History Characters / InsideJob2021

** Of the UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist. Rand is the archetypical Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist; he's a drunken deadbeat constantly coming up with ZanyScheme{{s}} and an emotionally abusive and neglectful father. The show makes it clear that this is because Rand is a narcissistic sociopath who constantly manipulates the people around him for his own ends, and that he's a toxic influence on everyone around him. By the end of the first season, Rand's behavior has stopped being PlayedForLaughs in the slightest and become truly despicable.

* ReplacementGoldfish: Oprah died in season 1 but they have created a clone of her, who doesn't realize she's a copy until she is dosed with LSD and has an [[CloningBlues existential crisis]].

** His last name is also a common brand of erasers, befitting his profession. [[spoiler: And in a more TearJerker sense, also possibly serves as {{Foreshadowing}} towards his [[DeathOfAPersonality fate]] at the end of the season.]]

** His last name is also a common brand of erasers, befitting his profession.

* PetTheDog: In "Buzzkill" Rand tells Reagan that he is a "sad asshole who blew his career and his shot at fatherhood" and that Reagan deserves better. [[spoiler:This is later [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] as the season finale makes it clear that he doesn't actually believe that. It's a lot more likly that he was just telling Reagan what she want to hear.]].
** [[spoiler: Double subverted in the penultimate episode of Part 2, where he brokenly reveals that he attempte to find a timeline where he had Reagan and her mom back in life, having come to deeply regret his actions once he had permanently lost them, even keeping momentos of Reagan in order to motivate him throghout the whole ordel, such as her trophy and an old video of her when she was young. He later proceeded to protect her from JR when he attempted to kill her and sincerely apologised to her for his actions before admitting that she's right and telling her to not mess up as CEO of Cognito like he did, before he's taken to Shadow Prison X for his crimes]].

* HollywoodDateless: Reagan is a comical depiction of a lonely outcast with awful social skills and yet she's been shown to have had friends and decent romantic relationships all throughout her life, and coworkers that greatly enjoy having her around. It is justified to an extent, as it's shown that a lot of this is because of her own insecurities and reluctance to emotionally engage with anyone,

** While Brett and Reagan desiring to fire "Grassy" Noel Atkinson ''is'' portrayed as a KickTheDog moment and [=J.R.'s=] only reason for signing off on it is because [[GreenEyedMonster Atkinson has a higher salary than J.R.]], considering how at that point in time Cognito Inc. was running low on money and Atkinson wasn't doing anything that profitable at the moment, it ''did'' make logical sense to have him fired along with avoiding the need to fire other people whose jobs had more of a tangible benefit to the company.

* ItsAllAboutMe: He tries to pass himself off as an OverprotectiveDad, such as when he invented boy repellent which he tricked Reagan into wearing by giving it to her as perfume, but it's clear that his goal was to ensure Reagan's academic success and by extension, his own well-being when he leverages her position to further his own gain. [[spoiler:Slightly downplayed in Part 2, where he at least learns to love Reagan as her own person rather than just an extension of himself.]]

** His name is likely a reference to capitalist writer Ayn Rand which makes since considering both he and his daughter share names with prominent conservative figures of the twentieth century. The parallels are made even more significant come "Inside Reagan," wherein he gives [[spoiler:a highly Objectivism-tinged MotiveRant to Reagan justifying his horrible parenting of her by claiming that people like them are {{Ubermensch}}en who deserve to run the world and the normal rules that govern society shouldn't matter or constrain geniuses like them, even ending by referencing WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles (a film accused of espousing Objectivist ideals)]].

* OffModel: In the show's intro sequence, when Brett appears in a kaleidoscopic image, he only has four fingers on each hand instead of five.

%% * AsianAirhead: She is asian and rather vain and vapid.

* MemoryWipingCrew: He is a one man crew.
* RaisedCatholic: Which makes him vulnerable to his own Catholic guilt weapon.

* AsianAirhead: Type 1, she is rather vain and vapid.

*** As part of his laziness, [[NeverMyFault Rand can never full accept when he has done something wrong]]. "Blue Bloods", "Inside Reagan", "Rontagion", and "Project Reboot" (and to a slightly lesser "My Big Flat Earth Wedding") all show Rand try to weasel out of taking responsibility for his actions instead of trying to better himself. At best, he will only take others criticism at the most basic level. It's this exact behavior that costs him Reagan and Tamiko.

* LaughablyEvil: A very dark variant. He is just so brazen and casual with his awfulness that one can't help but sometimes laugh despite the bleakness.

* SuperOCD: He admits to having OCD in one episode, which he demonstrates by counting Myc's tentacles.

* BrilliantButLazy: While not quite on the level of Reagan or Andre, Gigi is a fairly intelligent woman in her own right. However, she spends too much time thinking about the latest office and is just as likely as Myc and Andre to avoid doing work. This is what ultimately convinces her to abandon her dream life in the alternate reality created by Rand, as [[spoiler:being head of the Illuminati means she has to do most of the work]].

* InkSuitActor: Obviously averted most of the time, but during a FreezeFrameBonus in "Appleton", when [[spoiler: the Robes are explaining how their organization began,]] we see pre-historic versions of the main Cognito cast. Instead of a pre-historic version of Myc, though, the group includes a man who resembles voice actor Creator/BrettGelman.

* IncSuitActor: Obviously averted most of the time, but during a FreezeFrameBonus in "Appleton", when [[spoiler: the Robes are explaining how their organization began,]] we see pre-historic versions of the main Cognito cast. Instead of a pre-historic version of Myc, though, the group includes a man who resembles voice actor Creator/BrettGelman.

A lovable D.C. yes-man. He's brought on to help Reagan lead the company after [=J.R.=] discovered someone with a face so generic it can't even be traced by satellites.

A lovable D.C. yes-man. He's brought on to help Reagan lead the company after [=J.R.=] liked his handshake at a golf outing.

* CovertPervert: Didn't seem particularly bothered when Gigi decided to have a last-second make out with him when she thought they were all going to die in episode 4. Also, in Episode 3, Brett slept with Glenn's wife, whose likely in her 50s like Glenn himself, and, [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale while the consent of the actual sex is unclear, (as the initial kiss didn't seem to be consensual on Brett's part)]] according to her, she and Brett did a number of "dark, erotic things," hinting that he is possibly into freakier things than it seems, especially since he didn't seem too bothered by the encounter later in the episode.[[LikesOlderWomen Brett also thinks Reagan's mom is hot.]]

* NeverMyFault: Rand's colossal ego makes it impossible for him to ever admit he's wrong. He constantly refuses to accept responsibility for Reagan's terrible childhood, his divorce, or destroying his own career with his alcoholism and defends his actions and even tries to brag about them at times. He does admit in "Buzzkill" that he's a terrible father who pissed away his own career, but [[spoiler:the events of the first season finale heavily imply it was a manipulation tactic to keep Reagan from cutting him out of her life]]. [[spoiler:Then he gets a HeelRealization in Part 2 after he loses his position and power, which prompts him to genuinely apologize to Reagan for how he has treated her.]]