History Characters / DawsonsCreek

* ReasonableAutorithyFigure: Principal Green is this to the main group. He's aloof at first but understanding of their problems ─a defining moment of the character is when he lets Andie get off being punished for [[spoiler: cheating on the PSAT]].

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* ReplacementFlatCharacter: Not exactly a 'replacement', but he shows up just as his mirror, Dwason, starts to question himself, his motivation in life and his relationship towards the world around him. AJ is what Dawson would be if he had never met Nikki (another SmallRoleBigImpact character). And of course, he has so little screentime, he remains a FlatCharacter.

!Introced Seasons 4-6

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Jen dies after succumbing to a fatal heart condition after she collapses in the series finale.]]

* AmbigousSituation: How much she's serious about Pacey and hers' relationship. For much of Season 1, it's implied she sees it as a legitimate relationship; but she leaves him when there's the risk of people knowing about it. Of course, there's also the matter of their relationship ''being illegal'', which cleary puts her as a sexual predator and taking advantage of Pacey; the show never adresses this ─maybe to keep the situation, well, ambigous.

Capeside's NaiveNewcomer at the start of the second season, Andie is an upbeat, hyperactive girl who's always in for everything, be it a party or an all-night study session. Andie and her brother Jack's family is actually a formerly rich upstate clan scarred by their father's abandonment and their mother's frail mental state [[spoiler: after the mother felt responsible for the death of her eldest son, Tim, in a car accident.]]. Andie has the rare distinction of being the most open and sincere character of the cast, [[BrokenBird at least at first]], and quickly starts a romantic relationship with Pacey early on in her debuting season. She and Jack entered the cast (and quickly befriended Dawson's circle) in Season 2 as recurring, and she got promoted to main in Seasons 3 and 4. Though she left the show in Season 4, she was a guest for a couple of episodes in the last season.

[[folder: Arthur 'AJ' Moller]]

Joey's short-lived boyfriend during Season 3. They meet at Boston University, where he's her tour guide and a Literature Major, and alsoa teacher's assistant. She ends up erally smitten by him and start a relationship but, sadly, also learns he's oblivious to his feelings towards Morgan, a childhood friend.

* AndroginousName: Which makes for a really fun scene where both Joey and him believe they are to meet a person of their same gender for the tour of the university.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Joey, [[Yandere/obviously]]. They start arguing on their very first scene together, and only make amends once he shows his tender and vulnerable side. Subverted, however, since once they start dating they are soft with each other and they're [[spoiler: not meant to be]] anyways.
* DerailingLoveInterests: Of course. His main purpouse is not getting [[spoiler: Pacey]] and JOey together ─and making her believe she still doesn't feel anything for her [[spoiler: friend]].
* {{Foil}}: To [[spoiler: Pacey]], of course. He's cultured, very mature (and even condescending), and older than Joey ─or, in other words, the contrary of his foil. Phisically, however, they look ''very'' alike.
* MirrorCharacter: He's this for Dawson, as Morgan is for Joey. An idealistic, culturally-minded and terribly ObliviousToLove young man who's too intelligent for his own good, just as Dawson. Morgan is an artsy-minded young woman, shy but really sensitive ─just as Joey. Their story also makes a PlotParallel to both Joey and Dawson's story and Joey and [[Pacey's]] by the point he shows up on the show.
* ObliviousToLove: He could give Dawson a run for his money. It's Joey the one who has to spell for him that his childhood friend Morgan and him are actually in love, but unwilling to adimt it.
* ReplacementFlatCharacter: Not exactly a 'replacement', but he shows up just as his mirror, Dwason, starts to question himself, his motivation in life and his relationship towards the world around him. AJ is what Dawson would be if he had never met Nikki (another SmallRoleBigImpact character).
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Appears for a grand total of ''four'' episodes, but his and Joey's [[spoiler: breakup]] is the main event that makes Pacey finally [[spoiler: confess his feelings]] and that makes Joey start to realize she might love him back. It's even the [[spoiler: post-breakup]] drive home where all of this happens!

[[folder: AJ Moller]]

* BashBrothers: With Pacey. Later on, they went from being best friends to being enemies and rivals.

* BashBrothers: With Dawson before season four.

* CoolLoser: Early on, especially in season 1. She's depicted as being stereotypically unpopular, despite being beautiful and intelligent. Joey becomes more approachable and popular later on in the series; she even begins to become a [[ChickMagnet Dude Magnet]], especially after she grows out of her tomboy phase and embraces her femininity.

Capeside's NaiveNewcomer at the start of the second season, Andie is an upbeat, hyperactive girl who's always in for everything, be it a party or an all-night study session. Andie and her brother Jack's family is actually a formerly rich upstate clan scarred by their father's abandonment and their mother's frail mental state [[spoiler: after she cuased the death on a car accident of the older son, Jim]]. Andie has the rare distinction of being the most open and sincere character of the cast, [[BrokenBird at least at first]], and quickly starts a romantic relationship with Pacey early on her debuting season. She and Jack entered the cast (and quickly befriended Dawson's circle) on Season 2 as recurring, and she got promoted to main on Seasons 3 and 4. Though she left the show on Season 4, she was a guest for a couple of episodes in the last season.

* PapaWolf: He is fiercely protective of those who are dear to him.

* CoolLoser: He's considered by everyone (including himself) an overall failure, despite being attractive, charming to girls, passionate, funny and with a witty sense of humor.

* {{Expy}}: Of Film/SummerOf42's Dorothy, at least in appearance. This being [[{{Lampshading}} Dawsons' Creek]], it gets instantly noted by the main characters.