Topher Potter

**Topher Potter** is a Class of 2017 graduate at Webster Community School as he started the series on the first episode of season three on Webster and was main character from season three to season four. Confident, fun-loving and friendly, Topher is a comforting person and tends to have a positive outlook on life. People tend to gravitate towards him but sometimes this drags him into other people’s complicated drama. Topher is best friends with Macy Gonzalez and Houston Nicholas and good friends with Sam Burge, Heather Watson, Devin Piper, Dustin Rivers, Garrett Davenport, Jess Arnold, Kali Royce and Robin Rzewski.

## Character History

### Season 3

Topher is first seen in episode **Sweet Nothing (1)**, as a senior. He makes a quick appearance at Danny's back to school party. Heather sees him and says that he's cute, foreshadowing their relationship. In **How to Love (2)**, Sam Burge has just recently broken up with her longtime boyfriend Devin Piper and she runs into Topher. They become fast friends and she invites him over to her house. They play video games and have a great time. However Sam asks Topher to have doing this to get over her break up and he tells her that he couldn't do that to her. Sam appreciates him for that and they continue to play video games.

In **Family Portrait (1)**, Topher sees Heather crying in a empty classroom. Heather can't hide her feelings anymore and reveals to Topher that she was raped. Topher allows her to just cry it out but Heather asks if they can talk and he agrees. In **Family Portrait (2)**, Topher and Heather are talking in the hallway. Heather invites Topher to hang out after school and Topher jokes that the last person that asked him that tried to have sex with him. In **The Boy Is Mine (1)**, Topher and Macy are in Mr. Gilroy’s class when he notices Heather isn’t in class while taking attendance. Macy says that she saw Heather earlier. Heather comes to class late and drunk. Mr. Gilroy talks about a strange smell. Heather admits the smell is her and it’s vodka. Mr. Gilroy sends her to the principal’s office. Topper and Macy persuade into letting them come with her to keep her from getting in deep trouble. He allows them to both go with her. After visiting the Principal Crosby, Heather is relieved that she wasn’t expelled and only has to do a month of detention. She thanks her friends for helping her out and being there for her. Topher asks her how she’s doing and Heather now feels awful. Topher and Macy tells her that they have her back and she can talk to them about her problems. Heather is glad to have two friends by her side.

In **Poker Face (1)**, the senior are talking about graduation, as it only a few weeks away. They begin to talk about how Heather has been distant. Topher and Macy are questioned by their friends involving Heather's behavior during the school year. Macy wants to tell everyone what has been going on but Topher insists that she needs to tell them on her own. Amber is suspicious but she along with the rest of the seniors. Topher tells Macy she can't tell anyone about Heather's rape, as she should be the person to do it. During class, Amber asks Macy what's going on with Heather, as she feels like she should know since they're friends. Macy declines to tell her so Topher jumps to Macy defense. Now Manda becomes annoyed and questions how Topher knows because she feels like she and Amber are Heather's actual friends. Everyone in class tries to figure out what Heather's hiding and as they're guessing she enters the room to reveal she was raped before leaving. Heather is talking to Topher and Macy and she thanks them for hiding her secret. Topher doesn't think that Heather should be mad at her friends because they care.

In **Poker Face (2)**, Heather and Macy are talking when Topher approaches them. Topher wonders what they are talking about and after Macy tells them prom he asks if Heather found a date. With prom planning she hasn’t thought about a prom date. Topher tries to hint to her that he wants to go with her but Heather abruptly tells them she has a student council meeting. Macy asks Topher when he's going to ask Heather out. Topher tries to pretend that he doesn't like Heather but Macy isn't buying it. Topher reveals that he wants to ask her out but he's not sure if she's ready to date since the rape. Topher runs into Heather but she tells him that she has to hurry up to change out of her power squad uniform because she has her first therapy session. Topper tells Heather that he likes her more than friends. Topper goes on about feeling like she might be ready to date due to what happened to her but Heather stops him from talking by kissing him. Heather admits that she likes him too. She also asks him to come to therapy with her for support and he is glad to go with her.

In **You Get What You Give (1)**, Topher is in Principal Crosby’s office where he shares with him that he’ll have to repeat his senior year. Heather is sad that her boyfriend won’t graduate with them. Topher is upset by this news because he won’t be able to graduate with his friends and he’ll be left alone. Heather suggests that he runs for class president as the elections are coming up. After Macy making a joke about him be president he decide to run. Topher is confronted by Sam in the hallway. Sam is upset with Topher because she’s running for president. Sam tells him that everyone sees him as a joke. Topher thinks that Sam is intimidated by him but Sam denies this. Topher decides to throw a party to sway his classmates to run for him. In **You Get What You Give (2)**, Topher and Houston are going over the checklist of things to get for the party. Sam sees him and decides to confront him again by telling him he’s going to lose but Topher is confident he won’t. At the party everyone is having fun but Sam's sister Chastity starts acting out. Sam is furious at Topher for running and for her sister being at the party after having a hard school year. She feels like Topher doesn’t care about the real issues like her. Topher apologizes to Sam for everything and he ends up winning class president. Topher asks Sam if she'll be his vice president and she accepts.

In **Ring the Alarm**, Heather and Topher are talking about they prom outfits. Macy finds out that they’re talking about prom and reveals that she doesn’t plan on going. Heather tells her that she doesn’t need a date to go to prom and she really wants her best friend at prom with her. Macy reluctantly agrees to go to prom. Heather, Topher and Macy make it to prom. Macy is still unsure about being their but Topher and Heather try to get her to have fun. Everyone is having fun until Manda’s ex-boyfriend comes into prom with a gun.  Topher and Macy both annoy Heather because they aren’t acting serious while this is happening. After that situation has calmed down Topher and Heather convince Macy to ask her ex-boyfriend Miller to dance. In **Webster Summer Break**, Topher is seen with Houston and Devin at the beach when they spot Sam, Kali and Jess. They all talk and Topher shares that he’s still going strong with Heather.

### Season 4

In **All In My Head (1)**, Topher has started his second year as a senior. Topher is running late for back to school assembly. Topher and Jess watches as Sam gets into it with new girl and the daughter of a famous movie star and a fashion designer, Robin Rzewski. Topher and Sam are brainstorming for the first school dance of the year when Topher asks Sam how things are with Devin. She tells him they're making their long distance relationship work and she asks how he and Heather are going. Topher reveals they broke up two weeks ago. Sam starts feeling sick and leaves the conversation midway. In **All In My Head (2)**, Topher catches Sam on the computer in the student council room. Sam tells him that she's going over the prom budget. Topher questions why she's doing that since the school treasurer usually does. Sam reveals that Miller transferred. Topher can tell that something is going on with Sam and that she's been sick lately. Sam lies saying it's probably the stomach flu or something. Topher tells her to see a doctor to make sure.

In **99 Problems**, Topher is in class when Dustin comes in later and is iced out by Jess and Kali. Topher and Houston are shocked when they find out that Dustin and Jess broke up due to him choosing smoking weed over her. Houston and Topher get to the the cafeteria when they see Jess and Kali, who both are disgusted with the school lunch. Houston offers to drive them to Chipotle. However Jess gets a text from a guy she might have a crush on. Topher tells Houston that she doesn’t like him like he thought she did. Houston tells him that he can get any girl but he still is secretly disappointed. In **Can’t Stop the Feeling!**, Topher spots Sam in alone and comes over to sit with her. Sam shares with him that she going through a lot of different emotions. Topher offers to take on more work if he has anything to do with being his VP. Sam asks Topher to come over her house. Topher jokes about the last time she asked him to come over. When Sam tells him that sex is the furthest thing from her mind, he agrees to come over. Sam is at her house with Topher when she decides to share her secret with him but makes him promise not tell anyone, Houston. Topher promises so Sam reveals to him that she pregnant with Devin’s child and he doesn’t know about it. She also tells him about how Devin’s busy college life has prevented her from talking to him about their child and her frustrations with dating someone in college. Topher tells Sam that if she needs someone to talk to she can talk to him. Sam is touched and thankful to hear him say that and thanks him.

In **True Colors**, Topher and Sam are going some student council work when Topher realizes how late they've worked and suggests that go home for the day. Sam tells him she's be out in a second. Sam tries calling Devin again but he doesn't answer which makes her begin to cry. Topher comes back in and sees her crying. Sam confines in Topher about not getting the chance to tell Devin about her pregnancy. Topher advises her to keep calling until he answers and the two of them share a sweet moment as he comforts Sam as he holds her close. In **Pompeii (1)**, Topher notices that classmate Robin Rzewski has been waiting on her ride home for a while in the snow. So he decides to offer her a ride home. Robin is instantly attracted to Topher but shocked about him actually wanting to help her out as every other student has shunned her for her not so nice behavior. Topher knows that she's not like at school but he always roots for the underdog. The next day at school Topher sees Robin in the hallway talking with some sophomores. When Topher asks her how she's doing since they talked yesterday she kisses him. Topher is shocked and confused when she tells the girls that Topher is her boyfriend.

In **Pompeii (2)**, Topher decides to he finally wants tell Robin the truth about their relationship after about a week. However just as he's about to tell Robin, her ex-boyfriend Mark shows up. Topher notices that Robin seems scared while talking to him. He insults Webster by coming it "broke" and Topher defends his school, denying that Webster's a poor school. Mark notices that Robin is with Topher and calls him her new "fuck buddy" before calling her babe and walking away. Robin opens up to Topher about Mark. They dated over the summer before she started attending Webster. Her family is staying in a five star hotel when they first moved to town and Mark's family owned it. Topher noticed that she seemed scared, pointing out she's not of anyone. Robin shares with him that Mark's mother walked in on them when she lost her virginity to him. His mother blamed her for the whole thing and she threatened her to stay away from Mark or she would leak a story about her being a "whore". Topher is supportive of her and he tells her that he's there for her. Robin thanks him and calls him a great boyfriend to which he replies "yeah, boyfriend". Topher sees Robin talking to Mark in the school parking lot and he calls her "easy" as he tries to get her to have sex with him. Topher defends her against Mark which gets Mark to leave Robin alone. Robin thanks Topher for defending her. Topher tells her that it's what he's supposed to do for his girlfriend. Robin calls him awesome before he goes in for a forehead kiss. Topher and Robin are hanging at Houston's house since his house is a bit chaotic at the moment. Robin gets a text that Mark got into a car accident due to him being drunk and she leaves in a rush. Houston asks if Topher's really going to continue dating Robin despite him not liking her. Topher feels like he can't abandon Robin when she needs him.

In **Treat You Better**, Topher is in the hallway talking to Dustin about catching food in their mouths. Just as they are talking Robin comes up to them requesting if "Justin" can let her talk to her boyfriend. When Topher ask what's up she asks if she can just kiss her boyfriend. Topher pulls her in close but he's hesitant to kiss her until she points out that he's not trying to kiss her. After Topher gives her a proper kiss she asks him if he's doing anything after school. When Topher tells her that he has student council stuff she suggests that she sits in on their meeting. However Topher tells her that it's against the rules but they can hang out another time before leaving. Topher is in the student council room going over a check list of things to do with Sam. Robin comes in the room to talk to Topher but not before the girls share a few choice words with each other after Robin insults Sam. After Sam leaves Topher decides to confront her about the rude behavior she's showing towards Sam. When Robin tells him that she had to put Sam in her place, Topher decides that he can't date her anymore. Robin feels dumb because everyone knew that he likes Sam except her. Topher tries apologizing for their breakup but Robin tells him that she doesn't need his fake apology and she can have any boy she wants, before leaving the room. In **Hype**, Topher is discussing with Sam about the upcoming school talent show. Chastity comes in to ask if she can use the room to work on her new song. Topher agrees to let her use the room if she helps them with snack. When Topher and Sam leave the room to let her write her song,

## Trivia

* He is the third main character to not speak on the first episode of the season they debuted on.
* Along with Houston, he is the first person to repeat a grade.
* He is the first male class president of the series.
* Heather and Topher is the third relationship to end during the summer.
* He is first character to have started and ended more than one relationship in the same season.

## Relationships

Main article: Heather-Topher Relationship

* Heather Watson
	+ Start Up: Poker Face (2) (318)
	+ Break Up: Two Weeks Prior All In My Head (1) (401)
		- Reason: Unknown

Main article: Robin-Topher Relationship

* Robin Rzewski
	+ Start Up: Pompeii (1) (409)
	+ Break Up: Treat You Better (412)
		- Reason: Topher decided to finally break up with her after not really wanting to date her in the first place.

Main article: Sam-Topher Relationship

* Sam Burge
	+ Start Up: Two weeks before Not a Bad Thing (417)
	+ Break Up: History (421)
		- Reason: Topher knew that Sam still liked Devin and didn’t want to be her rebound.