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Michael Barret
Character Statistics
Full Name: Michael Barret
Gender: Male
Age Group: 13 (Season 1)
14 (Season 2)
15 (Season 3)
16 (Season 4)
32 (Zoey 102)
Birthday: May 26, 1991
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Ethnicity: African-American
Occupation: Music Producer
Student (formerly)
Affiliation: Pacific Coast Academy (graduated)
Nickname: Miguel (by Logan)
Michaelicious (by Vince Blake)
Cookie Monster (by James)
Fluter (by Chase)
Starky (by Coach Keller)
Lives in: Malibu, California
Relationships
Mother: Unnamed Mother
Father: Unnamed Father
Ex-Girlfriend: Lisa Perkins (possibly)
Karen Franklin[1]
Date: Farfalla Biallo (dance date)
Vanessa (one date)
Grandparents: Grandmother
Friends: Chase Matthews (best friend/former roomate)
Logan Reese (best friend/former roomate)
Zoey Brooks (close friend)
Quinn Pensky Reese (close friend)
Stacey Dillsen
Mark Del Figgalo (close friend)
Lola Martinez (close friend)
James Garrett (former roomate)
Nicole Bristow
Dana Cruz
Dustin Brooks
Vince Blake
Malcolm Reese
Nemesis: Vince Blake (formerly)
Production Info
Portrayed by: Christopher Massey
First Appearance: Welcome to PCA
Last Appearance: Chasing Zoey
What Did Zoey Say? (short)
Zoey 102 (film)
Reason: Series ended

Michael Barret (Christopher Massey) is a main character from the Nickelodeon TV series, Zoey 101. He is the roommate and best friend of Chase Matthews and Logan Reese. He is also the boyfriend of Lisa Perkins.

Character

Personality

Michael is a natural athlete, yet he also plays the flute. He and Logan keep urging Chase to open up with how Chase feels about Zoey. Michael, who was once addicted to potato chips, gets along with practically everyone at PCA. He is a very loyal and supportive friend who loves to make people laugh (he once became obsessed with making Quinn laugh when he found out that she didn't think he was funny). He had his own web show with Chase. Michael is a good singer, when he isn't in front of girls he likes. He is sometimes the test subject of Quinn's science projects. Michael also likes to play with his Clackers, a toy which everybody else hates. On several occasions, when he does not wish for a certain course of action to be taken, he babbles that, "You can't - a ---!" Someone then usually does what he said could not be done, causing him to respond by saying, "He/She just --- a ---!" He also started a new slang word, "Drippin'," which he wasn't credited for. He appears in every episode of the show, except PCA Confidential, where he is only seen in flashbacks. He has a girlfriend named Lisa, who is friends with Zoey. His father gave him a stick shift car, so that he could drive Lisa to the prom, the car in which Mark hit Stacey, causing her to lose her lisp.

Relationships

Chase Matthews

(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: Michael and Logan

Along with Chase, Logan is best friends and roommates with Michael. Despite Logan's jerk personality, Logan always has Michael and Chase's back when needed. Logan and Michael's friendship has grown throughout the show as well.

Quinn Pensky

(Close friend)
Main article: Quinn and Michael

Quinn and Michael appear to be very close friends. However, Quinn doesn't think Michael is funny and in Miss PCA, Michael became obsessed with making Quinn laugh when he finds out Quinn didn't think he was funny.

Zoey Brooks

(Close friend)
Main article: Michael and Zoey

Michael gets along with Zoey very well. In the TV Movie "Goodbye Zoey," Michael was the only one who truly supported Zoey when she left for Covington School in England.

Lola Martinez

(Close friend)
Main article: Michael and Lola

Michael was one of Lola's best friends during her time at PCA. They became good friends and supported each other all through Season 2, Season 3 and Season 4. They never argued and got along all the time. In the season 2 episode, Lola Likes Chase, Michael said she was hot and smoking'. Also, in Bad Girl, Michael thought Lola liked him and hoped to one day date her.

Lisa Perkins

(Girlfriend)
Main article: Michael and Lisa

Michael has a crush on Lisa. He performs at Open Mic Night, and Lisa is in the audience. He is nervous while he is singing. He throws up on Lisa and another boy. Lisa and the other boy are boyfriend and girlfriend for a little while, but when Chase's go-kart almost hits Lisa, he doesn't even try to save her, but Michael does. Lisa breaks up with the other boy and starts dating Michael.

Dana Cruz

Although they don't have much interaction, Michael seems to get along well with Dana.

Olivary Biallo

(Dance date)
Michael met Ollie in School Dance. The two's test dance partner results matched, so they were set up to dance. Michael objected this, however, because Ollie is a boy and Michael wanted to dance with a girl. Ollie only made things worse by using his foreign traditions in America, such as kissing him on the cheek. Ollie seems to be oblivious to Michael's disliking of him, however, since at the dance, he would not stop following him.

Grandmother

Michael's grandmother has been mentioned throughout the show. It appears that Michael is close with her, even though he has problems with her and her "rage issues." In Favor Chain, it is revealed that she would severely reprimand Michael if he gave her ravioli recipe away. It has been mentioned that Michael appears to be scared of his grandmother if he ever gets in trouble. One example is in Alone at PCA, when Michael and Logan are under dorm arrest. Michael is worried that his grandmother will hurt him if she ever finds out about it.

Appearances

Michael is present for 64 out of 65 episodes throughout the entire series. "PCA Confidential" in Season 3 is an exception as it's the only episode he's absent in; and even in that episode, Michael is still seen during flashbacks from Seasons 1 and 2. Michael appears in all four Zoey 101 TV Movies.

Trivia

  • Michael shares his name with the baseball player of the same name.
  • Christopher Massey (his actor)'s middle name is Michael.
  • Michael's favorite color is green.
  • He, along with Nicole Bristow, only appear in the first half of Lola Likes Chase in two scenes, and are entirely absent in the second half with zero scenes.
  • His final appearance is in Chasing Zoey.
  • Every year, when his parents drop him off at PCA, he cries for two hours.
  • He is the only African American main character.
  • He was afraid of roller-coaster, until he overcame the fear.
  • Three times in the series there are hints to possibly being bisexual. The first time is a season 1 episode when he calls Dave the football player handsome, the second time is when he paired with a male for the school dance, and the third time in the season 3 episode The Curse of PCA, when he calls Lafe super cute (although he states that those were Lola's words to describe him),

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References

  1. Michael mentions Karen in the episode "The Election"
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