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* ButtMonkey: Not a lot goes right for him, what with the EmbarassingNickname or two he gets labelled with, JP falling on him and breaking his leg, being left stranded in the Pennines with said broken leg, not doing too well with his relationships (at first) (though he does get more action than [[HandsomeLech JP]]) suffering from ocular migraines due to stress before his finals.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Though he is initially set up as TheWoobie, he has a radical change of identity at the beginning of the second series, gaining a completely new fashion sense and an interest in music that has never been mentioned previously.

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* ButtMonkey: Not a lot goes right for him, what with the EmbarassingNickname EmbarrassingNickname or two he gets labelled with, JP falling on him and breaking his leg, being left stranded in the Pennines with said broken leg, not doing too well with his relationships (at first) (though he does get more action than [[HandsomeLech JP]]) suffering from ocular migraines due to stress before his finals.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Though he is initially set up as TheWoobie, a poor victim of circumstances, he has a radical change of identity at the beginning of the second series, gaining a completely new fashion sense and an interest in music that has never been mentioned previously.
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!!!Actor: Charlotte Richie

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!!!Actor: Jack Whitehall

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* TheAlcoholic: Probably the heaviest one of the house, and that's saying something. Deconstructed when [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal drunk drilling]] gets her thrown off the course.

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* TheAlcoholic: Probably the heaviest one of the house, and that's saying something. Deconstructed when [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal drunk drilling]] drilling gets her thrown off the course.

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Alphabetization.


* {{Hypocrite}}: She's upset at Kingsley for his deception in regards to actually losing his virginity to Ruth instead of her, but Howard points out that she never broke up with Dave, a fact she never admitted to Kingsley.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: {{Hypocrite}}:
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She's upset at Kingsley for his deception in regards to actually losing his virginity to Ruth instead of her, but Howard points out that she never broke up with Dave, a fact she never admitted to Kingsley.

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** Despite being ok with an open relationship with Kingsley she chews him out for flirting with Sam, whilst sleeping [[UpToEleven with an entire other house]].



* ButtMonkey: Not a lot goes right for him, what with the EmbarassingNickname or two he gets labelled with, JP falling on him and breaking his leg, being left stranded in the Pennines with said broken leg, not doing too well with his relationships (at first) suffering from ocular migraines due to stress before his finals.

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* ButtMonkey: Not a lot goes right for him, what with the EmbarassingNickname or two he gets labelled with, JP falling on him and breaking his leg, being left stranded in the Pennines with said broken leg, not doing too well with his relationships (at first) (though he does get more action than [[HandsomeLech JP]]) suffering from ocular migraines due to stress before his finals.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Doesn't always stand up for himself as often as he perhaps should.

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* ExtremeDoormat: Doesn't always stand up for himself as often as he perhaps should. Dave had him on toast in every interaction.



* DeadpanSnarker: For someone so sheltered, he can sarcastic when the mood takes him.

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* DeadpanSnarker: For someone so sheltered, sheltered and thick-headed, he can be a pretty sarcastic guy when the mood takes him.him. [[JerkassHasAPoint "Maybe he did some work and got paid for it"]], when answering Oregon's question as to how the handyman can afford so much money.



%%* BoyishShortHair

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%%* BoyishShortHair* BoyishShortHair: Is a Ladette and usually keeps her hair short, meaning her flatmates are thrown for a loop when her hair is given a GirlynessUpgrade when she gets with one of the handymen.
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CasanovaWannabe: Although JP does have a healthy enough sex life, he has only a lukewarm success rate with picking up girls, and gets fobbed off and rejected many, many times throughout the show. Compares badly to Kingsley who casually sleeps with almost every girl or woman he talks to

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* CasanovaWannabe: Although JP does have a healthy enough sex life, he has only a lukewarm success rate with picking up girls, and gets fobbed off and rejected many, many times throughout the show. Compares badly to Kingsley who casually sleeps with almost every girl or woman he talks toto.
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* DirtyCoward: Confrontation is not his strong point.


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CasanovaWannabe: Although JP does have a healthy enough sex life, he has only a lukewarm success rate with picking up girls, and gets fobbed off and rejected many, many times throughout the show. Compares badly to Kingsley who casually sleeps with almost every girl or woman he talks to
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Head-in-the-sand management is about incompetent leadership, not about incompetent romance.


* HeadInTheSandManagement: Instead of straight up telling Javier she's not interested like a brave, honest person, she leads him on into marrying her and just abandons him 24/7.

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* EasilyForgiven: Gets away with a lot.

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* EasilyForgiven: Gets away with a lot.selling out her friends alot and hiding away from her problems.



* HeadInTheSandManagement: Instead of straight up telling Javier she's not interested like a brave, honest person, she leads him on into marrying her and just abandons him 24/7.



%%* LonersAreFreaks

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%%* LonersAreFreaks* LonersAreFreaks: Oregon calls him a freak when with Tony Shales. Though he's way more normal than Brian.



%%* ConsummateLiar



%%* NervousWreck
%%* PurelyAestheticGlasses

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* NervousWreck: She's very neurotic about fitting in and sleeping with the right boys.
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Please remember that Endearingly Dorky is not the same as Adorkable - the former requires that the character is considered adorable in-universe.


* EndearinglyDorky: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqajg35iwBw He's such a numpty it becomes adorable in his own weird way.]]
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* EndearinglyDorky: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqajg35iwBw He's so much such a numpty it becomes adorable in his own weird way.]]

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* EndearinglyDorky: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqajg35iwBw He's so much such a numpty it becomes adorable in his own weird way.]]
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* EndearinglyDorky: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqajg35iwBw He's so much such a numpty it becomes adorable in his own weird way.]]
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Adorkable is YMMV now.


* {{Adorkable}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqajg35iwBw He's such a numpty it becomes adorable in his own weird way.]]



* {{Adorkable}}: Socially awkward [[spoiler: and surprisingly good at sex.]]
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* {{Adorkable}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqajg35iwBw He's so much a numpty it becomes adorable in his own weird way.]]

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* {{Adorkable}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqajg35iwBw He's so much such a numpty it becomes adorable in his own weird way.]]



* AmbiguousDisorder: Likely Aspergers with OCD.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Likely Aspergers along with mild OCD. Invoked by JP, who at one point asks Howard if he's on the spectrum.
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Dewicking per TRS decision.


%%* BiTheWay
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* OnlyKnownByInitials: Played with. Most characters refer to him as JP, but others call him Jonathan (such as his mother).

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* OnlyKnownByInitials: Played with. Most Downplayed since that while most characters refer to him as JP, but others a few do call him Jonathan (such as his mother).
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Boy is he ever. His favourite appearance sees him blow-drying duck carcasses with a hairdryer, while wearing a woolly jumper and no trousers. He tells Vod (who saw him like that upon first meeting him) that he is used to wearing "trousers of the mind". Right...

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Boy is he ever. His favourite first appearance sees him blow-drying duck carcasses with a hairdryer, while wearing a woolly jumper and no trousers. He tells Vod (who saw him like that upon first meeting him) that he is used to wearing "trousers of the mind". Right...

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* AerithAndBob: His older brother is called Tomothy (his mother wanted to call him Tom, his father wanted to call him Timothy) and his name is Jonathan.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kingsley refers to JP like this with this line: "[JP] is a dick, but for a dick he's surprisingly all right."

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kingsley refers to once describes JP like as this with this line: trope: "[JP] is a dick, but for a dick he's surprisingly all right."



* OnlyKnownByInitials: Played with. Most characters refer to him as JP, but others call him Jonathan (such as his mother).



* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Boy is he ever. His favourite appearance sees him blow-drying duck carcasses with a hairdryer, while wearing a woolly jumper and no trousers. He tells Vod (who saw him like that upon first meeting him) and said he is used to wearing "trousers of the mind".

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Boy is he ever. His favourite appearance sees him blow-drying duck carcasses with a hairdryer, while wearing a woolly jumper and no trousers. He tells Vod (who saw him like that upon first meeting him) and said that he is used to wearing "trousers of the mind". Right...

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* NeverMyFault: Starts the 'Hole Drilling' protest, as opposed to just facing up to the consequences. And accepts no blame whatsoever for breaking Heather's arm when trying out a martial arts move Sabine taught her.



* NeverMyFault: Starts the 'Hole Drilling' protest, as opposed to just facing up to the consequences.



%%* ButtMonkey

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%%* ButtMonkey* ButtMonkey: Not a lot goes right for him, what with the EmbarassingNickname or two he gets labelled with, JP falling on him and breaking his leg, being left stranded in the Pennines with said broken leg, not doing too well with his relationships (at first) suffering from ocular migraines due to stress before his finals.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kingsley refers to JP like this with this line: "[JP] is a dick, but for a dick he's surprisingly all right."



%%* DeadpanSnarker

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%%* DeadpanSnarker * DeadpanSnarker: Is one of the biggest offenders in the house, along with JP and sometimes Howard.



* StickyFingers: A RunningGag is Vod "borrowing" Oregon's things without permission, including a skirt, a dress, [[spoiler: and even ''her passport''.]]



* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Boy is he ever. His favourite appearance sees him blow-drying duck carcasses with a hairdryer, while wearing a woolly jumper and no trousers. He tells Vod (who saw him like that upon first meeting him) and said he is used to wearing "trousers of the mind".



%%* DeadpanSnarker

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%%* DeadpanSnarker* DeadpanSnarker: Shares this role with JP and Vod.



%%* LovableNerd

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%%* LovableNerd* LovableNerd: Starts off as TheFriendNobodyLikes, but the others warm up to him after a while, and [[spoiler:he gets the highest grade at the end of the series.]]



%%* SecretlyWealthy

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%%* SecretlyWealthy* SecretlyWealthy: Comes from a rich background like JP, but unlike him, it's not revealed at first.



* MayDecemberRomance: Old enough to be Oregon's father, as evidenced by the fact that she dates his ''son.''

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* MayDecemberRomance: Old enough to be Oregon's father, as evidenced by the fact that she later dates his ''son.''
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insufficient context for spoiled sweet, often-misused trope


* SpoiledSweet: Is privileged but doesn't seem that snobby towards the underclass just a bit pretentious at times.
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!!!Actor: Faye Marsay

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* ButtMonkey

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* BiTheWay
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* DeadpanSnarker
* LonersAreFreaks
* LovableNerd

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* ConsummateLiar

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* NervousWreck
* PurelyAestheticGlasses
* SecretlyWealthy

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* TheGhost

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* NoSenseOfHumor

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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold

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* Adorkable: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqajg35iwBw He's so much a numpty it becomes adorable in his own weird way.]]

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* Adorkable: {{Adorkable}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqajg35iwBw He's so much a numpty it becomes adorable in his own weird way.]]



* {{AmbigousDisorder}}: Likely Aspergers with OCD.

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* {{AmbigousDisorder}}: AmbiguousDisorder: Likely Aspergers with OCD.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Doesn't always stand up for himself as often as he perhaps should.

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* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler:He hooks up with Josie multiple times in the first season. After a long period of being JustFriends, they end the series as a couple.]]

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* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler:He hooks up with Josie multiple times twice in the first season. After a long period of being JustFriends, they end the series as a couple.]]]]
* HandsomeLech: He's not a bad looking guy but his try hard flirting has turned off many girls as it has turned them on.



* LovableCoward: When hiding from Dave.
* LadykillerInLove: For all of his gusto, he does genuinely fall for a few girls over the course of the series. [[spoiler:Especially Josie, who ends up being half of the OfficialCouple with him.]]

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* LovableCoward: When hiding from Dave.
[[CrazyJealousGuy Dave]].
* LadykillerInLove: For all of his gusto, he does genuinely fall for a few girls over the course of the series. [[spoiler:Especially Sam then Josie, who ends up being half of the OfficialCouple with him.]]



* UpperClassTwit

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* UpperClassTwitUpperClassTwit: An ultimately harmless example but he is posh and at times lovably dumb.
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* JerkassWoobie: Sabine's unfriendly treatment by the other house members makes you feel sorry for her. She makes a [[Heel-Face-Turn]] in Series 3.

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