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Associates of the Gallaghers
"Steve"/Jimmy Lishman
"Steve" / Jimmy Lishman
Portrayed By: Justin Chatwin (Seasons 1-3, 4-5)
- The Bus Came Back: Briefly returns in two episodes of Season 5 after being absent for the whole last season, only to leave again.
- Consummate Liar: Goes in hand with being a Gentleman Thief. His last action during his return in Season 5 is telling Fiona that he called off his work in Dubai to be with her, but then she later realizes that he was lying, and the work was called off for him.
- Dogged Nice Guy: To Fiona, before they get together for real.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Despite his own shady dealings, he is openly disgusted with Frank's actions. One particular example was when Frank broke Ian's nose for asking him about his shirt.
- Fingore: Had his finger broken by Estefania's father's right-hand man after trying to steal a car for profit.
- I Have Many Names: Has invariably been known on the show as Jimmy, but everyone else knew him from his alias of Steve. When he returns in the Season 4 finale, he's calling himself Jack.
- It's All About Me: During his return in Season 5, he doesn't care about Fiona being married and is certain that she'll leave Gus to be with him.
- Knight in Shining Armor: Tries to be this for Fiona in Season 1, often trying to give her money to buy new appliances or pay bills, or take her away for nights off and even offers to take her away to Costa Rica, where she wouldn't have to worry about taking care of the kids anymore, an offer she ultimately turns down. Season 3 finds him getting increasingly irritated by the actual responsibilities that living with the Gallaghers calls for, and his reappearance in Season 5 proves how little he's interested in Fiona's development.
- Love at First Sight: Was attracted to Fiona the moment he saw her, and remembers exactly what she wore that night, proving to her that he wasn't just making it up.
- Never Found the Body: Up for debate in the third season finale, but it was heavily implied throughout the episode that he was Killed Off for Real. Word of God was that Jimmy is dead, the lack of a death scene being due to filming complications. An added gunshot sound effect added to the Season 4 recap suggested he was indeed killed. However, at the end of Season 4 it is revealed that he was alive after all.
- Nice Guy: Yes, he can be a Jerkass but he is still a nice guy (compared to other people like Frank) and willing to start anew and become normal for Fiona, even going out of the way to buy braces for Carl with money he barely has. Not only that, he desperately wants to be Fiona's Knight in Shining Armor, if only everything wasn't fucked up for him and her. Illustrated perfectly when Monica slits her wrists, he was the first one to take action - say what you will about the guy but most people don't have the stomach to step up like that.
- Not Quite Dead: Revealed to be alive in the Season 4 finale Stinger.
- Put on a Bus: Twice. Once at the end of the third season finale, and again in Season 5, after coming back into Fiona's life and then only leaving again, this time by choice.
- Reformed Criminal: Although not by choice.
- Shotgun Wedding: To save his life, more then likely. He is married to Estefania, a Cartel leader's daughter.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: After repeatedly trying to persuade Fiona in the first two seasons that he could fit in well with the family, Season 3 sees him chafe under the pressure of life with the Gallaghers. Even though he has far fewer responsibilities than Fiona and fails to even find a job, he complains that Fiona sees him as only good for "changing diapers", and he expresses his frustration about Fiona deciding to take on guardianship of her siblings without consulting him first. In his reappearance in Season 5, he's much more selfish, getting in the way of Fiona's marriage and trying (yet again) to make her leave her family.
- Uptown Girl: Gender-inversion: He's from an incredibly wealthy family while trying to get with the paycheck-to-paycheck Fiona.
Tony Markovich
Tony Markovich
Portrayed By: Tyler Jacob Moore (Seasons 1-2, 4, 6)
A young police officer who is a family friend of the Gallaghers and regularly looks out for them.
- Betty and Veronica: The Betty to Jimmy/Steve's Veronica.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: After season 2, he only makes a few token appearances, and aside from a brief cameo in Season 6, he complete disappears afterwards.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: While he's not in a relationship with Fiona, he's so obsessed with being with her, that he does everything he can to bad mouth Steve, and even gets him arrested.
- Fair Cop: He's quite a handsome man.
- Nice Guy: For the most part, although the enmity between him and Steve brings out his Jerkass side.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: A good and reliable cop. After Sheila kidnaps Karen's baby, he and his partner see how horrible a person Karen is and how much Sheila loves the baby, and let her keep him, much to Karen's chagrin.
Tommy & Kermit
Tommy and Kermit
Kermit(left), Tommy(right)
Portrayed By: Michael Patrick McGill and Jim Hoffmaster (Seasons 1-11)
Two of the barflies at The Alibi who are (reluctant) acquaintances of Frank.
- The Alcoholic: Both, though downplayed to an extent, as they're not nearly as bad as Frank.
- Deadpan Snarker: Tommy is always snarking about whatever drama Kevin or Frank is currently involved in.
- Disappeared Dad: Tommy is implied to be this.
- The Eeyore: Kermit.
- Gag Penis: During Fiona's bachelorette party, the Alibi men (Kevin, Tommy, Kermit and Billy) dance on stage. Kermit's the only one to do the "Full Monty" and reveals he's packing quite a bit down below.
- Hidden Depths:
- Kermit occasionally reveals himself to be very knowledgeable on a variety of subjects, such as politics and science.
- Tommy is a skilled construction worker and immediately takes control of the project to renovate the laundromat
- Those Two Guys: Are rarely seen apart.
Sierra Morton
Sierra Morton
Portrayed By: Ruby Modine (Seasons 7-8)
A single mom and employee of Fiona's, who Lip starts dating in Season 7.
- Berserk Button: Flips out when Lip says that she's "good for [him]," telling him that she's not around to help him fix his problems.
- Broken Bird: Is this towards the end of season 8 after finding out her father, who she watched kill her mother, was released from prison
- Dark and Troubled Past: In season 8, it's revealed that her father killed her mother in front of her and threatened to kill Sierra herself if she told anyone.
- Mama Bear: She's very protective of her son, Lucas.
- Ms. Fanservice: Gets more than a few nude scenes, and her work uniform is pretty tight-fitting and revealing.
- Nice Girl: An easygoing, friendly employee and good girlfriend to Lip.
Estefania
Estefania
Portrayed By: Stephanie Fantauzzi (Seasons 2-3)
Jimmy/Steve's wife, only because he was working with her father, who's a drug lord.
- Domestic Abuse: Her boyfriend Marco abuses her, and she ends up crashing at the Gallaghers for a while.
- Mafia Princess: Her father is a big-time drug lord and he spoils her quite a lot. She generally seems oblivious to her father's true occupation.
- Ms. Fanservice: With some Foreign Fanservice mixed in due to her Brazilian origins. She's always in something tight or skimpy.
- Spoiled Sweet: Is a generally nice girl who just wants to live a normal life and is nowhere near as nasty as her mob boss father is.
Bill Darrgen
Bill Darrgen
Portrayed By: John Aylward (Season 7)
Monica's long-estranged father and maternal grandfather to the Gallagher kids.
- Due to the Dead: He pays to have a proper funeral service for Monica while Fiona would have been just fine cremating her.
- Last Episode, New Character: He makes his debut in the Season 7 finale.
- Papa Wolf: As soon as he's let into the house, he makes a beeline for Frank, holding him responsible for corrupting Monica as well as her death.
Associates of Frank Gallagher
Bianca Samson
Bianca Samson
"When I woke up this morning, this is not how I saw my day ending. With a derelict, getting stoned."
Portrayed By: Bojana Novakovic (Season 5)
A young doctor who treats Frank during one of his many hospital visits. She soon reveals that she is dying of cancer, and gets Frank to help her fulfill a bucket list of sorts before she goes.
- Deadpan Snarker: Has her moments, especially when she first meets Frank.
- Driven to Suicide: Takes her own life by swimming out into the ocean to avoid a slow death from cancer.
- Florence Nightingale Effect: Averted; their relationship doesn't start blossoming until they're out of the hospital.
- Hospital Hottie: She is a very attractive doctor.
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Played with. Frank certainly sees her as this, but much of it comes from Bianca's attempts to deal with her cancer and live life to the fullest before she dies. In a way, he's also sort of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl for her.
- Ms. Fanservice: Has quite a few nude scenes.
Mikey O'Shea
Mikey O'Shea
Portrayed By: Luis Guzman (Seasons 9, 10)
A homeless alcoholic and scam artist rivaling Frank himself in terms of expertly working the angles. He and Frank compete against each other in a social media contest to become the "Hobo Loco Man", an ad campaign for a new alcohol brand, and he later reappears for a string of episodes to reconnect with Frank.
- The Alcoholic: When tested at the Hobo Loco contest, his blood alcohol level was higher than Frank's.
- Birds of a Feather: One of the few people to have a genuine friendship with Frank, predominantly because of how similar they are.
- Brilliant, but Lazy: Much like Frank, he has a very sharp and devious mind, but he'd much rather use his talents to screw over minor institutions and feed his addictions than actually try and make something of himself.
- Hobo Gloves: Wears them throughout "The Hobo Games", as part of his exaggerated homeless look.
- You See, I'm Dying: In his last episode, he reveals to Frank that he is suffering from kidney disease. He punches a cop to get himself sent to prison to make the most of their free healthcare.
- War Refugees: When he turns up again in season 10, he is panhandling in the streets by pretending to be a war veteran who had both legs blown off in an explosion.
Associates of Fiona Gallagher
Jasmine Hollander
Jasmine Hollander
Portrayed By: Amy Smart (Seasons 1-2)
A classmate of Fiona's who introduces her to the world of lavish parties and men.
- Everybody Must Get Stoned: She constantly tries to get everyone to do a line of coke.
- Foil: Seems to be this to Fiona.
- Girl on Girl Is Hot: Is a very firm believer in this.
- Gold Digger: Cheats on her husband with rich older men.
- Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Her defining characteristic.
- Life of the Party: She's always trying to lighten the mood, and get everyone to loosen up.
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Tries to be this to Fiona and her friends.
- Stepford Smiler: She's married, and uses that façade when she's helping around the classroom and her three kids.
- Whatever Happened to the Mouse?: The last we hear of her is when she's kicked out of the Gallagher house, never to be seen again.
Mike Pratt
Mike Pratt
Portrayed By: Jake McDorman (Seasons 3-4)
Fiona's boss, the manager of sales for a company that makes paper cups, who she soon starts dating.
- Betty and Veronica: For Fiona, Mike is the Betty to his brother Robbie's Veronica.
- The Dutiful Son: Unlike his brother, he cares about his family and responsibilities.
- The Generic Guy: A self-aware example. He's nice and holds down a steady job, but is fairly vanilla. He lampshades this in his breakup conversation with Fiona, apologizing for "not being more interesting".
- Nice Guy: Unfortunately for him, Fiona's not really into that.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: The Nice Guy to Robbie's Jerkass.
- Uptown Girl: A genderswapped variant, with Fiona the poor half of the relationship and Mike the yuppie.
- Wealthy Yacht Owner
- White Sheep: Is this to his brother's Black Sheep.
Robbie Pratt
Robbie Pratt
Portrayed By: Nick Gehlfuss (Season 4)
Mike's brother, a recovering alcoholic who soon starts an affair with Fiona.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Is a pretty horrible and selfish person, but Fiona finds herself attracted to him anyway.
- Betty and Veronica: The Veronica to Mike's Betty, as far as Fiona's concerned.
- Black Sheep: He's let his family down a lot and takes advantage of the leeway they give him. He even dresses in black all the time.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Has betrayed his family a lot in the past, making him a Black Sheep, though his parents still hold out hope for him changing for the better.
- Functional Addict: Is able to handle most other drugs fine, but alcohol is his main weakness.
- It's All About Me: Robbie doesn't seem to give a shit about anyone but himself.
- Jerkass: An absolute douchebag.
- Mirror Character: He’s very similar to Frank as he is selfish, likes to do drugs and is careless, which is clear when he lets Mike into his home, even though Fiona was hiding from him. Fiona even lampshades this when he brings coke to her as a birthday gift.
- The Millstone: Manages to singlehandedly almost completely screw up Fiona's life in Season 4.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: Whereas Mike is a nice and responsible boyfriend, Robbie is selfish and manipulative.
- Troubled, but Cute: Still pretty handsome.
Sean Pierce
Sean Pierce
"All it would take to make everything I'm feeling go away is one visit to a street corner. Bobby, Kilpatrick and Maypole. Needle, spoon, little bag of dope. 'Cause if I move, that's where I'm going. So I'm not gonna move. I'm gonna try like hell not to move."
Portrayed By: Dermot Mulroney (Seasons 4-6, 8)
A parolee and former heroin junkie who gives Fiona a job at his restaurant in the Season 4 finale. After a lot Unresolved Sexual Tension, they finally get together at the end of Season 5, and they then get engaged in the second half of Season 6.
- Age-Gap Romance: Sean is roughly twenty years older than Fiona.
- Dark and Troubled Past: He was a heroin addict, after all, and was jailed for killing someone while he was high.
- Hot-Blooded: Generally fairly calm and collected, but prone to serious anger at times. Frank in particular is very good at bringing this out.
- Office Romance: Has an obvious crush on Fiona, his employee, which eventually blossoms into a full relationship.
- Off the Wagon: Briefly starts using again in the middle of Season 6. In the Season 6 finale, it's revealed - on his and Fiona's wedding day, no less - that he has in fact fully relapsed and is back to regularly abusing heroin.
- Recovered Addict: At first.
- Sleeping with the Boss: The boss to Fiona's employee.
Gail Johnson
Gail Johnson
Portrayed By: Regina King (Season 4)
The probation officer of Fiona's, after the latter is arrested for child endangerment when Liam accidentally sniffs cocaine.
- Birds of a Feather: She and Fiona are both born and raised in South Side.
- Satellite Character: She only appears in the latter half of Season 4 and isn't seen again after Fiona's house arrest is up. Justified, as she was likely on another probation case.
Gus Pfender
Gus Pfender
Portrayed By: Steve Kazee (Seasons 5-6)
A musician who meets, hooks up with, and then marries Fiona in very quick succession during Season 5.
- Butt-Monkey: Spends the majority of his marriage to Fiona being cheated on.
- The Cast Show Off: Steve Kazee has a very good singing voice, and has won Tony Awards for his performances in Broadway musicals.
- Fourth-Date Marriage: Marries Fiona after knowing her for only a few weeks.
- "The Hero Sucks" Song: Writes a blistering one of these about Fiona after they break up, called "The F Word."
- My Own Private "I Do": He and Fiona's sudden marriage is this.
- Nice Guy: And as usual, Fiona doesn't know how to handle it.
- Satellite Love Interest: Has relatively few scenes apart from Fiona.
Etta Teasdale
Etta Teasdale
Portrayed By: June Squibb (Season 7)
The elderly owner of Wendell's Laundromat.
- Crazy Cat Lady: An old lady with dementia and cats? Check.
- Eating Pet Food: Due to her dementia, she has no problem with eating cat food, much to Fiona's chagrin.
- Put on a Bus: Fiona has her put into assisted living near the end of Season 7.
- Racist Grandma: Sometimes spouts out incendiary remarks about minorities, but she's clearly off her rocker so no one really gets mad at her.
- Scatterbrained Senior: Not only has she forgotten that Fiona bought the place, but she also eats cat food and starts splurging her money on luxuries like a large TV, a hot tub, and a wine rack.
Nessa Chabon
Nessa Chabon
Portrayed By: Jessica Szohr (Season 8)
A tenant of Fiona's apartment building.
- Birds of a Feather: Like Fiona, she's snarky, resourceful and hard.
- Deadpan Snarker: Has her moments. It's how she and Fiona strike up a friendship.
- Has a Type: She likes her girlfriends "blonde and bitchy".
- Lipstick Lesbian: Likes the ladies and is pretty feminine.
Associates of Lip Gallagher
Amanda
Amanda
"My parents started me on violin lessons when I was three. SAT prep when I was 12. I'm a walking stereotype. For Christ's sake, I'm a math major."
Portrayed By: Nichole Sakura (Seasons 4-6)
Lip's college roommate's girlfriend, who soon starts up a semi-open... thing with him, which eventually becomes more serious.
- Asian and Nerdy: She even lampshades this: "I'm even a Math major", and notes her parents expect her to be a doctor. Hence, Lip's surprised when he finds out that she's the adopted daughter of an upper class white couple.
- Best Served Cold: Takes revenge on Lip dumping her for Helene by leaking a nude photo of Helene sleeping in Lip's dorm, which leads to Helene's career tanking, her relationship with Lip ending, and Lip going haywire.
- Brainy Brunette: Cute, and with an obvious social life, and good taste in clothes.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Amanda does not take it well at all when Lip's affair with his college professor gets serious, and in Season 6, succeeds in driving them apart and doing serious damage to the professor's career by leaking a photograph of her lying nude in his dorm room onto Twitter.
- Her own bit on the side, Muff, is just as bad, refusing to accept it when Amanda ends things between them.
- Dating What Daddy Hates: Part of why she's attracted to Lip.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: Is pretty cold and standoffish to Lip until he brings in Liam, who she immediately fawns over.
- Ethical Slut: She's saving herself for her future husband, but she's ready for lots of other stuff all the time and makes sure to put plenty of "BJ Break" time on Lip's schedule. By Season 5, however, she's totally in love with him and doesn't mind losing her virginity to him at her parents' place.
- Genki Girl: As Lip's roommate points out, the only way to get her to be quiet for a couple of minutes is while she gives a blowjob; though she's less excessively over-the-top energetic than some examples of this trope.
- Happily Adopted: Zigzagged - her parents do love her but often find themselves appalled by how she often goes out of her way to shock them.
- Meaningful Name: Has the same name as one of Lip's other prominent love interests Mandy, though she goes by the fuller/more formal version, highlighting her uptown status.
- Nerd Glasses: Sports some big glasses.
- Put on a Bus: Leaves school during Season 6 after getting harassed for doxxing Helene and Lip's relationship.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: She's not only a math major at an elite school, but a talented artist.
- Uptown Girl: The rich girl to Lip's poor guy.
Professor Helene Runyon-Robinson
Professor Helen Runyon-Robinson
Portrayed By: Sasha Alexander (Seasons 5-7)
One of Lip's college professors, an attractive older woman he soon begins an affair with.
- The Beard: It's very subtly implied that her husband might not be straight.
- Mrs. Robinson: Lip is apparently not the first twenty-something guy that she's had an affair with.
- Murder the Hypotenuse: At one point, she seems to suggest that Lip murder her husband. It's very ambiguous as to whether she was joking or not.
- Stacy's Mom: She may be old enough to be Lip's mother (and has a son his age), but that doesn't make her any less attractive.
- Teacher/Student Romance: Her and Lip's affair when it starts turning a bit more serious. It doesn't end well at all for either of them when it's discovered by the school board.
- Unequal Pairing: Due to her being Lip's teacher. Even though Lip insists he was a willing participant, the power dynamic is still under harsh scrutiny.
Professor Clyde Youens
Professor Clyde Youens
Portrayed By: Alan Rosenberg (Seasons 6-8)
A college professor and mentor of Lip's.
- The Alcoholic: To the extent that Lip tends to regularly run classes that Professor Youens is too intoxicated to attend. It's also what makes him so determined to help Lip with his own struggles with alcoholism.
- Broken Pedestal: Lip gets this after Youens shows up to court drunk, with little care for the fact that he'll be put in prison for a long time for his DUI, admitting that he "chose booze".
- Character Death: Dies of a stroke off-screen whilst going through alcohol withdrawal in prison.
- Cool Old Guy: Continues to look out for Lip, even after Lip smashes up his car in a drunken rage.
- Determinator: Refuses to give up on Lip.
- Dirty Old Man: Frequently leers at young women nearly half his age.
- Good Counterpart: To Frank. Both are intelligent, middle-aged alcoholics who have been father figures to Lip. However, while Frank threw his promising future down the toilet, has no intention of ever stopping his drinking, doesn't give a shit about his kids and actively encourages their own substance abuse, Youens has a distinguished career, makes regular attempts to sober up, and goes out of his way to help Lip and encourage him to quit drinking.
- Parental Substitute: Has become this for Lip, to a degree.
Tami Tamietti
Tami Tamietti
Portrayed By: Kate Miner (Seasons 8-11)
- I Shall Taunt You : After the aforementioned coitus, Tami insults Lip most of the time. It's unclear if she's just playing or is a raging bitch, but either way it hooks Lip.
- Law of Inverse Fertility: Zig-Zagged. Tami doesn't seem to have much trouble getting pregnant, but it's very, very bad for her to carry a baby to term. Also shown with Cami, whose second child is born with a hole in his heart.
- This seems to be forgotten by the end of Season 11, when Tami announces she thinks she may be pregnant again. The fate of Tami's second pregnancy (though it seems she and Lip will be going through with it) is one of many narrative threads left in the air by the end of the season.
- Statuesque Stunner : Tall and blonde, Tami stands considerably taller than Lip.
Brad Young
Brad Young
Portrayed By: Scott Michael Campbell (Seasons 8-11)
- The Alcoholic : Not just one of many, Brad is Lip's AA sponsor, who takes Lip under his wing and gives him a job fixing motorcycles at Born Free. However, he does relapse a couple of times.
- Cannot Tell a Lie : After Lip, Mickey, and Brad steal from Born Free, Brad has to be handcuffed to Tami's steering wheel to prevent him from turning himself in. This is before the cops have even talked to him.
- Henpecked Husband : Boyfriend and later husband to Cami Tamietti, Tami's sister. He does what his wife wants and doesn't argue.
Associates of Ian Gallagher
Kash
Kash
Portrayed By: Pej Vahdat (Seasons 1-2)
A closeted gay Muslim man who was both Ian's employer and boyfriend.
- Age-Gap Romance: He is in his 30s and has a relationship with Ian, who is 15.
- Armored Closet Gay: He is very deep in the closet, due to being both married and a Muslim.
- Betty and Veronica: Kash starts out as the "Betty" in contrast to Mickey's "Veronica" for Ian's "Archie". It doesn't stay like that.
- Betty and Veronica Switch: Kash starts as a rather caring, supporting boyfriend to Ian who's stuck in his now loveless marriage and has more history with him; Mickey, on the other hand, first appears robbing and humiliating Kash and trying to kill Ian for a misunderstanding with his sister. Gradually, both switch places: Kash falls out with Ian after revealing his cowardly side and unwillingness to come to terms with himself and Mickey falls in love with Ian and they start sleeping together, with the implication that Ian was Mickey's Closet Key. Both clash over this when Mickey is amiably stealing from Kash and he shoots him with little provocation for sleeping with Ian.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: His reaction to Mickey taunting him by stealing a candy bar from his store right in front of him, minutes after catching Ian and Mickey having sex in the storeroom, is to shoot Mickey! Though he was already doubtlessly stoked with memories of Mickey hitting and robbing him, he's never moved to action until he catches them together.
- Dirty Coward: One of the defining reasons why his and Ian's relationship collapses. Kash is a decent-ish guy and likes Ian, but he's so in denial of his own sexuality he's willing to be a doormat to anyone, his wife included. Not to say, a rather pushover pacifist who can't even confront someone over stealing the store in front of him. Eventually, he leaves his pregnant wife for a younger man, because he can't handle the fact that he's gay.
- Extreme Doormat: Deconstructed. His unwillingness to stand up for himself leads him to dismiss Ian in public (which alienates him), be a Henpecked Husband to his wife (which makes him a bad security guard when it comes to Mickey Milkovich and his gang and an even worse administrator) and to be so in denial of his own sexuality he gives in to his wife's proposition to get her pregnant in exchange for keeping the secret. It reaches its logical conclusion when it transforms him into the villain of his own story, leaving with a new lover in spite of his pregnant wife and children (supposedly the reason why he stayed in the closet).
- Karma Houdini: Gets away with shooting Mickey without any repercussions too, since Mickey was so scared of being outed that he went along with Kash's self-defense excuse and was sent to juvie.
- Put on a Bus: Disappears after Season 2.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: He was always decent by comparison, even if some of his actions spoke volumes of his less savory traits. However, soon after shooting Mickey, he abandons the store and his family, including his bed-bound and pregnant wife, to abruptly run off with a younger man.
- Think of the Children!: The only reason why he stays with his wife is to be near his kids. It doesn't stop him from leaving them when he reaches a boiling point.
Trevor
Trevor
Portrayed By: Elliot Fletcher (Seasons 7-8)
Ian's boyfriend after his break-up from Caleb, a volunteer worker who helps at-risk youth (particularly LGBT kids).
- Betty and Veronica: The Betty to Mickey's Veronica.
- Berserk Button: Don't remind Trevor of his previous name or any indication of his past. Bonds with Ian over his driver's license.
- Gag Penis: Played with. He has several made of silicone, but he and Ian go shopping for one that Ian likes more.
- Mythology Gag: In Series 11 of the original UK version, Ian is mentioned to be marrying a transman, providing the basis for Trevor here in the US version.
- Nice Guy: Friendly, helps homeless LGBT youth, is nice to Monica, and is a supportive boyfriend to Ian.
Associates of Debbie Gallagher
Holly Herkimer
Holly Herkimer
Portrayed By: Dove Cameron (Season 2), Danika Yarosh (Seasons 4-5)
One of Debbie's classmates who is very promiscuous, and is a prostitute.
- Alpha Bitch: She is pretty, popular and mean.
- Beauty Is Bad: She's pretty on the outside, rotten on the inside.
- Book Dumb: It's been said that she's been in the 3rd grade four times.
- Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: What Debbie thinks of her.
- Fille Fatale: She knows very much what men want.
- False Friend: To Debbie
- Likes Older Men: She tries to have sex with Lip, who is about 5-6 years older than her, and tries to encourage Debbie to date Matty, who's about 20 years old.
- Slut-Shaming: Does this to Debbie, after she finds out the latter raped Matty.
- Villainous Crush: Both Lip and Carl.
Matty Baker
Matty Baker
Portrayed By: James Allen Mc Cune (Seasons 4-5)
Debbie's first "boyfriend".
- Age-Gap Romance: Zig-zagged. He hits the brakes on any potential romance Debbie, who was 13, because he was 20 years old. However, Debbie still believes they are in a relationship and eventually loses her virginity by raping him.
- Black Comedy Rape: Debbie rapes him, but she takes it as a triumph because she lost her virginity to him. And none of the other Gallaghers find it odd that she slept with him while he was intoxicated.
- Everyone Has Standards: He's rightfully uncomfortable when Debbie tries seducing him, and angrily breaks up with her after she takes advantage of him while he's drunk.
- Nice Guy: He's one of the nicest people on the show, which is the main reason why Debbie likes him.
- Put on a Bus: After Debbie took advantage of him while he was drunk.
Derek Delgado
Derek Delgado
Portrayed By: Luca Oriel (Seasons 5-6, 8)
Debbie's first real boyfriend.
- The Bus Came Back: After being gone for over a couple seasons, he comes back in Season 8.
- Disappeared Dad: Is gone long before his daughter is born.
- Rescue Romance: Debbie gets a crush on him after he rescues her from a fight she started.
- Satellite Love Interest: The vast majority of his scenes are with Debbie.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: His reaction when when he realizes that Debbie intends to keep their child.
- Too Dumb to Live: Derek stole a tank from his military base while drunk and drove it into the Suez Canal, not even trying to get out because he thought it was a submarine.
Neil Morton
Neil Morton
Portrayed By: Zack Pearlman (Seasons 7-8)
Sierra's handicapped and brain-damaged brother who Debbie starts going out with.
- Brutal Honesty: He has no filter between his brain and his mouth due to the brain damage, requiring Sierra and Debbie to let him know it.
- Hidden Depths: Used to be a talented athlete before his accident.
- Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: After realizing Debbie was only using him and has been going behind his back, he leaves her for his nurse.
- Nice Guy: Even with his Brutal Honesty, he's sweet with Franny and tells Debbie that she's a good mother.
- Staged Pedestrian Accident: He partakes in one of Frank and Monica's scams to rob a casino bus full of elderly people by falling in front of a bus.
Claudia Nicolo
Claudia Nicolo
Portrayed By: Constance Zimmer (Season 10)
Debbie's much older girlfriend. She showers Debbie with expensive things, but things get complicated when Debbie meets Claudia's teenage daughter Julia.
- May–December Romance: Claudia is in her late forties, nearly thirty years older than Debbie.
- Meal Ticket : Downplayed. She constantly buys Debbie with things and seems to see her as a potential Trophy Wife, when she introduces Debbie to her friends.
Julia Nicolo
Julia Nicolo
Portrayed By: Alison Jaye (Season 10)
- Black Comedy Rape : Where to begin? After Claudia finds out that Debbie slept with both of them, she charges Debbie with statutory rape, despite Debbie only being ten months older than Julia. It's Played for Laughs, including Franny decorating Debbie's ankle monitor with stickers and Debbie sharing sex offender stories with the other parents dropping off their kids.
- Bratty Teenage Daughter : She comes across this way but she's really starving for her mother's attention. Claudia responds by body shaming her and trying to buy her love.
- Dawson Casting: Alison Jaye portrays a character younger than Debbie, but the actress is three years older than Emma Kenney.
- Double Standard: Rape, Female on Female: In typical Shameless fashion, the show craps all over the trope. Subverted at first when Debbie is charged with statutory rape of Julia—the morning she's charged, Julia is sleeping with Carl, and no mention is made of his activities with her. Averted when the consequences of being a sex offender start to sink in, and Debbie can't get work..Then inverted HARD when the sex offender site places Julia's age at SEVEN rather than seventeen. At this point the trope goes out the window when Debbie leans into her status as a hot lesbian convict handywoman and builds a business on it.
- Two-Timer Date : Debbie agrees to go to Julia's prom, on the same night she's invited to Claudia's birthday dinner with her friends. Awkwardness and much running ensues.
Associates of Carl Gallagher
Bonnie
Bonnie
Portrayed By: Morgan Lily (Season 4)
Carl's first girlfriend, who he meets in detention. She is a troublemaker like him, and also a homeless girl who lives in a van with several other siblings.
- Birds of a Feather: With Carl.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Implied. She mentions to Carl that she doesn't like sex, and it is later mentioned it had something to do with one of her mothers boyfriends.
- Delinquent: Like Carl. Her ideas of fun include raiding vending machines and armed robbery.
- Pet the Dog: Her relationship with Carl, and the fact that she robs stores to help care of her younger siblings.
- Shadow Archetype: To Fiona, both of whom are the eldest sisters responsible for several siblings. However, the state of Bonnie's family is worse considering they live in a van.
Dominique Winslow
Dominique Winslow
Portrayed By: Jaylen Barron (Seasons 6-7)
Carl's girlfriend.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Revealed as this in Season 7, when she cheats on Carl.
- Blatant Lies: Refuses to give oral sex to Carl because he's not circumcised, leading to him blowing all of his money to get a painful circumcision... Only for him to find out later that she has no issue with other uncircumcised boys.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: Initially, she regarded Carl and his gangster act with nothing but disdain and amusement. After he escapes the gang life and drops the tough guy facade, she begins to fall for him.
- Manipulative Bastard: Intentionally makes Carl pop his circumcision stitches for her own amusement, and later tries to get him to abandon military school to wait for her — until her father reveals to Carl that she's already seeing someone else.
- Morality Pet: For Carl. His feelings for her are a big part of what motivates him to stay on the straight and narrow. This changes in Season 7.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: In Season 7, she goes from being the thoroughly nice girl and Morality Pet for Carl that she was in Season 6 to callously manipulating and repeatedly cheating on him.
Sergeant Luther Winslow
Sergeant Luther Winslow
"If I find out you've been fucking my daughter, I'm going to kill you."
Portrayed By: Peter Macon (Seasons 6-7)
The overprotective cop father of Carl's girlfriend Dominique.
- Baritone of Strength: Has a very deep, intimidating voice.
- Papa Wolf: He lets Carl know he doesn't like or want to like him. Eventually does grow to like Carl and even says he feels a sense of responsibility towards him in Season 7.
- Parental Substitute: Becomes this for Carl.
- Scary Black Man: Even once he starts to soften around Carl, he still has to capacity to easily frighten him.
