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3	Characters from the ''Literature/EightCousins'' saga.
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5	!!Rose Campbell
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7	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Subverted. Rose is attracted to the idea of being Charlie's MoralityChain, but her common sense and Uncle Alec both warn her not to commit herself to a man she cannot trust.
8	%%* BigSisterMentor
9	* TheCaretaker: To Mac.
10	* CoolBigSis: To Kitty.
11	* DaddysGirl: Rose was this to her late father, George, and at the beginning of the first book she's still grieving very painfully for what appears to be his relatively recent loss. Over the course of the ensuing year, she grows to be this for Uncle Alec as well.
12	* DeadGuyJunior: Rose is named after her dead mother.
13	%%* HeartwarmingOrphan
14	* LikeBrotherAndSister: Rose offers to be Charlie's little sister so he can confide his problems to her. Once he starts courting her, it stops.
15	* LikeParentLikeSpouse: Rose openly admits that her ideal husband is a man just like her uncle Alec. [[spoiler: She ends up marrying Mac, Alec's godson, who fits the role perfectly.]]
16	* LovableAlphaBitch
17	* {{Nephewism}}
18	* ObliviousToLove
19	* ParentalSubstitute: To Dulcie.
20	%%* ShesAllGrownUp
21	%% * WealthyPhilanthropist: She's a wealthy young woman who grows into a kindhearted and philanthropic person.
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23	!!George and Rose Campbell
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25	* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest
26	* DisappearedDad and MissingMom
27	* SiblingTriangle: Both George and his brother Alec liked Rose Sr. George won and this led to Alec distancing himself from them for years.
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29	!!Dr. Alexander Mackenzie Campbell aka Uncle Alec
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31	* TheConfidant: To Rose.
32	%%* CoolUncle
33	* HisHeartWillGoOn / TheMourningAfter: Uncle Alec is heavily implied to have been in love with Rose's dead mother. (It may be noted that of all the Campbell brothers, he alone never married.)
34	* ParentalSubstitute: To Rose.
35	* ThePromise: Prior to his death, George asked Alec if he'd take care of his daughter Rose, and Alec accepted. This is the exact reason why he takes Rose under his wing.
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37	!!Phebe Moore
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39	* BetaCouple: With Archie.
40	* TheCaretaker: To Uncle Alec.
41	%%* HeartwarmingOrphan
42	* ShesAllGrownUp: In the second book.
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44	!!Aunt Plenty
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46	%%* ApronMatron
47	* TheCaretaker: To Peace and, after she dies, to Myra.
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49	!!Aunt Peace
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51	* TheHeart: In a way. Everybody loves her, and when her funeral is described in the second book, it mentions that in addition to the sprawling Campbell clan, she served as a mentor to a number of young women in the neighborhood, who honored her by acting as pallbearers.
52	* HerHeartWillGoOn / TheMourningAfter: Aunt Peace's fiancé died just hours before their wedding; she almost died herself from the shock, but managed to survive, although she never got over it.
53	* MaidenAunt: Never married after her fiancé's death.
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55	!!Aunt Jessie and Uncle James aka Jem
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57	* CoolAunt: Jessie is Rose’s favorite aunt.
58	* HappilyMarried
59	%%zce* OnlySaneWoman: Compared to the other aunts-by-marriage.
60	* ParentalSubstitute: Aunt Jessie is the nearest thing Rose has to a mother.
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62	!!Aunt Clara
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64	* TheDitz: And her brothers-in-law aren't exactly impressed with it.
65	* TheFashionista
66	* IWasQuiteALooker: Probably crossing into a softer version of...
67	** WhiteDwarfStarlet
68	* MyBelovedSmother: Her lenient and smothering parenting is one of the reasons why Charlie is so screwed up.
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70	!!Uncle Mac
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72	* CoolUncle: He's Rose's favorite uncle other than Alec.
73	* HenpeckedHusband
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75	!! Aunt Jane
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77	* DotingParent: In her own odd way, particularly to Mac after he almost goes blind.
78	* EducationMama: She has a tendency to nag Rose about her studies early in the first book.
79	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
80	* MyBelovedSmother: To a degree
81	%%* NoSenseOfHumour
82	%%* SternTeacher
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84	!!Aunt Myra
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86	%%* TheEeyore
87	%%* {{Hypochondria}}
88	* MyBelovedSmother: To her dead daughter Caroline. It's implied that this may have had a role in said daughter's death.
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90	!!Archibald "Archie" Campbell
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92	* BetaCouple: With Phebe.
93	* BigBrotherMentor: To all of the younger cousins.
94	%%* TheHero
95	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Charlie.
96	* ParentalMarriageVeto: The aunts are collectively appalled by Archie's proposing to Phebe - [[spoiler: at least until she saves Uncle Alec's life]].
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98	!!"Prince" Charlie Campbell
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100	* TheAce: Charlie is seen as the most accomplished and handsomest of the cousins. [[spoiler: He becomes the BrokenAce in the second book when years of spoiling makes him arrogant and lazy with no clear ambition or talent.]]
101	* TheAlcoholic
102	* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: A subversion. [[spoiler:When he dies in a riding accident, Rose and Mac, the other sides of the "triangle," don't even like each other that way until a few years later.]]
103	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Archie.
104	%% * TheLancer
105	* LikeBrotherAndSister: Rose offers to be Charlie's little sister so he can confide his problems to her. Once he starts courting her, it stops.
106	%% * TroubledButCute
107	* WrongGenreSavvy: Charlie is described as acting like a melodramatic theatre character.
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109	!!Alexander Mackenzie "Mac" Campbell
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111	* BerserkButton: Please, don't mock someone else's goals in front of him. Especially if this involves [[spoiler: Charlie trying to not drink alcohol]]. When that one happened, Mac almost went ''berserk'' on Kitty's brother Alf.
112	** BewareTheNiceOnes: Kitty's brother Alf triggers's Mac's BerserkButton and finds out Mac is a BadassBookworm.
113	* {{Bookworm}}
114	%%% ** BadassBookworm: See BerserkButton.
115	%% * DoggedNiceGuy
116	* EyeScream: As a child he almost loses his eyesight due to too much reading in the sun, and Rose takes care of him until he recovers.
117	* FamilyThemeNaming: Like several of the cousins, he's named after not one but ''two'' of the uncles - he shares his first name with Uncle Alec, his middle name with his father.
118	%%* HeCleansUpNicely
119	%% * NerdsAreSexy
120	%%%* NoSocialSkills
121	* SiblingYinYang: Bookish Mac and flamboyant Steve.
122	%% * TheSmartGuy
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124	!!Stephen "Steve" Campbell
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126	* BetaCouple: With Kitty.
127	* BigBrotherWorship: He idolizes Charlie and copies him in everything, not always to his own advantage.
128	%%%* CampStraight
129	* FamilyThemeNaming: Like several of the cousins, he's named after one of the uncles - in this case, he's named for Charlie's father Stephen.
130	* SiblingYinYang: Bookish Mac and flamboyant Steve.
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132	!!William and George Campbell (Will and Geordie)
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134	* {{The Big Guy}}s
135	* FamilyThemeNaming: Like several of the cousins, Geordie is named after one of the uncles - in this case, Rose's late father.
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137	!!James Campbell, Jr. aka Jamie
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139	* FamilyThemeNaming: Like several of the cousins, he's named after one of the uncles - in this case, his father, Jem.
140	* LikesOlderWomen: Jamie (at 12) proposes to Rose (at 19). She laughs it off.
141	* TagalongKid
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143	!!Annabel Bliss
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145	* AccidentalMisnaming: Uncle Alec refers to her as "Ariadne Blish" at one point while talking to himself, although it's unclear whether this is MaliciousMisnaming or if he actually thinks that ''is'' her name. In the first edition, the character’s name actually ''was'' Ariadne Blish.
146	* BetaCouple: [[spoiler:With Fun See.]]
147	* TheDitz
148	* FriendlyEnemy: She and Rose have this sort of a relationship in the first book, but they improve considerably as they grow older.
149	* LovableAlphabitch: While much more of a ditz than Rose and is somewhat set up as an example of the vapid girl she shouldn't aspire to be, she's not a bad person in herself.
150	* ShesAllGrownUp
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152	!!Fun See
153	A boy from China who has come to America for an education.
154	* FunnyForeigner: At first...
155	* ShesAllGrownUp: The Fun See from the second book is said to be TallDarkAndHandsome.
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157	!!Debby/Dolly
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159	In the first edition, her name is Debby for the first three chapters, changing to Dolly when she reappears later in the book. In later editions, she is Dolly throughout.
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161	%%% * HairTriggerTemper:
162	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She is a cook in Aunt Plenty's household. Underneath her bad temper, she has a kind heart.
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164	!!Kitty Van Tassel
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166	* BetaCouple: With Steve.
167	* TheDitz: Though to her merit, she ''is'' aware of her ditziness and tries to get better.
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169	!!Dulcie
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171	* TheDulcineaEffect: Has this on Mac when he first meets her, which is how she acquires the name.
172	* HappilyAdopted: By her doting "Aunty Wose."
173	* HeartwarmingOrphan: Her dad is in jail, and her mother has passed away.

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