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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Lampshaded by Liam in season 1, she's act like a volcano.
* BigDamnHeroes: In Season 5, she saved Liam and Vanessa taking a shoot instead them

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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl to Ivy's Tomboy, initially as rivals and later as an OddFriendship. Naomi is a fashion-obsessed shopaholic and ValleyGirl, Ivy is a PassionateSportsGirl who hangs out with the boys and doesn't care about her looks.



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* {{Tomboy}}TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Naomi's Girly Girl, initially as rivals and later as an OddFriendship. Naomi is a fashion-obsessed shopaholic and ValleyGirl, Ivy is a PassionateSportsGirl who hangs out with the boys and doesn't care about her looks.



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* HotTeacherHotTeacher: A good-looking teacher who is also a ChickMagnet.

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* GoodBadGirl: Apparently, she claims that she's not the good girl that she appears to be.



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%%* NaiveEverygirl* NaiveEverygirl: She's well-meaning, and more naive and innocent than her peers, especially at the beginning.



* TheAce



* BigManOnCampus

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* BigManOnCampusBigManOnCampus: Voted Prom King in season 1.



* FunctioningAddict: He becomes addicted to ADHD medication in season 4. He uses them to help him work.

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* FunctioningAddict: FunctionalAddict: He becomes addicted to ADHD medication in season 4. He uses them to help him work.



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%%* AloofDarkHairedGirl* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's a jaded and cynical teen with dark hair.



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%%* DeadpanSnarker* DeadpanSnarker: The character who is more prone to sarcastic remarks.



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* BreakoutCharacter: she gets a bigger role in the series by the end.

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* BookDumb: She is more or less average intelligence but it's frequently mentioned that she's a poor student. She is told she might not get into California University because her grades are not good enough. By her own admission, "I am terrible at tests. But I'm an excellent dater."
* BreakoutCharacter: she She gets a bigger role in the series by the end.



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%%* EveryoneLovesBlondes* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Blonde and the most popular girl in the school.



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%%* TheFashionista* TheFashionista: She has an UnlimitedWardrobe. To the point that everyone is shocked that one time she's seen in a tracksuit.



* SpoiledBrat: A spoiled rich girl and a bit of a brat, before you learn about her HiddenDepths.



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%%* UpperClassTwit* UpperClassTwit: Pretty much a shallow princess who was spoiled her entire life, and acts airheaded at times.



* TheAce
* TheCharmer
* ChickMagnet

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* TheAce
* TheCharmer
* ChickMagnet
ChickMagnet: Only appears in the first season and manages to attract at least five girls, with three of them being part of the core cast.



* PutOnABus: He moves to Montana in season 2.
* SatelliteCharacter: Besides having an autistic brother, the show never really delved into Ethan's background.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He only lasted only one season without having any character development at all and is never mentioned again throughout the show's run.

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* PutOnABus: He moves to Montana in season 2.
* SatelliteCharacter: Besides having an autistic brother, the show never really delved into Ethan's background.
* WeHardlyKnewYe:
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* [[GiveHimANormalLife Give Her A Normal Life]]: She gave her daughter Maisie up for adoption after giving birth to her.

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* [[GiveHimANormalLife Give Her A Normal Life]]: GiveHimANormalLife: She gave her daughter Maisie up for adoption after giving birth to her.



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* HighSchoolSweetheart: He marries his former high school girlfriend, Joan, after being separated for about 30 years.

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* HighSchoolSweetheart: HighSchoolSweethearts: He marries his former high school girlfriend, Joan, after being separated for about 30 years.
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* CharacterDevelopment: She started as Kelly's shallow, ditzy sidekick but later the character's depth was more explored.

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* CharacterDevelopment: She started as Kelly's shallow, ditzy sidekick but later the character's depth was more explored. Namely, she goes from being a girl who feels she couldn't be successful due to her learning disability to having the self-confidnece to run several successful business ventures by the end of the series.



* HiddenDepths: She may seem a silly character, but she is actually very insecure.

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* HiddenDepths: She may seem a silly character, but she is actually very insecure. She also has a learning disability that makes it hard for her to concentrate in school.


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* SpoiledSweet: Compared to Kelly, Donna is kinder.


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* HighSchoolSweetheart: He marries his former high school girlfriend, Joan, after being separated for about 30 years.
* HollywoodHeartAttack: He survives one about halfway through the show.
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* TraumaCongaLine: A short list of the things he goes through include fighting drug addiction, witnessing his father getting blown up, losing his fortune and his half-sister to con artists, developing depression, nearly dying in a car accident, becoming a widower the day of his wedding...

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* ButtMonkey: Occasionally in early seasons, she gets stuck in awkward and embarrassing situations and it's PlayedForLaughs.



* DumbBlonde: Not the sharpest tool in the shed, though she's occasionally seen with red hair in later seasons.



* PluckyComicRelief: In early seasons, she's not much involved in the drama and is just there to be TheDitz of the group, sometimes to ButtMonkey levels.



* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: A new girl introduced in the Walsh family after Brenda's departure. Unlike GirlNextDoor Brenda, she's a promiscuous and manipulative FemmeFatale.



* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Brenda. A new girl introduced in the Walsh family after Brenda's departure.
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* DomesticAbuser: He pushed Donna against a wall, and down the stairs. Ray later attempted to assault Donna at the beach house, only to get his ass kicked by Donna's then-boyfriend Joe.

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* DomesticAbuser: DomesticAbuse: He pushed Donna against a wall, and down the stairs. Ray later attempted to assault Donna at the beach house, only to get his ass kicked by Donna's then-boyfriend Joe.

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* ComingOutStory: In season 3, he comes to terms with his sexuality, which is accepted by his friends.



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* GranolaGirl
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* GranolaGirl
GranolaGirl: Ivy's the West Bev version of this.
* TheLadetteTheLadette: a tomboyish surfer.



* CoolBigSister: To Naomi, initially.

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* CoolBigSister: To Naomi, initially. However, [[spoiler: when she learns that Mr. Cannon raped Naomi, she threatened to kill him]].



* ManipulativeBitch: Kelly Taylor sees her for who she is.

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* ManipulativeBitch: Kelly Taylor sees her for who she is. Her acts of manipulation include convincing Naomi that Annie had slept with Liam when in fact it was her, strung Ryan around when she wasn't really interested in him, and coaxed Naomi into sending an embarrassing photo of Annie to the entire school. And this is only in season 2.
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!!Erin Silver (Jessica Stroup)

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!!Naomi Clark (Annalynne [=McCord=])

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!!Teddy Montgomery (Trevor Donovan)

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!!Ivy Sullivan (Gillian Zinser)

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!!Harry Wilson (Rob Estes)

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!!Debbie Wilson (Lori Loughlin)

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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The sensitive guy to Dylan's manly man.

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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan:
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The cocky, muscular Manly Man to Brandon's thoughtful, bookish Sensitive Guy.
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* AlphaBitch: Naomi's not that bad. She genuinely has a nicer side, but would still act like a bitch if anyone has ever hurt or betrayed her in anyway.
** LovableAlphaBitch: Slides into this in the later seasons.



* LovableAlphaBitch: Naomi's not that bad. She genuinely has a nicer side, but would still act like a bitch if anyone has ever hurt or betrayed her in anyway. She TookALevelInKindness in later seasons.




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* TheGenericGuy: When compared to the other guys, Matt seems [[VanillaProtagonist bland]]. It seems the one time he did have a personality was when he got high at a campfire retreat and [[spoiler: slept with Amy]].

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* TheGenericGuy: When compared to the other guys, Matt seems [[VanillaProtagonist bland]].bland. It seems the one time he did have a personality was when he got high at a campfire retreat and [[spoiler: slept with Amy]].
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* FakeGuestStar: From his introduction, Nat appeared in most of the episodes, though doesn't get promoted until season 6.

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* DaddysGirl: Sometimes her father is protective of her, especially when it comes to relationships with guys (he ''hates'' her "first love" Dylan at first).

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* DaddysGirl: Sometimes her father is protective of her, especially when it comes to relationships with guys (he guys.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Her father
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* TokenMinority: Jesse is the only non-white main character on the show, though only for a season.

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* TokenMinority: Jesse is the only non-white Hispanic main character on the show, though only for a season.

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* EightiesHair: In the first couple seasons, although they were shot and set in the (early) '90s. The guy even sported a ''freaking mullet'' in The Pilot!



* BackForTheFinale: A variation. He sends a video of himself congratulating Donna and David on their wedding, while also complementing Kelly in the process.

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* BackForTheFinale: A variation. He left the series a few seasons prior, but in the last episode he sends a video of himself congratulating Donna and David on their wedding, while also complementing Kelly in the process.



* EightiesHair: In the first couple seasons. The guy even sported a ''freaking mullet'' in The Pilot!



* HeterosexualLifePartners: He's best friends with both Steve and Dylan.
* NewTransferStudent: In season 1.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: He's best friends with both Steve and Dylan.
Dylan. During and after college, he even shares his house with Steve.
* NewTransferStudent: In season 1.At the beginning of Season 1, he just moved from Minnesota to Beverly Hills, and as such is a newly arrived student at West Beverly High.



* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Noble to Dylan’s Roguish.

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* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Noble to Dylan’s Dylan's Roguish.




* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Her attraction to TroubledButCute Dylan.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Her attraction to She's instantly attracted to, and later in a long-term relationship with, TroubledButCute Dylan.Dylan--even though she's a pretty straight Nice Girl and he has issues (a.o., a bad temper, parental issues and alcoholism).



* DaddysGirl: Sometimes her father was protective of her.

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* DaddysGirl: Sometimes her father was is protective of her.her, especially when it comes to relationships with guys (he ''hates'' her "first love" Dylan at first).



* {{Deuteragonist}}: In the first four seasons, she was the female lead character, but she gets slightly less focus than her brother.

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* {{Deuteragonist}}: In the first four seasons, she was is the female lead character, but she gets slightly less focus than her brother.



* NaiveNewcomer: In the early episodes of the first season, when she starts befriending Kelly and the others.

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* NaiveNewcomer: In the early episodes of the first season, when she starts befriending just has moved from Minnesota to Beverly Hills and has yet to get adjusted to the local culture; but she adapts well once she befriends Kelly and the others.



* PutOnABus: In season 5 via RealLifeWritesThePlot

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* PutOnABus: In season 5 via RealLifeWritesThePlotshe leaves, explained In Universe as her moving to London to pursue an acting career. There were [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Real Life reasons]] she left too.




* AlcoholicParent: Her mother.

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* AlcoholicParent: Her mother.mother, Jackie, is an alcoholic who goes on and off the wagon throughout the show.



* BetterAsFriends: How she feels about Steve, although he disagrees (at least in early seasons).

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* BetterAsFriends: How Though it's mentioned she feels about Steve, although he disagrees (at least in has had sex with Steve once prior to the start of the show, she sees him as a friend throughout the series. In the early seasons).seasons, Steve aparently still hopes for a romantic relationship, but later they mutually see each other as friends.



* BrokenBird: In later seasons. She goes through a lot on the show, both physically and emotionally.

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* BrokenBird: In later seasons. She goes through a lot on the show, both physically and emotionally.emotionally (amongst others: she gets scars and PTSD after surviving a fire (during which her boyfriend cheated on her, to boot); goes through a cocaine addiction; is shot; undergoes a few rape attempts, sexual molestation by her boss, plus an actual rape; etc. etc.)



* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Rich, beautiful, blonde Kelly was the most popular girl in high school.

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* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Rich, beautiful, blonde Kelly was is the most popular girl in high school.



* NearDeathExperience: Kelly nearly burned to death at the fire at Steve's rave, in the fifth season.

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* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Noble to Dylan’s Roguish.



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* DivergentCharacterEvolution: In season 1 he and Scott were both the unpopular ThoseTwoGuys. Starting in season 2, David becomes part of the popular group and main cast while Scott remains unpopular, is DemotedToExtra, and eventually killed off.
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* AdvertisedExtra: In season 1 he is credited as a main character and even appears in one of the covers instead of Dylan (simply because Scott was in the pilot and Dylan wasn't). However he was just a PluckyComicRelief who served as David'sidekick, never did anything remotely relevant to the plot, and almost never interacted with the main group.

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* AdvertisedExtra: In season 1 he is credited as a main character and even appears in one of the covers instead of Dylan (simply because Scott was in the pilot and Dylan wasn't). However he was just a PluckyComicRelief who served as David'sidekick, David's sidekick, never did anything remotely relevant to the plot, and almost never interacted with the main group.

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* AdvertisedExtra: Despite being always credited as a main character, in Season 1 he was just a PluckyComicRelief who was mostly seen around Scott and rarely interacted with the other, older teen characters, if not for being an insignificant AbhorrentAdmirer to Kelly. He gets better in season 2.



* AdvertisedExtra: In season 1 he is credited as a main character and even appears in one of the covers instead of Dylan (simply because Scott was in the pilot and Dylan wasn't). However he was just a PluckyComicRelief who served as David'sidekick, never did anything remotely relevant to the plot, and almost never interacted with the main group.



* SatelliteCharacter: He is David's friend and not much else.




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* TookALevelInDumbass: In season 1 he's often the voice of reason for David and sometimes realizes when David is making a fool of himself. In season 2 he acts as the more foolish, immature of the duo, which eventually leads to the trope above.



* AdvertisedExtra: Credited as a main character from season 6 onwards. He has his occasional ADayInTheLimelight but in most episodes he's just the owner of the Peach Pit diner who is on friendly terms with the main characters.



* AdvertisedExtra: Credited as a main character in season 5 but he's simply a SatelliteLoveInterest to Andrea. He has some storylines (helping Brandon to defend his presidency in one episode) but relatively minor compared to the other characters.



* SatelliteCharacter/SatelliteLoveInterest: He was simply Andrea's husband, and had little interactions with anyone else outside her.

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* SatelliteCharacter/SatelliteLoveInterest: SatelliteLoveInterest: He was simply Andrea's husband, and had little interactions with anyone else outside her.



** BrokenBird: Slides into this in the beginning of season 2 while still suffering a falling out with her friends, popularity, getting into a hit-and-run accident and having a naked photo of her surfacing around the school in the process.

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** * BrokenBird: Slides into this in the beginning of season 2 while still suffering a falling out with her friends, popularity, getting into a hit-and-run accident and having a naked photo of her surfacing around the school in the process.
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* {{Expy}}: Of [[SouthOfNowhere Scott Carlin]].

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* {{Expy}}: Of [[SouthOfNowhere [[Series/SouthOfNowhere Scott Carlin]].
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!!Liam Court (Matt Lanter)

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* {{Irony}}: In the first season she tries to hit on both Dylan and Brandon (in two different episodes) but was rejected by both. In later seasons, both guys are in love with her and fighting over her, leading the indecisive Kelly to TakeAThirdOption and reject both of their proposals.



* CommutingOnABus: Nat popped in and out for the show's final season, even though he had very little to do as a main character.




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* TeenGenius: Clare entered California University as a college sophomore, despite having graduated from high school only a couple of months earlier
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* FreudianExcuse: Con artist dad, New Age hippie mom.


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* DemotedToExtra: Their role on the show diminished as their children went off to college, and they were basically there to react to whatever they did. Eventually, both were Put on a Bus (or plane) to Hong Kong at the end of season.


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* MinnesotaNice: The Walsh family in Season 1, shown to be much more polite and down-to-earth than the Beverly Hills natives.


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