History Characters / CheaperByTheDozen

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[[folder:The Bakers]]
!!Tom Baker (Creator/SteveMartin)
* BumblingDad
* FamilyMan
* HappilyMarried: To Kate.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: His new coaching job means he has to spend less time with his kids.
!!Kate Gilbreth-Baker (Creator/BonnieHunt)
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was forced to grow up without her sister, who died when she was still a child.
* GoodParents
* HappilyMarried: To Tom.
* {{Housewife}}
!!Nora Baker-[=McNulty=] (Creator/PiperPerabo)
* CoolBigSis: Everyone sees her as this.
* HappilyMarried: To Bud in the sequel.
* {{Jerkass}}: She would rather choose her boyfriend over her family. Luckily she changes though.
* OnlySaneWoman: She is this to her family.
!!Charlie Baker (Creator/TomWelling)
* AloofBigBrother: Becomes this after the family moves because he's miserable at his new high school.
* CoolBigBro: Is this initially, especially to Henry.
!!Lorraine Baker (Music/HilaryDuff)
* BigSisterInstinct: She has this for Sarah.
* TheFashionista
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Often clashes with Sarah.
!!Henry Baker (Creator/KevinGSchmidt)
* BigBrotherWorship: He has this for Charlie.
!!Sarah Baker (Creator/AlysonStoner)
* BrattyHalfPint: Very much so.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Often clashes with Lorraine.
* ThePrankster
* {{Tomboy}}
!!Jake Baker (Jacob Smith)
* BigBrotherInstinct: Has this for Mark after he learns the latter is being bullied.
* OutOfFocus
!!Mark Baker (Forrest Landis)
* BlackSheep: None of the other kids seem to like him and he's often ignored by his parents, causing him to feel neglected and, eventually, run away from home.
* DemotedToExtra: Mark is the most visible of the younger children, in the sequel he gets a lot less to do.
* FriendToAllLivingThings
* NerdGlasses
!!Jessica & Kim Baker (Creator/LilianaMumy and Morgan York)
* FinishingEachOthersSentences
* TwinBanter
!!Mike Baker (Blake Woodruff)
* OutOfFocus
!!Nigel & Kyle Baker (Brent and Shane Kinsman)
* CoordinatedClothes
* TricksterTwins
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[[folder:First Movie Supporting Characters]]
%%!!Shake [=McGuire=] (Creator/RichardJenkins)
%%* {{Jerkass}}
%%* PhraseCatcher: "What a hotdog!"
%%!!Hank (Creator/AshtonKutcher)
%%* {{Jerkass}}
%%* LargeHam

!!The Shenks
Played by Steven Anthony Lawerence (Dylan), Paula Marshall (Tina) and Alan Ruck (Bill)
* HenpeckedHusband: Bill doesn't offer much resistance to Tina's usually domineering style of parenting, and it is subtly implied that he would've happily had more children if Tina had willed it. It's when one of the Baker children go missing though that he ignores Tina and offers whatever help he can.
%% * {{Jerkass}}: Tina.
* LonelyRichKid: Dylan's family is very well off and his parents throw him a ridiculously lavish birthday party. He loves the company of the Baker kids and wants to have siblings.
* NiceGuy: Bill is nice, having a much more open mind towards the Bakers than Tina. When she straight up refuses to help the family find Mark, Bill and Dylan immediately volunteer regardless of Tina's protests.
* SiblingsWanted: Dylan desperately wants to have siblings, but his mother refuses to have any more.
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[[folder:Second Movie Characters]]
%%!!Bud [=McNulty=] (Johnathan Bennett)
%%* HappilyMarried: To Nora.
%%!!Jimmy Murtaugh (Creator/EugeneLevy)
%%* BigOlEyebrows: As per Eugene Levy.
!!Sarina Murtaugh (Carmen Electra)
* HiddenDepths: She is initially presented as Jimmy's DumbBlonde trophy wife, but she truly wants to be a good mother to her stepkids. When she sees the wedge that Jimmy's pressuring and obsession with upping Tom is driving between himself and his kids, she sets him straight.
!!Eliot Murtaugh (Creator/TaylorLautner)
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: He goes on a date with Sarah Baker, only to be interfered by her father.
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* BandGeek: He's younger than the usual example, but he plays the clarinet and relies on his big brother Charlie to help him look cool.