History Characters / AmericanPie

* {{JerkassFaçade}}: [[spoiler: She heavily plays up her AlphaBitch persona in order to hide her deep insecurities over how she doesn't think any man loves her for who she is and merely for the popular status. Lube eventually cracks through when they're forced to rely on each other, and soon bond.]]

* JerkassFaçade: [[spoiler: She heavily plays up her AlphaBitch persona in order to hide her deep insecurities over how she doesn't think any man loves her for who she is and merely for the popular status. Lube eventually cracks through when they're forced to rely on each other, and soon bond.]]

* TheTease: Quite frequently in Lube's fantasies of her, but in real life as well. She shows Rob her breasts in order to manipulate him into shoplifting some overpriced underwear for her. However, she had no plans to connect romantically beyond that.

* AlphaBitch: She's the most popular girl in school, the head cheerleader, constantly hanging with the jocks of her girl posse, and is desired by more than half the men in school. However, she's not above some nasty behavior.

* PetTheDog: When Katey demands payback on Stifler for being a massive prick towards her, Ashley doesn't hesitate to back her up and laugh at Scott's humiliation with her.
* TheTease: Quite frequently in Lube's fantasies of her, but in real life as well. She shows Rob her breasts in order to manipulate him into shoplifting some overpriced underwear for her. However, she had no plans to connect romantically beyond that.

** VictoriousChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler: She and Rob at last break the ice and share an intimate moment when stuck on a busted ski-lift together. Realizing that they just had to open up about their feelings since both felt the same way.]]

[[folder:Dana]]
!!Dana
!!!'''Played By:''' Melanie Papalia

** Also her attempts to please Rob when [[spoiler: she nearly sleeps with Stifler in order to gain some experience at sex in order to make her night with Rob better by knowing more about it.]]
* OddFriendship: Her 2 best friends are very much "experienced" girls while she's the innocent virgin of the group.

* RightBehindMe: She's the one from behind Rob, as she overhears him bragging about he's about to get laid. [[spoiler: Leading to her making a huge mistake by nearly courting with Stifler first in a foolish attempt to gain some sex experience for herself.]]

* VirginityMakesYouStupid: Aside from being totally unaware of Rob's crush on her, the whole plot kicks off because her attempts to rush through losing her own virginity accidentally leads to both her and Rob burning down the library, leading to the Book of Love getting damaged in the first place and landing both of them in detention. [[spoiler: Also, she nearly makes a huge mistake brashly sleeping with Stifler in a foolish method of gaining some "experience" in order to satisfy her ''real crush''.]] Even, Rob teases her for it.

* {{Tsundere}}: For as much time as she spends upset with her boyfriend Nathan, she does offer him a chance to redeem himself and even prevents her overprotective dad from coming at him with a garden sheer.

[[folder:Dana]]
!!Dana
!!!'''Played By:''' Melanie Papalia

%%* JerkJock
%%* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute

* FanserviceWithASmile: Only in a dream. When a totally bored Lube daydreams of her taking her top off, she gladly does so. Showing off her [[PetitePride gorgeous natural body]] before magically [[BiggerIsBetter quadrupling her bust size to impossible quality.]] Sadly, even in his fantasies it can't last as Lube gets called out.
* MsFanservice: Is one of the few main girls to go nude. Melanie is a fairly beautiful lady, who also isn't shy to dive into a romance scene. Dana ''really'' likes Nathan performing the "Tongue Tornado" on her, resulting in a few upskirt shots. However, her BreastExpansion scene where Papalia shows off [[PetitePride her natural body]] before [[BiggerIsBetter her assets increase in size]] was what many fans remember of her.

%%* {{Fratbro}}: And how.
%%* FunPersonified
%%* LifeOfTheParty

%%* LovableSexManiac
%%* ReallyGetsAround

* MsFanservice: Is one of the few main girls to go nude. Melanie is a fairly beautiful lady, who also isn't shy to dive into a romance scene. Dana ''really' likes Nathan performing the "Tongue Tornado" on her, resulting in a few upskirt shots. However, her BreastExpansion scene where Papalia shows off [[PetitePride her natural body]] before [[BiggerIsBetter her assets increase in size]] was what many fans remember of her.

!!!'''Played By:''' Melania Papalia

* DefrostingICeQueen: A mild example, but her character arc fits. She breaks up with Nathan because he doesn't respect her feelings and seemingly only wants sex, but over the course of the film she gradually warms up to being with him again when he proves how much he cares for her deep down.

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She wants to find a romantic relationship with the right guy after a string of failed lovers which fell apart due to how shallow they were. [[spoiler: Nathan manages to become the right guy.]]

** Funnily enough, in Lube's dream sequence of her too. While showing off her BreastExpansion she calls Lube a lamewad for fantasizing about his best friend's girl.

* SingeWomanSeeksGoodMan: She wants to find a romantic relationship with the right guy after a string of failed lovers which fell apart due to how shallow they were. [[spoiler: Nathan manages to become the right guy.]]

%%* InnocentFanserviceGirl

%%* {{Jerkass}}:

!!Characters Specific to ''Girl's Rules''

[[folder:Annie Watson]]
!!Annie Watson
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MadisonPettis

* WomenAreWiser: Has more sexual knowledge and experience than Jim does, even offering to give him some pointers on how to seduce a girl.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Michelle, of course.

* MsFanservice: When Annie accidentally gives herself a hanging {{Wedgie}} after trying to climb over the fence at her boyfriend's house, her naked butt is exposed.

Noah Levenstein is Jim Levenstein's apparently geeky dad, whose awkward efforts to help Jim often cause more embarrassment than anything, despite his good intentions. He is the only character to appear in all eight American Pie films.

* BreakoutCharacter: The only character to appear in any of the direct-to-video films.

!!Main Characters

[[folder:Steve Stifler]]
!!Steven "Steve" Stifler
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[[caption-width-right:330:''"Well, polish my nuts and serve me a milkshake!"'']]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/SeannWilliamScott

->''"My name is Steve Stifler and I have an 11-inch penis...AROUND! Think about it!"''

Steven Stifler is a major supporting character of the ''American Pie'' series, and the main protagonist of ''American Wedding''.

* AccidentalMisnaming: In ''Reunion'', his boss repeatedly calls him "Staphler." When Stifler finally stands up to his boss near the end of the movie, he replies, "The name's Stifler... fucker."
* AlliterativeName: Both character and actor alike.
* AllMenArePerverts: More obsessed with sex than the other four guys put together. Keep in mind he'd already lost his virginity long before the events of the first movie began.
* AloofBigBrother: To Matt. He lets him come to the gang's beach party, but puts him down when he tries to pick up girls.
* TheAtoner: A comedic example by the time ''American Reunion'' rolls around, regretting how he acted to everyone in high school, and genuinely wanting friends.
* BadassBoast: Stifler calls himself "The Stifmeister". Then the teens in ''Reunion'' think it's an EmbarrassingNickname. Stifler's reaction: "I'm gonna fucking kill you."
* BelligerentSexualTension: For a brief moment in the sequel, he and Jessica entertained the idea that this just might be the reason for the animosity between them.
%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: Mocking his "Stifmeister" moniker.
%% * BetaCouple: With Cadence in ''Wedding''.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Finch's Betty for Cadence's Archie in ''Wedding''.
* BigBrotherMentor: Believes he's this to Matt. In reality he teaches him nothing and Matt is able to get Amber and Danielle to come to the beach party all on his own.
* BookDumb: Mentions having been a "C student".
* BreakoutCharacter: The name of Stifler has become practically synonymous with the ''American Pie'' franchise. Just look at how many tropes he has compared to everyone else.
* TheBully: He's the resident JerkJock, after all, though he gets some character development later on.
* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from a bullying jock to a love-to-hate protagonist, to a sympathetic, somewhat tragic character and JerkWithAHeartOfGold in ''Reunion''.
* TheChewToy: It's certainly funny (albeit incredibly disgusting) to see him get his just desserts.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Stifler is the main protagonist of ''American Wedding''. The titular event actually belongs to Jim and Michelle, not Stifler.
* DiscoDan: By the time of the reunion, Stifler's refusal to change has worked against him. His homophobic insults towards his friends don't sound the same due to society's improved attitudes towards gay people, to say nothing of the realisation that his lacrosse buddies actaully were gay. He also still flirts with teenage girls in his 30s, which makes him seem creepy and pathetic rather than cool. He also can't mock anyone's unimpressive sex lives anymore as his friends are married with kids or at the very least in steady relationships, while Stifler is alone and still lives with his mother.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Has a tendency to do this, such as in the first film, he makes Finch the victim of a LaxativePrank simply for spreading ''rumors'' that he beat Stifler up (and then goes on to humiliate him in front of a group of girls, therefore making it impossible for Finch to get a date); then in ''Reunion'', he destroys the jetskis of A.J. and his posse simply for being "splashed."
--> '''Kevin:''' You destroyed their jetskis!
--> '''Stifler:''' They splashed us... so...
* DropInCharacter: Turned up uninvited to Jim's wedding.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: In ''Wedding'', Stifler goes out of his way to prove that a gay man would want a piece of the Stifmeister, by challenging Bear to a dance-off. When Stifler won, every man in the bar swarmed him, with Bear declaring, "I love you", and Stifler telling Jim afterward, "Told you that guy wanted to fuck me!"
* {{Flanderization}}: Stifler's JerkJock antics are cranked up in ''Wedding''. Inverted in ''Reunion'' where, while still a ManChild, his portrayal is closer to the Stifler in the first two films.
* {{Fratbro}}: Even before he went to college, he fit the stereotype perfectly being a boisterous party animal focused on partying and getting laid. It's rather telling that his CharacterDevelopment in the sequel is "becoming comfortable enough with his sexuality to kiss a dude in order to have a threesome with lesbians."
* FriendlessBackground: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Stifler was well-known in high school, but it turns out that everyone only pretended to like him, and the closest thing he had to actual friends were Jim and the gang.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Stifler is more antagonist in the first movie, but is squarely this in the second, and makes an effort to redeem himself in ''American Wedding''.
* FunPersonified: If you want to have fun at your party, he's the perfect person. Just don't expect him to be likable.
* HiddenDepths:
** JerkJock he may be, but when a rumor goes around that Finch could beat him in a fight, Stifler foregoes the public beatdown you'd expect a guy like him to dish out and instead slips laxatives into Finch's beverage. What's more, he was so stealthy about it that the only reason Kevin found out was because Stifler told him.
** He's a surprisingly good dancer.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Just don't expect him to ever admit it.
* TheHyena: Stifler never fails to laugh at his own jokes.
* IAteWhat: Stifler's mouth could very well be the most unsanitary space in the universe. He's ingested semen, tasted urine, shoved a dog turd in there and had to go down on a woman who was both au naturale and a squirter.
* IBangedYourMom: [[spoiler:In ''Reunion'', he finally gets his revenge on Finch for sleeping with his mom by nailing Finch's mom on the lacrosse field.]]
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: After Oz fades into the background, Stifler latches onto Jim and the rest of the gang as his brothers, but constantly annoys them with his antics.
* InSeriesNickname: "The Stifmeister", of course!
* JerkassHasAPoint: In ''Wedding'', Stifler points out that he's been looking out for Jim's sex life ever since high school because the first tits Jim ever saw were because of him (as Stifler gave Jim the idea for the Nadia video), and the first girl Jim ever hooked up with (Michelle) was at Stifler's post-prom party, at his cottage. The Stif-Man showed him the way! Finch even says "I don't like the kid, but he's got a point" in relation to the Nadia video during the first film.
* JerkJock: In the first film he plays on the high school lacrosse team.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After some CharacterDevelopment he becomes this in ''American Wedding''. ''Reunion'' portrays him in a much lighter fashion, showing that while he hasn't let go of his immature behavior, all he wants is for the guys to have a good time and he still does care about them.
* LadyKillerInLove: With Cadence in ''American Wedding''. Although Stifler does [[spoiler:end up with Cadence at the end of the movie]] she is nowhere to be found or even mentioned come ''American Reunion''.
* LargeHam: Especially in ''American Wedding'', where he's prone to shouting and overreacting, even more so than in the other movies.
* LastNameBasis: Almost everyone just calls him Stifler.
* LovableSexManiac: Biggest one in the series (and that's saying something).
* ManChild: By ''Reunion'' he's an adult who still acts like his fratboy teenage self.
* TheMillstone: In ''American Wedding'' before he redeems himself at the end. Ironically, while Stifler does make trouble of his own, he inadvertently solves most of Jim's problems: teaching him how to dance, getting Michelle's dress made, earning him the blessing of Michelle's parents and winning Grandma's approval.
* TheNicknamer: "Shitbreak" for Finch, "Fuckface" for Oz and "Choir Chick" for Heather.
* NobleDemon: A rare comedic example, who is capable of incredible selflessness, loyalty, love and kindness in spite of his rude and selfish nature.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Oddly enough proves to be this in ''Reunion'' when he reveals he was well aware that the others intentionally excluded him from their lives, having pretended to believe that they simply forgot to invite him to hang out before the reunion when he actually realized it.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Prone to making homophobic remarks whenever he's trying to insult somebody. This makes him seem even more like a relic by the time of the reunion, with attitudes towards gay people improving significantly by then. Though he does befriend a gay man named Bear in the third movie and even agrees to help plan the wedding of some old lacrosse buddies in the fourth.
* ReallyGetsAround: Stifler claims to have gotten laid 23 times in his freshman year of college, and according to ''Reunion'', had sex with a significant amount of the girls he went to high school with. Unless you apply the Rule of Three, in which case his freshman record is a more realistic but still impressive 7 girls at the minimum.
* RunningGag: Stifler is usually the brunt of the joke when it comes to ingesting some kind of bodily excrement:
** In the first film, there's the bottle of pale ale...
** In the second film, Stifler winds up getting peed on by John, and mistaking it for champagne that a girl was pouring on him.
** In the third film, the infamous chocolate truffle...
** Averted in ''Reunion'', where he turns the charade by taking a shit in a posse of teenagers' beer cooler. Reverted when he has to go down on a woman who doesn't wax.
* SadClown:
** It's subtle, but the absence of Oz during Jim's engagement has shaken Stifler up some. He's gone from being dismissive of the other guys to crashing Jim's engagement party because he felt left out. When Cadence shoots him down, Stifler finally starts to change into a better person.
** In ''Reunion'', he longs for the old days but tries his best not to show it, especially in front of the other guys, and is deeply offended that they didn't bother to catch up with him for the last few years.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan:
** The crass, obnoxious Manly JerkJock to Jim's meek dorky Sensitive Guy.
** He's the Manly Man to intellectual GentlemanAndAScholar Finch's Sensitive Guy. The contrast is made evident in the third movie and at some point they end up swapping roles.
** Once Oz goes through some character development, he becomes another Sensitive Guy to Stifler's Manly Man, though he still mantains his own manliness.
* SexualKarma: After helping Sherman (the guy he tormented throughout high school) find a girl to score with, Stifler is rewarded moments later by meeting Finch's Mom (which in turn finally allows him to get revenge on Finch for banging his mom three times).
* SirSwearsALot:
--> '''Stifler:''' Observe the fucking Stifmeister. What is his defining characteristic?
--> '''Jim:''' He uses the 'F' word excessively.
--> '''Stifler:''' ''(touched)'' Thanks, man.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Let's face it, ''American Wedding'' was basically The Stifler Show.
* AThreesomeIsHot: Happens to him at the end of the second movie, with the two ''close'' homeowners.
* TokenEvilTeammate: While his friends are also somewhat immature and perverted (it's ''American Pie'' we are talking about), Stifler is the only one who is portrayed as a shamelessly amoral and obnoxious jerk. He's also the most likely to commit sexual acts that would be considered outright criminal in real life, with rape being the only line he hasn't crossed.
* TookALevelInDumbass: He's quite a bit more clueless and socially inept in ''American Wedding''.
* TookALevelInKindness: At the end of ''American Wedding'', where he finally tries to be a good guy after being rightfully dismissed by everyone. He's still an immature moron in the fourth movie, but this time his {{Jerkass}} moments come mostly due to him being trapped in the past and acting like his high school self than any genuine malice.
* UndyingLoyalty: Stifler may be an obnoxious, sex-crazed jerk, but once he's your friend, he is your friend '''for life'''.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Until the third act of ''American Wedding''.
* VirginShaming: Harasses the guys in the first film for being virgins.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With everyone, especially Finch.
--> '''Stifler:''' (after Finch lets him be with Cadence) I fucking hate not hating you.
--> '''Finch:''' I did fuck your mom. Twice.
--> '''Stifler:''' That's better, fucker!
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[[folder:Kevin Myers]]
!!Kevin Myers
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/ThomasIanNicholas
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AmericanPie'' | ''Film/AmericanPie2'' | ''Film/AmericanWedding'' | ''Film/AmericanReunion''

->''"Separately, we are flawed and vulnerable, but together we are the masters of our sexual destiny."''

The gang's unofficial leader. Kevin is usually the one who kickstarts their sexual adventures.
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!!Girls

[[folder:Michelle Flaherty]]
!!Michelle Flaherty
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AlysonHannigan

->''"This One Time At Band Camp ..."''

An upbeat band geek that Jim asks to the prom when things with Nadia go pear-shaped. She specialises in flutes...

[[folder:Characters Specific to ''Band Camp'']]

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[[folder:Characters Specific to ''The Naked Mile'']]

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!!Other Theatrical Film Characters

[[folder:Characters Specific to ''American Pie 2'']]

[[folder:Characters Specific to ''American Wedding'']]

[[folder:Characters Specific to ''American Reunion'']]

!!Direct-to-Video Film Characters

[[folder:Characters Who Appear in Multiple Direct-To-Video Installments]]

[[folder:Characters Specific to ''Beta House'']]

[[folder:Characters Specific to ''The Book of Love'']]

[[folder:Characters Specific to ''Girl's Rules'']]

->''"I'm not retarded. I'm a very special boy."''

!!Others

A bartender who was in the same year as all the others characters and went to band camp with Michelle.

* GiveGeeksAChance: She's on both ends of this. She tries to get with Grant while being totally oblivious to fellow nerd oliver pining for her.

[[folder:Victoria "Vicky" Lathum]]

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Stephanie tries to get a MeetCute with Grant by ''lobbing a lacrosse ball at his head''. Just try picturing Steve Stifler doing that to a girl he wants to bang. [[SarcasmMode Funny, huh?]]

!Other Students
[[folder: Chuck "The Shermanator" Sherman]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChrisOwen

Chuck "The Shermanator" Sherman is an acquaintance and a friend of Jim, Finch, Oz, Kevin, and Stifler. He is also a rival to Stifler. He is obsessed with the Terminator movies and thinks that Terminator 2 is the greatest movie ever made.

[[folder: John (aka MILF Guy #2)]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/JohnCho

[[folder: Justin (aka MILF Guy #1)]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/JustinIsfield

!Others

->'''Played by:''' Creator/LisaArturo (Amber)
->'''Played by:''' Creator/DeniseFaye (Danielle)

!! Brett

->'''Played by:''' Creator/JanuaryJones

->'''Played by:''' Creator/FredWillard
->'''Played by:''' Creator/DeborahRush

* CovertPervert: Harold is just like Michelle, as he's quite obviously excited (in front of his wife) by the two strippers at the bachelor party, and even asks later on if they're still around.

->'''Played by:''' Creator/AngelaPaton

->'''Played by:''' Creator/EricAllanKramer

->'''Played by:'''Creator/NikkiSchielerZiering (Officer Krystal)
->'''Played by:'''Creator/AmandaSwisten (Fraulein Brandi)

!! Ellie Myers

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/CharleneAmoia

->'''Played by:''' Creator/DaniaRamirez

->'''Played by:''' Creator/AliCobrin

->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChuckHittinger

->'''Played by:''' Creator/JayHarrington

->'''Played by:''' Creator/KatrinaBowden

!! Loni Lipstein

->'''Played by:''' Creator/RebeccaField

One of Stifler's conquests.

!! Prateek Duraiswamy

->'''Played by:''' Creator/VikSahay

!! Rachel Finch

->'''Played by:''' Creator/RebeccaDeMornay

!!Erik Stifler (John White)

!!Dwight Stifler (Steve Talley)

!!Margie (Creator/ChristineBarger)

!!Scott Stifler (John Patrick Jordan)

!!Annie Watson (Madison Pettis)

!!Stephanie Stifler (Lizze Broadway)

!!Kayla (Piper Curda)

!!Michelle (Natasha Behnam)

!!Grant (Darren Barnet)

!Main Characters
[[folder:James Emanuel "Jim" Levenstein]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/JasonBiggs

The main protagonist of the first, second, and fourth films in the original American Pie series.

[[folder: Steven "Steve" Stifler]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/SeannWilliamScott

Steven Stifler is a major supporting character of the American Pie series, and the main protagonist of American Wedding.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After some CharacterDevelopment he becomes this in ''American Wedding''. ''Reunion'' portrays him in a much lighter fashion, showing that while he hasn't let go of his immature behavior, all he wants is for the guys to have a good time and he still does c about them.

[[folder: Kevin Myers]]
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/ThomasIanNicholas

[[folder: Chris "Oz" Ostreicher]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChrisKlein

[[folder: Paul Finch]]

->'''Played by:''': Creator/EddieKayeThomas

!Girls
[[folder: Michelle Flaherty]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/AlysonHannigan

[[folder: Heather]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/MenaSuvari

[[folder: Victoria "Vicky" Lathum]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/TaraReid

* SatelliteLoveInterest: All of her scenes revolve around Kevin in some way.

[[folder: Nadia]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ShannonElizabeth

* NiceGirl: Very upbeat.

[[folder: Jessica]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/NatashaLyonne

* DeadpanSnarker: Vicky's snarky best friend.

!Family Members
[[folder: Noah Levenstein]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/EugeneLevy
->'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/MichelPapineschi (European French)

* BreakoutCharacter: The only character to appear in all eight ''American Pie'' films.

[[folder: Mrs. Levenstein]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/MollyCheek

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Despite appearing in three out of four movies, we got very little information on her before she died.

[[folder: Jeanine Stifler]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/JenniferCoolidge

[[folder: Matt Stifler]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/EliMarienthal (''American Pie 1 & 2'')
->'''Played by:''' Creator/TadHilgenbrink (''Band Camp'')

[[folder: Tom Myers]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/CaseyAffleck

* TheHero: The main character of the story.

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