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1!! Emma Becker
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3-> Played by Creator/AlexandraChando
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5Sutton's twin sister and a girl who has moved from foster home to foster home despite being initially adopted by a rich family in Beverly Hills. She switches places with Sutton to escape accusations made by her last foster brother. Is the [[PolarOppositeTwins nicer and more thoughtful twin]].
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7* AdaptationNameChange: In the books, her name is Emma Paxton.
8* CoolBigSis: Is a much better sister than Sutton to Laurel.
9%%* TheHero
10%%* NiceGirl
11* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible to Sutton's Foolish.
12%%* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: With Sutton.
13* PolarOppositeTwins: Is much less outspoken, nicer and generally more thoughtful than Sutton.
14%%* {{Tomboy}}: To Sutton's [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Girly Girl]].
15
16!! Sutton Mercer
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18The adopted daughter of the Mercers and Emma's twin sister. She lived happily as a rich girl in Phoenix until she discovered she had a twin after coming home from a trip to Paris, she decides to go to LA and look for their biological mother.
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20%%* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Probably why she dated Ethan.
21* AlphaBitch: Played with, she has some of the characteristics (Popular, Manipulative and wants to be Homecoming/Prom Queen) but she doesn't care enough to truly become one.
22%%* BookDumb
23* BrilliantButLazy
24* TheChessmaster: Sutton was already shown as quite the chessmaster but the season finale revealed that [[spoiler: she was collaborating with her mother Rebecca.]]
25%%* [[spoiler: DisneyDeath]]
26%%* [[spoiler:TheDragon]]
27* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Foolish to Emma's Responsible.
28* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: With Emma and Laurel.
29* HeelFaceTurn: She eventually comes to realize Rebecca can't be trusted and decides to help Emma.
30%%* TheLancer
31* PolarOppositeTwins: Is more manipulative, outspoken and much meaner than Emma.
32* PosthumousCharacter: In the books, she is dead, but her spirit watches over Emma as she tries to figure out who killed her.
33* SparedByAdaptation: But She's very much alive in the show.
34* [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Girly Girl]]: To Emma's Tomboy.
35* PreppyName
36* RichBitch
37
38!! Madeline "Mads" Rybak
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40-> Played by Creator/AliceGreczyn
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42* AmbiguouslyBrown: Her actress' heritage is a mix of ethnicities/races.
43* BigBrotherWorship: Is very close to Thayer.
44* HotForTeacher: Her dance teacher to be exact, her father was not amused.
45
46!! Thayer Rybak
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48-> Played by Creator/ChristianAlexander
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50Alec's son and Mads' older brother. He is keeping the twins' secret and helping them solve their mysteries. Was an UnluckyChildhoodFriend for Sutton but recently developed feelings for Emma.
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52* DoggedNiceGuy: To Sutton.
53* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn / EvilAllAlong]]: Which is true, nor his motivations will never be revealed
54* FakeGuestStar
55* PreppyName
56* SecretKeeper
57* TheSmartGuy
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59!! Laurel Mercer
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61-> Played by Creator/AllieGonino
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63%%* BetaCouple: With Justin.
64%%* BigSisterWorship
65%%* BigSisterInstinct: To Sutton.
66%%* TheCastShowoff
67%%* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: With Sutton.
68%%* PreppyName
69
70!! Ethan Whitehorse
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72-> Played by Creator/BlairRedford
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74Sutton's boyfriend who ends up falling in love with Emma.
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76* TheBigGuy
77* RaceLift: In the books, he's the blond-haired, blue-eyed, astronomy-nerd Ethan Landry.
78* SecretKeeper
79* SiblingTriangle
80
81!! Ted Mercer
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83-> Played by Creator/AndyBuckley
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85Sutton's adoptive father and birth father of Laurel. Is married to Kristin and best friends with Alec. He has several secrets, several revolving around both Annies and Justin.
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87* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather]]: He didn't know about Emma though.
88* PreppyName
89
90!! Kristin Mercer
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92-> Played by Creator/HelenSlater
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94Sutton's adoptive mother and birth mother of Laurel. Is married to Ted and oblivious of many of his secrets.
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96* HeroicSafeMode: [[spoiler: In the finale, after Rebecca confirms her fears of her and Ted's affair, she switches to HeroicBSOD when Ted makes his speech at the engagement party]].
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98!! Alec Rybak
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100-> Played by Creator/AdrianPasdar
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102The Phoenix District Attorney and father to Mads and Thayer. Can be controlling and may have some secrets. Is best friends with Ted and beginning a relationship with Rebecca Sewell.
103
104* BigBad
105* FakeGuestStar
106* PreppyName
107
108!! Annie 'Rebecca' Sewell
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110-> Played by Creator/CharismaCarpenter
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112* [[spoiler: BigBad]]
113* [[spoiler: [[LukeIAmYourFather Sutton And Emma I Am Your Mother]]]]: She only tells Sutton though.
114* [[spoiler: ManBehindTheMan]]
115
116!! Char Chamberlain
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118-> Played by Creator/KirstenProut
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120One of Sutton's TrueCompanions. She's initially suspicious of Emma's actions in Sutton's place, but eventually embraces it as a new direction in their friendship.
121
122* DemotedToExtra
123* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Was initially worried about this when her friends started keeping secrets from her, she gets better.
124* PutOnABus
125
126!! Nisha Randall
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128-> Played by Creator/SharonPierreLouis
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130An ex-friend of Sutton's who is technically the series AlphaBitch, she's not as [[AdvertisedExtra profilic]] as her character type is on other shows. She still seems to want to be friends with Sutton and is mean to her as a means to get her back for [[NoodleIncident whatever she did.]]
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132* AdvertisedExtra
133* AlphaBitch
134* DemotedToExtra
135* RaceLift: In the books, Nisha (whose last name there is Banerjee) is Indian. In the show, she's African-American, with the last name Randall.
136* RichBitch
137
138!! Justin Miller
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140-> Played by Creator/RandyWayne
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142Laurel's first official boyfriend and a golf jock. He pretends to be as wealthy as the other Arroyo but is actually secretly living in a foreclosed home. He tells Laurel that his parents dies years ago in a car crash [[spoiler: but later in series it's revealed he has ulterior motives. ]]
143
144* BecomingTheMask
145* BetaCouple: With Laurel
146* JerkJock: Averted, he's pretty nice.
147* InLoveWithTheMark
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