History Characters / TheGeorgeLopezShow

* GoodParents: He and Angie are not perfect but they work hard for their kids and constantly think of their best interests...even though it doesn't hurt for George to take what his kids say more seriously every now and then.

-> '''Played by''': Lisa Guerrero (first appearance); Creator/EvaLaRue (subsequent appearances)

-> '''Played by:''' Elmarie Wendel

** She lied to George about Manny being dead, but she did it because she felt George would be better off not knowing him. [[spoiler: In the end, she turns out to be right: Manny's last act was to bar George from his funeral just so his reputation wouldn't suffer. George admits to Benny she was right...but Benny admits she wish she wasn't]].

* GuileHero: [[DownplayedTrope Not to the extent of Sherlock Holmes or anything,]] but he's had to rely on his wits and street smarts on more than a couple of occasions, and he tends to resort to lying and or manipulation when a situation he'd rather not deal with arises.
** [[LampshadeHanging Angie once referred to this as his "emotional intelligence."]]

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Ernie.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: George has gone through a few times when he felt like he completely failed as a father. In one episode, Max keeps wetting the bed despite his older age and attempts to correct the problem. George thinks it's just an emotional issue and tells his son to just toughen up. However, he later learns Max has developed kidney disease and requires immediate surgery. When George and Angie question why Max never spoke up about his long-term symptoms, the doctor remarks how Max told him George didn't take him seriously. George is horrified and outright calls himself a horrible father. When Carmen ran away, George immediately gets a flashback to when Carmen wanted to spent time with him as a kid, only for him to brush her off. When Carmen is brought him again and get into another argument, Carmen told him he raised her better than what he thinks she did, but George relents saying he didn't, saying he wasn't there enough and that he sorely regrets it.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: George is extremely close to Max, even to the point of ParentalFavoritism between the latter and Carmen. As such, in the episode where Max was possibly going to repeat a grade, George tried desperately to get his son to take his education seriously. However, when Max makes a [[KickTheDog nasty remark]] about his father's "loser" job, [[LargeHam George]] goes quiet with disappointed shock. And then, he bluntly states Max can do whatever he wants with his life and he "gives up on him". Even Benny comments how serious George's statement was and tells Max it's a clear sign he "needs to get his crap together". Fortunately, Max does.

* BenevolentBoss: George went from working on the factory line to being Manager, so his fellow employees know him and respect him, in turn George offers the same. George will defend his employees when it's needed, such as Hosni, a middle eastern employee who was being racially profiled out of a job during the golf war, and had logistics been in his favor, George wouldn't have had to move him (if they had lost the contract, 20 employees would have lost their jobs, so George couldn't save Hosni from job transfer, but he made sure he got same pay). When a new GM wanted to cut a lot of employees, George managed to convince everyone to take a pay cut in order to avoid that, and even gave up a new job offer from the new owner to save everyone. Needless to say, George speaks for his employees out of respect.

* DramaticIrony: It was no secret that most of Angie's Family were hoping that her marriage with George with end sooner rather than later. In the end, not only do they stay together throughout the series, but most of Angie's family members, including her parents, end up having maritial problems as well.

* GoodParents: He and Angie are not perfect but they are very normal parents. They work hard for their kids and constantly think of their best interests.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be inconsiderate, dismissive, and is a hefty DeadpanSnarker, but he still cares deeply for his family and friends and will stand up for them. He really is just a normal, well-meaning, and loving father.

* BigEater: Most prominently in "Ernie sees the Cellu-Light".

* CatchPhrase: "Gol-''ly''!"

* ClassicalAntiHero

* InformedDeformity: His big ears are the subject of many jokes about him, even though their perfectly normal sized for all intents and purposes.

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: By the episode "Ernie Sees The Cellu-Light", Ernie has packed on enough weight to comfortably wear jeans that his morbidly obese mother wore at one point. Angie realizes that when he moved out of his parents' house and still found no luck with women, he intentionally overate so that women wouldn't find him attractive from the get-go and he'd have an excuse to keep eating. When his weight causes an incident at work, the Powers Bros. order him to lose weight or lose his job. George has to show him that he's on his way to his mother's size to scare him straight. George being George, however, mishears it as a “self-fulfilling prophylactic.”

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Beating up Zack with a wrench for running out on Carmen.

* WouldHurtAChild: Slaps Max for talking down to her, and it's heavily implied that she's done much worse to George. She also hit Zack Powers with a wrench offscreen, though [[AssholeVictim he deserved it]]. However, with Max, she does apologize to him (by giving him $20) and explaining that it was how she was taught to discipline.

* TheUnfavorite: Although Vic admits that way He raised him didn’t exactly help. He non the less has openly expressed his disappointment toward the man Ray became.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Like father like son, you could say. He was seen with some of Angie's magazine and used a [[BlatantLies totally unconvincing lie]], saying it was for a social studies project about how women are objectified in today's culture. After he puts them down see slyly tells them "I'll see you later."

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Benny once mentioned a time he went to "study" the Sears catalog and sometimes he resorts to this when Angie leaves on business trips.

* FatalFlaw: Her sensitivity. As hard as she tries to be a thoughtful, loving person, her sensitivity is a flaw. This can make her appear stubborn or unapologetic on occasions.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Yes, even ''Angie'' of all people has shown these moments occasionally. She's quite sensitive about her own mistakes and does get jealous. She can even be self-centered every once in a while and wants George to fix problems for her. These flaws don't make her unlikeable, however.

** While Benny may have been in the wrong for [[WouldHurtAChild slapping Max]] but in her defense, the boy was being a disrespectful brat.

** When George refuses to allow Benny to drive his car on the sole reason because Benny wouldn't let him drive her car when he was a teen. Benny rightfully called out George for his childish behavior, since if George wrecked the car, they would have been screwed, and Benny unconciously admit she didn't want to get a phonecall dead at night saying George died in a car accident like another boy in the neighborhood at the time.

A page for characters from the George Lopez show and their associated tropes. Unmarked spoilers throughout.

-> The main protagonist of the sitcom. An everyday lower middle-class father who works as a manager for an airplane parts factory who tries to give his two children a better childhood than the one that he had.
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-> George's wife. A wedding planner.
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-> The [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]], [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]], and [[AbusiveParents abusive]] mother of George.
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-> George and Angie's melodramatic daughter.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Wasn't initially, but eventually degenerated into this.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: Masiela Lusha's breasts grew significantly larger between the first and second season and a plot point for one episode was George freaking out over the fact that his daughter is growing up and starting to attract attention from the boys.

* DaddysGirl: Subverted. George, like many fathers, is extremely protective of his "little girl". There are times where they really can't stand each other, but when push comes to shove they really do love each other. When they have a sweet moment, it is really genuine.

-> George and Angie's dyslexic son.
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-> George's best friend since the second grade.
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-> The father of Angie. A cardiologist.
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-> George's wealthy niece.
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!! Recurring Characters

-> George's younger sister whom Benny gave away to her neighbors.
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-> George's father. Left him when he was a young child and founded a construction company called Lopez Construction.
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-> Carmen's on and off boyfriend. Lives with the Lopez family for a bit.
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-> Vic's ex-wife and Angie's mom.
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-> George's money-grubbing bosses.
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-> A promiscuous employee at Powers Brothers Aviation.
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-> A Powers Brothers Aviation who is always getting injured.

-> The rebellious son of Mel Powers.
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-> Benny's boyfriend.
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[[folder: George Edward Lopez II]]

-> Manny's second son and George's half-brother.
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-> '''Played by:''' Rita Moreno
-> Benny's abusive mother.
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-> The older brother of Jack and Mel. Left the family business before the series began.
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-> An ex-gang member who Angie convinces George to hire at the factory. Her full name is never revealed.

-> A bratty friend of Carmen's, turned into her arch-nemesis.
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-> A troublesome friend of Max.
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-> Ricky's alcoholic mother.
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-> One of Benny's old flames, and a criminal.
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-> Veronica's father, a con artist and Angie's brother.
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-> An obnoxious friend of Carmen's.
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* JerkAss
* LazyBum
* TheSlacker

* GagBoobs: In "George Discovers Benny's Sili-Con Job", Benny gets breast implants and naturally this PlayedForLaughs. Subverted when it is revealed she just put rubber items from the surgeon into her bra.

* LikeASonToMe: Despite a rocky start, George becomes this to him in later seasons, especially since his own son, Ray, grew up to become a con artist. It comes to a point where George actually calls Vic "dad".

* BuxomIsBetter: Masiela Lusha's breasts grew significantly larger between the first and second season and a plot point for one episode was George freaking out over the fact that his daughter is growing up and starting to attract attention from the boys.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Benny can be extremely mean at her worse, or playfully teasing at her best, but even she has enough class to take something seriously. Like coming over to give her genuine condolences to Angie when her mother passes away.

** Also in "Why You Crying?" He gets more obnoxious to his teacher, his parents, and Benny (the last of which gets him slapped in the face). He explains he's been carrying on like this is because he's at risk of being held back in school and is struggling with the pressure to do better.

* [[ShesGotLegs He's Got Legs]]: Likes to flaunt his well toned calves whenever he can. Or as he calls it "chocolate thunder."
---> Wah-pa!

* DotingGrandparent: While she isn't ''nice'' to Carmen and Max per se, she does treat them nicer than she did George as a kid.

* BreakTheCycleOfBadParenting: While far from perfect, George never lays a hand on his children and does his best to protect them and steer them in the right direction, a contrast from his physically and emotionally abusive mother, who came from another family that was more abusive to her.

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Mel basically neglects Zack while his mother is a bitter old drunk. However, while he may have had a difficult childhood, getting the principal's daughter pregnant because he didn't respect her enough to be safe, embezzlement of company money, vandalizing his father's factory just to spite him (which nearly gets Benny fired), trying to manipulate Carmen into having sex with him and then running away to San Francisco completely shreds any sympathy. Lampshaded by George, who ''also'' grew up with an absent father and bitter alcoholic mother, yet didn't turn out nearly as bad.

* TheSociopath: Low-functioning. While has a clear LackOfEmpathy and does woo Carmen for a while, he doesn't bother being polite towards anyone else and his overall criminal behavior shows him to be hedonistic and aggressive. He's also very arrogant in general, and his FreudianExcuse is basically nonexistent.

-> '''Played by:''' Aimee Garcia