One Tree Hill/Characters

The character sheet for One Tree Hill. Currently under going a massive overhaul.

Lucas Scott (Portrayed by Chad Michael Murray)


Lucas Scott is the son of Karen Roe and Dan Scott. He was abandoned by his father for his other son, Nathan Scott and raised by his paternal uncle Keith Scott. Lucas had a passion for basketball and played at the River Court with friends such as Marvin "Mouth" McFadden and Antwon "Skills" Taylor. It was this passion for basketball that saw Lucas be recruited to the Tree Hill Ravens, and be forced to interact with Nathan on a daily basis.


 * All Guys Want Cheerleaders: Peyton and Brooke.
 * Bash Brothers: With Nathan.
 * Betty and Veronica: The Archie to Peyton's Betty and Brooke's Veronica; later the Archie to Lindsey's Betty and Peyton's Veronica.
 * The Bus Came Back: In Episode 9x07, "Last Known Surroundings"
 * Cain and Abel: He and Nathan start out this way. They grow out of it by the end of the first season, and in a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, Nathan defends Lucas from Dan. The season ends with them acknowledging each other as brothers and friends.
 * Chick Magnet
 * Cool Loser: He gets popularity soon enough, however.
 * Cultured Badass: Luke starts off and finishes virtually every episode of his run on the show with a literary reference.
 * Embarrassing Middle Name: Eugene.
 * First Girl Wins:
 * Generation Xerox: Post-Time Skip, Lucas has pretty much become Keith.
 * The Hero
 * : As of Episode 6x24, "Remember Me as a Time of Day".
 * Parental Abandonment: His Father Dan.
 * Platonic Life Partners: With Haley.
 * Put On a Bus: Episode 6x24, "Remember Me as a Time of Day".
 * Took a Level In Jerkass: During Season 1. He gets better after several What the Hell Hero speeches from Keith, Nathan, Peyton, Haley & Karen.
 * Your Cheating Heart:
 * With Peyton when he was with Brooke in Season 1.
 * With Peyton (Again) when he was with Brooke (Again) in Season 3,, and whilst Peyton realises she's still in love with Lucas soon after this, nothing else happens between them until Brooke admits she's not in love with Lucas anymore. Not that it stops Brooke from being convinced that they were sneaking around.
 * With Peyton (Yes, again) when he was with Lindsey in Season 5. They kiss once, before Lucas proposes to Lindsey (That very night).

Nathan Scott (Portrayed by James Lafferty)


Nathan Scott is the son of Deb Lee & Dan Scott. Under the watchful eye of his father, Nathan was raised with a basketball in his hands from the moment he could walk & eventually became the star player of the Tree Hill Ravens. However, Nathan is threatened when his half-brother Lucas joins the team & with an eye for Nathan's girlfriend Peyton Sawyer.


 * Bash Brothers: With Lucas.
 * Broken Streak: Was the only cast member to appear in every episode, until episode 9x03.
 * Cain and Abel: He and Lucas start out this way. They grow out of it by the end of the first season, and in a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, Nathan defends Lucas from Dan. The season ends with them acknowledging each other as brothers and friends.
 * Casanova: pre-Haley.
 * Defrosting Ice King: In Season One, he starts off being very icy indeed. Thankfully, Haley and Lucas activate the metaphorical radiators and Nathan gradually realizes that he wants to be a better person than he's been.
 * Even the Guys Want Him: Specifically Tim, his best friend in season 1. There were signs, also lampshaded by Brooke, that he had more than just admiration for Nathan.
 * Generation Xerox: Much like Lucas takes after Keith, Nathan takes after Dan... Sort of. Whilst he starts out similar to Dan, he becomes a better person than Dan ever was during his Junior year, and whilst his life follows a similar path to Dan's, Nathan frequently does the opposite of what Dan would have done (Or actually did) in that spot.
 * Happily Married: The Naley ship has been the most enduring ship on the show.
 * Hot Dad: As of Episode 4x21, "All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone"
 * Jerk Jock: Nathan's initial personality. Gradually, he sheds the "Jerk" part with help from Haley and Lucas.
 * Ladykiller in Love
 * Mean Character Nice Actor: Though Nathan was only mean during the first season, by the end of which he Took a Level In Kindness. Actor James Lafferty, by all accounts, seems to have been a very nice person right from the start.
 * The Nicknamer: It's revealed in Season 8 that Nathan is the one who coined Mouth's nickname, . When it's brought up, Nathan admits he doesn't remember doing that, but apologises for it.
 * Old Shame: Nathan hates the person he was before he met Haley.
 * Papa Wolf
 * Shirtless Scene: He gets quite a few of these.
 * Take a Third Option: Towards the end of Season 1, Dan and Deb demand that he live with one of them, as they separate. Nathan eventually decides to live with neither, and emancipates himself.
 * Took a Level In Kindness: During Season 1.

Peyton Sawyer (Portrayed by Hilarie Burton)


Peyton Sawyer is a rebellious cheerleader who shows her emotions through her art and love for music. With a deceased mother & father away for work most of the time, Peyton spends most of her time alone, or with her best friend Brooke Davis.


 * Action Girl: Has her big "Action Girl" moment in Episode 4x16, "You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love" when she & Brooke fight off Psycho!Derek.
 * Alter Ego: Her subconscious as "Angel of Death" in episode 3x09.
 * Betty and Veronica: The Betty to Brooke's Veronica for Lucas' Archie.
 * Interestingly, in season 5 she was also the Veronica to Lindsey's Betty, always for Lucas' Archie.
 * Broken Bird
 * The Cheerleader: Though she only does it because her mother was one. Every other aspect of Peyton's personality runs opposite to this trope, that Ellie commented that it seemed odd that Peyton was a cheerleader.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Defrosting Ice Queen: She was kind of bitchy in the beginning of season 1.
 * Disappeared Dad: Peyton's father is often away for his work.
 * Distressed Damsel
 * Earn Your Happy Ending: Considering all she goes through during the series (And before it), it's safe to say that Peyton definately earnt.
 * Even the Girls Want Her: Bisexual character Anna Tagarro.
 * First Girl Wins
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: with Brooke.
 * : As of her final appearance.
 * In Series Nickname: P. Sawyer, used almost exclusively by Brooke.
 * Missing Mom: Both her adoptive and biological mothers.
 * Put On a Bus
 * Trauma Conga Line: It's no understatment to say that Peyton has possibly the worst life out of all the main characters.
 * Tsundere: Type B, for Lucas.

Haley James Scott (Portrayed by Bethany Joy Lenz/Galeotti)


"Jamie: You don't wanna mess with Mom."
 * Action Girl: Haley, interestingly, started out as the gentlest character of the three main female characters but she most probably embodies this trope the best over the course of 9 years. Haley’s toughness and her tendency to fight has been referenced in the show by various characters. Also, Haley has been mentioned as being the character who’s been in jail the most as evidenced by her nickname “Jailey.” Among her highlights, she beat down a woman who alleged that she was pregnant with Nathan’s child (and she went to jail for it). got into a fight with the mom of the boy who was bullying Jamie, she attacked her sister Taylor in two separate seasons, and she bitch-slapped Rachel in her Crowning Moment of Awesome.

"Rachel: You're lucky you're pregnant...
 * All Girls Want Bad Boys: Nathan was definitely a bad boy when she started liking him in season 1.
 * Badass Teacher: Becomes one after the four-year jump, or as one of the characters put it: "Tutor Girl becomes Teacher Girl". She gets an undeniably Badass Teacher moment when the new MoralGuardian Principal demands that she make a live apology for the "crime" of printing Sam's essay in the school newspaper, just because it mentions sex, drugs, and violence. Haley instead tells her class that she told them to write about the truth and that she's proud of them for doing so, says that she'd be a hypocrite if she made a fake apology, and leaves the room, urging her students to always stand up for the truth.
 * Beware the Nice Ones
 * Brainy Brunette
 * The Cheerleader: Subverted. She's nothing like the stereotypical cheerleader.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Embarrassing Middle Name: Haley Bob James.
 * Give Geeks a Chance: Married the star of the basketball team, and was recruited as a cheerleader.
 * Girl Next Door
 * Happily Married: The Naley ship is generally regarded as one of the bedrock relationships of the series.
 * Hollywood Nerd
 * Hot Mom: As of Episode 4x21, "All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone"
 * In Series Nickname: A couple.
 * Hales - Orginally used by Lucas, but everyone else eventually starts using it.
 * Tutor Girl - Used by Brooke.
 * Jailey - Used whenever someone teases her about her numerous arrests.
 * Platonic Life Partners: With Lucas.
 * Pregnant Badass

Haley: No, honey, you're lucky I'm pregnant."


 * Single Target Sexuality: She has never been in love with anyone but Nathan, and never dated anyone else (the kiss with Chris Keller is the only exception) for all the nine seasons.
 * The Smart Girl
 * Teen Pregnancy: With Jamie.

Brooke Davis (Portrayed by Sophia Bush)



 * Action Girl: Has her moments, namely taking out Psycho!Derek with Peyton in Episode 4x16; and attacking in Episode 6x13.
 * All Guys Want Cheerleaders
 * Betty and Veronica: The Veronica to Peyton's Betty for Lucas' Archie.
 * The Cheerleader
 * A Date With Rosie Palms: After Rachel catches Brooke treating herself to one of these, she coins the phrase "Brooke-ing yourself." It subsequently became a euphemism both in-universe and among the fans.
 * The Fashionista: Starts her own fashion company. Unlike most TV characters that fit this trope, Brooke runs her company in a very conscientious way, refusing to use real fur and demanding that one of her models gain ten pounds before she is allowed on her magazine's cover, stating "Anorexia is a disease, not a fashion statement." Doubles as a Crowning Moment of Awesome for Brooke.
 * Full Name Basis: More often than the other main characters.
 * Good Bad Girl
 * Hands Off Parenting: Her parents relocate to Los Angeles towards the end of her Junior year, and Brooke moves in with Karen until the summer, before moving around Tree Hill every so often in her Senior year. It's rather telling that Brooke's reaction to Karen laying down ground rules for her is to happily hug her.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: with Peyton.
 * : As of the end of Season 8.
 * Hypocrite: Her treatment of Peyton in season 4, following Peyton confessing that she had feelings for Lucas, considering that Brooke made a sex tape with Nathan on one of his many single night break-ups with Peyton
 * In Series Nickname: "Pretty Girl" by Lucas.
 * Law of Inverse Fertility: Following the 4 year Time Skip, Brooke desperately wants to start a family. In Season 7,, but then in Season 8,.
 * Lovable Alpha Bitch
 * Mama Bear: towards her adopted daughter Sam.
 * Odd Friendship: Her friendship with geeky Mouth in high school.
 * Old Shame: Doesn't like to be reminded of her reputation as the Ravens's welcome mat, as early as Senior year.
 * Parental Neglect: Her parents weren't particularly interested in Brooke's life until she'd proven her worth as a clothing designer.
 * Plucky Girl
 * Really Gets Around: At least, in high school.
 * Second Episode Introduction: And appears in every episode following.
 * Teacher Student Romance: With Nick Chavez in season 4.
 * Took a Level In Kindness: Brooke was an absolute bitch during the first half of Season 1. She gets better after that.
 * Took a Level In Kindness: Brooke was an absolute bitch during the first half of Season 1. She gets better after that.

Marvin "Mouth" McFadden (Portrayed by Lee Norris)

 * All Guys Want Cheerleaders: Brooke and Rachel.
 * Alliterative Name
 * Ascended Extra
 * Give Geeks a Chance: He's friends with Brooke, Lucas and the other popular kids and dates several hot girls during the show.
 * Hidden Depths: Is a fantastic dancer, and once perfectly replicated a rival cheerleading squads dance routine by memory, much to the surprise of Brooke & the rest of the cheerleaders. After that, whenever the Ravens cheerleaders need to come up with a new dance routine, they go to Mouth.
 * Hollywood Nerd
 * Hopeless Suitor: To Brooke in Season 2; To Rachel in Seasons 3 & 4.
 * Nice Guy
 * Odd Friendship: With all the main characters, particularly cheerleader and Lovable Alpha Bitch Brooke.
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: Only his girlfriend Millicent calls him "Marvin".
 * Promotion to Opening Titles: In season 3.

Rachel Gatina (Portrayed by Daneel Harris)

 * Alpha Bitch
 * The Cheerleader
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Jerkass Has a Point: During Season 4, Rachel frequently has to point out how unreasonable Brooke is being in her treatment of Peyton. Brooke doesn't really have an argument when this happens.
 * Laser Guided Karma:.
 * Manipulative Bitch
 * May December Romance: With Nathan's uncle Cooper and.
 * Pet the Dog: She has her good moments with Mouth and Brooke.
 * Promotion to Opening Titles: In season 4.
 * Put On a Bus
 * Really Gets Around: Described in-universe as "friendly".
 * The Rival: To Brooke, initially. Later they became friends.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Brooke.
 * We Used to Be Friends:

Antwon "Skills" Taylor (Portrayed by Antwon Tanner)

 * Adam Westing: According to Antwon Tanner, he pretty much is Skills in real life.
 * Beta Couple: With Bevin.
 * Black Best Friend
 * Commuting On a Bus: After Season 7.
 * Demoted to Extra: During the second half of Season 8, to the point that his only appearance in the Season Finale (Which was written as the Grand Finale) is wearing a chicken suit in an audition for Millie's old field reporter job.
 * The Danza
 * May December Romance: With Deb Scott in season 5.
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: Only his parents & Lauren refer to him as Antwon with any frequency.
 * Promotion to Opening Titles: In season 4.
 * Satellite Character
 * Shipper On Deck: For Lucas and Peyton.

James "Jamie" Lucas Scott (Portrayed by Jackson Brundage)

 * Big Brother Instinct: Adores & is very protective of his little sister Lydia.
 * The Cutie: Noted In-Universe, but he grows out of it as he gets older.
 * Everythings Better With Bunnies: "I have a fluffy earred bunny named Chester."
 * Full Name Basis: Always introduces himself as James Lucas Scott when he's really little.
 * Generation Xerox: Gradually displays more of Lucas & Nathan's traits as her gets older.
 * Intergenerational Friendship: With Skills, Brooke, Sam, Quentin, Julian & Clay.
 * Morality Pet: Most of Quentin (Pre-shedding of his Jerk Jock persona) & Dan's likable moments involve Jamie.
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: Never referred to as James unless he's in big trouble, or when he's introducing himself when he's still a young boy.
 * Pretty Fly for A White Guy: Displays a love of hip-hop & rap music when he's little, with Nathan actually playing old school hip-hop to quiet him down as a baby.
 * Puppy Love: With Madison.
 * Wise Beyond Their Years

Millicent "Millie" Huxtable (Portrayed by Lisa Goldstein)

 * Ascended Extra: Was only supposed to be in one scene during the first episode of Season 5.
 * Hollywood Nerd
 * Meganekko: Initially.
 * Took a Level In Jerkass: After becoming a model during Season 7.
 * You Called Me X It Must Be Serious: Millie always calls Mouth by his real name, Marvin. Her using his nickname during Season 7 is one of the big clues to him that Millie isn't acting like herself.

Julian Baker (Portrayed by Austin Nichols)
""And just because I referenced Dirty Dancing doesn't mean I'm not serious!""
 * Adorkable
 * Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny: Played baseball as a child, but admits he was more interested in the butterfly-catching side of things. He still is as an adult.
 * Calling the Old Man Out: Calls Brooke's father out over his treatment of his daughter in Season 9.
 * Hollywood Nerd
 * : After Season 8.
 * Intergenerational Friendship: With Jamie, who even served as his best man.
 * Lovable Rogue: Have you seen him grin? It's even described In-Universe as being rogueish.
 * Mommas Boy
 * Odd Friendship: Julian's a director/producer from Hollywood who has little interest in sports. Contrast this with pretty much every other male character in the show, several of whom make their living through sports.
 * Shout Out: Will frequently make reference to films in his dialogue.


 * Vitriolic Best Buds: Eventually becomes this with Lucas.

Clayton "Clay" Evans (Portrayed by Robert Buckley)

 * Adult Child
 * Casanova:.
 * Ladykiller in Love: With Quinn.

Quinn James (Portrayed by Shantel VanSanten)

 * Hollywood Tone Deaf
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Playing Gertrude: Quinn is Haley's older sister but Shantel VanSanten is actually four years younger than Bethany Joy Galeotti.
 * Running Gag: Quinn's hillariously bad dancing.
 * She's Got Legs: Hence why most of her wardrobe consists of tiny shorts.

Alex Dupre (Portrayed by Jana Kramer)

 * Betty and Veronica: The Veronica to Mia's Betty for Chase's Archie.
 * Brutal Honesty
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Driven to Suicide:
 * Hopeless Suitor: To Julian in Season 7.
 * Put On a Bus: At the start of Season 9.
 * Really Gets Around: Her reputation.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Millie.
 * Your Cheating Heart: After going on tour in the second episode of Season 9, Alex promptly cheats on Chase.

Chase Adams (Portrayed by Stephen Colletti)

 * Betty and Veronica: The Archie to Mia's Betty & Alex's Veronica.
 * Big Brother Mentor: To Chuck in Season 8.
 * Commuting On a Bus: Seasons 5 through 7.
 * Insistent Terminology: Will correct everyone the moment they get his job title wrong.
 * Promotion to Opening Titles: Midway through Season 8; the only character to be promoted during a season.
 * Recurring Character: From Season 4 until Season 8.
 * Running Gag: Cannot mix a drink to save his life, and Lord help you if you try one of his homemade cocktails.
 * Shallow Love Interest: For Brooke in season 4.
 * What Does She See in Him: Noted In-Universe by Julian & Haley, that whilst they genuinely like Chase, they cannot understand why a famous actress & rockstar are literally fighting over a bar tender.
 * Bar Manager.

Chris Keller (Portrayed by Tyler Hilton)

 * Casanova Wannabe
 * Full Name Basis: Very often.
 * Jerkass
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold
 * Plucky Comic Relief
 * Recurring Character: In seasons 2,3 & 4. He returned as a regular in season 9.
 * Small Name Big Ego: Although he's actually a talented musician.
 * Third Person Person

Dan Scott (Portrayed by Paul Johansson)

 * Abusive Parents: Throughout the entire first season, it's made very clear that Dan is more concerned about his legacy as basketball player than Nathan's well being, with him practically bullying Nathan to play basketball "his" way. In episode 1x21, "The Leaving Song," Dan takes over as coach of the Ravens due to Whitey needing surgery, and the viewer sees how bad Nathan had it growing up. Dan's father, Royal Scott, is stated to have been just as bad as Dan was, treating Dan the same way he was treating Nathan.
 * And Starring: In Seasons 7 and 9.
 * Archnemesis Dad: This. Dan is this trope personified a thousand times over, both to Lucas (Dan initially alternates between pretending Lucas doesn't exist one minute, and then treating him like a smelly pile of dog poop the next minute) and Nathan (who he uses as a mere vessel for his own self-loathing). In one early episode, Nathan is about to score the winning shot at the annual Father-Son Basketball Game at the high school, when Dan aggressively moves in to stop him, despite the game being for laughs, growling "I couldn't let you beat me, son!". Yeah, that pretty much says it all. Honestly, along with Lionel Luthor from Smallville, Dan is probably the best example of this trope on TV (appropriately enough, Dan and Nathan's relationship in the first few seasons is A LOT like Lionel's and Lex's in the first few seasons of Smallville).
 * The Atoner: Complete with his own talk show and book deal. Yeah, he's one of those "atoners." That being said, he genuinely does regret, and he does try to be a good grandfather to Jamie.
 * Cain and Abel: With Keith. It doesn't end well.
 * Destructive Romance: With Deb.
 * Grandpa, What Massive Hotness You Have: Goes hand-on-hand with becoming a Grandfather in his mid-thirties. Plays the trope straighter by the final Season, roughly 9 years later.
 * Jerk Jock: Was one, and still acts like one years later.
 * Karma Houdini: At least, until season 4...
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * May December Romance: With
 * My God What Have I Done:.
 * Papa Wolf: Whilst he may be a bad father, Dan is very protective of his sons and grandchildren.
 * Parental Abandonment: He abandoned Karen and their son, Lucas.
 * Pet the Dog: Again, with Jamie. Dan's most unambiguously likeable moments are usually when he's with Jamie.
 * Parental Abandonment: He abandoned Karen and their son, Lucas.
 * Pet the Dog: Again, with Jamie. Dan's most unambiguously likeable moments are usually when he's with Jamie.

Karen Roe (Portrayed by Moira Kelly)

 * And Starring
 * Good Parents
 * Grandma What Massive Hotness You Have: Goes hand-on-hand with becoming a Grandmother in her early-forties.
 * Mama Bear
 * Put On a Bus: After Season 4.
 * The Bus Came Back: Episodes 5x12 & 6x24.
 * Team Mom: She is a good sustitute mother for Haley and, eventually, Brooke; and is willing to look after Jenny whilst Jake works at the cafe.

Keith Scott (Portrayed by Craig Sheffer)



 * And Starring
 * Cain and Abel: With Dan.
 * Cool Teacher: Becomes one at the end of Season 1. Of course, he.
 * Cool Uncle
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Dogged Nice Guy: Towards Karen.
 * Grease Monkey
 * Parental Substitute: For Lucas.
 * The Unfavourite: "Thanks, Dad. You finally pay me a compliment, and it's a dig at Dan."
 * Parental Substitute: For Lucas.
 * The Unfavourite: "Thanks, Dad. You finally pay me a compliment, and it's a dig at Dan."

Deb Scott (Portrayed by Barbara Alyn Woods)

 * The Alcoholic: She gets better.
 * Destructive Romance: With Dan.
 * Grandma What Massive Hotness You Have: Goes hand-on-hand with becoming a Grandmother in her mid-thirties. Plays the trope straighter by the final Season, roughly 9 years later.
 * May December Romance: With Skills.
 * Promotion to Opening Titles: In season 2.
 * Put On a Bus

Cooper Lee (Portrayed by Michael Trucco)

 * Cool Uncle
 * May December Romance: Has one with Rachel, before finding out her real age. He calls it off after that.
 * Put On a Bus

Coach Brian "Whitey" Durham (Portrayed by Barry Corbin)

 * And Starring
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Likea Son to Me: Never had children with his wife Camilla, but sees the boys he coached as his boys, especially Lucas & Nathan.
 * Put On a Bus: After Season 4.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: Lets Jake show up to basketball practice late, leave early, and outright skip sessions without so much as a stern word, purely because of Jake & his parents struggling to find someone to watch Jenny.
 * Team Dad

Jake Jagielski (Portayed by Brian Greenberg)

 * Good Parents: For his baby daughter Jenny.
 * Hot Dad
 * Nice Guy: He's the only one in the team who didn't steal a school bus in the pilot, or go along with Nathan's "hazing" of Lucas after he joined the Ravens.
 * Put On a Bus: At the end of Season 1.
 * The Bus Came Back: Halfway through Season 2, before getting back on the bus at the end of the season. He made another return during Season 3 for 3 episodes.
 * Second Love: For Peyton, with Lucas being first (Nathan doesn't really count).

Ferguson "Fergie" Thompson (Portrayed by Vaughn Wilson)

 * Adult Child
 * Black Best Friend: To Lucas, Mouth & Junk.
 * Demoted to Extra: Whilst never a prominent character, Fergie was given stuff to do during Seasons 1 & 2. By Season 9, he's been reduced to a background character.
 * In Series Nickname: Fergilicious. Only he refers to himself with that, though.
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: The only person to call him Ferguson in all nine seasons is... Himself, when the River Court guys are teasing Lucas over not being there for a while.
 * Those Two Guys: With Junk.

"Junk" Moretti (Portrayed by Cullen Moss)

 * Adult Child
 * Demoted to Extra: Whilst never a prominent character, Junk was given stuff to do during Seasons 1 & 2. By Season 9, he's been reduced to a background character.
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: Junk's real first name is never heard during all 9 seasons of the show.
 * Those Two Guys: With Fergie.

Tim Smith (Portrayed by Brett Claywell)

 * Ascended Extra: Was originally there to serve as Nathan's friend on the Ravens. After Jake was put on a bus, Tim rose in prominence.
 * Book Dumb
 * The Bus Came Back: In a rare subversion of Chuck Cunningham Syndrome, Tim returned in Episode 5x09, "For Tonight You're Only Here To Know"
 * Butt Monkey
 * Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Disappears without explanation midway through Season 3; It's revealed a full season later that he'd transferred out of Tree Hill High.
 * Phrase Catcher: "Just say [Whatever Tim just said, but straight forward], Tim."
 * Plucky Comic Relief
 * Pretty Fly for A White Guy
 * Third Wheel: As Nathan becomes closer to Haley & Lucas, Tim starts to become this.

Jimmy Edwards (Portrayed by Colin Fickes)

 * A Day in The Limelight: And how.
 * The Bus Came Back: In Episode 3x15, "Just Watch The Fireworks"
 * Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Disappears without explanation after two episodes.
 * Forgotten Fallen Friend: Averted,.
 * Lampshade Hanging: His return in Season 3 serves as one for his suffering Chuck Cunningham Syndrome, as.
 * Forgotten Fallen Friend: Averted,.
 * Lampshade Hanging: His return in Season 3 serves as one for his suffering Chuck Cunningham Syndrome, as.
 * Lampshade Hanging: His return in Season 3 serves as one for his suffering Chuck Cunningham Syndrome, as.

Larry Sawyer (Portrayed by Thomas Ian Grffin & Kevin Kilner)

 * Disappeared Dad: Due to his work as a fisherman, Larry spends a large chunk of his time at sea & away from Peyton.
 * Hot Dad: "Brooke - Now that you are living here, let's just assume you're going to find a new Hot Dad fantasy."
 * The Other Darrin: The only one in the show. Kevin Kilner took over the role of Larry in Season 3, after the character wasn't seen in Season 2.
 * Papa Wolf: To Peyton, largely due to work meaning he's away for large periods of time & the death of his wife when Peyton was a little girl.

Bevin Mirskey (Portayed by Bevin Prince)

 * Ascended Extra: If you look closely in Season 1, you can see Bevin in various scenes as an unnamed extra.
 * Back for The Finale
 * Beta Couple: With Skills.
 * The Cheerleader
 * The Danza
 * Dumb Blonde
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: In "Pictures of You" she reveals that she only acts dumb for people to rely on her in that way.
 * Popular Is Dumb: See above.
 * Put On a Bus
 * Recurring Character: She made appearances from season 2 to season 5.

Felix Tagarro (Portrayed by Michael Copon)

 * Dirty Coward: In a fight with Lucas, Felix drops to the ground after one punch, purely so that he can jump Lucas from behind.
 * Friends With Benefits: With Brooke.
 * Jerkass
 * Put On a Bus: In Episode 2x17, "Something I Can Never Have"
 * Shallow Love Interest
 * Spear Counterpart: Initially introduced as one to Brooke, which is lampshaded by Peyton.

Anna Tagarro (Portrayed by Daniella Alonso)

 * Ambiguously Gay/Bi the Way: Fans still debate werther Anna was gay or bisexual. Word of God states that Anna's bi, but says she's gay when coming out to Felix, because her brother was so homophobic, that saying she was gay felt like stronger declaration for her.
 * Coming Out Story
 * Put On a Bus: In Episode 2x18, "The Lonesome Road"
 * Shallow Love Interest: For Lucas.

Andy Hargrove (Portrayed by Kieren Hutchinson)

 * Actor Shared Background: Both Andy & Kieren are from New Zealand.
 * Hot Teacher
 * Nice Guy
 * Parental Substitute:
 * Put On a Bus: At the end of Season 2.
 * The Bus Came Back: Episode 5x12, "Hundred"
 * You Never Asked: After being told that Karen had a son, Andy thought Lucas was a little kid. He then found out that the guy he was talking with at Tric's bar was her son.
 * You Never Asked: After being told that Karen had a son, Andy thought Lucas was a little kid. He then found out that the guy he was talking with at Tric's bar was her son.

Lindsey Strauss (Portrayed by Michaela McManus)

 * Betty and Veronica: The Betty to Peyton's Veronica for Lucas' Archie.
 * Brainy Brunette
 * Put On a Bus: Episode 6x05, "You've Dug Your Own Grave, Now Lie In It"
 * Romantic False Lead
 * Runaway Bride

Carrie (Portayed by Torrey DeVitto)

 * Ax Crazy
 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She seemed perfectly nice in the beginning.
 * Dark Action Girl
 * Freudian Excuse:.
 * Only One Name: Her last name is not revealed.
 * Stalker With a Crush: To Nathan.
 * Stalker With a Crush: To Nathan.

Victoria Davis (Portrayed by Daphne Zuniga)

 * Defrosting Ice Queen: Her primary character arc during Seasons 5 & 6.
 * The Ghost: Until Season 5.
 * Jerkass Has a Point: When warning Brooke about her father, it plays as if Victoria is jealous that Brooke is creating her new company with her father & not her. Ted goes onto validate her claims.
 * Grandma What Massive Hotness You Have
 * Recurring Character
 * Took a Level In Kindness: End of season 6.

Owen Morello (Portrayed by Joe Manganiello)

 * The Alcoholic: A recovered one, before suffering a relapse.
 * Badass Beard: Pre-Relapse.
 * Beard of Sorrow: Post-Relapse.
 * The Bartender: A bartending alcoholic. It ends well.
 * The Big Guy: Plays alongside Nathan in the "Slashers" Slamball team, and basically spends his time making sure no-one lays a finger on Nathan, due to his back issues.
 * Cleaning Up Romantic Loose Ends: The Owen/Brooke ship doesn't really have any resolution during Season 5, largely due to the Writers Strike costing the season 4 episodes & Manganiello not being available for the last six episodes, which were produced after the strike. He returns midway through Season 6 as a member of Nathan's Slamball team, before suffering a relapse & sleeping with Millie in the very same episode which started the Brooke/Julian ship. He was Put on a Bus the following episode.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Put On a Bus
 * The Bus Came Back: Season 7 episode "At the Bottom of Everything".
 * Shallow Love Interest
 * Troubled but Cute

Quentin "Q" Fields (Portrayed by Robbie Jones)

 * Jerk Jock: When first introduced in Season 5. Haley, Lucas, Skills & Nathan eventually force him to grow out of it.
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: Most people just call him Q. Lucas, Skills & Nathan calling him that instead of "Mr. Fields" or Quentin is a subtle indicator of their relationships with him improving.
 * Pet the Dog: Before growing out of being a Jerk Jock, Q's most likable moments involved Jamie.
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: Most people just call him Q. Lucas, Skills & Nathan calling him that instead of "Mr. Fields" or Quentin is a subtle indicator of their relationships with him improving.
 * Pet the Dog: Before growing out of being a Jerk Jock, Q's most likable moments involved Jamie.

Mia Catalano (Portrayed by Kate Voegele)

 * Betty and Veronica: The Betty to Alex's Veronica for Chase's Archie.
 * Put On a Bus: At the end of Season 8.
 * Recurring Character

Samantha "Sam" Walker (Portrayed by Ashley Rickards)

 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Its All My Fault: Blames herself for . To be fair, she only learns about this after Brooke takes her into her home.
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: Only Victoria calls her Samantha.
 * Put On a Bus
 * Shipper On Deck: For Brooke & Julian.
 * Street Urchin: When first introduced.
 * Wise Beyond Their Years: Has seen more than a 15 year old should have seen.

Charles "Chuck" Scolnik (Portrayed by Michael May)

 * Abusive Parents: His father hits him & his mother's a drunk.
 * Big Brother Mentor: Gains one in Chase during Season 8.
 * Disappeared Dad: Until Season 9.
 * Kids Are Cruel: Initially introduced bullying Jamie. They quickly become friends after that.
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: Chase calls him Charles once. He's immediately told to call him Chuck instead.
 * Sincerest Form of Flattery: Starts impersonating Chris Keller, right down to referring to himself in the third person, during Season 9.