History Characters / GLOW2017

* {{Hypocrite}}: Eventually deconstructed in a HeelRealization, but until that point, Melanie had been the most frequent to express bigoted sentiments "for jokes", but would get deathly serious if anyone else made a remark about Judaism in jest. This is best seen in how utterly pissed she was when she saw Ruth testing out a Babushka character (bare-in-mind, Ruth is AmbiguouslyJewish herself and was doing it out of fondness for the Russian Jewish family she had just been spending time with), but then when, for a bit, she swapped gimmicks with Jenny her impression of Asian culture was ''far'' more extreme than Ruth had done. Jenny calls her out on this, [[CharacterDevelopment and when she learns about the Cambodian genocide, she tearfully apologises for how she's been acting]].

* MayDecemberRomance: He tends to date his actresses, even when they're much younger than him, and this includes when dating Rhonda/Britanica. He makes a drunken pass at Justine until he finds out she's his ''daughter'', and her fan-girling over him is parental idolisation. Over the course of the second season, he slowly falls in love with Ruth, and is offended when she outlines the age difference as a reason why they can't date.

** Arguably could be considered one to Tex and/or his business associates.

* GameBreakingInjury: Debbie fractures her leg during a particularly intense match and she's sidelined for eight weeks. Ultimately subverted in that they find a way to incorporate her into the last match of the series. This whole storyline is an {{Homage}} to when Susie Spirit broke her arm live in the ring on the original Wrestling/{{GLOW}}.

* NouveauRiche: She’s from the WrongSideOfTheTracks in south-east London, but marries Bash at the end of Season 2, the wealthy son of a family that founded a food company, and is enjoying the trappings of being young and rich in the 1980s. However she is savvier about money than Bash, who needs her to create a savings account for his uncashed checks (often above three digits) at a local bank. Also, rather than go for a much more expensive tailored suit in red that her mother-in-law offers to buy for her, she picks a baby pink one that she knows is “less posh” but is closer to her own taste.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: He's a trust-fund baby who ploughs his considerable inheritance purely into ventures that excite him and appeal to his own personal passions -- wrestling being the number one.

* HotScientist: Her character Britannica is a British scientist dressed in a jumper dress and a skimpy top with glasses and it helps she's a young attractive, redheaded woman who has done modelling.

->'''Gimmick''': ''[[AlterKocker Ethel & Edna Rosenblatt]] / [[ILoveNuclearPower The Toxic Twins]]''

* ILoveNuclearPower: During a fight with Melrose, they get sprayed with nuclear waste and transform into the Toxic Twins.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: 'Cherry Bang' sounds like a character from one of Sam's dubious movies. Lampshaded by Mallory the casting director, who says that it can't possibly be her real name.

!!Sam Sylvia

** ''(Regarding cutting Bash off from an allowance)'' Oh sit down, you're embarrassing yourself. We're not on ''[[SoapOpera Falcon Crest]]''.
** ''(Regarding Rhonda's surprise at Bash inheriting 40 million from his grandfather's trust and remarking that it's a joke)'' Oh yes, I'm the comic relief.

* SexGod: He's very passionate -- to the point that Ruth turns up for work with hickeys.

---> ''(Regarding cutting Bash off from an allowance)'' Oh sit down, you're embarrassing yourself. We're not on ''[[SoapOpera Falcon Crest]]''.
---> ''(Regarding Rhonda's surprise at Bash inheriting 40 million from his grandfather's trust and remarking that it's a joke)'' Oh yes, I'm the comic relief.

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* RealityEnsues: She ends up failing out of med school due to her wrestling schedule. However, she admits to Sam in Season 2 that she probably would have ended up failing anyway, and only even went there because her parents wanted her to.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Jenny, particularly during the first season as their characters are often used as evil henchmen.

* {{Adorkable}}: Is "Girl Next Door" cute, really dorky and has the earnest, struggling actress vibe down pat. Considering who she’s [[Creator/AlisonBrie played]] [[{{Series/Community}} by]] definitely helps.

* {{Adorkable}}: Very sweet of nature and face, Bash even remarks that there is no way she could be able to scare children.

* {{Adorkable}}: He is ''very'' proud when he shows Cherry his referee uniform.

* {{Adorkable}}: Always looking to impress Ruth; his impression of Creator/KatharineHepburn amuses her.

* {{Adorkable}}: When trying to reconnect with his wife, Mark earnestly leans in to doing exactly what he learned in marriage counselling. It's so bad, but it’s enough to show he is honestly trying, which is probably why Debbie stays (a little while).

->'''Portrayed By:''' Betty Gilpin

* YourCheatingHeart: She slept with Debbie's husband Mark -- twice. His admitting to it causes the feud between Ruth and Debbie.

* YourCheatingHeart: He slept with Ruth twice. His admitting to it causes the feud between Ruth and Debbie.

* SpearCarrier: She helps the show out in Season 2 by appearing as a variety of bit characters

* SuddenlySexuality: Over the course of Season 2 she falls in love with Yolanda, and is indicated to have started dating her in the finale.

* TooSoon: The pilot is taped during the TWA 847 hostage crisis, so her stereotypical Islamic terrorist character is rather poorly received by the audience, to the point that she is pelted with racial slurs and beer cans.