Ginger Foutley is the main protagonist of Nickelodeon's As Told by Ginger. She desperately wants to be noticed, but doesn't like being looked at. She is both repulsed and obsessed with the social structure that dictates her life at Lucky Junior High. Ginger has always secretly wished for a shot at total and extreme popularity, but when her prayers are answered, she finds herself paralyzed with uncertainty. Still, her excellent writing skills and willingness to fight for what she believes to be right has made Ginger stand out from the crowd, as she successfully tries to balance her schoolwork and loyalty to her friends and family with her growing rise in the ranks of the Lucky Junior High social scene.
Biography[]
Ginger Foutley is the protagonist of As Told by Ginger. She is an average girl living in Sheltered Shrubs, Connecticut. She was not considered "popular" until she became best friends with Courtney Gripling, the stereotypical "school diva". Through Ginger, Courtney is able to view how the world works outside of the popular clique. However, Courtney's "right-hand woman", Miranda Killgallen, becomes increasingly jealous of Courtney and Ginger's relationship, and stops at nothing to relegate Ginger to her previous role of geek. Aside from Courtney, Ginger has a group of loyal friends; Dodie Bishop and Macie Lightfoot, who are nearly always ready to back her up, but there are times when they (mainly Dodie) betray Ginger and she refuses to trust them anymore.
At home, Ginger's mother Lois, a nurse, attempts to give Ginger advice for the majority of her situations, but, as Ginger is often too embarrassed to listen to her mother's reasoning, she ends up learning from her own mistakes much of the time.
Ginger's younger brother, Carl, often attempts to use Ginger as a test subject for his experiments and twisted schemes. However, he has tried this so much that Ginger can usually tell that he is up to something, and refuses to comply.
Early on in the series, Ginger did not know much about her father, who left the family shortly after Carl was born. In "Hello Stranger", she invited him to her poetry reading at school. Although he did not respond to the invitation, Ginger was convinced he would show anyway, and thus, was devastated when he didn't. In "An 'Even-Steven' Holiday Special" (the title of which refers to Ginger being torn between how to celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah at the same time after learning that she is one-quarter Jewish), Jonas returns to the family briefly after seeing Carl playing Santa Claus on the street. Though never having officially found his way back into the family, Jonas became more of an installation in the show, appearing at various intervals to give Ginger fatherly advice.
Ginger is portrayed as excelling academically. A self-described "science geek", and frequent "kiss-up" to her chemistry teacher, Mr. Celia, Ginger is also a very talented writer, particularly gifted at writing poetry. In "The 'A' Ticket", her crush, Ian Richton, was paired up with her as a lab partner, but used her to get an A so he could stay on the soccer team, much to Ginger's chagrin. Ginger is a favorite of her English teacher, Ms. Zorski, due to her talent for writing. Ginger once wrote a poem entitled "And Then She Was Gone" (in the episode "And She Was Gone"), to Ms. Zorski's concern, who subsequently sent Ginger to the school counselor. Her talent for writing is expounded on in the series finale, when we are shown that Ginger has become a successful author later in life.
Ginger's love life was not terribly successful throughout the course of the show. Initially, she harbored a crush on Ian Richton, which presumably ended when she discovered he was only using her to get an A in science. Another notable relationship that Ginger has had is with Sasha, a boy she met at camp. She left camp on good terms with Sasha, but when she visited him at his school in "Ginger's Solo", he tells her he has a girlfriend. Her relationship with good friend and neighbor Darren Patterson was incredibly tumultuous and underwent much change during the series. In "Dare I, Darren?" Ginger began to look at Darren in a more romantic light following Miranda's suggestion that they would make a good couple. Later on, in "Never Can Say Goodbye", she develops a physical attraction to Darren after he gets his headgear removed. Despite attempts to deny these newfound feelings, Ginger becomes incredibly jealous when Darren and Miranda begin to date. Finally, in "Foutley's on Ice", Ginger and Darren become an official couple. However, when they reach high school, Darren soon takes interest in a cheerleader named Simone. Darren then cheats on Ginger, leaving her heartbroken. She then develops acute appendicitis and has to go to the hospital. She then finds comfort in a new friend, Orion. She and Orion never have an official relationship, but more of a flirtatious friendship. In the series finale, "The Wedding Frame", Ginger "takes the leap" and is shown with Orion at her mother's wedding, but at the very end of the episode, when Ginger's future is shown, she and Darren appear to be married and have a child.
Behind the scenes[]
- In the promo Ginger was supposed to look like her mother.
- As been revealed in “Kiss and Make-up”, Ginger keeps having her eyes closed in every school picture.
- Ginger discovered she’s one-quarter Jewish.
- Ginger is a symbol of how girls should be acting today; just enjoy life, be yourself and be happy for what you have been given, since the day you were born.
- In the promo Ginger's room color is supposed to be the same color as Dodie.
- Ginger along with Dodie, Lois, Carl and Hoodsey are the only five characters, whom appeared in all sixty episodes of the series.
- Ginger and Dodie are the only two in the three friend group with having a brother and a jealousy streak.
- Before “The Wedding Frame” Ginger was the only one in her group of friends who wasn’t rich.
- Ginger has attracted more boys than the other girls in the series.
- It’s been hinted in episodes: “Losing Nana Bishop” and “Ten Chairs”, Ginger doesn’t like harming living animals.
- In the high school episodes, Ginger is seen wearing some of her outfits from her time at Lucky Junior High.
- Ginger along with Dodie and Macie are fans of Pony Girl which is a parody of My Little Pony.
- Ginger sang two songs that involved with her break up with Darren.
- Ginger is so far the only one in her group of friends to develop breasts.
- However, Dodie and Macie are seen with them in the final episode The Wedding Frame.
- Good karma had finally come to Ginger and her family. As they are now rich and now living in the same gated community where Courtney and her family used to live.
- Ginger has about 63 or 64 outfits in the series.
- The reason Ginger was supposed to look like her mother was of her hair being closely resembles of her own mother's hair.
- Ginger is featured as a master model in the console version of Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots.
Cultural References[]
- Ginger might've inspired Gwen from Total Drama series as both characters share many similarities.
- Many fans believed Ginger's break up with Darren is one of the saddest break ups in animation, along with Usagi's break up from Sailor Moon and Sharon's break up from Braceface.
- Ginger also shares a similar family life with: Sharon Spitz from Braceface and Pepper Ann from Disney's Pepper Ann.
- Ginger is the first Nickelodeon animated lead female to have her boyfriend breaking up with her. The second lead female is Korra.
- Ginger is one of the five Nickelodeon lead character to have fallen in love, married and having children with their spouse that they knew from childhood or if they’re new to the neighborhood, the other three are: Arnold, Aang and Manny.
- Arnold marries Helga.
- Aang marries Katara.
- Manny marries Frida.
- Ginger is the third Nickelodeon lead character to have gotten appendicitis; the first being Rocko from Rocko's Modern Life and the second being Eliza from The Wild Thornberrys.
- Ginger shares a similar life with Tsukushi Makino from the Manga and anime Boys Over Flowers.
- Ginger also shares a similar life with Nikki Maxwell from the popular book series Dork Diaries.
External Links[]
- Nickipedia
- As Told By Ginger wiki
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_As_Told_by_Ginger_characters#Ginger_Foutley
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