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* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: He usually invokes this with Jefferson, who laughs at his jokes about Marcy behind Marcy's back.

* [[And There Was Much Rejoicing]]: When Al's neighbors mistakenly thought he'd died, they began dancing in the streets and singing ''Ding Dong, The Shoe Man's Dead!'' When he moved out of the neighborhood after briefly splitting up with Peggy, they had a parade to celebrate.

* [[Badass]]

* [[Berserk Button]]: Whenever Al catches someone hitting on his wife or having sex with his daughter, he goes into full [[Tranquil Fury]] mode before administering the [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]].

* [[The Brainless Beauty]]: Kelly didn't invent the [[Dumb Blonde|Dumb Slutty Blonde]] stereotype, but she sure as hell added to its fame. In fact, Applegate has been spending the rest of her career [[Playing Against Type|trying to get away from that image]].

* [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]]

* [[Dating What Daddy Hates]]

* [[The Ditz]]: Though in the earlier episodes, she wasn't that dumb, and was only made fun of for having bleached-blond hair, being a slut, dating sleazy guys, and committing petty crimes [like speeding, sneaking out of the house, stealing money from Al, and vandalizing public property]. Lampshaded in an episode which showed that Kelly used to be very intelligent as a child, until she hit her head during a car accident.

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: It's implied in several episodes that Kelly's promiscuity stems from Al being a bad father and her being used as the family [[Butt Monkey]].

* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: Many jokes about what a lousy mother Peg was to Bud and Kelly.

* [[Malaproper]]: Such a common feature of her dialogue that fans call them 'Kellyism's and have assembled a list of them [http://www.bundyology.com/kellyisms.html here].

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: If you don't understand why Kelly Bundy '''is''' this trope, you've obviously never seen the show.

* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: Many jokes about what a lousy mother Peg was to Bud and Kelly.

* [[Hollywood Dateless]]

* [[Like Father Like Son]]: Bud is just as much of a pervert as his father:

{{quote| '''Amber''': ''(To Bud)'' You're amazing. Where do you learn this kind of behavior?<br />

* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]

* [[Straw Feminist]]

 

=== Steve Rhoades ===

* [[Corrupt Cop]]: Openly admits to being crooked, though after joining NO MA'AM he frequently used said connections to keep Al out of jail.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Officer Dan had some of the shows best one liners.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: During the seasons where Al started "NO MA'AM," Officer Dan went from being the cop who always arrested Al to being his best friend.

** Not right away. He finally joined up with them after "Psycho Dad" was cancelled.

Bob Rooney is one of Al's NO MA'AM cohorts.

* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Like the rest of NO MA'AM.

* [[Fat Bastard]]: A textbook example. Al once used his exposed gut to scare a bunch of kids out of their Halloween candy.

 

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: She had illegal immigrants making shoes for her.

* [[Fiction 500]]: Own several multi-million dollar businesses, but the constant failings of the shoe store keep her at #501

* [[Tomboyish Name]]: That and the fact Al never met her during the first twenty years he's been working at the store made Al mistakenly believe Gary was a man. Whenever he wasn't thinking Gary didn't even exist, that is.