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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: It takes him less than one episode to see the gang for what they are...but he's almost shockingly blind to the fact that Barbara is probably worse than all of them put together. He also assigns all the blame to Frank for the way Dennis and Dee turned out.
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* NiceGirl: While her ridiculous coddling of Charlie was abusive in its own way, Bonnie is the only parent besides Frank that is ever nice to anyone, and acts sweet and welcoming to the gang whenever they visit her. She's still a pretty horrible racist, however.
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* TheAlcoholic: The gang notes he always he has a beer in his hand. [[spoiler:This later causes him to die abruptly.]]
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* TheAlcoholic: The gang Gang notes he always he has a beer in his hand. [[spoiler:This later causes him to die abruptly.]]
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* {{Gonk}}: Something of an InformedDeformity. While she ''is'' a generally unhealthy and unhygienic woman, all of the members of the Gang besides Mac treat her as though she is TheGrotesque, with Dennis going as far as to say that she is disgusting just to look at.
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* TheStoic: "Pissed Off" is basically her only emotion. A flashback to Mac's childhood shows her acting and speaking in a much more normal fashion, suggesting that old age has caused her to stop caring even more than she already did.
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* TheStoic: "Pissed Off" "Irritated" is basically her only emotion. A flashback to Mac's childhood shows her acting and speaking in a much more normal fashion, suggesting that old age has caused her to stop caring even more than she already did.
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* HiddenDepths: She wills all of her money to Bruce Mathis, crediting him as "a handsome man with a beautiful soul". A surprisingly humane mindset coming from a woman like Barbara. Then again, [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation it could just be another jab at Frank.]]
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* OppositesAttract: Evidently. The show doesn't go too deep into their past relationship, but somehow the benevolent, charitable Bruce Mathis was once drawn to the arrogant, narcissistic Barbara Reynolds.
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* {{Gonk}}: Probably as a result of a lifetime of bad habits like smoking and drinking.
* TheGrotesque: Dennis, Frank and Charlie all agree that just looking at her is disturbing.
* TheGrotesque: Dennis, Frank and Charlie all agree that just looking at her is disturbing.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: It takes him less than one episode to see the gang for what they are...but he's almost shockingly blind to the fact that Barbara is probably worse than all of them put together. He also assigns all the blame to Frank for the way Dennis and Dee turned out.
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* ManChild: Gender-flipped and downplayed, but there. She's in her thirties but acts like a desperate teenager who just wants to fit in.
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* WomanChild: Downplayed, but there. She's TotallyRadical: She constantly uses mostly outdated slang in her thirties but acts like a desperate teenager who just wants an attempt to fit in. seem cool to the people around her.
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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Until you throw salt at her.
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* GoodCounterpart: He's basically what Mac ould be if he actually got his act together and made something of himself.
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* IAmAHumanitarian: When he first meets The Gang, he seems oddly intrigued by Dee's hair, playing with it in his hands without saying anything. Dee is understandably creeped out, but she [[InsaneTrollLogic somehow twists this]] into thinking that Luther wants to eat her.
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* OmnidisciplinaryLawyer: Jack is stated to specialize in state and constitutional law, but the Gang comes to him for divorce issues and the [=McPoyle=]-Ponderosa trial.
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* IdenticalGrandpa: A photo of a young Pop-Pop shows he was the spitting image of Dennis.
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* IdenticalGrandpa: IdenticalGrandson: A photo of a young Pop-Pop shows he was the spitting image of Dennis.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: [[spoiler: She reveals that Frank's isn't Dennis and Dee's biological father as if she's talking about the weather.]]
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* IdenticalGrandpa: A photo of a young Pop-Pop shows he was the spitting image of Dennis.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: With his hair slicked back, Mac looks a lot like him.
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* TomboyAndGirlGirl: Girly girl to Mrs Mac's tomboy.
* VitriolicBestBeds: While she refers to Mrs Mac as a "horrible, horrible woman" and even tries to ''kill her in her sleep'' at one point, she also sincerely considers them to be great friends.
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* TomboyAndGirlGirl: TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly girl to Mrs Mac's tomboy.
*VitriolicBestBeds: VitriolicBestBuds: While she refers to Mrs Mac as a "horrible, horrible woman" and even tries to ''kill her in her sleep'' at one point, she also sincerely considers them to be great friends.
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* TomboyAndGirlGirl: Girly girl to Mrs Mac's tomboy.
* VitriolicBestBeds: While she refers to Mrs Mac as a "horrible, horrible woman" and even tries to ''kill her in her sleep'' at one point, she also sincerely considers them to be great friends.
* VitriolicBestBeds: While she refers to Mrs Mac as a "horrible, horrible woman" and even tries to ''kill her in her sleep'' at one point, she also sincerely considers them to be great friends.
* AbusiveParents: Openly rude and uncaring towards her son. Mac is so accustomed to her behavior that he has trained himself to interpret her agitated groans to mean whatever words of approval he currently wants to hear.
* TheGrotesque: Dennis, Frank and Charlie all agree that just looking at her is disturbing.
* {{Jerkass}}: Has no problem with telling her son that she doesn't like him to his face.
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* TheUnintelligible: Much of the time she communicates in grunts and coughs which Mac then translates.
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* TheStoic: "Pissed Off" is basically her only emotion. A flashback to Mac's childhood shows her acting and speaking in a much more normal fashion, suggesting that old age has caused her to stop caring even more than she already did.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Mrs Kelly's girl girl.
* TheUnintelligible: Much of the time she communicates in grunts andcoughs coughs, which Mac then translates.translates.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Constantly fighting with Bonnie Kelly, but doesn't actually seem to mind having her as a roommate.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Mrs Kelly's girl girl.
* TheUnintelligible: Much of the time she communicates in grunts and
* VitriolicBestBuds: Constantly fighting with Bonnie Kelly, but doesn't actually seem to mind having her as a roommate.
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* AbusiveParents: Was emotionally distant towards Mac while he was growing up, and only ever acknowledged him to insult or belittle him, causing Mac to desperately crave his approval. While Luther ''has'' genuinely made several attempts at reconnecting and improving his relationship with Mac, the Gang inevitably ends up screwing it up.
* BiTheWay: Was married to Mrs Mac and sleeps with women, but was in a long time relationship with the crime lord Eduardo Sanchez. Charlie's mother recounts being in a threesome with the two of them that ended in her getting pushed off to the side while they finished together. Naturally, [[ArmoredClosetGay Mac]] futilely tries to spin this into Luther's way of enforcing his masculine dominance over Eduardo rather than admitting his father's bisexuality.
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* DepravedBisexual: According EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Pretty much shown to Bonnie, he's bisexual and had a sexual relationship genuinely love his son whenever he appears. The only problem is that Mac is such an idiot that he constantly ruins his attempts at reconnecting with him by extending his prison sentence. Even then, [[spoiler: Dennis eventually reveals that he had sent Mac countless letters from prison that he (Dennis) had destroyed before Mac was able to read]].
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: He and Mac will never be able to reconnect with each other as father and son, despite both of them wanting to, as the Gang's actions will inevitably end up getting him arrested by the end of the episode.
* HeelFaceTurn: Well, maybe not quite acertain Eduardo Sanchez.full turn, but he went from a villainous and dangerous criminal to a guy who wants to set his life straight and make amends with all of the people that he feels he has wronged.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: He and Mac will never be able to reconnect with each other as father and son, despite both of them wanting to, as the Gang's actions will inevitably end up getting him arrested by the end of the episode.
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* KnightOfCerebus: Played with. While he's incredibly intimidating and rarely given jokes while on screen, he never actually does anything to make the show darker than it normally is. The Gang ''believes'' him to be this, however, causing them to freak out whenever he's involved in an episode's plot.
* RedHerring: As an incredibly scary career criminal, the Gang constantly suspects him of doing dangerous activities. Every episode he appears in inevitably reveals this to not be the case.
* RedHerring: As an incredibly scary career criminal, the Gang constantly suspects him of doing dangerous activities. Every episode he appears in inevitably reveals this to not be the case.
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* BadassGay: Everyone in the Gang except Mac finds his genuine {{Bad Ass}}ness and being open about being gay to be very refreshing over Mac [[MilesGloriosus believing he's the former with little reason]] and [[ArmouredClosetGay loudly condemning the latter in spite of himself]].
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* BadassGay: Everyone in the Gang except Mac finds his genuine {{Bad Ass}}ness badassness and being open about being gay to be very refreshing over Mac [[MilesGloriosus believing he's the former with little reason]] and [[ArmouredClosetGay loudly condemning the latter in spite of himself]].
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* {{Badass}}: Lampshaded in "Mac Day". Everyone in the Gang except for Mac thinks Country Mac is bad ass and will comment on it every now and then, while Mac insists he's just reckless.
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* TheAce: A true jack of all trades, he is shown excelling at everything that Mac struggles to do.
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* AbusiveParents: While she's a genuinely nice lady, her obscene over-protectiveness of her son, mixed with her own warped views of the world impacting his development, led Charlie to becoming the borderline-feral man that he is today.
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* NiceGirl: While her ridiculous coddling of Charlie was abusive in its own way, Bonnie is the only parent besides Frank that is ever nice to anyone. She's still a pretty horrible racist, however.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: See MinorMajorCharacter below. If not for her, Dennis, Dee and even Frank may not have been as bad as they are today.
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* WomanChild: Downplayed, but there. She acts like a desperate teenager who just wants to fit in. She's in her thirties.
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* NaziGrandpa: His nazi-war-veteran status and prejudices cause Dee and Dennis to be unsure about whether or not to pull the plug on him. This is because on one hand, they'd be killing a family member, but on the other hand, he's a nazi.
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* NaziGrandpa: His nazi-war-veteran Nazi-war-veteran status and prejudices cause Dee and Dennis to be unsure about whether or not to pull the plug on him. This is because on one hand, they'd be killing a family member, but on the other hand, he's a nazi.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Not quite as obvious as Charle, but almost every episode featuring her shows her to be as weird as he is in her ridiculous beliefs and superstitions.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Not quite as obvious as Charle, Charlie, but almost every episode featuring her shows her to be as weird as he is in her ridiculous beliefs and superstitions.superstitions.
* ExtremeDoormat: To call her weak-willed and timid would be quite the understatement.
* ExtremeDoormat: To call her weak-willed and timid would be quite the understatement.
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* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: While her ridiculous coddling of Charlie was abusive in its own way, Bonnie is pretty much the only parent besides Frank that is ever nice to anyone. She's still a pretty horrible racist, however.
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* SuperOCD: She does things, such as flicking light swithes on and off, [[RuleOfThree three times]] because she thinks that if she doesn't, Charlie will die. She gave Charlie vaccinations every month and she and him would also wear bubble boy suits every flu season.
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* SuperOCD: She does things, such as flicking light swithes switches on and off, [[RuleOfThree three times]] because she thinks that if she doesn't, Charlie will die. She gave Charlie vaccinations every month and she and him would also wear bubble boy suits every flu season.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:He falls off his motorcycle and dies.]]
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:He falls off his motorcycle and dies. Despite all of his larger than life badassery, his death was incredibly abrupt and anticlimactic.]]
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* MinorMajorCharacter: Only gets a few appearances before being permanently killed off, but is a major reason why Dennis and Dee became the awful people they are today, as well as why Frank became disillusioned with his wealth.
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* MinorMajorCharacter: Only gets a few appearances before being permanently killed off, but is a major reason why Dennis and Dee became the awful people they are today, as well as why Frank became disillusioned with his wealth. Essentially, she's responsible for three-fifths of the Gang even ''existing''.
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* {{Narcissist}}: See It's All About Me.
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* {{Narcissist}}: See It's All About Me.ItsAllAboutMe.
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[[folder:Barbara]]
!!Barbara Reynolds
->'''Played By:''' Anne Archer
Frank's gold-digging ex-wife and Dennis and Dee's mother. She was a cold, cruel, selfish woman with little affection for her family. Frank referred to her as his "whore wife".
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* AbusiveParent: To Dee more than Dennis. In her will, she explicitly calls Dee "a mistake".
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: After her death, attitudes range from apathy to outright celebration. Frank pops champagne while Dee and Dennis are largely concerned with what she's left them.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Dies off-screen in "Dennis and Dee's Mom is Dead," from a botched neck lift. Dee and Dennis don't care, and Frank is downright celebratory.
* GoldDigger: Married Frank for his money.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She is very self-centered and smug.
* KarmicDeath: It's oddly fitting that Barbara would die as a result of an unnecessary surgery she got to appease her own vanity.
* LackOfEmpathy: She stole medication from ''dying children'' and chastised Dee for telling one of them they won't die after they asked her if they would because "if they die, you'll look like a fool".
* MrsRobinson: {{Subverted| Trope}}. She banged Mac, but only to upset Frank and actually finds him quite unattractive.
* {{Narcissist}}: See It's All About Me.
* ParentalFavoritism: Towards Dennis.
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* RichBitch: Well, she did marry a rich guy for his money.
* SmugSnake: See It's All About Me, again.
* TheSociopath: The worst sociopath in the entire series, which is saying a ''lot''.
* YourCheatingHeart: She cheated on Frank with Bruce Mathis. Considering what we know about Barbara, it's likely she went through most of Philadelphia while married to Frank.
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[[folder:Bruce]]
!!Bruce Mathis
->'''Played By:''' Stephen Collins
Dennis and Dee's biological father. The antithesis of Frank Reynolds, Bruce devotes his time and money to charities and philanthropic efforts, including adopting several suffering children in Africa.
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* GoodIsNotSoft: He tries to teach Dennis and Dee a lesson by pushing them to their limits.
* NiceGuy: He does volunteer work and is very nice and courteous to Dee and Dennis before realizing they're bad people.
* OnlySaneMan: He starts out as a very reasonable person, but his desire to get the better of the gang makes him quickly lose his rational demeanor.
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[[folder:Gail the Snail]]
!!Gail the Snail
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MaryLynnRajskub
* AbhorrentAdmirer: To just about everyone. Both platonically and sexually.
* {{Gonk}}: She's as unpleasant on the outside as she is on the inside.
* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: She brags about losing her virginity twice despite being 33 years old, once to her own mother.
--> '''Gail''': Guess what mom, I'm sexually active!
--> '''Donna''': You're 33, you're supposed to be sexually active!
* InSeriesNickname: She has two of them - primarily "Gail the Snail", largely due to her mucus and the fact that the only surefire way to get rid of her is to salt her. She's also known as "Garbage Pail Cousin", since she's generally disgusting.
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* WomanChild: Downplayed, but there. She acts like a desperate teenager who just wants to fit in. She's in her thirties.
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[[folder:Pop-Pop]]
!!Pop-Pop
-> '''Played By:''' Tom Bower
Dee and Dennis' grandfather on their mother's side.
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* NaziGrandpa: His nazi-war-veteran status and prejudices cause Dee and Dennis to be unsure about whether or not to pull the plug on him. This is because on one hand, they'd be killing a family member, but on the other hand, he's a nazi.
* ThoseWackyNazis: Fought in [=WWII=] on the side of the Germans and still believes in Aryan superiority.
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!Charlie's Family
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!!Bonnie Kelly
->'''Played By:''' Lynne Marie Stewart
Charlie's mom, a sweet and timid woman who is attracted to cruel men. She had a one-night stand with Frank Reynolds 30 years ago, possibly making him Charlie's biological father.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: When Frank was with her, he would treat her like crap because "The woman prefers to be treated like crap. [He's] never seen anything like it." and says that sometimes it's too much even for ''[[LackOfEmpathy him]]''. Charlie later tries to break them up by setting her up with Mac's dad, informing her that he was in prison. And it works.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Played With. In the ChristmasEpisode, she's revealed to have been a prostitute and is one of the nicer members of the cast. But she also has severe mental issues and is a xenophobe.
* NervousWreck: She's very timid and shy. "I don't want a dog to eat my face off, Charlie!"
* OddFriendship: With Mrs. Mac, after some initial difficulties that involved Mrs. Mac strangling her a tad.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain[=/=]PoliticallyIncorrectHero: She bonds with Mrs. Mac over their mutual racism.
* ReallyGetsAround: Aside from the dozens of men she had sex with while being a prostitute, she's slept with both Frank and Luther.
* ShrinkingViolet: Older, but has severe nervous issues.
* StepfordSmiler: She has a tendency to admit depressing things in a cheerful tone.
* SuperOCD: She does things, such as flicking light swithes on and off, [[RuleOfThree three times]] because she thinks that if she doesn't, Charlie will die. She gave Charlie vaccinations every month and she and him would also wear bubble boy suits every flu season.
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[[folder:Jack]]
!!Uncle Jack Kelly
->'''Played By:''' Andrew Friedman
Charlie's uncle (the brother of Charlie's mother Bonnie) and a lawyer.
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* AmoralAttorney: Jack's a lawyer though a rather bad one. It's obvious to the audience that something's not quite right with him, every time he appears on screen.
* BlackComedyRape: It's strongly implied that he molested Charlie or exposed himself to him or ''something'' that has caused Charlie to be extremely wary of him.
* CompensatingForSomething: His self-consciousness over his small hands causes him to edit in different, larger hands in all pictures of him, while his public access TV show uses creative camera angles to avoid showing his hands as much as possible.
* CreepyUncle: Uncle Jack is a deeply unsettling man. He's always touching people, he's obsessed with hands (he feels his own hands are too small) and he is all but outright stated to be a pedophile interested in young boys. When Dee declares she's kidnapped some kids (by accident) he immediately leaps into action with solid creepy advice.
* {{Shotacon}}: Heavily implied.
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!Mac's Family
[[folder:Luther]]
!!Luther [[spoiler:[=McDonald=]]]
->'''Played By:''' Gregory Scott Cummins
Mac's father, a convicted felon. He is tall and has numerous tattoos and a generally intimidating appearance because he never blinks. Possibly due to his past imprisonment and intimidating presence, he is one of the few people the Gang does not immediately try to manipulate or exploit.
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* TheAtoner: Once released from prison, he goes to apologize to all the people he's wronged.
* BeardOfEvil: Subverted. In a flashback where he ''doesn't'' have the beard, he's more unambiguously evil.
* DeathGlare: His default expression. He himself remarks, "I don't blink."
* DepravedBisexual: According to Bonnie, he's bisexual and had a sexual relationship with a certain Eduardo Sanchez.
* IcyBlueEyes: As Charlie points out to Bonnie.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He has a shady past and is quite blunt and rude, but he genuinely loves his son. In "Dennis Looks Like A Registered Sex Offender," Mac calls the cops on him because he thinks his father is on a murder spree that will end with him and Charlie. It turns out that [[spoiler: Luther actually got arrested for violating his parole: he's not supposed to leave the state, but had purchased plane tickets for himself, Mac and Charlie to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame]]. Even after getting out of jail again, [[spoiler:he writes Mac a letter saying he still loves him and that he's trying to learn to forgive him.]]
* TattooedCrook: He has quite a few tattoos.
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[[folder:Mrs Mac]]
!!Mrs. "Mac" [[spoiler:[=McDonald=]]]
->'''Played By:''' Sandy Martin
Mac's mom. She is usually seen smoking and watching television on the front porch of her home. She is extremely apathetic, demonstrated by her falling asleep at her son's "funeral" with a portable TV on her lap and remaining the same as usual when Luther is out on parole, and she often communicates with minimal words and unenthused grunts, which Mac serves as translator for.
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* BerserkButton: Being woken up, as Mrs Kelly found out to her detriment.
* {{Gonk}}: Probably as a result of a lifetime of bad habits like smoking and drinking.
* HiddenDepths: She's very handy and good at fixing things.
* MustHaveNicotine: She's literally ''never'' seen without a cigarette in her mouth.
* OddFriendship: With Bonnie Kelly, after some initial difficulties that involved Mrs. Mac strangling her a tad.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: She bonds with Bonnie Kelly over their mutual racism.
* TheUnintelligible: Much of the time she communicates in grunts and coughs which Mac then translates.
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[[folder: Country Mac]]
!!Country Mac
->'''Played By:''' Sean William Scott
* TheAlcoholic: The gang notes he always he has a beer in his hand. [[spoiler:This later causes him to die abruptly.]]
* {{Badass}}: Lampshaded in "Mac Day". Everyone in the Gang except for Mac thinks Country Mac is bad ass and will comment on it every now and then, while Mac insists he's just reckless.
* BadassGay: Everyone in the Gang except Mac finds his genuine {{Bad Ass}}ness and being open about being gay to be very refreshing over Mac [[MilesGloriosus believing he's the former with little reason]] and [[ArmouredClosetGay loudly condemning the latter in spite of himself]].
* CountryCousin: He's nick-named "Country Mac" because he's Mac's cousin from the countryside.
* DeathByFallingOver: He dies from his motorcycle falling over at low speed.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:He falls off his motorcycle and dies.]]
* {{Foil}}: To his cousin, Mac. He is reckless, tough, confident but not [[SmallNameBigEgo cocky]], religious but tolerant, and open about his sexuality.
* GoodCounterpart: He's basically what Mac ould be if he actually got his act together and made something of himself.
* ImprovisedWeapon: When a black-belt knocks out his cousin, he uses his shirt to strangle him.
* ManlyGay[=/=]StraightGay: He admits he's at the bodybuilding competition to pick up some bodybuilders.
* MrFanservice: He's good looking and we get to see him shirtless.
* OnlyKnownByHisNickName: We never get to know his actual name.
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[[folder:Barbara]]
!!Barbara Reynolds
->'''Played By:''' Anne Archer
Frank's gold-digging ex-wife and Dennis and Dee's mother. She was a cold, cruel, selfish woman with little affection for her family. Frank referred to her as his "whore wife".
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* AbusiveParent: To Dee more than Dennis. In her will, she explicitly calls Dee "a mistake".
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: After her death, attitudes range from apathy to outright celebration. Frank pops champagne while Dee and Dennis are largely concerned with what she's left them.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Dies off-screen in "Dennis and Dee's Mom is Dead," from a botched neck lift. Dee and Dennis don't care, and Frank is downright celebratory.
* GoldDigger: Married Frank for his money.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She is very self-centered and smug.
* KarmicDeath: It's oddly fitting that Barbara would die as a result of an unnecessary surgery she got to appease her own vanity.
* LackOfEmpathy: She stole medication from ''dying children'' and chastised Dee for telling one of them they won't die after they asked her if they would because "if they die, you'll look like a fool".
* MrsRobinson: {{Subverted| Trope}}. She banged Mac, but only to upset Frank and actually finds him quite unattractive.
* {{Narcissist}}: See It's All About Me.
* ParentalFavoritism: Towards Dennis.
%%* ReallyGetsAround
* RichBitch: Well, she did marry a rich guy for his money.
* SmugSnake: See It's All About Me, again.
* TheSociopath: The worst sociopath in the entire series, which is saying a ''lot''.
* YourCheatingHeart: She cheated on Frank with Bruce Mathis. Considering what we know about Barbara, it's likely she went through most of Philadelphia while married to Frank.
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[[folder:Bruce]]
!!Bruce Mathis
->'''Played By:''' Stephen Collins
Dennis and Dee's biological father. The antithesis of Frank Reynolds, Bruce devotes his time and money to charities and philanthropic efforts, including adopting several suffering children in Africa.
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* GoodIsNotSoft: He tries to teach Dennis and Dee a lesson by pushing them to their limits.
* NiceGuy: He does volunteer work and is very nice and courteous to Dee and Dennis before realizing they're bad people.
* OnlySaneMan: He starts out as a very reasonable person, but his desire to get the better of the gang makes him quickly lose his rational demeanor.
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[[folder:Gail the Snail]]
!!Gail the Snail
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MaryLynnRajskub
* AbhorrentAdmirer: To just about everyone. Both platonically and sexually.
* {{Gonk}}: She's as unpleasant on the outside as she is on the inside.
* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: She brags about losing her virginity twice despite being 33 years old, once to her own mother.
--> '''Gail''': Guess what mom, I'm sexually active!
--> '''Donna''': You're 33, you're supposed to be sexually active!
* InSeriesNickname: She has two of them - primarily "Gail the Snail", largely due to her mucus and the fact that the only surefire way to get rid of her is to salt her. She's also known as "Garbage Pail Cousin", since she's generally disgusting.
%%* SpoiledBrat
* WomanChild: Downplayed, but there. She acts like a desperate teenager who just wants to fit in. She's in her thirties.
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[[folder:Pop-Pop]]
!!Pop-Pop
-> '''Played By:''' Tom Bower
Dee and Dennis' grandfather on their mother's side.
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* NaziGrandpa: His nazi-war-veteran status and prejudices cause Dee and Dennis to be unsure about whether or not to pull the plug on him. This is because on one hand, they'd be killing a family member, but on the other hand, he's a nazi.
* ThoseWackyNazis: Fought in [=WWII=] on the side of the Germans and still believes in Aryan superiority.
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!Charlie's Family
[[folder:Bonnie]]
!!Bonnie Kelly
->'''Played By:''' Lynne Marie Stewart
Charlie's mom, a sweet and timid woman who is attracted to cruel men. She had a one-night stand with Frank Reynolds 30 years ago, possibly making him Charlie's biological father.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: When Frank was with her, he would treat her like crap because "The woman prefers to be treated like crap. [He's] never seen anything like it." and says that sometimes it's too much even for ''[[LackOfEmpathy him]]''. Charlie later tries to break them up by setting her up with Mac's dad, informing her that he was in prison. And it works.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Played With. In the ChristmasEpisode, she's revealed to have been a prostitute and is one of the nicer members of the cast. But she also has severe mental issues and is a xenophobe.
* NervousWreck: She's very timid and shy. "I don't want a dog to eat my face off, Charlie!"
* OddFriendship: With Mrs. Mac, after some initial difficulties that involved Mrs. Mac strangling her a tad.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain[=/=]PoliticallyIncorrectHero: She bonds with Mrs. Mac over their mutual racism.
* ReallyGetsAround: Aside from the dozens of men she had sex with while being a prostitute, she's slept with both Frank and Luther.
* ShrinkingViolet: Older, but has severe nervous issues.
* StepfordSmiler: She has a tendency to admit depressing things in a cheerful tone.
* SuperOCD: She does things, such as flicking light swithes on and off, [[RuleOfThree three times]] because she thinks that if she doesn't, Charlie will die. She gave Charlie vaccinations every month and she and him would also wear bubble boy suits every flu season.
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[[folder:Jack]]
!!Uncle Jack Kelly
->'''Played By:''' Andrew Friedman
Charlie's uncle (the brother of Charlie's mother Bonnie) and a lawyer.
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* AmoralAttorney: Jack's a lawyer though a rather bad one. It's obvious to the audience that something's not quite right with him, every time he appears on screen.
* BlackComedyRape: It's strongly implied that he molested Charlie or exposed himself to him or ''something'' that has caused Charlie to be extremely wary of him.
* CompensatingForSomething: His self-consciousness over his small hands causes him to edit in different, larger hands in all pictures of him, while his public access TV show uses creative camera angles to avoid showing his hands as much as possible.
* CreepyUncle: Uncle Jack is a deeply unsettling man. He's always touching people, he's obsessed with hands (he feels his own hands are too small) and he is all but outright stated to be a pedophile interested in young boys. When Dee declares she's kidnapped some kids (by accident) he immediately leaps into action with solid creepy advice.
* {{Shotacon}}: Heavily implied.
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!Mac's Family
[[folder:Luther]]
!!Luther [[spoiler:[=McDonald=]]]
->'''Played By:''' Gregory Scott Cummins
Mac's father, a convicted felon. He is tall and has numerous tattoos and a generally intimidating appearance because he never blinks. Possibly due to his past imprisonment and intimidating presence, he is one of the few people the Gang does not immediately try to manipulate or exploit.
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* TheAtoner: Once released from prison, he goes to apologize to all the people he's wronged.
* BeardOfEvil: Subverted. In a flashback where he ''doesn't'' have the beard, he's more unambiguously evil.
* DeathGlare: His default expression. He himself remarks, "I don't blink."
* DepravedBisexual: According to Bonnie, he's bisexual and had a sexual relationship with a certain Eduardo Sanchez.
* IcyBlueEyes: As Charlie points out to Bonnie.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He has a shady past and is quite blunt and rude, but he genuinely loves his son. In "Dennis Looks Like A Registered Sex Offender," Mac calls the cops on him because he thinks his father is on a murder spree that will end with him and Charlie. It turns out that [[spoiler: Luther actually got arrested for violating his parole: he's not supposed to leave the state, but had purchased plane tickets for himself, Mac and Charlie to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame]]. Even after getting out of jail again, [[spoiler:he writes Mac a letter saying he still loves him and that he's trying to learn to forgive him.]]
* TattooedCrook: He has quite a few tattoos.
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[[folder:Mrs Mac]]
!!Mrs. "Mac" [[spoiler:[=McDonald=]]]
->'''Played By:''' Sandy Martin
Mac's mom. She is usually seen smoking and watching television on the front porch of her home. She is extremely apathetic, demonstrated by her falling asleep at her son's "funeral" with a portable TV on her lap and remaining the same as usual when Luther is out on parole, and she often communicates with minimal words and unenthused grunts, which Mac serves as translator for.
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* BerserkButton: Being woken up, as Mrs Kelly found out to her detriment.
* {{Gonk}}: Probably as a result of a lifetime of bad habits like smoking and drinking.
* HiddenDepths: She's very handy and good at fixing things.
* MustHaveNicotine: She's literally ''never'' seen without a cigarette in her mouth.
* OddFriendship: With Bonnie Kelly, after some initial difficulties that involved Mrs. Mac strangling her a tad.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: She bonds with Bonnie Kelly over their mutual racism.
* TheUnintelligible: Much of the time she communicates in grunts and coughs which Mac then translates.
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[[folder: Country Mac]]
!!Country Mac
->'''Played By:''' Sean William Scott
* TheAlcoholic: The gang notes he always he has a beer in his hand. [[spoiler:This later causes him to die abruptly.]]
* {{Badass}}: Lampshaded in "Mac Day". Everyone in the Gang except for Mac thinks Country Mac is bad ass and will comment on it every now and then, while Mac insists he's just reckless.
* BadassGay: Everyone in the Gang except Mac finds his genuine {{Bad Ass}}ness and being open about being gay to be very refreshing over Mac [[MilesGloriosus believing he's the former with little reason]] and [[ArmouredClosetGay loudly condemning the latter in spite of himself]].
* CountryCousin: He's nick-named "Country Mac" because he's Mac's cousin from the countryside.
* DeathByFallingOver: He dies from his motorcycle falling over at low speed.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:He falls off his motorcycle and dies.]]
* {{Foil}}: To his cousin, Mac. He is reckless, tough, confident but not [[SmallNameBigEgo cocky]], religious but tolerant, and open about his sexuality.
* GoodCounterpart: He's basically what Mac ould be if he actually got his act together and made something of himself.
* ImprovisedWeapon: When a black-belt knocks out his cousin, he uses his shirt to strangle him.
* ManlyGay[=/=]StraightGay: He admits he's at the bodybuilding competition to pick up some bodybuilders.
* MrFanservice: He's good looking and we get to see him shirtless.
* OnlyKnownByHisNickName: We never get to know his actual name.
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