Line #199 Characters/TwoBrokeGirls


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16	[[folder:Maxine "Max" Black]]
17	[[quoteright:233:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/max_black_2_4037.png]]
18	--> Played by: Creator/KatDennings
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20	One of the waitresses at the Williamsburg Diner. Han initially allowed her to sell homemade cupcakes in the diner, which led to her going forward with Caroline's idea to go into the cupcake business. The brunette Max is street-smart, tends to deliver insults with a smile, and often pokes fun at her own promiscuity, her large breasts, and indulgence in marijuana. She always wears knee-high brown leather boots while waitressing and being snarky and sassy with costumers.
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22	* BigBreastPride: She displays this on numerous occasions. Not that she goes out of her way to emphasize them (except in the first season finale with Martha Stewart...) but when they're noticed, she generally reacts with pride, as well as amusement when others notice the patently obvious.
23	* BrokenBird: Judging by the dark places her jokes go.
24	* CannotSpitItOut: Max has this problem when asking people for favors.
25	* CatchPhrase: '''Oh HELL no!'''
26	* DarkAndTroubledPast: She is a poor working class girl who had a rough childhood in Hope, Rhode Island and an equally rough adult life, driven by both genuine poverty and being raised by a mother who was usually absent and dangerously incompetent when she was around. It is implied that her mother was a drug addict.
27	* DeadpanSnarker: One couldn't imagine the show without her snide one-liners.
28	* DisappearedDad: Disappeared so early in her life she doesn't know who he is.
29	* DoubleEntendre: Spits out these frequently. Especially involving any version of the word "come".
30	* DynamicAkimbo: Max almost always has her hands her hips. There's a reason her page image has her in this pose.
31	* HiddenDepths: Despite her tough exterior, Max has a soft spot for innocent things like cartoon characters and toys because they brightened up an otherwise crappy childhood.
32	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite regularly being snide and sarcastic, she genuinely felt bad for Caroline and allowed Caroline to stay in her home without really asking for anything in return. It's pretty much established at the end of "And The Reality Check" that she's rather nice as Max is holding back tears as Chestnut is sent away for the winter. She's either a golden-hearted jerkass or possibly a KnightInSourArmor.
33	* KindheartedCatLover: As revealed in "And the Kitty Kitty Spank Spank", she likes cats.
34	* TheLadette: Especially in contrast to Caroline, she often displays a rather macho behavior. It's revealed she pees standing up and seems confused at the fact that other woman pee sitting.
35	* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Ever since Max helped her find her footing, Caroline has depended on her for support when things are bleak.
36	* NoodleIncident: A walking example. She spits out at least one of these an episode. Apparently she's been shot before and claims to have killed a French man, among many other things
37	* PungeonMaster: Puns are a common ingredient of her one-liners.
38	%%* RavenHairIvorySkin: A picture's worth 1000 words nothing really more to say.
39	* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: Mentioned once she was something of a bully in school, when Caroline met one of Max's old teachers, with Caroline acknowledging that she's not ''quite'' grown out of it.
40	-->'''Teacher:''' You look just like the girls Maxine used to give wedgies to.
41	-->'''Caroline:''' Still does.
42	%% * StepfordSnarker: Has hints of this.
43	* TheStoner: Not overemphasized, but Max is indicated to be a pot smoker, with "And the High Holidays" even acknowledging that she has a dealer. In season 3, the diner crew gives her a case filled with joints instead of pens.
44	* SugarAndIcePersonality: Tends to be snarky regularly insults just about everyone, but tends to be somewhat compassionate at times.
45	* SupremeChef: Max is this when it comes to cupcakes, although she may also be a OneNoteCook. Ultimately subverted in "And The Secret Ingredient": [[spoiler: She uses store-bought cake mix because she never learned how to make cupcakes from scratch]], although TheReveal seems to have fallen into CanonDiscontinuity.
46	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tough, snarky, streetwise Tomboy to Caroline's wealthy, high society Girly Girl who likes riding horses.
47	* TomboyishName: She goes by "Max" which is more often than not a man's name.
48	* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She's TheLadette, but also enjoys baking and sells homemade cupcakes from the diner where she works.
49	* WakeUpMakeUp: Hands down the most blatant example of the cast and perhaps also of the current TV landscape, she sports her dark red lipstick and heavy eye makeup even during bedtime and in the bath tub.
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52	[[folder:Caroline Channing]]
53	[[quoteright:233:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/and_the_pearl_necklace_7_4664.png]]
54	--> Played by: Creator/BethBehrs
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56	A new waitress at the Williamsburg Diner. She is a formerly rich high society girl (in the style of Paris Hilton) and University of Pennsylvania Wharton graduate who lost all of her money when her father was arrested and thrown in jail for a Ponzi scheme. She is forced to start over and becomes Max's co-worker, roommate and eventual best friend. She comes up with the idea of starting a cupcake business with Max. Despite being spoiled since birth and then losing her money, Caroline is perky, kind and optimistic, though materialistic and high-maintenance at times. The dumb blonde Caroline always wears large pearl necklaces with her waitress uniform as well as high-heeled shoes.
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58	* ACupAngst: Not so much on Caroline's part, but Max frequently teases her about her chest.
59	* AlliterativeName: '''C'''aroline '''C'''hanning, played by '''Be'''th '''Be'''hrs
60	* ButtMonkey: Caroline is the CuteClumsyGirl of the show.
61	* DaddysGirl: She's got a very close relationship to her father due to having a MissingMom and being treated like a princess for her whole life.
62	* DirtyCoward: In one episode where the diner she and her friend Max work at gets held up by a potentially armed robber. She begs the robber to take Max instead of her, pushes her closer to him, and actively uses Max as a human shield. Caroline later tries to shrug the incident off when everyone makes fun of her. To further highlight her cowardice, the show has her pee herself when she learns of the armed robber.
63	* DitzyGenius: She's clumsy, has some hilariously naive beliefs about poverty and sexuality ("Max, you can't get pregnant doggy-style!"), and yet she's got a degree and when dealing with her and Max's cupcake business, displays lots of business sense.
64	* DumbBlonde: She surprisingly averts this trope; while she's definitely naive and ditzy, she's far from being completely stupid and can hold her own in a lot of areas.
65	* FallenPrincess: In many ways, she's just as much of a victim of her father's Ponzi scheme as the people he ripped off. He told her that they were making legitimate money and, being his daughter, she believed him.
66	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's grossly naive when it comes to the lower-class lifestyle, but doesn't let it get in the way of her helping Max and others.
67	* MissingMom: Her mother cheated on her father and was gotten rid of... in a society way, much worse than in the Mob way.
68	* NaiveNewcomer: She has a hard time adjusting to being poor.
69	* {{Omniglot}}: She's shown to speak several languages including Korean, Japanese, Spanish and French. She likely picked those up from [[RichesToRags her past rich life]], although she admits her French isn't very good and she only does it to impress Americans.
70	* PottyFailure: When the diner gets held up, she gets so scared that she wets herself.
71	* PreppyName: English people would have no trouble believing that someone called Caroline came from money.
72	* SinsOfOurFathers: Season 1 makes a point of showing that she catches a lot of flack for her father's crimes.
73	* SmarterThanYouLook: Caroline is a business school graduate who obviously couldn't have gotten through it without some semblance of intelligence, she's just not as skilled in the middle class world. She's even great with taxes, as shown in "And the Messy Purse Smackdown".
74	* RichesToRags: Before her dad went to jail for his Ponzi Scheme, her family had a ten-figure net worth.
75	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The wealthy, high society Girly Girl who likes riding horses to Max's tough, snarky, streetwise Tomboy.
76	* UpperClassEquestrian: A former high society girl who still keeps her beloved horse Chestnut outside her apartment.
77	* UpperClassTwit: Averted. While we might expect her to be an Airhead Heiress she seems to have a fair bit of common sense and adjusts to her new situation quickly. She is not a bad waitress, considering her lack of experience, and has no problems washing her uniform in a sink. Also, she is an excellent saleswoman. She does display some elements of this though, like being unfamiliar with how a grocery store works or the finer points of using coupons.
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80	[[folder:Han Lee]]
81	[[quoteright:305:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2012_08_13_19h10m36s103_4.png]]
82	--> Played by: Creator/MatthewMoy
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84	The owner of the Williamsburg Diner. He is constantly a target for jokes (mainly from Max) involving his height, his effeminate mannerisms in spite of his claims of being heterosexual, and his lack of knowledge of American culture. He is originally from South Korea and he references his parents and his home country often.
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86	* AmbiguouslyGay: In one episode Han is seen entering the men's room or a movie theater with another man. Another episode has him admitting to having paid for sex. He also mentions a homosexual experience in college, but quickly backtracks upon apparently realizing it wasn't one. Max makes make one or two closet jokes about him as well.
87	%% * AsianSpeekeeEngrish
88	* ArousedByTheirVoice: In one episode, Max and Caroline overhear him speaking on his cell phone in Korean. They both state that he sounds very attractive. And they weren't even being sarcastic!
89	* AsianStoreOwner: He owns the diner the girls work in.
90	* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a nice, polite guy, but he also keeps a loaded gun in that bag he carries around and, as demonstrated when the diner got held up, he has no issue with using it.
91	* ButtMonkey: He is usually the butt of many jokes. Usually involving his height or the fact he could be mistaken for a woman or a young boy. Exaggerated by Sophie in "And The Pearl Necklace".
92	%% * FunnyForeigner
93	* OlderThanTheyLook: Due to his shortness and finical behaviour, the diner employees alternate between calling him an old man and a freaky child. He's 29, actually, much to everyone's shock.
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96	[[folder:Earl]]
97	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/garrett_morris_2_broke_girls.jpg]]
98	--> Played by: Creator/GarrettMorris
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100	The cashier who has worked at the Williamsburg Diner since 1962, or 1989. Max is very close to him.
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102	* CoolOldGuy: An elderly former jazz musician with a love of marijuana and gambling.
103	%%* DeadpanSnarker
104	* InformedAbility : Earl is supposed to be a musician, but we never see him in action. We see in Season 5's "And the Sax Problem" that he was a jazz saxophonist, and he has a reunion with his old band.
105	* NiceGuy: One of the nicest on the show.
106	* ParentalSubstitute: Although they talk like drinking buddies, Max frequently says that she wishes he was her father.
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109	[[folder:Vanko Oleg Golishevsky]]
110	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cb2bg_jkite121712_thumb.jpg]]
111	--> Played by: Creator/JonathanKite
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113	Oleg is a Ukrainian cook at the Williamsburg Diner. He sexually harasses Max and Caroline constantly with inappropriate jokes, innuendo and propositions for sex, but his behavior is benign and easily ignored (or mocked, by Max).
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115	* AbhorrentAdmirer: At first Sophie rebuffs him, but they wind up in a relationship later on in the series.
116	* CarpetOfVirility: Is very hairy-chested.
117	* CasanovaWannabe: He often makes overly sexual remarks towards the girls and later Sophie, which come out as repulsive more than anything else.
118	* FunnyForeigner: From Eastern Europe.
119	* GoodParents: At the very least it's implied that he's better at parenting than Sophie is, evidenced when he is completely determined to spend quality time with his baby daughter even Sophie is monopolizing her.
120	* HiddenDepths: He loves the musical "Cats" enough that he saw it nine times on Broadway.
121	* MiddleNameBasis: He goes by Oleg to tell him apart from the many other Vanko's in his family.
122	* RelationshipUpgrade: As of Season 4, he and Sophie are currently a HappilyMarried OfficialCouple and expecting their first child.
123	* SleevesAreForWimps: Loves his tank tops.
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127	[[folder:Sophie Kuczynski]]
128	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxresdefault_44.jpg]]
129	--> Played by: Creator/JenniferCoolidge
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131	A Polish woman who owns a cleaning company, lives in the apartment above the girls, and often bugs them with stories about her sex life and growing up in Communist Poland.
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133	* DumbBlonde: She can come across this way when she is rather dismissive of everything that doesn't interest her.
134	%% * EveryoneLovesBlondes
135	* FunnyForeigner: From Eastern Europe too.
136	* HappilyMarried: To Oleg as of Season 4, and currently expecting their first child to boot.
137	* IncomingHam: '''Hiiii girls!'''
138	* ItsAllAboutMe: Sophie is very self-centered and whenever she arrives at the diner or at the girls’ cupcake window, it’s usually just to talk about herself, and often gets upset whenever anyone even slightly drifts the subject from hers.
139	-->'''Sophie:''' Here we go: Grandma Kuczynski's pot roast.
140	-->'''Caroline:''' This looks amazing. I love a root vegetable in the winter.
141	-->'''Sophie:''' CAN IT ''EVER'' JUST BE ABOUT '''ME?!!'''
142	* {{Jerkass}}: Tends to be demeaning towards people, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg especially Caroline]], and is unapologetic when corrected by Caroline after calling Han a woman. She occasionally dips into JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory.
143	* MaternallyChallenged: After having her baby girl, she is often shown dragging her baby's pram up and down stairs with no delicacy, constantly bumping or crashing the pram, spraying her baby with perfume, and getting her a spray tan.
144	* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Jennifer Coolidge gets one at the beginning of Season 2.
145	* PetTheDog: Despite the aforementioned trope of Jerkass, she does care about the girls, including Caroline, even deciding to give them a check for 20.000 dollars to help their cupcake business.
146	* [[SelfMadeMan Self-Made Woman]]: Sophie owns a successful cleaning company.
147	* SensualSlavs: Her outfits are always extremely flamboyant and show off lots of cleavage. Also, she's rather promiscuous, much to her downstairs neighbours' chagrin.
148	* StatuesqueStunner: Jennifer Coolidge is 5'10'' and her character is almost always seen in high heels.
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151	[[folder:Johnny]]
152	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/90210_nick_zano_wird_36562_big.jpg]]
153	--> Played by: Creator/NickZano
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155	Max's on-again-off-again love interest.
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157	* TheBusCameBack: Twice.
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160	[[folder:Martin Channing]]
161	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a2.jpg]]
162	--> Played by: Creator/StevenWeber
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164	Caroline's father, who is currently in prison for a ponzi scheme he masterminded.
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166	* TheAtoner: His time in prison has given him plenty of time to think about those he hurt by his actions especially Caroline.
167	* SilverFox: Max seems quite smitten with him when they get introduced.
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170	[[folder:Andy]]
171	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2_broke_girls_candy_andy.png]]
172	--> Played by: Creator/RyanHansen
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174	A candy store owner whose business was across from the cupcake store, and Caroline's love interest in season 2
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176	* TheBusCameBack: He comes back briefly to have casual ex-sex with Caroline only to disappear again. He returns in season 5, only [[spoiler:to announce he's getting married]]
177	* NiceGuy: He's so sweet, he owns a candy store.
178	* PutOnTheBus: After his and Caroline's relationship ends, he closes his store and disappears from the show.
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181	[[folder:Nicolas Saintcroix]]
182	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fanboyism2013_11_30_17h16m24s152.png]]
183	--> Played by: Creator/GillesMarini
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185	A French "master baker" who owns and teaches at the Manhattan School of Pastry and Caroline's former love interest.
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187	* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: In accordance with the show's other cultural stereotypes, the French guy has to be gorgeous.
188	* InnocentInnuendo: Pretty much every character makes a sex joke every other line. Nicolas is the only one who does it without knowing!
189	* MetaCasting: Sort of. Marini is a baker's son and was quite talented as a youth.
190	* MrFanservice: Easily the most conventionally attractive male cast member
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193	[[folder:Deke Berg]]
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195	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxresdefault_1_61.jpg]]
196	--> Played by: Creator/EricAndre
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198	A sarcastic half-black/half-Jewish student at the Pastry School who quickly becomes Max's friend, lover and later ex-boyfriend.
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200	* ClassClown: In pastry school.
201	* SecretlyWealthy: He comes from a very wealthy family, much to Caroline's enjoyment.
202	* PutOnABus: After his parents threathen to cut him off if he doesn't end it with Max, Max breaks up with him instead, thinking he couldn't live without the money.

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