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* KavorkaMan: While he's not ugly, he's incredibly obnoxious and childish, yet has a number of girlfriends throughout the series, most of whom are explicitly stated to be way more attractive than he is.
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* YankTheDogsChain: In "La Biblioteca Es Libros", when Murray starts bonding with Barry and shares his beers with him to reward him for his work efforts as a pizza delivery man, Erica [[Green
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* YankTheDogsChain: In "La Biblioteca Es Libros", when Murray starts bonding with Barry by sharing his beers to rewad his work efforts as a pizza deliverer, Erica expresses jealousy since she herself has been working longer and yet gets no time with her father in return. When Barry gets fired from his job for continually getting lost on the way to his deliveries, he pretends to still be in employment to keep his bond with his father. Eventually, Erica exposes Barry's firing and Murray realizes he really should have given equal attention to his daughter. In reconciliation, Murray hands Erica a beer, but just as he is about to cherish a bond with his daughter, Beverly walks in on them and disapproves of her daughter drinking, resulting in Murray breaking the moment of affection and taking his wife's side, proclaiming "[[YouAreGrounded You are grounded!]]" to Erica.


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* YankTheDogsChain: In "La Biblioteca Es Libros", when Murray starts bonding with Barry and shares his beers with him to reward him for his work efforts as a pizza delivery man, Erica [[Green
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* IconicSequelCharacter: He didn't join the group until season 4.
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* BandGeek: Plays in the school band. Also plays saxophone in his spare time.
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* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: [[{{ImpliedTrope}} Implied]] to have gotten back with Carla after school, during season 8, when both were working at the local roller skate rink.

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* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: [[{{ImpliedTrope}} Implied]] to have gotten back with Carla after school, during season 8, when both were working at the local roller skate rink.rink -- even though they didn't go together to the prom.
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* AbortedArc: His relationship with Carla during season 7 is not even mentioned, much less continued, by season 8 --at least, at first. Instead it's [[{{ImpliedTrope}} implied]] she went back with Johnny and Dave Kim has no girlfriend. A bit later, the latter part is made explicit.

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* AbortedArc: His relationship with Carla during season 7 is not even mentioned, much less continued, by season 8 --at -- at least, at first. Instead it's [[{{ImpliedTrope}} implied]] she went back with Johnny and Dave Kim has no girlfriend. A bit later, the latter part is Later, that's made explicit.



* AbortedArc: Her relationship with Dave Kim during season 7 is not even mentioned, much less continued, by season 8 -- at least at first. Instead it's [[{{ImpliedTrope}} implied]] she went back with Johnny, while Dave Kim has no girlfriend. A bit later, the latter part is made explicit.

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* AbortedArc: Her relationship with Dave Kim during season 7 is not even mentioned, much less continued, by season 8 -- at least at first. Instead it's [[{{ImpliedTrope}} implied]] she went back with Johnny, while Dave Kim has no girlfriend. A bit later, the latter part is Later, that's made explicit.

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* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: ** [[{{ImpliedTrope}} Implied]] to have gotten back with Johnny after school, during season 8, when both were working at the local roller skate rink -- even though they didn't go together to the prom.

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* AbortedArc: His relationship with Carla during season 7 is not even mentioned, much less continued, by season 8. Instead it's [[{{ImpliedTrope}} implied]] she went back with Johnny and Dave Kim has no girlfriend.

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* AbortedArc: His relationship with Carla during season 7 is not even mentioned, much less continued, by season 8.8 --at least, at first. Instead it's [[{{ImpliedTrope}} implied]] she went back with Johnny and Dave Kim has no girlfriend. A bit later, the latter part is made explicit.



* AbortedArc: Her relationship with Dave Kim during season 7 is not even mentioned, much less continued, by season 8. Instead it's [[{{ImpliedTrope}} implied]] she went back with Johnny, while Dave Kim has no girlfriend.

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* AbortedArc: Her relationship with Dave Kim during season 7 is not even mentioned, much less continued, by season 8.8 -- at least at first. Instead it's [[{{ImpliedTrope}} implied]] she went back with Johnny, while Dave Kim has no girlfriend. A bit later, the latter part is made explicit.



* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: [[{{ImpliedTrope}} Implied]] to have gotten back with Johnny after school, during season 8, when both were working at the local roller skate rink.

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* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: ** [[{{ImpliedTrope}} Implied]] to have gotten back with Johnny after school, during season 8, when both were working at the local roller skate rink.rink -- even though they didn't go together to the prom.
** However, it's made explicit she ended with Dave Kim, and that she misses him, since he was the first boyfriend to have treated her as a human being.
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!!Miss Susan Cinoman
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/AnaGasteyer
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* TheUnFavourite: Before Erica intervened in season 8, [[ParentalFavoritism his older sister Jessica was always pampered and complemented]] despite being a moocher who is always changing careers on a whim, while Geoff was made to feel himself down and having to follow his sister's "example" despite being kind, always being able to make an effort, and being eager to please.



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!! “Naked" "Naked" Rob Smith
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/HeatherMoiseve (seasons 6-7) and Creator/LeslieGrossman (seasons 8-)

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->'''Played by:''' Creator/HeatherMoiseve (seasons 6-7) 6--7) and Creator/LeslieGrossman (seasons 8-)
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/AJMichalka (seasons 1—6; ''Schooled'' afterwards)

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->'''Played by:''' Creator/AJMichalka (seasons 1—6; 1—6 and 8; ''Schooled'' afterwards)



->'''Played by:''' Creator/AlisonRich (seasons 5-6)

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->'''Played by:''' Creator/AlisonRich (seasons 5-6)
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* PutOnABus: During season 7.

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* PutOnABus: During season 7. TheBusCameBack for a season 8 episode.



->'''Played by:''' Creator/BryanCallen

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->'''Played by:''' Creator/BryanCallen
Creator/BryanCallen (seasons 1—6; ''Schooled'' afterwards)
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/HeatherMoiseve (seasons 7--8) and Creator/LeslieGrossman (seasons 8--)

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->'''Played by:''' Creator/HeatherMoiseve (seasons 7--8) 6-7) and Creator/LeslieGrossman (seasons 8--)
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* JewishMother: Fits this to a tee.



* WhatAnIdiot: Why do the people of Jenkintown - including the Goldberg family - keep falling for this man when he's done con after con after con with them?
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* WhatAnIdiot: WhatAnIdiot:[[invoked]] Why do the people of Jenkintown - including the Goldberg family - keep falling for this man when he's done con after con after con with them?
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!!Jane Bales
->'''Played by:''' Creator/HeatherMoiseve (seasons 7--8) and Creator/LeslieGrossman (seasons 8--)

Beverly's rival who is so like her.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Beverly's main purpose is to always beat Jane Bales. Jane Bales's main purpose is to always beat Beverly. Sometimes Beverly succeeds, sometimes Jane Bales does.
* EnemyMine: Sometimes, Beverly and Jane Bales have to unite their efforts at yenta-ing. Despite their mutual enmity starting out to deny them helping each other, in the end they can always be fruitful.
* FullNameBasis: Beverly always calls her Jane Bales.
* TheMatchmaker: Succeeded at finding Bill his new girlfriend.
* SitcomArchnemesis: She's Beverly's local rival at yenta-ing.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: She's always trying to outshine Beverly, especially when it comes to her friends, and vice-versa.
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* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: [[{{ImpliedTrope}} Implied]] to have gotten back with Carla after school, when both were working at the local roller skate rink.

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* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: [[{{ImpliedTrope}} Implied]] to have gotten back with Carla after school, during season 8, when both were working at the local roller skate rink.



* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: [[{{ImpliedTrope}} Implied]] to have gotten back with Johnny after school, when both were working at the local roller skate rink.

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* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: [[{{ImpliedTrope}} Implied]] to have gotten back with Johnny after school, during season 8, when both were working at the local roller skate rink.
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* JadedWashout: After finishing high school she has a work at the local roller skate hink with Johnny. Unlike him, however, she gets a better job by the time of ''Schooled''.

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* JadedWashout: After finishing high school she has a work at the local roller skate hink with Johnny. Unlike him, however, she gets a better job by the time of ''Schooled''.''Schooled'', as a pharmaceutical sales rep.
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* JadedWashout: After finishing high school she has a work at the local roller skate hink with Johnny. Unlike him, however, she gets a better job by the time of ''Schooled''.

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* AbortedArc: His relationship with Carla during season 7 is not even mentioned, much less continued, by season 8. Instead it's [[{{ImpliedTrope}} implied]] she went back with Johnny and Dave Kim has no girlfriend.



* JadedWashout: Becomes the custodian at William Penn in ''Schooled''.

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* JadedWashout: Becomes the custodian at William Penn in ''Schooled''. Between his popularity at school and being custodian, he worked for a while at the local roller skate rink with Carla.


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* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: [[{{ImpliedTrope}} Implied]] to have gotten back with Carla after school, when both were working at the local roller skate rink.


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* AbortedArc: Her relationship with Dave Kim during season 7 is not even mentioned, much less continued, by season 8. Instead it's [[{{ImpliedTrope}} implied]] she went back with Johnny, while Dave Kim has no girlfriend.


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* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: [[{{ImpliedTrope}} Implied]] to have gotten back with Johnny after school, when both were working at the local roller skate rink.
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* RealPersonCameo: The real-life Brea Bee played her mother, Vickie Bee ([[AdaptationNameChange spelled "Vicki"]]).

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* RealPersonCameo: The real-life Brea Bee played her mother, Vickie Bee ([[AdaptationNameChange spelled "Vicki"]]). Bee earlier played an unrelated character, Mrs. Vanica, in the season 4 episode, "The Spencer's Gift".





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->'''[[NostalgicNarrator Future narration provided by]]:''' Creator/PattonOswalt

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->'''[[NostalgicNarrator Future narration provided by]]:''' Creator/PattonOswaltCreator/PattonOswalt ([[UncreditedRole uncredited]])
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** Once the series was cancelled, Lainey made [[TheBusCameBack a return appearance]] in the episode "Poker Night."

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** Once the series was cancelled, Lainey made [[TheBusCameBack a couple of return appearance]] appearances]] in the episode episodes "The Fake-Up" and "Poker Night."
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** Once the series was cancelled, Lainey made [[TheBusCameBack a return appearance]] in the episode "Poker Night."
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* DemotedToExtra: While not a main character, he recurred very frequently until season 8, where he only appears in one episode.

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* DemotedToExtra: While not a main character, he recurred very frequently until season 8, where he only appears in one episode.three episodes at the tail end of the year.

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* OfficialCouple: With Lainey from season 2 through season 6.

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* OfficialCouple: With Lainey from season 2 through season 6.6, then Ren in the last few episodes of season 7 to the first four episode of season 8, and as of mid-season 8 with Joanne Schwartz.



* ButtMonkey: Not to Barry's extent, but one prime example is in "The Circle of Driving", where [[TheFriendNobodyLikes she's the black sheep in college]] and [[RunningGag constantly hit by a frisbee]].

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* ButtMonkey: Not to Barry's extent, but one prime example is in "The Circle of Driving", Driving Again", where [[TheFriendNobodyLikes she's the black sheep in college]] and [[RunningGag constantly hit by a frisbee]].frisbee]].
* ClosetGeek: She still likes some of the things in her youth that don't seem cool to her now, such as ''Star Wars'' and "New Kids on the Block".
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{{Yandere}}: She is a very loving mother...too loving. As described by Adam, his own mom goes beyond the boundaries of a good mother. So much so that upsetting her is a risky move, by both relative and stranger alike.

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* {{Yandere}}: She is a very loving mother...too loving. As described by Adam, his own mom goes beyond the boundaries of a good mother. So much so that upsetting her is a risky move, by both relative and stranger alike.
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{{Yandere}}: She is a very loving mother...too loving. As described by Adam, his own mom goes beyond the boundaries of a good mother. So much so that upsetting her is a risky move, by both relative and stranger alike.
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Dewicking Short Con.


* ShortCon: His style of fraud.

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* ThirdWheel: For Adam and either Dana or Jackie.

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* ThirdWheel: For Adam and either Dana Dana, Jackie, or Jackie.Brea.



** BrokenAce: However, she comes from a divorced family and is raised by her mother, and has to work an afterschool job, compared to Adam's privileged lifestyle.

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** BrokenAce: However, she comes from a divorced family and is raised by her mother, has to wear her orthodontic headgear at night, and has to work an afterschool job, compared to Adam's privileged lifestyle.lifestyle.
* HidingTheHandicap: She revealed in "Airplane!" that she has to wear her orthodontic headgear at night, and has to keep that a secret to maintain her popularity.

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* OfficialCouple: With Dana from Season 2 to late Season 3, then Jackie from Season 4 through 6, and Brea Bea since season 7.

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* OfficialCouple: With Dana from Season 2 to late Season 3, then Jackie from Season 4 through 6, and Brea Bea Bee since season 7.


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* TheAce: Brea is described as "The most popular girl at William Penn Academy" according to the school's yearbook; she is smart and athletic, and a talented actress, despite her having minimal experience with acting.
** BrokenAce: However, she comes from a divorced family and is raised by her mother, and has to work an afterschool job, compared to Adam's privileged lifestyle.

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