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* EvenEvilHasStandards:

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EveryoneHasStandards:

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Michael once conspired with Matt to get rid of their homophobic boss after the latter fired Matt for his relationship with another man. This is the same Michael that blackmailed Matt at one point.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Michael once helped Peter in protecting Amanda after learning that her abusive ex-husband, Jack, was coming after her, as well as discovering old photos of a battered Amanda she had taken as evidence.
** He also gave Jo's baby back to her after realizing that Kimberly stole him.
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Michael once conspired with Matt to get rid of their homophobic boss after the latter fired Matt for his relationship with another man. This is the same Michael that blackmailed Matt at one point.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Michael once conspired with Matt to get rid of their homophobic boss after the latter fired Matt for his relationship with another man. This is the same Michael that blackmailed Matt at one point.
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* [[Spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: Kimberly succumbs to a brain tumor in the arms of her mother, in front of her husband Michael.]]

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* [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: Kimberly succumbs to a brain tumor in the arms of her mother, in front of her husband Michael.]]



* [[Spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: Towards the end of season 4, having lose her father, her husband, and her money, Brooke gets drunk and falls into the pool, striking her head in the process and drowns.]]

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* [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: Towards the end of season 4, having lose her father, her husband, and her money, Brooke gets drunk and falls into the pool, striking her head in the process and drowns.]]
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Goes from a fairly straight laced doctor to the FieryReadhead antagonist whom everyone knows within a span of a season.

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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Goes from a fairly straight laced doctor to the FieryReadhead FieryRedhead antagonist whom everyone knows within a span of a season.
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* BusCrush: [[spoiler: He dies early in season 7, in a car accident.]]

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* BusCrush: AdvertisedExtra: At least, in season 1, where he was simply a supporting player with no major story arcs. [[SubvertedTrope It isn't until midway through the season where he gets a story arc where he is gay bashed and fired for being gay. And then, he is a consistent player in the show until his departure]].
* BusCrash:
[[spoiler: He dies early in season 7, in a car accident.]]


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* FakeGuestStar: She's always credited as a "Special Guest Star" despite appearing in all but the first 20 episodes of the show.


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* [[Spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: Towards the end of season 4, having lose her father, her husband, and her money, Brooke gets drunk and falls into the pool, striking her head in the process and drowns.]]


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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He constantly flips between being an antagonist and being a well...better person.


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* [[GenericGuy Generic Girl]]: Compared to the others, Samantha is not much in the way of character.


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* NiceGirl: Probably one of the most moral characters on the show.


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* PutOnABus: After his storyline ends in season six.


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* RememberTheNewGuy: Downplayed, it was mentioned that Michael had siblings before Jennifer's appearance on the show but she specifically wasn't mentioned before she arrived at Melrose Place.

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* NiceGirl: Her primary characterization.



* PutOnABus: She gets a job on a soap opera in New York.

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* PutOnABus: She gets a job on a soap opera in New York.York in the middle of season 1.



* BusCrush: [[spoiler: He dies early in season 7, in a car accident.]]



* ReallyGetsAround: He's had plenty of love interests on the show.

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* ReallyGetsAround: He's had plenty of love interests on the show. [[ButNotTooGay But was never allowed to even kiss his love interests, weird considering that Matt was on a show known for]] [[EverybodyHasLotsOfSex everyone having a ton of sex]].



* DamselInDistress: She had a rough childhood, is stalked by an obsessive ex-boyfriend who [[DrivenToSuicide kills himself after she refuses to be with him]], was an alcoholic during adulthood, was bullied by Amanda at work, and eventually had to have a life-saving abortion after which she was told she could never have kids.

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* DamselInDistress: She had a rough childhood, is stalked by an obsessive ex-boyfriend who [[DrivenToSuicide kills himself after she refuses to be with him]], was an alcoholic during adulthood, was bullied by Amanda at work, and eventually had to have a life-saving abortion after which she was told she could never have kids.kids, temporarily blinded in the apartment building bombing, widowed, and later goes into rehab again offscreen.
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* AbusiveParents: Her mother abandoned her at a young age.

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* AbusiveParents: AbusiveParents / ParentalAbandonment: Her mother abandoned her at a young age.



* ReallyGetsAround: Dates, sleeps with and marries plenty of men throughout the series.

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* ReallyGetsAround: Dates, sleeps with and marries plenty of men throughout the series. The only main male characters she wasn't involved with were Kyle's brother Ryan, Brett, and the gay Matt.



* AwfulWeddedLife: in season 2, she blackmails Michael into marrying her, much to his displeasure. The marriage is very one-sided.

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* AwfulWeddedLife: in season 2, she blackmails Michael into marrying her, much to his displeasure. The marriage is very one-sided.one-sided and ends after [[spoiler: Kimberly returns]].



* FakeGuestStar: In season 2, where she appears in all but two episodes and has a major story arc, despite ostensibly being a recurring character. In season 3, she's PromotedToOpeningTitles.



* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Goes from a fairly straight laced doctor to the FieryReadhead antagonist whom everyone knows within a span of a season.
* DeathIsCheap: In season 2, Michael and Kimberly are involved in a car accident where the latter is seriously injured. A couple of episodes later, Kimberly is announced to have died. Half a season later, Kimberly returns bent on revenge against Michael.



* FakeGuestStar: Kimberly is present in much of seasons 2 and 3 (in the latter season, she is missing in just one episode), though doesn't get PromotedToOpeningTitles until season 4.



* KarmaHoudini: she never really suffers any major consequences, despite her horrific actions.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Her characterization by the end of her tenure on the show, where she is much more nicer and kinder to the other characters.
* KarmaHoudini: she never really suffers any major consequences, despite her horrific actions.actions (including attempting to kill her husband and bombing an apartment building, which ''did'' kill a person).
* [[Spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: Kimberly succumbs to a brain tumor in the arms of her mother, in front of her husband Michael.]]

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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:after Richard rapes her]]

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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:after Richard rapes her]]her.]] She became more antagonistic, even going as far as to try and break up Alison and Jake out of jealousy and then filed fake charges of the former stalking her. She gets better before the season ends, though.



* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:She tries to kill Richard after he rapes her]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: we find out later in the series that she cheated on Michael the night before their wedding, but was upset by him when he cheated on her during their marriage]]

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* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:She tries to kill Richard after he rapes her]]
her.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: we find out later in the series that she cheated on Michael the night before their wedding, but was upset by him when he cheated on her during their marriage]]marriage.]]



* BittersweetEnding: He finally ends up [[spoiler: as the Chief of Staff at Wilshire Memorial, but at the expense of being with Jane or their child.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: He finally ends up [[spoiler: as the Chief of Staff at Wilshire Memorial, but at the expense of being with Jane or and their child.]]



* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Initially seen as a devoted husband and NiceGuy, he soon became the libido-charged, serial cheater he's most known as.

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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Initially seen as a devoted husband and NiceGuy, he soon became the libido-charged, serial cheater he's most better known as.



* WeHardlyKnewYe: Written off after 13 episodes

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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Written off after 13 episodesepisodes.



* ButtMonkey: Like with Jo and Alison, plenty of bad things happen to him, like being framed for murder and getting fired for being gay.



* HeroicBuild: Although it's rarely seen, he has a nice body.



* ReallyGetsAround: He's had plenty of love interests on the show.



* AbusiveParents: his mother was an alcoholic, and his father abandoned him
* AlcoholicParent: his mother

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* AbusiveParents: his mother was an alcoholic, alcoholic and his father abandoned him
him and his brother.
* AlcoholicParent: his mothermother, who died prior to the series.



* CainAndAbel: Played straight as [[spoiler: he killed Jess via a RailingKill after the latter beat Jo half to death.]]



* HeroicBuild: Like many of the men on the show, only he's one of the only people who ''could'' be considered heroic.



* TheChewToy: She probably suffered more than any other person on the show, including abuse, alcoholism and lost loves.



* ButtMonkey: Like Matt and Alison, she has it rough on the show.



* BreakoutCharacter: Saved the show cancellation.
* DomesticAbuse: Her first husband Jack Parezi was very abusive towards her. [[spoiler: He even tried to kill her while on his death bed]]

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* BreakoutCharacter: Saved the show from cancellation.
* DomesticAbuse: Her first husband Jack Parezi was very abusive towards her. [[spoiler: He even tried to kill her while on his death bed]]bed.]]



* ReallyGetsAround: Dates and sleeps with many men throughout the series.

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* ReallyGetsAround: Dates and Dates, sleeps with many and marries plenty of men throughout the series.



* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Especially to set her apart from Jane.
* KarmaHoudini: Gets away with both [[spoiler: stealing away Jane's fiance and paralyzing her after poisoning her drink.]]



* HospitalHottie: She is a doctor

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* HospitalHottie: She is a doctordoctor and very attractive.


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* CrusadingWidower: After his wife died.


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* SettleForSibling: Played with; he initially wasn't interested in Taylor upon reuniting with her until she relentlessly pursued her and even after that [[spoiler: he ''still'' rejected her after realizing what she really was.]]


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* EarnYourHappyEnding: With Jane in the end [[spoiler: and her and Michael's unborn child.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Has one in season seven after not being able to give Amanda a child [[spoiler: which only magnifies after she does get pregnant with his child and miscarries during an accident he caused.]]


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* DaddysGirl: Loved her father dearly, in spite of what he put her through.


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* NaiveEverygirl: Which made both her father and Jennifer's manipulation of her so easy.


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* TallDarkAndHandsome: Had dark hair and was good-looking.


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* MrFanservice: Like all of the men on the show.


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* ParentalFavoritism: It's implied that her parents, especially her mother, prefer her to Michael.


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* BoundAndGagged: By Eve, in a ploy to keep her away from Peter.


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* TheRival: She was this to many people on the show, including but not limited to Amanda, Coop, Michael and Eve.


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* CrusadingWidower: His first wife and mother of his daughter died years earlier.

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* SignificantWardrobeShift: during the first couple seasons as a meek housewife, she mostly wears unflattering, conservative clothes (bulky sweaters, long skirts). But after her divorce from Michael, she is wearing more tight, short dresses and showing more cleavage.



* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: although she has her flaws and makes stupid decisions at times, she's still an overall decent person.
* LadyInAPowerSuit: often wears power suits to work, especially ones with shoulder pads and short skirts.



* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: even while sick with lymphoma and undergoing chemo, she never loses her hair or looks anything more than tired.



* LadyInAPowerSuit: often wears these to work, especially ones with shoulder pads and short skirts.



* FieryRedHead: Becomes ''very'' jealous if she sees another woman so much as looking at Michael.

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* FieryRedHead: EvilRedhead: pretty much swings back and forth between this and FieryRedhead. When she's sort of normal, she's the latter. Other times, she commits some pretty horrible acts of violence.
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Becomes ''very'' jealous if she sees another woman so much as looking at Michael.
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* DamselInDistress: She gets caught up in a prostitution ring, gets framed for attempted murder, almost gets raped by Chris and Richard, gets lured into a polygamous cult, among other things.

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* DamselInDistress: She gets caught up in a prostitution ring, gets framed for attempted murder, almost gets raped by Chris and Richard, Marchette, gets lured into a polygamous cult, among other things.

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* YourCheatingHeart: cheats on all of his girlfriends and wives

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* YourCheatingHeart: cheats on all of his girlfriends and wiveswives.



* DarkIsNotEvil: Usually wears darker or neutral-colored clothing, yet is a mostly friendly and helpful guy.
* MadeOfIron: The man survives a boat explosion, being shot in the chest ''and'' falling several stories off of a construction site. Even being injured, he's up and walking in an episode or two.



* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: with Jennifer during season 7]]

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: with Jennifer during season 7]]7.]]
* GrewASpine: Towards Brooke, as he grows tired of her manipulating ways and throws her out.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: He spends most of his time being this to Alison.



* StarCrossedLovers: He and Alison aren't destined to be together.



* ConvenientMiscarriage: [[spoiler: played with. She becomes pregnant with Jake's baby in season 5, initially wants an abortion, decides against it, but then ends up having to get one for medical reasons]]

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* ConvenientMiscarriage: [[spoiler: played with. She becomes pregnant with Jake's baby in season 5, initially wants an abortion, decides against it, but then ends up having to get one for medical reasons]]reasons.]]



* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler: the last reference to her states that she went back into rehab in Atlanta, where she was hoping to make a fresh start.]]



* SerialSpouse: She had five husbands throughout the series, including one she married twice.



* CainAndAbel: His relationship with his younger brother, Ryan (although it wasn't fatal.)
* LocalHangout: His two businesses, Kyle's (an upscale restaurant) and Upstairs (a jazz bar).
* MrFanservice: He is a very handsome man.
* SemperFi: He is a retired Marine, having served in UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar.



* DarkAndTroubledPast: Involving her father, who was a criminal who was constantly in and out of jail.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Compared to other females on the show, she had very little personality.



* KarmaHoudini: While most of her actions ''do'' receive punishment, one really big one didn't: [[spoiler:her involvement with the death of fake Christine, [[ItMakesSenseInContext an imposter pretending to be an ex-flame of Kyle's.]] While her co-conspirator, Nick, gets arrested, nothing happens to her.]]



* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: with Ryan in the series finale]]

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* DaddysGirl: She became a prostitute to help pay for her ailing father's medical bills.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: with Ryan in the series finale]]finale.]]



* [[TakingTheBullet Taking The Knife]]: [[spoiler: she ends up stabbed by Kimberly's mother while she was aiming for Michael, winding up in a coma for an episode.]]



* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler: after Sydney's death, he became depressed, and eventually took his life]]

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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Even with all the money he and the family has, they are a mess.
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler: after Sydney's death, he became depressed, and eventually took his life]]life.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: Two subversions: the first was towards his father, who killed his beloved grandfather when he was younger and he did this again with [[spoiler: Samantha, who he held responsible for killing Sydney, as it was her father's car that struck Sydney at their wedding. He eventually forgave the latter, but not the former, going as far as allowing him to die of a stress-induced heart attack.]]



* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The trio of Peter, Michael and himself, respectively.



* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Kimberly]] serves as this to him.



* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: she and Billy move to Rome together during the last season]]
* TheMistress: she was this for Kyle prior to their introductions on the show

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: she and Billy move to Rome together during the last season]]
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* ManipulativeBitch: Pushed Samantha into an affair with a local baseball player so she could get with Billy.
* TheMistress: she was this for Kyle prior to their introductions on the showshow.



* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: with Megan in the series finale]]

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* CainAndAbel: His relationship with his older brother, Kyle (although neither man killed one another.)
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: with Megan in the series finale]]finale.]]
* SpoiledBrat: His young daughter, Sarah.
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* [[KilledOffForReal]]: [[in the reboot series, it's revealed that she faked her death from the original series, only to then get killed off again in the pilot]]

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* [[KilledOffForReal]]: [[in [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: in the reboot series, it's revealed that she faked her death from the original series, only to then get killed off again in the pilot]]

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* AwfulWeddedLife: most of this marriages could be this, but especially his marriage to Sydney, as she manipulated him into the marriage. Later with his marriage to Kimberly.



* AbusiveParents: his mother was an alcoholic, and his father abandoned him



* PutOnABus: Moves to Italy in season 7 with Jennifer.

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: with Jennifer during season 7]]
* PutOnABus: Moves to Italy in season 7 with Jennifer.[[spoiler:Jennifer]].


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* ConvenientMiscarriage: [[spoiler: played with. She becomes pregnant with Jake's baby in season 5, initially wants an abortion, decides against it, but then ends up having to get one for medical reasons]]


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* IllGirl: During season 3, she becomes sick with lymphoma, but she never loses his hair or looks particularly ill.


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* AwfulWeddedLife: in season 2, she blackmails Michael into marrying her, much to his displeasure. The marriage is very one-sided.


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* [[KilledOffForReal]]: [[in the reboot series, it's revealed that she faked her death from the original series, only to then get killed off again in the pilot]]


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* KarmaHoudini: she never really suffers any major consequences, despite her horrific actions.


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* TheBabyTrap: tries to use this as a way of keeping Billy around [[spoiler: it was a lie]]


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* FakePregnancy: [[spoiler: played with. She had a false positive, but then lied and said she suffered a miscarriage, but she was never pregnant in the first place]].


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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: with Ryan in the series finale]]


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* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler: after Sydney's death, he became depressed, and eventually took his life]]


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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: she and Billy move to Rome together during the last season]]
* TheMistress: she was this for Kyle prior to their introductions on the show


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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: with Megan in the series finale]]
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* SmugSnake:

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* SmugSnake: is overly confident, sarcastic, and is rude to just about everybody.



* Revenge: She lives on this, this is largely the motivation for most of her actions.

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* Revenge: {{Revenge}}: She lives on this, this is largely the motivation for most of her actions.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: we find out later in the series that she cheated on Michael the night before their wedding, but was upset by him when he cheated on her during their marriage]]



* SerialSpouse: was married 6 times throughout the series: Jane, Sydney, Kimberly, Megan, Jane (again), and on the reboot, Vanessa.
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* OneHourWorkWeek: as a freelance photographer, she definitely is shown working far less than the other characters.



* DomesticAbuse: Her first husband Jack Parezi was very abusive towards her.

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* DomesticAbuse: Her first husband Jack Parezi was very abusive towards her. [[spoiler: He even tried to kill her while on his death bed]]


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* Revenge: She lives on this, this is largely the motivation for most of her actions.


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* BitchInSheepsClothing: tries to act nice to everybody, but in reality is very scheming and manipulative.


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* SheIsAllGrownUp: what fans thought upon seeing Alyssa Milano on the show.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: for Sydney Andrews Mancini as far as conniving, slutty younger sisters go. This was even lampshaded by Craig during a rather heated argument with her where he yelled, "You will never be Sydney!"
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* BlondGuysAreEvil: As he was originally seen, seducing and then ruining Amanda, just for kicks.

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* StraightGay: Has very butch qualities

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* LikeBrotherAndSister: He and Jo.
* StraightGay: Has very butch qualitieswas not considered camp whatsoever.



* LikeBrotherAndSister: her and Matt.



* EarnYourHappyEnding: as she and Peter [[spoiler: fake their deaths to help her escape being charged for the self-defense murder of an old boyfriend and collected the insurance money to get married on a tropical beach.]]



* EarnYourHappyEnding: he and Amanda [[spoiler: faked their deaths to collect the insurance money, evade impending murder charges against her and ended up getting married on a faraway beach.]]



* MoralityPet: To Michael, even if he's far from perfect.
* SlapSlapKiss: Him and Amanda's relationship.

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* TheLostLenore: His wife, Beth, who died of cancer years earlier.
* MoralityPet: To Michael, even if he's far from perfect.
perfect himself.
* SlapSlapKiss: Him His and Amanda's relationship.



* ArchRival: Her and Amanda, over Peter and Kyle. Also her and Jennifer, to a lesser extent.

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* ArchRival: ArchNemesis: Her and Amanda, over Peter and Kyle. Also her and Jennifer, to a lesser extent.extent.
* TheBabyTrap: she tried this unsuccessfully on Peter, who knew she wasn't pregnant.

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* AnythingThatMoves: Seldom is seen without either in the act or trying to seduce a woman into the act.
* BittersweetEnding: He finally ends up [[spoiler: as the Chief of Staff at Wilshire Memorial, but at the expense of being with Jane or their child.]]



* TheHeart: He and Jane are seen as the two that held the group together.
* HospitalHottie: he goes to medical school later in the series.

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* TheHeart: He and Jane are seen as the two that held the group together.
together and got along with virtually everyone.
* HospitalHottie: although he worked as a social worker through Wilshire Memorial, he goes to medical school later in the series.


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* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally:
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* WorkoutFanservice: Was employed as an aerobics instructor.


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* BrattyHalfPint: As being shorter, smaller and more annoying than everyone else, she definitely qualified. Kimberly even lampshaded this by calling her a runt and a pipsqueak.


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* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Averted, thankfully. He had two Black girlfriends on the show (Caitlin and Alycia), but their race was never an issue with him or anyone else.
* BlondGuysAreEvil: As he was originally seen, seducing and then ruining Amanda, just for kicks.


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* ArchRival: Her and Amanda, over Peter and Kyle. Also her and Jennifer, to a lesser extent.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Was seen as little more than a troublemaking homewrecker who couldn't be trusted.
* YourCheatingHeart: Although married to Kyle, she had no problem going after Peter once she knew of his whereabouts.


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* AwfulWeddedLife: Him and Lexi.
* DrJerk: As was the standard on the show, any M.D. had to be a JerkAss.
* FieryRedhead: Both he and Lexi were hot-blooded.


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* AwfulWeddedLife: Her and Coop.
* DrugsAreBad: Battled an addiction to prescriptions.
* FieryRedhead: Like every other redhead on the show.

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* TheHeart: Along with Matt, she is the one that holds the group of friends together.



* BunnyEarsLawyer: In spite of all his faults, he is shown to be a very competent doctors and holds his position in high regard.



* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Initially seen as a devoted husband and NiceGuy, he soon became the libido-charged, serial cheater he's most known as.



* TheHeart: He and Jane are seen as the two that held the group together.



* RavenHairIvorySkin: she has long dark brown hair

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* DaddysLittleVillain: Is just as wicked as her father, if not more so.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Given how manipulative, bitchy and condescending she is.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: she has long dark brown hairhair.



* HospitalHottie: He is a surgeon

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* HospitalHottie: He is a surgeonsurgeon.
* MoralityPet: To Michael, even if he's far from perfect.
* SlapSlapKiss: Him and Amanda's relationship.
* TookALevelInKindness: After being a villain in his initially appearance, he became a more decent guy, even though he still had [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor jerkass tendencies.]]

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->'''Portrayed by:''' Doug Savant




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!!Alison Parker (Courtney Thorne-Smith)

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[[folder:Rhonda Blair]]
!!Rhonda Blair (Vanessa Blair
->'''Portrayed by:''' Vanessa
A. Williams)Williams




!!Jo Reynolds (Daphne Zuniga)

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\n[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jo Reynolds]]
!!Jo Reynolds (Daphne Zuniga)Reynolds
->'''Portrayed by:''' Daphne Zuniga




!!Amanda Woodward (Heather Locklear)

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\n[[/folder]]

[[folder:Amanda Woodward]]
!!Amanda Woodward (Heather Locklear)Woodward
->'''Portrayed by:''' Heather Locklear




!!Sydney Andrews (Laura Leighton)

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\n[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sydney Andrews]]
!!Sydney Andrews (Laura Leighton)Andrews
->'''Portrayed by:''' Laura Leighton




!!Kimberly Shaw (Marcia Cross)

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\n[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kimberly Shaw]]
!!Kimberly Shaw (Marcia Cross)Shaw
->'''Portrayed by:''' Marcia Cross




!!Brooke Armstrong (Kristin Davis)

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\n[[/folder]]

[[folder:Brooke Armstrong]]
!!Brooke Armstrong (Kristin Davis)Armstrong
->'''Portrayed by:''' Kristin Davis




!!Peter Burns (Jack Wagner)

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\n[[/folder]]

[[folder:Peter Burns]]
!!Peter Burns (Jack Wagner)Burns
->'''Portrayed by:''' Jack Wagner




!!Kyle Mcbride (Rob Estes)

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\n[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kyle Mcbride]]
!!Kyle Mcbride (Rob Estes)Mcbride
->'''Portrayed by:''' Rob Estes




!!Samantha Reilly (Brooke Langton)

!!Taylor Mcbride (Lisa Rinna)

!!Megan Lewis (Kelly Rutherford)

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\n[[/folder]]

[[folder:Samantha Reilly]]
!!Samantha Reilly (Brooke Langton)

Reilly
->'''Portrayed by:''' Brooke Langton
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Taylor Mcbride]]
!!Taylor Mcbride (Lisa Rinna)

Mcbride
->'''Portrayed by:''' Lisa Rinna
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Megan Lewis]]
!!Megan Lewis (Kelly Rutherford)Lewis
->'''Portrayed by:''' Kelly Rutherford




!!Craig Field (David Charvet)

!!Brett Cooper (Linden Ashby)

!!Jennifer Mancini (Alyssa Milano)

!!Lexi Sterling (Jamie Luner)

!!Ryan Mcbride (John Newton)

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\n[[/folder]]

[[folder:Craig Field]]
!!Craig Field (David Charvet)

Field
->'''Portrayed by:''' David Charvet
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Brett Cooper]]
!!Brett Cooper (Linden Ashby)

Cooper
->'''Portrayed by:''' Linden Ashby
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jennifer Mancini]]
!!Jennifer Mancini (Alyssa Milano)

Mancini
->'''Portrayed by:''' Alyssa Milano
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lexi Sterling]]
!!Lexi Sterling (Jamie Luner)

Sterling
->'''Portrayed by:''' Jamie Luner
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ryan Mcbride]]
!!Ryan Mcbride (John Newton)
Mcbride
->'''Portrayed by:''' John Newton
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* HappilyAdopted: She finds out in season 5.

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* HappilyAdopted: She [[spoiler:She finds out in season 5.]]



* AbusiveParents: Her father molested her and her sister, and her mother took his side.
* TheAlcoholic: She struggled with alcoholism during college, and later becomes this during season 2. She relapses again in season 5. Amanda mentions later on that she went to rehab again after leaving the series.

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* AbusiveParents: Her [[spoiler:Her father molested her and her sister, and her mother took his side.
side.]]
* TheAlcoholic: She struggled with alcoholism during college, and later becomes this during season 2.3. She relapses again in season 5. Amanda mentions later on that she went to rehab again after leaving the series.



* RapeAsBackstory: She finds out that her father molested her as a child on the day of her wedding.

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* RapeAsBackstory: She [[spoiler:She finds out that her father molested her as a child on the day of her wedding.
wedding.]]

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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has blonde hair and is usually sweet to others.

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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has blonde hair and is usually sweet to others.others (at the beginning of the series, at least).



* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has long light blonde hair

to:

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has long light blonde hairhair and speaks with soft, sweet southern accent.



* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: She refuses to do a topless scene for a horror movie, as she feels uncomfortable.
* SlashersPreferBlondes: While filming a horror movie, this trope is invoked on her character.



* HospitalHottie: he goes to medical school later in the series.



* DamselInDistress:

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* DamselInDistress: She had a rough childhood, is stalked by an obsessive ex-boyfriend who [[DrivenToSuicide kills himself after she refuses to be with him]], was an alcoholic during adulthood, was bullied by Amanda at work, and eventually had to have a life-saving abortion after which she was told she could never have kids.



* BlondesAreEvil: She is scheming and rude towards everybody


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* EveryoneLovesBlondes: nearly all of the men in the show desired her at one point or another.


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* RavenHairIvorySkin: she has long dark brown hair

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* SouthernBelle: She speaks with a southern drawl.
* [[SweetHomeAlabama Sweet Home South Carolina]]: She's from South Carolina

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* SouthernBelle: She speaks with a southern drawl.
* [[SweetHomeAlabama Sweet Home South Carolina]]: She's
drawl and hails from South CarolinaCarolina.
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* PhysicalScarsPyschologicalScars: She has a large scar on her head, which she got from a car accident. The psychological effects are self-explanatory.

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* PhysicalScarsPyschologicalScars: PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars: She has a large scar on her head, which she got from a car accident. The psychological effects are self-explanatory.

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* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:She tries to kill Richard after he rapes her]]



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGoldDrJerk: Usually cares more about himself that he does about his patients.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is a jerk, but he also cares about his friends and his then-girlfriends and wives.



* TallDarkAndHandsome: He has dark brown hair, brown eyes and a nice body.



* ShirtlessScene: Notably in the opening credits.




to:

* TallDarkAndHandsome: He has dark brown hair, brown eyes and a nice body.



* AbusiveParents: Her father molested her and her sister, and her mother took his side.



* AbusivePast: When she starts the show, she is fleeing from an abusive husband.

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* AbusivePast: AloofDarkHairedGirl: Has a more reserved personality than the rest of the females.
* DomesticAbuse:
When she starts the show, she is fleeing from an abusive husband.husband. She later struggles with other abusive relationships in the series with Reed and Jess.



* AlphaBitch: She is often very mean to Alison.

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* AlphaBitch: She is often very mean to Alison.Alison and everybody else.



* BreakoutCharacter: Saved the show cancellation.
* DomesticAbuse: Her first husband Jack Parezi was very abusive towards her.



* DamselInDistress: She gets caught up in a prostitution ring, gets framed for attempted murder, almost gets raped by Chris and Richard, gets lured into a polygamous cult, among other things.




to:

* TheUnfavorite: Her parents over favored Jane over her.



* PhysicalScarsPyschologicalScars: She has a large scar on her head, which she got from a car accident. The psychological effects are self-explanatory.
* SanitySlippage: Gets worse and worse as the show goes on.



* Socialite: She comes from a wealthy family, and she was engaged to a wealthy man when she first appeared.

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* Socialite: {{Socialite}}: She comes from a wealthy family, and she was engaged to a wealthy man when she first appeared.




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* YourCheatingHeart: When he first arrives on the show, he and his wife Taylor move to California after he had an affair with Jennifer.

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* TheCasanova:

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* TheCasanova: Always has women fawning over him.



* ReallyGetsAround: Dates and sleeps with many women throughout the series.



* SouthernBelle: She speaks with a southern drawl.



* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: He rides a motorcycle, has long hair, and the girls love him.




to:

* ReallyGetsAround: Dates and sleeps with many women throughout the series.
* TroubledButCute: Had a rough childhood with an alcoholic mother, an absentee father, and he has a strained relationship with his brother during adulthood.



* AbusivePast: When she starts the show, she is fleeing from an abusive husband.



* AlphaBitch:

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* AlphaBitch:
AbusiveParents: Her mother abandoned her at a young age.
* AlphaBitch: She is often very mean to Alison.
* BlondesAreEvil: She is scheming and rude towards everybody
* ReallyGetsAround: Dates and sleeps with many men throughout the series.




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* RichBitch: she acts very entitled.
* Socialite: She comes from a wealthy family, and she was engaged to a wealthy man when she first appeared.
* SpoiledBrat: She grew up very wealthy and spoiled.

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\n* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:after Richard rapes her]]
* FashionDesigner: What she does for a living.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has blonde hair and is usually sweet to others.
* HappilyAdopted: She finds out in season 5.



* TheCasanova:




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* HospitalHottie: He is a surgeon.
* YourCheatingHeart: cheats on all of his girlfriends and wives



* StraightGay:
* OnlySaneMan

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* StraightGay:
StraightGay: Has very butch qualities
* OnlySaneMan
OnlySaneMan: Possibly the only character who in the show who is not a complete jerk.
* PutOnABus: He moves to San Francisco with his niece, Chelsea at the end of season 5.




to:

* AlcoholicParent: his mother
* PutOnABus: He moves with the mother of his son (Colleen) at the end of season 5.




to:

* BrokenAce: He's handsome and charming, but can also be a jerk at times.
* PutOnABus: Moves to Italy in season 7 with Jennifer.




to:

* PutOnABus: She moves to Atlanta at the end of season 5.
* RapeAsBackstory: She finds out that her father molested her as a child on the day of her wedding.



* Token

to:

* Token
TokenMinority: The only non-Caucasian character ''throughout the series''.
* PutOnABus: She leaves the series after season 1 when she gets engaged to Terrance.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Aside from only lasting only one season, the audience never finds out that much about her.




to:

* PutOnABus: She leaves the series at the end of season 4 when she moves to Bosnia with Dominick.



* FashionDesigner: She occasionally helps Jane with her fashion designs.



* HospitalHottie: She is a doctor




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* HospitalHottie: He is a surgeon




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* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Kimberly hired her as a prostitute for Michael while she was dying.

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to:

*JerkWithAHeartOfGold




to:

*HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has long light blonde hair
*PutOnABus: She gets a job on a soap opera in New York.
*[[SweetHomeAlabama Sweet Home South Carolina]]: She's from South Carolina
*WeHardlyKnewYe: Written off after 13 episodes




to:

*StraightGay:
*OnlySaneMan




to:

*TheAlcoholic: She struggled with alcoholism during college, and later becomes this during season 2. She relapses again in season 5. Amanda mentions later on that she went to rehab again after leaving the series.
*DamselInDistress:




to:

*Token




to:

*AlphaBitch:




to:

*FieryRedhead: While not as extreme as Kimberly, she is also very scheming and jealous
*HookerWithAHeartOfGold: When she was a prostitute during season 2.




to:

*FieryRedHead: Becomes ''very'' jealous if she sees another woman so much as looking at Michael.
*SplitPersonality: By the end of season 4, she has two other personalities. A prim-and-proper one (Betsy) and a leather-clad wild one (Rita).


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!!Craig Field (David Charvet)
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[[folder:Characters from the original series]]
!!Jane Mancini (Josie Bissett)

!!Michael Mancini (Thomas Calabro)

!!Sandy Harling (Amy Locane)

!!Matt Fielding (Doug Savant)

!!Jake Hanson (Grant Show)

!!Billy Campbell (Andrew Shue)

!!Alison Parker (Courtney Thorne-Smith)

!!Rhonda Blair (Vanessa A. Williams)

!!Jo Reynolds (Daphne Zuniga)

!!Amanda Woodward (Heather Locklear)

!!Sydney Andrews (Laura Leighton)

!!Kimberly Shaw (Marcia Cross)

!!Brooke Armstrong (Kristin Davis)

!!Peter Burns (Jack Wagner)

!!Kyle Mcbride (Rob Estes)

!!Samantha Reilly (Brooke Langton)

!!Taylor Mcbride (Lisa Rinna)

!!Megan Lewis (Kelly Rutherford)

!!Brett Cooper (Linden Ashby)

!!Jennifer Mancini (Alyssa Milano)

!!Lexi Sterling (Jamie Luner)

!!Ryan Mcbride (John Newton)

[[/folder]]

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