User:Bridgetteevans/List of New Girl characters

(sources not added yet, will do later)(also planning to add pictures)

(I added everything from last sentence of first paragraph to the end of Jess's section... her section had the least info, so I added more. but probably (definitely) went overboard and will have to remove info)

Jessica Christopher "Jess" Day (Zooey Deschanel) is introduced as a bubbly, offbeat teacher in her early thirties who is originally from Portland, Oregon. After the shocking discovery in the pilot episode that her live-in boyfriend, Spencer, is cheating on her, she moves into the guys' apartment where Nick, Schmidt, and Winston (or Coach in the Pilot episode) help her move on from her break-up. From there, Jess embarks on a journey of self-discovery and growth as she navigates through a series of relationships and jobs.

During season 1, Jess casually dated and the most memorable being her music teacher co-worker Paul Genzlinger (Justin Long) and Russell Schiller (Dermot Mulroney), a divorced father of one of her students. In Season 2 of New Girl, Jess gets laid off from her teaching job and takes up part-time work while searching for a new teaching position. She ends up teaching creative writing in adult education. At first, she's not looking for anything serious and hooks up with a guy named Sam Sweeney (David Walton), who prefers open relationships. But things change when she discovers Sam is a successful pediatrician with a good heart, and she starts wanting something more serious. Her relationship with Sam is short-lived because in the episode "Cooler", she and Nick share a spontaneous kiss during a game of True American. Towards the end of Season 2, Jess lands a job as a substitute teacher at Coolidge Middle School. Eventually, she and Nick have sex in the episode "Virgins". They finally decide to become a couple in the Season 2 finale. In Season 3, She and Nick continue their relationship, but their life goals differ too much, and they spend more time arguing. They break up in the Season 3 episode "Mars Landing". In Season 4, she gets promoted to Vice Principal, but the job gets complicated when she starts dating a science teacher named Ryan, and they face challenges due to a school policy against administrator-teacher relationships. They attempt a long-distance relationship but eventually break up. In Season 5, she starts dating Sam again. Towards the end of the season, Sam realizes Jess still has feelings for Nick and breaks up with her because he's in love with someone else. In Season 6, Jess joins a singles group and begins dating Robby. However, in the episode "The Hike", she and Robby learn that they share relatives in Massachusetts. They realize they are third cousins and end their relationship. Jess becomes the principal of the school where she used to teach. At the end of the season, she and Nick get back together after he breaks up with Reagan.

In the Season 7 premiere, Jess and Nick return to the loft after Nick's book tour. They are still not engaged or married. Jess takes a job with Russell's company, and it is revealed that her departure from the private school was complicated. On the night they were supposed to adopt a dog, Nick proposes to Jess, and she accepts. Jess and Nick decide to move to a smaller apartment. But before they leave the loft, they gather everyone for a special farewell. They play one final game of "True American," and during the game there's a glimpse into the future, where it's revealed that Jess and Nick will eventually become parents to a son.

(bolded is what I added to Coach's Section)

Coach
Ernie Tagliaboo (Damon Wayans, Jr.) who goes by the nickname Coach, is a cocky and driven, yet sometimes awkward former athlete who works as a personal trainer. He is one of the roommates when Jess first moves into the loft in the pilot, but he moves out before the second episode for then-undisclosed reasons, allowing for Winston to take his place. In season 3, Coach had broken up with his girlfriend Malia and lives with the gang in the loft. He has worked as a personal trainer at gyms but found a '''more fulfilling job as a sports coach and gym and health class teacher at Jess' school. In the episode "Bar Crawl", he runs into May for the first time. Continuously bumping into each other throughout the night at different bars, they soon discovered a shared background as army brats. The realization that they were constantly missing each other by a year or two while trailing the country then met multiple times in one night sparked their interest in each other. At the end of season 4, Coach moves to New York with his girlfriend May after she got an exciting opportunity to work at the MET in New York City. He makes guest appearances afterwards in seasons 5–7, and is often mentioned. In the episode "Cece's Boys", it is revealed that he and May moved to North Carolina and have taken in a foreign exchange student named Montsie.''' 