Line #60 Characters/TheMindyProject


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3	[[folder:The Doctors]]
4	!Dr. Mindy Lahiri
5	->'''Played By:''' Creator/MindyKaling
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7	* ACupAngst: Zigzagged. She's very inconsistent about her breasts, sometimes bemoaning their small size, at other times proudly calling them huge (despite everyone else considering them fairly small). The best way to put it is she doesn't like having small breasts, so she overcompensates by calling them huge.
8	* BelligerentSexualTension: Actually has this with most of the men she dates.
9	** With Brendan Deslauriers it comes from [[DatingCatwoman having a relationship]] with her SitcomArchnemesis.
10	** Josh was introduced being very sleazy with he and Mindy both talking down to each other.
11	** Casey's introduction was him attacking Mindy from a moral high ground.
12	** Butts heads with Danny very frequently, but also has a great deal of sexual tension.
13	** Her introduction to Ben was him leading a group of nurses in a strike due to unfair treatment from doctors like Mindy
14	* BigBeautifulWoman: The show is not shy about pointing out her curves. In her own words "I am not overweight, I fluctuate between chubby and curvy."
15	* BigBreastPride: Mindy alternates between being sad about her small bust size ("Somewhere between an A and a B cup") and proud of having "huge boobs."
16	* BollywoodNerd: Zig-zagged.
17	* CrazyPrepared: Most of the time she is this normally; her job as a doctor has her prepared to drop everything and go to the hospital when needed. Other times, her attempt to be prepared leads her to do weird things like wear a scary looking burlap bag over her head while she sleeps if a serial killer comes in.
18	* {{Deadpan Snarker}}: All consumingly.
19	* TheFashionista: Lacks the thin, long body type but every episode practically has her as a one-woman fashion show.
20	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Not the most serious or responsible, but she is more settled and has her crap together compared to Rishi.
21	* HotGuyUglyWife: Subverted, Mindy is a very fine looking woman, but after a string of handsome boyfriends, particularly Danny and Ben, her insecurities make her think this will apply, which after gaining pregnancy weight, she has a breakdown believing she will continue growing fatter and grayer, while Danny will continue to get handsomer.
22	* TheIdealist
23	* InformedAttribute: She's repeatedly said to be a gun-owner, but never is shown actually using one.
24	* ItsAllAboutMe: Very self-centered. Even when she's doing "altruistic" acts, it's usually all about her. For example, she was upset about the prison riot she she caused when doing volunteer work because it interfered with her altruistic act (which was done solely to show a guy she's a good person).
25	* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Occasionally. It's part of her being WrongGenreSavvy. She's seen so many romantic movies that among the tropes she believes in leads her to pursue men that are not a good fit.
26	* SelfDeprecation: Frequently done. She knows she's not perfect, though she usually does try to hide it.
27	* {{Slapstick}}: Apart from her general tendency to fall over, Mindy has been soaked by an automatic shower in someone else's bathroom and also took a cake in the face.
28	* WrongGenreSavvy: Grew up watching way too many romantic comedies, and it really doesn't work out for her when she tries to emulate them.
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30	!Dr. Danny Castellano
31	->'''Played By:''' Creator/ChrisMessina
32	* AllMenArePerverts: Danny learned the hard way what happens when you look at porn when your wife's home and don't know what a browser history is.
33	* BelligerentSexualTension: Butts heads with Mindy very frequently, but also has a great deal of sexual tension.
34	* BerserkButton:
35	** Does not take kindly to people dissing or misunderstanding Bruce Springsteen or any other classic rock band.
36	** He has a lot of these. In one episode, he's ready to charge at the mid-wives because Brendan calls it the City of New York and not [[InsistentTerminology New York City.]] In another episode, he yells at his brother after he makes a comment about his pizza oven. "What did you just say? Don't you ever disrespect my pizza oven!"
37	* BigBrotherInstinct: He's very protective of [[ItMakesSenseInContext Richie's bone marrow]]...
38	* BrooklynRage: From Staten Island, and very loud, boisterous, and stereotypically Italian.
39	* ButtMonkey: Humiliation seems to be just a regular part of his daily life.
40	* CannotTellALie: He really, really can't. He sweats, his story breaks down, and just becomes a mess.
41	* DeadpanSnarker: Possibly the show's crowning example. [[BelligerentSexualTension Mindy is a frequent target of his snarking]].
42	* DisappearedDad: Had one and mentioning him will set Danny off.
43	* HairTriggerTemper: It's part of his BrooklynRage.
44	* HiddenDepths: He's an amazing dancer, much to everyone's amazement.
45	* HotBlooded: Again, stereotypically Italian.
46	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's mean to a lot of people (Mindy included) but his heart's in the right place, deep down.
47	* {{Joisey}}: Despite actually being from Staten Island.
48	* MamasBoy: Love his ma. Sees her often, cares about her a lot, and plans to live with her when she's old.
49	* MrFanservice: He worked as an exotic dancer named "Diamond Dan" to help put himself through Med School, and to Mindy's delight still has the moves.
50	* PlatonicLifePartners: With Mindy after season 1. Until it's not so platonic.
51	* PromotedToParent: He basically raised his brother Richie. His father wants to dump Danny's half-sister onto him because she's a "troubled youth" and Danny did so well with Richie.
52	* PutOnABus: After his and Mindy's relationship crumbles, he ends up leaving the practice after the awkwardness between him and the other doctors, and just the difficulty of continuing to work with Mindy, whom he still is in love with. However...
53	* TheBusCameBack: He returns in the series finale, where after butting heads, he and Mindy finally reconcile, realizing they never fell out of love, and are at better places in their lives, having matured past the issues that broke them up in the first place.
54	* RealMenLoveJesus: In falling with the Italian stereotype, he is extremely Catholic. In one episode, Mindy even refers to him as "[[UsefulNotes/AmericanCourts Justice Scalia]]-level Catholic" in her narration.
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56	!Dr. Jeremy Reed
57	->'''Played By:''' Creator/EdWeeks
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59	* BigEater: He stress eats and he's gained weight from it by the time the second season starts.
60	* BritishStuffiness: Sometimes. He's certainly the most professional of the Associates.
61	* ButtMonkey: Has been heading in this direction in season 2 with characters either ignoring his authority or taking shots at his weight gain.
62	* TheCasanova: He is ''very'' good with women.
63	* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In sort of a reverse-{{Flanderization}} way. He began the show with his only traits basically being "British and a man-whore." Later seasons has a basically unrecognizable character, being far more developed.
64	* DeadpanSnarker: His accent makes it all even snarkier.
65	* FreudianExcuse: Sometimes speaks of a less than great childhood with his older brothers, and when we meet his dad, he's clearly disapproving. Jeremy also told Morgan his family considers him the black sheep.
66	* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: How'd he get his beer pong skills? His was in charge of putting ice in his passed out father's drinks (who had a tendency to get "swatty" so he had to do it from a distance). Just one of many examples.
67	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Beneath his stuffy exterior, he does genuinely care for people. How moved he was by Morgan's present for him at his conference is an excellent example.
68	* OnlySaneMan: Often fills this role within the practice.
69	* ReallyGetsAround: In the pilot, another character says that he didn't believe "sex addiction was a thing until he met Doctor Reed.
70	* WellDoneSonGuy: Really wants his father's approval. He'll never get it.
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72	!Dr. Peter Prentice
73	->'''Played By:''' Creator/AdamPally
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75	* AmbiguouslyBi: Makes a comment about how he wouldn't mind having a man's hand on his junk when Danny freaks out about his, ahem, storytelling techniques.
76	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Hasn't really grown out of his frat-boy party mentality, but he's still a great doctor.
77	* CommutingOnABus: Leaves New York to pursue Lauren in Texas. Still makes appearances on the show via phone calls and video calls.
78	* {{Fratbro}}: Was one in college, still has massive shades of it. He includes writing the "Hippocratic Broath" on his resume.
79	* GenkiGuy: Pretty much never shown not firing on all cylinders.
80	* HeCleansUpNicely: Much to Mindy's surprise when she takes him as her date to Josh's wedding.
81	* InformedJudaism: Mindy and the gyno he recommended refer to him as their "favorite Jew"
82	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Probably the most obnoxious character on the show, but still tries to be a good friend and is a good doctor. He also slept with a newly married wife at the wedding reception!
83	* PlatonicLifePartners: He takes up this role with Mindy after Mindy and Danny's RelationshipUpgrade and subsequent breakup.
84	* StalkerWithACrush: Followed Lauren to Texas. And then watches her and her son from afar.
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86	!Dr. Paul Leotard
87	->'''Played By:''' Creator/JamesFranco
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89	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Mindy feels like he's replacing her, being the best doctor at the practice, taking her office, and becoming the new "Dr. L."
90	* CannotHoldHisLiquor: Mindy wins her office back by outdrinking him. She's not noticably drunk but he's ''smashed''.
91	* PutOnABus: After he sleeps with Christina.
92	* ReplacementGoldfish: Mindy sees him as this initially, thinking that the doctors at the practice hired him because they missed her.
93	* SmugSnake: He knows he's handsome, smart, funny, and charismatic. This usually gets him his way, but annoys others.
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97	[[folder:Non-Doctors]]
98	!Morgan Tookers
99	->'''Played By:''' Creator/IkeBarinholtz
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101	* AdultChild: Believes that Saturdays are only for cartoons.
102	* AmbiguouslyBi
103	* BigBrotherInstinct: To Mindy. He is usually the first one to go to her when there's a chance she might be hurt, and has saved her from being attacked more than once. He is also often shown through dialogue to be very protective of her, possibly as she was the one to get him his job.
104	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Is unpredictable and eccentric but proves to be a really good nurse when it comes down to it.
105	* CloudCuckooLander: Borderline disconnected with reality. It's part of why he's [[SpannerInTheWorks so hard to predict]]. He once found a pair of glasses that the Salvation Army was going to throw out, so he started wearing them just because it was a great bargain. He doesn't need glasses.
106	* GoKartingWithBowser: Is quite close with the mid-wives and hangs out with them outside of work.
107	* RunningGag: His inability to leave his boss's personal affairs alone. [[spoiler:He was fired for it the first time, so you'd think he'd learned his lesson, but...]]
108	** He's also quick to mention his time in prison.
109	** His habit of keeping stray dogs in inappropriate places.
110	** At the end of season two he starts awkwardly pausing mid-thought a lot, but he might have just been trolling Danny.
111	* SpannerInTheWorks: His incompetence and randomness means any plan involving him (either directly or indirectly) is likely to get derailed.
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113	!Betsy Putch
114	->'''Played By:''' Creator/ZoeJarman
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116	* AdultChild: How her family and, to a less extent, most people in the office treat her.
117	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Disappears without explanation between seasons 2 and 3. No one seems to notice.
118	* NiceGirl: She's genuinely nice and caring to everyone around her, and particularly admires Mindy.
119	* ShrinkingViolet: Part of the reason she doesn't stand out as much is that she's much quieter than most of the cast.
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121	!Beverly
122	->'''Played By:''' Creator/BethGrant
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124	* AscendedExtra: She had a minor role as a nurse in the early episodes, but when she came back as a receptionist she got a lot more screentime.
125	* TheBusCameBack: Fired from being a nurse very early on, she later came back as a receptionist.
126	* LivingaDoubleLife: Implied she might be or have been someone named "Susan Robbins" once.
127	* RacistGrandma: Not anyone's actual grandma, but as the oldest character her... lack of political correctness still qualifies her.
128	* ReallyGetsAround: Implied.
129	* RunningGag: See LivingaDoubleLife
130	* TheMuse: Apparently she inspired the prostitute in ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye''
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132	!Tamra
133	->'''Played By:''' Creator/XoshaRoquemore
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135	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She cites Morgan's past as an ex-con as one of the reasons she likes him.
136	* SassyBlackWoman: Skinnier than most, but no less sassy for it.
137	* StatuesqueStunner: She's taller than pretty much everyone except Jeremy and Morgan. She towers over Danny and Mindy.
138	[[/folder]]
139
140	[[folder:Mindy's Boyfriends]]
141	!Tom [=McDougall=]
142	->'''Played By:''' Creator/BillHader
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144	* HumiliationConga: His post-Mindy life seems terrible.
145	* Jerkass: Generally rude to most people.
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147	!Josh Daniels
148	->'''Played By:''' Creator/TommyDewey
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150	* FunctionalAddict: His [[TheBusCameBack return]] revealed was on an exceptional amount of cocaine when he was a regular.
151	* ReallyGetsAround: He cheated on his girlfriend with Mindy. And cheated on Mindy with a third woman. There was a fourth one in there, too.
152	* SmugSnake: How such an insufferable douchebag attracted not one but two beautiful women at the same time is a complete mystery.
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154	!Jamie
155	->'''Played By:''' Creator/BJNovak
156	* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: On ''Series/TheOfficeUS'', B.J. Novak and Mindy Kaling's characters had an on-again, off-again relationship.
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158	!Casey Peerson
159	->'''Played By:''' Creator/AndersHolms
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161	* DerailingLoveInterests: Goes from being a focused minister to... leaving the church to become a DJ. While engaged to Mindy. And not even telling her.
162	* JesusWasWayCool: A cool, young minister. Works modern youth culture into his sermons.
163	* NiceGuy
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165	!Cliff Gilbert
166	->'''Played By:''' Creator/GlennHowerton
167	* CastingGag: Plays a lawyer whom the main cast keeps going to for legal advice (and not paying). He's on the other side of this relationship in ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''.
168	* OmnidisciplinaryLawyer: His second appearance reveals he's a divorce lawyer, but he keeps doing non-divorce work for the cast.
169	* OnlySaneMan: In contrast to the shenanigans of his clients.
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171	!Charlie Lang
172	->'''Played By:''' Creator/TimDaly
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175
176	[[folder:Family Members]]
177	!Rishi Lahiri
178	->'''Played By:''' Creator/UtkarshAmbudkar
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180	* BollywoodNerd: Like Mindy, it's zigzagged.
181	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish to Mindy's Responsible, she's not the most serious person in the world but unlike Rishi she has her crap together and she manages to pay her rent.
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183	!Alan Castellano
184	->'''Played By:''' Creator/DanHedaya
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186	* DisappearedDad: He abandoned Danny and Richie when they were kids
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188	!Annette Castellano
189	->'''Played By:''' Creator/RheaPerlman
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191	* [[JewishMother Italian Mother]]: Guilt trips Danny plenty to the point where Mindy said he's guilty enough already.
192	* RacistGrandma: Not a grandmother but she mistook Mindy for Danny's cleaning lady and admitted she'd like a certain ethnic group "if only they didn't have so many parades."
193	* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Son Gal]]: Acts like anything Danny does isn't good enough because "he's tough enough to take it."
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195	!Richie Castellano
196	->'''Played By:''' Creator/MaxMinghella
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198	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Foolish to Danny's responsible in season 3.
199	* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Danny's Red.
200	* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Seems to break up and get back together with Ramon several times over the course of season 2.
201	* StraightGay: In personality, at least. He doesn't have any particularly flamboyant mannerisms, though according to Danny he has some fairly flamboyant hobbies.
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203	!"Little" Danny Castellano
204	->'''Played By:''' Creator/MadisonMollers
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206	* BirdsOfAFeather: She and Mindy bond immediately over boys.
207	* BrattyTeenageDaughter: In her second appearance. She's claiming to be legitimately troubled, but Mindy sees through it and realizes she's just normal acting out.
208	* DelinquentHair: In her second appearance, she's got several colored stripes as part of her "rebellion."
209	* TookALevelInJerkass: In her first appearance, she's a good kid who gets along with everybody. A year later and she's a BrattyTeenageDaughter that hates everything.
210	* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Looks like Danny's father likes the name.
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212	!Lou Tookers
213	->'''Played By:''' Creator/RobMcElhenney
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215	* TattooedCrook: Played Straighter than it is with Morgan: Lou has a tattoo that reads [[spoiler: "No More Killing People"]] and a sizable neck tattoo.
216	* TheGhost: He's been mentioned before but hasn't appeared (until season 3)
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218	!Cousin Sheena
219	->'''Plated By:''' Creator/LaverneCox
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221	* StatuesqueStunner: Six feet tall and gorgeous.
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224	[[folder:Minor Characters]]
225	!Brendan and Duncan Deslauriers (The Midwives)
226	->'''Played By:''' [[Creator/MarkDuplass Mark]] & Creator/JayDuplass
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228	* DeadpanSnarker
229	* {{Jerkass}}: Both of Them. But moreso Brendan than Duncan, since the latter hardly ever speaks.
230	* OlderThanTheyLook: Brendan mentions celebrating Duncan's ''60th'' birthday.
231	* NotSoAboveItAll: After spending the episode denying they were trying to win the triathlon, they reveal they're just as petty as the Shulman cast.
232	* SatelliteCharacter: Duncan doesn't do much but hover around Brendan or hang out with Morgan.
233	* SitcomArchnemesis: To the doctors.
234	* SmugSnake: Duncan.
235	* StrawFeminist: Brendan.
236	* TheStoic: Both of them.
237	* UnresolvedSexualTension: Brendan with Mindy.
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239	!Reagan "Ray Ron" Ronald
240	->'''Played By:''' Creator/JoshPeck
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242	* TheDitz: He interprets the traditional anniversary gift of "China" as the country.
243	* LowerClassLout: Is generally depicted as this. "Mindy Lahiri Is a Racist" [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructs]] this though, as Tamra accuses Mindy of disliking Ray Ron because of their class differences, even though he has many good qualities too.
244	* NiceGuy: In spite of everything he really seems like a sweet guy.
245	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
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247	!Christina
248	->'''Played By:''' Creator/ChloeSevigny
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250	* AllWomenAreLustful: Hers and Danny's second relationship goes down the tubes because she's more interested in sex than he is.
251	* NewOldFlame: Danny's ex-wife who shows in the middle of the first season.
252	* PsychoExGirlfriend: When she's with Danny, she's fairly reasonable (other than the fact she cheated on Danny in their past relationship). However, when they breakup, she snaps (literally, she breaks his computer in two), throws an art gala event of nude pictures of Danny calling him a devil, and [[QuestionableConsent forces herself on Dr. Leotard]].
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254	!Heather
255	->'''Played By:''' Creator/EllieKemper
256	* KickTheDog: Yeah it was bad that her boyfriend cheated on her with Mindy, but did she really have to ruin her Christmas party out of nothing but sadistic spite when it wasn't really Mindy's fault?
257	* {{Jerkass}}: Ruining Mindy's Christmas party and breaking her down in the process cements her as this.
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259	!Ramon
260	->'''Played By:''' Creator/JunesZahdi
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262	* CampGay
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264
265	!Gwen & Riley Grandy
266	->'''Played By:''' Creator/AnnaCamp & Creator/AvriellaFord
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268	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Gwen is a regular character during the first season, but she and her family inexplicably disappear from the show by season 2.
269	* EmotionalRegression: Being childhood friends, Gwen and Mindy seem to have this effect on each other, as they often end up fighting like schoolgirls... Only to make up a soon after.
270
271	!Shauna Dicanio
272	->'''Played By:''' Creator/AmandaSetton
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274	* AmbiguouslyBrown: Her exact ethnicity was never specified but her last name implies that she was Italian-American though her skin is much darker than Danny's. For what it's worth, Amanda Setton is of Syrian and Ashkenazi Jewish descent.
275	* NiceGirl: Very sweet natured and kind to everyone, except maybe Morgan who doesn't exactly help himself.
276	* OddFriendship: With Betsy given Their wildly different backgrounds, demeanours and personalities.
277	* PutOnABus: Halfway through season 1.

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