Scream 4/Characters

Jill Roberts (Emma Roberts)
Sidney's cousin, though not very close to her since she and her mother live in Woodsboro, while Sidney left the town many years ago (presumably ever since Scream 2). She reminds Sidney of herself, as a young woman. Jill looks like a somewhat ingenuous girl, but she's actually smart and strong-minded. She deals with her complicated relationship with her ex-boyfriend... and the rise of a new Ghostface, who seems determined to kill her and her friends before targeting Sidney.


 * Action Girl: Ultimately proved to be one.
 * Fifteen Minutes of Fame: She even uses the exact phrase.
 * Final Girl:
 * Girls Are Really Scared of Horror Movies: Subverted.
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Sidney.
 * Three Amigos: With Kirby and Olivia, though the expanded gang includes Trevor, Charlie and Robbie.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The girly girl to Kirby's tomboy.
 * Final Girl:
 * Girls Are Really Scared of Horror Movies: Subverted.
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Sidney.
 * Three Amigos: With Kirby and Olivia, though the expanded gang includes Trevor, Charlie and Robbie.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The girly girl to Kirby's tomboy.
 * Three Amigos: With Kirby and Olivia, though the expanded gang includes Trevor, Charlie and Robbie.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The girly girl to Kirby's tomboy.



Kirby Reed (Hayden Panettiere)
A notorious horror film fan, Kirby is a quirky and spirited best friend to Jill and Olivia. She's somewhat of a tomboy and "alternative" girl, who likes to watch movies, drink (a lot, apparently) and party. She seems to be aware of Charlie's crush on her, but instead prefers to "tease and torment" him. Upon realizing she's the only one of the Three Amigos not to receive a phone call from the killer, she becomes really uneasy (ultimately insisting it means she'll be the next one to die).


 * Bottle Fairy: "You continue your good girl thing and I'll drink for the both of us." The young lady isn't afraid of alchool at all.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Drives Like Crazy: Unbelievable speed, real loud music, doesn't always see the stop signs... Jill and Olivia must be very courageous to go to school with her every day.
 * Dumb Blonde: Subverted; Kirby is probably the wittiest character in the film.
 * Girls Are Really Scared of Horror Movies: Thoroughly subverted. She absolutely loves them.
 * The Ladette
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Tatum.
 * Three Amigos: With Jill and Olivia, though the expanded gang includes Trevor, Charlie and Robbie.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The tomboy to Jill's girly girl.
 * Three Amigos: With Jill and Olivia, though the expanded gang includes Trevor, Charlie and Robbie.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The tomboy to Jill's girly girl.



Trevor Sheldon (Nico Tortorella)
Jill's ex-boyfriend, who is said to have cheated on her. Despite being pretty much shunned by Jill and their friends after the incident (they all behave at least uncomfortably towards him, except maybe Robbie), he's eager to win her forgiveness and resume their relationship... with little to no success. He's an avid fan of the Stab series -- surprisingly even attending to the Stab-a-thon -- a fan of the Ghostface character and is notorious for his ninja-like skills.

""Yeah, 'cause that's what I would do if a was a crazy psycho killer, I'd use my own phone to call you.""
 * Deadpan Snarker: Has his moments.


 * Determinator: "The problem with Trevor is: he never quits".
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Moment Killer: For Kirby and Charlie.
 * Noodle Incident: The fateful "going out" with someone else that caused his falling out with Jill. The subject is only mentioned, never explored upon.
 * Stealth Hi Bye: His trademark! He simply pops out of nowhere when people less expect it. Both he and Robbie Lampshade this.
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Billy.
 * Troubled but Cute
 * Stealth Hi Bye: His trademark! He simply pops out of nowhere when people less expect it. Both he and Robbie Lampshade this.
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Billy.
 * Troubled but Cute



Charlie Walker (Rory Culkin)
President of the Cinema Club at Woodsboro High, "one run below the Glee Club, two above Nintendo Wii Fit". Charlie has a vast knowledge about films in general, although with a penchant for the horror genre, and a calm, collected, but somewhat clumsy air. He has a very obvious crush on Kirby, which she is naturally well aware of, but doesn't seem to reciprocate. He and Robbie host the Stab-a-thon every year.


 * Hollywood Nerd: Just without the glasses
 * Meta Guy
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Seemingly to Randy, and even stated as he was going to be the next Randy.
 * UST: With Kirby, and possibly with Robbie.
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Seemingly to Randy, and even stated as he was going to be the next Randy.
 * UST: With Kirby, and possibly with Robbie.



Robbie Mercer (Erik Knudsen)
Vice-president of the Cinema Club at Woodsboro High, "in case Charlie takes a bullet". Usually seen with a headset and a camera, broadcasting his school experiences live into a videoblog, something he believes will be common one day. Less collected and more playful and prone to panic than Charlie, but as much a film geek, knowledgeable about the makings of a modern horror movie. He and Charlie host the Stab-a-thon every year.


 * Adorkable
 * Cool Loser: Slightly. "We don't have reputations, but we'd like to."
 * Drowning My Sorrows: After -- a risk both Sidney and Gale warned Robbie and Charlie about -- and it looks like his website will be shut down, this is his reaction to cope.
 * Hollywood Nerd: Just without the glasses.
 * Meta Guy
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Randy
 * UST: With Olivia.
 * Meta Guy
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Randy
 * UST: With Olivia.
 * UST: With Olivia.



Deputy Sheriff Judy Hicks (Marley Shelton)
A dedicated police officer and loyal right-hand woman to Dewey, whom she idolizes and seems to have a crush on (and likes to bake lemon squares to). There is some sort of rivalry between herself and Gale, and the latter doesn't even bother hiding her antipathy towards the deputy (and her lemon squares). Judy knew Sidney from high school, but didn't make a big enough impression for Sidney to remember her.


 * Fair Cop
 * Forgotten First Meeting: She and Sidney went to high school together and used to act together in plays. Sidney doesn't remember her, though.
 * Meaningful Name: 'Deputy Judy' sounds very close to 'Deputy Dewey'.
 * Number Two: To Dewey, now a Sheriff.
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: She's essentially the female version of Dewey, which is explicitly lampshaded by Gale.
 * Tomboyish Ponytail
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: She's essentially the female version of Dewey, which is explicitly lampshaded by Gale.
 * Tomboyish Ponytail

Deputy Ross Hoss (Adam Brody) and Anthony Perkins (Anthony Anderson)
Two police officers working under Dewey, assigned to guard Sidney and Jill after it's confirmed that a new Ghostface killer has surfaced. Hoss is a rookie officer, recently graduated, with a reserved, respectful and somewhat apprehensive demeanor -- as well as a sad realization that cops are always endangered in fiction -- while Perkins is an older and seasoned cop with a perpetual cocky and bigoted disposition.


 * Genre Savvy: Hoss, who knows exactly how a cop can get killed in fiction and seems to be knowledgeable about the horror movie rules.
 * Police Are Useless:
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Perkins is red, Hoss is blue.
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Hoss, to Dewey.
 * Those Two Guys
 * Those Two Guys



Rebecca Walters (Alison Brie)

 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Three girls get brutally killed, and the only thing she can think about is how well this will affect the sales of Sidney's book. She also seems to be somewhat envious of Sidney.
 * Composite Character: In the original draft of the script, there were two characters named Bette (Sidney's pushy and secretly envious assistant) and Rebecca (editor-in-chief of the high school newspaper and Gale's fangirl and wannabe), who were eventually combined into Rebecca Walters.
 * If It Bleeds, It Leads: If it bleeds, it rockets the book sales.
 * Motor Mouth: Even when she's completely by herself.
 * Plucky Comic Relief: Somewhat.
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Gale, but she acts towards her in a way similar to Debbie Salt.

Kate Roberts (Mary McDonnell)
Maureen's younger sister, Sidney's aunt and Jill's mother.


 * Hot Mom: She's considered better-looking than Maureen.
 * One-Scene Wonder: Almost. Her screentime is very limited, but you gotta love every second of it.
 * Shipper on Deck: In the deleted hospital scene, she convinces Jill to talk to Trevor and looks like she really supports him.
 * Tempting Fate: She utters the dangerous sentence "I'll be right back".