Tyler "Ty" Blue is a main character on Shake It Up. Although he is a very good dancer, he does not want to go try out for Shake It Up, Chicago!, claiming he doesn't "dance for the man". Instead, he aspires to be a rapper. He is the son of Curtis Blue and Marcie Blue, and the older brother of Rocky Blue. He lives in an apartment in Chicago, Illinois with his family in the suite above the Jones family, for whom he babysits the youngest, Flynn Jones, often. His father is a doctor that returned in the second season after being away on business trips and working overseas. He attends John Hughes High School in Chicago, Illinois.