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Emily's first friend in Paris who is also an expatriate. Hailing from Shanghai, Mindy has come to Paris to escape her controlling father and [[spoiler: to escape the humiliation of her flub on ''Chinese Idol'']]. She works as a nanny to make ends meet.

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Emily's first friend in Paris who is also an expatriate. Hailing from Shanghai, Mindy has come to Paris to escape her controlling father and [[spoiler: to escape the humiliation of her flub on ''Chinese Idol'']].father. She works as a nanny to make ends meet.
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* BoomerangBigot: Judging by her comments, she doesn’t have a high opinion of other Chinese people.

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* ButICantBePregnant: Madeline thought she couldn't get pregnant anymore due to her age.



* SurprisePregnancy: Madeline thought she couldn't get pregnant anymore due to her age.
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* CloudCuckoolandersMinder: Is the pragmatic voice to his uncle's dramatic artistic whims.

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* CloudCuckoolandersMinder: Is He's the pragmatic voice to his uncle's dramatic artistic whims.



* TheCharmer: Has dated many notable models and other celebrities.

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* TheCharmer: Has He's dated many notable models and other celebrities.



* CloudCuckoolander: Is very eccentric to say the least.
* DefrostingIceKing: Initially is cold and dismissive of Emily because he sees her as basic, but after she [[{{CallingTheOldManOut}} calls him out]] on his hypocrisy, he immediately warms up to her and insists on working with her personally to promote his line.
* {{Fanboy}}: Of Series/GossipGirl, and is very opinionated about it.

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* CloudCuckoolander: Is He's very eccentric to say the least.
* DefrostingIceKing: Initially is he's cold and dismissive of Emily because he sees her as basic, but after she [[{{CallingTheOldManOut}} calls him out]] on his hypocrisy, he immediately warms up to her and insists on working with her personally to promote his line.
* {{Fanboy}}: Of He's one of Series/GossipGirl, and is very opinionated about it.



* LargeHam: Tends to be very dramatic.

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* LargeHam: Tends He tends to be very dramatic.



* HateSink: Represents everything about Emily's old life she wants to leave behind.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Has a good point about Emily's lack of knowledge on the French language and culture.

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* HateSink: Represents He represents everything about Emily's old life she wants to leave behind.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Has He has a good point about Emily's lack of knowledge on the French language and culture.



* TheNicknamer: Calls Emily "Bucket Hat" to Emily's annoyance.

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* TheNicknamer: Calls She calls Emily "Bucket Hat" to Emily's annoyance.



* {{Bookworm}}: Won't date someone who isn't one or doesn't share his taste.

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* {{Bookworm}}: Won't He won't date someone who isn't one or doesn't share his taste.



* {{Hipster}}: Obsessed with being the most intellectual person in the room and is snide about mainstream cultural stays like Theatre/SwanLake.

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* {{Hipster}}: Obsessed He's obsessed with being the most intellectual person in the room and is snide about mainstream cultural stays like Theatre/SwanLake.



* {{Jerkass}}: Is snobby and condescending towards Emily.
* RomanticFalseLead: Seemingly exists to make Gabriel jealous and make him have his GreenEyedEpiphany.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Is He's snobby and condescending towards Emily.
* RomanticFalseLead: Seemingly He seemingly exists to make Gabriel jealous and make him have his GreenEyedEpiphany.

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* ConspicuousConsumption: Among other brands, Emily wears tens of thousands of dollars worth of Chanel, even though her salary realistically shouldn't afford her these pricey purchases.



* InformedAttribute:
** Emily is supposed to be professional and competent, but some of her actions are very questionable. She doesn't bother to learn French and continues to speak English until the end of the season, doesn't ask what time her colleagues start work (and then shows up too early) and generally has a very arrogant, I-know-best attitude towards her French colleagues, even though she has absolutely no experience with luxury brands.
** There's also her supposed amazing social media skills - the main reason why she gets sent to France after her boss finds out she's pregnant. However Emily starts off the show with only 40 followers on her existing Instagram account, breaks the simplest of hashtag rules (including inserting an apostrophe), and curates a feed of the most basic duck-faced selfies and ordinary captions (such as 'chiseled abs' on a photo of a statue), which seems more the behavior of someone who has only just started out on social media.



* ChickMagnet: Catches the attention of many women in the show.
* {{Hunk}}: Portrayed by the handsome Lucas Bravo.

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* ChickMagnet: Catches He catches the attention of many women in the show.
* GreenEyedMonster: Gabriel is pretty visibly jealous when any other man expresses interest in Emily, despite him already being in a relationship.
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{{Hunk}}: Portrayed He's portrayed by the handsome Lucas Bravo.



* SupremeChef: Everyone loves Gabriel's food.

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* SupremeChef: Everyone loves Gabriel's food. When Emily has to turn to him as a backup plan after misunderstanding the dates when trying to book a table in a high-end restaurant (in Europe 8/11 is November 8, not August 11), the diners, including Sylvie and the potential client they were trying to convince, compliment him on the meal. [[spoiler:In the season 1 finale, Antoine helps him buy the restaurant as an investor.]]



* FallenOnHardTimesJob: Nannying.

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* %%* FallenOnHardTimesJob: Nannying.



* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Mindy is supposed to be from Shanghai but retains actress Ashley Park's American accent, even when the majority of her friends from Shanghai have either Shanghai or British accents.



* TokenBlackFriend: Mindy is Chinese-Korean and is one of two racial minorities in the cast (the other is the black Julien). Her primary role is to be the white heroine Emily's sassy friend and confidant.

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* TokenBlackFriend: Mindy is Chinese-Korean and is one of two racial minorities in the main cast (the other is the black Julien). Her primary role is to be the white heroine Emily's sassy friend and confidant. \n



* TheCynic: She often holds a pessimistic view compared to eternal optimist Emily.



* TheMistress: To Antoine.



* SilverFox: Sylvie is a gorgeous, effortlessly chic woman played by the then-late-50s Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu.
* TheCynic: Often holds a pessimistic view compared to eternal optimist Emily.
* TheMistress: To Antoine.

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* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids: Sylvie is completely cynical about the idea of marriage and romance in general, which is why she's comfortable being Antoine's mistress and nothing more.
* SilverFox: Emily's French manager Sylvie is a gorgeous, effortlessly chic woman played by the then-late-50s 57 year old Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu.
* TheCynic: Often holds a pessimistic view compared to eternal optimist Emily.
* TheMistress: To Antoine.
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* TwoferTokenMinority: Both black and gay.

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* TwoferTokenMinority: Both He's both black and gay.



* TheCasanova: Has affairs with and sexually propositions many women.

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* TheCasanova: Has He has affairs with and sexually propositions many women.



* AbsurdlyElderlyMother: Got pregnant when everyone thought she was too old.

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* AbsurdlyElderlyMother: Got She got pregnant when everyone thought she was too old.



* SurprisePregnancy: Thought she couldn't get pregnant anymore due to her age.

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* SurprisePregnancy: Thought Madeline thought she couldn't get pregnant anymore due to her age.




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* DisposableFiance: Doug barely makes it a couple of episodes before breaking up with Emily.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Emily is meant to come off as a confused and likeable young woman who starts off with shades of the UglyAmericanStereotype and loses them along the way. The problem is she never actually does, not to mention her behavior with Gabriel...
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Emily is meant to come off as a confused and likeable young woman who starts off with shades of the UglyAmericanStereotype and loses them along the way. The problem is she never actually does, not to mention her behavior with Gabriel...

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!!!Portrayed by: Ashley Park

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!!!Portrayed by: Ashley Park
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* NiceGirl
* SpoiledSweet: Her family lives on a rather large chateau, but Camille never brags about her wealth and tries to use it to help others.

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* NiceGirl
* SpoiledSweet:
NiceGirl: Her family lives on a rather large chateau, but Camille never brags about her wealth and tries to use it to help others.
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* UglyAmericanStereotype: Downplayed. Emily is portrayed sympathetically by the narrative; she is a decent person and a BlitheSpirit. However, she arrives in Paris without speaking a lick of French and has little understanding of the country besides what she knows from American films. Despite this, she already has big ideas and behaviors of which her French colleagues initially disapprove. In one scene she makes a scene in a restaurant about how her steak is undercooked and in America the customer is always right (even though she is begrudgingly proved wrong soon after). Her French colleagues have reasons to see her as an Ugly American, with her boss Sylvie later calling her out on it.
-->'''Sylvie''': You come to Paris, you walk into my office, you don't even bother to learn the language. You treat the city like your amusement park and after a year of food, sex, wine, and maybe some culture, you'll go back from where you came.

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* DesperatelyCravesAffection: Emily cannot stand that someone might possibly dislike her.



* TheIdealist: Emily rarely gets pessimistic about anything and has a rather romantic view of the world.



* TheIdealist: Emily rarely gets pessimistic about anything and has a rather romantic view of the world.

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* TheIdealist: SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: Emily rarely gets pessimistic about anything and has a rather romantic view of the world.cannot stand that someone might possibly dislike her.



* TokenBlackFriend: Mindy is Chinese-Korean and is one of two racial minorities in the cast (the other is the black Julien). Her primary role is to be the white heroine Emily's sassy friend and confidant.



* SilverFox: Sylvie is a gorgeous, effortlessly chic woman played by the 57 year old Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu.

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* SilverFox: Sylvie is a gorgeous, effortlessly chic woman played by the 57 year old then-late-50s Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Emily [[spoiler: sleeps with Gabriel]] while still in a relationship with Mathieu.



* YourCheatingHeart: Gabriel [[spoiler: kisses Emily and sleeps with her]] while still in a relationship with Camille and Emily in a relationship with Mathieu.



* YourCheatingHeart: Antoine not only has an affair with Sylvie behind his wife's back [[spoiler: which she knows and isn't at all angry at]], but also makes passes at Emily.
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* YouMakeMeSic: Included in the InsufferableGenius package, as evidenced by his reaction to Emily breaking up with him:
->'''Emily''': Thomas, since you're a professor of signs, I'm sure you won't have any trouble recognizing this one.\\
''[[[FlippingTheBird flips the bird]] at him, starts walking away]''\\
'''Thomas''': That's more of a gesture.
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[[folder: Doug]]
!!Doug
!!!Portrayed by: Roe Hartrampf
Emily's Chicago boyfriend.

* FalseSoulmate: Emily says that they are likely to think about marriage soon, but Emily has no qualms about dumping him when he says her Paris lifestyle isn't realistic.
* HateSink: Represents everything about Emily's old life she wants to leave behind.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Has a good point about Emily's lack of knowledge on the French language and culture.
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!!Doug
!!!Portrayed by: Roe Hartrampf
Emily's Chicago boyfriend.

* FalseSoulmate: Emily says that they are likely to think about marriage soon, but Emily has no qualms about dumping him when he says her Paris lifestyle isn't realistic.
* HateSink: Represents everything about Emily's old life she wants to leave behind.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Has a good point about Emily's lack of knowledge on the French language and culture.
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[[folder: Thomas]]
!!Thomas
!!!Portrayed by: Julien Floreancig
A Parisian professor of signs Emily dates.

* {{Bookworm}}: Won't date someone who isn't one or doesn't share his taste.
* BreakTheHaughty: Emily flips him off and dumps him on the spot when he calls her simple at the ballet.
* {{Hipster}}: Obsessed with being the most intellectual person in the room and is snide about mainstream cultural stays like Theatre/SwanLake.
* InsufferableGenius
* {{Jerkass}}: Is snobby and condescending towards Emily.
* RomanticFalseLead: Seemingly exists to make Gabriel jealous and make him have his GreenEyedEpiphany.

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[[folder: Thomas]]
!!Thomas
Brooklyn Clark]]
!!Brooklyn Clark
!!!Portrayed by: Julien Floreancig
A Parisian professor of signs
Carlson Young
An American movie star set to model a watch for Savoir client Fourtier.

* FakeUltimateHero: Her films brand her as a GirlNextDoor, but her real life personality is anything but.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Even in professional settings.
* LifeOfTheParty
* TheNicknamer: Calls
Emily dates.

* {{Bookworm}}: Won't date someone who isn't one or doesn't share his taste.
* BreakTheHaughty: Emily flips him off and dumps him on the spot when he calls her simple at the ballet.
* {{Hipster}}: Obsessed with being the most intellectual person in the room and is snide about mainstream cultural stays like Theatre/SwanLake.
* InsufferableGenius
* {{Jerkass}}: Is snobby and condescending towards Emily.
* RomanticFalseLead: Seemingly exists
"Bucket Hat" to make Gabriel jealous and make him have his GreenEyedEpiphany.Emily's annoyance.


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!!Thomas
!!!Portrayed by: Julien Floreancig
A Parisian professor of signs Emily dates.

* {{Bookworm}}: Won't date someone who isn't one or doesn't share his taste.
* BreakTheHaughty: Emily flips him off and dumps him on the spot when he calls her simple at the ballet.
* {{Hipster}}: Obsessed with being the most intellectual person in the room and is snide about mainstream cultural stays like Theatre/SwanLake.
* InsufferableGenius
* {{Jerkass}}: Is snobby and condescending towards Emily.
* RomanticFalseLead: Seemingly exists to make Gabriel jealous and make him have his GreenEyedEpiphany.
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!!Doug
!!!Portrayed by: Roe Hartrampf
Emily's Chicago boyfriend.

* FalseSoulmate: Emily says that they are likely to think about marriage soon, but Emily has no qualms about dumping him when he says her Paris lifestyle isn't realistic.
* HateSink: Represents everything about Emily's old life she wants to leave behind.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Has a good point about Emily's lack of knowledge on the French language and culture.
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* DefrostingIceKing: Initially is cold and dismissive of Emily because he sees her as basic, but after she [[{{CallingTheOldManOut}} calls him out]] on his hypocrisy, he immediately arms up to her and insists on working with her personally to promote his line.

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* DefrostingIceKing: Initially is cold and dismissive of Emily because he sees her as basic, but after she [[{{CallingTheOldManOut}} calls him out]] on his hypocrisy, he immediately arms warms up to her and insists on working with her personally to promote his line.
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* DefrostingIceKing: Initially is cold and dismissive of Emily because he sees her as basic, but after she [[{{CallingTheOldManOut}} calls him out]] on his hypocrisy, he immediately arms up to her and insists on working with her personally to promote his line.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Emily flips him off and dumps him on the spot when he calls her simple at the ballet.
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A Parisian philosophy professor Emily dates.

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A Parisian philosophy professor of signs Emily dates.
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* Bookworm: Won't date someone who isn't one or doesn't share his taste.

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* Bookworm: {{Bookworm}}: Won't date someone who isn't one or doesn't share his taste.
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* TheProfessor: Of signs.
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* TheProfessor: Of signs.
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* InsufferableGenius
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!!Thomas
!!!Portrayed by: Julien Floreancig
A Parisian philosophy professor Emily dates.

* {{Hipster}}: Obsessed with being the most intellectual person in the room and is snide about mainstream cultural stays like Theatre/SwanLake.
* {{Jerkass}}: Is snobby and condescending towards Emily.
* RomanticFalseLead: Seemingly exists to make Gabriel jealous and make him have his GreenEyedEpiphany.
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* Fanboy: Of Series/GossipGirl, and is very opinionated about it.

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* Fanboy: {{Fanboy}}: Of Series/GossipGirl, and is very opinionated about it.
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* GoGetterGirl: Emily is very ambitious and always dresses to the nines.


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* GoGetterGirl: Emily is very ambitious and always dresses to the nines.
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* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Sylvie's blue in the office.


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* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Emily's red in the office.

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