History Characters / WillAndGrace

* StraightMan: He's most often the serious foil to the others' antics. [[IncrediblyLamePun Subverted at the same time.]]
* YouAreFat: Jack regularly calls Will fat, but is the only one to do so (mostly because it's very obvious Will is anything but).

[[folder: Grace Adler]]

[[folder: Karen Walker]]

[[folder: Jack [=McFarland=]]]

[[folder: Rosario Salazar]]

[[folder: Stanley "Stan" Walker]]

Karen’s obese, multi-millionaire, unseen (ex) husband.

[[folder: Leo Markus]]

[[folder: Beverley Leslie]]

[[folder: Elliott]]

[[folder: Vince D'Angelo]]

[[folder: Harlin Polk]]

[[folder: Bobbi Adler]]

[[folder: Janet Adler]]

[[folder:Fiona Adler]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BillieLourd
Grace's niece in Season 11.

[[folder:Rob and Ellen]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TomGallop and Creator/LeighAllynBaker.
Will and Grace's former college roommates who are also a couple.

* AwfulWeddedLife: They seem pretty happy at first, but eventually reveal they're planning to separate. Grace convinces them to stay together by bluntly telling them that they're so old and uninteresting that ''nobody'' else will want either of them.
* TheBore: One episode sees Will and Grace deciding they're bored of Rob and Ellen's bland taste (such as their love of Olive Garden restaurants) and temporarily ditching them for a more exciting couple they meet. They eventually realise they miss their old friends and patch things up with Rob and Ellen.
* FieryRedhead: Ellen starts out as a redhead and can be pretty aggressive when she wants to be.
* {{Joisey}}: They live in Secaucus, something the titular duo look down on them for. They briefly relocate to Manhattan when they sublet Will's apartment but decide to move back to New Jersey after their first child is born.
* StrawLoser: They always lose at all the games against Will and Grace. In "Alley Cats", it's shown that Will and Grace only hang out with them so they can always beat them.
* TwoTimingWithTheBestie: Grace and Rob apparently slept together during the first season after she left Danny and Rob and Ellen had temporarily broken up. Grace initially refuses to be Ellen's maid-of-honor because of it. When it finally comes out, Ellen is ''furious'' with them both and tries to seduce Will in a misaimed attempt to get even.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lorraine Finster]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MinnieDriver
A prison cafeteria worker who had an affair with Stan while he was locked up, which continued even after he was out, and later became Karen's stepdaughter.
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Sometimes. Just barely has enough morals to not be a Jerkass, but still broke up with someone for having an extra toe, admitted that it was because she was shallow, then asked for sympathy. The show tried to give her a FreudianExcuse later on when it's revealed that [[spoiler: her father's best friend molested her as a teenager]] which attempted to explain why she's always looking for excuses to break up with guys-because she's afraid of the same thing happening to her again.

* MarriedToTheJob: Even though he’s married to Grace, he often spends time away from her due to his work.

* InformedJudaism: She's Jewish but not observant. It very occasionally comes up, such as if she ever has to participate in anything related to Christianity and she makes a hash of things because she has no idea what's going on.

* {{Flanderization}}: At the start of the show she was a fairly realistic character: a bored, bitchy wife of a billionaire who enjoyed an early martini and the occasional recreational use of prescription pills, and Megan Mullally spoke with her own natural voice. A few season later and Karen is never ''not'' high on some dubious substance, would happily "suck the alcohol out of a deodorant stick" and her voice is so shrill that not even ''inhaling helium'' can make it go any higher.

* PrettyInMink: Loves to wear furs. Her very first scene is her showing up in a mink coat.

** While never fully seen, due to him being TheGhost, Karen may have married Stanley for his money, it's often shown that she does genuinely love him, and was completely devastated and betrayed when it was revealed he had faked his death.

* BoobBasedGag: There are several jokes about her breasts and it's mentioned they are the only part of her that she didn't need to have surgically altered.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She's also perpetually stoned out of her mind, so she's got a somewhat unorthodox world-view.

* EveryoneHasStandards: She is a GoldDigger, but not a hooker. Sex for luxuries, but not money.

* {{Flanderization}}: Her shrillness and addictions.

* GoldDigger: She married Stan for his money.

* InsultBackfire:

* EthnicMenialLabor: She is Hispanic.

* DepravedBisexual: This is played for laughs rather than used for any serious plots, though. She seems to be more along the lines of AnythingThatMoves.

* PrettyInMink: Loved to wear furs. Her very first scene was her showing up in a mink coat.

* AllWomenLoveShoes: Karen loves all kinds of haute couture fashion, but it's shoes that have her heart above all else. Her most prized possession is a pair of one-of-a-kind Chanel pumps.

* TheFashionista: Often insults Grace's fashion style.

* HiddenDepths: In a few episodes, Karen demonstrates that she's not completely self-centered. In one instance, Grace blew off her marital advice without even acknowledging that she might have a point, which upset her deeply. She also values Grace, Jack, and even Will as her closest friends, and does love Stan.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Karen.

* HollywoodDateless: It's hard to believe someone with Will's looks, intellect, kind heart and at worst Adorkable charms hasn't got a legion of men competing for him.

[[folder: Rob and Ellen]]

* GagBoobs: There are several jokes about her breasts and it's mentioned they are the only part of her that she didn't need to have surgically altered.

A prison cafeteria worker who had an affair with Stan while he was locked up, which continued even after he was out, and later became her stepdaughter.

* HelloAttorney: Many characters comment how good-looking he is (the only exception is Jack who always makes fun of Will’s appearance).

* CamWhore: Downplayed. She really wants to have a baby and only works as a webcam girl until someone puts a baby in her.

->'''Portrayed by:''' Music/HarryConnickJr

* BrilliantButLazy: He's actually a talented musician when he bothers to be. He has many talents if just applied himself such as the time he became a male nurse. He can also write really good homo-erotic novels but only when he's depressed.