a simple NiceGuy who happens to be Molly's crush. The only other thing that makes Brendan stand out is that [[spoiler: he's member of the Brandenham family]].

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: In "A Fish Called Snakehead", she's revealed to be unlikable in New York in a poll created by the mayor. How unlikable? A SerialKiller did better than her in the poll. Another poll asked what's New York's most hated thing, with the options being slow walkers, New Jersey, Bitsy, rats, and tourists, Bitsy is the highest. If some dialogue is to be believed, she doesn’t really care about it.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Helen seriously contemplates offing Shampagne to get the dog out of Bitsy's will, but ultimately can’t go through with it due to Cole’s influence. Then, she ends up saving Shampagne and Cole when they race into traffic anyway.

* BlitheSpirit: Deconstructed in his character song in the Season 3 finale. His philosophy is to coast through life without worrying about anything, which includes the consequences of his own actions. During the song he innocently reveals that--among other things--he[[spoiler: doesn't pay taxes, eats raw chicken, witnessed a crime committed by the Russian mob, and isn't even qualified to be a park ranger]].

* KarmaHoudini: In the Season 3 finale, he sings about how he [[spoiler: doesn't pay taxes, lied on his resume, and only sold three tote bags at the park fair]]. Luckily, Owen only [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne seems bothered by one of these]].

* TheAgeless: [[spoiler: In "Castle Sweet Castle", when Birdie first meets the Tillerman many years ago, back when Molly was a toddler and Cole was a baby, he looks exactly the same as he does in the present, even wearing the same clothes]].

* MeaningfulName: He’s called Birdie because he sings like a bird... and because he bathes in the Park's bird fountain.

* SayingTooMuch: In "Dog Spray Afternoon", Birdie reveals there are rules he needs to follow as the narrator, the biggest one being that he can’t give spoilers to the characters in the story. [[InternalReveal He later blurts out to Paige that Bitsy is the one money laundering for Mayor Whitebottom,]] which in turn leads to a new narrator stepping in, with Birdie unaware of this.

Another busker in Central Park, who becomes the new narrator at the end of “Dog Spray Afternoon" after Birdie breaks the rule of revealing spoilers to a character in the story.

* AlienNonInterferenceClause: Griffin explains to Birdie that narrators aren’t supposed to insert themselves in the story or meddle in the lives of its characters — in his own words, “they gotta make their own decisions, we just get to watch“.

* FreudianExcuse: It’s possibly hinted he's the pig farmer’s kid in the song "Too Close". In which case yes, he does have a personal reason why to not get too attached, even if the powers that be ultimately got tired of him.
* HateSink: He manages to be this in the one episode he appears in, if only because he’s such a egotistical and smug hypocrite who annoys everybody with his constant bragging. Then he allows an owl attack a father and son adding to his status as this.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He ''claims'' to be a much better narrator than Birdie, but most of "First Class Hands" is him ''bragging'' about it, quite clearly breaking the established "don't make [the story] about you" rule. Not only that, his insistence on narrating the “right” way and never getting “too close” (physically or emotionally) to the people he’s narrating almost gets Owen and Cole ''killed,'' which would’ve ruined the story ''way'' worse than Birdie’s one spoiler did.
* LackOfEmpathy: Because of his instance on following the rules and being a detached, objective, “perfect” narrator, Griffin lacks Birdie’s attachment to the Tillerman family. He’s ''so'' detached, in fact, that he doesn't do anything to help get Owen and Cole — who are stuck in a tree and getting attacked by an angry mother owl — down, even when he ''knows'' that he’s the only one around to do something about it.
* LoveHurts: Griffin’s life philosophy, and why he refuses to get emotionally attached to anything.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Feels it's why Birdie got “fired”, because getting ‘too close’ to the Tillermans is what led to him accidentally blurting out a spoiler.
* {{Narcissist}}: Almost every scene he’s in is just him bragging how awesome he is.

* SafetyInIndifference: Griffin’s main point in “Too Close”, believing it's better to avoid attachments completely than to set yourself up for inevitable heartbreak.

* WouldHurtAChild: {{Downplayed}} in that Griffin himself doesn't directly hurt children, but he does allows an owl to attack an 11-year old boy and was willing to let said boy potentially fall to his death.
* YouCantFightFate: Constantly preaches this to Birdie, as he believes narrators shouldn't try to mess with the consequences of character’s actions.

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* MoralityPet: Literally. He's probably the few living things Bitsy shows any affections and kindness towards.

* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: Her mother seems to have been a nice woman, but she was not at all equipped to educate her daughter or guider her through her periods, because her own mother wasn't either. Paige then decided she would not let Molly go through the same thing and does as much as she can so that the experience isn't as traumatic as her own and that she has all she needs to go through it smoothly. While she ends up overcorrecting and being overbearing instead, Molly still ends up thankful for the care she has put and has a much better experience than Paige.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EdwardAsner

->'''Voiced by:''' Andrew Rannells, Creator/KENN (Japanese)

-->"Seat beats are for cowards. Everything is a parking spot if you park there. Never go under 40 miles an hour. ''(later on)'' Driving is like negotiating. You should do it fast, tipsy, and make everyone feel like they're gonna die."

-->''Bitsy'': "He never missed an opportunity to tell me that he wished I'd been a boy. With a penis. He never said the penis part but it was implied."

[[folder:Interim Mayor Reed '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]

* TheAgeless: [[spoiler: In "Castle Sweet Castle", when Birdie first meets the Tillerman many years ago, back when Molly was a toddler and Cole was a baby, he looks completely the same as he does in the present and even wears the same clothes]].

* FreudianExcuse: It’s possibly hinted he's the pig farm kid who lost his piggy in the song "Too Close". In which case yes, he does have a personal reason why to not get too attached, even if the powers that be ultimately got tired of him.

* LoveHurts: His main life philosophy, and why he refuses to get emotionally attached to anything.

* SafetyInIndifference: Griffin’s main point in his song “Too Close”, believing it's better to avoid attachments than to set yourself up for inevitable heartbreak.
* TheSociopath: Shows signs of being one such as having a huge ego and showing no remorse in letting a father and child die if it meant he wasn't “breaking the rules”.

* FreudianExcuse: Its possibly hinted he's the pig farm kid who lost his piggy in the song "Too Close". In which case yes, he does have a personal reason why to not get too attached, even if the powers that be ultimately got tired of him.

* SafetyInIndifference: Griffin’s main point in his song “Too Close”, believing it's better to avoid attachments than set yourself for inevitable heartbreak.

* TheSociopath: Shows signs of being one such as having a huge ego and showing no remorse in letting a father and child die.

* TheAgeless: [[spoiler: In "Castle Sweet Castle", when Birdie meets first meets the Tillerman decades ago, back when Molly was a toddler and Cole was a baby, he looks completely the same as he does in the present and even wears the same clothes]].

** Then again, as ''Make 'Em Pay'' shows her as being about the same height she was as a child and she mentions in her song being smaller than the other kids, it's possible she has dwarfism. This seems to be a case when we see her in a flashback in "The Shadow" as a young adult and she's the size of a child.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: His trusts Bitsy and believes her claims that she loves the park, with her very blatant attempt to cover up her firing an employee for giving a veteran a free upgrade for their honeymoon flying right over Quincey's head.

* JerkassHasAPoint: She may be a grump, but she's right about how her brother Ambrose is a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Bitsy accuses him of being one, as all the money he made for himself was out of loans with the family money, while Bitsy took their rundown hotel and turned into a multi-million dollar business. Both of them also see his extended family as this, as they live by mooching off of him.

* BlitheSpirit: Deconstructed in his character song in the Season 3 finale. His philosophy is to coast through life without worrying about anything, which includes the consequences of his own actions. During the song he innocently reveals that--among other things--Elwood [[spoiler: doesn't pay taxes, eats raw chicken, witnessed a crime committed by the Russian mob, and isn't even qualified to be a park ranger]].

Paige's younger sister who moved from Oshkosh, Wisconsin to live in New York City and become an actress.

[[folder: Owen Tillerman]]

[[folder: Paige Hunter]]

[[folder: Molly Tillerman]]

[[folder: Cole Tillerman]]

[[folder: Celeste Tillerman]]

[[folder: Abby Hunter]]

[[folder: Brendan]]

[[folder: Hazel]]

[[folder: Enrique]]

[[folder: Bitsy Brandenham]]

[[folder: Helen]]

[[folder: Shampagne]]

[[folder: Elwood]]

[[folder: Fran]]

[[folder: Birdie]]

[[folder: Glorious Gary]]

[[folder: Griffin]]

[[folder: Louie]]

[[folder: Marvin]]

[[folder: Doug]]

[[folder: Mayor Whitney Whitebottom]]

[[folder: Interim Mayor Reed '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]

A local hot dog vendor.

* SupremeChef: Has many park goers who are fans of his hot dogs.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KristenBell (Season 1), Emmy Raver-Lampman (Season 2), Mayu Minami (Japanese), Emmylou Homs (European French), Priscila Keller (Brazilian Portuguese), Magdalena Turba (German), Margherita De Risi (Italian), Isabel Valls (European Spanish), Edurne Keel (Latin American Spanish)