History Characters / FreshOffTheBoat

* CommonalityConnection: Eventually bonds with Eddie over Music/TheBeastieBoys.

* BlackSheep: Compared to Evan and Emery, who are much more traditional and thus get his parents approval more.

* BareYourMidriff: The majority of her outfits sure show it off.

* IronicInversion: In the ''VideoGame/ShaqFu'' episode, Dave's mom gets him a game based off the fifteen-year-old film ''9 to 5''. It winds up being way better than ''Shaq Fu'', despite the fact that everyone expected that Dave's game would be awful.

[[folder:"Barefoot" Dave Selby]]

* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Jokes about his DisappearedDad make up the majority of his screentime. His mother also seems borderline neglectful as well.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In comparison to the original memoir, at least. Her real life counterpart was basically the TV character UpToEleven, to the extent that had she not been toned down, the show likely would have been attacked for perpetuating the Asian Tiger Mom stereotype.

* PutOnABus: Leaves in the fifth season premiere after her baby half-sister is born to live with her mother and give her dad and stepmom space to raise their new daughter. (''Actually'' left because Luna Blaise got a role on another show.) One of the few departed characters to get a proper exit storyline.

->'''Played By''': {{Creator/Isabelle Alexander}}

* OutOfFocus: Like all of Eddie's friends except for Trent, he is pretty scarce in the last couple seasons, appearing only four times in season 5 and just twice in season 6.

* BilingualDialogue: In earlier seasons she only speaks Mandarin, but others talk to her in English and she seems to understand. In later seasons, she starts taking English classes, and puts in a real effort to start speaking English even at home with her family. In season 6 she speaks English exclusively.

* NotSoDifferent: Eventually bonds with Eddie over Music/TheBeastieBoys.
** Once they become friends, they occasionally bond over being the only two minority characters in their crew. Once they start high school and have to adjust to being at the bottom of the food chain as freshmen, their ''very'' white friend Trent remarks that now he knows how it feels to be oppressed - the camera immediately cuts to Eddie and Walter executing a joint FacePalm.

* ChickMagnet: He's shown to be popular with his female classmates.

* BilingualDialogue: In earlier seasons she only speaks Mandarin, but others talk to her in English and she seems to understand. In later seasons, she starts taking English classes, and puts in a real effort to start speaking English even at home with her family. However, she'll usually also speak some Mandarin.

* EmbarrassingNickname: Barefoot Dave, in reference to his poverty. Seldom used after season 1, but Evan Hannemann was credited "as Barefoot Dave" throughout.

* {{Adorkable}}: His earnest enthusiasm and general likability makes him this.

* AgeLift: The real Eddie Huang was born on March 1, 1982. The character was born on November 10, 1993, making him almost two years younger. It's unclear why the character was aged down, although perhaps the tender age of actor Hudson Yang (who was only 10 when they shot the pilot, and whose character turning 12 was filmed before ''he'' actually did) might have been a factor.

* AgeLift: The real Eddie Huang was born on March 1, 1982. The character was born on November 10, 1993, making him almost two years younger.

* AgeLife: The real Eddie Huang was born on March 1, 1982. The character was born on November 10, 1993, making him almost two years younger.

* OnlyOneName: Weirdly, he has ''two'' different last names.