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5!Main Characters
6[[folder:Miley Stewart / Hannah Montana]]
7[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mileyhannahfinal_2906.png]]
8->'''Played by:''' Music/MileyCyrus
9->'''Voiced by:''' Samantha Dominguez (Latin-American Spanish dub), Creator/RyokoShiraishi (Japanese dub)
10Miley Stewart is the 14-year old (as of Season 1) daughter of former country music star Robbie Ray Stewart, and a native of the one-horse town of Crowley Corners, Tennessee. Transplanted with her family to Malibu, she leads the life of a fairly typical upper-middle-class [=SoCal=] girl. Unbeknown to all but her inner circle, however, she's also the chart-topping, award-winning, multi-platinum-selling teen pop sensation Hannah Montana. Much of the show's humor and drama revolves around her attempts to keep her lives separate and her identity a secret.
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12!!Miley/Hannah provides examples of the following tropes:
13
14* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Jackson often finds her annoying because she gets all the attention and he's often forced to do things for her.
15* AthleticallyChallenged: Unlike her friend [[PassionateSportsGirl Lilly]], she's generally bad at sports, and unable to do things like catch a ball without using her face.
16-->'''Miley:''' I hate flag football! It's just one more sport where I get PickedLast, and you wanna know why?!
17-->'''Lilly:''' 'Cause you stink? ''[Miley glares at her]'' Or 'cause you're pretty and all the other girls are jealous?
18-->'''Miley:''' Nice save.
19%%* BoundAndGagged: "Torn Between Two Hannahs".
20* BigLittleBrother: Or in this case, sister. She's significantly taller than Jackson, despite being two years younger than him.
21* BookSmart: She's a very good student. The only problem is her lack of extracurricular activities, due to her being busy with her IdolSinger career.
22* BrainyBrunette: She gets good grades and has brown hair.
23* ButtMonkey: Gets her fair share of unfair moments.
24* {{Catchphrase}}: Miley has a ton of 'em.
25** The following she shares with her family and others:
26*** "Sweet niblets!"
27*** "Dang flabbit!"
28** The following are uniquely Miley's:
29*** "[=TVTropeseditorsay=]''what''?": Replace everything before the "''what''?" with a description of the person and/or context of the moment, said in a single breath.
30*** "Mud crunkies!"
31*** "Ya think?": Occasionally used by other characters, but usually when talking to Miley.
32* TheChewToy: Miley gets her fair share of slapstick.
33* ClarkKenting: All Miley has to do to be Hannah is put on a wig. This was even lampshaded by Jackson in one episode while watching Superman.
34* CuteClumsyGirl: Not as much as Lilly, but she has her clumsy moments. She also describes herself as such in the second episode.
35-->'''Miley:''' What about the time I tripped in the biology lab and spilled frog juice all over you?
36-->'''Oliver:''' Oh Right, mum made me take off my pants in the school parking lot.
37-->'''Miley:''' Or when we were at Andrew's birthday party and you accidentally knocked me into the pool in your one-man stampede for the cake?
38* DeadpanSnarker: In practically every episode — especially after the first season. She's cute, she's funny, she can be downright obnoxious. It's why the audience can comfortably laugh at her when the ZanyScheme invariably backfires.
39* DidntThinkThisThrough: Miley fails her driving test and doesn't want to wait for two weeks as required by [=DMV=] regulations before retaking the test so she takes it as her alter ego. It doesn't occur to her that "Miley" can't use "Hannah's" license until she has to show it to a cop.
40* EasilyForgiven: The girl can't seem to get into any kind of trouble that lasts beyond the end of the episode.
41* EndearinglyDorky: Much of the show's success can be attributed to Music/MileyCyrus' bright and energetic personality combined with her goofy mannerisms and a total willingness to look foolish on camera.
42* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible to Jackson's Foolish. She has her foolish moments, but has a successful career in contrast to Jackson who is a slobby BookDumb slacker.
43* GenkiGirl: Less so than Lilly, but she still has a very energetic attitude, including her pop-star persona.
44* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Lilly. In the series finale, neither appears fazed by leaving their boyfriends, but can't stand the thought of leaving each other. Their decision of where to go to college was heavily influenced by where the other would go.
45* IdolSinger: Both on the show and in RealLife.
46* LovedByAll: As Hannah, she is implied to be loved by 99% of the ''planet'', including a reclusive baseball player, a CausticCritic played by Creator/GilbertGottfried, and an ObstructiveBureaucrat who rejected ''Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger'' for being late by two minutes. In fact, whenever Miley encounters someone who admits to not liking Hannah, [[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond she feels shocked and hurt by it]]. On the other hand, she has a normal reputation whenever she's in the spotlight as Miley, with the occasional scandal.
47* MissingMom: Miley and Jackson's mother died some time prior to the pilot. She does appear in a few episodes (played by Brooke Shields), in dream sequences.
48%%* MotorMouth:
49* NaiveEverygirl: Outside of her secret identity as Hannah, Miley is just a normal, relatable teenage girl.
50* NiceGirl: Can be either this or JerkWithAHeartOfGold depending on the episode, but in spite of her faults, she is overall well-meaning and compassionate.
51* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Anything can happen in this world...
52* PaperThinDisguise: Fooled the world for 6 YEARS by just putting on a wig. Her own two best friends didn't even find out until she revealed it to them herself.
53* PlatonicLifePartners: She's very close to Oliver but their relationship is platonic. Oliver used to have a crush on her SecretIdentity Hannah but gets over it after he finds out she's his old friend Miley.
54* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Lilly and Oliver's red
55* RichesToRags: [[spoiler:In the final season after revealing her secret to the world.]]
56* SecretIdentity: Some episodes of the show revolve around Miley trying to keep people from learning she is Hannah Montana. Example: Miley tried to get the money to buy a phone by taking a bad picture of herself as Hannah and sell it to a tabloid but realized that she was wearing her necklace emblazoned with the word "Miley" ''after'' giving away the picture and had to find a way to get it back. Lilly and Oliver adopted their own secret identities as well. [[spoiler:Finally averted from "I'll Always Remember You" onward, crossed with RichesToRags as seen above]].
57* SecretRelationship: In what is no doubt a nod to the secret relationship in ''Franchise/StarWars'', when Jake and Miley are secretly dating they use the code-names Anakin and Queen Amidala.
58* SiblingRivalry: She frequently tends to make fun of or be mean to Jackson, even when unprovoked.
59* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly girl to Lilly's tomboy in the first two seasons. Lilly is a skateboarder, loves sports (Miley hates them), and doesn't like dressing girly in school. In the episode "You Are So Sue-able to Me", Miley gets annoyed with Lilly's tomboy behavior, and decides to get her to dress and act like the typical GirlyGirl.
60* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Jake Ryan. When they first meet, she treats him with disdain, calling his antics "disgusting" and turning him down three times when he asks her to a dance. It isn't until Hannah guest stars on Jake's TV show and they almost kiss during a scene that she realizes - or admits to herself - that she actually likes him. Some could argue that she feels the same about Mikayla but it was never canonized.
61* UncannyFamilyResemblance: She and her cousin Luann. Luann uses it to her advantage and tries to expose Miley’s secret.
62[[/folder]]
63
64[[folder:Lillian "Lilly" Truscott]]
65[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lillyc_9154.png]]
66->'''Played by:''' Creator/EmilyOsment
67
68Lilly Truscott has been Miley's best friend since the fifth grade. She began the series as a tomboyish skater girl who showed some signs of becoming more traditionally feminine. As the series progressed, she eventually outgrew her skater persona, and became progressively more girly.
69
70Lilly accidentally discovers Miley's secret in the pilot episode, and thus later adopts her own alter-ego, viz: Lola Luftnagle, International Jet-Setter, so she could accompany Hannah to concerts and events.
71
72Lilly has been best friends with Oliver Oken since preschool, when she held his hand because he had the 64-pack of crayons with the sharpener. Halfway through Season 3, they became a couple.
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74!!Lilly provides example of the following tropes:
75
76* AcademicAthlete: A PassionateSportsGirl who was on the volleyball team, the skateboard club, and the surf club, but also a good student who gets a scholarship to a prestigious university.
77* AnimeHair: Usually when she's in her Lola disguise. This was {{lampshaded}} twice.
78* BigEater: Skinny as she is, [[{{Hammerspace}} one wonders where she puts it all]].
79* BlindWithoutEm: Lilly can't tell a person from a post without her contacts.
80* BookSmart: Like Miley, Lilly gets very good grades. She eventually gets a scholarship to a prestigious university.
81* {{Catchphrase}}: Distinctive more in the way she says them than in the words themselves:
82** "Eep!"
83** "Aw, ''man!''"
84* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Oliver. They have been friends since kindergarten and start dating in later seasons.
85* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She's a bit spacey in a GenkiGirl way.
86* CuteClumsyGirl: She's even more clumsy than Miley, despite being very athletic.
87* DeadpanSnarker: Lilly tends to fall into this role, and in fact in some episodes (such as the one where Miley and Jackson were thought to be dating) basically spends the entire episode making snarky comments.
88* DumbBlonde: Definitely ditzier than [[BrainyBrunette Miley]]. Subverted in that she and Miley have just about the same grades and Lilly did a little bit better on the SAT. Lilly might have her ditzy moments, but academically is at least as smart as Miley.
89* EverybodyHatesMathematics: Lilly was desperate enough at one point to pretend to be Rico's girlfriend in order to get tutoring.
90* {{Fangirl}}: Of Hannah Montana, until she learned that Hannah is actually Miley's alter-ego.
91* GenkiGirl: Especially in her early tomboy days, she is extremely extroverted and excitable.
92* GirlinessUpgrade: When she first showed up, she was a skateboard riding tomboy and by the end she's as girly as Hannah.
93* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Miley. In the series finale, neither appears fazed by leaving their boyfriends, but can't stand the thought of leaving each other. Their decision of where to go to college was heavily influenced by where the other would go.
94* HollywoodToneDeaf: Creator/EmilyOsment is a talented singer pursuing a music career of her own. Lilly Truscott, on the other hand, has absolutely zero sense of pitch or volume control, or rhythm.
95* HotBlooded: She's very lively and impulsive.
96* InelegantBlubbering: She is all about this trope when she cries.
97* LargeHam: Probably the hammiest character on the show, although she's only marginally worse than the others.
98* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Masculine Girl to Oliver's Feminine Boy. She's a sporty tomboy, he's socially awkward and nerdy.
99* MediumAwareness: Lilly seems to be developing this in Season 3, to the point where she could not only predict a daydream, but can point out to Miley where on screen it will be appearing.
100* MoralityChain: Often, Lilly is the only thing reining in Miley's diva-ness.
101* NoIndoorVoice: She's the shoutiest out of all the other characters.
102* PaperThinDisguise: Garish outfits and candy-colored wigs practically guaranteed to draw attention to the fact that she's wearing what amounts to a costume. Though it doesn't make it any easier for people to tell who she is.
103* RedOniBlueOni: The red (one of two) to Miley's blue.
104* RelationshipUpgrade: Lilly and Oliver became a couple in mid-Season 3.
105* SecretIdentity: Lola Luftnagle, International Jet-Setter, complete with high-improbable backstory, including being the daughter of an oil baron and home-schooled in Canada ("where the moose are!").
106* SecretRelationship: Subverted. Lilly and Oliver thought Miley would wig out at the news of their relationship, so they decided to ease her into it. They managed to keep it secret for all of about five minutes.
107* SeriesContinuityError: Two of the most egregious examples pertain directly to Lilly:
108** Lilly's birthday, which was implied in TheMovie to be in the summer, but came around again just seven months later in "Can't Get Home to You Girl".
109** In one episode, Lilly ''spectacularly'' butchers the pronunciation of "empanada" (so as to rhyme with "{{Canada| Eh}}") but in another episode, is taking AP Spanish, and able to tutor another girl in exchange for her math tutoring services.
110* SheCleansUpNicely: Both played straight and subverted in the episode, "You Are So Sue-able To Me". When Lilly's crush Matt asks her to the school dance, Miley convinces Lilly to get a GirlinessUpgrade to impress him. When Lilly later shows up at school with her new look, she has quite a few guys drooling over her, but then she gets stood up by Matt. It turns out he preferred her tomboy look.
111* {{Sidekick}}: At one point Lilly refers to herself as such saying that she's just a sidekick who needs to learn to say no. She almost never does.
112* StalkerWithACrush: Lilly's got it bad for Creator/OrlandoBloom, and takes her stalking to near-pathological levels in her Lola persona.
113* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Before her GirlinessUpgrade she was the tomboy to Miley's girly girl. Lilly is a skateboarder, loves sports (Miley hates them), and doesn't like dressing girly in school. In the episode "You Are So Sue-able to Me", Miley gets annoyed with Lilly's tomboy behavior, and decides to get her to dress and act like the typical GirlyGirl.
114* TomboyishBaseballCap: Often wears caps before her GirlinessUpgrade. She stops using them in later seasons.
115* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Despite being somewhat of a tomboy, Lilly is also seen to be very concerned about her appearance.
116[[/folder]]
117
118[[folder:Oliver Oscar Oken]]
119[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oliverc_2316.png]]
120->'''Played by:''' Creator/MitchelMusso
121
122Oliver Oken has been Miley's best guy friend since the fifth grade, and Lilly's since preschool. He endures a fair amount of verbal and physical abuse from both girls, but they are shown to really care about each other in spite of that. Oliver fancies himself a smooth operator, and suffers frequent blows to his ego. As of mid-Season 3, he is dating Lilly, and is well on his way to a music career of his own.
123
124(Tropes pertaining to Oliver's relationship with Lilly can be found under her character entry, and will not be repeated).
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126!!Oliver provides examples of the following tropes:
127
128* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Though no stranger to the occasional bout of egocentrism, Oliver takes it to {{Jerkass}} levels after appearing on ''America's Top Talent'', acquiring his own GroupieBrigade, and very nearly scuttling his relationship with Lilly. Thankfully, Miley sets him straight.
129* AlliterativeName: '''O'''liver '''O'''ken. His middle name is Oscar.
130* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' call Lilly stupid within earshot of Oliver!
131* ButtMonkey: Similarly to Jackson, he's often picked on or made fun of.
132* CasanovaWannabe: Oliver was turned down by the entire girls' softball team (who even hired a skywriter to drive the point home). That said, he's dated hotties such as Becca Weller, Joannie Palumbo, and of course, Lilly.
133* {{Catchphrase}}: "''Frickyfricky''fresh." and "''Wickywicky''word. Respect!"
134* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Lilly. They have been friends since kindergarten and start dating in later seasons.
135* DemotedToExtra: Gets less screentime in Season 4 compared to the previous seasons.
136* EggSitting: Oliver and Sarah do this in "My Boyfriend's Jackson and There's Gonna be Trouble".
137* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: It's pointed out several times that Oliver's mom is not exactly the most caring parent like when she harshly told him to get over it after his goldfish died. This is all played for laughs.
138* IdolSinger: By the end of Season 3, Oliver has been on national TV and is ready to go on a concert tour.
139* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Feminine Boy to Lilly's Masculine Girl. She's a sporty tomboy, he's socially awkward and nerdy.
140* PaperThinDisguise: Oliver's consists of a fake goatee and some hip-hop clothes.
141* PlatonicLifePartners: With Miley, and with Lilly before their RelationshipUpgrade.
142* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Oliver tries to incorporate far too much hip-hop culture into his persona.
143* RedOniBlueOni: The red (one of two) to Miley's blue.
144%%* RelationshipUpgrade: With Lilly.
145* SecretIdentity: Mic Stand... Mic Stan... ley... The 3rd. Oh, I mean Mike Stanley III, a moniker he came up with very much off-the-cuff.
146* SecretRelationship:
147** Subverted. Lilly and Oliver thought Miley would wig out at the news of their relationship, so they decided to ease her into it. They managed to keep it secret for all of about five minutes.
148** Also subverted when the school nurse has a conversation with Lilly and Miley that makes it sound like she's having an affair with Oliver, though it turns out she's actually talking about him having diabetes. The girls are appropriately horrified, though they'd have a harder time getting away with this joke had the genders been reversed.
149* SmallNameBigEgo: He's often overconfident, especially when it comes to flirting.
150* SoapOperaDisease: He has Type I diabetes, mentioned in ''exactly'' one episode.
151* StalkerWithACrush: Oliver was one to Hannah until he found out who she really was.
152* VitriolicBestBuds: Oliver seems to have this sort of relationship with most of his friends.
153[[/folder]]
154
155[[folder:Jackson Rod Stewart]]
156[[quoteright:315:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jacksonc_4170.png]]
157->'''Played by:''' Creator/JasonEarles
158
159Jackson Stewart is Miley's two-years-older brother. He's shown to be greedy, [[UngratefulBastard selfish,]] irresponsible, [[LazyBum lazy,]] socially-awkward, and [[ThePigPen unhygienic.]] However, he's also [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold genuinely kind and compassionate,]] and stands by his friends and family when it really counts.
160
161Jackson has had a number of best friends over the years, some of whom have [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappeared without explanation or further mention]]. He seems to have something of a best friend relationship with Oliver, and a frenemy relationship with his boss' son, Rico.
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163!!Jackson provides examples of the following tropes:
164
165* AbhorrentAdmirer: He spent an entire episode trying to lose the affections of "Saint" Sarah.
166* AllegedlyDateless: Jackson is portrayed as an uncouth, socially-awkward loser who couldn't get a date if his life depended on it. This in spite of the fact that he takes a different girl out every third episode, and has even had a few random women come on to him (usually when he's ''not trying'' to be charming). He even has a long-term relationship with a bikini model in the fourth season.
167* BookDumb: He's obviously not stupid, but he gets horrible grades.
168* ButtMonkey: Often the butt of the jokes.
169* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Frequently disproportionately punished for infractions that would rate, at most, a stern talking-to for Miley.
170* CasanovaWannabe: Jackson tries every cheesy pickup line and crazy scheme in the book to get girls.
171* ChildishOlderSibling: He's lazier and more irresponsible than his younger sister Miley, which makes him TheUnfavorite.
172* DumbassTeenageSon: He comes off as this frequently, though he's more BookDumb than anything.
173* EasyAmnesia: Given to Jackson by a bump on the head from a fight with Miley. Subverted when said amnesia turns out to be fake, a joke played on Miley by Jackson and Robbie Ray to teach her a lesson about fighting with her brother (Jackson is promised a car for playing along).
174* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Foolish to Miley's Responsible. She has her foolish moments, but has a successful career in contrast to Jackson who is a slobby BookDumb slacker.
175* GRatedDrug: In “O Say, Can You Remember the Words?”, Jackson developed a candy addiction while attempting to break Rico of his.
176* HiddenDepths: Jackson will loudly proclaim at every opportunity how disappointed he is that Robbie Ray had a second child, or how much he resents Hannah Montana taking precedence over any of his own plans — especially because Miley never lets him forget it. However, when push comes to shove and Miley really needs his support, Jackson will sacrifice ''anything'' — even his own happiness — to protect his sister's hopes and dreams. Perhaps the best example of this can be seen in "I Want You to Want Me... to Go to Florida". Miley wants to go to a charity concert to beat her rival Mikayla but Robby refuses to let her go because "she isn't ready". In reality, Robby was simply frightened by how much Miley was becoming more independent. It is Jackson who calls him out on this and tells Robby that Miley was simply following her dreams as their father had always pushed her to do.
177* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He cares for Miley deep down.
178* MasterOfDisguise: Jackson posed as a health inspector to get Mamaw Stewart fired as the school lunch lady. His cover was only blown when his wax nose melted.
179* MissingMom: Miley and Jackson's mother died some time prior to the pilot. She does appear in a few episodes (played by Brooke Shields), in dream sequences.
180* TheObiWannabe: In one episode, Hannah has found that kids will emulate just about everything she does, and is afraid to ever express her opinions or preferences on television. As such, Robbie Ray enlists Jackson to school her in the fine art of obfuscation. Of course, it backfires horribly, and Hannah ends up delivering the episode's {{Aesop}} about [[BeYourself being yourself]] instead.
181* ThePigPen: He's very messy and sometimes disgusting.
182* PluckyComicRelief: He's often the comic relief of the series, making jokes, making people get hurt, and dancing silly.
183* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Robbie and Rico's blue
184* StartMyOwn: In one episode, he gets fed up with the greedy practices at Rico's Surf Shop, and quits his job there so he can open a rival beachfront establishment.
185* StylisticSuck: Jackson puts on his A-game when he appears on ''America's Top Talent'' as "Bucky Kentucky".
186* ThrowTheDogABone: After his failed relationships with other girls throughout the series, Jackson finally gets a long term girlfriend in season 4, a bikini model named Siena.
187* TheUnfavorite: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded with gusto]] by Mamaw Stewart, who overcompensates by spoiling Jackson and ignoring Miley. Subverted late in the series by Jackson revealing that he's intentionally made himself this, since he finds that his life gets easier the less [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Robbie Ray]] want anything to do with him.
188* VitriolicBestBuds: Jackson has this sort of relationship with Rico.
189%%* WithFriendsLikeThese: With Rico.
190[[/folder]]
191
192[[folder:Robbie Ray Stewart]]
193[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/robbiec_7764.png]]
194->'''Played by:''' Music/BillyRayCyrus
195
196Robbie Ray Stewart is the father of Miley and Jackson. Once a chart-topping country music sensation himself, Robbie Ray has shifted his career toward writing songs for and the full-time management of Series/HannahMontana. He's a colorful hillbilly (though not as colorful as his relatives, some of whom have been seen, but most only referred to) who's been softened quite a bit by his luxurious life in Southern California. He tries to be an overall responsible and caring parent, but can't seem to help showing at least some favoritism toward Miley.
197----
198!!Robbie Ray provides examples of the following tropes:
199
200* EightiesHair: He wants his mullet back!
201* AdamWesting: Robbie plays his own CaptainErsatz.
202* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Has a brother named Bobby.
203* BeenThereShapedHistory: He claims to have played a role in Music/CelineDion's rise to fame by convincing her to shorten her name from "Dionawitz".
204* BigEater: Leading to some people, including the President, teasing him about his waistline. He does mention being a chubby child.
205* {{Catchphrase}}: He shares most of his with his kids, with the exception of "What in the [[GoshDangItToHeck Sam Heck]]?"
206* DeadpanSnarker: He has his moments, particularly with Dontzig or when his kids get out of line or he has to play PapaWolf.
207* EasyAmnesia: Robbie Ray was in on the plot to fool Miley into thinking Jackson had amnesia.
208* FormerlyFat: He used to be a lot chubbier, something for which his mother gives him no end of grief.
209* RedOniBlueOni: The blue (one of two) to Jackson's red
210* PaperThinDisguise: Robbie's consists of a mustache and a hat.
211* ParentalFavoritism: Towards Miley naturally. The show does make it clear that he loves Jackson too, he just gets along with Miley better.
212* PornStache: Robbie dons one in his stage persona.
213* PungeonMaster: Robbie Ray constantly makes puns.
214* TheScrooge: Despite being filthy-stinkin'-rich from both his own and his daughter's record sales, Robbie Ray is notoriously, if a bit selectively, tight with a penny.
215* SecretIdentity: When on Hannah business, Robbie resumes his stage persona of Robbie Ray ([[SarcasmMode real imaginative]]).
216* SelectiveEnforcement: Robbie's scales of justice are clearly tipped in favor of Miley. However, he's not above inflicting a CoolAndUnusualPunishment on Miley whenever she goes too far. One time in particular, Miley used her Hannah Montana persona to get her driver's license to be able to drive to a party, which resulted in her getting arrested. Robbie punished her by driving to the party anyway, and then announcing with a megaphone that "Hey everybody, this is Miley Stewart's daddy dropping her off at the party because she didn't get her driver's license". Punishments don't get much more cool and unusual than that.
217[[/folder]]
218
219[[folder:Rico Suave]]
220[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ricoc_9745.png]]
221->'''Played by:''' Creator/MoisesArias
222
223Rico is the owner's son, and ''de facto'' manager, of Rico's Surf Shop, a beachfront establishment that sells [[HonestJohnsDealership mediocre, overpriced]] food and merchandise. Rico is a bona fide genius, particularly in math and science, [[InsufferableGenius and isn't shy about it]]. He's in the same class as Miley, Lilly and Oliver, despite being several years younger. He has, at various times, been both a [[VitriolicBestBuds frenemy]] and employer to both Jackson and Oliver.
224----
225!!Rico provides examples of the following tropes:
226
227* AbhorrentAdmirer: He's known to hit on various girls, but tends to find himself fancying Miley very often. She's not fond of him, not just because he's younger, but because he's a massive pain. The fact that his FirstKiss was a ForcefulKiss he stole from Miley when she tried to kiss him on the cheek didn't endear him to her in the slightest.
228%%* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: His cousin Angus.
229* AscendedExtra: Only appears in a few episodes of Season 1, but becomes a major character in later seasons.
230%%* BigBad: Closest this show has to one.
231* BrattyHalfPint: A snarky 11 year old jerk.
232* {{Catchphrase}}: Rico has quite a few:
233** "''Rrrrrrrr'ico!"
234** "Muahahahaha!"
235** "Hey-O!" his standard greeting, as well as his response to a good burn.
236** "Hiya, toots!"
237* ChildProdigy: He starts out as one, eventually aging into a TeenGenius. He is in the same class as Miley and Lilly, despite being three years younger.
238%%* ChivalrousPervert:
239* CreepyChild: He's disturbingly twisted and manipulative for someone his age.
240* DeadpanSnarker: Being a condescending and bratty MouthyKid, this trope is pretty much obvious.
241* DisneyOwnsThisTrope: He owns his EvilLaugh and has the exclusive North American rights to his "Hey-O!"
242* EvilLaugh: ''Even when texting!''
243* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: You'd think he'd be dizzy by now.
244* FriendlessBackground: We find out in multiple episodes that his manipulative personality and his arrogance leave him without friends and that no one likes him.
245* GoodWithNumbers: He can do complex equations in his head.
246* InsufferableGenius: He skipped three grade levels, has an eidetic memory, at one point even realized Miley is Hannah Montana (and promptly dismissed the idea), and is a Jerkass who believes anyone less intelligent than he (read: everyone) is his to manipulate.
247* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Rico has a bratty and obnoxious personality, and is also rather manipulative. He additionally has been known to do right by people, but usually only when it serves his own interests.
248* ManipulativeBastard: Rico uses his money, brains and/or influence to put other people down, or blackmail them into doing something they do not want to do.
249* MouthyKid: He wouldn't be Rico without his smart-ass comments.
250* PetTheDog: Rico does manage, on rare occasions, to do something truly altruistic.
251* PlayingCyrano: When Lilly and Oliver's relationship is on the rocks, Rico finds that Oliver's moping is bad for business. In order to shut him up and bring the customers back, Rico helps mend their relationship by sending Lilly a love letter in Oliver's name.
252* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Moises Arias, as of Season 2.
253* RedOniBlueOni: The blue (one of two) to Jackson's red
254* TokenEvilTeammate: The nastiest in the main cast.
255* TokenMinority: Rico is the only Latino in an otherwise [[MonochromeCasting monochrome cast]], but he subverts the TV stereotype of Latinos by being intelligent, wealthy, and motivated.
256* VillainousBSOD: Has two during the series. One when Jackson made him realize that baldness is hereditary in his family, and again when he questions his genius over not being able to realize that Miley was Hannah Montana before she revealed it (and to a lesser extent that Lily was Lola).
257* VitriolicBestBuds: With Jackson. They are usually at odds with each other, but in a later episode they both reluctantly admit that they consider each other friends.
258%%* WithFriendsLikeThese: With Jackson.
259* YoungEntrepreneur: Rico's dad gave him the business, but Rico knows how to keep it profitable.
260[[/folder]]
261
262!Recurring Characters
263[[folder:Susan Stewart]]
264Miley's deceased mother. She is mentioned throughout the series and appears in flashbacks.
265----
266* AlliterativeName: '''S'''usan '''S'''tewart
267* PosthumousCharacter: Died before the events of the show, though we see her in ways like home videos and, in one case, Miley dreaming about her before a major surgery.
268[[/folder]]
269
270[[folder:Amber and Ashley]]
271Two mean popular girls who are classmates and rivals to Miley and Lilly.
272----
273* AlliterativeName: '''A'''mber '''A'''ddison
274* AlphaBitch: Both are typical school divas. Amber appears to be the dominant mean girl, while Ashley is her sidekick.
275* AsianAirhead: Ashley fits the stereotype. (Amber on the other hand is black, and a little smarter.)
276* BetaBitch: Ashley to Amber.
277* BrainlessBeauty: Both are beautiful, superficial, and not smart at all. Ashley seems to be the dumber one of the two.
278* ButtMonkey: Ashley can be this depending on the episode.
279* CatchPhrase: (in unison) "Oooh! Tsss!"
280* EvilCounterpart: To Miley and Lilly. Amber is popular and good at singing (like Miley/Hannah), while Ashley is her ditzy sidekick (like Lilly to Miley). However, Amber and Ashley are much meaner and like to bully other students.
281* FreudianExcuse: In one episode it's revealed that Amber used to be a nerdy girl with glasses who was bullied all the time as a kid.
282* HiddenDepths: Amber's singing talent and secret insecurities, both revealed in "The Idol Side of Me".
283* TokenMinority: Amber is black, Ashley is an AsianAirhead. The main cast is mostly white.
284[[/folder]]
285
286[[folder:Leslie "Jake" Ryan]]
287Miley's on again, off again boyfriend. One of her most notable boyfriends. He is a teen actor who represents the celebrity life Miley lives through Hannah. He is prone to breaking up with Miley, and making up with her. [[spoiler: They break up for good when he flat out cheats on Miley.]]
288----
289* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Is a heartthrob for many girls due to his action show "Zombie High"
290* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He and Miley's relationship is constantly on the rocks, with them breaking up for multiple reasons then getting back together.
291* DerailingLoveInterests: [[spoiler:He abruptly cheats on Miley after she chose him in the LoveTriangle between him, her, and Jesse. It came completely out of the left field, and the sequence of events that led to this suggests the writers were always planning on breaking them up and were looking for an excuse to do it]].
292* EveryoneHasStandards: He's incredibly self-absorbed, but he's seriously offended when Miley insinuates that he would use her SecretIdentity to blackmail her into a relationship.
293* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's the stereotypical "full of himself" Hollywood star, but he's still a nice guy most of the time.
294* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: After Miley finds herself in a romantic triangle with Jake and Jesse, after some thinking, she picks Jake, and how does he repay her ? He cheats on her. Of course, she goes back to Jesse.]]
295[[/folder]]
296
297[[folder:Jesse]]
298Miley's final love interest in the series. At first he isn't aware of her secret, but finds out eventually. At one point, Miley finds herself in a love triangle with him and Jake Ryan. [[spoiler: She picks Jake, but after he cheats on her, and some thinking, she gets back together with Jesse around the end of the series.]]
299----
300* DisappearedDad: His father is currently serving in Afghanistan.
301* MilitaryBrat: As stated above, his father is in the military.
302* TheScapegoat: After he found out Miley's secret, there was a point where he kisses Miley on stage, with her Hannah wig on. He is accused of two timing Miley, until [[spoiler: she reveals her secret to the world on the Jay Leno show.]]
303[[/folder]]
304
305[[folder:Siena]]
306Jackson's bikini model girlfriend (something he is proud of) in season 4. They start out as friends but they grow close over a short time. She also finds out Miley's secret.
307----
308* InnocentlyInsensitive:Although she often gives fashion advice, she doesn't realize that openly telling Milley that she dresses horrible is a very rude thing to do.
309[[/folder]]
310
311[[folder:Albert Dontzig]]
312The Stewarts rich neighbor. He has an ongoing rivalry with Robbie and Jackson. He is not above taking advantage of people's generosity and is a very competitive man.
313----
314* FatBastard: He's an overweight and very rude man who takes every opportunity to complain to Robby Ray about some petty thing like the Stewarts' leaves falling into his pool.
315* {{Jerkass}}: Decidedly unpleasant. His niece visiting in one episode shows that it apparently runs in the family.
316%%* SitcomArchNemesis:
317[[/folder]]
318
319[[folder:Roxy Roker]]
320Miley's bodyguard when she's in the role of Hannah Montana. An ex-Marine, she is known to be ''extremely'' protective of Miley, to the point of ludicrousness.
321----
322* EtTuBrute: Miley lies to her that Robby said it was okay that the two of them travel together to a concert without him. When Robby arrives and reveals that was not the case, Roxy is hurt that Miley lied to her and used her to disobey her father.
323* MundaneSolution: When Miley complains about a new bully at school, Roxy seems like she's ready to show her some karate moves....then just tells her to go get a teacher.
324* ParentalSubstitute: Downplayed, but due to her being excellent at her job she is trusted like an extended family member by the Stewart’s. On one occasion, a sick Robby was unwilling to let Miley fly alone to an event until she produced Roxy as her chaperone, accepting her without a word.
325* PintSizedPowerhouse: She's around as tall as Miley despite being a fully-grown adult, but was a former Marine and doesn't take any lip from anybody.
326* SassyBlackWoman: Like most of the characters she has her DeadpanSnarker moments.
327[[/folder]]
328
329[[folder:Mikayla]]
330->'''Played by:''' Creator/SelenaGomez (actor), Julie Griffin (singing voice)
331A rival of Hannah Montana, who is famous for the OneHitWonder "If Cupid Had A Heart". She is jealous of Hannah Montana's success and despises her as a result.
332----
333* AlphaBitch: A non-school example, as opposed to Amber and Ashley. She is snobbish and mean towards Hannah in every one of her appearances.
334* BrokenPedestal: Hannah herself was a huge fan of Mikayla before the latter revealed her true colors to her.
335* {{Catchphrase}}: “Like I care!”
336* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She only appears in three season 2 episodes, one of where she was just on TV and mentioned. After that, she completely disappears from the show entirely. Given that she was a one-hit wonder and her last episode had her bashed by a music critic, it’s possible that [[LaserGuidedKarma she just faded out of relevancy]].
337* EvilCounterpart: To Hannah, as a bitchy IdolSinger instead of a nice one.
338* GreenEyedMonster: She is envious of Hannah Montana's popularity.
339* {{Jerkass}}: Unlike Miley who is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, she is shown to be unpleasant in all of her appearances.
340* LackOfEmpathy: In "I Want You to Want Me...to Go to Florida", [[KickTheDog she mocks Hannah for dropping out of the Florida concert even after Hannah justifies it with the fact that one of her family members has a serious illness]], saying that she has "wimpititis".
341* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: Her mother is equally, if not more bitchy than Mikayla, and it’s clear that [[StageMom she revels in her daughter’s success]].
342* LikesClarkKentHatesSuperman: She likes Miley but hates Hannah Montana.
343* NiceCharacterMeanActor: She appears to be nice and friends with Hannah to the public, but is actually a total diva who is rude to Hannah.
344* PetTheDog: She is friendly towards normal girl Miley.
345* TheRival: To Hannah Montana.
346* SmallNameBigEgo: She believes that she deserves more fame than Hannah Montana and thinks really highly of herself, despite only being a one-hit wonder and not even being half as successful as Hannah.
347* VocalDissonance: Her song wasn’t actually sung by Selena Gomez, but instead sung by a grown woman in a very Music/{{Madonna}}-esque singing voice, making it sound really odd on what is supposed to be a TeenIdol from the mid-2000’s.
348* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We don’t ever find out what’s become of her career or what her reaction to Miley being Hannah was. Granted, by that time she has already long-suffered ChuckCunninghamSyndrome.
349[[/folder]]
350
351[[folder:Traci Van Horn]]
352->'''Played by:''' Creator/RomiDames
353
354A friend of Hannah Montana, who speaks with a nasally voice and always has access to elite Hollywood parties.
355----
356* {{Catchphrase}}: "It's a nasal condition!"
357* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: She is not "evil" by any means (although a bit snobby), but she is known for her high-pitched, nasally voice.
358* RichBitch: She is nice to Hannah, but rude to Lola, as she feels she is not "cool" enough.
359* ShockValueRelationship: Pretends to be engaged to Jake Ryan in Las Vegas, only for it to turn out to all be part of a prank show.
360* {{Socialite}}: Her father is a record producer, she attends many Hollywood parties, hosts charity events, and always sports the latest fashions and has the newest phones.
361* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears after Season 3, and is not shown when Miley revealed her secret to the world.
362[[/folder]]
363
364[[folder:Liza]]
365->'''Played by:''' Lisa Arch
366
367A snooty photographer and director that Hannah has to work with from time to time.
368----
369* AbhorrentAdmirer: By the end of her first appearance, she's become rather smitten with Robbie Ray and seeks any opportunity to flirt with him. Robbie is more than willing to get stuck climbing out of the bathroom window than to spend any time around her.
370* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After her third appearance, in season 3, she's faded out of the show entirely, not seeing when Miley reveals her secret to the world.
371* FourEyesZeroSoul: While's she's not exactly a villain, she's conceited and rude while she wears glasses.
372* {{Jerkass}}: She's not the nicest person to work with, not caring about a person's discomfort if it gets in the way of her job.
373[[/folder]]
374
375[[folder:Earl Stewart]]
376->'''Played by:''' Creator/DavidKoechner
377
378Robbie’s brother and Miley’s uncle, known for his heavyset frame.
379----
380* BigEater: As evidenced by his large size.
381* ComfortFood: He says that when he felt happy about the opportunity to perform with his niece, he stopped wanting to eat, suggesting he uses food as an emotional crutch for some emptiness in his life.
382* InformedDeformity: The cast always speaks of him as if he was a morbidly obese blob, but when he finally appears, while he’s heavyset, he is nowhere near as large as the jokes indicated.
383* UnseenNoMore: Mentioned as the butt of fat jokes for a few seasons before he puts in an actual appearance.
384* YouAreFat: As noted above if he is mentioned it’s part of an offhand joke about his weight.
385[[/folder]]
386
387!Movie Characters
388[[folder:Travis Brody]]
389->'''Played by:''' Creator/LucasTill
390->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EdsonMatus (Latin-American Spanish dub), Creator/MamoruMiyano (Japanese dub)
391Miley's love interest and childhood friend. He doesn't know that Miley is Hannah. [[spoiler: He finds out her secret and sees her as a liar, but he later accepts she's the same Miley he fell in love with. Naturally, their relationship doesn't last beyond the end of the movie.]]
392----
393* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Doesn't appear or is mentioned in the show. Justified, he lives in Crowley Corners and Miley lives in L.A
394* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Has had a crush on Miley since they were little, but doesn't appear again after the movie and Jesse and Miley hook up.
395* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Calls Miley a liar after he finds out her secret.]]
396[[/folder]]
397
398[[folder:Oswald Granger]]
399The Paparazzo who works for Bon Chic, he is the one following Miley around on the tip that Hannah Montana's home town is Crowley Corners.
400----
401%%* TheHeavy:
402* HeelRealization : He decides it's best [[spoiler: not to be a paparazzo]] if his job hurts people.
403[[/folder]]
404
405[[folder:Loreli]]
406Robbie's own love interest. She seems pretty connected to the towns chamber of calmers, because she could set anyone up with a meeting with the Mayor. She and Robbie break up when he had to tend to his daughters depresion.
407----
408%%* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy:
409[[/folder]]
410
411[[folder:Lucinda]]
412->'''Played by:''' Creator/JaneCarr
413The editor of Bon Chic, and Oswald's boss. Her main goal is to find out whatever secret Hannah Montana has at any cost. She doesn't even meet Miley face to face.
414----
415* BigBad: She is the ''true'' antagonist in ''Hannah Montana: TheMovie''.
416%%* TheDreaded:
417* KarmaHoudini: She really isn't punished for sending Oswald onto Miley, [[spoiler: but she still gets called out for it and fails to obtain the secret.]]
418* PyrrhicVictory: She doesn't get Miley's secret, but [[spoiler: Miley herself does so in the third to last episode of the series.]]
419%%* TheUnfought:
420[[/folder]]
421
422[[folder:Mr. Bradley]]
423->'''Played by:''' Creator/BarryBostwick
424A land developer who is trying to build a mall on the site of Crowley Corners. The project isn't really reacted well with the towns people, irregardless, argument with him and the people of Crowley Corners is what drives much of the plot.
425----
426%%* FelonyMisdemeanor:
427%%* HarmlessVillain:
428%%* StupidEvil:

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