History Characters / Cheers

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Her incredibly pale skin and dark ensemble is used to show how socially removed she is from the rest of the characters.

* BerserkButton: Making Vera cry (notable since he doesn't display much affection for Vera otherwise.) Norm threatens John with serious physical violence if he doesn't apologize in one episode.

* PersonAsAVerb: He ''is'' the verb. Being a "Clavin" is used several times over the series, and never as a compliment.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: After season 7, he disappears until "Death Takes A Holiday On Ice" has him killed, off-screen by a zamboni. Just to add insult, he also turns out to have been cheating on Carla for a long time.

* TheMasochismTango: With John Allen Hill. Interesting spin on the trope in that they both REALLY look forward to one-upping each other's insults and vitriol--as much as hitting the sheets together.

* BreathHoldingBrat: Carla has taught Ludlow to hold his breath to frighten adults who are reluctant to agree wit him by his last appearance: he uses it to sell some cookies, and his mother comments it also got $100 off of a part for their car.

* HighSchoolHustler: Or rather, elementary school hustler. Elvis and Jesse are seen getting autographed posters form a children's entertainer and then trying to sale them expensively (to Carla's pride).

** Harbours a deep hatred for both mimes and barbershop quartets for some strange reason.

* SilentSnarker: EarlyInstallmentWeirdness had him throughout the first three seasons as a kind of StraightMan to Coach's CloudCuckoolander antics--often just by reacting with a tired look and implied {{Facepalm}}.

* YourCheatingHeart: He's revealed to have a SecretOtherFamily at his funeral.

* {{Manchild}}: That above statement about her still being a little girl at heart? It can show. An early episode shows a good example - telling Sam she'll admit she's got a crush on him if he does so first. Sam does, at which point Diane refuses to hold up her end of the bargain and scurries out of the room chanting "you love me!" like a six-year-old. Also, the bedroom full of stuffed toys. All of whom have names. And ''personalities''.

* WomenAreWiser: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]]. 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.

* Catchphrase: "Afternoon Everybody" few times Morning Everyone.

* TheFaceless: She "appears" this way in a couple of episodes. She's also voiced by Creator/BernadetteBirkett, George Wendt's actual wife, in a few episodes where her voice is heard from offscreen or over an answering machine.

* TheFaceless: She "appears" this way in a couple of episodes, played by Creator/BernadetteBirkett, George Wendt's actual wife.

* TheFaceless: She "appears" this way in a couple of episodes.

* BatteredBabysitter: Not a babysitter obviously, but at one point, Carla's kids tie him up and lock him in a closet while Carla's at work.

* EmbarrassingFirstName: It's revealed in "Call Me Irresonsible"[[note]]Coincidentally the last episode he appeared in.[[/note]] that his first name is Gui - everyone calls him Eddie because his real name is "too weenie."
* FallenOnHardTimesJob: After his hockey career ends, he joins a third-rate ice show and performs in a penguin suit.
* YourCheatingHeart: Is revealed to have a SecretOtherFamily at his funeral.

* EmbarassingFirstName: It's revealed in "Call Me Irresonsible"[[note]]Coincidentally the last episode he appeared in.[[/note]] that his first name is Gui - everyone calls him Eddie because his real name is "too weenie."

[[folder:Eddie LeBec]]
!!Gui "Eddie" LeBec

* EmbarassingFirstName: It's revealed in "Call Me Irresonsible" that his first name is Gui - everyone calls him Eddie because his real name is "too weenie."

* AwfulWeddedLife: His marriage was unsuccessful to say the least. Dave mentioned that firearms were involved.

* HiddenDepths: Subverted. During his contest with Sam, actually drops the French accent and confesses to a girl he's a fake and just pretends to be a FrenchJerk because it gets him laid. When she leaves, he returns to his ''normal'' French accent and proudly announces he's scored another one.

* FriendlyEnemy: With Diane. For all their clashes, there are enough moments between the two to indicate that, [[VitriolicBestBuds at the very least,]] the two women respect each other.
** These moments often end with Carla coming ''this close'' to making a (mild) declaration of friendship--only to [[CanNotSpitItOut back out at the last second]] with a snarky save. And when she ''does'' [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove manage to say something nice]]...
-->'''Carla:''' Hey, uh--Diane...you know, I was skeptical about you finding something, but, uh...guess it won't ''kill'' me to--come out and say... congratulations.\\

*** Carla also has this relationship with Rebecca. There's this one memorable exchange, after Rebecca paid $10 to Carla for a fake explanation of why she was called "Back Seat Becky" in college:
---->'''Carla:''' Wait a minute. Why ''do'' they call you "Backseat Becky"?\\

* WorldWearyWaitress: Carla could almost be considered the TropeCodifier. Rude, surly, snarky, but still beloved by all the staff and regular patrons at the titular bar. The fact that she's a single mother who starts the show with four kids and ends with eight, and that her husband frequently cheated on her before running out on her probably didn't help her personality much.
--> '''Carla:''' When I'm in charge of the bar I know what God feels like.
--> '''Norm:''' How's that?
--> '''Carla:''' It's like I'm in complete control of people's destinies. Yeah, I can make their drinks too strong so they get sick. Or I can water them down so they're payin' for nothin'. Or if I don't like their attitude I can spit in it.

* TooDumbToLive: According to her, in "Cry Hard"--upon discovering that she's let Robin Colcord use her and basically walk all over her from day one.
--> "[[SuddenlyShouting I AM]] [[InvokedTrope TOO STUPID TO]] ''[[DramaQueen LIVE...!!!]]''"

* DumbJock

* DisappearedDad: Between them they have three fathers, all of whom apply. By the end of the show one is dead, one doesn't do anything besides send child support, and the third is Nick (who, when challenged to identify which of the kids are his at Serafinas wedding, only succeeds in picking out Gino -after seeing him making a pass on Rebecca- and Serafina herself).