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Diggie Smalls
Diggy
Biographical information
Full Name
Digbert Smalls
Nickname(s)
Diggles (by Maddie)
Diggie the Doofus (by himself)
Superhero (by Maddie and himself)
Dillie (by Todd and himself)
Diggalicious (by South)
Diggie Boo Boo
Digmister (by Joey)
Diggie (by Everyone)
Gender
Male
Born
c. 1997-98
Occupations
Student
Captain of the boys' basketball team
Resides In
Stevens Point, Wisconsin (formerly)
Tundrabania (formerly)
New Orleans, Louisiana (Currently)
Physical Description
Hair Color
Brown
Eye Color
Brown
Personal Information
Family
Amy Smalls (mother)
Artie Smalls (younger brother)
Romances
Maddie Rooney (Girlfriend)
South Salamanca (Former Crush; On Her Side)
Friends
Enemies
Likes
Maddie
Basketball
Traveling
Playing guitar
Raise the Roof
Dislikes
Todd Stetson
his brother's hobbies,
being deceived,
being away from Maddie
Josh Willcox dating Maddie Rooney
South Salamanca
Production Information
First Appearance
Latest Appearance
Portrayed By

Digbert "Diggie" Smalls is a recurring character in Liv and Maddie. He was captain of the boys' basketball team and is in a relationship with captain of the girls’ basketball team Maddie Rooney.

Diggie is portrayed by Ryan McCartan.

Personality[]

Diggie is not your typical jock. He’s driven and loves basketball, but he has a soft side that he isn’t afraid to expose. He’s funny and quirky, and he has a certain charming nature to him that we see when he gets nervous and playful around Maddie. He’s loyal and a great friend, not only to Maddie but to her brother Joey, and to all of Maddie’s friends as well as Maddie’s identical twin sister Liv. Diggie is shown to be also quite obsessive with certain things, such as Maddie since he got jealous of her former relationship with Josh Willcox and didn't like her being with him. When Liv saw how Maddie looked at Diggie and how much she laughed and smiled when around him, she decided to help Diggie win Maddie back through a grand gesture and soon the pair got back together - realising the strong feelings they have for each other.

Diggie is very good at telling Liv and Maddie apart when they disguise themselves as each other. Even though the twins are total opposites, they are identical and there has been times they have pulled a switch-a-roo,where they have pretended to be the opposite twin. (as shown in Detention-A-Rooney, Meatball-A-Rooney and Champ-A-Rooney) No one can tell the twins apart except from Diggie and sometimes occasionally the twin’s mother Karen.

Relationship with Maddie[]

Diggie and Maddie’s relationship starts before the first episode of season one. Before, they liked each other for a long time. Both of them love and play basketball. Both, Maddie and Diggie are the captains of the Porcupines basketball teams. Maddie states that Diggie is just as competitive as she is. Besides that, they have a lot of similarities.

Maddie confesses to her twin sister Liv that she likes Diggie but doesn’t want to ask him to the school dance in case he rejects her. Liv then disguises herself as Maddie and asks Diggie to the dance, however Diggie says no and says he doesn’t like her in that way. Later that day, Diggie confesses to Maddie that the only reason he said no was because he knew it was Liv. Maddie is shocked but Diggie states your “sister has your face, but I know you Maddie”. Diggie then proceeds to ask Maddie to the prom and she says yes.

Together they attend the school dance in Twin-A-Rooney. They start being "officially 'in like'" for the first time in Move-A-Rooney, in which Liv also outs herself to be a 'Miggie' shipper. Soon after, in BFF-A-Rooney, they officially started dating. Maddie’s father Pete becomes very protective over Maddie when she starts dating Diggie, but soon warms up to Diggie.

After Maddie gets accepted to Junior Olympics in Flashback-A-Rooney, it is revealed in Premiere-A-Rooney that Diggie left for a year abroad in Tundrabania. After almost breaking up because of a misunderstanding, they shared their first kiss at midnight on New Year's Eve-A-Rooney, during a webcam chat.

Gift-A-Rooney marks their "meet-a-versary". Both originally wanted to gift each other with the same thing (sweatbands). Liv thinks Maddie won’t find Diggie’s gift romantic so she hides it and instead gives Maddie a porcupine - which Maddie hates. Maddie almost breaks up with Diggie and explains to Liv that sweatbands have a romantic meaning to them both as it reminds them of the first time they met. Liv explains everything to Maddie which causes them to argue but to make it up to her sister, she has Diggie fly in. This marks their first face-to-face reunion after a couple of months.

After 8 months, Diggie returns in the episode Flugelball-A-Rooney. They had trouble setting things like they used to be and after Diggie reveals that he wants to see more of the world than Steven's point, Maddie tells him how she feels about him being gone so far away. This leads to Diggie breaking up with Maddie.

Diggie regrets his decision to break up with Maddie and shows that he still has feelings for her in Video-A-Rooney, so he signed up to help film The Dream's music video in the hope of getting to spend time with Maddie.

In Frame-A-Rooney, it is revealed that Maddie also still has feelings for Diggie, as she, while she was jogging, was watching Diggie play basketball by himself from behind a tree.

They try to out-fun each other at the SPARF-A-Rooney's SPARF festival, by trying to make each other jealous. They both take someone the other hates. (Maddie went with Todd Stetson while Diggie went with South Salamanca, who flirted with Diggie and caused Maddie to be jealous in BFF-A-Rooney). In the end, though, their dates end up together while the two of them are "competing" against each other, both stating that "they won".

Diggie tells Liv that he still likes Maddie in Champ-A-Rooney, and wanted to get back together with her and stay in Steven's Point if there was a chance they would get back together. Maddie had to say a speech at her basketball game when Liv caught Maddie just in time and explained everything. Maddie struggled with what to do as she couldn’t be in two places at once and didn’t wanna let her team down, while also wanting to go and talk to Diggie. Liv told Maddie to swap clothes with her and that she would say Maddie’s speech while Maddie went to go and talk to Diggie - which Maddie agreed to. Liv and Maddie’s mother Karen soon noticed that Liv was disguised as Maddie, however their father Pete could not tell that “Maddie” was actually Liv.

Due to some unlucky happenings, Maddie doesn't catch Diggie in time at the school, however inContinued-A-Rooney, she catches him at the airport. They decide it is time to move on, as Maddie did not want to stop Diggie from following his dreams but still they stayed good friends and say that they will possibly get back together when he is back and the time is right.

In Co-Star-A-Rooney, Karen tries to help Maddie overcome her feelings for Diggie with a "cleansing ceremony" by sending away all the stuff Diggie ever gave to her among her feelings. She reveals in Secret-Admirer-A-Rooney that she is not willing or ready to start dating again because of what happened between her and Diggie.

In Scoop-A-Rooney, Maddie is mistaken for Liv when TV presenter Nancy O' Dell takes a picture of Maddie and her then new boyfriend Josh and puts in on TV claiming Liv and Josh to be boyfriend and girlfriend when really Liv is going out with Holdenbut wanted to keep it quiet because of all the attention it would gain from the media and soon Diggie returned to Wisconsin as he knew that the picture was Maddie not Liv as he can tell them apart and he couldn’t bare to see Maddie with another boy so he came back for her.

In its penultimate episode Choose-A-Rooney, Diggie confesses to Maddie that he had been regretting leaving her when he was in Australia. However, she states that she is dating Josh and is happy. Later on, when she talks with Liv, she admits that she still has feelings for Diggie but is torn between him and Josh. Liv is sure that Maddie still wants to be with Diggie after she sees the way Maddie looks at Diggie and sees them having fun laughing and smiling together at Gemma and Johnny Nimbus' wedding. Diggie almost gives up on getting back together with Maddie, but after Liv suggests a romantic gesture, he decides to give it a go. He performed Liv's song As Long As I Have You for Maddie which led to her Josh seeing the way Maddie looked at Diggie. He states that Maddie had never looked at him the way she looks at Diggie and that she should follow her heart - which leads to them breaking up. Finally, Maddie and Diggie get a chance to "talk" and as they were about to kiss, Joey almost interrupts them once again but fails thanks to Liv and Artie who realized what was about to happen just in time to shove him out of the way. When they finally kissed, the fireworks which were supposed to go off during the wedding ceremony instead went off during their kiss.

When Maddie moved to LA to go to college, Diggie had to remain in Stevens Point to finish schooling, leading them to continue a long-distance relationship, though Diggie payed occasional visits to come and see Maddie. He also surprised her a few days before Christmas thanks to the help of Liv - which Maddie was very great full for.

Biography[]

Background[]

Diggie was a sophomore at Ridgewood High and is a basketball player at the school's basketball team, however, he does not go there anymore due to being transfer students in Tundrabania and Australia.

History[]

Not much is known about Diggie's history.

However in "Flugelball-A-Rooney", Diggie says that the only thing he missed was Maddie, so this suggests that he doesn't really have a caring family but this may be wrong. Given what has happened in "Frame-A-Rooney" he reveals he is annoyed by all of his brother's unusual habits, meaning that is something he did not miss and possibly because of his egotistical and overbearing personality.

Physical Appearance[]

Diggie usually wears casual clothes throughout the series. He is a brunette with brown eyes. He is often seen wearing the purple and white Ridgewood High letterman jacket. Diggie was 6 feet tall in season 1, however, he has burst forth and grown to tower over all cast members at his colossal size of 6 feet 6 inches and is still getting bigger and his body is still enlarging. He is best described as a hulking giant. At school, Diggie struggles to not be seen as he is too much of a skyscraper and soars above the lockers. He is very built and has shirts that hug his body to the point that his powerhouse chest is bulging out creating an imprint and his massive biceps can be easily spotted. He is far too much of a beanstalk to be considered regular height.

Strengths and Weaknesses[]

Strengths[]

  • Diggie is a talented basketball player.
  • Diggie's a great athlete.
  • Diggie is shown to be musically talented as he plays the guitar.
  • Diggie is able to tell Liv and Maddie apart.
  • Although he finds Maddie’s brother Joey Rooney annoying, he kindly maintains a friendship with him.

Weaknesses[]

  • Diggie is very bad at homophones and sometimes confuses others when he mistakes them. One example was in Kang-A-Rooney when Maddie said 'knight', he thought she said the actual 'night'.
  • It seems in episodes like Flugelball-A-Rooney and Scoop-A-Rooney that although Diggie seemed to mean well, he can be kind of short-tempered and impulsive at times, because he broke up with Maddie when they got in a fight because she didn't want him to leave for Australia. However, he quickly realized that he made a mistake. He returned to Steven's Point in Scoop-A-Rooney, wanting to get back together with Maddie after he found out she was with Josh and succeeded after a romantic gesture.
  • It's shown in Cali Christmas-A-Rooney that Diggie is claustrophobic and/or achluophobic.

Relationships[]

Family[]

Artie Smalls[]

(Brothers)

It's first revealed that Diggie and Artie are brothers in Frame-A-Rooney, although his surname was shown in Gift-A-Rooney. Artie seems to care a lot about Diggie, like when in Frame-A-Rooney Artie framed Maddie as payback for breaking up with Diggie, but Diggie reveals that it was him who broke up with Maddie. While Diggie is mostly embarrassed by his older brother, due to his overbearing, egotistical, and geeky personality, and because of his weird hobbies.

Amy Smalls[]

(Mother)

Amy is Diggie's mother. She thinks Artie is acting up because his role model Diggie is moving to other places like Tundrabania and Australia.

Friends[]

Maddie Rooney[]

DiggieMaddie

(Close Friend/Girlfriend/In Love With)

Miggy2

Maddie and Diggie are close friends. They used to appear to get along great and are very similar to one another. Diggie has made an attempt to ask Maddie out, but she miserably fails to flirt/respond back. When Liv pretends to be Maddie and asks Diggie to the dance, he rejects, only because he knew it was Liv pretending to be Maddie. He claims that he knows Maddie, that even though her sister has the same face, he knew that it wasn't her. He explained how Liv didn't do the "cute thing" Maddie did with her charm bracelet when she was nervous. They started dating in Move-A-Rooney but broke up in Flugelball-A-Rooney. Diggie revealed he still had feelings for Maddie in Video-A-Rooney as he wanted to help make Liv's band make a music video with Parker, to spend more time with Maddie. It was then shown in the season 2 finale, that Diggie regretted breaking up with Maddie and wanted to get back together with her. The premiere of the 3rd season Continued-A-Rooney continues the cliffhanger which showed Maddie rushing to the airport to see Diggie one last time to confess she still liked him but turned out Diggie had left already which leaves Maddie upset. Although Diggie also comes back for her at her house and Maddie does not know about it. They meet again at the airport and then they decide it's time to move on and they'll get back together if the universe wants it. In Scoop-A-Rooney Maddie didn't want Diggie to find out about Josh so she asks Liv to not clear up the confusion about her boyfriend, but Diggie came back and knew it was Maddie all along telling her, he wants to get back together with her. Finally, in Choose-A-Rooney, Maddie has to choose between Josh and Diggie. Diggie sings 'As Long As I Have You' to Maddie. In the end, Maddie chooses Diggie and they get back together sealing it with their first official kiss. Later in it is revealed in End-A-Rooney, Diggie goes with Maddie so she can build tiny houses for the homeless and they can be together. In the series finale, Diggie and Maddie say 'I Love You' to each other and kiss. (See: Diggie and Maddie (relationship))

Liv Rooney[]

Diggy and Liv

(Good Friend)

When Liv first meets Diggie, she's a little confused about why he talked like a sport's announcer, but then he explained why. So afterwards she gets him to say how he would introduce her if he were a sport's announcer. After he does, she smiles, glances at Maddie and says, "Um, approved." Liv is shown to be a Miggie shipper when she helps him out in getting Maddie back in Choose-A-Rooney.

Joey Rooney[]

(Good Friend)

Joey and Diggie are friends, but Diggie appears to find Joey annoying, as he constantly gets in between Diggie and Maddie's relationship, but he still views him as a friend. He would easily choose to hang out with Maddie over Joey. Joey, however, is extremely clingy to Diggie and relies on him to selfishly improve his own popularity. As seen in Move-A-Rooney and at the beginning of season 3 he constantly gets in the way of Diggie and Maddie when they are about to kiss. In Flugelball-A-Rooney, Joey welcomes Diggie hope with a cake that has both a picture of Joey's and Diggie's faces on it (Maddie's face was cut off and only half visible, however). Joey accidentally drops the cake on the carpet but the boys eat the cake off of the floor, much to Maddie's disgust. He always manages to appear in a Miggie moment and interrupts them. However, in Choose-A-Rooney, Liv and Artie stop him from ruining their (Maddie and Diggie's) reconciliation. In SkyVolt-A-Rooney, Diggie pays him back by ruining his kiss with Willow, but they still kiss anyway.

Pete Rooney[]

(Coach)

Pete is Diggie's coach. In Switch-A-Rooney, Diggie tries to get Pete to like him so that he and Maddie can date. Near the end of the episode, Pete says that apart from his name, Diggie's alright.

Parker Rooney[]

(Friend)

Parker and Diggie seem to be good friends, even though Parker picks on Diggie sometimes they still seem to be good friends and they like hanging out with each other.

Josh Willcox[]

(Frenemy)

Diggie finds out about Josh in Scoop-A-Rooney, when Diggie learns that Josh is dating Maddie, causing Diggie to come back to Steven's Point for Maddie, leaving her hopelessly confused on who she wants to be with. However, they officially first meet in Choose-A-Rooney. It's shown these two are frenemy's as Josh is unhappy about Diggie's return, wanting Maddie back since Josh is dating her. At the end of Choose-A-Rooney, since Maddie chooses Diggie, Josh states he'll be fine even though he isn't (as shown in Friend-A-Rooney). (See: Diggie and Josh (relationship))

Trivia[]

  • Smalls' actor, Ryan McCartan, dated Maddie's actress, Dove Cameron, from 2013-2016, even being engaged for the last six months of their relationship.
  • He wants to be a sports announcer after he plays pro ball, so he practices a lot.
  • He thinks the thing Maddie does with her bracelet when nervous is cute.
  • He entered the couples costumes contest with Maddie, but he thought they were dressing up as the night, but Maddie actually meant knight, with a K.
  • He can easily tell the difference between Maddie and Liv, even when they try impersonating each other.
  • Both him and Maddie have a crush on each other.
  • He is captain of the boys' basketball team.
  • He is seen to be bad with homophones.
  • He took Maddie to the school dance.
  • He loves basketball.
  • He can drive.
  • He's nervous around Maddie's father, Pete, because he always glares at him when he talks about Maddie.
  • He let Maddie wear his Letterman jacket in Move-A-Rooney.
  • In Dump-A-Rooney he is shown to have 2 number 19 magnets on his locker.
  • His name is likely a play on the rapper Biggie Smalls, a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G.
  • His team number is 19.
  • He loves (and is very good at it) basketball, like his girlfriend Maddie Rooney.
  • He once cut his hair to impress Pete Rooney.
  • Maddie announced that she and Diggie were dating in BFF-A-Rooney.
  • He can sing and play guitar, as shown in BFF-A-Rooney.
  • His actual name was unknown until recently. His portrayer, Ryan McCartan, had been asking for the past 4 years what Diggie's real name is.
  • He was a foreign exchange student in Tundrabania. He was later a foreign exchange student in Australia but returned to Steven's point 2 months early for Maddie (although this was because of jealousy).
  • He and Maddie broke up in Flugelball-A-Rooney.
  • Artie Smalls is his brother.
  • He loves travelling.
  • Diggie was Maddie's first boyfriend, her second being Josh Willcox, later getting back together with Diggie.
  • Diggie is good friends with Joey, but he is sometimes shown to be annoyed by him.
  • He came back in Scoop-A-Rooney after finding out about Maddie dating Josh, and Diggie became aware of this, thus coming back for her, despite her already having a boyfriend and having seemingly moved on.
  • He gets jealous very easily.
  • Diggie got back together with Maddie in Choose-A-Rooney
  • He did not graduate with Maddie in SkyVolt-A-Rooney due to traveling, therefore he has to repeat the year as a senior with Joey (until Joey having to move in Californi-A-Rooney). Although Diggie will stay in Stevens Point, he will pay a few visits to Maddie in Season 4.
  • The irony of Diggie telling Maddie in Choose-A-Rooney that he won't leave her is that Maddie ends up having to leave Stevens Point anyways, while he has to stay and repeat a year.
  • Diggie is shown to be at a very large height, he can be easily seen. He also seems to be noticeably taller than other people, and he looks like a giant around others.
  • He is the tallest character on the show, being taller than Pete Rooney by a few inches.
  • Ironically, his surname is Smalls, but he is anything but small. He is a towering figure and his hands are also quite large, making Maddie's hand size pale in comparison. His palm is bigger than Maddie's entire hand.
  • He used to take ukulele lessons, but quit them in "Song-A-Rooney"
  • He could be scared of the dark because in Cali Christmas-A-Rooney he said "hurry it's dark in here" to Liv.


Quotes[]

Twin-A-Rooney[]

So, Rooney Classic, what are you doing later?
I said no because I knew it was Liv.


Kang-A-Rooney[]

'Sup, Rooney?
Sweet. Hey I'll go as that too then, maybe we could win the couples' costume contest?
Er, and you know when I mean couple I mean the contest category and... well you get it.
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?
Oh, I thought you meant like 'the night'.
No, sure we can. We're a couple of k/nights! Hah.


Sweet 16-A-Rooney[]

Well, I'm in. I want Maddie's sweet 16 to be as amazing as it can be.
Don't worry, birthday girl, your hero's here.


Switch-A-Rooney[]

Don't worry, Maddie, I'll drive you anywhere you wanna go. Seriously, why am I still talking? Why am I still here? I'll go get my haircut.
I'm stoked for Maddie. Having a license, that means she can go anywhere and do anything... that a responsible teenager would do after getting approval from her father. Not that I've ever asked her not to get approval, why am I still talking?


Dump-A-Rooney[]

'Sup, Rooney?

Shoe-A-Rooney[]

"We were supposed to meet for fro-yo.You didn't show-yo. I had to get it to go-yo.


BFF-A-Rooney[]

MADDIE ROONEY IS MY GIRLFRIEND!!!!


Scoop-A-Rooney[]

I know it was you, Maddie. I saw you with someone else and I..I just...
Maddie, I came back for you.


Choose-A-Rooney[]

Look I'm sorry, Maddie, before you say anything. I spent every day in Australia kicking myself for leaving you. I wanna get back together, I'm not going anywhere this time, I promise.


SkyVolt-A-Rooney[]

Joey, my man.


Episode Appearance[]

  • In the entire series, he appeared in 27 episodes.

Season 1[]

Season 2[]

Season 3[]

Season 4[]

Gallery[]

Liv & Maddie Season 4 Promotional Photo
To view the Diggie Smalls gallery, click here.


References[]

Characters
Main Characters
Liv RooneyMaddie RooneyJoey RooneyParker RooneyKaren RooneyPete RooneyRuby
Recurring Characters
Diggie SmallsWillow CruzArtie SmallsSkippy RamirezOceanJohnny NimbusEvanReggieHolden DippledorfAndie GustamanteAlexLaceyJosh WillcoxStainsGemma Nimbus
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