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* [[Determinator]]: He has the occasional [[Heroic BSOD]], but overall he's unstoppable and suicidally fearless when pushed hard enough. Even when he thought ''he had days to live'' he continued with his goals.
* [[Genius Ditz]]
* [[Genre Savvy]]: While not immune to being suckered in himself, Baloo can be rather streetwise and observant at times, he is wary to some of the shady clients Rebecca naively takes offers from, and is more willing to listen the kids' explanations at times (once debunking Rebecca's [[Not Now, Kiddo]] moment with Kit).
* [[Improbable Piloting Skills]]: Baloo is so good a pilot he can pilot a plane even if he has to resort to directly manipulating the control cables to a craft's flaps and rudder when the yoke was broke. Furthermore, in one episode, he was able to quickly learn how to fly a prototype helicopter, despite the fact that operating that kind of vehicle is a completely different (not to mention ''revolutionary'' for the 1930s) concept in aviation. And don't forget, he was able to successfully "pilot" a prototype jet engine merely by hanging on to it and tugging on it real hard. No wings, no rudder, no ''plane''. Just the engine. He even broke the sound barrier while riding it.
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Baloo at times can be rather obnoxious and selfish, but cares deeply about his friends and family. Do ''not'' hurt them.
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* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: Refered to as "Becky" by Baloo. Rebecca seems to treat it as such, only accepting the name whenever she is in a good mood with him.
* [[Benevolent Boss]]/[[Mean Boss]]/[[Pointy -Haired Boss]]: Rebecca can be considered an unusual mix of all three tropes in one. While she mostly leans towards the first due to her protagonist role and viewing her employees more as her friends, her occasional temperament, [[Control Freak|superiority complex]] and [[Cloudcuckoolander|outright quirkiness]] leads to her being less than pleasant to work with [[Depending On the Writer|on occasion]], especially in early episodes.
* [[Closer to Earth]]: Played with, while Rebecca often plays [[The Straight Man]] to Baloo's rowdiness and antics, she has her own moments of stupidity and arrogance (most of which Baloo himself plays [[Sanity Ball|the voice of reason]] towards). Generally her sanity over Baloo is a case of [[Depending On the Writer]].
* [[Control Freak]]: Rebecca plays with this. She frequently is very insistant in getting her own way, but is more bark than bite and a lot more lenient and enduring than a usual employer.
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* [[Expy]]: Of Rebecca Howe in ''[[Cheers]]'', her role and rivalry with Baloo is also very similar.
* [[Hero Antagonist]]: Often acts as such in some of Baloo's [[Loveable Rogue]] moments. While she can be [[Mean Boss|rather overbearing]] about it ([[Not So Above It All|and not above playing up herself]]) she usually just wants Baloo to do an honest job of things. A lot of times when she gets the larger [[Sympathetic POV]], Baloo is actually painted as something of a [[Jerkass]].
* [[Inferiority Superiority Complex]]: Rebecca is something of a [[Ted Baxter|pompous]] [[Know -Nothing Know -It -All|know-it-all]] who has nothing against [[Because I Said So|pushing her weight around]] to get Baloo to follow orders. Whenever Baloo is taken out of the picture, however, [[Can't Stand Them Can't Live Without Them|things often fall apart]] due to Rebecca's physical and emotional dependance on him to help run the company. Some obvious dents left from being a single mother are also apparent.
* [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: Something of a grown up variant. Rebecca is extremely snobbish and self important at times, and often looks down on those lower on the chain than her, but is a loving mother and ultimately devoted to her employees. Not to mention her huge showings of humility whenever she realises she's taken things too far.
* [[Mama Bear]]: Friend or foe alike, you're in ''big'' trouble if something happens to Molly. She also happens to be a literal bear.
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* [[Parental Substitute]]: Not nearly as prominantly as Baloo, but she has her moments with Kit.
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Though it doesn't really develop past subtle teases, Rebecca was very much designed to have this relationship with Baloo, when not arguing or berating him (or in some rarer cases [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male|outright attacking him]]) she is very caring towards him and it is very obvious there is some romantic tension between them.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: She knows a lot more about running the company than Baloo, but a lot of her money making schemes are terrible and she has a very high opinion of her business thinking. As she once insisted, she's never wrong.
* [[Stubborn Mule]]: To occasionally insane lengths. She will never admit she is wrong.
{{quote| '''Rebecca:''' Would so! [[Comically Missing the Point|I'm just never wrong!]]}}
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* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Anti -Villain]]: His villainous roles in the show are actually outweighed by the times he assists Baloo.
* [[Badass in A Nice Suit]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]
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* [[Noble Demon]]
* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: Khan is merciless to those that get in his way, but savvy enough to know the consequences of [[Kick the Dog|Kicking The Dog]] too many times, and is generally tough but fair to his associates.
* [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]: While he will partake in the odd corrupt scheme every once in a while, his moral code prevents him from doing anything exceptionally heinous.
** He has outright stated that his motto is "to always repay your debts and never break a deal".
* [[The Stoic]]
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