Line #29 Characters/TheKingOfQueens


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3	[[folder:Doug Heffernan]]
4	--> Played by Creator/KevinJames
5	* {{Acrofatic}}: Shown to be surprisingly athletic in short bursts, such as when dominating a large group of children in football, or when playing squash with Deacon (though the latter results in a VomitDiscretionShot due to overexertion.)
6	-->Arthur: ...for a man of his size, he moves on cats' feet.
7	* BerserkButton: Arthur. There are times when they get along though.
8	* BigEater: Nearly the crux of his entire character.
9	* BigFun: Fun-loving, funny, and definitely big.
10	* BookDumb: Considers books "brutal."
11	* CharacterCatchphrase: Uses "Yuspa!" and "Shominy!" as exclamations. (The former is taken from writer and producer Cathy Yuspa, while the latter comes from Shominy Industries, which the Heffernans invest in in a second season episode.)
12	* DeadpanSnarker
13	* DeliberateUnderPerformance: Doug intentionally avoids attention from the higher-ups at work.
14	-->Doug: You want me to stand out from the pack whereas I want to remain hidden and obscured by that very same pack. Carrie, that's how I survive--staying nameless and faceless. Not too good, not too bad, right on the cutting edge of mediocre.
15	* FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife: The foolish husband to Carrie's responsible wife
16	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic
17	* HatesReading: To such an extent that hearing another man say that reading itself is "overrated" has him starry-eyed.
18	* HenpeckedHusband: He lets his wife walk all over him.
19	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: In "Thanks Man", he welcomes a stranger into their home who turns out to be a burglar; he also trusts a driver from a rival delivery company who was only trying to lure him into a cruel prank.
20	* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The huge guy to his wife's tiny girl.
21	* ImplausibleDeniability: Insists he drank an unwanted glass of scotch after being seen pouring it out.
22	* ManChild: Has a juvenile sense of humor and very poor impulse control. He is mainly motivated by junk food, and will often concoct elaborate schemes to get what he wants that often end up with him getting hurt or embarrassed. It’s also shown in numerous episodes that Doug does not know how to function as an independent adult. He cannot pay bills, he doesn’t clean and rarely cooks. One episode shows that he has to be lied to about big events (his dog dying), because he’s too immature to handle anything big.
23	* ManipulativeBastard: His schemes to manipulate those around him become increasingly paranoid and complex as the series goes on.
24	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: With Carrie.
25	* NervousWreck: Prone to gag-inducing anxiety when in situations he can't control.
26	-->Doug: I can't sleep; I can't eat...well, I can eat, but not as fast.
27	* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Uses passive-aggressive techniques to combat Carrie's much more directly aggressive way of handling conflict.
28	* {{Schemer}}: Constantly scheming to get his way without confrontation.
29	* SoreLoser: Refuses to let Carrie sleep until she has a Ping Pong rematch with him after his TrainingFromHell with Arthur.
30	* ThisLoserIsYou: Fat, lazy, stupid, with a dead-end job...just like you!
31	* UglyGuyHotWife: He's overweight and fairly average in appearance, while Carrie is considered very attractive. This is remarked upon in-universe frequently
32	* WideEyedIdealist: To contrast with Carrie's cynicism. "Thanks, Man" is a full episode exploration of their differing views on the world.
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37	[[folder:Carrie Heffernan]]
38	--> Played by Creator/LeahRemini
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40	* BeautyIsBad: She's pretty but also quite mean.
41	* BrooklynRage: She has a temper problem.
42	* DaddysGirl
43	* FormerlyFat: Due to the [[HideYourPregnancy poor attempts to hide her actress's pregnancy]] midway through the series, she appears to have gained weight during it. She loses the weight near the end of the series after her actress gave birth and managed to take the weight off.
44	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric
45	* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The tiny girl to her husband's huge guy.
46	* {{Hypocrite}}: In "Precedent Nixin", Carrie doesn't want to stay at Doug's parents' apartment at the retirement estate, so they both wind up in a motel during Spring Break and their bathroom has a bat in it. When Doug points out that he has to deal with her father's insane antics every day, while she refuses to spend a weekend with his, Carrie dismisses Doug's argument.
47	* {{Jerkass}}: Especially to Doug.
48	** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She does have redeeming moments.
49	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: With Doug.
50	* {{Sadist}}: In one episode it's revealed she's only happy when others are miserable.
51	* MeaningfulName: It may be less than coincidental that she shares a first name with the unbalanced, vindictive main character of the novel ''{{Literature/Carrie}}'' (as pointed out by Doug himself).
52	* MissingMom: Her mom passed when she was a teenager.
53	* ParentingTheHusband
54	* {{Tomboy}}: Has shades of this in the earliest episodes, but entirely fades by the midway point of the series.
55	* UglyGuyHotWife: Her husband is fairly average looking, while she is considered very attractive.
56	* ControlFreak: Comes to a head when Carrie bans Doug from changing his cologne.
57	* GuiltyPleasures: Feels guilty when her sadism affects her loved ones, but not enough to stop.
58	* WomenAreWiser: She's certainly wiser than her father and husband, though far from wise.
59	* TookALevelInJerkass: It's difficult to reconcile the early peacekeeping Carrie with the later physically and psychologically abusive Carrie.
60	-->Arthur: When I gave her to you, she was sweet as pie.
61	* ItRunsInTheFamily: Paranoia and rage.
62	-->Doug: I think the Spooner family crest is a shaking fist with the words "I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER!"
63	* FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife: The responsible wife to Doug's foolish husband.
64	* MaternallyChallenged: Deacon especially complains about her difficulty with children when she bribes her way out of an uncomfortable conversation by giving his son a cupcake, which she then trades for a later bedtime and an inappropriate television show.
65	* VanityIsFeminine: Her fixation on clothes and makeup contribute to her femininity.
66	* FeminineWomenCanCook: Averted. As Carrie settles into her more feminine characterization, she keeps her inability to cook.
67	* {{Delinquent}}: As a teen, she happily participated in a carjacking. She laughs as she reminisces about it, much to Doug's horror.
68	* MatchmakerFailure: Once set her friend up with someone who tried to push her out of a moving car.
69	* LongHairIsFeminine: After cutting off her long, beautiful hair, Doug says that she looks like "a weird boy."
70	* BeleagueredAssistant: To her strange and demanding boss, Doug Pruzan.
71	* TheCynic: To contrast with Doug's optimism. "Thanks, Man" is a full episode exploration of their differing views on the world.
72	* DrivesLikeCrazy: Mentioned various times throughout the series. Her disregard for traffic laws has resulted in challenges in affording car insurance.
73	* SocialClimber: Has a lifelong dream of living in Manhattan. Her eagerness to fit into high culture often leads to friction with boorish Doug, and the extreme cost of her high-end clothing has gotten them into trouble multiple times.
74	* TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity: Holly kindly bringing her homemade soup when she was sick eventually spirals into Carrie demanding she hit the docks before sunrise to acquire fresh sea food long after Carrie's recovered from her illness (and passed it on to Holly, no less.)
75	* TeensAreMonsters: Participated in a carjacking.
76	* SentimentalDrunk: After discovering how kind and affectionate she is while hammered, Doug and Arthur conspire to get her drunk every night to keep her that way.
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79	[[folder:Arthur Spooner]]
80	--> Played by Creator/JerryStiller
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82	* BerserkButton: He's a command center of them. Halloween, Larry King, Charlie Brown, a neighbor's wreath, a hogged armrest...
83	* CloudCuckoolander: Arthur has some very strange ideas, to say the least.
84	* DisproportionateRetribution: A waitress is constantly seeking advice from him. He gets fulfillment from this, until finding out from a dimwitted co-worker that she only does so to follow the opposite of what he suggests. Following this he deliberately sets her up to follow bad advice (or ignore good advice). Whether or not he intended for this to get her fired and potentially bankrupt, he seems to find her outcome perfectly just in his gloating.
85	-->'''Former Waitress:''' You cost me my job! How am I going to pay my bills?!
86	-->'''Arthur:''' And you hurt my feelings, so now we're even!
87	* {{Expy}}: He's basically a marginally friendlier version of Frank Costanza from {{Series/Seinfeld}}. Arthur and Frank both have very similar personalities and mannerisms, and they're both played by Jerry Stiller.
88	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine
89	* {{Irony}}: His living arrangements during the series prove to be a case of this, as a flashback episode showed Arthur telling Carrie that she and Doug would be living in his basement in a week if they got married.
90	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Arthur is entitled, petty, immature and unstable but he is also capable of being caring and insightful during his more lucid moments. It's not so much that he's a bad person as much as it is that he's batshit insane.
91	* LargeHam: There was nothing in the family's day to day life that this man could not turn into a melodrama.
92	* TheLoad: He contributes nothing to the household and in fact has cost the Heffernans significant amounts of money (Started fires, sold their furniture when they are away...etc.) and stress (goes through personal belongings, keeps them awake at night when moved across the hall, constantly yelling and trying to force his rules on them...etc). Whenever he comes across some money like bingo winnings, he doesn't even think to offer Doug and Carrie any of it for something such as new appliances they all use and has to be more or less told to give it to them. Doug wants him out of the house for these reasons but Carrie defends him, claiming he isn't that bad (which is odd, as it has been firmly established that he was a terrible father).
93	** Coupled with his CloudCuckooLander status when Carrie once begs him to act like a human being at a corporate party, and he bluntly says "No".
94	* ManChild: Despite being an elderly man, Arthur has the maturity of someone much younger than him. Sometimes he acts like a petulant teenager, sometimes he acts like a six-year-old.
95	* NoIndoorVoice: See LargeHam above.
96	* SuddenlyShouting: Has a habit of beginning sentences at a normal volume, but GRADUALLY ELEVATING TO YELLING!
97	* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Though sometimes played seriously, his father heckling his choir performance and some of his interactions with Skitch definitely qualify.
98	* FreudianExcuse: One episode sees a [[ItMakesSenseInContext time traveling therapist]] take him back to his childhood, where it's succinctly revealed that his screaming and bids for attention come from his being ignored by his father in favor of his older half-brother, Skitch.
99	* PetTheDog: Occasionally shows the ability to behave selflessly. One of the more prominent examples is Doug's discovery that he gave up a promising acting career in order to (attempt to) provide a more stable childhood for Carrie.
100	* SmallNameBigEgo: Seen in a number of episodes such as when he becomes the temporary manager of the mall pretzel shop, when he becomes president of the senior center and goes mad with power, or even simply serving as an alternate on a jury.
101	* TheUnfavorite: To his half-brother, Skitch.
102	* HairTriggerTemper: It'd be easier to name episodes that don't feature his explosive and inappropriate anger.
103	* BunglingInventor: Comes up with a number of inventions intended to help him get rich quick, with zero results. Some examples include an umbrella that converts to a backpack (in collaboration with Spence) and an "Arthur's head" screwdriver.
104	* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Spence and Holly (though the latter is usually compensated for her time.)
105	* ZanyScheme: Few, if any, of his plots are less than zany, and many of them are schemes.
106	* AbusiveParents: Sometimes played seriously, such as his father forcing him to Trick-or-Treat until his feet bled in order to acquire food for the family.
107	* MissingMom: While his dad is brought up with some regularity, virtually no mention is made of him ever having had a mother.
108	* MistakenForPedophile: Worked as a ribbon salesman when Doug and Carrie were newlyweds, where he was often caught inappropriately propositioning little girls.
109	* RamblingOldManMonologue: Definitely prone. Due to his habit of turning every word played into a rambling anecdote during a Scrabble tournament, Carrie begins to wonder if she even loves him.
110	* FrivolousLawsuit: One of his frequent Get Rich Quick schemes. According to Carrie in "Where's Poppa", he's suing most of their neighbors.
111	* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Regularly tries to advise others despite his lifelong string of failures.
112	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Both has and is; his father loudly and openly heckled him during his church choir solo as a child.
113	* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Hid correspondence from Carrie's boyfriend when she was in high school. Occassionally played for laughs when he attempts to block her husband.
114	-->Arthur: Why do you need birth control? Does he touch you!?
115	* HalfSiblingAngst: Gets along poorly with his abusive older half-brother, Skitch.
116	* ObnoxiousInLaws: Doug's father-in-law, and plenty obnoxious.
117	* LethalKlutz: Burns his own house to the ground, and sets fire to the Heffernan's home twice, to speak only of his history with fire.
118	* {{Hypocrite}}: Has a much easier time judging others than himself. The first episode sees him getting on Spence's case for living with his mother, while he himself (and his adult daughter) have just moved into his oldest daughter's house.
119	* UngratefulBastard: Is demanding and critical of Doug and Carrie despite his complete reliance on them.
120	* TheObiWannabe: In "Do Rico", after reading Literature/TuesdaysWithMorrie, attempts to mentor several younger adults, and is confused to find them unreceptive.
121	* BrattyFoodDemand: In an episode where Doug learns to make demands of Carrie vicariously through Arthur, he's shown bursting in on her multiple times while screaming "I WANT (FOOD)!"
122	* InnocentBigot: Despite seeming to harbor no particular hatred, shows himself to be fearful of and somewhat quick to assume with Deacon.
123	* SerialSpouse: Married four times by the end of the series.
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126	[[folder: Deacon Palmer]]
127	--> Played by Creator/VictorWilliams
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129	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic
130	* OnlySaneMan
131	* HiddenDepths: Served in the National Guard, where he learned to sew and saved a man's life, and volunteers as a Big Brother on the weekends, much to Doug's perturbence.
132	* TokenMinority: He and his family are the only reoccuring non-white characters on the show.
133	* NotActuallyHisChild: His dad's suspicions that Deacon's the result of his mother's cheating ultimately led to a break between them.
134	* ParentalFashionVeto: Ultimately fails to veto Kirby's Powerpuff Girls costume on Halloween.
135	* SportsDad: Forces his son Kirby to play football in hopes of manning him up.
136	* WantedAGenderConformingChild: Struggles with the feminine attributes his older son, Kirby, displays.
137	--> "Doug:" You know, I heard most drag queens are straight.
138	--> "Deacon:" Is that supposed to make me feel better?
139	* TokenBlackFriend: To Doug.
140	* TheWhitestBlackGuy: His choice of song for kareoke in "G'night, Stalker" has a table full of black men walk out in disgust.
141	* FlawlessToken: In a cast of jerks, losers, and morons, has no distinct flaws to speak of.
142	* FootDraggingDivorcee: Hesitates to sign the divorce papers when his wife wants a separation.
143	* SympatheticAdulterer: Only commits an emotional affair, and is instantly remorseful. His separation is treated as a tragedy rather than a just consequence.
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146	[[folder: Spencer "Spence" Olchin]]
147	--> Played by Creator/PattonOswalt
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149	* ButtMonkey
150	* TheSmartGuy
151	* MistakenforGay: By Tivo.
152	* MayDecemberRomance: Had a fling with a teacher as a high school student.
153	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Has this kind of relationship with Doug's cousin Danny in later seasons to such an extent that they share a bedroom, car, and bank account.
154	* {{Geek}}
155	* DreamCrushingHandicap: Was beginning a promising shuffleboard career before being psychologically crippled by walking in on his mom and his coach in her bed.
156	* BullyMagnet: Bullied by his friends, his mom, children, Tivo...
157	* EmbarrassedByAChild: After discovering his peanut allergy, Deacon's son uses it to mock and bully him.
158	* LousyLoversAreLosers: His girlfriend refers to sex with him as a "short, bumpy ride."
159	* SoulSuckingRetailJob: Despite all of his friends' equally blue collar jobs, Spence's position as a subway token seller is portrayed as especially grim.
160	* DisappearedDad: His dad left early in his life.
161	* MyBelovedSmother: Both iterations of his mother display a clear lack of boundaries.
162	* StereotypicalNerd: Just missing the glasses.
163	* TeacherStudentRomance: Shared one with an unattractive teacher in high school.
164	* {{Cosplay}}: Wears a Dark Shadows cosplay to a convention.
165	* TheMovieBuff: Shows a deep knowledge of and passion for movies.
166	* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Doug's dad caught him masturbating in the Heffernan bathroom in high school, setting off a lifelong dislike.
167	* NerdsAreVirgins: Begins the series as a virgin (before a later retcon stating he lost his virginity to a teacher in high school.)
168	* SommelierSpeak: Is in a wine enthusiast's group.
169	* NerdyInhaler: One of the traits he shares with Danny.
170	* SicklyNeuroticGeek: Asthma and innumerable allergies.
171	* WellDoneSonGuy: Becomes one of these in "Wedding Presence" after an afternoon of pretending to be Arthur's son, due in no small part to his issues with his own father.
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175	[[folder:Danny Heffernan]]
176	--> Played by Creator/GaryValentine
177	* AlcoholicParent: Spence threatens to tempt his mom back into alcoholism after Danny flirts with Spence's mom in order to manipulate him.
178	* EmasculatedCuckold: Babysits the child his ex concieved while cheating on him.
179	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Has this kind of relationship with Spence in later seasons to such an extent that they share a bedroom, car, and bank account.
180	* InsistentTerminology: Motivated!
181	* NerdyInhaler: One of the traits he shares with Spence.
182	* TheDandy: In one episode, he gets his teeth whitened, his hair bleached, and has his skin treated with acid.
183	* TheUnfavorite: Both of his parents prefer his cousin, Doug.
184	* WellDoneSonGuy: Desperate to gain his father's approval.
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187	[[folder: Holly Shumpert]]
188	--> Played by Creator/NicoleSullivan
189	* AnimalLover: Dogs, specifically.
190	* BabiesEverAfter: Her cameo in the last episode features her near the end of her pregnancy and alone.
191	* DumbBlonde: Easily the dumbest female character on the show.
192	* ExtremeDoormat: Pushed around by Arthur; downright terrified of Carrie. Even Doug managed to boss her around during the brief stint she stayed with them.
193	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blonde and sweet.
194	* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Alcoholic and slutty.
195	* ReallyGetsAround: Implied to have frequent drunken one-night stands on top of her fleeting relationships.
196	* SexForServices: Tries to pay off her landlord with sex. Apparantly plans to sleep her way out of her next traffic ticket.
197	* TheAlcoholic

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