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->'''Played By''': Patrick Wilson

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->'''Played By''': Patrick Wilson
Creator/PatrickWilson

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A Date With Rosie Palms is now a disambiguation.


[[folder:Richard Pierce]]
!!Richard Pierce
->'''Played By''': Gregg Edelman

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Sarah walks in on him doing this...while wearing panties over her head.
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[[folder:Richard %%[[folder:Richard Pierce]]
!!Richard %%!!Richard Pierce
->'''Played %%->'''Played By''': Gregg Edelman

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Sarah walks in on him doing this...while wearing panties over her head.
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Moving Ambiguous Disorder to Diagnosed By The Audience which belongs to YMMV subpage


* AmbiguousDisorder: Aside from his pedophilia, he talks in a stilted manner, [[CreepyBlueEyes has a tendency to stare]] and can't make small talk without it sounding CreepyMonotone.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Aside from his pedophilia, he talks in a stilted manner, [[CreepyBlueEyes has a tendency to stare]] and can't make small talk without it CreepyMonotone: Cannot avoid sounding CreepyMonotone.like this when making small talk.



* LooksLikeOrlok: Has a receding hairline and a very gaunt, pale face with CreepyBlueEyes, which makes him look stereotypically creepy.

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* LooksLikeOrlok: Has a receding hairline and a very gaunt, pale face with CreepyBlueEyes, which makes him look stereotypically creepy. His tendency to stare doesn't help.



* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He realizes with horror what the extent of his harassment has done, upon seeing that Ronnie has castrated himself following his mother's death.]]

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* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He *MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:He realizes with horror what the extent of his harassment has done, upon seeing that Ronnie has castrated himself following his mother's death.]]
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* ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife: As mentioned under AlphaBitch, GossipyHens, and ThinkOfTheChildren she is the ur-example for a notoriously judgemental, busybody, prejudiced housewife who demands for people to follow her way and even has a nasty FemaleMisogynist streak when discussing ''Madame Bovary'' with Sarah in the Lit Club where she slut-shames the character.
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* YourCheatingHeart: She has an affair with Brad while married to Richard, who has turned away from her and eventually [[spoiler:runs off with a porn star he was obsessed with.]]



* YourCheatingHeart: He begins an affair with Sarah while married to Kathy.



* YourCheatingHeart: He eventually [[spoiler:runs off with a porn star.]]

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* {{Jerkass}}

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* {{Jerkass}}{{Jerkass}}: His PTSD over having shot a child while on duty, self-loathing and insecurities pile on top of each other, causing him to become one.


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* TheResenter: He starts feeling this way toward Brad who almost immediately becomes popular with the team and has a friendlier attitude.
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* HollywoodHomely: Despite being portrayed by Creator/KateWinslet Sarah feels intimidated by Brad's wife, who is described as a knockout. Then again, her competition is played by Creator/JenniferConnelly.


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* AmbiguousDisorder: Aside from his pedophilia, he talks in a stilted manner, [[CreepyBlueEyes has a tendency to stare]] and can't make small talk without it sounding CreepyMonotone.


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* GroinAttack: [[spoiler: Castrates himself in the end.]]
* LooksLikeOrlok: Has a receding hairline and a very gaunt, pale face with CreepyBlueEyes, which makes him look stereotypically creepy.


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* ReluctantPsycho: Zigzagged. While he hates his pedophilic urges and wishes he was interested in women his own age, he does nothing to actively suppress those urges, such as avoiding playgrounds and pools which are frequently visited by children. [[spoiler: He loses control during his date with Sheila and has ''her'' drive to the playground so he can masturbate in her car.]]
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->'''Played By''': Noah Emmerich

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->'''Played By''': Noah Emmerich
Creator/NoahEmmerich
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* HotDad: The mothers in the park certainly see him as this, and gossip about him. Sarah takes it a step further.
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* TheBully: Toward Ronnie, whom he targets in an ill-concieved attempt to busy himself. He vandalizes Ronnie's home and confronts him at night.

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* TheBully: Toward Ronnie, whom he targets in an ill-concieved ill-conceived attempt to busy himself. He vandalizes Ronnie's home and confronts him at night. May calls him out on this.

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->'''Played By''': JackieEarleHaley

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas

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->'''Played By''': JackieEarleHaley

Creator/JackieEarleHaley

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamasEvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Ronnie loves his mother and goes along with her attempts to 're-normalize' him just to please her.



* TheAtoner

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* TheAtonerTheAtoner: For [[spoiler:shooting and killing a teenager with a fake gun.]]



* ADateWithRosiePalms

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* ADateWithRosiePalmsADateWithRosiePalms: Sarah walks in on him doing this...while wearing panties over her head.


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* MamaBear: She loves her son, and is willing to stand up to anyone who threatens him.
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[[folder:Mary-Ann]]
!!Mary-Ann
->'''Played By:''' Mary B. [=McCann=]

* AlphaBitch: She's extremely judgmental of others and belittling toward her 'friends'. She reacts aggressively whenever someone disagrees with her opinion.
* GossipyHens: Part of what makes her the AlphaBitch, she's a judgmental gossip.
* ThinkOfTheChildren: Her whole schtick that allows her to keep the moral high ground.
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Hot Mom has been disambiguated. Examples not clearly fitting into one of the tropes other than Fetish Fuel mentioned on Hot Mom are being removed. If you think it fits one of these tropes, feel free to readd with proper context. Same with Hot Dad.


* HotMom



* HotMom: She's extremely attractive, which makes Sarah highly insecure.

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->'''Played By''': KateWinslet

* DeadpanSnarker

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->'''Played By''': KateWinslet

Creator/KateWinslet

* DeadpanSnarkerDeadpanSnarker: She usually responds this way to the inanity of her middle-class life and hypocritical circle of 'friends'.
-->'''Mary Ann:''' [about Ronnie] He should just be castrated. Just snip, quick and easily.
-->'''Sarah:''' [[SarcasmMode You know what else you should do? Nail his penis above the entrance of the elementary school. That'd really teach him a lesson.]]



* ImmodestOrgasm
* SexlessMarriage: With Richard.
* YourCheatingHeart: She has an affair with Brad.

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* ImmodestOrgasm
ImmodestOrgasm: When having sex with Brad, she tends to be very vocal.
* SexlessMarriage: With Richard.
Richard, who's retreated into an obsession with a porn star.
* YourCheatingHeart: She has an affair with Brad.Brad while married to Richard, who has turned away from her and eventually [[spoiler:runs off with a porn star he was obsessed with.]]



* ICouldaBeenAContender

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* ICouldaBeenAContenderICouldaBeenAContender: He was a quarterback on his High School football team, and also watches teenagers skate while longing to relive his happier youth.



* SexlessMarriage: With Kathy.
* YourCheatingHeart: He begins an affair with Sarah.

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* SexlessMarriage: With Kathy.
Kathy. She's increasingly emotionally distant and doesn't seem all that interested in him.
* YourCheatingHeart: He begins an affair with Sarah.Sarah while married to Kathy.



->'''Played By''': JenniferConnelly

* HotMom

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->'''Played By''': JenniferConnelly

Creator/JenniferConnelly

* HotMomHotMom: She's extremely attractive, which makes Sarah highly insecure.



* TheBully

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* TheBullyTheBully: Toward Ronnie, whom he targets in an ill-concieved attempt to busy himself. He vandalizes Ronnie's home and confronts him at night.



* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone]]

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* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone]][[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He realizes with horror what the extent of his harassment has done, upon seeing that Ronnie has castrated himself following his mother's death.]]
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* TheBully
* {{Jerkass}}
* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone]]

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* YourCheatingHeart

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* YourCheatingHeartYourCheatingHeart: She has an affair with Brad.



->'''Played By''': PatrickWilson

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->'''Played By''': PatrickWilson
Patrick Wilson



* HotDad

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* HotDadHotDad: The mothers in the park certainly see him as this, and gossip about him. Sarah takes it a step further.



* YourCheatingHeart

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* YourCheatingHeartYourCheatingHeart: He begins an affair with Sarah.



* StatuesqueStunner

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* StatuesqueStunnerStatuesqueStunner: Her height is one of the reasons Sarah feels inferior to her.



* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas



* YourCheatingHeart

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* YourCheatingHeartYourCheatingHeart: He eventually [[spoiler:runs off with a porn star.]]

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* HotMom
* MarriedToTheJob
* StatuesqueStunner




* PedoHunt: Is subjected to one by Larry.



->'''Played By''': NoahEmmerich

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->'''Played By''': NoahEmmerichNoah Emmerich

* TheAtoner
* PedoHunt: He takes it upon himself to harass Ronnie.


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* ADateWithRosiePalms
* YourCheatingHeart
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[[folder:Sarah Pierce]]
!!Sarah Pierce
->'''Played By''': KateWinslet

* DeadpanSnarker
* HotMom
* ImmodestOrgasm
* SexlessMarriage: With Richard.
* YourCheatingHeart
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[[folder:Brad Adamson]]
!!Brad Adamson
->'''Played By''': PatrickWilson

* ICouldaBeenAContender
* HotDad
* SexlessMarriage: With Kathy.
* YourCheatingHeart
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[[folder:Kathy Adamson]]
!!Kathy Adamson
->'''Played By''': JenniferConnelly
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[[folder:Ronald James [=McGorvey=]]]
!!Ronald James [=McGorvey=]
->'''Played By''': JackieEarleHaley
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Larry Hedges]]
!!Larry Hedges
->'''Played By''': NoahEmmerich
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Richard Pierce]]
!!Richard Pierce
->'''Played By''': Gregg Edelman
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mae [=McGorvey=]]]
!!Mae [=McGorvey=]
->'''Played By''': Phyllis Somerville
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