History Characters / Scream

* [[spoiler:PintsizedPowerhouse: She's able to lift Sidney, throw her, beat Dewey senseless with a bedpan...]]

A notorious horror film fan, Kirby is a quirky and spirited best friend to Jill and Olivia. She's somewhat of a tomboy and "alternative" girl, who likes to watch movies, drink ([[BottleFairy a lot]], apparently) and party. She seems to be aware of Charlie's crush on her, but instead prefers to "tease and torment" him. Upon realizing she's the only one of the ThreeAmigos not to receive a phone call from the killer, she becomes really uneasy (ultimately insisting it means she'll be the next one to die).

* BottleFairy: "You continue your good girl thing and I'll drink for the both of us." The young lady isn't afraid of alchool at all.

** [[spoiler: However, many believe Kirby [[NotQuiteDead isn't dead]]. Others point to her inclusion in Jill's list of the victims in the hospital climax, but the film itself never actually ''confirms'' she's gone... as Panettiere and director WesCraven [[WordOfGod point out]] on the DVD/Blu-ray commentary track.]]

* FinalGirl: Initially played straight, although she slowly evolves into a {{deconstruct|edTrope}}ion as the series goes on, with her life defined by her "perpetual victimhood" and the bloody consequences that this has for those around her.

Woodsboro's deputy sheriff, Dewey is always on the case when a new Ghostface killer comes out of the woodwork, partly due to the loss of his little sister Tatum to the first Ghostface, and partly out of his [[{{Nakama}} sense of family]] with Sidney, Gale and Randy.

** [[spoiler: However, many believe Kirby [[NotQuiteDead isn't dead]]. Others point to her inclusion in Jill's list of the victims in the hospital climax, but the film itself never actually ''confirms'' she's gone... [[WordOfGod as Panettiere and director WesCraven point out]] on the DVD/Blu-ray commentary track.]]

* HotMom: She's [[{{YMMV}} commonly]] considered better-looking than Maureen.

** [[spoiler: However, many believe Kirby [[NotQuiteDead isn't dead]]. Others point to her inclusion in Jill's list of the victims in the hospital climax, but the film itself never actually ''confirms'' she's gone... as Panettiere and director WesCraven point out on the DVD/Blu-ray commentary track.]]

* [[spoiler:CompleteMonster: "Sick is the new sane". The only main Ghostface killer without a FreudianExcuse.]]

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Unbelievable speed, real loud music, doesn't always see the stop signs... Jill and Olivia must be very courageous to go to school with her every day.[[hottip:*:This may be a bizarre kind of ActorAppeal, as Hayden Panettiere's been similarly dangerous behind the wheel in ''{{Series/Heroes}}'' and ''ILoveYouBethCooper''.]]

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Unbelievable speed, real loud music, doesn't always see the stop signs... Jill and Olivia must be very courageous to go to school with her every day.

* {{UST}}: With Kirby [[spoiler:because well, he killed her]], and possibly with Robbie.

Sidney's cousin, though not very close to her since she and her mother live in Woodsboro, while Sidney left the town many years ago (presumably ever since ''Scream 2''). She [[{{Expy}} reminds]] Sidney of herself, as a young woman. Jill looks like a somewhat ingenuous girl, but she's actually smart and strong-minded, dealing with her complicated relationship with her ex-boyfriend... and the rise of a new Ghostface killer, who seems determined to kill her and her friends.

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When he's asked about Maureen Prescott/Rina Reynolds, he claims he's employed too many actors to remember. Gale quicky points out nobody said she was an actress.

Vice-president of the Cinema Club at Woodsboro High, "in case Charlie takes a bullet". Usually seen with a headset and a camera, broadcasting his school experiences live into a videoblog. He and Charlie host the Stab-a-thon every year.