- “What.... Is... Happening?”
- ―Joey Rooney's catchphrase
Joseph "Joey" Gilligan Rooney is the deuteragonist on the Disney Channel, Original Series, Liv and Maddie. He is the younger brother of Liv and Maddie, and the older brother of Parker, making him the middle child of the family. He seems to be a bit adventurous, a trait he shares with Parker.
Joey is portrayed by Joey Bragg.
Personality[]
Strengths and Weaknesses[]
Strengths[]
Joey is a huge gamer and is always playing video games (first seen in Sleep-A-Rooney). It is shown that he is very good at playing video games and has a lot of knowledge about them as he even makes references to video games when speaking regularly.
Weaknesses[]
Joey's huge weakness is talking to girls. Joey gets very flustered around girls and does not know the right things to say. This is first seen in Kang-A-Rooney when Joey struggles with talking to girls and needs the help of Liv and Maddie. Joey can be gullible at times, and believed everything Luke told him about what Emma "likes". Joey is also very clumsy and tends to break things a lot. He also seems to be bad at catching and throwing things.
Appearances[]
Appears in all episodes and seasons except for the season 3 episode "Co-Star-a-Rooney."
Trivia[]
- Joey replaced his "nerd-style" glasses with fancier ones in Season 4.
- He has been absent once which was in the third episode of the third season, Co-Star-A-Rooney.
- He writes his journal in Elvish.
Similar Characters[]
- Dev (Austin and Ally; with his friendship with Josh being similar to Dev and Austin's relationship)
- Justin Russo (Both are smart and both are nerds with unrequited crushes (Harper and Willow).
- Puck (Glee)
- Joey and Ross (Friends)