#ARIA PRETTY LITTLE LIARS SERIES#
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However, she is killed when Spencer pushes her off a cliff face and her neck is caught between rocks. Mona became A due to Alison and the Liars being responsible for The Jenna Thing, which burned her too. Mona Vanderwaal, Alison DiLaurentis and Nick Maxwell are discovered to be A. Subsequently, Courtney morphs into 'Queen Bee Ali' and, out of pure chance, befriends the Liars up until the night of her infamous disappearance when she was killed and buried by the real Alison DiLaurentis and her accomplice Nick Maxwell.Ī: A is the main antagonist of the series, being, for the most part, an anonymous character who relentlessly torments many characters, in particular the Liars. But years later in a fit of vengeance on a rare visit home, Courtney managed to swindle a plan to trick their parents that Alison was Courtney when it was time to leave, Ali's claims that she was Ali making her parents believe her even less. Her plan eventually worked, and was sent to The Preserve at Addison-Stevens after a physical argument with Alison. She made her refer to herself as Alison, adamantly, to their parents and teachers, her motive being that her sister would eventually be detained for insanity. Probably in a psychological phenomenon known as projection, Alison managed to convince, and possibly brainwash, Courtney at home and at school that she indeed was the jealous one. The twins were described to be inseparable as children, but Alison started to exhibit a vicious jealousy towards Courtney as they grew up, and the close bond deteriorated completely when she once tried to drown Courtney. In the book, their older brother's name is Jason DiLaurentis and their half-sisters are Melissa and Spencer Hastings.Ĭourtney DiLaurentis: 'Alison', the one who originally befriended the four girls in the sixth grade, is later revealed to be actually Courtney in the books (often referred to by the Liars as Our Ali, or Their Ali.) She is the third child to Jessica and Kenneth.

#ARIA PRETTY LITTLE LIARS SERIES#

In the prequel, Courtney-as-Ali started disappearing in the last chapter and getting almost killed numerous times, until the end of the series ( Vicious) when Ali-as-Courtney came out and started becoming friends with her twin 'Ali' again after rehab with Tabitha and Iris, two lookalikes of Ali, all in the penultimate chapter.

#ARIA PRETTY LITTLE LIARS TV#

Her identical twin sister, Courtney DiLaurentis, debuted in Wanted after the TV show began in 2010. Alison was sent to The Preserve at Addison-Stevens, a rehab facility for mentally ill patients, which she believed was the Liars' fault, and has been plotting revenge ever since. However, she is revealed to have been alive and also their tormentor 'A' as she was mistaken for her twin sister Courtney, who pretended to be her. She had supposedly been killed at the beginning of the series.

'Real Ali' was friends with Naomi Zeigler and Riley Wolfe up until the sixth grade, when Courtney took her place. It is later revealed that the Alison the girls thought they knew was her twin sister, Courtney. Near the end of the series she also struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts.Īlison DiLaurentis: Alison is the former 'Queen Bee' of her clique, consisting of Spencer, Hanna, Aria and Emily. She suffers from an eating disorder, about which she received taunts from Alison.Īria Montgomery: Aria is a quirky and artsy girl who, at the beginning of the books, is trying to find herself.Įmily Fields: Emily is considered the jock of the group, being a physical, loyal girl who struggles with her sexuality.

Hanna Marin: Hanna is the bubbly, strong, and fierce 'it-girl' of the group following Alison's disappearance. Spencer Hastings: Spencer is a headstrong, intelligent, overachieving girl who comes from the wealthy Hastings family and is usually forced into winning everything. The series has many characters, most of them recurring.

The books progress with the four girls trying to figure out the identity of 'A' and facing many dangerous obstacles and twists as they do so. Shortly after the messages begin, Alison's body is discovered buried in her yard. 'A' threatens to expose their secrets, including long-forgotten ones they thought only Alison knew. Three years after her mysterious disappearance, the girls begin receiving intimidating messages from an anonymous character named 'A'. Set in the suburbs of Philadelphia, the series follows the lives of four teenage girls nicknamed the Pretty Little Liars or simply the Liars, whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee leader, Alison DiLaurentis. The series is loosely divided into arcs, chronicling the introduction and reveal of each ' A'.

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