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* {{Adorkable}}: His interest in magic tricks and model planes, his trivia skills, and the repeated ''StarTrek'' references in his Season 4 ep.
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* TrueArtIsOffensive: Appears to live by this, with nearly all her art being about sex and, more particularly, ''her'' sexual exploits.
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* AManIsNotAVirgin: Subverted [[spoiler: until the end of his Season 3 episode]]. Played with in Season 4 when Thomas points out that [[spoiler: as JJ's first time was a pity-screw from a lesbian doesn't really mean much, and he needs to find a girl who is genuinely interested to have sex with him]].
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* AManIsNotAVirgin: Subverted [[spoiler: until the end of his Season 3 episode]]. Played with in Season 4 when Thomas points out that [[spoiler: as JJ's first time was a pity-screw from a lesbian doesn't really mean much, and he needs to find a girl who is genuinely interested to have sex with him]].
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* AManIsNotAVirgin: Subverted [[spoiler: until the end of his Season 3 episode]]. Played with in Season 4 when Thomas points out that [[spoiler: as JJ's first time was a pity-screw from a lesbian, he can't say he is truly attractive to women yet - he needs to make it with a girl who is genuinely interested in him first]].
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* AManIsNotAVirgin: Subverted [[spoiler: until the end of his Season 3 episode]]. Played with in Season 4 when Thomas points out that [[spoiler: as JJ's first time was a pity-screw from a lesbian, he can't say he is truly attractive to women yet - lesbian doesn't really mean much, and he needs to make it with find a girl who is genuinely interested in him first]].to have sex with him]].
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* TrueArtIsOffensive: A mild case - they seem to like painting each other naked.
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* SilentBobSilentBob: In Season 1.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: YMMV, but Tony and Effy gives off...vibes...at times.
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* PluckyComicRelief: Anwar was mostly there Especially true in Season 2, where Anwar's storyline seemed to exist to provide a bit of silly a fun MoodWhiplash in the midst of the other cast member's DarkerAndEdgier storylines. He rarely ever had dramatic arcs.arcs surrounding the other characters.
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* PluckyComicRelief: Anwar's storylines tended to be goofy moments in the midst of the rest of the cast's more dramatic arcs. Especially true in Season 2.
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* StrawHypocrite: Anwar is perfectly fine breaking Islam's rules regarding sex, drugs and drinking, but suddenly clings to his religion as an excuse for his homophobia. Maxxie calls him out on it in their episode.
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* StrawHypocrite: Anwar is perfectly fine breaking Islam's rules regarding drugs, drinking and premarital sex, drugs and drinking, but suddenly clings to his religion as an excuse for his homophobia. Maxxie calls him out on it in their episode.
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* TheSmartGuy: She tends to play this role, even though Tony and Cassie are arguably smarter. But Jal is far and away the most responsible and the Voice of Reason (at least, until she makes some stupid decisions herself toward the end of her arc).
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* TheSmartGuy: She tends to play this role, even though Tony and Cassie are arguably smarter. But Jal is far and away the most responsible and the Voice of Reason (at least, until she makes some stupid decisions herself toward the end of her arc).
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* TheSmartGuy: She tends to play this role, even though Tony and Cassie are arguably just as smart or smarter. But Jal is far and away the most responsible and the Voice of Reason (at least, until she makes some stupid decisions herself toward the end of her arc).
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* EmbarrassingNickname: "Nips," Tony's less-than-flattering nickname for her.
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* DitzyGenius: GeniusDitz: Though she's easily dismissed by many of the characters - and even by herself - as a vapid pretty girl, Michelle is actually a pretty good student, especially when it comes to languages. In the generation finale, this is solidified by Michelle [[spoiler: tieing with Tony for the best A-level grades in their group of friends]], surpassing even [[TheSmartGuy Jal]].
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* DitzyGenius: Mainly in Season 2. In her episode, she spends most of her philosophy exam chatting to her teacher and dancing to "Funkytown." She sits down to write for the last hour and seemingly aces the test. On top of that, Cassie is a genius at reading people (almost telepathic in her accuracy) and is also good at reading [[GeniusBookClub heavy books]].
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* DitzyGenius: Mainly in Season 2. In her episode, she spends most of her philosophy exam chatting to her teacher and dancing to "Funkytown." She sits down to write for the last hour and seemingly aces the test. On top of that, Cassie is a genius at reading people (almost telepathic in her accuracy) and is also good at as well as reading [[GeniusBookClub heavy books]].
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: [[BeyondTheImpossible Or Ultra-Wanking]] .
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Almost resulted in RedemptionEqualsDeath in the Season 1 finale, but HeGotBetter.]]
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* DitzyGenius: Though she's easily dismissed by many of the characters - and even by herself - as a vapid pretty girl, Michelle is actually a pretty good student, especially when it comes to languages. In the generation finale, this is solidified by Michelle [[spoiler: tieing with Tony for the best A-level grades in their group of friends]], surpassing even [[TheSmartGuy Jal]].
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* GeniusDitz: As seen in the Unseen Skins episode with the careers counselor - Michelle expects her to dismiss her as just a pretty airhead, like everyone else does. However, the counselor mentions that Michelle seems to have an aptitude for languages, which Michelle proceeds to demonstrate by speaking in flawless French. This comes back in Jal's S2 episode when she shows off her Spanish skills. In the generation finale, we find out that [[spoiler: Michelle tied Tony for best A-level grades in their group of friends]].
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* GeniusDitz: As seen in the Unseen Skins episode with the careers counselor - Michelle expects her to dismiss her as just a pretty airhead, like everyone else does. However, the counselor mentions that Michelle seems to have an aptitude for languages, which Michelle proceeds to demonstrate by speaking in flawless French. She also is seen obsessing over her Spanish oral in Jal's Season 2 episode, refusing to speak or be spoken to in anything else.
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* GeniusDitz: As seen in the Unseen Skins episode with the careers counselor - Michelle expects her to dismiss her as just a pretty airhead, like everyone else does. However, the counselor mentions that Michelle seems to have an aptitude for languages, which Michelle proceeds to demonstrate by speaking in flawless French. She also is seen obsessing over her Spanish oral This comes back in Jal's Season 2 episode, refusing to speak or be spoken to S2 episode when she shows off her Spanish skills. In the generation finale, we find out that [[spoiler: Michelle tied Tony for best A-level grades in anything else.their group of friends]].
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* FriendsWithBenefits: How his relationship with Daisy [[spoiler: starts out]].
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* PutOnABus: Literally, in the S6 finale.
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* YoureNotMyFather: Mini's initial attitude towards him.
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* ActorAllusion: Clare Grogan's ex-partner is called Gregory.
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* DisappearedDad
!!Eric
-->Played By: JustinEdwards
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* [[ParentalSubstitute Paternal Substitute]]: Eric is probably a better father figure to Mini than her biological one, [[spoiler: especially since he tracks down a heavily-pregnant Mini before she runs away with Franky]].
* DisappearedDad
!!Eric
-->Played By: Justin
* [[ParentalSubstitute Paternal Substitute]]: Eric is probably a better father figure to Mini than her biological one, [[spoiler: especially since he tracks down a heavily-pregnant Mini before she runs away with Franky]].
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* RupturedAppendix: Liv spends her S6 episode thinking she has a lump on her uterus and is scared to have it medically looked at, [[spoiler: but she later finds out that [[YouImaginedIt it was all in her head, and a psychological manifestation of her grief over Grace's death]]]].
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* SociopathicHero
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* {{Foil}}: To her sister as explained above, as well as to Naomi. Emily's close-knit family, and the fact that she's a twin, contrasts with Naomi's more independent life, with a mom who is not alw
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* {{Foil}}: To her sister as explained above, as well as to Naomi. Emily's close-knit family, and the fact that she's a twin, contrasts with Naomi's more independent life, with a mom who is not alwalways around. This explains why Emily dives face-first into their relationship, going serious all at once, while Naomi is scared off by that and wants to ease into it slowly.
* {{Gayngst}}
* LipstickLesbian
* OddFriendship: With J.J.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue oni to Katie's red oni, at least through most of Series 3. Less so after she starts to crawl out from Katie's shadow at the end of Season 3, though she's still more low-key and sensitive than her sister.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Naomi.
* SchoolgirlLesbians
!!Naomi Campbell
-->Played by: Lily Loveless
* AllTakeAndNoGive: [[spoiler: Arguably Naomi's fling with Sophia. At least from Sophia's point of view.]]
* ArmoredClosetGay: At first.
* DisappearedDad
* FirstKiss: [[spoiler:That middle school kiss with Emily. (All the boys she'd dated before then were too cowardly to go for it. And she didn't fancy any of them anyway.)]]
* {{Gayngst}}
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: In Season 3. Naomi is very quick to remind Emily how very straight she is between lip-locking sessions.
* InformedAbility: Naomi is supposedly very political and hates injustice, but apart from her character video diary, unsuccessful run for student president, and her poster of Nelson Mandela on her bedroom wall, this is never really shown.
** The run for president was unsuccessful precisely ''because'' she hates injustice (she refused to let Harriet and Doug get away with trying to rig the election in her favour).
*** Also, it's [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] earlier in the episode when she points out that Emily shouldn't know that about her, having said all of about three sentences to her, none of them political.
* LoveAtFirstSight: "I think I was twelve."
* MessyHair: Becomes her default hairstyle during season 4.
* NamesTheSame
* OddFriendship: With Cook, by Season 4. Let's not forget she got him in trouble in the generation opener when he tried to show her his dick tattoos.
** And oddly enough, Effy as well, though the moments are fleeting. Evidenced in JJ's Season 3 episode, when they discuss Naomi's sexuality and Effy's love for Freddie, and Effy's Season 4 episode, when Naomi goes to visit Effy [[spoiler:in the psychiatric hospital following her suicide attempt]] to discuss Naomi's [[spoiler:failing]] relationship with Emily.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Emily.
* SchoolgirlLesbians
* StepfordSnarker: "I learned how to become a sarcastic bitch just to make it feel normal."
* {{Tsundere}}: See above.
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Naomi cheats on Emily in Season 4 with [[StalkerWithACrush Sophia]], a storyline that was possibly [[{{Foreshadowing}} hinted at]] with the song "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry" that plays at the end of 309.]]
!Family
!!Anthea Stonem
-->Played by: Morwenna Banks
* ActorAllusion: She cheats on Jim with his line manager, played by David Baddiel, Banks' real life partner.
* YourCheatingHeart: She's been cheating on her husband with his line manager.
!!Jim Stonem
-->Played by: Harry Enfield
* PutOnABus: Partway through Season 3 (when he finds out about Anthea's cheating).
!!Angela Moon
-->Played by: Sally Phillips
* AdultsAreUseless: Is easily dispatched by the MDMA brownies and Pandora's friends are able to have the party they wanted.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: Played with. Angela is one, but Pandora doesn't see her this way - and is more worried about how her hard-partying friends are going to embarrass her in front of her ''mom.''
* HiddenDepths: Her sex tape with the cranky neighbor that Effy and Cook find when they fall into the house next door.
* MyBelovedSmother: Angela doesn't want Pandora anywhere near boys. Oddly enough, Panda doesn't see her this way, even though she breaks all her rules.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Parent]]: Arguably. With the exception of her ideas about boyfriends, her rules for Pandora are actually pretty reasonable.
* UnsuspectinglySoused: After Katie puts MDMA in the brownies when Angela's back is turned.
!!Aunt Elizabeth
-->Played by: Maureen Lipman
* UnsuspectinglySoused: Doesn't realize tea plants are marijuana. (Or maybe she does, given the way she's happily smoking them at the end...)
!!Celia Jones
-->Played by: Juliet Cowan
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: When she accidentally calls Lara a "slut" in JJ's Season 4 episode.
!!Edward Jones
-->Played by: Douglas Hodge
* HandsOffParenting: He spends most of the time hiding behind a newspaper.
!!Ruth Cook
-->Played by: Tanya Franks
* HandsOffParenting: Hasn't seen her son since she kicked him out for selling her wedding rings for dope - until he's under house arrest in Season 4.
* MrsRobinson: Has sex with [[spoiler: Freddie]].
* ReallyGetsAround
* TrueArtIsOffensive: Appears to live by this, with nearly all her art being about sex and, more particularly, ''her'' sexual exploits.
!!James Cook, Sr
-->Played by: Matt King
* DisappearedDad
* {{Jerkass}}
* YoureNotMyFather
!!Leo Mclair
-->Played by: Simon Day
!!Karen Mclair
-->Played by: Klariza Clayton
* BrattyTeenageDaughter
* IdolSinger: Her dream is to be the English equivalent of this.
!!Jenna Fitch
-->Played by: Ronnie Ancona
* BreakTheHaughty: In Katie's Season 4 episode when [[spoiler: the Fitches lose their house]].
* SmugSnake
!!Rob Fitch
-->Played by: John Bishop
* BumblingDad
* OverprotectiveDad: "If they're not still virgins tomorrow, I'll hunt you down like dogs."
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheated on Jenna once with her sister; he explains it to Emily to help her deal [[spoiler: with Naomi's cheating]].
* StepfordSmiler: Series 4. [[spoiler: Manages to seem optimistic about how his fitness machine will "take off" even as he's hiding foreclosure notices from his wife and kids.]]
!!James Fitch
-->Played by: Redd Smith
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: From Katie and Emily's perspectives.
* KidAnova: Fancies himself as one.
* MouthyKid
!!Gina Campbell
--> Played by: Olivia Colman
* HandsOffParenting: Also could be lumped in with MissingMom. Gina apparently left Naomi on her own for a year to do ... well, something. (She'd stated that she wanted to "fuck on every beach in India" before she ended up pregnant; that's the most likely explanation.) Strange because for the most part of Season 3, she was a [[GoodParents good parent]].
* NewAgeRetroHippie
!Supporting Cast
!!Johnny White
-->Played by: Mackenzie Crook
* {{Expy}}: Plenty of people saw his character as a clone of Mad Twatter.
* HeyItsThatGuy: He's [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Ragetti]].
!!Lara Lloyd
-->Played by: Georgia Henshaw
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: A mild case, but she does basically exist just to be [[spoiler: JJ's girlfriend]].
* TeenPregnancy
!!Sophia Moore
-->Played by: Amberley Gridley
* DrivenToSuicide: Way to start a season!
* MilitaryBrat: Her dad died fighting in battle and she's also part of the [[MilitaryAcademy Army Cadet Force]].
* PosthumousCharacter
* RoomFullOfCrazy: Cadet locker, rather.
* StalkerWithACrush: Taken to the extreme. Sophia has a whole locker shrine dedicated to Naomi. Items include covertly taken snapshots of Naomi, Naomi's bracelet, [[{{Squick}} an old toothbrush of Naomi's]], and a Garibaldi wrapper Naomi had thrown out.
* TragicDream: Naomi. Art school.
!!Matt Moore
-->Played by: Richard Southgate
* BigBrotherInstinct
* MilitaryBrat
!!Dr. John Foster
-->Played by: Hugo Speer
* AxCrazy
* [[IfICantHaveYou If I Can't Have You]]
* MindRape: Attempts this on Effy. [[spoiler: Almost succeeds.]]
* TheShrink: A particularly extreme Type 1.
* StalkerWithACrush
* {{Yandere}}
!!Sam
-->Played by: Ben Evans
* BerserkButton: Unknowingly presses Katie's in her Season 4 episode. [[spoiler: Gets dumped for it.]]
* BiggusDickus: What Katie claims him to be.
!!Andrea Babajide
-->Played by: Adelayo Adedayo
* BettyAndVeronica: The show plays with this trope. The pressure Thomas is feeling from his parents and church to "stick with his culture" makes him see Andrea as the Betty to Pandora's Veronica (yes, we ''are'' talking about ''Panda'' here). By the end of the episode he realizes it's more reversed.
* PreachersKid: Mostly Type 1, though her dalliance with Thomas could slide her toward Type 3.
* TedBaxter: While she's not ''entirely'' without musical talents, she ''does'' have an inflated sense of her abilities, as her speech about Lady Gaga, Beyonce, etc. indicates.
!!Kieran Macfoeinaiugh
-->Played by: Ardal O'Hanlon
* TheAllegedCar:
-->'''Kieran:''' Would you believe it only cost me £2.50? And three tokens from the top of Weetabix packets.
-->'''Naomi:''' Yeah, I really would believe that.
* ApatheticTeacher: "Hi, I'm Kieran and I hate being a fucking teacher."
* HotForStudent: For Naomi, after he misreads the signals.
!!Harriet Lawes
-->Played by: Victoria Wicks
* PutOnABus: After Season 3.
!!David Blood
-->Played by: Chris Addison
* SadistTeacher: Seems to take pleasure in expelling people.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Sweeps in at the beginning of Season 4 with plans to improve the school - mostly by expelling anyone who steps a toe out of line.
!!T. Love
-->Played by: Will Young
* WaxingLyrical: Most of his advice is derived from the work of MichaelJackson.
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!The Kids
!! Francesca "Franky" Fitzgerald
-->Played by: Dakota Blue Richards
* AbortedArc: The reasons behind her FreakOut in the Season 5 finale when [[spoiler: Matty tries to have sex with her]]. As of the Season 6 premiere, [[spoiler: Matty and Franky are an OfficialCouple and Franky tells her friends she's "been losing her virginity lots of times."]]
* [[ActorAllusion Actress Allusion]]: Franky coming from Oxford is a possible allusion to TheGoldenCompass.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer
* [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Lesbian]]: She is referred to as a lesbian by some character early in the season, but [[spoiler: Grace, Mini, and Liv eventually question her about her sexuality, and she's says she's "into people" (which would one would probably call "pansexual").]]
* BeautifulAllAlong: In her first episode after her makeover.
* BadassLongCoat
* {{Bifauxnen}}: She has a very butch/androgynous way of dressing.
* [[spoiler:BiTheWay: While she doesn't identify as bisexual she is attracted to people regardless of gender, specifically stating that she's "into people."]]
* BrokenBird: Implied specifically by [[spoiler: her FreakOut]] in the finale.
* CoolLoser
* TheDandy: Has the appearance of one but lacks the obvious vanity and she apparently makes some of her own clothes.
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* [[spoiler:DistressedDamsel: Combined with LiteralCliffHanger in the Season 5 finale.]]
* EatingLunchAlone
* [[spoiler:ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the novel she cuts her hair short like in the series]]
* FreakyIsCool
* FriendshipMoment: "You got a lighter?"
* [[spoiler: GirlinessUpgrade]]: In Season 6.
* HatesBeingTouched
* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Daddies]]
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation
* TheHeart
* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey It's That Girl!]] : Dakota Blue Richards was Lyra in ''TheGoldenCompass''.
* HiddenDepths: She's a skilled animator, DJ, photographer and [[ChekhovsSkill tailor]].
** And as of season 6, fluent in French.
* InSeriesNickname: She seems to be called "Headfuck" by the other characters quite a lot...
* InternalizedCategorism
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Lampshaded almost word-for-word after [[spoiler: her FreakOut and subsequent near-death]] in 5x08.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends
* {{Kuudere}}
* [[MrImagination Ms Imagination]]
* NaiveNewcomer
* NoSocialSkills: At first due to her being shy.
* ParentalAbandonment
* ShrinkingViolet
* TheRival: How Mini sees her, until they become friends.
* [[spoiler:TookALevelInJerkass: Sometime between Season 5 and Season 6 she went up a level.]]
* SuppressedMammaries: Many were surprised to see that Dakota Blue Richards has actually got not inconsiderable breasts, when she's not dressed as Franky. [[spoiler: This is also supposedly the reason for Franky's GirlinessUpgrade in Season 6; Dakota had had to bind her breasts to play the androgynous Franky, and it became too uncomfortable for her.]]
* {{Tomboy}}
* [[TomboyishName Tomboyish Nickname]]
* [[spoiler:TraumaCongaLine: Happens in the novel, when we see the extent of the bullying at her previous school]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With [[spoiler:Mini and Nick]].
!!Aloysius "Alo" Creevey
-->Played by: Will Merrick
* AerithAndBob
* AntiquatedLinguistics: Prone to speaking in incredibly outdated parlance.
* BookDumb
* CallingTheOldManOut: Tries to do this, only it doesn't go well.
* CanineCompanion: [[StockAnimalName Rags]] the dog, it's pretty much his breaking point when his [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] threatens to take his dog away.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: [[BeyondTheImpossible Or Ultra-Wanking]] .
* [[spoiler: FriendsWithBenefits: With Mini, starting in the first episode of season six.]]
** [[spoiler: SecretRelationship: Again, with Mini.]]
* FriendshipMoment: He has this with Mini in his season 5 episode, as she comforts him after [[spoiler:his father ends up in the hospital]].
* GrowingUpSucks: The theme of his season 5 episode, combined with AllWorkVsAllPlay.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With [[VitriolicBestBuds Rich]]. [[spoiler:As of the Season 5 finale he and Nick appear to be heading this way.]]
* TheInternetIsForPorn
* LifeOfTheParty
* [[MommasBoy Momma's Boy]]
* OddFriendship: With Mini.
* RedheadedHero
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Well sortof.
* SlobsVersusSnobs: As a slob, he has this dynamic with Rich and Mini.
* TheSlacker
* SnapBack: He was pulled out of college in his season 5 episode and in the next episode he is seen performing in the SchoolPlay like nothing happened.
* TheStoner
* TheWestCountry: Has a strong West Country accent and lives on a farm.
!!Richard "Rich" Hardbeck
-->Played by: Alexander Arnold
* BetaCouple: With Grace.
* CannotSpitItOut
* TheCynic
* DeadpanSnarker
* DrunkenSong
* [[spoiler:ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the Season5 finale]]
* [[spoiler:TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest]]: In his Season 6 episode.
* FoolForLove
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation
* InVinoVeritas
* TheSnarkKnight
* OddCouple: With Grace.
* OppositesAttract: Grace even name-drops the trope.
* PrinceCharming: He becomes one in Grace's season 5 episode.
* RealMenWearPink
* RelationshipUpgrade: With [[spoiler: Grace]] after a very brief and awkward FirstKiss.
* ShirtlessScene: [[TheDandy Complete with body moisturiser.]]
* {{Jerkass}} / {{JerkassFacade}}: [[FanDumb His musical snobbery towards anything that isn't metal is ''extremely'' grating]].
** Particularly in his Season 5 episode to [[spoiler: Grace]], who [[spoiler:is only trying to help hook him up with a crush.]]
*** He does get a little better though after a few BreakTheHaughty moments.
** He's gotten more [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold likeable]] since then due to his relationship with [[spoiler:Grace]].
* SensoryAbuse: Temporarily loses his hearing after listening to the "heaviest" record ever made.
* TeamChef
* [[spoiler:WackyMarriageProposal: To Grace while quoting RomeoAndJuliet referencing FourthDateMarriage, She accepts while quoting TheTempest.]]
!!Mini [=McGuinness=]
-->Played by: Freya Mavor
* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:Mini's sexuality is arguably a case of this.]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: First there is her one-sided love for Nick, [[spoiler:and then her unrequited "girl crush" on Franky.]]
* AlphaBitch: Possibly a deconstruction of the trope.
* BadBadActing: She goes into a [[{{Narm}} Narmy]] LargeHam mode during the rehearsal of the production of ''TwelfthNight''.
* [[spoiler: BaitAndSwitchLesbians]]/[[spoiler:NoBisexuals]]: The WordOfGod insistence going into S6 that [[spoiler: Mini is actually straight]], in spite of [[spoiler: her "girl crushes" on Franky and Liv in S5 and the novel]], is arguably one of these.
* BlondesAreEvil
* BlueEyes: The first type.
* BreakTheHaughty
* CityMouse
* ClingyJealousGirl: She takes this to {{Determinator}} levels at times, first to Nick [[spoiler: until they break up]], and then [[spoiler: to Franky]].
* [[spoiler:CompensatedDating: In the novel, a guy she's with turns out to be a registered sex offender.]]
* ControlFreak
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: [[NatureAbhorsAVirgin She's actually a virgin]], and she invents an UrbanLegendLoveLife to cover this fact up.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* DefrostingIceQueen
* DisappearedDad
* EasilyForgiven: By Franky, considering the bullying she put her through.
* GirlPosse: Well, to start with anyway. [[spoiler: Not anymore.]]
* FallenPrincess
* FakingAmnesia
* FanDisservice: Any of her sex scenes with Nick, due to how downright-painful it looks for her.
* ForgetsToEat: She possibly has an eating disorder.
* [[spoiler: FriendsWithBenefits: With Alo, starting in the first episode of season six.]]
** [[spoiler: SecretRelationship: She doesn't want anyone to find out about her and Alo.]]
* [[spoiler:HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday]]
* [[spoiler: HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday]]
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Says this to [[spoiler: Matty]], about [[spoiler: Franky]].
* IJustWantToBeBeautiful
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex
* InLoveWithLove
* InternalizedCategorism
* KickTheDog: Making Liv drink a bottle of vodka after she's already had far too much to drink.
* LetsWaitAwhile: Atypical for a show where EverybodyHasLotsOfSex.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Eventually.
* MakeWayForThePrincess
* TheMatchmaker: Tries to do this with [[spoiler: Franky and Matty]], presumably to get back at Liv.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Mainly towards Franky.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Her speciality.
* OddCouple: With Franky
* SuddenlySexuality: How some fans see [[spoiler: her "girl crush" on Franky]], arising as it does toward the end of the season, after all her drama with Nick. [[spoiler: And then reversed in S6, when after those feelings for Franky ''were'' developed at the end of S5, she's confirmed as straight going into S6.]]
* PetTheDog: [[OddFriendship Her interactions with Alo in his episode.]]
* PowerTrio: The ego.
* RichBitch: Not exactly rich, but she does throw pretty extravagant parties for someone her age.
** Actually, she and her mother live in a low-income neighborhood, so she is far from being actually rich. Nick tells Liv in Mini's Season 5 episode that he hasn't been to Mini's home even if they've been going out for over a month, so it's possible that Mini tries to maintain a RichBitch image.
* SleepMask
* StepfordSmiler
* [[spoiler: TeenPregnancy]]: [[spoiler: And Alo is more than likely the father.]]
* [[spoiler:TellMeAboutMyFather: In the Novel]]
* TheThreeFacesOfEve: The child.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She is the girly girl to Franky's Tomboy.
* [[TragicHero Tragic Heroine]]: At least in her season 5 episode.
* {{Tsundere}}: [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Although some see her as more of a]] {{Yandere}}.
* TedBaxter
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: To many, it seems to be a mix of an English accent, the actress's natural Scottish Accent and possibly something else (apparently the actress lived in France a lot, although it could be mistaken for Irish).
* WhenSheSmiles: You gotta admit, whenever she smiles is an instantly adorable moment.
!!Olivia "Liv" Malone
-->Played by: Laya Lewis
* BottleFairy
* CloserToEarth: To begin with, anyway.
* FashionableAsymmetry
* FiveFingerDiscount
* FoeYay /LesYay/ FauxYay: [[spoiler:With Franky, Grace, and Mini.]]
* InformedAbility: All the stuff on her E4 profile picture about her being obsessed with dancing.
* ParentalAbandonment: Has a DisappearedDad and a distant mother who goes away on New Age retreats and leaves her in charge.
* ReallyGetsAround
* PowerTrio: The id.
* TheThreeFacesOfEve: The seductress.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In Grace's Season 5 episode.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Noticeably after her Season 5 episode, Her offering the girls cocaine is a prime example.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Mini.
!!Grace Violet [[spoiler:Blood]]
-->Played by: Jessica Sula
* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has interracial parents.
* [[{{Ballet}} The Ballerina]]
* BetaCouple: With Rich.
* [[spoiler: BreakTheCutie: The novel seems to be an exercise in seeing how often Grace can cry.]]
** [[spoiler:It gets to a point where Mini considers her TheEeyore.]]
* TheCutie
* DaddysGirl
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: She's actually Professor David Blood's daughter.]]
* TheDitz: Appears that way in Franky's episode, with several ShuttingUpNow moments.
* DoubleAgent: Something of this during the first few episodes, being a member of both Mini's gang (with Liv and Nick) and Franky's (with Alo and Rich). [[spoiler: As of Mini's episode, though, she and Mini are no longer friends and after that the group stops being as divided.]]
* ExtremeDoormat: Played with.
* FairytaleMotifs
* ForHappiness
* [[spoiler: KillTheCutie]]
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: As it seems.
* LongingForFictionland
* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]
* OddCouple: With Richard.
* {{Ojou}}
* OppositesAttract: Grace mentions the trope by name, as it appears to be the case between her and Rich.
* PlayingCyrano: To [[spoiler: Rich]] in the second episode of series 5.
* PowerTrio: The superego.
* PreppyName: also a NamesToTrustImmediately
* PrincessClassic: She's not actually a princess, but this trope gets referenced and [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] with regard to her character.
* SpoiledSweet
* StepfordSmiler
* TeamMom
* TheThreeFacesOfEve: The mother.
* [[spoiler: TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]
* [[spoiler: TooHappyToLive]]
!!Nicholas "Nick" Levan
-->Played by: Sean Teale
* {{Adorkable}}: Post-CharacterDevelopment.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: How he sees his brother.
* AManIsNotAVirgin / AManIsAlwaysEager
* [[spoiler: [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Bisexual]]]]: How a lot of fans are interpreting the [[spoiler: picture of him kissing new gay character Alex]] from the latter's upcoming episode.
* AnalogyBackfire
--> Nick: "Isn’t this wicked. The Bloods and Cripples together at last. You get me?"
-->Grace: "What’s he talking about?"
-->Rich: "Nick’s suggesting that were a bunch of cripples and that he and Mini, are similar to a black violent LA street gang... obviously"
* BookDumb
* BrokenAce
* CallingTheOldManOut
* EstrogenBrigadeBait
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen
* InUniverseCatharsis: Smashing his father's kitchen with a golf club.
* IWantToBeARealMan: [[WellDoneSonGuy Due to the influence of his father.]]
* FriendshipMoment: With Franky, their conversation on the swing set, and when he stands up for Franky after a guy threatens her.
* JerkJock: Before the onset of CharacterDevelopment.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* TheMasochismTango: With Mini, they first appear to be BirdsOfAFeather but it becomes painfully obvious that they don't work as a couple.
** [[spoiler: As of his Season 5 episode he and Mini are no longer a couple]].
* MissingMom
* ShallowLoveInterest: Both he and Mini are shallow love interests to each other, at least initially.
* YourCheatingHeart
!!Matthew "Matty" [[spoiler:Levan]]
-->Played by: Sebastian De Souza
* [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Bisexual]]: Mainly due to WordOfGod indicating the character the character was originally supposed to be bisexual, that and the character profile that lists ''{{Shortbus}}'' and ''Film/MyOwnPrivateIdaho'' as his favourite movies.
* BlackSheep
* BirdsOfAFeather: [[spoiler: Arguably with either [[TriangRelations Liv or Franky.]]]]
* DullSurprise
* FiveFingerDiscount
* GeniusBookClub: He can be seen reading Stephen Hawking's ''A Brief History of Time'' in Grace's Season 5 episode.
** Plus his profile on the E4 website.
* MasterOfTheMixedMessage
* MissingMom
* MysteriousPast
* OnlyOneName: Until Liv's episode.
* PermaStubble
* PlayingGertrude: Sebastian de Souza is younger than Sean Teale by a year, but on the show, Matty is older than Nick.
* TheQuietOne
* RebelliousSpirit
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The sensitive one in contrast to his [[spoiler:JerkJock brother Nick]].
* SiblingRivalry: [[spoiler:With Nick]].
* TheStoic
* ToxicFriendInfluence
* TheTramp: Until Nick's Season 5 episode.
* TroubledButCute
!!Alex Henley
-->Played by: Sam Jackson
* AllGaysArePromiscuous
* TheGamblingAddict
* [[MistakenForSubculture Mistaken For Prostitute]]
* SixthRanger: Was announced as a new "main cast" character who would be introduced in Season 6.
* StraightGay
!Family
!!Geoff Cumber and Jeff Woodburn
-->Played by: John Sessions and Gareth Farr
* GoodParents: At least initially, they appear to be a rare case of caring parents on the show.
* HappilyMarried
* HomeGuard: Both former members of the Territorial Army.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted, but not as quite their names are very similar.
!!Kevin Hardbeck
-->Played by: Daniel Ryan
* FirstNameBasis: Rich always refers to his dad by his first name (barring the end of the episode when Rich calls him "dad" as a PetTheDog moment).
* NiceGuy
!!Shelley [=McGuinness=]
-->Played by: Clare Grogan
* [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Amazingly Embarrassing Parent]]
* AllMenArePerverts: Her views on men boils down to this.
* HotMom: What she considers herself to be.
* ReallyGetsAround: In sharp contrast to her daughter [[spoiler: who is a virgin.]]
!!Maude Malone
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Liv, at times.
* BlackAndNerdy
* BookWorm
* GeniusBookClub: Is shown reading ''InfiniteJest''.
!!Bella Malone
* CoolBigSis: To Liv, at times.
* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal
!! Leon Levan
-->Played by Dorian Lough
* BreakTheMotivationalSpeaker
* CatchPhrase: 'Man Up' and bizarrely 'Peace Out'
* [[EducationMama Education Papa]]
* {{Jerkass}}
* NeverMyFault
* PornStache
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes
* TheShrink: A life coach and motivational speaker but still counts as an unintentional type 1
* ToughLove
* WaxingLyrical: "Every breath you take" by The Police
!! Catherine Creevey
-->Played by Ingrid Lacey
* AllTakeAndNoGive: Her relationship with Alo is pretty much defined by the fact that neither side wishes to compromise, making them both "takers."
* ApronMatron
* FamilyBusiness: Her main goal is to have Alo work full time on the Crevvey family farm, something that doesn't sit well with Alo.
* InSeriesNickname: Mumgabe
* MyBelovedSmother
* ParentalObliviousness
* ToughLove
!!David Blood
-->Played by: Chris Addison
* BeingPersonalIsntProfessional:Why he insists on keeping his relationship with [[spoiler:his daughter Grace]] a secret so it doesn't compromise his position.
* TheBGrade: Invokes this trope by threatening to send [[spoiler:Grace]] to [[GildedCage Mayberry's College for Young Ladies]] against her will if she gets less than A on her drama exam, [[spoiler: [[HopeSpot She succeeds ]] despite his attempts at blackmailing Rich into throwing it only for him to try and [[JerkAss send her anyway]]]]
* CampStraight
* ControlFreak
* DeanBitterman
* DeathGlare: Gives quite a formidable one to [[spoiler:Rich]] while they are having dinner
* [[spoiler:[[EducationMama Education Papa]]: Considering he's the principal of a school this is hardly suprising.]]
* EvillyAffable
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: not so much in the Season 5 finale]]
** To the point of SickeninglySweethearts with the dancing and the pea song.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Chris Addison was Ollie in TheThickOfIt
* KickTheDog: On a regular basis [[spoiler:But expelling all of Grace's friends from college stands out.]]
* [[spoiler:KnightTemplarParent: putting a tracking device on his daughter pushes him firmly into this category.]]
* LargeHam
* LukeIAmYourFather: Reveal to audience only.
* [[spoiler: MeddlingParents]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyfast
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Is based on DavidCameron, there's even a photo of him with David Cameron in one episode [[TakeThat which he vomits his sandwich onto.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: The actor is nearly 40 but he doesn't look older than thirty and the character has to be older than that because [[spoiler:he has a seventeen year old daughter]].
* [[spoiler:OverprotectiveDad]]
* [[spoiler:ParentalMarriageVeto]]
* SadistTeacher: As he put it Education is war against inefficiency, ignorance, idleness, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and chewing gum.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections
* SharpDressedMan
!!Gregory
-->Played by: Justin Edwards
* ActorAllusion: Clare Grogan's ex-partner is called Gregory.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: U.S. Cast]]
!The Kids
!!Tony Schneider
-->Played by: James Newman
-->''British Counterpart: Tony Stonem''
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Has a thing for Tea.
* {{Antihero}}: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V]].
* IncompatibleOrientation: With Tea.
* {{Jerkass}}
!!Michelle Reinhart
-->Played by: Rachel Thevenard
-->''British Counterpart: Michelle Richardson''
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: How she sees her mother.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: As the principal points out during Michelle's episode, Michelle is very intelligent and gifted, but dumbs herself down to attract boys and hard-partying friends.
* SelectiveObliviousness: She's pretty much the only one who doesn't know Tony's been cheating on her.
!!Stanley Lucerne
-->Played by: Daniel Flaherty
-->''British Counterpart: Sid Jenkins''
* ADateWithRosiePalms: In Tony's episode and again in Cadie's episode, [[{{Squick}} this time on Michelle's bed while holding her teddy bear.]]
* {{Antihero}}: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type I]].
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Steals his father's car only for it to blow up after being caught driving without a license, although it's actually TheAllegedCar and it was precious for sentimental reason.
* TheStoner
!!Chris Collins
-->Played by: Jesse Carere
-->''British Counterpart: Chris Miles''
* {{Expy}}: While the other Skins US characters have been developed beyond their British inspirations somewhat, he remains essentially a direct copy of the original Chris, if a bit meaner.
* [[HotForStudent Hot For Teacher]]
* LifeOfTheParty: Relative to the other characters, that is. Though [[http://www.rophydoes.com/skins-recaps/us/107-michelle/ at least one person]] thinks it's an InformedAttribute.
* TheStoner
!!Cadie Campbell
-->Played by: Britne Oldford
-->''British Counterpart: Cassie Ainsworth''
* ButNotTooBlack
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* DullSurprise
* KnifeNut
* NoMedicationForMe
* RaceLift: Cassie was White, while Cadie is biracial (Black and White).
* RoomFullOfCrazy: What her mom thinks of her room. ''Your'' mileage may vary.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: She is terrified of birds (pigeons in particular).
!!Tea Marvelli
-->Played by: Sofia Black D'elia
-->''British Counterpart: Maxxie Oliver''
* ADateWithRosiePalms: In her episode.
* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Tea isn't interested in a relationship; she just wants sex.
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Much to her dismay.
* TheCheerleader
* {{Gayngst}}
* GenderFlip
* InTheBlood: Turns out [[spoiler: her grandmother is also a lesbian, or at least bisexual]].
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Her name is pronounced TAY-uh, not like the drink.
* LipstickLesbian
* TheMafia: It's implied that her dad is a member.
* NoBisexuals: Many have pointed out that having Tea come out as bisexual would be a great solution to the Tony/Tea/Betty triangle, appeasing both Tea/Tony shippers and queer fans upset about the show resorting to an offensive cliche. However, WordOfGod has confirmed that she is a lesbian, not bisexual, and her interest in Tony is strictly friendly and she's just confused. [[RelationshipWritingFumble Um, okay...]]
* TwoferTokenMinority: Lesbian and (half-)Jewish.
!!Daisy Valero
-->Played by: Camille Crescencia-Mills
-->''British Counterpart: Jal Fazer''
* BuxomIsBetter
* ElegantClassicalMusician
* [[spoiler:FriendsWithBenefits: With Abbud, though the moment slightly hints [[JustFriends at something more.]]]]
* MistakenForGay: By Tea's family.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Like her British counterpart, Daisy tends to play this role - though she is a bit wilder than Jal was.
* RaceLift: Jal was Black; Daisy is Latina (though she looks more Filipina than she does Latina, as Camille is half-Filipina).
* TeamMom: Even more so than Jal.
* [[spoiler:TheirFirstTime: She and Abbud lose their virginity to each other in her Season 1 episode.]]
!!Abbud Siddiky
-->Played by: Ron Mustafaa
-->''British Counterpart: Anwar Kharral''
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Has a thing for Tea.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Why he went to Tea's "Big Gay Night Out." Was disappointed when they turned out to be much more interested in each other than in the dudes like him looking on.
* IncompatibleOrientation: With Tea.
* NatureAbhorsAVirgin: [[spoiler:Not anymore apparently, as of Daisy's Season 1 episode.]]
!!Eura Schneider
-->Played by: Eleanor Zichy
-->''British Counterpart: Effy Stonem''
* TheVoiceless
!Family
!!Michelle's Mom
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent
* ReallyGetsAround
!!Nana Marvelli
* BiTheWay
* InTheBlood: Likes the ladies, just like her granddaughter.
!Supporting Cast
!!Tabitha
* BlondesAreEvil
* {{Expy}}: Of Abigail Stock.
* RichBitch
!!Mad Mao Le Dong
* AxCrazy
* BadassGrandpa: Not in a good way.
* {{Expy}}: Of Mad Twatter.
* UnfortunateNames
!!Betty
* TheBeard: Her boyfriend.
* {{Gayngst}}
* LipstickLesbian
!!Tina
* ADayInTheLimelight: Her episode.
* {{Expy}}: Of Angie from the original.
* HotForStudent
[[/folder]]
* {{Gayngst}}
* LipstickLesbian
* OddFriendship: With J.J.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue oni to Katie's red oni, at least through most of Series 3. Less so after she starts to crawl out from Katie's shadow at the end of Season 3, though she's still more low-key and sensitive than her sister.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Naomi.
* SchoolgirlLesbians
!!Naomi Campbell
-->Played by: Lily Loveless
* AllTakeAndNoGive: [[spoiler: Arguably Naomi's fling with Sophia. At least from Sophia's point of view.]]
* ArmoredClosetGay: At first.
* DisappearedDad
* FirstKiss: [[spoiler:That middle school kiss with Emily. (All the boys she'd dated before then were too cowardly to go for it. And she didn't fancy any of them anyway.)]]
* {{Gayngst}}
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: In Season 3. Naomi is very quick to remind Emily how very straight she is between lip-locking sessions.
* InformedAbility: Naomi is supposedly very political and hates injustice, but apart from her character video diary, unsuccessful run for student president, and her poster of Nelson Mandela on her bedroom wall, this is never really shown.
** The run for president was unsuccessful precisely ''because'' she hates injustice (she refused to let Harriet and Doug get away with trying to rig the election in her favour).
*** Also, it's [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] earlier in the episode when she points out that Emily shouldn't know that about her, having said all of about three sentences to her, none of them political.
* LoveAtFirstSight: "I think I was twelve."
* MessyHair: Becomes her default hairstyle during season 4.
* NamesTheSame
* OddFriendship: With Cook, by Season 4. Let's not forget she got him in trouble in the generation opener when he tried to show her his dick tattoos.
** And oddly enough, Effy as well, though the moments are fleeting. Evidenced in JJ's Season 3 episode, when they discuss Naomi's sexuality and Effy's love for Freddie, and Effy's Season 4 episode, when Naomi goes to visit Effy [[spoiler:in the psychiatric hospital following her suicide attempt]] to discuss Naomi's [[spoiler:failing]] relationship with Emily.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Emily.
* SchoolgirlLesbians
* StepfordSnarker: "I learned how to become a sarcastic bitch just to make it feel normal."
* {{Tsundere}}: See above.
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Naomi cheats on Emily in Season 4 with [[StalkerWithACrush Sophia]], a storyline that was possibly [[{{Foreshadowing}} hinted at]] with the song "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry" that plays at the end of 309.]]
!Family
!!Anthea Stonem
-->Played by: Morwenna Banks
* ActorAllusion: She cheats on Jim with his line manager, played by David Baddiel, Banks' real life partner.
* YourCheatingHeart: She's been cheating on her husband with his line manager.
!!Jim Stonem
-->Played by: Harry Enfield
* PutOnABus: Partway through Season 3 (when he finds out about Anthea's cheating).
!!Angela Moon
-->Played by: Sally Phillips
* AdultsAreUseless: Is easily dispatched by the MDMA brownies and Pandora's friends are able to have the party they wanted.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: Played with. Angela is one, but Pandora doesn't see her this way - and is more worried about how her hard-partying friends are going to embarrass her in front of her ''mom.''
* HiddenDepths: Her sex tape with the cranky neighbor that Effy and Cook find when they fall into the house next door.
* MyBelovedSmother: Angela doesn't want Pandora anywhere near boys. Oddly enough, Panda doesn't see her this way, even though she breaks all her rules.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Parent]]: Arguably. With the exception of her ideas about boyfriends, her rules for Pandora are actually pretty reasonable.
* UnsuspectinglySoused: After Katie puts MDMA in the brownies when Angela's back is turned.
!!Aunt Elizabeth
-->Played by: Maureen Lipman
* UnsuspectinglySoused: Doesn't realize tea plants are marijuana. (Or maybe she does, given the way she's happily smoking them at the end...)
!!Celia Jones
-->Played by: Juliet Cowan
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: When she accidentally calls Lara a "slut" in JJ's Season 4 episode.
!!Edward Jones
-->Played by: Douglas Hodge
* HandsOffParenting: He spends most of the time hiding behind a newspaper.
!!Ruth Cook
-->Played by: Tanya Franks
* HandsOffParenting: Hasn't seen her son since she kicked him out for selling her wedding rings for dope - until he's under house arrest in Season 4.
* MrsRobinson: Has sex with [[spoiler: Freddie]].
* ReallyGetsAround
* TrueArtIsOffensive: Appears to live by this, with nearly all her art being about sex and, more particularly, ''her'' sexual exploits.
!!James Cook, Sr
-->Played by: Matt King
* DisappearedDad
* {{Jerkass}}
* YoureNotMyFather
!!Leo Mclair
-->Played by: Simon Day
!!Karen Mclair
-->Played by: Klariza Clayton
* BrattyTeenageDaughter
* IdolSinger: Her dream is to be the English equivalent of this.
!!Jenna Fitch
-->Played by: Ronnie Ancona
* BreakTheHaughty: In Katie's Season 4 episode when [[spoiler: the Fitches lose their house]].
* SmugSnake
!!Rob Fitch
-->Played by: John Bishop
* BumblingDad
* OverprotectiveDad: "If they're not still virgins tomorrow, I'll hunt you down like dogs."
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheated on Jenna once with her sister; he explains it to Emily to help her deal [[spoiler: with Naomi's cheating]].
* StepfordSmiler: Series 4. [[spoiler: Manages to seem optimistic about how his fitness machine will "take off" even as he's hiding foreclosure notices from his wife and kids.]]
!!James Fitch
-->Played by: Redd Smith
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: From Katie and Emily's perspectives.
* KidAnova: Fancies himself as one.
* MouthyKid
!!Gina Campbell
--> Played by: Olivia Colman
* HandsOffParenting: Also could be lumped in with MissingMom. Gina apparently left Naomi on her own for a year to do ... well, something. (She'd stated that she wanted to "fuck on every beach in India" before she ended up pregnant; that's the most likely explanation.) Strange because for the most part of Season 3, she was a [[GoodParents good parent]].
* NewAgeRetroHippie
!Supporting Cast
!!Johnny White
-->Played by: Mackenzie Crook
* {{Expy}}: Plenty of people saw his character as a clone of Mad Twatter.
* HeyItsThatGuy: He's [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Ragetti]].
!!Lara Lloyd
-->Played by: Georgia Henshaw
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: A mild case, but she does basically exist just to be [[spoiler: JJ's girlfriend]].
* TeenPregnancy
!!Sophia Moore
-->Played by: Amberley Gridley
* DrivenToSuicide: Way to start a season!
* MilitaryBrat: Her dad died fighting in battle and she's also part of the [[MilitaryAcademy Army Cadet Force]].
* PosthumousCharacter
* RoomFullOfCrazy: Cadet locker, rather.
* StalkerWithACrush: Taken to the extreme. Sophia has a whole locker shrine dedicated to Naomi. Items include covertly taken snapshots of Naomi, Naomi's bracelet, [[{{Squick}} an old toothbrush of Naomi's]], and a Garibaldi wrapper Naomi had thrown out.
* TragicDream: Naomi. Art school.
!!Matt Moore
-->Played by: Richard Southgate
* BigBrotherInstinct
* MilitaryBrat
!!Dr. John Foster
-->Played by: Hugo Speer
* AxCrazy
* [[IfICantHaveYou If I Can't Have You]]
* MindRape: Attempts this on Effy. [[spoiler: Almost succeeds.]]
* TheShrink: A particularly extreme Type 1.
* StalkerWithACrush
* {{Yandere}}
!!Sam
-->Played by: Ben Evans
* BerserkButton: Unknowingly presses Katie's in her Season 4 episode. [[spoiler: Gets dumped for it.]]
* BiggusDickus: What Katie claims him to be.
!!Andrea Babajide
-->Played by: Adelayo Adedayo
* BettyAndVeronica: The show plays with this trope. The pressure Thomas is feeling from his parents and church to "stick with his culture" makes him see Andrea as the Betty to Pandora's Veronica (yes, we ''are'' talking about ''Panda'' here). By the end of the episode he realizes it's more reversed.
* PreachersKid: Mostly Type 1, though her dalliance with Thomas could slide her toward Type 3.
* TedBaxter: While she's not ''entirely'' without musical talents, she ''does'' have an inflated sense of her abilities, as her speech about Lady Gaga, Beyonce, etc. indicates.
!!Kieran Macfoeinaiugh
-->Played by: Ardal O'Hanlon
* TheAllegedCar:
-->'''Kieran:''' Would you believe it only cost me £2.50? And three tokens from the top of Weetabix packets.
-->'''Naomi:''' Yeah, I really would believe that.
* ApatheticTeacher: "Hi, I'm Kieran and I hate being a fucking teacher."
* HotForStudent: For Naomi, after he misreads the signals.
!!Harriet Lawes
-->Played by: Victoria Wicks
* PutOnABus: After Season 3.
!!David Blood
-->Played by: Chris Addison
* SadistTeacher: Seems to take pleasure in expelling people.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Sweeps in at the beginning of Season 4 with plans to improve the school - mostly by expelling anyone who steps a toe out of line.
!!T. Love
-->Played by: Will Young
* WaxingLyrical: Most of his advice is derived from the work of MichaelJackson.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: Third Generation]]
!The Kids
!! Francesca "Franky" Fitzgerald
-->Played by: Dakota Blue Richards
* AbortedArc: The reasons behind her FreakOut in the Season 5 finale when [[spoiler: Matty tries to have sex with her]]. As of the Season 6 premiere, [[spoiler: Matty and Franky are an OfficialCouple and Franky tells her friends she's "been losing her virginity lots of times."]]
* [[ActorAllusion Actress Allusion]]: Franky coming from Oxford is a possible allusion to TheGoldenCompass.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer
* [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Lesbian]]: She is referred to as a lesbian by some character early in the season, but [[spoiler: Grace, Mini, and Liv eventually question her about her sexuality, and she's says she's "into people" (which would one would probably call "pansexual").]]
* BeautifulAllAlong: In her first episode after her makeover.
* BadassLongCoat
* {{Bifauxnen}}: She has a very butch/androgynous way of dressing.
* [[spoiler:BiTheWay: While she doesn't identify as bisexual she is attracted to people regardless of gender, specifically stating that she's "into people."]]
* BrokenBird: Implied specifically by [[spoiler: her FreakOut]] in the finale.
* CoolLoser
* TheDandy: Has the appearance of one but lacks the obvious vanity and she apparently makes some of her own clothes.
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* [[spoiler:DistressedDamsel: Combined with LiteralCliffHanger in the Season 5 finale.]]
* EatingLunchAlone
* [[spoiler:ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the novel she cuts her hair short like in the series]]
* FreakyIsCool
* FriendshipMoment: "You got a lighter?"
* [[spoiler: GirlinessUpgrade]]: In Season 6.
* HatesBeingTouched
* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Daddies]]
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation
* TheHeart
* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey It's That Girl!]] : Dakota Blue Richards was Lyra in ''TheGoldenCompass''.
* HiddenDepths: She's a skilled animator, DJ, photographer and [[ChekhovsSkill tailor]].
** And as of season 6, fluent in French.
* InSeriesNickname: She seems to be called "Headfuck" by the other characters quite a lot...
* InternalizedCategorism
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Lampshaded almost word-for-word after [[spoiler: her FreakOut and subsequent near-death]] in 5x08.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends
* {{Kuudere}}
* [[MrImagination Ms Imagination]]
* NaiveNewcomer
* NoSocialSkills: At first due to her being shy.
* ParentalAbandonment
* ShrinkingViolet
* TheRival: How Mini sees her, until they become friends.
* [[spoiler:TookALevelInJerkass: Sometime between Season 5 and Season 6 she went up a level.]]
* SuppressedMammaries: Many were surprised to see that Dakota Blue Richards has actually got not inconsiderable breasts, when she's not dressed as Franky. [[spoiler: This is also supposedly the reason for Franky's GirlinessUpgrade in Season 6; Dakota had had to bind her breasts to play the androgynous Franky, and it became too uncomfortable for her.]]
* {{Tomboy}}
* [[TomboyishName Tomboyish Nickname]]
* [[spoiler:TraumaCongaLine: Happens in the novel, when we see the extent of the bullying at her previous school]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With [[spoiler:Mini and Nick]].
!!Aloysius "Alo" Creevey
-->Played by: Will Merrick
* AerithAndBob
* AntiquatedLinguistics: Prone to speaking in incredibly outdated parlance.
* BookDumb
* CallingTheOldManOut: Tries to do this, only it doesn't go well.
* CanineCompanion: [[StockAnimalName Rags]] the dog, it's pretty much his breaking point when his [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] threatens to take his dog away.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: [[BeyondTheImpossible Or Ultra-Wanking]] .
* [[spoiler: FriendsWithBenefits: With Mini, starting in the first episode of season six.]]
** [[spoiler: SecretRelationship: Again, with Mini.]]
* FriendshipMoment: He has this with Mini in his season 5 episode, as she comforts him after [[spoiler:his father ends up in the hospital]].
* GrowingUpSucks: The theme of his season 5 episode, combined with AllWorkVsAllPlay.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With [[VitriolicBestBuds Rich]]. [[spoiler:As of the Season 5 finale he and Nick appear to be heading this way.]]
* TheInternetIsForPorn
* LifeOfTheParty
* [[MommasBoy Momma's Boy]]
* OddFriendship: With Mini.
* RedheadedHero
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Well sortof.
* SlobsVersusSnobs: As a slob, he has this dynamic with Rich and Mini.
* TheSlacker
* SnapBack: He was pulled out of college in his season 5 episode and in the next episode he is seen performing in the SchoolPlay like nothing happened.
* TheStoner
* TheWestCountry: Has a strong West Country accent and lives on a farm.
!!Richard "Rich" Hardbeck
-->Played by: Alexander Arnold
* BetaCouple: With Grace.
* CannotSpitItOut
* TheCynic
* DeadpanSnarker
* DrunkenSong
* [[spoiler:ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the Season5 finale]]
* [[spoiler:TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest]]: In his Season 6 episode.
* FoolForLove
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation
* InVinoVeritas
* TheSnarkKnight
* OddCouple: With Grace.
* OppositesAttract: Grace even name-drops the trope.
* PrinceCharming: He becomes one in Grace's season 5 episode.
* RealMenWearPink
* RelationshipUpgrade: With [[spoiler: Grace]] after a very brief and awkward FirstKiss.
* ShirtlessScene: [[TheDandy Complete with body moisturiser.]]
* {{Jerkass}} / {{JerkassFacade}}: [[FanDumb His musical snobbery towards anything that isn't metal is ''extremely'' grating]].
** Particularly in his Season 5 episode to [[spoiler: Grace]], who [[spoiler:is only trying to help hook him up with a crush.]]
*** He does get a little better though after a few BreakTheHaughty moments.
** He's gotten more [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold likeable]] since then due to his relationship with [[spoiler:Grace]].
* SensoryAbuse: Temporarily loses his hearing after listening to the "heaviest" record ever made.
* TeamChef
* [[spoiler:WackyMarriageProposal: To Grace while quoting RomeoAndJuliet referencing FourthDateMarriage, She accepts while quoting TheTempest.]]
!!Mini [=McGuinness=]
-->Played by: Freya Mavor
* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:Mini's sexuality is arguably a case of this.]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: First there is her one-sided love for Nick, [[spoiler:and then her unrequited "girl crush" on Franky.]]
* AlphaBitch: Possibly a deconstruction of the trope.
* BadBadActing: She goes into a [[{{Narm}} Narmy]] LargeHam mode during the rehearsal of the production of ''TwelfthNight''.
* [[spoiler: BaitAndSwitchLesbians]]/[[spoiler:NoBisexuals]]: The WordOfGod insistence going into S6 that [[spoiler: Mini is actually straight]], in spite of [[spoiler: her "girl crushes" on Franky and Liv in S5 and the novel]], is arguably one of these.
* BlondesAreEvil
* BlueEyes: The first type.
* BreakTheHaughty
* CityMouse
* ClingyJealousGirl: She takes this to {{Determinator}} levels at times, first to Nick [[spoiler: until they break up]], and then [[spoiler: to Franky]].
* [[spoiler:CompensatedDating: In the novel, a guy she's with turns out to be a registered sex offender.]]
* ControlFreak
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: [[NatureAbhorsAVirgin She's actually a virgin]], and she invents an UrbanLegendLoveLife to cover this fact up.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* DefrostingIceQueen
* DisappearedDad
* EasilyForgiven: By Franky, considering the bullying she put her through.
* GirlPosse: Well, to start with anyway. [[spoiler: Not anymore.]]
* FallenPrincess
* FakingAmnesia
* FanDisservice: Any of her sex scenes with Nick, due to how downright-painful it looks for her.
* ForgetsToEat: She possibly has an eating disorder.
* [[spoiler: FriendsWithBenefits: With Alo, starting in the first episode of season six.]]
** [[spoiler: SecretRelationship: She doesn't want anyone to find out about her and Alo.]]
* [[spoiler:HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday]]
* [[spoiler: HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday]]
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Says this to [[spoiler: Matty]], about [[spoiler: Franky]].
* IJustWantToBeBeautiful
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex
* InLoveWithLove
* InternalizedCategorism
* KickTheDog: Making Liv drink a bottle of vodka after she's already had far too much to drink.
* LetsWaitAwhile: Atypical for a show where EverybodyHasLotsOfSex.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Eventually.
* MakeWayForThePrincess
* TheMatchmaker: Tries to do this with [[spoiler: Franky and Matty]], presumably to get back at Liv.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Mainly towards Franky.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Her speciality.
* OddCouple: With Franky
* SuddenlySexuality: How some fans see [[spoiler: her "girl crush" on Franky]], arising as it does toward the end of the season, after all her drama with Nick. [[spoiler: And then reversed in S6, when after those feelings for Franky ''were'' developed at the end of S5, she's confirmed as straight going into S6.]]
* PetTheDog: [[OddFriendship Her interactions with Alo in his episode.]]
* PowerTrio: The ego.
* RichBitch: Not exactly rich, but she does throw pretty extravagant parties for someone her age.
** Actually, she and her mother live in a low-income neighborhood, so she is far from being actually rich. Nick tells Liv in Mini's Season 5 episode that he hasn't been to Mini's home even if they've been going out for over a month, so it's possible that Mini tries to maintain a RichBitch image.
* SleepMask
* StepfordSmiler
* [[spoiler: TeenPregnancy]]: [[spoiler: And Alo is more than likely the father.]]
* [[spoiler:TellMeAboutMyFather: In the Novel]]
* TheThreeFacesOfEve: The child.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She is the girly girl to Franky's Tomboy.
* [[TragicHero Tragic Heroine]]: At least in her season 5 episode.
* {{Tsundere}}: [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Although some see her as more of a]] {{Yandere}}.
* TedBaxter
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: To many, it seems to be a mix of an English accent, the actress's natural Scottish Accent and possibly something else (apparently the actress lived in France a lot, although it could be mistaken for Irish).
* WhenSheSmiles: You gotta admit, whenever she smiles is an instantly adorable moment.
!!Olivia "Liv" Malone
-->Played by: Laya Lewis
* BottleFairy
* CloserToEarth: To begin with, anyway.
* FashionableAsymmetry
* FiveFingerDiscount
* FoeYay /LesYay/ FauxYay: [[spoiler:With Franky, Grace, and Mini.]]
* InformedAbility: All the stuff on her E4 profile picture about her being obsessed with dancing.
* ParentalAbandonment: Has a DisappearedDad and a distant mother who goes away on New Age retreats and leaves her in charge.
* ReallyGetsAround
* PowerTrio: The id.
* TheThreeFacesOfEve: The seductress.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In Grace's Season 5 episode.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Noticeably after her Season 5 episode, Her offering the girls cocaine is a prime example.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Mini.
!!Grace Violet [[spoiler:Blood]]
-->Played by: Jessica Sula
* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has interracial parents.
* [[{{Ballet}} The Ballerina]]
* BetaCouple: With Rich.
* [[spoiler: BreakTheCutie: The novel seems to be an exercise in seeing how often Grace can cry.]]
** [[spoiler:It gets to a point where Mini considers her TheEeyore.]]
* TheCutie
* DaddysGirl
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: She's actually Professor David Blood's daughter.]]
* TheDitz: Appears that way in Franky's episode, with several ShuttingUpNow moments.
* DoubleAgent: Something of this during the first few episodes, being a member of both Mini's gang (with Liv and Nick) and Franky's (with Alo and Rich). [[spoiler: As of Mini's episode, though, she and Mini are no longer friends and after that the group stops being as divided.]]
* ExtremeDoormat: Played with.
* FairytaleMotifs
* ForHappiness
* [[spoiler: KillTheCutie]]
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: As it seems.
* LongingForFictionland
* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]
* OddCouple: With Richard.
* {{Ojou}}
* OppositesAttract: Grace mentions the trope by name, as it appears to be the case between her and Rich.
* PlayingCyrano: To [[spoiler: Rich]] in the second episode of series 5.
* PowerTrio: The superego.
* PreppyName: also a NamesToTrustImmediately
* PrincessClassic: She's not actually a princess, but this trope gets referenced and [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] with regard to her character.
* SpoiledSweet
* StepfordSmiler
* TeamMom
* TheThreeFacesOfEve: The mother.
* [[spoiler: TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]
* [[spoiler: TooHappyToLive]]
!!Nicholas "Nick" Levan
-->Played by: Sean Teale
* {{Adorkable}}: Post-CharacterDevelopment.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: How he sees his brother.
* AManIsNotAVirgin / AManIsAlwaysEager
* [[spoiler: [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Bisexual]]]]: How a lot of fans are interpreting the [[spoiler: picture of him kissing new gay character Alex]] from the latter's upcoming episode.
* AnalogyBackfire
--> Nick: "Isn’t this wicked. The Bloods and Cripples together at last. You get me?"
-->Grace: "What’s he talking about?"
-->Rich: "Nick’s suggesting that were a bunch of cripples and that he and Mini, are similar to a black violent LA street gang... obviously"
* BookDumb
* BrokenAce
* CallingTheOldManOut
* EstrogenBrigadeBait
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen
* InUniverseCatharsis: Smashing his father's kitchen with a golf club.
* IWantToBeARealMan: [[WellDoneSonGuy Due to the influence of his father.]]
* FriendshipMoment: With Franky, their conversation on the swing set, and when he stands up for Franky after a guy threatens her.
* JerkJock: Before the onset of CharacterDevelopment.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* TheMasochismTango: With Mini, they first appear to be BirdsOfAFeather but it becomes painfully obvious that they don't work as a couple.
** [[spoiler: As of his Season 5 episode he and Mini are no longer a couple]].
* MissingMom
* ShallowLoveInterest: Both he and Mini are shallow love interests to each other, at least initially.
* YourCheatingHeart
!!Matthew "Matty" [[spoiler:Levan]]
-->Played by: Sebastian De Souza
* [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Bisexual]]: Mainly due to WordOfGod indicating the character the character was originally supposed to be bisexual, that and the character profile that lists ''{{Shortbus}}'' and ''Film/MyOwnPrivateIdaho'' as his favourite movies.
* BlackSheep
* BirdsOfAFeather: [[spoiler: Arguably with either [[TriangRelations Liv or Franky.]]]]
* DullSurprise
* FiveFingerDiscount
* GeniusBookClub: He can be seen reading Stephen Hawking's ''A Brief History of Time'' in Grace's Season 5 episode.
** Plus his profile on the E4 website.
* MasterOfTheMixedMessage
* MissingMom
* MysteriousPast
* OnlyOneName: Until Liv's episode.
* PermaStubble
* PlayingGertrude: Sebastian de Souza is younger than Sean Teale by a year, but on the show, Matty is older than Nick.
* TheQuietOne
* RebelliousSpirit
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The sensitive one in contrast to his [[spoiler:JerkJock brother Nick]].
* SiblingRivalry: [[spoiler:With Nick]].
* TheStoic
* ToxicFriendInfluence
* TheTramp: Until Nick's Season 5 episode.
* TroubledButCute
!!Alex Henley
-->Played by: Sam Jackson
* AllGaysArePromiscuous
* TheGamblingAddict
* [[MistakenForSubculture Mistaken For Prostitute]]
* SixthRanger: Was announced as a new "main cast" character who would be introduced in Season 6.
* StraightGay
!Family
!!Geoff Cumber and Jeff Woodburn
-->Played by: John Sessions and Gareth Farr
* GoodParents: At least initially, they appear to be a rare case of caring parents on the show.
* HappilyMarried
* HomeGuard: Both former members of the Territorial Army.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted, but not as quite their names are very similar.
!!Kevin Hardbeck
-->Played by: Daniel Ryan
* FirstNameBasis: Rich always refers to his dad by his first name (barring the end of the episode when Rich calls him "dad" as a PetTheDog moment).
* NiceGuy
!!Shelley [=McGuinness=]
-->Played by: Clare Grogan
* [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Amazingly Embarrassing Parent]]
* AllMenArePerverts: Her views on men boils down to this.
* HotMom: What she considers herself to be.
* ReallyGetsAround: In sharp contrast to her daughter [[spoiler: who is a virgin.]]
!!Maude Malone
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Liv, at times.
* BlackAndNerdy
* BookWorm
* GeniusBookClub: Is shown reading ''InfiniteJest''.
!!Bella Malone
* CoolBigSis: To Liv, at times.
* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal
!! Leon Levan
-->Played by Dorian Lough
* BreakTheMotivationalSpeaker
* CatchPhrase: 'Man Up' and bizarrely 'Peace Out'
* [[EducationMama Education Papa]]
* {{Jerkass}}
* NeverMyFault
* PornStache
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes
* TheShrink: A life coach and motivational speaker but still counts as an unintentional type 1
* ToughLove
* WaxingLyrical: "Every breath you take" by The Police
!! Catherine Creevey
-->Played by Ingrid Lacey
* AllTakeAndNoGive: Her relationship with Alo is pretty much defined by the fact that neither side wishes to compromise, making them both "takers."
* ApronMatron
* FamilyBusiness: Her main goal is to have Alo work full time on the Crevvey family farm, something that doesn't sit well with Alo.
* InSeriesNickname: Mumgabe
* MyBelovedSmother
* ParentalObliviousness
* ToughLove
!!David Blood
-->Played by: Chris Addison
* BeingPersonalIsntProfessional:Why he insists on keeping his relationship with [[spoiler:his daughter Grace]] a secret so it doesn't compromise his position.
* TheBGrade: Invokes this trope by threatening to send [[spoiler:Grace]] to [[GildedCage Mayberry's College for Young Ladies]] against her will if she gets less than A on her drama exam, [[spoiler: [[HopeSpot She succeeds ]] despite his attempts at blackmailing Rich into throwing it only for him to try and [[JerkAss send her anyway]]]]
* CampStraight
* ControlFreak
* DeanBitterman
* DeathGlare: Gives quite a formidable one to [[spoiler:Rich]] while they are having dinner
* [[spoiler:[[EducationMama Education Papa]]: Considering he's the principal of a school this is hardly suprising.]]
* EvillyAffable
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: not so much in the Season 5 finale]]
** To the point of SickeninglySweethearts with the dancing and the pea song.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Chris Addison was Ollie in TheThickOfIt
* KickTheDog: On a regular basis [[spoiler:But expelling all of Grace's friends from college stands out.]]
* [[spoiler:KnightTemplarParent: putting a tracking device on his daughter pushes him firmly into this category.]]
* LargeHam
* LukeIAmYourFather: Reveal to audience only.
* [[spoiler: MeddlingParents]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyfast
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Is based on DavidCameron, there's even a photo of him with David Cameron in one episode [[TakeThat which he vomits his sandwich onto.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: The actor is nearly 40 but he doesn't look older than thirty and the character has to be older than that because [[spoiler:he has a seventeen year old daughter]].
* [[spoiler:OverprotectiveDad]]
* [[spoiler:ParentalMarriageVeto]]
* SadistTeacher: As he put it Education is war against inefficiency, ignorance, idleness, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and chewing gum.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections
* SharpDressedMan
!!Gregory
-->Played by: Justin Edwards
* ActorAllusion: Clare Grogan's ex-partner is called Gregory.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: U.S. Cast]]
!The Kids
!!Tony Schneider
-->Played by: James Newman
-->''British Counterpart: Tony Stonem''
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Has a thing for Tea.
* {{Antihero}}: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V]].
* IncompatibleOrientation: With Tea.
* {{Jerkass}}
!!Michelle Reinhart
-->Played by: Rachel Thevenard
-->''British Counterpart: Michelle Richardson''
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: How she sees her mother.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: As the principal points out during Michelle's episode, Michelle is very intelligent and gifted, but dumbs herself down to attract boys and hard-partying friends.
* SelectiveObliviousness: She's pretty much the only one who doesn't know Tony's been cheating on her.
!!Stanley Lucerne
-->Played by: Daniel Flaherty
-->''British Counterpart: Sid Jenkins''
* ADateWithRosiePalms: In Tony's episode and again in Cadie's episode, [[{{Squick}} this time on Michelle's bed while holding her teddy bear.]]
* {{Antihero}}: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type I]].
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Steals his father's car only for it to blow up after being caught driving without a license, although it's actually TheAllegedCar and it was precious for sentimental reason.
* TheStoner
!!Chris Collins
-->Played by: Jesse Carere
-->''British Counterpart: Chris Miles''
* {{Expy}}: While the other Skins US characters have been developed beyond their British inspirations somewhat, he remains essentially a direct copy of the original Chris, if a bit meaner.
* [[HotForStudent Hot For Teacher]]
* LifeOfTheParty: Relative to the other characters, that is. Though [[http://www.rophydoes.com/skins-recaps/us/107-michelle/ at least one person]] thinks it's an InformedAttribute.
* TheStoner
!!Cadie Campbell
-->Played by: Britne Oldford
-->''British Counterpart: Cassie Ainsworth''
* ButNotTooBlack
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* DullSurprise
* KnifeNut
* NoMedicationForMe
* RaceLift: Cassie was White, while Cadie is biracial (Black and White).
* RoomFullOfCrazy: What her mom thinks of her room. ''Your'' mileage may vary.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: She is terrified of birds (pigeons in particular).
!!Tea Marvelli
-->Played by: Sofia Black D'elia
-->''British Counterpart: Maxxie Oliver''
* ADateWithRosiePalms: In her episode.
* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Tea isn't interested in a relationship; she just wants sex.
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Much to her dismay.
* TheCheerleader
* {{Gayngst}}
* GenderFlip
* InTheBlood: Turns out [[spoiler: her grandmother is also a lesbian, or at least bisexual]].
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Her name is pronounced TAY-uh, not like the drink.
* LipstickLesbian
* TheMafia: It's implied that her dad is a member.
* NoBisexuals: Many have pointed out that having Tea come out as bisexual would be a great solution to the Tony/Tea/Betty triangle, appeasing both Tea/Tony shippers and queer fans upset about the show resorting to an offensive cliche. However, WordOfGod has confirmed that she is a lesbian, not bisexual, and her interest in Tony is strictly friendly and she's just confused. [[RelationshipWritingFumble Um, okay...]]
* TwoferTokenMinority: Lesbian and (half-)Jewish.
!!Daisy Valero
-->Played by: Camille Crescencia-Mills
-->''British Counterpart: Jal Fazer''
* BuxomIsBetter
* ElegantClassicalMusician
* [[spoiler:FriendsWithBenefits: With Abbud, though the moment slightly hints [[JustFriends at something more.]]]]
* MistakenForGay: By Tea's family.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Like her British counterpart, Daisy tends to play this role - though she is a bit wilder than Jal was.
* RaceLift: Jal was Black; Daisy is Latina (though she looks more Filipina than she does Latina, as Camille is half-Filipina).
* TeamMom: Even more so than Jal.
* [[spoiler:TheirFirstTime: She and Abbud lose their virginity to each other in her Season 1 episode.]]
!!Abbud Siddiky
-->Played by: Ron Mustafaa
-->''British Counterpart: Anwar Kharral''
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Has a thing for Tea.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Why he went to Tea's "Big Gay Night Out." Was disappointed when they turned out to be much more interested in each other than in the dudes like him looking on.
* IncompatibleOrientation: With Tea.
* NatureAbhorsAVirgin: [[spoiler:Not anymore apparently, as of Daisy's Season 1 episode.]]
!!Eura Schneider
-->Played by: Eleanor Zichy
-->''British Counterpart: Effy Stonem''
* TheVoiceless
!Family
!!Michelle's Mom
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent
* ReallyGetsAround
!!Nana Marvelli
* BiTheWay
* InTheBlood: Likes the ladies, just like her granddaughter.
!Supporting Cast
!!Tabitha
* BlondesAreEvil
* {{Expy}}: Of Abigail Stock.
* RichBitch
!!Mad Mao Le Dong
* AxCrazy
* BadassGrandpa: Not in a good way.
* {{Expy}}: Of Mad Twatter.
* UnfortunateNames
!!Betty
* TheBeard: Her boyfriend.
* {{Gayngst}}
* LipstickLesbian
!!Tina
* ADayInTheLimelight: Her episode.
* {{Expy}}: Of Angie from the original.
* HotForStudent
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