D.J. Tanner

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D.J. Tanner
Candace Cameron as D.J. Tanner
First appearance	Our Very First Show
Information
Gender	Female
Age	10-18
Family	Father (Danny Tanner) Mother (Pamela Tanner) Sister (Stephanie Tanner) Sister (Michelle Tanner) Uncle (Jesse Katsopolis) Aunt (Rebecca Donaldson) Cousin (Nicky Katsopolis) Cousin (Alex Katsopolis)
Portrayed by	Candace Cameron

Donna Jo "D.J." Margaret Tanner (born April 24, 1977) is a character in the television sitcom Full House, portrayed by Candace Cameron.

She is the oldest sister in the Tanner family. She was the daughter of Pamela and Danny Tanner; her younger sisters were Stephanie Tanner and Michelle Tanner. D.J.'s parents were only nineteen years old when she was born, and it is fairly possible she was born out of wedlock.

D.J. handles many tough situations with general ease. Though she gets upset at times over her dad prying into her affairs or otherwise embarrassing her, she is always quick to apologize when she has acted rudely. D.J. gets very mad about the limits her father places on her, however, in many episodes, she ignores these limits, and learns her lesson. This structure of one of the "Tanner sisters" learning a life-important lesson is shown in many episodes. From the sixth episode ("Daddy’s Home"), when she wouldn’t talk about how much she wished Danny wasn’t working so much because Stephanie would cry about Danny missing her recital, D.J. shows great sensitivity toward her younger siblings. She also stays home from her first non mother-daughter slumber party to take care of Michelle when Jesse, Joey, and Stephanie all have chicken pox, so Michelle won’t get it - even though Danny was perfectly willing to miss a chance to sit courtside at a basketball game. Though Stephanie got on her nerves quite often with her snooping, this trend continues throughout the show.

She messes up and gets them in trouble a couple times, like most siblings will, but she takes some responsibility as the "woman of the house" even after Rebecca enters the picture. She is also Michelle's cabin leader and boss for three straight weeks at summer camp in season seven's "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night" - this marks the boundary between the wilder Michelle and the better behaved Michelle of seasons seven and eight. It is believed that she has done even more as the "woman of the house" in the "Full House" book series, as in the books, Michelle is better behaved, much more polite, more compassionate, and takes after D.J. quite a bit.

D.J.’s warmth and compassion also extends to her best friend, Kimmy Gibbler. D.J. gets in trouble sometimes because of Kimmy, but one senses that without her, Kimmy would be much wilder and weirder. She also helps Kimmy with homework, although this more often winds up with Kimmy trying to copy D.J. totally - right up to writing D.J.’s name at the start of an essay once. D.J. is heavily into journalism, although she is also, at very times, interested in a number of other things.

Her main crush was Steve Hale, whom she got to know well on a trip to Spain. They dated for eighteen months, then found themselves drifting apart. However, the last episode shows they missed each other, and whether Steve came back himself or Kimmy found him for D.J., what’s known is that Steve takes her to her senior prom.

D.J. was portrayed on the TV series by Candace Cameron. Candace played D.J. from ages nine through eighteen.

Nearly every character on Full House had a catch phrase, and D.J. often shared hers with Kimmy Gibbler. Many a surprising or shocking moment was met with "Whoa, Baby!", and to a lesser extent she often used "Oh, Mylanta!"

Full House
Episodes/Seasons
One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight
Characters
Danny | Jesse | Joey | D.J. | Stephanie | Michelle | Becky Nicky and Alex | Kimmy | Comet | Steve
Other
Full House books | Full House chronology