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* ADayInTheLimelight: She gets her chance in the made for television "Rockin´ with Judy Jetson" film, where she gets the main focus. In said film, Judy gets her usual BrattyTeenageDaughter traits toned down, becoming a PluckyGirl instead.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: She gets her chance in the made for television "Rockin´ "[[WesternAnimation/RockinWithJudyJetson Rockin' with Judy Jetson" Jetson]]" film, where she gets the main focus. In said film, Judy gets her usual BrattyTeenageDaughter traits toned down, becoming a PluckyGirl instead.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: He is willing to give George and others the benefit of the doubt if something goes horribly, horribly awry, ''especially'' in his own hare-brained schemes. He's definitely someone that tries to avoid being a jerk to someone like Elroy if he can help it. And at one point even though it was mostly just to get George back into work, he still brings a highly proficient doctor straight to the man's home to make sure he actually ''is'' okay (George just had hypochondria over a bad exercise session). Say what you will about his jerk methods, he wouldn't be where he was if he was ''completely'' apathetic to George's plight. This goes out the window in TheMovie.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: He is willing to give George and others the benefit of the doubt if something goes horribly, horribly awry, ''especially'' in his own hare-brained schemes. He's He definitely someone that tries to avoid being a jerk to someone like Elroy if he can help it. And at one point even though it was mostly just to get George back into work, he still brings a highly proficient doctor straight to the man's home to make sure he actually ''is'' okay (George just had hypochondria over a bad exercise session). Say what you will about his jerk methods, he wouldn't be where he was if he was ''completely'' apathetic to George's plight. This goes out the window in TheMovie.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: He is willing to give George and others the benefit of the doubt if something goes horribly, horribly awry, ''especially'' in his own hare-brained schemes. He's definitely someone that tries to avoid being a jerk to someone like Elroy if he can help it. And at one point even though it was mostly just to get George back into work, he still brings a highly proficient doctor straight to the man's home to make sure he actually ''is'' okay (George just had hypochondria over a bad exercise session). Say what you will about his jerk methods, he wouldn't be where he was if he was ''completely'' apathetic to George's plight. This goes out the window in TheMovie.

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* AffectionateNickname: Refers to George and Jane as "Mistah J" and "Missus J" respectively.



A little alien first introduced in "Elroy Meets Orbitty" and a pet of the family.

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A little alien first introduced in "Elroy Meets Orbitty" and a pet of the family. Introduced in the 1980s revival.



* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Barring a few cameos and small scenes to show he's still there, he doesn't appear as often in the third season, likely due to his lack of popularity.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Barring a few cameos and small scenes to show he's still there, he doesn't appear as often in the third season, likely due to his lack of popularity. He was completely absent from the TV specials and feature film as well.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be harsh towards his employees, especially George, but he cares for them too.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be harsh towards his employees, especially George, but he cares does express genuine care for them too.when it matters.



* LonelyAtTheTop: In the ''ComicBook/HannaBarberaBeyond'' continuity, he's one of the three richest people on Earth but was so focused on building his fortune he never had time to find a loved one.

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* LonelyAtTheTop: In the ''ComicBook/HannaBarberaBeyond'' continuity, he's one of the three richest people on Earth but was so focused on building his fortune he never had time to find a loved one. Somewhat implied to be the case in the cartoon as well, where his relationship with his wife is portrayed as heavily strained.



* TheNapoleon: For his size, he has a huge temper.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Mr. Spacely's wife towers over him.
* VocalEvolution: He sounds almost unrecognisably soft spoken at the start of the original series, [[SuddenlyShouting only sporadically roaring at Jetson for humour effect]]. Mel Blanc gave him a more consistent gravelly bellow as the series continued, especially in the 80s revival, by which point you'd wonder if WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam were one of his ancestors.

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* TheNapoleon: For his dwarfish size, he has a huge temper.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Mr. Spacely's wife towers over him.
him in both height and build.
* VocalEvolution: He sounds almost unrecognisably soft spoken at the start of the original series, [[SuddenlyShouting only sporadically roaring at Jetson for humour effect]]. Mel Blanc gave him a more consistent gravelly bellow as the series continued, especially in the 80s revival, by which point you'd wonder if WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam were one of his ancestors.
ancestors. By the time of the film, Mel Blanc's advanced age made vocal inflection more difficult, making Spacely sound constantly strained.



* MadScientist: In the sense he often creates things that were better left not existing, with parts that had no business being used for it.



* MurderousMalfunctioningMachine: Being made of random parts by Henry, he tends to act very childlike and unreasonable at times, often destroying things by accident and threatening people.



* BitchInSheepsClothing: Uniblab pretended to commiserate with George over his annoyance with Spaceley, but secretly recorded everything George said to get him in trouble with the boss.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Presents himself as an on-the-level employee for show, but reveals his true duplicitous and trollish nature whenever the boss isn't looking. Uniblab even pretended to commiserate with George over his annoyance with Spaceley, but secretly recorded everything George said to get him in trouble with the boss.
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* PinkMeansFeminine: Judy's default outfit is usually this.

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** GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She sometimes also likes exercise and sports.



%%* NiceGirl: When she isn't acting bratty.

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%%* * NiceGirl: When Though she isn't acting bratty.may be usuallly bratty and sassy, Judy is also very sweet, loving and kind to her family.




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* TomboyishPonytail: Judy has this as, despite being a GirlyGirl, she can also be very tomboyish.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: His wife Jane is a redhead; coincidentally George is one too.
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* SpeechImpairedAnimal: "Roh roy, Rorge!" Depending on how you look at it, Astro is either the forerunner of WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo in this regard, or a futuristic descendant of the same. Much like Scooby, this characteristic is subtly dropped around the 80s revival, notably during ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsonsMeetTheFlintstones''. Though it is brought back for TheMovie.

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* SpeechImpairedAnimal: "Roh roy, Rorge!" Depending on how you look at it, Astro is either He actually predates the forerunner of WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo in this regard, or a futuristic descendant of the same.TropeCodifier, WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo, by seven years. Much like Scooby, this characteristic is subtly dropped around the 80s revival, notably during ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsonsMeetTheFlintstones''. Though it is brought back for TheMovie.
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* BerserkButton: Don't lay a finger on George or Elroy; he'll make you regret it.
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* TookALevelInKindness: In the first season, he's more likely to express irritation with Astro, due to how clingy the dog is around him. In the other seasons, he's much less of a grouch about it and demonstrates more concern about Astro's well-being.

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* TookALevelInKindness: In the first season, he's more likely to express irritation with Astro, due to how clingy the dog is around him. In the other seasons, he's much less of a grouch about it and demonstrates more concern about Astro's well-being. It's justifiable, as Astro was a new addition to the family and George's already stressful life and an extra mouth to feed on the allegedly meager wages Spacely pays out.
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* MeanBoss: The most iconic example in media. He's often like this to George.

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* MeanBoss: The most iconic example in media. He's often like this to George. In fact, the only episodes where George doesn't fear for his job at least once are the ones Spacely isn't even in.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: One of the finest examples. George has a ''terrible'' habit of letting his emotions get the better of him or do something on impulse, and even as a WellIntentionedExtremist in the worst of cases, it almost always backfires horrifically. One example was "Instant Replay", where he got a device of the "Replayola" that let him rewind, redo and erase time, only to let it get [[SanitySlippage so deeply to his head]] with his riches and power that a moment of being a CrazyJealousGuy accidentally made him erase his wedding -- and thus his ''own children'' -- from history, immediately realizing [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone how badly he screwed up]] and scrambling to accept his mundane, mistreated, middle-class life he used to have just to get them back.
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* VocalEvolution: His voice is higher-pitched in the 1980s revival seasons.

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