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* FragileFlower: Why Oswald and Lewis initially didn't care for her replacing Kate. Due to the problems in her life up to that point, Kellie couldn't take the usual insults. She gets better, though.

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* FragileFlower: ProneToTears: Why Oswald and Lewis initially didn't care for her replacing Kate. Due to the problems in her life up to that point, Kellie couldn't take the usual insults. She gets better, though.
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* MayDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:With Fran louder throughout seasons 3 and 4.]]

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* MayDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:With Fran louder Louder throughout seasons 3 and 4.]]
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* FriendsRentControl: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Despite having a decent white-collar job, his living conditions aren't that great.

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* FriendsRentControl: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Despite having being a decent middle manager at a white-collar job, his living conditions aren't it's frequently pointed out that great.his house is run-down.



* TheBlindLeadingTheBlind: He's smarter than Oswald, but his advice to the guy tends to suck.

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* TheBlindLeadingTheBlind: He's considerably smarter than Oswald, but he's also crazy, so his advice to the guy tends to suck.ideas aren't much better.



* FriendToAllChildren: Yeah, seriously. Mimi isn't ''good'' with kids (most parents would think she's irresponsible), but she has a soft spot for them and they adore her wild antics.

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* FriendToAllChildren: Yeah, seriously. Mimi isn't ''good'' with kids (most parents would think she's (she's irresponsible), but she has a soft spot for them and they adore her wild antics.
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* NiceGuy: Works hard and is one of the most honest employees at Winfred Louder. Sadly, this doesn't stop the universe from piling crap on him.

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* NiceGuy: Works hard Is a well-meaning worker and is one of the most honest employees at Winfred Louder.a very lovable and sweet guy. Sadly, this doesn't stop the universe from piling crap on him.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: especially apparent during the numerous dance numbers.
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!!'''Drew Allison Carey (Drew Carey)'''

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!!'''Drew Allison Carey (Drew Carey)'''
(Creator/DrewCarey)'''



The title character is the Assistant Director of Personnel at Winifred-Louder, a department store. Much like ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}} (and just to hammer the point home, Drew is a ''Dilbert'' fan) he must constantly contend with nutty bosses, strange friends, and unsuccesful romances.

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The title character is the Assistant Director of Personnel at Winifred-Louder, a department store. Much like ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}} (and just to hammer the point home, Drew is a ''Dilbert'' fan) he must constantly contend with nutty bosses, strange friends, and unsuccesful unsuccessful romances.



!!'''Kellie Newmark (CynthiaWatros)'''

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!!'''Kellie Newmark (CynthiaWatros)'''
(Creator/CynthiaWatros)'''

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* Childhood Friends: With Kate, Oswald and Lewis.

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* Childhood Friends: ChildhoodFriends: With Kate, Oswald and Lewis.



* SitcomArchNemsis: Mimi is this to him. She inexplicably took his comments during her job interview as sexist, and it spiraled from there when she got hired.
* UglyGuyHotWife: More average looking than ugly but many of the women Drew dated over the course of the series have been absolute knockouts, with several of them including Christa Miller, Kate Walsh, Jenny McCarthy and Cynthia Watros.

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* SitcomArchNemsis: SitcomArchNemesis: Mimi is this to him. She inexplicably took his comments during her job interview as sexist, and it spiraled from there when she got hired.
* UglyGuyHotWife: More average looking than ugly but many of the women Drew dated over the course of the series have been absolute knockouts, with several of them including Christa Miller, Kate Walsh, Jenny McCarthy [=McCarthy=] and Cynthia Watros.



!!'''Kate O'Brien (Creator/ChristaMiller)'''

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!!'''Kate O'Brien (Creator/ChristaMiller)'''(Christa Miller)'''



* Childhood Friends: With Drew, Lewis and Oswald.

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* Childhood Friends: ChildhoodFriends: With Drew, Lewis and Oswald.



Lewis is one of Drew's friends. Your basic know-it-all and troublemaker, he's a janitor at a shady company called DrugCo.

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Lewis is one of Drew's friends. Your basic know-it-all and troublemaker, he's a janitor at a shady company called DrugCo.[=DrugCo=].



* Childhood Friends: With Drew, Kate and Oswald.

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* Childhood Friends: ChildhoodFriends: With Drew, Kate and Oswald.



* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: DrugCo has insane experiments going on all the time. Cloning, giant insects, realistic holograms...Lewis is fairly blasé about it all and casually tells his friends about his job all the time.

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* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: DrugCo [=DrugCo=] has insane experiments going on all the time. Cloning, giant insects, realistic holograms...Lewis is fairly blasé about it all and casually tells his friends about his job all the time.



* Childhood Friends: With Drew, Kate and Lewis.

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* Childhood Friends: ChildhoodFriends: With Drew, Kate and Lewis.



* HoYay: Where to start? One of the best examples came from a Season 2 episode where Kate befriends DistaffCounterparts to Drew, Oswald and Lewis named Jewel, Olivia and Lois. When they flirt with each other at a party Oswald "accidentally" calls Lois Lewis and they walk away in silence, with an expression that screams LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain.



!!'''Mimi Bobeck [[spoiler:Carey]](Creator/KathyKinney)'''

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!!'''Mimi Bobeck [[spoiler:Carey]](Creator/KathyKinney)'''
[[spoiler:Carey]](Kathy Kinney)'''



* [[spoiler:HappilyMarried]]: To Drew's older brother, Steve. [[Spoiler: Until the middle of season 8]].

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* [[spoiler:HappilyMarried]]: HappilyMarried: To Drew's older brother, Steve. [[Spoiler: Until [[spoiler:Until the middle of season 8]].



* JerkAss:

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* %%* JerkAss:



!!'''Larry Almada (Creator/IanGomez)'''

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!!'''Larry Almada (Creator/IanGomez)'''
(Ian Gomez)'''



* May-December Romance: [[spoiler:With Fran louder throughout seasons 3 and 4.]]

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* May-December Romance: MayDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:With Fran louder throughout seasons 3 and 4.]]



!!'''Fran Louder (Creator/NanMartin)'''

* May-December Romance: [[spoiler:With Larry throughout seasons 3 and 4.]]

!!'''Chuck (Creator/KellyPerine)'''

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!!'''Fran Louder (Creator/NanMartin)'''

(Nan Martin)'''

* May-December Romance: MayDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:With Larry throughout seasons 3 and 4.]]

!!'''Chuck %%!!'''Chuck (Creator/KellyPerine)'''
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* [[Spoiler: HappilyMarried]]: To Drew's older brother, Steve. [[Spoiler: Until the middle of season 8]].

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* [[Spoiler: HappilyMarried]]: [[spoiler:HappilyMarried]]: To Drew's older brother, Steve. [[Spoiler: Until the middle of season 8]].
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* ManChild: The most immature of the group by a fair margin.


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* [[Spoiler: HappilyMarried]]: To Drew's older brother, Steve. [[Spoiler: Until the middle of season 8]].


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* May-December Romance: [[spoiler:With Fran louder throughout seasons 3 and 4.]]
* PutOnABus: Disappeared by the start of season 5.


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* May-December Romance: [[spoiler:With Larry throughout seasons 3 and 4.]]
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* TheChewToy: Where to begin? He's overworked and unappreciated at a dead end job. His parents openly prefer his brother to him. Two women he dated ended up getting married mere months after breaking up with him. [[spoiler:He's even resorted to marrying his boss, Mr. Wick, in order to get his job back in season six]].

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* TheChewToy: Where to begin? He's overworked and unappreciated at a dead end job. His parents openly prefer his brother to him. Two women he dated ended up getting married mere months after breaking up with him. [[spoiler:He's even resorted to marrying his boss, Mr. Wick, in order to get his job back in season six]]. [[spoiler: Kate, his best friend for DECADES, leaves Cleveland to marry another man a little over a year after her and Drew's marriage implodes at the start of season 7. Before her last appearance he outright tells Kate he stills loves her]].
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Kate is Drew's best friend since age 7. [[spoiler:She starts dating Drew in Season 5.]]
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* Childhood Friends: With Drew, Lewis and Oswald.


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* Childhood Friends: With Drew, Kate and Oswald.


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* Childhood Friends: With Drew, Kate and Lewis.
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* HoYay: Hoo boy, where to start? One of the best examples comes from a Season 2 episode where Kate befriends DistaffCounterparts to Drew, Oswald and Lewis named Jewel, Olivia and Lois. When they flirt at a party Oswald calles Lois Lewis.

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* HoYay: Hoo boy, where Where to start? One of the best examples comes came from a Season 2 episode where Kate befriends DistaffCounterparts to Drew, Oswald and Lewis named Jewel, Olivia and Lois. When they flirt with each other at a party Oswald calles "accidentally" calls Lois Lewis.Lewis and they walk away in silence, with an expression that screams LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain.
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* Childhood Friends: With Kate, Oswald and Lewis.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Despite his general milquetoast demeanor, he displayed several moments of impressive courage throughout the series, the first being in season one when he stood up to Kate's domineering ex-boyfriend, Barry, and also when he beat up the stalker of his ex-girlfriend Wendy.


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* HoYay: Hoo boy, where to start? One of the best examples comes from a Season 2 episode where Kate befriends DistaffCounterparts to Drew, Oswald and Lewis named Jewel, Olivia and Lois. When they flirt at a party Oswald calles Lois Lewis.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Constantly insults Drew's weight despite being much fatter than him. For [[DoubleStandard some reason,]] Drew never responds in kind.
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* MamasBoy: And damn proud of it, too!

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Oswald. They do ''everything'' together

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\nLewis is one of Drew's friends. Your basic know-it-all and troublemaker, he's a janitor at a shady company called DrugCo.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: TheBlindLeadingTheBlind: He's smarter than Oswald, but his advice to the guy tends to suck.
* CloudCuckooLander: He and Oswald both do weird stuff and are [[ManChild really immature]].
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: DrugCo has insane experiments going on all the time. Cloning, giant insects, realistic holograms...Lewis is fairly blasé about it all and casually tells his friends about his job all the time.
* HeterosexualLifePartners/ThoseTwoGuys:
With Oswald. They do ''everything'' togethertogether, and it often has little to do with the plot.

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!!'''Drew Allison Carey (Creator/Drew Carey)'''

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!!'''Drew Allison Carey (Creator/Drew (Drew Carey)'''



The title character is the Assistant Director of Personnel at Winifred-Louder, a department store. Much like ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}} (and just to hammer the point home, Drew is a ''Dilbert'' fan) he must constantly contend with nutty bosses, strange friends, and unsuccesful romances.

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* BigEater: Uh-huh. You can count the episodes that don't mention his eating habits on one hand. It's mentioned that he orders so much pizza that he's gotten multiple delivery boys through college!



* ExtremeDoormat: He has trouble standing up for himself. Even as an adult he still gets pushed around by his older brother and can only respond with a wimpy slap to Steve's bald head.
* FriendsRentControl: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Despite having a decent white-collar job, his living conditions aren't that great.



* NiceGuy: Works hard an is one of the most honest employees at Winfred Louder. Sadly, this doesn't stop the universe from piling crap on him.
* SitcomArchNemsis: Mimi is this to him.

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* NiceGuy: Works hard an and is one of the most honest employees at Winfred Louder. Sadly, this doesn't stop the universe from piling crap on him.
* SitcomArchNemsis: Mimi is this to him. She inexplicably took his comments during her job interview as sexist, and it spiraled from there when she got hired.




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* OneOfTheGuys: She's this to Drew, Oswald and Lewis.



* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Oswald.
* InsufferableGenius: In one of the later seasons it's revealed by his mother he has an IQ high enough to join MENSA. Predictably, this inflates his ego to insane levels. He was also straight A student before he met Oswald.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Oswald.
Oswald. They do ''everything'' together
* InsufferableGenius: In one of the later seasons it's revealed by his mother he has an IQ high enough to join MENSA. Predictably, this inflates his ego to insane levels. He was also straight A student before he met Oswald.
Oswald.



* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow:

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* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow:ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: The unpleasant Mimi just loves her makeup. Drew calls her a [[MonsterClown clown]] every chance he gets.
* FriendToAllChildren: Yeah, seriously. Mimi isn't ''good'' with kids (most parents would think she's irresponsible), but she has a soft spot for them and they adore her wild antics.
* JerkAss:




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* UnlimitedWardrobe: Of really, really [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes loud]], gimmicky outfits. Holiday episodes milk this for all it's worth.

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* HeroesLoveDogs: Very devoted to his dog, Speedy.



* PutOnABus: Gets married at the start of Season 8, moves away, and is never heard from again.



* {{Flanderization}}: He starts out as the dimmest member of the group, but in a BookDumb sort of way. He gets progressively dumber as the seasons go by.



!!'''Kellie Newmark (CynthiaWatros)

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!!'''Kellie Newmark (CynthiaWatros)
(CynthiaWatros)'''

* FragileFlower: Why Oswald and Lewis initially didn't care for her replacing Kate. Due to the problems in her life up to that point, Kellie couldn't take the usual insults. She gets better, though.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Has this back-and-forth with Drew for much of Season 8. Gets thrown a sudden curve ball in Season 9 when their one-night stand leads to her being pregnant.




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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: In Season 9, Gus burns down her house, which forces them to move in with Drew. While Drew tolerates it for his nephew's sake, there are times he really wants to get Mimi out of his house.



* TheBusCameBack: Season 9's "Love, Sri Lankan Style"
* OutOfFocus: Appears less often in Season 8.




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* YourCheatingHeart: A Season 8 arc is devoted to him cheating on Mimi and having to win her back. When Lynch left the show for good before Season 9, though, Steve cheated on Mimi again, and they divorced.


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* BadBoss: What he was flanderized into. Besides becoming more cartoonish in general, he'd abuse and fire subordinates just for the hell of it and often didn't seem to have the slightest idea how to do his job.
* TheBusCameBack: Disappears early into Season 8, but he returns for the season finale for Drew's wedding. He reappears again in the last two episodes of Season 9, which means it doubles as BackForTheFinale.
* MeanBoss: What he started out as. He was certainly competent and qualified, but he was also a scheming manipulator and openly callous to subordinates.


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* TheBusCameBack: Stops appearing after "Brotherhood of Man" due to Gomez being cast as a regular on ''Series/TheNormShow''. He returns in "Chemistry Schmemistry" when Drew bumps into him and learns he became a matchmaker.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He starts out as an obnoxious, at times even criminal co-worker who helps Drew out now and then.
* TookALevelInKindness: When he returns in Season 8.
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* SitcomArch-Nemsis: Mimi is this to him.

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* SitcomArch-Nemsis: SitcomArchNemsis: Mimi is this to him.



* SictomArch-Nemesis: To Drew, though it tones down a bit in the last few seasons.

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* SictomArch-Nemesis: SitcomArchNemesis: To Drew, though it tones down a bit in the last few seasons.



!!'''Fran Louder (Creator/Nan Martin)'''

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!!'''Fran Louder (Creator/Nan Martin)'''
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* SitcomArch-Nemsis: Mimi is this to him.



* ReallyGetsAround: Her promiscuity is often played for laughs. This trait even earned her a nickname in high school, "Give It Away Kate".



* Heterosexual Life Partners: With Oswald.

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* Heterosexual Life Partners: HeterosexualLifePartners: With Oswald.
* InsufferableGenius: In one of the later seasons it's revealed by his mother he has an IQ high enough to join MENSA. Predictably, this inflates his ego to insane levels. He was also straight A student before he met Oswald.


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* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow:
* SictomArch-Nemesis: To Drew, though it tones down a bit in the last few seasons.

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* TheChewToy: Where to begin? He's overworked and unappreciated at a dead end job. His parents openly prefer his brother to him. Two women he dated ended up getting married mere months after breaking up with him. [[spoiler:He's even resorted to marrying his boss, Mr. Wick, in order to get his job back in season six]].




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* TheUnfavourite: Not as extreme as some other sitcom examples but still noticeable in flashbacks. Drew's brother was the more outgoing, popular and athletic sibling when they were growing up. He remains this ever after revealing himself as a crossdresser in the third season.



* Heterosexual Life Partners: With Lewis. In a Season 3 episode his bride to be forced him to go to pre-marriage counseling when she realized he listened to Lewis more than her.

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* Heterosexual Life Partners: HeterosexualLifePartners: With Lewis. In a Season 3 episode his bride to be forced him to go to pre-marriage counseling when she realized he listened to Lewis more than her.



!!'''Mimi Bobeck (Creator/KathyKinney)'''

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!!'''Mimi Bobeck (Creator/KathyKinney)'''
[[spoiler:Carey]](Creator/KathyKinney)'''


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*WholesomeCrossdresser: Revealed to be this in his debut episode. Drew, understandably, is not happy with it at first but ends up supporting his brother and fighting for him to keep his job at the Winfred Louder cosmetics counter.
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* Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Oswald.

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* Heterosexual Life-Partners: Life Partners: With Oswald.



* Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Lewis. In a Season 3 episode his bride to be forced him to go to pre-marriage counseling when she realized he listened to Lewis more than her.

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* Heterosexual Life-Partners: Life Partners: With Lewis. In a Season 3 episode his bride to be forced him to go to pre-marriage counseling when she realized he listened to Lewis more than her.

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* NerdGlasses: A large part of his signature look.
* NiceGuy: Works hard an is one of the most honest employees at Winfred Louder. Sadly, this doesn't stop the universe from piling crap on him.
* UglyGuyHotWife: More average looking than ugly but many of the women Drew dated over the course of the series have been absolute knockouts, with several of them including Christa Miller, Kate Walsh, Jenny McCarthy and Cynthia Watros.


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* Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Oswald.


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* Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Lewis. In a Season 3 episode his bride to be forced him to go to pre-marriage counseling when she realized he listened to Lewis more than her.
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!!'''Mimi Bobeck <spoiler>Carey</spoiler> (Creator/KathyKinney)'''

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!!'''Mimi Bobeck <spoiler>Carey</spoiler> (Creator/KathyKinney)'''
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!!'''Chuck (Creator/KellyPerine)'''

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!!'''Chuck (Creator/KellyPerine)'''(Creator/KellyPerine)'''

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* PunnyName: His name is clrealy a play on Lee Harvey Oswald.

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* PunnyName: His name is clrealy clearly a play on Lee Harvey Oswald.
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* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Drew Allison Carey.

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* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Drew Allison Carey.Carey.


!!'''Kate O'Brien (Creator/ChristaMiller)'''

!!'''Lewis Kiniski (Creator/RyanStiles)'''

!!'''Oswald Harvey (Creator/DiedrichBader)'''

*PunnyName: His name is clrealy a play on Lee Harvey Oswald.

!!'''Kellie Newmark (CynthiaWatros)

!!'''Mimi Bobeck <spoiler>Carey</spoiler> (Creator/KathyKinney)'''

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!!'''Steve Carey(Creator/JohnCarrollLynch)'''

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[[folder: Winfred Louder]]

!!'''Nigel Algernon Wick (Creator/CraigFerguson)'''

!!'''Larry Almada (Creator/IanGomez)'''

!!'''Fran Louder (Creator/Nan Martin)'''

!!'''Chuck (Creator/KellyPerine)'''
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List of major, recurring and minor characters from ''Series/{{TheDrewCareyShow}}''.

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List of major, recurring and minor characters from ''Series/{{TheDrewCareyShow}}''.''Series/{{The Drew Carey Show}}''.
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List of major, recurring and minor characters from ''Series/{{TheDrewCareyShow}}''.

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!!'''Drew Allison Carey (Creator/Drew Carey)'''

->''I always get screwed by the system. That's my place in the universe. I'm the system's bitch."

*EmbarrassingMiddleName: Drew Allison Carey.

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