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!The Carsons' Neighborhood

[[folder:The Carsons' Neighbors]]

Charlotte's family's neighbors, who are uncomfortable with the new guest in the neighborhood.
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* CrankyNeighbor: Not usually, but they can be if they are ignored on their requests, like removing something from a neighbor's garage. Then again, where would Bojack leave his boat after two months living there?
* GilliganCut: While they don't like the new "acquisition" from the people next door, just a quick word with them will be enough to move it. Cut two months later, it hasn't been moved and they resent them for that.
* HappilyMarried: {{Implied}}. It's never outright confirmed, but they live together and they speak as a team.
* {{Meta Guy}}s: They become quite uncomfortable with the fact that Bojack's boat is still in the Carsons' garage after two months and they start to sense something wrong about it. Although their reasons are far more petty.
* NosyNeighbor: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. They made a request to the Carsons to remove the boat and they say nothing when they don't, but still, there's something about the way they talk behind their backs..
* RightForTheWrongReasons: ''Not keen'' on the idea of Bojack staying, but it's less because of the inherent wrongness of the situation, and more because [[FelonyMisdemeanor his parking spot bothers them]].
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!Tesuque High School Students

[[folder:General]]
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[[caption-width-right:370:L-R: Upper row: Hamster Bingham, Penny Carson, Allison Flierl, Maddy Ginsberg. Middle Row: Rachel Kaplan, Diego Mendoza, Peter Pocket, Ali Sandler. Bottom Row: Connie Saps, Rhoda Selkirk, Ray Stingray, Willis Woodward.]]
* AerithAndBob: Names range from common ones like Penny, Alison or Rachel to rare ones like Rhoda to weird ones like Hamster.
* AllThereInTheManual: An unusual InUniverse example, as their actual names (or complete ones) are revealed through the school's yearbook.
* CastOfSnowflakes: Take a good look at each of them. There are 7 human students, all of which have different complexions, color of skin[[note]]well, different shades[[/note]] and hair, as well as different heights. The other students are from different species, all which are never repeated not ''once''.
* {{Epigraph}}: During the "yearbook" scene, it's shown that each of them have a different footnote under their pictures involving something for which they stand out from the crowd. Some of them ever offer some characteristics and AlternateCharacterInterpretation which is only fueled by the fact that most of them are only mentioned in passing, if shown at all.
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[[folder:Diego Mendoza]]

Penny's classmate and crush.
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* BoyNextDoor: He's close enough to Penny to qualify for this trope, yet since she's too shy to talk directly and has barely had any real conversation with him, he's also ungraspable.
* CharactersAsDevice: His main purpose in the episode "Escape From L.A." is to give Penny's characters some depth and making [=BoJack=] and Penny bond.
* HiddenDepths: Despite being TheTease and TheCasanova, he chooses to go to the prom with Lyla K., who's not overtly attractive. Definetely did not see that one coming.
* {{Kidanova}}: {{Implied|Trope}}. His note at the foot of his yearbook is "Biggest Flirt".
* ObliviousToLove: He has no idea that Penny has a crush on him. Once she musters the courage to tell him however, he reveals to not be interested in her.
* OfficialCouple: With Lyla K.
* MellowFellow: He never shows himself to be standoffish, just calm and cool. Not even when Penny makes evidently clear she's stalking him.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: He doesn't do a lot in the little screen time he has, other than being someone for Penny to pin after, and the catalyst for [=BoJack=] and Penny's disastrous prom night.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: GenderFlipped. His date is Lyla K, a reptile that while good-looking, is not a stunner. However, they both seem to be very happy in the prom and are rather cute together, implying that they're more attracted personally than physically.
* TheTease: If his footnote "Biggest Flirt" at the bottom of his picture in the school yearbook is true, he has probably lead on more girls than just Penny. His aloof demeanor just add more to the implication.
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[[folder:Pete "Repeat" Pocket]]
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[[caption-width-right:160:[[ItMakesSenseInContext If you know the context]], you would be making [[CorruptionOfAMinor this face too]].]]
!!!'''Played by''': Jermaine Fowler

One of Penny's friends, who accompanies Bojack, Penny and Maddie for prom night. [[labelnote:Spoiler Information]] Man, he really should have stayed home. Once Maddy suffers intoxication and is in need of serious medical attention, [=BoJack=] coerces him into staying with her in the hospital.[[/labelnote]]
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* AllThereInTheManual: His surname, Pocket, is only revealed in his character sheet and in a FreezeFrameBonus when looking through the yearbook.
* AlliterativeName: '''P'''ete '''P'''ocket, as shown in the yearbook. Maybe his nickname is meaningful, after all.
* BetaCouple: He and Maddie are this to Bojack and Penny, since they're carpooling together to the school dance.
* BrokenPedestal: After admiring Bojack because of his openness towards teenage drinking and disregard for rules, he's crushed and horrified when he tries to coerce him into dumping Maddie into a hospital entrance after she suffers alcohol intoxication.
* CharacterDevelopment: He started as an impressionable teen that underwent a traumatic incident with an authority figure. Come Season Six, Pete goes to help a girl having a panic attack and coaches her through a mental exercise to calm her down. He attributes this growth to him seeing a psychiatrist. [[spoiler:Pete also acknowledges that [=BoJack=] was more at fault for Maddy's alcohol poisoning and that it was the wrong thing for the horse to ditch her and Pete]].
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Unexpectedly reappears in Season Six to tell Hollyhock what happened in New Mexico.]]
* CorruptionOfAMinor: First, there's the drinking part where Penny, Maddy and Pete are involved. Then, after Maddie collapses, Pete is persuaded by Bojack to stay with her at the hospital while he returns home with Penny.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: He is famed InUniverse for saying everything two times. Surprisingly, [[InformedAbility he never uses this apparent ability onscreen]].
* DubNameChange: The French dub changes his name to Brett. This is most likely because it rhymes with the French form of "repeat".
* EveryoneHasStandards: Underage drinking is one thing. Leaving someone who has probably poisoned herself with alcohol barely close to a hospital just because you're afraid of getting into trouble is something ''completely'' different.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: [[spoiler: In “A Quick One, While He’s Away”, Pete grew out his hair a bit on the top, and has a beard now]].
* FatAndSkinny: The '''Skinny''' to Maddy's '''Fat'''.
* ForcedMeme: He seems to be forcing his VerbalTic, considering he has to do it consciously and doesn't actually remember to repeat himself. [[spoiler: He's dropped attempting to do this by the time Season 6 rolls around]].
* FreezeFrameBonus: His real name is Pete Pocket, as shown in the annuary.
* InformedAbility: He boasts about his tendency to repeat everything twice, yet he never once does it in prom night. He constantly [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it:
-->'''Pete''': Hey, [=BoJack=], I'm Pete. But they call me Pete Repeat because I always say everything twice.
-->'''Bojack''': Everything?
-->'''Pete''': Yeah, it's kind of my thing.
-->'''Bojack''': Okay.
-->'''Pete''': Ah, damn. I forgot to say that twice, didn't I? Usually I do it.
* InnocentBystander: Just one of the many people that Bojack ends up hurting during "Escape From L.A."
* IronicNickname: Despite his nickname being "Repeat", he never once reiterates anything he says during Prom Night.
* InSeriesNickname: Pete "Repeat".
* MoralDilemma: While what happened to Maddy was an accident, he doesn't take well that he has to lie just to cover Bojack's back and responsibility in the incident. He hesitates until Bojack convinces him.
* NiceGuy: He's a perfectly friendly kid who has the severe misfortune of attending prom in the company of Bojack.
* PluckyComicRelief: He's the only source of light in the 2nd half of the episode, and even, it's subverted when he's the one freaking out about what happened to Maddy.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Pete only shows up twice in the 76 episodes of the series, but [[spoiler: him being a witness to Maddy's alcohol poisoning and telling Hollyhock all about it is one of the reasons why Hollyhock eventually made the hard decision to completely cut Bojack out of her life forever]].
* TimePassageBeard: [[spoiler: When Pete meets Hollyhock in the Season 6 Part 1 finale, he now sports a beard]].
* VerbalTic: He repeats things. [[InformedAbility Supposedly]].
* WorstAid: Forced to do this to Maddy by Bojack, much to his chagrin.
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[[folder:Maddy Ginsberg]]
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!!!'''Played by''': Ali Wong.

Penny's second friend, after Alison Flierl, who along with Penny, Bojack and Pete, carpools to the prom. [[labelnote:Spoiler Information]] After drinking too much of [=BoJack=]'s alcohol, she ends up suffering from alcohol poisoning during the double date.[[/labelnote]]
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* BetaCouple: She and Pete are this to Bojack and Penny, since they're carpooling together to the school dance.
* BigFun: A bit overweight, and quite a party girl on her own.
* CorruptionOfAMinor: For starters, there's the drinking part where Penny, Maddie and Pete are involved. Then, as she goes overboard with the drink, she ends up intoxicating herself and in need of medical attention.
* DroppedABridgeOnHer: Her collapse comes out with little build-up.
%%* FatBestFriend: To Penny.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: {{Deconstructed}}. This is what happens when a no-holds-barred drinker with no limits and a irresponsible flaw enabler with no concept of responsibility meet and how bad things get when both of them enable each other in some capacity.
* InnocentBystander: Less so than Pete, since she also brought it on herself; but she's, like him, just one of the many people that Bojack ends up hurting during "Escape From L.A."
* LeftHanging: Whether she managed to recover or died is left up in the air, since we don't see what happens afterwards. [[spoiler: “A Quick One, While He’s Away” reveals that Maddy did survive the alcohol poisoning]].
* MoralDilemma: While what happened to Maddy was an accident, Pete doesn't take well that he is forced to lie just to cover Bojack's back and responsibility in the incident, as well as stay to see if she'll be okay. Even worse, the first option was leaving her at the entrance.
* RememberTheNewGuy: She's Penny's ''new'' best friend. Apparently, Alison F. just wasn't up to the task anymore.
* SacrificialLamb: Her fate is the first of many disasters caused by Bojack in "Escape From L.A."
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happens to her afterwards is never revealed. [[spoiler: Until season 6, where we learn that she survived.]]
* WorstAid: Poor Maddy ends up getting intoxicated on the alcohol brought by Bojack and when deciding what to do, Bojack decides to leave Pete in the hospital to accompany her while he takes Penny home.
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[[folder:Alison Flierl]]
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[[caption-width-right:160:Alison in the prom.]]
One of Penny's friends that gets mentioned by her and is seen in the yearbook.
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* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. She's most definitely this with Penny Carson, the school's "best smiler". However, Allison, judging by comments, is more of a CoolLoser and Penny, while higher in the social hierarchy, is not that popular. After two months and being with the cool kids, Penny eventually denies being friends with her at all, putting the state of their current relationship in question.
* CoolLoser: So far, besides the brief hints of her studying, there's really not that much of a difference between her and the in crowd.
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: She has a dark skin tone and has blonde hair, as revealed by the yearbook.
* DorkKnight: {{Implied}}. Besides the fact that her footnote mentions "Most Likely To Succeed", there's the fact that Penny dropped her as a friend after getting with the cool crowd and the way Maddy talks about her hints that she may be kind of a {{Nerd}}.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: While she's not friends with Penny anymore, if her achievements are anything to go by, she'll probably have a good future.
* TheGhost: Never appears onscreen, save for a photo on the yearbook.
* ShipTease: Alison goes to the prom with Hamster.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The rumor she tells Penny about Diego probably wanting to ask her out is one of the catalysts for the disastrous prom night of [=BoJack=] and Penny.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Named after one of the staff writers in the series, Allison Flierl.
* UnPerson: After the TimeSkip, Penny prefers not to talk about her and denies ever having been her friend. Ouch.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: In-between the two months gap, Penny and Allison go from good friends to Penny preferring not to remember who is she.
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[[folder:Rachel Kaplan]]

One of Penny's classmates, as shown in the yearbook.
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* BaldWomen: A case in which her feathers are already colored, in which case it could be considered as hair. Otherwise, no actual mane of hair whatsoever.
* FurryFemaleMane: {{Averted|Trope}}. Like a lot of avians in the series, she's completely covered in feathers, none of which is explicitly piled up on her head.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: She has eyelashes. Otherwise, she seems more of a {{Tomboy}}.
* VisualPun: The footnote in her yearbook picture is "Most Likely To Eat Seeds". This said about a female bird.
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[[folder:Lyla K.]]

Another classmate of Penny, whom she feels often inferior due to her (debatable) beauty. She ends up going to the prom with [[{{Hunk}} Diego]], causing Penny to go in a double date with Pete, Maddy and [=BoJack=].
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* InformedAttractiveness: Penny keeps rambling on about how pretty she is, despite [=BoJack=] pointing out how she's not prettier than she is. Then again, Penny might be having some image problems.
* InSeriesNickname: Known as "Lyla K."
* NiceGirl: Friendly, approachable and bubbly.
* OfficialCouple: With Diego Mendoza.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Lyla must have seen something in ol' "Biggest Flirt" to agree to go to the prom with him, in spite of his reputation. Judging by Diego's reaction to her arrival, the feeling's mutual.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: While mentioned sporadically, she's the one who ends up going out with Penny's crush, Diego, triggering a series of horrific events during the prom.
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[[folder:Ali Sandler]]

One of Penny's classmates, as shown in the yearbook. The funny gal in the classroom.
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* ClassClown: {{Implied}}. While there's no visual signs to support this, this trait of hers is mentioned often and she's certainly the right kind of fish to be one.
* MisplacedWildlife: {{Justified}}. Despite being an anthropomorphic clownfish living on dry land without the need of water, this is shown to be commonplace in the Horsemanverse and so, it's more likely that sea people are more adept to living in the surface without the (constant) need of water.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Her pink sweater in the yearbook picture.
* ThePrankster: Per classic modus operandi for the joker in the classroom.
* VisualPun: The footnote in her yearbook picture is "Class Clownfish". This said about an ''actual'' clownfish.
* WackyGuy: A female version, being a ClassClown and all.
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[[folder:Hamster Bingham]]
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[[caption-width-right:160:Hamster in the prom.]]
One of Penny's classmates, as shown in the yearbook.
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* AnimalThemeNaming: His name is ''Hamster'', for Pete's sake.
* GoodWithNumbers: {{Implied}}, since the footnote in his yearbook picture reads "Future Bank Manager".
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Seems like a pretty amiable guy.
* NonIndicativeName: Despite what [[ADogNamedDog his name]] may lead you [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin to believe]] in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals, he is ''not'' an actual hamster.
* ShipTease: Hamster goes to the prom with Alison.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: ''Hamster''? '''Really'''?
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[[folder:Connie Saps]]

One of Penny's classmates, as shown in the yearbook. Apparently likes to sleep it off in classes.
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* AnimalStereotypes: Sloths are usually thought to be highly slow and lazy. As such, it's no surprise that Connie prefers to doze off while in class.
* AsleepInClass: Constantly, to the point where the {{Epigraph}} in her yearbook picture OUTRIGHT STATES IT.
* FurryReminder: Sleeps during classes, a reference to how sloths are seen through the public's eye.
* HeavySleeper: Once she's asleep, there's no way to wake her up. Not that it would be a good idea to do so, considering the RealLife implications.
* LazyBum: The footnote in her yearbook picture reads "Most Likely To Sleep Through Class". Make of that what you will.
* {{Sleepyhead}}: She sleeps during class.
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[[folder:Willis Woodward]]

One of Penny's classmates, as shown in the yearbook. He's one of the guys who tells Penny (indirectly) about the possibility that Diego may ask her out for the prom.
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* AlliterativeName: '''W'''illis '''W'''oodward.
* {{Gasshole}}: {{Implied}}. His nickname among the class is "The Bean" which can either come out of his color (which is kind of ridiculous considering how everyone has a darker shade of skin) or....
* GossipEvolution: It's possible that they might have misinterpreted what Diego said or that in between the trail that the message took, the original message was lost with details being filled by those who exchanged it.
* GossipyHens: A rare male example. His and Ray-Ray's rumors about Diego being possibly interested in Penny is what leads Penny to start gathering the courage to ask him out and when that fails, to make the mistake of letting [=BoJack=] take her to the prom.
* InSeriesNickname: ''The Bean''.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: See GossipyHens.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Ray-Ray.
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[[folder:Ray Stingray]]

One of Penny's classmates, as shown in the yearbook. He's one of the guys who tells Penny (indirectly) about the possibility that Diego may ask her out for the prom.
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* GossipEvolution: It's possible that they might have misinterpreted what Diego said or that in between the trail that the message took, the original message was lost with details being filled by those who exchanged it.
* GossipyHens: A rare male example. His and The Bean's rumors about Diego being possibly interested in Penny is what leads Penny to start gathering the courage to ask him out and when that fails, to make the mistake of letting [=BoJack=] take her to the prom.
* InSeriesNickname: ''Ray-Ray''.
* MisplacedWildlife: An actual stingray who's living in dry land with humans and anthropomorphic animals without ant sign of dehydration.
* PunnyName: His nickname has to do with the fact that he's an stingray as well as the fact that's his actual name.
* RepetitiveName: It can't get more repetitive than having your first name be the suffix to your last one and then having a nickname involving both that lampshades that fact.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: See GossipyHens.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With The Bean.
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[[folder:Rhoda Selkirk]]
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[[caption-width-right:200:Rhoda in prom.]]
One of Penny's classmates, as shown in the yearbook. The teacher's favorite.
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: One of the top students, apparently.
* BigBeautifulWoman: Curvy, stout and attractive.
* BrainyBrunette: Rhoda has dark hair and one of the best students in Penny's class.
* TheCameo: [[WildMassGuessing Possibly]]. [[spoiler:During [=BoJack=]'s wild party in [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E10ItsYou "It's You"]], which takes place several months after her high school prom, Rhoda appears there having a good time. Whether she moved to L.A. for college and just snuck in or it was just a ReusedCharacterDesign from the creator's part is up for debate.]]
* ClassRepresentative: More than likely, given her close status to the teacher.
* InterspeciesRomance: Her date for the prom is a male possum.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: {{Implied|Trope}}. She goes to the prom with a possum and seems to be there to have a good time with him.
* TeachersPet: The footnote at her yearbook picture outright states it!
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!The Carson Family

* BraggingThemeTune: As it details below in {{Leitmotif}}, "Kyle and The Kids" is basically a description of the life of Charlotte's family and how they're perfectly happy with no one to ruin their happiness. Ouch.
* ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with Charlotte and her husband, Kyle. She's slim and fit, while Kyle's a BigBeautifulMan.
* DysfunctionalFamily: Not overtly or completely so, but there were problems with the family before our [[NominalHero "hero"]] arrived. He just had to make them '''worse'''.
* GenderEqualsBreed: Penny, the daughter, is the same species as her mother yet has her father's hair color in the fur. Trip is a human like his dad and clearly has the same hair.
* HappilyMarried: Charlotte is in a stable, loving, and and secure marriage with Kyle; this reveal to [=BoJack=] in "Escape From L.A." makes him very shocked and regretful.
* HumanMomNonHumanDad: {{Inverted|Trope}}. Penny and Trip's parents are respectively a female doe and a human, with each one of their offspring being of one of their species (Penny being a doe with same color as dear ol' daddy and Trip a human with the same hair color).
* InferredHolocaust: After [=BoJack=] leaves, the disasters he caused around people, especially the Carsons, are left unsolved.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8KOp1-XBMc "Kyle And The Kids"]], an upbeat 80's style sitcom song containing LyricalDissonance and MoodDissonance considering how bleak is the episode in which it plays.
* MissedHimByThatMuch: One of the pictures from the PhotoMontage in "Escape From L.A." shows the Carson family vacationing at Todd's Disneyland. Since that park burned down at the end of "Yesterdayland", they were attending at the same time ''[=BoJack=] and Wanda were.''
* PhotoMontage: At the beginning of the episode, in order to explain who's who in the family.
* TwoFirstNames: "Carson" can also be used as a first name.
* WalkingSpoiler: Since they basically spoil what Charlotte has been doing since last seen by [=BoJack=], so yeah.

[[folder:Charlotte Carson]]
* See [[Characters/BojackHorsemanCharlotteMooreCarson Charlotte Moore-Carson]] for more details.
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[[folder:Kyle Carson]]
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!!!'''Played by''': Creator/EdHelms.

Charlotte's human husband and Trip and Penny's father.

* BigBeautifulMan: He's a bit overweight, but otherwise, has a relatively good physique.
* BrutalHonesty: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Kyle's not confident about his son entering the school team but is not willing to say so to him. He is willing to tell this to Charlotte.
* BumblingDad: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. He is certainly goofy and laid-back, but knows when to put his foot down and isn't stupid or gullible at all.
* ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: {{Inverted|Trope}} with his wife, Charlotte. She's slim and fit, while Kyle's a BigBeautifulMan.
* GoodParents: He and Charlotte are actually quite lenient and attentive with their kids, yet still know when to put limits and put them on line.
* HappilyMarried: Kyle is in a stable, loving, and secure marriage with Charlotte. "The Showstopper", however, had Kyle admit their marriage hit a rough patch, but according to him they worked it out.
* InterspeciesRomance: He (a human) is married to Charlotte (a doe).
* {{Irony}}: Kyle didn't trust [=BoJack=] when he first arrived, believing the latter in having an ulterior motive for visiting. After he's stayed for over 2 months, at which point any good intentions he had with the family have long since vanished.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Just like Trip, Kyle is busy sleeping while the DramaBomb is going off in [=BoJack=]'s boat. Of course, one can only imagine what will happen when he wakes up and Charlotte tells him what happened...
** [[spoiler: He's also made unaware by Charlotte of the two "refrigerator repairmen" being reporters asking Penny about Bojack and Sara Lynn in "Good Damage". With the way he doesn't suspect anything about or Penny's distress, it's left ambiguous if Charlotte ever told him what happened with Bojack at all.]]
* MellowFellow: Kyle's down to earth, personable and non-confrontational.
* MotivationalLie: Encourages Trip to continue his attempts at the tryouts for the high school team, only to then confide to Charlotte that ''he's never going to make it''.
* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: When hearing about Penny's prom problem, Kyle tries to cheer her up by dressing and going as her date as a father-daughter bonding activity. However, [=BoJack=] offers and Penny accepts and a dejected Kyle simply accepts it.
* NiceGuy: If the rest of the tropes listed in here aren't proof, nothing is.
* ShooOutTheClowns: Charlotte mentions that Kyle's sleeping in the [[DramaBomb last third]] of "Escape From L.A.". Not that it's gonna be easier when he wakes up.
* StiffUpperLip: Often maintains a calm demeanor even when feeling mad or hurt. His reaction to Penny going with [=BoJack=] instead of making it a father-daughter dance seals it:
-->''Oh, yeah, well, [[TinMan that's definitely the better idea]].''
* TheStoic: Not unfeeling by any case, but Kyle keeps his composure and he only has subtle mood changes.
* UnknownRival: Kyle has no idea that [=BoJack=] has an unresolved attraction towards his wife or that he sees him as a hindrance. Ironically, he only starts trusting him after he has stayed 2 months with the family. When he first arrived, he was highly suspicious.

[[folder:Penny Carson]]
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!!!'''Played by''': [[Series/BroadCity Ilana Glazer]]

A brown doe and Charlotte's daughter after settling down in New Mexico and getting married.

* AdultsAreUseless: Penny's [[InUniverse perception]] of her parents, although it's presented in a more realistic way than usually presented. Charlotte is clearly trying to connect with her daughter Penny in such turbulent times like adolescence, but TheGenerationGap makes them see the world differently: Charlotte thinks that Penny needs to listen and understand that she has lived through the same thing, while Penny thinks the best course of action is try to establish her independence and from her own path away from other influences. It only gets worse when [=BoJack=] arrives, since their rift is intensified by both being ignorant about him in their own ways: the mother thinks he's a returning friend and the daughter that he's a kindred soul. The former's beliefs leads her to trust the horse far more than her own judgement, allowing him to get closer to Penny.
* AppealToPopularity: Like any teenager, Penny follows the crowd and tries to keep up appearances for the sake of popularity and self-esteem. Hell, the reason why she has pressured her dad to give her driving lessons is because she's the only senior who hasn't got a driving license. A unique approach, since the episode shows that this attitude is nothing more than a façade of her rampant confusion of what she doesn't know and that establishing herself as a moral center is ''bad'' when you're vulnerable, unable to grasp the whole truth and a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: She bonds with [=BoJack=] because he's the first one to have treated her like an adult.
%% * BirdsOfAFeather: With [=BoJack=], since he still has the mind of a teenager.
* BigEgoHiddenDepths: She acts all confident and haughty, but she has a surprising amount of vulnerability typical of a teenager.
%% * BrattyTeenageDaughter: A realistic portrayal, with a [[DumbassTeenageSon dumbass teenage brother]] to boot.
* BreakTheCutie: Two instances of her life in this trope:
** A lighter example: When Diego rejects her and goes to the prom with Lyla K., Penny goes on a brief slump.
** A darker/more extreme example: [[spoiler:When she spots [=BoJack=] at her college in Ohio, a year after the boat incident. Her increasingly frightened attitude and backing away makes it clear she has absolutely no interest in reliving that moment, let alone see him. The fact he ''somehow'' knew where she was (thanks to Sarah Lynn), and the trench coat he wore made the encounter even more terrifying.]]
* BrokenPedestal: [[Characters/BojackHorsemanTheHorseHimself [=BoJack=]]]. Penny becomes good friends with him during his time in Tesuque and even takes her to the prom after Diego, her crush, turns her down. However, the tragedies surrounding the evening become more and more troubling for her (drunk driving, possible alcohol poisoning, irresponsibility galore), until she almost sleeps with [=BoJack=] believing he's the only adult who understands her, something he avoids until he's too depressed to even care. [[spoiler:By the time they re-encounter, Penny is now scared of [=BoJack=] and is traumatized by the possibility that he's been following her..[[note]]which he has, but for good (if horribly misguided) reasons[[/note]]]]
* CannotSpitItOut: Towards her crush, Diego Mendoza. She prefers to stalk him rather than speak face-to-face.
* CharacterDevelopment: In the season 3 episode "That's Too Much, Man!", Penny is revealed to have entered an university in Ohio and has finally gained enough common sense and maturity to deal with her personal life out of home. Further reinforced by her reaction to seeing [=BoJack=] again: first surprised, then repulsed and scared because of what they almost did together. It continues in "Good Damage," where she talks with her mother about what happened and if it may be worth telling her story so other people won't feel bad about their traumatic experiences. Penny regrets nearly sleeping with [=BoJack=] but knows that he was an adult who should have said no and she was a confused teen. Charlotte doesn't forbid Penny from [[spoiler:talking to the reporters investigating Sarah Lynn's death, but she suggests Penny think about it before calling them. We don't know for certain if Penny talks to them since Paige's priority was about why [=BoJack=] left Sarah Lynn to die, but she does think about it]].
* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: PlayedWith. She's most definitely this with Allison Flierl, the school's resident {{nerd}}. However, Allison, judging by comments, is more of a CoolLoser and Penny, while higher in the social hierarchy, is not that popular. After two months and being with the cool kids, Penny eventually denies being friends with her at all, putting the state of their current relationship in question.
* CommonalityConnection: Bojack and Penny don't start on the right foot, but after they come clean to each other about certain things, they become as thick as thieves.
* DaddysGirl: {{Implied}} to have been this somewhere in the past. Not so much nowadays.
-->'''Penny''': If there's anything I can do to help around here, Mom. Dad was supposed to take me driving after school today, but now he's gotta take Trip to his dumb-ass basketball game.
** When she's lacking a date to the prom, [=BoJack=] offers - only for Penny's father to walk in dressed in a tuxedo and a bouquet of flowers behind his back, obviously willing to accompany his daughter to the dance as moral support.
--->'''Kyle''': Oh, yeah, well, [[StiffUpperLip that's definitely the better idea]].
* DeadpanSnarker: She has her moments.
-->''' Trip''': (arguing about why he needs to go to the game) It's the quarter-finals.
-->''' Penny''': You'll just get a hard-on in the game.
* DecoyProtagonist: In [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E11EscapeFromLA "Escape From L.A."]]. Once the story kicks in, Charlotte recedes into the background while her daughter, Penny and her own issues take center stage. Yet, for how much focus the little doe receives in the episode, Charlotte still remains at the center of the story as the major catalyst of two major events in it.
* DesignatedDriver: Leads to her being the OnlySaneWoman in regards to Bojack getting bourbon to replace the Red Bull and Vodka mix that Maddy had in a flask.
%% * DoYouWantToCopulate: She offers herself to [=BoJack=] in a rather clumsy way.
* DoggedNiceGirl: When she finally musters the courage to ask her crush, Diego Mendoza, out, he rejects her and goes to the prom with another girl. Happens again with [=BoJack=]... at first.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Penny's alibi to get out of the house is to get [=BoJack=] to teach her how to drive. {{Downplayed}} given she's not that bad, except when bothered or embarrassed.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Turns out her experiences in "Escape From L.A." haven't affected her that much and has matured into a young adult now going to college. [[HopeSpot Too bad]] [[FromBadToWorse [=BoJack=] wanted to make amends.]]
* EroticEating: {{Discussed}} when in an attempt to convince [=BoJack=] to have sex, Penny mentions her ability to put a condom in a banana.
-->'''Bojack''': With your mouth? What kind of health class was that?
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Once the entire Carson family is presented in "Escape From L.A.", Penny's first line involves [[ArmorPiercingQuestion asking who [=BoJack=] is with some distrust and then following with wondering why he's here in the first place]]. [[AwesomenessByAnalysis He's mom's old friend. What, he came all the way down here just to see her?]] Is he expecting something, hoping she was still single after more than 20 years and start dating? And then, after he takes her driving and both come clean about their respective secrets (she was driving near her crush's house [spying on him] [[NotSoDifferent and]] he is running away from the person he was back in L.A. [he wants to restart anew with Charlotte and even have a new life away from Hollywoo]), she changes her tune to "[[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe Maybe he's not so bad after all]]".
* ExpospeakGag: When Bojack asks for context on her [[StalkerWithACrush "relationship"]] with Diego, Penny starts explaining it....by talking about how her friends counseled on what to do to ask him out, while failing to provide any context for the people she's mentioning.
-->'''Penny''': So, anyway. My best friend, Alison F. was talking to Rachel Kaplan....
-->''' Bojack''': [[LampshadeHanging Do I really need to know these names?]]
-->''' Penny''': Rachel heard from Ray-Ray and the Bean that Diego said if prom happened right now he'd want to go with Ali Sandler.....
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: PlayedWith. While she starts as a sort of Responsible Sibling to Trip's Foolish Sibling, the events of the episode "Escape From L.A." focus on her and some of her less wise decisions, while less focus on Trip makes him come off as the (relatively) sane one.
* FriendshipDenial: After the TimeSkip, Penny denies been friends with Alison Flierl when talking with Maddy. Whether they're still in a good standing and she's just saving face or she's really no longer friends with her isn't revealed.
* FriendshipFavoritism: While Penny is smart enough to know better than choose sides, she's passive and insecure enough to embrace the relationships that will make her life better and have a perception of life she'd like. This has backfired on her in several occasions:
** For starters, her relationship with [=BoJack=], contrasting that of her parents, comes first even at the cost of practical advice and knowledge from Charlotte and Kyle. Being of similar minds, Penny believes [=BoJack=] to be more understanding, less judgmental and because of her naïvety and arrogance, to be the only adult with some sense of how serious everything in her life is. As such, even if her common sense tells her otherwise, she just follows his lead and considers him a good influence for her. [[ToxicFriendInfluence It couldn't be farther from the truth]], but ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime. [[spoiler:Of course, once innocents get hurt and hormones get in the way, things get a lot more murky. Now, Penny has learned to do better the hard way.]]
** Pre-TimeSkip, she was often implied to be good friends with Alison Flierl, the school resident CoolLoser, much to the chagrin of the popular clique like Maddy Ginsburg. Seeing the chances of raising in status fly by, Penny distanced herself from Alison, preferring to hang with Maddy, even neglecting any time spent together with Alison. Post-TimeSkip, Penny denies ever being friends with Alison to Maddy as they head to the prom. As they never speak directly neither before or during the prom, it's dubious if they remained in touch, but it's clear they're not as close as they used to be.
* GenderEqualsBreed: She is a deer just like her mother.
* TheGenerationGap: {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in her relationship with Charlotte, her mother. Charlotte, being older and wiser, knows exactly what's going through her daughter's life and mind, but because of her rather peaceful approach and Penny's impulsiveness and chaotic feelings, she's unable to reach out to her no matter what she does. And Penny's not going to start listening anyway, so any advice is branded as typical "parents don't understand" clueless advice, disregarding any merit the advice has. Being similar, yet in different stages of life also shows in rather terrifying parallels: Charlotte keeps [=BoJack=] at bay during most of the time he's visiting[[labelnote:*]]Given how ''not'' addressing [=BoJack=] at all turned out, this may be debatable but it was like trying to predict a car crash[[/labelnote]] and argues against his impulsive decision of them eloping together despite still (possibly) attracted to him; Penny, due to her inexperience and similar taste, becomes smitten with [=BoJack=] and due to them having the same mindsets with none of the foresight, they propel each other's bad decisions without stopping to think about the consequences. Needless to say, neither of these choices turn out to be wise, colliding in a life-changing incident.
* GenerationXerox: Looks like a younger version of Charlotte with a different fur color. [=BoJack=] ends up noticing the parallels.
* GoToYourRoom: A darker example than the rest. Penny gets yelled by Charlotte to go to her room not because she misbehaved, but because she just caught her daughter and [=BoJack=] in some rather intimate circumstances and wanted Penny in a safe place before letting [=BoJack=] have it.
* HumanMomNonhumanDad: Her mother is like her, a doe, and her father a human.
* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: For all her bravado, she acts kinda clumsy and inexperienced when trying to convince Bojack to have sex.
* HeldGaze: She and [=BoJack=] share one, right before things go [[GoneHorriblyWrong horribly wrong.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: She mistrusts and drifts apart from [[GoodParents her parents]], while becoming close friends with [[DoomMagnet [=BoJack=]]]. It gets to the point that while hesitating to leave her possibly intoxicated/ alcohol poisoned friend, Penny changes her mind when [=BoJack=] justifies it, seeing him as a trustworthy person. {{Justified|Trope}}, since she's a teenager and in conflict with her emotions and opinions, as well as easily swayed. It doesn't help that [=BoJack=] is [[ObliviouslyEvil not the classic type of monster]].
* TheIngenue: She fits it to a T. She's cheerful, somewhat innocent, idealistic and quite more trusting than an average person ought to be. This only makes it easier for her and [=BoJack=] to get close, bond and almost have sex.
* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: Penny is surprised and delighted when an adult like [=BoJack=] actually pays heed to her problems and afflictions and tries in his own way to help, finding it a nice change of pace from her parents' constant dismissals. Eventually, this leads her to confuse these feelings with love and try to seduce [=BoJack=].
* IntergenerationalFriendship: She develops one with Bojack, an old friend of her mother. It goes bad places.
* InterruptedIntimacy: She tries to have sex with [=BoJack=] but is interrupted by [[ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime Charlotte walking onto the scene, horrified.]].
* {{Irony}}: Penny wants to distance herself from her family in order to stand out and become an independent person. Her way of doing so is getting involved with a man who coerces her into making some very irresponsible mistakes.
* JailBait: For [=BoJack=]. Although when he tries to argue this as a reason to not sleep with her, Penny tells her that her age, 17, is of legal consent in New Mexico.
* LovingAShadow:
** Since this is [[InLoveWithLove Penny]] we're talking about, it's clear from her reasons to chase after and stalk Diego Mendoza, that there's no true connection between them other than the whims of an emotionally unbalanced teenager. She has no idea of his character and he's not aware she exists.
** She ends up falling for [=BoJack=] because he treats like an adult, but mistakes that for romance, especially since she knows very little about him.
* MadeOfTemptation: Penny represents a chance for [=BoJack=] to have his cake and eat it after finding out Charlotte is married: she looks just like her mother, Charlotte; she's single and, more than that, trusts and considers him a true friend. It doesn't take a lot for Bojack to reject her (at first), but it's clear it's more out of scruples than not having interest.
* MaintainTheLie: After [=BoJack=] confesses to her that he just wants to stay a bit to figure things out, Penny tells him that lying about the boat show will backfire when the family realizes it doesn't exist. She redirects him to a shop and helps him buy one to keep them from suspecting.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She regrets asking [=BoJack=] to sleep with her, even if he was obviously more at fault as the adult in the situation. Later, she does consider talking to [[spoiler:Paige and Max may make her feel better about it; Charlotte points out that it may go the other way and make her feel worse]].
* NotQuiteTheRightThing: One of her main flaws. For as much as Penny tries to be morally upstanding or as morally upstanding as a teenager can be, her sense of right and wrong is determined by what she can do to help her friends for better or worse, regardless of the morality of ''their'' actions. She just can't turn down helping her so-called friends out of fear of being ostracized and her compass is guided more by "what can hurt us?'' rather than "is this the real good thing to do?". Even when Maddy starts drinking way too much and everyone except her is okay with it, Penny doesn't say anything about it other than a few passive remarks because [=BoJack=] actually approves and she clearly trusts his judgement, even if she starts feeling uncomfortable about it. Even when she collapses, Penny is convinced to go through [=BoJack=]'s plan of leaving her at the entrance of the hospital...as long as there's someone looking out for her like Pete. [[spoiler:She seems to have grown out of this by the time of her appearance in season 3.]]
* OnlySaneWoman: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged.]] On one hand, she calls bullshit on the story [=BoJack=] made up to stay in Tesuque, as well as some of the less rational decisions and actions made during prom night. On the other, she's just as likely to cause some screw-ups ''herself'' such as crashing [=BoJack=]'s car in a panic, and [=BoJack=] has to resort to calling her out as well. Also, being a teenager makes her easily swayed to anyone's opinion.
* OperationJealousy: She and [=BoJack=] plan for him to go as her prom date as a way for her to stick it to Diego for not going with her, as well as not losing out on having a great time.
* PrecociousCrush: As the months pass, she develops feelings for [=BoJack=]. To be fair, they stem out of the fact that he treats her with respect, as an adult, unlike her parents. This eventually turns a lot less precocious when she tries to get [=BoJack=] to sleep with her.
* RebelliousSpirit: She always tries to rebel or go against her parents' advice or wishes, often acting standoffish and plain demanding when things don't go the way she wants them to go. [[LeavingYouToFindMyself It's mostly to affirm her own identity, though.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: For [=BoJack=] , as Penny is nearly the splitting image of Charlotte, TheOneThatGotAway and for which [=BoJack=] still feels something. Cemented when after having his hopes crushed by Charlotte, he subtly allows Penny to have her way with him.
* SecretKeeper: Briefly becomes this for [=BoJack=], since out of all the Carson family members, she's the only one [=BoJack=] confesses his real motives behind his arrival at New Mexico. Once she helps him keep up the façade out of sympathy, she ascends to even TheConfidant. And, then their mutual immature minds start confusing everything and it all blows to hell.
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: This is her main purpose towards her classmate, [[BigManOnCampus Diego]], with shades of LovingAShadow since it's clear that the connections she often tries to find between them are nothing but simple imagination and the image she has of him is quite exaggerated.
* SmittenTeenageGirl: Her crush on Diego makes little sense, being based on ''nothing'' except a few amiable conversations they've had and skipping altogether how Diego truly feels about her. Penny clearly idealizes the idea of them being together to the point it exceeds anything resembling reality. Her crush on [=BoJack=] also has shades of this. Despite arguing that she really wants this, that she's old enough to make her own decisions and she sees things clear enough for a relationship to work, the reason why she likes [=BoJack=] is because he treats her with the respect she feels her parents don't give her.
* SquaringTheLoveTriangle: Penny's relationship with [=BoJack=] evolves into this as his stay prolongs itself, even if only Penny notices at first and from a wrong perspective nonetheless. The great resemblance she has to her mother Charlotte, his increasingly desperate desire to redeem what he sees as his [[MyGreatestFailure biggest mistake]] and Penny's naivete when it comes to relationships and the nature of people come to a boiling point when Charlotte rejects [=BoJack=] and Penny offers some comfort in the form of sex. The fact that this almost happens between him and Penny is enough to kill any sense of lasting friendship with Charlotte and, after a TimeSkip, [[spoiler:any camaraderie with Penny, once she has had time to reflect on how messed up the whole situation was.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She is physically identical to Charlotte. While dancing with [=BoJack=], he lampshades their strong resemblance.
* TantrumThrowing: When she's rejected by Diego, she throws a hissy fit during a family dinner.
* TheTease: While trying to convince [=BoJack=], Penny shows a more flirty side of herself.
* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Her room, besides having some posters of [[{{Pun}} Llama]] [[Music/LanaDelRey Del Rey]], has some hand-woven blankets covering the wall. Then, there's also her typical dress, with specific patterns of the culture of New Mexico.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: {{Discussed|Trope}}. When Sarah-Lynn reads Penny's twitter account, it states she likes Thai food.
* WalkingSpoiler: Penny's existence reveals a lot about [=BoJack=]'s past relationships and how they have changed.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Allison Flierl, the school's CoolLoser. Judging by the conversation Penny has with Maddy after the TimeSkip, she would prefer if Allison was never mentioned and denies ever having contact with her.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: In "Good Damage", Penny is approached by Paige Sinclair and Maximilian Banks about her history with Bojack. She tells them about Bojack getting Maddy alcohol poisoning, but she doesn't get to say much more before Charlotte kicks them out of the house. Later on, Penny thinks of calling them and telling them the full story, though Charlotte voices concern that it won't be good for Penny's mental health and that people might see the family in a negative light since the story would have also revealed the mistakes they made, too. However, that's the last time we see Penny, and the audience never finds out if went through with calling the reporters, and we never see how she reacts to Bojack's fall from grace or if she got caught up in the story since all his misdeeds were exposed as part of it. Though considering how the public was much more focused on Bojack's MurderByInaction of Sarah Lynn, it's very likely that what happened to Penny was overshadowed by that]].
%% * WideEyedIdealist: She can be woefully naive about how the world (and relationships) work.
* YouRemindMeOfX: [=BoJack=] tells her she looks a lot like her mother, and that's just the tip of the iceberg...
* YouthfulFreckles: She has tiny dots of pigment below her eyes and is just a teenager.

[[folder:Trip Carson]]
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!!!'''Played by''': Adam Pally.

Charlotte's human son with Kyle and Penny's younger brother.

* DumbassTeenageSon: Along with Penny being the BrattyTeenageDaughter.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: PlayedWith. While he starts as a sort of Foolish Sibling to Penny's Responsible Sibling, the events of the episode "Escape From L.A." focus on Penny and some of her less wise decisions, while less focus on Trip makes him come off as the (relatively) sane sibling.
* GenderEqualsBreed: He's a human, just like his father.
* HumanMomNonhumanDad: His mother is a doe and his father, like him, a human.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: He's known for "[[RagingStiffie popping boners]]" suddenly. His sister frequently mocks him about it.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: While shit hits the fan back at his house, he's sleeping peacefully at some friend's house. Is he going to be glad to have been there when he discovers what happened..
* LovableJock: He is a quarterback for his school, but unlike a stereotypical JerkJock, he's quite a NiceGuy.
* OnlySaneMan: He's the only one who doesn't get involved with the [=BoJack=] situation in "Escape From L.A.", just living his normal life. Seems like he gets the temperament from his mother.
* RagingStiffie: The bane of all teenaged boys everywhere.
* SatelliteCharacter: The least developed of the Carson family, and just a teenage boy living his life away from Bojack's situation. Notably, unlike his family members, he never appears again after "Escape from L.A.".
* ShooOutTheClowns: He goes to a friend's house in the [[DramaBomb final act]] of "Escape From L.A.". Whelp, dodge a bullet there.
* SiblingRivalry: With his sister, Penny, mostly for their parents' attention.
* SiblingYinYang: With Penny. Which one is which is debatable.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He's a younger, slimmer version of Kyle with freckles and his mother's eyes.
* YouJustHadToSayIt: Right after Penny's DeadpanSnarker moment above:
-->''' Trip''': Now I will get a hard-on because you made me think about it. Thanks a lot.
* YouthfulFreckles: Has them on his face which serve to represent his energetic and lovable nature.
[[/folder]]

!The Carsons' Neighborhood

[[folder:The Carsons' Neighbors]]

Charlotte's family's neighbors, who are uncomfortable with the new guest in the neighborhood.

* CrankyNeighbor: Not usually, but they can be if they are ignored on their requests, like removing something from a neighbor's garage. Then again, where would Bojack leave his boat after two months living there?
* GilliganCut: While they don't like the new "acquisition" from the people next door, just a quick word with them will be enough to move it. Cut two months later, it hasn't been moved and they resent them for that.
* HappilyMarried: {{Implied}}. It's never outright confirmed, but they live together and they speak as a team.
* {{Meta Guy}}s: They become quite uncomfortable with the fact that Bojack's boat is still in the Carsons' garage after two months and they start to sense something wrong about it. Although their reasons are far more petty.
* NosyNeighbor: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. They made a request to the Carsons to remove the boat and they say nothing when they don't, but still, there's something about the way they talk behind their backs..
* RightForTheWrongReasons: ''Not keen'' on the idea of Bojack staying, but it's less because of the inherent wrongness of the situation, and more because [[FelonyMisdemeanor his parking spot bothers them]].

!Tesuque High School Students

[[folder:General]]
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[[caption-width-right:370:L-R: Upper row: Hamster Bingham, Penny Carson, Allison Flierl, Maddy Ginsberg. Middle Row: Rachel Kaplan, Diego Mendoza, Peter Pocket, Ali Sandler. Bottom Row: Connie Saps, Rhoda Selkirk, Ray Stingray, Willis Woodward.]]
* AerithAndBob: Names range from common ones like Penny, Alison or Rachel to rare ones like Rhoda to weird ones like Hamster.
* AllThereInTheManual: An unusual InUniverse example, as their actual names (or complete ones) are revealed through the school's yearbook.
* CastOfSnowflakes: Take a good look at each of them. There are 7 human students, all of which have different complexions, color of skin[[note]]well, different shades[[/note]] and hair, as well as different heights. The other students are from different species, all which are never repeated not ''once''.
* {{Epigraph}}: During the "yearbook" scene, it's shown that each of them have a different footnote under their pictures involving something for which they stand out from the crowd. Some of them ever offer some characteristics and AlternateCharacterInterpretation which is only fueled by the fact that most of them are only mentioned in passing, if shown at all.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Diego Mendoza]]

Penny's classmate and crush.

* BoyNextDoor: He's close enough to Penny to qualify for this trope, yet since she's too shy to talk directly and has barely had any real conversation with him, he's also ungraspable.
* CharactersAsDevice: His main purpose in the episode "Escape From L.A." is to give Penny's characters some depth and making [=BoJack=] and Penny bond.
* HiddenDepths: Despite being TheTease and TheCasanova, he chooses to go to the prom with Lyla K., who's not overtly attractive. Definetely did not see that one coming.
* {{Kidanova}}: {{Implied|Trope}}. His note at the foot of his yearbook is "Biggest Flirt".
* ObliviousToLove: He has no idea that Penny has a crush on him. Once she musters the courage to tell him however, he reveals to not be interested in her.
* OfficialCouple: With Lyla K.
* MellowFellow: He never shows himself to be standoffish, just calm and cool. Not even when Penny makes evidently clear she's stalking him.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: He doesn't do a lot in the little screen time he has, other than being someone for Penny to pin after, and the catalyst for [=BoJack=] and Penny's disastrous prom night.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: GenderFlipped. His date is Lyla K, a reptile that while good-looking, is not a stunner. However, they both seem to be very happy in the prom and are rather cute together, implying that they're more attracted personally than physically.
* TheTease: If his footnote "Biggest Flirt" at the bottom of his picture in the school yearbook is true, he has probably lead on more girls than just Penny. His aloof demeanor just add more to the implication.

[[folder:Pete "Repeat" Pocket]]
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[[caption-width-right:160:[[ItMakesSenseInContext If you know the context]], you would be making [[CorruptionOfAMinor this face too]].]]
!!!'''Played by''': Jermaine Fowler

One of Penny's friends, who accompanies Bojack, Penny and Maddie for prom night. [[labelnote:Spoiler Information]] Man, he really should have stayed home. Once Maddy suffers intoxication and is in need of serious medical attention, [=BoJack=] coerces him into staying with her in the hospital.[[/labelnote]]

* AllThereInTheManual: His surname, Pocket, is only revealed in his character sheet and in a FreezeFrameBonus when looking through the yearbook.
* AlliterativeName: '''P'''ete '''P'''ocket, as shown in the yearbook. Maybe his nickname is meaningful, after all.
* BetaCouple: He and Maddie are this to Bojack and Penny, since they're carpooling together to the school dance.
* BrokenPedestal: After admiring Bojack because of his openness towards teenage drinking and disregard for rules, he's crushed and horrified when he tries to coerce him into dumping Maddie into a hospital entrance after she suffers alcohol intoxication.
* CharacterDevelopment: He started as an impressionable teen that underwent a traumatic incident with an authority figure. Come Season Six, Pete goes to help a girl having a panic attack and coaches her through a mental exercise to calm her down. He attributes this growth to him seeing a psychiatrist. [[spoiler:Pete also acknowledges that [=BoJack=] was more at fault for Maddy's alcohol poisoning and that it was the wrong thing for the horse to ditch her and Pete]].
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Unexpectedly reappears in Season Six to tell Hollyhock what happened in New Mexico.]]
* CorruptionOfAMinor: First, there's the drinking part where Penny, Maddy and Pete are involved. Then, after Maddie collapses, Pete is persuaded by Bojack to stay with her at the hospital while he returns home with Penny.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: He is famed InUniverse for saying everything two times. Surprisingly, [[InformedAbility he never uses this apparent ability onscreen]].
* DubNameChange: The French dub changes his name to Brett. This is most likely because it rhymes with the French form of "repeat".
* EveryoneHasStandards: Underage drinking is one thing. Leaving someone who has probably poisoned herself with alcohol barely close to a hospital just because you're afraid of getting into trouble is something ''completely'' different.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: [[spoiler: In “A Quick One, While He’s Away”, Pete grew out his hair a bit on the top, and has a beard now]].
* FatAndSkinny: The '''Skinny''' to Maddy's '''Fat'''.
* ForcedMeme: He seems to be forcing his VerbalTic, considering he has to do it consciously and doesn't actually remember to repeat himself. [[spoiler: He's dropped attempting to do this by the time Season 6 rolls around]].
* FreezeFrameBonus: His real name is Pete Pocket, as shown in the annuary.
* InformedAbility: He boasts about his tendency to repeat everything twice, yet he never once does it in prom night. He constantly [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it:
-->'''Pete''': Hey, [=BoJack=], I'm Pete. But they call me Pete Repeat because I always say everything twice.
-->'''Bojack''': Everything?
-->'''Pete''': Yeah, it's kind of my thing.
-->'''Bojack''': Okay.
-->'''Pete''': Ah, damn. I forgot to say that twice, didn't I? Usually I do it.
* InnocentBystander: Just one of the many people that Bojack ends up hurting during "Escape From L.A."
* IronicNickname: Despite his nickname being "Repeat", he never once reiterates anything he says during Prom Night.
* InSeriesNickname: Pete "Repeat".
* MoralDilemma: While what happened to Maddy was an accident, he doesn't take well that he has to lie just to cover Bojack's back and responsibility in the incident. He hesitates until Bojack convinces him.
* NiceGuy: He's a perfectly friendly kid who has the severe misfortune of attending prom in the company of Bojack.
* PluckyComicRelief: He's the only source of light in the 2nd half of the episode, and even, it's subverted when he's the one freaking out about what happened to Maddy.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Pete only shows up twice in the 76 episodes of the series, but [[spoiler: him being a witness to Maddy's alcohol poisoning and telling Hollyhock all about it is one of the reasons why Hollyhock eventually made the hard decision to completely cut Bojack out of her life forever]].
* TimePassageBeard: [[spoiler: When Pete meets Hollyhock in the Season 6 Part 1 finale, he now sports a beard]].
* VerbalTic: He repeats things. [[InformedAbility Supposedly]].
* WorstAid: Forced to do this to Maddy by Bojack, much to his chagrin.

[[folder:Maddy Ginsberg]]
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!!!'''Played by''': Ali Wong.

Penny's second friend, after Alison Flierl, who along with Penny, Bojack and Pete, carpools to the prom. [[labelnote:Spoiler Information]] After drinking too much of [=BoJack=]'s alcohol, she ends up suffering from alcohol poisoning during the double date.[[/labelnote]]

* BetaCouple: She and Pete are this to Bojack and Penny, since they're carpooling together to the school dance.
* BigFun: A bit overweight, and quite a party girl on her own.
* CorruptionOfAMinor: For starters, there's the drinking part where Penny, Maddie and Pete are involved. Then, as she goes overboard with the drink, she ends up intoxicating herself and in need of medical attention.
* DroppedABridgeOnHer: Her collapse comes out with little build-up.
%%* FatBestFriend: To Penny.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: {{Deconstructed}}. This is what happens when a no-holds-barred drinker with no limits and a irresponsible flaw enabler with no concept of responsibility meet and how bad things get when both of them enable each other in some capacity.
* InnocentBystander: Less so than Pete, since she also brought it on herself; but she's, like him, just one of the many people that Bojack ends up hurting during "Escape From L.A."
* LeftHanging: Whether she managed to recover or died is left up in the air, since we don't see what happens afterwards. [[spoiler: “A Quick One, While He’s Away” reveals that Maddy did survive the alcohol poisoning]].
* MoralDilemma: While what happened to Maddy was an accident, Pete doesn't take well that he is forced to lie just to cover Bojack's back and responsibility in the incident, as well as stay to see if she'll be okay. Even worse, the first option was leaving her at the entrance.
* RememberTheNewGuy: She's Penny's ''new'' best friend. Apparently, Alison F. just wasn't up to the task anymore.
* SacrificialLamb: Her fate is the first of many disasters caused by Bojack in "Escape From L.A."
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happens to her afterwards is never revealed. [[spoiler: Until season 6, where we learn that she survived.]]
* WorstAid: Poor Maddy ends up getting intoxicated on the alcohol brought by Bojack and when deciding what to do, Bojack decides to leave Pete in the hospital to accompany her while he takes Penny home.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Alison Flierl]]
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[[caption-width-right:160:Alison in the prom.]]
One of Penny's friends that gets mentioned by her and is seen in the yearbook.

* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. She's most definitely this with Penny Carson, the school's "best smiler". However, Allison, judging by comments, is more of a CoolLoser and Penny, while higher in the social hierarchy, is not that popular. After two months and being with the cool kids, Penny eventually denies being friends with her at all, putting the state of their current relationship in question.
* CoolLoser: So far, besides the brief hints of her studying, there's really not that much of a difference between her and the in crowd.
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: She has a dark skin tone and has blonde hair, as revealed by the yearbook.
* DorkKnight: {{Implied}}. Besides the fact that her footnote mentions "Most Likely To Succeed", there's the fact that Penny dropped her as a friend after getting with the cool crowd and the way Maddy talks about her hints that she may be kind of a {{Nerd}}.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: While she's not friends with Penny anymore, if her achievements are anything to go by, she'll probably have a good future.
* TheGhost: Never appears onscreen, save for a photo on the yearbook.
* ShipTease: Alison goes to the prom with Hamster.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The rumor she tells Penny about Diego probably wanting to ask her out is one of the catalysts for the disastrous prom night of [=BoJack=] and Penny.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Named after one of the staff writers in the series, Allison Flierl.
* UnPerson: After the TimeSkip, Penny prefers not to talk about her and denies ever having been her friend. Ouch.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: In-between the two months gap, Penny and Allison go from good friends to Penny preferring not to remember who is she.

[[folder:Rachel Kaplan]]

One of Penny's classmates, as shown in the yearbook.

* BaldWomen: A case in which her feathers are already colored, in which case it could be considered as hair. Otherwise, no actual mane of hair whatsoever.
* FurryFemaleMane: {{Averted|Trope}}. Like a lot of avians in the series, she's completely covered in feathers, none of which is explicitly piled up on her head.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: She has eyelashes. Otherwise, she seems more of a {{Tomboy}}.
* VisualPun: The footnote in her yearbook picture is "Most Likely To Eat Seeds". This said about a female bird.

[[folder:Lyla K.]]

Another classmate of Penny, whom she feels often inferior due to her (debatable) beauty. She ends up going to the prom with [[{{Hunk}} Diego]], causing Penny to go in a double date with Pete, Maddy and [=BoJack=].

* InformedAttractiveness: Penny keeps rambling on about how pretty she is, despite [=BoJack=] pointing out how she's not prettier than she is. Then again, Penny might be having some image problems.
* InSeriesNickname: Known as "Lyla K."
* NiceGirl: Friendly, approachable and bubbly.
* OfficialCouple: With Diego Mendoza.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Lyla must have seen something in ol' "Biggest Flirt" to agree to go to the prom with him, in spite of his reputation. Judging by Diego's reaction to her arrival, the feeling's mutual.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: While mentioned sporadically, she's the one who ends up going out with Penny's crush, Diego, triggering a series of horrific events during the prom.

[[folder:Ali Sandler]]

One of Penny's classmates, as shown in the yearbook. The funny gal in the classroom.

* ClassClown: {{Implied}}. While there's no visual signs to support this, this trait of hers is mentioned often and she's certainly the right kind of fish to be one.
* MisplacedWildlife: {{Justified}}. Despite being an anthropomorphic clownfish living on dry land without the need of water, this is shown to be commonplace in the Horsemanverse and so, it's more likely that sea people are more adept to living in the surface without the (constant) need of water.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Her pink sweater in the yearbook picture.
* ThePrankster: Per classic modus operandi for the joker in the classroom.
* VisualPun: The footnote in her yearbook picture is "Class Clownfish". This said about an ''actual'' clownfish.
* WackyGuy: A female version, being a ClassClown and all.

[[folder:Hamster Bingham]]
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[[caption-width-right:160:Hamster in the prom.]]
One of Penny's classmates, as shown in the yearbook.

* AnimalThemeNaming: His name is ''Hamster'', for Pete's sake.
* GoodWithNumbers: {{Implied}}, since the footnote in his yearbook picture reads "Future Bank Manager".
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Seems like a pretty amiable guy.
* NonIndicativeName: Despite what [[ADogNamedDog his name]] may lead you [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin to believe]] in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals, he is ''not'' an actual hamster.
* ShipTease: Hamster goes to the prom with Alison.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: ''Hamster''? '''Really'''?

[[folder:Connie Saps]]

One of Penny's classmates, as shown in the yearbook. Apparently likes to sleep it off in classes.
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* AnimalStereotypes: Sloths are usually thought to be highly slow and lazy. As such, it's no surprise that Connie prefers to doze off while in class.
* AsleepInClass: Constantly, to the point where the {{Epigraph}} in her yearbook picture OUTRIGHT STATES IT.
* FurryReminder: Sleeps during classes, a reference to how sloths are seen through the public's eye.
* HeavySleeper: Once she's asleep, there's no way to wake her up. Not that it would be a good idea to do so, considering the RealLife implications.
* LazyBum: The footnote in her yearbook picture reads "Most Likely To Sleep Through Class". Make of that what you will.
* {{Sleepyhead}}: She sleeps during class.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Willis Woodward]]

One of Penny's classmates, as shown in the yearbook. He's one of the guys who tells Penny (indirectly) about the possibility that Diego may ask her out for the prom.
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* AlliterativeName: '''W'''illis '''W'''oodward.
* {{Gasshole}}: {{Implied}}. His nickname among the class is "The Bean" which can either come out of his color (which is kind of ridiculous considering how everyone has a darker shade of skin) or....
* GossipEvolution: It's possible that they might have misinterpreted what Diego said or that in between the trail that the message took, the original message was lost with details being filled by those who exchanged it.
* GossipyHens: A rare male example. His and Ray-Ray's rumors about Diego being possibly interested in Penny is what leads Penny to start gathering the courage to ask him out and when that fails, to make the mistake of letting [=BoJack=] take her to the prom.
* InSeriesNickname: ''The Bean''.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: See GossipyHens.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Ray-Ray.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ray Stingray]]

One of Penny's classmates, as shown in the yearbook. He's one of the guys who tells Penny (indirectly) about the possibility that Diego may ask her out for the prom.
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* GossipEvolution: It's possible that they might have misinterpreted what Diego said or that in between the trail that the message took, the original message was lost with details being filled by those who exchanged it.
* GossipyHens: A rare male example. His and The Bean's rumors about Diego being possibly interested in Penny is what leads Penny to start gathering the courage to ask him out and when that fails, to make the mistake of letting [=BoJack=] take her to the prom.
* InSeriesNickname: ''Ray-Ray''.
* MisplacedWildlife: An actual stingray who's living in dry land with humans and anthropomorphic animals without ant sign of dehydration.
* PunnyName: His nickname has to do with the fact that he's an stingray as well as the fact that's his actual name.
* RepetitiveName: It can't get more repetitive than having your first name be the suffix to your last one and then having a nickname involving both that lampshades that fact.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: See GossipyHens.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With The Bean.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rhoda Selkirk]]
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[[caption-width-right:200:Rhoda in prom.]]
One of Penny's classmates, as shown in the yearbook. The teacher's favorite.
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: One of the top students, apparently.
* BigBeautifulWoman: Curvy, stout and attractive.
* BrainyBrunette: Rhoda has dark hair and one of the best students in Penny's class.
* TheCameo: [[WildMassGuessing Possibly]]. [[spoiler:During [=BoJack=]'s wild party in [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E10ItsYou "It's You"]], which takes place several months after her high school prom, Rhoda appears there having a good time. Whether she moved to L.A. for college and just snuck in or it was just a ReusedCharacterDesign from the creator's part is up for debate.]]
* ClassRepresentative: More than likely, given her close status to the teacher.
* InterspeciesRomance: Her date for the prom is a male possum.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: {{Implied|Trope}}. She goes to the prom with a possum and seems to be there to have a good time with him.
* TeachersPet: The footnote at her yearbook picture outright states it!
[[/folder]]

* MoralDilemma: While what happened to Maddy was an accident, Pete doesn't take well that he is forced to lie just to cover Bojack's back and responsability in the incident, as well as stay to see if she'll be okay. Even worse, the first option was leaving her at the entrance.

* BirdsOfAFeather: With [=BoJack=], since he still has the mind of a teenager.

* BoyishShortHair: She has thin hair surrounding the top of her head with no manes in sight, so it applies.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: A realistical portrayal, with a [[DumbassTeenageSon dumbass teenage brother]] to boot.

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Escape From L.A." focuses on her life and her budding relationship with [=BoJack=].

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest. Penny is young, resembles Charlotte, bond with [=BoJack=] over similar mindsets and immaturity and seems to be a chance for him to start anew. She's also the teenage daughter of his OldFlame who listens to every word [=BoJack=] says and knows no better than to follow the crowd. [[ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels Yikes]].

* DoYouWantToCopulate: She offers herself to [=BoJack=] in a rather clumsy way.

* {{Fangirl}}: Of [[Music/LanaDelRey Llama Del Rey]] and [[Music/FKATwigs FKA Pigs]].

* InterruptedIntimacy: With Bojack. [[TearJerker Sadly]], combined with ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime.

* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: She believes that if she and [=BoJack=] want to have sex, all that's necessary is to give him consent to do so. Never mind that [[ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels Penny is [=BoJack=]'s good friend Charlotte's daughter, that she is only 17 years old, that she is trying to romanticize a relationship that has just started, that a girl like her is asking a stranger like him to have sex with her and so on...]] much later, she realizes how foolish that was and greatly regrets it.

* SiblingRivalry: With her brother, Trip, mostly for their parents' attention.
* SiblingYinYang: With Trip. Which one is which is debatable.

* TeensAreShort: To be fair with her, it's only by comparison and this is [[OneHeadTaller Bojack]] we're talking about.
* TenderTears: After getting sent to her room, she's heard crying little bit.

* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Penny is smart, but be it Diego [[spoiler: or [=BoJack=],]] she has a tendency to idealize the kind of relationship she has with both of them from ''her'' perspective, never once changing her opinion completely or accepting someone else's take on reality. This eventually leads to disaster.

* VirginTension: [=BoJack=]'s lust after her is made more complicated by the fact that she's a confused virgin.
* VirginityMakesYouStupid: Given how much she ignores about actual sex, as well as her idealization of relationships and her clumsy attempts to come on towards [=BoJack=], Penny's knowledge is hindered by how much does she ignore about ''men'', their ideas, desires and lows they will sink when they seek her attention.

* WideEyedIdealist: She can be woefully naive about how the world (and relationships) work.

* YourNormalIsOurTaboo: [=BoJack=] considers sleeping with Penny bad because she's a minor and a confused teenager. Penny, [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint thinking it's more because of legal reasons]], mentions that in New Mexico, 17 is the legal age.

-->''' Penny''': [[TestosteronePoisoning You'll just get a hard-on in the game]].

* TestosteronePoisoning: See HormoneAddledTeenager. He mentions he can't stop it.

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* CharacterDevelopment: In the season 3 episode "That's Too Much, Man!", Penny is revealed to have entered an university in Ohio and has finally gained enough common sense and maturity to deal with her personal life out of home. Further reinforced by her reaction to seeing [=BoJack=] again: first surprised, then repulsed and scared because of what they almost did together.

* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: She believes that if she and [=BoJack=] want to have sex, all that's necessary is to give him consent to do so. Never mind that [[ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels Penny is [=BoJack=]'s good friend Charlotte's daughter, that she is only 17 years old, that she is trying to romanticize a relationship that has just started, that a girl like her is asking a stranger like him to have sex with her and so on...]]

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Quite fond of using "bourgeois" as an insult.

* FatBestFriend: To Penny, just as Pete is the BlackBestFriend.

* BlackBestFriend: To Penny, at least until they stop being friends.

* BlackBestFriend: To Penny and Maddie.

** [[spoiler: He's also made unaware by Charlotte of the two "refrigerator repairmen" being reporters asking Penny about Bojack and Sara Lynn in "Good Damage". It's also ambiguous if Charlotte ever told him what happened with Bojack at all.]]

* HappilyMarried: Kyle is in a stable, loving, and and secure marriage with Charlotte. "The Showstopper", however, had Kyle admit there marriage hit a rough patch, but according to him they worked it out.

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: When hearing about Penny's prom problem, Kyle tires to cheer her up by dressing and going as her date as a father-daughter bonding activity. However, [=BoJack=] offers and Penny accepts and a dejected Kyle simply accepts it.

* GoToYourRoom: A darker example than the rest. Penny gets yelled by Charlotte to go to her room not because she misbehaved, but because she just caught her daughter and [=BoJack=] in some rather intimate circumstances and is about to let [=BoJack=] have it.

* SquaringTheLoveTriangle: Penny's relationship with [=BoJack=] evolves into this as his stay prolongs itself, even if only Penny notices at first and from a wrong perspective nonetheless. The great resemblance she has to her mother Charlotte, his increasingly desperate desire to redeem what he sees as his [[MyGreatestFailure biggest mistake]] and Penny's naivete when it comes to relationships and the nature of people come to a boiling point when Charlotte rejects [=BoJack=] and Penny offers some comfort in the form of sex. The fact that this almost happens between him and Penny is enough to kill any sense of lasting friendship with Charlotte and, after a TimeSkip, [[spoiler:any camaraderie with Penny, once she has had time to reflect on what really happened.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: In "Good Damage", Penny is approached by Paige Sinclair and Maximilian Banks about her history with Bojack while they're. She doesn't tell them much before Charlotte kicks them out of the house, but she does tell them about Bojack causing Maddy's alcohol poisoning. Later on, Penny thinks of calling them and telling them the full story, though Charlotte discourages her because she's worried that it won't be good for her mental health. However, that's the last time we see Penny, and we never see how she reacts to Bojack's fall from grace or if she got caught up in the story since all his misdeeds were exposed as a result]].

* TheGenerationGap: {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in her relationship with Charlotte, her mother. Charlotte, being older and wiser, knows exactly what's going through her daughter's life and mind, but because of her rather peaceful approach and Penny's impulsiveness and chaotic feelings, she's unable to reach out to her no matter what she does. And Penny's not going to start listening anyway, so any advice is branded as typical "parents don't understand" clueless advice, disregarding any merit the advice has. Being similar, yet in different stages of life also shows in rather terrifying parallels: Charlotte keeps [=BoJack=] at bay during most of the time he's visiting[[labelnote:*]]Given how ''not'' addressing [=BoJack=] at all turned out, this may be debatable but it was like trying to predict a car crash[[/labelnote]] and argues against his impulsive decision of them eloping together despite still (possibly) attracted to him; Penny, due to her inexperience and similar taste, becomes smitten with [=BoJack=] and due to them having the same mindsets with none of the foresight, they propel each other's bad decisions without stopping to think about the consequences. Needless to say, neither of these choices turn out to be wise, colliding in a life changing incident.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Pete only shows up twice in the 76 episodes of the series, but [[spoiler: him telling Hollyhock about the events of "Escape From L.A." is one of the reasons why Hollyhock eventually made the hard decision to completely cut Bojack out of her life forever]].

* EveryoneHasStandards: Underage drinking is one thing. Leaving soemone who has probably poisoned herself with alcohol barely close to a hospital just because you're afraid of getting into trouble is something ''completely'' different.

** [[spoiler: He's also made unaware by Charlotte of the two "refrigerator repairmen" being reporters asking Penny about Bojack and Sara Lynn in "Good Damage". It's also ambiguous if Charlotte ever told him what happened with Bojack at all
]]

** [[spoiler: He's also made unaware by Charlotte of the two "refrigerator repairemen" being reporters asking Penny about Bojack and Sara Lynn in "Good Damage".]]