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* ShipperOnDeck: Would love for Chip and Martha to get together and seems to think the two are already dating, despite the two never being more than JustFriends.
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* CloudCuckoolander: A low-key example, but her thinking is pretty bizarre. At one point mistakes a coyote in her yard for a lost dog, brings it inside, and doesn't realize the error until Chip points it out.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on his wife Nicole with Martha [[spoiler: leading to her divorcing him]].
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* TheMistress / YourCheatingHeart: TheMistress: Has multiple affairs, sleeping with Dale when he's still married (although in her defense that was mostly at Dale's insistence), and having two boyfriends at once for a while, one of whom was ''also'' married.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Although it happens almost entirely off screen her growth mirrors Chip's, becoming much more mature and kind and repairing her relationship with her father in the same way Chip does with his mother.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Underneath his bitterness and cruelty he cares deeply about his friends and family, he's also [[FriendToAllChildren great with kids]] and actually pretty emotionally intelligent.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Over the course of season 1 and 2 [[spoiler: he gets divorced by his wife, loses the house and custody in the process, loses his business, gets kicked out of his mom's house and eventually ends up living in a trailer park with a bunch of far right-wing weirdos.]] Dale being Dale, he still acts like a pompous jerk regardless.
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* AllAboutMe: He frequently thinks only of himself. Such as when Christine was in the hospital due to diabetic coma, his only concern was that Chip not call an ambulance due to the cost.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: He frequently thinks only of himself, and makes himself the center of attention in whatever he does.
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* AllAboutMe: He frequently thinks only of himself. Such as when Christine was in the hospital due to diabetic coma, his only concern was that Chip not call an ambulance due to the cost.
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* NeverMyFault: When his life starts to unravel in the second season due to his own reckless choices, he's quick to place the blame on everyone except for himself.
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* PapaWolf: Pulls a gun on a kid when he starts getting handsy with Sarah.
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* RecklessGunUsage: Isn't shy about waving a revolver around, and it's gone off by accident at least once.
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* PetTheDog: Her relationship with Chip wasn't ''completely'' one sided, and she would occasionally get him gifts, hang out with him to cheer him up, and even let him kiss her to impress his cowboy coworkers.
** The most notable instance would probably be the night Chip proposed, where even after telling him to his face that she doesn't love him and plans on leaving him, she still insists on buying him something to eat and the two have a picnic under the stars in Paris.
** The most notable instance would probably be the night Chip proposed, where even after telling him to his face that she doesn't love him and plans on leaving him, she still insists on buying him something to eat and the two have a picnic under the stars in Paris.
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* AlcoholicParent: Her father, on top of being emotionally abusive, was a raging alcoholic.
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The owner and manager of the rodeo Chip works at. An aged, drunken cowboy.
!!Ken
->'''Played By''': Alex Morris
Christine's boyfriend from Denver. He own's a carpet business.
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* CannotKeepASecret: Is in her own words "a bit of a snitch"
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* StuckInTheirShadow: OvershadowedByAwesome: Is trying to get out of the shadow of her famous musician father. She actually first became interested in Chip when he told her he had no clue who her father was and just wanted to know her.
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!The Baskets Family
!!Chip Baskets
->'''Played By''': Zach Galifianakis
A struggling artist who dreams of becoming a famous and respected clown, after flunking out of clown college in Paris, Chip heads home to Bakersfield to try and keep his dream alive by taking a job as a rodeo clown.
* AmusingInjuries: Is prone to slapstick and falls, both in and out of costume.
* CharacterDevelopment: His hitting rock-bottom in season 2 [[spoiler: including seeing his friend Morpheus die]], softens his disposition, making him much more grounded and serious and less snippy and cruel.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DoggedNiceGuy: Is madly in love with his wife Penelope, but she only went out with him to make her father angry and only married him for the green card. Chip is aware of this, but still hopes to win her back some day. [[spoiler: Their conversations in season 2 and 3 imply she may actually be falling in love with him again.]]
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish to Dale's responsible. At least [[CharacterDevelopment initially]].
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Has his hair long and in a ponytail in season 1, and then curly from season 2 onward, as well as a grey streak through his beard.
* JerkassWoobie: Chip is bitter, sarcastic and pretentious but considering what he's gone through it's a miracle he can keep going.
* {{Manchild}}: Lives with his mother and takes being a clown very seriously.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Compared to Dale he's sensitive, creative and withdrawn, but also pretentious, bitter and sarcastic.
* SadClown: A very literal example. Chip began clowning to try and cope with his father's death. His initial clown character "Renoir" is even a stereotypical sad French clown.
* SmokingIsNotCool: A heavy smoker, but it's treated as a vice and a sign of his faux-European pretentiousness rather than cool.
* StarvingArtist: Struggles to make ends meet or gain respect with his clowning.
!!Christine Baskets
->'''Played By''': Creator/LouieAnderson
Chip's over-bearing but loving mother.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: The show begins to follow her and her life along with Chip's as the series develops.
* MamaBear: Is fiercely protective of her sons, when she finds out Penelope was manipulating Chip she [[spoiler: contacted her father to cut off her funds and force her back to Paris]].
* MyBelovedSmother: Treats her boys as if they were still children and meddles in their lives.
* ParentsAsPeople: A major part of her CharacterDevelopment is finding a life for herself outside of her kids.
* ParentalFavoritism: Loves all her kids, but openly heaps praise on and brags about Cody and Logan compared to how she tolerates and dismisses Chip and Dale's careers and accomplishments.
!!Dale Baskets
->'''Played By''': Zach Galifianakis
Chip's more successful and competitive twin brother. Married with two daughters and the owner of "Baskets Career College", a trade school in Bakersfield.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: If he's onscreen with his daughters it's a safe bet he's humiliating them.
* CompetitionFreak: Dale is painfully over-competitive and always trying to win.
--> '''Christine''': It's not a competition Dale!
--> '''Dale''': Yes it is! Everything is!
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible to Chip's foolish. At least [[CharacterDevelopment initially]].
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Wears his hair medium length and straight, and his beard is solid brown.
* {{Jerkass}}: Is cruel, petty and completely disregards others' feelings.
* {{Manchild}}: Is petty, childish and entitled.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Compared to Chip he's bombastic, charismatic and optimistic, but also petty, cruel, overly-competitive and childish.
* SiblingRivalry: With all three of his brothers, he's constantly trying to win his mom's attention over them. It's one-sided from all sides.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on his wife Nicole with Martha [[spoiler: leading to her divorcing him]].
!!Cody and Logan
->'''Played By''': Jason and Garry Clemmons
Chip and Dale's much more successful adopted younger brothers. The two are constantly on tour as DJ's.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: The fact that they stop doing this for a time is a major tip that there's something bad going on.
* IdenticalTwinMistake: No one besides their mother can tell them apart. Even their older brothers get them confused.
* OutOfFocus: Rarely show up, as they're constantly on tour.
* SingleMindedTwins: Especially compared to their older brothers.
* SkewedPriorities: Have a habit of putting their social lives and problems ahead of anything else. They ditch a family dinner to go do E with the Chemical Brothers and Cody is so wrapped up in his and Logan's problems he doesn't even register it when Chip mentions he was homeless for a few months.
!Other Characters
!! Martha Brooks
->'''Played By''': Martha Kelly
An utterly deadpan insurance agent and friend of the family.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's actually hard to tell when she's snarking and when she's just being weird.
* EmotionlessGirl: Played for laughs, Martha is always completely and utterly deadpan.
* ExtremeDoormat: Completely incapable of asserting herself, and all of her friends know it.
* TheMistress / YourCheatingHeart: Has multiple affairs, sleeping with Dale when he's still married, and having two boyfriends at once for a while, one of whom was ''also'' married.
!!Penelope Hebert
->'''Played By''': Sabina Sciubba
Chip's unloving French wife. She married him for the Green Card and constantly let's him know it.
* CitizenshipMarriage: Agreed to marry Chip just to get her Green Card and head to America.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Started going out with Chip to embarrass her father.
* HiddenDepths: It turns out she does in fact care for Chip and tried to talk him out of the marriage. It's implied that her cruelty to him was her way of dealing with the guilt. [[spoiler: And later seasons even imply she misses and is interested in him again]].
* FrenchJerk: Is cruel and manipulative to Chip, and also French.
* StuckInTheirShadow: Is trying to get out of the shadow of her famous musician father. She actually first became interested in Chip when he told her he had no clue who her father was and just wanted to know her.
!!Eddie
!!Ken Daniels
!!Chip Baskets
->'''Played By''': Zach Galifianakis
A struggling artist who dreams of becoming a famous and respected clown, after flunking out of clown college in Paris, Chip heads home to Bakersfield to try and keep his dream alive by taking a job as a rodeo clown.
* AmusingInjuries: Is prone to slapstick and falls, both in and out of costume.
* CharacterDevelopment: His hitting rock-bottom in season 2 [[spoiler: including seeing his friend Morpheus die]], softens his disposition, making him much more grounded and serious and less snippy and cruel.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DoggedNiceGuy: Is madly in love with his wife Penelope, but she only went out with him to make her father angry and only married him for the green card. Chip is aware of this, but still hopes to win her back some day. [[spoiler: Their conversations in season 2 and 3 imply she may actually be falling in love with him again.]]
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish to Dale's responsible. At least [[CharacterDevelopment initially]].
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Has his hair long and in a ponytail in season 1, and then curly from season 2 onward, as well as a grey streak through his beard.
* JerkassWoobie: Chip is bitter, sarcastic and pretentious but considering what he's gone through it's a miracle he can keep going.
* {{Manchild}}: Lives with his mother and takes being a clown very seriously.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Compared to Dale he's sensitive, creative and withdrawn, but also pretentious, bitter and sarcastic.
* SadClown: A very literal example. Chip began clowning to try and cope with his father's death. His initial clown character "Renoir" is even a stereotypical sad French clown.
* SmokingIsNotCool: A heavy smoker, but it's treated as a vice and a sign of his faux-European pretentiousness rather than cool.
* StarvingArtist: Struggles to make ends meet or gain respect with his clowning.
!!Christine Baskets
->'''Played By''': Creator/LouieAnderson
Chip's over-bearing but loving mother.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: The show begins to follow her and her life along with Chip's as the series develops.
* MamaBear: Is fiercely protective of her sons, when she finds out Penelope was manipulating Chip she [[spoiler: contacted her father to cut off her funds and force her back to Paris]].
* MyBelovedSmother: Treats her boys as if they were still children and meddles in their lives.
* ParentsAsPeople: A major part of her CharacterDevelopment is finding a life for herself outside of her kids.
* ParentalFavoritism: Loves all her kids, but openly heaps praise on and brags about Cody and Logan compared to how she tolerates and dismisses Chip and Dale's careers and accomplishments.
!!Dale Baskets
->'''Played By''': Zach Galifianakis
Chip's more successful and competitive twin brother. Married with two daughters and the owner of "Baskets Career College", a trade school in Bakersfield.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: If he's onscreen with his daughters it's a safe bet he's humiliating them.
* CompetitionFreak: Dale is painfully over-competitive and always trying to win.
--> '''Christine''': It's not a competition Dale!
--> '''Dale''': Yes it is! Everything is!
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible to Chip's foolish. At least [[CharacterDevelopment initially]].
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Wears his hair medium length and straight, and his beard is solid brown.
* {{Jerkass}}: Is cruel, petty and completely disregards others' feelings.
* {{Manchild}}: Is petty, childish and entitled.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Compared to Chip he's bombastic, charismatic and optimistic, but also petty, cruel, overly-competitive and childish.
* SiblingRivalry: With all three of his brothers, he's constantly trying to win his mom's attention over them. It's one-sided from all sides.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on his wife Nicole with Martha [[spoiler: leading to her divorcing him]].
!!Cody and Logan
->'''Played By''': Jason and Garry Clemmons
Chip and Dale's much more successful adopted younger brothers. The two are constantly on tour as DJ's.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: The fact that they stop doing this for a time is a major tip that there's something bad going on.
* IdenticalTwinMistake: No one besides their mother can tell them apart. Even their older brothers get them confused.
* OutOfFocus: Rarely show up, as they're constantly on tour.
* SingleMindedTwins: Especially compared to their older brothers.
* SkewedPriorities: Have a habit of putting their social lives and problems ahead of anything else. They ditch a family dinner to go do E with the Chemical Brothers and Cody is so wrapped up in his and Logan's problems he doesn't even register it when Chip mentions he was homeless for a few months.
!Other Characters
!! Martha Brooks
->'''Played By''': Martha Kelly
An utterly deadpan insurance agent and friend of the family.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's actually hard to tell when she's snarking and when she's just being weird.
* EmotionlessGirl: Played for laughs, Martha is always completely and utterly deadpan.
* ExtremeDoormat: Completely incapable of asserting herself, and all of her friends know it.
* TheMistress / YourCheatingHeart: Has multiple affairs, sleeping with Dale when he's still married, and having two boyfriends at once for a while, one of whom was ''also'' married.
!!Penelope Hebert
->'''Played By''': Sabina Sciubba
Chip's unloving French wife. She married him for the Green Card and constantly let's him know it.
* CitizenshipMarriage: Agreed to marry Chip just to get her Green Card and head to America.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Started going out with Chip to embarrass her father.
* HiddenDepths: It turns out she does in fact care for Chip and tried to talk him out of the marriage. It's implied that her cruelty to him was her way of dealing with the guilt. [[spoiler: And later seasons even imply she misses and is interested in him again]].
* FrenchJerk: Is cruel and manipulative to Chip, and also French.
* StuckInTheirShadow: Is trying to get out of the shadow of her famous musician father. She actually first became interested in Chip when he told her he had no clue who her father was and just wanted to know her.
!!Eddie
!!Ken Daniels
