List of Shake It Up characters

The main characters of Shake It Up (from left to right): Deuce Martinez, Ty Blue, CeCe Jones, Flynn Jones, Rocky Blue, Gunther Hessenheffer and Tinka Hessenheffer - Can also use cursor to identify.

This is a list of the characters from the TV series Shake It Up.

Main characters

CeCe Jones

Cecelia "CeCe" Jones, portrayed by Bella Thorne, is an impulsive and street-smart girl. Her parents are divorced and she lives with her brother and mother. She is also glamorous and a multi-talented girl. Initially, she performs poorly in school partially because of dyslexia (though this isn't revealed until later), but also in part because of her "trouble-making" behavior and her lack of motivation. She gradually improves academically as the series progresses. Being fearless, CeCe is constantly getting into trouble. Despite her initially failing audition due to stage fright, she eventually earns a spot as a background dancer on the local dance show "Shake It Up Chicago".

CeCe's most common love interest is her frenemy, Gunther Hessenheffer. She dated Gunther in "Hot Mess It Up" because of some advice she gave Gunther and Tinka's cousin, though they broke up. In "Split It Up", they danced together, and in "Reality Check It Up", it is revealed that CeCe is in love with Gunther's jacket, causing him to flirt with her thinking she in love with him. In "Surprise It Up", they go to a mailman's funeral together. Also, in the episode "Hot Mess It Up", it was shown that CeCe is ticklish when Rocky tickled her for her to let go of the bar to dance with Gunther.

In "Shrink It Up", it was revealed in a flashback that CeCe and Rocky met together in a ballet class when they were around 5 years old, later wanting to quit the class. It was there that they became best friends and CeCe gave her the nickname "Rocky", stating that it was easier to say than her real name, Raquel. In the episode "Judge It Up", CeCe Jones sang her own song "TTYLXOX", she also has another song which features Rocky Blue, called "Watch Me".

CeCe loves and cares for her family very much. CeCe loves her little brother, Flynn, but is irresponsible when babysitting him, such as when she and Rocky forgot him at the park in season one, and when she forgot to buy ingredients for Flynn's cookies in season two. CeCe and Flynn are shown to have a love and hate relationship, but they comfort each other when the other is down. CeCe has a great relationship with her father, JJ Jones. The two share almost the same personality, and CeCe got over her parent's divorce. CeCe and Flynn are actually happy that their parents are divorced, because their parents get along better that way.

CeCe's best relationship is with her mother, Georgia Jones. CeCe loves her mother, and comforted her when she and JJ divorced. CeCe helps Georgia take care of Flynn, and some times kisses up to her, such as in season one when she wanted a cell phone, and in season two when she wanted to go down to the movie studio her mom worked at and meet Taylor Lautner. In season three, CeCe desperately wanted her mom to find a boyfriend, so she and Rocky set her up with a firefighter named Jeremy Hunter. When Georgia and Jeremy become engaged, CeCe and Jeremy's son, Logan agree to put aside their differences so their parents can be happy. When Jeremy and Georgia end their engagement at the altar, CeCe was mad at Jeremy at first, but Ty told her to cool down since everything was working things out for itself.

Rocky Blue

Raquel "Rocky" Oprah Blue, portrayed by Zendaya, is a sweet, book-smart girl whose heart belongs to dancing. She is a vegetarian and supporter of animal rights, as mentioned in "Meatball it Up". She is always trying to get CeCe out of trouble, which often gets them both into trouble. Rocky is kindhearted but strong-minded as well. She is Ty's younger sister. Their dad is never seen until one Season 2 episode but is mentioned briefly by Ty throughout Season 1, explaining his absence, as he's always on business trips. Though Rocky's real name is Raquel, CeCe gave her the nickname "Rocky" when they first met, which eventually caught on with all of Rocky's friends and family.

Rocky does not take well to people disliking her, as seen in "Give it Up". Her father is a doctor for Doctors Without Borders. Her mom is a hair beautician in the episode "Heat It Up", and an ordained minister, via the internet in "I Do It Up. She and CeCe love Beyonce. In "Merry Merry It Up" it was revealed by CeCe that her middle name is Oprah. Rocky is referred by others as freakishly tall for her age, while CeCe is freakishly short. Rocky is shown to love Taylor Lautner.

Rocky is usually pulled into CeCe's crazy schemes, and is usually punished or grounded with CeCe in the end. Rocky tries to be CeCe's voice of reason, but CeCe usually doesn't listen. Ty, Deuce, Gunther, and Tinka usually refer to Rocky as CeCe's sidekick. In "Shake It Up: Made in Japan", Rocky and CeCe get into a fight, and Rocky states that she is tired of being a supporting character in "The CeCe Show", and is ready to star in "The Rocky Show". Rocky and CeCe, however make up at the end.

Rocky constantly attempts to get CeCe's parents, Georgia and J.J. back together. In season two, Rocky thought J.J. was going to re-propose to Georgia, and she planned to make the night perfect for them. It turns out that J.J. was going to propose to his girlfriend, Cathy, who Rocky reluctantly excepted. In "I Do It Up", after J.J. reveals that he and Cathy split, and after Georgia called off her wedding because of the kiss between her and her ex-husband, Rocky tries to get them to remarry, but they refuse.

Rocky's relationship with her family is really good and strong. Rocky and her mother, Marcie are on good terms, but her mother is overprotective when it comes to Rocky dating. Rocky and her father have a good relationship, but Rocky doesn't like how Dr. Curtis doesn't want her to be a dancer, but a doctor. In season two, Rocky and Ty both stand up to Curtis and tell him how they want to be a dancer and rapper respectively. Rocky and her brother Ty have a great, and strong brother-sister bond. Ty is overprotective of his little sister, but at the same time, they can fight.

Rocky's romance life is just as bad as CeCe's. Rocky hasn't had any major love interests until season three. CeCe's future stepbrother, Logan Hunter asked Rocky to teach him how to slow dance, but while Rocky was teaching him, Rocky kissed Logan (twice) and he kissed her back. The two started developing a crush for each other. At Georgia and Jeremy's wedding in "I Do It Up", Rocky accidentally reveals her kiss(s) with Logan to CeCe, Georgia, Marcie, and Jeremy. As Jeremy and Logan leave the altar for the honeymoon, Logan tells Rocky to call him. She and Logan start dating in "Love and War It Up", but she dumps him at the end when Logan refuses to give CeCe a chance.

In Quit It Up, Phil told Rocky, CeCe and Tinka that they had to audition for Shake It Up. In the episode Ty It Up, she did pass the audition and she later watched Shake It Up, Chicago with her dad.

In Forward & Back It Up, she was back on Shake It Up, Chicago.

Flynn Jones

Flynn Jones, portrayed by Davis Cleveland, is CeCe's younger brother. Described as "wise beyond his years", his characteristics include having an appetite for bacon, playing video games and annoying his older sister. He feels a special affection for Rocky which is revealed in "Model It Up". His best friend is CeCe's math tutor, a college graduate named Henry Dillon, who is about Flynn's age. He and CeCe's parents are divorced. Their dad is mentioned only once and appeared in the episode "Parent Trap It Up". He is occasionally seen dancing on the show and even performed a routine with Ty and Deuce in "Hot Mess It Up". He will also do anything for ice cream as seen in "Break It Up".

Ty Blue

Ty Blue, portrayed by Roshon Fegan, is Rocky's older brother who is an aspiring actor and rapper and host of Shake It Up Chicago. Although a skilled dancer, he passed on the chance to try out for "Shake It Up Chicago", claiming he does not dance for "the man". His personality is described as "hip, cool and sarcastic", and proclaims himself a ladies' man. He and Deuce are often seen together, but have an odd friendship with each other most of the time. He and Deuce also are often babysitting Flynn. A possible romance based relationship was developed in episode "Add It Up" between him and Tinka, but was not further progressed in any following episodes. He is good at pranks, like when he doodled on Flynn's face in "Give it Up". He is also the new host on Shake It Up Chicago, after the previous host was fired after arguing with the new executive producer about which Blue (Rocky or Ty) would make the new cast.

Deuce Martinez

Martin "Deuce" Martinez portrayed by Adam Irigoyen, is CeCe and Rocky's friend. He is said to have an inside-track to almost everything. Deuce is best friends with Ty and is Dina's boyfriend. He often babysits Flynn along with Ty. He and Ty are often seen together in most episodes and have an odd friendship with each other most of the time. In "Break It Up", it is revealed that Deuce faints at the sight of blood after Rocky shows him how her foot is badly cut. He is of Cuban descent. Despite the fact that he performed a routine with Ty and Flynn in "Hot Mess it Up", it is hinted several times that Deuce does not dance. It is often remarked (mostly by Ty) that, even though he is in a current relationship with Dina, Deuce is unattractive to most women. It is shown in Party It Up that he is very easily tricked because Ty was able to teach him the girl's part of the tango. He also has an identical cousin named Harrison. It is seen in "Surprise It Up" that he may have feelings for Rocky.

Gunther Hessenheffer

Gunther Hessenheffer, (Seasons 1-2; recurring season 3) portrayed by Kenton Duty, is the flamboyant twin brother of Tinka (portrayed by Caroline Sunshine) who came to Chicago as exchange students from a small mountain country in the first grade. He and his sister are "frenemies" to CeCe and Rocky. It is hinted in Reality Check It Up that he may have a crush on CeCe, after learning that CeCe may have been in love with him, and he flirted with her.. They briefly dated in the episode "Hot Mess It Up" because of some advice CeCe gave Gunther and Tinka's cousin, though they broke up. In Split It Up, they danced together, and in Surprise It Up, they go to a mailman's funeral together. Gunther owns numerous betwinklers. The siblings wear bright, sparkly-accented clothing, that, along with their distinct accents, are commonplace to his homeland. He models sweaters. It is implied that Gunther is closest to his sister, Tinka, but shares an on-off friendship with Ty. In "Shrink It Up", it is revealed that in a flashback, he and Tinka were in the same ballet class as CeCe and Rocky, and it is also shown that the two pairs were still frenemies at a young age. In season two, he appeared sporadically as he was absent for thirteen episodes. Beginning in season three, he will not be a main character, but will be a recurring guest.

Tinka Hessenheffer

Tinka Hessenheffer, portrayed by Caroline Sunshine, is the twin sister of Gunther (portrayed by Kenton Duty) who came to Chicago as exchange students from a small mountain country in the first grade. The parents of Tinka and Gunther are only in one episode but they are even stranger than the twins. They eat strange food and give out left overs in small doggy bags. She and her brother are "frenemies" to Rocky and CeCe at school and as fellow dancers on "Shake It Up, Chicago." She also may have a relationship with Ty Blue, implied when they went on a date in one episode, but further progress was not shown in the succeeding episodes. Tinka takes pride in herself, similar to Gunther, and is competitive. In the season three premiere, Tinka surprises Rocky and CeCe by suddenly acting nice to them. She reveals that Gunther has left to return home and she feels lost without him so wants them as friends. At first wary, Rocky and CeCe decide to give Tinka a chance after the she tries to take the blame for burning down the dance studio. She is also known to be a talented cake decorator as shown in "Oh Brother It Up".

Recurring characters

Gary Wilde

Gary Wilde, portrayed by R. Brandon Johnson, is the original host of the dance show "Shake It Up, Chicago". He is attracted to photo shoots, drives a red Porsche, and is in his late 30's. He has sent party invites to Oprah Winfrey, but has been turned down seven times, and has been arrested many more. He also likes to take majority of the credit on the show. Whenever he needs something done, he asks CeCe and Rocky to do it for him, but almost never returns the favor. However, he loves Rocky and CeCe like they're his own daughters, as they are two of his best dancers on the show, and even gives them a sincere, heart-filled apology in "Shake it Up: Made in Japan" when he's forced to disband them from the show if he wants to continue doing the "Shake it Up" video game project, however, they are soon allowed to return. Later in the show, it is discovered that he burned down Shake It Up Chicago, due to leaving a tanning bed running. He is fired from Shake It Up Chicago for this and Ty ultimately replaces him as the host. In the episode Ty It Up, CeCe tells that she, Tinka and Rocky are friends with Gary and Phil says that Gary has been fired and that he had to re-audition for his job.

Georgia Jones

Georgia Jones, portrayed by Anita Barone, is CeCe and Flynn's mother who is a police officer. She is divorced from CeCe and Flynn's father, who Flynn states that he is always working. She claims to be 29 years old but, in reality, she is in her early 40's. She also claims to make mistakes, such as working too much, not being very good at cooking, being backed up on laundry, and always getting into fights (for example, she got into an argument with Rocky's mother). In the episode "Oh Brother It Up", she and Jeremy become engaged.

Marcie Blue

Marcie Blue, portrayed by Carla Renata, is Rocky and Ty's mother who owns two hair salons. She is an excellent cook, and once mentioned that her husband can never be mad when he is eating some of her pie.

Dr. Curtis Blue

Dr. Curtis Blue, portrayed by Phil Morris, is Rocky and Ty's father who is a doctor. In season 1 he was away on business over seas. He is first seen in season 2 Doctor It Up. He wanted Ty and Rocky to become doctors when they grew up. He was furious when he found out Ty wanted to be a rapper and that Rocky was dancing on "Shake It Up Chicago" and that she wanted to be a dancer. He finally decided he was okay with both their choices. He is seen again in Apply It Up.

Henry

Henry Dillon, portrayed by Buddy Handleson, is Flynn's good friend, although they couldn't be more different. He is a college graduate, pre-law and pre-med, though he is about Flynn's age, and it is usually up to him to teach Henry how to act like a kid. In his first appearance, he was CeCe's math tutor and later became Flynn's friend. Handleson left the show to star in his own show on nickelodeon called Wendell & Vinnie.

Dina Garcia

Dina Maria Louisa Schwartz-Garcia, portrayed by Ainsley Bailey, is Deuce's street-smart girlfriend. She is immensely rich and is shown to be like a female Deuce. It is hinted that she is of Spanish descent. As shown in Match It Up her dad owns the local mall. She does not happen to care if she is rich or not, she just wants to be like any normal person, like when her birthday was coming up (Twist it Up) she did not want a big party, all she wanted was a regular party with her and her friends. She happens to be her dad's only daughter, who he is overprotective of her when she dates a guy. it is revealed in "Jingle it Up", her middle name is Carol. It is mentioned they have been dating a year in the episode "Review It Up".

Uncle Frank

Uncle Frank, portrayed by Jim Pirri, is Deuce's uncle. He owns "Crusty's Pizza", which is a new setting on Shake It Up. Unlike all the other recurring characters, he first appears in season 2. He enjoys tormenting Deuce with the help from Flynn and Ty. He always insults Deuce in a fun way but Deuce sometimes takes it seriously. In "Shake It Up, Up and Away" Uncle Frank revealed that he only hired Deuce at "Crusty's" because he is scared of Deuce's mom.

Jeremy Hunter

Jeremy Hunter, portrayed by Anthony Starke, is a firefighter and Georgia Jones's ex-fiance. He and Mrs. Jones get engaged in the episode "Oh Brother It Up." He has a son named Logan (Leo Howard) in which he calls him Lil' Scooter. Jeremy and Georgia break up at the alter when Jeremy decides that their relationship was moving to fast, and Georgia kissed her ex-husband the night before.

Logan

Logan Hunter, portrayed by Leo Howard, is the son of Jeremy, who calls him Lil Scooter. He is soon to be the stepson of Georgia and step brother of CeCe and Flynn. He fired CeCe after she was not committed to her job at Bob's Kebabs. Rocky teaches Logan how to dance since he'll have to dance at Jeremy and Georgia's wedding. Rocky and Logan kiss twice, but attempt to keep it a secret. At the wedding, when Flynn says Georgia and Jeremy can't get married because of the kiss, Rocky and Logan accidentally reveal their kisses. Georgia and Jeremy call off their wedding, and Logan does not become CeCe and Flynn's stepbrother.

Phil

Phil, portrayed by Jonathan Chase, is the new executive producer of Shake it Up, Chicago.

Minor characters/Guest Stars

• Mrs. Loccasio, portrayed by Renée Taylor, is a cranky elderly lady who takes a disliking to Rocky. She was once a Vegas showgirl; she said she danced in her "birthday suit". (Appeared in Give It Up, Model It Up, and Home Alone It Up)
• Mrs. Garcia, portrayed by Maggie Wheeler, is Dina's mother. She always tries to throw an extravagant, over-the-top party for her daughter, but Dina just wants a regular birthday party. (Appeared in Twist It Up)
• Don Rio Garcia, portrayed by John D'Aquino, is Dina's father. He gave Deuce the responsibility of keeping their pig Pinky, to see if he was the right boyfriend for his daughter. Deuce passed the challenge, and Don Rio Garcia now approves of Deuce. (Appeared in Glitz It Up)
• Larry Diller, portrayed by Larry Miller, is a lawyer who came to join CeCe and Rocky's dance camp because he thinks he is a "fairer". He warned the girls that he will sue them if they refuse to teach him how to dance.
• Suzie, portrayed by Ashley Boettcher, a girl who comes to Rocky and CeCe's dance camp. Flynn seem to have a crush on her.
• Dr. Pepper, portrayed by Harriet Sanson Harris, a cranky therapist that CeCe and Rocky went to in one episode. It is mentioned that she gets cranky when the drive-thru runs out of sweet and sour sauce and it is mentioned also revealed that none of the girls at school would double Dutch with her and has a crush on Fred Flintstone. She could have possibly been the wrong therapist CeCe and Rocky were sent to because at the end of the episode Gary said his therapist's name was Dr. Noveck.
• Kat, portrayed by Kerris Dorsey, is a girl who elaborates a plan to get on Shake It Up Chicago by befriending Cece Jones. Kat pressures them to tell Gary to hire her as an intern on the show. Kat is successful in getting on the show but at the end of the episode, she moves to New York to join Shake It Up, New York, although the email she had received was a fake email sent by CeCe. (Appeared in Copy Kat It Up)
• Ms. Burke, portrayed by Tyra Banks, the school librarian at John Hugens High School, she is obsessed with romance and has a huge crush on Mr. Zigfield. (Appeared in Parent Trap it Up and My Fair Librarian it Up)
• Mr. Zigfield, portrayed by Alfonso Ribeiro, a school teacher at John Hugens High School. (Appeared in My Fair Librarian it Up)
• Eileen, portrayed by Caitlin Carmichael, a tomboy pageant queen whose mother forced her to be in the little cutie queen pageant. She is played by Caitlin Carmichael and appeared in the episode "Glitz it Up!". She and Rocky seem to be friends since they both do not like beauty pageants.
• Vice Principal Winslow, portrayed by Cat Deeley, the Vice- Principal of CeCe, Rocky, Ty, Deuce, Gunther, Tinka, and Dina's school seen in Wild it Up, and to be in later episodes, she was also mentioned in Parent Trap it Up. She is secretly either a singer, dancer or dance show host.
• Danika, portrayed by Carlson Young, a model who competes in the miniature golf contest to raise money for charities. She makes fun of CeCe & Rocky after watching them after they embarrass themselves on camera during taping "Shake It Up: Chicago on camera.
• JJ Jones, portrayed by Matthew Glave, is CeCe and Flynn's father seen in Parent Trap It Up. He has a girlfriend in Florida and intends to propose to her until she dumped him for a guy on the street ( which is mentioned in " I do it up").
• Harrison, portrayed by Adam Irigoyen, is Deuce's identical cousin. He is from Boston and appeared in Surprise it Up. It is hinted he may have feelings for Rocky.
• Mr. Watanabe, portrayed by Keone Young, is the boss of Watanabe Studios and he is shown to take his job serious, after Rocky told him that he is wrong, he told Gary to fire CeCe and Rocky and he fired Keiko. In the end, he rehired Keiko as assistant.
• Keiko Ishizuka, portrayed by Ally Maki, is Mr. Watanabe's assistant who came up with the idea of the Shake It Up video game however, when Rocky made Mr. Watanabe feel like he was wrong, Mr. Watanabe fired Keiko and canceled the video game. CeCe and Rocky told Mr. Watanabe to rehire Keiko and she was rehired. She helped Rocky and CeCe so they could perform Made in Japan
• Genta and Tomoka, portrayed by Christopher Naoki Lee and Anna Akana, is the thieves who stole Gunther and Tinka's clothes. When Gunther saw them, he and Tinka were angry to find and when Tinka hit the guard and got arrested. It is unknown if they got a way with stealing their clothes.

External links

• Official website
• Shake It Up at IMDb
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