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Black Best Friend was renamed Token Black Friend in TRS. Removing examples that are low-context or otherwise not about a Satellite Character who adds diversity.


* BlackBestFriend: To Shelby; she is one of the co-founders of Kappa Nu.

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* BlackBestFriend: To Shelby; she is one of the co-founders of Kappa Nu.



->'''Played By:''' Lisa Kudrow

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->'''Played By:''' Lisa Kudrow
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* PinkIsFeminine: Has a pink room and is attracted to girly, pink, princess-y toys and has an attraction to her mother's vibrator.

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* AntiHero: His goals and general personality are definitelty sympathetic (he just wants to raise his daughter in peace and is an affable guy) but he's barely more mature than the frat and does some pretty morally suspect things during the feud like [[spoiler: property damage and trying to wreck friendships and relations in Delta Psi.]]
* InformedJudaism

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* AntiHero: His goals and general personality are definitelty definitely sympathetic (he just wants to raise his daughter in peace and is an affable guy) but he's barely more mature than the frat and does some pretty morally suspect things during the feud like [[spoiler: property damage and trying to wreck friendships and relations in Delta Psi.]]
* InformedJudaismInformedJudaism: Kelly in the first film said that he's Jewish, noting annoyance with them talking about their [[JewishMother moms]].



* ParentsAsPeople: He's a loving father but given to the same impulses and fantasies as his wife and not above wracking revenge on college students.



* AllWomenAreLustful: She not only enjoys having sex, but she also has a pink vibrator that is known to be using.



* ParentsAsPeople: She's a loving stay at home mom but she is given the same urges to have a lot of sex, has a vibrator her daughter likes to use as a doll, and is prone to wacky hijinks and revenge fantasies as her husband.



* TheCutie

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* TheCutieTheCutie: Super innocent and out of the drama in the two films, she also likes playing with her mother's vibrator, none the wiser for it's use.
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->'''Played By:''' Rose Byrne

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->'''Played By:''' Rose Byrne
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->'''Played By:''' Dave Franco

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->'''Played By:''' Dave FrancoCreator/DaveFranco
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* AntiVillain: Shelby's immature and can be plenty vindictive but she's standing up against a sexist mentality at college were traditional sororities are not allowed to hold parties. [[spoiler: And she's anxious about being on her own and doesn't want to lose the only friends she's made at college.]]

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* AntiVillain: Shelby's immature and can be plenty vindictive but she's standing up against a sexist mentality at college were where traditional sororities are not allowed to hold parties. [[spoiler: And she's anxious about being on her own and doesn't want to lose the only friends she's made at college.]]
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* BigBad: Of the second movie.


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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:She suffers no consequence for robbing the Radners whatsoever.]]
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* AmbigiouslyJewish: Kappa Nu holds a bat-mitzvah-style party for her after she loses her virginity.

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* AmbigiouslyJewish: AmbiguouslyJewish: Kappa Nu holds a bat-mitzvah-style party for her after she loses her virginity.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: A deleted scene reveals his real name is Gary.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: A deleted scene reveals The only time his real name (Gary) is Gary.used is when Teddy talks to him after his freakout.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: A deleted scene reveals his real name is Gary.
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** He is also disgusted by some of the antics of Kappa Nu, against the Radners, in particular when they throw used tampons at them.


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* TookALevelInKindness: He still has a few moments of petty manipulation, but he is much nicer and laid back in the sequel, than he was in the original. Justified, as he is maturing as he gets older.
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* TooDumbToLive

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* TooDumbToLive
TooDumbToLive: Far and away the dumbest character in the films, and that's saying something. It's a miracle that he's still alive, let alone have a wife, a steady job, and a child on the way in the sequel.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: He tried to be this to Shelby's BigBad in the first half of the sequel by acting as Kappa Nu's EvilMentor on how to establish a sorority, [[spoiler:however, when the sorority take things too far then Delta Psi ever done, Teddy gets kicked out, undergoes a HeelFaceTurn and decides to help the Radners.]]
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* RealityEnsues: Pete tries his hardest to convince him that, despite his fraternity achievements being SeriousBusiness to him, they don't matter a whole lot outside of college, and that he needs to focus less on Delta Psi shenanigans and more on what he'll do after graduation. By the end, [[spoiler:Teddy realizes that Pete was right, and he starts attending night school to make up for lost time. Unfortunately, by the events of the sequel, it does not last.]]

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* RealityEnsues: Pete tries his hardest to convince him that, despite his fraternity achievements being SeriousBusiness to him, they don't matter a whole lot outside of college, and that he needs to focus less on Delta Psi shenanigans and more on what he'll do after graduation. By the end, [[spoiler:Teddy realizes that Pete was right, and he starts attending night school to make up for lost time. Unfortunately, But by the events of the sequel, it does not last.kicks in again when he can't get a better job due to the criminal record he got thanks to the big party at the end of the first film.]]
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* FatBestBriend: To Shelby; she is one of the co-founders of Kappa Nu.

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* FatBestBriend: FatBestFriend: To Shelby; she is one of the co-founders of Kappa Nu.

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** DumbassNoMore: He's noticably more on the ball in the second film where he has joined the police and seems to have his life pretty on track.

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** * DumbassNoMore: He's noticably more on the ball in the second film where he has joined the police and seems to have his life pretty on track.


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* AmbigiouslyJewish: Kappa Nu holds a bat-mitzvah-style party for her after she loses her virginity.


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!Beth
* BlackBestFriend: To Shelby; she is one of the co-founders of Kappa Nu.

!Nora
* FatBestBriend: To Shelby; she is one of the co-founders of Kappa Nu.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Despite all of her complaints about the sexist environment at college, she's fairly sexist towards men.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Despite all of her complaints about the sexist environment at college, she's fairly sexist towards men. men, but then has no problem taking orders from Teddy and use women's bodies as annoyances for Mac.



* StrawFeminist: In her efforts to combat the sexist college environment, she adopts the same sexist attitude towards men.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In plot terms (and in some respects personality) she's a GenderFlip version of Teddy's role from the first movie.

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* StrawFeminist: Played with. In her efforts to combat the sexist college environment, she adopts the same sexist attitude towards men.
men. Somewhat reconstructed where she soon learns to respect several male characters like her father and Teddy, so her "straw" argument is that she MUST party with her sorority for a month to overthrow a sexist system which is a ridiculous solution to a real problem. That again gets reconstructed in the end where [[spoiler: we really do see what she was talking about when her last resort frat party makes a lot of the girls uncomfortable and then finally throws a party where the guys fully respect women and vice versa.]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In plot terms (and in some respects personality) she's a GenderFlip version of Teddy's role from the first movie. \n Naturally lampshaded by Teddy.

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* RealityEnsues: Pete tries his hardest to convince him that, despite his fraternity achievements being SeriousBusiness to him, they don't matter a whole lot outside of college, and that he needs to focus less on Delta Psi shenanigans and more on what he'll do after graduation. By the end, [[spoiler:Teddy realizes that Pete was right, and he starts attending night school to make up for lost time.]]

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* RealityEnsues: Pete tries his hardest to convince him that, despite his fraternity achievements being SeriousBusiness to him, they don't matter a whole lot outside of college, and that he needs to focus less on Delta Psi shenanigans and more on what he'll do after graduation. By the end, [[spoiler:Teddy realizes that Pete was right, and he starts attending night school to make up for lost time. Unfortunately, by the events of the sequel, it does not last.]]



* DemotedToExtra: Returns in the sequel, yet he has less screen time then the first film, though not as limited as the other returning supporting characters.




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* DemotedToExtra: Returns in the sequel, yet he has less screen time then the first film.



* DemotedToExtra: Returns in the sequel, yet he has less screen time then the first film.



* DemotedToExtra: Returns in the sequel, yet she is reduced to one scene on contrast to her more then one appearances in the first film.



* PoliceAreUseless: he is extremely incompetent.

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* DemotedToExtra: Returns in the sequel, yet he has less screen time then the first film as he is only reduced to one scene which showcases that he enforces PoliceBrutality.
* PoliceAreUseless: he He is extremely incompetent.

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** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: But in the sequel, he has a criminal record thanks to the big party at the end of the first film, which prevents him from getting a better job than working at Abercrombie & Fitch.



** DumbassNoMore: He's noticably more on the ball in the second film where he has joined the police and seems to have his life pretty ontrack.

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** DumbassNoMore: He's noticably more on the ball in the second film where he has joined the police and seems to have his life pretty ontrack.
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* AntiVillain: Shelby's immature and can be plenty vindictive but she's standing up against a sexist mentality at college were traditional sororities are not allowed to hold parties.
* Hypocrite: Despite all of her complaints about the sexist environment at college, she's fairly sexist towards men.

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* AntiVillain: Shelby's immature and can be plenty vindictive but she's standing up against a sexist mentality at college were traditional sororities are not allowed to hold parties.
parties. [[spoiler: And she's anxious about being on her own and doesn't want to lose the only friends she's made at college.]]
* Hypocrite: FriendlessBackground: Her parents are very strict, so she didn't have a social life in high school. [[spoiler: Keeping Kappa Nu together and not losing the only friends she has is what motivates her during the film.]]
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Despite all of her complaints about the sexist environment at college, she's fairly sexist towards men.



* StrawFeminist: In her efforts to combat the sexist college environment, she adopts the same sexist attitude.

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* StrawFeminist: In her efforts to combat the sexist college environment, she adopts the same sexist attitude.attitude towards men.
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* Hypocrite: Despite all of her complaints about the sexist environment at college, she's fairly sexist towards men.


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* StrawFeminist: In her efforts to combat the sexist college environment, she adopts the same sexist attitude.
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* SuddenSexuality: Came out of the closet some time between the two films.

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* SuddenSexuality: SuddenlySexuality: Came out of the closet some time between the two films.
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* SuddenSexuality: Came out of the closet some time between the two films.
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* AntiVillian: Shelby's immature and can be plenty vindictive but she's standing up against a sexist mentality at college were traditional sororities are not allowed to hold parties.

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* AntiVillian: AntiVillain: Shelby's immature and can be plenty vindictive but she's standing up against a sexist mentality at college were traditional sororities are not allowed to hold parties.
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[[folder:Kappa Nu]]
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz

* AntiVillian: Shelby's immature and can be plenty vindictive but she's standing up against a sexist mentality at college were traditional sororities are not allowed to hold parties.
* TheStoner: While most characters are stoners Shelby's [[EstablishingCharacterMoment opening scene]] has her lighting up a joint and she later conducts a plan to corner the local market on weed.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In plot terms (and in some respects personality) she's a GenderFlip version of Teddy's role from the first movie.

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** DumbassNoMore: He's noticably more on the ball in the second film where he has joined the police and seems to have his life pretty ontrack.


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* SequelNonEntity: He's practically the only named speaking character not to show up in the sequel (along with Brooke whose role is even more minor.)

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* PoliceAreUseless

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* PoliceAreUselessPoliceAreUseless: he is extremely incompetent.
* PoliceBrutality: The sequel shows that he is quite abusive to suspects... so long as they're not black.

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* TookALevelInDumbass: While no genius in the original movie she is definitely dumber in the sequel. [[spoiler: Despite being nine months pregnant she doesn't realise she is giving birth until her baby's feet are ''literally'' coming out of her. Even ''Teddy'' tries to tell her her 'cramps' are warning signs she's about to give birth but she doesn't believe him because she isn't due for another day.]]
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* OnlySaneMan: Pete is the sole member of Delta Psi who actually has plans for life after college.

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* OnlySaneMan: Pete is the sole member of Delta Psi who actually has plans for life after college. He's also the only character in the film who recognizes that the feud is getting out of hand.
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* TheCutie
* CutenessProximity: Everyone around her turns into a squeeing, awww-ing pile of goo. Even the frat boys. ''Especially'' the frat boys.
* MoralityPet: To both the Radners and Delta Psi as a whole.

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* ManipulativeBitch: She threatens the Radners with spinning the news, [[ItMakesSenseInContext after their daughter had a condom in her mouth]], that the Fraternity could be seen as "responsible students practicing safe sex" whereas they'd look like irresponsible parents.




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* WomenAreWiser: Averted, she does scold the Fraternity but only for the sake of PR, and she can deflect bad PR if she could.
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* EvilIsPetty: Played straight at first when he and his frat torment the Radners after they call the police. Even though they did try calling him first and the police didn't even penalize them in any way.
** Subverted later on when he forgives Pete for hooking up with his girlfriend, [[spoiler: despite still feeling upset about it.]]
** Subverted once again [[spoiler: in the end when he makes peace with the Radners, despite all they went through.]]

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