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* UnknownRival: Kyle has no idea that [=BoJack=] has an unsolved 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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* 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''.
* 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, [[StiffUpperLip that's definitely the better idea]].''
* 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''.
* 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:
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* GenerationXerox: Looks like a younger version of Charlotte with a different fur color. [[spoiler: [=BoJack=] ends up noticing the parallels.]]
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* PurpleEyes: A pair, which point to her importance by being TheOneThatGotAway and an major friend of [=BoJack=] in the past and [[spoiler: her reappearance leading to one of the most devastating moments in both of their lives.]]
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* GoToYourRoom: A darker example than the rest. [[spoiler: Penny gets yelled by Charlotte to go to her room not because she misbehaved, but because she's just catched her and [=BoJack=] in some rather intimate circumstances and is about to let [=BoJack=] have it.]]
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* 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. [[spoiler: Eventually, this leads her to confuse this feelings with love and try to seduce [=BoJack=].]]
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* 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.
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* ChekhovsBoomerang: Through the series, Charlotte goes back and forth between being mentioned or occasionally appearing in {{Flashback}}s. Then in the 2nd season, she finally makes two actual appearances: one at Herb's funeral in "Still Broken" and a major and tragic role in "Escape From L.A."
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/OliviaWilde
A doe who had been good friends with Bojack and TheBeard for Herb, Bojack still harbours feelings for her. After Herb and Bojack became famous she left Los Angeles to pursue her life, initially moving to Maine before settling down in New Mexico.
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: [[spoiler:When Bojack meets her again, almost 20 years later, she looks almost unchanged save a few wrinkles here and there. She could even pass as Penny's sister instead of mother.]]
* TheBeard: She was this to Herb. The realization was what drove her to leave L.A.
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Bojack pressed it hard when he almost [[AmbiguousSituation slept?]] with her daughter, Penny.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler: Threatens to kill Bojack if he shows up around Tesuque or near her family again.]]
* BrutalHonesty: Absolutely no filter or sugarcoating what she wants or needs to say, the truth and nothing more than it even if it's as raw as possible. Her speech to [=BoJack=] about Hollywood (and one)'s toxic nature is full of this. And one of the first things she says to [=BoJack=] when meeting in Tesuque after a while?
-->''You look like shit.''
* BurningTheShips: [[spoiler: Once she finds out that [=BoJack=] was more likely to sleep with her daughter Penny, she immediately sends her to her room and then tells [=BoJack=] to get out of her house, intending to call the cops if he doesn't oblige. Needless to say, the implication is that she doesn't want to see him ever again.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: Off-screen, of all things and ''not all the changes were for the better''. When she's first introduced in "The Telescope", she's peppy, easily impressed by all the advances of the era and has clearly a tight, if limited and biased, grasp on the way certain situations tend to play out: more specifically, how Hollywood tends to change people and how people like Herb and [=BoJack=] really are deep down and how that's not gonna change. Come the present, she's now a doting, down to earth mother who tries to take things as relaxed as possible, offers advice to her children about their problems and now believes that some people regardless of the environment are just inherently toxic and running away from that is only making the situation worse. The downfall to this mindset change is that because she hasn't seen or interacted with [=BoJack=] for a while, she's oblivious to how much, or how little, he has changed, still believing him to be the same person she knows and therefore doesn't notice the glaring signs of disaster [[spoiler: until it's too late.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: She's mentioned and shown in a {{Flashback}} in "The Telescope" as Herb's girlfriend and someone who [=BoJack=] had a secret (and unconfessed) crush on. She returns for a brief cameo at Herb's funeral, exchanging some catch-up with [=BoJack=] and suggesting that he may visit her some time. Then comes the 2nd season episode "[[DramaBomb Escape From L.A.]]"...
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: [[spoiler: Uses this as an excuse to skip the rest of Herb's funeral in "Still Broken", since she doesn't want to stay and be reminded of him. That's when [=BoJack=] catches her and they start to reconnect..]]
* ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: [[spoiler:[[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with her husband, Kyle. She's slim and fit, while Kyle's a BigBeautifulMan.]]
* CrossingTheBurntBridge: [[spoiler: Bojack's clearly not over her yet, but it's doubtful she will want to see him ever again.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: While Charlotte's not given enough screen time to shine this aspect of hers, it still pops up from time to time. Some examples include:
** Her response to [=BoJack=]'s question about whether Herb talked about their meeting when the two meet again at his funeral:
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': Did he tell you anything else?
-->'''Charlotte''': No, we talked about cancer, how hard it is living with cancer, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking about the L.A. Kings]], and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment then back to cancer.]]
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': Probably--
-->'''Charlotte''': [[NoExceptYes Then I read that chapter in your book about how he never forgave you and he tried to kick you out of the house and you ended up wrestling on the floor over a telescope.]]
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': Oh, you did read that part?
-->'''Charlotte''': (friendly taunting) Yeah.
* DueToTheDead: She returns briefly to L.A. to attend Herb's funeral.
* EarlyBirdCameo: She first appears in "The Telescope" as a friend and apparent background character in [=BoJack=] and Herb's relationship on whom the horse had a crush. Then in "Downer Ending", it becomes clear how much Charlotte's memory both tortures and enlightens [=BoJack=] as a long gone possibility for a happy future.
* ExhaustedEyebags: In the present, she has some. It's about the only sign contrasting her earlier appearance back in the eighties and indicates that she's older nowadays.
* AFriendInNeed: The reason why she allows Bojack to [[spoiler:stay with her family. She knows he needs some support right now and she's willing to give it. Of course, [[UnresolvedSexualTension there may have been something else there....]]]]
* GetOut: [[spoiler: She tells this to [=BoJack=] after catching him in a compromising situation with her daughter.]]
* GoToYourRoom: A darker example than the rest. [[spoiler: Charlotte yells at Penny to get to her room not because she misbehaved, but because she's just catched her and [=BoJack=] in some rather intimate circumstances and is about to let [=BoJack=] have it.]]
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:Revealed to be this in "Escape From L.A." to Bojack's regret.]]
* HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster: A variated, non-supernatural [[JustifiedTrope justified]] and PlayedWith example. During a talk at a fireside, Charlotte tells [=BoJack=] as much, even if she does not outright say it. A far cry from her statement back in TheEighties, Charlotte has stopped seeing the environment as toxic and more the person who continually feels that way. As she explains, Bojack might try to escape as much as he wants from what he does or who he is, but the only way he will stop screwing up good things is if he truly makes a change; otherwise, it will follow him wherever he goes. A truly hard-earned change, no shortcuts included. For her, changing and adapting is the only way to stop screwing up. However, well, see [[Characters/BojackHorsemanBojackHorseman Bojack]]'s character page for how bad such thing may work out.
-->'''Charlotte''': I'm just saying, like it doesn't matter where you are, it's who you are, and that's not gonna change whether you're in California or Maine or New Mexico. You know, you can't escape you.
* InkSuitActor: Not entirely, for obvious reasons. But her eyes were explicitly drawn to resemble Olivia Wilde's.
* IncompatibleOrientation: She used to date Herb, who was StraightGay and more interested in [=BoJack=]. As she slowly realized that they had different goals, Charlotte decided to leave Hollywood since she noted that "she isn't the person Herb is looking for".
* InterspeciesRomance: She (a doe) was in a relationship with Herb (a human), and now is [[spoiler:married to Kyle, another human.]]
* MamaBear: She threatens to [[spoiler: kill Bojack if he tries to contact her daughter again after he nearly sleeps with her.]]
* MyCard: She gives Bojack her card and direction after Herb's funeral in case he wants to visit.
* MumLooksLikeASister: 20 years passing and ExhaustedEyebags not withstanding, she looks the exact same way she used to be other than a few wrinkles here and there. She and Penny could even pass up as sisters.
* NiceGirl: She's always helpful, kind and caring. When [=BoJack=] shows up at Tesuque to visit her, she offers him to stay a while at her house after seeing how tired he is. [[spoiler: Of course, that doesn't mean she won't threaten to kill you if you try to sleep with her daughter.]]
* OlderAndWiser: Somewhat. She's certainly accommodated into normalcy, is more mature than she was back in the day and even has a better grasp on people around her than 20 years ago.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Bojack is still incredibly hung up on her to the point that [[spoiler:he eventually goes to New Mexico just to find her.]]
* TheOneWhoMadeItOut: Out of the three friends from Hollywood, she's the only one who was smart enough to leave Hollywood when she could, and turned out all the better because of it. [[spoiler: Too bad she invited that toxic side back into her life..]]
* OnlySaneWoman: Out of the group of friends [=BoJack=] had in TheNineties. [[spoiler: She has backpedaled from this in the present, but it still crops up from time to time, such as dealing with [=BoJack=].]]
* PeerlessLoveInterest: For [=BoJack=], Charlotte will always be that special someone who left, that shine of light that makes him reminisce about the good times in TheEighties, that high standard that is always held to comparison against other romantic relationships in his life. Too bad they never really dated or get to know each other that well, [[LovingAShadow since that makes him over exaggerate Charlotte's friendship into one with such high standards that every single romantic attachment]], with its flaws and all, ends coming short and feeling hollow. [[spoiler: Eventually, when they reunite and he finds out that his fantasy Charlotte's life is very different from the real one's, his eventual lashing out collapses any friendship left between the two.]]
* RelativeButton: [[spoiler: A little advice: Don't mess with her daughter.]]
* SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: In her first {{Flashback}} appearance from TheEighties, Charlotte mentions to [=BoJack=] that she and Herb later are heading to watch Film/BackToTheFuture ''again'' when passing through the comedy club.
* ShipSinking: [[spoiler:Any chance Bojack had to reunite with Charlotte was shot and left to bleed out when he discovered she was married. And it was put out of its misery when she caught him with her daughter.]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Had this with [=BoJack=] back in TheEighties, since it's clear from their interactions that Charlotte and him have much more chemistry than she and Herb, not to say about how she often confides more into him than Herb. From their last interaction, it's revealed that Herb spotted her first and actually had the guts to go talk to her (despite being gay), while [=BoJack=] who was interested, never moved a finger. Charlotte catches around this and decides to shoot down a possible relationship when she decides to leave L.A. based on his supposed cowardly nature. [[spoiler: When they're reunited 20 years later, she seems to be a little more supportive of him than she should, and when his attraction is made evident, the arguments she gives to stop are more like reminders for herself rather than outright dismissals.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Flirted around with, but ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted.]]]]
* YourMakeupIsRunning: {{Discussed}}. She explains to [=BoJack=] that this is the reason why she doesn't like attending funerals: the tears that swell up in her eyes usually ruin her mascara and she doesn't want to make an scene at Herb's funeral.
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A brown doe and Charlotte's daughter after settling down in New Mexico and getting married.
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* 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.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: A realistical portrayal, with a [[DumbassTeenageSon dumbass teenage brother]] to boot.
* BreakTheCutie: When Diego rejects her and goes to the prom with Lyla K., Penny goes on a brief slump.
* CannotSpitItOut: Towards her crush, Diego Mendoza.
* 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]].
* 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]].
* DesignatedDriver: Leads to her being the OnlySaneMan in regards to [[spoiler: Bojack getting bourbon to replace the Red Bull and Vodka mix that Maddy had in a flask]].
* DoYouWantToCopulate: [[spoiler: 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. [[spoiler: 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 embarrased.
* EroticEating: [[spoiler: {{Discussed}} when in an attempt to convince Bojack to have sex, Penny mentions [[FreudWasRight her ability to put a condom in a banana.]]]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Bojack]]''': [[spoiler: With your mouth? What kind of health class was that?]]
* 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.
-->'''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: [[spoiler: 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.]]
* GenderEqualsBreed: She is a deer just like her mother.
* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: [[spoiler: For all her bravado, she acts kinda clumsy and inexperienced when trying to convince Bojack to have sex.]]
* HeldGaze: [[spoiler: She and Bojack share one, right before things go [[GoneHorriblyWrong horribly wrong.]]]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler: 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 friend, Penny changes her mind when Bojack justifies it, seeing him as a trustworthy person. {{Justified}}, 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. [[spoiler: This only makes it easier for her and Bojack to get close, bond and almost have sex.]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: She develops one with Bojack. [[spoiler: It goes bad places.]]
* InterruptedIntimacy: [[spoiler: With Bojack. [[TearJerker Sadly]], combined with ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime.]]
* JailBait: [[spoiler: 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: [[spoiler: She ends falling for Bojack, in a PuppyLove way. Yep, it's as [[{{Squick}} squicky]] as it sounds.]]
* LivingLieDetector: [[spoiler: Penny quickly finds out that Bojack's not in Tesuque for a boat show.]]
* MadeOfTemptation: [[spoiler: 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.]]
* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: [[spoiler: 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...]]]]
* OnlySaneWoman: [[spoiler: [[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: [[spoiler: 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.]]
* OldManMarryingAChild: A variant. [[spoiler: She and Bojack almost sleep together.]]
* 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.[[spoiler: 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: [[spoiler: 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.]]
* SiblingRivalry: With her brother, Trip, mostly for their parents' attention.
* SiblingYinYang: With Trip. [[spoiler:Which one is which is debatable.]]
* SmittenTeenageGirl: [[spoiler: 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.]]
* SpiritedYoungLady: Defiant, outspoken, bold. Penny checks all the requirements for this trope.
* TheTease: [[spoiler: While trying to convince Bojack, Penny shows a more flirty side of herself.]]
* TantrumThrowing: When she's rejected by Diego, she throws a hissy fit during a family dinner.
* TeensAreShort: To be fair with her, it's only by comparison and this is [[OneHeadTaller Bojack]] we're talking about.
* 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.
* TVTeen: She avoids most of the stereotypes in this trope. She's still impulsive.
* VirginTension: [[spoiler: Bojack's lust after her is made more complicated by the fact that she's a confused virgin.]]
* VirginityMakesYouStupid: [[spoiler: 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.
* WideEyedIdealist: She can be woefully naive about how the world (and relationships) work.
* YouRemindMeOfX: [[spoiler: Bojack tells her she looks a lot like her mother, and that's just the tip of the iceberg...]]
* YourNormalIsOurTaboo: [[spoiler: 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]]
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!!!'''Played by''': Adam Pally.
Charlotte's human son with Kyle.
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* DumbassTeenageSon: Along with Penny being the BrattyTeenageDaughter.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: [[spoiler: 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.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: He's known for "[[RagingStiffie popping boners]]" suddenly. His sister frequently mocks him about it.
* 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: [[spoiler: 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.
* 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.
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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.
* BumblingDad: {{Zigzagged}}. He is certainly goofy and laid-back, but knows when to put his foot down and isn't stupid or gullible at all.
* ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: [[spoiler:[[InvertedTrope Inverted]] 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: [[spoiler: To Charlotte.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: He (a human) is married to Charlotte (a doe).
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/OliviaWilde
A doe who had been good friends with Bojack and TheBeard for Herb, Bojack still harbours feelings for her. After Herb and Bojack became famous she left Los Angeles to pursue her life, initially moving to Maine before settling down in New Mexico.
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: [[spoiler:When Bojack meets her again, almost 20 years later, she looks almost unchanged save a few wrinkles here and there. She could even pass as Penny's sister instead of mother.]]
* TheBeard: She was this to Herb. The realization was what drove her to leave L.A.
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Bojack pressed it hard when he almost [[AmbiguousSituation slept?]] with her daughter, Penny.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler: Threatens to kill Bojack if he shows up around Tesuque or near her family again.]]
* BrutalHonesty: Absolutely no filter or sugarcoating what she wants or needs to say, the truth and nothing more than it even if it's as raw as possible. Her speech to [=BoJack=] about Hollywood (and one)'s toxic nature is full of this. And one of the first things she says to [=BoJack=] when meeting in Tesuque after a while?
-->''You look like shit.''
* BurningTheShips: [[spoiler: Once she finds out that [=BoJack=] was more likely to sleep with her daughter Penny, she immediately sends her to her room and then tells [=BoJack=] to get out of her house, intending to call the cops if he doesn't oblige. Needless to say, the implication is that she doesn't want to see him ever again.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: Off-screen, of all things and ''not all the changes were for the better''. When she's first introduced in "The Telescope", she's peppy, easily impressed by all the advances of the era and has clearly a tight, if limited and biased, grasp on the way certain situations tend to play out: more specifically, how Hollywood tends to change people and how people like Herb and [=BoJack=] really are deep down and how that's not gonna change. Come the present, she's now a doting, down to earth mother who tries to take things as relaxed as possible, offers advice to her children about their problems and now believes that some people regardless of the environment are just inherently toxic and running away from that is only making the situation worse. The downfall to this mindset change is that because she hasn't seen or interacted with [=BoJack=] for a while, she's oblivious to how much, or how little, he has changed, still believing him to be the same person she knows and therefore doesn't notice the glaring signs of disaster [[spoiler: until it's too late.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: She's mentioned and shown in a {{Flashback}} in "The Telescope" as Herb's girlfriend and someone who [=BoJack=] had a secret (and unconfessed) crush on. She returns for a brief cameo at Herb's funeral, exchanging some catch-up with [=BoJack=] and suggesting that he may visit her some time. Then comes the 2nd season episode "[[DramaBomb Escape From L.A.]]"...
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: [[spoiler: Uses this as an excuse to skip the rest of Herb's funeral in "Still Broken", since she doesn't want to stay and be reminded of him. That's when [=BoJack=] catches her and they start to reconnect..]]
* ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: [[spoiler:[[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with her husband, Kyle. She's slim and fit, while Kyle's a BigBeautifulMan.]]
* CrossingTheBurntBridge: [[spoiler: Bojack's clearly not over her yet, but it's doubtful she will want to see him ever again.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: While Charlotte's not given enough screen time to shine this aspect of hers, it still pops up from time to time. Some examples include:
** Her response to [=BoJack=]'s question about whether Herb talked about their meeting when the two meet again at his funeral:
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': Did he tell you anything else?
-->'''Charlotte''': No, we talked about cancer, how hard it is living with cancer, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking about the L.A. Kings]], and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment then back to cancer.]]
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': Probably--
-->'''Charlotte''': [[NoExceptYes Then I read that chapter in your book about how he never forgave you and he tried to kick you out of the house and you ended up wrestling on the floor over a telescope.]]
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': Oh, you did read that part?
-->'''Charlotte''': (friendly taunting) Yeah.
* DueToTheDead: She returns briefly to L.A. to attend Herb's funeral.
* EarlyBirdCameo: She first appears in "The Telescope" as a friend and apparent background character in [=BoJack=] and Herb's relationship on whom the horse had a crush. Then in "Downer Ending", it becomes clear how much Charlotte's memory both tortures and enlightens [=BoJack=] as a long gone possibility for a happy future.
* ExhaustedEyebags: In the present, she has some. It's about the only sign contrasting her earlier appearance back in the eighties and indicates that she's older nowadays.
* AFriendInNeed: The reason why she allows Bojack to [[spoiler:stay with her family. She knows he needs some support right now and she's willing to give it. Of course, [[UnresolvedSexualTension there may have been something else there....]]]]
* GetOut: [[spoiler: She tells this to [=BoJack=] after catching him in a compromising situation with her daughter.]]
* GoToYourRoom: A darker example than the rest. [[spoiler: Charlotte yells at Penny to get to her room not because she misbehaved, but because she's just catched her and [=BoJack=] in some rather intimate circumstances and is about to let [=BoJack=] have it.]]
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:Revealed to be this in "Escape From L.A." to Bojack's regret.]]
* HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster: A variated, non-supernatural [[JustifiedTrope justified]] and PlayedWith example. During a talk at a fireside, Charlotte tells [=BoJack=] as much, even if she does not outright say it. A far cry from her statement back in TheEighties, Charlotte has stopped seeing the environment as toxic and more the person who continually feels that way. As she explains, Bojack might try to escape as much as he wants from what he does or who he is, but the only way he will stop screwing up good things is if he truly makes a change; otherwise, it will follow him wherever he goes. A truly hard-earned change, no shortcuts included. For her, changing and adapting is the only way to stop screwing up. However, well, see [[Characters/BojackHorsemanBojackHorseman Bojack]]'s character page for how bad such thing may work out.
-->'''Charlotte''': I'm just saying, like it doesn't matter where you are, it's who you are, and that's not gonna change whether you're in California or Maine or New Mexico. You know, you can't escape you.
* InkSuitActor: Not entirely, for obvious reasons. But her eyes were explicitly drawn to resemble Olivia Wilde's.
* IncompatibleOrientation: She used to date Herb, who was StraightGay and more interested in [=BoJack=]. As she slowly realized that they had different goals, Charlotte decided to leave Hollywood since she noted that "she isn't the person Herb is looking for".
* InterspeciesRomance: She (a doe) was in a relationship with Herb (a human), and now is [[spoiler:married to Kyle, another human.]]
* MamaBear: She threatens to [[spoiler: kill Bojack if he tries to contact her daughter again after he nearly sleeps with her.]]
* MyCard: She gives Bojack her card and direction after Herb's funeral in case he wants to visit.
* MumLooksLikeASister: 20 years passing and ExhaustedEyebags not withstanding, she looks the exact same way she used to be other than a few wrinkles here and there. She and Penny could even pass up as sisters.
* NiceGirl: She's always helpful, kind and caring. When [=BoJack=] shows up at Tesuque to visit her, she offers him to stay a while at her house after seeing how tired he is. [[spoiler: Of course, that doesn't mean she won't threaten to kill you if you try to sleep with her daughter.]]
* OlderAndWiser: Somewhat. She's certainly accommodated into normalcy, is more mature than she was back in the day and even has a better grasp on people around her than 20 years ago.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Bojack is still incredibly hung up on her to the point that [[spoiler:he eventually goes to New Mexico just to find her.]]
* TheOneWhoMadeItOut: Out of the three friends from Hollywood, she's the only one who was smart enough to leave Hollywood when she could, and turned out all the better because of it. [[spoiler: Too bad she invited that toxic side back into her life..]]
* OnlySaneWoman: Out of the group of friends [=BoJack=] had in TheNineties. [[spoiler: She has backpedaled from this in the present, but it still crops up from time to time, such as dealing with [=BoJack=].]]
* PeerlessLoveInterest: For [=BoJack=], Charlotte will always be that special someone who left, that shine of light that makes him reminisce about the good times in TheEighties, that high standard that is always held to comparison against other romantic relationships in his life. Too bad they never really dated or get to know each other that well, [[LovingAShadow since that makes him over exaggerate Charlotte's friendship into one with such high standards that every single romantic attachment]], with its flaws and all, ends coming short and feeling hollow. [[spoiler: Eventually, when they reunite and he finds out that his fantasy Charlotte's life is very different from the real one's, his eventual lashing out collapses any friendship left between the two.]]
* RelativeButton: [[spoiler: A little advice: Don't mess with her daughter.]]
* SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: In her first {{Flashback}} appearance from TheEighties, Charlotte mentions to [=BoJack=] that she and Herb later are heading to watch Film/BackToTheFuture ''again'' when passing through the comedy club.
* ShipSinking: [[spoiler:Any chance Bojack had to reunite with Charlotte was shot and left to bleed out when he discovered she was married. And it was put out of its misery when she caught him with her daughter.]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Had this with [=BoJack=] back in TheEighties, since it's clear from their interactions that Charlotte and him have much more chemistry than she and Herb, not to say about how she often confides more into him than Herb. From their last interaction, it's revealed that Herb spotted her first and actually had the guts to go talk to her (despite being gay), while [=BoJack=] who was interested, never moved a finger. Charlotte catches around this and decides to shoot down a possible relationship when she decides to leave L.A. based on his supposed cowardly nature. [[spoiler: When they're reunited 20 years later, she seems to be a little more supportive of him than she should, and when his attraction is made evident, the arguments she gives to stop are more like reminders for herself rather than outright dismissals.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Flirted around with, but ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted.]]]]
* YourMakeupIsRunning: {{Discussed}}. She explains to [=BoJack=] that this is the reason why she doesn't like attending funerals: the tears that swell up in her eyes usually ruin her mascara and she doesn't want to make an scene at Herb's funeral.
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[[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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* 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.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: A realistical portrayal, with a [[DumbassTeenageSon dumbass teenage brother]] to boot.
* BreakTheCutie: When Diego rejects her and goes to the prom with Lyla K., Penny goes on a brief slump.
* CannotSpitItOut: Towards her crush, Diego Mendoza.
* 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]].
* 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]].
* DesignatedDriver: Leads to her being the OnlySaneMan in regards to [[spoiler: Bojack getting bourbon to replace the Red Bull and Vodka mix that Maddy had in a flask]].
* DoYouWantToCopulate: [[spoiler: 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. [[spoiler: 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 embarrased.
* EroticEating: [[spoiler: {{Discussed}} when in an attempt to convince Bojack to have sex, Penny mentions [[FreudWasRight her ability to put a condom in a banana.]]]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Bojack]]''': [[spoiler: With your mouth? What kind of health class was that?]]
* 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.
-->'''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: [[spoiler: 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.]]
* GenderEqualsBreed: She is a deer just like her mother.
* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: [[spoiler: For all her bravado, she acts kinda clumsy and inexperienced when trying to convince Bojack to have sex.]]
* HeldGaze: [[spoiler: She and Bojack share one, right before things go [[GoneHorriblyWrong horribly wrong.]]]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler: 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 friend, Penny changes her mind when Bojack justifies it, seeing him as a trustworthy person. {{Justified}}, 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. [[spoiler: This only makes it easier for her and Bojack to get close, bond and almost have sex.]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: She develops one with Bojack. [[spoiler: It goes bad places.]]
* InterruptedIntimacy: [[spoiler: With Bojack. [[TearJerker Sadly]], combined with ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime.]]
* JailBait: [[spoiler: 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: [[spoiler: She ends falling for Bojack, in a PuppyLove way. Yep, it's as [[{{Squick}} squicky]] as it sounds.]]
* LivingLieDetector: [[spoiler: Penny quickly finds out that Bojack's not in Tesuque for a boat show.]]
* MadeOfTemptation: [[spoiler: 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.]]
* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: [[spoiler: 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...]]]]
* OnlySaneWoman: [[spoiler: [[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: [[spoiler: 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.]]
* OldManMarryingAChild: A variant. [[spoiler: She and Bojack almost sleep together.]]
* 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.[[spoiler: 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: [[spoiler: 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.]]
* SiblingRivalry: With her brother, Trip, mostly for their parents' attention.
* SiblingYinYang: With Trip. [[spoiler:Which one is which is debatable.]]
* SmittenTeenageGirl: [[spoiler: 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.]]
* SpiritedYoungLady: Defiant, outspoken, bold. Penny checks all the requirements for this trope.
* TheTease: [[spoiler: While trying to convince Bojack, Penny shows a more flirty side of herself.]]
* TantrumThrowing: When she's rejected by Diego, she throws a hissy fit during a family dinner.
* TeensAreShort: To be fair with her, it's only by comparison and this is [[OneHeadTaller Bojack]] we're talking about.
* 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.
* TVTeen: She avoids most of the stereotypes in this trope. She's still impulsive.
* VirginTension: [[spoiler: Bojack's lust after her is made more complicated by the fact that she's a confused virgin.]]
* VirginityMakesYouStupid: [[spoiler: 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.
* WideEyedIdealist: She can be woefully naive about how the world (and relationships) work.
* YouRemindMeOfX: [[spoiler: Bojack tells her she looks a lot like her mother, and that's just the tip of the iceberg...]]
* YourNormalIsOurTaboo: [[spoiler: 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]]
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!!!'''Played by''': Adam Pally.
Charlotte's human son with Kyle.
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* DumbassTeenageSon: Along with Penny being the BrattyTeenageDaughter.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: [[spoiler: 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.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: He's known for "[[RagingStiffie popping boners]]" suddenly. His sister frequently mocks him about it.
* 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: [[spoiler: 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.
* 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.
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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.
* BumblingDad: {{Zigzagged}}. He is certainly goofy and laid-back, but knows when to put his foot down and isn't stupid or gullible at all.
* ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: [[spoiler:[[InvertedTrope Inverted]] 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: [[spoiler: To Charlotte.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: He (a human) is married to Charlotte (a doe).
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