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10[[folder:Jessie Prescott]]
11[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jessie_season_3.png]]
12->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DebbyRyan
13
14* ActionGirl: Probably the most capable fighter in the series. Justified since her military dad taught her.
15* AlmightyJanitor: A young adult who works as a nanny with fighting skills and a pretty good ability to save the not always grateful Ross Kids when it's necessary.
16* BirdsOfAFeather: A platonic version of this with Officer Petey.
17* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The redhead to Emma's blonde & Zuri's brunette. Jessie is not a natural redhead, but she does [[FieryRedhead act like one]].
18* BookDumb: Depending on the episode. Jessie just graduated high school before the pilot, but doesn't know the answer to a simple fraction problem that Luke had to do. In another episode, she also didn't know if a fraction with a denominator of zero would be undefined.
19* BunnyEarsLawyer: Jessie is arguably the goofiest of them all, but is crazy-skilled, including singing, stripping a gun, survival training, hand-to-hand combat skills and being able to fly aircraft. It was also revealed in the pilot that she's a straight-A student. It's implied her dad is just as ditzy and skilled. Subverted since her military skills don't help her with her job as a nanny and the fact that her goofiness is a reason why she's arguably not the most competent nanny. Even although the kids love her, because she's like a [[CoolBigSis Cool Big Sis]] to them, most of the time they [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold don't show it they treat her like crap, step over her and don't pay respect to her]] and she can't help it.
20* ButtMonkey: She finds herself in this role more often than any character besides Bertram, but it's usually PlayedForLaughs.
21* CainAndAbel: Abel to her stepsister Darla's Cain. Darla is shown to be disrespectful and Jessie doesn't like her at all.
22* ClusterFBomb: Especially in ''G.I. Jessie'', where she says a lot of foul language regarding Darla. Thankfully, Bertram runs a blender over the words every time she is about to say them.
23* CountryMouse: She's originally from Fort Hood, a small town in Texas, and is still adjusting to life in New York.
24* CoolBigSis: She acts as a surrogate protective older sister to the Ross Kids.
25* CuteBruiser: Jessie knows a few military moves that she shows when she subdues Emma's punk boyfriend.
26* CuteClumsyGirl: Likely unintentional, but suffers a lot of slapstick.
27 %%* DeadpanSnarker
28* DisproportionateRetribution: She can be very unreasonable to the kids at times.
29* {{Expy}}: Of [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck Bailey]], to the point where most fans consider them the exact same character.
30* FieryRedhead: She can be aggressive, and threatening, when others push her to her limits.
31* ForgottenAnniversary: She initially thought that Tony had forgotten their one-year anniversary, but [[spoiler: ''she'' was the one who actually had the date wrong.]]
32* {{Flanderization}}:
33** The writers seem to have become stuck on her having bad relationships with guys and as Season 1 progressed she seemed more and more like a relationship chaser (possibly a Disneyfied GoodBadGirl or EthicalSlut) than a girl with just enough bad experiences to make her play it safe with Tony. As many relationship stories as she's mentioned, it seems like she [[ReallyGetsAround dated every single guy in her hometown at least once]]. The stories are becoming more outlandish as well.
34** The whole FailureIsTheOnlyOption angle. Jessie started the show being able to fly helicopters and bragging about winning talent shows; in Season 2 she comes off as being lucky if she manages walk down the hallway without being run over.
35* GirlyBruiser: She's pretty feminine, but thanks to her military upbringing, she can easily defend herself or the kids with some well-placed punches.
36* IdenticalStranger: She's on the receiving end of this in ''Karate Kid-tastrophe'', where Jessie ran into [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Mr. Moseby himself]]. After Jessie leaves, Mr. Moseby called Cody on the phone to tell him about her uncanny resemblance to Bailey.
37* ImprobablePilotingSkills: Jessie is capable of flying a helicopter, as evidenced by the [[{{Pun}} pilot]]. In a later episode, "We Are So Grounded", she crash-lands a jet in an emergency. She calmly prefaces her aerial antics with "my father taught me how to fly!" She flies a helicopter again in the ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' CrossOver.
38* MagicalNanny: A mix of Type I and II. She brings the whole family together, but she also handles the kids whenever they're rambunctious.
39* MamaBear: Don't mess with Jessie's kids. This comes in full force in "We Are So Grounded".
40-->'''Jessie:''' How dare you scare my kids!
41* MilitaryBrat: Her father is in the Marine Corps.
42* MirrorCharacter:
43** In "Where's Zuri?" Jessie meets Stuart's "manny" Hudson, the two have completely different methods of how they nanny, but when both Zuri & Stuart go missing, Jessie learns they have nearly the same backstory, even {{lampshade|Hanging}}d.
44-->'''Hudson:''' I came to New York to become a famous novelist, but then I fell out of a cab and wound up Stuart's nanny, but you wouldn't understand.
45-->'''Jessie:''' Are you kidding? You're basically me with man hands.
46** Also with Mrs. Chesterfield. Both are FieryRedhead who are mistreated by the kids and have a disturbing history of failed relationships
47%%* MsFanservice:
48* OfficialCouple: With Tony... [[spoiler:until they broke up in "Break Up and Shape Up".]]
49* OneOfTheKids: She's by far the most mature, by age and personality, but she definitely has her moments.
50* OohMeAccentsSlipping: InUniverse, Jessie will occasionally slip into a Texas drawl (the character is actually Texan).
51* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
52** She lays a pretty good one on [[{{Jerkass}} Brody]] in "The Princess and the Pea Brain".
53** To "[=McD=]" in "Jessie's Big Break" and Simon in "Toy Con". Pretty much expect one of these if there's a sleaze bag trying to pull a fast one on Jessie or her kids.
54* RejectedApology: In the season 2 final, Jessie had enough of the children not obeying her and accuses them about not caring about her needs or happiness as she quits being their nanny. However, three of the kids attempted to change Jessie's mind and apologies but she refuses. After hearing that Emma ran away and a talk with her, Jessie not only realized that she made a mistake in quitting but also that she doing the same thing as the kids are doing about not caring about others needs or happiness. Seeing the rest of the children save her from trouble, Jessie goes back to being the Ross nanny and forgives them.
55* {{Retcon}}: In seasons 1 and 2, she knew a lot about ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' (at least enough to know that Voldemort doesn't have a nose), but in season 3 she doesn't even know what Quidditch ''is''.
56* SeriesGoal: To become an actress.
57* SmarterThanYouLook: Jessie usually acts like she needs instructions on how to breathe, yet she came straight from Texas as a Straight-A student and can fly a helicopter (among other things).
58* SouthernFriedGenius: She was a straight-A student in school.
59* TeamMom: To the Ross Kids.
60* TookALevelInDumbass: Jessie has become stupider over the seasons. In the first season, she mentions that she was a straight-A student in high school, and yet, in the fourth season episode "What a Steal," when she's trying to pretend to be a genius to date a good-looking genius guy, she's not able to figure out if any fraction with a denominator of 0 would be undefined.
61* TownGirls: Jessie is the Butch to Zuri's Neither and Emma's Femme.
62* UngratefulBitch: In "We Are So Grounded," she isn't exactly grateful to Emma for draining the venom out of the bug bite she received with a spork, which had caused her temporary SanitySlippage; the most she gives Emma for "sporking" her back to health is a deadpan "thank you" and a threat to "do the same" to her someday. Of course, it becomes somewhat more justified when one recalls that Emma's refusal to heed Jessie's and the pilot's warnings to turn off her electronics is exactly what caused their plane to crash in the first place.
63* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In ''Bunk'd'' we get no information as to whether she has succeeded in her Hollywood career or whether she and the Ross family keep in touch. The only information we get is in the first episode of Season 2 when we see that Bertram is still with the Ross family, meaning that Jessie is not yet famous yet.
64[[/folder]]
65
66[[folder: Emma Ross]]
67[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emma_season_3.png]]
68->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/{{Peyton List|1998}}
69
70
71* AllWomenLoveShoes: Orders forty pairs of shoes in "Green-Eyed Monsters", to name one of the better examples.
72%%* AloofBigSister: To Luke.
73* BigSisterInstinct: To Ravi and Zuri. Not so much with Luke.
74* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The blonde to Zuri's brunette & Jessie's redhead.
75* BrainlessBeauty: Subverted. She may act ditzy at times, but is a straight A student (although in a Season 4 episode, Ravi and Zuri wonder how she even passed middle school).
76* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Downplayed. While she's snarky to Jessie (and other characters at times), she's still a sweet girl usually easy to get along with. In ''Karate Kid-tastrophe'', this is completely exaggerated.
77* {{Catchphrase}}: "Idiot", often directed at Luke.
78* CharacterDevelopment: She's shown the most development out of any character in the whole series. She started out as a shallow, snarky, somewhat conceited, but still a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Over the course of the series, she's learned from her mistakes and has grown up into a hardworking, compassionate, forgiving, borderline {{Nice G|uy}}irl. She's easily the nicest character to Bertram and Jessie and tries to help the other characters with their problems. She's even now seeing it's inside that matters as shown with her friendship with Maybelle and how in "Morning Rush" she was going to go out with a nice geeky boy over a self centered guy who was really attractive, during the whole episode she couldn't decide to go out with.
79* CoolBigSis: To Ravi and Zuri. Less so to Luke, since they fight and argue a lot.
80%%* DaddysGirl
81* DeadpanSnarker: Sometimes she's snarky towards Jessie or Luke.
82* DitzyGenius: Emma is actually pretty smart, but she also acts rather goofy. Also doubles as a TechnoWizard.
83* DumbBlonde: Downplayed. She's a good student, but sometimes she [[ComicallyMissingThePoint misses the point]].
84-->'''Jessie:''' That's when he assigned me to... the [chicken] plucking pit.\
85'''Emma:''' You had to pluck chicken eyebrows?
86* {{Expy}}: Emma has a thing or two in common with [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody London Tipton]]. They both even like Arturo Vitalli.
87* {{Fangirl}}: Of Series/{{Austin|AndAlly}}, Music/OneDirection and sometimes ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''.
88* TheFashionista: Creator/{{Peyton List|1998}}, a RealLife [[TheFashionista fashionista]], mentioned in an interview that Emma's original wardrobe prior to her being hired was cute but somewhat normal compared to Peyton herself. As a result the wardrobe people used Peyton's own style to help make Emma more of a true fashionista. They sometimes collaborate Peyton's clothes with the wardrobe choices for Emma to create even more outfits.
89* FriendToAllChildren: Fondness of younger kids shows up multiple times in the show.
90* HairTriggerTemper: In ''Karate Kid-tastrophe''.
91* HellIsThatNoise: Her scream in ''Spaced Out'' after Luke realizes they're lost in space.
92-->'''Jessie:''' Whoever said "In space, no one can hear you scream" clearly never met Emma.
93* HormoneAddledTeenager: Not to the same degree as Luke, but she's starting to show signs of it.
94* HotBlooded: Somehow developed this attitude in ''Karate Kid-tastrophe''. You simply just can't calm Emma down.
95* HugeSchoolGirl: In "Star Wars", Emma mentions being tall for her age.
96* GenkiGirl: Usually a bubbly, optimistic, and happy person.
97* GirlyBruiser: She isn't exactly [[Series/KickinIt Kim Crawford]], but she can easily handle her brothers and isn't scared to fight.
98* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's snarky, shallow and self-centered, but she's a good sister to her siblings.
99* LoonyFan: Of Series/{{Austin|AndAlly}}. Also of Jordan Taylor in "Star Wars".
100%%* MsFanservice: On occasion.
101* OddFriendship: With Rosie, an edgy, street-like girl of her class.
102%%* PhoneaholicTeenager
103* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Though not to the same extent of BigBad Mrs. Chesterfield, Emma acts this way from time to time and more than the others, especially in the {{crossover}} episode. In fact, if she wasn't rich and pretty, it would've just been super creepy for Austin and friends to stay the night, not to mention dangerous. But since the Ross family is rich, they all but begged to stay in the penthouse.
104* SecretIdentity: She pretends to be an online influencer called Kitty Couture.
105* ShipperOnDeck: She supports Jessie and Tony.
106* SiblingRivalry: With Luke. They argue like the typical brother and sister.
107* SpoiledSweet: Emma is a classic example as she could easily be an AlphaBitch, but has proved on numerous occasions that she is far from being one. She is still spoiled and pampered nonetheless.
108* TechnoWizard: She's pretty tech savvy, being able to repair a broken apart cell phone or airplane radio, which are fairly complicated devices that need to be assembled by precise machines or very skilled technicians.
109* TokenWhite: Among her siblings (even if excluding Luke is a stretch).
110* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The full on GirlyGirl to Zuri's GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak.
111* TookALevelInKindness: Emma is much kinder in Bunk'd, as she does make an honest effort to do nice things to others, even if they up causing disaster.
112* TownGirls: Emma is the Femme to Zuri's Neither and Jessie's Butch.
113[[/folder]]
114
115[[folder: Luke Ross]]
116[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/luke_season_3.png]]
117->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/CameronBoyce
118
119* AesopAmnesia: No matter how many times he learns to work hard in school, he will go back to being a slacker. Even after the finale, Luke promises he will work harder, the first episode of ''Series/{{Bunkd}}'' made it clear Luke does not make good on his promise, as he had to go to summer school. When he visits in ''Bunk'd'', we find out he's been getting straight A's. Looks like the lack of siblings did wonders for him.
120* AllMenArePerverts: There's a running gag with him hitting on Jessie.
121* AloofBigBrother: To Ravi (and, to a degree, Zuri) at first, but he's getting better.
122* AmbiguouslyBrown: His ethnicity isn't confirmed, but there are several hints that he's meant to be Latino. His actor Cameron Boyce is half black and half Jewish.
123* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To his older sister Emma who is often annoyed by Luke's habits.
124* BerserkButton: Played with. Books make him go ballistic. It's revealed in ''Bunk'd'', that Ravi gifted Luke a giant dictionary, and it caused Luke to hit him in the head with it. However, Luke wasn't entirely mad--he ''enjoyed'' doing it.
125* BigBrotherInstinct: After being embarrassed of Ravi for most of ''Are You Cooler Than a Fifth Grader?'' Luke finally develop this when Dale Davenport tries to pummel Ravi.
126-->'''Luke:''' Leave my little brother alone!
127* BookDumb: Oh so much. He thinks there are 15 letters in the alphabet and he can't even spell "Summer School".
128* BrilliantButLazy: In the episode Identity Thief it is revealed that when Luke puts effort into school he's quite intelligent.
129* ComedicUnderwearExposure: In the episode "Trashin Fashion", Jessie pulls a thread that unravels his pants, [[GoofyPrintUnderwear revealing a pair of bright green panda boxers.]]
130* TheCastShowOff: Cameron Boyce is a talented break dancer in real life.
131* DeadpanSnarker: Up there with the best of them. Probably the snarkiest of all the Ross kids, along with [[LittleMissSnarker Zuri]].
132* DumbassTeenageSon: If preteen is close enough.
133* DumbJock: He's an athlete at school and isn't the sharpest tool in the shed.
134* GeniusDitz: Although he's not too bright, he's shown to be pretty clever and knowledgeable when it comes to sports and pranks.
135* HandsomeLech: Cute, charismatic, and shamelessly flirty.
136* HappilyAdopted: Adopted by the Ross family when he was five years old.
137* HormoneAddledTeenager: He loves flirting with girls, mostly Jessie.
138* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Even if he's mischievous and often insults or pranks Ravi, he cares for him deep down.
139* KidAnova: A self-proclaimed ChickMagnet.
140* LatinLover: Well, he tries to be a ladies' man.
141* LittleBoySeeksBigGirl: Towards Jessie, towards Shaylee Michaels in "Jessie's Big Break", and later towards Bryn Breitbart in "Diary of a Mad Newswoman".
142* LovableSexManiac: He's just a preteen obsessed with girls, so it's PlayedForLaughs.
143* ManipulativeBastard: Luke seems to have no qualms about manipulating his sibling to get what he wants.
144* NeverMyFault: Luke and Zuri blame the jeep incident in GI Jessie on Ravi, for not trying to stop them. Shown again in "Help Not Wanted" when Zuri and Luke blame Jessie for their irresponsible spending even though she immediately called them out on their spending habits when she saw the bills.
145* PolkaDork: "Panic Room Attack" reveals that he is surprisingly this. He finds the instrument to be soothing and exfoliates gas, [[{{Gasshole}} similar to how he does]].
146* ThePrankster: He loves pulling pranks, especially on Ravi.
147* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Ravi's Sensitive Guy.
148* SiblingRivalry: With Emma. They argue like the typical brother and sister.
149* StalkerWithACrush: He gets creepy when it's revealed by Luke that he saved a DVD video of Jessie hanging out at the beach and that he placed a camera in Jessie's room to spy on her.
150* TookALevelInDumbass: ZigZagged. He's shown in later seasons to be smart but lazy while at the same time he gets "think pains" and actually feels pain whenever he needs to use his brain.
151* YouthfulFreckles: He even lampshades that they can only take him so far.
152[[/folder]]
153
154[[folder: Ravi Ross]]
155[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ravi_season_3.png]]
156->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KaranBrar
157
158%%* AdorablyPrecociousChild
159* AlliterativeName: '''R'''avi '''R'''oss
160* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Ends up becoming one by making Luke do intellectual things, or trolling him with intellect.
161* BestialityIsDepraved: PlayedForLaughs in "Capture the Nag," where he outright calls Mrs. Kipling his soul mate.
162-->'''Jessie''': Okay, we ''really'' need to talk about boundaries between you and that lizard.
163* BewareTheNiceOnes: When angry, or scared he will often scream in Hindi.
164* BilingualBonus: Whenever Ravi ends up freaking out in Hindi.
165* BollywoodNerd: He's Indian and the smartest of the Ross kids.
166* TheChessmaster: Smart as he's, he can easily manipulate Jessie and his siblings.
167* ControlFreak: Part of what Ravi's development throughout the series is to not change people or make them conform to his standards. He kept doing this to Luke, and still slips into this tendency towards Jorge in ''Bunk'd''.
168%%* CowardlyLion
169* DeadpanSnarker: Surprisingly, he's pretty good at this. For example:
170-->'''Ravi:''' "Do you know what would make this story more enjoyable? If I did not have a piano string [[AssShove where the sun does not shine]]."
171* FunnyForeigner: Actually avoided, while Ravi does act foreign, most of his jokes aren't ethnicity based, although Zuri does call him [[Literature/TheJungleBook Mowgli]] in the Christmas episode.
172* HappilyAdopted: An Indian boy adopted by the Ross family.
173* InsufferableGenius: Has his moments.
174-->'''Jessie:''' I found this group you might like. It's called the Intelligency.\
175'''Ravi:''' Oh, I know what Intelligency is. It's a group of kids with genius [=IQs=] who do not wish to associate themselves with numbskulls.\
176'''Jessie:''' Hey, just 'cuz someone isn't a genius doesn't make them a numbskull!\
177'''Ravi:''' Actually, according to theories in phrenology, diminished cranial sensitivity is directly related to stupidity.\
178'''Jessie:''' Yeah, you're gonna fit right in.
179* KarmicTrickster: Whenever Luke goes too far. This is shown when Ravi tries to get revenge on Luke for playing constant practical jokes on him.
180* NaiveNewcomer: He’s the new kid in the family and according to Jessie, the others [[CorruptTheCutie haven't corrupted him yet]].
181* NiceGuy: Usually cheerful and friendly.
182* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The Savvy Guy to Zuri's Energetic Girl.
183* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Luke's Manly Man.
184* StereotypicalSouthAsianEnglish: His accent is exaggerated, he uses SesquipedalianLoquaciousness, and he mentions Hindu gods.
185* TookALevelInJerkass: He begins mocking everyone's intelligence post-season 2.
186* UnaffectedBySpice: Because of his background, he's accustomed to eating extremely hot foods. In "Are You Cooler Than a Fifth Grader?", Ravi is able to get rid of a bully by letting him steal and eat his lunch: a sandwich with Indian dragonfire peppers. The bully screams and runs away in agony, while Ravi eats a whole pepper without even flinching.
187-->'''Luke:''' How do you do that without screaming in pain?\
188'''Ravi:''' Where I come from, people sleep on beds of nails and walk on hot coals. This is nothing!
189* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Smart enough to even teach his own yoga class.
190[[/folder]]
191
192[[folder: Zuri Ross]]
193[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zuri_season_3.png]]
194->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SkaiJackson
195
196* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Mostly to Luke, but she also annoys Emma or Ravi on occasion.
197* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The brunette to Emma's blonde & Jessie's redhead.
198* BrattyHalfPint: Moreso in later seasons.
199* CheerfulChild: A very playful little girl.
200* ChildProdigy: She's really, ''really'' good at chess. She nearly beat a local champion, but she [[spoiler: threw the match so he could win the prize. (A trip to Paris to see his family.)]]
201* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Initially a MsImagination who has a hard time separating fact from fiction, brought to light by her array of imaginary friends and pets.
202* CuteBruiser: Zuri once took down both Jessie and Luke in about as many seconds. Took down Ravi by technicality when he surrendered himself to the floor.
203%%* DaddysGirl
204* DeadpanSnarker: A sassy, sarcastic LittleMissSnarker.
205%%* DeliberatelyCuteChild
206%%* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite the way she treats Jessie, Zuri was shocked and disgusted with the fact Jessie was going on date with a
207* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Has many stuffed animals.
208* GirlyBruiser: She loves stuffed animals and the colour pink, but she will flip you if you fight her for the TV remote.
209* HappilyAdopted: Zuri was adopted at birth from Uganda.
210* HiddenDepths: It's implied fairly often that she likes country music.
211* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Nana Banana, an adult woman who lives in the same apartment building as the Ross Family.
212* LittleMissBadass: The youngest of Ross siblings and a CuteBruiser.
213* MouthyKid: The youngest of the Ross kids and often snarky towards the older characters.
214* MsImagination: She still has some of it even in her pre-teen stage.
215* SassyBlackWoman: A younger example, but she fits otherwise.
216* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The Energetic Girl to Ravi's Savvy Guy.
217* ShipperOnDeck: She supports Jessie and Tony.
218* SpoiledBrat: She once threw a 4 day tantrum all because she wanted a doll.
219* TinyTyrannicalGirl: Downplayed but she can be bossy at times.
220* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak to Emma's full on GirlyGirl.
221* TookALevelInJerkass: She's showing some signs of it. In season 1 she was kind of snarky but genuinely playful and nice. In season 2 she started acting a lot more greedy and bratty.
222* TownGirls: Zuri is the Neither to Emma's Femme and Jessie's Butch.
223* YoungEntrepreneur: In "Say Yes to the Messy Dress" and "Why Do Foils Fall In Love?".
224[[/folder]]
225
226[[folder: Bertram Winkle]]
227[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bertram_season_3.png]]
228->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KevinChamberlin
229
230* ButtMonkey: Tends to take the most abuse from other characters.
231* CampStraight: Especially in "Make New Friends but Hide the Old”.
232* CatchPhrase: "It's just... so far away," used in a slightly whiny voice to refer to something he doesn't want to get up to do. [[LazyBum Which is most things]].
233* ChildHater: Though not to the extent of [[BigBad Mrs. Chesterfield]].
234* DeadpanSnarker: Of the ServileSnarker variety, as the family's sarcastic butler.
235* TheDogBitesBack: In some episodes, he does end up getting even with the Ross kids.
236%%* TheDragAlong
237* HiddenDepths: He loves opera and he can sure belt out a tune as seen in the Christmas episode.
238* FatBastard: An overweight man who tends to be grumpy and doesn't seem to like children.
239* FatComicRelief: He can be humorous and also incredibly comical to some, his comic-relief moments do show this in him at times, especially when he's [[ManChild acting immature]].
240* JerkassHasAPoint: Even though he's aloof and doesn't show that he cares for the kids, there are times he rightfully calls out the kids for not caring for her happiness, or when he steps up and becomes the adult.
241* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Even though he usually doesn't show it, he actually cares for Jessie and the kids. This was better emphasized by Creator/{{Kevin Chamberlin}} himself in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpnxLH9iifY his interview]] expressing that Bertram is not a fan of kids and secretly loves them with a notation of this that Bertram is "a teddy bear at heart".
242* TheKilljoy: Often seen whining and complaining at Jessie and the children's antics. Sometimes he merely shows indifference but other times he ruins their fun.
243* LazyBum: He really doesn't like doing housework. [[spoiler:Turns out Christina knew all along. She and the kids happen to find his laziness entertaining]].
244* ManChild: He can be just as immature as the kids.
245* OutOfCharacterMoment: Whenever he does work, it usually means that Morgan or Christina are home.
246* ProfessionalButtKisser: He shills Morgan and Christina like you wouldn't know.
247* RunningGag: Wanting to do something, but not doing it because the object he is reaching for is [[CatchPhrase too far]]. Once he wanted to sign a note, but since the pen on the nearby coffee table wasn't within arm's reach, he was too lazy to get it.
248* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cheese, to the point where he is a specialist on identifying rare brands of cheese.
249* UltimateJobSecurity: Played with--he hardly does his job, could've been fired a long time ago and knows it, [[spoiler:but Christina found out a long time ago but never fired him. Why? Because the kids are fond of him and she doesn't want to upset them by firing him, and she's not upset when she tells him]].
250[[/folder]]
251
252[[folder: Mr(s). Kipling]]
253[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/j81.png]]
254
255* ActionPet: To an extent. Kipling has saved Christmas decorations, taken care of venomous spiders, and [[RunningGag smacked people with her tail]].
256* CrosscastRole: Kipling turns out to be female, but is played by a male Asian water monitor lizard named Frank.
257* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Subverted. Mr. Kipling seems to be bad, until you get to know him.
258* SamusIsAGirl: Mr. Kipling is really a ''Mrs.'' Kipling, as revealed in the Season 1 finale.
259* TeamPet: The Ross family's house pet.
260* YourTomcatIsPregnant: In the season 1 finale, Mr. Kipling lays a clutch of eggs and is thus renamed "Mrs. Kipling".
261[[/folder]]
262
263!Recurring Characters
264[[folder: Tony Ciccolini]]
265->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ChrisGalya
266
267* CrazyJealousGuy: A downplayed version, but "Green-Eyed Monsters" shows that he gets easily jealous over Jessie being friends with Officer Petey.
268* TheDitz: Tony is a slight airhead, but still really funny.
269* DoggedNiceGuy: Tony has been helping Jessie in any way possible throughout the show.
270* KnowsAGuyWhoKnowsAGuy: In one episode, Zuri mentioned that "Tony knows a guy" with regards to bringing in a Porta-potty to her room to help Jessie overcome her fear.
271* LoveInterest: To Jessie. [[spoiler:They ended the series as a couple.]]
272* OfficialCouple: With Jessie... [[spoiler:until they broke up in "Break Up and Shape Up". They get back together in ''Ghostest With The Mostest'', when Jessie learns that Tony has a dream of his own]].
273* SatelliteLoveInterest: Though, he is greatly defined for also being TheReliableOne to Jessie, especially helping out in certain situations, getting things that Jessie needs, etc.
274[[/folder]]
275
276[[folder: Mrs. Rhoda Chesterfield]]
277->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/CarolynHennesy
278
279* AbhorrentAdmirer: She has a crush on Bertram, although he is repulsed by her.
280* AbusiveMom: Is implied to be somewhat abusive towards her daughter Cassandra, PlayedForLaughs of course.
281* ArchEnemy: ''The'' archenemy to Jessie. She has it out for Jessie for no reason, trying to put her down and get rid of her.
282* BigBadEnsemble: One of the recurring antagonists along with Nanny Agatha.
283%%* CardCarryingVillain
284* CatchPhrase: Mrs. Chesterfield always calls Zuri "strange little girl".
285** "Point! Rhoda!" Whenever something goes her way.
286* ChildHater: She hates the Ross kids.
287* CruellaToAnimals: Implied but downplayed. She has no problems with her dog, Zeus, but she wanted to get rid of Mrs. Kipling out of spite. However, it was believed she was going to kill off the baby lizards, but she was simply just getting rid of them in a way that would not be cruel in the public's eyes.
288* DeadpanSnarker: Has her moments of sarcasm.
289* DirtyOldWoman: Has a habit of coming incredibly strongly towards younger, attractive or simply men she desires, to the point of outright sexual harassing them (and implies it happens so often she considers them suing her for it nothing more than playing hard to get).
290* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Her dog, though it's not clear as to the full extent of her care for her. Zeus, however, clearly does not return the sentiment.
291* EvenEvilHasStandards: She was clearly appalled by Jessie when she thought Jessie was framing the kids for something she did. She even points this out.
292* EvilCannotComprehendGood: She was shocked that cutting her son off would't stop him from being with Jessie.
293* EvilRedhead: Though a throwaway gag reveals that she's not a natural redhead.
294* ForTheEvulz: When she destroys Luke's ball, Luke says it was mean, and her response? She just says "Thank You".
295* GoldDigger: She married her first husband because he was rich and got all his money, and repeated that process over and over again.
296* GoKartingWithBowser: Zuri and Emma spend a civil dinner with her just to see Jessie and Brooks squirm. The only reason she let them eat with her is because they all don't want Jessie to be with Brooks.
297* HateSink: She's just so despicable and unsympathetic to the point of kicking the dog by insulting and making Zuri's, Ravi's and Luke's lives miserable for no particular reason. Furthermore, she goes out her way to do anything it takes to get Jessie fired, even when Jessie hardly does anything to her.
298* InformedFlaw: Is commonly described by others as if she is ancient and hideous, while Carolyn Hennesy is a quite attractive gracefully aged woman.
299* {{Jerkass}}: Generally cruel, mean, and unpleasant.
300* KickTheDog: She goes out of her way to antagonize Jessie and the kids for petty reasons. Comes full force in ''Between Swoon and New York City''. She finds out her son Brooks is dating Jessie, and what does she do? Cuts him off, cancels his credit cards and watches Brooks and Jessie suffer as they can't find a way to pay.
301* LackOfEmpathy: She doesn't care for anything but herself.
302* LaserGuidedKarma: She finally gets it in ''Four Broke Kids'', Ravi found illegal deductions in her email, alerted the authorities, and lost her fortune. Chesterfield ''really'' had it coming.
303* MaliciousMisnaming: Refers to Jessie as "Bessie" and Emma as "Jemma". Probably does this on purpose.
304%%* NeverMyFault
305* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Her son Brooks doesn't find her vicious, but she reveals that she did ''really'' terrible things to her ex-husbands when she did not get her way.
306* PetTheDog:
307** Literally. She loves her dog more than anything.
308** Putting Ravi's lizards in a lizard sanctuary, though according to her, [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk she just did it for]] the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity good PR]].
309** She finally accepts her son's choice to marry Jessie.
310** She's more pleasant towards Emma, her favorite of the Ross kids.
311* RichBitch: A rich woman who lives directly under the Ross family's apartment.
312* SerialSpouse: It's revealed she's been married six times.
313%%* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney
314[[/folder]]
315
316[[folder: Morgan and Christina Ross]]
317->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/CharlesEsten and Creator/ChristinaMoore
318
319* AndStarring: "Charles Esten as Morgan Ross".
320%%* BumblingDad: Morgan.
321* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Only Christina returns home in the finale, and Morgan is nowhere to be seen after "Gotcha Day".
322* FollowInMyFootsteps: In Bunk'd, it's mentioned Christina sent Emma to camp Kikiwaka in the hopes that Emma will live up to be a great counselor like she was. In turn, Emma WANTS to make her proud, but doesn't feel she can live up to that dream.
323* IChooseToStay: In the series finale, Christina decides to become a stay-at-home mom so Jessie can star on her show.
324* InvisibleParents: Semi-Averted. We do see them, but not very often. It ends up being lampshaded in the finale by Bertram, [[spoiler:and when it became clear the kids would outgrow their nanny, Christina decides from now on, she needs to be there for them more]].
325* OneOfTheKids: Morgan, who's usually seen playing with the presents he brings for his kids.
326[[/folder]]
327
328[[folder: Nanny Agatha]]
329->'''Portrayed by:''' Jennifer Veal
330
331* BigBadEnsemble: One of the recurring antagonists along with Mrs. Chesterfield.
332* EvenEvilHasStandards: She's a big-time bitch, yes, but even she finds her twin sister Angela despicable.
333* EvilBrit: An ugly and arrogant British nanny.
334* EvilCounterpart: To Jessie, where as Jessie is sweet and compassionate and doesn't try to compete with other Nannies, Agatha is cruel and always down for a competition.
335* {{Expy}}: She resembles Film/NannyMcPhee, but with none of her nice qualities.
336* {{Gonk}}: She is shown to be ugly, what with her snaggletooth and huge wart.
337* TheRival: A rival nanny to Jessie.
338[[/folder]]
339
340[[folder: "Creepy" Connie Thompson]]
341->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SierraMcCormick
342
343* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: In her third appearance, she tries to force Luke to marry her. Complete with Luke getting dragged to the "altar" while bound in a wheelbarrow lift.
344* AxCrazy: While in her first appearance, she is much more creepy than crazy, she is full blown AxCrazy StalkerWithACrush in her next appearance. In "Creepy Connie 3: The Creepening", Connie hires an actress in order to dupe Luke. In order to avoid paying said actress, Connie ''kidnaps her''. Connie herself confirmed she's had at least one police line-up. And her uncle confirms her multiple(!) restraining orders in "Creepy Connie 3"
345* ClingyJealousGirl: She wants Luke all to herself and she sees Jessie as competition that she has to get rid of, even though Jessie has made clear she has no feelings for Luke.
346* CreepyChild: She has no qualms with injuring people or tying people up to get what she wants. She's called "Creepy" Connie for a reason...
347* CuteAndPsycho: She's a blonde cute girl but also insane and dangerous.
348%%* CuteButCacophonic
349* {{Expy}}: She's got all of [[Series/ANTFarm Olive's]] traits but in an evil way. Granted, they both share the same actress.
350* {{Fangirl}}: Of ''Franchise/HarryPotter''.
351* KnightOfCerebus: She's way worse than Rhoda Chesterfield and Agatha combined.
352* MadLove: She loves Luke and she will do anything to be with him, including stalking and threatening and/or hurting him or anyone that gets in her way. Luke makes it clear several times that he only finds her creepy and tries to run away from her, but nothing he says or does will make Connie accept he isn't interested in her.
353* MotiveDecay: In her first appearance, her primary goal was to date Luke and moved on after she accepted she and him had nothing in common, her second appearance she was injuring her classmates solely to kiss Luke, by her third appearance her goal was to marry Luke.
354* MurderTheHypotenuse: A non-lethal version, but close to it. Her second episode deals with her attempting to get the role of Luke's lover in the school play. How does she do this? By taking out her competition, of course! The first girl she ''pushes down a flight of stairs'', putting her in a ''full body cast'', she ''welds a wrench to the next girl's braces'', and attempts to ''crush the final girl with a sandbag''!
355* NotGoodWithRejection: She takes Luke's lack of interest very poorly, to say the least.
356* StalkerWithACrush: She takes pictures of Luke and video-tapes him in class, sends him over forty text messages over the course of a day, breaks into his house and owns a Luke doll.
357* TeenGenius: This was why Jessie had her tutor Luke.
358* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Threatens Luke with a flamethrower, to name the best example.
359* VileVillainSaccharineShow
360* {{Yandere}}: To Luke. In her 2nd episode, "Creepy Connie's Curtain Call," she went apeshit over Luke in the play just so she can kiss him. On her 3rd time? She brings out a whole wedding for her and Luke (Luke of course, gets bound in a wheelbarrow lift on a rope), with those who tried to stop her also bound to their chairs TO WITNESS THEIR WEDDING!
361[[/folder]]
362
363[[folder: Officer Petey]]
364->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter
365
366* BirdsOfAFeather: A platonic version with Jessie.
367* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He is known for his improv obsession.
368%%* TheDitz
369%%* FairCop
370%%* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
371* PlatonicLifePartners: According to Creator/DebbyRyan, Petey is Jessie's best friend.
372%%* PluckyComicRelief
373* PoliceAreUseless: He means well, but we have yet to see him do any police work.
374[[/folder]]
375
376[[folder: Rosie]]
377->'''Portrayed by:''' Kelly Gould
378
379* DeadpanSnarker: She has a cynical humor.
380* GreenEyedMonster: Admits to Emma that her KickTheDog moment was an act of jealousy.
381* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She feels bad when she realizes how her KickTheDog moment affected Emma and comes to the penthouse to apologize.
382* KickTheDog: She gets Emma to help her with a project, but intentionally makes her look stupid in front of the class.
383* NewTransferStudent: She begins attending Emma's school in "Make New Friends, but Hide The Old".
384* SecretKeeper: Becomes the first person to find out Emma is Kitty Couture.
385* TakingTheBullet: Or rather, cheese. When Bryn responds to Emma with a RedemptionRejection, she decides to throw cheese and nachos to her, but instead, Rosie takes the hit.
386* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Emma's Girly Girl.
387[[/folder]]
388
389[[folder: Bryn Breitbart]]
390->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KatherineMcNamara
391
392* AlliterativeName
393* AlphaBitch: A snobby, mean girl at Emma's school.
394%%* BigBadWannabe
395* BlatantLies: She tells people she's Danish royalty. She doesn't even have a European accent. [[spoiler:Her parents actually run a toilet paper empire.]]
396%%* DevilInPlainSight
397* ForTheEvulz: Basically why Bryn was trying to turn Emma's friends against her.
398* GreenEyedMonster: She's jealous of Emma because of her status and popularity.
399* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Subverted]] in "Diary of A Mad Newswoman": [[spoiler:It was all an act to take over the school news broadcast.]]
400* ManipulativeBitch: She can manipulate anyone without any faults.
401* RedemptionRejection: When the truth is discovered about her, Emma offers to be her friend if she'll agree to start being nicer. Her response is to fling nachos at Emma.
402* RichBitch: [[spoiler:However, her parents run a toilet paper empire, which isn't saying much]].
403* UnreliableExpositor: [[spoiler:Her backstory is a lie just to gain the loyalty of Emma's friends.]]
404[[/folder]]
405
406[[folder: Stewart Wooten]]
407->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JosieTotah[[note]]billed as J. J. Totah[[/note]]
408
409* AbhorrentAdmirer: For Zuri, until he proved himself not to be useless after all.
410* DoggedNiceGuy: Towards Zuri. He sends her flowers, asks her out on dates, and calls her by sweet nicknames.
411* SpearCounterpart: Is basically Creepy Connie without the strength or ''Literature/HarryPotter'' references.
412* StalkerWithACrush: He has a huge crush on Zuri. He briefly becomes this to Emma, when he pretends to fall in love with her in order to make Zuri jealous.
413[[/folder]]
414
415!One-Shot Characters
416
417[[folder: Angela]]
418->'''Portrayed by:''' Jennifer Veal
419
420* BitchInSheepsClothing: Appears as a kind, doting nanny, the opposite of Agatha...useful to get the kids to prefer her over Jessie.
421* EvilBrit: Since she's Agatha's twin after all.
422* EvilTwin: Well... eviler anyway. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Agatha finds her despicable]].
423* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: She's gorgeous, especially in comparison to Agatha, but is actually even more evil and cruel than her twin sister, trying to manipulate events to get Jessie fired so she could take her job as nanny; even Agatha herself finds her monstrous.
424%%* EvilVersusEvil: With her twin sister Agatha.
425%%* FauxAffablyEvil
426[[/folder]]
427
428[[folder:Shaylee Michaels]]
429->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MaiaMitchell
430* AwesomeAussie: When she was a child, she played outside in the outback and used a live scorpion as a pacifier. As an adult, she wrestles crocodiles/monitor lizards for fun, can terrify Mrs Kipling by hissing and when the monitor lizard bites her, she bites back! She also knows how to make her breath toxic enough to render a person unconscious.
431* MassiveNumberedSiblings: She has eight brothers.
432* RaisedByDudes: Shaylee comments that she built up her strength to be just as formidable as her brothers.
433[[/folder]]
434
435[[folder:Nana Banana]]
436->'''Portrayed by:''' [=JoAnne=] Worley
437
438* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Zuri.
439* PungeonMaster
440[[/folder]]

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