Beverly Hills, 90210/Characters
This is for characters from the original series of Beverly Hills, 90210. For characters from the sequel series see here.
Brandon Walsh
- Betty and Veronica: the Betty to Dylan's Veronica for Kelly's Archie.
- Big Man on Campus
- Chick Magnet
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: the responsible to Brenda's foolish
- Nice Guy
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: the sensitive guy to Steve and Dylan's manly men.
Brenda Walsh
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Dylan and others.
- Betty and Veronica: the Betty to Kelly's Veronica for Dylan's Archie.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: the foolish to Brandon's responsible. Although she was a nice girl in the beginning, she became more rebellious later on.
- Naive Newcomer
- Put on a Bus: in season 5 via Real Life Writes the Plot
Kelly Taylor
- Betty and Veronica: the Veronica to Brenda's Betty for Dylan's Archie.
- Later the Archie to Brandon's Betty and Dylan's Veronica.
- Defrosting Ice Queen
- Disappeared Dad
- Damsel in Distress
- Hair of Gold
- Lovable Alpha Bitch
- No Going Steady: possibly the best example in the show.
- School Idol
- Spoiled Sweet
Steve Sanders
- Big Man on Campus
- Book Dumb
- Happily Adopted
- Hopeless Suitor: to Kelly in the earlier seasons.
- Lovable Jock
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: manly man to Brandon's sensitive guy.
Andrea Zuckerman
- Clingy Jealous Girl: concerning Brandon.
- Hollywood Nerd
- Hopeless Suitor: to Brandon.
- Jewish and Nerdy
- Meganekko
- Put on a Bus: in season 6.
- The Smart Girl
Dylan McKay
- The Alcoholic: in season 5.
- Betty and Veronica: the Archie for Brenda's Betty and Kelly's Veronica.
- Later the Veronica to Brandon's Betty for Kelly's Archie.
- The Charmer
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold
- Lonely Rich Kid
- Parental Abandonment
- Put on a Bus: in season 6 but later he comes back.
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: manly man to Brandon's sensitive guy.
- Troubled but Cute
David Silver
- Chick Magnet: in the later seasons.
- Hopeless Suitor: to Kelly in season 1.
- Jewish and Nerdy: he was definitely geeky in the beginning.
- Nice Jewish Boy
- Tagalong Kid: Initially at least.
Donna Martin
- Break the Cutie
- Character Development: she started as Kelly's shallow, ditzy sidekick but later the character's depth was more explored.
- The Ditz: more in the earlier seasons.
- Domestic Abuse: she was repeatedly abused by her boyfriend Ray Pruitt.
- The Fashionista
- Spoiled Sweet
Jim and Cindy Walsh
Valerie Malone
- Broken Bird
- Freudian Excuse
- Really Gets Around
- Remember the New Guy?
- Vitriolic Best Buds: with everyone.