Amy Duncan - Characters - Main Characters

Main Characters

• Teddy Duncan

Teddy R. Duncan (Bridgit Mendler) is the protagonist of the series, and Charlie's older and only sister, and the second oldest in the Duncan children. Feeling that she will not be around as much when her baby sister Charlie is grown, she produces and directs video diaries for her, hoping that it will give her advice that will help her be successful as a teenager at the end of every episode and at the end of every video diary she says 'good luck charlie'. Her best friend is Ivy Wentz. She is usually a straight-A student. It was mentioned in "Sun Show: Part 1", that her parents were expecting a boy, hence the generally masculine name "Teddy". She dated Spencer Walsh in season 1, but they broke up after she caught him hanging around with a pretty, dim-witted brunette named Skyler, breaking her heart. She and Skyler later become friends despite Teddy and Ivy being annoyed by her at times because of her dumbness but they get used to it, as it is in her nature. She and Skyler also compete in a Battle of the Bands contest, but when Skyler and PJ get together, they combine the two bands together, winning the contest. She and Spencer later get back together in season 2, where Spencer kisses her and says that hurting her was the stupidest thing he's ever done. Throughout the show Teddy has had numerous boyfriends including Derek, a very relaxed guy with a motorbike who could be quite ditzy sometimes; and Evan, a boy that Teddy once liked until she realized that he was into Pokeo - a little kids card game and dumps him because of this in a L.A.R.P. (live-action role play) in the park. Teddy shows a lot of care towards her brothers, as demonstrated when she saves PJ from falling out of a tree house window on the condition of him needing to drive her where ever she wanted for a month, or when Gabe gets a black eye from Jo and Teddy offers to help him with his problem. Teddy is known as a "goody-goody" (G.G.) from her best friend Ivy. It is revealed in "Bye Bye Video Diary", that the reason she wants Charlie to have video diaries with advice in them, because she wants Charlie to grow up to be a good girl. She and Spencer get back together in 'Can You Keep A Secret?'.

• PJ Duncan

PJ Duncan (Jason Dolley) is the eldest of the Duncan children. He and Teddy often fight, although they care about each other, and he usually gets along well with his younger brother, Gabe. He often appears awkward, somewhat careless and childish, but on numerous occasions has been known to be resourceful, creative and intelligent. Also, he has also been shown to be a good cook, and Bob once tricked Amy (who isn't a very good cook) into working later so that PJ would cook. He and his best friend, Emmett, have their own band entitled "PJ and the Vibe". PJ occasionally uses his younger sister, Charlie, for his personal gain like when he uses her to make big tips while working for Kwikki Chikki by saying that his mother, Amy, was ill in the hospital when she actually she works there. He dated Teddy's friend and ex-girlfriend of Spencer Walsh, Skyler, who has the same type of scatterbrain he has, but they broke up in "PJ in the City", when Skyler had to move to New York City because of her father's new job which required him to relocate. When he dated Skyler, he became concerned when her former boyfriend kept texting her to get back together, he says to leave Skyler alone. He was originally intended to be named after his great-grandfather, Patrick John, but Bob was nervous as he was writing on his birth certificate, resulting in the legal name of "Potty John" instead of the intended "Patty John". Despite Bob trying to correct this in the season 2 episode "Can You Keep a Secret?", he accidentally changed the intended name to "PP Duncan" instead. In season 3, PJ moves out of the Duncan house and into an apartment shared with Emmett.

• Gabe Duncan

Gabriel "Gabe" Duncan (Bradley Steven Perry) is the middle child of the Duncan children, being both the younger brother of Teddy and PJ, and older brother of Charlie and Toby. It is demonstrated early in the series that Gabe does not approve of Charlie's arrival and takes the longest, of all the Duncans, to get used to her. However, he often reluctantly assists with taking care of Charlie and is gradually beginning to demonstrate more fondness in her. He is a prankster and troublemaker, often sarcastic and lazy, but can also be dutiful and determined at times. He is front-man when it comes to the Duncans' running rivalry with Mrs. Dabney, their neighbor, who is often the target of Gabe's pranks and cracks, which is the only time the family doesn't mind them. He is the only Duncan to have brown hair, unlike the rest of his family, who all have blonde hair. One time he was in a commercial with a fake mom (Perry's real-life mother, Kim) where he claims "she looks more like my mom than my real one." A running gag in the show is that he insults Bob because of his weight and baldness, Amy's cooking, PJ being a goofball, Teddy being a "goody-goody," and occasionally Charlie. He also likes to harass and tease Mrs. Dabney, as he finds her annoying, for example, when she came to their doorstep, he says he's not feeling well and he says he's got a bad case of "Dabneriah" (which Amy finds amusing) or when she tricked him and PJ into digging a hot tub, they poured green food coloring in it, turning her green. Whenever there is a special occasion, he wants to skip the ceremony and get to the cake, like Charlie's first birthday. In "Special Delivery", he said he wanted a younger brother (who is later born in that episode) because he wants to be able to tease him, rather than teasing PJ. He also won the baby naming contest and so his brother's name is Toby. Like his sister Teddy, he makes video diaries for Toby, ending with Good Fortune, Toby!. Also, it was revealed that when Gabe was a baby he was a calm and easy child.

• Charlie Duncan

Charlotte "Charlie" Duncan (Mia Talerico) is the title character and the second youngest of the Duncan children. She is generally portrayed as being happy and rarely cries. Charlie appears as the least of the Duncans in the series as she is little. It sometimes takes a few tries to get her to do the right thing. Charlie can also be mischievous at times. Many of the Duncan family's adventures revolve around Charlie. Both her older brothers, PJ and Gabe, are often seen using Charlie for their own benefit, although PJ shows that he cares about her deeply. However, Gabe seems to dislike Charlie the most although, in some episodes, he is seen being quite fond of her. Amy thinks of Charlie as the perfect baby, being cute and all that. Bridgit Mendler played an older version of Charlie in "Bye-Bye Video Diary", in a dream sequence that shows what Teddy fears if Charlie does not receive the video diaries, Charlie might act badly, quit school, run away with her juvenile boyfriend, and resent Teddy. It was revealed in "Charlie is 1", that it was Teddy's idea to nickname her Charlie. Charlie was seen having short hair, usually tied up like a bun in the first season, but as she grew older, had longer hair in a ponytail or pigtails. Charlie speaks more often in later episodes of season 2 and in season 3. She shares a birthday with Toby and said, "I like this present" when Toby was born. In season 3, her personality begins to develop, as she is seen as sneaky and mischievous, such as pretending to like a doll Amy bought for her to like Toby, but then throwing it away when she wasn't looking, and also telling Amy's "friends" what she really thinks of them, causing her to lose them all. Her personality is most like Gabe.

• Amy Duncan

Amy B. Duncan – (née Blankenhooper) (Leigh-Allyn Baker) is the mother of Teddy, PJ, Gabe, Charlie, and Toby, and wife of Bob. She works as a hospital nurse and is often portrayed as dutiful, protective and comedic. She is very fond and loving of her family, and does everything she can to care for and protect them. She appears to be somewhat uncomfortable when she is not taking care of her family, especially Charlie, but as the series progresses, she begins to feel assured that her youngest daughter and family are in good hands and now trusts that her husband and three eldest children can take care of Charlie. She used to be on the local news team and was also a poet in her high school days. A running joke on the show is that she mentions her tenure at Southwest Denver Community College, and apparently having been involved virtually every extracurricular activity that the school provided, and yet still earned a nursing degree. She lets special opportunities, such as being on TV or singing in front of a group, go to her head. She has a habit of taking any chance of any publicity that may shine on her family to focus onto her. This never works out well, usually she ends up being cut from the project or tossed out of certain groups (Mommy & Me, etc). Amy seldom accepts her children's misbehavior. It is revealed in the episode "Teddy's Bear" that whenever Amy gets involved in things that may tick her off, she turns into "Mama Bear" and loses control. It is revealed in the movie, that she is pregnant again with her fifth child. In "Teddy on Ice", she reveals that Charlie is the perfect combination of her three older children – "The intelligence of Teddy, the sweetness of PJ, and none of Gabe!" According to Bob, Amy is usually fussy during her third trimester in pregnancy. In the middle of the third season, Amy quit her nursing job to be a full-time mother to Charlie and Toby.

• Bob Duncan

Bob William Duncan (Eric Allan Kramer) is the father of Teddy, PJ, Gabe, Charlie, and Toby, and husband of Amy. He owns his own pest control company, "Bob's Bugs Be Gone". He sometimes refers to his business as the "Triple B -G". He loves bugs and attends the bug convention every year. Bob is the coach of Gabe's basketball team, but he was temporarily replaced by his wife. It is also mentioned in "Snow Show: Part 1" that Bob and Amy are not legally married because they were scammed by a con man who impersonated a judge. Then they end up getting married legally with all four of their children present(Charlie caught the bouquet!). His dream as a child was to be a professional wrestler named "Bobzilla", which he showed in his company's commercial. Bob gets made fun of a lot throughout the series because of his weight and baldness, usually by his younger son, Gabe. He is very "cheap" and "tight" with his money. He wants his family to know him as a "fix-it" man, though his projects never seem to work out. He is slightly afraid of Amy, but he calls it a "strong respect". He has two positions of authority when it comes to the children: driving lessons and barbecuing. He can be lazy but is determined to spend quality time with his wife and children. Especially his two sons; PJ and Gabe, they often go on a fishing trip which is a nightmare for PJ and Gabe especially when Bob makes his egg salad sandwiches. He has issues with his mother-in-law, Petunia. In the movie he gets a timeout just because Petunia blames him for not raising Charlie properly. In the end, Petunia says he is good at making beautiful babies, with a little sarcasm. It is revealed he has apologized to Amy at least 162 times. In "Baby Steps," it is revealed that he dropped all of his kids including Toby. In multiple episodes Bob brags about having his own band in high school, "The Bob Duncan Experience", which made a grand total of ONE record(an LP, no copies). He can still play bass guitar and occasionally sits in with P.J. & The Vibe. Late in the third season, Bob began exercising and dropped a massive amount of fat, replacing most of it with muscle. After Amy & the kids staged an intervention to stop his more revealing wardrobe choices, he admits the catalyst for his getting back in shape was someone in the park mistaking him for Toby's grandfather!