97 Fun Facts About Pretty Little Liars

Alison DiLaurentis disappears during which event in the Pretty Little Liars pilot?

A sleepover in a barn was where Alison vanished, and her friends drifted apart until messages from 'A' reached them a year later.

Pretty Little Liars is set in the fictional town of Rosewood in which US state?

Pennsylvania is where Sara Shepard grew up, and she was chosen to write the novels partly because her hometown resembled Rosewood.

Holly Marie Combs, who plays Aria's mother Ella, earlier starred as a witch in which TV series?

Charmed cast Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell, and from season five she also worked as a producer on the show.

In Pretty Little Liars, what injury did Jenna Marshall suffer in the accident the Liars kept secret?

Blindness was the result, and Jenna's stepbrother Toby took the blame for what the Liars had done.

Which actress plays Alison DiLaurentis, the manipulative queen bee of Pretty Little Liars?

Sasha Pieterse later reprised Alison as a lead of the spin-off The Perfectionists.

'Secret', later the Pretty Little Liars theme, was performed on which show?

Gossip Girl featured the live performance in a 2007 episode, and a Denmark + Winter cover of the song later opened the spin-off The Perfectionists.

In Pretty Little Liars, Aria keeps secret her father Byron's affair with which woman?

Meredith was the woman, and Aria kept the affair from her mother until 'A' exposed it in a letter to Ella.

After being unmasked as "A", Mona is committed to which institution?

Radley Sanitarium is where Mona was sent, and while she was there, a visitor took control of the 'A' game from her.

In the Pretty Little Liars pilot, Aria returns to Rosewood after her family spent a year living in which Nordic country?

Iceland was a year-long sabbatical for Aria's family, and it brought her parents close again after a crisis in their marriage.

The Pretty Little Liars alias Vivian Darkbloom is an anagram of the author of which novel?

Lolita's author, Vladimir Nabokov, put a character called Vivian Darkbloom in that novel, and Alison used the name as her alias.

Which actress plays Spencer Hastings, the group's brains, from a wealthy family of lawyers?

Troian Bellisario later wrote, produced and starred in the film Feed, based on her own experience with an eating disorder.

What is the surname of Maya, Emily's first girlfriend in season 1?

St. Germain was also the fake surname of Lyndon James, Maya's stalker from True North, who posed as her cousin Nate after her death.

When Pretty Little Liars begins, Emily's father Wayne is stationed with the military in which country?

Afghanistan kept Wayne Fields away, and after he returned, Emily came out to him and he came to accept her.

In Pretty Little Liars, Hanna's mother Ashley, struggling after her divorce, steals money from which place?

The bank she works at was the target, and Hanna ends up keeping her mother's theft a secret.

On which cable network did Pretty Little Liars air for all seven seasons?

ABC Family, renamed Freeform in 2016, ordered 10 episodes at first, and their ratings success extended the book series beyond eight novels.

Who developed Pretty Little Liars for television and served as its showrunner?

I. Marlene King developed the series from Sara Shepard's novels and later helped create its first spin-off, Ravenswood.

Which Pretty Little Liars motel hid 'A''s lair?

The Lost Woods Resort held the lair, and there Mona revealed to Spencer that she was 'A' and knocked her unconscious.

In which city was the Pretty Little Liars pilot filmed?

Vancouver hosted only the pilot, and filming for the rest of the series moved to Los Angeles.

The Pretty Little Liars theme song 'Secret' was recorded by which sibling duo?

The Pierces are sisters Allison and Catherine Pierce, and a remix of 'Secret' later opened the 2022 spin-off Original Sin.

In the series finale, who is finally unmasked as 'A.D.'?

The reveal of a British-accented twin nobody had heard of split the fandom, and remains one of the most debated finale twists in teen TV.

How does Toby work out which of the two identical twins is the real Spencer?

He asks her favourite poem from a book, and only the real Spencer can answer, while the twin posing as her cannot.

In the Pretty Little Liars season 6 summer finale, 'Charles' is revealed to be which character, first seen back in season 3?

CeCe Drake had been raised as Charles DiLaurentis, so the tormentor 'A' turned out to be part of Alison's own family.

Who is revealed to be Spencer's biological mother?

Mary Drake is Spencer's birth mother, and Spencer's biological father, Peter Hastings, raised her with his wife, Veronica.

In Pretty Little Liars, Sara Harvey is revealed to have been both a Red Coat and which other masked figure?

The Black Widow disguise let Sara Harvey attend a detective's funeral in season 4 to make sure he was really dead.

Who confesses to burying Bethany Young, the girl found in Alison's grave?

Melissa Hastings thought she was covering for Spencer, and she buried Bethany unaware the girl was still alive.

In the Pretty Little Liars season 5 finale, 'A' hijacks the Liars' prison van and traps them where?

In a life-size dollhouse, the Liars woke in copies of their own bedrooms and found Mona, who had faked her death, alive.

In the Pretty Little Liars series finale, Mona is shown running a doll shop in which country?

France is where Mona ends up, running a Paris doll shop while secretly holding two of the finale's villains captive below it.

In season 5, Toby Cavanaugh takes which job, straining his relationship with Spencer?

As a police officer, Toby put his duty first, and Spencer, edged out by the job, turned to other men.

What are the names of Alison and Emily's twin daughters?

Lily and Grace were conceived when A.D. used Emily's stolen eggs to impregnate Alison, who later proposed to Emily.

The spin-off The Perfectionists is set in Beacon Heights, a college town in which state?

Oregon is where the series placed Beacon Heights, and the network cancelled The Perfectionists in 2019 after a single season.

Sofia Carson, a star of The Perfectionists, played Evie in which Disney Channel film series?

Sofia Carson played Evie in Descendants, sang Rotten to the Core with its cast, and then signed with Hollywood Records.

Which Rosewood character became a lead of the first spin-off, Ravenswood?

Caleb Rivers left Rosewood for the spin-off, and after Ravenswood was cancelled after one season, he returned in season 5.

The 2022 HBO Max series Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin was set in which fictional town?

Millwood was home to a new set of Little Liars until Max cancelled Original Sin in 2024 after two seasons.

Who was the showrunner of the 2022 spin-off Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin?

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the creator of Riverdale, was announced as showrunner in September 2020, and HBO Max gave the show a straight-to-series order that month.

In season 2, Ezra leaves Rosewood High to teach where?

Hollis College hired Ezra, but Aria's father Byron had him fired after learning about Ezra and Aria.

Hanna's mother Ashley has an affair with which detective to make Hanna's shoplifting charge go away?

Darren Wilden was later murdered, and Ashley Marin was arrested for his death.

Emily is Rosewood High's star athlete in which sport?

Swimming brought Emily a rival, Paige McCullers, who later kissed her and became her on-and-off girlfriend.

What is the name of Aria's lacrosse-playing younger brother in Pretty Little Liars?

Mike punched Ezra after Aria and Ezra went public, later saying he did it because he feared what their father would do.

In season 7 of Pretty Little Liars, who does Hanna accidentally run over and kill as he chases Alison?

Elliott Rollins was really an impostor named Archer Dunhill, and after Hanna hit him, the Liars buried his body.

Which company handed Sara Shepard the idea pitched as 'Desperate Housewives for teens'?

Alloy Entertainment handed the project to Sara Shepard, then went on to produce the Pretty Little Liars TV series.

Pretty Little Liars was first planned for which TV network before that network shut down in 2006?

The WB shut down in 2006, and a Pretty Little Liars pilot for a different network was announced in June 2008.

In the Pretty Little Liars pilot, what gets Hanna caught shoplifting?

Security camera footage caught Hanna, even though Mona had shoplifted alongside her.

Which Pretty Little Liars cast member suggested the song 'Secret' as the show's opening theme?

Ashley Benson suggested the song, and lines from it are quoted in the season 2 episode 'Over My Dead Body'.

Who replaced James Neate as Toby Cavanaugh after the pilot?

Keegan Allen took over as Toby Cavanaugh after the pilot, and the taunted outcast went on to become Spencer's boyfriend.

Which singer made a Pretty Little Liars-themed video for 'Til the Casket Drops'?

The show returned to ZZ Ward for a second themed video, 'Last Love Song', to promote season 5.

Laura Leighton, Hanna's on-screen mom, played Sydney Andrews on which soap?

Melrose Place brought Laura Leighton back as Sydney Andrews in 2009, the same year she was cast as Hanna's mother.

The web series Pretty Dirty Secrets is set in what Rosewood location?

A Halloween store clerk named Shana Fring debuted in the web series and later shot Ezra while seeking revenge on Alison for Jenna.

Pretty Little Liars' Aria falls for Ezra Fitz before learning he is her new teacher of which subject?

English is the class where Aria finds Ezra at the front of the room on her first day back, after the pair bonded at a bar. He later quits his post at Rosewood High just before a student can expose them.

Which Pretty Little Liars star released the country album Road Between in 2014?

Lucy Hale recorded Road Between around her filming schedule, between late 2012 and mid 2013. She first found fame as a child, as one of five winners of the reality show American Juniors.

Which Pretty Little Liars star auditioned to play Spencer Hastings before being cast as Emily Fields?

Shay Mitchell was nudged by the production crew to read for Emily instead, and felt more connected to her. She joined in December 2009, a month after the first leads were cast.

Which American Idol runner-up performs live aboard a Rosewood train in season 3 of Pretty Little Liars?

Adam Lambert plays himself in 'This Is a Dark Ride', singing sets on a Rosewood train excursion while 'A' prowls the carriages. Aria's drink is spiked between his songs.

In Pretty Little Liars, how is Toby Cavanaugh related to Jenna Marshall, whose injury he takes the blame for?

Stepbrother Toby comes back to Rosewood as an outcast, taunted in the street, until Spencer starts to sympathise with him and the two begin dating.

In the Pretty Little Liars pilot, which accessory does Hanna Marin shoplift from the Rosewood Mall?

Sunglasses were the prize, and the theft kept following Hanna: in season 2 'A' dug up the incident report from that day and sent it on.

In the Pretty Little Liars pilot, the friends wake to find Alison gone from which Hastings family building?

The barn, converted into a loft, hosted the five girls on a night of their summer vacation. A noise outside had spooked them earlier that evening, and it turned out to be Alison herself.

In Pretty Little Liars, what name is given to the group of helpers who carry out the schemes of 'A'?

The A-Team at different times counted both Toby and Spencer in its ranks, so even the Liars' closest allies fell under suspicion.

In the Pretty Little Liars pilot, the four friends receive a message from 'A' right after which event?

A funeral for Alison brings the estranged friends back together, and they are unsettled when Jenna Marshall arrives with Toby. Alison's body had just been found at her former home.

In Pretty Little Liars, who is revealed to have buried Alison alive in the backyard the night she vanished?

Jessica DiLaurentis was watching from a window when her daughter was hit from behind, and Alison woke hours later to find her own mother covering her with earth.

In Pretty Little Liars, who is finally revealed to have killed Charlotte DiLaurentis during a fight in a bell tower?

Mona Vanderwaal pushed Charlotte into a sharp piece of metal on the wall by accident. The body was then made to look as if Charlotte had jumped from the tower.

Which actress, who plays Hanna's best friend in Pretty Little Liars, was Young Cosette on Broadway as a child?

Janel Parrish appeared in the 1996 Broadway production of Les Misérables and later played Jade in the film Bratz. She first read for the part of Spencer before landing her own role.

Which former Home and Away star plays Jenna Marshall, the Liars' classmate turned enemy, in Pretty Little Liars?

Tammin Sursok left Home and Away in 2004 to chase music and acting work in the United States. During her first year in Rosewood she also played the swimwear model Siena on Hannah Montana.

Which Emmy winner for Life Goes On plays Aria's father Byron Montgomery in Pretty Little Liars?

Chad Lowe was a late replacement, taking over the part from Alexis Denisof before the series aired. His 1993 Emmy came for playing a young man living with HIV.

Which actor won seven Teen Choice Awards for playing Ezra Fitz, Aria's love interest, in Pretty Little Liars?

Ian Harding was born in Heidelberg to an American military family and studied acting at Carnegie Mellon. He was among the first three leads cast, in November 2009.

Which actor, the voice of the hero in the Uncharted video games, plays Spencer's father Peter in Pretty Little Liars?

Nolan North is best known for his video game roles, also playing Desmond Miles in Assassin's Creed. As Peter Hastings he is a lawyer who puts great emphasis on winning.

Which Pretty Little Liars character, played by Lindsey Shaw, goes from Emily's hostile teammate to her girlfriend?

Paige McCullers threatens Emily out of jealousy, then apologises, saying she hates herself, and reveals her own feelings with a kiss.

Which medical student in Pretty Little Liars loses his fiancée, Spencer's sister, after kissing Spencer?

Wren Kingston later comes back to Rosewood for a job at the town hospital and tells Spencer he returned for her. By then she has a boyfriend and turns him down.

Ezra Fitz of Pretty Little Liars comes from a rich family with which longer surname, used by his mother Dianne?

Fitzgerald is the family name, and it comes with baggage: Dianne is so controlling that Ezra is estranged from her, and his brother Wesley hides out in Ezra's apartment to escape the clan.

Which Pretty Little Liars jock, once Aria's boyfriend, trips on his own axe and is decapitated in season 7?

Noel Kahn had already killed his own ally Sara Harvey when she tried to warn Emily about him, and with Jenna had lured the Liars into a trap when the axe caught him out.

Which childhood friend of Alison is revealed to have shot Ezra Fitz on a New York rooftop in Pretty Little Liars?

Shana Fring said she wanted justice for Jenna, and also admitted to setting the lodge fire. Aria stopped her by knocking her off a theatre stage.

In Pretty Little Liars season 3, Emily kills her attacker 'Nate' in self-defence inside which kind of building?

A lighthouse was where the man calling himself Nate cornered Emily as she tried to call 911. He had posed as her late girlfriend's cousin but was really the girlfriend's stalker ex.

Which Rosewood cop and N.A.T. Club member is found dead in a crate beside Aria in season 3 of Pretty Little Liars?

Garrett Reynolds had been about to tell Spencer everything he knew before leaving town. While investigating the girls he was secretly allied with Jenna Marshall.

In Pretty Little Liars, Emily moves in with Hanna when her mother leaves for which state to join Emily's father?

Texas is home to Fort Hood, where Emily's father had been sent to help with military training. Her stay at the Marin house lasts only a short time.

In Pretty Little Liars, which daughter of Tom Marin's fiancée Isabel becomes Hanna's scheming stepsister?

Kate Randall pretends to accept Hanna's apology for some unkind words, then humiliates her by getting her drunk at their parents' rehearsal dinner.

In season 1 of Pretty Little Liars, Hanna wrecks the car of which boyfriend after he turns her down?

Sean Ackard understands and forgives her for the wreck, but the strain of 'A' and his attraction to Aria end the relationship anyway.

Which bullied Pretty Little Liars classmate, who has a crush on Hanna, destroys Alison's memorial?

Lucas Gottesman had been tormented by Alison so often that he felt her cruelty should not be forgiven just because she was gone.

In Pretty Little Liars, the initials of the secretive N.A.T. Club stand for a Latin phrase meaning what?

"We See All" was the motto of three Rosewood High friends: Ian Thomas, Alison's brother Jason and a classmate who went on to become a Rosewood cop.

In Pretty Little Liars, the body first thought to be Alison's is found under which structure in the DiLaurentis yard?

A gazebo was going up in the yard right around the time Alison disappeared, so the grave lay hidden beneath the building work.

In the final season of Pretty Little Liars, 'A.D.' forces the Liars to take turns at what, called Liar's Lament?

A board game arrives as an interactive model of Rosewood, with the town's notable places mapped out and a figurine standing in for each girl.

Before her makeover, Pretty Little Liars' future 'it girl' of Rosewood High was known by which two-word nickname?

"Hefty Hanna" is the name she left behind when she and a fellow outsider gave themselves an extreme makeover after Alison vanished. Both became popular students as a result.

The Pretty Little Liars season 2 finale, which reveals the first 'A', unfolds at which Rosewood High event?

A masquerade ball gave the episode its title, 'UnmAsked', spelled with a capital A in the middle. The Liars went to the dance charged with exposing their tormentor.

What is the title of the two-hour Pretty Little Liars series finale, a line borrowed from wedding vows?

"Till Death Do Us Part" runs 89 minutes and was followed by a wrap-party special in which the cast talked through the ending. About 1.41 million Americans watched it air.

In Pretty Little Liars, the anonymous 'A' and every helper are known for wearing which black garment?

A hoodie in black is the uniform of 'A' and of anyone recruited to help. In the final season Aria earns one of her own by doing a job for 'A.D.'

After its pilot, Pretty Little Liars moved to Los Angeles and used the Burbank backlot of which studio?

Warner Bros. hosted the series from its second episode onward, and its studio and backlot stood in for Rosewood for the rest of the seven-season run.

Tatlı Küçük Yalancılar, meaning 'Sweet Little Liars', is a remake of Pretty Little Liars made for which country?

Turkey's version aired on Star TV in 2015. India got there first with an unofficial take, Best Friends Forever?, launched on Channel V in 2012.

Which psychic from Ravenswood tells the Liars she pulled Alison out of her grave in Pretty Little Liars?

Carla Grunwald at first denied knowing Alison, then admitted the girl had been phoning her all summer. She drove Alison to a hospital, but Alison ran away.

In Pretty Little Liars, Emily's girlfriend Maya is sent away to which camp for juvenile delinquents?

True North came into play after Emily's mother found marijuana in Maya's bag. The man who later called himself Nate had met Maya at the camp.

Which Rosewood clergyman, engaged to Hanna's mother, is revealed in season 7 to be Charlotte's biological father?

Ted Wilson had unknowingly met his child years earlier, while working at a camp for troubled children. He confesses the truth to Hanna after first lying to her.

In season 1 of Pretty Little Liars, what happens to Hanna just after she seems to spot who 'A' is?

Hit by a car before she can tell the others, Hanna is silenced, and 'A' texts the remaining three: "She knew too much." She had been scanning the area with binoculars.

The Pretty Little Liars episode 'Shadow Play' unfolds inside Spencer's mind in the style of which Hollywood genre?

Film noir takes over once Spencer, kept awake by her pills, slips into a trance: her thoughts turn the story into a black-and-white picture from the 1940s.

Spencer Hastings of Pretty Little Liars later works with lobbyists in the city where she attended which university?

Georgetown kept Spencer in Washington, D.C., where the time jump finds her working with lobbyists after splitting from her high school sweetheart Toby.

In Sara Shepard's Pretty Little Liars novels, the 'Alison' the four girls befriended was really which twin sister?

Courtney took her twin's place in the sixth grade, a swap the books kept hidden until Wanted. The real Alison was sent to a psychiatric facility and blamed the Liars for it.

In Pretty Little Liars, Ezra Fitz's ex Maggie Cutler lets him believe he fathered her young son, named what?

Malcolm turns out not to be Ezra's child at all, as Maggie admits before leaving Rosewood with the boy for Seattle.

After the time jump in Pretty Little Liars, Hanna is engaged to which man from the fashion industry?

Jordan Hobart is described as a sophisticated yet approachable 27-year-old. By then Hanna works for a fashion line based in New York City and travels constantly.

In season 7 of Pretty Little Liars, Alison's doctor husband is exposed as an impostor with which real name?

Archer Dunhill posed as Charlotte's doctor under a dead man's name, a scheme set up so he could meet Alison and use her good intentions to win Charlotte's release.

Which Rosewood lieutenant takes on a detective's murder case in season 4 of Pretty Little Liars?

Linda Tanner arrives to handle the killing of one of Rosewood's own detectives, working alongside state investigator Gabriel Holbrook.

Annabeth Gish plays which therapist, hired by the Liars' parents, whom 'A' scares into hiding in Pretty Little Liars?

Anne Sullivan disappeared after 'A' threatened the life of her son, and came back only once her tormentor had been caught.

In season 7 of Pretty Little Liars, Toby Cavanaugh marries which woman in her hospital bed shortly before she dies?

Yvonne Phillips was hurt when the couple's car hit a deer as they were leaving Rosewood. She woke from a coma, very weak, and agreed to marry that same day.

After the time jump in Pretty Little Liars, Aria works for a publishing house in which city?

Boston is also where she dates a co-worker named Liam, while Hanna's job with a fashion line keeps her travelling out of New York City.