History Characters / TheNanny

* EarnYourHappyEnding: The show opens with her both jobless and homeless after being kicked out by her schlub of an ex-boyfriend. The show closes with her married to handsome and rich producer, adopting his beautiful children and with twins of her own, all due to her being a kindhearted FriendToAllChildren.

* UnlimitedWardrobe: In "Fashion Show", it's explained that she gets her clothes from fashion designer Todd Oldham, who's her cousin, at discounted prices (well, alongside frequenting outlet malls and having '''astronomical''' credit card bills.)

* PlatonicLifePartners: Develops a platonic but nevertheless tight friendship with Fran. Niles is the first to accept Fran into Maxwell Sheffield's household (and later becomes a ShipperOnDeck for Fran and Maxwell), the two of them confide in each other, and they love to snark about C.C.

* SheCleansUpNicely: Granted, she looks beautiful pretty much all the time, but she's stunning when she wears formal attire and goes the extra mile to look stylish, even earning comparisons to Creator/AudreyHepburn at one point.

* OpenMindedParent: She apparently has no issue with the idea of Fran being gay or attracted to women. As long as Fran gets married, that's all she cares about.

* ContraltoOfDanger: She speaks with a deeper, huskier voice than the lighter, nasal Fran. She uses an even lower voice when trying to sound seductive.

* OverprotectiveDad: He is overprotective of Maggie, not wanting her to date.

* MatzoFever: She is very, very Jewish, and attracts the attention of dozens of men over the years, including many celebrities and (of course) her boss the Broadway producer Maxwell.

* 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.

* BigWhat: This is his reaction when he finally discovers what “The Thing” is.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: She's the most abused character in the show. A unique example in that most of her slapstick is caused by a male character (Niles).

* ShesGotLegs: She has long legs, usually accentuated by her mini-skirts.

* ButtMonkey: By far the most abused character on the show, especially when she is around Niles who always loves making fun of her.

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-->'''CC:''' And then the scariest thing happened!\\

* {{Jerkass}}: Far and away the biggest one in the series.

* PlayingGertrude: Ann Morgan Guilbert is just five years older than her onscreen daughter Renee Taylor.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He cheated on Fran with her sworn enemy Heather Biblow and later fires her so Heather can have her job. Even when he briefly tries to win Fran back, it is obvious that he is still the same chauvinistic, selfish jerk and hasn't changed at all.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Averted. Fran notes that her parents keep their old dog's collar and leash in their bedroom, likely using it for personal reasons. [[SarcasmBlind Sylvia tells her to mind her own business.]] Later in the episode, it's implied that Sylvia's Halloween costume (a full-body latex suit) also falls into her purview.

* DaddysGirl: She seems to be the closest with father Maxwell and is the most disappointed when he can't spend time with them. [[Justified|Trope]] as Gracie has the most trouble remembering her mother due to her young age, and thus is more attached to her remaining parent.

--> Shut up you big green cow!

* ThePrankster: Especially at the beginning of the series where he displays a clear penchant for pulling pranks and jeering at everyone.

* CreepyChild: Said a lot of unsettling things especially in earlier seasons, where her therapy and subsequent extensive knowledge of psychology makes her come across as a little twisted. In the pilot, after Fran snarks about Grace saying her therapist took her back through her childhood (she's six years old at the time,) Grace turns to her and sas, "Oh, you have no idea how complicated I am."
* DaddysGirl: She seems to be the closest with father Maxwell and is the most disappointed when he can't spend time with them.

* MissingMom: Her mother Sara Sheffield passed away before the series begins. How she died has never been revealed.

'''CC:''' No, worse! There I was, waiting for a zinger...and ''nothing!''

* 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 that Niles simply hates her so much he's coming up with every insult he can to throw at her, having also called her a cow, a hooker, a dog and a witch.

* ExtremeOmnivore: There's a few times when her love of food goes UpToEleven. Fran mentions she ate half a plastic cookie before realizing it was a refrigerator magnet, she eats a chunk off a ''plaster'' cake Fran made, and once complains about how a rice cake tasted like cork before Fran notices she's eating a coaster. Fran inherits this, snacking on a bowl of trail mix that was actually potpourri. Sylvia likely got it from Yetta, who doesn't notice the grapes she's eating are actually part of a wax fruit display.

* SkunkStripe: Has a gray streak in his hair, which is lampshaded to have appeared around the same time as Fran.

* AmbiguouslyBi: During his funeral, Fran encounters a guy who is implied to have been one of Danny's many exploited lovers. What gives him away is the fact he's wearing a tiger stripe tie, as all of Danny's female lovers are wearing tiger stripes at the funeral, and the guy implies Danny kept him a secret.

* RaisedCatholic: Implied. Fran is seen shopping for Christmas presents for her, and when running into a nun, Val hurriedly crosses herself multiple times.