Skins/Characters

Skins introduces a new cast of characters every two seasons. The US cast section could use some work.

First Generation

The Kids

Anthony "Tony" Stonem

Played by: Nicholas Hoult

Affably Evil
Ambiguously Bi: It's never made clear whether his dalliance with Maxxie is just an experiment or if he's actually bisexual. Michelle's comment below only came after the fact.
Anti-Hero: Initially Type V, arguably a Type III or IV post-Character Development.
Anything That Moves: As Michelle says, "He sleeps with everyone, even boys!"
Big Brother Instinct
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Mainly to adults.
Blue Eyes: Of the second type.
Break the Haughty
Byronic Hero
Character Development: In Series 2.
Draco in Leather Pants: In-universe, even.
Even the Guys Want Him: Subverted in that when Tony actually gets round to sleeping with Maxxie, it turns out that some guys don't want him after all.
The Friend Nobody Likes
Genius Book Club
Heel Face Turn: Almost resulted in Redemption Equals Death in the Series 1 finale, but he recovered.
Heel Realization
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Sid.
Insufferable Genius: With one exception; see Small Name, Big Ego below.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Eventually
Lack of Empathy: In Series 1.
Look Both Ways
Manipulative Bastard
The Masochism Tango: With Michelle.
Mr. Fanservice
Nietzsche Wannabe: Lampshaded in Sid's Series 1 episode, where Tony is actually seen reading Thus Spake Zarathustra.
Pretty Boy
Really Gets Around
Screw Yourself: Arguably, combined with Intimate Psychotherapy, Tony has sex with himself when he has sex with Beth in Series 2 Episode 6.
Small Name, Big Ego: Mostly averted, as Tony truly is an Insufferable Genius, but it is implied that his sexual prowess is not what he believes it to be. According to Maxxie, giving head is the "one thing [Tony's] not actually good at," and in Series 2, Michelle says that Sid is the first person to make her come, meaning that Tony never has. So while he may be good at getting people into his bed, he's apparently not so great at satisfying them once they're there.
Smug Snake
Sociopathic Hero
Toxic Friend Influence
The Vamp: Male example.
Villain Protagonist: Series 1.
Wicked Cultured

Michelle Richardson

Played by: April Pearson

Embarrassing Nickname: "Nips," Tony's less-than-flattering nickname for her.
Genius Ditz: Though she's easily dismissed by many of the characters - and even by herself - as a vapid pretty girl, Michelle is actually a pretty good student, especially when it comes to languages. In the generation finale, this is solidified by Michelle tying with Tony for the best A-level grades in their group of friends, surpassing even Jal.
Green Eyes
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Jal.
The Masochism Tango: With Tony.
Ojou
Romantic False Lead: For Sid.
Shallow Love Interest: Finally subverted towards the end of Series 1.
The Three Faces of Eve: The seductress.
Woman Scorned: In her Series 1 episode.

Sidney "Sid" Jenkins

Played by: Mike Bailey

Anti-Hero: Type I.
Big Eater
Butt Monkey
Cordon Bleugh Chef
Fun T-Shirt: He has one with a talking dog on it, that tends to go off at inappropriate times.
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Tony.
Love Hurts: With Cassie.
A Man Is Not a Virgin: Plot of the very first episode.

Tony: It's embarrassing.
Sid: It's common and quite normal for someone of sixteen--
Tony: --No. It's embarrassing, Sid.
Sid: ...Shit.

Nature Abhors a Virgin
Nerd Glasses: But of course.
Not a Morning Person
The Pig Pen: A minor example.
Romantic False Lead: For Michelle.
Slap Slap Kiss: With Cassie, in Series 2.
Slobs Versus Snobs: With Tony.
Theme Naming: Sid's father's side of the family are all variants of Alexander (Alex, Sandy, Lex, and Ally). Sid spots that his he and his father (Mark) are the Odd Names Out, marking them for black sheep and outcast status.
This Loser Is You
The Unfavourite: Despite the fact that he hasn't got any siblings, Sid is constantly overshadowed by Tony. Mr. Jenkins' voice becomes completely different when he's talking to Tony, as opposed to yelling at Sid. And in his Series 2 episode, Sid and his dad are both unfavorites, to his uncle and cousins.

Cassandra "Cassie" Ainsworth

Played by: Hannah Murray

Anything That Moves/Really Gets Around: An Informed Attribute until Series 2.
Beneath the Mask: In Series 2.
Bi the Way
Cloudcuckoolander
Cool Shades
Ditzy Genius: Mainly in Series 2. In her episode, she spends most of her philosophy exam chatting to her teacher and dancing to "Funkytown". She sits down to write for the last hour and seemingly aces the test. On top of that, Cassie is a genius at reading people (almost telepathic in her accuracy) as well as reading heavy books.
Driven to Suicide/Spurned Into Suicide
- Interrupted Suicide: Thanks to Jal.
Dull Surprise: Occasionally, such as when she catches Jal and Chris having sex.
The First Cut Is the Deepest: While she's not in a relationship with him, the death of Chris definitely affects her this way.
Forgets to Eat: As part of her anorexia, Cassie refuses to eat.
Genius Book Club
Genki Girl: Appears that way at first.
Hair of Gold
He's Dead, Jim: Has this reaction when Chris dies.
I Just Want to Be Beautiful
Love Hurts: With Sid.
Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Of the "deconstructed" variety. She isn't just quirky, she has multiple legitimate psychological problems which are depicted with all the seriousness they require. Also, said problems are just as, if not more, integral to her storyline as her relationship with Sid.
The Messiah: Appears that way at times during Series 1, especially in her "Unseen Skins" episode. She definitely isn't one in Series 2, however.
Mistaken for Cheating
Motor Mouth
Obfuscating Insanity: Despite having real mental health issues, she does this at times, sometimes combined with Obfuscating Stupidity.
The Ophelia: Played with throughout the two series. It can whiplash between funny ("I'm thinking of leaving school, growing a beard, and joining the circus") to just plain disturbing (Effy's Series 2 episode).
Parental Substitute: For her brother.
Platonic Life Partners: With Chris.
Quirky Curls
The Runaway: When she returns from Scotland.
Slap Slap Kiss: With Sid in Series 2.
Stepford Smiler
Sticky Fingers
Super OCD: A mild example.
The Three Faces of Eve: The child.
Through the Eyes of Madness: In her Series 1 episode, she keeps getting texts telling her to EAT! on her phone, and seeing the word spelled out elsewhere. Nobody is texting her. They are all just hallucinations.
Took a Level in Jerkass: In Series 2, when she becomes a Jerkass Woobie for a time.
Verbal Tic/Catch Phrase: "Oh. Wow. Lovely."
Woman in White
Woman Scorned: Throughout Series 2.

Chris Miles

Played by: Joe Dempsie

Anti-Hero: Type I.
Blood From the Mouth
Can't Get Away with Nuthin'
Catch Phrase: "Fuck it".
Died in Your Arms Tonight
Fun T-Shirt
Go Out with a Smile
Killed Off for Real
Life of the Party: Well, they all are, but Chris more than anyone.
Male Frontal Nudity
The Messiah: He loves everyone and everything as Jal lampshades in her speech at his funeral.
New Job Episode: His Series 2 episode.
Nice Guy
Obi-Wan Moment
Opposites Attract: With Jal. Admittedly, though, it was only after each of them brought out a little of each other - Chris getting Jal to show her wilder side, and Jal getting Chris to make responsible decisions.
Parental Abandonment
Platonic Life Partners: With Cassie.
Second Love: When he chooses Jal over Angie.
The Stoner: Perhaps also the Erudite Stoner.
Teacher-Student Romance: With Angie.
Too Good for This Sinful Earth
Trauma Conga Line: His backstory.
The Unfavorite: How his parents treat him. His dad even goes so far as to only have photos of Peter.
Uptight Loves Wild: Gender Flipped with Jal.
Wrong Girl First

Jalander "Jal" Fazer

Played by: Larissa Wilson

Broken Bird: In Series 2.
Closer to Earth
Deadpan Snarker
Elegant Classical Musician
The First Cut Is the Deepest
Good Girls Avoid Abortion: Averted when Jal gets an abortion in Series 2, so she can continue on with her music studies at Uni.
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Michelle.
Only Sane Woman: Tends to play the voice of reason among the characters.
Opposites Attract: With Chris.
The Smart Guy: She tends to play this role, even though Tony and Cassie are arguably smarter.
Team Mom
Teen Pregnancy
The Three Faces of Eve: The mother. Literally, when she gets pregnant toward the end of Season 2.
Token Minority
Uptight Loves Wild: Gender Flipped with Chris.
You Are a Credit to Your Race: Gets a speech like this from the school administration when she's being interviewed for being a BBC Young Musician Of The Year finalist. They go on and on about how Jal is from a "disadvantaged background" when, actually, her father is a famous musician and she's probably the most well-off of the group.

Maxxie Oliver

Played by: Mitch Hewer

All Gays Love Theater: Dancing is more his thing, but he does love the theater.
Billy Elliot Plot
Camp Gay: A mild example, but he loves dancing and theater.
Club Kid: Although he's one of the most balanced characters of the show and is one of the few characters who isn't seen using drugs.
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Anwar, although obviously minus the "heterosexual" as far as Maxxie goes.
Mr. Fanservice: Ironically enough.
Only Sane Man: More or less. Still has his issues, but handles them a lot better than most of his friends.
Pretty Boy: Maybe even more so than Tony.
Into Musical Theatre
Shirtless Scene: With nudity.
Those Two Guys: With Anwar, particularly in the first series.
White-Haired Pretty Boy: Well, fairly light blonde.

Anwar Kharral

Played by: Dev Patel

Heterosexual Life Partners: With Maxxie.
Plucky Comic Relief: Especially true in Series 2, where Anwar's storyline seemed to exist to provide a bit of a fun Mood Whiplash in the midst of the Darker and Edgier arcs surrounding the other characters.
Straw Hypocrite: Anwar is perfectly fine breaking Islam's rules regarding drugs, drinking and premarital sex, but suddenly clings to his religion as an excuse for his homophobia. Maxxie calls him out on it in their episode.
Those Two Guys: With Maxxie, particularly in the first series.
Twofer Token Minority

Elizabeth "Effy" Stonem

Played by: Kaya Scodelario

Big Brother Worship
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Mostly to her parents.
Brother-Sister Incest: YMMV, but Tony and Effy give off... vibes... at times.
The Chessmaster
Emotionless Girl
Genius Book Club
Kuudere
Odd Friendship: With Pandora.
Parental Favoritism: Her mother definitely prefers her over Tony.
Silent Bob: In Series 1.
Stepford Smiler: Gets hinted at in her Series 2 episode, when Tony says her reserve and stoicness don't fool him; however, it's not really fully explored until Generation 2.
The Stoic

Sketch (Lucy)

Played by: Aimee-Ffion Edwards

Abhorrent Admirer: Creepy and completely ignores...
Incompatible Orientation
Stalker with a Crush: Towards Maxxie.
Yandere: She's not violent like this trope usually implies, but she's definitely unstable and doesn't really care who she has to hurt to get to Maxxie.

Family

Anthea Stonem

Played by: Morwenna Banks

Adults Are Useless: Useless. Ignores Tony and Effy.
Parental Favoritism: In Effy's favor.

Jim Stonem

Played by: Harry Enfield

Bumbling Dad

Anna Richardson

Played by: Arabella Weir

Hot Mom

Scarlett

Played by: Sia Berkeley

Mark Jenkins

Played by: Peter Capaldi

Calling the Old Man Out: Both the receiver and giver.
Jerkass: He gets better though.
Killed Off for Real
Peaceful in Death
The Unfavourite

Elizabeth Jenkins

Played by: Josie Lawrence

Marcus and Margeritte Ainsworth

Played by: Neil Morrissey and Naomi Allisstone

Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Hands-Off Parenting
Parental Obliviousness
What Happened to the Mouse?: It's never explained what happened to them, although we assume they are still in Elgin.

Graham Miles

Dramatic Irony: Graham's decision to not invite Chris's friends to his funeral, because they were the ones who "screwed him up". The audience, however, knows the opposite is true: his friends were the ones who cared about and looked after Chris after his parents both abandoned him. If not for his friends, he probably would have died a lot sooner.
I Have No Son: Not quite, but he doesn't acknowledge Chris as his son, going to the extreme of only having baby pictures of Peter. That is, until Chris dies.
Parental Abandonment

Chris's mother

Parental Abandonment

Peter Miles

Ronnie Fazer

Played by: Mark Monero

Daddy's Girl

Jal's Mother

Played by Josette Simon

Parental Abandonment

Ace and Lyton Fazer

Played by Troy Glasgow and Adrian Fergus Fuller

Istiak Kharral

Played by Inder Manocha

Good Parents
Happily Married: Lets his wife have her way in everything because of his love for her.
Reasonable Authority Figure: One of the few on the show.

Bibi Kharral

Played by Nina Wadia

Doting Parent
Happily Married
Hidden Depths: Her masturbation joke in the generation finale suggests she's maybe a bit looser than she initially seems.

Uncle Muneer

Played by Nish Nathwani

Walter Oliver

Played by: Bill Bailey

Jackie Oliver

Good Parents

Supporting Cast

Posh Kenneth

Played by: Daniel Kaluuya

Jive Turkey: The joke being that his posh accent means he doesn't sound nearly as "ghetto" as he would like to.
Token Minority Couple: His moment with Jal in the Series 1 finale.
You Look Familiar: Daniel Kaluuya turned up playing a DJ in a Series 3 episode.

Abigail Stock

Played by: Georgina Moffet

Josh Stock

Played by: Ben Lloyd-Hughes

Beware the Nice Ones: Though it's more that he turns out to not be so nice once Tony screws him over.
Complete Monster: He drugs Effy and tries to force Tony to have sex with her while she's unconscious.
Karma Houdini
Romantic False Lead: For Michelle.
Took a Level in Jerkass: In Effy's episode.

Pandora Moon

Played by: Lisa Backwell

Angie

Played by: Siwan Morris

Doug

Played by: Giles Thomas

Cool Teacher: At least, he tries:

"Oggie oggie oggie!"

—*blank stare*

Josie

Played by: Josie Long

Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher

Madison "Mad" Twatter

Played by: Stephen Walters

Badass Mustache
Berserk Button: DON'T stare.
Good Hair, Evil Hair: His handlebar mustache puts him in the latter category.
Unfortunate Names: Though he seems to enjoy it.

Alan the Taxi Driver

Played by: Alan George

Cool Old Guy
The Mentor: To Cassie.

Second Generation

The Kids

Elizabeth "Effy" Stonem

Played by: Kaya Scodelario

Beneath the Mask: It finally comes off in Series 4, but we get some peeks even before that - for example, with her "Unseen Skins" in Series 1, and with her speech to Katie in Pandora's Series 3 episode.
Blue Eyes: Like her brother, the second type.
Broken Bird: Gave off this impression from her earliest appearances, until Sanity Slippage ensued.
Fallen Princess
Fille Fatale: All three of the Musketeers fall for her.
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Pandora.
Ice Queen
Love Makes You Crazy: Effy can't seem to handle being in a relationship with someone she genuinely loves which is why she loses it when she and Freddie get together in Series 4.
The Ophelia
Room Full of Crazy: In Freddie's Series 4 episode, Effy makes one in her mum's bedroom.
Sanity Slippage: In Series 4.
Stepford Smiler: Types A and C. Effy's complete personality shifts with each season turned out to just be different masks. Invoked by Anthea in Series 3, who says to JJ that nothing terrifies Effy more than "showing her cards".
Unkempt Beauty

Pandora "Panda" Moon

Played by: Lisa Backwell

Ascended Extra: Was a minor character in Series 2; now a part of the main cast.
Cloudcuckoolander: Particularly at the beginning of Series 3.
Corrupt the Cutie: Panda now wants to be corrupted even more.
Genius Ditz
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Effy.
Ivy League for Everyone
No Social Skills: JJ looks positively smooth in comparison.
Slumber Party Ploy: How she keeps her mom from knowing about all the drugs and sex she partakes in.
Your Cheating Heart: Continues having sex with Cook even after Thomas comes back to Britain and they consequently get back together.

Thomas Tomone

Played by: Merveille Lukeba

Bilingual Bonus: When he speaks French. Most of his French dialogue is subtitled, of course, but some stand-alone words are not.
Black and Nerdy: A mild case. He claims to be great at math and to have scored at the top of his class in his village high school.
But Not Too Foreign: Averted. He's from Africa.
Everything Sounds Sexier in French
Foreign Cuss Word: "Merde" (meaning "shit") is a favorite of his.
Ivy League for Everyone: A particularly egregious example.
Magical Negro: Sometimes comes across as this; Katie even lampshades it.
Naive Newcomer: Played straight until they get to Pandora's aunt's house. Then it's quickly subverted.
Odd Friendship: With JJ.
Token Minority
Took a Level in Jerkass: His Series 4 episode, to some.
You Fail Geography Forever: Is Thomas from the Republic of the Congo or the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Pandora's description of it being between Gabon and Cameroon suggests the former (the D.R.C. doesn't border either of those countries), dialogue suggests the latter. Do the writers not realize they are different countries?
Your Cheating Heart: He cheats on Pandora in Series 4.

Jonah "JJ" Jeremiah Jones

Played by: Ollie Barbieri

Absent-Minded Professor: Cook even calls him a "nutty professor".
Adorkable: His interest in magic tricks and model planes, his trivia skills, and the repeated Star Trek references in his Series 4 episode.
Alliteration
Asperger's Syndrome: Provides the page quote, even. He also stands out as one of the few portrayals in the media that is both realistic and sympathetic.
Beware the Nice Ones
Bow Ties Are Cool
Butt Monkey: In-universe, at least.
Demoted to Extra: Essentially what happens after his Series 4 episode.
Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Has a lot of these moments, from telling Effy that Cook was sleeping with someone else to outing Emily to her sister.
Freudian Trio: Usually the Ego, occasionally the Super-ego.
Good with Numbers
Incompatible Orientation: He and Emily have sex despite the fact that Emily is gay. He actually thought the two of them getting together was possible when Emily chose him as her Love Ball date - but that was only because of Emily's mother and sister's homophobia, and once Naomi showed up Emily happily went with her.
A Man Is Not a Virgin: Subverted until the end of his Series 3 episode. Played with in Series 4 when Thomas points out that a pity-screw from a lesbian doesn't really mean much, and he needs to find a girl who is genuinely interested to have sex with him.
Motor Mouth: When he gets "locked-on".
Odd Friendship: With Emily and with Thomas. His friendship with Thomas in particular came out of nowhere.
Serenade Your Lover: What he does to get Lara back after she dumps him because he beat up her baby daddy, with his adorable rendition of "True" by Spandau Ballet.
TV Genius: Subverted - he has all the traits to fit the trope, but he's never made out to be any smarter than anyone else (except in terms of remembering lots of random facts). His social isolation is his defining factor. He does however excel in mathematics, as he clearly states in his form introduction.

James Cook

Played by: Jack O'Connell

Anti-Hero: Initially appeared as a Type V, but was eventually revealed to be more of a Type I.
Berserk Button: Don't mention his mum.
Big Eater
Freudian Trio: The Id.
The Friend Nobody Likes: In Series 3.
Hair-Trigger Temper
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Freddie.
Hypocrisy Nod: Everybody pisses on you? What goes around comes around.
Incompatible Orientation: With Naomi. It's the reason that they don't go very far when they try to have sex.
Jerkass: And a particularly obnoxious one at that, though one scene would imply it's really a Jerkass Facade.
Large Ham: It's part of his character.
Last-Name Basis
Odd Friendship: With Naomi, by Series 4.

Frederick "Freddie" Mclair

Played by: Luke Pasqualino

Big Brother Instinct: He's not a fan of Karen's decision to exploit their mother's memory to help her win Search for a Sexxbomb, but he cheers for her at her final performance, comforts her when she loses and when Cook laughs about how he and JJ voted against her for stealing their shed, Freddie nearly punches his lights out.
Freudian Trio: Usually the Super-ego (lampshaded by Cook when he calls him a "fun-sponge"), occasionally the Ego.
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Cook.
Killed Off for Real
Missing Mom: Well, dead mom.
Mr. Fanservice: The show likes to remind us of Freddie's nice chest.
Shirtless Scene: Seems to enjoy leaving his shirt at home even in the non-sex scenes.
The Stoner
The Unfavourite: Karen comprehensively dumps on him - with their father's support and praise, most notably when Freddie loses his beloved shed.

Katherine "Katie" Fitch

Played by: Megan Prescott

Alpha Bitch: At least, she aspires to be one. Particularly in Series 3.
Broke Episode: Her Series 4 episode.
Different As Night and Day
Everybody Smokes: Averted, notably she's the only teenage character to outright state that they don't smoke Though she finally caves in her Series 4 episode.
Foil: The show sets her up as Effy's foil, though they're eventually revealed to be Not So Different. She is more the foil to her sister. Having a twin that is, personality-wise, one's total opposite means those differing factors are highlighted.
It's a Costume Party, I Swear: The maid of honor at the wedding Katie and her mom are planning pulls a version of this on Katie: she switches the theme, doesn't tell Katie, and doesn't make her a corresponding costume.
Manipulative Bastard: Particularly during her and Emily's Series 3 episode.
No Periods, Period: Katie is diagnosed with premature menopause in her Series 4 episode.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red oni to Emily's blue oni, especially in Series 3. Less so in Series 4, not because Katie stops being fierce, but because Emily stops being a shy doormat.
Romantic False Lead: To both Freddie and Thomas.
Tsundere
Twincest: The writers basically went to town with Katie/Emily subtext in their Series 3 episode.

Emily Fitch

Played by: Kathryn Prescott

Break the Cutie: Series Four.
Different As Night and Day
Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs: Particularly in Series 3.
Foil: To her sister as explained above, as well as to Naomi. Emily's close-knit family, and the fact that she's a twin, contrasts with Naomi's more independent life, with a mom who is not always around. This explains why Emily dives face-first into their relationship, going serious all at once, while Naomi is scared off by that and wants to ease into it slowly.
Gayngst
Lipstick Lesbian
Odd Friendship: With JJ.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue oni to Katie's red oni, at least through most of Series 3. Less so after she starts to crawl out from Katie's shadow at the end of Series 3, though she's still more low-key and sensitive than her sister.
Schoolgirl Lesbians
Single-Target Sexuality: Naomi.

Naomi Campbell

Played by: Lily Loveless

All Take and No Give: Arguably Naomi's fling with Sophia. At least from Sophia's point of view.
Armored Closet Gay: At first.
Disappeared Dad
First Kiss: That middle school kiss with Emily. (All the boys she'd dated before then were too cowardly to go for it. And she didn't fancy any of them anyway.).
Gayngst
Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?: In Series 3. Naomi is very quick to remind Emily how very straight she is between lip-locking sessions.
Informed Ability: Naomi is supposedly very political and hates injustice, but apart from her character video diary, unsuccessful run for student president, and her poster of Nelson Mandela on her bedroom wall, this is never really shown.
- The run for president was unsuccessful precisely because she hates injustice (she refused to let Harriet and Doug get away with trying to rig the election in her favor).
  - Also, it's lampshaded earlier in the episode when she points out that Emily shouldn't know that about her, having said all of about three sentences to her, none of them political.
Love At First Sight: "I think I was twelve."
Messy Hair: Becomes her default hairstyle during Series 4.
Odd Friendship: With Cook, by Series 4. Let's not forget she got him in trouble in the generation opener when he tried to show her his dick tattoos.
- And oddly enough, Effy as well, though the moments are fleeting. Evidenced in JJ's Series 3 episode, when they discuss Naomi's sexuality and Effy's love for Freddie, and Effy's Series 4 episode, when Naomi goes to visit Effy in the psychiatric hospital following her suicide attempt to discuss Naomi's failing relationship with Emily.
Schoolgirl Lesbians
Single-Target Sexuality: Emily.
Stepford Snarker: "I learned how to become a sarcastic bitch just to make it feel normal."
Tsundere: See above.
Your Cheating Heart: Naomi cheats on Emily in Series 4 with Sophia, a storyline that was possibly hinted at with the song "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry" that plays at the end of 309.

Family

Anthea Stonem

Played by: Morwenna Banks

Your Cheating Heart: She's been cheating on her husband with his line manager.

Jim Stonem

Played by: Harry Enfield

Put on a Bus: Partway through Series 3 (when he finds out about Anthea's cheating).

Angela Moon

Played by: Sally Phillips

Adults Are Useless: Is easily dispatched by the MDMA brownies and Pandora's friends are able to have the party they wanted.
Amazingly Embarrassing Parent: Played with. Angela is one, but Pandora doesn't see her this way - and is more worried about how her hard-partying friends are going to embarrass her in front of her mom.
Hidden Depths: Her sex tape with the cranky neighbor that Effy and Cook find when they fall into the house next door.
My Beloved Smother: Angela doesn't want Pandora anywhere near boys. Oddly enough, Panda doesn't see her this way, even though she breaks all her rules.
Only Sane Parent: Arguably. With the exception of her ideas about boyfriends, her rules for Pandora are actually pretty reasonable.
Unsuspectingly Soused: After Katie puts MDMA in the brownies when Angela's back is turned.

Aunt Elizabeth

Played by: Maureen Lipman

Unsuspectingly Soused: Doesn't realize tea plants are marijuana (or maybe she does, given the way she's happily smoking them at the end...)

Celia Jones

Played by: Juliet Cowan

Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: When she accidentally calls Lara a "slut" in JJ's Series 4 episode.

Edward Jones

Played by: Douglas Hodge

Hands-Off Parenting: He spends most of the time hiding behind a newspaper.

Ruth Cook

Played by: Tanya Franks

Hands-Off Parenting: Hasn't seen her son since she kicked him out for selling her wedding rings for dope - until he's under house arrest in Series 4.
Mrs. Robinson: Has sex with Freddie.
Really Gets Around

James Cook, Sr

Played by: Matt King

Leo Mclair

Played by: Simon Day

Karen Mclair

Played by: Klariza Clayton

Bratty Teenage Daughter
Idol Singer: Her dream is to be the English equivalent of this.

Jenna Fitch

Played by: Ronnie Ancona

Break the Haughty: In Katie's Series 4 episode when the Fitches lose their house.
Smug Snake

Rob Fitch

Played by: John Bishop

Bumbling Dad
Overprotective Dad: "If they're not still virgins tomorrow, I'll hunt you down like dogs."
Stepford Smiler: Series 4. Manages to seem optimistic about how his fitness machine will "take off" even as he's hiding foreclosure notices from his wife and kids.
Your Cheating Heart: Cheated on Jenna once with her sister; he explains it to Emily to help her deal with Naomi's cheating.

James Fitch

Played by: Redd Smith

Annoying Younger Sibling: From Katie and Emily's perspectives.
Kidanova: Fancies himself as one.
Mouthy Kid

Gina Campbell

Played by: Olivia Colman

Hands-Off Parenting: Also could be lumped in with Missing Mom. Gina apparently left Naomi on her own for a year to do... well, something (she'd stated that she wanted to "fuck on every beach in India" before she ended up pregnant; that's the most likely explanation). Strange because for the most part of Series 3, she was a good parent.
New Age Retro Hippie

Supporting Cast

Johnny White

Played by: Mackenzie Crook

Expy: Plenty of people saw his character as a clone of Mad Twatter.

Lara Lloyd

Played by: Georgia Henshaw

Manic Pixie Dream Girl: A mild case, but she does basically exist just to be JJ's girlfriend.
Teen Pregnancy

Sophia Moore

Played by: Amberley Gridley

Driven to Suicide: Way to start a season!
Military Brat: Her dad died fighting in battle and she's also part of the Army Cadet Force.
Posthumous Character
Room Full of Crazy: Cadet locker, rather.
Stalker with a Crush: Taken to the extreme. Sophia has a whole locker shrine dedicated to Naomi. Items include covertly taken snapshots of Naomi, Naomi's bracelet, an old toothbrush of Naomi's, and a Garibaldi wrapper Naomi had thrown out.
Tragic Dream: Naomi. Art school.

Matt Moore

Played by: Richard Southgate

Dr. John Foster

Played by: Hugo Speer

Ax Crazy
Complete Monster
If I Can't Have You
Mind Rape: Attempts this on Effy. Almost succeeds.
The Shrink: A particularly extreme Type 1.
Stalker with a Crush
Yandere

Sam

Played by: Ben Evans

Berserk Button: Unknowingly presses Katie's in her Series 4 episode. Gets dumped for it.
Biggus Dickus: What Katie claims him to be.

Andrea Babajide

Played by: Adelayo Adedayo

Betty and Veronica: The show plays with this trope. The pressure Thomas is feeling from his parents and church to "stick with his culture" makes him see Andrea as the Betty to Pandora's Veronica (yes, we are talking about Panda here). By the end of the episode he realizes it's more reversed.
Preacher's Kid: Mostly Type 1, though her dalliance with Thomas could slide her toward Type 3.
Small Name, Big Ego: While she's not entirely without musical talents, she does have an inflated sense of her abilities, as her speech about Lady Gaga, Beyonce, etc indicates.

Kieran Macfoeinaiugh

Played by: Ardal O'Hanlon

The Alleged Car:

Kieran: Would you believe it only cost me £2.50? And three tokens from the top of Weetabix packets.
Naomi: Yeah, I really would believe that.

Apathetic Teacher: "Hi, I'm Kieran and I hate being a fucking teacher."
Hot for Student: For Naomi, after he misreads the signals.

Harriet Lawes

Played by: Victoria Wicks

Put on a Bus: After Series 3.

David Blood

Played by: Chris Addison

Sadist Teacher: Seems to take pleasure in expelling people.
Tyrant Takes the Helm: Sweeps in at the beginning of Series 4 with plans to improve the school - mostly by expelling anyone who steps a toe out of line.

T. Love

Played by: Will Young

Waxing Lyrical: Most of his advice is derived from the work of Michael Jackson.

Third Generation

The Kids

Francesca "Franky" Fitzgerald

Played by: Dakota Blue Richards

Aborted Arc: The reasons behind her Freak-Out in the Series 5 finale when Matty tries to have sex with her. As of the Series 6 premiere, Matty and Franky are an Official Couple and Franky tells her friends she's "been losing her virginity lots of times."
All of the Other Reindeer
Ambiguously Lesbian: She is referred to as a lesbian by some character early in the season, but Grace, Mini, and Liv eventually question her about her sexuality, and she's says she's "into people" (which would one would probably call "pansexual").
Badass Longcoat
Beautiful All Along: In her first episode after her makeover.
Bifauxnen: She has a very butch/androgynous way of dressing.
Bi the Way: While she doesn't identify as bisexual she is attracted to people regardless of gender, specifically stating that she's "into people".
Broken Bird: Implied specifically by her Freak-Out in the finale.
Cool Loser
Damsel in Distress: Combined with Literal Cliff Hanger in the Series 5 finale.
The Dandy: Has the appearance of one but lacks the obvious vanity and she apparently makes some of her own clothes.
Dark and Troubled Past
Eating Lunch Alone
Expository Hairstyle Change: In the novel, she cuts her hair short like in the series.
Freaky Is Cool
Friendship Moment: "You got a lighter?"
Girliness Upgrade: In Series 6.
Has Two Daddies
Hates Being Touched
Headphones Equal Isolation
The Heart
Hidden Depths: She's a skilled animator, DJ, photographer and tailor.
- And as of Series 6, fluent in French.
I Just Want to Be Normal: Lampshaded almost word-for-word after her Freak-Out and subsequent near-death in Series 5 Episode 8.
I Just Want to Have Friends
In-Series Nickname: She seems to be called "Headfuck" by the other characters quite a lot...
Internalized Categorism
Kuudere
Ms Imagination
Naive Newcomer
No Social Skills: At first due to her being shy.
Parental Abandonment
The Rival: How Mini sees her, until they become friends.
Shrinking Violet
Suppressed Mammaries: Many were surprised to see that Dakota Blue Richards has actually got not inconsiderable breasts, when she's not dressed as Franky. This is also supposedly the reason for Franky's Girliness Upgrade in Series 6; Dakota had had to bind her breasts to play the androgynous Franky, and it became too uncomfortable for her.
Tomboy
Tomboyish Nickname
Took a Level in Jerkass: Sometime between Series 5 and Series 6 she went up a level.
Trauma Conga Line: Happens in the novel, when we see the extent of the bullying at her previous school.
Unresolved Sexual Tension: With Mini and Nick.

Aloysius "Alo" Creevey

Played by: Will Merrick

Aerith and Bob
Antiquated Linguistics: Prone to speaking in incredibly outdated parlance.
Book Dumb
Calling the Old Man Out: Tries to do this, only it doesn't go well.
Canine Companion: Rags the dog, it's pretty much his breaking point when his mother threatens to take his dog away.
A Date with Rosie Palms: Or Ultra-Wanking.
Friendship Moment: He has this with Mini in his Series 5 episode, as she comforts him after his father ends up in the hospital.
Friends with Benefits: With Mini, starting in the first episode of Series Six.
- Secret Relationship: Again, with Mini.
Growing Up Sucks: The theme of his Series 5 episode, combined with All Work vs. All Play.
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Rich. As of the Series 5 finale, he and Nick appear to be heading this way.
The Internet Is for Porn
Life of the Party
Momma's Boy
Odd Friendship: With Mini.
Redheaded Hero
Scarily Competent Tracker: Well sort of.
The Slacker
Slobs Versus Snobs: As a slob, he has this dynamic with Rich and Mini.
Snap Back: He was pulled out of college in his Series 5 episode and in the next episode, he is seen performing in the School Play like nothing happened.
The Stoner
The West Country: Has a strong West Country accent and lives on a farm.

Richard "Rich" Hardbeck

Played by: Alexander Arnold

Beta Couple: With Grace.
Cannot Spit It Out
The Cynic
Deadpan Snarker
Drunken Song
Expository Hairstyle Change: In the Series 5 finale.
The First Cut Is the Deepest: In his Series 6 episode.
Fool for Love
Headphones Equal Isolation
In Vino Veritas
Jerkass/Jerkass Facade: His musical snobbery towards anything that isn't metal is extremely grating.
- Particularly in his Series 5 episode to Grace, who is only trying to help hook him up with a crush.
  - He does get a little better though after a few Break the Haughty moments.
- He's gotten more likeable since then due to his relationship with Grace.
Odd Couple: With Grace.
Opposites Attract: Grace even name-drops the trope.
Prince Charming: He becomes one in Grace's Series 5 episode.
Real Men Wear Pink
Relationship Upgrade: With Grace after a very brief and awkward First Kiss.
Sensory Abuse: Temporarily loses his hearing after listening to the "heaviest" record ever made.
Shirtless Scene: Complete with body moisturizer.
The Snark Knight
Team Chef
Wacky Marriage Proposal: To Grace while quoting Romeo and Juliet referencing Fourth Date Marriage. She accepts while quoting The Tempest.

Mini McGuinness

Played by: Freya Mavor

Aborted Arc: Mini's sexuality is arguably a case of this.
All Love Is Unrequited: First there is her one-sided love for Nick, and then her unrequited "girl crush" on Franky.
Alpha Bitch: Possibly a deconstruction of the trope.
Bad Bad Acting: She goes into a Narmy Large Ham mode during the rehearsal of the production of Twelfth Night.
Bait and Switch Lesbians/No Bisexuals: The Word of God insistence going into Series 6 that Mini is actually straight, in spite of her "girl crushes" on Franky and Liv in Series 5 and the novel, is arguably one of these.
Blondes Are Evil
Blue Eyes: The first type.
Break the Haughty
City Mouse
Clingy Jealous Girl: She takes this to Determinator levels at times, first to Nick until they break up, and then to Franky.
Compensated Dating: In the novel, a guy she's with turns out to be a registered sex offender.
Control Freak
Dark Secret: She's actually a virgin, and she invents an Urban Legend Love Life to cover this fact up.
Deadpan Snarker
Defrosting Ice Queen
Disappeared Dad
Easily Forgiven: By Franky, considering the bullying she put her through.
Faking Amnesia
Fallen Princess
Fan Disservice: Any of her sex scenes with Nick, due to how downright-painful it looks for her.
Forgets to Eat: She possibly has an eating disorder.
Friends with Benefits: With Alo, starting in the first episode of Series Six.
- Secret Relationship: She doesn't want anyone to find out about her and Alo.
Freudian Trio: The ego.
Girl Posse: Well, to start with anyway. Not anymore.
Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?
Have I Mentioned I Am Sexually Active Today?
I Just Want to Be Beautiful
If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...: Says this to Matty, about Franky.
In Love with Love
Inferiority Superiority Complex
Internalized Categorism
Kick the Dog: Making Liv drink a bottle of vodka after she's already had far too much to drink.
Let's Wait a While: Atypical for a show where Everybody Has Lots of Sex.
Lovable Alpha Bitch: Eventually.
Make Way for the Princess
The Matchmaker: Tries to do this with Franky and Matty, presumably to get back at Liv.
No Sense of Personal Space: Mainly towards Franky.
Odd Couple: With Franky
Passive-Aggressive Kombat: Her specialty.
Pet the Dog: Her interactions with Alo in his episode.
Rich Bitch: Not exactly rich, but she does throw pretty extravagant parties for someone her age.
- Actually, she and her mother live in a low-income neighborhood, so she is far from being actually rich. Nick tells Liv in Mini's Series 5 episode that he hasn't been to Mini's home even if they've been going out for over a month, so it's possible that Mini tries to maintain a Rich Bitch image.
Sleep Mask
Small Name, Big Ego
Stepford Smiler
Suddenly Sexuality: How some fans see her "girl crush" on Franky, arising as it does toward the end of the season, after all her drama with Nick. And then reversed in Series 6, when after those feelings for Franky were developed at the end of Series 5, she's confirmed as straight going into Series 6.
Teen Pregnancy: And Alo is more than likely the father.
Tell Me About My Father: In the novel.
The Three Faces of Eve: The child.
Tomboy and Girly Girl: She is the girly girl to Franky's Tomboy.
Tragic Heroine: At least in her Series 5 episode.
Tsundere: Although some see her as more of a Yandere.
What the Hell Is That Accent?: To many, it seems to be a mix of an English accent, the actress's natural Scottish Accent and possibly something else (apparently the actress lived in France a lot, although it could be mistaken for Irish).
When She Smiles: You gotta admit, whenever she smiles is an instantly adorable moment.

Olivia "Liv" Malone

Played by: Laya Lewis

Bottle Fairy
Closer to Earth: To begin with, anyway.
Fashionable Asymmetry
Five-Finger Discount
Freudian Trio: The id.
Informed Ability: All the stuff on her E4 profile picture about her being obsessed with dancing.
Parental Abandonment: Has a Disappeared Dad and a distant mother who goes away on New Age retreats and leaves her in charge.
Really Gets Around
Ruptured Appendix: Liv spends her Series 6 episode thinking she has a lump on her uterus and is scared to have it medically looked at, but she later finds out that it was all in her head, and a psychological manifestation of her grief over Grace's death.
The Three Faces of Eve: The seductress.
Took a Level in Jerkass: In Grace's Series 5 episode.
Toxic Friend Influence: Noticeably after her Series 5 episode. Her offering the girls cocaine is a prime example.
With Friends Like These...: Mini.

Grace Violet Blood

Played by: Jessica Sula

Ambiguously Brown: She has interracial parents.
The Ballerina
Beta Couple: With Rich.
Break the Cutie: The novel seems to be an exercise in seeing how often Grace can cry.
- It gets to a point where Mini considers her The Eeyore.
The Cutie
Daddy's Girl
Dark Secret: She's actually Professor David Blood's daughter.
The Ditz: Appears that way in Franky's episode, with several Shutting Up Now moments.
Double Agent: Something of this during the first few episodes, being a member of both Mini's gang (with Liv and Nick) and Franky's (with Alo and Rich). As of Mini's episode, though, she and Mini are no longer friends and after that the group stops being as divided.
Extreme Doormat: Played with.
Fairy Tale Motifs
For Happiness
Killed Off for Real: As it seems.
Kill the Cutie
Freudian Trio: The superego.
Longing for Fictionland
Nice Girl
Odd Couple: With Richard.
Ojou
Opposites Attract: Grace mentions the trope by name, as it appears to be the case between her and Rich.
Playing Cyrano: To Rich in the second episode of Series 5.
Preppy Name: Also a Names to Trust Immediately.
Princess Classic: She's not actually a princess, but this trope gets referenced and deconstructed with regard to her character.
Spoiled Sweet
Stepford Smiler
Team Mom
The Three Faces of Eve: The mother.
Too Good for This Sinful Earth
Too Happy to Live

Nicholas "Nick" Levan

Played by: Sean Teale

Adorkable: Post-Character Development.
Always Someone Better: How he sees his brother.
Ambiguously Bisexual: How a lot of fans are interpreting the picture of him kissing new gay character Alex from the latter's upcoming episode.
Analogy Backfire:

Nick: "Isn’t this wicked. The Bloods and Cripples together at last. You get me?"
Grace: "What’s he talking about?"
Rich: "Nick’s suggesting that were a bunch of cripples and that he and Mini, are similar to a black violent LA street gang... obviously."

Book Dumb
Broken Ace
Calling the Old Man Out
Friendship Moment: With Franky, their conversation on the swing set, and when he stands up for Franky after a guy threatens her.
How the Mighty Have Fallen
In-Universe Catharsis: Smashing his father's kitchen with a golf club.
I Want to Be a Real Man: Due to the influence of his father.
Jerk Jock: Before the onset of Character Development.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
A Man Is Not a Virgin/A Man Is Always Eager
The Masochism Tango: With Mini, they first appear to be Birds of a Feather but it becomes painfully obvious that they don't work as a couple.
- As of his Series 5 episode, he and Mini are no longer a couple.
Missing Mom
Mr. Fanservice
Shallow Love Interest: Both he and Mini are shallow love interests to each other, at least initially.
Your Cheating Heart

Matthew "Matty" Levan

Played by: Sebastian De Souza

Ambiguously Bisexual: Mainly due to Word of God indicating the character the character was originally supposed to be bisexual, that and the character profile that lists Shortbus and My Own Private Idaho as his favorite movies.
Black Sheep
Birds of a Feather: Arguably with either Liv or Franky.
Dull Surprise
Five-Finger Discount
Genius Book Club: He can be seen reading Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time in Grace's Series 5 episode.
- Plus his profile on the E4 website.
Master of the Mixed Message
Missing Mom
Mysterious Past
Only One Name: Until Liv's episode.
Perma-Stubble
Playing Gertrude: Sebastian de Souza is younger than Sean Teale by a year, but on the show, Matty is older than Nick.
The Quiet One
Rebellious Spirit
Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The sensitive one in contrast to his Jerk Jock brother Nick.
Sibling Rivalry: With Nick.
The Stoic
Toxic Friend Influence
The Tramp: Until Nick's Series 5 episode.
Troubled but Cute

Alex Henley

Played by: Sam Jackson

All Gays Are Promiscuous
The Gambling Addict
Invisible to Gaydar
Mistaken For Prostitute
Nice Guy
Put on a Bus: Literally, in the Series 6 finale.
Sixth Ranger: Was announced as a new "main cast" character who would be introduced in Series 6.

Family

Geoff Cumber and Jeff Woodburn

Played by: John Sessions and Gareth Farr

Good Parents: At least initially, they appear to be a rare case of caring parents on the show.
Happily Married
Home Guard: Both former members of the Territorial Army.
One Steve Limit: Averted, but not as quite their names are very similar.

Kevin Hardbeck

Played by: Daniel Ryan

First-Name Basis: Rich always refers to his dad by his first name (barring the end of the episode when Rich calls him "dad" as a Pet the Dog moment).
Nice Guy

Shelley McGuinness

Played by: Clare Grogan

All Men Are Perverts: Her views on men boils down to this.
Amazingly Embarrassing Parent
Hot Mom: What she considers herself to be.
Really Gets Around: In sharp contrast to her daughter who is a virgin.

Maude Malone

Annoying Younger Sibling: To Liv, at times.
Black and Nerdy
Bookworm
Genius Book Club: Is shown reading Infinite Jest.

Bella Malone

Cool Big Sis: To Liv, at times.
Mama Didn't Raise No Criminal

Leon Levan

Played by Dorian Lough

Break the Motivational Speaker
Catch Phrase: 'Man Up' and bizarrely 'Peace Out'.
The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes
Education Papa
Jerkass
Never My Fault
Porn Stache
The Shrink: A life coach and motivational speaker but still counts as an unintentional type 1.
Tough Love
Waxing Lyrical: "Every Breath You Take" by The Police.

Catherine Creevey

Played by Ingrid Lacey

All Take and No Give: Her relationship with Alo is pretty much defined by the fact that neither side wishes to compromise, making them both "takers".
Apron Matron
Family Business: Her main goal is to have Alo work full time on the Crevvey family farm, something that doesn't sit well with Alo.
In-Series Nickname: Mumgabe.
My Beloved Smother
Parental Obliviousness
Tough Love

David Blood

Played by: Chris Addison

Being Personal Isn't Professional:Why he insists on keeping his relationship with his daughter Grace a secret so it doesn't compromise his position.
The "B" Grade: Invokes this trope by threatening to send Grace to Mayberry's College for Young Ladies against her will if she gets less than A on her drama exam, She succeeds despite his attempts at blackmailing Rich into throwing it only for him to try and send her anyway.
Camp Straight
Control Freak
Dean Bitterman
Death Glare: Gives quite a formidable one to Rich while they are having dinner.
Education Papa: Considering he's the principal of a school this is hardly surprising.
Evilly Affable
Happily Married: Not so much in the Series 5 finale.
- To the point of Sickeningly Sweethearts with the dancing and the pea song.
Kick the Dog: On a regular basis. But expelling all of Grace's friends from college stands out.
Knight Templar Parent: Putting a tracking device on his daughter pushes him firmly into this category.
Large Ham
Luke, I Am Your Father: Reveal to audience only.
Meddling Parents
Names to Run Away From Really Fast
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Is based on David Cameron, there's even a photo of him with David Cameron in one episode which he vomits his sandwich onto.
Older Than They Look: The actor is nearly 40 but he doesn't look older than thirty and the character has to be older than that because he has a seventeen year old daughter.
Overprotective Dad
Parental Marriage Veto
Sadist Teacher: As he put it, education is war against inefficiency, ignorance, idleness, and chewing gum.
Screw the Rules, I Have Connections
Sharp-Dressed Man

Gregory

Played by: Alastair Mackenzie

Disappeared Dad

Eric

Played By: Justin Edwards

Paternal Substitute: Eric is probably a better father figure to Mini than her biological one, especially since he tracks down a heavily-pregnant Mini before she runs away with Franky.
You're Not My Father: Mini's initial attitude towards him.

U.S. Cast

The Kids

Tony Schneider

Played by: James Newman
British Counterpart: Tony Stonem

All Guys Want Cheerleaders: Has a thing for Tea.
Anti-Hero: Type V.
Incompatible Orientation: With Tea.
Jerkass

Michelle Reinhart

Played by: Rachel Thevenard
British Counterpart: Michelle Richardson

Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: How she sees her mother.
Obfuscating Stupidity: As the principal points out during Michelle's episode, Michelle is very intelligent and gifted, but dumbs herself down to attract boys and hard-partying friends.
Selective Obliviousness: She's pretty much the only one who doesn't know Tony's been cheating on her.

Stanley Lucerne

Played by: Daniel Flaherty
British Counterpart: Sid Jenkins

Anti-Hero: Type I.
A Date with Rosie Palms: In Tony's episode and again in Cadie's episode, this time on Michelle's bed while holding her teddy bear.
The Precious Precious Car: Steals his father's car only for it to blow up after being caught driving without a license, although it's actually The Alleged Car and it was precious for sentimental reason.
The Stoner

Chris Collins

Played by: Jesse Carere
British Counterpart: Chris Miles

Expy: While the other Skins US characters have been developed beyond their British inspirations somewhat, he remains essentially a direct copy of the original Chris, if a bit meaner.
Hot For Teacher
Life of the Party: Relative to the other characters, that is. Though at least one person thinks it's an Informed Attribute.
The Stoner

Cadie Campbell

Played by: Britne Oldford
British Counterpart: Cassie Ainsworth

But Not Too Black
Cloudcuckoolander
Dull Surprise
Knife Nut
No Medication for Me
Race Lift: Cassie was White, while Cadie is biracial (Black and White).
Room Full of Crazy: What her mom thinks of her room. Your mileage may vary.
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: She is terrified of birds (pigeons in particular).

Tea Marvelli

Played by: Sofia Black D'elia
British Counterpart: Maxxie Oliver

All Gays Are Promiscuous: Tea isn't interested in a relationship; she just wants sex.
All Guys Want Cheerleaders: Much to her dismay.
The Cheerleader
A Date with Rosie Palms: In her episode.
Gayngst
Gender Flip
In the Blood: Turns out her grandmother is also a lesbian, or at least bisexual.
It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY": Her name is pronounced TAY-uh, not like the drink.
Lipstick Lesbian
The Mafia: It's implied that her dad is a member.
No Bisexuals: Many have pointed out that having Tea come out as bisexual would be a great solution to the Tony/Tea/Betty triangle, appeasing both Tea/Tony shippers and queer fans upset about the show resorting to an offensive cliche. However, Word of God has confirmed that she is a lesbian, not bisexual, and her interest in Tony is strictly friendly and she's just confused. Um, okay...
Twofer Token Minority: Lesbian and (half-)Jewish.

Daisy Valero

Played by: Camille Crescencia-Mills
British Counterpart: Jal Fazer

Buxom Is Better
Elegant Classical Musician: Like Jal, although Daisy plays the trumpet.
Friends with Benefits: With Abbud, though the moment slightly hints at something more.
Mistaken for Gay: By Tea's family.
Only Sane Woman: Like her British counterpart, Daisy tends to play this role - though she is a bit wilder than Jal was.
Race Lift: Jal was Black; Daisy is Latina (though she looks more Filipina than she does Latina, as Camille is half-Filipina).
Team Mom: Even more so than Jal.
Their First Time: She and Abbud lose their virginity to each other in her Season 1 episode.

Abbud Siddiky

Played by: Ron Mustafaa
British Counterpart: Anwar Kharral

All Guys Want Cheerleaders: Has a thing for Tea.
Friends with Benefits: How his relationship with Daisy starts out.
Girl-On-Girl Is Hot: Why he went to Tea's "Big Gay Night Out". Was disappointed when they turned out to be much more interested in each other than in the dudes like him looking on.
Incompatible Orientation: With Tea.
Nature Abhors a Virgin: Not anymore apparently, as of Daisy's Season 1 episode.