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!!Other Characters
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!!Noah Taylor
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* GrumpyOldMan
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!!Martha Huber
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->'''Played by:''' Christine Estabrook
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* AssholeVictim
* BackForTheFinale
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: To Susan and [[spoiler: Mary Alice, driving her to suicide]].
* [[GossipyHens Gossipy Hen]]
* NosyNeighbor: A classic example, and perhaps the worst extent in the entire series.
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!!Felicia Tillman
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->'''Played by:''' Harriet Sansom Harris
Martha Huber's vengeful sister.
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* TheChessmaster
* LonersAreFreaks
* [[TheManBehindTheMan The Woman Behind The Woman]]: Turns out she's Beth's [[spoiler: mother]].
* ManipulativeBitch
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!!Gloria Hodge
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->'''Played by:''' Dixie Carter
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:After she suffers a brain stroke.]]
* AxCrazy: When Orson foils her plan to kill Bree, she abandons her scheme and simply tries to kill him too.
* BestFriendsInLaw: With Alma. Subverted when Gloria locks Alma in the attic, not caring about the fact that the latter could be pregnant.
* BigBad: Of season 3.
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BlackWidow: [[spoiler: She murderer her husband and blamed Orson for it.]]
* TheChessmaster
* EvilCripple: A lesser example, since she has to walk with a cane after [[spoiler: injuring her hip while burying Monique's corpse.]]
* EvilWearsBlack: Combined with BrightIsNotGood, as she often wears a black dress with a bright-colored sweater on her shoulders.
* FauxAffablyEvil: She feigns weakness and kindness to cover her psychotic nature.
* TheFundamentalist: She killed Monique and attempted to kill Bree because she thought Orson was still married to Alma before God's eyes.
* HolierThanThou
* {{Hypocrite}}: For being so stern about other people's sins, she doesn't mind indulging in alcohol.
* KnightTemplar
* LackOfEmpathy: She views other people as mere tools.
* ManipulativeBitch
* MyBelovedSmother: The "beloved" part fades away ''very'' quickly.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Easily the pinnacle in the series. Unless you're Alma, of course.
* TheSociopath: Manipulative, callous and completely self-serving. Even her strong faith is just a way to rationalize her desire to control other people.
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!!Bob Hunter and Lee [=McDermott=]
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->'''Played by:''' Tuc Watkins (Bob) and Kevin Rahm (Lee)
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* FauxYay: Lee pretends to be straight in one episode in Gabrielle's scheme to catch her housemate in the act of soliciting sex.
* OnlySaneMan: There are exactly ''two'' men in this show that are sane and normal and without any drama in their lives. They are married to each other.
* PetHomosexual: Much to their frustration, the housewives always invite them over when they need some gay friends.
* StraightGay: Bob is a tad more masculine than Lee, but they both act like your average middle aged man.
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!!Maisy Gibbons
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->'''Played by:''' Sharon Lawrence
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* AlphaBitch: Amongst the mothers at Barcliffe School.
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BreakTheHaughty
* HighClassCallGirl: Rex is her client.
* RichBitch
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!!Alma Hodge
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->'''Played by:''' Valerie Mahaffey
Orson Hodge's first wife.
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* TheDitz
* TheDragon: To Gloria.
* FakingTheDead: To lure Orson in a trap so that she could rape him.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: She falls from the roof and dies while trying to warn Danielle.]]
* ManipulativeBitch: She tricked Orson into marrying her by getting pregnant. Of course, she's overshadowed by Gloria.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Because Orson didn't murder her.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: It's not clear how much she pretends to be an airhead and how much she actually is.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: When she realizes that Orson won't ever love her, she gives up the plan, but Gloria doesn't. So she tries to escape and warn Bree (the only decent act she ever does on-screen), [[spoiler: but accidentally dies in the process.]]
* SmugSnake: She thinks to be really smart, but she's just Gloria's pawn.
* {{Yandere}}
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!!Robin Gallagher
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/JulieBenz
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* ClosetKey: For [[spoiler: Katherine]]
* LipstickLesbian: And how! She's even lipsticky for straight woman standards.
* [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Stripper With A Heart Of Gold]]
* MsFanservice
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!!'''Nora Huntington
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->'''Played by:''' Kiersten Warren
A woman who Tom Scavo had a one-night stand with years ago. As a result of it, she became pregnant with their daughter, Kayla.
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* MsFanservice
* DeadpanSnarker
-->'''Lynette:''' I hear his family has money.
-->'''Nora:''' Well maybe they could all chip in and buy his some deodorant.
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!!Jackson Braddock
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->'''Played by:''' Gale Harold
Susan's new boyfriend after her divorce with Mike in early season 5.
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* NiceGuy: He tries his best to make Susan happy. Unfortunately, she still has strong feelings for Mike.
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[[folder:Dave Williams]]
!!David "Dave" Williams (real name David Dash)
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/NealMcDonough
Edie's new husband in season 5.
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* AffablyEvil: He does his best to integrate in the neighborhood of Wisteria Lane, and hides sinister motivations.
* ArcVillain: He is the main threat in season 5.
* AxCrazy: The death of his wife and daughter [[DrivenToMadness drove him mad]], with bouts of rage murderous enough to be interned in a psychiatric hospital. Once he got out of it, he disobeyed his psychiatrist's orders and came to Fairview to seek vengeance. Then he killed his psychiatrist by strangulation and almost did the same to Edie.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Seeks revenge against Mike Delfino then Susan because his wife and daughter were killed in the car accident.
* EvilAlbino: He has very light blond hair, and he's AxCrazy.
* TheLostLenore: His actions are driven by the pain of losing his wife and daughter.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Lost his daughter Paige to a car accident.
* {{Revenge}}: He's after Mike Delfino then Susan for the death of his wife and daughter.
* StepfordSmiler: He tries his best to appear charming on the outside. What's on the inside however...
* WidowWoman: His wife Lila died in a car accident.
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!!Eddie Orlofsky
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->'''Played by:''' Josh Zuckerman
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* AlcoholicParent: His mother.
* [[spoiler: AxCrazy]]
* BerserkButton: ''Don't laugh at him.'' (Though oddly enough, he did try stand up comedy earlier in the season. Fortunately he CannotTellAJoke.) Also, don't be mean to [[ParentalSubstitute Lynette]] in front of him.
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* [[spoiler: CryForTheDevil: The entire "Epiphany" episode.]]
* DeliveryGuy: Bonus points for [[spoiler: the "Fairview Strangler" having to save the baby from being strangled by her umbilical cord!]]
* [[spoiler: FreudianExcuse]]
* IJustWantToBeLoved
* [[spoiler: InsaneEqualsViolent]]
* MommyIssues
* [[spoiler: SerialKiller]]
* [[spoiler: SympatheticMurderer: Also considering that two of his four victims (his mother and Irina) were complete [[AssholeVictim assholes]]]].
* [[spoiler: TragicVillain]]
* [[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds]]
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[[folder:John Rowland]]
!!John Rowland
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->'''Played by:''' Jesse Metcalfe
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* AmbiguouslyBrown
* DawsonCasting: Metcalfe was 25 when he began playing the 17-year-old Rowland. Averted in later seasons when [[TimeSkip time skipped]] forward allowing John's age to catch up more with Metcalfe's real age.
* DoggedNiceGuy: He fell in love with Gabrielle, but she was mostly using him just for sex when Carlos was either not paying her enough attention or she was mad with him.
* HotMenAtWork: Was the Solis' gardener and often [[WalkingShirtlessScene did it shirtless]].
* JailBait: Gabrielle was threatened by John's Mother with legal action once their affair was exposed.
* LikesOlderWomen: It was said that high-school girls his age bored him. In addition to Gabrielle, he also had a brief fling with an even older woman on the street named Joan.
* LovableJock: He wasn't shown in his high-school setting much, but was shown to be a popular soccer player.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Partly causes [[spoiler:Carlos' send to prison]] hoping to get him out of the way and begin a real relationship with Gabrielle. She wasn't impressed, and this led to her patching things up with Carlos.
* MrFanservice: His taking-shirt-off moments are a dime a dozen.
* PrettyBoy: Probably what allowed Metcalfe to get away (just) with playing a 17 year old.
* RagsToRiches: Between seasons 2 and 3 he goes from being a neighborhood gardener to starting a successful gardening business.
* [[spoiler:RomanticRunnerUp]]
* SexGod: Gabrielle was surprised when John revealed to her that she was his first, and later bragged about his prowess to Carlos.
* WhosYourDaddy: It was not known who was the father [[spoiler: of Gabrielle's later miscarried first child out of himself and Carlos]].
* YourCheatingHeart: In season 3, he was engaged to (and later married) a hotel heiress when he [[spoiler:slept with Gabrielle again.]]
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* FanService: His thong scene.
* [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderization]]: Both he and his wife suffered this ''a lot'' in season five, going from a couple that had their problems but could still work through them together, to a "couple" that argued every other episode over the smallest most insignificant problems (well, insignificant compared to a tornado, a psychopathic child from a previous relationship, and cancer). He also became even more irrational and childish.
* HenpeckedHusband
* ManChild: He often lacks common sense and is carefree to the point of being irresponsible. He constantly concocts harebrained moneymaking schemes without thinking them through. And he whines to Lynette about how emasculated he feels when she becomes the breadwinner by getting a sensible job.
* MrFanservice: In one memorable scene, Tom wears nothing but a leopard-print thong, and while Doug Savant does a good job of making the situation quite awkward, one cannot deny that he is by far the hunkiest husband.
* PapaWolf
* PromotedToOpeningCredits: In season 2.
* FanService: His thong scene.
* [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderization]]: Both he and his wife suffered this ''a lot'' in season five, going from a couple that had their problems but could still work through them together, to a "couple" that argued every other episode over the smallest most insignificant problems (well, insignificant compared to a tornado, a psychopathic child from a previous relationship, and cancer). He also became even more irrational and childish.
* HenpeckedHusband
* ManChild: He often lacks common sense and is carefree to the point of being irresponsible. He constantly concocts harebrained moneymaking schemes without thinking them through. And he whines to Lynette about how emasculated he feels when she becomes the breadwinner by getting a sensible job.
* MrFanservice: In one memorable scene, Tom wears nothing but a leopard-print thong, and while Doug Savant does a good job of making the situation quite awkward, one cannot deny that he is by far the hunkiest husband.
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*[[{{Flanderization}} Flanderization]]: Both he BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: To Susan and his wife suffered this ''a lot'' in season five, going from a couple that had their problems but could still work through them together, [[spoiler: Mary Alice, driving her to a "couple" that argued every other episode over suicide]].
* [[GossipyHens Gossipy Hen]]
* NosyNeighbor: A classic example, and perhaps thesmallest most insignificant problems (well, insignificant compared to a tornado, a psychopathic child from a previous relationship, and cancer). He also became even more irrational and childish.
* HenpeckedHusband
* ManChild: He often lacks common sense and is carefree toworst extent in the point of being irresponsible. He constantly concocts harebrained moneymaking schemes without thinking them through. And he whines to Lynette about how emasculated he feels when she becomes the breadwinner by getting a sensible job.
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** Gabrielle gives as much as she takes though, she constantly hits him (It's often PlayedForLaughs, but at one point it got so bad she actually pushed him out of a second-floor window), she's very manipulative and emotionally abusive towards him (Especially on matters concerning money and his mother) and spent the majority of the first two seasons cheating on him with their 17 year-old gardener; eventually they more or less decide they're even and their relationship gets considerably better.
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: [[spoiler: It turns out when the doctor said he was permanently blind, what he really meant was only for half of a season.]]
** Averted in-universe, since he actually spent 6 years blind (There was a 5 year time-skip between seasons 4 and 5) and this very much affected his and Gabrielle's dynamic permanently despite being later cured.
* [[MistakenForRacist Mistaken For Homophobic]]: Beats up two separate men he suspects Gabrielle is cheating on him with. Both of these guys happened to be gay.
* MrFanservice: In between his stints as a businessman, Carlos' wardrobe often consists of sleeveless shirts.
* [[OverprotectiveDad Overprotective Uncle]]: To Ana.
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* ButtMonkey
* DeadpanSnarker: What else would you expect by ''Gabrielle'''s husband?
* DomesticAbuser: At one point, he tampers with his wife's birth control pills in order to get her pregnant, despite her clearly expressing her aversion at the idea of becoming a mother. It works and Gabrielle becomes pregnant, but she is understandably furious at this betrayal and breach of trust. This is something that real-life abusers do, in order to either keep their partners by their side or simply because they do not have any respect for their wishes.
** Gabrielle gives as much as she takes though, she constantly hits him (It's often PlayedForLaughs, but at one point it got so bad she actually pushed him out of a second-floor window), she's very manipulative and emotionally abusive towards him (Especially on matters concerning money and his mother) and spent the majority of the first two seasons cheating on him with their 17 year-old gardener; eventually they more or less decide they're even and their relationship gets considerably better.
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: [[spoiler: It turns out when the doctor said he was permanently blind, what he really meant was only for half of a season.]]
** Averted in-universe, since he actually spent 6 years blind (There was a 5 year time-skip between seasons 4 and 5) and this very much affected his and Gabrielle's dynamic permanently despite being later cured.
* [[MistakenForRacist Mistaken For Homophobic]]: Beats up two separate men he suspects Gabrielle is cheating on him with. Both of these guys happened to be gay.
* MrFanservice: In between his stints as a businessman, Carlos' wardrobe often consists of sleeveless shirts.
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** Gabrielle gives as much as she takes though, she constantly hits him (It's often PlayedForLaughs, but at one point it got so bad she actually pushed him[[TheManBehindTheMan The Woman Behind The Woman]]: Turns out of a second-floor window), she's very manipulative and emotionally abusive towards him (Especially on matters concerning money and his mother) and spent the majority of the first two seasons cheating on him with their 17 year-old gardener; eventually they more or less decide they're even and their relationship gets considerably better.
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome:Beth's [[spoiler: It turns out when the doctor said he was permanently blind, what he really meant was only for half of a season.]]
** Averted in-universe, since he actually spent 6 years blind (There was a 5 year time-skip between seasons 4 and 5) and this very much affected his and Gabrielle's dynamic permanently despite being later cured.
mother]].
*[[MistakenForRacist Mistaken For Homophobic]]: Beats up two separate men he suspects Gabrielle is cheating on him with. Both of these guys happened to be gay.
* MrFanservice: In between his stints as a businessman, Carlos' wardrobe often consists of sleeveless shirts.
* [[OverprotectiveDad Overprotective Uncle]]: To Ana.
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry
-->'''Gabrielle''': Go on, go all cholo on his ass!ManipulativeBitch
*
*
* DomesticAbuser: At one point, he tampers with his wife's birth control pills in order to get her pregnant, despite her clearly expressing her aversion at the idea of becoming a mother. It works and Gabrielle becomes pregnant, but she is understandably furious at this betrayal and breach of trust. This is something that real-life abusers do, in order to either keep their partners by their side or simply because they do not have any respect for their wishes.
** Gabrielle gives as much as she takes though, she constantly hits him (It's often PlayedForLaughs, but at one point it got so bad she actually pushed him
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome:
** Averted in-universe, since he actually spent 6 years blind (There was a 5 year time-skip between seasons 4 and 5) and this very much affected his and Gabrielle's dynamic permanently despite being later cured.
*
* MrFanservice: In between his stints as a businessman, Carlos' wardrobe often consists of sleeveless shirts.
* [[OverprotectiveDad Overprotective Uncle]]: To Ana.
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry
-->'''Gabrielle''': Go on, go all cholo on his ass!
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!!Orson Hodge
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!!Orson Hodge
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/KyleMacLachlan
Dixie Carter
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* AffablyEvil: The "evil" part is subverted once it turns out that [[spoiler: he didn't kill his wife]]. However, in season 8 he's clearly this.
* ButtMonkey: His mother made him think [[spoiler: he had led his father to suicide]], he was institutionalized after falling into depression, he got his mistress [[spoiler: killed by his mother]] and managed to save his wife from a similar death at the last moment. Not to mention that his [[{{Yandere}} first ex-wife]] ''drugged'' and ''raped'' him. Once things seemed to be settled, he went into prison and lost his job as a dentist, his wife cheated on him and he ended up [[spoiler: paralyzed]] in a plane crash.
* TheChessmaster: In season 8.
* DeathSeeker: Briefly during season 6.
* GentlemanSnarker
* HenpeckedHusband: During season 5.
* KeepingSecretsSucks
* MommyIssues
* MrFanservice: While living with Susan Orson has a bout of nude sleepwalking, which shows that, beneath the old man sweaters and polo shirts, Orson has a fairly muscular body.
* NeatFreak
* PrisonRape: Referenced to, and (luckily) subverted.
* PromotedToOpeningCredits: From season 3 to 6.
* StepfordSmiler: Second only to Bree.
* StickyFingers: He becomes kleptomaniac mid-season 5, to piss Bree off because of her lack of attention to him.
* SympatheticAdulterer: When he was married to Alma.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never know what happened to him after he [[spoiler: mailed the evidences against Bree to the police.]]
* UnwantedSpouse: Although initially a perfect husband for Bree, he becomes this towards the end.
* ButtMonkey: His mother made him think [[spoiler: he had led his father to suicide]], he was institutionalized after falling into depression, he got his mistress [[spoiler: killed by his mother]] and managed to save his wife from a similar death at the last moment. Not to mention that his [[{{Yandere}} first ex-wife]] ''drugged'' and ''raped'' him. Once things seemed to be settled, he went into prison and lost his job as a dentist, his wife cheated on him and he ended up [[spoiler: paralyzed]] in a plane crash.
* TheChessmaster: In season 8.
* DeathSeeker: Briefly during season 6.
* GentlemanSnarker
* HenpeckedHusband: During season 5.
* KeepingSecretsSucks
* MommyIssues
* MrFanservice: While living with Susan Orson has a bout of nude sleepwalking, which shows that, beneath the old man sweaters and polo shirts, Orson has a fairly muscular body.
* NeatFreak
* PrisonRape: Referenced to, and (luckily) subverted.
* PromotedToOpeningCredits: From season 3 to 6.
* StepfordSmiler: Second only to Bree.
* StickyFingers: He becomes kleptomaniac mid-season 5, to piss Bree off because of her lack of attention to him.
* SympatheticAdulterer: When he was married to Alma.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never know what happened to him after he [[spoiler: mailed the evidences against Bree to the police.]]
* UnwantedSpouse: Although initially a perfect husband for Bree, he becomes this towards the end.
to:
* AffablyEvil: The "evil" part is subverted once it turns out that [[spoiler: he didn't kill his wife]]. However, in season 8 he's clearly this.
* ButtMonkey: His mother made him think [[spoiler: he had led his father to suicide]], he was institutionalized after falling into depression, he got his mistress [[spoiler: killed by his mother]] and managed to save his wife fromAndIMustScream: [[spoiler:After she suffers a similar death at the last moment. Not to mention that his [[{{Yandere}} first ex-wife]] ''drugged'' and ''raped'' him. Once things seemed to be settled, he went into prison and lost his job as a dentist, his wife cheated on him and he ended up [[spoiler: paralyzed]] in a plane crash.
* TheChessmaster: In season 8.
* DeathSeeker: Briefly during season 6.
* GentlemanSnarker
* HenpeckedHusband: During season 5.
* KeepingSecretsSucks
* MommyIssues
* MrFanservice: While living with Susan Orson has a bout of nude sleepwalking, which shows that, beneath the old man sweaters and polo shirts, Orson has a fairly muscular body.
* NeatFreak
* PrisonRape: Referenced to, and (luckily) subverted.
* PromotedToOpeningCredits: From season 3 to 6.
* StepfordSmiler: Second only to Bree.
* StickyFingers: He becomes kleptomaniac mid-season 5, to piss Bree off because of her lack of attention to him.
* SympatheticAdulterer: When he was married to Alma.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never know what happened to him after he [[spoiler: mailed the evidences against Bree to the police.brain stroke.]]
*UnwantedSpouse: Although initially a perfect AxCrazy: When Orson foils her plan to kill Bree, she abandons her scheme and simply tries to kill him too.
* BestFriendsInLaw: With Alma. Subverted when Gloria locks Alma in the attic, not caring about the fact that the latter could be pregnant.
* BigBad: Of season 3.
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BlackWidow: [[spoiler: She murderer her husband and blamed Orson forBree, he becomes this towards it.]]
* TheChessmaster
* EvilCripple: A lesser example, since she has to walk with a cane after [[spoiler: injuring her hip while burying Monique's corpse.]]
* EvilWearsBlack: Combined with BrightIsNotGood, as she often wears a black dress with a bright-colored sweater on her shoulders.
* FauxAffablyEvil: She feigns weakness and kindness to cover her psychotic nature.
* TheFundamentalist: She killed Monique and attempted to kill Bree because she thought Orson was still married to Alma before God's eyes.
* HolierThanThou
* {{Hypocrite}}: For being so stern about other people's sins, she doesn't mind indulging in alcohol.
* KnightTemplar
* LackOfEmpathy: She views other people as mere tools.
* ManipulativeBitch
* MyBelovedSmother: The "beloved" part fades away ''very'' quickly.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Easily theend.pinnacle in the series. Unless you're Alma, of course.
* TheSociopath: Manipulative, callous and completely self-serving. Even her strong faith is just a way to rationalize her desire to control other people.
* ButtMonkey: His mother made him think [[spoiler: he had led his father to suicide]], he was institutionalized after falling into depression, he got his mistress [[spoiler: killed by his mother]] and managed to save his wife from
* TheChessmaster: In season 8.
* DeathSeeker: Briefly during season 6.
* GentlemanSnarker
* HenpeckedHusband: During season 5.
* KeepingSecretsSucks
* MommyIssues
* MrFanservice: While living with Susan Orson has a bout of nude sleepwalking, which shows that, beneath the old man sweaters and polo shirts, Orson has a fairly muscular body.
* NeatFreak
* PrisonRape: Referenced to, and (luckily) subverted.
* PromotedToOpeningCredits: From season 3 to 6.
* StepfordSmiler: Second only to Bree.
* StickyFingers: He becomes kleptomaniac mid-season 5, to piss Bree off because of her lack of attention to him.
* SympatheticAdulterer: When he was married to Alma.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never know what happened to him after he [[spoiler: mailed the evidences against Bree to the police.
*
* BestFriendsInLaw: With Alma. Subverted when Gloria locks Alma in the attic, not caring about the fact that the latter could be pregnant.
* BigBad: Of season 3.
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BlackWidow: [[spoiler: She murderer her husband and blamed Orson for
* TheChessmaster
* EvilCripple: A lesser example, since she has to walk with a cane after [[spoiler: injuring her hip while burying Monique's corpse.]]
* EvilWearsBlack: Combined with BrightIsNotGood, as she often wears a black dress with a bright-colored sweater on her shoulders.
* FauxAffablyEvil: She feigns weakness and kindness to cover her psychotic nature.
* TheFundamentalist: She killed Monique and attempted to kill Bree because she thought Orson was still married to Alma before God's eyes.
* HolierThanThou
* {{Hypocrite}}: For being so stern about other people's sins, she doesn't mind indulging in alcohol.
* KnightTemplar
* LackOfEmpathy: She views other people as mere tools.
* ManipulativeBitch
* MyBelovedSmother: The "beloved" part fades away ''very'' quickly.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Easily the
* TheSociopath: Manipulative, callous and completely self-serving. Even her strong faith is just a way to rationalize her desire to control other people.
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!!Rex Van de Kamp
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!!Rex Van de Kamp
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!!Rex Van de Kamp
!!Bob Hunter and Lee [=McDermott=]
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->'''Played by:''' Steven Culp
Bree's first husband and the father of Andrew and Danielle.
Bree's first husband and the father of Andrew and Danielle.
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->'''Played by:''' Steven Culp
Bree's first husbandTuc Watkins (Bob) and the father of Andrew and Danielle.Kevin Rahm (Lee)
Bree's first husband
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* BackForTheFinale
* DeadpanSnarker
* GuestHost: After his death, he gets to narrate one episode, which focuses on the men in the series.
* HenpeckedHusband: Has shades of this. When Mary Alice first meets the Van de Kamps, Rex appears tired and resigned to his fate.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He's the victim in this case.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Bree with [[spoiler: Maisy Gibbons]], because he was too reluctant to ask his wife to fulfill his sexual desires.
* DeadpanSnarker
* GuestHost: After his death, he gets to narrate one episode, which focuses on the men in the series.
* HenpeckedHusband: Has shades of this. When Mary Alice first meets the Van de Kamps, Rex appears tired and resigned to his fate.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He's the victim in this case.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Bree with [[spoiler: Maisy Gibbons]], because he was too reluctant to ask his wife to fulfill his sexual desires.
to:
* BackForTheFinale
* DeadpanSnarker
* GuestHost: After his death, he getsFauxYay: Lee pretends to narrate be straight in one episode, which focuses on the men episode in Gabrielle's scheme to catch her housemate in the series.
* HenpeckedHusband: Has shadesact of this. When Mary Alice first meets the Van de Kamps, Rex appears tired and resigned to his fate.
soliciting sex.
*MurderTheHypotenuse: He's the victim OnlySaneMan: There are exactly ''two'' men in this case.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Bree with [[spoiler: Maisy Gibbons]], because he was too reluctantshow that are sane and normal and without any drama in their lives. They are married to ask his wife each other.
* PetHomosexual: Much tofulfill his sexual desires.their frustration, the housewives always invite them over when they need some gay friends.
* StraightGay: Bob is a tad more masculine than Lee, but they both act like your average middle aged man.
* DeadpanSnarker
* GuestHost: After his death, he gets
* HenpeckedHusband: Has shades
*
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Bree with [[spoiler: Maisy Gibbons]], because he was too reluctant
* PetHomosexual: Much to
* StraightGay: Bob is a tad more masculine than Lee, but they both act like your average middle aged man.
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!!Paul Young
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!!Paul Young
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!!Paul Young
!!Maisy Gibbons
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->'''Played by:''' Mark Moses
Mary Alice's husband and the father of Zach.
Mary Alice's husband and the father of Zach.
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->'''Played by:''' Mark Moses
Mary Alice's husband and the father of Zach.Sharon Lawrence
Mary Alice's husband and the father of Zach.
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* CreepyMonotone
* KeepingSecretsSucks
* MrFanservice: Gets several shirtless scenes in Season 7.
* MysteriousPast
* PapaWolf
* KeepingSecretsSucks
* MrFanservice: Gets several shirtless scenes in Season 7.
* MysteriousPast
* PapaWolf
to:
* CreepyMonotone
AlphaBitch: Amongst the mothers at Barcliffe School.
*KeepingSecretsSucks
BitchInSheepsClothing
*MrFanservice: Gets several shirtless scenes in Season 7.
BreakTheHaughty
*MysteriousPast
HighClassCallGirl: Rex is her client.
*PapaWolfRichBitch
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!!Karl Mayer
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!!Karl Mayer
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!!Karl Mayer
!!Alma Hodge
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->'''Played by:''' Richard Burgi
Susan's ex-husband and the father of Julie.
Susan's ex-husband and the father of Julie.
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->'''Played by:''' Richard Burgi
Susan's ex-husband and the father of Julie.Valerie Mahaffey
Orson Hodge's first wife.
Susan's ex-husband and the father of Julie.
Orson Hodge's first wife.
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* AmoralAttorney
* BackForTheFinale
* HandsomeLech
* [[spoiler: DeathOfTheHypotenuse]]
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: More in the first seasons.
* MrFanservice: By far the most likely husband to strut around shirtless or in a loosely-tied robe.
* PapaWolf: He can definitely be protective of his daughter Julie and a very smooth negotiator when it comes to helping Evan (His second son) socialize.
* ReallyGetsAround
* BackForTheFinale
* HandsomeLech
* [[spoiler: DeathOfTheHypotenuse]]
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: More in the first seasons.
* MrFanservice: By far the most likely husband to strut around shirtless or in a loosely-tied robe.
* PapaWolf: He can definitely be protective of his daughter Julie and a very smooth negotiator when it comes to helping Evan (His second son) socialize.
* ReallyGetsAround
to:
* AmoralAttorney
TheDitz
*BackForTheFinale
TheDragon: To Gloria.
*HandsomeLech
FakingTheDead: To lure Orson in a trap so that she could rape him.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:DeathOfTheHypotenuse]]
She falls from the roof and dies while trying to warn Danielle.]]
* ManipulativeBitch: She tricked Orson into marrying her by getting pregnant. Of course, she's overshadowed by Gloria.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Because Orson didn't murder her.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: It's not clear how much she pretends to be an airhead and how much she actually is.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: When she realizes that Orson won't ever love her, she gives up the plan, but Gloria doesn't. So she tries to escape and warn Bree (the only decent act she ever does on-screen), [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Morebut accidentally dies in the first seasons.
process.]]
*MrFanservice: By far the most likely husband SmugSnake: She thinks to strut around shirtless or in a loosely-tied robe.
* PapaWolf: He can definitelybe protective of his daughter Julie and a very smooth negotiator when it comes to helping Evan (His second son) socialize.
really smart, but she's just Gloria's pawn.
*ReallyGetsAround{{Yandere}}
*
*
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:
* ManipulativeBitch: She tricked Orson into marrying her by getting pregnant. Of course, she's overshadowed by Gloria.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Because Orson didn't murder her.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: It's not clear how much she pretends to be an airhead and how much she actually is.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: When she realizes that Orson won't ever love her, she gives up the plan, but Gloria doesn't. So she tries to escape and warn Bree (the only decent act she ever does on-screen), [[spoiler:
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: More
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* PapaWolf: He can definitely
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!!Andrew Van de Kamp
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!!Andrew Van de Kamp
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!!Andrew Van de Kamp
!!Robin Gallagher
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->'''Played by:''' Shawn Pyfrom
Creator/JulieBenz
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* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Old Lady Out]]: Blames the majority of his problems on his mother.
* ComingOutStory
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Gayngst}}: Initially, though by the beginning of season 3 he seemed to become much more well adjusted.
* {{Jerkass}}: With varying levels. In the first season he seemed to be just a teenager with attitude problems, until he ran over Carlos' mother while drunk-driving, and his only reaction was [[TookALevelInJerkass "She's already lived enough, I'm young and might go to jail for this, and that'll ruin my life"]]. It went downhill from there until Season 3, where, after spending a long time living in the streets, he mellowed down quite a bit.
* MrFanservice: Spends a fair amount of time in speedos in the first couple of seasons, and then turns into the most handsome and well-groomed businessman ever.
* StraightGay
* WellDoneSonGuy: During season 6, when it seemed Bree was replacing Andrew with the son she always wanted.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: During season 8, he comes back to his mother's house... And then nothing. He completly disappears from the radar, and isn't even present during the season finale. Please note that he should be living with his mother at this point, in her house, while she's [[spoiler:put on trial]]. But he doesn't show up at all, not even for [[spoiler:the trial]]. It seems that the scenarists completly forgot his existence.
* ComingOutStory
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Gayngst}}: Initially, though by the beginning of season 3 he seemed to become much more well adjusted.
* {{Jerkass}}: With varying levels. In the first season he seemed to be just a teenager with attitude problems, until he ran over Carlos' mother while drunk-driving, and his only reaction was [[TookALevelInJerkass "She's already lived enough, I'm young and might go to jail for this, and that'll ruin my life"]]. It went downhill from there until Season 3, where, after spending a long time living in the streets, he mellowed down quite a bit.
* MrFanservice: Spends a fair amount of time in speedos in the first couple of seasons, and then turns into the most handsome and well-groomed businessman ever.
* StraightGay
* WellDoneSonGuy: During season 6, when it seemed Bree was replacing Andrew with the son she always wanted.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: During season 8, he comes back to his mother's house... And then nothing. He completly disappears from the radar, and isn't even present during the season finale. Please note that he should be living with his mother at this point, in her house, while she's [[spoiler:put on trial]]. But he doesn't show up at all, not even for [[spoiler:the trial]]. It seems that the scenarists completly forgot his existence.
to:
* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Old Lady Out]]: Blames the majority of his problems on his mother.
ClosetKey: For [[spoiler: Katherine]]
*ComingOutStory
LipstickLesbian: And how! She's even lipsticky for straight woman standards.
*DeadpanSnarker
* {{Gayngst}}: Initially, though by the beginning of season 3 he seemed to become much more well adjusted.
* {{Jerkass}}:[[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Stripper With varying levels. In the first season he seemed to be just a teenager with attitude problems, until he ran over Carlos' mother while drunk-driving, and his only reaction was [[TookALevelInJerkass "She's already lived enough, I'm young and might go to jail for this, and that'll ruin my life"]]. It went downhill from there until Season 3, where, after spending a long time living in the streets, he mellowed down quite a bit.
A Heart Of Gold]]
*MrFanservice: Spends a fair amount of time in speedos in the first couple of seasons, and then turns into the most handsome and well-groomed businessman ever.
* StraightGay
* WellDoneSonGuy: During season 6, when it seemed Bree was replacing Andrew with the son she always wanted.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: During season 8, he comes back to his mother's house... And then nothing. He completly disappears from the radar, and isn't even present during the season finale. Please note that he should be living with his mother at this point, in her house, while she's [[spoiler:put on trial]]. But he doesn't show up at all, not even for [[spoiler:the trial]]. It seems that the scenarists completly forgot his existence.MsFanservice
*
*
* {{Gayngst}}: Initially, though by the beginning of season 3 he seemed to become much more well adjusted.
* {{Jerkass}}:
*
* StraightGay
* WellDoneSonGuy: During season 6, when it seemed Bree was replacing Andrew with the son she always wanted.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: During season 8, he comes back to his mother's house... And then nothing. He completly disappears from the radar, and isn't even present during the season finale. Please note that he should be living with his mother at this point, in her house, while she's [[spoiler:put on trial]]. But he doesn't show up at all, not even for [[spoiler:the trial]]. It seems that the scenarists completly forgot his existence.
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!!Danielle Van de Kamp
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!!Danielle Van de Kamp
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!!Danielle Van de Kamp
!!'''Nora Huntington
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->'''Played by:''' Joy Lauren
Kiersten Warren
A woman who Tom Scavo had a one-night stand with years ago. As a result of it, she became pregnant with their daughter, Kayla.
A woman who Tom Scavo had a one-night stand with years ago. As a result of it, she became pregnant with their daughter, Kayla.
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* BrainlessBeauty: As summed up by her own mother:
-->'''Bree:''' When I was young, my stepmother told me that I was very lucky. I possessed beauty, wit, cunning, and insight. These were weapons all women needed to survive in the world.
-->'''Danielle:''' So?
-->'''Bree:''' So take good care of your looks, Danielle. You don’t have any other weapons at your disposal.
** Also:
-->'''Danielle:''' Benjamin's already reading at a third grade level.
-->'''Bree:''' So what are you going to do next year when he overtakes you?
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: And how.
* EmbarrassingNickname: She is known as [[ReallyGetsAround Little Miss Van de Tramp]]. Apparently, she made it up herself, but only because it was nicer than the other things they were calling her.
* HotForTeacher: For two episodes in season three, done out of spite more than anything else.
* {{Jerkass}}: Blackmailed Julie's boyfriend into continuing to sleep with her.
** And if she hadn't, she wouldn't have gotten pregnant. (Assuming she wasn't already pregnant at the time, that is).
* PopularIsDumb
* SpoiledBrat
--> "I don't care as long as I have my own bathroom..."
* TeenPregnancy: Seasons three and four.
-->'''Bree:''' When I was young, my stepmother told me that I was very lucky. I possessed beauty, wit, cunning, and insight. These were weapons all women needed to survive in the world.
-->'''Danielle:''' So?
-->'''Bree:''' So take good care of your looks, Danielle. You don’t have any other weapons at your disposal.
** Also:
-->'''Danielle:''' Benjamin's already reading at a third grade level.
-->'''Bree:''' So what are you going to do next year when he overtakes you?
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: And how.
* EmbarrassingNickname: She is known as [[ReallyGetsAround Little Miss Van de Tramp]]. Apparently, she made it up herself, but only because it was nicer than the other things they were calling her.
* HotForTeacher: For two episodes in season three, done out of spite more than anything else.
* {{Jerkass}}: Blackmailed Julie's boyfriend into continuing to sleep with her.
** And if she hadn't, she wouldn't have gotten pregnant. (Assuming she wasn't already pregnant at the time, that is).
* PopularIsDumb
* SpoiledBrat
--> "I don't care as long as I have my own bathroom..."
* TeenPregnancy: Seasons three and four.
to:
* BrainlessBeauty: As summed up by her own mother:
-->'''Bree:''' WhenMsFanservice
* DeadpanSnarker
-->'''Lynette:''' Iwas young, my stepmother told me that I was very lucky. I possessed beauty, wit, cunning, and insight. These were weapons all women needed to survive in the world.
-->'''Danielle:''' So?
-->'''Bree:''' So take good care of your looks, Danielle. You don’t have any other weapons at your disposal.
** Also:
-->'''Danielle:''' Benjamin's already reading at a third grade level.
-->'''Bree:''' So what are you going to do next year when he overtakes you?
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: And how.
* EmbarrassingNickname: She is known as [[ReallyGetsAround Little Miss Van de Tramp]]. Apparently, she made it up herself, but only because it was nicer than the other thingshear his family has money.
-->'''Nora:''' Well maybe theywere calling her.
* HotForTeacher: For two episodescould all chip in season three, done out of spite more than anything else.
* {{Jerkass}}: Blackmailed Julie's boyfriend into continuing to sleep with her.
** And if she hadn't, she wouldn't have gotten pregnant. (Assuming she wasn't already pregnant at the time, that is).
* PopularIsDumb
* SpoiledBrat
--> "I don't care as long as I have my own bathroom..."
* TeenPregnancy: Seasons threeand four.buy his some deodorant.
-->'''Bree:''' When
* DeadpanSnarker
-->'''Lynette:''' I
-->'''Danielle:''' So?
-->'''Bree:''' So take good care of your looks, Danielle. You don’t have any other weapons at your disposal.
** Also:
-->'''Danielle:''' Benjamin's already reading at a third grade level.
-->'''Bree:''' So what are you going to do next year when he overtakes you?
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: And how.
* EmbarrassingNickname: She is known as [[ReallyGetsAround Little Miss Van de Tramp]]. Apparently, she made it up herself, but only because it was nicer than the other things
-->'''Nora:''' Well maybe they
* HotForTeacher: For two episodes
* {{Jerkass}}: Blackmailed Julie's boyfriend into continuing to sleep with her.
** And if she hadn't, she wouldn't have gotten pregnant. (Assuming she wasn't already pregnant at the time, that is).
* PopularIsDumb
* SpoiledBrat
--> "I don't care as long as I have my own bathroom..."
* TeenPregnancy: Seasons three
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!!Sophie Bremmer, born Flickman
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!!Sophie Bremmer, born Flickman
!!Jackson Braddock
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Susan's mother.
Susan's mother.
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Gale Harold
Susan'smother.new boyfriend after her divorce with Mike in early season 5.
Susan's
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: She's even flightier than Susan and causes her a lot of embarrassment.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: She's the wacky parent to Susan's serious child, although Susan isn't that much more serious.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: She's the wacky parent to Susan's serious child, although Susan isn't that much more serious.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: She's even flightier than NiceGuy: He tries his best to make Susan and causes her a lot of embarrassment.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: She's the wacky parent to Susan's serious child, although Susan isn't that much more serious.happy. Unfortunately, she still has strong feelings for Mike.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: She's the wacky parent to Susan's serious child, although Susan isn't that much more serious.
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!!Julie Mayer
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!!Julie Mayer
!!David "Dave" Williams (real name David Dash)
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Creator/NealMcDonough
Edie's new husband in season 5.
Edie's new husband in season 5.
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* LittleMissSnarker
* OddFriendship: Inexplicably was friends with the vapid, skanky, selfish Danielle.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: On several occasions.
* OddFriendship: Inexplicably was friends with the vapid, skanky, selfish Danielle.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: On several occasions.
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* LittleMissSnarker
AffablyEvil: He does his best to integrate in the neighborhood of Wisteria Lane, and hides sinister motivations.
*OddFriendship: Inexplicably was friends ArcVillain: He is the main threat in season 5.
* AxCrazy: The death of his wife and daughter [[DrivenToMadness drove him mad]], with bouts of rage murderous enough to be interned in a psychiatric hospital. Once he got out of it, he disobeyed his psychiatrist's orders and came to Fairview to seek vengeance. Then he killed his psychiatrist by strangulation and almost did thevapid, skanky, selfish Danielle.
same to Edie.
*[[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: On several occasions.DisproportionateRetribution: Seeks revenge against Mike Delfino then Susan because his wife and daughter were killed in the car accident.
* EvilAlbino: He has very light blond hair, and he's AxCrazy.
* TheLostLenore: His actions are driven by the pain of losing his wife and daughter.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Lost his daughter Paige to a car accident.
* {{Revenge}}: He's after Mike Delfino then Susan for the death of his wife and daughter.
* StepfordSmiler: He tries his best to appear charming on the outside. What's on the inside however...
* WidowWoman: His wife Lila died in a car accident.
*
* AxCrazy: The death of his wife and daughter [[DrivenToMadness drove him mad]], with bouts of rage murderous enough to be interned in a psychiatric hospital. Once he got out of it, he disobeyed his psychiatrist's orders and came to Fairview to seek vengeance. Then he killed his psychiatrist by strangulation and almost did the
*
* EvilAlbino: He has very light blond hair, and he's AxCrazy.
* TheLostLenore: His actions are driven by the pain of losing his wife and daughter.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Lost his daughter Paige to a car accident.
* {{Revenge}}: He's after Mike Delfino then Susan for the death of his wife and daughter.
* StepfordSmiler: He tries his best to appear charming on the outside. What's on the inside however...
* WidowWoman: His wife Lila died in a car accident.
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!!Zach Young
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!!Zach Young
!!Eddie Orlofsky
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Josh Zuckerman
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Frequently comes to blows with his father, Paul.
* GagPenis: According to Carlos.
* HollywoodNerd
* MysteriousPast
* StalkerWithACrush: On Julie and, on a lesser note, on Gabrielle.
* GagPenis: According to Carlos.
* HollywoodNerd
* MysteriousPast
* StalkerWithACrush: On Julie and, on a lesser note, on Gabrielle.
to:
* CallingTheOldManOut: Frequently comes AlcoholicParent: His mother.
* [[spoiler: AxCrazy]]
* BerserkButton: ''Don't laugh at him.'' (Though oddly enough, he did try stand up comedy earlier in the season. Fortunately he CannotTellAJoke.) Also, don't be mean toblows with [[ParentalSubstitute Lynette]] in front of him.
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* [[spoiler: CryForTheDevil: The entire "Epiphany" episode.]]
* DeliveryGuy: Bonus points for [[spoiler: the "Fairview Strangler" having to save the baby from being strangled by her umbilical cord!]]
* [[spoiler: FreudianExcuse]]
* IJustWantToBeLoved
* [[spoiler: InsaneEqualsViolent]]
* MommyIssues
* [[spoiler: SerialKiller]]
* [[spoiler: SympatheticMurderer: Also considering that two of hisfather, Paul.
four victims (his mother and Irina) were complete [[AssholeVictim assholes]]]].
*GagPenis: According to Carlos.
[[spoiler: TragicVillain]]
*HollywoodNerd
* MysteriousPast
* StalkerWithACrush: On Julie and, on a lesser note, on Gabrielle.[[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds]]
* [[spoiler: AxCrazy]]
* BerserkButton: ''Don't laugh at him.'' (Though oddly enough, he did try stand up comedy earlier in the season. Fortunately he CannotTellAJoke.) Also, don't be mean to
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* [[spoiler: CryForTheDevil: The entire "Epiphany" episode.]]
* DeliveryGuy: Bonus points for [[spoiler: the "Fairview Strangler" having to save the baby from being strangled by her umbilical cord!]]
* [[spoiler: FreudianExcuse]]
* IJustWantToBeLoved
* [[spoiler: InsaneEqualsViolent]]
* MommyIssues
* [[spoiler: SerialKiller]]
* [[spoiler: SympatheticMurderer: Also considering that two of his
*
*
* MysteriousPast
* StalkerWithACrush: On Julie and, on a lesser note, on Gabrielle.
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!!Adam Mayfair
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!!Adam Mayfair
!!John Rowland
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Jesse Metcalfe
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* NiceGuy
* PutOnABus: At the end of season 4.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When confronted with his wife Katherine.
* PutOnABus: At the end of season 4.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When confronted with his wife Katherine.
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* NiceGuy
AmbiguouslyBrown
*PutOnABus: At DawsonCasting: Metcalfe was 25 when he began playing the end 17-year-old Rowland. Averted in later seasons when [[TimeSkip time skipped]] forward allowing John's age to catch up more with Metcalfe's real age.
* DoggedNiceGuy: He fell in love with Gabrielle, but she was mostly using him just for sex when Carlos was either not paying her enough attention or she was mad with him.
* HotMenAtWork: Was the Solis' gardener and often [[WalkingShirtlessScene did it shirtless]].
* JailBait: Gabrielle was threatened by John's Mother with legal action once their affair was exposed.
* LikesOlderWomen: It was said that high-school girls his age bored him. In addition to Gabrielle, he also had a brief fling with an even older woman on the street named Joan.
* LovableJock: He wasn't shown in his high-school setting much, but was shown to be a popular soccer player.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Partly causes [[spoiler:Carlos' send to prison]] hoping to get him out of the way and begin a real relationship with Gabrielle. She wasn't impressed, and this led to her patching things up with Carlos.
* MrFanservice: His taking-shirt-off moments are a dime a dozen.
* PrettyBoy: Probably what allowed Metcalfe to get away (just) with playing a 17 year old.
* RagsToRiches: Between seasons 2 and 3 he goes from being a neighborhood gardener to starting a successful gardening business.
* [[spoiler:RomanticRunnerUp]]
* SexGod: Gabrielle was surprised when John revealed to her that she was his first, and later bragged about his prowess to Carlos.
* WhosYourDaddy: It was not known who was the father [[spoiler: of Gabrielle's later miscarried first child out of himself and Carlos]].
* YourCheatingHeart: In season4.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When confronted3, he was engaged to (and later married) a hotel heiress when he [[spoiler:slept with his wife Katherine.Gabrielle again.]]
*
* DoggedNiceGuy: He fell in love with Gabrielle, but she was mostly using him just for sex when Carlos was either not paying her enough attention or she was mad with him.
* HotMenAtWork: Was the Solis' gardener and often [[WalkingShirtlessScene did it shirtless]].
* JailBait: Gabrielle was threatened by John's Mother with legal action once their affair was exposed.
* LikesOlderWomen: It was said that high-school girls his age bored him. In addition to Gabrielle, he also had a brief fling with an even older woman on the street named Joan.
* LovableJock: He wasn't shown in his high-school setting much, but was shown to be a popular soccer player.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Partly causes [[spoiler:Carlos' send to prison]] hoping to get him out of the way and begin a real relationship with Gabrielle. She wasn't impressed, and this led to her patching things up with Carlos.
* MrFanservice: His taking-shirt-off moments are a dime a dozen.
* PrettyBoy: Probably what allowed Metcalfe to get away (just) with playing a 17 year old.
* RagsToRiches: Between seasons 2 and 3 he goes from being a neighborhood gardener to starting a successful gardening business.
* [[spoiler:RomanticRunnerUp]]
* SexGod: Gabrielle was surprised when John revealed to her that she was his first, and later bragged about his prowess to Carlos.
* WhosYourDaddy: It was not known who was the father [[spoiler: of Gabrielle's later miscarried first child out of himself and Carlos]].
* YourCheatingHeart: In season
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When confronted
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!!Ana Solis
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->'''Played by:''' Maiara Walsh
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Well, bratty teenage ''niece'', anyway.
* MsFanservice
* PutOnABus: At the end of season 6.
* ShooOutTheNewGuy
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!!Other Characters
[[folder:Noah Taylor]]
!!Noah Taylor
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/BobGunton
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* GrumpyOldMan
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[[folder:Martha Huber]]
!!Martha Huber
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->'''Played by:''' Christine Estabrook
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* AssholeVictim
* BackForTheFinale
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: To Susan and [[spoiler: Mary Alice, driving her to suicide]].
* [[GossipyHens Gossipy Hen]]
* NosyNeighbor: A classic example, and perhaps the worst extent in the entire series.
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[[folder:Felicia Tillman]]
!!Felicia Tillman
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->'''Played by:''' Harriet Sansom Harris
Martha Huber's vengeful sister.
----
* TheChessmaster
* LonersAreFreaks
* [[TheManBehindTheMan The Woman Behind The Woman]]: Turns out she's Beth's [[spoiler: mother]].
* ManipulativeBitch
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[[folder:Gloria Hodge]]
!!Gloria Hodge
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->'''Played by:''' Dixie Carter
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:After she suffers a brain stroke.]]
* AxCrazy: When Orson foils her plan to kill Bree, she abandons her scheme and simply tries to kill him too.
* BestFriendsInLaw: With Alma. Subverted when Gloria locks Alma in the attic, not caring about the fact that the latter could be pregnant.
* BigBad: Of season 3.
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BlackWidow: [[spoiler: She murderer her husband and blamed Orson for it.]]
* TheChessmaster
* EvilCripple: A lesser example, since she has to walk with a cane after [[spoiler: injuring her hip while burying Monique's corpse.]]
* EvilWearsBlack: Combined with BrightIsNotGood, as she often wears a black dress with a bright-colored sweater on her shoulders.
* FauxAffablyEvil: She feigns weakness and kindness to cover her psychotic nature.
* TheFundamentalist: She killed Monique and attempted to kill Bree because she thought Orson was still married to Alma before God's eyes.
* HolierThanThou
* {{Hypocrite}}: For being so stern about other people's sins, she doesn't mind indulging in alcohol.
* KnightTemplar
* LackOfEmpathy: She views other people as mere tools.
* ManipulativeBitch
* MyBelovedSmother: The "beloved" part fades away ''very'' quickly.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Easily the pinnacle in the series. Unless you're Alma, of course.
* TheSociopath: Manipulative, callous and completely self-serving. Even her strong faith is just a way to rationalize her desire to control other people.
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[[folder:Bob and Lee]]
!!Bob Hunter and Lee [=McDermott=]
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->'''Played by:''' Tuc Watkins (Bob) and Kevin Rahm (Lee)
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* FauxYay: Lee pretends to be straight in one episode in Gabrielle's scheme to catch her housemate in the act of soliciting sex.
* OnlySaneMan: There are exactly ''two'' men in this show that are sane and normal and without any drama in their lives. They are married to each other.
* PetHomosexual: Much to their frustration, the housewives always invite them over when they need some gay friends.
* StraightGay: Bob is a tad more masculine than Lee, but they both act like your average middle aged man.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Maisy Gibbons]]
!!Maisy Gibbons
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->'''Played by:''' Sharon Lawrence
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* AlphaBitch: Amongst the mothers at Barcliffe School.
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BreakTheHaughty
* HighClassCallGirl: Rex is her client.
* RichBitch
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Alma Hodge]]
!!Alma Hodge
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->'''Played by:''' Valerie Mahaffey
Orson Hodge's first wife.
----
* TheDitz
* TheDragon: To Gloria.
* FakingTheDead: To lure Orson in a trap so that she could rape him.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: She falls from the roof and dies while trying to warn Danielle.]]
* ManipulativeBitch: She tricked Orson into marrying her by getting pregnant. Of course, she's overshadowed by Gloria.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Because Orson didn't murder her.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: It's not clear how much she pretends to be an airhead and how much she actually is.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: When she realizes that Orson won't ever love her, she gives up the plan, but Gloria doesn't. So she tries to escape and warn Bree (the only decent act she ever does on-screen), [[spoiler: but accidentally dies in the process.]]
* SmugSnake: She thinks to be really smart, but she's just Gloria's pawn.
* {{Yandere}}
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[[folder:Robin Gallagher]]
!!Robin Gallagher
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/JulieBenz
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* ClosetKey: For [[spoiler: Katherine]]
* LipstickLesbian: And how! She's even lipsticky for straight woman standards.
* [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Stripper With A Heart Of Gold]]
* MsFanservice
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[[folder:Nora Huntington]]
!!'''Nora Huntington
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->'''Played by:''' Kiersten Warren
A woman who Tom Scavo had a one-night stand with years ago. As a result of it, she became pregnant with their daughter, Kayla.
----
* MsFanservice
* DeadpanSnarker
-->'''Lynette:''' I hear his family has money.
-->'''Nora:''' Well maybe they could all chip in and buy his some deodorant.
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[[folder:Jackson Braddock]]
!!Jackson Braddock
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->'''Played by:''' Gale Harold
Susan's new boyfriend after her divorce with Mike in early season 5.
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* NiceGuy: He tries his best to make Susan happy. Unfortunately, she still has strong feelings for Mike.
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[[folder:Dave Williams]]
!!David "Dave" Williams (real name David Dash)
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/NealMcDonough
Edie's new husband in season 5.
----
* AffablyEvil: He does his best to integrate in the neighborhood of Wisteria Lane, and hides sinister motivations.
* ArcVillain: He is the main threat in season 5.
* AxCrazy: The death of his wife and daughter [[DrivenToMadness drove him mad]], with bouts of rage murderous enough to be interned in a psychiatric hospital. Once he got out of it, he disobeyed his psychiatrist's orders and came to Fairview to seek vengeance. Then he killed his psychiatrist by strangulation and almost did the same to Edie.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Seeks revenge against Mike Delfino then Susan because his wife and daughter were killed in the car accident.
* EvilAlbino: He has very light blond hair, and he's AxCrazy.
* TheLostLenore: His actions are driven by the pain of losing his wife and daughter.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Lost his daughter Paige to a car accident.
* {{Revenge}}: He's after Mike Delfino then Susan for the death of his wife and daughter.
* StepfordSmiler: He tries his best to appear charming on the outside. What's on the inside however...
* WidowWoman: His wife Lila died in a car accident.
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[[folder:Eddie Orlofsky]]
!!Eddie Orlofsky
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->'''Played by:''' Josh Zuckerman
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* AlcoholicParent: His mother.
* [[spoiler: AxCrazy]]
* BerserkButton: ''Don't laugh at him.'' (Though oddly enough, he did try stand up comedy earlier in the season. Fortunately he CannotTellAJoke.) Also, don't be mean to [[ParentalSubstitute Lynette]] in front of him.
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* [[spoiler: CryForTheDevil: The entire "Epiphany" episode.]]
* DeliveryGuy: Bonus points for [[spoiler: the "Fairview Strangler" having to save the baby from being strangled by her umbilical cord!]]
* [[spoiler: FreudianExcuse]]
* IJustWantToBeLoved
* [[spoiler: InsaneEqualsViolent]]
* MommyIssues
* [[spoiler: SerialKiller]]
* [[spoiler: SympatheticMurderer: Also considering that two of his four victims (his mother and Irina) were complete [[AssholeVictim assholes]]]].
* [[spoiler: TragicVillain]]
* [[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:John Rowland]]
!!John Rowland
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->'''Played by:''' Jesse Metcalfe
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* AmbiguouslyBrown
* DawsonCasting: Metcalfe was 25 when he began playing the 17-year-old Rowland. Averted in later seasons when [[TimeSkip time skipped]] forward allowing John's age to catch up more with Metcalfe's real age.
* DoggedNiceGuy: He fell in love with Gabrielle, but she was mostly using him just for sex when Carlos was either not paying her enough attention or she was mad with him.
* HotMenAtWork: Was the Solis' gardener and often [[WalkingShirtlessScene did it shirtless]].
* JailBait: Gabrielle was threatened by John's Mother with legal action once their affair was exposed.
* LikesOlderWomen: It was said that high-school girls his age bored him. In addition to Gabrielle, he also had a brief fling with an even older woman on the street named Joan.
* LovableJock: He wasn't shown in his high-school setting much, but was shown to be a popular soccer player.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Partly causes [[spoiler:Carlos' send to prison]] hoping to get him out of the way and begin a real relationship with Gabrielle. She wasn't impressed, and this led to her patching things up with Carlos.
* MrFanservice: His taking-shirt-off moments are a dime a dozen.
* PrettyBoy: Probably what allowed Metcalfe to get away (just) with playing a 17 year old.
* RagsToRiches: Between seasons 2 and 3 he goes from being a neighborhood gardener to starting a successful gardening business.
* [[spoiler:RomanticRunnerUp]]
* SexGod: Gabrielle was surprised when John revealed to her that she was his first, and later bragged about his prowess to Carlos.
* WhosYourDaddy: It was not known who was the father [[spoiler: of Gabrielle's later miscarried first child out of himself and Carlos]].
* YourCheatingHeart: In season 3, he was engaged to (and later married) a hotel heiress when he [[spoiler:slept with Gabrielle again.]]
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!!Susan Mayer/Delfino, born Bremmer
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/TeriHatcher
Known for being a hopeless romantic and a klutz, as well as for her occasional portrayal of the "damsel in distress", Susan is arguably the most fragile of all the housewives, and is often considered the nicest and most adorable one.
[[folder:Susan]]
!!Susan Mayer/Delfino, born Bremmer
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"It was common knowledge on Wisteria Lane that where Susan Mayer went, bad luck was sure to follow. Her misfortunes ranged from the commonplace, to the unusual, to the truly bizarre."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/TeriHatcher
Known for being a hopeless romantic and a klutz, as well as for her occasional portrayal of the "damsel in distress", Susan is arguably the most fragile of all the housewives, and is often considered the nicest and most adorable one.
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* Characters/DesperateHousewivesHousewives
!!TheFour Housewives
[[folder:Susan]]
!!Susan Mayer/Delfino, born Bremmer
Families
[[folder:Mike Delfino]]
!!Michael "Mike" Delfino
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->'''Played by:'''Creator/TeriHatcher
Known for being a hopeless romantic and a klutz, as well as for her occasional portrayal of the "damsel in distress", Susan is arguably the most fragile of all the housewives, and is often considered the nicest and most adorable one.James Denton
!!The
[[folder:Susan]]
!!Susan Mayer/Delfino, born Bremmer
[[folder:Mike Delfino]]
!!Michael "Mike" Delfino
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->'''Played by:'''
Known for being a hopeless romantic and a klutz, as well as for her occasional portrayal of the "damsel in distress", Susan is arguably the most fragile of all the housewives, and is often considered the nicest and most adorable one.
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* {{Adorkable}}: She's incredibly clumsy and short-sighted, but it made her adorable at the same time, before her {{flanderization}} that is.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Susan is just as bitchy as the other Housewives, yet she's the one who tends to get away with it because of how "cute" and "klutzy" she is.
* BornUnlucky: Allegedly. While events tend to work against her, most of the time her troubles are solved rather easily and/or aren't as serious as some suffered by her fellow neighbors (barring her liver issues). Though she does have romantic issues in ''spade'', and in the final season [[spoiler:Mike is killed, leaving her to raise her son all by herself]].
* BreakTheCutie: Life in Wisteria Lane can be cruel and hit even the well-intentioned, and she's no exception.
* ButtMonkey: Is incredibly unlucky, romantic issues, liver issues, being forced out of the lane, and friendship troubles in the last season and not being able to deal with things in the final season.
* TheChewToy
* CuteClumsyGirl: In spades.
* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally.
--> '''Edie:''' "I have a husband now."
--> '''Susan:''' "Really? Whose?"
* DistressedDamsel
* TheDitz: To a ridiculous extent.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: The plant she used to cover herself after [[NakedPeopleTrappedOutside the towel she was wearing]] got caught in Karl's car door as he drove away.
* GirlNextDoor
* InformedAttractiveness: While Creator/TeriHatcher is very pretty, the other housewives are equally or even more so; yet Susan seems to have the most men fawning over how 'hot' she is.
* ItsAllAboutMe:
--> '''Edie:''' Typical, Susan always finds a way to make it about her.
* TheKlutz: Firmly cemented as this when one of her first actions in the series was accidentally burning down someone's house.
* LethalChef: On the very opposite spectrum of Bree, she is downright dreadful at cooking.
* MamaBear: She always stands in the way of troubled that would hit either Julie or MJ.
* ThisLoserIsYou
* WalkingDisasterArea: Being poster girl for TheKlutz tends to cause this. She once managed to SET A HOUSE ON FIRE out of sheer clumsiness.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Susan is just as bitchy as the other Housewives, yet she's the one who tends to get away with it because of how "cute" and "klutzy" she is.
* BornUnlucky: Allegedly. While events tend to work against her, most of the time her troubles are solved rather easily and/or aren't as serious as some suffered by her fellow neighbors (barring her liver issues). Though she does have romantic issues in ''spade'', and in the final season [[spoiler:Mike is killed, leaving her to raise her son all by herself]].
* BreakTheCutie: Life in Wisteria Lane can be cruel and hit even the well-intentioned, and she's no exception.
* ButtMonkey: Is incredibly unlucky, romantic issues, liver issues, being forced out of the lane, and friendship troubles in the last season and not being able to deal with things in the final season.
* TheChewToy
* CuteClumsyGirl: In spades.
* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally.
--> '''Edie:''' "I have a husband now."
--> '''Susan:''' "Really? Whose?"
* DistressedDamsel
* TheDitz: To a ridiculous extent.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: The plant she used to cover herself after [[NakedPeopleTrappedOutside the towel she was wearing]] got caught in Karl's car door as he drove away.
* GirlNextDoor
* InformedAttractiveness: While Creator/TeriHatcher is very pretty, the other housewives are equally or even more so; yet Susan seems to have the most men fawning over how 'hot' she is.
* ItsAllAboutMe:
--> '''Edie:''' Typical, Susan always finds a way to make it about her.
* TheKlutz: Firmly cemented as this when one of her first actions in the series was accidentally burning down someone's house.
* LethalChef: On the very opposite spectrum of Bree, she is downright dreadful at cooking.
* MamaBear: She always stands in the way of troubled that would hit either Julie or MJ.
* ThisLoserIsYou
* WalkingDisasterArea: Being poster girl for TheKlutz tends to cause this. She once managed to SET A HOUSE ON FIRE out of sheer clumsiness.
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* {{Adorkable}}: She's incredibly clumsy and short-sighted, but it made her adorable at BackForTheFinale
* MrFanservice: More in thesame time, before her {{flanderization}} that is.
early seasons.
*BitchInSheepsClothing: Susan is just as bitchy as NiceGuy: Compared to the other Housewives, yet she's the one who tends to get away with it because of how "cute" and "klutzy" she is.
* BornUnlucky: Allegedly. While events tend to work against her, most of the time her troubles are solved rather easily and/or aren't as serious as some suffered by her fellow neighbors (barring her liver issues). Though she does have romantic issues in ''spade'', and in the final season [[spoiler:Mike is killed, leaving her to raise her son all by herself]].
* BreakTheCutie: Life in Wisteria Lane can be cruel and hit even the well-intentioned, and she's no exception.
* ButtMonkey: Is incredibly unlucky, romantic issues, liver issues, being forced out of the lane, and friendship troubles in the last season and not being able to deal with things in the final season.
* TheChewToy
* CuteClumsyGirl: In spades.
* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally.
--> '''Edie:''' "I have a husband now."
--> '''Susan:''' "Really? Whose?"
* DistressedDamsel
* TheDitz: To a ridiculous extent.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: The plant she used to cover herself after [[NakedPeopleTrappedOutside the towel she was wearing]] got caught in Karl's car door as he drove away.
* GirlNextDoor
* InformedAttractiveness: While Creator/TeriHatcher is very pretty, the other housewives are equally or even more so; yet Susan seems to have the most men fawning over how 'hot' she is.
* ItsAllAboutMe:
--> '''Edie:''' Typical, Susan always finds a way to make it about her.
* TheKlutz: Firmly cemented as this when one of her first actions in the series was accidentally burning down someone's house.
* LethalChef: On the very opposite spectrum of Bree, she is downright dreadfulhusbands, at cooking.
least.
*MamaBear: She always stands in the way of troubled that would hit either Julie or MJ.
* ThisLoserIsYou
* WalkingDisasterArea: Being poster girl for TheKlutz tends to cause this. She once managed to SET A HOUSE ON FIRE out of sheer clumsiness.PapaWolf
* MrFanservice: More in the
*
* BornUnlucky: Allegedly. While events tend to work against her, most of the time her troubles are solved rather easily and/or aren't as serious as some suffered by her fellow neighbors (barring her liver issues). Though she does have romantic issues in ''spade'', and in the final season [[spoiler:Mike is killed, leaving her to raise her son all by herself]].
* BreakTheCutie: Life in Wisteria Lane can be cruel and hit even the well-intentioned, and she's no exception.
* ButtMonkey: Is incredibly unlucky, romantic issues, liver issues, being forced out of the lane, and friendship troubles in the last season and not being able to deal with things in the final season.
* TheChewToy
* CuteClumsyGirl: In spades.
* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally.
--> '''Edie:''' "I have a husband now."
--> '''Susan:''' "Really? Whose?"
* DistressedDamsel
* TheDitz: To a ridiculous extent.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: The plant she used to cover herself after [[NakedPeopleTrappedOutside the towel she was wearing]] got caught in Karl's car door as he drove away.
* GirlNextDoor
* InformedAttractiveness: While Creator/TeriHatcher is very pretty, the other housewives are equally or even more so; yet Susan seems to have the most men fawning over how 'hot' she is.
* ItsAllAboutMe:
--> '''Edie:''' Typical, Susan always finds a way to make it about her.
* TheKlutz: Firmly cemented as this when one of her first actions in the series was accidentally burning down someone's house.
* LethalChef: On the very opposite spectrum of Bree, she is downright dreadful
*
* ThisLoserIsYou
* WalkingDisasterArea: Being poster girl for TheKlutz tends to cause this. She once managed to SET A HOUSE ON FIRE out of sheer clumsiness.
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[[folder:Lynette]]
!!Lynette Scavo, born Lindquist
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"She used to see herself as a career woman. And a hugely successful one at that. She was known for her power lunches, her eye-catching presentations and her ruthlessness in wiping out the competition. Lynette gave up her career to assume a new label: the incredibly satisfying role of full-time mother."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Felicity Huffman
Mostly known for being super controlling, with a tendency to slightly berate people she holds dear to her heart, Lynette is a neurotic, stressed and controlling businesswoman who put her career on hold to become a housewife and mother. She is the "smart one" of the group.
!!Lynette Scavo, born Lindquist
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"She used to see herself as a career woman. And a hugely successful one at that. She was known for her power lunches, her eye-catching presentations and her ruthlessness in wiping out the competition. Lynette gave up her career to assume a new label: the incredibly satisfying role of full-time mother."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Felicity Huffman
Mostly known for being super controlling, with a tendency to slightly berate people she holds dear to her heart, Lynette is a neurotic, stressed and controlling businesswoman who put her career on hold to become a housewife and mother. She is the "smart one" of the group.
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!!Lynette Scavo, born Lindquist
!!Thomas "Tom" Scavo
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->'''Played by:'''
Mostly known for being super controlling, with a tendency to slightly berate people she holds dear to her heart, Lynette is a neurotic, stressed and controlling businesswoman who put her career on hold to become a housewife and mother. She is the "smart one" of the group.
Lynette's husband.
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* TheChewToy
* ControlFreak
* [[spoiler:ConvenientMiscarriage]]: An odd example that is both played straight ''and'' subverted in that [[spoiler: because she was pregnant with twins, only one of them died in-utero.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Flanderization}}: Season 5 and 7. ''So very much''.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic (without the laziness).
* GagBoobs: Her increased cup size due to her pregnancy in season 6 became a fodder for some jokes.
* InformedAttractiveness: Going by looks, she's the least attractive of the four housewives, but she's still considered as attractive as the others bar the former supermodel Gaby in-universe.
* LawOfInverseFertility: She is the housewife who has the most children out of all the protagonists, due to having a number of unexpected pregnancies (although she's not the one wishing she had no kids). Even lack of contraception with Tom aside, she seems to be very fertile even past 40 (going by the actress' age).
-->'''Karen [=McCluskey=]''': ''(to Lynette)'' No offense, but you should be sterilized.
* MamaBear
* NervousWreck
* OnlySaneWoman: Compared to the other housewives, she's .
* TeamMom
* TookALevelInJerkass: Lynette has always been kinda controlling, but nearing the end of season seven,[[spoiler: manipulating Tom into walking out on Carlos, using increasingly manipulative and shrewish behavior crossed a few lines.]]
* ControlFreak
* [[spoiler:ConvenientMiscarriage]]: An odd example that is both played straight ''and'' subverted in that [[spoiler: because she was pregnant with twins, only one of them died in-utero.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Flanderization}}: Season 5 and 7. ''So very much''.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic (without the laziness).
* GagBoobs: Her increased cup size due to her pregnancy in season 6 became a fodder for some jokes.
* InformedAttractiveness: Going by looks, she's the least attractive of the four housewives, but she's still considered as attractive as the others bar the former supermodel Gaby in-universe.
* LawOfInverseFertility: She is the housewife who has the most children out of all the protagonists, due to having a number of unexpected pregnancies (although she's not the one wishing she had no kids). Even lack of contraception with Tom aside, she seems to be very fertile even past 40 (going by the actress' age).
-->'''Karen [=McCluskey=]''': ''(to Lynette)'' No offense, but you should be sterilized.
* MamaBear
* NervousWreck
* OnlySaneWoman: Compared to the other housewives, she's .
* TeamMom
* TookALevelInJerkass: Lynette has always been kinda controlling, but nearing the end of season seven,[[spoiler: manipulating Tom into walking out on Carlos, using increasingly manipulative and shrewish behavior crossed a few lines.]]
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* TheChewToy
ButtMonkey
*ControlFreak
FanService: His thong scene.
*[[spoiler:ConvenientMiscarriage]]: An odd example that is both played straight ''and'' subverted in that [[spoiler: because she was pregnant with twins, only one of them died in-utero.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Flanderization}}: Season 5[[{{Flanderization}} Flanderization]]: Both he and 7. ''So very much''.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic (without the laziness).
* GagBoobs: Her increased cup size due to her pregnancyhis wife suffered this ''a lot'' in season 6 five, going from a couple that had their problems but could still work through them together, to a "couple" that argued every other episode over the smallest most insignificant problems (well, insignificant compared to a tornado, a psychopathic child from a previous relationship, and cancer). He also became a fodder for some jokes.
* InformedAttractiveness: Going by looks, she's the least attractive of the four housewives, but she's still considered as attractive as the others bar the former supermodel Gaby in-universe.
* LawOfInverseFertility: She is the housewife who has the most children out of all the protagonists, due to having a number of unexpected pregnancies (although she's not the one wishing she had no kids). Even lack of contraception with Tom aside, she seems to be very fertileeven past 40 (going by the actress' age).
-->'''Karen [=McCluskey=]''': ''(to Lynette)'' No offense, but you should be sterilized.
more irrational and childish.
*MamaBear
HenpeckedHusband
*NervousWreck
* OnlySaneWoman: ComparedManChild: He often lacks common sense and is carefree to the other housewives, she's .
* TeamMom
* TookALevelInJerkass:point of being irresponsible. He constantly concocts harebrained moneymaking schemes without thinking them through. And he whines to Lynette has always been kinda controlling, about how emasculated he feels when she becomes the breadwinner by getting a sensible job.
* MrFanservice: In one memorable scene, Tom wears nothing butnearing a leopard-print thong, and while Doug Savant does a good job of making the end of situation quite awkward, one cannot deny that he is by far the hunkiest husband.
* PapaWolf
* PromotedToOpeningCredits: In seasonseven,[[spoiler: manipulating Tom into walking out on Carlos, using increasingly manipulative and shrewish behavior crossed a few lines.]] 2.
*
*
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Flanderization}}: Season 5
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic (without the laziness).
* GagBoobs: Her increased cup size due to her pregnancy
* InformedAttractiveness: Going by looks, she's the least attractive of the four housewives, but she's still considered as attractive as the others bar the former supermodel Gaby in-universe.
* LawOfInverseFertility: She is the housewife who has the most children out of all the protagonists, due to having a number of unexpected pregnancies (although she's not the one wishing she had no kids). Even lack of contraception with Tom aside, she seems to be very fertile
-->'''Karen [=McCluskey=]''': ''(to Lynette)'' No offense, but you should be sterilized.
*
*
* OnlySaneWoman: Compared
* TeamMom
* TookALevelInJerkass:
* MrFanservice: In one memorable scene, Tom wears nothing but
* PapaWolf
* PromotedToOpeningCredits: In season
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!!Bree Van de Kamp/Hodge/Weston, born Mason
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I remember the easy confidence of her smile, the gentle elegance of her hands, the refined warmth of her voice. But what I remember most about Bree was the look of fear in her eyes. Bree had started to realize her world was unraveling. And for a woman who despised loose ends, that was unacceptable."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/MarciaCross
Wisteria Lane's resident neurotic and perfectionist homemaker, whose strong resolve and proper demeanor are both her greatest assets as well as the source of nearly all her personal troubles. She describes herself as the "domestic housewife" out of the group.
!!Bree Van de Kamp/Hodge/Weston, born Mason
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I remember the easy confidence of her smile, the gentle elegance of her hands, the refined warmth of her voice. But what I remember most about Bree was the look of fear in her eyes. Bree had started to realize her world was unraveling. And for a woman who despised loose ends, that was unacceptable."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/MarciaCross
Wisteria Lane's resident neurotic and perfectionist homemaker, whose strong resolve and proper demeanor are both her greatest assets as well as the source of nearly all her personal troubles. She describes herself as the "domestic housewife" out of the group.
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!!Bree Van de Kamp/Hodge/Weston, born Mason
!!Carlos Solis
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->'''Played by:'''
Wisteria Lane's resident neurotic and perfectionist homemaker, whose strong resolve and proper demeanor are both her greatest assets as well as the source of nearly all her personal troubles. She describes herself as the "domestic housewife" out of the group.
Gabrielle's husband.
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* TheAlcoholic: In season 2, plus the occasional relapse. [[spoiler: There was her slip during the time jump, and Bree's current arc has her falling off the wagon. Hard.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BreakTheHaughty
* CartwrightCurse: One surefire way to predict if a male character is going to die is judged by one question: Is he Bree's love interest? Of her seven love interests, five of them have died.
** [[{{Lampshaded}} Lampshaded]] in a season five promo, where the paper boy recaps the events of the past four seasons, and ends his recap of Bree with "I hope Orson doesn't die, too."
** She even lampshades it herself during season 7:
-->'''Bree:''' My track record with lovers... two dead, one in a wheelchair.
* ControlFreak: And ''how''.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: During season 8, with her ex-boyfriend cop harassing her (and explicitly doing it in order to make her feel miserable) and the loss of her friends, Bree relapses into alcoholism, and in the 9th episode she ends up alone in a hotel room, with only a bottle of wine and a ''gun'', speaking to an imaginary Mary Alice and contemplating the idea of suicide.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Averted, thanks to Renee.]]
* FieryRedhead: When she wants to be.
* {{The Fifties}}: Her look, moreso in the earlier seasons: A-line skirts and dresses, twin-sets with pearls, white gloves, her "flip" hair-do etc.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic.
* FreudianExcuse: Her mother died traumatically when she was 5 and her stepmother was a distant and unloving woman.
* GunNut: She knows how to use guns, and she has a shotgun under her bed. It's not at all out of the realm of possibilities that she has a NRA membership.
* {{Housewife}}: Obviously. She's the most classic example in the series and evokes the archetypal 1950's housewife.
* LadyDrunk: [[spoiler:During season 8, the tension between the girls became so high that she ended becoming their scapegoat, and finally they abandonned her. She then relapses ''hard'' into alcoholism. She was on the verge of suicide, but is stopped just in time, thanks to the intervention of Renee. Now, she views herself as lost, not knowing anymore who she is. Slowly, she is deconstructing herself, and is becoming [[ReallyGetsAround ''easy'']], something she ''acknowledges''. She didn't even deny when an angry spouse called her a whore (truth to be told, she was quite drunk at that time, but she doesn't seems to care at all, if the end of the 12th episode is any indication).]]
* LoveHurts: Despite the perfect facade, she is consistantly unlucky in love.
-->'''Rex Van De Kamp:''' Bree, I can't live in this detergent commercial anymore!
* MamaBear
* NeatFreak
* NiceGirl: In spite of her faults, she does come off a pleasant person most of the time.
* ThePerfectionist: Especially in the first season, when she couldn't even stand the sight of a loose button.
* PreppyName
* PrettyInMink: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marcia_cross_poster_posing_2846.jpg Wore a sable coat to try to win back Rex.]]
* ProperLady: Deconstructed since the very first episode.
* ReallyGetsAround: [[spoiler:Yes, you read that right. During season 8, she relapses into alcoholism, and began to date a lot in bars. However, what was only a brief experience became an habit, and it becomes clear that she has a different man each night in her bed. When she is confronted by an angry spouse (because she had sex with her husband) in the middle of the church during the 12th episode, she doesn't deny it. Worse: she actually acknowledges it, and is on her way to embrace this way of life.]]
* SexyCoatFlashing
* StepfordSmiler: The other housewives have ''traces'' of this, but Bree is ''the'' ultimate Stepford Smiler of the show. Her own son calls her out on it in the pilot, saying she acts like she's running for Mayor of Stepford.
* SugarAndIcePersonality
* SuperOCD: There were hints of this, especially in the early seasons, but it was never explored very much. She also referred to her quirks in terms of "anal retentiveness" and not "obsessive compulsiveness".
* TraumaCongaLine: If something traumatic is going to happen to one of the leading females in the cast, it is inevitably going to be Bree.
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BreakTheHaughty
* CartwrightCurse: One surefire way to predict if a male character is going to die is judged by one question: Is he Bree's love interest? Of her seven love interests, five of them have died.
** [[{{Lampshaded}} Lampshaded]] in a season five promo, where the paper boy recaps the events of the past four seasons, and ends his recap of Bree with "I hope Orson doesn't die, too."
** She even lampshades it herself during season 7:
-->'''Bree:''' My track record with lovers... two dead, one in a wheelchair.
* ControlFreak: And ''how''.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: During season 8, with her ex-boyfriend cop harassing her (and explicitly doing it in order to make her feel miserable) and the loss of her friends, Bree relapses into alcoholism, and in the 9th episode she ends up alone in a hotel room, with only a bottle of wine and a ''gun'', speaking to an imaginary Mary Alice and contemplating the idea of suicide.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Averted, thanks to Renee.]]
* FieryRedhead: When she wants to be.
* {{The Fifties}}: Her look, moreso in the earlier seasons: A-line skirts and dresses, twin-sets with pearls, white gloves, her "flip" hair-do etc.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic.
* FreudianExcuse: Her mother died traumatically when she was 5 and her stepmother was a distant and unloving woman.
* GunNut: She knows how to use guns, and she has a shotgun under her bed. It's not at all out of the realm of possibilities that she has a NRA membership.
* {{Housewife}}: Obviously. She's the most classic example in the series and evokes the archetypal 1950's housewife.
* LadyDrunk: [[spoiler:During season 8, the tension between the girls became so high that she ended becoming their scapegoat, and finally they abandonned her. She then relapses ''hard'' into alcoholism. She was on the verge of suicide, but is stopped just in time, thanks to the intervention of Renee. Now, she views herself as lost, not knowing anymore who she is. Slowly, she is deconstructing herself, and is becoming [[ReallyGetsAround ''easy'']], something she ''acknowledges''. She didn't even deny when an angry spouse called her a whore (truth to be told, she was quite drunk at that time, but she doesn't seems to care at all, if the end of the 12th episode is any indication).]]
* LoveHurts: Despite the perfect facade, she is consistantly unlucky in love.
-->'''Rex Van De Kamp:''' Bree, I can't live in this detergent commercial anymore!
* MamaBear
* NeatFreak
* NiceGirl: In spite of her faults, she does come off a pleasant person most of the time.
* ThePerfectionist: Especially in the first season, when she couldn't even stand the sight of a loose button.
* PreppyName
* PrettyInMink: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marcia_cross_poster_posing_2846.jpg Wore a sable coat to try to win back Rex.]]
* ProperLady: Deconstructed since the very first episode.
* ReallyGetsAround: [[spoiler:Yes, you read that right. During season 8, she relapses into alcoholism, and began to date a lot in bars. However, what was only a brief experience became an habit, and it becomes clear that she has a different man each night in her bed. When she is confronted by an angry spouse (because she had sex with her husband) in the middle of the church during the 12th episode, she doesn't deny it. Worse: she actually acknowledges it, and is on her way to embrace this way of life.]]
* SexyCoatFlashing
* StepfordSmiler: The other housewives have ''traces'' of this, but Bree is ''the'' ultimate Stepford Smiler of the show. Her own son calls her out on it in the pilot, saying she acts like she's running for Mayor of Stepford.
* SugarAndIcePersonality
* SuperOCD: There were hints of this, especially in the early seasons, but it was never explored very much. She also referred to her quirks in terms of "anal retentiveness" and not "obsessive compulsiveness".
* TraumaCongaLine: If something traumatic is going to happen to one of the leading females in the cast, it is inevitably going to be Bree.
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* TheAlcoholic: TheAtoner: In season 2, plus 2.
* ButtMonkey
* DeadpanSnarker: What else would you expect by ''Gabrielle'''s husband?
* DomesticAbuser: At one point, he tampers with his wife's birth control pills in order to get her pregnant, despite her clearly expressing her aversion at theoccasional relapse. idea of becoming a mother. It works and Gabrielle becomes pregnant, but she is understandably furious at this betrayal and breach of trust. This is something that real-life abusers do, in order to either keep their partners by their side or simply because they do not have any respect for their wishes.
** Gabrielle gives as much as she takes though, she constantly hits him (It's often PlayedForLaughs, but at one point it got so bad she actually pushed him out of a second-floor window), she's very manipulative and emotionally abusive towards him (Especially on matters concerning money and his mother) and spent the majority of the first two seasons cheating on him with their 17 year-old gardener; eventually they more or less decide they're even and their relationship gets considerably better.
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: [[spoiler:There It turns out when the doctor said he was her slip during the time jump, and Bree's current arc has her falling off the wagon. Hard.permanently blind, what he really meant was only for half of a season.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BreakTheHaughty
* CartwrightCurse: One surefire way to predict if a male character is going to die is judged by one question: Is he Bree's love interest? Of her seven love interests, five of them have died.
** [[{{Lampshaded}} Lampshaded]] in a season five promo, where the paper boy recaps the events of the past four seasons, and ends his recap of Bree with "I hope Orson doesn't die, too."
** She even lampshades it herself during season 7:
-->'''Bree:''' My track record with lovers... two dead, one in a wheelchair.
* ControlFreak: And ''how''.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: During season 8, with her ex-boyfriend cop harassing her (and explicitly doing it in order to make her feel miserable) and the loss of her friends, Bree relapses into alcoholism, and in the 9th episode she ends up alone in a hotel room, with only a bottle of wine and a ''gun'', speaking to an imaginary Mary Alice and contemplating the idea of suicide.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Averted, thanks to Renee.]]
* FieryRedhead: When she wants to be.
* {{The Fifties}}: Her look, moreso in the earlier seasons: A-line skirts and dresses, twin-sets with pearls, white gloves, her "flip" hair-do etc.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic.
* FreudianExcuse: Her mother died traumatically when she was 5 and her stepmother was a distant and unloving woman.
* GunNut: She knows how to use guns, and she has a shotgun under her bed. It's not at all out of the realm of possibilities that she has a NRA membership.
* {{Housewife}}: Obviously. She's the most classic example in the series and evokes the archetypal 1950's housewife.
* LadyDrunk: [[spoiler:During season 8, the tension between the girls became so high that she ended becoming their scapegoat, and finally they abandonned her. She then relapses ''hard'' into alcoholism. She was on the verge of suicide, but is stopped just in time, thanks to the intervention of Renee. Now, she views herself as lost, not knowing anymore who she is. Slowly, she is deconstructing herself, and is becoming [[ReallyGetsAround ''easy'']], something she ''acknowledges''. She didn't even deny when an angry spouse called her a whore (truth to be told, she was quite drunk at that time, but she doesn't seems to care at all, if the end of the 12th episode is any indication).]]
* LoveHurts: Despite the perfect facade, she is consistantly unlucky in love.
-->'''Rex Van De Kamp:''' Bree, I can't live in this detergent commercial anymore!
* MamaBear
* NeatFreak
* NiceGirl: In spite of her faults, she does come off a pleasant person most of the time.
* ThePerfectionist: Especially in the first season, when she couldn't even stand the sight of a loose button.
* PreppyName
* PrettyInMink: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marcia_cross_poster_posing_2846.jpg Wore a sable coat to try to win back Rex.]]
* ProperLady: DeconstructedAverted in-universe, since the very first episode.
* ReallyGetsAround: [[spoiler:Yes, you read that right. During season 8, she relapses into alcoholism, and began to date a lot in bars. However, what was only a brief experience became an habit, and it becomes clear that she has a different man each night in her bed. When she is confronted by an angry spouse (because she had sex with her husband) in the middle of the church during the 12th episode, she doesn't deny it. Worse: shehe actually acknowledges it, spent 6 years blind (There was a 5 year time-skip between seasons 4 and is on her way to embrace 5) and this way of life.]]
* SexyCoatFlashing
* StepfordSmiler: The other housewives have ''traces'' of this, but Bree is ''the'' ultimate Stepford Smiler of the show. Her own son calls her out on it in the pilot, saying she acts like she's running for Mayor of Stepford.
* SugarAndIcePersonality
* SuperOCD: There were hints of this, especially in the early seasons, but it was never exploredvery much. She also referred to her quirks in terms of "anal retentiveness" much affected his and not "obsessive compulsiveness".
Gabrielle's dynamic permanently despite being later cured.
*TraumaCongaLine: If something traumatic [[MistakenForRacist Mistaken For Homophobic]]: Beats up two separate men he suspects Gabrielle is going to happen to one cheating on him with. Both of the leading females in the cast, it is inevitably going these guys happened to be Bree.gay.
* MrFanservice: In between his stints as a businessman, Carlos' wardrobe often consists of sleeveless shirts.
* [[OverprotectiveDad Overprotective Uncle]]: To Ana.
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry
-->'''Gabrielle''': Go on, go all cholo on his ass!
* ButtMonkey
* DeadpanSnarker: What else would you expect by ''Gabrielle'''s husband?
* DomesticAbuser: At one point, he tampers with his wife's birth control pills in order to get her pregnant, despite her clearly expressing her aversion at the
** Gabrielle gives as much as she takes though, she constantly hits him (It's often PlayedForLaughs, but at one point it got so bad she actually pushed him out of a second-floor window), she's very manipulative and emotionally abusive towards him (Especially on matters concerning money and his mother) and spent the majority of the first two seasons cheating on him with their 17 year-old gardener; eventually they more or less decide they're even and their relationship gets considerably better.
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: [[spoiler:
* BreakTheHaughty
* CartwrightCurse: One surefire way to predict if a male character is going to die is judged by one question: Is he Bree's love interest? Of her seven love interests, five of them have died.
** She even lampshades it herself during season 7:
-->'''Bree:''' My track record with lovers... two dead, one in a wheelchair.
* ControlFreak: And ''how''.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: During season 8, with her ex-boyfriend cop harassing her (and explicitly doing it in order to make her feel miserable) and the loss of her friends, Bree relapses into alcoholism, and in the 9th episode she ends up alone in a hotel room, with only a bottle of wine and a ''gun'', speaking to an imaginary Mary Alice and contemplating the idea of suicide.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Averted, thanks to Renee.]]
* FieryRedhead: When she wants to be.
* {{The Fifties}}: Her look, moreso in the earlier seasons: A-line skirts and dresses, twin-sets with pearls, white gloves, her "flip" hair-do etc.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic.
* FreudianExcuse: Her mother died traumatically when she was 5 and her stepmother was a distant and unloving woman.
* GunNut: She knows how to use guns, and she has a shotgun under her bed. It's not at all out of the realm of possibilities that she has a NRA membership.
* {{Housewife}}: Obviously. She's the most classic example in the series and evokes the archetypal 1950's housewife.
* LadyDrunk: [[spoiler:During season 8, the tension between the girls became so high that she ended becoming their scapegoat, and finally they abandonned her. She then relapses ''hard'' into alcoholism. She was on the verge of suicide, but is stopped just in time, thanks to the intervention of Renee. Now, she views herself as lost, not knowing anymore who she is. Slowly, she is deconstructing herself, and is becoming [[ReallyGetsAround ''easy'']], something she ''acknowledges''. She didn't even deny when an angry spouse called her a whore (truth to be told, she was quite drunk at that time, but she doesn't seems to care at all, if the end of the 12th episode is any indication).]]
* LoveHurts: Despite the perfect facade, she is consistantly unlucky in love.
-->'''Rex Van De Kamp:''' Bree, I can't live in this detergent commercial anymore!
* MamaBear
* NeatFreak
* NiceGirl: In spite of her faults, she does come off a pleasant person most of the time.
* ThePerfectionist: Especially in the first season, when she couldn't even stand the sight of a loose button.
* PreppyName
* PrettyInMink: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marcia_cross_poster_posing_2846.jpg Wore a sable coat to try to win back Rex.]]
* ProperLady: Deconstructed
* ReallyGetsAround: [[spoiler:Yes, you read that right. During season 8, she relapses into alcoholism, and began to date a lot in bars. However, what was only a brief experience became an habit, and it becomes clear that she has a different man each night in her bed. When she is confronted by an angry spouse (because she had sex with her husband) in the middle of the church during the 12th episode, she doesn't deny it. Worse: she
* SexyCoatFlashing
* StepfordSmiler: The other housewives have ''traces'' of this, but Bree is ''the'' ultimate Stepford Smiler of the show. Her own son calls her out on it in the pilot, saying she acts like she's running for Mayor of Stepford.
* SugarAndIcePersonality
* SuperOCD: There were hints of this, especially in the early seasons, but it was never explored
*
* MrFanservice: In between his stints as a businessman, Carlos' wardrobe often consists of sleeveless shirts.
* [[OverprotectiveDad Overprotective Uncle]]: To Ana.
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry
-->'''Gabrielle''': Go on, go all cholo on his ass!
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[[folder:Gaby]]
!!Gabrielle "Gaby" Solis/Lang, born Marquez
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Gabrielle was a drowning woman, desperately searching for a life raft. Luckily for her, she found one. Of course, Gabrielle only saw her young gardener as a way to infuse her life with a little excitement. But now she was about to discover just how exciting her life could get."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Eva Longoria
A former top model turned trophy wife, Gaby gave up her lavish life in NYC to move to the suburbs of Fairview and adjust to a quieter, more settled lifestyle with Carlos Solis. During the first three years of marriage, Carlos was always away on business trips, leaving Gaby to become bored, lonely and unhappy, resulting in her having affairs with local handsome young men. Eventually the sense of friendship and family overwhelmed her, and Gabrielle found her happiness on Wisteria Lane.
!!Gabrielle "Gaby" Solis/Lang, born Marquez
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Gabrielle was a drowning woman, desperately searching for a life raft. Luckily for her, she found one. Of course, Gabrielle only saw her young gardener as a way to infuse her life with a little excitement. But now she was about to discover just how exciting her life could get."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Eva Longoria
A former top model turned trophy wife, Gaby gave up her lavish life in NYC to move to the suburbs of Fairview and adjust to a quieter, more settled lifestyle with Carlos Solis. During the first three years of marriage, Carlos was always away on business trips, leaving Gaby to become bored, lonely and unhappy, resulting in her having affairs with local handsome young men. Eventually the sense of friendship and family overwhelmed her, and Gabrielle found her happiness on Wisteria Lane.
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!!Gabrielle "Gaby" Solis/Lang, born Marquez
!!Orson Hodge
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->'''Played by:'''
A former top model turned trophy wife, Gaby gave up her lavish life in NYC to move to the suburbs of Fairview and adjust to a quieter, more settled lifestyle with Carlos Solis. During the first three years of marriage, Carlos was always away on business trips, leaving Gaby to become bored, lonely and unhappy, resulting in her having affairs with local handsome young men. Eventually the sense of friendship and family overwhelmed her, and Gabrielle found her happiness on Wisteria Lane.
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* AesopAmnesia: How many times has she learned being a better person is more important than having material possessions or looking pretty?
* BookDumb: Especially when it comes to geography (she thinks [[YouFailGeographyForever Argentina is beside Romania]].)
* CatchPhrase: For the first four or five seasons or so, she manages to work the phrase "son of a bitch" in at least once per season. To be fair to her, it often refers to Carlos, who is the son of an actual bitch.
* BookDumb: Especially when it comes to geography (she thinks [[YouFailGeographyForever Argentina is beside Romania]].)
* CatchPhrase: For the first four or five seasons or so, she manages to work the phrase "son of a bitch" in at least once per season. To be fair to her, it often refers to Carlos, who is the son of an actual bitch.
to:
* AesopAmnesia: How many times has she learned being a better person AffablyEvil: The "evil" part is more important than having material possessions or looking pretty?
* BookDumb: Especially whensubverted once it comes turns out that [[spoiler: he didn't kill his wife]]. However, in season 8 he's clearly this.
* ButtMonkey: His mother made him think [[spoiler: he had led his father togeography (she thinks [[YouFailGeographyForever Argentina is beside Romania]].)
* CatchPhrase: Forsuicide]], he was institutionalized after falling into depression, he got his mistress [[spoiler: killed by his mother]] and managed to save his wife from a similar death at the last moment. Not to mention that his [[{{Yandere}} first four or five seasons or so, she manages ex-wife]] ''drugged'' and ''raped'' him. Once things seemed to work be settled, he went into prison and lost his job as a dentist, his wife cheated on him and he ended up [[spoiler: paralyzed]] in a plane crash.
* TheChessmaster: In season 8.
* DeathSeeker: Briefly during season 6.
* GentlemanSnarker
* HenpeckedHusband: During season 5.
* KeepingSecretsSucks
* MommyIssues
* MrFanservice: While living with Susan Orson has a bout of nude sleepwalking, which shows that, beneath thephrase "son old man sweaters and polo shirts, Orson has a fairly muscular body.
* NeatFreak
* PrisonRape: Referenced to, and (luckily) subverted.
* PromotedToOpeningCredits: From season 3 to 6.
* StepfordSmiler: Second only to Bree.
* StickyFingers: He becomes kleptomaniac mid-season 5, to piss Bree off because ofa bitch" in at least once per season. To be fair her lack of attention to her, it often refers him.
* SympatheticAdulterer: When he was married toCarlos, who is Alma.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never know what happened to him after he [[spoiler: mailed theson evidences against Bree to the police.]]
* UnwantedSpouse: Although initially a perfect husband for Bree, he becomes this towards the end.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rex Van de Kamp]]
!!Rex Van de Kamp
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%%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
->'''Played by:''' Steven Culp
Bree's first husband and the father ofan actual bitch.Andrew and Danielle.
----
* BackForTheFinale
* BookDumb: Especially when
* ButtMonkey: His mother made him think [[spoiler: he had led his father to
* CatchPhrase: For
* TheChessmaster: In season 8.
* DeathSeeker: Briefly during season 6.
* GentlemanSnarker
* HenpeckedHusband: During season 5.
* KeepingSecretsSucks
* MommyIssues
* MrFanservice: While living with Susan Orson has a bout of nude sleepwalking, which shows that, beneath the
* NeatFreak
* PrisonRape: Referenced to, and (luckily) subverted.
* PromotedToOpeningCredits: From season 3 to 6.
* StepfordSmiler: Second only to Bree.
* StickyFingers: He becomes kleptomaniac mid-season 5, to piss Bree off because of
* SympatheticAdulterer: When he was married to
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never know what happened to him after he [[spoiler: mailed the
* UnwantedSpouse: Although initially a perfect husband for Bree, he becomes this towards the end.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rex Van de Kamp]]
!!Rex Van de Kamp
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->'''Played by:''' Steven Culp
Bree's first husband and the father of
----
* BackForTheFinale
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* DomesticAbuser
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric.
* HotBlooded
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be callous or insensitive, but she truly cares about her friends and her daughters.
* [[MrViceGuy Mrs Vice Gal]]: Openly vain, materialistic and immature but a loyal friend and (eventually) loving wife and mother.
* MsFanservice: At times it was as if she chose to be excluded from the wardrobe budget.
* RichBitch: Her "bitch" status [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the writer]].
* SelfServingMemory: She recalls her time as a model as being wonderful, much loved and she hated giving it up to marry Carlos. During a trip to New York, Gabby is thrown that some former model "friends" rip into her about how much they hated her. Her former agent then breaks it down that Gabby was an incredible diva whose demands were getting so bad that agencies were deciding not to use her because of the hassle. Gabby realizes that instead of "ruining" her career, marrying Carlos saved her from getting kicked out of the business.
* SpicyLatina: A ''subversion'' believe or not. Yes Gabby is sexy and she certainly has the temper but she lacks the sterotypical accent, can't speak Spanish and as several episodes have shown is indifferent at best towards her Hispanic heritage.
* SpoiledBrat: When it comes to material possessions.
* VolleyingInsults: She and Carlos do this a lot, and were at their most tempestuous in the early seasons.
* YourCheatingHeart
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric.
* HotBlooded
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be callous or insensitive, but she truly cares about her friends and her daughters.
* [[MrViceGuy Mrs Vice Gal]]: Openly vain, materialistic and immature but a loyal friend and (eventually) loving wife and mother.
* MsFanservice: At times it was as if she chose to be excluded from the wardrobe budget.
* RichBitch: Her "bitch" status [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the writer]].
* SelfServingMemory: She recalls her time as a model as being wonderful, much loved and she hated giving it up to marry Carlos. During a trip to New York, Gabby is thrown that some former model "friends" rip into her about how much they hated her. Her former agent then breaks it down that Gabby was an incredible diva whose demands were getting so bad that agencies were deciding not to use her because of the hassle. Gabby realizes that instead of "ruining" her career, marrying Carlos saved her from getting kicked out of the business.
* SpicyLatina: A ''subversion'' believe or not. Yes Gabby is sexy and she certainly has the temper but she lacks the sterotypical accent, can't speak Spanish and as several episodes have shown is indifferent at best towards her Hispanic heritage.
* SpoiledBrat: When it comes to material possessions.
* VolleyingInsults: She and Carlos do this a lot, and were at their most tempestuous in the early seasons.
* YourCheatingHeart
to:
* DomesticAbuser
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric.
* HotBlooded
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be callous or insensitive, but she truly cares about her friends and her daughters.
* [[MrViceGuy Mrs Vice Gal]]: Openly vain, materialistic and immature but a loyal friend and (eventually) loving wife and mother.
* MsFanservice: At times it was as if she choseGuestHost: After his death, he gets to be excluded from the wardrobe budget.
* RichBitch: Her "bitch" status [[DependingOnTheWriter dependsnarrate one episode, which focuses on the writer]].
men in the series.
*SelfServingMemory: She recalls her time as a model as being wonderful, much loved HenpeckedHusband: Has shades of this. When Mary Alice first meets the Van de Kamps, Rex appears tired and she hated giving it up resigned to marry Carlos. During a trip to New York, Gabby is thrown that some former model "friends" rip into her about how much they hated her. Her former agent then breaks it down that Gabby was an incredible diva whose demands were getting so bad that agencies were deciding not to use her his fate.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He's the victim in this case.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Bree with [[spoiler: Maisy Gibbons]], becauseof the hassle. Gabby realizes that instead of "ruining" her career, marrying Carlos saved her from getting kicked out of the business.
* SpicyLatina: A ''subversion'' believe or not. Yes Gabby is sexy and she certainly has the temper but she lacks the sterotypical accent, can't speak Spanish and as several episodes have shown is indifferent at best towards her Hispanic heritage.
* SpoiledBrat: When it comeshe was too reluctant to material possessions.
* VolleyingInsults: She and Carlos do this a lot, and were at their most tempestuous in the early seasons.
* YourCheatingHeartask his wife to fulfill his sexual desires.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric.
* HotBlooded
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be callous or insensitive, but she truly cares about her friends and her daughters.
* [[MrViceGuy Mrs Vice Gal]]: Openly vain, materialistic and immature but a loyal friend and (eventually) loving wife and mother.
* MsFanservice: At times it was as if she chose
* RichBitch: Her "bitch" status [[DependingOnTheWriter depends
*
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He's the victim in this case.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Bree with [[spoiler: Maisy Gibbons]], because
* SpicyLatina: A ''subversion'' believe or not. Yes Gabby is sexy and she certainly has the temper but she lacks the sterotypical accent, can't speak Spanish and as several episodes have shown is indifferent at best towards her Hispanic heritage.
* SpoiledBrat: When it comes
* VolleyingInsults: She and Carlos do this a lot, and were at their most tempestuous in the early seasons.
* YourCheatingHeart
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!!Other Housewives
[[folder:Mary Alice]]
!!Mary Alice Young (real name Angela Forrest)
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Oh, Mary Alice, what did you do?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/BrendaStrong
[[folder:Mary Alice]]
!!Mary Alice Young (real name Angela Forrest)
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Oh, Mary Alice, what did you do?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/BrendaStrong
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[[folder:Mary Alice]]
!!Mary Alice Young (real name Angela Forrest)
!!Paul Young
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->'''Played by:'''
Mary Alice's husband and the father of Zach.
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* TheArtifact: By the end of season 2, all of her story lines had been wrapped up pretty much, and there really was no particular point to her character anymore other than simply being the narrator (of mysteries unrelated to her). Even when Paul comes back in season 7, her character is hardly referred to and she makes little-if any attempt in her narration to remind us that Paul is her husband.
* {{Blackmail}}: She was victim of this, and it sadly led to her death.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Oh god, where to begin...
* DeadToBeginWith: The series kicked off with her death.
* DrivenToSuicide: Which sets off the entire storyline of the seminal first season, and part of the second.
%%* NearDeathClairvoyance
* PosthumousCharacter: Her death impacts the whole first and second seasons, and she [[PosthumousNarration narrates from the other world]] in most of the remaining seasons.
* PosthumousNarration: She narrates the series after her death.
* VillainyDiscretionShot: Apparently both the writers and the other characters have forgotten Mary Alice [[spoiler: killed her adopted son's birth mother.]]
* {{Blackmail}}: She was victim of this, and it sadly led to her death.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Oh god, where to begin...
* DeadToBeginWith: The series kicked off with her death.
* DrivenToSuicide: Which sets off the entire storyline of the seminal first season, and part of the second.
%%* NearDeathClairvoyance
* PosthumousCharacter: Her death impacts the whole first and second seasons, and she [[PosthumousNarration narrates from the other world]] in most of the remaining seasons.
* PosthumousNarration: She narrates the series after her death.
* VillainyDiscretionShot: Apparently both the writers and the other characters have forgotten Mary Alice [[spoiler: killed her adopted son's birth mother.]]
to:
* TheArtifact: By the end of season 2, all of her story lines had been wrapped up pretty much, and there really was no particular point to her character anymore other than simply being the narrator (of mysteries unrelated to her). Even when Paul comes back CreepyMonotone
* KeepingSecretsSucks
* MrFanservice: Gets several shirtless scenes inseason 7, her character is hardly referred to and she makes little-if any attempt in her narration to remind us that Paul is her husband.
Season 7.
*{{Blackmail}}: She was victim of this, and it sadly led to her death.
MysteriousPast
*DarkAndTroubledPast: Oh god, where to begin...
* DeadToBeginWith: The series kicked off with her death.
* DrivenToSuicide: Which sets off the entire storyline of the seminal first season, and part of the second.
%%* NearDeathClairvoyance
* PosthumousCharacter: Her death impacts the whole first and second seasons, and she [[PosthumousNarration narrates from the other world]] in most of the remaining seasons.
* PosthumousNarration: She narrates the series after her death.
* VillainyDiscretionShot: Apparently both the writers and the other characters have forgotten Mary Alice [[spoiler: killed her adopted son's birth mother.]]PapaWolf
* KeepingSecretsSucks
* MrFanservice: Gets several shirtless scenes in
*
*
* DeadToBeginWith: The series kicked off with her death.
* DrivenToSuicide: Which sets off the entire storyline of the seminal first season, and part of the second.
%%* NearDeathClairvoyance
* PosthumousCharacter: Her death impacts the whole first and second seasons, and she [[PosthumousNarration narrates from the other world]] in most of the remaining seasons.
* PosthumousNarration: She narrates the series after her death.
* VillainyDiscretionShot: Apparently both the writers and the other characters have forgotten Mary Alice [[spoiler: killed her adopted son's birth mother.]]
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[[folder:Edie]]
!!Edie [=McLain=]/Roswell/Williams, born Britt
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Edie Britt was the most predatory divorcée within a five block radius. Her conquests were numerous, varied and legendary."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Nicollette Sheridan
!!Edie [=McLain=]/Roswell/Williams, born Britt
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Edie Britt was the most predatory divorcée within a five block radius. Her conquests were numerous, varied and legendary."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Nicollette Sheridan
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!!Edie [=McLain=]/Roswell/Williams, born Britt
!!Karl Mayer
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->'''Played by:'''
Susan's ex-husband and the father of Julie.
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* AscendedExtra: After the first season, she was given a much more prominent role and was even featured in promo material with the four main housewives.
* BrutalHonesty: She never embellishes the truth when voicing her opinion to other people of Wisteria Lane, often bordering on AccentuateTheNegative.
* BrutalHonesty: She never embellishes the truth when voicing her opinion to other people of Wisteria Lane, often bordering on AccentuateTheNegative.
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* AscendedExtra: After AmoralAttorney
* BackForTheFinale
* HandsomeLech
* [[spoiler: DeathOfTheHypotenuse]]
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: More in the firstseason, she was given seasons.
* MrFanservice: By far the most likely husband to strut around shirtless or in amuch more prominent role loosely-tied robe.
* PapaWolf: He can definitely be protective of his daughter Julie andwas even featured in promo material with the four main housewives.
* BrutalHonesty: She never embellishes the trutha very smooth negotiator when voicing her opinion it comes to other people helping Evan (His second son) socialize.
* ReallyGetsAround
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[[folder:Andrew Van de Kamp]]
!!Andrew Van de Kamp
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->'''Played by:''' Shawn Pyfrom
----
* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Old Lady Out]]: Blames the majority ofWisteria Lane, often bordering his problems on AccentuateTheNegative.his mother.
* ComingOutStory
* BackForTheFinale
* HandsomeLech
* [[spoiler: DeathOfTheHypotenuse]]
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: More in the first
* MrFanservice: By far the most likely husband to strut around shirtless or in a
* PapaWolf: He can definitely be protective of his daughter Julie and
* BrutalHonesty: She never embellishes the truth
* ReallyGetsAround
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[[folder:Andrew Van de Kamp]]
!!Andrew Van de Kamp
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->'''Played by:''' Shawn Pyfrom
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* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Old Lady Out]]: Blames the majority of
* ComingOutStory
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-->"Well, someone's gotta say it - Susan, what the hell have you been smoking?"
* FakingTheDead: She tries faking her own suicide so she can manipulate Carlos into staying their relationship. Unfortunately she almost kills herself by accident.
* GrumpyBear: She often complains about something.
* HiddenDepths
* {{Hypocrite}}: She loves messing with people through BrutalHonesty, but she's in denial about her own troubles.
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Knows how to use them to get her own way.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:In season five.]]
* TheLadette: She drinks beer, hates all that lovey dovey stuff and just wants some no-strings sex.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: In season four Edie is ''unusually'' vicious about keeping Carlos in her hands, [[spoiler: attempting suicide, even when she was certain he'd rescue her in time]] is kind of a big leap for her.
* MsFanservice: Out of all the women in the series, she has the most scenes in underwear.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [[spoiler:Sheridan's disputes with Marc Cherry led to her leaving the show and Edie being killed off near the end of the fifth season.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: She's promiscuous, and she loves it.
* SixthRanger
* FakingTheDead: She tries faking her own suicide so she can manipulate Carlos into staying their relationship. Unfortunately she almost kills herself by accident.
* GrumpyBear: She often complains about something.
* HiddenDepths
* {{Hypocrite}}: She loves messing with people through BrutalHonesty, but she's in denial about her own troubles.
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Knows how to use them to get her own way.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:In season five.]]
* TheLadette: She drinks beer, hates all that lovey dovey stuff and just wants some no-strings sex.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: In season four Edie is ''unusually'' vicious about keeping Carlos in her hands, [[spoiler: attempting suicide, even when she was certain he'd rescue her in time]] is kind of a big leap for her.
* MsFanservice: Out of all the women in the series, she has the most scenes in underwear.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [[spoiler:Sheridan's disputes with Marc Cherry led to her leaving the show and Edie being killed off near the end of the fifth season.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: She's promiscuous, and she loves it.
* SixthRanger
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*
* MrFanservice: Spends a fair amount of time in speedos in the first couple of seasons, and then turns into
*
*
* {{Hypocrite}}: She loves messing
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: During season 8, he comes back to his mother's house... And then nothing. He completly disappears from the radar, and isn't even present during the season finale. Please note that he should be living with his mother at this point, in her house, while she's
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Knows how to use them to get her own way.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:In season five.]]
* TheLadette: She drinks beer, hates all
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: In season four Edie is ''unusually'' vicious about keeping Carlos in her hands, [[spoiler: attempting suicide, even when she was certain he'd rescue her in time]] is kind of a big leap for her.
* MsFanservice: Out of all
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [[spoiler:Sheridan's disputes with Marc Cherry led to her leaving the show and Edie being killed off near the end of the fifth season.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: She's promiscuous, and she loves it.
* SixthRanger
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!!Katherine Davis/Mayfair, born Simms
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!!Katherine Davis/Mayfair, born Simms
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!!Katherine Davis/Mayfair, born Simms
!!Danielle Van de Kamp
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/DanaDelany
Joy Lauren
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* TheArtifact: In season six, the writers didn't really know what to do with her after [[spoiler: Mike marries Susan]]. So she ends up going through various hysterics that were almost completely irrelevant to the rest of the season's plot, before [[spoiler: randomly finding out she's a lesbian and leaving for Paris with her new ex-stripper lover.]]
* BackForTheFinale
* TheFriendNobodyLikes
* MysteriousPast
* PutOnABus
* RememberTheNewGuy: Sorta. She moves onto Wisteria Lane in the Season 4 premiere, and it turns out she lived there some time before the show started, and was Susan's best friend. And yet, she was never mentioned in the three years prior to Season 4, not in Mary Alice's narration or by Susan. Justified in that she apparently moved away before the rest of the housewives even arrived, so there wouldn't be any need for Susan to mention her.
* [[spoiler: SympatheticMurderer: She is force to kill her first husband Wayne due to his being a DirtyCop with [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections friends]] who will either get him off or make sure he gets very little jail so he can return to kill her.]]
* VillainyDiscretionShot: Was gratuitously cruel to her dying aunt and treated her daughter poorly before her secret was revealed and she joined the core group.
* {{Yandere}}: In season 6, towards Mike.
** She's practically a poster child. She got increasingly insane in the first half of the season, but then regained sanity later. [[spoiler: Turned out she's much more sane in a lesbian relationship.]]
* BackForTheFinale
* TheFriendNobodyLikes
* MysteriousPast
* PutOnABus
* RememberTheNewGuy: Sorta. She moves onto Wisteria Lane in the Season 4 premiere, and it turns out she lived there some time before the show started, and was Susan's best friend. And yet, she was never mentioned in the three years prior to Season 4, not in Mary Alice's narration or by Susan. Justified in that she apparently moved away before the rest of the housewives even arrived, so there wouldn't be any need for Susan to mention her.
* [[spoiler: SympatheticMurderer: She is force to kill her first husband Wayne due to his being a DirtyCop with [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections friends]] who will either get him off or make sure he gets very little jail so he can return to kill her.]]
* VillainyDiscretionShot: Was gratuitously cruel to her dying aunt and treated her daughter poorly before her secret was revealed and she joined the core group.
* {{Yandere}}: In season 6, towards Mike.
** She's practically a poster child. She got increasingly insane in the first half of the season, but then regained sanity later. [[spoiler: Turned out she's much more sane in a lesbian relationship.]]
to:
* TheArtifact: In BrainlessBeauty: As summed up by her own mother:
-->'''Bree:''' When I was young, my stepmother told me that I was very lucky. I possessed beauty, wit, cunning, and insight. These were weapons all women needed to survive in the world.
-->'''Danielle:''' So?
-->'''Bree:''' So take good care of your looks, Danielle. You don’t have any other weapons at your disposal.
** Also:
-->'''Danielle:''' Benjamin's already reading at a third grade level.
-->'''Bree:''' So what are you going to do next year when he overtakes you?
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: And how.
* EmbarrassingNickname: She is known as [[ReallyGetsAround Little Miss Van de Tramp]]. Apparently, she made it up herself, but only because it was nicer than the other things they were calling her.
* HotForTeacher: For two episodes in seasonsix, the writers didn't really know what three, done out of spite more than anything else.
* {{Jerkass}}: Blackmailed Julie's boyfriend into continuing todo sleep with her after [[spoiler: Mike marries Susan]]. So her.
** And if sheends up going through various hysterics that were almost completely irrelevant to the rest of the season's plot, before [[spoiler: randomly finding out she's a lesbian and leaving for Paris with her new ex-stripper lover.]]
* BackForTheFinale
* TheFriendNobodyLikes
* MysteriousPast
* PutOnABus
* RememberTheNewGuy: Sorta. She moves onto Wisteria Lane in the Season 4 premiere, and it turns outhadn't, she lived there some time before the show started, and was Susan's best friend. And yet, she was never mentioned in the three years prior to Season 4, not in Mary Alice's narration or by Susan. Justified in that she apparently moved away before the rest of the housewives even arrived, so there wouldn't be any need for Susan to mention her.
have gotten pregnant. (Assuming she wasn't already pregnant at the time, that is).
*[[spoiler: SympatheticMurderer: She is force to kill her first husband Wayne due to his being a DirtyCop with [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections friends]] who will either get him off or make sure he gets very little jail so he can return to kill her.]]
PopularIsDumb
*VillainyDiscretionShot: Was gratuitously cruel to her dying aunt SpoiledBrat
--> "I don't care as long as I have my own bathroom..."
* TeenPregnancy: Seasons three andtreated her daughter poorly before her secret was revealed and she joined the core group.
* {{Yandere}}: In season 6, towards Mike.
** She's practically a poster child. She got increasingly insane in the first half of the season, but then regained sanity later. [[spoiler: Turned out she's much more sane in a lesbian relationship.]]four.
-->'''Bree:''' When I was young, my stepmother told me that I was very lucky. I possessed beauty, wit, cunning, and insight. These were weapons all women needed to survive in the world.
-->'''Danielle:''' So?
-->'''Bree:''' So take good care of your looks, Danielle. You don’t have any other weapons at your disposal.
** Also:
-->'''Danielle:''' Benjamin's already reading at a third grade level.
-->'''Bree:''' So what are you going to do next year when he overtakes you?
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: And how.
* EmbarrassingNickname: She is known as [[ReallyGetsAround Little Miss Van de Tramp]]. Apparently, she made it up herself, but only because it was nicer than the other things they were calling her.
* HotForTeacher: For two episodes in season
* {{Jerkass}}: Blackmailed Julie's boyfriend into continuing to
** And if she
* BackForTheFinale
* TheFriendNobodyLikes
* MysteriousPast
* PutOnABus
* RememberTheNewGuy: Sorta. She moves onto Wisteria Lane in the Season 4 premiere, and it turns out
*
*
--> "I don't care as long as I have my own bathroom..."
* TeenPregnancy: Seasons three and
* {{Yandere}}: In season 6, towards Mike.
** She's practically a poster child. She got increasingly insane in the first half of the season, but then regained sanity later. [[spoiler: Turned out she's much more sane in a lesbian relationship.]]
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!!Karen Bender/[=McCluskey=], born Simmons
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!!Karen Bender/[=McCluskey=], born Simmons
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!!Karen Bender/[=McCluskey=],
!!Sophie Bremmer, born
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->'''Played by:''' Kathryn Joosten
Lesley Ann Warren
Susan's mother.
Susan's mother.
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* CoolOldLady: After all, she was portrayed by Kathryn Joosten.
* DeadpanSnarker
-->'''Karen''': ''(to Lynette)'' No offense, but you should be sterilized.
* LonersAreFreaks: Subverted.
* WidowWoman: [[spoiler: Her husband Gilbert died while he was watching TV. She had the idea to put his body into a chest freezer in her basement to prevent his ex-wife from inheriting his pensions.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
-->'''Karen''': ''(to Lynette)'' No offense, but you should be sterilized.
* LonersAreFreaks: Subverted.
* WidowWoman: [[spoiler: Her husband Gilbert died while he was watching TV. She had the idea to put his body into a chest freezer in her basement to prevent his ex-wife from inheriting his pensions.]]
to:
* CoolOldLady: After all, she was portrayed by Kathryn Joosten.
AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: She's even flightier than Susan and causes her a lot of embarrassment.
*DeadpanSnarker
-->'''Karen''': ''(to Lynette)'' No offense, but you should be sterilized.
* LonersAreFreaks: Subverted.
* WidowWoman: [[spoiler: Her husband Gilbert died while he was watching TV. She hadWackyParentSeriousChild: She's the idea wacky parent to put his body into a chest freezer in her basement to prevent his ex-wife from inheriting his pensions.]]Susan's serious child, although Susan isn't that much more serious.
*
-->'''Karen''': ''(to Lynette)'' No offense, but you should be sterilized.
* LonersAreFreaks: Subverted.
* WidowWoman: [[spoiler: Her husband Gilbert died while he was watching TV. She had
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!!Betty Applewhite
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!!Betty Applewhite
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!!Betty Applewhite
!!Julie Mayer
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/AlfreWoodard
Andrea Bowen
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* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: She keeps her mentally challenged son Caleb in the basement since he's suspected of killing Melanie Foster in a fit or rage]].
* PutOnABus
* PutOnABus
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* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: She keeps her mentally challenged son Caleb in LittleMissSnarker
* OddFriendship: Inexplicably was friends with thebasement since he's suspected of killing Melanie Foster in a fit or rage]].
vapid, skanky, selfish Danielle.
*PutOnABus[[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: On several occasions.
* OddFriendship: Inexplicably was friends with the
*
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!!Angela "Angie" Bolen, born de Luca
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!!Angela "Angie" Bolen, born de Luca
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!!Angela "Angie" Bolen, born de Luca
!!Zach Young
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/DreaDeMatteo
Cody Kasch
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* ItaliansTalkWithHands: She gesticulates more than the other housewives, though not on a caricatural level.
* MamaBear
* PutOnABus
* ScarsAreForever: She has a wide scar on her back, and she's very careful not to show it.
* MamaBear
* PutOnABus
* ScarsAreForever: She has a wide scar on her back, and she's very careful not to show it.
to:
* ItaliansTalkWithHands: She gesticulates more than the other housewives, though not CallingTheOldManOut: Frequently comes to blows with his father, Paul.
* GagPenis: According to Carlos.
* HollywoodNerd
* MysteriousPast
* StalkerWithACrush: On Julie and, on acaricatural level.
* MamaBear
* PutOnABus
* ScarsAreForever: She has a wide scarlesser note, on her back, and she's very careful not to show it.Gabrielle.
* GagPenis: According to Carlos.
* HollywoodNerd
* MysteriousPast
* StalkerWithACrush: On Julie and, on a
* MamaBear
* PutOnABus
* ScarsAreForever: She has a wide scar
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!!The Families
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!!Michael "Mike" Delfino
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!!Michael "Mike" Delfino
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!!Michael "Mike" Delfino
!!Adam Mayfair
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Creator/NathanFillion
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* BackForTheFinale
* MrFanservice: More in the early seasons.
* NiceGuy: Compared to the other husbands, at least.
* PapaWolf
* MrFanservice: More in the early seasons.
* NiceGuy: Compared to the other husbands, at least.
* PapaWolf
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* BackForTheFinale
NiceGuy
*MrFanservice: More in PutOnABus: At the early seasons.
end of season 4.
*NiceGuy: Compared to the other husbands, at least.
* PapaWolfReasonableAuthorityFigure: When confronted with his wife Katherine.
*
*
* PapaWolf
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!!Thomas "Tom" Scavo
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!!Thomas "Tom" Scavo
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!!Thomas "Tom" Scavo
!!Ana Solis
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Lynette's husband.
Lynette's husband.
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->'''Played by:''' Doug Savant
Lynette's husband.Maiara Walsh
Lynette's husband.
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* ButtMonkey
* FanService: His thong scene.
* [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderization]]: Both he and his wife suffered this ''a lot'' in season five, going from a couple that had their problems but could still work through them together, to a "couple" that argued every other episode over the smallest most insignificant problems (well, insignificant compared to a tornado, a psychopathic child from a previous relationship, and cancer). He also became even more irrational and childish.
* HenpeckedHusband
* ManChild: He often lacks common sense and is carefree to the point of being irresponsible. He constantly concocts harebrained moneymaking schemes without thinking them through. And he whines to Lynette about how emasculated he feels when she becomes the breadwinner by getting a sensible job.
* MrFanservice: In one memorable scene, Tom wears nothing but a leopard-print thong, and while Doug Savant does a good job of making the situation quite awkward, one cannot deny that he is by far the hunkiest husband.
* PapaWolf
* PromotedToOpeningCredits: In season 2.
* FanService: His thong scene.
* [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderization]]: Both he and his wife suffered this ''a lot'' in season five, going from a couple that had their problems but could still work through them together, to a "couple" that argued every other episode over the smallest most insignificant problems (well, insignificant compared to a tornado, a psychopathic child from a previous relationship, and cancer). He also became even more irrational and childish.
* HenpeckedHusband
* ManChild: He often lacks common sense and is carefree to the point of being irresponsible. He constantly concocts harebrained moneymaking schemes without thinking them through. And he whines to Lynette about how emasculated he feels when she becomes the breadwinner by getting a sensible job.
* MrFanservice: In one memorable scene, Tom wears nothing but a leopard-print thong, and while Doug Savant does a good job of making the situation quite awkward, one cannot deny that he is by far the hunkiest husband.
* PapaWolf
* PromotedToOpeningCredits: In season 2.
to:
* ButtMonkey
BrattyTeenageDaughter: Well, bratty teenage ''niece'', anyway.
*FanService: His thong scene.
MsFanservice
*[[{{Flanderization}} Flanderization]]: Both he and his wife suffered this ''a lot'' in PutOnABus: At the end of season five, going from a couple that had their problems but could still work through them together, to a "couple" that argued every other episode over the smallest most insignificant problems (well, insignificant compared to a tornado, a psychopathic child from a previous relationship, and cancer). He also became even more irrational and childish.
6.
*HenpeckedHusband
* ManChild: He often lacks common sense and is carefree to the point of being irresponsible. He constantly concocts harebrained moneymaking schemes without thinking them through. And he whines to Lynette about how emasculated he feels when she becomes the breadwinner by getting a sensible job.
* MrFanservice: In one memorable scene, Tom wears nothing but a leopard-print thong, and while Doug Savant does a good job of making the situation quite awkward, one cannot deny that he is by far the hunkiest husband.
* PapaWolf
* PromotedToOpeningCredits: In season 2.ShooOutTheNewGuy
*
*
*
* ManChild: He often lacks common sense and is carefree to the point of being irresponsible. He constantly concocts harebrained moneymaking schemes without thinking them through. And he whines to Lynette about how emasculated he feels when she becomes the breadwinner by getting a sensible job.
* MrFanservice: In one memorable scene, Tom wears nothing but a leopard-print thong, and while Doug Savant does a good job of making the situation quite awkward, one cannot deny that he is by far the hunkiest husband.
* PapaWolf
* PromotedToOpeningCredits: In season 2.
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!!Carlos Solis
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!!Carlos Solis
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!!Carlos Solis
[[folder:Noah Taylor]]
!!Noah Taylor
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Gabrielle's husband.
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Gabrielle's husband.Creator/BobGunton
Gabrielle's husband.
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* TheAtoner: In season 2.
* ButtMonkey
* DeadpanSnarker: What else would you expect by ''Gabrielle'''s husband?
* DomesticAbuser: At one point, he tampers with his wife's birth control pills in order to get her pregnant, despite her clearly expressing her aversion at the idea of becoming a mother. It works and Gabrielle becomes pregnant, but she is understandably furious at this betrayal and breach of trust. This is something that real-life abusers do, in order to either keep their partners by their side or simply because they do not have any respect for their wishes.
** Gabrielle gives as much as she takes though, she constantly hits him (It's often PlayedForLaughs, but at one point it got so bad she actually pushed him out of a second-floor window), she's very manipulative and emotionally abusive towards him (Especially on matters concerning money and his mother) and spent the majority of the first two seasons cheating on him with their 17 year-old gardener; eventually they more or less decide they're even and their relationship gets considerably better.
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: [[spoiler: It turns out when the doctor said he was permanently blind, what he really meant was only for half of a season.]]
** Averted in-universe, since he actually spent 6 years blind (There was a 5 year time-skip between seasons 4 and 5) and this very much affected his and Gabrielle's dynamic permanently despite being later cured.
* [[MistakenForRacist Mistaken For Homophobic]]: Beats up two separate men he suspects Gabrielle is cheating on him with. Both of these guys happened to be gay.
* MrFanservice: In between his stints as a businessman, Carlos' wardrobe often consists of sleeveless shirts.
* [[OverprotectiveDad Overprotective Uncle]]: To Ana.
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry
-->'''Gabrielle''': Go on, go all cholo on his ass!
* ButtMonkey
* DeadpanSnarker: What else would you expect by ''Gabrielle'''s husband?
* DomesticAbuser: At one point, he tampers with his wife's birth control pills in order to get her pregnant, despite her clearly expressing her aversion at the idea of becoming a mother. It works and Gabrielle becomes pregnant, but she is understandably furious at this betrayal and breach of trust. This is something that real-life abusers do, in order to either keep their partners by their side or simply because they do not have any respect for their wishes.
** Gabrielle gives as much as she takes though, she constantly hits him (It's often PlayedForLaughs, but at one point it got so bad she actually pushed him out of a second-floor window), she's very manipulative and emotionally abusive towards him (Especially on matters concerning money and his mother) and spent the majority of the first two seasons cheating on him with their 17 year-old gardener; eventually they more or less decide they're even and their relationship gets considerably better.
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: [[spoiler: It turns out when the doctor said he was permanently blind, what he really meant was only for half of a season.]]
** Averted in-universe, since he actually spent 6 years blind (There was a 5 year time-skip between seasons 4 and 5) and this very much affected his and Gabrielle's dynamic permanently despite being later cured.
* [[MistakenForRacist Mistaken For Homophobic]]: Beats up two separate men he suspects Gabrielle is cheating on him with. Both of these guys happened to be gay.
* MrFanservice: In between his stints as a businessman, Carlos' wardrobe often consists of sleeveless shirts.
* [[OverprotectiveDad Overprotective Uncle]]: To Ana.
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry
-->'''Gabrielle''': Go on, go all cholo on his ass!
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* TheAtoner: In season 2.
* ButtMonkey
* DeadpanSnarker: What else would you expect by ''Gabrielle'''s husband?
* DomesticAbuser: At one point, he tampers with his wife's birth control pills in order to get her pregnant, despite her clearly expressing her aversion at the idea of becoming a mother. It works and Gabrielle becomes pregnant, but she is understandably furious at this betrayal and breach of trust. This is something that real-life abusers do, in order to either keep their partners by their side or simply because they do not have any respect for their wishes.
** Gabrielle gives as much as she takes though, she constantly hits him (It's often PlayedForLaughs, but at one point it got so bad she actually pushed him out of a second-floor window), she's very manipulative and emotionally abusive towards him (Especially on matters concerning money and his mother) and spent the majority of the first two seasons cheating on him with their 17 year-old gardener; eventually they more or less decide they're even and their relationship gets considerably better.
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: [[spoiler: It turns out when the doctor said he was permanently blind, what he really meant was only for half of a season.]]
** Averted in-universe, since he actually spent 6 years blind (There was a 5 year time-skip between seasons 4 and 5) and this very much affected his and Gabrielle's dynamic permanently despite being later cured.
* [[MistakenForRacist Mistaken For Homophobic]]: Beats up two separate men he suspects Gabrielle is cheating on him with. Both of these guys happened to be gay.
* MrFanservice: In between his stints as a businessman, Carlos' wardrobe often consists of sleeveless shirts.
* [[OverprotectiveDad Overprotective Uncle]]: To Ana.
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry
-->'''Gabrielle''': Go on, go all cholo on his ass!GrumpyOldMan
* ButtMonkey
* DeadpanSnarker: What else would you expect by ''Gabrielle'''s husband?
* DomesticAbuser: At one point, he tampers with his wife's birth control pills in order to get her pregnant, despite her clearly expressing her aversion at the idea of becoming a mother. It works and Gabrielle becomes pregnant, but she is understandably furious at this betrayal and breach of trust. This is something that real-life abusers do, in order to either keep their partners by their side or simply because they do not have any respect for their wishes.
** Gabrielle gives as much as she takes though, she constantly hits him (It's often PlayedForLaughs, but at one point it got so bad she actually pushed him out of a second-floor window), she's very manipulative and emotionally abusive towards him (Especially on matters concerning money and his mother) and spent the majority of the first two seasons cheating on him with their 17 year-old gardener; eventually they more or less decide they're even and their relationship gets considerably better.
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: [[spoiler: It turns out when the doctor said he was permanently blind, what he really meant was only for half of a season.]]
** Averted in-universe, since he actually spent 6 years blind (There was a 5 year time-skip between seasons 4 and 5) and this very much affected his and Gabrielle's dynamic permanently despite being later cured.
* [[MistakenForRacist Mistaken For Homophobic]]: Beats up two separate men he suspects Gabrielle is cheating on him with. Both of these guys happened to be gay.
* MrFanservice: In between his stints as a businessman, Carlos' wardrobe often consists of sleeveless shirts.
* [[OverprotectiveDad Overprotective Uncle]]: To Ana.
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry
-->'''Gabrielle''': Go on, go all cholo on his ass!
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!!Orson Hodge
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!!Orson Hodge
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!!Orson Hodge
!!Martha Huber
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/KyleMacLachlan
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/KyleMacLachlan
Christine Estabrook
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* AffablyEvil: The "evil" part is subverted once it turns out that [[spoiler: he didn't kill his wife]]. However, in season 8 he's clearly this.
* ButtMonkey: His mother made him think [[spoiler: he had led his father to suicide]], he was institutionalized after falling into depression, he got his mistress [[spoiler: killed by his mother]] and managed to save his wife from a similar death at the last moment. Not to mention that his [[{{Yandere}} first ex-wife]] ''drugged'' and ''raped'' him. Once things seemed to be settled, he went into prison and lost his job as a dentist, his wife cheated on him and he ended up [[spoiler: paralyzed]] in a plane crash.
* TheChessmaster: In season 8.
* DeathSeeker: Briefly during season 6.
* GentlemanSnarker
* HenpeckedHusband: During season 5.
* KeepingSecretsSucks
* MommyIssues
* MrFanservice: While living with Susan Orson has a bout of nude sleepwalking, which shows that, beneath the old man sweaters and polo shirts, Orson has a fairly muscular body.
* NeatFreak
* PrisonRape: Referenced to, and (luckily) subverted.
* PromotedToOpeningCredits: From season 3 to 6.
* StepfordSmiler: Second only to Bree.
* StickyFingers: He becomes kleptomaniac mid-season 5, to piss Bree off because of her lack of attention to him.
* SympatheticAdulterer: When he was married to Alma.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never know what happened to him after he [[spoiler: mailed the evidences against Bree to the police.]]
* UnwantedSpouse: Although initially a perfect husband for Bree, he becomes this towards the end.
* ButtMonkey: His mother made him think [[spoiler: he had led his father to suicide]], he was institutionalized after falling into depression, he got his mistress [[spoiler: killed by his mother]] and managed to save his wife from a similar death at the last moment. Not to mention that his [[{{Yandere}} first ex-wife]] ''drugged'' and ''raped'' him. Once things seemed to be settled, he went into prison and lost his job as a dentist, his wife cheated on him and he ended up [[spoiler: paralyzed]] in a plane crash.
* TheChessmaster: In season 8.
* DeathSeeker: Briefly during season 6.
* GentlemanSnarker
* HenpeckedHusband: During season 5.
* KeepingSecretsSucks
* MommyIssues
* MrFanservice: While living with Susan Orson has a bout of nude sleepwalking, which shows that, beneath the old man sweaters and polo shirts, Orson has a fairly muscular body.
* NeatFreak
* PrisonRape: Referenced to, and (luckily) subverted.
* PromotedToOpeningCredits: From season 3 to 6.
* StepfordSmiler: Second only to Bree.
* StickyFingers: He becomes kleptomaniac mid-season 5, to piss Bree off because of her lack of attention to him.
* SympatheticAdulterer: When he was married to Alma.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never know what happened to him after he [[spoiler: mailed the evidences against Bree to the police.]]
* UnwantedSpouse: Although initially a perfect husband for Bree, he becomes this towards the end.
to:
* AffablyEvil: The "evil" part is subverted once it turns out that AssholeVictim
* BackForTheFinale
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: To Susan and [[spoiler:he didn't kill his wife]]. However, in season 8 he's clearly this.
* ButtMonkey: His mother made him think [[spoiler: he had led his fatherMary Alice, driving her to suicide]], he was institutionalized after falling into depression, he got his mistress [[spoiler: killed by his mother]] suicide]].
* [[GossipyHens Gossipy Hen]]
* NosyNeighbor: A classic example, andmanaged to save his wife from a similar death at perhaps the last moment. Not to mention that his [[{{Yandere}} first ex-wife]] ''drugged'' and ''raped'' him. Once things seemed to be settled, he went into prison and lost his job as a dentist, his wife cheated on him and he ended up [[spoiler: paralyzed]] worst extent in a plane crash.
* TheChessmaster: In season 8.
* DeathSeeker: Briefly during season 6.
* GentlemanSnarker
* HenpeckedHusband: During season 5.
* KeepingSecretsSucks
* MommyIssues
* MrFanservice: While living with Susan Orson has a bout of nude sleepwalking, which shows that, beneaththe old man sweaters and polo shirts, Orson has a fairly muscular body.
* NeatFreak
* PrisonRape: Referenced to, and (luckily) subverted.
* PromotedToOpeningCredits: From season 3 to 6.
* StepfordSmiler: Second only to Bree.
* StickyFingers: He becomes kleptomaniac mid-season 5, to piss Bree off because of her lack of attention to him.
* SympatheticAdulterer: When he was married to Alma.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never know what happened to him after he [[spoiler: mailed the evidences against Bree to the police.]]
* UnwantedSpouse: Although initially a perfect husband for Bree, he becomes this towards the end.entire series.
* BackForTheFinale
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: To Susan and [[spoiler:
* ButtMonkey: His mother made him think [[spoiler: he had led his father
* [[GossipyHens Gossipy Hen]]
* NosyNeighbor: A classic example, and
* TheChessmaster: In season 8.
* DeathSeeker: Briefly during season 6.
* GentlemanSnarker
* HenpeckedHusband: During season 5.
* KeepingSecretsSucks
* MommyIssues
* MrFanservice: While living with Susan Orson has a bout of nude sleepwalking, which shows that, beneath
* NeatFreak
* PrisonRape: Referenced to, and (luckily) subverted.
* PromotedToOpeningCredits: From season 3 to 6.
* StepfordSmiler: Second only to Bree.
* StickyFingers: He becomes kleptomaniac mid-season 5, to piss Bree off because of her lack of attention to him.
* SympatheticAdulterer: When he was married to Alma.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never know what happened to him after he [[spoiler: mailed the evidences against Bree to the police.]]
* UnwantedSpouse: Although initially a perfect husband for Bree, he becomes this towards the end.
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!!Rex Van de Kamp
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!!Rex Van de Kamp
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!!Rex Van de Kamp
!!Felicia Tillman
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->'''Played by:''' Steven Culp
Bree's first husband and the father of Andrew and Danielle.
Bree's first husband and the father of Andrew and Danielle.
to:
->'''Played by:''' Steven Culp
Bree's first husband and the father of Andrew and Danielle.Harriet Sansom Harris
Martha Huber's vengeful sister.
Bree's first husband and the father of Andrew and Danielle.
Martha Huber's vengeful sister.
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* BackForTheFinale
* DeadpanSnarker
* GuestHost: After his death, he gets to narrate one episode, which focuses on the men in the series.
* HenpeckedHusband: Has shades of this. When Mary Alice first meets the Van de Kamps, Rex appears tired and resigned to his fate.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He's the victim in this case.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Bree with [[spoiler: Maisy Gibbons]], because he was too reluctant to ask his wife to fulfill his sexual desires.
* DeadpanSnarker
* GuestHost: After his death, he gets to narrate one episode, which focuses on the men in the series.
* HenpeckedHusband: Has shades of this. When Mary Alice first meets the Van de Kamps, Rex appears tired and resigned to his fate.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He's the victim in this case.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Bree with [[spoiler: Maisy Gibbons]], because he was too reluctant to ask his wife to fulfill his sexual desires.
to:
* BackForTheFinale
TheChessmaster
*DeadpanSnarker
LonersAreFreaks
*GuestHost: After his death, he gets to narrate one episode, which focuses on the men in the series.
* HenpeckedHusband: Has shades of this. When Mary Alice first meets the Van de Kamps, Rex appears tired and resigned to his fate.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He's the victim in this case.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Bree with[[TheManBehindTheMan The Woman Behind The Woman]]: Turns out she's Beth's [[spoiler: Maisy Gibbons]], because he was too reluctant to ask his wife to fulfill his sexual desires.mother]].
* ManipulativeBitch
*
*
* HenpeckedHusband: Has shades of this. When Mary Alice first meets the Van de Kamps, Rex appears tired and resigned to his fate.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He's the victim in this case.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Bree with
* ManipulativeBitch
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!!Paul Young
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!!Paul Young
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!!Paul Young
!!Gloria Hodge
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->'''Played by:''' Mark Moses
Mary Alice's husband and the father of Zach.
Mary Alice's husband and the father of Zach.
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->'''Played by:''' Mark Moses
Mary Alice's husband and the father of Zach.Dixie Carter
Mary Alice's husband and the father of Zach.
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* CreepyMonotone
* KeepingSecretsSucks
* MrFanservice: Gets several shirtless scenes in Season 7.
* MysteriousPast
* PapaWolf
* KeepingSecretsSucks
* MrFanservice: Gets several shirtless scenes in Season 7.
* MysteriousPast
* PapaWolf
to:
* CreepyMonotone
AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:After she suffers a brain stroke.]]
*KeepingSecretsSucks
AxCrazy: When Orson foils her plan to kill Bree, she abandons her scheme and simply tries to kill him too.
*MrFanservice: Gets several shirtless scenes BestFriendsInLaw: With Alma. Subverted when Gloria locks Alma in Season 7.
the attic, not caring about the fact that the latter could be pregnant.
*MysteriousPast
BigBad: Of season 3.
*PapaWolfBitchInSheepsClothing
* BlackWidow: [[spoiler: She murderer her husband and blamed Orson for it.]]
* TheChessmaster
* EvilCripple: A lesser example, since she has to walk with a cane after [[spoiler: injuring her hip while burying Monique's corpse.]]
* EvilWearsBlack: Combined with BrightIsNotGood, as she often wears a black dress with a bright-colored sweater on her shoulders.
* FauxAffablyEvil: She feigns weakness and kindness to cover her psychotic nature.
* TheFundamentalist: She killed Monique and attempted to kill Bree because she thought Orson was still married to Alma before God's eyes.
* HolierThanThou
* {{Hypocrite}}: For being so stern about other people's sins, she doesn't mind indulging in alcohol.
* KnightTemplar
* LackOfEmpathy: She views other people as mere tools.
* ManipulativeBitch
* MyBelovedSmother: The "beloved" part fades away ''very'' quickly.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Easily the pinnacle in the series. Unless you're Alma, of course.
* TheSociopath: Manipulative, callous and completely self-serving. Even her strong faith is just a way to rationalize her desire to control other people.
*
*
*
*
* BlackWidow: [[spoiler: She murderer her husband and blamed Orson for it.]]
* TheChessmaster
* EvilCripple: A lesser example, since she has to walk with a cane after [[spoiler: injuring her hip while burying Monique's corpse.]]
* EvilWearsBlack: Combined with BrightIsNotGood, as she often wears a black dress with a bright-colored sweater on her shoulders.
* FauxAffablyEvil: She feigns weakness and kindness to cover her psychotic nature.
* TheFundamentalist: She killed Monique and attempted to kill Bree because she thought Orson was still married to Alma before God's eyes.
* HolierThanThou
* {{Hypocrite}}: For being so stern about other people's sins, she doesn't mind indulging in alcohol.
* KnightTemplar
* LackOfEmpathy: She views other people as mere tools.
* ManipulativeBitch
* MyBelovedSmother: The "beloved" part fades away ''very'' quickly.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Easily the pinnacle in the series. Unless you're Alma, of course.
* TheSociopath: Manipulative, callous and completely self-serving. Even her strong faith is just a way to rationalize her desire to control other people.
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!!Karl Mayer
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!!Karl Mayer
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!!Karl Mayer
!!Bob Hunter and Lee [=McDermott=]
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->'''Played by:''' Richard Burgi
Susan's ex-husband and the father of Julie.
Susan's ex-husband and the father of Julie.
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->'''Played by:''' Richard Burgi
Susan's ex-husbandTuc Watkins (Bob) and the father of Julie.Kevin Rahm (Lee)
Susan's ex-husband
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* AmoralAttorney
* BackForTheFinale
* HandsomeLech
* [[spoiler: DeathOfTheHypotenuse]]
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: More in the first seasons.
* MrFanservice: By far the most likely husband to strut around shirtless or in a loosely-tied robe.
* PapaWolf: He can definitely be protective of his daughter Julie and a very smooth negotiator when it comes to helping Evan (His second son) socialize.
* ReallyGetsAround
* BackForTheFinale
* HandsomeLech
* [[spoiler: DeathOfTheHypotenuse]]
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: More in the first seasons.
* MrFanservice: By far the most likely husband to strut around shirtless or in a loosely-tied robe.
* PapaWolf: He can definitely be protective of his daughter Julie and a very smooth negotiator when it comes to helping Evan (His second son) socialize.
* ReallyGetsAround
to:
* AmoralAttorney
* BackForTheFinale
* HandsomeLech
* [[spoiler: DeathOfTheHypotenuse]]
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: MoreFauxYay: Lee pretends to be straight in one episode in Gabrielle's scheme to catch her housemate in the first seasons.
act of soliciting sex.
*MrFanservice: By far OnlySaneMan: There are exactly ''two'' men in this show that are sane and normal and without any drama in their lives. They are married to each other.
* PetHomosexual: Much to their frustration, themost likely husband to strut around shirtless or in a loosely-tied robe.
* PapaWolf: He can definitely be protective of his daughter Julie and a very smooth negotiatorhousewives always invite them over when it comes to helping Evan (His second son) socialize.
they need some gay friends.
*ReallyGetsAroundStraightGay: Bob is a tad more masculine than Lee, but they both act like your average middle aged man.
* BackForTheFinale
* HandsomeLech
* [[spoiler: DeathOfTheHypotenuse]]
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: More
*
* PetHomosexual: Much to their frustration, the
* PapaWolf: He can definitely be protective of his daughter Julie and a very smooth negotiator
*
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!!Andrew Van de Kamp
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!!Andrew Van de Kamp
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!!Andrew Van de Kamp
!!Maisy Gibbons
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->'''Played by:''' Shawn Pyfrom
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->'''Played by:''' Shawn Pyfrom
Sharon Lawrence
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* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Old Lady Out]]: Blames the majority of his problems on his mother.
* ComingOutStory
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Gayngst}}: Initially, though by the beginning of season 3 he seemed to become much more well adjusted.
* {{Jerkass}}: With varying levels. In the first season he seemed to be just a teenager with attitude problems, until he ran over Carlos' mother while drunk-driving, and his only reaction was [[TookALevelInJerkass "She's already lived enough, I'm young and might go to jail for this, and that'll ruin my life"]]. It went downhill from there until Season 3, where, after spending a long time living in the streets, he mellowed down quite a bit.
* MrFanservice: Spends a fair amount of time in speedos in the first couple of seasons, and then turns into the most handsome and well-groomed businessman ever.
* StraightGay
* WellDoneSonGuy: During season 6, when it seemed Bree was replacing Andrew with the son she always wanted.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: During season 8, he comes back to his mother's house... And then nothing. He completly disappears from the radar, and isn't even present during the season finale. Please note that he should be living with his mother at this point, in her house, while she's [[spoiler:put on trial]]. But he doesn't show up at all, not even for [[spoiler:the trial]]. It seems that the scenarists completly forgot his existence.
* ComingOutStory
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Gayngst}}: Initially, though by the beginning of season 3 he seemed to become much more well adjusted.
* {{Jerkass}}: With varying levels. In the first season he seemed to be just a teenager with attitude problems, until he ran over Carlos' mother while drunk-driving, and his only reaction was [[TookALevelInJerkass "She's already lived enough, I'm young and might go to jail for this, and that'll ruin my life"]]. It went downhill from there until Season 3, where, after spending a long time living in the streets, he mellowed down quite a bit.
* MrFanservice: Spends a fair amount of time in speedos in the first couple of seasons, and then turns into the most handsome and well-groomed businessman ever.
* StraightGay
* WellDoneSonGuy: During season 6, when it seemed Bree was replacing Andrew with the son she always wanted.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: During season 8, he comes back to his mother's house... And then nothing. He completly disappears from the radar, and isn't even present during the season finale. Please note that he should be living with his mother at this point, in her house, while she's [[spoiler:put on trial]]. But he doesn't show up at all, not even for [[spoiler:the trial]]. It seems that the scenarists completly forgot his existence.
to:
* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Old Lady Out]]: Blames AlphaBitch: Amongst the majority of his problems on his mother.
* ComingOutStory
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Gayngst}}: Initially, though by the beginning of season 3 he seemed to become much more well adjusted.
* {{Jerkass}}: With varying levels. In the first season he seemed to be just a teenager with attitude problems, until he ran over Carlos' mother while drunk-driving, and his only reaction was [[TookALevelInJerkass "She's already lived enough, I'm young and might go to jail for this, and that'll ruin my life"]]. It went downhill from there until Season 3, where, after spending a long time living in the streets, he mellowed down quite a bit.
* MrFanservice: Spends a fair amount of time in speedos in the first couple of seasons, and then turns into the most handsome and well-groomed businessman ever.
* StraightGay
* WellDoneSonGuy: During season 6, when it seemed Bree was replacing Andrew with the son she always wanted.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: During season 8, he comes back to his mother's house... And then nothing. He completly disappears from the radar, and isn't even present during the season finale. Please note that he should be living with his mothermothers at this point, in Barcliffe School.
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BreakTheHaughty
* HighClassCallGirl: Rex is herhouse, while she's [[spoiler:put on trial]]. But he doesn't show up at all, not even for [[spoiler:the trial]]. It seems that the scenarists completly forgot his existence.client.
* RichBitch
* ComingOutStory
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Gayngst}}: Initially, though by the beginning of season 3 he seemed to become much more well adjusted.
* {{Jerkass}}: With varying levels. In the first season he seemed to be just a teenager with attitude problems, until he ran over Carlos' mother while drunk-driving, and his only reaction was [[TookALevelInJerkass "She's already lived enough, I'm young and might go to jail for this, and that'll ruin my life"]]. It went downhill from there until Season 3, where, after spending a long time living in the streets, he mellowed down quite a bit.
* MrFanservice: Spends a fair amount of time in speedos in the first couple of seasons, and then turns into the most handsome and well-groomed businessman ever.
* StraightGay
* WellDoneSonGuy: During season 6, when it seemed Bree was replacing Andrew with the son she always wanted.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: During season 8, he comes back to his mother's house... And then nothing. He completly disappears from the radar, and isn't even present during the season finale. Please note that he should be living with his mother
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BreakTheHaughty
* HighClassCallGirl: Rex is her
* RichBitch
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!!Danielle Van de Kamp
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!!Danielle Van de Kamp
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!!Danielle Van de Kamp
!!Alma Hodge
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->'''Played by:''' Joy Lauren
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->'''Played by:''' Joy Lauren
Valerie Mahaffey
Orson Hodge's first wife.
Orson Hodge's first wife.
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* BrainlessBeauty: As summed up by her own mother:
-->'''Bree:''' When I was young, my stepmother told me that I was very lucky. I possessed beauty, wit, cunning, and insight. These were weapons all women needed to survive in the world.
-->'''Danielle:''' So?
-->'''Bree:''' So take good care of your looks, Danielle. You don’t have any other weapons at your disposal.
** Also:
-->'''Danielle:''' Benjamin's already reading at a third grade level.
-->'''Bree:''' So what are you going to do next year when he overtakes you?
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: And how.
* EmbarrassingNickname: She is known as [[ReallyGetsAround Little Miss Van de Tramp]]. Apparently, she made it up herself, but only because it was nicer than the other things they were calling her.
* HotForTeacher: For two episodes in season three, done out of spite more than anything else.
* {{Jerkass}}: Blackmailed Julie's boyfriend into continuing to sleep with her.
** And if she hadn't, she wouldn't have gotten pregnant. (Assuming she wasn't already pregnant at the time, that is).
* PopularIsDumb
* SpoiledBrat
--> "I don't care as long as I have my own bathroom..."
* TeenPregnancy: Seasons three and four.
-->'''Bree:''' When I was young, my stepmother told me that I was very lucky. I possessed beauty, wit, cunning, and insight. These were weapons all women needed to survive in the world.
-->'''Danielle:''' So?
-->'''Bree:''' So take good care of your looks, Danielle. You don’t have any other weapons at your disposal.
** Also:
-->'''Danielle:''' Benjamin's already reading at a third grade level.
-->'''Bree:''' So what are you going to do next year when he overtakes you?
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: And how.
* EmbarrassingNickname: She is known as [[ReallyGetsAround Little Miss Van de Tramp]]. Apparently, she made it up herself, but only because it was nicer than the other things they were calling her.
* HotForTeacher: For two episodes in season three, done out of spite more than anything else.
* {{Jerkass}}: Blackmailed Julie's boyfriend into continuing to sleep with her.
** And if she hadn't, she wouldn't have gotten pregnant. (Assuming she wasn't already pregnant at the time, that is).
* PopularIsDumb
* SpoiledBrat
--> "I don't care as long as I have my own bathroom..."
* TeenPregnancy: Seasons three and four.
to:
* BrainlessBeauty: As summed up by her own mother:
-->'''Bree:''' When I was young, my stepmother told meTheDitz
* TheDragon: To Gloria.
* FakingTheDead: To lure Orson in a trap so thatI was very lucky. I possessed beauty, wit, cunning, she could rape him.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: She falls from the roof andinsight. These were weapons all women needed dies while trying to survive in the world.
-->'''Danielle:''' So?
-->'''Bree:''' So take good care of your looks, Danielle. You don’t have any other weapons at your disposal.
** Also:
-->'''Danielle:''' Benjamin's already reading at a third grade level.
-->'''Bree:''' So what are you going to do next year when he overtakes you?
warn Danielle.]]
*BrattyTeenageDaughter: And how.
* EmbarrassingNickname:ManipulativeBitch: She is known as [[ReallyGetsAround Little Miss Van de Tramp]]. Apparently, she made it up herself, but only because it was nicer than the other things they were calling her.
* HotForTeacher: For two episodes in season three, done out of spite more than anything else.
* {{Jerkass}}: Blackmailed Julie's boyfriendtricked Orson into continuing to sleep with her.
** And if she hadn't, she wouldn't have gottenmarrying her by getting pregnant. (Assuming Of course, she's overshadowed by Gloria.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Because Orson didn't murder her.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: It's not clear how much shewasn't already pregnant at the time, pretends to be an airhead and how much she actually is.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: When she realizes thatis).
* PopularIsDumb
* SpoiledBrat
--> "I don't care as long as I have my own bathroom..."
* TeenPregnancy: Seasons threeOrson won't ever love her, she gives up the plan, but Gloria doesn't. So she tries to escape and four.warn Bree (the only decent act she ever does on-screen), [[spoiler: but accidentally dies in the process.]]
* SmugSnake: She thinks to be really smart, but she's just Gloria's pawn.
* {{Yandere}}
-->'''Bree:''' When I was young, my stepmother told me
* TheDragon: To Gloria.
* FakingTheDead: To lure Orson in a trap so that
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: She falls from the roof and
-->'''Danielle:''' So?
-->'''Bree:''' So take good care of your looks, Danielle. You don’t have any other weapons at your disposal.
** Also:
-->'''Danielle:''' Benjamin's already reading at a third grade level.
-->'''Bree:''' So what are you going to do next year when he overtakes you?
*
* EmbarrassingNickname:
* HotForTeacher: For two episodes in season three, done out of spite more than anything else.
* {{Jerkass}}: Blackmailed Julie's boyfriend
** And if she hadn't, she wouldn't have gotten
* NeverFoundTheBody: Because Orson didn't murder her.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: It's not clear how much she
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: When she realizes that
* PopularIsDumb
* SpoiledBrat
--> "I don't care as long as I have my own bathroom..."
* TeenPregnancy: Seasons three
* SmugSnake: She thinks to be really smart, but she's just Gloria's pawn.
* {{Yandere}}
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!!Sophie Bremmer, born Flickman
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!!Sophie Bremmer, born Flickman
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!!Sophie Bremmer, born Flickman
!!Robin Gallagher
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Susan's mother.
Susan's mother.
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Susan's mother.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: She's even flightier than Susan and causes her a lot of embarrassment.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: She's the wacky parent to Susan's serious child, although Susan isn't that much more serious.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: She's the wacky parent to Susan's serious child, although Susan isn't that much more serious.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: ClosetKey: For [[spoiler: Katherine]]
* LipstickLesbian: And how! She's evenflightier than Susan and causes her a lot of embarrassment.
lipsticky for straight woman standards.
*WackyParentSeriousChild: She's the wacky parent to Susan's serious child, although Susan isn't that much more serious.[[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Stripper With A Heart Of Gold]]
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* LipstickLesbian: And how! She's even
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* MsFanservice
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!!Julie Mayer
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!!Julie Mayer
!!'''Nora Huntington
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->'''Played by:''' Andrea Bowen
Kiersten Warren
A woman who Tom Scavo had a one-night stand with years ago. As a result of it, she became pregnant with their daughter, Kayla.
A woman who Tom Scavo had a one-night stand with years ago. As a result of it, she became pregnant with their daughter, Kayla.
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* LittleMissSnarker
* OddFriendship: Inexplicably was friends with the vapid, skanky, selfish Danielle.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: On several occasions.
* OddFriendship: Inexplicably was friends with the vapid, skanky, selfish Danielle.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: On several occasions.
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* LittleMissSnarker
MsFanservice
*OddFriendship: Inexplicably was friends with the vapid, skanky, selfish Danielle.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: On several occasions.DeadpanSnarker
-->'''Lynette:''' I hear his family has money.
-->'''Nora:''' Well maybe they could all chip in and buy his some deodorant.
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* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: On several occasions.
-->'''Lynette:''' I hear his family has money.
-->'''Nora:''' Well maybe they could all chip in and buy his some deodorant.
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!!Zach Young
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!!Zach Young
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!!Zach Young
!!Jackson Braddock
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Gale Harold
Susan's new boyfriend after her divorce with Mike in early season 5.
Susan's new boyfriend after her divorce with Mike in early season 5.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Frequently comes to blows with his father, Paul.
* GagPenis: According to Carlos.
* HollywoodNerd
* MysteriousPast
* StalkerWithACrush: On Julie and, on a lesser note, on Gabrielle.
* GagPenis: According to Carlos.
* HollywoodNerd
* MysteriousPast
* StalkerWithACrush: On Julie and, on a lesser note, on Gabrielle.
to:
* CallingTheOldManOut: Frequently comes to blows with NiceGuy: He tries his father, Paul.
* GagPenis: Accordingbest to Carlos.
* HollywoodNerd
* MysteriousPast
* StalkerWithACrush: On Julie and, on a lesser note, on Gabrielle.make Susan happy. Unfortunately, she still has strong feelings for Mike.
* GagPenis: According
* HollywoodNerd
* MysteriousPast
* StalkerWithACrush: On Julie and, on a lesser note, on Gabrielle.
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!!Adam Mayfair
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!!Adam Mayfair
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!!Adam Mayfair
!!David "Dave" Williams (real name David Dash)
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Creator/NealMcDonough
Edie's new husband in season 5.
Edie's new husband in season 5.
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* NiceGuy
* PutOnABus: At the end of season 4.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When confronted with his wife Katherine.
* PutOnABus: At the end of season 4.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When confronted with his wife Katherine.
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* NiceGuy
* PutOnABus: AtAffablyEvil: He does his best to integrate in the end neighborhood of Wisteria Lane, and hides sinister motivations.
* ArcVillain: He is the main threat in season4.
5.
*ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When confronted with AxCrazy: The death of his wife Katherine.and daughter [[DrivenToMadness drove him mad]], with bouts of rage murderous enough to be interned in a psychiatric hospital. Once he got out of it, he disobeyed his psychiatrist's orders and came to Fairview to seek vengeance. Then he killed his psychiatrist by strangulation and almost did the same to Edie.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Seeks revenge against Mike Delfino then Susan because his wife and daughter were killed in the car accident.
* EvilAlbino: He has very light blond hair, and he's AxCrazy.
* TheLostLenore: His actions are driven by the pain of losing his wife and daughter.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Lost his daughter Paige to a car accident.
* {{Revenge}}: He's after Mike Delfino then Susan for the death of his wife and daughter.
* StepfordSmiler: He tries his best to appear charming on the outside. What's on the inside however...
* WidowWoman: His wife Lila died in a car accident.
* PutOnABus: At
* ArcVillain: He is the main threat in season
*
* DisproportionateRetribution: Seeks revenge against Mike Delfino then Susan because his wife and daughter were killed in the car accident.
* EvilAlbino: He has very light blond hair, and he's AxCrazy.
* TheLostLenore: His actions are driven by the pain of losing his wife and daughter.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Lost his daughter Paige to a car accident.
* {{Revenge}}: He's after Mike Delfino then Susan for the death of his wife and daughter.
* StepfordSmiler: He tries his best to appear charming on the outside. What's on the inside however...
* WidowWoman: His wife Lila died in a car accident.
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!!Ana Solis
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!!Ana Solis
!!Eddie Orlofsky
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Josh Zuckerman
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Well, bratty teenage ''niece'', anyway.
* MsFanservice
* PutOnABus: At the end of season 6.
* ShooOutTheNewGuy
* MsFanservice
* PutOnABus: At the end of season 6.
* ShooOutTheNewGuy
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Well, bratty teenage ''niece'', anyway.
AlcoholicParent: His mother.
*MsFanservice
[[spoiler: AxCrazy]]
*PutOnABus: At BerserkButton: ''Don't laugh at him.'' (Though oddly enough, he did try stand up comedy earlier in the end season. Fortunately he CannotTellAJoke.) Also, don't be mean to [[ParentalSubstitute Lynette]] in front of season 6.
him.
*ShooOutTheNewGuyBewareTheNiceOnes
* [[spoiler: CryForTheDevil: The entire "Epiphany" episode.]]
* DeliveryGuy: Bonus points for [[spoiler: the "Fairview Strangler" having to save the baby from being strangled by her umbilical cord!]]
* [[spoiler: FreudianExcuse]]
* IJustWantToBeLoved
* [[spoiler: InsaneEqualsViolent]]
* MommyIssues
* [[spoiler: SerialKiller]]
* [[spoiler: SympatheticMurderer: Also considering that two of his four victims (his mother and Irina) were complete [[AssholeVictim assholes]]]].
* [[spoiler: TragicVillain]]
* [[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds]]
*
*
*
* [[spoiler: CryForTheDevil: The entire "Epiphany" episode.]]
* DeliveryGuy: Bonus points for [[spoiler: the "Fairview Strangler" having to save the baby from being strangled by her umbilical cord!]]
* [[spoiler: FreudianExcuse]]
* IJustWantToBeLoved
* [[spoiler: InsaneEqualsViolent]]
* MommyIssues
* [[spoiler: SerialKiller]]
* [[spoiler: SympatheticMurderer: Also considering that two of his four victims (his mother and Irina) were complete [[AssholeVictim assholes]]]].
* [[spoiler: TragicVillain]]
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!!Other Characters
[[folder:Noah Taylor]]
!!Noah Taylor
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!!Noah Taylor
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!!Noah Taylor
!!John Rowland
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Jesse Metcalfe
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* GrumpyOldMan
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* GrumpyOldManAmbiguouslyBrown
* DawsonCasting: Metcalfe was 25 when he began playing the 17-year-old Rowland. Averted in later seasons when [[TimeSkip time skipped]] forward allowing John's age to catch up more with Metcalfe's real age.
* DoggedNiceGuy: He fell in love with Gabrielle, but she was mostly using him just for sex when Carlos was either not paying her enough attention or she was mad with him.
* HotMenAtWork: Was the Solis' gardener and often [[WalkingShirtlessScene did it shirtless]].
* JailBait: Gabrielle was threatened by John's Mother with legal action once their affair was exposed.
* LikesOlderWomen: It was said that high-school girls his age bored him. In addition to Gabrielle, he also had a brief fling with an even older woman on the street named Joan.
* LovableJock: He wasn't shown in his high-school setting much, but was shown to be a popular soccer player.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Partly causes [[spoiler:Carlos' send to prison]] hoping to get him out of the way and begin a real relationship with Gabrielle. She wasn't impressed, and this led to her patching things up with Carlos.
* MrFanservice: His taking-shirt-off moments are a dime a dozen.
* PrettyBoy: Probably what allowed Metcalfe to get away (just) with playing a 17 year old.
* RagsToRiches: Between seasons 2 and 3 he goes from being a neighborhood gardener to starting a successful gardening business.
* [[spoiler:RomanticRunnerUp]]
* SexGod: Gabrielle was surprised when John revealed to her that she was his first, and later bragged about his prowess to Carlos.
* WhosYourDaddy: It was not known who was the father [[spoiler: of Gabrielle's later miscarried first child out of himself and Carlos]].
* YourCheatingHeart: In season 3, he was engaged to (and later married) a hotel heiress when he [[spoiler:slept with Gabrielle again.]]
* DawsonCasting: Metcalfe was 25 when he began playing the 17-year-old Rowland. Averted in later seasons when [[TimeSkip time skipped]] forward allowing John's age to catch up more with Metcalfe's real age.
* DoggedNiceGuy: He fell in love with Gabrielle, but she was mostly using him just for sex when Carlos was either not paying her enough attention or she was mad with him.
* HotMenAtWork: Was the Solis' gardener and often [[WalkingShirtlessScene did it shirtless]].
* JailBait: Gabrielle was threatened by John's Mother with legal action once their affair was exposed.
* LikesOlderWomen: It was said that high-school girls his age bored him. In addition to Gabrielle, he also had a brief fling with an even older woman on the street named Joan.
* LovableJock: He wasn't shown in his high-school setting much, but was shown to be a popular soccer player.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Partly causes [[spoiler:Carlos' send to prison]] hoping to get him out of the way and begin a real relationship with Gabrielle. She wasn't impressed, and this led to her patching things up with Carlos.
* MrFanservice: His taking-shirt-off moments are a dime a dozen.
* PrettyBoy: Probably what allowed Metcalfe to get away (just) with playing a 17 year old.
* RagsToRiches: Between seasons 2 and 3 he goes from being a neighborhood gardener to starting a successful gardening business.
* [[spoiler:RomanticRunnerUp]]
* SexGod: Gabrielle was surprised when John revealed to her that she was his first, and later bragged about his prowess to Carlos.
* WhosYourDaddy: It was not known who was the father [[spoiler: of Gabrielle's later miscarried first child out of himself and Carlos]].
* YourCheatingHeart: In season 3, he was engaged to (and later married) a hotel heiress when he [[spoiler:slept with Gabrielle again.]]
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!!Martha Huber
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->'''Played by:''' Christine Estabrook
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* AssholeVictim
* BackForTheFinale
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: To Susan and [[spoiler: Mary Alice, driving her to suicide]].
* [[GossipyHens Gossipy Hen]]
* NosyNeighbor: A classic example, and perhaps the worst extent in the entire series.
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[[folder:Felicia Tillman]]
!!Felicia Tillman
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->'''Played by:''' Harriet Sansom Harris
Martha Huber's vengeful sister.
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* TheChessmaster
* LonersAreFreaks
* [[TheManBehindTheMan The Woman Behind The Woman]]: Turns out she's Beth's [[spoiler: mother]].
* ManipulativeBitch
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[[folder:Gloria Hodge]]
!!Gloria Hodge
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->'''Played by:''' Dixie Carter
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:After she suffers a brain stroke.]]
* AxCrazy: When Orson foils her plan to kill Bree, she abandons her scheme and simply tries to kill him too.
* BestFriendsInLaw: With Alma. Subverted when Gloria locks Alma in the attic, not caring about the fact that the latter could be pregnant.
* BigBad: Of season 3.
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BlackWidow: [[spoiler: She murderer her husband and blamed Orson for it.]]
* TheChessmaster
* EvilCripple: A lesser example, since she has to walk with a cane after [[spoiler: injuring her hip while burying Monique's corpse.]]
* EvilWearsBlack: Combined with BrightIsNotGood, as she often wears a black dress with a bright-colored sweater on her shoulders.
* FauxAffablyEvil: She feigns weakness and kindness to cover her psychotic nature.
* TheFundamentalist: She killed Monique and attempted to kill Bree because she thought Orson was still married to Alma before God's eyes.
* HolierThanThou
* {{Hypocrite}}: For being so stern about other people's sins, she doesn't mind indulging in alcohol.
* KnightTemplar
* LackOfEmpathy: She views other people as mere tools.
* ManipulativeBitch
* MyBelovedSmother: The "beloved" part fades away ''very'' quickly.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Easily the pinnacle in the series. Unless you're Alma, of course.
* TheSociopath: Manipulative, callous and completely self-serving. Even her strong faith is just a way to rationalize her desire to control other people.
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[[folder:Bob and Lee]]
!!Bob Hunter and Lee [=McDermott=]
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->'''Played by:''' Tuc Watkins (Bob) and Kevin Rahm (Lee)
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* FauxYay: Lee pretends to be straight in one episode in Gabrielle's scheme to catch her housemate in the act of soliciting sex.
* OnlySaneMan: There are exactly ''two'' men in this show that are sane and normal and without any drama in their lives. They are married to each other.
* PetHomosexual: Much to their frustration, the housewives always invite them over when they need some gay friends.
* StraightGay: Bob is a tad more masculine than Lee, but they both act like your average middle aged man.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Maisy Gibbons]]
!!Maisy Gibbons
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->'''Played by:''' Sharon Lawrence
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* AlphaBitch: Amongst the mothers at Barcliffe School.
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BreakTheHaughty
* HighClassCallGirl: Rex is her client.
* RichBitch
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[[folder:Alma Hodge]]
!!Alma Hodge
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->'''Played by:''' Valerie Mahaffey
Orson Hodge's first wife.
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* TheDitz
* TheDragon: To Gloria.
* FakingTheDead: To lure Orson in a trap so that she could rape him.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: She falls from the roof and dies while trying to warn Danielle.]]
* ManipulativeBitch: She tricked Orson into marrying her by getting pregnant. Of course, she's overshadowed by Gloria.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Because Orson didn't murder her.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: It's not clear how much she pretends to be an airhead and how much she actually is.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: When she realizes that Orson won't ever love her, she gives up the plan, but Gloria doesn't. So she tries to escape and warn Bree (the only decent act she ever does on-screen), [[spoiler: but accidentally dies in the process.]]
* SmugSnake: She thinks to be really smart, but she's just Gloria's pawn.
* {{Yandere}}
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[[folder:Robin Gallagher]]
!!Robin Gallagher
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/JulieBenz
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* ClosetKey: For [[spoiler: Katherine]]
* LipstickLesbian: And how! She's even lipsticky for straight woman standards.
* [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Stripper With A Heart Of Gold]]
* MsFanservice
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[[folder:Nora Huntington]]
!!'''Nora Huntington
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->'''Played by:''' Kiersten Warren
A woman who Tom Scavo had a one-night stand with years ago. As a result of it, she became pregnant with their daughter, Kayla.
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* MsFanservice
* DeadpanSnarker
-->'''Lynette:''' I hear his family has money.
-->'''Nora:''' Well maybe they could all chip in and buy his some deodorant.
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[[folder:Jackson Braddock]]
!!Jackson Braddock
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->'''Played by:''' Gale Harold
Susan's new boyfriend after her divorce with Mike in early season 5.
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* NiceGuy: He tries his best to make Susan happy. Unfortunately, she still has strong feelings for Mike.
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[[folder:Dave Williams]]
!!David "Dave" Williams (real name David Dash)
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/NealMcDonough
Edie's new husband in season 5.
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* AffablyEvil: He does his best to integrate in the neighborhood of Wisteria Lane, and hides sinister motivations.
* ArcVillain: He is the main threat in season 5.
* AxCrazy: The death of his wife and daughter [[DrivenToMadness drove him mad]], with bouts of rage murderous enough to be interned in a psychiatric hospital. Once he got out of it, he disobeyed his psychiatrist's orders and came to Fairview to seek vengeance. Then he killed his psychiatrist by strangulation and almost did the same to Edie.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Seeks revenge against Mike Delfino then Susan because his wife and daughter were killed in the car accident.
* EvilAlbino: He has very light blond hair, and he's AxCrazy.
* TheLostLenore: His actions are driven by the pain of losing his wife and daughter.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Lost his daughter Paige to a car accident.
* {{Revenge}}: He's after Mike Delfino then Susan for the death of his wife and daughter.
* StepfordSmiler: He tries his best to appear charming on the outside. What's on the inside however...
* WidowWoman: His wife Lila died in a car accident.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Eddie Orlofsky]]
!!Eddie Orlofsky
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->'''Played by:''' Josh Zuckerman
----
* AlcoholicParent: His mother.
* [[spoiler: AxCrazy]]
* BerserkButton: ''Don't laugh at him.'' (Though oddly enough, he did try stand up comedy earlier in the season. Fortunately he CannotTellAJoke.) Also, don't be mean to [[ParentalSubstitute Lynette]] in front of him.
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* [[spoiler: CryForTheDevil: The entire "Epiphany" episode.]]
* DeliveryGuy: Bonus points for [[spoiler: the "Fairview Strangler" having to save the baby from being strangled by her umbilical cord!]]
* [[spoiler: FreudianExcuse]]
* IJustWantToBeLoved
* [[spoiler: InsaneEqualsViolent]]
* MommyIssues
* [[spoiler: SerialKiller]]
* [[spoiler: SympatheticMurderer: Also considering that two of his four victims (his mother and Irina) were complete [[AssholeVictim assholes]]]].
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* [[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds]]
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* AmbiguouslyBrown
* DawsonCasting: Metcalfe was 25 when he began playing the 17-year-old Rowland. Averted in later seasons when [[TimeSkip time skipped]] forward allowing John's age to catch up more with Metcalfe's real age.
* DoggedNiceGuy: He fell in love with Gabrielle, but she was mostly using him just for sex when Carlos was either not paying her enough attention or she was mad with him.
* HotMenAtWork: Was the Solis' gardener and often [[WalkingShirtlessScene did it shirtless]].
* JailBait: Gabrielle was threatened by John's Mother with legal action once their affair was exposed.
* LikesOlderWomen: It was said that high-school girls his age bored him. In addition to Gabrielle, he also had a brief fling with an even older woman on the street named Joan.
* LovableJock: He wasn't shown in his high-school setting much, but was shown to be a popular soccer player.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Partly causes [[spoiler:Carlos' send to prison]] hoping to get him out of the way and begin a real relationship with Gabrielle. She wasn't impressed, and this led to her patching things up with Carlos.
* MrFanservice: His taking-shirt-off moments are a dime a dozen.
* PrettyBoy: Probably what allowed Metcalfe to get away (just) with playing a 17 year old.
* RagsToRiches: Between seasons 2 and 3 he goes from being a neighborhood gardener to starting a successful gardening business.
* [[spoiler:RomanticRunnerUp]]
* SexGod: Gabrielle was surprised when John revealed to her that she was his first, and later bragged about his prowess to Carlos.
* WhosYourDaddy: It was not known who was the father [[spoiler: of Gabrielle's later miscarried first child out of himself and Carlos]].
* YourCheatingHeart: In season 3, he was engaged to (and later married) a hotel heiress when he [[spoiler:slept with Gabrielle again.]]
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* StepfordSmiler: He tries his best to appear charming on the outside. What's on the inside however...
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* StepfordSmiler: He tries his best to appear charming on the outside. What's on the inside however...
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* StepfordSmiler: He tries his best to appear charming on the outside. What's on the inside however...
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