A Character Sheet for Berrybrook Middle School.

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Main characters

Penelope "Peppi" Torres

The main protagonist of "Awkward". A part of the art club, Peppi is an incredibly awkward girl doing her best for her club, acting as a sort of confidant to Mari. However, her main issues stem from an incident in which she accidentally shoved Jaime, along with her poor reaction.

Extreme Doormat: She has a very hard time saying no, especially when Mari makes demands of her.
"Eureka!" Moment: After the clubs are suspended and everyone, herself included, is down in the dumps about it, Peppi finds inspiration from Ms. Tobins' talk about Renaissance artists, and how they could intersect art and science. Jaime's assistance helps immensely.
Fangirl: To Jesse, the lead singer of a pop music band.
He is Not My Boyfriend: Both before and after the club war gets resolved, Peppi is constantly teased about having a crush on Jaime, even by her friends.
The Klutz: Peppi trips over her own feet in her introduction.
Make Me Wanna Shout: After the local bullies push her one step too far by harassing Jaime, she lets out positively HUGE scream that scares them both off. An impressed Jaime comments that it might as well have been heard all the way from space.
Only Sane Man: Like Jaime, she seems to be the only one who doesn't let the rivalry between clubs go to her head. Taken to its logical conclusion when she calls out both clubs for ensuring their mutual downfall.
Ship Tease: With Jaime, full stop. However, this seems to be subverted in "Time Capsule" when it's revealed that she's crushing on a person named Jesse. Double subverted when it's revealed that she was actually referring to a singer. That being said, it is heavily implied that the two are more content to be friends, despite everyone's teasing.

Jaime Thompson

The boy from the science club Penelope pushes by accident, kicking off a majority of the narrative. He shares none of the mean-spirited animosity his peers have for the other club, and is a very quiet individual. It's frankly a miracle he hasn't completely lost his mind having to work in the middle of a pointless war that his pompous peers more or less started.

All the Other Reindeer: Most of the student body seems to ignore, tease, or outright make fun of him wherever he goes. That's not to say there aren't exceptions.
A Day in the Limelight: The short story "Time Capsule" is from his point of view.
Book Smart:
Brainy Brunette: Jaime is a smart boy with dark brown hair.
Cute Bookworm: Jaime is a soft-spoken member of the science club.
Crazy Jealous Guy: AVERTED. Jaime does become anxious when he learns that Peppi is crushing on an unknown person named Jessie, and obsesses over who it could be, but his fears are founded less on losing Peppi as a love interest and more on losing her as a friend. What's more is that he points out to Derek that Peppi is her own person, and he respects that. Then again, Jesse was just a pop singer, so his fears were unfounded anyway.
Friendless Background: "Time Capsule" reveals that Jaime did almost everything, even celebrate his own birthday, by himself before meeting Peppi.
Intelligence Equals Isolation: He is an exceptionally smart boy who has spent most of his days at school unpopular and all alone. He eventually gains a friend in Peppi.
Nice Guy: There's not a single bad bone in this kid's body.
Not So Above It All: Although he's nowhere as egotistical as his peers, he shows a passion on par with Jensen's most imaginative moments when it comes to making a Berrybrook-related time capsule for the people of the future to discover.
Only Sane Man: Like Peppi, he's the only person in his club that doesn't join in on scheming against the opposition.
Platonic Life-Partners: The best way to describe his friendship with Peppi...maybe.
Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure: Had no idea that the "Jesse" Peppi was crushing on was a pop singer. Peppi is at the very least aware that he doesn't get a whole lot of pop cultural references.
She Is Not My Girlfriend: Gets teased for liking Peppi. He has to make it clear that she's his friend first and foremost.
Ship Tease: With Peppi. Though, as shown in "Time Capsule", he seems to value her as more of a friend than a potential girlfriend. The very end of the short has a girl in his English class give him a love letter, solidifying this.
Strong Family Resemblance: Has the same pale-white skin and haircut as his father.

Jensen Graham

A shy and nerdy boy who dreams of one day becoming a NASA astronaut, and the protagonist of "Brave". The trouble is that he's not big on book learning, he's the target of the local bullies, and he can never seem to muster up the courage to contribute in any meaningful way. But his heart and imagination is in the right place, and he has a few friends he can turn to.

Ascended Extra: Originally a secondary character in "Awkward", Jensen becomes the main character in "Brave".
Book Dumb: Academics are far from his strong suit.
Bullied into Depression: Foster and Yanic's constant targeting of him does no wonders for his psyche.
Bully Magnet: Foster and Yanic's favorite targets.
Conspiracy Theorist: Jensen is thoroughly convinced that the world is heading for an apocalyptic event one way or another, though he seems particularly fixated on sunspots in "Awkward", to the point where he wrote an overly long diatribe about them for the art club. More than twice. Come "Brave", and he's expanded his irrational fears to zombie apocalypses.
Crazy-Prepared: Related to the above, Jensen claims to be prepared for just about any disaster, natural or otherwise. Unfortunately, none of it helps his academic skills.
Everybody Hates Mathematics: While not unique in this aspect, he utterly loathes math class.
Extreme Doormat: Moreso than Peppi. He can barely comprehend that his friends might be making fun of him, and he has huge problems being honest about when he's being bullied. Thankfully, he grows out of it with Jenny and Akilah's help.
The Friend Nobody Likes: A lot of the students like to make fun of him and/or get irritated whenever he tries to say something. Even those in the art club (barring Peppi and Felicity) don't seem to like him that much.
Grew a Spine: As the story progresses, and especially after Felicity's suspension, he slowly starts to find more confidence in himself, to the point of telling Foster and Yannic off for their bullying. Sure, he did it while almost on the verge of tears and not long before Yannic takes it too far, but it's miles beyond what he used to be like.
Heroic BSoD: A combination of constant bullying, bad grades, and the increasing notion that his friends seem him as little more than a joke causes him to temporarily give up on trying to be useful. Fittingly, he gets a nasty case of the flu not long afterwards, causing him to miss a week of school.
The McCoy: Easily the most emotionally-driven between him, Jenny, and Akilah. However, this mostly results in him becoming an Extreme Doormat.
Mr. Imagination: Jensen's imagine spots are quite vivid and frequent, to say the least. To name but a few examples, he imagines himself as a video game character, an archaeologist, and a Greek philosopher. All in the first chapter.
Ship Tease: A bit with Felicity, as he was the one who managed to get enough signatures to get her out of suspension, and she gives him a massive hug upon hearing about that. Jensen notes that it's the first time anyone outside of his family hugged him, and he's blushing hard.

Jorge Ruiz

The main protagonist of "Crush". An absolute monolith of a middle-schooler, Jorge is the unofficial sheriff of Berrybrook, striking fear into the hearts of the rowdy and keeping the peace in any way he can. But in truth, Jorge is an otherwise charitable and peaceful person who just so happens to look very imposing. It would take a lot to break his composure...like a classic case of love at first sight, for instance. Like that's ever gonna happen, right?

Allergic to Love: At first, Jorge could care less about relationships, and is vastly uncomfortable with the mere notion that he might have a crush on Jasmine. Just thinking about them dating sends him into a blind panic. He gets better, though.
Ascended Extra: Like Jensen before him, he got his own story after making an appearance in a previous one.
Beware the Nice Ones: Although mostly a reserved and friendly person most of the time, there are times where Jorge has come dangerously close to losing his temper. Zeke in particular drew his ire the most.
Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: The Brooding Guy to Jazmine's Gentle Girl.
Bully Hunter: As the unofficial warden of Berrybrook, he takes it upon himself to quell any harassment he sees.
Cannot Talk to Women: Jorge's speaking abilities rust and freeze whenever in Jazmine's presence for a large portion of "Crush". He can talk to girls like Liv just fine, though.
Childhood Friends: With Liv and Garrett.
The Dreaded: Only to any bullies at Berrybrook.
Face of a Thug: As seen in "Brave", Jensen is initially terrified of being partnered up with someone as large and intimidating as Jorge. But he's a good person behind that stoic exterior.
Frame-Up: Unfortunately finds himself on the receiving end of this when Garrett accidentally uses his login to enter a chat alongside James full of hurtful and mean-spirited words. Soon, almost the entire school (barring his close friends) is against him. Luckily, everything is cleared up not long afterwards.
Gentle Giant: Jorge is a big kid, but he's very sweet and caring.
Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: The Huge Guy to Jazmine's Tiny Girl.
Lovable Jock: While he competes in the sports teams at his school, he is not mean at all. That is, unless you are a bully.
No Social Skills: Sort of. He's perfectly fine when talking to most people, but he admits that it's hard for him to understand how chaotic the middle-school scene can be. Of course, all of his skills go down the drain when it comes to first-time crushes.
Not So Stoic: Upon developing feelings for Jasmine, Jorge's reserved and powerful exterior starts falling to pieces. The effect is equal parts hilarious and adorable.
- That being said, there are times where his stoic demeanor breaks for less than funny reasons, such as his expression when he learned that Garrett (unintentionally) got him framed for nasty comments on the internet.
The Stoic: The most calm and reserved student around, moreso than Jaime. That being said, it isn't completely inpenetrable.
Tranquil Fury: His default state whenever laying down the law. However, it is clear during his confrontations with Zeke that he's holding in a metric ton of rage at him. The second time, Jazmine has to hold him back.

Jazmine Duong

A kid from the drama club, a good friend of Liv's, and the girl whom Jorge takes a shinning to, whether he likes it or not. Jazmine is a very gentle person, though she often comes off as a bit shy at times. Nevertheless, she's always willing to lend a helping hand, and her passion for acting is second to none.

Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: The Gentle Girl to Jorge's Brooding Boy.
Hidden Depths: Despite her shy nature most of the time, she's an amazingly versatile actress when in plays.
Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: The Tiny Girl to Jorge's Huge Guy.
Important Haircut: Cuts her hair short for charity alongside Liv and Brooke.
Nice Girl: Her kindness and understanding demeanor is downright unbreakable most of the time. Fittingly, she's one of the few students who don't believe Jorge is a bad person for a second after he gets framed.
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Jazmine reciprocates Jorge's feelings for her mainly due to how considerate and equally good-natured he is in contrast to her previous date, Zeke.
Town Girls: The neither to Brooke's femme and Liv's butch.

Felicity Teale

An art club student, Felicity is the kind of kid who wears her heart on her sleeve. Friendly and kind to a fault, her true conflict is picking something to do and actually sticking to it, and her sister is keen on letting her know it all the time. Unfortunately, this push to actually get something done causes then-unforeseen trust issues to bubble up.

Ascended Extra: Becomes the subject of a major subplot in "Brave". And then, like Jensen and Jorge before her, she becomes the main character of her own story, "Enemies".
Cosplay Otaku Girl: Felicity cosplays as a sailor scout at one point. Based on Peppi's description, it was one heck of a display...that also got her suspended temporarily due to the length of her skirt.
Nice Girl: The only student in the art club who stands up for Jensen and calls out the others.

Secondary Characters

Maribella Samson

A strong-willed girl, and unofficial president of the art club. However, behind all of that passion and hard work ethic is a very troubled person...

Abusive Parents: Only her father, a man who views his own wife as a lazy do-nothing and constantly pressures his daughter to excel at everything. Naturally, he's left in the dust by them.
A Day in the Limelight: "New Girl" is about what happened when she moved away with her mother, and her difficulty integrating into a new school.
Broken Ace: As great as she can be, she's ultimately doing it all under pressure due to her dad demanding she succeeds at everything.
Foil: To Peppi. While Peppi is The Klutz and an Extreme Doormat to boot, Mari is a Go-Getter Girl and, as some other students describe her, "an unstoppable force of nature". However, Mari also has an emotionally abusive father while Peppi is on good terms with her own family.
Go-Getter Girl: She is outgoing! She takes charge! She won't let the science club get the better of the art club! She's also trying desperately to meet the standards her dad has laid out.
Karma Houdini: Because Peppi refuses to rat her out, no one finds out she was the one who stole the drone remote. Due to her mother moving her out, she doesn't find out her actions led to both clubs being suspended.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Mari stealing the remote all but kickstarts the downward spiral that leads to the suspension of both clubs. Not that she felt that she had a choice, though.
Trophy Child: Her father expects her to win against the science club, and if she doesn't he becomes quite scary.
"Well Done, Son" Guy: A female example. Mari's father is an extremely successful person, to the point where he shook hands with the mayor at one point, and he constantly pressures his daughter into being a similar success story. This incessant micromanaging ends up causing Mari to cheat out of desperation before she and her mom end up moving away from him anyway.
What Happened to the Mouse?: After she and her mother move away to get away from her abusive father, she is never mentioned nor heard from again. However, the "New Girl" short story reveals that she's gone to a new school.

Foster and Yanic

Two bullies almost never seen apart from one another. They are major antagonists for the first two books, with their presence felt more in the second one due to their favorite target being Jensen.

Book Dumb: It's clear that they're not that big on learning. An example is Yanic not knowing what a terrarium is.
The Bully: The both of them qualify.
Delinquents: The best way to describe the both of them.
The Friend Nobody Likes: NO ONE, not even Derek's group, sees them as cool or funny.
Heel–Face Turn: Foster comes to regret being such a horrible person after getting suspended, and it is heavily implied that Jensen befriends him at the end.
Heel Realization: Upon hearing Jensen tell him and Yanic how awful they make his life, Foster looks legitimately horrified at his own actions, and even tries to get Yanic to stop. It doesn't save him from getting suspended for a while, but the ending shows that he's no longer the bully he used to be.
Kids Are Cruel: Rarely does the series dip into this with its characters, but they most certainly qualify. Yannic even mocks a kid with crutches for a laugh. And as Jensen notices, he just keeps getting worse as the story progresses.
Laser-Guided Karma: Especially on Yanic's part. After he breaks Jensen's glasses (despite even Foster's pleas), the both of them are caught and suspended. Only Foster, the more regretful of the two, comes back, and even then, he's treated the same way he and Yannic treated others. Jensen offers to forgive him, anyway.

Tessa Winston

One of Peppi's friends at the art club.

Jerkass Ball: Acts rather callous and rude towards Jensen in "Brave", moreso than usual. Thankfully, she stops.
Jerkass Realization: At some point after Foster and Yanic's suspension, she apologizes to Jensen for being so insensitive to him, though she stops talking to him for a week, presumably out of guilt. Her apology gift afterwards is a nice cupcake.
The Rival: To Derek, as the two are most often seen butting heads.

Nina Badyal

Another friend of Peppi.

Flat Character: She does not have a lot of characterization compared to Tessa and Peppi.

Derek Lee

The main speaking member of the science club. Derek embodies the often smug and arrogant nature of the club, constantly formulating plans to discredit the opposing art club. His treatment of Jaime is hardly better, as he seems to see him as a mere utility for the club.

Insufferable Genius: The science club's success has gone to his head.
Everyone Has Standards: Even before the end of "Awkward", he and his cohorts had no patience for Foster and Yanic's disrespectful behavior.
Heel–Face Turn: After both his club and the art club collaborate on a successful project, Derek mellows out significantly, to the point where he is one of the first kids to call out the bullies for trying to harass Peppi and Jaime again. That being said, "Time Capsule" shows that he hasn't lost all of his less than savory tendencies, as he still teases Jaime.
The Rival: To Tessa.
Toxic Friend Influence: Encourages Jaime's anxious obsession with who Jesse is when the latter worries about what it will do to his friendship with Peppi, just for laughs.
Terrible Trio: With Leticia and Jack.

Leticia Teale

Black and Nerdy: She is just as smart as Derek.
Insufferable Genius: Once again, Leticia is very smart, but rubs it in the art club's faces.
Terrible Trio: With Derek and Jack.

Jenny Yao

The serious-minded paper editor at Berrybrook. Works alongside Akilah.

Childhood Friends: With Akilah since Kindergarten.
Foil: To Akilah. Despite being best friends, she's a hot-tempered force to be reckoned with when it comes to getting the job done, while Akilah is a lot more emotional and open with others.
Knight Templar: Jenny focuses on telling the objective truth of the school paper, no matter what. This ends up driving a wedge in her relationship with Akilah and Jensen.
Mood-Swinger: As described by Jensen, Jenny has three settings; cool and professional, freaking out and frantic, and "Don't mess with me, for I am the wrath of angels" apocalypse.
Nice Mean And In Between: The mean to Akilah's in-between and Felipe's nice.
The Perfectionist: If something is not done as properly as possible, she will either freak out or hold a massive grudge.
The Spock: Operates on a strict work ethic and an adherence to pure fact.
Rage Breaking Point: Her refusal to publish anything regarding the Felicity scandal and Akilah admonishing her for such causes her to lash out and kick everyone she works with out. She comes to regret it later.
Vitriolic Best Buds: With Akilah.

Akilah Salib

Berrybrook's staff reporter. Works alongside Jenny.

Childhood Friends: With Jenny since Kindergarten.
Foil: To Jenny. Although they are best friends, Akilah does not have the same absolute desire for the truth, and is a lot more sociable and cheerful.
Nice Girl: Much more open and kind to Jensen than Jenny.
The Kirk: A prominent figure in the student body who is not as fact-oriented nor neurotic as Jenny or Jensen.
Nice Mean And In Between: The in-between to Jenny's mean and Felipe's nice.
Vitriolic Best Buds: With Jenny.

Felipe

A boy who works alongside Jenny and Akilah.

Mellow Fellow: He is very relaxed compared to Akilah and especially Jenny.
Nice Mean And In Between: The nice to Jenny's mean and Akilah's in-between.

Olivia "Liv" Hoffman

Jorge's best friend.

Ascended Extra: Alongside Jorge, she becomes a major character in "Crush".
Boyish Short Hair: Cuts her hair short mid-story and apparently wore it this way when she was younger.
Bully Hunter: More times than not, she'll scare off bullies with Jorge, though her methods are a lot more direct, to say the least.
Childhood Friends: With Jorge and Garrett.
Dude Magnet: Has had more than one ex-boyfriend, Marcus included. However, she admits to Jorge that they may have been driven away by her Hot-Blooded attitude.
Hair-Trigger Temper: It takes very little to set her off, though it's Played for Laughs...most of the time, at least.
Hot-Blooded: In contrast with Jorge, Liv is ten times more vocal when making her displeasure known.
Important Haircut: Cuts her hair short alongside Jazmine and Brooke.
Passionate Sports Girl: Liv is a member of the athletics club.
Shipper on Deck: Explodes with excitement upon hearing that Jorge asked Jazmine out to the athletics ball.
The Social Expert: Knows exactly what to do when it comes to organizing student get-togethers. Jorge even admits that she could doom the entire school if she weaponized her social skills.
Tomboyish Ponytail: Wore her hair this way until her Important Haircut.
Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Very assertive and passionate tomboy who attends the sports ball in a dress.
Town Girls: The butch to Jazmine's neither and Brooke's femme.
Vitriolic Best Buds: With Garrett.

Garrett Brock

A more recent friend of Jorge and Olivia. Garrett is a good guy, but his impulsive decisions and desire to be in the spotlight are pathetic at best and downright harmful at worst. Not helping is that his idol is James, who does not have the best intentions for him at all...

Broken Pedestal: After the incident involving the chat, Garrett breaks all ties with James.
Childhood Friends: With Jorge and Liv.
Fatal Flaw: A ton of heartache for the main characters of "Crush" could have been avoided if it weren't for his unwavering desire to be seen.
Grew a Spine: After spending the entire story being a pathetic loser begging for attention, he finally does something right by admitting to the principal everything that happened in the chat that got Jorge framed, clearing his friends name while he gets temporarily suspended.
Horrible Judge of Character: He could have saved himself a lot of trouble by not looking up to Jerk Jock James.
I Just Want to Be Special: Garrett's pining for James' attention stems from his wish to be seen as a cool guy as well.
My God, What Have I Done?: His actions, having led to a serious Frame-Up for Jorge, take a massive toll on him, to the point where he's rendered violently ill off-screen. It eventually drives him to want nothing to do with James, as well as tell the truth and clear Jorge's name in the process.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Him saying those nasty things in an online chat on James' request...while forgetting to sign out of Jorge's profile. It gets Jorge framed for being an awful person by most of the school for a while, temporarily destroys his friendship with him and Liv, and gets him suspended for a while.
Vitriolic Best Buds: With Liv.

James Corden

Berrybrook's star football quarterback captain and honor student, James is loved and admired by all, especially Garrett. Except not really. A few people, Jorge included, see him for who he really is, that being a self-centered and toxic individual who gets what he wants when he wants it.

Anti-Role Model: Garrett looks up to him, despite how much of a jerk he actually is.
Big Bad: Aside from Foster and Yannic, James is the closest thing the series has to a true antagonist for his blatant jerkassery.
Big Man on Campus: Until the end, that is.
Control Freak: Gets into an argument with his girlfriend Brooke after she cuts her hair for charity without telling him. He also keeps a vice grip on his team and Garrett.
Foil: To Jorge. Both are big sports guys who have their admirers, but while Jorge is a compassionate and soft-spoken Gentle Giant who always tries to do the right thing, James is a Jerk Jock of the highest caliber who will use every underhanded act to get away with anything.
Jerk Jock: A star athlete at Berrybrook, yes, but also an insufferably smug and controlling jerk who brings out the worst in Garrett, is heavily implied to utilize foul play during sports (Jorge takes issue with this in particular), acts offended when his girlfriend does things without his permission, and rubs Jorge's problems in his face later on.
Karma Houdini: Subverted. After his actions get Garett in the most hot water he's ever been in, as well as briefly framing Jorge for what Garrett did, he is not seen facing any consequences...key word being SEEN. It is established that he's shunned by everyone now for being a jerk in general, and he's been kicked off his team and suspended along with his most loyal followers.
Politically Incorrect Villain: Shows an incredible amount of disrespect towards girls. Fittingly, Brooke breaks up with him for this.
Smug Snake: He is quite confident in himself and believes he can get away with anything he wants. Once his actions are made clear to the school, he becomes disliked by the school population and gets kicked out from his team.
Toxic Friend Influence: Had it not been for him, Garrett would have never made some of the biggest mistakes of his life.

Nic Fowler

One of Jazmine's friends, and a member of the drama club.

Queer Establishing Moment: In the "Time Capsule" story, it is revealed Nic is non-binary and goes by they/them pronouns. They are ecstatic to learn a famous singer named Jesse has come out as non-binary just like them.

Zeke

Jazmine's boyfriend before meeting Jorge.

Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Appears meek and innocent at first, but in reality, he's just an attention-seeking womanizer who makes more enemies than friends.
Casanova Wannabe: Loves getting attention from girls who are charmed by his youthful and timid appearance, much to Jazmine's irritation. It's clearly worked in the past with people like Nic, but as Liv points out, all of them ended in breakups due to his unfaithful behavior.
Foil: A bigger one to Jorge than even James. He's much smaller and meeker than Jorge is, but is also a conceited brat who demands attention and has little respect for others. It's a small wonder Jorge is so disgusted with him.
Jerkass at Your Discretion: Acts nice and innocent around Jazmine (for a while, at least), but then turns into an opportunistic jerk whenever Jorge is around.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: To spite Jorge, he gloats about the chat logs that seem to confirm Jorge was guilty to Jazmine. Liv investigates and finds out from Ron that Garrett was the real online troll. She ends the friendship with Garrett, while later motivating him to apologize.
Ungrateful Bastard: Lashes out at Jorge right after he gets a couple bullies off his tail, just because he's a jock. He later apologizes (because Jazmine had to force him too) and it seems alright...then he asks for him to basically be his bodyguard.

Brooke Benson

James' girlfriend.

Horrible Judge of Character: Seemed to be genuinely in love with James...before seeing how much of an awful guy he truly was. The real kicker was being called a joke by him for cutting her hair short.
Important Haircut: Cuts her hair short for charity, alongside Jazmine and Liv. She breaks up with James when he raises a fuss about it.
Lovable Alpha Bitch: She's popular and everyone thinks she's cool. Then when she finds out James is an utter jerk, she snaps and breaks up with him, saying she doesn't date shallow trash bags.
Rejected Apology: Liv makes Garrett apologize to her as part of the conditions for being forgiven. She shoots him a Death Glare and says "whatever".
Town Girls: The femme to Jazmine's neither and Liv's butch.

Berrybrook Faculty

Mr. Dominic Ramirez

The neurotic assistant teacher to the art club.

Adults Are Useless: The only major example of this in the series (aside from Mrs. Crabbler, who can barely do much of anything due to being senile). The most he can do when the science club strikes is give them a Death Glare AND THEN beg Ms. Tobins to do something instead.
Cool Teacher: Despite being a rather useless teacher most of the time, his students still respect him as much as he does. He even offers to repair Jensen's glasses near the end of "Brave".
Despair Event Horizon: The disbanding of the art club hits him the hardest. He can barely muster words when he asks his students to leave.
Foil: To Ms. Tobins. While she is a an athletically-built Badass Teacher in every sense of the word who has a firm grip on her students, Ramirez is a heavily-built Nervous Wreck who often has to have his students do the thinking.
Nervous Wreck: Ramirez is almost always in a neurotic state due to events outside of his control.
Ship Tease: With Ms. Tobins near the end.

Ms. Tobins

The respected science teacher, and assistant teacher to the science club.

Badass Biker: As seen in her Establishing Character Moment.
Badass Teacher: Her Establishing Character Moment is arriving to Berrybrook on a motorcycle, for starters. Tobins is one of the most effective teachers in the entire school, working with equal parts authority and support. There are also the rumors the students have about her, ranging from her mastering kung-fu at only nine years of age to owning a man-eating plant.
Foil: To Mr. Ramirez. While he's a Nervous Wreck who constantly needs his students to do most of the thinking, she's a Badass Teacher who holds sway over all her students and beyond.
Reasonable Authority Figure: In spite of her club being one of the least disciplined, she does not condone their behavior, and is always as fair as she can be to her students. She even helps Peppi out of her Heroic BSoD by encouraging a combination of art and science.

Mr. Kristoffer

Jensen's uptight math teacher.

Reasonable Authority Figure: Despite being an incredibly strict teacher prone to giving his students extra work, he ultimately just wants his students to succeed, and encourages Jensen to never give up, as hard as his subject may be.
Stern Teacher: Prone to giving his students extra work, but he is not cruel. To name one example, when confronting Jensen about his failed math test, his first question is about if his personal life is okay or not.

Mrs. Rashid

The gym teacher at Berrybrook.

Asskicking Leads to Leadership: Even the rowdy athletes in both Jorge and James' circle cow tow to her on account of rumors that she can bench-press a truck. Aside from that, she is the strongest of the faculty (though that's not saying much).
Reasonable Authority Figure: Does her job efficiently while making sure none of her students feel bad about their performance, as well as reprimanding anyone who tries to get away with anything out of bounds. Not even James is safe from her judgement.

The Principal

The unnamed principal of Berrybrook, and the one figure every student and faculty member answers to.

Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": All the characters simply refer to him as ‘The Prinicipal’.
The Dreaded: Every single person in Berrybrook, no matter how influential they are, are ants compared to the power this man has. Whenever he speaks, everyone holds their breath.
The Faceless: Only ever seen in silhouette.
Minor Major Character: Being the principal, he has a lot of authority on the school grounds. However, he only makes a handful of appearances in the series.
No Name Given: He is never referred to by his first or last name.
Not So Stoic: According to Peppi, he cried small Manly Tears upon hearing about the clubs' collaborative project, and offers to forgo suspending them for their efforts.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Despite his intimidating position and (lack of) appearance, he is ultimately a good leader doing his best to keep the peace at the school. Best seen when he suspends both the art and the science club after their fighting spirals out of control. His reasoning can best be described as a polite and professional "The Reason You Suck" Speech to the clubs.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gives two pointed, yet polite, ones to the two warring clubs in "Awkward", calling them out for corrupting their purpose and focusing more on the glory and fame of the club fair and trying to destroy one another instead of actually giving the school something with their gifts.

Characters / Berrybrook Middle School

Main characters

Penelope "Peppi" Torres

Jaime Thompson

Jensen Graham

Jorge Ruiz

Jazmine Duong

Felicity Teale

Secondary Characters

Maribella Samson

Foster and Yanic

Tessa Winston

Nina Badyal

Derek Lee

Leticia Teale

Jenny Yao

Akilah Salib

Felipe

Olivia "Liv" Hoffman

Garrett Brock

James Corden

Nic Fowler

Zeke

Brooke Benson

Berrybrook Faculty

Mr. Dominic Ramirez

Ms. Tobins

Mr. Kristoffer

Mrs. Rashid

The Principal

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Characters / Berrybrook Middle School

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Main characters

Penelope "Peppi" Torres

Jaime Thompson

Jensen Graham

Jorge Ruiz

Jazmine Duong

Felicity Teale

Secondary Characters

Maribella Samson

Foster and Yanic

Tessa Winston

Nina Badyal

Derek Lee

Leticia Teale

Jenny Yao

Akilah Salib

Felipe

Olivia "Liv" Hoffman

Garrett Brock

James Corden

Nic Fowler

Zeke

Brooke Benson

Berrybrook Faculty

Mr. Dominic Ramirez

Ms. Tobins

Mr. Kristoffer

Mrs. Rashid

The Principal

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