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* TheVicar: He could've been the trope namer for this.

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!!Violet and Bruce (Anna Dawson and John Evitts)

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!!Violet and Bruce (Anna Dawson (Creator/AnnaDawson and John Evitts)
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!!Rose (Shirley Stelfox in Series 1, Mary Millar in Series 2-5)

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!!Rose (Shirley Stelfox (Creator/ShirleyStelfox in Series 1, Mary Millar in Series 2-5)
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* GrassIsGreener: She holds Violet in higher regard than her other sisters and brags about her at every opportunity, due to having achieved a wealthy high class lifestyle she so greatly desires. As time goes on however, it becomes apparent that Violet's personal life is anything but blissful, and most of her rare onscreen appearances amount to her risking embarrassment for Hyacinth much in the same way as Rose, Daisy and Onslow.

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* GrassIsGreener: She holds Violet in higher regard than her other sisters and brags about her at every opportunity, due to having achieved a wealthy high class lifestyle she so greatly desires. As time goes on Throughout many exchanges however, it becomes apparent that Violet's personal life is anything but blissful, and most of her rare onscreen appearances amount to her risking embarrassment for Hyacinth much in the same way as Rose, Daisy and Onslow.
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* GrassIsGreener: She holds Violet in higher regard than her other sisters and brags about her at every opportunity, due to having achieved a wealthy high class lifestyle she so greatly desires. As time goes on however, it becomes apparent that Violet's personal life is anything but blissful, and most of her rare onscreen appearances amount to her risking embarrassment for Hyacinth much in the same way as Rose, Daisy and Onslow.
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!!Daisy (Judy Cornwell)

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!!Daisy (Judy Cornwell)(Creator/JudyCornwell)
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* GrassIsGreener: Hyacinth holds Violet in high regard for accomplishing wealth and high society, however, it becomes increasingly apparent even before they appear that she and Bruce have their own dysfunctions to attend to. Violet also lacks Hyacinth's obsession with social climbing or embarrassment for their other siblings as a result of her stressful personal life.
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!!Onslow (Geoffrey Hughes)

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!!Onslow (Geoffrey Hughes)(Creator/GeoffreyHughes)
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!!Elizabeth "Liz" Warden (Josephine Tewson)

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!!Elizabeth "Liz" Warden (Josephine Tewson)(Creator/JosephineTewson)
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!!Hyacinth Bucket ("Bouquet") (Patricia Routledge)

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!!Hyacinth Bucket ("Bouquet") (Patricia Routledge)(Creator/PatriciaRoutledge)
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* DotingParent: Implied to have been for Sheridan. She still is.

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* GrandeDame: Her goal.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Often to extremely exasperating degrees.
* JerkAss: Her social-climbing causes her to become this all too often.

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* %%* ItsAllAboutMe: Often to extremely exasperating degrees.
* %%* JerkAss: Her social-climbing causes her to become this all too often.
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Hyacinth and Richard's son. He never appears in the show aside from a couple of cameos where his face is unseen, and always calls his mother. He often asks for money, much to Richard's angry disgust. He attends college, with a roommate called Tarquin. It is implied he may be AmbiguouslyGay.

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Hyacinth and Richard's son. He never appears in the show aside from a couple of cameos where his face is unseen, and always calls his mother. He often asks for money, much to Richard's angry disgust. He attends college, college (a polytechnic school which is "of a university standard", according to Hyacinth -- humorously, most of these polys ''did'' become unis later on), with a roommate called Tarquin. It is implied he may be AmbiguouslyGay.
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!!Richard Bucket (Clive Swift)

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!!Richard Bucket (Clive Swift)(Creator/CliveSwift)
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* CoolOldLady: She's much easier to be in the same room with than Hyacinth.

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* CoolOldLady: She's much easier to be in the same room with than Hyacinth. In fact, people Hyacinth tends to try and impress seem to genuinely ''like'' Daisy and the family, even Onslow.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: When Richard loses his temper, ''even Hyacinth stops what she's doing and listens to him.''
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* NiceGuy: [[ExtremeDoormat To enduring degrees.]]

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* NiceGuy: [[ExtremeDoormat To enduring degrees.]]]], even Rose refrains from seducing him given how humble and good he is, also probably why Hyacinth fell for him



* KavorkaMan: At least according to Daisy, he tends to attract women despite being work-shy, bone-idle, and out of condition. This is even acknowledged by everyone else as unbelievable.

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* KavorkaMan: At least according to Daisy, he tends to attract women despite being work-shy, bone-idle, and out of condition. This is even acknowledged by everyone else as unbelievable.unbelievable, even by Onslow himself.
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!!Emmet Hawksworth (David Griffin)

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!!Emmet Hawksworth (David Griffin)(Creator/DavidGriffin)
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Shes Got Legs is currently a disambiguation


* ShesGotLegs: A common quip about her from other characters is how short are the dresses she wears.

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