List of Big Time Rush characters
This is a list of fictional characters in the television series, Big Time Rush. The article deals with main, recurring, minor character and notable guest stars.
Main characters
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Kendall Knight
Kendall Knight (
Kendall has a crush on Jo from the very beginning she came to L.A. and by insisting on Jo to give him a chance they soon after become a couple. They keep the longest relationship on the series until Jo accepts a three-year movie deal to New Zealand and moves there (thus breaking up with Kendall). Kendall goes into heartbreak after Jo leaves. However, with his friends' help, he is able to get back on his feet. Kendall is the only one who never caught "
James Diamond
James Diamond (
Carlos Garcia
Carlos Garcia (
Carlos likes most girls he sees, because he never had a "real" girlfriend and has been shown to be very awkward and silly in front of girls he finds attractive. He has though a big special crush on Jennifers throughout the series, even though they keep rejecting him and did, however, have a date with Jennifer 1 for the prom
Logan Mitchell
Hortense "Logan" Mitchell (Logan Henderson) is the genius and second-in-command of the group. He is genuine and sweet, and the next most down-to-earth guy in the band after Kendall. He is also the serious one but usually follows along in his friend's schemes, sometimes making schemes of his own when needed, like his most famous scheme, 'Love Science'. He is the second oldest of the group after Carlos. Logan is extremely smart and the other guys usually rely on him to solve certain problems, like school work and such. However, he panics under pressure usually leaving it to Kendall to come up with answer. Logan is introduced in Big Time Audition as the brain of the group. He has his learners' permit and drives the others to the audition, and later, to places around the Palm Woods. Logan can be shy but when he lets loose, he can be just as goofy as his friends. Logan states that if he wasn't in a band, he'd be studying to be a doctor. He is stubborn but also sensitive, described as the weakest in the band and a really good friend. He is very hard-working and as Kelly says he has an adorable smile. Logan's favorite mathematician is Phoebe Nachee, a woman, who as he later realizes much to his shock, hates boys. Logan is also skeptical of ghosts and the paranormal, relying on science for logical explanations of unnatural things. He has a grandma who is sometimes mentioned. It is revealed later in the series that he is indecisive and has a weak bladder. It's also revealed that his given name is Hortense, but James' mother doesn't like the name and told the boys to call him Logan, and since no one ever says no to James' mom the name stuck, much to his liking. It is implied that he is a bit self-conscious about hugging and kissing his mother in front of his friends. However, he cares about her. In Big Time Interview it is revealed that Logan moved to Minnesota in third grade and immediately became friends with the other boys because he did their homework for them. It is unknown where he came from, though.
Logan is shown to have feelings for Camille right from the beginning and later on they become a couple until "Big Time Girlfriends" where James being his best friend and Camille being his girlfriend kiss. The two decide to remain friends. However, they still keep an unresolved on again off again relationship. It is stated that he has never asked anyone out before Camille, though having some dates in the past. Despite their "break-up" Logan and Camille still remained friends and also seem to have feelings for each other, as proven in Big Time Secret where he gets extremely jealous when she starts spending time with Kendall secretly. Later, in Big Time Move they are seen in flirty interaction during a performance, in Big Time Returns get together again and decides to have a real relationship. Camille is the only girl that Logan has kissed in the show similar to Kendall and Jo.
Katie Knight
Katie Knight (
Such as seen in Big Time Break-Up when Jo leaves for three years she tries to cheer him up. Throughout the series it is shown that she can be quite devious and often does things for money. She loves her brother and he is very protective of her. She has helped out Kendall multiple times as well as James, Carlos, and Logan. She is also shown to have a friendship with Gustavo and Kelly helping them out numerous times. EX: Helping Gustavo figure out what a song means, helping him with his writer's block, and helping him find out her mom's secret family Snickerdoodle recipe (because it helped him write a better song and he could not stop thinking about them, but mainly because Kelly promised to give her a hundred dollars).
Gustavo Rocque
Gustavo Rocque (
Kelly Wainwright
Kelly Wainwright (
Secondary characters
Jo Taylor
Joanne "Jo" Taylor (
In Season 2, Jo and Kendall's relationship face major difficulties. In the first episode of season 2, Welcome Back, Big Time, Kendall becomes overly jealous when he sees Jo with a good-looking guy (unaware that he is Jo's new co-star in the show "New Town High", Jett Stetson, who keeps on flirting with her on and off-screen) that leads Jo to end their relationship, though she changed her mind hours later after he left an apology on her phone and appeared in a Big Time Rush concert holding an "I <3 Kendall" sign. In the episode Big Time Girlfriends Kendall and Jo spend so little time together; due to their career demands that Kendall considers breaking up but accepts that seeing her for a minute is better than never. Later, in Big Time Sneakers, Jo's publicist tries to create a rumor that Jo and her co-star Jett are a real life couple, in order to promote the series, thus causing trouble in Kendall and Jo's relationship. But Kendall finds a way to solve their problem. Moreover, in Big Time Prom Kings their night and the chances of winning "prom king and queen" are ruined by Jo's overprotective dad. Despite this, Jo and Kendall are the longest actual dating couple at the Palm Woods and no matter their fights they always get back together.
In the episode
Jennifer Knight
Jennifer Knight (Challen Cates) is the loving, kind, caring mother of Kendall and Katie. Usually she is mentioned as Mrs. Knight or Mama Knight and her name, Jennifer (Jen) is revealed in season two episode Big Time Moms and Big Time Movie. She is the adult responsible of Big Time Rush and the only parent to move to live with them. It is seen she gets along very well with Katie and the guys, who respect her and can count on her, as she is proven helpful and both lenient and strict when needed. Despite her gentle personality Mrs. Knight can get really stubborn at times, becoming aggressive and competitive while she can go to the extremes for something she is determined to do and as claimed she likes to win. It is also mentioned that when back to Minnesota she used to be a waitress. Overall, aside from Kendall, she is mostly seen helping and advising Logan who seeks for and respects her opinions.
Mrs. Knight befriends Mrs. Duncan in Big Time Girl Group while she marries Buddha Bob in Big Time Wedding, so as him won't have to leave the country and though their marriage is invalid, she finds out he could be a good husband. In Big Time Strike, she goes on strike from her daily duties in order Katie to appreciate her hard work and since that episode she is proven to be a really good negotiator. In Big Time Secret, she got revealed that her hair color isn't natural and that her homemade cookies are not at all homemade. Mrs. Knight was stated to be the band's "momager" during Big Time Interview.
Mrs. Knight is the only mother to appear in more than one episode (all the other boys' mothers only appeared in Big Time Moms) and is in fact the most viewed recurring character since Kelly Wainwright became a series regular. In season 3, Challen Cates gets credited for every episode even if she doesn't appear in it.
Reginald Bitters (Mr. Bitters)
Reginald Bitters (Mr. Bitters) (David Anthony Higgins) is the strict, money-loving, manager of the Palm Woods. He doesn't really like Kendall, James, Carlos and Logan or generally anything that disturbs the hotel's peace. Sometimes he is enemies with Big Time Rush and want to get them out of their building. He is also a frenemy with Katie Knight and though they constantly get on each other nerves they seem to care the one for another and occasionally they get along well. He is never helpful at his work and can get lazy as well as arrogant and tries to impose his own rules to others no matter how unfair they may be, though he gets usually outsmarted by either Katie or the guys. He doesn't really care about other people's feelings but he is always in for a challenge as he likes to win. He is sarcastic enough giving comments throughout the series. Also it seems he set eyes for Big Time Rush's apartment (2J) after it got fixed and has already given them two of the three strikes (of false behavior) needed to evict them.
During
Arthur Griffin
Arthur Griffin (
A running gag in the series is that whenever he talks with Gustavo, he nearly always states that whatever Gustavo is planning is no longer in style; "New research shows that the (boy band, monster band, etc., etc.) is dead!" This is usually accompanied by him tossing a large research binder at Gustavo, which Gustavo almost fails to catch.
Camille Roberts
Camille Roberts (
In "Big Time Christmas", Camille gave Logan a present and kissed him goodbye. In "Big Time Crush", Camille and Logan date other people even though each one of them realizes that they still care for the other. In "Big Time Rocker" Camille finally landed a role in a movie,("Spy High") as secret agent Mila Stark and when in role she shared some romantic moments with Logan. Logan though seemingly liked her character more than the real her mostly because she kissed him a lot. In "Big Time Secret" Logan becomes extremely jealous and overreacts when he realizes that Camille and Kendall share a secret, assuming they are dating, though the truth is they were secretly figure skating together. Also in Big Time Move, Camille was seen during a Big Time Rush performance having a flirty interaction with Logan (pronouncing "i love you"), probably hinting that they may resume their relationship in season 3. In the episode "Big Time Returns". Logan and Camille get back together again.
Freight Train
Freight Train (Stephen Keys) is Gustavo's personal enforcer and bodyguard. He is huge, amazingly muscular, and able to lift all the boys up at once, but also likes the boys. A play on his name, any time he appears a train whistle is heard in the background track. According to Gustavo, he is in charge of making people do what he says. Although usually portraying an intimidating and serious personality, he has a kind and caring heart towards others including Gustavo.
Mr. X
Mr. X (Fred Tallaksen) is the dance instructor for Gustavo's bands, as well as various other music groups. He frequently uses words that start with the letter 'X', and he has choreographed for Boy-Quake and Boys in the Attic, two of Gustavo's boy bands, as well as Madonna, Beyoncé, and Yo Gabba Gabba. He first appeared in Big Time Audition, where he tried teaching Big Time Rush how to dance. However, they ended up stressing him out, after which he "said a bunch of bad words that started with 'X'" and quit. He reappears in Big Time Dance and Big Time Concert, where he again taught them new dance moves. Also he makes a brief appearance in season two episode Big Time Girl Group choreographing Kat's Crew. He thinks they are better than BTR.
Tyler Duncan
Tyler Duncan (Tucker Albrizzi) is a red-haired, chubby kid who, because of his mom, stars in the Juice Box commercials, although he really only wants to be a normal kid. He goes to the Palm Woods School with Katie and the boys. His mother is obsessed with his acting career, and with the help of Katie and the boys he is able to hide from her. He has froggy slippers that were stolen along with Carlos's helmet, Mr. Bitter's bologna, and Buddha Bob's music box. In the episode Big Time Sparks, James tried dressing him as a leprechaun to get rid of his bad luck. He appeared in Big Time Dance with a non-speaking role. He had a major role in Big Time Girl Group, where Katie and Mrs. Knight hide him from his mother during their various attempts to find friends at the Palmwoods. In the same episode, it is revealed that he was the friend Katie was looking for and that he is from Indiana. Tyler does not have his running gag with his mom anymore.
Mrs. Duncan
Mrs. Duncan (Alyssa Preston) is Tyler's mom and she's obsessed with his acting career. She always wants to put him in commercials, and in the episode Big Time Break she tried to put him in a diaper commercial. With the help of Katie and the boys, Tyler is able to hide from her. Also, she claims for her son Tyler be "adorable". In Big Time Girl Group, she began a friendship with Katie and Mrs. Knight. She claims that she wanted the chance for a better life for her son, which is why she is so obsessed with his acting career. In the end, they come up with the plan of no auditions for Tyler until after 3 p.m., so that he can have fun time and she still has a chance at the 'big time'. Though she stated that she will continue to chase after Tyler, neither her nor her son have been seen since Big Time Girl Group.
Guitar Dude
Guitar Dude (Barnett O'Hara)[2] is a teenage songwriter trying to make it in Hollywood and lives at the Palm Woods, home of aspiring child stars. He usually does the background music when the boys are at the pool. In Big Time Fever it was stated that he was a former cello player before he got Hollywood Fever. He also plays background in Big Time Rush's apparently Famous midnight Jams. In Big Time Terror he plays the music for one of their midnight jams.
Buddha Bob
Buddha Bob (Daran Norris) is the grounds keeper and janitor at the Palm Woods. He is a tall, lumberjack-like man who looks like he hasn't shaved in a while and despite his fierce looks is actually very nice. He soon enough befriended the whole "Big Time Rush family" (with the guys claiming to like him, such as Carlos in Big Time Break) and especially Katie Knight, each other since his first appearance in Big Time Bad Boy. He is shown to be really weird, doing unusual things such as trying to cut a jelly doughnut with an axe or showing love to his plunger, which he named Plungy. Also, he seems to be really easy-going, usually just saying "Uh, okay" whatever question someone may ask. Furthermore, Buddha Bob enjoys playing music on his boom-box (or "portable electrified music playing machine" as he calls it) with large head-phones. His boom-box was stolen once by Lightning, the TV Wonder Dog. It is also revealed that Buddha Bob is an immigrant from Canada and that he went to a business school (Big Time Fever).
Buddha Bob is seen helping, apart from the guys, Katie, Mrs. Knight, Jo and even Gustavo in Big Time Guru by making him calmer and becoming his song writing partner though they wrote a terrible song. He somehow looks like an alternate of John Lennon in Big Time Fever with his glasses and his haircut. In Big Time Wedding, Buddha Bob marries Mrs. Knight in order not to be sent back to his country and even though Mr. Bitters who did the marriage was no longer qualified to give weddings, Mrs. Knight discovers along the way that he would be an excellent husband and that he is a great cook.
Miss Collins
Miss Collins (
The Jennifers
The Jennifers (
Jett Stetson
Jett Stetson (David Cade) is portrayed as a cocky, self-centered actor who appears in
Lucy Stone
Lucille "Lucy" Stone (
Hawk
Cyrys Z. Hawk (Phil LaMarr) is Gustavo's arch-rival and owner of Hawk Records, as well as the main villain in the first season. He appears in the episode Big Time Sparks, where he is determined to drag Jordin Sparks, who makes a special guest appearance, away from "Rocque Records" and to that end, sends Gustavo a package with a live skunk in it in order to ruin the studio and convincing Jordin to record her new single with him instead. Fortunately, the boys manage to catch it, saving both Kelly and Gustavo, who comes up with a brilliant plan to get back at him. He assigned Jordin to pretend she wants to go to "Hawk Records" to record her song after all, but when Hawk gets into his limo, he gets sprayed in the face by the same skunk he delivered to Gustavo, and runs off screaming. He makes his second appearance in "Big Time Concert", where he is determined to destroy the boys career to the point of kidnapping them to keep them from showing up at their first concert. He has an assistant named Rebecca, who gathers intel on the boys for him and helps them kidnap them near the end of the episode. Hawk is released from prison in the episode "Big Time Superheroes" after doing time for the incidents in "Big Time Concert", but there is no mention of what became of Rebecca. He apparently went insane during his time in prison, taking to dressing up as a hawk-like super villain and tried to take revenge on Big Time Rush by stealing the hard-drive that contained all the songs of their second album on it and releasing it under his label. He is arrested once again when the boys expose him to the LAPD. He has not made any appearances in seasons three and four since his arrest. Similar to how Gustavo manages boy bands containing the word "boy" in their names, Hawk manages artists with the letter Z in their names.
Lightning The TV Wonder Dog
Lightning The TV Wonder Dog (Morgan the dog) is a celebrity dog that lives in the Palmwoods. He has appeared in many episodes as a background character. In the Halloween special - Big Time Halloween, he steals Logan's arm and Logan chases after him.
Dr. Hollywood
Dr. Hollywood (Lorenzo Lamas) is the Palm Woods doctor. He is dramatic and appears in many episodes. Logan loves helping the doc out.
Minor characters
Obdul
Obdul (Obdul Reid) is Griffin's personal bodyguard and assistant. He is always wearing a business suit and carries a black leather briefcase at all times. A running gag is Griffin saying something assaulting and Obdul tapping his briefcase. Another running gag is the always different content of the briefcase. Obdul often inspires fear in the other characters. However, he is shown to have a soft side, as when he helped Gustavo and Katie in Green Time Rush. Also this is the first episode in which he has a speaking part. Another episode where he takes an active role is Big Time Pranks II.
Joanna Mitchell
Joanna Mitchell (Holly Wortell) is Logan Mitchell's mom who appeared in
Sylvia Garcia
Sylvia Garcia (
Officer Garcia
Mr. Garcia (
Sasha
Natasha "Sasha" (Chelsea Ricketts) is Carlos's girlfriend hired by Gustavo to pretend to like Carlos so when they "break up" his heart will be broken and can relate and sing the break-up song better.
Brooke Diamond
Brooke Diamond (
Marcos Del Posey
Marcos (
Jenny Tinkler
Jennifer "Jenny" Tinkler (Sammy Jay Wren) is the boy's clumsy hometown friend from high school in Minnesota. She makes a brief appearance in Big Time Audition, angry at Gustavo for scolding her audition while being held and thrown out by security. She return to makes her major appearance in Big Time Fans. She is accident-prone, based on events that happened, such as causing three fires and an explosion at the Palm Woods. She is despised by Mr. Bitters for her actions, and was banned at the Palm Woods for life as a result. She came to LA because Carlos signed an autograph promising to make her dream come true. She took that seriously. At the end, she made her dream by joining a band called Death Smash, as a replacement for Johnny, who they hated. Jenny is shown to always be happy no matter what the trouble is. She will most likely return but for now that is unknown.
Fujisaki
Fujisaki (Koji Kataoka) is the head owner of the "RCM CBT Global Net Sanyoid" company. He appears in "Big Time Crib" and makes an appearance in "Big Time Party". He appeared in Season 1 a few times but never in Seasons 2–4. he was born in the 1940s
Stephanie King
Stephanie (
Kyle
Kyle (Jerry Phillips) is Katie's crush who appeared in
Atticus Moon
Sir Atticus Moon (Trevor Devall) is a Bond type villain and famous billionaire, who owns various businesses across Britain and possibly the world. He believes all the worlds problems stem from its leaders and their disagreements and thus plots to take over the world using a gravity defying device called "The Beetle" to shift the moon out of orbit causing natural disasters to strong arm world leaders into giving into his demands. The Beetle was stolen by Rogue British spy, Simon Lane who switches it into Kendall's bag. Shortly later Simon is kidnapped and the boys find out about the beetle. The boys team up with Simon's daughter Penny to save Simon from Moon, but the negotiation goes wrong. The boys agree to help hunt Moon down to clear Simon's name, but Moon has Katie abducted. That night the boys and Penny race to Moon's mansion and fight his guards as Moon initiates his plan. The boys thwart the plan but Moon immediately takes Katie hostage again demanding they give him The Beetle. Kendall reluctantly tosses the Beetle to him and Katie steps on his foot, causing the beetle to latch onto his jacket, causing Moon to float away into the air. It is unknown if it released him but given the circumstances, Moon may be deceased.
Penny Lane
Penelope "Penny" Lane (Emma Lahana) is Simon Lane's daughter who was a trained spy by her father. In Big Time Movie, when her father goes rogue, she sets out to find a device called "The Beetle" that ended up in Kendall's possession. She breaks into their room to steal the device back, and after realizing they are now wanted by the British government, the boys later teams up with the Penny into saving her abducted father in exchange for The Beetle, but the negotiation goes wrong and they end up thinking of a plan to take Moon down, but Simon is tranquilized and they end up having to do so themselves. Later, when Katie is abducted, Penny and the boy's rush to Moon's mansion fighting their way through. When Moon is defeated, Simon's name is cleared and they clear the boys names. James had a crush on her. Penny's name is a parody of The Beatles song Penny Lane.
Simon Lane
A secret British agent who realized the evil plans of Sir Atticus Moon and went rogue to disrupt him. He steals an anti-gravity device known as "The Beetle" and carries it in a rather girlish bag and switches it with Kendall's equally girlish bag (a gift from a fan) and is abducted by Moon's henchmen. The boys team up with Simon's daughter Penny to rescue him, but the deal goes wrong. Simon notes that the boys are now public enemy because they were caught with the Beetle in their possession, so Simon promises to have the boys' names cleared if they help him deal with Moon, but Simon ends up getting tranquilized by Logan's mistake. He remains unconscious until the boys defeat Moon and Simon makes good on his promise. Simon's wife isn't seen in the movie.
Notable guest stars
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg made his Guest Appearance in the movie Big Time Christmas. He is shown first hitting Gustavo with a limo going to his Grandma's House. The boys need two celebrity duet for Griffin and they have already done one with Miranda Cosgrove so Snoop Dogg does the 12 Day of Christmas Snoop Gave to Me but Justin Bieber had released the 50 days of Christmas so they had 5 min to write a song because Snoop needed to get to his Grandma's House eventually they get a squirrel song in five min and they record it with Snoop. After that Snoop is not seen on the TV Show again but at the Kids Choice Awards 2011 performing with BTR singing Boyfriend.
Miranda Cosgrove
Elizabeth Gillies
Heather Fox, portrayed by
Jordin Sparks
Chris Masters
Chris Masters made his guest appearance in Big Time School of Rocque being one of the teachers hired to discipline the boys and forces the boys to do grueling jobs as he is very muscular and fit but eventually is driven out quickly by the boys. He is known for being a former WWE wrestler where he has been called the hottie with a body.
Fabio
Fabio Lanzoni first appeared in Big Time Dance, where Mrs. Knight would only go out with Fabio on a dance and Katie convinces Fabio to go to the dance with her Mom. He reappears in Big Time Christmas on a Christmas special with Miranda Cosgrove but he agrees that he isn't really a singer and that Miranda should rather record a song with BTR. He also appears in Bel Air Rush where he too lives in Bel Air. Katie picks lemons from his lemon tree to make lemonade with and sell which Fabio tries to stop. Katie then throws one of the lemons into the garden with the tiger and Fabio gets mauled by the tiger while trying to retrieve the lemon. In the end, while BTR is escaping from Bel Air, Fabio too begs them to take him with them due to being unhappy with being mauled by the tiger and they agree.
References
- Cincinnati Post. January 3, 2011.
- Internet Movie Database.