History Characters / OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding

* VillainousRescue: Downplayed since Theo was always more of an accomplice to his father than evil himself, but Theo saves Mabel, manages to get her away from the crowd to his apartment, and drives her to Coney Island when she freaks out and stabs Glitter Guy on the subway in Season 2.

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* GrumpyOldMan: Gender inverted. She's a grouchy old lady who swears often and shows disdain towards most of her tenants.
** Season 2 subverts this with "The Last Day of Bunny Folger", revealing her HiddenDepths. While she is still strict on a number of things and doesn't like the trio parading around their victory for a week, she still has redeeming moments throughout the episode, as seen below in PetTheDog and JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: On her last day alive, Bunny gives a very generous tip to a waiter, telling him to get the DJ equipment he wants and to love more than one thing. She also brings the trio some genuine champagne and tries on their merchandise.

* PetTheDog: In the Season 1 finale, she reverses Charles, Mabel, and Oliver's evictions as thanks for catching the real murderer. It's {{Downplayed}}, however, by her lack of gratefulness and her vowing to Oliver to get rid of the trio yet... [[AssholeVictim only to turn up dead in her next scene, with the trio framed for her murder]].

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* RecordedAudioAlibi: On the night of Tim Kono's murder, Jan's signature weapon (her bassoon) is heard playing across the courtyard of the Arconia, as she does with Charles later and practices nightly. [[spoiler:But, on the night of Tim's murder, it was a recording to cover up the fact she killed him.]]

* NothingNiceAboutSugarAndSpice: Jan doesn't dress overly feminine, but she's prone to girly romantic behavior, such as labeling her poisons with hearts.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Has been curt and blunt since childhood, leading to very few people having any fondness for him in the present. Mabel, his oldest friend, can't decide whether or not she is sad over his passing, though this is at least mostly because of him being responsible for putting Oscar in jail...which turns out to be something he did to help Mabel.

* HiddenDepths: In life, Tim seemed like a selfish asshole who didn't care about the Hardy Boys; it's revealed that he was a loyal, but misguided friend who was passionate about atoning for his lie.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Though Mabel does hand-wave his absence by saying that he's waiting for her breakup text, he doesn't appear throughout Season 2, though he and Mabel once appeared to be strong.

* KickTheDog: The two arguments she was involved in before she died show that she was capable of being ''nasty'' when angered. First, comparing her relationship with Oscar to "dating the help," a dig at his father's job as the building's super (and, given that Oscar is Latino, there's some pretty racist implications there as well), and then telling Theo he should be pitied because he's deaf when he was trying to ''comfort'' her.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: And [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections connections.]] Zoe is extremely wealthy, and she's the only Hardy Boy who doesn't show the slightest fear of being caught. When Theo catches her breaking into his apartment, she took the opportunity to flirt with him rather than show any fear of being reported.

* TokenEvilTeammate: Granted, we only see her in a few brief flashbacks, but she's easily the least moral member of the Hardy Boys Gang so far as we can tell. Mabel is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, Tim is revealed to have been as well as TheAtoner, Oscar is just a NiceGuy... while Zoe was a RichBitch and a thief.

* HasAType: She claims it's men with noticeable age gaps from her that she meets in elevators. She was probably joking but it does fit the profile of both Charles and Tim.

* AmateurSleuth: Charles, Oliver, and Mabel have zero investigative experience but decide to look into Tim Kono's death because their shared love of TrueCrime convinces them that [[NeverSuicide there's something afoot]]. Mabel is also partly inspired by ''Literature/TheHardyBoys'' mystery novels she read as a child, while Charles once played a TV detective and recalls some of the skills he learnt for the role.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Charles and Oliver are both over forty years older than Mabel but the three form a friendship thanks to [[CommonalityConnection shared interests]]. Mabel's mother is slightly concerned by the age gap of her daughter's friends.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Downplayed on the {{Jerkass}} as she genuinely isn’t trying to be mean to Charles but she reveals that the girlfriend she stole from Charles actually left ''her'' because she wanted someone more eccentric.([[LaserGuidedKarma the exact same reason she left Charles]]) As Sazz points out, the fact she dumped two people and gave the same excuse as to why means that Charles probably dogged a bullet.

* CommitmentIssues: After opening up to Jan did a number on him, Charles is unable to function normally in a relationship with Joy.

* TokenGoodCop: The police are shown to be outright villainous -- [[spoiler:Kreps is working with Poppy/Becky in the conspiracy to kill Bunny]] in Season 2 -- or not very competent, such as Detective Biswas. She's the sole exception, becoming fond of the trio against her better judgment, and ends up going above and beyond to help them (such as sending them Tim's phone) because she's aware there's something iffy going on with the police investigation.

* BrokenPedestal: Charles Jr. got along very well with his father and supported his aspirations for theater acting by attending his auditions. However, in the aftermath of Charles Sr.’s arrest and the reveal of his infidelity, Charles Jr. began to believe his father was secretly a “bad man” who didn’t care about him or his mom.

* DisappearedDad: After years of abusive and neglectful behavior towards his wife and son, Charles Sr. eventually abandoned his family.

* HonorThyAbuser: Although Charles has apparently been haunted by his abusive behavior, Rose Cooper encourages him to see past that due to the fact that he loved his son and was haunted by her disappearance.
* ParentsAsPeople: He was a complicated man, who did in fact love his son and wanted to do well by him, but was also having an affair with Rose Cooper. Her disappearance broke his heart and apparently led to the cruelty Charles experienced.