The characters of The Latest Buzz.
Rebecca Harper (played by Zoe Belkin)
- Affectionate Nickname: Noah's nickname for her is "R" (the first letter in her name).
- All Women Love Shoes
- Control Freak: And how!! She's very eager at becoming a journalist and getting the job done, even her own friends are annoyed by it and would sometimes call her a nerd for it.
- Daddy's Girl
- Dogged Nice Girl: To Noah.
- Fag Hag: Subverted. She's best friends with Michael, who's only Camp Straight, not gay.
- Genki Girl: She has a very happy and sugary sweet personality.
- Go-Getter Girl: She's the only one out of her 5 co-writers who intends on being the best journalist as possible.
- The Heroine
- Missing Mom: Her mom passed away when she was younger.
- Naïve Everygirl
- Nice Girl
- Official Couple: With Noah.
- Passionate Sports Girl: She loves baseball and would sometimes go to the batting cages whenever she feels bad.
- Phone Aholic Teenager: She would mostly spend her time on the phone with her grandmother.
- Platonic Life-Partners: With Michael.
- Plucky Girl
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Promoted Fanboy: She was once a big fan of Zuzu Moon until the whole drama with her and Noah esculated. - Stepford Smiler
- Team Mom
- Tsundere: Towards Noah.
- UST: With Noah.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Amanda.
Michael Theodore Davies (played by Demetrius Joyette)
- All Gays Love Theater: He loves theater and musicals.
- Ambiguously Gay: Subverted. He's not actually gay, but in one episode, his obsession over a guy's "nice tie" comment might've been a clue. He wanted to make sure if the guy was being sincere, but it turns out that his remark about his tie was entirely based on sarcasm.
- However, the second and third seasons did showed that he was really interested in dating girls. He starts an on-again off-again relationship with Yolanda in the next couple of episodes, but after breaking up with her, he starts to date Amanda in only one episode.
- Ascended Fanboy: Is an avid fan of the musical Good Witch, Bad Witch, a parody of Wicked.
- Attention Whore
- Camp Straight
- Catchphrase: His saying "Gasp!" or "Gag!" without actually doing those actions.
- Deadpan Snarker
- Disappeared Dad: We've seen his mom in a couple of episodes, but not his dad. Michael seems to never mention his father or give any explanation about his absence at all on the show.
- The Fashionista: More of a male example.
- Gossipy Hens: Averted. He doesn't actually gossip, but he does write the gossip column.
- Hidden Depths: Apart from liking theater and fashion, he does enjoy other guys' activities such as basketball and dodgeball.
- The Lancer
- Platonic Life-Partners: With Rebecca.
Noah Brent Jackson (played by Justin Kelly)
- Anti-Hero: Type IV or IIV.
- Cannot Spit It Out: Noah struggles to tell Rebecca how he feels.
- In The Fake Out Issue and The Wonderful Wizard of Buzz when he can't find a way to ask her out.
- The Face The Music Issue when the two share their first kiss and Noah lies and saids it did mean anything.
- In The Hip Hop Issue he struggles to tell her he loves her.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: He became jealous when he found out that Rebecca and Elliot were becoming good friends, despite the two being broken up at the time.
- Deadpan Snarker: Is always ready with a snarky comment.
- Dogged Nice Guy: To Rebecca.
- Freudian Excuse: Is a middle child and became a Deadpan Snarker to get attention from his workaholic parents.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold:
- Lovable Rogue:
- Official Couple: With Rebecca.
- The Prankster: Enjoys playing pranks on Micheal.
- The Smart Guy:
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome:
- Tsundere: Towards Rebecca.
- Unresolved Sexual Tension: With Rebecca.
- Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist
Amanda Pierce (played by Vanessa Morgan)
- All Girls Like Ponies: In "The Pet Peeves Issue" she gets a pony and hides it in her office so her father wouldn't see it.
- All Women Love Shoes
- Alpha Bitch: Started off as one in a couple of episodes.
- Lovable Alpha Bitch: Became a lot more nicer in the later episodes, despite having very selfish tendencies.
- Daddy's Girl
- Deadpan Snarker
- Defrosting Ice Queen
- Dogged Nice Girl: To Wilder.
- Embarrassing Cover Up: She claims it was her new pefume when the gang complains about the smell of the dung that her pony made.
- Expy: She's the black and more smarter version of London Tipton.
- The Fashionista
- Happily Ever After: With Wilder. Confirmed by Word of God.
- Heel Realization: When she finally saw how mean Caitlin was being to her friends, she confesses that if she didn't work at Teen Buzz, she would've still been mean like Caitlin.
- Idol Singer: She has high hopes of becoming a famous singer and decides to go live with her real mother in the finale in order to pursue her singing career.
- It's All About Me
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold
- Official Couple: With Wilder.
- Opposites Attract: With Wilder, also.
- Phone Aholic Teenager: Like Rebecca, she would spend most of her time on the phone with her "Daddy's Assistant".
- Rich Bitch —> Spoiled Sweet
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality
- UST: With Wilder.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Rebecca.
Wilder Gulliver Atticus Wilder (played by Munro Chambers)
- The Ace: He's very good at sports, especially dodgeball, which he seems to never lose at.
- Big Eater: For a skinny guy, he does have a big appetite.
- The Big Guy
- Book Dumb
- Breakout Character: He became one of the most popular characters and having his own spin-off which would follow him and his family.
- Catchphrase: "Awestruck!"
- Cloudcuckoolander
- Cordon Bleugh Chef: He actually created his own salsa from marmalade and pepper.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: He became incredibly jealous when he learned that Michael and Amanda are dating. So to make her jealous, he brings Yolanda, Michael's ex-girlfriend, as his date.
- The Ditz
- Embarrassing Middle Name: "Gulliver" and "Atticus".
- Happily Ever After: With Amanda. Confirmed by Word of God.
- Genius Ditz: The only two things that he's not clueless about is video games and sports.
- Identical Stranger: He looks exactly like Chase, the prince that Amanda takes as her date to the dance with in the episode "The Hip Hop Issue".
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy
- Nice Guy
- Official Couple: With Amanda
- Opposites Attract: Also with Amanda.
- Plucky Comic Relief
- Relationship Upgrade: He and Amanda get together near the end of the third season.
- Repetitive Name
- Strong Family Resemblance / Like Father, Like Son: Him and his dad, Big Wilder, do have certain things in common.
- Skater Dude
- UST: With Amanda.
- Wacky Canadians Have Wacky Names: Wilder Gulliver Atticus Wilder anyone?
- Wacky Guy
Dianne Jeffries, a.k.a. D.J. (played by Genelle Williams)
- Adults Are Useless: Averted.
- All Women Love Shoes
- Dogged Nice Girl: To Mr. Shepherd.
- Everyone Went to School Together: She went to high school with Mr. Shepherd.
- Happily Ever After: With Mr. Shepherd in the finale
- Happily Married: To Mr. Shepherd in the finale.
- Official Couple: With Mr. Shepherd.
- Only Known by Initials
- Sassy Black Woman: Averted with.
- Team Mom
- UST: With Mr. Shepherd.
Mr. Andrew Shepherd (played by Jeff Geddis)
- Adults Are Useless: Averted.
- Cool Teacher
- Dogged Nice Guy: To D.J.
- Everyone Went to School Together: He went to high school with D.J.
- The Good Guys Always Win: According to D.J., Mr. Shepherd always wins at everything.
- Happily Ever After: With D.J. in the finale.
- Happily Married: To D.J. in the finale.
- Nice Guy
- Official Couple: With D.J.
- Reasonable Authority Figure
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome
- UST: With D.J.
Recurring Characters
Cody Herman (played by Stephen Joffe)
- Ascended Extra: He appears in more than one episode, despite being credited as a guest star.
- Deadpan Snarker
- Evil Redhead
- Insufferable Genius
- Jerkass
- Redheads Are Uncool: Due to being a nerd and a complete Jerkass, we can assume that he's not all well liked by anyone on the staff.
- The Rival
- The Sixth Ranger
- Student Council President: He and Rebecca run against each other for president in "The Power Tripping Issue" and ends up winning the election over her.
- Token Evil Teammate
Yolanda Farquar (played by Raquel Cadilha)
- Abhorrent Admirer: To Michael, though they start to go out in the later episodes.
- Ascended Extra: Like Cody Herman, she gets more episode appearances, despite only being credited as a guest star.
- Beware the Nice Ones: In "The Bully Issue", she definitely showed off her mean, controlling nature towards Michael.
- Brainy Brunette
- Dogged Nice Girl: To Michael.
- Domestic Abuse: Her controlling ways took a toll on her and Michael's relationship in "The Bully Issue".
- Give Geeks a Chance: Michael finally gotten the nerve to start a relationship with Yolanda in the later episodes, despite not having actual feelings towards her.
- Lovable Nerd
- Nerd Glasses
- Nice Girl
- Remember the New Guy?: She's supposed to be an old friend of Michael's from childhood, though she's never been seen or brought up by Michael in the earlier episodes.
- Stalker with a Crush: Towards Michael.
