| 1 | [[center:[-[[Characters/BoJackHorseman Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanMainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/BoJackHorsemanBoJackHorseman [=BoJack=] Horseman]]) | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanTheMainGroupFamilyMembers Main Characters' Family Members]] ([[Characters/BoJackHorsemanBeatriceHorseman Beatrice Horseman]]) | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanTheMainGroupSocialCircles Main Characters' Social Circles]] | '''Los Angeles Residents''' | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanHollywooTVMovieCrews TV/Movie Crews]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanHollywooBusinesses LA Businesses]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanWorksOfFiction Works of Fiction]]-]]] |
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| 3 | This page is for Los Angeles residents that don't belong in one of the subpages: |
| 4 | * [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanHollywooTVMovieCrews TV/Movie Crews]] |
| 5 | * [[Characters/BoJackHorsemanHollywooBusinesses Businesses]] |
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| 7 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 9 | !!Celebrities |
| 10 | |
| 11 | [[folder:Charlie Rose]] |
| 12 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2015_09_06_at_2_19_06_pm.png]] |
| 13 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/PattonOswalt |
| 14 | |
| 15 | The host of ''The Charlie Rose Show'' who interviews [=BoJack=] about ''JustForFun/HorsinAround'' in the first scene of the series. |
| 16 | ---- |
| 17 | * TheAnnouncer: The titular host of ''The Charlie Rose Show'' and the man who interviews [=BoJack=] about his work in ''Horsin' Around'' and his current life. |
| 18 | * ArmourPiercingQuestion: His final question seems to be basically standard interview fare, but it quite unintentionally turns out to be one of these. |
| 19 | --> '''Charlie Rose''': What have you been doing since the show's cancellation eighteen years ago? |
| 20 | --> '''Bojack''': Um... |
| 21 | * ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: He does this when [=BoJack=] starts digressing on his statements. |
| 22 | * ConsummateProfessional: Even when the interview starts going sideways, Charlie maintains the composture and tries to be professional and straight-laced to his guest's shenanigans. |
| 23 | * FacialDialogue: To get a clear picture of what Charlie's feeling during the entirety of the interview for [=BoJack=], all it's needed is to take a look at his expressions. |
| 24 | * LenoDevice: His appearance and talk about ''Horsin' Around'' helps the viewer identify who [=BoJack=] is and the interview just underlines his personality. |
| 25 | * MrExposition: Charlie's main role in the show is to explain to the audience what ''JustForFun/HorsinAround'' is, why was it popular [[TheNineties almost 20 years ago]], [[CriticalDissonance the critics' lukewarm reception towards it, in contrast to the audience's adoration]], as well as introducing his main star as his guest almost two decades after the fact. |
| 26 | * NotSoStoic: Even if he's pretty straight-laced, his cool attitude dissolves the more he interacts with [=BoJack=] and his drunken antics. |
| 27 | * PerpetualFrowner: Or at the very least, very serious demeanor. |
| 28 | * TheStoic: He doesn't change expressions that much during the interview. |
| 29 | * StraightMan: Especially when compared to [[LargeHam [=BoJack=]]]. |
| 30 | [[/folder]] |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[folder:Character Actress Margo Martindale]] |
| 33 | [[quoteright:190:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bojack_209_margo_emmy.png]] |
| 34 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/MargoMartindale |
| 35 | |
| 36 | A character actress who often helps [=BoJack=] out with some of his crazier schemes. |
| 37 | ---- |
| 38 | * TheAce: Oh, yes. Beloved character actress ''even'' after her multiple crimes, being such a good actress that she can literally disappear in the role to avoid police suspicion and being named in The AV Club's list of "Top 20 Actress That Make Anything They Appear In Automatically Better". |
| 39 | * AdamWesting: In the ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' universe, Margo Martindale is a highly talented method actress, who also happens to love violence, enjoys getting cheap thrills out of committing serious crimes, constantly disobeys orders and plays up the WildCard to any situation [=BoJack=] ropes her in as part of a plan. |
| 40 | * AffablyEvil: To the point when she's hardly evil, she just seems to enjoy thrills. Still, someone with empathic charm and enough cold blood to shoot and kill whoever stands in her way does qualify for this trope. |
| 41 | * AlasPoorYorick: {{Parodied|Trope}}. [[spoiler:During her time navigating through the Pacific Ocean in the ''Escape From L.A.'', Margo loses it and starts talking to papier-mache Toddhead (long story) [[CompanionCube as if he was another human being, even naming him "Skippy"]]. When the ship sinks and the head is destroyed, Margo cradles its remains and proclaims that "Skippy" was TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth while she and the other ship's crew sink to their [[NeverFoundTheBody (apparent)]] deaths.]] |
| 42 | * AlliterativeName: '''M'''argo '''M'''artindale. |
| 43 | * AndThisIsFor: [[spoiler: During her shootout with the police, she explains this is for all the secondary and supporting actors who go unnoticed. As to why the shooting started.]] |
| 44 | * AntiVillain: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type I]]. Margo ''isn't'' a good person at all. She'll kill, steal and overstep anything in her path. Hell, she should have been committed to a psychiatric hospital a long time ago due to her decaying mental health and being a clear danger to everyone around her. Still, Martindale doesn't seek to hurt those who haven't done anything to set her off and can appreciate when someone has done her a favor. Just see you don't piss her off and she'll leave you no worse for wear. |
| 45 | * TheAtoner: She agrees to help Todd with a ZanyScheme to get lots of Frito Pies to make up for her role in derailing his rock opera career as [=BoJack=]'s patsy. |
| 46 | * AxCrazy: She [[spoiler: shot several policemen just because they couldn't remember her name.]] You be the judge. |
| 47 | * BadassBoast: While [[ItMakesSenseInContext leaving a convent in a stolen sports car]]: |
| 48 | -->'''Margo''': When you get to Heaven, look up Margo Martindale! [[ImGoingToHellForThis I won't be there]], but my movies will! |
| 49 | * TheBerserker: Any opportunity she has to stir up trouble for shits and giggles relies on how much the current situation is bound to test her patience. How often does that happen? Answer: A LOT. Telling her what to do, expecting her to follow the law, challenging her to a GameOfChicken, questioning her acting skills, not remembering her name, being bored...the list goes on and on. |
| 50 | * BerserkButton: She is furious that everyone knows her work, but nobody bothers to look up her name. |
| 51 | * TheBigGuy: Whenever she's involved in [=BoJack=]'s crazy schemes, her role is to be either the muscle, a supporting member who uses her acting skills, or a backup shooter, depending on the situation. |
| 52 | * BigFun: A very twisted version of this trope. Regardless of her seriously unstable and psychotic behavior, her demeanor and clear excitement towards the many illicit activities she ends up roped in, as well as casual jauntiness and determination usually raise up people's spirits. Not to mention how she's a fan favorite out of universe. |
| 53 | * BigNo: [[spoiler: Before her "death" by drowning in pasta in season 3, when she finds out olive oil doesn't actually reduce the stickiness in pasta, claiming she wasted her life.]] |
| 54 | * BlessedWithSuck: PlayedForLaughs regarding her acting abilities. Even when she's trying to lay low, her supreme skill (which she's unable to stop herself from using) can't help but get her noticed by critics and fans alike. When Margo assists Todd with a fake kidnapping scheme, his mother is simultaneously horrified and impressed by Martindale's "sage, buttery voice." |
| 55 | * BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler: Her last appearance in season two has her getting in a shootout with police.]] [[spoiler: Season 3 reveals she won the shootout and has since been on the run from the law.]] |
| 56 | * BrainyBrunette: She has brown hair and is a DiabolicalMastermind. |
| 57 | * CharacterDevelopment: At first, Margo was just a famous character actress who did [=BoJack=] a (dirty) favor by [[spoiler:helping crush Todd's dreams, something which brought her twinges of guilt.]] As their partnership continues, Margo's pent-up rage, thirst for adrenaline and crazed performance gradually takes hold and morphs her from down-to-earth actress to lunatic theatrical psychopath for hire. Likewise, her planning ranges from well-constructed to winging' it as everything unfolds to fuck everything that makes her bored with the job. Getting from [[spoiler:a successful sabotage to a failed bank robbery to a police bloodbath to an international waters fugitive]] does take time. |
| 58 | * ChronicVillainy: Not at first, but she eventually gives in and returns to the bad ways as soon as she has a chance. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in season 2: |
| 59 | -->'''Bojack''': I need your help. |
| 60 | -->'''Margo''': [=BoJack=], I just got out of prison. ''(Bojack looks at her with his shades on.)'' |
| 61 | -->'''Margo''': ''(smiling)'' What took you so long? |
| 62 | * CoolOldLady: It just doesn't get any cooler than a woman in her middle age knowing how to handle weapons and loves breaking the rules. |
| 63 | * TheCon: A variation. In [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E04ZoesAndZeldas "Zoes and Zeldas"]], Margo appears as herself in a convenience store asking Todd for an article in a ¢99 bin, guiding him back to the ''Decapathon'' videogame as part of [=BoJack=]'s plan to sabotage Todd's rock opera. It's her only criminal regret in the series. |
| 64 | * CopKiller: [[spoiler:The reason why she's on the run. One thing was making a clean getaway, other was escaping with a few casualties, but Margo ends up killing a few cops after the museum shootout.]] |
| 65 | * DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the HeroicComedicSociopath and the LovableRogue. |
| 66 | ** Contrary to the "villain is famous, but can still live a normal life", Margo ''is'' still considered a beloved character actress who'll flip handles if you don't know her name...and a fugitive, since police is looking for her for her numerous crimes, forcing her to go on the run constantly. While people who encounter her try to remain calm, it often ends in violence. Very over-the-top violence. |
| 67 | ** Unlike the "lovable scamp" or a straight version of an HeroicComedicSociopath, Margo's crimes and thrilling addictions do have victims, some of which often meet violent ends: cops who get shot and bleed to death, cargo that gets destroyed, people who drown...it goes on. And more often than not, she leaves a trail of destruction wherever she goes, not caring about the remains. |
| 68 | ** Even her escapades have stopped being for the hell of it or a feeble purpose and more out of compulsion and have clearly ruined most of her life with the exception of her career. Ultimately, [[spoiler:with the ship sinking at the end of season 3]], it's clear that for much of her boasts, she's still a human being (and one pushing her sixties, none other) with nearly suicidal impulses and no limit or control. |
| 69 | * DisneyVillainDeath: Seemingly perishes in the Season 3 finale via [[spoiler:drowning in the ocean after being dragged down into it by several tons of spaghetti.]] |
| 70 | * TheDreaded: Let's just say that after her fame as a criminal rose, people in and out Hollywoo have a rather hard time being calm around her. Still won't stop them from praising her for her acting. |
| 71 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Back in her first appearance, Margo was ''not'' the [[CrazyIsCool functionally volatile]] maniac of later seasons, instead preferring simply sticking to her unknown but critically acclaimed roles with the whole mess being kickstarted by [=BoJack=] hiring her as a [[TheCon shill]] to bait Todd into self-sabotage. Of course, she hadn't skirted the edge of her sanity yet because of a sensed lack of respect and new found freedom through the sheer acts of mindless anarchy, so it may have just been what got the ball running. |
| 72 | * EvilOldFolks: Well established and beloved character actress well into her middle age who pulls off dangerous plans, has a rather darwinistic take on life and morality, has killed a few people and actively cherishes a criminal lifestyle. Matter of fact, her growing age is one of the factors that push her into evolving: she's just no longer getting important roles, it's just a matter of time before she's eventually retired. |
| 73 | * FriendToPsychos: To [=BoJack=]. Whenever he needs someone that will commit any crime just for its own sake, Margo is the default go-to pal. It really speaks volumes when the prima donna [=BoJack=] Horseman is the ''sane one'' in the relationship. |
| 74 | * FullNameBasis: She's almost always referred to as "Character Actress Margot Martindale". |
| 75 | * FunPersonified: [[PlayedWith In a way]]. In a darkly comedic way, her escalation and outright demented way of thinking manage to be highly entertaining for the audience. Within universe, however, the characters react as well as you'd think about a highly psychotic and dangerous character as her. |
| 76 | * GuiltRiddenAccomplice: [[spoiler: She's this to [=BoJack=] when they ruin Todd's rock opera.]] |
| 77 | * InferredSurvival: [[spoiler: Judging from the fact her body was never found at the wreckage scene and she has survived worse things. She eventually returns in [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS5E10HeadInTheClouds "Head In The Clouds"]] as a shell-shocked mute residing in a convent.]] |
| 78 | * InsistentTerminology: She's always called "Character Actress Margo Martindale". No exceptions. |
| 79 | * ItGetsEasier: [[spoiler: A shooting spree and an incarceration later, she seems more comfortable with the crime life.]] |
| 80 | * ItsAllAboutMe: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She's capable of caring for other people but rarely. |
| 81 | * JustGotOutOfJail: In season 2. [[spoiler: She'll surely return soon after.]] |
| 82 | * KarmaHoudini: In her final appearance in the series, she's finally arrested and about to be brought to justice for her countless crimes...only for independent filmmaker Creator/NicoleHolofcener to show up in the courtroom and announce that she wants Margot for a character role in her latest movie. Margo politely asks the judge if she can take the part, and he can't resist giving her permission--and consequently throwing out every charge against her--because the film sounds so good. Even the ''prosecuting attorney'' is shown celebrating this outcome. |
| 83 | * LackOfEmpathy: She honestly doesn't care if you end up in a bad position because of her actions, much less if you end up hurt. Matter of fact, she'll probably go out of her way to create a situation in which the most likely outcome will be double digits of injured, with one of them being you. |
| 84 | * LostInCharacter: [[spoiler: In her second appearance, Margo's actions [[BloodyHilarious reflect]] [[GainingTheWillToKill how seriously]] she's taking her [[MethodActing Method Acting]].]] In fact, she's so talented that she is able to do a full arc on ''Series/TheGoodWife'' (something the real Martindale did during production of ''Bojack Horseman'') even though she's actively being hunted by the FBI at the time. |
| 85 | * MethodActing: [[InUniverse In-universe.]] This is how she works. [[spoiler: After doing a favor for [=BoJack=], her mindset spirals into a radical version of this until she [[SanitySlippage rationalizes shooting a place with people as part of her "getting into character".]]]] |
| 86 | * NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Mysteriously shows up at a convent toward the end of season 5, after having been presumed to be drowned for ''two whole seasons.'']] |
| 87 | * SanitySlippage: Thanks to her descent into crime, Margo isn't exactly the picture of a healthy mind. |
| 88 | * SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness It's kind of weird looking back now]], but in her first appearance, Margo was a reluctant accomplice of [=BoJack=], feeling guilt over what they both had done to Todd. As her appearances became more frequent, she slowly starts to get addicted to the action and becomes more and more unhinged until [[spoiler: she ends up in jail after a plan gone awry in the 1st season finale.]] |
| 89 | * TheSociopath: {{Zigzagged|Trope}} and PlayedForLaughs. Compared to other psychopaths in the series, Margo doesn't start like such. Gradually, however, she disturbingly starts meeting most of the criteria: the reasons behind her crime sprees are partly caused by a need to cover up her misdeeds which would be a lot more excusable if her lack of impulse control ''wouldn't'' cause them most of the time; she clearly doesn't care for the collateral damage she should feel responsible for; has a crave for cheap thrills and wants nothing more than utter destruction....and to keep her career, making her reputation more important than any moral quandaries. That being said, she does have morals and has a much more pragmatic and savvy sense of survival than an actual sociopath. Her histrionic fits and ability to emote blurs the line further and it's ultimately open to interpretation whether she's really this or just has some aspects of the disorder. |
| 90 | * SociopathicHero: Well, for a certain measure of it. Usually she'll be this when working with [=BoJack=]. |
| 91 | * SoftSpokenSadist: She has a pleasant, soothing tone in her voice which greatly contrasts with her over the wall insanity and sociopathic and hilarious antics. |
| 92 | * TraumaInducedAmnesia: [[spoiler: The season five episode "Head in the Clouds" shows that she survived the sinking of the ''Escape from L.A.'' and is apparently recovering from traumatic amnesia and/or mutism at a convent.]] |
| 93 | * TriggerHappy: Someone blocking her way? Shoot him. Someone giving her shit? Shoot him. Someone standing in front of her? Shoot him. She doesn't have a gun? [[BloodKnight Attack him]]. |
| 94 | * VillainBall: Grabbed and played with like a squeeze ball. Margo prefers to handle things on her own, unless she's carrying out some of [=BoJack=]'s errands, and is far from a hollow head with some criminal expertise on her belt at least past her prison stay. She's still bonkers, so the possibility of breaking a law, ''any law'' be it for a giggle or for a good old fashioned {{troll}}ing and necessity to cause mayhem wherever she goes makes her an asset and liability: she's certain to crush this pickle in no time, never worse for wear....but the same can't be said for her oft-doomed companions. |
| 95 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: Margo has still the recognition of critics and the public, even if she's now a wanted, dangerous criminal. |
| 96 | * WildCard: She calls herself this [[spoiler: right before she gets into a shootout with the police.]] |
| 97 | [[/folder]] |
| 98 | |
| 99 | [[folder:Beyoncé]] |
| 100 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2014_09_01_at_18_54_20.jpg]] |
| 101 | ->'''Played by''': Creator/YvetteNicoleBrown |
| 102 | |
| 103 | A celebrity who ends up being used by [=BoJack=] as a distraction in "[[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E06OurAStoryIsADStory Our A-Story Is A D-Story]]". |
| 104 | ---- |
| 105 | * ActorAllusion: InUniverse when Beyoncé trips on some [[ItMakesSenseInContext $1 bills that [=BoJack=] is throwing into the street]] and the ensuing report plays as such: |
| 106 | -->'''Tom''': ''Ring the Alarm!'' ''Irreplaceable'' pop icon and ''Independent Woman'' Beyoncé has been injured! What more can you give us?\ |
| 107 | '''Reporter''': Well, details are sketchy at this point, but we do know Beyoncé is a ''Survivor'' and, presumably, she will keep on surviving.\ |
| 108 | '''Tom''': But what happened?\ |
| 109 | '''Reporter''': Well, Tom, I'm being told that she slipped on ''All The Single Dollars.''\ |
| 110 | '''Tom''': ''ALL The Single Dollars?''\ |
| 111 | '''Reporter''': ''ALL The Single Dollars!''\ |
| 112 | '''Tom''': ''ALL The Single Dollars?''\ |
| 113 | '''Reporter''': ''ALL The Single Dollars!''\ |
| 114 | '''Tom''': (despairingly) ''Bills, Bills, Bills...'' |
| 115 | * AmusingInjuries: She ends up tripping on the pile of money [=BoJack=] throws out on the street, drawing public and media attention and providing the perfect distraction for [=BoJack=] and Mr. Peanutbutter to [[spoiler: remove the missing "D" from [=BoJack=]'s house.]] |
| 116 | * CoolShades: Used by her in her only scene. |
| 117 | * FictionalCounterpart: ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'''s version of Music/{{Beyonce}}. |
| 118 | * MundaneMadeAwesome: [=BoJack=] throwing hundreds and hundreds of $1 bills on the street as a distraction? [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Boring.]] Beyoncé tripping on them? Instant sensationalist scoop. |
| 119 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: She only appears in one scene, providing a device for [[spoiler: [=BoJack=] and Mr. Peanutbutter to sneak the "D" out of the former's place and for the latter to betray the former and use it to propose to Diane.]] |
| 120 | [[/folder]] |
| 121 | |
| 122 | [[folder:Quentin Tarantulino]] |
| 123 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_nas0qguj2h1tpizi4o1_1280.png]] |
| 124 | ->'''Played by''': Creator/KevinBigley |
| 125 | |
| 126 | ->'''Debut:''' "Horse Majeur" |
| 127 | |
| 128 | FictionalCounterpart to Creator/QuentinTarantino. Big time producer who ends up involved into production of "Mr. Peanutbutter's Hollywoo Heist", regarding Mr. Peanutbutter apparently stealing the "D" out of the Hollywood sign as a marriage proposal for Diane. |
| 129 | ---- |
| 130 | * AdaptationDecay: InUniverse. Tarantulino becomes the director of "Mr. Peanutbutter's Hollywoo Heist", a documentary about Mr. Peanutbutter getting married to Diane with [=BoJack=] as a minor character gets derailed as Mr. Peanutbutter is given a single catchphrase of dialogue, Diane spends most of the movie giving long monologues about her own mental issues, and turns into a BMovie alien flick. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Which is then scrapped in favor of an interactive smartphone app, re-imagined as a series of bimonthly-released packages of snacks]]. |
| 131 | * ArtisticLicenseArachnids: At the end of his appearance in the episode, Tarantulino shoots a web out of his butt to travel someplace else. Only, tarantulas in real life shoot web from spigots in their feet to climb surfaces. |
| 132 | * FictionalCounterpart: ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' 's version of Creator/QuentinTarantino. |
| 133 | * {{Keet}}: Very excited and easily drawn into promising movie projects, [[TruthInTelevision just like the real Quentin]]. |
| 134 | * KickTheDog: When one of his employees suggests an idea for his movie, he first calls it stupid before firing her. |
| 135 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: Well, he's a tarantula. A very friendly tarantula, but still. |
| 136 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: An obvious parody of director Quentin Tarantino. |
| 137 | * PetTheDog: In contrasts to his earlier KickTheDog moment, he acts supportive and welcoming to all of Todd's movie ideas. |
| 138 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Unlike most celebrities or producers are portrayed in here, QT is as considerate as he's respectful and analytical of people's suggestions. |
| 139 | * SlowClap: Quentin Tarantulino, being a tarantula, is able to start and escalate one on his own. |
| 140 | * SpidersAreScary: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. He may be a tarantula, and have a KickTheDog moment, but his PetTheDog moment towards Todd shows he's not ''bad''. |
| 141 | * StrangeMindsThinkAlike: He's very much on board with whatever ideas Todd proposes for the film, which explains the weird GenreShift the film goes through production. |
| 142 | [[/folder]] |
| 143 | |
| 144 | [[folder:Henry Winkler]] |
| 145 | [[quoteright:232:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3_ashes.jpg]] |
| 146 | ->'''Played by''': Creator/HenryWinkler. |
| 147 | |
| 148 | You know who? [[Series/HappyDays Exactly]]. [[BaitAndSwitchComparison That guy from that one episode]] of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''. |
| 149 | ---- |
| 150 | * AdamWesting: In this world, Henry Winkler is only known as the guy from an episode of ''Series/LawAndOrder'' instead of that of [[Series/HappyDays The Fonz]]. |
| 151 | * AwfulTruth: As it turns out, he ''did'' steal the copy of Herb's novel, but only because publishing it as per Herb's wishes would have destroyed any legacy he had, since the novel is really awful. Also, he didn't kill him. Herb just crashed. He comments on Herb's tragic desire to leave something more meaningful than ''JustForFun/HorsinAround'' as his legacy and failing by saying the most truthful, yet harsh phrase in the show: |
| 152 | -->'''Henry Winkler''': You ascribed a mystery to Herb's death to give it meaning. But there is no meaning in death. That's why it's so terrifying. |
| 153 | -->'''[=BoJack=]''': It was just easier to believe that you killed him for his book than believe that he just died for nothing. |
| 154 | -->'''Henry Winkler''': There is no shame in dying for nothing. That's why most people die. |
| 155 | * AsHimself: He is basically playing an overly exaggerated version of himself. He's much, much better than other celebrities, though. |
| 156 | * CruelToBeKind: He and Tina stole Herb's novel in order to prevent Herb's memory from becoming a laughingstock. |
| 157 | * DueToTheDead: He's an OldFriend of Herb and just wants to pay some respect towards his friend. |
| 158 | * EveryoneHasStandards: No matter how good of a friend he was to Herb or how much he would like to have adhered to his last wishes, there was no way he would have let his novel be published, regardless of loyalty. |
| 159 | -->''I know that there's NoAccountingForTaste, but come on.'' |
| 160 | * EvilAllAlong: Subverted. See above. |
| 161 | * FalseFriend: {{Subverted|Trope}}. The Horsin' Around Cast discover that Herb's brakes were supposed to have worked and deduce that Henry sabotaged them to kill Herb and steal his novel. Granted, both Tina and Henry did steal Herb's novel, but it was so bad that it would have done nothing but make him a public target of embarrassment, not because they wanted to keep it out of the public. |
| 162 | * GoodAllAlong: See CruelToBeKind and Tina's text in the trope above. |
| 163 | * NiceGuy: Yeah, really. He's never malicious and only comes close to getting mad when a moocher tries to get him to star in something while they're at Herb's funeral. [[spoiler: He even accepts [=BoJack=]'s apology after accusing him of murdering his best friend!]] |
| 164 | * OldFriend: Of Herb. He shows up at his funeral just to pay his respects. |
| 165 | * ThePowerOfLegacy: His desires be damned, Winkler and Tina decide to steal and make sure Herb's novel is never published, to let people remember him fondly as the creator of ''JustForFun/HorsinAround'' instead of a shitty writer no one wants to read. Of course, the line between this and Horsin' Around is very thin, with public acceptance being the key difference. |
| 166 | * TheReveal: [[{{Troll}} See above]]. |
| 167 | * SmallReferencePools: Instead of being remembered for ''Series/HappyDays'', this Henry Winkler is best known as that guy from one episode of ''Series/LawAndOrder''. |
| 168 | [[/folder]] |
| 169 | |
| 170 | [[folder:Naomi Watts]] |
| 171 | [[quoteright:178:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/slide_3_naomiwattsnocropw670h377.jpg]] |
| 172 | ->'''Played by''': Creator/NaomiWatts |
| 173 | |
| 174 | An over the top, caricature version of Watts herself that ends up involved with [=BoJack=] as part getting into character as Diane, whom she's playing in an adaptation of the events surrounding Diane's and Mr. Peanutbutter's engagement [[spoiler:using the "D" as a GrandRomanticGesture. [[MetaFiction Yep]].]] |
| 175 | ---- |
| 176 | * AdamWesting: Following the trend of stars appearing in ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', Naomi plays herself as a creepy, obsessive diva with high attention to details in here. |
| 177 | * AlphaBitch: In her normal state, she's quite abrasive, invading of personal space and demanding of everything being the way she wants it. When in the role, she's highly dedicated to the role she has gotten in the movie to the point of eclipsing the original Diane every chance she gets. |
| 178 | * AsHerself: Well, as a version of herself, anyway. |
| 179 | * BecomingTheMask: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by herself. She wants to portray Diane as real as possible. The more and more time passes, she goes from imitating her to wearing the same clothes to observing her every move and action and so on and on... [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] at the end, when her part is drastically reduced, at which point she returns to her normal state. Then DoubleSubverted since as she admits [=BoJack=], she was looking forward to playing a different person rather than [[BeYourself be herself]].]] |
| 180 | * BrokenAce: A high-profile A-star with a high degree of professionalism. Also, an EmptyShell who apparently prefers to play other roles to fill the emptiness of her life. |
| 181 | * {{Doppelganger}}: An InUniverse, intentional example towards Diane. And, boy, is she freaked out by it. |
| 182 | * EmptyShell: [[spoiler: As it turns out, the reason why she accepts doing roles and why she often goes overboard when playing real people is because she's quite unhappy with her life and prefers to live in someone else's shoes for a while to cover up the feeling of emptiness.]] |
| 183 | * EroticEating: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by herself. While in character, she eats chili and makes out with [=BoJack=] at the same time, in order to get into the character. Weird. |
| 184 | * FriendsWithBenefits: With [=BoJack=]. [[spoiler: At least, as long as the film and her participation on it lasts. She completely disconnects after it's wrapped up.]] |
| 185 | * FunnyCharacterBoringActor: InUniverse, PlayedForDrama example. [[spoiler: The main reason why she likes acting, as it turns out, is because she enjoys pretending she's other people and hates returning to her old self since she feels empty about her normal day-to-day life.]] |
| 186 | * LifeEnvy: [[spoiler: Why she's so passionate about acting. See BecomingTheMask and LostInCharacter above for further details.]] |
| 187 | * LostInCharacter: She's constantly replicating everything to precision about the person she's supposed to be playing, to the point of assuming even the slightest mannerism or expression that person does, never knowing when to stop. [[spoiler: As it turns out, this is deliberately [[InvokedTrope invoked]] by her. See above for why.]] |
| 188 | * MethodActing: InUniverse. Like her co-worker, Wallace Shawn, this is her main approach to portraying someone. [[spoiler: Unlike Shawn, her reasons to do so may be more personal...]] |
| 189 | * ThePrimadonna: Haughty, perfectionist and entitled as they come. There's a reason why she initially gets along with [=BoJack=] before she goes full-blown "methodist" and becomes his own perfect version of Diane. |
| 190 | * QuestionableCasting: InUniverse. Probably one of the biggest {{Take That}}s against Hollywoo is the casting of Naomi Watts as Vietnamese Diane Nguyen being played as an [[{{Parody}} over the top]] version of typical film whitewashing. |
| 191 | * RaceLift: A Vietnamese-American novelist married to a yellow Labrador ends up being played by a blonde, white actress with no discernible characteristics similar to her. |
| 192 | * ToKnowHimIMustBecomeHim: Her M.O., only taken {{Exaggerated|Trope}}. |
| 193 | * TagAlongActor: She's often seen almost outright harassing Diane for details and information that may help her with the characterization, inflicting invasion of her personal space, spending time with [=BoJack=] in order to "get the relationship" they had, to the point of starting a sexual relationship with him just to do so. |
| 194 | * YellowFace: A ridiculous InUniverse example of this trope. |
| 195 | [[/folder]] |
| 196 | |
| 197 | [[folder:J.D. Salinger]] |
| 198 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/media_e14f8b30_3b05_11e5_98f7_95f81cdc5bb7.jpg]] |
| 199 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/AlanArkin |
| 200 | |
| 201 | A famous novelist known for ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye''...[[SmallReferencePools and not much else]]. Tired of writing and pressure from the public, he ends FakingTheDead and becomes a ReclusiveArtist, at least until Princess Carolyn finds him and gets him started on MBN and Hollywoo. |
| 202 | ---- |
| 203 | * AlternateHistory: This universe's J.D. Salinger is still alive. It should be stated that while it would be cool, there's no way the real Salinger is FakingTheDead at all. |
| 204 | * ArtistDisillusionment: InUniverse, this is the reason why he faked his own death. He was tired of the constant demands from fans of ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'', as well as pressure to write a new book and increasing dislike for the médium. Princess Carolyn pulls him out of retirement by telling him that in Hollywoo, nobody ever reads, meaning he could start anew. |
| 205 | * BerserkButton: [[spoiler:Eventually the fact that people in Hollywoo don't know any of his works becomes a sore subject for him. The final nail in his and Princess Carolyn's working relationship is when she's unable to identify a reference to his short story collection "Nine Stories".]] |
| 206 | * BlackSheepHit: InUniverse. ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'' is this for him, admitting that once it got published, the public wanted more in the same style in spite of his desire to do other things. |
| 207 | * ByronicHero: PlayedForLaughs. He's passionate, driven, jaded, selfish and quite pushy because he wants to create the perfect TV show. Even his grandiose demands are nothing more than MundaneMadeAwesome. |
| 208 | * TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Despite his cover being a simple bicycle shop owner, he never really bothered learning anything about bikes to keep up the charade. As such, when Princess Carolyn comes looking for him, his cover is blown within the first few seconds. |
| 209 | * CreatorBacklash: InUniverse. Once fed up with writing, he reinvents himself as a loner with no traces to his former life. He also often expresses regret about certain of his novels, especially certain elements he sees in Hollywoo's everyday life that might have fit better in the context [[VoodooShark (according to him, anyway)]]. |
| 210 | --> '''Salinger''': If I'd only thought to add a Kissing Camera to ''Catcher In The Rye''... Oh well, one regret among many! |
| 211 | * CreatorBreakdown: InUniverse. He ended up jaded and cynical about his passion of writing, eventually to the point of wanting to leave everything behind and do something else. The only reason he decides to make it big into Hollywoo is because he's informed hardly anybody reads anymore. |
| 212 | * CreatorsOddball: ''Hollywoo Stars & Celebrities: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things? Let's Find Out!'' is nothing at all like Salinger's previous works, in medium or tone. He's not just trying to deliberatly invoke PlayingAgainstType either, he genuinely wants to explore the concept of Hollywoo celebrities and what they know about society, no matter how shallow and nonsensical the show looks on the surface. |
| 213 | * DrunkWithPower: Upon being given full control of his own TV show, Salinger starts playing a mean game of PrimaDonnaDirector, with ''every single thing having to go according to plan'' and unreasonably high expectations from the crew and participants, all fitting within his design and vision. |
| 214 | * DeadpanSnarker: More subdued, and exasperated, but a consistent snarker still. |
| 215 | * FakingTheDead: The poor guy, having become cynical towards writing, pretended to have died and went into seclusion, starting a bike shop, just to get away from his legacy and everything else. |
| 216 | * GiverOfLameNames: He gives his fairly simplistic game show a needlessly lengthy title. |
| 217 | * {{Jerkass}}: Short tempered, demanding and willing to exploit other people's feelings for what he considers "higher art". That an artist who once valued honesty and frankness over aesthetic goes mad with power once released of any constraints only serves to underscore how InherentInTheSystem it is to become carried away with your desires and ideals in a place as rampant with excesses and vacuous morons as Hollywoo. |
| 218 | -->''I'll tell you when it's too far. This is my art, goddamn it. I'm J. goddamn D. goddamn Salinger, and I want rain!'' |
| 219 | * LargeHam: He starts as TheQuietOne, but as the creator of his own show, he soon starts ranting and chewing the scenery in order to get things done. |
| 220 | * MeanBoss: To Todd, for a brief time at least, and, to some degree, towards Mia. Nothing gets in the line of making a good show, emotions especially. |
| 221 | * MissionControl: His main worksite, in which he handles every single thing that happens in Hollywoo Stars & Celebrities: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things? Let's Find Out!, and when it should happen. In short, like |
| 222 | * PutOnTheBus: Since joining Gecko-Rabitowitz in season 3, he has only made a handful of cameos. |
| 223 | * RousingSpeech: To the team of his show. |
| 224 | -->'''J. D. Salinger''': Listen up, everyone. What you are part of tonight is bigger than you. It's bigger than any of us. I expect all of you to work together. But I also expect that one of you will tower above the rest. And that outstanding individual will receive [[NumberOneDime this pen]]. It was through this pen that I bled Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenters upon the page. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, it has four different colors]]. Black, red, blue and for some reason, green. By the end of tonight, this pen will be bestowed upon the person most deserving. Because nothing is more important than television, and no one more important than the people who make that television. Now, let's get to work. |
| 225 | * SeriousBusiness: Network television, since it's his best shot at doing what he believes is true art. |
| 226 | * ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: [[spoiler:When Pinky mentions wanting to continue the show of Hollywoo Stars & Celebrities: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things? Let's Find Out!, Salinger instead pulls the plug right there, admitting that he doesn't want the show to overstay its welcome and that it has served its purpose: Now people know if celebrities know anything.]] |
| 227 | * SoProudOfYou: By the end of "[[Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E8LetsFindOut Let's Find Out]]", Salinger has declared Mia as the true hero of the night after saving the transmission of the program, to the point of giving her the pen, his respect and lampshade her importance to the staff. |
| 228 | * SmallReferencePools: One of the main selling points Princess Carolyn presents to him in order to aboard the Hollywoo ship: hardly anybody in there would recognize him, let alone identify one of his works, so he's got a clean slate. She previously proved her point by failing to guess which were his works while introducing herself: |
| 229 | -->'''Princess Carolyn''': I wanna say The Hobbi... |
| 230 | -->'''Creator/JDSalinger''': Nope. |
| 231 | -->'''Princess Carolyn''': Look. I'm an agent. [[LampshadeHanging It doesn't matter whether I've read your work.]] |
| 232 | * StartingANewLife: He tried to do so after faking his death. Alas, his plan had one flaw: he seriously didn't knew anything about selling bikes to customers. |
| 233 | * ThatManIsDead: After resurfacing back into business, this time in Hollywoo, one of J.D.'s main goals is to distance himself as much as possible from his writer days, wanting to carve a reputation of a producer. Although he still brags about his books from time to time to impress his peers. |
| 234 | * TheLastStraw: [[spoiler:For him, the fact that Princess Carolyn failed to recognize one of the most obvious references to his work Nine Stories is the final insult and leads to him to renounce VIM and move to Gekko-Rabitowitz.]] |
| 235 | [[/folder]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[folder:Vincent D'Onofrio]] |
| 238 | ->'''Played by''': Creator/VincentDOnofrio |
| 239 | |
| 240 | The actor originally set to star in ''Untitled Horsin' Around Rip Off'' (working title), right before the producers hired Mister Peanutbutter and settled for the name ''Mister Peanutbutter's House''. |
| 241 | ---- |
| 242 | * AdamWesting: As a humorless actor way too serious to do comedy, who sees a sitcom gig as being below him. |
| 243 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: He calls the producer out, saying that what they want is not so much an actor as a mindless entertainer that will do silly tricks for the camera. This turns out to be exactly what Mister Peanutbutter is doing in the background, who also happens to fit Vince's description to a tee. |
| 244 | * TrueArtIsAngsty: He certainly seems to think so of acting, seeing this cheesy sitcom gig as not meaty enough and an affront to his classical background. |
| 245 | [[/folder]] |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[folder:Zach Braff]] |
| 248 | ->'''Played by''': Creator/ZachBraff |
| 249 | |
| 250 | * AdamWesting: To the point that he even tries to deliver AnAesop akin to that in ''{{Series/Scrubs}}'' - [[spoiler: at least until Jessica Biel sets him on fire]]. |
| 251 | * IgnoredAesop: Combined with IgnoredEpiphany and a very nasty side of ShutUpKirk. [[spoiler:Once things start heating up once the food has run out and Jessica has started with her crazy fire talk again, Zach stops the mob and tries to smooth things over by giving a hefty speech about working together and figuring how to get out...only for Jessica to suddenly set him on fire and twist the mob mentality even further.]] |
| 252 | * TheJeeves: [[spoiler: Appears as Beatrice's butler in [=BoJack=]'s DyingDream in ''The View from Halfway Down''.]] |
| 253 | * ManOnFire: [[spoiler:Zach becomes the first casualty of the Fire Worship Branch and just as he was getting somewhere with his blabbing. And, then he gets eaten.]] |
| 254 | * StealthPun: During the events of "Underground", he continually begs for validation... of his parking. |
| 255 | [[/folder]] |
| 256 | |
| 257 | [[folder:Daniel Radcliffe]] |
| 258 | [[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chpnxga.png]] |
| 259 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/DanielRadcliffe |
| 260 | |
| 261 | The surprise "big celebrity" that [=BoJack=] has to go up against in his GameShowAppearance. |
| 262 | ---- |
| 263 | * AccidentalMisnaming: He never gets [=BoJack=]'s name quite right, calling him everything from "BJ Novak" to "Jockjam Doorslam." This ends up biting him and the studio in the ass later. |
| 264 | * AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: [=BoJack=], in an effort to get him to remember him, recalls that during the party they met, Daniel was a young actor who felt uneasy about the future and everything that fame carried along with it and so asked [=BoJack=], who (for once) apparently gave him helpful advice. He mentioned that he would never forget what he had done for him or his name. Daniel, having become a famous actor, thinks nothing of this. |
| 265 | * AdamWesting: Plays a self-aggrandizing, condescending, oblivious version of himself. |
| 266 | * AsHimself: He appears as a celebrity surprise guest contestant in Mr. Peanutbutter and Creator/JDSalinger's new show, opposing [=BoJack=] in both [[BornLucky luck]] and [[LovedByAll audience reception]]. |
| 267 | * TheCameo: For the real Daniel Radcliffe, who is a professed fan of the series. |
| 268 | * CreatorsFavorite: InUniverse. Being a huge star and pitted against [=BoJack=], Radcliffe is clearly the favored one of the two contestants, with Creator/JDSalinger and Mr. Peanutbutter trying their best to give him an easy victory by giving complicated questions to [=BoJack=] and easy ones to Radcliffe. |
| 269 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Daniel had already showed dickish behavior before, but at the episode's climax, he's horrified at the fact that [=BoJack=] would stoop low enough to burn charity money just to get back at him, and tries in vain to persuade him against it. |
| 270 | * EvilBrit: Well, "evil" is stretching it, but he does act like a ''massive'' ass towards [=BoJack=] during most of the episode. |
| 271 | * ForgottenFirstMeeting: See AcquiredSituationalNarcissism. Sure, he might have been younger then, but he still remembers Veronica from makeup at MBN from an even smaller context, which only adds salt to the wound. |
| 272 | * FriendlyEnemy: Pompous behavior and snide remarks, Daniel Radcliffe actually acts decently towards [=BoJack=] when things are going his way in the game. As soon as his luck runs out, he returns to his jerk self. |
| 273 | * InkSuitActor: An animated version of his voice actor right down to the similar PermaStubble. |
| 274 | * {{Jerkass}}: Due to a pretty bad case of smugness and AcquiredSituationalNarcissism. Still, he's no Hank Hippopopalous. |
| 275 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Jackass as he is, he's downright heroic when he tries to stop [=BoJack=] from throwing the game, which would cause money directed for charity to be burned on live television. |
| 276 | * KickTheDog: Not recognizing [=BoJack=], despite the useful advice he gave him when he was younger. |
| 277 | * LaserGuidedKarma: He spends the majority of "Let's Find Out" being condescending and insulting [=BoJack=] by not remembering his name while winning the game. Then, when it turns in [=BoJack=]'s favor and the question for AllOrNothing involves the main actor of Literature/HarryPotter, [[PayEvilUntoEvil well..]] |
| 278 | * MaliciousMisnaming: Unintentionally, but his constant misnaming of [=BoJack=]'s name causes much friction between them and ends up being the ignition for a real payback coming his way. |
| 279 | * PetTheDog: He's doing the show to donate the money for charity. Also, following his KickTheDog moment above, there's also his praise for [[ChewToy Veronica]], the makeup girl, which is unusually nice considering how people like her are usually overlooked. |
| 280 | * TheRival: The fake rivalry between Radcliffe and Creator/ElijahWood is referenced. Though it might be more real with this AdamWesting Daniel. |
| 281 | * ShipperOnDeck: For [[HoYay [=BoJack=]/Mr. Peanutbutter]], apparently. He suggests that the two of them kiss to even the score, and is absolutely ecstatic when they go for it. |
| 282 | [[/folder]] |
| 283 | |
| 284 | [[folder:Ethan Hawke]] |
| 285 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/EthanHawke |
| 286 | |
| 287 | An unfortunate version of Ethan Hawke. |
| 288 | ---- |
| 289 | * ButtMonkey: Ends being stood up at the game by the announcer, Mr. Peanutbutter. |
| 290 | * FictionalCounterpart: He's ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' 's version of Ethan Hawke. |
| 291 | * StoodUp: Non-romantic variety. He was a contestant for ''[[ShowWithinAShow Hollywoo Stars & Celebrities: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things? Let's Find Out!]]'' and ends up being left hanging by the announcer. |
| 292 | * VisualPun: He's portrayed as having a SpeciesSurname; a.k.a. a real hawk. |
| 293 | * UnluckyExtra: He only appears for one scene in which he's humiliated. |
| 294 | [[/folder]] |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[folder:Sextina Aquafina]] |
| 297 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_nsbmjfpd9f1rch41co1_1280_2.png]] |
| 298 | ->'''Played by''': Creator/AishaTyler (Seasons 1-2), Creator/DanieleGaither (Season 3). |
| 299 | |
| 300 | An up-and-coming international pop star that seems to have occupied the place left vacant by [[Characters/BojackHorsemanTheMainGroupSocialCircles Sarah Lynn]] after her fall into addiction. In the season 2 finale, she hires Diane to be her ghost tweet writer per the suggestion of Princess Carolyn. |
| 301 | ---- |
| 302 | * AlphaBitch: Sextina is a non-high school example. She holds an elevated opinion about herself, is quite dismissive of those she sees beneath her attention and a is really spoiled star on her own. |
| 303 | * AntiHero: Her song about abortion is raunchy, tasteless, and juvenile, but it making light of such an incredibly heavy and controversial topic gives lots of women the courage to make their own choices about it rather than caving into the toxic sentiments of the extremists on either side. She then decides to have her fake abortion ''live'', for profit and publicity, a crass and exploitative move to say the least, except she manages to keep it tasteful and even educational. |
| 304 | * CheatedAngle: She's never shown looking down, always fixed in the same angle wherever she turns. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since that's the correct anatomy of dolphins. |
| 305 | * ConspiracyTheorist: Among her requests to Diane as her ghost-twitter is to post about some "cryptic bullshit about the Illuminati" with all upper caps and no punctuation. |
| 306 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Sextina first appears in an interview with A Ryan Seacrest Type in "Prickly Muffin" commenting about Sarah Lynn's decline and her own rising career. |
| 307 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: One of the earliest examples in the show. [[spoiler:She quietly retires to have her baby but releases music on a schedule to maintain her career. Last we heard, she was happy with this decision]]. |
| 308 | * FakePregnancy: {{Zigzagged|Trope}} and {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. Eventually she [[spoiler:did get pregnant for real and decides to keep the baby.]] |
| 309 | * {{Foil}}: To Sarah Lynn. They both went into the show business at a young age and adopted a hedonist lifestyle to deal with the stress. ''The'' difference, however, is that Sextina had a stronger support system and [[spoiler:knew when to quit when her priorities changed. That was when she had a baby]]. Sarah Lynn only had her StageMom, a bear stepfather that may have molested her, and [=BoJack=]; she thus clung to her star status to ensure she would remain relevant, rather than retire to go to college as she always wanted to do. |
| 310 | * FurryReminder: In discussing her active sex life, she mentions how dolphins have sex for pleasure, which is theorized to be true of RealLife dolphins. |
| 311 | * HistoryRepeats: A female example. A current pop star concerned about appearances, acting bratty due to popularity and thinking too highly about herself. Yeah, [[Characters/BojackHorsemanTheMainGroupSocialCircles Sarah Lynn]] says hi, Sextina. Sextina actually lampshaded this herself in her very first line of dialog. |
| 312 | * HotterAndSexier: Her image is more sexed up than Sarah Lynn, even though Sextina is even ''younger'' than when Sarah Lynn broke into the music scene. There seems to be a recurring pattern with all the tween and young pop stars, each generation trying to outdo the previous one in looks and popularity. |
| 313 | * LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: When Diane accidentally tweeted out that she's having an abortion on Sextina's twitter account, Sextina manages to become the new face of the Pro-Choice movement and uses it to further promote her career. |
| 314 | * PhoneaholicTeenager: During her meeting with Diane, she pays more attention to the phone than to what Diane is saying, only removing her eyes from the screen to tell her how she wants her Twitter account to be. |
| 315 | * ReallyGetsAround: She mentions that she has a lot of sex, which she justifies by saying [[FurryReminder dolphins have sex for pleasure]]. As such, she seems to have no idea who her [[spoiler:baby daddy]] is, but doesn't seem to care either. |
| 316 | * SassyBlackWoman: Sextina Aquafina's accent and attitude combine to make her the dolphin equivalent of this character type. Both of her voice actresses are black in real life, and this reinforces the idea. |
| 317 | * SeriousBusiness: She's not leaving anywhere without parking validation because Hollywoo tolls are insane. |
| 318 | * ShoutOut: Her name is a combination of the bottled water brand Aquafina and brings fellow pop star Music/ChristinaAguilera (whose 'musical alter ego' is named Xtina) to mind. |
| 319 | * {{Stripperific}}: Being a sexed-up pop star, her outfits typically involve lots of cleavage (often through a CleavageWindow), a bared midriff, and very short shorts. |
| 320 | * TeenPregnancy: Since she was fourteen in Season 1, she would be about sixteen during her fake pregnancy/abortion stunt in "Braap Braap Pew Pew," although her age never gets brought up during the episode, [[spoiler:even when she gets pregnant at the end and wants to keep it]]. |
| 321 | * VerbalTic: She constantly sounds like she's talking through a wad of chewing gum, making what she says kind of muffled, but not incomprehensible. |
| 322 | * VictoriasSecretCompartment: She keeps her cellphone in her cleavage. |
| 323 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: In her first appearance, she's introduced by A Ryan Seacrest Type as being ''fourteen'' years old. |
| 324 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After "Braap Braap Pew Pew," she never gets another major appearance, only a background cameo during the finale. This means we never learn if she [[spoiler:had her real baby]]. |
| 325 | [[/folder]] |
| 326 | |
| 327 | [[folder:Hank Hippopopalous]] |
| 328 | [[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_nsetb6kzd11uat7dro1_1280.png]] |
| 329 | [[caption-width-right:240:Uncle Hankie.]] |
| 330 | ->'''Played by''': Creator/PhilipBakerHall |
| 331 | |
| 332 | Former host of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Hank After Dark]]'', a late talk show in TheNineties, Hank becomes one of the judges for the MBN show "I Think You Can Dance" and Mr. Peanutbutter's co-worker, who idolizes him. However, this seemingly harmless celebrity may have his own skeletons in the closet... |
| 333 | ---- |
| 334 | * AllegoricalCharacter: Hank might be considered an {{Expy}} of Creator/BillCosby or David Letterman due to allegations against those two men involving sexual assault, but in a way, he is a stand-in for all A-list celebrities that do nothing more than gratifying themselves at other people's expense and mask themselves as good guys while letting their notoriety and popularity cover all of their sins. |
| 335 | * AlliterativeName: '''H'''ank '''H'''ippopopalous. |
| 336 | * AngryAngryHippos: In private, he's a sociopathic abuser, and he's a hippopotamus. To the public, he's [[HuggyHuggyHippos an apparent nice guy]]. |
| 337 | * AntagonistTitle: Well, the title of the episode is "[[DoubleMeaningTitle Hank After Dark]]" and he's the main antagonist of the episode. |
| 338 | * ArcVillain: Of "Hank After Dark". Also, through all the series, he's so far the only character in a show filled with [[AntiHero Anti-Heroes]], [[AntiVillain Anti-Villains]], and [[HanlonsRazor just plain stupid people]] who is [[KnightOfCerebus played straight at all times]], has done some truly heinous actions and is clearly a horrible person. |
| 339 | * ArmorPiercingResponse: When Diane crusades against Hank and tells him that she sees the truth despite his VillainWithGoodPublicity status, she snaps "I know who you are." He calmly responds in a way that not only reminds Diane that no one will believe her, but also reinforces her struggles of her own identity and place in the world: |
| 340 | -->'''Hank''': Sweetheart, ''everyone'' knows who I am. I'm Hank Hippopopalous. Who the hell are ''you?'' |
| 341 | * AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: It's hard to tell if this was intended or not, but in RealLife, despite how hippos are portrayed as cuddly and adorable creatures due to their size and apparently peaceful and passive nature, they're actually some of the most dangerous and violent animals out there. Quite fitting that Hank, one of the closest things the series has got to a villain, is shown as one. |
| 342 | * TheBadGuyWins: At the end of the episode, Hank has gotten away with everything: the Hollywoo media has successfully deflected public attention of his case towards pettier business like Kanye West not liking thin mints, Hank has kept his job and his reputation as the beloved Uncle Hanky and won't be held accountable for his actions by any court and the primary detractor, Diane Nguyen, has been dissuaded into defeat by her best friend and husband and escapes to Cordovia to try to make a difference there. |
| 343 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: {{Subverted|Trope}}. In reality, he's far from nice but quite willing to play nice if you go along with him. If you don't, well, there will be some really nightmarish implications. |
| 344 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: {{Exaggerated|Trope}}. The grandfatherly, apparently harmless and good guy Hank Hippopopalous is, deep down, a sociopathic abuser of sadistic proportions who preys on his secretaries using his fame as a form of self insurance and who's not [[ShameIfSomethingHappened above threatening]] those who [[HeKnowsTooMuch might oppose him]] [[TheUnfettered in any way whatsoever]]. |
| 345 | * CerebusRetcon: In "Yesterdayland", Hank appears in television while [=BoJack=] and Wanda meet and he seems to be a relatively nice guy. Then, he's put in the spotlight in "Hank After Dark" and we find out that he's much worse than he appears at first... |
| 346 | * CoolOldGuy: {{Exploited|Trope}} in an AffablyEvil way. He has an air of geniality on him even with all those years on his body, but make no mistake that he's a disgusting and dangerous abuser. |
| 347 | * ConvictedByPublicOpinion: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. It's because of the public's love of Hank Hippopopalous that any kind of criticism coming from Diane or Hippopopalous' secretaries, no matter how well-documented or firm founded, is nothing but defamation to a beloved figure and star like Hank. Meanwhile, Diane and her crusade only suffer more and more, despite being on the right, since the public opinion keeps her down. |
| 348 | * CurbStompBattle: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While the campaign against his persona never reaches the heights needed to properly discredit Hank as a household name, it ''does'' pose a threat towards tarnishing his image, which only speeds up Hollywoo's necessity to quiet it down. |
| 349 | * DavidVersusGoliath: An abusive, yet pop-cultural behemoth like Hank Hippopopalous against a righteous, yet poorly influential crusader like Diane Nguyen. Gentlemen, place your bets and make the right, no, the correct choice. |
| 350 | * DepravedKidsShowHost: His public persona of the lovable announcer and host only serves to mask how self-serving, cruel and horrible he's towards his secretaries and women in general. |
| 351 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: His status as an ArcVillain comes up in the middle of the 2nd season, but he only has a couple of appearances before his case is solved and ultimately dismissed, as he disappears out of sight afterwards in the 2nd half of the season. |
| 352 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The multiple references and {{Shout Out}}s his character has with Creator/BillCosby and David Letterman are no coincidence, people. This is as venomous as a response will get in regards to the scandals surrounding these two television figures. |
| 353 | * EarlyBirdCameo: His first appearance was in "Yesterdayland" in a TV showing an interview of him while [=BoJack=] and Wanda were getting to know each other. Of course, [[ContinuityNod given this show's nature]], this was very likely he would return. |
| 354 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: The flashback portion in "Hank After Dark" has him acting friendly towards Mr. Peanutbutter and after he leaves, Hank goes to comfort [=BoJack=] about the loss, but then proceeds to gloat saying [=BoJack=] can't beat "Uncle Hankie". |
| 355 | * EvilCounterpart: To [[Characters/BojackHorsemanOtherCharacters Secretariat]]. They're both heroes to [[Characters/BojackHorsemanMainCharacters two of]] the [[Characters/BojackHorsemanBojackHorseman main protagonists]] and are well known in Hollywoo history. However, as much as Secretariat fell into dark business especially to maintain his reputation, he was never as much of a bastard as Hank is. |
| 356 | * EvilGloating: His private conversation with Diane has shades of this all over his tone of voice and the way he threatens her into backing off. He's seriously confident that he won't be held responsible for anything, so he's trying to see how far can he go into intimidating Diane. |
| 357 | * EvilOldFolks: Much more older than [=BoJack=] or Mr. Peanutbutter (he was already known in the business while [=BoJack=] and Mr. Peanutbutter were only starting to make their bones) [[EvilerThanThou and a much more evil character than either]]. |
| 358 | * EvilSoundsRaspy: He has a graveling voice, in addition to being a EvilSoundsDeep example. |
| 359 | * FaceFramedInShadow: A less extreme example that others, but during his reunion with Diane, he's standing the shadows with only the parking lot's lights revealing his face, in a {{Chiaroscuro}} setting. This only helps reinstate the dark underbelly of Hank's life and actions and makes him look kind of intimidating. |
| 360 | * FamedInStory: He's known as "Uncle Hankie" in the industry due to his on-air persona and great charisma. Not even assault accusations manage to sink his image. |
| 361 | * FatBastard: A given, since he's an anthropomorphic hippopotamus, but the decades have made him even more overweight, compared to what he looked when he was younger. |
| 362 | * FauxAffablyEvil: And to his credit, he plays it very well to the point of sometimes genuinely coming off as AffablyEvil when dealing with people. However, the façade will drop the minute someone meddles in his life and his personal matters, and then the carefully hidden monster surfaces in the coldest way possible. |
| 363 | * GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Yeah, most definitely "evil" smoking, especially in the scene where he does it. |
| 364 | * HannibalLecture: He gives a really powerful, ''cruel'' one to Diane in regards of where is she standing in terms of influence: |
| 365 | -->'''Hank''': I'm not a bad guy, Diane, and I truly do believe that. Twenty-four hours from now, the news cycle will move on to something else. I'll go back to hosting my dance show, which employs hundreds of nice, good, hardworking people. You, on the other hand, are pretty much done. People love me and they're not gonna forgive you for this. |
| 366 | ** A smaller, but sharper one pops up a little later: |
| 367 | -->'''Hank''': Sweetheart, everyone knows who I am. I'm Hank Hippopopalous. Who the hell are you? |
| 368 | * HateSink: Played subtly, then ramped up more and more upon repeat viewings especially when knowing where to look. Hank's first appearances are cameos that show him smiling, being friendly, never uttering a single word beyond promoting ''So You Think You Can Dance''. Then, in his major role in "Hank After Dark" shows him as a condescending, tad smug presenter from TheNineties with more years of experience that make him win an award above [=BoJack=] and Mr. Peanutbutter, young newcomers. Initially somewhat understanding of the rough uphill climbing both comedians'll have to do through the years, he mocks them behind their backs while gloating about "nobody beating Uncle Hankie" in a disguised fatherly tone. Already he is a {{Jerkass}} BitchInSheepsClothing SmugSuper. Just the standard for Hollywoo, right? Weeellll, as it turns out, there are some allegations regarding his secretaries, all of whom have worked or are working with him, about something....something they really want to talk to with someone. While he does not appear in person again until much later, Hollywoo does a pretty good job of trying to cover up his sins through UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming, PlayingTheVictimCard and deflection from fellow HateSink Cardigan Burke. When he does appear, it's to prevent a possible leak on the case through his current secretary, who he tries to confront in a creepy, threatening way, and oozes pure smugness and a profound lack of conscience that few in Hollywoo, no matter how self-centered and shallow, can rival. This while he gives {{Hannibal Lecture}}s to Diane, the only one who dares to confront him over it. Instead of any remorse or shame, Hank simply comments that '''''[[SelfServingMemory he]]''''' believes himself to be innocent and as such he'll be judged. Heartless, selfish and without any depth beyond a slimy attitude and borderline-sociopathic levels of justification for his actions due to his status as untouchable, Hank is simply an amalgamation of all of Hollywoo's {{Karma Houdini}}s from a more critical standpoint. |
| 369 | * HeManWomanHater: The reason for the scandal. He seriously doesn't consider their consent a problem and thinks his fame entitles him to be treated differently. |
| 370 | * HistoricalHeroUpgrade: InUniverse. Everyone vehemently refuses to believe a beloved figure like Hank Hippopopalous would do such despicable things like taking advantage of women and as such pin the blame on the victims. Hollywoo uses this to their advantage and paint Hippopopalous in an almost martyr figure innocent in every sense of the word, all while vilifying Diane for standing up. |
| 371 | * ImpliedDeathThreat: It's left up on the air whether Hank was warning or outright threatening Diane during their brief conversation and ''if'' he would have follow through it, but there's no doubt that had Diane continue with her attacks, something bad might have happened.. |
| 372 | * InSeriesNickname: "Uncle Hankie", because of his approachable and warm façade. It gets creepier when one takes into consideration what he does with his secretaries. |
| 373 | * JokerImmunity: InUniverse and {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. Hank is popular and beloved by audiences, which brings a lot of revenue for Hollywoo and seals his status as "untouchable". However, their continuous justification of his actions and offering of immunity enables him to get away with some heinous shit with no possible retribution. |
| 374 | * KarmaHoudini: Ultimately, he ends up forcing Diane to withdraw his accusations and gets away scott-free. |
| 375 | * LackOfEmpathy: As evidenced by the fact that he keeps one of his victims as his secretary, even engaging in some terrifying sweet-talking, and his self-delusion and absence of remorse towards Diane's accusations, Hank has zero qualms about the repercussions of his actions and how people are affected by it. |
| 376 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Seemingly of Bill Cosby, a popular comedian faced with accusations of sexual harassment later in life. Unlike Cosby however, Hank's career isn't ruined and everything works out for him. He also has characteristics similar of David Letterman, down to the show host look and the secretaries' accusations. |
| 377 | * NoodleIncident: Used completely dramatically, albeit downplayed. We never technically find out exactly ''what'' he does, aside from it being positively abhorrent, but given the way it's discussed and who specifically he's based off of, [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil it might not be too hard to infer.]] |
| 378 | * RoleEndingMisdemeanor: An InUniverse, infuriating {{subverted|Trope}} example. Not only Hank keeps his job and manages to get away with everything, the victims in the scenario end up being cowed by the public and media into being quiet, meaning that Hank will continue his escapades with no possible repercussions whatsoever. |
| 379 | * TheSociopath: Hank has an affable vibe and calm demeanor toward everyone which doesn't stop him from revealing in private [[{{Narcissist}} how stuck in his own orbit]] he is. Even then, that's just the tip of his depravity with his mask covering a complete lack of regard toward anyone not in his circle of connections or whoever dares stand in his way. It can go further with his well-webbed self denial of his cruel actions even if he's quite conscious about the pain he causes: long as he has a career, he can do as he pleases and no one else has to get hurt...if they stay in line and don't threaten his livehood. Mostly a high-functioning case, Hank's nastier side can show up when there are people who aren't buying into his personal truth in which he'll resort to give them a warning through thin-veiled threats and personally parading his victim as a coated good gesture. |
| 380 | * VillainHasAPoint: Unfortunately, he's completely correct when he tells Diane that her case against him isn't going to succeed, as she lacks the necessary pull to sway people to her side, making everything she's doing pointless at best and detrimental to her career and well-being at worst. |
| 381 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: Being a beloved TV star means that he has the support of the public. |
| 382 | * WalkingSpoiler: His true personality is key to the main twists in "Hank After Dark". |
| 383 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Oddly, he never showed up again after it became clear the real world's "[=MeToo=]" movement ''wasn't'' going to be drowned out and forgotten. |
| 384 | [[/folder]] |
| 385 | |
| 386 | [[folder:Alexi Brosefino]] |
| 387 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/DaveFranco |
| 388 | |
| 389 | A famous movie star, and one of the clients at VIM. He invites Diane to a party at his house. |
| 390 | * MushroomSamba: Though we're never explicitly told what "Gush" is or what exactly it does, it seems to have psychedelic effects. Just as [[spoiler: he's trying to stop Diane from running off into the night while tripping on hard drugs]], he drops this gem: |
| 391 | -->''Alex:''' That tree is ''amazing''. |
| 392 | * NiceGuy: According to him, he runs a foundation that brings clean water to neglected communities. Also, [[spoiler:when he mistakenly invites Diane, his social media manager, to his house, instead of the girl he wanted to hook up with, he welcomes her warmly, entertains her and tries really hard to make her feel like part of the group.]] |
| 393 | * ReallyGetsAround: Shares this with his friends. This also seems to be the origin of the "Snatch Batch" nickname, not that he is too thrilled about it. |
| 394 | [[/folder]] |
| 395 | |
| 396 | [[folder:The Snatch Batch]] |
| 397 | !!!'''Played by''': ??? |
| 398 | |
| 399 | Alexi Brosefino's friends: Carlos, David, and Shitshow. |
| 400 | * ButtMonkey: Shitshow. He's the butt of a lot of the group's jokes, as shown by his nickname. However, his friends will [[EveryoneHasStandards not let anyone else fuck with him.]] |
| 401 | * HiddenDepths: All of them are wild party bros who also do charity work and give Ted Talks. |
| 402 | * NiceGuy: Carlos. Apparently, he met Alexi while doing charity work. |
| 403 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The name is clearly a take on Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio’s infamous [[https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2015/11/history-of-the-pussy-posse-leonardo-dicaprio Pussy Posse]]. |
| 404 | * TheVoiceless: Shitshow. Never talks onscreen, instead participating in conversation with a series of raspberries. Apparently, he ''does'' talk, since, according to Alexi, they met at a Ted Talk he gave. |
| 405 | [[/folder]] |
| 406 | |
| 407 | [[folder:Courtney Portnoy]] |
| 408 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/SharonHorgan |
| 409 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/courtneyportnoy_6.png]] |
| 410 | |
| 411 | A spoiled aloof actress whom Princess Carolyn sets up with Todd to improve her relatability to audiences. |
| 412 | * AlphaBitch: Downplayed example, she does seem pretty entitled and expects to be the centre of attention wherever she shows up. However she's never especially mean to any of the other characters, and she's in fact quite friendly towards Diane in ''Thoughts and Prayers''. She's just rather self-centered. |
| 413 | * MarriageOfConvenience: Once her movie falls through and she needs some zeitgeist to get back in the spotlight, she's set up to marry Todd as a publicity stunt. [[spoiler:It goes belly up when Todd, being asexual, backs down after consulting Princess Carolyn over the morality of it.]] |
| 414 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: draws comparisons with Cara Delevigne, a blonde aristocratic English actress with a reputation in the press for being frosty. |
| 415 | * TongueTwister: Pretty much the only reason she was created. Rhyming tongue-twisters abound in reference to her. |
| 416 | -->'''Princess Carolyn''': You know the actress Courtney Portnoy?\ |
| 417 | '''Todd''': I think so. She portrayed the formerly portly consort in the seaport resort.\ |
| 418 | '''Princess Carolyn''': Courtly roles like the formerly portly consort are Courtney Portnoy's forte. |
| 419 | * UptownGirl: Invoked. Her false romance with the simpleton Todd is made to make her look like more approachable, but she does not fall for the simple boy. |
| 420 | [[/folder]] |
| 421 | |
| 422 | [[folder:Vance Waggoner]] |
| 423 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/BobbyCannavale |
| 424 | [[quoteright:237:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vance_7.png]] |
| 425 | One of the most controversial movie stars in Hollywood, Waggoner has slipped in and out of people's minds due to a long list of misdemeanors (including some of the most disgusting, over-the-top behavior any celebrity would dare to replicate) which have threatened his career over the years. Now hoping for work, Waggoner is approached by Princess Carolyn to star in ''Philbert'', which is only a recipe for disaster... if only [=BoJack=] wasn't already taking an accidental shot at Waggoner. |
| 426 | ---- |
| 427 | * AllegoricalCharacter: He's a stand-in for all male celebrities who have maintained a career despite accusations (and sometimes evidence) of abusive behavior, with one or two references to specific celebrity controversies (such as his drunken rant at the police officer a la Creator/MelGibson's 2006 arrest tape). |
| 428 | * AssholeVictim: Whenever he gets in trouble, it's almost a given he deserves it. [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty Shame it never sticks]]. |
| 429 | * AxCrazy: Completely unstable, violent and very quick to anger. That's assuming he won't switch back and forth between insane and rude in seconds. |
| 430 | * BackhandedApology: He's gotten so used to getting his way in and out of trouble, he can recite half-hearted apologies the same way someone would tell a lame joke. |
| 431 | * ChronicVillainy: No matter how many times he's caught doing horrible shit to others and being a dangerous psychopath to other people, he's always back to doing the same over and over again. Even with the apology cleanse he gets from Hollywoo every time he returns, it doesn't occur to him that maybe he could stop doing it, if only to save himself the trouble of doing fake apologies and shame walks. [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Then again]], he might caught on to the fact his infamy might add to his "bad boy" myth... |
| 432 | * DomesticAbuse: He has even ''strangled'' his wife at least once before. He also (verbally) threatened his teenage daughter. |
| 433 | * EasilyForgiven: His antics are considered to give him a natural bad-boy vibe by Hollywoo executives, so when he does something that would be a career-killer for an actress or any other professional, he's actually doing himself a favour. |
| 434 | * HateSink: Not once in his entire appearance is this scumbag made to be likable or cool, but in addition to being a waste of a human being who has engaged in domestic violence, sexual harassment, possible pedophilia, among other horrible stuff, and feels only paper-thin regret in [[ItsAllAboutMe how it affected]] ''[[ItsAllAboutMe his]]'' [[ItsAllAboutMe career]]; he's also a backstabber who will bail on any project if a better one comes along, and has no respect for anyone: co-workers, his publicist, and even his own family included. |
| 435 | * HatesEveryoneEqually: He's very much a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain who definitely has some preferred hate targets, but he's antagonistic towards everyone to varied extents, with the thin veneer of charm only appearing when there's something in it for him. |
| 436 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Despite being a known wife-basher, he claims to have become a feminist ally just to try and improve his reputation. |
| 437 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's racist, sexist, violently abusive to his own family, and just an overall douchebag to everyone around him. |
| 438 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Douchebag he may be, Vance is entirely correct that ''Philbert'' is full of misogyny and sexism. Too bad he genuinely doesn't care about that and just uses the bad press to save his own career. |
| 439 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Despite any claims he's made about his misbehavior being a thing of the past, he hasn't really changed at all. |
| 440 | * LaughablyEvil: His actions are never condoned, but most of the things he's described as having done are so ludicrous, over-the-top, and offensive, it's impossible not to laugh. Not to say anything about his pathetically insincere apologies. |
| 441 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Vance Waggoner is a thinly veiled parody of Creator/MelGibson, with a touch of Creator/AlecBaldwin, Creator/SeanPenn, and any other celebrity with a bad-boy reputation. His drunken antisemitic outburst is even directly based on a real DUI incident from 2006 involving Mel Gibson. |
| 442 | * PetTheDog: When [=BoJack=]'s name becomes mud, he [[spoiler:becomes the horse's new sponsor for AA and casts him in a movie. He also gives him legitimate advice to embrace his new persona and give the public what they want]]. |
| 443 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Misogyny and sexism aside, he's also made racist rants against Jewish, Swedish, and Chinese people. |
| 444 | * ShadowArchetype: He displays a lot of traits that [=BoJack=] has either tried to move away from, or he would draw the line at. As much of a jerkass that [=BoJack=] can be, he's not a particularly violent person. [[spoiler:This comes to a head when [=BoJack=] is caught strangling his own girlfriend ([[ItMakesSenseInContext albeit under the influence of drugs]]). Unlike Vance however, [=BoJack=] suffers guilt from his actions and takes earnest steps to repent his mistake, despite being able to get away with it as easily as Vance does.]] |
| 445 | * TheSociopath: A realistic example. Egotistical, highly narcissistic, superficially charming, completely shameless, devoid of any empathy (even for his own family), and constantly engaging in dangerously illegal behavior against better judgement. |
| 446 | * SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX: When Vance gets caught in a DUI arrest, he goes into a long tirade against women and Jews. Once he's forced to give a statement in A Ryan Seacrest Type's radio show, he brings his ''Jewish'' [[MetaphoricallyTrue "friend"]] [[FairWeatherFriend (and associate)]] Mark Feuerstein to show that no, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial he's totally not antisemitic]]. |
| 447 | * StrawCharacter: He exists solely to show [[ScrewTheRulesImFamous how famous men are held to a lower standard]]. |
| 448 | * StrawMisogynist: He outright admits that he has no respect for women, not even for his own wife and daughter. |
| 449 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: Zig-zagged with him [[spoiler: offering to become [=BoJack=]'s sponsor in the final season. While he ultimately demonstrates that he hasn't changed at all and puts [=BoJack=] in the situation which causes him to relapse, he also produces and directs Horny Unicorn for [=BoJack=] to star in with no strings attached, which the series finale revealed was a huge success and has revitalized [=BoJack=]'s career.]] |
| 450 | * VillainHasAPoint: In the last season, [[spoiler:he tells [=BoJack=] to embrace his new persona and give the public what they want in having someone to hate. Vance also points out that if he can make a comeback, then so can [=BoJack=]. Sure enough, the next year [=BoJack=]'s career is revived thanks to the film they make together]]. |
| 451 | [[/folder]] |
| 452 | |
| 453 | [[folder:Biscuits Braxby]] |
| 454 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/DanieleGaither |
| 455 | [[quoteright:233:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/biscuitsbraxby.png]] |
| 456 | |
| 457 | A talk show host Princess Carolyn enlists to salvage [=BoJack=]'s reputation in Season 5. |
| 458 | ---- |
| 459 | * AllegoricalCharacter: Biscuits has perfected the penitent interview, and thus represents the forgive-and-forget mechanisms of Hollywood for its problematic celebrities. She also doubles as an embodiment of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_journalism access journalism]], as TheReasonYouSuckSpeech given to her by Paige Sinclair makes quite clear. |
| 460 | * AlliterativeName: Has the very catchy name of '''B'''iscuits '''B'''raxby. |
| 461 | * TheFixer: Her personal style is to keep things light, which is perfect for making a celebrity come off as sympathetic. This has earned her a reputation as a softball interviewer. In Season 5, an appearance on her show is enough to [[spoiler:stop the fallout of [=BoJack=] strangling Gina]], while in season 6, after [[spoiler:the Sarah Lynn story breaks, [=BoJack=] comes out of his first interview with her smelling like roses. Too bad his ego gets the best of him and he demands a second interview just as Paige inspires Biscuits to move past this and dig deeper.]] |
| 462 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Biscuits is willing to help celebrities pull a KarmaHoudini by scheduling an interview with her. [[spoiler:It's shown that, building her career aside, she is genuinely outraged to find out that he basically groomed Sarah Lynn, introduced her to drugs and alcohol, and then killed her indirectly. She also notes that Princess Carolyn pretty much built [=BoJack=]'s career when the horse says that Princess Carolyn now owns her own powerhouse company]]. |
| 463 | * JerkassHasAPoint: What's sad in her second interview with [=BoJack=] is that [[spoiler:while she goes off-script and grills him about his past sexual escapades, she's completely right to ask him that many questions, and it's revealed that Paige looked at the phone records the police had that revealed [=BoJack=] waited seventeen minutes to call an ambulance for Sarah Lynn. Yes, it's weird that he dated his agent when she was an assistant assigned to him, he shouldn't have taken a teenager to her prom, WorseWithContext aside, and he ''did'' break an alcoholic mother out of rehab even if the context justified the circumstances. Noticeably, [=BoJack=] can't answer any of her questions and goes on an angry tirade instead because Biscuits lays out how he manipulates people and has more power over women than he realizes. Not to mention that lying about Sarah Lynn's death meant he didn't call the paramedics in time to save her life]]. |
| 464 | * MoralPragmatist: As Biscuits tells Paige, her softball approach is NothingPersonal; she stays on people's good sides so that celebrities will come to her and the publicity pays her bills. Even when Paige rattles her by saying that PR reps will render her obsolete, Biscuits points out the problem: you can't accuse a celebrity unless you have proof. As far as Biscuits knows, [=BoJack=] was completely honest with her. Paige gives Biscuits the sources that she needs. |
| 465 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Biscuits is known for being a softball interviewer. In fact, Princess Carolyn deems that she is idiot-proof that not even [=BoJack=] can screw up doing damage control with her. During the climax of "Xerox of A Xerox," Princess Carolyn and the horse go OhCrap at the same time [[spoiler:when her tone becomes TranquilFury, and she starts asking [=BoJack=] questions about his relationships with various women. As [=Bojack=] looks to Princess Carolyn for help, Biscuits draws attention to that and severs the connection in a matter of seconds]]. |
| 466 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When Paige Sinclair storms into her office, Biscuits is put off by Paige's brash attitude and DareToBeBadass declaration. She nevertheless hears her out and points out an obvious problem: you can't accuse a straight male celebrity of wrongdoing unless you have proof. Paige has the proof, courtesy of police phone records and Dr. Champ who doesn't have to abide by doctors' confidentiality. |
| 467 | * TranquilFury: One awesome moment in her [[spoiler:second interview with [=BoJack=] is that she never raises her voice at all, but she schools him. Biscuits makes it clear that she is disgusted after having learned about what kind of person [=BoJack=] is, and that he inadvertently killed someone who trusted him since she was a little girl. As [=BoJack=] melts down on camera, she remains utterly calm]]. |
| 468 | [[/folder]] |
| 469 | |
| 470 | [[folder:Joey Pogo]] |
| 471 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/HilarySwank |
| 472 | [[quoteright:276:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joeypogo.png]] |
| 473 | * JuniorCounterpart: Pickles notes that in terms of personality, he is essentially a young Mr. Peanutbutter, although both of them refuse to acknowledge this. |
| 474 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A parody of a parody! Joey shares several similarities with Music/JustinBieber. Both are young pop idols with notably high voices, a chill-bro fashion sense, and a public struggle with drug addiction. Both even have crown tattoos near their collarbones. But in terms of appearances and mannerisms, he is based on Creator/KateMcKinnon's [[https://www.instagram.com/p/B6UWEWWj0-6/ impression]] of Bieber from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. |
| 475 | [[/folder]] |
| 476 | |
| 477 | [[folder:''Excess Hollywoo'' Hosts]] |
| 478 | |
| 479 | !!A Ryan Seacrest Type |
| 480 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/AdamConover. |
| 481 | [[quoteright:160:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bojack_206_actress_9.png]] |
| 482 | |
| 483 | [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Yeah, this one is exactly what you think]]. A NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Creator/RyanSeacrest, he often hosts Excess Hollywoo(d) with Some Lady, functioning as the series' ''other'' CoincidentalBroadcast. |
| 484 | ---- |
| 485 | * AllegoricalCharacter: Just like Tom Jumbo-Grumbo, he represents the attitude of sensationalistic media willing to exploit any possible coverage for viewership and propaganda. Their oft violation of personal privacy and disregard for the damage caused also underscore how much ''does'' Hollywoo respect the individual and real life problems. |
| 486 | * TheAnnouncer: Along with Some Lady and An Actress Or Something, he serves as this for Excess Hollywoo(d). |
| 487 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Given how much he derides and ignores about life beyond the superficial, how he will joke about people's lives and his insufferable saccharine and condescending attitude, [=BoJack=] did a horrible thing running him over, but he couldn't have picked a better candidate for something like that]]. |
| 488 | * {{Camp}}: His attitude and tone towards everything always involves some sort of overly excited reaction or just extreme movement with his arms. |
| 489 | * CampStraight: Despite his {{Camp}} behavior, he self-identifies as straight on the air. |
| 490 | * CoincidentalBroadcast: Whenever [=BoJack=] or his friends have done anything infamous, this guy is always the first one to report on the news. [[note]] Well, unless Tom Jumbo-Grumbo manages to beat him to it. It varies from episode to episode, although unlike Tom, they mostly specialize in characters related to the main story instead of the main protagonists.[[/note]] |
| 491 | * GossipyHens: Along Some Lady and An Actress Or Something, talking about the recent scandals and rumors circulating through Hollywoo is their own bread and butter. |
| 492 | * HiddenDepths: After [=BoJack=] bails on an interview due to a EurekaMoment in Season 5, A Ryan decides to monologue, explaining that his father was a man with many scars, and each scar had a story. Presumably, he kept on relating this for the rest of the 48 minutes he had off-screen. |
| 493 | * IfItBleedsItLeads: The main criteria for his storylines. The dirtier and more intrusive it is, the better to tell everyone. |
| 494 | * LackOfEmpathy: Doesn't care one ounce about the damage he causes with his uncaring, pushy attitude or people's opinion. [[spoiler: Their co-stars getting kidnapped doesn't change anything.]] |
| 495 | * LookBothWays: [[spoiler:He didn't really saw [=BoJack=]'s limousine coming through in [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E06BrrapBrrapPewPew "Brrap Brrap Pew Pew"]].]] |
| 496 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Well, not exactly. It's less in the sense of attacking a celebrity personally and more recognizing a particular attitude as a disease. It's "A Ryan Seacrest Type", alright. |
| 497 | * PerpetualSmiler: Never stops smiling at all. Even when told of a possible kidnapping, he keeps his cheery demeanor. |
| 498 | * SpellMyNameWithAThe: In "Brrap Brrap Pew Pew", Sextina refers to him as "A Ryan". |
| 499 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Some Lady and at times An Actress Or Something. |
| 500 | |
| 501 | !!Some Lady |
| 502 | * TheAnnouncer: Along A Ryan Seacrest Type for Excess Hollywoo(d). |
| 503 | * AllegoricalCharacter: Just like Tom Jumbo-Grumbo and A Ryan Seacrest Type, she represents the attitude of sensationalistic media willing to exploit any possible coverage for viewership and propaganda, their oft violation of personal privacy and disregard for the damage caused also underscore how much ''does'' Hollywoo respect the individual and real life problems. Additionally, Some Lady represents the low standards of professionalism given to beautiful women who are hired for their looks to be nothing more than glorified {{Lovely Assistant}}s. |
| 504 | * BrainlessBeauty: A bombshell without much deep thought. |
| 505 | * TheDitz: If A Ryan is knowingly uncaring, she's ignorant and uncaring. |
| 506 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: She's billed as "Some Lady". Then again, much like A Ryan, this could be her real name. |
| 507 | * GossipyHens: Along A Ryan and An Actress Or Something, talking about the recent scandals and rumors circulating through Hollywoo is their own bread and butter. |
| 508 | * HiredForTheirLooks: More an accommodating accessory than a journalist. Very attractive, very much an airhead. |
| 509 | * IfItBleedsItLeads: How she knows which stories should be squeezed for its juice. The dirtier and more intrusive it is, the better to tell everyone. |
| 510 | * LackOfEmpathy: Doesn't think very much of discussing about a victim of EroticAsphyxiation and joking about it. |
| 511 | * LaserGuidedKarma: All too willing to discuss private life and embarrassing secrets on camera, [[spoiler:ends up being kidnapped with no one caring one bit.]] |
| 512 | * TheLoad: Doesn't really serve any purpose other than as human set dressing and to giggle and laugh at A Ryan Seacrest Type's banter. |
| 513 | * NoNameGiven: Just "Some Lady". |
| 514 | |
| 515 | !!An Actress Or Something |
| 516 | * TheOtherDarrin: InUniverse. Her appearance is justified by the need to fill the seat Some Lady left empty by her kidnapping. |
| 517 | |
| 518 | !!A Billy Bush Type |
| 519 | Again, exactly what it says on the tin, this time a pastiche of Creator/BillyBush. He appears in "Thoughts and Prayers" alongside A Creatpr/RyanSeacrest Type. |
| 520 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Supposedly a ripoff of Creator/BillyBush. |
| 521 | * PaletteSwap: Apart from being colored differently, he looks exactly like A Ryan Seacrest Type. |
| 522 | [[/folder]] |
| 523 | |
| 524 | !!Miscellaneous Residents |
| 525 | |
| 526 | [[folder:Officer Meow-Meow Fuzzyface]] |
| 527 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/CedricYarbrough |
| 528 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bojack_205_cher_skirt.png]] |
| 529 | |
| 530 | A cat policeman who shows up repeatedly over the course of the series. |
| 531 | ---- |
| 532 | * AlliterativeName: In the French dub he's called "Miaou-Miaou Minou Mignon" (Meow-Meow Cute Kitty). |
| 533 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: How aware is he of Gentle Farms' crimes is never stated.]] |
| 534 | * TheComicallySerious: Despite his ridiculous name, he's one of the more straight-faced characters. |
| 535 | * CowboyCop: He and the entire LAPD [[DiscussedTrope discuss]] what "type" of Cowboy Cop he is, even using a white-board to organize the thoughts. They decide that he's a "Loose Cannon who follows his own rules". |
| 536 | * CulturedBadass: He expresses astonishment that [[FawltyTowersPlot "Becca"]] prefers [[Music/JohannSebastianBach Bach]] instead of [[Music/AntonioVivaldi Vivaldi.]] |
| 537 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He showed up [[spoiler: to make an statement about Mr. Peanutbutter ''[[GloryHound stealing]]'' the D from the HOLLYWOOD sign way before his more prominent appearance in season 2.]] |
| 538 | * FluffyTheTerrible: Despite being a tough cop with a low voice, he's got a silly name. |
| 539 | * GreatDetective: Once he finds out [[spoiler: Diane and Todd have the chicken]], he starts using sharper deductive skills to capture them, although they often fall into [[BatDeduction Bat Deduction.]] |
| 540 | * HeadbuttingHeroes: With her boss and, to a lesser extent, with his co-workers. |
| 541 | * InspectorJavert: His approach indicates that he views criminals as scum, regardless of the justifiability of their crimes. |
| 542 | * PoliceBrutality: {{Implied}}: |
| 543 | -->'''Officer Meow-Meow Fuzzyface''': Don't worry ma'am. We'll bring your daughter home, dead or alive.\ |
| 544 | '''Kelsey Jannings''': Alive. Alive!\ |
| 545 | '''Fuzzyface''': We're the LAPD, ma'am. [[FalseReassurance We'll probably make the right call.]] |
| 546 | * RabidCop: He's very emotional and passionate about the job. |
| 547 | * ScaryBlackMan: {{Justified}}, as he's a cop. Ironically, he's a (mostly) ''white'' cat. |
| 548 | * SkywardScream: [[spoiler: '''''CCHHHIIICCCKKEEENNNNN!!!!''''']] |
| 549 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: In both of his two major appearances, [[spoiler: he declares Mr. Peanutbutter to be the thief of the D of the Hollywood sig, which subsequently gets destroyed and has played the UnwittingPawn to a slaughterhouse that reveals the [[FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter true nature of meat]].]] |
| 550 | * SunglassesAtNight: Lampshaded by Todd in "Chickens". |
| 551 | * SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: [[spoiler: Despite chasing after Todd and Diane, he's not portrayed ''completely'' in the wrong either. They kidnapped a chicken, after all. He's just being blind to other, more ''serious'', if ''legal'' crimes.]] |
| 552 | * TechnicianVersusPerformer: He's the performer (immediate action, CowboyCop, busting heads) to his boss's technician (prefers to do things by the book, intolerant towards insubordination). |
| 553 | [[/folder]] |
| 554 | |
| 555 | [[folder:Police Chief]] |
| 556 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7j6wt9v.png]] |
| 557 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/KhandiAlexander. |
| 558 | |
| 559 | Officer Fuzzyface's superior. |
| 560 | ---- |
| 561 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: She has a very demanding voice and berates Fuzzyface whenever he has gotten out of the line. |
| 562 | * BlackBossLady: To Officer Fuzzyface. |
| 563 | * TheBigBoard: How she and the rest of the Hollywoo PD come to the conclusion of what kind of cop Fuzzyface is: They discard the entirety of the options he doesn't fit in by writing them on a white board. |
| 564 | * CowboyCop: She reunites the entire LAPD to [[DiscussedTrope discuss]] what "type" of Cowboy Cop Meow-Meow Fuzzyface is, even using a white-board to organize the thoughts. They decide that he's a "Loose Cannon who follows his own rules". |
| 565 | * DaChief: Of course. |
| 566 | * TheGoodCaptain: One kinda gets the feeling that she's only berating Fuzzyface because of improper ways and she's quite a ReasonableAuthorityFigure. |
| 567 | * HeadbuttingHeroes: With Officer Fuzzyface. |
| 568 | * ObstructiveBureaucrat: How Fuzzyface sees her; her influence, bad opinion about him and adherence to by-the-book procedure often conflict with Officer Fuzzyface's more hands-on approach. |
| 569 | * TechnicianVersusPerformer: She's the technician (prefers to do things by the book, intolerant towards insubordination) to Meow-Meow's performer (immediate action, CowboyCop, busting heads.) |
| 570 | * TheStrategist: Prefers to think ahead and plan everything, which clashes with [[HotBlooded Fuzzyface]]'s method. |
| 571 | * SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Just like Fuzzyface and the rest of Hollywoo PD. |
| 572 | [[/folder]] |
| 573 | |
| 574 | [[folder:Neal [=McBeal=], the Navy Seal]] |
| 575 | [[quoteright:233:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/neal_mcbeal.png]] |
| 576 | ->'''Played by''': Creator/PattonOswalt |
| 577 | |
| 578 | A returning Navy Seal[[note]] literally, a seal[[/note]] who starts feuding with [=BoJack=] over some muffins. |
| 579 | ---- |
| 580 | * AggressiveNegotiations: If you're willing to call them negotiations, which is stretching the term a bit too much. While being a somewhat wronged party, Neal ''demands'' [=BoJack=] apologies and some form of "compensation" over buying the muffins in a fit of pettiness, and he's too willing to use the news to coerce him into doing so. |
| 581 | * AllIssuesArePoliticalIssues: Frames [=BoJack=] taking his muffins as a sign of [=Bojack's=] disrespect for the army, and therefore for American values. |
| 582 | * AmbiguousSyntax: Is he a Navy SEAL[[note]]a specific, specialized force within the Navy[[/note]] or a ''literal'' Navy Seal[[note]]just a seal who served in the navy[[/note]]? Though since his uniform lacks the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Warfare_insignia Special Warfare Insignia]], [[note]]Issued to every member, regardless of rank, who passes Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training, SEAL Qualification Training (SQT) and been designated a Navy SEAL.[[/note]] it's likely the latter. |
| 583 | * AntiVillain: He's an entitled jerkass, true, but [=BoJack=] is just as petty and entitled in this case. |
| 584 | * ChestOfMedals: His uniform is covered in medals that indicate his military accomplishments. |
| 585 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: He's angry that [=BoJack=] isn't treating him the respect he thinks he's due as a returning soldier. |
| 586 | * DisproportionateRetribution: His response to [=BoJack=] taking the last box of his favourite brand of muffins is to whip up a media frenzy targeting him. |
| 587 | * EntitledBastard: The whole reason why the conflict started was because [=BoJack=] stole[[note]]in as much as one can stretch the meaning of "stole"[[/note]] Neal's muffins and he wanted justice. |
| 588 | * {{Hypocrite}}: He accuses [=BoJack=] of using his status as a "pseudo-celebrity" to obtain special treatment and of being an EntitledBastard, but he's using his status as an Afganistan veteran to do exactly the same thing. |
| 589 | * IShallTauntYou: His and Tom Jumbo-Grumbo's tactic to get [=BoJack=] to respond to their accusations, knowing that he can't handle criticism. |
| 590 | * ItsThePrincipleOfTheThing: He doesn't really care about the muffins, he just wanted to get back at [=BoJack=] for his perceived disrespect. |
| 591 | * JerkassHasAPoint: He does raise a good point that [=BoJack=] doesn't care about the feelings of others and feels entitled to everything since he's a celebrity. |
| 592 | * KickTheDog: He goes out of his way to annoy and inconvenience [=BoJack=] over a simple box of muffins. |
| 593 | * KnightTemplar: He firmly believes he's standing up for vetrans by engaging in his petty feud. |
| 594 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: After the demanded public apology goes south, he drops his feud with [=BoJack=] as pointless. |
| 595 | * LaserGuidedKarma: In the end, he ''never'' gets the muffins that started the whole feud. [=BoJack=] instead gives him stale hamburger buns and an insincere apology. |
| 596 | * MaliciousSlander: His attack strategy against [=BoJack=] is to defame him until he explains himself. |
| 597 | * NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: He portrays himself this way, as a hero not accepted by the people he protects. Given the way the public rallies behind him, it's not true. |
| 598 | * OneShotCharacter: Only appears in "[[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E02BojackHatesTheTroops [=BoJack=] Hates The Troops]]". |
| 599 | * RhymingNames: Not only does his first and last name (N''eal'' [=McB=]''eal'') rhyme with each other, but they also rhyme with his title, "the Navy SEAL." |
| 600 | * SemiaquaticSpeciesSailor: Neal [=McBeal=] is a seal and a Navy SEAL who fought in the naval forces in Afghanistan. |
| 601 | * TautologicalTemplar: Whatever he does, Neal believes that he's doing it for fair and justified reasons. Of course, some people may think otherwise. |
| 602 | [[/folder]] |
| 603 | |
| 604 | [[folder:Prison Gangs (Aryan Nation & Latin Kings)]] |
| 605 | ->'''Klaus (Aryan Leader) played by''': Creator/ChrisParnell |
| 606 | ->'''Latin Kings Leader played by''': Creator/HoratioSanz |
| 607 | |
| 608 | Two gangs Todd joins while in prison. Lead by Klaus and an unnamed goat respectively. |
| 609 | ---- |
| 610 | * AffablyEvil: Both are very friendly to Todd despite being gang members. [[spoiler:Until they found out Todd was two-timing them, then they both tried to kill him.]] |
| 611 | * AmbiguouslyGay: To further establish the "two dates to the prom" analogy, the two gang leaders act like they're dating Todd. Klaus even brought flowers. |
| 612 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Or at least ''Beware the AffablyEvil Ones''. Both leaders are laid-back guys who treat potential recruits with respect. [[spoiler:However, if someone crosses them, he won't hesitate to kill them.]] |
| 613 | * TheCartel: The Latin Kings are a Latino gang, as their name suggests. |
| 614 | * EnemyMine: [[spoiler:At the end of the prison riot, the Aryans and Latins both put aside their differences to try and murder Todd.]] |
| 615 | * FantasticRacism: Subverted, while the Aryan Nation are whites-only and the Latin Kings are Hispanics, both gangs have human and animal members. Apparently in this show, race/ethnicity transcends species. |
| 616 | * FriendlyEnemy: Surprisingly, considering how racist real Aryan gangs are, Klaus and the Latin Kings leader seem to get along well. When trying to sway Todd to their sides, they try to make their gang look good, instead of making the other look bad. [[spoiler:Reaches its apex when they're both agreeing to bury the hatchet after a vicious PrisonRiot between the two... by cheerfully trying to curb-stomp Todd.]] |
| 617 | * PlayingBothSides: Todd gets recruitment offers from both gangs, and is unsure which one he favors, so he (rather naively) tries to join ''both'' of them. [[spoiler:When they find out, [[PrisonRiot they aren't pleased]].]] |
| 618 | * PrisonRiot: Upon realizing that Todd had (unintentionally) double-crossed them both, [[spoiler: the two gangs get into a [[MobWar deadly fight]] that kills multiple inmates and guards, before they focus on attacking Todd.]] |
| 619 | * ThoseWackyNazis: The Aryan Nation are Neo-Nazi skinheads played for laughs. |
| 620 | [[/folder]] |
| 621 | |
| 622 | [[folder:Alex]] |
| 623 | [[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bojack_202_matthew_rhys.png]] |
| 624 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/JoelMcHale |
| 625 | |
| 626 | A very normal person and definitely-not-a-spy who, just like Wanda, has just woken from a 30-year old coma and is just trying to adjust himself to the new world. |
| 627 | ---- |
| 628 | * BirdsOfAFeather: With Wanda, much to [=BoJack=]'s chagrin. They're both from different times as they've both awakened from 30-year comas. As a result, they are in new positions in the world and they're struggling to catch up with the present. |
| 629 | * DirtyCommunist: He's in reality a covert agent and spy for the KGB, working while the USSR was still a thing. Ironically, when [=BoJack=] tries to expose him and paint him in a negative light, [[spoiler:this only earns him more sympathy since he's coping with the fact that he no longer has a job or a place in the new world.]] |
| 630 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: A former KGB agent who has trouble getting used to the new state of things. The fact that, like Wanda, he's been on a coma for 30 years doesn't help at all. |
| 631 | * HonestyIsTheBestPolicy: While [=BoJack=] outed him first, he was planning on confessing his past to everyone he met as part of changing his ways and starting a new life. |
| 632 | * TheMole: Parodied. Thirty years ago a Soviet spy would be bad news, but it's rendered null by the fact that his employers, the URSS and KGB, have since disappears during the time he was out of action. |
| 633 | * MostDefinitelyNotAVillain: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Alex manages to hide his true intentions very well and only starts behaving in suspicious ways once he's been outed as a formar spy. |
| 634 | * RomanticFalseLead: He is introduced as a possible romantic partner for Wanda, before becoming the first metaphorical obstacle in their relationship. |
| 635 | * StrangerInAFamiliarLand: He's having a real hard time accepting that the world he once knew is gone now and he has to adapt with the current times. |
| 636 | * WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: After seing how corrupt and dysfuntional the american society is, he cancells his plans to undermine it and is content with sitting on the sidelines and watching it sucessfully undermine itself. |
| 637 | * WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell: He used to be a KGB agent who ended going into a coma that lasted around 30 years during which the USSR collapsed. Now, he practically is without a job. |
| 638 | [[/folder]] |
| 639 | |
| 640 | [[folder:Oxnard the Accountant]] |
| 641 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oxnard.PNG]] |
| 642 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/JakeJohnson |
| 643 | |
| 644 | Mr. Peanutbutter's long-suffering meerkat accountant, who's often forced to help advise with financing Todd's and Peanutbutter's ridiculous business schemes. |
| 645 | ---- |
| 646 | * BeleagueredAssistant: He has to go along with Mr. Peanutbutter's crazy moneymaking schemes, to his endless frustration. |
| 647 | * BigNO: Lets out a big, dramatic "NO!" as Mr. Peanutbutter drives him back to work. |
| 648 | * ButtMonkey: Comes with being the accountant to Mr. Peanutbutter: he can't catch a break, and the plot consistently drives him to overwork. Later, in Season 3, he is literally dragged away from his family to work, and the playhouse he constructed for his son is destroyed by [=BoJack=] and Sarah Lynn. To add insult to injury, Sarah criticizes his building skills afterwards. |
| 649 | * HonestAdvisor: Mr. Peanutbutter may be airheaded and bad with money, but Oxnard never takes advantage of him and executes his schemes to the letter. He does tell PB they don't make sense, not that the dog ever listens to him. |
| 650 | * IWasJustJoking: He sarcastically suggests a spaghetti strainer hat as a business idea. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Mr. Peanutbutter takes him seriously]]. |
| 651 | * OnlySaneMan: As [[CloudCuckoolander Mr. Peanutbutter's]] accountant, he has to deal with the stupid ideas he and Todd come up with, much to his chagrin. |
| 652 | * RapidFireNo: He lets out a series of "no"s whenever Mr. Peanutbutter and Todd pitch a new idea to him. |
| 653 | * WhenYouComingHomeDad: Parodied. Mr. Peanutbutter literally drags him away from his son when he tries to spend time with him. Ironically, his favorite song is the TropeNamer, "Cat's in the Cradle", which he wanted to listen to with his son. |
| 654 | [[/folder]] |
| 655 | |
| 656 | [[folder:The Closer]] |
| 657 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/CandiceBergen |
| 658 | -->''When you do bad things, you have something you can point to when people eventually leave you. [[ItsNotYouItsMe It's not you, you tell yourself.]] It's that bad thing you did.'' |
| 659 | |
| 660 | An incredibly talented negotiator working for the L.A Gazette. She contacts [=BoJack=] in order to try and get him to keep being subscribed to the Gazette, but ends up giving him excellent advice as well. |
| 661 | ---- |
| 662 | * TheAce: Intelligent, caring and knows the ins and outs of people like the back of her hand. Her wall is adorned with Employee of the Month awards for a reason. |
| 663 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: Why she's so successful. She can easily understand why a client is the way they are with little effort. |
| 664 | * TheDreaded: Her power is feared by everyone below her. |
| 665 | * HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Her face is never shown: only her sitting at her computer, turned away from the viewer. |
| 666 | * PolitenessJudo: Is polite, helpful, and sympathetic to callers, so they'll feel bad about wanting to cancel their subscription. |
| 667 | * TheShrink: Version three: The Awesome Shrink. She gives great advice, clearly understands [=BoJack=] and sets him on a better path by the end of the episode. |
| 668 | * TheSocialExpert: She is able to work out [=BoJack's=] personal issues, set him on a path to deal with them, and gets him to retain his subscription to her paper, over the course of one phone call. |
| 669 | [[/folder]] |
| 670 | |
| 671 | [[folder:Miles the Intern]] |
| 672 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/HannibalBuress |
| 673 | |
| 674 | An intern at Felicity Huffman's reality TV show. He briefly dates Hollyhock. |
| 675 | ---- |
| 676 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: At first, he looks like a decent guy who genuinely likes Hollyhock, but is willing to dump her to get his script discovered by an agent. A realistic example, since he's never really shown to be that bad of a guy, just selfish enough to let good things go to waste. |
| 677 | * HerCodeNameWasMarySue: InUniverse. He's an aspiring writer and as per their agreement, gives [=BoJack=] a spec script to shop around. Given his description of the main concept, it's clearly just a biographical comedy about him. BJ is not impressed. |
| 678 | * InterspeciesRomance: He enters a brief relationship with Hollyhock, a horsegirl. |
| 679 | [[/folder]] |
| 680 | |
| 681 | [[folder:Vincent Adultman]] |
| 682 | [[quoteright:178:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/episode_9_carolyn_patrick.png]] |
| 683 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/AlisonBrie |
| 684 | ->'''Debut:''' "Horse Majeur" |
| 685 | ->'''Final Appearance:''' "After The Party" (official); "Higher Love" (cameo) |
| 686 | |
| 687 | [[BlatantLies An adult]] who goes out with Princess Carolyn. Allegedly, but only according to [=BoJack=], he is actually [[TotemPoleTrench three kids in a trenchcoat]]. Claims to have a son named Kevin, although if the three kids theory is true, Kevin is actually just the kid playing his head. |
| 688 | ---- |
| 689 | * BlatantLies: After being seen as his "actual" self - Kevin - Princess Carolyn angrily confronts him over having seen what was ''obviously'' his son. |
| 690 | -->'''P.C.''': Are there other secrets I don't know about?\ |
| 691 | '''Vincent''': Uhhh nope! |
| 692 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: Despite the fact that "he" snuck inside a bar to get alcohol, Vincent is probably the most idealistic and caring person in Hollywoo. He's also clueless when it comes to adult relationships or exactly how wrong in reality is that he and Princess Carolyn are dating, but he still gives the old college try. |
| 693 | * ClarkKenting: Vincent? Three children stacked on top of each other in a trench coat? Ha! Pull the other leg! [[spoiler:Even after Princess Carolyn sees the top child, Kevin, without the trenchcoat, she becomes convinced that Kevin is "Vincent's" son. [[SureLetsGoWithThat Kevin decides to roll with that]].]] |
| 694 | * ConspicuousTrenchcoat: In this case, for being used by three kids. |
| 695 | * DamnedByAFoolsPraise: [[spoiler:As it turns out, Vincent used to be the consultant for PB Livin when it came to when to invest. This explains why the company ends up wasting a lot a money and ultimately goes bankrupt.]] |
| 696 | * FreeRangeChildren: They never seem to have any problem being out alone for hours at a time. Kevin at one point mentions his mom is working full time and taking night classes. |
| 697 | * GivenNameReveal: The kid on top of the other two is named Kevin. |
| 698 | * HiddenDepths: You wouldn't expect three kids in a trench coat pretending to be an adult turn out to be a decent person and [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn a happy ending]], but "he" does. |
| 699 | * {{Irony}}: The three kids in a trenchcoat are more emotionally mature than the bunch of grownups they hang out with. Then again, considering what a DysfunctionJunction the cast is, it's probably intentional. |
| 700 | * KidHasAPoint: Part of the reason why [[CassandraTruth nobody believes [=BoJack=]'s (rightly) claims of his disguise and child-like appearance]] is that Vincent often shows enough emotional maturity and gives sensible advice. |
| 701 | * LazyAlias: Vincent '''''Adultman'''''. |
| 702 | * NiceGuy: Very much so. The "guy" is hardly malicious and always willing to give people advice and consolation. |
| 703 | * NotWhatItLooksLike: When Princess Carolyn sees a kid who looks just like Vincent and concludes that Vincent must have a wife and kid he's not telling her about, "Vincent" rushes over to explain: he's divorced, and the kid she saw is his son. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Vincent is definitely not the same person as that kid, because that would be crazy!]] |
| 704 | * ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: His job making "business transactions" at the "business factory." |
| 705 | * OldManMarryingAChild: With Princess Carolyn. An unique variation in that ''she'' is unaware of it and he (they) are too innocent to fully understand what's happening. |
| 706 | * PaperThinDisguise: Despite how flimsy his disguise is and how transparent his lies are (claiming to work at a "Business factory"), which only [=BoJack=] ever calls out, he somehow maintains a relationship with Princess Carolyn. |
| 707 | * PrecociousCrush: Considering that Vincent seems to be happy with Princess Carolyn, it may be possible that Kevin has one on her. |
| 708 | * PutOnABus: He disappears during season 2 after [[spoiler:Princess Carolyn breaks up with him.]] He makes a cameo in the next episode, though, as PB Livin's "Business advisor". |
| 709 | * SecondLove: To Princess Carolyn, [[spoiler:at least until they break up.]] |
| 710 | * SimpleMindedWisdom: Being literally three kids in a trench coat, Vincent "Adultman" approaches most adult problems before him in terms and solutions a child can understand. Like taking a time-out from his relationship with Princess Carolyn to understand why he was so cranky with her, causing him to realize he was wrong and that he loves her. |
| 711 | * TotempoleTrench: He's three kids in a trench coat with a broom and a prop hand for arms. |
| 712 | * UnderstandingBoyfriend: To Princess Carolyn, after she breaks up with [=BoJack=]. |
| 713 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: Played with. The three boys in a trench coat are definitely children, [[ChildrenAreInnocent with children's limited understanding of adult business and relationships]], but their SimpleMindedWisdom impress the adults around them so much that nobody (save [[OnlySaneMan [=BoJack=]]]) ever suspects that "he" might not be an adult. How could someone so wise just be a kid (or kids)?! |
| 714 | [[/folder]] |
| 715 | |
| 716 | [[folder:Irving Jannings]] |
| 717 | [[quoteright:184:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chickens_bojack_horseman.jpg]] |
| 718 | ->'''Played by''': Creator/AmySchumer |
| 719 | ->'''Debut:''' "Chickens" |
| 720 | |
| 721 | Kelsey Jannings's daughter, who ends taking a ride along with Diane while her mother and [=BoJack=] finish the ''Secretariat'' shots. |
| 722 | ---- |
| 723 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: During their brief time together, Irving boasts about wanting to help and make a change in the world, while chastising Diane about her "playing it safe" attitude. [[spoiler: By the end of the Chicken 4 Dayz incident, she's scared out of her mind and ends in the Police Station handcuffed alongside Diane and Todd.]] |
| 724 | * BrattyTeenageDaughter: One of the reasons why Kelsey passes her towards Diane. She loves the kid, but she inherited the family attitude of being an active smartass and Kelsey ''really'' needs to finish today's work. |
| 725 | * BreakTheBeliever: By the end of her only appearance, she seems to be coming to terms with how little she can do in the world. Subverted, as Diane and Todd pull her out of this way of thinking soon after. |
| 726 | -->'''Irving''': So, after all that, the only thing that saved Becca was that [=BoJack=] was friends with Drew Barrymore?\ |
| 727 | '''Bojack''': Yep.\ |
| 728 | '''Irving''': So, did anything we did matter?\ |
| 729 | '''Bojack''': Nope. |
| 730 | * GenderBlenderName: Irving is '''not'' a name usually used for women. |
| 731 | * InnocentBystander: Just like Diane, she's kind of dragged into the chicken hiding plot. Unlike Diane, she embraces the possibility and tries to help as much as she can. |
| 732 | * LikeParentLikeChild: It's fairly easy to see Irving is Kelsey's daughter: age and approach besides, they have some facial similarities, same temperament, usually frowny faces and pretty cynical attitude with a greatly disaffected view of the world, although Kelsey still has some hope for the world. |
| 733 | * MoralityPet: Besides Todd, Irving is the only person the tough Kelsey is constantly nice to. |
| 734 | * PhoneaholicTeenager: Before her attention is picked up by the Chicken plot, Irving spend most of her time during the carpool with Diane texting and watching her phone instead of making conversation. |
| 735 | * SoapboxSadie: Very passionate about the causes she believes in. In fact, most of the actions Diane takes about Becca in the latter half of the episode happen because of a subtle pushing from Irving's part. |
| 736 | [[/folder]] |
| 737 | |
| 738 | [[folder:The Lady Dogs]] |
| 739 | [[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/big_1409419338_image.jpg]] |
| 740 | |
| 741 | A pair of {{Recurring Extra}}s that are often seen together in the background, talking and gossiping about anything that pops into their heads. |
| 742 | ---- |
| 743 | %%* TheDitz: They're not very smart, to say the least. As for their survival rating, one only has to look at their favorite foods to know. |
| 744 | * FatAndSkinny: One is a pink, slim Poodle with a slender figure. The other is a slightly overweight Corgi with curves abundant. They're also best friends. |
| 745 | * LarynxDissonance: They are feminine-looking dogs voiced by men. |
| 746 | * NoNameGiven: Their names are never mentioned onscreen. |
| 747 | * RecurringExtra: Often seen in the background of many episodes, such as in "[[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E02BojackHatesTheTroops [=BoJack=] Hates The Troops]]" when discussing their love for chocolate, only seldomly interacting with the main characters as in "Out To Sea" when talking to [=BoJack=] about how they loved ''Secretariat''. |
| 748 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Whenever they appear, it's for a one-off joke playing on their AnimalStereotypes or just a FunnyBackgroundEvent, never interacting directly with any other character. |
| 749 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chocolate, which is famously very bad for dogs. They simply ''love'' it, despite being very aware it might kill them, and just can't stop consuming it. |
| 750 | * ValleyGirl: Not the wardrobe, but they have exaggerated southern California accents. |
| 751 | [[/folder]] |
| 752 | |
| 753 | [[folder:Roxy]] |
| 754 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/FieldingEdlow |
| 755 | |
| 756 | Diane's longtime friend. |
| 757 | ---- |
| 758 | * HairstyleInertia: In a flashback to 2007, she has the exact same hair. |
| 759 | * SatelliteCharacter: Her only purpose in the story is to be a normal, non-celebrity sounding board for Diane and her issues. |
| 760 | ** In "Stupid Piece of Shit", just as it seems like we might find out more about her as Diane asks what's going on with her, Todd interrupts. |
| 761 | ** In "Xerox of a Xerox" Diane confesses she doesn't even know what Roxy's job is. |
| 762 | [[/folder]] |
| 763 | |
| 764 | [[folder:Erica]] |
| 765 | ->'''Played by''': N/A |
| 766 | |
| 767 | A long time friend of Mister Peanutbutter. He keeps bumping into her nearly everywhere, yet she never appears on screen. |
| 768 | ---- |
| 769 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied to have dealt with several severe injuries and a criminal record. She may or may not be a convicted sex offender. |
| 770 | -->'''Mister Peanutbutter:''' ERICA! You know you're not allowed to vote in national elections! |
| 771 | * TheGhost: She's often mentioned, but has never appeared on-screen. |
| 772 | * NoodleIncident: Oh so many. Mister Peanutbutter brings several up, but never elaborates. |
| 773 | -->'''Mister Peanutbutter:''' ERICA! You can't be here! This place is filled with children! |
| 774 | * PhraseCatcher: "ERICA!" |
| 775 | [[/folder]] |
| 776 | |
| 777 | [[folder:Jogging Baboon]] |
| 778 | ->'''Played by''': Creator/JasonBeghe |
| 779 | |
| 780 | A baboon who frequently jogs by [=BoJack's=] house in the Hollywood Hills. |
| 781 | ---- |
| 782 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: He goes jogging past [=BoJack's=] house in almost every establishing shot in Season Two. Turns out to be a MeaningfulBackgroundEvent in the season finale. |
| 783 | * HolyBacklight: The sun behind him gives him an inspiration effect as he speaks to [=BoJack=] at the end of Season Two. |
| 784 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He only speaks once, but it's to give [=BoJack=] some very wise advice. |
| 785 | [[/folder]] |
| 786 | |
| 787 | [[folder:Ayako]] |
| 788 | [[quoteright:190:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_143003.jpg]] |
| 789 | ->'''Played by''': Creator/MinaeNoji |
| 790 | |
| 791 | ->'''Debut:''' [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E02BojackHatesTheTroops "[=BoJack=] Hates The Troops"]] |
| 792 | |
| 793 | Todd's new "girlfriend" in "Bojack Hates The Troops", who turns out to be a scam artist. |
| 794 | ---- |
| 795 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: In her first appearance, she comes off as a charming and nice woman who is talking through web cam with Todd, even if she already wants to know Todd's mother's maiden name. Later, she drops the sweet façade and yells at him for lying to her about being rich while only having a bit less than a hundred dollars. |
| 796 | * ConArtist: She tries to scam people out of their money by pretending to be a sweet woman. |
| 797 | * {{Fauxreigner}}: She pretends to be actually living in Japan as part of the scam, even going as far as to pretend she doesn't speak English. When the plan goes sideways, she drops the act altogether and speaks with her normal voice. [[invoked]] |
| 798 | [[/folder]] |
| 799 | |
| 800 | [[folder:Bird Paparazzi]] |
| 801 | |
| 802 | Two very dumb and cruel paparazzi who constantly try to take compromising pictures of celebrities to get a juicy settlement. Their pictures of [=BoJack=] and Sarah Lynn lead them down a very troubling road. |
| 803 | ---- |
| 804 | * BitPartBadguys: While they'd rather think themselves as masterminds and bigger threats, they're nothing but petty, opportunistic sleazebags and minor nuisances. |
| 805 | * {{Blackmail}}: The main purpose of the photos is to coerce [=BoJack=], who appears in them, to pay a fee in exchange of keeping them under wraps. [[spoiler: Of course, they didn't count on not being able to reach the guy or having his agent blackmail them instead.]] |
| 806 | * ButtMonkey: In their short screen time before becoming {{Recurring Extra}}s, they go from one humiliating situation to another; [[spoiler: first, they fail to get in contact personally with [=BoJack=] about the pictures, and when they do, they're not taken seriously or simply rebuffed; and finally, when they manage to get in touch with his agent to negotiate a kind of agreement, not only are they instead ''the ones being blackmailed'', but they barely escape being framed for a murder and are forced to give the pictures and some money themselves.]] |
| 807 | * ComicallySmallDemand: What's their demand in order for the photos go away? [[spoiler: $150, each. Needless to say, the means in which they got the pictures end up biting them in the ass.]] |
| 808 | * TheDitz: They're not that smart when it comes to shrewd business like extortion, specifically knowing the possible legal concerns that might arise from their actions, and are sufficiently punished for it. |
| 809 | * EarlyBirdCameo: No pun intended. During Ayako's tirade against Todd in the second episode, the blue bird's picture appears in her monitor as one of her victims. |
| 810 | * {{Jerkass}}: Unpleasant, opportunistic douchebags with a serious entitlement attitude and smugness. |
| 811 | * {{Paparazzi}}: Their main line of work is taking sketchy pictures of celebrities. |
| 812 | * ThePeepingTom: Well, it's in their line of work to provide particularly sleazy pictures of celebrities that might stir controversy. |
| 813 | * SmugSnake: They see their compromising photos of [=BoJack=] as some sort of evil master plan, but they're completely out of their depth in what they do. |
| 814 | * StupidCrooks: They try to blackmail [=BoJack=]'s camp with admittedly compromising photographs, but don't consider the legality of it: ''they'' are completely in the wrong for breaking and entering, and are summarily dismissed. |
| 815 | [[/folder]] |
| 816 | |
| 817 | [[folder:Tina Bear]] |
| 818 | [[quoteright:173:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tinabear.png]] |
| 819 | |
| 820 | Herb's caretaker and nurse at home. Only speaks in grunts. |
| 821 | ---- |
| 822 | * BearyFriendly: She's really nice and quite civil towards Herb whenever he needs her. They're shown to be very close. |
| 823 | * BodyguardBetrayal: [[spoiler: SubvertedTrope. At first,]] it seems like Tina, along with Henry Winkler, have conspired to stop the publishing of Herb's book just out of spite. [[spoiler: However, it turns out they have a pretty good reason to do so, as the book was terrible and would have harmed his legacy]] |
| 824 | * TheBusCameBack: Returns in season 4 after disappearing after Herb's death to help out with [=BoJack's=] mother. |
| 825 | * TheCaretaker: For Herb, being his live-in nurse. [[spoiler: Her first reaction when the fight between Herb and [=BoJack=] gets physical is to make sure Herb doesn't get hurt.]] She also ends up being this for Beatrice when she's kicked out of her nursing home. |
| 826 | * CruelToBeKind: She [[spoiler:went against Herb's wishes to publish his novel after he died. The reason was so that his legacy wouldn't be tainted further]]. |
| 827 | * GentleGiant: She's caring, patient and quite sensitive, in addition to being very tall. |
| 828 | * IntelligibleUnintelligible: She communicates solely in grunts and growls, but some people can understand her and translate for her. Henry Winkler calls her speech [[spoiler: at Herb's funeral "touching" so it's not impossible for humans to understand her.]] |
| 829 | * SlidingScaleOfAnimalCommunication: Level 5, to be specific. Tina ''can'' be understood, but only in certain situations and by certain people. She can also understand what people say and mean, but it's not always two-sided. |
| 830 | * SpeaksFluentAnimal: One of the few {{Funny Animal}}s to speak this way. |
| 831 | * StealthPun: She's a bear and works as a nurse in the caring profession. In other words, she's a ''care bear.'' |
| 832 | [[/folder]] |
| 833 | |
| 834 | [[folder:Celebrity Stealing Club]] |
| 835 | |
| 836 | Two sisters who make their life goal to steal precious memorabilia from all kinds of celebrities and who end up ransacking [=BoJack=]'s van while Todd's inside while they're both visiting Herb. |
| 837 | ---- |
| 838 | * EpiphanyTherapy: While they're raiding the van looking for things that may be worth something, Todd picks up on their tense sibling relationship and stalls them by appealing to their problems, making them face their lives and slowly open up about who they are. |
| 839 | * GoodCopBadCop: A villainous version. One of them, Kenzie, is nicer, and more approachable, unlike her sister, who's more pushy, colder and pragmatic. |
| 840 | * RecurringExtra: After their introduction, they occasionally show up in the background of parties stealing something or other. |
| 841 | * WholePlotReference: Their whole shtick is based off ''Film/TheBlingRing'' and the real life inspiration for that film. |
| 842 | [[/folder]] |
| 843 | |
| 844 | [[folder:Herb's Lawyer]] |
| 845 | |
| 846 | A dapper bat gentleman who is very formal and blind. Chosen by Herb to be his legal advisor due to his vocabulary and professionalism, and not due to his legal skills. |
| 847 | ---- |
| 848 | * AntiquatedLinguistics: One of the reasons why he was hired was because of his overly formal way of talking, which makes him sound wise. It's even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by him. |
| 849 | -->'''Lawyer''': I told him, I'm not actually an attorney, I'm just a blind man. Still, Herb thought me wise for some reason. Perhaps it is my overly formal manner of speech. I bid you good day. |
| 850 | * BlindWithoutEm: And even with them, he has barely any idea of who's who. He's got really bad vision. |
| 851 | * CharactersAsDevice: His main purpose in the narrative is to give the cast of ''JustForFun/HorsinAround'' a disk, which is the key to uncovering Herb's "gold". |
| 852 | * DeafComposer: A blind lawyer, to be exact. He's not even a lawyer and yet he's been signed a job in which he has to interact with people all the time, probably has to write dozens of papers and has to make sure that every single one of his client's affairs are met with precision. Even then, can he be sure he's doing it right if it's not by ear? |
| 853 | * SeeminglyProfoundFool: He's just a blind bat without any sort of legal education. Add some well-formulated words, well executed manners and good etiquette and Herb suddenly found the perfect lawyer. |
| 854 | [[/folder]] |
| 855 | |
| 856 | [[folder:Dr. Champ]] |
| 857 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ce8d3d42_fb92_4823_81a3_9ce8756e5256.png]] |
| 858 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/SamRichardson |
| 859 | |
| 860 | A therapy horse at Pastiches Malibu, the drug rehab facility where [=BoJack=] stays in Season 6. |
| 861 | ---- |
| 862 | * BreakTheCutie: Starts out as a rock for recovering addicts to rely on. After [=BoJack=]'s hidden bottle of vodka accidentally ends up in his hands and then his stomach, he relapses into full-on alcoholism overnight and loses all of his confidence. |
| 863 | * ExactWords: He's not a horse who is also a therapist, he's a [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equine-assisted_therapy "therapy horse"]]. He also never technically claims to be a licensed doctor, but also doesn't exactly advertise that "Doctor" is actually his first name. [[spoiler: He uses this to screw over [=BoJack=] and reveal every dark secret he shared with him during his rehab sessions to Paige and Maximilian; since he's a therapy horse and not a therapist, he doesn't have to adhere to client confidentiality.]] |
| 864 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 865 | ** Being a horse, it's natural that he would be one for [=BoJack=]. While [=BoJack=] is irritable, antisocial and unable to maintain any close relationships, Dr Champ is calm, outgoing and married. Deconstructed after Dr Champ develops a drinking problem, as unlike [=BoJack=] who is so accustomed to screwing up while drunk that he can always try to do better next time, Dr Champ feels like he's failed after one day of being drunk. |
| 866 | ** To [=BoJack=]'s father, Butterscotch. Another horse with a drinking problem, but one who actually tries to stay sober for the sake of his spouse and child. Dr. Champ even [[LampshadeHanging Lampshades]] it: |
| 867 | --->'''[=Dr. Champ=]:''' I remind you of your father so you simultaneously resent me and crave my approval. |
| 868 | * {{Hypocrite}}: His entire job is about getting people the help they need to overcome their addictions but after he relapses he hates [=BoJack=] for having him checked into rehab to get help, believing that his personal life is more important than getting legitimate help. He also accuses [=BoJack=] of always trying to find excuses for his bad behavior and blaming other people for his problems, right in the middle of him blaming his relapse into alcoholism entirely on [=BoJack=], when [=BoJack=]'s involvement was a genuine accident; Champ was the one who made the decision to continue his drinking binge at a bar (and it already beggars belief that he couldn't tell the difference between booze and water in the first place), much like he was just looking for any excuse at all to start drinking again. |
| 869 | ** Dr. Champ criticizes Bojack for lying by omission about his involvement in Sarah Lynn's death, but his plan for how to deal with his relapse was to lie to everyone (including his own husband) that he isn't OffTheWagon in perpetuity. |
| 870 | * InsistentTerminology: He's a therapy horse, not a therapist. [[spoiler:This eventually comes to bite [=BoJack=] ''hard'', since Dr. Champ being a therapy horse and not a licensed therapist allows him to spill the beans about everything [=BoJack=] has done to Paige and Maximilian without worrying about client confidentiality.]] |
| 871 | * InVinoVeritas: It's only after [=BoJack=] accidentally gets him drunk that Dr. Champ starts being fully honest, telling [=BoJack=] some hard truths while also showing that he has a strong mean streak. |
| 872 | * JerkassHasAPoint: He blames [=BoJack=] for basically ruining his life because of the vodka bottle that [=BoJack=] had been keeping. He's not wrong that [=BoJack=]'s actions began things going wrong for him. |
| 873 | * NeverMyFault: A ZigZaggedTrope. He blames his relapse into alcoholism entirely on [=BoJack=] and has a fair point... only as far the first drink that began things, which is something the [=BoJack=] certainly did not intend and actively tried to prevent. Once he has sobered up and avoided being caught for that one drink, which [=BoJack=] is responsible for, he decides to head to a bar making it a full relapse. [=BoJack=] may have started things but it was completely accidental and the choice to resume drinking was his alone as he was in his right mind when he made it. It's also rather questionable that he didn't know what he was doing with that first drink; vodka isn't exactly easy to chug, nor is it easy to mistake the taste for water especially when [=BoJack=] attempted to take a sip he gagged. |
| 874 | * OffTheWagon: Thanks to [=BoJack=]. Though it is hard not to see Champ's own subsequent actions and eagerness to blame everything on [=BoJack=] as him just looking for any excuse to jump off. |
| 875 | * TheShrink: Of the well-meaning but ineffective type when sober. When drunk he proves to be more perceptive than he seems, but he still only helps [=BoJack=] to a breakthrough more or less by accident and he's also revealed to have a hidden mean streak. |
| 876 | * StraightGay: His sexuality could not be guessed just by impression alone. It was only in his second-to-last appearance that we find out he has a husband. |
| 877 | * TookALevelInJerkass: After he relapses back into alcoholism, his NiceGuy facade is shed completely, culminating in him [[spoiler: throwing [=BoJack=] under the bus completely out of pure spite by divulging every bad thing [=BoJack=] said about himself to reporters who want to expose [=BoJack=]'s deeds to the world.]] |
| 878 | * UngratefulBastard: [=BoJack=] stays with after he accidentally gets drunk to make sure he sobers up and ensures no one finds out about it. Doctor Champ then runs off to a bar immediately afterwards and [=BoJack=] checks him into a rehab clinic to get the help he'll need. Is Doctor Champ thankful that [=BoJack=] has done everything possible to make sure he gets help? Of course not, he's furious with [=BoJack=] for destroying his personal life by unwittingly making it possible for him to get drunk in the first place. |
| 879 | [[/folder]] |
| 880 | |
| 881 | [[folder:Dr. Allen Hu]] |
| 882 | ->'''Played by''': Creator/KenJeong |
| 883 | [[quoteright:186:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/07___ik7qlw1_9.jpg]] |
| 884 | |
| 885 | Sarah Lynn's personal physician who provides her with drugs and pills. |
| 886 | ---- |
| 887 | * TheAtoner: [[spoiler:In Season 5, he goes into pediatrics to protect kids in Hollywoo. He enabled Sarah Lynn, but maybe he can save someone else]]. |
| 888 | * CastingGag: His voice actor, Ken Jeong, is also a licensed physician (albeit non-practicing). |
| 889 | * DrFeelgood: A professional doctor who sells prescription pills and experimental drugs to [[FunctionalAddict Sarah Lynn]], regardless of the ethical conundrum. However, as of Season 5 he's now a pediatrician and is no longer this trope due to [[spoiler:Sarah Lynn's death being a wake-up call for him]]. |
| 890 | * FriendInTheBlackMarket: To Sarah Lynn. [=BoJack=] tries to treat him like this in season 5, but by then he's past that life. |
| 891 | * HeelFaceTurn: Goes fully legit as a pediatrician [[spoiler:after Sarah Lynn's death]], which proves less than helpful for [=BoJack=] when he tries to go to him for painkillers. |
| 892 | * LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: He wears his labcoat even to [=BoJack=]'s house. |
| 893 | * MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Downplayed; he's not so much evil as extremely lax with dangerous drugs. Not only does he provide Sarah Lynn and her friends with illicit hardcore drugs, he takes some himself before performing child heart surgery. However, as of Season 5 he's now a pediatrician who is trying to be legitimate. |
| 894 | * RecoveredAddict: He reveals in season 5 that he went to rehab and is now clean. He's also stopped his drug-peddling habit. |
| 895 | * WhosOnFirst: [=BoJack=] first mistakes him for the show ''Series/DoctorWho'', and the ensuing conversation causes confusion: |
| 896 | -->'''Bojack''': Oh, it's "Hu." Dr. Hu.\ |
| 897 | '''Dr. Hu''': That's right, Dr. Hu. Dr. Allen Hu.\ |
| 898 | '''Bojack''': No, no, no, but I thought it was "Who," like Doctor Who.\ |
| 899 | '''Dr. Hu''': Yes, that's exactly what it's like.\ |
| 900 | '''Bojack''': No, not H-U, but, "who," like, "Hello, who is it?"\ |
| 901 | '''Dr. Hu''': (confused) Uh, I don't know. Who is it? I'm sorry, is this a joke? Is he telling a joke that I just don't---\ |
| 902 | '''Sarah Lynn''': Hard to tell. Sometimes I just laugh after he talks so he'll leave me alone. |
| 903 | [[/folder]] |
| 904 | |
| 905 | [[folder:Dr. Pig]] |
| 906 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_142997.jpg]] |
| 907 | ->'''Played by''': Creator/PattonOswalt |
| 908 | A recurring doctor who often has to deal with [=BoJack=] or Mr. Peanutbutter. |
| 909 | ---- |
| 910 | * DeadpanSnarker: In both of his two appearances, he takes shots at [=BoJack=] and Mr. Peanutbutter. |
| 911 | * DrJerk: Downplayed, but he's quite sarcastic and condescending towards his patients. Not that [=BoJack=] or Mr. Peanutbutter do anything but aggravate him. |
| 912 | * DressedToHeal: He uses his doctor labcoat and equipment every time he appears. |
| 913 | * EarlyBirdCameo: His first appearance was in the pilot as [=BoJack=]'s physician after [[spoiler: he suffers a panic attack.]] |
| 914 | * StoicSpectacles: Wears glasses and doesn't let emotions run rampant. |
| 915 | [[/folder]] |
| 916 | |
| 917 | [[folder:Mary-Beth]] |
| 918 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/WandaSykes |
| 919 | [[quoteright:187:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marybeth.png]] |
| 920 | A crisis manager and negotiator, Mary-Beth gets involved in a feud between Todd and Princess Carolyn. She relates it over dinner to her wife Indira, with the names and species extremely changed. |
| 921 | |
| 922 | ---- |
| 923 | * CloudCuckooLander: She turns her clients into strange humanoid beings for the sake of confidentiality. When Indira relates that she was seeing a client named "Diana," Mary-Beth insists it must have been Princess Diana. |
| 924 | * {{Foil}}: To Indira, her wife. Indira is CloserToEarth and reasonable; that means that she's unable to convince "Bobo the Angsty Zebra" to see her as a regular patient and she has to terminate her relationship with "Princess Diana" for legal reasons, leaving their already-fragile relationships in tatters. Mary-Beth actually is able to understand Todd on his wavelength as well as Princess Carolyn's logic regarding her proclamation of innocence and proves that Princess Carolyn didn't take the string cheese. A tiny detail from Indira's story notifies her that Princess Carolyn has an alibi, which ends up settling the feud. |
| 925 | * HiddenDepths: She consoles Indira about the fact that Indira failed to help Diane or [=BoJack=] with their problems. Mary-Beth notes astutely that people have to want to make the hard choices, whether it's confronting a person for their actions or admitting that you need help. |
| 926 | [[/folder]] |
| 927 | |
| 928 | [[folder:Dr. Indira Dadyshue]] |
| 929 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/IssaRae |
| 930 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/indira.png]] |
| 931 | Diane's therapist. |
| 932 | ---- |
| 933 | * BrutalHonesty: She advises Diane to not be [=BoJack=]'s LivingEmotionalCrutch. While Indira acknowledges how important their friendship is, she says Diane needs to put her own emotional well-being first. And she's right, as Diane realizes. |
| 934 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: Discussed with Mary-Beth. Indira mentions that she does have other clients and works to help them all, but it does hurt when she fails them. Because she listens, she feels their pain and knows how to fix their problems. Mary-Beth has to remind her that the therapist-patient relationship goes two ways, and the patient has to want to take the advice and do the work in the first place. If they don't, then Indira has done her best. |
| 935 | * PunnyName: Her surname is ''Dadyshue''. As in ''Daddy Issues''. She's a therapist. |
| 936 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: So a belligerent actor has barged into your office, demanding to know why you told their patient to stop talking to them? You could either order them to leave, or invite them to take a seat and talk about their feelings, seeing that they need some help. When Mary-Beth asks why Indira did that, Indira says that as a therapist she wants to provide a space for listening and letting out pain, rather than sharing judgement. |
| 937 | * ShaggyDogStory: Her attempts to help both "Bobo the Angsty Zebra" and "Princess Diana" fall flat. Diane isn't ready to confront [=BoJack=] about the tape, but Indira advises her that it may be better to either lay the cards out on the table or set boundaries. When Diane tries the latter option, she makes the mistake of mentioning her therapist advising boundaries. [=BoJack=] goes to confront Indira and ends up doing sessions with her as a "friend" over a lunch break. Diane finds out, confronts them both because [=BoJack=] violated a safe space, and ''still'' can't bring herself to mention the tape. When she does she doesn't feel safe, Indira for legal and ethical reasons has to end their relationship. [=Bojack=] then leaves when Indira says that she wants the real work to begin because he doesn't want to admit he needs therapy for real. While Mary-Beth hopes that the two can work out the problems on their own, the friendship disintegrates further when [=BoJack=] enrages Diane into incorporating his confession about Penny into the script for that episode. |
| 938 | * TheShrink: Somewhere between Well-Meaning but Ineffectual and Awesome -- Diane clearly likes her and finds her effective, but she fails to do much for [=BoJack=] as he is in denial that he needs therapy to begin with. |
| 939 | * StraightGay: Not particularly butch or femme, and is married to a woman. |
| 940 | * WroteTheBookOnIt: She confidently assures Diane that she isn't responsible for keeping [=BoJack=] together because Dr. Indira literally wrote a book titled ''Are You Responsible For the Dysfunction of Others?''. (Nope.) |
| 941 | [[/folder]] |
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