History Characters / Gayle

* NotLikeOtherGirls: {{Discussed}}. She describes herself as this in Episode 39, demonstrating that, despite her intelligence and wit, she's still an teenager with misconceptions about the world. Gayle, for once, [[WomenAreWiser really does know better.]]

* SuperOCD: Folding cold cuts before putting them away is just the tip of the iceberg.

* TheUnfavorite: Gayle treats him purely as a utility, whether to help her operate a tandem kayak (the reason she kidnapped him in the first place; when her health club gets rowing machines she thinks nothing of selling him on [=eBay=]) or to get her an in with Bruce through his dental appointments. He also seems to have somehow avoided the aggressive EducationMama treatment that she even extends to household pets. Once he takes off, nobody ever mentions him again.

A morally questionable [[HollywoodNewEngland New England]] mom, who takes [[SeriousBusiness suburban life]] very [[UpToEleven seriously.]]

* UpToEleven: Always.

* MotorMouth: And blissfully unaware that his audience doesn't isn't listening.

* MotorMouth:
* SelfMadeMan: According to him, "First dollar I ever made, shaving my father's back. I have invested in the stock change and it has paid back - [[PunctuatedForEmphasis ''CHECK. ME. OUT!'']]"

* MotorMouth
* SelfMadeMan

* CreepyChild: An older variation. Whereas Gayle's treatment of Terry has, at worst, made her slightly socially awkward, Bonnie's EducationMama tendencies have rendered him intelligent but very, very strange.

* GentlemanAndAScholar: A sort-of ChildProdigy version that's demonstrated in Episode 39. They all have varied interests and talents, but demonstrate ''extreme'' (yet not entirely unrealistic) proficiency at them despite being so young and well-adjusted, much to Gayle's dismay. Still susceptible to mistakes.
-->"That one just dropped her flute, like a small imbecile, 'cause they have flaws. Good."

-->"That one just dropped her flute, like a small imbecile, [[RealityEnsues 'cause they have flaws]]. Good."

!!The SAT Tutor
* AndIMustScream: Chained to the radiator in Terry's room throughout her entire life, fed only on a diet of raw steaks. PlayedForLaughs.

* SarcasticDevotee: To Gayle.

* ActingForTwo: Played by Fleming himself.

* TotallyRadical: Only with the rest of Dark Tower B-boi Squad. Gayle, [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents ironically]], is the one who notices how ''incredibly'' cringeworthy it is. [[spoiler:Terry drops it by the end of the episode when Gayle [[ItMakesSenseInContext impersonates Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson in order to spare her ridicule from her peers.]]

* ParentingTheHusband: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] Certainly more emotionally available than Gayle to Terry, but still can't quite go out on his own. He manages to get Terry's Common App stolen from him by teenagers at the mall come Episode 28. Gayle's bizarre tracking device on him seems Justified in light of how easily he lands himself in trouble without her interference.

* StraightEdgeEvil: {{Subverted}}, as Dennis definitely isn't ''evil'', but he does serve as a vague antagonist for Gayle (and her daughter's dignity) in Episode 39. Implied to be [[UsefulNotes/StraightEdge Straight Edge]] as a passing character, implied to be familiar with him, calls him a "narc" as an insult.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Gayle spends the first 3 seasons [[ControlFreak domineering]] her husband, children, and neighbors. Given, [[CharacterizationMarchesOn it's presented as a lot less abusive from Season 2 onwards,]] but it's still there. Season 4 opens with a polite request from Bethany of the New D for Gayle and her Old D peers to cover ther bins. [[DisproportionateRetribution Gayle tries, rather theatrically, to prove her wrong at the town meeting.]] [[spoiler:Not only does she prove Bethany ''right'', [[HumiliationConga she immediately gets herself sprayed by a skunk, falls out of a tree, and gets attacked by a squirrel, all for the entire town to see.]] [[EpicFail She then urinates on herself in a misled attempt to treat her own wound]], not realizing that the entirety of the meetings' attendees can hear her, if not outright ''see'' her do this. This is topped off by Gayle's [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents stunningly embarrassing attempt]] at picking up Terry from the meeting.]] Needless to say, her reign of terror falls apart, [[SoundtrackDissonance to the tune of]] [[Music/WhitneyHouston Whitney Houston.]]

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Gayle spends the first 3 seasons [[ControlFreak domineering]] her husband, children, and neighbors. Given, [[CharacterizationMarchesOn it's presented as a lot less abusive from Season 2 onwards,]] but it's still there. Season 4 opens with a polite request from Bethany of the New D for Gayle and her Old D peers to cover ther bins. [[DisproportionateRetribution Gayle tries, rather theatrically, to prove her wrong at the town meeting.]] [[spoiler:Not only does she prove Bethany ''right'', [[HumiliationConga she immediately gets herself sprayed by a skunk, falls out of a tree, and gets attacked by a squirrel, all for the entire town to see.]] [[EpicFail She then urinates on herself in a misled attempt to treat her own wound]], not realizing that the entirety of the meetings attendees can hear her, if not outright '''see''' her do this. This is topped off by Gayle's [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents stunningly embarrassing attempt]] at picking up Terry from the meeting.]] Needless to say, her reign of terror falls apart, [[SoundtrackDissonance to the tune of]] [[Music/WhitneyHouston Whitney Houston.]]

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Gayle spends the first 3 seasons [[ControlFreak domineering]] her husband, children, and neighbors. Given, [[CharacterizationMarchesOn it's presented as a lot less abusive from Season 2 onwards,]] but it's still there. Season 4 opens with a polite request from Bethany of the New D for Gayle and her Old D peers to cover ther bins. [[DisproportionateRetribution Gayle tries, rather theatrically, to prove her wrong at the town meeting.]] [[spoiler:Not only does she prove Bethany ''right'', [[HumiliationConga she immediately gets herself sprayed by a skunk, falls out of a tree, and gets attacked by a squirrel, all for the entire town to see.]] [[EpicFail She then urinates on herself in a misled attempt to treat her own wound]], not realizing that the entirety of the meetings attendees can hear her, if not outright '''see''' her do this.]] This is topped off by Gayle's [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents stunningly embarrassing attempt]] at picking up Terry from the meeting. Needless to say, her reign of terror falls apart, [[SoundtrackDissonance to the tune of]] [[Music/WhitneyHouston Whitney Houston.]]

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Gayle spends the first 3 seasons [[ControlFreak domineering]] her husband, children, and neighbors. Given, [[CharacterizationMarchesOn it's presented as a lot less abusive from Season 2 onwards,]] but it's still there. Season 4 opens with a polite request from Bethany of the New D for Gayle and her Old D peers to cover ther bins. [[DisproportionateRetribution Gayle tries, rather theatrically, to prove her wrong at the town meeting.]] [[spoiler:Not only does she prove Bethany ''right'', [[HumiliationConga she immediately gets herself sprayed by a skunk, falls out of a tree, and gets attacked by a squirrel, all for the entire town to see.]] [[EpicFail She then urinates on herself in a misled attempt to treat her own wound]], not realizing that the entirety of the meetings attendees can hear her, if not outright '''see''' her do this.]] This is topped off by Gayle's [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents stunningly embarrassing attempt]] at picking up Terry from the meeting. Needless to say, her reign of terror falls apart.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Gayle spends the first 3 seasons [[ControlFreak domineering]] her husband, children, and neighbors. Given, [[CharacterizationMarchesOn it's presented as a lot less abusive from Season 2 onwards,]] but it's still there. Season 4 opens with a polite request from Bethany of the New D for Gayle and her Old D peers to cover ther bins. [[DisproportionateRetribution Gayle tries, rather theatrically, to prove her wrong at the town meeting.]] [[spoiler:Not only does she prove Bethany ''right'', [[HumiliationConga she immediately gets herself sprayed by a skunk, falls out of a tree, and gets attacked by a squirrel, all for the entire town to see.]] [[EpicFail She then urinates on herself in a misled attempt to treat her own wound]], not realizing that the entirety of the meetings attendees can hear her, if not outright '''see''' her do this.]] This is topped off by Gayle's [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents stunningly embarrassing attempt]] at picking up Terry from the meeting. Needless to say, her reign of terror falls apart.]]

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Gayle spends the first 3 seasons [[ControlFreak domineering]] her husband, children, and neighbors. Given, [[CharacterizationMarchesOn it's presented as a lot less abusive from Season 2 onwards,]] but it's still there. Season 4 opens with a polite request from Bethany of the New D for Gayle and her Old D peers to cover ther bins. [[DisproportionateRetribution Gayle tries, rather theatrically, to prove her wrong at the town meeting.]] [[spoiler:Not only does she prove Bethany ''right'', [[HumiliationConga she immediately gets herself sprayed by a skunk, falls out of a tree, and gets attacked by a squirrel, all for the entire town to see.]] [[EpicFail She then urinates on herself in a misled attempt to treat her own wound, not realizing that the entirety of the meetings' attendees can hear her, if not outright ''see'' her do this.]] This is topped off by Gayle's [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents stunningly embarrassing attempt]] at picking up Terry from the meeting. Needless to say, her reign of terror falls apart.]]