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1!!The Reverend Adam Smallbone (Creator/TomHollander)
2* AccidentalHero: In the series 2 opener he is mistaken for a BadassPreacher when he accidentally takes down a bag-snatcher.
3* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He suffers from this a lot, but always realises that he matters in his own way, or to the people that matter.
4* GoodShepherd: He tries is best to be this.
5* MrViceGuy: Smokes, drinks, and masturbates on his day off.
6* TheStoner: Briefly in a series 2 episode where he unwittingly gets high.
7* TheVicar: Although he ''is'' one, the extent to which he fits this trope is debatable as his actions are not usually played for laughs.
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9!!Alex Smallbone (Creator/OliviaColman)
10* CasualKink: In a case of still waters running deep, she has a long list of fantasies, and indulges in a roleplay with Adam where she picks him up in a supermarket wearing sexy tights, a short skirt and no knickers. Additionally, [[spoiler: she had foreplay with an old college friend whilst on a bus.]]
11* CrusadingLawyer: It is implied she is one of these.
12%%* WomenAreWiser: With Ellie.
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14!!Colin Lambert (Steve Evets)
15* TheAlcoholic
16* ChivalrousPervert
17* TheDitz
18* {{Jerkass}}/JerkWithAHeartOfGold
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20!!Adoka Onyeka (Ellen Thomas)
21* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Adam.
22* HotForPreacher
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24!!Nigel [=McCall=] (Miles Jupp)
25* DeadpanSnarker: He's pretty acerbic about some of the parishioners, and especially their children.
26* GirlfriendInCanada: Claims to have one of these after he and Adam find out that [[spoiler: Archdeacon Robert is gay]]. Adam doesn't believe him for a minute, and eventually calls him out on this. He's later seen browsing a gay dating website.
27* NoSocialSkills
28* TheStarscream: Is convinced that he would be a better vicar than Adam.
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30!!Archdeacon Robert (Simon [=McBurney=])
31* AmbiguouslyGay: He seems very camp. [[spoiler: It later transpires he is in a loving relationship with another man.]]
32* DeadpanSnarker
33* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
34* RunningGag: To Adam: "I'm going to let you off... here."
35* SmugSnake
36* StraightGay
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38!!Ellie Pattman (Lucy Liemann)
39* HotTeacher

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