Line #187 Characters/SavingGrace


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3	!!British Comedy Film
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5	[[folder: Grace]]
6	!!Grace Trevethyn
7	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ff7eb495_91d7_436f_a73c_75c2ffff5601.jpeg]]
8	[[caption-width-right:350:’Grace’ played by Creator/BrendaBlethyn]]
9	Grace is an English small-town Widow and gardener who soon discovers that her coastal manor home is in danger of being repossessed because her Late husband left her in enormous debt.
10
11	* CaringGardener: Grace is a highly Skilled Gardener and after helping Matthew get some more light for some of his (Marijuana) plants they get the idea that could solve their respective money problems.
12	[[/folder]]
13
14	[[folder: Matthew]]
15	!! Matthew
16	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dd235d5f_5f1d_4e72_a8b8_48c3b621d516.jpeg]]
17	[[caption-width-right:350: ‘Matthew’ played by Creator/CraigFerguson]]
18	Matthew is Grace’s Scottish casual pot-smoking gardener who has his own financial problems after Grace is forced to fire him.
19
20	* TheStoner: Matthew does smoke and grow pot but is also among the most levelheaded characters in the movie.
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22	[[/folder]]
23
24	[[folder: Dr. Martin Bamford]]
25	!! Doctor Martin Bamford
26	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/36ec9c25_1853_4e41_8341_d95b83318203.jpeg]]
27	[[caption-width-right:350: ‘Dr. Bamford’ played by Creator/MartinClunes]]
28	Doctor Bamford is the village’s witty pot-smoking doctor who is good friends with Matthew.
29
30	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite smoking pot and appearing a bit goofy, Dr. Bamford is actually a very competent doctor and a rather perceptive character.
31	* MorePopularSpinOff: The character of Doctor Bamford was spun off into the greatly altered character of Doc Martin (both were played by Martin Clunes).
32	[[/folder]]
33
34	[[folder: Nicky]]
35	!! Nicky
36	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2a8afbfc_f3a6_470c_acbe_2c0d10b41bcf.jpeg]]
37	[[caption-width-right:350: ‘Nicky’ played by Valerie Edmond]]
38	Nicky is the villages Fishing captain and Matthew’s girlfriend, after she finds out she is pregnant she starts getting increasingly concerned as she disapproves of Grace and Matthew’s plan to grow marijuana plants to solve their money problems.
39
40	* BabiesEverAfter: At the end of the film Nicky and Matthew are happily expecting their first baby.
41
42	* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Nicky decides to start avoiding and stop speaking to Matthew (rather than break up with him) because she disapproves of his and Grace’s plan to grow marijuana and blames Matthew for the idea, but she also tells Grace not to let Matthew get arrested as she doesn’t want that to happen.
43	[[/folder]]
44
45	[[folder: Vince]]
46	!! Vince
47	[[quoteright:315:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2f6ee5dd_d0db_48e1_bf7e_af0875c6abcb.jpeg]]
48	[[caption-width-right:315: Vince’ played by Creator/BillBailey]]
49
50	Vincent is an easygoing Hippie in London who is Honey’s small-time pot dealer who provides Grace with a connection to the larger scale drug dealer Jacques.
51
52	* EruditeStoner: Vince is a philosophical hippie as well as being a pot-dealer.
53
54	* HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs: ''“Draw...spliff...puff...shit... Call it what you will, but it’s my belief it is the door to enlightenment”'' - Vince
55	[[/folder]]
56
57	[[folder: Jacques]]
58	!! Jacques Chevalier
59	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a735230a_66fd_4daa_87a5_ddb7658023c7.jpeg]]
60	[[caption-width-right:350: ‘Jacques Chevalier’ played by Creator/TchekyKaryo]]
61
62	Jacques Chevalier is a french “Businessman” who Grace is introduced to in London hoping to sell him the Marijuana and they become romantically interested in each other.
63
64	* GoodAllAlong: At first Jacques appears to be dangerous, however during the negotiations with Grace he then shows he is a decent guy (as well as having romantic feelings towards Grace), however he then secretly sends his bodyguard China to take Vince and follow her back to Cornwall, when he shows up at her home she angrily confronts him and he explains that the reason he sent them was for her safety, Grace ends up happily remarrying to Jacques.
65	[[/folder]]
66
67	[[folder: Harvey]]
68	!! Harvey
69	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harvey_4.png]]
70	[[caption-width-right:350: ‘Harvey’ played by Tristan Sturrock]]
71	Harvey is a friend of Grace and Matthew who is one of the village's fishermen and a conspiracy theorist who believes that many people are from "Off World" ([[{{AlienAmongUs}} Extraterrastials]]) and that Grace's troubles are signs of [[{{Main/TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt}} Armegeddon]].
72	* ConspiracyTheorist: Harvey, who believes that many celebrities are aliens (including David Bowie).
73	* FriendshipMoment: Harvey has one when Matthew has an angry rant at the pub because Nicky is giving him the cold shoulder and Grace is refusing to let him find a dealer in London, Harvey calmly listens and lets Matthew rant until he feels Better.
74	[[/folder]]
75
76	[[folder: Margaret & Diana]]
77
78	!! Margaret Sutton & Diana Singer
79	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cfd03aff_e8b3_49a4_b211_6fff54dcac6c.jpeg]]
80	[[caption-width-right:350: ‘Margaret Sutton‘ played by Phylidda Law & ‘Diana Skinner’ played by Linda Kerr Scott]]
81	Margaret Sutton (left) & Diana Skinner (right) are local Shopkeepers who are also members of Grace’s Garden Club.
82	* SocialCircleFiller: Grace has monthly meetings with her gardening club which includes Margaret and Diana, as well as seeing them when she visits their shop. She interacts with them more near the beginning of the film but less later on.
83	[[/folder]]
84
85	[[folder: Sgt. Alfred Mabely]]
86
87	!!Sergeant Alfred Mabely
88	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f877f5af_9184_4b3b_8c99_d7ff117e6ebe.jpeg]]
89	[[caption-width-right:350: ‘Sgt. Mabely’ played by Ken Campbell‘]]
90	Sgt. Alfred Mabely is the village’s friendly and seemingly oblivious police officer.
91	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: At first it seems that Mabely is oblivious to the activity in Grace’s greenhouse and the vicarage however he reveals that knew all along what was going on but he decided to turn a blind eye because of Grace’s personal and financial troubles.
92	* RunningJoke: Salmon Poachers.
93	[[/folder]]
94
95	[[folder: Rev. Percy]]
96	!!Rev. Gerard Percy
97	[[quoteright:271:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/130fd848_5746_4a70_b4eb_e51086a6294a.jpeg]]
98	[[caption-width-right:271: ’Rev. Percy’ played by Creator/LesliePhillips]] [[caption-width-right:350:]]
99	Rev. Percy is the local Vicar who members of the community sometimes come to for advise or spiritual guidance.
100
101	* TheVicar: Rev. Percy is the village’s local Member of the church.
102	* GoodShepherd: Rev. Percy will try to help or provide advise to people of the village, although he isn’t always successful.
103	[[/folder]]
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105
106	!!American Crime Series
107
108	[[folder: Grace]]
109	!!Grace Hanadarko
110	[[quoteright:202:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grace_hanadarko.jpg]]
111	[[caption-width-right:202: ''"Dear God. Please help me."'']]
112	->'''Played By:''' Creator/HollyHunter
113
114	The main protagonist. A detective with the Oklahoma City Police Department's Major Crimes Unit. she leads a hard-living in every imaginable aspect, from chain-smoking to binge drinking to sleeping with multiple men and everything between. After running over Leon Cooley, she meets Earl, her "last-chance" angel.
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116	* ActionGirl: More than willing to kick some ass when necessary.
117	* TheAlcoholic: Gets drunk frequently, even driving drunk.
118	* AmicableExes: With Butch.
119	* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Thinks this at the very beginning of the series.
120	* ByronicHero: Has no qualms about sleeping with married men, occasionally drives drunk, and does many other things that would get her thrown off the force, but the woman's got a heart of solid gold.
121	* BulletproofVest: Saves her life in "Everything's Got a Shelf Life".
122	* ChainedToABed: Naked, with the name of the culprit who locked her up written on her butt, just in time for her partner/lover to walk in and see it. Happens in "A Language of Angels".
123	* ConsummateLiar: Earl even has a lengthy list to prove it.
124	%%zce* CoolAunt: Grace is definitely this to Clay.
125	* CowboyCop: Grace tortures a confession out of one suspect and kidnaps another, but it's okay because they were bad guys. Also, her boss has absolutely no problem with her obvious corruption.
126	* DoomedProtagonist: [[spoiler:Given that Earl is a "Last Chance Angel" and what happened to his other charges (Leon and Neely) it could be argued that people given a Last Chance Angel are not long for this earth. This could mean that Grace was one of these from the start]].
127	* DrunkDriver: What starts the series is Grace driving drunk and hitting Leon Cooley.
128	* EvilStoleMyFaith: Let's face it, [[spoiler: if you were being raped by a priest multiple times in your youth and you had to bear witness to the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombings, you'd have trouble holding on to your faith, too]].
129	* FairCop: Oh, yes.
130	* FunctionalAddict: All the booze, cigarettes and sex in the world can't stop her from being a good cop.
131	* GoodIsNotSoft: She has punched, kicked, tripped, and outright tortured some suspects to get a confession.
132	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Big time.
133	* TheHero: Ya think?!
134	** TheHeroDies: [[spoiler: In the finale]].
135	* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: After accidentally killing a little girl]].
136	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Rhetta.
137	* INeedAFreakingDrink: Often.
138	* TheLadette: A man-bedding, hard-drinking, chain-smoking, perp-punching, Sooner-loving gal.
139	* LyingToThePerp: More than once.
140	* {{Masquerade}}: Subverted, Grace has definitely blabbed to folks about knowing an angel.
141	* MissingMom and DisappearedDad: Grace's sister and father died in the Oklahoma City bombing.
142	* ModestyBedsheet: [[AvertedTrope Never happens]]. Heck, Grace hardly ever has sex ''in bed''.
143	* MsFanservice: Grace is naked and riding the baloney pony in almost all episodes and happily flashes her next door neighbor everytime she steps out of the shower. Naturally, for the guys she boinks we have a RightThroughHisPants situation.
144	%%* MsViceGirl: Sex, gambling, drinking, and smoking are among her hobbies.
145	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Has this moment after hitting Leon Cooley with her car. She's promptly to introduced Earl immediately afterwards.
146	* PintSizedPowerhouse: The 5'2" Grace has floored more than her fair share of opponents.
147	* PromiscuityAfterRape: [[spoiler: One of the signs of her past]].
148	* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler: Grace and her deceased sister were both molested by the same priest]].
149	* ReallyGetsAround: And HOW. Grace loves to boink and has waxed poetic about it to Earl. She prefers to boink Ham, but she was never at all exclusive about it. Especially highlighted in "Is There a Scarlet Letter on My Breast?", much to Grace's embarrassment and Ham and Henry's chagrin.
150	* SmokingHotSex: Loves a good cigarette after a good boink. She loves cigs in general, come to think of it.
151	* SurvivorGuilt: [[spoiler: Struggles with this after accidentally killing a little girl. See HeroicBSOD above]].
152	[[/folder]]
153
154	[[folder:Earl]]
155	!!Earl
156	[[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saving_grace_earl.jpg]]
157	[[caption-width-right:180: ''"This is gonna be hell."'']]
158	->'''Played By:''' Creator/LeonRippy
159
160	The "last-chance" angel of Grace, Leon, and Neely.
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163
164	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Prone to the occasional outburst about getting right with God, at which point his wings turn red.
165	* GuardianAngel: Subverted, he's more of a voice of calm and advice to Grace and Leon. He does provide plenty of forms of comfort, however.
166	* InvisibleToNormals: Sorta? Earl can supposedly only be seen by Grace and Leon- and at times, nobody else sees them, like when Earl is hanging out in Leon's cell. And yet, Earl pops up all the time to talk to Grace's various friends and relatives in bars and whatnot- they just don't know who he is. (Which would really kill Rhetta if she knew she'd met Earl.) Also, Grace and Leon can't recall what Earl looks like when he's not there- all they can recall is that he's white and wears different shirts.
167	** Rhetta does meet Earl again AND finds out who he was later. Grace can't resist making a "touched by an angel" joke.
168	* LimitedWardrobe: Earl dresses about the same, EXCEPT for his different shirts that he gets while globe-trotting. Leon is in Institutional Apparel, which accounts for Grace catching him in a lie that he told to Rhetta.
169	* MissionFromGod: Earl's job.
170	* NiceGuy: Yup.
171	* OffscreenTeleportation: Despite the wings, Earl gets around like this. And sometimes he takes Grace or Leon along.
172	* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Naturally. Earl is touchable, eats food, shops, gets tattoos, and chews. (And leaves chew bottles around for Grace to find.) His wings appear to have some kind of orgasmic effect. He has no DNA in his spit and he's a different kind of life form.
173	[[/folder]]
174
175	[[folder:Ham]]
176	!!Hamilton 'Ham' Dewey
177	[[quoteright:194:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ham_dewey.jpg]]
178	[[caption-width-right:194: ''"She's got a lot of sharp edges? Any way you try to hold her you're going to get hurt."'']]
179	->'''Played By:''' Creator/KennyJohnson
180
181	Grace's partner on the force. He is sexually involved with her despite being married to his wife, Darlene.
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184
185	* ExcessiveMourning: After the death of his brother Rafe, his grief messes him up to the point that he acts like an asshole, unable to do his job.
186	* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler: In the last seconds of the show, after Grace's death]].
187	* TheLancer: Since Grace is TheHero, it makes sense that her partner fits this role.
188	* ManlyTears: Is prone to these. Ham is definitely not a man who is afraid to hide his emotions.
189	* SadClown: Despite laughing at the cue ball prank pulled on him at the beginning of "Are You an Indian Princess?", it's very clear he's still messed up.
190	* SexForSolace: [[spoiler: With Darlene after Rafe dies]].
191	* VitriolicBestBuds: With Butch, especially when it comes to their mutual history with Grace.
192	* WallBangHer: Has done this with Grace a few times.
193	[[/folder]]
194
195	[[folder:Rhetta]]
196	!!Rhetta Rodriguez
197	->'''Played By:''' Creator/LauraSanGiacomo
198	[[quoteright:183:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rhetta_rodriguez.jpg]]
199	[[caption-width-right:183: ''"Grace, God has chosen you. For whatever reason he's given you an angel and you're calling him a pain in the ass. Do you want to get struck by lightning?"'']]
200
201	Grace's best friend and the MCU's forensic specialist. She often gives advice on Grace's encounters with Earl.
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204
205	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Grace.
206	* WeNeedToGetProof: Rhetta collects forensic evidence of Earl's existence that Grace brings her (feathers, chew bottle, whittled duck, etc.) She also proves that the blood left on Grace's button belonged to Leon Cooley.
207	[[/folder]]
208
209	[[folder:Butch]]
210	!!Butch Ada
211	->'''Played By:''' Creator/BaileyChase
212	[[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/butch_ada_3.jpg]]
213	[[caption-width-right:195: ''"What do O.U. and pot have in common? They both get smoked in bowls."'']]
214
215	A detective that works with Grace and Ham. Played quarterback for the Texas Longhorns, which leads to trading barbs with Oklahoma Sooner fans Grace and Ham.
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219	* AcademicAthlete: Played quarterback for the Texas Longhorns, and is also an adept detective as a well as a Boy Scout in his youth and possesses a knowledge of physics.
220	* AmicableExes: With Grace.
221	* TheBigGuy: ''The'' guy to chase after running suspects. Helps that he used to play quarterback for the Texas Longhorns.
222	* FairCop: Look at the picture above. Try and convince us otherwise.
223	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Bobby.
224	* InSeriesNickname: Kate calls him "Benny," which is short for Benedict Arnold, as he went to and played quarterback for the University of Texas, the ArchEnemy of the University of Oklahoma.
225	* NonIdleRich: Comes from a wealthy family and is a very active detective.
226	* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Bobby's blue, preferring to take the lead in interrogations while Bobby observes.
227	* VitriolicBestBuds: With Ham, especially when it comes to their mutual history with Grace. Also, Butch is a fan and former player for the Texas Longhorns which subjects him to ribbing from his fellow detectives, as he is in Oklahoma Sooner territory.
228	[[/folder]]
229
230	[[folder:Bobby]]
231	!!Bobby Stillwater
232	[[quoteright:194:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bobby_stillwater.jpg]]
233	[[caption-width-right:194: ''"The owl feather. Not a good omen to us Indians."'']]
234	->'''Played By:''' Gregory Cruz
235
236	Butch's partner, has Native American & Hispanic heritage. Also an Oklahoma State Cowboys fan.
237
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239
240	* [[DeepCoverAgent Deep Cover Cop]]: Goes undercover for 5 episodes in the second season.
241	* FriendlyRivalry: When it comes to college football, he has a more amicable rivalry with Grace, Ham and Kate when it to comes to pitting his OSU Cowboys against their Oklahoma Sooners than that of the constant teasing between the Sooner fans and lonely Longhorn fan Butch. He's just as likely to laugh at Butch's anti-OU jokes, however, and the two partners have more of a mutual respect when it comes to OSU-Texas.
242	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Butch.
243	* TheInfiltration: Of a child sex ring. It has a profound effect on him after he is pulled out of the assignment.
244	* OnlySaneMan: The most down to earth, calm and rational member of the MCU.
245	* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Butch's red, letting Butch take the lead in interrogations while he observes.
246	* TheSmartGuy: A very observant and knowledgeable detective. The squad's chemistry tends to suffer without his presence.
247	[[/folder]]
248
249	[[folder:Kate]]
250	!!Kate Perry
251	->'''Played By:''' Creator/LorraineToussaint
252
253	Grace, Ham, Butch and Bobby's boss.
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256
257	* BlackBossLady: Being that she's the captain and played by Lorraine Toussaint, it's a given.
258	* DaChief
259	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She's friends with Grace, and has a FriendlyRivalry with Butch, but also has a knack for knowing when to rein in the more hard-headed of her detectives.
260	[[/folder]]
261
262	[[folder:Clay]]
263	!!Clay Norman
264	->'''Played By:''' Creator/DylanMinnette
265
266	Grace's nephew.
267
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269
270	* ItsPersonal: In "I Killed Kristin," he interferes with an investigation, along with a group of fans, to get any potential suspect off the hook for the murder of a rock band front man's girlfriend, due to relating to the band's music, as well as the fanbase's hatred of her. This is despite the fact that the proof was pointing right at the band. It promptly gets him kicked him off the Explorers program.
271	* MoralityPet: To Grace.
272	* NiceGuy: His faults in seasons 2 and 3 aside, he's a really sweet kid.
273	* PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: Likely the reason he shoved a cake into a girl's face.
274	* TookALevelInJerkass: A minor one in Season 3, which was to be expected as he becomes a teenager, but his behavior in "I Killed Kristin" wasn't exactly altruistic to say the least.
275	* WhatTheHellHero: Lets the then-married Ham know that he's not OK with him seeing Grace outside of his marriage.
276	* YokoOhNo: Saw Kristin as this.
277	[[/folder]]
278
279	[[folder:Leon]]
280	!!Leon Cooley
281	->'''Played By:''' Creator/BokeemWoodbine
282
283	A death row inmate and one of Earl's charges along with Grace.
284
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286	* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:His execution is finally carried out in "Do You Believe in Angels?".]]
287	* CopKiller: Murdered a prison guard, and then went right back to eating his dinner.
288	* DeathRow: In the first two seasons.
289	* ScaryBlackMan: He can ''definitely'' come across as this at times!
290	[[/folder]]
291
292	[[folder:Johnny]]
293	!!Father Johnny Hanadarko
294
295	->'''Played By:''' Creator/TomIrwin
296
297	Grace brother, a Catholic priest who is skeptical about Earl.
298	----
299	[[/folder]]
300
301	[[folder:Neely]]
302	!!Neely Lloyd
303	->'''Played By:''' Creator/YaaniKing
304
305	A drug addict and another one of Earl's charges.
306
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308
309	* AddledAddict: Is badly addicted to meth. [[spoiler: It eventually kills her]].
310	[[/folder]]
311
312	[[folder:Henry]]
313	!!Henry Silver
314
315	->'''Played By:''' Mark L. Taylor
316
317	The MCU's patholigist.
318
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320
321	* TheCoroner
322	* NiceGuy

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