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[[center: [- [[Characters/BoJackHorseman Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanMainCharacters Main Characters]] | '''[=BoJack=] Horseman''' ([[Characters/BoJackHorsemanTheHorseHimselfTropesAToD A-D]], [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanTheHorseHimselfTropesEToK E-K]], [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanTheHorseHimselfTropesLToZ L-Z]]) | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanPrincessCarolyn Princess Carolyn]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanDianeNguyen Diane Nguyen]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanMrPeanutbutter Mr. Peanutbutter]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanToddChavez Todd Chávez]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanHollywooResidentsAndOtherStars Hollywoo Residents and Other Stars]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanLAResidents L.A. Residents]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanStiltonFamilyAndAssociates Stilton Family and Associates]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanMBNNetwork MBN]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanHorsinAroundCastAndCrew Horsin Around Cast And Crew]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanSarahLynn Sarah Lynn]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanSecretariatBiopicCastAndCrew Secretariat Biopic Cast And Crew]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanVigorAgency Vigor]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanVIMAgency VIM Agency]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanGekkoRabbinowitzAgencies Gekko-Rabbinowitz Agencies]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanOneShotAndBitCharacters One Shot and Bit Characters]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanTheMainGroupFamilyMembers The Main Group Family Members]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanTheHorsemanFamily The Horseman Family]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanHollyhock Hollyhock]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanBeatriceSugarmanHorseman Beatrice Sugarman-Horseman]] |[[Characters/BoJackHorsemanButterscotchHorseman Butterscotch Horseman]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanTesuqueNM Tesuque, New Mexico]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanTheMooreCarsons The Moore-Carsons]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanCharlotteMooreCarson Charlotte Moore-Carson]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanHistoricalCharacters Historical Characters]] | [[Characters/HorsinAround "Horsin' Around" Characters]] | [[Characters/MrPeanutbuttersHouse "Mr. Peanutbutter's House" Characters]] | [[Characters/WandaPiercesJokes Wanda Pierce's Jokes]] | [[Characters/SecretariatBiopic "Secretariat" Biopic Characters]]]]-]


'''Beware of rampant spoilers of season 1 and 2! While the majority of spoilers involving plot points of the current season will be hidden, this is not consistent depending on the situation, with just the presence of certain tropes being spoilers. Enter the subpages at your OWN RISK.'''

!This article is for the main character of ''Creator/{{Netflix}}'' 's original animated series ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman''.

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[[caption-width-right:150:''"[[ArcWords This is all I am, and all I'll ever be.]]"'']]

[floatboxright:Works In Television and Other Media
+ ''JustForFun/HorsinAround'' (1987-1996), ''The Bojack Horseman Show'' (2007), ''Secretariat'' {{Biopic}} (2015), ''Ethan Around'' (canceled) (2016), ''Philbert: A "What Time Is It Right Now" Original Series'' (2017-2018).]

->'''Played By:''' Creator/WillArnett


->'''Debut:''' [[Recap/BoJackHorsemanS1E01TheBoJackHorsemanStoryChapterOne "The [=BoJack=] Horseman Story: Chapter One"]]

->'''Mr. Peanutbutter''': ''All I ever wanted [[RejectionAffection was to be your friend]]. And [[KickTheDog you treat me like a big joke]]. [[DidYouThinkICantFeel You think I don't notice?]] [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Why don't you like me?]]''
->'''[=BoJack=]''': ''[[ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject Mr. Peanutbutter.]]''
->'''Mr. Peanutbutter''': ''[[NoSell No, tell me.]]''
->'''[=BoJack=]''': ''[[GreenEyedMonster Because I'm jealous.]]''
->'''Mr. Peanutbutter''': ''[[DramaticallyMissingThePoint Oh. Of what?]] [[LoveTriangle Diane?]]''
->'''[=BoJack=]''': ''[[IJustWantToBeYou No. Of everything.]] [[BornLucky Everything comes so easy for you.]]''
->'''Mr. Peanutbutter''': ''Oh, and [[DumbassHasAPoint it doesn't for you?]] [[TheAce You're a millionaire movie star with a girlfriend who loves you, acting in your dream movie.]] What more do you want? What else could the universe possibly owe you?''
->'''[=BoJack=]''': ''[[ArmorPiercingResponse I want to feel good about myself.]] [[YouBastard The way you do.]] [[BrokenAce And I don't know how.]] [[SourOutsideSadInside I don't know if I can.]] I'm sorry, Mr. Peanutbutter. I can't tell you how sorry I am.''

Having starred in the '90s sitcom ''JustForFun/HorsinAround'', [=BoJack=] has seen better days. His 15 minutes of fame are up, he is frequently overwhelmed by frustration and self-loathing, he's grown bitter and spiteful since the show ended, and he often hints at hating what he has become in his later years and the sacrifices he's made to reach his status. At best, [=BoJack=]'s only relationships with other people are tenuous: his agent of over 20 years, [[BeleagueredAssistant Princess Carolyn]], would rather [[FriendsWithBenefits meet with their clothes on]] and his pest-turned-roommate, [[BromanticFoil Todd Chávez]] offers him some companionship despite the abuse thrown his way. His productive state leaves a lot to be desired: he spends most of his time getting as drunk as a skunk, eating almost 10 times his weight or wallowing in self-pity. A deal with Penguin Publishing to write a book may be the answer to his prayers as he believes completing his memoir may be his last shot at getting the public to care about him again. There's one ''tiny'' problem: he can't write. Or, more accurately, he doesn't want to talk about his past. '''At all'''. [[RidiculousProcrastinator Having spent his advances without delivering one single page]], [=BoJack=] seems doomed to face oblivion...

...at least, until he meets [[ShrinkingViolet Diane Nguyen]], professional ghostwriter and willing listener to his bottled-up neuroses suggested by Penguin to write the delayed novel. She's also the girlfriend of [[ManicPixieDreamGuy Mr. Peanutbutter]], [=BoJack=]'s [[TheRival rival]] and {{frenemy}}. Refusing at first to open up, he and Diane [[CommonalityConnection bond after a slight detour in Boston to bury her father]]. As he starts getting to know her as well as she knows him, [=BoJack=] develops a crush, which [[TriangRelations further complicates their relationship]]. As the first season progresses, [=BoJack=]'s [[DarkAndTroubledPast past]] starts to unravel like a ball of yarn: he grew up in a [[AbusiveParents loveless family]], where his parents's mutual disappointment with their lives and each other [[ResentfulGuardian turned towards him]]; he moved to L.A. in search of fame as a stand-up comedian where he befriended [[TheMentor Herb Kazzaz]] and [[HistoryRepeats had a experience similar to the one he's having with Diane]], only with Herb's girlfriend, [[TheOneThatGotAway Charlotte]], who reciprocated and dropped not-so-subtle hints about it. As [=BoJack=] and Herb's big break came with the show, Charlotte left Hollywood, [[CassandraTruth giving some cryptic warnings about how things would change when they got famous]]. It was true: before long, the once-long-time friends became distant from each other until Herb was outed as homosexual and [=BoJack=], faced with reaching his goal of playing Secretariat or supporting Herb and getting fired as well, [[EtTuBrute sided with the network and let Herb go]].

Upon [=BoJack=] and Mr. Peanutbutter's conflict with Diane boiling to a possible controversy for [=BoJack=] over stealing the "D" from the Hollywoo sign, he agrees to stop pursuing Diane in exchange for Mr. Peanutbutter getting rid of the "D", only for Mr. Peanutbutter to use it to propose to Diane. After a disastrous visit to Herb's resulting in undying hatred from the latter's part, [=BoJack=] finally confesses his feelings to Diane by kissing her, but gets silence instead of reciprocation. After spending some time apart after a brief falling out [[TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason due to the book spelling out all of [=BoJack=]'s flaws]] and wondering whether he's truly a good person, they re-encounter in a forum for ghostwriters when he outright asks if she thinks he's a good person. Silence ensues. Upon meeting again in the roof, she says that she thinks that a person is what a person does, leaving her answer to [=BoJack=]'s question an enigma. The surprising success of the biography leads [=BoJack=] to the spotlight again and even to land the part of Secretariat in an upcoming {{biopic}} and an Oscar nomination for it. Having everything he once thought he wanted, [=BoJack=] has woken up and decided to focus on the chimera everyone desires: [[GoalInLife to find happiness in life]].

Misanthropic, bitter, heavily flawed yet surprisingly intelligent and somewhat sympathetic, [=BoJack=] has yet to face the profound challenges of his simple goal, especially if he has to face the biggest obstacle: [[HisOwnWorstEnemy himself]].
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!!You remember, right? The many, many trope pages concerning the horse from ''JustForFun/HorsinAround''? C'mon, don't act like you don't know.

[[index]]
* '''[[Characters/BojackHorsemanTheHorsemanHimselfTropesAToD Tropes A To D]]'''
* '''[[Characters/BojackHorsemanTheHorsemanHimselfTropesEToK Tropes E To K]]'''
* '''[[Characters/BojackHorsemanTheHorsemanHimselfTropesLToZ Tropes L To Z]]'''
[[/index]]
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->''"[[HeyYou Hey]], [[PhraseCatcher aren't]] [[NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize you]] [[StarMakingRole the horse]] [[IAmNotSpock from]] JustForFun/HorsinAround?"''
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* '''[[Characters/BoJackHorsemanTheHorsemanHimselfTropesEToK Tropes E To K]]'''
* '''[[Characters/BoJackHorsemanTheHorsemanHimselfTropesLToZ Tropes L To Z]]'''

* '''[[Characters/BoJackHorsemanTheHorseHimselfTropesAToD Tropes A To D]]'''
* '''[[Characters/BoJackHorsemanTheHorseHimselfTropesEToK Tropes E To K]]'''
* '''[[Characters/BoJackHorsemanTheHorseHimselfTropesLToZ Tropes L To Z]]'''

+ ''JustForFun/HorsinAround'' (1987-1996), ''The Bojack Horseman Show'' (2007), ''Secretariat'' {{Biopic}} (2015), ''Ethan Around'' (canceled) (2016), ''Philbert: A "What Time Is It Right Now" Original Series'' (2017-).]

+ ''JustForFun/HorsinAround'' (1987-1996), ''The BoJack Horseman Show'' (2007), ''Secretariat'' {{Biopic}} (2015), ''Ethan Around'' (canceled) (2016), ''Philbert: A "What Time Is It Right Now" Original Series'' (2017-).]

+ ''JustForFun/HorsinAround'' (1987-1996), ''The [=BoJack=] Horseman Show'' (2007), ''Secretariat'' {{Biopic}} (2015), ''Ethan Around'' (canceled) (2016), ''Philbert: A "What Time Is It Right Now" Original Series'' (2017-).]

+ ''JustForFun/HorsinAround'' (1987-1996), ''The [=BoJack Horseman Show'' (2007), ''Secretariat'' {{Biopic}} (2015), ''Ethan Around'' (canceled) (2016), ''Philbert: A "What Time Is It Right Now" Original Series'' (2017-).]

->'''Debut:''' [[Recap/BoJackHorsemanS1E01TheBoJackHorsemanStoryChapterOne "The BoJack Horseman Story: Chapter One"]]

->'''Debut:''' [[Recap/BoJackHorsemanS1E01TheBoJackHorsemanStoryChapterOne "The [=BoJack=] Horseman Story: Chapter One"]]

Having starred in the '90s sitcom ''JustForFun/HorsinAround'', Bojack has seen better days. His 15 minutes of fame are up, he is frequently overwhelmed by frustration and self-loathing, he's grown bitter and spiteful since the show ended, and he often hints at hating what he has become in his later years and the sacrifices he's made to reach his status. At best, [=BoJack=]'s only relationships with other people are tenuous: his agent of over 20 years, [[BeleagueredAssistant Princess Carolyn]], would rather [[FriendsWithBenefits meet with their clothes on]] and his pest-turned-roommate, [[BromanticFoil Todd Chávez]] offers him some companionship despite the abuse thrown his way. His productive state leaves a lot to be desired: he spends most of his time getting as drunk as a skunk, eating almost 10 times his weight or wallowing in self-pity. A deal with Penguin Publishing to write a book may be the answer to his prayers as he believes completing his memoir may be his last shot at getting the public to care about him again. There's one ''tiny'' problem: he can't write. Or, more accurately, he doesn't want to talk about his past. '''At all'''. [[RidiculousProcrastinator Having spent his advances without delivering one single page]], [=BoJack=] seems doomed to face oblivion...

...at least, until he meets [[ShrinkingViolet Diane Nguyen]], professional ghostwriter and willing listener to his bottled-up neuroses suggested by Penguin to write the delayed novel. She's also the girlfriend of [[ManicPixieDreamGuy Mr. Peanutbutter]], [=BoJack=]'s [[TheRival rival]] and {{frenemy}}. Refusing at first to open up, he and Diane [[CommonalityConnection bond after a slight detour in Boston to bury her father]]. As he starts getting to know her as well as she knows him, [=BoJack=] develops a crush, which [[TriangRelations further complicates their relationship]]. As the first season progresses, [=BoJack=]'s [[DarkAndTroubledPast past]] starts to unravel like a ball of yarn: he grew up in a [[AbusiveParents loveless family]], where his parents's mutual disappointment with their lives and each other [[ResentfulGuardian turned towards him]]; he moved to L.A. in search of fame as a stand-up comedian where he befriended [[TheMentor Herb Kazzaz]] and [[HistoryRepeats had a experience similar to the one he's having with Diane]], only with Herb's girlfriend, [[TheOneThatGotAway Charlotte]], who reciprocated and dropped not-so-subtle hints about it. As Bojack and Herb's big break came with the show, Charlotte left Hollywood, [[CassandraTruth giving some cryptic warnings about how things would change when they got famous]]. It was true: before long, the once-long-time friends became distant from each other until Herb was outed as homosexual and [=BoJack=], faced with reaching his goal of playing Secretariat or supporting Herb and getting fired as well, [[EtTuBrute sided with the network and let Herb go]].

+ ''JustForFun/HorsinAround'' (1987-1996), ''The [=BoJack=] Horseman Show'' (2007), ''Secretariat'' {{Biopic}} (2015), ''Ethan Around'' (canceled) (2016), ''Philbert: A "What Time Is It Right Now" Original Series'' (2017-).]