History Characters / TheFosters

--->'''AJ''': You don't know how to help me, Mike! You got no idea what it's like to be living down to the low expectations society has for you! "Foster kid? ''Black'' kid? Oh, you must be headed for gangs! Drugs! Jail!" I've been hearing it so long, I'm starting to wonder if they're right!

* TheDanza: Daphne is played by Daffany.

* AngryBlackMan: He's initially uncomfortable with Mike because he's a cop, and his brother is even [[BigBrotherInstinct more skeptical]]. When Callie drags him into her mission to save [[FrameUp Kyle]] from being sent to a maximum security prison (endangering AJ's life in the process), [[WhatTheHellHero he has to remind her]] that just because Mike is caring for him doesn't save him from the fact that he's still a black young man in America and that if he goes down, there's little that can be done for him.

[-(Portrayed by Creator/Elliot Fletcher)-]

* LaughingMad: During the lockdown in "Potential Energy", the stress of fear and confusion prompts her to chuckled for a moment before crying.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Though her treatment of Callie was petty, Brandon's infatuation with Callie was inappropriate for a number of reasons, and she was right to worry that he would dump her for Callie because he does so twice (though the way she treated Callie certainly didn't help her case). The second time Brandon dumps her, she warns him that Callie is only going to hurt him. Brandon rudely brushes it off as her not knowing what she's talking about, but Callie ends up validating her a number of times throughout the series.

* TransTribulations: He was kicked out by his parents for being trans. HDuring his time at GU, he started taking hormones that weren't professionally prescribed, which nearly killed him. Becka, Gabi, and especially [[TheVamp Devonee]] did not help matters up until then.

* TransTribulations: He was kicked out by his parents for being trans. HDuring his time at GU, he started taking hormones that weren't professionally prescribed, which nearly killed him. Becka, Gabi, and especially Brooke did not help matters up until then.

** [[ItsAllAboutMe She's quite selfish]]. She's definitely not heartless at all, but her self-serving habits often land her and others in deep trouble, such as when she exposed that Jesus had slept with Lexi and Stef had given her contraception pills to Lexi's parents just because she personally didn't like the idea of her brother dating her best friend. And when Stef candidly tells her that they have every right to be angry with her over it, [[NeverMyFault she gets upset with her for "taking his side"]]. She only realized the error of her ways upon hearing that Lexi was getting sent to an all-girls boarding school in TX.

* AmicableExes

!Girls United
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!!Rita Hendricks
[-(Portrayed by Creator/RosieODonnell)-]
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* EveryoneHasStandards: She's a snarky bitch who picked on Cole for being trans, but even she wasn't happy when Cole ended up in the ER for taking unprescribed hormones.
* TragicAidsStory: She finds out that she's HIV-positive after sharing a needle with her father.
* WellDoneSonGuy: She truly wanted to spend time with her father, even going so far as to do drugs with him. It didn't go so well.

* {{Transgender}}

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!!Ana Gutierrez[[spoiler:-Foster]]
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[-(Portrayed by Creator/AlexandraBarreto)-]

Jesus and Mariana's birth mother.

* {{Adorkable}}: He isn't above a game of water ninja.

* {{Adorkable}}: Most notable when she tries to sleep with him by handcuffing herself to her bed. She apparently learned this from Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey.

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!!Judith Adams Foster\\

** [[ItsAllAboutMe She's quite selfish]]. She's definitely not heartless at all, but her self-serving habits often land her and others in deep trouble, such as when she exposed that Jesus had slept with Lexi and Stef had given her contraception pills to Lexi's parents just because she personally didn't like the idea of her brother dating her best friend. And when Stef candidly tells her that they have every right to be angry with her over it, [[NeverMyFault she gets upset with her for "taking his side"]].
** [[DidntThinkThisThrough She doesn't always think things through]]. For being the smartest one in the family, she has a horrible time seeing the bigger picture, often forgoing important details for personal gain. The biggest example of this is when she allowed Jesus (who was suffering a TBI) to accompany her to a rave, which lead him to having a seizure, simply because she wanted Logan to like her. [[WhatTheHellHero Callie puts her through the wringer for this when she gets home]], which prompts her to tell Stef and Lena.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Is perfectly nice to Brandon, but seems to be doing all she can to get Callie sent away. Every time any of their conversations steers toward Callie, she asks, "Has she been sent away yet?" [[spoiler: However, if the trailer for the next episode is any indication, Brandon does eventually see through her act.]]
** [[spoiler: He does. They break up. Whether she'll be back to wreak havoc remains to be seen since she also revealed some of the information she gathered on Callie's past to him.]]

* JerkAss: She occasionally has flashes of being a nicer person, but Callie seems to bring out the worst in her, even after she and Brandon break up.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Though her treatment of Callie was petty, Brandon's infatuation with Callie was inappropriate for a number of reasons, and she was right to worry that he would dump her for Callie because he does so twice (though the way she treated Callie certainly didn't help her case). The second time Brandon dumps her, she warns him that Callie is only going to hurt him. Brandon tries to brush it off as her not knowing what she's talking about, but Callie ends up validating her a number of times.
* TookALevelInKindness: While partaking in Callie's senior project, she only has positive words for Callie. She even persuades her fellow students to stand up for Callie when Monte tries to make her take down the project.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Though her treatment of Callie was petty, Brandon's infatuation with Callie was inappropriate for a number of reasons, and she was right to worry that he would dump her for Callie (though the way she treated Callie certainly didn't help her case). The second time Brandon dumps her, she warns him that Callie is only going to hurt him. Brandon tries to brush it off as her not knowing what she's talking about, but Callie ends up validating her a number of times.

* JerkAss: she occasionally has flashes of being a nicer person, but Callie seems to bring out the worst in her, even after she and Brandon break up
* JerkassHasAPoint: Though her treatment of Callie was petty, Brandon's infatuation with Callie was inappropriate for a number of reasons, and she was right to worry that he would dump her for Callie. The second time Brandon dumps her, she warns him that Callie is only going to hurt him. Brandon tries to brush it off as her not knowing what she's talking about, but Callie ends up validating her a number of times.
* TookALevelInKindness: While partaking in Callie's senior project, she only has positive words for Callie and even persuades her fellow students to stand up for Callie when Monte tries to make her take down the project.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Though her treatment of Callie was petty, Brandon's infatuation with her was inappropriate for a number of reasons, and while she didn't help her case, she was right to worry that he would dump her for Callie. The second time Brandon dumps her, she warns him that Callie is only going to hurt him. Callie ends up validating her a number of times.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Though her treatment of Callie was petty, Brandon her boyfriend did have a crush on Callie, which was inappropriate for a number of reasons. The second time Brandon dumps her, she warns him that Callie is only going to hurt him. Callie ends up validating her a number of times.

* YourCheatingHeart: Her suppressed homosexuality aside, she ultimately left Mike because she loved Lena. Even Lena remarked at first that women like her were a mere passing thought.

* YourCheatingHeart: She tries to remain loyal to AJ, but ends up getting more emotionally invested in Aaron from day one despite not doing anything with him (aside from not telling AJ that they kissed on the beach). AJ calls her out on this when she tries to pin their falling out on him.

* YourCheatingHeart: After moping that Mat declined to sleep with her in the Season 3 premiere, she gets drunk with Wyatt and ends up having sex with him instead. The subsequent guilt eats away at her until she confesses to Mat later in the season.

* YourCheatingHeart: He could easily sense that Callie was starting to stray with Aaron. As their relationship started falling apart, he started seeing a girl named Dawn behind Callie's back. Callie tries to call him out for this in a later episode, but AJ reminds her that she had emotionally strayed long before Dawn entered the picture.

* YourCheatingHeart: Currently separated from his wife as a result of this; it was this that made him realize that he truly loved her.