Line #53 Characters/GavinAndStacey


1	The Character Sheet for ''Series/GavinAndStacey''.
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5	[[folder: Gavin]]
6	!!Gavin Shipman
7	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gavin_3.jpg]]
8	--> Played by: Matthew Horne
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10	* OnlySaneMan: Compared to his and Stacey's wacky families.
11	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Smithy.
12	* LikeFatherLikeSon: Both he and Mick are the OnlySaneMan of their respective units.
13	* NiceGuy: The vast majority of the time.
14	* TookALevelInJerkass: Towards the end of series two, where he becomes increasingly dismissive of Stacey's family and feelings. He gets better.
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16	[[/folder]]
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18	[[folder: Stacey]]
19	!!Stacey Shipman (née West)
20	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stacey_5.jpg]]
21	--> Played by: Joanna Page
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23	* CovertPervert: She acts sweet and innocent, but she's ''very'' open about how often she masturbates, much to the shock of Gavin, Smithy and Dan. She also doesn't think twice about showing her knickers to Smithy when he's lingerie shopping for his girlfriend.
24	* DisposableFiance: Has been engaged ''five'' times. But only in love once, with Gavin.
25	* DumbBlonde: Has shades of this.
26	* GenkiGirl
27	* LawOfInverseFertility: She really wants to get pregnant with Gavin but struggles immensely to do so, while Nessa accidentally gets pregnant after sleeping with Smithy once.
28	* MsFanservice: She gets a number of {{Shower Scene}}s and often wears outfits that show off her legs.
29	* {{Womanchild}}: She tends to be quite immature at times and whines constantly about being homesick when she temporarily moves to Essex with Gavin, but then gets upset when he's equally homesick living in Barry.
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33	[[folder: Smithy]]
34	!!Neil "Smithy" Smith
35	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smithy.jpg]]
36	--> Played by: Creator/JamesCorden
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39	* BelligerentSexualTension: With Nessa, since they do not like each other at all to start with, but it doesn't stop them from having sex occasionally and even begin to bond over food and the baby.
40	* BerserkButton: People asking him to share his food.
41	* BigEater: His takeaway orders usually involve multiple dishes and are generally sizeable enough to feed an entire family at once.
42	* DotingParent: No matter how awkward his relationship with Nessa might be, he's consistently a very affectionate father to Neil (the baby).
43	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Smithy is obnoxious, childish, self-centred, moody and ignorant...but he's also a very loyal friend [[spoiler: and ends up being a very caring father to Neil, who he more-than-amicably co-parents with Nessa.]]
44	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Gavin.
45	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name is Neil, but everyone calls him Smithy. In fact, we don't even learn his first name until the last episode of series two. Pam even lampshades this by telling him she thought his real name was Colin.
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49	[[folder: Nessa]]
50	!!Vanessa Shanessa "Nessa" Jenkins
51	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nessa.jpg]]
52	--> Played by: Ruth Jones
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55	* BelligerentSexualTension: With Smithy - they can't stand each other initially, but they start to grow closer over the course of the series, especially after Nessa gets pregnant and they bond over food.
56	* {{Bouncer}}: Had this job as part of her MysteriousPast.
57	* DeadpanSnarker: Heavy emphasis on deadpan. Even while telling the most ridiculous story, she's able to do it with a serious tone.
58	* HiddenDepths: So many, it becomes a running joke.
59	* IconicItem: No matter what else she wears, Nessa never takes off her knee-high leather boots. Even to the beach. Even at her own wedding!
60	* MarriageOfConvenience: Narrowly averted, but when Smithy shows up at her wedding to [[RomanticFalseLead Dave]], he points out that Nessa doesn't really seem to ''love'' David as she just wants a stable father figure for Neil and tells her not to go through with the wedding if that's the case, since Smithy will always be there for his son. Even Dave agrees and says he knows Nessa doesn't really love him, but they part on amicable terms.
61	* MultipleChoicePast: She's apparently been one of the original lineup for All Saints, played with Jools Holland, and had an affair with John Prescott. That is, if she's to be believed.
62	* RepetitiveName: Vanessa ''Shanessa'' nicknamed ''Nessa''.
63	* SeriousBusiness: She takes bowling very seriously.
64	* ShipperOnDeck: For Gavin and Stacey. She even makes a special point of telling Stacey (while she's in labour, no less) that Gavin is a great bloke, if a bit short, and Stacey would be a fool to let him go.
65	* VagueAge:
66	--> '''Gavin:''' How old is she, by the way?
67	--> '''Stacey:''' I don't really know. No-one does. I don't think Ness is 100 per cent.
68	* VerbalTic: "Crackin'."
69	** "Tidy", as well.
70	** "OH!!"
71	* WhatTheHellHero: When Stacey admits she hasn't been taking her birth control for a year without discussing it with Gavin, Nessa comments on this being pretty devious behaviour and says Gavin is right to be angry with her about it.
72	* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: After seeing Smithy's girlfriend mistreating him and Smithy trying to change who he is for her, Nessa tells him that he's fine the way he is. [[spoiler: And then proposes to him.]]
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76	[[folder: Mick]]
77	!!Michael "Mick" Shipman
78	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mick_7.jpg]]
79	--> Played by: Larry Lamb
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81	* DeadpanSnarker: Responds to most of Pam's melodramas with dry wit.
82	* HappilyMarried: In contrast to Pete and Dawn, he has a loving relationship with his wife (even if he gets exasperated at her histrionics occasionally).
83	* OnlySaneMan: Acts as this for Pam and for Smithy. [[spoiler: Especially after Gavin has moved to Wales.]]
84	* LikeFatherLikeSon: He and Gavin are very alike.
85	* SilverFox: He gets quite a few comments from younger women who seem into him - even Vanessa flirted with him quite a bit in early episodes.
86	* SupremeChef: Both his leg of lamb and his Christmas turkey are revered by his extended family.
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90	[[folder: Pam]]
91	!!Pamela Andrea "Pam" Shipman
92	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pam_7.jpg]]
93	--> Played by: Alison Steadman
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95	* DelusionsOfEloquence: She butchers common expressions or misuses words when trying to appear more articulate than she actually is.
96	--> '''Pam''': Ours is not to question while.
97	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Occasionally has her moments: [[spoiler:"Your only son has emigrated abroad to another country..."]]
98	* DumbBlonde: She's considered very attractive for her age, but she's pretty dim and prone to drastically misunderstanding things.
99	* EmbarrassingNickname: Calls her son Gavin "my little prince."
100	* HappilyMarried: With Mick, as opposed to Dawn and Pete's unhealthy SlapSlapKiss, she and her husband are still very much in love.
101	* MyBelovedSmother: Extremely protective of her "little prince", often to the extent of being controlling or meddling. She's a well-meaning example of the trope, though.
102	* SupremeChef: She's always shown feeding everyone whenever they come around.
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106	[[folder: Bryn]]
107	!!Brynfor "Bryn" West
108	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bryn.jpg]]
109	--> Played by: Creator/RobBrydon
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111	* AmbiguouslyGay: Bryn certainly shows a lot more interest in men than women, but it's never confirmed as he's entirely chaste and implied to be a virgin. Given that he's unfazed by other people's homosexuality, it seems not so much that he's in denial as that the thought he is gay has just somehow never occurred to him. Creator/RobBrydon has stated that he thinks that Bryn is gay.
112	* CantHoldHisLiquor: A couple of pints has him weeping and retching on the kerb outside the club.
113	* {{Catchphrase}}: "I won't lie to you."
114	* EasilyImpressed: He takes delight in the most mundane of things.
115	* EntendreFailure:
116	--> '''Bryn''': It's not fallen off the back of a lorry, Mick! It's been stolen!
117	* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: He often cheerfully recounts quite shocking things his brother Trevor did to him as a child.
118	* NervousWreck: A mild example, but all sorts of scenarios get Bryn into this state: fairground rides, organising a surprise party, getting a little too drunk in Cardiff, any mention of the [[NoodleIncident infamous fishing trip...]]
119	* NiceGuy: The sunniest, most cheerful person in the whole show and a constant fountain of support to his family.
120	[[/folder]]
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122	[[folder: Gwen]]
123	!!Gwen West
124	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gwen_2.jpg]]
125	--> Played by: Melanie Walters
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127	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Probably the sweetest person on the show, but she won't hesitate to snap if Pam takes her anti-Welsh sentiment a bit too far...or if [[SitcomArchNemesis Jean shows up to her party.]]
128	* CovertPervert: Like Stacey, she seems sweet but apparently has quite a kinky side. During Gavin and Stacey's wedding, she jumps into a conversation between Pam and Dawn about the latter's rocky marriage and suggests they try roleplaying, saying it did wonders for her relationship with Stacey's dad.
129	* ExtremeDoormat: Has shades of this, particularly during the final episode, where she offers no response to Nessa's constant unnecessary rudeness towards her.
130	* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Doris, who comes over to the house regularly and seems to see Gwen as a surrogate daughter.
131	* ParentalSubstitute: To Nessa, who tells Gwen on her wedding day she considers her a mother figure.
132	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Does anybody want an omelette? Slips into OneNoteChef since this is the only thing she seems able to cook.
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134	[[/folder]]
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136	[[folder: Dawn]]
137	!!Dawn Sutcliffe
138	--> Played by: Julia Davis
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140	* AwfulWeddedLife: She and her husband Pete are at each other's throats.
141	* SlapSlapKiss: With Pete.
142	* TrophyWife: She is quite a bit more attractive than her husband.
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144	[[/folder]]
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146	[[folder: Pete]]
147	!!Peter "Pete" Sutcliffe
148	--> Played by: Adrian Scarborough
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150	* AwfulWeddedLife: Pete and his wife Dawn are constantly at each other's throats.
151	* ExiledToTheCouch: It's mentioned that Pete often sleeps in the shed when he and Dawn are fighting.
152	* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: The ridiculously flashy ring Pete buys for the vow renewal ceremony.
153	* SlapSlapKiss: With Dawn.
154	* SeriesContinuityError: He is mentioned to work as a chartered surveyor iin season 1 and a butcher in series 2.
155	* UglyGuyHotWife: While not exactly ''ugly'', he is balding and shorter and stockier than his comparatively glamorous wife.
156	* UnfortunateName: Pete shares both his first and last name with the Yorkshire Ripper, a notorious British serial killer.
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158	[[/folder]]

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