History Characters / BojackHorsemanPrincessCarolyn

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!This article is for Creator/{{Netflix}}'s first original animated series ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'''s character.
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[[caption-width-right:190:''"[[BrutalHonesty You look like a pile of crap ate a second pile of crap and then crapped out a third pile of crap.]]"'']]

->'''Played By''': Creator/AmySedaris\\\
'''Debut''': [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E01TheBojackHorsemanStoryChapterOne "The [=BoJack=] Horseman Story: Chapter One"]]

An anthropomorphic pink Persian cat who is [=BoJack=]'s successful agent who doubles as his on-and-off girlfriend. One of the top agents in the agency [[Characters/BojackHorsemanVigorAgency Vigor]] [[spoiler:until she founded her own management company, VIM]], she is an incredibly pragmatic yet good-natured individual who prides herself on being able to separate her personal life from her professional life, for the most part.
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* AloofAlly: Usually when dealing with one of [=BoJack=]'s schemes, Princess Carolyn will be the first one to point out [[ZanyScheme how stupid it sounds]] and declare she doesn't care at all, [[SarcasticDevotee while still helping]].
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Her fur is all pink, a hair color definitely not seen in real life.
* AmicableExes: She maintains friendly relations with [=BoJack=] even when they're not actively dating. In the final season, she sticks by him longer than any of his other friends.
* AntiHero: She's a self-involved agent who will not hesitate to throw someone under the train if [[FallGuy the person]] can be used as a [[TheScapegoat scapegoat]], not above using dirty tactics to get what she wants or attending funerals to fish some possible clients, but deep down, she's not a bad person.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Time and time again, Princess Carolyn has had the chance (and valid reasons) to drop [=BoJack=] as a client, yet has never done it. As much as [=BoJack=] claims that they're just really lonely and hang onto each other for solace, she obviously cares about his well-being. [[spoiler: For his part, [=BoJack=] has admitted that he ''does'' love Princess Carolyn in as much as he can love anyone and even that is not enough to keep him from cutting professional ties with her in season 3.]]
* BehindEveryGreatMan: [=BoJack=] might be the one living his life, but Princess Carolyn is the one pulling the strings, mostly because he can't take care completely of himself.
* BeingPersonalIsntProfessional: She prides herself in being able to separate her professional and personal lives. She can even oscillate between two different opinions depending on each of them. Coming to terms with the fact that this pride is completely misplaced is a big part of her arc.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Oh, fish!" (usually when Bojack has messed up.)
* ChekhovsSkill: A common RunningGag in the series, Princess Carolyn sports quite a talent for coming up with tongue twisters on the spot. Season 6 reveals that she tends to use them as a mnemonic device, and turns out her baby Ruthie loves to hear them.
* ChosenConceptionPartner: Early in the series, it was made clear that Princess Carolyn was keen on having a kid with Bojack, but it was very made clear that [=BoJack=] wasn't pleased with the idea.
-->'''Police Officer''': Step away from the stolen vehicle, sir!
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': No, no, no. Misunderstanding, officer. I was running away from my girlfriend whom I don't respect enough to have a baby with.
* ChristmasCake: A central part of her character. Turning 40 is practically reaching old age in Hollywoo due to the high standards in beauty and perfection, making her chances of finding a suitor in her environment increasingly unlikely. The fact that she believes that she's has wasted her life in bad relationships doesn't help. Later surverted.
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: As she delicately puts it to Diane:
-->'''Diane''': All right, but why are you helping me?
-->'''Princess Carolyn''': Because my life is a mess right now and I compulsively take care of other people when I don't know how to take care of myself.
-->'''Diane''': Oh.
* ConsummateLiar: Be it formulating a story out of the top of her head to pass up as an old friend of a dead guy to pretending to laugh even if she doesn't feel like it, Princess Carolyn always has a way of bullshitting her way through bad pickles.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: As a child, she covered for her alcoholic mother at work she was drunk. [[spoiler:And it's revealed in "Ruthie", that before getting pregnant by Ralph twice and miscarrying, Princess Carolyn had three other miscarriages in the past.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Princess Carolyn's first onscreen appearance is in a {{Flashback}}, [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim wanting to break with [=BoJack=] while he's completely not paying attention]], portraying them as incompatible, with Princess Carolyn putting in most of the work, showing her as [[LoveMartyr a pretty devoted, but uncorresponding romantic partner]]. And then Bojack throwing her out of a moving car only for her to land on her feet shows how she [[XanatosGambit improvises]] and [[TheAce recovers well,]] [[RealityEnsues also because]] [[DontExplainTheJoke she's a cat.]] Later, when they do break up, Princess Carolyn calls him in [[DoubleThink a friendly tone as his agent, despite the rude treatment [=BoJack=] shoves her way]], showing her as [[ConsummateProfessional professional]] and [[BeingPersonalIsntProfessional pragmatic]]. Then, it turns out [=BoJack=]'s one of her less remunerative clients, again confusing love with work.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Up till the point when she adopted Ruthie, she has desperately wanted a child. However, when the adoptive mothers decide not to give their child, she accepts their decision. Also, despite calling out Diane for wanting an abortion, it is out of jealousy, and she otherwise accepts Diane's decision.
* TheFace: Whenever there's 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.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Whenever she's with [=BoJack=] and [[OnAgainOffAgainBoyfriend even when she's not]], Princess Carolyn is usually the one making breakfast, courtesy of being an early riser.
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* GoGetterGirl: Shown in "The Telescope" during the {{Flashback}}, being a dutiful secretary to [=BoJack=]'s first agent, whom she probably replaced once he retired, and proves to be a [[TheSocialExpert social expert]] when flirting in a friendly tone with [=BoJack=] over the phone. [[spoiler:As it turns out, this trait of hers started all the way back when she was a little kitten and, not all of it was by choice. Rather, necessity. [[WackyParentSeriousChild Tragic necessity]].]]
* GoodIsNotSoft: If she calls you out, she will have a list of good reasons to do so. Don't think of justifying yourself, she won't want to hear it. If you're behaving like an idiot, she ''will call you exactly that'' and send you on your way. She has good reasons and intentions, but she won't be a pushover.
* HadToBeSharp: Being a calculating, imposing woman is a requirement for an agent. And Princess Carolyn has had to resort to some underhanded tactics to keep her job or get what she wants.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Despite one of her major BerserkButton being unappreciated for her status as HyperCompetentSidekick she deliberately sabotaged her assistant Lora’s attempts at getting promoted to ensure that she stuck around.
* KnightInSourArmor: Deep down, she has absolutely no hope of ever finding solace in any relationship. Not that that will stop her from trying or doing her job the best way she can.
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* TheMadnessPlace: Usually, her best moments and flashes of tactical genius shine after going through emotional breakdowns, days of reflexion about what she wants, disaster going through her personal and professional life, failed relationships coming to an end or instances of FeelingTheirAge and almost losing her job because of it. Once Princess Carolyn's out of her funk, she comes up with CrazyEnoughToWork plans or [[XanatosGambit Xanatos Gambits]] that put her back in the game.
* MarriedToTheJob: She pours herself into her work to the point that she turns 40 while she's pulling an all-nighter at the office, all of her romantic relationships go nowhere, and she always finds her best personal satisfaction at work. As such, Princess Carolyn remains devoted to her job, mostly because it's the only place she can find a modicum of control.
* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: When dating [=BoJack=], Princess Carolyn would often hint the possibility of having a baby. Later, her desire to have a baby (and her medical difficulties carrying one to term) become a major part of her character arc.
* MyInstinctsAreShowing: On occasion, Carolyn gets signs of FurryReminder in extreme situations; hissing when [=BoJack=] complains that she's in his house making breakfast or crouching on all fours and jumping out the window when she and Todd are cornered by the police about the David Boreanaz scam.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: While every other anthropomorphic animal in the series has realistic coloration, she is bright pink.
* OddFriendship: She and Todd turn out to be remarkably good roommates despite their diametrically opposed personalities.
* OfficeLady: Princess Carolyn's portrayed as a competent, strong-willed agent who's constantly hindered by her personal issues and the casual machismo and incompetence in Vigor, the company in which she works.
* OpportunisticBastard: As part of the job description, Princess Carolyn will never waste any advantage or opportunity that's presented to her, be it crashing a funeral to attract new clients by faking compassion or taking over an illegal operation and involving several of her resources to turn into a prolific scam.
* PennyAmongDiamonds: {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in her {{backstory}}. The youngest of all of her siblings, PC covered her mother’s job as a maid within a rich family’s mansion. As she describes it years later, such aristocrats were the living image of {{Idle Rich}}es and flaunted their wealth and excesses without shame in front of a young kitten whose living condition were considerably worse than normal and had to clean up after them in a daily basis, no doubt from the remains they left carelessly and could afford to do. Such dissonance between what an idealized lifestyle would look like next to how other people would disregard it without any thought and how someone like her, someone who could give good use to such fortune, had to live through alongside her family was the catalyst for her current {{Workaholic}} nature.
* RagsToRiches: As [=BoJack=] lampshades, she went "from a daughter of a maid to head of [her] own company".
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Princess Carolyn and [=BoJack=] are always going back and forth between seemingly breaking up for good and returning to give it one more shot. {{Justified}} since, as he explains himself, they're not really in love, just craving to communicate with someone, basically hanging onto each other since there's no one better around.
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* SarcasticDevotee: She's dismissive and impatient with [=BoJack=]. Still, Princess Carolyn will always be there to get his back.
* 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 subverted when she began dating and finally married Judah Mannowdog]]

* TheSocialExpert: She has excellent people skills and is very good at figuring out what motivates her clients. One of her key advantages over other agents is that she actually takes the time to learn her clients' interests, so she knows exactly the trump card to pull out to get them to do what she wants.
* TongueTwister: Every once in a while, other characters say tongue twisters, but Princess Carolyn uses this as her trademark. According to Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Princess Carolyn's voice actress, Amy Sedaris, complained about the tongue twisters, and as a result, the writers gave her the most. In fact, the tongue twisters come in handy in "The New Client" when she uses them as a mnemonic device, and tells them to her baby to calm her down.
* UnusualEuphemism: "Oh, fish!" when she's angry or has just realized something unpleasant.
* {{Workaholic}}: {She works all the time because there's really nothing else in her life.
-->'''Laura''': Are you gonna head out soon?\\
'''Princess Carolyn''': ''(staring out the window)'' Where else would I go?
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Probably the first Persian cat in WesternAnimation whose fur is naturally pink.
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->''"[[OhCrap Oh]], [[HoldYourHippogriffs fish]]!"''
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An anthropomorphic pink Persian cat who is [=BoJack=]'s successful agent who doubles as his on-and-off girlfriend. One of the top agents in the agency [[Characters/BojackHorsemanVigorAgency Vigor]] [[spoiler:until she became an unofficial ActionMom and founded her own management company, VIM]], she is an incredibly pragmatic yet good-natured individual who prides herself on being able to separate her personal life from her professional life, for the most part.

An anthropomorphic pink Persian cat who is [=BoJack=]'s successful agent who doubles as his on-and-off girlfriend. One of the top agents in the agency [[Characters/BojackHorsemanVigorAgency Vigor]] [[spoiler:until she founded her own management company, VIM]], she is an incredibly pragmatic yet good-natured individual who prides herself on being able to separate her personal life from her professional life, for the most part.

An anthropomorphic pink Persian cat who is [=BoJack=]'s on-and-off girlfriend and who doubles as his agent. An incredibly pragmatic, successful, yet good natured individual, as well as one of the top agents in the agency [[Characters/BojackHorsemanVigorAgency Vigor]], Princess Carolyn prides herself on being able to separate her personal life from her professional life when it comes to dealing with [=BoJack=], for the most part.

* ChosenConceptionPartner: Early in the series, it was made clear that Princess Carolyn was keen on having a kid with Bojack. It was also made clear that [=BoJack=] wasn't pleased with the idea.

* ChristmasCake: A central part of her character. Turning 40 is practically reaching old age in Hollywoo due to the high standards in beauty and perfection, making her chances of finding a suitor in her environment increasingly unlikely. The fact that she believes that she's has wasted her life in bad relationships doesn't help.

* 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.

* BeingPersonalIsntProfessional: She prides herself in being able to separate her professional and personal lives. She can even oscillate between two different opinions depending on each of them.

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* SafetyInIndifference: In her [[MirrorMonologue Mirror Monologue]] above, she comes to this conclusion, deducing that it's best to focus on work and forget about feelings.
-->'''Princess Carolyn''': You gotta get your shit together. So yesterday you let yourself fall in love a little bit and you got your heart broken. Serves you right for having feelings! Starting now you are a hard, heartless career gal. Go to work, be awesome at it, and don't waste time on foolish flights of fancy. From now on, you're a robot. Beep bop boop blerp bleep.

* SeamlessSpontaneousLie: In "Still Broken", when one lie about knowing Herb gets the attention of everyone present in his funeral, she then is forced to continue lying, using some facts mentioned previously to give it more credibility. Her lie becomes so convincing that [[Series/HappyDays Henry Winkler]], an old friend of Herb, gives her Herb's ashes.
* SecondLove: After breaking up with [=BoJack=], Vincent becomes this for Princess Carolyn. After they also break up, Rutabaga (briefly) becomes this.
* SexForSolace: It's constantly shown that Carolyn, one way or the other, is [=BoJack=]'s crying shoulder [[JustForPun (and pussy)]] for when things go awfully wrong in his life.
* ASharedSuffering: PlayedForLaughs. [=BoJack=] and Princess Carolyn may not agree on a lot of things, but there's an unanimous opinion between them: they both hate honeydew.
* ShipTease: [[spoiler:Maaaayyybbbeee a little with [=BoJack=] at the end of season 4. While they leave their meeting in a better standing than before and they remain JustFriends, [=BoJack=] is actually supporting of PC for a change, does her favor without hesitating and even comforts her about her possible infertility, even encouraging her to adopt since “the world needs good moms” which from [=BoJack=] [[MommyIssues it’s certainly from experience]]. PC, from her part, seems a bit happier from the talk, opens up about her current problems and underlying need for someone and actually looks forward to see [=BoJack=] on set.]]
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Well, she had pink fur and lime green eyes, but she's one of the main characters.
* SilkHidingSteel: Don't be fooled by her demeanor and appearance. She could outmaneuver you in any matter in a pinch with nothing more than wits and bravado.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She's tired of fooling around and wants to enter a steady and serious relationship. It's turning out to be a lot harder than she thought, especially with the demands of her job and her prospectors not being up to the task.
** While she's very much aware of [[ByronicHero [=BoJack=]]]'s flaw and self-destructive nature, she also admired him for his honesty and how he could be nice, on occasion.
** She flirted with "[[PrecociousCrush Vincent]]" at first to make [=BoJack=] jealous, but came to seriously like and date him because of how mature he was.
** Began having an affair with [[TheDandy Rutabaga]], her co-worker who would always maker her feel good on a particularly crappy date and also managed to make her laugh. However, when Princess Carolyn discovered he wasn't going ahead with his divorce to his wife, she stopped the affair.
** Enters a relationship with [[NiceMice Ralph]], a charming, friendly man whose similar sense of humor manages to maker her laugh.
** Princess Carolyn ultimately marries [[spoiler:the hard-working, friendly, and loyal Judah who respects her]].
* SmallTownBoredom: During her short stint in small town life in "The Shot", one of the things that eventually makes her disaffected with the environment is how little is to be done around.

* SpottingTheThread: Figuring out a [[CharacterTic key body tic]] on Mr. Peanutbutter with the help of Princess Carolyn is how Bojack starts to gain an edge on [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative "Hollywoo Stars: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things? Let's Find Out!"]]
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: She complains about [[SeriousBusiness Honeydew]] the same way Bojack does.
* StartMyOwn: Though it wasn't entirely her idea or desire, she starts her own agency during the close of Season 2.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Constantly oscillates between the two. More often than not, any course of action she takes will be for the benefit of her client. That doesn't mean PC will go easy on you if you start slacking on your part, but she has often proven to be a more caring and decent agent than others.
* SupremeChef: Revealed to be one in Season three, as her mother was the alcoholic maid for a wealthy family, meaning PC typically had to fill in for her to keep her from being fired.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: When the plan changes, she makes sure to [[GladIThoughtOfIt claim it for herself,]] such as when J.D. Salinger proposed [[OverlyLongName the title]] of a new show to Wanda.
* SymbolMotifClothing: Princess Carolyn has fish and water colors in her dress.
* TeamMom: Most likely to settle a fight between two or more members of the group or outright give them a verbal GetAHoldOfYourselfMan when they sink into a useless slump? Check. Tries to get them to follow the rules or at least ''not'' screw up when they do something? Check. Chastises them when they do screw up, yet can't stop from looking out for them? Yep, Princess Carolyn checks all the requirements.
* TeenPregnancy: Flashbacks in "The Amelia Earhart Story" reveal that she got pregnant as a teenager after a moment of passion with the son of the wealthy family she cleaned house for. However, it ended up being a miscarriage ([[LawOfInverseFertility the first of many for her]]).
* TenderTears: [[spoiler:Bitterly cries in “Ruthie” after discovering the ruse of her necklace and having an altogether shitty day. Also in “What Time Is It Anyway?” when she begs [=BoJack=] to do the ''Philbert'' project.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler:After all of her misfortune in season 4 and on the verge of failing and destroying her career, PC gets a talk from Todd that mirrors the ones she always gives everyone and sets her to finally reach out to [=BoJack=]. When that appears to fail, she goes in person at his house and asks him to do it, almost pleading. he immediately accepts, surprising her. After a brief friendly talk in which [=BoJack=] encourages her to adopt and telling her she’d “make a great mom”, Princess Carolyn is in better spirits, thanks him and looks forward to seeing him on set.]]

* TrademarkFavoriteFood:
** Possibly fish, since she wears a dress that has stamps of it and uses it as her {{Catchphrase}}.
** Her main alcohol beverage to drink is wine, specifically red wine.
** {{Implied|Trope}}: Her second favorite drink is hinted to be milk, given she is seen with a dozen of empty milk containers in "Escape to L.A.".
* {{Tsundere}}: Deep down, Princess Carolyn is a sensitive and sweet kitty. She's just really, really cold and assertive as part of her profession and failed relationships.
* UndyingLoyalty: To [=BoJack=]. {{Deconstructed|Trope}} as the lengths she often goes to get Bojack a job or to comfort him are often blundered by his constant mishaps, prima donna tendencies or outright dismissal of her efforts and advice. While he's gotten better at listening and following orders, Princess Carolyn often puts too much faith than she should on him. More often than not, it's portrayed as an unhealthy tie.
* UnderstandingBoyfriend: She wants one. Desperately. And so far, she hasn't got him.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: She often gets this, from co-workers to even friends. She's always considerate enough to remind her ''how wrong they are''.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While not incapable of showing her better nature or suffering the consequences of her actions, Princess Carolyn ''is'' still a self-preservating, conniving and rude bitch who'll stop nothing short of tearing apart any piece of emotional or artistic value for a price and commission, even exploiting some of her closest relationships if it benefits her. Veering into VillainProtagonist territory frequently, PC is stopped short of being irredeemable through a SympatheticPOV and her crippling loneliness, which constantly subjects her to just as much pain as she gives.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: Her greenlighting and producing ''Philbert'' and forging Bojack's signature results in the disaster that follows in Season 5.]]
* VillainProtagonist: PlayedWith. More of a PragmaticVillainy devotee and guilty of a few KickTheDog moments yet not as antagonistic as other people, Princess Carolyn remains somewhat on the fence for the most part with only few instances of help toward her "friends" coming from similar interests, feeling it's the right thing or avoiding her own issues. She gets serious once something of importance toward her is in line, putting in display her ruthlessness and lack of scruples at short-term but she has her own set of principles as well as loyalty to some specific peers.
* VillainousFriendship: With Lenny Turtletaub, one of the top producers in Hollywoo. It's hinted by their interactions and banter that they go way back.
* VoicemailConfusion: {{Invoked|Trope}} against her. When Princess Carolyn tries to get an explanation from Charlie after her client Emily Van Camp is booted from a movie project behind her back; Charlie, fearful, pretends to be his voicemail. Although not buying it, Carolyn does go along with it to get her message across.
* WhatDidYouExpectWhenYouNamedIt: While it could be written off as [[RuleOfFunny a joke]], Princess Carolyn has all the qualities great rulers, leaders and entrepreneurs have: a strong will, being a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, high determination, [[BeingPersonalIsntProfessional a desire to remain professional]], a keen sense of pragmatism and professionalism, [[KnowWhenToFoldEm an uncanny ability to know when to quit]] (sometimes) and refusing to stay down, especially by someone else, and simply be independent.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Not that Princess Carolyn is a saint, either ''but''....[=BoJack=] has given her enough reasons why she ''shouldn't'' continue to be his agent and yet she keeps doing favors and coming through for him, time after time. Seriously, Carolyn, '''what the hell'''?
* WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack: InUniverse. Even when he has given her more than enough reasons to drop him both as a boyfriend and as a client, Princess Carolyn continues being there for [=BoJack=], beyond any kind of strict professional contact. Even now that they're no longer dating, Princess Carolyn still looks out for him as his agent.
* WasItReallyWorthIt: Princess Carolyn has started questioning this about her job. See AllForNothing above.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: She struggles to project a successful, well balanced image of herself at all times. While she's more stable than other examples, [[BeneathTheMask underneath it all]], Princess Carolyn has a natural vulnerability that threatens to slip any second she's not careful.
* {{Workaholic}}: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}, as she works all the time because there's really nothing else in her life.

* WrongGuyFirst: While it's doubtful [=BoJack=] was the first boyfriend Princess Carolyn had, their breakup kickstarts the majority of their CharacterDevelopment as they realize they're the wrong people for each other, Princess Carolyn especially. Of course, her following suitors aren't much better.
* XanatosSpeedChess: On her best moments, she can improvise stuff to keep herself going. The end of "Prickly Muffin", "Say Anything", "Still Broken" and "Out to Sea" best exemplify this.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: In one of her kindest moments, [[spoiler:she finds out that Diane is truly heartbroken about being unable to complete her memoirs. Instead of haranguing Diane for missing her deadline, Princess Carolyn praises her for the Ivy Tran series and tells her that she doesn't have to make herself miserable to tell a good story. She says that Ivy Tran can make little girls feel less alone]].
* YouGoGirl: She's one of the only two female protagonists and easily the most successful out of the two.

* TheManBehindTheMan: A woman variant. Without her, [=BoJack=]'s life would be an even ''bigger'' mess.
* MandatoryUnretirement: She tries to back down form work after Vanessa Gecko bests her, wanting to focus on living her life and being happy, starting with an actual date with [=BoJack=]. Needless to say, it goes awful and [[HesBack she is back]] at her old self at the end of the episode.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Most of her interactions with male friends or boyfriends leads to these kind of interactions. Given the kind of tough nut PC is, it’s hardly surprising that most men in her life look a bit meeker in comparison (or are meeker per her preferences).
** Her first boyfriend, [=BoJack=], is abrasive, an insensitive jerkass and a full-blown wreck, but he’s also needy, emotionally unstable and willing to do anything to get people to like him [[spoiler:at least until [[CharacterDevelopment season 4]]]]. PC always “lands in her feet”, has her priorities in order (even if they’re just the ones she can achieve as of the moment), can be harsh but always with a point and has a tight grip on everything out of control, even her clients.
** PC can be temperamental, rude, divides her time by speaking to all kinds of celebrities, being a savvy negotiator in all kinds of contracts and deals in favor of her and her clients and while having a fashion sense mostly forgoes any feminine traits by aiming for the highest bid. Rutabaga is a easily excited rabbit with a rather campy demeanor, easy going nature coupled with poor work ethic and a taste for bright suits. They end up having a relationship during season 2 at least until his deception is discovered.
** Afterward, in season 3 Princess Carolyn has a blind date with Ralph Stilton, a mouse with a rich background whom she gets along pretty well, eventually moving to boyfriend territory. Ralph is a friendly, snarky and amiable guy with no need to work for anything. PC is...well, at this point it’s best to describe PC as just being an IronLady.
* MarriedToTheJob: Kinda [[EnforcedTrope enforced]], given how little else she has. Even so, she pours herself into her work to the point that she turns 40 while she's pulling an all-nighter at the office, all of her romantic relationships go nowhere, and she always finds her best personal satisfaction at work. As such, Princess Carolyn remains devoted to her job, mostly because it's the only place she can find a modicum of control.
* TheMasochismTango: In the early episodes, she used to go back and forth this way with [=BoJack=].
* MasterActor: Vital as part of the agent trade. Even then, Carolyn has an outstanding ability to remain as cool, collected and professional an agent can be. Not to mention her impressive acting when it comes to differentiate personal and professional opinion about her clients. Her DoubleThink above is just one of many examples.
* MeanBoss: ''Not'' to her first secretary, Lora, since she was more of a BenevolentBoss if a little sarcastic at times, but to Stewart, her second assistant, whom she views as a ReplacementScrappy for not being as competent as Lora and way more standoffish.
* MiserAdvisor: Played straight and subverted at certain points. Most of the time, she cares about her commissions and be it managing Todd, Mr. Peanutbutter or Diane, her prime objective will be to obtain as much of a profit as she can get. That being said, she's kind enough to make every deal a sort of ''quid pro quo'' with her clients, often getting them new job offers. The depressingly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] part comes up in her interactions with [=BoJack=], as it's clear he's the least prosperous of her clients and still can't help but look out for him.
* TheMistress: For Rutebaga, or at least that was his intent. She was looking for something more formal, though.
* MistressAndServantBoy: PlayedWith and {{invoked|Trope}} whenever she’s dealing with her clients. As much as her job depends on ensuring her clients’ profitability and safety, her methods often involve strong-arming them into better shape through browbeating, pep talks with {{Backhanded Compliment}}s and advice that must be followed to the letter. As such, everyone in her pocket enjoys big time projects and paychecks, but know enough that when she starts needling into their lives, they have to suck up and submit to her whims, all the better to avoid her wrath. When it comes to [=BoJack=], she can read him quite well and know when to prop him up, especially since he’s so susceptible to PR and wants to be liked, towards the end of season 3, he even accuses her of wanting him to be a mess since it means that she gets to clean it up and then berate him, so she feels essential; Mr. Peanutbutter can be dealt with since he’ll follow every command as long as it’s an order and Todd is passive enough to be bended to her will with the right push. Same thing goes for her romantic relationships, although it usually takes some prodding since she can often try to make an equal relationship work: with Rutabaga, this leads her to almost being taken advantage of and with Ralph, she can’t help but want to be in control due to how anxious her first healthy relationship makes her feel. Of course, that’s not to say she’s comfortable with it: far from it, she’ll be much better if people would just listen to common sense and keep their noses out of trouble. But the way it is, she has managed to make it work which can be dangerous when something better comes around since then she’ll crave to have the stress back.
* MirrorMonologue: In "Say Anything", she gives herself a pep talk in the bathroom while preparing for work the morning after Bojack dumps her (again.)
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: After finding out that Rutabaga [[FootDraggingDivorcee didn't go through with the divorce]] and being personally insulted by him, she takes advantage of [[ChekhovsGun her name in the properties]] to kick him out of her life.
* TheMovieBuff: {{Implied}}. She possess quite some knowledge about careers and movies, as well as celebrities's personal lives. There's also the framed posters, hanging through her apartment. Probably [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as knowing such things is imperative for the success of an agent.
* MsViceGirl: She is clearly stubborn and occasionally self-invested in her ambitions but she clearly has a lot of people she cares about and is relatively good-natured and kind.
* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: When dating [=BoJack=], Princess Carolyn would often hint the possibility of having a baby. This didn't bode well with [=BoJack=].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: After seeing a drug-addled [=BoJack=] strangle Gina while filming ''Philbert'', Princess Carolyn is genuinely horrified and realizes that she might've pushed [=BoJack=] too far. This is what prompts her to walk out of the project and finally adopt the baby.]]
** Also has a moment of this in the nick of time just as the assistant's strike is about to be busted thoroughly: [[spoiler:It dawns on her that she was acting just like every other person who'd ever taken advantage of her throughout her career, and immediately stops it so she can get a much better mediator for the Assistants, and as a result, a much better deal.]]

* NeverASelfMadeWoman: She's always frustrated by depending constantly on men who always let her down and on her job which, while well payed, always makes her the third wheel. This, along with [[DudeWheresMyRespect Dude, Where's my Respect?]] above moves her to leave for greener pastures.
* NiceGuysFinishLast: Whenever she has found a guy she feels a connection with, it has ended in disappointment on her part. The way she sees it, her ''niceness'' has made her vulnerable to dating all of the wrong people.
* NiceToTheWaiter: She has never showed herself to be always nice; but be it her secretary, a waiter or simply an uninvited guest, Princess Carolyn demonstrates good disposition, has never been rude to anyone unless it's called for and does not hold people accountable for things that are beyond their control. Examples include:
** Her BenevolentBoss attitude towards Lora, whose advice and concern she accepts and appreciates at every turn, never once mistreating or belittling her. It says something that despite Lora's ButtMonkey status in Vigor, such embarrassing moments never come directly form Princess Carolyn's actions or directions.
** PlayedWith with her treatment of Stewart, her second assistant after Lora quits. She treats the former with a lot less consideration than the latter, which is implied to be because she misses Lora and considers Stewart a less competent replacement. Even then, she's a lot more tolerant than she should be, considering his rude and condescending behavior.
* NoAccountingForTaste: She was dating one of her clients who is a boor alcoholic and drug addict in the beginning of the show, and he was cheating on her to boot. Princess Carolyn wants marriage, kids, and a stable career. Bojack wants none of the above during the whole series. Even ''she'' wonders what she was doing, ethical ramifications of dating her client aside.
* NoHeroToHisValet: Hell, she views [=BoJack=] as a screw-up and will call him out if necessary.
* NoWomansLand: Princess Carolyn is well aware of the aloofness and obstructing attitude Hollywoo has towards women in powerful positions. As such, she's dedicated to earn her place within the ranks of the most powerful agents in the business.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: The only mammal on the show with eyes that match her species, being all green with narrow pupils.

* OfficeRomance: With Rutebaga in season 2. It doesn't go well.
* OfficialCouple: Initially, with [=BoJack=]; then, in the latter half of the 1st season, she hooks up with Vincent until their mutual separation in season 2. After that, Princess Carolyn gradually becomes a couple with Rutebaga, a co-worker of hers, until their ugly break-up, professionally and emotionally.
* OhCrap: "Oh, fish!". Her usual {{Catchphrase}}.
* OldMaid: What she has become InUniverse, with shades of ChristmasCake and an extreme case of FeelingTheirAge. One of her biggest fears is staying that way and becoming a spinster without any sort of romantic prospects with whom share her life in a long-term and meaningful way.
* OldManMarryingAChild: With Vincent Adultman. An unique variation in that ''she'' is unaware of it and he (they) are [[ChildrenAreInnocent too innocent to fully understand what's happening]].
* OnAgainOffAgainGirlfriend: She's this to [=BoJack=], until she hooks up with Vincent.
* OnlySaneEmployee:
** In between the madness, she seems to be the only one in [[IncompetenceInc Vigor]] with something between their shoulders.
** On the ''Philbert'' set she's the only thing keeping things remotely on track. The one time she was gone for a few days things degenerated into a multi-way dick waving contest resulting in several injuries and a massive budget overrun.
* OnlySaneWoman: When dealing with [=BoJack=] and Todd. Otherwise she has her own set of neurosis.
* OnTheRebound: She meets Vincent while trying to make his ex [=BoJack=] jealous and they end up becoming a couple.
* OperationJealousy: She tries to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] it in "Horse Majeure" by flirting with the first stranger she sees, hoping that Bojack's jealous. She ends dating the stranger for a few months.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:"Ruthie" reveals that combined with the two miscarriages she had after getting pregnant by Ralph, she had three other miscarriages in the past.]]

* PetTheDog: Often has these moments, to showcase her softer side.
** When she and [=BoJack=] are breaking up and Mr. Peanutbutter meddles in, she's the only one of the two who actually greets him with courtesy, while [=BoJack=] tries to get him to leave.
** Obviously furious when she thinks Vincent has a wife and son[[note]] Actually, the boy is the one on top of the trench coat [[/note]], she never takes her anger on the kid and is really kind to him.
* PinkMeansFeminine: You can't just get any more of this than a female cat whose entire fur is pink.

* RealWomenDontWearDresses: In spite of having a girly side in the fashion sense, Princess Carolyn is all over this trope: Having risen herself up from humble origins, she feels there’s no need for sentimentalism, small talk or anything than involves emoting nor getting attached in relationships or friendships of any kind. Just continue and don’t look back. Reasons for this vary from her previous dating experiences leaving a sour taste in her mouth, her knowledge of Hollywoo being a NoWomansLand and any kind of weakness is exploitable, her desire to be in control of her life without anybody’s help but above all, it’s her sense of having everybody’s confidence in her abilities without any kind of error margin to explore. As such, she wants to give this impression without having to face the emotional consequences.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She sometimes shows shades of this, most notably in "Good Damage." [[spoiler:Diane is late on her memoir deadlines, and Princess Carolyn is concerned. She finds out from Guy that Diane is ill and sends her the Ivy Tran manuscript. PC loves it and tells Diane to continue the story, comforting her when Diane realizes that her childhood trauma was meaningless and she can't make good out of it]].
* RedheadInGreen: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She has pink hair and her outfits consists of both yellow and green.
* RefusalOfTheCall: During a dinner with [=BoJack=], Carolyn receives a call from Vanessa, taunting her about the deals she's making with ''her'' clients and ''her'' project, trying to push her to strike back. Princess Carolyn, already tired of fighting, tells her that she's not going to do that, instead wanting to focus on the life outside of work, to simply be happy. It's really sad, considering what happens next..

* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler:She and Judah start off as an ordinary boss/employee relationship before entering a romance in "Angela" and getting married in the series finale]].
* TheReliableOne: Along with Diane and occasionally [=BoJack=], she's the least likely to get sidetracked by personal issues and even if she does, that will only push her to improve upon her work and life.
* RousingSpeech: She [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this from Rutabaga by telling him to give her the "Superhero" speech.
* TheRuntAtTheEnd: The runt in a litter of 12 kittens.

* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan:
** She often does this to [=BoJack=] and even once to Todd in "Say Anything".
** She does this to Diane in "Out to Sea".
* GamblerGroupies: {{Implied|Trope}} to have been one in her youth, if her {{Flashback}} to TheNineties are any indication.

* GoodIsNotNice: A strange mixture of this and GoodIsNotSoft. In short, Princess Carolyn would often show signs of both "tough but fair" and "{{Jerkass}}" behavior without dropping either.

* HappinessInSlavery: Variation. Princess Carolyn has worked quite a long at Vigor and hasn't reaped the benefits of the time invested on the company, but rather than looking for other options, she seems rather complacent about her place without any intention of leaving the agency. It takes a rough string of bad luck and Rutabaga's persuasion to convince her otherwise.
* HasAType: The men she has dated were (or that she thought were) [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan good men]]. In reality, PC has the bad habit of dating men who while having some good qualities, are emotionally unavailable, either because of other compromises (Rutabaga), because they're messed up ([=BoJack=]) or because they don't quite comprehend what she wants out of the relationship (Vincent). Her only healthy relationship has been Ralph so far and it exposes exactly why she prefers vacant men: she needs the fire, the option to mother them, to chastise them, to have control; being around a well-balanced individual makes her anxious and withers away her self-perception as reliable, opening her more and more to her inner vulnerability which she doesn't want to face.
* HatesBeingAlone: The reason behind most of her attempts and failures at long-term relationships is because she's afraid of ending up old and alone. Then, after a eye-opening conversation and break-up with Rutebaga, she [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesomely]] [[InvertedTrope inverts]] it at the end of the 2nd season.
* HatesSmallTalk: Especially if it gets in the way of cutting to the chase.
-->'''Princess Carolyn''': (Talking to [=BoJack=] after he has screwed up his first take on the Secretariat {{Biopic}}) Small talk, small talk, small talk, are you blowing it? I heard that you're blowing it!
* HeadbuttingHeroes: With Diane in [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E06BrrapBrrapPewPew "Brrap Brrap Pew Pew"]] because of their diverging morality involving the approach of the Sextina abortion scandal: while PC wants to exploit all for its worth as an AppealToPity case whose pragmatic, sensationalist handling will pull VIM from its downward roll towards the abyss, Diane thinks that such dismissal can give fuel to pro-lifers as well as dilute the message in just a plain hurricane of what's topical instead of a serious conversation about the rights for women in such a stigmatized case.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:A long one during the second half of season 4. As if losing two possible pregnancies and fighting with Ralph and breaking up wasn’t enough, her career is in jeopardy after losing Courtney Portnoy as a client and needs a project to keep herself afloat. Problem is the only actor that convinces people enough to invest in it is [=BoJack=]. After failing to contact him and falsifying his signature, she just arrives at his house and pleads to him to help her almost to the point of tears. He does.]]
* HoldYourHippogriffs: Her {{Catchphrase}} is "Oh, fish!"
* HonestAdvisor: '''''[[BrutalHonesty Very]]''''', very honest.
* HonestyIsTheBestPolicy: While she'll sugarcoat the truth when it's necessary to do so to proceed, most of the time Princess Carolyn will denounce or plain {{Facepalm}} when something's going wrong or when one of her clients (mostly [=BoJack=]) screws up in an important situation and will berate that person to make sure that mistake is ''not'' repeated.
* HoneyTrap: Part of the reason she started her relationship with [=BoJack=] in the first place was to make him stop being a Hollywood hermit and to put him back to work for Vigor.
* HypercompetentSidekick: She '''controls''' [=BoJack=]'s life. Without her, he wouldn't get anything done.

* ICanChangeMyBeloved: Her relationship with Bojack has shades of this. Even though it was initially meant to be a mutually beneficial relationship for practical reasons -- her representing him would boost his career and show her as a competent agent, helping them both -- she thought that she could get him to clean up his act by being a good agent. By the pilot, it's devolved into a DestructiveRomance and she breaks up with him.
* ImagineSpot: During "The Shot", she becomes entranced by a painting and daydreams of the peaceful life shown. [[GoodIsBoring After a while, she gets bored with it.]]
* InLoveWithLove: She has [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel a romanticized perception of relationships]]. Her relationships with [[TotempoleTrench Vincent]] and [[LovableTraitor Rutebaga]] break her out of this fantasy.
* InsistentTerminology: After one TenMinuteRetirement she declares that she is no longer a mere agent, she's a ''manager''. She's never able to adequately explain what the difference is supposed to be.
* InsultOfEndearment: When reuniting with Lenny Turtletaub, she refers to him as a "skinny bitch" in friendly terms.
* InterruptedIntimacy: More than once in season 2:
** When a discussion about starting a new agency leads to a hot and heavy atmosphere between Rutabaga and Princess Carolyn, things stop dead on its tracks when Stewart butts inside the closet to get a plunger, much to their discomfort and chagrin.
** Then, when they are about to get it on in Princess Carolyn's office, Mr. Peanutbutter drops by, forcing them to dissimulate about what they're doing.
* InterspeciesAdoption: [[spoiler: At the end of Season 5, she ends up adopting a baby porcupine girl that she calls [[WorkingTitle "Untitled Princess Carolyn project"]]. She settles on "Ruthie" for her daughter's name in Season 6.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: With [=BoJack=], a horse; [[TotempoleTrench Vincent]], an [[HughMann "adult" human]]; Rutabaga, a rabbit; and Ralph, a mouse. [[spoiler:She ultimately marries the human Judah Mannowdog in the finale.]]
* IronLady: No doubt about it. She's a GoGetterGirl all grown up.
* ItDoesntMeanAnything: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. While they had their history beforehand, PC and [=BoJack=] had a one night stand in 2007. While [=BoJack=] believed it to mean something, PC didn't and insisted they shouldn't make a big deal of it. However, when PC sensed BJ could be used as a MealTicket to prove herself as a good agent in-training, she used herself as a motivating HoneyTrap to get him back in the saddle with Cuddlywhiskers' project. When that failed to bring her some deserved kudos, she started growing sweet on [=BJ=] for support and her ChronicHeroSyndrome. The horse, however, had since let go of his infatuation and swang between appreciating her support and hating himself for stringing her along, redirecting the abuse to PC herself.
* {{Jerkass}}: {{Downplayed|Trope}} especially by comparison to some of the other Hollywoo residents (some even her clients) who she often locks horns against and the fact most of her insults are directed to real pieces of work. Still, PC is ''really'' short-fused: When her limit is reached, she doesn't even care about measuring words and can get carried away with the FloweryInsults, often to the detriment of keeping things tactful. Her self-reliant attitude also means that a two-people-job will never fly with her: as long as she doesn't have to include anyone in her life, she'll keep them at arm's length; this can reach self-centered territory as she sometimes forgets to consider other people in her life, leaving them stranded and hurt by keeping them out of the loop.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mostly in the earlier seasons, before evolving into a MsViceGirl. She is tough as nails, stubborn and a pragmatic agent but fair and a good-natured and caring person.
* TheJeeves: To [=BoJack=], in a [[MiserAdvisor Miser]] and TreacherousAdvisor way.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:Her betrayal of her trusted 1st assistant Lora is revealed retroactively to have been this, since it kicked off her disinterest in working for Vigor. [[LaserGuidedKarma It also leads to her agency VIM losing an important deal]].]]
* KarmaHoudini: A DownplayedTrope and a rare protagonist example. She's rarely malicious or completely gets away with every bad thing she does, but Princess Carolyn has a tendency out of the core five to be the one most likely to get her way or come out on top of a GambitPileUp whenever her clients are involved. In some particular occasions, she has shown herself capable of indulging in corruption and outright threatening of [[ButtMonkey Todd]], as well as illegal use of [=BoJack=]'s house for a tourist trap (Creator/DavidBoreanaz's house) ("Live Fast, Diane Nguyen") or just plain sabotaging another agent's deal just to prove herself superior ("Say Anything"), which rarely will affect her directly. More often than not, her reasons will be more complicated, somewhat selfless motives and benefit other people; but it's quite telling that her SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in season 2 involves scamming an AssholeVictim out of a complex intended for ''his'' new agency by [[InvokedTrope invoking]] a LoopholeAbuse. This aspect of hers starts to ebb away during season 3, leading to....
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Many a time, Princess Carolyn has eluded any debris or consequence of her backstabbing, turbulent actions and rather questionable morality approach. In season 3, however, her self-involvement, responsibilities' pileup and constant "means-to-an-end" dog-kicking makes her castle collapse at a crucial point.
** Her controlling, authoritative treatment of Lora, while PlayedForLaughs in season 1, was mostly by proxy and unintentional. [[spoiler:However, when Lora stands in PC's corner regarding [=BoJack=]'s casting for ''Pegasus'', a serious reveal takes place: Carolyn ensured Lora wouldn't be promoted since she was that good an assistant. Realizing her "supposed" friend betrayed her in a major way breaks any semblance of friendship between them and turns Lora against her, making the ''Pegasus'' deal fall through.]]
*** Hell, being denied a promotion is the reason Lora quit, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard with Princess stuck with Stewart as her assistant]].
** The vendetta against Gekko/Rabbinowitz was well deserved, but on analysis, both [[ThrewMyBikeOnTheRoof petty]] and [[DisproportionateRetribution disproportionate]], with both Vanessa and Rutabaga suffering delicate thresholds as result. [[spoiler:Their revenge, while similarly campaigned, is rooted more on business mentality than emotion and involves exploiting the cat's foibles to their advantage, one of which is revealing the aforementioned betrayal to Lora.]]
** And all of this concludes on [=BoJack=]'s biggest failure[[labelnote:*]][[NotMeThisTime the first major one ''not'' caused by himself]][[/labelnote]]: [[spoiler:no ''Pegasus'' (or follow-ups after Secretariat) and more tragic, no ''Jellie Belle'' (and reconciliation with Kelsey). Once he finds out PC was to blame for the ordeal (especially asking a bigger percentage out of Kelsey's project, impossible since the project was more an indie film), he sets up a meeting at Elefante to fire the cat as his agent. At a point where he is one of her last clients in the failing VIM. Yeesh.]]
** In short, [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E08OldAcquaintance "Old Acquaintance"]] and [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E09BestThingThatEverHappened "Best Thing That Ever Happened"]] are karma knocking on Princess's door and her being unprepared for the reckoning.
* KickTheMoralityPet: [[spoiler:Since Lora is one of the only people PC has constantly interacted that she has treated with actual respect and care (to the point of missing her when she quits Vigor), it comes out of completely left field when PC's discovered to be the reason why she left in the first place: secretly sabotaging her promotion while playing it off as if she's on her side is something ''no friend'' should do. As such, when it becomes the sneaky cat's downfall, it's not as surprising as it may seem.]]

* LadyMacbeth: She plays this to Todd in "Live Fast, Diane Nguyen" with the [[Creator/DavidBoreanaz David Boreanaz]] scam. She coerces Todd into getting a part of the earnings, then to continue even as the police closes in and finally she leaves him at his own luck.
* LawOfInverseFertility: This is a major concern for her. She's a middle-aged career woman who's never been married nor had any children, much to her dismay as she's always dreamed of family life. While Carolyn isn't exactly sterile yet, she's in her early 40s and is not too far away from losing her last chance at biological offspring. [[spoiler:She does manage to get herself impregnated by a boyfriend, however it ends in miscarriage. And it turns out that she's already miscarried several times before.]]
* LeonineContract: In order to escape his wife's lawyers, Rutebaga puts the property of the new agency in the name of Princess Carolyn. When their affair collapses, Princess Carolyn uses this to take the company away from him, and since she's the ''legal'' owner, Rutabaga can't do anything but squirm in anger and disbelief.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: If she [[OpportunisticBastard sees an opening]], she'll take it.
* LiesToChildren: [[spoiler:As it turns out, the stories she was told about her necklace being a valuable relic were lies: it’s a novelty one without any value. She discovers this while going to a jewelry shop to fix it during her worst possible day besides VIM’s beginnings.]]
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The Dark Feminine to Diane's Light Feminine.
* LipstickAndLoadMontage: In "Say Anything", the entirety of her SafetyInIndifference speech below happens during her morning routine of getting ready to go to work, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything reminiscent of someone preparing to go to the battlefield]] by [[SeriousBusiness giving herself a motivational speech]].
* LittleBitBeastly: Besides her fur color, cat ears and eyes as well as occasional instincts, she looks and acts like an actual human.
* LonelyTogether: In a romantic ([[DeconstructedTrope and disastrous]]) way with [=BoJack=].
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: A major part of her arc is the realization that her way of looking for a couple has only caused her more pain than anything.
* LoopholeAbuse: [[CallItKarma As a consequence]] of another LoopholeAbuse. Once Rutebaga's true colors are revealed, Princess Carolyn exploits the properties of their new office being ''her'' legal property to kick him out.
* LoveIsAWeakness: That's the way she starts to see it. With the kind of love life she has, it's not surprising. See SafetyInIndifference below.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: When the possibility of a relationship pops up, Princess Carolyn tends to lower her guard and allow herself to be bewitched by the feeling and the potential of it, while ignoring the rest. This has caused her trouble more than once.
* LoveMartyr: Even after [=BoJack=] out-and-out rejects her.

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[floatboxright:Clients (under Vigor):
+ Bojack Horseman (1993-2015 (followed her to VIM)), Cate Blanchett (?-2014 (switched to Vanessa Gekko)), Diane Nguyen (2014-2015 (followed her to VIM)), Mr. Peanutbutter (2015-2015 (followed her to VIM)), Mila Kunis (?-2015 (unknown, probably switched to other agent after leaving Vigor)), Todd Chavez (2014-2015 (followed her to VIM)), J.D. Salinger (2015-2015 (followed her to VIM)).]

[floatboxright:Clients (under VIM):
+ Bojack Horseman (2015-2016 (dismissal/closing of VIM)), Diane Nguyen (2015-2016 (closing of VIM)), Mr. Peanutbutter (2015-2016 (closing of VIM)), Todd Chavez (2015-2016 (closing of VIM)), J.D. Salinger (2015 (dismissal/switched to Gekko-Rabbinowitz)), Sextina Aquafina (?-2016 (unexpected pregnancy/hiatus/closing of VIM)).]

* TenMinuteRetirement: PlayedForDrama. After being bested by Vanessa Gecko and receiving an ArmorPiercingQuestion from [=BoJack=], Princess Carolyn decides to dial back a little bit from work and simply find something outside of it to enjoy. After a disastrous night out and a BreakingSpeech from [=BoJack=] again, she dejectedly returns to work, the only place where she can truly be in control of her life.
** [[spoiler:Happens again after VIM goes sideways and she is forced to close doors. Once outside, Princess Carolyn remembers her date with Ralph and decides to give normalcy and dating life a try instead of work. She's more successful this time: what drives her back to work is her decision to reinvent herself as a manager and reopen the agency after a PlaceboEurekaMoment from talking with Ralph, effectively confirming what her hallucination of Vanessa Gekko told her: she just doesn't do normal routine.]]
* AbsenteeActor: InUniverse examples:
** [=Princess Carolyn=] is absent from the Christmas Special.
** Season 1: She appears in all episodes, although her scenes in "The Telescope" may count since they're re-used from the previous episode "Say Anything".
** Season 2: Possibly [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E11EscapeFromLA "Escape From L.A."]] since she only shows up for a scene and has little dialogue.
** Season 3: Carolyn sits out [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E04FishOutOfWater "Fish Out Of Water"]] and has no lines in [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E11ThatsTooMuchMan "That's Too Much, Man!"]].
* TheAce: {{Downplayed|Trope}} because [[DeconstructorFleet this show]] would never let anyone [[RealityEnsues get away cleanly with this trope]]. While she has her problems, she is in competition with Mr. Peanutbutter as the character who most often has things end up in their favor. And unlike PB, she usually plans out the good things that happen to her. Or to put it another way: she always lands on her feet.
** [[spoiler:{{Deconstructed|Trope}} in season 4. While Princess Carolyn is very much at the top of her game during most of the season (having an UnderstandingBoyfriend in the form of Ralph Stilton, the best player in manager business, a trusted confidant and assistant with Judah, confidence, subterfuge and a possible pregnancy in the way), [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS4E09Ruthie "Ruthie"]] reveals that the necessity to always be the lifesaver, the always resourceful woman, pure iron in every sense as well as her need to stay in control and not show any weaknesses means she is incapable of expressing any need or reach out for help in any way, be it friend, lover, anyone really, keeping most of her problems to herself. An attitude which collapses inwards when she experiences a particularly horrible day; unable to cope and unwilling to talk through it, she instead sabotages what's left go her good fortune by firing Judah over the Vigor buyout and breaking up with Ralph through shame of him seeing her at her most vulnerable.]]
* AddledAddict: [[spoiler:An alcoholic example in the second half of season 4. She spends most of her screen time getting drunk that she’s increasingly incapable of doing her job, having to be escorted by her worst employee Stewart to get home safely and puking in her purse. The most terrifying thing of it is that if her backstory is accurate, that’s how her mother started her descent. It takes Todd of all people giving her a pep talk and a cliche-based but well-positioned script to get her back on track.]]
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: {{Implied|Trope}} to have been this when she was young, since she started working at an early age. [[spoiler: If one has to cover for their irresponsible mother at her work shifts, why not? It's best to keep tabs and just be the mature one. Though such responsibility at such a developing time might have done more damage than good...]]
* AdultsDressedAsChildren: Or more accurately "dressed as {{Man Child}}ren", since the one she's trying to appeal is a 30 year-old woman who dresses and acts as a teenager and PC plays the part accordingly with headband, crop top and jorts.
* AgeGapRomance: An implied one with [[spoiler:Judah, as PC is in her forties when they wed while he looks closer to his thirties]].
* TheAlcoholic: Not as much as Bojack, but she likes to have a few drinks every once in a while when in a bad mood or after a crappy day. ''A few dozen drinks'', as shown when she was breaking up with Vincent. [[spoiler:She flourishes as this during the last episodes of season 4 after a string of bad luck leaves her aimless and without anything to look further than her career...again.]]
* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: When meeting with [=BoJack=] in "Horse Majeure", she drunkenly tries to make him jealous by flirting with a stranger, that turns out to be no other than [[AssInALionSkin Vincent]] [[HughMann Adultman]], who is a TotempoleTrench full of kids trying to score alcohol. In a subversion, nobody realizes the mistake she just made but [[OnlySaneMan [=BoJack=]]].
* AllAccordingToPlan: During "Prickly Muffin", Princess Carolyn tries to poach Sarah Lynn as a client by acting as a spoiled ManChild, dressing accordingly, attending Sarah Lynn's parties in [=BoJack=]'s house and interacting with her to subtly push her into thinking they both think alike and should work as a team. When Sarah Lynn chooses Princess Carolyn's rival, Vanessa Gecko, instead, the former seems to be broken by that revelation and the wasted effort until Sarah Lynn leaves, at which point she changes stories and instead talks to Lora about "everything going according to plan" and to set a meeting with Andrew Garfield, Sarah Lynn's ex-boyfriend and the true target. Whether she's being honest or just [[IndyPloy decided to wing it]] is open to interpretation.
* AllForNothing: She has started to believe this about her work at Vigor: sure, she has climbed through the ranks and has a cushy job; but she's alone, disrespected by her peers and finds less and less satisfaction with the kind of work she's doing.
* AllergicToRoutine: Finds out this to be her case in "The Shot", when during a turbulent point in her life, she spaces out during another of [=BoJack=]'s escapades and projects herself into a Thomas Kinkade painting nearby, imagining [[{{Arcadia}} a simpler life where everything went her way]]. After a while, however, she starts feeling bored over [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere everything being the same over and over]] and eventually decides that she prefers the risks that come with her current life.
* AlmightyJanitor: She's not that high in the agency's hierarchy, yet she has proved time and time again to be the most competent member of Vigor in many fields. As such:
** She has got ''[[ThePrimaDonna [=BoJack=] Horseman]]'' work on commercials, movies involving [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Quentin Tarantulino]] and [[ImYourBiggestFan Secretariat]] and even theatre.
** She got back at [[TheUsurper Vanessa Gecko]] by conducting a perfect gambit against her involving Cate Blanchett.
** For plus points, it's revealed that she started up in Vigor by watering the plants. Even as an agent, she hasn't stopped doing so.
* AloofAlly: Usually when dealing with one of [=BoJack=]'s schemes, Princess Carolyn will be the first one to point out [[ZanyScheme how stupid it sounds]] and declare she doesn't care at all, [[SarcasticDevotee while still helping]], such as in "The Shot". She's also this to Rutabaga in his plan to defect from Vigor and start a new agency, as [[HappinessInSlavery she's not sure why should it be considered]]. It takes [[ReassignedToAntarctica a long bout of humiliations]] and a [[DudeWheresMyRespect lack of respect]] for [[AlmightyJanitor all the things she has done]] to [[DefectorFromDecadence become more involved with Rutebaga's project]].

* AmIJustAToyToYou: She never says it outright, but most of her interactions with Bojack in season 1, especially in "Say Anything", seems to demand a response of this kind. She's particularly hurt and angry by the way he has always expected her to be his emotional support without really taking into account anything she wants or feels, only being the elbow he couldn't crop out of a red carpet shot.
* AmicableExes: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]] in her relationship with [=BoJack=]. They start the series as a (dysfunctional) couple who's always [[OnAgainOffAgainBoyfriend having ups and downs]]. This goes on for a while until [[TheConfidant Diane]] comes along. As they both work their issues separately, they both come to the realization that their intimate relationship is toxic and should only deal with each other in a professional level. [=BoJack=] gets mad at the level of effort Princess Carolyn puts into work and she loathes his neediness. It's not that they outright hate each other, they just know each other too well to make a good chemistry. [[spoiler: {{Deconstructed}} later on when their co-dependence becomes more pronounced and eventually toxic and they eventually start drifting apart when dating other people. As of PC's biggest screw-up, they're not in speaking terms for the time being.]]
** {{Averted}} when it comes to her ''other'' romantic relationships, since unlike hers with [=BoJack=], they usually end up in disaster, bitterness, hurt feelings and resentment...and there's not even a previous 20+ working relationship to fall back on. As such, she hasn't really kept in contact with either of her other exes.
*** Her fling with [[TotempoleTrench Vincent]] was cut short when she spotted a similar looking child accompanying his mother and connected the dots she hadn't seen before: [[ComicallyMissingThePoint she was dating a married man!]] It was all later clarified as a misunderstanding, but Vincent's towering lies and surrounding mystery leads her to terminate the relationship, since they're incapable of getting closer or knowing too much of the other.
*** Rutabaga is an even bigger example of a subversion. Unlike Vincent, Princess Carolyn had a long standing working relationship with him in Vigor and appeared to have mutual trust, outside of a few hiccups that involved crossing each other when it came to work-related offers for their clients. The two often found common ground over their sense of being under-appreciated by people around them. Once Rutabaga's frustrations with his wife Katie and dissatisfaction with his station in the 24th floor, he decides to bail on everything by resigning Vigor and divorcing his wife. Everything and everyone gone from his life except one person: PC herself. Rutabaga eventually proposes a partnership and mutual share in a new agency, which Carolyn at first resists only to slowly relent upon seeing Rutabaga's increasing flirtation as well as realizing she's reached a dead end at her current job, giving in to both the idea and Rutabaga's advances, trusting him as a reliable business/romantic partner. However, as weeks pass, Princess starts to notice that Rabbinowitz isn't really listening to any of her ideas despite being equal entrepreneurs, he is passing any chance for actual intimacy for long messages with Katie and has even put the company in PC's name, sliding everything in gray waters. Once bridges are torched, she finds out ''why'': the philandering rabbit didn't intend to part ways with any fling. But they can still be lovers, right? After all, she should be flattered. For being a 40-and-something gal, she surely got a catch. One could say she found immensely satisfying she was the creditor in the estate property or the decision to kick him out was done in a snap. After that, neither of them have shared screen time again or were on speaking terms for a while until circumstances made them work together in Season 4.
* ALighterShadeOfGray: Back when she was in Vigor's roster, PC was still one of the best agents in the agency and a ManipulativeBitch extraordinaire, but she never really went out of her way to mess around with people outside the game, was a FairPlayVillain to those she deemed would do the same, fought tooth and nail for her clients, tried to keep her word at all costs and in general was one of the most decent-ish agents in the business, if not the sanest in social life.

** More specific, Princess Carolyn falls firmly in PragmaticHero of the [[Analysis/AntiHero Sliding Scale Of Anti-Heroes]], being a GoodIsNotNice through and through.
* AntiVillain: Mostly a NobleDemon and WellIntentionedExtremist. PC, contrasting other agents, has a soul and morals she won't bend for anyone, especially if her clients are put in the firing line. Not to say of her human treatment of assistants, downtrodden stars and practically everyone looking for a chance at stardom. She's ''not'' a hypocrite, though, and freely indulges in the same cutthroat tactics every self-respecting agent knows by heart. The key difference between her and someone like, say, [[EvilCounterpart Vanessa Gekko]] is a) PC can get emotionally invested in her clients' well-being and career beyond the standard and b) she tries to keep a deal when she makes one. No going behind anybody's back. Still, she'll still KickTheDog through loopholes if they affect her interests: [[spoiler:Lora didn't expect PC to {{invoke|dTrope}} SidekickGlassCeiling on her when she asked for a promotion but since she was doing a great job as an assistant, Princess would have preferred a backstage diplomatic sabotage rather than outright forbidding her to leave her.]]
* ApparentlyPowerlessPuppetmaster: A really subtle version of this trope. Princess Carolyn has her own set of issues, mostly in the subject of love, and is just as lost as everyone in the cast. But she has scored more and more victories than the rest ([[BatmanGambit getting her own rival humiliated]], [[HypercompetentSidekick getting Bojack dream jobs as an actor]], [[KarmicTrickster conning someone out of their company]], [[DoWrongRight powering the]] Creator/DavidBoreanaz scam and [[KarmaHoudini getting away scot-free]]), never comes off worse than before or at best, breaks even. Plus there's the fact that, as of now, she's managing all other 4 main characters of the series, without breaking a sweat. For all of that, she's still lonely, a bit insecure and just an agent of many in Hollywoo.
* AlwaysSecondBest: One of her major {{Berserk Button}}s, especially after breaking up with [[{{Narcissist}} Bojack]], is feeling unappreciated, be it from a romantic or professional standpoint. Just ask her former lovers.
* AshesToCrashes: Princess Carolyn ends up in possession of Herb Kazzaz's ashes after her speech in his funeral, and at one point after quitting from Vigor and moving into her brand new agency, the urn ends up being broken.
* AuthorityInNameOnly: She's not really a Princess. However...
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Let's face it, Princess Carolyn is a cool name.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Time and time again, Princess Carolyn has had the chance (and valid reasons) to drop [=BoJack=] as a client, yet has never done it. As much as [=BoJack=] mentions that they're just really lonely and hang onto each other for solace, she obviously cares about his well-being. [[spoiler: For his part, [=BoJack=] has admitted that he ''does'' love Princess Carolyn in as much as he can love anyone and even that is not enough to keep him from cutting ties with her in season 3.]]
* BadassBureaucrat: She's not up for asskicking, but has an excellent sense of pragmatism and sheer savviness, especially when it comes to her clients, and she's not afraid of using it if it provides some benefits.
* BadassDecay: InUniverse. Whenever she's sidetracked by some personal matter, she tends to neglect her professional life. This puts her in a disadvantaged position in the agency business, since two of the requirements are opportunity and concentration. Furthermore, such personal matters can range from being bested and taken away from her cushy position (like with Vanessa Gecko) or simply feeling underappreciated and mistreated at work (like in season 2).
* BastardUnderstudy: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] to have been this to [=BoJack=]'s first agent, Marv.
* BatmanGambit: Uses one against Vanessa Gecko by poaching Cate Blanchett, having gotten her favorite book to become an adaptation, and then being the one to bring her back into the roster in order to score some points and humiliating Vanessa in the process. It works.
* BattleButler: Of the "bureaucrat" kind. Being somewhat TheJeeves to [=BoJack=], she uses her work tactics to her and her client's favor, preferring to solve matters through wit, legalities and subterfuge plans. In short, her battlefield is the movie industry and her prize is a part for her clients and a bigger commission.
* BattleOfWits: In "Say Anything", she ends up engaging in an old fashioned duel with her rival Vanessa Gekko after Vanessa takes away her place in the Vigor social ladder. Princess Carolyn wins.
** In "Old Acquaintance", she fights another, this time against both Vanessa and Rutabaga, who have teamed up. Princess Carolyn loses.
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: Done to her by Vanessa Gecko during a MomentOfWeakness, with the sneaky gal perking up and taking all of Princess Carolyn's projects without breaking a sweat. Later turned on its head when Princess Carolyn uses her manipulative skills to make the house of cards collapse on top of Gecko since unlike PC, Vanessa cannot deal with the pressure of a deal collapsing and its consequences.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Downplayed. Besides wanting to manage her career, Princess Carolyn also wanted to get married and have a child. [[spoiler:By the end of the series finale, she has adopted a daughter and is married to her assistant, Judah. However, for the former, she was initially overwhelmed and stressed with being a new mother and even admitted to Vanessa Gecko that while she loves her daughter she's not sure she loves the idea of her. And for the latter, during her wedding reception, she admits to [=BoJack=] that she's afraid of having someone take care of her because it might mean she'll lose her who she was. However, the fear for both situations is a realistic feeling, and she is ultimately happy with both her choices and doesn't regret either one.]]
* BecomingTheMask: As "The [=BoJack=] Horseman Show" and [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E09BestThingThatEverHappened "Best Thing That Ever Happened"]] show, Princess Carolyn originally had one night stand with [=BoJack=], but upon finding out a challenge in getting him back in the saddle as a way to prove herself as a capable agent, she started a relationship with him to motivate him. At some point, PC found herself drawn to [=BoJack=] for real, which the horse himself never quite reciprocated.

* BeleagueredAssistant: To say she gets exasperated with [=BoJack=]'s failures or screws might be putting it too mildly....
* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Like any great agent, she talks and believes anything about his client or about herself.
* BenevolentBoss: On occasion, to Laura, her assistant, ''and Laura only''. To Stewart, however, she's just a MeanBoss due to being a ReplacementScrappy. Crops up again with Judah, assistant in VIM, with PC having nothing but respect and trust in him to do work she can't deal with. [[spoiler:Of course, she may be putting her trust in the wrong person, if a possible merger between Vigor and VIM is in the horizon.]]
* BettyAndVeronica: On the context of her relationship with [=BoJack=], she's the demanding, tough and determined Veronica to Diane's friendly, supporting Betty.
* BirdsOfAFeather:
** She and Ralph hit it off on their blind date due to their similar sense of humor.
** She [[spoiler:and Judah are married by the series finale. And they're both hard-working, dedicated professionals]].
* BookEnds: The first time Princess Carolyn meets Vincent, she's a victim of AlcoholInducedIdiocy and trying to make [=BoJack=] jealous. When they break up, she's pretty sober and [[DrowningMySorrows this close to hitting up the bottle]].
* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: During the 1st season finale, Princess Carolyn and Vincent briefly break-up due to her feeling neglected and not respected to have a serious conversation with him. At the end of the episode, Vincent finds Princess Carolyn and mends up with her in public, as they begin planning their vacation together. Unfortunately, [[ShaggyDogStory they break up in the next season]]. Apparently, you can't paper over some real issues in your relationship with just genuine love, especially when both partners have a different perception of how a romantic relationship works.
* BurningTheShips: Intended to do this by giving a piece of mind to Mr. Witherspoon, before she backed out when she finds out he had a stroke. Unfortunately, Rutabaga didn't get the message and ends burning it for both anyway.
* ButtMonkey: ZigZagged through seasons 1-4.
** She {{averted|Trope}} this in the first three seasons, when in spite of being yanked and suffering just as much as her fellow friends of misery, she's never quite slammed and comes out on top on an evenly basis. However...
** [[spoiler:Played straight as an arrow in the 2nd half of season 4 when her perfect life collapses and she's left wandering between making a fool of herself, being overly anxious and desperate enough to cause pity, drinking her days away without sense of direction or even awareness of her own affairs and yanked from job to job without any hands-on-approach to the agency, to the point where [[BumblingSidekick Stewart]] has to be her DesignatedDriver since she's often too drunk to drive and Todd has to be the one to give her a pep talk to pick herself up.]]
* CareerVersusMan: She has chosen "Career", over and over; and she's starting to regret it, as she feels miserable and alone. Thing is, Princess Carolyn has learned the hard way that choosing "Man" may not be the solution to her problems, either.

* CatsAreMean: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] She isn't mean '''per se''', but '''''she has a temper'''''.
* CatsAreSuperior: She's one of the most intelligent members of the main cast and is the only one who somewhat realizes the way Hollywoo works.
* CatsAreSnarkers: She ''breathes'' this trope.
* CatSmile: While not her default expression, she shows it from time to time when things are flowing her way.
* ChallengeSeeker: At first, it's just implied here and there by her efforts put in the work even when excluded and keeping [=BoJack=] as a client despite his multiple flaws, but eventually it's confirmed in "The Shot" during which Carolyn, in a slump at work, is offered a more peaceful lifestyle, only to eventually reject it for deeming it "too boring", realizing that she needs the emotion and thrill Hollywoo offers.
* CharacterDevelopment:
** Eventually moves on from [=BoJack=], though still puts up with him as his agent.
** She gets some more in Season 2, realizing that she's not afraid to be alone at 40.
* ChekhovsSkill: A common RunningGag in the series, Princess Carolyn sports quite a talentfor coming up with tongue twisters on the spot. Season 6 reveals that she tends to use them as a mnemonic device, and turns out her baby Ruthie loves to hear them.
* CheshireCatGrin: If she's sporting this, you're in big trouble.
* TheChessmaster: Especially in "Say Anything."
* ChessmasterSidekick: To [=BoJack=].

* ChristmasCake: A central part of her character. Turning 40 is practically reaching 3rd age in Hollywoo due to the high standards in beauty and perfection, making her chances of finding a suitor in her environment increasingly unlikely. The fact that she believes that she's has wasted her life in bad relationships doesn't help.

* CompetitionFreak: An imaginary Vanessa Gecko tells her as much: A quiet, rustic life is not for her. She needs the danger.
* ConflictingLoyalty: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. She becomes Mr. Peanutbutter's agent in season 2 while still handling Bojack, but no conflict or drama comes from it at all. [[spoiler: Even less at the end of season 3 when she's no longer handling any of their business.]]
* ConsummateLiar: Oh, ''yes''. Be it formulating a story out of the top of her head to pass up as an old friend of a dead guy to pretending to laugh even if she doesn't feel like it, Princess Carolyn always has a way of bullshitting her way through bad pickles.
** Brutally deconstructed in Season 5, when the prospective mother who would've given up her baby to her quite quickly realizes how she works and essentially tells her to buzz off.
* ConsummateProfessional: She believes she's this. And it's true. [[LoveHurts For]] [[FatalAttractor the most]] [[SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids part.]]
* ContemplateOurNavels: When depressed or confused about the route of her life, she tends to look out the window of her office and silently stare into the horizon while reflecting on her choices.
* CrushFilter: A defining flaw in her personality. Whenever she falls in love or is at the start of a possible relationship, Princess Carolyn can, just like her M. O. in life, dive head first into it, while trying to downplay the red alerts and flaws that pop up in her partner when the sparks start fading.
* CuteButCacophonic: When she's really mad, she lets the tones fly.
* CuteLittleFangs: Has a pair and shows them whenever she talks or [[WhenSheSmiles smiles]], although it often overlaps with MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily since they ''do'' look sharp.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: {{Implied|Trope}}. She recounts in "Best Thing That Ever Happened" to [=BoJack=] of how as a child, she covered for her mother at work when she (mother) was drunk. [[spoiler:And it's revealed in "Ruthie", that before getting pregnant by Ralph twice and miscarrying, Princess Carolyn had three other miscarriages in the past.]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: Princess Carolyn's [[UrExample first]] focus episode is "Say Anything" in season 1, part of [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E09TheShot "The Shot"]] in season 2 and she even gets a major subplot in the 2nd season ("Still Broken", "After The Party", "Higher Love", [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E10YesAnd "Yes And..."]], "Out To Sea"), continuing through the 3rd season with specific episodes being "The [=BoJack=] Horseman Show", "Love And/Or Marriage", [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E06BrrapBrrapPewPew "Brrap Brrap Pew Pew"]], [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E08OldAcquaintance "Old Acquaintance"]], [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E09BestThingThatEverHappened "Best Thing That Ever Happened"]], [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E10ItsYou "It's You"]] and [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E12ThatWentWell "That Went Well"]].
* DeadpanSnarker: By default, as she has to deal with [[StubbornMule [=BoJack=]]], [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism Todd]], [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Mr. Peanutbutter]] and [[NotSoAboveItAll at times]], [[ShrinkingViolet Diane]].
* DefectingForLove: The promise of a better life and a possible future with Rutebaga is what finally gives Carolyn the push to jump Vigor's ship and create a new agency with both of them as bosses. The bad treatment she has received for all of her hard work didn't hurt, either.
* DefectorFromDecadence: After some bad luck at work and disrespect from both the boss and stagnation on her job, Princess Carolyn starts to consider Rutebaga's offer of becoming partners in their own firm. She does this as well regarding her relationship with Rutabaga once she finds out he's been deceiving her by swindling him out of the new agency's property and kicking him out.
* DestructiveRomance: {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in her relationship with Bojack. They start out in the pilot arguing when she wants to break up and he's focusing on a restaurant's "complimentary" bread. Then he forgets to drive her home and when he does literally tosses her out of the car when there are no parking spaces. Eventually, Princess Carolyn realizes what she's doing and works to move on from her client. Bojack for his part eventually admits they don't have a healthy relationship and he wasn't fair to her. [[spoiler:While he says in the SeriesFinale that he wishes he would have been the one to give her a pep talk about marrying Judah, he also acknowledges that it's wish fulfillment on his part to prove he has grown past being a BastardBoyfriend]].
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Princess Carolyn, along with Diane, is the second most important character next to [=BoJack=].
* TheDilbertPrinciple: A competent employee like her is held in the floor 27, while an incompetent [[NervousWreck Nervous Wreck]] is on the floor 28, because of {{Nepotism}}.
* DisposableLoveInterest: A rare example of a protagonist being a {{Deconstruction}} of the trope. Rutabaga reveals to Princess Carolyn that he never proceeded with the divorce and she's TheMistress. He also states that the situation's to her benefit, since through his viewpoint, she doesn't have many options being old. Carolyn, immediately, breaks up with him and invokes the LoopholeAbuse detailed below.
* DisposableWoman: The way Rutabaga sees her, as she's 40 and "in lack of a good suitor". Princess Carolyn isn't amused.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: [[ASharedSuffering Like]] [=BoJack=], she hates Honeydew.
* DoubleThink: A master of this. Then, again, as she tries to separate what she thinks of her clients from a professional and personal standpoint, it's all part of the trade:
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': Then, as my agent, do you think I'm getting fat?
-->'''Princess Carolyn''': No way. You are in the prime of your life, never looked better.
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': What about as my ex-girlfriend?
-->'''Princess Carolyn''': You look like a pile of crap ate a second pile of crap and then crapped out a third pile of crap.
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': Wait, wait, so which pile of crap do I look like?
-->'''Princess Carolyn''': The third one.
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': What? That's the worst one.
-->'''Princess Carolyn''': I'm not calling you as your ex. I'm calling you as your agent.
* DoWrongRight: Princess Carolyn chastises Todd for passing [=BoJack=]'s house for [[Creator/DavidBoreanaz David Boreanaz's]], not out of any moral qualms, but because she wasn't included. Her skills also add a little more credibility to the scam.
* DreamSue: She wills herself onto one in an ImagineSpot in "The Shot" in which she lives in an idyllic country place near a lake with rightful colors, her servant is her rival Vanessa Gecko, whom she received after her married life collapsed and her offspring turned to incest, and follows her every whim and has everything her way. In an unusual variation, it's later [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] when the way this world bends her way without any effort on her part starts boring her. Then, well, see ChallengeSeeker above.
* DudeMagnet:
** [[ByronicHero [=BoJack=]]] dated her and while he admits that he never really had romantic feelings for her, he was attracted to her.
** "[[PrecociousCrush Vincent]]" to the point he made a LoveConfession even though they have been dating for a couple of weeks.
** [[TheDandy Rutabaga]] began an affair with Princess Carolyn.
** [[NiceMice Ralph]] hit it off on their blind date and months after they saw each other, he couldn't stop thinking about her.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: In season 2, she starts to be thrown around the agency despite all the things she has done and sacrificed for them. This is one of the factors for her [[DefectorFromDecadence defection.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: In Season 5 she is increasingly torn between producing ''Philbert'' and trying to adopt a baby. She spends most of the season attempting to split her time between the two, but the ''Philbert'' cast starts to fall apart every time she leaves and potential birth mother are concerned that Princess Carolyn's {{Workaholic}} nature will make her a bad parent. [[spoiler:In the season finale she drops the ''Philbert'' project entirely and rushes to North Carolina to adopt a little porcupine girl]].
* EnemyCivilWar: After Vanessa joins the Vigor roster, Princess Carolyn's interactions with her consist of nothing more than the two agents trying to one up each other to keep their jobs. Not ones for actual violence, they prefer to use strategy and sabotage as their weapon of choice as a way to keep any possible damage to a minimum. Ultimately, Vanessa loses after PC manipulates her clients into making one of her deals fall through.

* FailedAttemptAtDrama: In the first episode, she tries to get [=BoJack=] to notice on their break-up and why it's happening, while he, oblivious as always, fails to get the increasingly exasperated hints. It's taken UpToEleven when she tries to make him realize how much he screwed up and he just throws her out of his car.
-->'''Princess Carolyn''': You know what, you can take a last look at this face, because it's the last time you're gonna see it.
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': Hey-up! (pushes Princess Carolyn out of the car, [[FurryReminder causing her to land on her feet]]).
* FairestOfThemAll: She seems a little ticked off when asking Diane what's her appeal after Bojack has revealed to her his crush on Diane.
* {{Fangirl}}: Of ''Series/TheGoodWife''. She has several episodes on hold that she's just waiting to watch. It may be because of its RealitySubtext...
* FangsAreEvil: PlayedWith. She does have fangs being a cat and can often show them when she's [[CheshireCatGrin smiling in a rather questionable way]] or when [[TheGlovesComeOff she wants to intimidate someone as a way to dominate the arguments]]; of course, even when she doesn't have any bad intentions, these still show up which would often put some doubt about the nature of her actions at any given moment. The fact that her status as an agent often toes between heroic and villainous doesn't help.
* FatalAttractor: Her love life hasn't been kind to her.
* FeelingTheirAge: She has just turned '''40'''. And she's not happy about it.
* FemaleFelineMaleMutt: The '''Female Feline''' to Mr. Peanutbutter's '''Male Mutt'''.

* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: '''The Apathetic''', although she can slide into '''The Realistic''' or '''The Conflicted''' depending on the situation.
* FirstNameBasis: With Rutabaga. At least for a while.
* FiveManBand: Princess Carolyn is TheLancer and TheFace, since [[BehindEveryGreatMan she's the one doing most of the secondary things]] for [=BoJack=] and is TheChessmaster.
* TheFlapper: In the story she's telling to [=BoJack=] in "Let's Find Out", Princess Carolyn is shown to be wearing a similar outfit while attending a poker game hosted by Wilmer Valderrama and ripped wholesale by Mr. Peanutbutter. [[NostalgiaFilter She may be romanticizing the era]], [[HypocriticalHumor as [=BoJack=] suspects]].
* ForceAndFinesse: '''Force''' to Diane's '''Finesse''', insisting on being front for everything, is very aggressive for a bureaucrat, loves winning and can't help but be a showoff while being the ManBehindTheMan while Diane relies more on arguments, persuasion and non-confrontational methods to succeed and loves being in the spotlight despite her nervousness.
* FriendsWithBenefits: At the start of the series, she was this with [=BoJack=]. Not anymore.
* FullNameBasis: No Carolyn. No Princess. All of it.
* FurryReminder: In her first scene, she's thrown out [=BoJack=]'s moving car and somehow comes out of a clumsy roll through the air to land on her feet. See also MyInstinctsAreShowing below.
** In "The [=BoJack=] Horseman Show", back when they were still dating, [=BoJack=] once offered her a ball of crumpled up paper as a gift. She is delighted and starts playing with it.

* BurningTheShips: Intended to do this by giving a piece of mind to Mr. Witherspoon, before she backed out when [[TooSoon she finds out he had a stroke]]. Unfortunately, Rutabaga didn't get the message and ends burning it for both anyway.

* DestructiveRomance: {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in her relationship with Bojack.

* BeleagueredAssistant: To say she gets exasperated with Bojack's failures or screws might be putting it too mildly....

* ChessmasterSidekick: To Bojack.

* TheFlapper: In the story she's telling to Bojack in "Let's Find Out", Princess Carolyn is shown to be wearing a similar outfit while attending a poker game hosted by Wilmer Valderrama and ripped wholesale by Mr. Peanutbutter. [[NostalgiaFilter She may be romanticizing the era]], [[HypocriticalHumor as Bojack suspects]].

* GoGetterGirl: Shown in "The Telescope" during the {{Flashback}}, being a dutiful secretary to [=BoJack=]'s first agent, whom she probably replaced once he retired, and proves to be a [[TheSocialExpert social expert]] when flirting in a friendly tone with Bojack over the phone. [[spoiler:As it turns out, this trait of hers started all the way back when she was a little kitten and, not all of it was by choice. Rather, necessity. [[WackyParentSeriousChild Tragic necessity]].]]

* HonestyIsTheBestPolicy: While she'll sugarcoat the truth when it's necessary to do so to proceed, most of the time Princess Carolyn will denounce or plain {{Facepalm}} when something's going wrong or when one of her clients (mostly Bojack) screws up in an important situation and will berate that person to make sure that mistake is ''not'' repeated.
* HoneyTrap: Part of the reason she started her relationship with Bojack in the first place was to make him stop being a Hollywood hermit and to put him back to work for Vigor.
* HypercompetentSidekick: She '''controls''' Bojack's life. Without her, he wouldn't get anything done.

* InterspeciesRomance: With [=BoJack=], a horse; [[TotempoleTrench Vincent]], an [[HughMann "adult" human]], Rutabaga, a rabbit and Ralph, a mouse. [[spoiler:She ultimately marries the human Judah Mannowdog in the finale.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: After seeing a drug-addled Bojack strangle Gina while filming ''Philbert'', Princess Carolyn is genuinely horrified and realizes that she might've pushed Bojack too far. This is what prompts her to walk out of the project and finally adopt the baby.]]

* OnTheRebound: She meets Vincent while trying to make his ex Bojack jealous and they end up becoming a couple.

* ASharedSuffering: PlayedForLaughs. Bojack and Princess Carolyn may not agree on a lot of things, but there's an unanimous opinion between them: they both hate honeydew.

** She [[spoiler:Judah are married by the series finale. And they're both hard-working, dedicated professionals]].

** In short, [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E08OldAcquaintance "Old Acquaintance"]] and [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E09BestThingThatEverHappened "Best Thing That Ever Happened"]] are karma knocking in Princess's door and her being unprepared for the reckoning.

* BirdsOfAFeather: She and Ralph hit it off on their blind date due to their similar sense of humor.

* TongueTwisters: Every once in a while, other characters say tongue twisters, but Princess Carolyn uses this as her trademark. According to Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Princess Carolyn's voice actress, Amy Sedaris, complained about the tongue twisters, and as a result, the writers gave her the most. In fact, the tongue twisters come in handy in "The New Client" when she uses them as a mnemonic device, and tells them to her baby to calm her down.

* InterspeciesRomance: With [=BoJack=], a horse; [[TotempoleTrench Vincent]], an [[HughMann "adult" human]], Rutabaga, a rabbit and Ralph, a mouse.

* DrinkOrder:
** Her main alcohol beverage to drink is wine, specifically red wine.
** {{Implied|Trope}}. Her second favorite drink is hinted to be milk, given she is seen with a dozen of empty milk containers in "Escape to L.A.".

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Possibly fish, since she wears a dress that has stamps of it and uses it as her {{Catchphrase}}.

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