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* MuggleMageRomance: With Darrin.
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* MuggleMageRomance: With Darrin.Darrin, a regular human.
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** Then again, given how many times Darrin has been forced to lie to Larry about the weird effects of Endora's spells, he might be on thin ice.
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* IndividualityIsIllegal: A less severe form. Phyllis is so devout a conformist that she becomes physically ill "with a sick headache" at anything unconventional. At one point, she notices Serena using an enormous hourglass in which the sand flows upward instead of down (a not uncommon real world novelty item at the time using mirrors) and asks Serena to get rid of it entirely because just the sight of its strangeness is making her sick.
* {{Jerkass}}: In every episode she appears in, Phyllis is condescending and disapproving of nearly everyone who isn't her. She is one of the few characters in the entire series to dislike Aunt Clara and outright calls Samantha "selfish" for not allowing her to control how Tabitha is raised. On those rare occasions when Endora tries to help Darrin, she treats him better than his own mother treats him.
* {{Jerkass}}: In every episode she appears in, Phyllis is condescending and disapproving of nearly everyone who isn't her. She is one of the few characters in the entire series to dislike Aunt Clara and outright calls Samantha "selfish" for not allowing her to control how Tabitha is raised. On those rare occasions when Endora tries to help Darrin, she treats him better than his own mother treats him.
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* IfItsYouItsOkay: Despite her constant criticism of mortals, Endora frequently mentions her friendships with current and past mortal kings, queens, prime ministers, presidents, great artists, and religious/philosophical leaders; she seems to see any mortal with a drive towards greatness and a willingness to rise above the rest of the world as honorary witches even as she rails against the pettiness of most mortals. She even expresses a willingness to accept Darrin if he were a more wealthy or powerful person in those episodes in which she uses her magic to bring Darrin fiscal riches or enchants his personality to make him more worldly ambitious and financially successful.
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* IfItsYouItsOkay: Despite her constant criticism of mortals, Endora frequently mentions her friendships with current and past mortal kings, queens, prime ministers, presidents, great artists, and religious/philosophical leaders; she seems to see any mortal with a drive towards greatness and a willingness to rise above the rest of the world as honorary witches even as she rails against the pettiness of most mortals. In one episode, Endora admits without any embarrassment to having had a fling with the mortal Sir Walter Raleigh. She even expresses a willingness to accept Darrin if he were a more wealthy or powerful person in those episodes in which she uses her magic to bring Darrin fiscal riches or enchants his personality to make him more worldly ambitious and financially successful.
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* IfItsYouItsOkay: Despite her constant criticism of mortals, Endora frequently mentions her friendships with current and past mortal kings, queens, prime ministers, presidents, great artists, and religious/philosophical leaders; she seems to see any mortal with a drive towards greatness and a willingness to rise above the rest of the world as honorary witches even as she rails against the pettiness of most mortals. She even expresses a willingness to accept Darrin if he were a more wealthy or powerful person in those episodes in which she uses her magic to bring Darrin fiscal riches or enchants his personality to make him more worldly ambitious and financially successful.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: Despite his criticism of mortals, Maurice frequently mentions his friendships with current and past mortal kings, queens, prime ministers, presidents, great artists, and religious/philosophical leaders; he seems to see any mortal with a drive towards greatness and a willingness to rise above the rest of the world as honorary witches even as he rails against the pettiness of most mortals. He even expresses a willingness to accept Darrin if he were a more wealthy or powerful person in those episodes in which he uses his magic to bring Darrin fiscal riches and power.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite her spats with Darrin, it's not so much because he's not a warlock, but rather because he's a square, and she approves of Samantha's marriage to a mortal. This support led to her and Uncle Arthur losing their powers when the Witches Council threatened to de-power Samantha for her mixed marriage. She is also not prejudiced against mortals like the majority of Samantha's family.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite her spats with Darrin, it's not so much because he's not a warlock, but rather because he's a square, and she approves of Samantha's marriage to a mortal.mortal, at one point joining a dating service to try to find a mortal husband in imitation of her cousin Samantha. This support led to her and Uncle Arthur losing their powers when the Witches Council threatened to de-power Samantha for her mixed marriage. She is also not prejudiced against mortals like the majority of Samantha's family.
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* BlackSheep: Samantha refers to him as such due to his knack for practical joking.
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* OneSceneTwoMonologues: All his scenes with Darrin are based on this trope, as Dave is always monologuing about his philosophy of marriage, regardless of what Darrin has just said.
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* CharacterCatchphrase: "Oh my stars!", usually said when things begin to get out of hand. The nasal way she says "Well?" (with two syllables) when she's trying to avoid answering something is also quite distinctive.
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* PorkyPigPronounciation: Had a tendency to start stammering when she was flustered and the more flustered she was, the worse it got.
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* PorkyPigPronounciation: PorkyPigPronunciation: Had a tendency to start stammering when she was flustered and the more flustered she was, the worse it got.
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* PorkyPigPronounciation: Had a tendency to start stammering when she was flustered and the more flustered she was, the worse it got.
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* ArrangedMarriage: In the episode where Endora shows Sam how happy Darrin would be if he never met her. Darrin's very successful, but confesses to the bartender that their families encouraged Sheila and himself to get engaged. When he meets Sam, the spark he feels is enough for him to call off the wedding to Sheila.
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* ArrangedMarriage: In the episode where Endora shows Sam how happy much better off Darrin would be if he they never met her. met. Darrin's very successful, but confesses to the bartender that their families encouraged Sheila and himself him to get engaged. propose to Sheila. When he meets Sam, the spark he feels is enough for him to call off the wedding to Sheila.
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* ArrangedMarriage: In the episode where Endora shows Sam how happy Darrin would be if he never met her. Darrin's very successful, but confesses to the bartender that their families encouraged Sheila and himself to get engaged. When he meets Sam, the spark he feels is enough for him to call off the wedding to Sheila.
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* NoFullNameGiven: Even in the cast list, his name is only ever given as "Dave".
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* MeaningfulName: He lives up to his last name with gusto, trying to leech everything he believes he deserves off of Sam.
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[[folder:Dave]]
->'''Played by:''' Gene Blakely
A barfly Darrin sometimes shares his troubles with, even though he never listens past the first sentence.
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* TheAllegedExpert: In his own words, "Yeah, you came to the right guy for advice, Darrin. I'm an expert. I know everything about marriage. That's why I'm still single."
* NoListeningSkills: When he gets going, he doesn't hear a single word Darrin says, which works out well because it allows Darrin to talk through his problems without fear of actually being heard.
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->'''Played by:''' Gene Blakely
A barfly Darrin sometimes shares his troubles with, even though he never listens past the first sentence.
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* TheAllegedExpert: In his own words, "Yeah, you came to the right guy for advice, Darrin. I'm an expert. I know everything about marriage. That's why I'm still single."
* NoListeningSkills: When he gets going, he doesn't hear a single word Darrin says, which works out well because it allows Darrin to talk through his problems without fear of actually being heard.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Larry will almost always force himself and Darrin to go along with some of their clients' morally questionable behaviors. However he will absolutely ''not'' tolerate a racist, as shown in "Sisters at Heart" where he chases off a client who refused to work with Darrin when he thought he was married to an African-American woman.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Larry will almost always force himself and Darrin to go along with some of their clients' morally questionable behaviors. However he will absolutely ''not'' tolerate a racist, as shown in "Sisters at Heart" where he chases off a client who refused to work with Darrin when he thought he was married to an African-American woman. He also won't put up with anyone insulting Darrin or Samantha and by extension their families, as seen in "Aunt Clara's Victorian Victory."
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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Is so enraged at Samantha's choice of husband that he magically ''destroys'' Darrin. It is telling that even Endora, who is usually Darrin's antagonist, becomes his protector in this episode and blackmails Maurice into restoring him.
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* OverprotectiveDad: Is so enraged at Samantha's choice of husband that he magically ''destroys'' Darrin. It is telling that even Endora, who is usually Darrin's antagonist, becomes his protector in this episode and blackmails Maurice into restoring him.
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* TruthInTelevision: At the time ''Bewitched'' came out, it was genuinely believed that senility and feebleness are inevitable and inescapable consequences of aging, not realizing how much of this came instead from having had childhoods during the Great Depression and earlier and how much of this would be countered by modern medicine, and so modern notions of Alzheimers and such do not apply to the assumptions of the series. ScienceMarchesOn indeed! For this reason, many of the episodes involving Aunt Clara include a plea to the audience to show compassion for their elders and what was believed to be inevitable losses (of the sort famously recounted in Shakespeare's ''All the world's a stage'' monologue).
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* Snark-to-SnarkCombat: One of the best things about watching him quarrel with Endora or Darrin. ''"Son, in a battle of wits with me, you're unarmed."'' ''"Endora, every time I remember we're related by blood, I long for a transfusion."''
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*Snark-to-SnarkCombat: One of the best things about watching him quarrel with Endora or Darrin. ''"Son, in a battle of wits with me, you're unarmed."'' ''"Endora, every time I remember we're related by blood, I long for a transfusion."''
* SpiritualSuccessor to Aunt Clara (even though that position had been intended for Esmeralda) after Marion Lorne's passing. He becomes the new FriendToAllChildren, such as playing "stage magician" at Tabitha's birthday; he becomes the new IneptMage, with hilarious doubletakes when something goes wrong in the tradition of Aunt Clara (such as when he tried to conjure a cottontail bunny and conjured instead a ''cocktail'' bunny); he carries on Aunt Clara's role as the TokenGoodTeammate, defending Darrin from Endora and the Witch's Council at times and even admitting he likes Darrin even though that never stops him from pranking him.
* SpiritualSuccessor to Aunt Clara (even though that position had been intended for Esmeralda) after Marion Lorne's passing. He becomes the new FriendToAllChildren, such as playing "stage magician" at Tabitha's birthday; he becomes the new IneptMage, with hilarious doubletakes when something goes wrong in the tradition of Aunt Clara (such as when he tried to conjure a cottontail bunny and conjured instead a ''cocktail'' bunny); he carries on Aunt Clara's role as the TokenGoodTeammate, defending Darrin from Endora and the Witch's Council at times and even admitting he likes Darrin even though that never stops him from pranking him.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: After Alice Pearce was replaced by Sandra Gould, Gladys went from a well-meaning but nosy neighbor to an out-and-out antagonist to Samantha.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: After Alice Pearce was replaced by Sandra Gould, Gladys went from a well-meaning but nosy neighbor to an out-and-out antagonist to Samantha. Although she eventually mellows out somewhat.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Out of all the mortals who knew about witches, he was probably the worst about it. While the rest of the people at least had the )implied) justification of being afraid of what witches would do with their powers, he instead blackmails Samantha into giving him gifts with her powers.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Out of all the mortals who knew about witches, he was probably the worst about it. While the rest of the people at least had the )implied) (implied) justification of being afraid of what witches would do with their powers, he instead blackmails Samantha into giving him gifts with her powers.
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* NoAccountingforTaste: It's never shown WHY she married Charlie but it is obvious that she regrets that decision.
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* BerserkButton: She IS a geniuenely kind person but even she has her limits:
** Sheila Summers, Darrin's ex-fiancée, is a BIG one for her.
** People mocking or disrespecting her witch heritage.
** Being blackmailed. Just ask Charlie Leech.
** Women hitting on Darrin.
** Darrin calling her a liar or not trusting her word.
** People insulting her or her family.
** Sheila Summers, Darrin's ex-fiancée, is a BIG one for her.
** People mocking or disrespecting her witch heritage.
** Being blackmailed. Just ask Charlie Leech.
** Women hitting on Darrin.
** Darrin calling her a liar or not trusting her word.
** People insulting her or her family.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: According to Endora, she loves chocolate pudding.
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* MsFanservice: Notice how Elizabeth Montgomery's skirts kept getting shorter and shorter in the last few seasons (and her bra straight up disappeared in the last season). Cranked UpToEleven whenever she played Serena.
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* TheHighQueen: She was chosen by Ticheba, the Queen of the Witches, to be her heir and successor. Though Samantha limited her interactions, so that she could focus on Darrin and Tabitha, it was brought up a few times that she was the current reigning Queen, and would once in a while be requested to intervene in magical affairs.
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* MoodWhiplash: He sometimes says that one of Darrin's ideas is terrible, right until a client loves it, at which point he is suddenly all for it.
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* OpinionFlipflop: He sometimes says that one of Darrin's ideas is terrible, right until a client loves it, at which point he is suddenly all for it.
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* MyBelovedSmother: Especially in her first appearance, where she is intensely critical, and later jealous of, Samantha. Phyllis is especially upset to learn that Darrin and Samantha figured out that he was allergic to her signature dish, which he liked but had always had problems after eating.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Of the mortal variety. Phyllis is passive-aggressively antagonistic towards Samantha and is not above badmouthing her during a "polite" conversation with Serena, who gets annoyed and turns Phyllis into a cat.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Of the mortal variety. Phyllis is passive-aggressively antagonistic towards Samantha and is not above badmouthing her during a "polite" conversation with Serena, who gets annoyed and turns Phyllis into a cat.
