Template:Alisan Porter - Character
Alisan Porter is characterized as a friendly, soft-spoken, former cheerleader who had a relationship with Ava Willis in elementary school or middle school. She is the high school friend and since the the 8th season, neighbor of the characters Ava Willis, Melissa Rose, Karly Jameson, Kendra Kendall, and was a long-time friend of Tiffani Donovan and Anna Pamhouser–the latter two characters died in "The Rape of Heather Willis".
In the episode "Ten Years to Life", it was revealed she is a rabid fan of the New England Patriots (the Colts-Patriots rivalry became a problem that led to Ava ending the relationship Alisan as Ava, Melissa, Kendra, and Karly are fans of the Indiana Colts and Indiana Pacers) and formerly played center, with Avril Lavinge playing small forward, Tiffani Donovan was the shooting guard, Anna Pamhouser playing guard, Cynthia Wilson playing forward, and Karly Jameson playing power forward for Quillsville Central High School (now Babyface High School).
In the four-part episode "The Rape of Heather Willis", she ran for Quillsville Mayor in the Democratic primary, but lost to Republican challenger Nicole Pence, who would have won against 10-term incimbent Lee Kelso in the Republican Primary.
In The Girls Are Back in Quillsville, Alisan moves in to the house formerly occupied by Lando Abhrams (6336 West Evansville Road), which places her on the same side of the alley as Melissa (6320 West Evansville Road) and Ava (at 6328 West Evansville Road) and the opposite side of the alley as Karly Jameson (6345 West Henderson Avenue, formerly occupied by Anna Pamhouser), Kendra Kendall (formerly shared with Tiffani Donovan at 6335 West Henderson Avenue) and Jennifer McDavid (6325 West Henderson Avenue).
Alisan's primary pursuits, like Pamhosuer's are Boston sports (the aforementioned New England Patriots of the NFL, Boston Celtics of the NBA, Boston Bruins of the NHL, and Boston Red Sox of the MLB–the latter two sports), classic cars and men. She drives a classic Chevy Malibu she drove the same car in high school for 35 years.
She spends most of her spare time drinking Mississinewa Cola with Karly, Ava, Melissa and Kendra in the alley behind Ava's house. While she enjoys her friendship with Karly and Ava, and like Karly, she sometimes has limited patience with Melissa and considered Kendra "boring" due to her the fact Melissa and Kendra are transwomen though Ava is superior.
Alisan and Karly as well as three of the main characters (Ava, Melissa, and before her death, Pamhouser) graduated from Quillsville Central High School (now Kenneth "Babyface" Edmunds Regional High School) together (Kendra nor Tiffani did not complete their senior year having enlisted in the U.S. Marines) in 1991. Porter played center, Karly played power forward while Anna Pamhouser was the starting point guard for the girls basketball team, while Tiffani was a the shooting guard, Cynthia Wilson was a forward, and Avril Lavinge was a small forward on the girls basketball team. Karly, Alisan, Pamhouser and Tiffani were also cheerleaders for the football and boys basketball as Ava played center (her #41 jersey is retired as she scored a most three pointers), Kendra (who has since returned to Quillsville after living in Michiana Falls, Indiana and transiitioned to female) played guard, and Melissa, not being as athletic as her friends, was the towel manager for both basketball teams and football teams.
