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* DoggedNiceGuy: Towards Bruce. More another reason to fight with Bonnie.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Towards Bruce. More another reason to fight with Gayle.
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* BiTheWay: Invites her one-time boyfriend Jay to Northbread around Episodes 18 to 20, and begins dating Mikayla at least by Episode 36.
* DeadpanSnarker: "I'm not gonna tell Bonnie you use dog shampoo."
* DeadpanSnarker: "I'm not gonna tell Bonnie you use dog shampoo."
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* ParentingTheHusband: [[DownplayedTrope Very, very downplayed, but some elements are still present.]] More emotionally available than Gayle, but still can't quite go out on his own and manages to get Terry's Common App stolen from him by teenagers come Episode 28. Gayle's bizarre DaveCam tracking device seems Justified in light of how easily he lands himself in trouble without her interference.
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* ParentingTheHusband: [[DownplayedTrope Very, very downplayed, but some elements are still present.Downplayed.]] More Certainly more emotionally available than Gayle, Gayle to Terry, but still can't quite go out on his own and own. He manages to get Terry's Common App stolen from him by teenagers at the mall come Episode 28. Gayle's bizarre DaveCam tracking device on him seems Justified in light of how easily he lands himself in trouble without her interference.
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!!David Gayle Waters-Waters
* HenpeckedHusband: He's ridiculously meek and terrified of Gayle at her worst.
* NiceGuy
* ParentingTheHusband: [[DownplayedTrope Very, very downplayed, but some elements are still present.]] More emotionally available than Gayle, but still can't quite go out on his own and manages to get Terry's Common App stolen from him by teenagers come Episode 28. Gayle's bizarre DaveCam tracking device seems Justified in light of how easily he lands himself in trouble without her interference.
* SarcasticDevotee: To Gayle.
* HenpeckedHusband: He's ridiculously meek and terrified of Gayle at her worst.
* NiceGuy
* ParentingTheHusband: [[DownplayedTrope Very, very downplayed, but some elements are still present.]] More emotionally available than Gayle, but still can't quite go out on his own and manages to get Terry's Common App stolen from him by teenagers come Episode 28. Gayle's bizarre DaveCam tracking device seems Justified in light of how easily he lands himself in trouble without her interference.
* SarcasticDevotee: To Gayle.
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* HenpeckedHusband: He's ridiculously meek and terrified of Gayle at her worst.
* NiceGuy
* SarcasticDevotee: To Gayle.
* HenpeckedHusband: He's ridiculously meek and terrified of Gayle at her worst.
* NiceGuy
* SarcasticDevotee: To Gayle.
!!Reggie Kin
* ItsAllAboutMe: He tends to go off into disjointed monologues about himself and his interests while ostensibly talking "to" other people.
* MotorMouth
* SelfMadeMan
* TestosteronePoisoning: Tries to be this, with some success. He largely ends up bothering whoever he talks to instead, though.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He tends to go off into disjointed monologues about himself and his interests while ostensibly talking "to" other people.
* MotorMouth
* SelfMadeMan
* TestosteronePoisoning: Tries to be this, with some success. He largely ends up bothering whoever he talks to instead, though.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: He tends to go off into disjointed monologues about himself and his interests while ostensibly talking "to" other people.
* MotorMouth
* SelfMadeMan
* ItsAllAboutMe: He tends to go off into disjointed monologues about himself and his interests while ostensibly talking "to" other people.
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* GiftedlyBad: PlayedWith. Not necessarily a terrible actor, but not quite good enough to reach the Hollywood screens he apparently aims for.
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* TheSocialExpert: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] Terry has her quirks like any other high schooler, but she very easily charms the people of the New Development and seems reasonably popular with her peers.
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* TheSocialExpert: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] Terry has her quirks like any other high schooler, but she very easily charms the people of the New Development and seems reasonably popular with her peers.
peers. It causes Gayle to compare her to Nancy Reagan at one point.
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* TheSocialExpert: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] Terry has her quirks like any other high schooler, but she very easily charms the people of the New Development and seems reasonably popular with her peers.
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* 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 uncanny and seemingly inept.
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* BoringButPractical: Apparently valedictorian by a slim degree over Terry, but without the same personable traits she has. Supposedly wants to own an H&R Block when he's older.
* CreepyChild: An older variation. Whereas Gayle's treatment of Terry has, at worst, made her slightly socially awkward, Bonnie's EducationMama tendencies have rendered himuncanny and seemingly inept.intelligent but very, very strange.
* 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
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!!Brendan Kin
* 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 uncanny and seemingly inept.
->'''Gayle:''' What's your favorite animal, Brendan?
->'''Brendan:''' Mosquito!
->'''Gayle:''' [wincing] Oh...
* 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 uncanny and seemingly inept.
->'''Gayle:''' What's your favorite animal, Brendan?
->'''Brendan:''' Mosquito!
->'''Gayle:''' [wincing] Oh...
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The colorful cast of Gayle.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Progresses from [[BloodKnight indiscriminate violence]] in the name of her own reputation to [[JerkWithAHeartofGold still abrasive]] and occasionally destructive, but with a noted concern for the rest of her family, even if she expresses it in bizarre and sometimes unhelpful ways.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Progresses from [[BloodKnight indiscriminate violence]] in the name of her own reputation reputation, and arguably consistent emotional abuse, to [[JerkWithAHeartofGold still abrasive]] and occasionally destructive, destructive behavior, but with a noted concern for the rest of her family, even if she expresses it in bizarre and sometimes unhelpful ways.
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!!Bonnie Kin
* EducationMama: [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Her son Brendan is valedictorian at the same school where Terry is salutatorian]], to Gayle's disgust.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: A master.
* TheRival: To Gayle.
* VitriolicBestBuds: To Gayle, ultimately. She was even BestWoman at her wedding.
* WorthyOpponent: Gayle regards her as this.
* EducationMama: [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Her son Brendan is valedictorian at the same school where Terry is salutatorian]], to Gayle's disgust.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: A master.
* TheRival: To Gayle.
* VitriolicBestBuds: To Gayle, ultimately. She was even BestWoman at her wedding.
* WorthyOpponent: Gayle regards her as this.
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!!Bonnie Kin
* EducationMama: [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Her son Brendan is valedictorian at the same school where Terry is salutatorian]], to Gayle's disgust.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: A master.
* TheRival: To Gayle.
* VitriolicBestBuds: To Gayle, ultimately. She was even BestWoman at her wedding.
* WorthyOpponent: Gayle regards her as this.
[[folder: Gayle's Neighbors]]
!!Bonnie Kin
* EducationMama: [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Her son Brendan is valedictorian at the same school where Terry is salutatorian]], to Gayle's disgust.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: A master.
* TheRival: To Gayle.
* VitriolicBestBuds: To Gayle, ultimately. She was even BestWoman at her wedding.
* WorthyOpponent: Gayle regards her as this.
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* BiTheWay: Invites her one-time boyfriend Jay to Northbread around Episodes 18 to 20, and begins dating Mikayla at least by Episode 36.
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!!Jay
* MaleGaze: Parodied. Episode 18 features a shot of Jay's behind, with Gayle apparently finding Jay's butt apparently ridiculously well-endowed, to the point of finding it threatening. [[TakeOurWordForIt Due to Jay's outfits, it's hard for the audience to see how true this actually is.]]
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* HiveMind: PlayedWith. Ride in a collective on razor-scooters in apparently perfect posture around the neighborhood-- though they do this entirely by choice, and otherwise are just a normal group of pre-teen friends. Though, they're ALL [[OneSteveLimit named Jenny.]]
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* HiveMind: PlayedWith. Ride in a collective on razor-scooters in apparently perfect posture around the neighborhood-- neighborhood in weirdly uniform outfits-- though they do this entirely by choice, have their own (albeit similar) personalities and otherwise are just a normal group of pre-teen friends. Though, they're ALL [[OneSteveLimit named Jenny.]]
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* HiveMind: PlayedWith. Ride in a collective on razor-scooters in apparently perfect posture around the neighborhood-- though they do this entirely by choice, and otherwise are just a normal group of pre-teen friends. Though, they're [b]all[/b] ALL [[OneSteveLimit named Jenny.]]
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*TheFriendNobodyLikes
TheFriendNobodyLikes: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] Gayle and Bonnie bully her as much as they do each and everyone else, but they still invite her to social functions and plan with her on how to approach issues in Northbread.
*OnlySaneMan
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NotSoAboveItAll: Eventually begins showing eccentricities late in the series, on a similar level to that of her parents, up to and including [[InterspeciesRomance romantic interest in a lizard-human hybrid.]]
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* StraightMan: Often on the receiving end of her mother's antics.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Progresses from [[BloodKnight indiscriminate violence]] in the name of her own reputation to [[JerkWithAHeartofGold still abrasive]] and occasionally destructive, but with a noted concern for the rest of her family, even if she expresses it in bizarre and sometimes unhelpful ways.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Arguably his presence in Season 1. Later episodes began reshaping Gayle’s dynamic with the rest of the family, making her kidnapping (and subsequent severe neglect) of Ira seem very out of place.
* PutOnABus: Eventually written out of the series, apparently beginning a trip back to his actual parents.
* PutOnABus: Eventually written out of the series, apparently beginning a trip back to his actual parents.
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* HappilyMarried: He ditches Gayle in the middle of what she more or less considers a date because it's date night with his wife.
* KavorkaMan: Despite being an unremarkable-looking heavyset middle-aged bald guy (and, for that matter, HappilyMarried), he's treated by Gayle as wildly attractive and she and Bonnie fiercely compete for his attention.
* KavorkaMan: Despite being an unremarkable-looking heavyset middle-aged bald guy (and, for that matter, HappilyMarried), he's treated by Gayle as wildly attractive and she and Bonnie fiercely compete for his attention.
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* 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 EducationMama treatment that she even extends to household pets. Once he takes off, nobody ever mentions him again.
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* 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.
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StockholmSyndrome: Gayle notes that his case of this is starting to wear off around the time the series starts.
* SuddenlyVoiced: When he [[CallingTheOldManOut calls the old woman out]] in Episode 8.
* 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 EducationMama treatment that she even extends to household pets. Once he takes off, nobody ever mentions him again.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears from the series after heading off to find his real parents in Season 1, with the only reference to him in subsequent seasons being a brief reuse of a prior clip in a flashback sequence.
* SuddenlyVoiced: When he [[CallingTheOldManOut calls the old woman out]] in Episode 8.
* 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 EducationMama treatment that she even extends to household pets. Once he takes off, nobody ever mentions him again.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears from the series after heading off to find his real parents in Season 1, with the only reference to him in subsequent seasons being a brief reuse of a prior clip in a flashback sequence.
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* HappilyMarried: He ditches Gayle in the middle of what she more or less considers a date because it's date night with his wife.
* KavorkaMan: Despite being an unremarkable-looking heavyset middle-aged bald guy (and, for that matter, HappilyMarried), he's treated by Gayle as wildly attractive and she and Bonnie fiercely compete for his attention.
* KavorkaMan: Despite being an unremarkable-looking heavyset middle-aged bald guy (and, for that matter, HappilyMarried), he's treated by Gayle as wildly attractive and she and Bonnie fiercely compete for his attention.
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* PassiveAggressiveKombat: A master.
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* EducationMama: To the level of teaching French to her dog and chaining an SAT tutor to her radiator so that Terry can have 24/7 attention.
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* NiceGuy
* ObliviousToLove: Including to Gayle and Bonnie duking it out for his affections right in front of him.
* ObliviousToLove: Including to Gayle and Bonnie duking it out for his affections right in front of him.
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* AxCrazy
* CompetitionFreak
* EvilMatriarch: Oh yeah.
* [[FantasyForbiddingFather Fantasy-Forbidding Mother]]: "No son of mine's gonna play Spanish guitar!"
* SuddenlyShouting: Often.
* SuperOCD: Folding cold cuts before putting them away is just the tip of the iceberg.
* TalksLikeASimile
* UpToEleven
* VillainProtagonist: Very slightly less so as the series continues, though she remains [[ItsAllAboutMe ridiculously self-centered]].
!!Bonnie Kin
* TheRival: To Gayle.
* VitriolicBestBuds: To Gayle, ultimately. She was even BestWoman at her wedding.
* WorthyOpponent: Gayle regards her as this.
!!Terry Gross Waters-Waters
* DeadpanSnarker
!!Ira Glass Waters-Waters
* TheUnfavorite
!!David Gayle Waters-Waters
* HenpeckedHusband: He's ridiculously meek and terrified of Gayle at her worst.
* NiceGuy
* SarcasticDevotee: To Gayle.
!!Bruce
!!Linda
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes
* OnlySaneMan
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