Line #50 Characters/FakingIt


1	!! The TV series
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6	[[folder: Hester High Students]]
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8	!!!Amy Raudenfeld
9	->Portrayed by: Creator/RitaVolk
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11	* AmbiguouslyBi: She shows a passing attraction to a Brazilian male visitor and does [[spoiler: sleep with Liam, although that was firmly with beer goggles in place and with an intent to hurt Karma]], although she mostly shows signs of being romantically drawn to women.
12	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: To Karma, in the season one finale]].
13	* ButchLesbian: {{Subverted}}. She is easily labeled this by others in her "relationship" with Karma, though in reality she's just somewhat Tomboy-ish and less concerned with overall appearance, falling more into the 'Chapstick' category.
14	* CantHoldHerLiquor: Leads to an extremely regrettable hookup at the end of season one. But then, this one's justified as canonically she's ''[[{{Squick}} fifteen]]'' at the time...
15	* ChickMagnet: Although she sometimes gets the HollywoodHomely treatment at Hester, when she and Shane go to the lesbian bar the girls are ''very'' easily drawn to her advances (though she always shoots herself in the foot before any connection is made) and Reagan wastes no time checking her out during their first meeting in "Lying Kings and Drama Queens".
16	* ClosetKey: Karma is unknowingly this to her, with what she thought was just a fake kiss to "prove" their fake romantic relationship to the rest of the school.
17	%%* ComingOutStory: An odder trajectory than most but definitely has one.
18	* DeadpanSnarker: She can be this at times, especially towards her mother and stepsister.
19	* EroticDream: She has one about Karma during the second episode.
20	* FirstKiss: With Karma.
21	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic.
22	* FriendlyEnemies: In the second season her relationship with Lauren develops into this.
23	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Has her WhatTheHellHero moments and can be quite the snark queen, but when all's said and done she is a caring individual that can see the nuances and positives in everyone's character.
24	* {{Gayngst}}: Despite being more stoic about her Karma dilemma than most this definitely comes out at times, especially during the season one finale where she deserves her sympathetic {{Woobie}} status.
25	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She gives Karma her blessing to see Liam.
26	* LipstickLesbian: Amy zigzags with this trope, as her entire plotline revolves around her discovering her sexual orientation and experimenting with gender performance. She starts out with long hair and also often favors feminine attire. Upon realizing she's into her friend Karma though and after dating another girl (who's a ButchLesbian), Amy gets a bit more tomboyish in her dress style, getting into chapstick territory.
27	%%* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Karma's red.
28	* SingleTargetSexuality: Through season one, which is even {{lampshaded}} by Shane when discussing her sexuality by declaring that she's firmly "Karma-sexual". That changes in season two as she shows signs of attraction to different people and [[spoiler: gets her first actual girlfriend]].
29	%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Karma's girly-girl.
30	%%* TownGirls: The Butch to Karma's Femme and Lauren's Neither.
31	* WhamShot: When she shares her first kiss with Karma, realizing her feelings for Karma are much more than just-friends...
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33	!!!Karma Ashcroft
34	->Portrayed by: Creator/KatieStevens
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36	* AmbiguouslyBi: During season 1 and the first part of 2, she has repeated ShipTease moments with Amy that could suggest she isn't as straight as she seems. [[spoiler:In the season 2A finale, she dreams of herself and Amy making out, in their underwear. It's a very neat parallel to Amy's reaction when the two kissed in the first ever episode when the camera focuses on her shocked reaction when she wakes up from the dream.]]
37	* AttentionWhore: The whole story arc is driven by he scheming to become popular.
38	* TheCastShowoff: She has sung in a couple of episodes, demonstrating, to quote ''Faking It Fridays'' "the voice of an angel."
39	* CantHoldHerLiquor: It leads to a very regrettable kiss [[spoiler:with Amy]] in the next-to-last episode of Season 2.
40	* ComingStraightStory: She has this during drama auditions when she reveals [[spoiler: she isn't a lesbian and just went along with the ruse in an effort to gain popularity.]] She has to do the same thing a season later at her mother's PFLAG group, because her mother neglected to tell them her daughter was straight.
41	* FieryRedhead: {{Averted}}. More a mild case of ManicPixieDreamGirl.
42	* {{Flanderization}}: By season two her drama queen tendancies and ItsAllAboutMe traits tend to get exaggerated to their extremes.
43	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.
44	* GenerationXerox: Subverted to an extent. She definitely seems to have her parents sunny optimism but little interest in their mother-earth hippie routine, instead more concerned about the prosaic dilemmas of being a teenager (i.e, climbing the school's social ladder).
45	* HiddenDepths: Shown to be quite the singer and multi-lingual (perhaps an obvious ActorAllusion).
46	* IncompatibleOrientation: She bittersweetly invokes this trope, when she says she wishes she felt the same way about Amy as Amy feels about her... but just doesn't.
47	* ItsAllAboutMe: Mildly, but definitely present at times, especially in season two when it involves [[spoiler: Amy's new love]] and relationship drama with Liam.
48	* ObliviousToLove: She seems unaware of Amy's attraction to her, until Amy's not so subtle speech at her mother's wedding rehearsal which leads to [[spoiler: Amy's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove]].
49	%%* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Amy's Blue.
50	* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Her pursuit of Liam certainly qualifies.
51	* ThreeWaySex: She coaxes Liam into a planned threesome with her and Amy so he won't feel like they're cheating... it doesn't end well. [[AesopAmnesia And then]] she does the same thing to Wade, hoping to win him over Shane. That one also doesn't end well.
52	%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girly-girl to Amy's tomboy.
53	%%* TownGirls: The Femme to Amy's Butch and Lauren's Neither.
54	* TheUnfavorite: She thinks her parents prefer her adopted brother Zen over her.
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56	!!!Shane Harvey
57	->Portrayed by: Michael J Willett
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59	* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Definitely promiscuous, and even {{Lampshaded}} when telling Amy that while most gay men just wanna hook up, lesbians prefer to grow bonds and nest.
60	* CampGay
61	* CannotKeepASecret: Constantly giving and breaking his "Gay Scouts Honor" promises.
62	* TheCasanova: A queer inversion of the classic Casanova type.
63	* DeadpanSnarker: His specialty.
64	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic.
65	* FriendlyEnemies: With Lauren
66	* GayBestFriend: To Liam and Amy, respectively. And after the summer TimeSkip between Seasons 2 and 3, to Karma as well.
67	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being extremely manipulative, breaking his "Gay Scouts Honor" almost constantly and often using others to his own ends, he does prove to be very loyal to his best friends and even willing to help the not-so-great friends with their various dilemmas.
68	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Always seems to be mistaken for a college student. This also lampshades DawsonCasting.
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70	!!!Liam Booker
71	->Portrayed by: Gregg Sulkin
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73	* CannotKeepASecret: So. Much. Mainly because he CannotTellALie, because he hates lying.
74	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Eclectic.
75	* GuiltComplex: Seems to show it frequently, especially relating to Karma and his [[spoiler: hook-up with Amy]].
76	* NoBisexuals: Even when Karma is blatantly flirting and seducing him, he still refers to her as a lesbian, when clearly she wouldn't strictly be a lesbian if she wanted to hook up with him.
77	* SatelliteCharacter: Early on, but grew a bigger role and became a more multidimensional character as he got greater focus.
78	* WhiteSheep: Wants as little to do with his family (especially his father) as possible.
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80	!!!Lauren Cooper
81	->Portrayed by: Bailey De Young[[note]]Credited as Bailey Buntain in the first season before her marriage.[[/note]]
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83	* AlphaBitch: Subverted. She has all the personality traits associated with the trope but doesn't get a chance to flaunt it as the school looks down on traditional popularity tropes and social order. More hidden depths than most characters of this trope, too.
84	* BlondRepublicanSexKitten
85	* {{Expy}}: Seems to be a teenage one of Amy's mother, which is probably why she gets along with her much better than Amy does.
86	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric.
87	* FriendlyEnemies: With Shane and, in the second season, with Amy
88	* GayBestFriend: Sort-of with Pablo though their relationship beyond their dance partnership is unclear.
89	* GenreBlind: Her AlphaBitch tactics are a dismal failure at Hester and does not realize that her [[spoiler: intersexness would be her doorway to popularity. When it is revealed she is elected student body president.]]
90	* HiddenDepths: Revealed she's [[spoiler: intersexed]] and can be surprisingly comforting to Amy during her angst over Karma.
91	* ManipulativeBastard: Despite being quite deft in this area it rarely works in her favor at the end.
92	* MoralityPet: Surprisingly protective of Pablo.
93	* NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: Her speech to the school board:
94	-->"When I first came to Hester, I thought, 'What the f*ck is wrong with this place?' Drama club is cooler than football? The most popular kid in school is an obnoxious gay guy and his best friend is a straight man-whore and it's not even a little weird. Two girls pretended to be lesbians. Why? Because at Hester, being different makes you cool. I had a hard time with that. The one thing that makes me different is the one thing I've always tried to hide. [[spoiler:I'm intersex.]] I never said that out loud before I came here. Turner wants Hester to be more like other schools, and I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think more schools should be like Hester. Because this is a school that accepts you. Even if you don't accept yourself."
95	* PetTheDog: Has a couple, mostly in regard to Amy.
96	* ShutUpKiss: [[spoiler:Gives one to a seemingly meek Theo at the gym, leading to him awkwardly rushing out the door]].
97	* TownGirls: the Neither to Karma's Femme and Amy's Butch.
98	* WithFriendsLikeThese...: To everyone...
99	* YourNormalIsOurTaboo: Pretty much her entire interpretation of Hester High's values.
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101	!!! Theo
102	->Portrayed by: Keith T. Powers
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104	* BetaCouple: Becomes this [[spoiler: briefly]] with Lauren.
105	* ILied: [[spoiler: Was actually an undercover narcotics officer rather than a new transfer student...though he didn't lie about his feelings for Lauren.]]
106	* OnlySaneMan: Tends to be very level-headed and even-tempered when compared to the many neuroses and hang-ups of the rest of the main clique.
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108	!!! Oliver
109	->Portrayed by: August Roads
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111	* TheNoodleIncident: What led to his tearful breakdown at the drama auditions?
112	* ShutUpKiss: Gets one from Amy, unaware it has some ulterior motives.
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114	!!! Felix [[spoiler:Turner]]
115	->Portrayed by: Parker Mack
116	* TheAlcoholic: Revealed in the 2B finale.
117	* NewTransferStudent: For the back half of Season 2. He transferred with his father, [[spoiler:Principal Turner]].
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119	!!! Wade
120	->Portrayed by: Cameron Moulène
121	* ThreeWaySex: Goes on a "thruple date" with Shane and Karma...and then participates in a threesome with them. [[spoiler:But he bails out because he realizes he's just using them to try and get over his ex-girlfriend...whom he hooks back up with next episode.]]
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124	[[folder:Adults And Other Characters]]
125	!!! Reagan
126	->Portrayed by: Creator/YvetteMonreal
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128	!!! Principal Penelope
129	->Portrayed by: Creator/SentaMoses[[note]]Senta Moses Mikan from Season 3 on[[/note]]
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131	* FirstNameBasis: Her last name isn't even revealed until Turner calls her "Vice Principal Beaver". It's actually Bevier.
132	* GranolaGirl: This might be what happens when one of these grows up and is given a position of power.
133	* QuirkyCurls: Lauren even threw a hair-straightening joke her way.
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135	!!! Pablo
136	->Portrayed by: Anthony Palacios
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138	!!! Duke Lewis, Jr.
139	->Portrayed by: Skyler Maxon
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141	* ManlyGay: Doesn't get much manlier than an MMA fighter.
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143	!!! Farrah Raudenfeld-Cooper and Bruce Cooper
144	->Portrayed by: Rebecca [=McFarland=] and Dan Gauthier
145	->Amy's mom and Lauren's dad. Married at the end of Season 1. Divorced at the end of Season 2.
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147	!!! Karma's Parents
148	->Portrayed by: Amy Farrington and Lance Barber.
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150	!!! The Booker Family
151	->Max, Liam's [[spoiler:grand]]father, played by Bruce Thomas
152	->Robin, Liam's sister [[spoiler:actually his mother]], played by Courtney Hengeller
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154	!!! Principal George Turner
155	->Played by: Bernard Curry
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157	* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Brought in to clean up Hester after the drug bust. Anybody runs a tighter ship than Penelope, but he runs with an iron fist and zero tolerance.

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