History Characters / AmericanPie

* LargeHam: Gets a few notable moments in ''Wedding''.

* FieryRedhead: Not quite, but she does have her moments, especially in ''Reunion''.

* AntiHero
* [[AnythingThatMoves Any Female That Moves]]

* [[AnythingThatMoves Anything Female That Moves]]

* CelibateHero: Michelle winds up being the only girl he has sex with before getting married. Well, aside from that girl in college, but as Stifler put it, that was only for "about ten seconds."

* PairTheSpares: He finds love after his wife's death by hooking up with Stifler's Mom in ''Reunion''.

* PairTheSpares: She and Jim's Dad get together midway through ''Reunion''.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Jim, Kevin, Oz, and Finch are dark-haired and [[NiceGuy Nice Guys.]] Then there's Stifler...

* AThreesomeIsHot: Happens to Stifler at the end of the second movie, with the two lesbians who turned out not to be lesbians after all.

* TheGenericGuy: As a result of getting sidelined in the third film, Kevin is of not much interest to the story and is therefore regarded as being this.

* OldShame: In ''Reunion'', the Celebrity Dance Off, in which he lost to GilbertGottfried.

* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday

** TheBusCameBack: In ''Reunion''.

* ButtMonkey: In the first movie he's victim of a LaxativePrank.

* InnocentFanserviceGirl

* BreakoutCharacter

* AndStarring: The credits for the main cast in all four movies end with "and Eugene Levy."

* {{Dominatrix}}: Between her and Jim, who is shown at the end of their first date to be the dominant one in bed?

* StacysMom

* BlondGuysAreEvil: He mellows as the series progresses, however.

* {{Dominatrix}}

!!Mrs. Levenstein (Molly Cheek)
* BusCrash: In ''Reunion'', she has been dead for three years, leaving Noah a widower.
* HappilyMarried: To Noah Levenstein.

[[folder:Characters Who Appear in Three Theatrical Films]]

* CovertPervert

* TheDeuteragonist: Of the series as a whole.

* LargeHam: Gets a few notable moments every now and then, especially in ''Wedding''.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], as she seems to like both Stifler and Finch, although she takes to Finch's imitations of Stifler. [[spoiler:However, even after she finds out that Stifler was only pretending to be a preppy nice guy, she still ends up with Stifler.]]
* BetaCouple: With Stifler in ''Wedding''.

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

* GenerationXerox: Like Steve (and likely all of the Stiflers before him) in ''Book of Love'' he plays on the high school lacrosse team, has the infamous Stifler Sex Drive, and throws the wildest parties.

* TheLancer: To Jim in ''Wedding''.

!!Chris "Oz" Ostreicher (Chris Klein)
* TheBigGuy
* CasanovaWannabe: Initially. He stops when he finds out women aren't turned on by it.
* TheDanza: He's played by Chris Klein.
* GentleGiant
* LovableJock: Despite his initial reputation as a JerkJock, he's actually a NiceGuy.
* MrFanservice
* OldShame: In ''Reunion'', the Celebrity Dance Off, in which he lost to GilbertGottfried.
* OnlySaneMan: Shares this role with Kevin.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* PutOnABus: In ''American Wedding''.
** TheBusCameBack: In ''Reunion''. No explanation is given to his absence in the previous film, except that he tells Jim that he wasn't going to miss the reunion after he missed his wedding.
* StraightMan: Out of the entire cast.

* ShrinkingViolet: In the first film.

!!Heather (Mena Suvari)
* HospitalHottie: In ''Reunion''.
* PutOnABus: A deleted scene from ''Wedding'' mentions that Heather and Oz are in Spain during the film's events.
** TheBusCameBack: Like Oz, she returns for ''Reunion'', though.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: With Oz.

!!Victoria "Vicky" Lathum (Tara Reid)
* BetterAsFriends: [[spoiler:She and Kevin end up as this.]]
* PutOnABus: In ''American Wedding''.
** TheBusCameBack: In ''Reunion''.

!!Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth)
* EuropeansAreKinky
* InnocentFanserviceGirl
* MsFanservice: Come on, you know the scene...
* NiceGirl
* PairTheSpares: With Sherman at the end of ''American Pie 2''.
* PutOnABus: After the events of the first film, and then again after the second.
** TheBusCameBack: In the second film, as well as for a brief cameo in ''Reunion''.
* SensualSlavs

!!Jessica (Natasha Lyonne)
* AdvertisedExtra: Despite appearing on the poster of ''Reunion'', she has about a minute of screentime in the final cut.
** The explanation for this is that the characters are in the same place on the poster for ''Reunion'', as they were on the poster for the original ''American Pie'', hence Jessica's prominence.
* TheCameo: In ''Reunion'', Jessica makes only a brief appearance near the end, where she unites with Kevin and (to her displeasure) Stifler, at the reunion, encouraging Kevin to talk to Vicky. A deleted scene also has her catching up with Finch.
* DeadpanSnarker
* PutOnABus: In ''American Wedding''.
** TheBusCameBack: For a cameo in ''Reunion''.

!!Chuck Sherman (Chris Owen)
* CasanovaWannabe
* {{Fanboy}}: For ''TheTerminator'', so much that he named his son after Edward Furlong, who co-starred in ''Judgment Day''.
* GiveGeeksAChance: Thanks to Nadia's geek fetish, he managed to get laid.
* InSeriesNickname: "The Sherminator", mostly by himself.
* {{Jerkass}}
* PairTheSpares: With Nadia at the end of ''American Pie 2'', although considering that it is never shown their relationship progressed any further, it's assumed to have been a one night stand.
* PutOnABus: In ''American Wedding''.
** TheBusCameBack: In ''Reunion''.
* SmugSnake
* ThirdPersonPerson

!!John (aka MILF Guy #2)
* CampStraight: In ''Reunion''.
* TheDanza: Named after his portrayer, JohnCho.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Yes, the John Cho who plays [[HaroldAndKumar Harold]], and the new-age Sulu in the ''StarTrek'' reboot.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Justin.
* TokenMinority

!!Justin (aka MILF Guy #1)
* TheCameo: In the fourth film, John sets up the main storyline by planning the reunion, although Justin doesn't appear until the end of the movie.
* TheDanza: Named after his portrayer, Justin Isfeld.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With John.

!!Cadence Flaherty (January Jones)
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], as she seems to like both Stifler and Finch, although she takes to Finch's imitations of Stifler. [[spoiler:However, even after she finds out that Stifler was only pretending to be a preppy nice guy, she still ends up with Stifler.]]
* BetaCouple: With Stifler in ''Wedding''.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan

!!Harold Flaherty (Fred Willard)
* CovertPervert: Just like his daughter, 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.
* DotingParent
* GoodParents
* HappilyMarried

!!Mary Flaherty (Deborah Rush)
* DotingParent
* GoodParents
* HappilyMarried
* MamaBear: Shows some signs of this; for example, when Finch is insulting the hotel desk clerk (to make an impression on Cadence), she grabs Finch by the ear and calls him out for being disgusting.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The infamous chocolate truffle which, as Stifler learns all too painfully, tastes nothing like a chocolate truffle...

!!Matt Stifler (Eli Marienthal, Tad Hilgenbrink)
* HeIsAllGrownUp: In the first two films, he's a teenager, then in ''Band Camp'', he's a senior in high school like Steve was.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute

* DawsonCasting: Seann William Scott was 22 during the release of the first movie.

* {{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."

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: In real life, Seann William Scott is the exact opposite of Stifler, personality-wise. He was deathly shy when it came to talking to girls in high school and was 30 years old when he had his first serious relationship.

!!Scott Stifler

* JustFriends: [[spoiler:He and Vicky end up this way.]]

* PutOnABus: A deleted scene from ''Wedding'' mentions that Heather and Oz are in Spain during the film's events. Like Oz, she returns for ''Reunion'', though.

* JustFriends: [[spoiler:She and Kevin end up as this.]]

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* [[MeanCharacterNiceActor Perverted Character, Sweet Actor]]: In real life, Seann William Scott is the exact opposite of Stifler, personality-wise. He was deathly shy when it came to talking to girls in high school and was 30 years old when he had his first serious relationship.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Almost everyone calls him Finch.

* ParentsWalkInAtTheWrongTime: His accidental specialty is catching Jim in some kind of an embarrassing situation.

--> '''Stifler:''' What is the Stifmeister's defining characteristic?
--> '''Jim:''' He uses the "F" word excessively.

* MsFanservice: Very much so.