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| - Carli is popular and attractive, with an older rugby-player boyfriend, making her even more unattainable. Carli has a shallow, manipulative and selfish personality, which Simon is often oblivious too, although his friends are not as fooled. On several occasions, Will and Jay have openly expressed contempt for her, with Will pointing out that she merely strings him along, and Jay calling her "stuck-up.
- Carli D'Amato is a major character in all three seasons and the first movie. She is the quintagonist of the series. She is played by starring cast member Emily Head and debuts in the series premiere. Carli is the main love interest of Simon. She demonstrates a good deal of influence over her peers including school bullies. Simon's and Carly's families have been friends since the two were eight years old and this likely accounts for Simon being able to approach a girl in such a different social circle. Generally, Carly has little romantic interest in Simon but uses his obvious infatuation to her own advantage even encouraging Simon to study a subject he is not doing at school purely to assist in her own revision. This will damage Simon's chances of passing his own exams but he is evidently
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| - Carli D'Amato is a major character in all three seasons and the first movie. She is the quintagonist of the series. She is played by starring cast member Emily Head and debuts in the series premiere. Carli is the main love interest of Simon. She demonstrates a good deal of influence over her peers including school bullies. Simon's and Carly's families have been friends since the two were eight years old and this likely accounts for Simon being able to approach a girl in such a different social circle. Generally, Carly has little romantic interest in Simon but uses his obvious infatuation to her own advantage even encouraging Simon to study a subject he is not doing at school purely to assist in her own revision. This will damage Simon's chances of passing his own exams but he is evidently happier to assist informing Will that he "can always re-sit". Simon is quite stricken and thinking about her and trying to be near her occupies much of his time. He commits several embarrassing faux pas while pursuing her including: declaring his love in a huge painted love-heart on her parents driveway, being drunk and vomiting profusely over Carly's kitchen and younger brother and sneaking into her house at night. This latter causing upset between the two families with Simon's own father thinking Simon might be harbouring paedophile tendencies towards her little brother (he mistook the room for Carly's) and her father telephoning Simon to inform him that if he goes near their house again, he's "gonna fuck [him] up" - a message conveyed to a vomiting, hung-over Simon by his father. Carly is generally friendly towards Simon much of the time but this is purely platonic. She is often accompanied by friends (particularly Rachael) when Simon interacts with her and due to Simon's infatuation he usually makes a complete idiot of himself. Her friends are often seen ridiculing Simon in front of her and question her judgement in having anything to do with him. In the first episode, Carly engages Simon in conversation and as she leans forward to smell his aftershave, he glimpses her cleavage and bra through the open neck of her shirt and becomes aroused. Jay immediately latches on to this fact and publicly announces it to the other pupils in the common room leading to him to be given the nick-name of "boner". Carly has a much older boyfriend who owns a car and only when they split up briefly does Simon finally get the intimate moment with her he has dreamed of. Carly crushes Simon later that same day by announcing that she has reconciled with her boyfriend - although early in the movie, it is clear they have started dating again and possibly for some time. Simon being overjoyed with this saying it has contributed to the best year of his life - at which point he is crushed once more as Carly dumps him again. Carly does not appear to be held in such high regard by the other three boys (especially Will and Jay) and is often referred to in derogatory terms, much to Simon's annoyance. Simon being dumped at the end of school prompts them all to go on a "lad's holiday" so Simon can get over "The Moan-a-tronic 5000". They all agree but it ends up being largely over-shadowed by Simon's obsessing about Carly which is a major theme throughout the movie. It is not helped by Neil's poor planning which has resulted in them going on holiday to the same place as Carly and Rachael. Even though Simon has been deeply affected by his split with Carly, she seems oblivious and proceeds to use him in one of the closing scenes to make James jealous by kissing him passionately, all the time with her eyes on James to gauge his reaction and muttering to herself "that should do it". While trying to use Simon in further goading, he finally sees his feelings have little value to Carly and decides to leave and meet up with Lucy. The inference is that Carly will no longer figure emotionally in Simon's life (despite them inevitably meeting through family ties) and she has lost her hold over him.
- Carli is popular and attractive, with an older rugby-player boyfriend, making her even more unattainable. Carli has a shallow, manipulative and selfish personality, which Simon is often oblivious too, although his friends are not as fooled. On several occasions, Will and Jay have openly expressed contempt for her, with Will pointing out that she merely strings him along, and Jay calling her "stuck-up.
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