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--> Played by: Gilles Marini

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--> Played by: Gilles Marini
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Good Adultery Bad Adultery now needs two affairs, one portrayed as better than the other


* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: His wife and him have an open relationship and she not only seems to tolerate but actively encourage him and Caroline to have an affair. Caroline's stance on this is different.
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zettai ryouiki has been made Definition Only; no on-page examples


* ZettaiRyouiki: On occasion.
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No longer a trope.


* YourCheatingHeart: Pretty much anytime he and Max get together he is dating of marring someone, the one time he's not both him and Max agree that there is something missing.

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* NiceGuy: One of the nicest on the show.* ParentalSubstitute: Max frequently says that she wishes he was her father.

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* NiceGuy: One of the nicest on the show.show.
* ParentalSubstitute: Although they talk like drinking buddies, Max frequently says that she wishes he was her father.
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adorkable cleanup, now it's YMMV. removing misuse and ZCE, moving appropriate examples to YMMV, and replacing with Endearingly Dorky for In Universe examples


* {{Adorkable}}: A former Wall Street exec who fulfilled his dream of opening his own candy store when his firm folded and rang a bell every time he said something funny/cute.

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Was revealed to be Washington in season 6.


* NiceGuy: One of the nicest on the show.
* NoNameGiven: Is the only character whose last name is not revealed.
* ParentalSubstitute: Max frequently says that she wishes he was her father.

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* NiceGuy: One of the nicest on the show.
* NoNameGiven: Is the only character whose last name is not revealed.
show.* ParentalSubstitute: Max frequently says that she wishes he was her father.
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Dewicking per TRS decision.


* BiTheWay: She mentions kissing girls often.



* BiTheWay: Mentions attractions to Max, didn't hate Caroline's hands on her boobs, and has dated women before as well. '
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* DirtyCoward: In one episode where the diner she and her friend Max work at gets held up by a potentially armed robber. She begs the robber to take Max instead of her, pushes her closer to him, and actively uses Max as a human shield. Caroline later tries to shrug the incident off when everyone makes fun of her. To further highlight her cowardice, the show has her pee herself when she learns of the armed robber.
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One of the waitresses at the Williamsburg Diner. Han initially allowed her to sell homemade cupcakes in the diner, which led to her going forward with Caroline's idea to go into the cupcake business. The brunette Max is street-smart, tends to deliver insults with a smile, and often pokes fun at her own promiscuity, her large breasts, and indulgence in marijuana. She always wears knee-high brown leather boots while waitressing.

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One of the waitresses at the Williamsburg Diner. Han initially allowed her to sell homemade cupcakes in the diner, which led to her going forward with Caroline's idea to go into the cupcake business. The brunette Max is street-smart, tends to deliver insults with a smile, and often pokes fun at her own promiscuity, her large breasts, and indulgence in marijuana. She always wears knee-high brown leather boots while waitressing.waitressing and being snarky and sassy with costumers.



A new waitress at the Williamsburg Diner. She is a formerly rich high society girl (in the style of Paris Hilton) and University of Pennsylvania Wharton graduate who lost all of her money when her father was arrested and thrown in jail for a Ponzi scheme. She is forced to start over and becomes Max's co-worker, roommate and eventual best friend. She comes up with the idea of starting a cupcake business with Max. Despite being spoiled since birth and then losing her money, Caroline is kind and optimistic, though high-maintenance at times. The blonde Caroline always wears large pearl necklaces with her waitress uniform as well as high-heeled shoes.

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A new waitress at the Williamsburg Diner. She is a formerly rich high society girl (in the style of Paris Hilton) and University of Pennsylvania Wharton graduate who lost all of her money when her father was arrested and thrown in jail for a Ponzi scheme. She is forced to start over and becomes Max's co-worker, roommate and eventual best friend. She comes up with the idea of starting a cupcake business with Max. Despite being spoiled since birth and then losing her money, Caroline is perky, kind and optimistic, though materialistic and high-maintenance at times. The dumb blonde Caroline always wears large pearl necklaces with her waitress uniform as well as high-heeled shoes.



* DumbBlonde: She surprisingly averts this trope; while she's definitely naive, she's far from stupid and can hold her own in a lot of areas.

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* DumbBlonde: She surprisingly averts this trope; while she's definitely naive, naive and ditzy, she's far from being completely stupid and can hold her own in a lot of areas.
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* AlliterativeName: '''C'''aroline '''C'''hanning, played by '''Be'''th '''Be'''hrs.
%%* ButtMonkey

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* AlliterativeName: '''C'''aroline '''C'''hanning, played by '''Be'''th '''Be'''hrs.
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* ButtMonkey: Caroline is the CuteClumsyGirl of the show.



* DitzyGenius: She has some hilariously naive beliefs about poverty and sexuality ("Max, you can't get pregnant doggy-style!"), and yet she's got a degree and when dealing with her and Max's cupcake business, displays lots of business sense.

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* DitzyGenius: She She's clumsy, has some hilariously naive beliefs about poverty and sexuality ("Max, you can't get pregnant doggy-style!"), and yet she's got a degree and when dealing with her and Max's cupcake business, displays lots of business sense.
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--> Played by: Matthew Moy

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--> Played by: Matthew Moy
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--> Played by: Garrett Morris

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--> Played by: Garrett Morris
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--> Played by: Jonathan Kite

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--> Played by: Jonathan Kite
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* UpperClassEquestrian: A former high society girl who still keeps her beloved horse Chestnut outside her apartment.

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--> Played by: Beth Behrs

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--> Played by: Beth Behrs
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* AlliterativeName: '''C'''aroline '''C'''hanning, played by '''Be'''th '''Be'''hrs.



--> Played by: Nick Zano

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--> Played by: Nick Zano
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--> Played by: Jennifer Coolidge

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--> Played by: Jennifer Coolidge
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--> Played by: Steven Weber

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--> Played by: Steven Weber
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Due to his shortness and finical behaviour, the diner employees alternate between calling him an old man and a freaky child. He's 29, actually.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: Due to his shortness and finical behaviour, the diner employees alternate between calling him an old man and a freaky child. He's 29, actually.actually, much to everyone's shock.



* GoodParents: At the very least it's implied that he's better at parenting than Sophie is, evidenced when he is completely determined to spend quality time with his baby daughter even Sophie is monopolizing her.
* HiddenDepths: He loves the musical "Cats" enough that he saw it nine times on Broadway.



* BiTheWay: Mentions attractions to Max and has dated women before as well. '

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* BiTheWay: Mentions attractions to Max Max, didn't hate Caroline's hands on her boobs, and has dated women before as well. '
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* FunnyForeigner

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* DeadpanSnarker

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* %%* DeadpanSnarker
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* [[SelfMadeMan Self-Made Woman]]: Sophie owns a successful cleaning company.
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* NoodleIncident: A walking example. She spits out at least one of these an episode. Apparently she's been shot before and claims to have killed a French man ,among many other things

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* NoodleIncident: A walking example. She spits out at least one of these an episode. Apparently she's been shot before and claims to have killed a French man ,among man, among many other things



-->'''Teacher:''' You look just like the grls Maxine used to give wedgies to.

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-->'''Teacher:''' You look just like the grls girls Maxine used to give wedgies to.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite regularly being snide and sarcastic, she genuinely felt bad for Caroline and allowed Caroline to stay in her home without really asking for anything in return. It's pretty much established at the end of "And The Reality Check" that she's rather nice as [[spoiler: Max is holding back tears as Chestnut is sent away for the winter]]. She's either a golden-hearted jerkass or possibly a KnightInSourArmor.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite regularly being snide and sarcastic, she genuinely felt bad for Caroline and allowed Caroline to stay in her home without really asking for anything in return. It's pretty much established at the end of "And The Reality Check" that she's rather nice as [[spoiler: Max is holding back tears as Chestnut is sent away for the winter]].winter. She's either a golden-hearted jerkass or possibly a KnightInSourArmor.


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* PottyFailure: When the diner gets held up, she gets so scared that she wets herself.

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%% * AloofDarkHairedGirl



* ZettaiRyuki: On occasion.

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* ZettaiRyuki: ZettaiRyouiki: On occasion.

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%% * FunnyForeigner

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: At first Sophie rebuffs him, but they wind up in a brief FriendsWithBenefits relationship anyway.

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: At first Sophie rebuffs him, but they wind up in a brief FriendsWithBenefits relationship anyway.later on in the series.



--> Played by: Creator/JenniferCoolidge

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--> Played by: Creator/JenniferCoolidge
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* MaternallyChallenged: After having her baby girl, she is often shown dragging her baby's pram up and down stairs with no delicacy, constantly bumping or crashing the pram, spraying her baby with perfume, and getting her a spray tan.
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* ZettaiRyuki: On occasion.

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zce, misuse


* RavenHairIvorySkin: A picture's worth 1000 words nothing really more to say.

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* %%* RavenHairIvorySkin: A picture's worth 1000 words nothing really more to say.



* TheStoner: Not overemphasized, but Max is indicated to be a pot smoker, with "And the High Holidays" even acknowledging that she has a dealer.
** In season 3, the diner crew gives her a case filled with joints instead of pens.

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* TheStoner: Not overemphasized, but Max is indicated to be a pot smoker, with "And the High Holidays" even acknowledging that she has a dealer.
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dealer. In season 3, the diner crew gives her a case filled with joints instead of pens.



* AlliterativeName: '''C'''aroline '''C'''hanning. For AddedAlliterativeAppeal, she is played by '''B'''eth '''B'''ehrs.



* SpoiledSweet: She frequently mentions how up until she went broke, her father would give her anything she wanted.
* StrawNihilist: Oddly, when she's stoned.

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* NoNameGiven: Is the only character whose last name is not revealed.



[[folder:Oleg]]

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[[folder:Oleg]][[folder:Vanko Oleg Golishevsky]]



A Ukrainian cook at the Williamsburg Diner. He sexually harasses Max and Caroline constantly with inappropriate jokes, innuendo and propositions for sex, but his behavior is benign and easily ignored (or mocked, by Max).

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A Oleg is a Ukrainian cook at the Williamsburg Diner. He sexually harasses Max and Caroline constantly with inappropriate jokes, innuendo and propositions for sex, but his behavior is benign and easily ignored (or mocked, by Max).


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* CarpetOfVirility: Is very hairy-chested.


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* SleevesAreForWimps: Loves his tank tops.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Tends to be demeaning towards people, especially Caroline, and is unapologetic when corrected by Caroline after calling Han a woman. She occasionally dips into JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Tends to be demeaning towards people, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg especially Caroline, Caroline]], and is unapologetic when corrected by Caroline after calling Han a woman. She occasionally dips into JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory.

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%%* ButtMonkey



* ButtMonkey: He is usually the butt of many jokes. Usually involving his height or the fact he could be mistaken for a woman or a young boy. Taken UpToEleven by Sophie in "And The Pearl Necklace"

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* ButtMonkey: He is usually the butt of many jokes. Usually involving his height or the fact he could be mistaken for a woman or a young boy. Taken UpToEleven by Sophie in "And The Pearl Necklace"Necklace".
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