History Characters / TedLasso

* MirrorCharacter: To Nate. They both start the show overlooked and underestimated with big ambitions for their future who are taken under the wing of their boss (Keeley by Rebecca and Nate by Ted) and end up leaving Richmond for better things. However, while Nate's relationship with Ted's deteriorates due to PoorCommunicationKills, Keeley retains her strong relationship with Rebecca and is able to continue making use of Rebecca's advice long after she leaves Richmond. In Season 3 both characters continue similar paths - both get the fame and success that they wanted, but ultimately (and, in Keeley's case, temporarily) have it taken away while trying to live their life on their own terms and refusing to compromise their values.

** To Rebecca, in regards to their relationships with Rupert in Season 3. Rupert had charmed a young Rebecca in a similar way to how he charmed Nate: lovebombing them and making them feel special, before turning mercurial (Rebecca has mentioned in the past how he would say things that she thought were just honesty but were actually cruel, while Nate is told to call Rupert "Mr. Mannion" in private and "Rupert" in public). He also isolated each from their support circle, with Rebecca not speaking to Sassy or Nora for six years and Nate leaving Richmond, blocked from speaking to the team every time he started to feel guilty. While each had done horrible things to Ted because of Rupert (Rebecca hiring Ted to take down Richmond in revenge, Nate leaking the panic attack and then leaving because of Rupert's offer), they were ultimately responsible for their own actions. Once they were pushed too far (Rebecca with the affair and Nate with the disrespect to Jade), they quit and found their self worth again through remembering their childhoods.

* BeleagueredAssistant: He starts out as this in Season 1, as Rebecca resents how he hid Rupert's numerous affairs from her (though this was largely because he was too meek to stand up to Rupert) and will either force him to go along with her plans to sabotage the club or do "work that doesn't matter". This becomes more downplayed in subsequent seasons; while Rebecca still sometimes makes disparaging comments towards Higgins, she's become a nicer boss to him after she realized her treatment of him was a DisproportionateRetribution and they make amends with each other.

* HeelFaceTurn: When she comes to realizes that her desire for revenge against her ex-husband will harm everyone who works for and loves the team.

* BadassLongcoat: Rebecca almost always wears knee-length coats in warm, comfortable "this is a hug" patterns or textures. houndstooth and felt, like a boss.

* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: Ted repeatedly reassures his players, the media, and everyone else that he doesn't care whether the team wins or loses as long as they play their best and he can have a positive impact on them. Near the end of season one Coach Beard points out that while the philosophy is fine with student athletes who will move on to something other than football in a few years, it fails with a professional club like AFC Richmond where winning DOES matter. If the team can't start winning, the club's future is in question as they get relegated, Ted will likely get fired which means anything they build is lost, and the players livelihoods and future prospects are directly harmed.

* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: Ted repeatedly reassures his players, the media, and everyone else that he doesn't care whether the team wins or loses as long as they play their best and he can have a positive impact on them. Near the end of season one Coach Beard points out that while the philosophy is fine with student athletes who will move on to something other than football in a few years, it fails with a professional club like AFC Richmond where winning DOES matter. If the team can't start winning, the clubs future is in question as they get relegated, Ted will likely get fired which means anything they build is lost, and the players livelihoods and future prospects are directly harmed.

* BadBoss:

* WardrobeMalfunction: One of the reasons Rebecca gives for firing him is his habit of wearing inappropriately tight athletic shorts that frequently expose his bollocks (especially whenever he manspreads). He returns to wearing these awful shorts in "So Long, Farewell" when he takes over managing Rupert's West Ham United, but when he defies Rupert's order to [[UnnecessaryRoughness have his players deliberately injure Jamie]] in the final match, Rupert shoves him to the ground hard enough for [[Music/{{Oasis}} "Liam & Noel"]] to pop out on broadcast, giving fans and viewers a ([[FanDisservice thankfully]] [[{{Pixellation}} pixellated]]) eyeful.

* TheAtoner: TheReveal in [[Recap/TedLassoS3E11MomCity Mom City]] - that Ted went out of his way to help Beard back on his feet after Beard hit rock-bottom from spending time in jail, and Beard betrayed him by stealing his car and would have gone back to prison if Ted hadn't lied to the police for him - adds an element of this trope to Beard's UndyingLoyalty to Ted.

* CanadaEh: When the team brainstorms trick plays, he suggests "Midnight Poutine". Coach Beard clarifies that it's not a dirty term, just very Canadian.

* BigFun: He's a large and jovial guy who quickly endears himself to everyone at Richmond when they meet him.

* ParentalAbandonment: He walked out on his family when Jamie was young and didn't come back until Jamie began to show promise as a footballing.

* ParentalAbandonment: He walked out on his family when Jamie was young and didn't come back until Jamie became a professional footballer.

* IgnoredEpiphany: In ''International Break'', Rebecca soliloquies about Rupert in his youth, and how his love for Richmond was born from a genuine passion for football. Rupert seems genuinely touched by the moment; it's the most sympathetic he's ever portrayed, and for a moment it seems as if he is remembering the man he used to be. Unfortunately, it doesn't stick, and by the time the finale rolls around, Rupert has suffered the consequences of all his betrayals, and completes his descent into a failed businessman with his reputation in the gutter.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: The Ted we see in the original advertisements is much more of a stereotypically obnoxious American, but in the show itself, he stands out as an incredibly kind-hearted individual. [[invoked]]WordOfGod has it that this was deliberately done to keep Ted from becoming [[{{Trumplica}} an image of Trump-style belligerence]].

** Season 2 shows they're also enthusiastic ''Series/TheGreatBritishBakeOff'' fans and berate bakers for mistakes made in the tent.

-->'''Isaac:''' Enough! We are riven by this crossroads! Is this it? Should we huddle around the laptop for a movie night? How else do we proceed? How doth we channel this lack of compromise? This dissension? This rage?

* InformedAbility: PlayedForLaughs with his haircutting abilities. The team considers an "Isaac cut" such a big deal that they make it into a borderline religious ceremony, but the only time we see him give a haircut, it ends up being a barely noticeable trim. Yet somehow this haircut is so notable that even Arlo White positively comments on it during his broadcast.

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* UnskilledButStrong: Being a defensive back, Isaac doesn't often take corner or penalty kicks, but he can kick harder than anyone on the team. Unfortunately, his aim needs work, as his first corner kick ends up breaking Higgins' office window and his first penalty kick just barely makes it under the crossbar before going through the netting, into the stands, and breaking someone's nose.

* HollywoodLaw: Immigration law specifically, as it's fairly unlikely someone with Beard's criminal record would have been given a working visa for the United Kingdom.

-->'''Akufo:''' I will buy your childhood home and I will take a shit in every room and then I will burn the place down! Then I will sit there and I will eat kenkey and I will poop on the fucking ashes, I promise you this. I will never forget this disrespect. Fuck you, Sam Obisanya!

* BadassLongcoat: Rebecca almost always wears knee-length coats in warm, comfortable "this is a hug" patterns or textures. Fucking houndstooth and felt, like a boss-ass bitch.

* SuddenlyShouting: When he's not a GutturalGrowler, he has a habit shouting. "FUCK!" is a favorite, along with walking into the locker room yelling, "Oi! Tartt!".

* VocalEvolution: He gradually becomes more of a GutturalGrowler as the series goes on, with his voice becoming deeper and rougher in later seasons compared to earlier episodes.