History Characters / FiddlerOnTheRoof

* {{Catchphrase}}: "On the other hand..." and "AsTheGoodBookSays..."

* IHaveNoDaughter: [[spoiler:When she declares her intent to marry a non-Jewish person, he pulls this on Chava as he can't accept her marrying a Russian boy]].

* GrewASpine: When Tzeitel first tells him to ask for Tevye's permission to marry her, Motel's as nervous as can be. He dreads having to ask Tevye out of fear of getting yelled at. After some persuasion from Tzeitel, though, he agrees to talk to her father. When the time comes, he stands up to a furious Tevye and doesn't back down. He's clearly frightened during the whole ordeal, though.

[[folder:Lazer Wolf]]

[[folder:Motel]]

* RealMenLoveJesus: Ahem - Real Men Love God in this case. Like most men in his community, his religious devotion is a source of pride and stability, and he observes his people's traditions with strictness.

* TooCleverByHalf: His biggest problem. He's clever enough to question Jewish tradition, but doesn't have the chance to use it to its full extent.

* {{Catchphrase}}: "On the other hand...".

* BadassBaritone: Has a pretty deep voice.

!!Tevye’s Family

[[folder: Tevye]]

* {{Acrofatic}}: Downplayed. He’s usually played as a heavier man but delights in dancing when he gets the chance.

* AsTheGoodBookSays: Quite possibly the trope namer on this site.

* CulturedBadass: Like most people in his community, he’s very familiar with the scriptures and drops references to them in conversation.
* DeadpanSnarker: He’s very funny, and full of witticisms about his circumstances.
* GreedyJew: Defied. He cares about money, but that’s because he’s very poor. The thought that he’d be able to exploit anyone for it is ridiculous, and also stupid since he lives amongst other Jewish people.

* IHaveNoDaughter: [[spoiler:When she declares her intent to marry a non-Jewish person, he pulls this on Chava as he can’t accept her marrying a Russian boy]].
* JewishComplaining: A major part of his narration, but also a great example of why it exists. He complains a lot, but he IS pretty poor, and most of it is directed at God, so he’s not blaming others for his problems.

* RealMenLoveJesus: Ahem - Real Men Love God in this case. Like most men in his community, his religious devotion is a source of pride and stability, and he observes his people’s traditions with strictness.
* TooCleverByHalf: His biggest problem. He’s clever enough to question Jewish tradition, but doesn’t have the chance to use it to its full extent.

%%[[folder: Golde]]
%%Tevye’s wife, a long-suffering Jewish mother seeking to her daughters off to suitable men.

%%[[folder: Tzeitel]]

%%[[folder: Hodel]]

%%[[folder: Chava]]

[[folder: Motel]]

[[folder: Lazer Wolf]]
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Entirely by accident due to shifts in meaning since the early 1900s. Lazar Wolf sounds much cooler now ("Laser Wolf") than it did around 1900, when it was just another Jewish name.

%%[[folder: Perchik]]

%%[[folder: Fyedka]]

%%[[folder: The Constable]]

%%[[folder: Yente]]

%%[[/folder]]

* GreedyJew: Defied. He cares about money, but that’s because he’s very poor. The thought that he’d be able to exploit anyone for it is ridiculous, and also stupid since [[FridgeLogic he lives amongst other Jews.]]

* IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler: Pulls this on Chava when he can’t accept her marrying a Russian boy.]]

* GracefulLoser: He holds a grudge after losing Tzeitel, but still gifts her and Motel with five chickens at their wedding. Even if it’s just to flex, it’s a welcome gesture.

!!Tropes:

* ParentsAsPeople

[[folder: Golde]]

Tevye’s wife, a long-suffering Jewish mother seeking to her daughters off to suitable men.
!!Tropes:
* ArrangedMarriage
* JewishComplaining
* JewishMother

[[folder: Tzeitel]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance
* NiceGirl

[[folder: Hodel]]
* NiceGirl

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Chava]]

[[/folder]]

!!Love Interests

[[folder: Motel]]
* NiceGuy
* RunningGag: At his wedding he keeps trying to stand up and getting forced to sit down by one means or another.
* ShrinkingViolet
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Lazer Wolf]]
* CoolOldGuy
* GracefulLoser: He holds a grudge after losing Tzeitel, but still gifts her and Motel with five chickens at their wedding. Even if it’s just to flex, it’s a welcome gesture.
* MayDecemberRomance
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Perchik]]
* NiceGuy

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Fyedka]]
* NiceGuy
* WhiteSheep
[[/folder]]

!!Others

[[folder: The Constable]]
* PunchClockVillain
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Yente]]
* HypocriticalHumor
[[/folder]]