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rechecked the page history and removed the Ambigiously Jewish I added because it's pretty darn unambiguous. This is a better trope.


* AmbiguouslyJewish: "Eli Gold" is a very Ashkenazi name, and he has a high level of education and seems to relish arguing with people in keeping with the JewsLoveToArgue stereotype. There's also a bit in a later season where Marissa tries to get him to come to Israel to work on the campaign of an anti-Likud candidate. But if he ''is'' Jewish, he's clearly a very secular one.


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* CulturallyReligious: He's an ethnic Jew and Marissa once even tries to get him to move to Israel to work on the campaign of an anti-Likud political candidate. However, he's never indicated to actually practice Judaism as a religion.

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* HellBentForLeather: Going along with her status as an action girl. She almost always wears a leather jacket and leather boots.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: To Alicia more specifically and Lockhart-Gardner more generally. She's a crack investigator and all of Lockhart-Gardner knows it.


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* HellBentForLeather: Going along with her status as an action girl. She almost always wears a leather jacket and leather boots.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: To Alicia more specifically and Lockhart-Gardner more generally. She's a crack investigator and all of Lockhart-Gardner knows it.

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-->You know what your mistake was? Not getting your tubes tied.

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-->You -->"You know what your mistake was? Not getting your tubes tied."



* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: According to Cary.
--> '''Dana Lodge''': I am not a lesbian.
--> '''Cary''': I know a lot of people who weren't anything until they met Kalinda.

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* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: According Kalinda is openly pansexual and quickly attracts the attentions of the female Agent Delaney. Cary jokes about it to Cary.
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--> '''Dana Lodge''': I am not a lesbian.
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lesbian.\\
'''Cary''': I know a lot of people who weren't anything until they met Kalinda.



* ReallyGetsAround: Kalinda frequently sleeps around and has no particular preference for either men or women: in the first season alone she seduces two different recurring characters, Detective Anthony Burton and FBIAgent Lana Delaney, the latter of whom becomes a recurring paramour. She later starts a relationship with Cary, [[spoiler:although it ends when she disappears]].



* TwoferTokenMinority: The only women of colour at the firm for a long time, and Lucca is her replacement.

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* TwoferTokenMinority: The only women woman of colour at the firm for a long time, and Lucca is her replacement.



-->I've always got your back.

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-->I've -->"I've always got your back. back."



* {{Irony}}: Says he appreciates the "moral clarity" of working as a prosecutor, but as Peter could've told him, it's turns out to be just as murky as working on the other side of the aisle.

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* {{Irony}}: Says he appreciates the "moral clarity" of working as a prosecutor, but as Peter could've told him, it's it turns out to be just as murky as working on the other side of the aisle.
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: "Eli Gold" is a very Ashkenazi name, and he has a high level of education and seems to relish arguing with people in keeping with the JewsLoveToArgue stereotype. There's also a bit in a later season where Marissa tries to get him to come to Israel to work on the campaign of an anti-Likud candidate. But if he ''is'' Jewish, he's clearly a very secular one.
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* ChildHater: Played for laughs. She is adama tly childfree, and jokes to Alicia that her life would have been easier if she never had her kids.

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* ChildHater: Played for laughs. She is adama tly adamantly childfree, and jokes to Alicia that her life would have been easier if she never had her kids.
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* PutonaBus: To go to college, as does his actor. He returns occasionally.

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* PutonaBus: PutOnABus: To go to college, as does his actor. He returns occasionally.
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->'''Played by:''' Jerry Adler

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->'''Played by:''' Jerry AdlerCreator/JerryAdler



->'''Played by:''' Jess Weixler

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->'''Played by:''' Jess WeixlerCreator/JessWeixler
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* {{Gaslighting}}: In pretty much every appearance, he will conduct a conversation with someone, then - later - claim that they said things they did not say. His insistence that his fiction is fact, and his condescending attitude towards his victims' attempts to correct him, makes him a truly despicable...

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* {{Gaslighting}}: In pretty much every appearance, he will conduct a conversation with someone, then - later - claim that they said things they did not say. His insistence that his fiction is fact, and his condescending attitude towards his victims' attempts to correct him, makes him a truly despicable...despicable.
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** When Alicia considers divorcing Peter and seeks David's legal advice, he shows complete professionalism and discretion and gives her honest, well-meaning advice while going the extra mile to prevent anyone else at the firm from finding out what they're talking about.

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