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Tracy Samantha Lord

"You have a good mind, a pretty face, a disciplined body that does what you tell it to. You have everything it takes to make a lovely woman except the one essential: an understanding heart. And without that you might just as well be made of bronze."

C. K. Dexter Haven

"I thought all writers drank to excess and beat their wives. You know at one time I think I secretly wanted to be a writer."

Composite Character
Deadpan Snarker
Freudian Trio: Dexter is the ego.
The Teetotaler (of the recovering alcoholic variety)

Macaulay ("Mike") Connor

Tracy: "Snob."
Mike: "Say, what do you mean, 'snob'?"
Tracy: "You're the worst kind there is, an intellectual snob. You made up your mind awfully young, it seems to me."
Mike: "Well thirty's about time to make up your mind. And I'm nothing of hte sort, not Mr. Connor."

Elizabeth ("Liz") Imbrie

"I can't afford to hate anyone; I'm only a photographer."

George Kittredge

"George. Splendid chap, George. Very high morals. Very broad shoulders."

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 * [[Composite Character]]
 * [[Deadpan Snarker]]
-* [[Power Trio]]: Dexter is the [[The Kirk|ego]].
+* [[Freudian Trio]]: Dexter is the [[The Kirk|ego]].
 * [[The Teetotaler]] (of the recovering [[The Alcoholic|alcoholic]] variety)
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 * [[Fish Out of Water]]
+* [[Freudian Trio]]: Mike is the [[The McCoy|id]].
 * [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
-* [[Power Trio]]: Mike is the [[The McCoy|id]].
 === Elizabeth ("Liz") Imbrie ===
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 * [[Disposable Fiance]]
-* [[Power Trio]]: George is the [[The Spock|superego]].
+* [[Freudian Trio]]: George is the [[The Spock|superego]].
 * [[Self-Made Man]]