Noel Kahn

Noel Kahn is a fictional character in both the television and book series, Pretty Little Liars. He is a very popular character in both series.

Biography
Noel is one of Sean's best friends and briefly dates Aria while she and Ezra were broken up. He is a student at Rosewood High and a classmate of Aria's in Mr. Fitz's English class. Noel has older brothers and throws parties often. He is described as brainy and immature by Alison. During Season 2, he dates Mona.

Season 1
In "To Kill a Mocking Girl," Sean and Noel walk over to Hanna and Mona to announce Noel's blowout cabin party planned for the next night. At the party, we see Noel playing foosball with Sean and Ben.

In "Please, Do Talk About Me When I'm Gone," Noel asks Sean to ask Hanna to set up a double date with Aria. Apparently, she had a "no boy zone" around her, and he didn't want to approach her himself. Aria accepts the date, even though she is distracted by her home situation and Ezra being missing, because Hanna reminds Aria how she used to have a crush on Noel. They have an awkward date, but eventually warm up to each other.

In a flashback, we see Alison tease Aria about her long-standing crush on Noel. The flashback takes place at the lakeside, where a girl named Prudence suddenly dumps Noel, prompting Noel to glare at Alison. She looks on smugly and claims that all the girls were involved and purposefully broke the two apart for Aria's sake.

Noel assumes that Aria's moping is because she is not over a supposed boy that she had been seriously dating in Iceland. Hanna had planted this idea in his head after coming to the very conclusion. Aria doesn't correct him, as she feels the part about their relationship having no future is close enough to the truth about Ezra.

During the SAT blackout in "The Perfect Storm," Aria and Noel spend some time together alone, and their interaction reveals that Noel can play guitar and is actually a deep and emotional person. Aria and Noel sing and play together until Ezra suddenly returns and everything becomes icy. It is unclear whether Noel is yet suspicious of Aria's and Ezra's behavior towards one another, when Aria chooses to lag behind and speak to Ezra "about a class assignment" rather than leave the classroom with Noel.

In "Keep Your Friends Close," Noel kisses Aria in the cafeteria, which exchange doesn't slip Mr. Fitz's attention. Aria defends Noel's character when Ezra makes a comment. Things seem to be going well for the two until Aria comes back from the principal's office, where an FBI agent had been interrogating her. Noel is curious about her disappearence. Just then, she opens her locker and finds a note from "A" directing her to a poem by Ezra. Noel is inquisitive, but Aria offers no explanation and runs off. Later, at Camp Mona, Aria sneaks off to meet Ezra. They start making out in his car, when someone spots them and writes "I see you" on his car window. Hanna sees this and assumes this means Noel is "A." As well, Aria notices Noel at the edge of the forest among the other campers while Hanna is being loaded into an ambulance after the hit-and-run. From then on, they suspect Noel of being "A." The girls and especially Aria are apalled when Noel shows up to the hosptial in "Moments Later" to visit Hanna and offer her a teddy bear. Aria lies that Hanna is sleeping in order to get rid of Noel. Noel lies that he had been with Sean the night before, rather than at Mona's party.

In "Salt Meets Wound," at school, Noel confronts Aria about her relationship with Mr. Fitz, but Aria makes him promise to keep their relationship a secret. He explains that he had been at Mona's party as part of a prank to scare some girls in the woods when he stumbled across Aria in Ezra's car. Later, Noel attends Hanna's home party, where he denies blackmailing Mr. Fitz, when in reality he demanded a better grade from Ezra, with the implication of "or else." When Hanna sees Noel at the party, she has a flashback to when Alison was alive. They had been at another party when Noel's then-girlfriend had suddenly dumped him publicly. He had given Alison a nasty look, implying that it was her fault, something she hadn't exactly denied to the girls. She attributed the move to freeing Noel for Aria, who had a huge crush on him at the time.

Mike, Aria's brother starts hanging out with Noel, to Aria's dismay. Mike reports that Noel is planning to out Mr. Fitz's relationship with a student at the dinner table in front of a horrified Aria and her father. But then, on the day that Noel is about to report the incident to the principal, he gets suspended for cheating on exams, totally discrediting whatever he is to say about Mr. Fitz.

When Hanna is blackmailed into eating half a dozen pig cupcakes in "Know Your Frenemies," she suspects that Noel is at fault, as he is standing nearby watching her eat with his jock buddies, rudely insulting her all the while. However, when "A" takes credit for Noel's suspension, the girls are no longer so sure that Noel is "A."

In "For Whom the Bell Tolls," Noel is seen among the Rosewood residents crowded outside the church after it is reported that Ian has been killed.

Season 2
In "It's Alive," Noel returns to school, seemingly more popular than before. He is rude to Mr. Fitz when he walks into his classroom, and he seems to be making fun of the girls as well for being liars about the Ian thing. Noel is currently dating Mona, though Hanna disapproves.

In "Never Letting Go," Mona selects Noel to be the DJ for the fashion show. Noel is witness to Mona's demoting Spencer though she tries to hide her frustration from him. Later on, he claims innocence when the soundtrack switches to heavy metal during Alison's tribute. After the fiasco, he shows up alone to Aria's dressing room, and, blandishing a CD, threatens her that it has incriminating information of her on it. Jason steps in at that moment and snaps the CD in half.

Noel is also seen in attendance and looking cocky at Anne Sullivan's address to the Rosewood High School student body.

In "The First Secret," the Pretty Little Liars walk together debating halloween costumes and discussing Noel's upcoming halloween bash. As if on cue, Noel drives up in a convertible with his jock friends to greet the Liars and especially Alison. Spying Aria, he says “come prepared to be scared,” exciting her with the knowledge that they are invited to Noel's bash. Aria seems ecstatic at his attention.

Later, in the costume store, Noel startles Alison by grabbing her from behind and covering her mouth while wearing a scary mask. Alison is ruffled, but not upset. He lets her know he hopes to see her later at his party. At the party, Noel dresses as a surgeon - a gynocologist, he suggestively clarifies to Alison. He seems to want to flirt with Alison, but as soon as he spots Jenna, he goes right to her, rebuffing Alison.

Later, Noel approaches Alison to apologize. Alison thanks Noel for his involvement in the Halloween scare prank, assuring him that there is nothing to apologize about, as he was not too rough in The Haunted House while he pretended to kill her. But Noel confuses Alison, revealing that he had been apologizing about not being able to make it, as he was caught up at the party -- not about being too rough. Alison had been sure Noel was the one who had been rough with her, as she had prearranged that Noel would help her pull it off.

Friendships
Noel is friends with Sean, who gets Hanna to convince Aria to go out with him. At the end of Season 1, he is seen hanging out with Aria's younger brother, Mike.