History Characters / Outnumbered

!!Pete Brockman (Hugh Dennis)

* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: He is KilledOffscreen after David Ryall passed away in 2014.

* PutOnABus: Went to an old people's home towards the end of Season 2, though he has appeared twice since, in both the Christmas specials.

* Hypocrite: She blames Sue for abandoning their mother, only to abandon their dementia-affected father and go back to America.

* KilledOffscreen: Sometime after the end of Series 5, the 2016 Boxing Day Special focuses on the family going to scatter his ashes.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Karen starts secondary school in Series 5 and is rude and moody to everyone, even her own family, it takes a ReasonYouSuck speech from the Headteacher for her to settle down.

!!Grandad/ Frank Morrison (David Ryall)

* 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).

* PutOnABus: Went to an old peoples home towards the end of Season 2, though he has appeared twice since, in both the Christmas specials.

* CordonBle

* 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. Subverted by Season 5.

* CompetitionFreak: Shows shades of it early on, such as making her own badge saying "Best in the class" and wearing it at school. By Season 5, the family all react with positive dread when it turns out Karen only got third place in a swimming contest.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Karen is much ruder and moodier in Series 5, although A) this is due to her growing up and B) she settles down.

* FiveManBand: They are definitely one, but their roles seem to change from episode to episode. The most consistent arrangement would be Pete as TheHero, Sue as TheLancer, Ben as TheBigGuy, Jake as TheSmartGuy and Karen as TheChick.

* OutnumberedSibling: Is the youngest Brockman child and only girl, though ironically, it's Sue who seems to feel the dynamic more than Karen, and yearn for "girly days" away from the boys. Karen herself seems able to hold her own as an [[TitleDrop outnumbered]] girl just fine.

** And then subverted while the family are playing "the lying game" (where the biggest liar wins). She says "I like Auntie Angela"... whilst Angela is in the car (and, naturally, Angela assumes she isn't playing the game).

** Also, don't insult her kids or her father. Angela has found this out the hard way, many times.

* RealityEnsues: Sadly, [[spoiler:he goes on to forget that Sue is his daughter]]. Granted, he hadn't been on his medication and he may well do so again, but he may well not remember again with his own memory.

* 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]].

!!Taylor-Jean

!!Misty Bolinger

!!Jane

!!Barbara

* {{Adorkable}}: In the early seasons.

* {{Adorkable}}: Has his moments, particularly when he pretends to climb Everest backwards without wearing a jumper and he's really on the stairs. Taken UpToEleven when he's preparing for his role as Spartacus for a musical about the eponymous history figure.
** His appearance in the later seasons is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCOD3sFL-04 described]] online as "kind of goofy looking, like someone inflated an eight-year-old to the size of an adult man".

* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from being the most thoughtless, difficult of the three kids to an affectionate, well-meaning, {{Adorkable}} teenager, though his zany science experiments stay. By Season 5 he's taken over Jake's spot as the nice child of the family.

* YourCheatingHeart: Hinted he cheated on his unseen girlfriend in Season 5 (possibly with more than one girl), though the show never addresses it further.

* MamaBear: Don't ''ever'' insult her children. Angela found this out the hard way, after [[CrowningMomentofAwesome Sue kicked her very hard in the arse.]]

* GeniusDitz: Ben is actually very 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. He grows out of the "ditz" part later.

* DysfunctionalFamily: Essentially a live-action, English and more realistic version of the Simpsons without the strangling.

* 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''': [[TearJerker No, I want my REAL]] [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent mum!]]

* GenreSavvy: Along with Pete, he works very hard to keep Angela and Sue apart.

* CannotTellALie: When dealing with his parents, who are GenreSavvy enough to not keep falling for it.

* 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.

* NiceGuy: In earlier series he counsels Karen about bullying and works to keep the peace between his mum and aunt. Downplayed when he's older and becomes more moody.

* TookALevelInJerkass: When he becomes a teenager.

* GirlsNeedRoleModels: Believes this of Karen InUniverse when she starts getting into fashion too much.

* InformedAttribute: When she is first mentioned, Angela alludes to Misty being anorexic/bulimic, but this isn't really followed up on when she appears.

* TookALevelInKindness: After a chat with the headmaster, Karen eventually takes in what she's been told and calms down.

* 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||
||TheBigGuy:||Ben||
||TheSmartGuy / TheHeart:||Jake||
||TheChick / TheSmartGuy:||Karen||

* LikeFatherLikeSon: He considers the sensitive Jake to be this, and worries that he'll get picked on like he did growing up. Sue disagrees but Pete turns out to be right when its revealed Jake is being bullied.

* [[PoorCommunicationKills Poor Communication Ruins Funeral Eulogies]]: See Nice Job Breaking It, Hero for more details.

* 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.

-->"I can see why they call it ''TheDangerousBookForBoys'' ...Karen's just whacked Ben across the head with it."

* AntiHero: Jake is not above running away from policemen or making friends with a big guy so that the big guy will beat up a particularly nasty bully.

* 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]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In later series. After spending a lot of time snarking at his family, he'll happily defend them after Angela gets bitchy, and even manages to get her to [[spoiler:help Granddad]].
* ManipulativeBastard: A rare, more heroic example. He manipulates Angela into [[spoiler:helping Granddad in his last days by donating money to Sue and Pete]].
* NiceGuy: In earlier series he counsels Karen about bullying and works to keep the peace between his mum and aunt. Downplayed when he's older and becomes more moodier.
* OnlySaneMan: Out of the kids, at least.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Pete on occassion.

* YourCheatingHeart: Hinted he cheated on his unseen girlfriend in Season 5, (possibly with more than one girl), though the show never addresses it further.

The second of the kids, Ben is frequently known for [[Film/CryWolf lying his way out of 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.

* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from being the most thoughtless, difficult of the three kids to an affectionate, well-meaning, {{Adorkable}} teenager. (Though his zany science experiments stay). By Season 5 he's taken over Jake's spot as the nice child of the family.

* 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.
** Subverted by Season 5.

** NightmareFuelStationAttendant: She was this, but ultimately the role was given to Ben in favour of her more inquisitive and lawyer-like behaviour.

** ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Has a habit of running away the minute things go south.

* FakeAmerican: Their accents really are Britain's revenge for Creator/DickVanDyke's Cockney in ''Film/MaryPoppins''.

The second of the kids, Ben is frequently known for [[CryWolf lying his way out of 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.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:She eventually snaps at her husband after he cheats on her one times too