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=== Steve McDonald ===
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Nothing ever goes right for him.
* [[Extreme Doormat]]: With his current wife Becky.
 
=== Becky McDonald (neé Granger) ===
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Tracy Barlow.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: herHer general reaction to any sort of bad news is to get drunk and smash up whatevers nearest.
* [[Jerkass]]: When she first turned up, now a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]].
* [[Mama Bear]]: Though neither of the children she has with Steve are actually hers (Max being her sister's son, and Amy being Steve's daughter with Tracy Barlow).
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Particularly in her reaction to being angry at Steve, which is to dress in revealing clothing, then go out, get drunk and get attention from men at other bars.
 
=== Betty Williams ===
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: herHer dry commentary has been a Rovers staple for over fourty years now.
* [[Supreme Chef]]: theThe reason she has remained a steadfast employee for as long as she has, her [[Regional Speciality|Hotpot]] is one of the reasons the place is so popular.
 
== Number One Coronation Street ==
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* [[Cultural Rebel]]: Ken was the first in his family to attend University and has always aspired to somewhat more intellectual than his neighbors and family.
* [[Long Runner]]: Worth noting, as he is the only remaining original cast member, from the first episode (from ''1960''!), and has never left the show at any point.
* [[Politically-Motivated Teacher]]: anAn ardent socialist he enjoyed sharing his views with a captive audience or just anyone really.
* [[Why Couldn't You Be Different?]]:has Has had moments of this with all of his adult children. While somewhat justified (like when Tracy killed her boyfriend), his treating Peter (who is basically a well meaning chronic screw-up) and Lawrence (who had just met a few weeks ago!!) like this is an example of his frustration with his working class existence.
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: Frequently his last affair was only a year ago and he has never been faithful to any of his wives. Although his most frequent wife Deirdre is not that much better having had several affairs herself.
 
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* [[My Master, Right or Wrong]]: Continues to put Tracy on a pedastal, however horrible her crimes.
* [[No Sympathy]]: Unless your name happens to be Tracy Barlow.
** Peter Barlow can also illicit sympathy from her even when set the house on fire, unless hes [[Your Cheating Heart|"putting it about"]] then he's [[I Am Not My Father|"just like his dad"]].
 
=== Tracy Barlow ===
 
* [[Consummate Liar]]
* [[Flanderization]]: Upon her return in 2002, she was more of a simple [[Jerkass]] with moments of sympathy, but for a time after her return in 2010, she had degraded into almost a cartoonish [[Card-Carrying Villain]]. She's returned to simple [[Jerkass]] behaviour currently.
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=== Amy Barlow ===
* [[Who's Your Daddy?]]: initiallyInitially thought to be the daughter of Roy Cropper. Tracy kept her true paternity to herself until she felt it was appropriate, the middle of Steve Macdonald's wedding to Karen.
 
== Number Two Coronation Street (Audrey's Salon) ==
=== Audrey Roberts ===
 
* [[Cool Old Lady]]
* [[Rags to Riches]]
 
=== Maria Connor ===
* [[Arch Enemy]]: withWith Leanne although they seemed to have made up recently.
* [[The Ditz]]: sweetSweet but dim that's our Maria (she's arguably a [[Brainless Beauty]] too.).
* [[Extreme Doormat]]: perhapsPerhaps why her relationship with Nick lasted as long as it did.
 
=== Kirk Sutherland ===
* [[Dumb Is Good]]: heHe is a very kind soul whatever else you can say about him.
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: hasHas said more than once he understands dogs better than people.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: heHe's lucky the residents of the street are kind (particularly his ex Fizz and sister Maria) or he would have starved years ago.
 
=== Liam Connor ===
* [[Dead Guy, Junior]]: asAs said above, he was named for his dead father.
* [[Someone to Remember Him By]]: Maria found out she was pregnant the same day his father also Liam Connor died.
 
== Number Three Coronation Street ==
=== Emily Bishop ===
* [[Granny Classic]]: actsActs as this to most of the street despite never having children herself.
 
=== Norris Cole ===
 
* [[The Chew Toy]]
* [[Gossipy Hens]]: Rare male version.
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=== Mary Taylor (note, actually lives in a motorhome on the street) ===
* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Norris certainly views her as this.▼
 
▲* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Norris certainly views her as this
* [[Big Eater]]: Much to Norris' annoyance, has an absent minded habit of endlessly eating the sweets in the Kabin while working.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Of the highest order.
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Single-Target Sexuality]]: Towards Norris.
* [[Ted Baxter]]: Like Norris, appears to have a much higher opinion of her talents and skills than other people.
 
== Number Four Coronation Street ==
 
=== Kevin Webster ===
* [[Jerkass]]: toTo some since the affair, to others he's simply [[Strangled by the Red String]].
* [[Miles Gloriosus]]: Considering that he only ever starts fights with harmless characters.
* [[Mr. Fixit]]
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=== Sally Webster ===
* [[Rich Bitch]]: oftenOften seen as this by the other factory girls. To be fair though, she is very snobbish and big-headed.▼
 
▲* [[Rich Bitch]]: often seen as this by the other factory girls. To be fair though, she is very snobbish and big-headed.
* [[Ted Baxter]]
 
=== Rosie Webster ===
 
* [[Attention Whore]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Other characters have them too, but Rosie's stand out the most.
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=== Sophie Webster ===
 
* [[Attention Whore]]: As a result of the attention her sister gets over her.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Sulks everytime her girlfriend Sian so much a ''talks'' to anyone else.
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=== John Stape ===
* [[Black Comedy]]: His accidental descent into worse and worse crimes is played for dark laughs.
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]
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=== Devander "Dev" Alahan ===
 
* [[Asian Store Owner]]
* [[Kavorka Man]]: beforeBefore his marriage to Sunita any way.
* [[Large Ham]]: Due to his often lack of an [[No Indoor Voice|indoor voice]] and... unusual speech patterns.
* [[Ted Baxter]]
 
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=== Gail Potter/Tilsley/Platt/Hillman/Macintyre ===
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Eileen Grimshaw.
* [[Extreme Doormat]]: Her last husband was drug addict who stole from her repeatedly and drowned while trying to fake his own death, but she loved him anyway.
* [[My Beloved Smother]]: herHer boys never do anything wrong despite being two of the shows main antagonists for the past few years.
* [[Parental Obliviousness]]
 
 
=== Nick Tilsley ===
* [[Momma's Boy]]: recentlyRecently turned 30, still lives at home and spends most of his time hanging out with his mom.▼
 
▲* [[Momma's Boy]]: recently turned 30 still lives at home and spends most of his time hanging out with his mom
* [[Smug Snake]]
 
=== David Platt ===
* [[Attention Whore]]: hisHis main reason for doing anything.▼
 
* [[Jerkass]]: Spent many years as this, now wavers between it and [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]].▼
▲* [[Attention Whore]] his main reason for doing anything
* [[Momma's Boy]]: Despite once shoving her down the stairs, he's the first person to run to her when there's trouble.▼
▲* [[Jerkass]]: Spent many years as this, now wavers between it and [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
▲* [[Momma's Boy]]: Despite once shoving her down the stairs he's the first person to run to her when there's trouble
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[The Sociopath]]: Was played this way for several years, but has disappeared over time as he's apparently "mellowed out".
* [[The Unfavorite]]: comparedCompared to high achiever Nick and teenage mother Sarah, he never got much attention and he never fails to remind his mother of that.
* [[Troll]]: Possibly the only way to really describe his character, he simply likes getting a rise out of people, or stirring up trouble for other people.
 
 
=== Kylie Platt ===
* [[Attention Whore]]: theThe main reason she and husband David are a match made in hell.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: As much so as [[Doctor Who|The Seventh Doctor]] was.
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: aA dark version.
* [[Parental Incest]]: partPart of her backstory, itsit's even implied the her son Max was also her fathers child.
* [[Raised by Wolves]]: justJust see the above.
 
== Number 9 Coronation Street ==
 
=== Tyrone Dobbs ===
 
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]
* [[Dumb Is Good]]
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=== Tommy Duckworth ===
 
* [[The Charmer]]
 
== Underworld ==
=== Carla Connor ===
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: hasHas gone through various levels of frostiness over the past few years.▼
 
▲* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: has gone through various levels of frostiness over the past few years.
* [[Expy]]: Well, technically, she's not an expy, but Bree from ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' is an expy of Carla!
* [[Rich Bitch]]: particularlyParticularly in her initial appearances but thankfully has several hidden depths.
* [[Self-Made Man|Self Made Woman]]: originallyOriginally grew up on a [[Council Estate]].
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: As a ruthless charming Cockney who came from nothing Carla bears a certain resemblance to Mike Baldwin the factory's previous owner.
 
=== Julie Carp ===
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: At times.
* [[Genki Girl]]: sheShe's cheery almost to a fault.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: withWith her serious cynical older sister Eileen.
 
== Number 10 Coronation Street/The Kabin ==
 
=== Rita Sullivan ===
* [[Cool Old Lady]]: sheShe frequently acts as a mentor to many a troubled young woman.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Though, not a natural redhead, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|much to her embarassment]].
* [[Straight Man]]: To Norris' blustering [[Ted Baxter]].
 
== Number 11 Coronation Street ==
 
=== Eileen Grimshaw ===
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Gail Platt, for a number of years now, though it's cooled more recently as they has less to do with each other.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: evenEven by soap standards, Eileen has a hard life.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Mama Bear]]: God help you if you hurt one of her boys.
* [[Stoic Woobie]]: refusedRefused to cry in public even at her fathers funeral occasionally slides into [[Jerkass Woobie|Jerkass]] when she expresses affection through yelling.
 
=== Jason Grimshaw ===
* [[Brainless Beauty]]
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: mostMost of the time, although Jason often shows flashes of insight that suggest heshe's more lazy than truly unintelligent.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: toTo his smarter more sensitive brother Todd.
 
=== Sean Tully ===
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]
* [[Camp Gay]]: toTo the point where he runs into [[Unfortunate Implications]].
* [[The Scrappy]]
 
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== Number 13 Coronation Street ==
=== Lloyd Mullaney ===
* [[Expy]]: Many consider him an Expy of Craig Charles' other best known character, [[Red Dwarf|Dave Lister]].
* [[Token Minority]]: oneOne of the streets first black regulars TPTB seemed to struggle with what to do with him other than have him date the shows only other black character. Although more recently, he has developed into storylines of his own.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: withWith Steve who he co-own the local cab firm with.
 
=== Cheryl Gray ===
* [[Domestic Abuse]]: fromFrom her ex-husband Chris.
* [[Single Mom Stripper]]: initiallyInitially but now works at Nick Tilsleys bar.
* [[Ted Baxter]]: likeLike to think a lot of herself and her son Russ.
 
 
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=== Izzie Armstrong ===
* [[Disabled Snarker]]
* [[Ill Girl]]: asAs child and the reason her father is so overprotective.
* [[Overprotective Dad]]: herHer father Owen moved onto the street to stalk, I mean watch over her.
 
=== Gary Windass ===
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=== Graeme Proctor ===
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: hasHas a unique way with people and way of seeing the world.
* [[Pyromaniac]]: Graeme loves a good fire.
* [[Raised by Wolves]]: theThe reason for his uniqueness.
 
=== Xin Proctor ===
* [[Citizenship Marriage]]: toTo Graeme.
 
== Barlow's Bookies ==
=== Peter Barlow ===
* [[The Alcoholic]]: noteworthyNoteworthy on a show where most consume twice the British average amounts for alcohol and practically live in the pub. Peter is the only actual dry drunk, though by some measures most of the cast qualifies as functional alchoholicsalcoholics.
* [[Children Raise You]]
* [[I Am Not My Father]]: comparisonsComparisons to dad Ken are something of a [[Berserk Button]].
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: theThe main reason his relationship is strained is because his father shipped him and his twin sister of to their Scottish grandparents at the age of six following the death of their mother. To be fair though, it was [[Values Dissonance|how it was done in those days]].
* [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap]]: circaCirca 2003, he was "the most hated man in Britain" but one recovery from alcoholism and amazingly cute child later, his injury was a central part of the fiftieth anniversary special.
 
=== Leanne Barlow (nee Battersby) ===
* [[Good Bad Girl]]: originallyOriginally, although she has settled down recently, shesshe's still is a tough cookie.
* [[High-Class Call Girl]]: wasWas one for a few months, although the rest of the street will probably [[Never Live It Down|never let her forget it]].
* [[Tsundere]]
 
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=== Roy Cropper ===
* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]: Roy has a lot of quirks and can be just downright odd at times.
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: heHe might be a bit odd, but he makes a bloody good full english breakfast.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Regarded as one in-universe, though he doesn't fully deserve the reputation.
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: heHe was the first see the [[Affably Evil|freindly neighborhood]] [[Serial Killer]] for what he was, when said serial killer [[Kick the Dog|destroyed a nest of bats]].
 
=== Hayley Cropper ===
* [[Liz Lemon Job]]: herHer title of supervisor at the factory often amounts to this managing the [[Greek Chorus]] of [[Deadpan Snarker]]'s and [[Cloudcuckoolander]]'s is quite a challenge.
* [[Only Sane Woman]]: frequentlyFrequently when husband Roy gets carried away with his eccentricities, or at Underworld where she is the supervisor.
* [[Plucky Girl]] inIn a street full of them Hayley is a standout although still a bit too practical to be a [[Pollyanna]].
 
=== Sylvia Cropper ===
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