| 1 | For convenience, students (i.e., the majority of the cast) are listed with their graduation year. |
| 2 | |
| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | [[folder: Main Characters]] |
| 6 | !!Kent Thomas |
| 7 | Class of 2010. |
| 8 | * AllGuysWantCheerleaders: [[spoiler:When Jessie enters the picture.]] |
| 9 | %%* AuthorAvatar |
| 10 | * BelligerentSexualTension: With Claire, until they get to know each other better and it stops. |
| 11 | %%* BerserkButton: Don't call him "Birdman." |
| 12 | %%* BigBrotherInstinct: Develops one towards [[spoiler:his half-brother Tyler.]] |
| 13 | %%* CallingTheOldManOut: Frequently, to little effect. |
| 14 | * GeekPhysiques: Tall and skinny, and his lack of muscle compared to his father is frequently noted. |
| 15 | %%* [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]] |
| 16 | %%* TheHero |
| 17 | %%* IAmNotMyFather |
| 18 | %%* [[IAmNotPretty I Am Not Handsome]] |
| 19 | * ICantDance: In "The Dance," he explains that he's perfectly okay with [[ConvenientSlowDance slow dancing]], but when it comes to carefree, "loose" dancing, he's ''way'' out his element. |
| 20 | %%* LonelyRichKid: Before he met Tom. |
| 21 | %%* MommasBoy: Given what his father is like, you can't exactly blame Kent for being emotionally closer to his mother. |
| 22 | %%* TheMovieBuff: Hence his skills in [[RunningGag comparing peoples' appearance to famous (and not-so-famous) actors]]. |
| 23 | * NatureLover: Birding is one of his primary hobbies. |
| 24 | * RuleAbidingRebel: In-universe: following the rules ''is'' his rebellion, against his corrupt parents. |
| 25 | * SecretlyWealthy: He tries to hide this from Holly so [[NotWithThemForTheMoney she'll like him as a person]], until Claire finds out ([[ScarpiaUltimatum leading to bad results for her relationship with Jimmy]]) and Kent decides it's better to just not worry about it anymore. |
| 26 | * SixthRanger: A late addition (fall 2006, when he met Tom) to Rick's clique. |
| 27 | %%* WellDoneSonGuy |
| 28 | %%* WhiteSheep |
| 29 | %%* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent |
| 30 | %%* YouNeedToGetLaid: Rod insists Kent is too uptight, and believes this is one solution. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | !!Holly Snow |
| 33 | Half-Australian (from her father's side), half-American (from her estranged mother's). Class of 2010. |
| 34 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: [[spoiler:Dates Milo for a short time despite being generally immune to his charms, but this was due mainly to sour relations between herself, John and Kent at the time, and Milo was well aware of this fact.]] |
| 35 | * BerserkButton: Don't mention her mother. Just don't. |
| 36 | %%* BrainyBrunette |
| 37 | %%* DaddysGirl |
| 38 | %%* GirlNextDoor |
| 39 | %%* ImportantHaircut: Trims her hair between seasons 2 and 3. |
| 40 | %%* InnocentBlueEyes |
| 41 | * MeaningfulName: Quite possibly [[RunningGag the most Christmas-y name ever]], appropriate for a girl born two days after. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]], of course. |
| 42 | * MissingMom: Who went back to her hometown of San Diego after the divorce. [[spoiler:Until TheBusCameBack.]] |
| 43 | %%* RedOniBlueOni: The blue oni to Claire's red. |
| 44 | * SmittenTeenageGirl: In "The Crush," this is how she is when she first notices Kent. |
| 45 | * [[SonOfAWhore Daughter Of A Whore]]: Though Pam wasn't a prostitute (just an unfaithful wife), this is just the same a BerserkButton for Holly, and the quickest way to insult her is to make a comparison between them. |
| 46 | %%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girly girl to Claire's tomboy. |
| 47 | * WhatBeautifulEyes: Kent compares her eyes to those of Creator/AlexisBledel, his celebrity crush, and subsequently the rest of her body before the comparison starts getting old and [[BerserkButton becomes a point of annoyance among them]]. |
| 48 | --> "It's getting old. We can stop mentioning who I look like now." |
| 49 | %%* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Why Did It Have To Be Bunnies? |
| 50 | |
| 51 | !!Claire Zielinski |
| 52 | Holly's best friend, also from a broken home. Class of 2010. |
| 53 | * BelligerentSexualTension: With Rusty, and then later with Kent and especially Milo. |
| 54 | %%* DaddysGirl |
| 55 | * DisappearedDad: Though he still sees her during the holidays and some summers. |
| 56 | * EverythingIsBigInTexas: Originally born in Houston before her parents divorced and she moved to L.A. with her mother. Insulting the state is one of her [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]]. |
| 57 | * LegFocus: Jimmy says "she's got legs" in "The Cross," but this was mainly an attempt to get on her good side by making a Music/ZZTop reference. |
| 58 | * LoveMartyr: Becomes one as her relationship with Jimmy slowly disintegrates. |
| 59 | %%* PirateGirl: For Halloween in "The Sin", anyway. |
| 60 | %%* RedOniBlueOni: The red oni to Holly's blue. |
| 61 | * SecretKeeper: Briefly in "The Twist." When told she can only reveal Kent's [[SecretlyWealthy secret]] to one other person, she tells Jimmy, not Rusty as Kent had been hoping, and [[ScarpiaUltimatum the rest is history]]. |
| 62 | ** Later on, becomes one for Milo when she [[spoiler:steals his phone and discovers he is bisuxual after talking to some of the many one-night stands whose numbers he's retained. This time, it stays a secret.]] |
| 63 | %%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Holly's girly girl. |
| 64 | %%* {{Tsundere}}: Type B. |
| 65 | |
| 66 | !!Russell "Rusty" Guitierrez |
| 67 | Holly and Claire's friend. Class of 2010. |
| 68 | * BeardOfSorrow: Grows one after being suspended from school for fighting with Jimmy at the winter formal, when he's already depressed from Claire kicking him out of the group for being too jealous of her relationship with him. He nicknames it [[IncrediblyLamePun Harry]]. |
| 69 | %%* ButtMonkey |
| 70 | %%* ChivalrousPervert |
| 71 | %%* DeadpanSnarker |
| 72 | %%* DoggedNiceGuy: The patient type. |
| 73 | %%* FunTShirt: Frequently. |
| 74 | %%* MetaGuy |
| 75 | * ParentalObliviousness: Remarkably unaware that he's a drug dealer. |
| 76 | %%* PhraseCatcher: "[[SarcasmMode Thank you, Rusty.]]" |
| 77 | %%* PluckyComicRelief |
| 78 | %%* StonersAreFunny |
| 79 | * UnluckyChildhoodFriend: In love with Claire since they first met in kindergarten. |
| 80 | |
| 81 | !!Thomas "Tom" Fraser |
| 82 | Kent's best friend before he met Holly. In a relationship with Oriel Richards, and in a band with her and Kristen, in which he alternates (with Oriel) between guitarist and keyboardist. The oldest of the original circle led by Rick, and the one who introduced Kent to them. Class of 2011. |
| 83 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: If you mention his deceased mother in the wrong light, prepare for a unnerving change in Tom's behavior. |
| 84 | %%* TheBigGuy: Of Rick's clique. |
| 85 | %%* TheConfidant |
| 86 | * LongDistanceRelationship: His girlfriend lives an hour away in Long Beach. |
| 87 | * MissingMom: She was killed by a StalkerWithACrush from her high school days when Tom was three. |
| 88 | %%* OneHeadTaller: Than Oriel. |
| 89 | %%* TheQuietOne |
| 90 | %%* TheStoic |
| 91 | %%* StoicSpectacles |
| 92 | %%* UglyGuyHotWife: Or girlfriend, as it were. |
| 93 | %%* VictoriousChildhoodFriend |
| 94 | |
| 95 | !!Samara Pearse |
| 96 | Class of 2010. |
| 97 | %%* AlphaBitch |
| 98 | %%* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: Has this attitude towards Claire, and to a lesser extent everyone else as well. |
| 99 | * BerserkButton: If you insinuate anything bad about her dead sister or any of the rest of her family, she ''will'' make you regret it. Also, Music/{{Aerosmith}}. |
| 100 | %%* BreakTheHaughty |
| 101 | %%* BrooklynRage |
| 102 | %%* BrutalHonesty |
| 103 | %%* {{Claustrophobia}} |
| 104 | %%* DeadpanSnarker |
| 105 | * DrowningMySorrows: Cuts school to get drunk on the anniversary of her late sister Hannah's birthday. [[ButLiquorIsQuicker Jimmy is quick to take advantage of this.]] |
| 106 | %%* HatesEveryoneEqually |
| 107 | * HeyYou: With few exceptions, refers to everyone by a nickname, a la [[Series/{{Scrubs}} Dr. Cox]]. (Kent = [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne/Batman]], Holly = [[LandDownUnder Ozzie]], Claire = [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Tex]], Rusty = [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech]], Tom = [[UglyGuyHotWife Lucky]], etc.) |
| 108 | %%* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Type B. |
| 109 | %%* InformedJudaism |
| 110 | %%* ItsAllAboutMe |
| 111 | %%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold |
| 112 | %%* JerkassHasAPoint: Frequently. |
| 113 | %%* KnightInSourArmor |
| 114 | %%* LargeHam |
| 115 | %%* TheNicknamer |
| 116 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: In "The Cross," after Cameron breaks up with her, except that by "good" she means "perfect," and thus her search is doomed to fail. |
| 117 | %%* TheRival: To Claire, although only Samara sees it that way. |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:Other Students]] |
| 121 | |
| 122 | !! James "Jimmy" Allen |
| 123 | Claire's boyfriend at the beginning of the series, and later Sloane's until the end. Class of 2010. |
| 124 | * BatmanGambit: Pretending to be TheMatchmaker in order to manipulate his way into Samara and then Sloane's pants. |
| 125 | * BelievingTheirOwnLies: Eventually his mere suspicions turn into full-fledged delusions that Kent and Claire actually hooked up. |
| 126 | %%* BigBad |
| 127 | %%* TheCorrupter |
| 128 | * CrazyJealousGuy: Believes Claire to be in love with Kent. [[BelligerentSexualTension Not that he doesn't have any evidence.]] |
| 129 | %%* DomesticAbuse |
| 130 | * FaceHeelTurn: Can be pinpointed to "The Twist," when his jealousy of [[BelligerentSexualTension Claire and Kent]] combined with her unwisely telling him Kent's secret makes him pull a ScarpiaUltimatum to end the couple's longstanding celibacy, lest he tell ''everyone'' what Kent doesn't want them to know. |
| 131 | * ForTheEvulz: Usually everything fits into his grand plans somehow, but occasionally he'll do this; for example, making Stacey go OffTheWagon in "The Charm." |
| 132 | %%* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Guess why. |
| 133 | %%* FromNobodyToNightmare |
| 134 | %%* TheGenericGuy: He starts out this way before... |
| 135 | %%* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope |
| 136 | %%* KarmaHoudini: For the longest time. |
| 137 | %%* LikeASonToMe: [[spoiler:Eventually manages to win Rod's approval where Kent never could.]] |
| 138 | * TheLoinsSleepTonight: [[spoiler:In a bit of karmic {{irony}}, his drug addiction begins causing this problem, and Sloane leaves Jimmy for the same reason she left Scott.]] |
| 139 | %%* LoveMakesYouEvil: If you could call his feelings for Claire "love." |
| 140 | %%* ManipulativeBastard |
| 141 | * TheMatchmaker: Subverted, when he uses this guise to sleep with Samara and then Sloane after claiming to help the former get back together with Cameron and to improve the latter's relationship with Scott. |
| 142 | %%* MrFanservice |
| 143 | * TheResenter: Hates Kent for supposedly stealing Claire's affections from him. |
| 144 | %%* RivalTurnedEvil: See above. It's a one-sided rivalry, though. |
| 145 | %%* SixthRangerTraitor |
| 146 | %%* TallDarkAndHandsome: And often described as such, where it serves more as a synonym for "bland" than as much of a compliment. |
| 147 | %%* WouldHitAGirl |
| 148 | |
| 149 | %%!! Michael "Mike" Anderson |
| 150 | %%Class of 2012. |
| 151 | %%* TheLancer: Among Rick's particular clique. |
| 152 | %%* MilitaryBrat |
| 153 | |
| 154 | !! Milo Barnes |
| 155 | A transfer student from Jacksonville, Florida who moves to the neighborhood in the fall of 2008. Was supposed to be class of 2009, except he fails to pass most of his classes and has to repeat his senior year and graduate with the class of 2010. |
| 156 | %%* AmbiguouslyBi |
| 157 | %%* BeautyIsBad |
| 158 | %%* BelligerentSexualTension: [[spoiler:With Claire.]] |
| 159 | %%* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Seems to be part of his appeal to women. |
| 160 | %%* TheCasanova |
| 161 | %%* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: [[spoiler:The reason for his moving to California to live with his aunt and cousin.]] |
| 162 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: [[spoiler:Nobody really enjoys hearing his countless sex stories, but they tolerate him anyway.]] |
| 163 | %%* TheGamblingAddict |
| 164 | %%* HandsomeLech |
| 165 | * TheHedonist: [[spoiler:It's this lifestyle - and the frequent absences from and poor performance in school it causes - that forces him to be held back a year.]] |
| 166 | * LikesOlderWomen: [[spoiler:They aren't his ''only'' targets, but he particularly enjoys seducing women older than himself. For instance, on his first misadventure with Rusty, they skip school and head to Cal-State LA so Milo can have sex with college girls. It helps that he [[YoungerThanTheyLook looks a few years older than he really is]].]] |
| 167 | * MilitaryBrat: [[spoiler:His father worked for the Navy.]] |
| 168 | %%* MrFanservice |
| 169 | %%* MrViceGuy: [[spoiler:Smoking, gambling, promiscuous sex...]] |
| 170 | * Nephewism: [[spoiler:His mother had already been dead for years when his father died in an accident, requiring him to move in with his Aunt Susan.]] |
| 171 | * PhraseCatcher: [[WhatTheHellHero "Damn it, Milo!"]] Usually when he sleeps with a girl that other people think he shouldn't (or couldn't) have.]] |
| 172 | %%* ThePornomancer |
| 173 | %%* ReallyGetsAround: And how! |
| 174 | %%* TheSlacker |
| 175 | * ThirdOptionLoveInterest: [[spoiler:For Holly, when relations between herself, John and Kent turn sour. It doesn't last.]] |
| 176 | %%* TroubledButCute |
| 177 | %%* WalkingShirtlessScene |
| 178 | * WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:He's rather horrified to discover this about himself when Holly refuses to have sex with him.]] |
| 179 | %%* YoungerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Another factor in his unnatural ability to seduce so many women.]] |
| 180 | |
| 181 | %%!! Caroline "Carrie" Bell |
| 182 | %%Tom's cousin, the daughter of a famous movie producer. Class of 2007. |
| 183 | %%* BrainyBrunette |
| 184 | %%* CelibateHero |
| 185 | %%* ClassyCatBurglar |
| 186 | %%* GoodWithNumbers: [[spoiler:A math prodigy, hence her major at USC.]] |
| 187 | %%* HeroOfAnotherStory |
| 188 | %%* StageMagician: [[spoiler:She makes things disappear both covertly and professionally!]] |
| 189 | %%* VirginPower |
| 190 | |
| 191 | %%!! Michael Trent Bowman |
| 192 | %%Roger and Diane's son. Class of 2012. |
| 193 | %%* AllGaysLoveTheater: Justified, given his [[StageMom upbringing]]. |
| 194 | |
| 195 | !! Rosalyn Burns |
| 196 | Kent's childhood friend, the daughter of another rich family. Class of 2008. |
| 197 | * TheGhost: After much talk, she finally makes her first appearance in "The Counselor," in which she enlists Kent to accompany her at a school dance. |
| 198 | |
| 199 | !! Richard "Rick" Candler |
| 200 | The ''de facto'' leader of his own circle of friends. Class of 2012. |
| 201 | %%* TheCorruptible |
| 202 | %%* TheFriendNobodyLikes |
| 203 | %%* HandsomeLech |
| 204 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: ''Benefits'', which starts several years later, in which he and Kristen [[spoiler:get married]]. |
| 205 | %%* ICallHimMisterHappy: Music/LittleRichard. |
| 206 | %%* {{Jerkass}} |
| 207 | %%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold |
| 208 | * LadyKillerInLove: [[spoiler:When he meets Veronica, largely due to her being the only one to tolerate him at the time.]] |
| 209 | %%* LovableSexManiac |
| 210 | %%* KavorkaMan: Straddles the fine line between this (due to his repellent personality) and TheCasanova. |
| 211 | %%* MessyHair: "An adventurous man needs adventurous hair," as he says to justify it. |
| 212 | %%* PetTheDog |
| 213 | %%* ReallyGetsAround: Eventually. |
| 214 | %%* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist |
| 215 | * WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: When Mike violates TheBroCode by dating Iris sometime after her breakup with Rick, Rick decides to respond in kind [[DisproportionateRetribution by seducing Mike's ex-girlfriend Cassie and sending him the video of the act]]. Needless to say, Rick is severely punished for this and ousted by all his friends. However, not long after he's beat the odds and found a new friend, Rick becomes the victim of [[TheCorruptible another seduction of sorts by Jimmy]] and things start to go even further downhill... .]] |
| 216 | |
| 217 | !! Emily Candler |
| 218 | Rick's little sister. Class of 2015. |
| 219 | * {{Fangirl}}: Of Music/JustinBieber and Disney Channel [[KidCom KidComs]], and not subtle about it. |
| 220 | %%* GirlNextDoor: For Nathan. |
| 221 | %%* TagalongKid: Along with Nathan. |
| 222 | |
| 223 | %%!! Jack Dawson |
| 224 | %%[[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} No, not that one.]] Class of 2009. |
| 225 | %%* ChickMagnet |
| 226 | %%* TheMovieBuff |
| 227 | %%* PutOnABus |
| 228 | %%* UnfortunateNames |
| 229 | %%-->'''Kent''': "Your name is Jack Dawson?"\ |
| 230 | '''Jack''': "I know. I've been getting shit for that for ''years''."\ |
| 231 | '''Kent''': "Doesn't help that you kind of look like [[Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio Leo DiCaprio]]."\ |
| 232 | '''Jack''': "No, it doesn't." |
| 233 | |
| 234 | !! Joshua "Josh" Goldsworthy |
| 235 | One of Holly's closer friends from outside the main circle; in a band with her, where he plays the guitar and drum and she sings and plays the keyboards. Class of 2009. |
| 236 | %%* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: When he was dating Stacey. |
| 237 | * AgentScully: Unlike his sister, believes in mundane explanations for things. |
| 238 | %%* BigBrotherInstinct: With Holly and Mila. |
| 239 | %%* BigBrotherMentor |
| 240 | %%* ChickMagnet |
| 241 | %%* JustFriends: With Holly, despite rumors to the contrary. |
| 242 | %%* MySisterIsOffLimits |
| 243 | * PutOnABus: Upon graduation, leaves for UC Santa Cruz with Vanessa. |
| 244 | %%* SharpDressedMan: He's great at this. |
| 245 | |
| 246 | !! Mila Goldsworthy |
| 247 | Josh's little sister. Class of 2012. |
| 248 | * AgentMulder: Unlike her brother, is quick to believe in fantastic explanations for things. Cites the HauntedHouse next door (which has never had any long-term owners) as evidence. |
| 249 | %%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling |
| 250 | %%* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The brunette among Rick's love interests. |
| 251 | * {{Fangirl}}: A Literature/{{Twilight}} fan, but she thankfully manages to keep some restraint. Ships Jacob/Bella, and hates ''Breaking Dawn''. |
| 252 | |
| 253 | !! John Gomez-Cavanaugh |
| 254 | A transfer student from Santa Marta, Colombia to the neighborhood in the winter of 2007. Class of 2010. |
| 255 | %%* ExpansionPackPast |
| 256 | * GratuitousSpanish: Lampshaded, most notably by Samara, who nicknames him [[WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer Dora]]. |
| 257 | %%* JustFriends: With Stacey. |
| 258 | %%* LatinLover |
| 259 | |
| 260 | !! Shane Gray |
| 261 | Lex's boyfriend for much of 2008. Class of 2009. |
| 262 | %%* BeardOfEvil: Sports a prominent goatee. |
| 263 | %%* FaceHeelTurn |
| 264 | %%* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler: He's a hacker.]] |
| 265 | %%* JerkJock: Quarterback for the high school football team. |
| 266 | * PutOnABus: First to college. [[spoiler: Then to prison.]] |
| 267 | %%* SmugSnake |
| 268 | |
| 269 | %%!! Iris Greene |
| 270 | %%Rick's girlfriend. Class of 2012. |
| 271 | %%* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The redhead among Rick's love interests. |
| 272 | %%* CoolBigSis |
| 273 | %%* GirlNextDoor: Literally, for Rick. |
| 274 | |
| 275 | %%!! Nathan Greene |
| 276 | %%Iris's little brother. Class of 2015. |
| 277 | %%* TagalongKid: Along with Emily. |
| 278 | |
| 279 | !! Skylar Hansen |
| 280 | Jimmy's best friend. Class of 2010. |
| 281 | %%* TheAtoner: After Jimmy cons Skylar into providing him with an alibi [[spoiler:for the night he murders Cameron]]. |
| 282 | * FalseConfession: After finding out that it was John who sent the anonymous tip to the police about Jimmy's (possible) involvement in [[spoiler:Cameron's murder]], Skylar [[TakingTheHeat takes the heat]] for an unknowing John and tells Jimmy (despite having earlier denied it) that it was he who tipped them off. Jimmy seems to take it rather well, but it turns out he's just biding his time (see below). |
| 283 | %%* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Finally makes a full HeelFaceTurn when he takes the blame for John's actions. |
| 284 | %%* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:After taking the heat for John, his fate is sealed.]] |
| 285 | |
| 286 | %%!! Rowan Harvey |
| 287 | %%Class of 2010. |
| 288 | %%* CloudCuckoolander |
| 289 | |
| 290 | %%!! Alexander "Alex" [[spoiler:Isaac]] Hayes |
| 291 | %%Would be class of 2013, but high test scores push the date a little earlier. |
| 292 | %%* EmbarrassingMiddleName: [[spoiler:Isaac]] |
| 293 | %%* MrFixit |
| 294 | %%* TeenGenius |
| 295 | %%* TheSmartGuy: Within Rick's clique. |
| 296 | |
| 297 | !! Alexis "Lex" Hummel |
| 298 | Class of 2009. |
| 299 | %%* AmazonianBeauty |
| 300 | %%* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The beauty of Holly's dance classmate trio. |
| 301 | %%* MiddleChildSyndrome |
| 302 | * PutOnABus: Upon graduation, leaves for CSU Bakersfield. |
| 303 | |
| 304 | !! Brooke Hummel |
| 305 | Class of 2007. Lex's older sister. |
| 306 | * BestKnownForTheFanservice: In-universe example: all anyone outside the Hummel family seems to care about is the fact that she works as a stripper in Vegas. |
| 307 | %%* CoolBigSis |
| 308 | |
| 309 | !! Tyler Hummel |
| 310 | Class of 2012. Brooke and Lex's younger [[spoiler:half-]]brother. Also [[spoiler:the child of an affair between Rod Thomas and Vivian Hummel, and thus Kent's half-brother as well.]] |
| 311 | %%* StraightGay |
| 312 | * WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: [[spoiler:Shunned by Rod due to his homosexuality, but otherwise well-loved by the rest of his family.]] |
| 313 | |
| 314 | %%!! Cassie Jaeger |
| 315 | %%Class of 2012. |
| 316 | %%* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The blonde among Rick's first three love interests. |
| 317 | %%* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold |
| 318 | |
| 319 | !! [[spoiler:Jessica "Jessie" Kellehan]] |
| 320 | [[spoiler:A transfer student from Detroit, Michigan who moves to the neighborhood in the fall of 2008. Becomes the drummer of Tom, Oriel and Kristen's band. Class of 2010.]] |
| 321 | %%* BrainyBrunette |
| 322 | * CrisisOfFaith: [[spoiler:Struggles with one through most of the second season, due first to her wannabe RockAndRoll lifestyle and then her bisexuality, both of which are at her odds with her Mormon upbringing.]] |
| 323 | * HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: [[spoiler:As part of her rebellious streak, she claims to have had sex before, but in reality she's still a virgin, and stays that way the course of the series.]] |
| 324 | * IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler:When it's revealed she's been lying to her parents about her lifestyle, she is kicked out of the house and forced to find her own place.]] |
| 325 | %%* IfItsYouItsOkay: [[spoiler:Her feelings for Claire have this air about them.]] |
| 326 | %%* SeeminglyWholesome50sGirl |
| 327 | |
| 328 | !! Scott Kimble |
| 329 | Class of 2010. |
| 330 | %%* BreakTheCutie |
| 331 | %%* TheLoinsSleepTonight |
| 332 | %%* MurderTheHypotenuse |
| 333 | %%* NeverSuicide |
| 334 | * ShipperOnDeck: Ships Kent/Claire. Part of the reason Jimmy comes to hate him. |
| 335 | |
| 336 | !! Vanessa Lewis |
| 337 | Josh's largely unseen girlfriend. Class of 2009. |
| 338 | * TheGhost: Finally makes her first appearance in "[[LowerDeckEpisode The Valentine]]". |
| 339 | * PutOnABus: Leaves for UC Santa Cruz with Josh. |
| 340 | |
| 341 | !! Cameron [=McCarthy=] |
| 342 | Samara's boyfriend, for about two months in the fall of her sophomore/his senior year. Class of 2008. |
| 343 | * AmIJustAToyToYou: His reasoning for breaking up with Samara, after she treats him this way in her quest to be the best. |
| 344 | * BeardOfSorrow: Grows one after the breakup, despite his antagonism towards Samara. |
| 345 | %%* SacrificialLion |
| 346 | %%* StoutStrength |
| 347 | * WhatTheHellHero: After the breakup with Samara, he wants revenge - by means of [[InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube hijacking the school news feed]]. [[SubvertedTrope This never happens]], though, because instead Jimmy comes to him with [[MurderIsTheBestSolution other ideas]], which are again subverted when he chooses to help Cameron get back together with Samara - which turns out to be part of Jimmy's [[BatmanGambit plan to sleep with her]], so that doesn't work out either. |
| 348 | |
| 349 | !! Stacey Milano |
| 350 | Class of 2009. |
| 351 | %%* TheAlcoholic |
| 352 | %%* HardDrinkingPartyGirl |
| 353 | %%* LifeOfTheParty: The reason Josh broke up with her. |
| 354 | %%* MsFanservice |
| 355 | %%--> '''Holly''' : "I'm just saying, through no fault of her own, when skin needs showing, Stacey's often the one to oblige." |
| 356 | * PutOnABus: Upon graduation, leaves for UC Santa Barbara. |
| 357 | * OffTheWagon: She is turned to the drink again after several weeks of sobriety when Jimmy demeans her ForTheEvulz in "The Charm." |
| 358 | |
| 359 | !! Kristen Quigley |
| 360 | Oriel's "best" friend, and the bassist of their band. Class of 2011. |
| 361 | * EthicalSlut: Doesn't believe in emotional commitment. |
| 362 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: She and Oriel have known each other since childhood, and Kristen's father, as a musician himself, has a nice in-home studio that's perfect for the band to practice. Really, she didn't become a problem until [[TheirFirstTime her first time]]. |
| 363 | %%* GoodBadGirl |
| 364 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: ''Benefits'', which starts several years later, in which she and Rick [[spoiler:get married]]. |
| 365 | * HiddenDepths: For all the trouble caused by her sex drive, she turns out to be a pretty good singer/songwriter. Of course, this only intensifies the love-hate relationship she has with her bandmates. |
| 366 | %%* NobodyLovesTheBassist |
| 367 | %%* ReallyGetsAround |
| 368 | |
| 369 | !! Oriel Richards |
| 370 | Tom's girlfriend, who lives in Long Beach. With him and Kristen, the core of a rock band, for which she is the singer and alternates (with Tom) between guitarist and keyboardist. Class of 2011. |
| 371 | %%* BrainyBrunette |
| 372 | * EternallyPearlyWhiteTeeth: Justified, given that her mother is a dental hygenist. |
| 373 | * TheGhost: For a long while. Makes her first appearance in "The Charm" as Tom's date at the [[HighSchoolDance winter formal]]. |
| 374 | * LittleBlackDress: In "The Charm," her introduction, at the winter formal. |
| 375 | * LongDistanceRelationship: With Tom, who lives an hour away. |
| 376 | |
| 377 | !! Sloane Rivers |
| 378 | Scott's girlfriend, later Jimmy's. Class of 2010. |
| 379 | %%* CorruptTheCutie |
| 380 | * DeliverUsFromEvil: [[spoiler:Although her seeking out Rick while Jimmy is away was already an attempt at a HeelFaceTurn, getting pregnant by him seals the deal.]] |
| 381 | %%* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: After Jimmy has converted her to his side. |
| 382 | %%* FallenPrincess |
| 383 | %%* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor |
| 384 | %%* RedemptionEqualsDeath |
| 385 | |
| 386 | %%!!Tina Simpson |
| 387 | %%One of Milo's many trysts, who becomes a recurring character through season two and three after she gets pregnant with what she claims is his child. Class of 2009. |
| 388 | %%* AlphaBitch |
| 389 | %%* DumbBlonde |
| 390 | |
| 391 | %%!! Melanie Smith |
| 392 | %%Class of 2010. |
| 393 | %%* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The brawn of Holly's dance classmate trio. |
| 394 | %%* BewareTheNiceOnes |
| 395 | %%* FieryRedhead |
| 396 | %%* LipstickLesbian |
| 397 | %%* StatuesqueStunner |
| 398 | %%* TeamChef |
| 399 | |
| 400 | !! Dana South |
| 401 | Oriel's cousin. Class of 2007. |
| 402 | %%* AuthorAvatar: [[spoiler:A gender-flipped version.]] |
| 403 | %%* BrainyBrunette |
| 404 | %%* DistaffCounterpart: [[spoiler:To Kent, and the two of them become aware of this rather quickly.]] |
| 405 | * GottaCatchThemAll: [[spoiler:An avid birder, like Kent, but even more so.]] |
| 406 | %%* HeroOfAnotherStory |
| 407 | %%* NatureLover |
| 408 | * ThirdOptionLoveInterest: [[spoiler:For Kent (who is himself a ThirdOptionLoveInterest for her at the time), when Tom and Oriel try without much subtlety to set the two up.]] |
| 409 | |
| 410 | %%!! Nicole Sullivan. |
| 411 | %%[[Series/MadTV No, not]] [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible that one.]] Class of 2010. |
| 412 | %%* ShipperOnDeck: Like Scott, ships Kent/Claire. |
| 413 | |
| 414 | %%!! Veronica Taylor |
| 415 | %%[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} No, not that one.]] Class of 2012. |
| 416 | %%* HappilyAdopted |
| 417 | %%* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead |
| 418 | |
| 419 | !! Adam Vegerano |
| 420 | Class of 2011. |
| 421 | * TheCorruptible: In his introductory episode "The Charm," he is bribed by Jimmy to insult Stacey and [[OffTheWagon get her back in the drinking habit]]. After several weeks of this, he makes a HeelFaceTurn in "The Remedy"/"The Collision". |
| 422 | * MustMakeAmends: In "The Dance," he asks Stacey out in an attempt to do this. She insists that he prove himself ''before'' she accepts, which he manages to do. |
| 423 | * PunchclockVillain: Pretty much the only reason he continued to berate Stacey for so long was the money Jimmy was paying him to do it. |
| 424 | %%* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:To Albuquerque.]] |
| 425 | * RedemptionEqualsSex: Notably for Stacey, their GladToBeAliveSex after [[spoiler:Cameron's murder]] in "The Dance" is completely sober. |
| 426 | %%* TemporarilyAVillain |
| 427 | |
| 428 | !! Terra Verbinski |
| 429 | Class of 2010. |
| 430 | %%* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The brains of Holly's dance classmate trio. |
| 431 | %%* BrainyBrunette |
| 432 | * ClosetGeek: Secretly a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fan, until the [[Film/StarTrek2009 2009 film]] makes it cool for her to be open about it. |
| 433 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: Along with her older sister, a main character in a {{Superhero}} sequel series set in Chicago. |
| 434 | %%* NerdsAreSexy: See above. |
| 435 | |
| 436 | !! Ashley White |
| 437 | Class of 2011. |
| 438 | %%* DarkMistress |
| 439 | %%* GoldDigger |
| 440 | * LoveFatherLoveSon: [[spoiler:After several months of being with Rod, she starts to lust after Kent instead, seeing him as the younger, sexier version of his father. Kent is too disgusted to make reciprocation of those feelings possible.]] |
| 441 | %%* MayDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:With Rod.]] |
| 442 | %%* NakedFirstImpression |
| 443 | |
| 444 | !! Faith Wilson |
| 445 | Jimmy's childhood friend from Lincoln, Nebraska. Class of 2008. |
| 446 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: With Jimmy, until the two of them take the opportunity to fix that when he visits her at Thanksgiving. |
| 447 | * ChekhovsGunman: Twice. [[spoiler:First, she shows up in California in the summer of 2008, having followed Jimmy's casual suggestion to move there, and after hooking up with Skylar, who like her has become disillusioned by their mutual friend, she is framed for his murder. A year and a half later, she's released from prison and joins Kent, Claire and the others to help take Jimmy down once and for all.]] |
| 448 | * EthicalSlut: Though [[NoodleIncident we never find out]] ''exactly'' what her ethical excuse was. |
| 449 | * ReallyGetsAround: Until she consummates the {{UST}} she had with Jimmy. |
| 450 | * SexFaceTurn: Of a sort: following her encounter with [[{{Jerkass}} Jimmy]], she renounces her promiscuous ways. |
| 451 | * TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:A year and a half in prison for a murder you didn't commit and a grudge against your former childhood friend will do that to you.]] |
| 452 | [[/folder]] |
| 453 | |
| 454 | [[folder:Parents, Teachers and Other Adults]] |
| 455 | %%!! Roger Bowman |
| 456 | %%The high school drama teacher. |
| 457 | %%* TeamDad |
| 458 | |
| 459 | !! Diane Bowman |
| 460 | Roger's wife, and an English teacher at the high school. |
| 461 | * EmbarrassingLastName: [[spoiler:Her maiden name is Frickenburger]] It's why she uses her married name. |
| 462 | %%* StageMom |
| 463 | |
| 464 | %%!! Rebecca Clark |
| 465 | %%An attorney and past liaison of Rod's, whom he directs to Jimmy to provide him with a strong legal defense for his crimes. |
| 466 | %%* AmoralAttorney |
| 467 | %%* BrainyBrunette |
| 468 | %%* HelloAttorney |
| 469 | |
| 470 | !! Robert Fraser |
| 471 | Tom's father, an English professor. |
| 472 | * BadassBookworm: Teaches Creator/WilliamShakespeare to college kids, stopped a murderous StalkerWithACrush from harming his family. |
| 473 | %%* PapaWolf |
| 474 | |
| 475 | !! Samuel "Sam" Greene |
| 476 | Iris and Nathan's father, a police officer for the Glendale Police Department. |
| 477 | %%* FairCop |
| 478 | %%* FriendOnTheForce |
| 479 | * RevengeBeforeReason: After a while, Jimmy's status as a KarmaHoudini becomes too much for Sam, and he tries to arrest Jimmy without a solid case against him. [[spoiler:This mistake gets him killed.]] |
| 480 | |
| 481 | %%!! Marcus Gutierrez |
| 482 | %%Rusty's father. |
| 483 | |
| 484 | %%!! Sandra Gutierrez |
| 485 | %%Rusty's mother. |
| 486 | %%* HelloAttorney |
| 487 | |
| 488 | !! Mark Snow |
| 489 | Holly's father, a veterinarian. |
| 490 | %%* AwesomeAussie |
| 491 | * MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad: A literal case, when, after his daughter is insulted at Thanksgiving dinner by Rod, he takes the discussion outside - and loses. |
| 492 | %%* KindlyVet |
| 493 | * LandDownUnder: Originally from Melbourne. |
| 494 | |
| 495 | %%!! Pamela "Pam" Snow |
| 496 | %%[[spoiler: Holly's mother, a photographer, long estranged until she returns suddenly for Holly's 17th birthday.]] |
| 497 | %%* EightiesHair |
| 498 | %%* StacysMom: [[spoiler:If the reactions of the boys in Holly's life are any indication.]] |
| 499 | %%* MamaBear |
| 500 | |
| 501 | %%!! Roderick "Rod" Thomas |
| 502 | %%Kent's father, CEO of men's clothing franchise Roderick & Company. |
| 503 | %%* CorruptCorporateExecutive |
| 504 | %%* DirtyOldMan |
| 505 | %%* EvenEvilHasStandards |
| 506 | %%* {{Jerkass}} |
| 507 | %%* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Tyler's biological father.]] |
| 508 | %%* MayDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:With Ashley.]] |
| 509 | %%* MealTicket |
| 510 | %%* PapaWolf: Even if his reasoning is misplaced. |
| 511 | %%* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Sexist and homophobic. |
| 512 | %%* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney |
| 513 | |
| 514 | %%!! Gina Thomas |
| 515 | %%Kent's mother. |
| 516 | %%* BlondeRepublicanSexKitten |
| 517 | %%* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: She does more than her husband does, anyway. |
| 518 | %%* GoldDigger |
| 519 | %%* MamaBear |
| 520 | %%* SexySecretary: To her own husband. Not a point of pride. |
| 521 | |
| 522 | %%!! Lisa Zielinski |
| 523 | %%Claire's mother, a real estate agent. |
| 524 | %%* MamaBear |
| 525 | |
| 526 | !! Walter Zielinski |
| 527 | Claire's father, an astronaut. Lives in Houston, Texas. |
| 528 | * DisappearedDad: But gets to see Claire on holidays and some summers when one visits the other. |
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