History Characters / TheDumpingGround

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Bird has a crush on Candi-Rose, but when she meets and falls for another boy, Bird, after initially trying to sabotage them

* Jerkass
* Retcon: During his appearances as a toddler, Murphy is depicted as a regular child. When he appears in Series 9, however, he is shown to have dwarfism like Sasha.

* ShipTease: With Candi-Rose in the Series 7 finale.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She disappears between Seasons 1 and 2 of The Dumping Ground with no explanation to her whereabouts. WordOfGod states that she got a promotion in order to earn more money to take care of her mother, who has dementia.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Disappears between season 1 and 2 of The Dumping Ground. WordOfGod says she moved back in with Melissa.

* PutOnABus: Leaves between Series 1 and 2 of The Dumping Ground without any explanation. WordOfGod says she moved back in with her sister, Melissa.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Disappears between season 2 and 3 of The Dumping Ground, and is not mentioned by anyone. WordOfGod gave an explanation by saying he moved back in with his mother.

* PutOnABus: Between Seasons 2 and 3 of The Dumping Ground. WordOfGod stated that he moved back in with his mother after she got out of prison.

* PromotionToParent: To the YP in the Season 1 opener where she pretends to be a care worker after Mike is on holiday and Gina ends up in the hospital.
* PutOnABus: Between Seasons 2 and 3 of The Dumping Ground, she was presumably too old to continue living at Ashdene Ridge.
** TheBusCameBack: Faith returns for an episode in ''The Dumping Ground'' Season 3, she apparently is at university.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Liam. The two are shown to be best friends whether Liam is in Elm Tree House or not and they eventually move in together at the end of Season 2 of The Dumping Ground.
* PutOnABus: At the end of Season 2 of The Dumping Ground to move in with Liam.
** TheBusCameBack: During ''The Dumping Ground'' season 3 finale for a one-time appearance. He also returned in the season 5 finale to help save Ashdene Ridge and in the season 6 finale along for Mike's wedding.

** TookALevelInJerkass: In ''The Dumping Ground'' Season 1.
* PutOnABus: To the army midway through TDG Season 3.

* PutOnABus: He left during TDG season three... [[TheBusCameBack then came back three episodes later]] after having problems with his foster family.
** He later leaves for good in the second half of TDG Season 4.

* BrokenBird: Series 1: Happy girl in pink. Series 2: Slightly less happy...

* CheerfulChild: Only in season one of ''Tracy Beaker Returns''

* PutOnABus: To live in a flat with Tee when they get too old to stay.

* PutOnABus: To live in a flat with Carmen when they get too old to stay.

* PutOnABus: He goes back to live with his mum in Season 6.

* PutOnABus: Leaves the Dumping Ground to be Drew's assistant and go on tour with him.

[[folder: Introduced ''The Dumping Ground'' Season 1]]

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* HatesBaths: Only in her introductory episode due to past abuse.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Becomes this with Alex. The two become best friends who are there for one another.

* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Grandparents]]: Her grandmother would force Bec to work in her fish shop "like a skivvy" (in Bec's words), verbally belittle her constantly, always side with her bullies' version of events over hers and destroyed her mother's dress after her bully spilled a drink over it. It got to the point where she decided to put herself in care to get away from her. It got even worse after Bec moved in with her aunt on her farm and her grandmother came in to look after her when her aunt fell ill. She would force Bec to sleep in the barn, forbid her from contacting the outside world (even to the point of deleting Bec's social media accounts and lying to Social Services about them going on holiday to Spain) and even tried to emotionally manipulate her into staying when Ruby came to rescue her.

** Now in the later series, he is not as quiet as he was before due to growing up and has many friends around his age.

* YoungerThanTheyLook

* TantrumThrowing: In "Farvel", he has several of these.

* ParentalAbandonment: Her mother left her in a nail bar.

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[[folder: Sasha]]
! Sasha Bellman
-->'''Played by:''' Annabelle Davis
* BigSisterInstinct: Toward her brothers, Dexter and Murphy.
* DeadpanSnarker
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Becomes this with Jody over time.
* {{Jerkass}}: Initially, until she mellowed down.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Although Sasha is very moody, she has a big heart and looks out for the others.
* {{Metalhead}}: She is passionate about HeavyMetal music and is often seen blaring such music through the house or going out to gigs of such nature.
* PromotionToParent: Was often this with her brothers.
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* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Grandparents]]: Her grandmother would force Bec to work in her fish shop "like a skivvy" (in Bec's words), verbally belittle her constantly, always side with her bullies' version of events over hers and destroyed her mother's dress after her bully spilled a drink over it. It got to the point where she decided to put herself in care to get away from her.

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[[folder: Katy]]
! Katy White
-->'''Played by:''' Anya Cooke

* TheRunaway: She had a habit of running away from her previous care homes to return home before coming to Ashdene Ridge.

[[folder: Scott]]
! Scott Jenson
-->'''Played by:''' Louis Payne

A new careworker introduced in Series 8.

* OneOfTheKids: Has a strong childish and fun side to him.

[[folder: Ruby]]
! Ruby Butler
-->'''Played by:''' Liv De-Vulgt

* AscendedExtra: After having a one-time appearance in Series 8, Ruby returns to the Dumping Ground in the middle of Series 9 as a main character.

[[folder: Max]]
! Max
-->'''Played by:''' Jed Jefferson

Sid's roommate and best friend.

* NiceGuy: One of the nicest characters on the show. He is shown to be a loyal friend to Sid and stands up to Floss when she does something wrong.

[[folder: Clem]]
! Clem
-->'''Played by:''' Halle Cassell

[[folder: Bec]]
! Rebecca "Bec" Hyde
-->'''Played by:''' Ava Potter

* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Grandparents]]: Her grandmother would force Bec to work in her fish shop "like a skivvy" (in Bec's words), verbally belittle her constantly, always side with her bullies' version of events over hers and destroyed her mother's dress after her bully spilled a drink over it. It got to the point where she decided to put herself in care to get away from her.
* TheEeyore: Bec is generally a gloomy and cynical character who struggles in cheerful or social situations due to her past. In the Christmas episode, Jay even says that Bec has a heart of stone for being distant and not wanting to join in on the Christmas activities.
* FriendlessBackground: Avoids making friends due to trust issues.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Although she is very distant and cynical, deep down, Bec has a caring heart that is shown more in Series 8 as she spends more time with the other kids.
* PutOnABus: Candi-Rose mentions that she moved in with her aunt.
* RaisedByGrandparents: She was raised by her grandmother after her mother died.
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[[folder: Chloe]]
! Chloe Reeves
-->'''Played by:''' Hannah Moncur
* BigBrotherWorship: Inverted, Chloe is the harshest on Ryan in the DG but she does love him and looks out for him as he does for her.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: A lot of Chloe's focus episodes centre around her feeling overlooked and unappreciated despite always being well behaved, resulting in her acting out. The most prominent is "Snake", where Chloe gets left out of a trip she ''helped organise'', with little sympathy from the others.
* GamerChick: Chloe is quite into games and even considers her computer time her favourite thing. "Another Planet" focuses on her becoming addicted to an online game and meeting someone through it who would eventually become her boyfriend.
* OfficialCouple: With May-Li's stepson Jake between "The Last Dance" and "Love Hearts and Roses".
* PutOnABus: To Scotland with Iona and her parents after she is fostered by them.
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* [[WarRefugees War Refugee]]: Originally from Somalia, she fled to the UK after being separated from her father and brother while fleeing from a gang and losing her mother to an illness in a refugee camp.

* ParentalAbandonment: His mother abandoned him outside his father's workplace when he was younger after she felt she was unable to take care of him. His father then put him into care after frequently leaving him on his own for days at a time.

* GirlyGirl: The girlist character at the Dumping Ground.

* BrattyHalfPint

* LikeFatherLikeSon: Bird's interest and talent in [=DJing=] and creating Dubstep came from watching his father do it.

* NiceGuy: He truly is

* TookALevelInKindess: Becoming the owner of Mischief helped with this.

* OnlySaneMan: She's not as quirky or self-centered like most of the other kids.

* TheEeyore: Bec is generally a gloomy and cynical character who struggles in cheerful or social situations due to her past.

* BigBrotherWorship: Inverted, Chloe is the harshest on Ryan in the DG.

* PinkIsFeminine: Is very girly and mostly seen wearing something pink.

* OutOfFocus: Often only involved in the periphery of the subplot.

* DropInCharacter: After she moves in with her dad.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Is this for Liam whom he replaces as a regular in TBR S3. Just like Liam, Rick knows all about scams and con artists, plays guitar and has a passion for music (something Liam later goes on to focus on). His role in episodes such as "Justine Littlewood Returns" seem to have originally been written for Liam, as Rick is the only kid to take Tracy's side, despite barely knowing her at this point, and he deduces that Justine's fiance is a fraudster in a similar scenario to Liam's in "Out of Control".

* PutOnABus: To Scotland with Iona and her prents after she is fostered by them.

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[[folder: Chloe]]
! Chloe Reeves
-->'''Played by:''' Hannah Moncur
* BigBrotherWorship: Inverted, Chloe is the harshest on Ryan in the DG.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: A lot of Chloe's focus episodes centre around her feeling overlooked and unappreciated despite always being well behaved, resulting in her acting out. The most prominent is "Snake", where Chloe gets left out of a trip she ''helped organise'', with little sympathy from the others.
* GamerChick: Chloe is quite into games and even considers her computer time her favourite thing. "Another Planet" focuses on her becoming addicted to an online game and meeting someone through it who would eventually become her boyfriend.
* OfficialCouple: With May-Li's stepson Jake between "The Last Dance" and "Love Hearts and Roses".
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Bird's Song" confirms that Bird is not his actual name, but unlike Jay his real name has never been revealed.

[[folder: Bec]]
! Rebecca "Bec" Hyde
-->'''Played by:''' Ava Potter

* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Grandparents]]: Her grandmother would force Bec to work in her fish shop "like a skivvy" (in Bec's words), verbally belittle her constantly, always side with her bullies' version of events over hers and destroyed her mother's dress after her bully spilled a drink over it. It got to the point where she decided to put herself in care to get away from her.
* TheEeyore: Bec is generally a gloomy and cynical character who struggles in cheerful or social situations due to her past.
* FriendlessBackground: Avoids making friends due to trust issues.
* RaisedByGrandparents: She was raised by her grandmother after her mother died.

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[[folder: Viv]]
! Viv
-->'''Played by:''' Chloe Lea

A new girl in Series 8. She is in care because her uncle steals things.

[[folder: Nazeer]]
! Nazeer
-->'''Played by:''' Tut Nyuot

A new boy in Series 8 who makes quick rivals with Jay.

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* BigGood: is generally the friendliest, most supportive member of the DG that kids can turn to.

** Makes up an illness and hints at horrible consequences to persuade Tyler and Jodie to stop hoofing down junk food

* RaisedByGrandparents: He was bought up by his Grandad. He was taken into care when his Grandad's health meant that he could no longer look after him.

! Recurring and guest characters

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!!Shannay
-->'''Played by:''' Holly Quinn-Ankrah

* ParentWithNewParamour: She is dating Lily's dad.

!! Kingsley Jackson (David Avery)

* BigBrotherBully: To Jody.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Jody is trapped in Kingsley's burning flat, he chooses to flee instead of helping her.

!! Luke Jackson (James Bartlett)

* BigBrotherInstinct: He's more protective of and willing to stand up for Jody against Kingsley than his mother.

!! Denise Jackson (Victoria Alcock)

* AbusiveParents: She abandoned Jody in ''Tracy Beaker Returns.'' In ''The Dumping Ground,'' she does nothing to stop Kingsley from controlling her family, tries to force Jody to stay quiet about his crimes, and ends up abandoning her again when Jody makes a statement to the police. When she returns in Series 6, she forces Jody to lie about living at home to impress her boyfriend and once again disowns her after Grant breaks up with her for lying to him.
* ExtremeDoormat: To her son Kingsley. She doesn't stand up to him or try to stop his abuse and crime.

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! Matt and Stephanie Branston
-->'''Played by:''' Charlie Brooks (Stephanie) and Stuart Manning (Matt)

! Maude Gordon
-->'''Played by:''' Kiki Brooks-Truman

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! Sammy Doyle
-->'''Played by:''' Roderick Gilkison

* AmbiguousDisorder: Sammy being unable to understand certain social cues may suggest that he has autism.
* PutOnABus: Goes back to his aunt after she gets out of the hospital.
* ReplacementFlatCharacter: Plays the same role as Mo before his character development except with Tyler instead of Tee.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Leaves after three episodes.

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! Peter Umbleby
-->'''Played by:''' Simon Ludders

* ArcVillain: Serves as a recurring antagonist throughout series 5, ending with him leading the plan to demolish Ashdene Ridge.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: He does not like Edward playing his guitar.
* InSeriesNickname: Mr. Dumbleby.

! Janet Umbleby (Alison Pargeter)

! Edward Umbleby (Jaimie Boubezari)

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! Fiona Johnson
-->'''Played by:''' Michelle Collins

* HappilyMarried: To Mike as of the end of series 6.

[[folder: Introduced in ''The Dumping Ground'' Season 7]]
! Freya
-->'''Played by:''' Jackie Edwards

* BigBad: Of the Series 7 two-part opener.
* {{Blackmail}}: One of the most serious examples of this in the entire series. After gaining access to everyone's personal files, she threatens to post them all online if Sasha, and later Jody, doesn't comply with her demands.
** BlackmailBackfire: This ultimately fails when all of the kids discover what she is doing and dare her to carry out the threat if it means Sasha is cleared. She later admits she was never actually planning to do it.
* EasilyForgiven: Despite her attempt to ruin Sasha's life, Sasha quickly forgives her and encourages her to embrace the second chance she's been given.
* ManipulativeBitch: She manages to turn the other residents against Sasha as part of her plan. According to Sasha, she has a history of doing this.
* OldFriend: Of Sasha's. The pair had been in another care home together, and were on their way to a secure home when Sasha stopped off at Ashdene Ridge and ended up staying, losing contact with Freya in the process. [[{{Revenge}} Freya did not take that well...]]
* ReunionRevenge: Freya puts her plan into action after coming to the DG temporarily and reuniting with Sasha.
* {{Revenge}}: Her motive for going after Sasha as they lost contact when she arrived at the DG.

[[folder: Introduced in ''The Dumping Ground'' Season 8]]
! Al Winters
-->'''Played by:''' Gary Webster

Temporary Head Careworker in the Series 8 opener.

* AdultsAreUseless: Al completely dismisses the kids' concerns when Sid goes missing, and only agrees to call the police when Scott forces him to.
* ItsPersonal: He only applied for the job of Head Careworker to try and beat May-Li, as she had beaten him to a previous job years earlier.
* ManChild: Dislikes doing any of the harder work associated with leadership and prefers messing around and playing games.

* OnlyChildSyndrome

* OnlyChildSyndrome

* LongLostRelative: After some initial suspicions about it in Series 7, Floss finally learns that she and her Frenemy Ross are actually siblings in the Series 8 episode "Nobody's Perfect".

* PutOnABus: In the first season of The Dumping Ground to live with a pair of lesbians.

[[folder: Nazeer]]

* Metalhead: She is passionate about HeavyMetal music and is often seen blaring such music through the house or going out to gigs of such nature.

* PromotionToParent: Was often this with her brothers.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Disappears early in Series 6. May-Liu mentions taking him to see a potential family, so it's most likely that he was fostered.

* ParentalAbandonment: His mother abandoned him outside his father's workplace when he was younger after she felt she was unable to take care of him.

* OldFriend: Of Sasha's. The pair had been in another care home together, and were on their way to a secure home when Sasha stopped off at Ashdene Ridge and ended up staying. [[{{Revenge}} Freya did not take that well...]]