Lizzie McGuire (character)
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| Elizabeth Brooke McGuire | |
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| Lizzie McGuire character | |
| File:ElizabethMcGuire01.jpg Lizzie from the episode "Dear Lizzie" | |
| First appearance | Rumors (Season 1,episode 1) |
| Last appearance | The Lizzie McGuire Movie (Film) |
| Portrayed by | Hilary Duff |
| In-universe information | |
| Nickname | Lizzie |
| Title | Teenage Girl/Best Friend/Teen Angst |
| Occupation | Student (Season 1-2 and Movie) |
| Family | Joanne "Jo" McGuire (mom) Samuel "Sam" McGuire (father) Matthew "Matt" Samuel McGuire (brother) |
| Nationality | Scottish American |
Elizabeth Brooke "Lizzie" McGuire is a fictional character from the Disney Channel TV Series Lizzie McGuire. Lizzie is played by Hilary Duff.
Background
Lizzie is portrayed as a sweet, honest teenage Scottish American girl who always knows when to do the right thing. She sticks up for her friends, but as shown in some episodes, she sometimes needs reminding in order to do so. She is generally very kind and is even nice to her enemies, such as Kate Sanders/Saunders. At the same time, Lizzie has hurt Kate's feelings and clearly didn't care like in the Halloween episode where Kate cried after Lizzie, Miranda, Gordo, Matt, and Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez played a practical joke on her. Lizzie will even hurt Matt's feelings. All Lizzie wants to do is get by in life, one step at a time. She is always trying to impress her crushes, such as Ethan Craft. She often has the urge to try to become part of the "popular crowd," as exemplified by her arch enemy and former best friend Kate. Sometimes when she does something that gets her temporarily popular she decides that this sort of life is not for her and gives it up, such as the time she became a teen model[1] and the time she dated a celebrity.[2] Lizzie is allergic to strawberries[3] and oyster sauce[4], and she sometimes says that she hates her brother Matt so much that she is allergic to him. As a running gag, Lizzie shows that she is clumsy by falling over, tripping into a trash can, or being smacked on the face by a locker or door. Many times she is disappointed at her parents for treating her like a little kid, which she does not like. She wants to show them that she is old enough to do many things on her own.
Athletic abilities
It is shown in episodes such as "I've Got Rhythmic" and "One of the Guys" that Lizzie is very talented at Rhythmic gymnastics and excels in athletics. However, she often thinks negatively of sports so that people won't judge her as a "tomboy," and she doesn't really enjoy them that much.
Animated Lizzie
Animated Lizzie is an animated character in the show. She represents the title character's inner thoughts, addressing the audience directly in the manner of a Greek chorus. Animated Lizzie is also voiced by series star Hilary Duff.
Love relationships
- In "Pool Party", she has a crush Danny Kessler. In later episodes Lizzie switches to on Ethan Craft.
- In "Here Comes Aaron Carter", she is kissed by Aaron Carter under mistletoe.
- In "Scarlett Larry", Lizzie goes on a date with Larry Tudgeman, the "class nerd", and is surprised to find she enjoys it; they decide in the end that a relationship would not work.
- In "First Kiss", she finds love with her paperboy. She kisses him and then becomes obsessed with him, until he dumps her for a girl at his school.
- In "Just Friends", she attempts to ask out Ethan Craft, but he insists they are better off as friends.
- In "Lizzie in the Middle", Lizzie dates Frankie Muniz but in the end breaks it off because she decides that dating a celebrity gets too much in the way of having a normal life.
- In "The Greatest Crush of All", Lizzie (along with other girls in class) has a crush on their new English teacher from Scotland, Mr. Keith.
- In "The Untitled Stan Jansen Project", it is revealed accidentally by Miranda, that Lizzie had a crush on David "Gordo" Gordon in the fourth grade.
- In "Bye Bye Hillridge High", Lizzie kisses Gordo on the cheek at the end of the episode.
- In The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Lizzie meets an attractive singer, Paolo, and goes around Rome with him, but in the end learns he's just using her. She kisses Gordo on the lips at the very end. It is unknown what happens next, although it is widely speculated (in fan fiction, for instance) that Lizzie ends up dating Gordo.