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* [[Ambiguously Gay|Ambiguously Bi]] (It was hinted from as early as Campaign Trail that she was possibly bisexual, but she didn't approach the issue until the start of the [[Grand Finale]]. See below under [[If It's You It's Okay]].)
* [[The Charmer]]/[[The Social Expert]]: The Queen Bee and trendsetter of Belleville High, and not without good reason, being able to psychoanalyze and understand people. {{spoiler|Which makes all the more terrifying when she rightfully states she doesn't get Cyndi.}}
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]/[[Sugar and Ice Personality]]
* [[Foe Yay]]:
* [[Freudian Trio]]: [[The Ego]]
* [[Guile Hero]]: Especially evident when [[Backstabbing the Alpha Bitch|dealing an implied preemptive strike]] [http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=651 against her rival upperclassman, Meg.] {{spoiler|She tries a similiar strategy when dealing with Cyndi, a considerably more dangerous foe.}}
* [[I Can Change My Beloved]]: The main thrust of Penny's romantic relationships with Rich, Duane, {{spoiler|and Aggie, until the latter puts her foot down.}} [[Characterization Marches On|They Get Better.]]
* [[If It's You It's Okay]]:
* [[The Kirk]]
* [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]:
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]:
'''Aggie D'Amour'''
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* [[Hypocrite]] (Preaches acceptance and understanding, but she's done things like attempting to slut-shame Lisa for being bisexual ("Any lips of any ''gender'll'' do?").
* [[Ineffectual Loner]]: For a while, Aggie has a hard time making and keeping true friends, [[Freudian Excuse|for fear that they will replace her]]...
* [[Missing Mom]]:
** [[In the End You Are on Your Own]]: Defied. {{spoiler|After a horrible nightmare, Aggie learns that this trope is, in the words of her mother, "bullshit."}}
* [[Single-Target Sexuality]]
* [[The Snark Knight]]
* [[Soapbox Sadie]]:
* [[True Art Is Angsty]]: In-universe, Aggie's rigid adherence to this attitude helps her to produce florid poetry and abysmal videos, and blinds her to the fact that she's quite good at drawing.
'''Karen Duvall'''
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{{quote|Pretty people get to do what they want!}}
* [[Big Bad]]:
* [[Beautiful All Along]]: Played with. She may have gotten prettier on the surface, but it doesn't help her self-esteem or make her a better person (being the opposite, in fact), it just convinces her image is everything.
* [[Last Second Chance]]:
* [[I Just Want to Be Beautiful]]/[[Power Fantasy]]/
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Pygmalion Plot]]
* [[Rape Is Love]]:
* [[Social Darwinist]]
* [[Static Character]]
* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: The main characters help her become a beautiful woman, so what does she do? [[Sarcasm Mode|Make their lives a living hell, of course!]] {{spoiler|She eventually pays for it, though.}}
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: At the end of "The Popsicle War".
'''Sara Velte'''
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* [[Coming Out Story]]
* [[Butch Lesbian]]/[[Lipstick Lesbian]]:
* [[Freudian Trio]]: [[The Superego]]
* [[Honest Advisor]]/[[Number Two]]: To Penny
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* [[The Spock]] --> [[The McCoy]]
** [[Tsundere]] Type A
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]:
'''Michelle Brown'''
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* [[The Chick]]
*
{{quote|''(Regarding herself and Penny in a Mirror)'': [[Madness Mantra|Thinner than her. You'll always be thinner than her, now. It's all right. It's all right.]]}}
* [[The Ditz]]
* [[Flat Character]]:
* [[Freudian Trio]]: [[The Id]]
* [[I Just Want to Be Loved]]
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]:
* [[Love Hurts]]
* [[The McCoy]]
* [[Naive Everygirl]]/[[The Pollyanna]]
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Is very good at hiding her insecurities
* [[Yes-Man]]: To Penny.
'''Lisa Winklemeyer'''
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* {{spoiler|[[Bald Woman]]}}: In the finale.
* [[Bi the Way]]:
* [[Blithe Spirit]]/[[Loony Friends Improve Your Personality]]: In-universe, Lisa is bound and determined to act as a good example of these tropes for everyone she meets.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]/[[Cool People Rebel Against Authority]]
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* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: Jokingly tells Michelle that she ships the two of them together. {{spoiler|Plays this trope straight with her kindred spirit, Stan.}}
* [[Strange Girl]]: Much like her friend Aggie, Lisa [[Cool People Rebel Against Authority|deliberately cultivates a countercultural image]].
* [[Totally Radical]]
'''Duane Teague'''
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* [[Hollywood Nerd]]
* [[Hopeless Suitor]]:
* [[I Didn't Mean to Turn You On]]:
'''Daphne Brooks'''
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* [[Lipstick Lesbian]]
'''Fred Rudolph'''
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* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Pet Homosexual]]
* [[Perpetual Smiler]]:
* [[Invisible to Gaydar]]
'''Marshall Gryvanski'''
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{{quote|I like weights. If a weight is about to crush your heart, you can feel the pressure. You know it's coming. With people, you're never sure.}}
* [[Abusive Parents]]:
* [[Bishonen]]
* [[Broken Pedestal]]: Aggie used to have a crush on him, but this comes crashing down when he rejects her [[Kick the Dog|in a particularly horrible way]].
* [[Chick Magnet]]:
* [[Disappeared Dad]]:
* [[Let's Wait a While]]
'''Rich Diggle'''
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* [[Make Up or Break Up]]
'''Stan Larson'''
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* [[Fatal Flaw]]: [[Ambition]]
* [[Handsome Lech]]
* [[Heel Face Turn]]
* [[I Didn't Mean to Turn You On]] (to Michelle, in that he thought she'd wanted a hook-up, not romance; later, in a different sense, to Penny)
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]:
* [[Subordinate Excuse]]:
* [[Was It Really Worth It?]]:
'''Jack Kirk'''
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* [[Doctor Jekyll and Mister Jack Daniels]]
* [[Heroic Self-Deprecation]]
* [[Insecure Love Interest]]:
* [[Silent Bob]]
'''Katy-Ann Williams'''
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* [[Genki Girl]]
* [[Saintly Church]]:
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]:
'''Brandi Jones'''
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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
* [[Ethical Slut]]
* [[Friends with Benefits]]
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]:
'''Cyndi Kristoffer'''
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* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]
* [[Depraved Bisexual]]
* [[Faux Yay]]:
* [[For the Evulz]]: The reason why she does what she does.
* [[Hate Sink]]: She takes the [[Alpha Bitch]] trope way too far, making her this. {{spoiler|Especially in the "Missing Person" arc.}}
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[The Mole]]:
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]
* [[The Sociopath]]: Hell yes! {{spoiler|She's even institutionalized for it.}}
'''Samantha Evans'''
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* [[You Watch Too Much X]]
'''Meg Macomb'''
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{{quote|I've outgrown this. I've outgrown ''you.''}}
* [[Alpha Bitch]]:
* [[Jerkass Has a Point]]: Played with. She seems to be one of the few characters to be fully aware that all the melodrama of highschool aren't the most important years of her life... [[Ignored Epiphany|immediately after this assertion, she nervously asks whether the contents of a police interrogation will be "going on her permanent record."]]
* [[Pride Before a Fall]]
* [[Opt Out]]
'''Helen Tomalin'''
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{{quote|If I'm being used...at least I have a use.}}
* [[Abusive Parents]]/[[The Unfavorite]]:
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]/[[False Friend]]: Helen is a sympathetic example of these tropes, and tends to surround herself with examples of same, some less sympathetic than others.
* [[Attention Whore]]: Downplayed
* [[Broken Bird]] See above.
* [[Driven by Envy]]/[[The Resenter]]: Helen drifted apart from Penny's group of friends in middle school, and resents them for excluding her from their clique. She is implied to have been envious of Penny's social status in childhood, as well.
* [[Extreme Doormat]]:
** [[I Just Want to Be Loved]]/[[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: Very downplayed; after {{spoiler|remembering her rape}} and overhearing Brandi and Stan's healthy sexual relationship, Helen realizes she has heretofore been unable to differentiate between being loved and getting screwed, and has a breakdown.
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]:
* [[The Mole]]:
* [[Never My Fault]]: Helen's need to be used often motivates her to put her morals aside.
* [[Professional Butt-Kisser]]: Of every clique she's been in:
{{quote|(Helen's inner monologue:) "Please keep believing I'm going to heaven, Charlotte."}}
* [[Rape as Drama]]: {{spoiler|Taking advantage of young women too drunk to give informed consent seems to be a favorite pastime of Bob and Elmer.}}
* [[The Runaway]]:
* [[Sour Supporter]]/[[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: Formerly, of the Pennies.
* [[Sudden Principled Stand]]: ''Helen'', of all people, chews out Charlotte when the latter tries to frame Katy-Ann for a bomb threat.
* [[What Did I Do Last Night?]]: {{spoiler|Answer: Bob and Elmer. ''Both at once.''
'''Charlotte Simms'''
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{{quote|Sin is everywhere. This world is filth.}}
* [[Abusive Parents]]
* [[Berserk Button]]:
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Doubly-Subverted. She starts out as a psychotic fundamentalist, but Duane's kindness causes her to open up and show a sweeter side of her... {{spoiler|until she kidnaps Cyndi. However, this was due to Cyndi's actions hurting others, and thanks Duane for making her a better person while in prison.}}
* [[The Fundamentalist]]:
* {{spoiler|[[Interrupted Suicide]]}}
* [[Rape as Drama]]:
'''Nick and Melody D'Amour'''
* [[Happily Married]]:
* [[Hippie Parents]] / [[New Age Retro Hippie]]s
* [[Posthumous Character]]:
* [[So Proud of You]]:
'''Rob Levac'''
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Jaded Washout]]:
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]:
* [[Mistaken for Cheating]]:
'''Lynda Levac'''
* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]: Both
* [[Soapbox Sadie]]:
* [[Tsundere]]:
'''Charisma Gryvanski'''
* [[Really Gets Around]]:
* [[Resentful Guardian]]:
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