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Skins introduces a new cast of characters every two seasons. The US cast section could use some work.
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== First Generation ==
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* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Ambiguously Gay|Ambiguously Bi]]: It's never made clear whether his dalliance with
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Initially [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|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
* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: In-universe, even.
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Subverted in that {{spoiler|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]]: {{spoiler|Almost resulted in [[Redemption Equals Death]] in the
* [[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
* [[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]],
* [[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
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Sociopathic Hero]]
* [[Toxic Friend Influence]]
* [[The Vamp]]: Male example.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]:
* [[Wicked Cultured]]
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* [[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
* [[Green Eyes]]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Jal.
* [[The Masochism Tango]]: With Tony.
* [[Ojou]]
* [[Romantic False Lead]]: For {{spoiler|Sid}}.
* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Finally subverted towards the end of Series 1.
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: The seductress.
* [[Woman Scorned]]: In her
=== Sidney "Sid" Jenkins ===
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'''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
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: With Cassie, in
* [[Slobs Versus Snobs]]: With [[Smug Snake|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 Name Out|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
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{{quote|Played by: Hannah Murray}}
* [[Anything That Moves]]
*
*
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Cool Shades]]
* [[Ditzy Genius]]: Mainly in
* [[Driven to Suicide]]
** [[Interrupted Suicide]]: Thanks to Jal.
* [[Dull Surprise]]: Occasionally, such as when she catches
*
* [[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 {{spoiler|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
*
* [[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]]
*
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: With Sid in
* [[Stepford Smiler]]
* {{spoiler|[[Sticky Fingers]]}}
* [[Super OCD]]: A mild example.
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: The child.
* [[Through the Eyes of Madness]]: In her
*
* [[Verbal Tic]]
* [[Woman in White]]
* [[Woman Scorned]]: Throughout
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type I.
*
* [[Can't Get Away with Nuthin']]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Fuck it".
*
* [[Fun T-Shirt]]
*
*
* [[Life of the Party]]: Well, they all are, but Chris more than anyone.
* [[Male Frontal Nudity]]
* [[The Messiah]]: He loves everyone and everything
* [[New Job Episode]]: His
* [[Nice Guy]]
*
* [[Opposites Attract]]: With Jal.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: With Cassie.
* [[Second Love]]:
* [[The Stoner]]: Perhaps also the [[Erudite Stoner]].
* [[Teacher-Student Romance]]: With Angie.
*
* [[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
*
=== Jalander "Jal" Fazer ===
{{quote|Played by: Larissa Wilson}}
* {{spoiler|[[Broken Bird]]}}: In Series 2.
* [[Closer to Earth]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Elegant Classical Musician]]
*
*
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Michelle.
* [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Woman]]: Tends to play the voice of reason among the characters.
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* [[The Smart Guy]]: She tends to play this role, even though Tony and Cassie are arguably smarter.
* [[Team Mom]]
*
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: The mother.
* [[Token Minority]]
* [[Uptight Loves Wild]]: [[Gender
* [[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 ===
{{quote|Played by: [[Mitch Hewer]]}}
* [[All Gays Love Theater]]: Dancing is more his thing, but he does love the theater.
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* [[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.
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* [[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.
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=== Elizabeth "Effy" Stonem ===
{{quote|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]]
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* [[Odd Friendship]]: With Pandora.
* [[Parental Favoritism]]: Her mother definitely prefers her over Tony.
* [[Silent Bob]]: In
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Gets hinted at in her
* [[The Stoic]]
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== Family ==
=== Anthea Stonem ===
{{quote|Played by: Morwenna Banks}}
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* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: Both the receiver and giver.
* [[Jerkass]]:
*
*
* [[The Unfavourite]]
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=== Graham Miles ===
* [[Dramatic Irony]]:
* [[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. {{spoiler|That is, until Chris dies}}.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
=== Chris's mother ===
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* [[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
=== Abigail Stock ===
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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Though it's more that he turns out to ''not be so nice'' once Tony screws him over.
*{{spoiler|[[Complete Monster]]: He drugs Effy and tries to force Tony to have sex with her while she's unconscious.}}
*{{spoiler|[[Karma Houdini]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Romantic False Lead]]}}: For Michelle.
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: In Effy's episode.
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* [[Hot for Student]]
*
=== Doug ===
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== Second Generation ==
== The Kids ==
=== Elizabeth "Effy" Stonem ===
{{quote|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]]
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* [[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
* [[The Ophelia]]
* [[Room Full of Crazy]]: In Freddie's
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: In
* [[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
* [[Unkempt Beauty]]
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* [[Genius Ditz]]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Effy.
*
* [[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.
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{{quote|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.
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* [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French]]
* [[Foreign Cuss Word]]: "Merde" (meaning "shit") is a favorite of his.
*
* [[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
* [[Token Minority]]
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: His
* [[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 ===
{{quote|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 {{spoiler|outing Emily to her sister}}.
* [[Freudian Trio]]: Usually the Ego, occasionally the Super-ego.
* [[Good with Numbers]]
* [[Incompatible Orientation]]:
* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: Subverted
* [[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 {{spoiler|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.
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't mention his mum.
* [[Big Eater]]
* [[
* [[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]]:
* [[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
=== Frederick "Freddie" Mclair ===
{{quote|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,
* [[Freudian Trio]]: Usually the Super-ego (lampshaded by [[The Id|Cook]] when he calls him a "fun-sponge"), occasionally the Ego.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Cook.
*
* [[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]]
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{{quote|Played by: Megan Prescott}}
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: At least, she aspires to be one. Particularly in
* [[Broke Episode]]: Her
* [[Different As Night and Day]]
* [[Everybody Smokes]]: Averted, notably she's the only teenage character to outright state that they don't smoke
* [[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 [[Different As Night and Day|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
* [[No Periods, Period]]:
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The red oni to Emily's blue oni, especially in Series 3. Less so in
* [[Romantic False Lead]]:
* [[Tsundere]]
* [[Twincest]]: The writers basically went to town with Katie/Emily subtext in their
=== Emily Fitch ===
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* [[Gayngst]]
* [[Lipstick Lesbian]]
* [[Odd Friendship]]: With
* [[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
* [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]]
* [[Single-Target Sexuality]]: Naomi.
=== Naomi Campbell ===
{{quote|Played by: Lily Loveless}}
* [[All Take and No Give]]:
* [[Armored Closet Gay]]: At first.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]
* [[First Kiss]]: {{spoiler|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
* [[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
*** Also, it's [[Lampshade Hanging|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
* [[Odd Friendship]]: With Cook, by
** And oddly enough, Effy as well, though the moments are fleeting. Evidenced in JJ's
* [[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]]:
== Family ==
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{{quote|Played by: Harry Enfield}}
* [[Put on a Bus]]: Partway through
=== Angela Moon ===
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* [[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.
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{{quote|Played by: Maureen Lipman}}
* [[Unsuspectingly Soused]]: Doesn't realize tea plants are marijuana
=== Celia Jones ===
{{quote|Played by: Juliet Cowan}}
* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: When she accidentally calls Lara a "slut" in JJ's
=== Edward Jones ===
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{{quote|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
* [[Mrs. Robinson]]: Has sex with
* [[Really Gets Around]]
=== James Cook, Sr ===
{{quote|Played by: Matt King}}
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{{quote|Played by: Ronnie Ancona}}
* [[Break the Haughty]]: In Katie's
* [[Smug Snake]]
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* [[Bumbling Dad]]
* [[Overprotective Dad]]: "If they're not still virgins tomorrow, I'll hunt you down like dogs."
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Series 4. {{spoiler|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 {{spoiler|with Naomi's cheating}}.
=== James Fitch ===
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{{quote|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
* [[New Age Retro Hippie]]
== Supporting Cast ==
=== Johnny White ===
{{quote|Played by: Mackenzie Crook}}
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{{quote|Played by: Georgia Henshaw}}
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: A mild case, but she does basically exist just to be
* [[Teen Pregnancy]]
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* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Complete Monster]]
* [[If I Can't Have You]]
* [[Mind Rape]]: Attempts this on Effy.
* [[The Shrink]]: A particularly extreme Type 1.
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]
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{{quote|Played by: Ben Evans}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: Unknowingly presses Katie's in her
* [[Biggus Dickus]]: What Katie claims him to be.
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* [[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
=== Kieran Macfoeinaiugh ===
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* [[The Alleged Car]]:
{{quote|'''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.
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{{quote|Played by: Victoria Wicks}}
* [[Put on a Bus]]: After
=== David Blood ===
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* [[Sadist Teacher]]: Seems to take pleasure in expelling people.
* [[Tyrant Takes the Helm]]: Sweeps in at the beginning of
=== T. Love ===
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== Third Generation ==
== The Kids ==
=== Francesca "Franky" Fitzgerald ===
{{quote|Played by: Dakota Blue Richards}}
* [[Aborted Arc]]: The reasons behind her [[Freak-Out]] in the
* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]
* [[Ambiguously Gay|Ambiguously Lesbian]]: She is referred to as a lesbian by some character early in the season, but
* [[Badass Longcoat]]
* [[Beautiful All Along]]: In her first episode after her makeover.
* [[Bifauxnen]]: She has a very butch/androgynous way of dressing.
* {{spoiler|[[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
* [[Cool Loser]]
* {{spoiler|[[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]]
* {{spoiler|[[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: In the novel, she cuts her hair short like in the series}}.
* [[Freaky Is Cool]]
* [[Friendship Moment]]: "You got a lighter?"
*
* [[Has Two Mommies|Has Two Daddies]]
* [[Hates Being Touched]]
* [[Headphones Equal Isolation]]
* [[The Heart]]
* [[Hidden Depths]]: She's a skilled animator, DJ, photographer and [[Chekhov's Skill|tailor]].
** And as of
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Lampshaded almost word-for-word after {{spoiler|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]]
* [[Mr. Imagination|Ms Imagination]]
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* [[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.
* [[Tomboy]]
* [[Tomboyish Name|Tomboyish Nickname]]
* {{spoiler|[[
* {{spoiler|[[Trauma Conga Line]]: Happens in the novel, when we see the extent of the bullying at her previous school}}.
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With {{spoiler|Mini and Nick}}.
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* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: Tries to do this, only it doesn't go well.
* [[Canine Companion]]: [[Stock Animal Name|Rags]] the dog, it's pretty much his breaking point when his [[My Beloved Smother|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 {{spoiler|his father ends up in the hospital}}.
** {{spoiler|[[Secret Relationship]]: Again, with Mini}}.
* [[Growing Up Sucks]]: The theme of his
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With [[Vitriolic Best Buds|Rich]]. {{spoiler|As of the
* [[The Internet Is for Porn]]
* [[Life of the Party]]
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* [[Odd Friendship]]: With Mini.
* [[Redheaded Hero]]
* [[Scarily Competent Tracker]]: Well
* [[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.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Drunken Song]]
* {{spoiler|[[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: In the
* {{spoiler|[[The First Cut Is the Deepest]]}}: In his
* [[Fool for Love]]
* [[Headphones Equal Isolation]]
* [[In Vino Veritas]]
* [[Jerkass]]/[[Jerkass Facade]]: [[Fan Dumb|His musical snobbery towards anything that isn't metal is ''extremely'' grating]].
** Particularly in his Series 5 episode to {{spoiler|Grace}}, who {{spoiler|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 [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|likeable]] since then due to his relationship with {{spoiler|Grace}}.
* [[Odd Couple]]: With Grace.
* [[Opposites Attract]]: Grace even name-drops the trope.
* [[Prince Charming]]: He becomes one in Grace's
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]
* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: With
* [[Sensory Abuse]]: Temporarily loses his hearing after listening to the "heaviest" record ever made.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: [[The Dandy|Complete with body moisturizer.]]
* [[The Snark Knight]]
* [[Team Chef]]
* {{spoiler|[[Wacky Marriage Proposal]]: To Grace while quoting ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' referencing [[Fourth Date Marriage]]
=== Mini McGuinness ===
{{quote|Played by: Freya Mavor}}
* [[Aborted Arc]]: {{spoiler|Mini's sexuality is arguably a case of this
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: First there is her one-sided love for Nick, {{spoiler|and then her unrequited "girl crush" on Franky
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Possibly a deconstruction of the trope.
* [[Bad Bad Acting]]: She goes into a [[Narm
*
* [[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
* {{spoiler|[[Compensated Dating]]: In the novel, a guy she's with turns out to be a registered sex offender
* [[Control Freak]]
* [[Dark Secret]]:
* [[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.
*
**
* [[Freudian Trio]]: The ego.
* [[Girl Posse]]: Well, to start with anyway. {{spoiler|Not anymore}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]]}}
*
* [[I Just Want to Be Beautiful]]
* [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]]: Says this to {{spoiler|Matty}}, about {{spoiler|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.
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* [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: Eventually.
* [[Make Way for the Princess]]
* [[The Matchmaker]]: Tries to do this with
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: Mainly towards Franky.
* [[Odd Couple]]: With Franky
* [[Passive-Aggressive Kombat]]: Her specialty.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: [[Odd Friendship|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
* [[Sleep Mask]]
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]
* [[Stepford Smiler]]
* [[Suddenly Sexuality]]: How some fans see {{spoiler|her "girl crush" on Franky}}, arising as it does toward the end of the season, after all her drama with Nick. {{spoiler|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}}.
* {{spoiler|[[
* {{spoiler|[[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 Hero
* [[Tsundere]]: [[Alternative Character Interpretation|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).
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* [[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
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: The seductress.
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: In Grace's
* [[Toxic Friend Influence]]: Noticeably after her
* [[With Friends Like These...]]: Mini.
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* [[Ballet|The Ballerina]]
* [[Beta Couple]]: With Rich.
*
** {{spoiler|It gets to a point where Mini considers her [[The Eeyore]]
* [[The Cutie]]
* [[Daddy's Girl]]
* [[Dark Secret]]:
* [[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).
* [[Extreme Doormat]]: Played with.
* [[Fairy Tale Motifs]]
* [[For Happiness]]
*
*
* [[Freudian Trio]]: The superego.
* [[Longing for Fictionland]]
* [[Nice Guy|Nice Girl]]
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* [[Ojou]]
* [[Opposites Attract]]: Grace mentions the trope by name, as it appears to be the case between her and Rich.
* [[Playing Cyrano]]: To
* [[Preppy Name]]: Also a [[Names to Trust Immediately]].
* [[Princess Classic]]: She's not actually a princess, but this trope gets referenced and [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructed]] with regard to her character.
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]
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* [[Team Mom]]
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: The mother.
*
*
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* [[Adorkable]]: Post-[[Character Development]].
* [[Always Someone Better]]: How he sees his brother.
* {{spoiler|[[Ambiguously Gay|Ambiguously Bisexual]]}}: How a lot of fans are interpreting the {{spoiler|picture of him kissing new gay character Alex}} from the latter's upcoming episode.
* [[Analogy Backfire]]:
{{quote|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]]: [["Well Done, Son" Guy|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.
**
* [[Missing Mom]]
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Both he and Mini are shallow love interests to each other, at least initially.
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]
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{{quote|Played by: Sebastian De Souza}}
* [[Ambiguously Gay|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
* [[Black Sheep]]
* [[Birds of a Feather]]:
* [[Dull Surprise]]
* [[Five-Finger Discount]]
* [[Genius Book Club]]: He can be seen reading Stephen Hawking's ''A Brief History of Time'' in Grace's
** Plus his profile on the E4 website.
* [[Master of the Mixed Message]]
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* [[The Stoic]]
* [[Toxic Friend Influence]]
* [[The Tramp]]: Until Nick's
* [[Troubled but Cute]]
=== Alex Henley ===
{{quote|Played by: Sam Jackson}}
* [[All Gays Are Promiscuous]]
* [[The Gambling Addict]]
* [[Invisible to Gaydar]]
* [[Mistaken for Subculture|Mistaken For Prostitute]]
* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[Put on a Bus]]: Literally, in the
* [[Sixth Ranger]]: Was announced as a new "main cast" character who would be introduced in
== Family ==
=== Geoff Cumber and Jeff Woodburn ===
{{quote|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]]
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=== Kevin Hardbeck ===
{{quote|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]]
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=== Shelley McGuinness ===
{{quote|Played by: Clare Grogan}}
* [[All Men Are Perverts]]: Her views on men boils down to this.
* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents|Amazingly Embarrassing Parent]]
* [[Hot Mom]]: What she considers herself to be.
* [[Really Gets Around]]: In sharp contrast to her daughter
=== Maude Malone ===
* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: To Liv, at times.
* [[Black and Nerdy]]
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=== Bella Malone ===
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: To Liv, at times.
* [[Mama Didn't Raise No Criminal]]
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* [[Break the Motivational Speaker]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: 'Man Up' and bizarrely 'Peace Out'.
* [[The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes]]
* [[Education Mama|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
=== Catherine Creevey ===
{{quote|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]]
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* [[Being Personal Isn't Professional]]:Why he insists on keeping his relationship with {{spoiler|his daughter Grace}} a secret so it doesn't compromise his position.
* [[The "B" Grade]]: Invokes this trope by threatening to send {{spoiler|Grace}} to [[Gilded Cage|Mayberry's College for Young Ladies]] against her will if she gets less than A on her drama exam,
* [[Camp Straight]]
* [[Control Freak]]
* [[Dean Bitterman]]
* [[Death Glare]]: Gives quite a formidable one to {{spoiler|Rich}} while they are having dinner.
* {{spoiler|[[Education Mama|Education Papa]]: Considering he's the principal of a school this is hardly
* [[Evilly Affable]]
* [[Happily Married]]:
** To the point of [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]] with the dancing and the pea song.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: On a regular basis. {{spoiler|But expelling all of Grace's friends from college stands out}}.
* {{spoiler|[[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.
*
* [[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 [[Take That|which he vomits his sandwich onto.]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Overprotective Dad]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Parental Marriage Veto]]}}
* [[Sadist Teacher]]: As he put it,
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]
* [[Sharp-Dressed Man]]
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{{quote|Played By: Justin Edwards}}
* [[Parental Substitute|Paternal Substitute]]: Eric is probably a better father figure to Mini than her biological one, {{spoiler|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.
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=== Tony Schneider ===
{{quote|Played by: James Newman
''British Counterpart: Tony Stonem''
* [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders]]: Has a thing for Tea.
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=== Michelle Reinhart ===
{{quote|Played by: Rachel Thevenard
''British Counterpart: Michelle Richardson''
* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: How she sees her mother.
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=== Stanley Lucerne ===
{{quote|Played by: Daniel Flaherty
''British Counterpart: Sid Jenkins''
* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type I]].
* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: In Tony's episode and again in Cadie's episode, [[Squick|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]]
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=== Chris Collins ===
{{quote|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 Student|Hot For Teacher]]
* [[Life of the Party]]: Relative to the other characters, that is. Though [https://web.archive.org/web/20131112083042/http://www.rophydoes.com/skins-recaps/us/107-michelle/ at least one person] thinks it's an [[Informed Attribute]].
* [[The Stoner]]
=== Cadie Campbell ===
{{quote|Played by: Britne Oldford
''British Counterpart: Cassie Ainsworth''
* [[But Not Too Black]]
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=== Tea Marvelli ===
{{quote|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
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: Her name is pronounced TAY-uh, not like the drink.
* [[Lipstick Lesbian]]
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=== Daisy Valero ===
{{quote|Played by: Camille Crescencia-Mills
''British Counterpart: Jal Fazer''
* [[Buxom Is Better]]
* [[Elegant Classical Musician]]: Like Jal, although Daisy plays the trumpet.
* {{spoiler|[[Friends with Benefits]]: With Abbud, though the moment slightly hints [[Just Friends|at something more
* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: By Tea's family.
* [[Only Sane Man|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.
* {{spoiler|[[Their First Time]]: She and Abbud lose their virginity to each other in her Season 1 episode
=== Abbud Siddiky ===
{{quote|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
* [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot]]: Why he went to Tea's "Big Gay Night Out
* [[Incompatible Orientation]]: With Tea.
* [[Nature Abhors a Virgin]]: {{spoiler|Not anymore apparently, as of Daisy's Season 1 episode
=== Eura Schneider ===
{{quote|Played by: Eleanor Zichy
''British Counterpart: Effy Stonem''
* [[The Voiceless]]
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