Line #27 Characters/Bunheads


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10	!The Flowers Family
11	!!Michelle Simms[=/=]Flowers (Creator/SuttonFoster)
12	%% * BlitheSpirit: Lampshaded by [[spoiler: Hubbell in her mid-season finale DreamSequence]]
13	%%* ClassicallyTrainedExtra
14	* CoolBigSis: Subverted. This is how she tries to be towards the students at first with poor results. Starting to play straight in regards to Sasha. whose first impulse on Michelle's return is to run into her arms, crying happily, and asking if she can stay with her. Michelle for her part, gestures for Sasha's boyfriend to scram. By the second part of the first season, due to CharacterDevelopment, she actually wants to avoid parts of this trope since she now sees herself as/is trying to be a responsible authority figure to the girls and a role model.
15	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Duh.
16	* [[FourthDateMarriage First Date Marriage]]: At the start of the show, Hubbell is a stalker that Michelle has been avoiding for months. She agrees to go to dinner with him, then marries him on the same night.
17	* HeroWithBadPublicity: Aside from the "outsider syndrome" coming from having just moved into a small town many of the townspeople think her past was a lot sleazier than it actually was.
18	* InnocentlyInsensitive: Her defining fault. She often speaks without thinking.
19	%% * JadeColoredGlasses
20	* MotorMouth: One of her defining traits.
21	%% * [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Despite her frequent grasping of the IdiotBall.
22	%% * [[ReallyGetsAround Really Got Around]]: Back when she was a teenager, not so much anymore although this is her reputation in town.
23	%% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Or at least, trying to be this now that she's teaching classes.
24	* StatuesqueStunner: Being played by the 5'9" Sutton Foster doesn't hurt.
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26	!!Fanny Flowers (Creator/KellyBishop)
27	* AlliterativeName: ''F''anny ''F''lowers.
28	%%* BunnyEarsLawyer
29	%%* BourgeoisBohemian
30	* CoolOldLady: Her students absolutely adore her.
31	%% * DeadpanSnarker : Can keep up with Michelle on this.
32	* EccentricMentor: To her students and increasingly to Michelle.
33	* MamaBear: Is very protective of her students.
34	%% * MyBelovedSmother: Was this to Hubble.
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36	!!Hubbell Flowers (Creator/AlanRuck)
37	%%* DoggedNiceGuy
38	%%* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
39	%%* [[FourthDateMarriage First Date Marriage]]
40	%%* MommasBoy
41	* NonIdleRich: He was a "traveling shoe salesman" (more likely a sales representative) who owned a house big enough to include a dance studio, plus guest cottage, on seven acres of land, and owned and could afford to restore a vintage sports car.
42	%%* [[spoiler: PlotTriggeringDeath]]
43	%% * [[spoiler: PosthumousCharacter]]: After the pilot.
44	%% * [[spoiler: SpiritAdvisor]]: Judging by "A Nutcracker In Paradise", this is probably what he would have become had the show been renewed.
45	%% * [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe: Dies at the end of the first episode.]]
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47	!Students
48	!!Bettina "Boo" Jordan (Creator/KaitlynJenkins)
49	%%* AuthorAvatar
50	%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
51	%%* ExtremeDoormat
52	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has blonde hair, and doesn't have a mean bone in her body.
53	%% * HopelessSuitor: To Melanie's brother, Charlie.
54	* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Only Godot and Carl call her Bettina. [[TheDitz Melanie]] actually thought Boo ''was'' her first name.
55	* NiceGirl: She doesn't have a mean bone in her body. She even jumps to defend Sasha from Melanie and Ginny after Sasha embarrassed her in front of Charlie.
56	* PuppyDogEyes: Michelle says she has these: "Bambi eyes! Bambi eyes!"
57	* TeamMom: Due to her babysitting her siblings, she becomes more motherly, even to the point of telling Jordan off.
58	* WeightWoe: She's in no way overweight, but she does believe she doesn't have the right body type to be a dancer, and compares herself to other girls (mostly Sasha), much to everyone else's dismay.
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60	!!Sasha Torres (Creator/JuliaGoldaniTelles)
61	* AbusiveParents: they couldn't really care less about her and have no problem leaving her for good.
62	* ACupAngst: Thinks that most guys are obsessed with breasts and therefore she's going to die alone.
63	* CoyGirlishFlirtPose: Her default stance and walk, though with a touch more aggression/assertiveness than most. Just watch her elbows when she walks.
64	%%* DeadpanSnarker
65	* DefrostingIceQueen: She becomes much nicer over the course of the season, opens up to Michelle and goes from constantly messing with Boo to being (at least sometimes) an actual friend to her.
66	* DontYouDarePityMe: Her reaction to Boo's defending her {{Tsundere}} behavior to Ginny and Melanie. She almost says this verbatim.
67	* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: She has pale skin and dark hair.
68	* EmbarrassingMiddleName : She considers Henrietta embarrassing.
69	* GirlishPigtails: She wears pigtails during her brief stint as a cheerleader.
70	* GoodBadGirl: More so than the other girls.
71	* {{Housewife}}: Whether out of enjoyment, loneliness, or both, she seems to really enjoy domestic duties such as throwing parties, lavish cooking, and tidying house. And she even seems to want to be a housewife. Almost to the point of StepfordSmiler territory (as her mother was) which creates an interesting combination of traits when combined with her rather snarky attitude since she also wants to protect herself from getting hurt.
72	* IJustWantToBeNormal: Seems to be the reason for her ambivalent attitude towards ballet.
73	* KarmaHoudini: She sneaks out of the house, comes home late and wrecks the roof of her mother's prized car trying to sneak back in. Her punishment? A spa day and a credit card. She does get yelled at by Michelle for stealing her shirt and coming in late to class but still not punished. She was still chastened because from past history she was probably expecting a rented limo and a date with Justin Bieber.
74	%%* LonelyRichKid
75	%%* LovableAlphaBitch: Is shaping up to be this.
76	* MeetCute:
77	** She first met Boo when they were four and her parasol hit Boo in the eye. She calls it a "cute meet".
78	** She gets an onscreen one with [[spoiler: Tyler/Roman]] when she's hiding from the Ringer in a booth behind a cart of dirty dishes.
79	* PetTheDog: When they try out for the Joffrey Ballet Boo's shoes are in terrible shape. Sasha takes money from her mother's purse and buys her a pair pretending her father bought the wrong size. Boo isn't fooled for a minute though.
80	* TalentedButTrained: Has more raw ballet talent than the other girls, but also works very hard to get better, even installing a barre in her bedroom so she can practice every night.
81	* TeamChef: The only one of the girls that cooks, making everything from pot roast to muffins.
82	%%* TroubledButCute
83	* {{Tsundere}}: Lampshaded when Melanie and Ginny complain about how she can't seem to make up her mind between being mean or nice. Definitely a Type A.
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85	!!Melanie Segal (Creator/EmmaDumont)
86	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Charlie, though the feeling's mutual.
87	* BigSisterInstinct: Despite being the younger one, she actually cares about Charlie's well-being. Though, she'll never admit it.
88	* CelibateHero: While she ''understands'' sexuality, she doesn't actively partake in any of it. She's disgusted when Charlie's friend suggests they date, and Ginny even comments that she doesn't date anyone.
89	* DeadpanSnarker: On par with Michelle.
90	* TheDitz: A mild case. She's not usually portrayed as outright stupid but she got military school confused with summer camp and didn't know that Boo's real name was Bettina even though they've been friends for years. She also thought ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' had a whale in it. Rather ironic considering her actress participates in robotics competitions sponsored by NASA and JPL.
91	* KickTheDog: She and Ginny get one when they're really nasty to Carl.
92	%%* PolitenessJudo
93	* StatuesqueStunner: She's almost as tall as Michelle, and the tallest of the girls.
94	* {{Tomboy}}: More so than the other girls, as she's into roller derby.
95	%%* TookALevelInBadass: The main reason she joins roller derby.
96	%%* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: With Ginny.
97	* WrongGenreSavvy: "You two are the horndogs. We have 'spinster buddy comedy' written all over us." [[spoiler: By the end of the episode Ginny had lost her virginity the week before.]]
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99	!!Ginny Thompson (Creator/BaileyBuntain)
100	%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
101	* GenkiGirl: She can get really really hyper at times.
102	* KickTheDog: She and Melanie get one when they're being nasty to Carl.
103	* StepfordSmiler: When filling in for her mother as a real estate agent.
104	%% * [[ThoseTwoGuys ThoseTwoGirls]]: With Melanie.
105	%% * WideEyedIdealist: Even Boo is less naive than her.
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107	%% !!Matisse (Matisse Love)
108	%% * CovertPervert: Hinted at. On at least two separate occasions during the course of the series she has remarked on subjects that a 12 year old girl really shouldn't have any input on.
109	%% * [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: With random assortments of other students in relation to the main four.
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111	%% !![=RaJahnae=] 'Ray Ray' ([=RaJahnae=] Patterson)
112	%% * KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Was only called by her proper name once or twice during the entire series.
113	%% * [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: With random assortments of the main four, but most often with Matisse.
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115	%% !!Jordan (Kent Boyd)
116	%%* DrillSergeantNasty
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118	!Townspeople
119	!!Truly Stone (Creator/StacyOristano)
120	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Truly's sister Millie is her landlord who evicts her from her own dress shop for not paying her rent, much richer than her, and who was [[spoiler: Hubble's girlfriend before Truly fell in love with him (and later Michelle)]].
121	%% * BelligerentSexualTension: With Davis.
122	%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: As of mid-first season
123	%%* CrazyPrepared
124	%% * [[DoggedNiceGuy Dogged Nice Girl]]
125	%% * StalkerWithACrush: To Hubble.
126	* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Playfully so - when Talia comes to visit, Truly and Talia end up hanging out together. Talia comments to Michelle that she wants one (of Truly). In another episode, her offer to adjust Michelle's pantsuit in the crotch is taken as the 'best suggestion all day'.
127	%%* ExtremeDoormat
128	* HypercompetentSidekick: To Fanny and, to a lesser extent, Michelle. Not only is she good at making clothes, she's very competent with tools and can even wire a cardboard box in the middle of the lawn for electricity very quickly.
129	%%* SheCleansUpNicely: In "Movie Truck".
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131	%% !!Nannette Jordan (Jennifer Hasty)
132	%%* BigEater
133	%%* BigFun
134	%%* MyBelovedSmother
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136	%% !!Mr. Torres
137	%%* TransparentCloset
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139	%% !! Mrs. Torres (Julie Claire)
140	%%* IceQueen
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142	!!Josh (Gabriel Notarangelo)
143	%%* NiceGuy
144	* SatelliteLoveInterest: Is almost entirely defined by having dated Ginny since second grade.
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146	!!Charlie Segal (Zak Henri)
147	%% * [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Annoying Older Sibling]]: To Melanie.
148	%%* {{Jerkass}}
149	* ObliviousToLove: Boo has a crush on him, he's barely aware she exists.
150	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When he gets dumped, Melanie realizes this when he's not snarky like normal.
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152	!!Clare Thompson (Kiersten Warren)
153	%%* DrowningMySorrows
154	* ItsAllAboutMe: Ginny breaks up with Josh and what does her mother rant about? How it affects ''her''.
155	%%* ManipulativeBitch
156	* PsychoEx: Shows up at the photoshoot for her ex-husband's wedding to throw punch over everyone.
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158	%% !!Carl (Casey J. Adler)
159	%% * DoggedNiceGuy: For Boo.
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161	%% !!Sam (Rose Abdoo)
162	%%* BrutalHonesty
163	%%* DirtyOldWoman
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165	!!Godot (Creator/NathanParsons)
166	%%* TheBartender
167	%%* TheCharmer
168	* ObfuscatingStupidity: He plays stupid, but he has a Masters in Oceanography and is considering going for his Ph.D.
169	%%* SurferDude
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171	%% !!Rico (Creator/GreggHenry)
172	%%* TheStoner
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174	%% !!Cosette and Frankie
175	%% * TheAce: Both of them
176	%% * {{Omniglot}}: Cosette
177	%% * TheQuietOne: Frankie
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179	!!Roman (Garrett Coffey)
180	%%* GuyLiner
181	* MiddleNameBasis: His first name is Tyler.
182	* NiceGuy: More or less. He certainly puts up with a lot of Sasha's insecurities and quirks for the sake of their relationship.
183	%%* TallDarkAndSnarky
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185	!!Millicent Stone (Creator/LizaWeil)
186	* CrazyPrepared: He knows a lot of random skills like disabling security systems. It's shown that when she goes all-in on a project, she goes ''all in'' to the point of learning everything she can about it.
187	%%* IceQueen
188	* RichBitch: Thinks that people dislike her because they're jealous of her money as opposed to her personality. Then there's the time she [[spoiler: evicted her own sister...]]
189	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Her basic MO, or some variation there of as she seems to think that being rich means she can get away with a lot of things. Unfortunately for Paradise, she seems to also be the landowner of half the town meaning they ''have'' to concede to her demands or be evicted.
190	* ThisIsMyChair: Every episode she's in the dance studio she has sat in the same chair, which was even hauled upstairs so she could get a massage.
191	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Sort of. One of the reasons she supports Fanny and Michelle's amphitheater is so that she seems like a patron of the arts. Note that she only cares if people think she is; she doesn't actually have any interest in the arts herself.
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193	!Others
194	!!Talia (Angelina [=McCoy=])
195	%%* FunPersonified
196	* GoldDigger: It's implied that she has been after the money when pursuing men in the past but she seems to actually ''like'' her current beau despite the big age difference.
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198	%% !!Michael (Richard Gant)
199	%%* SilverFox
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201	%% !!The Ringer
202	%%* TheAce[=/=]BrokenAce
203	%%* [[CreepyChild Creepy Teen]]
204	%%* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname
205	%%* OneEpisodeWonder: For now anyway.
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207	!!Scotty Simms (Hunter Foster)
208	* TheCasanova: He has fallen in love, married, and then fled multiple women/towns, usually in the course of a few weeks. Unlike many, he really does love those women as he believes in love at first sight. Of course, he also believes in love at first sight which is why he makes the poor judgement of marrying women after only knowing them for a week.
209	* DoggedNiceGuy: Familial version. Despite the trouble his mother gets into constantly, he's always there to help her out even if it's really not the best idea. It's one of the reasons Michelle is estranged from their mother to begin with.
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