History Characters / Benidorm

* ThePrankster: Don't let him near a joke shop.

* ActionMom: A necessity when Madge is your mother. She later becomes an action grandmother as well.

* TheDitz: Alternates between a very mild version of this and the OnlySaneMan.
* [[spoiler: HappilyEverAfter: Part of the Garveys' collective one in Series 7.]]

* OnlySaneMan: Pretty much the only member of the family who's not snarking or getting into bizarre scrapes.

* BrokeEpisode: [[spoiler: The first half of Series 4.]]

* EvenEvilCanBeLoved:

* FreudianExcuse: Implied by Janice.

* HappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler: Part of the Garveys' collective one in Series 7.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: A shining example of this trope.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Once in a blue moon.

* NotWithThemForTheMoney: Though she certainly doesn't mind it.

* RichesToRags: [[spoiler: After Mel dies in serious debt.]]
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: You'd be hard pressed to find a better example.

* TokenEvilTeammate:
* UnsuspectinglySoused: [[spoiler: When Chantelle slips her an ecstasy tablet as a prank.]]
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Despite loving Mel, she's quick to complain about his haemorrhoids and his snoring, and is [[{{Squick}} squicked]] out by his leopard-print thong.

* [[spoiler: BabiesEverAfter: Eventually revealed to be living with Geoff and expecting a baby. Then is later mentioned to have separated from him.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Usually directed at Madge.
* [[spoiler: HappilyEverAfter: Played straight but later subverted. See BabiesEverAfter.]]
* MySecretPregnancy: Revealed at the end of the first episode.

* PutOnABus: At the end of Series 3.
* SirSwearsALot: Her usual counter to Madge's snide remarks.
* TeenPregnancy: Throughout Series 1

* TheAtoner: Becomes this in Series 6 after [[spoiler: pulling off several scams with Tiger and getting a tattoo.]]

* [[spoiler: EmbarrassingTattoo: In the first episode of Series 6 (thanks to Tiger), he gets drunk and has the word "Benidorm" tattooed on his forearm in huge letters.]]
* [[spoiler: HappilyEverAfter: Part of the Garveys' collective one in Series 7.]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Liam in Series 5.

* [[spoiler: TheCon: Fakes his own death at the end of Series 4 as part of a life insurance scam. It doesn't work and he ends up in prison between Series 4 and 5.]]

* DoubleEntendre: Most of what he says. Though unlike Jacqueline, a lot of his innuendos are deliberate.
* [[spoiler: FakingTheDead: Tells Gavin and Kenneth that he is dying of cancer before faking his suicide to try and a collect a life insurance policay worth £500,000.]]

* [[spoiler: TheCon: Tries to pull off a life insurance scam with Donald in Series 4.]]
* [[spoiler: ConsummateLiar: Everything she says and does after Donald's [[FakingTheDead 'suicide']] is an act. It's even good enough to fool the British Consulate.]]
* DirtyOldWoman: Well she is a swinger.

* DoubleEntendre: Constantly.

* [[spoiler: BabiesEverAfter: Has a son named Pythagoras with Chantelle at some point after Series 3. Though by Series 7 they have separated.]]

* BlatantLies: Basically 95% of everything he says.

* HappilyAdopted: Takes it very well when he finds out and still considers Noreen to be his mother.
%% * Jerkass: At times, mainly to Noreen.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Eventually develops one with Gavin in Series 5.
* OnlySaneMan: Becomes this by necessity when her alcoholic daughter is about to relapse.

* RamblingOldManMonologue: Can turn any conversation into this.

* ArchEnemy: Mateo becomes this after [[spoiler: he sleeps with Kate.]] It's one-sided though because [[ReallyGetsAround Mateo]] [[ButForMeItWasTuesday doesn't even remember it a year later]].

* DeadpanSnarker: Almost exclusively how he communicates.
* HappilyMarried: To Troy.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Noreen in Series 5. Eventually.

* [[spoiler: EasilyForgiven: Gavin forgives him for his fling with Mateo relatively quickly.]]
* HappilyMarried: To Gavin.

* ArchEnemy: Martin and Geoff in Series 1 and 2, and Jason (a barman who tries to take his job) in Series 6 and 7.

* GratuitousSpanish: When trying to flirt with somebody or when cursing a person or situation.
* LovableSexManiac: Though "lovable" is debatable.

* MistakenForGay: Several times.
* [[spoiler: PutOnABus:]] Literally at the end of Series 7

* SupremeChef

* DeadpanSnarker

* TookALevelInJerkass: After she returns.

* BigFancyHouse: Buys one after moving to Benidorm.
* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: See RealLifeWritesThePlot

* GoofyPrintUnderwear: His disturbingly tight leopard-print thong.

* KilledOffForReal: See RealLifeWritesThePlot
* KilledOffscreen: See RealLifeWritesThePlot

* [[spoiler: RichesToRags: He is revealed to have been in serious debt after his death.]]

* VitriolicBestBuds: Eventually becomes this with Mick.

* ButForMeItWasTuseday
* IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery

* TheSociopath: A mild version, mostly in his appearance in Series 5.
* StalkerWithACrush: Towards Janice. It gets quite creepy in Series 5.

* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: See Tyrant Takes The Helm
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Occasionally sees himself as this. Liam disagrees.

* ComicTrio: Occasionally forms this in Series 5 with Liam and Mateo
* DeadpanSnarker: Particularly towards Joyce.

* SupremeChef: Before Liam was born, he worked as a chef on an oil rig.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Usually half of this with either Liam or Mateo

* MsFanservice: Gets quite a few moments.
* OnlyOneName

* SirSwearsALot

* CampStraight
* DoggedNiceGuy: To Natalie in Series 4
* TheDitz: And how.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Michael in Series 5 and later with Kenneth [[spoiler: after the latter becomes his boss.]]

* {{Malaproper}}

* [[spoiler: PutOnABus:]] Literally at the end of Series 7 [[spoiler: when gets a job in Madrid.]]

* CampGay: Without doubt the programme's campest character
* DoubleEntendre: Constantly. Even the name of his salon (Blow 'N Go) is one.

* FunTShirt: A pretty wide selection that almost all have a gay joke on them.

* LovableSexManiac

!Natalie Jones
->'''Played by''': Kathryn Drysdale

->'''Last Appearance''': Series 4 Episode 6

A guest at the Solana who is in love with Mateo and pursued by Liam.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girly girl to Sam's Tomboy.

!Sam Wood
->'''Played by''': Shelley Longworth
->'''First Appearance''': Series 4 Episode 1

* LowerClassLout

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Natalie's girly girl.

->'''Played by''': Janine Duvitski

* AnythingThatMoves: As long as it's consensual, anybody's fair game. Even Madge.

* AnythingThatMoves: Well, as long as he finds them attractive.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Noreen theorises that if he'd been born decades later, he'd have been diagnosed with some kind of disorder but instead was just considered annoying.

->'''Played by''': Tim Healey

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Forgets about [[spoiler: sleeping with Kate]] a year after it happens, claiming “I’m a busy man”. It takes [[spoiler: her [[ArmorPiercingSlap slapping him in the face]]]] for him to remember.

%% Doesn't explain what the reation is. * Berserk Button: Losing at absolutely anything, and people not taking things as seriously as he does. Even crosswords.

%% * Arch Enemy: Mateo

%% * Put On A Bus: At the end of Series 3

* ArchEnemy: Mateo

* BerserkButton: Losing at absolutely anything, and people not taking things as seriously as he does. Even crosswords.
* [[spoiler: HappilyAdopted: Takes it very well when he finds out and still considers Noreen to be his mother.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: At times, mainly to Noreen.

* PutOnABus: At the end of Series 3

* TheBusCameBack: Returns in Series 7.

* PutOnABus: After Series 5.

* TheBusCameBack: With Geoff in Series 7.

* PutOnABus: Leaves after Series 3.

A guest at the Solana who is in love Mateo and pursued by Liam.

->'''Played by''': Sheridan Smith\\

* YourCheatingHeart:

* [[spoiler: YourCheatingHeart: Sleeps with Mateo in Series 1.]]

* [[spoiler: YourCheatingHeart: Goes on a date with someone and has a brief sexual encounter with them when he mistakenly thinks Troy is breaking up with him.]]

* [[spoiler: YourCheatingHeart: Is caught naked behind a bush with Mateo in Series 1.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: Sleeps with anyone he can regardless of his or their attachments and is engaged to Kelly and Natalie (though at different points) despite [[spoiler: having a wife and children.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: Averted for the most part since she and Martin aren't exclusive but [[spoiler: when her partner-in-crime arrives at the Solana, their BigDamnKiss suggests they're in a relationship.]]