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* BareYourMidriff: Her oufit for one party with purple top and black skirt allowed her to show off her belly and her slim and well-proportioned body.

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* SpotOfTea: Her drink of choice.





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* FlowerInHerHair: She wears a pink flower in her hair when she and Jane bake.
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adorkable cleanup. now it's YMMV


* {{Adorkable}}: Especially around Simon, due to her extremely obvious crush on him.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Jane is kind of a cute girl. She has a plushy cat, she likes making stuff from post-it notes, she bowls with an orange and empty coke bottles, and she wears dorky hats -- one is an owl.



* {{Adorkable}}: A little awkward, a little uptight, and not always the most observant of people, but charming nonetheless.

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* AttentionDeficitOhShiny
* FeminineWomenCanCook: She ''fancies'' herself a dedicated baker who knows her way around the kitchen, but her products are usually disasters.

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* FeminineWomenCanCook: She considers herself a pretty woman and ''fancies'' herself a dedicated baker who knows her way around the kitchen, but her products are usually disasters.



* LethalChef: According to her sister, her cookies suck. Jane tries one, and bites an egg shell.




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* SweetBaker: She's overly, almost sickly sweet for an adult woman. She likes rainbows and unicorns. and baking and making cookies is her hobby though she's apparently not very good. Her sister is surprised when her cookies are decent for once.
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* HairDecorations: She often sports a ponytail or plaid, and so she wears various bands, ribbons and headbands. In one episode, it's clear that she and Jane were experimenting with hairstyles and hair decoration, and they are both wearing very nice headbands.

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* InSeriesNickname: Warren calls him by his initials: E.D.

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* InSeriesNickname: Warren calls him by his first and middle name initials: E.D.



* PlatonicLifePartners: He's a close friend to Blanche, but they are not romantically involved.



* [[AffectionateNickname Affectionate]] / EmbarrassingNickname: Her parents used to call her "Dianimal". She and Mary still teasingly use their old nicknames for one another.

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* [[AffectionateNickname Affectionate]] / EmbarrassingNickname: AffectionateNickname: Her parents used to call her "Dianimal". She and Mary still teasingly use their old nicknames for one another.



* EmbarrassingNickname: Doesn't much like her childhood nickname "Dianimal".



* [[AffectionateNickname Affectionate]] / EmbarrassingNickname: Her parents used to call her "Marzipan".

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* [[AffectionateNickname Affectionate]] / EmbarrassingNickname: AffectionateNickname: Her parents used to call her "Marzipan".



* AudienceSurrogate: Gets this role when she and Jane binge-watch Jane's videos. Mary's reactions echo the audience's reactions as displayed in the comments, right down to thinking [[EnsembleDarkhorse Susanna]] is awesome.

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* AudienceSurrogate: Gets this role when she and Jane binge-watch Jane's videos. Mary's reactions echo the audience's reactions as displayed in the comments, right down to thinking [[EnsembleDarkhorse Susanna]] Susanna is awesome.awesome.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Considers her childhood nickname "Marzipan" embarrassing, but her sister uses it to tease her with love, so it's not that horrible.

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she's not an example — she lacks the naivity and cheerlfulness


* SpoiledSweet: She comes from a pampered and wealthy background, but she's also a very successful businesswoman and quite hard-working. Unlike her book counterpart, she's nice and helpful, even to Jane.
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* {{Jerkass}}: In episode "A New Age of Aluminium", he behaves like a drunk ass. There are some speculation that he might have put on JerkassFacade to achieve his goal and that he might have pretended to be drunk. However, he was horribly sneering, obnoxious and cruel at the party to virtually everybody. He mocked his guests, he cruelly insulted Luisa Eshton, Grace was really on edge, he embarrassed Blanche and scared Jane. Yet he was as charming as ever. According to Grace's tweets, the night turned out a success and they had positive response from their customers.

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* {{Jerkass}}: In episode "A New Age of Aluminium", he behaves like a drunk ass. There are some speculation that he might have put on JerkassFacade just pretended to be a jerk to achieve his goal and that he might have pretended to be drunk. However, he was horribly sneering, obnoxious and cruel at the party to virtually everybody. He mocked his guests, he cruelly insulted Luisa Eshton, Grace was really on edge, he embarrassed Blanche and scared Jane. Yet he was as charming as ever. According to Grace's tweets, the night turned out a success and they had positive response from their customers.
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* BowtiesAreCool: Not his frequent fashion choice, but he managed to pull it off at one of his parties, combined with dark purple jacket. He also wore one as a part of his clown make-over costume.
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* CharacterBlog: She tweets quite a lot, especially some random bits of trivia she finds interesting, or science jokes. Her image is a picture of young Creator/WolfgangAmadeusMozart.

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* CharacterBlog: She tweets quite a lot, especially some random bits of trivia she finds interesting, or science jokes. Her image is a picture of young Creator/WolfgangAmadeusMozart.Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart.


* GenreSavvy: Jane freaks out from time to time and feels uneasy about the house and her employer. She has every reason to do so. She uploads some of her vlogs as a sort of safety net because she expects she might get hurt. She doesn't have anybody who could protect her, and this is her way of telling somebody -- her viewers -- that weird stuff is happening to her.
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* DreadfulMusician: She's a downplayed example. She's dedicated to her music and knows a lot about obscure genres, and her singing and playing is not awful. It's just that a song "I hate you, leave me alone" might bore her listeners. Lyrics included "I don't care that your cookies don't suck anymore"

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* DreadfulMusician: She's a downplayed example. She's dedicated to her music and knows a lot about obscure genres, and her singing and playing is not awful. It's just that a song titled "I hate you, leave me alone" might bore her listeners. Lyrics included "I don't care that your cookies don't suck anymore"anymore."
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* ObnoxiousSnarker: He can be snide and sarcastic, but he doesn't keep his face straight. He's very loud and tends to exaggerate in a hammy way.
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* AudienceSurrogate: Gets this role when she and Jane binge-watch Jane's videos. Mary's reactions echo the audience's reactions as displayed in the comments, right down to thinking [[EnsembeDarkhorse Susanna]] is awesome.

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* AudienceSurrogate: Gets this role when she and Jane binge-watch Jane's videos. Mary's reactions echo the audience's reactions as displayed in the comments, right down to thinking [[EnsembeDarkhorse [[EnsembleDarkhorse Susanna]] is awesome.
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* AudienceSurrogate: Gets this role when she and Jane binge-watch Jane's videos. Mary's reactions echo the audience's reactions as displayed in the comments, right down to thinking [[EnsembeDarkhorse Susanna]] is awesome.
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* NiceGirl: Despite a lot of good-natured snark, she's a very compassionate person. She's the one who insists on taking Jane in after she's been attacked.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Jane sums her up as living in a worls where she's the center of everyone's universe.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Jane sums her up as living in a worls world where she's the center of everyone's universe.

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* AdaptationNameChange: “St. John” became Simon-James, which was promptly shortened to Simon.
* AffectionateNickname: "S. J.," used by Diana and Mary.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To some degree. While his sisters obviously love him very much, they are also frequently frustrated (and sometimes genuinely quite angry) at his “moods”—his stubbornness and refusal to understand others’ viewpoints, to the point that they have nicknames just to describe him “when he gets like this”.
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* HappilyAdopted: His parents originally thought they couldn't conceive children, but in the time it took for the adoption process to go through they had given birth to two girls, Diana and Mary. Elated with the thought of a third child, they decided to go through with the adoption anyway. The family love is obvious.
* NoSocialSkills: and it’s adorable, and usually PlayedForLaughs.
* TVGenius: Has traits of this; he's highly intelligent but socially awkward, and his idea of fun seems to revolve around reading medical texts.
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* AdaptationNameChange: “St. John” St. John became Simon-James, which was promptly shortened to Simon.
* AffectionateNickname: "S. J.," ", used by Diana and Mary.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To some degree. While his sisters obviously love him very much, they are also frequently frustrated (and sometimes genuinely quite angry) at his “moods”—his moods, his stubbornness and refusal to understand others’ others' viewpoints, to the point that they have nicknames just to describe him “when "when he gets like this”.
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* HappilyAdopted: His parents originally thought they couldn't conceive children, but in the time it took for the adoption process to go through through, they had given birth to two girls, Diana and Mary. Elated with the thought of a third child, they decided to go through with the adoption anyway. The family love is obvious.
* NoSocialSkills: and it’s Unable to engage in small talk. It's adorable, and usually PlayedForLaughs.
* TVGenius: Has traits of this; he's this. He's highly intelligent but socially awkward, and his idea of fun seems to revolve around reading medical texts.
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* [[AffectionateNickname Affectionate]] / EmbarrassingNickname: Her parents used to call her "Dianimal." She and Mary still teasingly use their old nicknames for one another.

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* [[AffectionateNickname Affectionate]] / EmbarrassingNickname: Her parents used to call her "Marzipan."

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* [[AffectionateNickname Affectionate]] / EmbarrassingNickname: Her parents used to call her "Marzipan." "Marzipan".



* SnarkToSnarkCombat: With Diana; it's a tough call but Mary is probably the more snarky of the two.

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* DoggedNiceGirl: To Simon.
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* UptownGirl: She comes from an extremely wealthy family and pampered background. Simon reasons that he could not date a girl like this, being a young, penniless doctor.
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* {{Adorkable}}: A little awkward, a little uptight, and not always the most observant of people, but charming and charismatic nonetheless.

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* {{Adorkable}}: A little awkward, a little uptight, and not always the most observant of people, but charming and charismatic nonetheless.nonetheless.
* AdaptationNameChange: “St. John” became Simon-James, which was promptly shortened to Simon.



* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To some degree. While his sisters obviously love him very much, they are also frequently frustrated (and sometimes genuinely quite angry) at his “moods”—his stubbornness and refusal to understand others’ viewpoints, to the point that they have nicknames just to describe him “when he gets like this”.
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* NoSocialSkills: and it’s adorable, and usually PlayedForLaughs.



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The oldest of the Rivers sisters; Diana works as teaching assistant while getting her master's in anthropology. Her main interest is linguistics and cultural anthropology.

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The oldest of the Rivers sisters; sisters, Diana works as teaching assistant while getting her master's in anthropology. Her main interest is linguistics and cultural anthropology.



* {{Bookworm}}: She’s an enthusiastic student who spends a lot of time at the library.



The younger of the Rivers sisters; Mary is a dancer and a dance instructor.

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The younger of the Rivers sisters; sisters, Mary is a dancer and a dance instructor.
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* AdaptationalSexuality: She’s a lesbian in this version of the story.



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* [[Adorkable}}: Especially around Simon, due to her extremely obvious crush on him.

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->''"I'm going to share a song with you called ''I Hate You, Leave Me Alone.''"''

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The oldest and most outgoing of Jane's two cousins. When they were kids, she was the "popular girl."



* ItsAllAboutMe: Jane sums her up as living in a worls where she's the center of everyone's universe.



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The youngest and most introverted of Jane's two cousins. She's a musician, and very passionate about music in general, though that's about all she's passionate about.


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* EmotionlessGirl: Johanna accuses her of being one because of her lack of visible grieving over their mother, but she's really more TheStoic.


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* ItsAllAboutMe: Like Johanna, she is primarily self-centered. The difference between them (according to Jane) is that Johanna thinks she's the center of the universe, while Liz thinks she's the only person in the universe.


!!Simon-James Rivers [-( Lucas Hall)-]
->"Sorry, I was just trying to chase down my caboose -- the caboose of my train of thought -- before moving onto regular conversation."

Simon-James Rivers is a medical graduate and the youngest sibling of the Rivers family. He lives with his two sisters-by-adoption, Diana and Mary, and the three take Jane in as their fourth roommate after Simon and Diana have saved her from a mugging.

* {{Adorkable}}: A little awkward, a little uptight, and not always the most observant of people, but charming and charismatic nonetheless.
* AffectionateNickname: "S. J.," used by Diana and Mary.
* HappilyAdopted: His parents originally thought they couldn't conceive children, but in the time it took for the adoption process to go through they had given birth to two girls, Diana and Mary. Elated with the thought of a third child, they decided to go through with the adoption anyway. The family love is obvious.
* TVGenius: Has traits of this; he's highly intelligent but socially awkward, and his idea of fun seems to revolve around reading medical texts.


!!Diana Rivers [-(Elina Chidley)-]
->"Observe, the medical man in his natural habitat!"

The oldest of the Rivers sisters; Diana works as teaching assistant while getting her master's in anthropology. Her main interest is linguistics and cultural anthropology.

* [[AffectionateNickname Affectionate]] / EmbarrassingNickname: Her parents used to call her "Dianimal." She and Mary still teasingly use their old nicknames for one another.
* CoolBigSis: Though she does hold it as her privilege as the oldest to make fun of her siblings, she's a very loving big sis and a caring human being in general.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Frequently engages in it with Mary; whenever they're together they're always good-naturedly snarking at one another.

!!Mary Rivers [-(Emily Henney)-]
->"I'm not ''nervous!'' I just have a lot more energy than ''some'' people!"

The younger of the Rivers sisters; Mary is a dancer and a dance instructor.

* [[AffectionateNickname Affectionate]] / EmbarrassingNickname: Her parents used to call her "Marzipan."
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Deliberately plays this role to Diana, mostly for laughs.
* GenkiGirl: She's very energetic and upbeat, and moves about a lot.
* IHaveThisFriend: Briefly adopts this tactic when confessing to Jane about her relationship problems.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: With Diana; it's a tough call but Mary is probably the more snarky of the two.
* StraightGay: Identifies as a lesbian (she does claim to have had a boyfriend when she was fourteen, "but that ''totally'' doesn't count!"), though there's no hint of her sexuality before she actually mentions it on-camera.

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Rose Oliver is the daughter of the chief of surgery at the hospital where Simon works, an old friend of the Rivers family, and one of Jane's colleagues.

* [[Adorkable}}: Especially around Simon, due to her extremely obvious crush on him.
* DoggedNiceGirl: To Simon.
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* [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Hard-Drinking Party Guy]]: When his beautiful friend Blanche is down, he takes her partying, dancing and ''drinking''.
-->'''Blanche:''' ''(on twitter)'' Warren shows up and there's no choice. Gonna party.

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