Line #79 Characters/BlessTheHarts


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3	!! Main Characters
4	[[folder:All Four]]
5	* DisappearedDad: Violet's father is out of the picture.[[note]] The first season finale reveals that Jenny left him at the altar while pregnant. [[/note]] Jenny's dad, Ed, is revealed to have died sometime prior to the series. There’s also no mention of Wayne’s father (or his mom, for that matter, since he was raised by Meemaw), and Betty's father is presumed long dead.
6	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Jenny (Sanguine), Betty (Choleric), Violet (Melancholic), Wayne (Phlegmatic).
7	* MultigenerationalHousehold: Jenny lives with her daughter and mother.
8	* PerpetualPoverty: The Hart family is not rich, and they're barely making a living. It also overlaps with PovertyForComedy.
9	* QuirkyHousehold: The Harts count as this with their contrasting interests and personalities.
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12	[[folder:Jenny Hart]]
13	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jenny_hartpng.png]]
14	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KristenWiig
15	A single mom, who's trying to make money to support her family.
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17	* FanserviceWithASmile: Jenny is the most fanservice-y member of the waiting staff at The Last Supper much to the consternation of her boss, Louise.
18	* FatAndSkinny: Jenny is the skinny to Brenda’s fat.
19	* PalsWithJesus: Jenny talks to Jesus, who manifests Himself from the ''Last Supper'' mural of the diner in which she works.
20	* HartmanHips: Has a small pair of hips, but has them nevertheless.
21	* ParentWithNewParamour: Jenny has been in a relationship with Wayne for 10 years prior to the start of the series. (Violet knows who her biological dad is, but it's heavily implied that Wayne is the only father she's ever known. Jenny says she "loves him like a dad", and Wayne seems insecure about his place in Violet's life at times.)
22	* PhraseCatcher: The only words ever spoken by Louise's husband Daniel are, "Hi, Jenny".
23	* ScreamingBirth: In a flashback, she was in labor and yelled at Betty to not stop for anything unnecessary, because the baby is coming.
24	* SoreLoser: She hates to lose at games and reacts violently when she loses. When she and Wayne played TabletopGame/{{Clue}} one time, she stomped on the game, set it on fire, and stabbed him with the prop knife. Anytime someone mentions the words “board game” around her, everyone gets nervous and lets her win despite her not playing by the rules.
25	* StrugglingSingleMother: Played with. Jenny is a single mother (in the legal sense) who struggles to pay the bills and raise Violet. However, she does have Wayne and Betty in her corner. Violet's biological dad doesn't seem to be helping at all, even though he's incredibly well-off.
26	* TeenPregnancy: ''Mega-Lo-Memories: Part Deux'' implied that she had Violet in her teenage years and, with her age being revealed to be 30 in ''Betty's Birthday'', we find out that she had her daughter when she was about 17.
27	* VagueAge: She's implied to be in her 30s, if you factor in Betty being 53 and Violet being 13. ''Betty's Birthday'' revealed her to be 30.
28	* WackyParentSeriousChild: {{ZigZagged}}. The Serious Child to Betty's Wacky Parent, and the Wacky Parent to Violet's Serious Child. Jenny is generally serious, but more prone to lapse in judgments than her daughter.
29	* WomenAreWiser: Notably averted. While she's one of the more mature people on the show, she has her own eccentricities that often get her into trouble. A running theme is how she invents her own problems and refuses to listen to Wayne's more reasonable takes.
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32	[[folder:Betty Hart]]
33	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/betty_hartpng_4.png]]
34	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MayaRudolph
35	Jenny's 53-year old mother and Violet's grandmother, who's widowed.
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37	* DarkAndTroubledPast: We find out in ''Betty's Birthday'' the reason why Betty doesn't like to bring up her age (or think about it) is because [[spoiler:53 was how old her mother (Jenny's grandma) was when she passed away]].
38	* {{Expy}}: Some of her appearance and mannerisms might call [[Series/TheGoldenGirls Blanche]] to mind. Her angst about her age [[spoiler: (specifically her mother dying at 53)]] is even similar to Blanche's too.
39	* FieryRedhead: Has red hair and a spunky personality to boot. Oh, and she doesn't mind getting into a fight or two, either.
40	* FriendlyEnemy: Has a pretty strong rivalry with Crystalynn Poole but they have some similarities
41	* HappilyMarried: Betty and Ed were this before the latter died.
42	* HartmanHips: Her hips are very wide compared to her daughter's hips.
43	* LovableRogue: Betty Hart is constantly doing immoral things like abusing the return-within-two-weeks policy but she still remains likable throughout.
44	* {{Malaproper}}: She rarely gets celebrities names right, and is always sure she's right. (ex: "Jazzy and Betronce" instead of Jay-Z and Beyonce.)
45	* MaliciousSlander: Betty ''loves'' dragging other peoples' reputations through the mud for the [[DisproportionateRetribution most minor sleights against her]], such as accusing Louise of murdering her husband Daniel after he dies because Louise's mother insulted her outfit once and making a political ad that claims Mayor Webb doesn't recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day (painting him as a racist) because he refused to not waive her parking violation.
46	* TeenPregnancy: Averted, as it looked like she might have had this with her being 53 and Violet being 13 but ''Betty's Birthday'' revealed Jenny's 30.
47	* WackyParentSeriousChild: The Wacky Parent to Jenny's Serious Child.
48	* WeightWoe: In "Pound Pinchers", she thinks that because of her extra wisdom pounds, construction workers don't find her attractive anymore. Her woe even gets worse when she steps on the scale at the pound pinchers meetings.
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51	[[folder:Violet Hart]]
52	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/violet_hartpng.png]]
53	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JillianBell
54	Jenny's daughter.
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56	* DeadpanSnarker: Almost always talks in a dry manner.
57	* {{Goth}}: Violet appears to be one.
58	* HeroicBastard: Jenny and Don weren’t married when Violet was born.
59	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While sarcastic, stubborn, and rebellious, it's clear that Violet, ultimately, is a good person who cares about her friends and family.
60	* NomDeMom: Violet has her mother's surname, rather than that of her father.
61	* NonconformistDyedHair: Violet's hair is dyed indigo to show that she is rebellious.
62	* OnlySaneMan: How she feels amongst the family.
63	* StrayingBaby: Her getting out of her stroller when she was three is how [[spoiler:Jenny and Wayne got together, as Wayne stopped Black Friday shopping to help Violet find her mom]].
64	* VagueAge: Her voice actress says she's 13, while Betty says she's a pre-teen, though, that could be from Betty not remembering how old she is. ''Mega-Lo-Memories'' revealed that she was three ten years ago (the episode aired in 2019), which would place her at 13.
65	* WackyParentSeriousChild: The Serious Child to Jenny's Wacky Parent and Grandparent.
66	* WhiteSheep: Rarely gets into sitcom hijinks.
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69	[[folder:Wayne Edwards]]
70	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wayne_edwardspng.png]]
71	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkeBarinholtz
72	Jenny's boyfriend of 10 years, who tries to be a good stepdad to Violet, but he's not quite there yet.
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74	* AbsurdPhobia: Wayne finds mannequins ''very'' disturbing.
75	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His imagination tends to get the better of him, like believing one person is actually a mannequin come to life. [[spoiler:He was right, but he had no way of knowing that.]]
76	* NiceGuy: Wayne treats Jenny well, and he thinks of Violet as his own child. [[spoiler: Him being this is how he got together with Jenny, as he stopped Black Friday shopping to help a then 3-year old Violet find her mom]].
77	* OnlySaneMan: Compared to everyone else, he's more sane and stable. Most problems he faces are brought onto him by the weird people in town. When we meet his family, we see he's definitely the most rational of them all.
78	* ParentalSubstitute: Acts as a surrogate father for Violet, with her biological dad not around.
79	* RaisedByGrandparents: We find out in ''Hoot n Haw'' that he was raised by his grandmother. We don't get any mention of his parents, though, considering that episode had an old ''duel'' ("duel" as in "with guns") as a plot point, we're gonna guess there's a reason why he was raised by Meemaw.
80	* TopHeavyGuy: Wayne is this, with his top half noticeably more muscular than his bottom half.
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83	!! Supporting Characters
84	[[folder:Jesus]]
85	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KumailNanjini
86	Someone who shows up in Jenny's imagination
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88	* NotSoImaginaryFriend: Tying into AmbiguousSituation, it's not clear if Jenny's actually talking to Jesus or if his appearance is a figment of her imagination. Since Violet sees him at one point, we can guess some of those scenes are real.
89	* OutOfFocus: He appears a lot less in season 2.
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92	[[folder:Brenda Clemmens]]
93	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FortuneFeimster
94	Jenny's co-worker at The Last Supper and best friend.
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96	* TheBigGal: She's a rather heavyset woman and will hold her own in a fight.
97	* FatAndSkinny: The fat to Jenny's skinny, being the heavier of the two.
98	* NeverMyFault: She has never apologized for any of the things she’s done to Jenny. One of the last straws for Jenny in an episode was her ruining one of Jenny’s shirts and not apologizing.
99	* OddFriendship: Jenny's more smart and sensible, on top of being coolheaded, while Brenda's brash, boisterous, and loud.
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102	[[folder:David]]
103	Violet's best friend.
104	->'''Voiced by:''' Oscar Montoya
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106	* AmbiguouslyGay
107	* DudeLooksLikeALady: In "Jenny Unfiltered", Marjune Gamble thought he was Betty's other granddaughter. ''No one'' corrected her.
108	* SoBadItsGood: He loves anything horrible and kistchy.
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111	[[folder:Louise]]
112	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EmilySpivey
113	Jenny's manager at the Last Supper
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115	* CatchPhrase: Doo-Doo-Do-Doo
116	* {{Socialite}}: In more than one episode, she's throwing big parties
117	* StepfordSmiler: Her marriage isn't in very good shape even though she tries to be the life of the party
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120	[[folder:Mayor Webb]]
121	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JonHamm
122	The town's mayor
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124	* {{Manchild}}: Lives with his mom

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