History Characters / UglyBetty

* IllBoy: He has a heart condition.

* {{The Pollyanna}}: No matter what gets thrown her way, Betty faces it with a smile.

* [[HaveIMentionedIAmADwarfToday Have I Mentioned I'm Fey Sommers's Daughter Today?]]: After she finds out, it's rare for her to get through a conversation without mentioning it at least once.

* [[AloofBigBrother Aloof Big Sister]]: To Daniel, though she does warm up.

* {{Meganekko}}: An dorky but cute girl who donned a pair of large glasses

!!Mode Magazine

!!Friends

[[folder: Ignacio Suarez]]
!Ignacio Suarez (Creator/TonyPlana)
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Betty's fatherly dad. He's an illegal immigrant from Mexico, but not one who was just looking for a better life. No, that would be too boring. Instead, he was on the run after having killed a man (a rather unpleasant man, though, who later turned out to be [[BackFromTheDead not-quite-so-dead]]).

* DayTimeDramaQueen: Ignacio seems to have nothing else to do but hang around watching {{Telenovela}}s.
* DotingParent: Almost overwhelmingly so to his girls, to his grandson Justin, and usually to Betty or Hilda's love interests.
* IllBoy: He has a heart condition.
* MoralityPet: Somewhat this for both Betty and Hilda.
* OpenMindedParent: He is pretty open when it comes to his daughter's dating lives (unlike the usual stereotype of Latino men being the MachoLatino who commits TwerpSweating) and very accepting (and encouraging) about his teenage grandson being gay and dating a boy.
* PapaWolf: He's extremely protective of his daughters and grandson.
* 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 restaurant.

[[folder: Hilda Suarez]]

!Hilda Suarez (Creator/AnaOrtiz)
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Betty's rather shallow sister with whom she's embroiled in TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry. Hilda may or may not be [[ReallyGetsAround Miss Yo-Yo Knickers]], but she at least dresses like her.

[[folder: Christina McKinney]]

!Christina [=McKinney=](Creator/AshleyJensen)
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Betty's best friend at work, Christina is a FunnyForeigner from UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}, which means she drinks a lot and uses all that hilarious Scottish slang. Her purpose on the show was originally being Betty's only friend among the Modies, making her TheArtifact from the days when the show was more of a FishOutOfWater comedy. As a result, Christina was OutOfFocus a lot in later episodes. She was PutOnABus at the end of the third season, and returned in the third-to-last episode when Betty, Hilda, and Amanda visited London.

* TheArtifact: Christina doesn't really fit into the show during her last few episodes. Granted Betty doesn't either, but she has more reason for being there.
* BestFriend: She's Betty best friend and ally at Mode at the start of the story.
* DeadpanSnarker: Often gets into some SnarkToSnarkCombat with Marc and Amanda.
* FunnyForeigner: Christina is often mocked for being Scottish, but is also a humorous character herself.
* OnlySaneEmployee: She's the most normal person at Mode.
* OutOfFocus: At some points, Christina only existed to pop up and give Betty advice.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot:
** Christina was originally written as an American and was only made Scottish after Jensen was cast.
** Also, one of the main reasons for Christina becoming OutOfFocus (and then being PutOnABus) was because the show relocated production from Los Angeles to New York, causing a conflict for Ashley Jensen who was then residing in California and unable to relocate.
* UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}: Has that gorgeous accent.

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[[folder: Alexis Meade]]

!Alex/Alexis Meade (Creator/ElizabethPennPayne / Creator/RebeccaRomijn)
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Daniel's Transgender 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.

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* Walter (Creator/KevinSussman, 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?

* Santos Reynoso (Creator/KevinAlejandro, season one) - Knocked Hilda up in HighSchool, resulting in Justin. Starts to make amends in the first season, but dies.
* Coach Tony Diaz (Creator/EddieCibrian, late season two to early season three) - Justin's gym teacher. Hilda continues to date him after finding out he's married, but don't worry he's leaving his wife. Really, honestly!

* [[MeaningfulName Connor Owens]][[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke he "conned" Meade and thus "owes" them[[/note]] (Creator/GrantBowler) - [[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.

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: To ''Betty'', of all people. She used to be Wanda, Fey Sommers's "mousy" assistant before Fey confided in her about her pregnancy and she asked Fey to turn her into a supermodel.]]
* KickTheDog: Wilhelmina does this almost every episode.

%%* AttentionWhore:

Daniel's {{Transgender}} 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.

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

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: To ''Betty'', of all people. She used to be Wanda, Fey Sommers "mousy" assistant before Fey confided in her about her pregnancy and asked Fey to turn her into a supermodel.]]
* KickTheDog: Wilhelmina does this almost every episode.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Zig-zagged in that whenever it seems things couldn't go wrong they do.

A SassySecretary (technically a receptionist) at ''[=MODE=]'' who serves as Marc's FagHag and tags along with him whenever it involves pranking or demeaning others. Though she's conniving and catty she's not too intelligent (i.e. not knowing what wrath means) and is highly impulsive. Despite this she is not completely bitchy and, like every other main character, has plenty PetTheDog moments. In more recent episodes, she, Marc and Betty seem to have formed some kind of loose PowerTrio.

* Connor Owens (Creator/GrantBowler) - [[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.

* CuteClumsyGirl: Despite her competence, Betty is also very clumsy, often knocking into things, most notably plexiglass windows

* GoGetterGirl :

* NerdGlasses: She wore a pair of thick-rimmed glasses
* NerdsAreSexy: Her many boyfriends throughout the series tend to agree.

* OnlySaneEmployee: Betty is this by miles when she first joins Mode.

* CoolUncle: To DJ, when it's revealed he's actually Alexis son.
* CynicismCatalyst: His brother's death weighs heavily on his mind.

* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Daniel is an alumnus of Harvard.

* LukeYouAreMyFather: A French boy called DJ (Daniel Jr) shows up claiming to be Daniel's son. Subverted in that he's actually Daniel's nephew.
* MillionairePlayboy: Especially at the start of the show.

* 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.

* FriendsWithBenefits: Becomes one with Daniel in Season 4.
* HomeNudist: Implied, given when she's found walking around in the buff at when she's living at Mode after she's been evicted.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Seems like a vain, mean woman at first, but seems to genuinely care about that she likes.

%%* LovableAlphaBitch

* BigSisterInstinct: Towards Betty
* ChattyHairdresser: All with that gorgeous accent of hers.
* CoolBigSis: To Betty.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Somewhat this with Betty, but they are very close for the most part.

* TheAlcoholic: Out of the whole cast. She was a heavy drinker for much of the show
* ClearMyName: After being accused of killing Fey Sommers.
* CoolOldLady: How Betty sees her.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has quite the sharp tongue.

Formerly Daniel's {{Transgender}} 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.

* IKissYourFoot: He has a foot fetished, and Wilhelmina takes advantage of it to seduce him.

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

* YourCheatingHeart: He had a ''25-years long'' affair with Fey Sommers.

* Coach Tony Diaz (Creator/EddieCibrian, 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!

* {{Meganekko}}: An {{adorkable}} girl who donned a pair of large glasses

* Henry Grubstick (Creator/ChristopherGorham, 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.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Her antagonism towards Daniel (and Betty by proxy) rises from the fact that she has worked ''decades'' at the magazine, has ruled her department with an iron first and was obviously the most competent eligible person to take over after Fay's demise and the job was given to the owner's son (a boy younger than here with no experience) in blatant {{Nepotism}}. She had every reason to be bitter about it, but her questionable methods are obviously too much.

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

* WomanInWhite: A lot of her iconic outfits are purely white.

%%* BadassAdorable
* BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill: She wore very obvious braces

%%* CoolAunt: To Justin.

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

%%* NerdsAreSexy

%%* PluckyOfficeGirl

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: To ''Betty'', of all people. She used to be Wanda, Fey Sommers "mousy" assistant before Fey decided to turn her into a supermodel.]]

%%* OpenMindedParent
* PapaWolf: He's extremely protective of his daughters.

%%* OpenMindedParent

* Gio Rossi (Creator/FreddyRodriguez, 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. He's also pretty much the only one of Betty's boyfriends who is a consistently positive influence in her life, he's always looking out for her physical and emotional well-being, readily forgives her whenever she's rude to him (Which is often) and constantly pushes her to abandon fashion and pursue her true dreams.

* Gio Rossi (Creator/FreddyRodriguez, 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.