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* DeadpanSnarker: Started out as one, but eventually all the snarking went to Tim. He still had a sharp tongue when the situation called for it.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Started out as one, but eventually all most the snarking went to Tim. He still had a sharp tongue when the situation called for it.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Started out as one, but eventually all the snarking went to Tim.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Started out as one, but eventually all the snarking went to Tim. He still had a sharp tongue when the situation called for it.
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* BumblingDad: Tim is a subversion of this trope. He loves having a good time and drives Jill up the wall with his various projects. But he's also a very definite adult presence in his sons' lives who expects and enforces discipline in his house.

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* BumblingDad: Tim is a subversion of this trope. Downplayed. He loves having a good time and drives Jill up the wall with his various projects. But he's However, he still strives to have a good time and they still love one another. He's also a very definite adult presence in his sons' lives who expects and enforces discipline in his house.
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* BumblingDad: Boy does he ever bumble.

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* BumblingDad: Boy does he ever bumble.Tim is a subversion of this trope. He loves having a good time and drives Jill up the wall with his various projects. But he's also a very definite adult presence in his sons' lives who expects and enforces discipline in his house.
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* WomenAreWiser: Usually played straight - one of the most prominent examples in 90s sitcoms, in fact - but often enough she turned out to be, well, NotSoAboveItAll.

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* WomenAreWiser: Usually played straight - She is the only female in most situations and in the family, and this is one of the most prominent examples in 90s sitcoms, in fact - but fact. But often enough she turned out to be, well, NotSoAboveItAll.
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* DoomItYourself: [[ExaggeratedTrope A master at this]]. Jill tells him countless times not to tinker with things around the house that are already working fine. His attempts to surprise Jill by doing this usually result in failure and Jill receiving the bad kind of surprise. This extends to ''Tool Time'' where his demonstrations turn out worse for the wear after blowing off Al's recommendations.
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** Tim appeared for a DoppelgangerCrossover in the ''[[Series/LastManStanding2011 Last Man Standing]]'' episode, "Dual Time" where he meets Time Allen's character, Mike. ''Last Man Standing'' is a CreatorDrivenSuccessor where Mike is basically Tim if he had daughters instead of sons and a fishing show instead of a tool show.

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** Tim appeared for a DoppelgangerCrossover in the ''[[Series/LastManStanding2011 Last Man Standing]]'' episode, "Dual Time" where he meets Time Allen's character, Mike. ''Last Man Standing'' is a CreatorDrivenSuccessor where Mike is basically Tim if he had daughters instead of sons and a fishing an outdoors show instead of a tool show.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: Is introduced in season 4 as an old friend of Tim's and his hardware store becomes the LocalHangout, and is implied to have been so for a long time.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Not as much as Jill or Randy, but he has his moments.
* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Given how easily Tim can get distracted for some things and become laser-focused on others (all while being extremely impulsive), Tim likely has undiagnosed attention deficit disorder.

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* %%* DeadpanSnarker: Not as much as Jill or Randy, but he has his moments.
* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Given how easily Tim can get distracted for some things and become laser-focused on others (all while being extremely impulsive), Tim likely has undiagnosed attention deficit disorder.
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[[folder: Al Borland]]Portrayed by:Creator/RichardKarn

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[[folder: Al Borland]]Portrayed by:Creator/RichardKarnby: Creator/RichardKarn



[[folder: Lisa]]Portrayed by:Creator/PamelaAnderson

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[[folder: Lisa]]Portrayed by:Creator/PamelaAndersonby: Creator/PamelaAnderson

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** His apelike grunts, which he voices in a range of tones and inflections to convey various emotions such as pride, irritation, and (as heard in the opening theme) complete bewilderment.




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* VerbalTic: His apelike grunts, which he voices in a range of tones and inflections to convey various emotions such as pride, irritation, and (as heard in the opening theme) complete bewilderment.

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* AllegedlyDateless: In early seasons Al often admitted to having trouble meeting women, despite nearly every woman who sees him expressing attraction towards him. In later seasons, he does have a few long-term relationships and [[spoiler:gets married in the series finale]].



* HollywoodDateless: In early seasons Al often admitted to having trouble meeting women, despite nearly every woman who sees him expressing attraction towards him. In later seasons, he does have a few long-term relationships and [[spoiler:gets married in the series finale]].
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* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Given how easily Tim can get distracted for some things and become laser-focused on others (all while being extremely impulsive), Tim likely has undiagnosed attention deficit disorder.

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* ExpyCoexistence: Tim is an expy of Bob Vila, mentioned above. Vila has played himself on the show as Tim's rival.

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Tim is an expy of Bob Vila, mentioned above. Vila has played himself on the show as Tim's rival.rival.
** Tim appeared for a DoppelgangerCrossover in the ''[[Series/LastManStanding2011 Last Man Standing]]'' episode, "Dual Time" where he meets Time Allen's character, Mike. ''Last Man Standing'' is a CreatorDrivenSuccessor where Mike is basically Tim if he had daughters instead of sons and a fishing show instead of a tool show.

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* AnAesop: Wilson's specialty, though more for Tim and the rest of the cast than the audience.



* AnAesop: Wilson's specialty, though more for Tim and the rest of the cast than the audience.



* CloudCuckoolander: In his stranger moments, particularly when he dresses up.



* CloudCuckoolander: In his stranger moments, particularly when he dresses up.



* RepetitiveName: Tim had quite a time wrapping his head around that one at first.



* RepetitiveName: Tim had quite a time wrapping his head around that one at first.
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* EightiesHair: Sports a mullet in the earlier seasons.

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