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In Hannah Montana, band member Jesse was a mysterious and enticing love interest. He has to be low down on the list, though, because many people wanted Miley to end up with Jake.
In Lemonade Mouth, Olivia White (portrayed by Bridgit Mendler) was shy and retreating, but exceptionally talented and kind. She was lovely, in short.
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody was undoubtedly a great show — and obviously, Cody Martin (Cole Sprouse) was one half of the titular dynamic duo. While he was often selfish, he could also be sweet.
On Sonny With a Chance, Sterling Knight portrayed Chad Dylan Cooper, a selfish, entitled TV star who sometimes had softer moments. He made for a great watch.
While Liv and Maddie‘s Liv Rooney was high-strung and high-maintenance, Maddie was the total opposite — a chill girl, if you will. Her dynamic with her sister was often touching.
Though many people are fond of Selena Gomez‘s breakout role as Alex Russo on Wizards of Waverly Place thanks to her sassiness and courage, we often found her to be self-absorbed. Still, she takes us back.
Shake It Up, the show that launched Zendaya‘s career, also introduced us to Bella Thorne as sassy CeCe Jones. She was lots of fun.
In Liv and Maddie, Dove Cameron played two VERY different twins. We had a slight preference for high-strung popstar Liv.
Cadet Kelly is a total classic, and Hilary Duff‘s character was totally endearing.
We can’t help it if we have a weak spot for a sarcastic talking pet — Sabrina the Teenage Witch, anyone? In Dog With a Blog, Stan had hilarious opinions that never failed to entertain. Plus, well, he’s super cute.
There’ll always be a place in our hearts for High School Musical‘s female lead. Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens) was kind, talented and knew what she wanted, qualities that are always welcome in a movie character.
In Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth, Stella Yamada was the rock ‘n’ roll guitarist. It doesn’t hurt that she was portrayed by uber-cool real-life singer Hayley Kiyoko.
Zuri Ross (Skai Jackson) was so adorable that she could get away with murder in the chaotic Ross family from the show Jessie. We loved her so much.
Irresponsible, chaotic Austin Moon (Ross Lynch) was also a deeply loveable character — and a perfect foil to Ally (Laura Marano).
Hannah Montana‘s Jackson Stewart (Jason Earles) may have been extremely big-brother-ish in that he was always giving Miley a hard time and letting her take the fall, but he was always a good guy in the end. Plus, his slapstick duo with Rico was hilarious.
Demi Lovato may not be proud of the way she acted while filming Sonny With a Chance, but she was still hilarious on this show about a Midwestern teen getting her big TV break.
All of Camp Rock was quite frankly fever dream-adjacent, but that doesn’t mean we don’t still have a serious soft spot for Joe Jonas‘ floppy-haired Shane Gray.
Jake Ryan (Cody Linley) from Hannah Montana was often the worst, most self-involved character ever — but he always found a way to endear himself to Miley again, and to us too. We won’t lie, we were shipping these two.
Austin & Ally was quite the memorable-character factory. Trish De La Rosa (Raini Rodriguez) won over audiences with her devil-may-care attitude and the hilarious ways she managed to get fired from every job she was hired for in record time.
With Jessie (Debby Ryan) as his nanny, young boy Ravi Ross (Karan Brar) was an adorable nerd and scaredy cat — which made his dynamic with sister Zuri Ross, a precocious troublemaker, all the more adorable.
If you were a Lizzie McGuire and That’s So Raven Disney kid, you’ve probably never even heard of Austin & Ally — but the next-gen shows really did hold up. Portrayed by Laura Marano, Ally Dawson was a talented songwriter and a hilarious, responsible foil to her counterpart Austin’s chaotic energy.
While not Disney’s most iconic or memorable character by quite a margin, Teddy Duncan of Good Luck Charlie — played by Bridgit Mendler — was deeply likeable. She was a bit of a nerd and obviously a great big sister to Charlie, given the videos she made for her.
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