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3The characters appearing on ''Series/MyFamilyAndMe''.
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5[[foldercontrol]]
6[[folder:Main Characters]]
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8!!Melina "Midge" Amelia Mayhan, the protagonist
9
10* AFriendInNeed: To almost any of her friends, she's willing to be there for her friends no matter what.
11* AlliterativeName: Her name and surname both start with M: Melina Mayhan, and she goes by "Midge".
12* AuthorAppeal: She writes her very first book call ''Living in My Sister's Shadow'', which becomes a huge success.
13* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The Beauty.
14* BigSisterInstinct: Towards her younger siblings and of course her younger cousin Eliza.
15* BigSisterWorship: She has a lot of admiration for Davina and always looks up to her as her role model.
16* BoyishShortHair: While not actually a tomboy, she sported a shorter hairstyle in the first season only. Then it grew a lot longer as the show went on.
17** In contrast in the TV movie ''My Sister and Me'', her hair was shoulder length.
18* CharacterDevelopment: In the early seasons, she was this young teenage girl who had low self-esteem and lacked any confidence in herself, longing to branch out of her sister's shadow and finding her place in the world. Came the later seasons, she became a lot more confident and ambitious.
19* CoolBigSister: To Bailey, Garrett and sometimes Chauncey.
20* CoolCar: She owns a bright, yellow sportscar compared to her sister's red one.
21* TheCutie: In her earlier seasons, mainly the first season. She was this young, innocent 13-year-old GirlNextDoor who lived in her sister's shadow. She sort of stepped out of that cuteness stage once she reached her early 20's.
22* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Her main goal. She tries to step out of her sister's shadow by finding something that she can accomplish something great in her life so she won't live it down forever.
23%%* EveryoneLovesBlondes
24* FunWithAcronyms: '''M'''elina '''A'''melia '''M'''ayhan. "MAM" get it?
25* GirlNextDoor: She has the seemingly "good girl" personality and is very down-to-earth.
26* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Subverted with. Her and Davina do have a very good relationship and rarely fight, but her inferiority over her sister's academic achievements would ultimately bring out the worst in her.
27* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Is a nice, kind and good-hearted girl.
28* TheHecateSisters: The Maiden.
29%% * TheHeroine / TheHeart
30%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Farrah.
31* HiddenDepths: Surprisingly, she didn't even knew that she could play a piano that well. She's also a good volleyball player and was recruited in the volleyball team.
32* IJustWantToBeSpecial: More so, she just wants to be great as her older sister and is desperate to make everyone proud of her accomplishments.
33%%zce* TheKirk
34* MassiveNumberedSiblings: She's the second oldest daughter of five siblings.
35* MeaningfulName: Her birth name, Melina, technically means "bright yellow" in Greek. Her parents kind of expected their daughter to have beautiful blonde hair when she was born and that her name would represent her being a natural blonde.
36* MiddleChildSyndrome: Averted.
37%%zce* NiceGirl
38* ObliviousToLove: In the first two seasons, she clearly had no idea that Anson was in love with her.
39* OfficialCouple: With Anson in the final season.
40* OnlyFriend: For her cousin, Eliza. She implies that Midge is her only real friend because she doesn't have any real friends back at home in New York.
41* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Midge is her nickname, which is what her family and friends all call her. It was implied that she took the nickname from an old Barbie doll named Midge.
42* OnlySaneWoman: If it's going to a Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock concert or meeting them in person, she doesn't act all crazy or hysterical like Farrah does.
43** Whenever Davina isn't around, she's the sanest one in the household when there's chaos going on.
44* ParentalFavoritism: Is her mother's favorite, according to her grandmother.
45%%zce* RedOniBlueOni: To Farrah's blue.
46* TheResenter: Subverted. She doesn't necessarily resent her sister for her greatest accomplishments and achievements, but can easily get annoyed and infuriated over it.
47* ShesAllGrownUp: In the later seasons.
48* TheSmartGirl
49* StrongFamilyResemblance: With her mom. Her mother implied that she looks exactly like her when she was her age.
50* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: With Anson in the final season.
51----
52!!Farrah Luanne Nightingale, Midge's best friend
53
54* AffectionateNickname:
55** She has two for her parents: "Farebear" and "Farabelle".
56** Chauncey's nickname for her also was "Blue Eyes" in Season 1.
57* AllWomenLoveShoes
58* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The Brawn.
59* BerserkButton: Do not ever say her deceased old puppy's name Patches in front of her. She would ultimately [[ProneToTears burst into tears]] if he's ever mentioned.
60* BlueOni: To Midge's pink.
61* BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill: She worn braces in the first season only.
62* CatchPhrase: "I Know Right?!".
63* CelebrityCrush: She has a major crush on Jordan Knight from the boy band Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock as well as being the resident {{Fangirl}} of the group.
64* CityMouse: She was born in Boston, which is the city-based area of Massachussetts.
65* CostumePorn: In the earlier seasons, she would always wear her hair in wackier, over-the-top fashions.
66* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Has her moments of this.
67* TheCutie: Her bubbly personality and bright smiles are two of her traits that displays her cuteness. Chauncey even says that she's the cutest when she's perky.
68* DaddysGirl: She's always been close with her father right before he passed. Her mom even describes her as her "father's daughter".
69* DisappearedDad: Her father passed away when she was only 11.
70* TheDitz
71* DoggedNiceGirl: To Levi in the first season.
72* DropInCharacter: She would always drop by the Mayhans' house unannounced, but they don't seem to mind since they treat her like part of the family.
73* EternallyPearlyWhiteTeeth: After getting her braces taken off, her teeth became sparkly white and shiny.
74* {{Fangirl}}: She has always been a die-hard fan of the [[TheNineties '90s]] boy band Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock since she was a little girl.
75* FunPersonified
76* GenkiGirl: She has a perky and cheerful disposition.
77%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Midge.
78* HiddenDepths: Despite her sunny disposition, Farrah can sometimes be very emotional and sensitive. She's also not afraid to open up about how much she misses her father from time to time.
79* InWithTheInCrowd: Although she only sticks with her real friends, she would sometimes be seen hanging out with her cheerleading pals.
80* LoonyFan: Of the Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock. She sort of takes this to the extreme when she's thinking about them, meeting them in person or going to one of their concerts.
81* MsFanservice
82* NewTransferStudent: In the first season, she was only known as the new girl in town.
83* NiceGirl
84* ObliviousToLove: No matter how many times Chauncey has flirted with her, she could never take a hint that she was the object of his affections. Midge was so frustrated over Farrah's oliviousness of Chauncey's crush on her, she blatantly told her about Chauncey's crush on her. Farrah thought it was cute that he has a crush on her, much to Midge's dismay.
85* OneHeadTaller: She's an inch taller than Midge. Ironically, her mom is much taller than she is.
86* OnlyChildSyndrome: She's always had a problem with being an only child and always wishes she had siblings of her own.
87* PassionateSportsGirl: She likes baseball and is an avid fan of the Boston Red Socks.
88* PluckyComicRelief: She has a great sense of humor and would make funny jokes and remarks about things without being sarcastic.
89* PluckyGirl: She describes herself as being a risk-taker and is never afraid of trying new things or going on big adventures.
90* PosterGalleryBedroom: She has a bunch of Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock posters lined up in her bedroom.
91* PuppyDogEyes
92* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: She's the upbeat, energetic one to Levi's calm, pragmatic and level-headed.
93* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: She doesn't appear in the pilot episode.
94* ShesAllGrownUp: In the later seasons.
95* TheSixthRanger
96* TheSpock
97* SmittenTeenageGirl: The way she feels about her crushes on Levi Resnick and Jordan Knight, along with her reaction to her best friend's older sister.
98* {{Squee}}: She would always do this whenever she thinks about or ever meeting the New Kids on the Block.
99* StepfordSmiler: She would display a smile everyday while trying to hide her pain over the loss of her father.
100* SweetTooth: Has a craving for anything sweet.
101* WhatBeautifulEyes: By Chauncey, who would always compliment on her beautiful blue eyes everytime she's in the room.
102* WhenSheSmiles: Again, by Chauncey. He would always compliment her smile by saying she lights up his life with her shiny white teeth.
103----
104!!Anson Virgil Howerton, Midge's childhood best friend and later boyfriend
105
106* TheAce: He's very good at sports such as basketball, baseball and football.
107* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Subverted. He wanted to tell Carlene that he didn't like her that way because he was in love with his best friend, but thanks to Midge, she encouraged him to go out with her because she realized how much Carlene really liked him.
108* BigBrotherWorship: Although they make fun of him sometimes, he actually does look up to his older brothers alot more than his older sisters.
109* CannotSpitItOut: His telling Midge that he loves her.
110* CrazyJealousGuy: Whenever if Midge is showing any interest in another guy or dating them.
111* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: His light brown hair completely matches with his light brown eyes.
112* DeadpanSnarker
113* DoggedNiceGuy: To Midge in the early seasons.
114* EmbarrassingNickname: He was called "Anson In The Pants", a play on "Ants In The Pants", by his family when he was little. His siblings would still call him that, much to his chagrin.
115* EmbarrassingOldPhoto:
116* MassiveNumberedSiblings: He has three brothers and sisters and is the fifth of seven children.
117* TheMcCoy
118* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: He mentioned that his mom named him after Anson Williams, the actor who played Potsie on ''Series/HappyDays''. Apparently, his mom was a big ''Happy Days'' fan back in the day.
119* NiceGuy
120* OfficialCouple: With Midge in the final season.
121* OnlyFriend: For Midge during their younger days. This was the reason why he never told her how he felt about her.
122* PutOnABus: Him and his family move to Wilmington, Delaware in the end of Season 2.
123** TheBusCameBack: He returns for good at the end of Season 8 to profess his love for Midge.
124* RidiculouslyAverageGuy
125* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: With Midge in the final season.
126----
127!!Davina Penelope Mayhan-Van Buren, Midge's oldest sister
128
129* AcademicAlphaBitch: She was an A + student back in high school and a dean's list student in college, but wasn't outright mean.
130* TheAce: She was very athlectic in school. When she was in elementary school, she played on the girls' softball team, in middle school, on the swim team and in high school, she was on track & field, lacrosse, played basketball for a while and was on the cheer squad.
131* ActionGirl: For a girl, she definitely knows how to kick some serious ass.
132%%* AllWomenLoveShoes
133* BigSisterInstinct: She ultimately showed shades of this by almost destroying Cynthia when she kept on bullying Midge at her party.
134* CelebrityCrush: Has a huge crush on Creator/JoeyLawrence and Creator/KirkCameron.
135* CoolBigSister: To her younger siblings, but mainly to Midge.
136* CoolCar: She drives a shiny, red sports car that's very expensive, compared to Midge's yellow one.
137* ControlFreak: Whenever her parents would put her in charge of taking care of her younger siblings while they're away, she would ultimately turn into a vicious dictator by giving orders and bossing them around.
138* CustomUniformOfSexy: During the earlier seasons, her wardrobe choices consisted of provocative, skimpier outfits that bared a bit too much of her midriff, but in her defense, it was the style trend of the late [[TheNineties '90s]]/early '00s that catched on to teenage girls and young women.
139%%* DeadpanSnarker
140* DudeMagnet: She's known to attract a lot of men wherever she goes, including guys who are young or old. Midge even states that back when Davina was in high school, all the boys wanted to date her.
141* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Penelope, which she hates so much.
142* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: With Farrah respectively.
143%%* EveryoneLovesBlondes
144* ExtracurricularEnthusiast: She was in all of extracurricular activities back in high school.
145%%* TheFashionista
146* GirlyBruiser: She's not afraid to pull punches with anyone (even with guys), especially when she almost tried to beat the crap out of Cynthia and pummeling her onto the ground at her sister's party.
147* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Subverted with. Her and Midge have a great relationship and rarely fight, but when trying to find out who's the better sister, it would sometimes bring out the worst in each other.
148%%* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
149* HappilyMarried: To Isaac in Season 7.
150%%* HeadTurningBeauty
151%%* TheHecateSisters: The Mother.
152* HiddenDepths: She would get really annoyed if anyone says that she's perfect all the time.
153* HighSchoolSweethearts: Her and Isaac dated in high school and they finally tied the knot in Season 7.
154* IdenticalStranger: Would sometimes be mistaken for Creator/NicoleKidman and [[Series/SavedByTheBell Elizabeth Berkley]].
155%%* InformedAttractiveness
156* IvyLeagueForEveryone: She's been accepted to so many great colleges, but chooses Stanford instead.
157%%* TheLancer[=/=]TheLeader
158* MeaningfulName: The name Davina means "beloved" or "cherished" in English, which would symbolize her popularity and as being very well-liked by her peers in school.
159%%* MsFanservice
160* MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: Her sister Midge has always lived in her shadow for most of her life.
161%%* OnlySaneWoman
162%%* ParodySue
163%%* ThePerfectionist
164%%* PluckyGirl
165%%* SexySchoolwoman
166* SheCleansUpNicely: She ditched her provocative clothing choices and switched into a more suitable, working attire in the later seasons.
167%%* TheSmartGirl
168%%* SupportingProtagonist
169%%* TeamMom
170* WiseBeyondHerYears / OlderAndWiser
171----
172!!Chauncey Everett Mayhan, Midge's younger brother
173
174%%zce* TheAce
175* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Towards Midge and Davina only.
176* AntiHero: Type II or Type IV.
177* BigEater: Is initally shown to having a big appetite.
178* TheBigGuy
179* BigManOnCampus: His popularity grew in his sophomore year of high school when he becomes the star quarterback of the football team at Cloverdale High.
180* BookDumb: Subverted.
181* BrainsAndBrawn: The Brawn to Garrett's Brains.
182* BrilliantButLazy: According to his final exams results, he actually scored higher than Garrett did, much to his surprise.
183* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: He's a trouble maker and is prone to getting in trouble and caught by his parents and teachers. He doesn't always get a free ride whenever he tries to sabotage any relationships that Farrah maintains because of his undying love for her.
184%%zce* TheCasanova
185* ChickMagnet: A lot of girls became more attracted to him once he became popular in high school, even when he was still in love with Farrah.
186* CrazyJealousGuy: Would turn into this whenever Farrah has a new love interest or boyfriend.
187* DeadpanSnarker: Oh so much. Midge even has nicknames for him that has the word "snark" in them.
188* DoggedNiceGuy: To Farrah.
189* {{Foil}}: To Garrett.
190* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Foolish to Garrett's Responsible.
191* HandsomeLech
192* HeldBackInSchool: He had to repeat his senior year again in the final season for not having enough credits.
193* HighSchoolHustler
194* HormoneAddledTeenager: Became totally obsessed with girls during the later seasons after abandoning his crush on Farrah for good.
195* InSeriesNickname: Midge's nickname for him is "Snarky Snark", "Snark", or "Mr. Snark". Anything that has "snark" in it, she would call him that because of his non-stop snarkiness.
196* InWithTheInCrowd: He became more popular in high school once he joined the football and basketball team.
197* {{Jerkass}}
198** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be rude and obnoxious towards his siblings, but he does show a lot of respect and some kindness at some point.
199* JerkJock --> LovableJock
200* LikeFatherLikeSon: He shares a lot of things in common with Conrad.
201* LikesOlderWomen: His affections towards Farrah.
202* LittleBoySeeksBigGirl: With Farrah in the early seasons.
203%%zce* LovableRogue
204* ManipulativeBastard: He would occasionally uses his friends or his siblings in his little schemes or pranks sometimes.
205* {{Narcissist}}: At times he's this.
206* ParentalFavoritism: He's his father's favorite.
207%%zce* ThePrankster
208* PrecociousCrush: On Farrah in the first couple seasons.
209* RedOni: To Garrett's blue.
210* {{Schemer}}: What he's good at.
211* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Garrett's sensitive guy.
212* SiblingYinYang: With Garrett.
213%%zce* TheSnarkKnight
214* StraightManAndWiseGuy: The Straight Man to Garrett's Wise Guy.
215* TheSlacker: Though, he does help out around the house.
216%% * SmallNameBigEgo
217%% * UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist
218* {{Yandere}}: He doesn't want to be with any girl other than Farrah, though that goes away once he starts dating Nori.
219----
220!!Garrett Leonard Mayhan, Midge's second younger brother
221
222* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Anything that would involve Bailey being in any type of danger.
223* BerserkButton: He hates being called a "momma's boy".
224* BewareTheNiceOnes: Garrett appears as a nice guy by default, but push him around too much, you'll definitely gonna regret it. Chauncey learned that the hard way when he made him snap in front of his friends.
225* BigBrotherInstinct: He shows a lot of protectiveness towards Bailey.
226* BigBrotherWorship: Despite Chauncey's poor treatment of him at times, Garrett still looks up to him alot.
227* BlueOni: To Chauncey's red.
228* BrainsAndBrawn: The Brains to Chauncey's Brawn.
229* ButtMonkey: Only in Chauncey's schemes and pranks.
230* CharacterDevelopment: He stopped being the ButtMonkey in Chauncey's schemes and pranks and going through life as a [[TagalongKid tagalong]] with his brother's friends in the later seasons and evolved into having his own set of friends and becoming one of the most smartest kids in school with a bright future.
231* CoolBigBro: To Bailey mostly.
232* TheEveryman
233%% * {{Expy}}: Of [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Cody Martin]].
234* ExtremeDoormat: Wasn't always capable of standing up for himself.
235* {{Foil}}: To Chauncey.
236* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible to Chauncey's Foolish.
237* TheGenericGuy: In the first season.
238* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: The sweet, kind and a friendly person.
239* HeterosexualLifePartners: With his best buddy Clyde.
240* HiddenDepths: He feels that he doesn't live up to the standards of his older brother because the two are very different from each other.
241* IJustWantToHaveFriends: In order to stop tagging along with his brother, he tries to make friends of his own.
242* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He lets his friend go out with Bailey because he realized how much he really liked her.
243* IvyLeagueForEveryone: He gets an early acceptance to Cornell University in the finale.
244* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The Feminine Boy to Tegan's Masculine Girl.
245* MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: Like Midge, he also lives in Chauncey's shadow, as much as tagging along with him and his friends on occasion.
246%%zce* NiceGuy
247* NoRespectGuy: Only Chauncey doesn't always give him the kind of respect he needs at all.
248* OppositesAttract: With Tegan. She's the wild one while he's more tamed.
249* RidiculouslyAverageGuy
250* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Chauncey's Manly Man.
251* SiblingYinYang: With Chauncey.
252* TheSmartGuy
253* SmartPeoplePlayChess: He's actually very good at playing chess, even beating Chauncey at it.
254* StraightManAndWiseGuy: The Wise Guy to Chauncey's Straight Man.
255* TagalongKid: In the early seasons, he would always tag along with Chauncey and his friends.
256* UnluckyEverydude
257* UptightLovesWild: The Uptight to Tegan's Wild.
258----
259!!Bailey Millicent Mayhan, Midge's youngest sister
260
261* AllGirlsLikePonies
262* AllWomenLoveShoes: She wanted a pair of those red ten-inch heels that a girl wored at her school and begged Davina to buy them for her, only to realize that she can barely walk in them without tripping over.
263* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Only towards Chauncey.
264* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Quite frankly, she would get caught off guard whenever she's focusing on doing her homework or not pay attention, which caused her grades to slip in the 8th grade.
265* BerserkButton: Don't ever say that Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy or any other imaginary creature don't exist in front of her.
266* BigBrotherWorship / BigSisterWorship: She has always looked up to her older brothers and sisters most of the time and would always call them her heroes when they saved her from that creep Stanley from trying to rape her.
267* BookDumb
268* BrainlessBeauty
269* CharacterDevelopment: She became less naïveand more in tuned with things in the later seasons.
270* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
271* CompanionCube: She would treat her stuffed animals and dolls like they're her real friends.
272* TheCutie
273* DamselInDistress: She's the only one out of her family who always needs help saving from any kind of danger.
274* TheDitz
275* DumbIsGood: Unlike other typical behavior of younger siblings, Bailey's hardly a brat at all.
276%% * {{Expy}}: Her dim-witted personality is a lot similar to [[WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda Candy May]].
277* GirlishPigtails: In the early seasons.
278* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She has a bunch of stuffed animals laying around in her bedroom.
279* HappilyAdopted: Averted. Despite not actually being adopted, Bailey thought that she was adopted and went on this bogus journey to find her "real father".
280* TheHecateSisters: The Crone.
281* HeldBackInSchool: Almost played with and thankfully averted. Her grades were very bad and was told that she would have to repeat the 8th grade another year. She got a tutor to help her in all of her classes and with tremendous progress, she finally passed the 8th grade completely.
282* HiddenDepths: She has a number of hidden talents: she can hula-hoop, do a hand-stand and is great at sign language.
283* HollywoodToneDeaf: She knows the lyrics to the songs, but just can't really hit the notes that well.
284* TheIngenue: She has a innocent, child-like disposition, but still tries to maintain her maturity as a teenager.
285* InSeriesNickname: Everyone in her family calls her "Little Red". Other alternate nicknames she's been rarely called by are "Literature/RedRidingHood", "Red Robin Hood", "Ginger", "Film/GingerSnaps", "[[Music/SpiceGirls Ginger Spice]]", "Freckles", "Freckle Face" and "Literature/PippiLongstocking".
286** She was even called "WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake" once, even foreshadowing the possibility that her hair would become a strawberry blonde in the later seasons.
287* KiddieKid: Even as a teenager, she still acts like a 7-year-old, but tries to act more mature for her age.
288* LiteralMinded
289* LongHairIsFeminine
290* {{Malaproper}}: She's always mispronouncing certain words wrong, forcing her family to correct her all the time for her to saying it right this time.
291* NaiveEverygirl: She's naive at everything that goes on around her, but still tries to catch up with everyone else.
292%%zce** NiceGirl
293* PuppyDogEyes: Displays them alot.
294* QuirkyCurls / RegalRinglets: Her long, beautiful red hair became curlier during the later seasons, though she would wear it straight sometimes like she had it in the first season.
295* ShesAllGrownUp: In the later seasons.
296* SweetTooth: Like Farrah, she also has a craving for sweets.
297* TookALevelInDumbass: Oh did she ever!!
298* VerbalTic: She has a habit of pronouncing big words she's never heard of wrong and asking people what they mean.
299* WomanChild: She was the flower girl in her sister's wedding at the age of 13.
300%%zce** YouthfulFreckles
301----
302!!Irma Harriet Mayhan (nee Wallace), Midge's mom
303
304%%zce* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: The milder case.
305* BrokenBird: After having a miscarriage in Season 6. She gets better though.
306%%* DotingParent
307%%* EveryoneLovesBlondes
308%%* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
309%%* HappilyMarried: To Conrad.
310* {{Housewife}}: Though she works as a financial adviser.
311%%zce** MamaBear
312* MassivelyNumberedSiblings: She has one older sister and three younger brothers.
313* MyBelovedSmother: Towards her children at times.
314* ParentalFavoritism: Towards Midge, Davina, Garrett and Bailey most of the time, but she's always favored Midge the most because they are the closest.
315* SecretDiary: It was implied by her mother that she once kept a diary when she was a kid.
316%%* WomenAreWiser
317----
318!!Conrad Rupert Mayhan, Midge's dad
319
320* AdultsAreUseless: Subverted with.
321%%zce* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: The milder case.
322* BumblingDad
323* DeadpanSnarker
324* FormerTeenRebel: Back in his younger days, he was a bit of a troublemaker and didn't like to follow the rules.
325* HandsomeLech: Seen as this in the flashbacks when he was a teenager.
326* HappilyMarried: To Irma.
327* HenpeckedHusband: Sometimes Irma would tell him what to do like he's a child and would often fix his tie before he heads off to work in the morning.
328* MassivelyNumberedSiblings: He has two brothers and three sisters.
329* LikeFatherLikeSon: He shares a few things in common with Chauncey.
330%%* PapaWolf
331* ParentalFavoritism: Towards Chauncey, because of their similarities. See LikeFatherLikeSon above.
332* TallDarkAndHandsome
333[[/folder]]
334[[folder:Recurring Characters]]
335!!Cynthia Ryerson, the antagonist
336
337%%zce* AllWomenLoveShoes
338* AlphaBitch
339* TheAntagonist: She was Midge's worst enemy in Season 1, as trying to make her life a living hell every chance she gets.
340* DaddysGirl: She has her daddy wrapped around her finger whenever she wants something.
341* DeadpanSnarker
342* DramaQueen
343* TheFashionista
344* FreudianExcuse: The nasty divorce between her parents, her father's remarriage to a younger woman (whom she doesn't get along well with at home) and her mother's long absence in her life has made her bitter and cruel towards her peers at school.
345* HairFlip: She would generally flip her long, beautiful hair at times unless if she's trying to get a guy's attention or making herself look good.
346* HiddenDepths: Despite having a close relationship with her father, she painfully misses her mother.
347* ItsAllAboutMe: Very conceited and self-centered, she doesn't really care about anyone but herself.
348%% * {{Jerkass}}[=/=]JerkWithAHeartOfJerk
349* MakeWayForThePrincess
350* MissingMom: Due to not having full custody, her mother has always been completely absent in her life.
351* PetTheDog: She would sometimes lend some of her clothes to her friends.
352** She even gives out gifts to her classmates during Christmas time.
353* ThePrimaDonna
354* PutOnABusToHell: She gets sent to a boarding school in England in Season 2.
355* SpoiledBrat: Since her dad is the chief executive of an advertising agency, one of the highest paying jobs in California, she's had everything handed down to her without ever lifting a finger. She would normally take things for granted when she doesn't always get what she wants.
356* UpperClassTwit
357* UngratefulBitch
358----
359!!Carlene Gibson, Anson's admirer and short-term girlfriend
360
361* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Anson.
362* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Subverted. Anson wanted to tell her that he wasn't interested in dating her, but when Midge saw how much she really like him, she encouraged him to go out with her.
363* BracesofOrthodonticOverkill
364* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She disappeared completely in Season 2 after her and Anson broke up, but was mentioned in the series finale by Midge.
365* CatchPhrase: "Hey ''Anson''!" and "Oh ''Anson''!"
366* ClingyJealousGirl: Towards Anson.
367* DoggedNiceGirl: To Anson.
368* {{Yandere}}: Towards Anson.
369* YouthfulFreckles
370----
371!!Levi Resnick, Farrah's love interest and boyfriend
372
373* TheAce: He's very good at sports and can even play the trumpet very well.
374* BracesofOrthodonticOverkill: In season 1, he also wore braces.
375* JewishAndNerdy: He's Jewish and book smart.
376* MeaningfulName: His name means "one who accompanies or attends" in Hebrew.
377* ANiceJewishBoy
378* SatelliteLoveInterest
379* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: He's the calm, level-head guy to Farrah's upbeat, energetic girl.
380* TokenMinority
381----
382!!Rustin Landfield, Midge's love interest
383
384* TheAce: He's very good at sports.
385* BigManOnCampus: He's one of the most popular guys at Sunny Hills Middle School.
386* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He disappeared in Season 2.
387%%zce** ChickMagnet
388%%zce** TheGenericGuy
389%%zce** PrettyBoy
390%%zce** SatelliteLoveInterest
391----
392!!Marianne Eloise Hildenburg, Midge's third best friend
393
394* AscendedExtra: She became a recurring character in Season 3 before joining Midge and Farrah's LimitedSocialCircle.
395* BeautifulAllAlong: Right after Midge and Farrah give her a makeover.
396* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The Brains.
397* BirdsOfAFeather: With Herman, who is also socially awkard and nerdy.
398* BracesofOrthodonticOverkill: She wore braces for a while until she finally gotten them taken out.
399* BrainyBrunette
400* CharacterDevelopment: After her transformation and joining Midge and Farrah's social circle, she became less shy and introverted in the fifth season.
401* CuteBookworm
402* {{Dandere}}
403%%zce* GoGetterGirl
404* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Midge and Farrah.
405* TheMcCoy: After Anson left, she took on this role after she quickly became friends with Midge and Farrah.
406* NerdsAreSexy: After her makeover.
407* NerdGlasses: Before her big makeover, she used to wear these slightly big, pink glasses.
408%%zce* NiceGirl
409* ShrinkingViolet: Has always been incredibly shy and introverted before her makeover.
410%%zce* TheSmartGirl
411* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Anson. She became a replacement best friend for Midge and Farrah in the fourth season.
412* TeenGenius: She's one of the smartest kids at Cloverdale High and is also valedictorian of her senior class.
413----
414!!Roxanne and Lacey, the popular head cheerleaders of the Cheer! Squad
415
416* AllWomenLoveShoes: They both love different kinds of stylish shoes.
417%%zce* AscendedExtra: In Season 3, they gotten more episode appearances.
418%%zce* TheFashionista: When they're not wearing their cheerleading uniforms.
419%%zce* GossipyHens
420%%zce* HeterosexualLifePartners
421%%zce* LovableAlphaBitch
422%%zce* MsFanservice
423* TokenMinority: WordOfGod states that Lacey's ethnicity is Asian.
424* UnlimitedWardrobe: They're not always seen in their cheerleading uniforms.
425* ValleyGirl: They're both from the valley area of California and would generally speak in valley girl accents at times.
426----
427!!Wanda Nightingale, Farrah's mom
428
429* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Her sadness, depression and grief over her deceased husband made her withdrawn and distant from her daughter Farrah, which caused their relationship to be strained.
430* BrokenBird: Around Seasons 3-4, she was still grieving over the loss of her husband, even to the show's prior.
431* CharacterDevelopment: During the later seasons, she went from depressed and withdrawn to more happy and spirited once she got back in the dating scene and approving her relationship with her daughter a lot more.
432* GlamorousSingleMother
433* ParentWithNewParamour: She starts going on a few dates in the later seasons, much to her daughter's dismay.
434* RavenHairIvorySkin
435* StatuesqueStunner: She stands about 5'9", making Farrah much shorter than her. Ironically, Farrah is actually an inch taller than Midge.
436* {{Workaholic}}: She constantly works long hours as a real estate agent and is never at home when her daughter is.
437----
438!!Isaac Van Buren, Davina's old boyfriend and now husband
439
440* BigBrotherMentor: He would sometimes play this role to both Chauncey and Garrett.
441* HappilyMarried: To Davina.
442* HighSchoolSweethearts: Him and Davina used to date back in high school and are now married.
443%%zce* MrFanservice
444%%zce* NiceGuy
445* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In Season 8.
446* RememberTheNewGuy: He was said to be Davina's ex-boyfriend from high school, but his name never really came about at all.
447----
448!!Norielle "Nori" Scanlon, Chauncey's girlfriend
449
450* BrainyBrunette
451%%zce* DeadpanSnarker
452* DefrostingIceQueen: When we first meet her, she was a bit snobbish and bothered by Chauncey's cocky attitude, but once Chauncey started treating her with lots of respect and dating her, she quickly warms up to him.
453* TheFashionista: She would always wear the most expensive and trendiest outfits to school.
454%%zce* GirlyGirl
455* LovableAlphaBitch: Despite being the captain of the cheer squad, one of the most popular girls in school and incredibly beautiful, she's anything but mean or malicious.
456* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: She's called "Nori" by everyone at school.
457* RavenHairIvorySkin
458* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: She starts dating Chauncey in Season 6.
459* {{Tsundere}}: Type A towards Chauncey during Season 6.
460----
461!!Tegan Westbrook, Garrett's girlfriend
462
463%%zce* DeadpanSnarker
464* EmoTeen: Though not the depressive type.
465%%zce* HotBlooded
466* ManicPixieDreamGirl: For Garrett.
467* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The Masculine Girl to Garrett's Feminine Boy.
468* OppositesAttract: With Garrett.
469%%zce* PluckyGirl
470%%zce* RebelliousSpirit
471* RoseHairedSweetie: Her hair is dyed dark pink.
472* {{Tomboy}}
473* UptightLovesWild: The Wild to Garrett's Uptight.
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