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* PermanentElectedOfficial: He mentions having repeatedly run for mayor unopposed. [[spoiler:He finally faces competition when Mildred decides to run against him, but is re-elected.re-elected when Mildred has a VillainousBreakdown right before the vote begins.]]
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* Cool Teacher: Emma is a progressive-minded and strong-willed woman who never hesitates to speak her mind, despite living in a rather backwards town. She is also brave enough disarm and then talk down Farmer [=McDonough=] when he threatens Josh at gunpoint to marry his daughter.
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* Cool Teacher: CoolTeacher: Emma is a progressive-minded and strong-willed woman who never hesitates to speak her mind, despite living in a rather backwards town. She is also brave enough disarm and then talk down Farmer [=McDonough=] when he threatens Josh at gunpoint to marry his daughter.
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* Cool Teacher: Emma is a progressive-minded and strong-willed woman who never hesitates to speak her mind, despite living in a rather backwards town. She is also brave enough disarm and then talk down Farmer [=McDonough=] when he threatens Josh at gunpoint to marry his daughter.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: It's not explicit, but she didn't cross the bridge with Josh like every other available woman in town, and refuses to get married, something [[spoiler:the married, closeted gay Howard Layton]] says he admires her for. Though she does [[spoiler:fall in love with Josh,]] she also brazenly checked out Melissa, contrasting with Florence's song in the same episode about how Aloysius ''doesn't'' look at women like that. When [[spoiler: Aloysius publicly comes out of the closet, she looks happy for him while the rest of the townsfolk appear put off.]]
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* PermanentElectedOfficial: He mentions having repeatedly run for mayor unopposed. [[spoiler:He finally faces competition when Mildred decides to run against him, but is re-elected.]]
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* BookBurning: It's mentioned that she's burned a number of books from the local library (in fact, the picnic basket auction from the second episode is a fundraiser to replace them).
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In keeping with her other negative traits and antagonism towards Melissa and Josh, she is explicitly against interracial relationships [[Irony despite Schmigadoon being fairly racially diverse.]]
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In keeping with her other negative traits and antagonism towards Melissa and Josh, she is explicitly against interracial relationships [[Irony [[{{Irony}} despite Schmigadoon being fairly racially diverse.]]
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* NiceGirl: Florence is a sweetheart, and while she's understandably upset [[spoiler: when Aloysius comes out as gay]], she discourages the townsfolk from shunning him and they end the season as good friends.
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* DarkIsEvil: She wears nothing but [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack dark-purple]] in-contrast to everyone else's bright pastel colors and is a HateSink, having her boot on the town's collective-neck as a fear-monger who takes every opportunity to exorcise her non-judicial authority.
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* DarkIsEvil: She wears nothing but [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack dark-purple]] in-contrast dark purple]] in contrast to everyone else's bright pastel colors and is a HateSink, having her boot on the town's collective-neck collective neck as a fear-monger who takes every opportunity to exorcise her non-judicial authority.
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* VillainousBreakdown: After the townspeople rally around Aloysius, Josh, and Emma in the finale, with the final straws being [[spoiler:her husband Howard coming out as gay and Nancy (she of the wedlock baby) coming forward as Mildred's daughter, Mildred snaps and raves against the town, who are all too happy to vote Aloysius in as mayor once more.]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: After the townspeople rally around Aloysius, Josh, and Emma in the finale, with the final straws being [[spoiler:her husband Howard coming out as gay and Nancy (she of the wedlock (the girl who had an out-of-wedlock baby) coming forward as Mildred's daughter, Mildred snaps and raves against the town, who are all too happy to vote Aloysius in as mayor once more.]]
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* HiddenDepths: In "[[Recap/SchmigadoonS1E6HowWeChange How We Change]]", she admits to being a socialist.
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** He's a perfectionist, professional widower with a blond fiancee.
** His and Melissa's DanceOfRomance incorporates the Ländler, an Austrian folk dance performed by Maria and Georg in the show.
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** He's a perfectionist, professional widower with a blond blonde fiancee.
** His and Melissa's DanceOfRomance incorporates the Ländler, an Austrian folk dance performed by Maria and Georg in theshow.show.
* SilverFox: He's middle-aged with greying hair, and is noted to be very attractive in-universe.
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* SilverFox: He's middle-aged with greying hair, and is noted to be very attractive in-universe.
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That man o' mine"''
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That man o' mine"''
mine."''
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'Cause there's gonna be some tribulation and strife"''
strife!"''
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But I'm gonna wait 'til I'm a bride"''
bride."''
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You can't tame me"''
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You can't tame me"''
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Who finish what they start"''
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Who finish what they start"''
start."''
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Although I know that's perfectly insane"''
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Although I know that's perfectly insane"''
insane."''
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* HenpeckedHusband: Clearly a doormat to his domineering wife. When Josh spies Emma outside the church, Howard comments that he wishes he had Emma's strength to refuse marriage.
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* HenpeckedHusband: Clearly a doormat to his domineering wife. wife, [[spoiler: to the point that he allowed her to send their daughter away when she got pregnant out of wedlock.]] When Josh spies Emma outside the church, Howard comments that he wishes he had Emma's strength to refuse marriage.
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* {{Expy}}: Of [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Baroness Elsa Schraeder]]. Like the Baroness, she is a beautiful, rich blonde of noble descent who is supposed to marry the cold, perfectionist widow love interest (Jorge). Lampshaded by Melissa, who recognizes their situation as being right out of ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'', and expects her to be a GracefulLoser. Melissa even mentions that the original Baroness may or may not have been a Nazi; "Blerky" [[spoiler:says ''of course'' she's a Nazi.]]
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* {{Expy}}: Of [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Baroness Elsa Schraeder]]. Like the Baroness, she is a beautiful, rich blonde of noble descent who is supposed to marry the cold, perfectionist widow love interest (Jorge). She even shows up in a similar outfit to the Baroness in the film (coiffed hair, dangling earrings, gold dress, white gloves). Lampshaded by Melissa, who recognizes their situation as being right out of ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'', and expects her to be a GracefulLoser. Melissa even mentions that the original Baroness may or may not have been a Nazi; "Blerky" [[spoiler:says ''of course'' she's a Nazi.]]
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* GoodShepherd: Offers shelter to Josh after his wife drives them to the inn and gives him encouragement and advice about love.
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* GoodShepherd: Offers shelter to Josh after his wife drives them to him from the inn and gives him Josh encouragement and advice about love.
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* LateComingOut: [[spoiler:He comes out after many years of marriage to Mildred, professing his love for Aloysius.]]
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* CharacterDevelopment: He grows from someone who'll give up at an inconvenience to someone willing to step up and work on his relationship.
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* MoralGuardians: The leader of a group of women who act against anything they think will tarnish the purity of Schmigadoon.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In keeping with her other negative traits and antagonism towards Melissa and Josh, she is explicitly against interracial relationships despite Schmigadoon being fairly racially diverse.
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->''"True love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. In other words, it's a lot of work. So, it's probably not something you find. It's probably something you make."''
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->''"Romance in musicals isn't always logical. That's why they usually let the songs do the heavy lifting."''
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->''"I didn't become a surgeon for fellowships. I did it because I wanted to help people without having to talk to them."''
->''"I didn't become a surgeon for fellowships. I did it because I wanted to help people without having to talk to them."''
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->''"Somewhere love is waiting for you\\
Someday it will come right on cue\\
Just as every morning, the sun comes into view\\
Somewhere love is waiting for you..."''
->''"Somewhere love is waiting for you\\
Someday it will come right on cue\\
Just as every morning, the sun comes into view\\
Somewhere love is waiting for you..."''
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->''"But my man is gentle\\
As soft 'n' sentimental\\
As any lace adorn'd a valentine\\
He's a queer one\\
That man o' mine"''
->''"But my man is gentle\\
As soft 'n' sentimental\\
As any lace adorn'd a valentine\\
He's a queer one\\
That man o' mine"''
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->''"All thanks to these two out-of-towners\\
Doctor Skinner and Miss Gimble\\
Better hold on to your husband\\
Best keep an eye on your wife\\
'Cause there's gonna be some tribulation and strife"''
->''"All thanks to these two out-of-towners\\
Doctor Skinner and Miss Gimble\\
Better hold on to your husband\\
Best keep an eye on your wife\\
'Cause there's gonna be some tribulation and strife"''
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->''"All the girls flirt and talk romance\\
Soon as they see a pair of pants\\
When the sun goes down they let their morals slide\\
But I'm gonna wait 'til I'm a bride"''
->''"All the girls flirt and talk romance\\
Soon as they see a pair of pants\\
When the sun goes down they let their morals slide\\
But I'm gonna wait 'til I'm a bride"''
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->''"I'm like an animal in the wild\\
So here's a truth to which you must be reconciled\\
You can't tame me"''
->''"I'm like an animal in the wild\\
So here's a truth to which you must be reconciled\\
You can't tame me"''
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* LadykillerInLove: Despite proclaiming himself a man who can't and won't settle down despite the efforts of many women, he quickly falls for Melissa.
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->''"When you've got a job to do\\
You must try with all your heart\\
Life's profoundest joys\\
Go to girls and boys\\
Who finish what they start"''
->''"When you've got a job to do\\
You must try with all your heart\\
Life's profoundest joys\\
Go to girls and boys\\
Who finish what they start"''
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->''"Suddenly I find myself forgetting\\
All the things that bounce around my brain\\
Suddenly I want to plan a wedding\\
Although I know that's perfectly insane"''
->''"Suddenly I find myself forgetting\\
All the things that bounce around my brain\\
Suddenly I want to plan a wedding\\
Although I know that's perfectly insane"''
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->''"So I hope you had your fun\\
But the fact is, girl 'ya done\\
'Cause this time, hon\\
Oh, this time hon\\
Yeah, this time hon\\
I am gonna, gonna get my man!"''
->''"So I hope you had your fun\\
But the fact is, girl 'ya done\\
'Cause this time, hon\\
Oh, this time hon\\
Yeah, this time hon\\
I am gonna, gonna get my man!"''
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* AudienceSurrogate: A regular person who winds up in Schmigadoon and learns about it along with the audience. She's also a musical theater fan, enjoying the environment and able to point out the references.
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* MusicalNumberAnnoyance: Melissa is more receptive than Josh to their musical environment. She still doesn't like dream ballets, {{dream ballet}}s, however.
* AudienceSurrogate: Like Melissa, he's a real person who winds up in Schmigadoon and learns its quirks. He's the surrogate for audience members who dislike musicals, since he makes no secret of how he dislikes them.
* LateComingOut: [[spoiler:Aloysius doesn't come out until middle age.]]
* NiceGuy: Aloysius is a sweet and gentle guy who has the town's wellbeing in mind. Florence even sings that his kindness separates him from the other men in town.
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* LukeIAmYourFather: It's revealed that her "brother" Carson is actually her illegitimate son, having kept it a secret from everyone, including Carson himself.
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* LukeIAmYourFather: It's [[spoiler:It's revealed that her "brother" Carson is actually her illegitimate son, having kept it a secret from everyone, including Carson himself.]]
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* CannotKeepASecret: Emma admits that this is a flaw of Carson's.
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* CannotKeepASecret: Emma admits that this is a flaw of Carson's.Carson's: every time he learns something he runs off and announces it to the town.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Theatre/TheMusicMan Winthrop Paroo]]. He's introduced as the [[PracticallyDifferentGenerations much younger brother]] to the town's "smart girl" who acts as the town crier. Melissa recognizes his similarity to Winthrop and advises Josh -- who intends to romance Emma -- to help Carson open up with music the way Harold did for Winthrop in ''The Music Man''. It works.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Theatre/TheMusicMan Winthrop Paroo]]. He's introduced as the [[PracticallyDifferentGenerations much younger brother]] to the town's "smart girl" who acts as the town crier. Melissa recognizes his similarity to Winthrop and advises Josh -- who intends to romance Emma -- to help Carson open up with music the way Harold did for Winthrop in ''The Music Man''. It works.
* ClosestThingWeGot: He works as the town doctor, [[spoiler:especially after his father dies, but the finale reveals his training was actually in veterinary medicine.]]
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* MeaningfulName: His name is ''Jorge'', the Spanish equivalent of the Germanic ''Georg''. He is based on [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Captain Georg Von Trapp]].
* ShoutOut: He's different enough from [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Captain Georg Von Trapp]] to not be an {{expy}}, but he parallels the good captain in personality enough that Melissa lampshades it.
** He's a perfectionist, professional widower with a blond fiancee.
** His and Melissa's DanceOfRomance incorporates the Ländler, an Austrian folk dance performed by Maria and Georg in the show.
* ShoutOut: He's different enough from [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Captain Georg Von Trapp]] to not be an {{expy}}, but he parallels the good captain in personality enough that Melissa lampshades it.
** He's a perfectionist, professional widower with a blond fiancee.
** His and Melissa's DanceOfRomance incorporates the Ländler, an Austrian folk dance performed by Maria and Georg in the show.
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* JustFriends: While at first shocked and upset when her husband comes out, by the last episode she comes to Menlove's defense when Mildred tries attacking his character, confessing that while he might not be attracted to her (even admitting that it seemed obvious in hindsight), they do still care for each other.
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* JustFriends: While at first shocked and upset when her husband comes out, by the last episode she comes to Menlove's her husband's defense when Mildred tries attacking his character, confessing that while he might not be attracted to her sexually (even admitting that it seemed obvious in hindsight), they do still care for each other.
* DarkIsEvil: She wears nothing but [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack dark-purple]] in-contrast to everyone else's bright pastel colors and is a HateSink, having her boot on the town's collective-neck as a fear-monger who takes every opportunity to exorcise her non-judicial authority.
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* FatalFlaw: Perfectionism. While she wallows when things go great, she tends to blow certain things that don't seem perfect to her, like her relationship with Josh, out of proportion. This can lead to her [[NeverMyFault denying her part in those flaws]], making her come across as [[SecretlySelfish selfish]].
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: She inadvertently fills this role in her relationship with Doc Lopez, her progressive "city-ways" coming across as an affront to his authority at first, only for him to fall in love with her for it. It is when she discovers that she is this to him does she realize that she doesn't love Lopez.
* FatalFlaw: Laziness. While he isn't above grand romantic gestures, he mainly tries to take the road less-travelled. He tries to ignore certain problems, give up when things look hard and avoids social-situations when he can. This is one of the reasons why [[MusicalNumberAnnoyance being in a literal musical comes across as torture to him]]: musical numbers are big, hammy productions that speak directly from the heart, and he is a man of few words who keeps his feelings to himself.
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* JustFriends: While at first shocked and upset when her husband comes out, by the last episode she comes to Menlove's defense when Mildred tries attacking his character, confessing that while he might not be attracted to her (even admitting that it seemed obvious in hindsight), they do still care for each other.
* HiddenDepths: In "[[Recap/SchmigadoonS1E6HowWeChange How We Change]]", she admits to being a socialist.
* LukeIAmYourFather: It's revealed that her "brother" Carson is actually her illegitimate son, having kept it a secret from everyone, including Carson himself.
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!!Jorge Lopez
!!!Played by: Creator/JaimeCamil
The younger town doctor, who hires Melissa after she seeks lodging.
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!!!Played by: Creator/JaimeCamil
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* SpeechImpediment: He was born with an abnormally large tongue, giving him a precocious lisp. Emma admits toMelissa but later warms up and appreciates what she brings to the table.
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!!Jorge Lopez
!!!Played by: Creator/JaimeCamil
The younger town doctor, who hires Melissa after she seeks lodging.
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* DefrostingIceKing: Starts out cold and unwelcoming to Melissa but later warms up and appreciates what she brings to the table.
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!!Jorge Lopez
!!!Played by: Creator/JaimeCamil
The younger town doctor, who hires Melissa after she seeks lodging.
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* DefrostingIceKing: Starts out cold and unwelcoming to Melissa but later warms up and appreciates what she brings to the table.
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[[folder:Melissa]]
!!Melissa Gimble
!!!Played by: Creator/CecilyStrong
One of two protagonists. Melissa is an OB-GYN from New York, Josh's longtime girlfriend, and a lifelong fan of musicals.
----
* GenreSavvy: Melissa is a musical theater fan -- she's seen watching ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' in the beginning (while Josh tries to sleep through it). As a result, she's more receptive to being stuck in a musical theater world than Josh is, even participating in the songs early on. When [[spoiler:Josh tries to get out of his ShotgunWedding]] she reassures him that nobody dies in musicals, and then promptly takes it back after remembering various tragic theater deaths. [[spoiler: Subverted when it comes to her interactions with the Countess, however. Melissa expects her to be a GracefulLoser in the style of Baroness Schrader in ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' but is proven '''very''' wrong.]]
* MusicalNumberAnnoyance: Melissa is more receptive than Josh to their musical environment. She still doesn't like dream ballets, however.
-->'''Melissa:''' They're annoying and stupid. They slow everything down. Nobody likes a dream ballet. Nobody!
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[[folder:Josh]]
!!Josh Skinner
!!!Played by: Creator/KeeganMichaelKey
One of two protagonists. Josh is a surgeon, Melissa's longtime boyfriend, and someone who staunchly dislikes musicals.
----
* MusicalNumberAnnoyance: While trapped in a musical land, Josh scoffs at all the singing and dancing going on around them. [[spoiler:So it's a big deal that he willingly sings to Melissa in the finale.]]
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[[folder:Aloysius]]
!!Aloysius Menlove
!!!Played by: Creator/AlanCumming
Schmigadoon's kindly mayor of many years.
----
* HideYourLesbians: Parodied with Mayor Menlove, who was deliberately patterned after queer-coded characters in old musicals; the fact that he's gay is hinted at through lyrics. When he [[spoiler:comes out in front of the congregation]] he sings:
-->''I'm a homosexuaaaal\\
It's no longer subtextuaaaal''
* MeaningfulName: Mayor ''Menlove'' is into men, and his reassurance of Melissa in "Somewhere Love Is Waiting for You" turns into an operetta about how love is forbidden for him as well.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mayor Menlove is presented as a genuinely NiceGuy plagued with hiding his [[HideYourLesbians secret passions]], his motto being that he strives that everyone achieves peace and happiness.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Florence]]
!!Florence Menlove
!!!Played by: Creator/AnnHarada
Aloysius's sweet wife.
----
* TheBeard: Married to the obviously gay Aloysius.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Gets a whole song about how much her husband is not like other men: he's instead gentle, kind, sensitive, and has feminine hobbies. However, she feels like he's hiding something from her... Melissa is quicker on the uptake that Aloysius is gay.
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[[folder:Mildred]]
!!Mildred Layton
!!!Played by: Creator/KristinChenoweth
The reverend's imperious wife and the leader of the Mothers Against the Future, women who oppose social progress in Schmigadoon.
----
* ActorAllusion: One of the townspeople refers to the Mothers Against the Future, led by Creator/KristinChenoweth's character, as witches. [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} Chenoweth's most famous Broadway role]] was as a witch. She even gets to wave a broom around in "Tribulation".
* TheBeard: [[spoiler:For Howard, who is secretly gay and in love with Aloysius.]]
* CastingGag: Kristin Chenoweth starred as Marian in an ABC production of ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'', one of the musicals being homaged.
* VillainousBreakdown: After the townspeople rally around Aloysius, Josh, and Emma in the finale, with the final straws being [[spoiler:her husband Howard coming out as gay and Nancy (she of the wedlock baby) coming forward as Mildred's daughter, Mildred snaps and raves against the town, who are all too happy to vote Aloysius in as mayor once more.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Howard]]
!!Howard Layton
!!!Played by: Creator/FredArmisen
The town reverend.
----
* GoodShepherd: Offers shelter to Josh after his wife drives them to the inn and gives him encouragement and advice about love.
* HenpeckedHusband: Clearly a doormat to his domineering wife. When Josh spies Emma outside the church, Howard comments that he wishes he had Emma's strength to refuse marriage.
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[[folder:Betsy]]
!!Betsy [=McDonough=]
!!!Played by: Creator/DoveCameron
Farmer [=McDonough=]'s eldest and loveliest daughter.
----
* DawsonCasting: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] with Betsy, who is a teen girl very obviously played by an actress in her twenties. Melissa converses this trend when Josh complains that Betsy is YoungerThanSheLooks:[[invoked]]
-->'''Melissa:''' Yeah, have you not seen ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''? Liesl was sixteen going on twenty-nine.
* EroticEating: In "Enjoy the Ride (Part II)" Betsy packs a picnic basket full of suggestive food. Josh pulls out two melons, and she sticks her finger into a cream pie and licks it.
* FarmersDaughter: Her father, the local farmer, is an OverprotectiveDad. Nevertheless, Betsy flirts with Josh despite her innocent appearance.
* GirlishPigtails: To emphasize her youthfulness, Betsy wears her hair in two curled blonde pigtails.
* LadyInRed: An innocently seductive young woman who is clad in a red gingham dress (she's a FarmersDaughter after all) and wears bright red lipstick. Gets an additional meaning in the finale when [[spoiler:she reveals herself to be a socialist]].
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Farmer [=McDonough=] has seven daughters despite wanting a son.
* ShoutOut: The character was inspired by [[Theatre/{{Oklahoma}} Ado Annie]], an innocent-looking young woman whose flirtatiousness causes problems.
* ASideOrderOfRomance: Josh first becomes attracted to Betsy while she waitresses for him at the diner. Their flirtation goes awry, however.
* VagueAge: Lampshaded. Betsy is YoungerThanSheLooks and definitely much younger than Josh, but her exact age is purposefully left vague, with Josh even noting he might never know exactly how old she is.
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[[folder:Danny]]
!!Danny Bailey
!!!Played by: Creator/AaronTveit
The handsome rapscallion who operates the local carnival.
----
* ConfirmedBachelor: In "You Can't Tame Me" he declares that he'll never settle down with a woman and describes previous ladies who have tried and failed. He does, however, fall hard and fast for Melissa, even reprising the song that she ''has'' tamed him.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Theatre/{{Carousel}} Billy Bigelow]]. Like Billy, he's a socially unacceptable carnival barker. His solos riff on Billy's as well: he gets a number about reluctantly falling for the heroine and reenacts ''Carousel'''s famous "bench scene".
* HandsOnApproach: Danny teaches Melissa to fire a gun by wrapping his arms around her.
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[[folder:Emma]]
!!Emma Tate
!!!Played by: [[Creator/ArianaDeBose Ariana DeBose]]
The sensible {{schoolmarm}}, who is hiding a secret.
----
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Theatre/TheMusicMan Marian Paroo]], an intelligent, forward-thinking small-town woman who works in a "smart" job (Marian is a librarian, Emma is a schoolmarm). Like Marian, she has a much-younger brother with a lisp who acts as the town crier. She even cites the same "dirty" authors expunged in ''The Music Man'': Creator/GeoffreyChaucer, Francois Rabelais, and Creator/HonoreDeBalzac. Lampshaded by Melissa, who recognizes her character as being right out of ''The Music Man'' (and ''Theatre/TheKingAndI'', another musical with a forward-thinking schoolteacher heroine) and tells Josh how to progress Marian's story.
* OldMaid: The village women gossip in the introductory song that Emma is unmarried at 28.
* {{Schoolmarm}}: The local teacher who teaches a schoolhouse's worth of kids.
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[[folder:Doc Lopez]]
!!Jorge Lopez
!!!Played by: Creator/JaimeCamil
The younger town doctor, who hires Melissa after she seeks lodging.
----
* DefrostingIceKing: Starts out cold and unwelcoming to Melissa but later warms up and appreciates what she brings to the table.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gabriele]]
!!Countess Gabrielle Von Blerkom
!!!Played by: Creator/JaneKrakowski
Jorge's wife-to-be.
----
* DisposableFiance: ZigZagged. After a big love number with Doc Lopez, Melissa easily identifies his fiancée Countess Von Blerkom as the [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Baroness]] character who will graciously step aside for Melissa and Jorge's romance. However, "Blerky" [[spoiler:has no intention of rolling over. She drives Melissa out to the wilderness and, at gunpoint, rages at her for ruining her engagement.]] Despite this, however, [[spoiler:Jorge chooses Melissa...and then Melissa realizes she doesn't really want to be with Jorge.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Baroness Elsa Schraeder]]. Like the Baroness, she is a beautiful, rich blonde of noble descent who is supposed to marry the cold, perfectionist widow love interest (Jorge). Lampshaded by Melissa, who recognizes their situation as being right out of ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'', and expects her to be a GracefulLoser. Melissa even mentions that the original Baroness may or may not have been a Nazi; "Blerky" [[spoiler:says ''of course'' she's a Nazi.]]
* VanityLicensePlate: Her license plate reads "BLERKY", her InUniverseNickname.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder:Melissa]]
!!Melissa Gimble
!!!Played by: Creator/CecilyStrong
One of two protagonists. Melissa is an OB-GYN from New York, Josh's longtime girlfriend, and a lifelong fan of musicals.
----
* GenreSavvy: Melissa is a musical theater fan -- she's seen watching ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' in the beginning (while Josh tries to sleep through it). As a result, she's more receptive to being stuck in a musical theater world than Josh is, even participating in the songs early on. When [[spoiler:Josh tries to get out of his ShotgunWedding]] she reassures him that nobody dies in musicals, and then promptly takes it back after remembering various tragic theater deaths. [[spoiler: Subverted when it comes to her interactions with the Countess, however. Melissa expects her to be a GracefulLoser in the style of Baroness Schrader in ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' but is proven '''very''' wrong.]]
* MusicalNumberAnnoyance: Melissa is more receptive than Josh to their musical environment. She still doesn't like dream ballets, however.
-->'''Melissa:''' They're annoying and stupid. They slow everything down. Nobody likes a dream ballet. Nobody!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Josh]]
!!Josh Skinner
!!!Played by: Creator/KeeganMichaelKey
One of two protagonists. Josh is a surgeon, Melissa's longtime boyfriend, and someone who staunchly dislikes musicals.
----
* MusicalNumberAnnoyance: While trapped in a musical land, Josh scoffs at all the singing and dancing going on around them. [[spoiler:So it's a big deal that he willingly sings to Melissa in the finale.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Aloysius]]
!!Aloysius Menlove
!!!Played by: Creator/AlanCumming
Schmigadoon's kindly mayor of many years.
----
* HideYourLesbians: Parodied with Mayor Menlove, who was deliberately patterned after queer-coded characters in old musicals; the fact that he's gay is hinted at through lyrics. When he [[spoiler:comes out in front of the congregation]] he sings:
-->''I'm a homosexuaaaal\\
It's no longer subtextuaaaal''
* MeaningfulName: Mayor ''Menlove'' is into men, and his reassurance of Melissa in "Somewhere Love Is Waiting for You" turns into an operetta about how love is forbidden for him as well.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mayor Menlove is presented as a genuinely NiceGuy plagued with hiding his [[HideYourLesbians secret passions]], his motto being that he strives that everyone achieves peace and happiness.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Florence]]
!!Florence Menlove
!!!Played by: Creator/AnnHarada
Aloysius's sweet wife.
----
* TheBeard: Married to the obviously gay Aloysius.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Gets a whole song about how much her husband is not like other men: he's instead gentle, kind, sensitive, and has feminine hobbies. However, she feels like he's hiding something from her... Melissa is quicker on the uptake that Aloysius is gay.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mildred]]
!!Mildred Layton
!!!Played by: Creator/KristinChenoweth
The reverend's imperious wife and the leader of the Mothers Against the Future, women who oppose social progress in Schmigadoon.
----
* ActorAllusion: One of the townspeople refers to the Mothers Against the Future, led by Creator/KristinChenoweth's character, as witches. [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} Chenoweth's most famous Broadway role]] was as a witch. She even gets to wave a broom around in "Tribulation".
* TheBeard: [[spoiler:For Howard, who is secretly gay and in love with Aloysius.]]
* CastingGag: Kristin Chenoweth starred as Marian in an ABC production of ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'', one of the musicals being homaged.
* VillainousBreakdown: After the townspeople rally around Aloysius, Josh, and Emma in the finale, with the final straws being [[spoiler:her husband Howard coming out as gay and Nancy (she of the wedlock baby) coming forward as Mildred's daughter, Mildred snaps and raves against the town, who are all too happy to vote Aloysius in as mayor once more.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Howard]]
!!Howard Layton
!!!Played by: Creator/FredArmisen
The town reverend.
----
* GoodShepherd: Offers shelter to Josh after his wife drives them to the inn and gives him encouragement and advice about love.
* HenpeckedHusband: Clearly a doormat to his domineering wife. When Josh spies Emma outside the church, Howard comments that he wishes he had Emma's strength to refuse marriage.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Betsy]]
!!Betsy [=McDonough=]
!!!Played by: Creator/DoveCameron
Farmer [=McDonough=]'s eldest and loveliest daughter.
----
* DawsonCasting: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] with Betsy, who is a teen girl very obviously played by an actress in her twenties. Melissa converses this trend when Josh complains that Betsy is YoungerThanSheLooks:[[invoked]]
-->'''Melissa:''' Yeah, have you not seen ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''? Liesl was sixteen going on twenty-nine.
* EroticEating: In "Enjoy the Ride (Part II)" Betsy packs a picnic basket full of suggestive food. Josh pulls out two melons, and she sticks her finger into a cream pie and licks it.
* FarmersDaughter: Her father, the local farmer, is an OverprotectiveDad. Nevertheless, Betsy flirts with Josh despite her innocent appearance.
* GirlishPigtails: To emphasize her youthfulness, Betsy wears her hair in two curled blonde pigtails.
* LadyInRed: An innocently seductive young woman who is clad in a red gingham dress (she's a FarmersDaughter after all) and wears bright red lipstick. Gets an additional meaning in the finale when [[spoiler:she reveals herself to be a socialist]].
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Farmer [=McDonough=] has seven daughters despite wanting a son.
* ShoutOut: The character was inspired by [[Theatre/{{Oklahoma}} Ado Annie]], an innocent-looking young woman whose flirtatiousness causes problems.
* ASideOrderOfRomance: Josh first becomes attracted to Betsy while she waitresses for him at the diner. Their flirtation goes awry, however.
* VagueAge: Lampshaded. Betsy is YoungerThanSheLooks and definitely much younger than Josh, but her exact age is purposefully left vague, with Josh even noting he might never know exactly how old she is.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Danny]]
!!Danny Bailey
!!!Played by: Creator/AaronTveit
The handsome rapscallion who operates the local carnival.
----
* ConfirmedBachelor: In "You Can't Tame Me" he declares that he'll never settle down with a woman and describes previous ladies who have tried and failed. He does, however, fall hard and fast for Melissa, even reprising the song that she ''has'' tamed him.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Theatre/{{Carousel}} Billy Bigelow]]. Like Billy, he's a socially unacceptable carnival barker. His solos riff on Billy's as well: he gets a number about reluctantly falling for the heroine and reenacts ''Carousel'''s famous "bench scene".
* HandsOnApproach: Danny teaches Melissa to fire a gun by wrapping his arms around her.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Emma]]
!!Emma Tate
!!!Played by: [[Creator/ArianaDeBose Ariana DeBose]]
The sensible {{schoolmarm}}, who is hiding a secret.
----
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Theatre/TheMusicMan Marian Paroo]], an intelligent, forward-thinking small-town woman who works in a "smart" job (Marian is a librarian, Emma is a schoolmarm). Like Marian, she has a much-younger brother with a lisp who acts as the town crier. She even cites the same "dirty" authors expunged in ''The Music Man'': Creator/GeoffreyChaucer, Francois Rabelais, and Creator/HonoreDeBalzac. Lampshaded by Melissa, who recognizes her character as being right out of ''The Music Man'' (and ''Theatre/TheKingAndI'', another musical with a forward-thinking schoolteacher heroine) and tells Josh how to progress Marian's story.
* OldMaid: The village women gossip in the introductory song that Emma is unmarried at 28.
* {{Schoolmarm}}: The local teacher who teaches a schoolhouse's worth of kids.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Doc Lopez]]
!!Jorge Lopez
!!!Played by: Creator/JaimeCamil
The younger town doctor, who hires Melissa after she seeks lodging.
----
* DefrostingIceKing: Starts out cold and unwelcoming to Melissa but later warms up and appreciates what she brings to the table.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gabriele]]
!!Countess Gabrielle Von Blerkom
!!!Played by: Creator/JaneKrakowski
Jorge's wife-to-be.
----
* DisposableFiance: ZigZagged. After a big love number with Doc Lopez, Melissa easily identifies his fiancée Countess Von Blerkom as the [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Baroness]] character who will graciously step aside for Melissa and Jorge's romance. However, "Blerky" [[spoiler:has no intention of rolling over. She drives Melissa out to the wilderness and, at gunpoint, rages at her for ruining her engagement.]] Despite this, however, [[spoiler:Jorge chooses Melissa...and then Melissa realizes she doesn't really want to be with Jorge.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Baroness Elsa Schraeder]]. Like the Baroness, she is a beautiful, rich blonde of noble descent who is supposed to marry the cold, perfectionist widow love interest (Jorge). Lampshaded by Melissa, who recognizes their situation as being right out of ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'', and expects her to be a GracefulLoser. Melissa even mentions that the original Baroness may or may not have been a Nazi; "Blerky" [[spoiler:says ''of course'' she's a Nazi.]]
* VanityLicensePlate: Her license plate reads "BLERKY", her InUniverseNickname.
[[/folder]]
