List of Hannah Montana characters explained

This list of Hannah Montana characters includes characters appearing in the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana as well as the related film . The characters listed are almost all fictional, except for stars who make guest appearances. Still others, such as Aunt Dolly, intentionally blur the line between fiction and non-fiction.

Main

Miley Stewart

See main article: Miley Stewart. Miley Ray Stewart (Miley Cyrus) is the teen main character of Hannah Montana. As her alter ego, Hannah Montana, she secretly lives a double life as a famous pop star. One of the concept names for her alter ego was Alexis Texas, but the writers learned there was an adult entertainer with the same name of Alexis Texas.[1] Eventually the writers decided to use the real first name of the star, Miley Cyrus. Her best friends are Lilly and Oliver. Throughout the series she keeps her alias as Hannah Montana a secret from the world, but eventually tells several people throughout the show such as Lilly, Oliver, Siena, Jake, and Jesse. Her main love interests are Jake and Jesse, along with occasional crushes. She is known to say "Sweet niblets!" "Ya think?" and "Say what?" as her catch phrases.

Robby Stewart

See main article: Robby Stewart. Robby Ray Stewart (Billy Ray Cyrus) is the widower father of Jackson and Miley Stewart. He is also Hannah Montana's manager, who was a former country singer. As Miley's father, he is also referred to as Hannah's father whenever they appear together publicly. Even though he wears a fake mustache and a hat as a disguise, he does not use a fake name. He takes pride in his hair and his shampoo collection. Whenever one of Hannah's songs becomes a hit—instead of attributing it to Hannah— he, jokingly, takes the credit himself as her main songwriter. He is a loving and caring father but knows when serious discipline is necessary. He is possibly named after singer Rod Stewart.

Jackson Stewart

Jackson Rod Stewart (Jason Earles) is the older teenage brother of Miley Stewart and son of Robby Stewart. He is known for his goofy, lazy and disgusting habits. Jackson is a regular character in Hannah Montana. In the episode "He Could Be the One", Jackson does not take part in the actual story, but appears as a third-person omniscient narrator, though still appearing in character. Jackson also has a central role in the feature film .

Like the rest of his family, Jackson is from Tennessee. He moved to Malibu, California, with his father Robby and sister Miley after the death of his mother. In an off-handed remark in "Song Sung Bad," Jackson implausibly suggests the reason for this move involved an embarrassing incident with a Tennessean girlfriend. When Jackson first attended school in California, he was made fun of for wearing his accent, cowboy hat, boots, and large belt buckle with shining bright lights to school.

Jackson and Miley constantly bicker and compete for their father's approval. Miley often finds Jackson's antics disgusting and Jackson sometimes thinks that Miley is too full of herself. However, in private and when needed, both Miley and Jackson are able to express their love and appreciation for each other and maintain a healthy sibling relationship. Jackson even goes to great lengths to help Miley when she gets herself in serious trouble on several occasions. Jackson states that even though they prank each other, he would never bring it into the "Hannah World", meaning he would not go so far as damage her public image as Hannah Montana.

Despite being the first born, and therefore having high expectations from Robby, Jackson constantly lives under Miley's, or rather Hannah's, shadow. Unlike Robby, Lilly and Oliver, Jackson does not attend Hannah events in disguise. This is at first because he exploits his connection with Hannah to impress his dates.[2] Later, in "My Boyfriend's Jackson and There's Gonna Be Trouble" a paparazzi photographer follows Miley and Jackson home from a concert and reports that they are dating. After this incident, Jackson publicly declares his love for Hannah is "like a sister," but still keeps her secret. In "We Are Family: Now Get Me Some Water!" he openly works as Hannah's "assisticant." He also sometimes works as her chauffeur.[3] While working as Hannah's chauffeur, Jackson is sometimes forced to miss his own activities. He reveals in "Bad Moose Rising" that he really does not mind driving her, as long as she shows appreciation. After Miley gets her license in Season 3 this is no longer an issue.

Lilly Truscott

Lillian "Lilly" Truscott (Emily Osment) is the best friend of Miley Stewart. She also becomes Oliver Oken's girlfriend in Season 3 and 4. When Miley is Hannah, Lilly is under the alias Lola Luftnagle, and also "Lola LaFonda." She is also close friends with Hannah Montana and part of her entourage. Lilly/Lola has a huge crush on Orlando Bloom in the episode "The Test Of My Love" and tells Miley that she will see "the Lilly Bloom" when Orlando finally meets her. She also plays a central role in the film . The character was originally named Lilly Romero and then changed to Lilly Truscott. Miley Cyrus first auditioned for the role but was cast as the main character instead.[4] Emily Osment auditioned for the role after Cyrus was cast.[5]

Lilly was born in and grew up in California and was childhood friends with Oliver. She met Oliver in kindergarten and was best friends with him ever since. In "Judge Me Tender", she describes him as a dead beat when she first met him. She recently lived with her mother Heather Truscott (Heather Locklear) in Malibu. Heather appears in one episode, "Lilly's Mom Has Got It Goin' On," where she briefly dates Miley's father Robby. Lilly's parents are divorced, and her father is an accountant.[6] In Season 1, Lilly claims to have a brother but this is contradicted by her in Season 3. In "Miley Get Your Gum," Lilly refers to her brother's pet hamster. However, in the episode "Cheat it" Lilly says "Sometimes I wish I had a brother, then I come over here. All better!" In the Season 3 episode "The Wheel Near My Bed (Keeps on Turnin')," she moves in with the Stewarts' when her mother gets a job in Atlanta. But after she hears that Miley does not like her staying with them, she goes to stay at her dad Kenneth's (Jon Cryer) apartment only to find it even worse than the Stewart's house. Once Lilly and Miley make up, Lilly goes back to staying at the Stewart's house.

Lilly and Miley have been best friends since about the 6th grade.[7] She discovers Miley's secret in the pilot episode, "Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret?" when she sneaks into Hannah's dressing room after a concert, and she sees the lucky bracelet that she had given Miley earlier in the episode. In order to help Miley keep her secret, Lilly attends all Hannah Montana events wearing a disguise and posing as Hannah's companion and assistant "Lola Luftnagle." Lilly first comes up with the name "Lola LaFonda" for her alter ego in the episode "Miley Get Your Gum", but she would later settle on Luftnagle in "It's My Party And I'll Lie If I Want To", which is used in all subsequent episodes. Lilly claims that Lola is the "daughter of oil baron Rudolph Luftnagle, [and] sister of socialites Bunny and Kiki Luftnagle." Another alter ego of Lilly's is Lola LaBamba, whose wig is turquoise.

Unlike Lilly, who wears a lot of hoodies, sneakers and athletic pants, Lola wears very tight clothes in loud colors. Emily Osment once said in a backstage interview that Lola has some very tight pants that are impossible to sit in. Lola wears a lot of jewelry like rings, necklaces, huge earrings and bangles. Lola usually wears a short, brightly colored wig, though the Season 3 wig is a bit longer than the wigs used in Season 1 and 2. In most episodes Lola wears a differently colored wig, from white to red to purple to pink to blue (in one episode Traci Van Horne refers to Lola as a "bitter anime character"). Emily Osment has said that she has around 80 wigs for Lola and that her personal favorites are the purple and white wigs.[8] Lola is not dating Mike as said in "He Could Be The One". Instead, she is dating Justin Timberlake, according to an internet rumor she has "no idea" who started. Emily Osment said in a backstage interview that she is more like Lola than Lilly and that she loves Lola's clothes and wants to keep them. Lola did not appear in Hannah Montana: The Movie.

Although Lilly is dating Oliver, she looks at other guys. In "Once, Twice, Three Times Afraidy", she gazed at Tim, an old friend from camp, causing Oliver to point to the menu on the side, showing his muscles. Also, in "He Could Be The One", she gave advice to Miley stating, "whatever choice you make, it's gonna be okay... let's face it, they're both gorgeous!", making Oliver mad. However, other than calling other boys attractive, she never cheats on Oliver.

Lilly experiences a few short-lived dating relationships and only one serious one. She dates actor Jake Ryan (Cody Linley) at a 70s dance until Miley's jealously breaks them up, and her schoolmate Lucas (Sterling Knight) until Miley discovers he is a cheater.

Miley also has a dream in which Lilly starts dating Jackson and must learn to accept her friend for who she is. When Miley wakes up, she believes the dream was real and is pleasantly surprised when Lilly reacts with disgust.

In "You Are So Sue-able to Me," Lilly has a crush on her schoolmate Matt Marshall, but it is never revealed if they actually dated. After Matt asks Lilly to a dance, Miley tries to get Lilly to change her tomboy image so that Matt will find her more attractive. However, Matt gets turned off by Lilly's new look and stands her up. Lilly and Matt reconcile at the end of the episode after Miley was found liable for Lilly's suffering in the Teen Court. Lilly's celebrity crush is Orlando Bloom. Bloom is a recurring off-screen character in the show whom Lilly sometimes harasses at parties as Lola. She also has a crush on Justin Timberlake and supposedly spread a rumor that he is dating Lola.

In the Season 3 episode "Uptight (Oliver's Alright)", it is mentioned that Lilly had a crush on her French teacher during 7th grade. She wore a beret to school and said "Oui, Oui" so much that people started calling her "Tinkles Truscott".[9]

Lilly starts her most significant and successful relationship when she started dating Oliver Oken in Season 3 of the series. Their friendship started in preschool when Lilly held his hand in order to share his crayons. "He had the 64-Pack with the sharpener!" Said Lilly. The two were best friends for years until one night after a beach party where they decided to date. At the time, Miley was away shooting her feature film Indiana Joannie, then later finds out in "What I Don't Like About You." However, after an argument over their favorite bands (Radiohead for Lilly and Coldplay for Oliver), they broke up. Miley made a mini-Indiana Joannie movie, and they made up and resumed dating. They attended prom together in Promma Mia. In "He Could Be The One," Lilly says she loves Oliver. Their nicknames for each other are "Olly-pop" and "Lilly-pop." In "I Honestly Love You (No Not You)" Lilly tells Miley that Oliver calls her "Lilly-pop" because she had a pimple.

In "I Honestly Love You (No Not You)" a love triangle seemingly develop between the trio of friends when Miley (while asleep in the hospital because of a broken ankle) overhears Oliver say "I love you" to her while unconscious. This leads to Miley believe that Oliver is in love with her while dating Lilly. Miley thinks that all she has to do is wait until Lilly moves onto someone else, and that Oliver will change his mind. But when Lilly announces that she loves Oliver, Miley tells her the truth. Miley and Lilly then hatch a plan to get Oliver back only to find out that Oliver was in fact, practicing saying "I love you" so he could say it to Lilly. In the end of the episode, Lilly and Oliver both say that they love each other.

In "B-B-B-Bad To The Chrome," Lilly and Oliver celebrated their 100th day relationship anniversary which Oliver forgets at first and Lilly was upset. They make-up again after Rico helped them get back together by writing a fake poem and send it to Lilly but signed as "Oliver Oken."

In the episode "Judge Me Tender", Oliver's singing career takes off, but all the attention he receives causes him to neglect Lilly. As a result, Lilly asks Miley to boot him off the show which results in them breaking up. However, Miley lets Oliver succeed to the semi-finals. Afterward, Miley manages to talk some sense into Oliver, causing him to make up with Lilly.

Oliver Oken

Oliver Oscar Oken (Mitchel Musso) is the male best friend to Miley Stewart and Lilly Truscott. He later begins to date Lilly. He uses the alias Mike Standley III while attending events with Hannah Montana in order to keep Miley's secret. He often refers to himself in the third person as "Smokin' Oken".

Oliver was born July 3, 1992, and grew up in California and was childhood friends and Kindergarten friends with Lilly. In Judge Me Tender, Lilly describes him as a dead beat when she first met him. He met Miley in the 6th grade and has been her closest guy friend ever since. However, before he met her, he had spread a rumour that she ate possum. He lives with his mother Nancy Oken who works as a police officer, his overprotective father,[10] and a little brother. Oliver also has type 1 diabetes.

Oliver is Jewish, as revealed in a few episodes. He says his family keeps Kosher, and says his mom goes Mashugana, "crazy" in Yiddish.

In the first two episodes, Oliver is an overly enthusiastic Hannah Montana fan, saying "Hannah Montana is a goddess! I worship at her feet!" He has a record of stalking her and even dreams of one day marrying her. Miley mercifully reveals her secret to Oliver in the second episode. Since he has never had any romantic feelings for Miley, Oliver is freed from his Hannah obsession, but remains close personal friends with Miley.

He makes a brief appearance in Hannah Montana: The Movie at Lilly's sweet 16th birthday party and in the credits doing the Hoedown Throwdown. He and Rico are the only main characters from the series to have small roles in the film. Oliver has a small role in the film because Mitchel Musso was working on his music career during the filming.

In the episode "Everybody Was Best-Friend Fighting," Oliver creates a disguise to attend Hannah events without blowing Miley's secret, similar to how Lilly created Lola Luftnagle. Lilly helps Oliver come up with the disguise which consists of a fake goatee, aviator sunglasses, an upside-down visor, white and blue shorts and a zip-up hoodie since he only had a vampire costume as a disguise, so Lilly helped him. When asked for his name, Oliver thinks of the name "Mike Standley III", being inspired by a nearby mic stand.[11] Mike is not dating Lola, as said in "He Could Be the One".

Oliver has several dating relationships, but only two of them have been successful. He first dates Becca Weller whom Miley sets him up with after Becca confesses her feelings for Oliver to Hannah Montana in an email. (Becca was unaware that Hannah knew Oliver.) It is unknown how Oliver and Becca break up, but she only appears in one episode. Oliver later dates his classmate Sarah (Morgan York) with whom he is assigned a school project in which they must raise an imaginary child (a sack of flour). They break up after the project is due when they discover they have nothing in common, except their love for their imaginary flour child.

So far, Oliver's second longest relationship has been with Joannie Palumbo (Hayley Chase), whom he starts dating in "Joannie B. Goode." Miley and Lilly at first have a lot of animosity towards Joannie, but eventually Lilly becomes good friends with her and Miley accepts their relationship. Oliver and Joannie's relationship lasts for 11 more episodes until their amicable break up in "Papa's Got a Brand New Friend."

Oliver's most significant relationship and longest is with Lilly Truscott when they started dating in Season 3 of the series. In pre-school, Lilly held Oliver's hand for his crayons, with the reasoning, "He had the 64-pack with the sharpener!" For years, the two were best friends, but after a beach party they decided to start dating and we first see this in "What I Don't Like About You" while Miley was away shooting her feature film Indiana Joannie. However, after an argument over their favorite bands (Radiohead and Coldplay) they broke up but Miley made a mini-Indiana Joannie movie and they made up and resumed dating. They attended prom together in Promma Mia. The circumstances of their first date are under dispute by both Lilly and Oliver.

In "He Could Be The One", Lilly says that she loves Oliver. Their names for each other are Ollie-pop and Lilly-pop.

In "I Honestly Love You (No Not You)" a love triangle appears when Miley (while asleep in the hospital because of a broken ankle), overhears Oliver say "I love you" while talking to Miley. This leads to Miley believing that Oliver was in love with her while dating Lilly. Miley thinks that all she has to do is wait till Lilly moves onto someone else and that Oliver will change his mind. But when Lilly announces that she loves Oliver, Miley tells her the truth. Miley and Lilly then hatch a plan to get Oliver back only to find out that Oliver was in fact, practicing saying "I love you" so he could say it to Lilly. In the end of episode Lilly and Oliver both say that they love each other. It is also mentioned in this episode that Lilly is the only girl he has ever loved.

In "B-B-B-Bad to the Chrome," Lilly and Oliver celebrated their 100th day relationship anniversary which Oliver forgets at first and Lilly was upset. They make-up again after Rico helped them get back together by writing a fake poem and send it to Lilly but signed as "Oliver Oken". It is also revealed in this episode that whenever he and Lilly are not together, he gets in a bad mood.

In the episode "Judge Me Tender," Oliver's singing career takes off, but all the attention he receives causes him to neglect Lilly. As a result, Lilly asks Miley to boot him off the show which results in them breaking up. However, Miley lets Oliver succeed to the semi-finals. Afterward, Miley manages to talk some sense into Oliver, causing him to make up with Lilly. In "Got to Get Her out of My House", Oliver and Lilly try and buy a car together. Also in the same episode, Rico insults Lilly and makes Oliver very angry to the point he tries to beat him up, much to Rico's delight. The final episode they say I love you to each other again and kiss. Oliver's celebrity crushes include Hannah Montana (until he finds out that Miley is Hannah), Mandy Moore, Jessica Simpson and Taylor Swift.

Rico Suave

Rico Suave[12] (Moisés Arias) is the young manager of "Rico's Surf Shop," a concession stand located on the beach near the Stewarts' home. Rico's Surf Shop is known for being very organized, much more organized than Malibu and Seaview. He most commonly interacts with Jackson, his employee, despite the fact that Rico is several years younger. In Season 2 he also attends school with Miley, Lilly, and Oliver. Rico is the only main character unaware of Miley's double life.

Rico's first appearance is in "It's My Party and I'll Lie if I Want To", the fifth episode of Hannah Montana. He makes a total of five appearances in that season as a recurring character. His popularity led to his becoming a main character beginning with Season 2. Altogether, Rico has appeared in 58 episodes. He also makes a brief appearance in the film during Lilly's birthday party bash exploding through her cake. Although Rico does not know Miley's secret, he appears partly out of character in the episode "He Could Be the One" as an omniscient narrator who is aware of the secret. In this role Rico acts apart from the story. In the episode "Get Down Study-udy-udy", Rico had almost discovered Miley's secret according to the steps, the song used in the "Bone Dance" created by Miley and her voice. When Miley reveals herself on television as Hannah, Rico is shocked and horrified that he could not see the obvious, unable to talk to anyone afterward.

Rico comes from a very wealthy Latino family. His billionaire parents are often mentioned but never seen. He has a sister, a brother named Mateo (Mateo Arias), a cousin named Teresa, and an Australian/Mexican cousin nicknamed "Angus" whose real name is Alejandro Núñez González Umberto Sifuentes (Moisés Arias).

Jackson and Rico have a frenemy relationship. Rico often comes up with ways of making Jackson miserable or getting him in trouble. He is an unforgiving employer and sometimes fires Jackson, only to re-hire him later. Rico is usually successful in his practical jokes on Jackson because of his virtually unlimited financial resources. On a few rare occasions Jackson gets the last laugh with Rico, as seen in "Hannah In The Streets With Diamonds." (Rico called Jackson and his father "country dumpkins", and Jackson got angry.) In "Once, Twice, Three Times Afraidy" he tells Jackson that he is the closest thing to a best friend he has. In "Wherever I Go", Rico fires Jackson to force him to get a real job. After he fails, Rico gets him a real job as a video game tester saying (though it was hard for him) that Jackson is his best friend which Jackson reciprocates. When Miley reveals herself to be Hannah, Jackson at first gloats over Rico not knowing the secret but takes pity on him and cheers him up by having a choir sing of all the other people who did not figure it out.

The relationship Oliver and Rico have is practically the same as Jackson and Rico. Rico sometimes looks to Oliver as an older brother, but also as a target. He usually sees Oliver's complications and uses them against him, such as in "Don't Go Breaking My Tooth". He also takes heed in making fun and manipulating Jackson and Oliver, such as in "That's What Friends Are For?." When it comes to business matters, such as making a commercial for Rico's, he turns to Oliver. He also thinks of Oliver as a much more efficient employee than Jackson, as he once got a job and Rico said he was perfect. Oliver is also seen working at Rico's again in Season 3 in the episode "B-B-B-Bad To The Chrome" as well as in Season 1 in the episode "We Are Family – Now Get Me Some Water".

Major recurring

Jake Ryan

Leslie "Jake" Ryan portrayed by Cody Linley season 1–4) is an Emmy-nominated television and film actor best known for his role as a zombie slayer on the teen sitcom Zombie High. He had an on/off relationship with Miley, something that was ongoing throughout much of the series.

Jake got his start in acting as a baby, appearing in commercials for "Wonder Diapers". He later got his big break in Zombie High (Buffy the Vampire Slayer parody) and went on to star in feature films such as Teen Bigfoot, Teen Gladiator and the Sword of Fire, and Roger Buck: Intergalactic Bounty Hunter (Buck Rogers parody). He claims that his box office appeal is just as big as Shia LaBeouf's.[13] He also makes a brief appearance in the show Gotcha! (Candid Camera and Punk'd parody).

Jake first meets Miley at Seaview Middle School where he attends as a part-time learner before relocating. Jake's arrival at Seaview causes a big stir among the students who are all big fans of Zombie High and are starstruck at meeting him. Jake basks in the attention, although Miley, who is a superstar herself, fails to be impressed at his star power and believes that Jake should be treated as a normal kid. This is what first attracts Jake to Miley, and with time, Miley begins to realize that she has feelings for him too, even though she refused to admit it at first.

Throughout the course of Jake and Miley's relationship, the series explored one of its central themes – the ups and downs of celebrity life. Jake served as Miley's foil and represented the over-exposed lifestyle she is trying to avoid. While Jake often enjoys the benefits of being famous, he also admits to Miley "sometimes I wish I could just turn it off".

Jake and Miley first start dating in "People Who Use People", but their relationship lasts only a matter of minutes as Jake kisses Miley and then tells her he is going away to Romania for four months. (While he is there, it is extended to six months.) He returns in "Achy Jakey Heart" where Miley decides to forgive Jake and they restart their relationship. Jake reveals his real name 'Leslie' to Miley as his biggest secret and says that he is glad that they do not have to keep any more secrets from each other. Guilt eats Miley up, as she, too, has a secret, until she finally reveals to him that she is Hannah Montana. Their relationship, however, comes to an end again after Miley decides that Jake is too self-centered, and they agree to be just friends.

In "That's What Friends Are For?", Miley realizes that she is not over Jake, as she feels jealous about him spending time with Mikayla. Jake again returns in "Jake... Another Little Piece of My Heart" where it is revealed that both Jake and Miley still love each other but will not admit it. The relationship is on again for the third time in "He Could Be the One". Robby seems to have second thoughts about Jake because he has broken Miley's heart multiple times, but nevertheless he is supportive of the relationship.

In the Season 4 episode "It's the End of Jake As We Know It" Oliver gets a picture text to his phone of Jake cheating on Miley, so Miley confronts Jake during the taping of a Christmas special with guest star Sheryl Crow. This leads to their relationship ending for good.

Roxy Roker

Roxy Roker portrayed by Frances Callier season 1–2) is Miley's personal bodyguard who works for her when she is Hannah, and sometimes when she's Miley. Roxy takes her job very seriously and is known for her ridiculous attempts to keep Miley safe from danger. She is like family to the Stewarts, and sometimes watches the kids as a nanny, or helping cure Robby of sickness.

Roxy used to be a Marine where she learned most of her techniques. She was also a bodyguard for the famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma. She later worked as a security guard, and while on duty at a place called "Wig City", she met Miley and Robby for the first time. Miley was trying to create the Hannah disguise, and Roxy helped her pick an appropriate wig. She then took a job as her bodyguard. She briefly worked for the Secret Service presidential protection unit after saving the president from contaminated sushi. After this she returned to work for Hannah. Roxy also has 60 hours of firefighter training.[14]

Roxy's catchphrases are "Roxy like a Puma!" and "I got my eyes on you!" Among her special abilities are dicing a pineapple with a karate chop, crushing a baseball into fine powder, and squeezing through air ducts. In "Schooly Bully", Roxy attends Miley's school under the pretense of keeping her safe from a bully, while all along trying to teach Miley that she can deal with the bully herself. Roxy owns a pair of bulletproof pantyhose, which she says, "keeps bullets out; keeps Roxy in".

Roxy is single and lives in an apartment with her dog named Diddy. She earlier had a goldfish named Denzel. The only time Roxy is seen to be intimidated was upon meeting an old high school friend, Clarice Johnson. Roxy was insecure about her life, but later learned that she did not need to be.[15]

Roxy appears in "It's a Mannequin's World", "On the Road Again", "Schooly Bully", "Bad Moose Rising", "Take This Job and Love It", "When You Wish You Were the Star", "I Want You to Want Me... to Go to Florida", and "We're All On This Date Together".

Amber and Ashley

Amber Addison portrayed by Shanica Knowles and Ashley Dewitt portrayed by Anna Maria Perez de Tagle season 1–4) are extremely mean and snobby girls who are Miley and Lilly's classmates and bitter rivals. They are typical school divas, aka the mean girls, very popular among their peers and spoiled by their parents' money. Amber and Ashley are ironically both big Hannah Montana fans, despite their disdain for Miley. The girls first appear in the pilot episode and have since appeared in a total of 21 episodes. In the series finale, they now attend Stanford along with Miley and Lily and they like them now that they know that Miley is Hannah Montana.

Amber seems to be the more competent of the duo with Ashley typically following her lead. Amber is the editor of the school yearbook, a great singer, and is the first in the class to hold a valid driver's license.[16] [17] [18] Amber also does better in school, as it is revealed that Ashley often cheats off her test papers.[19] They both try out for the cheerleading squad but get turned down. Ashley claims it is because she is "too pretty".[20]

They are antagonistic towards Miley and Lilly, banishing them to the "losers' table" at lunch and placing them at the bottom of the "cool list", their annual listing of their classmates by their perceived coolness. In "The Idol Side of Me", Miley conspires with Lilly to embarrass Amber on live television with Lilly's "Green Gas" science project, thinking she deserves it. Miley (as Hannah) has her first honest conversation with Amber backstage and learns that when she was younger, Amber was bullied and made fun of. Miley begins to feel sorry for her and makes her promise to become a kinder person. In spite of this, Amber only fulfills her promise to a small extent and her bitterness towards Miley and superficial ways remain. In "Achey Jakey Heart", Amber and Ashley try to become Miley and Lilly's friends after Miley starts dating Jake Ryan. This gives Miley a small taste of why she maintains her Hannah secret, as Amber and Ashley only want to be her friend for selfish reasons. When Lily and Miley get into Stanford University, they become assigned dormmates to Amber and Ashley. The duo now want to be friends again for selfish reasons, as Miley's secret has been revealed.

Whenever Amber and Ashley happen to say something at the same time, they say together "Oooo, tsss!" and touch index fingers. This celebratory gesture becomes their trademark and a source of great annoyance to Miley and Lilly. At the end of the pilot episode, Miley and Lilly do the gesture in mockery of Amber and Ashley. Miley later initiates it with Lilly, but she refuses, and Miley says that they do a different handshake. In "It's a Mannequin's World", Roxy initiates the gesture with Robby, but passes on it because "he doesn't do that".

Amber and Ashley appear in "Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret?", "It's a Mannequin's World", "Mascot Love", "Ooh Ooh Itchy Woman", "New Kid in School", "Good Golly, Miss Dolly", "Money for Nothing, Guilt for Free", "The Idol Side of Me", "You Are So Sue-able to Me", "Achey Jakey Heart Part One", "When You Wish You Were the Star", "Song Sung Bad", "No Sugar, Sugar" (unaired), "Uptight (Oliver's Alright)", "Ready, Set, Don't Drive" and "Wherever I Go".

Traci van Horn

Traci van Horn portrayed by Romi Dames season 1–3) is a socialite and friend of Hannah Montana. Her record producer is her father and Miley counts his self-centered daughter, Traci as a close friend of Hannah's. Traci has had a frequent dislike for Hannah's friend, Lola, claiming that she is "so uncool". She has however, reluctantly accepted Lola at social events and maintains a friendly relationship with Hannah because of this. Traci talks with a nasal voice that is often noticed by others, which she claims is a "deviated septum" or else a "nasal condition". She and Jake Ryan prank Hannah on a reality TV show called Gotcha!, in which they make Hannah believe that the two are getting married. Hannah once went to Traci for boyfriend help when she asked to use her "faux-beau" to fool Lilly and Oliver (who believe that Miley is alone now that the two are dating). She seems to have a crush on Jackson, and is frequently having celebrity parties, in which Hannah and her friends go to (although Lilly only goes for the publicity).

Traci appears in "It's My Party and I'll Lie If I Want To", "Torn Between Two Hannahs", "My Boyfriend's Jackson and There's Gonna Be Trouble", "Cuffs Will Keep Us Together", "When You Wish You Were the Star", "Don't Stop 'Til You Get the Phone", "The Test of My Love", "Uptight (Oliver's Alright)", "Once, Twice, Three Times Afraidy", "Jake... Another Little Piece of My Heart", and "For (Give) a Little Bit".

Cooper

Cooper Montgomery portrayed by André Jamal Kinney season 1, also called "Coop", is Jackson's best friend in Season 1. Cooper has not made an appearance outside of Season 1, although he is mentioned, and it is assumed they still hang out. Cooper often plays the straight man to Jackson's antics. He works at a movie theater called "Nick's Fat City". He enjoys Shirley Temple cocktails, calling them "fruity and refreshing". He also has a secret love of baking, something he keeps secret because he believes it is a primarily female activity.

Cooper has a little sister named "Olivia" (Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly) who is a student on the East Coast. In "I Can't Make You Love Hannah if You Don't", Olivia visits Malibu on break where she meets Jackson. She agrees to go out with Jackson. Cooper gets mad at Jackson for flirting with his sister then he learns Olivia is Cooper's sister and she acts innocent. The incident causes a temporary rift in Jackson and Cooper's friendship. They are good friends again after Cooper realizes that everything was Olivia's fault.

Cooper appears in "Miley Get Your Gum", "She's a Supersneak", "I Can't Make You Love Hannah If You Don't", "It's a Mannequin's World", "Oops I Meddled Again", and "Money for Nothing, Guilt for Free". Cooper is mentioned but unseen in the episodes "My Boyfriend's Jackson and There's Gonna Be Trouble" and "Bad Moose Rising" where he and Jackson have plans to go to a Los Angeles Dodgers game. In "You Give Lunch a Bad Name" Jackson says he had to miss Coop's party because Mamaw came to visit.

Dontzig

Albert Dontzig portrayed by Peter Allen Vogt season 1 and 3) is the Stewarts' wealthy, snobby, pretentious, obese, and obnoxious next-door neighbor who has an ongoing rivalry with both Robby and Jackson.

He can't stand the Stewarts, saying "I hate neighbors! That's why I have the big hedge!" He complains of leaves from their tree falling into his outdoor hot tub and makes fun of Jackson's new used car. His wife once had a car similar to Jackson's but traded it in because she thought it was too "girly". Mr. Dontzig tricks the Stewarts into a competition to see who can make their house look the scariest for Halloween, while all he wanted to do was attract more children to his house. This plan of course, backfires on him. He takes advantage of the Stewarts' generosity by faking a sickness to have them watch his bratty eight-year-old niece "Patty" (Savannah Stehlin). Patty becomes the center of a bet between Jackson and Miley in "Bad Moose Rising".

Dontzig is an alumnus of the (fictional) State University of Santa Barbara and is a generous donor to the school. To write a letter of recommendation to the school in support of Jackson's matriculating, Dontzig has Jackson perform menial favors for him.

Dontzig is the only character in Hannah Montana to be portrayed by two separate actors. Paul Vogt debuted the role in "Miley Get Your Gum", and his identical twin brother, Peter Allen Vogt, has performed the role ever since in the episodes "Torn Between Two Hannahs", "The Idol Side of Me", "Bad Moose Rising", and "Killing Me Softly with His Height". Paul returned in the episode "Killing Me Softly with His Height" in the role of Dontzig's sister, "Donna", who is a huge Robbie Ray fan. Dontzig also has a cousin named "Francesca" (Lisa Rinna) who is also a Robbie Ray fan.

Susan Stewart

Susan B. Stewart portrayed by Brooke Shields season 2–3) was Robby's wife and Miley and Jackson's mother. Susan is the daughter of Grandma Ruby. She died three years prior to Season 1 but is often mentioned by the Stewarts and appears in household pictures. She also appears in person in three episodes by way of old home videos and various dream sequences. These are "I Am Hannah, Hear Me Croak", "The Way We Almost Weren't", and "He Could Be the One".

Although they were both from Tennessee, Robby and Susan first met on the West Coast in a small roadside cafe off Interstate 10. Susan was working as a waitress at the cafe during her college days and Robby visited while driving home to Nashville. Robby claimed he fell in love with Susan immediately, and that he knew that Susan loved him too because she laughed at all his jokes.[21] However, when Robby first asked Susan out she turned him down because she was already dating someone else. But with a little encouragement from Aunt Dolly, Robby persisted, and Susan finally went out with him.[22] Robby tells Oliver that he first got Susan to go out with him by using the line "My Robby name is hi'."[23]

Susan was a supportive parent, but she was stricter than Robby and wouldn't let the children have sugar before bed because it gave them nightmares, as seen in "I Am Hannah, Hear Me Croak". She was a skilled shopper and Miley remembers that she had great taste in fashion. Robby remembers that when he and Susan went shopping, all he did was carry the bags.[16]

Susan died at age 34, when Miley was 10 of a terminal illness. The family's dealing with her death is first explored in the episode "She's a Supersneak" in which Miley overreacts to Robby dating another woman. Miley dreams about meeting her in "I Am Hannah, Hear Me Croak" because she is afraid she will lose her singing voice. Susan comforts Miley and teaches her that even if she can't be Hannah Montana anymore, just being Miley is still "pretty darn terrific". In "He Could Be the One", Robby shares a pre-recorded video of Susan, who had anticipated a future personal struggle Miley would have. In the video Susan tells Miley to always listen to her heart.[24] In "Super (stitious) Girl", it is learned that Susan gave Miley a special ankle charm bracelet which says "Dream". Miley wears this bracelet in all of her Hannah concerts until it is thrown overboard the SS Tipton by London Tipton, who was disgusted when Miley told her that her diamonds were fake.

Robby admits that he misses Susan, and when she died, he didn't think he could raise the kids by himself, but he found the strength by feeling her presence with him.[25] [26] In "What I Don't Like About You", Jackson plans to lie to a college recruiter in order to be accepted into college. Robby is disappointed, but rather than stopping him, he points to a picture of Susan and says that she would not be proud of him. The so-called "Mom card" works in making Jackson finally tell the truth. In the pilot episode, Robby tells Miley that Susan would have been proud of her performance at the Los Angeles concert.

Siena

Siena portrayed by Tammin Sursok season 4 is Jackson's long-term girlfriend. She works a job as a bikini model. She lives next door to the Stewarts and has a cousin named TJ. Every time Jackson talks about her, he always stutters saying the word "bikini." In "Sweet Home Hannah Montana", Siena and Jackson start out as being friends, but throughout the season, Siena shows to have true feelings for Jackson and cares for him for who he is. In "Hannah Montana to the Principal's Office," she shows to have an immediate interest in Jackson and asks him out, even admitting to him that boys have always asked her out before, but that was the first time she herself had to ask. In "California Screamin'," Jackson admits to Siena that even though he wants to be more than just friends with her, he still feels insecure because he is not like the other guys she dates. Siena admits to Jackson that he is right, because he is "way better," and they share their first kiss. In "De-De-De-Do, Da-Don't-Don't-Don't Tell My Secret," while visiting Jackson, she mistakenly thinks Jackson is cheating on her with Hannah Montana after seeing Miley outside in her Hannah disguise through the kitchen window. In the end, to save their relationship, Miley shows Siena her closet. This results in Siena finding out that Miley is really Hannah. She later visits Jackson at his new job as a video game tester and comments on his and Miley's relationship. In the Season 4 she appeared in 8 out of 13 episodes.

Jesse

Jesse portrayed by Drew Roy season 3–4) is Hannah/Miley's romance interest. In "He Could Be The One," Miley repeatedly tries but fails to tell her dad that she's dating Jake Ryan again. Soon, Robby winds up believing that she is hiding something from him. To make her father thankful for Jake, she pretends to like her bad boy bandmate Jesse, but gets in over her head when she starts to have feelings for him so it is up to Robby to help Miley listen to her heart and chose the guy who could "be the one." In the end, Hannah tells Jesse that there is just something between her and Jake that is special and picks Jake after some help from a video of her mother. In "Been Here All Along", Jesse starts seeing Miley and Miley cancels a special father-daughter afternoon with her dad to go on a first date with Jesse instead. After Jesse receives a phone call from his deployed father, their heartfelt conversation leads Miley to realize how fortunate she is to have her father close to home whenever she needs him. Then, in "I'll Always Remember You", it is revealed that Jesse knew that Miley was Hannah when he told Miley that his dad was in Afghanistan. Jesse ends up figuring out that Miley is Hannah before she could even tell him, claiming that "You both have the same beautiful eyes and amazing smile." Things go from bad to worse when Jesse kisses Hannah on stage and is soon criticized for two-timing Hannah when he is spotted with Miley, this is the moment that the Hannah-secret started interfering with Miley's personal life to the point which it became too difficult to manage, and it served as the instigator to Miley revealing the secret to the world. Jesse later goes to see Miley off at the airport and they (presumably) kiss.

Family members

Stewart family

Truscott family

Oken family

Suave family

Supporting characters

School staff

Students

Other characters

Minor

Crossover characters

Hannah Montana is set in the same universe of other Disney Channel shows, among them The Suite Life of Zack & Cody & The Suite Life on Deck, and Cory in the House, with characters from these shows appearing in Hannah Montana in special crossover episodes.

Real-life characters

Real-life celebrities portrayed by themselves

Hannah Montana: The Movie

Real-life characters portrayed by others

Characters from Hannah Montana: The Movie

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hannah Montana TV Show Facts. Kidzworld.com. 6 January 2018.
  2. The opposite of this plays out in "When You Wish You Were the Star." Jackson gets tired of people pretending to be his friends just to get close to Hannah and moves out of the house and becomes a hermit. This takes place in a parallel universe in which Miley is Hannah all the time.
  3. "She's a Supersneak" and "Bye Bye Ball"
  4. Hannah Montana DVD Livin' the Rock Star Life special feature "Miley's Audition Tapes."
  5. Emily Osment. Emily Osment. Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi Goldberg. Joy Behar. Joy Behar. Sherri Shepherd. Sherri Shepherd. Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Elisabeth Hasselbeck. The View. February 18, 2008.
  6. On the Road Again?. List of Hannah Montana episodes season 1. Hannah Montana. Hannah Montana. July 28, 2006. 1. 12.
  7. In "Lilly's Mom Has Got It Goin' On" Miley talks about her and Lilly's custom of celebrating their friendship's "weekiversary." Miley mentions missing their 200th weekiversary, which is almost four years. This episode takes place during their 9th grade year.
  8. Emily Osment. Emily Osment: Wigs, wigs, wigs. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/NfC7DxfVpww . 2021-12-21 . live. Interview: video. CW11. New York City. December 20, 2007.
  9. Uptight (Oliver's Alright). Hannah Montana season 3#ep78. Hannah Montana. Hannah Montana. Disney Channel. September 20, 2009. 3. 23. 03:39.
  10. You Never Give Me My Money. List of Hannah Montana episodes season 3#ep59. Hannah Montana. Hannah Montana. 2008-11-23. 1. 59.
  11. Web site: Musso. Mitchel. Mitchel's Official Blog. Mitchel Musso Online. September 18, 2007. "Mike Standley the Third is in the House this week.". 2007-09-18.
  12. The name Rico is Spanish for "rich."
  13. He Could Be The One. Hannah Montana season 3#ep73. Hannah Montana. July 5, 2009. 3. 18.
  14. Bad Moose Rising. Hannah Montana season 1#ep26. Hannah Montana. March 30, 2007. 1. 26.
  15. We're All on This Date Together. Hannah Montana season 2#ep55. Hannah Montana. October 12, 2008. 2. 29.
  16. It's a Mannequin's World. Hannah Montana season 1#ep7. Hannah Montana. May 12, 2006. 1. 7.
  17. The Idol Side of Me. Hannah Montana season 1#ep24. Hannah Montana. February 9, 2007. 1. 24.
  18. Ready, Set, Don't Drive. Hannah Montana season 3#ep57. Hannah Montana. November 9, 2008. 3. 2.
  19. Ooo, Ooo, Itchy Woman. Hannah Montana season 1#ep9. Hannah Montana. June 10, 2006. 1. 9.
  20. Mascot Love. Hannah Montana season 1#ep8. Hannah Montana. May 26, 2006. 1. 8.
  21. The Way We Almost Weren't. Hannah Montana season 2#ep49. Hannah Montana. May 4, 2008. 2. 23.
  22. Good Golly, Miss Dolly. Hannah Montana season 1#ep16. Hannah Montana. September 29, 2006. 1. 16.
  23. Oops! I Meddled Again!. Hannah Montana season 1#ep11. Hannah Montana. July 15, 2006. 1. 11.
  24. This is the only hint at the cause of Susan's death, as it seems the family had anticipated her death.
  25. She's a Supersneak. Hannah Montana season 1#ep3. Hannah Montana. April 7, 2006. 1. 3.
  26. Super (stitious) Girl. Hannah Montana. July 17, 2009. 3. 20.
  27. You Give Lunch a Bad Name. Hannah Montana season 3#ep67. Hannah Montana. March 29, 2009. 3. 12.
  28. Take This Job and Love It. Hannah Montana season 2#ep34. Hannah Montana. June 16, 2007. 2. 8.
  29. Smells Like Teen Sellout. Hannah Montana season 1#ep25. Hannah Montana. March 2, 2007. 1. 25.
  30. Debt It Be. Hannah Montana season 1#ep20. Hannah Montana. December 1, 2006. 1. 20.
  31. That's What Friends Are For?. Hannah Montana season 2#ep44. Hannah Montana. October 19, 2007. 2. 18.
  32. The Test of My Love. Hannah Montana season 2#ep53. Hannah Montana. August 31, 2008. 2. 27.
  33. We Are Family – Now Get Me Some Water!. Hannah Montana season 1#ep22. Hannah Montana. January 1, 2007. 1. 22.
  34. More than a Zombie to Me. Hannah Montana season 1#ep15. Hannah Montana. September 8, 2006. 1. 15.
  35. Knock Knock Knockin' on Jackson's Head. Hannah Montana season 3#ep66. Hannah Montana. March 22, 2009. 3. 11.
  36. I Am Hannah, Hear Me Croak. Hannah Montana season 2#ep31. Hannah Montana. April 27, 2007. 2. 5.
  37. Torn Between Two Hannahs. Hannah Montana season 1#ep17. Hannah Montana. October 14, 2006. 1. 17.
  38. Achy Jakey Heart (Part 1). Hannah Montana. June 24, 2007. 2. 9.
  39. I Want You to Want Me... to Go to Florida. Hannah Montana season 2#ep39. Hannah Montana. July 14, 2007. 2. 13.
  40. You're So Vain, You Probably Think This Zit is About You. Hannah Montana season 1#ep13. Hannah Montana. August 12, 2006. 1. 13.
  41. Oliver says his mom is a cop in "Me and Rico Down By the School Yard." In "Hannah In the Streets With Diamonds," Oliver wears Nancy's old uniform which is marked "Security Officer."
  42. You Are So Sue-able to Me. Hannah Montana season 2#ep29. Hannah Montana. April 25, 2007. 2. 3.
  43. (We're So Sorry) Uncle Earl. Hannah Montana season 2#ep48. Hannah Montana. Hannah Montana. Disney Channel. March 21, 2008. 2. 22. 0:51.
  44. Everybody Was Best-Friend Fighting. Hannah Montana season 2#ep40. Hannah Montana. Hannah Montana. Disney Channel. July 29, 2007. 2. 14.
  45. Hannah In The Streets With Diamonds. Hannah Montana season 2#ep51. Hannah Montana. Hannah Montana. Disney Channel. July 20, 2008. 2. 25.
  46. Yet Another Side of Me. Hannah Montana season 2#ep52. Hannah Montana. Hannah Montana. Disney Channel. August 3, 2008. 2. 26.
  47. Once, Twice, Three Times Afraidy. Hannah Montana season 3#ep70. Hannah Montana. May 17, 2009. 3. 15.
  48. People Who Use People. Hannah Montana season 1#ep18. Hannah Montana. Hannah Montana. Disney Channel. November 3, 2006. 1. 18.
  49. Cheat It. Hannah Montana season 3#ep65. Hannah Montana. Hannah Montana. March 15, 2009. 3. 10.
  50. (2009)

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "List of Hannah Montana characters".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.