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* NiceGirl: Snarky as she can be, Ellie is basically good and very sweet-natured.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He gets annoyed when he learns that [[spoiler:Delilah is hooking up with Joe and later tries to arrest Ellie]], but he is usually ethical and does care about Delilah.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He gets annoyed when he learns that [[spoiler:Delilah is hooking up with Joe and later tries to arrest Ellie]], but he is usually ethical and does care about Delilah.


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* LastNameBasis: Usually addressed as "Fincher", even by Delilah.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He shoots Forty before he could kill Joe, allowing Joe to continue killing.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Stopping Forty from killing Joe would allow Joe to continue to kill.

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Joe's new neighbor. A journalist who lives with her 15-year-old sister. She's got some issues from her past that make her distrustful of others.

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Joe's new neighbor. A journalist
Creator/JamesScully (Adult), Creator/AntonStarkman (Teenager)

Love's troubled twin brother. An aspiring screen-writer
who lives with her 15-year-old sister. She's got some issues from her past wastes his potential on parties and decadent living, knowing that make her distrustful of others.his rich parents can look after him.


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* AddledAddict: He's constantly in a cycle of abuse and relapse as the series goes on, including getting drunk at a house party, smoking crack at his parents' anniversary and downing enough alcohol and LSD to kill a cow while scriptwriting with Joe.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the book, [[spoiler:he finds out the truth about Joe and is happy to keep it quiet]] providing that Joe writes screenplays for him for the rest of their lives, on top of being a sleazy manipulator. In the series, he is genuinely devoted to his sister Love's well-being [[spoiler:and when he finds out the truth about Joe, he takes a gun to Joe in an attempt to protect Love from him.]]
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Joe despises him in the book, and while in the series he does describe him as an "adult baby" as someone who needs attention and love from everyone, and clings on tight to Love, he actually is a very sweet, protective brother deep down and his main creepy behaviour only comes out when he's high, while book-Forty is actually even more of a creep constantly.
* TheAlcoholic: His love of booze only scratches the surface of his addiction, but it's definitely there.
* AmbiguouslyBi: He's definitely into women, but he's also ''really'' attached to Joe. When he's on acid, he asks Joe if he'd fuck him.
-->'''Forty:''' ''[handing Joe a flower]'' Give that to Delilah. And when you're fucking her... think of me.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a very fun and upbeat person. [[spoiler:He was also fully prepared to kill Joe when he finds out about his true nature.]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Even though they're twins and Love functions as his protector for most part, [[spoiler:Forty loses his love and respect for Joe the moment he connects the dots that Joe is a monster, and is prepared to kill Joe to protect Love]].
* CampStraight: Perhaps an EnforcedTrope, as his actor is openly gay in real life. Forty loves to be dramatic, needs to be the center of attention, and will often achieve this through campy mannerisms. This is one of the reason he's an EnsembleDarkHorse.
* CantTakeCriticism: When Ellie says they should start the script over again, he runs away from their writing session, and goes and gets drunk.
* CassandraTruth: He sobers up in the later episodes, trying to [[spoiler:protect people from Joe]], but he's dismissed because people think he's high or drunk.
* CloudCuckooLander: Although not a happy version, Forty is in deep denial and his self-absorption often causes him to behave this way, and even more so when he falls OffTheWagon.
* CrazyJealousGuy: A platonic(-[[IncestSubtext ish]]) version to Love. Some of the reason he likes Joe/Will so much is because Joe lets him come along.
* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: [[spoiler:Joe and Love pin Henderson's and Candace's murders on him after he's shot by a police officer.]]
* DesperatelyCravesAffection: Love is the only person who truly cares about him, but Forty is desperate to befriend and impress ''everybody''. Just look at how quickly he falls for "Amy Adam." This quote really says it all:
-->'''Forty:''' God! Why can't I just meet, like, a nice girl like Creator/JessicaAlba, who won't lie to me, and who just wants to have my babies and love me forever? Like, is that is that too much to ask?
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:Forty gets hit by a car in the novel, but dies by being shot by a police officer in the series.]]
* DumbassHasAPoint: He's more right than he could ever know that Love is unfit to be a mother.
* EntitledBastard: His relationship with Love and, eventually Joe, can be described as very needy. Forty needs to write a script for the movie he's making, but Joe is planning to leave LA forever. His response is to [[spoiler:kidnap and drug him to work on the movie]].
* FamilyThemeNaming: Like his sister, he is named after a tennis term. In his care, "Forty" refers to the highest amount one can score, symbolizing the ParentalFavoritism of Forty over Love.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The "foolish" to Love's "responsible", even when it's revealed that [[spoiler:he didn't kill their babysitter; she did]]. She's still always supposed to take care of him.
* FreudianExcuse: One of the reasons he needs Love to be his emotional crutch is because his parents have always coddled him when he was younger. [[spoiler:A lot of his issues can also be traced back to the fact that a babysitter raped him when he was young, and his parents chose to cover it up, and didn't even bring him to counselling or anything. He still considers his abuser to be his "first love," and was further devastated by her death.]]
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Well, Love loves him a ''lot'', but none of Love's other friends can stand him, and Joe can't either (although warming to him later).
-->'''Joe:''' I will try my hardest to accept being in a damn thouple with your brother.
* GenkiGuy: Forty is ''always'' going full force.
* HeroicSacrifice: In his final scene, Forty prepares to [[spoiler:shoot Joe in cold blood, ruining his relationship with Love and likely condemning himself to prison, in order to protect Love from Joe. Forty himself is shot dead before he could.]]
* HiddenDepths:
** Surprisingly, he ''is'' capable of writing a pretty good story, if he forces himself to focus and get real about his shortcomings as a writer. He wrote and directed a short film called ''The Third Twin'' that won a grand jury prize at Sundance. When working on an adaption of Beck's book, he's able to figure out what actually happened, suggesting some kind of insight.
** He's ''much'' more self-aware than he lets on. He's actually perfectly aware he's a trainwreck, and ''hates'' himself for it. [[spoiler:He's also much more perceptive of Love's issues than she realized, though he doesn't realize just ''how'' deep that particular rabbit hole goes.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He has no idea something is off with "Amy Adam" [[spoiler:aka Candace]], misses the millions of red flags about both her and Joe, has no problem with Joe pretending to be Will and continues to want him and Love to get back together after that. [[spoiler:PlayedWith in regards to Love. He reveals he's well aware -- more than ''she'' is, even -- that she's just as screwed-up as he is, and bluntly points out she's not going to be a very good mother. However, he goes to his death unaware of [[{{Yandere}} just how right he is]].]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Ellie. Also borders with InterclassFriendship.
* JerkassHasAPoint: An immature, self-destructive AttentionWhore who does have the occasional insight.
** When Love gets angry at him for butting into her love life, he shoots back that she hired someone to spy on his girlfriend. Even Love can't deny his point.
** As his sister can also attest, both of their parents are assholes.
** [[spoiler:In his final confrontation with Joe and Love, he angrily but accurately points out that his sister is just as messed up as him, she's just better at disguising her pain]].
** [[spoiler:He is also correct about the danger Joe poses, even towards Love.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He eventually reveals himself to be this. He's a clingy, annoying, needy drug addict who ''seriously'' gets on Joe's nerves, but he also genuinely loves Love, is pretty friendly to nearly everyone, and wants things to turn out well and is also aware of his own serious flaws and sincerely wants to improve.
* {{Keet}}: He's ''very'' energetic.
* KickTheDog: While drinking in a bar, Forty is feeling sorry for himself because he wants a stable relationship and a "girl to love him forever". He pays $10,000 to a pair of newlyweds so he can kiss the bride. In front of their entire wedding party. Joe comments that he ruined their marriage before it even began.
* LonelyRichKid: While Love has a solid group of friends, Forty has no friends at all and is, in fact, very jealous of anything getting between him and Love. It's left ambiguous whether he wants it this way, since he does try to alienate Joe when Joe first tries to befriend him (because he wants Love to himself), but he is then very clingy towards Joe when Joe shows him affection.
* LoveHungry: Forty wants love from anyone, all the time, especially Love. Joe notes that he won't let go of him until he calls him a "genius".
* ManChild: He is an irresponsible addict who always relies on his family to bail him out of his messes.
* MamasBoy: He refers to his mom as "his Gaia, his Isis". Deconstructed somewhat as he still knows his mother is very abusive and is visibly distraught when she hits Love in front of him.
* {{Misogyny}}: Joe -- who himself has a rather messed-up view of women -- finds his writing to be in poor taste due to the script he's working on concluding with every woman dying.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:He's riddled with guilt because he believes he killed the au pair who molested him. Turns out that was actually Love.]]
* MySisterIsOffLimits: He's suspicious of Joe's interest in his sister Love. He later becomes a ShipperOnDeck, though, and actually turns this attitude towards Love's friend with benefits, Milo, until [[spoiler:he finds out the truth about Joe's crimes.]]
* NewAgeRetroHippie: Zigzagged. He was raised in this culture by his parents, and the store he runs, Anavrin ([[SdrawkcabEman "Nirvana" spelled backwards]]) revolves around fringe beliefs about organic health food, and he's internalized this to a much greater degree than his down-to-earth sister (his [[DrinkBasedCharacterization drink of choice]] is ''kombucha'', for crying out loud). But as with most other things in his life this is inertia more than anything else; Love at one point tells Joe that his impulsive rant about ditching his parents' vegan clean-eating diet and ordering a bunch of Taco Bell is a typical sign he's about to go on a bender.
* PsychologicalProjection: While he won't admit it to himself, he wants to adapt Beck's book because he identifies with her and Nicky's QuestionableConsent relationship. This is confirmed when he gets high and acts as Beck while he forces Joe to act as Dr Nicky and asks "Nicky" why he manipulated and took advantage of "Beck".
* RapeAsBackstory: Love reveals to Joe that he was raped by their au pair. In disturbing TruthInTelevision, Forty refuses to recognize this as sexual assault and views her as his "first love".
-->'''Love:''' My parents started Anavrin when we were like 13. And they hired this woman, Sofia. She was like 19. She was from Spain. The way Forty tells it, ''she'' was his first love. To this day, he does not acknowledge that it ''was'' abuse.
* RecoveredAddict: At first, although Love goes through great stress to keep it that way.
* RomanticizedAbuse: His take on what happened with the au pair.
-->'''Forty:''' I was in love with Sofia, our au pair. My parents said I was too young, but I wasn't. I loved her. And she loved me. It wasn't just some dumb crush: it was love. When I found out she was seeing some college guy, I felt this rage inside of me; like an animal made of teeth and of fire.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: When he's in a jam, Forty's first course of action is to try to bribe the problem away.
* SheepInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Although he suspects he himself murdered his "first love" -- his predatory babysitter -- it turns out it was actually Love, and the only violence Forty commits throughout the whole series is when he tries to protect Love from Joe.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: For Love and "Will", even expressing anger and jealousy about Love's relationship with Milo [[spoiler:until he learns that Joe is a murderer.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Beneath the amiable, UpperClassTwit persona, Forty is ''not'' a happy guy. [[spoiler:He's traumatized by past sexual abuse and his AbusiveParents.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler:{{Downplayed}}. While he himself is far from perfect, he serves as one for the Quinn family.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: For Love.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His kidnapping of Joe sets of a chain reaction leading to the deaths of Delilah, Candace and Forty himself.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Love describes him as talented and sweet when he was younger, until [[spoiler:their au pair raped him.]]
* UpperClassTwit: Despite his serious HiddenDepths, he does fall into this, being pretty ditzy and oblivious to the darkness between Love and Joe.
* WellDoneSonGuy: As revealed in his parents' vow renewal, Forty longs for his dad's approval but is incapable of making them happy. Zigzagged as he's clearly messed up a lot in the past, but at the same time, this is at least part thanks to his parents' mean and abusive behaviour.
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Joe's new neighbor. A journalist who lives with her 15-year-old sister. She's got some issues from her past that make her distrustful of others.
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* CampGay: Gabe is ostensibly pansexual, but heavily prefers men. His mannerisms are very in-line with this trope.

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* CampGay: Gabe is ostensibly pansexual, but heavily prefers men. His a male-leaning pansexual guy with soft mannerisms are very in-line with this trope.and an all-female friend group.


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* InspectorJavert: He appears occasionally to disrupt Joe's plans, sometimes when he's actually trying to do right by others.

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* InspectorJavert: He appears occasionally to disrupt Joe's plans, sometimes when he's actually trying to do right by others. [[spoiler:He also later suspects Ellie of Henderson's murder.]]
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-->'''Joe's inner monologue:''' Joe: Oh! See that? Living proof. I have let people out of the cage, made friends, even, from the experience.

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-->'''Joe's inner monologue:''' Joe: Oh! See that? Living proof. I have let people out of the cage, made friends, even, from the experience.
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* AMatchMadeInStockholm: He genuinely likes Joe as the episodes go on, not informing the cops even though he had every opportunity to do so. He even sends Joe postcards from Manila and gives him advice after he's been set free.
-->'''Joe's monologue:''' Joe: Oh! See that? Living proof. I have let people out of the cage, made friends, even, from the experience.

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* AMatchMadeInStockholm: Joe kidnaps Will and steals his identity. He keeps Will in a cage for a while, not sure what to do with him. Will genuinely likes Joe as the episodes go on, on. When Joe lets Will go, Will does not informing inform the cops even though he had every opportunity to do so. He even goes to Manila to live with his long-distance internet girlfriend, and sends Joe postcards from Manila and gives him advice after he's been set free.
postcards. They even video-chat once, with Will giving Joe advice.
-->'''Joe's inner monologue:''' Joe: Oh! See that? Living proof. I have let people out of the cage, made friends, even, from the experience.

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* CrazyJealousGuy: Downplayed. He doesn't go violent but is notably miffed when he discovers that [[spoiler:Delilah is hooking up with Joe]].

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* CrazyJealousGuy: Downplayed. He doesn't go get violent or even aggressive but is notably miffed when he discovers that [[spoiler:Delilah is hooking up with Joe]].


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He gets annoyed when he learns that [[spoiler:Delilah is hooking up with Joe and later tries to arrest Ellie]], but he is usually ethical and does care about Delilah.
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* NamesTheSame: InUniverse. He shares a name with the director. Joe lampshades them.
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* TwoferTokenMinority: Gabe is both black and pansexual, Lucy is black, and she and Sunrise (a plus-sized woman) are in a serious relationship. Their roles are basically to give Love a friend group.

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* TwoferTokenMinority: Gabe is both black and pansexual, Lucy is black, racially ambiguous, and she and Sunrise (a plus-sized woman) are in a serious relationship. Their roles are basically to give Love a friend group.

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* AMatchMadeInStockholm: He genuinely likes Joe as the episodes go on, not informing the cops even though he had every opportunity to do so. He even sends Joe postcards from Manila and gives him advice after he's been set free.
-->'''Joe's monologue:''' Joe: Oh! See that? Living proof. I have let people out of the cage, made friends, even, from the experience.



* StockholmSyndrome: He genuinely likes Joe as the episodes go on, not informing the cops even though he had every opportunity to do so. He even sends Joe postcards from Manila and gives him advice after he's been set free.
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* DotingGrandparent: Dottie starts acting like this to Henry due to seeing him as a reincarnation of Forty, right down to calling him by that name.

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* TheAlcoholic: Moira starts off well, being erudite and interested in Hemingway and Bukowski. Then she starts hitting the bottle.

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* TheAlcoholic: Moira starts off well, seems to be a good match for Joe, being erudite and interested in Hemingway and Bukowski. Then she starts hitting the bottle.bottle and sobbing as she recite poetry.



* CovertPervert: Haley initially seems slightly airheaded, but good enough. Then she gets a bit too eager.
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* DirtyOldMan: Although he isn't ''that'' old, this trope applies because [[spoiler:he likes very, very young women... like the fifteen-year-old Ellie]].
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!!!For the main character entry, see [-[[Characters/You2018 HERE]]-]

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!!!For the main character entry, see [-[[Characters/You2018 HERE]]-]HERE]].-]
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->'''Played by:''' Chris D'Elia

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->'''Played by:''' Chris D'Elia
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/CharlieBarnett (Gabe), Melanie Field (Sunrise), Marielle Scott (Lucy)

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->'''Played by:''' Creator/CharlieBarnett (Gabe), Melanie Field Creator/MelanieField (Sunrise), Marielle Scott Creator/MarielleScott (Lucy)



->'''Played by:''' Danny Vasquez

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->'''Played by:''' Danny Vasquez
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->'''Played by:''' Highdee Kuan, JJ Nolan and Ivy Beech

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->'''Played by:''' Highdee Kuan, JJ Nolan Creator/HighdeeKuan, Creator/JJNolan and Ivy BeechCreator/IvyBeech
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* AbusiveParents: They treat their children like little more than objects, [[spoiler:covered up Forty's rape]] and outright hit them in public.
* AlcholicMom: Dottie becomes an alcoholic in Season 3 and she's an AbusiveMom.

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* AbusiveParents: They treat their children like little more than objects, [[spoiler:covered up Forty's rape]] rape]], and outright hit them in public.
* AlcholicMom: AlcoholicMom: Dottie becomes an alcoholic in Season 3 and she's an AbusiveMom.

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* KnifeNut: He prefers to stab rather than shoot, which proves to be his undoing.



* TheAlcoholic: Dottie slips into this in Season 3.

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* TheAlcoholic: AlcholicMom: Dottie slips into this becomes an alcoholic in Season 3.3 and she's an AbusiveMom.
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->'''Played by:''' Charlie Barnett (Gabe), Melanie Field (Sunrise), Marielle Scott (Lucy)

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->'''Played by:''' Charlie Barnett Creator/CharlieBarnett (Gabe), Melanie Field (Sunrise), Marielle Scott (Lucy)

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