History Characters / OneTreeHillMainCharacters

* AmazonChaser: He really like Haley's toughness finding her more attractive in her badass moments.

** Especially notable with Peyton, as he's outright run straight into life threatening situations because she was in danger. When Luke tries to pass it off as him just being there, Skills points out that Lucas repeatedly chooses to be that guy for Peyton - [[spoiler:it's part of what finally gets Lucas to realise that he's in love with her.]]

* CoolTeacher: As of season 5.

** Spends the first four seasons clean shaven; after the 4 year time skip, he's got PermaStubble similar to Keith's.

* TheHero: Originally, the story is centred on Lucas and his relationship with Nathan. While Lucas is the hero, Nathan is the AntiHero.

-->'''Lucas:''' I'm the guy for you, Brooke Davis.
-->'''Lucas:''' I was now and would always be in love with Peyton Sawyer.
-->'''Lucas:''' Lindsey Evelyn Strauss... will you marry me?

* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Peyton.

-->'''Lucas:''' It's me. I'm at the airport and I got two (plane) tickets to Las Vegas. Do you wanna get married tonight?
-->'''[[spoiler:Peyton]]:''' You're a mess! You can't just call a girl at the airport like that! You're a mess, Lucas Scott! [[TheyDo But you're my mess!]]

** With Peyton ([[RuleOfThree Yes, again]]) when he was with Lindsey in Season 5. They kiss once, before Lucas proposes to Lindsey ([[WhatTheHellHero That very night]]) [[spoiler:but then nothing happens until after Lindsey leaves him at the altar after realising he was still in love with Peyton]].

* BeardOfSorrow: Grows one during season 5.
* BecomingTheMask: He falls in love with Haley in season one.

** After the 4 time skip, in Season 5 - it turns out that whilst he *did* make it to the NBA Draft, his anger issues ultimately led to him being paralysed after being thrown through a plate glass window, and subsequently missing out on his lifelong dream had led Nathan into an alcohol fueld depression.

--> '''Nathan:''' You want me to write a list of every single girl I've ever...
--> '''Haley:''' No, no, I guess not every single girl. You can cross Peyton, [[spoiler: Brooke]], and my sister off of that list.
--> '''Nathan:''' You really think that's a good idea?
--> '''Haley:''' Yes! And here. I'll make it easy for you. Take the phone book and just cross off the name of every girl you haven't been with.

* DisabledHottie: In season 5. He gets better.
* DrivenToSuicide: In season 5. He gets better.
* DrowningMySorrows: In season five. He gets better.

* FreudianExcuse: His JerkJock behaviour in season 1 is quite understandable with a father like Dan. As seen in the episode "Lifetime Piling Up" when Nathan dreams of what life would have been like if Dan had stayed with Karen and Lucas instead of marrying Deb: ''Lucas'', not him, would have been the popular JerkJock.
* GameBreakingInjury: Nathan is thrown through a plate glass window during the 4 year TimeSkip after season four, and was paralysed from the waist down. He eventually recovers after months of rehab, and eventually makes it to the NBA. However, the injury comes back to haunt him in season eight, and he's forced to retire.

* TheNicknamer: It's revealed in Season 8 that Nathan is the one who coined Mouth's nickname, [[spoiler:after getting fed-up of Mouth's wannabe sports anouncer tendancies at the River Court, declaring "You have a big mouth" & promptly punching him in it]]. When it's brought up, Nathan admits he doesn't remember doing that, but apologises for it.

* ParentalFavoritism: Dan strongly favoured Nathan over Lucas.
* PermaStubble: In the last seasons.
* ReallyGetsAround: Prior to meeting Haley. It's actually quite gross once you realize that he's slept with Peyton, Haley, Brooke in the sex tape, and lost his virginity to Haley's older sister...Taylor.

* TragicDream: In season 5. He got better.[[note]]Although his injury that prevented him from being drafted in the NBA the first time will lead to his early retirement.[[/note]]

* BrokenBird: Is she ''ever''. The trope description seems Peyton's character biography. She was one in the beginning, and becomes a even bigger one over the years.

--> '''Peyton:''' You're always saving me.
--> '''Lucas:''' Somebody's got to.

* DeadpanSnarker: She's sassy, cynical and has a snarky humor: this makes her the bigger DeadpanSnarker of the main five.
* DefrostingIceQueen: She was kind of bitchy in the beginning of season 1.
* DeusAngstMachina: To a ridiculous extent.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Considering [[TraumaCongaLine all she goes through during the series (And before it)]], it's safe to say that Peyton definately earnt [[spoiler:driving into the sunset married to Lucas & with a healthy baby girl]].

* FanservicePack: While Peyton has always been attractive, she becomes increasingly HotterAndSexier during the duration of her six season stint.

** Played striaght in Season 4. Despite realising she's in love with him, Peyton tries to convince Brooke to take Lucas back on multiple occaisions.

* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Puts her self-defence training to use against Psycho!Derek after he returns & tries to abduct her on prom.

* ObliviousAdoption: Although she becomes HappilyAdopted afterwards.

* RecordProducer: As of Season 5.
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Brooke.

-->'''Peyton:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Nice hands]]!
-->'''Lucas:''' [[FoeYay Nice legs]]!

* TraumaCongaLine: It's no understatment to say that Peyton has possibly the worst life out of all the main characters.

* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: Spends the first episodes of the series being the unrequitted love interest of Lucas Scott, before they wind-up switching places.

* GoGetterGirl: An incredibly smart and driven straight A student, working as a waitress at Karen's Café and as a tutor at Tree Hill High. She is still this trope even as an adult.

* HotTeacher: After the four-year jump.

--> '''Rachel''': You're lucky you're pregnant...
--> '''Haley''': No, honey, ''you're'' lucky I'm pregnant.

* SupportingProtagonist: In the final season, as Nathan [[spoiler: spent majority of the show kidnapped, putting the focus on Haley finding ways to to locate him.]]

* TheTease: As stated above, she was the embodiment of this trope early on. Brooke certainly loves to flirt with boys. Of note is her sneaking naked into boys car's, which would later be know as her "move" and a series RunningGag.
* ThirdOptionLoveInterest: Played with in the seasons 5 and 6's finale and premiere. Brooke was Lucas' first girlfriend & one third of the show’s long running LoveTriangle; however, after the four year TimeSkip between seasons 4 & 5, Brooke had fallen into this role due to the main LoveTriangle being between Lucas, Peyton and Lindsey at that point.

* 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'').

* BigBad: In the first 4 seasons.

* DestructiveRomance: With Deb.

* NeverMyFault: Will always find a way to refuse to acccept blame for his shortcomings & misdeeds.

* PetTheDog: Again, with Jamie. Dan's most unambiguously likeable moments are usually when he's with Jamie.

* 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.
* MamaBear: She's very protective of Nathan as season 1 show that and made all she can for protect him of Dan's abuse. She's this with Haley and [[NeverMessWithGranny Jamie]] too when she hit Psycho Carrie with a bottle of wine.

* 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.

* 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.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Mouth.
* TheLancer: To Lucas.

* MayDecemberRomance: With Deb Scott in season 5.

* TheTease: She wouldn't be Rachel without this trope.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Brooke.

* FanservicePack: She started as a HollywoodHomely {{Meganekko}}. She later becomes a model.

* LastGirlWins: For Mouth.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Alex.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Was so traumatised by Sara's death, that he blocked out all memories of the son they had together for several years]].

* RavenHairIvorySkin: Initially.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Lamphshaded by Alex herself at Brooke's bachelorette party. Though Quinn then replies that she still considers Alex her friend.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With everyone.

* RecurringCharacter: From Season 4 until Season 8 when he becomes a main character.

* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Noted {{InUniverse}} by Julian & Haley, that whilst they genuinely like Chase, they cannot understand why a famous actress & rockstar are ''literally'' fighting over a bar tender.
** [[RunningGag Bar]] ''[[InsistentTerminology Manager]]''.

* PluckyComicRelief: In seasons 3 & 9, much humour and funny moments come from Chris's antics.

* ChickMagnet: Lucas gets a lot of female attention and he has attracted almost every single female character on the show, including Peyton, Brooke, Nicki, Anna, Rachel and Lindsey.

* TheFashionista: Starts her own fashion company. Unlike most TV characters that fit this trope, Brooke runs her company in a very conscientious way, refusing to use real fur and demanding that one of her models ''gain'' ten pounds before she is allowed on her magazine's cover, stating "Anorexia is a disease, not a fashion statement."

* PregnantBadass

* BelligerentSexualTension: With Peyton, practically to FoeYay levels, but it evolves into UnresolvedSexualTension fairly quickly

%%* MostWritersAreMale

* TheProtagonist: Lucas is the main or central character of One Tree Hill.

* ParentalAbandonment: Her father died between the seasons 4 and 5 TimeSkip while her mother died in season 7.

%% * ManicPixieDreamGirl: To Lucas.
* MsFanservice: Series wide, she's probably involved in the most {{fanservice}}y scenes.

* RomanticRunnerUp: [[spoiler: Along with Lindsay in the season 6 premiere. Lucas chose Peyton as his final choice.]]

* ThirdOptionLoveInterest: Played with in the seasons 5 and 6's finale and premiere. Brooke was Lucas' girlfriend before Lindsey, who is his third serious (and at the time, current) girlfriend. However, the main LoveTriangle at the time was Lucas, Peyton and Lindsey.

---> '''Rachel''': You're lucky you're pregnant...
---> '''Haley''': No, honey, ''you're'' lucky I'm pregnant.

* TookALevelInKindness: During season one.

* ExpositoryHairStyleChange: In the third season, Peyton goes from curly hair to short & straight hair. She claims that it's because "long, blonde hair" was Ellie's thing, and she doesn't want to look anything like her. Ironically, the change in hairstyles actually makes her look ''more'' like her.

* TwoFirstNames: Technically, four after marrying Nathan.

* {{Tritagonist}}: It wasn't until season 7 when Creator/SophiaBush starts being billed third[[note]]In two occasions however, Creator/SophiaBush was actually billed ''second'' right before Joy Lenz[[/note]] after James Lafferty (Nathan) and Joy Lenz (Haley).V

* IconicSequelCharacter: Doesn't appear in the series until Season 7, becoming a main character to replace Lucas & Peyton along with Quinn.

* IconicSequelCharacter: She's TheGhost until Season 7, becoming a main character to replace Lucas & Peyton along with Clay.

%% * SecondLove: To Lucas.

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->[[caption-width-right:255:You know, I shoot the ball, and it goes in. I don't ask questions. I don't think about it. That's just the way it is.]]

* TheUnfavourite: Even though Dan was a pretty awful father to both of them, Nathan was definitely Dan's favourite son.

** With Peyton (Again) when he was with Brooke (Again) in Season 3, [[spoiler:after Peyton was shot & loosing blood during the school shooting]], and whilst Peyton realises she's still in love with Lucas soon after this, nothing else happens between them until Brooke admits she's not in love with Lucas anymore. Not that it stops Brooke from being convinced that they ''were'' sneaking around.

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->[[caption-width-right:255:Sometimes what you call "everything," I call "nothing."]]

* TheAce: Nathan is very skilled and good basketball player. He is known for his great athleticism and skills on the basketball court.

* BadassInDistress: Spends the majority of the last season as this.

* BeardOfSorrow: In season 5.

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->[[caption-width-right:255:I guess I'm just a riddle wrapped inside a mystery inside a bitch.]]

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->[[caption-width-right:255:The point is, at the end of the day all your bluster and BS don't mean anything to math, because math don't care, and neither do I.]]

[[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.
* BrokenPedestal: Lucas already looks at him like this. After the truth about [[spoiler:Keith's murder]] comes out, Nathan loses whatever respect he still had for Dan, and he ultimately loses his power & influence in Tree Hill.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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 badassery 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.
* 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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->[[caption-width-right:256:Relationships are just too hard. Hooking up with boys is so much easier.]]

* BetterAsFriends: Eventually realises that this applies to Lucas & herself.

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: To Lucas.
* MsFanservice: Peyton and Haley too obviously (as well as most female characters), but guess who is involved in the most "hot" scenes?

* ReallyGetsAround: At least, in high school.

* SecondLove: To Lucas.

* TheTease: As stated above, she was the embodiment of this trope early on. Brooke certainly loves to flirt with boys.

* {{Tritagonist}}: It wasn't until season 7 when Sophia Bush starts being billed third[[note]]In two occasions however, Sophia Bush was actually billed ''second'' right before Joy Lenz[[/note]] after James Lafferty (Nathan) and Joy Lenz (Haley).

!!'''Coach Brian "Whitey" Durham''' ''(Portrayed by Creator/BarryCorbin)''

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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.]]

* DeadpanSnarker

* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Karen. It was resolved. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Keith was killed before they got married.]]

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[[caption-width-right:259:There's only [[TitleDrop one Tree Hill]], Lucas Scott. And it is your home.]]

* HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler: After Keith's death. Complete with a baby.]]

* OddFriendship: With Deb.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Keith. It was resolved. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Keith was killed before they got married.]]
* WalkingTheEarth: As of Season 5.

!!'''Deb Scott''' (Portrayed by Creator/BarbaraAlynWoods)
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* TheAlcoholic: She gets better.

* TwoFirstNames: Three after marrying Dan.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Good evening ladies & gentlemen, and welcome to a historic night.]]

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* BigBadEnsemble: Season 3 with Dan.
* TheBusCameBack: In season 5 for a few episodes; later in season 7.

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* TheCasanova: [[spoiler:How he attempts to get past his wife's death]].

!!'''Quinn James [[spoiler:Evans]]''' (Portrayed by [[Creator/ShantelVanSanten Shantel VanSanten]])
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* CoolAunt: To Jamie and Lydia.
* CoolBigSis: She's close to her younger sister Haley.

* MsFanservice: Is she ''ever''. You can make a DrinkingGame for every "Quinn in a bikini scene". You won't stay sober for long...

* PlayingGertrude: Quinn is Haley's older sister but Shantel [=VanSanten=] is actually four years younger than Bethany Joy Galeotti.

* RunningGag: Quinn's hillariously bad dancing.
* SecondLove: [[spoiler: To Clay.]]

* StatuesqueStunner: Shantel [=VanSanten=] is a real life model after all.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Peyton & Lucas - she takes Lucas' role as the older sibling & Peyton's love of art.
* TheTease: Appeared next to Clay wearing only her Black Bra and Panties.

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* BathSuicide: [[spoiler:She survived.]]

* TheDitz: Initially she comes off as vapid due to her flighty nature.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Tries to kill herself in season 7 but she survives.]]

* MsFanservice: Not as much as Quinn, but she fits this trope pretty well too.

* PutOnABus: At the start of Season 9.
* ReallyGetsAround: Her reputation.

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** Moved to Tree Hill after his best friend & girlfriend began sleeping together behind his back; Chase eventually does this to Chris Keller in the final season, albeit unitentionally.
** Joins Clean Teens after the above incident, hoping it would save him from further heartbreak; quickly winds up falling for Brooke Davis.

* RecurringCharacter: From Season 4 until Season 8.

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* ActionSurvivor: In the last season.

* TheBusCameBack: For just one episode in season 4 and afterwards he's hardly mentioned again... until season 9, the ''last season'',where he comes back again, this time as a regular character.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Chase.

* ICallItVera: He calls his guitar "[[CargoShip Haley James"]].

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Haley, Nathan, Brooke...most of them, really.

* CuteBruiser: She gives several punches to Psycho!Derek with her RedBoxingGloves.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Brooke.

* CainAndAbel: Lucas is the Abel to Nathan's Cain, originally. However, the two eventually grow out of their rivalry by the end of the first season, and in a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, Nathan defends Lucas from their father Dan. The season ends with them acknowledging each other as brothers and best friends.

* CainAndAbel: He and Lucas start out this way. They grow out of it by the end of the first season, and in a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, Nathan defends Lucas from Dan. The season ends with them acknowledging each other as brothers and friends.

* BadassBookworm: Definitely the bookworm part (she's very bookish and TheSmartGirl of the FiveManBand), and, as seen in ActionGirl, she can be tough when she wants to be. Among her highlights, she beat down a woman who alleged that she was pregnant with Nathan’s child (and she went to jail for it). got into a fight with the mom of the boy who was bullying Jamie, she attacked her sister Taylor in two separate seasons, and she bitch-slapped Rachel in her {{Crowning Moment Of Awesome}}.
* BadassTeacher: Becomes one after the four-year jump. She gets an undeniably BadassTeacher moment when [[{{TyrantTakesTheHelm}} the new]] MoralGuardian Principal demands that she make a live apology for the "crime" of printing Sam's essay in the school newspaper, just because it mentions sex, drugs, and violence. Haley instead tells her class that she told them to write about the truth and that she's proud of them for doing so, says that she'd be a hypocrite if she made a fake apology, and leaves the room, urging her students to always stand up for the truth.

* TheFashionista: Starts her own fashion company. Unlike most TV characters that fit this trope, Brooke runs her company in a very conscientious way, refusing to use real fur and demanding that one of her models ''gain'' ten pounds before she is allowed on her magazine's cover, stating "[[{{SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped}} Anorexia is a disease, not a fashion statement.]]" Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Brooke.

* DefrostingIceQueen: In season one, he starts off being very icy, arrogant and selfish indeed. Thankfully, Haley and Lucas activate the metaphorical radiators and Nathan gradually realizes that he wants to be a better person than he's been.

* AmicableExes: With [[RealitySubtext Brooke]].

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* AmicableExes: With [[RealitySubtext Lucas]] and Chase. [[ReallyGetsAround And some others]].

* ADateWithRosiePalms: After Rachel catches Brooke treating herself to one of these, she coins the phrase "Brooke-ing yourself." It subsequently became a [[{{UnusualEuphemism}} euphemism]] both in-universe and among the fans.

* TheCutie: Noted {{In-Universe}}, but he grows out of it as he gets older.

* LovableRogue: Have you ''seen'' him grin? It's even described ''{{In-Universe}}'' as being rogueish.

* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Noted {{In-Universe}} by Julian & Haley, that whilst they genuinely like Chase, they cannot understand why a famous actress & rockstar are ''literally'' fighting over a bar tender.

* HotScoop: Well, she is a photographer, so...

!!'''Haley James-Scott''' (Portrayed by Bethany Joy Lenz[=/=]Galeotti)

* ChekhovsGunman: She was first mentioned in season 2, five seasons before being a series regular.

--> "And ''just'' because I referenced ''DirtyDancing'' doesn't mean I'm not serious!"

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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: At the start of season 5, Nathan has grown his hair out & has stopped shaving. He starts shaving again & cuts his hair as he starts trying to recover from his GameBreakingInury.