The Philadelphia Story/Characters

Tracy Samantha Lord
""You have a good mind, a pretty face, a disciplined body that does what you tell it to. You have everything it takes to make a lovely woman except the one essential: an understanding heart. And without that you might just as well be made of bronze.""


 * Defrosting the Ice Queen
 * In-Series Nickname
 * Tsundere

C. K. Dexter Haven
""I thought all writers drank to excess and beat their wives. You know at one time I think I secretly wanted to be a writer.""


 * Composite Character
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Freudian Trio: Dexter is the ego.
 * The Teetotaler (of the recovering alcoholic variety)

Macaulay ("Mike") Connor
"Tracy: "Snob." Mike: "Say, what do you mean, 'snob'?" Tracy: "You're the worst kind there is, an intellectual snob. You made up your mind awfully young, it seems to me." Mike: "Well thirty's about time to make up your mind. And I'm nothing of hte sort, not Mr. Connor.""


 * Fish Out of Water
 * Freudian Trio: Mike is the id.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold

Elizabeth ("Liz") Imbrie
""I can't afford to hate anyone; I'm only a photographer.""


 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Fish Out of Water
 * Girl Friday

George Kittredge
""George. Splendid chap, George. Very high morals. Very broad shoulders.""


 * Disposable Fiancé
 * Freudian Trio: George is the superego.
 * Self-Made Man


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