History Characters / VeronicaMars

* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler:This is what she fears after learning her mother is unsure whether or not Jake Kane or Keith is her father. Cue VomitDiscretionShot.]]
* TeenGenius: She's absolutely brilliant, being in the running for high school valedictorian. The only reason she doesn't go to an Ivy League school [[spoiler:is because her chance at a scholarship by becoming Valedictorian is ruined by her need to go to the trial of the man who killed her best friend, thus forfeiting her final exam grade.]]

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Has a relationship (or at least has sex with) Logan, Weevil, and [[spoiler:Aaron]].
* BackupFromOtherworld: Season one: the late Lilly Kane is a major motivator in the solving of her own murder. Her ghost appears to Veronica and to her brother Duncan, metaphorically. Or is it? She shows up in season two to save V's life.

* MagneticHero: Although Lilly isn't a ''hero'' per se, she is the ultimately character who brings everyone together:

'''Veronica''': This is how it's going to be from now on. Right Lilly!\\

* DaddysGirl: She has no love for her stepmother, but adores Aaron who is nothing but gentle and supportive towards her - which is why she disbelieves Logan's stories of their father's abusive ways [[spoiler:until she sees first-hand what he's capable of.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Evidenced in "My Mother The Fiend."

!!!Residents

!!!Mars Family

!!!Casablancas Family

!!! '''The [=PCHers=]'''
[[folder: General]]

[[folder: Eli "Weevil" Navarro]]
!!'''Eli "Weevil" Navarro''' (Creator/FrancisCapra)
-->'''Weevil:''' So, who owes who now?
-->'''Veronica:''' I'm not quite sure.
--->'''1x01 Pilot'''

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line]]'' | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars Mr. Kiss and Tell]]'' | ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (film)

[[folder: Eduardo "Thumper" Orozco]]
!! '''Eduardo “Thumper” Orozco''' (Creator/JamesMolina)

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

[[folder: Felix Toombs]]
!!'''Felix Toombs''' (Creator/BradBufanda)

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

[[folder: Van Clemmons]]
!!'''Van Clemmons''' (Duane Daniels)
-->"Veronica, why does trouble follow you around?"
Vice-Principal, later Principal, of Neptune High.

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line]]'' | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars Mr. Kiss and Tell]]'' | ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (film)

[[folder: Mallory Dent]]
!! Mallory Dent
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SydneyTamiiaPoitier

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

! Neptune Sheriff's Department
[[folder: Don Lamb]]
!!'''Sheriff Don Lamb''' (Creator/MichaelMuhney)
-->"Why don't you go see the Wizard? Ask him for a little backbone."
--->'''1x01 Pilot'''

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

[[folder: Leo D'Amato]]
!!'''Leonardo "Leo" D'Amato''' (Creator/MaxGreenfield)
-->'''Veronica''': I used you, then fell for you, not the other way around.
--->'''1x14 Mars vs. Mars'''

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

[[folder: Jerry Sacks]]
!! Deputy Jerry Sacks
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BrandonHillock

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line]]'' | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars Mr. Kiss and Tell]]'' | ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (film)

[[folder: Dan Lamb]]
!! Sheriff Dan Lamb
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JerryOConnell

[[folder: Marcia Langdon]]
!! Police Chief Marcia Langdon
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DawnnLewis

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

!!! '''Residents'''
[[folder: Cliff [=McCormack=]]]
!!'''Cliff Mccormack''' (Creator/DaranNorris)
-->"Okay, my name is Cliff, I'll be your if-you-cannot-afford-an-attorney attorney. So. What are you trying to prove?"
--->'''2x06 Rat Saw God'''

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line]]'' | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars Mr. Kiss and Tell]]'' | ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (film)

[[folder: Vinnie Van Lowe]]
!!'''Vinnie Van Lowe''' (Creator/KenMarino)
-->'''Veronica:''' Know what's most disturbing about you? Apart from... everything? You're actually a half-decent Private Investigator.
--->'''2x15 The Quick and the Wed'''

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line]]'' | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars Mr. Kiss and Tell]]'' | ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (film)

[[folder: Clarence Wiedman]]
!!'''Clarence Wiedman''' (Creator/ChristopherBDuncan)

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars Mr. Kiss and Tell]]''

[[folder: Woody Goodman]]
!!Woodrow "Woody" Goodman (Creator/SteveGuttenberg)

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

A powerful citizen of Neptune - owner of a burger joint and a professional baseball team, The Neptune Sharks. Becomes Mayor of Neptune in season 2.

[[folder: The Fighting Fitzpatricks]]

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

[[folder: Clyde Pickett]]
!! '''Clyde Pickett''' (Creator/JKSimmons)

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

!! '''Penn Epner''' (Creator/PattonOswalt)

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

* SitcomArchnemesis: In season 4, Creator/PattonOswalt plays supporting character Penn Epner, a pizza delivery guy who participates in an amateur sleuth/conspiracy online group. One member of the group, Don, is constantly sniping back and forth with him and they subject each other to pranks like Penn putting pig ear filters on Don's live feed. [[spoiler:He becomes an evil deconstruction of the trope when it turns out he's the bomber.]]

!! '''Matty Ross''' (Creator/IzabelaVidovic)
-> '''Appearances''': ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

!!! '''Mars Family'''
[[folder: Lianne Mars]]
!!'''Lianne Mars''' (Creator/CorinneBohrer)

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars Mr. Kiss and Tell]]''

[[folder: Jake Kane]]
!! '''Jake Kane'''
-->'''Played by''': Creator/KyleSecor

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line]]''

[[folder: Celeste Kane]]
!! '''Celeste Kane'''
-->'''Played by''': Creator/LisaThornhill

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (film)

!!! '''Casablancas Family'''
[[folder: Richard Casablancas]]
!! '''Richard "Big Dick" Casablancas''' (Creator/DavidStarzyk)
-->'''Dick''': We used to compete to see who could make him cry first.

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

[[folder: Kendall Casablancas]]
!!'''Kendall Casablancas''' (Creator/CharismaCarpenter)
-->'''Logan:''' You ever think about just getting a job?
-->'''Kendall:''' This is my job.
--->'''2x07 Nobody Puts Baby In A Corner'''
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-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

!!! ''' Echolls Family'''
[[folder: Aaron Echolls]]
!!'''Aaron Echolls''' (Creator/HarryHamlin)
-->'''Aaron:''' We told your mom that we were all gonna get dressed up in costume as our favourite animal. You remember her animal?
-->'''Logan:''' Yeah, it was a mermaid.
-->'''Aaron:''' When she realized we played a trick on her, no one else had gotten dressed up… [fondly] she wore that costume around for the rest of the day anyway.
-->'''Logan:''' Yeah, I remember that day. On the way home I spilled a milkshake in the Beamer and you gave me a nosebleed.
--->'''1x13 Lord of The Bling'''

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

* RealLifeRelative: He and Lisa Rinna are married in real life and in the show.

[[folder: Lynn Echolls]]
!!'''Lynn Echolls''' (Creator/LisaRinna)

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

* RealLifeRelative: She and Harry Hamlin are married in real life.

[[folder: Trina Echolls]]
!!'''Trina Echolls''' (Creator/AlysonHannigan)
-->"The play is my master and I am its ''whore''!"
--->'''2x09 My Mother The Fiend'''

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

!!! '''Students'''
[[folder: Stosh "Piz" Piznarski]]
!!'''Stosh "Piz" Piznarski''' (Creator/ChrisLowell)
-->"I think that's half of life, just knowing the difference."
--->'''3x10 Show Me The Monkey'''

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (film)

[[folder: Parker Lee]]
!!'''Parker Lee''' (Creator/JulieGonzalo)
-->"Oh my god! Are you one of Mac's friends? Well come on in, sister! Mac's friends are my friends!"
--->'''3x01 Welcome Wagon'''
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-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

* AmicableExes: When she reappears in season 4, she is quite happy to see that Logan and Veronica are together [[spoiler:and getting married]].

[[folder: Lilith House]]

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

[[folder: Mercer Hayes]]
!! Mercer Hayes
-->Played by: Creator/RyanDevlin

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

[[folder: Moe Flater]]
!! Moe Flater
-->Played by: Andrew [=McClain=]

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

[[folder: Dean O'Dell]]
!!'''Dean Cyrus [[=O'Dell=]]''' (Ed Begley Jr.)

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

The dean of Hearst College until his death in the middle of season 3.

[[folder: Dr. Hank Landry]]
!!'''Hank Landry''' (Creator/PatrickFabian)
Veronica's Criminology professor.

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

[[folder: Tim Foyle]]
!! '''Tim Foyle''' (James Jordan)
Landry's TA.

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

[[folder: Veronica Mars]]
!!'''Veronica Mars'''

-->"You know what they say: 'Veronica Mars: She's a marshmallow.'"
--->'''1x01 Pilot'''

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KristenBell
-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line]]'' | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars Mr. Kiss and Tell]]'' | ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (film)

[[folder: Keith Mars]]
!!'''Keith Mars'''
-->"Who's your daddy?"
--->'''1x01 Pilot/1x22 Leave It To Beaver'''

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/EnricoColantoni
-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line]]'' | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars Mr. Kiss and Tell]]'' | ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (film)

! Neptune High

[[folder: Wallace Fennel]]
!!'''Wallace Fennel'''
-->'''Veronica:''' Can you do me a weird favor without asking any questions?
-->'''Wallace:''' Is that not the bedrock upon which our friendship was founded?
--->'''1x01 Pilot'''

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PercyDaggsIII
-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line]]'' | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars Mr. Kiss and Tell]]'' | ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (film)

[[folder: Duncan Kane]]
!!'''Duncan Kane'''
-->'''Veronica:''' One day, he just dumped me, with no warning...
--->'''1x01 Pilot'''

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TeddyDunn
-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

[[folder: Logan Echolls]]
!!'''Logan Echolls''
-->'''Veronica:''' Every school has an obligatory psychotic jackass. He's ours.
--->'''1x01 Pilot'''

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JasonDohring
-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line]]'' | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars Mr. Kiss and Tell]]'' | ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (film)

[[folder: Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie]]
!!'''Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie'''
-->"Crime pays. Technologically assisted mystery-solving? Costs."
--->'''2x08 Ahoy, Mateys!'''

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TinaMajorino
-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line]]'' | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars Mr. Kiss and Tell]]'' | ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (film)

* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:dating a mass murderer will do that to you]].

[[folder: Dick Casablancas]]
!!'''Richard "Dick" Casablancas II'''
-->'''Logan:''' You're not real complicated, are you Dick?
-->'''Dick:''' Try not to be.
--->'''2x11 Donut Run'''

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RyanHansen
-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line]]'' | ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (film)

[[folder: Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas]]
!!'''Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas'''
-->"My ''name'' is ''Cassidy''!"
--->'''2x22 Not Pictured'''

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KyleGallner
-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

[[folder: Jackie Cook]]
!!'''Jackie Cook'''
-->"That was pretty fatherly. Almost like you've been saying my name in exasperation for years."
--->'''2x02 Driver Ed'''

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TessaThompson
-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

[[folder: Meg Manning]]
!!'''Meg Manning''' (Creator/AlonaTal)
-->"You have friends, Veronica."
--->'''1x08 Like A Virgin'''

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars Mr. Kiss and Tell]]''

[[folder: Lilly Kane]]
!!'''Lilly Kane''' (Creator/AmandaSeyfried)
-->"My soul is doomed to walk the Earth until justice has been served... and as kind of a side project, I dispense fashion advice."
--->'''1x06 Return Of The Kane'''

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

[[folder: Madison Sinclair]]
!!'''Madison Sinclair''' (Creator/AmandaNoret)
-->"Regular soda? Why don't you just fill the cup with lard?"
--->'''1x21 A Trip to the Dentist'''

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''[[Literature/VeronicaMars Mr Kiss and Tell]]'' | ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (film)

[[folder: Gia Goodman]]
!!'''Gia Goodman''' (Creator/KrystenRitter)

-->" I didn't know if you guys were doing, like, relaxed beachy, or the West Coast wannabe East Coast urban, so, F.Y.I., it’s not a statement. I'm just doing the new-school blend-in thing."
--->'''2x01 Normal is the New Watchword'''

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (film)

[[folder: Troy Vandergraff]]
!!'''Troy Vandergraff''' (Creator/AaronAshmore)

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series)

[[folder: Carrie Bishop]]
!!'''Carrie Bishop'''
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/LeightonMeester (series), Creator/AndreaEstella (film)

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (series) | ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (film)

!! '''Stu 'Cobb' Cobbler'''
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MartinStarr

-> '''Appearances:''' ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (film)

* CoolLoser: Smart, pretty, formerly a cheerleader - and starts the series as a pariah at her high school. However, her backstory (best friend killed, father shunned by entire town) makes it justified.

* CoolLoser: Although, to be fair, he gets quite popular once he's in on the basketball team, but given how kind and talented Wallace is, you'd expect him to be much more popular.

* CoolLoser: Mac has no friends until she becomes closer to Veronica and Wallace around Season 2 and is seemingly bullied or ignored by most of the student body. This is in spite of the fact that she's a smart, funny, and genuinely nice person. However, it's not all bad; Mac does get more and more male attention, as noted under EndearinglyDorky.

* TheBeard: In the movie, to a gay politician.

* StaticStunGun: Veronica's signature weapon is a taser that she often used to incapacitate opponents, as being a [[TeensAreShort petite]] teen [[AmateurSleuth sleuth]], she's too young to carry a firearm and too small to directly take on most opponents.

* ScaryBlackMan: Unusually for this trope, he's not powerfully built, but that doesn't make him any less scary as Kane Software's head of security. Of course, he towers over Veronica because TeensAreShort, who often treats him as TheDreaded.

* CorruptChurch: Catholic priest Patrick Fitzpatrick is one of their members, so they probably are part of this.
* FightingIrish: It's in the name.
* GangBangers: This puts them into direct conflict with the [=PCHers=], [[spoiler:until Thumper decides to start dealing for them.]]

* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead - one of the Fitzpatricks mocks Keith in one episode for speaking ill of the late [[spoiler:Sheriff Lamb.]]

* TheSociopath: Perhaps not all of them, but ''absolutely'' Liam Fitzpatrick. Every time a Mars has run into him, it has ended in some kind of violence.

* DeathWish: Has something of a death wish, highlighted most obviously in 1x22 'Leave It To Beaver' and 3x20 'The Bitch Is Back.' But with his background, can you blame him?