Line #73 Characters/TheGetDown


1	Characters that appear in Creator/{{Netflix}}'s ''Series/TheGetDown''
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5	[[folder:The Get Down Brothers]]
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7	!Ezekiel "Zeke" Figuero, AKA Books
8	-> Played by: Creator/JusticeSmith as Teenage Zeke, Creator/DaveedDiggs as Adult Zeke, Music/{{Nas}} as voice of Adult Zeke
9	A directionless but talented poet whose parents both died, separately, as a result of gun and drug violence rampant in the city.
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11	* BigDamnHeroes: The Get Down Brothers would be lost without his rhyming and writing skills, as shown in episode six when Zeke [[spoiler: nearly misses the DJ battle with the Notorious Three because he's giving a political speech for Ed Koch. Zeke shows up at the last minute and the Get Down Brothers turn into the well-oiled machine that they are.]]
12	* BlackAndNerdy: Unlike Ra-Ra, his nerdiness is of the booksmart variety rather than the sci-fi and comic books type, however.
13	* BrilliantButLazy: Mylene refuses to date Zeke because he has no plan, no goals, in spite of his brilliance as a poet and writer.
14	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Mylene.
15	* DadTheVeteran: His father fought in Vietnam.
16	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Zeke witnessed his mother's death in a shooting meant for his father, a Vietnam veteran who suffered from PTSD and (likely) drug addiction. His father was also shot and killed six months later, and the trauma of these events combined with the apathy from the rest of the world served as a CynicismCatalyst for him.
17	-->"All the news that's fit to print." Mama's death went unreported, not a whiff, word, or hint.
18	* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Zeke's mother was an excellent parent who fostered his skill at both music and literature. However, the trope isn't played entirely straight, as Zeke describes his father as having already been half-dead from UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar even before his actual death in a drug-related shooting.
19	* DoggedNiceGuy: Especially in the first episode, Zeke goes through several, increasingly elaborate attempts to convince Mylene to be his girlfriend.
20	* DramaQueen:
21	** ”My heart got shot out!"
22	** [[spoiler:"You smoked weed with someone else?"]]
23	* HipHop: A skilled practitioner of extemporaneous rhyme, Zeke is perfect for the burgeoning hip hop scene.
24	* InterclassFriendship: Forms a downplayed one with Claudia Gunns. The two of them get along well at work, but don't otherwise spend time together.
25	* RedOniBlueOni: Has this relationship with Shao, represented by Zeke usually wearing a blue T-shirt.
26	* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler: With Mylene.]]
27	* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Shao's Manly Man.
28	* TheirFirstTime: After a particularly bad night for him and a triumphant one for her, [[spoiler:Mylene and Zeke have sex on the roof]].
29	* TroubledTeen: As a result of his traumatic past, Zeke is noticeably more emotionally troubled than Mylene or the Kiplings, all of whom grew up in relatively stable families.
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31	!Shaolin Fantastic[[spoiler:/Curtis]]
32	-> Played by: Creator/ShameikMoore
33	A skilled tagger and dancer, and would-be record-spinner. He wants to apprentice to Grandmaster Flash, who insisted that he find a wordsmith. This he found in Ezekiel.
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35	* TheAce: He might need practice, but he quickly becomes an amazing DJ. He can leap over the roofs of New York, is a mythical tagger, a fantastic dancer, and holds his own with a sword cane.
36	* AmbiguouslyGay: There's a ''lot'' of subtext implying that he's in love with Ezekiel. Several characters also directly suggest this at multiple points. His shockingly supportive and empathetic reaction to the InternalReveal about Dizzee and Thor's relationship also more generally implies that he's not straight:
37	-->'''Shao:''' Dizz. You know there's a reason I go by Shaolin Fantastic, right?\
38	'''Dizzee:''' Because you're a superhero?\
39	'''Shao:''' Because people don't need to know everything about me. Don't worry. I got you, my alien brother.
40	* DarkAndTroubledPast: He's an orphan. It's implied that his parents died in a fire, and he was there.
41	* FearlessFool: He's not a great fighter, but he's absolutely fearless.
42	* FakeUltimateHero: Not entirely his fault. Dizzee is convinced Shaolin is an almost mythical figure, incredibly dangerous, due to his skill and invisibility as a graffiti artist. In-person, he's far less dangerous (witness his fight with Zeke outside Les Inferno) and far more human. However, he ''is'' as fearless as his rep maintains (witness jumping from roof to roof).
43	* {{Geek}}: For kung fu movies. Grandmaster Flash calls him Grasshopper[[note]]a reference to the 1970s TV series ''Kung Fu''[[/note]], he buys a sword cane because he was told it belonged to a rebel Shaolin monk, he named himself ''Shaolin Fantastic'', and so on. He even tries (and fails) to intimidate Zeke with fake kung fu posturing when fighting him over the Pakoussa record.
44	* GivenNameReveal: [[spoiler: During an explosive argument with Zeke, he admits his name is Curtis.]]
45	* TheLoinsSleepTonight: [[spoiler:Mylene makes a offhanded, homophobic comment about how he can't get it up, which may imply his [[AmbiguouslyGay possible homosexuality]].]]
46	* MysteriousPast: Shaolin's life prior to Annie taking him in is a total mystery. The only hint the audience or other characters get is when he tells Zeke that the fire in his apartment brought back some bad memories.
47	* TheNicknamer: He's the one who tagged Zeke with the name Books, due to his intelligence.
48	* ARealManIsAKiller: [[spoiler: Fat Annie forces Shao to kill Wolf, to prove he's man enough to become one of her lieutenants.]]
49	* RedOniBlueOni: With Zeke, down to personal style; Shao regularly wears his signature red pumas, hat and jacket.
50	* SatisfiedStreetRat: Has lived on the streets since he was a child and is essentially a LivingLegend.
51	* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Zeke's Sensitive Guy.
52	* ShroudedInMyth: Before we meet him, Dizzee rhapsodizes about how fearless and mysterious and cool Shao is.
53	* TroubledButCute: He's a drug dealer with a DarkAndTroubledPast, but he's undeniably good-looking.
54	* VagueAge: He's somewhere in his twenties or late teens, but it's impossible to pin down his exact age due to his MysteriousPast, few social relationships, and significant emotional problems. Sometimes he babies the rest of the crew as though he's significantly older than them, while other times he acts just as childish as they do.
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56	!Ronald "Ra-Ra" Kipling
57	-> Played by: Skylan Brooks
58	A member of Ezekiel's group of friends. He's Boo-Boo and Dizzee's older brother, and frequently the group's voice of reason.
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60	* BlackAndNerdy: Loves Star Wars, talking Shao into "using the Force" to lock down his timing and suggesting the main theme for the battle. Also uses comic books to illustrate his point that the group will be stronger if they each use their talents in the [=DJ=] Battle.
61	-->(to Shaolin) "You know, Obi-Wan Kenobi says a Jedi can feel the Force moving through him. Your eyes can deceive you."
62	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: See TheLoad - at first, everyone thinks Ra-Ra will be the only one who can't rap, he'll slow them down, he's not as skilled... and then he starts delivering some amazing rapid double-time raps.
63	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Where Boo-Boo is a hot-head and Dizzee is a stoner, Ra-Ra is the responsible one. Not only is he constantly looking out for others and trying to help them live up to their dreams and potential, he also walks in to the disaster scene that their bootleg party made of his parent's salon in order to take responsibility for it.
64	* TheLoad: Played with. At first he stutters and stammers trying to rap his way through the lines Zeke wrote for him, but then Dizzee suggests Shaolin give him a beat he can double-time to and he flies through it like a bullet train.
65	* OnlySaneMan: Usually the first to question what the group is doing, and usually right to question.
66	* SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: Fifty-seven, actually, as of part two. (Especially impressive, as [=VHS=] and [=DVD=] weren't around then, which meant he had to have seen it 57 times ''during the theatrical run''.)
67	* SophisticatedAsHell: "Mock him again and I'm going Lady Macbeth on your ass."
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69	!Miles "Boo-Boo" Kipling
70	-> Played by: Tremaine Brown Jr.
71	The youngest Kipling brother, he's hard to contain and very mechanically minded.
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73	* ConstantlyCurious: He's usually the one asking the questions in an unknown situation, particularly when visiting Shao's crib for the first time.
74	* HotBlooded: In the first episode, the kid picks a fight with an entire gang and then flips off Papa Fuerte, unstable and powerful political boss.
75	* MouthyKid: He's fearless, aggressive, and often rude, but he's also very smart and seen as an equal to the rest of the Get Down Brothers, all of whom are several years older than him.
76	* MrFixit: He has a strong interest in mechanics, and he's the one who repairs the burnt turntable Dizzee rescued from Shaolin's place.
77	* TheNapoleon: Boo-Boo is the smallest, youngest, and most aggressive of the group.
78	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Unlike his brothers (whose real names are Ronald and Marcus), Boo-Boo's name is unknown in Part 1. Part 2 reveals that it's Miles.
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80	!Marcus "Dizzee/Rumi 411" Kipling
81	-> Played by Creator/JadenSmith
82	The philosopher and aspiring tagger of the group, with his own hidden side.
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84	* BadassBoast: From the Unity show in part 2:
85	--> ''Michelangelo ain't got shit on me''
86	* CloudCuckooLander: Can be a little odd, particularly when confessing to feel kinship with a piccolo flute.
87	* EruditeStoner: Openly talks about using LSD and pot, among other things. Also one of the smartest people in his neighborhood, able to talk at length about art, culture, poetry, and philosophy.
88	-->About Mylene's song: "This song is going to set so many people free. It speaks to planets and galaxies that already know what we're learning down here: freedom is everything, and that's why this song is so important."
89	* {{Leitmotif}}:
90	--> "Hey you..."
91	* MellowFellow: He's very easygoing and rarely gets overly excited or upset. The exception is when he's fanboying over other graffiti artists.
92	* RebelliousSpirit: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]]. He does violate social norms and considers himself a rebel, but other than his graffiti, he doesn't consciously go out of his way to break the rules. However, the show also suggests that rebellion is less about simple disrespect for authority and more about [[BeYourself being free and living your truth]] in the face of opposition, and Dizzee's eccentricity, self-expression through art, and bisexuality all fit neatly within that theme. And of course there's this infamous exchange:
93	-->'''Boo-Boo:''' I thought you was a rebel.\
94	'''Dizzee:''' I am a rebel.\
95	'''Ra-Ra:''' But you can't be a rebel if you don't rebel.\
96	'''Dizzee:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck]].
97	* TheUnFavourite: Winston makes quite a few disparaging comments at Dizzee's expense, and when he and Adele suspect that the boys are dealing drugs, they instantly assume that Dizzee's the ringleader. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] and [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as Winston and Adele are clearly GoodParents and their problems with Dizzee are all related to his long history of lawbreaking.
98	* VagueAge: While Boo-Boo is the youngest of the Kiplings (being 14 in Part 1 and 15 in Part 2) and Ra-Ra is the same age as Zeke and Mylene (around 16 in Part 1 and 17 in Part 2), Dizzee's age is less well-defined. He's definitely a teenager, as he's shown attending high school in the first episode, but it's unclear if he's still in school by the time of Part 2.
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102	[[folder:The Cruz Family and friends]]
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104	!Mylene Cruz
105	-> Played by Creator/HerizenFGuardiola
106	The daughter of highly religious Puerto Rican parents and niece to an aspiring politician. She and Ezekiel clearly love one another, but she has ambitions to become a singer and can't let anything stop her from that. She also loves his talent and deplores his lack of ambition.
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108	* CareerVersusMan: Mylene struggles with this throughout the show, but ultimately, [[TakeAThirdOption takes a third option]]: she and Zeke will each prioritize their careers and use what time is left to try and make it work as a couple.
109	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Zeke.
110	* DaddysGirl: Not to her father, Ramon, but to her uncle, Francisco. He will go to any lengths to get Mylene what she wants, and Mylene knows that all she has to do is cry and beg her tío to help her. [[spoiler: Seeing as he's her actual father, this makes a lot more sense.]]
111	* PreachersKid: The main source of drama in her life is her conflict with her father. She wants to sing, he wants her to be quiet and modest and not do anything that smacks of sin.
112	* RagsToRiches: Her prime motivation is to become a famous disco star so she can get the heck out of the Bronx.
113	* TheThreeFacesOfEve: The innocent child to Yolanda's levelheaded wife and Regina's independent seductress.
114	* VirginInAWhiteDress: For her chance to impress Jackie, Francisco orders a custom-made white dress for Mylene, which he specifically states should be modest. The end result doesn't turn out the way he envisioned...
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116	!Lydia Cruz
117	-> Played by Creator/ZabrynaGuevara
118	Mylene's mother, who does what she can to support her daughter's dream and her husband's church, in spite of a complex history with her husband's brother.
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120	* CloserToEarth: Where Pastor Cruz is a strict disciplinarian and incredibly devout, Lydia wants to keep the family together and the church functioning.
121	* OpenMindedParent: She can't go against Ramon's wishes too much, but she sends Mylene first to Francisco when Ramon gets violent, and then to the dress shop when the owner calls and says she's had a vision of Mylene in an ivory dress. She eventually comes to fully support her daughter's dreams of becoming a singer as well.
122	* SettleForSibling: What Lydia seems to have done, marrying Ramon instead of Francisco.
123	* SiblingTriangle: Married to Ramon, but still clearly in love with Francisco.
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125	!Pastor Ramón Cruz
126	-> Played by Creator/GiancarloEsposito
127	The head of a struggling church in an old opera house, he is highly religious and strict with regard to proper behavior, above all in his daughter.
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129	* AbusiveParents: Is very strict and controlling of Mylene, and is fully willing to beat her into compliance.
130	* AssholeVictim: He's DrivenToSuicide after learning that his entire marriage has been a lie, but given that he's been an [[DomesticAbuse abusive]], [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]], [[CoattailRidingRelative self-serving]] {{Jerkass}} for the entire show, it's hard to feel sorry for him.
131	* TheAtoner: He found God while in prison for causing a near-fatal car accident when he was high on cocaine, and he fathered children with at least two different women back in Puerto Rico.
132	* BadSamaritan: He may not be Margaret White, but his religious views are completely warped.
133	* BrokenPedestal: For Mylene, when she learns of what he's done in his past.
134	* CoattailRidingRelative: Leverages Mylene's fame and success in order to take her money and improve his own status in the church.
135	* DomesticAbuse: He beats both Mylene and Lydia.
136	* DrivenToSuicide: Shoots himself in the church after learning that Francisco is Mylene's real father.
137	* FantasyForbiddingFather: The only thing Mylene wants in life is to be a disco singer, so naturally Ramon ''violently'' refuses to let her sing anything but church music.
138	* HateSink: His daughter is constantly trying to rebel against him, his wife [[spoiler: is in love with his brother]], and he generally doesn't have many fans.
139	* {{Hypocrite}}: His cold, judgmental attitude towards his family members for their "sinful" behavior is ''very'' hypocritical given his own history. The lyrics of "Set Me Free", which Jackie quotes during his EurekaMoment after Francisco reveals Ramon's past, even reflect this trait of his:
140	-->Whoever says he's in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.
141	** Goes even further in season two when he begins to become prideful and uses Mylene's success to push his own success forward all the while reprimanding her for focusing too much on her career.
142	* ItsAllAboutMe: Everything that happens with his church or his family, he centers himself as the focus. When Mylene gets her hits, he uses her star power to advance his position as a pastor and public figure.
143	* MoralGuardians: He is determined to keep his daughter on the straight and narrow path. Very narrow.
144	* SeriousBusiness: His approach to most things. The man doesn't seem to have middle gears.
145	* SiblingTriangle: Married to Lydia, who [[spoiler: is still in love with his brother Francisco.]]
146	* SiblingYinYang: With his brother, Francisco. Only it turns out that, once upon a time, they were more alike.
147	* SmiteEvil: When he beats Mylene for sneaking out, drinking, and smoking, he does so under a cross with "deliver us from evil" written on it.
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149	!Francisco "Papa Fuerte" Cruz
150	-> Played by Creator/JimmySmits
151	Mylene's uncle, he hates the condition of his city and what it drives his neighbors to do, and has dreams to rehabilitate it.
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153	* ConfirmedBachelor: Plays the "Lost Love" version straight, without being a woman-hater; he seems to be content with pining for Lydia.
154	* CoolUncle: Rich, powerful, and much more understanding than his brother.
155	* CorruptPolitician: He's more of a gangster, though one who has at some point laundered his sins, and is now a mover and shaker in the political world, striving to fix the Bronx. He offers the votes of the Bronx in return for the mayor fixing the place.
156	* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: He's devoted to his niece Mylene and wants the best for her, and has not only hidden his own sins, but his brother's.
157	* KnightTemplar: The kids who douse and torch Shao's building reveal that Cisco's the one paying them to burn the building during their conversation. Or is he a CorruptCorporateExecutive looking to make money off of insurance like he said in the first episode?
158	* MeaningfulName: "Papa Fuerte" means "Father Strong", and he's a powerful figure in the Bronx. See also WMG for an additional possible meaning.
159	* SiblingTriangle: Very much in love with Lydia, who is his brother's wife.
160	* SiblingYinYang: He's the gangster and politician to his brother's preacher.
161	* SingleTargetSexuality: He has carried a torch for Lydia ever since they met.
162	--> The girls in the club. I like to have a nice girl on my arm, I like to have a dance every now and then, that's true. But I sleep alone, Lydia, every night since 1960. Make no mistake.
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164	!Jackie Moreno
165	-> Played by Creator/KevinCorrigan
166	A drunken degenerate gambler hooked on pills and smack and coke, this erstwhile music producer is a complete fucking mess, and everyone around him is aware of it. However, he's Papa Fuerte's connection with the music industry, so he becomes Mylene's producer.
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168	* AddledAddict[=/=]FunctionalAddict: To cocaine, heroin, alcohol, and gambling. He dresses pretty well and can function in day-to-day tasks, but his career has been dead for ages, and over the course of the series he spends thousands of dollars of other people's money on his habits.
169	* DepravedBisexual: Jackie's sexuality is hard to pin down: he raped Leslie Lesgold when she was his assistant, can be seen feeling up and flirting with one of the Music/VillagePeople in one episode, and his hotel room in the final episode is filled with drag queens and gender-variant people. The best guess seems to be this trope.
170	* JadedWashout: He is incredibly cynical about the music industry. He should be: it made him what he is today, and it's as rotten as the rest of New York.
171	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His evening with Mylene during the blackout shows that, under the jaded addict is a guy who's not ''all'' bad. He goes above and beyond for her because she believes in him.
172	* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: A walking advertisement for how horrifically that trope plays out in reality. He's a thief, an addict, and a rapist...and a rape victim.
173	* SexualExtortion: Jackie becomes a victim of this when he [[spoiler:takes Mylene's record to Leslie Lesgold]]. Doubles as KarmicRape because he exploited her the same way years before. Interestingly, he is not hesitant to call it rape and it's not treated as funny or sexy in any way. It's shown as something violating and horrific.
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175	!Regina Diaz and Yolanda Kipling
176	-> Played by Creator/ShyrleyRodriguez and Stefanée Martin
177	Mylene's best friends, they're fiercely protective of her, though they lack her prodigious voice.
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179	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Yolanda is the Responsible, along with Ra-Ra, to Dizzee and Boo-boo's Foolish.
180	* SpicyLatina: Regina is really open about enjoying casual sex and is ready to fight with any man who disrespects her or her friends. And she's always wearing the tightest, most revealing clothing in the group.
181	* TheThreeFacesOfEve: Yolanda is the wife and Regina is the seductress, with Mylene filling the child role.
182	* ThoseTwoGuys: Rarely seen separately.
183	* TroubledTeen: While all the teenage characters party hard, Regina is second only to Dizzee in terms of hard drug use, was well-acquainted with Les Inferno and Fat Annie's gang even before the start of the show, has casual sexual relationships with older men (one of whom is an abusive gangster and the other of whom is married), and is able to instantly recognize and manage a heroin overdose when she sees one. It's implied that her home life is unstable[[note]]She mentions that the reason she knew how to treat Jackie's overdose is because she repeatedly witnessed her mother doing the same thing for her dad.[[/note]] and she was forced to grow up too fast as a result.
184	* VagueAge: Like Dizzee, it's not clear where Yolanda fits into the Kipling siblings' birth order.
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186	[[/folder]]
187
188	[[folder:Fat Annie's Gang]]
189
190	!Fat Annie
191	-> Played by Lillias White
192	Owner of Les Inferno, the hottest disco cub in Brooklyn, and one of the biggest drug dealers in town.
193	* AbusiveParents: Even though Shaolin isn't her son, she manipulates, controls, and thinks she "owns" Shaolin throughout the entire show. [[spoiler: She may also have implied to do the same to Cadillac. ]]
194	* DenOfIniquity: Owns the club Les Inferno. In addition to being a popular (and thus profitable) nightclub in its own right, it's also the front for her drug-dealing business, where she hosts lavish parties.
195	* EvilMatriarch: Plays her son Cadillac, her nephew Wolf, and her protégé Shao off each other constantly, and when she discovers [[spoiler: Wolf's betrayal, she forces Shao to kill him.]]
196	* PaidHarem: The only member of her harem is Shaolin Fantastic, though it's heavily implied she has a rotating line-up of young men at her disposal. In addition to sex, she also makes him dance and sling dope for her.
197	* TheQueenpin: She's the head of a major drug dealing operation.
198	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Averted. When Shaolin asks for her blessing to pursue his music dreams, she gives him a hard time and tells him he'll never make it without her, but ultimately gives it. By the second half, Annie controls Shaolin's way of life, even threatening to kill all of Shao's friends just so he can go back to her.
199	* ThirdPersonPerson: Downplayed. She frequently refers to herself in the third person, but not all the time.
200
201	!Clarence a.k.a. Cadillac
202	-> Played by Creator/YahyaAbdulMateenII
203	Fat Annie's son, very protective of his mother, and hooked on blow. Also loves to dance.
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205	* BadBoss: He's unstable and violent.
206	* TheCasanova: He's quite the ladies man. Fairly successful, wealthy, and attractive, addiction and violence aside.
207	* DanceBattler: As we see in episode 1, he's the unchallenged disco champion of Les Inferno.
208	* FunctionalAddict: He goes wild on blow, but is still at least competent as his mother's lieutenant.
209	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Cadillac uses the insult "faggot" quite a bit, although this being 1977, it was only barely politically incorrect at the time.
210	* ScaryBlackMan: While he may not ''kill'' children [[spoiler: on purpose]],he certainly ties them up and beats them and puts a cigarette out on one.
211	* VillainousCrush: He's completely obsessed with Mylene.
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213	[[/folder]]
214
215	[[folder: Politicians]]
216
217	!Mayor Ed Koch
218	-> Played by Frank Wood
219	Mayoral candidate - and future mayor - of New York. He forms an alliance with Papa Fuerte to deliver votes from the Bronx in exchange for city funds to build housing.
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221	* PointyHairedBoss: Does a lot of yelling and lets his advisers (like Mr. Gunns) do much of the real power-playing.
222
223	!Herbert Gunns
224	-> Played by Michel Gill
225	One of the best "fixers" in New York, Gunns runs Koch's campaign. He serves as a mentor of sorts for Zeke in the ways and means of acquiring power.
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227	* DragonInChief: Though Koch is the mayor, Gunns is the one making the wheels turn.
228	* HyperCompetentSidekick: Quiet, unassuming, friendly . . . and the guy running the political machine of a whole city.
229	* WickedCultured: Owns four pianos (as he informs Zeke), has a library full of first-editions and rare books, and serves vichysoisse at dinner.
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231	[[/folder]]
232
233	[[folder: Other Characters]]
234
235	!Ms. Green
236	-> Played by Yolonda Ross
237	Ezekiel, Mylene, and Ra-Ra's high school English teacher who pushes Zeke to realize his potential.
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239	* NonGivingUpSchoolGuy: Repeatedly shows up at Zeke's aunt's apartment during summer break to make sure Zeke is applying himself.
240	* PrecisionFStrike: When calling out Ezekiel for breaking his promise to show up on time for his internship.
241	-->'''Ms. Green:''' Was it you who told Papa Fuerte you wanted the internship?
242	-->'''Zeke:''' Yeah.
243	-->'''Ms. Green:''' And was it you who said you were gonna be on time for this internship?
244	-->'''Zeke:''' Yeah.
245	-->'''Ms. Green:''' But it was also you who, on your own, showed up late.
246	-->'''Zeke:''' Yeah, but--
247	-->'''Ms. Green:''' So ''fucking decide'', Ezekiel. It's up to you, but make the choice.
248	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers one to Ezekiel when he shows up late for his internship, then makes the excuse that he was pressured into it. She points out that ''he's'' the one who told Francisco Cruz he wanted the internship, not her, and he needs to take responsibility for that, then furthermore calls him out on being afraid to look smart because it's not "cool".
249	* SternTeacher: She's strict, tough, and never cuts her students any slack, but everything she does is with their best interests in mind.
250
251	!Wanda and Leon
252	-> Played by Judy Marte and Creator/BrandonJDirden
253	Ezekiel's aunt and her boyfriend. Zeke has lived with them ever since his parents died.
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255	* BerserkButton: Drug dealing, thanks to the suffering that Zeke's father brought on the family by dealing. When she suspects that Zeke is selling drugs, the normally even-tempered Wanda slams him up against a wall, shouts in his face, and ultimately throws him out of her apartment.
256	* FantasyForbiddingFather: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], as they don't outright forbid Zeke from pursuing his music, but they make it clear they'd prefer he focus on something more practical--first on finding a job, then, after Ms. Green informs them of Zeke's academic potential, on working hard at school and his internship so he can go to college.
257	* LikeASonToMe: Played with. Leon refers to himself as Zeke's father figure and Wanda laughs at him, but other scenes do show Leon taking on a genuinely fatherly role to Zeke.
258	* ParentalSubstitute: They do their best to raise Zeke even though they don't truly have the space or resources for a third person.
259	* VitriolicBestBuds: Leon and Zeke frequently rag on one another's hygiene, but there's no animosity between the two.
260
261	!Winston and Adele Kipling
262	-> Played by Creator/RonCephasJones and Karen Aldridge
263	Ra-Ra, Yolanda, Dizzee, and Boo-Boo's parents. Their house is a home away from home for Zeke, Mylene, and Regina.
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265	* CloudCuckooLander: '''Winston.''' One of his earliest scenes in the show features him putting on a cape to go to a "solstice meeting" while rambling about the "Planet Xenon". It's not hard to see where Dizzee gets it from.
266	* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Subverted. When Ra-Ra confesses that it's his fault the salon got trashed, he asks if Winston's going to beat him with the belt or the switch, but Adele puts a stop to it in favor of a peaceful solution.
267	* FantasyForbiddingFather: Downplayed. They let Ra-Ra, Dizzee, and Boo-Boo do their music as long as they stay out of trouble, but the two of them view it as an amateur hobby and refuse to believe that the boys could be making money off of it. Given that they fully support Yolanda's music career, their skepticism of hip-hop is likely the result of ItWillNeverCatchOn rather than lack of faith in their sons' talent.
268	* GoodParents: They clearly love, support, and get along with all their kids--in fact, the Kiplings may well be the most stable and happy family in the show. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in that even they have their limits; Dizzee's history of graffiti, drug use, and arrests have strained his relationship with them, and they're furious when they suspect that the boys are selling drugs.
269	* HappilyMarried: As is typical for the GoodParents trope.
270	* HippieParents: Winston has shades of this, though unlike usual examples of the trope, it's less noticeable by virtue of the series being set in the 1970s.
271	* RedOniBlueOni: Calm, quiet, levelheaded Adele is the Blue to Winston's passionate, excitable Red.
272
273	!Thor
274	-> Played by Noah Le Gros
275	A tagger who forms an unexpected connection with Dizzee.
276
277	* BirdsOfAFeather: He and Dizzee get along so well precisely because they're so much alike--Thor is the only person in the show who doesn't find Dizzee weird. They even draw similar-looking art in each other's books, and the girl at the gay bar jokes that they must have a PsychicLink.
278	* ClosetKey: Causes Dizzee to realize his bisexuality.
279	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: As befitting his name, he's muscular and handsome with shoulder-length blond hair.
280	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Thor" is his graffiti tag, meaning it's probably not his actual name.
281	* RescueRomance: He and Dizzee meet when he helps Dizzee hide from the cops who are chasing him.
282	* SatelliteLoveInterest: He only appears in scenes involving Dizzee and we don't know much about him outside of their relationship.
283	* VagueAge: Like Shao, it's hard to narrow his age down beyond "twenties or late teens". He's in a relationship with Dizzee (who's somewhere between 15 and 18 when they meet), but is also heavily implied to have dated Carlo Pakoussa (who's in his twenties or thirties).
284
285	!Claudia Gunns
286	-> Played by Creator/JuliaGarner
287	Herbert Gunns' teenage daughter who works alongside Zeke at his internship.
288
289	* AmbiguouslyBi: Has a thing for Ezekiel, but also says that [[{{Music/Blondie\|Band}} Debbie Harry]] is so hot that she "almost made out with her." However, given Claudia's personality and the fact that it's the 70's, it's unclear if she's being serious or merely trying to shock Zeke.
290	* TheGadfly: Commented on by Herbert, who says that Claudia "enjoys the shock value of her little quips."
291	* InterclassFriendship: Downplayed with her and Zeke, who get along at their internship but don't hang out outside of work.
292	* RuleAbidingRebel: She loves punk music and acts like a rebel, but the actual extent of her rebellion is limited to making sarcastic digs at wealthy high society.
293	* SpoiledSweet: Downplayed. She definitely has some bratty and self-centered tendencies, but she's also the only wealthy white character who is sincerely nice to Zeke and doesn't treat him as a TokenMinority.

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