Sonny With a Chance/Characters

The characters of the Disney Channel TV Show Sonny With a Chance:

Allison "Sonny" Munroe

 * Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other: With Chad.
 * Brainy Brunette: Though recently, her hair has been dyed Shiny Midnight Black.
 * Disappeared Dad: Although, he's mentioned once in the pilot.
 * Fish Out of Water
 * Foe Yay: With Chad. It doubles as Les Yay with Tawni.
 * Genki Girl: Her high energy and general perkiness annoys her co-workers.
 * The Heroine
 * Naive Newcomer
 * Only Known by Their Nickname: Sonny's real name -- Allison -- is rarely mentioned.
 * Plucky Girl
 * Promoted Fangirl
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Tomboy to Tawni's Girly Girl.
 * Tomboyish Name: Well, her nickname, anyway.
 * Tsundere: Type B towards Chad.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Tawni.
 * With Friends Like These...: With Tawni and Chad.

Tawni Hart

 * Alpha Bitch
 * Lovable Alpha Bitch
 * Attention Whore
 * Blondes Are Evil / Hair of Gold
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Disappeared Dad
 * Expy: Several people have spotted similarities between Tawni Hart and Blair Warner.
 * Foe Yay / Les Yay: With Sonny.
 * It's All About Me
 * Jerkass
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * The Lancer
 * The Rival
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly Girl to Sonny's Tomboy.
 * Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Sonny.
 * With Friends Like These...: With Sonny.

Nico Harris

 * The Big Guy (by default)
 * Black Best Friend
 * Butt Monkey
 * Casanova Wannabe
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: Nico and Grady.
 * Those Two Guys: With Grady.
 * Token Minority
 * Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: Sometimes

Grady Mitchell

 * The Big Guy(by default)
 * Butt Monkey
 * The Ditz
 * Hair of Gold
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: Nico and Grady.
 * Those Two Guys: With Nico.
 * Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: Sometimes

Zora Lancaster

 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Hidden Depths:
 * The Smart Girl
 * Strange Girl
 * Wise Beyond Their Years: But see hidden depths.

Chad Dylan Cooper
"Chad: [to Sonny] Who is this guy?! Tawni: The love of my life! Chad: THEN WHY IS SHE KISSING HIM?! Tawni: I DON'T KNOW!"
 * Alliterative Name: Well, technically.
 * Awesome McCool Name: Both the character's name and the actor's name (Sterling Knight).
 * Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other: With Sonny.
 * Belligerent Sexual Tension
 * Blond Guys Are Evil / Hair of Gold
 * Catch Phrase: To the extent of, "Do they, Sonny? Do they really?"
 * Chick Magnet
 * Clingy Jealous Boy: Whenever it involves Sonny with another guy.
 * Hilariously shown in an episode where Sonny and Tawni's date Hayden kiss at a basketball game -- because they are both shown on the "kiss-cam" and they do it to ease the nagging audience -- and Chad finds out.


 * Mr. Fanservice
 * Full-Name Basis
 * Handsome Devil
 * It's All About Me
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Kidanova
 * The Rival
 * The Sixth Ranger
 * With Friends Like These...: With Sonny.

Dakota Condor

 * Hair-Trigger Temper: Understatement
 * Jerkass
 * Precocious Crush: On Chad, of course.
 * Royal Brat