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Affably Evil
Anti-Villain: A mix of Types 1 and 2
Bi the Way
Cartwright Curse: If you marry Nancy you will die, simple as that.
The Chessmaster: at least she wants to be
Even Evil Has Standards
I Just Want to Be Normal: Subverted. She keeps saying she wants a normal life for her family but does nothing to achieve it. In fact she plunges back into the drug life at the first opportunity whenever she's pushed away from it.
Hot Mom
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
Mama Bear
Ms. Fanservice
Pornomancer: Sometimes, her life is like a gender-reversed Axe commercial. In season 7, she has sex with her old cell-mate, then has sex with her cell-mate's brother in the next room.
Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: Develops into this as the series progresses.
Villain Protagonist

Silas Botwin

Nancy's eldest son.

Aloof Big Brother: To Shane and especially Stevie.
Big Brother Instinct: He really wants to protect them though.
Break the Cutie
Happily Adopted: He finds out Judah isn't his biological father in season six, but his feelings for him don't change.
Happily Married: The series finale shows him married to his high school girlfriend, Megan.
- High School Sweethearts
- Hot Dad
I Just Want to Be Normal: Played straighter than his mother, especially in later seasons.
Not So Different: Has more in common with Nancy than he'd like to admit.
Only Sane Man: From about Season 4 onwards.
Troubled, but Cute

Shane Botwin (Alexander Gould)

Nancy's second son.

Stevie Ray Botwin

Nancy's third son. Born during the series.

Andy Botwin

Nancy's brother in law.

Judah Botwin

Nancy's deceased husband.

Posthumous Character

Lenny Botwin

Andy and Judah's father.

The Hodes

Celia Hodes

Nancy's on-again, off-again Rich Bitch friend.

Abusive Parent
The Alcoholic
Bi the Way
Depraved Bisexual
Jerkass: Celia is a cunt, plain and simple. Yet she manages to be one of the show's most popular side characters.
Put on a Bus: Never seen again after the fifth season.
Rich Bitch
Took a Level in Kindness: When she thinks she's dying of cancer. When she learns otherwise, though....
Vitriolic Best Buds: With Nancy. Emphasis on vitriolic here.

Dean Hodes

Celia's husband. Works with Nancy and separates from Celia early on.

Isabelle Hodes

Dean and Celia's daughter.

Quinn Hodes

Dean and Celia's eldest daughter. Was dating Silas at the start of the series until her mother shipped her off the a reform school in Mexico.

Other Agrestic Residents

Doug Wilson

Nancy's accountant. Works with her selling drugs.

Sanjay Patel

The final member of Nancy's initial operation. Began the series harbouring a crush on Nancy only to come out as gay early in the third season.

Camp Gay: Despite having a child.

Megan Graves

Silas' deaf girlfriend.

Miscellaneous characters (seasons 1-3)

Conrad James

Nancy's supplier. Worked with her as a grower in series 2.

UST: With Nancy.

Heylia James

Conrad's aunt and Nancy's chief supplier.

Vaneeta James

Heylia's daughter.

Sullivan Groff

Corrupt real estate developer who had pursued Celia and Nancy at the same time.

Lupita

Nancy's housekeeper.

U-Turn

Rival dealer who trained Nancy to be his enforcer.

Killed Off for Real

Marvin

U-Turn's overweight and incompetent enforcer.

Peter Scottson

DEA agent who Nancy married.

Valerie Scottson

Peter's ex-wife.

Kat Wheeler

Andy's mentally unstable ex-girlfriend.

Cloudcuckoolander

Tara Linderman

Silas's fundamentalist girlfriend.

Chess

Biker who has a sketchy working relationship with Nancy.

The Cartel

Estaban Reyes

Leader of the local cartel, Mayor of Tiajuana and Nancy's third husnad

Cesar

Estaban's right hand man

The Dragon

Guillermo

Faux Affably Evil

Ignacio

Pilar

Warehouse 13

Characters/Live-Action TV

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