Line #196 Characters/EmilyInParis


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3	!Main Characters
4	[[folder: Emily Cooper]]
5	!!Emily Cooper
6	!!!Portrayed by: Creator/LilyCollins
7
8	A young woman from Chicago who gets transferred to Paris to liaise with a French firm, Savoir, bought by the marketing conglomerate she works for after her boss gets pregnant and cannot go. Emily speaks virtually no French and has never traveled internationally before her move to Paris, but is determined to show her new colleagues at Savoir that an American perspective is just what is needed to reinvigorate the firm.
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10	* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Camille's Betty and Gabriel's Archie.
11	* BlitheSpirit: Emily tries to be this for Savoir, usually successfully.
12	* BrainyBrunette: Emily has a master's degree and is said to be very skilled in marketing.
13	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite being a perky and clueless newcomer with a quirky fashion sense, she is also very competent at her work, and knows well the industry.
14	* ConspicuousConsumption: Among other brands, Emily wears tens of thousands of dollars worth of Chanel, even though her salary realistically shouldn't afford her these pricey purchases.
15	* CulturalPosturing: Emily often tries to impose American values on the French people she meets and looks down on the French language.
16	* {{Determinator}}: Emily does not give up when she believes she is right or can make something right, even if she is outright told by her superiors not to pursue an idea further.
17	* DitzyGenius: She may be a competent overachiever, but has trouble learning the French language. Even the other foreign characters in Paris can speak French better than her.
18	* DudeMagnet: Emily is very attractive, and several men are interested in her.
19	* TheFashionista: Emily wears lots of designer labels and is very excited to be working at Paris Fashion Week.
20	* FishOutOfWater: Emily doesn't speak the language and seems to have done very little, if any, research on the cultural differences between the US and France. Instead of trying to learn and adapt, her reaction is to call the French backwards and ridiculous.
21	* GenkiGirl: Emily is bright, chipper and vivacious.
22	* GoGetterGirl: Emily is very ambitious and always dresses to the nines.
23	* TheIdealist: Emily rarely gets pessimistic about anything and has a rather romantic view of the world.
24	* InformedAttribute:
25	** Emily is supposed to be professional and competent, but some of her actions are very questionable. She doesn't bother to learn French and continues to speak English until the end of the season, doesn't ask what time her colleagues start work (and then shows up too early) and generally has a very arrogant, I-know-best attitude towards her French colleagues, even though she has absolutely no experience with luxury brands.
26	** There's also her supposed amazing social media skills - the main reason why she gets sent to France after her boss finds out she's pregnant. However Emily starts off the show with only 40 followers on her existing Instagram account, breaks the simplest of hashtag rules (including inserting an apostrophe), and curates a feed of the most basic duck-faced selfies and ordinary captions (such as 'chiseled abs' on a photo of a statue), which seems more the behavior of someone who has only just started out on social media.
27	* MagneticHero: While she occasionally gets in trouble, Emily can easily befriend and charm many people she meets in Paris, and is also an influencer with many followers.
28	* MotorMouth: Emily tends to talk a lot, much to the annoyance of Sylvie.
29	* MrsRobinson: She sleeps with Camille's teenage brother, mistaking the French school system of collège for its American meaning, and because Camille announced they'll meet her adult brother but never clarified having two brothers. Fortunately he's 17, so no statutory rape under French law (which has a normal age of consent of 15 years of age, except for adults with authority over the teenager).
30	* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: By season 2, she's still nowhere near mastering the French language, and her attempt to apologize to Camille by letter doesn't go well partly because of it.
31	-->'''Emily:''' ''[writes in French to Camille]'' I'm very sorry you hurt. You welcome me to Paris, I'm happy for your friend. Do you believe I miss me? I like you most, daughter. I am sad that I am naughty. I forgive your lost heart. I very need you to talk and hear, please. Love forever, Emily.\
32	'''Camille:''' ''[responding to Emily's letter in French with another one]'' I don't understand why you did what you did, just like I don't understand a fucking word in your letter. Leave me alone, you illiterate sociopath.
33	* RavenHairIvorySkin: A given when the character is played by Creator/LilyCollins.
34	* ReallyGetsAround: For all her comical prudishness, Emily has a particularly active sex life, sleeping on average every other episode with another man.
35	* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Sylvie's blue in the office.
36	* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: Emily cannot stand that someone might possibly dislike her.
37	* UglyAmericanStereotype: Downplayed. Emily is portrayed sympathetically by the narrative; she is a decent person and a BlitheSpirit. However, she arrives in Paris without speaking a lick of French and has little understanding of the country besides what she knows from American films. Despite this, she already has big ideas and behaviors of which her French colleagues initially disapprove. In one scene she makes a scene in a restaurant about how her steak is undercooked and in America the customer is always right (even though she is begrudgingly proved wrong soon after). Her French colleagues have reasons to see her as an Ugly American, with her boss Sylvie later calling her out on it.
38	-->'''Sylvie''': You come to Paris, you walk into my office, you don't even bother to learn the language. You treat the city like your amusement park and after a year of food, sex, wine, and maybe some culture, you'll go back from where you came.
39	* UnlimitedWardrobe: Despite working at a relatively low paying job and having no closet space, Emily has access to an endless amount of trendy, fashionable clothing, never seeming to wear the same ensemble twice. Especially since its pointed out in one episode that one does not ''rent'' clothing in Paris- you ''buy.''
40	* {{Workaholic}}: Emily is teased by her French colleagues for her nonstop talk about work.
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42
43	[[folder: Gabriel]]
44	!!Gabriel
45	!!!Portrayed by: Lucas Bravo
46
47	Emily's downstairs neighbor. A talented chef from Normandy, Gabriel dreams of one day owning his own restaurant.
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49	* BettyAndVeronica: The Archie to Camille's Betty and Emily's Veronica.
50	* ChickMagnet: He catches the attention of many women in the show.
51	* TheGenericGuy: He doesn't have many defining traits aside from his good looks and his passion for cooking.
52	* GreenEyedMonster: Gabriel is pretty visibly jealous when any other man expresses interest in Emily, despite him already being in a relationship.
53	* {{Hunk}}: He's portrayed by the handsome Lucas Bravo.
54	* LoveInterest: The main one for Emily.
55	* SelfMadeMan: Gabriel desires to be this, and tends to look down on anyone who comes from money.
56	* SupremeChef: Everyone loves Gabriel's food. When Emily has to turn to him as a backup plan after misunderstanding the dates when trying to book a table in a high-end restaurant (in Europe 8/11 is November 8, not August 11), the diners, including Sylvie and the potential client they were trying to convince, compliment him on the meal. [[spoiler:In the season 1 finale, Antoine helps him buy the restaurant as an investor.]]
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59	[[folder: Mindy Chen]]
60
61	!!Mindy Chen
62	!!!Portrayed by: Creator/AshleyPark
63	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mindy2_4.png]]
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66	Emily's first friend in Paris who is also an expatriate. Hailing from Shanghai, Mindy has come to Paris to escape her controlling father. She works as a nanny to make ends meet.
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68	* AscendedExtra: Initially a SatelliteCharacter who only serves as Emily's friend. In later episodes, she starts to get subplots about her singing career and love life.
69	* BeautifulSingingVoice: A given when portrayed by Broadway actress Ashley Park.
70	* BoomerangBigot: Judging by her comments, she doesn’t have a high opinion of other Chinese people.
71	* DisinheritedChild: Her father, a zipper mogul in China, revoked her inheritance after he found out Mindy dropped out of business school and had no intention of returning to Shanghai.
72	%%* FallenOnHardTimesJob: Nannying.
73	* LifeOfTheParty: Mindy hosts a big bash for Emily to introduce her to more Parisian peers, and appears to have been a party girl with her friends back in Shanghai.
74	* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Mindy is supposed to be from Shanghai but retains actress Ashley Park's American accent, even when the majority of her friends from Shanghai have either Shanghai or British accents.
75	* PerformanceAnxiety: Mindy abandoned her singing career after a fumbled performance on ''Chinese Idol'' caused her to develop stage fright.
76	* RebelliousPrincess: In her backstory, she decided to rebel against her wealthy family and pursue her dreams by herself in another country.
77	* TokenBlackFriend: Mindy is Chinese-Korean and is one of two racial minorities in the main cast (the other is the black Julien). Her primary role is to be the white heroine Emily's sassy friend and confidant.
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80	[[folder: Sylvie Grateau]]
81	!!Sylvie Grateau
82	!!!Portrayed by: Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
83
84	Emily's glamorous boss at Savoir. Sylvie is quite unimpressed by Emily's lack of knowledge of French language and culture. She is having an affair with Antoine, the owner of Savoir client Maison Lavaux.
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86	* BrutalHonesty: Very critical of Emily, and has no problem telling her what she thinks about her.
87	* TheCynic: She often holds a pessimistic view compared to eternal optimist Emily.
88	* DeadpanSnarker: Sylvie has a rather sarcastic sense of humor.
89	* DefrostingIceQueen: She strongly dislikes Emily at first, but learns to respect her and understand her more in later episodes.
90	* DidNotThinkThisThrough: A major problem for Sylvie, as she often thinks rashly and makes spur of the moment decisions. She quit Savoir with all of her staff rather than work with Madeline, who was rightfully calling her out for undercharging a client due to the affair she was having with the owner, which blew up in her face when Madeline pointed out her ''entire staff'' signed "Do not compete" clauses in their contracts.
91	* FrenchJerk: Sylvie often has biting commentary for the very American Emily.
92	* ItsAllAboutMe: Sylvie has a habit of making rash decisions at the spur of the moment and tends to only think of herself and her own pride. When she turns down Madeline's offer to return to Savoir as president, boasting that they have one client and it is all they need only to lose them in a public manner minutes later, she is called out on her behavior by Luc.
93	* JerkassHasAPoint: She often has a point in her criticism of Emily.
94	-->'''Sylvie''': You come to Paris, you walk into my office, you don't even bother to learn the language. You treat the city like your amusement park and after a year of food, sex, wine, and maybe some culture, you'll go back from where you came.
95	* MeanBoss: To Emily, as she constantly puts her down. Sometimes she has a point but not always. Even Sylvie can be unprofessional at times.
96	* TheMistress: To Antoine.
97	* MrsRobinson: In Season 2, Sylvie has an affair with a young Dutch photographer, who is at one point mistaken for her son by a waitress.
98	* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Emily's red in the office.
99	* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids: Sylvie is completely cynical about the idea of marriage and romance in general, which is why she's comfortable being Antoine's mistress and nothing more.
100	* SilverFox: Emily's French manager Sylvie is a gorgeous, effortlessly chic woman played by the 57 year old Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu.
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102
103	[[folder: Camille]]
104	!!Camille
105	!!!Portrayed by: Camille Razat
106
107	Gabriel's girlfriend and Emily's friend. An art gallery owner who comes from a French family of winemakers.
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109	* AmbiguouslyBi: Gabriel's girlfriend Camille seems to like Emily a lot. She kisses her on the mouth and holds her hand during a night out. [[spoiler:Season 3 drops the ambiguity when she has an affair with Sofia.]]
110	* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Gabriel's Archie and Emily's Veronica.
111	* BigBad: [[spoiler:She's revealed to be the main villain in Season 3, having got back together with Gabriel while having an affair with greek artist Sofia. She also goes as far as to throw Emily and Gabriel under the bus by choosing to cancel her wedding under the excuse that they love each other instead of owning up to her hypocritical behavior.]]
112	* FrenchJerk: Camille is very nice to Emily from the moment they meet despite knowing Emily is obviously American and not versed in French customs. [[spoiler:Subverted in Season 2 once she finds out that Emily and Gabriel slept together behind her back, and starts treating Emily out of pure pettiness, as well as refusing her apologies. And when it seemed they were back to being friends again by promising that neither would date Gabriel, it turned out to be a scam just to get back with Gabriel.]]
113	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Camille is blonde and one of the nicest people in the series.
114	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler:In Season 2, when Camille got back together with Gabriel by manipulating Emily into agreeing to a pact that neither of them would date him, [[NeverMyFault then in Season 3 hypocritically refusing to own up to her cheating with Sofia by throwing Emily and Gabriel under the bus to save herself]].]]
115	* MyBelovedSmother: Camille's mother is rather overbearing.
116	* NiceGirl: Her family lives on a rather large chateau, but Camille never brags about her wealth and tries to use it to help others. [[spoiler:Subverted in Season 3.]]
117	* TookALevelInJerkass: In season 2, after finding out that [[spoiler:Gabriel and Emily had sex]], she publicly humiliates Emily at her birthday party and becomes needlessly petty and vindicative, even rejecting her apologies. She later pretends to forgive her [[ManipulativeBastard on the condition that neither of them end up with Gabriel]], [[spoiler:[[ILied only for her to get back together with him anyway]]]]. This is likely done [[DerailingLoveInterests to make the audience easier to root for Emily]]. [[spoiler:She only gets worse in season 3 when she cheats on Gabriel with Sofia, and then has the gall to call their relationship "a fling, just like you and Gabriel" in Emily's face, before cancelling her wedding with Gabriel at the last minute and playing the victim card on both him and Emily.]]
118	* UptownGirl: To Gabriel. She is from a very rich family, unlike him.
119	[[/folder]]
120
121	[[folder: Julien]]
122	!!Julien
123	!!!Portrayed by: Samuel Arnold
124
125	One of Emily's coworkers, trendy and loves drama.
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127	* ThoseTwoGuys: With Luc.
128	* TwoferTokenMinority: He's both black and gay.
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131	[[folder: Luc]]
132	!!Luc
133	!!!Portrayed by: Bruno Gouery
134	One of Emily's coworkers, eccentric and fond of dirty jokes.
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136	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The most eccentric of Emily's co-workers, also prone to random statements.
137	* DirtyOldMan: An old man who occasionally makes sexual or inappropriate remarks.
138	* JerkassHasAPoint: In the very first episode, Luc (who had been complicit in mocking Emily) gently but firmly calls Emily out on her arrogance of coming to work for a French firm without speaking a word of French, imposing her ideas on them even though she has zero experience working with luxury brands and expecting people to just go with it.
139	* ThoseTwoGuys: With Julien.
140	* ThrowTheDogABone: Apologizes to Emily personally after teasing her by calling her "la plouc" in the office.
141	* TookALevelInKindness: He makes fun of Emily initially, but later becomes more supportive of her.
142	[[/folder]]
143
144	[[folder: Antoine Lambert]]
145	!!Antoine Lambert
146	!!!Portrayed by: William Abadie
147	The owner of perfumery Maison Lavaux, a client of Savoir. Is having an affair with Sylvie at the start of the series, [[spoiler: though his wife knows about it]]. He trys to court Emily after meeting her as well.
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149	* TheCasanova: He has affairs with and sexually propositions many women.
150	* PromotionToOpeningTitles: A recurring character in season 1, promoted to the main cast in season 2.
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152
153	[[folder: Alfie]]
154	!!Alfie
155	!!!Portrayed by: Creator/LucienLaviscount
156	A British banker who becomes CFO at Maison Lavaux and another love interest for Emily.
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158	* DeadpanSnarker: In his early appearances, he likes to tease Emily in a snarky way. Less so after he TookALevelInKindness.
159	* HiddenDepths: His CharacterDevelopment makes him more warm and easygoing.
160	* LoveInterest: He is Emily's second important love interest in Paris, after Gabriel.
161	* OppositesAttract: With Emily in season 2. He dislikes Paris while Emily loves it. He doesn't take his job seriously, while she is a workaholic.
162	* PromotionToOpeningTitles: He's a recurring character in season 2, and promoted to the main cast in season 3.
163	* TokenMinority: One of the two black characters in the main cast, along with Julien.
164	* TookALevelInKindness: Rude and cynical at first, but becomes nicer after he and Emily start dating.
165	[[/folder]]
166
167	!Recurring Characters
168	[[folder: Mathieu Cadault]]
169	!!Mathieu Cadault
170	!!!Portrayed by: Charles Martins
171	The nephew of famous French fashion designer Pierre Cadault who handles the business end of the label. [[spoiler: He eventually tries to romantically pursue Emily]].
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173	* TheCharmer: He's dated many notable models and other celebrities.
174	* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: He's the pragmatic voice to his uncle's dramatic artistic whims.
175	* ParentalAbandonment: Though not elaborated on, Mathieu at one point had to live with his uncle as a child.
176	[[/folder]]
177
178	[[folder: Pierre Cadault]]
179	!!Pierre Cadault
180	!!!Portrayed by: Jean-Christophe Bouvet
181	A famous French fashion designer working with Savoir to market his new collection.
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183	* CloudCuckoolander: He's very eccentric to say the least.
184	* DefrostingIceKing: Initially he's cold and dismissive of Emily because he sees her as basic, but after she [[{{CallingTheOldManOut}} calls him out]] on his hypocrisy, he immediately warms up to her and insists on working with her personally to promote his line.
185	* {{Fanboy}}: He's one of Series/GossipGirl, and is very opinionated about it.
186	* {{Fashionista}}: Naturally, as a fashion designer.
187	* LargeHam: He tends to be very dramatic.
188	[[/folder]]
189
190	[[folder: Madeline Wheeler]]
191	!!Madeline Wheeler
192	!!!Portrayed by: Creator/KateWalsh
193	Emily's boss in Chicago. She was supposed to be the one to go to Paris but ended up accidentally pregnant, so she sent Emily in her stead.
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195	* AbsurdlyElderlyMother: She got pregnant when everyone thought she was too old.
196	* ButICantBePregnant: Madeline thought she couldn't get pregnant anymore due to her age.
197	* {{Foil}}: To Emily herself. Madeline speaks French well enough to get by, but is largely not curious and uncaring about Paris, the culture or the people. As such, she stands out like a sore thumb and doesn't quite grasp the nuances that her job required. Emily on the other hand may not speak French, but is fascinated by the culture, eager to learn more and actually accepts and finds ways to integrate herself into the culture. Tellingly, Madeline simply assumes she doesn't need to get better at French while Emily takes classes to better fit in with the culture.
198	* JerkassHasAPoint: Like it or not, Madeline is right to call out the fact that it was wrong for Sylvie to undercharge Antonine and Maison Lavaux because she was having an affair with him. She is also correct that everyone at Savoir had non-compete clauses in their contracts, undermining their efforts to go solo.
199	* MeanBoss: Bordering on PointyHairedBoss. When she arrives to Paris in season 2, she makes it clear to everyone that they can either make things her way, or take the highway, completely disregarding the fact she's no longer in the States nor dealing with Americans. This bites her back to comedic proportions: [[spoiler:her clients resent her or end up offended and quit (but not before chewing her out) and ''then'' all her employees leave, too, taking said clients with them]].
200	* MorningSickness: When sampling a perfume, the first sign that she is pregnant.
201	[[/folder]]
202
203	[[folder: Doug]]
204	!!Doug
205	!!!Portrayed by: Roe Hartrampf
206
207	Emily's Chicago boyfriend.
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209	* DisposableFiance: Doug barely makes it a couple of episodes before breaking up with Emily.
210	* FalseSoulmate: Emily says that they are likely to think about marriage soon, but Emily has no qualms about dumping him when he says her Paris lifestyle isn't realistic.
211	* HateSink: He represents everything about Emily's old life she wants to leave behind.
212	* JerkassHasAPoint: He has a good point about Emily's lack of knowledge on the French language and culture.
213	[[/folder]]
214
215	[[folder: Brooklyn Clark]]
216	!!Brooklyn Clark
217	!!!Portrayed by: Carlson Young
218	An American movie star set to model a watch for Savoir client Fourtier.
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220	* FakeUltimateHero: Her films brand her as a GirlNextDoor, but her real life personality is anything but.
221	* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Even in professional settings.
222	%%* LifeOfTheParty
223	* TheNicknamer: She calls Emily "Bucket Hat" to Emily's annoyance.
224	[[/folder]]
225
226	[[folder: Thomas]]
227	!!Thomas
228	!!!Portrayed by: Julien Floreancig
229
230	A Parisian professor of signs Emily dates.
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232	* {{Bookworm}}: He won't date someone who isn't one or doesn't share his taste.
233	* BreakTheHaughty: Emily flips him off and dumps him on the spot when he calls her simple at the ballet.
234	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Included in the InsufferableGenius package, as evidenced by his reaction to Emily breaking up with him:
235	->'''Emily''': Thomas, since you're a professor of signs, I'm sure you won't have any trouble recognizing this one.\
236	''[[[FlippingTheBird flips the bird]] at him, starts walking away]''\
237	'''Thomas''': That's more of a gesture.
238	* {{Hipster}}: He's obsessed with being the most intellectual person in the room and is snide about mainstream cultural stays like ''Theatre/SwanLake''.
239	* InsufferableGenius
240	* {{Jerkass}}: He's snobby and condescending towards Emily.
241	* RomanticFalseLead: He seemingly exists to make Gabriel jealous and make him have his GreenEyedEpiphany.
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243	[[/folder]]
244
245	[[folder: Benoît]]
246	!!Benoît
247	!!!Portrayed by: Kevin Dias
248
249	A member of Mindy's band and her love interest in season 2 and 3.
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251	* DoingItForTheArt: InUniverse, he balks at Mindy's suggestion of using their band's song in a sunscreen commercial.

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