History Characters / DearEvanHansen

-->''''Jared''': Fuck you, Evan! '''ASSHOLE!!'''

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He and Evan have a falling-out three-quarters of the way into the show. Jared is never seen after this point, leaving it ambiguous if they ever patched things up. [[Spoiler: They do in the movie, as seen when their mothers take a graduation picture of them.]]

-->''''Jared''': Fuck you, Evan! '''ASSHOLE!!'''\\

'''Jared''': Fuck you, Evan! '''ASSHOLE!!'''\\

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He and Evan have a falling-out three-quarters of the way into the show. Jared is never seen after this point, leaving it ambiguous if they ever patched things up.

* RaceLift: The role of Jared was originated by white actor Will Roland, and the character is depicted as Jewish. The film cast Nik Dodani, who is Indian-American, in the role, and changed Jared's surname to accommodate this.

* AdaptationNameChange: Has his name changed to Kalwani in the film, to accommodate his RaceLift.

->'''Portrayed by:''' Rachel Bay Jones (2015-2018), Lisa Brescia (2018-2019), Jessica Philips (2019-2022), Creator/JulianneMoore (film)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Will Roland (2015-2018), Sky Lakota-Lynch (2018-2019), Jared B. Goldsmith (2019-2022), Nik Dodani (film)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BenPlatt (2015-2017, film), Noah Galvin (2017-2018), Taylor Trensch (2018-2019), Andrew Barth Feldman (2019-2020), Creator/JordanFisher (2020-2022)

* AmbiguousDisorder: While it's never referred to by name, Evan shows a lot of the signs and symptoms of social anxiety disorder.
** The 2019 tour takes Evan’s MotorMouth and inability to make eye contact with others up a notch, giving him the appearance of being on the autism spectrum.
** Aside from his obvious social anxiety, Evan has certain behaviors indicative of autism established by Ben Platt's performance -- repetitive stimming and hand flapping, for instance -- and in the script, like Evan's unusual special interest in trees.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Connor is implied to have some sort of mental illness, as he is emotionally volatile, paranoid about what others think of him, and apparently had a history of suicidal ideation. It has been suggested that he has borderline personality disorder.

* MisBlamed: In the novelization, Connor's StartOfDarkness is this -- [[spoiler: he covers for his friend Miguel when teachers find pot in his locker, causing him to be expelled from his fancy private school, forced to attend rehab and completely derailing his life and beginning his actual history with drug addiction.]]

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BenPlatt (2015-2017, film), Noah Galvin (2017-2018), Taylor Trensch (2018-2019), Andrew Barth Feldman (2019-2020), Creator/JordanFisher (2020-present)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Rachel Bay Jones (2015-2018), Lisa Brescia (2018-2019), Jessica Philips (2019-present), Creator/JulianneMoore (film)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MikeFaist (2015-2018), Alex Boniello (2018-2020), David Jeffrey (2020-present), Colton Ryan (film)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Mike Faist (2015-2018), Alex Boniello (2018-2020), David Jeffrey (2020-present)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Laura Dreyfuss (2015-2018), Olivia Puckett (2018), Mallory Bechtel (2018-2019), Gabrielle Carrubba (2019-present), Creator/KaitlynDever (film)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Jennifer Laura Thompson (2015-2019), Ann Sanders (2019), Christiane Noll (2019-present), Creator/AmyAdams (film)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Michael Park (2015-2019), John Dossett (2016), Ivan Hernandez (2019-present), Creator/DannyPino (film)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Will Roland (2015-2018), Sky Lakota-Lynch (2018-2019), Jared B. Goldsmith (2019-present), Nik Dodani (film)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Alexis Molnar (2015), Kristolyn Lloyd (2016-2018), Phoenix Best (2018-2019), Samantha Williams (2019), Phoebe Koyabe (2019-present), Creator/AmandlaStenberg (film)

** The 2019 tour takes Evan’s MotorMouth and inability to make eye contact with others UpToEleven, giving him the appearance of being on the autism spectrum.

* {{Meganekko}}: Alana is the only female character to be seen wearing glasses.

->'''Portrayed by:''' Mike Faist (2015-2018), Alex Boniello (2018-2020), David Jeffrey (2020-present), Colton Ryan (film)

[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote: Click here to see Evan, played by Noah Galvin.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evanhansennoahgavlin.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote: Click here to see Evan, played by Taylor Trensch.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evanhansentaylortrensch.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote: Click here to see Evan, played by Andrew Barth Feldman.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evanhansenandrewbarthfeldman.png[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote: Click here to see Connor, played by Alex Boniello.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/connormurphyalexboniello.png[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote: Click here to see Imaginary Connor, played by Alex Boniello.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/imaginaryconnormurphyalexboniello.png[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote: Click here to see Jared, played by Sky Lakota-Lynch.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jaredkleinmanskylakotalynch.png[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote: Click here to see Alana, played by Alexis Molnar.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alanabeckalexismolnar.png[[/labelnote]]]]

* TokenMinority: The only person of color in the original cast. ColorblindCasting later came into play, so depending on the cast, this may not be the case. But while the ethnicity of the other roles may vary, [[OriginalCastPrecedent Alana is always black]].

* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In the upcoming movie, he's going to be Connor's stepfather instead of his father.
* WhyAreYouNotMySon: Starts to have this mindset towards Evan.

* {{Ambiguously Gay}}: While he claims that he is interested in girls and even claims he "got to second-base-below-the-bra with this girl from Israel who's going to be in the army," he he often acts weirdly around the subject of homosexuality. He acts as a {{Shipper on Deck}} in regards to Evan and Connor and makes numerous jokes about the subject. There is also the argument that many of his actions and reactions indicate a crush on Evan, but that is never confirmed one way or another. Although [[http://www.playbill.com/article/3-spotify-playlists-for-the-characters-of-dear-evan-hansen Will Roland's playlist for him]] does leave Evan/Jared shippers hopeful. The film drops all ambiguity when he outright states that he's hooked up with a guy during the opening scene.

* {{Ambiguously Gay}}: While he claims that he is interested in girls and even claims he "got to second-base-below-the-bra with this girl from Israel who's going to be in the army," he he often acts weirdly around the subject of homosexuality. He acts as a {{Shipper on Deck}} in regards to Evan and Connor and makes numerous jokes about the subject. There is also the argument that many of his actions and reactions indicate a crush on Evan, but that is never confirmed one way or another. Although [[Will Roland's playlist for him http://www.playbill.com/article/3-spotify-playlists-for-the-characters-of-dear-evan-hansen]] does leave Evan/Jared shippers hopeful. The film drops all ambiguity when he outright states that he's hooked up with a guy during the opening scene.

* {{Ambiguously Gay}}: While he claims that he is interested in girls and even claims he "got to second-base-below-the-bra with this girl from Israel who's going to be in the army," he he often acts weirdly around the subject of homosexuality. He acts as a {{Shipper on Deck}} in regards to Evan and Connor and makes numerous jokes about the subject. There is also the argument that many of his actions and reactions indicate a crush on Evan, but that is never confirmed one way or another. Although Will Roland's playlist for him does leave Evan/Jared shippers hopeful [[http://www.playbill.com/article/3-spotify-playlists-for-the-characters-of-dear-evan-hansen]].

--> '''Alana''': [[spoiler: [[StepfordSmiler What do you take? I'll go first. Lexapro, 10 milligrams.]]]]

* WhamLine: This is how she reveals [[that she struggles with depression]] in the film, while it was only implied in the play.

* HeelRealization: He has one of these in the novel upon realizing what a jerk he was in life.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The film showsshows, in a case of AdaptationDeviation, [[spoiler: she almost immediately regrets publishing Connor's "suicide note", and takes it down not long after she posts it upon seeing the damage it has caused. This doesn't stop what's happening, however.]]

--> '''Alana''': "[[spoiler: [[StepfordSmiler What do you take? I'll go first. Lexapro, 10 milligrams.]]]]