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Characters Introduced in the First Movie
Mr. McKenzie
Mr. McKenzie
Played by: Anthony Head
- Abusive Parents: He's distant and openly mocking towards his only child.
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: After treating Will rather poorly during their one and only scene together, he's shown tearing up with pride at the sight of a picture of him having fun on vacation with Alison at the end of the first movie.
- Brutal Honesty: Bluntly tells his son that he didn't invite him to his second wedding because he's awkward around other people, and does so in a way that makes it seem like he intended it to be reassuring.
- Deadpan Snarker: He shares Will's dry sense of humor, though since he directs all of his snarking towards Will, his son, during his one major scene, it only serves to make him seem like a massive prick.
- Dirty Old Man: He's at least 50 and married to a woman only a few years older than Will.
- Foil: To Jay's dad. They're both the verbally abusive fathers of one of the protagonists, but Jay's dad is a crass and bullish Lower-Class Lout while Will's dad is an aloof and condescending Rich Bitch.
- The Ghost: In the series, he's often mentioned but never appears. He finally shows up in the flesh at the beginning of the first movie.
- Hidden Depths:
- He cries tears of joy once he finds out Will has a girlfriend, hinting that he does love his son in his own aloof way.
- "Will's Birthday" reveals that he was the one between Will's parents who kept track of how old their son was; without him, Polly got his age off by a year.
- Jerkass: The first we see of him, he's treating his own son Will like a joyless chore and rubbing his social awkwardness in his face.
- Jerkass Has a Point: While pointlessly cruel, he was in all likelihood correct that Will would have been incredibly uncomfortable and unhappy attending a wedding between him and the woman he left his mother for.
- Kavorka Man: He's a sour-faced middle-aged man married to a beautiful woman nearly the same age as his son, while his ex-wife is also noted in-universe to be absolutely gorgeous. It probably helps that he's rich.
- May–December Romance: His current wife is around his son's age.
- No Name Given: The only reason we know his last name is because we know Will's full name; he himself is only ever referred to as "Will's Dad", even in the credits.
- Rich Bitch: He's wealthy, but also aloof and mocking towards his son and was unfaithful to his ex-wife while they were married.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Never appears in the series itself (and only appears twice in the one movie he actually shows up in), but catalyzes the plot by abandoning his wife and son to run off with his mistress, which forces Will to begin attending public school.
- Unnamed Parent: Even the credits just refer to him as "Will's Dad".
- Unseen No More: After spending the entire series as The Ghost, Will visits him during the opening scene of The Movie.
Alison
Alison
Sit down, specs.
Played by: Laura Haddock
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Gone without a mention in the sequel. A deleted scene briefly reveals that her relationship with Will didn't go much farther than what we saw in the first movie.
- False Soulmate: She and Will seem to get together at the end of the first movie, but he's single again by the start of the second.
- Friends with Benefits: Offers to be this for Will after dumping Nikos. It's implied in the sequel that this was as far as it went.
- The Gentleman or the Scoundrel: Will being the gentleman and Nikos being the scoundrel.
- Give Geeks a Chance: While she has trouble admitting it (mostly due to already seeing someone at first), she likes Will enough to give him a fair chance.
- Love Epiphany: After her breakup with Nikos and a night's sleep, she comes to the conclusion that she is attracted to Will.
- Ms. Fanservice: Gets naked onscreen, even allowing Will to touch one of her breasts.
- Offscreen Breakup: She dumped Will between the two movies.
- Opposites Attract: Sexually confident and easy going, compared to the repressed, socially awkward Will.
- Pair the Smart Ones: Both her and Will are fairly smart.
- Second Love: To Will after Charlotte, except he manages some sort of relationship with her.
- Uptight Loves Wild: Alison has no problem being sexy around Will, who tries to keep things platonic despite his obvious feelings.
Lucy
Lucy
You went out with a girl called Carli? You should have said.
Played by: Tamla Kari
- All Love Is Unrequited: Played straight regarding Lucy's feelings for Simon. Averted at the film's climax.
- Betty and Veronica: The Betty to Carli's Veronica.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: The first movie portrays her as a friendly and caring person. But in the sequel, she's quickly revealed to be an obsessive yandere and a bitch who destroys Simon's possessions out of paranoia that he's losing interest in her. And then, at the end of the film, it's revealed that she lost interest in Simon for someone else.
- Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: With Simon, who still hasn't moved on from Carli.
- Devoted to You: Would do anything for Simon, despite only having just met him. She's later revealed to be insanely clingy.
- Downtime Downgrade: Gradually over the course of the sequel.
- Evil All Along: The sequel reveals she isn't the sweet and friendly girl we thought she was in the first film.
- Evil Is Petty: In the second film, she destroys Simon's stuff, including his clothes, shoes, and PlayStation for no real reason.
- False Soulmate: After the first movie sets her up as Simon's perfect match, the sequel reveals her to be a harpy.
- Hate Sink: In the second film, she's a complete Jerkass and abusive girlfriend who eventually cheats on Simon, and gets no comeuppance for her toxic behavior, to make her more all the more loathesome.
- Hollywood Kiss: With Simon... who immediately ruins the moment by saying "I think I've shit myself".
- Hypocrite: In the second film, she's completely possessive of Simon, paranoid that he's cheating on her and threatening to destroy his personal stuff if he leaves her, only for her to turn around and run off with another man herself in the end.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Gives Simon her boat party ticket so he can take one last chance on Carli.
- Jerkass: When she isn't being obsessive towards Simon in the second film, she's downright rude, patronising and aggressive.
- Love Cannot Overcome: Her relationship with Simon fizzles out over the course of the sequel.
- Second Love: To Simon after Carli and Tara. They're even living together in the second movie, where she has easy access to his possessions.
- Smitten Teenage Girl: She falls for Simon fairly quickly upon meeting him, even if he's completely fixated on Carli. Too much so by the sequel, as she becomes psychotically obsessed with controlling him.
- The Sociopath: Has developed shades of this in the second film, as not only is she abusive and clingy towards Simon, but she leaves him for another man in the end, which shows that she saw Simon as a mere possession to be used and discarded of and never really had feelings for him.
- Yandere: She gets seriously psychotic in the second movie, destroying Simon's possessions and deleting friends from his Facebook account.
Jane
Jane
You're trouble, aren't you?
Played by: Lydia Rose Bewley
- Amicable Exes: Unlike Lucy, she and Jay part on quite pleasant terms in the second movie.
- Big Beautiful Woman: In spite of Jay hoping not to get stuck with her, he is secretly attracted to her and the pair of them eventually get together. She has no angst about her appearance, even coming up with better insults for herself than James manages.
- False Soulmate: She ends up breaking up with Jay between the first movie and the sequel and, despite his best efforts, does not get back together with him.
- Lonely Together: Jane and Jay are the only characters who aren't in love triangles.
- Ms. Fanservice: The movie shows a lot of shots of her thick and curvy body.
- Nice Girl: Probably one of the most cheerful, friendly people in the entire series.
- Offscreen Breakup: Dumps Jay between the movies and moves to Australia, which is why Jay goes there in the first place.
- Playing Hard to Get: After realising that Jay doesn't want to be seen with her.
- Second Love: To Jay, after Chloe.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Gives Jay the cold shoulder after getting spurned one too many times.
Lisa
Lisa
I've got ethics.
Played by: Jessica Knappett
- Beta Couple: Her relationship with Neil isn't given nearly as much screen-time as the others.
- Birds of a Feather: Is basically a clone of Neil.
- Brainless Beauty: Neil manages to outsmart her.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Doesn't get so much as a mention in the sequel.
- Distaff Counterpart: Looks and acts like a female version of Neil.
- Hopeless Suitor: Knows that Neil already has a girlfriend.
- Offscreen Breakup: Like Alison and Jane, she split with Neil between the movies. Neil isn't too bothered.
- Pair the Spares: She and Neil pair up after the rest of the lads hook up with the rest of her group. Though, she has to threaten Richard's parents to do so.
- The Silent Bob: Doesn't get a chance to speak until she confronts Richard's parents at the boat party, thinking that Richard's mother is making a move on Neil.
- Unrequited Tragic Maiden: It turns out that she's aware of her status as Neil's holiday fling in the place of his girlfriend Nicole, despite falling in love with him.
James
James
Played by: Theo James
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Provided they don't have poo on their noses.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He starts off appearing to be a seemingly friendly and laid-back guy, but is later revealed to be a complete scumbag.
- Faux Affably Evil: On the surface, he's pretty friendly and charismatic around others, but deep down he's a cruel and aggressive bully who gets off on other people's misery.
- Hate Sink: He somehow manages to make Donovan look likable by comparison, which is really saying something.
- Jerkass: The main things he does in the movie is running over Simon's leg with a scooter (pretending it was an accident), conning Simon out of his clothes to humiliate him, threatening Jay (who was just trying to make friends with him) to beat him up, insulting Jane for being fat, and forcing Jay to give him a note so that he can sniff cocaine.
- Jerk Jock: Threatens to beat Jay up for supposedly liking a gay bar.
- Lame Comeback: When he sees Jay and Neil's "Pussy Patrol" t-shirts, he tells them that the only pussy they could get is a cat, which is met with silence from even his own lackeys. And even moreso when he repeats it.
- Kick the Dog: Not once, not twice, but three times, no less (see above).
- Laser-Guided Karma: He ends up having a small piece of poo stuck to his face near the end, only he doesn't realize it.
Richard
Richard
Played by: Theo Barklem-Biggs
Can I borrow 20 quid?
- Alone Among the Couples: He's wandering around the resort on his own and ends up calling his parents when being alone causes him to have a breakdown.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Doesn't seem quite all there. Neil looks savvy next to him.
- Straw Loser: He's got no friends, has to beg for money and ends up calling his parents to come to Malia and take him home.
Characters Introduced in the Second Movie
Katie Evans
Katie Evans
Played by: Emily Berrington
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: In spite of the fact that Ben is a complete asshole, she can't help but be physically attracted to him.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: A case could be made for this, as she's stringing Will along while carrying on with Ben in an on/off relationship, despite the fact that she despises him.
- Character Tics: She likes to give Will friendly punches in the shoulder.
- Genki Girl: She's highly energetic and gets even moreso with alcohol.
- Hypocrite: She's constantly acting enlightened and in touch with spirituality yet repeatedly hooks up with Ben despite finding him repellant, demonstrating that she's clearly more governed by her baser urges than she wants others to think.
- No Sense of Personal Space: Gets up close to Will a lot and is always jumping on people, touching them, hugging, etc.
- The Tease: She is constantly kissing Will, even though she has a thing going on with Ben.
- Remember the New Guy?: She was at school with Will before he transferred to Rudge Park. She doesn't quite count as a New Old Flame, as they were never together, but Will does mention that she was his first love.
Ben Thorton-Wild
Ben Thorton-Wild
Played by: Freddie Stroma
- Bourgeois Bohemian: Will identifies Ben as a trust fund baby who is probably travelling on his parents' dime but is an utter hypocrite in his views on wealth.
- Hipster: He's got the whole anti-mainstream thing going for him, especially during his Establishing Character Moment when he thinks that having medical supplies on a tough trek is too touristy.
- Jerkass: He berates Will for simply trying to introduce himself. Katie doesn't even like him, but can't help but be attracted to him. He's not even an in-your-face Jerk Jock lout so much as more of a university snob.
- Mr. Fanservice: He shows off his ripped physique for much of the film. He even takes off his shirt at one point to taunt Will, since Will falls under Geek Physiques.
- Pretty Fly for a White Guy: His dreadlocks. Will calls him out on being white and blond, noting that dreadlocks make him look pretentious.
- Romantic False Lead: Subverted. He has all the makings of this, but Katie chooses him over Will after he calls them out.
- Villainy-Free Villain: Doesn't do anything bad, but his rivalry with Will coupled with his arrogance makes it impossible to like him.
- White Man's Burden: Discussed. In his "The Reason You Suck" Speech, Will pegs Ben as the kind of person who treats developing nations and the people in them as a kind of charity-based safari, showing up supposedly to help out with some kind of development or charitable project but actually just there to get plenty of photos of him acting benevolently towards the impoverished locals to prove what a great guy he is before pissing off back to his parents' luxurious home in Surrey. Will also suggests that said locals have actually pegged what a preening, insincere twat he is and detest him immensely.
Uncle Bryan
Uncle Bryan
Played by: David Field
- Jerkass: Just like his cousin Terry, he makes fun of Jay in front of his friends.
- The Millstone: He twists Simon's attempt at breaking up with Lucy into a marriage proposal.
- Racist Grandpa: Uncle Bryan mentions that it's shame that Jay's dad doesn't want to move to Australia because "We could do with some white immigration for a change".
