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    The 10 Speeds 
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From left to right: Handlebarb, Cannonball, Warpspeed and Todd
Handlebarb voiced by: Jessica McKenna
Cannonball voiced by: Jeff Trammell
Warpspeed voiced by: Phillip Solomon
Todd voiced by: H. Michael Croner
Four cyclist kids building and riding on dirt ramps in the Creek.

Tropes that apply to all of them:

  • Arch-Enemy: They have a rivalry with the Junk Lord, as the Junk Lord goes to great lengths to keep them out of his junk pile and even has signs telling them specifically to get out.
  • Badass Biker: All are PG-rated examples of this.
  • Only Known by Their Nickname: With the exception of Todd, each member goes by a nickname, although there are hints to their real names: "Handlebarb" is a Punny Name that's a portmanteau of the word "handlebar" and the name "Barb" (diminutive of "Barbara"), while in one episode, Cannonball says he is named after his grandmother, implying that his real name is a feminine (or at least a gender-neutral) name.
  • Puppy Love: It's implied that Handlebarb and Warpspeed have romantic feelings for each other as they're shown dancing together in the Tea-Timer's Ball.
  • Ramp Jump: The 10 Speeds do these kinds of stunts a lot. In their introduction, one of their members, Todd, does a very down-scaled version by simply jumping over a small pile of dirt. The other members treat it like a big deal anyway.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: While they venture to the Junkpile with the stump trio, they hightail it out of there when they see warning signs addressed to them specifically.

Tropes that apply to Handlebarb:

  • Arch-Enemy: Handlebarb also doesn't have a high opinion of the Horse Girls as seen in "The Invitation". Especially when it comes to the leader of the group, Mackenzie.
  • Lady Looks Like a Dude: Handlebarb is a girl, but her gender-neutral clothing, her short chin-length bob, and her androgynous voice have made some viewers think she's a boy. A few foreign dubs even refer to her with male pronouns and have her voiced by males, though this was later changed. She even wears a tuxedo T-Shirt in "The Invitation".
  • Smurfette Principle: Handlebarb appears to be the only girl in the 10 Speeds, but in an interesting variation of this trope, she's also their leader.

Tropes that apply to Cannonball:

  • Ascended Extra: He has appeared much more frequently and more prominently than the other 10 Speeds, especially when he, Craig, and Sparkle Cadet form the "Ice Pop Trio."
  • The Big Guy: Cannonball is this to the gang.
  • The Comically Serious: Cannonball is fairly serious and straightforward, but he's still a kid who says some fairly ridiculous stuff in his appearances.
  • Faster-Than-Light Travel: His special ability involves riding so fast that he, and kids of his choosing, can enter a pocket dimension known as "Cannonspace".
  • Friendly Enemy: Cannonball is one of the main competitors in the Cart Race but he maintains a polite and friendly demeanor toward his rivals.
  • Gravity Master: Played for Laughs in "Brother Builder". Cannonball introduces himself to Sparkle Cadet and Craig down inside the tree stump by casually floating down. When asked about how he can do that, he mentions that he has defied gravity so much that it just gave up on him.
  • Noodle Incident: Cannonball was cursed and the only way to break it was to lose a race.
  • Vocal Dissonance: Cannonball's voice is so deep that you almost forget that he's a child.

Tropes that apply to Warpspeed:

  • Totally Radical: Warpspeed's appearance brings to mind 90s fashion but the boy has a modern mindset.

Tropes that apply to Todd:

    The Alliance of Science 
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Left to right: Carl, Faraday, and Wren
Wren voiced by: Ashleigh Hairston
Faraday voiced by: Zehra Fazal
Carl voiced by: Phil LaMarr

Three nerdy kids who like to research and study things in the Creek.

Tropes that apply to all of them:

Tropes that apply to Wren:

  • Ditzy Genius: She may have some crazy thoughts, but that doesn't diminish her intelligence or stop her from creating some amazing stuff.
  • Entertainingly Wrong: Even though they're supposed to be the local science experts, Wren tends to jump to outlandish theories rather than the mundane realities.
  • Lady Looks Like a Dude: Wren is a girl but wears slacks, a dress shirt with a bowtie, and a very oversized men's suit.
  • Large Ham: Has a theatrical and bombastic personality.
  • Mad Scientist: Tends to border on this whenever she showcases her latest inventions.
  • Nice Girl: Is very polite and empathetic.
  • Opaque Lenses: Her glasses don't show her eyes... possibly to imply that she's not all there.
  • Sweet Tooth: Wren has been making her own rock candy.

Tropes that apply to Faraday:

  • Ambiguously Brown: Faraday. "Afterschool Snackdown" has her refer to her Ammi note , hinting she is of Indian or Pakistani descent like her voice actress.
  • Hidden Depths: A nerdy kid who loves science and studying, but has a pitching skill rivaling The Arm thanks to being made to play softball by her parents.
  • No Name Given: Faraday's name is only shown in the credits of her first episode.

Tropes that apply to Carl:

    Elders of the Creek 
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Left to right: Mark, Barry and David
Mark voiced by: Ben Levin
Barry voiced by: Matt Burnett
David voiced by: Zachary Steel

The Elders of the Creek, Mark, Barry, and David, are three teenagers who have been in the creek the longest.

Tropes that apply to the trio:

  • Age Lift: They were well into adulthood in the short they originated in, but here they appear to be in their late teens.
  • Food as Bribe: They will impart their wisdom on anyone who pays them tribute...in the form of salty snacks and junk food.
  • Nice, Mean, and In-Between: David is almost unfailingly pleasant and upbeat. Mark is very abrasive, self-centered, and disrespectful. Barry is pleasant unless angered, but can be unintentionally annoying to others.
  • Occidental Otaku: They have several anime posters in their cave (though they're interested in plenty of other things as well). Mark's favorite anime is Sadboy Pilotgeddon.
  • One of the Kids: The only teenagers who still hang around in the creek. Although David is the only one who really manages to connect to the younger kids—Barry is quite out of touch, and Mark doesn't even try. Deconstructed in Mark's case, as it's revealed he chooses to spend all his time at the Creek for the sake of having little kids respect him since no one else does.
  • Pacifist Run: Invoked. During their D&D sessions, Barry and David would try to befriend the monsters they come across, much to Mark's frustration.
  • The Pig-Pen: All three teenagers spend so much time in their cave that they don't notice how rank it gets inside. When Wren's bug spray ended up causing a giant gas cloud that "smells like butts" to cover most of the creek, Mark sniffs his armpits and can't tell any difference. In "Crisis at the Creek", after the kids band together to free them from their collapsed cave, they're all grossed out in unison at the smell coming from inside. In "The Ice Pop Trio", Mark comments that he hasn't touched soap in years.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure: The kids often go to them to resolve conflicts when necessary, as they keep the best track of the Creek's "laws" (though said laws aren't always fair).
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: "In Search Of Lore" has Barry and David calling quits on Mark after how horribly he acts towards Kenneth, with David especially saying Mark "always does this" and Barry calling him a bad friend. "Bernard of the Creek" even shows Barry treating his friendship with Mark as if it was an addiction he needed to break.
  • Transplant: They originated in a web short the show's creators made years earlier. Mark and Barry were also in another series of shorts, though they didn't wear the costumes there.

Tropes that apply to Mark:

  • Dude, Where's My Respect?: Mark feels that his friends don't appreciate the amount of work and effort he puts into their D&D sessions. This gets deconstructed as it's shown his lack of respect also stems from how overall nasty he is.
  • Hey, You!: Mark basically never addresses younger kids by name, calling them things like "this kid" or "two-year-old". Despite repeated contact, he can't even remember Craig's name.
  • Jerkass: Mark is just an unpleasant piece of work.
  • Manchild: Mark is this in the worst way possible. A petulant, snotty, overbearing Control Freak who tends to look down on everyone while not caring about his own behavior or personal hygiene.
  • Toxic Friend Influence: It's subdued, but he's such a Control Freak that he clearly brings out the worst in people. It's implied that he's the reason the Elders don't care about their hygiene, made evident when Bernard falls under his sway and Alexis remarks he smells really bad. This is especially prominent in "Bernard of the Creek," where he tries to mold Bernard into following his way of life. It reaches a point where Craig has to hold an intervention for Bernard with his "friendship" with Mark being treated like a substance abuse problem.

Tropes that apply to Barry:

Tropes that apply to David:

  • Cool Helmet: David wears a horned one fit for a knight.
  • Jewish and Nerdy: David is mentioned to have bar mitzvah gifts to barter at the trading tree.
  • Letting Her Hair Down: A gender-flipped example. When David's helmet comes off, he reveals his long hair which makes him look somewhat cute.
  • No Shirt, Long Jacket: David is always shown with an open chest and short cape. Averted when he joins the Witches of the Creek.

    The Hockey Kids 
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Gordy voiced by: Brad Leone
Keef voiced by: Matty Matheson

Two kids who enjoy playing hockey.

Tropes that apply to both of them:

  • Childish Tooth Gap: They both have this, but that's because they lost it playing hockey.
  • Fat and Skinny: Keef is fat, while Gordy is skinny.
  • Hockey Fight: They tend to do this while they play.
  • Ink-Suit Actor: They both resemble their respective voice actors.
  • Nice Guy: Despite their rough personality, they're both genuinely nice to the Stump Trio.

Tropes that apply to Gordy:

Tropes that apply to Keef:

    The Horse Girls 
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Left to right: Mackenzie, Melissa, Maney and Marie
Mackenzie voiced by: Lauren Lapkus
Maney voiced by: Mary Holland
Marie voiced by: Stephanie Allynne
Melissa voiced by: Erin Whitehead

A group of girls who like horses and act like horses.

Tropes that apply to all of them:

  • All Girls Like Ponies: Exaggerated; They spend their day pretending they are horses in the field. However, Marie is the only one who’s not entirely psyched about this.
  • Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Mackenzie (Blonde), Marie and Maney (Brunette), and Melissa (Redhead).
  • Butt-Monkey: Mackenzie and Melissa. Mackenzie is the one who usually deserves it for having too much pride in horses to the point where she becomes a Jerkass toward others.
  • Letter Motif: All of their names start with the letter "M."
  • Meaningful Appearance: Mackenzie, Marie and Melissa all have ponytails, fitting with their love of horses.
  • Trademark Favourite Food: They only eat horse food (oats, carrots, and apples).

Tropes that apply to Mackenzie:

Tropes that apply to Melissa:

  • Genki Girl: She's by far the most energetic of the group.
  • Squee: She's the most excited about their activities and is often reprimanded by Mackenzie that "horses don't scream".
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: She's the energetic Red Oni to Marie's Blue Oni.

Tropes that apply to Maney:

Tropes that apply to Marie:

  • I Just Want to Have Friends: She doesn't actually care about horses, she just hangs around because her friends are still into horses. Played With as it turns out she does like horses, but Mackenzie's domineering behavior has caused her to become disillusioned by it.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: She's the Stoic Blue Oni to Melissa's Red Oni.
  • The Stoic: She's the only one who isn't hyped up about horses.

    Muddy Buddies 
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A group of kids that love to play in the mud.

  • Author Avatar: All of them are Creeksonas of writers/storyboarders
  • Filthy Fun: They love playing in the mud.
  • Living Prop: They don't have much characterization or dialogue in their appearances and are often used to fill up space for crowd shots.

    The Ninja Kids 
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Yustice voiced by: Charlet Chung
Zatch voiced by: Phillip Solomon
Prinda voiced by: Dana Davis

Three manga-loving kids sited near a waterfall in a grove of cherry trees.

Tropes that apply to all of them:

Tropes that apply to Yustice:

  • Arch-Enemy: She has a grudge against Elder Mark for stealing her OC.
  • Costume Evolution: Starting in Season 4, she ditches the headband and wears a less puffy hoodie that reveals her mouth.
  • Lady Looks Like a Dude: Her design makes it easy to assume that she's a boy.
  • No True Scotsman: She is revealed to also read superhero comics, to the shock and horror of the other ninja kids.

Tropes that apply to Zatch:

Tropes that apply to Prinda:

    The Plush Kids 
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Buttons voiced by: Lynden Liu
Pullstring voiced by: Noël Wells
P.B. voiced by: H. Michael Croner

Three kids who like to play with plushies and stuffed animals.

    Eileen the Sewer Queen and the Sewer Kids 
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The Queen alongside her trusted court.
Eileen and Scuba voiced by: Karen Fukuhara
Frisboy voiced by: Ben Levin

A webbed-toed girl who leads an aquatic-themed group of kids who play in the sewer

  • Absurdly Spacious Sewer: The sewer that they all play in is spacious enough to get lost in, to the point that the Sewer Queen called on Craig to map out the sewer.
  • Ambiguously Brown: Averted in "Afterschool Snackdown," where it's revealed that she is Filipino.
  • Badass in Distress: She ends up separated from the group and needs to be rescued by them after losing her goggles.
  • Blind Without 'Em: Her goggles are prescription. She also wears glasses when at home.
  • Given Name Reveal: "Sink or Swim Team" reveals that her name is Eileen.
  • The High Queen: She is a fair and proactive ruler who ensures that the needs and happiness of her subjects are met.
  • Letting Her Hair Down: When Craig visits her home for her family dinner, she can be seen with her hair down instead of her usual wild hair.
  • The Nicknamer: She gives nicknames to her subjects (Frisboy, Scuba, Aquatina, Speedicious, Tiny Trunks, etc.) and refers to Craig as "Mapmaker" instead of his name. Though in "Sink or Swim Team", after Craig discovers that she's part of the swim team, she begins to call him by his first name.
  • Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: She sometimes slips into an Irish accent.
  • Royals Who Actually Do Something: She works diligently to ensure that her kingdom is running in tip-top shape. And in the "Capture the Flag" special, she serves as one of the main defenses to protect the home team's flag.
  • Staff of Authority: The Sewer Queen wields a swimming pool net-like one.
  • Suddenly Ethnicity: In "Afterschool Snackdown," it's revealed that she is Filipino, as she says her mother occasionally returns home to the Philippines. This is shown more in "Sink or Swim Team," where her family's specific ethnolinguistic background, Bisaya, is established.

    Lucius and the Tattletales 

A boy who runs a school to teach kids not to tattle, and his students.

  • Infectious Insanity: Once he tries to his tattletale students, he tries to make Craig take him with him by threatening to tell on him. And is shocked by the realization that he's a tattletale now.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Lucius eventually decides that the kids are beyond his help.
  • Verbal Tic: The kids share one by all of them saying a long drawn out "Ooooooh"

    The Witches of the Creek 
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Left: Tabitha right: Courtney
Tabitha voiced by: Karen Kilgariff
Courtney voiced by: Georgia Hardstark

Two high school goth girls, Tabitha and Courtney, who hang out at Craig's base in the creek at night. The kids mistake them for witches, which the girls play along with to alleviate boredom.

  • Ambiguously Brown: Courtney has noticeably darker skin compared to Tabitha.
  • Ambiguously Gay: Subtext can be read such as Tabitha not wanting to be separated from Courtney at college and Courtney blushing at this, and the two holding hands while walking away at the end of their debut episode. Blink and you'll miss out but they've carved their initials in a heart when they take over the stump. "The Haunted Dollhouse" removes any ambiguity and simply shows them making out when they thought it was dark.
  • Artifact Name: They were named "The Witches of the Creek" because the two of them were spending time together at the Creek. However, once Courtney got a job at Smoothie Groovy, the two started spending almost all their time there.
  • Burger Fool: Courtney gets a job at a smoothie stand, which she doesn't like, because she really wants to buy a car.
  • The Conscience: Courtney does what she can to keep Tabitha from outright traumatizing any kids with their witch act.
    Tabitha: Harnessing such powerful magic will require some sacrifices.
    J.P. (terrified) Me?
    (Tabitha laughs ominously)
    Courtney: No.
    Tabitha: Ah...
  • Distaff Counterpart: To the Elders, sort of. Just like the Elders, they hang out at the Creek, and while doing so, play along with the Creek kids' perceptions of reality and try to go by their rules.
  • Emo Teen: Tabitha is dramatic, temperamental, and has issues with her father, while Courtney is anxious and empathetic.
  • Fashionable Asymmetry: Both of them have minor bits of this.
  • Fat and Skinny: Courtney and Tabitha respectively.
  • Flat Character: Discussed between them. Courtney and Tabitha lament how they don't really get to do anything fun unless it corresponds to their Gothic interests.
  • Foil: Like the Elders of the Creek, they're teenagers that Craig and company respect and occasionally turn to for help. But while the Elders take the traditions of the Creek to heart and give (what is to them) serious advice, the Witches take advantage of their naivete to mess with them because they're bored.
  • Genre Savvy: Courtney quickly points out all the tropes from Craig's dilemma when he finds himself to be the only kid in the creek after making a selfish wish.
  • Goth Girls Know Magic: Tabitha reads her fortune with tarot cards, and Craig, Kelsey, and JP think the two girls are witches after spying on them.
  • Growing Up Sucks: Part of the reason Tabitha doesn't want to go to college as it means not seeing Courtney as much.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Tabitha and Courtney enjoy teasing Craig and his friends, making them believe that they're powerful, dangerous, and beautiful witches, but they both adore Craig and enjoy playing along with his imagination.
  • Kind Hearted Cat Lover: Courtney admits to volunteering at a cat shelter and feels sorry for the black cats as they're least likely to be adopted. And she's definitely the nicer of the two witches.
  • Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: They're only pretending to be witches, but usually when they're involved with Craig and his friends, strange things that can't exactly be explained tend to happen.
    Courtney: You know, this happens a lot. Do you think we might really be magic?
    Tabitha: Yeah, probably. I'm gonna take a nap.
  • Perky Goth: They both dress, act and play the part of Gothic witches, but they're both very playful with each other and enjoy playing around with the Stump Trio's imagination.
  • Scary Teeth: Starting in "The Haunted Dollhouse", Tabitha is drawn with serrated upper teeth.
  • Sure, Let's Go with That: Craig and his friend think the girls are witches because of their dark clothing and habits, and the girls quickly decide to play the role.
  • Tarot Troubles: Tabitha draws The Lovers, the Three of Swords, and Death.note  She is so upset by this, she tears the cards up.
  • Theme Naming: They share their names with the admins of Team Magma from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.

Individual Kids

    Angel Jose 
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Voiced by: Angel Lorenzana (Seasons 2-3), Ben J. Pierce (Season 4)

A friendly caregiver who watches over the younger siblings of the kids who come to the Creek.

  • Author Avatar: The Creeksona of Writer/Storyboarder Angel Lorenzana.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: Angel can be seen hanging out near the Trading Post before making their official appearance.
  • Friend to All Children: They enjoy looking after small children and have an official job as the Creek's child caregiver.
  • Ink-Suit Actor: Initially voiced by the crewmember they're modeled after.
  • Latino Is Brown: Averted. They may have a Latino background, but their skin tone makes it look like they're White.
  • Meaningful Name: Considering that they enjoy watching over children and keeping them safe, you could say that Angel is a Guardian Angel.
  • Nice Guy: They're one of the sweetest and most mellow of kids you'd ever meet at the Creek. Provided that you aren't a threat to children.
  • Not So Above It All: Despite being a dedicated and responsible caregiver, Angel is willing to come up with excuses for children under their care in the event that they need to contact their parents.
  • Suddenly Ethnicity: In "Afterschool Snackdown", it's revealed that Angel comes from a Latino background, as their last name is Jose and their mother refers to them as mijo over the phone.
  • Tranquil Fury: After Craig confesses that he, Kelsey, and J.P. left the daycare to go bobsledding while their charges ended up surrounded by poison ivy, they calmly tell them to leave and to never come back.

    Beth the Timekeeper 
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Voiced by: Jessica DiCicco (Seasons 1-3), Anasela Fisher (Season 4)

A girl who plays the sousaphone that announces when it's time to go home for dinner.

  • Clock King: Everyone relies on her to sound the dinner alarm at six. She lost track once because of daylight savings time, but this appears to have been the first time anyone can remember.
  • Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Until she introduced herself to the trio, no one at the Creek knew her as anything but "Timekeeper".
  • Fiery Redhead: Inverted. She has dark red hair, yet has a gentle and passive nature.
  • Heroic BSoD: After forgetting to set her clocks to Daylights Saving hours and getting everyone grounded, she gives up her job out of shame. Thankfully, the Stump Trio finds her and they are able to convince her to come back.
  • Lady Looks Like a Dude: It's easy to mistake her for a boy due to her attire.
  • Muscles Are Meaningless: She somehow can carry her huge sousaphone around and even climb a ladder while still carrying it without slowing down or looking worse for wear. Kelsey speculates she's ripped, though.
  • Shrinking Violet: Beth hangs up in the tree and keeps the time as a way to feel like she's part of the other kids' lives, even if she's too introverted to hang out with them.

    Bobby 
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Voiced by: Ben Levin

A clumsy boy who loves candy.

  • Butt-Monkey: People tend to bump into him or push him out of the way, which causes him to drop his candy.
  • Catchphrase: "My candy!"
  • Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He may be foolish and annoying at times but in his Bigtime Bobby form, he's anything but.
  • Costume Evolution: Starting with "Craig World", he now appears to have spiky hair.
  • Flat Character: He loves his candy, and is very fond of Craig. That's all there is to him.
  • Hidden Depths: He has remarkable breakdancing skills and a genuine interest in the prospect of beekeeping to harvest the sweet honey they provide.
  • In the Hood: He always wears a yellow-green hoodie.
  • The Klutz: Constantly dropping his candy for one reason or another.
  • Must Make Amends: In Part 4 of the "Capture the Flag" special, he returns to Craig in the hopes of helping them with their upcoming challenge. He felt genuine remorse for betraying his friend and lives up to his promise by helping the kids during their mission.
  • Running Gag: Dropping his candy on the ground.
  • Sweet Tooth: He's always seen eating some sort of candy at the Creek.
  • Super Mode: When he eats a certain level of candy, he becomes "Super Bobby".
  • Tuckerization: Named after one of Ben Levin's friends, Bobby Mozafari.
  • Undying Loyalty: Perhaps in a bid to get Craig to notice him, Bobby claims he'll do anything for Craig's friendship and sometimes proclaims himself to be Craig's BFF. When the trio asked him to guard their time capsule for 10 years, he agreed without question. Subverted when it comes to his Sweet Tooth, he would turn against Craig the first chance he gets, as shown in "Council of the Creek: Operation Hive Mind" and the "Capture the Flag" special.
  • The Thing That Would Not Leave: Bobby straight up terrorizes the William household by repeatedly showing up to Trick or Treat with very slight alterations to his Halloween costume and claiming to be someone new. When Duane runs out of candy, Bobby starts following him around, stalking him inside his own vehicle, promising to trick Duane until he buys and hands out more candy.
  • Ungrateful Bastard: In the Capture the Flag special, Craig defended him so he could participate in the bottle boat race despite having a paper boat instead (and it sinking, but he still had fun). He ends up being the deciding vote in the Counsel of the Creek to allow King Xavier into the creek because Craig let him down by accidentally sending Kit to summer camp, despite earlier giving Craig his full support to solve the problem. He also gives Xavier Craig's home phone number under the pretense that it's for his own good, later Downplayed when he regrets what he did.
  • We Hardly Knew Ye: Discussed. When the kids of the Creek think that Bobby is moving, the main trio is surprised to realize that they never knew Bobby or properly hung out with him.

    Diane 
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Voiced by: Mela Lee

A girl who's a fan of comics, anime, and games, especially Slide the Ferret.

  • Birds of a Feather: She and Craig immediately hit it off when they both learn they're fans of Slide the Ferret.
  • Fangirl: Like Craig, she's a fan of Slide the Ferret, and she has played all the Slide the Ferret games.
  • Gamer Chick: She loves playing the Slide the Ferret video games.

    Helen 
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Voiced by: Kimaya Thais

A homeschooled girl who spends her time all alone in the Creek while the rest of the kids are at school.

  • Good with Numbers: Finds and completes Craig's math homework, apparently just for fun, before he gets a chance to.
  • Girlish Pigtails: She's usually shown in silhouette, and her only distinguishing characteristics are a pair of braids.
  • Hidden Eyes: In order to make her mysterious, even when she appears onscreen, her eyes are not visible.
  • Homeschooled Kids: She seems happy with it, if a little lonely.
  • Innocent Inaccurate: Willingly accepts Wren's theory that she lives in another dimension from the other kids.

    The Junk Lord 
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Voiced by: Wilbur Zaldivar

A boy who inhabits the Junkpile, and considers all the junk to be his.

  • Ambiguously Gay: His second appearance features him hugging and stroking a body pillow of a male anime hero.
  • Combat Parkour: His main fighting style.
  • Cool Car: He drives the trio's junk cart during the "Capture the Flag" special.
  • Expy: His Badass Cape and brooding demeanor bring to mind Tetsuo from Akira. His early concept art even shows that his design was based on the same character.
  • My Nayme Is: When he sponsors the trio's cart in a race, he decides to spell his name "Junk Lorde".
  • New Transfer Student: Heavily implied that he moved from a different town which is the reason why he has a hard time letting go of his belongings.
  • No Shirt, Long Jacket: Doesn't wear a shirt beneath his cape.
  • The Resenter: The Junk Lord resents people that throw away their belongings and only takes them when he digs them up and finds value in them.
  • The Scrooge: He has a really hard time with giving away his trash to the main trio.
  • Secret Diary: He openly admits that he has a journal, made from a worn-out book, which carries his deepest thoughts.
  • Shout-Out: It's often shown that a pack of wild cats live in his junkyard, and some of them are obviously based on the junkyard gang from Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats (the one that looks like Mungo being seen the most often).
  • Trash of the Titans: His territory is a junkyard filled with piles of trash which he finds value in.

    Kitherine "Kit" 
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Voiced by: Dana Davis

A girl who runs the Trading Tree at the creek.

  • A Day in the Limelight:
    • Has one in "Under the Overpass" in which she is not only playing a large role in driving the plot of the episode forward (due to being the one to get the trio to go to the aforementioned Overpass in the first place) but also joins the trio in the adventure herself for the second half of the episode.
    • She has another one in "The Shortcut", where Craig helps her find a shortcut to her frozen snack supplier.
    • She shares one with Jessica when she becomes her intern in "Jessica the Intern".
  • Deadpan Snarker: She has her moments. In "Jessica Goes To The Creek", when Jason demands Choco Rolls saying that the "safety of the creek depends on it", she responds by sarcastically stating that she guesses they're all going to die because she just sold the last ones to Craig.
  • Distaff Counterpart: Appearance-wise, she looks a lot like Craig.
  • Friendly Shopkeeper: She's in charge of Trading Tree and she does her best to ensure her customers get what they need. She'll occasionally help the Stump Trio when they need her help.
  • Generation Xerox: She resembles her grandmother Evelyn and she also gets her trading skills from her.
  • Girlish Pigtails: She has two long braids that reach down to her ankles.
  • Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Despite being an expert at business management and selling products, she went as far as to trade her father's car for a single box of red velvet Choco-Rolls.
  • Married to the Job: She is barely ever seen away from the trading tree. At one point she even says that her love interest is commerce.
  • Meaningful Name: To "kit" is to obtain equipment, which is exactly what people come to her to do.
  • Pet the Dog: She gives free snacks to Todd (you remember him right?) who is highly allergic to a variety of foods.
  • Sixth Ranger: In "Under The Overpass" she joins the main trio in the journey to get more honeysuckle.
    • She would join them in later adventures such as "The Shortcut" and "Sour Candy Trials".
  • We Buy Anything: She'll accept anything that's worth trading for, except for a few exceptions like bitcoins, rocks, misshapen marbles, high-fives, and friendship memories.
  • We Sell Everything: The Trading Tree she runs has snacks, first-aid, toys, and among other things.
  • Young Entrepreneur: Runs market hub where kids can barter for snacks.

    The Merkid 
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A water-dwelling child that resides in the waters past the Rapids of the Creek.

  • Ambiguous Gender: Their looks and swimsuit are very androgynous.
  • Ambiguous Gender Identity: The other children refer to the Merkid with "they" pronouns, both before and after getting to know them. Mostly because the Merkid doesn't talk, it's unclear if they're actually non-binary or just don't mind being referred to with gender-neutral pronouns.
  • Anatomy Anomaly: One of the few characters in the show to have colored irises. Particularly brown ones.
  • Bald Mystic: Their defining characteristic, apart from the merkid aesthetic, is their bald head. Presumably, this was so their hair wouldn't get in the way of swimming.
  • Innocently Insensitive: They've been pouring kitchen salt into their private lagoon to create an ideal ocean aesthetic. But as Wren explains, doing so can have a negative impact on the "creekosystem". It's also subtly insinuated that they may have been peeing in the water as well, instead of getting out.
  • Our Mermaids Are Different: Along with wearing aquatic flippers and gloves, the merkid is implied to "change forms" when they go from land to water.
  • The Voiceless: The Merkid doesn't speak in their appearance.

    Roger the Bridge Troll 
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Voiced by: Matt Burnett

An albino boy who plays under a bridge, asking riddles to anyone who wants to cross.

  • Albinos Are Freaks: Roger has very pale skin and red eyes, and is a strange (though benign) child who drinks from the creek and hassles kids who cross his bridge.
  • All Trolls Are Different: His troll persona is combined with that of a Riddling Sphinx.
  • Cloud Cuckoo Lander: He decides to be a troll under a bridge because he thinks trolls are cool.
  • Cordon Bleugh Chef: For reasons unknown, he won a food contest with his special blend...which involved him spitting out his food into a bowl. Craig and Kit can only grimace.
  • Expy: Design-wise, he looks very similar to Gollum, especially The Hobbit, particularly the part where Gollum challenges Bilbo to a riddle contest.
  • Missing Child: "Lost & Found" shows a Missing Child flyer of him posted on the message board inside the Creek's Lost & Found. He's actually a lost child, which makes a lot of sense given his social eccentricities.
  • Riddle Me This: He won't let anyone pass unless they solve the riddles that he gets from a book. The problem is, his book has hundreds of answers to the same question, and Roger only accepts the one he's looking at at the moment.

    Sailor Boy 
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Voiced by: Phil LaMarr

A fancy-dressed kid who often spends his time at the Creek holding competitions.

  • Demoted to Extra: His presence has been diminished in Season 2.
  • Expy: He's apparently one of Thurston Howell III from Gilligan's Island.
  • Rich Kid: He comes from a wealthy background given how his dad owns his own yacht.
  • Vocal Dissonance: He has a really deep voice that makes him sound older than he looks.

    The Scratchless One 
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The Scratchless One
Voiced by: Evan Agos

A boy who likes to play in the Poison Ivy Grove.

  • Back for the Finale: Reappears in part 5 of "Capture The Flag", after being absent for most of the series. A bit of Fridge Logic here as he prefers to play by himself in the Poison Ivy Grove.
  • Exploited Immunity: Because he's immune to poison ivy, he put a trampoline in the center of the grove so no one else could reach it.
  • The Immune: He gets this name due to being immune to poison ivy.
  • The Aloner: He prefers to play in the Creek all by himself in the Poison Ivy Grove
  • Massive Numbered Siblings: He has six brothers and sisters. Because of this, he never gets any space at home and goes to the grove to get some peace.
  • Walking Shirtless Scene: Never wears a shirt, which shows off how thorough his immunity is.

    The Secret Keeper 
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Voiced by: Cole Escola

A kid who listens to everyone's secrets and keeps them in bottles.

  • Ambiguously Gay: The Secret Keeper is dressed in a flowery robe-like outfit with an effeminate voice. Confirmed in "Silver Fist Returns", when at the end of the episode, The Secret Kid confesses his feelings to George of the Tea Timers.
  • Author Avatar: He's the Creeksona of Character Designer Benjamin Anders.
  • Big Good: He takes his job as the Creek's Secret-Keeper very seriously and wants to preserve every kid's privacy. He even takes the fall for Marie when her secret dislike of horses is revealed and threatens Eliza not to unveil any more secrets unless she wants someone to "wig out".
  • Beware the Nice Ones:
    • He's a kind soul who is always willing to give the other kids in the creek an ear to listen to and a shoulder to lean on. But he won't hesitate to threaten someone with having their secret revealed if he feels that the other kids' secrets are in danger.
    • "Silver Fist Returns" shows that he's also a really good thief who can steal kids' stuff without them noticing until it's too late and he's shown he can fight.
  • Classy Cat-Burglar: He's a male version of this who's called "The Cat" during "Silver Fist Returns" where Eliza blackmails him into stealing other people's favorite stuff.
  • The Confidant: All the kids in the creek trust him to keep their secrets safe.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: Has made a few cameos before his episode debut.
  • Mellow Fellow: His nature can be described as relaxing and tranquil.
  • Morality Pet: "Silver Fist Returns" shows that George the Tea Timer does have a crush on him back, and George asks him out. Secret Keeper seems like he is on his way to being one of the few George has a soft spot for outside of the other Tea Timers.
  • My Greatest Failure: The bottled secrets he keeps in his lair end up scattered throughout the Creek during a storm and he feels extremely guilty for it.
  • Secret Diary: "Silver Fist Returns" reveals he has one, which Eliza steals and uses it to blackmail him to steal everyone's favorite stuff.
  • Secret-Keeper: He has a perfect memory of every secret shared with him as well as which secrets pertain to which child.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: He enjoys soda and guzzles a whole bottle whenever he's about to keep a secret.
  • Withholding Their Name: Secret Kid isn't just going by a nickname, he won't tell anyone his actual name.
    Craig: Thanks again... uh, sorry I still don't know your name.
    Secret Keeper: (laughs) I know.

    Sparkle Cadet 
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"Nobody can dull my sparkle!"
Voiced by: Kamali Minter

A Magical Girl with a bubble wand who is dedicated to bringing positivity to the world and defeating the "Anti-Sparkle".

  • Affectionate Nickname: Cannonball calls her "Sparks" as a sign of friendship.
  • Big Damn Heroes: Just before Craig gets tagged by Aggie, Sparkle shows up in the nick of time to bubble up the buff warrior, allowing her friend to escape with Xavier's flag.
  • Bubble Gun: She wields a wand that blasts bubbles.
  • Calling Your Attacks: True to her magical girl nature, Sparkle shouts out the names of her bubble attacks.
  • Character Development: At the climax of her episode debut, Sparkle learns that while it is important to bring out one's inner sparkle (encouraging people to feel positive and happy), it's also just as important for people to let out their "Anti-Sparkle" as well (express their negative feelings rather than keeping it bottled up).
  • Floating in a Bubble: She can create large bubbles that can store an entire kid. This is best shown during the "Capture the Flag" showdown where she places Bobby in a bubble to ambush Jackie.
  • Genki Girl: Cheerful, energetic, friendly, and ever so bubbly.
  • Girly Girl: By far one of the girliest characters to set foot in the creek. Her Color Motif consists of purple/pink colors, she loves glitter & sparkles and has an overall cheerful personality.
  • The Klutz: She is revealed to be clumsy at times. She trips when she first introduces herself to the Stump Trio. And in her backstory, she tripped and spilled art supplies all over herself. But when she saw herself in a mirror, she made a beautiful discovery.
  • Magical Girl Warrior: She certainly acts and dresses the part.
  • Non-Standard Character Design: Her eyes have silver irises rather than being pitch black like the other characters.
  • Pink Means Feminine: She wears different shades of pink and is a girly champion of justice.
  • The Pollyanna: Was once a very sad girl, until she decided not to let anything get her down, and is now dedicated to spreading positivity throughout the universe.
  • Really Moves Around: Her backstory reveals that she constantly moved to different schools and towns where she never had the chance to really connect or bond with anyone which made her feel depressed.
  • Tsundere: Shows shades of this when she first meets J.P. It turns out to be fake, though.

    Isabella "Stacks" Alvarado 
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Voiced by: Montse Hernandez

A girl who spends her time at the library instead of the Creek.

  • All of the Other Reindeer: She has no one her age to talk to about books. Subverted when Kelsey along with Craig and J.P. start to hang out with her more.
  • Big Ol' Eyebrows: She has thick, black eyebrows.
  • Birds of a Feather: Despite having a rocky start, she gets along nicely with Wildernessa thanks to their knowledge of wildlife and Hispanic backgrounds.
  • Bookworm: She loves reading, to the point that she spends most of her time at the library and willingly writes other kids' book reports for them in exchange for candy.
  • Braids, Beads and Buckskins: Extremely downplayed version; she has a headlamp stylized to look like a Native American headband.
  • Nerds Love Tough Schoolwork: A variation; she loves reading and will do other kids' book reports in exchange for candy. Unfortunately, when she's done, her clients don't care to hear about the stories she's read.
  • Puppy Love: She has a thing for Kelsey, which is made more obvious in "Fire and Ice".
  • The Tell: Tugs her hair when nervous or lying.

    Sun Chun 
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Voiced by: Anatola Howard

A girl who's the "Director of Operations" of the Hamster-Dome with her (former) pet hamster, Cookie.

  • Author Avatar: The Creeksona of Storyboarder Anatola Howard (who has gone through something tragically similar in her childhood).
  • Break the Cutie: When we're introduced to her, she's very cheerful and energetic. That completely changed when Craig and J.P. revealed Cookie was killed by a cat and they showed her Cookie's body. But she gets better by the end when she finally comes to terms with Cookie's death.
  • Five Stages of Grief: She ends up going through this after learning Cookie was killed by a cat.
    • Denial: When she sees Cookie's remains, she's left speechless and has to take time to process this.
    • Anger: After burying Cookie, she angrily stomps on the cookie that marks Cookie's grave and leaves in tears. She even snaps at Kelsey, who's trying to help her (although insensitively), and tells her she wants to be alone.
    • Bargaining: She ends up taking all the creek kids' hamsters because she doesn't want to feel alone anymore.
    • Sadness: When she sees Cookie's grave again and sees a sunflower growing out of it, she finally breaks down into tears, saying she really misses Cookie.
    • Acceptance: Kelsey helps her accept that though Cookie is gone, her hamster will always live on in her memory.

    Toman Napitapulu 
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Voiced by: Kaeden Hall

A very egotistical kid who was introduced as the reigning champ of Four Square.

  • Bullying a Dragon: When King Xavier fails to score a point at basketball, Toman rubs it in on him. This only causes King Xavier to snap and forcefully ban playing basketball and has the ball shot and roasted to the sun.
  • Call to Agriculture: After being dethroned as the king of Four Square, he has spent most of his following appearances tending to his tomato plants.
  • Chekhov's Skill: Launches a game of "The Floor Is Lava" to rout King Xavier's forces during the Capture the Flag game.
  • Jerk Jock: An athletic kid who won't stop bragging about how great he is. Although he has his moments of kindness that make him akin to a Lovable Jock.
  • Magma Man: Whenever he calls for a game of "The Floor Is Lava", the entire ground becomes a dangerous lava zone that all kids try to survive.
  • Puppy Love: Seems to be romantically involved with Eliza. Although she finds his constant ramblings about how great he is to be infuriating.
  • Self-Applied Nickname: He refers to himself by an endless supply of titles/nicknames no one else uses.
  • Small Name, Big Ego: Never misses the chance to talk about how awesome he is.
  • Verbal Tic: He tends to add "AKA" descriptors to a bunch of things he talks about.

    Vanessa "Wildernessa" & Cheesesticks 
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Wildernessa voiced by: Izabella Alvarez

A girl who fights to protect the wildlife of the Creek.

Tropes that apply to both of them:

  • Just Whistle: Wildernessa carries a dog whistle with her when she needs to call Cheesesticks to her side. In "Breaking the Ice", after Wildernessa apologizes to Craig for talking down to him, she gives him her dog whistle so he can call them whenever he's alone or in danger.

Tropes that apply to Wildernessa:

  • Belligerent Sexual Tension: Seems to have this dynamic with Craig. As the two of them are very critical and dismissive of each other when they meet, but in "Breaking the Ice" when Craig touches her hand it triggers her to blush and she sees him exaggeratedly handsome.
  • Berserk Button: She hates people's mistreatment and ignorance of animals. She believes the other kids of the Creek are no different.
  • Better with Non-Human Company: Wildernessa prefers animals to people because she finds people hard to understand. She even says as much in "Breaking the Ice," mentioning that she likes that animals are simple.
    Wildernessa: Animals don't pretend to be nice and ask you to sit with them at lunch to share hamster care tips, just so they can pull your chair from under you and watch you spill food all over yourself! And then you get called into the principal's office because you had to maul them!
  • Birds of a Feather: Despite having negative opinions about her hobbies, Wildernessa develops a liking for Stacks because of her vast knowledge of nature.
  • Catchphrase: "You don't know anything about...."
  • Expy: Of the titular Princess Mononoke.
  • Freudian Excuse: In "Breaking the Ice", Wildernessa's dislike of people is explained during her rant, as she mentions the time some kids played a prank on her and got sent to the principal's office after she tried to maul them in retaliation.
  • Friend to All Living Things: She fights to help the creatures in the Creek.
  • Given Name Reveal: She reveals that her name is Vanessa in "Breaking the Ice."
  • Hypocrite: Despite hating on humans and saying how much she cares about nature and always acting superior to everyone, Craig calls her out by pointing out that she's still human: a human who lives in a house with her own room, with a cell phone, and sleeps on a bed like everyone else.
  • Hypocritical Humor: She criticizes Craig for supposed ignorance of animals, but believes that tigers were part of the local wildlife despite being in North America.
  • I "Uh" You, Too: In "Puppy Love", she's finally able to confess her feelings to Craig by telling him "Cheesesticks" likes him. Craig, who's finally aware of her feelings toward him, understood what she means and tells her he likes "both of them", too, showing he reciprocates her feelings. They both laugh and howl together, with Cheesesticks joining them.
  • I'm a Doctor, Not a Placeholder: In "Breaking the Ice", after getting stranded on Deserted Playhouse Island, Craig thinks that she knows how to survive on an island, but she tells him "I know about animals, not survival tactics".
  • Jerkass Realization: In "Breaking the Ice", after Craig calls her out for the way she's been treating him and working together with him so they can get off Deserted Playhouse Island, she finally apologizes to Craig for always tearing him down and gives him her dog whistle so he can call her and Cheesesticks if he's ever alone or in danger.
  • Know-Nothing Know-It-All: She talks down to Craig for not knowing things about animals, usually by misunderstanding his statements as something stupid, and refusing to hear him out whenever he tries to explain himself. She herself frequently displays ridiculous misconceptions, like joining Kelsey in acting as if dragons are real. On the other hand, she does know some useful and obscure things (like how wild reptiles can transmit salmonella and where black-footed ferrets live) offhand.
  • Loving Bully: "Breaking the Ice" reveals the reason why she's always talking down on Craig whenever they meet is that she has a crush on him.
  • Nature Hero: Sets out to protect the animals of the creek. Played for Black Comedy when she expresses her greatest wish is for the creek to run red with the blood of humans for the animals' sake.
  • Nemean Skinning: Wildernessa wears her teddy bear that was torn up by Cheesesticks like a hat and mask.
  • Never Bareheaded: We've never seen her without her teddy bear pelt, as even a flashback to before she started wearing it avoids showing her face.
  • The Only One I Trust: "Puppy Love" reveals Craig is the only person she truly trusts in the Creek. When Cheesesticks goes missing, she only contacts Craig and wants to talk to him alone to tell him about Cheesesticks' disappearance because she trusts him and she's worried Kelsey and J.P. would think less of her for losing Cheesesticks. Although it's justified since she doesn't have a lot of human friends and she mostly interacts with the Stump Trio, and she's more open to Craig after the events of "Breaking the Ice".
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: In "Breaking the Ice", finally fed up with the way she treats him, Craig delivers one to her while calling out how much of a hypocrite she is, which leaves her speechless.
    Craig: I know, I don't know anything. Well, you're right, 'cause I don't understand you at all. I mean, you act like you're better than everyone, but you're human too. When that tuba goes off, you go home, to your house, and your room, with your cell phone, and your bed, and, and... and your other bed, 'cause I don't know, maybe you got two beds. But I'll tell you what I do know, there's two things that are phony: you and baloney! I'm out! (walks to the door) You know, maybe you do care about animals, but that doesn't mean you have to tear down the people around you.
  • Ship Tease:
    • In her debut episode, as she describes the dangers of the creek, her imaginary depiction of Craig is exaggeratedly handsome. "Breaking the Ice" makes it very explicit that she has a crush on him.
    • Cartoon Network even teased them in their social media platform accounts during the 2021 Valentine's Day with "Vote for Your Fav Ship Name", where they called them "Crildernessa", and "Your Relationship Based on Your Sign", where they use couples to represent the Western Zodiac, with Craig and Wildernessa representing Taurus. What's interesting to note is on the latter post, they used official couples for each sign (granted, two of the couples broke upnote  and one's with an inanimate objectnote ), so it's ambiguous if they'll go down that route with Craig and Wildernessa.
    • Then, the day before Valentine's Day 2022, they were teased even further in "All the Adorable Couples", which included married couples like Nicole & Duane and Jojo & Earl, couples officially dating like Courtney & Tabitha and Bernard & Alexis, and couples who are official in all but name like Kelsey & Stacks, J.P. & Maney, and Shawn & Raj.
    • They are teased yet again in "Craig of the Creek Anime Cover Theme Song", where during the video, a bunch of cherry blossoms, which can be symbolized as love, appears and reveals Craig and Wildernessa sitting together until J.P. shows up and gets between them.
    • "Craig to the Future" shows that the two are dating as teenagers. This is a future concocted by the Witches, however, so it's not precisely their fate.
    • It all comes together in "Puppy Love", when Cheesesticks goes missing and she needs help finding him, she only contact Craig for his help, not wanting Kelsey and J.P. involved due to her worrying they might think less of her for losing Cheesesticks. When Craig does agree to help her, she happily hugs him but realizes what she's doing and she and Craig awkwardly step back from each other. After they rescue Cheesesticks, she finally confesses her feelings to him but uses Cheesesticks as a proxy because she's too embarrassed to say it herself. Fortunately for her, Craig already figured that she likes him and he lets her know he feels the same way. They both giggle and howl together to show how they're both happy about it.
  • Small Name, Big Ego: We get an idea of how she views Kelsey and J.P. in "Puppy Love". When Craig is about to text Kelsey and J.P. to help find Cheesesticks, Wildernessa stops him because she believes Kelsey and J.P. look up to her as a champion of wildlife, and if they find out Cheesesticks ran away from her, she believes they'll think she knows nothing about animals. She even views them as two dopes wearing blue dunce caps. Craig doubts her claim but respectfully accepts her request.
  • Speaks Fluent Animal: She's able to understand Mortimor's chirping a distress call for the most part.
  • Stalker with a Crush: Implied in "Breaking the Ice". When she tells Craig to build something to get them off the island since he's always building stuff, he questions how could she know that, since she hasn't seen any of the stuff he has built, nor was she ever told about his inventions. She hesitates for a moment and then claims everyone in the Creek knows he can build stuff, which seems plausible, but she doesn't elaborate how she personally knows that since she usually avoids being around people. It's further backed up when Cheesesticks is able to sneak up on Craig without making a sound.
  • Sudden Eye Colour: In "Craig of the Creek Anime Cover Theme Song", her eyes are revealed to be green. But in "Puppy Love", the title card and Craig's Crush Filter view of her shows that her eyes are light brown.
  • Suddenly Ethnicity: In "Ferret Quest", she mentions having an abuela (grandmother in Spanish) and converses in Spanish with Stacks, indicating that she has a Hispanic background.
  • Taking the Bullet: She throws herself in front of Craig to save him from being "frozen" by Aggie's touch.
  • Tsundere: Secretly likes Craig, but hides it behind pretending to be too smart and important for the things he gets up to.

Tropes that apply to Cheesesticks:

  • Canine Companion: Cheesticks is always seen with Wildernessa.
  • Canis Major: Cheesesticks is a Tibetan Mastiff, large enough for Wildernessa to ride.
  • Even the Dog Is Ashamed: Cheesesticks may be loyal to Wildernessa, but in "Breaking the Ice", after Craig calls out Wildernessa for being a hypocrite and always talking down on him, Cheesestick surprisingly agrees with Craig and sides with him and even ignores Wildernessa's order to return to her. They both get into a barking argument and Wildernessa gives in to Cheesestick and then tries to tell Craig how she really feels about him.
  • Eyes Always Shut: His eyes are always shut and will occasionally open them when he's surprised or really hungry.
  • Horse of a Different Color: Wildernessa likes to ride on Cheesesticks.
  • Mighty Roar: Cheesesticks has a roar that can chase away algae and (temporarily) displace the living souls of children.
  • Shipper on Deck: In "Breaking the Ice", after Craig tells her off for always talking down on him, Cheesesticks sides with Craig and he actually wants Wildernessa to tell Craig how she feels about him.
  • Stealth Hi/Bye: In "Breaking the Ice", Cheesesticks ends up sneaking up on Craig without a sound, always catching him off guard and wondering how he can do that.

    Zoe 
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Voiced by: Brianna Bryan

The guardian and leader of Cardboard City.

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