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Don's latest secretary, to whom he takes a shine quite suddenly. He cheats on Faye with her, he asks her to accompany him to California to help watch his kids... [[spoiler:[[WhamEpisode AND THEN HE PROPOSES TO HER.]]]]

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Don's latest secretary, to whom he takes a shine quite suddenly. He cheats on Faye with her, he asks her to accompany him to California to help watch his kids... [[spoiler:[[WhamEpisode AND THEN HE PROPOSES TO HER.]]]]
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* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: She's French-Canadian, and we hear her speak it once or twice, plus she teaches the Draper kids a French song. She throws a surprise party for Don and sings "Zou Bisou Bisou" to him.

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* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: She's French-Canadian, and we hear her speak it once or twice, plus she teaches the Draper kids a French song. She throws a surprise party for Don and sings [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vFOzG3GYqo "Zou Bisou Bisou" Bisou"]] to him.
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!!Megan Calvet (Jessica Paré)
Don's latest secretary, to whom he takes a shine quite suddenly. He cheats on Faye with her, he asks her to accompany him to California to help watch his kids... [[spoiler:[[WhamEpisode AND THEN HE PROPOSES TO HER.]]]] Watch this space.

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!!Megan Calvet Draper (Jessica Paré)
Don's latest secretary, to whom he takes a shine quite suddenly. He cheats on Faye with her, he asks her to accompany him to California to help watch his kids... [[spoiler:[[WhamEpisode AND THEN HE PROPOSES TO HER.]]]] Watch this space.
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* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: She's French-Canadian, and we hear her speak it once or twice, plus she teaches the Draper kids a French song.

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* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: She's French-Canadian, and we hear her speak it once or twice, plus she teaches the Draper kids a French song. She throws a surprise party for Don and sings "Zou Bisou Bisou" to him.
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: [[spoiler:After Lucky Strike switched to another firm]], Pete surpassed Roger in terms of contributions to SCPD's profits. Despite this, he still has the worst office in the building and is not pleased about it.
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* TheOtherDarrin: There have been ''three'' Bobbys so far. A '''fourth''' Bobby is confirmed for Season 5.


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* TheOtherDarrin: There have been ''three'' ''four'' Bobbys so far. A '''fourth''' Bobby is confirmed for Season 5.

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* TheOtherDarrin: There have been ''three'' Bobbys so far.


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* TheOtherDarrin: There have been ''three'' Bobbys so far.

far. A '''fourth''' Bobby is confirmed for Season 5.

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* LawOfInverseFertility: While on birth control, she becomes pregnant by Pete Campbell and gives birth to his child, at the same that he and his wife are unsuccessfully trying to conceive.

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* LawOfInverseFertility: While on birth control, she becomes pregnant by Pete Campbell and gives birth to his child, at the same time that he and his wife are unsuccessfully trying to conceive.
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!!Peggy Olson (ElisabethMoss)

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!!Peggy !!Margaret "Peggy" Olson (ElisabethMoss)



* HappilyMarried: Eventually. By the standards of this show, he's been very loyal (only cheating on his wife three or four times!) and their marriage actually approaches what we would consider an equal, loving partnership by today's standards at time.

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* HappilyMarried: Eventually. By the standards of this show, he's been very loyal (only cheating on his wife three or four times!) and their marriage actually approaches what we would consider an equal, loving partnership by today's standards at time.times.



* AbusiveParents: We learn through her therapy sessions that [[DeathByBackStory her mom]] was somewhat emotionally abusive and highly critical (for example, Betty was chubby as a child and her mother told her that because of this she wouldn't be able to find a husband) - she becomes defensive when her doctor points out that she has a lot of anger towards her mother. She later becomes one herself.

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* AbusiveParents: We learn through her therapy sessions that [[DeathByBackStory her mom]] was somewhat emotionally abusive and highly critical (for example, Betty was chubby as a child and her mother told her that because of this she wouldn't be able to find a husband) - she becomes defensive when her doctor points out that she has a lot of anger towards her mother. She later becomes one Later, feeling beleaguered by her own children, she displays abusive tendencies herself.
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* OldShame: It's revealed that he went to Princeton on a scholarship in season 3, implying he's from lower-class roots and he doesn't want anyone else to know.
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* AfraidOfNeedles: Mentioned during the blood drive.
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** Despite what a brown-nosing greenhorn he was in the first season, Pete had an eye for social change that the dinosaurs at SC sorely lacked, scoffing at him for predicting things like the trend of humorous advertizing, or that Kennedy was going to win over Nixon. (He doesn't even wear a hat!)
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--> ''There is no "big lie", there is no "system". The universe is indifferent.''
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* FieryRedhead: {{Averted}}. She loses her temper exactly ''once'' in the third season, and otherwise keeps her emotions tightly (maybe ''too'' tightly) controlled.
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* [[Satan]]: Bert isn't literally the Devil, but his Satanic appearance isn't by accident. Nor is it by accident that it is Cooper who blackmails Don into signing his [[DealWithTheDevil contract]].

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* [[Satan]]: {{Satan}}: Bert isn't literally the Devil, but his Satanic appearance isn't by accident. Nor is it by accident that it is Cooper who blackmails Don into signing his [[DealWithTheDevil contract]].
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* DisabledHottie: She has a bad leg due to childhood polio, and the last time we see her in person, the other one's broken [[spoiler:because, unbeknownst to her, she has bone cancer.]]

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* DisabledHottie: DisabledLoveInterest: She has a bad leg due to childhood polio, and the last time we see her in person, the other one's broken [[spoiler:because, unbeknownst to her, she has bone cancer.]]
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** After divorcing Don, she marries a man a generation older than she is.

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** After divorcing Don, Don (and the recent death of her father), she marries a man a generation older than she is.
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** After divorcing Don, she marries a man a generation older than she is.
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* UnfortunateNames: Dick isn't a terribly unfortunate name in and of itself but in this case [[spoiler:he got the name because his mother died in childbirth and her last words were "I'll cut his dick off".]]
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Mixed marriage is now a redirect to Maligned Mixed Marriage. Was this relationship looked down upon in-universe?


* PlayboyBunny: He dates one -- [[MixedMarriage a black one]].

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* PlayboyBunny: He dates one -- [[MixedMarriage a black one]].one.
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Looking at the rest of this page, did you really think this show portrayed an interracial relationship and no character had a negative remark to make about it?


* PlayboyBunny: He dates one -- a black one.

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* PlayboyBunny: He dates one -- [[MixedMarriage a black one.one]].
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mixed marriage is \"Two people of different races become romantically involved, and friends, family, and/or society don\'t like it. This is not just any mundane interracial relationship


* PlayboyBunny: He dates one -- [[MixedMarriage a black one]].

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* PlayboyBunny: He dates one -- [[MixedMarriage a black one]].one.
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* {{Adorkable}}

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* DeadpanSnarker

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* DeadpanSnarkerDeadpanSnarker: Has a snarky one-liner for virtually every occasion.


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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He's the target of envy from Pete, Harry and Paul.
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* {{Moe}}
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I try to correct a typo, I add another one. Hopefully this takes care of it


* TheAlcoholic\

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* TheAlcoholic\TheAlcoholic
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* TheAlcoholic

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* TheAlcoholicTheAlcoholic\



* TheObiwan: He's the one who discovers Peggy's talent as a copy writer. One season later, his alcholism gets him fired. By the time [[TheBusCameBack The Bus Comes Back]] Peggy has become experience enough that she no longer needs him as a mentor.

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* TheObiwan: He's the one who discovers Peggy's talent as a copy writer. One season later, his alcholism alcoholism gets him fired. By the time [[TheBusCameBack The Bus Comes Back]] Peggy has become experience experienced enough that she no longer needs him as a mentor.
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Brought into Sterling Cooper after his DarkAndTroubledPast at the London office of Young & Rubicam[[hottip:*:A real firm, by the way.]]. His decisions result in frequent clashes with others (especially Don), but he gets the job done. Gets a job with agency Grey[[hottip:*:Also real.]] after PPL sells Sterling Cooper to [=McCann=] Erickson[[http:*:Real again. How did you guess?]].

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Brought into Sterling Cooper after his DarkAndTroubledPast at the London office of Young & Rubicam[[hottip:*:A real firm, by the way.]]. His decisions result in frequent clashes with others (especially Don), but he gets the job done. Gets a job with agency Grey[[hottip:*:Also real.]] after PPL sells Sterling Cooper to [=McCann=] Erickson[[http:*:Real Erickson[[hottip:*:Real again. How did you guess?]].
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** This is a little hard to determine. Roger indicates to Jane that he and Mona were married for at least 30 years in "The Jet Set."

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** This is a little hard to determine. Roger indicates to Jane that he and Mona were married for at least 30 years in "The Jet Set."Set," but then they could have married young.
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* TheObiwan: He's the one who discovers Peggy's talent as a copy writer. One season later, his alcholism gets him fired. By the time [[TheBusCameBack The Bus Comes Back]] Peggy has become experience enough that she no longer needs him as a mentor.

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