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* LivingLegend: Leigh is a legendary star in the Broadway community- although her fame and success came at the expense of her relationship with Ivy.
* LivingLegend: Leigh is a legendary star in the Broadway community- although her fame and success came at the expense of her relationship with Ivy.
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* PutOnABus: Quickly exits ''Bombshell'' and the series at the end of Season 1.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Finds herself unexpectedly on the receiving end of this trope.
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* Gaygnst: {{Gaygnst}}: Solidly averted. Despite his fairly traditional family and his staunch religiosity, seems to be completely comfortable in his sexuality.sexuality.
* LetsWaitAWhile: Gently but firmly rebuffs Tom's initial advances when they first start dating, explaining that he wants to wait until it will really mean something.
* LetsWaitAWhile: Gently but firmly rebuffs Tom's initial advances when they first start dating, explaining that he wants to wait until it will really mean something.
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* VocalRangeExceeded: Try as she might, Rebecca ''cannot'' handle some of the big songs Tom and Julia have written. However, she at least is aware of her own limits: she hires a vocal coach, suggests lowering the keys of some of the songs, and is willing (at least initially) to allow some of the Marilyn material to be given to the "shadow selves."
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* PoliticalStereotype: Averted. Tom is horrified to discover John is a Republican- and a politically active one at that.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: Again, InUniverse instance, where Rebecca is hired and quickly proves to be a ''complete'' mismatch for the emotionally complex, big-voiced role of Marilyn.
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* BigSisterInstinct: In the surrogate family that is the ''Bombshell'' team, Julia tends to act as the protective big sister. She and Tom, in particular, tend to toggle back and forth over who is the reassuring older sibling and who is the mess of a younger sibling at the moment.
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* BettyAndVeronica: The Archie to Frank's Betty and Michael's Veronica, and vacillates between her conflicting attraction to them both for most of Season 1.
* BigSisterInstinct: In the surrogate family that is the ''Bombshell'' team, Julia tends to act as the protective big sister. She and Tom, in particular, tend to toggle back and forth over who is the reassuring older sibling and who is the mess of a younger sibling at the moment. She also develops a motherly or sisterly fondness and protectiveness for Kyle in Season 2.
* BigSisterInstinct: In the surrogate family that is the ''Bombshell'' team, Julia tends to act as the protective big sister. She and Tom, in particular, tend to toggle back and forth over who is the reassuring older sibling and who is the mess of a younger sibling at the moment. She also develops a motherly or sisterly fondness and protectiveness for Kyle in Season 2.
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* EasilyForgiven: Averted. The fallout from her affair hurts her family, her work family, and the production as a whole, and no one pulls any punches about reminding her of that.
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* MamaBear: Drops everything if Leo is in trouble, and goes to over-the-top lengths to find out where he is [[spoiler: when he runs away.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Suggested, then averted. The first season finale ends on a cliffhanger with a rejected Ivy holding a large handful of pills. She doesn't take them.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: And ''how''. Ivy suffers through an emotionally exhausting workshop process, an insensitive boss/boyfriend, losing two jobs in quick succession, a suicide attempt, a show in which she does well closing immediately, and turmoil with her mother. By the end of the finale, however, she has [[spoiler: reunited with Derek, is expecting a baby that she's decided she does want, and has won a Tony.]]
* MamaBear: Do ''not'' mess with her daughter (particularly if you're said daughter's father). She's even willing to sacrifice the good of her musical if it means keeping her daughter out of the media fray.
* BeserkButton: The fastest way to make him angry? Bring up Julia and Michael's affair and/or how it was common knowledge among the cast and creative team.
* HollywoodToneDeaf: Frank teasingly serenades Julia in one episode, and the effort of a Tony-nominated actor to simulate "bad" singing is fairly obvious.
* HollywoodToneDeaf: Frank teasingly serenades Julia in one episode, and the effort of a Tony-nominated actor to simulate "bad" singing is fairly obvious.
* LoveTriangle: With Julia and Michael; later revealed that Julia has emotionally felt torn between them for much longer than she let on.
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* RealitySubtext: InUniverse, BackForTheFinale: After disappearing for all of Season 2, Michael reappears [[spoiler: when Julia shows up on his defense doorstep at the end of [=DiMaggio=] as a character and a love interest for Marilyn mirrors his romantic entanglement with Julia. Carried the finale, presumably to its logical extreme rekindle their relationship]] after being referenced a few times in the scene where he and Julia improv a Joe/Marilyn scene that is really about their own relationship ending.previous few episodes.
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* PutOnABus: For Season 2, explained by him "doing a favor" for the ''Bombshell'' team by stepping in for the out-of-town tryout but not wanting to continue with the show, for reasons personal and professional.
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* RealitySubtext: InUniverse, his defense of [=DiMaggio=] as a character and a love interest for Marilyn mirrors his romantic entanglement with Julia. Carried to its logical extreme in the scene where he and Julia improv a Joe/Marilyn scene that is really about their own relationship ending.
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* DysfunctionalFamily: Between their adoption struggles, the strain Julia's career is causing, Leo's rebellious stoner tendencies, and Julia's affair, the Houston household is anything but smooth sailing.
* HappilyMarried: To Frank, at the beginning of the series. [[spoiler: It doesn't last.]]
* ArtisticLicenseMusic: In real life, no musical theater actress would audition (for a major role, no less) with a pop song; she would likely choose a song from musical theater canon that would allow for character work similar to that of the hoped-for role.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Makes a habit of these, with nearly every time he expresses his feelings for Julia being full to the brim with angst and heartache and drama.
* RealitySubtext: InUniverse, his defense of [=DiMaggio=] as a character and a love interest for Marilyn mirrors his romantic entanglement with Julia. Carried to its logical extreme in the scene where he and Julia improv a Joe/Marilyn scene that is really about their own relationship ending.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Makes a habit of these, with nearly every time he expresses his feelings for Julia being full to the brim with angst and heartache and drama.
* RealitySubtext: InUniverse, his defense of [=DiMaggio=] as a character and a love interest for Marilyn mirrors his romantic entanglement with Julia. Carried to its logical extreme in the scene where he and Julia improv a Joe/Marilyn scene that is really about their own relationship ending.
* ManlyTears: After [[spoiler: Kyle dies.]]
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* NewOldFlame: He and Julia had some romantic tension in their grad school days, although it never went anywhere because of her relationship with Frank and her professional betrayal of him.
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* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: No longer feels at home when she returns to her hometown, particularly with her parents' well-intentioned but unhelpful worry over her career prospects.
* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler: Out of all the women Derek is romantically linked with, she is the one he ends up with.]]
* CrazyJealousGuy: Progressively gets more and more suspicious and disapproving of Karen's career, particularly her growing bond with Derek and with Rebecca Duvall.
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* LoveRedeems: A platonic version: although he falls for Karen, it is his brotherly love for Kyle [[spoiler: and guilt over indirectly causing Kyle's death]] that usually brings him out of {{Jerkass}} mode.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: In the earlier episodes of Season 2, he has a crush on Jimmy who has a crush on Karen who also has some tension with Derek... Eventually he meets Blake and this goes away.
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* FictionalCounterpart: Runs the Manhattan Theatre Workshop, ''Smash'''s counterpart to the real-life New York Theatre Workshop.
* FictionalCounterpart: Runs the Manhattan Theatre Workshop, ''Smash'''s counterpart to the real-life New York Theatre Workshop.
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A prominent member of the theatrical community and a Tony Awards voter on whose bad side Tom keeps inadvertently getting.
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Introduced a few episodes into Season 1, Sam is a member of ''Bombshell'''s ensemble and a longtime friend of Ivy's. He does his best to avoid the drama surrounding him while being a loyal and supportive friend.
Introduced a few episodes into Season 1, Sam is a member of ''Bombshell'''s ensemble and a longtime friend of Ivy's. He does his best to avoid the drama surrounding him while being a loyal and supportive friend.
* OnlySaneMan: Among the actors, Sam is by ''far'' the least prone to drama and the likeliest to tell it how it is.
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Julia's husband, a former high school science teacher who took time away from his career to support Julia's- a decision not without some regrets.
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A lawyer who is set up on a blind date with Tom and quickly finds himself with a front row seat to the crazy world of theater.
Ivy's mother and a stage legend- though her many awards are unlikely to include "Mother of the Year."
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A big-name Hollywood star brought on to play Marilyn in hopes of drumming up more buzz. Whether or not she's up to the task remains to be seen.
A bartender and composer whose path crosses with Karen's, Jimmy's gift for music and harsh demeanor cover a troubled past which keeps coming back to haunt him, no matter how hard he tries.
Jimmy's best friend and coworker, Kyle is an aspiring bookwriter with a deep passion for theater whose dreams may exceed his talents, but whose drive keeps his and Jimmy's work moving forward.
New roommate and old friend to Karen, Ana is an actress who is tired of almosts and ready to shine.
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* 10MinuteRetirement: TenMinuteRetirement: Starts out the series this way, having promised her family to take time off but almost immediately getting drawn back in by the idea of a Marilyn Monroe musical.
* AesopAmnesia: Her fellow ensemble members point out to her that she needs to tone it down and learn to blend into a group rather than stand out. Cue musical number in which Karen is in full-on center-of-attention mode.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Tells Sam to take a gig touring with ''The Book of Mormon'' even though it will mean being away from him.
* PutOnABus: Takes a role in a national tour early in Season 2.
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: Reappears in the series finale, hinting at a possible renewal of his relationship with Julia.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Comes from an apparently bad family life and at one point [[spoiler: was dealing drugs and not calling for help for overdosed addicts]]. It got bad enough that, when he got out with Kyle's help, he even [[spoiler: changed his name.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: His temper comes and goes, but when he is in a mood, it only takes the smallest thing to set him on a rant.
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* TookALevelInKindness: Following [[spoiler: Kyle's death]], Jimmy becomes decidedly mellower and (with a few exceptions) tries to be a nicer person out of respect.
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* AuthorAvatar: Rumored to be an avatar of sorts for series creator Theresa Rebeck (leading to some controversy surrounding her character after Rebeck's departure).
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: A moody workaholic who finds himself attracted to both the naive Karen and the placating Ivy.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: The Gentle Girl in her her dynamic with both Derek and Jimmy.
* AmicableExes: For the most part, [[spoiler: she and Derek]] maintain a surprisingly decent (though still complicated) relationship.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: While not "gentle" exactly, Ivy is usually the sane voice to Derek's work-obsessed brooding.
* DumbBlonde: Averted. Ivy is one of the most pragmatic characters in the entire show.
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FriendsAreChosenFamilyArent: Comes from an abusive background and is at his worst when [[spoiler: his lowlife brother]] shows up, but is capable of being quite warm and funny when around others, particularly Kyle, whom he calls his "real brother."
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* SecondLove: For [[spoiler: Karen, following Dev's departure]]
* TheStoner: Openly admits to doing a variety of drugs from time to time. [[spoiler: At one point in his past, he was a dealer as well as having his own drug problem.]]
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* SecondLove: For [[spoiler: Karen, following Dev's departure]]
* TheStoner: Openly admits to doing a variety of drugs from time to time. [[spoiler: At one point in his past, he was a dealer as well as having his own drug problem.]]
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* RememberTheNewGuy: Has apparently been friends with Karen for years, but is never mentioned or seen until Season 2.
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** She's an AntiVillain or VillainyFreeVillain, only by being protagonist Karen's competitor for the role of Marilyn. But it's WhiteAndGrayMorality, in that Ivy is shown as less deserving (as a person) than Karen, but not truly 'bad'.
** She's an AntiVillain or VillainyFreeVillain, only by being protagonist Karen's competitor for the role of Marilyn. But it's WhiteAndGrayMorality, in that Ivy is shown as less deserving (as a person) than Karen, but not truly 'bad'.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Goes so far as to actually make reservations to force Tom and Sam to go on an actual date instead of just flirting in the rehearsal space.
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* WorkingWithTheEx: When his stint as director and Ivy's stint as Marilyn overlap. Also blackmailed into it with Daisy Parker.
* YourCheatingHeart: Hooks up with Rebecca Duvall while still involved with Ivy.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: To a degree. His parents are more worried than embarrassing, but that doesn't stop them from questioning his career choice in front of his boyfriend, nor does it stop them from whooping and teasing upon seeing Tom and Sam kissing on the porch.
* Gaygnst: Solidly averted. Despite his fairly traditional family and his staunch religiosity, seems to be completely comfortable in his sexuality.
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* WorkingWithTheEx: Briefly, in Season 2. It doesn't go well.
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* 10MinuteRetirement: Starts out the series this way, having promised her family to take time off but almost immediately getting drawn back in by the idea of a Marilyn Monroe musical.
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* AmicableExes: Settles into this with Ivy for parts of Season 2.
* TheAtoner: After his mistakes catch up with him, he spends the last few episodes of the series trying to do everything in his power to make up for it.
* TheAtoner: After his mistakes catch up with him, he spends the last few episodes of the series trying to do everything in his power to make up for it.
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* TheCasanova: Has a reputation as quite a playboy, particularly when young and pretty performers are concerned. Hooks up with multiple characters on the show, and is stated to have had ''many'' other affairs off-screen.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Derek, pre-series.
* InstantExpert: Subverted. When he takes over as [[spoiler: director of ''Bombshell'']], his attempts to be "nice" and open to suggestions backfire spectacularly, and he clearly struggles to maintain control and give useful notes.
* InstantExpert: Subverted. When he takes over as [[spoiler: director of ''Bombshell'']], his attempts to be "nice" and open to suggestions backfire spectacularly, and he clearly struggles to maintain control and give useful notes.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: He honestly believes that his comment on Marilyn is what created the musical, everyone owes jobs to him and that he's key to the show. When he snaps to Eileen on his supposed skills and he should be named a producer, she fires him.
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*TenorBoy: Both InUniverse and for the show, though with considerably more moral ambiguities.
*YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on his wife [[spoiler: with Julia]]
*TenorBoy: Both InUniverse and for the show, though with considerably more moral ambiguities.
*YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on his wife [[spoiler: with Julia]]
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* RealLifeRelative: InUniverse, as the ''Bombshell'' team brings on Leigh to play Marilyn's mother, playing on the publicity of having a real mother and daughter playing Gladys and Marilyn.
* StageMom: Literally, too.
* RealLifeRelative: InUniverse, as the ''Bombshell'' team brings on Leigh to play Marilyn's mother, playing on the publicity of having a real mother and daughter playing Gladys and Marilyn.
* StageMom: Literally, too.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Often feels overshadowed, particularly by Karen.
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* CountryMouse: The more experienced cast members tease her about being this, although technically she's more like a "Midwest suburban mouse".
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* Deuteragonist: Karen is the point-of-view character, but the story is driven almost equally by Ivy's arcs.
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* BenevolentBoss: Despite being technically in charge and very no-nonsense, Eileen treats her co-workers and employees with respect.
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* BlackBestFriend: To Ivy
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* HelloAttorney: Tom is unenthusiastic about going out with the lawyer his mother set him up when. Once he sees him? "Yay, Mom."
* SatelliteLoveInterest: John hangs around for a few episodes, helps Leo out with his legal issues, and gets dragged along to a few events before dumping Tom over his obvious attraction to Sam. That's about it.
* HelloAttorney: Tom is unenthusiastic about going out with the lawyer his mother set him up when. Once he sees him? "Yay, Mom."
* SatelliteLoveInterest: John hangs around for a few episodes, helps Leo out with his legal issues, and gets dragged along to a few events before dumping Tom over his obvious attraction to Sam. That's about it.
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* SatelliteLoveInterest: All we ever really know about him is that he's a lighting designer, he can stand up to Derek, and he really likes Kyle.
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*TransparentCloset: Apparently ''everyone'' knows he's gay, even though he insists otherwise. Eileen even comments that he's the reason they invented the term "glass closet."
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* PutOnABus: Following extremely negative fan reaction, was written out for Season 2.
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* PutOnABus: Following extremely negative fan reaction, was fired at the end of Season 1 and completely written out for Season 2.
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* MoralityPet: To Jimmy.
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* Adorkable: Particularly in his awkward early attempts at flirting and whenever he meets someone famous.
* AscendedFanboy: Has loved the theater his whole life and now finds himself right in the middle of it all.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Even once ''Hit List'' becomes a realized production, he consistently fanboys over his theatrical idols.
* MoralityPet:To Jimmy.
* AscendedFanboyDoes all he can to keep Jimmy in line.
* AscendedFanboy: Has loved the theater his whole life and now finds himself right in the middle of it all.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Even once ''Hit List'' becomes a realized production, he consistently fanboys over his theatrical idols.
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* AudienceSurrogate: A fairly generic, nice character who serves as the audience's window into the theater world.
* InSeriesNickname: Her castmates call her "Iowa," at first as a derogatory shot at her inexperience and Midwestern upbringing, later as an AffectionateNickname.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Probably the snarkiest character aside from Derek.
-->'''Tom''': Art without torture. I don't think it's possible.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Initially presented as an antagonist for the simple fact that her ambitious career goals put her opposite Karen.
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* MommyIssues: Her mother was (and still is) a huge Broadway star who enjoys the spotlight and can often be insensitive, leaving Ivy with no small amount of confidence issues.
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* TheScrappy: Ellis, for Julia in-universe.
** And for many fans as well.
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* TheScrappy: Ellis, for Juliain-universe.
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* OneHourWorkWeek: Subverted; Julia and the rest of the team spend a realistically large proportion of time either at rehearsals or working on the musical.
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* CastingCouch: Sleeps with two of his three Marilyns, and comes ''thisclose'' to the third. He genuinely does fall in love with Ivy, though.
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* CastingCouch: Sleeps with two of his three Marilyns, and comes ''thisclose'' to the third.third, as well as several others (which eventually comes back to bite him in a ''big'' way). He genuinely does fall in love with Ivy, though.
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* MeanBritLoveConfession: Acknowledges his love for Ivy at no smaller event than the Tonys.
* LoveTriangle: Attracted to both Ivy and Karen, but ends up in a full-blown romantic relationship with Ivy while settling into a friendlier muse-director relationship with Karen.
* MeanBrit: A harsh perfectionist to the point of outright cruelty towards his cast, and sometimes even his fellow creative team members.
* Nepotism: Accepts the idea that a critic once praised him because said critic was a longtime family friend. Tom reveals that in fact the critic was sleeping with Derek's father.
* LoveTriangle: Attracted to both Ivy and Karen, but ends up in a full-blown romantic relationship with Ivy while settling into a friendlier muse-director relationship with Karen.
* MeanBrit: A harsh perfectionist to the point of outright cruelty towards his cast, and sometimes even his fellow creative team members.
* Nepotism: Accepts the idea that a critic once praised him because said critic was a longtime family friend. Tom reveals that in fact the critic was sleeping with Derek's father.
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* TheMuse: Karen claims to be this for Derek in the Season 2 series premiere. He's less than enthusiastic both times she mentions it.
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* TheIngenue
TheIngenue: Sweet, naive, inexperienced, yet talented.
* TheMuse: Karen claims to be this for Derek in the Season 2 seriespremiere. He's less than enthusiastic both times premiere, following several scenes in Season 1 in which he hallucinates her as Marilyn.
* NaiveNewcomer: A Midwesterner with essentially no showbiz experience, shementions it.
* NaiveNewcomer
finds herself in ''way'' over her head and has no idea how to navigate the professional and sexual politics of the theater world.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: Gets hit with this ''hard'' in Season 1. Depending on the episode, Ivy is portrayed as either a pathetic victim, a vengeful diva, or a genuinely hard-working actress. Season 2, fortunately, evens her out.
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* ScarfOfAsskicking: Not so much. Julia's perpetual choice of unflattering scarves is even lampshaded during Season 2.
* CastingCouch: Sleeps with two of his three Marilyns, and comes ''thisclose'' to the third. He genuinely does fall in love with Ivy, though.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has a dry comeback for every occasion, particularly directed at Tom and/or Jimmy:
-->'''Jimmy''': Lea Michele? ''Lea Michele?''
-->'''Derek''': If you say it one more time, she magically appears!
* DeadpanSnarker: Has a dry comeback for every occasion, particularly directed at Tom and/or Jimmy:
-->'''Jimmy''': Lea Michele? ''Lea Michele?''
-->'''Derek''': If you say it one more time, she magically appears!
* InsufferableGenius: Derek is an in-demand director and choreographer and ''knows'' it.
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* PermaStubble: Generally well-kept, but grows into a full-on BeardOfSorrow during his pre-Tonys disaster.
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Book writer and lyricist of the creative team, Julia is a talented and successful writer whose personal and professional lives often clash, sometimes with disastrous results.
* BigSisterInstinct: In the surrogate family that is the ''Bombshell'' team, Julia tends to act as the protective big sister. She and Tom, in particular, tend to toggle back and forth over who is the reassuring older sibling and who is the mess of a younger sibling at the moment.
* BigSisterInstinct: In the surrogate family that is the ''Bombshell'' team, Julia tends to act as the protective big sister. She and Tom, in particular, tend to toggle back and forth over who is the reassuring older sibling and who is the mess of a younger sibling at the moment.
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LoveHurts: Falling for Michael leads to nothing but trouble for her family life and even bleeds into her professional life, due to their working relationship.
* LoveTriangle: With Frank and MichaelSwift.
Swift. [[spoiler: The finale implies she and Michael get back together]].
* MostWritersAreWriters: Julia (like series creater Theresa Rebeck) is a playwright.
* OneHourWorkWeek: Subverted; Julia and the rest of the team spend a realistically large proportion of time either at rehearsals or working on the musical.
* PlatonicLifePartners:with Tom.With Tom.
* StarvingArtist: Subverted; we meet Julia at the point in her career where she is already a successful writer.
* LoveTriangle: With Frank and Michael
* MostWritersAreWriters: Julia (like series creater Theresa Rebeck) is a playwright.
* OneHourWorkWeek: Subverted; Julia and the rest of the team spend a realistically large proportion of time either at rehearsals or working on the musical.
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* StarvingArtist: Subverted; we meet Julia at the point in her career where she is already a successful writer.
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* BadassLongcoat: Derek has quite a few. They resemble like those of another [[Series/DoctorWho famous brit.Brit.]]
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HandsomeLech: More than happy to use his rakish good looks to bed a pretty chorus girl or leading lady.
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** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: YMMV, but Derek's "jerk" behavior is just managing show business. When he's speaking to Ivy as a human being (as opposed to a director), he's fairly tenderhearted and supportive.
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