Black Books/Characters

Black Books

Bernard Ludwig Black

Played By: Dylan Moran

• The Alcoholic
• Alliterative Name
• Anti-Hero: Type V
• Badass Bookworm
• Bad Boss
• Completely Missing the Point
• The Cynic
  • Nietzsche Wannabe
• Deadpan Snarker
• Grammar Nazi
• Jerkass
  • Jerkass Woobie
• Large Ham
• Lethal Chef: MY OVEN CAN COOK BITS OF OVEN.
• Man Child
• Messy Hair
• No Sympathy
• The Gambling Addict
• Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: At certain points, he treats Manny like his child. Cultimates in screaming, 'HOW COULD YOU DO THIS? MY OWN SON!'

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Manny Bianco

Played By: Bill Bailey

• Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny
• Bumbling Sidekick
• Butt Monkey
• Hypercompetent Sidekick: While perhaps not brilliant, he is far better at the financial and customer-service aspects of bookselling than Bernard.
• Nice Guy
• Hidden Depths
• The Cast Showoff
• The Ditz: Sometimes borders on Ditzy Genius.

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Fran Katzenjammer

Played By: Tamsin Grieg

• Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny
• Lady Drunk
• The Hedonist