History Characters / AnotherPeriod

* BrotherSisterIncest[=/=]{{Twincest}}: With Frederick. Their relationship survived Beatrice's marriage, because her husband's gay, but Frederick's marriage threw a wrench in things.

* TheDitz[=/=]WhatAnIdiot
** But a GeniusDitz at that. She's illiterate, but she knows math.
** HiddenDepths: She's actually a mathematical genius but [[ObfuscatingStupidity hides it]].

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: By modern standards, she's the only character with a clue.

* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: Manipulates the other servants for her own ends. She manages to get Garfield fired and Blanche sent to the asylum before Peepers realizes what she is doing.

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Is the only one shocked at the Bellacourt's treatment of their children, or servants...or anyone, really.

[-(''Portrayed by Beth Dover'')-]

* FemaleMisogynist: She's strictly against women's right to vote.

* JunkieParent: Though she never actually parented her children.

* {{The Unfavourite}}: Her mother thinks the best for her would be to die soon.

* TheDitz[=/=]WhatAnIdiot: He thinks rocks are alive. He's even stupider than his sister, and unlike her, he doesn't show any signs of having HiddenDepths.

* DeprivedHomosexual: When Victor is in a coma, he ends up having sex with Dr. Goldberg ''on the bed with Victor's prone body''.

* YesMan: He will do anything the Bellacourts demand, with no questions asked, no matter how stupid/unnecessary/humiliating, and expects the same job performance from all the other servants.

* BrotherSisterIncest[=/=]{{Twincest}}: With Frederick. Their relationship survived Beatrice's marriage, because her husband's gay, but Frederick's marriage threw a wrench in things.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: See above

%%* ButtMonkey

[-(''Portrayed by Brian Huskey'')-]

* NouveauRiche: They're hillbillies with extravagant wealth, trying to live like kings, with only the faintest idea of how kings actually live.

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: In-Universe, her life motto.

%%** HiddenDepths

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: A 46-year-old actress playing the mother to daughters played by 37- and 41-year-olds.

%%* WhiteSheep
* EmbarrassingNickname: Everyone calls her "Hor", like "whore".
* {{The Unfavourite}}: Her mother gave the above quote.

* TheDitz[=/=]WhatAnIdiot: He thinks rocks are alive. He's even stupider than his sister, and unlike her, he doesn't show any signs of having Hidden Depths.

* ArrangedMarriage: Frederick and Celery are betrothed to each other, mostly so that their fathers can seal a business deal. They have no love for each other, as Frederick is still in love with Beatrice and Celery realizes that Frederick is an idiot.

%%* ConvenientComa

[[folder:Mitch]]

%%* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]

* YourCheatingHeart: Victor loves his boyfriend, but when Albert goes into a coma, he takes up with Victor's doctor. And technically, even being with Albert was cheating, because he's married to Lillian.

[-(''Portrayed by Artemis Pendabi (pilot), Lauren Ash (rest of Season 1), and Lauren Flans (Season 2)'')-]

* HystericalWoman: She is only recently returned from local insane asylum. The entire household (save Chair) takes great delight in scaring her into a screaming fit.

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: A 46-year-old actress playing the mother daughters played by 37- and 41-year-olds.

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[[folder:Bellacourts]]
!!The Bellacourt Family

-->''"Oh Garfield, sometimes I feel as though I have nothing. I can't be with the woman I love, I have no career, I have absolutely '''nothing''' to do all day except eat, take naps, hunt, relax, take drugs, play sporting games, do all the leisurely activities that please me… can you imagine not being able to follow your dreams?"''

%%* DumbBlonde

-->''"When I started, I was a simple fur trapper. Look at me now. My son will be married into the most powerful family on the eastern seaboard. Never again will they say, ‘You won't amount to anything, Harold Bellawitz’--[[VerbalBackspace I mean Bellacourt]]."''

* TheUnFavourite: Her mother gave the above quote.

-->'''Beatrice:''' But I like Albert. He's the only one who can make my bangs fluffy.

[[folder: Servants]]

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Her life motto.

[-(''Portrayed by Lauren Ash'')-]

[[folder: Bellacourts]]

->''"Don't hate me because I'm beautiful -- hate me because I'm an awful bitch. I'm Lillian. Good things come in small packages. And by good things, I mean penises, and by packages, I mean me."''

* CoolCrown: Lillian goes virtually nowhere without her signature tiara -- worn slightly askew, appropriately.

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: A 46-year-old actress playing the mother daughters played by 37 and 41-year-olds.

-->''"When I started, I was a simple fur trapper. Look at me now. My son will be married into the most powerful family on the eastern seaboard. Never again will they say, 'You won't amount to anything, Harold Bellawitz' -- [[VerbalBackspace I mean Bellacourt]]."''

* CompanionCube: Garfield has two (so far): the towel that Chair gave him [[ShapedLikeItself named "Towel"]], and [[ICallItVera a mop called "Eileen"]] -- who he urges "Towel" not to be jealous of…

* BigScrewedUpFamily

* AlphaBitch

* DumbBlonde

** HiddenDepths

* WhiteSheep

* CampGay

* ConvenientComa

* CampGay

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]
* ButtMonkey

* HystericalWoman

* TheDitz[=/=]WhatAnIdiot: He thinks rocks are alive.

* MistakenForGay: By Sigmund Freud. We were all relieved to learn Frederick's actually straight for his sister.

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]

* IdleRich: The sisters spend their entire days doing as little as possible, to the point of making their servants carry them from room to room. Their mother spends the day using opium. And Frederick, well...
-->''"Oh Garfield, sometimes I feel as though I have nothing. I can't be with the woman I love, I have no career, I have absolutely '''nothing''' to do all day except eat, take naps, hunt, relax, take drugs, play sporting games, do all the leisurely activities that please me... can you imagine not being able to follow your dreams?"''

-->''"When I started, I was a simple fur trapper. Look at me now. My son will be married into the most powerful family on the eastern seaboard. Never again will they say, 'You won't amount to anything, Harold [[AmbiguouslyJewish Bellawitz]] --' [[VerbalBackspace I mean Bellacourt]]."''

Hortense Is the eldest daughter of the Bellacourt clan. She's a teetotaler and a suffragette.

A magnet magnate (he invented magnets), the Commodore is new money, and the patriarch and founder of Bellacourt clan. He's the father of Hortense, Lillian, Beatrice, and Frederick.

* {{Dominatrix}}

* MySecretPregnancy: [[spoiler:Chair is pregnant with the Commodore's child.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Chair:''' [patting belly, to camera] I hope it's an heir. ([[{{Beat}} beat]]) [[VerbalBackspace I mean boy.]]]]

* Dominatrix

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[[folder: Historical Guest Stars]]
!!Helen Keller

!!Anne Sullivan

!![[Creator/CharlieChaplin Falling Charlie]]

!!Creator/MarkTwain

!!UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud

!!Charles Ponzi
* {{Ponzi:}} Duh

!!UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandi

!!UsefulNotes/LeonTrotsky

!!UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison