Tibby Rollins

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name = Tibby Rollins


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series = The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
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first = The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (novel)
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cause = End of Series
creator = Ann Brashares
portrayer = Amber Tamblyn
nickname = Tibs, Tibberon
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gender = Female
age = 15-19
born = September
education = Embrace as a toddler
NYU
specialty = Cinematography
occupation = Pharmacy store Wallman's assistant
Video rental shop assistant
family = Alice Tomko-Rollins (mother)
Nicky Rollins (brother)
Katherine Rollins (sister)
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spouse = Brian McBrian (boyfriend)

Tabitha Anastasia "Tibby" Tomko-Rollins is a member of the fictional The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, along with her friends Lena Kaligaris, Bridget Vreeland and Carmen Lowell. She was played by Amber Tamblyn in the movie made, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film).

She is described as "a rebel with a cause" in "The Official Scrapbook: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" ["The Official Scrapbook: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants"] .

She loves funky stuff and wears black as her staple color. She also has a nose ring, much to the disapproval of her Wallman's ex-manager, Duncan Howe. In the movie, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film), she has blue highlights in her dark hair.

As of the last book in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, , Tibby goes to NYU, and is dating Brian McBrian.

Family

When she was twelve, her hippie parents decided to "get a real life", which meant settling down in a suburban house and having two babies. Tibby's siblings. Nicky and Katherine, are thirteen and fourteen years younger than her respectively. Tibby was born when her parents (mother Alice Tomko-Rollins) were only nineteen.

In the fourth book of the series, "", however, Mr. Rollins has apparently had his 40th birthday.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Stuck at home in Bethesda, Maryland while her three friends went to Greece, Mexico and South Carolina, she records a "suckumentary." Along the way. she meets twelve-year-old Bailey Graffman, who ends up dying of leukemia, as well as her future boyfriend, Brian McBrian; he appears as a potential subject for her "suckumentary", because he plays Dragon Master all day long at the local convenience store.

The Second Summer of the Sisterhood

Tibby takes a course in filmmaking at Williamston College. She tries desperately to impress Alex and Maura, two of her classmates. In the process, she ends up shunning Brian when he visits her and making a video which upsets her mother. In the end, she realises that Brian is her true friend and Alex and Maura are phony. She makes a touching video about Bailey and Brian forgives her.

Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

Brian asks Tibby to the senior dance at their high school and she says yes. After the dance, at a picnic table, they exchange their first kiss and Brian reveals his feelings for her. The next morning while thinking about Brian, Tibby forgets that her younger sister has been trying to get an apple from a tree outside her window; she opens the window and her sister accidentally falls out. Tibby becomes depressed and blames herself, so she avoids Brian.

Eventually, though, she comes to terms with her problems. Tibby ends up delivering Carmen's half-brother, Ryan,and becomes his godmother. After that, she finds Brian, and, together, they strip off their clothes and jump into the city pool, marking their start as a couple.

Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood

Brian, Tibby's now long-term boyfriend, visits her and announces that he's been admitted to NYU, where she studies. After, they get drunk and have sex. Later, she suspects that she is pregnant, although she later finds out that she is not, and breaks up with Brian. Lena's younger sister, Effie, then seeks her out and asks her permission to go out with Brian.

Tibby begins to doubt her decision to break up and becomes terribly upset. Lena then goes to Tibby's house to comfort her. They talk about their relationships and both come to a revelation -- that they only fall in love once. Tibby meets Brian at the site of their first kiss, the picnic table, and apologizes for letting her fear ruin their relationship. They enter a new stage in their romance. This resolves in Effie taking the pants and losing them.

ee also

*The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
*The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (novel)
*The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
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*The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film)
*Ann Brashares
*Lena Kaligaris
*Bridget Vreeland
*Carmen Lowell

References

[1] "The Official Scrapbook: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" by Ann Brashares
[2] "Keep in Touch: Letters and Notes from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" by Ann Brashares
[3] "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (novel)" by Ann Brashares
[4] "The Second Summer of the Sisterhood" by Ann Brashares
[5] "" by Ann Brashares
[6] "" by Ann Brashares