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* Accidental Murder: [[spoiler: Possibly. Roy always hated Glendon, but he is suffering from severe dementia around the time he kills him, and the show leaves it ambiguous as to how intentional the killing really was.]]

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* Accidental Murder: AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Possibly. Roy always hated Glendon, but he is suffering from severe dementia around the time he kills him, and the show leaves it ambiguous as to how intentional the killing really was.]]

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* Accidental Murder: [[spoiler: Possibly. Roy always hated Glendon, but he is suffering from severe dementia around the time he kills him, and the show leaves it ambiguous as to how intentional the killing really was.]]



* MirrorCharacter: He and Roy Gemstone are the opposing forces that influenced Eli growing up, [[spoiler: making it all the more appropriate that he meets his death at Roy's hand. It's left ambiguous how intentional Roy was in killing him, since he was a ScatterbrainedSenior by that time.]]

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* MirrorCharacter: He and Roy Gemstone are the opposing forces that influenced Eli growing up, [[spoiler: making it all the more appropriate that he meets his death at Roy's hand. It's left ambiguous how intentional Roy was in killing him, since he was a ScatterbrainedSenior by that time.]]



* MirrorCharacter: To Chad, Levi, Gregory and Michael. Somehow, they're even more incompetent as crooks, and definitely worse people.

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* MirrorCharacter: To They are this to Chad, Levi, Gregory and Michael.Michael, just like Lyle is one to Jesse. Somehow, they're even more incompetent as crooks, and definitely worse people.
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* MirrorCharacter: He and Roy Gemstone are the opposing forces that influenced Eli growing up.

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* MirrorCharacter: He and Roy Gemstone are the opposing forces that influenced Eli growing up.up, [[spoiler: making it all the more appropriate that he meets his death at Roy's hand. It's left ambiguous how intentional Roy was in killing him, since he was a ScatterbrainedSenior by that time.]]
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A wrestling promoter and mobster from Nashville who Eli worked for when he was a young man.

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A wrestling promoter and mobster from Nashville Memphis who Eli worked for when he was a young man.
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* RunningGag: The Gemstones mispronouncing his name. He's been Chief, Quiche, Heath, even Queef.
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* HonoraryUncle: Martin and his family aren't related to the Gemstones but they're still close enough to be invited to their after-church family lunches and Jesse, Judy and Kelvin certainly treat him more like a family member than their Daddy's employee.

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* HonoraryUncle: Martin and his family aren't related to the Gemstones but they're still close enough to be invited to their after-church family lunches and Jesse, Judy and Kelvin certainly treat him more like a family member than their Daddy's employee. At the end of Season 3, he's invited to the Gemstones' family reunion and even gets his turn to drive The Redeemer.
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* HonestAdvisor: To Eli throughout the series. He also becomes one to the three kids in Season 3, when he serves as a mediator after Eli's semi-retirement.


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* NiceGuy: Although he's willing to get involved with the church's dirty laundry, he's also a PunchClockVillain who treats everyone with kindness. This is most on display when he handles [[spoiler: Judy being blackmailed over her affair.]] He gives Jesse and Kelvin the wrong date so they won't be there when the papers are signed, and he comforts Judy in her despair.

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* ClubKid: Used to be one, until he met Kelvin and converted to Christianity. He goes back once, but Kelvin saves him and brings him home.



* ExtremeDoormat: Kelvin can pretty much get away with anything and Keefe won't complain. This gets subverted in season 3, when Keefe [[spoiler: leaves Kelvin over scandals in the church.]]

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* ExtremeDoormat: Kelvin can pretty much get away with anything and Keefe won't complain. This gets subverted in season 3, when Keefe [[spoiler: leaves Kelvin over scandals in the church. He comes right back when Kelvin gets kidnapped, though.]]



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* NiceGuy NiceGuy: As strange as he is, he's unflinchingly kind and polite (unless you're Taryn).
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* RedHerring: He's a character from Eli's shady past, played by an actor who is chronically typecast as the villain, and his appearance coincides with the Thaniel Block murder mystery and the Cycle Ninjas' assassination attempts. Eventually it turns out he has nothing to do with any of it.

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* TeensAreShort: Dot is tiny compared to Kelvin and Keefe.
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* CreepyGood: Keefe tends to scare people around the church due to his intense and eccentric demeanor, along with his gothic fashion sense and still-present Satanist tattoos. However, he is incredibly loyal to Kelvin and the church, seems to have become a genuine Christian, and is a much kinder person than any of the Gemstones.

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* AmbiguouslyBi: WordOfGod from Tony Cavalero says he feels like Keefe has "done everything under the sun" sexually.
* AmbiguouslyGay: He lives with Kelvin and is obsessively devoted to him, and the two share a very intimate relationship in general.

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* AmbiguouslyBi: Season 1 implies he was somewhat sexually indiscriminate, and WordOfGod from Tony Cavalero says he feels like Keefe has "done everything under the sun" sexually.
* AmbiguouslyGay: He lives
sexually. He's [[spoiler: romantically involved with Kelvin and is obsessively devoted to him, and the two share a very intimate relationship as of season 3, so while he's canonically interested in general. men, his actual sexuality remains ambiguous.]]
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* JesusWasWayCool: Since the Gemstones are Trinitarian Christians, they believe God and Christ are on in the same. And Kelvin in particular loves to emphasis how cool Jesus is.

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* JesusWasWayCool: Since the Gemstones are Trinitarian Christians, they believe God and Christ are on one in the same. And Kelvin in particular loves to emphasis how cool Jesus is.

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* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: They're a realistic portrayal of a {{Freemason}}-like secret society as a social club.
* GloveSlap: A ritualized punishment for minor infractions. The members stand at attention on either side of an aisle. A masked man walks down the aisle, puts on an embroidered white glove, and slaps the offender twice. There's also a Black Slap for more serious offenses where the offender is naked.



* SecretSocietyGroupPhoto

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* SecretSocietyGroupPhoto
SecretSocietyGroupPhoto: The group is introduced with a photo of several members in their trademark capes and flintlock pistols.
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[[folder: Taryn]]

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[[folder: Taryn]][[folder:Taryn]]



[[folder: The Barnes Family]]

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[[folder: Lyle's posse]]

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[[folder: Lyle's [[folder:Lyle's posse]]



[[folder: God]]

The... well, {{God}} that the Gemstones worship; the diety of the Christian [[note]] and other Abrahamic [[/note]] religion.

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[[folder: God]]

[[folder:God]]

The... well, {{God}} that the Gemstones worship; the diety deity of the Christian [[note]] and other Abrahamic [[/note]] religion.
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* RomanticFalseLead: She and Kelvin aren't interested in each other romantically, but [[NoSocialSkills Keefe]] ''percieves'' the three of them as in a LoveTriangle.
* SitcomArchnemesis: Keefe views her this way. She seems to like him just fine.

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* RomanticFalseLead: She and Kelvin aren't interested in each other romantically, but [[NoSocialSkills Keefe]] ''percieves'' ''perceives'' the three of them as in a LoveTriangle.
* SitcomArchnemesis: Keefe views her this way. She seems to like him just fine.
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* SuperiorSuccessor: She's a lot better at connecting with the kids of the church than Keefe.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: He's a bachelor well into his old age, and the only mention of his sexuality is [[spoiler: Baby Billy's story about the two of them in a wild orgy with lots of women, where they may or may not have "touched dicks".]]
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* RomanticFalseLead: She and Kelvin aren't interested in each other romantically, but [[NoSocialSkills Keefe]] ''percieves'' the three of them as in a LoveTriangle.
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* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler: Makes it out of the Bible Bonkers locust attack unscathed with Jesse’s help, but dies some time after of unspecified causes.]]
* MeaningfulFuneral: [[spoiler: Dusty’s buried in his racecar wearing his full NASCAR uniform, while Eli leads the congregation in saying his “whoowee, sucker” catchphrase one last time.]]
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* IOweYouMyLife: [[spoiler: Jesse saving him during the locust attack wins him back to the Gemstones' church, and he leaves his entire fortune to them when he passes.]]
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* DivineRetribution: In a "blessing in disguise" sort of way.

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* DivineRetribution: In a "blessing in disguise" sort of way.BoltOfDivineRetribution: Supposedly used one on Baby Billy and gave him visions.
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* PestController: [[spoiiler: A terrifying swarm of locusts attack the church while they film Baby Billy's Bible Bonkers. This experience ends up leading to reconciliations and Peter's ultimate HeelFaceTurn. While the show leaves it up to the viewer to determine their origin, May-May is convinced it was God. This lines up with the plagues in the Literature/BookOfExodus, so she may be right.]]

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* PestController: [[spoiiler: [[spoiler: A terrifying swarm of locusts attack the church while they film Baby Billy's Bible Bonkers. This experience ends up leading to reconciliations and Peter's ultimate HeelFaceTurn. While the show leaves it up to the viewer to determine their origin, May-May is convinced it was God. This lines up with the plagues in the Literature/BookOfExodus, so she may be right.]]
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* PestController: [[spoiiler: A terrifying swarm of locusts attack the church while they film Baby Billy's Bible Bonkers. This experience ends up leading to reconciliations and Peter's ultimate HeelFaceTurn. While the show leaves it up to the viewer to determine their origin, May-May is convinced it was God. This lines up with the plagues in the Literature/BookOfExodus, so she may be right.]]
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* DevineRetribution: In a "blessing in disguise" sort of way.

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* DevineRetribution: DivineRetribution: In a "blessing in disguise" sort of way.

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The... well, {{God}} that the Gemstones worship; the diety of the Christian [note] and other Abrahamic [/note] religion.

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The... well, {{God}} that the Gemstones worship; the diety of the Christian [note] [[note]] and other Abrahamic [/note] [[/note]] religion.



* GodIsGood: The actions attributed to Him end up helping the family become better people.

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* DevineRetribution: In a "blessing in disguise" sort of way.
* GodIsGood: The actions attributed to Him end up helping the family become better people.people.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Assuming the unexplained acts of nature ''are'' from a higher power, His methods of dealing with the Gemstones aren't exactly gentle, but they always walk away slightly better people.
* JesusWasWayCool: Since the Gemstones are Trinitarian Christians, they believe God and Christ are on in the same. And Kelvin in particular loves to emphasis how cool Jesus is.
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* GoshDangItToHeck: They have to talk this way while at the lodge, or else they get the White Slap.


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[[folder: God]]

The... well, {{God}} that the Gemstones worship; the diety of the Christian [note] and other Abrahamic [/note] religion.
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* GodIsGood: The actions attributed to Him end up helping the family become better people.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: A lot of improbable things happen to the family in the series, that they interpret as divine intervention; Baby Billy being zapped by lightning, the [[spoiler: swarm of locusts attacking Baby Billy's Bible Bonkers]], etc. It's ultimately up to the viewer to decide.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: He lives with Kelvin and is obsessively devoted to him, and the two share a very intimate relationship in general.

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* AmbiguouslyBi: WordOfGod from Tony Cavalero says he feels like Keefe has "done everything under the sun" sexually.
* AmbiguouslyGay: He lives with Kelvin and is obsessively devoted to him, and the two share a very intimate relationship in general.


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* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler: With Kelvin.]]

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* AffablyEvil: Martin has no problem with both arranging and covering up murders, but he's genuinely kind and patient towards everyone and seems to be much more level-headed than any of the Gemstones.



* PunchClockVillain: Martin has no problem with both arranging and covering up murders, but he's genuinely kind and patient towards everyone and seems to be much more level-headed than any of the Gemstones.

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