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* VillainousBreakdown: When Charlie officially breaks up with him, he goes on a killing spree.[[spoiler:He kills Emma’s parents and presumably his henchman Rob and Emma herself. He is about to kill Cook before being defeated by him.]]
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Drug Lord and Cook’s boss in season 7’s Rise.
* AxCrazy: Turns out to be a homicidal sadist who stalks the protagonists after he was cheated on.
* BadBoss: He kills his henchman Jason after the latter cheated with the former’s girlfriend.
* BigBad: The main antagonist of Rise.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], After Charlie rejected him for his murderous tendencies, he was about to presumably kill her along with Cook and Emma.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He doesn’t seem to understand that Charlie wouldn’t want to be together with a murderous psychopath like him after he had her watch him getting Jason drowned after she cheated with him.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He first appears nice and seems like a BenevolentBoss to Cook, untill [[spoiler: he finds out his girlfriend Charlie had been cheating on him with Jason and becomes AxCrazy about it. So he kills Jason in front of Charlie and Cook, and later stalks Cook, Charlie and Emma (Cook’s girlfriend).]]
* TheSociopath: Very much so.
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——> Played by: Liam Boyle
Drug Lord and Cook’s boss in season 7’s Rise.
* AxCrazy: Turns out to be a homicidal sadist who stalks the protagonists after he was cheated on.
* BadBoss: He kills his henchman Jason after the latter cheated with the former’s girlfriend.
* BigBad: The main antagonist of Rise.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], After Charlie rejected him for his murderous tendencies, he was about to presumably kill her along with Cook and Emma.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He doesn’t seem to understand that Charlie wouldn’t want to be together with a murderous psychopath like him after he had her watch him getting Jason drowned after she cheated with him.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He first appears nice and seems like a BenevolentBoss to Cook, untill [[spoiler: he finds out his girlfriend Charlie had been cheating on him with Jason and becomes AxCrazy about it. So he kills Jason in front of Charlie and Cook, and later stalks Cook, Charlie and Emma (Cook’s girlfriend).]]
* TheSociopath: Very much so.
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* ABUSIVEPARENTS: Is a horrible bigot and monster regarding her daughters sexuality
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* [[spoiler:BuryYourGays]]: A big part of the InternetBackdraft and FanonDiscontinuity regarding Skins Fire was how [[spoiler: her death]] played into this trope.
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* [[spoiler:BuryYourGays]]: A big part of the InternetBackdraft backlash and FanonDiscontinuity regarding Skins Fire was how [[spoiler: her death]] played into this trope.
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, Jerkass Facade is deprecated, primarily in favor of Hidden Heart Of Gold. Also cleaned up Administrivia/{{Zero Context Example}]s, Example Indentation In Trope Lists, and a violation of What Goes Where On The Wiki (Jerkass Woobie is YMMV and does not belong on character pages).* HiddenHeartOfGold: His interactions with the girls hint to the fact that Cook can be a very sweet guy when he's not acting like a {{Jerkass}}.
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* {{Jerkass}}: And a particularly obnoxious one at that, though one scene would imply it's really a JerkassFacade.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His interactions with the girls hint to the fact that Cook can be a very sweet guy when he's not putting on said facade.
** JerkassWoobie
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His interactions with the girls hint to the fact that Cook can be a very sweet guy when he's not putting on said facade.
** JerkassWoobie
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* YouFailGeographyForever: Is Thomas from the Republic of the Congo or the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Pandora's description of it being between Gabon and Cameroon suggests the former (the D.R.C. doesn't border either of those countries), dialogue suggests the latter. Adding to the confusion is that Merveille Lukeaba, Thomas's actor, was born in Zaire, now known as the D.R.C. as of 1997. Do the writers not realize they are different countries?
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* YouFailGeographyForever: ArtisticLicenseGeography: Is Thomas from the Republic of the Congo or the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Pandora's description of it being between Gabon and Cameroon suggests the former (the D.R.C. doesn't border either of those countries), dialogue suggests the latter. Adding to the confusion is that Merveille Lukeaba, Thomas's actor, was born in Zaire, now known as the D.R.C. as of 1997. Do the writers not realize they are different countries?
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** Prominent in Season 2, where she pretty much single-handedly solved the entire Michelle-Sid-Cassie-Tony situation, fixed her own messed-up house in time for her father to come back and never realize what a wreck everything was, and simultaneously managed to get kicked out of the private school, which is what she wanted all along, while keeping hopeless Pandora in there. All by generally evoking the right reactions from people.
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** Prominent in Season 2, where she pretty much single-handedly solved the entire Michelle-Sid-Cassie-Tony Cassie/Sid/Michelle/Tony situation, fixed her own messed-up house in time for her father to come back and never realize what a wreck everything was, and simultaneously managed to get kicked out of the private school, which is what she wanted all along, while keeping hopeless Pandora in there. All by generally evoking the right reactions from people.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: He's not a saint and some of the hard time he's done is entirely deserved, make no mistake. However, [[spoiler:the fact that he's on the run for killing John Foster - who murdered Freddie, attempted to imprison Effy, and potentially would have gone after Effy's other friends and family if given the chance - is entirely unfair, especially given that Cook acted in self-defense.]]
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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Much like [[spoiler: Chris and Grace a generation before and after him]], he's one of the most magnanimous of the group. [[spoiler:This doesn't save him from a painful and early end, although unlike Chris and Grace, his is the direct result of foul play.]]
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* YouFailGeographyForever: Is Thomas from the Republic of the Congo or the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Pandora's description of it being between Gabon and Cameroon suggests the former (the D.R.C. doesn't border either of those countries), dialogue suggests the latter. Adding to the confusion is that Merveille Lukeaba, Thomas's actor, was born in Zaire, now known as the D.R.C. as of 1997. Do the writers not realize they are different countries?
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* GoodParents: Although she is overprotective, she really cares for her son, and is close to him.
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** Notably when [[spoiler: Josh is refusing to call an ambulance until Tony has sex with her, he seems more put off by her being [[DudeShesLikeInAComa unconscious]] than being his sister]].
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** SilentSnarker: The first of 3 masks she wears...
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* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Uses it store her mobile and wallet, and the weed she and Effy buy from Cassie, in Season 2.
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* ModestyBedsheet: Sleeps naked.
* BiTheWay: She's had sex with boys in the past despite her relationship with Emily.
* ModestyBedsheet: Sleeps naked.
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* {{Antihero}}: Initially appeared as a SociopathicHero, but was eventually revealed to be more of a ClassicalAnti-Hero.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Completely averted. She instantly dislikes Cook and bluntly rejects his advances, considering him “repulsive,” but is attracted to NiceGuy Freddie and later [[spoiler:Thomas, probably the nicest guy in the entire Skins-verse.]] She also goes through two slightly dim but outgoing and earnest older guys over the series, and in the first episode she tells Effy that she was the only one of her friends who ''wasn't'' attracted to [[ManipulativeBastard Tony]]. Katie's focus episode gives some context for this, as she reveals that one of her goals in life is to settle down with the right guy and raise a family, [[spoiler:half of which is no longer possible for her.]]
* BookDumb: She sulks that unlike Emily, she's rubbish at all of her subjects. In Generation 2's penultimate episode, though, her exam results are mostly average.
* EasilyForgiven: She forgives Freddie for [[spoiler:cheating on her with Effy, minutes after she'd smashed Katie's head in and left her unconscious in the woods overnight.]] To her credit, this is very much [[{{Pride}} despite herself]] and mostly because she still really likes him, although she knows he'll never feel the same.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:Zigzagged with losing Freddie to Effy; she accepts their relationship and gets over her feelings for Freddie, but still finds it humiliating to spend time with them and holds onto a strong personal dislike for Effy for a while. Played straight with “losing” Emily to Naomi.]]
* LadySwearsALot: She's hardly the only one, but even by ''Skins' '' standards Katie has a dirty mouth.
* MsFanservice: Attractive, confident, sexually aggressive, but with a sweet side. Her focus episode in Season 4 certainly makes the most of it.
* PetTheDog: She consoles her shithead of a brother after [[spoiler:their parents' relationship breaks down and they're on the cusp of losing their house.]] Her positive interactions with the downtrodden and alienated Thomas also count.
* PrecisionFStrike: "I'm Katie Fucking Fitch. Who the fuck are you?"
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: When she was first mentioned, it was by a gangster who vehemently slurred her as a prostitute. Coupled with Cook's terrible and very personal reaction to this, there was a suggestion there might be some truth to it, but in Season 4 we see that she's actually a filthy rich artist.
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* MaybeEverAfter: With [[spoiler: Thomas]], since they're going to the same university.
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[[folder:Effy Stonem]]
!!Elizabeth "Effy" Stonem
-->'''Played by:''' Kaya Scodelario
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "Effy" (series 1), "Effy" (series 2), "Effy" (series 3), "Effy" (series 4), "Fire" (series 7)
%%* AloofDarkHairedGirl
* BeneathTheMask: It finally comes off in Season 4, but we get some peeks even before that - for example, with her "Unseen Skins" in Season 1, and with her speech to Katie in Pandora's Season 3 episode.
* BigBrotherWorship: She's very devoted to her brother, and he seems to be the only one able to understand her beyond her emotionless mask in earlier seasons. [[spoiler: His nearly-fatal accident, seen by her on first-hand, and eventually his departure, have a great impact on her mental health]].
--> '''Pandora''': "Your brother's really nice."
--> '''Effy''': "He's not nice, he's amazing."
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mostly to her parents, and especially in the two earlier seasons. She acts innocent and well-behaved in front of them, and they know nothing of her wild party persona (or her manipulative tendencies), which is no surprise for her brother, her friends, or even her brother's friends. When she overdoses, they actually blame ''Tony'' for it.
* BrokenBird: Gave off this impression from her earliest appearances, until SanitySlippage ensued.
* TheChessmaster:
** Prominent in Season 2, where she pretty much single-handedly solved the entire Michelle-Sid-Cassie-Tony situation, fixed her own messed-up house in time for her father to come back and never realize what a wreck everything was, and simultaneously managed to get kicked out of the private school, which is what she wanted all along, while keeping hopeless Pandora in there. All by generally evoking the right reactions from people.
** Quite less so in Seasons 3 and 4. At the beginning it does seem like she's trying to be this, manipulating Cook, Freddie and JJ to fall in love with her, but everything ultimately falls apart when she falls for Freddie.
* DeadpanSnarker: Rare, but she has her moments.
--> '''(in the dinner table, to her mom)''': You're fucking my dad's line manager. No biggie.
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* FallenPrincess: Effy appears to have everything: she’s beautiful, is popular yet mysterious, and has a cool brother to boot. Doesn’t keep her away from love issues, suffering thanks to her screwed-up family or [[spoiler: her own mental issues]].
* FilleFatale: All three of the Musketeers fall for her. JJ actually [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it:
--> "No more 'ooh I'm so fit and mysterious.'"
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%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Pandora.
%%* IceQueen
%%* IncestSubtext: Tony and Effy give off... vibes... at times.
* {{Kuudere}}: Granted, she isn't an outright sweetheart on the inside either, but she does have a kind side, which she shows mostly to people she cares about, such as Tony, Pandora and her mom.
* MoralityPet: Is one to her brother Tony. Even his own girlfriend believes Effy is the only person he truly cares about.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Effy can't seem to handle being in a relationship with someone she genuinely loves, [[spoiler: which is why she loses it when she and Freddie get together in Season 4]]. She outright says so.
--> "[[DefiedTrope Love's not supposed to do that]], you made go mad!"
%%* OddFriendship: With ditzy, naive Pandora.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Pretty much no one calls her Elizabeth, and actually her name only comes up when things in Season 4 [[EasyAmnesia get]] [[BlankSlate really]] [[SanitySlippage bad]].
%%* TheOphelia
* ParentalFavoritism: Her mother definitely prefers her over Tony. Harder to vouch for her father, but given how Tony daily drives him crazy for his own amusement...
* RoomFullOfCrazy: In Freddie's Season 4 episode, [[spoiler:Effy makes one in her mum's bedroom.]]
* TheRunaway: Runs away from home with Cook for a while. It seems to be a mix of The Attention Seeking Runaway and The Vagrant Runaway types.
%%* SanitySlippage: In Season 4.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Naomi and Emily. She notices their feelings for each other (especially Naomi's) right from the beginning and subtly encourages them on. Her status as this is pretty solid by Series 7.
* SilentBob: In Season 1. She says her first line in her own episode, "Effy", of that season, and subsequent episodes have her speaking normally, [[TheQuietOne if less so than most characters]].
* StepfordSmiler:
** Gets hinted at in her Season 2 episode, when Tony says her reservedness and apparent contempt for caring for other people don't fool him; however, it's not really fully explored until Generation 2, in which...
** ...she reveals herself to be the Depressed and Unstable types. Effy's complete personality shifts with each season turn out to just be different masks, [[spoiler: until it comes off in Season 4]]. Invoked by Anthea in Season 3, who says to JJ that nothing terrifies Effy more than "showing her cards."
* TheStoic:
** Very much so in Seasons 1 and 2, where she barely even talks. Even after her overdose, she can still be seen as this. Her first real NotSoStoic moment is pretty damn shocking: [[spoiler: it's when she sees Tony getting hit by a bus]].
** In her own generation, she's still mostly stoic (certainly more than her peers), but has quite a few moments of emotional vulnerability as well.
* UnkemptBeauty: She still looks pretty after getting high in a forest and running away from home for days.
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!!Pandora "Panda" Moon
-->'''Played by:''' Lisa Backwell
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "Pandora" (series 3)
* AscendedExtra: Was a minor character in Series 2; is part of the main cast in the Second Generation.
* CloudCuckoolander: Particularly at the beginning of Series 3.
* CorruptTheCutie: Panda now wants to be corrupted even more.
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%%* GeniusDitz
%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Effy.
%%* IvyLeagueForEveryone
* MoralityPet: Is one to Effy, to a certain extent.
* NoSocialSkills: JJ looks positively smooth in comparison.
%%* NewTransferStudent
* SlumberPartyPloy: How she keeps her mom from knowing about all the drugs and sex she partakes in.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Uses it store her mobile and wallet, and the weed she and Effy buy from Cassie, in Season 2.
* YourCheatingHeart: Continues having sex with Cook even ''after'' Thomas comes back to Britain and they consequently get back together.
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!!Thomas Tomone
-->'''Played by:''' Merveille Lukeaba
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "Thomas" (series 3), "Thomas" (series 4)
* YouFailGeographyForever: Is Thomas from the Republic of the Congo or the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Pandora's description of it being between Gabon and Cameroon suggests the former (the D.R.C. doesn't border either of those countries), dialogue suggests the latter. Do the writers not realize they are different countries?
* BilingualBonus: When he speaks French. Most of his French dialogue is subtitled, of course, but some stand-alone words are not.
* BlackAndNerdy: A mild case. He claims to be great at math and to have scored at the top of his class in his village high school.
%%* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench
* ForeignCussWord: "Merde" (meaning "shit") is a favorite of his.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: A particularly egregious example.
* MagicalNegro: Sometimes comes across as this; Katie even lampshades it.
* NaiveNewcomer: Played straight until they get to Pandora's aunt's house. Then it's quickly subverted.
%%* OddFriendship: With J.J.
%%* TokenMinority
* TookALevelInJerkass: His Season 4 episode, to some.
* YourCheatingHeart: He cheats on Pandora in Season 4.
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[[folder:JJ Jones]]
!!Jonah "JJ" Jeremiah Jones
-->'''Played by:''' Ollie Barbieri
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "JJ" (series 3), "JJ" (series 4)
* AbsentMindedProfessor: Cook even calls him a "nutty professor."
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* {{Adorkable}}: His interest in magic tricks and model planes, his trivia skills, and the repeated ''Franchise/StarTrek'' references in his Season 4 ep.
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%%* ButtMonkey: In-universe, at least.
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* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: His relationship with Cook and Freddie comes across as this.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Has a lot of these moments, from telling Effy that Cook was sleeping with someone else to [[spoiler:outing Emily to her sister]].
%%* GoodWithNumbers
* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler: He and Emily have sex despite the fact that Emily is gay. He actually thought the two of them getting together was possible when Emily chose him as her Love Ball date - but that was only because of Emily's mother and sister's homophobia, and once Naomi showed up Emily happily went with her.]]
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Subverted [[spoiler: until the end of his Season 3 episode]]. Played with in Season 4 when Thomas points out that [[spoiler: 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]].
* MotorMouth: When he gets "locked-on."
* NiceGuy- Quite a caring, kind, sweet character
* OddFriendship: With Emily and with Thomas. His friendship with Thomas in particular came out of ''nowhere.''
* PowerTrio: Usually the Ego, occasionally the Super-ego.
* SerenadeYourLover: What he does [[spoiler:to get Lara back after she dumps him because he beat up her baby daddy]], with his adorable rendition of "True" by Spandau Ballet.
* TVGenius: Somewhat. He definitely has extremely high skills in Maths, and has a good memory for facts. And... he passes ALL his exams with flying colours!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:James Cook]]
!!James Cook Jr.
-->'''Played by:''' Creator/JackOConnell
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "Cook" (series 3), "Cook" (series 4), "Rise" (series 7)
* {{Antihero}}: Initially appeared as a SociopathicHero, but was eventually revealed to be more of a ClassicalAnti-Hero.
* BerserkButton: Don't mention his mum.
* BigEater: Pretty much eats his entire birthday cake on his own.
%%* BromanticFoil: With Freddie.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: In S3, despite him considering them all some sort of gang (he does invite everyone to his birthday party), most of the main cast seems to let him hang around just because Freddie and Effy, who interact with him the most, are at the center of the group. They don't even invite him to camp with them in Gobbler's End, and after Freddie cuts ties with him and starts dating Effy, Cook becomes essentially a loner. It's worth noting that he does have random friendships within the group, such as JJ and Naomi (and it's implied that Effy always considered him [[FriendsWithBenefits a friend]], at least), he just never fits well into the "[[TheTeam group]]" dynamic.
%%* HairTriggerTemper
%%* HotBlooded
%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Freddie.
* HypocrisyNod: Everybody pisses on you? What goes around comes around.
* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler: With Naomi. It's the reason that they don't go very far when they try to have sex.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: And a particularly obnoxious one at that, though one scene would imply it's really a JerkassFacade.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His interactions with the girls hint to the fact that Cook can be very sweet guy
** JerkassWoobie
* KarmaHoudini: It seems like karma has finally caught up with him when he accepts responsibility for his actions (and Naomi's) and goes to prison. He breaks out two episodes later ForTheLulz, continues to evade the authorities.
** It catches up with him mentally in series 7. Though he's still physically free, he's a wanted fugitive, and his past seems to be taking its toll. He's definitely displaying some warning signs for depression. Safe to say, the quiet, serious Cook of series 7 is a far cry from his jovial and brash beginnings in season 3.
* KickTheDog: Done repeatedly in season 3 in order to establish his character as a {{Jerkass}}. From arson and public indecency in episode one (they're not as bad as they sound, though still pretty bad) to humiliating Naomi in front of the school, to the reveal of him having sex with his friends sister and then having sex with a girl Cook knew he was in love with, then seducing and sleeping with a girl in relationship and then scaring a group of his friends during a camping trip because he was jealous that he wasn't invited, season 3 showcases the fact that Cook is not a nice person.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: When his father threatens to melt his face off with a with a flare spouting "I'll do it, I don't give a fuck!" [IE "about you"], Cook simply replies "neither do I", illustrating that Cook in fact has an extremely low self worth in contrast to the grandiose self worth he gives off to the world.
%%* KickTheSonOfABitch
%%* LargeHam: It's part of his character.
* LastNameBasis: No one calls him anything but Cook.
* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: [[spoiler: ''I'M COOK!!'']]
%%* OddFriendship: With Naomi, by Season 4.
%%* PowerTrio: The Id.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler: Three years after he's still on the run for John Foster's murder]]
%%* YouKilledMyFather
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Freddie [=McLair=]]]
!!Frederick "Freddie" [=McClair=]
-->'''Played by:''' Creator/LukePasqualino
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "Freddie" (series 3), "Freddie" (series 4)
* BigBrotherInstinct: He's not a fan of Karen's decision to exploit their mother's memory to help her win Search for a Sexxbomb, but he cheers for her at her final performance, [[spoiler: comforts her when she loses]] and [[spoiler: when Cook laughs about how he and J.J. voted against her for stealing their shed, Freddie nearly punches his lights out.]]
* MrFanservice: The show likes to remind us of Freddie's nice chest.
%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Cook.
* MissingMom: Well, dead mom.
* PowerTrio: Usually the Super-ego (lampshaded by [[TheId Cook]] when he calls him a "fun-sponge"), occasionally the Ego.
%%* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Cook's red.
* ShirtlessScene: Seems to enjoy leaving his shirt at home even in the ''non''-sex scenes.
%%* TheStoner
* TheUnfavourite: Karen comprehensively dumps on him - with their father's support and praise, most notably when Freddie loses his beloved shed.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Katie Fitch]]
!!Katherine "Katie" Fitch
-->'''Played by:''' Megan Prescott
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "Katie and Emily" (series 3), "Katie" (series 4)
%%* AlphaBitch: At least, she aspires to be one. Particularly in Season 3.
%%* BigSisterBully: In Season 3.
* CoolBigSis: After her CharacterDevelopment she becomes this to Emily and James.
%%* BrokeEpisode: Her Season 4 episode.
* EverybodySmokes: Averted, notably she's the only teenage character to outright state that they don't smoke. [[spoiler: Though she finally caves in her Season 4 episode.]]
* {{Foil}}: The show sets her up as Effy's foil, though they're eventually revealed to be NotSoDifferent. She is more the foil to her sister.
* ItsACostumePartyISwear: The maid of honor at the wedding Katie and her mom are planning pulls a version of this on Katie: she switches the theme for the hen night, doesn't tell Katie, and doesn't make her a corresponding costume.
* ManipulativeBastard: Particularly during her and Emily's season 3 episode.
* NoPeriodsPeriod: [[spoiler: Katie is diagnosed with premature menopause in her season 4 episode.]]
* PolarOppositeTwins: Katie is the confident, popular sister, who "never not had a boyfriend".
* RedOniBlueOni: The red oni to Emily's blue oni, especially in Series 3. Less so in Season 4, not because Katie stops being fierce, but because Emily stops being a shy doormat.
%%* RomanticFalseLead: [[spoiler: To both Freddie and Thomas.]]
%% * {{Tsundere}}
* {{Twincest}}: The writers basically went to town with Katie/Emily subtext in their S3 episode.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Emily Fitch]]
!!Emily Fitch
-->'''Played by:''' Kathryn Prescott
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "Katie and Emily" (series 3), "Emily" (series 4)
%%* BreakTheCutie: Season Four wasn't kind to her.
%%* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: Particularly in Series 3.
* {{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, as an only child with a mom who is not always around. This explains why Emily dives head-first into their relationship, going serious all at once, while Naomi is scared off by that and wants to ease into it slowly.
* {{Gayngst}}: Subverted. Her angst comes more from Naomi's insecurity and commitment problems than to just actually being gay. Granted, she does deny it at first, but as soon as she realizes Naomi's also into her she comes to terms with liking girls pretty fast.
%%* LipstickLesbian
%%* OddFriendship: With J.J.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Emily is the introvert and sensible one, who must always makes way for her sister.
* 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
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Naomi Campbell]]
!!Naomi Campbell
-->'''Played by:''' Lily Loveless
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "Naomi" (series 3)
%%* ArmoredClosetGay: At first.
%%* BackForTheDead: ''Skins: Fire''.
%%* BuryYourGays
%%* 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.
*** The friendship with Effy actually isn't that odd when you consider that Effy and Freddie's relationship is kind of an amplified version of Naomi and Emily's: Effy and Naomi both have issues (albeit for different reasons) with acknowledging their feelings and committing to their respective significant others, both of whom are much freer with their feelings and welcome the emotional closeness and commitment that love brings, and have trouble understanding why their girlfriends don't.
%%* SingleTargetSexuality: Emily.
%%* SchoolgirlLesbians
%%* ShipperOnDeck: For Freddie/Effy.
* StepfordSnarker: "I learned how to become a sarcastic bitch just to make it feel normal."
* TheTopicOfCancer: [[spoiler: Naomi is diagnosed with it in the first part of ''Fire'', and her condition gets significantly worse in the second.]]
%%* {{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.]]
[[/folder]]
----
! Families
!! Stonem Family
[[folder:Anthea Stonem]]
-> see the Characters/SkinsGenerationOne page
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jim Stonem]]
-> see the Characters/SkinsGenerationOne page
[[/folder]]
!! Moon Family
[[folder:Angela Moon]]
!!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.
* UnsuspectinglySoused: After Katie puts MDMA in the brownies when Angela's back is turned.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Aunt Elizabeth]]
!!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...)
[[/folder]]
!! Jones Family
[[folder:Celia Jones]]
!!Celia Jones
-->Played by: Juliet Cowan
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: When she accidentally calls Lara a "slut" in JJ's Season 4 episode.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Edward Jones]]
!!Edward Jones
-->Played by: Creator/DouglasHodge
* HandsOffParenting: He spends most of the time hiding behind a newspaper.
[[/folder]]
!! Cook Family
[[folder:Ruth Byatt]]
!!Ruth Byatt
-->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
[[/folder]]
[[folder:James Cook Sr.]]
!!James Cook, Sr
-->Played by: Matt King
%%* DisappearedDad
%%* {{Jerkass}}
%%* YoureNotMyFather
[[/folder]]
!! [=McLair=] Family
[[folder:Leo [=McClair=]]]
!!Leo Mclair
-->Played by: Simon Day
* ParentalFavoritism: Toward Karen, it seems.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Karen [=McLair=]]]
!!Karen Mclair
-->Played by: Klariza Clayton
* BrattyTeenageDaughter
* IdolSinger: Her dream is to be the English equivalent of this.
[[/folder]]
!! Fitch Family
[[folder:Jenna Fitch]]
!!Jenna Fitch
-->Played by: Ronnie Ancona
* BreakTheHaughty: In Katie's Season 4 episode when [[spoiler: the Fitches lose their house]].
* KnightTemplarParent: On a holy war with Emily's sexual orientation.
%%* SmugSnake
* StepfordSmiler: Tries really hard to be this, especially regarding Emily's homosexuality. The facade breaks in Katie's fourth season's episode when [[spoiler:it's revealed that her husband's ruined the family financially]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rob Fitch]]
!!Rob Fitch
-->Played by: John Bishop
* BumblingDad: He's nicer than his wife, but pathetically incompetent, to the point when he [[spoiler:financially ruins his family and breaks his kid's arm in one episode]].
* 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.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:James Fitch]]
!!James Fitch
-->Played by: Redd Smith
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: From Katie and Emily's perspectives.
* KidAnova: Fancies himself as one.
%%* MouthyKid
[[/folder]]
!! Campbell Family
[[folder:Gina Campbell]]
!!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
[[/folder]]
----
! Others
!! Roundview College
[[folder:David Blood]]
!!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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kieran Macfoeinaiugh]]
!!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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:T. Love]]
!!T. Love
-->Played by: Will Young
* WaxingLyrical: Most of his advice is derived from the work of Music/MichaelJackson.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Harriet Lawes]]
!!Harriet Lawes
-->Played by: Victoria Wicks
* PutOnABus: After Season 3.
[[/folder]]
!! Acquaintances
[[folder:Dr. John Foster]]
!!Dr. John Foster
-->Played by: Hugo Speer
%%* AxCrazy
%%* BatterUp: How he [[spoiler: kills Freddie]].
%%* EvilGloating
%%* IfICantHaveYou
* FauxAffablyEvil: Has an artificial charm which he uses to MindRape Effy and maintains his professional attitude [[spoiler:even when he's about to kill Freddie.]] His charm is so artificial though that his attempt at remorse for his treatment of Effy feels really hollow.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Cook did kill him. He gets killed by his victim's best friend and also one of Effy's suitors. Justice sometime exists.]]
%%* MindRape: Attempts this on Effy. [[spoiler: Almost succeeds.]]
%%* TheShrink: A particularly extreme Type 1.
%%* StalkerWithACrush
%%* {{Yandere}}
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Johnny White]]
!!Johnny White
-->Played by: Creator/MackenzieCrook
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Not him, but his minions protested raping the female cast on his orders.
* {{Expy}}: Plenty of people saw his character as a clone of Mad Twatter.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Matt Moore]]
!!Matt Moore
-->Played by: Richard Southgate
%%* BigBrotherInstinct
%%* MilitaryBrat
[[/folder]]
!! Love Interests
[[folder:Lara Lloyd]]
!!Lara Lloyd
-->Played by: Georgia Henshaw
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: A mild case, but she does basically exist just to be [[spoiler: JJ's girlfriend]].
%%* TeenPregnancy
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sophia]]
!!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 Forced]]
%%* PosthumousCharacter
* RoomFullOfCrazy: Both her actual room and (especially) her cadet locker.
* 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Andrea Babajide]]
!!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.
* SmallNameBigEgo: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sam]]
!! Sam
!!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.
[[/folder]]
----
[[folder:Effy Stonem]]
!!Elizabeth "Effy" Stonem
-->'''Played by:''' Kaya Scodelario
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "Effy" (series 1), "Effy" (series 2), "Effy" (series 3), "Effy" (series 4), "Fire" (series 7)
%%* AloofDarkHairedGirl
* BeneathTheMask: It finally comes off in Season 4, but we get some peeks even before that - for example, with her "Unseen Skins" in Season 1, and with her speech to Katie in Pandora's Season 3 episode.
* BigBrotherWorship: She's very devoted to her brother, and he seems to be the only one able to understand her beyond her emotionless mask in earlier seasons. [[spoiler: His nearly-fatal accident, seen by her on first-hand, and eventually his departure, have a great impact on her mental health]].
--> '''Pandora''': "Your brother's really nice."
--> '''Effy''': "He's not nice, he's amazing."
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mostly to her parents, and especially in the two earlier seasons. She acts innocent and well-behaved in front of them, and they know nothing of her wild party persona (or her manipulative tendencies), which is no surprise for her brother, her friends, or even her brother's friends. When she overdoses, they actually blame ''Tony'' for it.
* BrokenBird: Gave off this impression from her earliest appearances, until SanitySlippage ensued.
* TheChessmaster:
** Prominent in Season 2, where she pretty much single-handedly solved the entire Michelle-Sid-Cassie-Tony situation, fixed her own messed-up house in time for her father to come back and never realize what a wreck everything was, and simultaneously managed to get kicked out of the private school, which is what she wanted all along, while keeping hopeless Pandora in there. All by generally evoking the right reactions from people.
** Quite less so in Seasons 3 and 4. At the beginning it does seem like she's trying to be this, manipulating Cook, Freddie and JJ to fall in love with her, but everything ultimately falls apart when she falls for Freddie.
* DeadpanSnarker: Rare, but she has her moments.
--> '''(in the dinner table, to her mom)''': You're fucking my dad's line manager. No biggie.
%%* EmotionlessGirl
* FallenPrincess: Effy appears to have everything: she’s beautiful, is popular yet mysterious, and has a cool brother to boot. Doesn’t keep her away from love issues, suffering thanks to her screwed-up family or [[spoiler: her own mental issues]].
* FilleFatale: All three of the Musketeers fall for her. JJ actually [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it:
--> "No more 'ooh I'm so fit and mysterious.'"
%%* GeniusBookClub
%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Pandora.
%%* IceQueen
%%* IncestSubtext: Tony and Effy give off... vibes... at times.
* {{Kuudere}}: Granted, she isn't an outright sweetheart on the inside either, but she does have a kind side, which she shows mostly to people she cares about, such as Tony, Pandora and her mom.
* MoralityPet: Is one to her brother Tony. Even his own girlfriend believes Effy is the only person he truly cares about.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Effy can't seem to handle being in a relationship with someone she genuinely loves, [[spoiler: which is why she loses it when she and Freddie get together in Season 4]]. She outright says so.
--> "[[DefiedTrope Love's not supposed to do that]], you made go mad!"
%%* OddFriendship: With ditzy, naive Pandora.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Pretty much no one calls her Elizabeth, and actually her name only comes up when things in Season 4 [[EasyAmnesia get]] [[BlankSlate really]] [[SanitySlippage bad]].
%%* TheOphelia
* ParentalFavoritism: Her mother definitely prefers her over Tony. Harder to vouch for her father, but given how Tony daily drives him crazy for his own amusement...
* RoomFullOfCrazy: In Freddie's Season 4 episode, [[spoiler:Effy makes one in her mum's bedroom.]]
* TheRunaway: Runs away from home with Cook for a while. It seems to be a mix of The Attention Seeking Runaway and The Vagrant Runaway types.
%%* SanitySlippage: In Season 4.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Naomi and Emily. She notices their feelings for each other (especially Naomi's) right from the beginning and subtly encourages them on. Her status as this is pretty solid by Series 7.
* SilentBob: In Season 1. She says her first line in her own episode, "Effy", of that season, and subsequent episodes have her speaking normally, [[TheQuietOne if less so than most characters]].
* StepfordSmiler:
** Gets hinted at in her Season 2 episode, when Tony says her reservedness and apparent contempt for caring for other people don't fool him; however, it's not really fully explored until Generation 2, in which...
** ...she reveals herself to be the Depressed and Unstable types. Effy's complete personality shifts with each season turn out to just be different masks, [[spoiler: until it comes off in Season 4]]. Invoked by Anthea in Season 3, who says to JJ that nothing terrifies Effy more than "showing her cards."
* TheStoic:
** Very much so in Seasons 1 and 2, where she barely even talks. Even after her overdose, she can still be seen as this. Her first real NotSoStoic moment is pretty damn shocking: [[spoiler: it's when she sees Tony getting hit by a bus]].
** In her own generation, she's still mostly stoic (certainly more than her peers), but has quite a few moments of emotional vulnerability as well.
* UnkemptBeauty: She still looks pretty after getting high in a forest and running away from home for days.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Pandora Moon]]
!!Pandora "Panda" Moon
-->'''Played by:''' Lisa Backwell
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "Pandora" (series 3)
* AscendedExtra: Was a minor character in Series 2; is part of the main cast in the Second Generation.
* CloudCuckoolander: Particularly at the beginning of Series 3.
* CorruptTheCutie: Panda now wants to be corrupted even more.
%%* TheDitz
%%* GeniusDitz
%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Effy.
%%* IvyLeagueForEveryone
* MoralityPet: Is one to Effy, to a certain extent.
* NoSocialSkills: JJ looks positively smooth in comparison.
%%* NewTransferStudent
* SlumberPartyPloy: How she keeps her mom from knowing about all the drugs and sex she partakes in.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Uses it store her mobile and wallet, and the weed she and Effy buy from Cassie, in Season 2.
* YourCheatingHeart: Continues having sex with Cook even ''after'' Thomas comes back to Britain and they consequently get back together.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Thomas Tomone]]
!!Thomas Tomone
-->'''Played by:''' Merveille Lukeaba
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "Thomas" (series 3), "Thomas" (series 4)
* YouFailGeographyForever: Is Thomas from the Republic of the Congo or the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Pandora's description of it being between Gabon and Cameroon suggests the former (the D.R.C. doesn't border either of those countries), dialogue suggests the latter. Do the writers not realize they are different countries?
* BilingualBonus: When he speaks French. Most of his French dialogue is subtitled, of course, but some stand-alone words are not.
* BlackAndNerdy: A mild case. He claims to be great at math and to have scored at the top of his class in his village high school.
%%* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench
* ForeignCussWord: "Merde" (meaning "shit") is a favorite of his.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: A particularly egregious example.
* MagicalNegro: Sometimes comes across as this; Katie even lampshades it.
* NaiveNewcomer: Played straight until they get to Pandora's aunt's house. Then it's quickly subverted.
%%* OddFriendship: With J.J.
%%* TokenMinority
* TookALevelInJerkass: His Season 4 episode, to some.
* YourCheatingHeart: He cheats on Pandora in Season 4.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:JJ Jones]]
!!Jonah "JJ" Jeremiah Jones
-->'''Played by:''' Ollie Barbieri
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "JJ" (series 3), "JJ" (series 4)
* AbsentMindedProfessor: Cook even calls him a "nutty professor."
%%* AddedAlliterativeAppeal
* {{Adorkable}}: His interest in magic tricks and model planes, his trivia skills, and the repeated ''Franchise/StarTrek'' references in his Season 4 ep.
%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
%%* ButtMonkey: In-universe, at least.
%%* BowtiesAreCool
* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: His relationship with Cook and Freddie comes across as this.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Has a lot of these moments, from telling Effy that Cook was sleeping with someone else to [[spoiler:outing Emily to her sister]].
%%* GoodWithNumbers
* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler: He and Emily have sex despite the fact that Emily is gay. He actually thought the two of them getting together was possible when Emily chose him as her Love Ball date - but that was only because of Emily's mother and sister's homophobia, and once Naomi showed up Emily happily went with her.]]
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Subverted [[spoiler: until the end of his Season 3 episode]]. Played with in Season 4 when Thomas points out that [[spoiler: 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]].
* MotorMouth: When he gets "locked-on."
* NiceGuy- Quite a caring, kind, sweet character
* OddFriendship: With Emily and with Thomas. His friendship with Thomas in particular came out of ''nowhere.''
* PowerTrio: Usually the Ego, occasionally the Super-ego.
* SerenadeYourLover: What he does [[spoiler:to get Lara back after she dumps him because he beat up her baby daddy]], with his adorable rendition of "True" by Spandau Ballet.
* TVGenius: Somewhat. He definitely has extremely high skills in Maths, and has a good memory for facts. And... he passes ALL his exams with flying colours!
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[[folder:James Cook]]
!!James Cook Jr.
-->'''Played by:''' Creator/JackOConnell
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "Cook" (series 3), "Cook" (series 4), "Rise" (series 7)
* {{Antihero}}: Initially appeared as a SociopathicHero, but was eventually revealed to be more of a ClassicalAnti-Hero.
* BerserkButton: Don't mention his mum.
* BigEater: Pretty much eats his entire birthday cake on his own.
%%* BromanticFoil: With Freddie.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: In S3, despite him considering them all some sort of gang (he does invite everyone to his birthday party), most of the main cast seems to let him hang around just because Freddie and Effy, who interact with him the most, are at the center of the group. They don't even invite him to camp with them in Gobbler's End, and after Freddie cuts ties with him and starts dating Effy, Cook becomes essentially a loner. It's worth noting that he does have random friendships within the group, such as JJ and Naomi (and it's implied that Effy always considered him [[FriendsWithBenefits a friend]], at least), he just never fits well into the "[[TheTeam group]]" dynamic.
%%* HairTriggerTemper
%%* HotBlooded
%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Freddie.
* HypocrisyNod: Everybody pisses on you? What goes around comes around.
* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler: With Naomi. It's the reason that they don't go very far when they try to have sex.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: And a particularly obnoxious one at that, though one scene would imply it's really a JerkassFacade.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His interactions with the girls hint to the fact that Cook can be very sweet guy
** JerkassWoobie
* KarmaHoudini: It seems like karma has finally caught up with him when he accepts responsibility for his actions (and Naomi's) and goes to prison. He breaks out two episodes later ForTheLulz, continues to evade the authorities.
** It catches up with him mentally in series 7. Though he's still physically free, he's a wanted fugitive, and his past seems to be taking its toll. He's definitely displaying some warning signs for depression. Safe to say, the quiet, serious Cook of series 7 is a far cry from his jovial and brash beginnings in season 3.
* KickTheDog: Done repeatedly in season 3 in order to establish his character as a {{Jerkass}}. From arson and public indecency in episode one (they're not as bad as they sound, though still pretty bad) to humiliating Naomi in front of the school, to the reveal of him having sex with his friends sister and then having sex with a girl Cook knew he was in love with, then seducing and sleeping with a girl in relationship and then scaring a group of his friends during a camping trip because he was jealous that he wasn't invited, season 3 showcases the fact that Cook is not a nice person.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: When his father threatens to melt his face off with a with a flare spouting "I'll do it, I don't give a fuck!" [IE "about you"], Cook simply replies "neither do I", illustrating that Cook in fact has an extremely low self worth in contrast to the grandiose self worth he gives off to the world.
%%* KickTheSonOfABitch
%%* LargeHam: It's part of his character.
* LastNameBasis: No one calls him anything but Cook.
* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: [[spoiler: ''I'M COOK!!'']]
%%* OddFriendship: With Naomi, by Season 4.
%%* PowerTrio: The Id.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler: Three years after he's still on the run for John Foster's murder]]
%%* YouKilledMyFather
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[[folder:Freddie [=McLair=]]]
!!Frederick "Freddie" [=McClair=]
-->'''Played by:''' Creator/LukePasqualino
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "Freddie" (series 3), "Freddie" (series 4)
* BigBrotherInstinct: He's not a fan of Karen's decision to exploit their mother's memory to help her win Search for a Sexxbomb, but he cheers for her at her final performance, [[spoiler: comforts her when she loses]] and [[spoiler: when Cook laughs about how he and J.J. voted against her for stealing their shed, Freddie nearly punches his lights out.]]
* MrFanservice: The show likes to remind us of Freddie's nice chest.
%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Cook.
* MissingMom: Well, dead mom.
* PowerTrio: Usually the Super-ego (lampshaded by [[TheId Cook]] when he calls him a "fun-sponge"), occasionally the Ego.
%%* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Cook's red.
* ShirtlessScene: Seems to enjoy leaving his shirt at home even in the ''non''-sex scenes.
%%* TheStoner
* TheUnfavourite: Karen comprehensively dumps on him - with their father's support and praise, most notably when Freddie loses his beloved shed.
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[[folder:Katie Fitch]]
!!Katherine "Katie" Fitch
-->'''Played by:''' Megan Prescott
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "Katie and Emily" (series 3), "Katie" (series 4)
%%* AlphaBitch: At least, she aspires to be one. Particularly in Season 3.
%%* BigSisterBully: In Season 3.
* CoolBigSis: After her CharacterDevelopment she becomes this to Emily and James.
%%* BrokeEpisode: Her Season 4 episode.
* EverybodySmokes: Averted, notably she's the only teenage character to outright state that they don't smoke. [[spoiler: Though she finally caves in her Season 4 episode.]]
* {{Foil}}: The show sets her up as Effy's foil, though they're eventually revealed to be NotSoDifferent. She is more the foil to her sister.
* ItsACostumePartyISwear: The maid of honor at the wedding Katie and her mom are planning pulls a version of this on Katie: she switches the theme for the hen night, doesn't tell Katie, and doesn't make her a corresponding costume.
* ManipulativeBastard: Particularly during her and Emily's season 3 episode.
* NoPeriodsPeriod: [[spoiler: Katie is diagnosed with premature menopause in her season 4 episode.]]
* PolarOppositeTwins: Katie is the confident, popular sister, who "never not had a boyfriend".
* RedOniBlueOni: The red oni to Emily's blue oni, especially in Series 3. Less so in Season 4, not because Katie stops being fierce, but because Emily stops being a shy doormat.
%%* RomanticFalseLead: [[spoiler: To both Freddie and Thomas.]]
%% * {{Tsundere}}
* {{Twincest}}: The writers basically went to town with Katie/Emily subtext in their S3 episode.
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[[folder:Emily Fitch]]
!!Emily Fitch
-->'''Played by:''' Kathryn Prescott
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "Katie and Emily" (series 3), "Emily" (series 4)
%%* BreakTheCutie: Season Four wasn't kind to her.
%%* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: Particularly in Series 3.
* {{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, as an only child with a mom who is not always around. This explains why Emily dives head-first into their relationship, going serious all at once, while Naomi is scared off by that and wants to ease into it slowly.
* {{Gayngst}}: Subverted. Her angst comes more from Naomi's insecurity and commitment problems than to just actually being gay. Granted, she does deny it at first, but as soon as she realizes Naomi's also into her she comes to terms with liking girls pretty fast.
%%* LipstickLesbian
%%* OddFriendship: With J.J.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Emily is the introvert and sensible one, who must always makes way for her sister.
* 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
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[[folder:Naomi Campbell]]
!!Naomi Campbell
-->'''Played by:''' Lily Loveless
-->'''Centric episodes:''' "Naomi" (series 3)
%%* ArmoredClosetGay: At first.
%%* BackForTheDead: ''Skins: Fire''.
%%* BuryYourGays
%%* 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.
*** The friendship with Effy actually isn't that odd when you consider that Effy and Freddie's relationship is kind of an amplified version of Naomi and Emily's: Effy and Naomi both have issues (albeit for different reasons) with acknowledging their feelings and committing to their respective significant others, both of whom are much freer with their feelings and welcome the emotional closeness and commitment that love brings, and have trouble understanding why their girlfriends don't.
%%* SingleTargetSexuality: Emily.
%%* SchoolgirlLesbians
%%* ShipperOnDeck: For Freddie/Effy.
* StepfordSnarker: "I learned how to become a sarcastic bitch just to make it feel normal."
* TheTopicOfCancer: [[spoiler: Naomi is diagnosed with it in the first part of ''Fire'', and her condition gets significantly worse in the second.]]
%%* {{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.]]
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! Families
!! Stonem Family
[[folder:Anthea Stonem]]
-> see the Characters/SkinsGenerationOne page
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jim Stonem]]
-> see the Characters/SkinsGenerationOne page
[[/folder]]
!! Moon Family
[[folder:Angela Moon]]
!!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.
* UnsuspectinglySoused: After Katie puts MDMA in the brownies when Angela's back is turned.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Aunt Elizabeth]]
!!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...)
[[/folder]]
!! Jones Family
[[folder:Celia Jones]]
!!Celia Jones
-->Played by: Juliet Cowan
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: When she accidentally calls Lara a "slut" in JJ's Season 4 episode.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Edward Jones]]
!!Edward Jones
-->Played by: Creator/DouglasHodge
* HandsOffParenting: He spends most of the time hiding behind a newspaper.
[[/folder]]
!! Cook Family
[[folder:Ruth Byatt]]
!!Ruth Byatt
-->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
[[/folder]]
[[folder:James Cook Sr.]]
!!James Cook, Sr
-->Played by: Matt King
%%* DisappearedDad
%%* {{Jerkass}}
%%* YoureNotMyFather
[[/folder]]
!! [=McLair=] Family
[[folder:Leo [=McClair=]]]
!!Leo Mclair
-->Played by: Simon Day
* ParentalFavoritism: Toward Karen, it seems.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Karen [=McLair=]]]
!!Karen Mclair
-->Played by: Klariza Clayton
* BrattyTeenageDaughter
* IdolSinger: Her dream is to be the English equivalent of this.
[[/folder]]
!! Fitch Family
[[folder:Jenna Fitch]]
!!Jenna Fitch
-->Played by: Ronnie Ancona
* BreakTheHaughty: In Katie's Season 4 episode when [[spoiler: the Fitches lose their house]].
* KnightTemplarParent: On a holy war with Emily's sexual orientation.
%%* SmugSnake
* StepfordSmiler: Tries really hard to be this, especially regarding Emily's homosexuality. The facade breaks in Katie's fourth season's episode when [[spoiler:it's revealed that her husband's ruined the family financially]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rob Fitch]]
!!Rob Fitch
-->Played by: John Bishop
* BumblingDad: He's nicer than his wife, but pathetically incompetent, to the point when he [[spoiler:financially ruins his family and breaks his kid's arm in one episode]].
* 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.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:James Fitch]]
!!James Fitch
-->Played by: Redd Smith
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: From Katie and Emily's perspectives.
* KidAnova: Fancies himself as one.
%%* MouthyKid
[[/folder]]
!! Campbell Family
[[folder:Gina Campbell]]
!!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
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! Others
!! Roundview College
[[folder:David Blood]]
!!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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kieran Macfoeinaiugh]]
!!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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:T. Love]]
!!T. Love
-->Played by: Will Young
* WaxingLyrical: Most of his advice is derived from the work of Music/MichaelJackson.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Harriet Lawes]]
!!Harriet Lawes
-->Played by: Victoria Wicks
* PutOnABus: After Season 3.
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!! Acquaintances
[[folder:Dr. John Foster]]
!!Dr. John Foster
-->Played by: Hugo Speer
%%* AxCrazy
%%* BatterUp: How he [[spoiler: kills Freddie]].
%%* EvilGloating
%%* IfICantHaveYou
* FauxAffablyEvil: Has an artificial charm which he uses to MindRape Effy and maintains his professional attitude [[spoiler:even when he's about to kill Freddie.]] His charm is so artificial though that his attempt at remorse for his treatment of Effy feels really hollow.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Cook did kill him. He gets killed by his victim's best friend and also one of Effy's suitors. Justice sometime exists.]]
%%* MindRape: Attempts this on Effy. [[spoiler: Almost succeeds.]]
%%* TheShrink: A particularly extreme Type 1.
%%* StalkerWithACrush
%%* {{Yandere}}
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Johnny White]]
!!Johnny White
-->Played by: Creator/MackenzieCrook
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Not him, but his minions protested raping the female cast on his orders.
* {{Expy}}: Plenty of people saw his character as a clone of Mad Twatter.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Matt Moore]]
!!Matt Moore
-->Played by: Richard Southgate
%%* BigBrotherInstinct
%%* MilitaryBrat
[[/folder]]
!! Love Interests
[[folder:Lara Lloyd]]
!!Lara Lloyd
-->Played by: Georgia Henshaw
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: A mild case, but she does basically exist just to be [[spoiler: JJ's girlfriend]].
%%* TeenPregnancy
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sophia]]
!!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 Forced]]
%%* PosthumousCharacter
* RoomFullOfCrazy: Both her actual room and (especially) her cadet locker.
* 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Andrea Babajide]]
!!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.
* SmallNameBigEgo: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sam]]
!! Sam
!!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.
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