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* JerkassHasAPoint: On more than one occasion.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: On more than one occasion.occasion, he makes a valid point in spite of being a jerk.

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The Solomons' eccentric landlady. [[{{Catchphrase}} Lovely woman, very]] ''[[{{Catchphrase}} nice]]''.

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The Solomons' eccentric landlady. [[{{Catchphrase}} [[CharacterCatchphrase Lovely woman, very]] ''[[{{Catchphrase}} ''[[CharacterCatchphrase nice]]''.



* {{Catchphrase}}: "Lovely (insert word), very ''nice''..."

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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: "Lovely (insert word), very ''nice''..."



* ReallyGetsAround: Has had multiple husbands and boyfriends, has at least one daughter, and a few illegitimate grandkids.

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* ReallyGetsAround: Has had multiple husbands and boyfriends, has at least one daughter, two daughters, and a few illegitimate grandkids.



* ReallyGetAround: She definitely inherited her mother's promiscuous nature.



Dick's four main students portrayed by Creator/DavidDeluise, Creator/IanLithgow, Creator/DanielleNicolet and Creator/ChrisHogan.

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Dick's four main students portrayed by Creator/DavidDeluise, Creator/DavidDeLuise, Creator/IanLithgow, Creator/DanielleNicolet and Creator/ChrisHogan.


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* PhraseCatcher: Dick eventually starts cutting off Caryn's rants with "Oh, shut up, Caryn".

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* ReallyGetsAround: He occasionally veers into AnythingThatMoves territory and has to be forcibly stopped from french kissing any female within reach.

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* ReallyGetsAround: He occasionally veers into AnythingThatMoves anything that moves territory and has to be forcibly stopped from french kissing any female within reach.



* AnythingThatMoves: She is prone to having many sexual partners.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: In the third season finale she becomes extremely attracted to Tommy when he starts acting like an AngryChef and belittles her for asking for the recipe. She throws herself at him, but he kicks her out for suggesting they leave a souffle to burn so they can make out.
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* BerserkButton: He makes it no secret that he openly hates Mary's parents due to the way they've treated her like crap her entire life. He views Mary's dad as TheLesserOfTwoEvils, but expresses nothing but disgust and horror regarding Mary's mother.

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* BerserkButton: He makes it no secret that he openly hates Mary's parents due to the way they've treated her like crap her entire life. He views Mary's dad as TheLesserOfTwoEvils, LesserOfTwoEvils, but expresses nothing but disgust and horror regarding Mary's mother.

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* TheBerserker: A rare comedic variation.

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* TheBerserker: A rare comedic variation.BecomingTheMask: When forced to act as the school's mascot "Hootie" he gets so into character that he stops answering to his own name. He's removed from the job after the football team loses and he attacks the coach for not pushing them hard enough.

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The Solomons' eccentric landlady.

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The Solomons' eccentric landlady.
landlady. [[{{Catchphrase}} Lovely woman, very]] ''[[{{Catchphrase}} nice]]''.


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* VerbalTic: She always puts extra emphasis on the word "nice" when using her catchphrase.
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* BerserkButton: He makes it no secret that he openly hates Mary's parents due to the way they've treated her like crap her entire life. He views Mary's dad as TheLesserOfTwoEvils, but expresses nothing but disgust and horror regarding Mary's mother.
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* LegFocus: Her extremely long legs are often mentioned as one of her most attractive features. After an incident where she acts crazy at the police station, Don defends his choice to date her to his colleagues by pointing out that "she's got legs up to her ''face''".
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* FagHag: when Dick visits a gay bar (thinking it is an alien bar) he finds her there, declaring "These boys just love me"
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* LethalChef: Despite her supposed role as TheChick on earth, she's terrible at cooking.

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* LethalChef: Despite her supposed role as TheChick TokenFemale on earth, she's terrible at cooking.
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--->'''Sally''' ''(demonstrating):'' They seem to have more power when I squeeze them together. I'm not wrong am I?

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--->'''Sally''' ''(demonstrating):'' --->'''Sally''': ''[demonstrating squeezing her breasts together]'' They seem to have more greater power when I squeeze them together.they collide. I'm not wrong am I?
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Amazonian Beauty is for extremely muscular female characters portrayed as attractive, not really tall ones.


* AmazonianBeauty: Given her good looks and physical prowess, not to mention being played by the 6'0'' Kristen Johnston, she fits this trope pretty well.

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* ShesGotLegs: "Legs up to her ''face''" as Don puts it.
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* BastardGirlfriend: She's rather possessive and demanding of Tommy when she's not mocking him.
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* BastardGirlfriend: DomesticAbuse: She's rather possessive and demanding of Tommy when she's not mocking him.
* DeadpanSnarker
him.

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** "Family meeting! FAMILY MEETING!" and, less frequently, "You're not family GET OUT!"

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** "Family meeting! FAMILY MEETING!" and, less frequently, "You're not family family, GET OUT!"



* SadistTeacher: While handing out a test to his class, he openly told them that none of them would be able to solve question four, which made up half the test. In one particular moment of frustration, he ordered them to write letters to their parents apologizing for wasting their money, which they had to bring to class with envelopes and stamps.

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* SadistTeacher: There's a reason he's teaching the same students for a majority of the series. While handing out a test to his class, he openly told them that none of them would be able to solve question four, which made up half the test. In one particular moment of frustration, he ordered them to write letters to their parents apologizing for wasting their money, which they had to bring to class with envelopes and stamps. This actually prompted a hearing by the university, and Dick still learns nothing from the incident (if anything, he doubles down).



* SmallNameBigEgo: "OH MY GOD! I'M GORGEOUS!"

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* SmallNameBigEgo: "OH MY "Oh my GOD! I'M GORGEOUS!" ''GORGEOUS!''"



* CharacterizationMarchesOn: When the series began, Harry was just as odd, only quiet and a little more deadpan. As the seasons went on he started becoming louder, and more like the LargeHam we know and love.

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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: When the series began, Harry was just as odd, only quiet and a little more deadpan. As the seasons went on he started becoming louder, louder and more confident in his own skin, and subsequently, more like the LargeHam we know and love.



* DumbassHasAPoint: It's very rare but he does occasionally have moments of clarity. When Dick and Sally were obessesed with collecting [[Toys/BeanieBabies Fuzzy Buddies]], Harry was the one to point out that they were cutting into their ability to afford food and rent.

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* DumbassHasAPoint: It's very rare but he does occasionally have moments of clarity. When Dick and Sally were obessesed obsessed with collecting [[Toys/BeanieBabies Fuzzy Buddies]], Harry was the one to point out that they were cutting into their ability to afford food and rent.



* HiddenDepths: Every once in a while, Harry will display that for his unassuming, odd demeanor, he can surprise even his family with a hidden talent. One episode showed that he was an excellent painter, to the point that even Dick was dumbfounded. Another episode saw Harry try his hand at magic tricks. For basic tricks, he was pretty good - he even escaped from a straitjacket on the first try!



* ButtMonkey: He often finds himself in embarrassing situations at school.

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* ButtMonkey: He often finds himself in embarrassing situations at school. To an extent he tends to be this for his own family - see DudeWheresMyRespect below.



* DirtyCoward: He tried to sacrifice Alissa to save himself when it appeared that there was some maniac brandishing a power tool in Alissa's backyard. It was Sally and Harry pulling some hair-brained scheme to push the two back together again.

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* DirtyCoward: He tried to sacrifice Alissa to save himself when it appeared that there was some maniac brandishing a power tool in Alissa's backyard. It was Sally and Harry pulling some hair-brained hare-brained scheme to push the two back together again.again, and needless to say, they had the opposite effect.



* DudeWheresMyRespect: He's a lot more competent in his role as information officer, but his efforts are frequently overlooked.

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* DudeWheresMyRespect: He's a lot more competent in his role as information officer, officer than the others are in their own roles, but his efforts are frequently overlooked.



* ImportantHaircut: He finally gets his hair cut towards the end of Season 3 in "Just Your Average Dick". Subverted as this was done in an attempt to maintain a sense of normalcy at the new apartment the Solomons moved into and Tommy regretted it afterwards.

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* ImportantHaircut: He finally gets his hair cut towards the end of Season 3 in "Just Your Average Dick". Subverted as this was done in an attempt to maintain a sense of normalcy at the new apartment the Solomons moved into into, and Tommy regretted it afterwards.afterwards. That said, he sticks to it for the remainder of the series.

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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: In his second appearance, he came back to Earth with plans to turn everyone into monkeys in order to turn it into an amusement park, "Planet Monkey World". Dick winds up turning Liam into a chimpanzee in order to stop him. Unfortunately, Mary saw the whole thing, and this leads to Dick admitting he's an alien.


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* SillySimian: In his second appearance, he came back to Earth with plans to turn everyone into monkeys in order to turn it into an amusement park, "Planet Monkey World". Dick winds up turning Liam into a chimpanzee in order to stop him. Unfortunately, Mary saw the whole thing, and this leads to Dick admitting he's an alien.
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* BerserkButton: He can't stand Céline Dion.
-->'''Liam''': Somebody tell her to stop, [[Film/Titanic1997 the boat sank]], let it go!
* BrutalHonesty: Similar to Dick, his clueless veneer belies an utterly blunt and ruthless individual. Upon being told of Sally's availability, he quickly deduces the only reason someone as attractive as Sally would be single is because she's got a severe personality disorder.


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* YouWillBeSpared: After Dick was replaced by his evil counterpart, Evil Dick assessed Leon with "You will be spared and made to carry heavy things."
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* SmarterThanYouLook: They are consistently struggling in Dick's class (much to his irritation and mockery), but it's demonstrated in "Dick and the Other Guy" that the deck is actually stacked against them. Dr. Neesam determines that Dick is including five unnecessary terms in an equation on the board; once it's appropriately simplified, all of the students (even Leon, much to his own surprise) fully understand it.
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* OnlyFriend: The only person who considers Dick a friend, as Dick finds out in one episode.

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