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2 | [[folder: Matt Garrison]] |
3 | !!Matthew "Matt" Garrison |
4 | -->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/BrentGore |
5 | * BrotherSisterTeam: He and his sister Jenny are in the same band. |
6 | * DecoyProtagonist: He was the main focus of the show and lead vocalist of the band, but is PutOnABus along with his family after season 2. |
7 | * PutOnABus: Starting in season 3, since it's mentioned his family moved away. |
8 | * StandardizedLeader: He's a good leader and a CoolBigBro to Jenny, but is pretty much an everyman character who is mostly defined by his interest in music. |
9 | [[/folder]] |
10 | |
11 | [[folder: Jenny Garrison]] |
12 | !!Jenny Garrison |
13 | -->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/HeidiNoelleLenhart |
14 | * BrotherSisterTeam: She and her brother Matt are in the same band. |
15 | * DeadpanSnarker: One of the most prolific snarkers in the cast, often prone to making snide remarks, especially towards Sly. |
16 | * PutOnABus: After the third episode of season 2, "Ciao, Jenny". She's the first major character to leave the show. |
17 | * RedOniBlueOni: She's the more practical Blue Oni to Tiffani's perky Red Oni. |
18 | [[/folder]] |
19 | |
20 | [[folder: Sly Winkle]] |
21 | !!Sylvester Leslie "Sly" Winkle |
22 | -->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MichaelCade |
23 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: He attempts to win the affections of Jenny initially, but she turns down his advances every time. |
24 | * BreakoutCharacter: He is easily the most recognizable character, for better or worse. |
25 | * CasanovaWannabe: His attempts to get girls (both in the main cast and guest characters) often fail, though [[spoiler: he ends up with Lorena at the end]]. |
26 | * CatchPhrase: His loud and bombastic "Ba-BOOM!" It was even on his graduation cap. |
27 | * EveryoneHasStandards: He may be snobbish and money-grubbing, but as shown in the Season 1 episode "Guess Who's Coming To Brunch" he is as outraged by racism as are his friends. |
28 | * HandsomeLech: He's fairly good-looking but often rejected by girls because of his obnoxious personality. |
29 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Tony. Although the two are close, there are times even Tony gets sick of his greed and jerk qualities. |
30 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As obnoxious as he is, he also can be a decent guy and a good friend. |
31 | * LonelyRichKid: Implied: his wealth is obvious, but among his {{Freudian Excuse}}s is how he apparently didn't have any real friends growing up since they only liked him for his family's money. |
32 | * MeaningfulName: His nickname is "Sly" and he is a very wily and even duplicitous character at his worst. |
33 | * MoneyFetish: He's obsessed with money, always ready for a GetRichQuickScheme, despite being already wealthy. |
34 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The money-grubbing Manly Man to his shy and naive cousin Mark. |
35 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Being a schemer, he's the most manipulative and jerky of the group. |
36 | * UnresolvedSexualTension: With Lorena. [[spoiler: [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend They eventually become a couple within the last few episodes of the series.]]]] |
37 | [[/folder]] |
38 | |
39 | [[folder: Tiffani Smith]] |
40 | !!Tiffani Anne Smith |
41 | -->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/KellyPackard |
42 | * FemaleRockersPlayBass: Tiffani plays bass guitar for the Dreams. |
43 | * {{Gasshole}}: She's seen belching loudly on several occasions. |
44 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Tiffani is quite kind-hearted and her hair is blonde. |
45 | * MissingMom: Her mother walked out on her and her father when she was a little girl. They briefly reunite in one episode. |
46 | * OfficialCouple: With Jake. Before getting back together and giving their relationship a second go, they were [[WorkingWithTheEx exes working together]] for a while in season 3 and part of season 4. |
47 | * PassionateSportsGirl: Besides music, she also loves surfing. |
48 | * RedOniBlueOni: She's the more perky Red Oni to Jenny's practical Blue Oni. |
49 | * WideEyedIdealist: She's innocent, TheHeart of the group, and sees the best in people. |
50 | [[/folder]] |
51 | |
52 | [[folder: Tony Wicks]] |
53 | !!Antoine Bethesda "Tony" Wicks |
54 | -->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/WilliamJamesJones |
55 | * HeroicBuild: Tony's one of the most stand up and levelheaded people on the show and is seen to have a nice body whenever he wears a vest for a shirt, especially if it's unbuttoned. |
56 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sly. Although the two are close, there are times even he gets sick of his greed and jerk qualities. |
57 | * LargeHam: At times his overall mannerisms are quite bombastic (but nearly as much as Sly's). |
58 | * MalignedMixedMarriage: Or relationship, rather in an early episode where he was dating a White girl whose father disapproved of them together. In spite of how much they cared about each other, they broke up by the episode's ending. |
59 | * MoralityPet: To Sly. Like the other guys in the band, he's capable of reeling in his more outlandish behavior, but unlike Jake he doesn't usually resort to threats of violence or name-calling. |
60 | * OfficialCouple: He and Sam are in a relationship in seasons 3-5. |
61 | * WhatYouAreInTheDark: In "Guns R' Us", an infuriated Tony nearly shoots the men who beat his friend into a coma and left him paralyzed for refusing to participate in a robbery. Even though he and the young man's brother tried to get revenge, eventually their own consciences and being talked down by Jake stops them. |
62 | [[/folder]] |
63 | |
64 | [[folder: Jake Summers]] |
65 | !!Jacob "Jake" Summers |
66 | -->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JayAnthonyFranke |
67 | * ChickMagnet: He has dated three of the girls in the main cast: Jenny, Tiffani (his most important girlfriend), and Lorena. |
68 | * DeathGlare: He tends to do this to someone who annoys him enough, with Sly and Mark being his most frequent targets. |
69 | * HellBentForLeather: The local bad boy who always wears a leather jacket. |
70 | * OfficialCouple: With Tiffani. Before getting back together and giving their relationship a second go, they were [[WorkingWithTheEx exes working together]] for a while in season 3 and part of season 4. |
71 | * PennyAmongDiamonds: Downplayed: although it's implied that his family isn't as well off as his friends', "Mop N' Pop" has his father having to take a job as a janitor at the school to make ends meet. |
72 | * TroubledButCute: Appears to be a tough guy with leather jacket, but deep down he's sensitive and likable. |
73 | [[/folder]] |
74 | |
75 | [[folder: Samantha Woo]] |
76 | !!Samantha "Sam" Woo |
77 | -->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JennieKwan |
78 | * AsianAndNerdy: Downplayed, but she's from Hong Kong and was smart enough to graduate as class valedictorian. |
79 | * DitzyGenius: She's BookSmart, but also eccentric, talkative, and boy-crazy. |
80 | * ForeignExchangeStudent: She moved to America as a foreign exchange student, initially living with the Garrison family, and later with Lorena's family. |
81 | * MotorMouth: When she first joined The Dreams, she talked way too much, to her friend's annoyance. It later came out that she did this out of nervousness in a new school/country. |
82 | * OfficialCouple: She and Tony are in a relationship in seasons 3-5. |
83 | [[/folder]] |
84 | |
85 | [[folder: Lorena Costa]] |
86 | !!Lorena Marina Costa |
87 | -->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/DianaUribe |
88 | * DefrostingIceQueen: She became less snooty and pretentious and more [[TookALevelInKindness compassionate and loving]] [[spoiler: especially to Sly]] as time went on. |
89 | * HollywoodToneDeaf: The episode where she attempts to join the band (and only kept on thanks to Jake) is called "Yoko Oh No!" |
90 | * SixthRanger: She made her debut, along with Mark, at the start of season 3, but she is not a member of the band. |
91 | * SpoiledBrat: Due to her family's weath, she has a tendency to act vain, spoiled, and pretentious, though she TookALevelInKindness later on. |
92 | * ThirdPersonPerson: Lorena has a habit of referring to herself in the third person (using her full name) on occasion. |
93 | * UnresolvedSexualTension: With Sly. [[spoiler: [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend They eventually become a couple within the last few episodes of the series.]]]] |
94 | [[/folder]] |
95 | |
96 | [[folder: Mark Winkle]] |
97 | !!Mark Edward Winkle |
98 | -->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AaronJackson |
99 | * CountryCousin: Downplayed; while he didn't grow up in an actual "country" setting, his upbringing was less flashy than his seemingly more sophisticated cousin. |
100 | * DrunkDriver: He drives drunk on night and ends up injuring a girl he was interested in so badly, she wound up hospitalized and missing their graduation. |
101 | * {{Flanderization}}: As time went on, his naiveté was flanderized to the point that he became a something of an airhead. |
102 | * HopelessSuitor: One episode has his develop a crush on Lorena. Needless to say, her-then boyfriend Jake, [[HairTriggerTemper being Jake,]] doesn't take it too well. This actually became something of a RunningGag for Mark's; he would develop a crush on a girl, but it was either never reciprocated or if it did, ended badly. |
103 | * NiceGuy: Usually one of the sweetest people on the show, and the friendliest of the guys. |
104 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The shy and naive Sensitive Guy to his money-grubbing cousin Sly. |
105 | * ShrinkingViolet: A rare male example. His initial inability to play the piano/keyboard in public was due to Sly once embarrassing him at an important audition for a music school years earlier. He eventually forgives him and was able to play again. |
106 | * SixthRanger: He made his debut at the start of season 3 as a new member of the band. |
107 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Mark was originally introduced as a clean cut Richie Cunningham-type (much like Matt) after the latter left the show. |
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