History Characters / Ted

-->'''John:''' If Clive wasn't an idiot, he'd be dead!

* BurnoutBabe: Blaire's far more progressive than Ted or John's parents and dresses in a rough and unfeminine manner outside of special occasions. In spite of her sullen tomboyishness and side hustle in selling marijuana, she does try to guide John towards being a better person. It's soon revealed that Blaire moved in with John's parents because her own home life was a complete train wreck.

* RememberTheNewGuy: She's introduced in the last episode with no indication from John prior that she even existed.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When John blames him for Lori breaking up with him, Ted calls him out on it, pointing out how going to the party was ''his'' decision and that Lori was right about him about being incapable of taking responsibility for anything that goes on in his life. At least Ted has a reason for being irresponsible.

* DiscoDan: Just like Ted, John is obsessed with 80's pop culture.

* MrViceGuy: He's a lazy stoner but generally well-meaning.

** She also calls Matty racist but, as Susan points out, Blaire wasn't exactly above being racist herself as she always chose to shave a black Barbie doll's hair before giving a white Barbie doll a haircut and then either forgetting the names of the black Barbie dolls or calling them something offensive.

* EvilCounterpart: To Ted since he’s racist and an asshole like Matty.

** Blair is very insistent on making sure John doesn't follow the same path as her brother, father, and mother, but the way she chooses to mentor John from becoming just as bad as her own family is more like "do as I say, not as I do" as she still engages in bad or illegal behavior.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Blaire often instigates fights with Matty by either doubling down on her choices or blaming Matty for anything wrong in the family. She assumes Susan is forced into the role of a housewife after Matty forced her to give up her dreams when it was Susan's own choice to do so. When Blair reveals that she's in a relationship with another woman, she assumes Susan immediately accepts her, while Matty is the only one against the relationship. Ironically, Matty does come around to accepting her sexuality (in his own awkward way), while Susan is the one who's still prejudiced against homosexuality.

* DarkSecret: While he served as a solider, he [[spoiler:jacked off a dog. Blair is left disgusted asking how and why this was a consequence of war, and a horrified Sarah wants to know whose dog it was.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Even more-so than Matty himself, actually making Blair ''cry'' with his homophobic remarks. [[spoiler:It's also entirely his fault that Blaire and Sarah almost leave the house on Christmas Eve with his bigotry]].

** She also calls Matty racist but, as Susan points out, Blair wasn't exactly above being racist herself as she always chose to shave a black Barbie doll's hair before giving a white Barbie doll a haircut and then either forgetting the names of the black Barbie dolls or calling them something offensive.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Blair often instigates fights with Matty by either doubling down on her choices or blaming Matty for anything wrong in the family. She assumes Susan is forced into the role of a housewife after Matty forced her to give up her dreams when it was Susan's own choice to do so. When Blair reveals that she's in a relationship with another woman, she assumes Susan immediately accepts her, while Matty is the only one against the relationship. Ironically, Matty does come around to accepting her sexuality (in his own awkward way), while Susan is the one who's still prejudiced against homosexuality.

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** She also calls Matty racist but, as Susan points out, Blair wasn't exactly above being racist herself as she always chose to shave a black Barbie doll's hair before giving a white Barbie doll a haircut and then forgetting the names of the black Barbie dolls.

* NiceGirl: Susan unendingly sweet to everyone. She puts up with Marty’s bullshit with too much grace.

* ShellshockedVeteran: He was a soldier who served in Vietnam and mentions in one episode doing some things he doesn't want getting out. [[spoiler:In a twist, none of his trauma has to do with any of the actual warfare but the fact that he [[BestialityIsDepraved jacked off a dog]].]]

** Blair often instigates fights with Matty by either doubling down on her choices or blaming Matty for anything wrong in the family. She assumes Susan is forced into the role of a housewife after Matty forced her to give up her dreams when it was Susan's own choice to do so. When Blair reveals that she's in a relationship with another woman, she assumes Susan immediately accepts her, while Matty is the only one against the relationship. Ironically, Matty does come around to accepting her sexuality (in his own awkward way), while Susan is the one who's still prejudiced against homosexuality.

* FatalFlaw: Hypocrisy and self-righteousness. Blair is very insistent on making sure John doesn't follow the same path as her brother, father, and mother. However, she often instigates fights with Matty by either doubling down on her choices or blaming Matty for anything wrong in the family. She assumes Susan is forced into the role of a housewife when it was her own choice to do so. She also calls Matty racist but, as Susan points out, Blair wasn't exactly above being racist herself as she always chose to shave a black Barbie doll hair before giving a white Barbie doll a haircut then forgetting the names of the black Barbie dolls. The way she chooses to mentor John from becoming just as bad as her own family is more like "do as I say, not as I do" as she still engages in bad or illegal behavior.

* OnlySaneWoman: She serves as this to the family, being the most rational in any given situation.

* AdaptaitonPersonalityChange: He doesn't get much screentime in the film but what we do see from him showcases him as a rather normal dad who is protective of John when he first sees Ted and sees him as a threat. The series definitely portrays him as a more unpleasant guy.

* AdaptaitonalPersonalityChange: He doesn't get much screentime in the film but what we do see from him showcases him as a rather normal dad who is protective of John when he first sees Ted and sees him as a threat. The series definitely portrays him as a more unpleasant guy.

* SatelliteLoveInterest: Despite having a stake in the second film, Tami-Lynn doesn't play as active a role as John does in getting Ted's personhood recognized by the legal system.