Freaks and Geeks/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Hollywood Atheist]]: The death of her grandmother before the start of the series spurred her into atheism. Specifically, Lindsey was there at her deathbed when the grandmother confessed her terror at facing death in her last moments.

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Her father's old army jacket, which is also symbolic of her transition to the Freaks

* [[Secret Diary]]

* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: As seen in "Noshing and Moshing" at the Schweiber's cocktail party, where she ditches the army jacket, puts on a hot dress, and deservingly attracts the (welcome) attention of the Schweiber's eldest son, [[Nice Jewish Boy]] Barry.

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]

* [[Foil]]: To Lindsay. Comes from a poor, broken home in contrast to Lindsay's more well-off loving parents, gets poor grades in school to Lindsay's [[The Ace|straight A's]], and so on.

* [[Hot Blooded]]

* [[Jerkass Woobie]]

** [[Single Mom Stripper]]: In one episode, Bill worriedly asks his mom if she's going to start "dancing" again.

* [[The Klutz]]: He's clumsy and more than a little mal-coordinated.

* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Of the large, clunky, unflattering variety.

* [[Picked Last]]: A hugely upsetting issue for him.

* [[Bumbling Dad]]: Harold takes himself ''very'' seriously, but his kids find him amusing at best and confoundingly frustrating at his worst.

* [[Good Parents]]: Ostensibly, compared to the rest of the cast's parents.

* [[Housewife]]: Jean, of the traditional variety.

* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Although strict and stubborn, he is a loving father who is very proud of both his children

* [[Overprotective Dad]]: Harold, so, ''so'' much. Although he always gets overruled by Jean.

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Jean.

{{quote| '''Harold''': I had a friend in high school who smoked. Thought it made him look ''cool''. Know what he's doing now? He's '''DEAD!''' Let's go dig him up now and see how cool he looks. }}

 

== Gloria Haverchuck ==

 

* [[Hot Mom]]

{{quote| '''Neal''': I can kinda see why Coach Fredericks is dating her. She is kinda hot.}}

* [[Looking for Love In All The Wrong Places]]: Dating her son's hated PE teacher, for example.

* [[Eighties Hair]]: Cookie's hair-spray edifice.

* [[Evil Matriarch]]: Cookie - she's a tough, mean old broad.

* [[Jerkass]]: Both of them....

* [[Joisey]]: Cookie's got the accent (and look).

* [[Not Himself|Not Herself]]: Following the death of her dog, Goliath, she goes slightly off the rails and starts hanging out with ''Kim'' of all people and plans on attending a ''Who'' concert with the Freaks. She reverts back to her chaste self after Kim admits she and Lindsay were the ones who ''ran him over...''

* [[Saintly Church]]

 

== Cindy Sanders ==

* [[The Cheerleader]]

* [[Girl Posse]]: She's head-cheerleader and rules with an iron fist, it would seem.

* [[Lust Object]]: For Neal.

 

* [[Jerkass Facade]]: In reality, he's an unhappy, lonely kid but can't bring himself to hang out with the Geeks, despite sharing the same interests (comic books and sci-fi).

** [[Create Your Own Villain]]: And as it turns out, he admits to Bill that he is angry because they left him out of their fun in the lower grades.

* [[The Napoleon]]: His short stature probably explains a lot.

 

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: She can even out-snark Ken at his own game.

* [[Hermaphrodite]]: She was born with both male and female sex organs, but is now physically purely female. This causes temporary [[Gayngst]] in Ken when she tells him in confidence.

* [[Love Interest]]: For Ken.

** [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: All's well in the end - Ken later tells Amy he is sorry and he doesn't care. They are still together when the show ends.

 

 

* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Coach Nasty]]: He comes off like this to the Geeks, but he's actually a pretty nice guy once off the field.

* [[Jerk Jock]]: Subversion. He actually turns out to be quite nice.

** [[Lovable Jock]]