Cool Big Sis: Subverted. This is how she tries to be towards the students at first with poor results. Starting to play straight in regards to Sasha. whose first impulse on Michelle's return is to run into her arms, crying happily, and asking if she can stay with her. Michelle for her part, gestures for Sasha's boyfriend to scram. By the second part of the first season, due to Character Development, she actually wants to avoid parts of this trope since she now sees herself as/is trying to be a responsible authority figure to the girls and a role model.
First Date Marriage: At the start of the show, Hubbell is a stalker that Michelle has been avoiding for months. She agrees to go to dinner with him, then marries him on the same night.
Hero with Bad Publicity: Aside from the "outsider syndrome" coming from having just moved into a small town many of the townspeople think her past was a lot sleazier than it actually was.
Non-Idle Rich: He was a "traveling shoe salesman" (more likely a sales representative) who owned a house big enough to include a dance studio, plus guest cottage, on seven acres of land, and owned and could afford to restore a vintage sports car.
Nice Girl: She doesn't have a mean bone in her body. She even jumps to defend Sasha from Melanie and Ginny after Sasha embarrassed her in front of Charlie.
Puppy-Dog Eyes: Michelle says she has these: "Bambi eyes! Bambi eyes!"
Team Mom: Due to her babysitting her siblings, she becomes more motherly, even to the point of telling Jordan off.
Weight Woe: She's in no way overweight, but she does believe she doesn't have the right body type to be a dancer, and compares herself to other girls (mostly Sasha), much to everyone else's dismay.
Abusive Parents: they couldn't really care less about her and have no problem leaving her for good.
A-Cup Angst: Thinks that most guys are obsessed with breasts and therefore she's going to die alone.
Coy, Girlish Flirt Pose: Her default stance and walk, though with a touch more aggression/assertiveness than most. Just watch her elbows when she walks.
Defrosting Ice Queen: She becomes much nicer over the course of the season, opens up to Michelle and goes from constantly messing with Boo to being (at least sometimes) an actual friend to her.
Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Her reaction to Boo's defending her Tsundere behavior to Ginny and Melanie. She almost says this verbatim.
Housewife: Whether out of enjoyment, loneliness, or both, she seems to really enjoy domestic duties such as throwing parties, lavish cooking, and tidying house. And she even seems to want to be a housewife. Almost to the point of Stepford Smiler territory (as her mother was) which creates an interesting combination of traits when combined with her rather snarky attitude since she also wants to protect herself from getting hurt.
Karma Houdini: She sneaks out of the house, comes home late and wrecks the roof of her mother's prized car trying to sneak back in. Her punishment? A spa day and a credit card. She does get yelled at by Michelle for stealing her shirt and coming in late to class but still not punished. She was still chastened because from past history she was probably expecting a rented limo and a date with Justin Bieber.
She first met Boo when they were four and her parasol hit Boo in the eye. She calls it a "cute meet".
She gets an onscreen one with Tyler/Roman when she's hiding from the Ringer in a booth behind a cart of dirty dishes.
Pet the Dog: When they try out for the Joffrey Ballet Boo's shoes are in terrible shape. Sasha takes money from her mother's purse and buys her a pair pretending her father bought the wrong size. Boo isn't fooled for a minute though.
Talented, but Trained: Has more raw ballet talent than the other girls, but also works very hard to get better, even installing a barre in her bedroom so she can practice every night.
Team Chef: The only one of the girls that cooks, making everything from pot roast to muffins.
Tsundere: Lampshaded when Melanie and Ginny complain about how she can't seem to make up her mind between being mean or nice. Definitely a Type A.
Big Sister Instinct: Despite being the younger one, she actually cares about Charlie's well-being. Though, she'll never admit it.
Celibate Hero: While she understands sexuality, she doesn't actively partake in any of it. She's disgusted when Charlie's friend suggests they date, and Ginny even comments that she doesn't date anyone.
The Ditz: A mild case. She's not usually portrayed as outright stupid but she got military school confused with summer camp and didn't know that Boo's real name was Bettina even though they've been friends for years. She also thought The Great Gatsby had a whale in it. Rather ironic considering her actress participates in robotics competitions sponsored by NASA and JPL.
Kick the Dog: She and Ginny get one when they're really nasty to Carl.
Statuesque Stunner: She's almost as tall as Michelle, and the tallest of the girls.
Tomboy: More so than the other girls, as she's into roller derby.
Wrong Genre Savvy: "You two are the horndogs. We have 'spinster buddy comedy' written all over us." By the end of the episode Ginny had lost her virginity the week before.
Annoying Younger Sibling: Truly's sister Millie is her landlord who evicts her from her own dress shop for not paying her rent, much richer than her, and who was Hubble's girlfriend before Truly fell in love with him (and later Michelle).
Even the Girls Want Her: Playfully so - when Talia comes to visit, Truly and Talia end up hanging out together. Talia comments to Michelle that she wants one (of Truly). In another episode, her offer to adjust Michelle's pantsuit in the crotch is taken as the 'best suggestion all day'.
Hypercompetent Sidekick: To Fanny and, to a lesser extent, Michelle. Not only is she good at making clothes, she's very competent with tools and can even wire a cardboard box in the middle of the lawn for electricity very quickly.
Josh (Gabriel Notarangelo)
Satellite Love Interest: Is almost entirely defined by having dated Ginny since second grade.
Charlie Segal (Zak Henri)
Oblivious to Love: Boo has a crush on him, he's barely aware she exists.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: When he gets dumped, Melanie realizes this when he's not snarky like normal.
Clare Thompson (Kiersten Warren)
It's All About Me: Ginny breaks up with Josh and what does her mother rant about? How it affects her.
Psycho Ex: Shows up at the photoshoot for her ex-husband's wedding to throw punch over everyone.
Crazy-Prepared: He knows a lot of random skills like disabling security systems. It's shown that when she goes all-in on a project, she goes all in to the point of learning everything she can about it.
Rich Bitch: Thinks that people dislike her because they're jealous of her money as opposed to her personality. Then there's the time she evicted her own sister...
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Her basic MO, or some variation there of as she seems to think that being rich means she can get away with a lot of things. Unfortunately for Paradise, she seems to also be the landowner of half the town meaning they have to concede to her demands or be evicted.
This Is My Chair: Every episode she's in the dance studio she has sat in the same chair, which was even hauled upstairs so she could get a massage.
Villain with Good Publicity: Sort of. One of the reasons she supports Fanny and Michelle's amphitheater is so that she seems like a patron of the arts. Note that she only cares if people think she is; she doesn't actually have any interest in the arts herself.
Others
Talia (Angelina McCoy)
Gold Digger: It's implied that she has been after the money when pursuing men in the past but she seems to actually like her current beau despite the big age difference.
Scotty Simms (Hunter Foster)
The Casanova: He has fallen in love, married, and then fled multiple women/towns, usually in the course of a few weeks. Unlike many, he really does love those women as he believes in love at first sight. Of course, he also believes in love at first sight which is why he makes the poor judgement of marrying women after only knowing them for a week.
Dogged Nice Guy: Familial version. Despite the trouble his mother gets into constantly, he's always there to help her out even if it's really not the best idea. It's one of the reasons Michelle is estranged from their mother to begin with.
