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* PlatonicLifePartners: With Niles.
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* [[spoiler:HotMom: After she and Maxwell get married. There's actually an episode that centers around Brighton getting in a fight at school because some boys were oggling her.]]

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* TheSouthpaw




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* QuirkyCurls



* SignatureLaugh: Oh, that nasal, snorty laugh...



* {{Catchphrase}}: Maxwell's enraged bellow of ''"MISS FINE!"''



* AntagonistInMourning: Happens twice to C.C.. Once when Fran leaves to become a soap opera star, C.C. is ecstatic until she finds out that Maxwell has hired Heather Biblow to take over as nanny. When Fran returns, C.C. hugs her, exclaiming "Don't you ever leave me again!" to a perplexed Fran. The second time was after Niles suffers a heart attack during a verbal spar with him.



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* CatchPhrase: Often enters with "Hello, hello!".

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* CatchPhrase: Often enters with "Hello, hello!".hello!"



** Although, that was Fran's idea. She bad been violently ill ever since [[spoiler:Niles proposed,]] and Fran said that as soon as she [[spoiler:said "I Do,]] her jitters would go away.

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** Although, that was Fran's idea. She bad been violently ill ever since [[spoiler:Niles proposed,]] and Fran said that as soon as she [[spoiler:said "I Do,]] Do",]] her jitters would go away.



* HairOfGold



* AnnoyingYoungerSibling



* OutOfFocus: Seasons 3-6, probably to make room for Fran's growing romance with Maxwell, and more storylines involving Val, Sylvia, and Yetta (and possibly due to the fact that Madeline Zima was the only one still under age and subject to child labor laws.)

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* OutOfFocus: Seasons 3-6, probably to make room for Fran's growing romance with Maxwell, and more storylines story lines involving Val, Sylvia, and Yetta (and possibly due to the fact that Madeline Zima was the only one still under age and subject to child labor laws.)


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* TallDarkAndHandsome

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* FormerTeenRebel




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* SpoiledSweet


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold


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* AdorablyPrecociousChild
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* LadyInRed
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* JweishMother: Acts like this to Maggie, Brighton, and Grace.

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* JweishMother: JewishMother: Acts like this to Maggie, Brighton, and Grace.

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* BunnyEarsLawyer



* [[spoiler:HotMom: after she and Maxwell get married. There's actually an episode that centers around Brighton getting in a fight at school because some boys were oggling her.]]

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* FanserviceWithASmile / MsFanservice
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Val.
* [[spoiler:HotMom: after After she and Maxwell get married. There's actually an episode that centers around Brighton getting in a fight at school because some boys were oggling her.]]]]
* JweishMother: Acts like this to Maggie, Brighton, and Grace.



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* SheCleansUpNicely
* ShesGotLegs
* UnlimitedWardrobe



* BlueBlood



* ObliviousToLove: PlayedForLaughs, though it's more like Oblivious To Lust, as Maxwell constantly misinterprets or overlooks C.C.'s attempts at winning his heart.



* BreakTheHaughty



* EvilLaugh



* InformedDeformity: A quite jarring case: throughout the series Niles insinuates that C.C. is unattractive, despite the fact that she actually looks quite beautiful (it was her personality that was unattractive!). Justified later on in the series when it turns out that Niles has just been saying this to cover up the fact that he's actually madly in love with C.C. (For the most part, in the early episodes, it would appear that Niles simply hates her so much he's coming up with every insult he can to throw at her. He also calls her a cow, a hooker, and a witch.)



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* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Girl]]


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* InformedDeformity: While Sylvia was a Big Eater and definitely a bigger woman, in show, they portrayed her as a whale. During one of her many elaborate freakouts, she threatened to throw herself in the Hudson River, to which Fran responded "Ma, ''flooding New Jersey'' is not gonna solve anything!"
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Fran.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: A typical trait of the MyBelovedSmother on sitcoms of the time, she always genuinely seemed concerned with Fran's happiness (she just had trouble understanding that happy =/= married.) She would pair up Fran with any available male she saw. Also, when it was revealed that Fran was a FormerTeenRebel, it was mentioned how Fran had no privacy as a child. Sylvia's acrylic nails could open any door she needed through ("Doors, diaries, my ex-boyfriend Chevy," according to Fran,) and casually mentioned reading her diary like it was a cookbook.
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* BitchAlert: Her first interaction with Fran was a frostbitten sarcasm about her appearance.
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* FoeYay: With Niles, and to a lesser extent, Fran.
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* BritishStuffinessBritishStuffiness: Both he and his entire family, with the exception of his brother Nigel, although he was considered the black sheep of the family and sort of the exception to the rule.
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** To be fair though, playing a stereotypical JewishMother who's daughter is over 30, Sylvia would ship Fran with just about ''anyone''. Fran even commented once that her mother would have been thrilled with her hooking up with a successful, profressional ''woman'' if not for the fact said lesbian wasn't Jewish.
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* OutOfFocus: Seasons 3-6, probably to make room for Fran's growing romance with Maxwell, and more storylines involving Val, Sylvia, and Yetta.

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* OutOfFocus: Seasons 3-6, probably to make room for Fran's growing romance with Maxwell, and more storylines involving Val, Sylvia, and Yetta.Yetta (and possibly due to the fact that Madeline Zima was the only one still under age and subject to child labor laws.)
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* HotDad: Most certainly.

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* HotDad: Most certainly. certainly.
* OnlySaneMan



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* SitcomArchNemesis: AndrewLloydWebber,AndrewLloydWebber.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He delivers one to C.C. after she begins mocking him for thinking he had a chance with her. Niles lays into her that at least he is trying to move on from his rejection, whereas she's spent a good chunk of her life chasing after a man (Maxwell) who has no interest in her and never will, and is still chasing after him even though he's now married and is having a child with his new wife. The thing is, rather than give a snappy comeback, this really hits C.C. where it hurts and she decides to resign from being Maxwell's partner. [[spoiler: She doesn't, and C.C. and Niles really do get together.]]

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He delivers one to C.C. after she begins mocking him for thinking he had a chance with her. Niles lays into her that at least he is trying to move on from his rejection, whereas she's spent a good chunk of her life chasing after a man (Maxwell) who has no interest in her and never will, and is still chasing after him even though he's now married and is having a child with his new wife. The thing is, rather than give a snappy comeback, this really hits C.C. where it hurts and she decides to resign from being Maxwell's partner. [[spoiler: She [[spoiler:She doesn't, and C.C. and Niles really do get together.]]



* ItsAllAboutMe: Even though she [[DefrostingIceQueen mellows out]] in the end, she still goes on and on about herself, even going as far as [[spoiler:having a priest marry her and Niles ''while Fran's in labor''.]]

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Even though she [[DefrostingIceQueen she mellows out]] in the end, she still goes on and on about herself, even going as far as [[spoiler:having a priest marry her and Niles ''while Fran's in labor''.]]



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Until the finale, revealed to be [[spoiler:Chastity-Claire Babcock]].

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Until the finale, revealed to be [[spoiler:Chastity-Claire Babcock]].Babcock.]]



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* SlapstickKnowsNoGenderSlapstickKnowsNoGender: A unique example in that most of her slapstick is caused by a male character (Niles).



* StalkerWithACrush: Towards Maxwell.

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* StalkerWithACrush: Towards Maxwell.
Maxwell, with borderline {{Yandere}} tendencies.

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* [[spoiler: HotMom: [[spoiler:HotMom: after she and Maxwell get married. There's actually an episode that centers around Brighton getting in a fight at school because some boys were oggling her.]]



* ItsAllAboutMe: Even though she [[DefrostingIceQueen mellows out]] in the end, she still goes on and on about herself, even going as far as [[spoiler:having a priest marry her and Niles while Fran's in labor.]]

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Even though she [[DefrostingIceQueen mellows out]] in the end, she still goes on and on about herself, even going as far as [[spoiler:having a priest marry her and Niles while ''while Fran's in labor.labor''.]]


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* ItsAllAboutMe: Even though she [[DefrostingIceQueen mellows out]] in the end, she still goes on and on about herself, even going as far as [[spoiler:having a priest marry her and Niles while Fran's in labor.]]



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Until the finale, revealed to be [[spoiler: Chastity-Claire Babcock]].

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Until the finale, revealed to be [[spoiler: Chastity-Claire [[spoiler:Chastity-Claire Babcock]].
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* FoeYay: With Fran and Niles.

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* FoeYay: With Fran Niles, and Niles.to a lesser extent, Fran.




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* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Due to Grandma Yetta's senility, she calls him "Schmooey".
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** Not jst a Londoner, an honest-to-God [[KnightFever Lord]] (he is the 5th Baron Shaughnessy).

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** Not jst just a Londoner, an honest-to-God [[KnightFever Lord]] (he is the 5th Baron Shaughnessy).
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!!Fran Fine (Fran Drescher)

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!!Fran !!Francine "Fran" Fine (Fran Drescher)



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Until the GrandFinale, revealed to be [[spoiler: Chastity Claire Babcock]].

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Until the GrandFinale, finale, revealed to be [[spoiler: Chastity Claire Chastity-Claire Babcock]].
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!!Maxwell Sheffield (Charles Shaughnessy)

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!!Maxwell Sheffield (Charles (Baron Charles Shaughnessy)

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* CatchPhrase: Oftens enters with "Hello, hello!".

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* CatchPhrase: Oftens Often enters with "Hello, hello!".



* FoeYay: With Fran.

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* FoeYay: With Fran.Fran and Niles.



* OutOfFocus: Seasons 3-6, probably to make room for Fran's growing romance with Maxwell, and more storylines involving Val, Sylvia, and Yetta.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Towards the end of the series.



* DeadpanSnarker




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* ShipperOnDeck: For Fran and Maxwell.


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* ChildHater
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In an early episode, she actually took in the entire main cast during a blizzard and kept all of them well-fed. Later on, she was quick to snatch up any food someone else was about to sink their teeth into.
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!!Maggie Sheffield (Nicholle Tom)

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!!Maggie !!Margaret "Maggie" Sheffield (Nicholle Tom)

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