Dustin Brooks

Dustin Brooks (age 10-13; born 1994, portrayed by Paul Butcher, is Zoey Brooks' younger brother). Besides being his fiercest protector and closest confidante, Zoey has more recently become her brother's classmate at the newly coed PCA. Dustin starts at PCA as a 6th grader, however, as a child prodigy he enjoys sharing an 8th grade geometry class with his equally savvy elder sister. He also enjoys helping Quinn Pensky with her scientific experiments, when he is not talking his way in and out of assorted sticky situations. Whenever he gets in over his head, Zoey is always the first one to rush to her kid brother's aid. Although her playing bodyguard gets on Dustin's nerves from time to time, he loves Zoey too much to hold that against her. By season three, not only does Dustin share most of his sister's friends, but he also spends much time socializing with kids his own age. When Zoey and his parents move to London, he stays at PCA. However in Season 4, most likely due to puberty, his personality changes as he becomes more rude. An example of this is in the TV movie “Chasing Zoey”, when he teased Quinn about her falling off his bike and tells her the only reason he went to prom with her when she asked him is because she’s friends with Zoey, rather than her looks or personality. But he stormed out when he thought he was being used and was not seen afterward, but in the ALTERNATIVE ending Quinn apologizes to Dustin and later dances with an unknown girl. Athough credited as a main character, Dustin only appeared in 24 of 65 episodes throughout the whole series.