Beverly Hills, 90210/Characters

This is for characters from the original series of Beverly Hills 90210. For characters from the sequel series see here.

Brandon Walsh

 * Betty and Veronica: the Betty to Dylan's Veronica for Kelly's Archie.
 * Big Man On Campus
 * Chick Magnet
 * Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: the responsible to Brenda's foolish
 * Nice Guy
 * Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: the sensitive guy to Steve and Dylan's manly men.

Brenda Walsh

 * All Girls Want Bad Boys: Dylan and others.
 * Betty and Veronica: the Betty to Kelly's Veronica for Dylan's Archie.
 * Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: the foolish to Brandon's responsible. Although she was a nice girl in the beginning, she became more rebellious later on.
 * Naive Newcomer
 * Put On a Bus: in season 5 via Real Life Writes the Plot

Kelly Taylor

 * Betty and Veronica: the Veronica to Brenda's Betty for Dylan's Archie.
 * Later the Archie to Brandon's Betty and Dylan's Veronica.
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Disappeared Dad
 * Distressed Damsel
 * Hair of Gold
 * Lovable Alpha Bitch
 * No Going Steady: possibly the best example in the show.
 * School Idol
 * Spoiled Sweet

Steve Sanders

 * Big Man On Campus
 * Book Dumb
 * Happily Adopted
 * Hopeless Suitor: to Kelly in the earlier seasons.
 * Lovable Jock
 * Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: manly man to Brandon's sensitive guy.

Andrea Zuckerman

 * Clingy Jealous Girl: concerning Brandon.
 * Hollywood Nerd
 * Hopeless Suitor: to Brandon.
 * Jewish and Nerdy
 * Meganekko
 * Put On a Bus: in season 6.
 * The Smart Girl

Dylan McKay

 * The Alcoholic: in season 5.
 * Betty and Veronica: the Archie for Brenda's Betty and Kelly's Veronica.
 * Later the Veronica to Brandon's Betty for Kelly's Archie.
 * The Charmer
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold
 * Lonely Rich Kid
 * Parental Abandonment
 * Put On a Bus: in season 6 but later he comes back.
 * Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: manly man to Brandon's sensitive guy.
 * Troubled but Cute

David Silver

 * Chick Magnet: in the later seasons.
 * Hopeless Suitor: to Kelly in season 1.
 * Jewish and Nerdy: he was definitely geeky in the beginning.
 * Nice Jewish Boy
 * Tagalong Kid: Initially at least.

Donna Martin

 * Break the Cutie
 * Character Development: she started as Kelly's shallow, ditzy sidekick but later the character's depth was more explored.
 * The Ditz: more in the earlier seasons.
 * Domestic Abuse: she was repeatedly abused by her boyfriend Ray Pruitt.
 * The Fashionista
 * Spoiled Sweet

Jim and Cindy Walsh

 * Good Parents
 * Happily Married

Valerie Malone

 * Broken Bird
 * Freudian Excuse
 * Really Gets Around
 * Remember the New Guy
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: with everyone.