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* TheDitz: In a webisode, she’s incredulous that the aliens Michael Jordan played with in ''SpaceJam'' were actually cartoons.

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* TheDitz: In a webisode, she’s incredulous that the aliens Michael Jordan played with in ''SpaceJam'' ''Film/SpaceJam'' were actually cartoons.
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** In one episode, he calls Alex out on being too impulsive. But as other people point out, he's also pretty impulsive as well.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Turns out, she has an older sister that makes Jane look like Alex whenever she's around.
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* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: Temporarily becomes smart in one episode. Ends up going back to her old ways when she finds that hanging out with other intellectuals isn't all that fun.


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* [[WeWantOurJerkBack We Want Our Ditz Back]]: In one episode, she becomes fairly smart which makes Dave and Jane feel threatened. They even try to coax her back to her old ways.
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* NotSoDifferent: Not as dumb as Alex, but he's still not particularly bright either. This is really highlighted in the episode that Alex becomes smart and Dave looks progressively dumber by the minute.
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** She also got this way after chopping off some of her hair to try to protect herself from Max's prank (which ended up being pointless).

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** She also got this way after chopping off some of her hair to try to protect herself from Max's prank (which ended up being pointless). [[spoiler: Or at least she's pretending to be.]]



* RefugeInAudacity: Lots of his actions. Such as pulling a prank by claiming that Dave's truck was doing a "guns for subs" program.

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* RefugeInAudacity: Lots of his actions. Such as pulling [[spoiler: faking his own death as a prank by claiming that Dave's truck was doing a "guns for subs" program.prank.]]
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* ProperlyParanoid: Is prepared for most of Max's pranks [[spoiler: except for faking his death.]]


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* BadassBoast: Attempts several of these in the prank episode, but keeps failing to say his own name correctly.
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** She also got this way after chopping off some of her hair to try to protect herself from Max's prank (which ended up being pointless).
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Felt incredibly guilty about leaving Dave at the altar. Recurs throughout Season 1, whenever she's reminded of the pain she's caused him. They both manage to get past it though.
* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe example as a lot of people continue to remember her for leaving Dave at the altar long after the pilot.


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* ThatCameOutWrong: Occasionally does this. Sometimes she notices.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Is pretty self-centered most of the time. But deep down he does care about his friends.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Often does this.



* [[ManChild Woman Child]]: She was the flower girl ay her sister's wedding, a role usually reserved for five-year olds.



* TooDumbToLive: To prove a point to Dave, Alex tried using her apartment chimney. She ended up setting the place on fire.






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\n\n* [[ManChild Woman Child]]: She was the flower girl ay her sister's wedding, a role usually reserved for five-year olds.



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* RefugeInAudacity: Lots of his actions. Such as pulling a prank by claiming that Dave's truck was doing a "guns for subs" program.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: Can get jealous pretty easily when it comes to his wife. To be fair, Jane's not that much better.
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* InsultBackfire: Thinks the nicknames her co-workers give her are meant as compliments. It takes a while for her to realize that "old spinster", "un-dateable", and "train wreck" may not be forms of praise.
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* HeroicBSOD: Enters one when she goes on a cleanse.


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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Often the victim of this.
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* TheBeard: Acted as one with Max to fool his parents into thinking he was gay. Something she wasn't particularly fond of.
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* [[MistakenForRacist Mistaken For A Nazi]]: In the episode that she dated Hitler. ItMakesSenseInContext.
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* ButtMonkey: Her relationships are constantly failing, she's often the butt of everyone's jokes, her birthday's cursed, and she keeps hitting her head.


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* RunningGag: Penny is constantly hitting her head on something. In one episode, she's actually prescribed a helmet by her doctor because of this.
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* HypocriticalHumor: despite his obsession with being cool, he's basically the opposite of that, as his friends often point out.
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* TheEeyore: he's a wee bit prone to depression.
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* ICallHimMrHappy: apparently his "underpants monster" is called Chad.
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* SmartBall: one episode sees her get smarter after doing extensive reading...only to revert to her dumb but sweet self at the end.
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* DreadfulMusician: he's a singer-songwriter. A really bad one.
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->'''Played By:''' CaseyWilson[[quoteright:289:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/penny_hartz_7162.jpg]]

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->'''Played By:''' CaseyWilson[[quoteright:289:http://static.Creator/CaseyWilson[[quoteright:289:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/penny_hartz_7162.jpg]]
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Before faking his death.


!!Max Blum

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!!Max BlumBlum A.K.A. Joseph Reynolds

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* TheBigGuy



* LargeHam

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* LargeHamLargeHam: Is very loud, outspoken, and often overreacts.



* MaamShock

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* MaamShockMaamShock: First in the pilot, when she responds to being called ma'am by saying she's going to "go bawl my eyes out, and then I'll be back to physically fight you.". In a later episode, she has a more subdued but still surprised reaction when a waiter calls her ma'am.



* WeightWoe: the plot of one episode revolved around her dieting, which she couldn't keep up for long.

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* WeightWoe: the The plot of one episode revolved around her dieting, which she couldn't keep up for long.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Set off events which meant the whole group was pranking one another because she's "Not as stupid as I am", by pranking her boyfriend with guns for food.

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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Set off events which meant the whole group was pranking one another because she's "Not as stupid dumb as I am", by pranking her boyfriend with guns for food.
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* MsFanservice: Though all the women (and men, for that matter) on the show are rather attractive, Jane most fits this trope, from constantly baring her legs to being unabashed in her sexual desire for her husband, to the completely naked (though censored) scene she gets in the Season 2 opener.

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* MsFanservice: Though all the women (and men, for that matter) on the show are rather attractive, Jane most fits this trope, from constantly baring her legs to being unabashed in her sexual desire for her husband, to the completely naked (though censored) scene she gets in the Season 2 3 opener.
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* GetRichQuickScheme: ''a lot'', due to his unwillingness to take up a full-time job.
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* Adorkable: Possibly the biggest dork on the show, which is really saying a lot.

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* Adorkable: {{Adorkable}}: Possibly the biggest dork on the show, which is really saying a lot.

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