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** Jenna tries to hide her pregnancy from her husband. It actually works for a while because he's such a thick-headed moron, but he of course catches on after a while.
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** Jenna tries to hide her pregnancy from her husband. It actually works for a while because he's such a thick-headed moron, but he of course catches on after a while. Jenna is forced to tell him to stop him from hurting her.
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* SweetBaker: Supreme piemaker Jenna begins the story broken down by her abusive husband Earl, but she is a fundamentally kind person whom Dawn even calls the embodiment of sweetness and light.
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* SweetBaker: Supreme piemaker Jenna begins the story broken down by her abusive husband Earl, but she is a fundamentally kind good-natured person whom Dawn even calls the embodiment of sweetness kindness and light.goodness.
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* BeautifulAllAlong: Dawn states that she's "almost pretty" when Jenna does her makeup. But Jenna and Becky are having none of it and tell her she's always been pretty.
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* BeautifulAllAlong: Dawn states that she's "almost pretty" when ComplimentBackfire: Dr. Pomatter compares Jenna does to a waitress he once knew, and brings up that said waitress is now well into her makeup. But Jenna and Becky are having none middle age, [[ThatCameOutWrong which of it and tell her she's course comes out wrong]]. He quickly clarifies that he meant that she was always been pretty.very sweet to him and gave him dessert even when he couldn't afford it, and Jenna reminds him of her.
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* YouRemindMeOfX: At the bus stop, he tells Jenna that she reminds him of a waitress he was very fond of in his youth.
* BeautifulAllAlong: Dawn states that she's "almost pretty" when Jenna does her makeup. But Jenna and Becky are having none of it and tell her she's always been pretty.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: Earl is '''very''' violently jealous, as Earl . He even tells Jenna not to love their baby more than him.
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* AffectionateNickname: Back when their marriage was in a better place, Jenna would call him "Early". He notes that she hasn't called him that in a while, but doesn't have the self-awareness to realize why.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Earl is '''very''' violently jealous, asEarl .Jenna warns Dr. Pomatter. He even tells Jenna not to love their baby more than him.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Earl is '''very''' violently jealous, as
!!Cal
* BigBrotherInstinct: Cal is shown to have this for Jenna and Dawn in the musical:
** He tries to protect Jenna during Dawn's wedding.
** It's shown he knows how to help Dawn during her anxiety attack. He watches Ogie closely during his grand gesture, and he also [[IllPretendIDidntHearThat acts disgusted when she talks about her sexcapades with Ogie.]]
** He tries to protect Jenna during Dawn's wedding.
** It's shown he knows how to help Dawn during her anxiety attack. He watches Ogie closely during his grand gesture, and he also [[IllPretendIDidntHearThat acts disgusted when she talks about her sexcapades with Ogie.]]
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* ShipperOnDeck: In the musical, Cal ships Ogie and Dawn, and gives Ogie advice when the latter has anxiety attacks.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Ogie in the film comes off as a slightly manipulative creep that doesn't know how to take "no" for an answer, since Dawn just met him for five minutes. Here, he and Dawn actually have some things in common, and she does a DramaticDrop on learning he does American Revolution reenactments and has the same opinion about whipped cream on pie.
* GrumpyOldMan: Joe plays up this with his overly specific food orders and complaining but deep down he's really a sweet guy who encourages Jenna to see her own potential, [[spoiler: even gifting her the diner when he passes.]]
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Joe's song to Jenna in the musical, "Take it From an Old Man", is essentially this.
--> '''Joe:''' I believe that there’s something in you. Something good is tryin’ to break through.
--> '''Joe:''' I believe that there’s something in you. Something good is tryin’ to break through.
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[[folder:Jenna]]
!!Jenna Hunterson
->Played by: Creator/KeriRussell, Creator/JessieMueller (OBC)
A Southern waitress with a tremendous talent for piemaking. After she finds out that she is pregnant with her abusive husband's baby, she begins an affair with her gynecologist.
----
* CopeByCreating: Jenna uses her problems to inspire new recipes, a la “I Don’t Want Earl’s Baby” pie.
--> '''Dawn:''' I don’t think we can write that on the menu board, hon.
* ImagineSpot: Jenna frequently imagines inventing hypothetical pies that relate to her current situation.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Jenna, who doesn't want and can't really afford a baby, and almost never sleeps with her abusive husband, has unprotected sex with him once and ends up pregnant.
* MySecretPregnancy:
** Jenna tries to hide her pregnancy from her husband. It actually works for a while because he's such a thick-headed moron, but he of course catches on after a while.
** Jenna waits to tell her boss at the right time. [[EverybodyKnewAlready Truth is, he knew.]] "Nobody told me. Nobody needs to tell me. I mean, look at you. What'd you think; I thought you went and got fat? Truth be told, as long as you can carry a tray and fill a pie tin, I don't care if you give birth while doing it".
* SupremeChef: Everyone has nothing but glowing reviews for Jenna's pies and encourage her to enter a nearby pie contest so she can start fresh with the prize money. [[spoiler:She manages to win it in the film (but not the musical), but in both versions she is able to parlay her talent into her own successful pie shop]].
* SweetBaker: Supreme piemaker Jenna begins the story broken down by her abusive husband Earl, but she is a fundamentally kind person whom Dawn even calls the embodiment of sweetness and light.
* SympatheticAdulterer: Despite her qualms about it, the narrative is on Jenna's side for her affair with Dr. Pomatter because her husband is abusive. Especially since she [[spoiler:breaks it off after she realizes she doesn't want to ruin his marriage, though she's grateful for what he's given her.]]
* ThousandYardStare: Jenna tends to stare into space. Sometimes, it's PlayedForLaughs, but it's just as often used to show how much of a BrokenBird she is.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dr. Pomatter]]
!!Jim Pomatter
->Played by: Creator/NathanFillion (film), Creator/DrewGehling (OBC)
Jenna's gynecologist throughout her pregnancy, who has recently moved from Connecticut.
----
* BeautifulAllAlong: Dawn states that she's "almost pretty" when Jenna does her makeup. But Jenna and Becky are having none of it and tell her she's always been pretty.
* EndearinglyDorky: His mannerisms in the musical are much more anxious and awkward than his more subdued film counterpart, but Jenna is attracted to his "nice guy talky thing" all the same.
* KarmaHoudini: Sweet and loving man that he is, Dr. Pomatter ''did'' cheat on his wife with no consequences other than eventually [[spoiler:losing Jenna, who realizes she doesn't need him to be happy and does see that his wife is a perfectly nice woman who doesn't deserve to have her own life get wrecked]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Becky]]
->Played by: Creator/CherylHines (film), Creator/KealaSettle (OBC)
One of the other waitresses at the diner.
----
* RunningGag: Throughout both film and musical Becky is repeatedly worried that her boobs are not aligned.
* SassyBlackWoman: She is usually portrayed by a black woman in the musical and has increased sassiness to match.
* SympatheticAdulterer: Becky is stuck in a SexlessMarriage to an invalid old crank, so Jenna eventually comes around to her affair with Cal.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dawn]]
!!Dawn Williams
->Played by: Creator/AdrienneShelly (film), Creator/KimikoGlenn (OBC)
One of the other waitresses at the diner.
----
* BespectacledCutie: She wears large, unflattering glasses that highlight her youthfulness and role as the group's de facto little sister. [[TheGlassesGottaGo They come off]] for Dawn's "almost pretty" makeover.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Earl]]
->Played by: Creator/JeremySisto (film), Creator/NickCordero (OBC)
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* CrazyJealousGuy: Earl is '''very''' violently jealous, as Earl . He even tells Jenna not to love their baby more than him.
* DomesticAbuse: Jenna's husband Earl is a particularly nasty version because it's not physical (other than the scene where he smacks her when she tries to leave for the pie-baking contest in another state). All the damage is done through emotional put-downs, due to his misogyny and general ignorance of anything regarding her feelings, thoughts, or desires. The film does an excellent job portraying how difficult it is to extract oneself out of this sort of situation without being too heavy-handed.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Earl is a truly wretched piece of work with Jeremy Sisto's deep voice.
* HateSink: There's absolutely nothing redeeming about Earl. He's very controlling of his wife Jenna, and tellingly when she tells him she's pregnant to stop him from hitting her, his reaction is to ask her not to love the baby more than him.
* HonkingArrivingCar: Earl blares his horn every time he arrives somewhere.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cal]]
->Played by: Creator/LewTemple (film), Creator/EricAnderson (OBC)
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* IncompatibleOrientation: In the musical, his reason for having an affair with Becky is stated to be because his wife is likely a lesbian, rather than simply awful like in the film.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ogie]]
!!Oklahoma "Ogie" Anhorn
->Played by: Creator/EddieJemison (film), Creator/ChristopherFitzgerald (OBC)
----
* DoggedNiceGuy: As he admits himself, once he's set his sights on a woman he won't take no for an answer. He eventually marries Dawn, who initially agreed to date him after giving in to his persistence.
* HopelessSuitor: Ogie appears to be one at first. Dawn isn't the only one underestimating his determination to win her over.
* MommasBoy: He adores his mother to an almost uncomfortable extent.
* SexGod: Despite the others calling him an "elf", Dawn claims he is a dynamo in bed.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Joe]]
!!Joe
->Played by: Creator/AndyGriffith (film), Creator/DakinMatthews (OBC)
The elderly owner of the diner and several other local businesses.
----
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He acts like a GrumpyOldMan but not-so-secretly cares about Jenna, [[spoiler:even posthumously sponsoring her new life]]. Lampshaded by Jenna who tells him that he's not as mean as he pretends to be.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jenna]]
!!Jenna Hunterson
->Played by: Creator/KeriRussell, Creator/JessieMueller (OBC)
A Southern waitress with a tremendous talent for piemaking. After she finds out that she is pregnant with her abusive husband's baby, she begins an affair with her gynecologist.
----
* CopeByCreating: Jenna uses her problems to inspire new recipes, a la “I Don’t Want Earl’s Baby” pie.
--> '''Dawn:''' I don’t think we can write that on the menu board, hon.
* ImagineSpot: Jenna frequently imagines inventing hypothetical pies that relate to her current situation.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Jenna, who doesn't want and can't really afford a baby, and almost never sleeps with her abusive husband, has unprotected sex with him once and ends up pregnant.
* MySecretPregnancy:
** Jenna tries to hide her pregnancy from her husband. It actually works for a while because he's such a thick-headed moron, but he of course catches on after a while.
** Jenna waits to tell her boss at the right time. [[EverybodyKnewAlready Truth is, he knew.]] "Nobody told me. Nobody needs to tell me. I mean, look at you. What'd you think; I thought you went and got fat? Truth be told, as long as you can carry a tray and fill a pie tin, I don't care if you give birth while doing it".
* SupremeChef: Everyone has nothing but glowing reviews for Jenna's pies and encourage her to enter a nearby pie contest so she can start fresh with the prize money. [[spoiler:She manages to win it in the film (but not the musical), but in both versions she is able to parlay her talent into her own successful pie shop]].
* SweetBaker: Supreme piemaker Jenna begins the story broken down by her abusive husband Earl, but she is a fundamentally kind person whom Dawn even calls the embodiment of sweetness and light.
* SympatheticAdulterer: Despite her qualms about it, the narrative is on Jenna's side for her affair with Dr. Pomatter because her husband is abusive. Especially since she [[spoiler:breaks it off after she realizes she doesn't want to ruin his marriage, though she's grateful for what he's given her.]]
* ThousandYardStare: Jenna tends to stare into space. Sometimes, it's PlayedForLaughs, but it's just as often used to show how much of a BrokenBird she is.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dr. Pomatter]]
!!Jim Pomatter
->Played by: Creator/NathanFillion (film), Creator/DrewGehling (OBC)
Jenna's gynecologist throughout her pregnancy, who has recently moved from Connecticut.
----
* BeautifulAllAlong: Dawn states that she's "almost pretty" when Jenna does her makeup. But Jenna and Becky are having none of it and tell her she's always been pretty.
* EndearinglyDorky: His mannerisms in the musical are much more anxious and awkward than his more subdued film counterpart, but Jenna is attracted to his "nice guy talky thing" all the same.
* KarmaHoudini: Sweet and loving man that he is, Dr. Pomatter ''did'' cheat on his wife with no consequences other than eventually [[spoiler:losing Jenna, who realizes she doesn't need him to be happy and does see that his wife is a perfectly nice woman who doesn't deserve to have her own life get wrecked]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Becky]]
->Played by: Creator/CherylHines (film), Creator/KealaSettle (OBC)
One of the other waitresses at the diner.
----
* RunningGag: Throughout both film and musical Becky is repeatedly worried that her boobs are not aligned.
* SassyBlackWoman: She is usually portrayed by a black woman in the musical and has increased sassiness to match.
* SympatheticAdulterer: Becky is stuck in a SexlessMarriage to an invalid old crank, so Jenna eventually comes around to her affair with Cal.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dawn]]
!!Dawn Williams
->Played by: Creator/AdrienneShelly (film), Creator/KimikoGlenn (OBC)
One of the other waitresses at the diner.
----
* BespectacledCutie: She wears large, unflattering glasses that highlight her youthfulness and role as the group's de facto little sister. [[TheGlassesGottaGo They come off]] for Dawn's "almost pretty" makeover.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Earl]]
->Played by: Creator/JeremySisto (film), Creator/NickCordero (OBC)
----
* CrazyJealousGuy: Earl is '''very''' violently jealous, as Earl . He even tells Jenna not to love their baby more than him.
* DomesticAbuse: Jenna's husband Earl is a particularly nasty version because it's not physical (other than the scene where he smacks her when she tries to leave for the pie-baking contest in another state). All the damage is done through emotional put-downs, due to his misogyny and general ignorance of anything regarding her feelings, thoughts, or desires. The film does an excellent job portraying how difficult it is to extract oneself out of this sort of situation without being too heavy-handed.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Earl is a truly wretched piece of work with Jeremy Sisto's deep voice.
* HateSink: There's absolutely nothing redeeming about Earl. He's very controlling of his wife Jenna, and tellingly when she tells him she's pregnant to stop him from hitting her, his reaction is to ask her not to love the baby more than him.
* HonkingArrivingCar: Earl blares his horn every time he arrives somewhere.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cal]]
->Played by: Creator/LewTemple (film), Creator/EricAnderson (OBC)
----
* IncompatibleOrientation: In the musical, his reason for having an affair with Becky is stated to be because his wife is likely a lesbian, rather than simply awful like in the film.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ogie]]
!!Oklahoma "Ogie" Anhorn
->Played by: Creator/EddieJemison (film), Creator/ChristopherFitzgerald (OBC)
----
* DoggedNiceGuy: As he admits himself, once he's set his sights on a woman he won't take no for an answer. He eventually marries Dawn, who initially agreed to date him after giving in to his persistence.
* HopelessSuitor: Ogie appears to be one at first. Dawn isn't the only one underestimating his determination to win her over.
* MommasBoy: He adores his mother to an almost uncomfortable extent.
* SexGod: Despite the others calling him an "elf", Dawn claims he is a dynamo in bed.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Joe]]
!!Joe
->Played by: Creator/AndyGriffith (film), Creator/DakinMatthews (OBC)
The elderly owner of the diner and several other local businesses.
----
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He acts like a GrumpyOldMan but not-so-secretly cares about Jenna, [[spoiler:even posthumously sponsoring her new life]]. Lampshaded by Jenna who tells him that he's not as mean as he pretends to be.
[[/folder]]
