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Main Characters
Tara
Tara Gregson (née Craine)
- Played by: Toni Collette
The alter-ego
- Played by Toni Collette
Alice
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
- Death Glare
- The '50s
- Split-Personality Takeover: Implied in Season 1, but it doesn't last.
- Stepford Smiler
- Team Mom / The Leader
T.
Buck
Gimme
Soshana
Chicken
Bryce Craine
- Arc Words: "You will not win..."
- Big Bad: In Season 3.
- Knight of Cerebus
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Especially towards Marshall's homosexuality.
- Slasher Smile
- The Sociopath
- Teens Are Monsters
- Would Hurt a Child
Max
Maxwell "Max" Gregson
- Played by John Corbett
Kate
Kate Gregson
- Played by Brie Larson
- Bratty Teenage Daughter: At the start of the show she is lazy, greedy and spiteful.
- Character Development: Over time she manages to mature a little.
- Deadpan Snarker: It's easier to laugh at their horrible home life than to cry.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: She has a tendency to get herself in over her head in reckless scenarios in the search for money and romance.
Marshall
Marshall Gregson
- Played by Keir Gilchrist
- Beware the Nice Ones
- Deadpan Snarker
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: He's the Responsible to the mild Foolish of his sister.
- Straight Gay: At least compared to Lionel. Marshall's got a bit of a Quentin Crisp flair to his fashion taste.
Charmaine
Charmaine Craine
- Played by Rosemarie Dewitt
- Character Development
- Deadpan Snarker: One of the biggest of the series.
- It's All About Me: Especially in Season 1, she gets better.
- Jerkass
- The Un-Favourite
Neil
Neil Kowalski
- Played by Patton Oswalt
- Deadpan Snarker
- First Girl Wins: Gender Flipped in his relationship with Charmaine.
