History Characters / BojackHorsemanSarahLynn

The actress who played Sabrina, the Horse's younger human daughter on'' Horsin' Around''. After several attempts to stay famous, including a pop album and fashion line, she ends up burnt out and drug-addicted. While out with her boyfriend, Andrew Garfield, she and Bojack reconnect and reestablish their friendship.

* AbusiveParents: Her mother was an overbearing helicopter parent who basically used Sarah Lynn to experience fame vicariously and crushed her dreams of something beyond fame, and her step-father is strongly implied to have molested her.
* ActingYourIntellectualAge: Sarah Lynn is 30 years old at the start of the series [[spoiler:and 31 when she dies]], but she still acts like a rebellious and reckless teenager.
* AddledAddict: Contrary to being the funny [[TheStoner Stoner]], she shows realistic signs of her drug abuse, including an inability to focus when not high, manipulating others as a means of indulging her addiction, and emotional volatility. It would be wrong to call her a functional addict, but like [=BoJack=], she's experienced enough that her tolerance can make it difficult to tell when she's legitimately impaired versus just being a {{Jerkass}}.
* AllLovingHeroine: Part of the reason she's in such a bad place in the present. During her brief pop career, she was so desperate to please everyone that she'd drop everything to fulfill fan requests. Eventually, doing this without receiving anything in return started to take its toll on her, and left her a jaded mess.

* BaitAndSwitch: Near the end of their bender in [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E11ThatsTooMuchMan "That's Too Much, Man!"]], Sarah Lynn passes out briefly while [=BoJack=] is giving a rambling monologue about what "true love" means. When she doesn't respond, [=BoJack=] calls her name in fear, and she wakes up and angrily yells "WHAT?". A few minutes later, a similar scene in the planetarium as she goes to sleep again, this time next to [=BoJack=]. [[spoiler: This time, when he [[PleaseWakeUp calls her name]], she [[DiedInYourArmsTonight doesn't respond]].]]

* BookEnds: Tragic example; her first episode features Bojack desperately trying to get her into rehab after she stabs herself. [[spoiler:Her last appearance alive is Bojack convincing her to ''leave'' rehab and go on a bender with him]].

* BreakTheCutie: She was a sweet, caring girl, but being introduced to the entertainment industry at such a young age eventually convinced her that she'd never be valued for herself, and that life was meaningless.

* ChildishToothGap: Had one as a child which symbolized her child-like innocence.

* ChristmasCake: As a woman over thirty, Sarah Lynn is considered past her prime in Hollywoo, and she's painfully aware of this fact.
* ClothingReflectsPersonality: Other than dressing in outfits you’d sooner expect a teenage girl to wear rather than a 30 year old, Sarah Lynn’s default shirt, her button-down top with contrasting sides, one side being light purple with white skulls, and the other side having a lavender and white striped pattern, can represent the different “sides” of her she has an adult, one being the still relatively sweet and caring girl, the simplistic pattern and cute colors of the stripes, and the other being her darker, unstable side she descended into, the skulls and darker color. It can also represent her implied mental illness, Borderline Personality Disorder, a disorder characterized by black-and-white/all or nothing thinking. [[spoiler: This becomes even more prevalent once she reveals that she didn’t actually choose that outfit/shirt herself, but was asked to by a company that’d pay her $8k to wear it; the Sarah Lynn we were introduced to is shown to not be who she naturally is, but rather something Hollywoo turned her into.]]
* CloudCuckoolander: To the point of insanity, she has a... [[InsistentTerminology different]] [[MetaphoricallyTrue perception]] of things when she's [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on drugs]]. She even describes herself as eccentric.

* CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler:Her reunion with Bojack in 2007. Despite everything else she had been through, Sarah Lynn still grew up to be hardworking, intelligent and charitable, but was well aware that people only cared about her image and what she could give them. When [=BoJack=] visits her, she sees it as a chance to reconnect with someone who really care about her. Then, he lets it slip he wants her to appear on ''The [=BoJack=] Horseman Show'' to boost ratings. Seeing that even her close friends just see her as someone to exploit, she tells [=BoJack=] to leave, and later decides that nothing really matters, including her own life.]]

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'''Last appearance''': [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E11ThatsTooMuchMan "That's Too Much, Man!"]] (Alive); [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS6E15The View From Halfway Down "The View From Halfway Down"]] (Dream)\\\

'''Last appearance''': [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E11ThatsTooMuchMan "That's Too Much, Man!"]] (Alive); [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS6E15 "The View From Halfway Down"]] (Dream)\\\

'''Last appearance''': [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E11ThatsTooMuchMan "That's Too Much, Man!"]] (Alive); [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS4E12WhatTimeIsItRightNow "What Time Is It Right Now"]] (Cameo)\\\

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* TheSouthpaw: Not so much [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness in her debut episode]] but as the series goes on she noticeably uses her left hand more. For example she almost exclusively uses her left hand during “That’s Too Much, Man!”

* CorruptTheCutie: Sarah Lynn started out her career as a sweet, eager-to-please child, but abuse from her parents, neglect from her costars, and terrible advice from the one person she looked up to put her on a path to become a nihilistic hedonist.

* {{Jerkass}}: Sarah Lynn is brash, abrasive, self-centered and frequently manipulative.

* ActingYourIntellectualAge: Sarah Lynn is 30 years old at the start of the series [[spoiler:and 31 when she dies]], but she still acts like a crazy and reckless teenager.

* ActingYourIntellectualAge: Sarah Lynn is 30 years old at the start of the series [[spoiler:and 31 when she dies]], but she still acts like a teenager.

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* TwentyFourHourPartyPeople: {{Invoked|Trope}}. Sarah Lynn is always up for a party, to the point of it being the only thing she cares about any more. Hell, in the show's opening during [=BoJack=]'s party, Sarah Lynn is standing in the background with a beer in her hand talking to someone [[spoiler:until she disappears upon her death at the end of season 3.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder:
%%** Sarah Lynn is an example of the [[https://appstate.edu/~hillrw/narcissism/stylesunprincipled.html "unprincipled"]]/[[https://appstate.edu/~hillrw/narcissism/stylesamorous.html "amorous"]] type of {{narcissis|t}}m: willing to exploit others for her own gratification, feels little to no remorse over it and always uses her sexuality and devil-may-care attitude as an excuse to get away with horrid actions.
** Sarah Lynn fits almost all of the diagnostic criteria for borderline personality disorder:
*** '''(1): Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment''': Her first appearance as an adult features her acting out following [[PleaseDontLeaveMe a breakup with boyfriend Andrew Garfield]], downing pills and stabbing herself with a rusty bayonet in the middle of a home improvement store. Andrew claims that he wanted to do it in a public space so she wouldn't make a scene, to which she replies "You think I won't make a SCENE?" In a later episode, she's shown visiting Andrew in the hospital, implying a case of splitting, where she flips between idealization and demonization of someone she has a relationship with.
*** '''(2) A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation''': Although the idealization has died out, her relationship with [=BoJack=] is extremely volatile. One minute, she goes back to seeing him as the ParentalSubstitute he acted as in her youth; the next, they're yelling at each other, and in the next, fucking.
*** '''(3) Identity disturbance, markedly and persistently unstable self image or sense of self''': In the season three episode, 'That's Too Much, Man!' some things imply this, such as wondering if she should get another boob job and drawing exaggerated doodles of it. However, the real identity disturbance comes when [[spoiler: she wins an Oscar while she's on a month-long bender]] with [=BoJack=] and comes to the realization that she doesn't like anything about herself, offering a shaky, horrified speech about it all.
*** '''(4) Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating)''': She is almost constantly high or looking for her next high, she has a lot of sex, even in unadvisable circumstances, and at one point, she tells [=BoJack=] she's sobering up... while painting her nails and driving at the same time.
*** '''(5) Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior''': She stabs herself with a rusty bayonet and tells Andrew she'd bleed for him. She also seems passively suicidal, having accepted that she'll "surround [herself] with sycophants and enablers until [she] dies tragically young," [[spoiler: which happens in [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E11ThatsTooMuchMan "That's Too Much, Man!"]]]].
*** '''(6) Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood''': Her mood changes frequently. On the drive to the hospital following the rusty bayonet incident, she thinks it's all quite amusing and is no longer experiencing the terror she was only minutes before. Later, she goes directly from [[spoiler:an Oscar win]] to a WhatHaveIBecome crisis.
*** '''(7) Chronic feelings of emptiness''': Although not directly stated, her hedonism and addiction could be an attempt to fill a void and feel something, as they frequently are in real life. In addition, she repeatedly states that she's bored during her bender with [=BoJack=]. It can be picked up on by the viewers that, essentially, the only thing that would make her feel fulfilled would be becoming [[ICouldaBeenAContender an architect]], a childhood dream shot down by her mother. [[HiddenDepths She expresses genuine knowledge of it]] in spite of having never gone to college [[spoiler: and her final words are "I wanna be an architect."]]
*** '''(8) Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger''': She snaps easily when confronted with something she doesn't like, as can be seen in the rusty bayonet incident and the way she lashes out at [=BoJack=] when he asks her to stop destroying his house.
*** '''Other''': Trauma is seen in many BPD cases, either exacerbating or causing the symptoms. Her mother forced her into a predatory industry and crushed her actual dreams, and it's strongly implied she was molested by her stepfather.

* EveryoneHasStandards: She is visibly shocked at [=BoJack=] admitting he nearly slept with Penny, and goes into great detail about how emotionally damaging it probably was for Penny.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Given her [[FormerChildStar history]], present behavior and many drug issues, Sarah Lynn definitely was modeled after Jodie Sweetin (starred in a family friendly sitcom and fell into hard drug use, but has since cleaned up her act and got her career back on track), Creator/LindsayLohan (became far more famous for her appearances in the tabloids and drug addiction than for her talent, with a career that's all but dead in the water), to an extent, Music/BritneySpears (starred in "The Mickey Mouse Club" as a kid, became a HotterAndSexier TeenIdol later on, and had a massive CreatorBreakdown), and, to an extent, Music/LilyAllen (let her addictions rule her life, had a CreatorBreakdown, and has stated she would've wanted to be an architect). Unlike a lot of comedy characters that are based on these types of celebrities, Lynn's failing battle with mental illness and addiction is portrayed with sympathy and humanity. The show is emphatic about showing that it's not fair to mock former child stars for their personal struggles, as deep down they're just broken people who were forced into a stressful and confusing lifestyle at a young age.

* DeadArtistsAreBetter: In-universe, she [[spoiler:is seen more as the innocent waif she was before her party girl lifestyle rather than a spectacle to laugh at for diva antics, after she overdoses and dies for real. In fact, Paige Sinclair implies that Bojack took advantage of her to enable her addictions, when Sarah Lynn mentioned in her first appearance that she overdoses all the time and one day someone wouldn't revive her. This is how she convinces the public to turn against Bojack and see him as a monster]].

* FreudianExcuse: Most of her flashbacks include trying to be friends with Bojack or her other co-stars and always getting rejected. There's also her stepfather who took advantage of her, and her mother was a very pushy StageMom.

* DeceasedArtistsAreBetter: In-universe, she [[spoiler:is seen more as the innocent waif she was before her party girl lifestyle rather than a spectacle to laugh at for diva antics, after she overdoses and dies for real. In fact, Paige Sinclair implies that Bojack took advantage of her to enable her addictions, when Sarah Lynn mentioned in her first appearance that she overdoses all the time and one day someone wouldn't revive her. This is how she convinces the public to turn against Bojack and see him as a monster]].

* DeceasedArtistsAreTheBest: In-universe, she [[spoiler:is seen more as the innocent waif she was before her party girl lifestyle rather than a spectacle to laugh at for diva antics, after she overdoses and dies for real. In fact, Paige Sinclair implies that Bojack took advantage of her to enable her addictions, when Sarah Lynn mentioned in her first appearance that she overdoses all the time and one day someone wouldn't revive her. This is how she convinces the public to turn against Bojack and see him as a monster]].

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* {{Jerkass}}: Sarah Lynn is brash, abrasive, self-centred and frequently manipulative.

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!!!For the main character index, see [[AC:[[Characters/BojackHorseman here]]]].
!!!For people related to Hollywoo ventures in any way, see [[AC:[[Characters/BojackHorsemanHollywooResidentsAndOtherStars here]]]].
!!!For other ''JustForFun/HorsinAround'' 's castmates, see [[AC:[[Characters/BojackHorsemanHorsinAroundCastAndCrew here]]]].

* PeacefulInDeath: She passes quietly while watching a presentation in the planetarium, her favorite place (as seen in as early as the music video for "Prickly Muffin") curled up with her ParentalSubstitute who she considered possibly the only person to ever "get" her, after having won an ''Oscar''. It was such a [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism peaceful and idyllic moment]] that until the next episode some fans believed it was a Hollywoo biopic version of what happened.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Given her [[FormerChildStar history]], present behavior and many drug issues, Sarah Lynn definitely was modeled after Jodie Sweetin (starred in a family friendly sitcom and fell into hard drug use, but has since cleaned up her act and got her career back on track), Creator/LindsayLohan (became far more famous for her appearances in the tabloids and drug addiction than for her talent, with a career that's all but dead in the water), to an extent, Music/BritneySpears (starred in "The Mickey Mouse Club" as a kid, became a HotterAndSexier TeenIdol later on, and had a massive CreatorBreakdown), and, to an extent, Music/LilyAllen (let her addictions rule her life, had a CreatorBreakdown, and has stated she would've wanted to be an architect). Unlike a lot of comedy characters that are based on these types of celebrities, Lynn's failing battle with mental illness and addiction is portrayed with sympathy and humanity. The show is emphatic about showing that it's not fair to mock former child stars for their personal struggles, as deep down they're just broken people who were forced into a stressful and confusing lifestyle at a young.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Given her [[FormerChildStar history]], present behavior and many drug issues, Sarah Lynn definitely was modeled after Jodie Sweetin (starred in a family friendly sitcom and fell into hard drug use, but has since cleaned up her act and got her career back on track), Creator/LindsayLohan (became far more famous for her appearances in the tabloids and drug addiction than for her talent, with a career that's all but dead in the water), to an extent, Music/BritneySpears (starred in "The Mickey Mouse Club" as a kid, became a HotterAndSexier TeenIdol later on, and had a massive CreatorBreakdown), and, to an extent, Music/LilyAllen (let her addictions rule her life, had a CreatorBreakdown, and has stated she would've wanted to be an architect).

* ClothingReflectsPersonality: Other than dressing in outfits you’d sooner expect a teenage girl to wear rather than a 30 year old, Sarah Lynn’s default shirt, her button-down top with contrasting sides, one side being light purple with white skulls, and the other side having a lavender and white striped pattern, can represent the different “sides” of her she has an adult, one being the still relatively sweet and caring girl, the simplistic pattern and cute colors of the stripes, and the other being her darker, unstable side she descended into, the skulls and darker color. It can also represent her implied mental illness, Borderline Personality Disorder, a disorder characterized by black-and-white/all or nothing thinking. [[spoiler: This becomes even more prevalent once she reveals that she didn’t actually choose that outfit/shirt herself, but was asked to by a company that’d pay her a $8k to wear it; the Sarah Lynn we were introduced to is shown to not be who she naturally is, but rather something Hollywoo turned her into.]]

* {{Stripperiffic}}: As part of her music career, starting in her teens, she's worn a variety of [[FormFittingWardrobe skin-tight revealing clothing]] on stage -- her [[LimitedWardrobe usual outfit]] has her wearing black cutoffs with the legs torn off so the bottom of the white pockets, and her idea of funeral-appropriate apparel is a lace blouse with black hands covering her breasts and another hand reaching up out of the same black cutoffs.

* ClothingReflectsPersonality: Other than dressing in outfits you’d sooner expect a teenage girl to wear rather than a 30 year old, Sarah Lynn’s default shirt, her button-down top with contrasting sides, one side being light purple with white skulls, and the other side having a lavender and white striped pattern, can represent the different “sides” of her she has an adult, one being the still relatively sweet and caring girl, the simplistic pattern and cute colors of the stripes, and the other being her darker, unstable side she descended into, the skulls and darker color. It can also represent her implied mental illness, Borderline Personality Disorder, a disorder characterized by black-and-white/all or nothing thinking. [[spoiler: This becomes even more prevalent once she reveals that she didn’t actually choose that outfit/shirt herself, but was asked to by a company that’d pay her a $8k to wear it; the Sarah Lynn we were introduced to is shown to not be who she naturally is, but rather something Hollywoo turned her into.]]