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* [[Characters/CrazyExGirlfriendWhitefeatherAndAssociates Whitefeather & Associates]][[labelnote:Click to Expand]]Rebecca Bunch, Paula Proctor, Darryl Whitefeather, Nathaniel Plimpton III, Mrs. Hernandez, Karen, Maya, George[[/labelnote]]
* [[Characters/CrazyExGirlfriendTheCrew Josh's Crew]][[labelnote:Click to Expand]]Josh Chan, Greg Serrano, Valencia Perez, Josh "White Josh" Wilson, Hector[[/labelnote]]

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* [[Characters/CrazyExGirlfriendWhitefeatherAndAssociates Whitefeather & Associates]][[labelnote:Click [[Characters/CrazyExGirlfriendMainCharacters Main Characters]][[labelnote:Click to Expand]]Rebecca Bunch, Josh Chan, Paula Proctor, Darryl Whitefeather, Nathaniel Plimpton III, Mrs. Hernandez, Karen, Maya, George[[/labelnote]]
* [[Characters/CrazyExGirlfriendTheCrew Josh's Crew]][[labelnote:Click to Expand]]Josh Chan,
Greg Serrano, Valencia Perez, Josh Darryl Whitefeather, Heather Davis, "White Josh" Wilson, Hector[[/labelnote]]Nathaniel Plimpton III[[/labelnote]]
* [[Characters/CrazyExGirlfriendSupportingCast Supporting Cast]][[labelnote:Click to Expand]]Whitefeather & Associates (Mrs. Hernandez, Karen, Maya, George, Tim & Jim, Sunil), Main Characters' Families (Naomi Bunch, Silas Bunch, the Chan Family, Scott Proctor), Other Secondary Characters (Father Brah, Dr. Akopian, Trent, Hector, Audra Levine, Kevin)[[/labelnote]]




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!Other Main Characters

[[folder:Heather Davis]]
!!Heather Davis
!!!Played by: Vella Lovell
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-->''What time should I come over? Not to party or anything but just like…to watch you. I kinda think you’re fascinating actually. And I’m taking abnormal psych at the JC and I think you would make like a really good paper.''

Heather Davis is a psychology student at the local Junior College and Rebecca's neighbor after she moved to West Covina. She likes to observe other people's behaviors and this is initially what drew her to Rebecca. She did an entire paper and presentation on Rebecca, calling her "bonkerballs," but eventually realized that she would rather befriend Rebecca than study her.

She eventually begins to date Greg Serrano during the Christmas episode, but breaks up with him when she realizes he has feelings for Rebecca.

!! Tropes:
* AdvertisedExtra: In season 1, at least. While she is treated as a main cast member by the opening credits, she doesn't appear until the fourth episode of the series, has no major ties to the plot [[spoiler: besides briefly dating Greg]], frequently is absent from episodes entirely and in general only contributes about as much as supporting characters such as White Josh do. This is lessened in season 2, where she becomes Rebecca's roommate, though she is still generally much less of a presence than the rest of the main cast.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Heather has dated guys, but she has also remarked that she finds Rebecca dressed in a lawyer outfit hot.
-->'''Heather:''' Man, she looks hot in her little legal outfit, right? I'd pound that gavel.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Heather is biracial (with a white mom and a black dad), but she's seen as this in-universe, if Kevin trying to eke her ethnicity out of her in "Oh, Nathaniel, It's On!" is any indication. He guesses she's of Indian descent.
* BrutalHonesty: Has no problem delivering crushing truths to Rebecca about her behavior.
* CharacterDevelopment: She seems at first to be a stereotypical slacker student, but in Season 2's "When Will Josh and his Friend Leave Me Alone?" it emerges that she still lives with her parents, who adore her and encourage her no matter what. When Heather [[spoiler: almost inadvertently becomes the face of "Miss Douche"]], she realizes that her parents "reward failure", and she resolves to get her own place [[spoiler: with Rebecca as her roommate.]]
* TheComicallySerious: In her musical numbers. Notably in "The Moment Is Me", an hopeful song which she sings with no enthusiasm whatsoever.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sarcasm is her go-to response to almost everything.
* TheDitherer: This is implied to be the reason for her refusing to graduate despite having been in college for eight years and having taken all her university's courses -- she is unsure of what to do with her life and has been sitting on this decision for a while.
* EmotionlessGirl: She barely displays any emotion at all. Even on a sugar rush.
-->'''Heather''': [''absolutely deadpan]''] I like you a lot, Greg.
-->'''Greg''': [''smiling''] That's--that's funny.
-->'''Heather''': [''still absolutely deadpan''] Yeah, no, I'm, like, excited about this. I have butterflies.
* HiddenDepths: Heather is actually very observant and sensitive to the feelings of others.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Heather's sarcastic, blunt, and unemotional, and... actually pretty nice, once you get to know her.
* NotSoStoic:
** Heather breaks down and almost cries when she confronts Greg about rushing off to LA to admit his feelings to Rebecca. She's also visibly panicked when [[spoiler:Rebecca nearly throws herself off a cliff at the end of season two]].
** When [[spoiler:heavily pregnant and emotional about it]] in season three, Heather actually ''breaks down and cries openly''. Hector is as stunned as the audience.
* OutOfFocus: She doesn't get written out so much as just not having much to do with the plot in the latter half of the first season. However, she comes back into focus in Season 2, with she and Rebecca becoming roommates.
* TheStoic: She rarely shows her emotions outwardly. In "Nathaniel and I Are Just Friends!" she admits she was stoic as a ''baby'' -- she didn't even cry and her parents thought something was wrong with her.
-->'''Heather''': I was just a super chill baby!
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!Supporting Cast
!!Main Characters' Families

[[folder:Naomi Bunch]]
!!Naomi Bunch
!!!Played by: Tovah Feldshuh
-->''By the way, you're looking healthy,''\\
''And by healthy, I mean chunky,''\\
''I don't mean that as insult, I'm just stating it as fact.''\\
''I see your eczema is back.''

Rebecca's mother. She lives back in New York, but calls her daughter and visits during Hannukah.

!! Tropes:
* AbusiveParent: Not intentionally, but the way she treated (and still treats) Rebecca is just ''not okay''.
* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Well, to prevent her heart from breaking further. Rather than let Rebecca know her dad didn't want to spend time with her, she allowed Rebecca to think it was all her doing.
* CharacterDevelopment: After Rebecca stands up to her, Naomi's relationship to her changes, leading her to become a case of AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents. Her snipes are Rebecca still continue, but this time in a joking manner.
* CrazySurvivalist: Not a typical one, but she's dead convinced that "the Cossacks" are coming and thus she's very harsh on Rebecca so she can fight back when the time comes.
* DamnedByFaintPraise: Noelle shows Rebecca that, despite her rough exterior, Naomi does truly love her. Rebecca isn't impressed, saying that's the bare minimum for a parent.
* EducationMama: Pushed Rebecca into becoming a lawyer.
* Jerkass: Oh yeah. Pretty much no one likes being around her and with good reason.
* JewishComplaining: Her entire first scene is her complaining about everything from the traffic to Rebecca's life choices. In song.
* JewishMother: Her entire character runs on this trope, so much so that she has an entire song about it.
-->'''Naomi''': I'm your Jewish mother now, and I will always have two things -- indigestion, and all the answers.
* ToughLove: Deconstructed. She loves Rebecca, and her primary reason for being so stern was to teach Rebecca to stand up for herself and be tough, but her methods often border on emotional abuse, and it's clear a lot of Rebecca's mental problems are at least partly Naomi's fault.
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[[folder:Silas Bunch]]
!!Silas Bunch
!!!Played by: Jay Huguley (''I Hope Josh Comes to My Party!''), John Allen Nelson (''Josh Has No Idea Where I Am!'' onwards)

Rebecca's deadbeat dad.

!!Tropes:
* DisappearedDad: Walked out on Naomi and Rebecca after a brutal fight during Rebecca's birthday party. Rebecca only saw him sporadically after that. It left her with a bunch of issues.
* GlorifiedSpermDonor: Naomi thinks very little of him and refers to him as "the Westchester sperm donor", as he walked out on them and hardly helped in raising Rebecca afterwards. Despite idealizing their relationship at first, Rebecca eventually comes to this conclusion as well.

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[[folder: The Chans]]
!!The Chan Family
!!!Played by: Amy Hill (Lourdes), Alberto Isaac (Joseph), Tess Paras (Jayma), Coryn Mabalot (Jastenity), Lea Salonga (Aunt Myrna)

Josh's Filipino-American family, consisting of his parents Lourdes and Joseph and his sisters Jayma and Jastenity.

!!Tropes:

* AlliterativeFamily: Josh and his sisters' names all start with J, mirroring their father Joseph.
* HappilyMarried: In a sharp contrast to Rebecca's and Greg's parents, Josh's parents still clearly love each other very much even in their late middle age.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Of a sort. It's mentioned multiple times that Josh's family dislikes Valencia and are loath to the possibility of them marrying. Conversely, they all adore Rebecca, at least until the mishap with the wedding dress.
* ShipperOnDeck: Seemingly the only person to approve of Valencia is Josh's Aunt Myrna, who even gives him the family heirloom ring to propose to her (at Valencia's behest).

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[[folder:Scott Proctor]]
!!Scott Proctor
!!!Played by: Steve Monroe

Paula's husband with whom she's been having marital problems.

!! Tropes:
* ACappella: Is in a barbershop quartet. Ironically, while he's the only character who appears to be into performing music in the "real world", he hasn't had a song yet, outside of an in-universe performance with his group at an office party.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Although it's getting better.
* CharacterDevelopment: He has steadily become a more attentive and caring husband since the beginning of the series. By season 2, he's become her strongest form of support and advice.
* TheConfidant: More or less becomes Paula's Paula by season 2.
* GuysAreSlobs: He's not particularly adept at housework or organization.
* LazyHusband: This and his barbershop quartet are basically his only defining character traits when the series starts. As he and Paula start to reconnect, he gradually grows out of it, to the point of taking on most of the work around the house when [[spoiler:Paula starts law school]].
* NiceGuy: While he's initially presented as being a lazy, oblivious husband, he reveals himself to be an open-minded and supportive guy once he and Paula finally start to bond again.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Paula invites Scott along on one of one of her [[ZanyScheme Zany Schemes]] involving faking a break in at Rebecca's apartment. [[spoiler: Scott has to throw a rock through the sliding glass door, but ends up choosing a decorative rock from inside the house. Josh discovers this and Rebecca's plan is ruined.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: He sleeps with Tanya some time between episodes 7 and 8 of Season 2, and confesses it to Paula, whereupon she kicks him (not literally) out of the house.]]

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!!Other Secondary Characters
[[folder:Father Brah]]
!!Father Brah
!!!Played by: Rene Gube

-->''"Oh, nothing but net! And Christ!"''

A priest at Josh's church, he counsels both Josh and Paula and her husband through any problems.

!! Tropes:
* BrutalHonesty: Part of why he gives such good advice. He's not afraid to call it like it is.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Apparently, he once lied and told his family that his brother had killed the class bunny instead of him. This was the first step in his brother getting addicted to drugs and joining a cult...which Father Brah was later able to help get him out of. (All of this was revealed is a [[HypocriticalHumor stoned]] monologue.)
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His name is actually Father ''Joseph'', but Josh called him "Father Joe" and then "Father Bro" and then "Father Brah." It stuck.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Even though church officials are usually portrayed as stern, Father Brah is actually laid back and pretty helpful. He councils Paula and her husband to have dinner and work out their problems and he tells Josh that he has to confess to Valencia about kissing Rebecca.
* SophisticatedAsHell: He's very smart and gives ''awesome'' advice, such as, "You're being a little bitch," and, "If Rebecca seems happy, you gotta bow out, dawg."
* TheStoner: He has a bad back. It's awesome.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Parodied.
-->'''Father Brah''': Please, Mr. Brah was my father. I'm Father Brah.
* YouKnowImBlackRight: After turning down sex from Valencia, Josh Chan tells FB he didn't even know guys could turn down sex. This gets an exasperated look from Father Brah, since he's, you know, celibate.
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[[folder: Dr. Akopian]]
!!Dr. Noelle Akopian
!!!Played by: Michael Hyatt

-->''"This session is gonna be useful\\
If she's truthful about how she feels\\
So I'll give it my all\\
With my requisite therapy shawl\\
Kiss my fancy degrees on the wall\\
For good luck that it's gonna be different...!"''\\

Rebecca's therapist. She tries oh-so very hard to create a healthy dialogue between her and Rebecca - it's too bad Rebecca hardly ever listens to her.

!! Tropes:
* BigNo: [[spoiler:When Rebecca and Josh get engaged, mainly because Rebecca was so, ''so'' close to actually confronting her problems. Poor Dr. Akopian looks like she wants to cry when Josh shows up and proposes.]]
* HelpfulHallucination: A more vibrant "dream ghost" version of her appears when Rebecca falls asleep on a plane to New York, seated next to the real Dr. Akopian. She even gets her own song lampshading the trope, funnily enough called "Dream Ghosts." Ironically Rebecca actually listens to this version's advice, most likely because she is probably a figment of Rebecca's subconscious.
--> ''"It's not clear if I'm hallucinated,''\\
''Or actually magic,''\\
''Let's [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane leave it vague]], it's [[LampshadeHanging more interesting that way]]."''
* IgnoredExpert: Very correctly points out that despite what Rebecca thinks, she is not in a love triangle with Greg and Josh because neither man is offering her a relationship. She dispenses a lot of sensible and sound advice, not that it is ever put to good use.
* NiceGal: While she's understandably frustrated by Rebecca's cluelessness and inability to acknowledge her issues, Dr. Akopian ''does'' want to help her, and is ''thrilled'' when it looks like Rebecca may actually be ready to start truly trying to heal. [[spoiler:And she's devastated when Rebecca gets engaged to Josh ten seconds later, sending her back to square one]].
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Not initially, but come season 2 she realizes that Rebecca is a lost cause, and that she herself is only letting her make appointments in order to save up for a new kayak.
* OnlySaneMan: She's ''completely'' detached from the Rebecca/Josh debacle and all the insanity that comes with it, and is one of the few people able to be completely objective about it.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She agrees not to press charges against Rebecca and Heather after they broke into her office (while stoned), on the condition that Rebecca attends therapy.
* TheShrink: Has the qualifications, gives the sage advice and compassionate enough to be the Awesome Shrink, but more often than not ends up as the Ineffective because Rebecca is too self-centered to take said advice.
* SurvivalMantra: Played for laughs. "The kayak, Noelle, remember the kayak..."
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted: she ''is'' the therapist. However, Rebecca never listens to her, so she may as well not be there.
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[[folder:Trent]]
!!Trent Maddock
!!!Played by: Paul Welsh

-->''"You know what they say, one person's blackmail is another person's love story."''

A former law school student who went to law school at the same time as Rebecca, who Rebecca and Paula decide to use as her fake boyfriend. When Valencia calls him and he comes to West Covina, he's perfectly willing to play along... because he's been in love with Rebecca since law school.

* {{Adorkable}}: Even more socially impaired than Rebecca.
* AmbiguousDisorder: He's overly-obsessive, has poor social skills and speaks with a strange inflection in his voice at almost all times.
* BrokenAce: An incredibly handsome Ivy League graduate who is an InstantExpert at everything he tries, but he's also creepily obsessed with a single girl, so much that it consumes his entire life.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Where the Sexy Getting Ready song is about how much pain women go through to look sexy, Trent's stops after 30 seconds due to the pain of him cutting himself.
* GirlfriendInCanada: He is Rebecca's "boyfriend" from law school to throw Valencia and Greg off from investigating her. It goes a little too well.
* HopelessSuitor: He's hopelessly infatuated with Rebecca, but she couldn't care less.
* {{Hunk}}: His lean, handsome figure contrasts his desperate and creepy personality.
* NoSocialSkills: His efforts to befriend Josh and his buddies are... laughable, to say the least.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: A gender flipped version of this to Rebecca.
* SexGod: [[spoiler: When Rebecca allows him to have sex with her to get him to leave her alone, she's shocked to find out that he's the best lay she's ever had by a long shot. Not only that, but it was his first time, too. Of course, given the implication earlier in the season that she's as self-centered in bed as she is with everything else, it may simply be his eager-to-please nature.]]
* SpearCounterpart: He is a spear counterpart to Rebecca, right down to trying the same tricks that she does but to lesser effect. Even has his own "Trent is Getting Ready Song" counterpart to the "Sexy Getting Ready Song".
* StalkingIsFunnyIfItsFemaleAfterMale: Played with. His obsession with Rebecca isn't all that different from the one that Rebecca has on Josh, but is portrayed as being much more overtly creepy. It helps that our view of him isn't painted by ProtagonistCenteredMorality.
* StalkerWithACrush: Keeps tabs on Rebecca at all times. Mostly PlayedForLaughs.
* UnexpectedVirgin: He's a successful lawyer in his mid-to-late 20s with a hunky body, but didn't lose until he slept with Rebecca, which surprises her.
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[[folder:Audra Levine]]
!!Audra Levine
!!!Played by: Rachel Grate, Daniela Somers (young)

-->''"Since we were toddlers I've studied every\\
Chink in your armor\\
And between your folks' divorce\\
And that haircut on you\\
I'm not really sure\\
Which one's the bigger shondeh"''[[note]]'''Rebecca''': That means disgrace.[[/note]]

Rebecca's nemesis from New York.

* JewishAmericanPrincess: A successful Jewish lawyer implied to be from a pampered upbringing. Even parodied in her song with Rebecca, the "JAP Battle Rap."
* SitcomArchnemesis: She's been Rebecca's petty rival since childhood, and Rebecca rags on Audra in all her appearances. At one point Rebecca even tries to make peace with her, noting that they're NotSoDifferent, but Audra's not interested.
* ShadowArchetype: Audra's basically Rebecca, if the latter hadn't put her own happiness first. She's driven, motivated, and deliriously unhappy. Rebecca reminds her to prioritize happiness at the end of the episode, but Audra shrugs it off. This is emphasized by her wearing the outfit Rebecca wore in the pilot.
* StepfordSmiler: Just like Rebecca. It's implied that she's unhappy despite her success but her professional smile is so plastered on her face it looks practically manic.
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[[folder:Kevin]]
!!Kevin
!!!Played by: Johnny Meeks

-->''"Listen up, gang! Greg does not want to be treated differently for his addiction! So be cool, be cool."''

The manager of Home Base and Greg and Heather's boss. A nice guy, despite Greg's insistence to the contrary.

* BenevolentBoss: Despite being quirky, he's openly supportive of Greg going to business school.
* {{Keet}}: A grown-up version. He's aggressively upbeat and positive to the point that it makes Greg uncomfortable.
* StepfordSmiler: Though he seems to be genuinely happy most of the time, he is having regular therapy sessions with Dr. Akopian. And according to her, there was a particularly traumatic incident in which Kevin's mother shot his dad on his birthday. When Rebecca and Paula interrupt the session, as soon as he leaves he can be heard wailing "WHY, MOMMY WHY?"

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\n[[foldercontrol]]\n\n!Other Main Characters\n\n[[folder:Heather Davis]]\n!!Heather Davis\n!!!Played by: Vella Lovell\n[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/heatherdavis.jpg]] \n-->''What time should I come over? Not to party or anything but just like…to watch you. I kinda think you’re fascinating actually. And I’m taking abnormal psych at the JC and I think you would make like a really good paper.''\n\nHeather Davis is a psychology student at the local Junior College and Rebecca's neighbor after she moved to West Covina. She likes to observe other people's behaviors and this is initially what drew her to Rebecca. She did an entire paper and presentation on Rebecca, calling her "bonkerballs," but eventually realized that she would rather befriend Rebecca than study her.\n\nShe eventually begins to date Greg Serrano during the Christmas episode, but breaks up with him when she realizes he has feelings for Rebecca.\n\n!! Tropes: \n* AdvertisedExtra: In season 1, at least. While she is treated as a main cast member by the opening credits, she doesn't appear until the fourth episode of the series, has no major ties to the plot [[spoiler: besides briefly dating Greg]], frequently is absent from episodes entirely and in general only contributes about as much as supporting characters such as White Josh do. This is lessened in season 2, where she becomes Rebecca's roommate, though she is still generally much less of a presence than the rest of the main cast.\n* AmbiguouslyBi: Heather has dated guys, but she has also remarked that she finds Rebecca dressed in a lawyer outfit hot.\n-->'''Heather:''' Man, she looks hot in her little legal outfit, right? I'd pound that gavel.\n* AmbiguouslyBrown: Heather is biracial (with a white mom and a black dad), but she's seen as this in-universe, if Kevin trying to eke her ethnicity out of her in "Oh, Nathaniel, It's On!" is any indication. He guesses she's of Indian descent. \n* BrutalHonesty: Has no problem delivering crushing truths to Rebecca about her behavior.\n* CharacterDevelopment: She seems at first to be a stereotypical slacker student, but in Season 2's "When Will Josh and his Friend Leave Me Alone?" it emerges that she still lives with her parents, who adore her and encourage her no matter what. When Heather [[spoiler: almost inadvertently becomes the face of "Miss Douche"]], she realizes that her parents "reward failure", and she resolves to get her own place [[spoiler: with Rebecca as her roommate.]]\n* TheComicallySerious: In her musical numbers. Notably in "The Moment Is Me", an hopeful song which she sings with no enthusiasm whatsoever.\n* DeadpanSnarker: Sarcasm is her go-to response to almost everything.\n* TheDitherer: This is implied to be the reason for her refusing to graduate despite having been in college for eight years and having taken all her university's courses -- she is unsure of what to do with her life and has been sitting on this decision for a while. \n* EmotionlessGirl: She barely displays any emotion at all. Even on a sugar rush.\n-->'''Heather''': [''absolutely deadpan]''] I like you a lot, Greg.\n-->'''Greg''': [''smiling''] That's--that's funny.\n-->'''Heather''': [''still absolutely deadpan''] Yeah, no, I'm, like, excited about this. I have butterflies.\n* HiddenDepths: Heather is actually very observant and sensitive to the feelings of others.\n* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Heather's sarcastic, blunt, and unemotional, and... actually pretty nice, once you get to know her.\n* NotSoStoic: \n** Heather breaks down and almost cries when she confronts Greg about rushing off to LA to admit his feelings to Rebecca. She's also visibly panicked when [[spoiler:Rebecca nearly throws herself off a cliff at the end of season two]].\n** When [[spoiler:heavily pregnant and emotional about it]] in season three, Heather actually ''breaks down and cries openly''. Hector is as stunned as the audience.\n* OutOfFocus: She doesn't get written out so much as just not having much to do with the plot in the latter half of the first season. However, she comes back into focus in Season 2, with she and Rebecca becoming roommates.\n* TheStoic: She rarely shows her emotions outwardly. In "Nathaniel and I Are Just Friends!" she admits she was stoic as a ''baby'' -- she didn't even cry and her parents thought something was wrong with her.\n-->'''Heather''': I was just a super chill baby!\n\\\\n[[/folder]]\n\n\n!Supporting Cast\n!!Main Characters' Families\n\n[[folder:Naomi Bunch]]\n!!Naomi Bunch\n!!!Played by: Tovah Feldshuh\n-->''By the way, you're looking healthy,''\\\n''And by healthy, I mean chunky,''\\\n''I don't mean that as insult, I'm just stating it as fact.''\\\n''I see your eczema is back.''\n\nRebecca's mother. She lives back in New York, but calls her daughter and visits during Hannukah.\n\n!! Tropes: \n* AbusiveParent: Not intentionally, but the way she treated (and still treats) Rebecca is just ''not okay''.\n* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Well, to prevent her heart from breaking further. Rather than let Rebecca know her dad didn't want to spend time with her, she allowed Rebecca to think it was all her doing. \n* CharacterDevelopment: After Rebecca stands up to her, Naomi's relationship to her changes, leading her to become a case of AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents. Her snipes are Rebecca still continue, but this time in a joking manner.\n* CrazySurvivalist: Not a typical one, but she's dead convinced that "the Cossacks" are coming and thus she's very harsh on Rebecca so she can fight back when the time comes.\n* DamnedByFaintPraise: Noelle shows Rebecca that, despite her rough exterior, Naomi does truly love her. Rebecca isn't impressed, saying that's the bare minimum for a parent.\n* EducationMama: Pushed Rebecca into becoming a lawyer.\n* Jerkass: Oh yeah. Pretty much no one likes being around her and with good reason.\n* JewishComplaining: Her entire first scene is her complaining about everything from the traffic to Rebecca's life choices. In song.\n* JewishMother: Her entire character runs on this trope, so much so that she has an entire song about it.\n-->'''Naomi''': I'm your Jewish mother now, and I will always have two things -- indigestion, and all the answers.\n* ToughLove: Deconstructed. She loves Rebecca, and her primary reason for being so stern was to teach Rebecca to stand up for herself and be tough, but her methods often border on emotional abuse, and it's clear a lot of Rebecca's mental problems are at least partly Naomi's fault.\n[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Silas Bunch]]\n!!Silas Bunch\n!!!Played by: Jay Huguley (''I Hope Josh Comes to My Party!''), John Allen Nelson (''Josh Has No Idea Where I Am!'' onwards)\n\nRebecca's deadbeat dad.\n\n!!Tropes:\n* DisappearedDad: Walked out on Naomi and Rebecca after a brutal fight during Rebecca's birthday party. Rebecca only saw him sporadically after that. It left her with a bunch of issues.\n* GlorifiedSpermDonor: Naomi thinks very little of him and refers to him as "the Westchester sperm donor", as he walked out on them and hardly helped in raising Rebecca afterwards. Despite idealizing their relationship at first, Rebecca eventually comes to this conclusion as well.\n\n[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder: The Chans]]\n!!The Chan Family\n!!!Played by: Amy Hill (Lourdes), Alberto Isaac (Joseph), Tess Paras (Jayma), Coryn Mabalot (Jastenity), Lea Salonga (Aunt Myrna)\n\nJosh's Filipino-American family, consisting of his parents Lourdes and Joseph and his sisters Jayma and Jastenity.\n\n!!Tropes:\n\n* AlliterativeFamily: Josh and his sisters' names all start with J, mirroring their father Joseph.\n* HappilyMarried: In a sharp contrast to Rebecca's and Greg's parents, Josh's parents still clearly love each other very much even in their late middle age.\n* ParentalMarriageVeto: Of a sort. It's mentioned multiple times that Josh's family dislikes Valencia and are loath to the possibility of them marrying. Conversely, they all adore Rebecca, at least until the mishap with the wedding dress.\n* ShipperOnDeck: Seemingly the only person to approve of Valencia is Josh's Aunt Myrna, who even gives him the family heirloom ring to propose to her (at Valencia's behest).\n\n[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Scott Proctor]]\n!!Scott Proctor\n!!!Played by: Steve Monroe\n\nPaula's husband with whom she's been having marital problems.\n\n!! Tropes: \n* ACappella: Is in a barbershop quartet. Ironically, while he's the only character who appears to be into performing music in the "real world", he hasn't had a song yet, outside of an in-universe performance with his group at an office party. \n* AwfulWeddedLife: Although it's getting better.\n* CharacterDevelopment: He has steadily become a more attentive and caring husband since the beginning of the series. By season 2, he's become her strongest form of support and advice.\n* TheConfidant: More or less becomes Paula's Paula by season 2.\n* GuysAreSlobs: He's not particularly adept at housework or organization.\n* LazyHusband: This and his barbershop quartet are basically his only defining character traits when the series starts. As he and Paula start to reconnect, he gradually grows out of it, to the point of taking on most of the work around the house when [[spoiler:Paula starts law school]].\n* NiceGuy: While he's initially presented as being a lazy, oblivious husband, he reveals himself to be an open-minded and supportive guy once he and Paula finally start to bond again.\n* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Paula invites Scott along on one of one of her [[ZanyScheme Zany Schemes]] involving faking a break in at Rebecca's apartment. [[spoiler: Scott has to throw a rock through the sliding glass door, but ends up choosing a decorative rock from inside the house. Josh discovers this and Rebecca's plan is ruined.]]\n* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: He sleeps with Tanya some time between episodes 7 and 8 of Season 2, and confesses it to Paula, whereupon she kicks him (not literally) out of the house.]]\n\n[[/folder]]\n\n!!Other Secondary Characters\n[[folder:Father Brah]]\n!!Father Brah\n!!!Played by: Rene Gube\n\n-->''"Oh, nothing but net! And Christ!"''\n\nA priest at Josh's church, he counsels both Josh and Paula and her husband through any problems.\n\n!! Tropes: \n* BrutalHonesty: Part of why he gives such good advice. He's not afraid to call it like it is.\n* DarkAndTroubledPast: Apparently, he once lied and told his family that his brother had killed the class bunny instead of him. This was the first step in his brother getting addicted to drugs and joining a cult...which Father Brah was later able to help get him out of. (All of this was revealed is a [[HypocriticalHumor stoned]] monologue.)\n* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His name is actually Father ''Joseph'', but Josh called him "Father Joe" and then "Father Bro" and then "Father Brah." It stuck.\n* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Even though church officials are usually portrayed as stern, Father Brah is actually laid back and pretty helpful. He councils Paula and her husband to have dinner and work out their problems and he tells Josh that he has to confess to Valencia about kissing Rebecca.\n* SophisticatedAsHell: He's very smart and gives ''awesome'' advice, such as, "You're being a little bitch," and, "If Rebecca seems happy, you gotta bow out, dawg."\n* TheStoner: He has a bad back. It's awesome.\n* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Parodied.\n-->'''Father Brah''': Please, Mr. Brah was my father. I'm Father Brah.\n* YouKnowImBlackRight: After turning down sex from Valencia, Josh Chan tells FB he didn't even know guys could turn down sex. This gets an exasperated look from Father Brah, since he's, you know, celibate.\n[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder: Dr. Akopian]]\n!!Dr. Noelle Akopian\n!!!Played by: Michael Hyatt\n\n-->''"This session is gonna be useful\\\nIf she's truthful about how she feels\\\nSo I'll give it my all\\\nWith my requisite therapy shawl\\\nKiss my fancy degrees on the wall\\\nFor good luck that it's gonna be different...!"''\\\n\nRebecca's therapist. She tries oh-so very hard to create a healthy dialogue between her and Rebecca - it's too bad Rebecca hardly ever listens to her. \n\n!! Tropes:\n* BigNo: [[spoiler:When Rebecca and Josh get engaged, mainly because Rebecca was so, ''so'' close to actually confronting her problems. Poor Dr. Akopian looks like she wants to cry when Josh shows up and proposes.]]\n* HelpfulHallucination: A more vibrant "dream ghost" version of her appears when Rebecca falls asleep on a plane to New York, seated next to the real Dr. Akopian. She even gets her own song lampshading the trope, funnily enough called "Dream Ghosts." Ironically Rebecca actually listens to this version's advice, most likely because she is probably a figment of Rebecca's subconscious. \n--> ''"It's not clear if I'm hallucinated,''\\\n''Or actually magic,''\\\n''Let's [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane leave it vague]], it's [[LampshadeHanging more interesting that way]]."''\n* IgnoredExpert: Very correctly points out that despite what Rebecca thinks, she is not in a love triangle with Greg and Josh because neither man is offering her a relationship. She dispenses a lot of sensible and sound advice, not that it is ever put to good use. \n* NiceGal: While she's understandably frustrated by Rebecca's cluelessness and inability to acknowledge her issues, Dr. Akopian ''does'' want to help her, and is ''thrilled'' when it looks like Rebecca may actually be ready to start truly trying to heal. [[spoiler:And she's devastated when Rebecca gets engaged to Josh ten seconds later, sending her back to square one]].\n* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Not initially, but come season 2 she realizes that Rebecca is a lost cause, and that she herself is only letting her make appointments in order to save up for a new kayak. \n* OnlySaneMan: She's ''completely'' detached from the Rebecca/Josh debacle and all the insanity that comes with it, and is one of the few people able to be completely objective about it.\n* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She agrees not to press charges against Rebecca and Heather after they broke into her office (while stoned), on the condition that Rebecca attends therapy.\n* TheShrink: Has the qualifications, gives the sage advice and compassionate enough to be the Awesome Shrink, but more often than not ends up as the Ineffective because Rebecca is too self-centered to take said advice. \n* SurvivalMantra: Played for laughs. "The kayak, Noelle, remember the kayak..."\n* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted: she ''is'' the therapist. However, Rebecca never listens to her, so she may as well not be there.\n[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Trent]]\n!!Trent Maddock\n!!!Played by: Paul Welsh\n\n-->''"You know what they say, one person's blackmail is another person's love story."''\n\nA former law school student who went to law school at the same time as Rebecca, who Rebecca and Paula decide to use as her fake boyfriend. When Valencia calls him and he comes to West Covina, he's perfectly willing to play along... because he's been in love with Rebecca since law school.\n\n* {{Adorkable}}: Even more socially impaired than Rebecca.\n* AmbiguousDisorder: He's overly-obsessive, has poor social skills and speaks with a strange inflection in his voice at almost all times.\n* BrokenAce: An incredibly handsome Ivy League graduate who is an InstantExpert at everything he tries, but he's also creepily obsessed with a single girl, so much that it consumes his entire life.\n* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Where the Sexy Getting Ready song is about how much pain women go through to look sexy, Trent's stops after 30 seconds due to the pain of him cutting himself.\n* GirlfriendInCanada: He is Rebecca's "boyfriend" from law school to throw Valencia and Greg off from investigating her. It goes a little too well.\n* HopelessSuitor: He's hopelessly infatuated with Rebecca, but she couldn't care less.\n* {{Hunk}}: His lean, handsome figure contrasts his desperate and creepy personality.\n* NoSocialSkills: His efforts to befriend Josh and his buddies are... laughable, to say the least.\n* PsychoExGirlfriend: A gender flipped version of this to Rebecca.\n* SexGod: [[spoiler: When Rebecca allows him to have sex with her to get him to leave her alone, she's shocked to find out that he's the best lay she's ever had by a long shot. Not only that, but it was his first time, too. Of course, given the implication earlier in the season that she's as self-centered in bed as she is with everything else, it may simply be his eager-to-please nature.]]\n* SpearCounterpart: He is a spear counterpart to Rebecca, right down to trying the same tricks that she does but to lesser effect. Even has his own "Trent is Getting Ready Song" counterpart to the "Sexy Getting Ready Song".\n* StalkingIsFunnyIfItsFemaleAfterMale: Played with. His obsession with Rebecca isn't all that different from the one that Rebecca has on Josh, but is portrayed as being much more overtly creepy. It helps that our view of him isn't painted by ProtagonistCenteredMorality.\n* StalkerWithACrush: Keeps tabs on Rebecca at all times. Mostly PlayedForLaughs.\n* UnexpectedVirgin: He's a successful lawyer in his mid-to-late 20s with a hunky body, but didn't lose until he slept with Rebecca, which surprises her.\n[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Audra Levine]]\n!!Audra Levine\n!!!Played by: Rachel Grate, Daniela Somers (young)\n\n-->''"Since we were toddlers I've studied every\\\nChink in your armor\\\nAnd between your folks' divorce\\\nAnd that haircut on you\\\nI'm not really sure\\\nWhich one's the bigger shondeh"''[[note]]'''Rebecca''': That means disgrace.[[/note]]\n\nRebecca's nemesis from New York. \n\n* JewishAmericanPrincess: A successful Jewish lawyer implied to be from a pampered upbringing. Even parodied in her song with Rebecca, the "JAP Battle Rap."\n* SitcomArchnemesis: She's been Rebecca's petty rival since childhood, and Rebecca rags on Audra in all her appearances. At one point Rebecca even tries to make peace with her, noting that they're NotSoDifferent, but Audra's not interested.\n* ShadowArchetype: Audra's basically Rebecca, if the latter hadn't put her own happiness first. She's driven, motivated, and deliriously unhappy. Rebecca reminds her to prioritize happiness at the end of the episode, but Audra shrugs it off. This is emphasized by her wearing the outfit Rebecca wore in the pilot.\n* StepfordSmiler: Just like Rebecca. It's implied that she's unhappy despite her success but her professional smile is so plastered on her face it looks practically manic.\n[[/folder]]\n\n[[folder:Kevin]]\n!!Kevin\n!!!Played by: Johnny Meeks\n\n-->''"Listen up, gang! Greg does not want to be treated differently for his addiction! So be cool, be cool."''\n\nThe manager of Home Base and Greg and Heather's boss. A nice guy, despite Greg's insistence to the contrary.\n\n* BenevolentBoss: Despite being quirky, he's openly supportive of Greg going to business school.\n* {{Keet}}: A grown-up version. He's aggressively upbeat and positive to the point that it makes Greg uncomfortable. \n* StepfordSmiler: Though he seems to be genuinely happy most of the time, he is having regular therapy sessions with Dr. Akopian. And according to her, there was a particularly traumatic incident in which Kevin's mother shot his dad on his birthday. When Rebecca and Paula interrupt the session, as soon as he leaves he can be heard wailing "WHY, MOMMY WHY?"\n\n[[/folder]]----

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* NotSoStoic: Heather breaks down and almost cries when she confronts Greg about rushing off to LA to admit his feelings to Rebecca. She's also visibly panicked when [[spoiler:Rebecca nearly throws herself off a cliff at the end of season two]].

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** When [[spoiler:heavily pregnant and emotional about it]] in season three, Heather actually ''breaks down and cries openly''. Hector is as stunned as the audience.



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* TheStoic: She rarely shows her emotions outwardly. In "Nathaniel and I Are Just Friends!" she admits she was stoic as a ''baby'' -- she didn't even cry and her parents thought something was wrong with her.
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!!The Chan Family



* HappilyMarried: In a sharp contrast to Rebecca's and Greg's parents, Josh's parents still clearly love each other very much even in their late middle age.



-->''"Oh, nothing but net! And Christ!"''



-->''"This session is gonna be useful\\
If she's truthful about how she feels\\
So I'll give it my all\\
With my requisite therapy shawl\\
Kiss my fancy degrees on the wall\\
For good luck that it's gonna be different...!"''\\



* ShadowArchetype: Audra's basically Rebecca, if the latter hadn't put her own happiness first. She's driven, motivated, and deliriously unhappy. Rebecca reminds her to prioritize happiness at the end of the episode, but Audra shrugs it off.

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Chink in your armor\\
And between your folks' divorce\\
And that haircut on you\\
I'm not really sure\\
Which one's the bigger shondeh"''[[note]]'''Rebecca''': That means disgrace.[[/note]]
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[[folder:Sunil Odhav]]
!!Sunil Odhav
!!!Played by: Parvesh Cheenah

Paula's classmate and friend from the San Dimas College School of Law.

* BirdsOfAFeather: With Paula. They bond over being friendly middle-aged parents at law school.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Heather is biracial (with a white mom and a black dad), but she's seen as this in-universe, if Kevin trying to eke her ethnicity out of her in "Oh, Nathaniel, It's On!" is any indication. He guesses she's of Indian descent.



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* GirlfriendInCanada: He is Rebecca's "boyfriend" from law school to through Valencia and Greg off from investigating her. It goes a little too well.

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* StepfordSmiler: Though he seems to be genuinely happy most of the time, he is having regular therapy sessions with Dr. Akopian. And according to her, there was a particularly traumatic incident in which Kevin's mother shot his dad on his birthday. When Rebecca and Paula interrupt the session, as soon as he leaves he can be heard wailing "WHY, MOMMY WHY?"

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!!Actor: Vella Lovell

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!!!Played by:
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* TheDitherer: This is implied to be the reason for her refusing to graduate despite having been in college for eight years and having taken all her university's courses -- she is unsure of what to do with her life and has been sitting on this decision for a while.



!!Naomi Bunch



[[folder: The Chans]]
!!!Played by: Amy Hill (Lourdes), Alberto Isaac (Joseph), Tess Paras (Jayma), Coryn Mabalot (Jastenity), Lea Salonga (Aunt Myrna)

Josh's Filipino-American family, consisting of his parents Lourdes and Joseph and his sisters Jayma and Jastenity.

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[[folder:Silas Bunch]]
!!Silas Bunch
!!!Played by: Amy Hill (Lourdes), Alberto Isaac (Joseph), Tess Paras (Jayma), Coryn Mabalot (Jastenity), Lea Salonga (Aunt Myrna)

Josh's Filipino-American family, consisting of his parents Lourdes and Joseph and his sisters Jayma and Jastenity.
Jay Huguley (''I Hope Josh Comes to My Party!''), John Allen Nelson (''Josh Has No Idea Where I Am!'' onwards)

Rebecca's deadbeat dad.




* AlliterativeFamily: Josh and his sisters' names all start with J, mirroring their father Joseph.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Of a sort. It's mentioned multiple times that Josh's family dislikes Valencia and are loath to the possibility of them marrying. Conversely, they all adore Rebecca, at least until the mishap with the wedding dress.
* ShipperOnDeck: Seemingly the only person to approve of Valencia is Josh's Aunt Myrna, who even gives him the family heirloom ring to propose to her (at Valencia's behest).

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\n* AlliterativeFamily: Josh DisappearedDad: Walked out on Naomi and his sisters' names all start Rebecca after a brutal fight during Rebecca's birthday party. Rebecca only saw him sporadically after that. It left her with J, mirroring a bunch of issues.
* GlorifiedSpermDonor: Naomi thinks very little of him and refers to him as "the Westchester sperm donor", as he walked out on them and hardly helped in raising Rebecca afterwards. Despite idealizing
their father Joseph.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Of a sort. It's mentioned multiple times that Josh's family dislikes Valencia and are loath
relationship at first, Rebecca eventually comes to the possibility of them marrying. Conversely, they all adore Rebecca, at least until the mishap with the wedding dress.
* ShipperOnDeck: Seemingly the only person to approve of Valencia is Josh's Aunt Myrna, who even gives him the family heirloom ring to propose to her (at Valencia's behest).
this conclusion as well.



[[folder: The Chans]]
!!!Played by: Amy Hill (Lourdes), Alberto Isaac (Joseph), Tess Paras (Jayma), Coryn Mabalot (Jastenity), Lea Salonga (Aunt Myrna)

Josh's Filipino-American family, consisting of his parents Lourdes and Joseph and his sisters Jayma and Jastenity.

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* AlliterativeFamily: Josh and his sisters' names all start with J, mirroring their father Joseph.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Of a sort. It's mentioned multiple times that Josh's family dislikes Valencia and are loath to the possibility of them marrying. Conversely, they all adore Rebecca, at least until the mishap with the wedding dress.
* ShipperOnDeck: Seemingly the only person to approve of Valencia is Josh's Aunt Myrna, who even gives him the family heirloom ring to propose to her (at Valencia's behest).

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!!Scott Proctor




[[folder:



!!Father Brah



* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Parodied.
-->'''Father Brah''': Please, Mr. Brah was my father. I'm Father Brah.



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[[folder: Dr. Akopian]]
!!Dr.
Noelle Akopian]]Akopian



!!Trent Maddock



-->''"You know what they say, one person's blackmail is another person's love story."''



* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He's hopelessly infatuated with Rebecca, but she couldn't care less.



* HopelessSuitor: He's hopelessly infatuated with Rebecca, but she couldn't care less.



* StalkerWithACrush: Keeps tabs on Rebecca at all times.

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* StalkerWithACrush: Keeps tabs on Rebecca at all times. Mostly PlayedForLaughs.



!!Audra Levine



* SitcomArchnemesis: She's been Rebecca's petty rival since childhood, and Rebecca rags on Audra in all her appearances.

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[[folder:Kevin]]
!!Kevin
!!!Played by: Johnny Meeks

The manager of Home Base and Greg and Heather's boss. A nice guy, despite Greg's insistence to the contrary.

* BenevolentBoss: Despite being quirky, he's openly supportive of Greg going to business school.
* {{Keet}}: A grown-up version. He's aggressively upbeat and positive to the point that it makes Greg uncomfortable.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sunil Odhav]]
!!Sunil Odhav
!!!Played by: Parvesh Cheenah

Paula's classmate and friend from the San Dimas College School of Law.

* BirdsOfAFeather: With Paula. They bond over being friendly middle-aged parents at law school.

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!!Actor: Tovah Feldshuh

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-->'''Naomi''': I'm your Jewish mother now, and I will always have two things -- indigestion, and all the answers.



!!Actor: Amy Hill (Lourdes), Alberto Isaac (Joseph), Tess Paras (Jayma), Coryn Mabalot (Jastenity), Lea Salonga (Aunt Myrna)

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!!Actor: !!!Played by: Amy Hill (Lourdes), Alberto Isaac (Joseph), Tess Paras (Jayma), Coryn Mabalot (Jastenity), Lea Salonga (Aunt Myrna)



!!Actor: Steve Monroe

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!!Actor: Rene Gube

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!!Actor: Michael Hyatt

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!!Actor: Paul Welsh

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[[folder:Audra Levine]]
!!!Played by: Rachel Grate, Daniela Somers (young)

Rebecca's nemesis from New York.

* JewishAmericanPrincess: A successful Jewish lawyer implied to be from a pampered upbringing. Even parodied in her song with Rebecca, the "JAP Battle Rap."
* SitcomArchnemesis: She's been Rebecca's petty rival since childhood, and Rebecca rags on Audra in all her appearances.
* ShadowArchetype: Audra's basically Rebecca, if the latter hadn't put her own happiness first. She's driven, motivated, and deliriously unhappy. Rebecca reminds her to prioritize happiness at the end of the episode, but Audra shrugs it off.
* StepfordSmiler: Just like Rebecca. It's implied that she's unhappy despite her success but her professional smile is so plastered on her face it looks practically manic.
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* DamnedByFaintPraise: Noelle shows Rebecca that, despite her rough exterior, Naomi does truly love her. Rebecca isn't impressed, saying that's the bare minimum for a parent.


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!!Main Characters' Families



[[folder:Father Brah]]
!!Actor: Rene Gube

A priest at Josh's church, he counsels both Josh and Paula and her husband through any problems.

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[[folder:Father Brah]]
[[folder: The Chans]]
!!Actor: Rene Gube

A priest at
Amy Hill (Lourdes), Alberto Isaac (Joseph), Tess Paras (Jayma), Coryn Mabalot (Jastenity), Lea Salonga (Aunt Myrna)

Josh's church, he counsels both Filipino-American family, consisting of his parents Lourdes and Joseph and his sisters Jayma and Jastenity.

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* AlliterativeFamily:
Josh and Paula his sisters' names all start with J, mirroring their father Joseph.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Of a sort. It's mentioned multiple times that Josh's family dislikes Valencia
and are loath to the possibility of them marrying. Conversely, they all adore Rebecca, at least until the mishap with the wedding dress.
* ShipperOnDeck: Seemingly the only person to approve of Valencia is Josh's Aunt Myrna, who even gives him the family heirloom ring to propose to
her (at Valencia's behest).

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Scott Proctor]]
!!Actor: Steve Monroe

Paula's
husband through any with whom she's been having marital problems.



* BrutalHonesty: Part of why he gives such good advice. He's not afraid to call it like it is.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Apparently, he once lied and told his family that his brother had killed the class bunny instead of him. This was the first step in his brother getting addicted to drugs and joining a cult...which Father Brah was later able to help get him out of. (All of this was revealed is a [[HypocriticalHumor stoned]] monologue.)
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His name is actually Father ''Joseph'', but Josh called him "Father Joe" and then "Father Bro" and then "Father Brah." It stuck.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Even though church officials are usually portrayed as stern, Father Brah is actually laid back and pretty helpful. He councils Paula and her husband to have dinner and work out their problems and he tells Josh that he has to confess to Valencia about kissing Rebecca.
* SophisticatedAsHell: He's very smart and gives ''awesome'' advice, such as, "You're being a little bitch," and, "If Rebecca seems happy, you gotta bow out, dawg."
* TheStoner: He has a bad back. It's awesome.
* YouKnowImBlackRight: After turning down sex from Valencia, Josh Chan tells FB he didn't even know guys could turn down sex. This gets an exasperated look from Father Brah, since he's, you know, celibate.

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* BrutalHonesty: Part ACappella: Is in a barbershop quartet. Ironically, while he's the only character who appears to be into performing music in the "real world", he hasn't had a song yet, outside of why he gives such good advice. an in-universe performance with his group at an office party.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Although it's getting better.
* CharacterDevelopment: He has steadily become a more attentive and caring husband since the beginning of the series. By season 2, he's become her strongest form of support and advice.
* TheConfidant: More or less becomes Paula's Paula by season 2.
* GuysAreSlobs:
He's not afraid to call it like it is.
particularly adept at housework or organization.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Apparently, he once lied and told his family that his brother had killed the class bunny instead of him. LazyHusband: This was and his barbershop quartet are basically his only defining character traits when the first step in his brother getting addicted to drugs series starts. As he and joining a cult...which Father Brah was later able to help get him out of. (All of this was revealed is a [[HypocriticalHumor stoned]] monologue.)
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His name is actually Father ''Joseph'', but Josh called him "Father Joe" and then "Father Bro" and then "Father Brah." It stuck.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Even though church officials are usually portrayed as stern, Father Brah is actually laid back and pretty helpful. He councils
Paula and her husband start to have dinner and reconnect, he gradually grows out of it, to the point of taking on most of the work out their problems and he tells Josh that he has to confess to Valencia about kissing Rebecca.
around the house when [[spoiler:Paula starts law school]].
* SophisticatedAsHell: He's very smart and gives ''awesome'' advice, such as, "You're NiceGuy: While he's initially presented as being a little bitch," and, "If Rebecca seems happy, you gotta bow out, dawg."
lazy, oblivious husband, he reveals himself to be an open-minded and supportive guy once he and Paula finally start to bond again.
* TheStoner: He NiceJobBreakingItHero: Paula invites Scott along on one of one of her [[ZanyScheme Zany Schemes]] involving faking a break in at Rebecca's apartment. [[spoiler: Scott has to throw a bad back. It's awesome.
* YouKnowImBlackRight: After turning down sex
rock through the sliding glass door, but ends up choosing a decorative rock from Valencia, inside the house. Josh Chan tells FB he didn't even know guys could turn down sex. This gets an exasperated look from Father Brah, since he's, you know, celibate.discovers this and Rebecca's plan is ruined.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: He sleeps with Tanya some time between episodes 7 and 8 of Season 2, and confesses it to Paula, whereupon she kicks him (not literally) out of the house.]]



!!Other Secondary Characters
[[folder:Father Brah]]
!!Actor: Rene Gube

A priest at Josh's church, he counsels both Josh and Paula and her husband through any problems.

!! Tropes:
* BrutalHonesty: Part of why he gives such good advice. He's not afraid to call it like it is.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Apparently, he once lied and told his family that his brother had killed the class bunny instead of him. This was the first step in his brother getting addicted to drugs and joining a cult...which Father Brah was later able to help get him out of. (All of this was revealed is a [[HypocriticalHumor stoned]] monologue.)
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His name is actually Father ''Joseph'', but Josh called him "Father Joe" and then "Father Bro" and then "Father Brah." It stuck.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Even though church officials are usually portrayed as stern, Father Brah is actually laid back and pretty helpful. He councils Paula and her husband to have dinner and work out their problems and he tells Josh that he has to confess to Valencia about kissing Rebecca.
* SophisticatedAsHell: He's very smart and gives ''awesome'' advice, such as, "You're being a little bitch," and, "If Rebecca seems happy, you gotta bow out, dawg."
* TheStoner: He has a bad back. It's awesome.
* YouKnowImBlackRight: After turning down sex from Valencia, Josh Chan tells FB he didn't even know guys could turn down sex. This gets an exasperated look from Father Brah, since he's, you know, celibate.
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[[folder:Scott Proctor]]
!!Actor: Steve Monroe

Paula's husband with whom she's been having marital problems.

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* ACappella: Is in a barbershop quartet. Ironically, while he's the only character who appears to be into performing music in the "real world", he hasn't had a song yet, outside of an in-universe performance with his group at an office party.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Although it's getting better.
* CharacterDevelopment: He has steadily become a more attentive and caring husband since the beginning of the series. By season 2, he's become her strongest form of support and advice.
* TheConfidant: More or less becomes Paula's Paula by season 2.
* GuysAreSlobs: He's not particularly adept at housework or organization.
* LazyHusband: This and his barbershop quartet are basically his only defining character traits when the series starts. As he and Paula start to reconnect, he gradually grows out of it, to the point of taking on most of the work around the house when [[spoiler:Paula starts law school]].
* NiceGuy: While he's initially presented as being a lazy, oblivious husband, he reveals himself to be an open-minded and supportive guy once he and Paula finally start to bond again.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Paula invites Scott along on one of one of her [[ZanyScheme Zany Schemes]] involving faking a break in at Rebecca's apartment. [[spoiler: Scott has to throw a rock through the sliding glass door, but ends up choosing a decorative rock from inside the house. Josh discovers this and Rebecca's plan is ruined.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: He sleeps with Tanya some time between episodes 7 and 8 of Season 2, and confesses it to Paula, whereupon she kicks him (not literally) out of the house.]]
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* UnexpectedVirgin: He's a successful lawyer in his mid-to-late 20s with a hunky body, but didn't lose until he slept with Rebecca, which surprises her.
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* CharacterDevelopment: After Rebecca stands up to her, Naomi's relationship to her changes, leading her to become a case of AmazinglyEmbarassingParents. Her snipes are Rebecca still continue, but this time in a joking manner.

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* CharacterDevelopment: After Rebecca stands up to her, Naomi's relationship to her changes, leading her to become a case of AmazinglyEmbarassingParents.AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents. Her snipes are Rebecca still continue, but this time in a joking manner.



* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted: she ''is'' the therapist. However, Rebecca never listens to her, so it's almost like she's not there.

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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted: she ''is'' the therapist. However, Rebecca never listens to her, so it's almost like she's she may as well not be there.

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* {{Asexual}}: Implied. When talking about his entering priesthood, he states that "it really balances the fact that I don't bone."
** ...Or he's just talking about celibacy since he's, y'know, a Catholic priest. He did seem like he misses it.
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** ...Or he's just talking about celibacy since he's, y'know, a Catholic priest. He did seem like he misses it.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Even more socially impaired than Rebecca.
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vella lovell is often mistaken for south asian but she's mixed black & white like heather


* HappilyAdopted: Seems to be the case for Heather, considering that she is of Indian descent, yet she has a black father and a white mother.
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* [[Characters/CrazyExGirlfriendWhitefeatherAndAssociates Whitefeather & Associates]]
* [[Characters/CrazyExGirlfriendTheCrew Josh's Crew]]

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* [[Characters/CrazyExGirlfriendWhitefeatherAndAssociates Whitefeather & Associates]]
Associates]][[labelnote:Click to Expand]]Rebecca Bunch, Paula Proctor, Darryl Whitefeather, Nathaniel Plimpton III, Mrs. Hernandez, Karen, Maya, George[[/labelnote]]
* [[Characters/CrazyExGirlfriendTheCrew Josh's Crew]]Crew]][[labelnote:Click to Expand]]Josh Chan, Greg Serrano, Valencia Perez, Josh "White Josh" Wilson, Hector[[/labelnote]]

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