Nicole Bristow (Zoey 101)

Nicole Bristow is one of the main characters on the Nickelodeon TV show Zoey 101. Nicole is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Bristow. She is the roommate and best friend of Zoey Brooks, Lola Martinez and Dana Cruz. Her other close friends are Logan Reese, Chase Matthews, Michael Barret, and Quinn Pensky. Nicole was a main character in the first two seasons of the show before she was diagnosed with OMGD and shipped off to an all-girls' school in season 3, leaving Quinn to take her spot in Room 101.

Why She Rocks

 * 1) Nicole is an insecure and naive girl who is very dependent on her best friend Zoey, but always keeps her happy-go-lucky attitude.
 * 2) Nicole can easily be a predecessor of Cat Valentine, for her cuteness and bubbly attitude.
 * 3) While it's never mentioned in the first season, the episode "Broadcast Views" reveals that she's a straight-A student and cares about getting high grades, even if she's distracted by her obsession with boys.
 * 4) She is a very good friend, especially to her roommates, Dana (sometimes), Zoey, and Lola.
 * 5) She has many good outfits.
 * 6) With her roommate Dana. They are very different and fight over everything, though they learned to tolerate each other and are still good friends.
 * 7) She is an amazing friend to people and never betray people.
 * 8) She had plenty of funny moments, such as when Nicole won't stop blowing her hair dryer, Dana chase Nicole, with Nicole doing a funny scream when she's getting chased by Dana.
 * 9) Alexa Nikolas did very good job on protraying the character.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Nicole can be annoying when she's boy-crazy and ditzy.
 * 2) Unlike her roommates Zoey and Dana, she can't play basketball. She's also shown to be bad at sports in "Disc Golf" where she keeps throwing up while running, and is seen as The Millstone of the disc golf team.
 * 3) She’s prone to space out in the middle of a conversation and start talking about an unrelated topic.
 * 4) Nicole is an intensely boy-crazy, insecure kid who hates unfamiliar situations. In one episode, she had broken down sobbing when she thought she'd have to transfer to another school. In the third season premiere, it's revealed that Nicole has been shipped to an all-girls boarding school.
 * 5) * She's so boy crazy she was diagnosed with "Obsessive Male Gender Disorder."
 * 6) Nicole was written out of the show after season 2 following the departure of her actor Alexa Nikolas. Although for years it was reported that Nikolas was fired, Nikolas claimed in a 2019 interview she had actually quit, and alleged abuse and bullying by the cast and creative team.