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* DumbassHasAPoint: Dumbass is a strong word as Emmy is more naive than she is dumb, but she's also surprisingly down-to-earth when she has to be. She's absolutely right that Rochelle was in the wrong for acting innocent when she slept with her lover behind her back and that Rochelle herself holds herself in high regard without caring about how other people feel. Likewise, Emmy is also right to call Rochelle's client Doug unreasonable given how rudely he behaved towards Emmy's own client Becca for what was a legitimate accident. Which is especially notable given that Rochelle (a more experienced Lovebug) encouraged and influenced Doug's bitter attitude while Emmy and Becca noted how irrational he was acting.

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* DumbassHasAPoint: Dumbass is a strong word as Emmy is more naive than she is dumb, but she's also surprisingly down-to-earth when she has to be. She's absolutely right that Rochelle was in the wrong for acting innocent when she slept with her lover behind her back and that Rochelle herself holds herself in high regard without caring about how other people feel. Likewise, Emmy is also right to call Rochelle's client Doug unreasonable given how rudely he behaved towards Emmy's own client Becca for what was a legitimate accident. Which is especially notable given that Rochelle (a more experienced Lovebug) encouraged and influenced Doug's bitter attitude while Emmy and Becca noted how irrational he was acting.

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* BigBeautifulWoman: She's chubbier but still attractive a d has had sex numerous times with Dante.
* CharacterDevelopment: Emmy starts off as an unmotivated slacker with no real confidence to do her job, but becomes somewhat more responsible by the end of Season 1 and she even finds her groove as a Lovebug to the point where the tube thinks she's ready to take on more clients.

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* BigBeautifulWoman: She's chubbier but still attractive a d and has had sex numerous times with Dante.
* CharacterDevelopment: Emmy starts off as an unmotivated slacker with no real confidence to do her job, but becomes somewhat more responsible by the end of Season 1 and she even finds her groove as a Lovebug to the point where the tube thinks she's ready to take on more clients. By season 2, she takes her job very seriously, though she still maintains her tendency to get attached to people too easily.
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: She's a Love Bug who has trouble fostering emotional connections.



* TheHedonist: She indulges in alcohol, sex, and junk food at the expense of more fulfilling long-term pursuits.

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* TheHedonist: She indulges in alcohol, sex, and junk food at the expense of more fulfilling long-term pursuits. She tones this down in season two.



* HiddenDepths: Despite her inexperience as a junior Love Bug, it takes a lot for her to turn into a Hate Worm and when she does it's for a very brief time, unlike Walter and Rochelle who were Hate Worms for quite a few episodes in their respective season.

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Despite her inexperience as a junior Love Bug, it takes a lot for her to turn into a Hate Worm and when she does it's for a very brief time, unlike Walter and Rochelle who were Hate Worms for quite a few episodes in their respective season.



* {{Irony}}: She's a Love Bug who has trouble fostering emotional connections.




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* FakeBoobs: A RunningGag in her introduction episode is people claiming she has fake breasts.

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* BigBeautifulWoman: Representing good vibes, she's a stunner with the biggest chest (made of disco balls) and hips of any humanoid character on the show.
* TheDrifter: As the ''only'' one pushing for hope, she can't stay in one place very long, so she only drops in every now and then and then leaves within the day, even if her job isn't entirely finished.
* FakeBoobs: A RunningGag in her introduction episode is people claiming she has fake breasts. To be fair, they are disco balls, and the season finale does show them to be removable.
* HopeBringer: Quite literally represents hope. She inspires people to keep fighting even when it's difficult, and it's only when she shows up do her clients -- and even her friends -- stay positive enough to fight through a seemingly hopeless situation.
* ThePollyanna: She ''has'' to be optimistic, even when everybody around her is suggesting otherwise, so she can spread that optimism to others around her. Even when she's sick and struggling, she can't complain much, so she just keeps working and helping people the best she can.

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* AmbitionIsEvil: Averted. While her ambitious nature is abrasive, it's made clear that Petra only wants what she feels is best for Becca.

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* AmbitionIsEvil: Averted. While her ambitious nature is abrasive, it's made clear that Petra only wants what she feels is best for Becca.Becca and her other clients for that matter.
* HarmfulToMinors: In Season 2, she gets assigned to a 4 year old boy named Sal with a rare condition called KCNB1, which results in him being neurodiverse and non-speaking. However, having the foul-mouthed Petra at his side ''does'' influence him to say his first word "fuck".


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's foul-mouthed and aggressive, but she also does anything and everything she can to ensure that her clients get what they want and has their best interests at heart.


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* LadySwearsALot: Which is saying something! Petra just can't help but pepper most of her sentences with swears. In fact, it's hard to count the times where she ''hasn't'' spoken a line without a curse word.

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!!Humans

[[folder:Becca]]
A pregnant lawyer who becomes Emmy's client after Sonya's fired.

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!!Humans

[[folder:Becca]]
A pregnant lawyer who becomes Emmy's client after Sonya's fired.
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An AnthropomorphicRepresentation of hope.


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* AnthropomorphicRepresentation: She represents human hope.
* FakeBoobs: A RunningGag in her introduction episode is people claiming she has fake breasts.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: The SickEpisode establishes that she is the only being who gives humans hope, at least in the local Human Resources branch.
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[[folder:Becca]]
A pregnant lawyer who becomes Emmy's client after Sonya's fired.
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^ SuperStrength: He is strong enough to rip up an entire air conditioner unit. [[spoiler:In season two, after some quick stretches, he realizes he, in fact, could have lifted the statue off of Dante]].

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^ * SuperStrength: He is strong enough to rip up an entire air conditioner unit. [[spoiler:In season two, after some quick stretches, he realizes he, in fact, could have lifted the statue off of Dante]].
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** Season 2 actually shows more of his true colors as an unapologetic user who tries to control Rochelle and when he can't, he tries to accuse her of gaslighting him while coldly dumping her in public.


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* NeverMyFault: The first episode of Season 2 has Dante refuse to take any sort of responsibility for his worse actions and believes that Pete is the source of his issues especially after losing his favorite penis. [[spoiler: While Pete might have had some fault in it, when Dante dumps Rochelle he shifts all the blame on her and even at the end of the season he ''still'' thinks it's Pete's fault and shows no guilt nor fault in how he handled things with Rochelle.]]
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^ SuperStrength: He is strong enough to rip up an entire air conditioner unit in one piece.

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^ SuperStrength: He is strong enough to rip up an entire air conditioner unit unit. [[spoiler:In season two, after some quick stretches, he realizes he, in one piece.fact, could have lifted the statue off of Dante]].
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^ SuperStrength: He is strong enough to rip up an entire air conditioner unit in one piece.
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* OpenMindedParent: While Natalie did mentioned her parents freaked out over her coming out as transgender, they came to accept her after her mom listened to Lady Gaga. He's also accepting of his older daughter being a lesbian.
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*BigBeautifulWoman: She's chubbier but still attractive a d has had sex numerous times with Dante.


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*BigBeautifulWoman: She's heavyset but still attractive.


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*NotSoAboveItAll: When she comes out to see Doug with his van decorated as the Phoenix Suns Basketball team, she first seems upset at his decision. She then reveals that his choisr made her more attracted to him. She then proceeds to propose to him and then have sex in his van.
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->'''Voiced By:''' James Adomian

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-> '''Voiced by:''' Casey Wilson

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->'''Voiced By:''' Rosie Perez

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KayvanNovak
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/LupitaNyongoO

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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/LupitaNyongoO



* DarkIsNotEvil: He is a depression kitty, a purple haired feline supposed to induce depression, but is genuinely concerned about his client's well-being.
* GoodCounterpart: Comes across as more of a PunchClockVillain than Kitty. He does try to encourage depressive behavior, but he isn't as enamored with his job and does care for his client's well being. This is due to having lovebug ancestry.

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* DarkIsNotEvil: He is a depression kitty, a purple haired purple-haired feline supposed to induce depression, but is genuinely concerned about his client's well-being.
* GoodCounterpart: Comes across as more of a PunchClockVillain than Kitty. He does try to encourage depressive behavior, but he isn't as enamored with his job and does care for his client's well being.well-being. This is due to having lovebug ancestry.
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A world-renowned Shame Wizard and emotionally abusive mother to Lionel.



A world-renowned Shame Wizard and emotionally abusive mother to Lionel.
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->'''Voiced By:'''Creator/RandallPark

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Invoked. Claudia is implied to be mentally ill, but it's unclear what exactly is the matter. [[spoiler:Sonya seeing her have an existential anxious breakdown about the world is what convinces Sonya to call off the relationship. While exposing Claudia to the secrets of the universe triggered Claudia's spiral, Sonya wonders if Claudia only saw Sonya's light in the first place because she was "sick." Claudia stops being able to see Sonya after Claudia gets help from her sister.]]
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* CharacterDevelopment: Emmy starts off as an unmotivated slacker with no real confidence to do her job, but becomes somewhat more responsible by the end of Season 1 and she even finds her groove as a Lovebug to the point where the tube thinks she's ready to take on more clients.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Nick Birch. Nick is a budding human teenager slowly going through puberty but is in a rush to grow up in order to catch up to his peers. However, he also puts on a somewhat narcissistic front to hide his many insecurities. Emmy Fairfax is an adult Lovebug who isn't thrilled about growing up when she starts her new job as a professional Lovebug and is only doing the job to support her own vices. She's also rather self-deprecating, being well aware of her flaws and she doesn't try to pretend that she has her shit together but is still doing her best anyway.
* DumbassHasAPoint: Dumbass is a strong word as Emmy is more naive than she is dumb, but she's also surprisingly down-to-earth when she has to be. She's absolutely right that Rochelle was in the wrong for acting innocent when she slept with her lover behind her back and that Rochelle herself holds herself in high regard without caring about how other people feel. Likewise, Emmy is also right to call Rochelle's client Doug unreasonable given how rudely he behaved towards Emmy's own client Becca for what was a legitimate accident. Which is especially notable given that Rochelle (a more experienced Lovebug) encouraged and influenced Doug's bitter attitude while Emmy and Becca noted how irrational he was acting.


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** Compared to the overzealous methods regarding love that Walter and Rochelle do for their clients despite being more experienced, Emmy is still green to the job but she's learning that love is more about understanding and caring for somebody while taking a more lowkey approach.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite being Hormone Monsters who work together in tandem, Andrew's compulsive perverted antics were enough to wear them ''both'' down, with Joe tapping out first and even calling Andrew a 'filthy lunatic'. Gil later quits too when he proves that he can't really handle how disgusting Andrew is. According to Maury it's hard to gross out a Hormone Monster and Andrew managed to do this to ''two'' of them.


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** In Human Resources, Joe also quits being Andrew's temporary Hormone Monster as he rightfully notes that he's way more perverted than what's considered normal. Compared to Maury who pretty much enables even the vilest of Andrew's depravity.
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* NiceGirl: Based on what we've seen of her, Donna is a good-natured, sweet woman and a damn good wife to Doug. Even when he makes bad decisions she is always understanding and judges him, and she even offers shelter for Becca and Barry during a hurricane.

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* BirdPeople: She's a humanoid owl woman with all the characteristics real owls have such as the ability to turn her head 180 degrees and a diet of rodents as she comments on earning her "share of rat's blood."



* SilkHidingSteel: A feminine, professional owl-woman who can keep her cool even amongst a group of sex-crazed Hormone Monsters, even staying calm when Mona continuously challenges her. She not only gets through to them but she even finds a solution for them to have recreational sex by giving them their own room.



* NoIndoorVoice: They will ''SCREAM BLOODY MURDER'' until their host's urges are sated.

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** Their team of monsters even highlight how different they are. Becca has the bombastic Connie as her Hormone Monstress, cutthroat Ambition Gremlin Petra, judgmental Shame Wizard Lionel, green Lovebug Emmy who is still learning how to do her job, as well as the nervous Tito The Anxiety Mosquito and the sinister Depression Kitty. Barry has the immature Tyler as his Hormone Monster, experienced and romantic Lovebug Flanny O'lympic, chill Depression Kitty Cat Stevens and Tito as his Anxiety Mosquito. Becca's team highlight her passionate, ambitious nature as well as how hard she can be on herself when she feels inept at something, while Barry's team shows that he's a fairly simple guy but not without his own issues that show that he's more three-dimensional than he appears.

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** Their team of monsters even highlight how different they are. Becca has the bombastic Connie as her Hormone Monstress, cutthroat Ambition Gremlin Petra, judgmental Shame Wizard Lionel, green Lovebug Emmy who is still learning how to do her job, as well as the nervous Tito The Anxiety Mosquito and the sinister Depression Kitty. Barry has the immature Tyler as his Hormone Monster, experienced and romantic Lovebug Flanny O'lympic, chill Depression Kitty Cat Stevens and Tito as his Anxiety Mosquito. Becca's team highlight her passionate, ambitious nature as well as how hard she can be on herself when she feels inept at something, while Barry's team shows that he's a fairly simple yet loving guy but not without his own issues that show that he's more three-dimensional than he appears.


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* NiceGuy: He's a perfectly polite and happy fella, and a patient, loving husband to his tough-as-nails wife Becca.
* StepfordSmiler: Implied based on his Anxiety Mosquito and the fact that he has Cat Stevens as his active Depression Kitty. However, Barry's creatures actually care about his well-being and they don't encourage any self-destructive behaviors which helps Barry regulate his issues a little better and is the reason why he can be his cheerful self.

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* OppositesAttract: Becca is a tough, success-driven woman who isn't afraid to get confrontational and Barry is a soft, easygoing man who has no problem letting his wife take the reigns. Additionally, Becca struggles with being a nurturing parent for their son as a new parent, while Barry takes to being a father much more easily and bonds quickly with their son.

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* OppositesAttract: Becca is a tough, success-driven woman who isn't afraid to get confrontational and Barry is a soft, easygoing man who has no problem letting his wife take the reigns. Additionally, Becca struggles with being a nurturing parent for their son as a new parent, while Barry takes to being a father much more easily and bonds quickly with their son. Despite this, their differences prove to be a good thing, as Barry's Depression Kitty Cat Stevens points out since they balance each other out.
** Their team of monsters even highlight how different they are. Becca has the bombastic Connie as her Hormone Monstress, cutthroat Ambition Gremlin Petra, judgmental Shame Wizard Lionel, green Lovebug Emmy who is still learning how to do her job, as well as the nervous Tito The Anxiety Mosquito and the sinister Depression Kitty. Barry has the immature Tyler as his Hormone Monster, experienced and romantic Lovebug Flanny O'lympic, chill Depression Kitty Cat Stevens and Tito as his Anxiety Mosquito. Becca's team highlight her passionate, ambitious nature as well as how hard she can be on herself when she feels inept at something, while Barry's team shows that he's a fairly simple guy but not without his own issues that show that he's more three-dimensional than he appears.

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* GoGetterGirl: Becca takes her work as a litigator very seriously and is very success-oriented, and her Ambition Gremlin Petra makes sure that she keeps up the hard work no matter the cost.



* MaternallyChallenged: Becca's current challenge is the milestone of her being a brand-new mom to her first child. Like most mothers who experience post-partum depression, Becca doesn't immediately bond with her newborn son Jake and even struggled to love him initially and had a very hard time adjusting to meeting her baby's needs while trying to balance out her own, which only fuel her depression. With both Emmy and Barry's love and support, Becca is slowly getting better and has grown to love her baby by the first season's finale.
* OppositesAttract: Becca is a tough, success-driven woman who isn't afraid to get confrontational and Barry is a soft, easygoing man who has no problem letting his wife take the reigns. Additionally, Becca struggles with being a nurturing parent for their son as a new parent, while Barry takes to being a father much more easily and bonds quickly with their son.



* {{Househusband}}: While Becca goes back to work, he stays and takes care of the house and their baby, and tries to keep Becca updated on Jake's milestones. This makes Becca insecure that Jake won't get to know her as much since she's out at work while Barry stays home with her.

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* {{Househusband}}: While Becca goes back to work, he stays and takes care of the house and their baby, and tries to keep Becca updated on Jake's milestones. This makes Becca insecure that Jake won't get to know her as much since she's out at work while Barry stays home with her.him.



* GoodParents: Implied. He's pretty darn accepting of the fact that his oldest daughter is openly a lesbian, and his younger daughter is a trans girl, all the while respecting her pronouns too. While a bit pushy about academics, he is generally fair towards his daughters and only punishes them when they put themselves or others in danger.

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* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: A justified adult example. As an adult, he's very protective of his elderly mother Yara, not only did he visit her every day at her retirement home, he even brings her to his home when she had an accident and devoted himself to becoming her caregiver up until her death.
* GoodParents: Implied. He's pretty darn accepting of the fact that his oldest daughter is openly a lesbian, and his younger daughter is a trans girl, all the while respecting her pronouns too. While a bit pushy about academics, he is generally fair towards his daughters and only punishes them when they put themselves or others in danger.



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* TheDitz: He's not the sharpest tool in the shed, with many characters even commenting on his lack of intelligence. He's even shown to be quite impulsive and very much acts without thinking, not helped at all by Rochelle's influence to act on passion over Pete's logic.
* DumbassHasAPoint: Despite not being too bright, he isn't completely hopeless as he even had second thoughts about using weight-loss drugs that had very clear warnings, something even his Logic Rock Pete (while under the Addiction Angel Dante's influence) threw caution to the wind about.
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* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: His head resembles the ''moai'' from Easter Island

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Claudia is implied to be mentally ill, but it's unclear what exactly is the matter. [[spoiler:Sonya seeing her have an existential anxious breakdown about the world is what convinces Sonya to call off the relationship. While exposing Claudia to the secrets of the universe triggered Claudia's spiral, Sonya wonders if Claudia only saw Sonya's light in the first place because she was "sick." Claudia stops being able to see Sonya after Claudia gets help from her sister.]]

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Invoked. Claudia is implied to be mentally ill, but it's unclear what exactly is the matter. [[spoiler:Sonya seeing her have an existential anxious breakdown about the world is what convinces Sonya to call off the relationship. While exposing Claudia to the secrets of the universe triggered Claudia's spiral, Sonya wonders if Claudia only saw Sonya's light in the first place because she was "sick." Claudia stops being able to see Sonya after Claudia gets help from her sister.]]


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* SanitySlippage: Her relationship with Sonya degraded her mind due to the shocking revelations she hadabout the universe.
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* OnlySaneMan: Joe show shades of this, encouraging Elijah to just be honest with Missy about being asexual compared to Gil telling Elijah to lie about kissing her.

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