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* TheLoad: The times Randy is actually useful is outnumbered by the times whatever trouble Earl finds himself in can be directly attributed to Randy. Then there's the times where he just makes things worse, which is every single time it's possible.

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* CharacterAlignment: ChaoticNeutral --> NeutralGood/ SelfishGood



* NeutralGood
** ChaoticNeutral in the past.
** SelfishGood: AlternativeCharacterInterpretation
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* {{Narm}}
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* [[spoiler: LaserGuidedTykebomb: Was trained from childhood to be a government assassin by his father, which led to his being placed in WitnessProtection after he retired.]]
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** SelfishGood: AlternativeCharacterInterpretation
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** ChaoticNeutral in the past.


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* ChaoticNeutral
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* AntiHero: Type IV


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* HeroicSociopath
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* BadassMustache

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* DudeWheresMyRespect: The birthday party episode. [[spoiler: It turned out to be a prank, and his friends really did give him props for the wrongs he'd righted thus far.]]



* {{Yandere}}: [[MemeticMutation YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME!!!]] In all fairness he ''did'' [[spoiler: steal her car and ditch her after sex]], but [[DisproportionateRetribution still...]]


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* {{Yandere}}: [[MemeticMutation YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME!!!]] (While blasting a shotgun at Earl). In all fairness he ''did'' [[spoiler: steal her car and ditch her after sex]], but [[DisproportionateRetribution still...]]

it's not like she couldn't have let the police deal with it.




* HighHeelFaceTurn: Wants to follow in Earl's footsteps after hearing about his list and breaking up with her boyfriend.

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* HighHeelFaceTurn: Wants to follow in Earl's footsteps after hearing about his list and breaking up with her boyfriend. boyfriend.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When Earl is focused on the list instead of sex with her, she goes and undoes everything Earl has already crossed off the list.

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* NoodleIncident



* {{Yandere}}: [[MemeticMutation YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME!!!]] (while blasting a shotgun at Earl and his El Camino)

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* {{Yandere}}: [[MemeticMutation YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME!!!]] (while blasting a shotgun at Earl In all fairness he ''did'' [[spoiler: steal her car and his El Camino)
ditch her after sex]], but [[DisproportionateRetribution still...]]

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* MamasBoy

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* MamasBoyMommasBoy
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* ThisLoserIsYou
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* FaceHeelTurn: When she met the guy she was with before marrying Earl, she was a good person. Her boyfriend, however, introduced her to stealing (which gave her a rush), and she became his partner in crime.
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* HenpeckedHusband
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* DeadpanSnarker


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* {{Narm}}
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*ShotGunWedding: When he married Joy, she was pregnant [[spoiler: the child was later found to be his]].
**Also, he briefly married a friend's [[MayDecemberRomance elderly mother]] after he admitted he slept with her while drunk, to appease the man's wrath.
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*AccidentalMarriage: Is tricked into marrying Joy after her girlfriends serve him "upside-down martinis".


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*HairOfTheDog: "Some people might think that getting so drunk you end up marrying a woman who's six months pregnant is a good reason to stop drinking. Personally, I think it's a good reason to ''keep'' drinking."

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*LawfulGood




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*UnluckyEverydude
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*YourCheatingHeart: Results in a ChocolateBaby, and later the end of Earl and Joy's (rather dysfunctional from the start) marriage.
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*EightiesHair: Actually, her entire getup looks like she never quite ''left'' TheEighties.

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*EightiesHair: Actually, her [[OutdatedOutfit entire getup getup]] looks like she never quite ''left'' TheEighties.
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*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At least in the beginning.

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*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At least in the beginning. beginning, before becoming a complete JerkAss, and finally becoming a [[NiceGuy genuinely nice person.]]

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*EvilRedhead
*InformedFlaw: The only one that seems to have a problem with the fact that she only has one real leg is Earl.

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*EvilRedhead
*AgonyOfTheFeet: Makes Earl hop on one leg all day as punishment for abandoning her and not returning her prosthesis.
*FieryRedhead
*InformedFlaw: The only one that seems to [[UnfortunateImplications have a problem with the fact that she only has one real leg leg]] is Earl.



*{{Yandere}}: [[MemeticMutation YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME!!!]]











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*{{Yandere}}: [[MemeticMutation YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME!!!]]










ME!!!]] (while blasting a shotgun at Earl and his El Camino)

'''Billie Cunningham'''

*ClingyJealousGirl
*ControlFreak
*{{Expy}} Deconstructed: She wants to get on the right path, but has very different ideas than Earl about what constitutes making things up to people. And she even [[spoiler: goes so far as to undo what Earl has done when she feels she isn't getting enough attention from him.]]
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At least in the beginning.
*HeelFaithTurn: Joins an Amish-like settlement when hiding out on their land, and finds inner peace and becomes a better person.
*HighHeelFaceTurn: Wants to follow in Earl's footsteps after hearing about his list and breaking up with her boyfriend.
*WantingIsBetterThanHaving: Earl finds out the hard way that being married to Billie is nothing like TheFifties DomCom he pictured while in a coma.
*{{Tsundere}}: Type B, before turning into a {{Yandere}}
*UnholyMatrimony: Was this to the guy she was with before meeting Earl.










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*NoodleIncident: Apparently killed her mother during a fight. [[IDidWhatIHadTo "It was either her or me."]]

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*NoodleIncident: Apparently killed her mother during a fight. [[IDidWhatIHadTo [[IDidWhatIHadToDo "It was either her or me."]]
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*AxCrazy
*EvilRedhead
*InformedFlaw: The only one that seems to have a problem with the fact that she only has one real leg is Earl.
*MetaCasting: The actress that plays her actually does only have one leg.
*{{Yandere}}: [[MemeticMutation YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME!!!]]










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*GottaCatchEmAll: His list of misdeeds



'''Patti The Daytime Hooker'''

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*AxCrazy
*CloudCuckoolander
*EyeScream: Has bulging, somewhat disturbing "Crazy Eyes"
*HeelFaithTurn: Became a devout Christian while in prison [[spoiler: for a crime Earl committed]]
*HairTriggerTemper
*ChaoticNeutral -> ChaoticGood
*MamasBoy
*NoodleIncident
*TattooedCrook: Inverted, as he although he got the tattoos while in prison, they are symbols of his HeelFaithTurn

'''Kenny James'''

*AllOfTheOtherReindeer
*CampGay
*ClubKid: Becomes this after Earl helps him break out of his shell
*HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday
*{{Keet}}
*NerdGlasses
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*UglyGuyHotWife Was the hot wife when she was married to Earl



*CatholicSchoolgirlsRule: Went to Catholic school, and transformed her uniform into the [[FetishFuel fetishized version.]]

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*CatholicSchoolgirlsRule: Went to Catholic school, and transformed her uniform into the [[FetishFuel fetishized version.]] Tries to [[InvokedTrope invoke the trope]] again 20-30 years later during a drag race. [[FetishRetardant It does not work.]]



*FridgeLogic: She scored 1500 on her {{SAT}} exams, holds a Master's Degree, did a stint in the Peace Corps, and speaks fluent Bengali...and yet, she's a prostitute. How she was reduced to selling her body with all that going for her is never explained.

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*FridgeLogic: She scored 1500 on her {{SAT}} exams, holds a Master's Degree, did a stint in the Peace Corps, and speaks fluent Bengali...and yet, she's a prostitute. How she was reduced to selling her body with all that going for her is never explained. explained.
*HeadTiltinglyKinky: Specializes in catering to Camden's kinkier tastes.


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*[[KavorkaMan Kavorka Woman]] Has slept with practically every straight or bisexual man in Camden County, even though she looks to be well into her 40's or 50's, and is very open about being a prostitute.
*MyGirlIsASlut

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*TrueNeutral



*TheChick: Subverted, as she's usually not as whiny as typical Chicks.







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*AnythingThatMoves
*AffirmativeActionGirl
*CatholicSchoolgirlsRule: Went to Catholic school, and transformed her uniform into the [[FetishFuel fetishized version.]]
*EightiesHair: Actually, her entire getup looks like she never quite ''left'' TheEighties.
*FanDisservice
*FridgeLogic: She scored 1500 on her {{SAT}} exams, holds a Master's Degree, did a stint in the Peace Corps, and speaks fluent Bengali...and yet, she's a prostitute. How she was reduced to selling her body with all that going for her is never explained.
*HollywoodHomely
*HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Is very [[NiceGuy kind]], and always willing to help out Earl.
*IWasQuiteALooker: Was very pretty when young
*ReallyGetsAround
*SixthRanger
*{{Streetwalker}}








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*[[TeamMom Team Dad]]



*NoodleIncident: Apparently killed her mother during a fight

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*NaiveEverygirl
*NoodleIncident: Apparently killed her mother during a fightfight. [[IDidWhatIHadTo "It was either her or me."]]








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*KavorkaMan



*MyGodWhatHaveIDone



*ReallyGetsAround
*UglyGuyHotWife: When married to Joy and later to Billie. Also inverted when he married a friend's elderly mother to make up for sleeping with her while drunk



*InformedAttractiveness: Rather average-looking, but sometimes said to be one of the most attractive women in Camden County.



*RoseHairedGirl: As a 10-year-old, she was known as [[MeaningfulName Pinky]], and [[spoiler: had her SacredFirstKiss with Randy]]

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*RoseHairedGirl: As a 10-year-old, she was known as [[MeaningfulName Pinky]], because she dyed her hair pink and [[spoiler: had her SacredFirstKiss with Randy]]



*DissonantSerenity



*NiceGuy: Subverted, though, because he slept with a friend's wife




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'''Randy Hickey'''

*TheBigGuy
*CloudCuckoolander
*DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment
*DumbassHasAPoint: occasionally [[SmartBall says something smart]]
*DumbIsGood
*FatIdiot
*KavorkaMan
*TheLancer
*ManChild
*PermaStubble
*[[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Cats]]

'''Catalina'''

*BilingualBonus: Her "insults" in Spanish to Joy are actually BreakingTheFourthWall to Spanish-speaking viewers, usually thanking them for watching.
*FetishFuel
*InnocentFanserviceGirl: Starts out as this
*{{Meido}}: Works as a hotel maid
*MsFanservice
*NoodleIncident: Apparently killed her mother during a fight
*SelfMadeOrphan: See NoodleIncident
*SpicyLatina
*{{Stripperific}} [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as she is, in fact, a stripper in addition to working as a hotel maid




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*AntiHero
*TheAtoner
*CantGetAwayWithNuthin: lampshaded in an episode where he neglects his list in favor of spending time with a beautiful woman and LaserGuidedKarma causes trouble for both of them
*CarpetOfVirility
*HeelFaceTurn
*IdiotHero
*LazyHusband: was
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*NeutralGood
*PornStache
*WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Has a fear of taking his shirt off in public due to being teased for having hairy nipples in JuniorHigh

'''Joy Darville-Turner'''

*AbuseIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale
*ActionGirl
*BerserkButton: Harming her children either physically or emotionally
*BlondesAreEvil
*ClingyJealousGirl
*DumbBlonde
*MamaBear
*MegatonPunch
*MoralMyopia
*HairTriggerTemper
*ItsAllAboutMe
*JerkAss: Cheats on Earl, verbally abuses and even hits him, leaves him for a mutual friend while he's hospitalized, and tries to kill him to get his lottery winnings
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Can be nice (and even helpful) sometimes. Subverted, though, in that usually only if something's in it for her.
*ReallyGetsAround
*RoseHairedGirl: As a 10-year-old, she was known as [[MeaningfulName Pinky]], and [[spoiler: had her SacredFirstKiss with Randy]]
*ShotGunWedding: Tricks Earl into marrying her in [[VivaLasVegas Vegas]] while she was pregnant with an unknown man's [[spoiler: later found to be Earl's]] child.
*{{Tsundere}} Type-A example

'''Darnell "Crabman" Turner'''

*BlessedAreTheCheesemakers
*EruditeStoner
*[[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Him Crabman]]
*TheSmartGuy
*WitnessProtection

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