Elliot McFadden

Elliot McFadden is a graduate of Tree Hill High School having gone there since his freshman year and is one of the main protagonists in the series. Unlike his somewhat smooth talking and confident brother Lucas, he inherited his father's work ethic by caring about school a little too much. Given this fact, he has been shown to believe he is smarter than everyone and is often judged by his peers being labeled a "nerd". Despite this, he has shown to have some type of a backbone as he doesn't take crap from anyone. But even though he is seen as a "nerd', he starts showing more confidence by gaining friends and allies to help him fight against the people that ridiculed and bullied him, becoming the leader of The Outsiders.

His newfound confidence gained him a love interest in Haley Baker, who eventually becomes his girlfriend and later wife. His relationship with Haley helped him grow as a person, deciding to put everyone before himself. His selflessness reached a breaking point when the school shooting happened as he put himself in harms way to protect Haley from a stray bullet, which ultimately went straight through his leg. His relationship continued with Haley continued to grow as they said their first "I love you's" when he was in the hospital recovering. During this time, he begins experiencing post traumatic stress disorder and goes through a massive depression, effecting their relationship in the process. However, Haley did not abandon him like he wanted her too, so it strengthened their bond.

A rigged vote in the Student Council elections took a turn for the worse as Elliot felt he deserved to President but Emma and Kelly helped Chad win, sinking Elliot further into a depression. However, Haley, Debby and surprisingly Jamie told him to fight back and he eventually won the election after it's revealed Chad cheated, furthering their rivalry.

They continued to support each other and be there for one another until the time jump as it revealed they began to grow tired of seeing each other and were fighting all the time. This reached a climax at Haley and Matthew's birthday party, where they agreed to separate to save their relationship. Haley has tears in her eyes but agrees and they break up.

Elliot began growing as a person and showing Haley the kind of man she needs in her life. He began to grow closer to Lydia Scott, as they always had a mutual attraction to each other. They enter a relationship as Haley begins a relationship with an unseen character Trevor Lahey. Both relationship lasts around the same amount of time as Elliot realizes that Haley is always in his heart, and Haley realizes that she can't breathe or live without Elliot. They reconcile and the rest is history.

Another turning point came when he and Haley were involved in car crash as they were coming home from a movie, revealed to be by Trevor Lahey. Elliot was unharmed other than bruises but Haley had gotten massively hurt but still alive. The emotions came out like a dam and he begin breaking down, not wanting to live life without her and he will do everything in power to protect her. After surgery, Haley said "I love you bookworm" and smiled as he held her hand.

Elliot is best friends with Jackson Scott, Matthew Baker, Logan Evans, Kimberly Tyler, Elijah Fields, and his wife Haley Baker. He is close friends with Sawyer Scott, Brooke Keller, Maya Hall, Elizabeth Scott, Kelsey Evans, Andy Taylor, Jeremy Jagielski, and former enemy Pearce Ford. He is friends with Keith Scott, Debby Marsh, Amber Swift He had heated conflicts with Jamie Scott, Chuck Scolnik, Hunter Evans, Ben Chambers, Pearce Ford, Noah Middleman, and Jude Baker, but has ended them all. He is frenemies with Davis Baker, Dylan Harris and Xander Russell. He was enemies with Trevor Lahey, Christian Hardy, Jonah Knight, He has unresolved conflicts with Calvin Richards, Chad Baxter, Grant Wilson, David Prince, and Eric Knight.

Character History
In Pilot, Elliot is shown at the reunion with his family including his brother, Lucas, and his sisters, Grace & Melanie. He mentions that he hates going to parties because he always gets made fun of which make his father and mother laugh. They both encourage him to start making friends other than Lucas & Hunter, even though Elliot can only tolerate Hunter so much. Later on, he sees Haley and Brooke walk over to the bleachers and grabs Hunter to investigate. They happen to find the juniors drinking beer and partying, where Hunter says awesome but Elliot isn't for it. Chuck and Jamie are the first to see Elliot glaring at them, to which Chuck asks if they have a problem. As he's about to yes and step forward to Chuck, he notices Haley and the other girls start staring at them, he quickly says "nah no problem man, I'd just hate to see what everyone would think about our star athletes getting drunk during our family's reunions." Hunter senses the tension but backs Elliot up before things get out of hand. Elliot asks why he did that and Hunter tells him to "stay away from the cool kids man cause by the looks of it, you're not one". Elliot says whatever dick and walks away Later as the reunion dies down and he is about to leave with his family Elliot sees Jackson walk in and glances at Jamie and Chuck who seem taken aback by his presence and smiles.

In Checkmate, Elliot is first seen waking up to Lucas blasting music, saying that they're going to be late to school. Melanie and Grace are already waiting in the car, and Lucas comes down saying that he's sorry. They drive to school and get to the parking lot, only to find the closest spots open. Lucas parks the car and they get out, but as they go to follow their sisters into school, Jamie and Tree Hill Ravens come out of their cars. They say that Lucas parked in his spot and politely asks them to park somewhere else, Elliot, however, retorts that the spot doesn't have your name on it and they got there first. Chuck tells him to not disrespect him before he regrets it laughing, but Elliot glances at Haley and smiles. He says that he got a lot of balls but trying to look tough in front of your friends isn't going to make me back down. Jamie, taking offense, tries to lunge at him, but gets backed away by Chuck and Andre with Lucas saying a teacher is coming. Walking away, Elliot stares back at them slyly. Heading the warning from both Hunter and Andy, Elliot brushes off Jamie's threat, until he looks at his defaced locker at the end of the day. "We warned you, E. Don't mess with the best." he reads as he senses a crowd starting to appear, with Lucas, Melanie, Grace, Keith, Matthew, Kelsey, Taylor and Hunter being the few people to support him. With everyone now staring at him, he slams his locker and Rachel appears trying to figure out who the culprits are. The Tree Hill Ravens appear with both Chuck and Jamie happy about the development, but it's revealed that neither had anything to do with the vandalism, despite their differences with him. He is shown be to fuming, while staring daggers at Jamie, implying their feud is just getting started.

In Family Politics(1), Elliot is shown in Rachel's office explaining the situation about the vandalism, but doesn't rat out the Tree Hill Ravens. Afterwards, he leaves the office and glances over at Jenny and Melissa as he walks by them. He is shown being greeted by Kelly, a new transfer student taking a tour of the school, and obviously is surprised at that. Haley and Madison notice this, which the former confronts him on as he's at his locker. He says that the great Haley Baker is talking to him so it must be a good day, but he has no idea about Kelly's agenda or why she was here. He tells Haley that they used to know each other but nothing more. He questions her persistent with the topic but she says that it's none of his business. Elliot saying it never is walks away as Haley looks on.

In Family Politics(2), Elliot is shown watching the fight between Sarah, Vivian, Lily and Octavia unfold as everyone starts recording it on their phones excluding Logan, Chris, and Kevin, who are breaking up the fight. He looks at Davis, Jude, Ben and Chuck laughing about the situation, shakes his head and walks away. He runs into Chuck and Ben messing with a lower classmen and laughing about it. They look his way and attempt to walk towards him but see Kelsey and back off. He thanks her for the help and she say no problem what are friends for. Afterwards, he texts Lucas, telling him that they need to talk after school. In an empty classroom, he explains the hierarchy of high school and a perfect plan to get revenge against Jamie, Chuck and the Ravens for the constant belittlement, bullying and harassment they've done to everyone. As he continues on, Keith, Nathan, Jeremy, and surprisingly Hunter walk in say that it takes some balls for us to pull this off. Hunter tells him that they're in and he asks what the plan is.

In There Goes The Neighborhood, Through flashbacks he is shown having somewhat second thoughts about getting revenge until he realizes that they aren't going to change. After hearing how big this party is going to be, he makes a deal with Jeremy, Lucas and Nathan that if anything goes down he, Keith and Hunter will get out of there. He agrees and gets a strange phone call on their way to the party. He is shown walking into the party at the Baker house only to be greeted by Haley, Jude and Davis. Haley tells him that this isn't the place for studying as he retorts that even bookworms should try to relax and fun once in while. Elliot is shown trying to help his brother out of the fight only to be pushed away by Ben, saying that it is not a good idea to get involved. After the parents get home and the fighting dies down, he is one of the few that tries explaining the whole situation only to be interrupted by Davis and Jude, who protest his claims. He looks to Haley and sees the expression on her face change when her mother confronts him, but he doesn't say anything to get her in trouble.

In Crush, He is shown as Haley speaks to Elizabeth about her crush on Matthew, implying Haley feels someway about him. He walks over to her after Elizabeth and asks what was up. She tells him that she's helping out a friend, shocking him. Elliot says that he might have misjudged her and is impressed that she is doing a good deed for someone else, making her smile. She says that he's lucky that she's talking to him after starting a fight, but Elliot responds that he technically didn't get involved but apologizes. She asks how he got out of any trouble, to which he says that the rents believe that he was there to help with an extracurricular activity. Elliot asks if he used his manipulation correctly and you must be rubbing off on him and laughs. Haley says that he wishes, but she gets flagged over by Madison and Brooke and tells him she'll see him later. He says he will see her around and walks away.

In Under Pressure (1), he is shown as bystander in the confrontation between Keith, Chuck, Jimmy, and Andre. He tells Keith to not get mad about the situation, let Jimmy handle his business and walks away.

In Under Pressure (2), Elliot is shown approaching his father about potentially announcing for the Tree Hill Ravens' games in the future. Mouth agrees to teach him but only if Lucas gets to help him as a punishment for fighting. To get set up early, he is shown at the school walking past the gym and notices Haley practicing her routine. He stops and admires her for a little, only to have her catch him in the act, startling her. She asks what he is doing there and he responds that he's commentating the Ravens game and he's trying to practice. She asks if he saw anything to which he firmly says no though she is still staring daggers at him. She asks him why a cute narc is trying to commentate games of the guys who don't like him. He tells her family tradition as his father did it.

Trivia

 * Counting only The Next Generation, Elliot is one of fifteen characters to appear in 200 episodes or more.
 * The others are Jamie Scott, Chuck Scolnik, Brooke Keller, Jackson Scott, Sawyer Scott, Logan Evans, Haley Baker, Amber Swift, Katie Keller, Lydia Scott, Kelsey Evans, Andy Taylor, Matthew Baker, and Elizabeth Scott.
 * Counting only The Originals, Elliot is one of sixteen characters to appear in 100 episodes or more.
 * The others are Haley Baker, Jackson Scott, Logan Evans, Maya Hall, Sawyer Scott, Brooke Keller, Kylie Batter, Victoria Crawford, Lydia Scott, Sarah Evans, Chris Hargrove, Mikayla Baines, Gwen West, Jeffery Baines, and Brittany Simmons.
 * Counting only Legacies, Elliot is one of 36 characters to appear in 100 episodes or more.
 * The others are Haley Baker, Sawyer Scott, Jackson Scott, Logan Evans, Brooke Keller, Jamie Scott, Chuck Scolnik, Andre Fields, Kieran Scott, Octavia Hargrove, Lucas McFadden, Noah Middleman, Kelsey Evans, Andy Taylor, Ariel Moore, Cody Cross, Victoria Crawford, Kelly Northwest, Maya Hall, Mikayla Baines, Beth Andrews, Gwen West, Gabe West, Scout Nixon, Paige Collins, Toby Callaway, Debby Marsh, Emma Northwest, Dylan Harris, Camila Middleman, Erica Reyes, Ella Jensen, Laurel Sparks, Jeffery Baines, and Justin Dupre.
 * He is one ten characters to be a main character through every season in the series. The other are Sawyer Scott, Logan Evans, Jackson Scott, Andre Fields, Haley Baker, Kelsey Evans, Andy Taylor, Brooke Keller, and Lydia Scott.
 * In Season 1 and 2, he was shown to be a commentator at the Tree Hill Ravens basketball games, mirroring his father's original journey.
 * To counteract the Tree Hill Ravens, Elliot started and became the leader of The Outsiders in Family Politics(2), coined as a way to get even with the popular crowd that held them back.
 * He took grade 11 math and English as a sophomore, but remained in the class during his junior year.
 * He is an amateur photographer, but gave it up after seeing he wanted to be in front of the camera instead.
 * He served as Student Council President during his senior year.
 * He elected Haley as his VP, Kevin as his Treasurer, and Kimberly as his Secretary.
 * Elliot's favorite type of music is Techno and R & B.
 * He lost his virginity in New Territories(1) to Haley.
 * Elliot is one of eight characters to be shot.
 * The others are Matthew, Teresa, Jackson, Tim, Reagan, Christian, and Jonah.
 * He, Teresa, Jackson and Matthew are the only ones to survive their attacks.
 * He, Jackson and Matthew are the only ones to still be alive.
 * He was originally believed to a nerd due to his intellect, like his father.
 * He is one of seven characters to be in a car crash.
 * The others are Haley, Ben, Miley, Whitey, Oliver, Andy and Noah.
 * He, Haley, Andy and Noah are the only ones to survive the crashes and are still alive.
 * Elliot's relationship with Haley resembles Brooke's relationship with Mouth had it turned romantic.
 * Out of his siblings, he has the best relationships with his father and Brooke Baker.
 * He suffered from PTSD after he got shot and sunk into a deep depression.
 * Elliot and Haley are considered an opposites attract couple.
 * He is one of the few characters that knew about Kelly's caring and compassionate side, before she joined The Bling Ring.
 * The others were Lydia Scott, Elijah Fields, Pearce Ford, Andre Fields, and Madison Landry.
 * He has the fifth most amount of male fights in the series, following Jamie Scott, Jackson Scott, Chuck Scolnik, and Chad Baxter.
 * He has fought Jamie Scott, Chuck Scolnik, Calvin Richards, Will King, Chad Baxter, Pearce Ford, Chris Hargrove, Hunter Evans, Trevor Lahey, and Grant Wilson.
 * He has fought Calvin, Trevor, Chuck, Grant, and Jamie more than once.
 * He beat Jamie (2nd time), Calvin (both times), Trevor (every time), Chris, Chuck, Will and Grant (2nd time)
 * He tied Jamie (1st time), Chad, Hunter, Pearce and Grant (1st time)
 * All of his love interests have a connection to the Tree Hill Cheerleading Squad. Sawyer, Haley, Kelly and Amber were members. Lydia was a mascot.
 * He shares the line "Go to Hell' with Sawyer, Xander, Debby, Taylor,
 * He dated both of his best friends sisters.
 * Mouth taught him and his siblings how to drive.
 * He is one of 17 characters to serve on Student Council. The others are:
 * President: Brooke & Sawyer, Matthew, Chad, and Elliot
 * Vice President: Katie, Kieran, Kelly, and Haley
 * Secretary: Madison, Cody, Emma, and Kimberly
 * Treasurer: Chuck, Lauren, Christian, and Kevin
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 * He is considered the lead male protagonist of the Legacies series.
 * The others are Gabe West, Scout Nixon, Tyler Summers, and Andy Taylor.
 * He is one of 14 characters to reach the 400 episode milestone in the entire series. The others who have reached this are:
 * Sawyer, Logan, Jackson, and Brooke, who all appeared in 479 episodes.
 * Haley, who appeared in 458 episodes.
 * He appeared in 455 episodes.
 * Kelsey, who appeared in 442 episodes.
 * Andy, who appeared in 436 episodes.
 * Andre, who appeared in 430 episodes.
 * Jamie, who appeared in 426 episodes.
 * Lydia, who appeared in 420 episodes.
 * Debby, who appeared in 409 episodes.
 * Chris, who appeared in 407 episodes.
 * Grace, who appeared in 403 episodes.
 * Lydia, who appeared in 420 episodes.
 * Debby, who appeared in 409 episodes.
 * Chris, who appeared in 407 episodes.
 * Grace, who appeared in 403 episodes.

Quotes

 * Why do reunions always have to be such a drag? (First line)
 * Just wait and see Golden Boy. Please prove my point more!
 * Wow! The GREAT Haley Baker is talking to me. Guess I should mark it down in my calendar cause it must be a good day.
 * There's no way you are that stupid!
 * Hales, you don't have to try and be nice to someone that repeatedly rejects your offers.
 * (To Lucas): For a genius, you're not very smart. She likes you moron.
 * Against all odds, I've proved that cheating gets you nowhere in life.
 * Jax, let's show to dicks how we deal with people messing with our sisters.
 * In this instance, I'm going to pass on the peer pressure for some good old
 * My life isn't complete
 * (To Kelsey) How come we've never explored us being together.
 * Cause you weren't my type, but I still liked you anyways. And you were secretly in love with my best friend.
 * Fair point Kels. I think we both get to be with the person fate decided was for us.
 * Wow. Giving me some of that McFadden knowledge
 * But just so you know. We would've been great together.
 * Oh well. You were definitely the one that could've been.
 * Oh well. You were definitely the one that could've been.

Relationships
Main Article: Elliot-Kelly Relationship


 * Kelly Northwest
 * First Relationship:
 * Start Up: Before Pilot (1.01)
 * Break Up: Before Pilot (1.01)
 * Reason: Kelly broke his heart
 * Hookup: (6.09)
 * Second Relationship:
 * Start Up: Scream for Me(1) (6.10)
 * Break Up: Scream for Me(2) (6.11)
 * Reason: Elliot didn't feel like his feelings for her were genuine.

Main Article: Elliot-Haley Relationship


 * Haley Baker
 * First Relationship:
 * Second Relationship:
 * Third Relationship:

Main Article: Elliot-Lydia Relationship


 * Lydia Scott
 * First Relationship:
 * Start Up: (6.16)
 * Break Up: (6.24)
 * Reason: Lydia realized he won't love her as much as Haley and maturely breaks up with him.

Love Triangles

 * Haley Baker and Trevor Lahey


 * Lydia Scott and Haley Baker


 * Victoria Crawford and Haley Baker


 * Kelly Northwest and Lydia Scott