1 | !! Dolores "Ms Wiz" Wisdom: |
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3 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Subverted. She hits it off with a man dressed as Dracula at the PTA dance. Then when it's discovered he's just a school inspector...she's still very interested. |
4 | * AllWitchesHaveCats: She has a china cat she calls Hecate, but her main pet is a rat called Herbert. |
5 | * BabiesEverAfter: After the TimeSkip in ''You're Kidding, Ms Wiz'', she's the mother of a one-year-old called William. |
6 | * BlitheSpirit: She comes to liven things up whenever they're needed. |
7 | * CompanionCube: Hecate again, though the thing is actually sentient. |
8 | * CoolTeacher: In the first book only, as she's no longer a teacher after that. She does become principal briefly in ''Ms Wiz Banned''. |
9 | * HappilyMarried: To Brian Andrews from Book 10 onwards. |
10 | * HotWitch: She's young and pretty, in contrast to the older teachers at St Barnabus. She dresses up as a glamorous witch for the PTA Halloween dance. |
11 | * MagicalNanny: She turns up whenever one of the children has a problem their parents can't really help with. Sometimes just for fun. |
12 | * NewAgeRetroHippie: What some of the teachers and students first think of her. |
13 | * NewJobAsThePlotDemands: She's been - a teacher, a doctor's assistant, a librarian, a news reader, a door-to-door saleswoman, etc. |
14 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The children call her 'Ms Wiz', but adults call her Dolores or 'Ms Wisdom'. |
15 | * PerkyGoth: By way of wearing things like black nail varnish and dark lipstick, and being an overall very perky and upbeat person. |
16 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: She's apparently around 11,000 and can remember cavemen. |
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18 | !! Jack Beddows: |
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20 | * ADayInTheLimelight: ''In Stitches With Ms Wiz'' - from his perspective as he goes into hospital to have his appendix taken out. |
21 | * DeadpanSnarker: Tries to be this, and it usually gets him in trouble. |
22 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his obnoxious nature, he's still a very loyal friend. |
23 | * LovableJock: Loves football and skateboarding, and deep down he's a decent guy. |
24 | * MotorMouth: He's known for speaking without thinking. |
25 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When he says he's too ill to skateboard, his mother knows it's serious. |
26 | * RealMenWearPink: He loves football, skateboarding and everything boyish - and owns most of Creator/BeatrixPotter. He's near tears when Peter Rabbit (freed from his book) gets squashed by a bus. |
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28 | !! Peter "Podge" Harris: |
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30 | * AbusiveParents: His dad is very stern and mocks his son's weight. |
31 | * BigEater: His defining trait. |
32 | * BigFun: His own father describes him as "like a football on legs". |
33 | * ADayInTheLimelight: ''Power Crazy Ms Wiz'' - where he has to worry about his father making him transfer schools. Also ''Ms Wiz Smells A Rat'' where he has to hide Herbert in his house. |
34 | * TheDitz: He's a little scatter-brained. |
35 | * HiddenDepths: After some encouragement from Ms Wiz, he becomes an avid reader. |
36 | * OddFriendship: With Jack. Podge is a chubby nerdy reader, while Jack is an outgoing athletic type. |
37 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: So much so that Ms Wiz doesn't realise who his parents are at first, because she calls him by his nickname too. |
38 | |
39 | !! Caroline Smith: |
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41 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: A six-year-old terror known as 'Little Musha'. |
42 | * CharacterisationMarchesOn: The first book describes her as the class dreamer. This trait never shows up again. |
43 | * ADayInTheLimelight: ''Ms Wiz Goes Live'' - where Ms Wiz takes her and her sister to a TV studio. |
44 | * HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Her parents have no problem arguing in front of their daughters. Caroline gets freaked out when the aftermath of a spell has them holding hands. |
45 | * IAmVeryBritish: Pulls this voice off to imitate Fergie and fool the Chief Leisure Officer. |
46 | * ManOfAThousandVoices: Female example. ''In Control Ms Wiz'' reveals that she's very good at faking voices. |
47 | * [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: She's usually the voice of reason. ''Ms Wiz Goes Live'' has her getting annoyed with being expected to be mature all the time. |
48 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: Deconstructed. She resents having to be the sensible one, feeling she never gets to cut loose or have fun as a result of everyone's expectations. |
49 | |
50 | !! Katrina O'Brien: |
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52 | * BeautyContest: Her parents enter her in one in ''Ms Wiz Supermodel''. |
53 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Despite being introduced in Book 1, she doesn't get one until ''Ms Wiz Supermodel'' (the eleventh book) - where she enters a child fashion show. |
54 | * DefrostingIceQueen: She's frosty at the start but becomes nicer. |
55 | * HufflepuffHouse: Frequently mentioned but rarely got any story relevance until Book 11. |
56 | * TookALevelInKindness: Thanks to Ms Wiz's influence. |
57 | * {{Tsundere}}: Type A most of the time. Ms Wiz, Podge or Jack can bring out the deredere side. |
58 | |
59 | !! Lizzie Thompson: |
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61 | * CuteKitten: Named Waif, whom she rescued from the streets. |
62 | * ADayInTheLimelight: ''You're Nicked, Ms Wiz'' - where Ms Wiz helps her find her lost cat. She also has a big role in ''Ms Wiz Loves Dracula''. |
63 | * DisappearedDad: Her parents are divorced. Her mother hasn't remarried, saying her dad "cured me of men". |
64 | * KindheartedCatLover: The plot of Book 3 has her even rescuing a whole litter of kidnapped cats. |
65 | * RememberTheNewGuy: She's not introduced until Book 3, but is said to have been in Class 3 from the beginning. |
66 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: Allows herself to be turned into a cat so she can sneak into a burglar's house. |
67 | |
68 | !! Herbert the rat: |
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70 | * ADayInTheLimelight: He's relevant to the plot of ''Ms Wiz Smells A Rat'' when he has to hide out in Podge's house. |
71 | * DeadpanSnarker: He provides no shortage of sarcasm. |
72 | * TalkingAnimal: He's the only one of Ms Wiz's pets that talks. |
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