History Characters / Superbook2011

* CoolLoser: You would think that a kid who has a DoAnythingRobot, whose father is a famous inventor and scientist, who heads his own GarageBand, and who is an avid soccer player, basketballer, skateboarder, and video-gamer (good enough to make it into local and regional tournaments, at that!) would be significantly high up on the social totem pole. Well, not so with Chris; while he's certainly a favorite among his intimate peer-group, he's not considered one of the in-kids at Valleyview Middle School, as "Noah and the Ark" has him wanting to join the supposedly-cool Skateboard Maniacs group, "Peter's Denial" has him trying to curry the favor of a couple of boys who are purportedly among the school's coolest kids, and "The Sermon on the Mount" shows that he's not immune to being a target for bullying.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Joy tends to either mock or scold Gizmo for not being brave enough to physically defend them against threats that he should be otherwise equipped to handle. So when Gizmo suggests that they beat a very hasty retreat in "Revelation," and Joy ''immediately'' agrees, you know the threat is dangerous enough to warrant them fleeing. [[spoiler:Said threat being Satan having ScaledUp [[WouldHurtAChild and actively trying to kill them]]]].

** It's normal for Gizmo to be enthusiastically gung-ho in being on board with Chris's occasional wacky hi-jinks, especially if that entails the use of any of his many gadgets, no matter how anachronistic they may be to the Bible period. What's ''not'' normal for Gizmo is when he follows any of Chris's instructions with a reluctant, somber expression and a subdued attitude. Yet that's what happens in "Peter's Denial," when Chris orders him to set up a basketball hoop in order to practice a complex shot; the reason being, Chris had earlier [[WeDoNotKnowEachOther denied knowing Joy]] in order to impress a couple of boys he wants to hang out with, after they mocked Joy for being president of the chess club. Even as he sets up the hoop, in an extremely rare display of [[WhatTheHellHero quiet rebuke]], Gizmo reminds Chris that he, Chris, has been friends with Joy for far longer than he's known those boys (not that the rebuke takes hold at first).

* UndyingLoyalty: John is the only one of the twelve disciples to follow Jesus right through from His arrest to His crucifixion (Peter follows John to the high priest's house where the trial is to begin, but denies Jesus to save himself shortly after; Judas disappears from the story shortly after Gethsemane for [[DrivenToSuicide reasons which those familiar with the Bible will know already]]; and the rest of the disciples have fled)

* ManInWhite: John is not only sporting a full head and beard of white hair, he's also wearing a white outfit when the kids meet him in "Revelation."

* AllGuitarsAreStratocasters: As seen in the image, Chris's guitar is reminiscent of a superstrat. [[ArtisticLicenseMusic Bizarrely]], it seems to lack any visible pickups, the bridge has no saddles with which to grip the strings, and the tremolo arm is fixed directly inside the body rather than on the bridge (which makes it completely useless as a tremolo).

* AllGuitarsAreStratocasters: In "A Giant Adventure," Todd rocks a blue and white Stratocaster-like guitar while trying out to become the school band's guitarist.

* FamilyBusiness: Her parents own a pizza shop, [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Pepper's Pizza Palace]].

* AdaptationalHeroism: While John is always a good guy, the Bible does record in Luke 9 how he and his brother James were so angry at the Samaritans' refusal of hospitality to Jesus that they offered to call down fire from heaven to consume the people in revenge. In this series, however, James is the only one to make the suggestion in "The Good Samaritan," with John being calm and silent all throughout.

* SkewedPriorities: After Gizmo and QBIT disrupt the space simulation and almost get Chris and Joy killed, Conrad shows less concern about what just happened and is more focused on Chris muttering a prayer.

* TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson: Or, in this case, The Devil Knows About 21st-Century Concepts; this shows up on two occasions, both times during situations where he's trying to tempt Chris over to his side. The first time is in "In the Beginning," where he and the kids confront each other while he's in the form of the serpent, shortly after having deceived Eve into eating from the Tree of Knowledge. He [[RealityWarper creates a pool of water out of nowhere]] to show in its reflection Chris flying with a jet-pack, something that obviously hasn't been invented at that time and that none of the kids has openly spoken about in that place (one prior scene implies he's read Chris's mind and knows exactly what emotional buttons to push). The second time is in "Revelation," where, while showing Chris that HumansAreBastards, Satan presents the image of a modern-day army with rifles and ballistic gear--and since the setting of the episode is during the vision of John the Revelator, said modern weaponry obviously has yet to have been invented at that point.

* DotingGrandparent: She's very close to Chris, just like he was to Grandpa.

* NiceGuy: Both of them are kind, caring and loving.

* IllGirl: Mrs. Pepper suddenly falls ill and collapses in "Paul Keeps the Faith," requiring her to have an overnight hospital stay. This incident forms the basis for Joy's moral conflict in this episode.