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* MixedAncestry: Magnolia has a white father and a black mother. This doesn't appear to affect her much until season two.
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* JailBait: JailbaitTaboo: He has sex with [[spoiler: Regina]], who is essentially old enough to be his ''mother''. [[spoiler: That being said, she ''does'' get arrested on account of statutory rape.]]
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* {{Adorkable}}: She's a sweet, awkward teenage girl with a hopeless crush on her best friend.
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*JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: When Stella came back near the end of season two, it appeared as if maybe she had started to have a JerkassRealization, after being saved by Coralee. But right after, she goes right back to trying to kill Patty.
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* RevengeMyopia: So Stella Rose comes back at the end of the second season to try and kill Patty as revenge for Patty trying to kill her. Of course Patty did so in self-defense because Stella tried to kill her first. Patty even calls her out on this, but Stella outright brushes it off.
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* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: She attracts not only the attention of both Brick ''and'' Christian, but her closeted best friend Nonnie as well.
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* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: She attracts not only the attention of both Brick ''and'' Christian, but her closeted best friend Nonnie harbors a crush on her as well.
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* AgeGapRomance: She tries to initiate this with Bob Armstrong at first (an idea which he is vehemently against), though once she captures Christian's interest, she appears to have moved on to boys her age.
* ButWeUsedACondom: [[spoiler: She has a pregnancy scare after having protected sex with Christian. It turns out to be a fluke, but she finds out she has a teratoma instead.]]
* DestructiveRomance: She has this with [[spoiler: Christian.]] [[spoiler: As it turns out, Christian was domestically abusive to his past girlfriends, so chances are Patty could have ended up a lot worse off than she did.]]
* DestructiveRomance: She has this with [[spoiler: Christian.]] [[spoiler: As it turns out, Christian was domestically abusive to his past girlfriends, so chances are Patty could have ended up a lot worse off than she did.]]
* GoodGirlGoneBad: Patty spent most of her childhood being ostracized (due to her heaviness and self-esteem issues) and thus didn't have many opportunities for romance. Once she loses the weight, she becomes a lot more promiscuous and flirty.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Averted. Though she appears to be sweet at first, later episodes show her to be a lot more twisted than she initially lets on.
* HairTriggerTemper: She's aggressive and prone to emotional outburst, which often doesn't bode well for the people around her. At the end of season two, [[spoiler: she's shown to be a straight-up guiltless murderer.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: As one would expect of a hormonal teenager, Patty doesn't have the best understanding of who to trust, enthusiastically letting [[spoiler: Christian, Stella Rose, and her father]] into her life (though they all turned out to be ''very'' dangerous).
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Averted. Though she appears to be sweet at first, later episodes show her to be a lot more twisted than she initially lets on.
* HairTriggerTemper: She's aggressive and prone to emotional outburst, which often doesn't bode well for the people around her. At the end of season two, [[spoiler: she's shown to be a straight-up guiltless murderer.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: As one would expect of a hormonal teenager, Patty doesn't have the best understanding of who to trust, enthusiastically letting [[spoiler: Christian, Stella Rose, and her father]] into her life (though they all turned out to be ''very'' dangerous).
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She's the [[BeautyContest beauty queen]] Girly Girl to Nonnie's less feminine Tomboy.
* FalseRapeAccusation: He was on the receiving end of this (at the hands of Dixie and Regina Sinclair), an allegation which has made it very difficult for him to get a coaching job since.
* TheFashionista: Bob is shown to have a good grasp on fashion and clothes, at one point stating the following when questioned about his [[spoiler: bisexuality]]:
-->''Bob: "The only labels I understand are designer."''
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He's blond as well as one of the more reasonable adult figures on the show.
* TheFashionista: Bob is shown to have a good grasp on fashion and clothes, at one point stating the following when questioned about his [[spoiler: bisexuality]]:
-->''Bob: "The only labels I understand are designer."''
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He's blond as well as one of the more reasonable adult figures on the show.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Patty isn't exactly the most supportive or reliable friend, which [[spoiler: Dee]] later helps her realize.
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* HeelRealizationJailBait: He has sex with [[spoiler: Regina]], who is essentially old enough to be his ''mother''. [[spoiler: That being said, she ''does'' get arrested on account of statutory rape.]]
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* BigBeautifulWoman: She's an overweight, beautiful girl who's confident in her body and looks (though she admits it took her some time to get there).
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* ArtistsAreAttractive: It's implied that [[spoiler: Nonnie]] starts being attracted to her after she hears her sing.
* BigBeautifulWoman: She's an overweight, beautiful girl who's confident in her body and looks (though she admits it took her some time to get there). Overlaps with FatAndProud.
* BigBeautifulWoman: She's an overweight, beautiful girl who's confident in her body and looks (though she admits it took her some time to get there). Overlaps with FatAndProud.
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* NiceGirl: Dee appears to be a genuinely good person (even [[spoiler: giving up a seat for Patty at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting]]). If she's shown to be rude or aggressive to someone else, there's almost always a pretty good reason for it.
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* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: She attracts not only the attention of both Brick ''and'' Christian, but her closeted best friend Nonnie as well.
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* RedOniBlueOni: She's the aggressive Red to Nonnie's more thoughtful and rational Blue.
* UnkemptBeauty: She's always shown as physically attractive (bar flashbacks), even in the scenes where she's [[spoiler: covered in blood]] or straight-up manic.
* UnkemptBeauty: She's always shown as physically attractive (bar flashbacks), even in the scenes where she's [[spoiler: covered in blood]] or straight-up manic.
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* RedOniBlueOni: She's the smart, rational Blue to Patty's temperamental Red.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Downplayed, but Nonnie appears to be significantly more sensible than her peers (''especially'' Patty, who's antics she often has to put a stop to).
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Downplayed, but Nonnie appears to be significantly more sensible than her peers (''especially'' Patty, who's antics she often has to put a stop to).
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* TwoferTokenMinority: A ''triple'' minority, to be precise. She's overweight, black and a lesbian.
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* BerserkButton: It appears as though numerous things elicit her anger, but stealing her food or interfering with eating appears to be a big trigger for Patty's rage.
* ButchLesbian: Not precisely, but she's significantly more masculine than either Patty or Dee, and often makes references to how "dykey" some of her aspirations are (for instance, wanting to become a cop).
* ClingyJealousGirl: She's a platonic version of this to Patty, getting overly possessive when Magnolia and Bob try to earn her friendship as well.
* DaddysGirl: In the scenes she's shown interacting with her father, the two are implied to have a close and friendly relationship. Serves as a contrast to Patty, who's never even ''met'' her father [[spoiler: until season two]].
* HiddenDepths: According to Patty, Nonnie is an incredible singer, and at [[spoiler: Roxy's funeral]], it's shown that she can write pretty good songs as well.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She's a platonic version of this to Patty, getting overly possessive when Magnolia and Bob try to earn her friendship as well.
* DaddysGirl: In the scenes she's shown interacting with her father, the two are implied to have a close and friendly relationship. Serves as a contrast to Patty, who's never even ''met'' her father [[spoiler: until season two]].
* HiddenDepths: According to Patty, Nonnie is an incredible singer, and at [[spoiler: Roxy's funeral]], it's shown that she can write pretty good songs as well.
* TheAce: She's a classic AlphaBitch, a straight-A student and she's never lost a single pageant. [[spoiler: This is subverted later in the show, when her drug addiction and unstable mental state come into light, and she becomes more of a BrokenAce than the former Trope.]]
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* TheAce: BroodingBoyGentleGirl: She appears to be the Gentle Girl to Christian's mysterious Brooding Boy. [[spoiler: Of course, their romantic relationship is nothing but a sham to seduce Brick and Patty respectively.]]
* ButNotTooBlack: In-Universe. Magnolia is confused when she's asked to consider attending an all-black college, as she's mixed race and doesn't feel as though she fits in with either black or white people too well.
* DaddysGirl: She's shown to be close to her father - Bob Barnard - but it's downplayed considering she has an affectionate relationship with her mother, too.
* MixedAncestry: Magnolia has aclassic AlphaBitch, a straight-A student white father and she's never lost a single pageant. [[spoiler: black mother. This is subverted later in the show, when doesn't appear to affect her drug addiction and unstable mental state come into light, and she becomes more of a BrokenAce than the former Trope.]]much until season two.
* ButNotTooBlack: In-Universe. Magnolia is confused when she's asked to consider attending an all-black college, as she's mixed race and doesn't feel as though she fits in with either black or white people too well.
* DaddysGirl: She's shown to be close to her father - Bob Barnard - but it's downplayed considering she has an affectionate relationship with her mother, too.
* MixedAncestry: Magnolia has a
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NewTransferStudent: Patty notices him immediately after he moves to their school, due to his mysterious demeanor and exceptional good looks.
* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler:StalkerWithACrush]]It's revealed that he abused and stalked his ex-girlfriend back in Brazil, and that he might have intentions of doing the same thing to Patty.]]
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* OnlySaneWoman: Seems to be the most rational character in the show, pointing out Patty's ToxicFriendInfluence on Nonnie, and is intent on keeping her distance from the former.
* OnlySaneWoman: Seems to be the most rational character in the show, pointing out Patty's ToxicFriendInfluence on Nonnie, and is intent on keeping her distance from the former.
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* BigBeautifulWoman
BigBeautifulWoman: She's an overweight, beautiful girl who's confident in her body and looks (though she admits it took her some time to get there).
* FunctionalAddict: If Dee is a food addict (she's said to be a "compulsive overeater", but the show never specifies a diagnosis), she qualifies as this Trope.
* OnlySaneWoman: Seems to be the most rational character in the show, pointing out Patty's ToxicFriendInfluence onNonnie, Nonnie and is intent on keeping her distance from taking the former.12 Steps really serious.
* FunctionalAddict: If Dee is a food addict (she's said to be a "compulsive overeater", but the show never specifies a diagnosis), she qualifies as this Trope.
* OnlySaneWoman: Seems to be the most rational character in the show, pointing out Patty's ToxicFriendInfluence on
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Patty is unstable, erratic and prone to irrational rage when things don't go her way. Though some of this is likely to stem from her traumatic home life and the absence of her father, any specific mental disorders Patty has are unknown.
* FormerlyFat: Patty was severely overweight until she got punched in the face by a homeless man and forced to adhere to a liquid diet.
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: He's a parody of this trope.
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: He's a parody of this trope.
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*TheAce: Barnard is rich, successful, happily married ([[spoiler: at least at first sight]]) and looks significantly younger than his childhood friend, Bob Armstrong. [[spoiler: BrokenAce]]
He turns into a BrokenAce once he begins a romantic relationship with the other Bob, and word gets out about his homosexual orientation.]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: He's a parody of thistrope. trope, as he's always taking his clothes off in order to flex his muscular physique. [[spoiler: Though, as he's later revealed to have a crush on Bob Armstrong, there might be a reason for him showing off his body.]]
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* TheAceTheAce: Etta Mae is beautiful, successful, married to one of the most attractive men in the neighborhood, and often elicits jealousy from the other socialites (most notably Coralee).
* JerkassWoobie: Losing a person you love to somebody else is difficult, but it's hard to sympathize with Stella Rose's anger when she goes to ridiculous extents in order to pursue her revenge.
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* {{Yandere}}{{Yandere}}: In spite of her preaching that she's forgotten ''all'' about her relationship with Bob Armstrong, [[spoiler: she's still furious and out for revenge. In the season one finale, she straight-up tries to murder Patty.]]
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* BeautyContest: After giving up on modeling (as she claims "all the girls were dumb"), she's become quite a successful beauty queen, winning [[UnfortunateImplications Miss Bareback Buckaroo]] and even [[spoiler: beating out Patty in a pageant at the beginning of season two.
* DisappearedDad:Revealed to be [[spoiler: In season one, it is revealed that Bob Barnard.]]Barnard is her biological father - and that Stella Rose had deliberately kept it from her for years.]]
* SouthernBelle: Roxy is charming, beautiful and stereotypically Southern to boot, an angle she often uses to give her a leg up in the beauty pageants she enters.
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* SouthernBelle: Roxy is charming, beautiful and stereotypically Southern to boot, an angle she often uses to give her a leg up in the beauty pageants she enters.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDoneMyGodWhatHaveIDone: She appears to have this realization ''numerous times'' over the course of the show, [[spoiler: but it's rarely punctuated by an actual change in morality. This eventually leads to her HeelFaceRealization at the end of season two, when she discovers that she genuinely enjoys murder and will make no attempt to curb these urges from now on.]]
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* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Usually too busy focusing on pageants and his work that his relationship with Brick becomes strained.
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* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Usually He's usually too busy focusing on pageants and his work that his relationship with Brick becomes strained.strained. [[spoiler: He appears to try to make amends in season two, and their dynamic improves significantly from then on.]]
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* SouthernBelle: She's a beautiful Southern woman who adheres to most Georgia stereotypes. Averted in that she was "trailer trash" throughout her entire childhood, and has had to work genuinely hard to achieve the social position that she has today.
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* ParentalNeglectAlcoholicParent: She's explicitly suffering from an addiction to alcohol, an issue which puts a strain on her relationship with Patty.
* ParentalNeglect: Angie isn't the most attentive mother, often ignoring her daughter's needs and going missing for weeks at a time in order to cope with her own issues.
* ParentalNeglect: Angie isn't the most attentive mother, often ignoring her daughter's needs and going missing for weeks at a time in order to cope with her own issues.
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: She's portrayed as a stereotypical AlphaBitch - at least, in the earlier episodes of the show - as well as a straight-A student.
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* TheAce: She's a classic AlphaBitch, a straight-A student and she's never lost a single pageant. Averted [[spoiler: This is subverted later in the show, when
* [[spoiler: BrokenAce]]when her drug addiction and unstable mental state come into light, and she becomes more of a BrokenAce than the former Trope.]]
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* AsianAirheadAsianAirhead: She's an Asian girl who's not the brightest, but for most of her life, she's gotten by fine using only her looks and the influence of her mother.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Regina is easily one of the more scatterbrained characters on the show.[[spoiler: However, the end of season 2 reveals that she is the mastermind responsible for the death of five pageant girls, all for the sake of framing Bob for the murders.]]
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* OnlySaneWoman: Seems to be the most rational character in the show, pointing out Patty's ToxicFriendInfluence on Nonnie, and is intent on keeping her distance from the former.
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* DisappearedDadDisappearedDad: Her father's not in the picture, and her mother isn't exactly willing to pick up the slack. It's implied that her lack of a paternal figure is the reason behind her obsession with her pageant coach, Bob Armstrong.
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* FreudianExcuse: Years of bullying and severe self-esteem issues didn't do wonders for her mind, turning her into a revenge-driven borderline psycho who can only barely hide it on her best days.
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* FreudianExcuse: Years of bullying and severe self-esteem issues didn't do wonders for her mind, turning her into a revenge-driven borderline psycho who can only barely hide it on her best days. She also seems to suffer abandonment issues from an absent father and neglectful, alcoholic mother, explaining her sudden attachment to Bob Armstrong.
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* Parental substitute: After she gets over her initial crush on him, Patty comes to see Bob as this. [[spoiler: It doesn't work out well for either of them.]]
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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Every one of Dixie's attempts at ruining Patty's reputation are revealed.]]
* SoreLoser: Despite her daughter's horrid performance in the pageant Q&A section, she blames Bob for Dixie's loss.
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: He's a parody of this trope.
* EvilIsPetty: Blames Bob for Dixie's ineptitude and does everything in her power to make his life miserable.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Those accusations end in [[spoiler: Regina getting thrown in jail for having sex with a minor, also getting caught trying to frame another person for sending out explicit photos of her daughter, and losing both her home and her job.]]
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* SoreLoser: Despite her daughter's horrid performance in the pageant Q&A section, she blames Bob for Dixie's loss.
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* BetaBitch: Subverted. She wants to be one to Magnolia, but the latter makes it clear she can't stand her.
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* AllAboutMe: Most of the main plot revolves around her crush on Bob and her wanting revenge on those who have wronged her. Nonnie later states she was like this even before her weight loss.
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* FreudianExcuse: Years of bullying and severe self-esteem issues didn't do wonders for her mind, turning her into a revenge-driven borderline psycho who can only barely hide it on her best days.
