History Characters / Grease

* TheCheerleader: Invites Sandy to try out for cheerleader trials.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: In the film, Frenchy has a dye job accident, which results in her having pink hair. In the [[http://media.timeout.com/images/resizeBestFit/81893/660/370/image.jpg London productions]], Frenchy has pink hair throughout the entire play to homage the dye job accident of the film.

* BadassBiker: The T-Birds in ''Film/Grease2'' all ride motorcycles..

* TheLeader: Danny Zuko is the leader of the greaser boys (named "Burger Palace Boys" in the play and "T-Birds" in the movie and most adaptations following it)
* LovableJock: Danny becomes a jock, and remains kind and sweet towards Sandy

->Played by: Sid Caesar (film, 1978), Wendell Pierce (''Grease Live'', 2016)

->Played by: Mike O'Connor (Kingston Mines, 1971), Don Billett (Broadway, 1972), Edd Byrnes (film, 1978), Mario Lopez (''Grease Live'', 2016)

* MixedAncestry: She is Polish-American in the play.

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->Played by: Sue Williams (Kingston Mines, 1971), Adrienne Barbeau (Broadway, 1972), Creator/StockardChanning (film, 1978), Creator/VanessaHudgens (''Grease Live'', 2016)

* AlphaBitch: Leads the Link Ladies and is bitchy to Sandy.

%% * TheAllegedCar: Greased Lightning until the end of the movie.

* {{Mooning}}: They bear their assrd for the camera at the school dance during the ''Blue Moon'' song.

* IWantSong: "Those Magic Changes" is Doody's solo. The song expresses Doody love and passion for "Those Magic Changes", which is a nickname for the four chords progression commonly found in 1950's pop music (C, A minor, F, and G7). His character (in the play and live TV show) is mainly focused on his guitar-playing abilities.

->Played by: Sue Williams (Kingston Mines, 1971), Adrienne Barbeau (Broadway, 1972), Creator/StockardChanning (film, 1978), Music/VanessaHudgens (''Grease Live'', 2016)

* TheEthicalSlut: She explains her outlook in the song "There Are Worse Things I Could Do":

%% * {{Mooning}}: They do it for the camera at the school dance during the ''Blue Moon'' song.

%% * SmokingIsCool: They all smoke but Danny and Kenickie are seen smoking most often.

%% * DarkReprise: In the remake, she sings them to "Summer Nights" and "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee'.

%% * AlphaBitch: Is this to Sandy, although instead of the typical cheerleader example, she's the leader of a girl gang.

%% * GirlishPigtails: In the movie she sports this hairstyle.
%%* IWantSong: "Mooning"

%% * DrivingADesk: The drag race in the remake.

%% * KeepAway: The T-Birds do this with his Rocket Club poster in the remake.
%% * {{Nerd}}: Stereotypical one.

%% * ButNowIMustGo: To the MaltShop in the sky.

%% * GuardianAngel: Is Frenchie's.

->Played by: Bill Cervetti (Kingston Mines, 1971), Timothy Meyers (Broadway, 1972), Jeff Conaway (film, 1978), Carlos [=PenaVega=] (''Grease Live'', 2016)

* ExtracurricularEnthusiast: Is cheer captain, is in a Future Homemakers if America club, does gymnastics and was nominated for student council vice president.

The descriptions for the play's characters come mainly from their play bios.

* RaceLift: Is mixed race in the 2016 version.

* RaceLift: Is black in the 2016 movie.

* RaceLift: Is black in the 2016 remake.

%%* TheLeader
%%* LovableJock

%%* TallDarkAndHandsome

%%* PapaWolf

%%* CasanovaWannabe

%% * IWantSong: "It's Raining on Prom Night" and "Hopelessly Devoted to You".

%% * IWantSong: "There Are Worse Things I Could Do"

* IWantSong: Her "All I Need Is An Angel" song in the live TV show serves as an "I Want Song", which she lacked in the play and movie. In the song, she sings about how lost she is after having struggled with her studies as a beautician, and how she desires to have someone guide her.

%%* IWantSong: "Greased Lightnin'", especially in the play, where he is the lead singer.

%%* ChivalrousPervert
%%* EmbarrassingNickname: "Rump", although he does not seem to particularly mind. Jan is more concerned, however.
%%* IWantSong: "Mooning"

%% * PaintedOnPants: Sandy wears them in the final scene.

%% * IWantSong: Her "All I Need Is An Angel" song in the remake.

%% * IWantSong: "Freddy, My Love"

%% * IWantSong: "Those Magic Changes"
* RaceLift: Is black in the 2016 version.
%%* TheRockStar

%%* BigEater

* RemakeCameo: Is played by Didi Conn in the remake, who played Frenchie in the originl.
%%* TeamMom

* TookALevelInKindness: In the TV show, before his race with the Scorpions, he refuses to drive because Rizzo's baby will need him in case anything goes wrong. And at the graduation carnival, he says to Rizzo that he doesn't care if it wasn't his mistake, he still wants to be there for her to raise the baby.

** In the TV show, he is a lot nicer to Marty, even showing her a gift to her at prom, respecting her crush on Vince Fontaine. Finally he comforts her after she expresses sadness at being alone. This of course, earns him her love.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Although she can be a jerk to her friends, Rizzo is a good person at heart. Further emphasized in the TV show when Sandy defends her from Patty's gossiping about her pregnancy scare.

* PromotedToLoveInterest: Patty for Eugene in the TV show.

* TookALevelInBadass: In the TV Show, Eugene is shown to have a passion for rocket science, which he uses to rev up the "Greased Lightning" car, which helps the T-birds win their race. For this, Danny gives Eugene his T-bird jacket, welcoming him into the group. At the end of the show, Patty asks if she can see his rocket, and they suggestively and quickly head over to the back of the gym.

* PromotedToLoveInterest: In the TV show, Eugene becomes one for Patty, who at the end asks the former if he can show her his rocket, to which he says "Not here!" and they suggestively head over to the back of the gym.

%% * SpicyLatina: In the TV show, she's played by Yvette Gonzales-Nacer

The descriptions for the non-film-exclusive characters come mainly from their play bios.

The descriptions for the non-film-exclusive characters come directly from their play bios, which can also be found on [[http://www.greasethemusical.co.uk/about-grease-characters.php the official website of the West End (London) production for Grease]].

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->Played by: Bill Cervetti (Kingston Mines, 1971), Timothy Meyers (Broadway, 1972), Jeff Conaway (film, 1978), Carlos PenaVega (''Grease Live'', 2016)

->Played by: Sue Williams (Kingston Mines, 1971), Adrienne Barbeau (Broadway, 1972), Stockard Channing (film, 1978), Music/VanessaHudgens (''Grease Live'', 2016)

->Played by: Steve Munro (Kingston Mines, 1971), Tom Harris (Broadway, 1972), Eddie Deezen (film, 1978), Noah Robbins (''Grease Live'', 2016)

* SpellMyNamewithanS: "Frenchy" is commonly misspelled as "Frenchie", such as in the end credits of the film.

->Played by: Sue Williams (Kingston Mines, 1971), Adrienne Barbeau (Broadway, 1972), Stockard Channing (film, 1978), Creator/VanessaHudgens (''Grease Live'', 2016)