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== Main Characters (Seasons 1 to 4) ==

[[File:LucasScott_846.jpg|frame|You know, I shoot the ball, and it goes in. I don't ask questions. I don't think about it. That's just the way it is.]]

 

Lucas Scott is the son of Karen Roe and Dan Scott. [[Parental Abandonment|He was abandoned by his father for his other son]], [[Cain and Abel|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.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: His Father Dan.

* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: With Haley.

* [[Your Cheating Heart]]:

** With Peyton when he was with Brooke in Season 1.

** With Peyton ([[Rule of Three|Yes, again]]) when he was with Lindsey in Season 5. They kiss once, before Lucas proposes to Lindsey ([[What the Hell, Hero?|That very night]]) {{spoiler|but then nothing happens until after Lindsey leaves him at the altar after realising he was still in love with Peyton}}.

 

[[File:NathanScott_3268.jpg|frame|Sometimes what you call "everything," I call "nothing."]]

 

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.

* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]: During Season 1.

 

[[File:PeytonSawyer_4427.jpg|frame|I guess I'm just a riddle wrapped inside a mystery inside a bitch.]]

 

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.

* [[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.

* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: Considering [[Trauma Conga Line|all she goes through during the series (And before it)]], it's safe to say that Peyton definately earnt {{spoiler|driving into the sunset married to Lucas & with a healthy baby girl}}.

* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Bisexual character Anna Tagarro.

* [[In-Series Nickname]]: P. Sawyer, used almost exclusively by Brooke.

* [[Missing Mom]]: Both her adoptive and biological mothers.

* [[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.

 

[[File:HaleyJamesScott_4298.jpg|frame|The point is, at the end of the day all your bluster and BS don't mean anything to math, because math don't care, and neither do I.]]

* [[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]].

* [[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 [[Tyrant Takes the Helm|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.

* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: With Lucas.

* [[Pregnant Badass]]

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

* [[The Smart Guy|The Smart Girl]]

* [[Teen Pregnancy]]: With Jamie.

 

[[File:BrookeDavis_9774.jpg|frame|Relationships are just too hard. Hooking up with boys is so much easier.]]

* [[Action Girl]]: Has her moments, namely taking out Psycho!Derek with Peyton in Episode 4x16; and attacking {{spoiler|Xavier "X" Daniels}} in Episode 6x13.

* {{spoiler|[[Alliterative Name]]}}: {{spoiler|Brooke Baker, after her marriage}}.

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Veronica to Peyton's Betty for Lucas' Archie.

* [[The Cheerleader]]

* [[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 "[[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped|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.

* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]: Brooke was an absolute bitch during the first half of Season 1. She gets better after that.

 

* [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders]]: Brooke and Rachel.

* [[Alliterative Name]]

* [[Nice Guy]]

* [[Odd Friendship]]: With all the main characters, particularly cheerleader and [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]] Brooke.

* [[Promotion to Opening Titles]]: In season 3.

 

* [[Alpha Bitch]]

* [[The Cheerleader]]

* [[Pet the Dog]]: She has her good moments with Mouth and Brooke.

* [[Promotion to Opening Titles]]: In season 4.

* [[Really Gets Around]]: Described in-universe as "friendly".

* [[The Rival]]: To Brooke, initially. Later they became friends.

* [[We Used to Be Friends]]: {{spoiler|With Brooke & Mouth - In Episode 5x11, Rachel destroyed her friendship with Brooke by stealing Brooke's money and leaving. When she came back in Season 7 as Dan's wife, Mouth told her he wouldn't speak with her until she mended bridges with Brooke & paid her back, whilst Brooke threw Rachel's money back in her face & asserted that they weren't friends anymore, nor would they ever be again.}}

 

* [[Adam Westing]]: According to Antwon Tanner, he pretty much ''is'' Skills in real life.

* [[Beta Couple]]: With Bevin.

* [[Black Best Friend]]

* [[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.

* [[Promotion to Opening Titles]]: In season 4.

* [[Satellite Character]]

 

 

== Main Characters (Seasons 5 to 9) ==

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Puppy Love]]: With Madison.

* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]

 

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Was only supposed to be in one scene during the first episode of Season 5.

* [[Hollywood Nerd]]

* [[Meganekko]]: Initially.

 

* [[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.

* [[Momma's 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.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Eventually becomes this with Lucas.

 

* [[Adult Child]]

* [[Casanova]]: {{spoiler|How he attempts to get past his wife's death}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]}}: {{spoiler|Was so traumatised by Sara's death, that he blocked out all memories of the son they had together for several years}}.

 

* [[Hollywood Tone Deaf]]

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]

* [[She's Got Legs]]: Hence why most of her wardrobe consists of tiny shorts.

 

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Veronica to Mia's Betty for Chase's Archie.

* [[Brutal Honesty]]

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|She survived.}}

* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: To Julian in Season 7.

* [[Really Gets Around]]: Her reputation.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Millie.

 

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Archie to Mia's Betty & Alex's Veronica.

* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: To Chuck in Season 8.

* [[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.

** [[Running Gag|Bar]] ''[[Insistent Terminology|Manager]]''.

 

* [[Casanova Wannabe]]

* [[Full-Name Basis]]: Very often.

* [[Jerkass]]

* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]

* [[Recurring Character]]: In seasons 2,3 & 4. He returned as a regular in season 9.

 

== Scott Family ==

* [[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 {{spoiler|killing Keith}}, 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.

* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}

 

* [[And Starring]]

* [[Good Parents]]

* [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]]: Goes hand-on-hand with becoming a Grandmother in her early-forties.

* [[Mama Bear]]

** [[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.

 

[[File:KeithScott_7538.jpg|frame|It's funny, but I feel like I'm about to start the life that I always wanted.]]

* [[And Starring]]

* [[Cain and Abel]]: With Dan.

* [[Cool Teacher]]: Becomes one at the end of Season 1. Of course, he {{spoiler|takes over the running of Dan Scott Motors after Dan's heart attack before he can actually ''teach'' his first class}}.

* [[The Unfavourite]]: "Thanks, Dad. You finally pay me a compliment, and it's a dig at Dan."

 

* [[The Alcoholic]]: She gets better.

* [[Destructive Romance]]: With Dan.

* [[May-December Romance]]: With Skills.

* [[Promotion to Opening Titles]]: In season 2.

 

* [[Cool Uncle]]

* [[May-December Romance]]: Has one with Rachel, before finding out her real age. He calls it off after that.

 

== Other Characters (Seasons 1 to 4) ==

* [[And Starring]]

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

* [[Like a Son to Me]]: Never had children with his wife Camilla, but sees the boys he coached as his boys, especially Lucas & Nathan.

* [[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]]

 

* [[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.

** [[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).

 

* [[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.

* [[Those Two Guys]]: With Junk.

 

* [[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.

* [[Those Two Guys]]: With Fergie.

 

* [[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]]

* [[Phrase Catcher]]: "Just say [Whatever Tim just said, but straight forward], Tim."

* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]

* [[Third Wheel]]: As Nathan becomes closer to Haley & Lucas, Tim starts to become this.

 

* [[The Bus Came Back]]: In Episode 3x15, "Just Watch The Fireworks"

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Disappears without explanation after two episodes.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: His return in Season 3 serves as one for his suffering [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]], as {{spoiler|Jimmy became very bitter over being abandonned by his friends from the River Court, and began hating the entirity of the Tree Hill High student body because they didn't notice when he accidentally overdosed & was missing from school for several weeks}}.

 

* [[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."

* [[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.

 

* [[Ascended Extra]]: If you look closely in Season 1, you can see Bevin in various scenes as an unnamed extra.

* [[Beta Couple]]: With Skills.

* [[The Cheerleader]]

* [[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.

* [[Recurring Character]]: She made appearances from season 2 to season 5.

 

* [[Dirty Coward]]: In a fight with Lucas, Felix drops to the ground after one punch, purely so that he can jump Lucas from behind.

* [[Jerkass]]

* [[Shallow Love Interest]]

* [[Spear Counterpart]]: Initially introduced as one to Brooke, which is lampshaded by Peyton.

 

* [[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]]

* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: For Lucas.

 

* [[Actor Shared Background]]: Both Andy & Kieren are from [[New Zealand]].

* [[Hot Teacher]]

* [[Nice Guy]]

* [[Parental Substitute]]: {{spoiler|To Lily}}

** [[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. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|He then found out that the guy he was talking with at Tric's bar was her son]].

 

== Other Characters (Seasons 5 to 9) ==

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Betty to Peyton's Veronica for Lucas' Archie.

* [[Brainy Brunette]]

* [[Romantic False Lead]]

* [[Runaway Bride]]

 

* [[Ax Crazy]]

* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: She seemed perfectly nice in the beginning.

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}: {{spoiler|Even after already having a champagne bottle smashed over her head & being shot non-fatally, Carrie promises Dan that she'll come back for Jamie again. Dan then shoots her, fulfilling the promise he made the last time she tried to kidnap Jamie}}.

* [[Only One Name]]: Her last name is not revealed.

 

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Her primary character arc during Seasons 5 & 6.

* [[The Ghost]]: Until Season 5.

* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]: End of season 6.

 

* [[The Alcoholic]]: A recovered one, before suffering a relapse.

* [[Badass Beard]]: Pre-Relapse.

* [[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]]

** [[The Bus Came Back]]: Season 7 episode "At the Bottom of Everything".

* [[Shallow Love Interest]]

* [[Troubled but Cute]]

 

* {{spoiler|[[Empty Chair Memorial]]}}: {{spoiler|In Haley's classroom after his death}}.

* [[Jerk Jock]]: When first introduced in Season 5. Haley, Lucas, Skills & Nathan eventually force him to grow out of it.

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Before growing out of being a [[Jerk Jock]], Q's most likable moments involved Jamie.

 

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Betty to Alex's Veronica for Chase's Archie.

* [[Recurring Character]]

 

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[It's All My Fault]]: Blames herself for {{spoiler|Brooke being assaulted by Xavier, after she complained about Brooke to her friend Jack, Xavier's younger brother}}. To be fair, she only learns about this after Brooke takes her into her home.

* [[Street Urchin]]: When first introduced.

* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: Has seen more than a 15 year old ''should'' have seen.

 

* [[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.

* [[Sincerest Form of Flattery]]: Starts impersonating Chris Keller, [[Third Person Person|right down to referring to himself in the third person]], during Season 9.