Le Coeur a Ses Raisons/Characters

Here is the list of characters from the quebequois television series Le Coeur a Ses Raisons, and some tropes associated with them.

Brett Montgomery : Played by Marc Labrèche. He is Brad and Brenda's triplet, son of Doug and Crystale and Criquette's fiancée. His past exes include : Melody Babcock, Megan Barrigton-Montgomery and Googie Mac Pherson. He is a doctor, more precisly a gynecologist. Brett has serious alcohol problems, and so he drinks a lot whenever his couple is in trouble. He used to be acrobat in a circus. "Brett: "But how many nights have I cried in front of my mirror, screaming : Be ugly! Be ugly! Be ugly!?""
 * The Hero : very clearly
 * Catch Phrase: Bon Dieu! (Good Lord!)
 * New Powers As the Plot Demands: Brett’s medical formation that seems to cover pretty much everything from surgery to mental illness, despite the fact that he is a gynecologist
 * Chick Magnet
 * Speaks Fluent Animal: he can communicate with his dog Flatzy
 * Workaholic
 * Frontier Doctor: At first, he wanted to be this and planned to travel to Africa (or Alberta, depending on his Aeromiles). Later, he goes to Africa, but decides he’s better off living in St-Andrews with Criquette.
 * So Beautiful It's a Curse

Brad Montgomery : Played by Marc Labrèche. He is Brett and Brenda's triplet, son of Doug Montgomery, Becky's husband and the care-taker of Chris (since he actually isn't his/her biological father). He wears a moustache and is always dressed in black leather, making it obvious that he's the bad guy. Brad is a rich billionaire playboy who mostly cares about deceiving others and earning money. He becomes mayor of Saint-Andrews in season 3.
 * Evil Twin : to Brett. He loses this status by season 3 where he decideds to become a mayor instead of competiting for the Montgomery International.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Millionaire Playboy: referred to as billionaire playboy in universe
 * The Rival: to Brett in seasons 1 and 2
 * Not Even Bothering With the Accent : Brad is the only character on the show who doesn't bother with the fake French accent, talking in pure Quebecois. Not so much during the first season, but it gets worst as the episodes go by.
 * Beard of Evil : moustache of evil, in fact, contrasting with his twin brother who's clean-shaven.

Brenda Montgomery : Also played by Marc Labrèche. She is Brett and Brad's long lost triplet, daughter of Doug and Crystale and Bo's ex-fiancée. When she was born, her mother Crystale was jealous of her beauty, so she abandoned her to be raised by horses. She became a world-class top-model and dated her personal photographer, Bo Bellingsworthhhh, whom she'll be later engaged to, before dumping him like a piece of garbage. She appears starting from season two after the revelation of her existence by Crystale, claiming back her rights to the Montgomery fortune. Although the family immediatly adopts her, she instantly begins to conspire against Brett and Criquette.
 * Berserk Button : don't mention the fact she gained a little weight to her. Ever.
 * Evil Redhead
 * Evil Twin : evil triplet adding herself to the evil twin, actually. By season three, she takes over Brad's position as the evil sibling of the three, though she already was evil in season two.
 * Fashion Victim Villain and Fashionable Evil : she's a world-class top model, so yeah?
 * Informed Attractiveness: in-universe, she is the epitome of beauty and grace.
 * Naughty Nun: by the end of season 3

Criquette Rockwell: Played by Anne Dorval. She is Brett's fiancée and Ashley's twin sister. She is a semi-celebrity, an ex-reporter, a businesswoman, a future mother, a futur doctor's wife and the only person who can read the lotto numbers, among other things. She works with Ridge in Saint-Andrew's TV studio and later becomes program director. She used to sing in a bar for deaf people, but was able to become a buisness woman and legend of TV with Ridge's help. Criquette is prone to wild screaming, generally for little to no reason. She also speaks Italian.
 * Cute but Cacophonic: her cries of "Non! NOOON!" are disturbing.
 * Gag Boobs
 * Raven Hair, Ivory Skin
 * Improbable Hairstyle : one of her special hairstyles had a bird house in her hair

Ashley Rockwell: Played by Anne Dorval. She is Criquette's twin sister and love interst to Peter (both of them). She appears in season one after being away from her sister during many years (they wore the same dress for the ball and stopped seeing each other after this). She is a nurse with a big heart who smiles pretty much all the time. She's also very naïve.
 * Dumb Blonde
 * Gag Boobs
 * Hello, Nurse!
 * Wide Eyed Idealist

Brittany Jenkins: Played by Élise Guilbault. She is one of Brad's ex-fiancées and St Andrew's seventy-second-ranked best detective.
 * Clueless Detective
 * Private Detective
 * Psychic Powers
 * Waif Prophet : parodied. Britanny develops supernatural powers for the sole reason that a gunshot has left her in a wheelchair. It doesn't improve her deductive capacities one bit, however.

Madge: Played by Michèle Deslauriers. She is the family's loyal maid, who sticks with them no matter what and cares a lot about them, although they clearly don't. They beat her up repeatedly for no reason and everone seems to be under the impression that she is a dangerous sexual deviant.
 * Butt Monkey : holy schntizles... I mean... Holy schnitzles. It's like nothing you've ever seen before.
 * French Maid : obvious parody. The other characters think she's a sexual deviant because of the way she dresses... Except Madge is actually a rather old-school, asexualized maid.
 * PrecisionTStrike: In the second season's finale, loyal, quiet Madge lets loose a (bleeped) "tabarnak" (Québecois equivalent of 'fuck that').

Clifford Montgomery: Played by Marc Labrèche. He is the elder of the Montgomery family and a famous maracas player. He makes his first appearance in season 3, where he travels from Florida to visit the family in St-Andrews.

Crystale Bouvier-Montgomery: Played by Sophie Faucher. She is Brett, Brad and Brenda's mother, though she almost never remembers it due to her bad memory. When she recognizes the people around her, she plots against Brett to get her hands on the family fortune. She cannot move her facial muscles since she has had a lot of plastic surgery.
 * Evil Matriarch

Ridge Taylor: Played by Pierre Brassard. He is the host of the popular news show Info Action 24/7. He is madly in love with Criquette and tries to win her love, even when he gets in a relationship with Megan. The guy always takes any little chance he's got to touch Criquette's boobs and try to make her love him instead in Brett.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Jerk
 * Hopeless Suitor: to Criquette
 * Manipulative Bastard

Peter Malboro: Played by James Hyndman. He is a rebel cop with unorthodox methods and Ahsley's love interest. He dies at the end of season 1 and becomes a spirit haunting Ahsley in season 2. In season 3, it is revealed that Peter had a twin brother named Peter. They are identical, except for the fact that Peter pushes the capillary boundaries and combs his hair to the left. Peter number 2 is a man of action, and is certainly NOT homosexual.

Megan Barrington-Montgomery: Played by Macha Grenon. She is Brett's ex-wife and a drug addict who works at the TV studio. She is in love with Ridge, and they are fiancés for a while. Megan is slightly hyper-active and her drug problems (or maybe just her personality) makes her very very stupid. She became famous for her report on how to put on a sweater (it took her a few hours) and has her own show called Megan Holds A Microphone In Front Of Someone Famous.
 * Dumb Blonde

Becky Walters: Played by Pascale Bussières. She is Brad's wife and Chris's mother. She created and commercialized the beauty cream Lady Coquette. She says her hobbie is trying to kill Criquette. She often scares people with her ability to appear from nowhere. During season 3, she becomes Brad's rival when she tries to become mayor of Saint-Andrews.
 * Blondes Are Evil

Reverend Mac Dougall: Played by Jean-Michel Anctil. He is Brett and Criquette's spiritual advisor, specialized in couple problems. He is also a black belt in karate, even though he hates violence and conflict.

Lewis: Played by Patrice Coquereau. He is the only waitor working at the restaurant Royal Coconut Grill Club. His life is miserable : he tried to commit suicide when his mother died and he has to work as a waitor despite his two B As (one in phylosophy and the other in african dancing). Despite the fact that he is the only waitor, he seems to be very unimportant since the restaurant replaced him by a salad bar after his plane crashed in the desert.

Bo Bellingsworthhhh: Played by Stéphane Rousseau. He is one of Criquette's ex-fiancés and love interest to Brenda. He is a fashion photographer and adventurer who likes to impress women and cares a lot about his looks.
 * Berserk Button : in the first season, if anyone mentioned a woman or even said the word woman (or anything that made him THINK about a woman), he promptly threw a punch around.