History Characters / TaskmasterNZ

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Zigzagged. On one hand, Jeremy is quite stiff when he makes his final judgment, quickly shutting down contestants who say otherwise, and semi-frequently distribute points without giving a clear explanation[[note]]According to behind-the-scenes reports, Jeremy does often review task attempts in detail but his bits usually get cut to give more focus to the contestants interacting with one another[[/note]]. But on the other hand, his scoring method is consistently based on effort and moral principles. His treatment of Paul is firm but ultimately respectful unlike [[MeanBoss any other Taskmaster to their assistant]] and does occasionally praise and defend him from the contestants' bullying. He's also likely to give out extra points (provided they put in the effort or out of pity) and willingly lets contestants swapped their points for certain tasks.

* ButtMonkey: If a task requires something unpleasant to be done, Paul is often the one forced to do it. So far, he's been sexually objectified by Angella and Urzila, bullied by Guy Williams (his own brother), and forced to eat and drink noxious concoctions by multiple contestants.

* [[Characters/TaskmasterNZSeasonFour Season Four]]: Sieni "Bubbah" [=Leo'o=] Olo, Dai Henwood, Karen [=O'Leary=], Melanie Bracewell, Ray [=O'Leary=]

* [[Characters/TaskmasterNZSeasonFour Season Four]]: Sieni "Bubbah" [=Leo'o=] Olo, Dai Henwood, Karen [=O'Leary=], Melanie Bracewell, Ray [=O'Leary=]

%%* [[Characters/TaskmasterNZSeasonFour Season Four]]: Sieni "Bubbah" [=Leo'o=] Olo, Dai Henwood, Karen [=O'Leary=], Melanie Bracewell, Ray [=O'Leary=]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Zigzagged. On one hand, Jeremy is quite stiff when he makes his final judgment, quickly shutting down contestants who say otherwise, and semi-frequently distribute points without giving a clear explanation. But on the other hand, his scoring method is consistently based on effort and moral principles. His treatment of Paul is firm but ultimately respectful unlike [[MeanBoss any other Taskmaster to their assistant]] and does occasionally praise and defend him from the contestants' bullying. He's also likely to give out extra points (provided they put in the effort or out of pity) and willingly lets contestants swapped their points for certain tasks.

* {{Corpsing}}: Paul's shoulders start shaking when Guy does a yawn and stretch on their first date in "Bing Bang Schlong", and it takes visible effort for his deadpan demeanour to return.

* ThrowTheDogABone: He's quite willing to give out pity points to contestants who fail spectacularly but put in effort. He also gave [[spoiler:David Correos five full points after seeing the poor guy spend more than two hours untying shoelaces for a trick task]].

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