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* BitchInSheepsClothing: In Yesterday's News when she finds out about Spikes new ideas for how to improve the Junior Gazette.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: In Yesterday's News when she finds out about Spikes Spike's new ideas for how to improve the Junior Gazette.
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* GreenEyedEpiphany: Was jealous of all of Spike girlfriends.
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* GreenEyedEpiphany: Was jealous of all of Spike Spike's girlfriends.
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* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: In ''Something Terrible''Terrible''.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: He is very long suffering especially in Love And The Junior Gazzette.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: He is very long suffering especially in Love And The Junior Gazzette.Gazette.
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* DirtyCoward: Usually, but inverted in ''The Last Word'', when he put himself before the news team when there was a gun siege. [[spoiler: [[NoGoodDeed It gets him shot]] ]]
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* DirtyCoward: Usually, but inverted in ''The Last Word'', when he put himself before the news team when there was a gun siege. [[spoiler: [[NoGoodDeed [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished It gets him shot]] ]]shot.]]]]
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* CoolLoser: The king of this trope. Goes out with a lot of women but doesn't have a good enough reputation.
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* CoolLoser: He is cooler and calmer than Lynda and gives her advice but is insecure about his life, especially girls.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: Shown with Spike as they are both dorky. Also {{Lampshaded}} by herself to open her talk with Colin in Something Terrible part 2.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: Shown with Spike as they are both dorky. Also {{Lampshaded}} by herself to open her talk with Colin in Something ''Something Terrible part 2.2''.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Her relationship with Colin changes notably and permanently after their heart to heart conversation in the two parter Something Terrible.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Her relationship with Colin changes notably and permanently after their heart to heart conversation in the two parter Something Terrible.''Something Terrible''.
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: His relationship with Lynda.
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* DirtyCoward: Put himself before the news team when there was a gun siege.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: In Something Terrible.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: In Something Terrible.
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* DirtyCoward: Put Usually, but inverted in ''The Last Word'', when he put himself before the news team when there was a gun siege.
siege. [[spoiler: [[NoGoodDeed It gets him shot]] ]]
* DudeWheresMyRespect: InSomething Terrible.''Something Terrible''.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: In
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* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: In Something Terrible''Something Terrible''
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* GoingNative: When he dresses up as a Muslim Prince in At Last A Dragon.
* HiddenDepths: He can be compassionate as seen in Something Terrible.
* HiddenDepths: He can be compassionate as seen in Something Terrible.
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* GoingNative: When he dresses up as a Muslim Prince in At ''At Last A Dragon.
Dragon''.
* HiddenDepths: He can be compassionate as seen inSomething Terrible.''Something Terrible''.
* HiddenDepths: He can be compassionate as seen in
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He lives to hustle and is chronically dishonest but underneath the snake oil is a genuinely nice guy.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Courtesy of Spike. In At Last a Dragon Colin impersonates "an Arabian Knight" (Spike's words) at the exclusive cocktail party Lynda and Spike are attending, in order to scam some of the wealthy and influential people attending [[note]] investing into oilfields supposedly located under their high school![[/note]]. Spike finds him working his targets, and steers the conversation towards Colin giving a lecture on his supposed native culture. [[OhCrap Colin's expression]] says it all!
* LikeBrotherAndSister: His relationship with Cindy in Something Terrible.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Courtesy of Spike. In At Last a Dragon Colin impersonates "an Arabian Knight" (Spike's words) at the exclusive cocktail party Lynda and Spike are attending, in order to scam some of the wealthy and influential people attending [[note]] investing into oilfields supposedly located under their high school![[/note]]. Spike finds him working his targets, and steers the conversation towards Colin giving a lecture on his supposed native culture. [[OhCrap Colin's expression]] says it all!
* LikeBrotherAndSister: His relationship with Cindy in Something Terrible.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He lives to hustle and is chronically dishonest but underneath the snake oil is a (sometimes) genuinely nice guy.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Courtesy of Spike. InAt ''At Last a Dragon Dragon'' Colin impersonates "an Arabian Knight" (Spike's words) at the exclusive cocktail party Lynda and Spike are attending, in order to scam some of the wealthy and influential people attending [[note]] investing into oilfields supposedly located under their high school![[/note]]. Spike finds him working his targets, and steers the conversation towards Colin giving a lecture on his supposed native culture. [[OhCrap Colin's expression]] says it all!
* LikeBrotherAndSister: His relationship with Cindy inSomething Terrible.''Something Terrible''.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Courtesy of Spike. In
* LikeBrotherAndSister: His relationship with Cindy in
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: what tips Lynda off in Something Terrible part 2:
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: what tips Lynda off in Something ''Something Terrible part 2:2'':
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* TookALevelInKindness: In Something Terrible.
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* TookALevelInKindness: In Something Terrible.''Something Terrible''.
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: His relationship with Lynda. Since they were about six, according to the episode ''Going back to Jasper Street''.
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* {{Adorkable}}: She wears clothes that don't match like a polka dot skirt while wearing a jacket. She also doesn't have great social skills.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Best shown when interacting with Lynda.
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* {{Adorkable}}: When seen going on a date.
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* {{Adorkable}}: The best example of the show.
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: Her relationship with Spike.
* LonelyAtTheTop: As her position as editor.
* LonelyAtTheTop: As her position as editor.
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: Her relationship with Spike.
* LonelyAtTheTop: As her position as editor.Kenny.
* LonelyAtTheTop: As her position as editor.
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* CannotTellAJoke: Is capable of telling corny dad jokes.
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* CannotTellAJoke: zig-zagged. Is just as capable of telling corny dad jokes.jokes as witty one-liners.
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* EveryoneCanSeeIt: With Lynda.
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* EveryoneCanSeeIt: With Lynda. And I do mean ''everyone'' in the vicinity.
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!!Lynda DayDay, Chief Editor
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* BirdsOfAFeather: Shown with Spike as they are both dorky. Also {{Lamshaded}} by herself to open her talk with Colin in Something Terrible part 2.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: Shown with Spike as they are both dorky. Also {{Lamshaded}} {{Lampshaded}} by herself to open her talk with Colin in Something Terrible part 2.
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* OnlySaneMan: Sometimes seen as she has to control her newspaper staff.
* PointyHairedBoss: Most of her peers fear her because of this.
* PointyHairedBoss: Most of her peers fear her because of this.
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* OnlySaneMan: Sometimes seen as this, when she has to control her newspaper staff.
* PointyHairedBoss: Most of her peers fear her because of this. It could be argued since at least half her initial staff are at the Junior Gazette as some sort of behavioral rehabilitation, this is the attitude needed to pull them into line, which has become her standard operating mode by the time the JG goes commercial.
* PointyHairedBoss: Most of her peers fear her because of this. It could be argued since at least half her initial staff are at the Junior Gazette as some sort of behavioral rehabilitation, this is the attitude needed to pull them into line, which has become her standard operating mode by the time the JG goes commercial.
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!!Spike ThompsonThompson, "Star Reporter"
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Is a bully and has attacked some people but shows deep respect for most of his peers including Lynda at the Junior Gazette.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Is Started off as a bully and delinquent, and has attacked some people people, but shows deep respect for most of his peers including Lynda at the Junior Gazette.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: The best example on the show. He is talented at selling no matter how strange.
* TheCon: Always trying to scheme in order to make money.
* TheCon: Always trying to scheme in order to make money.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: The best example on the show. He is talented at selling ''anything'', no matter how strange.
* TheCon: Always trying to scheme in order to make money. Possibly best illustrated by the episode when the local telephone exchange temporarily swaps the newsroom number with a pizza place; for the first three-quarters of the episode, a RunningGag has a random staffer holding the phone and asking "Is Colin selling pizzas?" before telling the caller 'Sorry, wrong number.' And yes, the final installment has Colin taking a pizza order before Lynda cuts the call off.
* TheCon: Always trying to scheme in order to make money. Possibly best illustrated by the episode when the local telephone exchange temporarily swaps the newsroom number with a pizza place; for the first three-quarters of the episode, a RunningGag has a random staffer holding the phone and asking "Is Colin selling pizzas?" before telling the caller 'Sorry, wrong number.' And yes, the final installment has Colin taking a pizza order before Lynda cuts the call off.
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* EnemyMine: When he lets Lynda help him sell the story of child abuse in Something Terrible part 2.
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* EnemyMine: When he lets Lynda help him sell the story of child abuse in the paper to urge an abused child to come forward in Something Terrible part 2.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Particularity towards Lynda.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Particularity Particularly towards Lynda.
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* GoingNative: When he dresses up as a Muslim in At Last A Dragon.
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* GoingNative: When he dresses up as a Muslim Prince in At Last A Dragon.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: He tries to be nice to his peers and give them advice but he is the wrong. Probably the best example on the show.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He hustles and is dishonest but he is genuinely a nice guy.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He hustles and is dishonest but he is genuinely a nice guy.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: He tries to be nice to his peers and give them advice but he is the almost always wrong. Probably the best example on the show.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Hehustles lives to hustle and is chronically dishonest but he underneath the snake oil is a genuinely a nice guy.guy.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Courtesy of Spike. In At Last a Dragon Colin impersonates "an Arabian Knight" (Spike's words) at the exclusive cocktail party Lynda and Spike are attending, in order to scam some of the wealthy and influential people attending [[note]] investing into oilfields supposedly located under their high school![[/note]]. Spike finds him working his targets, and steers the conversation towards Colin giving a lecture on his supposed native culture. [[OhCrap Colin's expression]] says it all!
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He
* LaserGuidedKarma: Courtesy of Spike. In At Last a Dragon Colin impersonates "an Arabian Knight" (Spike's words) at the exclusive cocktail party Lynda and Spike are attending, in order to scam some of the wealthy and influential people attending [[note]] investing into oilfields supposedly located under their high school![[/note]]. Spike finds him working his targets, and steers the conversation towards Colin giving a lecture on his supposed native culture. [[OhCrap Colin's expression]] says it all!
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* PointyHairedBoss: When he takes over for Lynda. He doesn't act mean but he isn't fit to run a newspaper.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: what tips Lynda off in Something Terrible part 2:
--> '''Lynda''': I'm saying that I know how an obsessive behaves because I am one. And I know what it takes to knock an obsessive off the rails because I've been there.
* PointyHairedBoss: When he takes over for Lynda. He doesn't act mean but he isn't fit to run a newspaper. He's so busy running the paper to keep making money (his default setting) and get high approval ratings from the staff, that he forgets that the newspaper has to include, well, ''news'' and unbiased reporting.
--> '''Lynda''': I'm saying that I know how an obsessive behaves because I am one. And I know what it takes to knock an obsessive off the rails because I've been there.
* PointyHairedBoss: When he takes over for Lynda. He doesn't act mean but he isn't fit to run a newspaper. He's so busy running the paper to keep making money (his default setting) and get high approval ratings from the staff, that he forgets that the newspaper has to include, well, ''news'' and unbiased reporting.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: His get rich quick schemes not to mention he's slimy.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: His get rich quick schemes schemes, not to mention he's slimy.
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!!Kenny Phillips
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* CoolLoser: He is cooler and calmer than Lynda and gives her advice but is insecure about his life.
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* CoolLoser: He is cooler and calmer than Lynda and gives her advice but is insecure about his life.life, especially girls.
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* NiceGuy: He thinks of himself as this and Lynda says that they are he is only friends with her because he's nice to everyone. He's actually insulted by this comment.
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* NiceGuy: He thinks of himself as this this, and Lynda says that they are he is only friends with her because he's nice to everyone. He's actually insulted by this comment.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: Shown with Spike as they are both dorky. Also seen with Colin in Something Terrible part 2.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: Shown with Spike as they are both dorky. Also seen {{Lamshaded}} by herself to open her talk with Colin in Something Terrible part 2.
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, Jerkass Facade is deprecated, primarily in favor of Hidden Heart Of Gold. Also fixed spelling.* HiddenHeartOfGold: She makes no attempts to impress with her opinionated attitude to cover up her vulnerability.
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* JerkassFacade: She makes no attempts to impress with her opinanted attitude to cover up her vulnerability.
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* DeathGlare: Her stock in trade.
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Chloric.
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Chloric.Melancholic.
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.Choleric.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.
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* GeniusDitz: He is a terrific salesman and is very informative despite his naive behaviour towards serious situations.
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* GeniusDitz: He is a terrific salesman and is very informative despite his naive behaviour behavior towards serious situations.
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* TookALevelInKindness: In SomethingTerrible.
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* TookALevelInKindness: In SomethingTerrible.Something Terrible.
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic.
* GenericGuy: Lampshaded alot.lot.
* HiddenDepths: His singing talents.
* NiceGuy: He thinks of himself as this and Lynda says that they are he is only friends with her because he's nice to everyone. He's actually insulted by this comment.
* OnlySaneMan: The quintessential example on the show as he's more calmer than Lynda and he's the most relatable and normal character on the show.
* StraightMan: With Lynda and Spike.
* GenericGuy: Lampshaded a
* HiddenDepths: His singing talents.
* NiceGuy: He thinks of himself as this and Lynda says that they are he is only friends with her because he's nice to everyone. He's actually insulted by this comment.
* OnlySaneMan: The quintessential example on the show as he's more calmer than Lynda and he's the most relatable and normal character on the show.
* StraightMan: With Lynda and Spike.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Whenever he's neurotic or cracking a joke.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Whenever he's neurotic or cracking a joke.joke.
* {{Everyman}}: He's a wise cracker but is well behaved.
* GenericGuy: Lampshaded a lot.
* {{Everyman}}: He's a wise cracker but is well behaved.
* GenericGuy: Lampshaded a lot.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: He is very long suffering especially in Love And The Junior Gazzette.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: He is very long suffering especially in Love And The Junior Gazzette.Gazzette.
* CoolLoser: He is cooler and calmer than Lynda and gives her advice but is insecure about his life.
* DeadpanSnarker: Whenever he's neurotic or cracking a joke.
* CoolLoser: He is cooler and calmer than Lynda and gives her advice but is insecure about his life.
* DeadpanSnarker: Whenever he's neurotic or cracking a joke.
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!!Kenny PhillipsPhillips
* {{Adorkable}}: The best example of the show.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He is very long suffering especially in Love And The Junior Gazzette.
* {{Adorkable}}: The best example of the show.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He is very long suffering especially in Love And The Junior Gazzette.
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* InformedLoser: She simply doesn't want friends as mentioned in the first episode.
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* InformedLoser: InformedLoner: She simply doesn't want friends as mentioned in the first episode.
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* NoSenseOfHumour: The reason why she can't tell jokes is because she simply isn't funny herself.
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* CannotTellAJoke: She's simply emotionless and mean spirited when it comes to cracking jokes. See DeadpanSnarker.
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* KnowNothingAtAll: When it comes to anything other than selling and making money.
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* GoingNative: When he dresses up as a Muslim in At Last A Dragon
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* GeniusDitz: He is a terrific salesman and is very informative despite his naive behaviour towards serious situations.
* GoingNative: When he dresses up as a Muslim in At Last ADragonDragon.
* HiddenDepths: He can be compassionate as seen in Something Terrible.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: He tries to be nice to his peers and give them advice but he is the wrong. Probably the best example on the show.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He hustles and is dishonest but he is genuinely a nice guy.
* KnowNothingAtAll: When it comes to anything other than selling and making money.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: His relationship with Cindy in Something Terrible.
* ManChild: He is naive about serious situations like their peer David putting a loaded gun in his mouth.
* NoSocialSkills: When dating women.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Oh very much so. After all he's a salesman.
* PointyHairedBoss: When he takes over for Lynda. He doesn't act mean but he isn't fit to run a newspaper.
* SeriousBusiness: A lot of the time when he's hustling. It's what he has in common with Lynda.
* SmallNameBigEgo: His get rich quick schemes not to mention he's slimy.
* TookALevelInKindness: In SomethingTerrible.
* UltimateJobSecurity: In the first season where his wacky ideas weak havoc.
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* GoingNative: When he dresses up as a Muslim in At Last A
* HiddenDepths: He can be compassionate as seen in Something Terrible.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: He tries to be nice to his peers and give them advice but he is the wrong. Probably the best example on the show.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He hustles and is dishonest but he is genuinely a nice guy.
* KnowNothingAtAll: When it comes to anything other than selling and making money.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: His relationship with Cindy in Something Terrible.
* ManChild: He is naive about serious situations like their peer David putting a loaded gun in his mouth.
* NoSocialSkills: When dating women.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Oh very much so. After all he's a salesman.
* PointyHairedBoss: When he takes over for Lynda. He doesn't act mean but he isn't fit to run a newspaper.
* SeriousBusiness: A lot of the time when he's hustling. It's what he has in common with Lynda.
* SmallNameBigEgo: His get rich quick schemes not to mention he's slimy.
* TookALevelInKindness: In SomethingTerrible.
* UltimateJobSecurity: In the first season where his wacky ideas weak havoc.
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