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** [[DownplayedTrope Although, Bernard doesn't seem to care whether people buy things or not; he just wants everyone out of the shop.]] In fact, he gets angry when Manny manages to successfully sell books since it means that he has to order more.
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* BuyOrGetLost: The only kind of customer that Bernard tolerates is the kind that buys something and then leaves immediately.
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* TheIllegible: In "Manny's First Day," even he can't read most of his own list of rules for the bookstore.
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* BerserkButton: NEVER even attempt to use the word "party" as a verb in his presence.
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* TheCynic: He makes Dr House look like a fluffy optimist.
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* TheCastShowOff: Just watch him play piano!
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* GeniusSlob: Extremely well read well-read but too drunk and misanthropic to apply himself. His hygiene is so poor that the suit he wears only appears to be black when it is in fact an exceptionally dirty white suit.
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* MeaningfulName: Matches his cynical personality.
* MessyHair: To the point it has edible mushrooms in it.
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* DeadpanSnarker: You have to be when you hang out with Bernard so much.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Fran seems to be this amongst all her female friends, which is why she hangs around with Bernard and Manny.
* DeadpanSnarker: You have to be when you hang out with Bernard so much.
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* NoSocialSkills: "Do you eat dinner? So do I! ...Would you like to do it in the same room sometime?"
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* NoSocialSkills: "Do you eat dinner? So do I! ...eat? I do. ...Would you like to do it in the same room sometime?"
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* BadassBookworm: Bernard is capable writing a 1,000 page novel with a deeply complex plot, characters and themes in the space of one night [[CrazyAwesome using two typewriters.]] He also throws knives and shoots miniature crossbows at invisible monsters.
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* BadassBookworm: Bernard is capable writing a 1,000 page novel with a deeply complex plot, characters and themes in the space of one night [[CrazyAwesome [[SuccessThroughInsanity using two typewriters.]] He also throws knives and shoots miniature crossbows at invisible monsters.
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* AllWomenLoveShoes: In one episode, she tries to bring a suitcase holding at least 12 different pairs of shoes on vacation with her.
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* ThePigPen: Bernard's hygiene standard is practically non-existent. He rarely cleans himself up and is quite content with living in his own filth. That black suit he always wears is actually just exceptionally dirty.
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* ThePigPen: Bernard's hygiene standard is practically non-existent. He rarely cleans himself up and is quite content with living in his own filth. That black suit he always wears is actually just an exceptionally dirty.dirty white suit.
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* ManInWhite: That black suit he always wears is actually just exceptionally dirty.
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* ThePigPen: Bernard's hygiene standard is practically non-existent. He rarely cleans himself up and is quite content with living in his own filth.
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* ThePigPen: Bernard's hygiene standard is practically non-existent. He rarely cleans himself up and is quite content with living in his own filth. That black suit he always wears is actually just exceptionally dirty.
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* CaughtComingHomeLate: After an evening out with friends, Manny returns to find Bernard sitting in a chair waiting up for him, with Bernard proceeding to scold him.
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* AnnoyingLaugh: Sometimes it involves snorting, sometimes it's incredibly loud and throaty, sometimes it's really high pitched...
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* FreudianExcuse: Averted. He claims his girlfriend dying is one but, given that she faked her death to get away from him, it's likely he wasn't all that much better before.
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* FreudianExcuse: Averted. He claims his girlfriend dying is one but, given that she faked her death to get away from him, it's likely he wasn't all that much better before. Or he may have gone into SickeningSweethearts mode like he did with Alice.
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* SmokingIsCool: Averted. He smokes like an industrial chimney but his [[ManChild immature personality]] and [[TheAlcoholic drunkenness} negate any possibility of him being cool.
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* ThePigPen: Bernard's hygiene standard is practically non-existent. He rarely cleans himself up and is quite content with living in his own filth.
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* TheCynic: He makes [[Series/House Dr House]] look like a fluffy optimist.
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* TheCynic: He makes [[Series/House Dr House]] House look like a fluffy optimist.
**NietzscheWannabeNietzscheWannabe: "This is life. We suffer and slave and expire. That's it".
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* BrilliantButLazy: He can write a thousand page novel in one night and is obviously very well-read but is fairly content to just sit around drunk and bitter.
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* DeadpanSnarker: He has a very bitter and cynical sense of humor and can deliver some very cutting insults, mainly towards Manny and his customers.
* FreudianExcuse: Averted. He claims his girlfriend dying is one but, given that she faked her death to get away from him, it's likely he wasn't all that much better before.
* SmokingIsCool: Averted. He smokes like an industrial chimney but his [[ManChild immature personality]] and [[TheAlcoholic drunkenness} negate any possibility of him being cool.
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* InstantExpert: He is able to perfectly imitate piano music after listening to it once and even master Jazz just as quickly, which Fran's piano teacher finds impossible to believe.
* LooksLikeJesus: The long hair and beard and is even [[ItMakesSenseInContext mistaken for Jesus by Bernard]] in the pilot.
* LooksLikeJesus: The long hair and beard and is even [[ItMakesSenseInContext mistaken for Jesus by Bernard]] in the pilot.
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* TheLostLenore: A great part of Bernard's cynical outlook stems from the loss of his beloved several years prior to the show. [[spoiler: She is, unbeknownst to him, very much alive and happy to be away from him.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Bianco is the Italian term for 'white', signifying Manny's idealistic and positive outlook to Bernard Black's endlessly sour cynicism.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Fran seems to be this amongst all her female friends, which is why she hangs around with Bernard and Manny.
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* FictionalDisability: Manny has a condition called "Dave's Syndrome", which causes "bad things" to happen if his body temperature hits 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
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** Shown that he cares more about books than people in the first episode when he denies selling a man some books because he doesn't care about the stories, but rather just their leather-bound covers.
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* TheAlcoholic: He drinks alcohol so much that his entire demeanor gives off the impression of a slurring drunk.
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*TheHedonistTheHedonist: Fran drinks and smokes with abandon. In one episode, a hippie friend attempts to straighten Fran out, getting her to go vegan and try yoga. The ''only'' thing that really winds up rubbing off on Fran is the self-righteousness.
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* ProdigalFamily: Meets her long-lost family in one episode, and they proceed to use her for free rides around town.
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* FightingIrish: While not outright after a fight, Bernard often resorts to violence at the slightest provocation.
