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* SituationalSexuality: According to her ex Big Boo, Mercy wasn't always into girls prior to going to prison and is only dating Tricia because women are the only option options available in Lichfield prison. And sure enough, she loses contact with her lover Tricia and goes back to men once she is released from prison.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: She's convinced that her and Angie are [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Flounder and Sebastian]], "the lovable clowns". While they're really clowns, they're less than lovable and Angie rightfully starts suspecting that they might be more of an Ursula than an Ariel.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: She's convinced that her and Angie are [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Flounder and Sebastian]], "the lovable clowns". While they're really clowns, they're less than lovable and Angie rightfully starts suspecting that they might be more of an Ursula than an Ariel.
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* DescentIntoAddiction: In season 4, during her screen time in MAX, she's shown to have a drug problem which angered her hook-up Nicky.
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* PopCulturalOsmosis: Seems to be knowledgeable about furries and [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic bronies]].
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* SituationalSexuality: According to her ex Big Boo, Mercy wasn't always into girls prior to going to prison and is only dating Tricia because women are the only option available in Lichfield prison. And sure enough, she loses contact with her lover Tricia and goes back to men once she is released from prison.
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!!Mercy
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A minor character caught up in a love triangle between her ex Big Boo and her lover Tricia and is scheduled to leave prison soon.
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* LipstickLesbian: She is very feminine in comparison to her prison lovers Big Boo and Tricia.
* SituationalSexuality: According to her ex Big Boo, Mercy wasn't always into girls prior to going to prison and is only dating Tricia because women are the only option available in Lichfield prison. And sure enough, she loses contact with her lover Tricia and goes back to men once she is released from prison.
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* BiTheWay: Doesn't talk about or display much in the way of sexual proclivity for most of the series, but has a drug-fueled threesome with Luschek and Judy King in season 4.
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* BiTheWay: She refers to having had make-out sessions with Nigella Lawson in the past. She also has a threesome with Yoga Jones and Luschek.
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* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe. She had done a puppet show with some rather politically incorrect puppets back in the 80s.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: She's one of the few inmates who could be called outright good.
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** In the Series Finale, [[spoiler: she helps Taystee start a fund in Poussey's honor that will assist women who are transitioning from incarceration to life on the outside.]]
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* ButchLesbian: Is more androgynous in appearance and mannerisms than her LipstickLesbian love interest Piper.
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* {{Cult}}: Joined one back in TheSeventies, and becomes the center of one in prison
* CuteMute: Older than most examples, but she doesn't speak and her round features and NiceGirl tendencies make her rather adorable.
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* {{Cult}}: Joined She joined one back in TheSeventies, and becomes the center of one in prison
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* AGodAmI: Is worshipped by a group of women in the prison, because of her comforting gestures. She rather enjoys it, too.
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* HiddenDepths: Uses her voice for the first time in the season 1 finale, displaying a beautiful singing voice and surprising everyone during the Christmas pageant.
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* TheVoiceless: Never speaks, or uses sign language, or even tries to use body gestures. She only communicates through writing.
* WhatTheHellHero: Gets one from Gloria, an actual Santeria practitioner, for practicing a ThemeParkVersion of Santeria.
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* TheVoiceless: Never She never speaks, or uses sign language, or even tries to use body gestures. She only communicates through writing.
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* CanonForeigner: Australia, to be specific.
* KnuckleTattoos: Her knuckles spell out JUST LOVE.
* KnuckleTattoos: Her knuckles spell out JUST LOVE.
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* PutOnABus: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. She got mistakenly released, but got caught back in the very same episode because, not unlike Taystee, she did not know what to do outside of prison.
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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. She got mistakenly released, but got caught back in the very same episode because, not unlike Taystee, she did not know what to do outside ofprison.prison.
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** She gets put on an ''actual'' bus for real in the Season 5 finale.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Implied by how genuinely happy she is to see her mom, although only for a minute, outside the prison in Season 5.
* PutOnABus: She is transferred after Season 5.
* BaldLady: She has a shaved head.
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* PreMortemOneLiner: A terrifying one to her [[spoiler:little sister, Debbie]], going along with her natural LargeHam tendencies.
-->YOU'RE REALLY GONNA STICK THE LANDING THIS TIME, KID!
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* ReformedBully: The series finale reveals that Sankey has been reading Rising Out of Hatred, a book by a former white supremacist detailing his growth and change of hear. Sankey also shares a haiku she wrote for Japanese-Scottish inmate Soso, implying she may have more than friendly feelings toward her.
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* ReformedBully: The series finale reveals that Sankey has been reading Rising Out of Hatred, a book by a former white supremacist detailing his growth and change of hear.departure from those beliefs. Sankey also shares a haiku she wrote for Japanese-Scottish inmate Soso, implying she may have more than friendly feelings toward her.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: When she's released from psych in season 7, she quickly becomes friends with Suzanne, who has similar mental illness problems.
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** She also ordered an iced coffee from the Hispanic's coffee shop under the name "[[Film/ThePrincessBride Princess Buttercup]]"
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* ThePigpen: Season 7 shows that she's become this since the death of the Denning Sisters, collecting old toilet paper rolls, empty snacks, tampon packs. There's even large cockroaches in her cell as Black Cindy finds out the hard way.
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* PutOnABus: In Season 7. One of [[spoiler:[=CO=] Ward's first actions after being made Warden]] is to ship Badison off to another prison
