History Characters / TheNanny

* ShipperOnDeck: In the final season, when she learns about Niles's feelings for C.C., she initially has a WhatDoesHeSeeInHer reaction but eventually starts being supportive of their relationship, giving advice to both of them to make it work.

** On a more serious note, when C.C. mocks and berates him over his failed proposal to her, Niles ''seriously'' rakes her over the coals for pining over a man who doesn't love her rather than just make a snide remark. This gets her to stop pining over C.C.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Lampshaded by C.C. when he's recovering from a heart attack and she tells Fran and Maxwell about it--she figured out something was wrong with him when he failed to respond to her taunting with a witty remark.

* DeadpanSnarker: Usually makes a snarky comment with a mere look of disdain, especially towards Fran and when engaging in SnarkToSnarkCombat with Niles.

-->'''C.C.''': I found my man and I am completely and totally...and multiply satisfied.\\

* ChildHater: She can't even remember the names of Maxwell's children, or even the number, despite knowing them all their lives, and ''working from their home.'' Also, one time, when sheentertaining a group of ladies she mentions how they were deciding between donating to their show or a Children's Milk Fund and comments she doesn't want any thirsty little brats getting in her way.
* ChristmasCake: She's very self-conscious about being unmarried and most of the time single at her age and Niles never misses a chance to rub it in her face... until he proposes to her himself and eventually marries her.

* EnemyToAllLivingThings: Animals do not like her, and vice versa. She's very neglectful or dismissive of her dog Chester, who often growls at her especially when in Fran's arms, and in "The Car Show" she was able to tell, over the car phone, that Fran had hit a rabbit while driving by recognizing the noise, merely by the ''sound'' alone. It's to the point that [[DidYouJustHaveSex after having sex with Niles]], she's shown singing and dancing with animals like WesternAnimation/{{Snow White|and the Seven Dwarfs}} to drive home how out of character she's become.

* EvilLaugh: C.C. laughs at all her own mean-spirited jokes - usually the only one doing so - and her laugh tends to be as loud and mocking as possible.

'''Fran:''' (''Mid-contraction'')]] '''I'm so friggin' happy for you!'''

* OnlyOneName: "It's just Niles. Like Cher.".

* WhatTheHellHero: After finally getting tired of Maxwell's indecisiveness with Fran, Niles gives him one of his biggest rants ever.
-->'''Niles:''' I am so bloody sick of hearing this year after year. "Niles, what am I to do? I told her I love her, I took it back, I'm afraid of commitment, I'm worried about the children!" ''[grabs Max]'' FOR GOD'S SAKE! MAKE A MOVE! DO ''SOMETHING!'' You passed on ''Theatre/{{Cats}}''! '''DO YOU WANT TO REGRET ''THIS'' FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, TOO!?'''

* EveryoneHasStandards: As obsessed as she is with Fran finding a husband, Sylvia draws the line at Fran's ex-fiancé Danny and was even glad when the engagement was over.

* KilledOffForReal: He dies offscreen in "Danny's Dead And Whose Got The Will."

* {{Flanderization}}: Was crankier and more "there" in her early appearances, with shades of DirtyOldWoman. Later jokes about her senility overtook all other aspects of her character.

* BlondesAreEvil: Not evil per say, but she is not afraid to steal another woman's boyfriend for herself and also her job.

* ShadowArchetype: Both Heather and Fran were/are romantically involved with Danny Imperially and can be very promiscuous around men. However, Fran has her own moral compass and is never intentionally malicious, while Heather has no qualms with cheating, stealing or lying to get anything she wants, including another woman's fiance.

* EvilLaugh: Cici laughs at all her own mean-spirited jokes - usually the only one doing so - and her laugh tends to be as loud and mocking as possible.

* EvilLaugh: Her laugh has a very mocking tone.

* TheJeeves: He's British, polite, sophisticated, and loyal to his employer... for the most part. Eventually, however, he becomes a DeadpanSnarker, thinking Maxwell's stubborn for his reluctance to admit his true feelings to Fran. Eventually, in a late season, he gains enough backbone to finally tell his boss off and speak his true mind about it, and this finally convinces Maxwell to propose to Fran, and it sticks.

* SarcasticDevotee: Played with. He's the snarky butler of the Sheffield family but rarely insults them, and mainly shows his snarky side around C.C. Babcock. He only does make a few snarky remarks at family members though when he has to put up with C.C. not coming over anymore as she is in an asylum. He also has a few moments where he mocks Fran as she gets away with a lot as Maxwell's love interest and later wife.

* LadyInRed: As an attractive lady that joins the protagonist family, the ThemeTune characterises her as a lady who wears red when everyone else is wearing tan.