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* ChildrenAreInnocent: The Scotts didn't tell Jamie about Dan's crimes, leaving him confused as to why everyone else doesn't want Dan around. Even after he learns the truth, Jamie still tries to maintain his relationship with his grandfather.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has his moments when he gets older.
* RuleOfThree: Pointed out by Peyton as [[spoiler:the third guy to be shared by herself & Brooke.]]
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* SixthRanger: Bonus points for being introduced in the ''sixth'' season. In addition, he's actually the final addition to the gang when the core five are still complete. [[spoiler: He even married the remaining single girl of the five, though two seasons after his introduction]].
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* SixthRanger: Bonus points for being introduced in the ''sixth'' season. In addition, he's actually the final addition to the gang when the core five are still complete. [[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He even married the remaining single girl of the five, though two seasons after his introduction]].
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Lucas & Peyton - he takes Peyton's role as the best friend whilst taking Lucas' love of sports.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Lucas & Peyton - he takes Peyton's role as the best friend with the tortured backstory whilst taking Lucas' love of sports.
* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds: His return in Season 3 is for no other reason than to make it clear that Peyton is in love with Lucas.
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!!'''Ferguson "Fergie" Thompson''' and '''John "Junk" Moretti''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/VaughnWilson and Creator/CullenMoss)''
* BlackBestFriend: Fergie to Lucas, Mouth & Junk.
* DemotedToExtra: Whilst never prominent characters, Junk and Fergie were given stuff to do during Seasons 1 & 2. By Season 9, they have been reduced to background characters.
* {{Flat Character}}s: They have no real role in the story. They are just...there. Save for a random episode in Season 7 where they babysit Jamie, and their frequent appearances on Mouth and Skills' couch playing video games, what real contribution did they have to the show? This is ultimately lampshaded during the cast of the movie adaptation of Lucas' book, as it's revealed that in order to streamline the cast for the film, Junk & Fergie's characters have been cut.
* GirlfriendInCanada: Junk claims to have one in response to Skills' "Four years of high school. Zero girlfriends for Junk and Fergie" comment in the fourth season finale.
* InSeriesNickname: Fergie - Fergilicious. Only he refers to himself with that, though.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Both of them. No one ever called Fergie "Ferguson" and Junk's real name is John.
* SaltAndPepper : Junk is white, Fergie is black.
* BlackBestFriend: Fergie to Lucas, Mouth & Junk.
* DemotedToExtra: Whilst never prominent characters, Junk and Fergie were given stuff to do during Seasons 1 & 2. By Season 9, they have been reduced to background characters.
* {{Flat Character}}s: They have no real role in the story. They are just...there. Save for a random episode in Season 7 where they babysit Jamie, and their frequent appearances on Mouth and Skills' couch playing video games, what real contribution did they have to the show? This is ultimately lampshaded during the cast of the movie adaptation of Lucas' book, as it's revealed that in order to streamline the cast for the film, Junk & Fergie's characters have been cut.
* GirlfriendInCanada: Junk claims to have one in response to Skills' "Four years of high school. Zero girlfriends for Junk and Fergie" comment in the fourth season finale.
* InSeriesNickname: Fergie - Fergilicious. Only he refers to himself with that, though.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Both of them. No one ever called Fergie "Ferguson" and Junk's real name is John.
* SaltAndPepper : Junk is white, Fergie is black.
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!!'''Ferguson "Fergie" Thompson''' and '''John "Junk" Moretti''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/VaughnWilson and Creator/CullenMoss)''
* BlackBestFriend: Fergie to Lucas, Mouth & Junk.
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* DemotedToExtra: Whilst never prominent characters,Junk and Fergie were was given stuff to do during Seasons 1 & 2. By Season 9, they have he had been reduced to background characters.
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*{{Flat Character}}s: They have FlatCharacter: Has no real role in the story. They are Fergie is just...there. Save for a random episode in Season 7 where they he & Junk babysit Jamie, and their frequent appearances on Mouth and Skills' couch playing video games, what real contribution did they have to the show? This is ultimately lampshaded during the cast of the movie adaptation of Lucas' book, as it's revealed that in order to streamline the cast for the film, Junk & Fergie's characters have been cut.
*GirlfriendInCanada: Junk claims to have one in response to Skills' "Four years of high school. Zero girlfriends for Junk and Fergie" comment in the fourth season finale.
*InSeriesNickname: Fergie - Fergilicious. Only he refers to himself with that, though.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname:Both of them. No one ever Is called Fergie "Ferguson" twice during the course of the show - once whilst teasing Lucas over forgetting his roots after not coming down to the River Court for a while, and Junk's real when his name is John.
called out during graduation.
*SaltAndPepper : Junk is white, Fergie is black.SaltAndPepper: Fulfils this dynamic with Junk.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Always appear together. In the Season 4 finale, there's a shot of the 12 graduating seniors paired up - Lucas & Peyton, Nathan & Haley, Brooke & Chase, Rachel & Mouth, Bevin & Skills, and... Junk & Fergie. Likewise, at Lucas & Peyton's wedding, there's a brief series of shots showing the various couples who aren't married; namely Mia & Chase, Mouth & Millie, Skills & Lauren, and again, Junk & Fergie.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Always appear together.Almost always appears alongside Junk. In the Season 4 finale, there's a shot of the 12 graduating seniors paired up - Lucas & Peyton, Nathan & Haley, Brooke & Chase, Rachel & Mouth, Bevin & Skills, and... Junk & Fergie. Likewise, at Lucas & Peyton's wedding, there's a brief series of shots showing the various couples who aren't married; namely Mia & Chase, Mouth & Millie, Skills & Lauren, and again, Junk & Fergie.
'''John "Junk" Moretti''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/CullenMoss)''
* DemotedToExtra: Whilst never prominent characters, Junk was given stuff to do during Seasons 1 & 2. By Season 9, he had been reduced to background characters.
* FlatCharacter: Has no real role in the story. Junk is just...there. Save for a random episode in Season 7 where he & Fergie babysit Jamie, and their frequent appearances on Mouth and Skills' couch playing video games, what real contribution did they have to the show? This is ultimately lampshaded during the cast of the movie adaptation of Lucas' book, as it's revealed that in order to streamline the cast for the film, Junk & Fergie's characters have been cut.
* GirlfriendInCanada: Claims to have one in response to Skills' "Four years of high school. Zero girlfriends for Junk and Fergie" comment in the fourth season finale.
* HiddenDepths: Calls a crisis hotline during season 8, and admits that he's displeased with his life due to it seemingly going nowhere.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: No one ever calls Junk by his real name, John.
* SaltAndPepper : Fulfils this dynamic with Fergie.
* {{Satellite Character}}s: To Lucas, Mouth and Skills. Which is really saying something since Skills is kind of a SatelliteCharacter himself.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Almost always appears alongside Fergie. In the Season 4 finale, there's a shot of the 12 graduating seniors paired up - Lucas & Peyton, Nathan & Haley, Brooke & Chase, Rachel & Mouth, Bevin & Skills, and... Junk & Fergie. Likewise, at Lucas & Peyton's wedding, there's a brief series of shots showing the various couples who aren't married; namely Mia & Chase, Mouth & Millie, Skills & Lauren, and again, Junk & Fergie.
'''John "Junk" Moretti''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/CullenMoss)''
* DemotedToExtra: Whilst never prominent characters, Junk was given stuff to do during Seasons 1 & 2. By Season 9, he had been reduced to background characters.
* FlatCharacter: Has no real role in the story. Junk is just...there. Save for a random episode in Season 7 where he & Fergie babysit Jamie, and their frequent appearances on Mouth and Skills' couch playing video games, what real contribution did they have to the show? This is ultimately lampshaded during the cast of the movie adaptation of Lucas' book, as it's revealed that in order to streamline the cast for the film, Junk & Fergie's characters have been cut.
* GirlfriendInCanada: Claims to have one in response to Skills' "Four years of high school. Zero girlfriends for Junk and Fergie" comment in the fourth season finale.
* HiddenDepths: Calls a crisis hotline during season 8, and admits that he's displeased with his life due to it seemingly going nowhere.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: No one ever calls Junk by his real name, John.
* SaltAndPepper : Fulfils this dynamic with Fergie.
* {{Satellite Character}}s: To Lucas, Mouth and Skills. Which is really saying something since Skills is kind of a SatelliteCharacter himself.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Almost always appears alongside Fergie. In the Season 4 finale, there's a shot of the 12 graduating seniors paired up - Lucas & Peyton, Nathan & Haley, Brooke & Chase, Rachel & Mouth, Bevin & Skills, and... Junk & Fergie. Likewise, at Lucas & Peyton's wedding, there's a brief series of shots showing the various couples who aren't married; namely Mia & Chase, Mouth & Millie, Skills & Lauren, and again, Junk & Fergie.
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* OffscreenBreakup: With Skills in season 5 and with Tim in the SeriesFinale.
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* BreakoutCharacter: Brooke was brought on as comic relief character to stir the pot and later grew to being billed third in the credits by Season Seven. She's also the character that everyone remembers first from the series above any of the Scotts.
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* BreakoutCharacter: Brooke was brought on as comic relief character to stir the pot and later grew to being billed third third[[note]]Due to Chad Michael Murray, Hilarie Burton & Paul Johannson no longer series regulars at that point[[/note]] in the credits by Season Seven. She's also the character that everyone remembers first from the series above any of the Scotts.
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!!'''Jimmy James''' ''(Creator/HueyLewis)''
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!!'''Glenda Farrell''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/AmberWallace)''
* DarkerAndEdgier: Is first introduced during the school shooting, as just a normal girl. When she reappears in season 4, she's become a goth.
* IResembleThatRemark: When Peyton protests that she's a loner & not a prom queen during a Social Studies class, Glenda points that she's a loner whilst Peyton's a cheerleader dating one of the stars of the basketball team.
* NotSoDifferent: After spending an hour with Lucas, she admits that he would've made a pretty good goth.
* SecretKeeper: Is the first person Lucas tells about his novel.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Her mother was one of "the pretty & the popular" & is disappointed that Glenda isn't.
!!'''Shelly Simon''' ''(Portayed by Creator/ElizabethHarnois)''
* CelibateHero: Formed Clean Teens, a group that vowed to remain "Virgins for life".
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted. It's revealed that the reason she's so insistent that Brooke keep her baby was that Shelly hadn't done the same & regrets the decision.
* InsistentTerminology: Insists that she's a "born again virgin" after Brooke calls her out on leading a celibacy group when she isn't even a virgin.
* ReallyGetsAround: Before she formed Clean Teens.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Is first introduced during the school shooting, as just a normal girl. When she reappears in season 4, she's become a goth.
* IResembleThatRemark: When Peyton protests that she's a loner & not a prom queen during a Social Studies class, Glenda points that she's a loner whilst Peyton's a cheerleader dating one of the stars of the basketball team.
* NotSoDifferent: After spending an hour with Lucas, she admits that he would've made a pretty good goth.
* SecretKeeper: Is the first person Lucas tells about his novel.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Her mother was one of "the pretty & the popular" & is disappointed that Glenda isn't.
!!'''Shelly Simon''' ''(Portayed by Creator/ElizabethHarnois)''
* CelibateHero: Formed Clean Teens, a group that vowed to remain "Virgins for life".
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted. It's revealed that the reason she's so insistent that Brooke keep her baby was that Shelly hadn't done the same & regrets the decision.
* InsistentTerminology: Insists that she's a "born again virgin" after Brooke calls her out on leading a celibacy group when she isn't even a virgin.
* ReallyGetsAround: Before she formed Clean Teens.
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* TheAlcoholic
TheAlcoholic: His introduction features him snorting cocaine.
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* MeaningfulName: Her mother's maiden name is her first name, so that the Sawyer would live beyond her mother & grandfather. Her middle name comes from her godmother, Brooke Davis.
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* TestosteronePoisoning: Invoked in the first seasons. Interestingly, Dan starts showing his {{Badass}}ery when he stopped trying to be one.
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* TestosteronePoisoning: Invoked in the first seasons. Interestingly, Dan starts showing his {{Badass}}ery badassery when he stopped trying to be one.
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* {{Badass}}: A member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
* BadassInANiceSuit: When he wears his dress uniform.
* BadassInANiceSuit: When he wears his dress uniform.
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* {{Badass}}: BadassInANiceSuit: A member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
* BadassInANiceSuit: WhenCorps. Sometimes he wears his dress uniform.
* BadassInANiceSuit: When
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: After a brief stint of BelligerantSexualTension at the start of season 1, the second half of the season through to the mid-point of the fourth season has them move into full-on UST. After the four year time skip between seasons 4 & 5, they've fallen back into this.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: After a brief stint of BelligerantSexualTension BelligerentSexualTension at the start of season 1, the second half of the season through to the mid-point of the fourth season has them move into full-on UST. After the four year time skip between seasons 4 & 5, they've fallen back into this.
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* CastingGag: James Van Der Beek previously played the main character in ''Series/DawsonsCreek'', who wanted to be a movie director.
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* {{Badass}}: Being the main character, he has the most heroic moments and in season four, [[spoiler:after he finds out the truth abouth Keith's death, he confronts [[HeroKiller his father]].]]
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* BrotherSisterIncest: Subverted. He pretends to be Peyton's brother just to get close to her. Once she learns the truth, he decides to stop holding back on his lust for her.
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* NeverMyFault: He fails to acknowledge that he's in prison because of what he had done to Peyton and her friends. Instead, he blames her and claims that she's nothing more than a tease with everything she does.
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* BrokenPedestal: In the first four seasons, Nathan frequently butts heads with Dan, but they ultimately do care about each other. Then [[spoiler:Nathan finds out that Dan killed Keith]].
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* MostWritersAreWriters: Lucas, the main character and narrator, is an aspiring writer.
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* MostWritersAreWriters: Lucas, the main character and narrator, character, is an aspiring writer.
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* UnrequittedLoveSwitcheroo: Spends the first episodes of the series being the unrequitted love interest of Lucas Scott, before they wind-up switching places.
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* UnrequittedLoveSwitcheroo: UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: Spends the first episodes of the series being the unrequitted love interest of Lucas Scott, before they wind-up switching places.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: With Peyton, to FoeYay levels.
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* {{UST}}: With Lucas, [[spoiler:TheyDo]]UnrequittedLoveSwitcheroo: Spends the first episodes of the series being the unrequitted love interest of Lucas Scott, before they wind-up switching places.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: After a brief stint of BelligerantSexualTension at the start of season 1, the second half of the season through to the mid-point of the fourth season has them move into full-on UST. After the four year time skip between seasons 4 & 5, they've fallen back into this.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: After a brief stint of BelligerantSexualTension at the start of season 1, the second half of the season through to the mid-point of the fourth season has them move into full-on UST. After the four year time skip between seasons 4 & 5, they've fallen back into this.
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* GirlinessUpgrade: Peyton in Seasons 1 to 4 - usually wearing jeans, band t-shirts & a leather jacket. Peyton in Seasons 5 & 6 - frequently wearing dresses & just dressing in a more feminine manner.
* TeamMom: Whilst not as much as Karen, Deb has her moments - most notably [[spoiler:when Karen is in the hospital after giving birth]] in Season 4, and when [[spoiler:Brooke is attacked in her store in Season 6]].
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* RomanticFalseLead: Begins a relationship with Peyton in Season 2, which really just serves to clear the way for Brooke & Lucas to get back together whilst Peyton realises that she still loves Lucas.
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* RomanticFalseLead: Begins a relationship with Peyton in Season 2, which really just serves to however by the end of Season 3 it's clear the way for Brooke & Lucas to get back together whilst Peyton realises that she still loves Jake was never more than a replacement for Lucas.
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* TheGenericGuy: Whilst the other characters all have their quirks, Jake is really just there to give Lucas an ally on the basketball team & serve as a RomanticFalseLead for Peyton, with no real characterisation beyond the fact that he's a nice guy who happens to have a daughter.
* RomanticFalseLead: Begins a relationship with Peyton in Season 2, which really just serves to clear the way for Brooke & Lucas to get back together whilst Peyton realises that she still loves Lucas.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, Keith was trying to talk to Jimmy. But Jimmy thought Peyton was going to die and nothing would get better; he then shot himself.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:At [[spoiler:Upon seeing the end of the episode, Keith was trying to talk to Jimmy. But unconcious & bleeding out Peyton, Jimmy thought Peyton was going to die and nothing would loses all hope that things could get better; he then shot himself.better & puts his gun to his chest before pulling the trigger.]]
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* GenreSavvy: Spends the entirity of Brooke's wedding ensuring that everything that could go wrong (And in fact, ''has'' gone wrong at previous Tree Hill weddings) doesn't.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Releases the time capsule because she wanted to cause drama, which ultimately leads to [[spoiler:Jimmy Edwards taking a gun into school]].
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* WhenSheSmiles: As Lucas notes, happy looks good on her.
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* TomboyishName: Haley is definitely a feminine name. The rest of her name consists entirely of masculine names - Bob, James & Scott.
* TwoFirstNames:Three Technically, four after marrying Nathan.Nathan.
* WeNamedTheDogIndiana: Haley's middle name, Bob, comes from the James family's old house cat who despised being held, with her mother noting the similarity between the two as the newborn Haley kept squirming whenever someone held her.
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* WeNamedTheDogIndiana: Haley's middle name, Bob, comes from the James family's old house cat who despised being held, with her mother noting the similarity between the two as the newborn Haley kept squirming whenever someone held her.
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* SelfServingMemory: In regards to her break-up with Lucas & falling out with Peyton in Season 4. Brooke repeatedly ignores the circumstances behind their kiss in Season 3[[note]]Peyton was bleeding out during the school shooting, and kissed Lucas as she thought she was going to die[[/note]] and that Peyton was willing to hide her feelings for Lucas if Brooke admitted she loved him.
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* SelfServingMemory: In regards to both of her break-up break-ups with Lucas & falling out outs with Peyton in Seasons 1 & 4.
** In Season4. 1, whilst Peyton & Lucas were in the wrong to start a relationship behind Brooke's back, Brooke ignores her own earlier attempted sabotage of Lucas & Peyton's developing relationship because she wanted to sleep with him.
** In Season 4, Brooke repeatedly ignores the circumstances behind their kiss in Season 3[[note]]Peyton was bleeding out during the school shooting, and kissed Lucas as she thought she was going to die[[/note]] and that Peyton was willing to hide her feelings for Lucas if Brooke admitted she loved him.
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** In Season 4, Brooke repeatedly ignores the circumstances behind their kiss in Season 3[[note]]Peyton was bleeding out during the school shooting, and kissed Lucas as she thought she was going to die[[/note]] and that Peyton was willing to hide her feelings for Lucas if Brooke admitted she loved him.
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* TagalongKid: To the adult main cast. Other kids are added in the last few years though.
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* TagalongKid: To the adult main cast. Other kids are added in the last few years with Season 6 though.
* LimitedWardrobe: Is only ever seen in his military fatigues or his dress uniform.
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* CoolAunt: To Jamie, although it's probably due to them being in the same age[[note]]She was actually only a few hours older than him[[/note]]. [[spoiler: Presumably, she's this to to Sawyer, and ''maybe'' Lydia, as well.]]
* InsistentTerminology: Argues that Jamie has to call her Aunt Lily[[note]]Technically, she's not his aunt anyway - whilst Lucas & Nathan are half-brothers, she's only Nathan's cousin & subsequently isn't Jamie's aunt.[[/note]]
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* RunawayBride: [[spoiler:Lindsay abandons Lucas at the altar when she realizes that Lucas' book isn't actually about a comet at all... because Peyton's car is the Comet, and Lucas unconsciously wrote the book with her in mind.]]
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* RunawayBride: [[spoiler:Lindsay [[spoiler:Lindsey abandons Lucas at the altar when she realizes that Lucas' book isn't actually about a comet at all... because Peyton's car is the Comet, and Lucas unconsciously wrote the book with her in mind.]]
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* CreepyGood: During the last two seasons, at least, where he's firmly one of the good guys, if an AntiHero, and still retains all the same mannerisms he had when he was a villain. Of note is the time when Quinn asked him for advice on how to kill someone, and he told her all the horrifying details of killing and then hiding a body, which involves dismemberment, in an attempt to get her to give up on it.
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* TheCheerleader: Though she only does it because her mother was one. Every other aspect of Peyton's personality runs opposite to this trope, that Ellie commented that it seemed odd that Peyton was a cheerleader.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Almost runs over [[spoiler: her eventual husband]] Lucas Scott in the opening scenes of the show because she was searching the floor of her car for a dropped CD while driving.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Almost runs over [[spoiler: her [[spoiler:her eventual husband]] Lucas Scott in the opening scenes of the show because she was searching the floor of her car for a dropped CD while driving.
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* ExpositoryHairStyleChange: Goes from curly hair to short, straight hair, then curls with bangs with differing shades of blonde, then dirty blonde straightened hair for her last two seasons.
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* ExpositoryHairStyleChange: Goes from curly hair to short, short & straight hair, back to curls, then curls with bangs with differing shades of blonde, then dirty blonde straightened hair for her last two seasons.which goes from a lighter blonde before finally switching to being a redhead halfway through season 6.
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* {{Badass}}: A member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
* BadassInANiceSuit: When he wears his dress uniform.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Peyton, eventually.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Starts off not wanting to have anything to do with his sister, but gradually comes to have a loving relationship with her.
* ParentalAbandonment: His biological father abandonned his mother for Ellie Harp.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Lucas & Peyton. It's ultimately his encouragement that leads to Peyton admitting her feelings.
* {{Badass}}: A member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
* BadassInANiceSuit: When he wears his dress uniform.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Peyton, eventually.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Starts off not wanting to have anything to do with his sister, but gradually comes to have a loving relationship with her.
* ParentalAbandonment: His biological father abandonned his mother for Ellie Harp.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Lucas & Peyton. It's ultimately his encouragement that leads to Peyton admitting her feelings.
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* TheAlcoholic: His AA token commemorating a year's sobriety is actually Ellie's from the year she was pregnant with Peyton.
* BrokenPedestal: Peyton is initially thrilled to meet him, due to his status as a notable studio musician. Upon realising that he's her biological father, this happens as Mick had been intentionally avoiding admitting this to her & he skipped a dinner to get drunk in a bar.
* DisappearedDad: To Derek, abandonning him & his mother to start a relationship with Ellie Harp. He's also absent from his daughter's life until she's 22.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Peyton's biological father. He turns up at the start of season 6, looking to get to know her without actually admitting who he is.
* TheAlcoholic: His AA token commemorating a year's sobriety is actually Ellie's from the year she was pregnant with Peyton.
* BrokenPedestal: Peyton is initially thrilled to meet him, due to his status as a notable studio musician. Upon realising that he's her biological father, this happens as Mick had been intentionally avoiding admitting this to her & he skipped a dinner to get drunk in a bar.
* DisappearedDad: To Derek, abandonning him & his mother to start a relationship with Ellie Harp. He's also absent from his daughter's life until she's 22.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Peyton's biological father. He turns up at the start of season 6, looking to get to know her without actually admitting who he is.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Whilst Chase's actual proficiency in the bedroom is joked about, he's considered to be a ''very'' good kisser by Brooke, Peyton & Mia.
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* OnTheRebound: Serves as Brooke's rebound guy after she accepts that there's no future for her & Lucas.
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!!'''Antwon "Skills" Taylor''' (Portrayed by Creator/AntwonTanner)
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* AdamWesting: According to Antwon Tanner, he pretty much ''is'' Skills in real life.
* TheArtifact: Just like Mouth, his character became more pointless in later seasons.
* AscendedExtra: Like Mouth, was initially introduced as one of Lucas's friends from the River Court, but unlike Mouth, rarely appeared without the other River Court guys. In Season 3, he received the character development that Mouth did in Season 2, and was Promoted to Opening Titles the following season.
%%* BaldOfAwesome
* BetaCouple: With Bevin.
* BlackBestFriend: To both Lucas and Mouth.
* CommutingOnABus: After Season 7.
* DemotedToExtra: During the second half of Season 8, to the point that his only appearance in the Season Finale (Which was written as the ''GrandFinale'') is wearing a chicken suit in an audition for Millie's old field reporter job.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Mouth.
* TheLancer: To Lucas.
* LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler:The final TimeSkip implies that he and Bevin got back together.]]
* LovableJock: When he joins the basketball team.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Deb Scott in season 5.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Only his parents & Lauren refer to him as Antwon with any frequency.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 4.
* SatelliteCharacter:: He rarely gets ADayInTheLimelight, he's pretty much just there to be the BlackBestFriend to Lucas and Mouth.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Mouth's Sensitive Guy.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Lucas and Peyton.
* TokenMinority: The only black recurring character.
* TwoFirstNames: "Antwon" and "Taylor"
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: All his most important girlfriends (Bevin, Deb, Lauren) are white.
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!!'''Antwon "Skills" Taylor''' (Portrayed by Creator/AntwonTanner)
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* AdamWesting: According to Antwon Tanner, he pretty much ''is'' Skills in real life.
* TheArtifact: Just like Mouth, his character became more pointless in later seasons.
* AscendedExtra: Like Mouth, was initially introduced as one of Lucas's friends from the River Court, but unlike Mouth, rarely appeared without the other River Court guys. In Season 3, he received the character development that Mouth did in Season 2, and was Promoted to Opening Titles the following season.
%%* BaldOfAwesome
* BetaCouple: With Bevin.
* BlackBestFriend: To both Lucas and Mouth.
* CommutingOnABus: After Season 7.
* DemotedToExtra: During the second half of Season 8, to the point that his only appearance in the Season Finale (Which was written as the ''GrandFinale'') is wearing a chicken suit in an audition for Millie's old field reporter job.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Mouth.
* TheLancer: To Lucas.
* LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler:The final TimeSkip implies that he and Bevin got back together.]]
* LovableJock: When he joins the basketball team.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Deb Scott in season 5.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Only his parents & Lauren refer to him as Antwon with any frequency.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 4.
* SatelliteCharacter:: He rarely gets ADayInTheLimelight, he's pretty much just there to be the BlackBestFriend to Lucas and Mouth.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Mouth's Sensitive Guy.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Lucas and Peyton.
* TokenMinority: The only black recurring character.
* TwoFirstNames: "Antwon" and "Taylor"
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: All his most important girlfriends (Bevin, Deb, Lauren) are white.
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!!'''Antwon "Skills" Taylor''' (Portrayed by Creator/AntwonTanner)
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* AdamWesting: According to Antwon Tanner, he pretty much ''is'' Skills in real life.
* TheArtifact: Just like Mouth, his character became more pointless in later seasons.
* AscendedExtra: Like Mouth, was initially introduced as one of Lucas's friends from the River Court, but unlike Mouth, rarely appeared without the other River Court guys. In Season 3, he received the character development that Mouth did in Season 2, and was Promoted to Opening Titles the following season.
%%* BaldOfAwesome
* BetaCouple: With Bevin.
* BlackBestFriend: To both Lucas and Mouth.
* CommutingOnABus: After Season 7.
* DemotedToExtra: During the second half of Season 8, to the point that his only appearance in the Season Finale (Which was written as the ''GrandFinale'') is wearing a chicken suit in an audition for Millie's old field reporter job.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Mouth.
* TheLancer: To Lucas.
* LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler:The final TimeSkip implies that he and Bevin got back together.]]
* LovableJock: When he joins the basketball team.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Deb Scott in season 5.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Only his parents & Lauren refer to him as Antwon with any frequency.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 4.
* SatelliteCharacter:: He rarely gets ADayInTheLimelight, he's pretty much just there to be the BlackBestFriend to Lucas and Mouth.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Mouth's Sensitive Guy.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Lucas and Peyton.
* TokenMinority: The only black recurring character.
* TwoFirstNames: "Antwon" and "Taylor"
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: All his most important girlfriends (Bevin, Deb, Lauren) are white.
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!!'''Antwon "Skills" Taylor''' (Portrayed by Creator/AntwonTanner)
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* AdamWesting: According to Antwon Tanner, he pretty much ''is'' Skills in real life.
* TheArtifact: Just like Mouth, his character became more pointless in later seasons.
* AscendedExtra: Like Mouth, was initially introduced as one of Lucas's friends from the River Court, but unlike Mouth, rarely appeared without the other River Court guys. In Season 3, he received the character development that Mouth did in Season 2, and was Promoted to Opening Titles the following season.
%%* BaldOfAwesome
* BetaCouple: With Bevin.
* BlackBestFriend: To both Lucas and Mouth.
* CommutingOnABus: After Season 7.
* DemotedToExtra: During the second half of Season 8, to the point that his only appearance in the Season Finale (Which was written as the ''GrandFinale'') is wearing a chicken suit in an audition for Millie's old field reporter job.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Mouth.
* TheLancer: To Lucas.
* LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler:The final TimeSkip implies that he and Bevin got back together.]]
* LovableJock: When he joins the basketball team.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Deb Scott in season 5.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Only his parents & Lauren refer to him as Antwon with any frequency.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 4.
* SatelliteCharacter:: He rarely gets ADayInTheLimelight, he's pretty much just there to be the BlackBestFriend to Lucas and Mouth.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Mouth's Sensitive Guy.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Lucas and Peyton.
* TokenMinority: The only black recurring character.
* TwoFirstNames: "Antwon" and "Taylor"
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: All his most important girlfriends (Bevin, Deb, Lauren) are white.
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* BigEater: To the point that Lucas had to ask if she was pregnant.
--> '''Peyton:''' Trust me; when I'm pregnant, this will only be the tip of the iceberg.
--> '''Peyton:''' Trust me; when I'm pregnant, this will only be the tip of the iceberg.
* {{Irony}}: Considers "Celebration" by Cool & the Gang to be her saddest song, as it was playing in the hospital when her mother died.
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* MsFanservice: She had her moments during the high school years. Her GirlinessUpgrade in her last two seasons did her great either.
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* MsFanservice: She had her moments during the high school years. Her GirlinessUpgrade in her last two seasons did didn't do her great any harm either.
* {{Determinator}}: Started up her own business shortly after graduating from high school whilst simultaneously raising a new born Lucas, with no support from anyone other than Keith.
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* MarriedToTheJob: In the first season, she often spends time away from her family due to her work.
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* MarriedToTheJob: In Prior to the first season, she often spends time away from her family due to her work.
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Series regulars from the first season are listed in their credited order, and subsquent additions are listed in the order that they were added to the opening credits. Other characters are listed in the order of their initial appearances on the show.
[[folder:Dan Scott]]
!!'''Dan Scott''' (Portrayed by Creator/PaulJohansson)
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[[caption-width-right:255:Happiness doesn't come cheap. Hell, if it did, we would all be smiling.]]
* AbusiveParents: Throughout the entire first season, it's made very clear that Dan is more concerned about his legacy as basketball player than Nathan's well being, with him practically bullying Nathan to play basketball "his" way. In episode 1x21, "The Leaving Song," Dan takes over as coach of the Ravens due to Whitey needing surgery, and the viewer sees how bad Nathan had it growing up. Dan's father, Royal Scott, is stated to have been just as bad as Dan was, treating Dan the same way he was treating Nathan.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Karen, Deb, [[spoiler: Rachel]] sure do. The last one subverts this as [[spoiler: she only wants his money.]]
* AndStarring: In Seasons 7 and 9.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Keith.
* ArchnemesisDad: ''This.'' Dan is this trope personified a thousand times over, both to Lucas (Dan initially alternates between pretending Lucas doesn't exist one minute, and then treating him like a smelly pile of dog poop the next minute) and Nathan (who he uses as a mere vessel for his own self-loathing). In one early episode, Nathan is about to score the winning shot at the annual Father-Son Basketball Game at the high school, when Dan ''aggressively'' moves in to stop him, despite the game being for laughs, growling "I couldn't let you beat me, son!". Yeah, that pretty much says it all. Honestly, along with Lionel Luthor from ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Dan is probably the best example of this trope on TV (appropriately enough, Dan and Nathan's relationship in the first few seasons is A LOT like Lionel's and Lex's in the first few seasons of ''Smallville'').
* TheAtoner: Complete with his own talk show and book deal. Yeah, he's one of ''those'' "atoners." That being said, he genuinely does regret [[spoiler:killing Keith]], and he does try to be a good grandfather to Jamie.
* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: When he returns in season 9.]]
* BadassBoast: Although it usually bordered (or resulted) on TemptingFate.
* BadassGrandpa: To Jamie, when he saves him from the AxCrazy Nanny Carrie.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:In season 6 courtesy of Carrie. He made her pay for this soon after.]]
* BigBad: In the first 4 seasons.
* BigBadEnsemble: In Season 3 with Rachel.
* BigDamnHeroes: Several times in later seasons, which is also lampshaded.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: His RedemptionEqualsDeath could have been much better if Lucas and Karen forgave him. Or at least heard how he genuinely regretted his actions.]]
* BlondBrunetteRedhead: Interestingly, the three notable women of his life all fit this with Deb being blond, Karen being brunette and [[spoiler:Rachel]] being redhead.
* BoundAndGagged: Spends the first few episodes of season 6 like this during his kidnapping, but ''You've Dug Your Own Grave, Now Lie In It'' is the only episode where he is gagged.
* CainAndAbel: With Keith. It doesn't end well.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: To an extent, whilst running Dan Scott Motors. He (For the most part) made an honest run at being mayor, aside from a few instances of blackmail.
* DeadpanSnarker: Oh boy, Dan ''always'' has a sarcastic or witty comment to say or throw at someone. In fact, Dan is the source for much of the humour on the show.
* DestructiveRomance: With Deb.
* DrillSergeantNasty: In his tenure as the Ravens' coach.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Before getting shot, he killed ''all'' but three of Nathan's kidnappers (Nathan himself took out TheDragon, Chris Keller [[RammingAlwaysWorks took out]] TheBrute and Julian non-fatally took out the DirtyCop SixthRanger of the goons).]]
* {{Foil}}: He is this to so many characters, really.
* HandicappedBadass: He was able to hold his own against his sons when they ''simultaneously'' jumped him in season 5. Keep in mind that he has a worsening heart condition at the time.
* HeelRealization: He made a ''very gradual'' HeelFaceTurn.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: By TakingTheBullet that was meant for Nathan.]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Killed Keith and attempted to kill Lucas at one point.]]
* IllBoy: He suffers from a HollywoodHeartAttack, due to a disorder which is hereditary to the Scott family but only affects one-in-two potential sufferers.
* JerkJock: Was one, and still acts like one years later.
* KarmaHoudini: At least, until season 4...
* MadeOfIron: To the point that the show once featured a montage of all the times people had tried to kill Dan.
* ManipulativeBastard: Dan is always trying to manipulate people, especially his family, and their lives.
* MayDecemberRomance: With [[spoiler:Rachel in season 7. Very odd, since back in high school she tried to seduce both his sons.]]
* MayorPain: Becomes a Type A during Season 3 & 4.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Dan is mostly a {{Jerkass}}. Based on gag reels, Paul Johansson is a WackyGuy who acts as the cast's resident PluckyComicRelief who is also a [[TeamDad father figure]] to his younger cast mates.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Dan's reaction after Deb tells him it was her, not Keith, who had tried to kill him in a fire; the revelation coming 7 episodes after Dan had killed Keith in retaliation]].
* NeverMyFault: Will always find a way to refuse to acccept blame for his shortcomings & misdeeds.
* PapaWolf: Whilst he may be a bad father, Dan is very protective of his sons and grandchildren.
* ParentalAbandonment: He abandoned Karen and their son, Lucas.
* PetTheDog: Again, with Jamie. Dan's most unambiguously likeable moments are usually when he's with Jamie.
%%* RatedMForManly
* ReallyDeadMontage: [[spoiler: His dying episode in fact showed ''[[MadeOfIron all]]'' his {{Near Death Experience}}s throughout the show.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: His unforgivable deed was killing Keith; he made reparations with his time in prison, his efforts to be a good grandfather, and his rescuing of Jamie and, ultimately, Nathan. He is shot in the back with a bullet meant for Nathan and is led into Heaven by Keith, who forgives him.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Dan is the Red to Keith's Blue.
* ReformedButRejected: Arguably in the last four seasons.
* RevengeBeforeReason: When he believes that [[spoiler: his brother Keith tried to kill him. Deb actually did, but when Dan learned the truth, it was too late...]]
%%* RousseauWasRight
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Oh, yeah. He also has [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections connections]] and as mayor, [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem he made the rules.]] Many times throughout the show, the whole town appeared to be at his mercy. Plus, even with a ''heart condition'', [[MightMakesRight he still easily defended himself against his two adult sons.]]
* SharpDressedMan: As a mayor. [[spoiler:He was even [[BadassInANiceSuit Dressed To Kill]] Keith.]]
* SmugSuper: Dan's attitude and all his BadassBoast.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: All three are checked.
* TemptingFate: This line from season 3 comes to mind.
--->'''Dan:''' You can't kill Dan Scot!
* TestosteronePoisoning: Invoked in the first seasons. Interestingly, Dan starts showing his {{Badass}}ery when he stopped trying to be one.
* TokenEvilTeammate: The Scotts are a BigScrewedUpFamily...mostly because of him. Later he tries to redeem himself, but still.
%%* TonightSomeoneDies
* TortureTechnician: [[spoiler:He tortured one of Nathan's kidnappers in the last season.]]
* TwoFirstNames: "Dan" and "Scott".
* VillainousBreakdown: A few.
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Then again, Carrie had it coming.]]
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!!'''Dan Scott''' (Portrayed by Creator/PaulJohansson)
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[[caption-width-right:255:Happiness doesn't come cheap. Hell, if it did, we would all be smiling.]]
* AbusiveParents: Throughout the entire first season, it's made very clear that Dan is more concerned about his legacy as basketball player than Nathan's well being, with him practically bullying Nathan to play basketball "his" way. In episode 1x21, "The Leaving Song," Dan takes over as coach of the Ravens due to Whitey needing surgery, and the viewer sees how bad Nathan had it growing up. Dan's father, Royal Scott, is stated to have been just as bad as Dan was, treating Dan the same way he was treating Nathan.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Karen, Deb, [[spoiler: Rachel]] sure do. The last one subverts this as [[spoiler: she only wants his money.]]
* AndStarring: In Seasons 7 and 9.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Keith.
* ArchnemesisDad: ''This.'' Dan is this trope personified a thousand times over, both to Lucas (Dan initially alternates between pretending Lucas doesn't exist one minute, and then treating him like a smelly pile of dog poop the next minute) and Nathan (who he uses as a mere vessel for his own self-loathing). In one early episode, Nathan is about to score the winning shot at the annual Father-Son Basketball Game at the high school, when Dan ''aggressively'' moves in to stop him, despite the game being for laughs, growling "I couldn't let you beat me, son!". Yeah, that pretty much says it all. Honestly, along with Lionel Luthor from ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Dan is probably the best example of this trope on TV (appropriately enough, Dan and Nathan's relationship in the first few seasons is A LOT like Lionel's and Lex's in the first few seasons of ''Smallville'').
* TheAtoner: Complete with his own talk show and book deal. Yeah, he's one of ''those'' "atoners." That being said, he genuinely does regret [[spoiler:killing Keith]], and he does try to be a good grandfather to Jamie.
* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: When he returns in season 9.]]
* BadassBoast: Although it usually bordered (or resulted) on TemptingFate.
* BadassGrandpa: To Jamie, when he saves him from the AxCrazy Nanny Carrie.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:In season 6 courtesy of Carrie. He made her pay for this soon after.]]
* BigBad: In the first 4 seasons.
* BigBadEnsemble: In Season 3 with Rachel.
* BigDamnHeroes: Several times in later seasons, which is also lampshaded.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: His RedemptionEqualsDeath could have been much better if Lucas and Karen forgave him. Or at least heard how he genuinely regretted his actions.]]
* BlondBrunetteRedhead: Interestingly, the three notable women of his life all fit this with Deb being blond, Karen being brunette and [[spoiler:Rachel]] being redhead.
* BoundAndGagged: Spends the first few episodes of season 6 like this during his kidnapping, but ''You've Dug Your Own Grave, Now Lie In It'' is the only episode where he is gagged.
* CainAndAbel: With Keith. It doesn't end well.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: To an extent, whilst running Dan Scott Motors. He (For the most part) made an honest run at being mayor, aside from a few instances of blackmail.
* DeadpanSnarker: Oh boy, Dan ''always'' has a sarcastic or witty comment to say or throw at someone. In fact, Dan is the source for much of the humour on the show.
* DestructiveRomance: With Deb.
* DrillSergeantNasty: In his tenure as the Ravens' coach.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Before getting shot, he killed ''all'' but three of Nathan's kidnappers (Nathan himself took out TheDragon, Chris Keller [[RammingAlwaysWorks took out]] TheBrute and Julian non-fatally took out the DirtyCop SixthRanger of the goons).]]
* {{Foil}}: He is this to so many characters, really.
* HandicappedBadass: He was able to hold his own against his sons when they ''simultaneously'' jumped him in season 5. Keep in mind that he has a worsening heart condition at the time.
* HeelRealization: He made a ''very gradual'' HeelFaceTurn.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: By TakingTheBullet that was meant for Nathan.]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Killed Keith and attempted to kill Lucas at one point.]]
* IllBoy: He suffers from a HollywoodHeartAttack, due to a disorder which is hereditary to the Scott family but only affects one-in-two potential sufferers.
* JerkJock: Was one, and still acts like one years later.
* KarmaHoudini: At least, until season 4...
* MadeOfIron: To the point that the show once featured a montage of all the times people had tried to kill Dan.
* ManipulativeBastard: Dan is always trying to manipulate people, especially his family, and their lives.
* MayDecemberRomance: With [[spoiler:Rachel in season 7. Very odd, since back in high school she tried to seduce both his sons.]]
* MayorPain: Becomes a Type A during Season 3 & 4.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Dan is mostly a {{Jerkass}}. Based on gag reels, Paul Johansson is a WackyGuy who acts as the cast's resident PluckyComicRelief who is also a [[TeamDad father figure]] to his younger cast mates.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Dan's reaction after Deb tells him it was her, not Keith, who had tried to kill him in a fire; the revelation coming 7 episodes after Dan had killed Keith in retaliation]].
* NeverMyFault: Will always find a way to refuse to acccept blame for his shortcomings & misdeeds.
* PapaWolf: Whilst he may be a bad father, Dan is very protective of his sons and grandchildren.
* ParentalAbandonment: He abandoned Karen and their son, Lucas.
* PetTheDog: Again, with Jamie. Dan's most unambiguously likeable moments are usually when he's with Jamie.
%%* RatedMForManly
* ReallyDeadMontage: [[spoiler: His dying episode in fact showed ''[[MadeOfIron all]]'' his {{Near Death Experience}}s throughout the show.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: His unforgivable deed was killing Keith; he made reparations with his time in prison, his efforts to be a good grandfather, and his rescuing of Jamie and, ultimately, Nathan. He is shot in the back with a bullet meant for Nathan and is led into Heaven by Keith, who forgives him.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Dan is the Red to Keith's Blue.
* ReformedButRejected: Arguably in the last four seasons.
* RevengeBeforeReason: When he believes that [[spoiler: his brother Keith tried to kill him. Deb actually did, but when Dan learned the truth, it was too late...]]
%%* RousseauWasRight
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Oh, yeah. He also has [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections connections]] and as mayor, [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem he made the rules.]] Many times throughout the show, the whole town appeared to be at his mercy. Plus, even with a ''heart condition'', [[MightMakesRight he still easily defended himself against his two adult sons.]]
* SharpDressedMan: As a mayor. [[spoiler:He was even [[BadassInANiceSuit Dressed To Kill]] Keith.]]
* SmugSuper: Dan's attitude and all his BadassBoast.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: All three are checked.
* TemptingFate: This line from season 3 comes to mind.
--->'''Dan:''' You can't kill Dan Scot!
* TestosteronePoisoning: Invoked in the first seasons. Interestingly, Dan starts showing his {{Badass}}ery when he stopped trying to be one.
* TokenEvilTeammate: The Scotts are a BigScrewedUpFamily...mostly because of him. Later he tries to redeem himself, but still.
%%* TonightSomeoneDies
* TortureTechnician: [[spoiler:He tortured one of Nathan's kidnappers in the last season.]]
* TwoFirstNames: "Dan" and "Scott".
* VillainousBreakdown: A few.
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Then again, Carrie had it coming.]]
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[[folder:Marvin "Mouth" McFadden]]
!!'''Marvin "Mouth" [=McFadden=]''' (Portrayed by Creator/LeeNorris)
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[[caption-width-right:350:Good evening ladies & gentlemen, and welcome to a historic night.]]
* {{Adorkable}}: A geeky lovable NiceGuy. He attracts quite a few hot girls during the show.
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Brooke and Rachel.
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''arvin '''M'''cfadden nicknamed '''M'''outh.
* TheArtifact: In later seasons.
* AscendedExtra: He was initially introduced as one of Lucas's friends from the River Court, and to serve as anouncer for the Ravens games. With the Ravens not playing in Season 2 (Having lost their first playoff game at the end of Season 1), Mouth was given some character development beyond "The sports anouncer kid" & was Promoted to Opening Titles in Season 3.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Mouth ''is'' this trope around the girls he likes, like Brooke and Rachel.
* GiveGeeksAChance: He's friends with Brooke, Lucas and the other popular kids and dates several hot girls during the show.
* TheHeart: Even more than Brooke. Mouth is pretty much everyone's best friend.
* HeroesWantRedheads: His crush on Rachel.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Skills.
* HiddenDepths: Is a ''fantastic'' dancer, and once perfectly replicated a rival cheerleading squads dance routine by memory, much to the surprise of Brooke & the rest of the cheerleaders. After that, whenever the Ravens cheerleaders need to come up with a new dance routine, they go to Mouth.
* HollywoodDateless: His whininess over a lacking lovelife, and complaining that all the girls see him just as a "good friend". However his love interests include Erica, Gigi, Shelley, Millie, along with a fling with Rachel (though she wasn't serious about it) and quite a few other very attractive girls.
* HollywoodNerd: Though he kind of averts part of the stereotype due to the fact that he loves sports, unlike the typical HollywoodNerd.
* HopelessSuitor: To Brooke in Season 2; To Rachel in Seasons 3 & 4.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Repeatedly trusts Rachel & gives her the benefit of the doubt, in spite of everything she does over the course of seasons 3 & 4. He finally wises up after [[spoiler:she steals thousands from Brooke in season 5]].
* InWithTheInCrowd: Initially one of Lucas's friends from the River Court. Soon enough he, along with Lucas and Skills, becomes part of the popular crowd. So much that his old forgotten friend Jimmy felt ignored and mistreated by him, and it becomes a plot point in season 3. [[TearJerker You know the story...]]
* NiceGuy: It's not hard to see why Mouth is able to befriend anyone so easily, despite not being the stereotypically cool guy. He's incredibly friendly, good-natured and loyal, almost to a fault.
* OddFriendship: With all the main characters, particularly cheerleader and LovableAlphaBitch Brooke.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Only his girlfriend Millicent calls him "Marvin".
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 3.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Skills' Manly Man.
* SmallNameBigEgo: In Seasons 2 through 4, thinks he's a lot cooler than he actually is - Such as his being offended when Shelley labels him a Geek in Season 4's "Pictures Of You" when asked to label him either a Geek, Jock, Prom Queen, Loner or [[ReallyGetAround "Friendly".]]
* UnluckyEverydude: His perception, and he's probably this compared to the main five.
!!'''Marvin "Mouth" [=McFadden=]''' (Portrayed by Creator/LeeNorris)
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* {{Adorkable}}: A geeky lovable NiceGuy. He attracts quite a few hot girls during the show.
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Brooke and Rachel.
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''arvin '''M'''cfadden nicknamed '''M'''outh.
* TheArtifact: In later seasons.
* AscendedExtra: He was initially introduced as one of Lucas's friends from the River Court, and to serve as anouncer for the Ravens games. With the Ravens not playing in Season 2 (Having lost their first playoff game at the end of Season 1), Mouth was given some character development beyond "The sports anouncer kid" & was Promoted to Opening Titles in Season 3.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Mouth ''is'' this trope around the girls he likes, like Brooke and Rachel.
* GiveGeeksAChance: He's friends with Brooke, Lucas and the other popular kids and dates several hot girls during the show.
* TheHeart: Even more than Brooke. Mouth is pretty much everyone's best friend.
* HeroesWantRedheads: His crush on Rachel.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Skills.
* HiddenDepths: Is a ''fantastic'' dancer, and once perfectly replicated a rival cheerleading squads dance routine by memory, much to the surprise of Brooke & the rest of the cheerleaders. After that, whenever the Ravens cheerleaders need to come up with a new dance routine, they go to Mouth.
* HollywoodDateless: His whininess over a lacking lovelife, and complaining that all the girls see him just as a "good friend". However his love interests include Erica, Gigi, Shelley, Millie, along with a fling with Rachel (though she wasn't serious about it) and quite a few other very attractive girls.
* HollywoodNerd: Though he kind of averts part of the stereotype due to the fact that he loves sports, unlike the typical HollywoodNerd.
* HopelessSuitor: To Brooke in Season 2; To Rachel in Seasons 3 & 4.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Repeatedly trusts Rachel & gives her the benefit of the doubt, in spite of everything she does over the course of seasons 3 & 4. He finally wises up after [[spoiler:she steals thousands from Brooke in season 5]].
* InWithTheInCrowd: Initially one of Lucas's friends from the River Court. Soon enough he, along with Lucas and Skills, becomes part of the popular crowd. So much that his old forgotten friend Jimmy felt ignored and mistreated by him, and it becomes a plot point in season 3. [[TearJerker You know the story...]]
* NiceGuy: It's not hard to see why Mouth is able to befriend anyone so easily, despite not being the stereotypically cool guy. He's incredibly friendly, good-natured and loyal, almost to a fault.
* OddFriendship: With all the main characters, particularly cheerleader and LovableAlphaBitch Brooke.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Only his girlfriend Millicent calls him "Marvin".
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 3.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Skills' Manly Man.
* SmallNameBigEgo: In Seasons 2 through 4, thinks he's a lot cooler than he actually is - Such as his being offended when Shelley labels him a Geek in Season 4's "Pictures Of You" when asked to label him either a Geek, Jock, Prom Queen, Loner or [[ReallyGetAround "Friendly".]]
* UnluckyEverydude: His perception, and he's probably this compared to the main five.
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!!'''Marvin "Mouth" [=McFadden=]''' (Portrayed
!!'''Coach Brian "Whitey" Durham''' ''(Portrayed by
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* AFatherToHisMen: To the Ravens, but especially Lucas &
* {{Adorkable}}: A geeky lovable NiceGuy. He attracts quite a few hot girls during the show.
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Brooke and Rachel.
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''arvin '''M'''cfadden nicknamed '''M'''outh.
* TheArtifact: In later seasons.
* AscendedExtra: He was initially introduced as one
* DoggedNiceGuy: Mouth ''is'' this trope around the girls he likes, like Brooke
* GiveGeeksAChance: He's friends with Brooke,
* TheHeart: Even more than Brooke. Mouth is pretty much everyone's best friend.
* HeroesWantRedheads: His crush on Rachel.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Skills.
* HiddenDepths: Is a ''fantastic'' dancer, and once perfectly replicated a rival cheerleading squads dance routine by memory, much
* HollywoodDateless: His whininess over a lacking lovelife, and complaining that all the girls see him just as a "good friend". However his love interests include Erica, Gigi, Shelley, Millie, along with a fling with Rachel (though she wasn't serious about it) and quite a few other very attractive girls.
* HollywoodNerd: Though he kind of averts
* HopelessSuitor: To Brooke in Season 2; To Rachel in Seasons 3 & 4.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Repeatedly trusts Rachel & gives her the benefit of the doubt, in spite of everything she does over the course of seasons 3 & 4. He finally wises up
* InWithTheInCrowd: Initially one of Lucas's friends from
*
* BaldOfAwesome: Bald? Yes. Awesome? Yes.
* TheBusCameBack: In the
* OddFriendship: With all the main characters, particularly cheerleader and LovableAlphaBitch Brooke.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Only his girlfriend Millicent calls him "Marvin".
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In
*
*
* DeadpanSnarker: Mainly around Dan.
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:He told Dan in the season 6 finale that maybe the reason the latter's still alive is
*
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Brian Durham is his full name. In season 3 he tells the Ravens how he received the nickname "Whitey".
* PutOnABus: After Season 4.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Lets Jake show up to basketball practice late, leave early, and
* TeamDad: A father figure especially to Lucas and Nathan, but also to the other Ravens and sometimes to the main
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!!'''Rachel Gatina''' (Portrayed by Creator/DanneelHarris)
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* AlphaBitch: In contrast to Brooke's LovableAlphaBitch.
* TheBabyTrap: [[spoiler:Used this on Cooper. It doesn't end well.]]
* BigBad: Season 3 and the first half of Season 7. Rachel is the cause of many of the bad happenings in Season 3 such as turning the cheerleading squad wild and releasing the school's time capsule which leads to [[spoiler: Jimmy bringing a gun to school]].
* BigBadEnsemble: Season 3 with Dan.
* TheBusCameBack: In season 5 for a few episodes; later in season 7.
* TheCheerleader: An extreme version of the bitchy/slutty type of cheerleader. She immediately joins the cheerleading squad, much to Brooke's dismay.
* DeadpanSnarker: Rachel is quite adept. She often gets the last word in her SnarkToSnarkCombat with Brooke.
* EvilCounterpart: She has a lot in common with Brooke. While Rachel has her PetTheDog moments, she's pretty much Brooke without her redeeming qualities.
* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:To Brooke & Mouth - In Episode 5x11, Rachel destroyed her friendship with Brooke by stealing Brooke's money and leaving. When she came back in Season 7 as Dan's wife, Mouth told her he wouldn't speak with her until she mended bridges with Brooke & paid her back, whilst Brooke threw Rachel's money back in her face & asserted that they weren't friends anymore, nor would they ever be again.]]
* EvilRedhead: Has red hair and is a promiscuous, manipulative "bad girl".
* FemmeFatale: Rachel is insanely hot and she knows it. She uses this to seduce and manipulate guys, in contrast to Brooke who is a more sympathetic GoodBadGirl.
* FieryRedhead: Just as fiery and outspoken as Brooke.
* FormerlyFat: She was originally obese before undergoing plastic surgery treatments to alter her appearance.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Initially averted. When she arrives and joins the cheerleading squad, she's hated only by Brooke, but adored by the other cheerleaders. Later towards the end of season 3 she befriends Brooke; however in season 4 she plays this trope straight, she's not that popular anymore at school and no one in the core group seems to like her except Brooke and Mouth.
* FreudianExcuse: She seems to have absentee parents. She used to be very fat and implied to be bullied because of this.
* JerkassHasAPoint: During Season 4, Rachel frequently has to point out how unreasonable Brooke is being in her treatment of Peyton. Brooke doesn't really have an argument when this happens.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: CharacterDevelopment make her a better person in season 4, and while still being a ManipulativeBitch, she shares a few genuine friendship moments with Brooke and Mouth. However her appearances in season 5 and 7 show her again as an unsympathetic JerkWithAHeartOfJerk.
* KarmaHoudini: Suffers absolutely no punishment for [[spoiler:releasing the contents on the time capsule & subsequently driving Jimmy Edwards to bring a gun to Tree Hill High]].
* LadyMacbeth: [[spoiler: To Dan in season 7.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:After revealing to Dan that the only reason she's with him is his money, Dan gives ''everything'' away to charities & various people who need it more than he does, and hands Rachel divorce papers. When she says she'll sue him for half of everything he's worth, her lawyer points out that half of nothing is still nothing]].
* ManipulativeBitch: All the time, but how much she's actually good at this it varies. In one episode she gets Peyton drunk and puts her in Lucas's room, not because she wants Lucas and Peyton together, but just to mess with Brooke, who was dating Lucas at that time.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Nathan's uncle Cooper in season 3 and [[spoiler:Dan Scott]] in season 7.
* MsFanservice: Even more than Brooke!
* PetTheDog: She has her good moments with Mouth and Brooke.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 4.
* ReallyGetsAround: Described in-universe as "friendly" in the episode "Pictures Of You".
* TheRival: To Brooke, initially. Later they become friends. [[spoiler:Until season 5.]]
* TheTease: She wouldn't be Rachel without this trope.
* TokenEvilTeammate: To the Tree Hill cheerleaders.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Brooke.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Mostly towards Brooke, if only because no-one else in the group (With the exception of Mouth) likes her enough for this to qualify.
!!'''Rachel Gatina''' (Portrayed by Creator/DanneelHarris)
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* AlphaBitch: In contrast to Brooke's LovableAlphaBitch.
* TheBabyTrap: [[spoiler:Used this on Cooper. It doesn't end well.]]
* BigBad: Season 3 and the first half of Season 7. Rachel is the cause of many of the bad happenings in Season 3 such as turning the cheerleading squad wild and releasing the school's time capsule which leads to [[spoiler: Jimmy bringing a gun to school]].
* BigBadEnsemble: Season 3 with Dan.
* TheBusCameBack: In season 5 for a few episodes; later in season 7.
* TheCheerleader: An extreme version of the bitchy/slutty type of cheerleader. She immediately joins the cheerleading squad, much to Brooke's dismay.
* DeadpanSnarker: Rachel is quite adept. She often gets the last word in her SnarkToSnarkCombat with Brooke.
* EvilCounterpart: She has a lot in common with Brooke. While Rachel has her PetTheDog moments, she's pretty much Brooke without her redeeming qualities.
* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:To Brooke & Mouth - In Episode 5x11, Rachel destroyed her friendship with Brooke by stealing Brooke's money and leaving. When she came back in Season 7 as Dan's wife, Mouth told her he wouldn't speak with her until she mended bridges with Brooke & paid her back, whilst Brooke threw Rachel's money back in her face & asserted that they weren't friends anymore, nor would they ever be again.]]
* EvilRedhead: Has red hair and is a promiscuous, manipulative "bad girl".
* FemmeFatale: Rachel is insanely hot and she knows it. She uses this to seduce and manipulate guys, in contrast to Brooke who is a more sympathetic GoodBadGirl.
* FieryRedhead: Just as fiery and outspoken as Brooke.
* FormerlyFat: She was originally obese before undergoing plastic surgery treatments to alter her appearance.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Initially averted. When she arrives and joins the cheerleading squad, she's hated only by Brooke, but adored by the other cheerleaders. Later towards the end of season 3 she befriends Brooke; however in season 4 she plays this trope straight, she's not that popular anymore at school and no one in the core group seems to like her except Brooke and Mouth.
* FreudianExcuse: She seems to have absentee parents. She used to be very fat and implied to be bullied because of this.
* JerkassHasAPoint: During Season 4, Rachel frequently has to point out how unreasonable Brooke is being in her treatment of Peyton. Brooke doesn't really have an argument when this happens.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: CharacterDevelopment make her a better person in season 4, and while still being a ManipulativeBitch, she shares a few genuine friendship moments with Brooke and Mouth. However her appearances in season 5 and 7 show her again as an unsympathetic JerkWithAHeartOfJerk.
* KarmaHoudini: Suffers absolutely no punishment for [[spoiler:releasing the contents on the time capsule & subsequently driving Jimmy Edwards to bring a gun to Tree Hill High]].
* LadyMacbeth: [[spoiler: To Dan in season 7.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:After revealing to Dan that the only reason she's with him is his money, Dan gives ''everything'' away to charities & various people who need it more than he does, and hands Rachel divorce papers. When she says she'll sue him for half of everything he's worth, her lawyer points out that half of nothing is still nothing]].
* ManipulativeBitch: All the time, but how much she's actually good at this it varies. In one episode she gets Peyton drunk and puts her in Lucas's room, not because she wants Lucas and Peyton together, but just to mess with Brooke, who was dating Lucas at that time.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Nathan's uncle Cooper in season 3 and [[spoiler:Dan Scott]] in season 7.
* MsFanservice: Even more than Brooke!
* PetTheDog: She has her good moments with Mouth and Brooke.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 4.
* ReallyGetsAround: Described in-universe as "friendly" in the episode "Pictures Of You".
* TheRival: To Brooke, initially. Later they become friends. [[spoiler:Until season 5.]]
* TheTease: She wouldn't be Rachel without this trope.
* TokenEvilTeammate: To the Tree Hill cheerleaders.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Brooke.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Mostly towards Brooke, if only because no-one else in the group (With the exception of Mouth) likes her enough for this to qualify.
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!!'''Rachel Gatina'''
!!'''Keith Scott''' (Portrayed by
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* AlphaBitch: In contrast
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*
* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:When he comes back to Tree Hill in season 3.]]
* BeingGoodSucks: The shining example in the show, moreso than Lucas [[spoiler:[[FatalFlaw considering what happened to him...]]]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Dan when they were young, as seen in the flashbacks.
* CainAndAbel: With Dan.
* CoolTeacher: Becomes one at the end
* CoolUncle: To Lucas, obviously.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Subverted, he '''did''' get the girl. [[spoiler:But he's killed a few episodes later.]]
*
* GreaseMonkey: He's a mechanic.
* MagneticHero: Has a trait which
* MistakenForMurderer: By Dan, who believed Keith had attempted to
* MrFixIt: Works as a mechanic, and taught Lucas everything he knows about cars.
* NiceGuy: In contrast to his Jerkass brother.
*
* TheBusCameBack: In season 5
* TheCheerleader: An extreme version of
* DeadpanSnarker: Rachel is quite adept. She often gets the last word in her SnarkToSnarkCombat with Brooke.
* EvilCounterpart: She has a lot in common with Brooke. While Rachel has her PetTheDog moments, she's pretty much Brooke without her redeeming qualities.
* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:To Brooke
*
* RedOniBlueOni: Keith is
* FemmeFatale: Rachel is insanely hot and she knows it. She uses this to seduce and manipulate guys, in contrast to Brooke who is a more sympathetic GoodBadGirl.
* FieryRedhead: Just as fiery and outspoken as Brooke.
* FormerlyFat: She was originally obese before undergoing plastic surgery treatments to alter her appearance.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Initially averted. When she arrives and joins
*
* JerkassHasAPoint: During Season 4, Rachel frequently has to point out how unreasonable Brooke is being in her treatment of Peyton. Brooke doesn't really have an argument when this happens.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: CharacterDevelopment make her a better person in season 4, and while still being a ManipulativeBitch, she shares a few genuine friendship moments with Brooke and Mouth. However her appearances in season 5 and 7 show her again as an unsympathetic JerkWithAHeartOfJerk.
* KarmaHoudini: Suffers absolutely no punishment for [[spoiler:releasing the contents on the time capsule & subsequently driving Jimmy Edwards to bring a gun to Tree Hill High]].
* LadyMacbeth: [[spoiler: To Dan in season 7.
*
* ManipulativeBitch: All the time, but how much she's actually good at this it varies. In one episode she gets Peyton drunk and puts her in Lucas's room, not because she wants Lucas and Peyton together, but just to mess with Brooke, who was dating Lucas at that time.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Nathan's uncle Cooper
* MsFanservice: Even more than Brooke!
* PetTheDog: She has her good moments with Mouth and Brooke.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 4.
* ReallyGetsAround: Described in-universe as "friendly" in the episode "Pictures Of You".
* TheRival: To Brooke, initially. Later they become friends. [[spoiler:Until season 5.
*
*
*
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Mostly towards Brooke, if only because no-one else in the group (With the exception of Mouth) likes her enough for this to qualify.
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!!'''Antwon "Skills" Taylor''' (Portrayed by Creator/AntwonTanner)
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* AdamWesting: According to Antwon Tanner, he pretty much ''is'' Skills in real life.
* TheArtifact: Just like Mouth, his character became more pointless in later seasons.
* AscendedExtra: Like Mouth, was initially introduced as one of Lucas's friends from the River Court, but unlike Mouth, rarely appeared without the other River Court guys. In Season 3, he received the character development that Mouth did in Season 2, and was Promoted to Opening Titles the following season.
%%* BaldOfAwesome
* BetaCouple: With Bevin.
* BlackBestFriend: To both Lucas and Mouth.
* CommutingOnABus: After Season 7.
* DemotedToExtra: During the second half of Season 8, to the point that his only appearance in the Season Finale (Which was written as the ''GrandFinale'') is wearing a chicken suit in an audition for Millie's old field reporter job.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Mouth.
* TheLancer: To Lucas.
* LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler:The final TimeSkip implies that he and Bevin got back together.]]
* LovableJock: When he joins the basketball team.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Deb Scott in season 5.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Only his parents & Lauren refer to him as Antwon with any frequency.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 4.
* SatelliteCharacter:: He rarely gets ADayInTheLimelight, he's pretty much just there to be the BlackBestFriend to Lucas and Mouth.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Mouth's Sensitive Guy.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Lucas and Peyton.
* TokenMinority: The only black recurring character.
* TwoFirstNames: "Antwon" and "Taylor"
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: All his most important girlfriends (Bevin, Deb, Lauren) are white.
!!'''Antwon "Skills" Taylor''' (Portrayed by Creator/AntwonTanner)
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* AdamWesting: According to Antwon Tanner, he pretty much ''is'' Skills in real life.
* TheArtifact: Just like Mouth, his character became more pointless in later seasons.
* AscendedExtra: Like Mouth, was initially introduced as one of Lucas's friends from the River Court, but unlike Mouth, rarely appeared without the other River Court guys. In Season 3, he received the character development that Mouth did in Season 2, and was Promoted to Opening Titles the following season.
%%* BaldOfAwesome
* BetaCouple: With Bevin.
* BlackBestFriend: To both Lucas and Mouth.
* CommutingOnABus: After Season 7.
* DemotedToExtra: During the second half of Season 8, to the point that his only appearance in the Season Finale (Which was written as the ''GrandFinale'') is wearing a chicken suit in an audition for Millie's old field reporter job.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Mouth.
* TheLancer: To Lucas.
* LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler:The final TimeSkip implies that he and Bevin got back together.]]
* LovableJock: When he joins the basketball team.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Deb Scott in season 5.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Only his parents & Lauren refer to him as Antwon with any frequency.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 4.
* SatelliteCharacter:: He rarely gets ADayInTheLimelight, he's pretty much just there to be the BlackBestFriend to Lucas and Mouth.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Mouth's Sensitive Guy.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Lucas and Peyton.
* TokenMinority: The only black recurring character.
* TwoFirstNames: "Antwon" and "Taylor"
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: All his most important girlfriends (Bevin, Deb, Lauren) are white.
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!!'''Antwon "Skills" Taylor'''
!!'''Karen Roe''' (Portrayed by
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*
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Karen is a genuinely nice person, as long as you don't make her mad. She certainly knows how to
* TheArtifact: Just
* BrainyBrunette: She's very intelligent and practical, and has more
* AscendedExtra: Like Mouth, was initially introduced as one
* TheBusCameBack: Episodes 5x12 & 6x24.
* TheCheerleader: She was one in
* GoodParents: To Lucas, and
%%* BaldOfAwesome
*
* BlackBestFriend: To both Lucas and Mouth.
* CommutingOnABus:
* DemotedToExtra: During the second half of Season 8, to the point that his only appearance in the Season Finale (Which was written as the ''GrandFinale'') is wearing
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Mouth.
* TheLancer: To Lucas.
* LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler:The final TimeSkip implies that he and Bevin got back together.
*
* MayDecemberRomance: With Deb Scott in season 5.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Only his parents & Lauren refer
*
* SatelliteCharacter:: He rarely gets ADayInTheLimelight, he's pretty much just there to be the BlackBestFriend to Lucas and Mouth.
*
* ParentalSubstitute: To Haley and, eventually, Brooke; and she's willing to
*
%%* RavenHairIvorySkin
* TeamMom: It's easy to be one when half of your son's friends have [[MissingMom absent mothers]], via death or [[ParentalAbandonment other]] [[ParentalNeglect reasons]].
* TeenPregnancy: Dan got Karen pregnant with Lucas
*
*
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: All his most important girlfriends (Bevin, Deb, Lauren) are white.
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!!'''James "Jamie" Lucas Scott''' (Portrayed by Creator/JacksonBrundage)
!!'''James "Jamie" Lucas Scott''' (Portrayed by Creator/JacksonBrundage)
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!!'''Deb Scott''' (Portrayed by Creator/BarbaraAlynWoods)
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* TheAlcoholic: She gets better.
* BrokenBird: Due to
* TheBusCameBack: In episodes 9x08 and 9x11.
* DestructiveRomance: With Dan.
* DrivenToSuicide: During her pill addiction.
* DrugsAreBad: Again, she gets better at the end of season 4.
* FaceHeelTurn: Spends the first half of season 2 plotting with Dan to break-up Nathan & Haley's marriage.
* HeelRealisation: Upon realising how depressed Nathan is without Haley, Deb realises her actions in the first half of the season weren't in her son's best interests.
* MarriedToTheJob: In the first season, she often spends time away from her family due to her work.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Skills in season 5.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: See NiceJobBreakingItHero below.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:If she didn't try to kill Dan, Keith would be still alive.]]
* OddFriendship: With Karen, if you know all their story. What make them friends is their common hatred for Dan who ruined the lives of both of them.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 2.
* PutOnABus: After season 6, though she's arguably CommutingOnABus since season 5.
* TeenPregnancy: After Dan got Karen pregnant (with Lucas), he left her and went to college, and then got his girlfriend Deb pregnant with Nathan. Way to go, Dan.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In her early appearances Deb was a stable, levelheaded woman. She later becomes neurotic and desperate.
* TwoFirstNames: Three after marrying Dan.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: As seen in NiceJobBreakingItHero, trying to kill Dan wasn't a good idea, considering what happened later.
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[[folder:Marvin "Mouth" [=McFadden=]]]
!!'''Marvin "Mouth" [=McFadden=]''' (Portrayed by Creator/LeeNorris)
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[[caption-width-right:350:Good evening ladies & gentlemen, and welcome to a historic night.]]
* {{Adorkable}}: A geeky lovable NiceGuy. He attracts quite a few hot girls during the show.
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Brooke and Rachel.
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''arvin '''M'''cfadden nicknamed '''M'''outh.
* TheArtifact: In later seasons.
* AscendedExtra: He was initially introduced as one of Lucas's friends from the River Court, and to serve as anouncer for the Ravens games. With the Ravens not playing in Season 2 (Having lost their first playoff game at the end of Season 1), Mouth was given some character development beyond "The sports anouncer kid" & was Promoted to Opening Titles in Season 3.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Mouth ''is'' this trope around the girls he likes, like Brooke and Rachel.
* GiveGeeksAChance: He's friends with Brooke, Lucas and the other popular kids and dates several hot girls during the show.
* TheHeart: Even more than Brooke. Mouth is pretty much everyone's best friend.
* HeroesWantRedheads: His crush on Rachel.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Skills.
* HiddenDepths: Is a ''fantastic'' dancer, and once perfectly replicated a rival cheerleading squads dance routine by memory, much to the surprise of Brooke & the rest of the cheerleaders. After that, whenever the Ravens cheerleaders need to come up with a new dance routine, they go to Mouth.
* HollywoodDateless: His whininess over a lacking lovelife, and complaining that all the girls see him just as a "good friend". However his love interests include Erica, Gigi, Shelley, Millie, along with a fling with Rachel (though she wasn't serious about it) and quite a few other very attractive girls.
* HollywoodNerd: Though he kind of averts part of the stereotype due to the fact that he loves sports, unlike the typical HollywoodNerd.
* HopelessSuitor: To Brooke in Season 2; To Rachel in Seasons 3 & 4.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Repeatedly trusts Rachel & gives her the benefit of the doubt, in spite of everything she does over the course of seasons 3 & 4. He finally wises up after [[spoiler:she steals thousands from Brooke in season 5]].
* InWithTheInCrowd: Initially one of Lucas's friends from the River Court. Soon enough he, along with Lucas and Skills, becomes part of the popular crowd. So much that his old forgotten friend Jimmy felt ignored and mistreated by him, and it becomes a plot point in season 3. [[TearJerker You know the story...]]
* NiceGuy: It's not hard to see why Mouth is able to befriend anyone so easily, despite not being the stereotypically cool guy. He's incredibly friendly, good-natured and loyal, almost to a fault.
* OddFriendship: With all the main characters, particularly cheerleader and LovableAlphaBitch Brooke.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Only his girlfriend Millicent calls him "Marvin".
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 3.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Skills' Manly Man.
* SmallNameBigEgo: In Seasons 2 through 4, thinks he's a lot cooler than he actually is - Such as his being offended when Shelley labels him a Geek in Season 4's "Pictures Of You" when asked to label him either a Geek, Jock, Prom Queen, Loner or [[ReallyGetAround "Friendly".]]
* UnluckyEverydude: His perception, and he's probably this compared to the main five.
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!!'''Rachel Gatina''' (Portrayed by Creator/DanneelHarris)
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* AlphaBitch: In contrast to Brooke's LovableAlphaBitch.
* TheBabyTrap: [[spoiler:Used this on Cooper. It doesn't end well.]]
* BigBad: Season 3 and the first half of Season 7. Rachel is the cause of many of the bad happenings in Season 3 such as turning the cheerleading squad wild and releasing the school's time capsule which leads to [[spoiler: Jimmy bringing a gun to school]].
* BigBadEnsemble: Season 3 with Dan.
* TheBusCameBack: In season 5 for a few episodes; later in season 7.
* TheCheerleader: An extreme version of the bitchy/slutty type of cheerleader. She immediately joins the cheerleading squad, much to Brooke's dismay.
* DeadpanSnarker: Rachel is quite adept. She often gets the last word in her SnarkToSnarkCombat with Brooke.
* EvilCounterpart: She has a lot in common with Brooke. While Rachel has her PetTheDog moments, she's pretty much Brooke without her redeeming qualities.
* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:To Brooke & Mouth - In Episode 5x11, Rachel destroyed her friendship with Brooke by stealing Brooke's money and leaving. When she came back in Season 7 as Dan's wife, Mouth told her he wouldn't speak with her until she mended bridges with Brooke & paid her back, whilst Brooke threw Rachel's money back in her face & asserted that they weren't friends anymore, nor would they ever be again.]]
* EvilRedhead: Has red hair and is a promiscuous, manipulative "bad girl".
* FemmeFatale: Rachel is insanely hot and she knows it. She uses this to seduce and manipulate guys, in contrast to Brooke who is a more sympathetic GoodBadGirl.
* FieryRedhead: Just as fiery and outspoken as Brooke.
* FormerlyFat: She was originally obese before undergoing plastic surgery treatments to alter her appearance.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Initially averted. When she arrives and joins the cheerleading squad, she's hated only by Brooke, but adored by the other cheerleaders. Later towards the end of season 3 she befriends Brooke; however in season 4 she plays this trope straight, she's not that popular anymore at school and no one in the core group seems to like her except Brooke and Mouth.
* FreudianExcuse: She seems to have absentee parents. She used to be very fat and implied to be bullied because of this.
* JerkassHasAPoint: During Season 4, Rachel frequently has to point out how unreasonable Brooke is being in her treatment of Peyton. Brooke doesn't really have an argument when this happens.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: CharacterDevelopment make her a better person in season 4, and while still being a ManipulativeBitch, she shares a few genuine friendship moments with Brooke and Mouth. However her appearances in season 5 and 7 show her again as an unsympathetic JerkWithAHeartOfJerk.
* KarmaHoudini: Suffers absolutely no punishment for [[spoiler:releasing the contents on the time capsule & subsequently driving Jimmy Edwards to bring a gun to Tree Hill High]].
* LadyMacbeth: [[spoiler: To Dan in season 7.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:After revealing to Dan that the only reason she's with him is his money, Dan gives ''everything'' away to charities & various people who need it more than he does, and hands Rachel divorce papers. When she says she'll sue him for half of everything he's worth, her lawyer points out that half of nothing is still nothing]].
* ManipulativeBitch: All the time, but how much she's actually good at this it varies. In one episode she gets Peyton drunk and puts her in Lucas's room, not because she wants Lucas and Peyton together, but just to mess with Brooke, who was dating Lucas at that time.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Nathan's uncle Cooper in season 3 and [[spoiler:Dan Scott]] in season 7.
* MsFanservice: Even more than Brooke!
* PetTheDog: She has her good moments with Mouth and Brooke.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 4.
* ReallyGetsAround: Described in-universe as "friendly" in the episode "Pictures Of You".
* TheRival: To Brooke, initially. Later they become friends. [[spoiler:Until season 5.]]
* TheTease: She wouldn't be Rachel without this trope.
* TokenEvilTeammate: To the Tree Hill cheerleaders.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Brooke.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Mostly towards Brooke, if only because no-one else in the group (With the exception of Mouth) likes her enough for this to qualify.
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!!'''Antwon "Skills" Taylor''' (Portrayed by Creator/AntwonTanner)
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* AdamWesting: According to Antwon Tanner, he pretty much ''is'' Skills in real life.
* TheArtifact: Just like Mouth, his character became more pointless in later seasons.
* AscendedExtra: Like Mouth, was initially introduced as one of Lucas's friends from the River Court, but unlike Mouth, rarely appeared without the other River Court guys. In Season 3, he received the character development that Mouth did in Season 2, and was Promoted to Opening Titles the following season.
%%* BaldOfAwesome
* BetaCouple: With Bevin.
* BlackBestFriend: To both Lucas and Mouth.
* CommutingOnABus: After Season 7.
* DemotedToExtra: During the second half of Season 8, to the point that his only appearance in the Season Finale (Which was written as the ''GrandFinale'') is wearing a chicken suit in an audition for Millie's old field reporter job.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Mouth.
* TheLancer: To Lucas.
* LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler:The final TimeSkip implies that he and Bevin got back together.]]
* LovableJock: When he joins the basketball team.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Deb Scott in season 5.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Only his parents & Lauren refer to him as Antwon with any frequency.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 4.
* SatelliteCharacter:: He rarely gets ADayInTheLimelight, he's pretty much just there to be the BlackBestFriend to Lucas and Mouth.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Mouth's Sensitive Guy.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Lucas and Peyton.
* TokenMinority: The only black recurring character.
* TwoFirstNames: "Antwon" and "Taylor"
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: All his most important girlfriends (Bevin, Deb, Lauren) are white.
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!!'''Dan Scott''' (Portrayed by Creator/PaulJohansson)
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[[caption-width-right:255:Happiness doesn't come cheap. Hell, if it did, we would all be smiling.]]
* AbusiveParents: Throughout the entire first season, it's made very clear that Dan is more concerned about his legacy as basketball player than Nathan's well being, with him practically bullying Nathan to play basketball "his" way. In episode 1x21, "The Leaving Song," Dan takes over as coach of the Ravens due to Whitey needing surgery, and the viewer sees how bad Nathan had it growing up. Dan's father, Royal Scott, is stated to have been just as bad as Dan was, treating Dan the same way he was treating Nathan.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Karen, Deb, [[spoiler: Rachel]] sure do. The last one subverts this as [[spoiler: she only wants his money.]]
* AndStarring: In Seasons 7 and 9.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Keith.
* ArchnemesisDad: ''This.'' Dan is this trope personified a thousand times over, both to Lucas (Dan initially alternates between pretending Lucas doesn't exist one minute, and then treating him like a smelly pile of dog poop the next minute) and Nathan (who he uses as a mere vessel for his own self-loathing). In one early episode, Nathan is about to score the winning shot at the annual Father-Son Basketball Game at the high school, when Dan ''aggressively'' moves in to stop him, despite the game being for laughs, growling "I couldn't let you beat me, son!". Yeah, that pretty much says it all. Honestly, along with Lionel Luthor from ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Dan is probably the best example of this trope on TV (appropriately enough, Dan and Nathan's relationship in the first few seasons is A LOT like Lionel's and Lex's in the first few seasons of ''Smallville'').
* TheAtoner: Complete with his own talk show and book deal. Yeah, he's one of ''those'' "atoners." That being said, he genuinely does regret [[spoiler:killing Keith]], and he does try to be a good grandfather to Jamie.
* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: When he returns in season 9.]]
* BadassBoast: Although it usually bordered (or resulted) on TemptingFate.
* BadassGrandpa: To Jamie, when he saves him from the AxCrazy Nanny Carrie.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:In season 6 courtesy of Carrie. He made her pay for this soon after.]]
* BigBad: In the first 4 seasons.
* BigBadEnsemble: In Season 3 with Rachel.
* BigDamnHeroes: Several times in later seasons, which is also lampshaded.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: His RedemptionEqualsDeath could have been much better if Lucas and Karen forgave him. Or at least heard how he genuinely regretted his actions.]]
* BlondBrunetteRedhead: Interestingly, the three notable women of his life all fit this with Deb being blond, Karen being brunette and [[spoiler:Rachel]] being redhead.
* BoundAndGagged: Spends the first few episodes of season 6 like this during his kidnapping, but ''You've Dug Your Own Grave, Now Lie In It'' is the only episode where he is gagged.
* CainAndAbel: With Keith. It doesn't end well.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: To an extent, whilst running Dan Scott Motors. He (For the most part) made an honest run at being mayor, aside from a few instances of blackmail.
* DeadpanSnarker: Oh boy, Dan ''always'' has a sarcastic or witty comment to say or throw at someone. In fact, Dan is the source for much of the humour on the show.
* DestructiveRomance: With Deb.
* DrillSergeantNasty: In his tenure as the Ravens' coach.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Before getting shot, he killed ''all'' but three of Nathan's kidnappers (Nathan himself took out TheDragon, Chris Keller [[RammingAlwaysWorks took out]] TheBrute and Julian non-fatally took out the DirtyCop SixthRanger of the goons).]]
* {{Foil}}: He is this to so many characters, really.
* HandicappedBadass: He was able to hold his own against his sons when they ''simultaneously'' jumped him in season 5. Keep in mind that he has a worsening heart condition at the time.
* HeelRealization: He made a ''very gradual'' HeelFaceTurn.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: By TakingTheBullet that was meant for Nathan.]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Killed Keith and attempted to kill Lucas at one point.]]
* IllBoy: He suffers from a HollywoodHeartAttack, due to a disorder which is hereditary to the Scott family but only affects one-in-two potential sufferers.
* JerkJock: Was one, and still acts like one years later.
* KarmaHoudini: At least, until season 4...
* MadeOfIron: To the point that the show once featured a montage of all the times people had tried to kill Dan.
* ManipulativeBastard: Dan is always trying to manipulate people, especially his family, and their lives.
* MayDecemberRomance: With [[spoiler:Rachel in season 7. Very odd, since back in high school she tried to seduce both his sons.]]
* MayorPain: Becomes a Type A during Season 3 & 4.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Dan is mostly a {{Jerkass}}. Based on gag reels, Paul Johansson is a WackyGuy who acts as the cast's resident PluckyComicRelief who is also a [[TeamDad father figure]] to his younger cast mates.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Dan's reaction after Deb tells him it was her, not Keith, who had tried to kill him in a fire; the revelation coming 7 episodes after Dan had killed Keith in retaliation]].
* NeverMyFault: Will always find a way to refuse to acccept blame for his shortcomings & misdeeds.
* PapaWolf: Whilst he may be a bad father, Dan is very protective of his sons and grandchildren.
* ParentalAbandonment: He abandoned Karen and their son, Lucas.
* PetTheDog: Again, with Jamie. Dan's most unambiguously likeable moments are usually when he's with Jamie.
%%* RatedMForManly
* ReallyDeadMontage: [[spoiler: His dying episode in fact showed ''[[MadeOfIron all]]'' his {{Near Death Experience}}s throughout the show.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: His unforgivable deed was killing Keith; he made reparations with his time in prison, his efforts to be a good grandfather, and his rescuing of Jamie and, ultimately, Nathan. He is shot in the back with a bullet meant for Nathan and is led into Heaven by Keith, who forgives him.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Dan is the Red to Keith's Blue.
* ReformedButRejected: Arguably in the last four seasons.
* RevengeBeforeReason: When he believes that [[spoiler: his brother Keith tried to kill him. Deb actually did, but when Dan learned the truth, it was too late...]]
%%* RousseauWasRight
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Oh, yeah. He also has [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections connections]] and as mayor, [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem he made the rules.]] Many times throughout the show, the whole town appeared to be at his mercy. Plus, even with a ''heart condition'', [[MightMakesRight he still easily defended himself against his two adult sons.]]
* SharpDressedMan: As a mayor. [[spoiler:He was even [[BadassInANiceSuit Dressed To Kill]] Keith.]]
* SmugSuper: Dan's attitude and all his BadassBoast.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: All three are checked.
* TemptingFate: This line from season 3 comes to mind.
--->'''Dan:''' You can't kill Dan Scot!
* TestosteronePoisoning: Invoked in the first seasons. Interestingly, Dan starts showing his {{Badass}}ery when he stopped trying to be one.
* TokenEvilTeammate: The Scotts are a BigScrewedUpFamily...mostly because of him. Later he tries to redeem himself, but still.
%%* TonightSomeoneDies
* TortureTechnician: [[spoiler:He tortured one of Nathan's kidnappers in the last season.]]
* TwoFirstNames: "Dan" and "Scott".
* VillainousBreakdown: A few.
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Then again, Carrie had it coming.]]
!!'''Karen Roe''' (Portrayed by Creator/MoiraKelly)
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[[caption-width-right:259:There's only [[TitleDrop one Tree Hill]], Lucas Scott. And it is your home.]]
* AndStarring: "And Moira Kelly".
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Karen is a genuinely nice person, as long as you don't make her mad. She certainly knows how to treat people like Dan.
* BrainyBrunette: She's very intelligent and practical, and has more common sense than most of the other adults.
* TheBusCameBack: Episodes 5x12 & 6x24.
* TheCheerleader: She was one in high school.
* GoodParents: To Lucas, and later to Lily.
* HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler: After Keith's death. Complete with a baby.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Karen is the Tiny Girl to Dan's Huge Guy.
* MamaBear: She's very protective of Lucas.
* OddFriendship: With Deb.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Haley and, eventually, Brooke; and she's willing to look after Jenny whilst Jake works at the cafe.
* PutOnABus: After Season 4.
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* TeamMom: It's easy to be one when half of your son's friends have [[MissingMom absent mothers]], via death or [[ParentalAbandonment other]] [[ParentalNeglect reasons]].
* TeenPregnancy: Dan got Karen pregnant with Lucas right after they graduated high school.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Keith. It was resolved. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Keith was killed before they got married.]]
* WalkingTheEarth: As of Season 5.
!!'''Keith Scott''' (Portrayed by Creator/CraigSheffer)
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[[caption-width-right:256:It's funny, but I feel like I'm about to start the life that I always wanted.]]
* AndStarring: "With Craig Sheffer".
* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:When he comes back to Tree Hill in season 3.]]
* BeingGoodSucks: The shining example in the show, moreso than Lucas [[spoiler:[[FatalFlaw considering what happened to him...]]]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Dan when they were young, as seen in the flashbacks.
* CainAndAbel: With Dan.
* CoolTeacher: Becomes one at the end of Season 1. Of course, he [[spoiler:takes over the running of Dan Scott Motors after Dan's heart attack before he can actually ''teach'' his first class]].
* CoolUncle: To Lucas, obviously.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Subverted, he '''did''' get the girl. [[spoiler:But he's killed a few episodes later.]]
* DoggedNiceGuy: Towards Karen.
* GreaseMonkey: He's a mechanic.
* MagneticHero: Has a trait which can get people drawn to him, something Dan actually admitted being jealous of.
* MistakenForMurderer: By Dan, who believed Keith had attempted to murder him in the dealership fire.
* MrFixIt: Works as a mechanic, and taught Lucas everything he knows about cars.
* NiceGuy: In contrast to his Jerkass brother.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: [[spoiler: When Keith appeared as a SpiritAdvisor to Lucas, his ghost appeared as an adult (the age when he died). Ditto to Karen. However, when Dan had visions of his ghost, Keith always appeared as a child (around 11-12 years old). The only times Keith appeared as an adult ghost to Dan is when he was in prison for the murder of Daunte & during Dan's death.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: For Lucas.
* RedOniBlueOni: Keith is the Blue to Dan's Red.
* SecondLove: For Karen. [[spoiler:Cue {{Retirony}}.]]
* SpiritAdvisor: [[spoiler:To Lucas, in season 4.]]
* TwoFirstNames: "Keith" and "Scott".
* TheUnfavourite: "Thanks, Dad. You finally pay me a compliment, and it's a dig at Dan."
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Karen. It was resolved. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Keith was killed before they got married.]]
!!'''Deb Lee Scott''' (Portrayed by Creator/BarbaraAlynWoods)
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* TheAlcoholic: She gets better.
* BrokenBird: Due to her tragedies, emotional pains, and countless DespairEventHorizon. You can thank Dan for this.
* TheBusCameBack: In episodes 9x08 and 9x11.
* DestructiveRomance: With Dan.
* DrivenToSuicide: During her pill addiction.
* DrugsAreBad: Again, she gets better at the end of season 4.
* FaceHeelTurn: Spends the first half of season 2 plotting with Dan to break-up Nathan & Haley's marriage.
* HeelRealisation: Upon realising how depressed Nathan is without Haley, Deb realises her actions in the first half of the season weren't in her son's best interests.
* MarriedToTheJob: In the first season, she often spends time away from her family due to her work.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Skills in season 5.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: See NiceJobBreakingItHero below.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:If she didn't try to kill Dan, Keith would be still alive.]]
* OddFriendship: With Karen, if you know all their story. What make them friends is their common hatred for Dan who ruined the lives of both of them.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 2.
* PutOnABus: After season 6, though she's arguably CommutingOnABus since season 5.
* TeenPregnancy: After Dan got Karen pregnant (with Lucas), he left her and went to college, and then got his girlfriend Deb pregnant with Nathan. Way to go, Dan.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In her early appearances Deb was a stable, levelheaded woman. She later becomes neurotic and desperate.
* TwoFirstNames: Three after marrying Dan.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: As seen in NiceJobBreakingItHero, trying to kill Dan wasn't a good idea, considering what happened later.
!!'''Cooper Lee''' (Portrayed by Creator/MichaelTrucco)
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* CoolUncle: Because he was roughly 12 when he became an Uncle, his relationship with Nathan comes off more like an older brother & significantly younger brother. He even makes an effort to have a relationship with Lucas, ''who actually isn't related to him in any way''.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler:Upon learning that Rachel used TheBabyTrap on him, he became extremely pissed.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: Has one with Rachel, before finding out her real age. He calls it off after that.
* MrFanservice: Nicknamed by Brooke "Hot Uncle Cooper". He gets a ShirtlessScene at some point.
* PutOnABus: In early Season 4, after recovering from the limo crash.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: He also qualifies as TallDarkAndSnarky.
* TwoFirstNames: "Cooper" and "Lee".
!!'''Lily Roe Scott''' (Portrayed by Creator/MaryKateEnglehardt)
* TheBusCameBack: Episode 5x12 "Hundred".
* CoolAunt: To Jamie, although it's probably due to them being in the same age[[note]]She was actually only a few hours older than him[[/note]]. [[spoiler: Presumably, she's this to to Sawyer, and ''maybe'' Lydia, as well.]]
* DisappearedDad: Her father [[spoiler:Keith]] died before she was born.
* MeaningfulName: Is named Lily after [[spoiler:Keith's spirit visits Karen in her coma, and a spirit version of their daughter is happily playing in a bed of lillies]].
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:Keith and Karen's child born after the former's death.]]
* TangledFamilyTree: Big brother Lucas is also her cousin.
!!'''[[spoiler:Sawyer Brooke Scott]]''' ''(Portrayed by Various)''
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''awyer '''S'''cott.
* GenkiGirl: [[spoiler:According to Lucas.]]
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: In season six.
* MotorMouth: [[spoiler:Again, according to Lucas.]]
* TimeShiftedActor: First seen as a newborn, before being aged up several months within the same episode.
* TomboyishName: Sawyer, which was also her mother's last name.
* WalkingTheEarth: With her parents as of season 7.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Introduced in the Season 6 finale, never seen again afterwards.
!!'''Lydia Scott''' ''(Portrayed by [[TimeShiftedActor Various]])''
* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler:Named after her paternal grandmother, following her death.]]
* TimeShiftedActor: Due to the {{Time Skip}}s in the Season 8 & 9 finales.
* TwoFirstNames: Lydia and Scott. Plus, the middle name Bob.
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!!'''Dan Scott''' (Portrayed by Creator/PaulJohansson)
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[[caption-width-right:255:Happiness doesn't come cheap. Hell, if it did, we would all be smiling.]]
* AbusiveParents: Throughout the entire first season, it's made very clear that Dan is more concerned about his legacy as basketball player than Nathan's well being, with him practically bullying Nathan to play basketball "his" way. In episode 1x21, "The Leaving Song," Dan takes over as coach of the Ravens due to Whitey needing surgery, and the viewer sees how bad Nathan had it growing up. Dan's father, Royal Scott, is stated to have been just as bad as Dan was, treating Dan the same way he was treating Nathan.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Karen, Deb, [[spoiler: Rachel]] sure do. The last one subverts this as [[spoiler: she only wants his money.]]
* AndStarring: In Seasons 7 and 9.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Keith.
* ArchnemesisDad: ''This.'' Dan is this trope personified a thousand times over, both to Lucas (Dan initially alternates between pretending Lucas doesn't exist one minute, and then treating him like a smelly pile of dog poop the next minute) and Nathan (who he uses as a mere vessel for his own self-loathing). In one early episode, Nathan is about to score the winning shot at the annual Father-Son Basketball Game at the high school, when Dan ''aggressively'' moves in to stop him, despite the game being for laughs, growling "I couldn't let you beat me, son!". Yeah, that pretty much says it all. Honestly, along with Lionel Luthor from ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Dan is probably the best example of this trope on TV (appropriately enough, Dan and Nathan's relationship in the first few seasons is A LOT like Lionel's and Lex's in the first few seasons of ''Smallville'').
* TheAtoner: Complete with his own talk show and book deal. Yeah, he's one of ''those'' "atoners." That being said, he genuinely does regret [[spoiler:killing Keith]], and he does try to be a good grandfather to Jamie.
* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: When he returns in season 9.]]
* BadassBoast: Although it usually bordered (or resulted) on TemptingFate.
* BadassGrandpa: To Jamie, when he saves him from the AxCrazy Nanny Carrie.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:In season 6 courtesy of Carrie. He made her pay for this soon after.]]
* BigBad: In the first 4 seasons.
* BigBadEnsemble: In Season 3 with Rachel.
* BigDamnHeroes: Several times in later seasons, which is also lampshaded.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: His RedemptionEqualsDeath could have been much better if Lucas and Karen forgave him. Or at least heard how he genuinely regretted his actions.]]
* BlondBrunetteRedhead: Interestingly, the three notable women of his life all fit this with Deb being blond, Karen being brunette and [[spoiler:Rachel]] being redhead.
* BoundAndGagged: Spends the first few episodes of season 6 like this during his kidnapping, but ''You've Dug Your Own Grave, Now Lie In It'' is the only episode where he is gagged.
* CainAndAbel: With Keith. It doesn't end well.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: To an extent, whilst running Dan Scott Motors. He (For the most part) made an honest run at being mayor, aside from a few instances of blackmail.
* DeadpanSnarker: Oh boy, Dan ''always'' has a sarcastic or witty comment to say or throw at someone. In fact, Dan is the source for much of the humour on the show.
* DestructiveRomance: With Deb.
* DrillSergeantNasty: In his tenure as the Ravens' coach.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Before getting shot, he killed ''all'' but three of Nathan's kidnappers (Nathan himself took out TheDragon, Chris Keller [[RammingAlwaysWorks took out]] TheBrute and Julian non-fatally took out the DirtyCop SixthRanger of the goons).]]
* {{Foil}}: He is this to so many characters, really.
* HandicappedBadass: He was able to hold his own against his sons when they ''simultaneously'' jumped him in season 5. Keep in mind that he has a worsening heart condition at the time.
* HeelRealization: He made a ''very gradual'' HeelFaceTurn.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: By TakingTheBullet that was meant for Nathan.]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Killed Keith and attempted to kill Lucas at one point.]]
* IllBoy: He suffers from a HollywoodHeartAttack, due to a disorder which is hereditary to the Scott family but only affects one-in-two potential sufferers.
* JerkJock: Was one, and still acts like one years later.
* KarmaHoudini: At least, until season 4...
* MadeOfIron: To the point that the show once featured a montage of all the times people had tried to kill Dan.
* ManipulativeBastard: Dan is always trying to manipulate people, especially his family, and their lives.
* MayDecemberRomance: With [[spoiler:Rachel in season 7. Very odd, since back in high school she tried to seduce both his sons.]]
* MayorPain: Becomes a Type A during Season 3 & 4.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Dan is mostly a {{Jerkass}}. Based on gag reels, Paul Johansson is a WackyGuy who acts as the cast's resident PluckyComicRelief who is also a [[TeamDad father figure]] to his younger cast mates.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Dan's reaction after Deb tells him it was her, not Keith, who had tried to kill him in a fire; the revelation coming 7 episodes after Dan had killed Keith in retaliation]].
* NeverMyFault: Will always find a way to refuse to acccept blame for his shortcomings & misdeeds.
* PapaWolf: Whilst he may be a bad father, Dan is very protective of his sons and grandchildren.
* ParentalAbandonment: He abandoned Karen and their son, Lucas.
* PetTheDog: Again, with Jamie. Dan's most unambiguously likeable moments are usually when he's with Jamie.
%%* RatedMForManly
* ReallyDeadMontage: [[spoiler: His dying episode in fact showed ''[[MadeOfIron all]]'' his {{Near Death Experience}}s throughout the show.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: His unforgivable deed was killing Keith; he made reparations with his time in prison, his efforts to be a good grandfather, and his rescuing of Jamie and, ultimately, Nathan. He is shot in the back with a bullet meant for Nathan and is led into Heaven by Keith, who forgives him.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Dan is the Red to Keith's Blue.
* ReformedButRejected: Arguably in the last four seasons.
* RevengeBeforeReason: When he believes that [[spoiler: his brother Keith tried to kill him. Deb actually did, but when Dan learned the truth, it was too late...]]
%%* RousseauWasRight
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Oh, yeah. He also has [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections connections]] and as mayor, [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem he made the rules.]] Many times throughout the show, the whole town appeared to be at his mercy. Plus, even with a ''heart condition'', [[MightMakesRight he still easily defended himself against his two adult sons.]]
* SharpDressedMan: As a mayor. [[spoiler:He was even [[BadassInANiceSuit Dressed To Kill]] Keith.]]
* SmugSuper: Dan's attitude and all his BadassBoast.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: All three are checked.
* TemptingFate: This line from season 3 comes to mind.
--->'''Dan:''' You can't kill Dan Scot!
* TestosteronePoisoning: Invoked in the first seasons. Interestingly, Dan starts showing his {{Badass}}ery when he stopped trying to be one.
* TokenEvilTeammate: The Scotts are a BigScrewedUpFamily...mostly because of him. Later he tries to redeem himself, but still.
%%* TonightSomeoneDies
* TortureTechnician: [[spoiler:He tortured one of Nathan's kidnappers in the last season.]]
* TwoFirstNames: "Dan" and "Scott".
* VillainousBreakdown: A few.
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Then again, Carrie had it coming.]]
!!'''Karen Roe''' (Portrayed by Creator/MoiraKelly)
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[[caption-width-right:259:There's only [[TitleDrop one Tree Hill]], Lucas Scott. And it is your home.]]
* AndStarring: "And Moira Kelly".
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Karen is a genuinely nice person, as long as you don't make her mad. She certainly knows how to treat people like Dan.
* BrainyBrunette: She's very intelligent and practical, and has more common sense than most of the other adults.
* TheBusCameBack: Episodes 5x12 & 6x24.
* TheCheerleader: She was one in high school.
* GoodParents: To Lucas, and later to Lily.
* HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler: After Keith's death. Complete with a baby.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Karen is the Tiny Girl to Dan's Huge Guy.
* MamaBear: She's very protective of Lucas.
* OddFriendship: With Deb.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Haley and, eventually, Brooke; and she's willing to look after Jenny whilst Jake works at the cafe.
* PutOnABus: After Season 4.
%%* RavenHairIvorySkin
* TeamMom: It's easy to be one when half of your son's friends have [[MissingMom absent mothers]], via death or [[ParentalAbandonment other]] [[ParentalNeglect reasons]].
* TeenPregnancy: Dan got Karen pregnant with Lucas right after they graduated high school.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Keith. It was resolved. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Keith was killed before they got married.]]
* WalkingTheEarth: As of Season 5.
!!'''Keith Scott''' (Portrayed by Creator/CraigSheffer)
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[[caption-width-right:256:It's funny, but I feel like I'm about to start the life that I always wanted.]]
* AndStarring: "With Craig Sheffer".
* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:When he comes back to Tree Hill in season 3.]]
* BeingGoodSucks: The shining example in the show, moreso than Lucas [[spoiler:[[FatalFlaw considering what happened to him...]]]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Dan when they were young, as seen in the flashbacks.
* CainAndAbel: With Dan.
* CoolTeacher: Becomes one at the end of Season 1. Of course, he [[spoiler:takes over the running of Dan Scott Motors after Dan's heart attack before he can actually ''teach'' his first class]].
* CoolUncle: To Lucas, obviously.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Subverted, he '''did''' get the girl. [[spoiler:But he's killed a few episodes later.]]
* DoggedNiceGuy: Towards Karen.
* GreaseMonkey: He's a mechanic.
* MagneticHero: Has a trait which can get people drawn to him, something Dan actually admitted being jealous of.
* MistakenForMurderer: By Dan, who believed Keith had attempted to murder him in the dealership fire.
* MrFixIt: Works as a mechanic, and taught Lucas everything he knows about cars.
* NiceGuy: In contrast to his Jerkass brother.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: [[spoiler: When Keith appeared as a SpiritAdvisor to Lucas, his ghost appeared as an adult (the age when he died). Ditto to Karen. However, when Dan had visions of his ghost, Keith always appeared as a child (around 11-12 years old). The only times Keith appeared as an adult ghost to Dan is when he was in prison for the murder of Daunte & during Dan's death.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: For Lucas.
* RedOniBlueOni: Keith is the Blue to Dan's Red.
* SecondLove: For Karen. [[spoiler:Cue {{Retirony}}.]]
* SpiritAdvisor: [[spoiler:To Lucas, in season 4.]]
* TwoFirstNames: "Keith" and "Scott".
* TheUnfavourite: "Thanks, Dad. You finally pay me a compliment, and it's a dig at Dan."
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Karen. It was resolved. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Keith was killed before they got married.]]
!!'''Deb Lee Scott''' (Portrayed by Creator/BarbaraAlynWoods)
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* TheAlcoholic: She gets better.
* BrokenBird: Due to her tragedies, emotional pains, and countless DespairEventHorizon. You can thank Dan for this.
* TheBusCameBack: In episodes 9x08 and 9x11.
* DestructiveRomance: With Dan.
* DrivenToSuicide: During her pill addiction.
* DrugsAreBad: Again, she gets better at the end of season 4.
* FaceHeelTurn: Spends the first half of season 2 plotting with Dan to break-up Nathan & Haley's marriage.
* HeelRealisation: Upon realising how depressed Nathan is without Haley, Deb realises her actions in the first half of the season weren't in her son's best interests.
* MarriedToTheJob: In the first season, she often spends time away from her family due to her work.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Skills in season 5.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: See NiceJobBreakingItHero below.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:If she didn't try to kill Dan, Keith would be still alive.]]
* OddFriendship: With Karen, if you know all their story. What make them friends is their common hatred for Dan who ruined the lives of both of them.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 2.
* PutOnABus: After season 6, though she's arguably CommutingOnABus since season 5.
* TeenPregnancy: After Dan got Karen pregnant (with Lucas), he left her and went to college, and then got his girlfriend Deb pregnant with Nathan. Way to go, Dan.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In her early appearances Deb was a stable, levelheaded woman. She later becomes neurotic and desperate.
* TwoFirstNames: Three after marrying Dan.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: As seen in NiceJobBreakingItHero, trying to kill Dan wasn't a good idea, considering what happened later.
!!'''Cooper Lee''' (Portrayed by Creator/MichaelTrucco)
%%* TheCharmer
* CoolUncle: Because he was roughly 12 when he became an Uncle, his relationship with Nathan comes off more like an older brother & significantly younger brother. He even makes an effort to have a relationship with Lucas, ''who actually isn't related to him in any way''.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler:Upon learning that Rachel used TheBabyTrap on him, he became extremely pissed.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: Has one with Rachel, before finding out her real age. He calls it off after that.
* MrFanservice: Nicknamed by Brooke "Hot Uncle Cooper". He gets a ShirtlessScene at some point.
* PutOnABus: In early Season 4, after recovering from the limo crash.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: He also qualifies as TallDarkAndSnarky.
* TwoFirstNames: "Cooper" and "Lee".
!!'''Lily Roe Scott''' (Portrayed by Creator/MaryKateEnglehardt)
* TheBusCameBack: Episode 5x12 "Hundred".
* CoolAunt: To Jamie, although it's probably due to them being in the same age[[note]]She was actually only a few hours older than him[[/note]]. [[spoiler: Presumably, she's this to to Sawyer, and ''maybe'' Lydia, as well.]]
* DisappearedDad: Her father [[spoiler:Keith]] died before she was born.
* MeaningfulName: Is named Lily after [[spoiler:Keith's spirit visits Karen in her coma, and a spirit version of their daughter is happily playing in a bed of lillies]].
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:Keith and Karen's child born after the former's death.]]
* TangledFamilyTree: Big brother Lucas is also her cousin.
!!'''[[spoiler:Sawyer Brooke Scott]]''' ''(Portrayed by Various)''
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''awyer '''S'''cott.
* GenkiGirl: [[spoiler:According to Lucas.]]
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: In season six.
* MotorMouth: [[spoiler:Again, according to Lucas.]]
* TimeShiftedActor: First seen as a newborn, before being aged up several months within the same episode.
* TomboyishName: Sawyer, which was also her mother's last name.
* WalkingTheEarth: With her parents as of season 7.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Introduced in the Season 6 finale, never seen again afterwards.
!!'''Lydia Scott''' ''(Portrayed by [[TimeShiftedActor Various]])''
* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler:Named after her paternal grandmother, following her death.]]
* TimeShiftedActor: Due to the {{Time Skip}}s in the Season 8 & 9 finales.
* TwoFirstNames: Lydia and Scott. Plus, the middle name Bob.
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!!'''Coach Brian "Whitey" Durham''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/BarryCorbin)''
* AFatherToHisMen: To the Ravens, but especially Lucas & Nathan - [[spoiler:Whitey specifically delays his retirement so that he can take a job at a local college, and offer Nathan a basketball scholarship so he can continue to pursue his dream of playing basketball, and he finds a way for Lucas to remain part of the Ravens after his HCM forces him to leave the team.]]
* AndStarring: "Barry Corbin as Whitey".
* BaldOfAwesome: Bald? Yes. Awesome? Yes.
* TheBusCameBack: In the season 6 finale.
* CoolTeacher Most definitely.
* CoolOldGuy: Just look at the way he interacts with the younger cast.
* DeadpanSnarker: Mainly around Dan.
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:He told Dan in the season 6 finale that maybe the reason the latter's still alive is because he can still achieve ''redemption''. [[RedemptionEqualsDeath Three seasons later]]...]]
* LikeASonToMe: Never had children with his wife Camilla, but sees the boys he coached as his boys, especially Lucas & Nathan.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Brian Durham is his full name. In season 3 he tells the Ravens how he received the nickname "Whitey".
* PutOnABus: After Season 4.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Lets Jake show up to basketball practice late, leave early, and outright skip sessions without so much as a stern word, purely because of Jake & his parents struggling to find someone to watch Jenny.
* TeamDad: A father figure especially to Lucas and Nathan, but also to the other Ravens and sometimes to the main girls too.
* AFatherToHisMen: To the Ravens, but especially Lucas & Nathan - [[spoiler:Whitey specifically delays his retirement so that he can take a job at a local college, and offer Nathan a basketball scholarship so he can continue to pursue his dream of playing basketball, and he finds a way for Lucas to remain part of the Ravens after his HCM forces him to leave the team.]]
* AndStarring: "Barry Corbin as Whitey".
* BaldOfAwesome: Bald? Yes. Awesome? Yes.
* TheBusCameBack: In the season 6 finale.
* CoolTeacher Most definitely.
* CoolOldGuy: Just look at the way he interacts with the younger cast.
* DeadpanSnarker: Mainly around Dan.
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:He told Dan in the season 6 finale that maybe the reason the latter's still alive is because he can still achieve ''redemption''. [[RedemptionEqualsDeath Three seasons later]]...]]
* LikeASonToMe: Never had children with his wife Camilla, but sees the boys he coached as his boys, especially Lucas & Nathan.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Brian Durham is his full name. In season 3 he tells the Ravens how he received the nickname "Whitey".
* PutOnABus: After Season 4.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Lets Jake show up to basketball practice late, leave early, and outright skip sessions without so much as a stern word, purely because of Jake & his parents struggling to find someone to watch Jenny.
* TeamDad: A father figure especially to Lucas and Nathan, but also to the other Ravens and sometimes to the main girls too.
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!!'''Elizabeth "Ellie" Harp''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/SherylLee)''
* BrokenBird: Like mother, like daughter.
* DrugsAreBad: She was a cocaine addict when she got pregnant with Peyton.
* DyingAlone: [[spoiler:Peyton found Ellie dead on her bed.]]
* IllGirl: [[spoiler:Dying of a terminal cancer.]]
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: In season 2.
* MissingMom: To Peyton.
* {{Retirony}}: [[spoiler:Died around the time when she just started a relationship with her abandoned daughter.]]
* BrokenBird: Like mother, like daughter.
* DrugsAreBad: She was a cocaine addict when she got pregnant with Peyton.
* DyingAlone: [[spoiler:Peyton found Ellie dead on her bed.]]
* IllGirl: [[spoiler:Dying of a terminal cancer.]]
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: In season 2.
* MissingMom: To Peyton.
* {{Retirony}}: [[spoiler:Died around the time when she just started a relationship with her abandoned daughter.]]
!!'''Jimmy James''' ''(Creator/HueyLewis)''
* AlliterativeName: '''J'''immy '''J'''ames
* BusCrash: Is stated to have died during season 7, but it's unclear when this happened - the most likely answer is during one of the [[TimeSkip time skips]] between seasons 4 & 5 or 6 & 7.
* DotingParent: Like Lydia, he was a loving parent to all his children.
* HappilyMarried: To Lydia.
* ThePatriarch: Of the James family.
* RepetitiveName: James "Jimmy" James.
* TwoFirstNames: His RepetitiveName.
!!'''Lydia James''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/BessArmstrong)''
* BackForTheDead: When she comes back in season 7.
* TheBusCameBack: In 7X16 "My Attendance Is Bad, But My Intentions Are Good''.
* CerebusSyndrome: She first appeared as a DotingParent...
* CoolOldLady: In season 7.
* DotingParent: Like James, she was a loving parent to all her children.
* HappilyMarried: To Jimmy.
* IllGirl: In season 7 she was dying of pancreatic cancer.
%%* TeamMom
* TwoFirstNames: Lydia and James.
* WidowWoman: Her husband died at some point during the TimeSkip.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: In Season 7.
* AlliterativeName: '''J'''immy '''J'''ames
* BusCrash: Is stated to have died during season 7, but it's unclear when this happened - the most likely answer is during one of the [[TimeSkip time skips]] between seasons 4 & 5 or 6 & 7.
* DotingParent: Like Lydia, he was a loving parent to all his children.
* HappilyMarried: To Lydia.
* ThePatriarch: Of the James family.
* RepetitiveName: James "Jimmy" James.
* TwoFirstNames: His RepetitiveName.
!!'''Lydia James''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/BessArmstrong)''
* BackForTheDead: When she comes back in season 7.
* TheBusCameBack: In 7X16 "My Attendance Is Bad, But My Intentions Are Good''.
* CerebusSyndrome: She first appeared as a DotingParent...
* CoolOldLady: In season 7.
* DotingParent: Like James, she was a loving parent to all her children.
* HappilyMarried: To Jimmy.
* IllGirl: In season 7 she was dying of pancreatic cancer.
%%* TeamMom
* TwoFirstNames: Lydia and James.
* WidowWoman: Her husband died at some point during the TimeSkip.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: In Season 7.
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!!'''Jimmy James''' ''(Creator/HueyLewis)''
* AlliterativeName: '''J'''immy '''J'''ames
* BusCrash: Is stated to have died during season 7, but it's unclear when this happened - the most likely answer is during one of the [[TimeSkip time skips]] between seasons 4 & 5 or 6 & 7.
* DotingParent: Like Lydia, he was a loving parent to all his children.
* HappilyMarried: To Lydia.
* ThePatriarch: Of the James family.
* RepetitiveName: James "Jimmy" James.
* TwoFirstNames: His RepetitiveName.
!!'''Lydia James''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/BessArmstrong)''
* BackForTheDead: When she comes back in season 7.
* TheBusCameBack: In 7X16 "My Attendance Is Bad, But My Intentions Are Good''.
* CerebusSyndrome: She first appeared as a DotingParent...
* CoolOldLady: In season 7.
* DotingParent: Like James, she was a loving parent to all her children.
* HappilyMarried: To Jimmy.
* IllGirl: In season 7 she was dying of pancreatic cancer.
%%* TeamMom
* TwoFirstNames: Lydia and James.
* WidowWoman: Her husband died at some point during the TimeSkip.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: In Season 7.
* AlliterativeName: '''J'''immy '''J'''ames
* BusCrash: Is stated to have died during season 7, but it's unclear when this happened - the most likely answer is during one of the [[TimeSkip time skips]] between seasons 4 & 5 or 6 & 7.
* DotingParent: Like Lydia, he was a loving parent to all his children.
* HappilyMarried: To Lydia.
* ThePatriarch: Of the James family.
* RepetitiveName: James "Jimmy" James.
* TwoFirstNames: His RepetitiveName.
!!'''Lydia James''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/BessArmstrong)''
* BackForTheDead: When she comes back in season 7.
* TheBusCameBack: In 7X16 "My Attendance Is Bad, But My Intentions Are Good''.
* CerebusSyndrome: She first appeared as a DotingParent...
* CoolOldLady: In season 7.
* DotingParent: Like James, she was a loving parent to all her children.
* HappilyMarried: To Jimmy.
* IllGirl: In season 7 she was dying of pancreatic cancer.
%%* TeamMom
* TwoFirstNames: Lydia and James.
* WidowWoman: Her husband died at some point during the TimeSkip.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: In Season 7.
!!'''Cooper Lee''' (Portrayed by Creator/MichaelTrucco)
%%* TheCharmer
* CoolUncle: Because he was roughly 12 when he became an Uncle, his relationship with Nathan comes off more like an older brother & significantly younger brother. He even makes an effort to have a relationship with Lucas, ''who actually isn't related to him in any way''.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler:Upon learning that Rachel used TheBabyTrap on him, he became extremely pissed.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: Has one with Rachel, before finding out her real age. He calls it off after that.
* MrFanservice: Nicknamed by Brooke "Hot Uncle Cooper". He gets a ShirtlessScene at some point.
* PutOnABus: In early Season 4, after recovering from the limo crash.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: He also qualifies as TallDarkAndSnarky.
* TwoFirstNames: "Cooper" and "Lee".
!!'''Elizabeth "Ellie" Harp''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/SherylLee)''
* BrokenBird: Like mother, like daughter.
* DrugsAreBad: She was a cocaine addict when she got pregnant with Peyton.
* DyingAlone: [[spoiler:Peyton found Ellie dead on her bed.]]
* IllGirl: [[spoiler:Dying of a terminal cancer.]]
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: In season 2.
* MissingMom: To Peyton.
* {{Retirony}}: [[spoiler:Died around the time when she just started a relationship with her abandoned daughter.]]
%%* TheCharmer
* CoolUncle: Because he was roughly 12 when he became an Uncle, his relationship with Nathan comes off more like an older brother & significantly younger brother. He even makes an effort to have a relationship with Lucas, ''who actually isn't related to him in any way''.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler:Upon learning that Rachel used TheBabyTrap on him, he became extremely pissed.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: Has one with Rachel, before finding out her real age. He calls it off after that.
* MrFanservice: Nicknamed by Brooke "Hot Uncle Cooper". He gets a ShirtlessScene at some point.
* PutOnABus: In early Season 4, after recovering from the limo crash.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: He also qualifies as TallDarkAndSnarky.
* TwoFirstNames: "Cooper" and "Lee".
!!'''Elizabeth "Ellie" Harp''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/SherylLee)''
* BrokenBird: Like mother, like daughter.
* DrugsAreBad: She was a cocaine addict when she got pregnant with Peyton.
* DyingAlone: [[spoiler:Peyton found Ellie dead on her bed.]]
* IllGirl: [[spoiler:Dying of a terminal cancer.]]
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: In season 2.
* MissingMom: To Peyton.
* {{Retirony}}: [[spoiler:Died around the time when she just started a relationship with her abandoned daughter.]]
!!'''Lily Roe Scott''' (Portrayed by Creator/MaryKateEnglehardt)
* TheBusCameBack: Episode 5x12 "Hundred".
* CoolAunt: To Jamie, although it's probably due to them being in the same age[[note]]She was actually only a few hours older than him[[/note]]. [[spoiler: Presumably, she's this to to Sawyer, and ''maybe'' Lydia, as well.]]
* DisappearedDad: Her father [[spoiler:Keith]] died before she was born.
* MeaningfulName: Is named Lily after [[spoiler:Keith's spirit visits Karen in her coma, and a spirit version of their daughter is happily playing in a bed of lillies]].
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:Keith and Karen's child born after the former's death.]]
* TangledFamilyTree: Big brother Lucas is also her cousin.
* TheBusCameBack: Episode 5x12 "Hundred".
* CoolAunt: To Jamie, although it's probably due to them being in the same age[[note]]She was actually only a few hours older than him[[/note]]. [[spoiler: Presumably, she's this to to Sawyer, and ''maybe'' Lydia, as well.]]
* DisappearedDad: Her father [[spoiler:Keith]] died before she was born.
* MeaningfulName: Is named Lily after [[spoiler:Keith's spirit visits Karen in her coma, and a spirit version of their daughter is happily playing in a bed of lillies]].
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:Keith and Karen's child born after the former's death.]]
* TangledFamilyTree: Big brother Lucas is also her cousin.
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!!'''Sara Evans''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/AmandaSchull)''
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She was kind, young and beautiful.
* HappilyMarried: To Clay [[spoiler:when she was alive.]]
* IdenticalStranger: To Katie.
* PosthumousCharacter: When Clay is introduced on the show, Sara was alredy dead.
* SpiritAdvisor: She frequently appears to Clay in season 7.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She was kind, young and beautiful.
* HappilyMarried: To Clay [[spoiler:when she was alive.]]
* IdenticalStranger: To Katie.
* PosthumousCharacter: When Clay is introduced on the show, Sara was alredy dead.
* SpiritAdvisor: She frequently appears to Clay in season 7.
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!!'''Katie Ryan''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/AmandaSchull)''
* ArchEnemy: To Quinn.
* AxCrazy: Yes, in this show there are '''a lot''' of psychos around...
* BigBad: For Season 7 and the first half of Season 8.
* CriminalDoppelganger: To Sara after the season 7 finale.
* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler:She shoots both Clay and Quinn, and later she comes back to Tree Hill...to find Quinn and kill her.]]
* DistaffCounterpart: Of Psycho!Derek.
* EvilCounterpart: To Sara in every aspect. From their affections for Clay, their respective place in his heart and right down to being portrayed by the same actress.
* IJustWantToBeYou: Subverted; despite never meeting Sara, Katie starts trying to become her after Clay rejects her advances, each time convinced it's because she's not more like Sara.
* IdenticalStranger: To Sara, obviously.
* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler:In the season 7 finale. It failed.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Her obsession with Clay made her insane and...
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:...A psycho stalker, much like Psycho!Derek before her.]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Also in the season 7 finale. It also failed.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: Tries desperately to become this for Clay.
* StalkerWithACrush: To Clay.
* TwoFirstNames: Katie and Ryan.
* WomanScorned: Her actions are motivated by Clay's repeated rejections of her.
* {{Yandere}}: And like any good yandere she opts for [[spoiler:MurderTheHypotenuse.]]
* ArchEnemy: To Quinn.
* AxCrazy: Yes, in this show there are '''a lot''' of psychos around...
* BigBad: For Season 7 and the first half of Season 8.
* CriminalDoppelganger: To Sara after the season 7 finale.
* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler:She shoots both Clay and Quinn, and later she comes back to Tree Hill...to find Quinn and kill her.]]
* DistaffCounterpart: Of Psycho!Derek.
* EvilCounterpart: To Sara in every aspect. From their affections for Clay, their respective place in his heart and right down to being portrayed by the same actress.
* IJustWantToBeYou: Subverted; despite never meeting Sara, Katie starts trying to become her after Clay rejects her advances, each time convinced it's because she's not more like Sara.
* IdenticalStranger: To Sara, obviously.
* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler:In the season 7 finale. It failed.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Her obsession with Clay made her insane and...
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:...A psycho stalker, much like Psycho!Derek before her.]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Also in the season 7 finale. It also failed.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: Tries desperately to become this for Clay.
* StalkerWithACrush: To Clay.
* TwoFirstNames: Katie and Ryan.
* WomanScorned: Her actions are motivated by Clay's repeated rejections of her.
* {{Yandere}}: And like any good yandere she opts for [[spoiler:MurderTheHypotenuse.]]
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!!'''[[spoiler:Sawyer Brooke Scott]]''' ''(Portrayed by Various)''
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''awyer '''S'''cott.
* GenkiGirl: [[spoiler:According to Lucas.]]
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: In season six.
* MotorMouth: [[spoiler:Again, according to Lucas.]]
* TimeShiftedActor: First seen as a newborn, before being aged up several months within the same episode.
* TomboyishName: Sawyer, which was also her mother's last name.
* WalkingTheEarth: With her parents as of season 7.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Introduced in the Season 6 finale, never seen again afterwards.
!!'''Sara Evans''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/AmandaSchull)''
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She was kind, young and beautiful.
* HappilyMarried: To Clay [[spoiler:when she was alive.]]
* IdenticalStranger: To Katie.
* PosthumousCharacter: When Clay is introduced on the show, Sara was alredy dead.
* SpiritAdvisor: She frequently appears to Clay in season 7.
!!'''Katie Ryan''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/AmandaSchull)''
* ArchEnemy: To Quinn.
* AxCrazy: Yes, in this show there are '''a lot''' of psychos around...
* BigBad: For Season 7 and the first half of Season 8.
* CriminalDoppelganger: To Sara after the season 7 finale.
* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler:She shoots both Clay and Quinn, and later she comes back to Tree Hill...to find Quinn and kill her.]]
* DistaffCounterpart: Of Psycho!Derek.
* EvilCounterpart: To Sara in every aspect. From their affections for Clay, their respective place in his heart and right down to being portrayed by the same actress.
* IJustWantToBeYou: Subverted; despite never meeting Sara, Katie starts trying to become her after Clay rejects her advances, each time convinced it's because she's not more like Sara.
* IdenticalStranger: To Sara, obviously.
* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler:In the season 7 finale. It failed.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Her obsession with Clay made her insane and...
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:...A psycho stalker, much like Psycho!Derek before her.]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Also in the season 7 finale. It also failed.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: Tries desperately to become this for Clay.
* StalkerWithACrush: To Clay.
* TwoFirstNames: Katie and Ryan.
* WomanScorned: Her actions are motivated by Clay's repeated rejections of her.
* {{Yandere}}: And like any good yandere she opts for [[spoiler:MurderTheHypotenuse.]]
!!'''Lydia Scott''' ''(Portrayed by [[TimeShiftedActor Various]])''
* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler:Named after her paternal grandmother, following her death.]]
* TimeShiftedActor: Due to the {{Time Skip}}s in the Season 8 & 9 finales.
* TwoFirstNames: Lydia and Scott. Plus, the middle name Bob.
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* MsFanservice: On occaision.
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* LongBusTrip: Doesn't appear at all during the second season, and isn't seen again after the third season - despite his daughter suffering from PTSD after being stalked by Psycho!Derek, graduating from high school, [[spoiler:getting married, having a daughter & nearly dying in the birth]], even though Larry's job as captain of a dredging vessel means he could have popped back up at any time.
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* TheLostLenore: His late-wife, Anna.
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