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* VagueAge: Invoked--Blanche likes to claim she is in her early forties, and even younger if she thinks she can get away with it. Her real age is a secret--when Doroty and Rose get a copy of her birth certificate, they find that her date of birth ''has been withheld by order of the governor''.
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* VagueAge: Invoked--Blanche likes to claim she is in her early forties, and even younger if she thinks she can get away with it. Her real age is a secret--when Doroty Dorothy and Rose get a copy of her birth certificate, they find that her date of birth ''has been withheld by order of the governor''.
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** Interestingly enough, because Blanche was so neurotic about her age, that means there were less conflicting ages given for her compared to the others, and therefore her age is the most consistent, albeit by accident. (In a flashback in one episode, her mother said she was 17 during Christmas in 1949, meaning she was born in 1932 and therefore 53 at the beginning, lining up pretty well with the menopause episode. Since she almost never gave other mentions of her age, there's very little to contradict this.)
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* TheGump: Take them with a grain of salt, since Sophia's "Picture it" stories vary widely in credibility. She claims to have had romantic trysts with Pablo Picasso, Sigmund Freud, and Winston Churchill, opened a pizzeria with the woman who would later become Mama Celeste, and she and Sal had a flat tire at the same building as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre (although in a later episode she claimed [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial "I was at the movies that day. All day."]]
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* '''DeadpanSnarker''''''DeadpanSnarker''': Cast Bea Arthur, and it's inevitable.
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* CloudCuckooLander: Occasionally, by way of old-lady nuttiness. When Dorothy questions a story about pepperoni swimming upstream, her response is "I know! Pepperoni is a land meat, but there it was."
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* UnreliableNarrator: An in-universe example. The show is notorious for being inconsistent in its backstory, but Sophia's "Picture it..." stories tend to range from "probably embellished anecdote" to "probably-senile nonsense". Even her ''appearance'' tends to change from story to story: she usually describes herself as either redheaded or blonde, and occasionally references being much taller and having a more olive complexion.
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* UnstoppableRage: Alluded at. She apparently once made a policeman cry, and in Rose's words, "uprooted a mighty sequoia" after Rose lost her keys.
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** She also has Meaningful Initials. '''B'''lanche '''E'''lisabeth '''D'''evereaux. Think about it.
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** She also has Meaningful Initials. '''B'''lanche '''E'''lisabeth '''D'''evereaux. '''D'''evereaux. Think about it.
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* CoolOldLady: Sophia definitely keeps up with the times, even owning a Game Boy.
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* CoolOldLady: Sophia definitely keeps up with the times, even owning a Game Boy.GameBoy.
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** She also has Meaningful Initials. '''B'''lanche '''E'''lisabeth '''D'''evereaux. Think about it.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: By way of {{Flanderization}}, Blanche became more self-absorbed as the series went on.
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* SpoiledBrat: When she was a child.
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* CountryMouse
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* NiceGirl
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* ''DeadpanSnarker'''''DeadpanSnarker'''
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* MamaBear: Age be damned, you'd better not threaten her kids.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: The final two episodes of the series were about Dorothy finally finding true love with Blanche's uncle, Lucas Hollingsworth, and marrying him.
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* EthicalSlut: She loves sex, but she refuses to be a mistress and after an AIDS scare she always knows her partner's history and takes all the necessary precautions.
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* CompressedVice: Dorothy has grappled with both cigarette smoking and a gambling addiction.
** NotSoAboveItAll: She's got her moments when her roommates have had to bring her back to common sense.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She can be a pretty big bitch if she wants.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Back in St. Olaf..."
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Back in St. Olaf..."
** Because due to a TimeSkip she went to a drug detox center in order to handle her addiction with help from professionals.
* EthicalSlut: She admitted that she had 56 boyfriends when she was a teenager, and she would've had more if she was allowed to date before she became a senior, and she did not go all the way with any of them.
* NoodleIncident: Rose is chock full of these pertaining to her hometown St. Olaf.
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* ObnoxiousInLaws: Is one to her son Phil's wife Angela--even after his death, she struggles to treat him with even a modicum of respect .
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* ObnoxiousInLaws: Is one to her son Phil's wife Angela--even after his death, she struggles to treat him her with even a modicum of respect .
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* OnlyOneName: A variation--we know her married names, but her maiden name is a mystery, especially considering those of the other three were revealed. Sometimes it's listed as either Angelo or Grisanti, but both are rotted in {{Fanon}}.
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* OnlyOneName: A variation--we know her married names, but her maiden name is a mystery, especially considering those of the other three were revealed. Sometimes it's listed as either Angelo or Grisanti, but both are rotted rooted in {{Fanon}}.
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* {{Casanova}}{{Casanova}}/TheCharmer: No man over 45 (and some men under, too!) can resist the allure of Blanche Devereaux.
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* MeaningfulName: If Blanche Devereaux, the vain, man-hungry, aging Southern Belle isn't a reference to Blanche [=DuBois=], the vain, man-hungry, aging Southern Belle, I'll eat their wicker couch.
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* MeaningfulName: If Blanche Devereaux, the vain, man-hungry, aging Southern Belle isn't a reference to Blanche [=DuBois=], the vain, man-hungry, aging Southern Belle, Belle from Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire, I'll eat their wicker couch.
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* CatchPhrase: "Picture this: Sicily..."
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* CatchPhrase: "Picture this: it: Sicily..."
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* DeadpanSnarker: This is who Dorothy gets it from.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Had ''two'' (or three; sometimes she speaks of her marriage to Dorthy's father as one).
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* OnlyOneName: A variation--we know her married names, but her maiden name is a mystery, especially considering those of the other three were revealed. Sometimes it's listed as either Angelo or Grisanti, but both are rotted in {{Fanon}}.
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* HollywoodHomely
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* ShotgunWedding: The only reason she got married to Stan.for her failed first marriage.
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Dorothy's acerbic mother, who immigrated from Sicily to Brooklyn as a young woman. She suffered a debilitating stroke a few years before the series started. Dorothy (happily) placed her in the Shady Pines nursing home for a few years, but it burned down in the first episode, leading to Sophia moving in with the girls.
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* BrutalHonesty
* ButtMonkey: The whole world is her Butt Monkey.
* CatchPhrase: "Picture this: Sicily..."
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Her acerbic nature is attributed to her stroke (said to have altered the part of her brain that helps her censor her thoughts), but later on, she seems to have always been a spitfire.
* CoolOldLady: Sophia definitely keeps up with the times, even owning a Game Boy.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Sophia describes herself as having been "a voluptuous blonde with a butt like granite".
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Is one to her son Phil's wife Angela--even after his death, she struggles to treat him with even a modicum of respect .
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: One of the most iconic examples.
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A substitute teacher who is very well-read with a rapier wit, but prone to arrogance and being a DeadpanSnarker; even so, Dorothy tends to be the most grounded of the four titular girls.
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A substitute teacher from Brooklyn, New York who is very well-read with a rapier wit, but prone to arrogance and being a DeadpanSnarker; even so, Dorothy tends to be the most grounded of the four titular girls.
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A simple farmgirl from the fictional St. Olaf, Minnesota, Rose moved to Miami to start over after the death of her husband. She has a tendency to be slow on the uptake (or a flat-out moron, DependingOnTheWriter) and has a more cheery disposition than the others, but that doesn't keep her from getting a good snark in.
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A simple farmgirl from the fictional St. Olaf, Minnesota, Rose moved to Miami to start over after the death of her husband. She has a tendency to be slow on the uptake (or a flat-out moron, DependingOnTheWriter) and has a more cheery disposition than the others, but that doesn't keep her from getting a good snark in.
* DumbBlonde: Although many characters comment on how her hair is obviously dyed, she insists it's natural.
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TheDitz: On her good days. However...
*FriendToAllLivingThingsGeniusDitz: She is very knowledgeable in psychology.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: It goes with the territory when one spends their entire childhood on a farm.
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* LiteralMinded: Oftentimes she takes a turn of phrase literally. Also she sometimes DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm.
* {{Manchild}}: She plays shadow puppets in her room, still likes to play hide-and-seek, and some episodes show her having a strong attachment to teddy bears. In one episode, she and the girl scout troop she leads write letters to former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and her writing is so childish that they assume that Rose is one of the scouts!
* {{Manchild}}: She plays shadow puppets in her room, still likes to play hide-and-seek, and some episodes show her having a strong attachment to teddy bears. In one episode, she and the girl scout troop she leads write letters to former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and her writing is so childish that they assume that Rose is one of the scouts!
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A simple farmgirl from the fictional St. Olaf, Minnesota, Rose moved to Miami to start over after the death of her husband. She has a tendency to be slow on the uptake (or a flat-out moron, DependingOnTheWriter) and has a more cheery disposition than the others, but that doesn't keep her from getting a good snark in.
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* HappilyAdopted
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HappilyAdopted: She does not even mention she was adopted until more than halfway into the series. Rose provides a rare glimpse at adoption from the viewpoint of an older character.
* SpiritedCompetitor: Any kind of competition is SeriousBusiness to her and serves as her BerserkButton.
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* SpiritedCompetitor: Any kind of competition is SeriousBusiness to her and serves as her BerserkButton.
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* DaddysGirlDaddysGirl: Without a doubt, Blanche loved both her parents, but especially "Big Daddy".
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* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHaveGrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Although she sometimes makes her grandkids call her "Mom" or "Sis".
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TheUnfavorite: Sophia favored her younger sister Gloria over her; however, the true unfavorite of the three Petrillo children is... [[{{Crossdresser}} Phil]].
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[=McClanahan=])
A native of Georgia who owns the house the girls all live in. A distinctly Southern {{Casanova}} who scoffs at the idea that a woman can't have a sex life after 50 (or 40, or however old she says she is that day).
*CasanovaAlphaBitch: Seems to have been this when she was a child if her stories are accurate.
* {{Casanova}}
* DaddysGirl
* DirtyOldWoman: To the point that even Maxim felt obliged to acknowledge her as # 1 of "TV's Best Nymphos."
* DistractedByTheSexy: Blanche occasionally distracts herself by describing an erotic scene.
!! Blanche
A native of Georgia who owns the house the girls all live in. A distinctly Southern {{Casanova}} who scoffs at the idea that a woman can't have a sex life after 50 (or 40, or however old she says she is that day).
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* {{Casanova}}
* DaddysGirl
* DirtyOldWoman: To the point that even Maxim felt obliged to acknowledge her as # 1 of "TV's Best Nymphos."
* DistractedByTheSexy: Blanche occasionally distracts herself by describing an erotic scene.
* LargeHam: Blanche is prone to overdramatizing ''everything'' in a way that would make Ms. O'Hara herself sigh, "Bitch, please".
* MeaningfulName: If Blanche Devereaux, the vain, man-hungry, aging Southern Belle isn't a reference to Blanche [=DuBois=], the vain, man-hungry, aging Southern Belle, I'll eat their wicker couch.
* ParentalNeglect: Blanche was a ''very'' "hands-off" mother, which factors into any episode that features her children and grandchildren. She tries to reverse this tendency with one of her granddaughters, but ends up forcing her into a beauty contest she clearly doesn't want to be in. A very rare example of ParentsAsPeople from the perspective of the "bad" parent.
* ReallyGetsAround
* RetCon: "Hollingsworth" is her last name in the pilot, afterwards said to be her maiden name.
* MeaningfulName: If Blanche Devereaux, the vain, man-hungry, aging Southern Belle isn't a reference to Blanche [=DuBois=], the vain, man-hungry, aging Southern Belle, I'll eat their wicker couch.
* ParentalNeglect: Blanche was a ''very'' "hands-off" mother, which factors into any episode that features her children and grandchildren. She tries to reverse this tendency with one of her granddaughters, but ends up forcing her into a beauty contest she clearly doesn't want to be in. A very rare example of ParentsAsPeople from the perspective of the "bad" parent.
* ReallyGetsAround
* RetCon: "Hollingsworth" is her last name in the pilot, afterwards said to be her maiden name.
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* ShotgunWedding: The only reason she got married to Stan.
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-->"Shady Pines, Ma!"
A substitute teacher who is very well-read with a rapier wit, but prone to arrogance and being a DeadpanSnarker; even so, Dorothy tends to be the most grounded of the four titular girls.
*{{Bookworm}}
*ButtMonkey: Tends to have the worst luck when it comes to her personal life.
*BrainyBrunette: As seen in flashbacks.
*BreakTheHaughty: Whenever she begins to think too highly of herself, Blanche, Sophia, or just [[ButtMonkey life]] step in to take her down.
*EmbarrassingNickname: "Moose", according to her mother.
*InsufferableGenius: At her worst.
*LadyLooksLikeADude: Is sometimes mistaken for a man due to her voice. Many of Blanche and Sophia's insults are in this vein.
*OnlySaneMan
*SmugSnake
*TallDarkAndSnarky
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-->"Shady Pines, Ma!"
A substitute teacher who is very well-read with a rapier wit, but prone to arrogance and being a DeadpanSnarker; even so, Dorothy tends to be the most grounded of the four titular girls.
*{{Bookworm}}
*ButtMonkey: Tends to have the worst luck when it comes to her personal life.
*BrainyBrunette: As seen in flashbacks.
*BreakTheHaughty: Whenever she begins to think too highly of herself, Blanche, Sophia, or just [[ButtMonkey life]] step in to take her down.
*EmbarrassingNickname: "Moose", according to her mother.
*InsufferableGenius: At her worst.
*LadyLooksLikeADude: Is sometimes mistaken for a man due to her voice. Many of Blanche and Sophia's insults are in this vein.
*OnlySaneMan
*SmugSnake
*TallDarkAndSnarky
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