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* RememberTheNewGuy: In universe. He was the second Marine (besides John Glenn) to be part of the Mercury 7 astronauts, presumably to replace Deke Slayton who was grounded due to medical reasons. He also "took his ride" in the program. IRL, the only Marine in the Mercury program was Glenn.
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** Inverted with Mike, the bubble man; sex with Maggie actually ''cures'' him of his affliction. He promptly leaves to join [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenpeace Greenpeace]].
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* BadassBookworm: You wouldn't really guess that this chatty bohemian was a rough and tumble former criminalcriminal.
* DevilsAdvocate: A benign example - Chris will readily take both sides in a debate, simply because he values the process of exchanging ideas so highly. He even applauds the prosecution at his own trial, and he's ecstatic when Cicely holds a mayoral election, even though (as a felon who hasn't completed his full term) he can't legally vote.
* DevilsAdvocate: A benign example - Chris will readily take both sides in a debate, simply because he values the process of exchanging ideas so highly. He even applauds the prosecution at his own trial, and he's ecstatic when Cicely holds a mayoral election, even though (as a felon who hasn't completed his full term) he can't legally vote.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: In that he has firm prejudices against gays - ironic given his CampStraight tendencies - and has let his wealth go to his head. He doesn't exhibit racist or sexist attitudes, other than comical homophobia.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: In that he has firm prejudices against gays - ironic given his CampStraight tendencies - He's intensely homophobic, and has let his wealth go to his head. He doesn't exhibit casually racist or sexist attitudes, other than comical homophobia.towards Joel, Bernard, and Ed, among others.
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** HiddenDepths: She can speak fluent Italian, among other talents.
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* CartwrightCurse: her boyfriends tend to die in spectacular and unlikely ways: hit by a falling satellite, consuming adulterated potato salad, etc.
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* CartwrightCurse: her boyfriends tend to die in spectacular and unlikely ways: hit by a falling satellite, wandering onto a missile test range during a live fire exercise, consuming adulterated potato salad, etc.
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Holling's girlfriend, and eventually wife. At the beginning of the series, she is 18 years old.
old and has just won the Miss Northwest Passage beauty pageant.
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* HiddenDepths: speaks fluent Italian, among other talents.
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* DumbBlonde: At first glance, Shelly seems to exist at the three-way intersection between this trope, ValleyGirl, and trailer trash. However, she has...
* ** HiddenDepths: speaks She can speak fluent Italian, among other talents.
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* DecemberDecemberRomance with Walt.
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* IconicOutfit: tight pants and an endless supply of goofy earrings.
* LoonWithAHeartOfGold: like most denizens of Cicely, she really cares about others.
* LoonWithAHeartOfGold: like most denizens of Cicely, she really cares about others.
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*MayDecemberRomance with Shelly.
*MayDecemberRomance with Shelly.
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* HiddenDepths: Contrary to what his lack of personal hygiene and scraggy looks might give the impression of, he is an ''amazing'' chef. Also, it's sometimes suggested that not every tall tale he tells is really a tall tale.
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* HiddenDepths: Contrary to what his lack of personal hygiene and scraggy looks might give the impression of, he is an ''amazing'' chef. Also, it's sometimes suggested that not every tall tale he tells is really a tall tale.
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** GoingNative: In his final episodes on the series he lives among the Tlingits, staying as close to nature as he can.
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!! Holling Gustav Vincouer
!!! Played by: John Cullum
->''Statehood. I voted against it.''
The sexagenarian owner of The Brick, a popular local bar and restaurant.
!! Shelly Tambo Vincouer
!!! Played by: Cynthia Geary
->''...a babe, you know, she spends her whole life just waiting for this. The big M. Holy matrimony. When you're a little kid, you watch everybody's older sister get hitched and you think, GOD when is it going to be my turn? When am I going to get to walk down that aisle? Be queen for a day. Everybody saying how hot you look and your mom crying. And your squeeze standing there in a powder blue tux looking all cute and scared. And then those words. "I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride.''
Holling's girlfriend, and eventually wife. At the beginning of the series, she is 18 years old.
!! Ruth-Anne Miller
!!! Played by: Peg Phillips
->''I feel really bad about Elaine breaking up with him. I can't help but think had she known about the plane wreck, she might have gone ahead and waited until he was dead. I think that would have been the tactful way to handle it.''
The elderly and level-headed proprieter of Cicely's general store.
!!! Played by: John Cullum
->''Statehood. I voted against it.''
The sexagenarian owner of The Brick, a popular local bar and restaurant.
!! Shelly Tambo Vincouer
!!! Played by: Cynthia Geary
->''...a babe, you know, she spends her whole life just waiting for this. The big M. Holy matrimony. When you're a little kid, you watch everybody's older sister get hitched and you think, GOD when is it going to be my turn? When am I going to get to walk down that aisle? Be queen for a day. Everybody saying how hot you look and your mom crying. And your squeeze standing there in a powder blue tux looking all cute and scared. And then those words. "I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride.''
Holling's girlfriend, and eventually wife. At the beginning of the series, she is 18 years old.
!! Ruth-Anne Miller
!!! Played by: Peg Phillips
->''I feel really bad about Elaine breaking up with him. I can't help but think had she known about the plane wreck, she might have gone ahead and waited until he was dead. I think that would have been the tactful way to handle it.''
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->''Now we've got an outstanding little town here Joel, ready to step up in the world. We've got, uh, natural resources, we've got land, we've got wildlife, just waiting to be fondled. And now Joel, now, we've got you. Come on son! let's do it.''
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->''I will under no condition, NO condition, spend the best years of my life in the worst place on Earth!''
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->''In your dreams, Fleischman!''
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* CatchPhrase: see quote above.
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->Vani tass, vani tatum, et omni i vani tass, ''says the preacher. All is vanity. I think that's a pretty good epitaph for all of us. When we're stripped of all our worldly possessions and all our fame, family, friends, we all face death alone. But it's that solitude in death that's our common bond in life. I know it's ironic, but that's just the way things are.'' Vani tass, vani tatum, et omni i vani tass. ''Only when we understand all is vanity, only then, it isn't.''
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->''I don't like people barging in on me. Okay? I don't like people. You are a person and I don't like people. Do you understand me?''
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!! Adam
!!! Played by: Adam Arkin
An abrasive, pathologically lying hermit and local legend akin to Bigfoot.
* ConsummateLiar: Has shared countless unlikely and sometimes contradictory stories of his past, many of them likely false. However, his interactions with some characters suggest that there might be ''some'' truth to a few of them.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: He always walks around barefoot, unable to even put them on. He tried to wear a pair [[spoiler:on his wedding day]], but it felt too unnatural.
* HiddenDepths: Contrary to what his lack of personal hygiene and scraggy looks might give the impression of, he is an ''amazing'' chef. Also, it's sometimes suggested that not every tall tale he tells
* Main/{{Jerkass}}: Cranky, ''always'' angry and dislikes people so much that he prefers to live as far away from people as possible.
-->'''Joel''': Threats of imminent danger are just his way of saying 'good morning'.
* MultipleChoicePast: In his first appearance, he claims to have lived in the wilderness for 15 years since getting back from fighting in the Vietnam War. In the next few sentences, he claims to have studied at a culinary school in Buffalo. In later episodes, he hints at working for the CIA, being a karate black belt, etc.
* OnlyOneName: His surname is never revealed.
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!!Marilyn Whirlwind
!!!Elaine Miles
Serene Native American receptionist to Joel, later to his replacement Dr. Phil Capra.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Say it out loud. It's magic.
* TheCastShowoff: Elaine Miles came to acting through tribal dancing, which Marilyn has been shown doing a few times.
* HypercompetentSidekick: She runs Joel's office in a way he sometimes finds baffling, but works out for the best.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Of the show's two regular NA characters she's the one more in touch with the traditions and sometimes clarifies the problems of other characters through myths and lore.
* TheQuietOne: Although she was the more talkative one in one of her relationships. Her entirely silent boyfriend was played by Bill Irwin back when he was better known as a mime/clown than an actor.
* TheSilentBob: She speaks more through looks and gestures than words.
!!!Elaine Miles
Serene Native American receptionist to Joel, later to his replacement Dr. Phil Capra.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Say it out loud. It's magic.
* TheCastShowoff: Elaine Miles came to acting through tribal dancing, which Marilyn has been shown doing a few times.
* HypercompetentSidekick: She runs Joel's office in a way he sometimes finds baffling, but works out for the best.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Of the show's two regular NA characters she's the one more in touch with the traditions and sometimes clarifies the problems of other characters through myths and lore.
* TheQuietOne: Although she was the more talkative one in one of her relationships. Her entirely silent boyfriend was played by Bill Irwin back when he was better known as a mime/clown than an actor.
* TheSilentBob: She speaks more through looks and gestures than words.
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!!! Barry Corbin
The Korean War veteran, former astronaut and business mogul who owns the radio station and much of the town's property. He's also responsible for bringing Joel to town.
* CampStraight: A subtle example. He sometimes pressures Chris to play more show tunes and his home would in the old days be considered a textbook example of Confirmed Bachelor good taste.
* FamedInStory: His fame from the space program helped him to get started in business and he still gets a good deal of publicity from it.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: In that he has firm prejudices against gays - ironic given his CampStraight tendencies - and has let his wealth go to his head. He doesn't exhibit racist or sexist attitudes, other than comical homophobia.
* SouthernFriedGenius: More plain-spoken than Chris, but he's definitely a polymath.
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!!! Darren E. Burrows
A half-Native American foundling who works in Ruth Anne's store and does odd jobs for Maurice.
* AmbiguousDisorder: His odd bouts of tunnel vision and reluctance to make eye contact indicate he may be on the autism spectrum. He's shy on top of that too.
* DoorstopBaby: He was left with the Tlingits as a baby, perhaps because of HalfBreedDiscrimination.
* MoralityPet: Joel is nicer to him than he is to most people. Maurice is generally a BenevolentBoss to him as well.
* TheMovieBuff: He's an aspiring filmmaker himself. His movie mania can take the form of addressing real situations in arcane filmic terms or dropping random titles into conversation, depending on the level of the episode's writing.
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!! Joel Fleischman
!!!Played by: Rob Morrow
A New York doctor brought to Cicely as a condition of his student loans.
* CityMouse[=/=]FishOutOfWater: Very definitely a big city person and frequently grouses about having to live and work in what he sees as the middle of nowhere.
* DoctorJerk: Less than great with bedside manner.
* GoingNative: In more ways than one. In Morrow's final episodes on the series he lives among the Tlingits, staying as close to nature as he can.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: For all his rudeness and short temper, he's a good friend and can be counted on for sound advice, medical and otherwise.
* JewsLoveToArgue: He's equally fond of getting into verbal fights and reminding people he's Jewish.
* SlapSlapKiss: His relationship with Maggie. They argue and insult each other the most, so getting together is pretty much inevitable.
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!!!Played by: JanineTurner
The bush pilot/mail carrier for the town.
* AcePilot: Her aviation skills are a deserved point of pride.
* BoyishShortHair: Hair is short throughout the series
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She started as a ''roman a clef'' version of pilot/author Norah O'Neill
* RebelliousSpirit: Has lived her life in opposition to her family's conventional middle class lifestyle, and is actually taken aback to find that her mother never cared for it either.
* SlapSlapKiss: With Joel.
!! Chris Stevens
!!! Played by: John Corbett
The erudite ex-con DJ at Cicely's radio station.
* BadassBookworm: You wouldn't really guess that this chatty bohemian was a rough and tumble former criminal
* FauxlosophicNarration: His on-air spiels often function as this.
* TheLastDJ: A literal one. He works on the frontier for relative freedom, and even in Cicely he sometimes clashes with boss Maurice.
* SouthernFriedGenius: Like his actor he's from West Virginia, a Southern state carved out of Virginia during the Civil War for the Union. Very cultured.
* WeAreAsMayflies: He initially expects to die at about 40 because men in his family always have. It's actually an unpleasant surprise when he goes to the doctor and finds out that he can live a normal lifespan if he cuts down on sodium.
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A New York doctor brought to Cicely as a condition of his student loans.
* CityMouse[=/=]FishOutOfWater: Very definitely a big city person and frequently grouses about having to live and work in what he sees as the middle of nowhere.
* DoctorJerk: Less than great with bedside manner.
* GoingNative: In more ways than one. In Morrow's final episodes on the series he lives among the Tlingits, staying as close to nature as he can.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: For all his rudeness and short temper, he's a good friend and can be counted on for sound advice, medical and otherwise.
* JewsLoveToArgue: He's equally fond of getting into verbal fights and reminding people he's Jewish.
* SlapSlapKiss: His relationship with Maggie. They argue and insult each other the most, so getting together is pretty much inevitable.
!! Maggie O'Connell
!!!Played by: JanineTurner
The bush pilot/mail carrier for the town.
* AcePilot: Her aviation skills are a deserved point of pride.
* BoyishShortHair: Hair is short throughout the series
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She started as a ''roman a clef'' version of pilot/author Norah O'Neill
* RebelliousSpirit: Has lived her life in opposition to her family's conventional middle class lifestyle, and is actually taken aback to find that her mother never cared for it either.
* SlapSlapKiss: With Joel.
!! Chris Stevens
!!! Played by: John Corbett
The erudite ex-con DJ at Cicely's radio station.
* BadassBookworm: You wouldn't really guess that this chatty bohemian was a rough and tumble former criminal
* FauxlosophicNarration: His on-air spiels often function as this.
* TheLastDJ: A literal one. He works on the frontier for relative freedom, and even in Cicely he sometimes clashes with boss Maurice.
* SouthernFriedGenius: Like his actor he's from West Virginia, a Southern state carved out of Virginia during the Civil War for the Union. Very cultured.
* WeAreAsMayflies: He initially expects to die at about 40 because men in his family always have. It's actually an unpleasant surprise when he goes to the doctor and finds out that he can live a normal lifespan if he cuts down on sodium.
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