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=== Becky McDonald (neé Granger) ===
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Tracy Barlow.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Her general reaction to any sort of bad news is to get drunk and smash up
* [[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).
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=== Betty Williams ===
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Her dry commentary has been a Rovers staple for over
* [[Supreme Chef]]: The 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.
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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]]: An ardent socialist, he enjoyed sharing his views with a captive audience or just anyone really.
* [[Why Couldn't You Be Different?]]: 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.
=== Deirdre Barlow ===
* [[Extreme Doormat]]: For Tracy.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: ''The Weatherfield One''.
* [[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
=== 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]]
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Manipulative Bitch]]
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== The Dead and the Departed ==
=== Mike Baldwin(played by Johnny Briggs) ===
* Owned the factory over the road (among other things), for most of its existence starting as Balwin's casuals and then after it became Underworld. Mike was a tenacious self made man who got where he had by hard work and a lot of charm, not that he ever let anyone forget it. Mike always liked Deirdre and that turned into an affair in 1983 unfortunately Deirdre decided to stay married to Ken. Ken would never forgive Mike for the affair although Mike and Deirdre would remain friends until his death. A few years later, Mike would marry Ken's daughter Susan (at least partly to piss of Ken on both their parts) but his sexism (she wanted to work he wanted a housewife) would cost him the relationship Susan left him after telling him she aborted his baby. A few years later, he would meet Alma Sedgewick arguably the love of his life who he then dumped for a young blond tart. This would be a pattern for them and they would break up and get back together several times for much the same reason. In 2001, Peter Barlow revealed that Susan had lied and had actually had a son with Mike named Adam. Mike rivalry with Ken flared up again when Susan died and the two men fought for custody of Adam. As he was getting older, Mike decided to bring in a partner his nephew Danny Baldwin. It was revealed that Danny was actually Mike's son, however they never got much time together as Mike developed Alzhiemer's disease. Mike died outside the factory in the arms of Ken Barlow of a heart attack on the seventh of April 2006.
=== Adam Barlow(played by Iain de Caestecker, Sam Robertson) ===
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=== Daniel Barlow (played by Lewis Harney) ===
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=== Susan Barlow (played by Katie Heanneau, Wendy Jane Walker, Suzy Patterson, Joanna Foster) ===
* Ken oldest daughter and Peter's twin sister she famously married Mike Baldwin and had his son. Died in a car crash trying to run away from a custody fight with Mike. Mostly mentioned when Ken wants to manipulate Peter.
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