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* GenerationXerox: She's the end of the long shameful traditions of her family. Despite trying her best to avoid them all (such as [[spoiler:giving her baby away for adoption because she knew deep down she wouldn't be able to provide for him]] and trying to study and get a job), she almost repeatedly comes back as a wreck or keeps blaming everything on her mother.
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* {{Irony}}: His parents are well-put together than him, yet they believe their mess of a son wasn't at fault for making Violet pregnant.
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* MiseryBuildsCharacter: The only way she can be interested in people is if they're in pain and they're suffering.
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* PutOnTheBus: She leaves with her ex Luke inEarly early Season 4.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: She didn't talk to Jill when first arrived, but thanks to Christy (because of their bond over''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''), over ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''), she warms up more.
* ProperlyParanoid: Once she actually manages to get her own house (a crappy one by Bonnie) so she and Emily can live together again, she constantly thinks her lack of communication with her daughter means she's doing things really wrong. Fortunately, it's all in her head.
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* BiTheWay: She was in a sexual relationship with a woman and lived in her house with a younger Christy.
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[[folder: Steve Casper]]
A creepy but good lawyer who takes Christy under his wing on becoming a Lawyer. Has a sexual relationship with Bonnie too.
* TheAlcoholic: He attends meetings with Bonnie, Christy and the other ladies.
* BunnyEarsLawyer
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[[folder: Emily ]]
Jill's adopted daughter from Season 4.
* DefrostingIceQueen: She didn't talk to Jill when first arrived, but thanks to Christy (because of their bond over''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''), she warms up more.
* MissingMom: She's in the foster care system because her mother Natasha is an alcoholic.
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[[folder: Natasha]]
Emily's biological mother.
* TheAlcoholic
* NewJobEpisode: The Season 5 premiere sees Natasha look for job with pay so she can get custody of Emily.
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[[folder: Ray Stabler]]
[[spoiler: Bonnie's]] Half-brother.
* BadassGay: He's a successful Lawyer.
* TwoferTokenMinority: He's black and gay.
[[folder: Steve Casper]]
A creepy but good lawyer who takes Christy under his wing on becoming a Lawyer. Has a sexual relationship with Bonnie too.
* TheAlcoholic: He attends meetings with Bonnie, Christy and the other ladies.
* BunnyEarsLawyer
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[[folder: Emily ]]
Jill's adopted daughter from Season 4.
* DefrostingIceQueen: She didn't talk to Jill when first arrived, but thanks to Christy (because of their bond over''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''), she warms up more.
* MissingMom: She's in the foster care system because her mother Natasha is an alcoholic.
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[[folder: Natasha]]
Emily's biological mother.
* TheAlcoholic
* NewJobEpisode: The Season 5 premiere sees Natasha look for job with pay so she can get custody of Emily.
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[[folder: Ray Stabler]]
[[spoiler: Bonnie's]] Half-brother.
* BadassGay: He's a successful Lawyer.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Despite her best efforts to go forward with her life as a recovering addict, unfortunately, she recovered too late to mend all the problems she had caused for her children and is forced to take the long road of recovery. To her chagrin, anyone else outside her family who faced similar or worse problems recovered fast enough and enjoy better lives than she does.
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* TheStonerTheStoner: [[spoiler:And not even his new life with Candace is enough for this man to forget about having a hidden stash]].
* {{Irony}}: If she was much less toxic towards Christy, the two would really be good friends (while simultaneously chewing Baxter out behind his back).
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[[folder: Gabriel]]
Manager of the restaurant Christy works at on Season 1. Also one of Christy's many one-time lovers.
* UglyGuyHotWife: His wife is much more attractive than him.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheated on said wife with Christy.
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[[folder: Gabriel]]
Manager of the restaurant Christy works at on Season 1. Also one ofBaxter]]
Christy'smany one-time lovers.
second husband, blood father of Roscoe.
*UglyGuyHotWife: His wife is much more attractive than him.
CharacterDevelopment: Much to Christy's chagrin, Baxter ends up turning his life around when he marries a woman, who also happens to be wealthy and loves him despite his rocky past.
*YourCheatingHeart: Cheated on said wife with Christy.LivesInAVan: Baxter lives in a red car. When Christy comments that it's being towed, he runs out muttering about his cleaning lady still being in there.
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[[folder: Chef Rudy]]
The very snarking head chef of the restaurant Christy works at. Hardly will try to help someone if it means demeaning them even more.
* BiTheWay: He dated Bonnie and slept with a fat Frenchman.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Jerkass}}
* NoodleIncident: He's the man he is for being very distant to his mother, but he doesn't elaborate.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In-universe, Chef Rudy has a working-class Boston background but uses a generic accent to hide his humble origins. He reverts to his Boston accent when Bonnie tortures him and he's too distraught to maintain the facade.
-->'''Chef Rudy''': "Hahd to chahge sixty bucks for lobstah chowda with capers."
* TooKinkyToTorture: ...so Bonnie has a field day breaking every single bottle of expensive wine in retaliation for having a one-night only stand with her.
The very snarking head chef of the restaurant Christy works at. Hardly will try to help someone if it means demeaning them even more.
* BiTheWay: He dated Bonnie and slept with a fat Frenchman.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Jerkass}}
* NoodleIncident: He's the man he is for being very distant to his mother, but he doesn't elaborate.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In-universe, Chef Rudy has a working-class Boston background but uses a generic accent to hide his humble origins. He reverts to his Boston accent when Bonnie tortures him and he's too distraught to maintain the facade.
-->'''Chef Rudy''': "Hahd to chahge sixty bucks for lobstah chowda with capers."
* TooKinkyToTorture: ...so Bonnie has a field day breaking every single bottle of expensive wine in retaliation for having a one-night only stand with her.
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[[folder: Chef Rudy]]
The very snarking head chefCandace]]
Baxter's second wife, who is a rich SpoiledBrat that enjoys making fun ofthe restaurant Christy works at. Hardly will try but is constantly embarrassed by all the dark secrets that come up about Baxter.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: See below.
* SpoiledBrat: Her father spoiled her rotten by giving her anything she wanted, but because of his poor manners towards her (as he enjoys making her social life miserable like she does with Christy), she grew up tohelp someone if it means demeaning them be a {{Jerkass}}.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: It's a wonder a rick woman like her evenmore.
* BiTheWay: He dated Bonnie and slept with a fat Frenchman.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Jerkass}}
* NoodleIncident: He's the man he isfell for being very distant to his mother, but he doesn't elaborate.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In-universe, Chef Rudy has a working-class Boston background but uses a generic accent to hide his humble origins. He reverts to his Boston accent when Bonnie tortures him and he's too distraught to maintain the facade.
-->'''Chef Rudy''': "Hahd to chahge sixty bucks for lobstah chowda with capers."
* TooKinkyToTorture: ...so Bonnie has a field day breaking every single bottle of expensive wine in retaliation for having a one-night only stand with her.Baxter.
The very snarking head chef
Baxter's second wife, who is a rich SpoiledBrat that enjoys making fun of
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: See below.
* SpoiledBrat: Her father spoiled her rotten by giving her anything she wanted, but because of his poor manners towards her (as he enjoys making her social life miserable like she does with Christy), she grew up to
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: It's a wonder a rick woman like her even
* BiTheWay: He dated Bonnie and slept with a fat Frenchman.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Jerkass}}
* NoodleIncident: He's the man he is
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In-universe, Chef Rudy has a working-class Boston background but uses a generic accent to hide his humble origins. He reverts to his Boston accent when Bonnie tortures him and he's too distraught to maintain the facade.
-->'''Chef Rudy''': "Hahd to chahge sixty bucks for lobstah chowda with capers."
* TooKinkyToTorture: ...so Bonnie has a field day breaking every single bottle of expensive wine in retaliation for having a one-night only stand with her.
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[[folder: Luke]]
Violet's boyfriend who made her pregnant too early.
* TheBusCameBack: He returns in Season 4 after not being seen since mid Season 2.
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* MrFanservice: His first scene, he was wearing just his underwear.
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Violet's boyfriend who made her pregnant too early.
* TheBusCameBack: He returns in Season 4 after not being seen since mid Season 2.
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Violet's boyfriend who made her pregnant too early.
Adam]]
Bonnie's new boyfriend.
*TheBusCameBack: He returns in Season 4 after not being seen since mid Season 2.AmicableExes: Him and his ex wife are close.
*DumbassTeenageSon
[[TokenMinority Token Disabled]]: He's in a wheelchair.
*MrFanservice: His first scene, TheStoner: He smokes and drinks, but he was wearing just his underwear.
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Christy's second husband, blood father of Roscoe.
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* LivesInAVan: Baxter lives in a red car. When Christy comments that it's being towed, he runs out muttering about his cleaning lady still being in there.
* TheStoner
Christy's second husband, blood father of Roscoe.
* CharacterDevelopment: Much to Christy's chagrin, Baxter ends up turning his life around when he marries a woman, who also happens to be wealthy and loves him despite his rocky past.
* LivesInAVan: Baxter lives in a red car. When Christy comments that it's being towed, he runs out muttering about his cleaning lady still being in there.
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[[folder: Baxter]]
Gabriel]]
Manager of the restaurant Christy works at on Season 1. Also one of Christy'ssecond husband, blood father of Roscoe.
many one-time lovers.
*CharacterDevelopment: Much to Christy's chagrin, Baxter ends up turning his life around when he marries a woman, who also happens to be wealthy and loves him despite his rocky past.
UglyGuyHotWife: His wife is much more attractive than him.
*LivesInAVan: Baxter lives in a red car. When Christy comments that it's being towed, he runs out muttering about his cleaning lady still being in there.
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Bonnie's new boyfriend.
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Bonnie's new boyfriend.
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* [[TokenMinority Token Disabled]]: He's in a wheelchair.
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Bonnie's new boyfriend.
Chef Rudy]]
The very snarking head chef of the restaurant Christy works at. Hardly will try to help someone if it means demeaning them even more.
*AmicableExes: Him BiTheWay: He dated Bonnie and his ex wife are close.slept with a fat Frenchman.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In-universe, Chef Rudy has a working-class Boston background but uses a generic accent to hide his humble origins. He reverts to his Boston accent when Bonnie tortures him and he's too distraught to maintain the facade.
-->'''Chef Rudy''': "Hahd to chahge sixty bucks for lobstah chowda with capers."
* TooKinkyToTorture: ...so Bonnie has a field day breaking every single bottle of expensive wine in retaliation for having a one-night only stand with her.
Bonnie's new boyfriend.
The very snarking head chef of the restaurant Christy works at. Hardly will try to help someone if it means demeaning them even more.
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* {{Jerkass}}
* NoodleIncident: He's
* TheStoner: He smokes and drinks,
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-->'''Chef Rudy''': "Hahd to chahge sixty bucks for lobstah chowda with capers."
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Violet's boyfriend who made her pregnant too early.
* TheBusCameBack: He returns in Season 4 after not being seen since mid Season 2.
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* NiceGuy
* TheStoner
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Violet's boyfriend who made her pregnant too early.
* TheBusCameBack: He returns in Season 4 after not being seen since mid Season 2.
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* MamaBear: Her raising of Christy aside, she has a protective streak for people who took advantage of her daughter in a bad way.
* TheHeart: She's the one person many at the AA meetings turn for advice in their lives. When she leaves her position, it causes disarray when [[ComedicSociopath Bonnie]] substitutes her.
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[[folder: Victor Perugian]]
Christy's former landlord who kicked her out of her first apartment for not paying rent for a while. He loathes both Christy and her family.
* GrumpyBear: Outside of Marjorie, he detests everyone.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Like mother, like daughter.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Only one occasion had her be like this to Christy and her whole family: [[spoiler:when she disguised herself as a murderer to scare the Plunkett family away from their cheap BigFancyHouse so that they would all move with her]].
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--> Played by: Creator/AnnaFaris
A young mother who went through TeenPregnancy and fell into alcoholism until she turned her life around (well, trying to) and tries her best to raise her teenage daughter Violet and young child Baxter, while also dealing with her sadistic, cynical mother Bonnie living with her. Her heart is in the right place, though.
* ReallyGetsAround: She has many, many romances in the show, but hardly one of them lasts more than 5 episodes.
* TeenPregnancy
* TeenPregnancy
Christy's cynical mother, who also [[TeenPregnancy conceived during her teenage years]] but did more polarizing decisions with her daughter around, ultimately impacting her daughter's life for the worse. She also fell into alcoholism and tries to stay sober, even if it means making her daughter's life her own personal show.
Christy's daughter, who has a rocky relationship with her mother but failed to avoid TeenPregnancy as her mother and grandmother.
* DisappearedDad: The topic of her missing father aggravates her bond with Christy until the latter reveals what kind of man he was. [[spoiler:Though Christy lies about him being dead, deciding that it's best for Violet to never meet him for being an unstable violent parent.]]
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Christy and Baxter's son. Largely the only normal person in the cast.
* CryingWolf: He will smile and hide the fact he didn't do his homework.
* TheStoner: He experimented with
A woman who always has the best intentions for her friends and tries to guide them using her past experiences as an example, but she constantly clashes heads with Bonnie.
A divorced money manager who embezzled her clients and is faced with prison detainment. She comes into Christy's life when Christy offers to help her after watching Regina have a nervous breakdown during an AA meeting.
A socialite woman who also is an alcoholic and assists AA meetings, becoming friends with the ladies.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: She's done quite a few boneheaded decisions in the past and still does some strange things, such as saying that she'll take her foster daughter Emily far away from her blood mother so Emily isn't around her unstable mother. That all but spells "kidnapping".
Yet another woman attending AA. Come Season 3, she is promoted as a regular character.
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An alcoholic aggro teenager who becomes sponsored by Christy at AA. Her life turns around after being advised by the other women of the group.
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Manager of the restaurant Christy works at on Season 1. Also one of Christy's many one-time lovers.
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The very snarking head chef of the restaurant Christy works at. Hardly will try to help someone if it means demeaning them even more.
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Violet's boyfriend who made her pregnant too early.
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Christy's second husband, blood father of Roscoe.
* CharacterDevelopment: Much to Christy's chagrin, Baxter ends up turning his life around when he marries a woman, who also happens to be wealthy and loves him despite his rocky past.
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Bonnie's new boyfriend.
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Hide Your Pregnancy isn't really a character trope; sorry, I'll move it.
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* CoolBigSis: To Baxter whenever Christy was unable to care for them when she was still drinking.
* TheStoner: He experimented with Weed during an early Season 4 arc.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Doesn't appear after Season 3.
* RememberTheNewGuy: She got promoted as a main character from Season 3 onwards after only appearing in a few episodes in Season 2.
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheStoner: She was on a lot of drugs. Some of them the other AA women have never heard of.
* TheStoner: She was on a lot of drugs. Some of them the other AA women have never heard of.
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!! Recurring Characters
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* YaoiFangirl: She watches Gay Porn, and she doesn't have any shame.
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* TheAlcoholic: Averted. She [[spoiler: wasn't actually an alcoholic]].
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* TwoFirstNames
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* AmicableExes: Christy and Baxter get along fairly well, even though Baxter lives out of a van and is perpetually late with his child support payments. When he does manage to pay her, she'll cheerfully have casual sex with him. It helps that, in spite of his shortcomings, Baxter is an attentive father to Roscoe and shows concern for Violet even though she's not his biological daughter.
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* AlmightyJanitor: Bonnie becomes a building manager in Season 2. She's incompetent at the job but has all her tenants kowtowing to her after she reveals that she knows everyone's dirty secrets and won't hesitate to make them public if the tenants try to get her fired.
* ComedicSociopathy
* StatuesqueStunner: She's approximately Six FeetTallTall.
* ComedicSociopathy
* StatuesqueStunner: She's approximately Six Feet
* DeadpanSnarker
* TeenPregnancy: She is pregnant for most of Season 1.
* TeenPregnancy: She is pregnant for most of Season 1.
* BiTheWay: He dated Bonnie and slept with a fat Frenchman.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In-universe, Chef Rudy has a working-class Boston background but uses a generic accent to hide his humble origins. Hedated reverts to his Boston accent when Bonnie tortures him and slept he's too distraught to maintain the facade.
-->'''Chef Rudy''': "Hahd to chahge sixty bucks for lobstah chowda witha fat Frenchman. capers."
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In-universe, Chef Rudy has a working-class Boston background but uses a generic accent to hide his humble origins. He
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* LivesInAVan: Baxter lives in a red car. When Christy comments that it's being towed, he runs out muttering about his cleaning lady still being in there.
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!! Other Main Characters
[[folder: Gabriel]]
* UglyGuyHotWife: His wife is much more attractive than him.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheated on said wife with Christy.
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* DeadpanSnarker
* BiTheWay: He dated Bonnie and slept with a fat Frenchman.
* TooKinkyToTorture
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[[folder: Luke]]
* TheBusCameBack: He returns in Season 4 after not being seen since mid Season 2.
* DumbassTeenageSon
* MrFanservice: His first scene, he was wearing just his underwear.
* NiceGuy
* TheStoner
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[[folder: Baxter]]
* TheStoner
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[[folder: Adam]]
* AmicableExes: Him and his ex wife are close.
* TokenWhite: He's on a wheelchair.
!! Other Main Characters
[[folder: Gabriel]]
* UglyGuyHotWife: His wife is much more attractive than him.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheated on said wife with Christy.
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[[folder: Chef Rudy]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* BiTheWay: He dated Bonnie and slept with a fat Frenchman.
* TooKinkyToTorture
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[[folder: Luke]]
* TheBusCameBack: He returns in Season 4 after not being seen since mid Season 2.
* DumbassTeenageSon
* MrFanservice: His first scene, he was wearing just his underwear.
* NiceGuy
* TheStoner
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[[folder: Baxter]]
* TheStoner
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[[folder: Adam]]
* AmicableExes: Him and his ex wife are close.
* TokenWhite: He's on a wheelchair.
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[[folder: Christy Plunkett]]
* ButtMonkey
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[[folder: Bonnie Plunkett]]
* StatuesqueStunner: She's approximately Six Feet Tall
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[[folder: Violet Plunkett]]
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[[folder: Roscoe Plunkett]]
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!! AA Meeting Attendees
[[folder: Marjorie Armstrong-Perugian]]
* HappilyMarried: To Victor Perugian.
* FakeGuestStar: Credited as a main character from Season 2.
* TeamMom: She is the oldest in the group and she gives advice to all the women.
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[[folder: Regina Tompkins]]
* BlackBestFriend
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[[folder: Jill Kendall]]
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[[folder: Wendy Harris]]
* BrainyBrunette: She's a registered member of Mensa.
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[[folder: Jodi Hubbard]]
* CharacterDeath: Dies [[DroppedABridgeOnHim (offscreen)]] midway through Season 3.
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[[folder: Christy Plunkett]]
* ButtMonkey
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[[folder: Bonnie Plunkett]]
* StatuesqueStunner: She's approximately Six Feet Tall
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[[folder: Violet Plunkett]]
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[[folder: Roscoe Plunkett]]
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!! AA Meeting Attendees
[[folder: Marjorie Armstrong-Perugian]]
* HappilyMarried: To Victor Perugian.
* FakeGuestStar: Credited as a main character from Season 2.
* TeamMom: She is the oldest in the group and she gives advice to all the women.
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[[folder: Regina Tompkins]]
* BlackBestFriend
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[[folder: Jill Kendall]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Wendy Harris]]
* BrainyBrunette: She's a registered member of Mensa.
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[[folder: Jodi Hubbard]]
* CharacterDeath: Dies [[DroppedABridgeOnHim (offscreen)]] midway through Season 3.
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