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Higgins can't really be categorized as Idle Rich — he has a profession and works hard at it.
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* IdleRich: If Higgins didn't help Eliza, he would have been this. He has so much time to wander around and guess everybody's hometowns from their accents.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Can easily be played this way.
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* OnlySaneMan: At times, to his family. At others, less so.
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* AbsentmindedProfessor: He relies heavily on Mrs. Pearce and later Eliza to keep his affairs in order.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: As his mother, Mrs. Pearce, and, at the end, Eliza point out to him. For all of his effort to turn Eliza into a lady, he has fairly poor manners for a gentleman himself.
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* NeverMyFault: His pride makes it nigh-impossible for him to accept blame.
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[[folder:Freddy Eynsford-Hill]]
!!''Freddy Eynsford-Hill''
The earnest, if a bit cloud-headed, son of the Eynsford-Hill family.
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* Adorkable: Can be played this way.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Has a quirky fascination with Eliza’s newfound manner of speaking.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Writes Eliza more than daily.
* MaybeEverAfter: With Eliza, depending on if you subscribe to Shaw’s original intent or the succeeding adaptations.
* UpperClassTwit: Has shades of this.
[[folder:Freddy Eynsford-Hill]]
!!''Freddy Eynsford-Hill''
The earnest, if a bit cloud-headed, son of the Eynsford-Hill family.
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* Adorkable: Can be played this way.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Has a quirky fascination with Eliza’s newfound manner of speaking.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Writes Eliza more than daily.
* MaybeEverAfter: With Eliza, depending on if you subscribe to Shaw’s original intent or the succeeding adaptations.
* UpperClassTwit: Has shades of this.
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* IfIWereARichMan: Eliza not only has this fantasy, she tries to live it. Unfortunately being rich is not as good as it soinds, and it takes her a lot of effort.
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* IfIWereARichMan: Eliza not only has this fantasy, she tries to live it. Unfortunately being rich is not as good as it soinds, sounds, and it takes her a lot of effort.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Downplayed. While trying to achieve his aim of getting people to notice him and winning his bet with Pickering, he does to care about Eliza at all.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Downplayed. While trying to achieve his aim of getting people to notice him and winning his bet with Pickering, he does to doesn't care about Eliza at all.
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* SceneStealer: A relatively minor example, but it's there.
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* SophisticatedAsHell: She takes diction lessons to improve her speech, but it takes a while before her social etiquette catches up.
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* Manchild: ManChild: A pouty and childish individual who believes in only one person: himself.
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* ArrangedMarriage: After learning this is what happens to the upper class, Eliza regrets her decision.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Eliza is every bit as kind as she is pretty, unless you piss her off.
* IfIWereARichMan: Eliza not only has this fantasy, she tries to live it. Unfortunately being rich is not as good as it soinds, and it takes her a lot of effort.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Eliza is every bit as kind as she is pretty, unless you piss her off.
* IfIWereARichMan: Eliza not only has this fantasy, she tries to live it. Unfortunately being rich is not as good as it soinds, and it takes her a lot of effort.
* AlliterativeName: Henry Higgins.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Downplayed. While trying to achieve his aim of getting people to notice him and winning his bet with Pickering, he does to care about Eliza at all.
*BigFancyHouse: Has one of these.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Downplayed. While trying to achieve his aim of getting people to notice him and winning his bet with Pickering, he does to care about Eliza at all.
*BigFancyHouse: Has one of these.
* IdleRich: If Higgins didn't help Eliza, he would have been this. He has so much time to wander around and guess everybody's hometowns from their accents.
* ItAmusedMe: Inverted. The fancy ball Higgins attends to win his bet is this to him. It turns out so is everything, all his exploits, Eliza's hard work.
* ItsAllAboutMe: As he says near the end: "I won the bet!"
* Manchild: A pouty and childish individual who believes in only one person: himself.
* ItAmusedMe: Inverted. The fancy ball Higgins attends to win his bet is this to him. It turns out so is everything, all his exploits, Eliza's hard work.
* ItsAllAboutMe: As he says near the end: "I won the bet!"
* Manchild: A pouty and childish individual who believes in only one person: himself.
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* TheSociopath: Higgins shows shades of this.
* WhatHaveYouDoneForMeLately: Higgins asks Eliza this question as part of his selfish nature. Eliza naturally doesn't take it so well.
* WhatHaveYouDoneForMeLately: Higgins asks Eliza this question as part of his selfish nature. Eliza naturally doesn't take it so well.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After that one scene, he disappears with the rest of the crowd and is never mentioned. Justified as he is just there purely for show and comedy.
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* AsshileVictim: It's hard to feel sorry for Clara when her family becomes poor at the end. Her mother, on the other hand, averts this trope.
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* AsshileVictim: AssholeVictim: It's hard to feel sorry for Clara when her family becomes poor at the end. Her mother, on the other hand, averts this trope.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Became this at the end of the novel.
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* RichesToRags: Lost a huge part of their fortune and became lower class. Kind of the opposite of Eliza's journey.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The third act reveals they have become poor. After that, they are never seen again.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The third act reveals they have become poor. After that, they are never seen again.
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!!''Professor Henry Higgins''
Professor of linguistics, helps Eliza become a lady.
!!''Professor Henry Higgins''
Professor of linguistics, helps Eliza become a lady.
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Professor of linguistics, helps Eliza become
!!''Eliza''
Flower girl, wants to own a
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become a member of the elite.
* RagsToRiches: Her original plan.
* RagsToRiches: Her original plan.
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[[folder:Sarcastic Bystander]]
!!''Sarcastic Bystander''
A sarcastic bystander who witnesses the opening standoff between Eliza and Higgins.
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A sarcastic bystander who witnesses the opening standoff between Eliza and Higgins.
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!!''Sarcastic Bystander''
A sarcastic bystander who witnesses the opening standoff between
[[folder:Henry Higgins]]
!!''Professor Henry Higgins''
Professor of linguistics, helps Eliza
* DeadpanSnarker: Gets a few good jabs at Eliza.
* NoSocialSkills: Doesn't know how to communicate with anyone, and doesn't even WANT to even do so.
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[[folder:Sarcastic Bystander]]
!!''Sarcastic Bystander''
A sarcastic bystander who witnesses the opening standoff between Eliza and Higgins.
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* DeadpanSnarker: In the one scene he is in, he distinguishes himself from the crowd with this.
* NoSocialSkills: Doesn't know how to communicate with anyone, and doesn't even WANT to even do so.
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[[folder:Sarcastic Bystander]]
!!''Sarcastic Bystander''
A sarcastic bystander who witnesses the opening standoff between Eliza and Higgins.
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* DeadpanSnarker: In the one scene he is in, he distinguishes himself from the crowd with this.
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* SceneStealer: A relatively minor example, but it's there.
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[[folder:Mrs and Miss Eynsford-Hill]]
!!''Miss and Mrs Eynsford-Hill""
A mother and daughter who are initially part of the wealthy elite but lose some status along the way.
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* AsshileVictim: It's hard to feel sorry for Clara when her family becomes poor at the end. Her mother, on the other hand, averts this trope.
* FakeAristocrat: Used to be real aristocrats, but they lost quite a bit of money and became this.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Clara didn't like hanging out with the poor, and became one herself by the end of the book.
* RichBitch: The daughter definitely counts as one, as she didn't want to associate herself with the lower class.
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[[folder:Mrs and Miss Eynsford-Hill]]
!!''Miss and Mrs Eynsford-Hill""
A mother and daughter who are initially part of the wealthy elite but lose some status along the way.
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* AsshileVictim: It's hard to feel sorry for Clara when her family becomes poor at the end. Her mother, on the other hand, averts this trope.
* FakeAristocrat: Used to be real aristocrats, but they lost quite a bit of money and became this.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Clara didn't like hanging out with the poor, and became one herself by the end of the book.
* RichBitch: The daughter definitely counts as one, as she didn't want to associate herself with the lower class.
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Characters in George Bernard Shaw's classic play Pygmalion.
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!!''Professor Henry Higgins''
Professor of linguistics, helps Eliza become a lady.
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* NoSocialSkills: Doesn't know how to communicate with anyone, and doesn't even WANT to even do so.
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[[folder:Sarcastic Bystander]]
!!''Sarcastic Bystander''
A sarcastic bystander who witnesses the opening standoff between Eliza and Higgins.
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* SarcasmMode: It's in the name.
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[[folder:Henry Higgins]]
!!''Professor Henry Higgins''
Professor of linguistics, helps Eliza become a lady.
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* NoSocialSkills: Doesn't know how to communicate with anyone, and doesn't even WANT to even do so.
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[[folder:Sarcastic Bystander]]
!!''Sarcastic Bystander''
A sarcastic bystander who witnesses the opening standoff between Eliza and Higgins.
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* SarcasmMode: It's in the name.
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