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* DoubleStandard: When Mr. Dombey ignores Florence, it's written in the most heartbreaking terms. When Mrs. Mac Stinger regularly beats her toddler son black and blue, it's {{Played For Laughs}}.
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* SickeninglySweethearts: Once they're engaged, [[spoiler: Florence and Walter]] can barely finish a sentence without a "my love", "my own", etc. Toots can barely stand to be in the same room with them.
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** Toots! This troper wanted to hug him in every scene. He's mentally handicapped and knows it (remembering a time before), desperately in love with a girl who will never feel the same, borderline suicidal, and still doesn't have an unkind or jealous bone in his body.
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** Toots! This troper wanted to hug him in every scene. He's mentally handicapped and knows it (remembering a time before), desperately in love with a girl who will never feel the same, borderline suicidal, and still doesn't have an unkind or jealous bone in his body.
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* {{Double Standard}}: When Mr. Dombey ignores Florence, it's written in the most heartbreaking terms. When Mrs. Mac Stinger regularly beats her toddler son black and blue, it's {{Played For Laughs}}.
* {{Jerkass Woobie}}: Mr. Dombey toward the end of the book.
* {{Les Yay}}: Susan's almost worshipful feelings for Florence sometimes come across as this, especially when she breaks out the endearments ("my darling"; "the dearest and blessedest angel there ever was"; "my heart's own mistress") or bursts into tears at hearing about [[spoiler: Florence's engagement]]. She even mentions feeling the same way about Florence as Toots does.
* {{Mind Game Ship}}: James Carker sees right through Edith and she knows it; he gets a thrill out of manipulating her.
* {{Sickeningly Sweethearts}}: Once they're engaged, [[spoiler: Florence and Walter]] can barely finish a sentence without a "my love", "my own", etc. Toots can barely stand to be in the same room with them.
* {{The Woobie}}: Toots! This troper wanted to hug him in every scene. He's mentally handicapped and knows it (remembering a time before), desperately in love with a girl who will never feel the same, borderline suicidal, and still doesn't have an unkind or jealous bone in his body.
** Paul and Florence.
** John and harriet Carker.
* {{Jerkass Woobie}}: Mr. Dombey toward the end of the book.
* {{Les Yay}}: Susan's almost worshipful feelings for Florence sometimes come across as this, especially when she breaks out the endearments ("my darling"; "the dearest and blessedest angel there ever was"; "my heart's own mistress") or bursts into tears at hearing about [[spoiler: Florence's engagement]]. She even mentions feeling the same way about Florence as Toots does.
* {{Mind Game Ship}}: James Carker sees right through Edith and she knows it; he gets a thrill out of manipulating her.
* {{Sickeningly Sweethearts}}: Once they're engaged, [[spoiler: Florence and Walter]] can barely finish a sentence without a "my love", "my own", etc. Toots can barely stand to be in the same room with them.
* {{The Woobie}}: Toots! This troper wanted to hug him in every scene. He's mentally handicapped and knows it (remembering a time before), desperately in love with a girl who will never feel the same, borderline suicidal, and still doesn't have an unkind or jealous bone in his body.
** Paul and Florence.
** John and harriet Carker.
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* {{Double Standard}}: DoubleStandard: When Mr. Dombey ignores Florence, it's written in the most heartbreaking terms. When Mrs. Mac Stinger regularly beats her toddler son black and blue, it's {{Played For Laughs}}.
*{{Jerkass Woobie}}: JerkassWoobie: Mr. Dombey toward the end of the book.
*{{Les Yay}}: LesYay: Susan's almost worshipful feelings for Florence sometimes come across as this, especially when she breaks out the endearments ("my darling"; "the dearest and blessedest angel there ever was"; "my heart's own mistress") or bursts into tears at hearing about [[spoiler: Florence's engagement]]. She even mentions feeling the same way about Florence as Toots does.
*{{Mind Game Ship}}: MindGameShip: James Carker sees right through Edith and she knows it; he gets a thrill out of manipulating her.
*{{Sickeningly Sweethearts}}: SickeninglySweethearts: Once they're engaged, [[spoiler: Florence and Walter]] can barely finish a sentence without a "my love", "my own", etc. Toots can barely stand to be in the same room with them.
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** Toots! This troper wanted to hug him in every scene. He's mentally handicapped and knows it (remembering a time before), desperately in love with a girl who will never feel the same, borderline suicidal, and still doesn't have an unkind or jealous bone in his body.
** Paul andFlorence.
Florence, who are neglected by their father.
** John andharriet Carker.Harriet Carker, who are (respectively) mistreated by their employer, or completely ignored by their brother.
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** Toots! This troper wanted to hug him in every scene. He's mentally handicapped and knows it (remembering a time before), desperately in love with a girl who will never feel the same, borderline suicidal, and still doesn't have an unkind or jealous bone in his body.
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** John and
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* {{Double Standard}}: When Mr. Dombey ignores Florence, it's written in the most heartbreaking terms. When Mrs. Mac Stinger regularly beats her toddler son black and blue, it's {{Played For Laughs}}.
* {{Jerkass Woobie}}: Mr. Dombey toward the end of the book.
* {{Les Yay}}: Susan's almost worshipful feelings for Florence sometimes come across as this, especially when she breaks out the endearments ("my darling"; "the dearest and blessedest angel there ever was"; "my heart's own mistress") or bursts into tears at hearing about [[spoiler: Florence's engagement]]. She even mentions feeling the same way about Florence as Toots does.
* {{Jerkass Woobie}}: Mr. Dombey toward the end of the book.
* {{Les Yay}}: Susan's almost worshipful feelings for Florence sometimes come across as this, especially when she breaks out the endearments ("my darling"; "the dearest and blessedest angel there ever was"; "my heart's own mistress") or bursts into tears at hearing about [[spoiler: Florence's engagement]]. She even mentions feeling the same way about Florence as Toots does.
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* {{The Woobie}}: Toots! This troper wanted to hug him in every scene. He's mentally handicapped and knows it (remembering a time before), desperately in love with a girl who will never feel the same, borderline suicidal, and still doesn't have an unkind or jealous bone in his body.
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* {{The Woobie}}: Toots! This troper wanted to hug him in every scene. He's mentally handicapped and knows it (remembering a time before), desperately in love with a girl who will never feel the same, borderline suicidal, and still doesn't have an unkind or jealous bone in his body.body.
**Paul and Florence.
** John and harriet Carker.
**Paul and Florence.
** John and harriet Carker.
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* {{Mind Game Ship}}: [[spoiler: James Carker sees right through Edith and she knows it; he gets a thrill out of manipulating her.]]
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* {{Mind Game Ship}}: [[spoiler: James Carker sees right through Edith and she knows it; he gets a thrill out of manipulating her.]]her.
* {{Sickeningly Sweethearts}}: Once they're engaged, [[spoiler: Florence and Walter]] can barely finish a sentence without a "my love", "my own", etc. Toots can barely stand to be in the same room with them.
* {{The Woobie}}: Toots! This troper wanted to hug him in every scene. He's mentally handicapped and knows it (remembering a time before), desperately in love with a girl who will never feel the same, borderline suicidal, and still doesn't have an unkind or jealous bone in his body.
* {{Sickeningly Sweethearts}}: Once they're engaged, [[spoiler: Florence and Walter]] can barely finish a sentence without a "my love", "my own", etc. Toots can barely stand to be in the same room with them.
* {{The Woobie}}: Toots! This troper wanted to hug him in every scene. He's mentally handicapped and knows it (remembering a time before), desperately in love with a girl who will never feel the same, borderline suicidal, and still doesn't have an unkind or jealous bone in his body.
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* DudeNotFunny: At Edith's and Mr. Dombey's wedding reception, her cousin Feenix tells a joke about a "bargain" of a marriage between a rich man and a beautiful emotionless woman. Cue the awkward silence.
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* DudeNotFunny: At Edith's {{Mind Game Ship}}: [[spoiler: James Carker sees right through Edith and Mr. Dombey's wedding reception, her cousin Feenix tells she knows it; he gets a joke about a "bargain" thrill out of a marriage between a rich man and a beautiful emotionless woman. Cue the awkward silence.manipulating her.]]
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* DudeNotFunny: At Edith's and Mr. Dombey's wedding reception, her cousin Feenix tells a joke about a "bargain" of a marriage between a rich man and a beautiful emotionless woman. Cue the awkward silence.
