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!!This is a list of members of The Moore-Carson family, all[[note]]with one exception in Penny Carson's case, currently studying at Oberlin College[[/note]] residing in Tesuque, Nuevo Mexico and appearing in '''"[[Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E11EscapeFromLA Escape From L.A.]]"''' of ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', with any previous or further appearances involving only two other family members so far in season 3.
!!!For other Tesuque residents, see [[AC:[[Characters/BojackHorsemanTesuqueNM here]]]].

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[[folder:General]]
* 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.
* DysfunctionalFamily: Not overtly or completely so, but there were problems with the family before our hero arrived. He just had to make them '''worse'''.
* GenderEqualsBreed: PlayedWith. 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.
* 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.
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!Parents
[[folder: Charlotte Moore-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.
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* 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 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.
* 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...
* 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 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.
* 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.
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!Children

[[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.
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* 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: See CommonKnowledge.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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=]]]. [[BreakTheCutie Dear lord]], ''[[FreakOut 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.
* 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.
* CommonKnowledge: In-universe. 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.
* 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]].
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Escape From L.A." focuses on her life and her budding relationship with [=BoJack=].
* DeadpanSnarker: She has her moments.
-->''' Trip''': (arguing about why he needs to go to the game) It's the quarter-finals.
-->''' Penny''': [[TestosteronePoisoning You'll just get a hard-on in the game]].
* 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]].
* 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 is 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.....
* {{Fangirl}}: Of [[Music/LanaDelRey Llama Del Rey]] and [[Music/FKATwigs FKA Pigs]].
* 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 is about to let [=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. It goes bad places.
* InterruptedIntimacy: With Bojack. [[TearJerker Sadly]], combined with ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime.
* {{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.
* LikesOlderMen: She ends falling for [=BoJack=], in a PuppyLove way. Yep, it's as [[{{Squick}} squicky]] as it sounds.
* LivingLieDetector: Penny quickly finds out that [=BoJack=]'s not in Tesuque for a boat show.
* 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.
* 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...]]
* 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.]]
* OldManMarryingAChild: A variant. She and [=BoJack=] almost sleep together.
* 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.
* SiblingRivalry: With her brother, Trip, mostly for their parents' attention.
* SiblingYinYang: With Trip. Which one is which is debatable.
* 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 what really happened.]]
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: {{Discussed|Trope}}. When Sarah-Lynn reads Penny's twitter account, it states she likes Thai food.
* TVTeen: She avoids most of the stereotypes in this trope. She's still impulsive.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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...
* 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.
* YouthfulFreckles: She has tiny dots of pigment below her eyes and is just a teenager.
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[[folder:Trip Carson]]
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!!!'''Played by''': Adam Pally.

Charlotte's human son with Kyle and Penny's younger brother.
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* 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.
* 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.
* TestosteronePoisoning: See HormoneAddledTeenager. He mentions he can't stop it.
* 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.
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* HappilyMarried: Kyle is in a stable, loving, and and secure marriage with Charlotte. Episode The Showstopper had Kyle admit there marriage had a rough patch, but according to him they work it out.

* {{Irony}}: Kyle didn't trust [=BoJack=] when he first arrived, believing to have an ulterior motive for visiting. He starts doing so after he's stayed for over 2 months, at which point any good intentions he had with the family have long since vanished.

* {{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 irresponsable mistakes.

* SpiritedYoungLady: Defiant, outspoken, bold. Penny checks all the requirements for this trope.

[[center: [- [[Characters/BojackHorseman Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanMainCharacters Main Characters]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanTheHorseHimself [=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/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/BojackHorsemanBeatriceSugarmanHorseman Beatrice Sugarman-Horseman]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanButterscotchHorseman Butterscotch Horseman]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanTesuqueNM Tesuque, New Mexico]] | '''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]]]]-]

* ExpospeakGag: When Bojack asks for context on her [[StalkerWithACrush "relationship"]] with Diego, Penny start 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.

* HappilyMarried: Kyle is in a stable, loving, and and secure marriage with Charlotte.

* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. 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]].

[[center: [- [[Characters/BojackHorseman Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanMainCharacters Main Characters]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanTheHorseHimself [=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/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/BojackHorsemanBeatriceSugarmanHorseman Beatrice Sugarman-Horseman]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanButterscotchHorseman Butterscotch Horseman]] |[[Characters/BojackHorsemanOtherHorsemanRelatives Other Horseman Relatives]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanTesuqueNM Tesuque, New Mexico]] | '''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]]]]-]

* BraggingThemeTune: As detalles 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.

[[center: [- [[Characters/BojackHorseman Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanMainCharacters Main Characters]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanTheHorseHimself [=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/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/BojackHorsemanOtherHorsemanRelatives Other Horseman Relatives]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/BojackHorsemanTesuqueNM Tesuque, New Mexico]] | '''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]]]]-]