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2	!!Main Characters
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4	[[folder:Brooke McQueen]]
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6	->'''Played by:''' Creator/LeslieBibb
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8	* BigSisterInstinct: Once she and Sam cede their warring and become close, Brooke is on the war path if anyone hurts Sam.
9	* GirlNextDoor: To Harrison.
10	* LovableAlphaBitch: Though Brooke wavers with this trope and does have HiddenDepths, there are moments when she is ruthless. She's still portrayed as a likable character, and is the nicest of the popular girls.
11	* ParentalAbandonment: Brooke's mother leaves her when she's a kid
12	* WeightWoe: Brooke is very skinny and suffers from anorexia due to her mother's abandonment
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16	[[folder:Sam McPherson]]
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18	->'''Played by:''' Creator/CarlyPope
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20	* BettyAndVeronica: Sam's [[GirlNextDoor girl next door]] Betty and Brooke's troubled [[GirlNextDoor girl next door]] Veronica to Harrison's [[GirlNextDoor guy next door]] Archie
21	* BrainyBrunette: The editor of the school paper.
22	* HolierThanThou: Mostly in her war with Brooke, Sam can come across as thinking herself morally superior to even her own friends
23	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Nobody calls her Samantha
24	* PlatonicLifePartners: Her and Harrison originally share this, but it changes when they profess their romantic feelings for one another
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28	[[folder:Harrison John]]
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30	->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChristopherGorham
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32	* BoyNextDoor: To the girls (Sam, Lil and Carm), although only to Sam in a romantic sense. Later to Brooke
33	* DeadpanSnarker: Not afraid to call people on their stuff, but also [[BrutallyHonest sometimes taking his brutal honesty too far]]
34	* HopelessSuitor: To Brooke, at first.
35	* JustFriends: Harrison shares this with Sam until she comes to terms with how she feels about him.
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39	[[folder:Lily Esposito]]
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41	->'''Played by:''' Creator/TamaraMello
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43	* AllLovingHero: No cause too small
44	* BetaCouple: With Josh
45	* BrutallyHonest: Like Harrison, Lily is not afraid to stand up to her friends. Lily is also an activist who speaks out against injustice.
46	* SoapBoxSadie:
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50	[[folder:Carmen Ferrara]]
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52	->'''Played by:''' Creator/SaraRue
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54	* AbusiveParents: Her mother is [[TheAlcoholic an alcoholic]] and Carmen attends an AA support group
55	* WeightWoe:
56	** Most of Carmen's story is based on her being rejected because of her weight and how shallow her fellow high school students are, though this is also subverted by having Carmen achieve her goals and become happy in some instances, and eventually best friends with the queen of the school, Brooke, as well as Carmen herself being accused of acting like she's a notch higher up the popularity hierarchy than eg. April Tuna
57	** Carmen confides in Brooke that her overeating is a result of her family's [[AbusiveParents verbal abuse]]
58	* BetaBitch: During her Glamazon Era
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62	[[folder:Nicole Julian]]
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64	* AbusiveParents: Nicole's mother is a cold, body-shaming, patronising menace
65	* BetaBitch: Though actually an [[AlphaBitch alpha-in-disguise]] towards Brooke anyway
66	* WeightWoe: Nicole is obsessed with being the media ordained body size, which she learns from her abusive mother. This leads to her use of elephant laxatives at one point, but throughout the series she body-shames all the other students at the school.
67	* TheVamp
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71	[[folder:Mary Cherry]]
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73	->'''Played by:''' Creator/LeslieGrossman
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77	[[folder:Josh Ford]]
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79	->'''Played by:''' Creator/BryceJohnson
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81	* TheAllAmericanBoy: Quarterback, head of the high school football team and MVP. Blond
82	* BetaCouple: With Lily
83	* BookDumb: There are a lot of moments where Josh doesn't understand things, scholastically, which is set in contrast to Lily's intelligence and understanding of activism for the betterment of society
84	* ChickMagnet: Romantic situations with both Brooke, Sam, Nicole, Carmen and Lily.
85	* LovableJock: A good-hearted quarterback, who has a true passion for theatre.
86	* ReallyGetsAround: The girls refer to him as a not nice slur after finding out that he slept with Nicole
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90	[[folder:Sugar Daddy (Michael Bernardino)]]
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92	->'''Played by:''' Creator/RonLester
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94	* BookDumb: Displayed mostly in contrast with Harrison when the latter hangs out with Sugar Daddy and Josh
95	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Authority figures occasionally call him Michael, but he's known as Sugar Daddy or Sug
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