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*AntiEducationMama: Princess Caroline's mother fought her attempts to go to college and make something of herself, both because she feared they could not afford tuition and because she resented the implication that being a housecleaner wasn't good enough for her daughter. She finally relented after a plan to push Princess Caroline into a loveless marriage to the son of the rich family she worked for fell through.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While Princess Carolyn tries to appear friendly and personable around [[TeenPregnancy Sadie]] in "The Amelia Earhart Story", Sadie loses respect for her when she sees her chewing out her coworkers and clients over the phone, as well as her [[ManipulativeBitch sleazy sales tactics]], and ultimately calls her out for acting elitist just because she [[SmallTownBoredom managed to leave town]]. It's downplayed because Princess Carolyn [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold really is a caring person]] underneath her snarky exterior, even if she struggles to show it.



* FurryReminder: She takes her coffee with ''several cartons''' worth of milk.
* GuileHeroine: Crossed with TheFace. Whenever there is some talking, negotiation or dealing the group has to do, Princess Carolyn is always at the front, detailing the conditions, the basic requirements and bargaining with the other representatives in order to get the most beneficial deal she can make.

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* FurryReminder: She takes her coffee with ''several cartons''' worth of milk.
milk, and she prides herself on "always landing on her feet" as cats are said to do.
* GuileHeroine: Crossed with TheFace. Whenever there is some talking, negotiation or dealing GirlbossFeminist: Currently provides the group has to do, Princess Carolyn is always at page quote. While she's a highly respectable [[SelfMadeMan self-made woman]] and once suggests rebranding ''Ms. Taken'' as a feminist film in the front, detailing the conditions, the basic requirements and bargaining with the other representatives in order wake of a mass shooting committed by a woman, she often fails to get the most beneficial deal practice what she preaches if it means she can make.benefit from it, such as trying to cast the disgraced [[DomesticAbuse Vance Waggoner]] in ''Philbert'', a show she produces.



* GoshDangItToHeck: She's not averse to swearing, but her CharacterCatchphrase for when things go really wrong is a much milder "Oh, fish!"
* GuileHeroine: Crossed with TheFace. Whenever there is some talking, negotiation or dealing the group has to do, Princess Carolyn is always at the front, detailing the conditions, the basic requirements and bargaining with the other representatives in order to get the most beneficial deal she can make.



* InconsistentSpelling: Her name is Princess Caro'''lyn''', but in some foreign versions of the show, like the Japanese dub, her name is incorrectly rendered as "Princess Caro'''line'''" instead.



* LawOfInverseFertility: The only one of the main cast who actually wants kids and she's had ''six'' miscarriages. Eventually, she chooses to adopt instead.

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* LawOfInverseFertility: The only one of the main cast who actually wants kids and she's had ''six'' miscarriages. Eventually, [[spoiler:Eventually, she chooses to adopt instead.]]



* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She's tired of fooling around and wants to enter a steady and serious relationship. It turns out to be a lot harder than she thought, especially with the demands of her job. [[spoiler: Later, she fulfills this goal when she began dating and finally married the reliable and loyal Judah Mannowdog]].

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* ShorterMeansSmarter: According to model sheets, she stands at only 4'9" (145 cm) out of heels, but she's by far the most level-headed and consistently competent of the main characters.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She's tired of fooling around and wants to enter a steady and serious relationship. It turns out to be a lot harder than she thought, especially with the demands of her job. [[spoiler: Later, [[spoiler:Later, she fulfills this goal when she began dating and finally married the reliable and loyal Judah Mannowdog]].



* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Despite the pronunciation and the spelling shown very clearly in the series, many fans still misspell her name as "Princess Caroline". (For the record, it's spelled "Princess Carolyn".)

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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Despite TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler:When she was eighteen, she dated Cooper Thomas Rodgers Wallace III, a wealthy football player at her high school, and got pregnant by him. She briefly angsts about what to do now that she's having a baby, but a convenient miscarriage makes the pronunciation and the spelling shown very clearly in the series, many fans still misspell her name as "Princess Caroline". (For the record, it's spelled "Princess Carolyn".)decision for her.]]
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** Also in the first episode, she's explicitly introduced as a ghostwriter and offers to BoJack that she can write his memoirs as either a shallow piece for good PR, or a sincere look at who he is as a person; whichever he's looking for. [[spoiler: Once the book is finished and BoJack disapproves, however, she not only leaks part of it to the press and defends her motives for doing so, (although her breach of ethics is acknowledged) but her name is explicitly attached to it and the book is written from her perspective. (Which, while certainly a much more equitable arrangement given it's ''her'' work, is also a breach of ethics for her position.)]]

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** Also in the first episode, she's explicitly introduced as a ghostwriter and offers to BoJack [=BoJack=] that she can write his memoirs as either a shallow piece for good PR, or a sincere look at who he is as a person; whichever he's looking for. [[spoiler: Once the book is finished and BoJack [=BoJack=] disapproves, however, she not only leaks part of it to the press and defends her motives for doing so, (although her breach of ethics is acknowledged) but her name is explicitly attached to it and the book is written from her perspective. (Which, while certainly a much more equitable arrangement given it's ''her'' work, is also a breach of ethics for her position.)]]
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* LikeParentLikeSpouse: Her relationship with BoJack is pretty clearly a recreation of her relationship with her mother. (Another LoveHungry bitter alcoholic who constantly made messes Princess Carolyn had to clean up.)

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* LikeParentLikeSpouse: Her relationship with BoJack [=BoJack=] is pretty clearly a recreation of her relationship with her mother. (Another LoveHungry bitter alcoholic who constantly made messes Princess Carolyn had to clean up.)
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* LikeParentLikeSpouse: Her relationship with BoJack is pretty clearly a recreation of her relationship with her mother. (Another LoveHungry bitter alcoholic who constantly made messes Princess Carolyn had to clean up.)
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* WeightWoe: [[spoioer:Zig-zagged. One of the reasons Diane stopped taking her antidepressants in college is because they made her gain weight, albeit the biggest reason she didn’t want to go on them was her fearing she would lose herself and become "nothing". When she meets Guy at the airport months later after he returns from a photo shoot, she's significantly chubbier but has a huge smile on her face, implying that she started taking them again and can live with the change in appearance if it means it helps her depression. She, nor anyone else, never even negatively mentions her weight at all in the remainder of the series, not appears bothered by it.]]

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* WeightWoe: [[spoioer:Zig-zagged.[[spoiler:Zig-zagged. One of the reasons Diane stopped taking her antidepressants in college is because they made her gain weight, albeit the biggest reason she didn’t want to go on them was her fearing she would lose herself and become "nothing". When she meets Guy at the airport months later after he returns from a photo shoot, she's significantly chubbier but has a huge smile on her face, implying that she started taking them again and can live with the change in appearance if it means it helps her depression. She, nor anyone else, never even negatively mentions her weight at all in the remainder of the series, not appears bothered by it.]]
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* MirrorCharacter: Although initially presented as a perpetually-optimistic {{Foil}} to [=BoJack=], it becomes increasingly apparent over the course of the series that Mr. Peanutbutter actually has a lot in common with [=BoJack=] personality-wise; Both are insecure [[ManChild Manchildren]] who numb their existential depression through hedonism, desperately crave the affection of others, and have a history of toxic relationships with younger women.

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