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* HypocriticalHumor: When Paula seems very interested in the guy who's going to help her drive her new desk to her house.
-->'''Scott''': Sounds like you're going on a date with him or something.
-->'''Paula''': TANYA!
-->'''Scott''': [''nodding like 'I deserve that''] Have a great day! Hope it's a great desk, you deserve it. [''He leaves'']
-->'''Paula''': [''to herself''] God, I love that.
-->'''Scott''': Sounds like you're going on a date with him or something.
-->'''Paula''': TANYA!
-->'''Scott''': [''nodding like 'I deserve that''] Have a great day! Hope it's a great desk, you deserve it. [''He leaves'']
-->'''Paula''': [''to herself''] God, I love that.
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* OnlySaneManOnlySaneMan: One of the very few people at Whitefeather and Associates to not get sucked into drama and craziness.
* ShipperOnDeck: She's ''really'' invested in Darryl and White Josh's relationship.
* TenMinuteRetirement: Jim quits law in favor of running a pretzel shop in "I'm on My Own Path". When corporate shuts him down at the end of the episode for violating their regulations, he decides he's much happier not being in charge and returns to his old job.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Her intention was to make Rebecca into a dynamic, successful career woman. She succeeded but also turned her into a complete mess barely holding herself together.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Her intention was to make Rebecca into a dynamic, successful career woman. She succeeded succeeded, but also the process turned her Rebecca into a complete dysfunctional mess who was barely holding herself together.
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* CollectorOfTheStrange: For a time, Madison was ''really'' into snails; she even ran a vlog about snail care.
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* CollectorOfTheStrange: For a time, Madison was is ''really'' into snails; she even ran runs a vlog about snail care.
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* AscendedExtra: Gets a more prominent role in season 3 when he becomes Heather's boyfriend.
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* AscendedExtra: Gets a He easily gets the least focus out of Josh's friends early on. Once Greg leaves, he gets to spend more prominent role time in season 3 when the spotlight, and he eventually becomes Heather's boyfriend.boyfriend in Season 3.
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:He and Heather get married in Season 4, albeit primarily so that she can add him to her health insurance plan.]]
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* ManChild: He still lived at home with his mom in season two, which wouldn't be a bad thing in and of itself if it weren't for the fact that she still takes care of him like she did when he was a kid (doing his laundry, making him meals, etc.), and he doesn't seem to see anything wrong with it.
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* BenevolentBoss: Despite being quirky, he's openly supportive of Greg going to business school.
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* BenevolentBoss: Despite being quirky, he's openly incredibly easy to work for. His [[CharacterEstablishingMoment first scene]] was being incredibly supportive of when Greg going quit to go to business school.school (ruining the angry speech Greg had planned). When Greg had to beg for his job back, he welcomed him with open arms.
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-->"Can I be real with you? You're being a little bitch right now."
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He talks more like a typical fratboy than a traditional priest, shoots hoops during counseling sessions, and is occasionally stoned (on prescription painkillers). At the same time, he consistently gives honest and genuinely helpful advice, and seems to be very popular with his parishioners.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He talks more like a typical fratboy than a traditional priest, shoots hoops during counseling sessions, and is occasionally stoned (on prescription painkillers). At the same time, he consistently gives honest and genuinely helpful advice, and seems to be very popular with his parishioners.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His name is actually Father ''Joseph'', but Josh called him "Father Joe" and then "Father Bro" and then "Father Brah." It stuck.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His name is actually Father ''Joseph'', but Josh called him "Father Joe" Broseph" and then "Father Bro" and then "Father Brah." It stuck.
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!!The Chan Family
->Played by: Amy Hill (Lourdes), Alberto Isaac (Joseph), Tess Paras (Jayma), Coryn Mabalot (Jastenity), Creator/LeaSalonga (Aunt Myrna)
Josh's Filipino-American family, consisting of his parents Lourdes and Joseph and his sisters Jayma and Jastenity.
!!The Chan Family
->Played by: Amy Hill (Lourdes), Alberto Isaac (Joseph), Tess Paras (Jayma), Coryn Mabalot (Jastenity), Creator/LeaSalonga (Aunt Myrna)
Josh's Filipino-American family, consisting of his parents Lourdes and Joseph and his sisters Jayma and Jastenity.
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!!The Chan Family
Tucker Bunch]]
!!Tucker Bunch
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Josh's Filipino-American family, consisting of his parents Lourdes and Joseph and his sisters Jayma and Jastenity.
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Rebecca's thirteen-year-old half-brother.
!!The Chan Family
!!Tucker Bunch
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* AlliterativeFamily: Josh and his sisters' names all start with J, mirroring their father Joseph.
* HappilyMarried: In a sharp contrast to Rebecca's and Greg's parents, Josh's parents still clearly love each other very much even in their late middle age.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Of a sort. It's mentioned multiple times that Josh's family dislikes Valencia and are loath to the possibility of them marrying. Conversely, they all adore Rebecca, at least until the mishap with the wedding dress, and even then most of them forgive her pretty easily.
* ShipperOnDeck: Seemingly the only person to approve of Valencia is Josh's Aunt Myrna, who even gives him the family heirloom ring to propose to her (at Valencia's behest).
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* ManipulativeBastard: Ultimately defied. He steals Rebecca's high school diary and
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Of a sort. It's mentioned multiple times that Josh's family dislikes Valencia and are loath
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tucker's not really a bad kid, he just has a lot of the same issues that Rebecca has had. She recognises this about him and tells him that he'll be all right.
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Paula's husband and father of her two sons. At the start of the series, they are having marital problems.
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->Played by: Steve Monroe
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* HappilyMarried: In a sharp contrast to Rebecca's and Greg's parents, Josh's parents still clearly love each other very much even in their late middle age.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Of a sort. It's mentioned multiple times that Josh's family dislikes Valencia and are loath to the possibility of them marrying. Conversely, they all adore Rebecca, at least until the mishap with the wedding dress, and even then most of them forgive her pretty easily.
* ShipperOnDeck: Seemingly the only person to approve of Valencia is Josh's Aunt Myrna, who even gives him the family heirloom ring to propose to her (at Valencia's behest).
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!!Scott Proctor
->Played by: Steve Monroe
Paula's husband and father of her two sons. At the start of the series, they are having marital problems.
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* NerdGlasses: Sports a massive pair.
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* NiceGuy: You'd have to be to become friends with Nathaniel.
* OddFriendship: He develops one with Nathaniel.
* OddFriendship: He develops one with Nathaniel.
* TookALevelInKindness: He becomes a lot nicer and more supportive as the series goes on.
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* BrokenAce: She's just as accomplished as Rebecca and heavily implied to be just as depressed underneath it.
* FreudianExcuse: She's been stuck in Rebecca's shadow since childhood and is heavily implied to have some serious issues from that and other things.
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* NiceGuy: Kevin is a really supportive and good-natured person.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After Rebecca starts spreading lies about Josh to his friends, he becomes noticeably colder and more hostile towards Josh.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After Rebecca starts spreading lies about Josh to his friends, he becomes noticeably colder and more hostile towards Josh.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Her intention was to make Rebecca into a dynamic, successful career woman. She succeeded but also turned her into a complete mess barely holding herself together.
* HeelRealization: She gradually begins to realize what a terrible mother she's been.
* HeelRealization: She gradually begins to realize what a terrible mother she's been.
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* SurvivalMantra: Played for laughs. "The kayak, Noelle, remember the kayak..."
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted: she ''is'' the therapist. However, Rebecca never listens to her, so she may as well not be there.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted: she ''is'' the therapist. However, Rebecca never listens to her, so she may as well not be there."
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* EveryoneHasStandards: As bad as she is, she's appalled at Silas' neglect of Rebecca and apparent disinterest in being her father. She is also taken aback when she finds out that Rebecca is suicidal, implying she had no idea how serious her problems were.
* FreudianExcuse: For Rebecca. Any scene with Naomi provides a good insight into how Rebecca ended up as messed up as she did.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: She had plans to become a lawyer before becoming pregnant with Rebecca and is now set on forcing Rebecca to carryv out her ambitions.
* FreudianExcuse: For Rebecca. Any scene with Naomi provides a good insight into how Rebecca ended up as messed up as she did.
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* AbusiveParents: Of the neglectful variety and flashbacks show he had no issue insulting Rebecca. In the present, he thinks nothing of showing up and asking for money nor does he seems all that concerned about Rebecca's serious mental health issues.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He seems like a pretty decent guy at first but we gradually find out that he's a selfish jerk.
* BrokenPedestal: After years of idolizing him, Rebecca finally realizes what an utter prick he is the Season 2 finale.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He seems like a pretty decent guy at first but we gradually find out that he's a selfish jerk.
* BrokenPedestal: After years of idolizing him, Rebecca finally realizes what an utter prick he is the Season 2 finale.
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* ParentalNeglect: He has abandoned Rebecca as a child and has zero interest in being there for her as an adult.
* ParentalNeglect: He has abandoned Rebecca as a child and has zero interest in being there for her as an adult.
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* SmugSnake: Both of them (but Tim in particular) seem to think that they're a lot cooler than they actually are and are rude and condescending to everyone because of it.
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!!Dr. Daniel Shin
-> Played by: Jay Hayden
Rebecca's second therapist, who Rebecca is referred to after [[spoiler: her suicide attempt in season 3]].
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* HospitalHottie: He's a very handsome doctor, so much to the point that Paula nicknames him "Dr. Damn."
* NiceGuy: Like Dr. Akopian, he's understanding and genuinely cares for her mental well-being.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He has a smaller number of appearances than Rebecca's other therapist Dr. Akopian but Dr. Shin is the one to correctly diagnose that Rebecca suffers from borderline personality disorder.
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!!Dr. Daniel Shin
-> Played by: Jay Hayden
Rebecca's second therapist, who Rebecca is referred to after [[spoiler: her suicide attempt in season 3]].
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* HospitalHottie: He's a very handsome doctor, so much to the point that Paula nicknames him "Dr. Damn."
* NiceGuy: Like Dr. Akopian, he's understanding and genuinely cares for her mental well-being.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He has a smaller number of appearances than Rebecca's other therapist Dr. Akopian but Dr. Shin is the one to correctly diagnose that Rebecca suffers from borderline personality disorder.
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* AbusiveParent: Not intentionally, but the way she treated (and still treats) Rebecca is just ''not okay''.
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* HateSink: A terribly negligent and self-involved father. By the time he and Rebecca meet again, he is outright emotionally manipulative and uses her abandonment issues against her, threatening to leave when she doesn't give him money. He actually manages to make ''Naomi'' look like a good mother.
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* PetTheDog: In a flashback, it's revealed she tried to make Silas spend time with Rebecca when she was a teen. When he kept refusing, she called him out for being a crappy father to Rebecca and never told Rebecca anything, to protect her feelings and let herself be the villain.
-->'''Rebecca:'''She never told me any of this. Why?\\
'''Dream Ghost!Dr.Akopain:''' Because she didn't wanted to hurt you. Because someone did you. Someone still does. Just didn't happen to be him.
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* BigNo: [[spoiler:When Rebecca and Josh get engaged, mainly because Rebecca was so, ''so'' close to actually confronting her problems. Poor Dr. Akopian looks like she wants to cry when Josh shows up and proposes.]]
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* NiceGal: While she's understandably frustrated by Rebecca's cluelessness and inability to acknowledge her issues, Dr. Akopian ''does'' want to help her, and is ''thrilled'' when it looks like Rebecca may actually be ready to start truly trying to heal. [[spoiler:And she's devastated when Rebecca gets engaged to Josh ten seconds later, sending her back to square one]].
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* NiceGal: While she's understandably frustrated by Rebecca's cluelessness and inability to acknowledge her issues, Dr. Akopian ''does'' want to help her, and is ''thrilled'' when it looks like Rebecca may actually be ready to start truly trying to heal. [[spoiler:And And she's devastated when Rebecca gets engaged to Josh ten seconds later, sending her back to square one]].one.
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* StrawFeminist: She's even more fond of feminist theories than Rebecca, and even less prone to being right when invoking them.
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* {{Foil}}: To Rebecca, of the "very similar" variety. He has all the same flaws as her, just without the redeeming or endearing qualities.
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* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: In their "JAP battle rap," she and Rebecca compare their liberal credentials and eventually concede that they're equally progressive.
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* CharacterDevelopment: After Rebecca stands up to her, Naomi's relationship to her changes, leading her to become a case of AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents. Her snipes are Rebecca still continue, but this time in a joking manner.
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* TookALevelinJerkass: [[spoiler: upon gaining a voice, Mrs. Hernandez developed an ENORMOUS attitude.]]
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* ParentalMarriageVeto: Of a sort. It's mentioned multiple times that Josh's family dislikes Valencia and are loath to the possibility of them marrying. Conversely, they all adore Rebecca, at least until the mishap with the wedding dress.
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* UnexpectedVirgin: He's a successful lawyer in his mid-to-late 20s with a hunky body, but didn't lose until he slept with Rebecca, which surprises her.
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* UnexpectedVirgin: He's a successful lawyer in his mid-to-late 20s with a hunky body, but didn't lose his virginity until he slept with Rebecca, which surprises her.
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* IgnoredExpert: Very correctly points out that despite what Rebecca thinks, she is not in a love triangle with Greg and Josh because neither man is offering her a relationship. She dispenses a lot of sensible and sound advice, not that it is ever put to good use.
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* IgnoredExpert: Very correctly points out that despite what Rebecca thinks, she is not in a love triangle with Greg and Josh because neither man is offering her a relationship. She dispenses a lot of sensible and sound advice, not that it is ever put to good use. Season 3 suggests that it's a pattern, as what we get to see of her session with Kevin goes much the same way as Rebecca's have.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Keeps tabs on Rebecca at all times. Mostly PlayedForLaughs.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Keeps tabs on Rebecca at all times. Mostly PlayedForLaughs.PlayedForLaughs, until the last couple of episodes of Season 3 when it becomes genuinely horrifying. He crosses the line when he [[MurderTheHypotenuse tries to kill Nathaniel to have Rebecca for himself]].
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* SpearCounterpart: He is a spear counterpart to Rebecca, right down to trying the same tricks that she does but to lesser effect. Even has his own "Trent is Getting Ready Song" counterpart to the "Sexy Getting Ready Song".
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!!Madison Whitefeather
!!!Played by: Olivia Edward
Darryl's daughter with his ex-wife Stacy.
* AllGirlsLikePonies: By season two, she's moved on from liking snails to unicorns.
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Despite being young she runs a vlog about raising snails and offers legitimate insight on her father's relationship with White Josh.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: For a time, Madison was ''really'' into snails; she even ran a vlog about snail care.
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!!Nathaniel Plimpton II
!!!Played by: David Grant Wright
Nathaniel's father.
* AbusiveParents: Nathaniel says in one episode that his father used to take him over his knee and not do anything - just to scare him. Nathaniel's father was a firm believer in "All work and no play," and believed things like sick days and naps to be for weaklings. He instilled this intense sense of drive in Nathaniel, who to this day does everything he can to please his father.
* MistakenForCheating: Rebecca spies on him meeting a woman and her daughter and jumps to the conclusion that they're his SecretOtherFamily. It turns out the woman was just his secretary.
* JerkAss: Imposes very high standards on his son, and reacts extremely negatively when Nathaniel asks about [[spoiler:his mother's suicide attempt]].
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!!Madison Whitefeather
!!!Played by: Olivia Edward
Darryl's daughter with his ex-wife Stacy.
* AllGirlsLikePonies: By season two, she's moved on from liking snails to unicorns.
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Despite being young she runs a vlog about raising snails and offers legitimate insight on her father's relationship with White Josh.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: For a time, Madison was ''really'' into snails; she even ran a vlog about snail care.
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!!Nathaniel Plimpton II
!!!Played by: David Grant Wright
Nathaniel's father.
* AbusiveParents: Nathaniel says in one episode that his father used to take him over his knee and not do anything - just to scare him. Nathaniel's father was a firm believer in "All work and no play," and believed things like sick days and naps to be for weaklings. He instilled this intense sense of drive in Nathaniel, who to this day does everything he can to please his father.
* MistakenForCheating: Rebecca spies on him meeting a woman and her daughter and jumps to the conclusion that they're his SecretOtherFamily. It turns out the woman was just his secretary.
* JerkAss: Imposes very high standards on his son, and reacts extremely negatively when Nathaniel asks about [[spoiler:his mother's suicide attempt]].
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!!Hector
!!!Played by: Erick Lopez
Another one of Josh's friends.
!! Tropes:
* AscendedExtra: Gets a more prominent role in season 3 when he becomes Heather's boyfriend.
* BasementDweller: Still lives at home with his mother. At least until he moves in with Heather.
* TheDitz: Takes him a couple of tries to realise that AA members shouldn't use alcohol to solve their various problems.
* DumbassHasAPoint: He's not too bright, but his confusion about why everyone's falling in love with Rebecca is ''very'' welcome and justified.
* {{Flanderization}}: Him living with his mother is only shown once in the first season. By the second, his almost improbably close relationship with his mom has become his defining character trait. He grows out of it by season 3, after Hector's mom becomes friends with Josh and Hector grows closer to Heather.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Toasts Greg's decision to quit drinking... with a mug of beer in his hand.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Generally selfish and stupid, but comes off as a well-meaning friend most of the time.
* ManChild: He still lived at home with his mom in season two, which wouldn't be a bad thing in and of itself if it weren't for the fact that she still takes care of him like she did when he was a kid (doing his laundry, making him meals, etc.), and he doesn't seem to see anything wrong with it.
* MommasBoy: Seems very attached to her, up to and including recording a regular podcast with her.
* ParentalIncest: Not ''quite'' the case, although Hector's childish closeness with his mom frequently borders on being incestuous now that he's an adult. He compares other women to her when evaluating their looks and sleeps in the same bed as her whenever he has a nightmare.
* SatelliteCharacter: One of Josh's three most present friends, but isn't as developed as White Josh or Greg. Subverted later on when his caring, supportive nature shines through in his relationship with Heather.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Very pointedly questions why all his heterosexual friends are in love with Rebecca.
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!!Hector
!!!Played by: Erick Lopez
Another one of Josh's friends.
!! Tropes:
* AscendedExtra: Gets a more prominent role in season 3 when he becomes Heather's boyfriend.
* BasementDweller: Still lives at home with his mother. At least until he moves in with Heather.
* TheDitz: Takes him a couple of tries to realise that AA members shouldn't use alcohol to solve their various problems.
* DumbassHasAPoint: He's not too bright, but his confusion about why everyone's falling in love with Rebecca is ''very'' welcome and justified.
* {{Flanderization}}: Him living with his mother is only shown once in the first season. By the second, his almost improbably close relationship with his mom has become his defining character trait. He grows out of it by season 3, after Hector's mom becomes friends with Josh and Hector grows closer to Heather.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Toasts Greg's decision to quit drinking... with a mug of beer in his hand.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Generally selfish and stupid, but comes off as a well-meaning friend most of the time.
* ManChild: He still lived at home with his mom in season two, which wouldn't be a bad thing in and of itself if it weren't for the fact that she still takes care of him like she did when he was a kid (doing his laundry, making him meals, etc.), and he doesn't seem to see anything wrong with it.
* MommasBoy: Seems very attached to her, up to and including recording a regular podcast with her.
* ParentalIncest: Not ''quite'' the case, although Hector's childish closeness with his mom frequently borders on being incestuous now that he's an adult. He compares other women to her when evaluating their looks and sleeps in the same bed as her whenever he has a nightmare.
* SatelliteCharacter: One of Josh's three most present friends, but isn't as developed as White Josh or Greg. Subverted later on when his caring, supportive nature shines through in his relationship with Heather.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Very pointedly questions why all his heterosexual friends are in love with Rebecca.
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!!Hector
!!!Played by: Erick Lopez
Another one of Josh's friends.
!! Tropes:
* AscendedExtra: Gets a more prominent role in season 3 when he becomes Heather's boyfriend.
* BasementDweller: Still lives at home with his mother. At least until he moves in with Heather.
* TheDitz: Takes him a couple of tries to realise that AA members shouldn't use alcohol to solve their various problems.
* DumbassHasAPoint: He's not too bright, but his confusion about why everyone's falling in love with Rebecca is ''very'' welcome and justified.
* {{Flanderization}}: Him living with his mother is only shown once in the first season. By the second, his almost improbably close relationship with his mom has become his defining character trait. He grows out of it by season 3, after Hector's mom becomes friends with Josh and Hector grows closer to Heather.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Toasts Greg's decision to quit drinking... with a mug of beer in his hand.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Generally selfish and stupid, but comes off as a well-meaning friend most of the time.
* ManChild: He still lived at home with his mom in season two, which wouldn't be a bad thing in and of itself if it weren't for the fact that she still takes care of him like she did when he was a kid (doing his laundry, making him meals, etc.), and he doesn't seem to see anything wrong with it.
* MommasBoy: Seems very attached to her, up to and including recording a regular podcast with her.
* ParentalIncest: Not ''quite'' the case, although Hector's childish closeness with his mom frequently borders on being incestuous now that he's an adult. He compares other women to her when evaluating their looks and sleeps in the same bed as her whenever he has a nightmare.
* SatelliteCharacter: One of Josh's three most present friends, but isn't as developed as White Josh or Greg. Subverted later on when his caring, supportive nature shines through in his relationship with Heather.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Very pointedly questions why all his heterosexual friends are in love with Rebecca.
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!!Hector
!!!Played by: Erick Lopez
Another one of Josh's friends.
!! Tropes:
* AscendedExtra: Gets a more prominent role in season 3 when he becomes Heather's boyfriend.
* BasementDweller: Still lives at home with his mother. At least until he moves in with Heather.
* TheDitz: Takes him a couple of tries to realise that AA members shouldn't use alcohol to solve their various problems.
* DumbassHasAPoint: He's not too bright, but his confusion about why everyone's falling in love with Rebecca is ''very'' welcome and justified.
* {{Flanderization}}: Him living with his mother is only shown once in the first season. By the second, his almost improbably close relationship with his mom has become his defining character trait. He grows out of it by season 3, after Hector's mom becomes friends with Josh and Hector grows closer to Heather.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Toasts Greg's decision to quit drinking... with a mug of beer in his hand.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Generally selfish and stupid, but comes off as a well-meaning friend most of the time.
* ManChild: He still lived at home with his mom in season two, which wouldn't be a bad thing in and of itself if it weren't for the fact that she still takes care of him like she did when he was a kid (doing his laundry, making him meals, etc.), and he doesn't seem to see anything wrong with it.
* MommasBoy: Seems very attached to her, up to and including recording a regular podcast with her.
* ParentalIncest: Not ''quite'' the case, although Hector's childish closeness with his mom frequently borders on being incestuous now that he's an adult. He compares other women to her when evaluating their looks and sleeps in the same bed as her whenever he has a nightmare.
* SatelliteCharacter: One of Josh's three most present friends, but isn't as developed as White Josh or Greg. Subverted later on when his caring, supportive nature shines through in his relationship with Heather.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Very pointedly questions why all his heterosexual friends are in love with Rebecca.
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The supporting cast of ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend''.
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!Whitefeather and Associates
[[folder:Mrs. Hernandez]]
!!Mrs. Hernandez
!!!Played by: Gina Gallego
-->''...''
Whitefeather and Associates' Communications Director (a joke, since she never speaks). She is friends with Paula.
!! Tropes:
* HiddenDepths: Mrs. Hernandez is surprisingly athletic, engaging in parkour/freerunning on her nights off.
* OnlySaneMan
* TheSilentBob: Characters (and subtitles!) react to her as though she's speaking. Subverted later on, as she does eventually speak, but it's limited to terse moments.
* TheVoiceless: Mrs. Hernandez. As soon as she starts to say something, someone always interrupts. In "Josh and I Are Good People!," she even gets a ''voiceless reprise''.
** [[spoiler: Until the second season finale. From then on she starts speaking.]]
* TookALevelinJerkass: [[spoiler: upon gaining a voice, Mrs. Hernandez developed an ENORMOUS attitude.]]
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[[folder: Karen]]
!!Karen
!!!Played by: Stephnie Weir
A case assistant at Whitefeather and Associates. Commonly referred to as "Weird Karen" around the office.
!! Tropes:
* AmbiguouslyBi: She's in a relationship with an incarcerated convict, but marvels at Rebecca's breasts when the Santa Ana winds blow her blouse open.
--> '''Karen''': Wow, those are ''beauts''!
* BestialityIsDepraved: But then again, she might have other interests, as heavily implied with her extremely unhealthy attachment to her pet snake Long John Slither.
* ButtMonkey: Not as bad as George, but Karen is riddled with numerous body problems, is told to shut up by numerous people and usually has something calamitous happening in her life.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Oh, is she ever. Amongst other off-putting quirks, Karen has an alias in the form of Eva Longoria (Darryl immediately pointed out that's already a real person), once started a finger-painting business on impulse (during a song!) and is in a love triangle with her boyfriend and her snake.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Safe to say, not many of the people at Whitefeather are fond of her company. While Paula was already having a terrible girl's night with Rebecca, Heather and Valencia, she drew the line at having to be friends with Karen.
* PutOnABus: In season 3 it's stated she has left the firm to become a hand model.
* SexierAlterEgo: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] and [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] with her "friend" Angelique, a French, leather-wearing purveyor of sex toys.
* TooMuchInformation: Prone to sharing her various bodily issues unprompted, much to her co-workers' disgust.
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[[folder:Maya]]
!!Maya
!!!Played by: Esther Povitsky
An administrative assistant at Whitefeather and Associates.
!! Tropes:
* {{Adorkable}}: Her enthusiasm and slightly nerdy looks give off this vibe.
* BiTheWay: As revealed in her first episode, when Darryl comes out, she, too, is bisexual.
* ButtMonkey: At first, with Darryl picking on her for no apparent reason. Averted in season two, where she calls him on it and he apologizes and begins treating her better.
* FireForgedFriends: Appears to be this with Darryl as of Season 2 Episode 10: she's so overworked that she regretfully has to cancel "Shirley Temples and karaoke".
* GrewASpine: At first, she just took Darryl's constant berating of her without comment. Understandable, since back then she was a new hire. By season two, she's willing to stand up for herself.
* {{Meganekko}}: She wears a huge pair of glasses and is a cute, clumsy young woman.
* NiceGirl: She seems to be a sweet, friendly girl for the most part. She's so nice that when Nathaniel has stomach trouble from eating unwashed kale and keeps breaking wind, and then not-so-subtly orders someone else to claim that they did it, Maya steps up even though everyone in the room can see it's not true. She does it again, unprompted, when he loses control of his bowels.
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[[folder:George]]
!!George
!!!Played by: Danny Jolles
An employee at Whitefeather and Associates, whose name nobody can remember.
* AscendedExtra: Had very few lines and appearances in the first season. He gets a larger role when Nathaniel and the rest of the office start picking on him.
* ButtMonkey: Has been fired, reinstated, fired again, and reinstated. When he finally gets a VillainSong, it cuts to black halfway through the third line.
* DisproportionateRetribution: When Rebecca and Nathaniel get stuck in a lift, George says he'll let them out if they can remember his name. They can't, so he leaves them in there for (as far as he's concerned) the entire weekend. Averted when Nathaniel remembers George's name on Monday, tells him that he's finally made his mark, and fires him.
* TheGenericGuy: He is this to the point that nobody can remember his name. Nathaniel tells him it's because he hasn't made his mark.
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[[folder:Tim and Jim]]
!!Tim and Jim
!!!Played by: Michael [=McMillian=] (Tim) and Burt Moseley (Jim)
Two lawyers at the film who are frequently seen together.
* AscendedExtra: Despite being one-off 'work' characters in season one, season three has them as prominent office characters, forming something of a GreekChorus with Maya. Tim even gets a solo!
* CasanovaWannabe: Jim seems to see himself as something of a ladies' man, and is implied to have thought something was going on between him and Rebecca. Unfortunately his attempts to charm Cornelia fall completely flat.
* DeadSparks: Tim has a entire subplot in "To Josh, With Love" devoted to his realization that he is unable to sexually satisfy his wife, and that she often sneaks off to the toilet to use a vibrator in order to climax. He even gets a song about the subject ('The Buzzing from the Bathroom')!
* TheIllegal: Tim is an illegal immigrant from Canada.
* ThoseTwoGuys: In their initial appearances they would act as a duo, occasionally bullying Paula. Bonus points for being named rhyming, monosyllabic names.
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[[folder:Sunil Odhav]]
!!Sunil Odhav
!!!Played by: Parvesh Cheenah
Paula's classmate and friend from the San Dimas College School of Law. He joins the firm in season 3 as a paralegal.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Paula. They bond over being friendly middle-aged parents at law school.
* CommonalityConnection: Defied. Despite sharing a love of musical theater with Rebecca (with the other staff members even suggesting that they befriend each other), the two of them deeply hate each other.
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!Main Characters' Families
[[folder:Naomi Bunch]]
!!Naomi Bunch
!!!Played by: Tovah Feldshuh
-->''By the way, you're looking healthy,''\\
''And by healthy, I mean chunky,''\\
''I don't mean that as insult, I'm just stating it as fact.''\\
''I see your eczema is back.''
Rebecca's mother. She lives back in New York, but calls her daughter and visits during Hannukah.
!! Tropes:
* AbusiveParent: Not intentionally, but the way she treated (and still treats) Rebecca is just ''not okay''.
* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Well, to prevent her heart from breaking further. Rather than let Rebecca know her dad didn't want to spend time with her, she allowed Rebecca to think it was all her doing.
* CharacterDevelopment: After Rebecca stands up to her, Naomi's relationship to her changes, leading her to become a case of AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents. Her snipes are Rebecca still continue, but this time in a joking manner.
* CrazySurvivalist: Not a typical one, but she's dead convinced that "the Cossacks" are coming and thus she's very harsh on Rebecca so she can fight back when the time comes.
* DamnedByFaintPraise: Noelle shows Rebecca that, despite her rough exterior, Naomi does truly love her. Rebecca isn't impressed, saying that's the bare minimum for a parent.
* EducationMama: Pushed Rebecca into becoming a lawyer.
* Jerkass: Oh yeah. Pretty much no one likes being around her and with good reason.
* JewishComplaining: Her entire first scene is her complaining about everything from the traffic to Rebecca's life choices. In song.
* JewishMother: Her entire character runs on this trope, so much so that she has an entire song about it.
-->'''Naomi''': I'm your Jewish mother now, and I will always have two things -- indigestion, and all the answers.
* ToughLove: Deconstructed. She loves Rebecca, and her primary reason for being so stern was to teach Rebecca to stand up for herself and be tough, but her methods often border on emotional abuse, and it's clear a lot of Rebecca's mental problems are at least partly Naomi's fault.
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[[folder:Silas Bunch]]
!!Silas Bunch
!!!Played by: Jay Huguley (''I Hope Josh Comes to My Party!''), John Allen Nelson (''Josh Has No Idea Where I Am!'' onwards)
Rebecca's deadbeat dad.
!!Tropes:
* DisappearedDad: Walked out on Naomi and Rebecca after a brutal fight during Rebecca's birthday party. Rebecca only saw him sporadically after that. It left her with a bunch of issues.
* GlorifiedSpermDonor: Naomi thinks very little of him and refers to him as "the Westchester sperm donor", as he walked out on them and hardly helped in raising Rebecca afterwards. Despite idealizing their relationship at first, Rebecca eventually comes to this conclusion as well.
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[[folder: The Chans]]
!!The Chan Family
!!!Played by: Amy Hill (Lourdes), Alberto Isaac (Joseph), Tess Paras (Jayma), Coryn Mabalot (Jastenity), Lea Salonga (Aunt Myrna)
Josh's Filipino-American family, consisting of his parents Lourdes and Joseph and his sisters Jayma and Jastenity.
!!Tropes:
* AlliterativeFamily: Josh and his sisters' names all start with J, mirroring their father Joseph.
* HappilyMarried: In a sharp contrast to Rebecca's and Greg's parents, Josh's parents still clearly love each other very much even in their late middle age.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Of a sort. It's mentioned multiple times that Josh's family dislikes Valencia and are loath to the possibility of them marrying. Conversely, they all adore Rebecca, at least until the mishap with the wedding dress.
* ShipperOnDeck: Seemingly the only person to approve of Valencia is Josh's Aunt Myrna, who even gives him the family heirloom ring to propose to her (at Valencia's behest).
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[[folder:Scott Proctor]]
!!Scott Proctor
!!!Played by: Steve Monroe
Paula's husband with whom she's been having marital problems.
!! Tropes:
* ACappella: Is in a barbershop quartet. Ironically, while he's the only character who appears to be into performing music in the "real world", he hasn't had a song yet, outside of an in-universe performance with his group at an office party.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Although it's getting better.
* CharacterDevelopment: He has steadily become a more attentive and caring husband since the beginning of the series. By season 2, he's become her strongest form of support and advice.
* TheConfidant: More or less becomes Paula's Paula by season 2.
* GuysAreSlobs: He's not particularly adept at housework or organization.
* LazyHusband: This and his barbershop quartet are basically his only defining character traits when the series starts. As he and Paula start to reconnect, he gradually grows out of it, to the point of taking on most of the work around the house when [[spoiler:Paula starts law school]].
* NiceGuy: While he's initially presented as being a lazy, oblivious husband, he reveals himself to be an open-minded and supportive guy once he and Paula finally start to bond again.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Paula invites Scott along on one of one of her [[ZanyScheme Zany Schemes]] involving faking a break in at Rebecca's apartment. [[spoiler: Scott has to throw a rock through the sliding glass door, but ends up choosing a decorative rock from inside the house. Josh discovers this and Rebecca's plan is ruined.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: He sleeps with Tanya some time between episodes 7 and 8 of Season 2, and confesses it to Paula, whereupon she kicks him (not literally) out of the house.]]
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!Other Secondary Characters
[[folder: Hector]]
!!Hector
!!!Played by: Erick Lopez
Another one of Josh's friends.
!! Tropes:
* AscendedExtra: Gets a more prominent role in season 3 when he becomes Heather's boyfriend.
* BasementDweller: Still lives at home with his mother. At least until he moves in with Heather.
* TheDitz: Takes him a couple of tries to realise that AA members shouldn't use alcohol to solve their various problems.
* DumbassHasAPoint: He's not too bright, but his confusion about why everyone's falling in love with Rebecca is ''very'' welcome and justified.
* {{Flanderization}}: Him living with his mother is only shown once in the first season. By the second, his almost improbably close relationship with his mom has become his defining character trait. He grows out of it by season 3, after Hector's mom becomes friends with Josh and Hector grows closer to Heather.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Toasts Greg's decision to quit drinking... with a mug of beer in his hand.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Generally selfish and stupid, but comes off as a well-meaning friend most of the time.
* ManChild: He still lived at home with his mom in season two, which wouldn't be a bad thing in and of itself if it weren't for the fact that she still takes care of him like she did when he was a kid (doing his laundry, making him meals, etc.), and he doesn't seem to see anything wrong with it.
* MommasBoy: Seems very attached to her, up to and including recording a regular podcast with her.
* ParentalIncest: Not ''quite'' the case, although Hector's childish closeness with his mom frequently borders on being incestuous now that he's an adult. He compares other women to her when evaluating their looks and sleeps in the same bed as her whenever he has a nightmare.
* SatelliteCharacter: One of Josh's three most present friends, but isn't as developed as White Josh or Greg. Subverted later on when his caring, supportive nature shines through in his relationship with Heather.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Very pointedly questions why all his heterosexual friends are in love with Rebecca.
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[[folder:Father Brah]]
!!Father Brah
!!!Played by: Rene Gube
-->''"Oh, nothing but net! And Christ!"''
A priest at Josh's church, he counsels both Josh and Paula and her husband through any problems.
!! Tropes:
* BrutalHonesty: Part of why he gives such good advice. He's not afraid to call it like it is.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Apparently, he once lied and told his family that his brother had killed the class bunny instead of him. This was the first step in his brother getting addicted to drugs and joining a cult...which Father Brah was later able to help get him out of. (All of this was revealed is a [[HypocriticalHumor stoned]] monologue.)
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His name is actually Father ''Joseph'', but Josh called him "Father Joe" and then "Father Bro" and then "Father Brah." It stuck.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Even though church officials are usually portrayed as stern, Father Brah is actually laid back and pretty helpful. He councils Paula and her husband to have dinner and work out their problems and he tells Josh that he has to confess to Valencia about kissing Rebecca.
* SophisticatedAsHell: He's very smart and gives ''awesome'' advice, such as, "You're being a little bitch," and, "If Rebecca seems happy, you gotta bow out, dawg."
* TheStoner: He has a bad back. It's awesome.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Parodied.
-->'''Father Brah''': Please, Mr. Brah was my father. I'm Father Brah.
* YouKnowImBlackRight: After turning down sex from Valencia, Josh Chan tells FB he didn't even know guys could turn down sex. This gets an exasperated look from Father Brah, since he's, you know, celibate.
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[[folder: Dr. Akopian]]
!!Dr. Noelle Akopian
!!!Played by: Michael Hyatt
-->''"This session is gonna be useful\\
If she's truthful about how she feels\\
So I'll give it my all\\
With my requisite therapy shawl\\
Kiss my fancy degrees on the wall\\
For good luck that it's gonna be different...!"''\\
Rebecca's therapist. She tries oh-so very hard to create a healthy dialogue between her and Rebecca - it's too bad Rebecca hardly ever listens to her.
!! Tropes:
* BigNo: [[spoiler:When Rebecca and Josh get engaged, mainly because Rebecca was so, ''so'' close to actually confronting her problems. Poor Dr. Akopian looks like she wants to cry when Josh shows up and proposes.]]
* HelpfulHallucination: A more vibrant "dream ghost" version of her appears when Rebecca falls asleep on a plane to New York, seated next to the real Dr. Akopian. She even gets her own song lampshading the trope, funnily enough called "Dream Ghosts." Ironically Rebecca actually listens to this version's advice, most likely because she is probably a figment of Rebecca's subconscious.
--> ''"It's not clear if I'm hallucinated,''\\
''Or actually magic,''\\
''Let's [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane leave it vague]], it's [[LampshadeHanging more interesting that way]]."''
* IgnoredExpert: Very correctly points out that despite what Rebecca thinks, she is not in a love triangle with Greg and Josh because neither man is offering her a relationship. She dispenses a lot of sensible and sound advice, not that it is ever put to good use.
* NiceGal: While she's understandably frustrated by Rebecca's cluelessness and inability to acknowledge her issues, Dr. Akopian ''does'' want to help her, and is ''thrilled'' when it looks like Rebecca may actually be ready to start truly trying to heal. [[spoiler:And she's devastated when Rebecca gets engaged to Josh ten seconds later, sending her back to square one]].
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Not initially, but come season 2 she realizes that Rebecca is a lost cause, and that she herself is only letting her make appointments in order to save up for a new kayak.
* OnlySaneMan: She's ''completely'' detached from the Rebecca/Josh debacle and all the insanity that comes with it, and is one of the few people able to be completely objective about it.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She agrees not to press charges against Rebecca and Heather after they broke into her office (while stoned), on the condition that Rebecca attends therapy.
* TheShrink: Has the qualifications, gives the sage advice and compassionate enough to be the Awesome Shrink, but more often than not ends up as the Ineffective because Rebecca is too self-centered to take said advice.
* SurvivalMantra: Played for laughs. "The kayak, Noelle, remember the kayak..."
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted: she ''is'' the therapist. However, Rebecca never listens to her, so she may as well not be there.
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[[folder:Trent]]
!!Trent Maddock
!!!Played by: Paul Welsh
-->''"You know what they say, one person's blackmail is another person's love story."''
A former law school student who went to law school at the same time as Rebecca, who Rebecca and Paula decide to use as her fake boyfriend. When Valencia calls him and he comes to West Covina, he's perfectly willing to play along... because he's been in love with Rebecca since law school.
* {{Adorkable}}: Even more socially impaired than Rebecca.
* AmbiguousDisorder: He's overly-obsessive, has poor social skills and speaks with a strange inflection in his voice at almost all times.
* BrokenAce: An incredibly handsome Ivy League graduate who is an InstantExpert at everything he tries, but he's also creepily obsessed with a single girl, so much that it consumes his entire life.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Where the Sexy Getting Ready song is about how much pain women go through to look sexy, Trent's stops after 30 seconds due to the pain of him cutting himself.
* GirlfriendInCanada: He is Rebecca's "boyfriend" from law school to throw Valencia and Greg off from investigating her. It goes a little too well.
* HopelessSuitor: He's hopelessly infatuated with Rebecca, but she couldn't care less.
* {{Hunk}}: His lean, handsome figure contrasts his desperate and creepy personality.
* NoSocialSkills: His efforts to befriend Josh and his buddies are... laughable, to say the least.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: A gender flipped version of this to Rebecca.
* SexGod: [[spoiler: When Rebecca allows him to have sex with her to get him to leave her alone, she's shocked to find out that he's the best lay she's ever had by a long shot. Not only that, but it was his first time, too. Of course, given the implication earlier in the season that she's as self-centered in bed as she is with everything else, it may simply be his eager-to-please nature.]]
* SpearCounterpart: He is a spear counterpart to Rebecca, right down to trying the same tricks that she does but to lesser effect. Even has his own "Trent is Getting Ready Song" counterpart to the "Sexy Getting Ready Song".
* StalkingIsFunnyIfItsFemaleAfterMale: Played with. His obsession with Rebecca isn't all that different from the one that Rebecca has on Josh, but is portrayed as being much more overtly creepy. It helps that our view of him isn't painted by ProtagonistCenteredMorality.
* StalkerWithACrush: Keeps tabs on Rebecca at all times. Mostly PlayedForLaughs.
* UnexpectedVirgin: He's a successful lawyer in his mid-to-late 20s with a hunky body, but didn't lose until he slept with Rebecca, which surprises her.
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[[folder:Audra Levine]]
!!Audra Levine
!!!Played by: Rachel Grate, Daniela Somers (young)
-->''"Since we were toddlers I've studied every\\
Chink in your armor\\
And between your folks' divorce\\
And that haircut on you\\
I'm not really sure\\
Which one's the bigger shondeh"''[[note]]'''Rebecca''': That means disgrace.[[/note]]
Rebecca's nemesis from New York.
* JewishAmericanPrincess: A successful Jewish lawyer implied to be from a pampered upbringing. Even parodied in her song with Rebecca, the "JAP Battle Rap."
* SitcomArchnemesis: She's been Rebecca's petty rival since childhood, and Rebecca rags on Audra in all her appearances. At one point Rebecca even tries to make peace with her, noting that they're NotSoDifferent, but Audra's not interested.
* ShadowArchetype: Audra's basically Rebecca, if the latter hadn't put her own happiness first. She's driven, motivated, and deliriously unhappy. Rebecca reminds her to prioritize happiness at the end of the episode, but Audra shrugs it off. This is emphasized by her wearing the outfit Rebecca wore in the pilot.
* StepfordSmiler: Just like Rebecca. It's implied that she's unhappy despite her success but her professional smile is so plastered on her face it looks practically manic.
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[[folder:Kevin]]
!!Kevin
!!!Played by: Johnny Meeks
-->''"Listen up, gang! Greg does not want to be treated differently for his addiction! So be cool, be cool."''
The manager of Home Base and Greg and Heather's boss. A nice guy, despite Greg's insistence to the contrary.
* BenevolentBoss: Despite being quirky, he's openly supportive of Greg going to business school.
* {{Keet}}: A grown-up version. He's aggressively upbeat and positive to the point that it makes Greg uncomfortable.
* StepfordSmiler: Though he seems to be genuinely happy most of the time, he is having regular therapy sessions with Dr. Akopian. And according to her, there was a particularly traumatic incident in which Kevin's mother shot his dad on his birthday. When Rebecca and Paula interrupt the session, as soon as he leaves he can be heard wailing "WHY, MOMMY WHY?"
[[/folder]]
The supporting cast of ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend''.
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!Whitefeather and Associates
[[folder:Mrs. Hernandez]]
!!Mrs. Hernandez
!!!Played by: Gina Gallego
-->''...''
Whitefeather and Associates' Communications Director (a joke, since she never speaks). She is friends with Paula.
!! Tropes:
* HiddenDepths: Mrs. Hernandez is surprisingly athletic, engaging in parkour/freerunning on her nights off.
* OnlySaneMan
* TheSilentBob: Characters (and subtitles!) react to her as though she's speaking. Subverted later on, as she does eventually speak, but it's limited to terse moments.
* TheVoiceless: Mrs. Hernandez. As soon as she starts to say something, someone always interrupts. In "Josh and I Are Good People!," she even gets a ''voiceless reprise''.
** [[spoiler: Until the second season finale. From then on she starts speaking.]]
* TookALevelinJerkass: [[spoiler: upon gaining a voice, Mrs. Hernandez developed an ENORMOUS attitude.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Karen]]
!!Karen
!!!Played by: Stephnie Weir
A case assistant at Whitefeather and Associates. Commonly referred to as "Weird Karen" around the office.
!! Tropes:
* AmbiguouslyBi: She's in a relationship with an incarcerated convict, but marvels at Rebecca's breasts when the Santa Ana winds blow her blouse open.
--> '''Karen''': Wow, those are ''beauts''!
* BestialityIsDepraved: But then again, she might have other interests, as heavily implied with her extremely unhealthy attachment to her pet snake Long John Slither.
* ButtMonkey: Not as bad as George, but Karen is riddled with numerous body problems, is told to shut up by numerous people and usually has something calamitous happening in her life.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Oh, is she ever. Amongst other off-putting quirks, Karen has an alias in the form of Eva Longoria (Darryl immediately pointed out that's already a real person), once started a finger-painting business on impulse (during a song!) and is in a love triangle with her boyfriend and her snake.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Safe to say, not many of the people at Whitefeather are fond of her company. While Paula was already having a terrible girl's night with Rebecca, Heather and Valencia, she drew the line at having to be friends with Karen.
* PutOnABus: In season 3 it's stated she has left the firm to become a hand model.
* SexierAlterEgo: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] and [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] with her "friend" Angelique, a French, leather-wearing purveyor of sex toys.
* TooMuchInformation: Prone to sharing her various bodily issues unprompted, much to her co-workers' disgust.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Maya]]
!!Maya
!!!Played by: Esther Povitsky
An administrative assistant at Whitefeather and Associates.
!! Tropes:
* {{Adorkable}}: Her enthusiasm and slightly nerdy looks give off this vibe.
* BiTheWay: As revealed in her first episode, when Darryl comes out, she, too, is bisexual.
* ButtMonkey: At first, with Darryl picking on her for no apparent reason. Averted in season two, where she calls him on it and he apologizes and begins treating her better.
* FireForgedFriends: Appears to be this with Darryl as of Season 2 Episode 10: she's so overworked that she regretfully has to cancel "Shirley Temples and karaoke".
* GrewASpine: At first, she just took Darryl's constant berating of her without comment. Understandable, since back then she was a new hire. By season two, she's willing to stand up for herself.
* {{Meganekko}}: She wears a huge pair of glasses and is a cute, clumsy young woman.
* NiceGirl: She seems to be a sweet, friendly girl for the most part. She's so nice that when Nathaniel has stomach trouble from eating unwashed kale and keeps breaking wind, and then not-so-subtly orders someone else to claim that they did it, Maya steps up even though everyone in the room can see it's not true. She does it again, unprompted, when he loses control of his bowels.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:George]]
!!George
!!!Played by: Danny Jolles
An employee at Whitefeather and Associates, whose name nobody can remember.
* AscendedExtra: Had very few lines and appearances in the first season. He gets a larger role when Nathaniel and the rest of the office start picking on him.
* ButtMonkey: Has been fired, reinstated, fired again, and reinstated. When he finally gets a VillainSong, it cuts to black halfway through the third line.
* DisproportionateRetribution: When Rebecca and Nathaniel get stuck in a lift, George says he'll let them out if they can remember his name. They can't, so he leaves them in there for (as far as he's concerned) the entire weekend. Averted when Nathaniel remembers George's name on Monday, tells him that he's finally made his mark, and fires him.
* TheGenericGuy: He is this to the point that nobody can remember his name. Nathaniel tells him it's because he hasn't made his mark.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tim and Jim]]
!!Tim and Jim
!!!Played by: Michael [=McMillian=] (Tim) and Burt Moseley (Jim)
Two lawyers at the film who are frequently seen together.
* AscendedExtra: Despite being one-off 'work' characters in season one, season three has them as prominent office characters, forming something of a GreekChorus with Maya. Tim even gets a solo!
* CasanovaWannabe: Jim seems to see himself as something of a ladies' man, and is implied to have thought something was going on between him and Rebecca. Unfortunately his attempts to charm Cornelia fall completely flat.
* DeadSparks: Tim has a entire subplot in "To Josh, With Love" devoted to his realization that he is unable to sexually satisfy his wife, and that she often sneaks off to the toilet to use a vibrator in order to climax. He even gets a song about the subject ('The Buzzing from the Bathroom')!
* TheIllegal: Tim is an illegal immigrant from Canada.
* ThoseTwoGuys: In their initial appearances they would act as a duo, occasionally bullying Paula. Bonus points for being named rhyming, monosyllabic names.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sunil Odhav]]
!!Sunil Odhav
!!!Played by: Parvesh Cheenah
Paula's classmate and friend from the San Dimas College School of Law. He joins the firm in season 3 as a paralegal.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Paula. They bond over being friendly middle-aged parents at law school.
* CommonalityConnection: Defied. Despite sharing a love of musical theater with Rebecca (with the other staff members even suggesting that they befriend each other), the two of them deeply hate each other.
[[/folder]]
!Main Characters' Families
[[folder:Naomi Bunch]]
!!Naomi Bunch
!!!Played by: Tovah Feldshuh
-->''By the way, you're looking healthy,''\\
''And by healthy, I mean chunky,''\\
''I don't mean that as insult, I'm just stating it as fact.''\\
''I see your eczema is back.''
Rebecca's mother. She lives back in New York, but calls her daughter and visits during Hannukah.
!! Tropes:
* AbusiveParent: Not intentionally, but the way she treated (and still treats) Rebecca is just ''not okay''.
* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Well, to prevent her heart from breaking further. Rather than let Rebecca know her dad didn't want to spend time with her, she allowed Rebecca to think it was all her doing.
* CharacterDevelopment: After Rebecca stands up to her, Naomi's relationship to her changes, leading her to become a case of AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents. Her snipes are Rebecca still continue, but this time in a joking manner.
* CrazySurvivalist: Not a typical one, but she's dead convinced that "the Cossacks" are coming and thus she's very harsh on Rebecca so she can fight back when the time comes.
* DamnedByFaintPraise: Noelle shows Rebecca that, despite her rough exterior, Naomi does truly love her. Rebecca isn't impressed, saying that's the bare minimum for a parent.
* EducationMama: Pushed Rebecca into becoming a lawyer.
* Jerkass: Oh yeah. Pretty much no one likes being around her and with good reason.
* JewishComplaining: Her entire first scene is her complaining about everything from the traffic to Rebecca's life choices. In song.
* JewishMother: Her entire character runs on this trope, so much so that she has an entire song about it.
-->'''Naomi''': I'm your Jewish mother now, and I will always have two things -- indigestion, and all the answers.
* ToughLove: Deconstructed. She loves Rebecca, and her primary reason for being so stern was to teach Rebecca to stand up for herself and be tough, but her methods often border on emotional abuse, and it's clear a lot of Rebecca's mental problems are at least partly Naomi's fault.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Silas Bunch]]
!!Silas Bunch
!!!Played by: Jay Huguley (''I Hope Josh Comes to My Party!''), John Allen Nelson (''Josh Has No Idea Where I Am!'' onwards)
Rebecca's deadbeat dad.
!!Tropes:
* DisappearedDad: Walked out on Naomi and Rebecca after a brutal fight during Rebecca's birthday party. Rebecca only saw him sporadically after that. It left her with a bunch of issues.
* GlorifiedSpermDonor: Naomi thinks very little of him and refers to him as "the Westchester sperm donor", as he walked out on them and hardly helped in raising Rebecca afterwards. Despite idealizing their relationship at first, Rebecca eventually comes to this conclusion as well.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Chans]]
!!The Chan Family
!!!Played by: Amy Hill (Lourdes), Alberto Isaac (Joseph), Tess Paras (Jayma), Coryn Mabalot (Jastenity), Lea Salonga (Aunt Myrna)
Josh's Filipino-American family, consisting of his parents Lourdes and Joseph and his sisters Jayma and Jastenity.
!!Tropes:
* AlliterativeFamily: Josh and his sisters' names all start with J, mirroring their father Joseph.
* HappilyMarried: In a sharp contrast to Rebecca's and Greg's parents, Josh's parents still clearly love each other very much even in their late middle age.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Of a sort. It's mentioned multiple times that Josh's family dislikes Valencia and are loath to the possibility of them marrying. Conversely, they all adore Rebecca, at least until the mishap with the wedding dress.
* ShipperOnDeck: Seemingly the only person to approve of Valencia is Josh's Aunt Myrna, who even gives him the family heirloom ring to propose to her (at Valencia's behest).
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Scott Proctor]]
!!Scott Proctor
!!!Played by: Steve Monroe
Paula's husband with whom she's been having marital problems.
!! Tropes:
* ACappella: Is in a barbershop quartet. Ironically, while he's the only character who appears to be into performing music in the "real world", he hasn't had a song yet, outside of an in-universe performance with his group at an office party.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Although it's getting better.
* CharacterDevelopment: He has steadily become a more attentive and caring husband since the beginning of the series. By season 2, he's become her strongest form of support and advice.
* TheConfidant: More or less becomes Paula's Paula by season 2.
* GuysAreSlobs: He's not particularly adept at housework or organization.
* LazyHusband: This and his barbershop quartet are basically his only defining character traits when the series starts. As he and Paula start to reconnect, he gradually grows out of it, to the point of taking on most of the work around the house when [[spoiler:Paula starts law school]].
* NiceGuy: While he's initially presented as being a lazy, oblivious husband, he reveals himself to be an open-minded and supportive guy once he and Paula finally start to bond again.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Paula invites Scott along on one of one of her [[ZanyScheme Zany Schemes]] involving faking a break in at Rebecca's apartment. [[spoiler: Scott has to throw a rock through the sliding glass door, but ends up choosing a decorative rock from inside the house. Josh discovers this and Rebecca's plan is ruined.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: He sleeps with Tanya some time between episodes 7 and 8 of Season 2, and confesses it to Paula, whereupon she kicks him (not literally) out of the house.]]
[[/folder]]
!Other Secondary Characters
[[folder: Hector]]
!!Hector
!!!Played by: Erick Lopez
Another one of Josh's friends.
!! Tropes:
* AscendedExtra: Gets a more prominent role in season 3 when he becomes Heather's boyfriend.
* BasementDweller: Still lives at home with his mother. At least until he moves in with Heather.
* TheDitz: Takes him a couple of tries to realise that AA members shouldn't use alcohol to solve their various problems.
* DumbassHasAPoint: He's not too bright, but his confusion about why everyone's falling in love with Rebecca is ''very'' welcome and justified.
* {{Flanderization}}: Him living with his mother is only shown once in the first season. By the second, his almost improbably close relationship with his mom has become his defining character trait. He grows out of it by season 3, after Hector's mom becomes friends with Josh and Hector grows closer to Heather.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Toasts Greg's decision to quit drinking... with a mug of beer in his hand.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Generally selfish and stupid, but comes off as a well-meaning friend most of the time.
* ManChild: He still lived at home with his mom in season two, which wouldn't be a bad thing in and of itself if it weren't for the fact that she still takes care of him like she did when he was a kid (doing his laundry, making him meals, etc.), and he doesn't seem to see anything wrong with it.
* MommasBoy: Seems very attached to her, up to and including recording a regular podcast with her.
* ParentalIncest: Not ''quite'' the case, although Hector's childish closeness with his mom frequently borders on being incestuous now that he's an adult. He compares other women to her when evaluating their looks and sleeps in the same bed as her whenever he has a nightmare.
* SatelliteCharacter: One of Josh's three most present friends, but isn't as developed as White Josh or Greg. Subverted later on when his caring, supportive nature shines through in his relationship with Heather.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Very pointedly questions why all his heterosexual friends are in love with Rebecca.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Father Brah]]
!!Father Brah
!!!Played by: Rene Gube
-->''"Oh, nothing but net! And Christ!"''
A priest at Josh's church, he counsels both Josh and Paula and her husband through any problems.
!! Tropes:
* BrutalHonesty: Part of why he gives such good advice. He's not afraid to call it like it is.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Apparently, he once lied and told his family that his brother had killed the class bunny instead of him. This was the first step in his brother getting addicted to drugs and joining a cult...which Father Brah was later able to help get him out of. (All of this was revealed is a [[HypocriticalHumor stoned]] monologue.)
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His name is actually Father ''Joseph'', but Josh called him "Father Joe" and then "Father Bro" and then "Father Brah." It stuck.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Even though church officials are usually portrayed as stern, Father Brah is actually laid back and pretty helpful. He councils Paula and her husband to have dinner and work out their problems and he tells Josh that he has to confess to Valencia about kissing Rebecca.
* SophisticatedAsHell: He's very smart and gives ''awesome'' advice, such as, "You're being a little bitch," and, "If Rebecca seems happy, you gotta bow out, dawg."
* TheStoner: He has a bad back. It's awesome.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Parodied.
-->'''Father Brah''': Please, Mr. Brah was my father. I'm Father Brah.
* YouKnowImBlackRight: After turning down sex from Valencia, Josh Chan tells FB he didn't even know guys could turn down sex. This gets an exasperated look from Father Brah, since he's, you know, celibate.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Dr. Akopian]]
!!Dr. Noelle Akopian
!!!Played by: Michael Hyatt
-->''"This session is gonna be useful\\
If she's truthful about how she feels\\
So I'll give it my all\\
With my requisite therapy shawl\\
Kiss my fancy degrees on the wall\\
For good luck that it's gonna be different...!"''\\
Rebecca's therapist. She tries oh-so very hard to create a healthy dialogue between her and Rebecca - it's too bad Rebecca hardly ever listens to her.
!! Tropes:
* BigNo: [[spoiler:When Rebecca and Josh get engaged, mainly because Rebecca was so, ''so'' close to actually confronting her problems. Poor Dr. Akopian looks like she wants to cry when Josh shows up and proposes.]]
* HelpfulHallucination: A more vibrant "dream ghost" version of her appears when Rebecca falls asleep on a plane to New York, seated next to the real Dr. Akopian. She even gets her own song lampshading the trope, funnily enough called "Dream Ghosts." Ironically Rebecca actually listens to this version's advice, most likely because she is probably a figment of Rebecca's subconscious.
--> ''"It's not clear if I'm hallucinated,''\\
''Or actually magic,''\\
''Let's [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane leave it vague]], it's [[LampshadeHanging more interesting that way]]."''
* IgnoredExpert: Very correctly points out that despite what Rebecca thinks, she is not in a love triangle with Greg and Josh because neither man is offering her a relationship. She dispenses a lot of sensible and sound advice, not that it is ever put to good use.
* NiceGal: While she's understandably frustrated by Rebecca's cluelessness and inability to acknowledge her issues, Dr. Akopian ''does'' want to help her, and is ''thrilled'' when it looks like Rebecca may actually be ready to start truly trying to heal. [[spoiler:And she's devastated when Rebecca gets engaged to Josh ten seconds later, sending her back to square one]].
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Not initially, but come season 2 she realizes that Rebecca is a lost cause, and that she herself is only letting her make appointments in order to save up for a new kayak.
* OnlySaneMan: She's ''completely'' detached from the Rebecca/Josh debacle and all the insanity that comes with it, and is one of the few people able to be completely objective about it.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She agrees not to press charges against Rebecca and Heather after they broke into her office (while stoned), on the condition that Rebecca attends therapy.
* TheShrink: Has the qualifications, gives the sage advice and compassionate enough to be the Awesome Shrink, but more often than not ends up as the Ineffective because Rebecca is too self-centered to take said advice.
* SurvivalMantra: Played for laughs. "The kayak, Noelle, remember the kayak..."
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted: she ''is'' the therapist. However, Rebecca never listens to her, so she may as well not be there.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Trent]]
!!Trent Maddock
!!!Played by: Paul Welsh
-->''"You know what they say, one person's blackmail is another person's love story."''
A former law school student who went to law school at the same time as Rebecca, who Rebecca and Paula decide to use as her fake boyfriend. When Valencia calls him and he comes to West Covina, he's perfectly willing to play along... because he's been in love with Rebecca since law school.
* {{Adorkable}}: Even more socially impaired than Rebecca.
* AmbiguousDisorder: He's overly-obsessive, has poor social skills and speaks with a strange inflection in his voice at almost all times.
* BrokenAce: An incredibly handsome Ivy League graduate who is an InstantExpert at everything he tries, but he's also creepily obsessed with a single girl, so much that it consumes his entire life.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Where the Sexy Getting Ready song is about how much pain women go through to look sexy, Trent's stops after 30 seconds due to the pain of him cutting himself.
* GirlfriendInCanada: He is Rebecca's "boyfriend" from law school to throw Valencia and Greg off from investigating her. It goes a little too well.
* HopelessSuitor: He's hopelessly infatuated with Rebecca, but she couldn't care less.
* {{Hunk}}: His lean, handsome figure contrasts his desperate and creepy personality.
* NoSocialSkills: His efforts to befriend Josh and his buddies are... laughable, to say the least.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: A gender flipped version of this to Rebecca.
* SexGod: [[spoiler: When Rebecca allows him to have sex with her to get him to leave her alone, she's shocked to find out that he's the best lay she's ever had by a long shot. Not only that, but it was his first time, too. Of course, given the implication earlier in the season that she's as self-centered in bed as she is with everything else, it may simply be his eager-to-please nature.]]
* SpearCounterpart: He is a spear counterpart to Rebecca, right down to trying the same tricks that she does but to lesser effect. Even has his own "Trent is Getting Ready Song" counterpart to the "Sexy Getting Ready Song".
* StalkingIsFunnyIfItsFemaleAfterMale: Played with. His obsession with Rebecca isn't all that different from the one that Rebecca has on Josh, but is portrayed as being much more overtly creepy. It helps that our view of him isn't painted by ProtagonistCenteredMorality.
* StalkerWithACrush: Keeps tabs on Rebecca at all times. Mostly PlayedForLaughs.
* UnexpectedVirgin: He's a successful lawyer in his mid-to-late 20s with a hunky body, but didn't lose until he slept with Rebecca, which surprises her.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Audra Levine]]
!!Audra Levine
!!!Played by: Rachel Grate, Daniela Somers (young)
-->''"Since we were toddlers I've studied every\\
Chink in your armor\\
And between your folks' divorce\\
And that haircut on you\\
I'm not really sure\\
Which one's the bigger shondeh"''[[note]]'''Rebecca''': That means disgrace.[[/note]]
Rebecca's nemesis from New York.
* JewishAmericanPrincess: A successful Jewish lawyer implied to be from a pampered upbringing. Even parodied in her song with Rebecca, the "JAP Battle Rap."
* SitcomArchnemesis: She's been Rebecca's petty rival since childhood, and Rebecca rags on Audra in all her appearances. At one point Rebecca even tries to make peace with her, noting that they're NotSoDifferent, but Audra's not interested.
* ShadowArchetype: Audra's basically Rebecca, if the latter hadn't put her own happiness first. She's driven, motivated, and deliriously unhappy. Rebecca reminds her to prioritize happiness at the end of the episode, but Audra shrugs it off. This is emphasized by her wearing the outfit Rebecca wore in the pilot.
* StepfordSmiler: Just like Rebecca. It's implied that she's unhappy despite her success but her professional smile is so plastered on her face it looks practically manic.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kevin]]
!!Kevin
!!!Played by: Johnny Meeks
-->''"Listen up, gang! Greg does not want to be treated differently for his addiction! So be cool, be cool."''
The manager of Home Base and Greg and Heather's boss. A nice guy, despite Greg's insistence to the contrary.
* BenevolentBoss: Despite being quirky, he's openly supportive of Greg going to business school.
* {{Keet}}: A grown-up version. He's aggressively upbeat and positive to the point that it makes Greg uncomfortable.
* StepfordSmiler: Though he seems to be genuinely happy most of the time, he is having regular therapy sessions with Dr. Akopian. And according to her, there was a particularly traumatic incident in which Kevin's mother shot his dad on his birthday. When Rebecca and Paula interrupt the session, as soon as he leaves he can be heard wailing "WHY, MOMMY WHY?"
[[/folder]]
