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!!Veronica
Sue's very unreasonable boss in Series 1.
* BadBoss: Downplayed.
* {{Jerkass}}
* YouNeedToGetLaid: If Sue is to be believed.
!!Jane
The long suffering friend of Sue, who has a habit of nothing going her way, much to the suffering of herself ''and'' everyone around her.
* ButtMonkey
* TheChewToy
* HappilyMarried: Averted to hell and back, albeit nonviolently.
* TooDumbToLive: Nonlethal example, but her idea for curing her vomiting problem was to drink a bottle of red wine on top of some trifle she ate earlier, not to mention her idea to come to a party ''with serious vomiting problems''.
!!Barbara
The next door neighbour of the Brockman family, she is described as being perfect in pretty much every way.
* [[spoiler:BrokenAce]]
* [[spoiler:DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Fully averted, as everyone treats her beating her husband very seriously, though they initially thought it was the other way around and are a bit surprised when they hear this.
* GoodParents: From what we see.
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!!Veronica
Sue's very unreasonable boss in Series 1.
* BadBoss: Downplayed.
* {{Jerkass}}
* YouNeedToGetLaid: If Sue is to be believed.
!!Jane
The long suffering friend of Sue, who has a habit of nothing going her way, much to the suffering of herself ''and'' everyone around her.
* ButtMonkey
* TheChewToy
* HappilyMarried: Averted to hell and back, albeit nonviolently.
* TooDumbToLive: Nonlethal example, but her idea for curing her vomiting problem was to drink a bottle of red wine on top of some trifle she ate earlier, not to mention her idea to come to a party ''with serious vomiting problems''.
!!Barbara
The next door neighbour of the Brockman family, she is described as being perfect in pretty much every way.
* [[spoiler:BrokenAce]]
* [[spoiler:DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Fully averted, as everyone treats her beating her husband very seriously, though they initially thought it was the other way around and are a bit surprised when they hear this.
* GoodParents: From what we see.
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* HairOfGold
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* BrutalHonesty: Sometimes, like telling Grandpa that he couldn't possibly look after the kids while Sue and Pete are away because "he set fire to his kitchen! He isn't safe!"
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* BrutalHonesty: Sometimes, As a foil to habitual liar Ben, like telling Grandpa that he couldn't possibly look after the kids while Sue and Pete are away because "he set fire to his kitchen! He isn't safe!"
* HairOfGold
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* SmugSnake: Often does her best to appear superior to Sue, such as when Sue suggests they turn over a new leaf, Angela replies, "Sue, I've turned over two new pages. In fact, I've turned over a whole novel." before sauntering off.
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* InformedAttribute: When she is first mentioned, Angela alludes to Misty being anorexic/bulimic, but this isn't really followed up on when she appears.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Sue has a one-sided rivalry with the irritatingly pefect Barbara from next door, but she always denies it.
* ArmourPiercingQuestion: Often does this to great effect.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: She tends to wander off in mid-conversation with people, [[RunningGag mostly Angela]].
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: She tends to wander off in mid-conversation with people, [[RunningGag mostly Angela]].
* BigBrotherWorship: Not exactly worship, but while Ben and Jake have a typical sibling rivalry going on, Karen tends to listen to Jake more then she does anybody else, including Sue and Pete.
* BrutalHonesty: Sometimes, like telling Grandpa that he couldn't possibly look after the kids while Sue and Pete are away because "he set fire to his kitchen! He isn't safe!"
** She doesn't even try to lie during 'Cheat'.
* BrutalHonesty: Sometimes, like telling Grandpa that he couldn't possibly look after the kids while Sue and Pete are away because "he set fire to his kitchen! He isn't safe!"
** She doesn't even try to lie during 'Cheat'.
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* RedOniBlueOni: She's Blue to Ben, Red to Jake.
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-->- -''I can see why they call it'' TheDangerousBookForBoys ''...Karen's just whacked Ben across the head with it.''
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--> '''Taylor-Jean''': [[TearJerker No, I want my REAL]] [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent mom!]]
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--> '''Taylor-Jean''': [[TearJerker No, I want my REAL]] [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent mom!]]
mum!]]
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--> '''Taylor-Jean''': [[TearJerker No, I want my ''real'' REAL]] [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent mom!]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGoldJerkWithAHeartOfGold: In later series.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: With Pete on occassion.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: In Season 1 and 2. How many eleven year olds do you know worry about bird flu?
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: In Season 1 and 2. How many eleven year olds do you know worry about bird flu?
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* DeadpanSnarker: The CommonSense: Compared to his crazy younger siblings.
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheEveryman: While Ben and Karen are portrayed as extremely challenging, Jake is by far the mostout normal of the three children.children.
* TheQuietOne: Is this in his chaotic household. Season 2 has his exhausted parents arguing over who gets sit next to him on the plane.
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheEveryman: While Ben and Karen are portrayed as extremely challenging, Jake is by far the most
* TheQuietOne: Is this in his chaotic household. Season 2 has his exhausted parents arguing over who gets sit next to him on the plane.
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* NiceGuy: In earlier series he councils Karen about bullying and works to keep the peace between his mum and aunt. Downplayed when he's older and becomes more moody and teenager like.
* TheStoic: Valiantly hides the fact he's being bullied in order to prevent Pete from worrying and trying to interfere.
* VoiceofReason: When acting as the OnlySaneMan.
* TheStoic: Valiantly hides the fact he's being bullied in order to prevent Pete from worrying and trying to interfere.
* VoiceofReason: When acting as the OnlySaneMan.
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''TheBigGuy'': Ben
''TheChick'': Karen
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*CharacterDevelopment: Starts off as a quiet and sweet natured worrier, who suffers from bullying and often acts as the only calm spot in his otherwise crazy home. Come Season 3 and 4, he is moody, difficult and apparently dating a pole dancer. Justified as he is hitting his teenage years and such changes are common.
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* FiveManBand: They are definitely one, but their roles seem to change from episode to episode.
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* FiveManBand: They are definitely one, but their roles seem to change from episode to episode. The most consistent arrangement would be:
''TheHero'': Pete
''TheLancer'': Sue
''TheSmartGuy'': Jake
''TheBigGuy'': Ben
''TheChick'': Karen
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''TheHero'': Pete
''TheLancer'': Sue
''TheSmartGuy'': Jake
''TheBigGuy'': Ben
''TheChick'': Karen
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* FakeAmerican: Their accents really are Britain's revenge for DickVanDyke's Cockney in ''MaryPoppins''.
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* FakeAmerican: Their accents really are Britain's revenge for DickVanDyke's Cockney in ''MaryPoppins''.''Film/MaryPoppins''.
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* DysfunctionalFamily: Essentially a live-action, English and more realistic version of the Simpsons.Simpsons without the strangling.
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Oh, so the strangling is normal now, is it?
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* DysfunctionalFamily: Essentially a live-action, English and slightly more realistic version of the Simpsons.
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* [[spoiler:KnightOfCerberus: Becomes one after his offscreen abuse.]]
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* [[spoiler:KnightOfCerberus: [[spoiler:KnightOfCerebus: Becomes one after his offscreen abuse.]]
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* SanityBall: The position of OnlySaneMan has a habit of changing in a matter of seconds. Everyone ''thinks'' they are the OnlySaneMan.
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* Adorkable: {{Adorkable}}: In the early seasons.
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Drinks too much for the first time in the Christmas Special (well, before it starts) and throws up in somebody's bin, leaving him with a hangover on Christmas morning. It's implied he wasn't used to it due to not having built a tolerance.
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* JerkWithAHeartofGold
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* Adorkable: {{Adorkable}}: Has his moments, particularly when he pretends to climb Everest backwards without wearing a jumper and he's really on the stairs.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gets his moments. The 2011 Christmas Special is a good example.
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!!Auntie Angela (later Angela Bolinger) (Samantha Bond)
* CainAndAbel:
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!!Auntie Angela Morrison (later Angela Bolinger) (Samantha Bond)
Bond)
* {{Americanitis}}: InUniverse, she's become so immersed in American culture she refers to pavements as sidewalks and biscuits as cookies.
* CainAndAbel: With Sue, though it's relatively nonviolent.
* {{Americanitis}}: InUniverse, she's become so immersed in American culture she refers to pavements as sidewalks and biscuits as cookies.
* CainAndAbel: With Sue, though it's relatively nonviolent.
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* MoralityPet: Misty serves this role at the end of season 4.
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* MoralityPet: Misty serves this role to her at the end of season 4.
!!Grandad/ Frank Morrison (David Ryall)
!!Grandad/ Frank Morrison (David Ryall)
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* PutOnABus: Went to an old peoples home towards the end of Season 2, though he has appeared once since then and is apparently due for a reappearance in the 2011 Christmas Special.
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* PutOnABus: Went to an old peoples home towards the end of Season 2, though he has appeared once since then and is apparently due for a reappearance twice since, in both the 2011 Christmas Special.specials.
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* [[spoiler:KnightOfCerberus: Becomes one after his offscreen abuse.]]
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see.
* CreepyChild: She's so broken it comes across as horrifying.
* CreepyMonotone: She always speaks in the same, flat voice. There's never much emotion when she talks.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: She doesn't seem to like anything, be it music, cookery shows, or even flushing toilets.
* MoralityPet: To Angela.
* CreepyChild: She's so broken it comes across as horrifying.
* CreepyMonotone: She always speaks in the same, flat voice. There's never much emotion when she talks.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: She doesn't seem to like anything, be it music, cookery shows, or even flushing toilets.
* MoralityPet: To Angela.
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* TheFunInFuneral: Not on purpose- whenever she goes to one a funny memory of her deceased mother pops back up in her mind, and has ever since her mother's funeral.
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* TheWoobie: Good GOD, Series 2 never gives her a break.
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* TheWoobie: Good GOD, Series 2 never gives her a break.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The first season alone saw a large wave of memes from her. Other reasons for her popularity include her verbal demolition of other people.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: When asked whether he fancied a woman who kissed him when he was drunk, he said that while drunk he may have done, but he might as well have fancied every woman in the room. Sue is not impressed and Pete mutters this word for word.
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* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: After it's revealed Pete kissed another woman, she's angry but appears to realise that the Brockmans are fairly well off compared to Angela, before she subverts this trope once the kids are out of sight. DoubleSubverted when [[spoiler:Karen is hit by a car]] and she realises the grudge is insignificant.
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* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: After it's revealed Pete kissed another woman, she's angry but appears to realise that the Brockmans are fairly well off compared to Angela, before she subverts this trope once the kids are out of sight. DoubleSubverted when [[spoiler:Karen is hit by a car]] and she realises the grudge is insignificant.
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* TheFunInFunerals: Not on purpose- whenever she goes to one a funny memory of her deceased mother pops back up in her mind, and has ever since her mother's funeral.
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* GeniusDitz: Ben is actually very clever. However, his ...[[[NightmareFuelStationAttendant tendencies]] [[MadScientist to do]] [[IronButtMonkey odd]] [[BlatantLies things]] get in the way of this a lot. That and he's only eleven/twelve.
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* GeniusDitz: Ben is actually very clever.clever, and is brilliant at chess. However, his ...[[[NightmareFuelStationAttendant tendencies]] [[MadScientist to do]] [[IronButtMonkey odd]] [[BlatantLies things]] get in the way of this a lot. That and he's only eleven/twelve.
* OddFriendship: Starts one with Taylor-Jean almost immediately.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The first season alone saw a large wave of memes from her. Other reasons for her popularity include her verbal demolition of other peoplepeople.
* Funny
* MoodWhiplash: Any scene with his dementia and Sue struggling to cope often cut to the kids and their usual antics, and vice versa.
* BlatantLies: Does a competition with Ben about them.
* CreepyChild: Something about her just seems... off.
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* OddFriendship: Starts one with Ben almost immediately.
* StepfordSmiler: She's obviously rather broken. After Pete gets incredibly angry at Brick winding him up and threatens to "shove [Brick's] visa card up his (cuts off)", the following exchange happens.
--> '''Taylor-Jean''': I want my mom.
--> '''Angela''': It's okay, sweetheart. I'm here.
--> '''Taylor-Jean''': [[TearJerker No, I want my ''real'' mom!]]
!!Misty Bolinger
The oldest of Brick's kids and the second one we see.
* StepfordSmiler: She's obviously rather broken. After Pete gets incredibly angry at Brick winding him up and threatens to "shove [Brick's] visa card up his (cuts off)", the following exchange happens.
--> '''Taylor-Jean''': I want my mom.
--> '''Angela''': It's okay, sweetheart. I'm here.
--> '''Taylor-Jean''': [[TearJerker No, I want my ''real'' mom!]]
!!Misty Bolinger
The oldest of Brick's kids and the second one we see.
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The Brockmans as a whole:
* AntiHero: An entire family of them, ranging from Type I (Pete) to Type IV (Ben).
* DysfunctionalFamily: Essentially a live-action, English and slightly more realistic version of the Simpsons.
* FiveManBand: They are definitely one, but their roles seem to change from episode to episode.
The Brockmans as a whole:
* AntiHero: An entire family of them, ranging from Type I (Pete) to Type IV (Ben).
* DysfunctionalFamily: Essentially a live-action, English and slightly more realistic version of the Simpsons.
* FiveManBand: They are definitely one, but their roles seem to change from episode to episode.
* CatchPhrase:
-->'''Pete''': "D'you know, I think that has to be the worst (insert activity here) we have ever had. Apart from when (insert NoodleIncident here)..."
-->'''Pete''': "D'you know, I think that has to be the worst (insert activity here) we have ever had. Apart from when (insert NoodleIncident here)..."
* TheHero
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He rectifies a eulogy to mention a deceased man's gay partner and the fourteen years they spent together. While the people at the funeral mostly praise him for this, the partner does not, claiming that he asked the previous writer ''not'' to mention it and that he would rather stay out of the limelight so the mourning is not overshadowed.
* [[PoorCommunicationKills Poor Communication Ruins Funeral Eulogies]]: See Nice Job Breaking It, Hero for more details.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: While this doesn't happen all the time, he and Jake have shades of this as well as the normal father-son relationship.
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* MamaBear: Don't ''ever'' insult her children. Angela found this out the hard way, after [[CrowningMomentofAwesome Sue kicked her, very hard in the arse.]]
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* AntiHero: Type I.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When she reads Angela's draft of her first novel in series 4, she reads out a paragraph that has Angela accusing her of abandoning her mother, being a drug pusher (in terms of love) and spells the word mother as "mom". Thankfully this ''isn't'' brought up when Sue confronts her over it, though she does mention that the bike Angela got was better than hers.
* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: After it's revealed Pete kissed another woman, she's angry but appears to realise that the Brockmans are fairly well off compared to Angela, before she subverts this trope once the kids are out of sight. DoubleSubverted when [[spoiler:Karen is hit by a car]] and she realises the grudge is insignificant.
* BerserkButton: When she finds out that Pete drunkenly kissed another woman, she refuses to talk to him properly until [[spoiler:Karen is hit by a car]].
* CainAndAbel: Rare female and fairly nonviolent version with Angela.
* TheFunInFunerals: Not on purpose- whenever she goes to one a funny memory of her deceased mother pops back up in her mind, and has ever since her mother's funeral.
* GirlsNeedRoleModels: Believes this of Karen InUniverse when she starts getting into fashion too much.
* MamaBear: Don't ''ever'' insult her children. Angela found this out the hard way, after [[CrowningMomentofAwesome Sue kicked
* TheWoobie: Good GOD, Series 2 never gives her a break.
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* AntiHero: Type II.
* Adorkable: In the early seasons.
* AntiHero: Type II.
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* EstrogenBrigadeBait: In later seasons. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Be careful when talking about his earlier years, though]]- talking about an eleven/twelve year old Tyger Drew-Honey in this way will almost certainly cause a PaedoHunt.
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* JerkWithAHeartofGold
* Adorkable: Has his moments, particularly when he pretends to climb Everest backwards without wearing a jumper and he's really on the stairs.
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* ForTheLulz
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* IronButtMonkey: Injured the most out of all the children, for fairly obvious reasons. Thankfully most of it is offscreen. This gets mild {{Deconstruction}} as the hospital he frequently goes to begins to suspect abuse on the part of Sue and Pete, and this isn't helped by Ben's exaggeration. It's not followed up on.
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* IronButtMonkey: Injured the most out of all the children, for fairly obvious reasons. Thankfully most of it is offscreen. This gets mild {{Deconstruction}} as the hospital he frequently goes to begins to suspect abuse on the part of Sue and Pete, and this isn't helped by Ben's exaggeration. It's not followed up on.on, thankfully.
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* AntiHero: Type II.
* AntiHero: Type II.
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* PrecisionFStrike: A fairly good example from a nine year old girl (for a show broadcast just after the watershed).
--> ''(upon seeing Angela in the house)'': "Oh, Jesus."
!!Auntie Angela (later Angela Bolinger) (Samantha
* CainAndAbel:
** NeverMyFault: Blames Sue for abandoning their mother and being a drug pusher in terms of love, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking all while spelling "mum" as "mom"]].
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!!Grandad (David Ryall)
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!!Grandad/ Frank (David
Sue and Angela's father, who is now living without his wife after she died a year before the series started.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A lot of his irrational or angry behaviour is due to his memory problems and the confusion that results. He's also very fond of the kids but can't handle them for too long (to be fair, given how dysfunctional they are he does a good job).
* NobleBigot: Slightly racist towards the Koreans, Chinese and Japanese. With the former it's because he fought in the Korean War, with the latter it's because they were enemies of the allies in WW2, when he was growing up.
* PutOnABus: Went to an old peoples home towards the end of Season 2, though he has appeared once since then and is apparently due for a reappearance in the 2011 Christmas Special.
* RetiredBadass: Fought in the Korean war and proudly mentions it, somehow finding a Chinese soldier's jawbone along the way.
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: He's surprisingly foul mouthed for a man his age, though this is somewhat justified when you take into account the fact that he fought in the Korean War. Lampshaded when Ben retells a tale ending with "a prozzie spitting in his rum" and Pete mentions that leaving him alone with Ben was not the best idea.
* ValuesDissonance: InUniverse.
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[[folder:Bolinger family]]
!!Brick Bolinger
Angela's husband as of Season 3, who is an American therapist. [[spoiler:Revealed to be psychologically abusive.]]
* [[spoiler:AbusiveParents]]
* [[spoiler:BigBad: Of a sort in the last two episodes.]]
* FakeAmerican: He's obviously played by a Brit.
* [[spoiler:FauxAffablyEvil: After his domestic abuse is revealed, all his interactions suddenly seem this way.]]
* [[spoiler:{{Foreshadowing}}: There was a hint Brick was abusive, notably the fact that his second wife had been committed.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He did reveal himself to be not as good as first thought in his debut appearance, but [[spoiler:his abuse of his kids, first two wives and then Angela takes this UpToEleven]].
!!Taylor-Jean
The first of Brick's kids that we see.
* FakeAmerican: Obviously played by a British actress.
* StepfordSmiler: She's obviously rather broken.
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* AntiHero: Type I.
* EstrogenBrigadeBait: In later seasons. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Be careful when talking about his earlier years, though]]- talking about an eleven/twelve year old Tyger Drew-Honey will almost certainly cause a PaedoHunt.
* AntiHero: Type IV.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Frequently.
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** ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Has a habit of running away the minute things go south.
* MoralityPet: Misty serves this role at the end of season 4.
* MoralityPet: Misty serves this role at the end of season 4.
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* BritishEducationSystem: Pete's a teacher; he's actually portrayed in a ''relatively'' positive light. Though that said, he has caused two school complaints (it's worth noting one case was something he had no idea about and another was simply the result of [[{{Troll}} somebody seeking to cause trouble]].
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* BritishEducationSystem: Pete's a teacher; he's actually portrayed in a ''relatively'' positive light. Though that said, he has caused two school complaints (it's worth noting one case was something he had no idea about and another was simply the result of [[{{Troll}} somebody seeking to cause trouble]].trouble]])).
* DeadpanSnarker: Frequently.
* DeadpanSnarker: Frequently.
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* PapaWolf: Don't start irritating him if one of his kids is injured. The annoying anti-speedbump campaigner found this out after [[spoiler:Karen was hit by a car]].
* RageQuit: Does this after failing at the Wii.
* TotallyRadical: Tries this. You can predict the results.
* RageQuit: Does this after failing at the Wii.
* TotallyRadical: Tries this. You can predict the results.
* MamaBear: Don't ''ever'' insult her children. Angela found this out the hard way, after [[CrowningMomentofAwesome Sue kicked her, very hard in the arse.]]
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* JailBait: Gets this as a nickname when it's revealed that he's dating a 19-year-old poledancer and pretending to be seventeen. [[spoiler:She's not actually 19, she's 16]].
* BlatantLies: It's all part of his character, but as time's gone on it's become less prominent. It gets mild {{Deconstruction}} along with his IronButtMonkey status, see that trope to see why
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* CreepyChild
* IronButtMonkey: Injured the most out of all the children, for fairly obvious reasons.
* IronButtMonkey: Injured the most out of all the children, for fairly obvious reasons.
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* CreepyChild
CreepyChild: Very polite nonetheless.
* GeniusDitz: Ben is actually very clever. However, his ...[[[NightmareFuelStationAttendant tendencies]] [[MadScientist to do]] [[IronButtMonkey odd]] [[BlatantLies things]] get in the way of this a lot. That and he's only eleven/twelve.
* IronButtMonkey: Injured the most out of all the children, for fairly obvious reasons. Thankfully most of it is offscreen. This gets mild {{Deconstruction}} as the hospital he frequently goes to begins to suspect abuse on the part of Sue and Pete, and this isn't helped by Ben's exaggeration. It's not followed up on.
* GeniusDitz: Ben is actually very clever. However, his ...[[[NightmareFuelStationAttendant tendencies]] [[MadScientist to do]] [[IronButtMonkey odd]] [[BlatantLies things]] get in the way of this a lot. That and he's only eleven/twelve.
* IronButtMonkey: Injured the most out of all the children, for fairly obvious reasons. Thankfully most of it is offscreen. This gets mild {{Deconstruction}} as the hospital he frequently goes to begins to suspect abuse on the part of Sue and Pete, and this isn't helped by Ben's exaggeration. It's not followed up on.
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* BerserkButton: Don't say girls can't throw.
* CreepyChild: Used to be this but as time's gone on it's become less notable. It's not gone completely, though.
* CreepyChild: Used to be this but as time's gone on it's become less notable. It's not gone completely, though.
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* JerkAss: Abandoned her dementia-affected dad and went straight back to America. Ties in with many other tropes too:
** KickTheDog: We already mentioned poor Grandad. She's also frequently insulting the kids.
** [[UngratefulBastard Ungrateful Bitch]]: Sadly a solid part of her character.
** KickTheDog: We already mentioned poor Grandad. She's also frequently insulting the kids.
** [[UngratefulBastard Ungrateful Bitch]]: Sadly a solid part of her character.
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* DeadpanSnarker: The most out of the three children.
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The youngest and the only daughter.
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* BritishEducationalSystem: Pete's a teacher; he's actually portrayed in a ''relatively'' positive light. Though that said, he has caused two school complaints (it's worth noting one case was something he had no idea about and another was simply the result of [[{{Troll}} somebody seeking to cause trouble]].
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* BritishEducationalSystem: BritishEducationSystem: Pete's a teacher; he's actually portrayed in a ''relatively'' positive light. Though that said, he has caused two school complaints (it's worth noting one case was something he had no idea about and another was simply the result of [[{{Troll}} somebody seeking to cause trouble]].
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* OnlySaneEmployee: Seems to be so at his school.
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* IronButtMonkey: Ben has cracked two of his ribs, broken his nose, catapulted a sharpened chopstick deep into his buttock and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking stuck a peanut in his ear]].
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The second of the kids, Ben is frequently known for [[CryWolf lying his way out of trouble]], [[MadScientist attempting odd experiments under the declaration that it is simply science]] and in series 4 he takes Karen's place as NightmareFuelStationAttendant.
* CannotTellALie: When dealing with his parents, who are GenrySavvy enough to not keep falling for it.
* CannotTellALie: When dealing with his parents, who are GenrySavvy enough to not keep falling for it.
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The second of the kids, Ben is frequently known for [[CryWolf lying his way out of trouble]], trouble only to have it bite him in the arse later]], [[MadScientist attempting odd experiments under the declaration that it is simply science]] and in series 4 he takes Karen's place as NightmareFuelStationAttendant.
* TheAllSolvingHammer: References it every now and then.
* CannotTellALie: When dealing with his parents, who areGenrySavvy GenreSavvy enough to not keep falling for it.
* TheAllSolvingHammer: References it every now and then.
* CannotTellALie: When dealing with his parents, who are
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* LeeroyJenkins: Charges at problems headfirst.
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The father of the family, Pete is a teacher at a fairly bad school and frequently suffering from the offscreen antics of his pupils, as well as the school's JerkAss of a headmaster.
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The oldest of the kids, Jake has a natural desire to do things a regular teenager does.
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The second of the kids, Ben is frequently known for [[CryWolf lying his way out of trouble]], [[MadScientist attempting odd experiments under the declaration that it is simply science]] and in series 4 he takes Karen's place as NightmareFuelStationAttendant.
* CannotTellALie: When dealing with his parents, who are GenrySavvy enough to not keep falling for it.
* CreepyChild
* IronButtMonkey: Injured the most out of all the children, for fairly obvious reasons.
* MadScientist: Views himself as one, but is really just a child doing the usual experiments... admittedly stretching the term usual.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Has taken this position from Karen as of Series 4. Lampshaded frequently.
* CannotTellALie: When dealing with his parents, who are GenrySavvy enough to not keep falling for it.
* CreepyChild
* IronButtMonkey: Injured the most out of all the children, for fairly obvious reasons.
* MadScientist: Views himself as one, but is really just a child doing the usual experiments... admittedly stretching the term usual.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Has taken this position from Karen as of Series 4. Lampshaded frequently.
