History Characters / Cheers

* BatmanGambit: Coach's plan to get Sam and Diane back together in Season 3 was to privately tell Sam that if Diane doesn't work at the bar, she'll go mentally ill again. He then tells Diane that if she doesn't work at the bar, Sam'll hit the bottle the second she leaves. He then privately tells Frasier than if she doesn't work at the bar, she'll fantasize about Sam, and if they work at the bar, they'll continually snipe and start hating each other.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He's a forgetful, slow witted old man, but get him riled up and he can verbally kick your ass; '''literally'' when he found out Sam was sleeping with a teacher to get good grades. Such as getting Sam to end a relationship that was causing him moral conflict, or dealing with him when he was an alcoholic.

* WomenAreWiser: She's the wet-blanket [[TheSpock superego]] to Frasier's more laid back [[TheKirk ego]]. Who's in the right [[ZigzaggedTrope tends to vary]].
* {{Yuppie}}: Every bit as much of one as her eventual husband Frasier, though much less of one in personality, and dislikes the term entirely.

* WomenAreWiser: ZigZagged. Diane can be very insightful--and often serves as Sam's conscience, when his pragmatism would otherwise border on amorality. Still, both Diane and Sam have their failings, and either one can call the other out on it, at any time.

* MultipleChoicePast: Was Norm once a fit football player or has he always been a lazy bum? Depends on the episode. At a high achool reunion, he’s noted to have lost weight, while his earliest tab entry calls him “the skinny guy at the end of the bar”, yet a skinny guy wouldn’t have played football. Then there’s his mention of dropping out of cub scouts on the first day when he found out hiking was involved.

* HateSink: Seems to have been created specifically so the audience will have someone they hate.

* IconicSequelCharacter: Similar to Woody, Lillith only appeared in Season Four, though ultimately became a mainstay, and due to her ties to Frasier, had much more presence in his spin-off works than the other ''Cheers'' regulars. She is notably the only character besides Frasier himself to appear in all three shows (plus ''Wings'') thus far.

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* {{Catchphrase}}: "Men are pigs", and variations thereupon.

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Afternoon Everybody" or "Morning Everyone" a few times.

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Hey/Y'know, {{Little Known Fact|s}} that, uh...''[fill in the blank]''"

* CatchPhrase: "''Sam''...!" (done in an incredibly condescending, smug tone). Sam even lampshades this in one episode.

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* CarpetOfVirility: Much to the delight of female fans he's got hair on his chest.

Characters in ''Series/{{Cheers}}''.

'''Carla:''' Yeah...[[DiscussedTrope what DOES a good butt]] [[DeadpanSnarker make in this town?]]

** Sam learns the hard way that she actually cares about the members of her collection--deeply. To the point of [[DramaQueen being driven to angry tears]] [[BerserkButton when she discovers Carla's been using Brian the Lion for a dish rag]] ("Coach In Love, Part I").

* WomenAreDelicate: For better and for worse. Practically everything about Diane is ''immensely'' feminine. So naturally she falls for a tall, strong-built and stronger-willed sports jock [[OppositesAttract who's the opposite of her]] [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast in so many ways]]...

* CompensatingForSomething: During her [[GentlemanSnarker polite verbal smackdown]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech of Gary and company]], Diane throws in a speculation that this is the reason for Gary's chronic obsession with belittling Sam.

* GiftedlyBad: She's convinced she could've been a tremendous ballet dancer with the right chance. Everyone else at Cheers disagrees, being reduced to helpless laughter looking at her audition tape (which we don't get to see, but the reaction speaks for itself). She's only saved from embarrassing herself by the timely intervention of Sam and Frasier. Generally, any time Diane turns her hand to some craft, this seems to be the result. Even her writing, suggested to be her strong(est) suit, is implied to be pretty rough stuff.