List of The Savages characters

## Main Characters

* **Trae Ventura (Quincy Brown, 2015-present)**

**​**A James A. Masters High School student who is the founder and president of the school clique The Savages. Trae is a manipulative, flirtatious, hot-headed, but loyal member of the group, well-known for his flirty ways and his determination to take down the school's policy system. He shares a long-term rivalry with the principal and Felix Winchester. Throughout the first season, he is solely focused on not only increasing the popularity of his clique The Savages, but to speak out on the social and academic disunity at James A. Masters High School. He makes clear that he is primarily against the school's lack of responsibility in stopping bullying, academic neglect and other social issues in the school.
In Season One, he pitches an idea to his clique to recruit new members or affiliates to gain popularity. Despite uncertainties from his allies, he later recruits Gina Woods (Logan Browning), with no experience in attitude, and Joe Bender (Kyle Gallner) who joins to take over Trae's spot. Aside from this, Trae is openly bisexual, but many of his friends and peers assume that he's gay, considering his long-list of flings with many male students, particularly Dan Daniels (Adam Hagenbuch). In further episodes, he becomes a mentor and protégé to former jock Zachary Foxx (Connor Paolo) when he is outcasted and bullied by his teammates. He encourages him to quit and join the Savages. However, as the two develop a close friendship, they are caught in the midst of an exposé when rival jocks Brian Gustin (Travis Slotemaker) and Viktor Nichols (Dave Franco) are caught having sexual affairs in the locker rooms.
Trae helps Zachary form an alibi to protect themselves from accusations, but Trae is later blamed for encouraging the Savages to ruin the assembly addressing the school's latest rules. Trae is then unaware of Zachary's feelings for him. Eventually, he realizes this when he and Joe, inebriated and stimulated by marijuana, kiss each other at a club in Portland, Oregon. Zachary gives him the silent treatment, which causes Trae to overthink. Eventually, Trae's anger management issues arise when he gets a bad grade in Literature and gets picked on by Felix. After brutally attacking him, Trae gets suspended from school by Rose De Vil (Cameron Diaz). His parents punish him by limiting his contact with the Savages, but he disobeys this by visiting Zachary out of concern. He stumbles in Zachary's room during his panic attacks and calms him down by finally kissing him. It is later revealed that Trae has been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome since the age of 3, which causes his extreme outbursts and aggression. Trae uses this anger when returning to school to mastermind a schoolwide riot against the faculty.
However, the riot, at first successful, backfires when he and Joe get into a major altercation. When Trae discovers Zachary is being attacked by Joe for defending him, he attempts to approach them but is shot in the abdomen three times. Revealed to be shot by Zachary's father (a police officer), Trae is left unconscious and sent to the hospital under a medically-induced coma. His injuries are covered by news platforms and talk shows, with whom believe it was a prejudiced attack or police brutality. Trae wakes from his coma after Zachary's visit, but remains under hospital care for nearly a month, the same time where Sydney and Zachary discover that Trae was solely responsible for the video scandal between Vik and Brian.
Shortly after the riots, Trae's increasing popularity and sympathy from students takes a downfall, especially when The Savages are aware of his agenda. According to Brian, who knew he did it, the two had a love affair gone wrong during sophomore year. As Kalleb and Trae were close friends, Brian and Trae were overall enemies. But the two developed a sexual attraction to each other during sleepovers. Trae developed romantic feelings that Brian didn't reciprocate, but instead admitted his prejudices towards black men. Since then, Brian tormented him since junior year.
Trae returns back to James A. Masters High after his recovery, suffering from PTSD from the gunshots. He is met with an intervention by The Savages, particularly former friend Sydney Prescott (Dove Cameron), who agrees that he should be kicked out the Savages for putting his own clique in jeopardy for his wrongdoings. Feeling like his time in the group has come, he leaves his group when he feels like the clique doesn't appreciate his loyalty and devotion to his friends. Therefore, he immediately distances himself away from everyone, including Carl (Nick Robinson) and Alex Herrera (Meraz), who convinces him to come back.
He also faces blackmail by the new principal (Jessica Lange) who knows about his video scandal involvement and his dreams of becoming a journalist. She convinces him to turn his life around and reconsider his Savage image for internships and networking with news publications, but if he doesn't, the truth about the scandal would come out. This also gives him the opportunity to admit, in The Scarlet Letters, that he's in love with Zachary.
After a sudden reunion, the two agree to date. However, Trae fears that his commitment issues, as known by Gina, will jeopardize their affection. Also, he returns to Philadelphia for Christmas break and is forced to admit that he's bisexual after receiving scarlet letters. This is not taken well by most members of his family. As a result, he and his mother Stacey (Michael Michele) disowns their side of the family and return back to Seattle for Christmas. However, Trae is put in a predicament when Carl's family spends the holidays with Eli Hawk (Joseph Sikora), the drug lord involved with Carl's father, and the person who chased The Savages down in The Wild Ride.
Although he avoids The Savages completely in Season Two, his individual relationship with Carl Touché develops throughout the season, as he helps find information on Eli Hawk, who is revealed to have a different name. Shown that he is on Seattle's Most Wanted, they try to turn him in to the police after Carl is sexually harassed by him, as a form of blackmail and threats to his father. Meanwhile, Trae also finds out that Zachary's father, during a family dinner, shot him during the riot. Spewing racist and homophobic reactions at Trae, he decides to immediately end his relationship with Zachary and try to remain friends, but he isn't aware that his father abuses him and his mother doesn't do anything about it.
But, aside from this, Trae's popularity slowly returns as he joins the high school newspaper, The Red Onion under Maya Hastings (Brittany O'Grady). During a power outage at the school, Trae and archnemesis Joe are stuck in an elevator together, where the two hash out their issues. Bizarrely, the two realize that they have more in common than they thought. As Joe's new superclique The Glamouflage inevitably defeats The Savages in a fight, the relationship between Trae and Joe progresses during the season finale.
This is until Zachary's death, due to accidental overdose, shown in Season Three takes a toll on him. In his time of grievance, members of The Savages attempt to reach out to Trae for condolences, but he shelters himself and refuses to appear at Zachary's funeral as a form of guilt. He blamed himself for breaking up with Zachary in his time of need and refusing to help him. Unexpectedly, he appears at Zachary's funeral and has a mental breakdown in front of his casket. He then attacks Zachary's father for abusing him. He does the honors of making his father turn in his badge and turn himself into the police for domestic violence of his son.
As The Savages have officially disbanded by senior year, Trae is revealed to be the new vice president of The Glamouflage, alongside Joe. He and Joe begin dating each other, which causes schoolwide controversy based on their all-time rivalry. Avoiding his former Savage affiliates and taking no sympathy for Gina's incarceration and Alex's depression causes Trae to get into a new rivalry with Sydney.
Trae becomes the official editor-in-chief of The Red Onion, which Maya decides to give him after Principal Gordon convinces him to. The friendship between Trae and Gordon causes conflict between him and students when they find him contradictory for siding with the principal that somewhat caused the riots in Season One. Similar to Zachary, he makes Mike Daugherty, a former Moneybag, his next protégé as they share similar futures in the journalism field. However, Mike's feelings for Trae are, at first, rejected based on his past with Zachary. He also loses his friendship with Alex, Sydney and Kalleb when he writes articles that defames them, as encouraged by Maya and The Glamouflage. His controversy causes The Savages to regroup to start a movement against him.
However, he develops sympathy for Carl who suddenly disappears after he killed Eli Hawk junior year. As the investigation unfolds, Trae tries to find him with his stepfather and Carl's father. Trae also decides to be a candidate for senior class president, but his controversy makes him the runner-up, with Sydney Prescott winning the title. However, feuds between Trae and The Savages are rekindled as he reveals his successful mastermind plan to woo Joe and disband The Glamouflage. It is revealed that he ruined Joe's friendship with Nate and Claudia by encouraging them to form a band, manipulated Alyssa into returning to the Red Hot Cheer Peppers under Lily's wing, encouraged Luke to bring Cass back into The Moneybags and allowed Coach Radnor to offer Rufus a full-ride scholarship opportunity.
Based on this, Trae makes his official return to The Savages and takes his spot back as the president. Despite damaged relationships with Alex and Sydney, he gains their trust back and helps them protest against Gina's wrongful incarceration. Because of this, Trae becomes Joe's next target, leading up to Season Four.
After The Savages' take a trip to New York City for New Year's Eve, Mike and Trae's relationship becomes closer over time, when they are both offered internships at Rolling Stone and The New York Times respectively, which ties under their hopes of going to NYU for undergraduates. At this point, however, Trae becomes conflicted with feelings for Mike, especially when his PTSD and lingering grievance for Zachary continues. However, he finds closure and gets over Zachary and admits his paranoia after the riots during junior year by going to therapy.
During Season Four, Trae remains on the positive note with everyone, except for Joe. As he focuses on his future with journalism, he is also faced with an ultimate exposé in the fourth season finale. Joe exposes his involvement with the video scandal, as well as putting light on many secretive issues he's had since freshman year. Because of this, Trae suffers a severe panic attack stemming from his PTSD, and he is hospitalized again. Because of this, he contemplates leaving James A. Masters High School for good, until it is revealed that Jennifer Gordon was more responsible for the exposé than Joe was. Therefore, he and The Savages seek vengeance, along with all students and faculty in the school district, to take Jennifer's power, which is given back to Rose De Vil by the end of the spring.
In the final season, Trae and Mike have come to terms with their feelings for each other and begin dating. However, their relationship is, at first, disputed by Trae's mother, who feels like he isn't ready to be in a relationship after Zachary, especially with another white boy. However, she finds herself satisfied after realizing that he has a rich family, something that Trae doesn't feel comfortable about. Mike often spoils Trae with luxurious things during this point of senior year. The two share a few disagreements as Trae fears that he will be dependent on Mike, like his family is on other people's money. However, the two come to a consensus that material things don't matter to either of them.
Trae focuses less on The Savages after accomplishing getting Jennifer Gordon fired and Joe expelled from school. Therefore, he decides to step down as the president and gives it to Carl Touché in hopes of continuing the legacy when the rest of the students graduate. Trae also faces an emotional breakdown when the schools he applied for, including NYU, denied his admissions. However, Trae receives a miraculous opportunity to become an intern for a Los Angeles media company and go to UCLA part-time for journalism ethics, with the help of Rose and Mr. Baxter. Fearing that his mother wouldn't agree, he hides this offer from her, but she finds out and encourages him to go. However, he fears his relationship with Mike will end, as he gets accepted into NYU and takes the internship offer for The New York Times.
Although Trae loses the valedictorian and salutatorian spot over Sydney Prescott and Gina Woods, he receives an honorable award at the Class of 2017 graduation for being a student leader. He is granted a $10,000 scholarship from the school, which was once used for Jennifer Gordon's new renovations for the school. In the end, Trae moves to Los Angeles for the summer, only to discover that boyfriend Mike has moved there too.

* **Gina Woods (Logan Browning, 2015-present)**

A fellow member of The Savages, and Trae Ventura's close friend. Gina was convinced to join the group by Trae, although she comes off as very prudish, outgoing and scholarly. Her attitude shifts, becoming more outspoken and lively. Gina is also Alex's love interest.
Gina, as described by Sydney Prescott (Dove Cameron), is considered an "egghead" in the debut season because of her intelligent demeanor and drive for greatness during her junior year. However, she admits that she feels outcasted and underappreciated academically by principal Rose De Vil (Cameron Diaz) and other teachers, and feels like the faculty favors students or focuses more on students who behave immaturely. Therefore, she is convinced by Trae's offer to join The Savages to prove her point. Despite Gina's lack of edge, the Savages give her the ultimate makeover just so she can fit in. Gradually, she gains confidence in social issues, particularly in feminism and oppression of women. This is particularly why she disagrees to develop a closer friendship with Alex Herrera (Meraz), who obviously develops affection for her. This is ruined at first because Sydney lies to her and tells her that she's dating Alex.
Eventually, she accepts that it wasn't true and becomes closer to Alex during her feminist movement she forms with Lily (Leighton Meester) and Sydney respectively. She is sexually harassed and berated by two boys who call her a "thot". Eventually, she gets her revenge by kneeling X (Tristan Wilds) in his genital area. A core conflict is Gina's fear of getting into a relationship with Herrera. As she admits that her previous boyfriend made her lose her self-esteem and confidence of men, she slowly finds herself in love with Alex. Eventually, the two agree to date in the season finale, but she warns Alex about herself, saying that she isn't perfect as he thinks.
In Season Two, Gina is revealed to be an accomplice in Felix Winchester's murder in a series of flashbacks surrounding his death. However, she manages to cover up this fact through her good girl image while in The Savages. However, the string of scarlet letters that are distributed brings out the secrets. It is revealed that before she joined the clique and met Alex, she was raped by her ex-boyfriend, who was later on murdered by her parents (Anika Noni Rose, Anthony Michael Hall), revealed to be entrepreneurs and secretly contract killers. This secret creates a wedge in Alex and Gina's relationship, where he feels like Gina isn't telling him much.
Gina is enraged, later, when she sees that Alex and Maya in an unusual position, causing her to act bizarrely and break up with Alex. Not only that, but she, along with the Savages, are interrogated for Felix's murder. A scene, at first, shows that Gina killed Felix intentionally through suffocation and hitting him with a baseball bat. Therefore, she is arrested and sent to trial for his murder. But it is revealed that she didn't kill Felix, but instead cover up for Zachary (Connor Paolo), who later accidentally overdoses prior to abuse from his parents and Gina's arrest alone.
In Season Three, Gina remains in jail when she finds out about Zachary's death, through a visit from ex-boyfriend Alex, who admits that she was brave for covering up for him and promises her that she'll get out and they'll find a way. However, this is the only time they interact throughout the season, as Alex focuses more on reviving the Savages during senior year in order to seek justice for her. Meanwhile, Gina faces more than 15 years for Felix's murder after being denied bail and forced to make a plea deal for a lesser punishment. During her time in the correction facility, Gina faces many social issues, like racism, sexual assault, abuse and even exploring her sexuality with other inmates.
She starts off on a good note with a troubled inmate, Nemo Washington (Zendaya) who was incarcerated for committing credit card fraud, using her deceased father's credit card for luxurious purchases. Nemo attempts to show her the ropes on how to survive in prison, as she has been for the past 4 years. However, she and Nemo face enemies with a overdominant, brutal inmate who constantly uses Gina as a punching bag. During this time, Gina is offered another trial for bail with her new lawyer, Walter Kane, Esq. (Blair Underwood, appears in spinoff, Controversy), and is given the potential to leave early. However, she is given extra years after brutally attacking the inmate who bullied her.
Because of this, she becomes a target for the correction officers in the prison, being used for sexual favors by one of the officers who develops jungle fever despite his blatant racism towards his black inmates. Hiding this from Nemo, she finds out and tries to encourage her, as well as other inmates of color, to develop a movement against the poor inmate treatment. Eventually, Gina becomes one of the likable inmates and takes notes from Trae by forming "The Code Red" alliance with Nemo and fighting off the police officers.

But, before she is able to do that, she is conflicted when, by the season finale, she is given a potential release after investigations prove that Zachary Foxx's fingerprints were found on disposed materials used on Felix's body. Therefore, she decides to drift away from The Code Red, who eventually leads on a prison riot that unfortunately costs Nemo and three other inmates' lives. Gina admits to having feelings for Nemo.

Meanwhile, a protest for Gina's release occurs around the same time she is slated for a court hearing. In the end, she is considered not guilty for the murder of Felix Winchester and the punishment is removed from her criminal records permanently. By the end of the season, she returns back to school and back with The Savages, besides unusual and obvious romantic tension between Alex and Gina.

The two continue to struggle with rekindling their relationship, as Gina remains bitter about Maya, who immediately got over him and fell for Kalleb at the time. She is then invited by Alex's family to Marisol and Andres's engagement party. At this point of time, Gina and Alex realize they are still in love and continue dating again. Throughout Season Four, Gina remains lowkey and tries to re-adapt to the school setting after prison. Aware that she's missing a lot, she is forced to stay in high school another half a year in order to regain credits she missed from her incarceration.

In the final season, Alex and Gina struggle with the possibilities of long distance as Alex plans to return back to his hometown to work for his grandfather at a tire shop. However, when Alex is given the offer to become the new coach assistant for the Redhawks, she and Alex become satisfied, as Gina hopes to become a teacher's assistant for Mr. Baxter after his retirement. Alex graduates while Gina is held back and the two agree to remain together through thick and thin. Gina, in the end, becomes the new Literature teacher for James A. Masters High School by recommendations from Rose De Vil. In a final scene, she is seen teaching the new generation of students about the Great Gatsby, with a familiar retake on Gina's first appearance with a girl that resembles her.

* **Zachary Foxx (Connor Paolo, 2015-2017)**

**​**Former football player in the Redhawks, currently a member of The Savages after quitting the team. Zachary is somewhat introvert and innocent, but he also faces anxiety issues. He becomes Trae's protege and develops feelings for him.

Introduced as an introverted football jock, he is considered the deadweight of the team and was only added to the team for numbers. Many of his teammates, particularly Brian (Travis Slotemaker) and Viktor (Dave Franco), teased him religiously and bullied him for being an underdog. By miracle, Zachary first meets Trae (Quincy Brown), despite a few awkward and judgemental exchanges from him. Trae decides to be a mentor and not only encourage him to leave the football team, as Zachary admitted that he only joined for his father's graces, but to join The Savages to go against the social structure and academic flaws of the school. Convinced, he sticks up for himself and quits the team. Once satisfied with being a part of something different, Zachary discovers Brian and Vik in a very compromising position after getting the rest of his things from his locker. Zachary confides in Trae, who teaches him about the "boomerang effect" and gets him involved in seeking revenge. This backfires when a recorded video of Brian and Vik is not only exposed in an assembly but across social media.

Zachary faces anxiety issues, mostly stemmed from the situation and initially blames Trae for getting him involved when Rose (Cameron Diaz) interrogates him. However, he also develops romantic feelings for Trae along the way without his knowledge. His hopes of developing more collapse when he catches Trae and Joe (Kyle Gallner) kissing each other in Portland, Oregon. Deciding to give Trae the silent treatment, he seeks advice from Gina about committing to Trae. When understanding Trae's commitment issues and his own fear of committing to him, he decides to end his ignorance towards Trae and his feelings grow stronger.

However, Zachary turns to prescription drugs to relieve his anxiety by overabusing antidepressants, causing him to disappear from school to play sick. However, Trae aids him when he has a panic attack and ends up kissing him to calm him down, thus ending the romantic tension between Trae and Zachary. However, when Zachary remains devoted to Trae during the school riots and Trae gets shot, it is revealed that Zachary's father, a police officer, is who shot him. Zachary tries to make up for his responsiblities, before he discovers that Trae was the main culprit behind the video scandal.

Although Sydney (Dove Cameron) wants him to tell The Savages about Trae's wrongdoings, Zachary refuses to because he's in love with him. When Sydney goes forth with an intervention, Zachary doesn't attend and reunites with Trae for a movie night that ends up romantic. The two agree to date, even though Zachary is confronted with telling Trae that his father shot him.

Throughout Season Two, Zachary is conflicted with revealing secrets: revealing that his father shot Trae, while also revealing to his father that he's gay and in love with Trae. This causes him to abuse antidepressants while exploring his relationship with Trae.  Eventually, the climax shows Trae finding out about Zachary's father and Zachary getting disowned and attacked by his father for being gay. As a result, Trae decides to break up with him and it causes him to fall into deep depression.

Later, it is then revealed that Gina, who is arrested for Felix Winchester's murder, covered up for Zachary because he is the one that actually killed him. In a twist of events, Zachary is abused by his father and accidentally overdoses on a cocktail of prescription drugs, leading to his death.

Zachary's father is then forced to resign from his job and turn himself into the police for encouraging Zachary's overdose leading to his death, as well as domestic abuse charges and responsibility for Trae's shooting.

In the series finale, James A. Masters High School gives Zachary an honorable high school diploma during the Class of 2017 graduation.
* **Joe Bender (Kyle Gallner, 2015-2019)**

**​**Joe is a sneaky, manipulative and blunt student who joins The Savages to target Trae and the group by taking them down. He attempts this by taking secretary Nate Osbourne under his wing and encouraging his rude behavior.

Joe is introduced as a main antagonist who tries to manipulate his way into The Savages in order to ruin their clique and Trae's power as president. He does this by, in the beginning, brainwashing Nate Osbourne (Tyler Joseph) into believing that Trae and Sydney (Dove Cameron) underestimate him and bully him when he was secretary of the clique. He also tries to woo Trae, aware of his sexual past with other boys, by kissing him in Portland, Oregon. Eventually, Nate's resignation in the group and Joe's manipulative ways is put to light by the other members of the group, causing a physical altercation between Joe and Trae during the riots. Joe admits that the Savages were trying to hard to be notorious but they've only failed.

When Trae is shot, Joe shows no sympathy. Instead, a month later, he hopes to worsen the bond of The Savages by creating his own supergroup with Nate: The Glamouflage. He recruits Alyssa (Addison Riecke) and Claudia (Hayley Kiyoko) who were both kicked out of The Red Hot Cheer Peppers and turns them into rebellious students. As Joe builds his new group by recruiting the underdogs of each clique, he turns the group against The Savages and instigates a battle.

Interestingly, the rivalry between The Savages and The Glamouflage brings Joe and Trae closer together, as they are both stuck on an elevator during a power outage and riot between the cliques. Joe realizes that he and Trae have more in common than they think and tries to turn Trae against the clique, although he already distanced himself away from them. After Zachary's death and the end of junior year, The Savages fall apart and The Glamouflage become all the rage. Joe appoints Trae as the vice president of The Glamouflage and starts to 'date' him, damaging his relationship with Nate and Claudia.

However, when Nate and Claudia distance themselves from the clique, Joe becomes jealous and obsessive over Nate, feeling like he's ungrateful to Joe and credited himself for allowing Nate to stand up for himself. As a result, Joe and Nate's friendship ends and his relationship with Trae grows closer, as he instigates Trae to cause controversy against the school. However, Joe is taken aback when members of the Glamouflage start to leave the clique and it's only Joe and Trae against the world. It's revealed that Trae masterminded a plan all along to ruin Joe's superclique, including faking a relationship with him to win back The Savages.

As a result of this, Joe seeks revenge on Trae by teaming up with Sis, soon-revealed Jennifer Gordon and other members, to expose Trae for his dirty deeds throughout junior year. Causing Trae to have a panic attack, he wishes death on him and threatens to hurt him, but after Jennifer Gordon is removed from office and Rose returns, she expels him and is not allowed on James A. Masters headquarters ever again.

Joe returns in the final season as a recurring guest star, when he decides to make amends with everyone he's hurt, shortly after revealing that his father, who has verbally, emotionally and physically abused him ever since he was kid, died. Joe graduated from his other high school, but doesn't have any plans for his future at the moment.
* **Alex Herrera (Alex Meraz, 2015-present)**

**​**Alex is one of the original members of The Savages, joining in its prime, and a former jock. Alex can be very aggressive and willing to provoke someone, but he also has a sentimental side for Gina. He is also a close friend to Trae Ventura and Carl Touché.

Introduced as the Hispanic hothead originally from the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of New York, he is noted for his extreme loyalty to his friends or anyone he affiliates with, especially Trae. He is known as the former quarterback of The Redhawks, although, revealed in Season 2, he is kicked off the team after an altercation with Brian Gustin (Travis Slotemaker). His altercation results in him getting suspended from school by Rose De Vil (Cameron Diaz). His loyalty to the Savages is proven, until his focus drifts on Gina (Logan Browning) as he develops a sentimental side for her and crushes on her. When she joins, he and Gina become friends until Sydney (Dove Cameron) ruins the potential by claiming they are dating.

Easily gullible, Gina avoids Alex at all costs, and he tries to get to her and prove her wrong. Eventually, Gina gives in to his not-so loverboy behavior and decides to befriend him. Alex expresses a lot of respect and morale for Gina, trying to impress her and make her develop interest in him. It works, eventually, despite an unusual family feud that affects his contemplation. Throughout the first season, Alex is known for having a hotheaded family. In the Herrera household, his mother and father express disappointment in Alex for the joyride in Oregon that led The Savages to the police station. He also faces issues with his troublesome cousin Andres (Diego Boneta) who visits when his mother (Alex's aunt) is diagnosed with breast cancer and must have chemotherapy. However, the twist is that Andres is dating Alex's ex-girfriend from high school: Marisol De La Cruz (Francia Raisa), who broke up with him and left for California prior to the series background.

Alex decides to seek closure and accepts Marisol and Andres's relationship, considering his determination to get closer with Gina, who finally reciprocates. The two finally begin dating, although he is warned by Gina that she isn't the perfect person. Their relationship continues on in Season 2, while Alex becomes very testy. Considering Jennifer Gordon is the new principal of the school after Rose's resignation, he becomes rebellious towards the rules and ends up getting suspended for crossing the principal's barriers.

Meanwhile, Alex sides with Trae after he quits the Savages prior to the discovery of his involvement in the video scandal, convincing him to return and blaming Sydney for ruining the dynamic of the group with the intervention. Aside from that, Alex and Gina's relationship grows, until Gina becomes relunctant with intimacy. The scarlet letters reveal that he cheated on Marisol with Sena (Lyndsy Fonseca), while Gina was sexually assaulted by her ex-boyfriend. The scarlet letters bring them together when they conclude that the scarlet letters hint at their involvement in Felix Winchester's murder.

Alex tries to avoid the scarlet letter mystery, but when Carl, his best friend, receives the next set of letters, Alex feels in danger. So in danger that it causes him to spiral at a family dinner with his family and Gina's family. He finds himself paranoid that Gina's parents don't like him nor his family. He also becomes distraught when Andres proposes to Marisol, and Gina becomes jealous when Alex confronts him about it. Alex also feels as if Gina is hiding something from him about her family, which she admits that her parents are contract killers. This revelation distances Alex immediately, and he tries avoiding her. This, however, backfires when Maya (Brittany O'Grady) gets a hold of him and seduces him for the benefit of The Glamouflage. Caught in a compromising position, Gina breaks up with him before things get worse, leaving Alex in shambles.

With no person in power in The Savages, Alex takes the initiative of standing up against the newfound clique, The Glamouflage and leads another riot between the two power cliques, which The Savages eventually lose (without Trae and Joe's involvement).

It is revealed in the second season finale that Alex was called by Gina, Lily, Sydney and Zachary, who were attempting to get rid of Felix's corpse, to escape before getting caught. Alex helps put his body in the trunk and places him in an abandoned car in a park. As he knows who truly did it, he is taken back when Gina admits to killing him. He tries to convince Zachary to turn himself in via text, in the finale, but the messages were received the same time Zachary overdoses on prescription drugs.

In Season Three, Alex takes Zachary's death to heart, blaming himself for not helping him through his struggles, before and after he joined The Savages. He goes to Gina, while in the jail cells, to tell her that he dies and also promises to get her out no matter what, despite their break-up. However, this is their only interaction until the third season finale.

Considering that The Savages have disbanded, Alex tries to revive the clique for Carl, who disappears and Gina, who is now incarcerated. However, he fails to bring them back, especially when discovering Trae has joined The Glamouflage, which affects their loyal friendship. Alex and Trae feud at one point, but they suddenly team up again to find Carl. In the finale, it is revealed that Alex and Trae were 'fake-feuding' in order to save Trae's undercover reputation in the Glamouflage; Trae was secretly helping Alex with Gina's justice protest.

In Season 4, after Gina is free from prison, she and Alex continue to struggle with rekindling their relationship, as Gina remains bitter about Maya, who immediately got over him and fell for Kalleb at the time. She is then invited by Alex's family to Marisol and Andres's engagement party. At this point of time, Gina and Alex realize they are still in love and continue dating again. Around this time, Alex doesn't want to go to college, as he still doesn't know what he wants to do. This is when he makes a friend out of Brian and Rufus, who try to help him find his biggest dream, but he considers working with his grandfather in a tire shop back in New York.

In the final season, Alex and Gina struggle with the possibilities of long distance as Alex plans to return back to his hometown to work for his grandfather at a tire shop. However, when Alex is given the offer to become the new coach assistant for the Redhawks, she and Alex become satisfied, as Gina hopes to become a teacher's assistant for Mr. Baxter after his retirement. Alex graduates while Gina is held back and the two agree to remain together through thick and thin. Gina, in the end, becomes the new Literature teacher for James A. Masters High School by recommendations from Rose De Vil. In a final scene, Alex becomes the official coach for the Redhawks after Radnor retires to be a stay-at-home father for his daughter.
* **Sydney Prescott (Dove Cameron, 2015-present)**

**​**Sydney is an original member and vice president of The Savages; she is known as Trae's sidekick in the beginning, but she eventually develops a closer friendship with Lily Blossom after taking her as her protege. She is also quite aggressive and blunt, similar to Alex.

Sydney is originally introduced as the vice president of The Savages and the Bonnie to Trae Ventura (Quincy Brown)'s Clyde. However, this is less demonstrated as Sydney, at first reluctant to recruitment, takes on former cheerleader Lily (Leighton Meester) as her protégé. Eventually, they become the best of friends, yet she is also aware of Joe (Kyle Gallner)'s manipulation of her and brainwashing of Nate. The sudden shift in Nate's behavior puts a wrench on their friendship, as he accuses her and Trae of underappreciating him. Throughout the first season, Sydney is seen as a rebellious, aggressive girl with feministic values, as she teams up with Gina (Logan Browning) and Lily for a movement against Felix Winchester's misogyny.

Sydney's friendship with Trae deteriorates after the riots that he masterminded. After he is shot by the police officer, Sydney shows her support and care by helping his mother in the hospital with Zachary. However, she and Zachary both discover that Trae is the mastermind behind the video scandal with Brian and Viktor. In Season 2, Sydney becomes eager to tell The Savages that he did it when he framed Dirty Dan. She decides to create an intervention for Trae, and also suggesting that he gets kicked out the clique.

Meanwhile, Sydney faces flashbacks when it is revealed that she was a former member of The Moneybags, which is how she and Trae developed The Savages. She quit The Moneybags when Felix was appointed as president, when she hoped to be the next president of the clique. She tried to woo Andrew McAllister, the former president, into appointing her. But this eventually leads to a sexual favor that causes her to get pregnant. Scared of the consequences, she gets an abortion during sophomore year. The scarlet letters, which she blames Trae for, reveal that terrifying part of her life, and it also leads her to Felix's dead body where she helped bury him after his death.

Sydney becomes the face of the news when they report that she discovered his body. She is then interrogated by Detective Jacqui Sinclair (Paula Patton), who is helping investigate his murder, but she denies any involvement knowing that she was. The scarlet letters torment her to the point of also isolating herself from The Savages in order to prevent any accusations. Her isolation causes her to explode when she finally confronts Andrew after a year for knocking her up and devastating her with the abortion, all because of a position of power.

Her isolation also draws her interest in joining the JAM Council, where she challenges Gabe Weston (Jean-Luc Bilodeau), the president with her views of the school environment. When people on the council start to respect her, she becomes a vital part of the group, while also developing a close connection with Gabe, who suddenly falls in love with her. Although guarded at first, Sydney admits to finally finding someone after Andrew and the two start dating.

However, the relationship comes to an abrupt end when she realizes that Gabe was only using her to damage The Savages's reputation, as he is a part of The Glamouflage. Sydney uses her anger in the ultimate riot that happens between The Savages and The Glamouflage, but when she loses, Gabe pretends like she doesn't exist.

Sydney also takes Zachary's death to heart as she felt unaware of what was going on with him behind closed doors. She tries to rekindle her friendship with Trae, but the friendship remains tarnished as she and Trae blame each other for Zachary's death. Sydney felt like Trae should have never recruited Zachary in the first place.

As a result, the two share bad blood when she discovers Trae is the vice president of The Glamouflage under Joe's wing. Sydney solely decides to forget about The Savages and spend her time on her academics and extracurricular activities. However, Kalleb (Cody Christian) tries to woo her, as he is a jock, and it gives Sydney the idea to audition for The Red Hot Cheer Peppers which is now run by Lily. However, when Lily rejects her, their friendship also crumbles.

Sydney feels isolated after the end of the Glamouflage, so she agrees to revive The Savages with Alex. Meanwhile, Sydney also decides to run for class president in light of Jennifer Gordon's new uniform rules. However, her candidacy is put under the bus by Trae, who is the editor-in-chief of the Red Onion. Challenged by Trae's media outbursts and competition with her ex-boyfriend Gabe and Joe, Sydney does everything in her power to become the senior class president.

In the finale, it is revealed that she wins, while also rekindling her relationship with Trae when she realizes that he helped her win to sabotage Joe's reputation with The Glamouflage. Gabe and Sydney, eventually, make amends.

In the fourth season, Sydney challenges Jennifer Gordon's principal status.

In the final season, Sydney graduates and takes the valedictorian role prior to her presidency and grade point average. She moves to Los Angeles with Lily, Sena and Iesha in part of a modeling gig.

* **Nate Osbourne (Tyler Joseph, 2015-present)**

**​**Nate was an original member and secretary of The Savages; he is known for his sassy, fiesty personality and used to be close to Trae and Sydney until he became closer to Joe. Nate eventually quits The Savages under Joe's persuasion. Known for his socially awkward behavior and interest in fashion, Nate felt comfortable with being a part of The Savages until the second episode of Season One, where he feels left out of the group. Joe, meanwhile, tricks Nate into believing that Trae and Sydney dislike him.

* **Lily Blossom (Leighton Meester, 2015-present)**

**​**Lilywas an original member of The Red Hot Cheer Peppers and a current member of The Savages; after she was kicked off the team, Sydney Prescott takes Lily under her wing and they become best friends. Despite leaving the team, she still has popularity.
* **Rose De Vil (Cameron Diaz, 2015-present)**

A strict, sarcastic principal of James A. Masters High School, known for her very sneaky behavior and her strict policies. She holds a large rivalry with Trae and The Savages, and eventually gets fired from her job and she is pregnant.
* **Sena Demir (Lyndsy Fonseca, 2015-present)**

**​**Currently the captain of The Red Hot Cheer Peppers' cheerleading squad; she is Lily's arch nemesis, and she is described as rude, selfish and stubborn to her cheerleading team. She is secretly in an affair with her History teacher, Mr. Baldwin, and she is somewhat close to Iesha Bennett.
* **Kalleb Banks (Cody Christian, 2015-present)**

**​**Kalleb is an introvert who is not in any cliques; he is, however, part of the tech crew and he is also a hacker and a under-the-table voyeur. He is very loyal to Trae Ventura, to whom he was the accomplice for the video scandal.
* **Iesha Bennett (Summer Boissiere, 2015-present)**

**​**Iesha is a member of The Red Hot Cheer Peppers' cheerleading squad. She is very open-minded to getting along with everyone. She can be very inappropriate or over the top, but she is very good at giving advice. She is also revealed to be a computer hacker. She is Sena's frenemy.
## Recurring Characters

* **Felix Winchester (Matt McGorry, 2015-present)**

**​**The main antagonist of the series; Felix is a member of The Moneybags, a group of rich and wealthy students in the school. He is very cocky, ignorant, misogynistic, and racist, and he is the main rival of Trae Ventura and the Savages. He is allegedly dating Dirty Dan.
* **Viktor "Slick Vik" Nichols (Dave Franco, 2015-present)**

​A member of the Jocks; he is one of the victims of the video scandal that was exposed to the school. He was a bully to Zachary and he has a fling with his close friend, Brian.
* **Rufus King (Luke Bilyk, 2015-present)**

​Rufus is the quarterback of the Redhawks, a member of The Jocks and a former member of The Savages. He is somewhat lenient and nicer than the others, but he has a one-sided rivalry with Alex Herrera, who despises him for taking his role. He quits The Savages because of his inactivity. He is best friends with Matt Park.
* **Brian Gustin (Travis Slotemaker, 2015-present)**

**​**Brian is also a member of The Jocks. He is the other victim of the video scandal that was exposed to school. Although he is still a bully to Zachary, he is more nonchalant and has a fling with Slick Vik. It is also revealed that he is Kalleb's half-brother and was in a fling with Trae.
* **Dan "Dirty Dan" Daniels (Brent Everett, 2015-present)**

​Dirty Dan is the leader of The Sexxx Symbols. He is often sleazy, perverted and desperate for sexual affection. He was in a sexual affair with Trae before he became disinterested in Dirty Dan. He is put in the midst of the video scandal and is later arrested for being responsible for it, even though it was Trae and Kalleb.
* **Jarrett Radnor (Patrick Warburton, 2015-present)**

**​**Coach of the Redhawks' football team, in a secret affair with Rose De Vil.
* **Stacey Ventura (Victoria Rowell, 2015-present)**

Trae Ventura's worrisome, supportive mother. Is often very strict on Trae when he doesn't do the right thing.
* **Kyler Chase (Ryan Kelley, 2015-present)**

One of the members of The Moneybags, often the sidekick for Felix Winchester.
* '*Alyssa Tanner (Addison Riecke, 2015-p'***resent)**

The youngest student in the school: 11 year old who is a member of The Red Hot Cheer Peppers. She skipped seven grades. She is very quirky, and is mostly bullied by her teammates for her younger age.
* **Angelika Summers (AJ Michalka, 2015-present)**
* **Glenn Pierce (Miles Teller, 2015-present)**
* **Liam Newton (Nicholas Hoult, 2015-present)**
* **Brianna Townsend (Cymphonique Miller, 2015-present)**