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* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Expy]]: Of Marcello, the painter, from ''[[La Boheme]]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Roger.
* [[How We Got Here]]: Inverted by "Halloween". "How did we get here, how the hell..."
* [[The Ishmael]]: Mark. There really is no central character, though the movie would like to believe it's Roger, it seems.
* [[Jewish and Nerdy]]
* [[Le Film Artistique]]: Mark's raison d'être.
* [[Man Hug]]: Mark and Roger on several occasions, most notably at the end of "What You Own" (only in the movie, they don't actually see each other in the show).
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: While he's always attempting to be Roger's happy, supportive best friend, the song "Halloween" marks him (pun intended) as someone contemplative, mournful
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]
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* [[Big No]]: In "Finale A".
* [[Character Development]]: He
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Defrosting Ice King]]
* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: April, Roger's girlfriend before the start of the show. All she left Roger was a note informs him only that they tested positive in their HIV antibody test, before slitting her wrists.
* [[Expy]]: Of Rodolfo, the poet, from ''[[La Boheme]]
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* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Mimi is said to be Latina, but since her first actress was half-black, more than one fully-black (and dark-skinned) actress has played her as well.
* {{spoiler|[[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]}}: {{spoiler|Only in the Dutch production
* [[Disney Death]]:
* [[Expy]]: Of, well, Mimi, the seamstress, from ''[[La Boheme]]
* [[Fan Service]]: The only reason why, in the film, "Out Tonight" is performed while Mimi is at work instead of at her apartment like in the play.
* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]: She's an exotic dancer rather than a hooker, but follows this trope all the same.
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: Mimi to Roger.
* [[Spared by the Adaptation]]
* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: It's a living
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{{quote|''Originally played by Jesse L. Martin''}}
* [[Expy]]: Of Colline, the philosopher, from ''[[La Boheme]]
* [[Invisible to Gaydar]]
* [[Last-Name Basis]]
* [[Only Sane Man]]: After
* [[Sidekick Song]]: "Santa Fe".
* [[The Stoner]]
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{{quote|''Originally played by Wilson Jermaine Heredia''}}
* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: Literally speaking, as opposed to "ambiguous sex
* {{spoiler|[[Bury Your Gays]]}}
* [[Drag Queen]]
* [[Expy]]: Of Schaunard, the musician, from ''[[La Boheme]]
* [[The Heart]]
* [[Magical Queer]]
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* [[Anything That Moves]]
* [[Expy]]: Of Musetta, the singer, from ''[[La Boheme]]
* [[Ladykiller in Love]]
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: To Joanne. Was probably this for Mark, as well.
* [[The Masochism Tango]]: The tango... Maureen.
* [[Sidekick Song]]: "Over the Moon".
* [[So Beautiful It's a Curse]]: As she states in "Take Me
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* [[Closer to Earth]]: Compared to the rest of her circle of friends, she is the only one with a high-paying, steady, professional career, and is basically the only thing keeping Maureen and Mark from imploding.
* [[Expy]]: To a lesser extent than the other characters, but she does vaguely parallel Alcindoro from ''[[La Boheme]]
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Though mostly because being with Maureen ''forces'' her to be extra paranoid whenever it looks like she may be flirting with someone.
* [[The Masochism Tango]]
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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: At least, the rest of the gang sees him as this.
* [[Expy]]: Of Benoit, the landlord, from ''[[La Boheme]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Foots the bill for
== Secondary ==
== Mrs Cohen ==
* [[Jewish Mother]]: ''Oh, boy
* [[My Beloved Smother]]
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