History Characters / UglyBetty

* SharpDressedMan: He wears a dark grey suit.

A young woman trying to make it on her own, Betty Suarez is the main protagonist of the show. She lives in Queens with her widowed father Ignacio, older sister Hilda and nephew Justin, and works as an assistant to the Editor In Chief at Mode Magazine. She quickly learns working at Mode will test the very fibers of her character, yet she remains resilient and excited in spite of all the conspiracies, drama and heartbreak she suffers. She hopes to be a journalist someday and will often take the chance to pursue her ambition. A role model for all girls everywhere in the view of the show's writers, she's liable to both give and receive [[AnAesop Aesops]]. By the way, she's [[HollywoodHomely not so much ugly as she has a really bad/strange fashion sense]].

%%* KickTheDog: Literally. Fortunately it was just a fantasy sequence.

--> '''Claire''': You may wanna rethink your wardrobre, Wilhemina. Gonna have a little trouble convincing them you need money wearing [[PrettyInMink mink]].

* VillainDecay: While still a danger at times, her backstabbing and scheming wanes significantly as the series goes on. She undergoes the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor several times per season due to personal hangups, familial conflicts and the old "my career" vs "my soul" conflict.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Mark always shown to be very friendly and supportive towards Justin. Giving him advice and encouragement when needed.

* DefrostingIceQueen: Male version - no gay jokes, please. Marc becomes quite close to Betty come the end of the series, and even Daniel in his own way.

* AttentionWhore:

* BestFriend: She's Betty best frien and ally at Mode at the start of the story.

!!Associated tropes:

* Walter (Kevin Sussman, early season one) - An entity of pure evil who was was PutOnABus in shame after fifteen episodes. As he was introduced after he had already reached the obstructive stage, he ended up being TheScrappy. Betty tended to be MistakenForCheating by him ([[MoralDissonance even though he expected her to ignore the fact that he cheated on her]]) and he showed her NoSympathy when her ridiculously convoluted work and home life prevented her from spending time with him. Seriously, what were the writers thinking?
* Henry Grubstick (Christopher Gorham, late season one through season two) - An {{adorkable}} nerd and Betty's first real love. At first a breath of fresh air after Walter, but then it turned out he got some other girl pregnant and things went downhill from there. He's had at least four tearful goodbyes with Betty where he was moving back to Tucson "forever", but still proceeds to show up in NYC whenever the writers need some pointless drama.
* Gio Rossi (Freddy Rodriguez, season two to early season three) - Immediately formed a Henry-Betty-Gio LoveTriangle when he first appeared on the scene, and the season finale forced Betty to choose between them. She chose neither, and he was PutOnABus only to make one last appearance in the final season. His main purpose is to criticize Betty and remind her of her original dream. Some consider him a fan-favorite for Betty's love after Henry turned annoying, while others dislike him for being a condescending mansplainer.
* Jesse (Val Emmich, early season three) - You know that sensitive, self-absorbed musician you dated in college? THIS GUY. Fortunately, this didn't get very far.
* Matt (Daniel Eric Gold, late season three to mid season four) - A LonelyRichKid with a CorruptCorporateExecutive for a father and a RichBitch for a mother. His main character trait was never finishing what he started and constantly changing his life's ambition. He and Betty were getting really serious when Henry inexplicably dropped in for an episode and gave Betty another farewell kiss right when Matt happened to inexplicably be watching from afar. He promptly became her {{Jerkass}} boss and attempted to make her life a living hell, before getting back together with her for a few episodes and then deciding to move to Africa. Detty shippers noted the similarities to Daniel and dubbed him "Daniel-lite".

* Renee (Gabrielle Union, season two) - Wilhelmina's sister, who found out her evil plans and thus had to be taken out. As she suffered from mental illness, Wilhelmina had Marc mess with her medication, thus making her go crazy with jealousy, attempt to kill Betty, and light Daniel's apartment on fire. In the end she was committed to an asylum, which for some reason meant Daniel could never see her again. She and this storyline were never mentioned again.

* Natalie (Jamie-Lynn Sigler, season four) - ManicPixieDreamGirl helping Daniel [[RomancingTheWidow get over Molly's death]]. The support group she brings him into turns out to be an evil cult.

* Santos Reynoso (Kevin Alejandro, season one) - Knocked Hilda up in HighSchool, resulting in Justin. Starts to make amends in the first season, but dies.
* Coach Tony Diaz (Eddie Cibrian, late season two to early season three) - Justin's gym teacher. Hilda continues to date him after finding out [[YourCheatingHeart he's married]], but don't worry he's leaving his wife. Really, honestly!
* Archie Rodriguez (Ralph Macchio, season three to season four) - A city councilman and the lone respectable guy in Hilda's dating history. Yes, the most respectable guy she's dated is a ''politician''.
* Bobby Talercio (Adam Rodriguez, season four) - An old flame who got Hilda pregnant while she was supposed to be dating Archie. It later turned out the pregnancy failed, but nevertheless Hilda ended up marrying Bobby in the GrandFinale. Well, actually the second-to-last episode, but close enough.

* Cliff St. Paul (David Blue) - A StraightGay boyfriend of Marc, who encourages him to PetTheDog. Left Marc when he [[ActorAllusion changed his name to Eli Wallace]] and [[Series/StargateUniverse moved to another galaxy]].

* Austin (Ryan [=McGinnis=]) - Supposedly in a LoveTriangle with Justin over a girl named Lily, but, of course, it turned out [[HoYay they were actually gay for each other the whole time]].

!Beatriz "Betty" Suarez( Creator/AmericaFerrera)
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!!Associated tropes:

%%* BrainyBrunette

%%* ButtMonkey

%%* CuteClumsyGirl: Fits this trope almost perfectly.

%%* GirlFriday: To Daniel.
%%* TheGlassesGottaGo: Thankfully averted. She does, however, get more fashionable glasses in the GrandFinale.

%%* HypercompetentSidekick: To Daniel.
* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: Subverted. Betty doesn't have a crush on Daniel like in the other versions of the show, and in the end it's he that develops feelings first.
%%* ImportantHaircut: Part of Betty's makeover near the end of the show.

* NerdGlasses: She wore a pair of thick rimmed glasses

* NiceGirl: So very much.

* PluckyOfficeGirl

!Daniel Meade (Eric Mabius)
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!Associated tropes:

* CharacterTic: Has tendency to smile while giving a thumbs up when lying.
* CoolUncle: To DJ.

* GoodFeelsGood: Takes someone else taking the credit for his "Normal People" modelling show in stride. Even comments how good it feels.

* HonestCorporateExecutive
* IAmNotMyFather

* LadyKillerInLove: Once a season!
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Poor Daniel always goes after the pretty ones, who more often than not, screw him over.

* LoveEpiphany: In "The Past Presents the Future".

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!!Associated tropes:
* BigBad
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She acts nice but is the opposite
* ButNotTooBlack

* TheCorrupter: As Tyler's AA sponsor, though that [[HoistByHisOwnPetard didn't work out so well for her]].

* TheDragon: Early On. Also during her life as Wanda, Fey Sommers' assistant.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor

* IcyBlueEyes

* ManipulativeBitch

* NakedInMink

* [[spoiler: TakingTheBullet: An unusual example; she didn't really intend to take the bullet from Tyler for Claire (in fact, Tyler accidentally fired the gun), but she did save her life .]] She gets better.
* TheVamp: She played this role, initially, to Bradford.

* WellDonSonGuy: Inverted. She and her father used to be pretty close but her ambitions is what made them grow distant.

!Marc St. James (Michael Urie)
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!!Associated tropes:

* CampGay: Very much so.
* DeadpanSnarker: Marc has this in spades.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Male version - no gay jokes, please.
** Marc becomes quite close to Betty come the end of the series, and even Daniel in his own way.

* PetHomosexual: For Amanda.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Amanda.
* TheRival: To Betty.

!Amanda Tanen(Becki Newton)

!!Associated tropes:
* AmbiguouslyBi
* AnythingThatMoves: Amanda has a blatant girl crush on Betty.

* FagHag: To Marc.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* LovableAlphaBitch

* PetTheDog: With Marc, and occasionally Betty.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Marc.
* ReallyGetsAround
* SassySecretary: In spades.
* SexySecretary

!Ignacio Suarez (Tony Plana)
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!Associated tropes:
* DayTimeDramaQueen: Ignacio seems to have nothing else to do but hang around watching telenovelas.

* OpenMindedParent
* PapaWolf
* SupremeChef: He has great cooking. As we find out, this is how he met Rosa, as he used to work as a chef in the resturant.

!Hilda Suarez (Ana Ortiz)
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!Associated tropes:
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She doesn't have the best choice in men..

* OpenMindedParent

!Justin Suarez (Mark Indelicato)
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!!Associated tropes:
* AmbiguouslyGay: Though he did get a boyfriend near the end of the show.
* AuthorAvatar

!Claire Meade (Judith Light)

!!Associated tropes:

* CoolOldLady
* DeadpanSnarker

* OpenMindedParent
* PetTheDog: She's one of the few characters at Mode who's actually nice to Betty.

!Christina [=McKinney=](Ashley Jensen)

!!Associated tropes:

* DeadpanSnarker

* OnlySaneEmployee

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Christina was originally written as an American and was only made Scottish after Jensen was cast.

!Alex/Alexis Meade (Creator/RebeccaRomijn)

* [[AloofBigBrother Aloof Big Sister]]: Though she does warm up.

* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Alexis used to be Alex.

!!Associated tropes:

* IKissYourFoot: To Wilhelmina.

!Fey Sommers (Christine Jones/Becki Newton)

Associated tropes:

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!Beatriz "Betty" Suarez(Creator/AmericaFerrera)

* BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill: She wears very obvious braces

%%* FamilyVersusCareer

* TheBrainlessBeauty: Not the smartest person you'll ever meet, though she is quite wise when she needs to be.
** Amanda is more of a sensitive genius, often being very emphatic when the situation truly requires it, she's also shown to have some degree of street smarts and is a very competent stylist.

* YouCheatingHeart: How he and Rosa got together, as Rosa's husband, at the time, was abusive.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys

* BigSisterInstinct: Towards betty

* MissingMom: Her and Betty's mother died when they were fairly young.

* TomboyishName

!Beatriz "Betty" Suarez(America Ferrera)

'''''Major Characters'''''

!!'''Betty Suarez''' (America Ferrera)

Associated tropes:

%%* BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill

%%* FishOutOfWater: Especially in the earlier episodes.

%%* {{Meganekko}}: Cute, yes? Glasses, yes.
* MissingMom: Betty's mother died pre-series.

%%* NerdGlasses

* RummageSaleReject[=/=]ImpossiblyTackyClothes: A lot of Betty's clothes from the first few seasons.

!!'''Daniel Meade''' (Eric Mabius)

Associated tropes:

* InnocentBlueEyes

* NiceGuy
* NiceToTheWaiter
* ReallyGetsAround

* SharpDressedMan

!!'''Wilhelmina Slater''' (Music/VanessaWilliams)

Associated tropes:

* BitchInSheepsClothing
* ButNotTooBlack

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold

* TheVamp

!!'''Marc St. James''' (Michael Urie)

Associated tropes:

!!'''Amanda Tanen''' (Becki Newton)

Associated tropes:

!!'''Ignacio Suarez''' (Tony Plana)

Associated tropes:

* SupremeChef

!!'''Hilda Suarez''' (Ana Ortiz)

Associated tropes:

* BigSisterInstinct

* SpicyLatina

!!'''Justin Suarez''' (Mark Indelicato)

Associated tropes:

!!'''Claire Meade''' (Judith Light)

Associated tropes:
* TheAlcoholic

* LadyDrunk: Is an alcoholic during part of the show.
* MamaBear

!!'''Christina [=McKinney=]''' (Ashley Jensen)

Associated tropes:

!!'''Alex/Alexis Meade''' (Creator/RebeccaRomijn)

Associated tropes:

!!'''Bradford Meade''' (Creator/AlanDale)

Associated tropes:

!!'''Fey Sommers''' (Christine Jones/Becki Newton)

'''''Love Interests'''''

!!'''Standard Betty Boyfriend'''

!!'''Daniel's Girl of the Season'''

!!'''The Mostly Bad Boys of Hilda'''

!!'''Other Characters' Love Interests'''

* BiTheWay: Married to a woman befire coming out and gets a boyfriend afterwards.

!!'''Wilhelmina Slater''' (Vanessa Williams)

Formerly Daniel's {{transsexual}} brother and now his sister. She was [[TheManBehindTheMan The Woman Behind The Woman]] in early episodes, but then had a HeelFaceTurn, leaving Wilhelmina to pick up the evil slack. Alexis is [[DependingOnTheWriter not very consistently written]] and as a result her personality seems to repeatedly switch between "loving sibling with a competitive streak" and "evil bitch". PutOnABus at the start of the third season. Not seen after that, but occasionally mentioned.

* {{Transsexual}}: A fairly good representation of one.

!!'''Alex/Alexis Meade''' (Rebecca Romijn)

A young woman trying to make it on her own, Betty Suarez is the main protagonist of the show. She lives in Queens with her widowed father Ignacio, older sister Hilda and nephew Justin, and works as an assistant to the Editor In Chief at Mode Magazine. She quickly learns working at Mode will test the very fibers of her character, yet she remains resilient and excited in spite of all the conspiracies, drama and heartbreak she suffers. She hopes to be a journalist someday and will often take the chance to pursue her ambition. A [[GirlsNeedRoleModels role model for all girls everywhere]] in the view of the show's writers, she's liable to both give and receive [[AnAesop Aesops]]. By the way, she's [[HollywoodHomely not so much ugly as she has a really bad/strange fashion sense]].

* BadassAdorable
* BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill
* BrainyBrunette

* ButtMonkey
* CoolAunt: To Justin.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Fits this trope almost perfectly.

* FamilyVersusCareer
* FishOutOfWater: Especially in the earlier episodes.
* GirlFriday: To Daniel.
* GirlsNeedRoleModels: Betty herself is an outstanding role model for young girls; beauty isn't everything.
* TheGlassesGottaGo: Thankfully averted.
** She does, however, get more fashionable glasses in the GrandFinale.

* HypercompetentSidekick: To Daniel.
* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: Subverted. Betty doesn't have a crush on Daniel like in the other versions of the show, and in the end it's him that develops feelings first.
* ImportantHaircut: Part of Betty's makeover near the end of the show.
* KickTheDog: Literally. Fortunately it was just a fantasy sequence.
* {{Meganekko}}: Cute, yes? Glasses, yes.

* NaiveEverygirl: Especially in earlier episodes. Though Betty has become less naive since then, she's still, of course, as idealistic as ever.
* NerdGlasses
* NerdsAreSexy

* Sofia (SalmaHayek, season one) - Strong, sexy, career woman who won Daniel's heart by rejecting him. She was the first woman he ever truly loved and he proposed to her after only two months. Turned out to be a publicity stunt for her new article, "Fling to Ring in 60 Days", which she revealed to him on live TV.

* Molly (SaraLafleur, season three) - Elementary school teacher and the first "normal" girl Daniel was attracted to, who was considered "Betty-lite" by the Detty shippers. Drama came from her being the fiance of his friend and CFO, Connor. After some endless pining and angst, she broke up with Connor, got together with Daniel, and died of cancer.

* Connor Owens (Grant Bowler) - [[HappilyMarried Happily Engaged]] to Molly (see above) when he first appeared, but the show's soapy antics fixed that soon enough. When Daniel went for Molly, Wilhelmina went for Connor. Later he robbed the company and went on the run, causing Wilhelmina to angst about whether to join him or to try to save the company. Ultimately ends up in prison.

!!'''Bradford Meade''' (Alan Dale)

* Walter (Kevin Sussman, early season one) - An entity of pure evil who was was PutOnABus in shame after fifteen episodes. As he was introduced after he had already reached the obstructive stage, he ended up being TheScrappy. Betty tended to be MistakenForCheating by him ([[MoralDissonance even though he expected her to ignore the fact that he cheated on her]]) and he showed her NoSympathy when her ridiculously convoluted work and home life preventing her from spending time with him. Seriously, what were the writers thinking?
* Henry Grubstick (Christopher Gorham, late season one through season two) - An adorkable nerd and Betty's first real love. At first a breath of fresh air after Walter, but then it turned out he got some other girl pregnant and things went downhill from there. He's had at least four tearful goodbyes with Betty where he was moving back to Tucson "forever", but still proceeds to show up in NYC whenever the writers need some pointless drama.

* Matt (Daniel Eric Gold, late season three to mid season four) - A LonelyRichKid with a CorruptCorporateExecutive for a father and a RichBitch for a mother. His main character trait was never finishing what he started and constantly changing his life's ambition. He and Betty were getting really serious when Henry inexplicably dropped in for an episode and give Betty another farewell kiss right when Matt happened to inexplicably be watching from afar. He promptly became her {{Jerkass}} boss and attempted to make her life a living hell, before getting back together with her for a few episodes and then deciding to move to Africa. Detty shippers noted the similarities to Daniel and dubbed him "Daniel-lite".

[[folder: Standord Betty Boyfriend]]

A young Dojikko trying to make it on her own, Betty Suarez is the main protagonist of the show. She lives in Queens with her widowed father Ignacio, older sister Hilda and nephew Justin, and works as an assistant to the Editor In Chief at Mode Magazine. She quickly learns working at Mode will test the very fibers of her character, yet she remains resilient and excited in spite of all the conspiracies, drama and heartbreak she suffers. She hopes to be a journalist someday and will often take the chance to pursue her ambition. A [[GirlsNeedRoleModels role model for all girls everywhere]] in the view of the show's writers, she's liable to both give and receive [[AnAesop Aesops]]. By the way, she's [[HollywoodHomely not so much ugly as she has a really bad/strange fashion sense]].

* {{Adorkable}}

* {{Adorkable}}: Admit it, he has his moments.

* HotMom

* RichBitch: Rich, check. Bitch, oh so check.

[[folder: Christian McKinney]]

* LoveableAlphaBitch