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* BritishStuffiness: A harsh perfectionist to the point of outright cruelty towards his cast, and sometimes even his fellow creative team members.



* MeanBrit: A harsh perfectionist to the point of outright cruelty towards his cast, and sometimes even his fellow creative team members.
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* FriendlyRivalry: She and Karen eventually settle into this, with Karen visiting Ivy's dressing room and congratulating her after Ivy's star-making opening night for "Bombshell", and Ivy inviting Karen to sing with her during the opening night afterparty of "Bombshell".

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* FriendlyRivalry: She and Karen Ivy eventually settle into this, with Karen visiting Ivy's dressing room and congratulating her after Ivy's star-making opening night for "Bombshell", and Ivy inviting Karen to sing with her during the opening night afterparty of "Bombshell".
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!Patrick Dillon (Luke Macfarlane)

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!Patrick Dillon (Luke Macfarlane)(Creator/LukeMacfarlane)
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* {{Adorkable}}: Particularly in his awkward early attempts at flirting and whenever he meets someone famous.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Twice, with actor Michael Swift.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Twice, with actor Michael Swift.



* YourCheatingHeart: Hooks up with Rebecca Duvall while still involved with Ivy.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Hooks up with Rebecca Duvall while still involved with Ivy.



* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on his wife [[spoiler: with Julia]]

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* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on his wife [[spoiler: with Julia]]



* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: With his celebrity crush, Tom Levitt.]]

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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: With his celebrity crush, Tom Levitt.]]
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* AmicableExes: Settles into this with Ivy for parts of Season 2. [[Spoiler:By the end of the series the two do reconcile, and after Ivy reveals she's pregnant with his child, the two get back together]].

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* AmicableExes: Settles into this with Ivy for parts of Season 2. [[Spoiler:By [[spoiler:By the end of the series the two do reconcile, and after Ivy reveals she's pregnant with his child, the two get back together]].

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* AmicableExes: Settles into this with Ivy for parts of Season 2.

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* AmicableExes: Settles into this with Ivy for parts of Season 2. [[Spoiler:By the end of the series the two do reconcile, and after Ivy reveals she's pregnant with his child, the two get back together]].



* FriendlyRivalry: She and Karen eventually settle into this, with Karen visiting Ivy's dressing room and congratulating her after Ivy's star-making opening night for "Bombshell", and Ivy inviting Karen to sing with her during the opening night afterparty of "Bombshell".



* AmicableExes: For the most part, [[spoiler: she and Derek]] maintain a surprisingly decent (though still complicated) relationship.

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* AmicableExes: For the most part, [[spoiler: she and Derek]] maintain a surprisingly decent (though still complicated) relationship. [[spoiler:By the end of the series, the two reconcile, and after she reveals she's pregnant with his child, the two get back together.]]


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* EasilyForgiven: After sleeping with Dev, after a tense confrontation from Karen, the two quickly slip back into their FriendlyRivalry relationship from before.


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* FriendlyRivalry: She and Karen eventually settle into this, with Karen visiting Ivy's dressing room and congratulating her after her star-making opening night for "Bombshell", and Ivy inviting Karen to sing with her during the opening night afterparty of "Bombshell".


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* SoProudOfYou: After finally seeing her daughter shine in "Bombshell", she can't help but heap huge amount of praise on her, while also acknowledging her own short comings as a mother.


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* HiddenDepths: While not nearly as skilled as Ivy or Karen, after some adjustments are made to the score, and extensive work with a vocal coach, she is able to give an adequate performance as Marylin.


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* TheDiva: A Male Version, treats everyone like crap, and makes outright ridiculous demands in his pursuit of his goal to gain the fame and success he believes he's owed.


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* SmallNameBigEgo: For someone who's never had a musical run on Broadway, he certainly acts like he's entitled to the amount of success he's never accomplished before.

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* HateSink: A downright sociopath, who's obsession on making "Bombshell" his, leads him to outright poison the competition, to ensure Ivy gets the lead. His hatred came to be so much, his only appearance in season 2 was as Tom's literal NightmareFuel, where after feeling he began selling his soul to make "Bombshell" a hit, Tom gets back in bed, only to find Ellis there, grinning evilly back at him, leading to Tom waking up in a cold sweat.



* KarmaHoudini: Outside of being fired by Eileen, and most likely blackballed out of the theater community, he never really gets whats coming to him, like being arrested after not just fully admitting, but bragging about poisoning another human being.




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* TheSociopath: Has no morals to speak of, and willing to cross whatever lines, going so far as to poison a well known celebrity in his twisted minds way of ensuring "Bombshells" success, and proudly brags about this act to Eileen.
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* BlackBestFriend: To Ivy
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!Jimmy Collins (Jeremy Jordan)

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!Jimmy Collins (Jeremy Jordan)(Creator/JeremyJordan)

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!Karen Cartwright (Katherine [=McPhee=])
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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: The Gentle Girl in her her dynamic with both Derek and Jimmy.

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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: The Gentle Girl in her her dynamic with both Derek and Jimmy.



* ModestyBedsheet: When she's performing "Touch Me" she has a sheet barely wrapped around her that she wears as a dress.



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* PutOnABus: Quickly exits ''Bombshell'' after bad public response, [[spoiler: and an attempt on her life]] and the series at the end of Season 1.

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* PutOnABus: Quickly exits ''Bombshell'' after a bad public response, [[spoiler: and an attempt on her life]] and the series at the end of Season 1.



* ItsAllAboutMe: Just can't get it through his head that their are other talented dreamers trying to make it on Broadway just like him. Unfortunately, all his whining and complaining get him exactly what he wants.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Just can't get it through his head that their there are other talented dreamers trying to make it on Broadway just like him. Unfortunately, all his whining and complaining get him exactly what he wants.



* KarmaHoudini: Zigzagged, his whining and complaining intially get him everything he wants, a producer for "Hitlist," but after the entire team and crew get sick of his diva moments, they attempt to cut him from the production, [[spoiler: until Kyle's death makes him crucial to finishing the product, and later formal charges of manslaughter, for his part in the death of the girl that overdosed due to his negligence, are filed against them.]] By this point however he is actively trying, to varying degrees of success, to be a better person, for Karen's [[spoiler: but most importantly to honor Kyle's memory, willingly accepting the charges and goes to jail as pennace for his DarkAndTroubledPast.]]

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* KarmaHoudini: Zigzagged, his whining and complaining intially initially get him everything he wants, a producer for "Hitlist," but after the entire team and crew get sick of his diva moments, they attempt to cut him from the production, [[spoiler: until Kyle's death makes him crucial to finishing the product, and later formal charges of manslaughter, for his part in the death of the girl that overdosed due to his negligence, are filed against them.]] By this point however he is actively trying, to varying degrees of success, to be a better person, for Karen's [[spoiler: but most importantly to honor Kyle's memory, willingly accepting the charges and goes to jail as pennace penance for his DarkAndTroubledPast.]]
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Summed up when he rants to Eileen on how he's done so much and "I deserve to be named producer" when he has zero theater experience and nothing more than the lowly gopher.
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!Julia Houston (Debra Messing)

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!Julia Houston (Debra Messing)(Creator/DebraMessing)
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!Tom Levitt (Christian Borle)

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!Tom Levitt (Christian Borle)(Creator/ChristianBorle)

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* Nepotism: Accepts the idea that a critic once praised him because said critic was a longtime family friend. Tom reveals that in fact the critic was sleeping with Derek's father.

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* Nepotism: {{Nepotism}}: Accepts the idea that a critic once praised him because said critic was a longtime family friend. Tom reveals that in fact the critic was sleeping with Derek's father.



* Deuteragonist: Karen is the point-of-view character, but the story is driven almost equally by Ivy's arcs.

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* Deuteragonist: {{Deuteragonist}}: Karen is the point-of-view character, but the story is driven almost equally by Ivy's arcs.



* RealMenLoveJesus: To Tom's surprise, Sam reveals himself to be a Christian, and puts a hold on having sex until the two are in a real relationship.



* Adorkable: Particularly in his awkward early attempts at flirting and whenever he meets someone famous.

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* Adorkable: {{Adorkable}}: Particularly in his awkward early attempts at flirting and whenever he meets someone famous.



* AscendedFanboy: Has loved the theater his whole life and now finds himself right in the middle of it all.

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* AscendedFanboy: Has loved the theater theater, particularly the works of Houston and Levitt, his whole life and now finds himself right in the middle of it all.all, as well as his talent being recognized by his Idol Julia, and his crush on Tom being briefly reciprocated.

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* PutOnABus: Quickly exits ''Bombshell'' and the series at the end of Season 1.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Has her diva moments, but is willing to make compromises with the creative staff to ensure "Bombshells" success, and becomes both a friend and mentor figure to Karen.
* PutOnABus: Quickly exits ''Bombshell'' after bad public response, [[spoiler: and an attempt on her life]] and the series at the end of Season 1.


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* KarmaHoudini: Zigzagged, his whining and complaining intially get him everything he wants, a producer for "Hitlist," but after the entire team and crew get sick of his diva moments, they attempt to cut him from the production, [[spoiler: until Kyle's death makes him crucial to finishing the product, and later formal charges of manslaughter, for his part in the death of the girl that overdosed due to his negligence, are filed against them.]] By this point however he is actively trying, to varying degrees of success, to be a better person, for Karen's [[spoiler: but most importantly to honor Kyle's memory, willingly accepting the charges and goes to jail as pennace for his DarkAndTroubledPast.]]


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* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Is built up as a potential love interest for Tom, despite being introduced in the series Finale.
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* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Despite his huge mistake costing him his engagement and future with Karen, he is still present at her premier in Boston, and proudly smiles watching her accomplish her life long dream.


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* ItsAllAboutMe: Just can't get it through his head that their are other talented dreamers trying to make it on Broadway just like him. Unfortunately, all his whining and complaining get him exactly what he wants.


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* {{Expy}}: Of Jonathan Larson, [[spoiler: all the way down to him dying a week before ''Hit List'' premiers on Broadway.]]
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* PoliticalStereotype: Averted. John is a Republican- and a politically active one at that, given his participation in fundraising events and the like.

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* AesopAmnesia: As many times as he is called out on his Divaish attitude, and ''(half-heartedly)'' apologizes for it, it's almost assured that the next episode he will revert back to his {{Jerkass}} ways only to be called out again.




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* WhatTheHellHero: After his behavior starts to hinder ''Hit List,'' the cast calls him out, particularly when said actions almost lead to Karen being seriously hurt, and eventually the staff come to the agreement [[spoiler: to kick him off the production staff, leaving Kyle to deliver the news.]]
** Julia calls him out on his horrid behavior towards her after she points out she was doing him a favor in assisting him with ''Hit List'', out of her genuine affection for [[spoiler: now deceased]] Kyle, even at the hindrance of ''Bombshell''.
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!Derek Wills (Jack Davenport)

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!Derek Wills (Jack Davenport)(Creator/JackDavenport)



!Rebecca Duvall (Uma Thurman)

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!Rebecca Duvall (Uma Thurman)(Creator/UmaThurman)



!Scott Nichols (Jesse L. Martin)

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!Scott Nichols (Jesse L. Martin)(Creator/JesseLMartin)

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