The Philadelphia Story/Characters

Tracy Samantha Lord

"You have a good mind, a pretty face, a disciplined body that does what you tell it to. You have everything it takes to make a lovely woman except the one essential: an understanding heart. And without that you might just as well be made of bronze."

• Defrosting the Ice Queen
• In-Series Nickname
• Tsundere

C. K. Dexter Haven

"I thought all writers drank to excess and beat their wives. You know at one time I think I secretly wanted to be a writer."

• Composite Character
• Deadpan Snarker
• Freudian Trio: Dexter is the ego.
• The Teetotaler (of the recovering alcoholic variety)

Macaulay ("Mike") Connor

Tracy: "Snob."
Mike: "Say, what do you mean, 'snob'?"
Tracy: "You're the worst kind there is, an intellectual snob. You made up your mind awfully young, it seems to me."
Mike: "Well thirty's about time to make up your mind. And I'm nothing of hte sort, not Mr. Connor."

• Fish Out of Water
• Freudian Trio: Mike is the id.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold

Elizabeth ("Liz") Imbrie

"I can't afford to hate anyone; I'm only a photographer."

• Deadpan Snarker
• Fish Out of Water
• Girl Friday

George Kittredge

"George. Splendid chap, George. Very high morals. Very broad shoulders."

• Disposable Fiancé
• Freudian Trio: George is the superego.
• Self-Made Man

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