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Chase Matthews
Character Statistics
Full Name: Chase Bartholomew Matthews
Gender: Male
Age Group: 13-14 (season 1)
14-15 (season 2)
15-16 (season 3)
16-17 (season 4)
32 (Zoey 102)
Birthday: October 5, 1990
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Occupation: Teacher
Student (formerly)
Sushi Rox Delivery Boy (formerly)
Affiliation: Pacific Coast Academy (graduated)
Sushi Rox (formerly)
Covington Preparatory School (formerly)
Nickname: Fuzzy Head (by Zoey)
Curly Sue (by Zoey)
Mr. Chase (by Chauncey)
Matthews (by Dustin)
Nit (by Colin)
Relationships
Father: Mr. Matthews
Ex-Girlfriend: Danielle
Rebecca
Lola Martinez (one date)
Kissed: Trisha Kirby
Rebecca
Zoey Brooks
Grandparents: Joe (grandfather)
Grandma (grandmother; deceased)
Uncles: Unnamed uncle
Cousins: Unnamed cousin
Pets: Chester (pet dog)
Friends: Zoey Brooks (best friend)
Michael Barret (best friend/former roommate)
Logan Reese (best friend/former roommate
Quinn Pensky Reese (close friend)
Lola Martinez (close friend)
Stacey Dillsen
Mark Del Figgalo
Nicole Bristow
Dana Cruz
Dustin Brooks
Malcolm Reese
Nemesis: Vince Blake (formerly)
Stacy
Glen Davis
Todd (at first)
Production Info
Portrayed by: Sean Flynn
First Appearance: Welcome to PCA
Last Appearance: PCA Confidential (USA)
Chasing Zoey (Canada)
What Did Zoey Say? (short)
Zoey 102 (film)
Reason: Transferred to Covington Preparatory School
Series Ended

Chase Bartholomew Matthews (Sean Flynn) is a student at Pacific Coast Academy and the one of the male protagonists in the Nickelodeon TV series Zoey 101. Chase is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Matthews. He is the best friend and roommate of Michael Barret and Logan Reese, all of whom live in Room 148 of Maxwell Hall. Chase is the best friend and possible boyfriend of Zoey Brooks. His other female friends include Quinn Pensky, Dana Cruz, Lola Martinez and Nicole Bristow. Chase enjoys playing basketball, foosball, disc golf, and writing stories for English class. One of his stories was produced as a school play.

Personality

Chase is known to be sweet natured, awkward, kind, honest and charming. He's a lovable guy with the heart of gold and the knack of getting himself into harm's way. His kind heart and great social skills, however, made him well liked in his school and he was always quick to help those in need. It's also been demonstrated (and stated by Lola) that Chase is quite gullible.

A hopeless klutz, he was always falling, tripping or hurling over something and was known for his awful dancing until Dance Contest. He's also been known to be incredibly neurotic and have bouts of anxiety throughout the show, mostly having to do with his feelings for Zoey.

Character

Chase (Main in Seasons 1-3 and guest starring in Season 4) is the main male character in Zoey 101 and the first person that Zoey meets at PCA. In several episodes, people make fun of Chase's bushy hair. Chase can be considered a bit of a "nerd", but girls enjoy hanging out with him. It is revealed that he is from Baltimore. Chase has a "secret" crush on Zoey that he's afraid to tell her. He has been known to be very clumsy, usually falling down stairs. It was revealed in "Favor Chain" that Chase has an encyclopedic knowledge of all things having to do with comic books. Unfortunately for him, everyone knows about his crush on Zoey, except for Zoey. Chase has a dog named Chester, mentioned only once, in the episode where Lola develops a girlish crush on him. His bushy hair is referred to by Michael as a "crazy Jewish afro" in the episode "Dance Contest". He is also very gullible, as seen in "New Roomies", where Zoey makes Chase believe there's a hamster behind him to win a game of Foosball; and he also believes that everyone died of Quinn's germ in "Quarantine", when they all wake and pretend to be dead for Chase's benefit. He has worked at PCA's Sushi Rox in Seasons 1-3.

Chase once wrote a play for the school, and cast himself as a lifeguard who falls in love with a cute alien girl (Zoey), so they would actually kiss in the play, but Logan had a better audition for the male lead role, and got the part instead (although he never did kiss her). Also, it is revealed that Chase played the role of a cheerleader before PCA became a coed school.

Chase

A miserable Chase performing the role of a cheerleader.

Chase's crush on Zoey strengthens within the 2nd and 3rd seasons, and at the same time, there have been hints that Zoey has a small crush on Chase too, such as in Lola Likes Chase, when Lola decides to ask Chase out. However, Chase decides to hold back on his feelings for her when he gets the idea, he and Zoey are just meant to be friends (though it was never mentioned that he was officially over her). In the TV movie Goodbye Zoey, Zoey gets an offer to go to London with her parents and attend Covington Preparatory School, but she wants to ask Chase about it. Unfortunately, he overhears rumors that she had already decided to go without talking with him about it. This leaves him very hurt, so he acts very bitter when Zoey actually does come to talk with him. He sarcastically convinces her she should go, later regretting his actions. Soon he begins hanging out with a girl named Gretchen, who looks like Zoey but is completely the opposite in personality. Logan and Michael finally talk to Chase about it, and he finally admits to missing her, as well as being in love with her. Due to a webcam malfunction, Zoey rehears him say it, there by learning of his feelings for her. This leads to Chase moving to Covington so he can be with her, exactly at the same time that Zoey moves back to PCA so she can be with him. They talk to each other via video chat and decide to go on a video chat "date," but it doesn't work out at all due to a malfunction with the video chat. They decide to put off their relationship until Chase returns from England. Chase has a roommate at Covington named Colin, though Chase pronounces it Colon. In the series' final episode, Chasing Zoey, Chase returns, and he and Zoey kiss. Later, it is revealed that they have become a couple.

Relationships

Zoey Brooks

(Best friend )
Main article: Chase and Zoey

Chase had been desperately in love with Zoey ever since he met her at PCA. They have been the best of friends throughout their years at Pacific Coast Academy. Everyone knows about Chase's crush on Zoey except her. Chase has admitted to Zoey that he loves her while they were dating online. Zoey told Chase she loves him also, afterwards. At the end of Chasing Zoey, Chase and Zoey kissed, and they became a couple. It's revealed in Zoey 102 that Zoey ditched Chase in Hawaii out of fear for would happen if things worked out between them which led to their breakup. Heartbroken, Chase severed all contact with Zoey despite her attempts to reach out and make amends. They eventually reconcile with each other and get back together.

Michael Barret

(Best friend)
Main article: Chase and Michael

Chase met Michael in their sixth-grade year at PCA. They have been best friends and roommates ever since. Michael is Chase's best male friend, (much like Zoey is Chase's best female friend). Chase and Michael's friendship has grown enormously throughout the series. They are always there for each other. In season 4, when Chase left for Covington Preparatory School, the only thing that was on Michael's mind was that he missed Chase. He even drew a picture of him along with Chase, frolicking through a meadow.

Logan Reese

(Best friend)
Main article: Chase and Logan

Along with Michael, Chase is best friends and roommates with Logan. Logan even helped Chase admit that he misses Zoey and loves her as shown in Goodbye Zoey, where Logan ripped the head off a stuffed giraffe Zoey gave him, showing that he does care for Chase and wishes him to be happy.

Quinn Pensky

(Close friend)
Chase thought Quinn was weird and quirky when he first met her but over the course of the show, Chase learnt to warm up to her and developed a strong friendship with Quinn. Chase often stuck up for Quinn in episodes like Robot Wars, when he told Logan he wasn't nice towards her.

Lola Martinez

(Close friend)
Chase and Lola became best friends since they first met. In Lola Likes Chase, Chase tutored Lola and helped her with her acting practices, causing Lola to start liking Chase more than friends so they start to date. Chase, however, doesn't like Lola that way, so they remain friends.

Dustin Brooks

Chase is good friends with Dustin and usually sticks out for him. This might be because Chase has a huge crush on Zoey.

Nicole Bristow

Chase and Nicole met and became friends, they both eat lunch with Zoey sometimes. They stayed good friends throughout the series. Chase is the only male who knew about Nicole's departure to Malibu's All-Girls Boarding School, After Nicole left, they never remained in contact.

Dana Cruz

Chase and Dana don't have too much interaction, overall, but when they do, they seem to be on friendly terms with one another.

Appearances

Chase is present for 54 episodes out of 65 total throughout the series. This is because unlike Michael, Logan and Dustin, Chase is the only male who doesn't appear as a main character in Season 4 and only guest stars in "Trading Places" and "Chasing Zoey" and is mentioned in between. Chase and Zoey were the only 2 main characters who were present in Season 3 "PCA Confidential," but most of the other main characters only appeared in flashbacks from the past. He is present for all episodes in Seasons 1, 2 and 3, and also appears in all four Zoey 101 TV movies.

Trivia

  • His final appearance is in PCA Confidential.
  • He, Logan, Quinn, and James all have 5 letters in their English name.
  • Chase is primarily the only male character to know about both Dana and Nicole's reasons for leaving PCA. Zoey told Chase about Dana and Chase seemed to know on his own about Nicole.
  • Michael once referred Chase’s hair in Dance Contest as a “crazy Jewish Afro”. This could imply Chase might be Jewish or that Michael could be exaggerating.
  • The real-life reason on why Chase only appeared in 2 episodes of Season 4 is because Sean Flynn wanted to focus on school. However, his decision to pursue school over the show is a decision he ultimately regrets, claiming it turned out to be a mistake. [1]
  • Chase has had 3 girlfriends throughout the show. The first was Lola Martinez, who Chase dated for a few days, then Rebecca at the very start of season 3 and then Zoey Brooks, who Chase ended up with at the very end of the show.
  • Chase had more girlfriends than Logan, despite Logan being a "womanizer" and having a few dates. The only girlfriend Logan actually had was Quinn Pensky, throughout season 4, who he ended up with.
  • He shares the same birthday as his grandma.
  • In Zoey 102 his profile says "Baltimore boy, smarter than a fifth grader" implying that he's from Baltimore.

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