Ellie Peters

“	I make a much better assistant to the assistant than the actual assistant.	”
	—Ellie Peters, Stuck in the Diaz Easter

Ellie Peters was a recurring character on Stuck in the Middle. She is the daughter of Bethany Peters and the best friend of Harley Diaz.
Ellie was portrayed by Lulu Lambros.

Personality[]

Ellie Peters is afraid of a lot of things, thanks to her overprotective mother who prevents her from doing anything potentially harmful. She lives in her comfort zone and is afraid of taking risks. She is unconfident and hesitant to stand up for what she wants. She's even admitted that she's not cut-out to be a leader.^[1] Nevertheless, she is best friends with the overconfident Harley Diaz who constantly tries to push Ellie outside her comfort zone^[2]. Ellie is a very loyal friend who would do anything to protect a friend as seen in the way she goes so far in switching identity with Harley to protect her^[3]

History[]

Ellie is the daughter and the only child of Bethany Peters. Ellie and her mother live in Marshport, next to the Diaz family.

Despite her mother's hatred for the Diazes, Ellie becomes Harley's best friend. She has her first sleepover with Harley in Stuck in Harley's Comet during which she is forced to confront her fear of heights when they get locked outside on a roof.

In Stuck in the School Photo, Ellie impresses Harley when she convinces Mr. Delorco that she is Harley Diaz to help protect Harley from detention. She takes on the role of Harley Diaz for an entire school day and she even surprises herself. She later admits that it was a super-moon that gave her that confidence.

In Stuck with a Bad Influence, Harley pushes Ellie out of her comfort zone in an attempt to get her to test Harley's new invention, the Grocer-Whee!. Unfortunately, Ellie crashes into her mother's mailbox. So, when Bethany decides to take Ellie to a boarding school, both Ellie and Harley conclude that she's trying to send her away from Harley, the bad influence. They put up a fake fight to get Bethany to let Ellie stay. However, Harley learns that Radistone Academy - the boarding school that Bethany wants Ellie to go is a really good school for her. So, she lets Ellie go. Ellie comes back home during a break in Stuck in Camp Chaos hoping to spend time with Harley but Harley spends most of the time fighting with Ellie's cousin, Aidan Peters.

She returns home during a weekend in Stuck in a Fake Out to ask Harley for help with a video project for her film class. She wants to do the video on Harley Diaz: Genius Girl Inventor. If she fails the assignment, she would be forced to stay behind during the break and miss Harley's quinceañera. Since Ellie is really bad with operating the camera, Harley helps her behind the scenes while Georgie plays the role of Harley, demonstrating Harley's inventions. To thank Harley, Ellie offers to be the videographer for the quinceañera but Harley doesn't want her to because she's terrible. So, Harley and Georgie enlist the littles to stage a horrible practice quinceañera to push Ellie to quit. Ellie quits but after realizing what Harley did, she becomes furious. Harley apologizes and they make up. Ellie admits that she would rather be with Harley during her big day rather than operating the camera. In Stuck in Harley's Quinceañera, Ellie secretly takes pictures of Harley making different expressions. She makes cardboards of Harley and brings them to the quinceañera as her gift for Harley. Ellie has pale skin, light brown hair, and darker eyes. She seems to be at an average height for her age.

Relationships[]

Harley Diaz (best friend, neighbor) - Despite the rivalry between the Diazes and Ellie's mom, Bethany, Ellie and Harley are best friends who would do anything for each other. Harley wants the best for Ellie and often times pushes Ellie out of her comfort zone while Ellie is a very loyal friend and helps out Harley when needed, even when she's uncomfortable to do so. (See: Harley & Ellie)

Appearances[]

Season 1[]

Season 2[]

Season 3[]

Trivia[]

She was portrayed by Anna Wren Fry in the original pilot but was replaced by Lulu Lambros in the series.
She plays basketball and is a member of Georgie Diaz's basketball team.
She is an only child, but with no siblings at all.
She wishes she had siblings.
Her mother keeps track of her
She's best friends with Harley Diaz
Her mother doesn't allow her to have fun.
Her mother doesn't allow her to have sweets.
Her "big family" are coats in the closet.
Ellie was going to be sent to boarding school in Stuck with a Bad Influence but her mom changed her mind, but Harley convinced her to go to Radistone Academy.
She is a month younger than Harley.
Ellie was pooped on by a flying bird while on the Diaz family house roof in the episode Stuck in Harley’s Comet, along with Tom Diaz as well. The bird feces lands on Ellie’s bare right foot and hand.
Not much is known about Ellie's dad because she never mentions him, nor does he appear.
Even she thinks her cousin Aidan can be trying at times.

Gallery[]

To view the Ellie Peters gallery, click here.

References[]

[1] Stuck in the Diaz Easter

[2] Stuck with a Bad Influence

[3] Stuck in the School Photo.

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