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Sally Forth (syndicated strip)/Characters


Sally Forth

A married, middle-class American working mother.

Ted Forth

Sally's husband.

  • Deadpan Snarker: Not as much as Sally but it seems her sense of humor has rubbed off on him.
  • Happily Married
  • Heroic BSOD: Almost had one when he found a college-era journal of Sally's where she writes that she never wants to get married. Later became a Call Back when Sally found out he was still hurt over it.
  • Man Child / One of Us: After the writer changed Ted became very into pop-culture and a little insane. On his own website Marciuliano implies that Ted takes psychiatric drugs.
  • White Collar Worker most of the time, with a stretch of unemployment that lasted about a year when he was downsized from his job in "strategic sourcing".

Hilary Forth

Sally and Ted's preteen daughter.

Hilary: So I guess we're going to make a lot of mistakes then, huh?
Jon: Or we'll have a great time together.
Hilary: Oh. Right. I like your way of thinking much better.

And later {{quote|Jon: I came to cheer you on for the [softball/little league] championship. Hilary: [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?|Wow, is that what boyfriends and girlfriends do? Support each other?] Jon: What do you think they do? Hilary: Get into petty arguments. Cheat. I've seen a lot of bad television. }}

  • Genre Savvy: Her Meet Cute with Jon is so unbearably cliche that she puts a stop to it and tells him what will likely happen next and tries to avert it as much as possible. Her parents even comment on how savvy she is.
  • Yandere: She's usually level-headed but was strangely cold and defensive towards Jon, then becomes close once he reveals he already knows Faye. Her weird behavior is explained as nervousness and "a lot of bad TV".

Kitty

The Forths' cat.

Jackie

Sally's younger sister.

  • Crazy Cat Lady: Years of unsuccessful relationships have her on the verge.
  • May-December Romance / Odd Couple: To Sally's horror and confusion she not only hooked up with her boss Ralph but also seems to be quite happy with him.
    • And now they're getting married, which caused Sally to bluescreen.

Laura

Sally's mother.

Sally's coworkers

Ralph

Sally's former Pointy-Haired Boss and currently her co-manager.

  • Odd Couple: Not only with Sally's sister but with Ted since they both have a love of pop-culture.

Alice

One of Sally's co-workers and main confidante.

Jeff

Sally's blandly competent current boss.

The Art Department (I think)

Sally's hilariously lazy and incompetent staff. They make her yearn for Ralph.

Hilary's friends

Faye

Hilary's best friend.

Nona

Hilary and Faye's classmate.

Other characters

Aria

Ted's co-worker.

  • Everyone Loves Blondes: Aria is/was a major temptation for Ted: not only is she young and beautiful, she's also as much of a pop-culture lover as he is and once got him something (I think it was a lunchbox) that he'd always wanted.
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