Ally Dawson

"Lyrics just don't flow out of me like a river after a rain of tears!"

- Ally in Kangaroos & Chaos

Allyson "Ally" Dawson is a 15-year-old talented, aspiring singer-songwriter with an extreme case of stage fright. She wrote the hit song, "Double Take" that Austin performed in the episode Rockers & Writers, which made him famous. Ally is best friends with Trish, who is Austin's manager.

Ally Dawson is portrayed by Laura Marano.

Personality
Ally is generally, shown to be kind, friendly, passionate, sweet, and caring. She is often described as a good person or a "goody goody." She's against all forms of rule breaking, even insignificant ones such as coloring outside the lines. She is often portrayed as girly, and sometimes meek.

Ally is often shown not to be into things most teenagers consider fun, such as arcades, horror movies or pizza parlors, and enjoys slightly unusual activities, such as cloud watching club (as seen in Zaliens & Cloud Watchers). She is somewhat geeky, but constantly tries to hide it when questioned or accused of it, which generally leads to either disasters or her appearing even more geeky.

Ally has horrible stage fright, and is at times shown not to be the confident in herself. She got her stage fright trying out for MUNY (Music University of New York). She can also at times be a bit obsessive over obtaining simple achievements, such as trying to get a gold star, as she was the only person who never got one.

Rockers & Writers
Ally writes a song which Austin takes and records a music video without asking. After the music video becomes a hit online, Trish convinces Ally to tell the world she wrote the song. Austin apologizes to her and then Austin convinces Ally to help him out with writing a new song. He gives her credit for both songs and they make a deal to become partners together. Ally embarrasses herself by destroying the set of the Helen Show.

Kangaroos & Chaos
Ally is pressured to quickly write another song for Austin since it's been over a month since his last one. She scribbles down Austin's song lyrics in illegible handwriting prompting Dez and Trish to start gathering strange props for the music video which they think correspond to her lyrics.

Secrets & Songbooks
Ally loses her songwriting book, which is also her top-secret diary, so she and Trish comb the mall looking for it, unaware that Austin and Dez have already found it and read it, revealing that Ally has a secret crush and leads both the boys to think it is Austin. However, Ally reveals that her crush is actually a boy named Dallas, and her and Austin's misunderstanding is cleared.

Zaliens & Cloud Watchers
Ally wrote a song in which she thinks is the best song ever for Austin. Austin doesn't like it so they decided to hang out to get to know each other better.At the end Ally learned how to have a little fun and she wrote another song for Austin.

Bloggers & Butterflies
A hater known as Miami H8ter girl is blogging bad and embarrassing stuff about Austin. The H8ter Girl is revealed to be Tilly Thompson who wanted to ruin Ally's career by ruining Austin's because she hated Ally for having her song in a play instead of her's. Tilly makes Ally sing The Butterfly Song in front of a crowd of people knowing that Ally had stage fright, but Austin sings it for her instead so that she doesn't make a fool of herself.

Tickets & Trashbags
When Austin gets a chance to perform with the rapper Shiney Money, Team Austin gets excited but after they realize that there is only one ticket, everyone starts fighting for it including Ally even though she siad it was totally his choice. Austin said yes to Ally because she talks too much. Ally, Trish and Dez decided to apologize to Austin so they went to the Award show, which puts Ally on stage.

Managers & Meatballs
A manager wanted to replace the whole gang with professional artists,Team Austin is disappointed but Ally was happy for him. She wrote another song for him telling Demonica that Austin doesn't need her to have his dreams come true.

Club Owners & Quinceaneras
When Trish had a quinceanera, Ally decided it was the perfect time to ask Dallas to dance. After he said no, she became sad and disappointed. Austin then cancelled his performance to dance with Ally.

Deejays & Demos
Ally writes her first personal song, You Don't See Me. The song expresses the pain of the anonymity Ally feels. Austin hears the song and plays it for Miami when he's on the radio with Miami Mack. When Miami Mack wants Austin to bring Ally to sing her song the next day, Ally panics. Trish pretends to be Ally and lip synchs to You Don't See Me.

World Records & Work Wreckers
Ally's crush on Dallas grows stronger. She often doesn't know what she is saying when she is around him, which causes her to accidentally tell him she'll mow his lawn for him. Later, when Dallas tells her he hates his job. Ally says "try working here (Sonic Boom)". Dallas misinterprets this and thinks it means he is hired at Sonic Boom. Dallas turns out to be a terrible employee and Ally realizes she has to fire him for 2 reasons: 1. He is a terrible employee 2. Her dad tells her they can't affords a new employee. Trish helps Ally find a way to fire him. In the end, Dallas ends up quitting.

Songwriting & Starfish
Ally, Trish, and Dez help Austin get ready for the Hot Summer Jam Contest on the beach, where he could win a chance to have his song played on the radio. Ally tries to put her previous, unpleasant beach-going experiences behind her. It is revealed in this episode that she and her father often went to the boardwalk and got ice cream when she was little. It is also revealed that her favorite ice cream is Fruity Mint Swirl. In the end of the episode, Ally writes the song, Heard It on the Radio, for Austin.

Soups & Stars
Ally finally gets a Tweeter account but has a problem writing good twits. Ally reunites with one of her favorite elementary school teachers, Miss Suzy, at her soup shop in the mall, Suzy's Soups. Ally thinks of this as a chance to finally get a gold star from Miss Suzy. When Ally tweets a picture of a spider in her soup at Suzy's Soups as an attempt to get more followers, Miss Suzy loses many customers. To make up for it and get a gold star, Ally tries to make a commercial with Austin, Trish, and Dez for Suzy's Soups. She ends up going way overboard. The commercial helps bring back customers and Miss Suzy tells Ally she only gave gold stars to the kids who needed extra motivation and Ally was so smart and talented that she didn't need that. Even though this makes Ally feel better, she still wants gold stars and by the end, she is covered in them.

Burglaries & Boobytraps
A mall thief has been robbing all of the stories in the mall. It is revealed in this episode that Ally is president of the Mall of Miami association. Ally tries to catch the thief after he steals a guitar from Sonic Boom. When Ally and Trish check the security cameras, they see that Austin stole the guitar. After confronting Austin, Austin tells her he just went to get it autographed by Bruno Mars because, he felt bad for missing her scheduled meetings. But, Trish already turned him in so she could get the rewards. So now, Ally, Trish, Dez, and Austin must all work together to clear Austin's name. In the end of the episode, Austin catches the thief and they find out it was the mall delivery man.

myTAB &amp; My Pet
Ally leaves her pet parakeet with Austin, Dez, and Trish while she waits in line for the new myTAB, but they accidentally let Owen (Her pet) escape.Everyone except Ally create a plan to get Owen back but it backfired.At the end Ally got a myTAB but Mindy took it away. Owen exposed everything that happened.

Filmmaking & Fear Breaking
Dez is filming his first big movie named Claws (Dun Dun Dun) and the whole gang jumps in to help. Austin nabs the starring role, Trish gets to play lot of characters, and Ally offers to help out with the props because she has stage fright. However when it's Austin's turn for his big scene, something triggers a childhood fear of umbrellas and that causes Austin to panic and quit doing Dez's movie. The cause of Ally's stage fright to revealed to Austin.

Diners & Daters
Ally, Austin and Dez all go to the newest diner, where the employees have to sing to the customers. Trish gets a job there, and where Austin gets a crush on one of the waitresses, Cassidy. However, Cassidy turns him down, and Ally tries to help Austin convey his feelings for her by writing her a song. Austin tries to describe what he's feeling so she can write lyrics, however, Ally cannot find good lyrics, and goes to Austin for help. He mistakenly sings Cassidy the awful song, and blames Ally for it. They end up arguing while singing, her not believing he would accuse her like that, and leaves, leaving Austin feeling bad. He finds her in the music room later, and they make up by "dancing it out" in a goofy fashion, and finishing the song for Cassidy.

Everglades & Ally-Gators
When Team Austin was invited to Shiny Money's Party in the Everglades, the whole gang was very excited because it was their first vacation together. Ally tried to write a song with Austin but constantly got interupted by Trish and Dez. Because Trish plugged too many things into the outlets, the power went out and Austin and Ally couldn't play the keyboard to finish their song. Later, they see Big Mama attack the boathouse. The boathouse sank because of Dez, however Austin still get to perform and Team Austin dances along to it.

Successes & Setbacks
When Austin might gets the chance to earn a record deal from Jimmy Starr, they work very hard to make an impression, but when Ally overworks Austin, he suddenly can't hit the high notes. Ally tries to cheer up Austin, but it doesn't work as well as she wanted it to. Since she felt bad, Dez and Ally get Austin presents (she got him a scarf with "Austin, Ally, Trish, Dez" on it). Ally also made Austin soup, which she accidently spilled all over Austin. She later dances when Austin sings and his voice - after surgery - turns out to be fine.

Albums & Auditions:
In this episode, Ally's four friends create an audition tape, so she can get into the music school seen in Filmmaking & Fear Breaking. She passes the audition - only for her friends to realize that the music school is in New York. Austin's album release party is also a going-away party for Ally. When Austin sings an acoustic version of Can't Do It Without You, and a video of Team Austin's memories from the past is shown, Ally decidea she wants to stay in Miami.

Austin
Best Friends/Partners/Possible Crush

Austin and Ally are good friends and may have a more-than-friends relationship. Ally really cares about Austin's feelings and hates lying to him, as it is shown in "Kangaroos & Chaos " Austin also cares a lot about Ally's feelings and was the one who asked Ally to become his permanent songwriter and partner. Austin has been trying to help Ally get over her stage fright. Also, Ally helped Austin face his fear of umbrellas. (See Auslly)

Trish
Best Friends

Ally and Trish are best friends. Ally tolerates Trish's craziness and the fact that Trish can't hold down a job. Trish often pushes Ally to do more things as shown in "Rockers & Writers". They have been best friends since childhood and both support each other, even though Trish can be a bad listener towards others, mainly Ally. But it is also strongly shown that Trish and Ally have a clear and a very well friendship. (See Trally)

Dez
Best Freckled Friends

Ally and Dez doesn't show much interaction even though they hang out, maybe due to Austin being both their friends. Dez gives Ally a ham in Rockers & Writers and he has the idea to read Ally's diary in Secrets & Songbooks. In Soups & Stars, Dez tells Ally that he is her BFF - "Best Freckled Friend." (See Delly)

Lester Dawson
Father

Lester Dawson is Ally's dad. They seem to have a very close relationship, although he told Ally that there is one and a bazillion chance to get famous in music. Lester trusts Ally to run Sonic Boom without him there. When Ally was little, she and her dad often went to the boardwalk at Miami Beach and got ice cream. Ally's favorite ice cream was, and still is, Fruity Mint Swirl. Ally and her dad also share a special handshake.

Dallas
Crush/Friends

Dallas is Ally's crush. He has been her crush since the episode, Secrets & Songbooks. Dallas has appeared in 3 episodes so far. (See Dally)

Trivia

 * She is scared of spiders and always "silent-screams" when she sees them (as shown in Everglades & Ally-Gators).
 * In Albums & Auditions, we find out she was born in February as revealed by Dez, although the date was not revealed.
 * She is a songwriter.
 * She works at Sonic Boom, her dad's business.
 * She sometimes writes songs for herself and then records them for fun because she knows she won't be able to perform them.
 * Her favorite food is pickles.
 * She likes cupcakes.
 * She liked the Cha Cha Chicken Pot Pie served at the Melody Diner.
 * She isn't the best dancer.
 * She is a member of a book club.
 * She attended a calligraphy camp.
 * She loves gavelling.
 * She prefers to color inside the lines.
 * Her favorite ice cream since she was a little girl is Fruity Mint Swirl. In fact, she once even called it her "Best Friend" and said "I Love You Fruity Mint Swirl!" in Songwriting & Starfish, when the trio were loch\ked in a freezer.
 * She has stage fright.
 * She has the same name as Sonny Munroe from Sonny With A Chance, another show created by Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert In the show, Sonny's full name was Allison "Sonny" Munroe. Ally's full name is Allyson "Ally" Dawson, which are the same, but the spellings are different.
 * She has a song book that she does not let anyone touch.
 * She is a member in a Cloud Watching club.
 * She cleans when she's upset.
 * She has a Tweeter account.
 * She is president of the Mall Association.
 * She admitted to having no social life.
 * She has a pet cockatiel named Owen.
 * She had a goose named Pickles.
 * She is somewhat of a germaphobe.
 * She chews on her hair whenever she gets nervous.
 * When she gets excited, she tends to ask a lot of questions.
 * She can knit.
 * When she is stressed she has an imaginary friend she talks to named Ms. Pennyworth.
 * She started ballet when she was 4.
 * Her dad taught her how to play the piano when she was 5.
 * She hates it when people talk and chew with food in their mouth.
 * She hates it when people say "liberry" instead of "library".
 * She and her father have a handshake.
 * She doesn't like the pizza parlor, arcade or horror movies.
 * She is a fan of Bruno Mars.
 * She owned a stuffed dolphin named Dougie, but she gave it to Austin.
 * She used to wear glasses.
 * She auditioned for a music school in New York and even got accepted into it but later gave it up to stay with her friends and family.
 * She hates the sound of Styrofoam rubbing together.
 * She can play the piano while texting as seen in the episode Filmmaking & Fear Breaking.
 * She gives instrumental lessons to Nelson.
 * She loves making pro-con lists, as seen in Successes & Setbacks.
 * She gives Jimmy Starr's son violin lessons in Successes & Setbacks.
 * If you look closely at her phone in Soups & Stars and Filmmaking & Fear Breaking she has a music note in her phone.
 * She admitted that she only goes to one party a year which is Back to School night, as seen in Filmmaking and Fear Breaking