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* OutnumberedSibling: As she points out in ''Kristy and the Mother's Day Surprise'', it's her against three brothers. After her mom gets married, it's her and Karen against four brothers. Emily Michelle, her adopted sister, evens it up a bit more.



* OutnumberedSibling: He starts out with one older sister, Dawn, but by the end of the series, each parent's remarriage nets him a sister: his mom's stepdaughter, Mary Anne, and his dad's daughter with his second wife, Gracie.

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* OutnumberedSibling: He starts out with one older sister, Dawn, but by the end of the series, each parent's remarriage nets him a sister: his mom's stepdaughter, Mary Anne, and his dad's daughter with his second wife, Gracie.
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** Most of her family are renamed in the French-Canadian versions (though, oddly, not Vanessa); Mallory becomes Marjorie, which like most of the names is a bit unusual and old-fashioned but not meaningful.
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* NiceGuy: All the sitters admit he is a nice kid.

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* NiceGuy: All Despite many of the sitters admit he is not wanting to sit for him most of the time, they all agree that he's a nice kid.
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[[folder: [=McGill=] Family]]

!!Maureen Spencer

Stacey's mother.

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!!Maureen Spencer

Stacey's mother.

!!Jack Schafer

Dawn's father, who still lives in Palo City, California.



* {{Housewife}}: Before the divorce, she didn't have a job.
* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: She loves shopping like Stacey. The divorce happened also because her husband accused her of wasting money.
* MyBelovedSmother: Downplayed, but she can be overprotective after Stacey is diagnosed with diabetes.
* OpenMindedParent: Played with. When Stacey gets arrested with her "bad girl" friends at a concert after they were revealed to be drinking wine and Stacey pleaded with the police to let her go because she wasn't drinking due to her diabetes, Maureen takes her side and gets her out, but not without telling Stacey that she should have been savvier about the crowd she was running around with after letting her venture Manhattan.
* TrophyWife: Kristy referenced her housewife role as allowing her to "take really good care of herself" and Maureen is presented as an attractive blonde woman, pretty much Stacey in 30 years.

!!Edward [=McGill=]

Stacey's father.

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* {{Housewife}}: Before CharacterizationMarchesOn: In his first in-person appearance in ''Dawn on the divorce, she didn't have Coast,'' he's very organized and matter-of-fact, as a job.
* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: She loves shopping like Stacey. The divorce happened also because her husband accused her of wasting money.
* MyBelovedSmother: Downplayed, but she can be overprotective after Stacey is diagnosed
contrast to Dawn's flighty and absent-minded mother. In particular, he sits the children down and plans out a Disneyland trip with diabetes.a systematic sequence of events not unlike a war campaign. In later appearances, he (like Dawn herself) became much more casual and jokey, to contrast with Mary Anne's father.
* OpenMindedParent: Played with. When Stacey gets arrested with DisneylandDad: Dawn names this trope almost word for word when she discusses her "bad girl" friends at a concert first summer visit to him after they were revealed moving to be drinking wine and Stacey pleaded with Connecticut, but her mom points out several books later that this is only the police to let her go case because she wasn't drinking due to her diabetes, Maureen takes her side and gets her out, but not without telling Stacey he was the non-custodial parent at the time. Sharon tells Jeff point-blank that she should have been savvier about the crowd she was running around living with after letting her venture Manhattan.his father is not going to be like ''visiting'' him.
* TrophyWife: Kristy referenced DeadpanSnarker: Jeff gets it from here. It can get a little uncomfortable when the target is shy Mary Anne, his ex-wife's stepdaughter and child of her housewife role as allowing her to "take really good care of herself" and Maureen is presented as an attractive blonde woman, pretty much Stacey in 30 years.NewOldFlame.

!!Edward [=McGill=]

Stacey's father.
!!Carol Olson

Jack's girlfriend, whom he marries in ''Here Come The Bridesmaids!'' Dawn and Jeff initially didn't like her, but she's pretty patient with them. She and Jack have a daughter together, Elizabeth Grace Schafer-Olson-- or Gracie, for short.



* OverprotectiveDad: Like his wife, he can be overprotective after Stacey is diagnosed with diabetes.
* {{Workaholic}}: Accused of being one by both his wife and his daughter.

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* OverprotectiveDad: Like his wife, he can be overprotective after Stacey is diagnosed with diabetes.DyeHard: According to Jeff, she changes her hair way too much.
* {{Workaholic}}: Accused of being one by both his wife GoodStepmother: She's incredibly patient with Dawn and his daughter.Jeff's initial dislike of her, much like Watson Brewer. She pays a ton of attention to them and is pretty generous about driving Dawn's six friends around when they're visiting.
* OneOfTheKids: She is younger than Dawn's father (young enough that Dawn offers to let her borrow her rollerblades when Carol can't find hers) and is pretty cool and open-minded, but she ''is'' an adult and aware that she has to be responsible around her boyfriend's kids and their friends.



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!!Rebecca "Becca" Ramsey

Jessi's younger sister.

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!!Rebecca "Becca" Ramsey

Jessi's younger sister.
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!!Maureen Spencer

Stacey's mother.



* NiceGirl: Most of the time she is a sweet girl, though she has her bratty moments as well since she is only 8.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Like her siblings. Nobody calls her Rebecca.
* ShrinkingViolet: More shy compared to Jessi (though it's rarely an issue), and has StageFright.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She is stated to look like a younger version of Jessi.

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* NiceGirl: Most of {{Housewife}}: Before the time divorce, she is didn't have a sweet girl, though job.
* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: She loves shopping like Stacey. The divorce happened also because her husband accused her of wasting money.
* MyBelovedSmother: Downplayed, but
she has can be overprotective after Stacey is diagnosed with diabetes.
* OpenMindedParent: Played with. When Stacey gets arrested with
her bratty moments as well since "bad girl" friends at a concert after they were revealed to be drinking wine and Stacey pleaded with the police to let her go because she wasn't drinking due to her diabetes, Maureen takes her side and gets her out, but not without telling Stacey that she should have been savvier about the crowd she was running around with after letting her venture Manhattan.
* TrophyWife: Kristy referenced her housewife role as allowing her to "take really good care of herself" and Maureen
is only 8.
presented as an attractive blonde woman, pretty much Stacey in 30 years.

!!Edward [=McGill=]

Stacey's father.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: OverprotectiveDad: Like her siblings. Nobody calls her Rebecca.
his wife, he can be overprotective after Stacey is diagnosed with diabetes.
* ShrinkingViolet: More shy compared to Jessi (though it's rarely an issue), {{Workaholic}}: Accused of being one by both his wife and has StageFright.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She is stated to look like a younger version of Jessi.
his daughter.



[[folder: Stevenson Family]]
!!Rachel and Jonathon Stevenson

Abby’s parents.

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[[folder: Stevenson Ramsey Family]]
!!Rachel and Jonathon Stevenson

Abby’s parents.
!!Rebecca "Becca" Ramsey

Jessi's younger sister.


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* NiceGirl: Most of the time she is a sweet girl, though she has her bratty moments as well since she is only 8.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Like her siblings. Nobody calls her Rebecca.
* ShrinkingViolet: More shy compared to Jessi (though it's rarely an issue), and has StageFright.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She is stated to look like a younger version of Jessi.
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!!Rachel and Jonathon Stevenson

Abby’s parents.
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* RhymesOnADime: She wants to be a poet, and feels that this requires her to speak only in rhyme (at least during ''Boy-Crazy Stacey'').

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* RhymesOnADime: She wants to be a poet, and feels that this requires her to speak only in rhyme (at least (especially during ''Boy-Crazy Stacey'').
Stacey''). She eventually stops speaking in rhyme in later books, though this doesn't stop her family from mentioning how much she used to do it.
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* IAmNotPretty: How Mallory sees herself.

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* IAmNotPretty: How Mallory sees herself. However, other sitters say that she's cute or that she'll be beautiful when she grows into her looks.
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* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Kristy.
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* TomyboyWithAGirlyStreak: She doesn't hate the idea of getting dressed up and owns a few dresses.

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* TomyboyWithAGirlyStreak: TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She doesn't hate the idea of getting dressed up and owns a few dresses.
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* ThreePlusTwo: Kristy, Mary Anne, and Claudia have been friends and next-door neighbors since childhood. To form the FiveManBand club, they are joined by {{New Transfer Student}}s from out of state Stacey and Dawn. In later books, the younger members [[ThoseTwoGirls Mallory and Jessi]] also join the club.

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* ThreePlusTwo: Kristy, Mary Anne, and Claudia have been friends and next-door neighbors since childhood. To form the FiveManBand club, they are joined by {{New Transfer Student}}s from out of state Stacey and Dawn. In later books, the younger members [[ThoseTwoGirls Mallory and Jessi]] also join the club.
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* AmicablyDivorced: She and Dawn's father don't interact much but they seem to be on good terms.

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* AmicablyDivorced: AmicableExes: She and Dawn's father don't interact much but they seem to be on good terms.
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* AmicablyDivorced: With his first wife Lisa. Kristy describes their divorce as friendly, and Watson goes out of his way to help her when she's injured and her second husband is out of town, but the "Little Sister" spinoff series shows that there's still tension there.

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* AmicablyDivorced: AmicableExes: With his first wife Lisa. Kristy describes their divorce as friendly, and Watson goes out of his way to help her when she's injured and her second husband is out of town, but the "Little Sister" spinoff series shows that there's still tension there.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: With Kristy in early books. He teases her because he has a crush on her and there were hints she actually liked him back, despite her disdain for his antics. She even went to two school dances with him. However the ShipTease ends after Kristy's love interest Bart is introduced, and Alan goes on to [[spoiler: end up [[OfficialCouple with Claudia.]]]]

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* BelligerentSexualTension: With Kristy in early books. He teases her because he has a crush on her and there were hints she actually liked him back, despite her disdain for his antics. She even went to two school dances with him. However the ShipTease ends after Kristy's love interest Bart is introduced, and Alan eventually goes on to [[spoiler: end up [[OfficialCouple with Claudia.]]]]
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* BelligerentSexualTension: With Kristy in early books. He teases her because he has a crush on her and there were hints she actually liked him back, despite her disdain for his antics. She even went to two school dances with him. However the ShipTease ends after Kristy's love interest Bart is introduced.

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* BelligerentSexualTension: With Kristy in early books. He teases her because he has a crush on her and there were hints she actually liked him back, despite her disdain for his antics. She even went to two school dances with him. However the ShipTease ends after Kristy's love interest Bart is introduced.introduced, and Alan goes on to [[spoiler: end up [[OfficialCouple with Claudia.]]]]

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* NotSoDifferent: Rioko, in ''Claudia and the Disaster Date'', Claudia tells her she likes being an artist because she can create what she wants to see in the world and Rioko said she wanted to be a writer for that same reason, but unlike Claudia, didn't feel talented enough and stuck to recommending and reading books with similar voices.



* CoolBigSis: She has her moments, and reveals to [[NotSoDifferent Claudia that she too has a hidden candy stash in her room]]. She also defends Claudia to their parents or against unfair faculty.

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* CoolBigSis: She has her moments, and reveals to [[NotSoDifferent [[NotSoDifferentRemark Claudia that she too has a hidden candy stash in her room]]. She also defends Claudia to their parents or against unfair faculty.
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* IndifferentBeauty: She's as beautiful as Claudia and Stacey, but unlike them, she doesn't care much about fashion and appearance.
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* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn:
** The three ChildhoodFriends and original neighbors: popular fashionista Claudia (Beauty), organized and responsible Mary Anne (Brains), and PassionateSportsGirl Kristy (Brawn).
** Mary Anne and her two best friends: Mary Anne is still the Brains, Kristy is still the Brawn, and Dawn is always described as gorgeous (Beauty).
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* TomboyishPonytail: Her default in official art

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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Mary Anne's Girly Girl. She's a loud and bossy PassionateSportsGirl who couldn't care less about clothes and boys.

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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: TomboyAndGirlyGirl:
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Tomboy to Mary Anne's Girly Girl. She's a loud and bossy PassionateSportsGirl who couldn't care less about clothes and boys. Mary Anne is utterly sensitive, romantic, cries easily, hates sports and loves sewing and knitting, has a fondness for kittens, and after her father stopped being so strict (book 4), she starts caring about her clothes, hairstyle and appearance, unlike Kristy.
** She's also the Tomboy to her neighbor Shannon's Girly Girl. The reason why Kristy disliked Shannon at first was that the latter is a blond, rich and snobby fashionista, though they start an OddFriendship by the end of the book.


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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl to Kristy's Tomboy. The reason why Kristy disliked Shannon at first was that the latter is a blond, rich and snobby fashionista, while Kristy is a RagsToRiches tomboy who doesn't care about her appearance and can't stand TheBeautifulElite. They start an OddFriendship by the end of the book.
* TomboyishPonytail: Her default in official art
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* BrokenAce: She's pretty, smart, popular, can give fashion advice to her friends, and is also a good student who excels at maths. But she's also struggling with diabetes and has a DarkAndTroubledPast, as she was ostracized by all her old "friends" in New York. She tries to hide the "broken" part for most of the first book.
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* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She loved the bridesmaid dress for her Mom's wedding, likes babysitting (traditionally feminine), and [[GuiltyPleasures proclaimed beauty contests to be fun despite sexist]]. In early books, despite having a tomboyish personality, she also wears skirts and similar clothes to her best friend Mary Anne, in contrast to the later books where she always jeans, sneakers, and TomboyishBaseballCap.

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* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She loved the bridesmaid dress for her Mom's wedding, likes babysitting (traditionally feminine), and [[GuiltyPleasures proclaimed beauty contests to be fun despite sexist]]. In early books, despite having a tomboyish personality, she also wears skirts and similar clothes to her best friend Mary Anne, in contrast to the later books where she always jeans, sneakers, and TomboyishBaseballCap. Also throughout the entire series, she’s seen in the color pink and has no problem with it.
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* HappilyMarried: To Kristy's mom Elizabeth, book 6 onwards.

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* HappilyMarried: To Kristy's mom Elizabeth, book 6 from "Kristy's Big Day" onwards.
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!!Shannon Louisa Kilbourne
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